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July 11

On This Day in History

July 11

July 11 is the 192nd day of the year (193rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 173 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Skill games remain banned in Kentucky after judge dismisses lawsuit. A judge upheld the ruling that bans skill games in the state of Kentucky, leaving anyone who continues to operate them with a $25,000 fine per machine.
2023: $725 MILLION: Powerball jackpot now 11th-largest in history. This week lottery players across the United States will be pulling out all the stops to try and win Powerball, featuring one of the largest lottery jackpots in history, worth an estimated $725 million.
2022: UK National Lottery sees sales dip due to growing economic uncertainty. The UK National Lottery is taking a financial hit amidst the "growing economic uncertainty" that is leading players to hang on to spare change that might otherwise be spent on tickets.
2019: $11.7 million Michigan Lotto 47 jackpot is largest in more than 2 years. The Michigan Lottery's Lotto 47 jackpot hasn't been won in more than five months and has reached an extraordinary $11.7 million for the drawing on Saturday.
2014: Massachusetts man turns 21, wins $1 million lottery. A Massachusetts man turned 21 and celebrated a day later by claiming a $1 million prize in the state lottery's "Billion Dollar Bonanza" instant game.
2014: Lottery scams hit San Diego, Escondido. San Diego police asked for the public's help in catching Spanish-speaking con artists who swindle people out of money by offering them a cut of supposed lottery winnings, and Escondido police said a similar scam has fleeced residents in that city.
2013: Price and prize changes coming this Sunday for Illinois Lotto. Citing the success of the multi-state lottery games like Powerball and Mega Millions offering jackpots in excess of $100 million every other month, the Illinois Lottery has decided to revamp one of its original games, Lotto, in order to give lottery players a chance at potentially bigger jackpots and better overall odds.
2012: S.C. Lottery finally draws quad in Pick 4 Eve draw. For the first time ever, the South Carolina Lottery has drawn a 'quad' combination in its Pick 4 Evening drawing.
2012: Indiana lottery to outsource some operations. The Indiana State Lottery Commission is asking companies to bid on taking over some of its operations.
2011: Assemblywoman wants N.J. lottery drawings back on TV. New Jersey Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer) announced today she will introduce a bill requiring NJTV to broadcast the New Jersey lottery drawings.
2010: Fire destroys car of Powerball lottery winner. Fire officials are investigating the cause of an early morning car fire on the Merritt Parkway that destroyed an Audi R8 belonging to a Connecticut Powerball winner.
2010: Pennsylvania Lottery's raffle makes 4 millionaires. The Pennsylvania Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made four instant millionaires.
2010: Penn. Lottery players wondering, 'Where are the results?'. The Pennsylvania Lottery held its bi-annual Millionaire Raffle drawing last night, but lottery players are still wondering if their tickets are winners.
2009: True love: lottery winner reveals secret only after engagement. The story of a £10 million (US$16.2 million) lottery winner who found true love only by keeping his fortune secret.
2008: $20M lawsuit against Hoosier Lottery gets class-action status. If you lost playing the Hoosier Lottery's Cash Blast scratch-off game two to three years ago, you could still come out a winner -- if you still have your ticket, that is.
2007: Kansas woman wins $12.9 million Hot Lotto jackpot. When Lori Boyle stopped Wednesday to get gas and check on a lottery ticket, she had no idea she would walk out of the store a multimillionaire.
2007: Ontario Lottery glitch infuriates customers, prevents sales. Would-be millionaires were angered Wednesday when they were prevented from buying lottery tickets due to a glitch that affected thousands of lottery terminals.
2007: Cops say co-worker killed Lotto winner. A burly Orange County, Florida, tree trimmer won $10,000 last month and some are saying it may have cost him his life.
2007: Thieving customers steal thousand of Texas Lottery lottery tickets. Police say thieves have stolen Texas lottery tickets at seven different Bedford convenience stores in recent days.
2007: Employees hit Florida Lottery raffle jackpot. A group of lucky workers from a distributor of electronic components will celebrate Independence Day much differently next year.
2007: Georgia couple wins $1 million lottery raffle prize. Jim Fain and his wife, Tina Beckham-Fain couldn't believe their eyes when their raffle numbers match those shown on the lottery web site.
2007: Kansas Lottery sets sales record. The Kansas Lottery hits the jackpot itself -- record sales are recorded for the fiscal year ended June 30th.
2006: US House votes to kill Internet gambling. The House passed legislation Tuesday that would prevent gamblers from using credit cards to bet online and could block access to gambling Web sites.
2005: Texas Lottery Names Acting Director. A top official closely involved in an investigation into inflated Lotto Texas jackpot advertisements was named acting executive director of the lottery commission today.
2005: Texas Lottery changes won't come quickly. Lottery players who feel hoodwinked by the Texas Lottery Commission will have to wait another month before the agency changes rules that determine how much money Lotto Texas winners are paid.
2005: More Texas Lottery trouble:" Auditor's warning erased from report. Texas Lottery executives were warned in a draft audit last winter that their decision to gut the agency's security force and fire most of its officers threatened the lottery's security and integrity, but lottery officials never disclosed those findings publicly.
2005: Unclaimed lottery prizes fund Tennessee school programs. $2 million in unclaimed Tennessee Lottery prizes will help provide tutoring, teach computer literacy, offer sports, and help students in danger of failing gain the reading and math skills they need.
2005: Indiana lottery sales decline has officials probing illegal games. In the budget year just ended, lottery officials expect to see about a 5 percent decline in profits, causing officials to question whether illegal electronic gaming machines are to blame.
2005: Washington Lottery has its first Lucky for Life winner. Rauf Nayemi, a 40 year-old immigrant from Afghanistan, is the first winner of Washington Lottery's "Lucky for Life" since the game was changed from a drawing to scratch tickets on April 27.
2005: Judge Rejects Men's Claim To $100K Lottery Prize. An administrative law judge has rejected a claim by two Indiana men that they were the rightful owners of a $100,000 lottery ticket someone else retrieved from a restaurant trash can.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$746.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2023
2.$500 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 11, 2023
3.$440 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2022
4.$340 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 13, 2018
5.$311 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 13, 2016
6.€185 Million US$258.45 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2011
7.€236.43 Million US$237.23 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2022
8.€230 Million US$230.78 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2022
9.€185.72 Million US$209.16 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 11, 2019
10.$203 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2024
11.$202 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 11, 2017
12.$194 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 13, 2019
13.$155 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2017
14.$138 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2002
15.$137.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 14, 2021
16.$123 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 14, 2015
17.$121 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2019
18.€106.86 Million
US$118.39 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2016
19.$104 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 13, 2021
20.€90 Million
US$101.4 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2019
21.$100 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2005
22.€81 Million
US$97.9 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 15, 2005
23.$94 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 13, 2013
24.€92.52 Million
US$92.84 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2022
25.€75 Million
US$91.69 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 13, 2012

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1997: Slotenmaker365
Friday, Jul 11, 1997
27 years old
1988: Ash88
Monday, Jul 11, 1988
36 years old
1987: LUCKYFOX711
Saturday, Jul 11, 1987
37 years old
1985: SugaDanielle
Thursday, Jul 11, 1985
39 years old
1981: cookie392
Saturday, Jul 11, 1981
43 years old
1981: Mcdudz81
Saturday, Jul 11, 1981
43 years old
1980: ryan97803
Friday, Jul 11, 1980
44 years old
1980: RentMoney
Friday, Jul 11, 1980
44 years old
1979: ladyluck$
Wednesday, Jul 11, 1979
45 years old
1979: foriquito
Wednesday, Jul 11, 1979
45 years old
1977: shelly33
Monday, Jul 11, 1977
47 years old
1976: Nishanisha
Sunday, Jul 11, 1976
48 years old
1975: jbfrozen
Friday, Jul 11, 1975
49 years old
1975: stylo marlo
Friday, Jul 11, 1975
49 years old
1972: amosser
Tuesday, Jul 11, 1972
52 years old
1971: teddybear
Sunday, Jul 11, 1971
53 years old
1966: LadyOhio1
Monday, Jul 11, 1966
58 years old
1964: tesse64
Saturday, Jul 11, 1964
60 years old
1963: aj11
Thursday, Jul 11, 1963
61 years old
1962: Shelley711
Wednesday, Jul 11, 1962
62 years old
1960: LADY LLUCK$
Monday, Jul 11, 1960
64 years old
1956: leonski47
Wednesday, Jul 11, 1956
68 years old
1953: mysbook1723
Saturday, Jul 11, 1953
71 years old
1951: Froggieboard
Wednesday, Jul 11, 1951
73 years old
: Ness711
(year not provided)
: env2005
(year not provided)
: LuckyGammy
(year not provided)
: paddi1017
(year not provided)
: winninghouse
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: Richard Branson becomes the first civilian to be launched into space via his Virgin Galactic spacecraft.
2015: Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escapes from the maximum security Altiplano prison in Mexico, his second escape.
2011: Ninety-eight containers of explosives self-detonate killing 13 people in Zygi, Cyprus.
2010: The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carries out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and injuring 85 others.
2010: Spain defeats the Netherlands to win the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Johannesburg.
2006: Mumbai train bombings: 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
1995: Yugoslav Wars: Srebrenica massacre begins; lasts until 22 July.
1991: Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board.
1990: Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec begins.
1983: A TAME airline Boeing 737-200 crashes near Cuenca, Ecuador, killing all 119 passengers and crew on board.
1982: The Italy National Football Team defeats West Germany at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium to capture the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
1979: America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
1978: Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
1977: Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated in 1968, is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
1973: Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on board. In response, the FAA bans smoking in airplane lavatories.
1972: The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
1971: Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.
1962: First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
1962: Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.
1960: France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso) and Niger.
1960: Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1960: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
1957: Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismai'li worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
1950: Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.
1947: The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
1943: Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Volhynia) peak.
1943: World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily: German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily.
1941: The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana.
1940: World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of the French State.
1936: The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
1934: Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off.
1924: Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on a Sunday.
1922: The Hollywood Bowl opens.
1921: A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
1921: The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
1921: Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
1920: In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
1919: The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
1914: Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
1914: The US Navy launches the USS Nevada (BB-36) as its first standard-type battleship.
1906: Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
1899: Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
1897: Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon.
1893: The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
1893: A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
1889: Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
1882: The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
1864: American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
1848: Waterloo railway station in London opens.
1836: The Fly-fisher's Entomology is published by Alfred Ronalds. The book transformed the sport and went to many editions.
1833: Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed.
1804: A duel occurs in which the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
1801: French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovers another 36 comets, more than any other person in history.
1798: The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
1796: The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
1789: Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
1735: Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.
1616: Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
1576: While exploring the North Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to find the Northwest Passage, Martin Frobisher sights Greenland, mistaking it for the hypothesized (but non-existent) island of "Frisland".
1476: Giuliano della Rovere is appointed bishop of Coutances.
1410: Ottoman Interregnum: Süleyman Çelebi defeats his brother Musa Çelebi outside the Ottoman capital, Edirne.
1405: Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time.
1346: Charles IV, Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia, is elected King of the Romans.
1302: Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch): A coalition around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France's royal army.
1174: Baldwin IV, 13, becomes King of Jerusalem, with Raymond III, Count of Tripoli as regent and William of Tyre as chancellor.
911: Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy.
813: Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and becomes a monk (under the name Athanasius).
472: After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death.

Births On This Day

2002: Amad, Ivorian footballer
1997: Ryan Rolison, American baseball player
1996: Alessia Cara, Canadian singer-songwriter
1995: Joey Bosa, American football player
1995: Tyler Medeiros, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer
1994: Bartłomiej Kalinkowski, Polish footballer
1994: Anthony Milford, Australian rugby league player
1994: Nina Nesbitt, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1994: Lucas Ocampos, Argentinian footballer
1993: Rebecca Bross, American gymnast
1993: Heini Salonen, Finnish tennis player
1992: Mohamed Elneny, Egyptian footballer
1990: Mona Barthel, German tennis player
1990: Connor Paolo, American actor
1990: Adam Jezierski, Polish-Spanish actor and singer
1990: Patrick Peterson, American football player
1990: Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis player
1989: Tobias Sana, Swedish footballer
1989: Travis Waddell, Australian rugby league player
1989: Shimanoumi Koyo, Japanese sumo wrestler
1988: Étienne Capoue, French footballer
1988: Natalie La Rose, Dutch singer, songwriter and dancer
1987: Shigeaki Kato, Japanese singer
1986: Raúl García, Spanish footballer
1986: Yoann Gourcuff, French footballer
1986: Ryan Jarvis, English footballer
1985: Robert Adamson, American actor, director, and producer
1985: Orestis Karnezis, Greek footballer
1984: Yorman Bazardo, Venezuelan baseball player
1984: Tanith Belbin, Canadian-American ice dancer
1984: Jacoby Jones, American football player
1984: Joe Pavelski, American ice hockey player
1984: Morné Steyn, South African rugby player
1983: Engin Baytar, German-Turkish footballer
1983: Peter Cincotti, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1983: Marie Serneholt, Swedish singer and dancer
1982: Chris Cooley, American football player
1981: Andre Johnson, American football player
1981: Susana Barreiros, Venezuelan judge
1980: Tyson Kidd, Canadian wrestler
1980: Kevin Powers, American soldier and author
1979: Raio Piiroja, Estonian footballer
1978: Kathleen Edwards, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978: Massimiliano Rosolino, Italian swimmer
1977: Brandon Short, American football player and sportscaster
1976: Eduardo Nájera, Mexican-American basketball player and coach
1975: Willie Anderson, American football player
1975: Rubén Baraja, Spanish footballer and manager
1975: Lil' Kim, American rapper and producer
1974: Alanas Chošnau, Lithuanian singer-songwriter
1974: Hermann Hreiðarsson, Icelandic footballer and manager
1974: André Ooijer, Dutch footballer and coach
1973: Konstantinos Kenteris, Greek runner
1972: Cormac Battle, English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1972: Michael Rosenbaum, American actor
1971: Leisha Hailey, American singer-songwriter and actress
1971: Scott Muller, Australian cricketer
1970: Justin Chambers, American actor
1970: Sajjad Karim, English lawyer and politician
1970: Eric Owens, American opera singer
1969: Ned Boulting, British sports journalist and television presenter
1968: Michael Geist, Canadian journalist and academic
1968: Daniel MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
1968: Esera Tuaolo, American football player
1967: Andy Ashby, American baseball player and sportscaster
1967: Jhumpa Lahiri, Indian American novelist and short story writer
1966: Nadeem Aslam, Pakistani-English author
1966: Kentaro Miura, Japanese author and illustrator (d. 2021)
1966: Rod Strickland, American basketball player and coach
1966: Ricky Warwick, Northern Irish musician
1965: Tony Cottee, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1965: Ernesto Hoost, Dutch kick-boxer and sportscaster
1965: Scott Shriner, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1964: Craig Charles, English actor and TV presenter
1963: Al MacInnis, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1963: Dean Richards, English rugby player and coach
1963: Lisa Rinna, American actress and talk show host
1962: Gaétan Duchesne, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1962: Pauline McLynn, Irish actress and author
1962: Fumiya Fujii, Japanese music artist
1961: Antony Jenkins, English banker and businessman
1960: David Baerwald, American singer-songwriter, composer, and musician
1960: Caroline Quentin, English actress
1959: Richie Sambora, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1959: Suzanne Vega, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1958: Stephanie Dabney, American ballerina (d. 2022)
1958: Mark Lester, English actor
1958: Hugo Sánchez, Mexican footballer, coach, and manager
1957: Johann Lamont, Scottish educator and politician
1957: Peter Murphy, English singer-songwriter
1957: Patsy O'Hara, Irish Republican hunger striker (d. 1981)
1957: Michael Rose, Jamaican singer-songwriter
1956: Amitav Ghosh, Indian-American author and academic
1956: Robin Renucci, French actor and director
1956: Sela Ward, American actress
1955: Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, Singaporean Minister of Health (d. 2010)
1954: Julia King, English engineer and academic
1953: Piyasvasti Amranand, Thai businessman and politician, Thai Minister of Energy
1953: Angélica Aragón, Mexican film, television, and stage actress and singer
1953: Peter Brown, American singer-songwriter and producer
1953: Suresh Prabhu, Indian accountant and politician, Indian Minister of Railways
1953: Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Mexican actress, director, and producer
1953: Leon Spinks, American boxer (d. 2021)
1953: Mindy Sterling, American actress
1953: Ivan Toms, South African physician and activist (d. 2008)
1953: Bramwell Tovey, English-Canadian conductor and composer (d. 2022)
1953: Paul Weiland, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1952: Bill Barber, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1952: Stephen Lang, American actor and playwright
1951: Ed Ott, American baseball player and coach (d. 2024)
1950: Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani physicist and academic
1950: J. R. Morgan, Welsh author and academic
1950: Bonnie Pointer, American singer (d. 2020)
1947: Jeff Hanna, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
1947: Norman Lebrecht, English author and critic
1947: Bo Lundgren, Swedish politician
1946: Martin Wong, American painter (d. 1999)
1944: Lou Hudson, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
1944: Michael Levy, Baron Levy, English philanthropist
1944: Patricia Polacco, American author and illustrator
1943: Richard Carleton, Australian journalist (d. 2006)
1943: Howard Gardner, American psychologist and academic
1943: Tom Holland, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1943: Peter Jensen, Australian metropolitan
1943: Robert Malval, Haitian businessman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Haiti
1943: Rolf Stommelen, German racing driver (d. 1983)
1942: Darrell Eastlake, Australian sportscaster (d. 2018)
1941: Bill Boggs, American journalist and producer
1941: Henry Lowther, English trumpet player
1937: Pai Hsien-yung, Chinese-Taiwanese author
1935: Frederick Hemke, American saxophonist and educator (d. 2019)
1935: Oliver Napier, Northern Irish lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
1934: Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer, founded the Armani Company
1933: Jim Carlen, American football player and coach (d. 2012)
1933: Frank Kelso, American admiral and politician, United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 2013)
1932: Alex Hassilev, French-born American folk singer and musician (d. 2024)
1932: Jean-Guy Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2024)
1931: Dick Gray, American baseball player (d. 2013)
1931: Thurston Harris, American doo-wop singer (d. 1990)
1931: Tab Hunter, American actor and singer (d. 2018)
1931: Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (d. 2014)
1930: Jack Alabaster, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2024)
1930: Harold Bloom, American literary critic (d. 2019)
1930: Mike Foster, American politician, 53rd Governor of Louisiana (d. 2020)
1930: Trevor Storer, English businessman, founded Pukka Pies (d. 2013)
1930: Ezra Vogel, American sociologist (d. 2020)
1929: Danny Flores, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (d. 2006)
1929: David Kelly, Irish actor (d. 2012)
1928: Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, Welsh-English lawyer and politician (d. 2015)
1928: Bobo Olson, American boxer (d. 2002)
1928: Andrea Veneracion, Filipina choirmaster (d. 2014)
1927: Theodore Maiman, American-Canadian physicist and engineer (d. 2007)
1927: Chris Leonard, English footballer (d. 1987)
1926: Frederick Buechner, American minister, theologian, and author (d. 2022)
1925: Charles Chaynes, French composer (d. 2016)
1925: Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (d. 2017)
1925: Peter Kyros, American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
1925: Sid Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2004)
1924: César Lattes, Brazilian physicist and academic (d. 2005)
1924: Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2007)
1924: Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer and manager (d. 1971)
1924: Oscar Wyatt, American businessman
1923: Richard Pipes, Polish-American historian and academic (d. 2018)
1923: Tun Tun, Indian actress and comedian (d. 2003)
1922: Gene Evans, American actor (d. 1998)
1922: Fritz Riess, German-Swiss racing driver (d. 1991)
1920: Yul Brynner, Russian actor and dancer (d. 1985)
1920: Zecharia Sitchin, Russian-American author (d. 2010)
1918: Venetia Burney, English educator, who named Pluto (d. 2009)
1918: Roy Krenkel, American illustrator (d. 1983)
1916: Mortimer Caplin, American tax attorney, educator, and IRS Commissioner (d. 2019)
1916: Hans Maier, Dutch water polo player (d. 2018)
1916: Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
1916: Reg Varney, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1916: Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2014)
1915: Leonard Goodwin, British protozoologist (d. 2008)
1913: Paul Gibb, English cricketer (d. 1977)
1913: Cordwainer Smith, American sinologist, author, and academic (d. 1966)
1912: Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer (d. 1996)
1912: Peta Taylor, English cricketer (d. 1989)
1912: William F. Walsh, American captain and politician, 48th Mayor of Syracuse (d. 2011)
1911: Erna Flegel, German nurse who was still present in the Führerbunker when it was captured by Soviet troops (d. 2006)
1910: Sally Blane, American actress (d. 1997)
1909: Irene Hervey, American actress (d. 1998)
1909: Jacques Clemens, Dutch catholic priest (d. 2018)
1906: Harry von Zell, American actor and announcer (d. 1981)
1906: Herbert Wehner, German politician, Minister of Intra-German Relations (d. 1990)
1905: Betty Allan, Australian statistician and biometrician (d. 1952)
1904: Niño Ricardo, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1972)
1903: Rudolf Abel, English-Russian colonel (d. 1971)
1903: Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (d. 1976)
1901: Gwendolyn Lizarraga, Belizean businesswoman, activist, and politician (d. 1975)
1899: Wilfrid Israel, German businessman and philanthropist (d. 1943)
1899: E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (d. 1985)
1897: Bull Connor, American police officer (d. 1973)
1895: Dorothy Wilde, English author and poet (d. 1941)
1894: Erna Mohr, German zoologist (d. 1968)
1892: Thomas Mitchell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1962)
1888: Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist (d. 1985)
1886: Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator (d. 1939)
1882: James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (d. 1946)
1881: Isabel Martin Lewis, American astronomer and author (d. 1966)
1880: Friedrich Lahrs, German architect and academic (d. 1964)
1875: H. M. Brock, British painter and illustrator (d. 1960)
1866: Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1953)
1850: Annie Armstrong, American missionary (d. 1938)
1849: N. E. Brown, English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents (d. 1934)
1846: Léon Bloy, French author and poet (d. 1917)
1836: Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (d. 1896)
1834: James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American-English painter and illustrator (d. 1903)
1832: Charilaos Trikoupis, Greek lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1896)
1826: Alexander Afanasyev, Russian ethnographer and author (d. 1871)
1767: John Quincy Adams, American lawyer and politician, 6th President of the United States (d. 1848)
1760: Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (d. 1804)
1754: Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (d. 1825)
1723: Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and author (d. 1799)
1709: Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1785)
1662: Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1726)
1657: Frederick I of Prussia (d. 1713)
1653: Sarah Good, American woman accused of witchcraft (d. 1692)
1628: Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese daimyō (d. 1701)
1603: Kenelm Digby, English astrologer, courtier, and diplomat (d. 1665)
1561: Luis de Góngora, Spanish cleric and poet (d. 1627)
1558: Robert Greene, English author and playwright (d. 1592)
1459: Kaspar, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, German nobleman (d. 1527)
1406: William, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg (d. 1482)
1274: Robert the Bruce, Scottish king (d. 1329)
154: Bardaisan, Syrian astrologer, scholar, and philosopher (d. 222)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Milan Kundera, Czech-French writer (b. 1929)
2021: Charlie Robinson, American actor (b. 1945)
2021: Renée Simonot, French actress (b. 1911)
2020: Marc Angelucci, American attorney and men's rights activist, Vice-president of the National Coalition for Men (b. 1968)
2020: Frank Bolling, American baseball second baseman (b. 1931)
2017: Jim Wong-Chu, Canadian poet (b. 1949)
2015: Giacomo Biffi, Italian cardinal (b. 1928)
2015: Satoru Iwata, Japanese game programmer and businessman (b. 1959)
2015: André Leysen, Belgian businessman (b. 1927)
2014: Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (b. 1937)
2014: Carin Mannheimer, Swedish author and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2014: Bill McGill, American basketball player (b. 1939)
2014: Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (b. 1949)
2014: John Seigenthaler, American journalist and academic (b. 1927)
2014: Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (b. 1958)
2013: Emik Avakian, Iranian-American inventor (b. 1923)
2013: Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician and academic (b. 1936)
2013: Eugene P. Wilkinson, American admiral (b. 1918)
2009: Reg Fleming, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1936)
2009: Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer (b. 1972)
2009: Ji Xianlin, Chinese linguist and paleographer (b. 1911)
2008: Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and educator (b. 1908)
2007: Glenda Adams, Australian author and academic (b. 1939)
2007: Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 43rd First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
2007: Alfonso López Michelsen, Colombian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Colombia (b. 1913)
2007: Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded Honest Ed's (b. 1914)
2006: Barnard Hughes, American actor (b. 1915)
2006: Bronwyn Oliver, Australian sculptor (b. 1959)
2006: John Spencer, English snooker player and sportscaster (b. 1935)
2005: Gretchen Franklin, English actress and dancer (b. 1911)
2005: Jesús Iglesias, Argentinian racing driver (b. 1922)
2005: Frances Langford, American actress and singer (b. 1913)
2004: Laurance Rockefeller, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1910)
2004: Renée Saint-Cyr, French actress and producer (b. 1904)
2003: Zahra Kazemi, Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer (b. 1948)
2001: Herman Brood, Dutch musician and painter (b. 1946)
2000: Pedro Mir, Dominican lawyer, author, and poet (b. 1913)
2000: Robert Runcie, English archbishop (b. 1921)
1999: Helen Forrest, American singer (b. 1917)
1999: Jan Sloot, Dutch computer scientist and electronics technician (b. 1945)
1998: Panagiotis Kondylis, Greek philosopher and author (b. 1943)
1994: Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research (b. 1942)
1991: Mokhtar Dahari, Malaysian footballer and coach (b. 1953)
1989: Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
1987: Avi Ran, Israeli footballer (b. 1963)
1987: Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, American rabbi and scholar (b. 1901)
1983: Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian author (b. 1915)
1979: Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1925)
1976: León de Greiff, Colombian poet and educator (b. 1895)
1974: Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
1971: John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
1971: Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1940)
1967: Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)
1966: Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)
1959: Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
1937: George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
1929: Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
1909: Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1835)
1908: Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (b. 1876)
1905: Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1849)
1897: Patrick Jennings, Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1831)
1844: Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian philosopher and poet (b. 1800)
1825: Thomas P. Grosvenor, American soldier and politician (b. 1744)
1806: James Smith, Irish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1719)
1797: Ienăchiță Văcărescu, Romanian historian and philologist (b. 1740)
1775: Simon Boerum, American farmer and politician (b. 1724)
1774: Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-English general (b. 1715)
1688: Narai, Thai king (b. 1629)
1599: Chōsokabe Motochika, Japanese daimyō (b. 1539)
1593: Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Italian painter (b. 1527)
1581: Peder Skram, Danish admiral and politician (b. 1503)
1535: Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1484)
1484: Mino da Fiesole, Italian sculptor (b. c. 1429)
1451: Barbara of Cilli, Slovenian noblewoman
1382: Nicole Oresme, French philosopher (b. 1325)
1362: Anna von Schweidnitz, empress of Charles IV (b. 1339)
1344: Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg (b. c. 1286)
1302: Robert II, Count of Artois (b. 1250)
1302: Pierre Flotte, French politician and lawyer
1183: Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1117)
1174: Amalric I of Jerusalem (b. 1136)
969: Olga of Kiev (b. 890)
937: Rudolph II of Burgundy (b. 880)
472: Anthemius, Roman emperor (b. 420)

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