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July 12

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July 12

July 12 is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 172 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Connecticut Lottery moves draw studio and discontinues live drawings. The Connecticut Lottery announced that it is relocating its draw studio and that drawings will no longer be aired on live television.
2023: Texas Lottery to launch space flight second-chance promotion. Lottery winners in Texas might be lucky enough to travel to space as part of an upcoming second-chance promotion from the Texas Lottery.
2021: Lottery scammers steal $1.2 million from one victim. After stealing over $1 million from one single victim, the leader of a ring of Jamaican scam artists was sentenced Friday to almost six years in prison.
2019: Key player in Jamaican lottery scam sentenced to 4 years. A federal judge in North Dakota on Wednesday sentenced a Rhode Island woman to four years in prison for funneling lottery scam money between the U.S. and Jamaica, prompting a prosecutor to question the ruling.
2019: Details emerge about CT Lottery CEO secretly recording board chairman in 2014. Connecticut Lottery Corp. Vice President Chelsea Turner testified Tuesday that around 2014, she and then-lottery CEO Anne Noble had such suspicions about Frank Farricker, then chairman of the lottery's governing board, that she contacted an agent she knew in the FBI — which then had Noble record Farricker secretly in at least one meeting.
2018: Pennsylvania iLottery hits $21.6 million in sales. Pennsylvania's brand new online lottery, the iLottery, reported sales of $21.6 million in its first 26 days from its launch on June 4, despite the best efforts of the land-based casino industry to sink it in the first few weeks.
2018: Iowa lawmakers, casinos, lottery 'all in' for sports betting. Following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in May overturning a federal law that had prohibited legalized sports betting in all but Nevada, Iowa lawmakers, retailers and casinos are looking at how best to bring black market bettors into the light.
2018: MUSL Board President and Powerball Game Chair elected for FY19. The Multi-State Lottery Association's leadership for fiscal year 2019 has been set with the election of new Board & Game Chair Positions.
2017: One million dollars in a time of need for New Jersey couple. A New Jersey couple won a $1 million lottery prize just when they needed it most.
2016: WV Lottery officials keeping eye on PA internet gambling bill. West Virginia Lottery officials are closely monitoring legislation making its way through the Pennsylvania General Assembly that would significantly expand legalized gambling in that state.
2016: Mass. Lottery may offer online games. In response to declining sales among digitally savvy young adults, the Massachusetts State Lottery is calling on lawmakers to open a new gambling frontier — lottery games offered around the clock on mobile devices and computers.
2012: N.C. man charged with stealing $1M lottery ticket. Police in North Carolina have arrested the husband of a $1 million lottery winner, accusing him of obtaining the ticket illegally.
2011: Wisconsin lottery benefiting from Minnesota government shutdown. The cash register is humming at the gas station Mac Qasem manages in Houlton, Wisconsin, and he has squabbling Democrats and Republicans from Minnesota to thank for it.
2011: Mobster's lottery documents sold on eBay. A collection of documents claiming to offer the signature of James "Whitey" Bulger from his multimillion dollar Massachusetts Lottery win went up for sale on eBay Monday.
2010: Canadian gets 9 years for U.S. lottery scam. A Vancouver man was sentenced to nine years in prison Monday for running a lottery scam in the United States that defrauded dozens of elderly victims of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
2009: W. Va. woman wins 9th big lottery prize. Last week, a 60-year-old South Charleston woman claimed her ninth West Virginia Lottery prize.
2007: Calif. Lottery fails to meet Mega Millions deadline. The Democrat-controlled California legislature, which has taken an adversarial role against the California Lottery for the past several years, has not met its obligation to change state law by a court-ordered deadline, aimed at ensuring participation in multi-state lotto is fair to education, lottery officials said Wednesday.
2007: First Ca$hola jackpot win in Delaware. A Delaware woman has won the first multi-state Ca$hola jackpot in her state, which was also the second-highest jackpot at the casino where she won.
2005: Tenn's Paul to be honored by lottery industry. Tennessee lottery president Rebecca Paul was inducted into the Lottery Industry Hall of Fame Tuesday.
2005: Texas Lottery looking at all possibilities for Director Position. In a gesture of openness, Texas Lottery commissioners announced Monday that, for the first time, a committee of state officials and private citizens outside the lottery will help find the agency's next leader.
2005: Power failure shuts down Wisconsin lottery sales. A computer system outage prevented Wisconsin lottery players from purchasing tickets or validating winning tickets for such games as Powerball or Pick 3 for about three hours, a state Department of Revenue spokeswoman says.
2005: Calif. Lottery uses trick as Dems continue undermining Mega Millions. The California Lottery admitted Monday they used a state official, who misrepresented herself as a freelance reporter, as an operative in the legal battle over constitutionality of the multistate Mega Millions game in California.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Reaches $13 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $13 million, with a cash option of $6.9 million.
2004: Florida Lotto rolls to $6 million. Florida's Lotto drawing produced no jackpot winner on Saturday night, resulting in a rollover estimated at $6 million for the next drawing on Wednesday, Lottery officials said Sunday.
2004: Lottery win caps a life of service. Before her big Mega Millions win, Geraldine Williams was an invisible servant to others, wiping clean their dirt, scrubbing their floors, emptying their trash.
2004: Jackpot winner tries to lay low. A day after bagging a $294 million lottery jackpot, Geraldine Williams battled to get her bearings yesterday as she went from housemaid to multimillionaire retiree overnight.
2004: Ex-husband of big Mass. lottery winner is happy for his family. The ex-husband of the $294 million Mega Millions winner isn't expecting his ex-wife to offer him a share of her lottery winnings.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$746.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2023
2.$560 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 14, 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.$237.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2025
9.€230 Million US$230.78 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2022
10.$217 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 14, 2017
11.€187.4 Million
US$211.27 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 13, 2019
12.$203 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2024
13.$194 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 13, 2019
14.$155 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2017
15.$138 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2002
16.$137.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 14, 2021
17.$123 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 14, 2015
18.$121 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2019
19.€106.86 Million
US$118.39 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2016
20.€97 Million
US$112.86 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 15, 2025
21.$104 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 13, 2021
22.€90 Million
US$101.4 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2019
23.$100 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2005
23.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 14, 2018
25.€81 Million
US$97.9 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 15, 2005

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: Kingm
Friday, Jul 12, 1991
34 years old
1991: Kingm91
Friday, Jul 12, 1991
34 years old
1990: MissResee20
Thursday, Jul 12, 1990
35 years old
1990: Tbrown90
Thursday, Jul 12, 1990
35 years old
1989: centri
Wednesday, Jul 12, 1989
36 years old
1988: lottohill20
Tuesday, Jul 12, 1988
37 years old
1986: moneyrolls313
Saturday, Jul 12, 1986
39 years old
1983: lucasbehr
Tuesday, Jul 12, 1983
42 years old
1982: Southern82
Monday, Jul 12, 1982
43 years old
1980: lolive581
Saturday, Jul 12, 1980
45 years old
1980: Mashawn
Saturday, Jul 12, 1980
45 years old
1977: Lovable*
Tuesday, Jul 12, 1977
48 years old
1977: manwize
Tuesday, Jul 12, 1977
48 years old
1973: sassymrsjay
Thursday, Jul 12, 1973
52 years old
1973: ALEXGR
Thursday, Jul 12, 1973
52 years old
1971: ChasingMoney T
Monday, Jul 12, 1971
54 years old
1971: tvision
Monday, Jul 12, 1971
54 years old
1968: alvardo
Friday, Jul 12, 1968
57 years old
1968: shazamm
Friday, Jul 12, 1968
57 years old
1966: BmoreWayne
Tuesday, Jul 12, 1966
59 years old
1966: Nicole239
Tuesday, Jul 12, 1966
59 years old
1962: Big Mama
Thursday, Jul 12, 1962
63 years old
1959: Jbees
Sunday, Jul 12, 1959
66 years old
1959: Lauriah$69
Sunday, Jul 12, 1959
66 years old
1954: itscarie
Monday, Jul 12, 1954
71 years old
1948: miss-guaranteed
Monday, Jul 12, 1948
77 years old
: Nic2023
(year not provided)
: sds0712
(year not provided)
: Ewb7279
(year not provided)
: larryj29
(year not provided)
: Matsy
(year not provided)
: Annie14
(year not provided)
: SWGirl
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2013: Six people are killed and 200 injured in a French passenger train derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge.
2012: Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68 and 150 people.
2012: A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.
2007: U.S. Army Apache helicopters engage in airstrikes against armed insurgents in Baghdad, Iraq, where civilians are killed; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.
2006: The 2006 Lebanon War begins.
2001: Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-104, carrying the Quest Joint Airlock to the International Space Station.
1998: The Ulster Volunteer Force attacked a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.
1995: Chinese seismologists successfully predict the 1995 Myanmar-China earthquake, reducing the number of casualties to 11.
1979: The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1975: São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
1973: A fire destroys the entire sixth floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.
1971: The Australian Aboriginal flag is flown for the first time.
1967: Riots begin in Newark, New Jersey.
1963: Pauline Reade, 16, disappears in Gorton, England, the first victim in the Moors murders.
1961: Indian city Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people.
1961: ČSA Flight 511 crashes at Casablanca-Anfa Airport in Morocco, killing 72.
1960: Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
1948: Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
1943: World War II: Battle of Kursk: German and Soviet forces engage in the Battle of Prokhorovka, one of the largest armored engagements of all time.
1920: The Soviet-Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania.
1918: The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
1917: The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
1913: Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
1913: The Second Revolution breaks out against the Beiyang government, as Li Liejun proclaims Jiangxi independent from the Republic of China.
1862: The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
1812: The American Army of the Northwest briefly occupies the Upper Canadian settlement at what is now at Windsor, Ontario.
1806: At the insistence of Napoleon, Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg and thirteen minor principalities leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.
1801: British ships inflict heavy damage on Spanish and French ships in the Second Battle of Algeciras.
1799: Ranjit Singh conquers Lahore and becomes Maharaja of the Punjab (Sikh Empire).
1790: The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
1789: In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
1776: Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
1691: Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar): The decisive victory of William III of England's forces in Ireland.
1580: The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.
1576: Mughal Empire annexes Bengal after defeating the Bengal Sultanate at the Battle of Rajmahal.
1562: Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burns the sacred idols and books of the Maya.
1543: King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.
1527: Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty.
1493: Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published.
1488: Joseon Dynasty official Choe Bu returned to Korea after months of shipwrecked travel in China.
1470: The Ottomans capture Euboea.
1335: Pope Benedict XII issues the papal bull Fulgens sicut stella matutina to reform the Cistercian Order.
1191: Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre.
927: King Constantine II of Scotland, King Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Ealdred of Bamburgh and King Owain of the Cumbrians accepted the overlordship of King Æthelstan of England, leading to seven years of peace in the north.
70: The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.

Births On This Day

2002: Nico Williams, Spanish footballer
2001: Kaylee McKeown, Australian swimmer
2000: Vinícius Júnior, Brazilian footballer
1998: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Canadian basketball player
1997: Jean-Kévin Duverne, French footballer
1997: Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate
1996: Moussa Dembélé, French footballer
1996: Jordan Romero, American mountaineer
1995: Evania Pelite, Australian rugby union player
1995: Luke Shaw, English footballer
1995: Jordyn Wieber, American gymnast
1995: Moses Simon, Nigerian footballer
1994: Kanako Momota, Japanese singer-songwriter
1992: Bartosz Bereszyński, Polish footballer
1992: Luke Berry, English footballer
1991: Salih Dursun, Turkish footballer
1991: James Rodríguez, Colombian footballer
1991: Pablo Carreño Busta, Spanish tennis player
1990: Bebé, Portuguese footballer
1990: Rachel Brosnahan, American actress
1989: Nick Palmieri, American ice hockey player
1989: Phoebe Tonkin, Australian actress
1988: Patrick Beverley, American basketball player
1988: LeSean McCoy, American football player
1988: Inbee Park, South Korean golfer
1986: Didier Digard, French footballer
1986: Hannaliis Jaadla, Estonian footballer
1986: JP Pietersen, South African rugby player
1986: Simone Laudehr, German footballer
1985: Paulo Vitor Barreto, Brazilian footballer
1985: Gianluca Curci, Italian footballer
1985: Keven Lacombe, Canadian cyclist
1985: Ismael Londt, Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer
1984: Gareth Gates, English singer-songwriter
1984: Jonathan Lewis, American football player
1984: Natalie Martinez, American actress
1984: Michael McGovern, Northern Irish footballer
1984: Sami Zayn, Canadian professional wrestler
1982: Antonio Cassano, Italian footballer
1982: Jason Wright, American football player, businessman, and executive
1981: Adrienne Camp, South African singer-songwriter
1981: Pradeepan Raveendran, Sri Lankan director, producer, and screenwriter
1980: Kristen Connolly, American actress
1979: Nikos Barlos, Greek basketball player
1979: Maya Kobayashi, Japanese journalist
1978: Topher Grace, American actor
1978: Michelle Rodriguez, American actress
1977: Neil Harris, English footballer and manager
1977: Steve Howey, American actor
1977: Brock Lesnar, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1977: Francesca Lubiani, Italian tennis player
1977: Marco Silva, Portuguese football manager
1976: Dan Boyle, Canadian ice hockey player
1976: Anna Friel, English actress
1976: Tracie Spencer, American singer-songwriter and actress
1974: Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer-songwriter
1974: Stelios Giannakopoulos, Greek footballer and manager
1974: Gregory Shane Helms, American professional wrestler
1973: Christian Vieri, Italian footballer
1972: Jake Wood, English actor
1971: Andriy Kovalenco, Ukrainian-Spanish rugby player
1971: Loni Love, American comedian, actress, and talk show host
1971: Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater
1970: Aure Atika, Portuguese-French actress, director, and screenwriter
1970: Lee Byung-hun, South Korean actor, singer, and dancer
1970: Susan Tyler Witten, American politician
1969: Chantal Jouanno, French politician, French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
1969: Alan Mullally, English cricketer and sportscaster
1969: Anne-Sophie Pic, French chef
1969: Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist (died 2006)
1968: Catherine Plewinski, French swimmer
1967: Richard Herring, English comedian and screenwriter
1967: Mac McCaughan, American singer and guitarist
1967: John Petrucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967: Bruny Surin, Canadian sprinter
1966: Jeff Bucknum, American race car driver
1966: Annabel Croft, English tennis player and sportscaster
1966: Taiji, Japanese bass player and songwriter (died 2011)
1965: Sanjay Manjrekar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
1965: Robin Wilson, American singer and guitarist
1964: Gaby Roslin, English television host and actress
1962: Julio César Chávez, Mexican boxer
1962: Luc De Vos, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)
1962: Joanna Shields, American-English businesswoman
1962: Dean Wilkins, English footballer and manager
1961: Heikko Glöde, German footballer and manager
1961: Shiva Rajkumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer
1959: David Brown, Australian meteorologist
1959: Tupou VI, King of Tonga
1959: Karl J. Friston, English psychiatrist and neuroscientist
1959: Charlie Murphy, American actor and comedian (died 2017)
1958: J. D. Hayworth, American politician and radio host
1958: Tonya Lee Williams, English-Canadian actress and producer
1957: Rick Husband, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003)
1957: Dave Semenko, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2017)
1956: Mel Harris, American actress
1956: Sandi Patty, American singer and pianist
1956: Mario Soto, Dominican baseball player
1955: Timothy Garton Ash, English historian and author
1955: Jimmy LaFave, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)
1954: Eric Adams, American singer-songwriter
1954: Robert Carl, American pianist and composer
1954: Wolfgang Dremmler, German footballer and coach
1952: Voja Antonić, Serbian computer scientist and journalist, designed the Galaksija computer
1952: Irina Bokova, Bulgarian politician, Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1952: Philip Taylor Kramer, American bass player (died 1995)
1951: Joan Bauer, American author
1951: Brian Grazer, American screenwriter and producer, founded Imagine Entertainment
1951: Cheryl Ladd, American actress
1951: Piotr Pustelnik, Polish mountaineer
1951: Jamey Sheridan, American actor
1950: Eric Carr, American drummer and songwriter (died 1991)
1950: Gilles Meloche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1949: Simon Fox, English drummer
1949: Rick Hendrick, American businessman, founded Hendrick Motorsports
1948: Ben Burtt, American director, screenwriter, and sound designer
1948: Walter Egan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948: Elias Khoury, Lebanese intellectual, playwright and novelist (died 2024)
1948: Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer and actor (died 2024)
1947: Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster
1947: Carl Lundgren, American artist and illustrator
1947: Richard C. McCarty, American psychologist and academic
1946: Sian Barbara Allen, American television actress (died 2025)
1945: Butch Hancock, American country-folk singer-songwriter and musician
1944: Simon Blackburn, English philosopher and academic
1944: Delia Ephron, American author, playwright, and screenwriter
1943: Christine McVie, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2022)
1943: Paul Silas, American basketball player and coach (died 2022)
1942: Swamp Dogg, American R&B singer-songwriter and musician
1942: Roy Palmer, English cricketer and umpire
1942: Billy Smith, Australian rugby league footballer and coach
1942: Steve Young, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)
1941: Benny Parsons, American race car driver and sportscaster (died 2007)
1939: Phillip Adams, Australian journalist and producer
1939: Bill Cooper, American football player
1938: Ron Fairly, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2019)
1938: Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer
1938: Eiko Ishioka, Japanese art director and graphic designer (died 2012)
1937: Bill Cosby, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1937: Mickey Edwards, American lawyer and politician
1937: Lionel Jospin, French civil servant and politician, 165th Prime Minister of France
1937: Robert McFarlane, American colonel and diplomat, 13th United States National Security Advisor (died 2022)
1937: Guy Woolfenden, English composer and conductor (died 2016)
1936: Jan Němec, Czech director and screenwriter (died 2016)
1936: Frank Ryan, American football player and mathematician (died 2024)
1935: Satoshi Ōmura, Japanese biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1934: Van Cliburn, American pianist and composer (died 2013)
1933: Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (died 2012)
1933: Donald E. Westlake, American author and screenwriter (died 2008)
1932: Monte Hellman, American director and producer (died 2021)
1932: Otis Davis, American sprinter (died 2024)
1931: Eric Ives, English historian and academic (died 2012)
1931: Geeto Mongol, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (died 2013)
1930: Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2023)
1930: Guy Ligier, French race car driver and team owner (died 2015)
1928: Alastair Burnet, English journalist (died 2012)
1928: Elias James Corey, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1928: Imero Fiorentino, American lighting designer (died 2013)
1927: Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist, conductor, and educator (died 1993)
1927: Conte Candoli, American trumpet player (died 2001)
1927: Jack Harshman, American baseball player (died 2013)
1927: Harley Hotchkiss, Canadian businessman (died 2011)
1925: Albert Lance, Australian-French tenor (died 2013)
1925: Roger Smith, American businessman (died 2007)
1924: Faidon Matthaiou, Greek basketball player and coach (died 2011)
1924: Michel d'Ornano, French politician (died 1991)
1923: James E. Gunn, American science fiction author (died 2020)
1922: Mark Hatfield, American soldier and politician, 29th Governor of Oregon (died 2011)
1920: Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and author (died 2004)
1920: Bob Fillion, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (died 2015)
1920: Paul Gonsalves, American saxophonist (died 1974)
1920: Randolph Quirk, Manx linguist and academic (died 2017)
1920: Beah Richards, American actress (died 2000)
1917: Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (died 2014)
1917: Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Indian statesman (died 2006)
1917: Andrew Wyeth, American artist (died 2009)
1916: Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper (died 1974)
1914: Mohammad Moin, Iranian linguist and lexicographer (died 1971)
1913: Willis Lamb, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
1911: Evald Mikson, Estonian footballer (died 1993)
1909: Joe DeRita, American actor (died 1993)
1909: Motoichi Kumagai, Japanese photographer and illustrator (died 2010)
1909: Fritz Leonhardt, German engineer, designed Fernsehturm Stuttgart (died 1999)
1909: Herbert Zim, American naturalist, author, and educator (died 1994)
1908: Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (died 2002)
1908: Alain Cuny, French actor (died 1994)
1908: Paul Runyan, American golfer and sportscaster (died 2002)
1907: Weary Dunlop, Australian colonel and surgeon (died 1993)
1905: Prince John of the United Kingdom, Youngest son of George V and Mary of Teck (died 1919)
1904: Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
1902: Günther Anders, German philosopher and journalist (died 1992)
1902: Vic Armbruster, Australian rugby league footballer (died 1984)
1900: Marcel Paul, French communist politician and Holocaust survivor (died 1982)
1895: Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (died 1962)
1895: Buckminster Fuller, American architect and engineer, designed the Montreal Biosphère (died 1983)
1895: Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and songwriter (died 1960)
1892: Bruno Schulz, Ukrainian-Polish author and painter (died 1942)
1888: Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician and academic (died 1920)
1886: Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director (died 1956)
1884: Bob Diry, Austrian-born wrestler and boxer (died 1935)
1884: Louis B. Mayer, Russian-born American film producer, co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (died 1957)
1884: Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (died 1920)
1881: Natalia Goncharova, Russian theatrical costume and set designer, painter and illustrator (died 1962)
1880: Tod Browning, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1962)
1879: Margherita Piazzola Beloch, Italian mathematician (died 1976)
1879: Han Yong-un, Korean poet (died 1944)
1878: Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (died 1930)
1876: Max Jacob, French poet, painter, and critic (died 1944)
1872: Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (died 1945)
1870: Louis II, Prince of Monaco (died 1949)
1868: Stefan George, German poet and translator (died 1933)
1863: Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (died 1933)
1863: Paul Drude, German physicist and academic (died 1906)
1861: Anton Arensky, Russian pianist, composer, and educator (died 1906)
1857: George E. Ohr, American potter (died 1918)
1855: Ned Hanlan, Canadian rower, academic, and businessman (died 1908)
1854: George Eastman, American businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (died 1933)
1852: Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Argentina (died 1933)
1850: Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (died 1912)
1849: William Osler, Canadian physician and author (died 1919)
1824: Eugène Boudin, French painter (died 1898)
1821: D. H. Hill, American general and academic (died 1889)
1817: Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (died 1862)
1817: Alvin Saunders, Territorial Governor and Senator from Nebraska (died 1899)
1813: Claude Bernard, French physiologist and academic (died 1878)
1807: Thomas Hawksley, English engineer and academic (died 1893)
1803: Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (died 1841)
1730: Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (died 1795)
1675: Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian violinist and composer (died 1742)
1628: Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (died 1684)
1549: Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland (died 1587)
1477: Jacopo Sadoleto, Italian cardinal (died 1547)
1468: Juan del Encina, Spanish poet, playwright, and composer (probable; (died 1530)
1394: Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shōgun (died 1441)
100 BC: Julius Caesar, Roman politician and general (died 44 BC)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Tonke Dragt, Dutch children's writer and illustrator (born 1930)
2024: Bill Viola, American video and installation artist (born 1951)
2024: Ruth Westheimer, German-American sex therapist (born 1928)
2024: Evan Wright, American writer (born 1964)
2024: Noriko Ohara, Japanese voice actress and narrator (born 1935)
2020: Kelly Preston, American actress and model (born 1962)
2020: Wim Suurbier, Dutch football player (born 1945)
2019: Emily Hartridge, English YouTuber and television presenter (born 1984)
2018: Annabelle Neilson, English socialite (born 1969)
2016: Goran Hadžić, Serbian politician (born 1958)
2015: D'Army Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and actor (born 1941)
2015: Chenjerai Hove, Zimbabwean journalist, author, and poet (born 1956)
2015: Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, Tibetan monk and activist (born 1950)
2015: Cheng Siwei, Chinese engineer, economist, and politician (born 1935)
2014: Jamil Ahmad, Pakistani author (born 1931)
2014: Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1924)
2014: Emil Bobu, Romanian politician (born 1927)
2014: Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (born 1919)
2014: Kenneth J. Gray, American soldier and politician (born 1924)
2014: Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Russian journalist and politician (born 1950)
2013: Amar Bose, American businessman, founded the Bose Corporation (born 1929)
2013: Takako Takahashi, Japanese author (born 1932)
2013: Elaine Morgan, Welsh writer (born 1920)
2013: Alan Whicker, Egyptian-English journalist (born 1921)
2012: Alimuddin, Pakistani cricketer (born 1930)
2012: Dara Singh, Indian wrestler, actor, and politician (born 1928)
2012: Eddy Brown, English footballer and manager (born 1926)
2012: Else Holmelund Minarik, Danish-American author and illustrator (born 1920)
2012: Roger Payne, English mountaineer (born 1956)
2012: Hamid Samandarian, Iranian director and playwright (born 1931)
2012: George C. Stoney, American director and producer (born 1916)
2011: Sherwood Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (born 1916)
2010: Olga Guillot, Cuban-American singer (born 1922)
2010: James P. Hogan, English-American author (born 1941)
2010: Paulo Moura, Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist (born 1932)
2010: Pius Njawé, Cameroonian journalist (born 1957)
2010: Harvey Pekar, American author and critic (born 1939)
2008: Bobby Murcer, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1946)
2008: Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (born 1955)
2007: Robert Burås, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1975)
2007: Stan Zemanek, Australian radio and television host (born 1947)
2005: John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, English businessman (born 1917)
2004: Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded the National Ballet School of Canada (born 1918)
2003: Benny Carter, American trumpet player, saxophonist, and composer (born 1907)
2003: Mark Lovell, English race car driver (born 1960)
2001: Fred Marcellino, American author and illustrator (born 1939)
2000: Charles Merritt, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1908)
1999: Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor (born 1921)
1998: Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (born 1907)
1998: Arkady Ostashev, Soviet/Russian scientist and engineer (born 1925)
1998: Serge Lemoyne, Canadian painter (born 1941)
1997: François Furet, French historian and author (born 1927)
1996: John Chancellor, American journalist (born 1927)
1994: Eila Campbell, English geographer and cartographer (born 1915)
1993: Dan Eldon, English photographer and journalist (born 1970)
1992: Caroline Pafford Miller, American journalist and author (born 1903)
1990: João Saldanha, Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (born 1917)
1983: Chris Wood, English saxophonist (born 1944)
1982: Kenneth More, English actor (born 1914)
1980: John Warren Davis, American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader (born 1888)
1979: Olive Morris, Jamaican-English civil rights activist (born 1952)
1979: Minnie Riperton, American singer-songwriter (born 1947)
1975: James Ormsbee Chapin, American painter and illustrator (born 1887)
1973: Lon Chaney Jr., American actor (born 1906)
1971: Yvon Robert, Canadian wrestler (born 1914)
1969: Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author (born 1885)
1966: D. T. Suzuki, Japanese philosopher and author (born 1870)
1965: Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater (born 1898)
1962: Roger Wolfe Kahn, American composer and bandleader (born 1907)
1961: Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and playwright (born 1879)
1956: John Hayes, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Tasmania (born 1868)
1950: Elsie de Wolfe, American actress, author, and interior decorator (born 1865)
1949: Douglas Hyde, Irish scholar and politician, 1st President of Ireland (born 1860)
1947: Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1902)
1946: Ray Stannard Baker, American journalist and author (born 1870)
1945: Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician and engineer (born 1871)
1945: Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (born 1895)
1944: Theodore Roosevelt Jr., American general and politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (born 1887)
1935: Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (born 1859)
1934: Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor and businessman, invented the outboard motor (born 1877)
1931: Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1866)
1929: Robert Henri, American painter and educator (born 1865)
1926: Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (born 1868)
1926: Charles Wood Irish composer (born 1866)
1910: Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (born 1877)
1908: William D. Coleman, 13th President of Liberia (born 1842)
1892: Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented baseball (born 1820)
1870: John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (born 1809)
1855: Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (born 1802)
1850: Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (born 1772)
1845: Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (born 1808)
1804: Alexander Hamilton, American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1755)
1773: Johann Joachim Quantz, German flute player and composer (born 1697)
1749: Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, French navy officer and politician, Governor General of New France (born 1671)
1742: Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian violinist and composer (born 1675)
1712: Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician (born 1626)
1693: John Ashby, English admiral (born 1640)
1691: Marquis de St Ruth, French general
1682: Jean Picard, French priest and astronomer (born 1620)
1664: Stefano della Bella, Italian illustrator and engraver (born 1610)
1623: William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath (born 1557)
1584: Steven Borough, English navigator and explorer (born 1525)
1536: Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch priest and philosopher (born 1466)
1489: Bahlul Lodi, sultan of Delhi
1441: Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shōgun (born 1394)
1441: Kyōgoku Takakazu, Japanese nobleman
1067: John Komnenos, Byzantine general
981: Xue Juzheng, Chinese scholar-official and historian
965: Meng Chang, emperor of Later Shu (born 919)
783: Bertrada of Laon, Frankish queen (born 720)
524: Viventiolus, archbishop of Lyon (born 460)

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