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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.€230 Million US$230.78 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2022
9.$217 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 14, 2017
10.€187.4 Million
US$211.27 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 13, 2019
11.$203 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2024
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
21.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 14, 2018
23.€81 Million
US$97.9 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 15, 2005
24.$94 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 13, 2013
25.€92.52 Million
US$92.84 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2022

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: Kingm
Friday, Jul 12, 1991
33 years old
1991: Kingm91
Friday, Jul 12, 1991
33 years old
1990: MissResee20
Thursday, Jul 12, 1990
34 years old
1990: Tbrown90
Thursday, Jul 12, 1990
34 years old
1989: centri
Wednesday, Jul 12, 1989
35 years old
1988: lottohill20
Tuesday, Jul 12, 1988
36 years old
1986: moneyrolls313
Saturday, Jul 12, 1986
38 years old
1983: lucasbehr
Tuesday, Jul 12, 1983
41 years old
1980: lolive581
Saturday, Jul 12, 1980
44 years old
1980: Mashawn
Saturday, Jul 12, 1980
44 years old
1977: Lovable*
Tuesday, Jul 12, 1977
47 years old
1977: manwize
Tuesday, Jul 12, 1977
47 years old
1973: sassymrsjay
Thursday, Jul 12, 1973
51 years old
1973: ALEXGR
Thursday, Jul 12, 1973
51 years old
1971: ChasingMoney T
Monday, Jul 12, 1971
53 years old
1971: tvision
Monday, Jul 12, 1971
53 years old
1968: alvardo
Friday, Jul 12, 1968
56 years old
1968: shazamm
Friday, Jul 12, 1968
56 years old
1966: BmoreWayne
Tuesday, Jul 12, 1966
58 years old
1966: Nicole239
Tuesday, Jul 12, 1966
58 years old
1962: Big Mama
Thursday, Jul 12, 1962
62 years old
1959: Jbees
Sunday, Jul 12, 1959
65 years old
1959: Lauriah$69
Sunday, Jul 12, 1959
65 years old
1954: itscarie
Monday, Jul 12, 1954
70 years old
1948: miss-guaranteed
Monday, Jul 12, 1948
76 years old
: 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: Bertuğ Yıldırım, Turkish footballer
2001: Kaylee McKeown, Australian swimmer
2000: Vinícius Júnior, Brazilian footballer
1998: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, American 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
1993: Kurt Capewell, Australian rugby league player
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
1988: Patrick Beverley, American basketball player
1988: LeSean McCoy, American football player
1988: Inbee Park, South Korean golfer
1986: 360, Australian rapper
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: Brooke Baldwin, American journalist and television news anchor
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
1975: Phil Lord, American filmmaker
1975: Carolina Kasting, Brazilian 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: Travis Best, American basketball player
1972: Jake Wood, English actor
1971: Joel Casamayor, Cuban-American former professional boxer
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: Lisa Nicole Carson, American actress
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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 2003)
1957: Dave Semenko, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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: Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer and actor
1947: Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster
1947: Wilko Johnson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2022)
1947: Carl Lundgren, American artist and illustrator
1947: Richard C. McCarty, American psychologist and academic
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
1944: Pat Woodell, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
1943: Christine McVie, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2022)
1943: Paul Silas, American basketball player and coach (d. 2022)
1942: Swamp Dogg, American R&B singer-songwriter and musician
1942: Roy Palmer, English cricketer and umpire
1942: Billy Smith, Australian rugby league player and coach
1942: Steve Young, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
1941: Benny Parsons, American race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2007)
1939: Phillip Adams, Australian journalist and producer
1939: Arlen Ness, American motorcycle designer and entrepreneur (d. 2019)
1939: Bill Cooper, American football player player
1938: Ron Fairly, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2019)
1938: Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer
1938: Eiko Ishioka, Japanese art director and graphic designer (d. 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 (d. 2022)
1937: Guy Woolfenden, English composer and conductor (d. 2016)
1936: Jan Němec, Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1936: Frank Ryan, American football player and mathematician (d. 2024)
1935: Satoshi Ōmura, Japanese biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1934: Thomas Charlton, American competition rower and Olympic champion
1934: Van Cliburn, American pianist and composer (d. 2013)
1933: Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (d. 2012)
1933: Donald E. Westlake, American author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1932: Rene Goulet, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2019)
1932: Monte Hellman, American director and producer (d. 2021)
1932: Otis Davis, American sprinter
1931: Eric Ives, English historian and academic (d. 2012)
1931: Geeto Mongol, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2013)
1930: Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2023)
1930: Guy Ligier, French race car driver and team owner (d. 2015)
1928: Alastair Burnet, English journalist (d. 2012)
1928: Elias James Corey, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1928: Imero Fiorentino, American lighting designer (d. 2013)
1927: Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist, conductor, and educator (d. 1993)
1927: Conte Candoli, American trumpet player (d. 2001)
1927: Jack Harshman, American baseball player (d. 2013)
1927: Harley Hotchkiss, Canadian businessman (d. 2011)
1926: Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, spouse of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
1925: Albert Lance, Australian-French tenor (d. 2013)
1925: Roger Smith, American businessman (d. 2007)
1924: Faidon Matthaiou, Greek basketball player and coach (d. 2011)
1923: James E. Gunn, American science fiction author (d. 2020)
1922: Mark Hatfield, American soldier and politician, 29th Governor of Oregon (d. 2011)
1920: Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2004)
1920: Bob Fillion, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2015)
1920: Paul Gonsalves, American saxophonist (d. 1974)
1920: Randolph Quirk, Manx linguist and academic (d. 2017)
1920: Beah Richards, American actress (d. 2000)
1918: Mary Glen-Haig, English fencer (d. 2014)
1918: Vivian Mason, American actress (d. 2009)
1918: Doris Grumbach, American novelist, memoirist, biographer, literary critic, and essayist (d. 2022)
1918: Rusty Dedrick, American swing and bebop jazz trumpeter (d. 2009)
1917: Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (d. 2014)
1917: Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Indian statesman (d. 2006)
1917: Andrew Wyeth, American artist (d. 2009)
1916: Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper (d. 1974)
1915: Emanuel Papper, American anesthesiologist, professor, and author (d. 2002)
1915: Princess Catherine Ivanovna of Russia, (d. 2007)
1914: Mohammad Moin, Iranian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1971)
1913: Willis Lamb, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
1911: Evald Mikson, Estonian footballer (d. 1993)
1909: Joe DeRita, American actor (d. 1993)
1909: Motoichi Kumagai, Japanese photographer and illustrator (d. 2010)
1909: Fritz Leonhardt, German engineer, designed Fernsehturm Stuttgart (d. 1999)
1909: Herbert Zim, American naturalist, author, and educator (d. 1994)
1908: Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (d. 2002)
1908: Alain Cuny, French actor (d. 1994)
1908: Paul Runyan, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002)
1907: Weary Dunlop, Australian colonel and surgeon (d. 1993)
1904: Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1902: Günther Anders, German philosopher and journalist (d. 1992)
1902: Tony Lovink, Dutch politician; Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1995)
1902: Vic Armbruster, Australian rugby league player (d. 1984)
1900: Marcel Paul, French communist politician and Holocaust survivor (d. 1982)
1899: E.D. Nixon, American civil rights leader (d. 1987)
1895: Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (d. 1962)
1895: Buckminster Fuller, American architect and engineer, designed the Montreal Biosphère (d. 1983)
1895: Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and songwriter (d. 1960)
1892: Bruno Schulz, Ukrainian-Polish author and painter (d. 1942)
1888: Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1920)
1886: Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director (d. 1956)
1884: Bob Diry, Austrian-born wrestler and boxer (d. 1935)
1884: Louis B. Mayer, Russian-born American film producer, co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (d. 1957)
1884: Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1920)
1881: Natalia Goncharova, Russian theatrical costume and set designer, painter and illustrator (d. 1962)
1880: Tod Browning, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1962)
1879: Margherita Piazzola Beloch, Italian mathematician (d. 1976)
1879: Han Yong-un, Korean poet (d. 1944)
1878: Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (d. 1930)
1876: Max Jacob, French poet, painter, and critic (d. 1944)
1876: Alphaeus Philemon Cole, American artist, engraver and etcher (d. 1988)
1872: Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1945)
1870: Louis II, Prince of Monaco (d. 1949)
1868: Stefan George, German poet and translator (d. 1933)
1863: Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (d. 1933)
1863: Paul Drude, German physicist and academic (d. 1906)
1861: Anton Arensky, Russian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1906)
1857: George E. Ohr, American potter (d. 1918)
1855: Ned Hanlan, Canadian rower, academic, and businessman (d. 1908)
1854: George Eastman, American businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (d. 1933)
1852: Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Argentina (d. 1933)
1850: Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (d. 1912)
1849: William Osler, Canadian physician and author (d. 1919)
1824: Eugène Boudin, French painter (d. 1898)
1821: D. H. Hill, American general and academic (d. 1889)
1817: Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (d. 1862)
1817: Alvin Saunders, Territorial Governor and Senator from Nebraska (d. 1899)
1813: Claude Bernard, French physiologist and academic (d. 1878)
1807: Thomas Hawksley, English engineer and academic (d. 1893)
1803: Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (d. 1841)
1730: Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (d. 1795)
1712: Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, Colonial governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay (d. 1779)
1675: Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1742)
1651: Margaret Theresa of Spain (d. 1673)
1628: Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (d. 1684)
1549: Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland (d. 1587)
1477: Jacopo Sadoleto, Italian cardinal (d. 1547)
1468: Juan del Encina, Spanish poet, playwright, and composer (probable; d. 1530)
1394: Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shōgun (d. 1441)
100 BC: Julius Caesar, Roman politician and general (d. 44 BC)

Deaths On This Day

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

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