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July 16

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July 16

July 16 is the 197th day of the year (198th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 168 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Nebraska Lottery to introduce Pick 4 draw game. This fall, Nebraska lottery players will get to try out a new in-state draw game with the launch of Pick 4.
2024: Calif. Lottery Daily Derby software glitch created faulty 'Quick Pick' tickets, possibly for years. The California Lottery's Daily Derby game was affected by a software glitch that could potentially limit the number of possible combinations a player could receive on their ticket, if their plays were purchased in specific ways.
2024: Birthday present for Massachusetts man turns out to be $1 million a year for life lottery prize. A Massachusetts man won the birthday present of a lifetime after scooping the first top prize in a $50 scratch-off game that awards $1 million a year for life.
2023: $900 MILLION: Powerball jackpot rises, but sales miss in last draw makes for small increase. Powerball lottery players might be wondering this morning why the jackpot only increased by $25 million after nobody won last night's $875 million grand prize.
2022: Mega Millions lottery jackpot highest in 18 months. After 26 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a swelling jackpot of $530 million that could instantly put the winner among the wealthiest people on the planet.
2021: Veteran who suffered brain injury wants to make world a better place with $65 million lottery win. A veteran from the Canadian military who won a huge $65 million (US$51.6 million) Lotto Max jackpot was inspired by his past experiences to make the world better place with his newfound wealth.
2015: Defense quickly wraps up in Hot Lotto trial. The defense rested its case Thursday afternoon about an hour after starting to call witnesses in the trial of a man accused of rigging a Hot Lotto computerized lottery drawing.
2015: Prosecution rests in Hot Lotto trial. The defense began calling witnesses Thursday morning in the trial against a former lottery vendor employee accused of rigging a Hot Lotto drawing to win a $14.3 million ticket.
2014: Jury rules that estranged brothers must split $1M lottery prize. After a two-day trial in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, court, a jury decided two Mechanicsburg-area brothers, Charles Thomas Meehan and Ira Sharp, would split a $1 million lottery ticket straight down the middle.
2014: Half brothers fight over million dollar lottery ticket. Two estranged half brothers faced off on Tuesday in a Pennsylvania court in a fight over a winning million-dollar lottery ticket.
2012: W.Va. Lottery has $81M surplus. The West Virginia Lottery ended the just-completed budget year with an $81 million surplus, giving state revenues a surprising boost, but agency officials say the future remains challenging at best in the face of increasing competition from border states.
2007: Tennessee Lottery threatens to go computerized. Tennessee Lottery issued a statement on their web site that threatens to bring unpopular computerized drawings to the state.
2005: North Dakota has its first lottery jackpot winner. North Dakota lottery officials said Thursday that Wednesday's winning Wild Card 2 jackpot ticket was sold at the Amoco station in Michigan, in eastern North Dakota. The prize is $420,000.
2005: Texas Lottery paid for goods it never received. The embattled Texas Lottery Commission is investigating why the agency paid a Nevada company more than $300,000 for goods it hasn't received.
2004: Tennessee Lottery revenues better than expected. The Tennessee Education Lottery announced today it has topped its initial goal by roughly 40 percent. Officials said it produced more than $123 million for education programs in the state after five months and 12 days.
2004: Megabucks winner couldn’t believe her luck. The winner of a $2.9 million Tri-State Megabucks jackpot said when she found out the numbers on her ticket matched those for the July 7 drawing she couldn't believe she had really won.
2004: NJ lottery director nominated for Commerce role. New Jersey Lottery Commission executive director Virginia Bauer will be nominated today to run the troubled Commerce and Economic Growth Commission, according to six McGreevey administration and business sources.
2004: Georgia sheriff has triple lottery wins. Fayette County Sheriff Randall Johnson is lucky on the draw - but not in the sense of an Old West lawman.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$922 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 17, 2023
2.$640 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 18, 2023
3.$555 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2022
4.$375 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 17, 2018
5.$335.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 16, 2016
6.$266.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 16, 2025
7.€238.98 Million US$240.99 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 16, 2022
8.€230 Million US$235.24 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2022
9.$232 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 18, 2017
10.$226 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 16, 2024
11.€188.92 Million
US$212.01 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 16, 2019
12.$187 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2017
13.$165 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 16, 2002
14.$149.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 17, 2021
15.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2005
16.$140 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 17, 2015
17.$137 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 16, 2019
18.€111 Million
US$129.13 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 18, 2025
19.€120 Million
US$122.74 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2022
20.€108.89 Million
US$120.16 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 16, 2016
21.$117 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 16, 2021
22.€96 Million
US$116.92 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 22, 2005
23.$116 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 17, 2013
24.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 18, 2018
25.€97 Million
US$108.85 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 16, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1998: Shyamsanka
Thursday, Jul 16, 1998
27 years old
1993: lovesdina62
Friday, Jul 16, 1993
32 years old
1984: aphex24
Monday, Jul 16, 1984
41 years old
1974: independent01
Tuesday, Jul 16, 1974
51 years old
1974: ozella
Tuesday, Jul 16, 1974
51 years old
1973: blittle1973
Monday, Jul 16, 1973
52 years old
1973: godsfavorite
Monday, Jul 16, 1973
52 years old
1968: laleepop
Tuesday, Jul 16, 1968
57 years old
1968: hlamb
Tuesday, Jul 16, 1968
57 years old
1968: trying2win
Tuesday, Jul 16, 1968
57 years old
1964: pylut-1989
Thursday, Jul 16, 1964
61 years old
1963: Pierrelove
Tuesday, Jul 16, 1963
62 years old
1963: sugar plum
Tuesday, Jul 16, 1963
62 years old
1961: kathre
Sunday, Jul 16, 1961
64 years old
1961: vstrebs7
Sunday, Jul 16, 1961
64 years old
1960: w4625
Saturday, Jul 16, 1960
65 years old
1960: serge
Saturday, Jul 16, 1960
65 years old
1960: sergej
Saturday, Jul 16, 1960
65 years old
1958: PadawanLotto
Wednesday, Jul 16, 1958
67 years old
1958: UCI1
Wednesday, Jul 16, 1958
67 years old
1957: Numbernutt
Tuesday, Jul 16, 1957
68 years old
1955: Nukebaba
Saturday, Jul 16, 1955
70 years old
1954: TeaRowz
Friday, Jul 16, 1954
71 years old
1950: AMEDEO BORSETTI
Sunday, Jul 16, 1950
75 years old
1949: taxguy
Saturday, Jul 16, 1949
76 years old
: ames139
(year not provided)
: Nurdug
(year not provided)
: ejk777
(year not provided)
: matriach
(year not provided)
: ronessia
(year not provided)
: Starryeyes
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: A 100-year-old building in Mumbai, India, collapses, killing at least 10 people and leaving many others trapped.
2015: Four U.S. Marines and one gunman die in a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
2013: As many as 27 children die and 25 others are hospitalized after eating lunch served at their school in eastern India.
2013: Syrian civil war: The Battle of Ras al-Ayn resumes between the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Islamist forces, beginning the Rojava-Islamist conflict.
2009: Teoh Beng Hock, an aide to a politician in Malaysia is found dead on the rooftop of a building adjacent to the offices of the Anti-Corruption Commission, sparking an inquest that gains nationwide attention.
2007: An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and 6.6 aftershock occurs off the Niigata coast of Japan killing eight people, injuring at least 800 and damaging a nuclear power plant.
2005: An Antonov An-24 crashes near Baney in Bioko Norte, Equatorial Guinea, killing 60 people.
2004: Millennium Park, considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley.
1999: John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, die when the aircraft he is piloting crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.
1994: The comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 is destroyed in a head-on collision with Jupiter.
1990: The Luzon earthquake strikes the Philippines with an intensity of 7.7, affecting Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac.
1990: The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.
1983: Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
1979: Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein.
1969: The Apollo 11 lunar landing mission is launched from Cape Kennedy in Florida, USA.
1965: The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens.
1965: South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent, is hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh.
1957: KLM Flight 844 crashes off the Schouten Islands in present day Indonesia (then Netherlands New Guinea), killing 58 people.
1956: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
1951: King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin of Belgium.
1951: J. D. Salinger publishes his popular yet controversial novel, The Catcher in the Rye.
1950: Chaplain-Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
1950: Uruguay beats hosts Brazil 2-1 to win the World Cup in a match dubbed as the Maracanazo.
1948: Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
1948: The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
1945: Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
1945: World War II: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island.
1942: Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.
1941: Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as an MLB record.
1935: The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
1931: Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
1927: Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.
1915: Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
1915: At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
1910: John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.
1909: Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
1862: American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
1861: American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
1858: The last apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France.
1849: Antonio María Claret y Clará founds the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the Claretians in Vic, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
1809: The city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declares its independence from the Spanish Crown during the La Paz revolution and forms the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo.
1790: The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
1779: American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
1769: Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
1683: Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands.
1661: The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco.
1536: Jacques Cartier, navigator and explorer, returns home to St. Malo after claiming Stadacona (Quebec), Hochelaga (Montereal) and the River of Canada (St. Lawrence River) region for France.
1377: King Richard II of England is crowned.
1251: Celebrated by the Carmelite Order-but doubted by modern historians-as the day when Saint Simon Stock had a vision of the Virgin Mary.
1232: The Spanish town of Arjona declares independence and names its native Muhammad ibn Yusuf as ruler. This marks the Muhammad's first rise to prominence; he later established the Nasrid Emirate of Granada, the last independent Muslim state in Spain.
1228: Saint Francis of Assisi was canonized.
1212: Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: After Pope Innocent III calls European knights to a crusade, the forces of kings Alfonso VIII of Castile, Sancho VII of Navarre, Peter II of Aragon and Afonso II of Portugal defeat those of the Berber Muslim leader Almohad, thus marking a significant turning point in the Reconquista and in the medieval history of Spain.
1054: Three Roman legates break relations between Western and Eastern Christian churches through the act of placing a papal bull (of doubtful validity) of excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Historians frequently describe the event as the formal start of the East-West Schism.
997: Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece.
622: The Hijrah of Muhammad begins, marking the beginning of the Islamic calendar.

Births On This Day

2004: Amiah Miller, American actress and model
2001: Island Boys, American social media personalities
1999: Jarred Kelenic, American baseball player
1996: Kevin Abstract, American rapper and singer-songwriter
1996: Luke Hemmings, Australian singer and musician
1996: Daniel Pearson, English actor and presenter
1994: Shericka Jackson, Jamaican sprinter
1992: Safiya Nygaard, American YouTuber
1991: Dylan Grimes, Australian Rules footballer
1991: Nate Schmidt, American ice hockey player
1991: Andros Townsend, English footballer
1990: Bureta Faraimo, New Zealand rugby league player
1990: James Maslow, American actor, singer and dancer
1990: Wizkid, Nigerian singer and songwriter
1990: Johann Zarco, French motorcycle racer
1989: Gareth Bale, Welsh footballer
1988: Sergio Busquets, Spanish footballer
1987: Mousa Dembélé, Belgian footballer
1987: AnnaLynne McCord, American actress and producer
1987: Knowshon Moreno, American football player
1986: Misako Uno, Japanese actress, singer, and fashion designer
1985: Mārtiņš Kravčenko, Latvian basketball player
1984: Hayanari Shimoda, Japanese racing driver
1984: Attila Szabó, Hungarian decathlete
1983: Katrina Kaif, British Indian actress and model
1983: Duncan Keith, Canadian ice hockey player
1982: André Greipel, German cyclist
1982: Carli Lloyd, American soccer player
1982: Michael Umaña, Costa Rican footballer
1981: Giuseppe Di Masi, Italian footballer
1981: Robert Kranjec, Slovenian ski jumper
1981: Zach Randolph, American basketball player
1981: Vicente Rodríguez, Spanish footballer
1980: Adam Scott, Australian golfer
1979: Jayma Mays, American actress
1979: Chris Mihm, American basketball player
1979: Kim Rhode, American sport shooter
1979: Nathan Rogers, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979: Konstantin Skrylnikov, Russian footballer
1977: Bryan Budd, Northern Ireland-born English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (died 2006)
1976: Tomasz Kuchar, Polish racing driver
1976: Bobby Lashley, American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
1976: Carlos Humberto Paredes, Paraguayan footballer
1976: Anna Smashnova, Belarusian-Israeli tennis player
1974: Maret Maripuu, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
1974: Wendell Sailor, Australian rugby player
1973: João Dias, Portuguese politician
1973: Shaun Pollock, South African cricketer
1973: Graham Robertson, American director and producer
1973: Tim Ryan, American politician
1972: Ben Cahoon, American-Canadian football player and coach
1972: François Drolet, Canadian speed skater
1971: Corey Feldman, American actor
1971: Ed Kowalczyk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970: Raimonds Miglinieks, Latvian basketball player and coach
1970: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter
1970: Serena Chen, American social psychologist
1969: Kathryn Harby-Williams, Australian netball player and sportscaster
1968: Dhanraj Pillay, Indian field hockey player and manager
1968: Barry Sanders, American football player
1968: Larry Sanger, American philosopher and businessman, co-founded Wikipedia and Citizendium
1968: Michael Searle, Australian rugby league player and businessman
1968: Robert Sherman, American songwriter and businessman
1968: Olga Souza, Brazilian singer and dancer
1967: Will Ferrell, American actor, comedian, and producer
1966: Jyrki Lumme, Finnish ice hockey player
1965: Michel Desjoyeaux, French sailor
1965: Claude Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
1964: Phil Hellmuth, American poker player
1964: Miguel Induráin, Spanish cyclist
1963: Phoebe Cates, American actress
1963: Srečko Katanec, Slovenian footballer and coach
1963: Mikael Pernfors, Swedish tennis player
1962: Grigory Leps, Russian singer-songwriter
1960: Terry Pendleton, American baseball player and coach
1959: Gary Anderson, South African-American football player
1959: James MacMillan, Scottish composer and conductor
1959: Jürgen Ligi, Estonian economist and politician, 25th Estonian Minister of Defence
1958: Mick Cornett, American politician
1958: Michael Flatley, American-Irish dancer and choreographer
1957: Faye Grant, American actress
1957: Maurice Kottelat, Swiss ichthyologist specializing in Eurasian freshwater fishes
1956: Tony Kushner, American playwright and screenwriter
1955: Susan Wheeler, American poet and academic
1955: Saw Swee Leong, Malaysian badminton player
1953: Douglas J. Feith, American lawyer and politician, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
1952: Stewart Copeland, American drummer and songwriter
1952: Marc Esposito, French director and screenwriter
1952: Ken McEwan, South African cricketer
1951: Jean-Luc Mongrain, Canadian journalist
1951: Che Rosli, Malaysian politician
1950: Gary Indiana, American writer, playwright and poet (died 2024)
1950: Pierre Paradis, Canadian lawyer and politician
1950: Dennis Priestley, English darts player
1950: Frances Spalding, English historian and academic
1950: Tom Terrell, American journalist and photographer (died 2007)
1948: Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1948: Lars Lagerbäck, Swedish footballer and manager
1948: Kevin McKenzie, South African cricketer
1948: Pinchas Zukerman, Israeli violinist and conductor
1947: Don Burke, Australian television host and producer
1947: Alexis Herman, American businesswoman and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of Labor (died 2025)
1947: Assata Shakur, American-Cuban criminal and activist
1946: Louise Fréchette, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
1944: Angharad Rees, English-Welsh actress and jewellery designer (died 2012)
1943: Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban-American author, poet, and playwright (died 1990)
1943: Vernon Bogdanor, English political scientist and academic
1943: Jimmy Johnson, American football player and coach
1942: Margaret Court, Australian tennis player and minister
1941: Desmond Dekker, Jamaican singer-songwriter (died 2006)
1941: Dag Solstad, Norwegian author and playwright (died 2025)
1941: Hans Wiegel, Dutch journalist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2025)
1941: Sir George Young, 6th Baronet, English banker and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
1939: William Bell, American singer-songwriter
1939: Ali Khamenei, Iranian cleric and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran
1939: Lido Vieri, Italian football manager and football player
1939: Ruth Perry, president of Liberia (died 2017)
1939: Shringar Nagaraj, Indian actor and producer (died 2013)
1939: Corin Redgrave, English actor and activist (died 2010)
1939: Mariele Ventre, Italian singer and conductor (died 1995)
1938: Cynthia Enloe, American author and academic
1938: Tony Jackson, English singer and bass player (died 2003)
1937: Richard Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Nevada
1937: John Daly, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008)
1936: Yasuo Fukuda, Japanese politician, 91st Prime Minister of Japan
1936: Buddy Merrill, American guitarist (died 2021)
1936: Jerry Norman, American sinologist and linguist (died 2012)
1936: Venkataraman Subramanya, Indian-Australian cricketer
1935: Carl Epting Mundy Jr., American general (died 2014)
1935: Lynn Wyatt, American socialite and philanthropist
1934: Denise LaSalle, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2018)
1934: Tomás Eloy Martínez, Argentine journalist (died 2010)
1934: Katherine D. Ortega, 38th Treasurer of the United States
1934: Donald M. Payne, American educator and politician (died 2012)
1933: Julian A. Brodsky, American businessman
1932: John Chilton, English trumpet player and composer (died 2016)
1932: Max McGee, American football player and sportscaster (died 2007)
1932: Dick Thornburgh, American lawyer and politician, 76th United States Attorney General (died 2020)
1931: Fergus Gordon Kerr, Scottish Roman Catholic priest of the English Dominican Province
1931: Norm Sherry, American baseball player, manager, and coach (died 2021)
1930: Guy Béart, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (died 2015)
1930: Michael Bilirakis, American lawyer and politician
1930: Bert Rechichar, American football defensive back and kicker (died 2019)
1929: Charles Ray Hatcher, American serial killer (died 1984)
1929: Sheri S. Tepper, American author and poet (died 2016)
1929: Gaby Tanguy, French swimmer (died 1981)
1928: Anita Brookner, English novelist and art historian (died 2016)
1928: Bella Davidovich, Soviet-American pianist
1928: Robert Sheckley, American author and screenwriter (died 2005)
1928: Jim Rathmann, American race car driver (died 2011)
1928: Dave Treen, American lawyer and politician, 51st Governor of Louisiana (died 2009)
1928: Andrzej Zawada, Polish mountaineer and author (died 2000)
1927: Pierre F. Côté, Canadian lawyer and civil servant (died 2013)
1927: Shirley Hughes, English author and illustrator (died 2022)
1927: Derek Hawksworth, English footballer (died 2021)
1926: Ivica Horvat, Croatian footballer and manager (died 2012)
1926: Irwin Rose, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)
1925: Frank Jobe, American sergeant and surgeon (died 2014)
1925: Rosita Quintana, Argentine actress (died 2021)
1925: Cal Tjader, American jazz musician (died 1982)
1924: James L. Greenfield, American journalist and politician (died 2024)
1924: Bess Myerson, American model, actress, game show panelist, and politician, Miss America 1945 (died 2014)
1924: Rupert Deese, Northern Mariana Islander ceramic artist (died 2010)
1923: Chris Argyris, American psychologist, theorist, and academic (died 2013)
1923: Bola Sete, Brazilian guitarist (died 1987)
1920: Anatole Broyard, American critic and editor (died 1990)
1919: Hermine Braunsteiner, Austrian SS officer (died 1999)
1919: Choi Kyu-hah, South Korean politician, 4th President of South Korea (died 2006)
1918: Denis Edward Arnold, English soldier (died 2015)
1918: Paul Farnes, British Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot (died 2020)
1918: Samuel Victor Perry, English biochemist and rugby player (died 2009)
1915: Barnard Hughes, American actor (died 2006)
1915: Elaine Barrie, American actress (died 2003)
1912: Milt Bocek, American baseball player (died 2007)
1912: Amy Patterson, Argentine composer, singer, poet, and teacher (died 2019)
1911: Ginger Rogers, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1995)
1911: Sonny Tufts, American actor (died 1970)
1910: Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer (died 1968)
1910: Gordon Prange, American historian, author, and academic (died 1980)
1907: Frances Horwich, American educator and television host (died 2001)
1907: Orville Redenbacher, American farmer and businessman, founded Orville Redenbacher's (died 1995)
1907: Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (died 1990)
1906: Vincent Sherman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2006)
1904: Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor (died 2003)
1903: Fritz Bauer, German lawyer and judge (died 1968)
1903: Carmen Lombardo, Canadian singer-songwriter (died 1971)
1903: Irmgard Flügge-Lotz, German mathematician and engineer (died 1974)
1902: Alexander Luria, Russian psychologist and physician (died 1977)
1902: Mary Philbin, American actress (died 1993)
1898: Lady Eve Balfour, British farmer, educator, and founding figure in the organic movement (died 1990)
1896: Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (died 1969)
1896: Trygve Lie, Norwegian trade union leader and politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (died 1968)
1895: Wilfrid Hamel, Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Quebec City (died 1968)
1889: Arthur Bowie Chrisman, American author (died 1953)
1888: Percy Kilbride, American actor (died 1964)
1888: Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1966)
1887: Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager (died 1951)
1884: Anna Vyrubova, Russian author (died 1964)
1883: Charles Sheeler, American photographer and painter (died 1965)
1882: Violette Neatley Anderson, American judge (died 1937)
1880: Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author (died 1966)
1872: Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer (died 1928)
1872: Frank Cooper, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Queensland (died 1949)
1871: John Maxwell, American golfer (died 1906)
1870: Lambert McKenna, Irish priest, lexicographer, and scholar (died 1956)
1870: Ellen Oliver (suffragette), British suffragette (died 1921)
1863: Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (died 1910)
1862: Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist (died 1931)
1858: Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1931)
1841: Nikolai von Glehn, Estonian-German architect and activist (died 1923)
1821: Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (died 1910)
1796: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and etcher (died 1875)
1748: Cyrus Griffin, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 16th President of the Continental Congress (died 1810)
1731: Samuel Huntington, American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut (died 1796)
1723: Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic (died 1792)
1722: Joseph Wilton, English sculptor and academic (died 1803)
1714: Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French engineer and author (died 1800)
1661: Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Canadian captain, explorer, and politician (died 1706)
1611: Cecilia Renata of Austria (died 1644)
1529: Petrus Peckius the Elder, Dutch jurist, writer on international maritime law (died 1589)
1517: Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, English duchess (died 1559)
1486: Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter (died 1530)
1194: Clare of Assisi, Italian nun and saint (died 1253)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Joe Bryant, American basketball player (born 1954)
2024: Norm Hewitt, New Zealand rugby union player (born 1968)
2024: David Morrow, Australian radio host and sportscaster (born 1953)
2023: Kevin Mitnick, American hacker (born 1963)
2021: Biz Markie, American rapper (born 1964)
2020: Tony Taylor, Cuban baseball player (born 1935)
2019: John Paul Stevens, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1920)
2017: George A. Romero, American filmmaker (born 1940)
2015: Denis Avey, English soldier, engineer, and author (born 1919)
2015: Evelyn Ebsworth, English chemist and academic (born 1933)
2015: Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1926)
2015: Jack Goody, English anthropologist, author, and academic (born 1919)
2014: Karl Albrecht, German businessman, co-founded Aldi (born 1920)
2014: Mary Ellen Otremba, American educator and politician (born 1950)
2014: Johnny Winter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1944)
2014: Heinz Zemanek, Austrian computer scientist and academic (born 1920)
2013: Talia Castellano, American internet celebrity (born 1999)
2013: Alex Colville, Canadian painter and academic (born 1920)
2013: Marv Rotblatt, American baseball player (born 1927)
2012: William Asher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)
2012: Stephen Covey, American businessman and author (born 1932)
2012: Gilbert Esau, American businessman and politician (born 1919)
2012: Ed Lincoln, Brazilian bassist, pianist, and composer (born 1932)
2012: Masaharu Matsushita, Japanese businessman (born 1913)
2012: Kitty Wells, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1919)
2011: Forrest Blue, American football player (born 1944)
2008: Jo Stafford, American singer (born 1917)
2008: Lindsay Thompson, Australian politician, 40th Premier of Victoria (born 1923)
2007: Caterina Bueno, Italian singer and historian (born 1943)
2006: Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas (born 1948)
2005: Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (born 1920)
2005: Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgian singer-songwriter and radio host (born 1920)
2004: George Busbee, American lawyer and politician, 77th Governor of Georgia (born 1927)
2004: Charles Sweeney, American general and pilot (born 1919)
2003: Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer and actress (born 1925)
2003: Carol Shields, American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (born 1935)
2002: John Cocke, American computer scientist and engineer (born 1925)
2001: Morris, Belgian cartoonist (born 1923)
1999: John F. Kennedy Jr., American lawyer and publisher (born 1960)
1999: Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American publicist and wife of John F. Kennedy Jr. (born 1966)
1999: Alan Macnaughton, Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (born 1903)
1998: John Henrik Clarke, American historian and scholar (born 1915)
1996: Adolf von Thadden, German lieutenant and politician (born 1921)
1995: May Sarton, American playwright and novelist (born 1912)
1995: Stephen Spender, English author and poet (born 1909)
1994: Julian Schwinger, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
1992: Buck Buchanan, American football player and coach (born 1940)
1991: Meindert DeJong, Dutch-American soldier and author (born 1906)
1991: Robert Motherwell, American painter and academic (born 1915)
1991: Frank Rizzo, American police officer and politician, 93rd Mayor of Philadelphia (born 1920)
1990: Robert Blackburn, Irish educator (born 1927)
1990: Miguel Muñoz, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1922)
1989: Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor and manager (born 1908)
1985: Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)
1985: Wayne King, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1901)
1982: Charles Robberts Swart, South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa (born 1894)
1981: Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)
1969: James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (born 1930)
1965: Boris Artzybasheff, Ukrainian-American illustrator (born 1899)
1964: Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1881)
1960: Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (born 1881)
1960: John P. Marquand, American author (born 1893)
1954: Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (born 1888)
1953: Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (born 1870)
1949: Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (born 1866)
1943: Saul Raphael Landau, Polish Jewish lawyer, journalist, publicist and Zionist activist (born 1870)
1939: Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (born 1866)
1935: Zheng Zhengqiu, Chinese filmmaker (born 1889)
1917: Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (born 1847)
1915: Ellen G. White, American author and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church(born 1827)
1896: Edmond de Goncourt, French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (born 1822)
1886: Ned Buntline, American journalist and author (born 1823)
1885: Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet (born 1837)
1882: Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States 1861-1865 (born 1818)
1879: Edward Deas Thomson, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (born 1800)
1868: Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (born 1840)
1849: Sarah Allen, African-American missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church (born 1764)
1831: Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Russian general (born 1763)
1796: George Howard, English field marshal and politician (born 1718)
1770: Francis Cotes, English painter and academic (born 1726)
1747: Giuseppe Crespi, Italian painter (born 1665)
1729: Johann David Heinichen, German composer and theorist (born 1683)
1691: François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French politician, French Secretary of State for War (born 1641)
1686: John Pearson, English bishop and scholar (born 1612)
1664: Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright (born 1616)
1647: Masaniello, Italian rebel (born 1622)
1576: Isabella de' Medici, Italian noble (born 1542)
1557: Anne of Cleves, Queen consort of England (born 1515)
1546: Anne Askew, English author and poet (born 1520)
1509: João da Nova, Portuguese explorer (born 1460)
1344: An-Nasir Ahmad, Sultan of Egypt (born 1316)
1342: Charles I of Hungary (born 1288)
1324: Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (born 1267)
1216: Pope Innocent III (born 1160)
1212: William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale
866: Irmgard, Frankish abbess
851: Sisenandus, Cordoban deacon and martyr (born c. 825)
784: Fulrad, Frankish diplomat and saint (born 710)

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