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July 17

On This Day in History

July 17

July 17 is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 167 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: California Lottery confirms homeless man as winner of $1 million scratch-off prize. The California Lottery has confirmed they awarded a $1 million prize win to a homeless man who went viral on social media for his touching story.
2023: Maryland player wins $50,000 in Pick 5 for the fifth time this year. An anonymous Maryland player won a Pick 5 top prize of $50,000 for the fifth time this year, having bought every winning ticket at the same store.
2020: Two Michigan scratch-off winners from the same county win big. A 30-year-old Michigan resident nearly fainted after discovering that he won not $1,000, but $4 million from a $30 instant scratch-off game.
2019: Police officer sent to rehab for playing scratch-off lottery tickets on duty, lawsuit claims. A veteran New Jersey police officer is suing the force's top brass for harassment, claiming he was confined to his home after being diagnosed with PTSD and wrongfully pegged as a gambling addict.
2018: S.C. woman wins $250,000 on wrong lottery ticket — and is giving it away. A woman from Greenville, South Carolina, won $250,000 on a lottery ticket she didn't even pick, but what she'll do with the money will surprise you the most.
2017: New Jersey Lottery launches new Quick Draw game. The New Jersey Lottery today launched the fast-paced Quick Draw game in 400 locations across the state.
2017: Ohio Lottery's annual profit exceeds $1 billion for the second year. The Ohio Lottery reported a $1 billion profit for the second year, bolstered by high sales of two games, Keno and EZPlay QuicKeno.
2016: $361 MILLION: Powerball rolls again. This week Powerball will be the hot ticket, currently featuring the largest lottery jackpot in the world.
2015: Hot Lotto case moves to jury for deliberations. Attorneys gave their closing arguments Friday in the fraud case against a former lottery vendor employee accused of manipulating a Hot Lotto drawing to win a $14.3 million ticket.
2015: NJ store owner returns lost $2M lottery ticket. An honest New Jersey store owner returned a winning scratch-off with a $2 million jackpot to a regular customer after it ended up unclaimed in the garbage.
2014: New Mexico man claims 15 prizes in Mega Millions draw worth $60,000. An Albuquerque, New Mexico, man came to New Mexico Lottery headquarters Wednesday to claim 15 prizes totaling $60,000 from the July 8 Mega Millions drawing.
2014: Wyoming Lottery ad campaign starts with rodeo. With the launch of the Wyoming Lottery just over a month away, officials will begin a statewide advertising campaign and training the retailers who will be selling the tickets.
2013: Mega Millions lottery game's redesign aims at bigger jackpots, better overall odds. The Mega Millions multi-state lottery game is being redesigned to offer bigger starting jackpots and better overall odds beginning Oct. 22.
2010: High demand crashes B.C. gambling website. The British Columbia Lottery Corporation's expanded online gambling website PlayNow.com crashed hours after its launch Thursday due to overwhelming popular demand, an official says.
2010: Gambling addict is suing B.C. Lottery Corporation. A North Delta woman launched a lawsuit against the B.C. Lottery Corporation this week alleging the company's self-exclusion program failed to help her curb her gambling addiction.
2009: Arkansas Lottery Commission hits panic button on salaries. The governor welcomed the Arkansas Lottery Commission's decision a day earlier to review salary offers of more than $80,000 made to future lottery hires. But the governor said he thought lawmakers were surprised that at least a half-dozen of the first employees hired to run the lottery got six-figure salaries.
2009: Kansas Lottery sales decline in 2009. Kansas Lottery sales were down 2.6 percent during the fiscal year that ended June 30, the state agency reported Wednesday.
2009: Georgians win big in lottery. An Alpharetta salesman, a former HOPE scholarship recipient and a grandmother are some of recent Georgia lottery winners.
2009: N.C. Lottery posts record returns. The North Carolina Education Lottery may not be recession-proof, but it's posting financial returns that would be a long shot for almost any other business in this economic environment.
2008: Oregon Lottery to start new raffle game. In January, the Oregon Lottery will tread into territory dominated by schools, churches and other charitable causes: the raffle.
2005: Connecticut Gov. considers dumping Powerball. Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell thinks Powerball, the multi-state lottery game that offers huge potential payoffs, is about to become a lousy bet, and has asked the lottery to consider pulling out of the game.

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.$361 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 20, 2016
6.$292.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2025
7.$251 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2024
8.€240.13 Million US$245.6 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2022
9.€230 Million US$235.24 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2022
10.$232 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 18, 2017
11.€190.37 Million
US$214.05 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 18, 2019
12.$187 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2017
13.$154 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2019
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.€111 Million
US$129.13 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 18, 2025
18.$128 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 20, 2021
19.€120 Million
US$122.74 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2022
20.€108 Million
US$121.41 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2019
21.€110.05 Million
US$121.4 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2016
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.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 18, 2008

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989: Thannessa
Monday, Jul 17, 1989
36 years old
1988: kingsqueenck
Sunday, Jul 17, 1988
37 years old
1987: BFKISSES88
Friday, Jul 17, 1987
38 years old
1987: NicoleBlunt1019
Friday, Jul 17, 1987
38 years old
1985: nychic
Wednesday, Jul 17, 1985
40 years old
1985: Mon3yMan75
Wednesday, Jul 17, 1985
40 years old
1983: bigboi33
Sunday, Jul 17, 1983
42 years old
1982: japman
Saturday, Jul 17, 1982
43 years old
1978: Kookiemuncha
Monday, Jul 17, 1978
47 years old
1977: TOY71777
Sunday, Jul 17, 1977
48 years old
1976: karmamichele
Saturday, Jul 17, 1976
49 years old
1976: ship717
Saturday, Jul 17, 1976
49 years old
1969: CashCouple
Thursday, Jul 17, 1969
56 years old
1968: LOVEMONEY2DAY
Wednesday, Jul 17, 1968
57 years old
1967: cps10
Monday, Jul 17, 1967
58 years old
1966: Arlene54
Sunday, Jul 17, 1966
59 years old
1965: Round-one65
Saturday, Jul 17, 1965
60 years old
1963: wreakshavok777
Wednesday, Jul 17, 1963
62 years old
1962: Jens2014
Tuesday, Jul 17, 1962
63 years old
1962: trim
Tuesday, Jul 17, 1962
63 years old
1961: jeff bobash
Monday, Jul 17, 1961
64 years old
1959: nitabug
Friday, Jul 17, 1959
66 years old
1956: joyrepo
Tuesday, Jul 17, 1956
69 years old
1955: oz7177
Sunday, Jul 17, 1955
70 years old
1954: DESTINYBEAR916
Saturday, Jul 17, 1954
71 years old
1948: waltpat12
Saturday, Jul 17, 1948
77 years old
: bobjwilson2020
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2018: Scott S. Sheppard announces that his team has discovered a dozen irregular moons of Jupiter.
2015: At least 120 people are killed and 130 injured by a suicide bombing in Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed.
2014: A French regional train on the Pau-Bayonne line crashes into a high-speed train near the town of Denguin, resulting in at least 25 injuries.
2014: Eric Garner is killed by police officer Daniel Pantaleo in New York City, after the latter put him in a prohibited chokehold while arresting him.
2007: TAM Airlines Flight 3054, an Airbus A320, crashes into a warehouse after landing too fast and missing the end of the São Paulo-Congonhas Airport runway, killing 199 people.
2006: The 7.7 M_w  Pangandaran tsunami earthquake severely affects the Indonesian island of Java, killing 668 people, and leaving more than 9,000 injured.
2001: Concorde is brought back into service nearly a year after the July 2000 crash.
2000: During approach to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Alliance Air Flight 7412 suddenly crashes into a residential neighborhood in Patna, India, killing 60 people.
1998: The 7.0 M_w  Papua New Guinea earthquake triggers a tsunami that destroys ten villages in Papua New Guinea, killing up to 2,700 people, and leaving several thousand injured.
1998: A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing the permanent international court in The Hague, to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
1997: After takeoff from Husein Sastranegara International Airport, Sempati Air Flight 304 crashes into a residential neighborhood in Bandung, killing 28 people.
1996: TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
1994: Brazil win their fourth World Cup title, defeating Italy 3-2 on penalties.
1989: First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
1989: Holy See-Poland relations are restored.
1985: Founding of the EUREKA Network by former head of states François Mitterrand (France) and Helmut Kohl (Germany).
1984: The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.
1981: A structural failure leads to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200.
1979: Nicaraguan dictator General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida, United States.
1976: East Timor is annexed and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.
1976: The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of New Zealand's participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the IOC had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in South African sporting events during apartheid.
1975: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
1973: King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan, while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan.
1968: Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
1962: Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
1955: Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
1954: First Indochina War: Viet Minh troops successfully ambush the armoured French column 'G.M. 42' in the Battle of Chu Dreh Pass in the Central Highlands. It is the last battle of the war.
1953: The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44.
1945: World War II: The main three leaders of the Allied nations, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, meet in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.
1944: Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
1944: World War II: At Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery in Normandy, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is seriously injured by Allied aircraft while returning to his headquarters.
1938: Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
1936: Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
1932: Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party ensues.
1919: The form of government in the Republic of Finland is officially confirmed. For this reason, July 17 is known as the Day of Democracy (Kansanvallan päivä) in Finland.
1918: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
1918: The RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SM U-55; five lives are lost.
1917: King George V issues a proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British royal family will bear the surname Windsor.
1902: Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
1901: Liner Deutschland sets east to west transatlantic record of five days, eleven hours and five minutes.
1899: NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
1867: Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
1850: Vega became the first star (other than the Sun) to be photographed.
1821: The Kingdom of Spain cedes the territory of Florida to the United States.
1794: The 16 Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne are executed ten days prior to the end of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.
1791: Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
1771: Bloody Falls massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
1762: Former emperor Peter III of Russia is murdered.
1717: King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
1489: Sikandar Lodi succeeds Bahlul Khan Lodi as Sultan of Delhi.
1453: Battle of Castillon: The last battle of the Hundred Years' War, the French under Jean Bureau defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed in the battle in Gascony.
1429: Hundred Years' War: Charles VII of France is crowned the King of France in the Reims Cathedral after a successful campaign by Joan of Arc.
1402: Zhu Di, better known by his era name as the Yongle Emperor, assumes the throne over the Ming dynasty of China.
1203: The Fourth Crusade assaults Constantinople. The Byzantine emperor Alexios III Angelos flees from his capital into exile.
1048: Damasus II is elected pope, and dies 23 days later.
180: Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.

Births On This Day

2005: Connor Bedard, Canadian ice hockey player
2002: Jordan Lawlar, American baseball player
1998: Rosana Serrano, Cuban rower
1997: OG Anunoby, British basketball player
1996: Wonwoo, South Korean rapper and singer
1994: Kali Uchis, American singer-songwriter
1992: Billie Lourd, American actress
1992: Tatu Sinisalo, Finnish actor
1991: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1987: Darius Boyd, Australian rugby league player
1987: Jeremih, American singer, songwriter, and record producer
1986: DeAngelo Smith, American football player
1985: Loui Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player
1985: Neil McGregor, Scottish footballer
1983: Adam Lind, American baseball player
1982: Omari Banks, Anguillan cricketer
1981: Hely Ollarves, Venezuelan runner
1980: Javier Camuñas, Spanish footballer
1980: Brett Goldstein, British actor, comedian and writer
1980: Ryan Miller, American ice hockey player
1979: Mike Vogel, American actor
1978: Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1978: Panda Bear, American musician and songwriter
1978: Jason Jennings, American baseball player
1978: Justine Triet, French film director and screenwriter
1977: Andrew Downton, Australian cricketer
1977: Leif Hoste, Belgian cyclist
1977: Marc Savard, Canadian ice hockey player
1976: Luke Bryan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976: Gino D'Acampo, Italian chef and author
1976: Dagmara Domińczyk, Polish-American actress
1976: Marcos Senna, Brazilian-Spanish footballer
1976: Anders Svensson, Swedish footballer and sportscaster
1976: Eric Winter, American actor
1975: Andre Adams, New Zealand cricketer
1975: Elena Anaya, Spanish actress
1975: Darude, Finnish DJ and producer
1975: Loretta Harrop, Australian triathlete
1975: Konnie Huq, English television presenter
1975: Terence Tao, Australian-American mathematician
1974: Claudio López, Argentine footballer
1973: Eric Moulds, American football player
1972: Elizabeth Cook, American singer and guitarist
1972: Donny Marshall, American basketball player and sportscaster
1972: Jason Rullo, American drummer
1972: Jaap Stam, Dutch footballer and manager
1972: Eric Williams, American basketball player
1971: Calbert Cheaney, American basketball player and coach
1971: Cory Doctorow, Canadian author and activist
1971: Nico Mattan, Belgian cyclist
1969: Jason Clarke, Australian actor
1969: Scott Johnson, American cartoonist
1969: Jaan Kirsipuu, Estonian cyclist
1966: Lou Barlow, American guitarist and songwriter
1966: Sten Tolgfors, Swedish lawyer and politician, 30th Swedish Minister of Defence
1965: Craig Morgan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965: Alex Winter, English-American actor, film director and screenwriter
1964: Heather Langenkamp, American actress and producer
1963: Regina Belle, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1963: Letsie III of Lesotho
1963: Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper and singer (died 2019)
1961: António Costa, Portuguese politician, 119th Prime Minister of Portugal
1961: Jeremy Hardy, English comedian and actor (died 2019)
1960: Kim Barnett, English cricketer and coach
1960: Mark Burnett, English-American screenwriter and producer
1960: Nancy Giles, American journalist and actress
1960: Robin Shou, Hong Kong martial artist and actor
1960: Dawn Upshaw, American soprano
1960: Jan Wouters, Dutch footballer and manager
1959: Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin, Bangladeshi-English politician
1958: Wong Kar-wai, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter
1958: Suzanne Moore, English journalist
1958: Thérèse Rein, Australian businesswoman, founded Ingeus
1958: Susan Silver, American music manager
1957: Bruce Crump, American drummer and songwriter (died 2015)
1957: Wendy Freedman, Canadian-American cosmologist and astronomer
1956: Julie Bishop, Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
1956: Bryan Trottier, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
1955: Sylvie Léonard, Canadian actress and screenwriter
1955: Paul Stamets, American mycologist and author
1954: Angela Merkel, German chemist and politician, Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021.
1954: Edward Natapei, Vanuatuan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (died 2015)
1954: J. Michael Straczynski, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1952: David Hasselhoff, American actor, singer, and producer
1952: Nicolette Larson, American singer-songwriter (died 1997)
1952: Thé Lau, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2015)
1952: Robert R. McCammon, American author
1951: Lucie Arnaz, American actress and singer
1951: Mark Bowden, American journalist and author
1951: Andrew Robathan, English soldier and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
1950: Sadhan Chandra Majumder, Bangladeshi politician
1950: Tengku Sulaiman Shah, Malaysian corporate figure
1950: Phoebe Snow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)
1949: Geezer Butler, English bass player and songwriter
1949: Charley Steiner, American journalist and sportscaster
1948: Ron Asheton, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2009)
1948: Luc Bondy, Swiss director and producer (died 2015)
1947: Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's, English educator and politician
1947: Robert Begerau, German footballer and manager
1947: Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom
1947: Wolfgang Flür, German musician (Kraftwerk)
1947: Mick Tucker, English rock drummer (Sweet) (died 2002)
1946: Chris Crutcher, American novelist and short story writer
1946: Ted Sampley, American POW/MIA activist (died 2009)
1945: Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
1945: John Patten, Baron Patten, English politician, Secretary of State for Education
1944: Mark Burgess, New Zealand cricketer and footballer
1944: Catherine Schell, Hungarian-English actress
1944: Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2016)
1943: LaVyrle Spencer, American author and educator
1942: Gale Garnett, New Zealand-born Canadian singer
1942: Connie Hawkins, American basketball player (died 2017)
1942: Don Kessinger, American baseball player and manager
1942: Zoot Money, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1941: Daryle Lamonica, American football player (died 2022)
1941: Bob Taylor, English cricketer
1941: Achim Warmbold, German race car driver and manager
1940: Tim Brooke-Taylor, English actor and screenwriter (died 2020)
1939: Andrée Champagne, Canadian actress and politician (died 2020)
1939: Spencer Davis, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)
1938: Hermann Huppen, Belgian author and illustrator
1935: Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer (died 2019)
1935: Peter Schickele, American composer and educator (died 2024)
1935: Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor and producer (died 2024)
1934: Lucio Tan, Chinese-Filipino billionaire businessman and educator
1933: Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (died 2014)
1933: Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Maltese politician, 9th Prime Minister of Malta (died 2022)
1933: Mimi Hines, Canadian singer and comedian (died 2024)
1933: Tony Pithey, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (died 2006)
1932: Niccolò Castiglioni, Italian composer (died 1996)
1932: Red Kerr, American basketball player and coach (died 2009)
1932: Wojciech Kilar, Polish pianist and composer (died 2013)
1932: Karla Kuskin, American author and illustrator (died 2009)
1932: Slick Leonard, American basketball player and coach (died 2021)
1932: Ian Moir, Australian rugby league player (died 1990)
1932: Quino, Spanish-Argentinian cartoonist (died 2020)
1932: Hal Riney, American businessman, founded Publicis & Hal Riney (died 2008)
1929: Arthur Frommer, American travel writer (died 2024)
1929: Sergei K. Godunov, Russian mathematician and academic (died 2023)
1928: Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1976)
1926: Édouard Carpentier, French-Canadian wrestler (died 2010)
1926: Willis Carto, American activist and theorist (died 2015)
1925: Jimmy Scott, American singer and actor (died 2014)
1925: Mohammad Hasan Sharq, Afghan politician
1924: Garde Gardom, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (died 2013)
1923: Jeanne Block, American psychologist (died 1981)
1923: John Cooper, English car designer, co-founded the Cooper Car Company (died 2000)
1921: George Barnes, American guitarist, producer, and songwriter (died 1977)
1921: Louis Lachenal, French mountaineer (died 1955)
1921: Mary Osborne, American guitarist (died 1992)
1921: Toni Stone, American baseball player (died 1996)
1921: František Zvarík, Slovak actor (died 2008)
1920: Gordon Gould, American physicist and academic, invented the laser (died 2005)
1920: Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman, 7th President of the International Olympic Committee (died 2010)
1919: Albert Stubbins, English footballer (died 2002)
1918: Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan soldier and politician, President of Guatemala (died 2003)
1917: Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (died 2001)
1917: Phyllis Diller, American actress, comedian, and voice artist (died 2012)
1917: Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey (died 2015)
1917: Christiane Rochefort, French author (died 1998)
1916: Eleanor Hadley, American economist and policymaker (died 2007)
1915: Bijon Bhattacharya, Indian actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1978)
1915: Arthur Rothstein, American photographer and educator (died 1985)
1914: Eleanor Steber, American soprano and educator (died 1990)
1913: Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building (died 1997)
1912: Erwin Bauer, German race car driver (died 1958)
1912: Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (died 2010)
1911: Lionel Ferbos, American trumpet player (died 2014)
1911: Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (died 1999)
1910: James Coyne, Canadian lawyer and banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada (died 2012)
1910: Frank Olson, American chemist and microbiologist (died 1953)
1905: William Gargan, American actor (died 1979)
1902: Christina Stead, Australian author and academic (died 1983)
1901: Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver (died 1994)
1901: Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (died 1938)
1901: Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (died 1982)
1899: James Cagney, American actor and dancer (died 1986)
1898: Berenice Abbott, American photographer (died 1991)
1898: Osmond Borradaile, Canadian soldier and cinematographer (died 1999)
1896: Rupert Atkinson, English RAF officer (died 1919)
1894: Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist (died 1966)
1889: Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author (died 1970)
1888: Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
1882: James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (died 1949)
1879: Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 1960)
1873: Many Benner, French painter (died 1965)
1871: Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator (died 1956)
1870: Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish soldier and bagpipe player (died 1939)
1868: Henri Nathansen, Danish director and playwright (died 1944)
1853: Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and academic (died 1920)
1839: Ephraim Shay, American engineer, invented the Shay locomotive (died 1916)
1837: Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 7th Secretary of State for Canada (died 1886)
1831: Xianfeng Emperor of China (died 1861)
1831: Naser al-Din Shah of Qajar Iran (died 1896)
1823: Leander Clark, American businessman, judge, and politician (died 1910)
1797: Paul Delaroche, French painter and academic (died 1856)
1774: John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (died 1856)
1763: John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman and philanthropist (died 1848)
1744: Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States (died 1814)
1714: Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic (died 1762)
1708: Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (died 1769)
1698: Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher (died 1759)
1695: Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (died 1766)
1674: Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter and theologian (died 1748)
1531: Antoine de Créqui Canaples, Roman Catholic cardinal (died 1574)
1499: Maria Salviati, Italian noblewoman (died 1543)
1487: Ismail I of Iran (died 1524)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Cheng Pei-pei, Chinese actress (born 1946)
2024: Mary Gibby, British botanist and professor (born 1949)
2024: Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer, songwriter and scholar (born 1942)
2024: Pat Williams, American basketball player (born 1940)
2020: John Lewis, American civil rights activist and politician (born 1940)
2020: Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, Russian-Australian pair skater (born 2000)
2019: Marie Sophie Hingst, German historian and blogger who falsely claimed to be descended from Holocaust survivors
2015: Bill Arnsparger, American football player and coach (born 1926)
2015: Jules Bianchi, French race car driver (born 1989)
2015: Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic (born 1916)
2015: Van Miller, American sportscaster (born 1927)
2015: John Taylor, English pianist and educator (born 1942)
2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victims: Liam Davison, Australian author and critic (born 1957)
2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victims: Shuba Jay, Malaysian actress (born 1976)
2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victims: Joep Lange, Dutch physician and academic (born 1954)
2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victims: Willem Witteveen, Dutch scholar and politician (born 1952)
2014: Henry Hartsfield, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1933)
2014: Otto Piene, German sculptor and academic (born 1928)
2014: Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (born 1925)
2013: Henri Alleg, English-French journalist and author (born 1921)
2013: Peter Appleyard, English-Canadian vibraphone player and composer (born 1928)
2013: Vincenzo Cerami, Italian screenwriter and producer (born 1940)
2013: Don Flye, American tennis player (born 1933)
2013: Ian Gourlay, English general (born 1920)
2013: David White, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1933)
2012: Richard Evatt, English boxer (born 1973)
2012: Forrest S. McCartney, American general (born 1931)
2012: İlhan Mimaroğlu, Turkish-American composer and producer (born 1926)
2012: William Raspberry, American journalist and academic (born 1935)
2012: Marsha Singh, Indian-English politician (born 1954)
2011: David Ngoombujarra, Australian actor (born 1967)
2010: Larry Keith, American actor (born 1931)
2009: Walter Cronkite, American journalist and actor (born 1916)
2009: Leszek Kołakowski, Polish historian and philosopher (born 1927)
2007: Grant Forsberg, American actor and businessman (born 1959)
2007: Júlio Redecker, Brazilian politician (born 1956)
2007: Paulo Rogério Amoretty Souza, Brazilian lawyer and businessman (born 1945)
2006: Sam Myers, American singer-songwriter (born 1936)
2006: Mickey Spillane, American crime novelist (born 1918)
2005: Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-American actress (born 1913)
2005: Edward Heath, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1916)
2005: Joe Vialls, Australian journalist and theorist (born 1944)
2003: David Kelly, Welsh weapons inspector (born 1944)
2003: Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichord player (born 1914)
2003: Walter Zapp, Latvian-Swiss inventor, invented the Minox (born 1905)
2002: Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1911)
2001: Katharine Graham, American publisher (born 1917)
1998: Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator (born 1925)
1996: Victims of TWA Flight 800: Michel Breistroff, French ice hockey player (born 1971)
1996: Victims of TWA Flight 800: Marcel Dadi, Tunisian-French guitarist (born 1951)
1996: Victims of TWA Flight 800: David Hogan, American composer (born 1949)
1996: Victims of TWA Flight 800: Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director (born 1948)
1996: Chas Chandler, English bass player and producer (born 1938)
1995: Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver (born 1911)
1994: Jean Borotra, French tennis player (born 1898)
1991: John Patrick Spiegel, American psychiatrist and academic (born 1911)
1989: Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (born 1922)
1988: Bruiser Brody, American football player and wrestler (born 1946)
1980: Don "Red" Barry, American actor and screenwriter (born 1912)
1980: Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1890)
1975: Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (born 1893)
1974: Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1910)
1967: John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (born 1926)
1961: Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager (born 1886)
1961: Emin Halid Onat, Turkish architect and academic (born 1908)
1960: Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (born 1879)
1959: Billie Holiday, American singer (born 1915)
1959: Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (born 1875)
1950: Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army (born 1865)
1950: Antonie Nedošinská, Czech actress (born 1885)
1946: Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (born 1867)
1946: Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (born 1893)
1945: Ernst Busch, German field marshal (born 1885)
1944: William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (born 1898)
1942: Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (born 1861)
1935: George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (born 1867)
1932: Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (born 1862)
1928: Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1842)
1928: Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (born 1880)
1925: Lovis Corinth, German painter (born 1858)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Nicholas II of Russia (born 1868)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Alexandra Fyodorovna of Russia (born 1872)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (born 1895)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (born 1897)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (born 1899)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (born 1901)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (born 1904)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Anna Demidova (born 1878)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Ivan Kharitonov (born 1872)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Alexei Trupp (born 1858)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Yevgeny Botkin (born 1865)
1912: Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (born 1854)
1907: Hector Malot, French author and critic (born 1830)
1900: Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (born 1835)
1894: Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (born 1818)
1894: Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist and biologist (born 1810)
1893: Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (born 1833)
1885: Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (born 1811)
1883: Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (born 1829)
1881: Jim Bridger, American scout and explorer (born 1804)
1879: Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian-Polish painter (born 1856)
1878: Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet and politician (born 1812)
1871: Karl Tausig, Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer (born 1841)
1845: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1764)
1794: John Roebuck, English chemist and businessman (born 1718)
1793: Charlotte Corday, French murderer (born 1768)
1791: Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian missionary and author (born 1717)
1790: Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (born 1723)
1762: Peter III of Russia (born 1728)
1725: Thomas King, English and British soldier, MP for Queenborough, lieutenant-governor of Sheerness (born before 1660?).
1709: Robert Bolling, English planter and merchant (born 1646)
1704: Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer (born 1657)
1645: Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, English-Scottish politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (born 1587)
1642: William, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count, field marshal of the Dutch State Army (born 1592)
1603: Mózes Székely, Hungarian noble (born 1553)
1588: Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect and engineer, designed the Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque and Süleymaniye Mosque (born 1489)
1571: Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (born 1516)
1531: Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese commander (born 1484)
1453: Dmitry Shemyaka, Grand Prince of Moscow
1453: John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English commander and politician (born 1387)
1399: Jadwiga, queen of Poland (born 1374)
1304: Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer (born 1251)
1210: Sverker II, king of Sweden (born 1210)
1119: Baldwin VII, count of Flanders (born 1093)
1085: Robert Guiscard, Norman adventurer
1070: Baldwin VI, count of Flanders (born 1030)
961: Du, empress dowager of the Song dynasty
952: Wu Hanyue, Chinese noblewoman (born 913)
855: Leo IV, pope of the Catholic Church (born 790)
521: Magnus Felix Ennodius, Gallo-Roman bishop

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