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July 23

On This Day in History

July 23

July 23 is the 204th day of the year (205th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 161 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Mass. winner thought she won $10k, had to travel to different Lottery office for $1M check. A Massachusetts woman mistook her $1 million lottery prize for a $10,000 one, leading her on a hunt to the correct Massachusetts Lottery office after she visited the wrong one.
2024: Store clerk tricks Tennessee father and steals $1 million winning lottery ticket. A Tennessee Lottery retailer clerk has been arrested after tricking a local father and stealing his winning ticket worth $1 million.
2022: $790 MILLION: Fourth-largest lottery jackpot in history to be drawn Tuesday. After 28 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a swelling jackpot of $790 million that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet.
2021: New York Lottery changes Take 5 game to twice-daily drawings. The New York Lottery added a second daily drawing to its popular Take 5 draw game, with the change effective starting next week.
2020: NC man who won $10 million in lottery charged with murder. Three years ago, Michael Todd Hill, 52, struck it big after winning $10 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket. Now, he is being charged with the murder of a 23-year-old woman, Keonna Graham.
2018: $512 MILLION: Huge Mega Millions lottery sales prompts jackpot increase. A rush of ticket sales for the half-billion-dollar Mega Millions jackpot has prompted lottery officials to revise their estimate for the Tuesday night drawing to $512 million.
2015: Canadian lightning strike survivor wins lottery. A Canadian man survived being hit by lightning when he was a teenager and now he's won the lottery — both events combined come to about a 1 in 2.6 trillion chance.
2014: Wyoming Lottery kicks off media blitz. The Wyoming Lottery Corporation today kicked off a comprehensive, statewide, multimedia marketing campaign as part of the countdown toward the initial sale of lottery tickets in Wyoming on August 24.
2013: Australian woman accidentally buys duplicate lottery ticket and wins twice. A Melbourne, Australia, woman's forgetfulness has paid off to the tune of $835,149.68 (US$776,334) after she accidentally bought two entries in Saturday night's TattsLotto draw and won two division-one prizes.
2013: NY man gets maximum sentence for stolen $5M lottery ticket. A former auto dealership manager convicted of possessing an apartment complex maintenance worker's winning $5 million New York lottery ticket was sentenced Tuesday to up to 25 years in prison by a judge who cited his "rapacious greed."
2013: State auditor should examine Colorado Lottery, says lawmaker. A state senator Monday called for the state auditor to examine the Colorado Lottery's "grossly unacceptable" performance and "systemic pattern of distracted management."
2012: Internet poker owner handed 14-month prison term. An owner of Absolute Poker, one of the three largest Internet poker companies, was sentenced to 14 months in prison on Monday after admitting to deceiving banks over the processing of gambling proceeds.
2012: Montana Lottery celebrates 25 years of jackpot dreams. The Montana Lottery celebrated its 25th anniversary late last month with parties at retail locations around the state and knowledge that it was on a roll.
2010: Vacationing man wins $1M scratch-off lottery jackpot. Most folks pick up a T-shirt or a mug commemorating their vacation, but Wilman Bravo of Puerto Rico is bringing home a fat wad of green after winning $1 million on a scratch-off lottery ticket.
2008: Lottery-winning doorman gets the girl but might lose job. The $5 million Park Avenue doorman was spotted yesterday in Atlantic City with a leggy Swedish model on his arm, instead of working his 3:00 PM shift.
2008: Winning $125M Mega Millions ticket sold in New Jersey. Lottery officials said the winning ticket from Tuesday night's Mega Millions lottery drawing -- worth $125 million -- was sold in New Jersey.
2008: Lottery practices sound, Ariz. officials say. Despite a Valley lawyer's filing class-action lawsuits against various state lotteries, including Colorado and Indiana, alleging deceptive practices regarding Scratchers tickets, the Arizona Lottery appears to be in the clear.
2008: Arkansas lottery certified for November ballot. The Arkansas secretary of state's office certified a proposed constitutional amendment for the November ballot Monday that would allow voters to decide Lt. Gov. Bill Halter's measure for a state-run lottery to fund college scholarships.
2007: Congressman leads charge to regulate USA online gambling. July has been a good month for Congressman Barney Frank, Chairman of the influential House Financial Services Committee and author of Bill HR 2046 the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act which proposes the regulation and taxation of Internet gambling in the United States instead of banning the pastime.
2007: Georgia man wins $250,000 in Mega Millions. Dana Peace recently had what he described as "a very good day."
2007: Retiree, 81, wins $9.2M Colorado Lottery jackpot. Colorado's newest multi-millionaire doesn't think life will change much after winning the $9.2 million Colorado Lottery Lotto jackpot.
2005: Ohio man shows reporter $170 million winning lottery ticket. A group of six Ohio machine shop co-workers is the apparent winner of the Friday night $170 million Mega Millions lottery drawing.
2004: Bush wins $44 million lottery jackpot. He may not be the President, but Charles "Chuck" Bush, 71, is California's newest multi-millionaire.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$830 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 26, 2022
2.$820 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 25, 2023
3.$543 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 24, 2018
4.$391.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 23, 2016
5.$326.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 23, 2025
6.$279 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 23, 2024
7.$262 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 25, 2017
8.€242.46 Million US$247.63 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 23, 2022
9.$220 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 26, 2017
10.€193.54 Million
US$216.03 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 23, 2019
11.$180 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 25, 1998
12.$173.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 24, 2021
13.$168 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 23, 2019
14.$166 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 24, 2013
15.€138 Million
US$162 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 25, 2025
16.$147 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 25, 2018
17.$140 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 23, 2021
18.€113 Million
US$137.17 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 29, 2005
19.€112 Million
US$135.33 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 24, 2012
20.$135 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 26, 2006
21.€113 Million
US$132.65 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jul 25, 2025
22.$124 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 24, 2020
23.€112.05 Million
US$122.97 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 23, 2016
24.$122.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 23, 2022
25.$121 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 25, 2012

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2006: Montgomery$2013
Sunday, Jul 23, 2006
19 years old
2000: JoshuaJones
Sunday, Jul 23, 2000
25 years old
1997: Valdy97
Wednesday, Jul 23, 1997
28 years old
1992: Connor*t$
Thursday, Jul 23, 1992
33 years old
1988: xxstars7x
Saturday, Jul 23, 1988
37 years old
1985: igetcheated
Tuesday, Jul 23, 1985
40 years old
1983: Choucot
Saturday, Jul 23, 1983
42 years old
1983: Josean
Saturday, Jul 23, 1983
42 years old
1976: Tikal
Friday, Jul 23, 1976
49 years old
1975: SEXCEE T
Wednesday, Jul 23, 1975
50 years old
1971: Tonibaby
Friday, Jul 23, 1971
54 years old
1968: DISCOTIKI
Tuesday, Jul 23, 1968
57 years old
1966: kymkam
Saturday, Jul 23, 1966
59 years old
1965: Elizabeth03
Friday, Jul 23, 1965
60 years old
1962: Spoonieg2970
Monday, Jul 23, 1962
63 years old
1961: Roe1088
Sunday, Jul 23, 1961
64 years old
1961: NinaRoss723
Sunday, Jul 23, 1961
64 years old
1956: luckybenji723
Monday, Jul 23, 1956
69 years old
1956: TeachME2win
Monday, Jul 23, 1956
69 years old
1955: Mom2Rock
Saturday, Jul 23, 1955
70 years old
1951: trerob123
Monday, Jul 23, 1951
74 years old
1947: ourgang
Wednesday, Jul 23, 1947
78 years old
1937: Plecoman
Friday, Jul 23, 1937
88 years old
: Lucki723
(year not provided)
: Jessebabii
(year not provided)
: MissB$
(year not provided)
: blacknjuicy
(year not provided)
: destiny-ar
(year not provided)
: Sure-Thing81$*
(year not provided)
: yolandda
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2018: A wildfire in East Attica kills at least 102 people. It is the deadliest wildfire in the history of Greece.
2015: NASA announces discovery of Kepler-452b by the Kepler space telescope.
2014: TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashes in Xixi village near Huxi, Penghu, during approach to Penghu Airport. Forty-eight of the 58 people on board are killed and five more people on the ground are injured.
2012: The Solar storm of 2012 was an unusually large coronal mass ejection that was emitted by the Sun which barely missed the Earth by nine days. If it hit, it would have caused up to US$2.6 trillion in damages to electrical equipment worldwide.
2011: A high-speed train rear-ends another on a viaduct on the Yongtaiwen railway line in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China, resulting in 40 deaths.
2010: The English-Irish boy band One Direction were formed while auditioning for the 2010 series of the British singing competition The X Factor.
2005: Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.
2001: Megawati Sukarnoputri was sworn in as the first female president of Indonesia following her predecessor's impeachment.
1999: ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.
1999: Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
1997: Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
1995: Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered; it becomes visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later.
1993: China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119 crashes during takeoff from Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China, killing 55 people.
1992: A Vatican commission, led by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that limiting certain rights of homosexual people and non-married couples is not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender.
1992: Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
1988: General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
1983: Thirteen Sri Lanka Army soldiers are killed after a deadly ambush by the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
1983: Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba.
1982: Outside Santa Clarita, California, actor Vic Morrow and two children are killed when a helicopter crashes onto them while shooting a scene from Twilight Zone: The Movie.
1980: Phạm Tuân becomes the first Vietnamese citizen and the first Asian in space when he flies aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Intercosmos Research Cosmonaut.
1974: The Greek military junta collapses, and former Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis is invited to lead the new government, beginning Greece's metapolitefsi era.
1972: The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
1970: Qaboos bin Said al Said becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur initiating massive reforms, modernization programs and end to a decade long civil war.
1968: Glenville shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days.
1968: The only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft takes place when a Boeing 707 carrying ten crew and 38 passengers is taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The aircraft was en route from Rome, to Lod, Israel.
1967: Detroit Riots: In Detroit, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. It ultimately kills 43 people, injures 342 and burns about 1,400 buildings.
1962: Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
1962: The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
1962: Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
1961: The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
1952: General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.
1945: The post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain begin.
1943: The Rayleigh bath chair murder occurred in Rayleigh, Essex, England.
1943: World War II: The British destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Laforey sink the Italian submarine Ascianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMS Newfoundland.
1942: World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
1942: Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.
1940: The United States' Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
1936: In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
1927: The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
1926: Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
1921: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is established at the founding National Congress.
1919: Prince Regent Aleksander Karađorđević signs the decree establishing the University of Ljubljana
1914: Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
1908: The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
1903: The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
1900: Pressed by expanding immigration, Canada closes its doors to paupers and criminals.
1881: The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
1874: Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
1862: American Civil War: Henry Halleck becomes general-in-chief of the Union Army.
1840: The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
1829: In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
1821: While the Mora Rebellion continues, Greeks capture Monemvasia Castle. Turkish troops and citizens are transferred to Asia Minor's coasts.
1813: Sir Thomas Maitland is appointed as the first Governor of Malta, transforming the island from a British protectorate to a de facto colony.
1793: Kingdom of Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France.
1677: Scanian War: Denmark-Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.
1632: Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France.
1319: A Knights Hospitaller fleet scores a crushing victory over an Aydinid fleet off Chios.
811: Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum's treasury.

Births On This Day

2003: Alex Consani, Model and Influencer
2002: Séléna Janicijevic, French tennis player
2001: Lily Phillips, British pornographic actress
1998: Deandre Ayton, Bahamian basketball player
1996: Alexandra Andresen, Norwegian heiress and equestrian
1996: David Dobrik, Slovak YouTube personality
1992: Danny Ings, English footballer
1991: Lauren Mitchell, Australian gymnast
1991: Jarrod Wallace, Australian rugby league footballer
1990: Kevin Reynolds, Canadian figure skater
1989: Daniel Radcliffe, English actor
1989: Donald Young, American tennis player
1987: Alessio Cerci, Italian footballer
1987: Felipe Dylon, Brazilian singer
1987: Serdar Kurtuluş, Turkish footballer
1987: Julien Ribaudo, Belgian politician
1986: Aya Uchida, Japanese voice actress and singer
1986: Nelson Philippe, French race car driver
1986: Yelena Sokolova, Russian long jumper
1985: Luis Ángel Landín, Mexican footballer
1984: Walter Gargano, Uruguayan footballer
1984: Matthew Murphy, English singer and guitarist
1984: Brandon Roy, American basketball player
1984: Celeste Thorson, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1983: Bec Hewitt, Australian actress
1983: Aaron Peirsol, American swimmer
1983: David Strettle, English rugby player
1982: Ömer Aysan Barış, Turkish footballer
1982: Joe Mather, American baseball player
1982: Gökhan Ünal, Turkish footballer
1982: Gerald Wallace, American basketball player
1982: Paul Wesley, American actor, director, and producer
1982: Pia Maria Wieninger, Austrian politician
1981: Steve Jocz, Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, and director
1981: Dmitriy Karpov, Kazakhstani decathlete
1981: Aleksandr Kulik, Estonian footballer
1981: Jarkko Nieminen, Finnish tennis player
1980: Daniel McClellan, American biblical scholar and social media personality
1980: Sandeep Parikh, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1979: Perro Aguayo Jr., Mexican wrestler and promoter (died 2015)
1979: Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Greek footballer
1979: Richard Sims, Zimbabwean cricketer
1979: Ricardo Sperafico, Brazilian race car driver
1979: Cathleen Tschirch, German sprinter
1979: Michelle Williams, American singer-songwriter and actress
1978: Stuart Elliott, Northern Irish footballer
1978: Stefanie Sun, Singaporean singer-songwriter and pianist
1978: Lauren Groff, American novelist and short story writer
1977: Scott Clemmensen, American ice hockey player and coach
1977: Gail Emms, English badminton player
1977: Néicer Reasco, Ecuadorian footballer
1977: Shawn Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player
1976: Judit Polgár, Hungarian chess player
1975: Dan Rogerson, Cornish politician
1974: Terry Glenn, American football player and coach (died 2017)
1974: Maurice Greene, American sprinter
1974: Rik Verbrugghe, Belgian cyclist
1973: Nomar Garciaparra, American baseball player and sportscaster
1973: Kathryn Hahn, American actress
1973: Fran Healy, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973: Monica Lewinsky, American activist and former White House intern
1973: Himesh Reshammiya, Indian singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director
1973: Andrea Scanavacca, Italian rugby player and manager
1972: Suat Kılıç, Turkish journalist, lawyer, and politician, former Turkish Minister of Youth and Sports
1972: Floyd Reifer, Barbadian cricketer and coach
1972: Marlon Wayans, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1971: Dalvin DeGrate, American rapper and producer
1971: Alison Krauss, American singer-songwriter and fiddler
1971: Joel Stein, American journalist
1970: Charisma Carpenter, American actress
1970: Thea Dorn, German author and playwright
1970: Sam Watters, American singer-songwriter and producer
1970: Saulius Skvernelis, 13th Prime Minister of Lithuania
1969: Andrew Cassels, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1969: Raphael Warnock, American politician and minister
1968: Elden Campbell, American basketball player
1968: Gary Payton, American basketball player and actor
1968: Stephanie Seymour, American model and actress
1967: Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer (died 2014)
1965: Rob Dickinson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965: Slash, English-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1964: Uwe Barth, German politician
1964: Nick Menza, German drummer and songwriter (died 2016)
1963: Slobodan Zivojinovic, Serbian tennis player
1962: Eriq La Salle, American actor, director, and producer
1962: Mark Laurie, Australian rugby league player
1962: Alain Lefèvre, Canadian pianist and composer
1961: André Ducharme, Canadian comedian and author
1961: Michael Durant, American pilot and author
1961: Martin Gore, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1961: Woody Harrelson, American actor and activist
1961: Milind Gunaji, Indian actor, model, television show host, and author
1960: Gary Ella, Australian rugby player
1960: Susan Graham, American soprano and educator
1960: Al Perez, American wrestler
1959: Nancy Savoca, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1958: Ken Green, American golfer
1958: Tomy Winata, Indonesian businessman and philanthropist, founded the Artha Graha Peduli Foundation
1957: Jo Brand, English comedian, actress, and screenwriter
1957: Nikos Galis, American basketball player
1957: Theo van Gogh, Dutch actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2004)
1957: Quentin Willson, English TV presenter, Top Gear
1953: Graham Gooch, English cricketer and coach
1953: Najib Razak, Malaysian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia
1952: Paul Hibbert, Australian cricketer and coach (died 2008)
1952: Bill Nyrop, American ice hockey player and coach (died 1995)
1952: John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (died 2008)
1952: Janis Siegel, American jazz singer
1950: Alex Kozinski, Romanian-born American lawyer and judge
1950: Ian Thomas, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950: Blair Thornton, Canadian guitarist and songwriter
1950: Alan Turner, Australian cricketer
1949: Clive Rice, South African cricketer and coach (died 2015)
1949: Wasyl Medwit, Polish-born Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch (died 2024)
1948: Ross Cranston, Australian-English lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales
1948: John Cushnahan, Northern Irish educator and politician
1948: John Hall, American politician
1948: Stanisław Targosz, Polish general (died 2013)
1947: Gardner Dozois, American journalist and author (died 2018)
1947: David Essex, English singer-songwriter, and actor
1947: Torsten Palm, Swedish race car driver
1947: Robin Simon, English historian, critic, and academic
1946: Andy Mackay, English oboe player and composer
1946: René Ricard, American poet, painter, and critic (died 2014)
1945: Edward Gregson, English composer and educator
1945: Jon Sammels, English footballer
1944: Dino Danelli, American drummer (died 2022)
1944: Maria João Pires, Portuguese pianist
1943: Randall Forsberg, American scientist (died 2007)
1943: Tony Joe White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)
1942: Sallyanne Atkinson, Australian journalist and politician, Lord Mayor of Brisbane
1942: Madeline Bell, American singer-songwriter
1942: Richard E. Dauch, American businessman, co-founded American Axle (died 2013)
1942: Dimitris Liantinis, Greek philosopher and author (died 1998)
1941: Christopher Andrew, English historian and academic
1941: Richie Evans, American race car driver (died 1985)
1941: Sergio Mattarella, Italian lawyer, judge, and politician, 12th President of Italy
1940: Danielle Collobert, French author, poet, and journalist (died 1978)
1940: Don Imus, American radio host (died 2019)
1940: John Nichols, American novelist (died 2023)
1940: Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Italian economist and politician, Italian Minister of Finance (died 2010)
1938: Juliet Anderson, American porn actress and producer (died 2010)
1938: Ronny Cox, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1938: Charles Harrelson, American murderer (died 2007)
1938: Bert Newton, Australian actor and television host (died 2021)
1937: Dave Webster, American football player and engineer (died 2006)
1936: Don Drysdale, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1993)
1936: Anthony Kennedy, American lawyer and jurist
1935: Jim Hall, American race car driver
1933: Raimund Abraham, Austrian architect, designed the Austrian Cultural Forum (died 2010)
1933: Bert Convy, American actor, singer, and game show host (died 1991)
1933: Benedict Groeschel, American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (died 2014)
1933: Richard Rogers, Italian-English architect, designed the Millennium Dome and Lloyd's building (died 2021)
1931: Te Atairangikaahu, Māori queen (died 2006)
1931: Claude Fournier, Canadian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 2023)
1931: Guy Fournier, Canadian author and screenwriter
1929: Danny Barcelona, American drummer (died 2007)
1929: Lateef Jakande, Nigerian journalist and politician, 5th Governor of Lagos State (died 2021)
1928: Leon Fleisher, American pianist and conductor (died 2020)
1928: Vera Rubin, American astronomer and academic (died 2016)
1928: Hubert Selby, Jr., American author and screenwriter (died 2004)
1927: Gérard Brach, French director and screenwriter (died 2006)
1926: Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author (died 2015)
1925: Tajuddin Ahmad, Bangladeshi politician, 1st Prime Minister of Bangladesh (died 1975)
1925: Quett Masire, Botswana politician, the former Vice-President of Botswana (died 2017)
1925: Alain Decaux, French historian and author (died 2016)
1925: Gloria DeHaven, American actress and singer (died 2016)
1924: Gavin Lambert, English-American screenwriter and author (died 2005)
1924: Gazanfer Bilge, Turkish wrestler (died 2008)
1923: Luis Aloma, Cuban-American baseball player (died 1997)
1923: Morris Halle, Latvian-American linguist and academic (died 2018)
1922: Damiano Damiani, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2013)
1922: Jenny Pike, Canadian WWII servicewoman and photographer (died 2004)
1921: Calvert DeForest, American actor (died 2007)
1918: Abraham Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch comedian and actor (died 2005)
1918: Ruth Duccini, American actress (died 2014)
1918: Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1999)
1916: Laurel Martyn, Australian ballerina and choreographer (died 2013)
1914: Nassos Daphnis, Greek-American painter (died 2010)
1914: Virgil Finlay, American illustrator (died 1971)
1914: Elly Annie Schneider, German-American actress (died 2004)
1913: Michael Foot, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Employment (died 2010)
1912: M. H. Abrams, American author, critic, and academic (died 2015)
1912: Michael Wilding, English actor (died 1979)
1906: Vladimir Prelog, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
1906: Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian activist (died 1931)
1905: Leopold Engleitner, Austrian author and educator (died 2013)
1901: Hank Worden, American actor and singer (died 1992)
1901: Isabel Luberza Oppenheimer, Puerto Rican brothel owner and madam in barrio Maragüez, Ponce, Puerto Rico (died 1974)
1900: Julia Davis Adams, American author and journalist (died 1993)
1900: John Babcock, Canadian-American sergeant (died 2010)
1900: Inger Margrethe Boberg, Danish folklore researcher and writer (died 1957)
1899: Gustav Heinemann, German lawyer and politician, 3rd President of West Germany (died 1976)
1898: Daniel Cosío Villegas, Mexican historian, economist (died 1976)
1898: Bengt Djurberg, Swedish actor and singer (died 1941)
1898: Red Dutton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1987)
1898: Herman Kruusenberg, Estonian wrestler (died 1970)
1898: Jacob Marschak, Ukrainian-American economist, journalist, and author (died 1977)
1895: Aileen Pringle, American actress (died 1989)
1894: Arthur Treacher, English-American actor and television personality (died 1975)
1892: Haile Selassie, Ethiopian emperor (died 1975)
1891: Louis T. Wright, American surgeon and civil rights activist (died 1952)
1888: Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter (died 1959)
1886: Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish historian and diplomat (died 1978)
1886: Walter H. Schottky, Swiss-German physicist and engineer (died 1976)
1885: Izaak Killam, Canadian financier and philanthropist (died 1955)
1885: Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman, created Prince Matchabelli perfume (died 1935)
1884: Emil Jannings, Swiss-German actor (died 1950)
1883: Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, French-English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the County of London (died 1963)
1882: Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (died 1948)
1878: James Thomas Milton Anderson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Saskatchewan (died 1946)
1866: Francesco Cilea, Italian composer and academic (died 1950)
1865: Henry Norris, English businessman and politician (died 1934)
1864: Apolinario Mabini, Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (died 1903)
1856: Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian lawyer and journalist (died 1920)
1854: Ernest Belfort Bax, English barrister, journalist, philosopher, men's rights advocate, socialist and historian (died 1926)
1851: Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (died 1909)
1838: Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (died 1910)
1823: Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop and missionary (died 1894)
1802: Manuel María Lombardini, Mexican general and president (died 1853)
1796: Franz Berwald, Swedish surgeon and composer (died 1868)
1777: Philipp Otto Runge, German painter and illustrator (died 1810)
1775: Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (died 1812)
1773: Thomas Brisbane, Scottish general and politician, 6th Governor of New South Wales (died 1860)
1773: Abraham Colles, Irish anatomist (died 1841)
1713: Luís António Verney, Portuguese philosopher and pedagogue (died 1792)
1705: Francis Blomefield, English historian and author (died 1752)
1649: Pope Clement XI (died 1721)
1635: Adam Dollard des Ormeaux, New France garrison commander (died 1660)
1614: Bonaventura Peeters the Elder, Flemish painter (died 1652)
1503: Anne of Bohemia and Hungary (died 1547)
1441: Danjong of Joseon, King of Joseon (died 1457)
1401: Francesco I Sforza, Italian husband of Bianca Maria Visconti (died 1466)
1370: Pier Paolo Vergerio the Elder, humanist (died 1444 or 1445)
1339: Louis I, Duke of Anjou (died 1384)
1301: Otto, Duke of Austria (died 1339)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Robin Warren, Australian pathologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1937)
2022: Zayar Thaw, Burmese politician and rapper (born 1981)
2022: Kyaw Min Yu, Burmese political activist (born 1969)
2017: John Kundla, American basketball coach (born 1916)
2015: Shigeko Kubota, Japanese-American sculptor and director (born 1937)
2015: Don Oberdorfer, American journalist, author, and academic (born 1931)
2015: William Wakefield Baum, American cardinal (born 1926)
2014: Dora Bryan, English actress and restaurateur (born 1923)
2014: Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (born 1917)
2014: Ariano Suassuna, Brazilian author and playwright (born 1927)
2014: Jordan Tabor, English footballer (born 1990)
2013: Rona Anderson, Scottish actress (born 1926)
2013: Pauline Clarke, English author (born 1921)
2013: Arthur J. Collingsworth, American diplomat (born 1944)
2013: Dominguinhos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (born 1941)
2013: Emile Griffith, American boxer and trainer (born 1938)
2013: Kim Jong-hak, South Korean director and producer (born 1951)
2013: Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer (born 1929)
2012: Margaret Mahy, New Zealand author (born 1936)
2012: Sally Ride, American physicist and astronaut (born 1951)
2012: Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian soldier and politician (born 1914)
2012: Esther Tusquets, Spanish publisher and author (born 1936)
2012: José Luis Uribarri, Spanish television host and director (born 1936)
2011: Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter (born 1983)
2010: Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author (born 1916)
2009: E. Lynn Harris, American author and screenwriter (born 1955)
2008: Kurt Furgler, Swiss lawyer and politician, 70th President of the Swiss Confederation (born 1924)
2007: Ron Miller, American songwriter and producer (born 1933)
2007: Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghan king (born 1914)
2006: Jean-Paul Desbiens, Canadian journalist and academic (born 1927)
2005: Ted Greene, American guitarist and journalist (born 1946)
2004: Mehmood Ali, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1932)
2004: Carlos Paredes, Portuguese guitarist and composer (born 1925)
2004: Piero Piccioni, Italian pianist, conductor, and composer (born 1921)
2003: James E. Davis, American police officer and politician (born 1962)
2002: Leo McKern, Australian-English actor (born 1920)
2002: William Luther Pierce, American activist and author (born 1933)
2002: Chaim Potok, American novelist and rabbi (born 1929)
2002: Clark Gesner, American author and composer (born 1938)
2001: Eudora Welty, American novelist and short story writer (born 1909)
1999: Hassan II of Morocco (born 1929)
1997: Chūhei Nambu, Japanese jumper and journalist (born 1904)
1996: Jean Muir, American actress (born 1911)
1990: Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese engineer (born 1899)
1989: Donald Barthelme, American short story writer and novelist (born 1931)
1985: Johnny Wardle, English cricketer and manager (born 1923)
1983: Georges Auric, French composer (born 1899)
1982: Vic Morrow, American actor (born 1929)
1980: Sarto Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 38th Mayor of Montreal (born 1908)
1980: Keith Godchaux, American keyboard player and songwriter (born 1948)
1980: Mollie Steimer, Ukrainian activist (born 1897)
1979: Joseph Kessel, French journalist and author (born 1898)
1978: Kamil Tolon, Turkish industrialist (born 1912)
1973: Eddie Rickenbacker, American pilot and race car driver, founded Rickenbacker Motors (born 1890)
1972: Esther Applin, American geologist and paleontologist (born 1895)
1971: Van Heflin, American actor (born 1910)
1970: Eino Tainio, Finnish politician (born 1905)
1968: Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1875)
1966: Montgomery Clift, American actor (born 1920)
1957: Bob Shiring, American football player and coach (born 1870)
1955: Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1871)
1954: Herman Groman, American runner (born 1882)
1951: Robert J. Flaherty, American director and producer (born 1884)
1951: Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France (born 1856)
1950: Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician and diplomat, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1882)
1948: D. W. Griffith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1875)
1942: Adam Czerniaków, Polish engineer and politician (born 1880)
1942: Andy Ducat, English cricketer and footballer (born 1886)
1941: George Lyman Kittredge, American scholar and educator (born 1860)
1941: José Quiñones Gonzales, Peruvian soldier and pilot (born 1914)
1936: Anna Abrikosova, Russian linguist (born 1882)
1932: Tenby Davies, Welsh runner (born 1884)
1930: Glenn Curtiss, American pilot and engineer (born 1878)
1927: Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general (born 1864)
1926: Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (born 1848)
1924: Frank Frost Abbott, American author and scholar (born 1850)
1920: Conrad Kohrs, German-American rancher and politician (born 1835)
1919: Spyridon Lambros, Greek historian and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1851)
1916: William Ramsay, Scottish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)
1909: Frederick Holder, Australian politician, 19th Premier of South Australia (born 1850)
1904: John Douglas, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Queensland (born 1828)
1885: Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (born 1822)
1878: Carl von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician, pathologist, and politician (born 1804)
1875: Isaac Singer, American businessman, founded the Singer Corporation (born 1811)
1853: Andries Pretorius, South African general (born 1798)
1833: Anselmo de la Cruz, Chilean politician, Chilean Minister of Finance (born 1777)
1793: Roger Sherman, American lawyer and politician (born 1721)
1781: John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor and politician (born 1724)
1773: George Edwards, English biologist and ornithologist (born 1693)
1757: Domenico Scarlatti, Italian harpsichord player and composer (born 1685)
1727: Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, English politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1661)
1692: Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (born 1613)
1645: Michael I, Russian tsar (born 1596)
1596: Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (born 1526)
1584: John Day, English printer (born 1522)
1562: Götz von Berlichingen, German knight and poet (born 1480)
1536: Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1519)
1531: Louis de Brézé, French husband of Diane de Poitiers
1403: Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, English rebel (born 1343)
1373: Bridget of Sweden, Swedish mystic and saint, founded the Bridgettine Order (born 1303)
1298: Thoros III, Armenian king (born c. 1271)
1227: Qiu Chuji, Chinese religious leader, founded the Dragon Gate Taoism (born 1148)
1100: Warner of Grez, French nobleman, relative of Godfrey of Bouillon
1065: Gunter of Bamberg, bishop of Bamberg (c. 1025/1030)
997: Nuh II, Samanid emir (born 963)
955: He Ning, Chinese chancellor (born 898)

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