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July 24

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July 24

July 24 is the 205th day of the year (206th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 160 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: South Carolina Lottery suspends license of retailer that sold ticket to minor. A South Carolina Lottery retailer had its license suspended after deputies caught staff selling a lottery ticket to a minor.
2023: Woman who went viral after claiming she won the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot accused of lying. After a video surfaced of woman claiming she won the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot drawn last week, some accused her of lying to garner attention.
2020: Two Wisconsin friends split $22 million Powerball jackpot after a deal made 28 years ago. Handshakes still haven't gone out of style after one Wisconsin man honored a deal he made with his close friend 28 years ago.
2019: Washington woman wins state's biggest lottery jackpot in a decade. A big surprise came to a woman in the small city of Brier after discovering she had won the $12.2 million Washington Lottery jackpot. The woman and her husband — who wished to remain anonymous — came forward Friday with the winning ticket.
2018: $522 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot increased again. For the second time in two days, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery jackpot has been raised due to surging ticket sales for a chance to win a half-billion dollars.
2017: Lottery game sparks gambling fever in eastern Canada. A Canadian lottery game used to raise money for charity has brought gambling fever to the city of St John's in the remote eastern province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
2017: Arkansas Lottery ticket sales outage caused by severed fiber lines. The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery experienced an outage Friday, July 21, which affected the sale of draw game tickets.
2016: $422 MILLION: Powerball climbs again on rollover. This week Powerball will be the hot ticket, featuring a lump-sum cash payout of nearly $300 million.
2014: 16 siblings share $20 million lottery jackpot in New Jersey. Sixteen brothers and sisters from New Jersey who pooled money for a decade to buy lottery tickets got the ultimate payout — a $20 million Pick 6 jackpot they'll use to repair homes they lost in Sandy, send their children to college and preserve the legacy of their late mother, who urged them to vie for the pot together in the first place.
2014: Missouri Gov. orders review of Lottery operations. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has asked the state Office of Administration to carry out a comprehensive review of the Missouri Lottery's operations after the lottery missed its profit goal in the last fiscal year.
2013: NJ Mega Millions lottery winners claim $30M prize. The anxiously awaited New Jersey Lottery winners from the May 31 Mega Millions drawing have come forward to validate their ticket and claim their prize at Lottery Headquarters.
2012: Michigan lottery winner convicted of welfare fraud gets probation. The Lincoln Park, Michigan, woman who made national headlines for continuing to accept food stamp benefits after winning $1 million on a Michigan Lottery game show was sentenced today in Wayne County Circuit Court to nine months of probation.
2012: UK Lottery winner jailed for benefit fraud. A man who won nearly £5 million (US$7.8 million) in the UK National Lottery, but fraudulently claimed about £13,000 (US$20,200) in benefits, has been jailed for nine months.
2011: NH Lottery to debut new scratch game. Gamblers are getting a sneak peak at a new game from the New Hampshire Lottery that could net them $100,000 a year for life.
2010: B.C. Lottery faces lawsuit from second problem gambler. A Vancouver Island man is suing the British Columbia Lottery Corporation because the company denied him a $42,500 jackpot on the grounds he's a registered problem gambler although the BCLC has never stopped him from losing money.
2007: Penn. woman wins $1M lottery raffle prize. Brenda Gaydos won one of five $1 million top prizes from the Pennsylvania Lottery's July 7 Millionaire Raffle drawing, lottery officials announced.
2007: Quebec Lottery winners' names to kept secret. Loto-Quebec enacted a new policy not to publicize any details about people who win more than $4 million after an alleged extortion plot targeting a LaSalle couple who won $27 million in May was foiled by police last month.
2007: Down on his luck, Florida man wins $33M lottery jackpot. West Palm Beach resident Ezequiel Perez broke out of a string of bad luck by winning a $33 million Florida Lotto jackpot Saturday.
2007: Penn. Lottery contributions decline for first time in 6 years. Pennsylvania's lottery sales stumbled in the just-ended fiscal year -- as slot machines came on line -- finishing flat after a half-decade of huge gains spurred by bigger games, more retailers and glitzier advertising.
2007: Iowa custodian wins $1 million in lottery scratch game. A custodian for the Davenport school district In Iowa cashed in a lottery ticket Monday worth $1 million -- becoming the first top prize winner in the Iowa Lottery's "Set for Life'' scratch-off game.
2007: Texas Lottery may consider offering raffle. The chairman of the Texas Lottery Commission has asked the state attorney general to study whether it would be legal to add a raffle to its array of games.
2005: Texas Lottery critic turns down selection committee post. Dawn Nettles, a frequent critic of the Texas Lottery, was appointed to, and later withdrew from, a search committee for the Texas Lottery Director position.
2005: Follow-Up: Couple’s lottery 5-week winning streak was simple luck. Investigators with the Wisconsin Department of Revenue found no signs of fraud in a couple's five-week winning streak in March and April.

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.$434.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 27, 2016
5.$348.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 26, 2025
6.$306 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 26, 2024
7.$262 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 25, 2017
8.€243.59 Million US$247.27 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 26, 2022
9.$220 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 26, 2017
10.€195.08 Million
US$217.37 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 25, 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.$166 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 24, 2013
14.€138 Million
US$162 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 25, 2025
15.$153 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 27, 2021
16.$147 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 25, 2018
17.€113 Million
US$137.17 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 29, 2005
18.€112 Million
US$135.33 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 24, 2012
19.$135 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 26, 2006
20.$133.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 25, 2022
21.€113 Million
US$132.65 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jul 25, 2025
22.€113.2 Million
US$124.45 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 26, 2016
23.$124 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 24, 2020
24.$121 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 25, 2012
25.$120 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 25, 2025

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989: choice$
Monday, Jul 24, 1989
36 years old
1988: Kiara L
Sunday, Jul 24, 1988
37 years old
1987: simmonsjeffreya
Friday, Jul 24, 1987
38 years old
1984: JigginJohnson
Tuesday, Jul 24, 1984
41 years old
1982: djpiezo
Saturday, Jul 24, 1982
43 years old
1981: senahrndz
Friday, Jul 24, 1981
44 years old
1975: Monta Swanson
Thursday, Jul 24, 1975
50 years old
1974: getmoney007
Wednesday, Jul 24, 1974
51 years old
1970: SMOKE
Friday, Jul 24, 1970
55 years old
1967: Sherita
Monday, Jul 24, 1967
58 years old
1966: prosperity1
Sunday, Jul 24, 1966
59 years old
1964: rsb2323
Friday, Jul 24, 1964
61 years old
1963: Bobbydo4u
Wednesday, Jul 24, 1963
62 years old
1963: Butchs mom2024
Wednesday, Jul 24, 1963
62 years old
1961: Friday61
Monday, Jul 24, 1961
64 years old
1961: Rithas247
Monday, Jul 24, 1961
64 years old
1960: Pildriver
Sunday, Jul 24, 1960
65 years old
1960: NAZ MOM
Sunday, Jul 24, 1960
65 years old
1959: manny214
Friday, Jul 24, 1959
66 years old
1958: Oreoandrocko
Thursday, Jul 24, 1958
67 years old
1954: redrider54
Saturday, Jul 24, 1954
71 years old
1949: guythomas
Sunday, Jul 24, 1949
76 years old
: Vergie6
(year not provided)
: AndreaL
(year not provided)
: jamella724
(year not provided)
: rgse90
(year not provided)
: Dragonlady724
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: A Saurya Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 crashes during takeoff from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal killing 18.
2019: Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after defeating Jeremy Hunt in a leadership contest, succeeding Theresa May.
2014: Air Algérie Flight 5017 loses contact with air traffic controllers 50 minutes after takeoff. It was travelling between Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Algiers. The wreckage is later found in Mali. All 116 people on board are killed.
2013: Santiago de Compostela derailment: A high-speed train derails in Spain rounding a curve with an 80 km/h (50 mph) speed limit at 190 km/h (120 mph), killing 78 passengers.
2012: Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Girkê Legê.
2009: Aria Air Flight 1525 crashes at Mashhad International Airport, killing 16.
2001: The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos. Eleven civilian and military aircraft are destroyed and 15 are damaged. All 14 commandos are shot dead, while seven soldiers from the Sri Lanka Air Force are killed. In addition, three civilians and an engineer die. This incident slowed the Sri Lankan economy.
1999: Air Fiji flight 121 crashes while en route to Nadi, Fiji, killing all 17 people on board.
1998: Russell Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.
1987: US supertanker SS Bridgeton collides with mines laid by IRGC causing a 43-square-meter dent in the body of the oil tanker.
1987: Hulda Crooks, at 91 years of age, climbed Mt. Fuji. Crooks became the oldest person to climb Japan's highest peak.
1983: The Black July anti-Tamil riots begin in Sri Lanka, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
1983: George Brett playing for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the "Pine Tar Incident".
1982: Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299.
1980: The Quietly Confident Quartet of Australia wins the men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the Moscow Olympics, the only time the United States has not won the event at Olympic level.
1977: End of a four-day-long Libyan-Egyptian War.
1974: Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
1969: Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
1967: During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Québec libre! ("Long live free Quebec!"); the statement angered the Canadian government and many Anglophone Canadians.
1966: Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.
1963: The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.
1959: At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. vice president Richard Nixon and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".
1950: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
1943: World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes bomb the city by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
1935: The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109 °F (43 °C) in Chicago and 104 °F (40 °C) in Milwaukee.
1929: The Kellogg-Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928, by most leading world powers).
1927: The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
1924: Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
1923: The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
1922: The draft of the British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; it came into effect on 26 September 1923.
1915: The passenger ship SS Eastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
1911: Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
1910: The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
1901: O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
1866: Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to Congress following the American Civil War.
1864: American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
1847: After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City.
1847: Richard March Hoe, American inventor, patented the rotary-type printing press.
1712: War of the Spanish Succession: The French under Marshal Villars win a decisive victory over Eugene of Savoy at Denain.
1701: Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
1567: Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and be replaced by her one-year-old son James VI.
1534: French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France.
1487: Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands, strike against a ban on foreign beer.
1412: Behnam Hadloyo becomes Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Mardin.
1411: Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place.
1304: Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle: King Edward I of England takes the stronghold using the War Wolf.
1148: Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
1132: Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.

Births On This Day

2001: Ryan Johnson, American ice hockey player
2001: Drake London, American football player
1998: Bindi Irwin, Australian conservationist, zookeeper, and actress
1996: Joe Mixon, American football player
1995: Valentine Holmes, Australian rugby league player
1995: Kyle Kuzma, American basketball player
1995: Meisei Chikara, Japanese sumo wrestler
1994: Phillip Lindsay, American football player
1992: Mikaël Kingsbury, Canadian skier
1991: Emily Bett Rickards, Canadian actress
1991: Elliot Rodger, English-American mass murderer (died 2014)
1989: Maurkice Pouncey, American football player
1988: Han Seung-yeon, South Korean singer and dancer
1988: Nichkhun, Thai-American singer-songwriter and actor
1988: Ricky Petterd, Australian footballer
1987: Nathan Gerbe, American ice hockey player
1987: Zack Sabre Jr., English wrestler
1987: Mara Wilson, American actress
1986: Natalie Tran, Australian actress and online producer
1985: Patrice Bergeron, Canadian ice hockey player
1985: Aries Merritt, American hurdler
1985: Lukáš Rosol, Czech tennis player
1983: Daniele De Rossi, Italian footballer and manager
1983: Asami Mizukawa, Japanese actress
1982: Mewelde Moore, American football player
1982: Elisabeth Moss, American actress
1982: Anna Paquin, Canadian-New Zealand actress
1981: Doug Bollinger, Australian cricketer
1981: Nayib Bukele, Salvadoran politician, 81st President of El Salvador
1981: Summer Glau, American actress
1980: Joel Stroetzel, American guitarist
1979: Rose Byrne, Australian actress
1979: Jerrod Niemann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978: Andy Irons, American surfer (died 2010)
1976: Rafer Alston, American basketball player
1976: Tiago Monteiro, Portuguese racing driver and manager
1975: Tracey Crouch, English politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
1975: Jamie Langenbrunner, American ice hockey player
1975: Torrie Wilson, American model, fitness competitor, actress and professional wrestler
1974: Andy Gomarsall, English rugby player
1973: Amanda Stretton, English racing driver and journalist
1972: Kaiō Hiroyuki, Japanese sumo wrestler
1971: Dino Baggio, Italian footballer
1971: Patty Jenkins, American film director and screenwriter
1969: Rick Fox, Bahamian basketball player
1969: Jennifer Lopez, American actress, singer, and dancer
1968: Kristin Chenoweth, American actress and singer
1968: Malcolm Ingram, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1966: Aminatou Haidar, Sahrawi human rights activist
1966: Martin Keown, English footballer and coach
1965: Andrew Gaze, Australian basketball player and sportscaster
1965: Kadeem Hardison, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1964: Barry Bonds, American baseball player
1964: Pedro Passos Coelho, Portuguese economist and politician, 118th Prime Minister of Portugal
1963: Karl Malone, American basketball player and coach
1961: Kerry Dixon, English footballer and manager
1960: Catherine Destivelle, French rock climber and mountaineer
1958: Jim Leighton, Scottish footballer and coach
1957: Pam Tillis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1956: Charlie Crist, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of Florida
1954: Jorge Jesus, Portuguese footballer and manager
1953: Jon Faddis, American trumpet player, composer, and conductor
1953: Tadashi Kawamata, Japanese contemporary artist
1953: Claire McCaskill, American lawyer and politician
1953: James Newcome, English bishop
1952: Gus Van Sant, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1951: Lynda Carter, American actress
1951: Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, English politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
1950: Jadranka Stojaković, Yugoslav singer-songwriter (died 2016)
1949: Michael Richards, American actor and comedian
1948: Marc Racicot, American politician, 21st Governor of Montana
1947: Zaheer Abbas, Pakistani cricketer and manager
1946: Gallagher, American comedian and actor (died 2022)
1946: Hervé Vilard, French singer-songwriter
1945: Frank Close, English physicist and academic
1945: Azim Premji, Indian businessman and philanthropist
1945: Hugh Ross, Canadian-American astrophysicist and astronomer
1945: Anthony Watts, English geologist, geophysicist, and academic
1942: Heinz, German-English singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2000)
1942: David Miner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1942: Chris Sarandon, American actor
1941: John Bond, English banker and businessman
1940: Dan Hedaya, American actor
1939: Walt Bellamy, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
1938: Eugene J. Martin, American painter (died 2005)
1937: Manoj Kumar, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025)
1937: Quinlan Terry, English architect, designed the Brentwood Cathedral
1936: Ruth Buzzi, American actress and comedian (died 2025)
1936: Mark Goddard, American actor (died 2023)
1935: Aaron Elkins, American author and academic
1935: Pat Oliphant, Australian cartoonist
1935: Mel Ramos, American painter, illustrator, and academic (died 2018)
1935: Les Reed, English pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2019)
1935: Derek Varnals, South African cricketer (died 2019)
1934: Willie Davis, American football player (died 2020)
1934: P. S. Soosaithasan, Sri Lankan accountant and politician (died 2017)
1933: Doug Sanders, American golfer (died 2020)
1932: Gustav Andreas Tammann, German astronomer and academic (died 2019)
1931: Ermanno Olmi, Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 2018)
1931: Éric Tabarly, French commander (died 1998)
1930: Alfred Balk, American journalist and author (died 2010)
1928: Keshubhai Patel, Indian politician, tenth Chief Minister of Gujarat (died 2020)
1927: Alex Katz, American painter and sculptor
1927: Zara Mints, Russian-Estonian philologist and academic (died 1990)
1926: Grace Glueck, American arts journalist (died 2022)
1924: Wilfred Josephs, English composer (died 1997)
1924: Aris Poulianos, Greek anthropologist and archaeologist (died 2021)
1922: Madeleine Ferron, Canadian radio host and author (died 2010)
1921: Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (died 2008)
1921: Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer (died 2010)
1920: Bella Abzug, American lawyer and politician (died 1998)
1920: Constance Dowling, American model and actress (died 1969)
1919: Robert Marsden Hope, Australian lawyer and judge (died 1999)
1919: Kenneth S. Kleinknecht, NASA manager (died 2007)
1919: John Winkin, American baseball player, coach, and journalist (died 2014)
1918: Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator (died 2012)
1917: Robert Farnon, Canadian trumpet player, composer, and conductor (died 2005)
1917: Jack Moroney, Australian cricketer (died 1999)
1916: John D. MacDonald, American colonel and author (died 1986)
1915: Enrique Fernando, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (died 2004)
1914: Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian pharmacologist and physician (died 2015)
1914: Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 2007)
1914: Alan Waddell, Australian walker (died 2008)
1913: Britton Chance, American biologist and sailor (died 2010)
1912: Essie Summers, New Zealand author (died 1998)
1910: Harry Horner, American director and production designer (died 1994)
1909: John William Finn, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2010)
1900: Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, visual artist and ballet dancer (died 1948)
1899: Chief Dan George, Canadian actor (died 1981)
1897: Amelia Earhart, American pilot and author (died 1937)
1895: Robert Graves, English poet, novelist, critic (died 1985)
1889: Agnes Meyer Driscoll, American cryptanalyst (died 1971)
1888: Arthur Richardson, Australian cricketer and coach (died 1973)
1886: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author (died 1965)
1884: Maria Caserini, Italian actress (died 1969)
1880: Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer and educator (died 1959)
1878: Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish author, poet, and playwright (died 1957)
1877: Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss (died 1954)
1874: Oswald Chambers, Scottish minister and author (died 1917)
1867: Fred Tate, English cricketer and coach (died 1943)
1864: Frank Wedekind, German actor and playwright (died 1918)
1860: Princess Charlotte of Prussia (died 1919)
1860: Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator (died 1939)
1857: Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1943)
1857: Juan Vicente Gómez, Venezuelan general and politician, 27th President of Venezuela (died 1935)
1856: Émile Picard, French mathematician and academic (died 1941)
1851: Friedrich Schottky, Polish-German mathematician and theorist (died 1935)
1826: Jan Gotlib Bloch, Polish theorist and activist (died 1902)
1821: William Poole, American boxer and gangster (died 1855)
1803: Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic (died 1856)
1803: Alexander J. Davis, American architect (died 1892)
1802: Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (died 1870)
1794: Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish mineralogist and geologist (died 1865)
1786: Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (died 1843)
1783: Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan commander and politician, second President of Venezuela (died 1830)
1757: Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-Russian painter (died 1825)
1725: John Newton, English sailor and priest (died 1807)
1689: Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, son of Queen Anne of Great Britain and Prince George of Denmark (died 1700)
1660: Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (died 1718)
1574: Thomas Platter the Younger, Swiss physician and author (died 1628)
1561: Maria of the Palatinate-Simmern (died 1589)
1529: Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (died 1577)
1468: Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria (died 1524)
1242: Christina von Stommeln, German Roman Catholic mystic, ecstatic, and stigmatic (died 1312)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Shafin Ahmed, Bangladeshi bassist and singer-songwriter (born 1961)
2024: Hamzah Haz, Indonesian journalist and politician, 9th Vice President of Indonesia (born 1940)
2024: Dmytro Kiva, Ukrainian engineer and designer (born 1942)
2023: George Alagiah, BBC News journalist and broadcaster (born 1955)
2023: Trevor Francis, Britain's first "£1 million player" (born 1954)
2022: David Warner, English actor (born 1941)
2021: Dale Snodgrass, United States Naval Aviator and air show performer (born 1949)
2021: Rodney Alcala, American serial killer (born 1943)
2020: Regis Philbin, American actor and television host (born 1931)
2017: Harshida Raval, Indian Gujarati playback singer
2016: Marni Nixon, American actress and singer (born 1930)
2015: Peg Lynch, American actress and screenwriter (born 1916)
2015: Ingrid Sischy, South African-American journalist and critic (born 1952)
2014: Ik-Hwan Bae, Korean-American violinist and educator (born 1956)
2014: Dale Schlueter, American basketball player (born 1945)
2014: Hans-Hermann Sprado, German journalist and author (born 1956)
2013: Garry Davis, American pilot and activist, created the World Passport (born 1921)
2013: Fred Dretske, American philosopher and academic (born 1932)
2013: Virginia E. Johnson, American psychologist and sexologist (born 1925)
2013: Pius Langa, South African lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of South Africa (born 1939)
2012: Chad Everett, American actor and director (born 1937)
2012: Sherman Hemsley, American actor and singer (born 1938)
2012: Larry Hoppen, American singer and guitarist (born 1951)
2012: Robert Ledley, American physiologist and physicist, invented the CT scanner (born 1926)
2012: Themo Lobos, Chilean author and illustrator (born 1928)
2012: John Atta Mills, Ghanaian lawyer and politician, President of Ghana (born 1944)
2012: Gregorio Peces-Barba, Spanish jurist and politician (born 1938)
2011: Frank Dietrich, German politician (born 1966)
2011: Dan Peek, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1950)
2011: Harald Johnsen, Norwegian bassist and composer (born 1970)
2011: David Servan-Schreiber, French physician, neuroscientist, and author (born 1961)
2011: Skip Thomas, American football player (born 1950)
2010: Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player (born 1949)
2009: Jack Le Goff, French equestrian (born 1931)
2008: Norman Dello Joio, American pianist and composer (born 1913)
2007: Albert Ellis, American psychologist and author (born 1913)
2007: Nicola Zaccaria, Greek opera singer (born 1923)
2005: Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (born 1912)
2001: Georges Dor, Canadian author, playwright, and composer (born 1931)
2000: Ahmad Shamloo, Iranian poet and journalist (born 1925)
1997: William J. Brennan Jr., American colonel and jurist (born 1906)
1997: Saw Maung, Burmese general and politician, seventh Prime Minister of Burma (born 1928)
1996: Alphonso Theodore Roberts, Vincentian cricketer and activist (born 1937)
1995: George Rodger, English photographer and journalist (born 1908)
1994: Helen Cordero, Cochiti Pueblo (Native American) Pueblo potter (born 1915)
1992: Arletty, French actress and singer (born 1898)
1992: Sam Berger, Canadian lawyer and businessman (born 1900)
1991: Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)
1986: Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
1986: Qudrat Ullah Shahab, Pakistani civil servant and author (born 1917)
1985: Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary and martyr (born 1953)
1980: Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (born 1925)
1974: James Chadwick, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891)
1970: Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman, philanthropist, and civil servant (born 1897)
1969: Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (born 1904)
1966: Tony Lema, American golfer (born 1934)
1965: Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (born 1904)
1962: Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (born 1917)
1957: Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (born 1885)
1927: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (born 1892)
1910: Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (born 1841)
1908: Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (born 1867)
1908: Sigismondo Savona, Maltese educator and politician (born 1835)
1891: Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (born 1827)
1862: Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, eighth President of the United States (born 1782)
1768: Nathaniel Lardner, English theologian and author (born 1684)
1739: Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer and educator (born 1686)
1612: John Salusbury, Welsh politician and poet (born 1567)
1601: Joris Hoefnagel, Flemish painter (born 1542)
1594: John Boste, English martyr and saint (born 1544)
1568: Carlos, Prince of Asturias (born 1545)
1345: Jacob van Artevelde, Flemish statesman (born 1290)
1198: Berthold of Hanover, Bishop of Livonia
1129: Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (born 1053)
1115: Matilda of Tuscany (born 1046)
946: Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, Egyptian ruler (born 882)
811: Gao Ying, Chinese politician (born 740)
759: Oswulf, king of Northumbria

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