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July 25

On This Day in History

July 25

July 25 is the 206th day of the year (207th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 159 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Family claims biggest EuroMillions jackpot in Irish history at €250 million. An Irish family jointly claimed a record €250 million (US$294.3 million) EuroMillions jackpot this month, the largest EuroMillions jackpot in Ireland's history, and are promising not to let the win change who they are.
2024: South Carolina man who plays the lottery every day wins $140,000 Palmetto Cash 5 jackpot. A South Carolina man who plays the lottery every single day finally got his big windfall when he won a $140,000 Palmetto Cash 5 jackpot last month.
2023: North Carolina woman "cried all the way home" after winning "life-changing" $723,755 lottery jackpot. A North Carolina woman could not hold back the tears after winning a "life-changing" Fast Play jackpot worth $723,755.
2019: NC man ignored million-dollar winning ticket on his table for weeks. A North Carolina man was a millionaire, only he didn't know it.
2019: Florida mom, son arrested hours after claiming $20K lottery prize. Authorities arrested a woman and her son on drug charges hours after they claimed a $20,000 lottery prize.
2019: Federal authorities investigating illegal NJ 'lottery' pool, sources say. Multiple people, including one county employee, have been called to testify in a federal probe into an alleged illegal lottery contest that hundreds of Hudson County employees pay a $20 fee to enter, multiple sources told The Jersey Journal.
2018: Winning ticket for $522 million Mega Millions jackpot sold in California. A winning ticket to the 11th-largest U.S. lottery prize ever was sold at a liquor store in San Jose, California.
2017: Lottery winner's cyanide poisoning death remains unsolved five years later. Urooj Khan won $1 million in the Illinois lottery just weeks before he died suddenly of what turned out to be cyanide poisoning. How he consumed the poison remains a mystery five years later.
2016: New survey destroys myth that poor Americans buy most lottery tickets. New Gallup survey results have again debunked the popular myth created by anti-lottery crusaders that low-income Americans buy a disproportionate number of lottery tickets.
2016: Alabama may try lottery vote in special session. According to Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, Alabama lawmakers are being polled in regard to their support for legislation establishing a lottery ahead of a presumed special session.
2014: Legislative committee to discuss killing the Texas Lottery. The Texas Legislature's discussions about eliminating the state lottery are moving forward.
2013: Maryland Powerball winner laughing all the way to the bank. An elated Maryland Powerball winner even has the cameraman laughing with her as she celebrated her win from behind her giant $1 million check.
2011: Lotteries hit record profits last year. Government-sponsored lotteries are continuing their broad expansion as income-producing entities, as many lotteries reported record profits in the last fiscal year.
2009: Lottery winner loses ticket, awarded unspent portion from couple who found it. Amanda Stacey and her husband, Michael, who found a winning lottery ticket on the floor of a shop and collected the £30,000 prize have been ordered to pay back half the money to the pensioner who originally bought it.
2007: Wichita Man Claims 2nd Lottery Prize in 2 months. Lightning did strike twice for a Wichita man, at least when it comes to Kansas lottery games.
2006: Scratch-off tickets are lottery's big winner in N.J.. Wanna bet which game has fueled the New Jersey Lottery's growing revenue over the past decade?
2006: NJ lawmakers cool to idea of selling lottery. In a state bleeding red ink and desperately needing a cash infusion to pay down growing debts, it sometimes seems like almost anything could come up for sale -- even the state lottery? (Part 3 of a 3-part look at the New Jersey Lottery)
2006: Why did NJ give lottery contract to the highest bidder?. A month after a new contract to operate the New Jersey's lottery was supposed to begin, officials still have not determined whether to go with a new company that bid about $75 million for the five-year pact, or the existing operator which bid nearly $32 million more. (Part 2 of a 3-part look at the New Jersey Lottery)
2006: NJ Lottery's payroll trims state take. In recent years, executive staff and salaries for NJ Lottery employees have grown and a larger piece of the lottery pie has gone toward prizes, while smaller portions have gone toward the institutions the lottery was created to fund. (Part 1 of a 3-part look at the New Jersey Lottery)
2006: Man appeals dismissal of lottery lawsuit. A 49-year-old Bear resident filed an appeal in Delaware Supreme Court last week challenging a judge's decision to dismiss his claim that he was entitled to a $5 million lottery prize even though he lost the winning ticket in a laundry mishap.
2003: Texas-Size Jackpots. The stakes are about to get higher for Texans who play the lottery. State officials are ready to join a giant jackpot lottery like Powerball where the payoff could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Some folks are seeing green, while other are predicting disaster.

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.$434.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 27, 2016
4.$348.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 26, 2025
5.$306 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 26, 2024
6.$262 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 25, 2017
7.€243.59 Million US$247.27 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 26, 2022
8.$220 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 26, 2017
9.€195.08 Million US$217.37 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 25, 2019
10.$196 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 27, 2013
11.$185.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 28, 2021
12.$180 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 25, 1998
13.€135 Million
US$166.21 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 27, 2012
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.$135 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 26, 2006
19.$133.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 25, 2022
20.€113 Million
US$132.65 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jul 25, 2025
21.$132.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 27, 2024
22.€113.2 Million
US$124.45 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 26, 2016
23.$121 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 25, 2012
24.$120 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 25, 2025
25.$117 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 25, 2020

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1994: Money$Chaser!
Monday, Jul 25, 1994
31 years old
1989: luizgota
Tuesday, Jul 25, 1989
36 years old
1987: Jazzy17j
Saturday, Jul 25, 1987
38 years old
1985: rexboy
Thursday, Jul 25, 1985
40 years old
1985: ashabug725
Thursday, Jul 25, 1985
40 years old
1985: Unluckyloser
Thursday, Jul 25, 1985
40 years old
1981: Tmondale1
Saturday, Jul 25, 1981
44 years old
1979: tanzanite2223
Wednesday, Jul 25, 1979
46 years old
1978: netta79
Tuesday, Jul 25, 1978
47 years old
1974: DMW774
Thursday, Jul 25, 1974
51 years old
1974: wvnj3
Thursday, Jul 25, 1974
51 years old
1971: klw2571
Sunday, Jul 25, 1971
54 years old
1971: Tweety725
Sunday, Jul 25, 1971
54 years old
1968: MillionaireTN
Thursday, Jul 25, 1968
57 years old
1953: waltoy
Saturday, Jul 25, 1953
72 years old
1948: jross64300
Sunday, Jul 25, 1948
77 years old
: Toney725
(year not provided)
: hot545
(year not provided)
: Joe Thomas
(year not provided)
: Lottoplayer294
(year not provided)
: lwar12
(year not provided)
: Money$1
(year not provided)
: shome$damony
(year not provided)
: Ten10
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: National extreme heat records set this day in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany during the July 2019 European heat wave.
2018: As-Suwayda attacks: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria.
2010: WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
2007: Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president.
2000: Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes outside of Paris shortly after taking off at Charles de Gaulle Airport, killing 113 people.
1996: In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
1995: A gas bottle explodes in Saint Michel station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network). Eight are killed and 80 wounded.
1994: Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration, that formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948.
1993: Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call the Seven-Day War.
1993: The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
1984: Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk.
1983: Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners.
1979: In accord with the Egypt-Israel peace treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
1978: Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders.
1978: Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
1976: Viking program: Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo.
1973: Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched.
1971: The Sohagpur massacre is perpetrated by the Pakistan Army.
1969: Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war.
1965: Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music.
1961: Cold War: In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.
1958: The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou.
1957: The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba.
1956: Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.
1946: The Crossroads Baker device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test.
1944: World War II: Operation Spring is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war.
1943: World War II: Benito Mussolini is forced out of office by the King (encouraged by the Grand Council of Fascism) and is replaced by Pietro Badoglio.
1943: World War II: 136 Greek civilians are murdered by soldiers of the German 1st Mountain Division in the village of Mousiotitsa, Greece.
1942: The Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation.
1940: General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
1934: The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.
1925: Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
1917: Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
1915: RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
1909: Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
1908: Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
1898: Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
1897: American author Jack London embarks on a sailing trip to take part in the Klondike's gold rush, from which he wrote his first successful stories.
1894: The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
1869: The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
1868: The Wyoming Territory is established.
1866: The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to be promoted to this rank.
1861: American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden-Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery, in the wake of the defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
1853: Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed.
1837: The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph is successfully demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone.
1835: James Bowman Lindsay demonstrates a constant electric light at a public meeting in Dundee, Scotland.
1824: Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua.
1814: War of 1812: An American attack on Canada is repulsed.
1799: Napoleon Bonaparte defeats a numerically superior Ottoman army under Mustafa Pasha at the Battle of Abukir.
1797: Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain).
1792: The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed.
1788: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).
1783: American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.
1759: French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
1755: British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
1722: Dummer's War begins along the Maine-Massachusetts border.
1718: At the behest of Tsar Peter the Great, the construction of Kadriorg Palace, dedicated to his wife Catherine, begins in Tallinn.
1693: Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico.
1668: A magnitude 8.5 earthquake strikes eastern China, killing over 43,000 people.
1609: The English ship Sea Venture, en route to Virginia, is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at Bermuda to prevent its sinking; the survivors go on to found a new colony there.
1603: James VI and I and Anne of Denmark are crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1593: Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.
1591: The Duke of Parma is defeated near the Dutch city of Nijmegen by an Anglo-Dutch force led by Maurice of Orange.
1567: Don Diego de Losada founds the city of Santiago de Leon de Caracas, modern-day Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela.
1554: The royal wedding of Mary I and Philip II of Spain celebrated at Winchester Cathedral.
1547: Henry II of France is crowned.
1538: The city of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil.
1536: Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founds the city of Santiago de Cali.
1467: The Battle of Molinella: The first battle in Italy in which firearms are used extensively.
1278: The naval Battle of Algeciras takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista resulting in a victory for the Emirate of Granada and the Maranid Dynasty over the Kingdom of Castile.
1261: The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire.
1139: Battle of Ourique: The Almoravids, led by Ali ibn Yusuf, are defeated by Prince Afonso Henriques who is proclaimed King of Portugal.
1137: Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Prince Louis, later King Louis VII of France, at the Cathedral of Saint-André in Bordeaux.
918: Wang Geon becomes King of Goryeo after overthrowing Gung Ye in a coup the previous day
864: The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings.
677: Climax of the Siege of Thessalonica by the Slavs in a three-day assault on the city walls.
315: The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge.
306: Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.

Births On This Day

2002: Alperen Şengün, Turkish basketball player
2002: Adam Hložek, Czech footballer
2001: Bryce Young, American football player
2000: Meg Donnelly, American actress
2000: Zhang Hao, Chinese singer
1997: Nat Butcher, Australian rugby league player
1995: Alvin Kamara, American football player
1995: Maria Sakkari, Greek tennis player
1994: Natalija Stevanović, Serbian tennis player
1994: Andrei Vasilevskiy, Russian ice hockey player
1992: Sergei Simonov, Russian ice hockey player (died 2016)
1991: Toni Duggan, English footballer
1991: Hasan Piker, American Twitch streamer
1990: Thodoris Karapetsas, Greek footballer
1989: Natalia Vieru, Russian basketball player
1988: Sarah Geronimo, Filipino singer and actress
1988: John Goossens, Dutch footballer
1988: Tom Hiariej, Dutch footballer
1988: Stacey Kemp, English skater
1988: Paulinho, Brazilian footballer
1988: Anthony Stokes, Irish footballer
1987: Richard Bachman, American ice hockey player
1987: Mitchell Burgzorg, Dutch footballer and rapper
1987: Fernando, Brazilian footballer
1987: Jax Jones, English DJ, singer and songwriter
1987: Eran Zahavi, Israeli footballer
1986: Abraham Gneki Guié, Ivorian footballer
1986: Hulk, Brazilian footballer
1985: James Lafferty, American actor and athlete
1985: Nelson Piquet Jr., Brazilian race car driver
1985: Hugo Rodallega, Colombian footballer
1984: Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Greek basketball player
1983: Nenad Krstić, Serbian basketball player
1982: Jason Dundas, Australian TV host
1982: Brad Renfro, American actor and musician (died 2008)
1981: Finn Bálor, Irish wrestler
1981: Conor Casey, American soccer player
1981: Constantinos Charalambidis, Cypriot footballer
1981: Yūichi Komano, Japanese footballer
1981: Mac Lethal, American rapper and producer
1981: Jani Rita, Finnish ice hockey player
1980: Shawn Riggans, American baseball player
1980: Toni Vilander, Finnish race car driver
1980: David Wachs, American actor and producer
1980: Scott Waldrom, New Zealand rugby player
1979: Ali Carter, English snooker player
1979: Tom Lungley, English cricketer and umpire
1979: Ahmed Tantawi, Egyptian politician and journalist
1978: Gerard Warren, American football player
1977: Kenny Thomas, American basketball player
1976: Marcos Assunção, Brazilian footballer
1976: Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan, Macedonian poet and critic
1976: Javier Vázquez, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
1975: Jody Craddock, English footballer and coach
1975: Jean-Claude Darcheville, Guianan-French footballer
1975: El Zorro, Mexican wrestler
1975: Brian Gibson, American bass player
1975: Evgeni Nabokov, Russian ice hockey player
1974: Lauren Faust, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
1974: Julia Laffranque, Estonian lawyer and judge
1974: Kenzo Suzuki, Japanese rugby player and wrestler
1973: David Denman, American actor
1973: Dani Filth, English singer-songwriter
1973: Kevin Phillips, English footballer
1973: Igli Tare, Albanian footballer
1972: David Penna, Australian rugby league player and coach
1971: Roger Creager, American singer-songwriter
1971: Tracy Murray, American basketball player
1971: Billy Wagner, American baseball player and coach
1969: Jon Barry, American basketball player and sportscaster
1969: Annastacia Palaszczuk, Australian politician, 39th Premier of Queensland
1969: D. B. Woodside, American actor
1968: Rudi Bryson, South African cricketer
1968: Shi Tao, Chinese journalist and poet
1967: Matt LeBlanc, American actor and producer
1967: Ruth Peetoom, Dutch minister and politician
1967: Tommy Skjerven, Norwegian footballer and referee
1966: Daryl Halligan, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
1966: Maureen Herman, American bass player
1966: Diana Johnson, English politician
1965: Marty Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965: Illeana Douglas, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
1965: Torey Lovullo, American baseball player and coach
1965: Dale Shearer, Australian rugby league player
1964: Anne Applebaum, American journalist and author
1964: Tony Granato, American ice hockey player and coach
1964: Breuk Iversen, American designer and journalist
1963: Denis Coderre, Canadian politician, 44th Mayor of Montreal
1963: Julian Hodgson, Welsh chess player
1962: Carin Bakkum, Dutch tennis player
1962: Doug Drabek, American baseball player and coach
1960: Alain Robidoux, Canadian snooker player
1960: Justice Howard, American photographer
1960: Māris Martinsons, Latvian film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor
1959: Fyodor Cherenkov, Russian footballer and manager (died 2014)
1959: Geoffrey Zakarian, American chef and author
1958: Alexei Filippenko, American astrophysicist and academic
1958: Thurston Moore, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1957: Mark Hunter, English politician
1957: Steve Podborski, Canadian skier
1956: Frances Arnold, American scientist and engineer
1955: Iman, Somalian-English model and actress
1955: Randall Bewley, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2009)
1954: Ken Greer, Canadian guitarist, keyboard player, and producer
1954: Sheena McDonald, Scottish journalist
1954: Jochem Ziegert, German footballer and manager
1953: Walter Payton, American football player and race car driver (died 1999)
1953: Joseph A. Tunzi, Chicago based author, foremost expert on Elvis Presley
1953: Robert Zoellick, American banker and politician, 14th United States Deputy Secretary of State
1952: Eduardo Souto de Moura, Portuguese architect, designed the Estádio Municipal de Braga
1951: Jack Thompson, American lawyer and activist
1951: Verdine White, American bass player and producer
1950: Mark Clarke, English singer-songwriter and bass player
1948: Steve Goodman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1984)
1946: José Areas, Nicaraguan drummer
1946: Nicole Farhi, French fashion designer and sculptor
1946: John Gibson, American radio host
1946: Rita Marley, Cuban-Jamaican singer
1946: P. Selvarasa, Sri Lankan politician
1946: Ljupka Dimitrovska, Macedonian-Croatian pop singer (died 2016)
1944: Sally Beauman, English journalist and author (died 2016)
1943: Jim McCarty, English singer and drummer
1943: Erika Steinbach, Polish-German politician
1942: Bruce Woodley, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941: Manny Charlton, Spanish-born Scottish rock musician and songwriter (died 2022)
1941: Nate Thurmond, American basketball player (died 2016)
1941: Emmett Till, African-American lynching and kidnapping victim (died 1955)
1940: Richard Ballantine, American-English journalist and author (died 2013)
1939: S. Ramadoss, Indian politician
1937: Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, English archaeologist and academic
1936: Gerry Ashmore, English race car driver (died 2021)
1936: Glenn Murcutt, English-Australian architect and academic
1935: Barbara Harris, American actress and singer (died 2018)
1935: Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi Arabian businessman (died 2017)
1935: Gilbert Parent, Canadian educator and politician, 33rd Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (died 2009)
1935: John Robinson, American football player and coach (died 2024)
1935: Larry Sherry, American baseball player and coach (died 2006)
1935: Lars Werner, Swedish lawyer and politician (died 2013)
1934: Don Ellis, American trumpet player and composer (died 1978)
1934: Claude Zidi, French director and screenwriter
1932: Paul J. Weitz, American astronaut (died 2017)
1931: James Butler, English sculptor and educator (died 2022)
1930: Murray Chapple, New Zealand cricketer and manager (died 1985)
1930: Maureen Forrester, Canadian actress and singer (died 2010)
1930: Alice Parizeau, Polish-Canadian journalist and criminologist (died 1990)
1930: Herbert Scarf, American economist and academic (died 2015)
1930: Annie Ross, Scottish-American singer and actress (died 2020)
1929: Judd Buchanan, Canadian businessman and politician, 36th Canadian Minister of Public Works
1929: Somnath Chatterjee, Indian lawyer and politician, 14th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (died 2018)
1929: Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1995)
1928: Dolphy, Filipino actor, singer, and producer (died 2012)
1928: Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor (died 1988)
1928: Nils Taube, Estonian-English businessman (died 2008)
1927: Daniel Ceccaldi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2003)
1927: Midge Decter, American journalist and author (died 2022)
1927: Sadiq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani politician, 10th Governor of Punjab (died 2000)
1927: Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan activist and politician (died 1982)
1926: Whitey Lockman, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2009)
1926: Bernard Thompson, British television producer and director (died 1998)
1926: Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (died 2018)
1925: Benny Benjamin, American R&B drummer (died 1969)
1925: Jerry Paris, American actor and director (died 1986)
1925: Dick Passwater, American race car driver (died 2020)
1925: Jutta Zilliacus, Finnish journalist and politician
1924: Frank Church, American lawyer and politician (died 1984)
1924: Scotch Taylor, South African cricketer and hockey player (died 2004)
1923: Estelle Getty, American actress (died 2008)
1923: Edgar Gilbert, American mathematician and theorist (died 2013)
1923: Maria Gripe, Swedish journalist and author (died 2007)
1922: John B. Goodenough, American materials scientist, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)
1921: Adolph Herseth, American soldier and trumpet player (died 2013)
1921: Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (died 1965)
1920: Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist, chemist, and academic (died 1958)
1918: Jane Frank, American painter and sculptor (died 1986)
1917: Fritz Honegger, Swiss lawyer and politician (died 1999)
1916: Lucien Saulnier, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1989)
1915: S. U. Ethirmanasingham, Sri Lankan businessman and politician
1915: Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (died 1944)
1914: Woody Strode, American football player and actor (died 1994)
1909: Elizabeth Francis, American centenarian (died 2024)
1908: Bill Bowes, English cricketer (died 1987)
1908: Ambroise-Marie Carré, French priest and author (died 2004)
1908: Jack Gilford, American actor (died 1990)
1906: Johnny Hodges, American saxophonist and clarinet player (died 1970)
1905: Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-Swiss novelist, playwright, and memoirist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
1905: Georges Grignard, French race car driver (died 1977)
1905: Denys Watkins-Pitchford, English author and illustrator (died 1990)
1902: Eric Hoffer, American philosopher and author (died 1983)
1901: Ruth Krauss, American author and poet (died 1993)
1901: Mohammed Helmy, Egyptian physician and Righteous Among the Nations (died 1982)
1901: Lila Lee, American actress and singer (died 1973)
1896: Jack Perrin, American actor and stuntman (died 1967)
1896: Josephine Tey, Scottish author and playwright (died 1952)
1895: Ingeborg Spangsfeldt, Danish actress (died 1968)
1894: Walter Brennan, American actor (died 1974)
1894: Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian Serb revolutionary (died 1918)
1886: Edward Cummins, American golfer (died 1926)
1883: Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1947)
1882: George S. Rentz, American commander (died 1942)
1878: Masaharu Anesaki, Japanese philosopher and scholar (died 1949)
1875: Jim Corbett, Indian hunter, environmentalist, and author (died 1955)
1870: Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator (died 1966)
1869: Platon, Estonian bishop and saint (died 1919)
1867: Max Dauthendey, German author and painter (died 1918)
1867: Alexander Rummler, American painter (died 1959)
1866: Frederick Blackman, English physiologist and academic (died 1947)
1865: Jac. P. Thijsse, Dutch botanist and conservationist (died 1945)
1857: Frank J. Sprague, American naval officer and inventor (died 1934)
1848: Arthur Balfour, Scottish-English lieutenant and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1930)
1847: Paul Langerhans, German pathologist, physiologist and biologist (died 1888)
1844: Thomas Eakins, American painter, sculptor, and photographer (died 1916)
1839: Francis Garnier, French captain and explorer (died 1873)
1806: Maria Weston Chapman, American abolitionist (died 1885)
1797: Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (died 1889)
1753: Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish captain and politician, 10th Viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (died 1810)
1750: Henry Knox, American general and politician, 1st United States Secretary of War (died 1806)
1683: Pieter Langendijk, Dutch playwright and poet (died 1756)
1658: Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish general (died 1703)
1657: Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, German composer (died 1714)
1654: Agostino Steffani, Italian composer and diplomat (died 1728)
1642: Louis I, Prince of Monaco (died 1701)
1633: Joseph Williamson, English politician (died 1701)
1605: Theodore Haak, German scholar (died 1690)
1581: Brian Twyne, English archivist (died 1644)
1573: Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer and Jesuit (died 1650)
1562: Katō Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord (died 1611)
1556: George Peele, English translator, poet, and dramatist (died 1596)
1532: Alphonsus Rodriguez, Jesuit lay brother and saint (died 1617)
1498: Hernando de Aragón, Archbishop of Zaragoza (died 1575)
1486: Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg (died 1547)
1450: Jakob Wimpfeling, Renaissance humanist (died 1528)
1421: Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (died 1461)
1404: Philip I, Duke of Brabant (died 1430)
1394: James I, king of Scotland (died 1437)
1336: Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (died 1404)
1291: Hawys Gadarn, Welsh noblewoman (died 1353)
1261: Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (died 1312)
1165: Ibn Arabi, Andalusian Sufi mystic, poet, and philosopher (died 1240)
1109: Afonso I, king of Portugal (died 1185)
1016: Casimir I the Restorer, duke of Poland (died 1058)
975: Thietmar, bishop of Merseburg (died 1018)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Shafin Ahmed, Bangladeshi bassist and singer-songwriter (born 1961)
2024: Martin Indyk, American diplomat (born 1951)
2022: Paul Sorvino, American actor (born 1939)
2020: Peter Green, English blues rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and founder of Fleetwood Mac (born 1946)
2020: Lou Henson, American college basketball coach (born 1932)
2019: Beji Caid Essebsi, 4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Tunisia (born 1926)
2018: Sergio Marchionne, Italian-Canadian businessman (born 1952)
2017: Michael Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1944)
2016: Tim LaHaye, American Christian minister and author (born 1926)
2016: Tom Peterson, American television personality (born 1930)
2015: Jacques Andreani, French diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (born 1929)
2015: R. S. Gavai, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor of Kerala (born 1929)
2015: Bob Kauffman, American basketball player and coach (born 1946)
2014: Bel Kaufman, German-American author and academic (born 1911)
2014: Richard Larter, Australian painter and illustrator (born 1929)
2013: Walter De Maria, American sculptor, illustrator, and composer (born 1935)
2013: William J. Guste, American lawyer and politician (born 1922)
2013: Hugh Huxley, English-American biologist and academic (born 1924)
2012: B. R. Ishara, Indian director and screenwriter (born 1934)
2012: Barry Langford, English director and producer (born 1926)
2012: Greg Mohns, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1950)
2012: Franz West, Austrian painter and sculptor (born 1947)
2011: Michael Cacoyannis, Cypriot-Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
2009: Vernon Forrest, American boxer (born 1971)
2009: Stanley Middleton, English author (born 1919)
2009: Harry Patch, English soldier (born 1898)
2009: Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian film director (born 1958)
2008: Jeff Fehring, Australian footballer (born 1955)
2008: Tracy Hall, American chemist and academic (born 1919)
2008: Randy Pausch, American computer scientist and educator (born 1960)
2007: Bernd Jakubowski, German footballer and manager (born 1952)
2006: Ezra Fleischer, Romanian-Israeli poet and philologist (born 1928)
2005: Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonist (born 1928)
2004: John Passmore, Australian philosopher and academic (born 1914)
2003: Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (born 1912)
2003: John Schlesinger, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)
2002: Abdel Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher and poet (born 1917)
2000: Rudi Faßnacht, German footballer, coach, and manager (born 1934)
1998: Evangelos Papastratos, Greek businessman, co-founded Papastratos (born 1910)
1997: Ben Hogan, American golfer (born 1912)
1995: Charlie Rich, American singer-songwriter (born 1932)
1992: Alfred Drake, American actor and singer (born 1914)
1991: Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician (born 1893)
1989: Steve Rubell, American businessman, co-owner of Studio 54 (born 1943)
1988: Judith Barsi, American child actress (born 1978)
1986: Vincente Minnelli, American director and screenwriter (born 1903)
1984: Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1913)
1984: Big Mama Thornton, American singer-songwriter (born 1926)
1982: Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator (born 1892)
1981: Rosa A. González, Puerto Rican nurse, author, feminist, and activist (born 1889)
1980: Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1938)
1977: Shivrampant Damle, Indian educationist (born 1900)
1973: Amy Jacques Garvey, Jamaican-American journalist and activist (born 1895)
1973: Louis St. Laurent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1882)
1971: John Meyers, American swimmer and water polo player (born 1880)
1971: Leroy Robertson, American composer and educator (born 1896)
1967: Konstantinos Parthenis, Egyptian-Greek painter (born 1878)
1966: Frank O'Hara, American poet and critic (born 1926)
1963: Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (born 1877)
1962: Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada (born 1879)
1959: Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish-born Irish rabbi and author (born 1888)
1958: Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler (born 1891)
1952: Herbert Murrill, English organist and composer (born 1909)
1947: Kathleen Scott, English sculptor (born 1878)
1942: Fred Englehardt, American triple jumper (born 1879)
1934: François Coty, French businessman, founded Coty (born 1874)
1934: Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician, 14th Chancellor of Austria (born 1892)
1934: Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary (born 1888)
1887: John Taylor, American religious leader, 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1808)
1865: James Barry, English soldier and surgeon (born 1799)
1861: Jonas Furrer, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss Confederation (born 1805)
1843: Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and inventor of waterproof fabric (born 1766)
1842: Dominique Jean Larrey, French physician and surgeon (born 1766)
1834: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English philosopher, poet, and critic (born 1772)
1831: Maria Szymanowska, Polish composer and pianist (born 1789)
1826: Kondraty Ryleyev, Russian poet and publisher (born 1795)
1794: André Chénier, Greek-French poet and author (born 1762)
1794: Jean-Antoine Roucher, French poet and author (born 1745)
1794: Friedrich von der Trenck, Prussian adventurer and author (born 1726)
1791: Isaac Low, American merchant and politician (born 1735)
1790: Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educator and reformer (born 1723)
1790: William Livingston, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Jersey (born 1723)
1681: Urian Oakes, English-American minister and educator (born 1631)
1643: Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, English general and politician (born 1584)
1616: Andreas Libavius, German physician and chemist (born 1550)
1608: Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer (born 1556)
1572: Isaac Luria, Ottoman rabbi and mystic (born 1534)
1564: Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1503)
1492: Innocent VIII, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1432)
1472: Charles of Artois, French nobleman (born 1394)
1471: Thomas à Kempis, German priest and mystic
1409: Martin I, king of Sicily (born 1376)
1195: Herrad of Landsberg, abbess, author, and illustrator (born c. 1130)
1190: Sibylla, queen of Jerusalem
1011: Ichijō, emperor of Japan (born 980)
885: Ragenold, margrave of Neustria
306: Constantius Chlorus, Roman emperor (born 250)

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