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July 26

July 26 is the 207th day of the year (208th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 158 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025
North Carolina woman plays the lottery to pay for medical procedure and wins $1 million. A North Carolina woman purchased a lottery ticket with the intention of using a prize to help pay for a medical procedure and won $1 million.
2024
Last minute routine change leads to $1,000 a week for life Cash4Life prize for Tennessee man. One small change in a Tennessee man's daily routine led to a Cash4Life prize with a lifelong payout of $1,000 a week for life.
2023
$910 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot making another historic run. Just six months after Mega Millions delivered a $1.35 billion jackpot to one ticket sold in Maine, the multi-state lottery game came roaring back with a jackpot to be drawn Friday that is also nearing the $1 billion mark.
2022
Michigan man thought $1 million lottery prize was $1,000. A lucky lottery winner was confounded to learn that the ticket he was holding in his hands was not worth a $1,000 prize as he had originally thought, rather it was worth much more.
2021
Powerball ticket price to increase to $3 in Idaho. The Idaho Lottery announced on Wednesday that it will be raising the Powerball ticket price to $3 per play beginning this August, by mandating that every ticket sold will include the Power Play multiplier option.
2020
One NJ lottery ticket wins $124 million Mega Millions jackpot. One lucky player from New Jersey will claim a $124 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot after holding the lone winning ticket that matched all five numbers in the Friday, July 24, 2020 drawing.
2017
18-year-old wins $26,000 a year for life in Florida lottery. One lucky Florida teen will receive $26,000 year after winning the top prize in the state's latest $500 a Week for Life scratch-off lottery.
2016
Lottery winner invested $3M in crystal meth ring. Georgia Lottery winner Ronnie Music will be singing the blues for a long time after he was busted for trafficking crystal meth following his $3 million win.
2016
British Columbia Lottery taking bets on US election. Who says Canadians can't participate in US elections?
2013
Couple rescues lottery ticket from trash, wins $1M. A Massachusetts couple has won $1 million on a scratch-off lottery ticket they dug out of the trash after inadvertently throwing it away.
2013
Inquiry in Iowa Lottery mystery touches Canada. Investigators seeking to unravel an attempted multimillion-dollar Iowa Lottery jackpot scheme have been in contact with Canadian authorities and are looking into people who may have been involved, an agent said Thursday.
2013
Man credits fortune cookie for $1M lottery win. A Massachusetts man took a fortune cookie's message to heart and ended up winning $1 million.
2013
Record Powerball winner offers $2M to fix Maine high school's roof. The 84-year-old Florida resident who scored the largest undivided American lottery jackpot ever wants to donate $2 million to fix the roof of a Maine high school in her hometown.
2013
Struggling UK family facing a bright future after lottery win. A young family on the verge of losing everything have scooped a £5.8 million (US$8.9 million) lottery fortune.
2013
Wisconsin lottery auditors don't like branded scratch games. Wisconsin state auditors issued a report recommending the Wisconsin Lottery stop offering games which involve license fees, such as the new Packers game set to go on sale Friday.
2013
Want to be on TV? Hoosier Lottery searches for on-air draw talent. The Hoosier Lottery and FOX59 in Indianapolis are conducting a statewide talent search to cast on-air draw talent for soon-to-be on the air Daily 3 and Daily 4 live TV drawings.
2013
Colorado Lottery chief to leave at year's end. Colorado Lottery Director Abel Tapia will retire at the end of the year after serving more than 3 years in the role.
2012
Mich. lottery winner to plead guilty to felony firearm charges. A Williams Township, Michigan, man who had nearly $1 million in cash two years ago and is now destitute and charged with four firearm-related felonies is set to accept a plea deal in Bay County Circuit Court.
2006
N.J. Gov. wants video lottery. New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine, who cost the state millions of dollars in tax revenue by shutting down the state's lottery and casino games in a move to force legislators to accept massive tax increases, proposed Tuesday that New Jersey should add video lottery terminals.
2006
$10 Billion Lottery Proposal Stalls in Illinois. A proposal by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) to increase funding for public education by selling or leasing the state lottery for $10 billion may be headed nowhere.
2006
First Ever Multi-State Video Lottery Game Up and Running. The lotteries of Delaware, Rhode Island, and West Virginia have begun operation of America's first multi-state video lottery game.
2006
Bill would allow state leaders to remove N.C. lottery commissioners. North Carolina lottery commissioners could be stripped of their appointments for just cause under a bill recommended Tuesday by a House committee.
2006
Iowa Lottery sales jump 60% in last 12 months. Iowa Lottery sales more than doubled in the last 12 months according to a report released today, fueled in large part by those now-silent TouchPlay machines.
2006
BETonSPORTS Fires Jailed CEO. Embattled online gambling firm BETonSPORTS dealt its incarcerated chief executive out of the game with a terse announcement Tuesday that David Carruthers has been terminated.
2006
Internet gambling bill seen delayed in Senate. A bill to outlaw most forms of Internet gambling appears unlikely to win U.S. Senate passage before senators begin a month-long recess on August 4, two Republican leadership aides said on Tuesday.
2005
Powerball sales skid hurts lottery profits. Powerball players got lucky during the past 12 months, winning lots of smaller multistate jackpots but dampening overall enthusiasm by reducing the number of huge payoffs in the $200 million to $300 million range.
2004
Powerball Jackpot Reaches $44 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $44 million, with a cash option of $23.2 million.
2004
Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $25 million. No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, causing the jackpot to roll over to $25 million, lottery officials said Sunday.
2004
Mystery lottery winner donates winning ticket. Officials in western Japan are marvelling at the generosity of a mystery philanthropist who donated a $1.8 million lottery ticket to help victims of recent torrential rainstorms.
2004
Man wins lottery two days after divorce from cheating wife finalized. Randy Fletcher, a man whose life was in shambles after he lost his house and life savings in a divorce, got a new lease on life when he won the Hoosier Lotto jackpot two days after the divorce proceedings were finalized.
2004
Maine gears up for Powerball. Convenience store owners and lottery diehards are gearing up for the arrival of the Powerball multi-state game, which goes on sale in Maine for the first time at noon Friday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$940 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 28, 2023
2.$830 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 26, 2022
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.$282 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 28, 2017
7.$250 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 29, 1998
8.€243.59 Million
US$247.27 Million
Draw Date
Jul 26, 2022
9.$220 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 26, 2017
10.€196.4 Million
US$218.67 Million
Draw Date
Jul 27, 2019
11.$196 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 27, 2013
12.$185.7 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 28, 2021
13.€151 Million
US$174.47 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 29, 2025
14.$168 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 28, 2018
15.€135 Million
US$166.21 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 27, 2012
16.$153 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 27, 2021
17.$151.3 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 27, 2022
18.$139 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 28, 2012
19.€113 Million
US$137.17 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 29, 2005
20.$135 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 26, 2006
21.$132.5 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 27, 2024
22.$130 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 29, 2025
23.$126 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 29, 2020
24.€113.2 Million
US$124.45 Million
Draw Date
Jul 26, 2016
25.$111 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 27, 2011

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1994
Tuesday, Jul 26, 1994
31 years old
1990
Thursday, Jul 26, 1990
35 years old
1990
Thursday, Jul 26, 1990
35 years old
1987
Sunday, Jul 26, 1987
38 years old
1986
Saturday, Jul 26, 1986
39 years old
1978
Wednesday, Jul 26, 1978
47 years old
1975
Saturday, Jul 26, 1975
50 years old
1973
Thursday, Jul 26, 1973
52 years old
1971
Monday, Jul 26, 1971
54 years old
1969
Saturday, Jul 26, 1969
56 years old
1965
Monday, Jul 26, 1965
60 years old
1965
Monday, Jul 26, 1965
60 years old
1959
Sunday, Jul 26, 1959
66 years old
1959
Sunday, Jul 26, 1959
66 years old
1957
Friday, Jul 26, 1957
68 years old
1957
Friday, Jul 26, 1957
68 years old
1955
Tuesday, Jul 26, 1955
70 years old
1955
Tuesday, Jul 26, 1955
70 years old
1955
Tuesday, Jul 26, 1955
70 years old
1951
Thursday, Jul 26, 1951
74 years old
1947
Saturday, Jul 26, 1947
78 years old
1944
Wednesday, Jul 26, 1944
81 years old
1933
Wednesday, Jul 26, 1933
92 years old

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024
Olympic swimmer Ana Carolina Vieira is kicked out of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris after sneaking out of the Olympic Village.
2016
The Sagamihara stabbings occur in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. Nineteen people are killed.
2016
Hillary Clinton becomes the first female nominee for president of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
2016
Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.
2011
A Royal Moroccan Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes near Guelmim Airport in Guelmim, Morocco. All 80 people on board are killed.
2009
The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities.
2008
Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India.
2005
Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
2005
Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.
1999
Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.
1993
Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashes into a ridge on Mt. Ungeo on its third attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea. Sixty-eight of the 116 people on board are killed.
1990
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H. W. Bush.
1989
A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
1977
The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
1974
Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
1971
Apollo program: Launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle.
1968
Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
1963
Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
1963
An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.
1963
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development votes to admit Japan.
1958
Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
1957
Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
1956
Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.
1953
Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
1953
Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
1953
Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War.
1952
King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
1951
Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom.
1948
U.S. president Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States.
1947
Cold War: U.S. president Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
1946
Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport.
1945
The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power.
1945
World War II: The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany.
1945
World War II: HMS Vestal is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the war.
1945
World War II: The USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with components and enriched uranium for the Little Boy nuclear bomb.
1944
World War II: The Red Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
1941
World War II: Battle of Grand Harbour, British forces on Malta destroy an attack by the Italian Decima Flottiglia MAS. Fort St Elmo Bridge covering the harbour is demolished in the process.
1941
World War II: In response to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, the United States, Britain and the Netherlands freeze all Japanese assets and cut off oil shipments.
1937
Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
1936
Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
1936
King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
1918
Emmy Noether's paper, which became known as Noether's theorem was presented at Göttingen, Germany, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy.
1908
United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
1899
Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
1897
Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
1892
Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
1891
France annexes Tahiti.
1890
In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.
1887
Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
1882
Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
1882
The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
1863
American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends; At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
1861
American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
1848
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is established by Nelson Dewey, first Governor of Wisconsin.
1847
Liberia declares its independence from the United States. France and the United Kingdom are the first to recognize the new nation.
1822
José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar.
1822
First day of the three-day Battle of Dervenakia, between the Ottoman Empire force led by Mahmud Dramali Pasha and the Greek Revolutionary force led by Theodoros Kolokotronis.
1814
The Swedish-Norwegian War begins.
1803
The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom.
1788
New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
1778
The Emigration of Christians from the Crimea in 1778 begins.
1775
The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
1758
French and Indian War: The Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
1745
The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
1703
During the Bavarian Rummel the rural population of Tyrol drove the Bavarian Prince-Elector Maximilian II Emanuel out of North Tyrol with a victory at the Pontlatzer Bridge and thus prevented the Bavarian Army, which was allied with France, from marching as planned on Vienna during the War of the Spanish Succession.
1581
Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): The northern Low Countries declare their independence from the Spanish king, Philip II.
1579
Francis Drake, the English explorer, discovers a "fair and good" bay on the coast of the Pacific Northwest (probably Oregon or Washington).
1529
Francisco Pizarro González, Spanish conquistador, is appointed governor of Peru.
1509
The Emperor Krishnadevaraya ascends to the throne, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire.
1309
The Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V.
920
Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against the Muslims at the Battle of Valdejunquera.
811
Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seriously wounded.
657
First Fitna: In the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I.

Births On This Day

2000
Thomasin McKenzie, New Zealand actress
1998
Achraf El Yakhloufi, Belgian politician
1996
Olivia Breen, British Paralympic athlete
1994
Ella Leivo, Finnish tennis player
1993
Raymond Faitala-Mariner, New Zealand rugby league player
1993
Taylor Momsen, American singer-songwriter, model, and actress
1992
Marika Koroibete, Fijian rugby player
1991
Tyson Barrie, Canadian ice hockey player
1991
Chinami Yoshida, Japanese curler
1989
Jeon Yeo-been, South Korean actress
1988
Yurie Omi, Japanese announcer and news anchor
1988
Sayaka Akimoto, Filipino-Japanese actress and singer
1987
Panagiotis Kone, Greek footballer
1987
Jordie Benn, Canadian ice hockey player
1987
Fredy Montero, Colombian footballer
1986
Monica Raymund, American actress
1986
Leonardo Ulloa, Argentinian footballer
1986
John White, English footballer
1985
Marcus Benard, American football player
1985
Gaël Clichy, French footballer
1985
Audrey De Montigny, Canadian singer-songwriter
1985
Mat Gamel, American baseball player
1984
Kyriakos Ioannou, Cypriot high jumper
1984
Benjamin Kayser, French rugby player
1984
Sabri Sarıoğlu, Turkish footballer
1983
Kelly Clark, American snowboarder
1983
Stephen Makinwa, Nigerian footballer
1983
Roderick Strong, American wrestler
1983
Naomi van As, Dutch field hockey player
1983
Ken Wallace, Australian kayaker
1983
Delonte West, American basketball player
1982
Gilad Hochman, Israeli composer
1982
Christopher Kane, Scottish fashion designer
1981
Abe Forsythe, Australian actor, director, and screenwriter
1981
Maicon Sisenando, Brazilian footballer
1980
Jacinda Ardern, 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1980
Dave Baksh, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1980
Robert Gallery, American football player
1979
Friedrich Michau, German rugby player
1979
Derek Paravicini, English pianist
1979
Peter Sarno, Canadian ice hockey player
1979
Erik Westrum, American ice hockey player
1979
Juliet Rylance, English actress
1977
Joaquín Benoit, Dominican baseball player
1977
Martin Laursen, Danish footballer and manager
1977
Tanja Szewczenko, German figure skater
1976
Elena Kustarova, Russian ice dancer and coach
1975
Ingo Schultz, German sprinter
1975
Joe Smith, American basketball player
1975
Liz Truss, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1974
Iron & Wine, American singer-songwriter
1974
Kees Meeuws, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1974
Dean Sturridge, English footballer and sportscaster
1973
Kate Beckinsale, English actress
1973
Mariano Raffo, Argentinian director and producer
1972
Nathan Buckley, Australian footballer and coach
1971
Khaled Mahmud, Bangladeshi cricketer and coach
1971
Chris Harrison, American television personality
1969
Greg Colbrunn, American baseball player and coach
1969
Tanni Grey-Thompson, Welsh baroness and wheelchair racer
1968
Frédéric Diefenthal, French actor and director
1968
Jim Naismith, Scottish biologist and academic
1968
Olivia Williams, English actress
1967
Martin Baker, English organist and conductor
1967
Tim Schafer, American video game designer, founded Double Fine Productions
1967
Jason Statham, English actor
1966
Angelo di Livio, Italian footballer
1965
Jeremy Piven, American actor and producer
1965
Jim Lindberg, American singer and guitarist
1964
Sandra Bullock, American actress and producer
1964
Ralf Metzenmacher, German painter and designer (died 2020)
1964
Anne Provoost, Belgian author
1963
Stuart Long, American boxer and Catholic priest (died 2014)
1963
Jeff Stoughton, Canadian curler
1961
Gary Cherone, American singer-songwriter
1961
Andy Connell, English keyboard player and songwriter
1961
Felix Dexter, Caribbean-English comedian and actor (died 2013)
1959
Rick Bragg, American author and journalist
1959
Kevin Spacey, American actor and director
1958
Monti Davis, American basketball player (died 2013)
1958
Angela Hewitt, Canadian-English pianist
1957
Norman Baker, Scottish politician
1957
Nana Visitor, American actress
1956
Peter Fincham, English screenwriter and producer
1956
Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater
1956
Tommy Rich, American wrestler
1956
Tim Tremlett, English cricketer and coach
1955
Aleksandrs Starkovs, Latvian footballer and coach
1955
Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistani businessman and politician, 11th President of Pakistan
1955
Joseph Christopher, American serial killer (died 1993)
1954
Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player and coach (died 1994)
1953
Felix Magath, German footballer and manager
1953
Robert Phillips, American guitarist
1953
Henk Bleker, Dutch politician
1953
Earl Tatum, American professional basketball player
1952
Glynis Breakwell, English psychologist and academic
1951
Rick Martin, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2011)
1950
Nelinho, Brazilian footballer and manager
1950
Nicholas Evans, English journalist, screenwriter, and producer (died 2022)
1950
Susan George, English actress and producer
1950
Anne Rafferty, English lawyer and judge
1950
Rich Vogler, American race car driver (died 1990)
1949
Thaksin Shinawatra, Thai businessman and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Thailand
1949
Roger Taylor, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
1948
Luboš Andršt, Czech guitarist and songwriter (died 2021)
1948
Herbert Wiesinger, German figure skater
1946
Emilio de Villota, Spanish race car driver
1945
Helen Mirren, English actress
1944
Betty Davis, American singer-songwriter (died 2022)
1943
Peter Hyams, American director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
1943
Mick Jagger, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1942
Vladimír Mečiar, Slovak politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovakia
1942
Teddy Pilette, Belgian race car driver
1941
Jean Baubérot, French historian and sociologist
1941
Darlene Love, American singer and actress
1941
Brenton Wood, American R&B singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2025)
1940
Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2011)
1940
Brian Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney, Northern Irish-British academic and politician, Secretary of State for Transport (died 2019)
1940
Bobby Rousseau, Canadian ice hockey player
1939
Jun Henmi, Japanese author and poet (died 2011)
1939
John Howard, Australian lawyer and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Australia
1939
Bob Lilly, American football player and photographer
1939
Richard Marlow, English organist and conductor (died 2013)
1938
Bobby Hebb, American singer-songwriter (died 2010)
1938
Keith Peters, Welsh physician and academic
1937
Ercole Spada, Italian automotive designer
1936
Tsutomu Koyama, Japanese volleyball player and coach (died 2012)
1936
Lawrie McMenemy, English footballer and manager
1934
Tommy McDonald, American football player (died 2018)
1931
Robert Colbert, American actor
1931
Telê Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2006)
1930
Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (died 2014)
1930
Barbara Jefford, English actress (died 2020)
1929
Marc Lalonde, Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Canadian Minister of Justice (died 2023)
1929
Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-French pianist and educator (died 2012)
1928
Don Beauman, English race car driver (died 1955)
1928
Francesco Cossiga, Italian academic and politician, 8th President of Italy (died 2010)
1928
Elliott Erwitt, French-American photographer and director (died 2023)
1928
Ibn-e-Safi, Indian-Pakistani author and poet (died 1980)
1928
Joe Jackson, American talent manager, father of Michael Jackson (died 2018)
1928
Stanley Kubrick, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 1999)
1928
Peter Lougheed, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Premier of Alberta (died 2012)
1928
Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes, Irish-born English politician
1927
Gulabrai Ramchand, Indian cricketer (died 2003)
1926
James Best, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2015)
1925
Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish physician and politician (died 2000)
1925
Joseph Engelberger, American physicist and engineer (died 2015)
1925
Gene Gutowski, Polish-American film producer (died 2016)
1925
Ana María Matute, Spanish author and academic (died 2014)
1923
Jan Berenstain, American author and illustrator (died 2012)
1923
Bernice Rubens, Welsh author (died 2004)
1923
Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player and coach (died 2002)
1922
Blake Edwards, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)
1922
Jim Foglesong, American record producer (died 2013)
1922
Jason Robards, American actor (died 2000)
1921
Tom Saffell, American baseball player and manager (died 2012)
1921
Jean Shepherd, American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (died 1999)
1920
Bob Waterfield, American football player and coach (died 1983)
1919
Virginia Gilmore, American actress (died 1986)
1919
James Lovelock, English biologist and chemist (died 2022)
1918
Marjorie Lord, American actress (died 2015)
1916
Dean Brooks, American physician and actor (died 2013)
1916
Jaime Luiz Coelho, Brazilian archbishop (died 2013)
1914
C. Farris Bryant, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Governor of Florida (died 2002)
1914
Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1993)
1914
Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (died 1968)
1913
Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)
1909
Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1994)
1909
Vivian Vance, American actress and singer (died 1979)
1908
Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourger sculptor (died 2002)
1906
Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant (died 1943)
1905
Jack Morrison, Australian rugby league player (died 1994)
1904
Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic (died 1951)
1904
Edwin Albert Link, American industrialist and entrepreneur, invented the flight simulator (died 1981)
1903
Estes Kefauver, American lawyer and politician (died 1963)
1900
Sarah Kafrit, Israeli politician and teacher (died 1983)
1897
Harold D. Cooley, American lawyer and politician (died 1974)
1897
Paul Gallico, American journalist and author (died 1976)
1896
Tim Birkin, English soldier and race car driver (died 1933)
1895
Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (died 1964)
1894
Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher (died 1963)
1893
George Grosz, German painter and illustrator (died 1959)
1892
Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player and manager (died 1966)
1890
Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1942)
1888
Reginald Hands, South African cricketer and rugby player (died 1918)
1886
Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (died 1965)
1885
Roy Castleton, American baseball player (died 1967)
1885
André Maurois, French soldier and author (died 1967)
1882
Albert Dunstan, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of Victoria (died 1950)
1880
Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian playwright and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Ukrainian People's Republic (died 1951)
1879
Shunroku Hata, Japanese field marshal and politician, 48th Japanese Minister of War (died 1962)
1878
Ernst Hoppenberg, German swimmer and water polo player (died 1937)
1877
Jesse Lauriston Livermore, American investor and security analyst, "Great Bear of Wall Street" (died 1940)
1875
Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (died 1961)
1875
Ernesta Di Capua, Italian botanist and explorer (died 1943)
1875
Antonio Machado, Spanish poet and academic (died 1939)
1874
Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (died 1951)
1865
Philipp Scheidemann, German journalist and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (died 1939)
1865
Rajanikanta Sen, Indian poet and composer (died 1910)
1863
Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer (died 1948)
1858
Tom Garrett, Australian cricketer and lawyer (died 1943)
1856
George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1950)
1855
Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (died 1936)
1854
Philippe Gaucher, French dermatologist and academic (died 1918)
1844
Stefan Drzewiecki, Ukrainian-Polish engineer and journalist (died 1938)
1842
Alfred Marshall, English economist and academic (died 1924)
1841
Carl Robert Jakobson, Estonian journalist and politician (died 1882)
1838
Silas Soule, American soldier and whistleblower of the Sand Creek Massacre (died 1865)
1829
Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1912)
1819
Justin Holland, American guitarist and educator (died 1887)
1802
Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 42nd President of Mexico (died 1855)
1796
George Catlin, American painter, author, and traveler (died 1872)
1791
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1844)
1782
John Field, Irish pianist and composer (died 1837)
1739
George Clinton, American general and politician, 4th Vice President of the United States (died 1812)
1711
Lorenz Christoph Mizler, German physician, mathematician, and historian (died 1778)
1678
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1711)
1502
Christian Egenolff, German printer (died 1555)
1400
Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester, English noble (died 1439)
1030
Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Polish bishop and saint (died 1079)

Deaths On This Day

2023
Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer and musician (born 1966)
2021
Joey Jordison, American musician (born 1975)
2020
Olivia de Havilland, American actress (born 1916)
2019
Russi Taylor, American voice actress (born 1944)
2019
Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cuban Roman Catholic prelate (born 1936)
2018
Adem Demaçi, Kosovo Albanian politician and writer (born 1936)
2018
John Kline, American basketball player (born 1931)
2017
June Foray, American voice actress (born 1917)
2017
Patti Deutsch, American voice artist and comedic actress (born 1943)
2017
Ronald Phillips, American criminal (born 1973)
2016
Solomon Feferman, American philosopher and mathematician (born 1928)
2015
Bijoy Krishna Handique, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Mines (born 1934)
2015
Flora MacDonald, Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (born 1926)
2015
Leo Reise, Jr., Canadian ice hockey player (born 1922)
2015
Ann Rule, American police officer and author (born 1931)
2014
Oleh Babayev, Ukrainian businessman and politician (born 1965)
2014
Charles R. Larson, American admiral (born 1936)
2014
Richard MacCormac, English architect, founded MJP Architects (born 1938)
2014
Sergei O. Prokofieff, Russian anthropologist and author (born 1954)
2014
Roland Verhavert, Belgian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1927)
2013
Luther F. Cole, American lawyer and politician (born 1925)
2013
Harley Flanders, American mathematician and academic (born 1925)
2013
Sung Jae-gi, South Korean philosopher and activist (born 1967)
2013
George P. Mitchell, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1919)
2012
Don Bagley, American bassist and composer (born 1927)
2012
Karl Benjamin, American painter and educator (born 1925)
2012
Miriam Ben-Porat, Russian-Israeli lawyer and jurist (born 1918)
2012
Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (born 1942)
2012
James D. Watkins, American admiral and politician, 6th United States Secretary of Energy (born 1927)
2011
Joe Arroyo, Colombian singer-songwriter and composer (born 1955)
2011
Tom Borton, American jazz saxophonist, songwriter and composer (born 1956)
2011
Richard Harris, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1948)
2011
Sakyo Komatsu, Japanese author and screenwriter (born 1931)
2011
Margaret Olley, Australian painter and philanthropist (born 1923)
2010
Sivakant Tiwari, Indian-Singaporean politician (born 1945)
2009
Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (born 1919)
2007
Lars Forssell, Swedish author, poet, and playwright (born 1928)
2007
Skip Prosser, American basketball player and coach (born 1950)
2005
Alexander Golitzen, Russian-born American production designer and art director (born 1908)
2005
Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and academic (born 1925)
2005
Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1945)
2004
William A. Mitchell, American chemist, created Pop Rocks and Cool Whip (born 1911)
2001
Rex T. Barber, American colonel and pilot (born 1917)
2001
Peter von Zahn, German journalist and author (born 1913)
2000
John Tukey, American mathematician and academic (born 1915)
1999
Walter Jackson Bate, American author and critic (born 1918)
1999
Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (born 1917)
1996
Max Winter, American businessman and sports executive (born 1903)
1995
Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian-American guitarist and composer (born 1917)
1995
Raymond Mailloux, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1918)
1995
George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan (born 1907)
1994
James Luther Adams, American theologian and academic (born 1901)
1993
Matthew Ridgway, American general (born 1895)
1992
Mary Wells, American singer-songwriter (born 1943)
1988
Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani philosopher, scholar, and academic (born 1919)
1986
W. Averell Harriman, American politician and diplomat, 11th United States Secretary of Commerce (born 1891)
1984
George Gallup, American mathematician and statistician, founded the Gallup Company (born 1901)
1984
Ed Gein, American serial killer (born 1906)
1971
Diane Arbus, American photographer and academic (born 1923)
1970
Robert Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (born 1896)
1968
Cemal Tollu, Turkish lieutenant and painter (born 1899)
1964
Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician (born 1884)
1960
Cedric Gibbons, British art director and production designer (born 1893)
1957
Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (1954-1957)
1953
Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician, 135th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1883)
1952
Eva Perón, Argentinian politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (born 1919)
1951
James Mitchell, Australian politician, 13th Premier of Western Australia (born 1866)
1942
Roberto Arlt, Argentinian author and playwright (born 1900)
1941
Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician and academic (born 1875)
1934
Winsor McCay, American cartoonist, animator, producer, and screenwriter (born 1871)
1932
Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company (born 1876)
1930
Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian and academic (born 1849)
1926
Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln (born 1843)
1925
Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (born 1888)
1925
Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (born 1848)
1925
William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (born 1860)
1921
Howard Vernon, Australian actor (born 1848)
1919
Edward Poynter, English painter and illustrator (born 1836)
1915
James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (born 1837)
1899
Ulises Heureaux, 22nd, 26th, and 27th President of the Dominican Republic (born 1845)
1867
Otto, king of Greece (born 1815)
1863
Sam Houston, American general and politician, 7th Governor of Texas, and 6th Governor of Tennessee (born 1793)
1801
Maximilian Francis, archduke of Austria (born 1756)
1723
Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1660)
1712
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1631)
1693
Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, queen of Sweden (born 1656)
1684
Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician and philosopher (born 1646)
1680
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet and courtier (born 1647)
1659
Mary Frith, English criminal (born 1584)
1630
Charles Emmanuel I, duke of Savoy (born 1562)
1611
Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese daimyō (born 1542)
1605
Miguel de Benavides, Spanish archbishop and sinologist (born 1552)
1592
Armand de Gontant, French marshal (born 1524)
1533
Atahualpa, Inca emperor abducted and murdered by Francisco Pizarro (born ca. 1500)
1471
Paul II, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1417)
1450
Cecily Neville, duchess of Warwick (born 1424)
1380
Kōmyō, emperor of Japan (born 1322)
990
Fujiwara no Kaneie, Japanese statesman (born 929)
943
Motoyoshi, Japanese nobleman and poet (born 890)
899
Li Hanzhi, Chinese warlord (born 842)
811
Nikephoros I, Byzantine emperor
342
Cheng of Jin, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (born 321)
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