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July 27

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July 27

July 27 is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 157 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: VIDEO: Viral video of woman claiming she won the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot — is it real?. In its latest video, Lottery Post revisits the do-s and don't-s of claiming a huge jackpot after a woman made a scene in the California store where the winning ticket for a $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot was sold.
2022: MEGA BILLION LOTTERY DRAWING FRIDAY. The most commonly-heard phrase this week just might be, "Did you get Mega Millions tickets?"
2016: Alabama governor calls special session for state lottery. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley believes a statewide lottery is the "permanent solution" to fixing Alabama's funding woes, and Wednesday, he called for a special session to discuss the proposal.
2015: $188 million lottery winner arrested on marijuana charges. North Carolina single mother Marie Holmes, who won the $188 million Powerball lottery in February, was arrested on July 23 for marijuana possession.
2011: Massachusetts Lottery to end TV broadcasts. Starting Aug. 15 the Massachusetts Lottery will only show video replays of its in-state lottery drawings on its Web site, shifting away from the television format that players in Massachusetts have grown accustomed to since the 1970s.
2011: North Carolina family wins lottery 3 times. Most people only dream of winning the lottery, but a North Carolina mother and daughter not only beat the odds -- they did it three times.
2010: Boss wins lottery, stays on job for his staff. A Briton who won a £7.7 million (US$11.9 million) in a lottery has promised to continue working for the sake of his employees who had even worked for free to save his recession-hit firm.
2010: $250,000 Mega Million prize may be forfeited. Illinois Lottery officials say a player who bought a second-place winning Mega Millions ticket nearly a year ago in Des Plaines needs to redeem the $250,000 ticket by month's end or lose the prize.
2007: N.M. Lottery approves raffle, ends game, and hires new vendor. The New Mexico Lottery's board of directors was busy yesterday, approving a new raffle-style game for later this year, canceling the unique "4 this way" 4-digit game, and ending an 11-year relationship with its current equipment and services vendor.
2005: Disabled players sue Virginia Lottery. Four disabled Virginians filed a lawsuit yesterday against the Virginia Lottery for allowing non-handicap-accessible businesses to sell tickets.
2005: Indiana man claims $10.5"million Hoosier Lottery jackpot. A LaPorte man who for three days kept secret that he held the winning ticket for a $10.5 million Hoosier Lottery jackpot claimed the prize on Tuesday.
2003: Announcing: Lottery Post News Service. In response to the many suggestions we receive daily, and motivated by the positive feedback we often receive on our lottery news content, we are proud to announce the new Lottery Post News Service.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.34 Billion: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 29, 2022
2.$940 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 28, 2023
3.$434.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 27, 2016
4.$282 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 28, 2017
5.$250 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 29, 1998
6.€244.68 Million US$249.08 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 28, 2022
7.$239 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 29, 2017
8.€196.4 Million US$218.67 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 27, 2019
9.$196 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 27, 2013
10.$185.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 28, 2021
11.$168 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 28, 2018
12.€135 Million
US$166.21 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 27, 2012
13.$155 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 29, 2006
14.$153 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 27, 2021
15.$151.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 27, 2022
16.$139 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 28, 2012
17.€113 Million
US$137.17 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 29, 2005
18.€114.29 Million
US$126.68 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 28, 2016
19.$126 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 29, 2020
20.$111 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 27, 2011
21.$102 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 29, 2009
22.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 29, 2015
23.€88.98 Million
US$97.93 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jul 28, 2023
24.€84.78 Million
US$94.48 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jul 29, 2016
25.$94 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 28, 2007

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1996: Jazciel vlz
Saturday, Jul 27, 1996
27 years old
1991: Rameyb
Saturday, Jul 27, 1991
32 years old
1990: Bee3
Friday, Jul 27, 1990
33 years old
1989: djordan325
Thursday, Jul 27, 1989
34 years old
1984: DBartoe
Friday, Jul 27, 1984
39 years old
1982: BrandonAJacobs
Tuesday, Jul 27, 1982
41 years old
1974: skylight_064
Saturday, Jul 27, 1974
49 years old
1971: Premonitionz
Tuesday, Jul 27, 1971
52 years old
1970: ENCS
Monday, Jul 27, 1970
53 years old
1965: tdabrieo
Tuesday, Jul 27, 1965
58 years old
1961: v049634
Thursday, Jul 27, 1961
62 years old
1960: Izeofstarz
Wednesday, Jul 27, 1960
63 years old
1957: JD44
Saturday, Jul 27, 1957
66 years old
1956: dan14048
Friday, Jul 27, 1956
67 years old
1941: duckpinner410
Sunday, Jul 27, 1941
82 years old
1940: JAMES$55
Saturday, Jul 27, 1940
83 years old
: avacat
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2015: At least seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab.
2005: After an incident during STS-114, NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank.
2002: Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 77 and injuring more than 500 others, making it the deadliest air show disaster in history.
1997: About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
1996: In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
1995: The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1990: The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence is moved to June 3.
1990: The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago.
1989: While attempting to land at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, Korean Air Flight 803 crashes just short of the runway. Seventy-five of the 199 passengers and crew and four people on the ground are killed, in the second accident involving a DC-10 in less than two weeks, the first being United Airlines Flight 232.
1983: Black July: Eighteen Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
1981: While landing at Chihuahua International Airport, Aeromexico Flight 230 overshoots the runway. Thirty-two of the 66 passengers and crew on board the DC-9 are killed.
1975: Mayor of Jaffna and former MP Alfred Duraiappah is shot dead.
1974: Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
1964: Vietnam War: Five thousand more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
1963: The Puijo observation tower is opened to the general public at Puijo Hill in Kuopio, Finland.
1959: The Continental League is announced as baseball's "third major league" in the United States.
1955: The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
1955: El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people on board are killed.
1953: Cessation of hostilities is achieved in the Korean War when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
1949: Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
1947: In Vatican City, Rome, canonization of Catherine Labouré, the saint whose apparitions of the Virgin Mary originated the worldwide diffusion of the Miraculous Medal.
1942: World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
1940: The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
1929: The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
1921: Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
1919: The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
1917: World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
1900: Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
1890: Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
1880: Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
1866: The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
1865: Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
1857: Indian Rebellion: Sixty-eight men hold out for eight days against a force of 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying sepoys and 8,000 irregular forces.
1816: Seminole Wars: The Battle of Negro Fort ends when a hot shot cannonball fired by US Navy Gunboat No. 154 explodes the fort's Powder Magazine, killing approximately 275. It is considered the deadliest single cannon shot in US history.
1794: French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution".
1789: The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
1778: American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
1775: Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
1714: The Great Northern War: The first significant victory of the Russian Navy in the naval battle of Gangut against the Swedish Navy near the Hanko Peninsula.
1694: A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England.
1689: Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie is a victory for the Jacobites.
1663: The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports. After the Acts of Union 1707, Scotland would be included in the Act.
1549: The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches Japan.
1302: Battle of Bapheus: Decisive Ottoman victory over the Byzantines opening up Bithynia for Turkish conquest.
1299: According to Edward Gibbon, Osman I invades the territory of Nicomedia for the first time, usually considered to be the founding day of the Ottoman state.
1214: Battle of Bouvines: Philip II of France decisively defeats Imperial, English and Flemish armies, effectively ending John of England's Angevin Empire.
1202: Georgian-Seljuk wars: At the Battle of Basian the Kingdom of Georgia defeats the Sultanate of Rum.
1189: Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Stefan Nemanja, during the Third Crusade.
1054: Siward, Earl of Northumbria, invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland, somewhere north of the Firth of Forth.

Births On This Day

2003: Elvina Kalieva, American tennis player
1993: Reagan Campbell-Gillard, Australian rugby league player
1993: Max Power, English footballer
1993: Jordan Spieth, American golfer
1991: Wandy Peralta, Dominican baseball player
1990: Nick Hogan, American race car driver and actor
1990: Paolo Hurtado, Peruvian footballer
1990: Cheyenne Kimball, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1990: Stephen Li-Chung Kuo, Taiwanese-American figure skater
1990: Kriti Sanon, Indian actress
1989: Maya Ali, Pakistani actress
1988: Adam Biddle, Australian footballer
1988: Yoervis Medina, Venezuelan baseball player
1988: Ryan Tannehill, American football player
1987: Jacoby Ford, American football player
1987: Marek Hamšík, Slovak footballer
1987: Jordan Hill, American basketball player
1987: Sarah Parsons, American ice hockey player
1986: DeMarre Carroll, American basketball player
1986: Ryan Flaherty, American baseball player
1986: Ryan Griffen, Australian footballer
1985: Husain Abdullah, American football player
1985: Matteo Pratichetti, Italian rugby player
1985: Ajmal Shahzad, English cricketer
1984: Antoine Bethea, American football player
1984: Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Japanese baseball player
1984: Max Scherzer, American baseball player
1984: Taylor Schilling, American actress
1984: Kenny Wormald, American actor, dancer, and choreographer
1983: Lorik Cana, Albanian footballer
1983: Martijn Maaskant, Dutch cyclist
1983: Goran Pandev, Macedonian footballer
1983: Soccor Velho, Indian footballer (d. 2013)
1982: Neil Harbisson, English-Catalan painter, composer, and activist
1981: Susan King Borchardt, American basketball player
1981: Collins Obuya, Kenyan cricketer
1981: Dash Snow, American painter and photographer (d. 2009)
1981: Christopher Weselek, German rugby player
1980: Allan Davis, Australian cyclist
1980: Wesley Gonzales, Filipino basketball player
1979: Marielle Franco, Brazilian politician, feminist, and human rights activist (d. 2018)
1979: Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer
1979: Sidney Govou, French footballer
1979: Shannon Moore, American wrestler and singer
1978: Diarmuid O'Sullivan, Irish hurler and manager
1977: Foo Swee Chin, Singaporean illustrator
1977: Björn Dreyer, German footballer
1977: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor
1976: Demis Hassabis, English computer scientist and academic
1976: Scott Mason, Australian cricketer (d. 2005)
1975: Serkan Çeliköz, Turkish keyboard player and songwriter
1975: Shea Hillenbrand, American baseball player
1975: Fred Mascherino, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975: Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer
1975: Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player
1974: Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer, actor, and producer
1974: Pete Yorn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973: Cassandra Clare, American journalist and author
1973: Erik Nys, Belgian long jumper
1973: Gorden Tallis, Australian rugby league player and coach
1972: Clint Robinson, Australian kayaker
1972: Maya Rudolph, American actress
1972: Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Malaysian surgeon and astronaut
1971: Matthew Johns, Australian rugby league player, sportscaster and television host
1971: Anna Menconi, Italian Paralympic archer
1970: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Danish actor and producer
1970: David Davies, English-Welsh politician
1969: Triple H, American wrestler and actor
1969: Jonty Rhodes, South African cricketer and coach
1968: Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress and producer
1968: Tom Goodwin, American baseball player and coach
1968: Sabina Jeschke, Swedish-German engineer and academic
1968: Julian McMahon, Australian actor and producer
1968: Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian race car driver
1967: Rahul Bose, Indian journalist, actor, director, and screenwriter
1967: Juliana Hatfield, American singer-songwriter and musician
1967: Hans Mathisen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
1967: Neil Smith, English cricketer
1967: Craig Wolanin, American ice hockey player
1966: Steve Tilson, English footballer and manager
1965: José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan footballer
1964: Rex Brown, American bass player and songwriter
1963: Donnie Yen, Chinese-Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and martial artist
1962: Neil Brooks, Australian swimmer
1962: Karl Mueller, American bass player (d. 2005)
1961: Ed Orgeron, American football coach
1960: Jo Durie, English tennis player and sportscaster
1960: Conway Savage, Australian singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2018)
1960: Emily Thornberry, English lawyer and politician
1959: Joe DeSa, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1959: Hugh Green, American football player
1959: Yiannos Papantoniou, French-Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of National Defence
1958: Christopher Dean, English figure skater and choreographer
1958: Kimmo Hakola, Finnish composer
1957: Bill Engvall, American comedian, actor, and producer
1956: Carol Leifer, American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer
1955: Cat Bauer, American journalist, author, and playwright
1955: Allan Border, Australian cricketer and coach
1955: John Howell, English journalist and politician
1955: Bobby Rondinelli, American drummer
1954: Philippe Alliot, French race car driver and sportscaster
1954: G. S. Bali, Indian lawyer and politician
1954: Mark Stanway, English keyboard player
1954: Ricardo Uceda, Peruvian journalist and author
1953: Chung Dong-young, South Korean journalist and politician, 31st South Korean Minister of Unification
1953: Yahoo Serious, Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1952: Marvin Barnes, American basketball player (d. 2014)
1952: Roxanne Hart, American actress
1951: Roseanna Cunningham, Scottish lawyer and politician, Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs
1951: Bob Diamond, American-English banker and businessman
1951: Rolf Thung, Dutch tennis player
1950: Simon Jones, English actor
1949: Maury Chaykin, American-Canadian actor (d. 2010)
1949: André Dupont, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1949: Rory MacDonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player
1949: Maureen McGovern, American singer and actress
1949: Robert Rankin, English author and illustrator
1948: Peggy Fleming, American figure skater and sportscaster
1948: James Munby, English lawyer and judge
1948: Henny Vrienten, Dutch singer-songwriter and bass player
1947: Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (d. 2008)
1947: Giora Spiegel, Israeli footballer and coach
1947: Betty Thomas, American actress, director, and producer
1946: Peter Reading, English poet and author (d. 2011)
1944: Jean-Marie Leblanc, French cyclist and journalist
1944: Barbara Thomson, English saxophonist and composer (d. 2022)
1943: Jeremy Greenstock, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations
1942: Édith Butler, Canadian singer-songwriter
1942: Bobbie Gentry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942: John Pleshette, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1942: Dennis Ralston, American tennis player (d. 2020)
1941: Christian Boesch, Austrian opera singer
1941: Johannes Fritsch, German viola player and composer (d. 2010)
1940: Pina Bausch, German dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
1939: William Eggleston, American photographer and academic
1939: Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet and academic
1939: Paulo Silvino, Brazilian comedian, composer and actor (d. 2017)
1938: Gary Gygax, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (d. 2008)
1937: Anna Dawson, English actress and singer
1937: Don Galloway, American actor (d. 2009)
1937: Robert Holmes à Court, South African-Australian businessman and lawyer (d. 1990)
1936: J. Robert Hooper, American businessman and politician (d. 2008)
1935: Hillar Kärner, Estonian chess player (d. 2017)
1935: Billy McCullough, Northern Irish footballer
1933: Nick Reynolds, American singer and bongo player (d. 2008)
1933: Ted Whitten, Australian football player and journalist (d. 1995)
1932: Forest Able, American basketball player
1932: Diane Webber, American model, dancer and actress (d. 2008)
1931: Khieu Samphan, Cambodian academic and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Cambodia
1931: Jerry Van Dyke, American actor (d. 2018)
1930: Joy Whitby, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1930: Shirley Williams, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Education (d. 2021)
1929: Jean Baudrillard, French sociologist and philosopher (d. 2007)
1929: Harvey Fuqua, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)
1929: Jack Higgins, English author and academic (d. 2022)
1929: Marc Wilkinson, French-Australian composer and conductor (d. 2022)
1928: Joseph Kittinger, American colonel and pilot (d. 2022)
1927: Guy Carawan, American singer and musicologist (d. 2015)
1927: Pierre Granier-Deferre, French director and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1927: Will Jordan, American comedian and actor (d. 2018)
1927: C. Rajadurai, Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Batticaloa
1927: John Seigenthaler, American journalist and academic (d. 2014)
1924: Vincent Canby, American historian and critic (d. 2000)
1924: Otar Taktakishvili, Georgian composer and conductor (d. 1989)
1923: Mas Oyama, South Korean-Japanese martial artist (d. 1994)
1922: Adolfo Celi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1986)
1922: Norman Lear, American screenwriter and producer
1921: Garry Davis, American pilot and activist, created the World Passport (d. 2013)
1921: Émile Genest, Canadian-American actor (d. 2003)
1920: Henry D. "Homer" Haynes, American comedian and musician (d. 1971)
1918: Leonard Rose, American cellist and educator (d. 1984)
1916: Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer (d. 2007)
1916: Skippy Williams, American saxophonist and arranger (d. 1994)
1916: Keenan Wynn, American actor (d. 1986)
1915: Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor (d. 1982)
1915: Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (d. 1961)
1914: August Sang, Estonian poet and translator (d. 1969)
1913: George L. Street III, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2000)
1912: Vernon Elliott, English bassoon player, composer, and conductor (d. 1996)
1911: Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (d. 1981)
1910: Julien Gracq, French author and critic (d. 2007)
1910: Lupita Tovar, Mexican-American actress (d. 2016)
1908: Joseph Mitchell, American journalist and author (d. 1996)
1907: Ross Alexander, American stage and film actor (d. 1937)
1907: Carl McClellan Hill, American educator and academic administrator (d. 1995)
1907: Irene Fischer, Austrian-American geodesist and mathematician (d. 2009)
1906: Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish author and activist (d. 2000)
1906: Herbert Jasper, Canadian psychologist and neurologist (d. 1999)
1905: Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
1904: Lyudmila Rudenko, Soviet chess player (d. 1986)
1903: Nikolay Cherkasov, Russian actor (d. 1966)
1903: Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, President of Greece (d. 2002)
1903: Mārtiņš Zīverts, Latvian playwright (d. 1990)
1902: Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (d. 1949)
1899: Percy Hornibrook, Australian cricketer (d. 1976)
1896: Robert George, Scottish air marshal and politician, 24th Governor of South Australia (d. 1967)
1896: Henri Longchambon, French lawyer and politician (d. 1969)
1894: Mientje Kling, Dutch actress (d. 1966)
1893: Ugo Agostoni, Italian cyclist (d. 1941)
1891: Jacob van der Hoeden, Dutch-Israeli veterinarian and academic (d. 1968)
1890: Benjamin Miessner, American radio engineer and inventor (d. 1976)
1890: Armas Taipale, Finnish discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1976)
1889: Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress (d. 1972)
1886: Ernst May, German architect and urban planner (d. 1970)
1882: Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, founded the de Havilland Aircraft Company (d. 1965)
1881: Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945)
1879: Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (d. 1927)
1877: Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1960)
1872: Stanislav Binički, Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue. (d. 1942)
1870: Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (d. 1953)
1867: Enrique Granados, Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1916)
1866: António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
1858: George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (d. 1938)
1857: José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican physician, sociologist, and politician (d. 1921)
1857: Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist (d. 1934)
1854: Takahashi Korekiyo, Japanese accountant and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1936)
1853: Vladimir Korolenko, Ukrainian journalist, author, and activist (d. 1921)
1853: Elizabeth Plankinton, American philanthropist (d. 1923)
1848: Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (d. 1919)
1848: Friedrich Ernst Dorn, German physicist (d. 1916)
1835: Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
1834: Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (d. 1879)
1833: Thomas George Bonney, English geologist, mountaineer, and academic (d. 1923)
1824: Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (d. 1895)
1818: Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (d. 1902)
1812: Thomas Lanier Clingman, American general and politician (d. 1897)
1784: Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (d. 1839)
1781: Mauro Giuliani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1828)
1777: Thomas Campbell, Scottish-French poet and academic (d. 1844)
1777: Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general (d. 1853)
1773: Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist and politician (d. 1844)
1768: Charlotte Corday, French assassin of Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)
1768: Joseph Anton Koch, Austrian painter (d. 1839)
1752: Samuel Smith, American general and politician (d. 1839)
1741: François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, French-English violinist and composer (d. 1808)
1740: Jeanne Baré, French explorer (d. 1803)
1733: Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)
1667: Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (d. 1748)
1625: Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich (d. 1672)
1612: Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1640)
1578: Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond (d. 1639)
1502: Francesco Corteccia, Italian composer (d. 1571)
1452: Ludovico Sforza, Italian son of Francesco I Sforza (d. 1508)
1452: Lucrezia Crivelli, mistress of Ludovico Sforza (d. 1508)
774: Kūkai, Japanese Buddhist monk, founder of Esoteric (Shingon) Buddhism (d. 835)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Tony Dow, American actor, film producer, director, and sculptor (b. 1945)
2018: Marco Aurelio Denegri, Peruvian literature critic, television host and sexologist
2017: Sam Shepard, American playwright, actor, author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1943)
2016: Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (b. 1928)
2016: James Alan McPherson, American short story writer and essayist (b. 1943)
2016: Jerry Doyle, American actor and talk show host (b. 1956)
2016: Piet de Jong, Dutch politician and naval officer, Minister of Defence), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1915)
2015: Rickey Grundy, American singer-songwriter (b. 1959)
2015: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India (b. 1931)
2015: Samuel Pisar, Polish-born American lawyer and author (b. 1929)
2015: Anthony Shaw, English general (b. 1930)
2014: Richard Bolt, New Zealand air marshal and pilot (b. 1923)
2014: George Freese, American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)
2014: Wallace Jones, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
2014: Francesco Marchisano, Italian cardinal (b. 1929)
2014: Paul Schell, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1937)
2013: Fernando Alonso, Cuban dancer, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet (b. 1914)
2013: Lindy Boggs, American politician and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the Holy See (b. 1916)
2013: Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1925)
2013: Kidd Kraddick, American radio host (b. 1959)
2013: Ilya Segalovich, Russian businessman, co-founded Yandex (b. 1964)
2012: Norman Alden, American actor (b. 1924)
2012: R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright (b. 1917)
2012: Darryl Cotton, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1949)
2012: Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (b. 1944)
2012: Tony Martin, American actor and singer (b. 1913)
2012: Jack Taylor, English footballer and referee (b. 1930)
2010: Maury Chaykin, American-Canadian actor (b. 1949)
2010: Jack Tatum, American football player (b. 1948)
2008: Youssef Chahine, Egyptian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2008: Horst Stein, German-born Swiss conductor (b. 1928)
2008: Isaac Saba Raffoul, Mexican businessman (b. 1923)
2007: James Oyebola, Nigerian-English boxer (b. 1961)
2006: Maryann Mahaffey, American academic and politician (b. 1925)
2005: Al Held, American painter and academic (b. 1928)
2005: Marten Toonder, Dutch author and illustrator (b. 1912)
2003: Vance Hartke, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1919)
2003: Bob Hope, English-American actor, comedian, television personality, and businessman (b. 1903)
2001: Rhonda Sing, Canadian wrestler (b. 1961)
2001: Leon Wilkeson, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1952)
2000: Gordon Solie, American sportscaster (b. 1929)
1999: Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (b. 1912)
1999: Harry Edison, American trumpet player (b. 1915)
1998: Binnie Barnes, English-American actress (b. 1903)
1995: Melih Esenbel, Turkish politician and diplomat, 20th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1915)
1995: Rick Ferrell, American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)
1995: Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-American composer and conductor (b. 1907)
1994: Kevin Carter, South African photographer and journalist (b. 1960)
1993: Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (b. 1965)
1992: Max Dupain, Australian photographer and educator (b. 1911)
1992: Tzeni Karezi, Greek actress and screenwriter
1991: John Friedrich, German-Australian engineer and conman (b. 1950)
1990: Bobby Day, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1928)
1990: René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (b. 1912)
1988: Frank Zamboni, American inventor and businessman, founded the Zamboni Company (b. 1901)
1987: Travis Jackson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1903)
1985: Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball player and coach (b. 1889)
1984: James Mason, English actor (b. 1909)
1981: William Wyler, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
1981: Elizabeth Rona, Hungarian American nuclear chemist (b. 1890)
1980: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iranian Shah (b. 1919)
1978: Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1890)
1978: Willem van Otterloo, Dutch cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1907)
1975: Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (d. 1926)
1971: Charlie Tully, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1924)
1970: António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1889)
1968: Babe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
1965: Daniel-Rops, French historian and author (b. 1901)
1964: Winifred Lenihan, American actress, writer, and director (b. 1898)
1963: Hooks Dauss, American baseball player (b. 1889)
1963: Garrett Morgan, American inventor (b. 1877)
1962: Richard Aldington, English poet and author (b. 1892)
1962: James H. Kindelberger, American pilot and businessman (b. 1895)
1960: Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (b. 1890)
1958: Claire Lee Chennault, American general and pilot (b. 1893)
1951: Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1891)
1948: Woolf Barnato, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1898)
1948: Joe Tinker, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
1946: Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
1942: Karl Pärsimägi, Estonian painter (b. 1902)
1941: Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand painter and educator (b. 1858)
1938: Tom Crean, Irish seaman and explorer (b. 1877)
1931: Auguste Forel, Swiss neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (b. 1848)
1924: Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866)
1921: Myrddin Fardd, Welsh writer and antiquarian scholar (b. 1836)
1917: Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
1916: Charles Fryatt, English captain (b. 1872)
1916: William Jonas, English footballer (d. 1890)
1883: Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (b. 1813)
1876: Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-born American minister and author (b. 1811)
1875: Aleksander Kunileid, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1845)
1865: Jean-Joseph Dassy, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)
1863: William Lowndes Yancey, American journalist and politician (b. 1813)
1844: John Dalton, English physicist, meteorologist, and chemist (b. 1776)
1841: Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet and painter (b. 1814)
1770: Robert Dinwiddie, Scottish merchant and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1693)
1759: Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1698)
1689: John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee, Scottish general (b. c. 1648)
1675: Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (b. 1611)
1656: Salomo Glassius, German theologian and critic (b. 1593)
1469: William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (b. 1423)
1382: Joanna I of Naples (b. 1326)
1365: Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1339)
1276: James I of Aragon (b. 1208)
1158: Geoffrey VI, Count of Anjou (b. 1134)
1144: Salomea of Berg, High Duchess consort of Poland
1101: Conrad II, king of Italy (b. 1074)
1101: Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester (b. c. 1047)
1061: Nicholas II, pope of the Catholic Church
959: Chai Rong, emperor of Later Zhou
903: Abdallah II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid emir

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