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July 30

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July 30

July 30 is the 211th day of the year (212th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 154 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022: One Illinois lottery ticket wins $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot. After a run of 29 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 30th drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.337 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in Illinois matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball.
2021: NEW VIDEO: Infamous lottery winners - Part 2. Today Lottery Post published the second part of "The 10 Most Infamous Lottery Winners" series.
2020: One takeout order earns an Uber Eats driver a lottery jackpot. After a shift of delivering takeout meals to hungry customers, one Uber Eats driver decided to try his luck at a scratch-off lottery game with a $10 tip he earned from one of his orders. As it turns out, that tip was well-spent — it earned him a top prize of $200,000.
2019: Arkansas woman claims $1 million second chance lottery prize. An Arkansas woman is a millionaire after cashing in losing lottery tickets.
2018: Michigan lottery prize worth nearly $520K goes unclaimed. The deadline has passed for a large lottery jackpot to be claimed and as a result, the state School Aid Fund will benefit from it.
2018: Companies battle for Pa. lottery contract. For one firm, it will be something like winning the Powerball: A state government contract worth more than $800 milion that comes along just once a decade in Pennsylvania.
2016: Kentucky Lottery now offers problem gambling info via text or chat. As gambling expands into new areas such as the Internet, the Kentucky Lottery is likewise expanding the options available to people who need help controlling their gambling habits.
2015: Michigan lottery winner gives store clerk his car. Paying it forward is the plan for a loyal Michigan Lottery player from Otsego County who won a $13.1 million Lotto 47 jackpot.
2015: St. Louis city employees claim $70 million Powerball jackpot. St. Louis' newest millionaires are two city employees who bought a winning Powerball ticket this month.
2014: Largest instant prize in Mass. lottery history claimed by trust. The first $15 million grand prize in the Mass. State Lottery's $30 "World Class Millions" instant game has been claimed.
2013: Error prompts second Kentucky Pick 4 midday drawing. Kentucky Lottery players who bought Pick 4 tickets for Monday's midday drawing have an extra chance to win, thanks to an error that occurred during the drawing.
2011: Embattled Arkansas Lottery controller resigns. The top fiscal officer for the Arkansas lottery, who was criticized by some lawmakers and lottery commissioners following an important audit, has resigned.
2010: Congress rethinks its ban on Internet gambling. With pressure mounting on the federal government to find new revenues, Congress is considering legalizing, and taxing, an activity it banned just four years ago: Internet gambling.
2009: Canada's Lotto Max game to begin in Sept.. Replacing the soon-to-be-retired Super 7 game, Lotto Max tickets go on sale at lottery retailers throughout Canada starting Sept. 19, 2009, with the first drawing held on Friday, Sept. 25, 2009.
2009: Hawaii residents now taxed on Vegas winnings even if they lose. A new bill signed into law this month by Gov. Linda Lingle has some frequent Las Vegas visitors and local CPAs scratching their heads.
2007: Couple nearly victims of lottery scam. A Francestown, New Hampshire, couple already living on the edge came close to financial ruin after almost getting sucked into what authorities suspect was a foreign lottery scam.
2007: Oklahoma Lottery scrambles to increase revenue. With sales floundering compared to projections, Oklahoma Lottery officials are scrambling to bring in more money.
2007: Record Irish Lottery win offers escape from hard life. The Cinderella-style magic of the Irish National Lottery touched the lives of a couple who won the huge â‚¬16 million (US $22.1 million) jackpot Saturday.
2007: Kentucky Lottery has record revenues. The Kentucky Lottery Corp. had a record $744 million in revenues, or total ticket sales, in the fiscal year ending June 30, according to year-end figures.
2007: Vermont Lottery announces largest Megabucks jackpot in 14 years. The Megabucks prize for Wednesday's draw has surpassed recent record levels, with a current (annuitized) jackpot of $8,900.000.
2004: Illinois man claims $8 million lottery jackpot. He apparently took his time about it, but the owner of a winning $8 million Lotto ticket purchased the week of June 16 at a Sunset Avenue convenience store presented himself and his valuable ticket to Illinois Lottery officials earlier this month.
2004: Winning Scratch-off, Twice Cashed and Once Stolen. A convenience store customer scratched off a winning ticket two weeks ago. But since he cashed in the winning lottery ticket, there's been trouble.
2004: Lottery winner's life to be chronicled on BBC. A Redditch, Worcestershire (UK) man who scooped the jackpot on the National Lottery is set to have his life story re-told as part of a special documentary.
2004: Evidence mounts against defendant in Mega Millions lawsuit. A lawsuit brought by 19 co-workers in a Mega Millions lottery club has revealed damaging evidence against the club's designated ticket-buyer.
2003: Lottery official testifies couple won $25M. A top New Jersey Lottery official testified yesterday that his own investigation into a disputed $25 million prize found that the winning ticket belongs to an Englewood couple now at the center of a legal battle over the money.
2003: Florida Man Claims $12 Million Jackpot. Seven years of playing the same lotto numbers paid off big for a Palm City (Martin County) man. Tuesday he redeemed the jackpot ticket from the June 18 Florida Lotto drawing worth an estimated $12 million.
2003: Lottery hits sales record, falls short of expectations. The Maryland Lottery inched to new records in sales and payments into state coffers this year, but its tiny gains left it short of the revenue expectations built into the state budget.
2003: $5 million Texas Lottery jackpot unclaimed. As the midnight deadline passed Monday night, Kenneth Ford locked the doors of the Texas Lottery Commission claims department, and $5 million dollars quietly went unclaimed.
2003: Rich Merchant's Wife in Lottery Windfall. The wife of a wealthy Lebanese businessman has owned up to being the winner of the biggest jackpot in the history of Lebanon's national lottery, after four days of rampant media speculation.
2003: Tennessee lottery summit to be secret. The Tennessee lottery board will meet in secret when it picks a law firm to replace one rejected last week by Gov. Phil Bredesen despite a general inclination to "make things as open as possible," the chairman said Tuesday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.1 Billion: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2023
2.$487 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2016
3.$303 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2017
4.$261 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 2, 2017
5.€245.81 Million US$251.34 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2022
6.$235 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 31, 2013
7.€198.1 Million US$220.86 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2019
8.$198.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 31, 2021
9.€153 Million US$188.05 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 31, 2012
10.$187 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2018
11.$178.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2022
12.$178 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 2, 2006
13.$166 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2021
14.$158 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2012
15.$137 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2020
16.$133 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2011
17.€115.55 Million
US$129.12 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2016
18.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2009
19.€100.54 Million
US$110.44 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2023
20.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2015
21.$105 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2007
22.$90 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 30, 1999
23.$88 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 31, 2019
24.$87 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2014
25.$85 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 31, 2010

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989: bahamamama07
Sunday, Jul 30, 1989
34 years old
1978: Dollybody42
Sunday, Jul 30, 1978
45 years old
1978: FLACASH3LADY
Sunday, Jul 30, 1978
45 years old
1977: Winbig619
Saturday, Jul 30, 1977
46 years old
1973: ZOEBOI21$
Monday, Jul 30, 1973
50 years old
1972: Hurt72$
Sunday, Jul 30, 1972
51 years old
1968: TNSara
Tuesday, Jul 30, 1968
55 years old
1966: wladd730
Saturday, Jul 30, 1966
57 years old
1964: empassioned1
Thursday, Jul 30, 1964
59 years old
1963: luckycharms
Tuesday, Jul 30, 1963
60 years old
1961: winnerpick3
Sunday, Jul 30, 1961
62 years old
1961: carolynldw
Sunday, Jul 30, 1961
62 years old
1957: cdcos
Tuesday, Jul 30, 1957
66 years old
1957: CO dreaming
Tuesday, Jul 30, 1957
66 years old
1953: Ramon53
Thursday, Jul 30, 1953
70 years old
1950: uprrman
Sunday, Jul 30, 1950
73 years old
1949: grigsby
Saturday, Jul 30, 1949
74 years old
1944: pickles44
Sunday, Jul 30, 1944
79 years old
1943: naykay
Friday, Jul 30, 1943
80 years old
1928: cajuntu
Monday, Jul 30, 1928
95 years old
: tastylovebug
(year not provided)
: girlfriend1
(year not provided)
: gma4150
(year not provided)
: Hitit
(year not provided)
: TONYC313
(year not provided)
: Erecah
(year not provided)
: gee ma4150
(year not provided)
: miket
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: NASA's Mars 2020 mission was launched on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
2014: Twenty killed and 150 are trapped after a landslide in Maharashtra, India.
2012: A train fire kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India.
2012: A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300 million people without power in northern India.
2011: Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips to former rugby union footballer Mike Tindall.
2006: The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.
2003: In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.
1990: Ian Gow, Conservative Member of Parliament, is assassinated at his home by IRA terrorists in a car bombing after he assured the group that the British government would never surrender to them.
1981: As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, took to the streets in Łódź to protest food ration shortages in Communist Poland.
1980: Vanuatu gains independence.
1980: Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law.
1978: The 730: Okinawa Prefecture changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side.
1975: Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30 p.m. He is never seen or heard from again.
1974: Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States.
1971: Apollo program: On Apollo 15, David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
1971: An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Iwate, Japan killing 162.
1969: Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and U.S. military commanders.
1966: England defeats West Germany to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium after extra time.
1965: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
1962: The Trans-Canada Highway, the then longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
1956: A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto.
1945: World War II: Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen. Most die during the following four days, until an aircraft notices the survivors.
1932: Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short.
1930: In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.
1916: The Black Tom explosion in New York Harbor kills four and destroys some $20,000,000 worth of military goods.
1912: Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
1871: The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
1866: Armed Confederate veterans in New Orleans riot against a meeting of Radical Republicans, killing 48 people and injuring another 100.
1865: The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
1864: American Civil War: Battle of the Crater: Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
1863: American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder.
1859: First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
1811: Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua City, Mexico.
1756: In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
1733: The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.
1729: Founding of Baltimore, Maryland.
1676: Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
1656: The Battle of Warsaw ends with a Swedish-Brandenburger victory over a larger Polish-Lithuanian force.
1645: English Civil War: Scottish Covenanter forces under the Earl of Leven launch the Siege of Hereford, a remaining Royalist stronghold.
1635: Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the Spanish Army.
1627: An earthquake kills about 5,000 people in Gargano, Italy.
1619: In Jamestown, Virginia, the first Colonial European representative assembly in the Americas, the Virginia General Assembly, convenes for the first time.
1609: Beaver Wars: At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs on behalf of his native allies.
1502: Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage.
1419: First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.
762: Baghdad is founded.

Births On This Day

1996: Nina Stojanović, Serbian tennis player
1994: Nelydia Senrose, Malaysian actress
1993: Jacob Faria, American baseball player
1993: André Gomes, Portuguese footballer
1993: Margarida Moura, Portuguese tennis player
1992: Hannah Cockroft, English wheelchair racer
1991: Diana Vickers, English singer-songwriter
1990: Chris Maxwell, Welsh footballer
1990: Tom Morris, Australian journalist
1989: Aleix Espargaró, Spanish motorcycle racer
1989: Wayne Parnell, South African cricketer
1988: Wen Chean Lim, Malaysian rhythmic gymnast
1987: Anton Fink, German footballer
1987: Sam Saunders, American golfer
1986: Tiago Alencar, Brazilian footballer
1986: William Zillman, Australian rugby league player
1985: Chris Guccione, Australian tennis player
1985: Daniel Fredheim Holm, Norwegian footballer
1985: Luca Lanotte, Italian ice dancer
1985: Matthew Scott, Australian rugby league player
1984: Marko Asmer, Estonian race car driver
1984: Gabrielle Christian, American actress and singer
1984: Trudy McIntosh, Australian artistic gymnast
1984: Kevin Pittsnogle, American basketball player
1983: Seán Dillon, Irish footballer
1982: Jehad Al-Hussain, Syrian footballer
1982: James Anderson, English cricketer
1982: Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress
1981: Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (d. 2017)
1981: Juan Smith, South African rugby union footballer
1981: Hope Solo, American soccer player
1981: Indrek Turi, Estonian decathlete
1980: Seth Avett, American folk-rock singer-songwriter and musician
1980: Justin Rose, South African-English golfer
1979: Carlos Arroyo, Puerto Rican basketball player and singer
1979: Chad Keegan, South African cricketer and coach
1979: Graeme McDowell, Northern Irish golfer
1979: Maya Nasser, Syrian journalist (d. 2012)
1977: Diana Bolocco, Chilean model and journalist;
1977: Misty May-Treanor, American volleyball player and coach
1977: Jaime Pressly, American actress
1977: Bootsy Thornton, American basketball player
1977: Ian Watkins, Welsh singer-songwriter and child abuse convict
1975: Graham Nicholls, English author and activist
1975: Kate Starbird, American basketball player and computer scientist
1974: Radostin Kishishev, Bulgarian footballer and manager
1974: Jason Robinson, English rugby league footballer, and rugby union footballer and coach
1974: Hilary Swank, American actress and producer
1973: Kenton Cool, English mountaineer
1973: Ümit Davala, Turkish footballer and manager
1973: Anastasios Katsabis, Greek footballer
1973: Markus Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player and manager
1973: Sonu Nigam, Indian playback singer and actor
1973: Clementa C. Pinckney, American minister and politician (d. 2015)
1972: Jim McIlvaine, American basketball player and sportscaster
1971: Elvis Crespo, American-Puerto Rican singer
1971: Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor
1970: Alun Cairns, Welsh businessman and politician
1970: Dean Edwards, American comedian, actor, and singer
1970: Christopher Nolan, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1969: Simon Baker, Australian actor, director, and producer
1969: Errol Stewart, South African cricketer and lawyer
1968: Robert Korzeniowski, Polish race walker and coach
1968: Sean Moore, Welsh drummer and songwriter
1966: Kerry Fox, New Zealand actress and screenwriter
1966: Craig Gannon, English guitarist and songwriter
1966: Allan Langer, Australian rugby league player and coach
1966: Louise Wener, English author and singer-songwriter
1965: Tim Munton, English cricketer
1964: Ron Block, American singer-songwriter and banjo player
1964: Vivica A. Fox, American actress
1964: Alek Keshishian, Lebanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1964: Jürgen Klinsmann, German footballer and manager
1964: Laine Randjärv, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Culture
1963: Peter Bowler, English-Australian cricketer
1963: Lisa Kudrow, American actress and producer
1963: Antoni Martí, Andorran architect and politician
1963: Chris Mullin, American basketball player, coach, and executive
1962: Alton Brown, American chef, author, and producer
1962: Jay Feaster, American ice hockey player and manager
1962: Yakub Memon, Indian accountant and terrorist (d. 2015)
1961: Laurence Fishburne, American actor and producer
1960: Jennifer Barnes, American-English musicologist and academic
1960: Richard Linklater, American director and screenwriter
1960: Brillante Mendoza, Filipino independent film director
1958: Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter and producer
1958: Liz Kershaw, English radio broadcaster
1958: Daley Thompson, English decathlete and trainer
1957: Antonio Adamo, Italian director and cinematographer
1957: Bill Cartwright, American basketball player and coach
1957: Clint Hurdle, American baseball player and manager
1957: Nery Pumpido, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
1956: Delta Burke, American actress
1956: Réal Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player
1956: Georg Gänswein, German prelate, Prefect of the Pontifical Household, and former personal secretary to Pope Benedict XVI
1956: Anita Hill, American lawyer and academic
1956: Soraida Martinez, American painter and educator
1955: Rat Scabies, English drummer and producer
1955: Christopher Warren-Green, English violinist and conductor
1954: Ken Olin, American actor, director, and producer
1952: Stephen Blackmore, English botanist and author
1951: Alan Kourie, South African cricketer
1951: Gerry Judah, Indian-English painter and sculptor
1950: Harriet Harman, English lawyer and politician
1950: Frank Stallone, American singer-songwriter and actor
1949: Duck Baker, American guitarist
1949: Sonia Proudman, English lawyer and judge
1948: Billy Paultz, American basketball player
1948: Jean Reno, Moroccan-French actor
1948: Otis Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948: Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian pianist and composer (d. 2010)
1947: William Atherton, American actor and producer
1947: Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, French virologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1947: Jonathan Mann, American physician and author (d. 1998)
1947: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of California
1946: Neil Bonnett, American race car driver and sportscaster (d. 1994)
1946: Jeffrey Hammond, English bass player
1945: Patrick Modiano, French novelist and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate
1945: David Sanborn, American saxophonist and composer
1944: Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (d. 1973)
1944: Peter Bottomley, English politician
1944: Frances de la Tour, English actress
1943: Henri-François Gautrin, Canadian physicist and politician
1942: Pollyanna Pickering, English environmentalist and painter (d. 2018)
1941: Paul Anka, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
1940: Patricia Schroeder, American lawyer and politician (d. 2023)
1940: Clive Sinclair, English businessman, founded Sinclair Radionics and Sinclair Research (d. 2021)
1939: Peter Bogdanovich, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2022)
1939: Eleanor Smeal, American activist, founded the Feminist Majority Foundation
1938: Hervé de Charette, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs
1938: Terry O'Neill, English photographer (d. 2019)
1936: Buddy Guy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1936: Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (d. 2020)
1934: Bud Selig, 9th Major League Baseball Commissioner
1931: Dominique Lapierre, French historian and author (d. 2022)
1931: Marina Popovich, Soviet pilot, engineer and military officer (d. 2017)
1929: Sid Krofft, Canadian-American puppeteer and producer
1928: Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007)
1927: Richard Johnson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1927: Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (d. 2004)
1927: Victor Wong, American actor (d. 2001)
1926: Betye Saar, American artist
1925: Stan Stennett, Welsh actor and trumpet player (d. 2013)
1925: Alexander Trocchi, Scottish author and poet (d. 1984)
1922: Henry W. Bloch, American banker and businessman, co-founded H&R Block (d. 2019)
1921: Grant Johannesen, American pianist and educator (d. 2005)
1920: Walter Schuck, German lieutenant and pilot (d. 2015)
1914: Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Irish journalist and author, 6th President of the International Olympic Committee (d. 1999)
1913: Lou Darvas, American soldier and cartoonist (d. 1987)
1910: Edgar de Evia, Mexican-American photographer (d. 2003)
1909: C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian and author (d. 1993)
1904: Salvador Novo, Mexican poet and playwright (d. 1974)
1901: Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1955)
1899: Gerald Moore, English pianist (d. 1987)
1898: Henry Moore, English sculptor and illustrator (d. 1986)
1890: Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (d. 1975)
1881: Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1940)
1872: Princess Clémentine of Belgium (d. 1955)
1863: Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (d. 1947)
1862: Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (d. 1933)
1859: Henry Simpson Lunn, English minister and humanitarian, founded Lunn Poly (d. 1939)
1857: Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (d. 1929)
1855: Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, German-Swiss businessman (d. 1919)
1832: George Lemuel Woods, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd Governor of Oregon (d. 1890)
1825: Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian engineer and author (d. 1893)
1818: Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet (d. 1848)
1818: Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, 16th and 19th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1897)
1809: Charles Chiniquy, Canadian-American priest and theologian (d. 1899)
1781: Maria Aletta Hulshoff, Dutch feminist and pamphleteer (d. 1846)
1763: Samuel Rogers, English poet and art collector (d. 1855)
1751: Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (d. 1829)
1641: Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1673)
1549: Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1609)
1511: Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter, historian, and architect (d. 1574)
1470: Hongzhi, emperor of the Ming dynasty (d. 1505)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Pat Carroll, American actress and comedian (b. 1927)
2022: Nichelle Nichols, American actress, singer and dancer (b. 1932)
2021: Shona Ferguson, Botswana-born, South African actor and executive producer (b. 1974)
2020: Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician, President (1988-2000), Vice President (1984-1988) and mayor of Taipei (1978-1981) (b. 1923)
2020: Herman Cain, American businessman and political activist (b. 1945)
2018: Michael A. Sheehan, American author, former government official and military officer (b. 1955)
2016: Gloria DeHaven, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1925)
2015: Lynn Anderson, American singer (b. 1947)
2015: Stuart Baggs, English businessman (b. 1988)
2015: Endel Lippmaa, Estonian physicist (b. 1930)
2015: Francis Paul Prucha, American historian and academic (b. 1921)
2015: Alena Vrzáňová, Czech figure skater (b. 1931)
2014: Robert Drew, American director and producer (b. 1924)
2014: Harun Farocki, German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
2014: Julio Grondona, Argentinian businessman (b. 1931)
2014: Peter Hall, English geographer, author, and academic (b. 1932)
2014: Dick Smith, American make-up artist (b. 1922)
2014: Dick Wagner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
2013: Cecil Alexander, American architect, designed the State of Georgia Building (b. 1918)
2013: Berthold Beitz, German businessman (b. 1913)
2013: Robert Neelly Bellah, American sociologist and author (b. 1927)
2013: Harry F. Byrd Jr., American lieutenant, publisher, and politician (b. 1914)
2013: Antoni Ramallets, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1924)
2013: Ossie Schectman, American basketball player (b. 1919)
2013: Benjamin Walker, Indian-English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1913)
2012: Maeve Binchy, Irish author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1939)
2012: Bill Doss, American singer and guitarist (b. 1968)
2012: Stig Ossian Ericson, Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
2012: Les Green, English footballer and manager (b. 1941)
2012: Jonathan Hardy, New Zealand-Australian actor and screenwriter (b. 1940)
2012: Bill Kitchen, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1960)
2012: Mary Louise Rasmuson, American colonel (b. 1911)
2011: Bob Peterson, American basketball player (b. 1932)
2009: Mohammed Yusuf, Nigerian militant leader, founded Boko Haram (b. 1970)
2009: Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2008: Anne Armstrong, American businesswoman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1927)
2007: Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
2007: Teoctist Arăpașu, Romanian patriarch (b. 1915)
2007: Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
2007: Bill Walsh, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
2006: Duygu Asena, Turkish journalist and author(b. 1946)
2006: Al Balding, Canadian golfer (b. 1924)
2006: Murray Bookchin, American philosopher and author (b. 1921)
2006: Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordion player and composer (b. 1904)
2006: Akbar Mohammadi, Iranian activist (b. 1972)
2005: Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (b. 1905)
2005: John Garang, Sudanese colonel and politician, 6th President of South Sudan (b. 1945)
2003: Steve Hislop, Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1962)
2003: Sam Phillips, American record producer, founded Sun Records (b. 1923)
2001: Anton Schwarzkopf, German engineer (b. 1924)
1998: Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host (b. 1917)
1997: Bảo Đại, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1913)
1996: Claudette Colbert, French-American actress (b. 1903)
1994: Konstantin Kalser, German-American film producer and advertising executive (b. 1920)
1992: Brenda Marshall, Filipino-American actress and singer (b. 1915)
1992: Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (b. 1914)
1990: Ian Gow, British Member of Parliament who was assassinated by the IRA (b. 1937)
1989: Lane Frost, American professional bull rider (b. 1963)
1985: Julia Robinson, American mathematician and theorist (b. 1919)
1983: Howard Dietz, American songwriter and publicist (b. 1896)
1983: Lynn Fontanne, English actress (b. 1887)
1977: Emory Holloway, American scholar, author, and educator (b. 1885)
1975: James Blish, American author and critic (b. 1921)
1971: Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria (b. 1906)
1970: Walter Murdoch, Scottish-Australian academic (b. 1874)
1970: George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (b. 1897)
1965: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author and playwright (b. 1886)
1947: Joseph Cook, English-Australian miner and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1860)
1941: Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1877)
1938: John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
1930: Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer and businessman, founded FC Barcelona (b. 1877)
1920: Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner (b. 1848)
1918: Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, journalist, and poet (b. 1886)
1912: Emperor Meiji of Japan (b. 1852)
1900: Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1844)
1898: Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (b. 1815)
1889: Charlie Absolom, England cricketer (b. 1846)
1875: George Pickett, American general (b. 1825)
1870: Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian poet and journalist (b. 1818)
1832: Lê Văn Duyệt, Vietnamese general, mandarin (b. 1763-4)
1811: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican priest and soldier (b. 1753)
1771: Thomas Gray, English poet (b. 1716)
1718: William Penn, English businessman and philosopher, founded the Province of Pennsylvania (b. 1644)
1700: Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, English royal (b. 1689)
1691: Daniel Georg Morhof, German scholar and academic (b. 1639)
1683: Maria Theresa of Spain (b. 1638)
1680: Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, Irish admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1634)
1652: Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours (b. 1624)
1624: Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox, British nobleman (b. 1579)
1608: Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, last King of Tyrconnell (b. 1575)
1566: Guillaume Rondelet, French doctor (b. 1507)
1550: Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1505)
1540: Thomas Abel, English priest and martyr (b. 1497)
1540: Robert Barnes, English martyr and reformer (b. 1495)
1516: John V, Count of Nassau-Siegen (b. 1455)
1393: Alberto d'Este, Lord of Ferrara and Modena (b. 1347)
1286: Bar Hebraeus, Syrian scholar and historian (b. 1226)
829: Shi Xiancheng, general of the Tang Dynasty
734: Tatwine, English archbishop (b. 670)
579: Pope Benedict I
578: Jacob Baradaeus, Greek bishop

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