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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

2025: South Carolina woman says forgetful husband led to $500,000 lottery win. A South Carolina woman's winning story involves a $500,000 prize that may not have come her way were it not for her husband's simple mistake.
2024: Massachusetts Lottery announces online ticket sales coming in 2025. The Massachusetts Lottery announced its plans to begin offering online ticket sales with an anticipated launch possibly towards the end of 2025.
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.$383.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2025
4.$331 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2024
5.$303 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2017
6.$261 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 2, 2017
7.€245.81 Million US$251.34 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2022
8.$235 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 31, 2013
9.€198.1 Million US$220.86 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2019
10.$198.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 31, 2021
11.€168 Million
US$193.5 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2025
12.€153 Million
US$188.05 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 31, 2012
13.$187 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2018
14.$178.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2022
15.$178 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 2, 2006
16.$166 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2021
17.$158 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2012
18.$154.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 31, 2024
19.$140 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2025
20.$137 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2020
21.$133 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2011
22.€115.55 Million
US$129.12 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2016
23.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2009
24.€100.54 Million
US$110.44 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2023
25.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2015

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1992: As304140969
Thursday, Jul 30, 1992
33 years old
1989: bahamamama07
Sunday, Jul 30, 1989
36 years old
1978: Dollybody42
Sunday, Jul 30, 1978
47 years old
1978: FLACASH3LADY
Sunday, Jul 30, 1978
47 years old
1977: Winbig619
Saturday, Jul 30, 1977
48 years old
1976: vman730
Friday, Jul 30, 1976
49 years old
1973: ZOEBOI21$
Monday, Jul 30, 1973
52 years old
1972: Hurt72$
Sunday, Jul 30, 1972
53 years old
1968: TNSara
Tuesday, Jul 30, 1968
57 years old
1966: wladd730
Saturday, Jul 30, 1966
59 years old
1964: empassioned1
Thursday, Jul 30, 1964
61 years old
1963: luckycharms
Tuesday, Jul 30, 1963
62 years old
1961: winnerpick3
Sunday, Jul 30, 1961
64 years old
1961: carolynldw
Sunday, Jul 30, 1961
64 years old
1960: Bambam1960$
Saturday, Jul 30, 1960
65 years old
1957: cdcos
Tuesday, Jul 30, 1957
68 years old
1957: CO dreaming
Tuesday, Jul 30, 1957
68 years old
1957: meucalais3
Tuesday, Jul 30, 1957
68 years old
1953: Ramon53
Thursday, Jul 30, 1953
72 years old
1950: uprrman
Sunday, Jul 30, 1950
75 years old
1949: grigsby
Saturday, Jul 30, 1949
76 years old
1948: racecarspeedy
Friday, Jul 30, 1948
77 years old
1944: pickles44
Sunday, Jul 30, 1944
81 years old
1943: naykay
Friday, Jul 30, 1943
82 years old
1928: cajuntu
Monday, Jul 30, 1928
97 years old
: tastylovebug
(year not provided)
: girlfriend1
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: gma4150
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: Hitit
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: gee ma4150
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: miket
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: A series of landslides occurs in Kerala, India, causing over 420 fatalities.
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.
2006: An Israeli airstrike kills 28 Lebanese civilians, including 16 children.
2003: In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.
2003: Three years after the death the last Pyrenean ibex, Celia, a clone of her is born only to subsequently die from lung defects. Within minutes, the Pyrenean ibex becomes the first and so-far only species to have ever gone de-extinct as well as go extinct twice.
1990: Ian Gow, Conservative Member of Parliament, is assassinated at his home by the IRA 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 in 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: U.S. 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 FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium 4-2 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 by beating Argentina.
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.
1863: Valuev Circular banned the publication of religious, educational and training books in Ukrainian in the Russian Empire.
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

1999: Joey King, American actress
1996: Nina Stojanović, Serbian tennis player
1996: Dylan Larkin, American hockey player
1995: Hirving Lozano, Mexican footballer
1994: Nelydia Senrose, Malaysian actress
1993: Jacob Faria, American baseball player
1993: André Gomes, Portuguese footballer
1993: Margarida Moura, Portuguese tennis player
1993: Miho Miyazaki, Japanese singer
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: Ása Berglind Hjálmarsdóttir, Icelandic politician
1984: Trudy McIntosh, Australian artistic gymnast
1984: Kevin Pittsnogle, American basketball player
1984: Gina Rodriguez, American actress
1983: Seán Dillon, Irish footballer
1982: Jehad Al-Hussain, Syrian footballer
1982: James Anderson, English cricketer
1982: Martin Starr, American actor and comedian
1982: Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress
1981: Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (died 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 (died 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 former Lostprophets singer-songwriter and convicted child sex offender
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 (died 2015)
1972: Jim McIlvaine, American basketball player and sportscaster
1971: Elvis Crespo, American-Puerto Rican singer
1971: Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor
1971: Christine Taylor, American actress
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: Terry Crews, American actor and football player
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 (died 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 (died 2023)
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 (died 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 (died 1998)
1947: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of California
1946: Neil Bonnett, American race car driver and sportscaster (died 1994)
1946: Jeffrey Hammond, English bass player
1945: Patrick Modiano, French novelist and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate
1945: David Sanborn, American saxophonist and composer (died 2024)
1944: Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (died 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 (died 2018)
1941: Paul Anka, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
1940: Patricia Schroeder, American lawyer and politician (died 2023)
1940: Clive Sinclair, English businessman, founded Sinclair Radionics and Sinclair Research (died 2021)
1939: Peter Bogdanovich, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 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 (died 2019)
1936: Buddy Guy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1936: Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (died 2020)
1934: Bud Selig, 9th Major League Baseball Commissioner
1931: Dominique Lapierre, French historian and author (died 2022)
1931: Marina Popovich, Soviet pilot, engineer and military officer (died 2017)
1929: Sid Krofft, Canadian-American puppeteer and producer
1928: Sulochana Latkar, Indian actress (died 2023)
1928: Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2007)
1927: Richard Johnson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)
1927: Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (died 2004)
1927: Victor Wong, American actor (died 2001)
1926: Betye Saar, American artist
1926: George Shanard, American politician and businessman (died 2012)
1925: Stan Stennett, Welsh actor and trumpet player (died 2013)
1925: Alexander Trocchi, Scottish author and poet (died 1984)
1924: C. T. Vivian, American minister, author, and activist (died 2020)
1922: Henry W. Bloch, American banker and businessman, co-founded H&R Block (died 2019)
1921: Grant Johannesen, American pianist and educator (died 2005)
1920: Walter Schuck, German lieutenant and pilot (died 2015)
1914: Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Irish journalist and author, 6th President of the International Olympic Committee (died 1999)
1913: Lou Darvas, American soldier and cartoonist (died 1987)
1910: Edgar de Evia, Mexican-American photographer (died 2003)
1909: C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian and author (died 1993)
1904: Salvador Novo, Mexican poet and playwright (died 1974)
1901: Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1955)
1899: Gerald Moore, English pianist (died 1987)
1898: Henry Moore, English sculptor and illustrator (died 1986)
1890: Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (died 1975)
1881: Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1940)
1872: Princess Clémentine of Belgium (died 1955)
1863: Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (died 1947)
1862: Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (died 1933)
1859: Henry Simpson Lunn, English minister and humanitarian, founded Lunn Poly (died 1939)
1857: Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (died 1929)
1855: Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, German-Swiss businessman (died 1919)
1832: George Lemuel Woods, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd Governor of Oregon (died 1890)
1825: Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian engineer and author (died 1893)
1818: Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet (died 1848)
1818: Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, 16th and 19th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1897)
1809: Charles Chiniquy, Canadian-American priest and theologian (died 1899)
1781: Maria Aletta Hulshoff, Dutch feminist and pamphleteer (died 1846)
1763: Samuel Rogers, English poet and art collector (died 1855)
1751: Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (died 1829)
1641: Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (died 1673)
1549: Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1609)
1511: Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter, historian, and architect (died 1574)
1470: Hongzhi, emperor of the Ming dynasty (died 1505)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Onyeka Onwenu, Nigerian singer, actress and politician (born 1952)
2023: Paul Reubens, American actor and comedian (born 1952)
2022: Pat Carroll, American actress and comedian (born 1927)
2022: Nichelle Nichols, American actress, singer and dancer (born 1932)
2021: Shona Ferguson, Botswana-born, South African actor and executive producer (born 1974)
2020: Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician, President (1988-2000), Vice President (1984-1988) and mayor of Taipei (1978-1981) (born 1923)
2020: Herman Cain, American businessman and political activist (born 1945)
2018: Michael A. Sheehan, American author, former government official and military officer (born 1955)
2016: Gloria DeHaven, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1925)
2015: Lynn Anderson, American singer (born 1947)
2015: Stuart Baggs, English businessman (born 1988)
2015: Endel Lippmaa, Estonian physicist (born 1930)
2015: Francis Paul Prucha, American historian and academic (born 1921)
2015: Alena Vrzáňová, Czech figure skater (born 1931)
2014: Robert Drew, American director and producer (born 1924)
2014: Harun Farocki, German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)
2014: Julio Grondona, Argentinian businessman (born 1931)
2014: Peter Hall, English geographer, author, and academic (born 1932)
2014: Dick Smith, American make-up artist (born 1922)
2014: Dick Wagner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)
2013: Cecil Alexander, American architect, designed the State of Georgia Building (born 1918)
2013: Berthold Beitz, German businessman (born 1913)
2013: Robert Neelly Bellah, American sociologist and author (born 1927)
2013: Harry F. Byrd Jr., American lieutenant, publisher, and politician (born 1914)
2013: Antoni Ramallets, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1924)
2013: Ossie Schectman, American basketball player (born 1919)
2013: Benjamin Walker, Indian-English author, poet, and playwright (born 1913)
2012: Maeve Binchy, Irish author, playwright, and journalist (born 1939)
2012: Bill Doss, American singer and guitarist (born 1968)
2012: Stig Ossian Ericson, Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1923)
2012: Les Green, English footballer and manager (born 1941)
2012: Jonathan Hardy, New Zealand-Australian actor and screenwriter (born 1940)
2012: Bill Kitchen, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1960)
2012: Mary Louise Rasmuson, American colonel (born 1911)
2011: Bob Peterson, American basketball player (born 1932)
2009: Mohammed Yusuf, Nigerian militant leader, founded Boko Haram (born 1970)
2009: Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter (born 1926)
2008: Anne Armstrong, American businesswoman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (born 1927)
2007: Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1912)
2007: Teoctist Arăpașu, Romanian patriarch (born 1915)
2007: Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1918)
2007: Bill Walsh, American football player and coach (born 1931)
2006: Duygu Asena, Turkish journalist and author(born 1946)
2006: Al Balding, Canadian golfer (born 1924)
2006: Murray Bookchin, American philosopher and author (born 1921)
2006: Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordion player and composer (born 1904)
2006: Akbar Mohammadi, Iranian activist (born 1972)
2005: Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (born 1905)
2005: John Garang, Sudanese colonel and politician, 6th President of South Sudan (born 1945)
2003: Steve Hislop, Scottish motorcycle racer (born 1962)
2003: Sam Phillips, American record producer, founded Sun Records (born 1923)
2001: Anton Schwarzkopf, German engineer (born 1924)
1998: Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host (born 1917)
1996: Claudette Colbert, French-American actress (born 1903)
1994: Konstantin Kalser, German-American film producer and advertising executive (born 1920)
1992: Brenda Marshall, Filipino-American actress and singer (born 1915)
1992: Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (born 1914)
1990: Ian Gow, British Member of Parliament who was assassinated by the IRA (born 1937)
1989: Lane Frost, American professional bull rider (born 1963)
1985: Julia Robinson, American mathematician and theorist (born 1919)
1983: Howard Dietz, American songwriter and publicist (born 1896)
1983: Lynn Fontanne, English actress (born 1887)
1977: Emory Holloway, American scholar, author, and educator (born 1885)
1975: James Blish, American author and critic (born 1921)
1971: Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria (born 1906)
1970: Walter Murdoch, Scottish-Australian academic (born 1874)
1970: George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (born 1897)
1965: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author and playwright (born 1886)
1947: Joseph Cook, English-Australian miner and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1860)
1941: Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (born 1877)
1938: John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player (born 1878)
1930: Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer and businessman, founded FC Barcelona (born 1877)
1920: Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner (born 1848)
1918: Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, journalist, and poet (born 1886)
1912: Emperor Meiji of Japan (born 1852)
1900: Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born 1844)
1898: Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (born 1815)
1889: Charlie Absolom, England cricketer (born 1846)
1875: George Pickett, American general (born 1825)
1870: Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian poet and journalist (born 1818)
1832: Lê Văn Duyệt, Vietnamese general, mandarin (born 1763-4)
1811: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican priest and soldier (born 1753)
1771: Thomas Gray, English poet (born 1716)
1718: William Penn, English businessman and philosopher, founded the Province of Pennsylvania (born 1644)
1700: Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, English royal (born 1689)
1691: Daniel Georg Morhof, German scholar and academic (born 1639)
1683: Maria Theresa of Spain (born 1638)
1680: Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, Irish admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1634)
1652: Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours (born 1624)
1624: Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox, British nobleman (born 1579)
1608: Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, last King of Tyrconnell (born 1575)
1566: Guillaume Rondelet, French doctor (born 1507)
1550: Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (born 1505)
1540: Thomas Abel, English priest and martyr (born 1497)
1540: Robert Barnes, English martyr and reformer (born 1495)
1516: John V, Count of Nassau-Siegen (born 1455)
1393: Alberto d'Este, Lord of Ferrara and Modena (born 1347)
1286: Bar Hebraeus, Syrian scholar and historian (born 1226)
829: Shi Xiancheng, general of the Tang Dynasty
734: Tatwine, English archbishop (born 670)
579: Pope Benedict I
578: Jacob Baradaeus, Greek bishop

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