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On This Day in History
July 4
July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 180 days remain until the end of the year.
Lottery News On This Day
- 2024
- Happy Independence Day. Have a happy and safe Fourth of July!
- 2023
- Happy Independence Day. Have a happy and safe Fourth of July!
- 2022
- Happy Independence Day. Have a happy and safe Fourth of July!
- 2021
- Happy Independence Day. Have a happy and safe Fourth of July!
- 2020
- Happy Independence Day. Have a happy and safe Fourth of July!
- 2019
- Happy Independence Day. Have a happy and safe Fourth of July!
- 2018
- Happy Independence Day. Have a happy and safe Fourth of July!
- 2017
- Happy Independence Day. From the staff of Lottery Post, have a happy and safe Fourth of July!
- 2016
- Happy Independence Day. Have a happy and safe Fourth of July!
- 2015
- Happy Independence Day. From the staff of Lottery Post, have a happy and safe Fourth of July!
- 2014
- Happy Independence Day. From the staff of Lottery Post, have a happy and safe Fourth of July!
- 2013
- Happy Independence Day. Have a happy and safe Fourth of July!
- 2012
- Connecticut Lottery draws $1M Super Draw raffle. The Connecticut Lottery today held the state's fourth Super Draw raffle drawing, creating one new millionaire and several winners of other cash prizes.
- 2012
- Rhode Island lottery winner hits jackpot one day after son wins $1,000. A man from East Providence, Rhode Island, has claimed more than $180,000 in lottery winnings, a day after his son won $1,000 in a different game.
- 2012
- Iowa Lottery on the verge of revealing names of 'Shipping 20' winners. The mystery Iowa winners of a $241 million Powerball jackpot could have their identities unveiled as soon as Friday morning, say state officials.
- 2007
- N.J. Lottery Independence Day Raffle results. The New Jersey Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Independence Day Raffle, was drawn today, and will make four instant millionaires.
- 2007
- Massachusetts Lottery's Star Spangled Sweepstakes results. Massachusetts Lottery officials will hand out $40 million in prize money to 51 ticket holders in today's drawing for the Star Spangled Sweepstakes.
- 2007
- North Carolina Sizzlin' Millionaire Raffle results. The North Carolina Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Sizzlin' Millionaire Raffle, was drawn today, and will make four instant millionaires.
- 2007
- Florida Lottery Firecracker Millionaire Raffle results. The Florida Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Firecracker Millionaire Raffle, was drawn today, and will make twelve instant millionaires.
- 2006
- Oklahoma lottery winner remains silent. There has been no word from the Oklahoma Powerball winner since the numbers 10-20-22-39-48 and Powerball number 25 were drawn June 17.
- 2006
- Granny's dream advice helps man win lottery. A Malaysian won 42,500 ringgit ($11,580) in a lottery by playing a four-digit number his dead grandmother had given him in a dream, a newspaper reported Saturday.
Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day
- 1.$557.1 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Jul 5, 2023 - 2.$454 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Jul 5, 2016 - 3.$400 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Jul 4, 2023 - 4.$370 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Jul 5, 2022 - 5.$283 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Jul 6, 2018 - 6.$257 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Jul 6, 2016 - 7.€171 Million
US$247.23 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Jul 5, 2011 - 8.€232.96 Million
US$239.81 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Jul 5, 2022 - 9.€217 Million
US$223.38 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Jul 5, 2022 - 10.€181.08 Million
US$204.31 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Jul 4, 2019 - 11.$200 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Jul 5, 2003 - 12.$172 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Jul 4, 2017 - 13.$165 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Jul 6, 2019 - 14.$162 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Jul 5, 2024 - 15.€143 Million
US$157.66 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Jul 7, 2020 - 16.$133 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Jul 7, 2009 - 17.$126 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Jul 6, 2007 - 18.$121 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Jul 5, 2017 - 19.€103.55 Million
US$114.96 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Jul 5, 2016 - 20.$114.1 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Jul 7, 2021 - 21.$111.2 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Jul 7, 1993 - 22.$110 Million
- California
SuperLotto PlusDraw Date
Jul 5, 2006 - 23.€90 Million
US$105.61 Million - Multi-Country
EuroJackpotDraw Date
Jul 6, 2018 - 24.$101 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Jul 5, 2014 - 25.$96 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Jul 7, 2015
Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day
- 1992
- Saturday, Jul 4, 1992
32 years old - 1991
- Thursday, Jul 4, 1991
33 years old - 1985
- Thursday, Jul 4, 1985
39 years old - 1984
- Wednesday, Jul 4, 1984
40 years old - 1980
- Friday, Jul 4, 1980
44 years old - 1980
- Friday, Jul 4, 1980
44 years old - 1979
- Wednesday, Jul 4, 1979
45 years old - 1977
- Monday, Jul 4, 1977
47 years old - 1976
- Sunday, Jul 4, 1976
48 years old - 1976
- Sunday, Jul 4, 1976
48 years old - 1975
- Friday, Jul 4, 1975
49 years old - 1966
- Monday, Jul 4, 1966
58 years old - 1955
- Monday, Jul 4, 1955
69 years old - 1952
- Friday, Jul 4, 1952
72 years old - 1951
- Wednesday, Jul 4, 1951
73 years old - 1943
- Sunday, Jul 4, 1943
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Worldwide Events On This Day
- 2015
- Chile claims its first title in international football by defeating Argentina in the 2015 Copa América Final.
- 2012
- The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN.
- 2009
- The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks.
- 2009
- The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao.
- 2008
- A bomb explodes at a concert in Minsk's Independence Square, injuring 50 people.
- 2006
- Space Shuttle program: Discovery launches STS-121 to the International Space Station. The event gained wide media attention as it was the only shuttle launch in the program's history to occur on the United States' Independence Day.
- 2005
- The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
- 2004
- The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the World Trade Center site in New York City.
- 2004
- Greece beats Portugal in the UEFA Euro 2004 Final and becomes European Champion for first time in its history.
- 2002
- A Boeing 707 crashes near Bangui M'Poko International Airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, killing 28.
- 2001
- Vladivostok Air Flight 352 crashes on approach to Irkutsk Airport killing all 145 people on board.
- 1998
- Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
- 1997
- NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
- 1994
- Rwandan genocide: Kigali, the Rwandan capital, is captured by the Rwandan Patriotic Front, ending the genocide in the city.
- 1982
- Three Iranian diplomats and a journalist are kidnapped in Lebanon by Phalange forces, and their fate remains unknown.
- 1982
- Space Shuttle program: Columbia lands at Edwards Air Force Base at the end of the program's final test flight, STS-4. President Ronald Reagan declares the Space Shuttle to be operational.
- 1977
- The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia, in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit.
- 1976
- Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
- 1966
- U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year.
- 1961
- On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-19 suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of radiation poisoning over the following two years.
- 1960
- Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Acts (United States)).
- 1954
- Food rationing in Great Britain ends, with the lifting of restrictions on sale and purchase of meat, 14 years after it began early in World War II, and nearly a decade after the war's end.
- 1951
- Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
- 1951
- William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor.
- 1950
- Cold War: Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.
- 1947
- The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
- 1946
- The Kielce pogrom against Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland.
- 1946
- After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
- 1943
- World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of Prokhorovka.
- 1943
- World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.
- 1942
- World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.
- 1941
- Nazi crimes against the Polish nation: Nazi troops massacre Polish scientists and writers in the captured Ukrainian city of Lviv.
- 1941
- World War II: The Burning of the Riga synagogues: The Great Choral Synagogue in German-occupied Riga is burnt with 300 Jews locked in the basement.
- 1939
- Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
- 1927
- First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
- 1918
- Mehmed V died at the age of 73 and Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
- 1918
- World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.
- 1914
- The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
- 1913
- President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
- 1911
- A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
- 1910
- The Johnson-Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
- 1903
- The Philippine-American War is officially concluded.
- 1901
- William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
- 1898
- En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
- 1894
- The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
- 1892
- Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a leap year with 367 days.
- 1887
- The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
- 1886
- The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
- 1881
- In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
- 1879
- Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
- 1863
- American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: The Confederate army in Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege, contributing to the Union capture of the Mississippi River.
- 1863
- American Civil War: Union forces repulse a Confederate army at the Battle of Helena in Arkansas. The battle thwarts a Rebel attempt to relieve pressure on the besieged city of Vicksburg, and paves the way for the Union capture of Little Rock.
- 1863
- American Civil War: Retreat from Gettysburg: The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signaling an end to his last invasion of the North.
- 1862
- Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
- 1855
- The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published in Brooklyn.
- 1845
- Henry David Thoreau moves into a small cabin on Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau's account of his two years there, Walden, will become a touchstone of the environmental movement.
- 1838
- The Iowa Territory is organized.
- 1837
- Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.
- 1832
- John Neal delivers the first public lecture in the US to advocate the rights of women.
- 1832
- Durham University established by Act of Parliament; the first recognized university to be founded in England since Cambridge over 600 years earlier.
- 1831
- Samuel Francis Smith writes "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" for the Boston, Massachusetts July 4 festivities.
- 1827
- Slavery is abolished in the State of New York.
- 1818
- US Flag Act of 1818 goes into effect creating a 13 stripe flag with a star for each state. New stars would be added on July 4 after a new state had been admitted.
- 1817
- In Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
- 1803
- The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people.
- 1802
- The United States Military Academy opens at West Point, New York.
- 1778
- American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
- 1776
- American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
- 1774
- Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
- 1744
- The Treaty of Lancaster, in which the Iroquois cede lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the British colonies, was signed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- 1634
- The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (now Quebec, Canada).
- 1610
- The Battle of Klushino is fought between forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia during the Polish-Muscovite War.
- 1584
- Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe arrive at Roanoke Island.
- 1534
- Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye.
- 1456
- Ottoman-Hungarian wars: The Siege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade) begins.
- 1359
- Francesco II Ordelaffi of Forlì surrenders to the Papal commander Gil de Albornoz.
- 1333
- Genkō War: Forces loyal to Emperor Go-Daigo seize Tōshō-ji during the Siege of Kamakura. Hōjō Takatoki and other members of the Hōjō clan commit suicide, ending the rule of the Kamakura shogunate.
- 1253
- Battle of West-Capelle: John I of Avesnes defeats Guy of Dampierre.
- 1187
- The Crusades: Battle of Hattin: Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem.
- 1120
- Jordan II of Capua is anointed as prince after his infant nephew's death.
- 1054
- A supernova, called SN 1054, is seen by Chinese Song dynasty, Arab, and possibly Amerindian observers near the star Zeta Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula.
- 993
- Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized as a saint.
- 836
- Pactum Sicardi, a peace treaty between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples, is signed.
- 414
- Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaimed herself empress (Augusta) of the Eastern Roman Empire.
- 362 BC
- Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans.
Births On This Day
- 2003
- Polina Bogusevich, Russian singer
- 1999
- Moa Kikuchi, Japanese musician
- 1995
- Post Malone, American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer
- 1993
- Tom Barkhuizen, English footballer
- 1992
- Ángel Romero, Paraguayan footballer
- 1992
- Óscar Romero, Paraguayan footballer
- 1990
- Jake Gardiner, American ice hockey player
- 1990
- Richard Mpong, Ghanaian footballer
- 1990
- Naoki Yamada, Japanese footballer
- 1990
- Ihar Yasinski, Belarusian footballer
- 1989
- Benjamin Büchel, Liechtensteiner footballer
- 1988
- Angelique Boyer, French-Mexican actress
- 1987
- Wude Ayalew, Ethiopian runner
- 1987
- Guram Kashia, Georgian footballer
- 1986
- Ömer Aşık, Turkish basketball player
- 1986
- Nguyen Ngoc Duy, Vietnamese footballer
- 1986
- Rafael Arévalo, Salvadoran tennis player
- 1986
- Willem Janssen, Dutch footballer
- 1986
- Terrance Knighton, American football player
- 1986
- Marte Elden, Norwegian skier
- 1985
- Kane Tenace, Australian footballer
- 1985
- Dimitrios Mavroeidis, Greek basketball player
- 1985
- Wason Rentería, Colombian footballer
- 1984
- Jin Akanishi, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1984
- Miguel Santos Soares, Timorese footballer
- 1983
- Melanie Fiona, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1983
- Amantle Montsho, Botswanan sprinter
- 1983
- Miguel Pinto, Chilean footballer
- 1983
- Amol Rajan, Indian-English journalist
- 1983
- Mattia Serafini, Italian footballer
- 1982
- Vladimir Boisa, Georgian basketball player
- 1982
- Vladimir Gusev, Russian cyclist
- 1982
- Jeff Lima, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1982
- Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino, American model, author and television personality
- 1981
- Dedé, Angolan footballer
- 1981
- Brock Berlin, American football player
- 1981
- Christoph Preuß, German footballer
- 1981
- Francisco Cruceta, Dominican baseball player
- 1981
- Will Smith, American football player (d. 2016)
- 1980
- Kwame Steede, Bermudan footballer
- 1979
- Siim Kabrits, Estonian politician
- 1979
- Josh McCown, American football player
- 1979
- Renny Vega, Venezuelan footballer
- 1978
- Marcos Daniel, Brazilian tennis player
- 1978
- Émile Mpenza, Belgian footballer
- 1976
- Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
- 1976
- Yevgeniya Medvedeva, Russian skier
- 1974
- Jill Craybas, American tennis player
- 1974
- La'Roi Glover, American football player and sportscaster
- 1974
- Adrian Griffin, American basketball player and coach
- 1973
- Keiko Ihara, Japanese race car driver
- 1973
- Gackt, Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
- 1973
- Michael Johnson, English-Jamaican footballer and manager
- 1973
- Anjelika Krylova, Russian ice dancer and coach
- 1973
- Jan Magnussen, Danish race car driver
- 1973
- Tony Popovic, Australian footballer and manager
- 1972
- Stephen Giles, Canadian canoe racer and engineer
- 1972
- Mike Knuble, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
- 1969
- Al Golden, American football player and coach
- 1969
- Todd Marinovich, American football player and coach
- 1969
- Wilfred Mugeyi, Zimbabwean footballer and coach
- 1967
- Vinny Castilla, Mexican baseball player and manager
- 1967
- Sébastien Deleigne, French athlete
- 1966
- Ronni Ancona, Scottish actress and screenwriter
- 1966
- Minas Hantzidis, German-Greek footballer
- 1966
- Lee Reherman, American actor (d. 2016)
- 1965
- Harvey Grant, American basketball player and coach
- 1965
- Horace Grant, American basketball player and coach
- 1965
- Kiriakos Karataidis, Greek footballer and manager
- 1965
- Gérard Watkins, English actor and playwright
- 1964
- Cle Kooiman, American soccer player and manager
- 1964
- Elie Saab, Lebanese fashion designer
- 1964
- Edi Rama, Albanian politician
- 1964
- Mark Slaughter, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1964
- Mark Whiting, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1963
- Henri Leconte, French tennis player and sportscaster
- 1963
- Laureano Márquez, Spanish-Venezuelan political scientist and journalist
- 1963
- José Oquendo, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
- 1963
- Sonia Pierre, Haitian-Dominican human rights activist (d. 2011)
- 1962
- Pam Shriver, American tennis player and sportscaster
- 1961
- Richard Garriott, English-American video game designer, created the Ultima series
- 1960
- Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (d. 1994)
- 1959
- Victoria Abril, Spanish actress and singer
- 1958
- Vera Leth, Greenlandic Ombudsman
- 1958
- Kirk Pengilly, Australian guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter
- 1958
- Carl Valentine, Canadian soccer player, coach, and manager
- 1957
- Rein Lang, Estonian politician and diplomat, 25th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1956
- Robert Sinclair MacKay, British academic and educator
- 1955
- Eero Heinäluoma, Finnish politician
- 1955
- Kevin Nichols, Australian cyclist
- 1954
- Jim Beattie, American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1954
- Morganna, American model, actress, and dancer
- 1954
- Devendra Kumar Joshi, 21st Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy
- 1953
- Francis Maude, English lawyer and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
- 1952
- Álvaro Uribe, Colombian lawyer and politician, 39th President of Colombia
- 1952
- Carol MacReady, English actress
- 1952
- John Waite, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1952
- Paul Rogat Loeb, American author and activist
- 1951
- John Alexander, Australian tennis player and politician
- 1951
- Ralph Johnson, American R&B drummer and percussionist
- 1951
- Vladimir Tismăneanu, Romanian-American political scientist, sociologist, and academic
- 1951
- Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American lawyer and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
- 1950
- Philip Craven, English basketball player and swimmer
- 1950
- David Jensen, Canadian-English radio and television host
- 1948
- René Arnoux, French race car driver
- 1948
- Tommy Körberg, Swedish singer and actor
- 1948
- Jeremy Spencer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1947
- Lembit Ulfsak, Estonian actor and director (d. 2017)
- 1946
- Ron Kovic, American author and activist
- 1946
- Michael Milken, American businessman and philanthropist
- 1945
- Andre Spitzer, Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (d. 1972)
- 1943
- Conny Bauer, German trombonist
- 1943
- Emerson Boozer, American football player and sportscaster
- 1943
- Adam Hart-Davis, English historian, author, and photographer
- 1943
- Geraldo Rivera, American lawyer, journalist, and author
- 1943
- Fred Wesley, American jazz and funk trombonist
- 1943
- Alan Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1970)
- 1942
- Hal Lanier, American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1942
- Floyd Little, American football player and coach (d. 2021)
- 1942
- Stefan Meller, French-Polish academic and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2008)
- 1942
- Prince Michael of Kent
- 1942
- Peter Rowan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1941
- Sam Farr, American politician
- 1941
- Tomaž Šalamun, Croatian-Slovenian poet and academic (d. 2014)
- 1941
- Pavel Sedláček, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1941
- Brian Willson, American soldier, lawyer, and activist
- 1940
- Pat Stapleton, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2020)
- 1938
- Steven Rose, English biologist and academic
- 1938
- Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2020)
- 1937
- Thomas Nagel, American philosopher and academic
- 1937
- Queen Sonja of Norway
- 1937
- Richard Rhodes, American journalist and historian
- 1937
- Eric Walters, Australian journalist (d. 2010)
- 1936
- Zdzisława Donat, Polish soprano and actress
- 1935
- Paul Scoon, Grenadian politician, 2nd Governor-General of Grenada (d. 2013)
- 1934
- Yvonne B. Miller, American academic and politician (d. 2012)
- 1934
- Colin Welland, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
- 1932
- Aurèle Vandendriessche, Belgian runner (d. 2023)
- 1931
- Stephen Boyd, Northern Ireland-born American actor (d. 1977)
- 1931
- Rick Casares, American football player and soldier (d. 2013)
- 1931
- Sébastien Japrisot, French author, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
- 1931
- Peter Richardson, English cricketer (d. 2017)
- 1930
- George Steinbrenner, American businessman (d. 2010)
- 1929
- Al Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2011)
- 1929
- Bill Tuttle, American baseball player (d. 1998)
- 1928
- Giampiero Boniperti, Italian footballer and politician (d. 2021)
- 1928
- Teofisto Guingona Jr., Filipino politician; 11th Vice President of the Philippines
- 1928
- Jassem Alwan, Syrian Army Officer (d. 2018)
- 1928
- Shan Ratnam, Sri Lankan physician and academic (d. 2001)
- 1928
- Chuck Tanner, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
- 1927
- Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress and photographer (d. 2023)
- 1927
- Neil Simon, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2018)
- 1926
- Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (d. 2014)
- 1926
- Lake Underwood, American race car driver and businessman (d. 2008)
- 1925
- Ciril Zlobec, Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and politician (d. 2018)
- 1925
- Dorothy Head Knode, American tennis player (d. 2015)
- 1924
- Eva Marie Saint, American actress
- 1924
- Delia Fiallo, Cuban author and screenwriter (d. 2021)
- 1924
- Harry Stewart Jr., American military officer and fighter pilot
- 1923
- Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
- 1922
- R. James Harvey, American politician (d. 2019)
- 1921
- Gérard Debreu, French economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
- 1921
- Nasser Sharifi, Iranian sports shooter
- 1921
- Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut (d. 2014)
- 1921
- Philip Rose, American actor, playwright, and producer (d. 2011)
- 1921
- Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (d. 2003)
- 1920
- Norm Drucker, American basketball player and referee (d. 2015)
- 1920
- Leona Helmsley, American businesswoman (d. 2007)
- 1920
- Fritz Wilde, German footballer and manager (d. 1977)
- 1920
- Paul Bannai, American politician (d. 2019)
- 1918
- Eppie Lederer, American journalist and radio host (d. 2002)
- 1918
- Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver (d. 1984)
- 1918
- King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga, (d. 2006)
- 1918
- Alec Bedser, English cricketer (d. 2010)
- 1918
- Eric Bedser, English cricketer (d. 2006)
- 1918
- Pauline Phillips, American journalist and radio host, created Dear Abby (d. 2013)
- 1916
- Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American typist and broadcaster (d. 2006)
- 1915
- Timmie Rogers, American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
- 1914
- Nuccio Bertone, Italian automobile designer (d. 1997)
- 1911
- Bruce Hamilton, Australian public servant (d. 1989)
- 1911
- Mitch Miller, American singer and producer (d. 2010)
- 1911
- Elizabeth Peratrovich, Alaskan-American civil rights activist (d. 1958)
- 1910
- Robert K. Merton, American sociologist and scholar (d. 2003)
- 1910
- Gloria Stuart, American actress (d. 2010)
- 1909
- Alec Templeton, Welsh composer, pianist and satirist (d. 1963)
- 1907
- John Anderson, American discus thrower (d. 1948)
- 1907
- Howard Taubman, American author and critic (d. 1996)
- 1906
- Vincent Schaefer, American chemist and meteorologist (d. 1993)
- 1905
- Irving Johnson, American sailor and author (d. 1991)
- 1905
- Robert Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey, British diplomat and public servant (d. 1996)
- 1905
- Lionel Trilling, American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (d. 1975)
- 1904
- Angela Baddeley, English actress (d. 1976)
- 1903
- Flor Peeters, Belgian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1986)
- 1902
- Meyer Lansky, American gangster (d. 1983)
- 1902
- George Murphy, American actor and politician (d. 1992)
- 1900
- Belinda Dann, Indigenous Australian who was one of the Stolen Generation, reunited with family aged 107 (d. 2007)
- 1900
- Nellie Mae Rowe, American folk artist (d. 1982)
- 1898
- Pilar Barbosa, Puerto Rican-American historian and activist (d. 1997)
- 1898
- Gertrude Lawrence, British actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1952)
- 1898
- Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian politician (d. 1998)
- 1898
- Gertrude Weaver, American supercentenarian (d. 2015)
- 1897
- Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (d. 1924)
- 1896
- Mao Dun, Chinese journalist, author, and critic (d. 1981)
- 1895
- Irving Caesar, American songwriter and composer (d. 1996)
- 1888
- Henry Armetta, Italian-American actor and singer (d. 1945)
- 1887
- Pio Pion, Italian engineer and businessman (d. 1965)
- 1886
- Tom Longboat, Canadian runner and soldier (d. 1949)
- 1883
- Rube Goldberg, American sculptor, cartoonist, and engineer (d. 1970)
- 1881
- Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (d. 1968)
- 1880
- Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1975)
- 1874
- John McPhee, Australian journalist and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1952)
- 1872
- Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (d. 1933)
- 1871
- Hubert Cecil Booth, English engineer (d. 1955)
- 1868
- Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (d. 1921)
- 1854
- Victor Babeș, Romanian physician and biologist (d. 1926)
- 1847
- James Anthony Bailey, American circus ringmaster, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (d. 1906)
- 1845
- Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist and humanitarian (d. 1905)
- 1842
- Hermann Cohen, German philosopher (d. 1918)
- 1826
- Stephen Foster, American songwriter and composer (d. 1864)
- 1816
- Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club whisky (d. 1899)
- 1807
- Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (d. 1882)
- 1804
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1864)
- 1799
- Oscar I of Sweden (d. 1859)
- 1790
- George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (d. 1866)
- 1753
- Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (d. 1809)
- 1729
- George Leonard, American lawyer, jurist and politician (d. 1819)
- 1719
- Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright (d. 1797)
- 1715
- Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet and academic (d. 1769)
- 1694
- Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer (d. 1772)
- 1656
- John Leake, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1720)
- 1546
- Murad III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1595)
- 1477
- Johannes Aventinus, Bavarian historian and philologist (d. 1534)
- 1330
- Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shōgun (d. 1367)
- 1095
- Usama ibn Munqidh, Muslim poet, author and faris (Knight) (d. 1188)
- 68
- Salonia Matidia, Roman daughter of Ulpia Marciana (d. 119)
Deaths On This Day
- 2022
- Cláudio Hummes, Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church (b. 1934)
- 2022
- Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese manga artist (b. 1961)
- 2021
- Harmoko, Indonesian politician, former parliament speaker and government minister (b. 1939)
- 2021
- Matīss Kivlenieks, Latvian ice hockey goaltender (b. 1996)
- 2018
- Henri Dirickx, Belgian footballer (b. 1927)
- 2018
- Robby Müller, Dutch cinematographer (b. 1940)
- 2017
- John Blackwell, American R&B, funk, and jazz drummer (b. 1973)
- 2017
- Daniil Granin, Soviet and Russian author (b. 1919)
- 2017
- Gene Conley, American MLB player and NBA player (b. 1930)
- 2016
- Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, and photographer (b. 1940)
- 2015
- Nedelcho Beronov, Bulgarian judge and politician (b. 1928)
- 2015
- William Conrad Gibbons, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1926)
- 2014
- Giorgio Faletti, Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1950)
- 2014
- C. J. Henderson, American author and critic (b. 1951)
- 2014
- Earl Robinson, American baseball player (b. 1936)
- 2014
- Richard Mellon Scaife, American businessman (b. 1932)
- 2013
- Onllwyn Brace, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1932)
- 2013
- Jack Crompton, English footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- 2013
- James Fulton, American dermatologist and academic (b. 1940)
- 2013
- Charles A. Hines, American general (b. 1935)
- 2013
- Bernie Nolan, Irish singer (b. 1960)
- 2012
- Hiren Bhattacharyya, Indian poet and author (b. 1932)
- 2012
- Jimmy Bivins, American boxer (b. 1919)
- 2012
- Jeong Min-hyeong, South Korean footballer (b. 1987)
- 2012
- Eric Sykes, English actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
- 2010
- Robert Neil Butler, American physician and author (b. 1927)
- 2009
- Brenda Joyce, American actress (b. 1917)
- 2009
- Allen Klein, American businessman and talent agent, founded ABKCO Records (b. 1931)
- 2009
- Drake Levin, American guitarist (b. 1946)
- 2009
- Steve McNair, American football player (b. 1973)
- 2009
- Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish author and actor (b. 1935)
- 2009
- Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard, Congolese poet and politician (b. 1938)
- 2008
- Thomas M. Disch, American author and poet (b. 1940)
- 2008
- Jesse Helms, American politician (b. 1921)
- 2008
- Evelyn Keyes, American actress (b. 1916)
- 2008
- Terrence Kiel, American football player (b. 1980)
- 2008
- Charles Wheeler, German-English soldier and journalist (b. 1923)
- 2007
- Bill Pinkney, American singer (b. 1925)
- 2005
- Cliff Goupille, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1915)
- 2005
- Hank Stram, American football player and coach (b. 1923)
- 2004
- Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1920)
- 2003
- Larry Burkett, American author and radio host (b. 1939)
- 2003
- André Claveau, French singer (b. 1915)
- 2003
- Barry White, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1944)
- 2002
- Gerald Bales, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1919)
- 2002
- Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American general (b. 1912)
- 2000
- Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Polish journalist and author (b. 1919)
- 1999
- Leo Garel, American illustrator and educator (b. 1917)
- 1997
- Charles Kuralt, American journalist (b. 1934)
- 1997
- John Zachary Young, English zoologist and neurophysiologist (b. 1907)
- 1995
- Eva Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and singer (b. 1919)
- 1995
- Bob Ross, American painter and television host (b. 1942)
- 1994
- Joey Marella, American wrestling referee (b. 1964)
- 1993
- Bona Arsenault, Canadian historian, genealogist, and politician (b. 1903)
- 1992
- Astor Piazzolla, Argentinian bandoneon player and composer (b. 1921)
- 1991
- Victor Chang, Chinese-Australian surgeon and physician (b. 1936)
- 1991
- Art Sansom, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
- 1990
- Olive Ann Burns, American journalist and author (b. 1924)
- 1988
- Adrian Adonis, American wrestler (b. 1954)
- 1986
- Paul-Gilbert Langevin, French musicologist, critique musical and physicist (b. 1933)
- 1986
- Flor Peeters, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1903)
- 1986
- Oscar Zariski, Belarusian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1899)
- 1984
- Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
- 1980
- Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author (b. 1895)
- 1979
- Lee Wai Tong, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1905)
- 1977
- Gersh Budker, Ukrainian physicist and academic (b. 1918)
- 1976
- Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli colonel (b. 1946)
- 1976
- Antoni Słonimski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1895)
- 1974
- Georgette Heyer, English author (b. 1902)
- 1974
- André Randall, French actor (b. 1892)
- 1971
- August Derleth, American anthologist and author (b. 1909)
- 1971
- Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician (b. 1877)
- 1970
- Barnett Newman, American painter and illustrator (b. 1905)
- 1970
- Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American sailor and businessman (b. 1884)
- 1969
- Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter (b. 1890)
- 1964
- Gaby Morlay, French actress and singer (b. 1893)
- 1963
- Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, New Zealand general and politician, 7th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1889)
- 1963
- Clyde Kennard, American activist and martyr (b. 1927)
- 1963
- Pingali Venkayya, Indian activist, designed the Flag of India (b. 1876)
- 1949
- François Brandt, Dutch rower and engineer (b. 1874)
- 1948
- Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian journalist and author (b. 1882)
- 1946
- Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach (b. 1906)
- 1943
- Władysław Sikorski, Polish general and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland (b. 1881)
- 1941
- Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1881)
- 1938
- Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1881)
- 1938
- Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (b. 1899)
- 1934
- Marie Curie, French-Polish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
- 1926
- Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist and saint (b. 1901)
- 1922
- Lothar von Richthofen, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1894)
- 1916
- Alan Seeger, American soldier and poet (b. 1888)
- 1910
- Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1833)
- 1910
- Kabua the Great, Marshallese iroijlaplap (b. c. 1820)
- 1910
- Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer and historian (b. 1835)
- 1905
- Élisée Reclus, French geographer and author (b. 1830)
- 1902
- Vivekananda, Indian monk and saint (b. 1863)
- 1901
- Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (b. 1843)
- 1891
- Hannibal Hamlin, American lawyer and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (b. 1809)
- 1886
- Poundmaker, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1797)
- 1882
- Joseph Brackett, American composer and author (b. 1797)
- 1881
- Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician (b. 1806)
- 1857
- William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State (b. 1786)
- 1854
- Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German academic and jurist (b. 1781)
- 1850
- William Kirby, English entomologist and author (b. 1759)
- 1848
- François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician (b. 1768)
- 1831
- James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (b. 1758)
- 1826
- John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)
- 1826
- Thomas Jefferson, American architect, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of the United States (b. 1743)
- 1821
- Richard Cosway, English painter and academic (b. 1742)
- 1787
- Charles, Prince of Soubise, Marshal of France (b. 1715)
- 1780
- Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (b. 1712)
- 1761
- Samuel Richardson, English author and painter (b. 1689)
- 1754
- Philippe Néricault Destouches, French playwright and author (b. 1680)
- 1742
- Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1671)
- 1648
- Antoine Daniel, French missionary and saint, one of the eight Canadian Martyrs (b. 1601)
- 1644
- Brian Twyne, English academic, antiquarian and archivist (b. 1581)
- 1623
- William Byrd, English composer (b. c. 1540)
- 1603
- Philippe de Monte, Flemish composer and educator (b. 1521)
- 1551
- Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell, English politician (b. 1514)
- 1546
- Hayreddin Barbarossa, Ottoman admiral (b. 1478)
- 1541
- Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish general and explorer (b. 1495)
- 1533
- John Frith, English priest, writer, and martyr (b. 1503)
- 1429
- Carlo I Tocco, ruler of Epirus (b. 1372)
- 1336
- Saint Elizabeth of Portugal (b. 1271)
- 1307
- Rudolf I of Bohemia (b. 1281)
- 1187
- Raynald of Châtillon, French knight (b. 1125)
- 975
- Gwangjong of Goryeo, Korean king (b. 925)
- 973
- Ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop and saint (b. 890)
- 965
- Benedict V, pope of the Catholic Church
- 945
- Zhuo Yanming, Chinese Buddhist monk and emperor
- 943
- Taejo of Goryeo, Korean king (b. 877)
- 940
- Wang Jianli, Chinese general (b. 871)
- 910
- Luo Shaowei, Chinese warlord (b. 877)
- 907
- Luitpold, margrave of Bavaria
- 907
- Dietmar I, archbishop of Salzburg
- 673
- Ecgberht, king of Kent