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July 9

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July 9

July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 175 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: New Jersey lottery winner of $221 million Powerball jackpot claims prize anonymously. The winner of the $221 million Powerball jackpot from the June 10, 2024 drawing has come forward anonymously to collect the prize, the New Jersey Lottery announced on Monday.
2020: Hoosier Lottery Executive Director Sarah Taylor elected MUSL President. Sarah Monnett Taylor will take on a new responsibility as the Board President of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) for the 2021 fiscal year while continuing to fulfill her role as the Executive Director of the Hoosier Lottery.
2020: Illinois Lottery decreases Lotto jackpot increments. The Illinois Lottery announced a change to its jackpot rollover increments on Tuesday.
2019: Florida grandmother says state agency's mistake cost her lottery winnings. When a Florida grandmother went to the Florida Lottery District Office in Orlando to cash her winning ticket, she got denied and was told the state had intercepted all her winnings — all because she reportedly owed more than $1,700 from almost 30 years ago.
2019: $5.9M Wisconsin Lottery jackpot claimed days before expiration. One lucky Wisconsin resident claimed a $5.9 million Megabucks jackpot Friday, the Wisconsin Lottery has announced.
2018: Maryland man wins $50,000 after friend checks discarded lotto ticket. A Maryland man who unknowingly struck gold with a scratch-off also hit the jackpot with his choice of friends, as the lotto player's pal alerted him to the big win after he had discarded the ticket.
2016: Indiana lottery ticket wins $540 million Mega Millions jackpot. One winning ticket sold in The Hoosier State beat the odds and matched all the numbers drawn in Friday's Mega Millions drawing to win the colossal $540 million jackpot.
2013: Lottery winner who blew $14.5M happy to be working in cookie factory. English lottery winner Michael Carroll says he's "happier because I'm back to reality again" after winning and then blowing through £9.7 million (US$14.5 million) in less than 10 years.
2013: Fla. Lottery sales top $5 billion for first time. The Florida Lottery topped $5 billion in sales for the first time during the fiscal year that ended June 30, the department announced Monday.
2013: Wyoming lottery board sets January 2014 as target start date. The nine-member Wyoming Lottery Board, meeting on Monday for the first time, set its sights on a January 2014 launch date for its games of chance.
2011: Pennsylvania Lottery's raffle makes 4 millionaires. The Pennsylvania Lottery's latest raffle game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made four instant millionaires.
2010: Computer glitch takes down Penn. Lottery terminals. Pennsylvania Lottery officials said they've fixed a computer glitch that took down game terminals across the state for more than seven hours Thursday.
2009: Vermont adds multi-state Hot Lotto game. Wednesday night, Vermont lottery players had their first opportunity to play the multi-state Hot Lotto game.
2009: 12 Michigan women + 2 men share $12.7M lottery jackpot. Twelve women from a small town in Michigan's upper peninsula have claimed a $12.7 million Classic Lotto 47 jackpot.
2009: N.C. Lottery's Shaheen named president of Powerball group. North Carolina Education Lottery Executive Director Tom Shaheen has been elected to the top position of the association that offers the Powerball lottery game.
2009: Paula Bethea named interim S.C. Lottery chief. The S.C. lottery has hired one of the games' original commissioners to be its interim executive director, an official said Wednesday.
2009: Lottery ticket bought in Queens hits $133M Mega Millions jackpot. New York Lottery officials and a crew of convenience store workers are keeping their eyes peeled for the person holding a Mega Millions ticket worth $133 million.
2005: Texas Lottery Director Resigns Over Jackpot Scandal. The executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission resigned Friday, two weeks after admitting he had approved advertising Lotto Texas jackpots that were higher than ticket sales could support.
2004: Mass. Cleaning Woman Claims $294M Jackpot. Meet Geraldine Williams, a retired custodian and cleaning woman who will no longer have to mop her own floors or dust her own furniture.
2004: $294M lottery winner is 68-year-old cleaning woman. The winner of the $294 million Mega Millions jackpot, the largest in Massachusetts lottery history, is a 68-year-old cleaning woman.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$680.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 10, 2023
2.$500 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 11, 2023
3.$440 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2022
4.$306 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 10, 2018
5.$288 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 9, 2016
6.$261.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 9, 2003
7.€185 Million US$258.45 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2011
8.€235.17 Million US$239.53 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 9, 2022
9.€230 Million US$230.78 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2022
10.$217.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 9, 2025
11.€184.28 Million
US$206.5 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 9, 2019
12.$202 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 11, 2017
13.$181 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 9, 2024
14.$180 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 10, 2019
15.$155 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2017
16.$125.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 10, 2021
17.$122 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 9, 2014
18.€105.76 Million
US$116.87 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 9, 2016
19.$115 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 9, 2002
20.$107 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 9, 2019
21.€98.18 Million
US$106.21 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jul 9, 2024
22.$106 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 10, 2015
23.€86 Million
US$100.53 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 11, 2025
24.$100 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 12, 2005
25.€81 Million
US$97.9 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 15, 2005

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1983: alidj
Saturday, Jul 9, 1983
42 years old
1980: Cry$52
Wednesday, Jul 9, 1980
45 years old
1976: sexythang
Friday, Jul 9, 1976
49 years old
1974: melodym34
Tuesday, Jul 9, 1974
51 years old
1973: redslim73
Monday, Jul 9, 1973
52 years old
1971: yyzena
Friday, Jul 9, 1971
54 years old
1971: candymand5
Friday, Jul 9, 1971
54 years old
1968: LeeLee4
Tuesday, Jul 9, 1968
57 years old
1966: Loricam
Saturday, Jul 9, 1966
59 years old
1957: curlygirl
Tuesday, Jul 9, 1957
68 years old
1953: triplenickle617
Thursday, Jul 9, 1953
72 years old
1953: morris456
Thursday, Jul 9, 1953
72 years old
1951: rthor2
Monday, Jul 9, 1951
74 years old
1949: rdenomme58
Saturday, Jul 9, 1949
76 years old
1946: Butcharino
Tuesday, Jul 9, 1946
79 years old
1939: Francis Surroca
Sunday, Jul 9, 1939
86 years old
: kaizon7
(year not provided)
: results4me
(year not provided)
: sflottolover
(year not provided)
: ftdsn244
(year not provided)
: KaiZayKyo9307
(year not provided)
: Kamalakar$
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2011: South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.
2011: A rally takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to call for fairer elections in the country.
2006: One hundred and twenty-five people are killed when S7 Airlines Flight 778, an Airbus A310 passenger jet, veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.
2004: The Senate Report on Iraqi WMD Intelligence is released by the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, casting doubt on the rationale for the Iraq War.
2002: The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, replacing the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The organization's first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.
1999: Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
1997: A Fokker 100 from the Brazilian airline TAM launches engineer Fernando Caldeira de Moura Campos into 2,400 meters of free fall after an explosion that depressurized the aircraft.
1995: The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees.
1993: The Parliament of Canada passes the Nunavut Act leading to the 1999 creation of Nunavut, dividing the Northwest Territories into arctic (Inuit) and sub-arctic (Dene) lands based on a plebiscite.
1986: The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
1982: Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground.
1979: A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France in an unsuccessful assassination attempt.
1977: The Pinochet dictatorship in Chile organises the youth event of Acto de Chacarillas, a ritualised act reminiscent of Francoist Spain.
1962: Starfish Prime tests the effects of a nuclear test at orbital altitudes.
1961: Greece becomes the first member state to join the European Economic Community by signing the Athens Agreement, which was suspended in 1967 during the Greek junta.
1958: A 7.8 M_w  strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reached 525 m (1,722 ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed.
1956: The 7.7 M_w  Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.
1955: The Russell-Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare.
1944: World War II: American forces take Saipan, bringing the Japanese archipelago within range of B-29 raids, and causing the downfall of the Tojo government.
1944: World War II: Continuation War: Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into a defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg-Petrozavodsk Offensive.
1943: World War II: The Allied invasion of Sicily begins, leading to the downfall of Mussolini and forcing Hitler to break off the Battle of Kursk.
1937: The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
1932: The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
1926: Chiang Kai-shek accepts the post of commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army, marking the beginning of the Northern Expedition to unite China under the rule of the Nationalist government.
1922: Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
1918: In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express, killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.
1900: The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
1900: The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
1896: William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
1893: Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
1877: The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
1875: The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
1868: The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
1863: American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends in a Union victory and, along with the fall of Vicksburg five days earlier, gives the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
1850: U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies after eating raw fruit and iced milk; he is succeeded in office by Vice President Millard Fillmore.
1850: Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
1821: Four hundred and seventy prominent Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence.
1816: Argentina declares independence from Spain.
1815: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord becomes the first Prime Minister of France.
1811: Explorer David Thompson posts a sign near what is now Sacajawea State Park in Washington state, claiming the Columbia District for the United Kingdom.
1810: Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.
1807: The second Treaty of Tilsit is signed between France and Prussia, ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.
1795: Financier James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 US national debt that had been accrued during the American Revolution.
1793: The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.
1790: The Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet.
1789: In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
1776: George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
1763: The Mozart family grand tour of Europe began, lifting the profile of son Wolfgang Amadeus.
1762: Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
1755: The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
1745: French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
1701: A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi.
1609: Bohemia is granted freedom of religion through the Letter of Majesty by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II.
1572: Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs, in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
1540: King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
1401: Timur attacks the Jalairid Sultanate and destroys Baghdad.
1386: The Old Swiss Confederacy makes great strides in establishing control over its territory by soundly defeating the Duchy of Austria in the Battle of Sempach.
1357: Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
969: The Fatimid general Jawhar leads the Friday prayer in Fustat in the name of Caliph al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, thereby symbolically completing the Fatimid conquest of Egypt.
869: The 8.4-9.0 M_w Sanriku earthquake strikes the area around Sendai in northern Honshu, Japan. Inundation from the tsunami extended several kilometers inland.
660: Korean forces under general Kim Yu-sin of Silla defeat the army of Baekje in the Battle of Hwangsanbeol.
551: A major earthquake strikes Beirut, triggering a devastating tsunami that affects the coastal towns of Byzantine Phoenicia, causing thousands of deaths.
491: Odoacer makes a night assault with his Heruli guardsmen, engaging Theoderic the Great in Ad Pinetam. Both sides suffer heavy losses, but in the end Theodoric forces Odoacer back into Ravenna.
381: The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman emperor Theodosius I.
118: Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome.

Births On This Day

2003: Conor Bradley, Northern Irish footballer
1999: Claire Corlett, American voice actress
1993: Mitch Larkin, Australian swimmer
1993: DeAndre Yedlin, American footballer
1991: Mitchel Musso, American actor and singer
1990: Earl Bamber, New Zealand race car driver
1990: Fábio, Brazilian footballer
1990: Rafael, Brazilian footballer
1988: Raul Rusescu, Romanian footballer
1987: Gert Jõeäär, Estonian cyclist
1987: Rebecca Sugar, American animator, composer, and screenwriter
1986: Sébastien Bassong, Cameroonian footballer
1986: Simon Dumont, American skier
1986: Kiely Williams, American singer-songwriter and dancer
1985: Paweł Korzeniowski, Polish swimmer
1985: Ashley Young, English footballer
1984: Chris Campoli, Canadian ice hockey player
1984: Gianni Fabiano, Italian footballer
1984: Jacob Hoggard, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1984: Ave Pajo, Estonian footballer
1984: Piia Suomalainen, Finnish tennis player
1984: LA Tenorio, Filipino basketball player
1982: Alecko Eskandarian, American soccer player and manager
1982: Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese race car driver
1981: Lee Chun-soo, South Korean footballer
1981: Junauda Petrus, American author and performance artist
1979: Gary Chaw, Malaysian Chinese singer-songwriter
1978: Kara Goucher, American runner
1978: Nuno Santos, Portuguese footballer
1976: Thomas Cichon, Polish-German footballer and manager
1976: Fred Savage, American actor, director, and producer
1976: Radike Samo, Fijian-Australian rugby player
1975: Shelton Benjamin, American wrestler
1975: Isaac Brock, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975: Robert Koenig, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1975: Craig Quinnell, Welsh rugby player
1975: Jack White, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1974: Siân Berry, English environmentalist and politician
1974: Ian Bradshaw, Barbadian cricketer
1974: Gary Kelly, Irish footballer
1974: Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player (died 2011)
1974: Nikola Šarčević, Swedish singer-songwriter and bass player
1973: Kelly Holcomb, American football player and sportscaster
1972: Ara Babajian, American drummer and songwriter
1971: Marc Andreessen, American software developer, co-founded Netscape
1970: Trent Green, American football player and sportscaster
1970: Masami Tsuda, Japanese author and illustrator
1969: Nicklas Barker, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969: Jason Kearton, Australian footballer and coach
1968: Paolo Di Canio, Italian footballer and manager
1967: Gunnar Axén, Swedish politician
1967: Yordan Letchkov, Bulgarian footballer
1967: Mark Stoops, American football player and coach
1967: Julie Thomas, Welsh lawn bowler
1966: Pamela Adlon, American actress and voice artist
1966: Zheng Cao, Chinese-American soprano and actress (died 2013)
1966: Gary Glasberg, American television writer and producer (died 2016)
1966: Marco Pennette, American screenwriter and producer
1965: Frank Bello, American bass player
1965: Thomas Jahn, German director and screenwriter
1965: Jason Rhoades, American sculptor (died 2006)
1964: Courtney Love, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1964: Gianluca Vialli, Italian footballer and coach (died 2023)
1963: Klaus Theiss, German footballer
1960: Yūko Asano, Japanese actress and singer
1960: Wally Fullerton Smith, Australian rugby league player
1960: Eduardo Montes-Bradley, Argentine journalist, photographer, and author
1959: Jim Kerr, Scottish singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1959: Kevin Nash, American professional wrestler and actor
1959: Clive Stafford Smith, English lawyer and author
1958: Abdul Latiff Ahmad, Malaysian politician
1958: Jacob Joseph, Malaysian football coach
1957: Marc Almond, English singer-songwriter
1957: Tim Kring, American screenwriter and producer
1957: Kelly McGillis, American actress
1957: Paul Merton, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1956: Tom Hanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1956: Michael Lederer, American author, poet, and playwright
1955: Steve Coppell, English footballer and manager
1955: Lindsey Graham, American lawyer and politician
1955: Jimmy Smits, American actor and producer
1955: Willie Wilson, American baseball player and manager
1954: Théophile Abega, Cameroonian footballer and politician (died 2012)
1954: Kevin O'Leary, Canadian journalist and businessman
1953: Margie Gillis, Canadian dancer and choreographer
1953: Thomas Ligotti, American author
1952: John Tesh, American pianist, composer, and radio and television host
1951: Chris Cooper, American actor
1951: Māris Gailis, Latvian politician, businessman, and former Prime Minister of Latvia
1950: Amal ibn Idris al-Alami, Moroccan physician and neurosurgeon
1950: Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player and sailor
1950: Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian engineer and politician, 4th President of Ukraine
1950: Moisés Canelo, Honduran singer-songwriter (died 2024)
1949: Raoul Cédras, Haitian military officer and politician
1948: Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesian lawyer and politician, 15th Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1947: Haruomi Hosono, Japanese singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1947: Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (died 2008)
1947: O. J. Simpson, American football player and actor (died 2024)
1947: Patrick Wormald, English historian (died 2004)
1946: Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter (died 1980)
1945: Dean Koontz, American author and screenwriter
1945: Root Boy Slim, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)
1944: Judith M. Brown, Indian-English historian and academic
1944: John Cunniff, American ice hockey player and coach (died 2002)
1944: Tabassum, Indian actress and talk show host (died 2022)
1943: John Casper, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1942: David Chidgey, Baron Chidgey, English engineer and politician (died 2022)
1942: Richard Roundtree, American actor (died 2023)
1941: Mac MacLeod, English musician (died 2020)
1940: David B. Frohnmayer, American lawyer and politician, 12th Oregon Attorney General (died 2015)
1940: Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, American psychoanalyst and theorist (died 2010)
1938: Brian Dennehy, American actor (died 2020)
1938: Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (died 1985)
1937: David Hockney, English painter and photographer
1936: June Jordan, American poet and educator (died 2002)
1936: David Zinman, American violinist and conductor
1935: Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Finance (died 2005)
1935: Mercedes Sosa, Argentine singer and activist (died 2009)
1935: Michael Williams, English actor (died 2001)
1934: Michael Graves, American architect, designed the Portland Building and the Humana Building (died 2015)
1933: Oliver Sacks, English-American neurologist, author, and academic (died 2015)
1932: Donald Rumsfeld, American captain and politician, 13th United States Secretary of Defense (died 2021)
1932: Amitzur Shapira, Israeli sprinter and long jumper (died 1972)
1931: Haynes Johnson, American journalist and author (died 2013)
1931: Sylvia Bacon, American judge (died 2023)
1930: K. Balachander, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
1930: Buddy Bregman, American composer and conductor (died 2017)
1930: Janice Lourie, American computer scientist and graphic artist
1930: Elsa Lystad, Norwegian actress (died 2023)
1930: Patricia Newcomb, American publicist
1930: Roy McLean, South African cricketer and rugby player (died 2007)
1929: Lee Hazlewood, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2007)
1929: Jesse McReynolds, American singer and mandolin player (died 2023)
1929: Chi Haotian, Chinese general
1929: Hassan II of Morocco (died 1999)
1928: Federico Bahamontes, Spanish cyclist (died 2023)
1928: Vince Edwards, American actor, singer, and director (died 1996)
1927: Ed Ames, American singer and actor (died 2023)
1927: Red Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician (died 2019)
1926: Murphy Anderson, American illustrator (died 2015)
1926: Ben Roy Mottelson, American-Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)
1926: Pedro Dellacha, Argentine football defender and coach (died 2010)
1926: Mathilde Krim, Italian-American medical researcher and health educator (died 2018)
1925: Guru Dutt, Indian actor, director, and producer (died 1964)
1925: Charles E. Wicks, American engineer, author, and academic (died 2010)
1925: Ronald I. Spiers, American ambassador (died 2021)
1924: Pierre Cochereau, French organist and composer (died 1984)
1922: Kathleen Booth, British computer scientist and mathematician (died 2022)
1922: Angelines Fernández, Spanish-Mexican actress (died 1994)
1922: Jim Pollard, American basketball player and coach (died 1993)
1921: David C. Jones, American general (died 2013)
1918: Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Dutch mathematician and academic (died 2012)
1918: Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (died 1999)
1917: Krystyna Dańko, Polish orphan, survivor of Holocaust (died 2019)
1916: Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer (died 1984)
1916: Edward Heath, English colonel and politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1970-74 (died 2005)
1915: David Diamond, American composer and educator (died 2005)
1915: Lee Embree, American sergeant and photographer (died 2008)
1914: Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of East Germany (died 1999)
1914: Mac Wilson, Australian rules footballer (died 2017)
1911: Mervyn Peake, English author and illustrator (died 1968)
1911: John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist and author (died 2008)
1910: Govan Mbeki, South African anti-apartheid and ANC leader and activist (died 2001)
1909: Basil Wolverton, American author and illustrator (died 1978)
1908: Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani philosopher and scholar (died 1973)
1908: Minor White, American photographer, critic, and educator (died 1976)
1907: Eddie Dean, American singer-songwriter (died 1999)
1905: Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (died 1984)
1902: Peter Acland, English soldier (died 1993)
1901: Barbara Cartland, English author (died 2000)
1893: George Geary, English cricketer and coach (died 1981)
1889: Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee (died 1964)
1887: James Ormsbee Chapin, American-Canadian painter and illustrator (died 1975)
1887: Saturnino Herrán, Mexican painter (died 1918)
1887: Samuel Eliot Morison, American admiral and historian (died 1976)
1879: Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and parasitologist (died 1934)
1879: Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor (died 1936)
1867: Georges Lecomte, French author and playwright (died 1958)
1858: Franz Boas, German-American anthropologist and linguist (died 1942)
1856: John Verran, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of South Australia (died 1932)
1853: William Turner Dannat, American painter (died 1929)
1848: Robert I, Duke of Parma (died 1907)
1836: Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (died 1904)
1834: Jan Neruda, Czech journalist and poet (died 1891)
1828: Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (died 1913)
1825: A. C. Gibbs, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Oregon (died 1886)
1819: Elias Howe, American inventor, invented the sewing machine (died 1867)
1809: Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (died 1885)
1808: Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and colonel (died 1887)
1777: Paavo Ruotsalainen, Finnish farmer and lay preacher (died 1852)
1775: Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (died 1818)
1764: Ann Ward, English author and poet (died 1823)
1753: William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (died 1825)
1721: Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet and author (died 1781)
1689: Alexis Piron, French epigrammatist and playwright (died 1773)
1686: Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician (died 1749)
1654: Emperor Reigen of Japan (died 1732)
1578: Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1637)
1577: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English-American soldier and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (died 1618)
1526: Elizabeth of Austria, Polish noble (died 1545)
1511: Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen consort of Denmark and Norway (died 1571)
1455: Frederick IV of Baden, Dutch bishop (died 1517)
1249: Emperor Kameyama of Japan (died 1305)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Joe Bonsall, American country/gospel singer (born 1948)
2024: Diana Hill, New Zealand biochemist (born 1943)
2024: Jim Inhofe, American politician (born 1934)
2024: Maxine Singer, American biologist (born 1931)
2024: Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor
2022: John Gwynne, English reporter and commentator (born 1945)
2019: William E. Dannemeyer, American politician (born 1929)
2019: Ross Perot, American businessman and politician (born 1930)
2019: Fernando de la Rúa, 43rd President of Argentina (born 1937)
2019: Rip Torn, American actor (born 1931)
2019: Freddie Jones, English actor (born 1927)
2015: Christian Audigier, French fashion designer (born 1958)
2015: Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian economist and politician, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1940)
2014: Lorenzo Álvarez Florentín, Paraguayan violinist and composer (born 1926)
2014: David Azrieli, Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1922)
2014: Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (born 1922)
2014: John Spinks, English guitarist and songwriter (born 1953)
2013: Markus Büchel, Liechtensteiner politician, 9th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (born 1959)
2013: Andrew Nori, Solomon lawyer and politician (born 1952)
2013: Kiril of Varna, Bulgarian metropolitan (born 1954)
2013: Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (born 1927)
2013: Toshi Seeger, American activist, co-founded the Clearwater Festival (born 1922)
2012: Shin Jae-chul, South Korean-American martial artist (born 1936)
2012: Chick King, American baseball player (born 1930)
2012: Terepai Maoate, Cook Islander physician and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (born 1934)
2012: Eugênio Sales, Brazilian cardinal (born 1920)
2011: Don Ackerman, American basketball player (born 1930)
2011: Facundo Cabral, Argentine singer-songwriter (born 1937)
2010: Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright (born 1916)
2008: Séamus Brennan, Irish accountant and politician, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (born 1948)
2007: Charles Lane, American actor (born 1905)
2006: Milan Williams, American keyboard player and producer (born 1948)
2005: Chuck Cadman, Canadian engineer and politician (born 1948)
2005: Yevgeny Grishin, Russian speed skater (born 1931)
2005: Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1914)
2004: Paul Klebnikov, American journalist and historian (born 1963)
2004: Isabel Sanford, American actress (born 1917)
2002: Mayo Kaan, American bodybuilder (born 1914)
2002: Rod Steiger, American actor (born 1925)
2000: Doug Fisher, English actor (born 1941)
1999: Robert de Cotret, Canadian politician, 56th Secretary of State for Canada (born 1944)
1996: Melvin Belli, American lawyer (born 1907)
1994: Bill Mosienko, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1921)
1993: Metin Altıok, Turkish poet and educator (born 1940)
1992: Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (born 1946)
1992: Eric Sevareid, American journalist (born 1912)
1986: Patriarch Nicholas VI of Alexandria (born 1915)
1985: Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (born 1896)
1985: Jimmy Kinnon, Scottish-American activist, founded Narcotics Anonymous (born 1911)
1984: Edna Ernestine Kramer, American mathematician (born 1902)
1980: Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (born 1913)
1979: Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (born 1899)
1977: Alice Paul, American activist (born 1885)
1974: Earl Warren, American jurist and politician, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (born 1891)
1972: Robert Weede, American opera singer (born 1903)
1971: Karl Ast, Estonian author and politician (born 1886)
1970: Sigrid Holmquist, Swedish actress (born 1899)
1967: Eugen Fischer, German physician and academic (born 1874)
1967: Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani dentist and politician (born 1893)
1962: Georges Bataille, French philosopher, novelist, and poet (born 1897)
1961: Whittaker Chambers, American spy and witness in Hiss case(born 1901)
1959: Ferenc Talányi, Slovene journalist and painter (born 1883)
1955: Don Beauman, English race car driver (born 1928)
1955: Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (born 1881)
1951: Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1894)
1949: Fritz Hart, English-Australian composer and conductor (born 1874)
1947: Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish-Lithuanian general and politician (born 1865)
1938: Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and jurist (born 1870)
1937: Oliver Law, American commander (born 1899)
1935: Daniel Edward Howard, 16th president of Liberia (born 1861)
1932: King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (born 1855)
1927: John Drew, Jr., American actor (born 1853)
1903: Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and photographer (born 1842)
1882: Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean captain (born 1848)
1880: Paul Broca, French physician and anatomist (born 1824)
1856: Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist and academic (born 1776)
1856: James Strang, American religious leader and politician (born 1813)
1852: Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1794)
1850: Báb, Persian religious leader, founded Bábism (born 1819)
1850: Zachary Taylor, American general and politician, 12th President of the United States (born 1784)
1828: Cathinka Buchwieser, German operatic singer and actress (born 1789)
1797: Edmund Burke, Irish-English philosopher, academic, and politician (born 1729)
1795: Henry Seymour Conway, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (born 1721)
1774: Anna Morandi Manzolini, Spanish anatomist (born 1714)
1766: Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (born 1720)
1747: Giovanni Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (born 1670)
1746: Philip V of Spain (born 1683)
1742: John Oldmixon, English historian, poet, and playwright (born 1673)
1737: Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1671)
1706: Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Canadian captain and explorer (born 1661)
1654: Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (born 1633)
1553: Maurice, Elector of Saxony (born 1521)
1546: Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell, Scottish statesman (born c. 1493)
1441: Jan van Eyck, Dutch painter (born 1359)
1386: Leopold III, Duke of Austria (born 1351)
1270: Stephen Báncsa, Hungarian cardinal (born c. 1205)
1228: Stephen Langton, English cardinal and theologian (born 1150)
1169: Guido of Ravenna, Italian cartographer, entomologist and historian
981: Ramiro Garcés, king of Viguera
880: Ariwara no Narihira, Japanese poet (born 825)
715: Naga, Japanese prince (bornc 637)
518: Anastasius I Dicorus, Byzantine emperor (born 430)
230: Empress Dowager Bian, Cao Cao's wife (born 159)

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