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June 10

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June 10

June 10 is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 204 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: South Carolina man picks out $300,000-winning lottery ticket with unique habit. A South Carolina man's personal method of picking out lottery tickets worked out in his favor when he won a $300,000 top prize in a scratch-off game.
2023: Oregon man wins $8.2 million Megabucks jackpot after a decade of playing. An Oregon man hit an $8.2 million Megabucks jackpot after ten years of playing the game.
2022: Virginia woman wins $236,400 in one Pick 4 drawing with 54 winning tickets. A Virginia Lottery player is more than satisfied with the outcome of a Pick 4 drawing for which she bought 54 identical tickets.
2022: California woman is announced as $426 million Mega Millions jackpot winner. The lone winner of a $426 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot stepped forward this week to claim her prize.
2021: South Carolina woman "wasn't feeling lucky," wins $2 million. A South Carolina woman was not having a great day, but her luck instantly changed when she won a $2 million top prize from a scratch-off.
2021: Lottery winner found dead in Michigan river. The body of a Michigan lottery winner was discovered by Midland police floating in a river over the weekend.
2020: One Arizona lottery ticket wins $410 million Mega Millions jackpot. A single ticket sold in Arizona matched the winning numbers from Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing and is worth an estimated $410 million.
2019: California Lottery director resigns amid investigations. California State Lottery Director Hugo Lopez is stepping down immediately, he announced in an email to lottery staff on Friday.
2017: N.Y. men arrested for redeeming winning lottery tickets for people in debt. Two New Yorkers were tossed behind bars in the state's first-ever arrests of lottery scammers accused of secretly claiming winning tickets for people who owe child support, back taxes or other debts.
2016: Accused lottery murderer recaptured. The suspect accused of murdering a Georgia Lottery winner has now been caught, after he escaped from prison Wednesday.
2015: Virginia man claims three $1 million prizes. A Chesterfield, Virginia, man has cashed in three Mega Millions lottery tickets worth $1 million each.
2014: Lottery pool can't be a business in Tennessee. In a formal opinion, the state attorney general has declared that Tennessee law prohibits participation in a lottery pool "managed by a third party" — throwing cold water on a Blount County man's idea for a part-time business, though apparently not on informal pools among friends.
2012: $240 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot increased. There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $240 million for Wednesday's drawing.
2009: Internet gambling bill awaits house vote. Congress is moving closer to passing legislation that will relieve U.S. financial services companies from implementing bans on Internet gambling as the Payments System Protection Act (H.R. 6870) was approved by the House Committee on Financial Services and appears headed for a possible vote by the full House next week.
2009: Online poker group says gov't seized $30M in player payouts. In the latest skirmish in the battle over Internet gambling, online poker advocates say the government has frozen more than $30 million in payouts affecting thousands of players.
2009: Virginia Lottery unveils Redskins scratch tickets. The Virginia Lottery and the Washington Redskins unveiled a new $50,000,000 "Redskins Mania" scratch ticket that will go on sale in August, in time for the start of the 2009 football season.
2008: Louisiana nurse claims $34.1M Powerball lottery jackpot. After 13 years of giving of herself as a neonatal intensive care nurse, it was Emilia Delgado's turn to receive when she won the $34.1 million Powerball jackpot from the May 31 drawing.
2008: Two men arrested in Russia for running Western-style pyramid scheme. Two men were arrested in Moscow, Russia, on Monday on charges of setting up a pyramid scheme that defrauded around 250,000 people of 18 billion rubles (US$765 million), the Interior Ministry said.
2005: Oklahoma Lottery expects to have 3,500 sales locations. Oklahoma will have 3,500 lottery outlets after the statewide game gears up later this year, one for every 1,000 residents, the state's lottery director said.
2005: Texas Lottery considers changing jackpot calculation. Amid complaints of false advertising, Texas Lottery Commission officials will consider changing the way jackpots are paid.
2005: Texas Lottery Officials Halt Jackpot Increase. Texas Lottery officials won't boost the estimated top prize for Saturday's Lotto Texas drawing in the wake of accusations of inflated advertised jackpots.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Grows to $30 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $30 million, with a cash option of $15.5 million.
2004: Texas Lotto Jumps to $100 Million. Texans will have a chance for a record jackpot of an estimated $100 million on Saturday after there were no winners last night in the Lotto Texas drawing.
2004: N.J. Man Wins $35 Million Lottery Jackpot. A Little Egg Harbor, NJ man has come forward with a winning lottery ticket worth an annuity prize of $35.5 million, New Jersey Lottery officials announced Wednesday.
2004: Playing Lottery 'not gambling'. Pick 6 and Jersey Cash 5 were among the topics highlighted at the Millville, NJ's chamber of commerce luncheon meeting on Tuesday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$447.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 10, 2017
2.$310.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 10, 2023
3.€250 Million US$285.5 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
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Jun 10, 2025
4.$280 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 10, 2016
5.$260 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
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Jun 13, 2023
6.$259.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2014
7.$243 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
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Jun 10, 2025
8.$240 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2012
9.$232.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
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Jun 11, 2022
10.€219.5 Million
US$230.89 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2022
11.$226 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
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Jun 10, 2022
12.$222.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
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Jun 10, 2024
13.€166.94 Million
US$189.03 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
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Jun 11, 2019
14.€118 Million
US$159.9 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
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Jun 10, 2014
15.€139 Million
US$157.39 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2019
16.€144 Million
US$154.68 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2024
17.€112 Million
US$148.84 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2013
18.€129 Million
US$145.03 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
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Jun 12, 2015
19.$144 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 12, 2018
20.$141 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2016
21.$121 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2018
22.€98.37 Million
US$106.18 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2023
23.€93.7 Million
US$105.43 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2016
24.€90 Million
US$104.39 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2018
25.$101 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2017

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1982: BIGWILL252
Thursday, Jun 10, 1982
43 years old
1982: Sweettness
Thursday, Jun 10, 1982
43 years old
1981: Cdeanab
Wednesday, Jun 10, 1981
44 years old
1980: kjthomp610
Tuesday, Jun 10, 1980
45 years old
1979: susie545
Sunday, Jun 10, 1979
46 years old
1975: bigrig99
Tuesday, Jun 10, 1975
50 years old
1974: Chiconia
Monday, Jun 10, 1974
51 years old
1969: jamesr254
Tuesday, Jun 10, 1969
56 years old
1969: jbasmn1
Tuesday, Jun 10, 1969
56 years old
1969: Vba-Kid
Tuesday, Jun 10, 1969
56 years old
1961: mellie
Saturday, Jun 10, 1961
64 years old
1958: dcaros
Tuesday, Jun 10, 1958
67 years old
1957: Backknow
Monday, Jun 10, 1957
68 years old
1956: MBrice
Sunday, Jun 10, 1956
69 years old
1955: caracoles
Friday, Jun 10, 1955
70 years old
1954: Butchiegriff
Thursday, Jun 10, 1954
71 years old
: Brownbuni
(year not provided)
: TeeJack
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: A plane crash in Malawi leaves 10 people dead, including the country's Vice President Saulos Chilima.
2018: Opportunity rover, sends it last message back to Earth. The mission was finally declared over on February 13, 2019.
2009: Eighty-eight year-old James Wenneker von Brunn opens fire inside the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and fatally shoots Museum Special Police Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns. Other security guards returned fire, wounding von Brunn, who was apprehended.
2008: Sudan Airways Flight 109 crashes at Khartoum International Airport, killing 30 people.
2003: The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
2002: The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
2001: Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
1999: Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
1997: Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.
1996: Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
1994: China conducts a nuclear test for DF-31 warhead at Area C (Beishan), Lop Nur, its prominence being due to the Cox Report.
1991: Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009.
1990: British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There are no fatalities.
1987: June Democratic Struggle: The June Democratic Struggle starts in South Korea, and people protest against the government.
1982: Lebanon War: The Syrian Arab Army defeats the Israeli Defense Forces in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub.
1980: The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
1977: James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee. He is recaptured three days later.
1967: The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.
1964: United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill's passage.
1963: The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex, was signed into law by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program.
1960: Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 crashes near Mackay Airport in Mackay, Queensland, Australia, killing 29.
1957: John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
1947: Saab produces its first automobile.
1945: Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei.
1944: World War II: Six hundred forty-three men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France.
1944: World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 228 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.
1944: In baseball, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
1942: World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.
1940: World War II: Fascist Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom, beginning an invasion of southern France.
1940: World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions in his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
1940: World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.
1935: Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
1935: Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
1924: Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
1918: The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István sinks off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event is recorded by camera from a nearby vessel.
1916: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
1898: Spanish-American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
1886: Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17 km (11 mi) long fissure across the mountain peak.
1878: League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
1871: Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
1868: Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
1864: American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads: Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
1863: During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
1861: American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.
1854: The United States Naval Academy graduates its first class of students.
1838: Myall Creek massacre: Twenty-eight Aboriginal Australians are murdered.
1829: The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on the Thames in London.
1805: First Barbary War: Yusuf Karamanli signs a treaty ending the hostilities between Tripolitania and the United States.
1793: The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
1793: French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
1786: A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China.
1782: King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.
1719: Jacobite risings: Battle of Glen Shiel.
1692: Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries".
1624: Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands.
1619: Thirty Years' War: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt.
1596: Willem Barents and Jacob van Heemskerk discover Bear Island.
1539: Council of Trent: Pope Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
1523: Copenhagen is surrounded by the army of Frederick I of Denmark, as the city will not recognise him as the successor of Christian II of Denmark.
1358: Battle of Mello: The peasant forces of the Jacquerie are crushed by the army of the French nobility.
1329: The Battle of Pelekanon is the last attempt of the Byzantine Empire to retain its cities in Asia Minor.
1225: Pope Honorius III issues the bull Vineae Domini custodes in which he approves the mission of Dominican friars to Morocco.
1190: Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem.
671: Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock (clepsydra) called Rokoku. The instrument, which measures time and indicates hours, is placed in the capital of Ōtsu.

Births On This Day

2001: Julien Alfred, Saint Lucian medal-winning 100m sprinter at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
1999: Rafael Leão, Portuguese footballer
1999: Blanche, Belgian singer
1998: Ryan Papenhuyzen, Australian rugby league player
1997: Cheung Ka-long, Hong Kong foil fencer, 2020 Olympic champion
1996: Wen Junhui, Chinese singer and actor
1992: Kate Upton, American model and actress
1991: Alexa Scimeca Knierim, American figure skater
1989: David Miller, South African cricketer
1989: Mustapha Carayol, Gambian footballer
1989: Alexandra Stan, Romanian singer-songwriter, dancer, and model
1988: Jeff Teague, American basketball player
1987: Martin Harnik, German-Austrian footballer
1987: Amobi Okoye, Nigerian-American football player
1986: Al Alburquerque, Dominican baseball player
1986: Marco Andreolli, Italian footballer
1985: Richard Chambers, Irish rower
1985: Celina Jade, Hong Kong-American actress
1985: Kaia Kanepi, Estonian tennis player
1985: Dane Nielsen, Australian rugby league player
1985: Andy Schleck, Luxembourger cyclist
1985: Vasilis Torosidis, Greek footballer
1984: Johanna Kedzierski, German sprinter
1984: Dirk Van Tichelt, Belgian martial artist
1983: Jade Bailey, Barbadian athlete
1983: Marion Barber III, American football player (died 2022)
1983: Aaron Davey, Australian footballer
1983: Leelee Sobieski, American actress and producer
1983: Steve von Bergen, Swiss footballer
1982: Tara Lipinski, American figure skater
1982: Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
1982: Ana Lúcia Souza, Brazilian ballerina and journalist
1981: Mat Jackson, English racing driver
1981: Albie Morkel, South African cricketer
1981: Andrey Yepishin, Russian sprinter
1980: Jessica DiCicco, American actress and voice actress
1980: Matuzalém, Brazilian footballer
1980: Ovie Mughelli, American football player
1980: Dmitri Uchaykin, Russian ice hockey player (died 2013)
1980: Daniele Seccarecci, Italian bodybuilder (died 2013)
1979: Evgeni Borounov, Russian ice dancer and coach
1979: Kostas Louboutis, Greek footballer
1978: Raheem Brock, American football player
1978: Subhash Khot, Indian-American mathematician and computer scientist
1977: Adam Darski (Nergal), Polish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977: Mike Rosenthal, American football player and coach
1976: Alari Lell, Estonian footballer
1976: Esther Ouwehand, Dutch politician
1976: Hadi Saei, Iranian martial artist
1975: Henrik Pedersen, Danish footballer
1974: Dustin Lance Black, American screenwriter, director, film and television producer, and LGBT rights activist
1973: Faith Evans, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1973: Flesh-n-Bone, American rapper and actor
1973: Pokey Reese, American baseball player
1972: Steven Fischer, American director and producer
1972: Radmila Šekerinska, Macedonian politician, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
1972: Sundar Pichai, Indian-American businessman
1972: Eric Upashantha, Sri Lankan cricketer
1971: JoJo Hailey, American singer
1971: Bobby Jindal, American journalist and politician, 55th Governor of Louisiana
1971: Bruno Ngotty, French footballer
1971: Erik Rutan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1971: Kyle Sandilands, Australian radio and television host
1970: Mike Doughty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970: Katsuhiro Harada, Japanese game designer, director, and producer
1970: Alex Santos, Filipino journalist
1970: Shane Whereat, Australian rugby league player
1970: Sarah Wixey, Welsh sport shooter
1969: Craig Hancock, Australian rugby league player
1969: Ronny Johnsen, Norwegian footballer
1969: Kate Snow, American journalist
1968: Bill Burr, American comedian and actor
1968: Derek Dooley, American football player and coach
1967: Emma Anderson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967: Darren Robinson, American rapper (died 1995)
1967: Elizabeth Wettlaufer, Canadian nurse and serial killer
1966: David Platt, English footballer and manager
1965: Susanne Albers, German computer scientist and academic
1965: Elizabeth Hurley, English model, actress, and producer
1965: Joey Santiago, American alternative rock musician
1963: Brad Henry, American lawyer and politician, 26th Governor of Oklahoma
1963: Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress
1962: Gina Gershon, American actress, singer and author
1962: Anderson Bigode Herzer, Brazilian poet and author (died 1982)
1962: Wong Ka Kui, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)
1962: Tzi Ma, Hong Kong American character actor
1962: Brent Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961: Kim Deal, American singer-songwriter and musician
1961: Maxi Priest, English singer-songwriter
1960: Nandamuri Balakrishna, Indian film actor and politician
1959: Carlo Ancelotti, Italian footballer and manager
1959: Ernie C, American heavy metal guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1959: Eliot Spitzer, American lawyer and politician, 54th Governor of New York
1958: Elain Harwood, English architectural historian (died 2023)
1958: Yu Suzuki, Japanese game designer and producer
1955: Annette Schavan, German theologian and politician
1955: Andrew Stevens, American actor and producer
1954: Moya Greene, Canadian businesswoman
1954: Rich Hall, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1953: Eileen Cooper, English painter and academic
1953: John Edwards, American lawyer and politician
1953: Garry Hynes, Irish director and producer
1953: Don Maitz, American artist
1953: Christine St-Pierre, Canadian journalist and politician
1952: Kage Baker, American author (died 2010)
1951: Dan Fouts, American football player and sportscaster
1951: Tony Mundine, Australian boxer
1951: Burglinde Pollak, German pentathlete
1950: Elías Sosa, Dominican-American baseball player
1947: Michel Bastarache, Canadian businessman, lawyer, and jurist
1947: Ken Singleton, American baseball player and sportscaster
1947: Robert Wright, English air marshal
1944: Ze'ev Friedman, Polish-Israeli weightlifter (died 1972)
1944: Rick Price, English rock bass player (died 2022)
1943: Simon Jenkins, English journalist and author
1943: Sigríður Jóhannesdóttir, Icelandic politician
1942: Gordon Burns, Northern Irish journalist
1942: Chantal Goya, French singer and actress
1942: Arthur Hamilton, Lord Hamilton, Scottish lawyer and judge
1942: Preston Manning, Canadian politician
1941: Mickey Jones, American drummer (died 2018)
1941: Shirley Owens, American singer
1941: Jürgen Prochnow, German actor
1941: David Walker, Australian racing driver
1940: Augie Auer, American-New Zealand meteorologist (died 2007)
1940: John Stevens, English drummer (died 1994)
1938: Rahul Bajaj, Indian businessman and politician (died 2022)
1938: Violetta Villas, Belgian-Polish singer-songwriter and actress (died 2011)
1938: Vasanti N. Bhat-Nayak, Indian mathematician and academic (died 2009)
1935: Vic Elford, English racing driver (died 2022)
1935: Lu Jiaxi, Chinese self-taught mathematician (died 1983)
1935: Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese author and illustrator (died 2015)
1934: Peter Gibson, English lawyer and judge
1934: Tom Pendry, Baron Pendry, English politician (died 2023)
1933: Chuck Fairbanks, American football player and coach (died 2013)
1932: Pierre Cartier, French mathematician and academic
1931: Bryan Cartledge, English academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to Russia
1931: João Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)
1930: Aranka Siegal, Czech-American author and Holocaust survivor
1930: Carmen Cozza, American baseball and football player (died 2018)
1930: Theo Sommer, German journalist
1930: Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (died 2013)
1929: James McDivitt, American general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2022)
1929: Ian Sinclair, Australian farmer and politician, 42nd Australian Minister for Defence
1929: Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Blackburn, British Labour Party politician (died 2016)
1929: E. O. Wilson, American biologist, author, and academic (died 2021)
1928: Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (died 2012)
1927: Claudio Gilberto Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (died 2023)
1927: László Kubala, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2002)
1927: Lin Yang-kang, Chinese politician, 29th Vice Premier of the Republic of China (died 2013)
1927: Johnny Orr, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
1927: Eugene Parker, American astrophysicist and academic (died 2022)
1926: Bruno Bartoletti, Italian conductor (died 2013)
1926: Lionel Jeffries, English actor, screenwriter and film director (died 2010)
1925: Leo Gravelle, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2013)
1925: Nat Hentoff, American historian, author, and journalist (died 2017)
1925: James Salter, American novelist and short-story writer (died 2015)
1924: Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (died 2015)
1923: Paul Brunelle, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1994)
1923: Robert Maxwell, Czech-English captain, publisher, and politician (died 1991)
1922: Judy Garland, American actress and singer (died 1969)
1922: Bill Kerr, South African-Australian actor (died 2014)
1922: Mitchell Wallace, Australian rugby league player (died 2016)
1921: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (died 2021)
1921: Jean Robic, French cyclist (died 1980)
1919: Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (died 2007)
1919: Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish footballer, rugby player, and physician (died 2006)
1918: Patachou, French singer and actress (died 2015)
1918: Barry Morse, English-Canadian actor and director (died 2008)
1916: Peride Celal, Turkish author (died 2013)
1916: William Rosenberg, American entrepreneur, founded Dunkin' Donuts (died 2002)
1915: Saul Bellow, Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)
1914: Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Turkish poet and playwright (died 1988)
1913: Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian pianist and composer (died 2007)
1913: Benjamin Shapira, German-Israeli biochemist and academic (died 1993)
1912: Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (died 1980)
1911: Ralph Kirkpatrick, American harpsichord player and musicologist (died 1984)
1911: Terence Rattigan, English playwright and screenwriter (died 1977)
1910: Frank Demaree, American baseball player and manager (died 1958)
1910: Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)
1909: Lang Hancock, Australian soldier and businessman (died 1992)
1907: Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic (died 1975)
1907: Dicky Wells, American jazz trombonist (died 1985)
1904: Lin Huiyin, Chinese architect and poet (died 1955)
1901: Frederick Loewe, Austrian-American composer (died 1988)
1899: Stanisław Czaykowski, Polish racing driver (died 1933)
1898: Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (died 1983)
1897: Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1918)
1893: Hattie McDaniel, American actress (died 1952)
1891: Al Dubin, Swiss-American songwriter (died 1945)
1886: Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor and producer (died 1973)
1884: Leone Sextus Tollemache, English captain (died 1917)
1882: Nils Økland, Norwegian Esperantist and teacher (died 1969)
1880: André Derain, French painter and sculptor (died 1954)
1878: Margarito Bautista, Nahua-Mexican evangelizer, theologian, and religious founder (died 1961)
1865: Frederick Cook, American physician and explorer (died 1940)
1864: Ninian Comper, Scottish architect (died 1960)
1863: Louis Couperus, Dutch author and poet (died 1923)
1862: Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (died 1937)
1859: Emanuel Nobel, Swedish-Russian businessman (died 1932)
1854: Sarah Grand, Irish feminist writer (died 1943)
1851: Cora Agnes Benneson, American attorney (died 1919)
1843: Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1900)
1840: Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter (died 1920)
1839: Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish lawyer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Denmark (died 1912)
1835: Rebecca Latimer Felton, American educator and politician (died 1930)
1832: Edwin Arnold, English poet and journalist (died 1904)
1832: Nicolaus Otto, German engineer (died 1891)
1832: Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (died 1920)
1825: Sondre Norheim, Norwegian-American skier (died 1897)
1819: Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (died 1877)
1804: Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (died 1884)
1753: William Eustis, American physician and politician, 12th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1825)
1716: Carl Gustaf Ekeberg, Swedish physician and explorer (died 1784)
1713: Princess Caroline of Great Britain (died 1757)
1688: James Francis Edward Stuart, claimant to the English and Scottish throne (died 1766)
1632: Esprit Fléchier, French bishop and author (died 1710)
1557: Leandro Bassano, Italian painter (died 1622)
1513: Louis, Duke of Montpensier (1561-1582) (died 1582)
1465: Mercurino Gattinara, Italian statesman and jurist (died 1530)
1213: Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi, Persian poet and philosopher (died 1289)
940: Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Persian mathematician and astronomer (died 998)
867: Emperor Uda of Japan (died 931)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Victims in the 2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash: Saulos Chilima, Malawian economist and politician (born 1973)
2024: Victims in the 2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash: Patricia Shanil Muluzi, Malawian teacher, politician, and former First Lady of Malawi (born 1964)
2024: Steele Hall, Australian politician, 36th Premier of South Australia (born 1928)
2023: Ted Kaczynski, American mathematician and domestic terrorist (born 1942)
2020: Claudell Washington, American baseball player (born 1954)
2018: Neal E. Boyd, American singer, winner of the 2008 season of America's Got Talent (born 1975)
2017: Julia Perez, Indonesian singer and actress (born 1980)
2016: Christina Grimmie, American singer-songwriter (born 1994)
2016: Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1928)
2015: Robert Chartoff, American film producer and philanthropist (born 1933)
2015: Wolfgang Jeschke, German author and publisher (born 1936)
2014: Marcello Alencar, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Rio de Janeiro (born 1925)
2014: Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer and manager (born 1951)
2014: Robert M. Grant, American theologian and academic (born 1917)
2014: Jack Lee, American radio host and politician (born 1920)
2013: Doug Bailey, American political consultant (born 1933)
2013: Enrique Orizaola, Spanish footballer and coach (born 1922)
2013: Barbara Vucanovich, American lawyer and politician (born 1921)
2012: Piero Bellugi, Italian conductor (born 1924)
2012: Warner Fusselle, American sportscaster (born 1944)
2012: Will Hoebee, Dutch songwriter and producer (born 1947)
2012: Georges Mathieu, French painter and academic (born 1921)
2012: Joshua Orwa Ojode, Kenyan politician (born 1958)
2012: George Saitoti, Kenyan economist and politician, 6th Vice-President of Kenya (born 1945)
2012: Sudono Salim, Chinese-Indonesian businessman, founded Bank Central Asia (born 1916)
2012: Gordon West, English footballer (born 1943)
2011: Brian Lenihan Jnr, Irish lawyer and politician, 25th Irish Minister for Finance (born 1959)
2010: Basil Schott, American archbishop (born 1939)
2010: Sigmar Polke, German painter and photographer (born 1941)
2009: Stelios Skevofilakas, Greek footballer (born 1940)
2008: Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstani author and diplomat (born 1928)
2007: Augie Auer, American-New Zealand meteorologist (born 1940)
2005: Curtis Pitts, American aircraft designer, designed the Pitts Special (born 1915)
2004: Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1930)
2004: Odette Laure, French actress and singer (born 1917)
2004: Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1904)
2003: Donald Regan, American colonel and politician, 11th White House Chief of Staff (born 1918)
2003: Bernard Williams, English philosopher and academic (born 1929)
2003: Phil Williams, Welsh academic and politician (born 1939)
2002: John Gotti, American mobster (born 1940)
2001: Leila Pahlavi, Princess of Iran (born 1970)
2000: Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 18th President of Syria (born 1930)
2000: Brian Statham, English cricketer (born 1930)
1998: Jim Hearn, American baseball player (born 1921)
1998: Hammond Innes, English author (born 1913)
1996: George Hees, Canadian soldier, football player, and politician (born 1910)
1996: Jo Van Fleet, American actress (born 1915)
1993: Les Dawson, English comedian, actor, writer and presenter (born 1931)
1992: Hachidai Nakamura, Chinese-Japanese pianist and composer (born 1931)
1991: Jean Bruller, French author and illustrator, co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit (born 1902)
1988: Louis L'Amour, American novelist and short story writer (born 1908)
1987: Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (born 1943)
1986: Merle Miller, American author and playwright (born 1919)
1984: Halide Nusret Zorlutuna, Turkish author and poet (born 1901)
1982: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1945)
1976: Adolph Zukor, American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (born 1873)
1974: Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (born 1900)
1973: William Inge, American playwright and novelist (born 1913)
1971: Michael Rennie, English actor (born 1909)
1967: Spencer Tracy, American actor (born 1900)
1965: Vahap Özaltay, Turkish footballer and manager (born 1908)
1963: Timothy Birdsall, English cartoonist (born 1936)
1959: Zoltán Meskó, Hungarian politician (born 1883)
1958: Angelina Weld Grimké, American journalist, poet, and playwright (born 1880)
1955: Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer (born 1876)
1949: Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1882)
1947: Alexander Bethune, Canadian businessman and politician, 12th Mayor of Vancouver (born 1852)
1946: Jack Johnson, American boxer (born 1878)
1944: Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch mathematician and academic (born 1910)
1940: Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded the Black Star Line (born 1887)
1939: Albert Ogilvie, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Tasmania (born 1890)
1937: Robert Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1854)
1936: John Bowser, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of Victoria (born 1856)
1934: Frederick Delius, English composer and educator (born 1862)
1930: Adolf von Harnack, German historian and theologian (born 1851)
1926: Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell (born 1852)
1924: Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician (born 1885)
1923: Pierre Loti, French soldier and author (born 1850)
1918: Arrigo Boito, Italian author, poet, and composer (born 1842)
1914: Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect (born 1845)
1909: Edward Everett Hale, American minister, historian, and author (born 1822)
1906: Richard Seddon, English-New Zealand politician, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1845)
1902: Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan priest and poet (born 1845)
1901: Robert Williams Buchanan, Scottish poet, author, and playwright (born 1841)
1899: Ernest Chausson, French composer (born 1855)
1868: Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia (born 1823)
1849: Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French general and politician (born 1784)
1849: Robert Brown, Scottish botanist (born 1773)
1836: André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician (born 1775)
1831: Hans Karl von Diebitsch, German-Russian field marshal (born 1785)
1811: Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (born 1728)
1791: Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (born 1720)
1776: Hsinbyushin, Burmese king (born 1736)
1776: Leopold Widhalm, Austrian instrument maker (born 1722)
1753: Joachim Ludwig Schultheiss von Unfriedt, German architect (born 1678)
1735: Thomas Hearne, English historian and author (born 1678)
1692: Bridget Bishop, Colonial Massachusetts woman hanged as a witch during the Salem witch trials (born 1632)
1680: Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish lawyer and politician (born 1635)
1654: Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (born 1598)
1607: John Popham, English politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1531)
1604: Isabella Andreini, Italian actress (born 1562)
1580: Luís de Camões, Portuguese poet (born 1524-25)
1556: Martin Agricola, German composer and theorist (born 1486)
1552: Alexander Barclay, English poet and author (born 1476)
1468: Idris Imad al-Din, supreme leader of Tayyibi Isma'ilism, scholar and historian (born 1392)
1437: Joan of Navarre, Queen of England (born 1370)
1424: Ernest, Duke of Austria (born 1377)
1364: Agnes of Austria (born 1281)
1338: Kitabatake Akiie, Japanese governor (born 1318)
1261: Matilda of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (born 1210)
1190: Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1122)
1141: Richenza of Northeim (born 1087)
1075: Ernest, Margrave of Austria (born 1027)
942: Liu Yan, emperor of Southern Han (born 889)
932: Dong Zhang, Chinese general
903: Cheng Rui, Chinese warlord
871: Odo I, Frankish nobleman
779: Emperor Daizong of Tang (born 727)
754: Abul Abbas al-Saffah, Muslim caliph (born 721)
223: Liu Bei, Chinese emperor (born 161)
AD 38: Julia Drusilla, Roman sister of Caligula (born 16 AD)

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