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June 13

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June 13

June 13 is the 164th day of the year (165th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 201 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Mississippi Lottery player comes forward to collect record $1.2 million Match 5 jackpot. One lucky Mississippi lottery fan claimed a historic state prize this week: a $1.2 million Match 5 jackpot that marked the game's first seven-figure prize.
2024: UPDATE: Proposed changes to Mega Millions game will raise ticket price to $5. In a Commission meeting this week, the Montana Lottery revealed proposed game changes coming to the Mega Millions multi-state game that include an increase in ticket price, improved odds, and a different way to play, with changes coming as soon as 2025.
2024: N.J. Lottery retailer says $221M Powerball winner is bus driver who spends $60 a day on tickets. On the day the New Jersey Lottery presented the retailer that sold the winning ticket for a $221 Powerball jackpot with a commission check, a clerk at the store asserted that the winner is a regular customer who frequently plays the lottery.
2023: Texas Lottery mobile app offline due to vendor technical issues. The Texas Lottery mobile app is temporarily offline in Maintenance Mode while the Lottery works to resolve technical issues related to its operator and vendor.
2023: UK couple scoops £1 million in lottery before overcoming cancer health scare. A U.K. couple felt like they were on a merry-go-round when a Welsh man won a £1 million (US$1.26 million) lottery prize during a bout of sickness, followed by his wife both receiving a diagnosis for and beating cancer.
2022: North Carolina Veteran "blessed" by $1 million lottery prize from second-chance drawing. A North Carolina Veteran says he has had his fair share of second chances in life, but a $1 million lottery prize from a second-chance drawing is the most recent stroke of luck he's had.
2019: Florida Lottery issues last-minute challenge to 'addictive' warning labels on tickets. The Florida Lottery wants another look at the potential impact on education funding from legislation that would require slapping gambling-addiction warning labels on the front of tickets and ads.
2018: Massachusetts official warns lottery could become "irrelevant". With time running out again on a bill that would authorize the Massachusetts Lottery to move online, Treasurer Deborah Goldberg offered a message to business leaders Wednesday morning: We don't want to go the way of Toys R Us.
2015: NJ lottery winner is loser after prize seized. A Middlesex County, New Jersey man is facing legal trouble after he tried to claim a $10,000 lottery jackpot.
2013: $590M Powerball winner still shops at Walmart. Shopping at Walmart and toting takeout from a local diner, it doesn't seem like life has changed that much for Gloria Mackenzie -- the 84-year-old great-grandmother who won a record $590.5 million Powerball lottery jackpot.
2012: Brooklyn teen wins $1,000 a week for life. A Brooklyn teen who was riding with his mom and uncle to claim their stolen car from an impound lot bought a lottery ticket when they stopped for gas that will pay him $1,000 a week for the rest of his life.
2011: Mass. lottery player claims state's first Powerball jackpot. A retried U.S. Navy civilian worker from Fall River, Massachusetts, came forward Thursday to claim a $25.6 million Powerball jackpot, Massachusetts lottery officials said.
2011: N.J. paper investigates best and worst places to buy lottery tickets. A major New Jersey newspaper analyzed every winner of $1,000 or more since 2005, as well as the total lottery revenue in each ZIP code in the state, to find the best and worst places to buy a lottery ticket.
2010: Error caused S.D. Lottery to suspend Wild Card validations. The South Dakota Lottery temporarily halted validations for Wild Card 2 lotto tickets for the June 9 drawing to correct an error with the winning numbers.
2009: Colo. Lottery apologizes for $100 e-mail. On Tuesday, the Colorado Lottery sent out 3,700 e-mails to MyLottery subscribers telling them they had won $100, when in fact the e-mail was an error.
2007: Fake lottery ticket costs New Mexico man $25,000. A Las Cruces, New Mexico, man was conned out of $25,000 by two men who claimed to have a winning lottery ticket.
2007: California Lottery official fired for taking 'bonus' from hotel. A California Lottery official has been fired for allegedly pocketing gratuities tied to the weekly "Big Spin" TV show, where scratch-off ticket winners vie for a chance to win millions.
2007: 2 more execs fall victim to Ontario Lottery scandal. One senior executive was fired and another reassigned yesterday as the fallout from a scandal involving allegations of fraud and suspicious insider wins at the provincial lottery corporation widened.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$341.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 14, 2023
2.$293 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 14, 2016
3.€250 Million US$288.48 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2025
4.$264 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2025
5.$260 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2023
6.$247 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 14, 2022
7.$244.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2022
8.$240 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2012
9.€220.88 Million US$230.42 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 14, 2022
10.€168.1 Million
US$189.65 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2019
11.€135 Million
US$182.86 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2014
12.€129 Million
US$172.02 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 14, 2013
13.€160 Million
US$171.25 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 14, 2024
14.$161 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2018
15.$153 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2016
16.$121 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2018
17.$120 Million: Texas
Lotto Texas
Draw Date
Jun 16, 2004
18.$115 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2003
19.€76 Million
US$109.79 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 14, 2011
20.€98.37 Million
US$106.18 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2023
21.€94.39 Million
US$105.94 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 14, 2016
22.€90 Million
US$104.39 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2018
23.$101 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2017
24.$100 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2004
25.$86 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 14, 2006

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2004: CaboGfe6
Sunday, Jun 13, 2004
21 years old
1989: Bonnieclyde4eva
Tuesday, Jun 13, 1989
36 years old
1988: beverette
Monday, Jun 13, 1988
37 years old
1985: dbVisuals
Thursday, Jun 13, 1985
40 years old
1983: shrapnel19
Monday, Jun 13, 1983
42 years old
1980: urrutiap
Friday, Jun 13, 1980
45 years old
1979: phyredfenix
Wednesday, Jun 13, 1979
46 years old
1976: junebugg
Sunday, Jun 13, 1976
49 years old
1975: FRIDAY-DA13th
Friday, Jun 13, 1975
50 years old
1971: Redbonec4
Sunday, Jun 13, 1971
54 years old
1970: hadix
Saturday, Jun 13, 1970
55 years old
1968: mscgunn1
Thursday, Jun 13, 1968
57 years old
1966: Reginabu613
Monday, Jun 13, 1966
59 years old
1965: rodneyvise
Sunday, Jun 13, 1965
60 years old
1960: katburger901127
Monday, Jun 13, 1960
65 years old
1960: sbsktvs
Monday, Jun 13, 1960
65 years old
1952: ERMAPETERSON13
Friday, Jun 13, 1952
73 years old
: moremoney$
(year not provided)
: chevydelivery
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: At least 100 people are killed when a wedding boat capsizes on the Niger River in Kwara State, Nigeria.
2023: Three people are killed and another three injured in an early morning stabbing and van ramming attack in Nottingham, England.
2021: A gas explosion in Zhangwan district of Shiyan city, in Hubei province of China kills at least 12 people and wounds over 138 others.
2018: Volkswagen is fined one billion euros over the emissions scandal.
2015: A man opens fire at policemen outside the police headquarters in Dallas, Texas, while a bag containing a pipe bomb is also found. He was later shot dead by police.
2012: A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.
2010: A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth by landing in the Australian Outback.
2007: The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time.
2005: The jury acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of his charges for allegedly sexually molesting a child in 1993.
2002: The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
2000: President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.
2000: Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Ağca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
1999: BMW win 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans
1997: A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
1997: The Uphaar Cinema Fire took place at Green Park, Delhi, resulting in the deaths of 59 people and seriously injured 103 others.
1996: The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.
1996: Garuda Indonesia flight 865 crashes during takeoff from Fukuoka Airport, killing three people and injuring 170.
1994: A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.
1990: First day of the June 1990 Mineriad in Romania. At least 240 strikers and students are arrested or killed in the chaos ensuing from the first post-Ceaușescu elections.
1983: Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of Neptune.
1982: Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid.
1982: Battles of Tumbledown and Wireless Ridge, during the Falklands War.
1981: At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
1977: Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
1973: In a game versus the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium, Los Angeles Dodgers teammates Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey and Bill Russell play together as an infield for the first time, going on to set the Major League Baseball record of staying together for 8+1⁄2 years.
1971: Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.
1967: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
1966: The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their Fifth Amendment rights before questioning them (colloquially known as "Mirandizing").
1952: Catalina affair: A Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
1944: World War II: The Battle of Villers-Bocage: German tank ace Michael Wittmann ambushes elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, destroying up to fourteen tanks, fifteen personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns in a Tiger I tank.
1944: World War II: German combat elements, reinforced by the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, launch a counterattack on American forces near Carentan.
1944: World War II: Germany launches the first V1 Flying Bomb attack on England. Only four of the eleven bombs strike their targets.
1927: Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade up 5th Avenue in New York City.
1917: World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
1898: Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
1895: Émile Levassor wins the world's first real automobile race. Levassor completed the 732-mile course, from Paris to Bordeaux and back, in just under 49 hours, at a then-impressive speed of about fifteen miles per hour (24 km/h).
1893: Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; the operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
1886: A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
1881: The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
1855: Twentieth opera of Giuseppe Verdi, Les vêpres siciliennes ("The Sicilian Vespers"), is premiered in Paris.
1850: The American League of Colored Laborers, the first African American labor union in the United States, is established in New York City.
1805: Lewis and Clark Expedition: Scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.
1777: American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
1774: Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
1740: Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.
1625: King Charles I of England marries Catholic princess Henrietta Maria of France and Navarre, at Canterbury.
1525: Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.
1514: Henry Grace à Dieu, at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at this time, built at the new Woolwich Dockyard in England, is dedicated.
1381: In England, the Peasants' Revolt, led by Wat Tyler, comes to a head, as rebels set fire to the Savoy Palace.
1325: Ibn Battuta begins his travels, leaving his home in Tangiers to travel to Mecca (gone 24 years).
313: The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, are published in Nicomedia.

Births On This Day

2001: Bowen Byram, Canadian ice hockey player
2001: Sung Han-bin, South Korean singer
2000: Penny Oleksiak, Canadian swimmer
1995: Emily Fanning, New Zealand tennis player
1995: Laura Ucrós, Colombian tennis player
1994: Deepika Kumari, Indian archer
1994: Atsuhiro Inukai, Japanese actor
1993: Cansin Köktürk, German politician
1993: Simona Senoner, Italian ski jumper (died 2011)
1993: Denis Ten, Kazakhstani figure skater (died 2018)
1992: Semi Radradra, Fijian rugby league player
1991: Will Claye, American jumper
1991: Ryan Mason, English footballer
1991: Kang Si-ra, South Korean singer
1990: James McCann, American baseball player
1990: Nicole Riner, Swiss tennis player
1990: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, English actor
1989: Ben Barba, Australian rugby league player
1989: James Calado, English racing driver
1989: Ryan McDonagh, American ice hockey defenseman
1989: Daniel Mortimer, Australian rugby league player
1989: Andreas Samaris, Greek footballer
1989: Tommy Searle, English motocross racer
1989: Hassan Whiteside, American basketball player
1989: Erica Wiebe, Canadian wrestler
1988: Gabe Carimi, American football player
1988: Kerttu Niskanen, Finnish cross-country skier
1988: Reece Noi, British actor
1988: Cody Walker, American actor
1987: Marko Grgić, Croatian footballer
1986: Kat Dennings, American actress and comedian
1986: Keisuke Honda, Japanese footballer
1986: Jonathan Lucroy, American baseball catcher
1986: Ashley Olsen, American child actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman
1986: Mary-Kate Olsen, American child actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman
1986: DJ Snake, French DJ and record producer
1986: Lea Verou, Greek computer scientist and author
1986: Måns Zelmerlöw, Swedish singer
1985: Filipe Albuquerque, Portuguese racing driver
1985: Silvio Bankert, German footballer
1985: Pedro Strop, Dominican baseball player
1985: Danny Syvret, Canadian ice hockey player
1984: Nery Castillo, Mexican-Uruguayan footballer
1984: Kaori Icho, Japanese wrestler
1984: Antje Möldner-Schmidt, German runner
1983: Steve Novak, American basketball player
1983: Jason Spezza, Canadian ice hockey player
1983: Rachel Taylor, Welsh rugby union player
1982: Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian runner
1982: Krzysztof Bosak, Polish politician
1982: Nate Jones, American football player
1981: Chris Evans, American actor and producer
1981: David Madden, founder and executive director of the National History Bee and the National History Bowl
1981: Radim Vrbata, Czech ice hockey player
1980: Florent Malouda, French footballer
1980: Diego Mendieta, Paraguayan footballer (died 2012)
1980: Jamario Moon, American basketball player
1980: Juan Carlos Navarro, Spanish basketball player
1980: Darius Vassell, English footballer
1980: Markus Winkelhock, German racing driver
1979: Esther Anderson, Australian actress
1979: Nila Håkedal, Norwegian volleyball player
1979: Miguel Pate, American long jumper
1979: Ryan Pickett, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1978: Ethan Embry, American actor
1978: Vishwananda, Hindu guru
1977: Romain Mesnil, French pole vaulter
1977: Earthwind Moreland, American football player
1977: Riikka Purra, Finnish politician
1976: Kym Marsh, English singer-songwriter and actress
1975: Ante Covic, Australian footballer
1975: Jeff Davis, American screenwriter and producer
1975: Jennifer Nicole Lee, American model, actress, and author
1975: Jaan Pehk, Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975: Riccardo Scimeca, English footballer
1974: Valeri Bure, Russian-American ice hockey player
1974: Steve-O, American stunt performer
1973: Sam Adams, American football player
1973: Tanner Foust, American race car driver and television host
1973: Mattias Hellberg, Swedish singer-songwriter
1973: Stuart Karppinen, Australian cricketer and coach
1973: Ville Laihiala, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972: Natalie MacMaster, Canadian fiddler
1972: Maria Minakowska, Polish philosopher, historian, genealogist
1971: Nóra Köves, Hungarian tennis player
1970: Rivers Cuomo, American rock musician
1970: Chris Cairns, New Zealand cricketer
1969: Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Spanish actress, director, and screenwriter
1969: Virginie Despentes, French author, screenwriter, and director
1969: Laura Kightlinger, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1969: Svetlana Krivelyova, Russian shot putter
1969: Søren Rasted, Danish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1968: Fabio Baldato, Italian cyclist
1968: Peter DeBoer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968: Darren Dreger, Canadian sportscaster
1968: David Gray, English-Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1968: Denise Pearson, English singer-songwriter
1968: Marcel Theroux, Ugandan-English journalist and author
1967: Taşkın Aksoy, German-Turkish footballer and manager
1966: Henry Bond, English photographer and curator
1966: Grigori Perelman, Russian mathematician
1966: Naoki Hattori, Japanese race car driver
1965: Sunny Balwani, Pakistani-American businessman and criminal
1965: Infanta Cristina Federica of Spain
1965: Vassilis Karapialis, Greek footballer
1965: Lukas Ligeti, Austrian-American drummer and composer
1965: Maninder Singh, Indian cricketer
1964: Christian Wilhelm Berger, Romanian organist, composer, and educator
1964: Kathy Burke, English actress, director, and playwright
1964: Piyush Goyal, Indian politician, Minister of Railways
1964: Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Lithuanian basketball player
1963: Bettina Bunge, Swiss-German tennis player
1963: Sarah Connolly, English soprano and actress
1963: Audrey Niffenegger, American author and academic
1962: Davey Hamilton, American race car driver
1962: Glenn Michibata, Canadian-American tennis player and coach
1962: Ally Sheedy, American actress and author
1962: Hannah Storm, American journalist and author
1960: Jacques Rougeau, Canadian wrestler
1959: Boyko Borissov, Bulgarian footballer and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
1959: Maurice G. Dantec, French-born Canadian science fiction writer (died 2016)
1959: Steve Georganas, Australian politician
1959: Klaus Iohannis, Romanian educator and politician, 5th President of Romania
1957: Ron Areshenkoff, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2019)
1957: Roy Cooper, American lawyer and politician, 75th Governor of North Carolina
1957: Bruce Flowers, American basketball player
1957: Andrzej Morozowski, Polish journalist and author
1957: Dicky Thompson, American golfer
1956: Blair Chapman, Canadian ice hockey player
1956: Sal Paolantonio, American lieutenant and journalist
1955: Alan Hansen, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
1955: Leah Ward Sears, German-American lawyer and jurist
1954: Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (died 2011)
1954: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian economist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Nigeria
1953: Tim Allen, American actor, comedian, and producer
1952: Jean-Marie Dedecker, Belgian martial artist and politician
1951: Howard Leese, American guitarist and producer
1951: Richard Thomas, American actor, director, and producer
1951: Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish actor
1950: Nick Brown, English politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
1950: Gerd Zewe, German footballer and manager
1949: Ann Druyan, American popular science writer
1949: Dennis Locorriere, American singer and musician
1949: Ulla Schmidt, German educator and politician, German Federal Minister of Health
1949: Red Symons, English-Australian musician, television, and radio personality
1948: Garnet Bailey, Canadian-American ice hockey player and scout (died 2001)
1948: Joe Roth, American director and producer, co-founded Morgan Creek Productions
1946: Sher Bahadur Deuba, Nepalese politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Nepal
1946: Paul L. Modrich, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1946: Gabriel of Komana, Belgian-Dutch archbishop (died 2013)
1945: Whitley Strieber, American author
1944: Christine Beasley, English nursing administrator
1944: David Curry, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
1944: Ban Ki-moon, South Korean politician and diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations
1943: Harry Collins, English sociologist, author, and academic
1943: Malcolm McDowell, English actor and producer
1943: Jim Guy Tucker, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Arkansas (died 2025)
1942: Yiannis Boutaris, Greek businessman and politician, Mayor of Thessaloniki
1941: Marcel Lachemann, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1941: Serge Lemoyne, Canadian painter (died 1998)
1941: Marv Tarplin, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2011)
1940: Bobby Freeman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 2017)
1940: Dallas Long, American shot putter and physician (died 2024)
1937: Eleanor Holmes Norton, American lawyer and politician
1937: Erich Ribbeck, German footballer and manager
1937: Andreas Whittam Smith, English journalist and publisher, co-founded The Independent
1935: Christo, Bulgarian-French sculptor and painter (died 2020)
1935: Jeanne-Claude, Moroccan sculptor and painter (died 2009)
1935: Samak Sundaravej, Thai politician, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (died 2009)
1934: Bill Blakeley, American basketball player and coach (died 2010)
1934: Lucjan Brychczy, Polish footballer and coach (died 2024)
1934: Manuel Clouthier, Mexican businessman and politician (died 1989)
1934: James Anthony Griffin, American bishop
1934: Uriel Jones, American drummer (died 2009)
1934: Leonard Kleinrock, American computer scientist and engineer
1933: Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
1933: Norman Lloyd-Edwards, Welsh lawyer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan
1932: Raymond Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton, English politician
1932: Bob McGrath, American singer and actor (died 2022)
1932: Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach (died 2013)
1931: Nora Kovach, Hungarian-American ballerina (died 2009)
1931: Reed Scowen, Canadian politician (died 2020)
1931: Irvin D. Yalom, American psychotherapist and academic
1930: Gotthard Graubner, German painter and educator (died 2013)
1930: Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel and spy (died 2004)
1930: Paul Veyne, French archaeologist, historian, and academic (died 2022)
1929: Ralph McQuarrie, American illustrator (died 2012)
1929: Robert W. Scott, American farmer and politician, 67th Governor of North Carolina (died 2009)
1928: Giacomo Biffi, Italian cardinal (died 2015)
1928: Renée Morisset, Canadian pianist (died 2009)
1928: John Forbes Nash, Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)
1927: Slim Dusty, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)
1926: Jérôme Lejeune, French pediatrician and geneticist (died 1994)
1926: Paul Lynde, American actor and comedian (died 1982)
1925: Kristine Miller, American actress (died 2015)
1923: Lloyd Conover, American chemist and inventor (died 2017)
1922: Etienne Leroux, South African author (died 1989)
1921: Lennart Strand, Swedish runner (died 2004)
1920: Rolf Huisgen, German chemist and academic (died 2020)
1920: Iosif Vorovich, Russian mathematician and engineer (died 2001)
1918: Ben Johnson, American actor and stuntman (died 1996)
1918: Helmut Lent, German soldier and pilot (died 1944)
1918: Percy Rodriguez, Canadian-American actor (died 2007)
1917: Teddy Turner, English actor (died 1992)
1917: Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan novelist (died 2005)
1916: Wu Zhengyi, Chinese botanist and academic (died 2013)
1915: Don Budge, American tennis player and coach (died 2000)
1914: Frederic Franklin, English-American ballet dancer and director (died 2013)
1913: Ralph Edwards, American radio and television host (died 2005)
1913: Yitzhak Pundak, Israeli general, diplomat and politician (died 2017)
1912: Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (died 1943)
1911: Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)
1911: Maurice Copeland, American actor (died 1985)
1911: Erwin Wilhelm Müller, German physicist and academic (died 1977)
1910: Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Spanish journalist, author, and playwright (died 1999)
1910: Mary Wickes, American actress (died 1995)
1910: Mary Whitehouse, English activist, founded the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (died 2001)
1909: E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Indian theorist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Kerala (died 1998)
1906: Bruno de Finetti, Austrian-Italian mathematician and statistician (died 1985)
1905: James T. Rutnam, Sri Lankan historian and author (died 1988)
1903: Willard Harrison Bennett, American physicist and chemist (died 1987)
1902: Carolyn Eisele, American mathematician and historian (died 2000)
1901: Tage Erlander, Swedish lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Sweden (died 1985)
1899: Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer, conductor, and journalist, founded the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra (died 1978)
1897: Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner and coach (died 1973)
1894: Leo Kanner, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician (died 1981)
1894: Jacques Henri Lartigue, French photographer and painter (died 1986)
1893: Alan Arnold Griffith, English engineer (died 1963)
1893: Dorothy L. Sayers, English author and poet (died 1957)
1892: Basil Rathbone, South African-born British-American actor (died 1967)
1889: Gao Qifeng, Chinese painter (died 1933)
1888: Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet and critic (died 1935)
1887: André François-Poncet, French politician and diplomat (died 1978)
1887: Bruno Frank, German-American author, poet, and playwright (died 1945)
1885: Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author (died 1969)
1884: Leon Chwistek, Polish painter, philosopher, and mathematician (died 1944)
1884: Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and academic (died 1978)
1879: Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (died 1941)
1879: Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (died 1929)
1876: William Sealy Gosset, English chemist and statistician (died 1937)
1875: Paul Neumann, Austrian swimmer and physician (died 1932)
1873: Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (died 1942)
1872: Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1951)
1870: Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)
1868: Wallace Clement Sabine, American physicist and academic (died 1919)
1865: Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer (died 1932)
1865: W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1939)
1864: Rudolf Kjellén, Swedish political scientist and academic (died 1922)
1864: Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (died 1939)
1863: Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (died 1935)
1854: Charles Algernon Parsons, English engineer, founded C. A. Parsons and Company (died 1931)
1840: Augusta Lundin, the first international Swedish fashion designer (died 1919)
1831: James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (died 1879)
1827: Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (died 1882)
1822: Carl Schmidt, Latvian-German chemist and academic (died 1894)
1809: Heinrich Hoffmann, German psychiatrist and author (died 1894)
1790: José Antonio Páez, Venezuelan general and politician, President of Venezuela (died 1873)
1786: Winfield Scott, American general (died 1866)
1775: Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian composer and politician (died 1833)
1773: Thomas Young, English physicist and physiologist (died 1829)
1763: José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (died 1838)
1761: Antonín Vranický, Czech violinist and composer (died 1820)
1752: Frances Burney, English novelist and playwright (died 1840)
1711: Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Ewell, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (died 1773)
1649: Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (died 1706)
1617: Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet, English politician (died 1656)
1595: Jan Marek Marci, Czech physician and scientist (died 1667)
1580: Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (died 1626)
1555: Giovanni Antonio Magini, Italian mathematician, cartographer and astronomer (died 1617)
1539: Jost Amman, Swiss printmaker (died 1591)
1508: Alessandro Piccolomini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (died 1579)
1500: Ernest of Bavaria, pledge lord of the County of Glatz (died 1560)
1367: Taejong of Joseon (died 1422)
839: Charles the Fat, Holy Roman Emperor (died 888)
823: Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor (died 877)
AD 40: Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general (died 93)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Angela Bofill, American R&B singer (born 1954)
2024: Benji Gregory, American child actor (born 1978)
2023: Cormac McCarthy, American author (born 1933)
2021: Ned Beatty, American actor (born 1937)
2015: Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player (born 1917)
2015: Sergio Renán, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1933)
2015: Mike Shrimpton, New Zealand cricketer and coach (born 1940)
2014: Mahdi Elmandjra, Moroccan economist and sociologist (born 1933)
2014: Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1926)
2014: Jim Keays, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946)
2014: Chuck Noll, American football player and coach (born 1932)
2014: Robert Peters, American poet, playwright, and critic (born 1924)
2013: David Deutsch, American businessman, founded Deutsch Inc. (born 1929)
2013: Sam Most, American flute player and saxophonist (born 1930)
2013: Albert White Hat, American educator and activist (born 1938)
2012: Sam Beddingfield, American pilot and engineer (born 1933)
2012: Graeme Bell, Australian pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1914)
2012: Roger Garaudy, French philosopher and author (born 1913)
2012: Jože Humer, Slovenian composer and translator (born 1934)
2012: Mehdi Hassan, Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer for Lollywood (born 1927)
2010: Jimmy Dean, American singer and businessman, founded Jimmy Dean Foods (born 1928)
2009: Fathi Yakan, Lebanese scholar and politician (born 1933)
2008: Tim Russert, American journalist and lawyer (born 1950)
2007: Walid Eido, Lebanese judge and politician (born 1942)
2006: Charles Haughey, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (born 1925)
2005: Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese academic and politician (born 1913)
2005: David Diamond, American pianist and composer (born 1915)
2004: Ralph Wiley, American journalist and author (born 1952)
2003: Malik Meraj Khalid, Pakistani lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1916)
2002: John Hope, American navigator and meteorologist (born 1919)
2002: Maia Wojciechowska, Polish-American author (born 1927)
1998: Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic (born 1899)
1998: Birger Ruud, Norwegian ski jumper (born 1911)
1998: Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (born 1917)
1997: Nguyen Manh Tuong, Vietnamese lawyer and academic (born 1909)
1994: Nadia Gray, Romanian-French actress (born 1923)
1993: Gérard Côté, Canadian runner (born 1913)
1993: Deke Slayton, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (born 1924)
1989: Fran Allison, American television personality and puppeteer (born 1907)
1987: Geraldine Page, American actress (born 1924)
1986: Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1909)
1984: António Variações, Portuguese singer-songwriter (born 1944)
1981: Olivério Pinto, Brazilian zoologist and physician (born 1896)
1980: Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and activist (born 1942)
1979: Demetrio Stratos, Egyptian-Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1945)
1972: Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
1972: Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (born 1891)
1969: Pralhad Keshav Atre, Indian journalist, director, and producer (born 1898)
1965: Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and theologian (born 1878)
1965: David Drummond, Australian farmer and politician (born 1890)
1958: Edwin Keppel Bennett, English poet and academic (born 1887)
1957: Irving Baxter, American high jumper and pole vaulter (born 1876)
1951: Ben Chifley, Australian engineer and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1885)
1948: Osamu Dazai, Japanese author (born 1909)
1943: Kočo Racin, Macedonian author and activist (born 1908)
1943: Sava Kovačević, Yugoslav Partisan divisional commander and People's Hero of Yugoslavia (born 1905)
1939: Arthur Coningham, Australian cricketer (born 1863)
1931: Kitasato Shibasaburō, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (born 1851)
1930: Henry Segrave, American-English racing driver (born 1896)
1918: Michael Alexandrovich, Russian Grand Duke (born 1878)
1917: Louis-Philippe Hébert, Canadian sculptor (born 1850)
1904: Nikiforos Lytras, Greek painter and educator (born 1832)
1898: Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Quebec (born 1840)
1894: John Cox Bray, Australian politician, 15th Premier of South Australia (born 1842)
1886: Ludwig II, king of Bavaria (born 1845)
1881: Joseph Škoda, Czech physician and dermatologist (born 1805)
1861: Henry Gray, English anatomist and surgeon (born 1827)
1846: Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès, French geographer and author (born 1767)
1784: Henry Middleton, American farmer and politician, 2nd President of the Continental Congress (born 1717)
1762: Dorothea Erxleben, first German female doctor (born 1715)
1665: Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, Dutch admiral (born 1604)
1661: Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth, English politician (born 1595)
1645: Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese samurai (born 1584)
1636: George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, Scottish politician (born 1562)
1550: Veronica Gambara, Italian poet (born 1485)
1432: Uko Fockena, Frisian chieftain (born c. 1408)
1348: Juan Manuel, Spanish prince (born 1282)
1256: Tankei, Japanese sculptor (born 1173)
1231: Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (born 1195)
1036: Ali az-Zahir, Fatimid caliph (born 1005)
995: Fujiwara no Michikane, Japanese nobleman (born 961)
976: Mansur I, Samanid emir
220: Xiahou Dun, Chinese general

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