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Eastern Time (GMT-5:00) | On This Day in History: June 13June 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- 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.$293 Million
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US$189.65 Million Italy
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Jun 13, 2019 - 4.€135 Million
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Jun 14, 2013 - 6.$161 Million
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Jun 16, 2004 - 9.$120 Million
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Jun 16, 2004 - 11.$115 Million
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Jun 13, 2003 - 12.€76 Million
US$109.79 Million Multi-Country
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Jun 14, 2011 - 13.€94.39 Million
US$105.94 Million Italy
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Jun 14, 2016 - 14.€90 Million
US$104.39 Million Multi-Country
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Jun 15, 2018 - 15.$101 Million
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Jun 13, 2017 - 16.$100 Million
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Jun 15, 2019 - 20.$75 Million
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Ohio
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Jun 14, 2014 - 22.$67 Million
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Jun 16, 1999 - 23.$66 Million
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Jun 13, 2014 - 24.$64 Million
California
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Jun 14, 2006 - 25.€56.66 Million
US$63.5 Million Italy
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Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day- 1988
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Friday, Jun 13, 1975
46 years old - 1971
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Saturday, Jun 13, 1970
51 years old - 1968
Thursday, Jun 13, 1968
53 years old - 1966
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Worldwide Events On This Day- 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.
- 2007
- The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time.
- 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.
- 1997
- A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
- 1996
- The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.
- 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.
- 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 rights before questioning them.
- 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 down 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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- 2000
- Penny Oleksiak, Canadian swimmer
- 1995
- Emily Fanning, New Zealand tennis player
- 1995
- Laura Ucrós, Colombian tennis player
- 1994
- Deepika Kumari, Indian archer
- 1993
- Simona Senoner, Italian ski jumper (d. 2011)
- 1993
- Denis Ten, Kazakhstani figure skater (d. 2018)
- 1992
- Semi Radradra, Fijian rugby league player
- 1991
- Will Claye, American jumper
- 1991
- Ryan Mason, English footballer
- 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
- 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
- Blake Judd, American actor, director, 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 (d. 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
- 1977
- Romain Mesnil, French pole vaulter
- 1977
- Earthwind Moreland, American football player
- 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
- 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
- Marek Jerzy Minakowski, 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
- Tim Leveque, Canadian ice hockey player
- 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
- 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, Minister of Railways, Government of India, Politician
- 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
- 1961
- Anders Järryd, Swedish tennis player
- 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 (d. 2016)
- 1959
- Steve Georganas, Australian politician
- 1959
- Klaus Iohannis, Romanian educator and politician, 5th President of Romania
- 1957
- Ron Areshenkoff, Canadian ice hockey player
- 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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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
- 1942
- Yiannis Boutaris, Greek businessman and politician, Mayor of Thessaloniki
- 1941
- Marcel Lachemann, American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1941
- Serge Lemoyne, Canadian painter (d. 1998)
- 1941
- Marv Tarplin, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2011)
- 1940
- Bobby Freeman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2017)
- 1940
- Dallas Long, American shot putter and physician
- 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
- 1935
- Jeanne-Claude, Moroccan sculptor and painter (d. 2009)
- 1935
- Samak Sundaravej, Thai politician, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2009)
- 1934
- Bill Blakeley, American basketball player and coach (d. 2010)
- 1934
- Lucjan Brychczy, Polish footballer and coach
- 1934
- Manuel Clouthier, Mexican businessman and politician (d. 1989)
- 1934
- James Anthony Griffin, American bishop
- 1934
- Uriel Jones, American drummer (d. 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
- 1932
- Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
- 1931
- Nora Kovach, Hungarian-American ballerina (d. 2009)
- 1931
- Reed Scowen, Canadian politician
- 1931
- Irvin D. Yalom, American psychotherapist and academic
- 1930
- Gotthard Graubner, German painter and educator (d. 2013)
- 1930
- Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel and spy (d. 2004)
- 1930
- Paul Veyne, French archaeologist, historian, and academic
- 1929
- Ralph McQuarrie, American illustrator (d. 2012)
- 1929
- Robert W. Scott, American farmer and politician, 67th Governor of North Carolina (d. 2009)
- 1928
- Giacomo Biffi, Italian cardinal (d. 2015)
- 1928
- Renée Morisset, Canadian pianist (d. 2009)
- 1928
- John Forbes Nash, Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
- 1927
- Slim Dusty, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
- 1926
- Jérôme Lejeune, French pediatrician and geneticist (d. 1994)
- 1926
- Paul Lynde, American actor and comedian (d. 1982)
- 1925
- Kristine Miller, American actress (d. 2015)
- 1923
- Lloyd Conover, American chemist and inventor (d. 2017)
- 1922
- Etienne Leroux, South African author (d. 1989)
- 1921
- Lennart Strand, Swedish runner (d. 2004)
- 1920
- Rolf Huisgen, German chemist and academic (d. 2020)
- 1920
- Iosif Vorovich, Russian mathematician and engineer (d. 2001)
- 1918
- Ben Johnson, American actor and stuntman (d. 1996)
- 1918
- Helmut Lent, German soldier and pilot (d. 1944)
- 1918
- Percy Rodriguez, Canadian-American actor (d. 2007)
- 1917
- Teddy Turner, English actor (d. 1992)
- 1917
- Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan novelist (d. 2005)
- 1916
- Wu Zhengyi, Chinese botanist and academic (d. 2013)
- 1915
- Don Budge, American tennis player and coach (d. 2000)
- 1914
- Frederic Franklin, English-American ballet dancer and director (d. 2013)
- 1913
- Ralph Edwards, American radio and television host (d. 2005)
- 1913
- Yitzhak Pundak, Israeli general, diplomat and politician (d. 2017)
- 1912
- Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (d. 1943)
- 1911
- Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
- 1911
- Maurice Copeland, American actor (d. 1985)
- 1911
- Erwin Wilhelm Müller, German physicist and academic (d. 1977)
- 1910
- Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Spanish journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1999)
- 1910
- Mary Wickes, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1910
- Mary Whitehouse, English activist, founded the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (d. 2001)
- 1909
- E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Indian theorist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Kerala (d. 1998)
- 1906
- Bruno de Finetti, Austrian-Italian mathematician and statistician (d. 1985)
- 1905
- James T. Rutnam, Sri Lankan historian and author (d. 1988)
- 1903
- Willard Harrison Bennett, American physicist and chemist (d. 1987)
- 1902
- Carolyn Eisele, American mathematician and historian (d. 2000)
- 1901
- Tage Erlander, Swedish lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1985)
- 1899
- Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer, conductor, and journalist, founded the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra (d. 1978)
- 1897
- Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner and coach (d. 1973)
- 1894
- Leo Kanner, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician (d. 1981)
- 1894
- Jacques Henri Lartigue, French photographer and painter (d. 1986)
- 1893
- Alan Arnold Griffith, English engineer (d. 1963)
- 1893
- Dorothy L. Sayers, English author and poet (d. 1957)
- 1892
- Basil Rathbone, South African-born British-American actor (d. 1967)
- 1888
- Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet and critic (d. 1935)
- 1887
- André François-Poncet, French politician and diplomat (d. 1978)
- 1887
- Bruno Frank, German-American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1945)
- 1885
- Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author (d. 1969)
- 1884
- Leon Chwistek, Polish painter, philosopher, and mathematician (d. 1944)
- 1884
- Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and academic (d. 1978)
- 1879
- Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (d. 1941)
- 1879
- Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (d. 1929)
- 1876
- William Sealy Gosset, English chemist and statistician (d. 1937)
- 1875
- Paul Neumann, Austrian swimmer and physician (d. 1932)
- 1873
- Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (d. 1942)
- 1872
- Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1951)
- 1870
- Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
- 1868
- Wallace Clement Sabine, American physicist and academic (d. 1919)
- 1865
- Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer (d. 1932)
- 1865
- W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1939)
- 1864
- Rudolf Kjellén, Swedish political scientist and academic (d. 1922)
- 1864
- Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (d. 1939)
- 1863
- Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (d. 1935)
- 1854
- Charles Algernon Parsons, English engineer, founded C. A. Parsons and Company (d. 1931)
- 1840
- Augusta Lundin, the first international Swedish fashion designer (d. 1919)
- 1831
- James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (d. 1879)
- 1827
- Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (d. 1882)
- 1822
- Carl Schmidt, Latvian-German chemist and academic (d. 1894)
- 1809
- Heinrich Hoffmann, German psychiatrist and author (d. 1894)
- 1790
- José Antonio Páez, Venezuelan general and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 1873)
- 1786
- Winfield Scott, American general (d. 1866)
- 1775
- Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian composer and politician (d. 1833)
- 1773
- Thomas Young, English physicist and physiologist (d. 1829)
- 1763
- José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (d. 1838)
- 1761
- Antonín Vranický, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1820)
- 1752
- Frances Burney, English novelist and playwright (d. 1840)
- 1711
- Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Ewell, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (d. 1773)
- 1649
- Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (d. 1706)
- 1617
- Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet, English politician (d. 1656)
- 1595
- Jan Marek Marci, Czech physician and scientist (d. 1667)
- 1580
- Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (d. 1626)
- 1555
- Giovanni Antonio Magini, Italian mathematician, cartographer and astronomer (d. 1617)
- 1539
- Jost Amman, Swiss printmaker (d. 1591)
- 1508
- Alessandro Piccolomini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (d. 1579)
- 1500
- Ernest of Bavaria, pledge lord of the County of Glatz (d. 1560)
- 1367
- Taejong of Joseon (d. 1422)
- 839
- Charles the Fat, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 888)
- 823
- Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 877)
- AD 40
- Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general (d. 93)
Deaths On This Day- 2015
- Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1917)
- 2015
- Sergio Renán, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
- 2015
- Mike Shrimpton, New Zealand cricketer and coach (b. 1940)
- 2014
- Mahdi Elmandjra, Moroccan economist and sociologist (b. 1933)
- 2014
- Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
- 2014
- Jim Keays, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
- 2014
- Chuck Noll, American football player and coach (b. 1932)
- 2014
- Robert Peters, American poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1924)
- 2013
- David Deutsch, American businessman, founded Deutsch Inc. (b. 1929)
- 2013
- Sam Most, American flute player and saxophonist (b. 1930)
- 2013
- Albert White Hat, American educator and activist (b. 1938)
- 2012
- Sam Beddingfield, American pilot and engineer (b. 1933)
- 2012
- Graeme Bell, Australian pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1914)
- 2012
- Roger Garaudy, French philosopher and author (b. 1913)
- 2012
- Jože Humer, Slovenian composer and translator (b. 1934)
- 2012
- Mehdi Hassan, Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer for Lollywood (b. 1927)
- 2010
- Jimmy Dean, American singer and businessman, founded Jimmy Dean Foods (b. 1928)
- 2009
- Fathi Yakan, Lebanese scholar and politician (b. 1933)
- 2008
- Tim Russert, American journalist and lawyer (b. 1950)
- 2007
- Walid Eido, Lebanese judge and politician (b. 1942)
- 2006
- Charles Haughey, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1925)
- 2005
- Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese academic and politician (b. 1913)
- 2005
- David Diamond, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)
- 2004
- Ralph Wiley, American journalist and author (b. 1952)
- 2003
- Malik Meraj Khalid, Pakistani lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1916)
- 2002
- John Hope, American navigator and meteorologist (b. 1919)
- 2002
- Maia Wojciechowska, Polish-American author (b. 1927)
- 1998
- Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic (b. 1899)
- 1998
- Birger Ruud, Norwegian ski jumper (b. 1911)
- 1998
- Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (b. 1917)
- 1997
- Nguyen Manh Tuong, Vietnamese lawyer and academic (b. 1909)
- 1994
- Nadia Gray, Romanian-French actress (b. 1923)
- 1993
- Gérard Côté, Canadian runner (b. 1913)
- 1993
- Deke Slayton, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1924)
- 1989
- Fran Allison, American television personality and puppeteer (b. 1907)
- 1987
- Geraldine Page, American actress (b. 1924)
- 1986
- Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1909)
- 1984
- António Variações, Portuguese singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
- 1981
- Olivério Pinto, Brazilian zoologist and physician (b. 1896)
- 1980
- Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and activist (b. 1942)
- 1979
- Demetrio Stratos, Egyptian-Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1945)
- 1972
- Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
- 1972
- Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (b. 1891)
- 1969
- Pralhad Keshav Atre, Indian journalist, director, and producer (b. 1898)
- 1965
- Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and theologian (b. 1878)
- 1965
- David Drummond, Australian farmer and politician (b. 1890)
- 1958
- Edwin Keppel Bennett, English poet and academic (b. 1887)
- 1957
- Irving Baxter, American high jumper and pole vaulter (b. 1876)
- 1951
- Ben Chifley, Australian engineer and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
- 1948
- Osamu Dazai, Japanese author (b. 1909)
- 1943
- Kočo Racin, Macedonian author and activist (b. 1908)
- 1939
- Arthur Coningham, Australian cricketer (b. 1863)
- 1931
- Kitasato Shibasaburō, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1851)
- 1930
- Henry Segrave, American-English racing driver (b. 1896)
- 1918
- Michael Alexandrovich, Russian Grand Duke (b. 1878)
- 1917
- Louis-Philippe Hébert, Canadian sculptor (b. 1850)
- 1904
- Nikiforos Lytras, Greek painter and educator (b. 1832)
- 1898
- Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)
- 1894
- John Cox Bray, Australian politician, 15th Premier of South Australia (b. 1842)
- 1886
- Ludwig II, king of Bavaria (b. 1845)
- 1881
- Joseph Škoda, Czech physician and dermatologist (b. 1805)
- 1861
- Henry Gray, English anatomist and surgeon (b. 1827)
- 1846
- Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès, French geographer and author (b. 1767)
- 1784
- Henry Middleton, American farmer and politician, 2nd President of the Continental Congress (b. 1717)
- 1665
- Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, Dutch admiral (b. 1604)
- 1661
- Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth, English politician (b. 1595)
- 1645
- Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese samurai (b. 1584)
- 1636
- George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, Scottish politician (b. 1562)
- 1550
- Veronica Gambara, Italian poet (b. 1485)
- 1432
- Uko Fockena, Frisian chieftain (b. c. 1408)
- 1348
- Juan Manuel, Spanish prince (b. 1282)
- 1256
- Tankei, Japanese sculptor (b. 1173)
- 1231
- Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (b. 1195)
- 1036
- Ali az-Zahir, Fatimid caliph (b. 1005)
- 995
- Fujiwara no Michikane, Japanese nobleman (b. 961)
- 976
- Mansur I, Samanid emir
- 220
- Xiahou Dun, Chinese general
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