The time is now 11:56 am

You last visited
June 5, 2026, 11:56 am

All times shown are
Eastern Time (GMT-5:00)

June 15

On This Day in History

June 15

June 15 is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 199 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: Luck in "52s" — Oregon woman hits Win for Life jackpot after playing for the first time. An Oregon woman is feeling the luck after playing the Win for Life draw game for the first time and winning the game's top prize of $1,000 a week for life.
2022: Kelly T. Gee appointed Executive Director of Virginia Lottery. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that he appointed Kelly T. Gee, the Virginia Lottery's Acting Director, as the permanent Executive Director.
2021: Prize payouts from New York Lottery frozen for the past week. Some players are still unable to claim winnings from the New York Lottery since they froze prize payouts last Wednesday.
2019: Idaho Lottery celebrates 30 years by trying to set a new world record. The Idaho Lottery will celebrate 30 years in July and will try to break a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people scratching scratch cards at once.
2019: New York lottery winner quits job to go riding with Bible-thumping bikers. A Brooklyn, New York, superintendent won a $7 million lottery jackpot and promptly quit his job to take a cross-country motorcycle trip spreading the word of God, he said Friday.
2017: Illinois lottery players may lose Powerball and Mega Millions at the end of June. The association that runs the popular Powerball lottery and Mega Millions games will drop Illinois at the end of June without a budget agreement.
2017: Florida man sues friend in dispute over $1M lottery ticket. A Lakeland, Florida, man is suing a friend who he says cheated him out of money from a $1 million lottery ticket.
2016: Texas Lottery chief named MUSL President. The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has elected Gary Grief, Executive Director of the Texas Lottery, as president of the organization.
2016: Kentucky Lottery chief announces his retirement. The Kentucky Lottery's longtime chief executive has announced his retirement in a letter to the Lottery's board of directors.
2016: Texas Lottery on track to crush sales record. The Texas Lottery has not only marked its 13th consecutive year of contributing more than $1 billion in revenue to the state, but it's the earliest in the fiscal year the lottery has ever accomplished the feat.
2015: UK lottery player claims £93M EuroMillions jackpot. The holder of a jackpot-winning EuroMillions ticket bought in the UK has come forward to claim their £93,388,943 (US$145 million) prize, lottery operator Camelot has confirmed.
2012: Powerball lottery jackpot makes Iowa history. The Quaker Oats campus in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was buzzing all day with rumors about a group of workers who may have bought a winning Powerball ticket worth $241 million in Wednesday's drawing.
2011: Ark. lottery winner busted for drug trafficking. A past $100,000 winner of Arkansas' lottery was indicted today for allegedly being the kingpin of a major crystal methamphetamine operation.
2009: Recent checks of Iowa Lottery retailers find no fraud. Security checks at lottery ticket sale locations at about 200 locations statewide in recent months have revealed no improper payments of prizes to or by store personnel, Iowa's lottery chief told a panel of state legislators last week.
2008: Winning Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $56M sold in Michigan. Outside Party World in suburban Grand Rapids, a sign went up Saturday proclaiming that the store sold a ticket worth $56 million in the latest Mega Millions drawing. The same drawing produced a strange payout in California, where the third-place winner will receive a bigger prize than the second-place winners.
2008: Tough economy? Some cut back on lottery tickets, wagering. Throughout the country, 20 lotteries have reported flat or declining sales, according to data from a lottery trade publication.
2008: Ohio Lottery stands by change of vendors. The Ohio Lottery is staying with its decision to go with a new vendor despite complaints from the company it has been doing business with for more than two decades.
2006: Powerball lottery jackpot powered-up to $100 million. The Powerball jackpot for the Saturday, June 17th drawing will be $100 million with the cash option at $45.6 million.
2006: $70 million: California SuperLotto Plus rolls again. The jackpot in the California SuperLotto Plus lottery game grew to $70 million Thursday -- currently the second-largest lottery jackpot in the world.
2006: Winning lottery ticket led police to murder suspect. A winning Texas lottery ticket has put police on the trail of the suspect in a DeKalb County, Georgia, murder.
2006: Mass. Lottery licenses regained. The Massachusetts Lottery Commission has reinstated operating licenses for seven of the 11 bars or clubs that were suspended last month after poker slot machines were confiscated May 3 in state police raids.
2005: Oklahoma Lottery Director given approval to hire, set up offices. Oklahoma's lottery director was given authority Tuesday to hire employees and to move ahead with plans to design and renovate the lottery's offices.
2005: Delaware bill would legalize sports gambling. A bill was introduced in the Delaware General Assembly May 31 that, if passed, would allow sports gambling in Delaware -- making it the only state east of the Mississippi where sports wagering would be legal.
2005: Lottery Phone Scam Continues to Snare Victims. It can be so easy to get pulled into the trap of a lottery phone scam, in which victims are enticed to send them a few thousand dollars to cover the taxes and you rake in hundreds of thousands.
2005: Investment banker cashes in $9.3 million winning Oregon lottery ticket. A Seattle investment banker who wants to keep working in spite of his good fortune has cashed the winning $9.3 million Lotto jackpot ticket for Saturday night's drawing.
2005: California could be golden for 12-state Mega Millions. At Bluebird Liquors in Hawthorne, California, where there's almost always a line to buy lottery tickets, owner Frank Kumamoto is eagerly awaiting California's entry into the multistate Mega Millions game. So are his regular customers.
2005: Lawyer thinks Calif. participation in Mega Millions is illegal. According to one legislative lawyer, California's much-heralded entrance into the 11-state Mega Millions lottery may be illegal, even as outlets around the state prepare for the debut of the popular game.
2004: 474 keeps coming up in Pennsylvania Lottery. 474 has hit in the Pennsylvania Lottery four times since May 17, when 474 was drawn as the midday Daily Number.
2004: Florida store clerks charged with lottery ticket thefts. Two former Deltona, Florida convenience store clerks face charges they stole more than $134,000 in lottery tickets and winnings while working the register at a Hess station.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$365.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 17, 2023
2.$310 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 17, 2016
3.€250 Million US$288.05 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 17, 2025
4.$281 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 16, 2023
5.$280 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 17, 2025
6.$273 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 17, 2022
7.$258.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2022
8.€222.15 Million US$233.12 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 16, 2022
9.€143 Million US$191.38 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 18, 2013
10.€169.9 Million
US$190.61 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2019
11.€174 Million
US$186.75 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 18, 2024
12.$161 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2018
13.$153 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2016
14.$140 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 17, 2003
15.$137 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 16, 2018
16.€130 Million
US$136.46 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 17, 2022
17.€91 Million
US$129.79 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 17, 2011
18.€115.61 Million
US$126.57 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 16, 2023
19.$120 Million: Texas
Lotto Texas
Draw Date
Jun 16, 2004
20.$113 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 16, 2017
21.€95.34 Million
US$107.05 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 16, 2016
22.€90 Million
US$104.39 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2018
23.$100 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2004
23.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 17, 2006
25.$90.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 16, 2025

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1998: Savage21
Monday, Jun 15, 1998
27 years old
1994: Onealmalcom7
Wednesday, Jun 15, 1994
31 years old
1990: GuiltyPlezure90
Friday, Jun 15, 1990
35 years old
1989: River 2019
Thursday, Jun 15, 1989
36 years old
1987: Adisa15
Monday, Jun 15, 1987
38 years old
1986: DoctorWhy
Sunday, Jun 15, 1986
39 years old
1986: Rodjohnsonjr86
Sunday, Jun 15, 1986
39 years old
1984: LamakcoBurton84
Friday, Jun 15, 1984
41 years old
1984: Luckmyway
Friday, Jun 15, 1984
41 years old
1981: sexyhoney
Monday, Jun 15, 1981
44 years old
1980: joola99
Sunday, Jun 15, 1980
45 years old
1979: benjaminyang
Friday, Jun 15, 1979
46 years old
1976: Pogo
Tuesday, Jun 15, 1976
49 years old
1975: bigmill52
Sunday, Jun 15, 1975
50 years old
1974: Ponchis
Saturday, Jun 15, 1974
51 years old
1971: dao vang
Tuesday, Jun 15, 1971
54 years old
1965: happygirl665
Tuesday, Jun 15, 1965
60 years old
1964: kayr
Monday, Jun 15, 1964
61 years old
1964: ShamanBG
Monday, Jun 15, 1964
61 years old
1962: GeminiJean
Friday, Jun 15, 1962
63 years old
1962: yumma2662
Friday, Jun 15, 1962
63 years old
1960: luckyfool
Wednesday, Jun 15, 1960
65 years old
1960: slam710711
Wednesday, Jun 15, 1960
65 years old
1952: mswiz777
Sunday, Jun 15, 1952
73 years old
1936: Saleo Paleo
Monday, Jun 15, 1936
89 years old
: txpolo
(year not provided)
: plshelpme
(year not provided)
: ThatScaryChick
(year not provided)
: fitzwin
(year not provided)
: mae3
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: Microsoft retires its ubiquitous Internet Explorer after 26 years in favor of its new browser, Microsoft Edge.
2013: A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others.
2012: Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk directly over Niagara Falls.
2007: The Nokkakivi Amusement Park is opened in Lievestuore, Laukaa, Finland.
2001: Leaders of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
1996: The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonates a powerful truck bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, devastating the city centre and injuring 200 people.
1992: The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the United States for trial, without approval from those other countries.
1991: In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, killing over 800 people.
1985: Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
1978: King Hussein of Jordan marries Jordanian-American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
1977: After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections take place in Spain.
1972: Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
1972: Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku, Vietnam (then South Vietnam) and kills 81 people.
1970: Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders.
1944: World War II: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan's South Seas Mandate.
1944: In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
1940: World War II: Operation Aerial begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
1937: A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
1936: First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
1934: The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
1921: Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
1920: Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
1919: John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
1916: United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
1904: A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
1896: One of the deadliest tsunamis in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
1888: Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
1878: Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
1877: Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
1864: American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
1864: Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81 km) of the Arlington estate (formerly owned by the family of Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
1859: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between American and British/Canadian settlers.
1846: The Oregon Treaty extends the border between the United States and British North America, established by the Treaty of 1818, westward to the Pacific Ocean.
1844: Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
1836: Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
1834: The looting of Safed commences.
1808: Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
1804: New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.
1800: The Provisional Army of the United States is dissolved.
1776: Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
1752: Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
1670: The first stone of Fort Ricasoli is laid down in Malta.
1667: The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
1648: Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1607: Virginia Colonists finished building James's Fort, to defend against Spanish and Indian attacks.
1520: Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in Exsurge Domine.
1502: Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage.
1410: In a decisive battle at Onon River, the Mongol forces of Oljei Temur were decimated by the Chinese armies of the Yongle Emperor.
1410: Ottoman Interregnum: Süleyman Çelebi defeats his brother Musa Çelebi outside the Byzantine capital, Constantinople.
1389: Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
1312: At the Battle of Rozgony, King Charles I of Hungary wins a decisive victory over the family of Palatine Amade Aba.
1310: The Tiepolo conspiracy, seeking to seize power in the Republic of Venice, is thwarted after bloody street clashes in Venice. The suppression of the revolt will lead to the creation of the Council of Ten.
1300: The city of Bilbao is founded.
1246: With the death of Frederick II, Duke of Austria, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.
1219: Northern Crusades: Danish victory at the Battle of Lindanise (modern-day Tallinn) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia.
1215: King John of England puts his seal to Magna Carta.
1184: The naval Battle of Fimreite is won by the Birkebeiner pretender Sverre Sigurdsson. Sigurdsson takes the Norwegian throne and King Magnus V of Norway is killed.
923: Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.
844: Louis II is crowned as king of Italy at Rome by pope Sergius II.
763 BC: Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.

Births On This Day

1997: Madison Kocian, American gymnast
1996: Aurora, Norwegian singer-songwriter
1996: Tia-Adana Belle, Barbadian athlete
1996: Hoshi, South Korean singer and dancer
1994: Inaki Williams, Basque footballer
1993: Cooper Kupp, American football player
1993: Irfan Hadžić, Bosnian footballer
1992: Michał Kopczyński, Polish footballer
1992: Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer
1992: Dafne Schippers, Dutch heptathlete and sprinter
1989: Bayley, American wrestler
1989: Víctor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist (died 2012)
1989: Bryan Clauson, American race car driver (died 2016)
1986: James Maloney, Australian rugby league player
1986: Trevor Plouffe, American baseball player
1985: Ashley Nicole Black, American comedian, actress, and writer
1984: Luke Hodge, Australian footballer
1984: Eva Hrdinová, Czech tennis player
1984: Tim Lincecum, American baseball player
1984: Edison Toloza, Colombian footballer
1983: Laura Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983: Josh McGuire, Canadian fencer
1982: Mike Delany, New Zealand rugby player
1982: Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer
1981: John Paintsil, Ghanaian footballer
1980: David Lyons, Australian rugby player
1979: Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian sprinter
1979: Christian Rahn, German footballer
1979: Charles Zwolsman Jr., Dutch racing driver
1978: Wilfred Bouma, Dutch footballer
1978: Zach Day, American baseball player
1977: Michael Doleac, American basketball player and manager
1976: Jiří Ryba, Czech decathlete
1973: Tore Andre Flo, Norwegian footballer and coach
1973: Neil Patrick Harris, American actor and singer
1973: Pia Miranda, Australian actress
1973: Greg Vaughan, American actor and model
1972: Justin Leonard, American golfer
1972: Andy Pettitte, American baseball player
1971: Christos Myriounis, Greek basketball player
1971: Jake Busey, American actor, musician, and film producer
1970: Christian Bauman, American soldier and author
1970: David Bayssari, Australian rugby league player
1970: Gaëlle Méchaly, French soprano
1970: Leah Remini, American actress and producer
1970: Žan Tabak, Croatian basketball player and coach
1969: Jesse Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player
1969: Ice Cube, American rapper, producer, and actor
1969: Idalis DeLeón, American singer and actress
1969: Nasos Galakteros, Greek basketball player
1969: Oliver Kahn, German footballer and sportscaster
1969: Maurice Odumbe, Kenyan cricketer
1969: Cédric Pioline, French tennis player
1968: Károly Güttler, Hungarian swimmer
1966: Raimonds Vējonis, Latvian politician, 9th President of Latvia
1965: Annelies Bredael, Belgian rower
1965: Karim Massimov, Kazakhstani politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
1965: Adam Smith, American lawyer and politician
1964: Courteney Cox, American actress and producer
1964: Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer and manager
1963: Mario Gosselin, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1963: Helen Hunt, American actress, director, and producer
1963: Lourdes Valera, Venezuelan actress (died 2012)
1962: Brad Armstrong, American wrestler (died 2012)
1962: Chris Morris, English actor, satirist, director, and producer
1962: Andrea Rost, Hungarian soprano
1961: Dave McAuley, Northern Irish boxer and sportscaster
1961: Scott Norton, American wrestler
1960: Michèle Laroque, French actress, producer, and screenwriter
1960: Marieke van Doorn, Dutch field hockey player and coach
1959: Alan Brazil, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
1959: Eileen Davidson, American model and actress
1958: Wade Boggs, American baseball player
1958: Riccardo Paletti, Italian racing driver (died 1982)
1957: Brett Butler, American baseball player and coach
1956: Yevgeny Kiselyov, Russian-Ukrainian journalist
1956: Lance Parrish, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1955: Polly Draper, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1955: Julie Hagerty, American model and actress
1954: Jim Belushi, American actor
1954: Terri Gibbs, American country music singer and keyboard player
1954: Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan humanitarian
1954: Zdeňka Šilhavá, Czech discus thrower and shot putter
1954: Beverley Whitfield, Australian swimmer (died 1996)
1953: Vilma Bardauskienė, Lithuanian long jumper
1953: Eje Elgh, Swedish racing driver and sportscaster
1953: Xi Jinping, Chinese engineer and politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of China
1953: Raphael Wallfisch, English cellist and educator
1952: Satya Pal Jain, Indian lawyer and politician, Additional Solicitor General of India
1951: Jane Amsterdam, American magazine and newspaper editor (Manhattan, inc., New York Post)
1951: Vance A. Larson, American painter (died 2000)
1951: John Redwood, English politician, Secretary of State for Wales
1951: Steve Walsh, American rock singer-songwriter and musician
1950: Uğur Erdener, Turkish ophthalmologist and professor
1950: Juliana Azumah-Mensah, Ghanaian nurse and politician
1950: Deney Terrio, American choreographer and television host
1950: Lakshmi Mittal, Indian-English businessman
1949: Dusty Baker, American baseball player and manager
1949: Simon Callow, English actor and director
1949: Russell Hitchcock, Australian singer-songwriter
1949: Jim Varney, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (died 2000)
1948: Mike Holmgren, American football player and coach
1948: Alan Huckle, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Anguilla
1948: Henry McLeish, Scottish footballer, academic, and politician, 2nd First Minister of Scotland
1947: John Hoagland, American photographer and journalist (died 1984)
1946: Noddy Holder, English rock singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
1946: John Horner, American paleontologist and academic
1946: Demis Roussos, Egyptian-Greek singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2015)
1945: Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipino judge and politician (died 2016)
1945: Robert Sarah, Guinean cardinal
1945: Lawrence Wilkerson, American colonel
1944: Robert D. Keppel, American police officer and academic (died 2021)
1943: Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor (died 2017)
1943: Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Danish politician, 38th Prime Minister of Denmark
1942: Ian Greenberg, Canadian broadcaster, founded Astral Media (died 2022)
1942: John E. McLaughlin, American diplomat
1942: Peter Norman, Australian sprinter (died 2006)
1941: Neal Adams, American illustrator (died 2022)
1941: Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (died 1994)
1939: Ward Connerly, American activist and businessman, founded the American Civil Rights Institute
1938: Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach
1937: Pierre Billon, Swiss-Canadian author and screenwriter
1937: Waylon Jennings, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)
1936: William Levada, American cardinal (died 2019)
1934: Ruby Nash Garnett, American R&B singer
1933: Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian politician, 2nd President of Iran (died 1981)
1933: Predrag Koraksić Corax, Serbian political caricaturist
1932: David Alliance, Baron Alliance, Iranian-English businessman and politician
1932: Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (died 2015)
1932: Zia Fariduddin Dagar, Indian singer (died 2013)
1932: Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian football player and sportscaster (died 1999)
1931: Joseph Gilbert, English air marshal
1930: Miguel Méndez, American author and academic (died 2013)
1930: Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)
1927: Ross Andru, American illustrator (died 1993)
1927: Ibn-e-Insha, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (died 1978)
1927: Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (died 1995)
1926: Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (died 1975)
1925: Richard Baker, English journalist and author (died 2018)
1925: Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet, author, and critic (died 2005)
1924: Hédi Fried, Swedish author and psychologist (died 2022)
1924: Ezer Weizman, Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (died 2005)
1923: Erland Josephson, Swedish actor and director (died 2012)
1923: Ninian Stephen, English-Australian lieutenant, judge, and politician, 20th Governor-General of Australia (died 2017)
1922: Jaki Byard, American pianist and composer (died 1999)
1921: Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (died 1977)
1920: Keith Andrews, American race car driver (died 1957)
1920: Alla Kazanskaya, Russian actress (died 2008)
1920: Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man (died 2012)
1920: Alberto Sordi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2003)
1918: François Tombalbaye, Chadian politician, 1st President of Chad (died 1975)
1917: John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2010)
1917: Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer-songwriter (died 2005)
1917: Lash LaRue, American actor and producer (died 1996)
1916: Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer (died 1989)
1916: Horacio Salgán, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2016)
1916: Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2001)
1915: Nini Theilade, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator (died 2018)
1915: Thomas Huckle Weller, American biologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
1914: Yuri Andropov, Russian politician (died 1984)
1914: Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist (died 1999)
1914: Hilda Terry, American cartoonist (died 2006)
1913: Tom Adair, American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter (died 1988)
1911: Wilbert Awdry, English author, created The Railway Series, the basis for Thomas the Tank Engine (died 1997)
1910: David Rose, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1990)
1909: Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American soprano and educator (died 2002)
1907: James Robertson Justice, English actor and educator (died 1975)
1906: Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and author (died 1985)
1906: Léon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer (died 1994)
1902: Erik Erikson, German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst (died 1994)
1901: Elmar Lohk, Russian-Estonian architect (died 1963)
1900: Gotthard Günther, German philosopher and academic (died 1984)
1900: Otto Luening, German-American composer and conductor (died 1996)
1898: Hubertus Strughold, German-American physiologist and academic (died 1986)
1894: Robert Russell Bennett, American composer and conductor (died 1981)
1894: Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1947)
1890: Georg Wüst, German oceanographer and academic (died 1977)
1888: Martin D'Arcy, English Jesuit priest (died 1976)
1888: Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author (died 1921)
1886: Frank Clement, British racing driver (died 1970)
1884: Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1944)
1881: Kesago Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army (died 1945)
1878: Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer (died 1955)
1875: Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier (died 1987)
1872: Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (died 1950)
1848: Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, Indian bishop and saint (died 1902)
1843: Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1907)
1835: Adah Isaacs Menken, American actress, painter, and poet (died 1868)
1822: Alfonso Corti, Italian anatomist (died 1876)
1809: François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet and historian (died 1866)
1805: William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (died 1877)
1801: Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (died 1883)
1792: Thomas Mitchell, Scottish-Australian colonel and explorer (died 1855)
1790: Charles-Amédée Kohler, Swiss chocolatier (died 1874)
1789: Josiah Henson, American minister, author, and activist (died 1883)
1777: David Daniel Davis, Welsh physician and academic (died 1841)
1767: Rachel Jackson, American wife of Andrew Jackson (died 1828)
1765: Henry Thomas Colebrooke, English orientalist (died 1837)
1763: Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (died 1826)
1763: Kobayashi Issa, Japanese priest and poet (died 1827)
1755: Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (died 1809)
1754: Juan José Elhuyar, Spanish chemist and mineralogist (died 1796)
1749: Georg Joseph Vogler, German organist, composer, and theorist (died 1814)
1645: Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician (died 1712)
1640: Bernard Lamy, French mathematician and theologian (died 1715)
1624: Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist and philologist (died 1704)
1623: Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (died 1672)
1605: Thomas Randolph, English poet and playwright (died 1635)
1553: Archduke Ernest of Austria (died 1595)
1549: Elizabeth Knollys, English noblewoman (died 1605)
1542: Richard Grenville, English captain and explorer (died 1591)
1519: Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1536)
1479: Lisa del Giocondo, Italian model, subject of the Mona Lisa (died 1542)
1330: Edward, the Black Prince of England (died 1376)

Deaths On This Day

2024: James Kent, American chef (born 1979)
2024: Matija Sarkic, English-born Montenegrin footballer (born 1997)
2023: Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician (born 1936)
2019: Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film director (born 1923)
2018: Matt "Guitar" Murphy, American Blues guitarist (born 1929)
2016: Lois Duncan, American author (born 1934)
2015: Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation (born 1917)
2014: Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (born 1927)
2014: Casey Kasem, American radio host, producer, and voice actor, co-created American Top 40 (born 1932)
2014: Daniel Keyes, American short story writer and novelist (born 1927)
2014: Moise Safra, Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Banco Safra (born 1934)
2013: Heinz Flohe, German footballer and manager (born 1948)
2013: José Froilán González, Argentinian racing driver (born 1922)
2013: Dennis O'Rourke, Australian director and producer (born 1945)
2013: Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1936)
2012: Phillip D. Cagan, American economist and author (born 1927)
2012: Barry MacKay, American tennis player and sportscaster (born 1935)
2012: Israel Nogueda Otero, Mexican economist and politician, 10th Governor of Guerrero (born 1935)
2012: Jerry Tubbs, American football player and coach (born 1935)
2011: Bill Haast, American herpetologist and academic (born 1910)
2008: Ray Getliffe, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1914)
2007: Hugo Corro, Argentine boxer (born 1953)
2006: Raymond Devos, Belgian-French comedian and clown (born 1922)
2006: Herb Pearson, New Zealand cricketer (born 1910)
2005: Suzanne Flon, French actress (born 1918)
2004: Ahmet Piriştina, Turkish politician and mayor of İzmir (born 1952)
2003: Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor (born 1911)
2002: Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial artist, founded Taekwondo (born 1918)
2001: Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (born 1909)
2000: Jules Roy, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1907)
1999: Omer Côté, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1906)
1996: Ella Fitzgerald, American singer and actress (born 1917)
1996: Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish general and politician (born 1911)
1996: Dick Murdoch, American wrestler (born 1946)
1995: John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and inventor, invented the Atanasoff-Berry computer (born 1903)
1994: Manos Hatzidakis, Greek composer and theorist (born 1925)
1993: John Connally, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1917)
1993: James Hunt, English racing driver and sportscaster (born 1947)
1992: Chuck Menville, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (born 1940)
1992: Brett Whiteley, Australian painter (born 1939)
1991: Happy Chandler, American businessman and politician, 49th Governor of Kentucky (born 1898)
1991: Arthur Lewis, Saint Lucian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)
1989: Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1912)
1989: Ray McAnally, Irish actor (born 1926)
1985: Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (born 1927)
1984: Meredith Willson, American playwright, composer, and conductor (born 1902)
1976: Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1896)
1971: Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
1968: Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (born 1880)
1968: Wes Montgomery, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1925)
1967: Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (born 1885)
1962: Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (born 1877)
1961: Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (born 1923)
1961: Peyami Safa, Turkish journalist and author (born 1899)
1945: Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein, Austrian diplomat
1941: Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (born 1873)
1941: Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (born 1875)
1938: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (born 1880)
1934: Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (born 1857)
1917: Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (born 1867)
1890: Unryū Kyūkichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (born 1822)
1889: Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (born 1850)
1888: Frederick III, German Emperor (born 1831)
1881: Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist and composer (born 1862)
1858: Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic (born 1795)
1849: James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (born 1795)
1844: Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet and academic (born 1777)
1772: Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer (born 1694)
1768: James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (born 1710)
1724: Henry Sacheverell, English minister and politician (born 1674)
1614: Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English courtier and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1540)
1521: Tamás Bakócz, Hungarian cardinal (born 1442)
1467: Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (born 1396)
1416: John, Duke of Berry (born 1340)
1389: Lazar of Serbia (born 1329)
1389: Murad I, Ottoman Sultan (born 1319)
1389: Miloš Obilić, Serbian knight.
1383: John VI Kantakouzenos, Byzantine emperor (born 1292)
1383: Matthew Kantakouzenos, Byzantine emperor
1381: John Cavendish, English lawyer and judge (born 1346)
1381: Wat Tyler, English rebel leader (born 1341)
1341: Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (born 1297)
1337: Angelo da Clareno, Italian Franciscan and leader of a group of Fraticelli (born 1247)
1246: Frederick II, Duke of Austria (born 1219)
1189: Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (born 1159)
1184: Magnus Erlingsson, King of Norway (born 1156)
1073: Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (born 1034)
991: Theophanu, Byzantine wife of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 960)
970: Adalbert, bishop of Passau
960: Eadburh of Winchester, English princess and saint
952: Murong Yanchao, Chinese general
948: Romanos I Lekapenos, Byzantine Emperor (born c. 870)
923: Robert I of France (born 866)

Guest