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June 15

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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.$281 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 16, 2023
4.$273 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 17, 2022
5.$258.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2022
6.€222.15 Million US$233.12 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 16, 2022
7.€143 Million US$191.38 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 18, 2013
8.€169.9 Million US$190.61 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2019
9.€174 Million US$186.75 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 18, 2024
10.$161 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2018
11.$153 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2016
12.$140 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 17, 2003
13.$137 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 16, 2018
14.€130 Million
US$136.46 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 17, 2022
15.€91 Million
US$129.79 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 17, 2011
16.€115.61 Million
US$126.57 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 16, 2023
17.$120 Million: Texas
Lotto Texas (old version)
Draw Date
Jun 16, 2004
17.$120 Million: Texas
Lotto Texas
Draw Date
Jun 16, 2004
19.$113 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 16, 2017
20.€95.34 Million
US$107.05 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 16, 2016
21.€90 Million
US$104.39 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2018
22.$100 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2004
22.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 17, 2006
24.$85 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2013
25.$82 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 18, 2003

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1998: Savage21
Monday, Jun 15, 1998
26 years old
1994: Onealmalcom7
Wednesday, Jun 15, 1994
30 years old
1990: GuiltyPlezure90
Friday, Jun 15, 1990
34 years old
1989: River 2019
Thursday, Jun 15, 1989
35 years old
1987: Adisa15
Monday, Jun 15, 1987
37 years old
1986: DoctorWhy
Sunday, Jun 15, 1986
38 years old
1986: Rodjohnsonjr86
Sunday, Jun 15, 1986
38 years old
1984: LamakcoBurton84
Friday, Jun 15, 1984
40 years old
1984: Luckmyway
Friday, Jun 15, 1984
40 years old
1981: sexyhoney
Monday, Jun 15, 1981
43 years old
1980: joola99
Sunday, Jun 15, 1980
44 years old
1979: benjaminyang
Friday, Jun 15, 1979
45 years old
1976: Pogo
Tuesday, Jun 15, 1976
48 years old
1974: Ponchis
Saturday, Jun 15, 1974
50 years old
1971: dao vang
Tuesday, Jun 15, 1971
53 years old
1965: happygirl665
Tuesday, Jun 15, 1965
59 years old
1964: kayr
Monday, Jun 15, 1964
60 years old
1964: ShamanBG
Monday, Jun 15, 1964
60 years old
1962: yumma2662
Friday, Jun 15, 1962
62 years old
1960: luckyfool
Wednesday, Jun 15, 1960
64 years old
1960: slam710711
Wednesday, Jun 15, 1960
64 years old
1952: mswiz777
Sunday, Jun 15, 1952
72 years old
1936: Saleo Paleo
Monday, Jun 15, 1936
88 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 took 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) 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.
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: Tia-Adana Belle, Barbadian athlete
1996: Aurora, Norwegian singer-songwriter
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 (d. 2012)
1989: Bryan Clauson, American race car driver (d. 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 (d. 2012)
1962: Brad Armstrong, American wrestler (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 1996)
1953: Vilma Bardauskienė, Lithuanian long jumper
1953: Marc Brickman, American lighting and production designer
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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 2015)
1945: Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipino judge and politician (d. 2016)
1945: Robert Sarah, Guinean cardinal
1945: Lawrence Wilkerson, American colonel
1944: Robert D. Keppel, American police officer and academic (d. 2021)
1943: Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor (d. 2017)
1943: Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Danish politician, 38th Prime Minister of Denmark
1942: Ian Greenberg, Canadian broadcaster, founded Astral Media (d. 2022)
1942: John E. McLaughlin, American diplomat
1942: Peter Norman, Australian sprinter (d. 2006)
1941: Neal Adams, American illustrator (d. 2022)
1941: Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (d. 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 (d. 2002)
1936: William Levada, American cardinal (d. 2019)
1934: Ruby Nash Garnett, American R&B singer
1933: Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian politician, 2nd President of Iran (d. 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 (d. 2015)
1932: Zia Fariduddin Dagar, Indian singer (d. 2013)
1932: Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian football player and sportscaster (d. 1999)
1931: Joseph Gilbert, English air marshal
1930: Miguel Méndez, American author and academic (d. 2013)
1930: Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
1927: Ross Andru, American illustrator (d. 1993)
1927: Ibn-e-Insha, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (d. 1978)
1927: Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (d. 1995)
1926: Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (d. 1975)
1925: Richard Baker, English journalist and author (d. 2018)
1925: Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet, author, and critic (d. 2005)
1924: Hédi Fried, Swedish author and psychologist (d. 2022)
1924: Ezer Weizman, Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (d. 2005)
1923: Erland Josephson, Swedish actor and director (d. 2012)
1923: Ninian Stephen, English-Australian lieutenant, judge, and politician, 20th Governor-General of Australia (d. 2017)
1922: Jaki Byard, American pianist and composer (d. 1999)
1921: Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (d. 1977)
1920: Keith Andrews, American race car driver (d. 1957)
1920: Alla Kazanskaya, Russian actress (d. 2008)
1920: Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man (d. 2012)
1920: Alberto Sordi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1918: François Tombalbaye, Chadian politician, 1st President of Chad (d. 1975)
1917: John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
1917: Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
1917: Lash LaRue, American actor and producer (d. 1996)
1916: Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer (d. 1989)
1916: Horacio Salgán, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2016)
1916: Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
1915: Nini Theilade, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator (d. 2018)
1915: Thomas Huckle Weller, American biologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
1914: Yuri Andropov, Russian politician (d. 1984)
1914: Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist (d. 1999)
1914: Hilda Terry, American cartoonist (d. 2006)
1913: Tom Adair, American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter (d. 1988)
1911: Wilbert Awdry, English author, created The Railway Series, the basis for Thomas the Tank Engine (d. 1997)
1910: David Rose, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)
1909: Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American soprano and educator (d. 2002)
1907: James Robertson Justice, English actor and educator (d. 1975)
1906: Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and author (d. 1985)
1906: Léon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer (d. 1994)
1902: Erik Erikson, German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst (d. 1994)
1901: Elmar Lohk, Russian-Estonian architect (d. 1963)
1900: Gotthard Günther, German philosopher and academic (d. 1984)
1900: Otto Luening, German-American composer and conductor (d. 1996)
1898: Hubertus Strughold, German-American physiologist and academic (d. 1986)
1894: Robert Russell Bennett, American composer and conductor (d. 1981)
1894: Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1947)
1890: Georg Wüst, German oceanographer and academic (d. 1977)
1888: Martin D'Arcy, English Jesuit priest (d. 1976)
1888: Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author (d. 1921)
1886: Frank Clement, British racing driver (d. 1970)
1884: Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1944)
1881: Kesago Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army (d. 1945)
1878: Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer (d. 1955)
1875: Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier (d. 1987)
1872: Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (d. 1950)
1848: Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, Indian bishop and saint (d. 1902)
1843: Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1907)
1835: Adah Isaacs Menken, American actress, painter, and poet (d. 1868)
1822: Alfonso Corti, Italian anatomist (d. 1876)
1809: François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet and historian (d. 1866)
1805: William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (d. 1877)
1801: Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (d. 1883)
1792: Thomas Mitchell, Scottish-Australian colonel and explorer (d. 1855)
1790: Charles-Amédée Kohler, Swiss chocolatier (d. 1874)
1789: Josiah Henson, American minister, author, and activist (d. 1883)
1777: David Daniel Davis, Welsh physician and academic (d. 1841)
1767: Rachel Jackson, American wife of Andrew Jackson (d. 1828)
1765: Henry Thomas Colebrooke, English orientalist (d. 1837)
1763: Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1826)
1763: Kobayashi Issa, Japanese priest and poet (d. 1827)
1755: Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (d. 1809)
1754: Juan José Elhuyar, Spanish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1796)
1749: Georg Joseph Vogler, German organist, composer, and theorist (d. 1814)
1645: Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician (d. 1712)
1640: Bernard Lamy, French mathematician and theologian (d. 1715)
1624: Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist and philologist (d. 1704)
1623: Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (d. 1672)
1605: Thomas Randolph, English poet and playwright (d. 1635)
1553: Archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595)
1549: Elizabeth Knollys, English noblewoman (d. 1605)
1542: Richard Grenville, English captain and explorer (d. 1591)
1519: Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1536)
1479: Lisa del Giocondo, Italian model, subject of the Mona Lisa (d. 1542)
1330: Edward, the Black Prince of England (d. 1376)

Deaths On This Day

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

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