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June 18

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June 18

June 18 is the 169th day of the year (170th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 196 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Iowa Lottery commemorates 40th anniversary with throwback ticket from 1985. To celebrate turning 40 this year, the Iowa Lottery released a special anniversary ticket that calls back to the original scratch-off game from 1985.
2024: DC woman wins two top prizes in different scratch-off lottery games within four months. One lucky Washington, D.C. woman won two top prizes on two different scratch-off tickets four months apart.
2024: Former DC Lottery Director Frank Suarez appointed President and CEO of Connecticut Lottery. The Connecticut Lottery announced Thursday that Frank Suarez, the former Executive Director of the DC Office of Lottery and Gaming, was appointed as the new permanent President and CEO of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation (CLC).
2020: Michigan grandmother claims $70 million Powerball jackpot. A Michigan resident is the owner of the single winning ticket for the Powerball drawing held on February 12 worth $70 million. The winner had decided to make an impromptu pit stop with a friend to buy some lottery tickets at Huron Plaza Liquor on West Huron Street in Pontiac.
2018: Better Business Bureau releases study on sweepstakes, lottery and prize scams. A new report by the Better Business Bureau says sweepstakes, lottery and prize scams are using ever-changing methods to hurt victims financially and emotionally.
2016: New York State lawmakers vote to legalize fantasy sports. Months after being halted by the New York attorney general, daily fantasy sports won a major victory early Saturday as state lawmakers moved to legalize the online games.
2014: Audit: Florida lottery department keeps shaky records. The agency overseeing the Florida lottery doesn't exactly have the winning ticket when it comes to keeping track of its taxpayer-funded property.
2014: Florida lottery kicks off campaign to protect customers from dishonest clerks. The Florida Lottery has launched a new campaign after some store owners were claiming big prizes time and time again despite the small odds.
2012: $32 million Mega Millions ticket claimed in LA area. A Los Angeles-area woman recently walked into the California Lottery's Santa Ana District Office and submitted her winning Mega Millions ticket worth $32 million.
2012: Four $1M Powerball tickets sold in same county, at same chain. The odds of winning at least $1 million by matching the first five numbers in a Powerball drawing are 1 in 5.15 million. Four people beat those odds in Florida this week.
2012: Delaware couple plans to pay Powerball winnings forward. A married couple from Wilmington, Delaware, managed to make their dreams come true when they won $1 million with Powerball, courtesy of the Delaware Lottery.
2011: Legal fight over $33M lottery ticket could end next week. A $33 million lottery jackpot is in dispute, with two men from Edmonton, in Alberta, Canada, laying claim to the hefty prize.
2010: Police reveal financial picture of slain lottery winner. A leather folder may hold the key to the cash and assets taken from slain Lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare and what may be owed to his estate.
2010: Record $95M Lotto Max lottery jackpot drawing tonight. With no jackpot winner for the past seven weeks, Friday night's Lotto Max draw is boasting a bounty of $95 million -- the largest in Canadian history.
2009: $200,000 Powerball prize awarded on day lottery ticket was set to expire. William H. Greer of Philadelphia is the winner of a $200,000 Powerball prize that was set to expire at 4:30 p.m. today.
2009: Maryland Lottery teams up with Ravens. Maryland Lottery officials are gambling that Ravens football fever will bolster ticket sales when a new scratch-off is unveiled later this year, marking one of the first partnerships of its kind in the country.
2009: Arkansas Lottery hires away S.C. director. The Arkansas Lottery Commission has hired Ernie Passailaigue, the director of the South Carolina lottery, to lead the formation of Arkansas' newly approved lottery program.
2009: Ohio Lottery facts and trivia as it turns 35 years old. Thirty-five years ago this summer, the newly created Ohio Lottery held its first-ever drawing, a public spectacle at Parmatown Mall that drew more than 1,000 people.
2009: Euro Millions lottery winner is gardener and 'nice chap'. Onion-growing granddad Brian Caswell will jet to Rio and buy a flash car after claiming a £25 million (US$40.8 million) Euro Millions lottery jackpot.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$380.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 19, 2023
2.$333 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2016
3.$302 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 20, 2025
4.$300 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 20, 2023
5.$290 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2022
6.$284.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 18, 2022
7.€223.61 Million US$234.59 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 18, 2022
8.€171.21 Million US$191.76 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 18, 2019
9.€143 Million US$191.38 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 18, 2013
10.€174 Million
US$186.75 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 18, 2024
11.$180 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 20, 2003
12.$175 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 19, 2018
13.$169 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 18, 2016
14.$151 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 20, 2018
15.€143 Million
US$150.68 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2022
16.€101 Million
US$145.17 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2011
17.$145 Million: Texas
Lotto Texas
Draw Date
Jun 19, 2004
18.€120 Million
US$131.02 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 20, 2023
19.$123 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 20, 2017
20.$121 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 18, 2004
21.€96.42 Million
US$108.73 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 18, 2016
22.$105 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 19, 2013
23.€90 Million
US$104.85 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2018
24.$102.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 18, 2025
25.$92 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 19, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2001: Merilus
Monday, Jun 18, 2001
24 years old
1988: assaults
Saturday, Jun 18, 1988
37 years old
1980: El$A
Wednesday, Jun 18, 1980
45 years old
1980: Peddy
Wednesday, Jun 18, 1980
45 years old
1974: redgirl618
Tuesday, Jun 18, 1974
51 years old
1973: legiobscare
Monday, Jun 18, 1973
52 years old
1970: mikev575
Thursday, Jun 18, 1970
55 years old
1963: user044
Tuesday, Jun 18, 1963
62 years old
1963: buc2012
Tuesday, Jun 18, 1963
62 years old
1963: MooreBetter
Tuesday, Jun 18, 1963
62 years old
1961: msbeth_2004
Sunday, Jun 18, 1961
64 years old
1959: Conmadre
Thursday, Jun 18, 1959
66 years old
1954: Suzieq25golf
Friday, Jun 18, 1954
71 years old
1950: fdennis50
Sunday, Jun 18, 1950
75 years old
1944: ghostrider1311
Sunday, Jun 18, 1944
81 years old
: bigggmike
(year not provided)
: SayHiFrenchie
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: Titan, a submersible operated by OceanGate Expeditions, imploded while attempting to view the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five people on board including the co-founder and CEO of the company, Stockton Rush in the North Atlantic Ocean.
2018: An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes northern Osaka.
2009: The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
2007: The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire happened in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine firefighters.
2006: The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1 is launched.
1998: Propair Flight 420 crashes near Montréal-Mirabel International Airport in Quebec, Canada, killing 11.
1994: The Troubles: Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) attack a crowded pub with assault rifles in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland. Six Catholic civilians are killed and five wounded. It was crowded with people watching the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
1984: A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of striking miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984-85 UK miners' strike.
1983: Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
1983: Mona Mahmudnizhad, together with nine other women of the Baháʼí Faith, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran over her religious beliefs.
1982: Italian banker Roberto Calvi's body is discovered hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London, England.
1981: The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
1979: SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
1972: Staines air disaster: One hundred eighteen people are killed when a BEA H.S. Trident crashes minutes after takeoff from London's Heathrow Airport.
1965: Vietnam War: The United States Air Force uses B-52 bombers to attack guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
1958: Benjamin Britten's one-act opera Noye's Fludde premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival.
1954: Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
1953: The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
1953: A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
1948: Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
1948: Britain, France and the United States announce that on June 21, the Deutsche Mark will be introduced in western Germany and West Berlin. Over the next six days, Communists increasingly restrict access to Berlin.
1946: Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa.
1945: William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
1940: Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.
1940: The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
1935: Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total of 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
1928: Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
1920: The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1920-1922) begin with a week of sectarian violence in Derry.
1908: Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
1908: The University of the Philippines is established.
1900: Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
1887: The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
1873: Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
1859: First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
1858: Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory.
1822: Konstantinos Kanaris blows up the Ottoman navy's flagship at Chios, killing the Kapudan Pasha Nasuhzade Ali Pasha.
1815: Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.
1812: The United States declaration of war upon the United Kingdom is signed by President James Madison, beginning the War of 1812.
1803: Haitian Revolution: The Royal Navy led by Rear-Admiral John Thomas Duckworth commence the blockade of Saint-Domingue against French forces.
1799: Action of 18 June 1799: A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral Jean-Baptiste Perrée is captured by the British fleet under Lord Keith.
1778: American Revolutionary War: The British Army abandons Philadelphia.
1757: Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
1684: The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court.
1633: Charles I is crowned King of Scots at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.
1429: Charles VII's army defeats an English army under John Talbot at the Battle of Patay during the Hundred Years' War. The English lost 2,200 men, over half their army, crippling their efforts during this segment of the war.
1391: Tokhtamysh-Timur war: Battle of the Kondurcha River: Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde in present-day southeast Russia.
1265: A draft Byzantine-Venetian treaty is concluded between Venetian envoys and Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, but is not ratified by Doge Reniero Zeno.
1264: The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.
1053: Battle of Civitate: Three thousand Norman horsemen of Count Humphrey rout the troops of Pope Leo IX.
860: Byzantine-Rus' War: A fleet of about 200 Rus' vessels sails into the Bosphorus and starts pillaging the suburbs of the Byzantine capital Constantinople.
656: Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.
618: Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China.

Births On This Day

1999: Choi Ye-won, South Korean singer and actress
1999: Trippie Redd, American rapper
1997: Katharina Hobgarski, German tennis player
1997: Latrell Mitchell, Australian rugby league player
1996: Alen Halilović, Croatian footballer
1996: Niki Wories, Dutch figure skater
1995: Maxim Kovtun, Russian figure skater
1994: Sean McMahon, Australian rugby player
1994: Takeoff, American rapper (died 2022)
1993: Dennis Lloyd, Israeli musician, producer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
1990: Luke Adam, Canadian ice hockey player
1990: Sandra Izbașa, Romanian gymnast
1990: Derek Stepan, American ice hockey player
1990: Christian Taylor, American triple jumper
1989: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, French-born Gabonese footballer
1989: Chris Harris Jr., American football player
1988: Elini Dimoutsos, Greek footballer
1988: Josh Dun, American musician
1987: Omar Arellano, Mexican footballer
1987: Moeen Ali, English cricketer
1986: Edgars Eriņš, Latvian decathlete
1986: Richard Gasquet, French tennis player
1986: Richard Madden, Scottish actor
1985: Chris Coghlan, American baseball player
1985: Alex Hirsch, American animator and television producer
1984: Nanyak Dala, Canadian rugby player
1983: Billy Slater, Australian rugby league player
1983: Cameron Smith, Australian rugby league player
1982: Nadir Belhadj, French-Algerian footballer
1982: Marco Borriello, Italian footballer
1982: Nathan Cavaleri, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1981: Scooter Braun, American music executive
1981: Clint Newton, American-Australian rugby league player
1981: Marco Streller, Swiss footballer
1980: Antonio Gates, American football player
1980: Sergey Kirdyapkin, Russian race walker
1980: Craig Mottram, Australian runner
1980: Antero Niittymäki, Finnish ice hockey player
1979: Yumiko Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress and singer
1979: Ivana Wong, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
1978: Wang Liqin, Chinese table tennis player
1978: Tara Platt, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1976: Blake Shelton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975: Marie Gillain, Belgian actress
1975: Aleksandrs Koliņko, Latvian footballer
1975: Martin St. Louis, Canadian ice hockey player
1974: Vincenzo Montella, Italian footballer and manager
1974: Sergey Sharikov, Russian fencer and coach (died 2015)
1973: Julie Depardieu, French actress
1973: Stephen Thomas Erlewine, American author and music critic
1973: Ray LaMontagne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973: Alexandra Meissnitzer, Austrian skier
1973: Matt Parsons, Australian rugby league player
1973: Gavin Wanganeen, Australian footballer and coach
1972: Anu Tali, Estonian pianist and conductor
1972: Wikus du Toit, South African actor, director, and composer
1971: Kerry Butler, American actress and singer
1971: Jason McAteer, English-Irish footballer and manager
1971: Nathan Morris, American soul singer
1971: Nigel Owens, Welsh rugby referee and TV presenter
1970: Katie Derham, English journalist
1970: Ivan Kozák, Slovak footballer
1970: Greg Yaitanes, American director and producer
1969: Haki Doku, Albanian cyclist
1969: Christopher Largen, American journalist and author (died 2012)
1968: Frank Müller, German decathlete
1967: Clifton Campbell, American sprinter
1966: Kurt Browning, Canadian figure skater, choreographer, and sportscaster
1966: Troy Kemp, Bahamian high jumper
1966: Dexter Romweber, American musician (died 2024)
1964: Uday Hussein, Iraqi commander (died 2003)
1964: Patti Webster, American publicist and author (died 2013)
1963: Dizzy Reed, American keyboard player and songwriter
1963: Bruce Smith, American football player
1962: Lisa Randall, American physicist and academic
1961: Oz Fox, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1961: Andrés Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player
1961: Angela Johnson, American novelist and poet
1961: Alison Moyet, English singer-songwriter
1960: Barbara Broccoli, American director and producer
1960: Steve Murphy, Canadian journalist
1959: Joe Ansolabehere, American animation screenwriter and producer
1958: Peter Altmaier, German jurist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany
1958: Gary Martin, British voice actor and actor
1957: Miguel Ángel Lotina, Spanish footballer and manager
1957: Richard Powers, American novelist
1956: Brian Benben, American actor and producer
1956: John Scott, English organist and conductor (died 2015)
1955: Ed Fast, Canadian lawyer and politician
1953: Peter Donohoe, English pianist and educator
1952: Tiiu Aro, Estonian physician and politician, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
1952: Denis Herron, Canadian ice hockey player
1952: Carol Kane, American actress
1952: Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
1952: Lee Soo-man, South Korean singer and businessman, founded S.M. Entertainment
1951: Mohammed Al-Sager, Kuwaiti journalist and politician
1951: Miriam Flynn, American actress and comedian
1951: Ian Hargreaves, English-Welsh journalist and academic
1951: Stephen Hopper, Australian botanist and academic
1951: Gyula Sax, Hungarian chess player (died 2014)
1950: Rod de'Ath, Welsh drummer and producer (died 2014)
1950: Annelie Ehrhardt, German hurdler
1950: Mike Johanns, American lawyer and politician, 28th United States Secretary of Agriculture
1950: Jackie Leven, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)
1949: Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator
1949: Jarosław Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Poland
1949: Lech Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 4th President of Poland (died 2010)
1948: Philip Jackson, English actor
1948: Sherry Turkle, American academic, psychologist, and sociologist
1947: Ivonne Coll, Puerto Rican-American model and actress, Miss Puerto Rico 1967
1947: Bernard Giraudeau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)
1947: Linda Thorson, Canadian actress
1946: Russell Ash, English journalist and author (died 2010)
1946: Bruiser Brody, American wrestler (died 1988)
1946: Fabio Capello, Italian footballer and manager
1946: Maria Bethânia, Brazilian singer
1946: Gordon Murray, British automobile designer
1944: Bruce DuMont, American broadcaster and political analyst
1944: Sandy Posey, American pop/country singer
1943: Barry Evans, English actor (died 1997)
1943: Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer, dancer, and actress (died 2021)
1943: Éva Marton, Hungarian soprano and actress
1942: John Bellany, Scottish painter (died 2013)
1942: Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter (died 2013)
1942: Pat Hutchins, English author and illustrator (died 2017)
1942: Thabo Mbeki, South African politician and 2nd President of South Africa
1942: Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942: Richard Perry, American record producer (died 2024)
1942: Carl Radle, American bass player and producer (died 1980)
1942: Nick Tate, Australian actor and director
1942: Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (died 2004)
1941: Roger Lemerre, French footballer and manager
1941: Paul Mayersberg, English director and screenwriter
1941: Delia Smith, English chef and author
1939: Lou Brock, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2020)
1939: Jean-Claude Germain, Canadian historian, author, and journalist
1939: Brooks Firestone, American businessman and politician
1938: Kevin Murray, Australian footballer and coach
1937: Del Harris, American basketball player and coach
1937: Jay Rockefeller, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of West Virginia
1937: Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist and historian (died 2006)
1937: Vitaly Zholobov, Ukrainian colonel, engineer, and astronaut
1936: Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver (died 1992)
1936: Ronald Venetiaan, Surinamese politician, 6th President of Suriname
1934: Brian Kenny, English general (died 2017)
1934: Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese author and illustrator (died 2004)
1934: Barack Obama Sr., Kenyan economist (died 1982)
1933: Colin Brumby, Australian composer and conductor (died 2018)
1933: Tommy Hunt, American singer
1932: Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1932: Geoffrey Hill, English poet and academic (died 2016)
1931: Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazilian sociologist, academic, and politician, 34th President of Brazil
1929: Jürgen Habermas, German sociologist and philosopher
1929: Tibor Rubin, Hungarian-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2015)
1928: Michael Blakemore, Australian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2023)
1928: David T. Lykken, American geneticist and academic (died 2006)
1927: Eva Bartok, Hungarian-English actress (died 1998)
1927: Paul Eddington, English actor (died 1995)
1926: Philip B. Crosby, American businessman and author (died 2001)
1926: Allan Sandage, American astronomer and cosmologist (died 2010)
1926: Tom Wicker, American journalist and author (died 2011)
1925: Robert Beadell, American composer and educator (died 1994)
1924: George Mikan, American basketball player and coach (died 2005)
1922: Claude Helffer, French pianist and educator (died 2004)
1920: Ian Carmichael, English actor and singer (died 2010)
1920: Aster Berkhof, Belgian author and academic (died 2020)
1919: Jüri Järvet, Estonian actor and screenwriter (died 1995)
1918: Alf Francis, West Prussia-born, English motor racing mechanic and race car constructor (died 1983)
1918: Jerome Karle, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
1918: Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2003)
1917: Richard Boone, American actor, singer, and director (died 1981)
1917: Jack Karnehm, English snooker player and sportscaster (died 2002)
1917: Erik Ortvad, Danish painter and illustrator (died 2008)
1916: Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian lawyer and politician, 25th President of Colombia (died 2005)
1915: Red Adair, American firefighter (died 2004)
1915: Robert Kanigher, American author (died 2002)
1915: Alice T. Schafer, American mathematician (died 2009)
1914: E. G. Marshall, American actor (died 1998)
1914: Efraín Huerta, Mexican poet (died 1982)
1913: Wilfred Gordon Bigelow, Canadian soldier and surgeon (died 2005)
1913: Sammy Cahn, American pianist and composer (died 1993)
1913: Sylvia Porter, American economist and journalist (died 1991)
1913: Françoise Loranger, Canadian playwright and producer (died 1995)
1913: Robert Mondavi, American winemaker and philanthropist (died 2008)
1913: Oswald Teichmüller, German mathematician (died 1943)
1912: Glenn Morris, American decathlete (died 1974)
1910: Dick Foran, American actor and singer (died 1979)
1910: Avon Long, American actor and singer (died 1984)
1910: Ray McKinley, American singer, drummer, and bandleader (died 1995)
1908: Bud Collyer, American actor and game show host (died 1969)
1908: Stanley Knowles, American-Canadian academic and politician (died 1997)
1908: Nedra Volz, American actress (died 2003)
1907: Frithjof Schuon, Swiss-American metaphysicist, philosopher, and author (died 1998)
1905: Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor (died 1982)
1904: Keye Luke, Chinese-American actor (died 1991)
1904: Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer (died 2003)
1903: Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (died 1965)
1903: Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet (died 1923)
1902: Louis Alter, American musician (died 1980)
1902: Paavo Yrjölä, Finnish decathlete (died 1980)
1901: Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1918)
1901: Llewellyn Rees, English actor (died 1994)
1900: Vlasta Vraz, Czech-American relief worker, editor, and fundraiser (died 1989)
1897: Martti Marttelin, Finnish runner (died 1940)
1896: Blanche Sweet, American actress (died 1986)
1887: Tancrède Labbé, Canadian businessman and politician (died 1956)
1886: George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (died 1924)
1886: Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist and paleontologist (died 1978)
1884: Édouard Daladier, French captain and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1970)
1882: Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian compositor and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria (died 1949)
1881: Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer (died 1956)
1877: James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (died 1960)
1870: Édouard Le Roy, French mathematician and philosopher (died 1954)
1868: Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (died 1957)
1863: George Essex Evans, English-Australian poet and author (died 1909)
1862: Carolyn Wells, American novelist and poet (died 1942)
1858: Andrew Forsyth, Scottish-English mathematician and academic (died 1942)
1858: Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (died 1927)
1857: Henry Clay Folger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Folger Shakespeare Library (died 1930)
1854: E. W. Scripps, American publisher, founded the E. W. Scripps Company (died 1926)
1850: Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (died 1914)
1845: Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1922)
1839: William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (died 1920)
1834: Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie, French philosopher and academic (died 1895)
1833: Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and President (1880-1884) (died 1893)
1816: Hélène Napoleone Bonaparte, French daughter of Napoleon (died 1907)
1816: Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepali ruler (died 1877)
1815: Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (died 1881)
1812: Ivan Goncharov, Russian journalist and author (died 1891)
1799: William Lassell, English astronomer and merchant (died 1880)
1769: Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Irish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (died 1822)
1757: Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-French pianist and composer (died 1831)
1757: Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine lawyer and politician 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (died 1833)
1717: Johann Stamitz, Czech violinist and composer (died 1757)
1716: Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter and educator (died 1809)
1677: Antonio Maria Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (died 1726)
1673: Antonio de Literes, Spanish composer (died 1747)
1667: Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal (died 1750)
1521: Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu (died 1577)
1517: Emperor Ōgimachi of Japan (died 1593)
1511: Bartolomeo Ammannati, Italian architect and sculptor, designed the Ponte Santa Trinita (died 1592)
1466: Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (died 1539)
1332: John V Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (died 1391)
1318: Eleanor of Woodstock (died 1355)
1269: Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (died 1298)

Deaths On This Day

2024: James Chance, American musician (born 1953)
2024: Anouk Aimée, French actress (born 1932)
2024: Yoyong Martirez, Filipino basketball player (born 1946)
2024: Willie Mays, American baseball player (born 1931)
2023: Notable victims of the Titan submersible implosion: Shahzada Dawood, Pakistani-British businessman (born 1975)
2023: Notable victims of the Titan submersible implosion: Hamish Harding, British businessman (born 1964)
2023: Notable victims of the Titan submersible implosion: Paul-Henri Nargeolet, French navy commander and explorer (born 1946)
2023: Notable victims of the Titan submersible implosion: Stockton Rush, American businessman, CEO and founder of OceanGate (born 1962)
2022: Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Danish politician, minister of foreign affairs (born 1941)
2022: Adibah Noor, Malaysian actress, singer, master of ceremonies (born 1970)
2020: Vera Lynn, English singer who was the "Forces' Sweetheart" in World War II (born 1917)
2018: XXXTentacion, American rapper (born 1998)
2018: Big Van Vader (also known as Vader) American professional wrestler (born 1955)
2018: Jimmy Wopo, American rapper (born 1997)
2016: Jeppiaar, Indian educationist, founder and chancellor of Sathyabama University (born 1931)
2015: Phil Austin, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1941)
2015: Ralph J. Roberts, American businessman, co-founded Comcast (born 1920)
2015: Danny Villanueva, American football player and broadcaster, co-founded Univision (born 1937)
2015: Allen Weinstein, American historian and academic (born 1937)
2014: Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist and engineer (born 1923)
2014: Johnny Mann, American singer-songwriter and conductor (born 1928)
2014: Claire Martin, Canadian author (born 1914)
2014: Vladimir Popovkin, Russian general (born 1957)
2014: Horace Silver, American pianist and composer (born 1928)
2013: Brent F. Anderson, American engineer and politician (born 1932)
2013: Alastair Donaldson, Scottish bass player (born 1955)
2013: Garde Gardom, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (born 1924)
2013: Michael Hastings, American journalist and author (born 1980)
2013: David Wall, English ballet dancer (born 1946)
2012: Horacio Coppola, Argentinian photographer and director (born 1906)
2012: Lina Haag, German author and activist (born 1907)
2012: Tom Maynard, Welsh cricketer (born 1989)
2012: Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín, Peruvian general and politician, 109th Prime Minister of Peru (born 1919)
2012: Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and manager (born 1934)
2012: William Van Regenmorter, American businessman and politician (born 1939)
2011: Yelena Bonner, Russian activist (born 1923)
2011: Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia (born 1943)
2011: Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist (born 1942)
2010: Trent Acid, American wrestler (born 1980)
2010: José Saramago, Portuguese novelist Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922)
2010: Okan Demiriş, Turkish composer (born 1942)
2008: Jean Delannoy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1908)
2008: Tasha Tudor, American author and illustrator (born 1915)
2008: Hans Steinbrenner, German sculptor (born 1928)
2007: Bernard Manning, English comedian and actor (born 1930)
2007: Hank Medress, American singer and producer (born 1938)
2007: Georges Thurston, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1951)
2006: Vincent Sherman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1906)
2006: Joseph Zobel, Martinique-French author (born 1915)
2005: Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (born 1914)
2005: Manuel Sadosky, Argentinian mathematician and academic (born 1914)
2003: Larry Doby, American baseball player and manager (born 1923)
2000: Nancy Marchand, American actress (born 1928)
1998: Felix Knight, American actor and tenor (born 1908)
1997: Lev Kopelev, Ukrainian-German author and academic (born 1912)
1996: Endel Puusepp, Estonian-Soviet military pilot and politician (born 1909)
1993: Craig Rodwell, American activist, founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop (born 1940)
1992: Kofoworola Abeni Pratt, the first black Chief Nursing Officer of Nigeria (born 1910)
1992: Peter Allen, Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1944)
1992: Mordecai Ardon, Polish-Israeli painter and educator (born 1896)
1989: I. F. Stone, American journalist and author (born 1907)
1986: Frances Scott Fitzgerald, American journalist (born 1921)
1985: Paul Colin, French illustrator (born 1892)
1984: Alan Berg, American lawyer and radio host (born 1934)
1982: Djuna Barnes, American novelist, journalist, and playwright (born 1892)
1982: John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer (born 1912)
1982: Curd Jürgens, German-Austrian actor and director (born 1915)
1980: Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter (born 1904)
1980: André Leducq, French cyclist (born 1904)
1978: Walter C. Alvarez, American physician and author (born 1884)
1975: Hugo Bergmann, German-Israeli philosopher and author (born 1883)
1974: Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and academic (born 1896)
1974: Georgy Zhukov, Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (born 1896)
1971: Thomas Gomez, American actor (born 1905)
1971: Paul Karrer, Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1889)
1967: Geki, Italian race car driver (born 1937)
1967: Beat Fehr, Swiss race car driver (born 1942)
1964: Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter (born 1890)
1963: Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (born 1912)
1959: Ethel Barrymore, American actress (born 1879)
1948: Edward Brooker, English-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania (born 1891)
1947: Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (born 1898)
1945: Florence Bascom, American geologist and educator (born 1862)
1945: Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general (born 1886)
1943: Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (born 1912)
1942: Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, bandleader, and politician (born 1870)
1937: Gaston Doumergue, French politician, 13th President of France (born 1863)
1936: Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1868)
1928: Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer (born 1872)
1926: Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Queen consort of the Hellenes (born 1851)
1922: Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (born 1851)
1921: Abdul Awwal Jaunpuri, Indian Islamic scholar and author (born 1867)
1917: Titu Maiorescu, Romanian critic and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (born 1840)
1916: Max Immelmann, German lieutenant and pilot (born 1890)
1905: Carmine Crocco, Italian soldier (born 1830)
1902: Samuel Butler, English novelist, satirist, and critic (born 1835)
1866: Prince Sigismund of Prussia (born 1864)
1860: Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck, German army officer and writer (born 1783)
1835: William Cobbett, English farmer and journalist (born 1763)
1833: Robert Hett Chapman, American minister, missionary, and academic (born 1771)
1815: Thomas Picton, Welsh-English general and politician (born 1758)
1804: Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma (born 1746)
1794: François Buzot, French lawyer and politician (born 1760)
1794: James Murray, Scottish-English general and politician, 20th Governor of the Province of Quebec (born 1721)
1788: Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader (born 1714)
1772: Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German jurist and scholar (born 1706)
1772: Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician and reformer (born 1700)
1749: Ambrose Philips, English poet and politician (born 1674)
1742: John Aislabie, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1670)
1726: Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (born 1657)
1704: Tom Brown, English author and translator (born 1662)
1673: Jeanne Mance, French-Canadian nurse, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (born 1606)
1650: Christoph Scheiner, German priest, physicist, and astronomer (born 1575)
1629: Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Dutch admiral (born 1577)
1588: Robert Crowley, English minister and poet (born 1517)
1464: Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter (born 1400)
1333: Henry XV, Duke of Bavaria (born 1312)
1291: Alfonso III of Aragon (born 1265)
1250: Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León
1234: Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (born 1218)
1164: Elisabeth of Schönau, German Benedictine visionary (born c. 1129)
1095: Sophia of Hungary (born c. 1050)
908: Zhang Hao, general of Yang Wu
741: Leo III the Isaurian, Byzantine emperor (born 685)

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