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June 2

June 2 is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 212 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2026: Idaho Lottery joins America's 250th anniversary celebration, unveils "America250" scratch-off game. The Idaho Lottery is joining America's quarter-millennium anniversary bash with a vibrant new scratch-off game that celebrates 250 years of independence.
2025: North Carolina man credits store cashier for $2 million lottery win. A North Carolina man almost gave up on purchasing a lottery ticket at the store, but it's thanks to the cashier that he ended up winning a $2 million prize.
2024: Friends gift Alberta lottery winner reading glasses after he nearly misses $5M win. You can bet that a Canadian man won't be losing his reading glasses again anytime soon — especially after he nearly mistook his Lotto 6/49 $5 million win for a $5,000 one.
2022: Michigan woman wins $100,000 Powerball prize on free ticket. A Michigan woman is double-lucky after a bonus credit she won from the Michigan Lottery turned into a $100,000 Powerball prize.
2022: Massachusetts Lottery announces new draw schedule. The Massachusetts Lottery will be changing the draw schedule for all its in-state games later this month.
2021: NC woman misses Powerball drawing, wins $2 million in the next one. It's a common fear among lottery players that your numbers would be picked in a drawing you did not enter, but one North Carolina woman could not have had better timing after missing a Powerball drawing and winning a $2 million prize in the next one.
2020: Single father wins £1 million from EuroMillions lottery after playing for the first time. Simon Waddup, 31, entered the National Lottery EuroMillions draw game for the very first time. As luck would have it, the impulse buy earned him a £1 million (US$1.25 million) prize.
2018: SC lottery error prompts class-action lawsuit. A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the South Carolina Lottery Commission and Intralot, claiming that refusing to pay the prize money for a game glitch is a breach of contract.
2016: Michigan man wins $1 million on mistake lottery ticket. A simple mistake turned out to be very lucky for a Niles man who won a $1 million Mega Millions prize from the Michigan Lottery.
2016: New law gives Québec Lottery power to shut down competitors. Under a new law passed last month in Quebec's National Assembly, Loto-Québec can ask Internet Service Providers (ISPs) operating within the province to block the sites of the agency's competitors or face fines of up to $100,000 per infraction.
2012: Cuban lottery system turns common words into numbers. With roots in the 1800s, the Cuban lottery system known as La Charada has players seeing numbers everywhere they look.
2011: $200M Powerball lottery jackpot won by N.Y. Costco workers. A group of Costco employees were very happy Thursday morning -- and very rich.
2011: Ohio Senate bill includes privatizing lottery. The Ohio Senate's latest version of the state budget bill includes language to privatize the Ohio Lottery that is nearly identical to legislation drafted by a gaming company hoping to manage the $2.5 billion agency's day-to-day operations.
2010: Store clerk gets prison term for Ohio lottery ticket theft. A woman who stole more than $500,000 in Ohio Lottery scratch-off tickets from a Kroger store was sent Tuesday to prison for the maximum sentence of five years.
2009: Georgia man wins $1 million in lottery. A Gainesville man's life may have been opened to new possibilities after winning a $1 million Georgia Lottery prize.
2009: Ark. Lottery Commission meets, discusses director candidates. The Arkansas Lottery Commission got a little closer, with emphasis on little, to naming an executive director.
2009: N.H. Lottery lottery for $1 million winner. New Hampshire Lottery officials are about to pull a scratch ticket from stores, even though one of the $1 million prizes is still unaccounted for.
2009: Conn. AG urges changes before allowing Keno. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal advised Connecticut legislators Monday to amend the state's memoranda of understanding with two federally recognized Indian tribes before attempting to legalize Keno in the state.
2007: Lottery thief sets himself on fire. Firefighters said it can't get more ironic than this: an arsonist breaks into a convenience store, steals scratch-off lottery tickets, tries to cover his tracks by setting a fire, and in the process, sets himself on fire.
2006: Powerball lottery jackpot rolls to $48 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, the jackpot grew to an estimated $48 million, with a cash option of $21.3 million.
2006: Greek boy kidnapped from lottery winners. The teenage son of a couple from Loutsa, east of Athens, Greece, who had won 280,000 euros in the Joker lottery escaped from his kidnappers yesterday hours after the two men abducted him and demanded the winnings from his parents.
2006: Employee charged with stealing lottery tickets. An employee of a Bath convenience store allegedly made off with 59 North Carolina Lottery tickets Saturday and cashed in the winnings a day later.
2006: New Mexico Lottery names new CEO. The New Mexico Lottery Authority board of directors met yesterday and named Tom Romero as its new chief executive officer. Romero becomes the New Mexico Lottery's fourth CEO since its 1996 inception.
2006: W.V. Lottery officials target 'coin-pusher' machines. West Virginia Lottery retailers could lose their licenses if they have 'coin-pusher' gambling machines installed in their stores.
2006: N.C. Lottery wins 1st Powerball border battle. The Tar Heel state collected more than three times the cash in ticket sales than South Carolina during the run up to the first Powerball drawing involving both states.
2006: Security guard steals Idaho Lottery tickets. An Idaho Lottery security officer is in jail today, accused of stealing from the agency he was hired to protect.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $60 million. The multi-state Mega Millions lottery jackpot grows to $60 million for Friday's game after there was no big winner in Tuesday night's $50 million drawing.
2004: Boss's kind gesture wins him and co-worker $1 million. A boss and his employtee are splitting $1 million as winners of the top prize in the Michigan Lottery's "Million Dollar Mania" Instant Game, Lottery officials announced Tuesday.
2004: Michigan Lottery Players Capitalize on Popular Combination. On Saturday, May 29, 2004, the number 1-1-0-1 was drawn in the Daily 4 game midday drawing, with 2,416 winning tickets splitting a record-setting $4,787,650 prize pool.
2004: Lottery returns veterans to Normandy. War heroes from the Midlands will this week be returning to the Normandy battlefields thanks to a series of UK National Lottery grants.
2004: Scientific Games Launches "Lottery Museum". Scientific Games Corporation announced that it has launched the Internet Scientific Games Lottery Museum at http://www.scientificgames.com in honor of the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the first secure instant lottery ticket.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$552 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2024
2.$475 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2019
3.$356 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2020
4.$346 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2026
5.$338 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2017
6.€237 Million US$269.92 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2025
7.$268.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2021
8.$261.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2010
9.$260 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2015
10.$257 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2023
11.$251 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2016
12.€214.87 Million
US$230.32 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2022
13.$203 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2023
14.$202 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2025
15.€173.39 Million
US$201.45 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2026
16.$194.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2026
17.$192 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2014
18.$189.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2022
19.$189 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2022
20.$188.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2015
21.€163.1 Million
US$183.54 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2019
22.$173.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2024
23.€132 Million
US$173.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 5, 2012
24.€152 Million
US$170.89 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2017
25.€141 Million
US$164.08 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2026

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1993: icanJessbme
Wednesday, Jun 2, 1993
33 years old
1989: Kakins
Friday, Jun 2, 1989
37 years old
1988: JSANDOVAL56
Thursday, Jun 2, 1988
38 years old
1986: NEWYORKER
Monday, Jun 2, 1986
40 years old
1985: Will222
Sunday, Jun 2, 1985
41 years old
1983: nena20hg
Thursday, Jun 2, 1983
43 years old
1983: vhammond23
Thursday, Jun 2, 1983
43 years old
1981: Jass33
Tuesday, Jun 2, 1981
45 years old
1978: Mccain101
Friday, Jun 2, 1978
48 years old
1972: KRISTA308
Friday, Jun 2, 1972
54 years old
1971: maddi2
Wednesday, Jun 2, 1971
55 years old
1969: chrismor
Monday, Jun 2, 1969
57 years old
1968: jbrina
Sunday, Jun 2, 1968
58 years old
1966: Big54
Thursday, Jun 2, 1966
60 years old
1963: Pet63
Sunday, Jun 2, 1963
63 years old
1962: AJJLOJ
Saturday, Jun 2, 1962
64 years old
1958: fastwin23
Monday, Jun 2, 1958
68 years old
1940: lucylocket9
Sunday, Jun 2, 1940
86 years old
: Jake
(year not provided)
: urbossmanpimpin
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: A collision between two passenger trains and a parked freight train near the city of Balasor, Odisha in eastern India, results in 296 deaths and more than 1,200 people injured.
2022: Following a request from Ankara, the United Nations officially changed the name of the Republic of Turkey in the organization from what was previously known as "Turkey" to "Türkiye".
2014: Telangana officially becomes the 29th state of India, formed from ten districts of northwestern Andhra Pradesh.
2012: Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
2003: Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
1998: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-91, the final mission of the Shuttle-Mir program.
1997: In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.
1990: The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12.
1983: After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.
1979: Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
1967: Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States.
1967: Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran are brutally suppressed, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.
1966: Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.
1964: The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is formed.
1962: During the FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
1958: Aeronaves de México Flight 111 crashes on approach to Guadalajara International Airport, killing 45.
1955: The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between the two countries, discontinued since 1948.
1953: The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey becomes the first British coronation and one of the first major international events to be televised.
1946: Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled.
1941: World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.
1924: U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
1919: Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.
1910: Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
1909: Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
1896: Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
1878: Nobiling assassination attempt by anarchist Karl Nobiling targeting the German Kaiser, Wilhelm I.
1866: The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after.
1848: The Slavic Congress opens in Prague.
1805: Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures from the British the island of Diamond Rock, which guards the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, Martinique.
1793: French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.
1780: The anti-Catholic Gordon Riots in London leave an estimated 300 to 700 people dead.
1774: Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act of 1774 is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
1763: Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
1692: Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts; she was found guilty the same day and hanged on June 10.
1676: Franco-Dutch War: France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo.
1615: The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
1608: The Colony of Virginia gets a charter, extending borders from "sea to sea".
1259: Wedding of Manfred, King of Sicily, and Byzantine princess Helena Angelina Doukaina.
1098: First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later.
575: Pope Benedict I is consecrated after obtaining imperial approval from Constantinople.
455: Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.
260: Sima Zhao's regicide of Cao Mao: The figurehead Wei emperor Cao Mao personally leads an attempt to oust his regent, Sima Zhao; the attempted coup is crushed and the emperor killed.

Births On This Day

2002: Madison Hu, American actress
2002: Fonua Pole, New Zealand rugby league player
2001: Kysaiah Pickett, Australian rules footballer
2000: Jay Idzes, Indonesian footballer
1999: Campbell Graham, Australian rugby league player
1997: Scott Wozniak, American YouTuber
1996: Morissette, Filipina singer-songwriter
1993: Adam Taggart, Australian footballer
1992: Pajtim Kasami, Swiss footballer
1990: Dane Rampe, Australian rules footballer
1989: Steve Smith, Australian cricketer
1988: Sergio Agüero, Argentine footballer
1988: Awkwafina, American actress, rapper, and comedian
1988: Staniliya Stamenova, Bulgarian canoeist
1987: Clayton Bartolo, Maltese politician
1987: Maryka Holtzhausen, South African netball player
1987: Yoann Huget, French rugby player
1987: Matthew Koma, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1987: Angelo Mathews, Sri Lankan cricketer
1987: Sonakshi Sinha, Indian actress
1986: Todd Carney, Australian rugby league player
1985: Rhett Bomar, American football player
1985: Miyuki Sawashiro, Japanese voice actress and singer
1984: Jack Afamasaga, New Zealand rugby league player
1984: Feleti Mateo, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
1983: Chris Higgins, American ice hockey player
1983: Toni Livers, Swiss skier
1982: Jewel Staite, Canadian actress
1981: Nikolay Davydenko, Russian tennis player
1981: Chin-hui Tsao, Taiwanese baseball player
1980: Fabrizio Moretti, Brazilian-American drummer
1980: Bobby Simmons, American basketball player
1980: Richard Skuse, English rugby player
1980: Abby Wambach, American soccer player and coach
1980: Tomasz Wróblewski, Polish bass player and songwriter
1979: Morena Baccarin, Brazilian-American actress
1979: Butterfly Boucher, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1978: Dominic Cooper, English actor
1978: Nikki Cox, American actress
1978: Yi So-yeon, biotechnologist and astronaut, the first Korean in space
1978: Justin Long, American actor
1977: Teet Allas, Estonian footballer
1977: A.J. Styles, American wrestler
1977: Zachary Quinto, American actor and producer
1976: Earl Boykins, American basketball player
1976: Martin Čech, Czech ice hockey player (died 2007)
1976: Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer
1976: Tim Rice-Oxley, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1975: Salvatore Scibona, American author
1974: Gata Kamsky, Russian-American chess player
1974: Matt Serra, American mixed martial artist
1973: Marko Kristal, Estonian footballer and manager
1973: Neifi Pérez, Dominican-American baseball player
1972: Wayne Brady, American actor, comedian, game show host, and singer
1972: Raúl Ibañez, American baseball player
1972: Wentworth Miller, American actor and screenwriter
1971: Kateřina Jacques, Czech translator and politician
1970: B Real, American rapper and actor
1969: Kurt Abbott, American baseball player
1969: Paulo Sérgio, Brazilian footballer
1969: David Wheaton, American tennis player, radio host, and author
1968: Merril Bainbridge, Australian singer-songwriter
1968: Andy Cohen, American television host
1968: Lester Green, American comedian and actor
1967: Remigija Nazarovienė, Lithuanian heptathlete and coach
1967: Mike Stanton, American baseball player
1967: Nadhim Zahawi, British politician
1966: Dayana Cadeau, Haitian born Canadian-American professional bodybuilder
1966: Candace Gingrich, American activist
1966: Pedro Guerra, Spanish singer-songwriter
1966: Catherine King, Australian politician
1966: Petra van Staveren, Dutch swimmer
1965: Mark Waugh, Australian cricketer and journalist
1965: Steve Waugh, Australian cricketer
1964: Caroline Link, German director and screenwriter
1963: Anand Abhyankar, Indian actor (died 2012)
1962: Mark Plaatjes, South African-American runner and coach
1960: Olga Bondarenko, Russian runner
1960: Tony Hadley, English singer-songwriter and actor
1960: Kyle Petty, American race car driver and sportscaster
1959: Rineke Dijkstra, Dutch photographer
1959: Lydia Lunch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1958: Lex Luger, American wrestler and football player
1957: Mark Lawrenson, English footballer and manager
1956: Jan Lammers, Dutch race car driver
1955: Dana Carvey, American comedian and actor
1955: Nandan Nilekani, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys
1955: Mani Ratnam, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
1955: Michael Steele, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1954: Dennis Haysbert, American actor and producer
1953: Vidar Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist
1953: Craig Stadler, American golfer
1953: Cornel West, American philosopher, author, and academic
1952: Gary Bettman, American sports executive, 14th Commissioner of the National Hockey League
1951: Gilbert Baker, American artist, gay rights activist, and designer of the rainbow flag (died 2017)
1951: Arnold Mühren, Dutch footballer and manager
1951: Larry Robinson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1951: Alexander Wylie, Lord Kinclaven, Scottish lawyer, judge, and educator
1950: Joanna Gleason, Canadian actress and singer
1950: Momčilo Vukotić, Serbian footballer and manager (died 2021)
1949: Heather Couper, English astronomer and physicist (died 2020)
1949: Frank Rich, American journalist and critic
1948: Jerry Mathers, American actor
1946: Lasse Hallström, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter
1946: Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer (died 2020)
1945: Richard Long, English painter, sculptor, and photographer
1945: Bonnie Newman, American businesswoman and politician
1944: Robert Elliott, American actor (died 2004)
1944: Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and conductor (died 2012)
1943: Ivi Eenmaa, Estonian politician, 36th Mayor of Tallinn
1943: Charles Haid, American actor and director
1943: Crescenzio Sepe, Italian cardinal
1942: Mike Ahern, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Queensland (died 2023)
1941: Stacy Keach, American actor
1941: Lou Nanne, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
1941: Irène Schweizer, Swiss jazz pianist (died 2024)
1941: Charlie Watts, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 2021)
1940: Constantine II of Greece (died 2023)
1939: Charles Miller, American musician (died 1980)
1939: John Schlee, American golfer (died 2000)
1938: Kevin Brownlow, English historian and author
1938: George William Penrose, Lord Penrose, Scottish lawyer and judge
1937: Rosalyn Higgins, English lawyer and judge
1937: Sally Kellerman, American actress (died 2022)
1937: Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (died 2012)
1937: Robert Paul, Canadian figure skater and choreographer
1937: Deric Washburn, American screenwriter and playwright
1936: Volodymyr Holubnychy, Ukrainian race walker (died 2021)
1935: Carol Shields, American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (died 2003)
1935: Dimitri Kitsikis, Greek poet and educator (died 2021)
1933: Sasao Gouland, governor of Chuuk State, Micronesia (died 2011)
1933: Lew "Sneaky Pete" Robinson, drag racer (died 1971)
1930: Pete Conrad, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 1999)
1929: Norton Juster, American architect, author, and academic (died 2021)
1929: Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player (died 2007)
1928: Erzsi Kovács, Hungarian singer (died 2014)
1928: Ron Reynolds, English footballer (died 1999)
1927: W. Watts Biggers, American author, screenwriter, and animator (died 2013)
1927: Colin Brittan, English footballer (died 2013)
1926: Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (died 1977)
1926: Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor (died 2013)
1924: June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author, and activist (died 2007)
1923: Lloyd Shapley, American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
1922: Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (died 2002)
1922: Charlie Sifford, American professional golfer (died 2015)
1922: Carmen Silvera, Canadian-English actress (died 2002)
1921: Betty Freeman, American photographer and philanthropist (died 2009)
1921: Ernie Royal, American trumpet player (died 1983)
1921: Sigmund Sternberg, Hungarian-English businessman and philanthropist (died 2016)
1921: András Szennay, Hungarian priest (died 2012)
1920: Frank G. Clement, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Tennessee (died 1969)
1920: Yolande Donlan, American-English actress (died 2014)
1920: Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German author and critic (died 2013)
1920: Tex Schramm, American businessman (died 2003)
1920: Johnny Speight, English screenwriter and producer (died 1998)
1918: Ruth Atkinson, Canadian-American illustrator (died 1997)
1918: Kathryn Tucker Windham, American journalist and author (died 2011)
1917: Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and director (died 2006)
1915: Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy (died 1992)
1915: Lester del Rey, American science fiction author (died 1993)
1913: Barbara Pym, English author (died 1980)
1913: Elsie Tu, English-Hong Kong educator and politician (died 2015)
1911: Joe McCluskey, American runner (died 2002)
1910: Hector Dyer, American sprinter (died 1990)
1907: Dorothy West, American journalist and author (died 1998)
1907: John Lehmann, English poet and publisher (died 1987)
1904: Frank Runacres, English painter and educator (died 1974)
1904: Johnny Weissmuller, Hungarian-American swimmer and actor (died 1984)
1899: Lotte Reiniger, German animator and director (died 1981)
1899: Edwin Way Teale, American environmentalist and photographer (died 1980)
1893: Maire Comerford, Irish Republican (died 1982)
1891: Thurman Arnold, American lawyer and judge (died 1969)
1891: Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral and pilot (died 1945)
1881: Walter Egan, American golfer (died 1971)
1878: Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader (died 1912)
1875: Charles Stewart Mott, American businessman and politician, 50th Mayor of Flint, Michigan (died 1973)
1866: Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager (died 1937)
1865: George Lohmann, English cricketer (died 1901)
1865: Adelaide Casely-Hayford, Sierra Leone Creole advocate and activist for cultural nationalism (died 1960)
1863: Felix Weingartner, Croatian-Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1942)
1861: Concordia Selander, Swedish actress and manager (died 1935)
1857: Edward Elgar, English composer and educator (died 1934)
1857: Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)
1840: Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (died 1928)
1840: Émile Munier, French artist (died 1895)
1838: Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg (died 1900)
1835: Pope Pius X (died 1914)
1823: Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (died 1905)
1813: Daniel Pollen, Irish-New Zealand politician, 9th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1896)
1774: William Lawson, English-Australian explorer and politician (died 1850)
1773: John Randolph of Roanoke, American planter and politician, 8th United States Ambassador to Russia (died 1833)
1743: Alessandro Cagliostro, Italian occultist and explorer (died 1795)
1740: Marquis de Sade, French philosopher and politician (died 1814)
1739: Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (died 1815)
1731: Martha Washington, First Lady of the United States (died 1802)
1644: William Salmon, English medical writer (died 1713)
1638: Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon (died 1709)
1621: Rutger von Ascheberg, Courland-born soldier in Swedish service (died 1693)
1621: (baptized) Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter (died 1649)
1602: Rudolf Christian, Count of East Frisia, Ruler of East Frisia (died 1628)
1535: Pope Leo XI (died 1605)
1489: Charles, Duke of Vendôme (died 1537)
1423: Ferdinand I of Naples (died 1494)
1305: Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, ruler of Ilkhanate (died 1335)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Larry Allen, American football player (born 1971)
2024: Rob Burrow, English rugby league footballer (born 1982)
2024: David Levy, Israeli politician (born 1937)
2024: Janis Paige, American actress and singer (born 1922)
2017: Peter Sallis, English actor (born 1921)
2015: Fernando de Araújo, East Timorese politician, President of East Timor (born 1963)
2015: Irwin Rose, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)
2014: Ivica Brzić, Serbian footballer and manager (born 1941)
2014: Nikolay Khrenkov, Russian bobsledder (born 1984)
2014: Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (born 1925)
2013: Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor (born 1930)
2013: Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (born 1930)
2013: Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1956)
2012: Adolfo Calero, Nicaraguan businessman and political activist (born 1931)
2012: Richard Dawson, English-American soldier, actor, television personality, and game show host (born 1932)
2012: LeRoy Ellis, American basketball player (born 1940)
2012: Kathryn Joosten, American actress (born 1939)
2009: David Eddings, American author (born 1931)
2008: Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1928)
2008: Mel Ferrer, American actor (born 1917)
2007: Kentarō Haneda, Japanese pianist and composer (born 1949)
2007: Huang Ju, Chinese engineer and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1938)
2006: Keith Smith, English rugby player and coach (born 1952)
2005: Lucien Cliche, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1916)
2005: Gunder Gundersen, Norwegian skier (born 1930)
2005: Samir Kassir, Lebanese journalist and educator (born 1950)
2005: Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (born 1912)
2003: Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (born 1918)
2003: Alma Ricard, Canadian broadcaster and philanthropist (born 1906)
2002: Hugo van Lawick, Dutch director and photographer (born 1937)
2001: Imogene Coca, American actress and comedian (born 1908)
2001: Joey Maxim, American boxer (born 1922)
2000: Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Russian ophthalmologist, academic, and politician (born 1927)
2000: John Schlee, American golfer (born 1939)
2000: Gerald James Whitrow, English mathematician, cosmologist, and historian (born 1912)
1999: Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican singer (born 1949)
1997: Doc Cheatham, American trumpet player, singer, and bandleader (born 1905)
1997: Helen Jacobs, American tennis champion (born 1908)
1996: John Alton, Hungarian-American cinematographer and director (born 1901)
1996: Leon Garfield, English author (born 1921)
1996: Ray Combs, American game show host (born 1956)
1994: David Stove, Australian philosopher, author, and academic (born 1927)
1993: Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1913)
1993: Tahar Djaout, Algerian journalist, writer and poet (born 1954)
1992: Philip Dunne, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1908)
1991: Ahmed Arif, Turkish poet and author (born 1927)
1990: Rex Harrison, English actor (born 1908)
1989: Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1907)
1988: Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1924)
1987: Anthony de Mello, Indian-American priest and psychotherapist (born 1931)
1987: Sammy Kaye, American bandleader and songwriter (born 1910)
1987: Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (born 1893)
1986: Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1901)
1983: Stan Rogers, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1949)
1983: Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1913)
1982: Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan (born 1904)
1982: Shah Abdul Wahhab, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar (born 1894)
1979: Jim Hutton, American actor (born 1934)
1978: Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and coach (born 1895)
1977: Albert Bittlmayer, German footballer (born 1952)
1977: Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish-born American actor (born 1931)
1976: Kenneth Mason, English soldier and geographer (born 1887)
1976: Juan José Torres, Bolivian general and politician, 61st President of Bolivia (born 1920)
1974: Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese race car driver (born 1949)
1970: Orhan Kemal, Turkish author (born 1914)
1970: Albert Lamorisse, French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
1970: Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver and engineer, founded the McLaren racing team (born 1937)
1970: Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian soldier, journalist, and academic (born 1888)
1970: Lucía Sánchez Saornil, Spanish anarchist feminist (born 1895)
1969: Leo Gorcey, American actor (born 1917)
1968: André Mathieu, Canadian pianist and composer (born 1929)
1967: Benno Ohnesorg, German student and activist (born 1940)
1962: Vita Sackville-West, English author and poet (born 1892)
1961: George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright (born 1889)
1959: Lyda Borelli, Italian actress (born 1884)
1956: Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director (born 1886)
1952: Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (born 1880)
1948: Viktor Brack, German physician (born 1904)
1948: Karl Brandt, German SS officer (born 1904)
1948: Karl Gebhardt, German physician (born 1897)
1948: Waldemar Hoven, German physician (born 1903)
1948: Wolfram Sievers, German SS officer (born 1905)
1947: John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (born 1867)
1942: Bunny Berigan, American singer and trumpet player (born 1908)
1941: Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (born 1903)
1937: Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (born 1870)
1933: Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (born 1878)
1929: Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican general (born 1889)
1927: Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Turkish painter (born 1886)
1901: George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary and author (born 1844)
1882: Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (born 1807)
1881: Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (born 1801)
1875: Józef Kremer, Polish psychologist, historian, and philosopher (born 1806)
1865: Ner Middleswarth, American judge and politician (born 1783)
1853: Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general (born 1777)
1806: William Tate, English painter (born 1747)
1785: Jean Paul de Gua de Malves, French mathematician and academic (born 1713)
1761: Jonas Alströmer, Swedish businessman (born 1685)
1754: Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish minister and theologian (born 1680)
1716: Ogata Kōrin, Japanese painter and educator (born 1658)
1701: Madeleine de Scudéry, French author (born 1607)
1693: John Wildman, English soldier and politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (born 1621)
1603: Bernard of Wąbrzeźno, Roman Catholic priest (born 1575)
1581: James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (born 1525)
1572: Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (born 1536)
1567: Shane O'Neill, head of the O'Neill dynasty in Ireland (born 1530)
1453: Álvaro de Luna, Duke of Trujillo, Constable of Castile
1418: Katherine of Lancaster, queen of Henry III of Castile
1292: Rhys ap Maredudd, Welsh nobleman and rebel leader
1258: Peter I, Count of Urgell
1200: Bishop John of Oxford
910: Richilde of Provence (born 845)
891: Al-Muwaffaq, Abbasid general (born 842)
657: Pope Eugene I

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