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June 20

June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 194 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: North Carolina grandmother with injured leg "took off running" after seeing $912,326 lottery win. An injured leg wasn't stopping one North Carolina grandmother from getting up on her feet and taking a victory lap when she found out she won a $912,326 online lottery jackpot.
2024: Ohio woman wins $15 million on scratch-off lottery ticket, credits late father for luck. An Ohio woman said her luck with winning a $15 million top prize on a scratch-off lottery ticket is owed to her late father, who she says is "having the last laugh."
2022: Scammer who conned UK National Lottery of £2.5 million given more time to repay funds. A con artist who scammed the UK National Lottery of £2.5 million (US$3.06 million) by forging a winning ticket has been handed a wider window to pay back the funds he owes.
2019: Group of Iowa aerospace coworkers win unclaimed $1M lottery prize. One lottery ticket buyer's loss is the gain of group of Cedar Rapids workers.
2019: Man who won millions from lottery during divorce case must share. A suburban Detroit man who was in the middle of a divorce when he won more than $30 million must share the lottery windfall with his ex-wife.
2018: Are Florida lottery tickets being sold illegally in Bermuda?. The Bermuda Government was advised more than two years ago that the sale of American lottery tickets on the island appeared to breach "numerous" laws in the United States, including some designed to stop money-laundering.
2017: The 5 lottery jackpots Tipton and his friends stole. Eddie Tipton, the now-infamous former security chief at the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), is accused of installing software on Random Number Generators that allowed him to predict winning combinations for drawings that occurred on three dates every non-leap year — Nov. 23, Dec. 29 and May 27.
2015: Florida man out $92,000 after losing winning lottery tickets. A Tampa, Florida, service station owner is out of luck after losing Florida Lottery Cash 3 tickets worth $92,000.
2014: Idaho woman claims her second major lottery prize. Massage therapist Boni Hutchinson-Ennis of Boise, Idaho, has been touched by Lottery luck twice in the last three years -- most recently, when she won and claimed a $250,000 top prize on the Scratch Game Idaho $250,000 Jackpot.
2014: NY senator in quest to print ads on lottery tickets. A bill from New York state Sen. Diane Savino allowing for ads to be placed on lottery tickets and terminals has passed the Senate, and Ms. Savino said it could raise hundreds of millions of dollars for education without increasing taxes.
2010: Group still trying to undermine Arkansas Lottery. As state higher education officials mail out notices to the first recipients of Arkansas' lottery-funded college scholarships, a group that fought creation of the lottery says it is gearing up to start its anti-lottery campaign anew.
2008: Sopranos' Vinny Vella fumes over $5M lotto misprint. Former The Sopranos star Vinny Vella is threatening legal action against New York state lottery officials after they rejected what he believes is his $5 million winning ticket.
2008: $100,000 Wisconsin lottery ticket going unclaimed. A Wisconsin lottery ticket worth $100,000 will be worthless if no one claims the prize in the next 10 days.
2008: Former N.D. Lottery head gets unusual retirement payout. When North Dakota's former lottery director retired in April, he was paid $44,432 for unused vacation time, a sum that is raising eyebrows among lawmakers who write the budget for state government.
2008: $57M Mega Millions lottery winner is sex offender with criminal past. Fred Topous, the Kent City man who just won $57 million in the Mega Millions lottery, is a registered sex offender with a criminal past.
2007: Lottery winner: 'Kind of exciting, I guess'. Even though Dorothy Elliott won $1,000 a week for the rest of her life, she seemed completely unfazed by her good fortune.
2007: Pa. Lottery players dig Treasure Hunt game. Treasure Hunt, Pennsylvania Lottery's terminal-based Pick 5 game, has exceeded sales expectations.
2007: Lottery ticket thief gets 20 years. Instead of a large cash payout, a Holyoke, Massachusetts, man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after admitting he stole more than $1,600 worth of lottery scratch tickets from convenience stores.
2007: Retired Ontario couple wins second lottery jackpot. The second time a lucky Ontario couple collected a lottery jackpot there was no jumping up and down, no screaming, no pumping of fists in victory, because they did that the first time.
2007: Police foil alleged plot to kidnap lottery winners. Police in Montreal have arrested a man in an alleged plot to kidnap and kill two new lottery millionaires.
2007: Kickback probe launched at the Texas Lottery. The Travis County district attorney's office confirmed Tuesday that it has launched a criminal investigation after an allegation that someone affiliated with the Texas Lottery Commission may have solicited kickbacks from a financial planning firm that helped some Lotto Texas winners manage their money.
2005: Lottery numbers company ordered to refund customers. A Buffalo, New York, company that claims to sell booklets of "winning" lottery numbers must make full refunds to any Iowa consumer who requests a refund, and the company has been permanently prohibited from selling any goods or services in Iowa.
2005: N.C. lottery talk building to a climax. With passage of a $17.1 billion budget bill by the North Carolina House of Representatives last week, the lottery debate is heating up in North Carolina.
2005: A lottery for those bored by mini millions. Come Friday, California residents will no longer have to endure wimpy, yawn-producing California SuperLotto Plus jackpots that start at $7 million.
2005: Georgia lottery ticket hits $9M Lotto South jackpot. A ticket sold in Georgia matched all six numbers in Saturday night's $9 million Lotto South drawing, lottery officials said Sunday.
2005: New Minnesota lottery director brings fresh start. Clint Harris, the new Minnesota Lottery Director, brings his experience from South Dakota to implement a leaner, meaner lottery operation.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$400.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 21, 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.$296.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 20, 2022
6.$290 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2022
7.€224.99 Million US$237.07 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2022
8.€166 Million US$218.51 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2013
9.€195 Million US$208.55 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2024
10.€172.5 Million
US$194.81 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 20, 2019
11.$192 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2018
12.$184 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2016
13.$180 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 20, 2003
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.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2004
17.€101 Million
US$145.17 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2011
18.€120 Million
US$131.02 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 20, 2023
19.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2013
20.$123 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 20, 2017
21.$119.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2025
22.€97.42 Million
US$109.94 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2016
23.$108 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2019
24.€90 Million
US$104.85 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2018
25.$97 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 23, 2010

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1988: Shant2110
Monday, Jun 20, 1988
37 years old
1986: mbabygrl08
Friday, Jun 20, 1986
39 years old
1984: PRPrincess631
Wednesday, Jun 20, 1984
41 years old
1980: LottaGame
Friday, Jun 20, 1980
45 years old
1980: wally2164
Friday, Jun 20, 1980
45 years old
1979: GaGal40
Wednesday, Jun 20, 1979
46 years old
1978: Drecro1234
Tuesday, Jun 20, 1978
47 years old
1977: Jerome $41
Monday, Jun 20, 1977
48 years old
1975: Mary Lou123
Friday, Jun 20, 1975
50 years old
1972: ditchi
Tuesday, Jun 20, 1972
53 years old
1971: shawanna123
Sunday, Jun 20, 1971
54 years old
1970: chefgaryl
Saturday, Jun 20, 1970
55 years old
1970: neophyte
Saturday, Jun 20, 1970
55 years old
1970: bk062070
Saturday, Jun 20, 1970
55 years old
1970: Genini34
Saturday, Jun 20, 1970
55 years old
1970: TanyaL
Saturday, Jun 20, 1970
55 years old
1968: HaveABall
Thursday, Jun 20, 1968
57 years old
1967: tommyrhyme
Tuesday, Jun 20, 1967
58 years old
1966: rixster67r
Monday, Jun 20, 1966
59 years old
1964: B4badu44
Saturday, Jun 20, 1964
61 years old
1964: msbigrob
Saturday, Jun 20, 1964
61 years old
1963: Brooklyn5
Thursday, Jun 20, 1963
62 years old
1957: MsAnn$
Thursday, Jun 20, 1957
68 years old
1955: cbar332868
Monday, Jun 20, 1955
70 years old
1953: Eloise Graywolf
Saturday, Jun 20, 1953
72 years old
1953: JOSEPH DANGELO
Saturday, Jun 20, 1953
72 years old
1949: lottoguyRAY
Monday, Jun 20, 1949
76 years old
1947: nooker123
Friday, Jun 20, 1947
78 years old
1945: merle245
Wednesday, Jun 20, 1945
80 years old
: lele100
(year not provided)
: lootch
(year not provided)
: stephi
(year not provided)
: littlejack
(year not provided)
: serries2
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: Iran's Air Defense Forces shoot down an American surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions between the two countries.
2011: RusAir Flight 9605 crashes in Besovets during approach to Petrozavodsk Airport, killing 47.
2003: The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
1996: Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-78 to conduct life science and microgravity research aboard the Spacelab module.
1994: The 1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion in Iran leaves at least 25 dead and 70 to 300 injured.
1991: The German Bundestag votes to move seat of government from the former West German capital of Bonn to the present capital of Berlin.
1990: Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
1990: The 7.4 M_w Manjil-Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000-50,000, and injuring 60,000-105,000.
1988: Haitian president Leslie Manigat is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant General Henri Namphy.
1982: The International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide opens in Tel Aviv, despite attempts by the Turkish government to cancel it, as it included presentations on the Armenian genocide.
1982: The Argentine Corbeta Uruguay base on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War.
1979: ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan National Guard soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle during the Nicaraguan Revolution. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime.
1975: The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "summer blockbusters".
1973: Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in what is known as the Ezeiza massacre. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
1973: Aeroméxico Flight 229 crashes on approach to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, killing all 27 people on board.
1972: Watergate scandal: An 18+1⁄2-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.
1964: A Curtiss C-46 Commando crashes in the Shengang District of Taiwan, killing 57 people.
1963: Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called "red telephone" link between Washington, D.C., and Moscow.
1960: The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
1959: A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
1956: A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
1948: The Deutsche Mark is introduced in Western Allied-occupied Germany. The Soviet Military Administration in Germany responded by imposing the Berlin Blockade four days later.
1945: The United States Secretary of State approves the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the U.S. under Operation Paperclip.
1944: World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot".
1944: World War II: During the Continuation War, the Soviet Union demands unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful Vyborg-Petrozavodsk Offensive. The Finnish government refuses.
1944: The experimental MW 18014 V-2 rocket reaches an altitude of 176 km, becoming the first man-made object to reach outer space.
1943: The Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
1943: World War II: The Royal Air Force launches Operation Bellicose, the first shuttle bombing raid of the war. Avro Lancaster bombers damage the V-2 rocket production facilities at the Zeppelin Works while en route to an air base in Algeria.
1942: The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
1926: The 28th International Eucharistic Congress begins in Chicago, with over 250,000 spectators attending the opening procession.
1921: Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
1900: Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
1900: Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
1895: The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
1893: Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
1877: Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
1863: American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
1862: Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
1840: Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
1837: King William IV dies, and is succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
1819: The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.
1791: King Louis XVI, disguised as a valet, and the French royal family attempt to flee Paris during the French Revolution.
1789: Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
1787: Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
1782: The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
1756: A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
1685: Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.
1652: Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha is appointed Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.
1631: The Sack of Baltimore: The Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Barbary slave traders.
1622: The Battle of Höchst takes place during the Thirty Years' War.
1295: The Treaty of Anagni, an attempt mediated by the papacy to end the War of the Sicilian Vespers, is signed by the crown of Aragon, the kingdom of France and kingdom of Naples.
1180: First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan.
451: Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.

Births On This Day

2003: Hans Niemann, American chess player
1997: Bálint Kopasz, Hungarian sprint canoeist
1996: Sam Bennett, Canadian ice hockey player
1995: Caroline Weir, Scottish footballer
1995: Carol Zhao, Canadian tennis player
1994: Leonard Williams, American football player
1991: Kalidou Koulibaly, Senegalese footballer
1991: Rick ten Voorde, Dutch footballer
1990: DeQuan Jones, American basketball player
1990: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Senegalese writer
1989: Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor
1989: Javier Pastore, Argentinian footballer
1989: Terrelle Pryor, American football player
1987: A-fu, Taiwanese singer and songwriter
1987: Carsten Ball, Australian tennis player
1987: Asmir Begović, Bosnian footballer
1987: Joseph Ebuya, Kenyan runner
1986: Dreama Walker, American actress
1985: Saki Aibu, Japanese actress
1985: Aurélien Chedjou, Cameroonian footballer
1985: Matt Flynn, American football player
1985: Caroline Polachek, American singer and songwriter
1984: Hassan Adams, American basketball player
1983: Josh Childress, American basketball player
1983: Darren Sproles, American football player
1982: Aleksei Berezutski, Russian footballer
1982: Vasili Berezutski, Russian footballer
1982: Example, English singer/rapper
1981: Brede Hangeland, Norwegian footballer
1980: Franco Semioli, Italian footballer
1980: Fabian Wegmann, German cyclist
1979: Charles Howell III, American golfer
1978: Quinton Jackson, American mixed martial artist and actor
1978: Frank Lampard, English footballer
1978: Jan-Paul Saeijs, Dutch footballer
1977: Gordan Giriček, Croatian basketball player
1977: Amos Lee, American singer-songwriter
1976: Juliano Belletti, Brazilian footballer
1976: Carlos Lee, Panamanian baseball player
1975: Joan Balcells, Spanish tennis player
1975: Daniel Zítka, Czech footballer
1973: Chino Moreno, American singer, guitarist and lyricist
1972: Alexis Alexoudis, Greek footballer
1971: Rodney Rogers, American basketball player and coach
1971: Annik Van den Bosch, Belgian politician
1971: Jeordie White, American songwriter, guitarist, and bass player
1970: Andrea Nahles, German politician, German Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
1970: Athol Williams, South African poet and social philosopher
1969: Paulo Bento, Portuguese footballer and manager
1969: Misha Verbitsky, Russian mathematician and academic
1969: MaliVai Washington, American tennis player and sportscaster
1968: Robert Rodriguez, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1967: Nicole Kidman, American-Australian actress
1967: Dan Tyminski, American singer-songwriter
1966: Boaz Yakin, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1964: Pierfrancesco Chili, Italian motorcycle racer
1964: Silke Möller, German runner
1963: Kirk Baptiste, American sprinter
1963: Mark Ovenden, British author and broadcaster
1960: Philip M. Parker, American economist and author
1960: John Taylor, English bass player and actor
1959: Robert B. Weide, American screenwriter, producer and director
1958: Kelly Johnson, English hard rock guitarist and songwriter (died 2007)
1956: Peter Reid, English footballer and manager
1956: Sohn Suk-hee, South Korean newscaster
1955: E. Lynn Harris, American author (died 2009)
1954: Michael Anthony, American musician
1954: Allan Lamb, South African-English cricketer and sportscaster
1954: Ilan Ramon, Israeli colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003)
1954: Huda Zoghbi, American geneticist
1953: Robert Crais, American author and screenwriter
1953: Raúl Ramírez, Mexican tennis player
1953: Willy Rampf, German engineer
1952: John Goodman, American actor
1952: Vikram Seth, Indian author and poet
1951: Tress MacNeille, American voice actress
1951: Sheila McLean, Scottish scholar and academic
1951: Paul Muldoon, Irish poet and academic
1950: Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi politician, 76th Prime Minister of Iraq
1949: Gotabaya Rajapaksa, 8th president of Sri Lanka
1949: Lionel Richie, American singer, songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
1948: Cirilo Flores, American bishop (died 2014)
1948: Alan Longmuir, Scottish bass player and songwriter (died 2018)
1948: Ludwig Scotty, Nauruan politician, 10th President of Nauru
1947: Dolores "LaLa" Brooks, American pop singer
1946: Xanana Gusmão, Timorese soldier and politician, 1st President of East Timor
1946: David Kazhdan, Russian-Israeli mathematician and academic
1946: Bob Vila, American television host
1946: André Watts, American pianist and educator (died 2023)
1945: Anne Murray, Canadian singer and guitarist
1942: Neil Trudinger, Australian mathematician and theorist
1942: Brian Wilson, American singer, songwriter and producer (died 2025)
1941: Stephen Frears, English actor, director, and producer
1941: Ulf Merbold, German physicist and astronaut
1940: Eugen Drewermann, German priest and theologian
1940: John Mahoney, English-born American actor (died 2018)
1939: Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (died 1998)
1939: Budge Rogers, English rugby player and manager
1938: Joan Kirner, Australian educator and politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria (died 2015)
1938: Mickie Most, English music producer (died 2003)
1937: Stafford Dean, English actor and singer
1937: Jerry Keller, American singer-songwriter
1936: Billy Guy, American singer (died 2002)
1936: Enn Vetemaa, Estonian author and screenwriter (died 2017)
1935: Jim Barker, American politician (died 2005)
1935: Len Dawson, American football player (died 2022)
1935: Armando Picchi, Italian footballer and coach (died 1971)
1934: Wendy Craig, English actress
1933: Danny Aiello, American actor (died 2019)
1933: Claire Tomalin, English journalist and author
1932: Robert Rozhdestvensky, Russian poet and author (died 1994)
1931: Olympia Dukakis, American actress (died 2021)
1931: James Tolkan, American actor and director
1930: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish sculptor and academic (died 2017)
1930: John Waine, English bishop (died 2020)
1929: Edgar Bronfman, Sr., Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (died 2013)
1929: Anne Weale, English journalist and author (died 2007)
1929: Edith Windsor, American lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights activist (died 2017)
1928: Eric Dolphy, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer (died 1964)
1928: Martin Landau, American actor and producer (died 2017)
1928: Jean-Marie Le Pen, French intelligence officer and politician (died 2025)
1928: Asrat Woldeyes, Ethiopian surgeon and educator (died 1999)
1927: Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet and activist (died 2014)
1926: Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli general and politician, 9th Israeli Minister of Tourism (died 2001)
1925: Doris Hart, American tennis player and educator (died 2015)
1925: Audie Murphy, American lieutenant and actor, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1971)
1924: Chet Atkins, American guitarist and record producer (died 2001)
1924: Fritz Koenig, German sculptor and academic, designed The Sphere (died 2017)
1923: Peter Gay, German-American historian, author, and academic (died 2015)
1923: Jerzy Nowak, Polish actor and educator (died 2013)
1921: Byron Farwell, American historian and author (died 1999)
1921: Pancho Segura, Ecuadorian tennis player (died 2017)
1920: Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (died 1954)
1920: Thomas Jefferson, American trumpet player (died 1986)
1918: George Lynch, American race car driver (died 1997)
1918: Zoltán Sztáray, Hungarian-American author (died 2011)
1917: Helena Rasiowa, Austrian-Polish mathematician and academic (died 1994)
1916: Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Premier of Quebec (died 1973)
1916: T. Texas Tyler, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1972)
1915: Dick Reynolds, Australian footballer and coach (died 2002)
1915: Terence Young, Chinese-English director and screenwriter (died 1994)
1914: Gordon Juckes, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1994)
1914: Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, Turkish archaeologist and academic (died 2024)
1912: Anthony Buckeridge, English author (died 2004)
1912: Jack Torrance, American shot putter and football player (died 1969)
1912: Geoffrey Baker, English Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff of the British Army (died 1980)
1911: Gail Patrick, American actress (died 1980)
1910: Josephine Johnson, American author and poet (died 1990)
1909: Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor (died 1959)
1908: Billy Werber, American baseball player (died 2009)
1908: Gus Schilling, American actor (died 1957)
1907: Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (died 1998)
1906: Bob King, American high jumper and obstetrician (died 1965)
1906: William Reid, Scottish mining engineer (died 1985)
1905: Lillian Hellman, American playwright and screenwriter (died 1984)
1903: Sam Rabin, English wrestler, sculptor, and singer (died 1991)
1899: Jean Moulin, French soldier and engineer (died 1943)
1897: Elisabeth Hauptmann, German author and playwright (died 1973)
1896: Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1982)
1894: Lloyd Hall, American chemist and academic (died 1971)
1893: Wilhelm Zaisser, German soldier and politician (died 1958)
1891: Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Italian soprano (died 1951)
1891: John A. Costello, Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd Taoiseach of Ireland (died 1976)
1889: John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic (died 1951)
1887: Kurt Schwitters, German painter and illustrator (died 1948)
1885: Andrzej Gawroński, Polish linguist and academic (died 1927)
1884: Mary R. Calvert, American astronomer and author (died 1974)
1884: Johannes Heinrich Schultz, German psychiatrist and psychotherapist (died 1970)
1882: Daniel Sawyer, American golfer (died 1937)
1875: Reginald Punnett, English geneticist, statistician, and academic (died 1967)
1872: George Carpenter, American 5th General of The Salvation Army (died 1948)
1870: Georges Dufrénoy, French painter and academic (died 1943)
1869: Laxmanrao Kirloskar, Indian businessman, founded the Kirloskar Group (died 1956)
1867: Leon Wachholz, Polish scientist and medical examiner (died 1942)
1866: James Burns, English cricketer (died 1957)
1865: George Redmayne Murray, English biologist and physician (died 1939)
1861: Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1947)
1860: Alexander Winton, Scottish-American race car driver and engineer (died 1932)
1860: Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (died 1937)
1859: Christian von Ehrenfels, Austrian philosopher (died 1932)
1858: Charles W. Chesnutt, American novelist and short story writer (died 1932)
1855: Richard Lodge, English historian and academic (died 1936)
1847: Gina Krog, Norwegian suffragist and women's rights activist (died 1916)
1819: Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (died 1880)
1813: Joseph Autran, French poet and author (died 1877)
1809: Isaak August Dorner, German theologian and academic (died 1884)
1808: Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (died 1888)
1796: Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso, Italian cardinal (died 1878)
1786: Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet and author (died 1859)
1778: Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, French politician, 7th Prime Minister of France (died 1832)
1777: Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Canadian bishop (died 1840)
1771: Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Scottish philanthropist and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright (died 1820)
1771: Hermann von Boyen, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (died 1848)
1770: Moses Waddel, American minister and academic (died 1840)
1763: Wolfe Tone, Irish rebel leader (died 1798)
1761: Jacob Hübner, German entomologist and author (died 1826)
1756: Joseph Martin Kraus, German-Swedish composer and educator (died 1792)
1754: Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, princess of Baden (died 1832)
1737: Tokugawa Ieharu, Japanese shōgun (died 1786)
1723: (O.S.) Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher and historian (died 1816)
1717: Jacques Saly, French sculptor and painter (died 1776)
1647: (O.S.) John George III, Elector of Saxony (died 1691)
1642: (O.S.) George Hickes, English minister and scholar (died 1715)
1634: Charles Emmanuel II, duke of Savoy (died 1675)
1583: Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (died 1652)
1566: Sigismund III Vasa, Polish and Swedish king (died 1632)
1469: Gian Galeazzo Sforza, duke of Milan (died 1494)
1389: John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, English statesman (died 1435)
1005: Ali az-Zahir, Fatimid caliph of Egypt (died 1036)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor and producer (born 1935)
2024: Taylor Wily, American actor, sumo wrestler and mixed martial artist (born 1968)
2022: Caleb Swanigan, American basketball player (born 1997)
2017: Prodigy, American music artist (born 1974)
2015: Angelo Niculescu, Romanian footballer and manager (born 1921)
2015: Miriam Schapiro, Canadian-American painter and sculptor (born 1923)
2013: Ingvar Rydell, Swedish footballer (born 1922)
2012: Judy Agnew, Second Lady of the United States. (born 1921)
2012: LeRoy Neiman, American painter (born 1921)
2012: Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz (born 1919)
2012: Andrew Sarris, American critic (born 1928)
2011: Ryan Dunn, American television personality (born 1977)
2010: Roberto Rosato, Italian footballer (born 1943)
2010: Harry B. Whittington, English palaeontologist and academic (born 1916)
2005: Larry Collins, American journalist, historian, and author (born 1929)
2005: Jack Kilby, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923)
2004: Jim Bacon, Australian politician, 41st Premier of Tasmania (born 1950)
2002: Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American biochemist and academic (born 1905)
2002: Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (born 1916)
1999: Clifton Fadiman, American game show host, author, and critic (born 1902)
1997: Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author (born 1917)
1995: Emil Cioran, Romanian-French philosopher and educator (born 1911)
1984: Estelle Winwood, English actress (born 1883)
1978: Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer (born 1913)
1975: Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain, Haitian anthropologist (born 1898)
1974: Horace Lindrum, Australian snooker player (born 1912)
1969: Bishnu Prasad Rabha, Indian artist, painter, actor, dancer, writer, music composer and politician (born 1909)
1966: Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, physicist, and astronomer (born 1894)
1965: Bernard Baruch, American financier and politician (born 1870)
1963: Raphaël Salem, Greek-French mathematician and academic (born 1898)
1958: Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)
1952: Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (born 1898)
1947: Bugsy Siegel, American mobster (born 1906)
1945: Bruno Frank, German author, poet, and playwright (born 1878)
1929: Emmanouil Benakis, Greek merchant and politician, 35th Mayor of Athens (born 1843)
1925: Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychologist (born 1842)
1909: Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (born 1845)
1906: John Clayton Adams, English painter (born 1840)
1888: Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (born 1842)
1876: John Neal, American writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist (born 1793)
1875: Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (born 1810)
1872: Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (born 1804)
1870: Jules de Goncourt, French historian and author (born 1830)
1869: Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (born 1835)
1847: Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician (born 1782)
1840: Pierre Claude François Daunou, French historian and politician (born 1761)
1837: William IV of the United Kingdom (born 1765)
1820: Manuel Belgrano, Argentinian general, economist, and politician (born 1770)
1815: Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (born 1766)
1810: Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish general and politician (born 1755)
1800: Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician and academic (born 1719)
1787: Carl Friedrich Abel, German viol player and composer (born 1723)
1776: Benjamin Huntsman, English businessman (born 1704)
1668: Heinrich Roth, German missionary and scholar (born 1620)
1605: Feodor II of Russia (born 1589)
1597: Willem Barentsz, Dutch cartographer and explorer (born 1550)
1351: Margareta Ebner, German nun and mystic (born 1291)
1176: Mikhail of Vladimir, Russian prince
981: Adalbert, archbishop of Magdeburg
930: Hucbald, Frankish monk and music theorist
840: Louis the Pious, Carolingian emperor (born 778)
465: Emperor Wencheng of Northern Wei (born 440)

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