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June 21

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June 21

June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 193 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: $150,000 and $50,000 Powerball lottery tickets from Indiana set to expire this week. Two Powerball lottery prizes, one valued at $150,000 and the other at $50,000, are set to expire in Indiana.
2021: Michigan man almost threw out winning $500,000 lottery ticket. "Always double-check your tickets" is probably what one lucky Michigan man would tell any lottery player after he nearly threw out a winning scratch-off ticket worth $500,000.
2021: Veterans shut out of Illinois vaccine lottery. Illinois is making headlines after it was revealed that thousands of veterans won't be eligible to enter the "All In For The Win" incentive lottery for a shot at the millions of dollars being awarded to vaccinated individuals.
2019: Court rejects Colorado man's claim to full $4.8M lottery jackpot he unwittingly split with scammers. Even though Amir Massihzadeh of Boulder, Colorado, was the only legitimate winner of a Colorado Lotto jackpot worth $4.8 million in 2005, he's not eligible to claim the full winnings, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled in a decision released Thursday.
2019: $1 million Mega Millions ticket sold in North Texas set to expire. The Texas Lottery announced Thursday that a winning Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million remains unclaimed after its January 1, 2019 drawing. And the time to claim it is about to expire.
2017: Oklahoma Lottery revamping after lawmakers pass legislation to increase prizes. The Oklahoma Lottery is revamping its products and marketing strategy in light of a recent law change removing the requirement that 35 percent of its profits go to education.
2016: Online sales fuel increase in Michigan Lottery revenue. Since it began in Michigan last Thanksgiving, Internet lottery sales have mushroomed along with the number of players using their smartphones and personal computers to play.
2016: New logo for Iowa Lottery. The Iowa Lottery unveiled a new logo Monday to celebrate more than 40 years in business.
2013: Va. Beach couple buys 5 winning lottery tickets, wins $500,000. A Virginia Beach couple quintupled their lottery winnings after they bought not one, but five tickets with the same winning numbers.
2013: New Jersey Lottery signs 15-year deal with Northstar NJ. Scientific Games Corporation today announced that Northstar New Jersey Lottery Group, LLC ("Northstar NJ") has signed a long-term agreement to provide marketing, sales and other services to the New Jersey Lottery.
2012: Quaker Oats workers claim $241 million Powerball jackpot. Winners of a $241 million Powerball jackpot, the largest ever won by an Iowa Lottery player, claimed their prize Wednesday in Des Moines, but they refused to identify themselves.
2011: S.C. man almost threw away winning lottery ticket. A lottery player from Rock Hill, South Carolina, almost threw away a lottery ticket worth $200,000.
2006: Calif. Mega Millions lottery winner claims prize. The winner of the $34 million Mega Millions jackpot has stepped forward.
2005: Scientific Games Hires Former GTECH President. In a move designed to broaden the company's management team to take advantage of future growth opportunities, Scientific Games appointed Michael Chambrello president and chief operating officer.
2005: Texas lottery board charges bingo machine supplier fixed prices. A bingo machine supplier has been charged with fixing prices and selling its products directly to charities, according to state records and public filings.
2005: Iowa woman wins $100K Powerball lottery prize. Linda Bauler and her family won $100,000 in the May 28 Powerball drawing.
2004: Are Computerized Lottery Drawings Truly Random?. Some people for whom playing the lottery is an exercise in mathematics and law of probabilities said they no longer play the Hoosier Lottery because they suspect "randomly selected" winning numbers aren't truly random.
2004: Single Florida Lotto ticket wins $6 million jackpot. One player matched all six winning numbers in Saturday night's Florida Lotto drawing, winning an estimated $6 million jackpot, the Florida Lottery officials said Sunday.
2004: Drive-up lottery store opens. There's no fuzzy intercom, and you can't "super size" it, but a new drive-through dedicated almost entirely to selling lottery tickets has popped up near the N.C. state line.
2004: Single ticket wins $145M Texas lottery. There was one winning ticket sold in Saturday night's record-setting $145 million Lotto Texas drawing, lottery officials said.
2004: Employees hope to get a share of Texas Lotto win. Employees at the downtown El Paso gas station that sold Saturday's winning Texas Lottery ticket are anxiously awaiting to hear if they will get a cut from the share of the winnings given to the vendor.

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.$326 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 24, 2025
4.$320 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 23, 2023
5.$313.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 22, 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.€173.8 Million
US$197.77 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 22, 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.€143 Million
US$150.68 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2022
14.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2004
15.€101 Million
US$145.17 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2011
16.$134 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 23, 2017
17.€120 Million
US$130.8 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 23, 2023
18.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2013
19.$119.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2025
20.€97.42 Million
US$109.94 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2016
21.$108 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2019
22.€90 Million
US$104.85 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2018
23.$97 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 23, 2010
24.$95 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2003
25.€59 Million
US$92.95 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2008

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1984: Clascrck
Thursday, Jun 21, 1984
41 years old
1979: belizedj
Thursday, Jun 21, 1979
46 years old
1979: Johnson101
Thursday, Jun 21, 1979
46 years old
1977: Descored97
Tuesday, Jun 21, 1977
48 years old
1974: Texas MadMan
Friday, Jun 21, 1974
51 years old
1974: sandjvalentine
Friday, Jun 21, 1974
51 years old
1973: RichJae$
Thursday, Jun 21, 1973
52 years old
1971: BolaLuv
Monday, Jun 21, 1971
54 years old
1971: burkcw61
Monday, Jun 21, 1971
54 years old
1968: auntkaffy
Friday, Jun 21, 1968
57 years old
1963: Blueeyedgirl
Friday, Jun 21, 1963
62 years old
1962: BengalKitty
Thursday, Jun 21, 1962
63 years old
1961: asinglerose
Wednesday, Jun 21, 1961
64 years old
1960: sara123
Tuesday, Jun 21, 1960
65 years old
1959: Inima
Sunday, Jun 21, 1959
66 years old
1959: jwb822
Sunday, Jun 21, 1959
66 years old
1950: silverorb
Wednesday, Jun 21, 1950
75 years old
1948: rayal
Monday, Jun 21, 1948
77 years old
1946: MeM-*46
Friday, Jun 21, 1946
79 years old
1941: zteur
Saturday, Jun 21, 1941
84 years old
: Excelerator
(year not provided)
: LuckyFrankie621
(year not provided)
: Queen jay
(year not provided)
: yblib
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2012: A boat carrying more than 200 migrants capsizes in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and Christmas Island, killing 17 people and leaving 70 others missing.
2012: An Indonesian Air Force Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, killing 11.
2009: Greenland assumes self-rule.
2006: Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra.
2006: A Yeti Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes at Jumla Airport in Nepal, killing nine people.
2005: Edgar Ray Killen, who had previously been unsuccessfully tried for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, is convicted of manslaughter 41 years afterwards (the case had been reopened in 2004).
2004: SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.
2001: A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, indicts 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen.
2000: Section 28 (of the Local Government Act 1988), outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.
1993: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-57 to retrieve the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) satellite. It is also the first shuttle mission to carry the Spacehab module.
1989: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397, that American flag-burning is a form of political protest protected by the First Amendment.
1985: Braathens SAFE Flight 139 is hijacked on approach to Oslo Airport, Fornebu. Special forces arrest the hijacker and there are no fatalities.
1982: John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
1978: The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre, London.
1973: The Primer Congreso del Hombre Andino is inaugurated in Arica, Chile.
1973: In its decision in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the Miller test for determining whether something is obscene and not protected speech under the U.S. constitution.
1970: Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy in what was the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcy to date.
1964: Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
1963: Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI.
1957: Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
1952: The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
1945: World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends when the organized resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island.
1942: World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces; 33,000 Allied troops are taken prisoner.
1942: World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland.
1940: World War II: Italy begins an unsuccessful invasion of France.
1930: One-year conscription comes into force in France.
1929: An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico.
1921: The Irish village of Knockcroghery was burned by British forces.
1919: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.
1919: Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
1915: The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
1900: Boxer Rebellion: China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
1898: The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
1864: American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.
1848: In the Wallachian Revolution, Ion Heliade Rădulescu and Christian Tell issue the Proclamation of Islaz and create a new republican government.
1826: Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas.
1824: Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.
1813: Peninsular War: Wellington defeats Joseph Bonaparte at the Battle of Vitoria.
1798: Irish Rebellion of 1798: The British Army defeats Irish rebels at the Battle of Vinegar Hill.
1791: King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
1788: New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
1768: James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
1749: Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.
1734: In Montreal, New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.
1621: Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.
1582: Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, is forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.
1529: French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cognac.
1307: Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mongols and Wuzong of the Yuan.
533: A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarios sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily.

Births On This Day

2011: Lil Bub, American celebrity cat (died 2019)
2001: Alexandra Obolentseva, Russian chess player
2000: Dylan Brown, New Zealand rugby league player
1999: Ky Rodwell, Australian rugby league player
1998: Isabel Atkin, British-American freestyle skier
1997: Rebecca Black, American singer-songwriter
1997: Derrius Guice, American football player
1996: Tyrone May, Australian rugby league player
1996: Scottie Scheffler, American golfer
1994: Başak Eraydın, Turkish tennis player
1993: Hungrybox, Argentine-American esports player
1992: MAX, American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer and model
1992: Hussein El Shahat, Egyptian professional footballer
1991: Gaël Kakuta, French footballer
1991: Lee Min-young, South Korean singer-songwriter, actress, and entertainer
1990: Ričardas Berankis, Lithuanian tennis player
1990: Sergei Matsenko, Russian chess player
1990: François Moubandje, Swiss footballer
1990: Håvard Nordtveit, Norwegian footballer
1990: Isabel Pires, Portuguese politician
1989: Abubaker Kaki, Sudanese runner
1988: Allyssa DeHaan, American basketball and volleyball player
1988: Alejandro Ramírez, American chess player
1988: Paolo Tornaghi, Italian footballer
1988: Thaddeus Young, American basketball player
1987: Pablo Barrera, Mexican footballer
1987: Sebastian Prödl, Austrian footballer
1987: Dale Thomas, Australian footballer
1987: Kim Ryeo-wook, South Korean singer
1986: Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy, Australian wheelchair basketball player
1986: Hideaki Wakui, Japanese baseball player
1985: Kris Allen, American musician, singer and songwriter
1985: Lana Del Rey, American singer-songwriter
1985: Sentayehu Ejigu, Ethiopian runner
1985: Byron Schammer, Australian footballer
1983: Edward Snowden, American activist and academic
1982: Lee Dae-ho, South Korean baseball player
1982: William, Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the British throne
1982: Jussie Smollett, American actor and singer
1981: Yann Danis, Canadian ice hockey player
1981: Garrett Jones, American baseball player
1981: Brandon Flowers, American singer-songwriter
1981: Brad Walker, American pole vaulter
1980: Michael Crocker, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1980: Łukasz Cyborowski, Polish chess player
1980: Richard Jefferson, American basketball player
1980: Sendy Rleal, Dominican baseball player
1979: Kostas Katsouranis, Greek footballer
1979: Chris Pratt, American actor
1978: Thomas Blondeau, Flemish writer (died 2013)
1978: Matt Kuchar, American golfer
1978: Cristiano Lupatelli, Italian footballer
1978: Dejan Ognjanović, Montenegrin footballer
1978: Rim'K, French rapper
1977: Michael Gomez, Irish boxer
1977: Al Wilson, American football player
1976: Shelley Craft, Australian television host
1976: Mike Einziger, American guitarist and songwriter
1976: Nigel Lappin, Australian footballer and coach
1975: Brian Simmons, American football player
1974: Rob Kelly, American football player
1974: Craig Lowndes, Australian race car driver
1974: Flavio Roma, Italian footballer
1973: Juliette Lewis, American actress and singer-songwriter
1973: John Mitchell, English guitarist, vocalist and songwriter
1972: Nobuharu Asahara, Japanese sprinter and long jumper
1972: Neil Doak, Northern Irish cricketer and rugby player
1972: Irene van Dyk, South African-New Zealand netball player
1972: Tomáš Valášek, Slovak diplomat and politician
1971: Tyronne Drakeford, American football player
1970: Eric Reed, American pianist and composer
1968: Sonique, English singer-songwriter and DJ
1967: Jim Breuer, American comedian, actor, and producer
1967: Derrick Coleman, American basketball player and sportscaster
1967: Pierre Omidyar, French-American businessman, founded eBay
1967: Carrie Preston, American actress, director, and producer
1967: Yingluck Shinawatra, Thai businesswoman and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Thailand
1966: Gretchen Carlson, American model and TV journalist, Miss America 1989
1965: David Beerling, English biologist and academic
1965: Yang Liwei, Chinese general, pilot, and astronaut
1965: Ewen McKenzie, Australian rugby player and coach
1965: Lana Wachowski, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1964: David Morrissey, English actor and director
1964: Valeriy Neverov, Ukrainian chess player
1964: Dimitris Papaioannou, Greek director and choreographer
1964: Dean Saunders, Welsh footballer and manager
1964: Doug Savant, American actor
1963: Dario Marianelli, Italian pianist and composer
1963: Mike Sherrard, American football player
1962: Shōhei Takada, Japanese shogi player and theoretician
1962: Viktor Tsoi, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1990)
1961: Manu Chao, French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1961: Sascha Konietzko, German keyboard player and producer
1961: Joko Widodo, Indonesian businessman and politician, 7th President of Indonesia
1961: Kip Winger, American rock singer-songwriter and musician
1961: Iztok Mlakar, Slovenian actor and singer-songwriter
1960: Kate Brown, American politician, 38th Governor of Oregon
1960: Karl Erjavec, Slovenian politician
1959: John Baron, English captain and politician
1959: Tom Chambers, American basketball player and sportscaster
1959: Marcella Detroit, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959: Kathy Mattea, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958: Víctor Montoya, Bolivian journalist and author
1958: Gennady Padalka, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1957: Berkeley Breathed, American author and illustrator
1957: Luis Antonio Tagle, Filipino cardinal
1956: Rick Sutcliffe, American baseball player and broadcaster
1955: Tim Bray, Canadian software developer and businessman
1955: Michel Platini, French footballer and manager
1954: Már Guðmundsson, Icelandic economist, former Governor of Central Bank of Iceland
1954: Mark Kimmitt, American general and politician, 16th Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
1954: Robert Menasse, Austrian author and academic
1953: Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (died 2007)
1953: Augustus Pablo, Jamaican producer and musician (died 1999)
1952: Judith Bingham, English singer-songwriter
1952: Jeremy Coney, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
1952: Patrick Dunleavy, English political scientist and academic
1952: Kōichi Mashimo, Japanese director and screenwriter
1952: Ginny Ruffner, American artist
1951: Jim Douglas, American academic and politician, 80th Governor of Vermont
1951: Terence Etherton, English lawyer and judge
1951: Alan Hudson, English footballer
1951: Nils Lofgren, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: Lenore Manderson, Australian anthropologist and academic
1951: Mona-Lisa Pursiainen, Finnish sprinter (died 2000)
1950: Anne Carson, Canadian poet and academic
1950: Joey Kramer, American rock drummer and songwriter
1950: Enn Reitel, Scottish actor and screenwriter
1950: Trygve Thue, Norwegian guitarist and record producer (died 2022)
1950: John Paul Young, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter
1949: John Agard, Guyanese-English author, poet, and playwright
1949: Derek Emslie, Lord Kingarth, Scottish lawyer and judge
1948: Jovan Aćimović, Serbian footballer and manager
1948: Ian McEwan, British novelist and screenwriter
1948: Andrzej Sapkowski, Polish author and translator
1948: Philippe Sarde, French composer and conductor
1947: Meredith Baxter, American actress
1947: Shirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer, judge, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
1947: Michael Gross, American actor
1947: Joey Molland, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2025)
1947: Wade Phillips, American football coach
1947: Fernando Savater, Spanish philosopher and author
1946: Per Eklund, Swedish race car driver
1946: Kate Hoey, Northern Irish-British academic and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
1946: Brenda Holloway, American singer-songwriter
1946: Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2007)
1946: Malcolm Rifkind, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
1946: Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi, Iraqi-British businessman, founded M&C Saatchi and Saatchi & Saatchi
1945: Robert Dewar, English-American computer scientist and academic (died 2015)
1945: Adam Zagajewski, Polish author and poet (died 2021)
1944: Ray Davies, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944: Jon Hiseman, English drummer (died 2018)
1944: Tony Scott, English-American director and producer (died 2012)
1943: Eumir Deodato, Brazilian pianist, composer, and producer
1943: Diane Marleau, Canadian accountant and politician, Canadian Minister of Health (died 2013)
1943: Brian Sternberg, American pole vaulter (died 2013)
1942: Clive Brooke, Baron Brooke of Alverthorpe, English businessman and politician
1942: Norbert Brunner, Swiss Catholic bishop
1942: Paul Chernoff, American mathematician and poet (died 2017)
1942: Marjorie Margolies, American journalist and politician
1942: Henry S. Taylor, American author and poet (died 2024)
1942: Flaviano Vicentini, Italian cyclist (died 2002)
1942: Togo D. West Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (died 2018)
1941: Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Indian Catholic bishop
1941: Joe Flaherty, American-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)
1941: Lyman Ward, Canadian actor
1940: Mariette Hartley, American actress and television personality
1940: Michael Ruse, Canadian philosopher and academic
1938: Don Black, English songwriter
1938: John W. Dower, American historian and author
1938: Michael M. Richter, German mathematician and computer scientist (died 2020)
1937: John Edrich, English cricketer and coach (died 2020)
1935: Françoise Sagan, French author and playwright (died 2004)
1933: Bernie Kopell, American actor and comedian
1932: Bernard Ingham, English journalist and civil servant (died 2023)
1932: Lalo Schifrin, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor
1932: O.C. Smith, American R&B/jazz singer (died 2001)
1931: Zlatko Grgić, Croatian-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (died 1988)
1931: Margaret Heckler, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (died 2018)
1931: David Kushnir, Israeli Olympic long-jumper (died 2020)
1930: Gerald Kaufman, English journalist and politician, Shadow Foreign Secretary (died 2017)
1930: Mike McCormack, American football player and coach (died 2013)
1928: Wolfgang Haken, German-American mathematician and academic (died 2022)
1928: Fiorella Mari, Brazilian-Italian actress (died 1983)
1928: Margit Bara, Hungarian actress (died 2016)
1927: Carl Stokes, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Seychelles (died 1996)
1926: Fred Cone, American football player (died 2021)
1926: Conrad Hall, French-American cinematographer (died 2003)
1925: Larisa Avdeyeva, Russian mezzo-soprano (died 2013)
1925: Stanley Moss, American poet, publisher, and art dealer (died 2024)
1925: Giovanni Spadolini, Italian journalist and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1994)
1925: Maureen Stapleton, American actress (died 2006)
1924: Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and historian (died 2006)
1924: Ezzatolah Entezami, Iranian actor (died 2018)
1924: Wally Fawkes, British-Canadian jazz clarinetist and satirical cartoonist (died 2023)
1924: Jean Laplanche, French psychoanalyst and academic (died 2012)
1923: Jacques Hébert, Canadian journalist and politician (died 2007)
1922: Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkinabé historian, politician and writer (died 2006)
1921: Judy Holliday, American actress and singer (died 1965)
1921: Jane Russell, American actress and singer (died 2011)
1921: William Edwin Self, American actor, producer, and production manager (died 2010)
1920: Hans Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater (died 2017)
1919: Antonia Mesina, Italian martyr and saint (died 1935)
1919: Gérard Pelletier, Canadian journalist and politician (died 1997)
1919: Vladimir Simagin, Russian chess player and coach (died 1968)
1919: Paolo Soleri, Italian-American architect, designed the Cosanti (died 2013)
1918: Robert A. Boyd, Canadian engineer (died 2006)
1918: James Joll, English historian, author, and academic (died 1994)
1918: Eddie Lopat, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1992)
1918: J. Clyde Mitchell, British sociologist and anthropologist (died 1995)
1918: Dee Molenaar, American mountaineer (died 2020)
1918: Robert V. Roosa, American economist and banker (died 1993)
1918: Tibor Szele, Hungarian mathematician and academic (died 1955)
1918: Josephine Webb, American engineer (died 2017)
1916: Joseph Cyril Bamford, English businessman, founded J. C. Bamford (died 2001)
1916: Tchan Fou-li, Chinese photographer (died 2018)
1916: Herbert Friedman, American physicist and astronomer (died 2000)
1916: Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1977)
1915: Wilhelm Gliese, German soldier and astronomer (died 1993)
1914: William Vickrey, Canadian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996)
1913: Madihe Pannaseeha Thero, Sri Lankan monk and scholar (died 2003)
1913: Luis Taruc, Filipino political activist (died 2005)
1912: Kazimierz Leski, Polish pilot and engineer (died 2000)
1912: Mary McCarthy, American novelist and critic (died 1989)
1912: Vishnu Prabhakar, Indian author and playwright (died 2009)
1911: Irving Fein, American producer and manager (died 2012)
1910: Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Russian poet and author (died 1971)
1908: William Frankena, American philosopher and academic (died 1994)
1906: Grete Sultan, German-American pianist (died 2005)
1905: Jacques Goddet, French journalist (died 2000)
1905: Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author (died 1980)
1903: Hermann Engelhard, German runner and coach (died 1984)
1903: Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist, painter and illustrator (died 2003)
1900: Georges-Henri Bousquet, French economist and Islamologist (died 1978)
1899: Pavel Haas, Czech composer (died 1944)
1896: Charles Momsen, American admiral, invented the Momsen lung (died 1967)
1894: Milward Kennedy, English journalist and civil servant (died 1968)
1894: Harry Schmidt, German mathematician and physicist (died 1951)
1893: Alois Hába, Czech composer and educator (died 1973)
1892: Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian and academic (died 1971)
1891: Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian architect and engineer, co-designed the Pirelli Tower and Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption (died 1979)
1891: Hermann Scherchen, German-Swiss viola player and conductor (died 1966)
1889: Ralph Craig, American sprinter and sailor (died 1972)
1887: Norman L. Bowen, Canadian geologist and petrologist (died 1956)
1884: Claude Auchinleck, English field marshal (died 1981)
1883: Feodor Gladkov, Russian author and educator (died 1958)
1882: Ya'acov Ben-Dov, Israeli photographer and cinematographer (died 1968)
1882: Lluís Companys, Spanish lawyer and politician, 123rd President of Catalonia (died 1940)
1882: Adrianus de Jong, Dutch fencer and soldier (died 1966)
1882: Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator (died 1971)
1881: (O.S.) Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and illustrator (died 1962)
1880: Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician (died 1961)
1880: Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (died 1941)
1876: Willem Hendrik Keesom, Dutch physicist and academic (died 1956)
1874: Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist (died 1953)
1870: Clara Immerwahr, Jewish-German chemist and academic (died 1915)
1870: Anthony Michell, English-Australian engineer (died 1959)
1870: Julio Ruelas, Mexican painter (died 1907)
1868: Edwin Stephen Goodrich, English zoologist and anatomist (died 1946)
1867: Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (died 1938)
1867: William Brede Kristensen, Norwegian historian of religion (died 1953)
1866: Matt Kilroy, American baseball player (died 1940)
1864: Heinrich Wölfflin, Swiss historian and critic (died 1945)
1863: Ludwig Lange, German physicist (died 1936)
1863: Max Wolf, German astronomer and academic (died 1932)
1862: Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and author (died 1943)
1860: William Dobinson Halliburton, British physiologist and biochemist (died 1931)
1859: Henry Ossawa Tanner, American-French painter and illustrator (died 1937)
1858: Giuseppe De Sanctis, Italian painter (died 1924)
1858: Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor and educator (died 1928)
1857: Charles Alderton, American pharmacist, founded Dr. Pepper (died 1941)
1850: Daniel Carter Beard, American author and illustrator, co-founded the Boy Scouts of America (died 1941)
1846: Marion Adams-Acton, Scottish-English author and playwright (died 1928)
1846: Enrico Coleman, Italian painter (died 1911)
1845: Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (died 1920)
1845: Arthur Cowper Ranyard, English astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1894)
1839: Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (died 1908)
1836: Luigi Tripepi, Italian theologian (died 1906)
1834: Frans de Cort, Flemish poet and author (died 1878)
1828: Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist and academic (died 1904)
1828: Nikolaus Nilles, German Catholic writer and teacher (died 1907)
1825: Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie, Irish economist and jurist (died 1882)
1825: William Stubbs, English bishop and historian (died 1901)
1823: Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (died 1873)
1814: Paweł Bryliński, Polish sculptor (died 1890)
1814: Anton Nuhn, German anatomist and academic (died 1889)
1805: Karl Friedrich Curschmann, German composer and singer (died 1841)
1805: Charles Thomas Jackson, American physician and geologist (died 1880)
1802: Karl Zittel, German theologian (died 1871)
1798: Alexander Thomson of Banchory, Scottish jurist, agriculturalist and religious activist (died 1868)
1797: Wilhelm Küchelbecker, Russian poet and author (died 1846)
1792: Ferdinand Christian Baur, German theologian and scholar (died 1860)
1786: Charles Edward Horn, English opera singer and composer (died 1849)
1781: Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (died 1840)
1774: Daniel D. Tompkins, American lawyer and politician, 6th Vice President of the United States (died 1825)
1764: Sidney Smith, English admiral and politician (died 1840)
1763: Pierre Paul Royer-Collard, French philosopher and academic (died 1845)
1759: Alexander J. Dallas, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1817)
1750: Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, French sculptor and illustrator (died 1818)
1741: Prince Benedetto, Duke of Chablais (died 1808)
1736: (O.S.) Enoch Poor, American general (died 1780)
1732: Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German pianist and composer (died 1791)
1730: Motoori Norinaga, Japanese poet and scholar (died 1801)
1712: Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (died 1790)
1710: James Short, Scottish-English mathematician and optician (died 1768)
1706: John Dollond, English optician and astronomer (died 1761)
1676: (O.S.) Anthony Collins, English philosopher and author (died 1729)
1639: (O.S.) Increase Mather, American minister and author (died 1723)
1636: Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, French noble (died 1721)
1630: Samuel Oppenheimer, German Jewish banker and diplomat (died 1703)
1565: Scipione Chiaramonti, Italian philosopher and astronomer (died 1652)
1535: Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (died 1596)
1528: Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (died 1603)
1521: John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev (died 1580)
1226: Bolesław V the Chaste of Poland (died 1279)
1002: Pope Leo IX (died 1054)
906: Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Muhammad, Saffarid emir (died 963)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Frederick Crews, American essayist and literary critic (born 1933)
2023: Winnie Ewing, Scottish politician (born 1929)
2018: Charles Krauthammer, American columnist and conservative political commentator (born 1950)
2016: Pierre Lalonde, Canadian television host and singer (born 1941)
2015: Darryl Hamilton, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1964)
2015: Veijo Meri, Finnish author and poet (born 1928)
2015: Remo Remotti, Italian actor, playwright, and poet (born 1924)
2015: Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski, German soldier and politician (born 1932)
2015: Gunther Schuller, American horn player, composer, and conductor (born 1925)
2014: Yozo Ishikawa, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (born 1925)
2014: Walter Kieber, Austrian-Liechtenstein politician, 7th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (born 1931)
2014: Wong Ho Leng, Malaysian lawyer and politician (born 1959)
2013: James P. Gordon, American physicist and academic (born 1928)
2013: Elliott Reid, American actor and screenwriter (born 1920)
2012: Richard Adler, American composer and producer (born 1921)
2012: Abid Hussain, Indian economist and diplomat, Indian Ambassador to the United States (born 1926)
2012: Sunil Janah, Indian photographer and journalist (born 1918)
2012: Anna Schwartz, American economist and author (born 1915)
2011: Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author and poet (born 1927)
2010: Russell Ash, English author (born 1946)
2010: Irwin Barker, Canadian actor and screenwriter (born 1956)
2010: İlhan Selçuk, Turkish lawyer, journalist, and author (born 1925)
2008: Scott Kalitta, American race car driver (born 1962)
2007: Bob Evans, American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants (born 1918)
2006: Jared C. Monti, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1975)
2005: Jaime Sin, Filipino cardinal (born 1928)
2004: Leonel Brizola, Brazilian engineer and politician, Governor of Rio de Janeiro (born 1922)
2004: Ruth Leach Amonette, American businesswoman (born 1916)
2003: Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1934)
2003: Leon Uris, American soldier and author (born 1924)
2002: Timothy Findley, Canadian author and playwright (born 1930)
2001: John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1917)
2001: Soad Hosny, Egyptian actress and singer (born 1942)
2001: Carroll O'Connor, American actor and producer (born 1924)
2000: Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American pianist and composer (born 1911)
1999: Kami, Japanese drummer (born 1973)
1998: Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian (born 1917)
1998: Anastasio Ballestrero, Italian cardinal (born 1913)
1998: Al Campanis, American baseball player and manager (born 1916)
1997: Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, director, and producer (born 1931)
1997: Fidel Velázquez Sánchez, Mexican trade union leader (born 1900)
1994: William Wilson Morgan, American astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1906)
1992: Ben Alexander, Australian rugby league player (born 1971)
1992: Arthur Gorrie, Australian hobby shop proprietor (born 1922)
1992: Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah, Bangladeshi poet, author, and playwright (born 1956)
1992: Li Xiannian, Chinese captain and politician, 3rd President of the People's Republic of China (born 1909)
1990: Cedric Belfrage, English journalist and author, co-founded the National Guardian (born 1904)
1990: June Christy, American singer (born 1925)
1988: Bobby Dodd, American football coach (born 1908)
1987: Madman Muntz, American engineer and businessman, founded the Muntz Car Company (born 1914)
1986: Assi Rahbani, Lebanese singer-songwriter and producer (born 1923)
1985: Hector Boyardee, Italian-American chef and businessman, founded Chef Boyardee (born 1897)
1985: Tage Erlander, Swedish lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Sweden (born 1901)
1981: Don Figlozzi, American illustrator and animator (born 1909)
1980: Bert Kaempfert, German conductor and composer (born 1923)
1976: Margaret Herrick, American librarian (born 1902)
1970: Sukarno, Indonesian engineer and politician, 1st President of Indonesia (born 1901)
1970: Piers Courage, English race car driver (born 1942)
1969: Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (born 1934)
1968: Constance Georgina Tardrew, South African botanist (born 1883)
1967: Theodore Sizer, American professor of the history of art (born 1892)
1964: James Chaney, American civil rights activist (born 1943)
1964: Andrew Goodman, American civil rights activist (born 1943)
1964: Michael Schwerner, American civil rights activist (born 1939)
1957: Claude Farrère, French captain and author (born 1876)
1957: Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874)
1954: Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer, developed the zipper (born 1880)
1952: Wop May, Canadian captain and pilot (born 1896)
1951: Charles Dillon Perrine, American astronomer (born 1867)
1951: Gustave Sandras, French gymnast (born 1872)
1951: Ville Kiviniemi, Finnish politician (born 1877)
1940: Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1881)
1940: Édouard Vuillard, French painter (born 1868)
1934: Thorne Smith, American author (born 1892)
1929: Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, English sociologist, journalist, and academic (born 1864)
1914: Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1843)
1908: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and educator (born 1844)
1893: Leland Stanford, American businessman and politician, 8th Governor of California (born 1824)
1880: Theophilus H. Holmes, American general (born 1804)
1876: Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician 8th President of Mexico (born 1794)
1874: Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (born 1814)
1865: Frances Adeline Seward, American wife of William H. Seward (born 1824)
1824: Étienne Aignan, French playwright and translator (born 1773)
1796: Richard Gridley, American soldier and engineer (born 1710)
1765: Nachman of Horodenka, Hasidic rabbi
1738: Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1674)
1737: Matthieu Marais, French author, critic, and jurist (born 1664)
1661: Andrea Sacchi, Italian painter (born 1599)
1652: Inigo Jones, English architect, designed the Queen's House and Wilton House (born 1573)
1631: John Smith, English admiral and explorer (born 1580)
1622: Salomon Schweigger, German theologian (born 1551)
1621: Louis III, Cardinal of Guise (born 1575)
1621: Kryštof Harant, Czech soldier and composer (born 1564)
1596: Jean Liebault, French agronomist and physician (born 1535)
1591: Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian saint (born 1568)
1585: Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland (born 1532)
1582: Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (born 1534)
1558: Piero Strozzi, Italian general (born 1510)
1547: Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter and educator (born 1485)
1529: John Skelton, English poet and educator (born 1460)
1527: Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and author (born 1469)
1421: Jean Le Maingre, French general (born 1366)
1377: Edward III of England (born 1312)
1359: Erik Magnusson, king of Sweden (born 1339)
1305: Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (born 1271)
1208: Philip of Swabia (born 1177)
1171: Walter de Luci, French-English monk (born 1103)
1040: Fulk III, Count of Anjou (born 972)
947: Zhang Li, official of the Liao Dynasty
870: Al-Muhtadi, Muslim caliph
868: Ali al-Hadi, the tenth Imam of Shia Islam (born 829)
866: Rodulf, Frankish archbishop
532: Emperor Jiemin of Northern Wei, former Northern Wei emperor

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