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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.$320 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 23, 2023
4.$313.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2022
5.$290 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2022
6.€224.99 Million US$237.07 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2022
7.€166 Million US$218.51 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2013
8.€173.8 Million US$197.77 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2019
9.$192 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2018
10.$184 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2016
11.€143 Million
US$150.68 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2022
12.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2004
13.€101 Million
US$145.17 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2011
14.$134 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 23, 2017
15.€120 Million
US$130.8 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 23, 2023
16.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2013
17.€97.42 Million
US$109.94 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2016
18.$108 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2019
19.€90 Million
US$104.85 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2018
20.$97 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 23, 2010
21.$95 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2003
22.€59 Million
US$92.95 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2008
23.$89 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 23, 2007
24.$88 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 23, 1999
25.€73 Million
US$81.64 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 23, 2017

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1984: Clascrck
Thursday, Jun 21, 1984
39 years old
1979: belizedj
Thursday, Jun 21, 1979
44 years old
1977: Descored97
Tuesday, Jun 21, 1977
46 years old
1974: Texas MadMan
Friday, Jun 21, 1974
49 years old
1974: sandjvalentine
Friday, Jun 21, 1974
49 years old
1973: RichJae$
Thursday, Jun 21, 1973
50 years old
1971: BolaLuv
Monday, Jun 21, 1971
52 years old
1971: burkcw61
Monday, Jun 21, 1971
52 years old
1968: auntkaffy
Friday, Jun 21, 1968
55 years old
1963: Blueeyedgirl
Friday, Jun 21, 1963
60 years old
1962: BengalKitty
Thursday, Jun 21, 1962
61 years old
1961: asinglerose
Wednesday, Jun 21, 1961
62 years old
1960: sara123
Tuesday, Jun 21, 1960
63 years old
1959: Inima
Sunday, Jun 21, 1959
64 years old
1959: jwb822
Sunday, Jun 21, 1959
64 years old
1948: rayal
Monday, Jun 21, 1948
75 years old
1946: MeM-*46
Friday, Jun 21, 1946
77 years old
1941: zteur
Saturday, Jun 21, 1941
82 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.
2009: Greenland assumes self-rule.
2006: Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra.
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.
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.
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: 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 in 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 Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date).

Births On This Day

2011: Lil Bub, American celebrity cat (d. 2019)
2001: Alexandra Obolentseva, Russian chess player
2000: Dylan Brown, New Zealand rugby league player
1999: Ky Rodwell, Australian rugby league player
1997: Rebecca Black, American singer-songwriter
1997: Derrius Guice, American football player
1996: Tyrone May, Australian rugby league player
1994: Başak Eraydın, Turkish tennis player
1992: MAX, American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer and model
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
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
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
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 (d. 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
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 (d. 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 (d. 2007)
1953: Augustus Pablo, Jamaican producer and musician (d. 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
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 (d. 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
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
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 (d. 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 (d. 2015)
1945: Adam Zagajewski, Polish author and poet (d. 2021)
1944: Ray Davies, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944: Jon Hiseman, English drummer (d. 2018)
1944: Tony Scott, English-American director and producer (d. 2012)
1943: Eumir Deodato, Brazilian pianist, composer, and producer
1943: Diane Marleau, Canadian accountant and politician, Canadian Minister of Health (d. 2013)
1943: Brian Sternberg, American pole vaulter (d. 2013)
1942: Clive Brooke, Baron Brooke of Alverthorpe, English businessman and politician
1942: Norbert Brunner, Swiss Catholic bishop
1942: Marjorie Margolies, American journalist and politician
1942: Henry S. Taylor, American author and poet
1942: Flaviano Vicentini, Italian cyclist (d. 2002)
1942: Togo D. West Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (d. 2018)
1941: Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Indian Catholic bishop
1941: Joe Flaherty, American-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
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 (d. 2020)
1937: John Edrich, English cricketer and coach (d. 2020)
1935: Françoise Sagan, French author and playwright (d. 2004)
1933: Bernie Kopell, American actor and comedian
1932: Bernard Ingham, English journalist and civil servant (d. 2023)
1932: Lalo Schifrin, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor
1932: O.C. Smith, American R&B/jazz singer (d. 2001)
1931: Zlatko Grgić, Croatian-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 1988)
1931: Margaret Heckler, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (d. 2018)
1931: David Kushnir, Israeli Olympic long-jumper (d. 2020)
1930: Gerald Kaufman, English journalist and politician, Shadow Foreign Secretary (d. 2017)
1930: Mike McCormack, American football player and coach (d. 2013)
1928: Wolfgang Haken, German-American mathematician and academic (d. 2022)
1928: Fiorella Mari, Brazilian-Italian actress
1928: Margit Bara, Hungarian actress (d. 2016)
1927: Carl Stokes, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Seychelles (d. 1996)
1926: Fred Cone, American football player (d. 2021)
1926: Conrad Hall, French-American cinematographer (d. 2003)
1925: Larisa Avdeyeva, Russian mezzo-soprano (d. 2013)
1925: Stanley Moss, American poet, publisher, and art dealer
1925: Giovanni Spadolini, Italian journalist and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1994)
1925: Maureen Stapleton, American actress (d. 2006)
1924: Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and historian (d. 2006)
1924: Ezzatolah Entezami, Iranian actor (d. 2018)
1924: Wally Fawkes, British-Canadian jazz clarinetist and satirical cartoonist (d. 2023)
1924: Jean Laplanche, French psychoanalyst and academic (d. 2012)
1923: Jacques Hébert, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2007)
1922: Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkinabé historian, politician and writer (d. 2006)
1921: Judy Holliday, American actress and singer (d. 1965)
1921: Jane Russell, American actress and singer (d. 2011)
1921: William Edwin Self, American actor, producer, and production manager (d. 2010)
1920: Hans Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater (d. 2017)
1919: Antonia Mesina, Italian martyr and saint (d. 1935)
1919: Gérard Pelletier, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1997)
1919: Vladimir Simagin, Russian chess player and coach (d. 1968)
1919: Paolo Soleri, Italian-American architect, designed the Cosanti (d. 2013)
1918: Robert A. Boyd, Canadian engineer (d. 2006)
1918: James Joll, English historian, author, and academic (d. 1994)
1918: Eddie Lopat, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1992)
1918: Dee Molenaar, American mountaineer (d. 2020)
1918: Robert Roosa, American economist and banker (d. 1993)
1918: Tibor Szele, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1955)
1918: Josephine Webb, American engineer
1916: Joseph Cyril Bamford, English businessman, founded J. C. Bamford (d. 2001)
1916: Tchan Fou-li, Chinese photographer (d. 2018)
1916: Herbert Friedman, American physicist and astronomer (d. 2000)
1916: Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1977)
1915: Wilhelm Gliese, German soldier and astronomer (d. 1993)
1914: William Vickrey, Canadian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
1913: Madihe Pannaseeha Thero, Sri Lankan monk and scholar (d. 2003)
1913: Luis Taruc, Filipino political activist (d. 2005)
1912: Kazimierz Leski, Polish pilot and engineer (d. 2000)
1912: Mary McCarthy, American novelist and critic (d. 1989)
1912: Vishnu Prabhakar, Indian author and playwright (d. 2009)
1911: Irving Fein, American producer and manager (d. 2012)
1910: Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Russian poet and author (d. 1971)
1908: William Frankena, American philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
1906: Grete Sultan, German-American pianist (d. 2005)
1905: Jacques Goddet, French journalist (d. 2000)
1905: Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author (d. 1980)
1903: Hermann Engelhard, German runner and coach (d. 1984)
1903: Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist, painter and illustrator (d. 2003)
1900: Georges-Henri Bousquet, French economist and Islamologist (d. 1978)
1899: Pavel Haas, Czech composer (d. 1944)
1896: Charles Momsen, American admiral, invented the Momsen lung (d. 1967)
1894: Milward Kennedy, English journalist and civil servant (d. 1968)
1894: Harry Schmidt, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1951)
1893: Alois Hába, Czech composer and educator (d. 1973)
1892: Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian and academic (d. 1971)
1891: Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian architect and engineer, co-designed the Pirelli Tower and Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption (d. 1979)
1891: Hermann Scherchen, German-Swiss viola player and conductor (d. 1966)
1889: Ralph Craig, American sprinter and sailor (d. 1972)
1887: Norman L. Bowen, Canadian geologist and petrologist (d. 1956)
1884: Claude Auchinleck, English field marshal (d. 1981)
1883: Feodor Gladkov, Russian author and educator (d. 1958)
1882: Lluís Companys, Spanish lawyer and politician, 123rd President of Catalonia (d. 1940)
1882: Adrianus de Jong, Dutch fencer and soldier (d. 1966)
1882: Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator (d. 1971)
1881: (O.S.) Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and illustrator (d. 1962)
1880: Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician (d. 1961)
1880: Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (d. 1941)
1876: Willem Hendrik Keesom, Dutch physicist and academic (d. 1956)
1874: Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist (d. 1953)
1870: Clara Immerwahr, Jewish-German chemist and academic (d. 1915)
1870: Anthony Michell, English-Australian engineer (d. 1959)
1870: Julio Ruelas, Mexican painter (d. 1907)
1868: Edwin Stephen Goodrich, English zoologist and anatomist (d. 1946)
1867: Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1938)
1867: William Brede Kristensen, Norwegian historian of religion (d. 1953)
1864: Heinrich Wölfflin, Swiss historian and critic (d. 1945)
1863: Ludwig Lange, German physicist (d. 1936)
1863: Max Wolf, German astronomer and academic (d. 1932)
1862: Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and author (d. 1943)
1859: Henry Ossawa Tanner, American-French painter and illustrator (d. 1937)
1858: Giuseppe De Sanctis, Italian painter (d. 1924)
1858: Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor and educator (d. 1928)
1850: Daniel Carter Beard, American author and illustrator, co-founded the Boy Scouts of America (d. 1941)
1846: Marion Adams-Acton, Scottish-English author and playwright (d. 1928)
1846: Enrico Coleman, Italian painter (d. 1911)
1845: Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (d. 1920)
1845: Arthur Cowper Ranyard, English astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1894)
1839: Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1908)
1836: Luigi Tripepi, Italian theologian (d. 1906)
1834: Frans de Cort, Flemish poet and author (d. 1878)
1828: Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist and academic (d. 1904)
1828: Nikolaus Nilles, German Catholic writer and teacher (d. 1907)
1825: Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie, Irish economist and jurist (d. 1882)
1825: William Stubbs, English bishop and historian (d. 1901)
1823: Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (d. 1873)
1814: Paweł Bryliński, Polish sculptor (d. 1890)
1814: Anton Nuhn, German anatomist and academic (d. 1889)
1811: Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist and neurophysiologist (d. 1868)
1805: Karl Friedrich Curschmann, German composer and singer (d. 1841)
1805: Charles Thomas Jackson, American physician and geologist (d. 1880)
1802: Karl Zittel, German theologian (d. 1871)
1797: Wilhelm Küchelbecker, Russian poet and author (d. 1846)
1792: Ferdinand Christian Baur, German theologian and scholar (d. 1860)
1786: Charles Edward Horn, English singer-songwriter (d. 1849)
1781: Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1840)
1774: Daniel D. Tompkins, American lawyer and politician, 6th Vice President of the United States (d. 1825)
1764: Sidney Smith, English admiral and politician (d. 1840)
1763: Pierre Paul Royer-Collard, French philosopher and academic (d. 1845)
1759: Alexander J. Dallas, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1817)
1750: Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, French sculptor and illustrator (d. 1818)
1741: Prince Benedetto, Duke of Chablais (d. 1808)
1736: Enoch Poor, American general (d. 1780)
1732: Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German pianist and composer (d. 1791)
1730: Motoori Norinaga, Japanese poet and scholar (d. 1801)
1712: Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (d. 1790)
1710: James Short, Scottish-English mathematician and optician (d. 1768)
1706: John Dollond, English optician and astronomer (d. 1761)
1676: (O.S.) Anthony Collins, English philosopher and author (d. 1729)
1639: (O.S.) Increase Mather, American minister and author (d. 1723)
1636: Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, French noble (d. 1721)
1630: Samuel Oppenheimer, German Jewish banker and diplomat (d. 1703)
1535: Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (d. 1596)
1528: Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1603)
1521: John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev (d. 1580)
1226: Bolesław V the Chaste of Poland (d. 1279)
1002: Pope Leo IX (d. 1054)
906: Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Muhammad, Saffarid emir (d. 963)

Deaths On This Day

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

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