The time is now 11:48 am

You last visited
September 17, 2024, 10:08 am

All times shown are
Eastern Time (GMT-5:00)

June 24

On This Day in History

June 24

June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 190 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Florida lottery retailer sells two jackpot-winning Fantasy 5 tickets in back-to-back drawings. Over the weekend, two jackpot-winning Fantasy 5 tickets were sold at the same Florida Lottery retailer for two back-to-back drawings.
2022: LOTTERY POST ANNOUNCES NEXT CHAPTER OF WEBSITE. Lottery Post Founder Todd Northrop today announced a complete rebuild of the popular lottery website, improving the experience for lottery players on all devices and creating a solid foundation for future growth.
2021: Results are in: Kentucky Lottery ranked best place to work in Kentucky. On Wednesday, the Kentucky Lottery announced that it was named the best place to work in the state by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management.
2021: UK mom shocked by £1 million EuroMillions win went into labor four weeks early. A mother from the United Kingdom was so thrilled by her £1 million (US$1.4 million) EuroMillions lottery win that she went into labor four weeks early.
2020: Lottery scammer who stole thousands from elderly women pleads guilty. A Colombian woman who helped a fraud ring execute lottery scams that systematically targeted grandmothers was found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
2016: Scientific Games says exec stole company secrets. A company that works with more than 40 state lotteries in the U.S. and several overseas says in court filings that a key executive orchestrated a "massive theft" of its most-prized secrets before he resigned to accept a position with a rival company.
2016: Thieves target scratch-off lottery tickets in 'snatch-and-grab'. Throughout the Baltimore region police are looking for a man and a woman who have teamed up to steal hundreds if not thousands of dollars worth in Maryland Lottery tickets from area convenience stores.
2015: Man offered cop winning lottery numbers to drop DUI charge. A man arrested on drunken driving charges in Middletown, Connecticut, told police he was a state lottery employee and offered the police officer winning lottery numbers to drop the charges, police said.
2014: New Florida Lottery game 'Lucky Money' replaces Mega Money in July. Florida's Mega Money lottery game is ending next month, but something "luckier" is coming in its place.
2013: Michigan lottery workers paid $300,000 in bonuses. The Michigan Lottery Bureau has paid 75 employees more than $300,000 in incentive pay in the past year.
2012: Australian teen lottery winner still goes to work. Allison Cooke, 19, is worth $1.5 million, but she hasn't even bought herself a new dress.
2012: The lottery fantasy: How much money do you need to say 'buzz off, world'?. Even though this commentator and his wife don't actually play the lottery very often, they spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about the day when they hit the jackpot.
2010: Ohio Lottery celebrates second Powerball jackpot in June. On the heels of its first jackpot-winning Powerball draw, the Ohio Lottery has already sold its second jackpot-winning Powerball ticket.
2010: Lotto Max ticket sales on fire as lottery hits record. On Friday, the nine-month-old Lotto Max game is poised to award the biggest aggregate jackpot in Canadian lottery history as its top prize remains at $50 million for the fourth week in a row, plus it is projected to have another 55 prizes of $1 million each.
2008: Drive to boost Calif. lottery sales under way. The California state lottery is switching its advertising pitch on nearly two dozen billboards throughout the state, a modest attempt to boost ticket sales.
2005: N.M. Gov. cancels 8-day-old lottery scratch game. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has ordered the New Mexico Lottery to discontinue a just-released ground-breaking game that paired the lottery with Santa Ana Pueblo's Star Casino via a new scratch ticket.
2005: Human error to blame for Powerball delay. Human error in Iowa was behind a delay in the midweek Powerball drawing, lottery officials said Thursday.
2005: Illinois lottery ad agency off the hook. A special audit of the Illinois Lottery's chief ad agency found the company did not keep adequate records to answer key questions about millions of dollars in payments from the state.
2005: Rhode Island lawmakers to create separate lottery division. The idea of abolishing the legislator-dominated Rhode Island Lottery Commission got its first hearing - and a warm welcome from the governor - at the General Assembly last night.
2005: Workers Win $15M Lottery Jackpot After Playing Wrong Game. Eleven dental workers at Warren Family Dental in Howland, Ohio, who normally play Mega Millions, won a $15 million jackpot when they mistakenly bought a Super Lotto ticket.
2005: New tri-state lottery game to go on sale Sunday. Declining sales have prompted lottery officials from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont to replace the Tri-State Heads or Tails game.
2005: Anti-lottery group will file lawsuit against Mega Millions in Calif.. The California Coalition Against Gambling Expansion will file a lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court within two weeks seeking an injunction to shut down the state's Mega Millions multistate lotto as unconstitutional, it said Thursday.
2005: Middle Georgians have mixed feelings about California joining lottery. While Mega Millions players outside of California will enjoy the bigger jackpots, they are worried that the longer odds of the new Mega Millions game matrix will lessen the chance of a winner in their state.
2005: Mega Millions fuels California lottery sales record. Californians jumped on the chance to join a multistate lottery by purchasing a record $2.4 million on the first day of sales for the Mega Millions game, state lottery officials said Thursday.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $67 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $67 million, with a cash option of $34.5 million.
2004: Casino deal leads GTECH to rethink R.I. investments. GTECH warned that it may not go ahead with its plans in Rhode Island because bills before the General Assembly fail to provide it with a portion of the slot machines in a new gaming facility.
2004: Maryland Lotto jackpot winner has yet to claim prize. Maryland Lottery officials are waiting to award last month's $9.3 million Lotto jackpot to the winning ticket holder, who still has not come forward.
2004: Missouri Lottery sets profit record. The Missouri Lottery posted a record $230.3 million in profits for the 2004 fiscal year, well above state projections and the previous year's results.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$424.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 24, 2023
2.$363 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 24, 2016
3.$343 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2023
4.$333.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 25, 2022
5.$312 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 24, 2022
6.€185 Million US$242.33 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 25, 2013
7.€227.73 Million US$240.37 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 25, 2022
8.€213 Million US$228.25 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 25, 2024
9.$212 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 26, 2018
10.$203 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 25, 2016
11.€175.36 Million
US$199.52 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 25, 2019
12.$177 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 25, 2004
13.€161 Million
US$169.77 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 24, 2022
14.€119 Million
US$169.05 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 24, 2011
15.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2017
16.$122 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 26, 2019
17.€99.42 Million
US$110.54 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 25, 2016
18.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 25, 2003
19.€90 Million
US$105.05 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2018
20.$103 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2007
21.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 26, 1999
22.$97 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 25, 2024
23.€59 Million
US$92.95 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2008
24.€79 Million
US$89.2 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2017
25.$84 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 24, 2024

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1986: jolstaki
Tuesday, Jun 24, 1986
38 years old
1981: SamBuca
Wednesday, Jun 24, 1981
43 years old
1979: Luck4
Sunday, Jun 24, 1979
45 years old
1978: cartman2478
Saturday, Jun 24, 1978
46 years old
1976: marianella76
Thursday, Jun 24, 1976
48 years old
1972: Shelle37
Saturday, Jun 24, 1972
52 years old
1970: motay38
Wednesday, Jun 24, 1970
54 years old
1970: dcausey624
Wednesday, Jun 24, 1970
54 years old
1969: shunka
Tuesday, Jun 24, 1969
55 years old
1969: soup24
Tuesday, Jun 24, 1969
55 years old
1966: Kupshur
Friday, Jun 24, 1966
58 years old
1965: TinkerMazell
Thursday, Jun 24, 1965
59 years old
1964: JOHNMILLER9325
Wednesday, Jun 24, 1964
60 years old
1961: swampfox
Saturday, Jun 24, 1961
63 years old
1960: bestabuela49
Friday, Jun 24, 1960
64 years old
1960: Williams$
Friday, Jun 24, 1960
64 years old
1952: DEEREST24
Tuesday, Jun 24, 1952
72 years old
: Keke242
(year not provided)
: Waynesch
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: The Wagner Group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin launches an insurrection against the Russian government.
2022: In Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the U.S. Constitution does not assign the authority to regulate abortions to the federal government, thereby returning such authority to the individual states. This overturns the prior decisions in Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992).
2021: The Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida suffers a sudden partial collapse, killing 98 people inside.
2013: Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of abusing his power and engaging in sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison.
2012: Death of Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise.
2010: At Wimbledon, John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France, in the longest match in professional tennis history.
2010: Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
2004: In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
2002: The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
1995: Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment.
1994: A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashes at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington, killing four.
1989: Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.
1982: "The Jakarta Incident": British Airways Flight 009 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines.
1981: The Humber Bridge opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It remained the world's longest bridge span for 17 years.
1975: Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's JFK Airport killing 113 of the 124 passengers on board, making it the deadliest U.S. plane crash at the time. This accident led to decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft.
1973: The UpStairs Lounge arson attack takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, US. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke inhalation.
1963: The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
1960: Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt is injured in an assassination attempt.
1957: In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
1954: First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of France in An Khê.
1950: Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.
1949: The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
1948: Cold War: Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
1947: Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.
1945: The first Victory Day Parade takes place on Red Square in Moscow, Soviet Union, symbolizing the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany.
1943: US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.
1940: World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No 11 Independent Company.
1939: Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
1938: Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
1932: A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).
1922: The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.
1918: First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
1916: Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
1913: Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
1894: Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France, is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
1880: First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
1866: Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
1859: Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
1821: Battle of Carabobo: Decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain.
1813: Battle of Beaver Dams: A British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army.
1812: Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Neman river beginning the invasion of Russia.
1793: The first Republican constitution in France is adopted.
1779: American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
1762: Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
1724: On the Feast of St. John the Baptist, Bach leads the first performance of his Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7, the third cantata of his chorale cantata cycle.
1717: The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).
1663: The Spanish garrison of Évora capitulates, following the Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial.
1622: Battle of Macau: The Dutch make a failed attempt to capture Macau.
1604: Samuel de Champlain encounters the mouth of the Saint John River, site of Reversing Falls and the present-day city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
1593: The Dutch city of Geertruidenberg held by the Spanish, capitulates to a besieging Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Nassau.
1571: Miguel López de Legazpi founds Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
1540: English King Henry VIII commands his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, to leave the court.
1535: The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded.
1509: Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are crowned King and Queen of England.
1497: John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.
1374: A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.
1340: Hundred Years' War: Battle of Sluys: The French fleet is almost completely destroyed by the English fleet commanded in person by King Edward III.
1314: First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce.
1230: The Siege of Jaén begins, in the context of the Spanish Reconquista.
1128: Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães: Forces led by Afonso I defeat forces led by his mother Teresa of León and her lover Fernando Pérez de Traba.
972: Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.
843: The Vikings sack the French city of Nantes.
637: The Battle of Moira is fought between the High King of Ireland and the Kings of Ulster and Dál Riata. It is claimed to be the largest battle in the history of Ireland.
474: Julius Nepos forces Roman usurper Glycerius to abdicate the throne and proclaims himself Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
109: Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometres (25 miles) northwest of Rome.
1312 BC: Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa.

Births On This Day

2004: Erika Andreeva, Russian tennis player
2004: Luke Chambers, English footballer
1999: Darwin Núñez, Uruguayan footballer
1996: Duki, Argentinian rapper
1996: Marcus Coco, Guadeloupean footballer
1992: David Alaba, Austrian footballer
1991: Yasmin Paige, English actress
1991: Aidan Sezer, Australian rugby league player
1990: Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player
1990: Richard Sukuta-Pasu, German footballer
1989: Teklemariam Medhin, Eritrean runner
1988: Micah Richards, English footballer
1987: Simona Dobrá, Czech tennis player
1987: Lionel Messi, Argentinian footballer
1987: Pierre Vaultier, French snowboarder
1986: Stuart Broad, English cricketer
1986: Phil Hughes, American baseball player
1986: Solange Knowles, American singer-songwriter and actress
1985: Diego Alves Carreira, Brazilian footballer
1985: Tom Kennedy, English footballer
1985: Nate Myles, Australian rugby league player
1985: Vernon Philander, South African cricketer
1985: Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese model
1984: Andrea Raggi, Italian footballer
1984: JJ Redick, American basketball player
1984: Johanna Welin, Swedish-born German wheelchair basketball player
1983: Rebecca Cooke, English swimmer
1983: John Lloyd Cruz, Filipino actor
1983: Gianni Munari, Italian footballer
1983: Gard Nilssen, Norwegian drummer
1983: David Shillington, Australian rugby league player
1982: Kevin Nolan, English footballer
1982: Jarret Stoll, Canadian ice hockey player
1980: Cicinho, Brazilian footballer
1980: Nina Dübbers, German tennis player
1980: Andrew Jones, Australian race car driver
1980: Minka Kelly, American actress
1979: Mindy Kaling, American actress and producer
1979: Petra Němcová, Czech model and philanthropist
1978: Luis García, Spanish footballer
1978: Pantelis Kafes, Greek footballer
1978: Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer
1978: Ariel Pink, American singer-songwriter
1978: Juan Román Riquelme, Argentinian footballer
1978: Emppu Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist and songwriter
1977: Dimos Dikoudis, Greek basketball player and manager
1977: Jeff Farmer, Australian footballer
1976: Brock Olivo, American football player and coach
1975: Marek Malík, Czech ice hockey player
1975: Federico Pucciariello, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
1974: Dan Byles, English sailor, rower, and politician
1974: Chris Guccione, American baseball player and umpire
1973: Alexis Gauthier, French chef
1973: Jere Lehtinen, Finnish ice hockey player
1972: Robbie McEwen, Australian cyclist
1972: Denis Žvegelj, Slovenian rower
1970: Glenn Medeiros, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970: Bernardo Sassetti, Portuguese pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2012)
1968: Alaa Abdelnaby, Egyptian-American basketball player and sportscaster
1967: Janez Lapajne, Slovenian director and producer
1967: John Limniatis, Canadian soccer player and manager
1966: Hope Sandoval, American singer-songwriter and musician
1966: Adrienne Shelly, American actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1965: Claude Bourbonnais, Canadian race car driver
1965: Uwe Krupp, German ice hockey player and coach
1965: Richard Lumsden, English actor, writer, composer and musician
1964: Jean-Luc Delarue, French television host and producer (d. 2012)
1964: Kathryn Parminter, Baroness Parminter, English politician
1964: Gary Suter, American ice hockey player and scout
1963: Yuri Kasparyan, Russian guitarist
1963: Preki, Serbian-American soccer player and coach
1963: Mike Wieringo, American author and illustrator (d. 2007)
1962: Gautam Adani, Indian industrialist and billionaire
1962: Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexican politician
1961: Dennis Danell, American singer and guitarist (d. 2000)
1961: Iain Glen, Scottish actor
1961: Bernie Nicholls, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961: Ralph E. Reed, Jr., American journalist and activist
1961: Curt Smith, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1960: Elish Angiolini, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland
1960: Siedah Garrett, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1960: Karin Pilsäter, Swedish accountant and politician
1960: Erik Poppe, Norwegian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
1959: Andy McCluskey, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1958: Jean Charest, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
1958: Silvio Mondinelli, Italian mountaineer
1958: Reed Oliver, governor of Pohnpei State, Micronesia
1958: John Tortorella, American ice hockey player and coach
1957: Mark Parkinson, American lawyer and politician, 45th Governor of Kansas
1956: Owen Paterson, English politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1955: Chris Higgins, English geneticist and academic
1955: Edmund Malura, German footballer and manager
1955: Loren Roberts, American golfer
1953: William E. Moerner, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1953: Michael Tuck, Australian footballer and coach
1952: Dianna Melrose, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Tanzania
1952: Bob Neill, English lawyer and politician
1951: Raelene Boyle, Australian sprinter
1951: Charles Sturridge, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1950: Nancy Allen, American actress
1950: Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish-born English photographer (d. 2006)
1950: Jan Kulczyk, Polish businessman (d. 2015)
1950: Mercedes Lackey, American author
1949: John Illsley, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1949: Betty Jackson, English fashion designer
1948: Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player and songwriter
1947: Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (d. 2014)
1947: Mick Fleetwood, English-American drummer
1947: Peter Weller, American actor and director
1946: David Collenette, Canadian civil servant and politician, 32nd Canadian Minister of National Defence
1946: Ellison Onizuka, American engineer, and astronaut (d. 1986)
1946: Robert Reich, American economist and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Labor
1945: Colin Blunstone, English singer-songwriter
1945: Wayne Cashman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1945: George Pataki, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Governor of New York
1945: Betty Stöve, Dutch tennis player
1944: Jeff Beck, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 2023)
1944: Kathryn Lasky, American author
1944: Chris Wood, English saxophonist (d. 1983)
1943: Birgit Grodal, Danish economist and academic (d. 2004)
1942: Arthur Brown, English rock singer-songwriter
1942: Michele Lee, American actress and singer
1942: Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Chilean engineer and politician, 32nd President of Chile
1942: Colin Groves, Australian academician and educator (d. 2017)
1941: Erkin Koray, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2023)
1941: Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst and author
1941: Graham McKenzie, Australian cricketer
1940: Ian Ross, Australian newsreader (d. 2014)
1940: Vittorio Storaro, Italian cinematographer
1939: Brigitte Fontaine, French singer
1939: Judy Olson Duhamel, American politician and educator
1938: Lawrence Block, American author
1938: Abulfaz Elchibey, Azerbaijani politician, 1st democratically elected Azerbaijani President (d. 2000)
1938: Ken Gray, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1992)
1937: Anita Desai, Indian-American author and academic
1936: Robert Downey Sr., American actor and director (d. 2021)
1935: Terry Riley, American composer and educator
1935: Jean Milesi, French racing cyclist
1935: Charlie Dees, American baseball player
1934: Ferdinand Biwersi, German footballer and referee (d. 2013)
1934: Jean-Pierre Ferland, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2024)
1934: Gloria Christian, Italian singer
1933: Bob Cole, Canadian sports announcer (d. 2024)
1933: Sam Jones, American basketball player and coach (d. 2021)
1933: Ngina Kenyatta, 1st First Lady of Kenya
1932: David McTaggart, Canadian-Italian environmentalist (d. 2001)
1931: Billy Casper, American golfer (d. 2015)
1930: Claude Chabrol, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1930: Donald Gordon, South African businessman and philanthropist (d. 2019)
1930: William Bernard Ziff, Jr., American publisher (d. 2006)
1929: Carolyn S. Shoemaker, American astronomer (d. 2021)
1927: Fernand Dumont, Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (d. 1997)
1927: James B. Edwards, American dentist, soldier, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Energy (d. 2014)
1927: Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)
1925: Ogden Reid, American politician (d. 2019)
1924: Kurt Furgler, Swiss politician, 70th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2008)
1924: Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer and academic (d. 2012)
1924: Yoshito Takamine, American politician (d. 2015)
1923: Margaret Olley, Australian painter and philanthropist (d. 2011)
1922: Jack Carter, American actor and comedian (d. 2015)
1922: John Postgate, English microbiologist, author, and academic (d. 2014)
1922: Richard Timberlake, American economist (d. 2020)
1921: Gerhard Sommer, German soldier (d. 2019)
1919: Al Molinaro, American actor (d. 2015)
1918: Mildred Ladner Thompson, American journalist and author (d. 2013)
1918: Yong Nyuk Lin, Singaporean businessman and politician, Singaporean Minister for Education (d. 2012)
1917: David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic (d. 2014)
1917: Lucy Jarvis, American television producer (d. 2020)
1917: Ramblin' Tommy Scott, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
1917: Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist (d. 1996)
1916: William B. Saxbe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 70th United States Attorney General (d. 2010)
1916: Saloua Raouda Choucair, Lebanese painter and sculptor (d. 2017)
1915: Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author (d. 2001)
1914: Kari Diesen, Norwegian singer and revue actress (d. 1987)
1914: Jan Karski, Polish-American activist and academic (d. 2000)
1914: Pearl Witherington, French secret agent (d. 2008)
1913: Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist and soldier (d. 2002)
1912: Brian Johnston, English sportscaster and author (d. 1994)
1912: Mary Wesley, English author (d. 2002)
1911: Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1995)
1911: Ernesto Sabato, Argentinian physicist and academic (d. 2011)
1911: Portia White, Canadian opera singer (d. 1968)
1909: Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1978)
1909: William Penney, Baron Penney, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1991)
1909: Betty Cavanna, American author (d. 2001)
1908: Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1942)
1908: Alfons Rebane, Estonian colonel (d. 1976)
1907: Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet and translator (d. 1989)
1906: Pierre Fournier, French cellist and educator (d. 1986)
1906: Willard Maas, American poet and educator (d. 1971)
1905: Fred Alderman, American sprinter (d. 1998)
1904: Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1995)
1901: Marcel Mule, French saxophonist (d. 2001)
1901: Harry Partch, American composer and theorist (d. 1974)
1901: Chuck Taylor, American basketball player and salesman (d. 1969)
1900: Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and engineer (d. 1945)
1898: Armin Öpik, Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (d. 1983)
1898: Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (d. 1958)
1895: Jack Dempsey, American boxer and soldier (d. 1983)
1893: Roy O. Disney, American businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (d. 1971)
1888: Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect, designed the Rietveld Schröder House (d. 1964)
1885: Olaf Holtedahl, Norwegian geologist (d. 1975)
1884: Frank Waller, American runner (d. 1941)
1883: Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
1883: Fritz Löhner-Beda, Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (d. 1942)
1883: Jean Metzinger, French artist (d. 1956)
1883: Arthur L. Newton, American runner (d. 1956)
1883: Frank Verner, American runner (d. 1966)
1882: Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1953)
1882: Carl Diem, German businessman (d. 1962)
1881: George Shiels, Irish-Canadian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1949)
1880: Oswald Veblen, American mathematician and academic (g. 1960)
1880: João Cândido Felisberto, Brazilian revolutionary and sailor (d. 1969)
1875: Forrest Reid, Irish novelist, literary critic and translator (d. 1947)
1872: Frank Crowninshield, American journalist and art and theatre critic (d. 1947)
1869: Prince George of Greece and Denmark (d. 1957)
1867: Ruth Randall Edström, American educator and activist (d. 1944)
1865: Robert Henri, American painter and educator (d. 1929)
1858: Hastings Rashdall, English historian, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1924)
1856: Henry Chapman Mercer, American archaeologist and author (d. 1930)
1854: Eleanor Norcross, American painter (d. 1923)
1852: Friedrich Loeffler, German bacteriologist and academic (d. 1915)
1850: Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Sudan (d. 1916)
1846: Samuel Johnson, Nigerian priest and historian (d. 1901)
1842: Ambrose Bierce, American short story writer, essayist, and journalist (d. 1914)
1839: Gustavus Franklin Swift, American businessman (d. 1903)
1838: Jan Matejko, Polish painter (d. 1893)
1835: Johannes Wislicenus, German chemist and academic (d. 1902)
1826: George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (d. 1898)
1821: Guillermo Rawson, Argentinian physician and politician (d. 1890)
1813: Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and reformer (d. 1887)
1813: Francis Boott, American composer (d. 1904)
1811: John Archibald Campbell, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1889)
1804: Stephan Endlicher, Austrian botanist, numismatist, and sinologist (d. 1849)
1804: Willard Richards, American religious leader (d. 1854)
1797: John Hughes, Irish-American archbishop (d. 1864)
1797: Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish geologist and explorer (d. 1873)
1795: Ernst Heinrich Weber, German physician and psychologist (d. 1878)
1788: Thomas Blanchard, American inventor (d. 1864)
1784: Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, President of Uruguay (d. 1853)
1783: Johann Heinrich von Thünen, German economist and geographer (d. 1850)
1782: Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician (d. 1847)
1777: John Ross, Scottish commander and explorer (d. 1856)
1774: Antonio González de Balcarce, Argentinian commander and politician, 5th Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (d. 1819)
1774: François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general and engineer (d. 1838)
1771: Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, French chemist and businessman, founded DuPont (d. 1834)
1767: Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès, French geographer and author (d. 1846)
1755: Anacharsis Cloots, Prussian-French activist (d. 1794)
1753: William Hull, American general and politician, 1st Governor of Michigan Territory (d. 1825)
1704: Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher and author (d. 1771)
1694: Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss author and theorist (d. 1748)
1687: Johann Albrecht Bengel, German-Lutheran clergyman and scholar (d. 1757)
1663: Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (d. 1742)
1661: Hachisuka Tsunanori, Japanese daimyō (d. 1730)
1616: Ferdinand Bol, Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman, student of Rembrandt (d. 1680)
1614: John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse
1587: William Arnold, English-American settler (d. 1675)
1546: Robert Persons, English Jesuit priest, insurrectionist, and author (d. 1610)
1535: Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (d. 1573)
1532: Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (d. 1588)
1532: William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1573)
1519: Theodore Beza, French theologian and scholar (d. 1605)
1499: Johannes Brenz, German theologian and the Protestant Reformer (d. 1570)
1485: Johannes Bugenhagen, Polish-German priest and reformer (d. 1558)
1485: Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg (d. 1555)
1465: Isabella del Balzo, Queen Consort of Naples (d. 1533)
1386: John of Capistrano, Italian priest and saint (d. 1456)
1360: Nuno Álvares Pereira, Portuguese general
1343: Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)
1322: Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (d. 1406)
1314: Philippa of Hainault Queen of England (d. 1369)
1257: Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford, English nobleman (probable; d. 1331)
1254: Floris V, Count of Holland (d. 1296)
1244: Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1308)
1210: Count Floris IV of Holland (d. 1234)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Benigno Aquino III, 15th President of the Philippines (b. 1960)
2021: Trần Thiện Khiêm, 7th Prime Minister of South Vietnam and army officer (b. 1925)
2015: Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1986)
2015: Mario Biaggi, American police officer, politician and criminal (b. 1917)
2015: Marva Collins, American author and educator (b. 1936)
2015: Susan Ahn Cuddy, American lieutenant (b. 1915)
2014: John Clement, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1928)
2014: Olga Kotelko, Canadian runner and softball player (b. 1919)
2014: Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1916)
2014: Eli Wallach, American actor (b. 1915)
2013: Mick Aston, English archaeologist and academic (b. 1946)
2013: Emilio Colombo, Italian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920)
2013: Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop (b. 1932)
2013: William Hathaway, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
2013: James Martin, English-Bermudian computer scientist and author (b. 1933)
2013: Alan Myers, American drummer (b. 1955)
2012: Darrel Akerfelds, American baseball player and coach (b. 1962)
2012: Gad Beck, German author and educator (b. 1923)
2012: Gu Chaohao, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1926)
2012: Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (b. 1988)
2012: Ann C. Scales, American lawyer, educator, and activist (b. 1952)
2012: Lonesome George, last known Pinta Island tortoise (h. c. 1910)
2011: Tomislav Ivić, Croatian football coach and manager (b. 1933)
2010: Fred Anderson, American jazz tenor saxophonist (b. 1929)
2009: Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian journalist and politician, 25th Governor General of Canada (b. 1927)
2008: Gerhard Ringel, Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1919)
2007: Natasja Saad, Danish rapper and reggae singer (b. 1974)
2007: Chris Benoit, Canadian wrestler (b. 1967)
2007: Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer and manager (b. 1938)
2005: Paul Winchell, American actor, voice artist, and ventriloquist (b. 1922)
2004: Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter and author (b. 1957)
2002: Pierre Werner, Luxembourgian banker and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913)
2001: Konstantin Gerchik, the second head of the world's first cosmodrome - "Baikonur" (1958-1961).
2000: Vera Atkins, British intelligence officer (b. 1908)
2000: David Tomlinson, English actor and comedian (b. 1917)
2000: Rodrigo Bueno, Argentine cuarteto singer (b. 1973)
1997: Brian Keith, American actor (b. 1921)
1995: Andrew J. Transue, American politician and attorney Morissette v. United States (b. 1903)
1994: Jean Vallerand, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1915)
1991: Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (b. 1917)
1991: Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter and illustrator (b. 1899)
1988: Csaba Kesjár, Hungarian race car driver (b. 1962)
1987: Jackie Gleason, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1916)
1984: Clarence Campbell, Canadian businessman (b. 1905)
1980: V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (b. 1894)
1978: Robert Charroux, French author and critic (b. 1909)
1976: Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (b. 1908)
1975: Wendell Ladner, Professional Basketball Player in the ABA
1969: Frank King, American cartoonist (b. 1883)
1969: Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906)
1964: Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1892)
1962: Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (b. 1906)
1947: Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864)
1946: Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
1943: Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (b. 1870)
1932: Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)
1931: Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (b. 1840)
1931: Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1880)
1923: Edith Södergran, Swedish-Finnish poet (b. 1892)
1922: Walther Rathenau, German businessman and politician, 7th German Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1867)
1909: Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1849)
1908: Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837)
1902: George Leake, Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (b. 1856)
1835: Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1769)
1817: Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1734)
1803: Matthew Thornton, Irish-American judge and politician (b. 1714)
1778: Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1714)
1766: Adrien Maurice de Noailles, French soldier and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1678)
1643: John Hampden, English politician (b. 1595)
1637: Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (b. 1580)
1604: Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English courtier, Lord Great Chamberlain (b. 1550)
1520: Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese commander (b. 1489)
1519: Lucrezia Borgia, Italian wife of Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (b. 1480)
1503: Reginald Bray, English architect and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1440)
1439: Frederick IV, duke of Austria (b. 1382)
1398: Hongwu, Chinese emperor (b. 1328)
1314: Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester, English commander (b. 1291)
1314: Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford, English soldier and politician, Lord Warden of the Marches (b. 1274)
1088: William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, Norman nobleman
1046: Jeongjong II, Korean ruler (b. 1018)

Guest