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June 27

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June 27

June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 187 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: New Jersey Lottery increasing Jersey Cash 5 ticket price. The New Jersey Lottery announced today that the price of a Jersey Cash 5 ticket will increase from $1 to $2 and that every ticket will automatically include the Bullseye add-on option.
2024: One California winner of $395 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot comes forward. One of the lottery winners splitting a $395 million Mega Millions who bought their winning ticket at the same store as the other jackpot winner has come forward to claim their share of the prize.
2023: Iowa woman whose house was destroyed by tornado wins $2 million Powerball lottery prize. A woman who lost her home in a tornado won a $2 million Powerball lottery prize, which she'll use to finish building a new house.
2020: Kentucky Lottery sales rebound. In Friday's meeting of the Kentucky Lottery Corporation's board of directors, it was announced strong sales in the month of May has helped get the lottery back on track to meet budgeted sales amounts for the year.
2019: Pennsylvania Lottery struggles to attract bets on virtual sports games. The Pennsylvania Lottery has more than 1,850 outlets with screens displaying virtual animated football and auto races. The odds of finding someone watching a bet play out on the simulated sports action is pretty low.
2018: Free lottery ticket wins N.J. woman $1K a week for life. A New Jersey woman who bought a lottery ticket with a buy-one-get-one free coupon she clipped from a newspaper ended up winning a big Cash4Life Prize.
2017: Illinois Lottery to again delay large payouts due to budget woes. This week Illinois Lottery players face a triple-whammy: Not only will the popular Powerball and Mega Millions tickets be off the shelf, but also any big winners of any of the other draw or instant games will have to wait to collect their cash.
2016: Lottery rigging trial to be moved out of Des Moines. A new felony trial for a former Iowa lottery security official already convicted of scheming to win a $16.5 million jackpot will be moved out of Des Moines, a judge has ruled.
2016: Lottery winner's gift will help small Missouri community. A town in Missouri is celebrating its new state-of-the-art fire facility, but the community's lottery millionaires are humble about what they did to make it happen.
2014: $70 million Calif. SuperLotto winner comes forward. More than a month after buying the winning ticket in San Francisco, a 41-year-old man has finally come forward as the winner of a $70 million lotto ticket, the California Lottery said Wednesday.
2011: Changes coming to Powerball multi-state lottery game in January. As Powerball prepares to celebrate its 20th year in 2012, the game is being redesigned to bring more value to its players, including a higher starting jackpot, more chances to win, and a higher ticket price.
2011: $300K win brings Atlanta foster mom sunshine. For 21 years an Atlanta foster mother has cared for children she's considered her own. On the eve of her 72nd birthday, the Georgia Lottery will be taking care of her.
2011: Store owner killed for $3 of lottery tickets. Felony murder charges have been filed against a man accused in the dragging death of a northern New Jersey gas station owner, who authorities say was killed over the alleged theft of a few dollars worth of lottery tickets.
2010: $50M Lotto Max jackpot finally won. Lottery corporations in Atlantic and Western Canada say two winning tickets worth $25 million each were sold in Happy Valley Goose Bay, N.L., and somewhere in Saskatchewan.
2008: Ohio winner of $196M lottery jackpot claims prize anonymously. The $196 million lottery prize for a Mega Millions ticket sold in the Clermont County village of Amelia in May was claimed Friday by a lawyer on behalf of an undisclosed client.
2008: Petition submitted for starting Arkansas lottery. Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter submitted 138,615 signatures Thursday in support of a constitutional amendment creating a state-run lottery, moving his proposal to help fund college scholarships closer toward appearing on the November ballot.
2008: D.C. Lottery contract award put on hold. Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty is withdrawing a controversial proposal to award a $120 million lottery contract to a start-up firm in a maneuver designed to prevent the agreement from dying in the D.C. Council.
2007: Lottery scams hard to resist for some. What if you got home today and found a letter in your mailbox telling you that you won thousands of dollars in a Canadian lottery? It sounds like great news, but it's actually a scam that's costing Americans millions of dollars every year.
2007: Iowa Lottery discontinues five scratch games. The Iowa Lottery is officially ending five instant-scratch games and players have until September to claim prizes in them.
2007: Star Spangled lottery not a hit with players. With just four days remaining until the game ends on Saturday, prior to the July 4 drawing, sales of the Massachusetts Lottery's $20 Star Spangled Sweepstakes tickets have been significantly below expectations, said lottery spokeswoman Beth Bresnahan.
2007: Oklahoma Lottery to add Hot Lotto, TV show. The Oklahoma Lottery plans to start a television game show and offer an additional multi-state game in hopes of improving lower-than-expected revenues.
2006: $90 Million: California lottery jackpot raised again. One day after the California SuperLotto Plus jackpot rolled to $89 million, California lottery officials raised it by another $1 million.
2005: Honest store clerk returns $100,000 lottery ticket. An Oregon store clerk who initially misread a lottery terminal screen and declared a customer's ticket a loser, later realized his error, and returned the winning ticket to the happy lottery player.
2005: Winning Powerball lottery ticket sold in Conn.. The only jackpot-winning ticket sold for Saturday night's $59.5 million multistate Powerball drawing was sold in Connecticut, a spokeswoman for the state lottery said.
2005: Texas Lottery chief admits jackpots were inflated. Texas Lottery officials admitted Friday they inflated their jackpot numbers on four separate occasions.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$463.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2023
2.$390 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2016
3.$348.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2022
4.$343 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2023
5.$333 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2022
6.€229.09 Million US$241.57 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2022
7.$232 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2018
8.$222 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2016
9.$220 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2004
10.€176.62 Million
US$200.77 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2019
11.€132 Million
US$189.01 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2011
12.€176 Million
US$185.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2022
13.$145 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 30, 1999
13.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2017
15.$137 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2019
16.$135 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2003
17.$116 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2024
18.$115.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2024
19.€100.15 Million
US$110.82 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2016
20.€90 Million
US$105.05 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2018
21.$103 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2007
22.$94 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 30, 2009
23.€59 Million
US$92.95 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2008
24.$92 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2017
25.$91 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2007

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1994: kahliav
Monday, Jun 27, 1994
30 years old
1988: Pinky1988
Monday, Jun 27, 1988
36 years old
1986: kwilli55
Friday, Jun 27, 1986
38 years old
1981: Potnose20
Saturday, Jun 27, 1981
43 years old
1980: AlninaL80
Friday, Jun 27, 1980
44 years old
1979: marvelous marv
Wednesday, Jun 27, 1979
45 years old
1978: bailey45
Tuesday, Jun 27, 1978
46 years old
1976: Gapeachy32
Sunday, Jun 27, 1976
48 years old
1976: Lucky4Mich
Sunday, Jun 27, 1976
48 years old
1975: brownberry
Friday, Jun 27, 1975
49 years old
1975: Babes333
Friday, Jun 27, 1975
49 years old
1972: Kuntryboy216
Tuesday, Jun 27, 1972
52 years old
1967: iceman1967
Tuesday, Jun 27, 1967
57 years old
1967: MLC$627
Tuesday, Jun 27, 1967
57 years old
1965: rlingg2005
Sunday, Jun 27, 1965
59 years old
1964: wingslovejoy
Saturday, Jun 27, 1964
60 years old
1964: maebaby
Saturday, Jun 27, 1964
60 years old
1963: SlickOG
Thursday, Jun 27, 1963
61 years old
1960: Kaknocker60
Monday, Jun 27, 1960
64 years old
1960: melmit44
Monday, Jun 27, 1960
64 years old
1951: LBThomas
Wednesday, Jun 27, 1951
73 years old
1950: happytee
Tuesday, Jun 27, 1950
74 years old
1944: kbcherokee
Tuesday, Jun 27, 1944
80 years old
: DantheMan627
(year not provided)
: Topp656
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2017: A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware target websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe.
2015: Formosa Fun Coast fire: A dust fire occurs at a recreational water park in Taiwan, killing 15 people and injuring 497 others, 199 critically.
2014: At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
2013: NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph space probe to observe the Sun.
2008: In a highly scrutinized election, President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
2007: Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. His Chancellor, Gordon Brown succeeds him.
2007: The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
1994: Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan. Seven people are killed, 660 injured.
1991: Two days after it had declared independence, Slovenia is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft, starting the Ten-Day War.
1988: The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
1988: Villa Tunari massacre: Bolivian anti-narcotics police kill nine to 12 and injure over a hundred protesting coca-growing peasants.
1982: Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
1981: The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.
1980: The 'Ustica massacre': Itavia Flight 870 crashes in the sea while en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 on board.
1977: France grants independence to Djibouti.
1977: Constitution for the Federation of Earth, also known as Earth Constitution, was adopted by the second session of the World Constituent Assembly, held at Innsbruck, Austria.
1976: Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PFLP and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
1974: U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
1973: The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
1957: Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
1954: The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
1954: The FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.
1950: The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
1946: In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.
1944: World War II: Mogaung is the first place in Burma to be liberated from the Japanese by British Chindits, supported by the Chinese.
1941: Romanian authorities launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iași, resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.
1941: World War II: German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.
1928: The Rovaniemi township decree was promulgated, as a result of which Rovaniemi seceded from the old rural municipality as its own market town on January 1, 1929.
1927: Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.
1914: The Illinois Monument is dedicated at Cheatham Hill in what is now the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.
1905: During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
1898: The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
1895: The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
1864: American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
1844: Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
1806: British forces take Buenos Aires during the first of the British invasions of the River Plate.
1760: Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
1743: In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
1556: The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
1499: Amerigo Vespucci sights what is now Amapá State in Brazil.
1497: Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England.
1358: The Republic of Ragusa is founded.

Births On This Day

2002: Kelee Ringo, American football player
2000: Chris Olave, American football player
1999: Will Levis, American football player
1999: Chandler Riggs, American actor
1997: Yordan Álvarez, Cuban baseball player
1997: Jehyve Floyd, American basketball player
1997: H.E.R., American singer-songwriter
1995: Monté Morris, American basketball player
1994: Anita Husarić, Bosnian tennis player
1993: Johanna Talihärm, Estonian biathlete
1993: Alberto Campbell-Staines, Australian athlete
1992: Ahn So-hee, South Korean singer and actress
1992: Karthika Nair, Indian actress
1990: Bobby Wagner, American football player
1989: Hana Birnerová, Czech tennis player
1989: Matthew Lewis, English actor
1988: Stefani Bismpikou, Greek gymnast
1988: Matthew Spiranovic, Australian footballer
1988: Kate Ziegler, American swimmer
1987: India de Beaufort, English actress
1987: Ed Westwick, English actor
1986: Sam Claflin, British actor
1986: Drake Bell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1986: Bryan Fletcher, American skier
1986: LaShawn Merritt, American sprinter
1985: James Hook, Welsh rugby player
1985: Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player
1985: Nico Rosberg, German race car driver
1984: Aiden Blizzard, Australian cricketer
1984: Khloé Kardashian, American model, businesswoman, and radio host
1984: D.J. King, Canadian ice hockey player
1984: Gökhan Inler, Swiss footballer
1983: Jim Johnson, American baseball player
1983: Dale Steyn, South African cricketer
1983: Nikola Rakočević, Serbian actor
1981: Andrew Embley, Australian footballer
1980: Hugo Campagnaro, Argentinian footballer
1980: Jennifer Goodridge, American keyboard player
1980: Alexander Peya, Austrian tennis player
1980: Kevin Pietersen, South African-English cricketer
1980: Craig Terrill, American football player
1979: Martin Bourboulon, French film director and screenwriter
1978: Apparat, German musician
1977: Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footballer
1976: Johnny Estrada, American baseball player
1976: Leigh Nash, American singer-songwriter
1975: Ace Darling, American wrestler
1975: Bianca Del Rio, American drag queen and comedian
1975: Sarah Evanetz, Canadian swimmer
1975: Tobey Maguire, American actor
1975: Daryle Ward, American baseball player
1974: Christian Kane, American singer-songwriter and actor
1974: Christopher O'Neill, English-American businessman
1973: Abbath Doom Occulta, Norwegian musician
1973: Simon Archer, English badminton player
1972: Dawud Wharnsby, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1971: Serginho, Brazilian footballer
1970: Régine Cavagnoud, French skier (d. 2001)
1970: John Eales, Australian rugby player and businessman
1970: Jim Edmonds, American baseball player and sportscaster
1970: Jo Frost, English nanny, television personality, and author
1969: Viktor Petrenko, Ukrainian figure skater
1968: Kelly Ayotte, American lawyer and politician, New Hampshire Attorney General
1967: Sylvie Fréchette, Canadian swimmer and coach
1967: George Hamilton, Northern Irish police officer
1967: Vasiliy Kaptyukh, Belarusian discus thrower
1967: Phil Kearns, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
1966: J. J. Abrams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1966: Jörg Bergen, German footballer and manager
1966: Jeff Conine, American baseball player and sportscaster
1966: Aigars Kalvītis, Latvian politician, businessman, and former Prime Minister of Latvia
1965: Simon Sebag Montefiore, English journalist, historian, and author
1965: S. Manikavasagam, Malaysian politician and social activist
1965: Óscar Vega, Spanish boxer
1964: Stephan Brenninkmeijer, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter
1964: Chuck Person, American basketball player and coach
1963: Wendy Alexander, Scottish politician, Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning
1963: Johnny Benson Jr., American race car driver
1962: Michael Ball, English actor and singer
1962: Sunanda Pushkar, India-born Canadian businesswoman (d. 2014)
1960: Craig Hodges, American basketball player and coach
1960: Michael Mayer, American theatre director
1960: Robert King, English harpsichordist and conductor
1960: Jeremy Swift, English actor
1959: Dan Jurgens, American author and illustrator
1959: Lorrie Morgan, American singer
1958: Lisa Germano, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958: Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996)
1957: Gabriella Dorio, Italian runner
1956: Heiner Dopp, German field hockey player and politician
1955: Isabelle Adjani, French actress
1954: Richard Ibbotson, English admiral
1953: Igor Gräzin, Estonian academic and politician
1953: Alice McDermott, American novelist
1952: Madan Bhandari, Nepalese politician (d. 1993)
1951: Ulf Andersson, Swedish chess player
1951: Julia Duffy, American actress
1951: Gilson Lavis, English drummer and portrait artist
1951: Mary McAleese, Irish academic and politician, 8th President of Ireland
1949: Vera Wang, American fashion designer
1948: Camile Baudoin, American guitarist
1945: Joey Covington, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 2013)
1945: Norma Kamali, American fashion designer
1944: Angela King, English environmentalist and author, co-founded Common Ground
1944: Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist (d. 2019)
1943: Ravi Batra, Indian-American economist and academic
1942: Bruce Johnston, American singer-songwriter and producer
1942: Frank Mills, Canadian pianist and composer
1942: Danny Schechter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1941: Bill Baxley, American lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
1941: James P. Hogan, English-Irish author (d. 2010)
1941: Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1940: Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
1939: R. D. Burman, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 1994)
1939: Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer and footballer (d. 2000)
1939: Brereton C. Jones, American politician, 58th Governor of Kentucky (d. 2023)
1938: Bruce Babbitt, American lawyer and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Interior
1938: David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead, Scottish lieutenant and judge
1938: Konrad Kujau, German illustrator (d. 2000)
1937: Joseph P. Allen, American physicist and astronaut
1937: Otto Herrigel, Namibian lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1937: Kirkpatrick Sale, American author and scholar
1936: Lucille Clifton, American author and poet (d. 2010)
1936: Shirley Anne Field, English actress (d. 2023)
1932: Eddie Kasko, American baseball player and manager (d. 2020)
1932: Anna Moffo, American operatic soprano (d. 2006)
1932: Hugh Wood, English composer (d. 2021)
1931: Charles Bronfman, Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist
1931: Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2021)
1930: Ross Perot, American businessman and politician (d. 2019)
1930: Tommy Kono, Japanese American weightlifter (d. 2016)
1929: Dick the Bruiser, American football player and wrestler (d. 1991)
1929: Peter Maas, American journalist and author (d. 2001)
1928: Rudy Perpich, American dentist and politician, 34th Governor of Minnesota (d. 1995)
1927: Bob Keeshan, American actor and producer (d. 2004)
1925: Leonard Lerman, American geneticist and biologist (d. 2012)
1925: Doc Pomus, American singer-songwriter (d. 1991)
1925: Wayne Terwilliger, American second baseman, coach, and manager (d. 2021)
1924: Bob Appleyard, English cricketer and businessman (d. 2015)
1923: Jacques Berthier, French organist and composer (d. 1994)
1923: Elmo Hope, American pianist and composer (d. 1967)
1922: George Walker, American composer (d. 2018)
1921: Muriel Pavlow, English actress (d. 2019)
1920: Fernando Riera, Chilean football player and manager (d. 2010)
1919: M. Carl Holman, American author, educator, poet, and playwright (d. 1988)
1919: Amala Shankar, Indian danseuse (d. 2020)
1918: Adolph Kiefer, American swimmer (d. 2017)
1916: Robert Normann, Norwegian guitarist (d. 1998)
1915: Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist (d. 2015)
1915: John Alexander Moore, American zoologist and academic (d. 2002)
1914: Robert Aickman, English author and activist, co-founded the Inland Waterways Association (d. 1981)
1914: Helena Benitez, Filipina academic and administrator (d. 2016)
1914: Giorgio Almirante, Italian journalist and politician (d. 1988)
1913: Elton Britt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1972)
1913: Philip Guston, American painter and academic (d. 1980)
1913: Willie Mosconi, American pool player (d. 1993)
1912: E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat (d. 2016)
1911: Marion M. Magruder, American Marine officer, commander of the VMF(N)-533 squadron (d. 1997)
1908: João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian physician and author (d. 1967)
1907: John McIntire, American actor (d. 1991)
1906: Vernon Watkins, Welsh-American poet and painter (d. 1967)
1905: Armand Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
1901: Merle Tuve, American geophysicist and academic (d. 1982)
1900: Dixie Brown, British boxer (d. 1957)
1899: Juan Trippe, American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways (d. 1981)
1892: Paul Colin, French illustrator (d. 1985)
1888: Lewis Bernstein Namier, Polish-English historian and academic (d. 1960)
1888: Antoinette Perry, American actress and director (d. 1946)
1886: Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer and soldier (d. 1958)
1885: Pierre Montet, French historian and academic (d. 1966)
1885: Guilhermina Suggia, Portuguese cellist (d. 1950)
1884: Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet (d. 1962)
1882: Eduard Spranger, German philosopher and academic (d. 1963)
1880: Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist (d. 1968)
1872: Heber Doust Curtis, American astronomer (d. 1942)
1872: Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1906)
1870: Frank Rattray Lillie, American zoologist and embryologist (d. 1947)
1869: Kate Carew, American illustrator and journalist (d. 1961)
1869: Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-Canadian philosopher and activist (d. 1940)
1869: Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
1865: John Monash, Australian engineer and general (d. 1931)
1862: May Irwin, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 1938)
1850: Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1919)
1850: Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese historian and author (d. 1904)
1846: Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (d. 1891)
1838: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1894)
1838: Paul Mauser, German weapon designer, designed the Gewehr 98 (d. 1914)
1828: Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (d. 1905)
1817: Louise von François, German author (d. 1893)
1812: Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy Waterston, American writer (d. 1899)
1806: Augustus De Morgan, English mathematician and logician (d. 1871)
1805: Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (d. 1883)
1767: Alexis Bouvard, French astronomer and academic (d. 1843)
1717: Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier, French botanist and physicist (d. 1799)
1696: William Pepperrell, American merchant and soldier (d. 1759)
1596: Maximilian, Prince of Dietrichstein (d. 1655)
1550: Charles IX, king of France (d. 1574)
1497: Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1546)
1464: Ernst II of Saxony, Archbishop of Magdeburg (1476-1513) (d. 1513)
1462: Louis XII, king of France (d. 1515)
1430: Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, Lancastrian leader (d. 1475)
1350: Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1425)
850: Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid emir (d. 902)

Deaths On This Day

2018: Joe Jackson, American manager, father of Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson (b. 1928)
2018: Liz Jackson, Australian journalist and former barrister (b. 1951)
2018: William McBride, Australian obstetrician (b. 1927)
2017: Peter L. Berger, Austrian sociologist (b. 1929)
2016: Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2015: Zvi Elpeleg, Polish-Israeli diplomat, author, and academic (b. 1926)
2015: Knut Helle, Norwegian historian and professor (b. 1930)
2015: Chris Squire, English musician (bass guitarist), singer and songwriter, member of the rock band Yes (b. 1948)
2014: Edmond Blanchard, Canadian jurist and politician (b. 1954)
2014: Allen Grossman, American poet, critic, and academic (b. 1932)
2014: Leslie Manigat, Haitian educator and politician, 43rd President of Haiti (b. 1930)
2014: Violet Milstead, Canadian World War II aviator and bush pilot (b. 1919)
2014: Rachid Solh, Lebanese politician, 48th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1926)
2013: Stefano Borgonovo, Italian footballer (b. 1964)
2013: Ian Scott, English-New Zealand painter (b. 1945)
2012: Stan Cox, English runner (b. 1918)
2012: Rosemary Dobson, Australian poet and illustrator (b. 1920)
2011: Mike Doyle, English footballer (b. 1946)
2010: Corey Allen, American film and television actor, writer, director, and producer (b. 1934)
2009: Gale Storm, American actress (b. 1922)
2008: Sam Manekshaw, Indian field marshal (b. 1914)
2007: William Hutt, Canadian actor (b. 1920)
2006: Eileen Barton, American singer (b. 1924)
2006: Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, Mexican serial killer (b. 1960)
2005: Shelby Foote, American historian and author (b. 1916)
2005: Ray Holmes, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1914)
2005: John T. Walton, American businessman, co-founded the Children's Scholarship Fund (b. 1946)
2004: George Patton IV, American general (b. 1923)
2004: Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b. 1968)
2003: David Newman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2002: John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)
2002: Robert L. J. Long, American admiral (b. 1920)
2001: Tove Jansson, Finnish author, illustrator, and painter (b. 1914)
2001: Jack Lemmon, American actor (b. 1925)
2001: Joan Sims, English actress (b. 1930)
2000: Pierre Pflimlin, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
1999: Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
1998: Gilles Rocheleau, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1935)
1996: Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (b. 1909)
1991: Milton Subotsky, American-English screenwriter and producer (b. 1921)
1989: A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and academic (b. 1910)
1987: Billy Snedden, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1926)
1986: George Nēpia, New Zealand rugby player and referee (b. 1905)
1977: Arthur Perdue, American businessman (b. 1885)
1975: G.I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1886)
1973: Ida Mett, Belarusian Jewish anarchist (b. 1901)
1970: Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler and scholar (b. 1902)
1967: Jaan Lattik, Estonian pastor and politician, 9th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (b. 1878)
1962: Paul Viiding, Estonian author, poet, and critic (b. 1904)
1960: Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer (b. 1871)
1960: Harry Pollitt, British politician and Secretary General of the Communist Party of Great Britain (b. 1890)
1957: Hermann Buhl, Austrian soldier and mountaineer (b. 1924)
1952: Max Dehn, German-American mathematician and academic (b. 1878)
1950: Milada Horáková, Czech politician, victim of judicial murder (b. 1901)
1949: Frank Smythe, English botanist and mountaineer (b. 1900)
1948: Dorothea Bleek, South African anthropologist and philologist (b. 1873)
1946: Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator (b. 1893)
1944: Milan Hodža, Czech journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1878)
1935: Eugene Augustin Lauste, French-American inventor (b. 1857)
1934: Francesco Buhagiar, Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1876)
1920: Adolphe-Basile Routhier, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1839)
1919: Peter Sturholdt, American boxer (b. 1885)
1917: Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (b. 1896)
1912: George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (b. 1855)
1911: Victor Surridge, English motorcycle racer (b. 1882)
1907: Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator, co-founded Radcliffe College (b. 1822)
1905: Harold Mahony, Scottish-Irish tennis player (b. 1867)
1896: John Berryman, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1825)
1894: Giorgio Costantino Schinas, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1834)
1878: Sidney Breese, American jurist and politician (b. 1800)
1844: Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (b. 1800)
1844: Joseph Smith, American religious leader, founded the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1805)
1839: Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire (b. 1780)
1831: Sophie Germain, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
1831: Konstantin Pavlovich, grand duke of Russia and the son of Emperor Paul I of Russia (b. 1779)
1829: James Smithson, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1765)
1827: Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian and academic (b. 1754)
1794: Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (b. 1711)
1794: Philippe de Noailles, French general (b. 1715)
1729: Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichord player and composer (b. 1665)
1720: Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet and author (b. 1639)
1672: Roger Twysden, English historian and politician (b. 1597)
1655: Eleonora Gonzaga, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1598)
1654: Johannes Valentinus Andreae, German theologian (b. 1586)
1636: Date Masamune, Japanese strongman (b. 1567)
1627: John Hayward, English historian, journalist, and politician (b. 1564)
1603: Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1539)
1601: Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys (b. 1525)
1574: Giorgio Vasari, Italian historian, painter, and architect (b. 1511)
1497: Michael An Gof, rebel leader
1497: Thomas Flamank, rebel leader
1458: Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
1296: Floris V, Count of Holland (b. 1254)
1194: King Sancho VI of Navarre (b. 1132)
1162: Odo II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)
992: Conan I of Rennes, Duke of Brittany

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