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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.$348 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2025
5.$343 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2023
6.$333 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2022
7.€229.09 Million US$241.57 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2022
8.$232 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2018
9.$222 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2016
10.$220 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2004
11.€176.62 Million
US$200.77 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2019
12.€132 Million
US$189.01 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2011
13.€176 Million
US$185.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2022
14.$152.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2025
15.$145 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 30, 1999
15.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2017
17.$137 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2019
18.$135 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2003
19.$116 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2024
20.$115.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2024
21.€100.15 Million
US$110.82 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2016
22.€90 Million
US$105.05 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2018
23.$103 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2007
24.$94 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 30, 2009
25.€59 Million
US$92.95 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2008

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1994: kahliav
Monday, Jun 27, 1994
31 years old
1988: Pinky1988
Monday, Jun 27, 1988
37 years old
1986: kwilli55
Friday, Jun 27, 1986
39 years old
1981: lotterymammy
Saturday, Jun 27, 1981
44 years old
1981: Potnose20
Saturday, Jun 27, 1981
44 years old
1980: AlninaL80
Friday, Jun 27, 1980
45 years old
1979: marvelous marv
Wednesday, Jun 27, 1979
46 years old
1978: bailey45
Tuesday, Jun 27, 1978
47 years old
1976: Gapeachy32
Sunday, Jun 27, 1976
49 years old
1976: Lucky4Mich
Sunday, Jun 27, 1976
49 years old
1975: brownberry
Friday, Jun 27, 1975
50 years old
1975: Babes333
Friday, Jun 27, 1975
50 years old
1972: Kuntryboy216
Tuesday, Jun 27, 1972
53 years old
1972: Janell$53
Tuesday, Jun 27, 1972
53 years old
1967: iceman1967
Tuesday, Jun 27, 1967
58 years old
1967: MLC$627
Tuesday, Jun 27, 1967
58 years old
1965: rlingg2005
Sunday, Jun 27, 1965
60 years old
1964: wingslovejoy
Saturday, Jun 27, 1964
61 years old
1964: maebaby
Saturday, Jun 27, 1964
61 years old
1963: SlickOG
Thursday, Jun 27, 1963
62 years old
1960: Kaknocker60
Monday, Jun 27, 1960
65 years old
1960: melmit44
Monday, Jun 27, 1960
65 years old
1951: LBThomas
Wednesday, Jun 27, 1951
74 years old
1950: happytee
Tuesday, Jun 27, 1950
75 years old
1944: kbcherokee
Tuesday, Jun 27, 1944
81 years old
: DantheMan627
(year not provided)
: Topp656
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: U.S. President Joe Biden debates former U.S. President Donald Trump. The debate leads to Biden's withdrawal from the election on July 21.
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. 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 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 is promulgated, as a result of which Rovaniemi secedes 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.
1924: The Johor-Singapore Causeway opens after five years of construction, providing a land connection for road and rail vehicles travelling between Johor and Singapore.
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.

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 Alvarez, 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 (died 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: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Hong Kong actor and singer
1962: Sunanda Pushkar, India-born Canadian businesswoman (died 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 (died 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 (died 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 (died 2013)
1945: Norma Kamali, American fashion designer
1944: Will Jennings, American songwriter (died 2024)
1944: Angela King, English environmentalist and author, co-founded Common Ground
1944: Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist (died 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 (died 2015)
1941: Bill Baxley, American lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
1941: James P. Hogan, English-Irish author (died 2010)
1941: Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director and screenwriter (died 1996)
1940: Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
1939: R. D. Burman, Indian singer-songwriter (died 1994)
1939: Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer and footballer (died 2000)
1939: Brereton C. Jones, American politician, 58th Governor of Kentucky (died 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 (died 2000)
1937: Joseph P. Allen, American physicist and astronaut
1937: Otto Herrigel, Namibian lawyer and politician (died 2013)
1937: Kirkpatrick Sale, American author and scholar
1936: Lucille Clifton, American author and poet (died 2010)
1936: Shirley Anne Field, English actress (died 2023)
1932: Eddie Kasko, American baseball player and manager (died 2020)
1932: Anna Moffo, American operatic soprano (died 2006)
1932: Hugh Wood, English composer (died 2021)
1931: Charles Bronfman, Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist
1931: Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
1930: Ross Perot, American businessman and politician (died 2019)
1930: Tommy Kono, Japanese American weightlifter (died 2016)
1929: Dick the Bruiser, American football player and wrestler (died 1991)
1929: Peter Maas, American journalist and author (died 2001)
1928: Rudy Perpich, American dentist and politician, 34th Governor of Minnesota (died 1995)
1927: Bob Keeshan, American actor and producer (died 2004)
1925: Leonard Lerman, American geneticist and biologist (died 2012)
1925: Doc Pomus, American singer-songwriter (died 1991)
1925: Wayne Terwilliger, American second baseman, coach, and manager (died 2021)
1924: Bob Appleyard, English cricketer and businessman (died 2015)
1923: Jacques Berthier, French organist and composer (died 1994)
1923: Elmo Hope, American pianist and composer (died 1967)
1922: George Walker, American composer (died 2018)
1921: Muriel Pavlow, English actress (died 2019)
1920: Fernando Riera, Chilean football player and manager (died 2010)
1919: M. Carl Holman, American author, educator, poet, and playwright (died 1988)
1919: Amala Shankar, Indian danseuse (died 2020)
1918: Adolph Kiefer, American swimmer (died 2017)
1916: Robert Normann, Norwegian guitarist (died 1998)
1915: Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist (died 2015)
1915: John Alexander Moore, American zoologist and academic (died 2002)
1914: Robert Aickman, English author and activist, co-founded the Inland Waterways Association (died 1981)
1914: Helena Benitez, Filipina academic and administrator (died 2016)
1914: Giorgio Almirante, Italian journalist and politician (died 1988)
1913: Elton Britt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1972)
1913: Philip Guston, American painter and academic (died 1980)
1913: Willie Mosconi, American pool player (died 1993)
1912: E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat (died 2016)
1911: Marion M. Magruder, American Marine officer, commander of the VMF(N)-533 squadron (died 1997)
1908: João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian physician and author (died 1967)
1907: John McIntire, American actor (died 1991)
1906: Vernon Watkins, Welsh-American poet and painter (died 1967)
1905: Armand Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1976)
1901: Merle Tuve, American geophysicist and academic (died 1982)
1900: Dixie Brown, British boxer (died 1957)
1899: Juan Trippe, American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways (died 1981)
1892: Paul Colin, French illustrator (died 1985)
1888: Lewis Bernstein Namier, Polish-English historian and academic (died 1960)
1888: Antoinette Perry, American actress and director (died 1946)
1886: Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer and soldier (died 1958)
1885: Pierre Montet, French historian and academic (died 1966)
1885: Guilhermina Suggia, Portuguese cellist (died 1950)
1884: Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet (died 1962)
1882: Eduard Spranger, German philosopher and academic (died 1963)
1880: Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist (died 1968)
1872: Heber Doust Curtis, American astronomer (died 1942)
1872: Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (died 1906)
1870: Frank Rattray Lillie, American zoologist and embryologist (died 1947)
1869: Kate Carew, American illustrator and journalist (died 1961)
1869: Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-Canadian philosopher and activist (died 1940)
1869: Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941)
1865: John Monash, Australian engineer and general (died 1931)
1862: May Irwin, Canadian-American actress and singer (died 1938)
1850: Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (died 1919)
1850: Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese historian and author (died 1904)
1846: Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (died 1891)
1838: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (died 1894)
1838: Paul Mauser, German weapon designer, designed the Gewehr 98 (died 1914)
1828: Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (died 1905)
1817: Louise von François, German author (died 1893)
1812: Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy Waterston, American writer (died 1899)
1806: Augustus De Morgan, English mathematician and logician (died 1871)
1805: Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (died 1883)
1767: Alexis Bouvard, French astronomer and academic (died 1843)
1717: Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier, French botanist and physicist (died 1799)
1696: William Pepperrell, American merchant and soldier (died 1759)
1596: Maximilian, Prince of Dietrichstein (died 1655)
1550: Charles IX, king of France (died 1574)
1497: Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1546)
1464: Ernst II of Saxony, Archbishop of Magdeburg (1476-1513) (died 1513)
1462: Louis XII, king of France (died 1515)
1430: Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, Lancastrian leader (died 1475)
1350: Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (died 1425)
850: Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid emir (died 902)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Kinky Friedman, American country musician (born 1944)
2024: Martin Mull, American actor (born 1943)
2018: Joe Jackson, American manager, father of Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson (born 1928)
2018: Liz Jackson, Australian journalist and former barrister (born 1951)
2018: William McBride, Australian obstetrician (born 1927)
2017: Peter L. Berger, Austrian sociologist (born 1929)
2016: Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (born 1929)
2015: Zvi Elpeleg, Polish-Israeli diplomat, author, and academic (born 1926)
2015: Knut Helle, Norwegian historian and professor (born 1930)
2015: Chris Squire, English musician (bass guitarist), singer and songwriter, member of the rock band Yes (born 1948)
2014: Edmond Blanchard, Canadian jurist and politician (born 1954)
2014: Allen Grossman, American poet, critic, and academic (born 1932)
2014: Leslie Manigat, Haitian educator and politician, 43rd President of Haiti (born 1930)
2014: Violet Milstead, Canadian World War II aviator and bush pilot (born 1919)
2014: Rachid Solh, Lebanese politician, 48th Prime Minister of Lebanon (born 1926)
2013: Stefano Borgonovo, Italian footballer (born 1964)
2013: Ian Scott, English-New Zealand painter (born 1945)
2012: Stan Cox, English runner (born 1918)
2012: Rosemary Dobson, Australian poet and illustrator (born 1920)
2011: Mike Doyle, English footballer (born 1946)
2010: Corey Allen, American film and television actor, writer, director, and producer (born 1934)
2009: Gale Storm, American actress (born 1922)
2008: Sam Manekshaw, Indian field marshal (born 1914)
2007: William Hutt, Canadian actor (born 1920)
2006: Eileen Barton, American singer (born 1924)
2006: Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, Mexican serial killer (born 1960)
2005: Shelby Foote, American historian and author (born 1916)
2005: Ray Holmes, English lieutenant and pilot (born 1914)
2005: John T. Walton, American businessman, co-founded the Children's Scholarship Fund (born 1946)
2004: George Patton IV, American general (born 1923)
2004: Darrell Russell, American race car driver (born 1968)
2003: David Newman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1937)
2002: John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass guitarist, and producer (born 1944)
2002: Robert L. J. Long, American admiral (born 1920)
2001: Tove Jansson, Finnish author, illustrator, and painter (born 1914)
2001: Jack Lemmon, American actor (born 1925)
2001: Joan Sims, English actress (born 1930)
2000: Pierre Pflimlin, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1907)
1999: Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1919)
1998: Gilles Rocheleau, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1935)
1996: Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (born 1909)
1991: Milton Subotsky, American-English screenwriter and producer (born 1921)
1989: A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and academic (born 1910)
1987: Billy Snedden, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Attorney-General for Australia (born 1926)
1986: George Nēpia, New Zealand rugby player and referee (born 1905)
1977: Arthur Perdue, American businessman (born 1885)
1975: G.I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist (born 1886)
1973: Ida Mett, Belarusian Jewish anarchist (born 1901)
1970: Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler and scholar (born 1902)
1967: Jaan Lattik, Estonian pastor and politician, 9th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (born 1878)
1962: Paul Viiding, Estonian author, poet, and critic (born 1904)
1960: Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer (born 1871)
1960: Harry Pollitt, British politician and Secretary General of the Communist Party of Great Britain (born 1890)
1957: Hermann Buhl, Austrian soldier and mountaineer (born 1924)
1952: Max Dehn, German-American mathematician and academic (born 1878)
1950: Milada Horáková, Czech politician, victim of judicial murder (born 1901)
1949: Frank Smythe, English botanist and mountaineer (born 1900)
1948: Dorothea Bleek, South African anthropologist and philologist (born 1873)
1946: Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator (born 1893)
1944: Milan Hodža, Czech journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (born 1878)
1935: Eugene Augustin Lauste, French-American inventor (born 1857)
1934: Francesco Buhagiar, Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (born 1876)
1920: Adolphe-Basile Routhier, Canadian lawyer and judge (born 1839)
1919: Peter Sturholdt, American boxer (born 1885)
1917: Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (born 1896)
1912: George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (born 1855)
1911: Victor Surridge, English motorcycle racer (born 1882)
1907: Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator, co-founded Radcliffe College (born 1822)
1905: Harold Mahony, Scottish-Irish tennis player (born 1867)
1896: John Berryman, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1825)
1894: Giorgio Costantino Schinas, Maltese architect and civil engineer (born 1834)
1878: Sidney Breese, American jurist and politician (born 1800)
1844: Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (born 1800)
1844: Joseph Smith, American religious leader, founded the Latter Day Saint movement (born 1805)
1839: Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire (born 1780)
1831: Sophie Germain, French mathematician and physicist (born 1776)
1831: Konstantin Pavlovich, grand duke of Russia and the son of Emperor Paul I of Russia (born 1779)
1829: James Smithson, English chemist and mineralogist (born 1765)
1827: Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian and academic (born 1754)
1794: Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (born 1711)
1794: Philippe de Noailles, French general (born 1715)
1729: Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichord player and composer (born 1665)
1720: Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet and author (born 1639)
1672: Roger Twysden, English historian and politician (born 1597)
1655: Eleonora Gonzaga, Holy Roman Empress (born 1598)
1654: Johannes Valentinus Andreae, German theologian (born 1586)
1636: Date Masamune, Japanese strongman (born 1567)
1627: John Hayward, English historian, journalist, and politician (born 1564)
1603: Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop (born 1539)
1601: Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys (born 1525)
1574: Giorgio Vasari, Italian historian, painter, and architect (born 1511)
1497: Michael An Gof, rebel leader
1497: Thomas Flamank, rebel leader
1458: Alfonso V of Aragon (born 1396)
1296: Floris V, Count of Holland (born 1254)
1194: King Sancho VI of Navarre (born 1132)
1162: Odo II, Duke of Burgundy (born 1118)
992: Conan I of Rennes, Duke of Brittany

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