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June 29

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June 29

June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 185 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Missouri woman admits to stealing $24,000 worth of lottery tickets at her own workplace. A former Missouri Lottery retailer employee admitted to stealing over $24,000 worth of lottery tickets from her own workplace over the course of six months.
2021: NC man is second person in hometown to win $1 million in a week. A North Carolina player became the second person in their hometown to win a $1 million prize within less than a week.
2017: IT'S OFFICIAL: Tipton pleads guilty to rigging computerized lottery drawings. The cyber security expert and brainpower behind a lottery rigging scandal that netted $2 million in illegal winnings from five state lotteries pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge of ongoing criminal conduct charge.
2016: $415 MILLION: 3rd-largest Mega Millions jackpot ever. Lottery players across the United States will be lining up at lottery retailers for their chance to win Friday's massive $415 million Mega Millions jackpot, after nobody won Tuesday's $390 million grand prize.
2015: Illinois postal worker wins $4 million lottery prize. An Elgin, Illinois, man has won a $4 million lottery prize after purchasing a ticket from Lundeen's Liquors in St. Charles.
2015: Man forgets glasses, mistakenly buys winning lottery ticket. A man in southwestern Connecticut who mistakenly bought the wrong lottery ticket is $30,000 wealthier.
2013: Virginia lawmaker wins car on $5 lottery ticket. A longtime Virginia lawmaker is the soon-to-be owner of a new Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, which he won on a $5 scratcher he bought June 12.
2012: Idaho man is state's first Hot Lotto jackpot winner. The Idaho Lottery introduced retired Army veteran Steve Colson of Nampa as the sole winner of a Hot Lotto jackpot worth $3.43 million.
2011: NJ Lottery to be first with live draws on Internet. The New Jersey Lottery will be the first state lottery to stream its lottery drawings live over the Internet -- on Facebook.
2011: Michigan man quits job, wins lottery. A western Michigan man said he quit his job so he could show up to qualify for the lottery drawing Monday night in Detroit, and it paid off.
2011: PA Lottery raffle ticket worth $1M set to expire this week. Time is running out for the holder of a Pennsylvania Lottery Millionaire Raffle ticket worth $1 million from the July 10, 2010, drawing to claim the prize.
2011: Man wins lottery with numbers from fortune cookie. A National City, California, man who has played the same Fantasy 5 numbers for a decade finally hit the jackpot, California Lottery officials announced Tuesday.
2010: Michigan workers claim Mega Millions, Powerball lottery jackpots. Factory workers in Detroit and Kalamazoo are winners of multimillion-dollar lottery prizes.
2010: N.H. Lottery delays online game amid controversy. The state Lottery Commission has pulled back its planned July 1 launch of new games that add an Internet element to scratch ticket gambling.
2009: Calif. man with 3 jobs wins $39M lottery jackpot. A man who works three jobs to support his family -- including one as a limousine driver -- has won a $39 million jackpot in California's SuperLotto Plus.
2009: $800,000 lottery ticket expires Wednesday. A winning lottery ticket worth $800,000 sold in Belton, South Carolina, expires this Wednesday, and the lottery has not heard from the ticket's owner.
2006: $98 Million: Gigantic California lottery jackpot gets even bigger. The jackpot in the California SuperLotto Plus lottery game grew to $98 million Thursday -- currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.
2006: Idaho Lottery to pay state a record $33 million. Idaho Lottery officials say school districts and public buildings hit a record jackpot this year with $33 million in profits from ticket sales.
2006: N.C. Lottery to transfer $50 million to education. North Carolina's newly adopted lottery will make a $50 million contribution to the state's Education Lottery Fund on Wednesday -- the first transfer since the inception of scratch-off games three months ago.
2006: Oklahoma lottery winners not in a hurry to claim prizes. Oklahoma retailers have sold winning lottery tickets totaling nearly $110 million, but ten winners have yet to claim more than $102 million in prizes.
2006: Texas Lottery hires interim director to full-time post. Anthony Sadberry, a longtime Houston attorney who led a reorganization of the Texas Lottery in the past five months as acting director, was named the agency's permanent head Wednesday.
2006: Minnesota Lottery renews contract with GTECH. GTECH Holdings Corporation today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, GTECH Corporation, signed a two-year contract extension with the Minnesota State Lottery to commence on February 9, 2011.
2006: UK Lottery opens bidding for 10-year license. The United Kingdom National Lottery opened the competition for a ten-year license to run the operation on Thursday.
2005: Conn. couple claims $59.5 million Powerball lottery jackpot. A couple from Seymour, Connecticut has claimed Saturday's $59.5 million Powerball jackpot, the largest prize in the 33-year-old history of the Connecticut State Lottery.
2005: Loan For Oklahoma’s Lottery Operation Delayed. Oklahoma Lottery Commission officials said Monday instant lottery tickets should still go on sale in October, despite an unexpected delay in obtaining loan funds for the state's new lottery operation.
2005: Texas lawmakers to grill lottery officials about inflated jackpots. Texas lottery officials could face tough questions and some nasty wrist-slapping today when they testify before lawmakers about inflating several Texas Lotto jackpot estimates.
2005: Store owner who stole customer's winnings stripped of lottery license. A North Andover, Massachusetts, convenience store owner who admitted stealing a customer's winning lottery ticket has been stripped of his license to sell Massachusetts Lottery tickets, a lottery spokeswoman said.
2004: Bahamas debates starting national lottery. Chairman of the Gaming Board, Kenyatta Gibson, MP, announced to parliament last week that the Gaming Board is currently reviewing the feasibility of The Bahamas introducing a national lottery.
2004: Lines, dreams grow for tonight's $220 Million lottery jackpot. If you waited until today to buy your Mega Millions lottery ticket, you could be standing in line. A long one. Sales for tonight's $220 million jackpot have been higher than normal for the past few days, and the day of the drawing is usually the busiest, ticket sellers said.
2004: Texas Lottery moves Two Step drawing days. Drawing days for the twice-weekly Texas Two Step lottery game have been changed.
2004: South Carolina Awaits $66 Million Powerball Lottery Winner. South Carolina officials are waiting for the winner of the latest Powerball drawing to come forward.
2004: Tennessee Lottery Director Lauds Startup. Tennessee's lottery is on track to be either the best or second-best lottery startup in U.S. history, lottery President Rebecca Paul said yesterday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$502.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 1, 2023
2.$415 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 1, 2016
3.$368 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 30, 2023
4.$366.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2022
5.$360 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 1, 2022
6.€230.36 Million US$240.82 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 30, 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.€152 Million US$220.6 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 1, 2011
10.$220 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2004
11.€198 Million
US$206.53 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 1, 2022
12.€178.1 Million
US$202.59 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2019
13.$165 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 2, 2003
14.$163.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 30, 2025
15.$158 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 30, 2017
16.$145 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 30, 1999
17.$137 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2019
17.$137 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 2, 2024
19.$115.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2024
20.€100 Million
US$114.18 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 30, 2017
21.€101.19 Million
US$112.34 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 30, 2016
22.$106 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 1, 2017
23.€90 Million
US$105.05 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2018
24.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 1, 2011
25.$98 Million: California
SuperLotto Plus
Draw Date
Jul 1, 2006

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1995: lwill95
Thursday, Jun 29, 1995
30 years old
1981: rickey30
Monday, Jun 29, 1981
44 years old
1981: Robstory
Monday, Jun 29, 1981
44 years old
1977: LottoTom
Wednesday, Jun 29, 1977
48 years old
1975: Hellokitty13425
Sunday, Jun 29, 1975
50 years old
1970: prettybrown136
Monday, Jun 29, 1970
55 years old
1969: CoJe$t629
Sunday, Jun 29, 1969
56 years old
1968: tbird668
Saturday, Jun 29, 1968
57 years old
1963: chbaca
Saturday, Jun 29, 1963
62 years old
1962: Bilyb
Friday, Jun 29, 1962
63 years old
1960: chusub1
Wednesday, Jun 29, 1960
65 years old
1960: ricola
Wednesday, Jun 29, 1960
65 years old
1956: bdailey0266
Friday, Jun 29, 1956
69 years old
1951: Kayla2007
Friday, Jun 29, 1951
74 years old
1950: rlwilson
Thursday, Jun 29, 1950
75 years old
1949: stars79
Wednesday, Jun 29, 1949
76 years old
: aumira
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2014: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declares its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.
2012: A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.
2007: Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.
2006: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
2002: Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
1995: Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
1995: The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 502 and injuring 937.
1987: Vincent van Gogh's painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, is bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England.
1976: The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
1976: The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.
1974: Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Perón is terminally ill.
1974: Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
1972: The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
1972: A Convair CV-580 and De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter collide above Lake Winnebago near Appleton, Wisconsin, killing 13.
1971: Prior to re-entry (following a record-setting stay aboard the Soviet Union's Salyut 1 space station), the crew capsule of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft depressurizes, killing the three cosmonauts on board. Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev are the first humans to die in space.
1956: The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
1952: The first Miss Universe pageant is held. Armi Kuusela from Finland wins the title of Miss Universe 1952.
1950: Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
1945: The Soviet Union annexes the Czechoslovak province of Carpathian Ruthenia.
1927: The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
1922: France grants "one square kilometer" at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
1916: British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
1915: The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
1889: Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
1888: George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
1881: In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
1880: France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
1874: Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
1864: At least 99 people, mostly German and Polish immigrants, are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster after a train fails to stop for an open drawbridge and plunges into the Rivière Richelieu near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
1850: Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
1807: Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
1786: Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
1764: One of the strongest tornadoes in history strikes Woldegk, Germany, killing one person while leveling numerous mansions with winds estimated greater than 300 miles per hour (480 km/h).
1659: At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy.
1644: Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.
1620: English crown bans tobacco growing in England, giving the Virginia Company a monopoly in exchange for tax of one shilling per pound.
1613: The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, burns to the ground.
1534: Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.
1457: The Dutch city of Dordrecht is devastated by fire
1444: Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.
1194: Sverre is crowned King of Norway, leading to his excommunication by the Catholic Church and civil war.
1170: A major earthquake hits Syria, badly damaging towns such as Hama and Shaizar and structures such as the Krak des Chevaliers and the cathedral of St. Peter in Antioch.
1149: Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
226: Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of Wei.

Births On This Day

2006: Sam Lavagnino, American child voice actor
2003: Jude Bellingham, English footballer
2002: Matt Rempe, Canadian ice hockey player
2001: Julian Champagnie, American basketball player
2001: Gunnar Henderson, American baseball player
2001: Aaron Schoupp, Australian rugby league player
1998: Michael Porter Jr., American basketball player
1996: Joseph Manu, New Zealand rugby league player
1994: Camila Mendes, American actress and model
1993: Harrison Gilbertson, Australian actor
1993: Oliver Tree, American singer-songwriter
1991: Suk Hyun-jun, South Korean footballer
1991: Kawhi Leonard, American basketball player
1991: Addison Timlin, American actress
1990: Kim Little, Scottish footballer
1990: Yann M'Vila, French footballer
1988: Éver Banega, Argentinian footballer
1986: José Manuel Jurado, Spanish footballer
1986: Edward Maya, Romanian singer-songwriter and producer
1985: Quintin Demps, American football player
1984: Aleksandr Shustov, Russian high jumper
1983: Aundrea Fimbres, American singer-songwriter and dancer
1983: Jeremy Powers, American cyclist
1982: Colin Jost, American comedian
1982: Dusty Hughes, American baseball player
1982: Lily Rabe, American actress
1982: O. J. Hogans, American sprinter
1981: Luke Branighan, Australian rugby league player
1981: Joe Johnson, American basketball player
1981: Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentinian race car driver (died 2005)
1981: Shmuly Yanklowitz, American rabbi, author, and educator
1980: Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano and actress
1979: Matthew Bode, Australian footballer
1979: Andy O'Brien, English footballer
1979: Marleen Veldhuis, Dutch swimmer
1978: Nicole Scherzinger, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1977: Sotiris Liberopoulos, Greek footballer
1977: Zuleikha Robinson, English actress
1976: Daniel Carlsson, Swedish race car driver
1976: Bret McKenzie, New Zealand comedian, actor, musician, songwriter, and producer
1973: Lance Barber, American actor
1973: George Hincapie, American cyclist
1971: Matthew Good, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970: Melanie Paschke, German sprinter
1970: Emily Skinner, American actress and singer
1969: Claude Béchard, Canadian politician (died 2010)
1969: Pavlos Dermitzakis, Greek footballer and manager
1969: Tōru Hashimoto, Japanese lawyer and politician
1968: Brian d'Arcy James, American actor and musician
1968: Theoren Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
1967: Jeff Burton, American race car driver
1967: Melora Hardin, American actress and singer
1967: Seamus McGarvey, Northern Irish cinematographer
1966: Yoko Kamio, Japanese author and comic artist
1965: Tripp Eisen, American guitarist
1965: Paul Jarvis, English cricketer
1965: Daniel Larson, American politician
1964: Stedman Pearson, English singer-songwriter and dancer (died 2025)
1963: Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist
1963: Judith Hoag, American actress and educator
1962: Amanda Donohoe, English actress
1962: Joan Laporta, Spanish lawyer and politician
1962: George D. Zamka, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1961: Sharon Lawrence, American actress, singer, and dancer
1958: Dieter Althaus, German politician
1958: Rosa Mota, Portuguese runner
1957: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmen dentist and politician, 2nd President of Turkmenistan
1957: María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress
1957: Robert Forster, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957: Michael Nutter, American politician, 98th Mayor of Philadelphia
1957: Terry Wyatt, English physicist and academic
1956: Nick Fry, English economist and businessman
1956: David Burroughs Mattingly, American illustrator and painter
1956: Pedro Guerrero, Dominican baseball player and manager
1956: Pedro Santana Lopes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of Portugal
1956: Pyotr Vasilevsky, Belarusian footballer and manager (died 2012)
1955: Charles J. Precourt, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1954: Rick Honeycutt, American baseball player and coach
1954: Léo Júnior, Brazilian footballer, coach, and manager
1953: Don Dokken, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953: Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian singer and guitarist
1951: Craig Sager, American sportscaster (died 2016)
1950: Bobby London, American illustrator
1950: Don Moen, American singer and songwriter
1950: Michael Whelan, American artist
1949: Dan Dierdorf, American football player and sportscaster
1949: Joan Clos, Spanish anesthesiologist and politician, 116th Mayor of Barcelona
1949: Ann Veneman, American lawyer and politician, 27th United States Secretary of Agriculture
1948: Sean Bergin, South African-Dutch saxophonist and flute player (died 2012)
1948: Fred Grandy, American actor and politician
1948: Ian Paice, English drummer, songwriter, and producer
1948: Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar, Kenyan-English politician
1947: Richard Lewis, American actor and screenwriter (died 2024)
1946: Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Panamanian politician, 33rd President of Panama
1946: Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (died 2004)
1945: Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 5th President of Sri Lanka
1944: Gary Busey, American actor
1944: Claude Humphrey, American football player (died 2021)
1944: Andreu Mas-Colell, Spanish economist, academic, and politician
1944: Seán Patrick O'Malley, American cardinal
1943: Little Eva, American singer (died 2003)
1943: Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur and chairman of Montpellier HSC (died 2017)
1942: Charlotte Bingham, English author and screenwriter
1942: Mike Willesee, Australian journalist and producer (died 2019)
1941: John Boccabella, American baseball player
1941: Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist (died 1998)
1940: Vyacheslav Artyomov, Russian composer
1940: John Dawes, Welsh rugby player and coach (died 2021)
1939: Alan Connolly, Australian cricketer
1939: Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Brazilian footballer and coach
1936: Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player (died 2011)
1936: Eddie Mabo, Australian land rights activist (died 1992)
1935: Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos, Greek captain and businessman (died 2011)
1935: Katsuya Nomura, Japanese baseball player and manager (died 2020)
1934: Corey Allen, American actor, director, and producer (died 2010)
1933: Bob Shaw, American baseball player and manager (died 2010)
1933: John Bradshaw, American theologian and author (died 2016)
1932: Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, British jurist; Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland (died 2020)
1931: Sevim Burak, Turkish author (died 1983)
1930: Ernst Albrecht, German economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (died 2014)
1930: Robert Evans, American actor and producer (died 2019)
1930: Viola Léger, American-Canadian actress and politician (died 2023)
1930: Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (died 2013)
1929: Pat Crawford Brown, American actress (died 2019)
1929: Pete George, American weightlifter (died 2021)
1929: Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (died 2006)
1928: Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (died 1999)
1928: Jean-Louis Pesch, French author and illustrator (died 2023)
1928: Radius Prawiro, Indonesian economist and politician (died 2005)
1927: Pierre Perrault, Canadian director and screenwriter (died 1999)
1927: Marie Thérèse Killens, Canadian politician
1926: Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler, 3rd Emir of Kuwait (died 2006)
1926: Julius W. Becton, Jr., U.S lieutenant general (died 2023)
1926: Roger Stuart Bacon, Nova Scotia politician (died 2021)
1926: Bobby Morgan, American professional baseball player (died 2023)
1925: Francis S. Currey, American World War II Medal of Honor recipient (died 2019)
1925: Giorgio Napolitano, Italian journalist and politician, 11th President of Italy (died 2023)
1925: Chan Parker, American dancer and author (died 1999)
1925: Jackie Lynn Taylor, American actress (died 2014)
1925: Cara Williams, American actress (died 2021)
1924: Ezra Laderman, American composer and educator (died 2015)
1924: Roy Walford, American pathologist and gerontologist (died 2004)
1924: Philip H. Hoff, American politician (died 2018)
1923: Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-American composer and educator (died 2019)
1922: Ralph Burns, American songwriter, bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist (died 2001)
1922: Vasko Popa, Serbian poet and academic (died 1991)
1922: John William Vessey, Jr., American general (died 2016)
1921: Frédéric Dard, French author and screenwriter (died 2000)
1921: Jean Kent, English actress (died 2013)
1921: Reinhard Mohn, German businessman (died 2009)
1921: Harry Schell, French-American race car driver (died 1960)
1920: César Rodríguez Álvarez, Spanish footballer and manager (died 1995)
1920: Ray Harryhausen, American animator and producer (died 2013)
1920: Nicole Russell, Duchess of Bedford (died 2012)
1920: David Snellgrove, British tibetologist (died 2016)
1919: Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Mexican cardinal (died 2008)
1919: Walter Babington Thomas, Commander of British Far East Land Forces (died 2017)
1919: Juan Blanco, Cuban composer (died 2008)
1919: Slim Pickens, American actor and rodeo performer (died 1983)
1919: Lloyd Richards, Canadian-American theatre director, actor, and dean (died 2006)
1918: Heini Lohrer, Swiss ice hockey player (died 2011)
1918: Gene La Rocque, U.S admiral (died 2016)
1918: Francis W. Nye, United States Air Force major general (died 2019)
1917: Ling Yun, Chinese politician (died 2018)
1916: Ruth Warrick, American actress and activist (died 2005)
1914: Rafael Kubelík, Czech-American conductor and composer (died 1996)
1914: Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek-American mathematician and academic (died 1976)
1913: Earle Meadows, American pole vaulter (died 1992)
1912: José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1958)
1912: Émile Peynaud, French oenologist and academic (died 2004)
1912: John Toland, American historian and author (died 2004)
1911: Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (died 2004)
1911: Katherine DeMille, Canadian-American actress (died 1995)
1911: Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (died 1975)
1910: Frank Loesser, American composer and conductor (died 1969)
1910: Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (died 1993)
1909: Harold Edward Dahl, American pilot and mercenary (died 1956)
1908: Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (died 1975)
1908: Erik Lundqvist, Swedish javelin thrower (died 1963)
1906: Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Ukrainian general (died 1945)
1906: Heinz Harmel, German general (died 2000)
1904: Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician (died 1956)
1903: Alan Blumlein, English engineer, developed the H2S radar (died 1942)
1901: Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (died 1967)
1900: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French poet and pilot (died 1944)
1898: Yvonne Lefébure, French pianist and educator (died 1986)
1897: Fulgence Charpentier, Canadian journalist and publisher (died 2001)
1893: Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Indian economist and statistician (died 1972)
1893: Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer and educator (died 1958)
1890: Robert Laurent, American sculptor and academic (died 1970)
1890: Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, Dutch supercentenarian (died 2005)
1889: Willie Macfarlane, Scottish-American golfer (died 1961)
1888: Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (died 1927)
1886: Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1963)
1885: Izidor Kürschner, Hungarian football player and coach (died 1941)
1882: Henry Hawtrey, English runner (died 1961)
1882: Franz Seldte, German captain and politician, Reich Minister for Labour (died 1947)
1881: Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (died 1929)
1881: Curt Sachs, German-American composer and musicologist (died 1959)
1880: Ludwig Beck, German general (died 1944)
1879: Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Italian cardinal (died 1970)
1873: Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist and archaeologist (died 1938)
1870: Joseph Carl Breil, American tenor, composer, and director (died 1926)
1868: George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and journalist (died 1938)
1866: Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (died 1939)
1863: Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1934)
1861: William James Mayo, American physician and surgeon, co-founded the Mayo Clinic (died 1939)
1858: George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer, co-designed the Panama Canal (died 1928)
1858: Julia Lathrop, American activist and politician (died 1932)
1849: Pedro Montt, Chilean lawyer and politician, 15th President of Chile (died 1910)
1849: Sergei Witte, Russian politician, 1st Chairmen of Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire (died 1915)
1849: John Hunn, American businessman and politician, 51st Governor of Delaware (died 1926)
1844: Peter I of Serbia (died 1921)
1835: Celia Thaxter, American poet and story writer (died 1894)
1833: Peter Waage, Norwegian chemist and academic (died 1900)
1819: Thomas Dunn English, American poet, playwright, and politician (died 1902)
1818: Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer and academic (died 1878)
1803: John Newton Brown, American minister and author (died 1868)
1801: Frédéric Bastiat, French economist and theorist (died 1850)
1798: Willibald Alexis, German author and poet (died 1871)
1798: Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher (died 1837)
1793: Josef Ressel, Czech-Austrian inventor, invented the propeller (died 1857)
1787: Lavinia Stoddard, American poet, school founder (died 1820)
1768: Vincenzo Dimech, Maltese sculptor (died 1831)
1746: Joachim Heinrich Campe, German linguist, author, and educator (died 1818)
1686: Pietro Paolo Troisi, Maltese artist (died 1743)
1621: Willem van der Zaan, Dutch Admiral (died 1669)
1596: Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (died 1680)
1543: Christine of Hesse, Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp (died 1604)
1528: Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1589)
1525: Peter Agricola, German humanist, theologian, diplomat and statesman (died 1585)
1517: Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (died 1585)
1488: Pedro Pacheco de Villena, Catholic cardinal (died 1560)
1482: Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (died 1517)
1443: Anthony Browne, English knight (died 1506)
1398: John II of Aragon and Navarre (died 1479)
1326: Murad I, Ottoman Sultan (died 1389)
1136: Petronilla of Aragon (died 1173)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Princess Lalla Latifa, Princess Dowager of Morocco (born 1946)
2023: Alan Arkin, American actor (born 1934)
2022: Hershel W. Williams, American Marine Corps warrant officer, last living Medal of Honor recipient from World War II (born 1923)
2021: Donald Rumsfeld, American captain and politician, 13th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1932)
2020: Carl Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
2020: Stepa J. Groggs, American rap artist (born 1988)
2020: Hachalu Hundessa, Ethiopian singer, songwriter (born 1986)
2018: Steve Ditko, American comic writer and illustrator (born 1927)
2017: Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur and chairman of Montpellier HSC from 1974 to his death (born 1943)
2017: Dave Semenko, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1957)
2016: Jan Hettema, Springbok cyclist and five times South African National Rally Champion (born 1933)
2015: Hisham Barakat, Egyptian lawyer and judge (born 1950)
2015: Josef Masopust, Czech footballer and coach (born 1931)
2015: Charles Pasqua, French businessman and politician, French Minister of the Interior (born 1927)
2014: Damian D'Oliveira, South African cricketer (born 1960)
2014: Dermot Healy, Irish author, poet, and playwright (born 1947)
2013: Peter Fitzgerald, Irish footballer and manager (born 1937)
2013: Jack Gotta, American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager (born 1929)
2013: Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist and author (born 1922)
2013: Gilma Jiménez, Colombian politician (born 1956)
2012: Yong Nyuk Lin, Singaporean politician, Singaporean Minister of Health (born 1918)
2012: Vincent Ostrom, American political scientist and academic (born 1919)
2012: Juan Reccius, Chilean triple jumper (born 1911)
2012: Floyd Temple, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1926)
2011: K. D. Sethna, Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic (born 1904)
2009: Joe Bowman, American, target shooter and boot-maker (born 1925)
2007: Fred Saberhagen, American soldier and author (born 1930)
2007: Joel Siegel, American journalist and critic (born 1943)
2006: Fabián Bielinsky, Argentinian director and screenwriter (born 1959)
2006: Lloyd Richards, Canadian-American theatre director, actor, and dean (born 1919)
2006: Randy Walker, American football player and coach (born 1954)
2004: Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist (born 1935)
2004: Alvin Hamilton, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (born 1912)
2003: Katharine Hepburn, American actress (born 1907)
2002: Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (born 1928)
2000: Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor and director (born 1922)
2000: Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood, Canadian-English publisher and politician (born 1913)
1999: Karekin I, Syrian-Armenian patriarch (born 1950)
1999: Allan Carr, American screenwriter and producer (born 1937)
1998: Horst Jankowski, German pianist and composer (born 1936)
1997: William Hickey, American actor (born 1927)
1997: Marjorie Linklater, Scottish campaigner for the arts and environment of Orkney (born 1909)
1995: Lana Turner, American actress (born 1921)
1994: Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor and educator (born 1908)
1993: Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (born 1946)
1992: Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian soldier and politician, President of Algeria (born 1919)
1990: Irving Wallace, American author and screenwriter (born 1916)
1986: Frank Wise, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia (born 1897)
1982: Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founded Balmain (born 1914)
1982: Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1886)
1981: Russell Drysdale, English-Australian painter (born 1912)
1980: Jorge Basadre, Peruvian historian (born 1903)
1979: Lowell George, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1945)
1978: Bob Crane, American actor (born 1928)
1975: Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947)
1971: Nestor Mesta Chayres, Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (born 1908)
1969: Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (born 1919)
1967: Primo Carnera, Italian boxer and actor (born 1906)
1967: Jayne Mansfield, American actress (born 1933)
1964: Eric Dolphy, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1928)
1962: Charles Lyon Chandler, American historian (born 1883)
1960: Frank Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1885)
1955: Max Pechstein, German painter and academic (born 1881)
1949: Themistoklis Sofoulis, Greek politician, 115th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1860)
1942: Paul Troje, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (born 1864)
1941: Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Poland (born 1860)
1940: Paul Klee, Swiss painter and illustrator (born 1879)
1936: János Szlepecz, Slovene priest and missionary (born 1872)
1935: Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (born 1873)
1933: Roscoe Arbuckle, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1887)
1931: Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian poet and physician (born 1850)
1919: José Gregorio Hernández Venezuelan physician and educator (born 1864)
1907: Konstantinos Volanakis, Greek painter and academic (born 1837)
1900: Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1827)
1895: Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist (born 1825)
1875: Ferdinand I of Austria (born 1793)
1873: Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian poet and playwright (born 1824)
1861: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet and translator (born 1806)
1860: Thomas Addison, English physician and endocrinologist (born 1793)
1855: John Gorrie, American physician and humanitarian (born 1803)
1853: Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, French botanist and academic (born 1797)
1852: Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State (born 1777)
1840: Lucien Bonaparte, French prince (born 1775)
1831: Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Prussian minister and politician (born 1757)
1779: Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter (born 1728)
1764: Ralph Allen, English businessman and philanthropist (born 1693)
1744: André Campra, French composer and conductor (born 1660)
1729: Edward Taylor, American-English poet, pastor, and physician (born circa 1642)
1725: Arai Hakuseki, Japanese philosopher, academic, and politician (born 1657)
1646: Laughlin Ó Cellaigh, Gaelic-Irish Lord
1626: Scipione Cobelluzzi, Italian cardinal and archivist (born 1564)
1594: Niels Kaas, Danish politician, Chancellor of Denmark (born 1535)
1575: Baba Nobuharu, Japanese samurai (born 1515)
1520: Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler (born 1466)
1509: Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (born 1443)
1432: Janus of Cyprus (born 1375)
1374: Jan Milíč of Kroměříž, Czech priest and reformer
1344: Joan of Savoy, duchess consort of Brittany, throne claimant of Savoy (born 1310)
1315: Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher (born 1235)
1293: Henry of Ghent, philosopher (born c.1217)
1252: Abel, King of Denmark (born 1218)
1153: Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles
1149: Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch (born 1115)
1059: Bernard II, Duke of Saxony (born 995)
976: Gero, archbishop of Cologne
884: Yang Shili, general of the Tang Dynasty
226: Cao Pi, Chinese emperor (born 187)

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