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June 30

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June 30

June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 184 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Judge dismisses $320 million lawsuit for DC Lottery posting wrong Powerball numbers. A judge dismissed a Washington, D.C. man's case against the lottery after the DC Lottery posted incorrect Powerball numbers on their website that he claimed would have won him a $320.6 million jackpot.
2023: Massachusetts Mega Millions winner who had $3 million ticket stolen from him claims prize. The lottery winner of a $3 million Mega Millions prize whose ticket was stolen from him by a liquor store cashier claimed his prize today, the Massachusetts Lottery announced.
2022: Daughter gifts her dad lottery ticket worth $675,000 for Father's Day. For one dad, nothing says "Happy Father's Day" than being gifted a lottery ticket that turns out to be worth $675,000 (US$523,036).
2021: Missouri will allow lottery winners to remain anonymous. Lottery winners in Missouri will soon be able to claim their prizes under full anonymity once a new law takes effect in August.
2020: Arkansas man left trembling after winning $1 million lottery prize. An El Dorado man has a huge reason to celebrate after becoming Arkansas' newest millionaire, thanks to a $20 scratch-off lottery game.
2019: Mississippi Lottery targets Dec. 1 startup date. The Mississippi Lottery Corporation says it plans for stores to be selling scratch-off lottery tickets by Dec. 1.
2018: Paper-jammed lottery ticket turns out to be $22,000 winner for Kansas couple. A paper-jammed Kansas Lottery ticket turned out to be lucky for a couple from Tonganoxie, Kansas.
2017: Washington Lottery to shut down if lawmakers can't agree on budget. Washington's Lottery will suspend all operations if lawmakers can't pass the state's operating budget by midnight on Friday, June 30, 2017.
2015: Mass Lottery to announce record sales. The Massachusetts Lottery is expected to break a sales record this year for the fourth year in a row, the lottery executive director said Tuesday.
2015: Unclaimed Va. $100K Cash 5 lottery ticket about to expire. If you played Virginia's Cash 5 lottery game back in January, you may want to check your pockets, bags and glove compartment, because one lucky person is holding on to a winning lottery ticket that is set to expire soon.
2015: Arkansas Lottery sales director to resign. The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery's director of sales was given a choice Monday — resignation or termination.
2013: Another lottery contract is under the D.C. Council's microscope. The DC Lottery needs to keep its contract with Scientific Games to produce scratch games, but the stringent contract laws in Washington, D.C. may put the contract in jeopardy.
2013: Ireland Lottery doesn't have enough cash to pay €94m mystery winner. The mystery winner of the €94m Euromillions jackpot is not expected to claim their prize until next week because the Ireland National Lottery does not have enough money in the bank to pay them.
2012: Colorado Lottery ends MatchPlay game. The Colorado Lottery conducted its final MatchPlay drawing Friday, capping a two-year run for the jackpot game.
2011: D.C. continues rollout of online gambling. The scramble is on to launch an online casino in Washington, D.C., which is the first jurisdiction in the United States to sanction online gambling.
2011: Illinois Lottery run by private company starting Friday. Illinois' private lottery manager takes over operations Friday, with both the company and the state envisioning greatly increased sales and more money for state coffers.
2009: N.C. lottery players looking for luck after $88M win. Lottery tickets have been selling like wildfire since Kings Mountain resident Jeff Wilson won $88.1 million playing Powerball, said Angi White, assistant manager of the Petro Express in Kings Mountain where the winning ticket was sold.
2009: Arkansas Gov. and new lottery director meet. The head of the Arkansas state lottery and Gov. Mike Beebe met for the first time Monday but didn't talk much about their differences on keno.
2009: Ohio Lottery switches to Greek operator Intralot. At 11:59 p.m. today, in an office park in Strongsville, state officials and a gaggle of computer technicians, some from Greece, will change how Ohioans get their lottery tickets.
2008: Lottery scratch games still being sold after jackpots are gone. State lotteries are coming under renewed criticism for selling scratch-off tickets after the top prizes have been given away.
2007: Oklahoma couple claims $106M Powerball lottery jackpot. Don Harvey's long-haul truck had almost two million miles on it when its engine died this week. Now he's planning to ride the road in style, thanks to a $105.8 million Powerball ticket bought by his wife.
2005: Yacht Stolen From Co-Winner of Record Big Game Lottery Jackpot. A yacht was stolen from a lottery winner in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, so that the thief could impress his girlfriend.
2005: Texas Lottery officials testify that public was deceived. Texas Lottery Commission Chairman C. Thomas Clowe told lawmakers Wednesday that the public was deceived by recently inflated jackpot estimates and vowed the agency would take action to keep it from happening again.
2005: Texas Lottery Whistleblower Fired. The scandal embroiling the Texas Lottery Commission over inflated jackpot estimates intensified Wednesday when top agency officials acknowledged firing a colleague who only days earlier warned ticket sales would fall short of advertised amounts.
2005: Virginia lottery winner claims first Set for Life check. Last week, Gordon McKinney of Chuckey, Tenn., won the top prize in the Virginia Lottery's new scratch-off game, Set for Life, and will receive $2,000 a week for the rest of his life.
2005: Calif. Lottery Sales Reach Record High. People bought more than $3 billion in California Lottery tickets this fiscal year, a record for the nearly 20-year-old games.
2004: $280 Million: Record Mega Millions Jackpot. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $280 million Wednesday, the highest jackpot for the game since its inception in May, 2002.
2004: Lotto winner is held in shooting. The youngest Lotto jackpot winner ever in Colorado is behind bars and faces a charge of attempted murder after Longmont police said he shot another man in the head over the weekend.
2004: Ex-lottery manager sues Penn. officials. A former Republican state House candidate from Bethlehem is claiming that Democratic state officials violated her rights by firing her from the Pennsylvania Lottery for political reasons.
2004: W.V. Lottery sets single-month sales record. May was a record sales month in what will be a record year for the West Virginia Lottery, with profits to the state topping the half-billion-dollar mark.
2004: Jamaica Lottery Recovers. Supreme Ventures Ltd., Jamaica's sole lottery company, has seen a substantial recovery in its business since the Government decided to lift the tax it had imposed on winnings last year.

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.$360 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 1, 2022
5.$294 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 2, 2004
6.$256 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 3, 2018
7.$243 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 2, 2016
8.€230.36 Million US$240.82 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 30, 2022
9.€152 Million US$220.6 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 1, 2011
10.€198 Million
US$206.53 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 1, 2022
11.€179.65 Million
US$202.9 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 2, 2019
12.$165 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 2, 2003
13.$163.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 30, 2025
14.$158 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 30, 2017
15.$150 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 3, 2019
16.$145 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 30, 1999
17.$137 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 2, 2024
18.$126.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 1, 2024
19.€100 Million
US$114.18 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 30, 2017
20.€101.19 Million
US$112.34 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 30, 2016
21.$106 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 3, 2007
21.$106 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 1, 2017
23.€90 Million
US$105.61 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jul 6, 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

1989: togelmaster
Friday, Jun 30, 1989
36 years old
1988: Jrich419
Thursday, Jun 30, 1988
37 years old
1987: ajmcfarland87
Tuesday, Jun 30, 1987
38 years old
1984: Profits
Saturday, Jun 30, 1984
41 years old
1983: SlimGee
Thursday, Jun 30, 1983
42 years old
1982: nicklespice722
Wednesday, Jun 30, 1982
43 years old
1980: bigdaddy$69
Monday, Jun 30, 1980
45 years old
1978: Blkbutterfly78
Friday, Jun 30, 1978
47 years old
1977: Chyna630
Thursday, Jun 30, 1977
48 years old
1975: Kanmilk
Monday, Jun 30, 1975
50 years old
1973: Bakmomma3512
Saturday, Jun 30, 1973
52 years old
1972: oxx727
Friday, Jun 30, 1972
53 years old
1968: samirchowdhury
Sunday, Jun 30, 1968
57 years old
1967: Crinbraveheart
Friday, Jun 30, 1967
58 years old
1965: MarkbPlym
Wednesday, Jun 30, 1965
60 years old
1964: nank
Tuesday, Jun 30, 1964
61 years old
1961: seuvette
Friday, Jun 30, 1961
64 years old
1960: gk6061
Thursday, Jun 30, 1960
65 years old
1959: Brashel20
Tuesday, Jun 30, 1959
66 years old
1958: Michele Kemp
Monday, Jun 30, 1958
67 years old
1951: shiptoday
Saturday, Jun 30, 1951
74 years old
1946: billyloco
Sunday, Jun 30, 1946
79 years old
1946: billy-loco
Sunday, Jun 30, 1946
79 years old
1945: harry613
Saturday, Jun 30, 1945
80 years old
: Honeyhall55
(year not provided)
: Smarks3415
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: A Tajik citizen with ISIS connections, wanted in Tajikistan for murder and kidnapping, kills two people at Chișinău International Airport in Moldova, after being denied entry to the country.
2021: The Tiger Fire ignites near Black Canyon City, Arizona, and goes on to burn 16,278 acres (6,587 ha) of land before being fully contained on July 30.
2019: Donald Trump becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
2015: A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths.
2013: Nineteen firefighters die controlling a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona.
2013: Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.
2009: Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on board. A 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari survives the crash.
2007: A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance of Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terrorist attack. This was linked to the 2007 London car bombs that had taken place the day before.
1994: During a test flight of an Airbus A330-300 at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, the aircraft crashes killing all seven people on board.
1993: Malta is officially subdivided into 68 local councils by the Local Councils Act.
1990: East and West Germany merge their economies.
1989: A coup d'état in Sudan deposes the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and President Ahmed al-Mirghani.
1986: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.
1985: Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
1977: The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
1974: The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins.
1973: Concorde 001 intercepts the path of a total solar eclipse and follows the moon's shadow, experiencing the longest total eclipse observation.
1972: The first leap second is added to the UTC time system.
1971: The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
1968: Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God.
1966: The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded.
1963: Ciaculli bombing: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police officers and military personnel near Palermo.
1960: Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
1959: A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
1956: A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
1953: The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
1944: World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
1937: The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
1936: Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
1934: The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
1922: In Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes-Peynado agreement, which ends the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic.
1921: U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
1916: World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
1912: The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
1908: The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
1906: The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
1905: Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
1900: A savage fire wrecked three steamships docked at a pier in Hoboken, New Jersey. Over 200 crew members and passengers are killed, and hundreds injured.
1892: The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1886: The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
1882: Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
1864: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
1860: The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
1859: French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
1805: Under An act to divide the Indiana Territory into two separate governments, adopted by the U.S. Congress on January 11, 1805, the Michigan Territory is organized.
1794: Northwest Indian War: Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery.
1758: Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia.
1703: The Battle of Ekeren between a Dutch force and a French force.
1688: The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
1651: The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising: The Battle of Berestechko ends with a Polish victory.
1632: The University of Tartu is founded.
1598: The Spanish-held Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico having been besieged for fifteen days, surrenders to an English force under Sir George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland.
1559: King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery.
1521: Spanish forces defeat a combined French and Navarrese army at the Battle of Noáin during the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre.
1422: Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons.
763: The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus.
296: Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy.

Births On This Day

1998: Tom Davies, English footballer
1997: A. J. Brown, American football player
1997: Reuben Garrick, Australian rugby league player
1995: bbno$, Canadian singer-songwriter
1993: Trea Turner, American baseball player
1989: Asbel Kiprop, Kenyan runner
1989: Steffen Liebig, German rugby player
1989: David Myers, Australian footballer
1988: Jacksfilms, American YouTuber
1988: Joe Mazzulla, American basketball coach
1987: Ryan Cook, American baseball player
1987: Andrew Hedgman, New Zealand runner
1986: Alicia Fox, American wrestler, model, and actress
1986: Fredy Guarín, Colombian footballer
1986: Nicola Pozzi, Italian footballer
1986: Allegra Versace, Italian-American businesswoman
1985: Trevor Ariza, American basketball player
1985: Michael Phelps, American swimmer
1985: Cody Rhodes, American wrestler
1985: Fabiana Vallejos, Argentinian footballer
1984: Fantasia Barrino, American singer-songwriter and actress
1984: Dax Harwood, American wrestler
1984: Tunku Ismail Idris, Crown Prince of Johor, Malaysia
1983: Marcus Burghardt, German cyclist
1983: Katherine Ryan, UK-based Canadian comedian and presenter
1983: Cheryl, English singer and TV personality
1982: Lizzy Caplan, American actress
1982: Ignacio Carrasco, Mexican footballer
1981: Can Artam, Turkish race car driver
1981: Matt Kirk, Canadian football player
1981: Barbora Špotáková, Czech javelin thrower
1981: Ben Utecht, American football player
1980: Rade Prica, Swedish footballer
1980: Seyi Olofinjana, Nigerian footballer
1980: Ryan ten Doeschate, Dutch cricketer
1979: Sylvain Chavanel, French cyclist
1978: Ben Cousins, Australian footballer
1978: Patrick Ivuti, Kenyan runner
1978: Claudio Rivalta, Italian footballer
1975: James Bannatyne, New Zealand footballer
1975: Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver
1974: Katrin Auer, Austrian politician
1974: Hezekiél Sepeng, South African runner
1973: Chan Ho Park, South Korean baseball player
1973: Frank Rost, German footballer and manager
1972: Sandra Cam, Belgian swimmer
1972: Molly Parker, Canadian actress
1971: Monica Potter, American actress
1970: Brian Bloom, American actor and screenwriter
1970: Antonio Chimenti, Italian footballer and manager
1970: Mark Grudzielanek, American baseball player and manager
1969: Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan cricketer and politician
1969: Uta Rohländer, German sprinter
1969: Sébastien Rose, Canadian director and screenwriter
1968: Phil Anselmo, American singer-songwriter and producer
1967: Patrik Bodén, Swedish javelin thrower
1967: David Busst, English footballer and manager
1967: Victoria Kaspi, American-Canadian astrophysicist and academic
1966: Mike Tyson, American boxer and actor
1965: Steve Duchesne, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
1965: Cho Jae-hyun, South Korean actor
1965: Anna Levandi, Russian figure skater and coach
1965: Gary Pallister, English footballer and sportscaster
1965: Mitch Richmond, American basketball player
1964: Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg
1964: Mark Waters, American director and producer
1963: Olha Bryzhina, Ukrainian sprinter
1963: Rupert Graves, English actor, director, and screenwriter
1963: Yngwie Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist and songwriter
1962: Tony Fernández, Dominican baseball player (died 2020)
1962: Julianne Regan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961: Lynne Jolitz, American computer scientist and programmer
1961: Clive Nolan, English musician, composer and producer
1960: Jack McConnell, Scottish educator and politician, 3rd First Minister of Scotland
1960: Murray Cook, Australian musician, actor, songwriter and producer
1959: Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor
1959: Daniel Goldhagen, American political scientist, author, and academic
1959: Brendan Perry, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1959: Sakis Tsiolis, Greek footballer and manager
1959: Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma, Indian-English businesswoman and politician
1958: Pam Royle, British television presenter, journalist and voice coach
1958: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer
1957: Bud Black, American baseball player and manager
1957: Sterling Marlin, American race car driver
1956: Volker Beck, German hurdler and coach
1956: David Lidington, English historian, academic, and politician, Minister of State for Europe
1956: David Alan Grier, American actor, singer, and comedian
1955: Brian Vollmer, Canadian singer
1955: Egils Levits, Latvian judge, jurist, 10th President of Latvia
1954: Stephen Barlow, English organist, composer, and conductor
1954: Pierre Charles, Dominican educator and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (died 2004)
1954: Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian politician, 3rd President of Armenia
1954: Wayne Swan, Australian academic and politician, 14th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
1953: Hal Lindes, American-English guitarist and film score composer
1952: Athanassios S. Fokas, Greek mathematician and academic
1952: David Garrison, American actor and singer
1951: Stanley Clarke, American bass player and composer
1949: Uwe Kliemann, German footballer, coach, and manager
1949: Andy Scott, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1949: Bùi Thanh Liêm, Vietnamese cosmonaut (died 1981)
1944: Terry Funk, American wrestler (died 2023)
1944: Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist and author
1944: Glenn Shorrock, English-Australian singer-songwriter
1944: Ron Swoboda, American baseball player and sportscaster
1943: Florence Ballard, American pop/soul singer (died 1976)
1943: Saeed Akhtar Mirza, Indian director and screenwriter
1942: Robert Ballard, American lieutenant and oceanographer
1942: Ron Harris, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1941: Peter Pollock, South African cricketer and author
1940: Mark Spoelstra, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2007)
1939: Tony Hatch, English pianist, composer, and producer
1939: Barry Hines, English author and screenwriter (died 2016)
1939: José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and author (died 2014)
1938: Billy Mills, American sprinter
1938: Jeri Taylor, American screenwriter (died 2024)
1937: Larry Henley, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
1936: Assia Djebar, Algerian-French author and translator (died 2015)
1936: Nancy Dussault, American actress and singer
1936: Tony Musante, American actor and screenwriter (died 2013)
1936: Dave Van Ronk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)
1935: John Harlin, American pilot and mountaineer (died 1966)
1934: Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author (died 1997)
1933: Tomislav Ivić, Croatian football coach and manager (died 2011)
1933: Joan Murrell Owens, American educator and marine biologist (died 2011)
1933: M. J. K. Smith, English cricketer and rugby player
1933: Orval Tessier, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022)
1933: Cookie, Australian Major Mitchell's cockatoo, oldest recorded parrot (died 2016)
1931: Yo-Yo Davalillo, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (died 2013)
1931: Andrew Hill, American pianist and composer (died 2007)
1931: Ronald Rene Lagueux, American judge (died 2023)
1931: Kaye Vaughan, American football player (died 2023)
1930: Ben Atchley, American politician (died 2018)
1930: Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabian politician (died 2021)
1930: Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad, Syrian bishop (died 2018)
1929: Yang Ti-liang, Chinese judge (died 2023)
1928: Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli, Islamic philosopher, theologian, mathematician and mystic (died 2021)
1928: Nathaniel Tarn, American poet, essayist, anthropologist, and translator
1927: Shirley Fry Irvin, American tennis player (died 2021)
1927: James Goldman, American screenwriter and playwright (died 1998)
1927: Mario Lanfranchi, Italian director, screenwriter, producer, collector and actor (died 2022)
1927: Frank McCabe, American basketball player (died 2021)
1926: Paul Berg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)
1925: Fred Schaus, American basketball player and coach (died 2010)
1925: Ebrahim Amini, Iranian politician (died 2020)
1924: Max Trepp, Swiss sprinter (died 1990)
1921: Washington SyCip, American-Filipino accountant (died 2017)
1920: Eleanor Ross Taylor, American poet and educator (died 2011)
1919: Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon (died 2007)
1917: Susan Hayward, American actress (died 1975)
1917: Lena Horne, American actress, singer, and activist (died 2010)
1917: Willa Kim, American costume designer (died 2016)
1914: Francisco da Costa Gomes, Portuguese general and politician, 15th President of Portugal (died 2001)
1914: Allan Houser, American sculptor and painter (died 1994)
1913: Alfonso López Michelsen, Colombian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Colombia (died 2007)
1913: Harry Wismer, American sportscaster (died 1967)
1912: Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (died 2003)
1912: Dan Reeves, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1971)
1912: María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías, Mexican architect (died 2009)
1911: Czesław Miłosz, Polish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)
1911: Nagarjun, Indian poet (died 1998)
1909: Juan Bosch, 43rd President of the Dominican Republic (died 2001)
1908: Winston Graham, English author (died 2003)
1908: Luigi Rovere, Italian film producer (died 1996)
1908: Rob Nieuwenhuys, Dutch writer (died 1999)
1907: Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (died 1950)
1906: Anthony Mann, American actor and director (died 1967)
1905: John Van Ryn, American tennis player (died 1999)
1899: Madge Bellamy, American actress (died 1990)
1895: Heinz Warneke, German-American sculptor and educator (died 1983)
1893: Nellah Massey Bailey, American politician and librarian (died 1956)
1893: Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician (died 1973)
1892: Pierre Blanchar, Algerian-French actor and director (died 1963)
1891: Man Mountain Dean, American wrestler and sergeant (died 1953)
1891: Ed Lewis, American wrestler and manager (died 1966)
1891: Stanley Spencer, English painter (died 1959)
1890: Paul Boffa, Maltese physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (died 1962)
1889: Archibald Frazer-Nash, English motor car designer, engineer and founder of Frazer Nash (died 1965)
1884: Georges Duhamel, French author and critic (died 1966)
1864: Frederick Bligh Bond, English architect and archaeologist (died 1945)
1843: Ernest Mason Satow, English orientalist and diplomat (died 1929)
1817: Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (died 1911)
1807: Friedrich Theodor Vischer, German author, poet, and playwright (died 1887)
1803: Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician (died 1849)
1791: Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist (died 1841)
1789: Horace Vernet, French painter and academic (died 1863)
1755: Paul Barras, French soldier and politician (died 1829)
1722: Jiří Antonín Benda, Czech composer, violinist and Kapellmeister (died 1795)
1688: Abu l-Hasan Ali I, ruler of Tunisia (died 1756)
1685: John Gay, English poet and playwright (died 1732)
1641: Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-English general (died 1719)
1588: Giovanni Maria Sabino, Italian organist, composer, and educator (died 1649)
1533: Martín de Rada, Spanish missionary (died 1578)
1503: John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (died 1554)
1478: John, Prince of Asturias, Son of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (died 1497)
1470: Charles VIII of France (died 1498)
1468: John, Elector of Saxony (died 1532)
1286: John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, English magnate (died 1347)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Technoblade, American YouTuber and streamer (born 1999)
2021: Raj Kaushal, Indian Film Director and Producer (born 1971)
2018: Smoke Dawg, Canadian rapper (born 1996)
2017: Barry Norman, English television presenter (born 1933)
2017: Simone Veil, French lawyer and politician (born 1927)
2015: Charles W. Bagnal, American general (born 1934)
2015: Robert Dewar, English-American computer scientist and academic (born 1945)
2015: Arthur Porter, Canadian physician and academic (born 1956)
2015: Leonard Starr, American author and illustrator (born 1925)
2014: Frank Cashen, American businessman (born 1925)
2014: Paul Mazursky, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930)
2014: Željko Šturanović, Montenegrin lawyer and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Montenegro (born 1960)
2013: Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, English lawyer and judge (born 1917)
2013: Akpor Pius Ewherido, Nigerian politician (born 1963)
2013: Kathryn Morrison, American educator and politician (born 1942)
2013: Thompson Oliha, Nigerian footballer (born 1968)
2013: Keith Seaman, Australian politician, 29th Governor of South Australia (born 1920)
2012: Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, English-Australian politician (born 1942)
2012: Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1915)
2012: Michael J. Ybarra, American journalist and author (born 1966)
2009: Pina Bausch, German dancer, choreographer, and director (born 1940)
2009: Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (born 1933)
2007: Sahib Singh Verma, Indian librarian and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Delhi (born 1943)
2004: Eddie Burns, Australian rugby league player (born 1916)
2003: Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian (born 1924)
2003: Robert McCloskey, American author and illustrator (born 1915)
2002: Chico Xavier, Brazilian medium and author (born 1910)
2001: Chet Atkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1924)
2001: Joe Henderson, American saxophonist and composer (born 1937)
1996: Lakis Petropoulos, Greek footballer and manager (born 1932)
1995: Georgy Beregovoy, Ukrainian general and astronaut (born 1921)
1995: Gale Gordon, American actor and voice artist (born 1906)
1985: Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (born 1933)
1984: Lillian Hellman, American author and playwright (born 1905)
1976: Firpo Marberry, American baseball player and umpire (born 1898)
1974: Alberta Williams King, Civil rights activist (born 1904)
1973: Nancy Mitford, English journalist and author (born 1904)
1973: Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr (born 1903)
1971: Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian footballer (born 1943)
1971: Herbert Biberman, American director and screenwriter (born 1900)
1971: Georgy Dobrovolsky Ukrainian pilot and astronaut (born 1928)
1971: Nikola Kotkov, Bulgarian footballer (born 1938)
1971: Viktor Patsayev, Kazakh engineer and astronaut (born 1933)
1971: Vladislav Volkov, Russian engineer and astronaut (born 1935)
1968: Ernst Marcus, German zoologist (born 1893)
1966: Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (born 1906)
1966: Margery Allingham, English author of detective fiction (born 1904)
1961: Lee de Forest, American inventor, invented the audion tube (born 1873)
1959: José Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher and politician (born 1882)
1956: Thorleif Lund, Norwegian actor (born 1880)
1954: Andrass Samuelsen, Faroese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (born 1873)
1953: Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator (born 1874)
1953: Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer and civil servant (born 1874)
1951: Yrjö Saarela, Finnish wrestler and coach (born 1884)
1949: Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (born 1868)
1948: Prince Sabahaddin, Turkish-Swiss sociologist and academic (born 1879)
1941: Yefim Fomin, Belarusian politician (born 1909)
1941: Aleksander Tõnisson, Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War (born 1875)
1934: Karl Ernst, German soldier (born 1904)
1934: Erich Klausener, German soldier and politician (born 1885)
1934: Gustav Ritter von Kahr, German lawyer and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (born 1862)
1934: Gregor Strasser, German lieutenant and politician (born 1892)
1934: Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany (born 1882)
1932: Bruno Kastner, German actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1890)
1919: John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1842)
1917: Antonio de La Gándara, French painter and illustrator (born 1861)
1917: Dadabhai Naoroji, Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader (born 1825)
1916: Eunice Eloisae Gibbs Allyn, American correspondent, author, and poet (born 1847)
1913: Alphonse Kirchhoffer, French fencer (born 1873)
1908: Thomas Hill, American painter (born 1829)
1890: Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American organist and composer (born 1819)
1882: Charles J. Guiteau, American preacher and lawyer, assassin of James A. Garfield (born 1841)
1882: Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (born 1827)
1857: Alcide d'Orbigny, French zoologist and paleontologist (born 1802)
1796: Abraham Yates Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1724)
1785: James Oglethorpe, English general and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Georgia (born 1696)
1709: Edward Lhuyd, Welsh botanist, linguist, and geographer (born 1660)
1708: Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (born 1684)
1704: John Quelch, English pirate (born 1665)
1670: Henrietta of England (born 1644)
1666: Alexander Brome, English poet and playwright (born 1620)
1660: William Oughtred, English minister and mathematician (born 1575)
1649: Simon Vouet, French painter (born 1590)
1607: Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (born 1538)
1538: Charles II, Duke of Guelders (born 1467)
1522: Johann Reuchlin, German humanist and Hebrew scholar (born 1455)
1364: Arnošt of Pardubice, Czech archbishop (born 1297)
1337: Eleanor de Clare, English noblewoman (born 1290)
1278: Pierre de la Broce, French courtier
1224: Adolf of Osnabrück, German monk and bishop (born 1185)
1181: Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester, Welsh politician (born 1147)
1066: St.Theobald Of Provins
888: Æthelred, archbishop of Canterbury
710: Erentrude, Frankish abbess
350: Nepotianus, Roman ruler

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