On This Day in History

June 9

June 9 is the 160th day of the year (161st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 205 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025
Virginia Lottery players rake in $7.9 million with 4-4-4-4 in Pick 4. Virginia Lottery players broke the bank last week after the Pick 4 combination 4-4-4-4 was drawn, rewarding winners with a $7.9 million cumulative payday.
2024
Cancer survivor discovers £100,000 EuroMillions lottery prize was actually worth £1 million. A lottery winner from the United Kingdom mistook his £1 million EuroMillions Millionaire Maker prize for a lesser prize of £100,000 and recalled the most suspenseful phone call of his life.
2021
Oregon looking for new incentives after vaccine lottery fails to increase vaccination rates. The State of Oregon is looking for new ways to motivate residents to get a COVID-19 vaccine after vaccination rates went the wrong direction following the announcement of the state's $1 million vaccine lottery.
2020
Last minute decision to buy a third ticket earns NC man $1 million from scratch-off lottery game. A North Carolina man must be feeling really good about his intuition right about now — his decision to head back into the store to buy a third scratch-off lottery ticket earned him a $1 million prize.
2016
Suspect accused of murdering lottery winner escapes from Georgia prison. Sheriff's deputies launched a manhunt for a suspected murderer who they say broke out of a prison in southern Georgia Wednesday, five months after the shooting death of a lottery winner.
2011
N.J. casino loses more than $11M to two gamblers. They say the house always wins. But for one Atlantic City casino, that doesn't seem to have been the case lately.
2010
$1 million Powerball winner arrested. A Marshalltown, Iowa, man who won $1 million in the Powerball lottery last year has been charged with supplying alcohol to a minor and prescription drug possession.
2010
6 lotto winners who lost it all. The story of the 26-year-old garbage man who frittered away $15 million in lottery winnings -- and other tales of luck gone terribly wrong.
2008
Mass. Lottery doubles up on drawings. Today the Massachusetts State Lottery adds a second daily drawing of the Numbers game in a move that's projected to generate $7 million annually for cities and towns.
2006
Player confusion leads to early end for N.C. lottery game. North Carolina Lottery officials are stopping one of the state's scratch-off games, saying it is confusing to some players.
2006
Unclaimed $800,000 Powerball Lottery Ticket Expires Today. Today is the last day left in the life of an $800,000 Powerball ticket that was sold last December in Memphis, Tennessee.
2006
No broadcast yet for Powerball lottery in western N.C.. Western North Carolina lottery players may have to turn to a South Carolina television station to watch Powerball drawings, as lottery officials said this week they're having difficulty finding a television station in the western region to broadcast the drawings.
2006
Lottery company used 'sucker lists' to target elderly. The New York Attorney General's office has secured $110,000 in restitution and civil penalties from three Erie County individuals who targeted senior citizens through a telemarketing scam involving the sale of "winning" lottery numbers.
2006
N.C. lottery winner claims big prize. A Rowan County man collected North Carolina's first million-dollar jackpot, winning second prize in Powerball with Power Play.
2005
Oklahoma lottery commission urged to keep moving. After hearing his new bosses debate the definition of rules to govern the newest state agency, Oklahoma's lottery director issued them a gentle reminder to keep moving, if they want to meet their startup schedule.
2005
Ticket machines on display for Oklahoma Lottery. On Wednesday, business owners who will comprise Oklahoma's main lottery ticket sellers filed the required applications and got a gander at the machinery that will be used to sell Oklahoma lottery tickets.
2005
Handyman wins Florida Lotto jackpot. A 43-year-old Florida handyman claimed an estimated $12 million Florida Lotto jackpot this week, choosing to take the prize as a lump-sum cash payment of $7.6 million.
2005
Texas Lottery accused of over-inflating jackpots. The Texas Attorney General's Office will investigate accusations that the Texas Lottery Commission is inflating advertised Lotto jackpots.
2005
Oklahoma Lottery hires sales director from Atlanta. The Oklahoma Lottery Commission hired three administrators Wednesday, one of them from Atlanta, to help new executive director James R. Scroggins get the state's education lottery up and running by October.
2005
Unclaimed lottery winnings scam targets elderly. Oregon State Police plan to announce today that they are investigating a scam targeting the elderly that promises large unclaimed lottery winnings from two fictitious Salem companies.
2004
Mega Millions jackpot swells to $85 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $85 million today.
2004
Army worker delayed in return from Iraq wins $15,000 in lottery. For Johnny Hooker, a civilian Army employee, bad luck turned to good when he was delayed in returning from Iraq, then won more than $15,000 in the lottery.
2004
Washington Lottery to Discontinue Televised Drawings. The Washington Lottery said yesterday that it will not renew its contract to broadcast lottery drawings.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$447.8 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 10, 2017
2.$414 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 9, 2020
3.$310.1 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 10, 2023
4.€250 Million
US$285.5 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 10, 2025
5.$280 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 10, 2016
6.$259.8 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2014
7.$243 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 10, 2025
8.$240 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 9, 2023
9.$232.8 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2022
10.€218.02 Million
US$232.49 Million
Draw Date
Jun 9, 2022
11.$226 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 10, 2022
12.$222.6 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 10, 2024
13.$205 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 9, 2012
14.€166.94 Million
US$189.03 Million
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2019
15.€118 Million
US$159.9 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 10, 2014
16.€139 Million
US$157.39 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2019
17.€144 Million
US$154.68 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2024
18.€112 Million
US$148.84 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2013
19.$144 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 12, 2018
20.$141 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2016
21.€110 Million
US$124.07 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 9, 2015
22.$105 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 9, 2018
23.€92.62 Million
US$104.99 Million
Draw Date
Jun 9, 2016
24.€90 Million
US$104.39 Million
Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2018
25.€68 Million
US$97.93 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 10, 2011

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1997
Monday, Jun 9, 1997
28 years old
1988
Thursday, Jun 9, 1988
37 years old
1987
Tuesday, Jun 9, 1987
38 years old
1984
Saturday, Jun 9, 1984
41 years old
1982
Wednesday, Jun 9, 1982
43 years old
1982
Wednesday, Jun 9, 1982
43 years old
1982
Wednesday, Jun 9, 1982
43 years old
1981
Tuesday, Jun 9, 1981
44 years old
1978
Friday, Jun 9, 1978
47 years old
1974
Sunday, Jun 9, 1974
51 years old
1974
Sunday, Jun 9, 1974
51 years old
1974
Sunday, Jun 9, 1974
51 years old
1972
Friday, Jun 9, 1972
53 years old
1971
Wednesday, Jun 9, 1971
54 years old
1971
Wednesday, Jun 9, 1971
54 years old
1970
Tuesday, Jun 9, 1970
55 years old
1967
Friday, Jun 9, 1967
58 years old
1963
Sunday, Jun 9, 1963
62 years old
1961
Friday, Jun 9, 1961
64 years old
1958
Monday, Jun 9, 1958
67 years old
1947
Monday, Jun 9, 1947
78 years old
1946
Sunday, Jun 9, 1946
79 years old
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2010
At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar.
2009
An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan.
2008
Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.
1999
Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
1995
Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 crashes into the Tararua Range during approach to Palmerston North Airport on the North Island of New Zealand, killing four.
1979
The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven.
1978
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
1973
In horse racing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown.
1972
Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160 million in damage.
1968
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
1967
Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria.
1965
The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Quát, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.
1965
Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the war.
1959
The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
1957
First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
1954
Joseph N. Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army-McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
1953
The Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
1948
Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
1944
World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
1944
World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941.
1930
A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
1928
Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
1923
Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
1922
Åland's Regional Assembly convened for its first plenary session in Mariehamn, Åland; today, the day is celebrated as Self-Government Day of Åland.
1915
William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
1900
Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
1885
Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam - most of present-day Vietnam - to France.
1863
American Civil War: The Battle of Brandy Station in Virginia, the largest cavalry battle on American soil, ends Confederate cavalry dominance in the eastern theater.
1862
American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic.
1856
Five hundred Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa for the Mormon Trail.
1815
End of the Congress of Vienna: The new European political situation is set.
1798
Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battles of Arklow and Saintfield.
1772
The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
1732
James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of the future U.S. state of Georgia.
1534
Jacques Cartier is the first European to describe and map the Saint Lawrence River.
1523
The Parisian Faculty of Theology fines Simon de Colines for publishing the Biblical commentary Commentarii initiatorii in quatuor Evangelia by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples.
1311
Duccio's Maestà, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.
747
Abbasid Revolution: Abu Muslim Khorasani begins an open revolt against Umayyad rule, which is carried out under the sign of the Black Standard.
721
Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.
68
Nero dies by suicide after quoting Vergil's Aeneid, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors.
53
The Roman emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia.
411 BC
The Athenian coup succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy.

Births On This Day

1993
George Jennings, Australian rugby league player
1992
Zach Hyman, Canadian ice hockey player
1992
Yannick Agnel, French swimmer
1992
Boyd Cordner, Australian rugby league player
1991
Aaron M. Johnson, American jazz saxophonist
1990
Matthias Mayer, Austrian skier
1990
Antonella Alonso, Venezuelan pornographic actress
1989
Dídac Vilà, Spanish footballer
1988
Jason Demers, Canadian ice hockey defenseman
1988
Sara Isaković, Slovenian swimmer
1988
Mae Whitman, American actress
1987
Jaan Mölder, Estonian race car driver
1986
Doug Legursky, American football player
1986
Yadier Pedroso, Cuban baseball player (died 2013)
1986
Ashley Postell, American gymnast
1985
Richard Kahui, New Zealand rugby player
1985
Sonam Kapoor, Indian model and actress
1985
Sebastian Telfair, American basketball player
1984
Yulieski Gourriel, Cuban baseball player
1984
Jake Newton, Guyanese footballer
1984
Asko Paade, Estonian basketball player
1984
Masoud Shojaei, Iranian footballer
1984
Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer
1983
Firas Al-Khatib, Syrian footballer
1983
Josh Cribbs, American football player
1983
Dwayne Jones, American basketball player
1983
Danny Richar, Dominican-American baseball player
1982
Yoshito Ōkubo, Japanese footballer
1982
Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer-songwriter
1981
Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress
1981
Parinya Charoenphol, Thai boxer, model, and actress
1980
D'banj, Nigerian singer-songwriter and harmonica player
1980
Mike Fontenot, American baseball player
1980
Udonis Haslem, American basketball player
1980
Lehlohonolo Seema, South African footballer
1979
Dario Dainelli, Italian footballer
1979
Amanda Lassiter, American basketball player
1978
Matt Bellamy, English singer, musician and songwriter
1978
Shandi Finnessey, American model and actress, Miss USA 2004
1978
Miroslav Klose, German footballer
1978
Heather Mitts, American soccer player
1978
Hayden Schlossberg, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1977
Usman Afzaal, Pakistani-English cricketer
1977
Paul Hutchison, English cricketer
1977
Olin Kreutz, American football player
1977
Peja Stojaković, Serbian basketball player
1975
Otto Addo, German-Ghanaian footballer and manager
1975
Ameesha Patel, Indian actress and model
1975
Andrew Symonds, English-Australian cricketer (died 2022)
1974
Samoth, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973
Aigars Apinis, Latvian discus thrower and shot putter
1973
Tedy Bruschi, American football player and sportscaster
1973
Frédéric Choffat, Swiss director, producer, and cinematographer
1973
Grant Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player
1972
Matt Horsley, Australian footballer and coach
1971
Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer and sportscaster
1971
Jean Galfione, French pole vaulter and sportscaster
1971
Jackie McKeown, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969
André Racicot, Canadian ice hockey player
1969
Eric Wynalda, American soccer player, coach, and sportscaster
1968
Niki Bakoyianni, Greek high jumper and coach
1967
Rubén Maza, Venezuelan runner
1967
Jian Ghomeshi, Iranian-Canadian radio personality
1964
Gloria Reuben, Canadian-American actress
1964
Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass player (died 2009)
1963
Gilad Atzmon, Israeli-English saxophonist, author, and activist
1963
Johnny Depp, American actor
1963
David Koepp, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1962
Yuval Banay, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962
Ken Rose, American football player
1962
David Trewhella, Australian rugby league player
1961
Thomas Benson, American football player
1961
Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor, producer, and author
1961
Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter, producer, and playwright
1960
Steve Paikin, Canadian journalist and author
1959
Peter Fowler, Australian golfer
1958
David Ancrum, American basketball player and coach
1957
Randy Read, English crystallographer and academic
1956
Berit Aunli, Norwegian skier
1956
Patricia Cornwell, American journalist and author
1956
Marek Gazdzicki, Polish nuclear physicist
1956
Joaquín, Spanish footballer
1956
John Le Lievre, British squash player (died 2021)
1956
Kayhan Mortezavi, Iranian director
1956
Francine Raymond, French Canadian singer-songwriter
1956
Nikolai Tsonev, Bulgarian politician
1956
Rudolf Wojtowicz, Polish footballer
1954
Pete Byrne, English singer-songwriter
1954
Paul Chapman, Welsh guitarist and songwriter (died 2020)
1954
Gregory Maguire, American author
1954
Elizabeth May, American-Canadian environmentalist, lawyer, and politician
1954
George Pérez, American author and illustrator (died 2022)
1953
Ken Navarro, Italian-American guitarist and composer
1952
Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (died 2004)
1952
Billy Knight, American basketball player
1951
Michael Patrick Cronan, American graphic designer and academic (died 2013)
1951
James Newton Howard, American composer, conductor, and producer
1951
Dave Parker, American baseball player and coach
1951
Brian Taylor, American basketball player
1950
Trevor Bolder, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 2013)
1950
Fred Jackson, American football player and coach
1950
Giorgos Kastrinakis, Greek-American basketball player
1949
Kiran Bedi, Indian police officer and activist
1948
Jim Bailey, American football player
1948
Gudrun Schyman, Swedish social worker and politician
1948
Tim Sullivan, American novelist (died 2024)
1947
Robert Indermaur, Swiss painter
1947
Robbie Vincent, UK disc jockey and radio presenter
1946
Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist and publisher, co-founded The Point (died 2004)
1946
James Kelman, Scottish author and playwright
1946
Peter Kilfoyle, English politician
1946
Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, Italian politician and diplomat, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1944
Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon, English accountant and politician
1944
Wally Gabler, American football player and sportscaster
1943
John Fitzpatrick, English race car driver
1943
Charles Saatchi, Iraqi-English businessman, co-founded Saatchi & Saatchi
1942
Anton Burghardt, German footballer and manager (died 2022)
1942
Nicholas Lloyd, English journalist
1941
Richard A. Cash, American global health researcher (died 2024)
1941
Jon Lord, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2012)
1940
André Vallerand, Canadian businessman and politician
1939
Ileana Cotrubaș, Romanian soprano and actress
1939
Eric Fernie, Scottish historian and academic
1939
David Hobbs, English race car driver and sportscaster
1939
Dick Vitale, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1939
Charles Webb, American author (died 2020)
1938
Jeremy Hardie, English economist and businessman
1938
Giles Havergal, Scottish actor, director, and playwright
1938
Charles Wuorinen, American composer and educator (died 2020)
1937
Harald Rosenthal, German hydrobiologist and academic
1936
Nell Dunn, English playwright, screenwriter and author
1936
Mick O'Dwyer, Irish Gaelic footballer and manager (died 2025)
1936
George Radda, Hungarian chemist and academic
1935
Dutch Savage, American wrestler and promoter (died 2013)
1934
Michael Mates, English colonel and politician
1934
Jackie Wilson, American singer-songwriter (died 1984)
1933
Al Cantello, American javelin thrower and coach (died 2024)
1931
Jackie Mason, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2021)
1931
Nandini Satpathy, Indian author and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Odisha (died 2006)
1931
Bill Virdon, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2021)
1930
Barbara, French singer (died 1997)
1930
Jordi Pujol, Spanish physician and politician, 126th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
1929
Johnny Ace, American singer and pianist (died 1954)
1928
R. Geraint Gruffydd, Welsh critic and academic (died 2015)
1927
Jim Nolan, American basketball player (died 1983)
1926
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, American singer and bass player (died 2010)
1926
Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, 31st Second Lady of the United States (died 2015)
1925
Keith Laumer, American soldier and author (died 1993)
1925
Herman Sarkowsky, German-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Seattle Seahawks (died 2014)
1924
Ed Farhat, American wrestler and manager (died 2003)
1923
Gerald Götting, German politician (died 2015)
1922
George Axelrod, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)
1922
Hein Eersel, Surinamese linguist and Minister of Education (died 2022)
1922
John Gillespie Magee Jr., Anglo-American pilot and poet (died 1941)
1922
Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist and academic (died 1988)
1921
Arthur Hertzberg, American rabbi and scholar (died 2006)
1921
Jean Lacouture, French journalist, historian, and author (died 2015)
1918
John Hospers, American philosopher and politician (died 2011)
1917
Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (died 2012)
1916
Jurij Brězan, German soldier and author (died 2006)
1916
Siegfried Graetschus, German SS officer (died 1943)
1916
Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (died 2009)
1915
Jim McDonald, American football player and coach (died 1997)
1915
Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2009)
1912
Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1970)
1910
Robert Cummings, American actor, singer, and director (died 1990)
1910
Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (died 1984)
1908
Luis Kutner, American lawyer, author, and activist (died 1993)
1908
Branch McCracken, American basketball player and coach (died 1970)
1906
Robert Klark Graham, American eugenicist and businessman, founded Repository for Germinal Choice (died 1997)
1903
Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver (died 1953)
1903
Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (died 1996)
1902
Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1969)
1900
Fred Waring, American singer, bandleader, and television host (died 1984)
1898
Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (died 1952)
1895
Archie Weston, American football player and journalist (died 1981)
1893
Irish Meusel, American baseball player and coach (died 1963)
1891
Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (died 1964)
1890
Leslie Banks, English actor, director, and producer (died 1952)
1885
Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, Polish general and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Poland (died 1962)
1882
Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (died 1963)
1879
Harry DeBaecke, American rower (died 1961)
1875
Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)
1874
Launceston Elliot, Scottish weightlifter and wrestler (died 1930)
1868
Jane Avril, French model and dancer (died 1943)
1865
Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (died 1914)
1865
Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1931)
1864
Jeanne Bérangère, French actress (died 1928)
1861
Pierre Duhem, French physicist, mathematician, and historian (died 1916)
1861
Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann, Russian-German chemist and physicist (died 1938)
1851
Charles Joseph Bonaparte, American lawyer and politician, 46th United States Attorney General (died 1921)
1849
Michael Ancher, Danish painter and academic (died 1927)
1845
Frank Norton, American baseball player (died 1920)
1843
Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1914)
1842
Hazard Stevens, American military officer, mountaineer, politician and writer (died 1918)
1837
Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie, English author (died 1919)
1837
Michele Rua, Italian Catholic priest and saint (died 1910)
1836
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and politician (died 1917)
1812
Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer and academic (died 1910)
1810
Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor (died 1849)
1781
George Stephenson, English engineer, designed the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (died 1848)
1768
Samuel Slater, English-American engineer and businessman (died 1835)
1754
Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth, English general and politician, Governor of Barbados (died 1815)
1732
Giuseppe Demachi, Italian violinist and composer (died 1791)
1696
Shiva Rajaram, infant Chattrapati of the Maratha Empire (died 1726)
1686
Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1747)
1672
Peter the Great, Russian emperor (died 1725)
1661
Feodor III of Russia (died 1682)
1640
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1705)
1625
Sarah Rapelje, the "first white child" of New Netherland (died 1685)
1597
Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Dutch painter (died 1665)
1595
Władysław IV Vasa, Polish king (died 1648)
1588
Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (died 1666)
1580
Daniel Heinsius, Belgian poet and scholar (died 1655)
1424
Blanche II of Navarre (died 1464)
1016
Deokjong of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (died 1034)

Deaths On This Day

2024
James Lawson, American activist, professor, and minister (born 1928)
2023
Alain Touraine, French sociologist (born 1925)
2022
Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (born 1956)
2022
Billy Kametz, American voice actor (born 1987)
2022
Matt Zimmerman, Canadian actor (born 1934)
2022
Amir Liaquat Hussain, Pakistani politician, columnist and television host. (born 1971)
2019
Bushwick Bill, Jamaican-American rapper (born 1966)
2018
Fadil Vokrri, Kosovo Albanian football administrator and player (born 1960)
2017
Adam West, American actor and investor (born 1928)
2015
Pumpkinhead, American rapper (born 1975)
2015
Pedro Zerolo, Spanish lawyer and politician (born 1960)
2014
Bernard Agré, Ivorian cardinal (born 1926)
2014
Stuart Long, American boxer and Catholic priest (born 1963)
2014
Rik Mayall, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1958)
2014
Elsie Quarterman, American ecologist and academic (born 1910)
2014
Alicemarie Huber Stotler, American lawyer and judge (born 1942)
2014
Gustave Tassell, American fashion designer (born 1926)
2014
Bob Welch, American baseball player and coach (born 1956)
2013
Iain Banks, Scottish author (born 1954)
2013
Bruno Bartoletti, Italian conductor (born 1926)
2013
John Burke, English rugby player (born 1948)
2013
Walter Jens, German philologist, historian, and academic (born 1923)
2013
Zdeněk Rotrekl, Czech poet and historian (born 1920)
2012
Régis Clère, French cyclist (born 1956)
2012
John Maples, Baron Maples, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (born 1943)
2012
Ivan Minatti, Slovene poet and translator (born 1924)
2012
Hawk Taylor, American baseball player and coach (born 1939)
2012
Abram Wilson, American-English trumpet player and educator (born 1973)
2011
M. F. Husain, Indian painter and director (born 1915)
2011
Tomoko Kawakami, Japanese voice actress (born 1970)
2011
Mike Mitchell, American basketball player (born 1956)
2010
Ken Brown, British Guitarist who was a member of The Quarrymen (born 1940)
2009
Dick May, American race car driver (born 1930)
2008
Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author and critic (born 1931)
2008
Suleiman Mousa, Jordanian historian and author (born 1919)
2007
Frankie Abernathy, American purse designer, cast-member on The Real World: San Diego (born 1981)
2006
Drafi Deutscher, German singer-songwriter (born 1946)
2004
Rosey Brown, American football player and coach (born 1932)
2004
Brian Williamson, Jamaican activist, co-founded J-FLAG (born 1945)
2000
John Abramovic, American basketball player (born 1919)
2000
Jacob Lawrence, American painter and academic (born 1917)
1998
Lois Mailou Jones, American painter and academic (born 1905)
1997
Stanley Knowles, American-Canadian academic and politician (born 1908)
1994
Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
1993
Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress (born 1921)
1991
Claudio Arrau, Chilean-American pianist and educator (born 1903)
1989
George Wells Beadle, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
1984
Helen Hardin, American painter (born 1943)
1981
Allen Ludden, American game show host (born 1917)
1979
Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player and civil servant (born 1884)
1974
Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
1973
Chuck Bennett, American football player and coach (born 1907)
1973
John Creasey, English author and politician (born 1908)
1973
Erich von Manstein, German general (born 1887)
1972
Gilberto Parlotti, Italian motorcycle racer (born 1940)
1968
Bernard Cronin, Australian author and journalist (born 1884)
1964
Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, British businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1879)
1963
Jacques Villon, French painter (born1875)
1961
Camille Guérin, French veterinarian, bacteriologist and immunologist (born 1872)
1960
Harry S. Hammond, American football player and businessman (born 1884)
1959
Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1876)
1958
Robert Donat, English actor (born 1905)
1956
Chandrashekhar Agashe, Indian industrialist and lawyer (born 1888)
1956
Hans Bergsland, Norwegian fencer (born 1878)
1956
Thomas Hicks, Australian tennis player (born 1869)
1956
Ferdinand Jodl, German general (born 1896)
1953
Ernest Graves Sr., American football player, coach, and general (born 1880)
1952
Adolf Busch, German-Austrian violinist and composer (born 1891)
1942
František Erben, Czech gymnast (born 1874)
1929
Louis Bennison, American stage and silent film actor (born 1884)
1929
Margaret Lawrence, American stage actress (born 1889)
1929
Alice Gossage, American journalist (born 1861)
1927
Victoria Woodhull, American activist for women's rights (born 1838)
1923
Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (born 1846)
1913
Sarah Roberts, English woman who was the subject of a vampire legend (born 1872).
1901
Adolf Bötticher, German historian and author (born 1842)
1892
William Grant Stairs, Canadian-English captain and explorer (born 1863)
1889
Mike Burke, American baseball player (born 1854)
1875
Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist and conchologist (born 1795)
1871
Anna Atkins, English botanist and photographer (born 1799)
1870
Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic (born 1812)
1834
William Carey, English minister and missionary (born 1761)
1799
Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Caribbean-French violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1745)
1717
Jeanne Guyon, French mystic and author (born 1648)
1716
Banda Singh Bahadur, Indian commander (born 1670)
1681
William Lilly, English astrologer (born 1602)
1656
Thomas Tomkins, Welsh-English composer (born 1572)
1647
Leonard Calvert, Colonial governor of Maryland (born 1606)
1597
José de Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit missionary (born 1534)
1583
Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1525)
1572
Jeanne d'Albret, Navarrese queen and Huguenot leader (born 1528)
1563
William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English accountant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1506)
1361
Philippe de Vitry, French composer and poet (born 1291)
1348
Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Sienese painter (born 1290)
1252
Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1238
Peter des Roches, bishop of Winchester
1087
Otto I of Olomouc (born 1045)
1075
Gebhard of Supplinburg, Saxon count
908
Yang Wo, Prince of Hongnong
630
Shahrbaraz, king of the Persian Empire
597
Columba, Irish missionary and saint (born 521)
439
Spearthrower Owl, Teotihuacan figure active in Mayan Tikal
373
Ephrem the Syrian, hymnographer and theologian (born 306)
68
Nero, Roman emperor (born 37)