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June 9

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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: Italy
SuperEnalotto
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: Italy
SuperEnalotto
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: Italy
SuperEnalotto
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: Chain23kemet
Monday, Jun 9, 1997
28 years old
1988: bigdog88
Thursday, Jun 9, 1988
37 years old
1987: tleegwtp32
Tuesday, Jun 9, 1987
38 years old
1984: donels24
Saturday, Jun 9, 1984
41 years old
1982: d01298116
Wednesday, Jun 9, 1982
43 years old
1982: Dadylovesyou
Wednesday, Jun 9, 1982
43 years old
1982: Les6707
Wednesday, Jun 9, 1982
43 years old
1981: Juice12
Tuesday, Jun 9, 1981
44 years old
1978: mathwhiz
Friday, Jun 9, 1978
47 years old
1974: oneandamillionw
Sunday, Jun 9, 1974
51 years old
1974: shortcake
Sunday, Jun 9, 1974
51 years old
1974: wendy rolle
Sunday, Jun 9, 1974
51 years old
1972: Shrondam
Friday, Jun 9, 1972
53 years old
1971: Superwoman42
Wednesday, Jun 9, 1971
54 years old
1971: Kendrann$2012
Wednesday, Jun 9, 1971
54 years old
1970: ROJACK45
Tuesday, Jun 9, 1970
55 years old
1967: Perez1211
Friday, Jun 9, 1967
58 years old
1963: shwells
Sunday, Jun 9, 1963
62 years old
1961: Garland-Lori
Friday, Jun 9, 1961
64 years old
1958: tama
Monday, Jun 9, 1958
67 years old
1947: Dave K
Monday, Jun 9, 1947
78 years old
1946: hdavis2005
Sunday, Jun 9, 1946
79 years old
: Harve$t Moon
(year not provided)
: sweetangel2002u
(year not provided)
: catdaddy
(year not provided)
: georgia girl
(year not provided)
: Jimborino
(year not provided)
: LSSI
(year not provided)
: theydomatter
(year not provided)

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)

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