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On This Day in History
March 12
March 12 is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 294 days remain until the end of the year.
Lottery News On This Day
- 2025
- Texas bill would prohibit sales to players attempting to buy all possible number combinations. A Texas Senator introduced a bill that would prohibit lottery retailers from selling tickets to an individual or group that is attempting to purchase all possible number combinations in a drawing.
- 2021
- Michigan lottery club claims $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot. Nearly two months after it was announced that one single Michigan ticket matched all six numbers to win the unimaginably huge $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot, an Oakland County lottery club stepped forward to claim the prize.
- 2021
- Idaho Lottery says it's working with Legislature on 'alternative path forward' for Powerball. The Idaho Lottery took to Facebook Wednesday after lawmakers killed legislation that would have allowed Powerball to be played in the state.
- 2020
- Alabama lottery bill filed in House with 70 co-sponsors. Alabama Rep. Steve Clouse, R-Ozark, filed an education lottery bill Tuesday with 70 co-sponsors that if passed would go to the ballot as a constitutional amendment for people to vote on.
- 2020
- Illinois Lottery releases 2020 MS Project instant ticket. The Illinois Lottery this week released its annual "MS Project" scratch-off ticket, with all proceeds going to research for a multiple sclerosis (MS) cure, as well as providing treatment for those living with the disease.
- 2020
- Longtime Rhode Island Lottery chief Gerald Aubin retiring. The longtime head of the Rhode Island Lottery is stepping down.
- 2019
- NJ joins DOJ lawsuit over Wire Act interpretation. New Jersey is joining New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and several lottery companies in a suit seeking to invalidate the U.S. Department of Justice's legal ruling last year which critics said could hurt the state's multibillion-dollar online gaming and sports betting industries, Attorney Gurbir Grewal announced Monday.
- 2018
- Judge rules $560M Powerball lottery winner can stay anonymous. A judge ruled Monday that a New Hampshire woman who won a Powerball jackpot worth nearly $560 million can keep her identity private, but not her hometown.
- 2018
- NJ Lottery holds annual second-chance grand prize drawing event. A lucky group of 15 people turned their losing New Jersey lottery tickets into big bucks, including a Monmouth County woman who won $1 million.
- 2015
- Lottery windfalls can buy anything except anonymity. Former Canadian lottery winners discuss what it's like to win the jackpot, and say lucky ticket holders should prepare for a wave of unwanted attention after they claim their prize.
- 2015
- Winner of $50 million Lotto Max jackpot claims prize just before it expires. A winning $50 million Lotto Max ticket has been presented to British Columbia lottery officials, just days before the one-year deadline to claim the prize was set to expire.
- 2014
- $353 MILLION: Red hot Mega Millions jackpot set for Friday. Less than 3 months after the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game featured a near-record $648 million jackpot, it is two draws away from doing it again.
- 2014
- Sick of traffic, man stops and buys lottery tickets... and wins $5 million. A Long Island electrician got sick of waiting in a traffic jam, so he pulled over at a gift shop to buy scratch-off tickets -- and won $5 million.
- 2011
- Ohio Gov. considering privatizing management of lottery. A proposal to privatize the management of the Ohio Lottery Commission was submitted this week to the nonpartisan Legislative Service Commission, which researches Ohio's budgets and laws.
- 2010
- Lottery slaying now a 1st-degree case. A grand jury indicted Dorice Donegan "Dee Dee" Moore on Thursday on a charge of first-degree murder in the death and disappearance of Florida Lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare.
- 2007
- Change in Penn. Lottery scratch tickets removes shortcut. A change in the format of Pennsylvania Lottery scratch-off tickets to prevent fraud means that some lottery players could be mistakenly tossing away winning tickets, retailers said.
- 2004
- Connecticut Lottery Systems will be Shut Down Sunday. The Connecticut Lottery Corp. is shutting down its system statewide on Sunday to upgrade its software system.
- 2004
- Virginia Schools Got $12 Million from Mega Millions Jackpot Runup. The ticket worth $239 million in last month's Mega Millions lottery wasn't the only winner, as public schools got more than $11.5 million.
- 2004
- Whittaker Robbed Again and Again. The man who won the largest single lottery jackpot in U.S. history has had a run of bad luck this week: He's been robbed twice and sued.
Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day
- 1.$735 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Mar 12, 2024 - 2.$563.1 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Mar 13, 2024 - 3.$448.2 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Mar 13, 2019 - 4.$417.3 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Mar 14, 2018 - 5.$353.3 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Mar 12, 2025 - 6.$353 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Mar 14, 2014 - 7.$318 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Mar 13, 2018 - 8.$277 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Mar 14, 2025 - 9.$230 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Mar 12, 2008 - 10.$229 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Mar 14, 2023 - 11.$212 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Mar 13, 2010 - 12.€170.32 Million
US$185.79 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Mar 12, 2022 - 13.$183 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Mar 13, 2013 - 14.€129 Million
US$179.25 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Mar 14, 2014 - 15.€162 Million
US$176.26 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Mar 14, 2025 - 16.$172 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Mar 15, 2011 - 17.$171 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Mar 13, 2012 - 18.$170.9 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Mar 13, 2021 - 19.$165 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Mar 14, 2007 - 20.€105 Million
US$148.73 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Mar 18, 2011 - 21.€120.96 Million
US$144.58 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Mar 13, 2021 - 22.€112.7 Million
US$139.4 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Mar 13, 2018 - 23.$137 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Mar 14, 2015 - 24.€118.25 Million
US$133.37 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Mar 12, 2019 - 25.$123 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Mar 15, 2017
Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day
- 1991
- Tuesday, Mar 12, 1991
34 years old - 1991
- Tuesday, Mar 12, 1991
34 years old - 1990
- Monday, Mar 12, 1990
35 years old - 1989
- Sunday, Mar 12, 1989
36 years old - 1985
- Tuesday, Mar 12, 1985
40 years old - 1983
- Saturday, Mar 12, 1983
42 years old - 1979
- Monday, Mar 12, 1979
46 years old - 1974
- Tuesday, Mar 12, 1974
51 years old - 1971
- Friday, Mar 12, 1971
54 years old - 1970
- Thursday, Mar 12, 1970
55 years old - 1970
- Thursday, Mar 12, 1970
55 years old - 1969
- Wednesday, Mar 12, 1969
56 years old - 1968
- Tuesday, Mar 12, 1968
57 years old - 1968
- Tuesday, Mar 12, 1968
57 years old - 1968
- Tuesday, Mar 12, 1968
57 years old - 1966
- Saturday, Mar 12, 1966
59 years old - 1957
- Tuesday, Mar 12, 1957
68 years old - 1954
- Friday, Mar 12, 1954
71 years old - 1954
- Friday, Mar 12, 1954
71 years old - 1943
- Friday, Mar 12, 1943
82 years old - 1929
- Tuesday, Mar 12, 1929
96 years old - (year not provided)
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Worldwide Events On This Day
- 2020
- The United States suspends travel from Europe due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- 2019
- In the House of Commons, the revised EU Withdrawal Bill was rejected by a margin of 149 votes.
- 2018
- US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 crashes at Tribhuvan International Airport in Katmandu, killing 51 and injuring 20.
- 2014
- A gas explosion in the New York City neighborhood of East Harlem kills eight and injures 70 others.
- 2011
- A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
- 2009
- Financier Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to one of the largest frauds in Wall Street's history.
- 2004
- The President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its National Assembly: the first such impeachment in the nation's history.
- 2003
- Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.
- 2003
- The World Health Organization officially release a global warning of outbreaks of Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
- 1999
- Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
- 1993
- Several bombs explode in Mumbai, India, killing about 300 people and injuring hundreds more.
- 1993
- North Korea announces that it will withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.
- 1992
- Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1989
- Sir Tim Berners-Lee submits his proposal to CERN for an information management system, which subsequently develops into the World Wide Web.
- 1971
- The 1971 Turkish military memorandum is sent to the Süleyman Demirel government of Turkey and the government resigns.
- 1968
- Mauritius gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1967
- Suharto takes power from Sukarno when the People's Consultative Assembly inaugurate him as Acting President of Indonesia.
- 1950
- The Llandow air disaster kills 80 people when the aircraft they are travelling in crashes near Sigingstone, Wales. At the time this was the world's deadliest air disaster.
- 1947
- Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
- 1942
- The Battle of Java ends with the surrender of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command to the Japanese Empire in Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies.
- 1940
- Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia.
- 1940
- The most destructive train accident in Finnish history kills 39 and injures 69 people in Turenki, Janakkala.
- 1938
- Anschluss: German troops occupy and annex Austria.
- 1933
- Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his "fireside chats".
- 1930
- Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile (320 km) march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.
- 1928
- In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
- 1920
- The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin.
- 1918
- Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for most of the period since 1713.
- 1913
- The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
- 1912
- The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
- 1811
- Peninsular War: A day after a successful rearguard action, French Marshal Michel Ney once again successfully delays the pursuing Anglo-Portuguese force at the Battle of Redinha.
- 1689
- James II of England landed at Kinsale, starting the Williamite War in Ireland.
- 1622
- Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Society of Jesus, are canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
- 1579
- Start of the Siege of Maastricht, part of the Eighty Years' War.
- 1158
- German city Munich (München) is first mentioned as forum apud Munichen in the Augsburg arbitration by Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich I.
- 1088
- Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Catholic Church. He is best known for initiating the Crusades.
- 538
- Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius.
Births On This Day
- 2008
- Emma Kok, Dutch singer
- 2004
- DannyLux, American singer-songwriter
- 2003
- Andrea Brillantes, Filipino actress and model
- 2003
- Malina Weissman, American actress and model
- 2001
- Max Duggan, American football player
- 2001
- Kim Min-kyu, South Korean singer and actor
- 1998
- Carsen Edwards, American basketball player
- 1998
- Mecole Hardman, American football player
- 1998
- Daniel Samohin, Israeli figure skater
- 1998
- Elizaveta Ukolova, Czech figure skater
- 1997
- Dean Henderson, English footballer
- 1997
- Allan Saint-Maximin, French footballer
- 1997
- Felipe Vizeu, Brazilian footballer
- 1996
- Serhou Guirassy, French footballer
- 1996
- Karim Hafez, Egyptian footballer
- 1996
- Robert Murić, Croatian footballer
- 1996
- Cene Prevc, Slovenian ski jumper
- 1994
- Katie Archibald, Scottish track cyclist
- 1994
- Jerami Grant, American basketball player
- 1994
- Christina Grimmie, American singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
- 1994
- Tyler Patrick Jones, American actor
- 1993
- Shehu Abdullahi, Nigerian footballer
- 1993
- Amjad Attwan, Iraqi footballer
- 1993
- Anton Shramchenko, Belarusian footballer
- 1992
- Daniele Baselli, Italian footballer
- 1992
- Jordan Ferri, French footballer
- 1992
- Ciara Mageean, Irish middle-distance runner
- 1992
- Jiří Skalák, Czech footballer
- 1991
- Leandro Fernandez, Argentine footballer
- 1991
- Niclas Heimann, German footballer
- 1991
- Felix Kroos, German footballer
- 1990
- Dont'a Hightower, American football coach and former player
- 1990
- Marvin Jones, American football player
- 1990
- Alexander Kröckel, German skeleton racer
- 1990
- Dawid Kubacki, Polish ski jumper
- 1990
- Irakli Kvekveskiri, Georgian footballer
- 1990
- Matias Myttynen, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1990
- Ilija Nestorovski, Macedonian footballer
- 1990
- Milena Raičević, Montenegrin handballer
- 1990
- Mikko Sumusalo, Finnish footballer
- 1989
- Jordan Adéoti, French footballer
- 1989
- Vytautas Černiauskas, Lithuanian footballer
- 1989
- Tyler Clary, American swimmer
- 1989
- Evgenii Dadonov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1989
- Richard Eckersley, English footballer
- 1989
- Chen Jianghua, Chinese basketball player
- 1989
- Dmitry Korobov, Belarusian ice hockey player
- 1989
- Siim Luts, Estonian footballer
- 1988
- Sebastian Brendel, German canoe racer
- 1988
- Kostas Mitroglou, Greek footballer
- 1988
- Titi, Brazilian footballer
- 1987
- Manuele Boaro, Italian cyclist
- 1987
- Jessica Hardy, American swimmer
- 1987
- Maxwell Holt, American volleyball player
- 1987
- Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijani chess player
- 1987
- Chris Seitz, American soccer player
- 1987
- Vadim Shipachyov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1987
- Pablo Velázquez, Paraguayan footballer
- 1986
- Martynas Andriuškevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1986
- Oleh Dopilka, Ukrainian footballer
- 1986
- Danny Jones, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1986
- Ben Offereins, Australian runner
- 1986
- František Rajtoral, Czech footballer (d. 2017)
- 1985
- Marco Bonanomi, Italian racing driver
- 1985
- Aleksandr Bukharov, Russian footballer
- 1985
- Ed Clancy, English track and road cyclist
- 1985
- Andriy Tovt, Ukrainian footballer
- 1984
- Jaimie Alexander, American actress
- 1984
- Shreya Ghoshal, Indian singer
- 1983
- Atif Aslam, Pakistani singer and actor
- 1983
- Mikko Koivu, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1982
- Lili Bordán, Hungarian-American actress
- 1982
- Samm Levine, American actor and comedian
- 1982
- Ilya Nikulin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1982
- Hisato Satō, Japanese footballer
- 1982
- Yūto Satō, Japanese footballer
- 1982
- Tobias Schweinsteiger, German footballer
- 1981
- Kenta Kobayashi, Japanese wrestler and kick-boxer
- 1981
- Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenian tennis player
- 1981
- Holly Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1980
- Césinha, Brazilian footballer
- 1980
- Becky Holliday, American pole vaulter
- 1980
- Jens Mouris, Dutch cyclist
- 1980
- Douglas Murray, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1979
- Charlie Bell, American basketball player and coach
- 1979
- Rhys Coiro, American actor
- 1979
- Pete Doherty, English musician, songwriter, actor, poet, writer, and artist
- 1979
- Jamie Dwyer, Australian field hockey player and coach
- 1979
- Gerard López, Spanish footballer
- 1979
- Ben Sandford, New Zealand skeleton racer
- 1979
- Edwin Villafuerte, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1979
- Tim Wieskötter, German sprint canoer
- 1978
- Marco Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
- 1978
- Casey Mears, American race car driver
- 1978
- Arina Tanemura, Japanese author and illustrator
- 1977
- Michelle Burgher, track and field athlete
- 1977
- Ramiro Corrales, American soccer player
- 1977
- Amdy Faye, Senegalese footballer
- 1977
- Brent Johnson, American ice hockey player
- 1976
- Deron Quint, American ice hockey player
- 1976
- Zhao Wei, Chinese actress, film director, producer and pop singer
- 1975
- Nicolae Grigore, Romanian footballer
- 1975
- Edgaras Jankauskas, Lithuanian footballer
- 1975
- Valérie Nicolas, French handball player
- 1975
- Srđan Pecelj, Bosnian footballer
- 1974
- Charles Akonnor, Ghanaian footballer
- 1974
- Walid Badir, Israeli footballer
- 1972
- Doron Sheffer, Israeli basketball player
- 1971
- Raúl Mondesí, Dominican baseball player and politician
- 1971
- Isaiah Rider, American basketball player and rapper
- 1971
- Dragutin Topić, Serbian high jumper
- 1970
- Karen Bradley, English politician
- 1970
- Dave Eggers, American author and screenwriter
- 1970
- Mathias Grönberg, Swedish golfer
- 1970
- Rex Walters, American basketball player and coach
- 1969
- Graham Coxon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1969
- Jake Tapper, American journalist and author
- 1968
- Tammy Duckworth, Thai-American colonel, pilot, and politician
- 1968
- Aaron Eckhart, American actor and producer
- 1967
- Julio Dely Valdés, Panamanian footballer and manager
- 1966
- David Daniels, American countertenor
- 1966
- Grant Long, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1965
- Steve Finley, American baseball player
- 1965
- Ivari Padar, former Minister of Finance and Minister of Agriculture of the Estonian Social Democratic Party
- 1964
- Dieter Eckstein, German footballer
- 1964
- Umirzak Shukeyev, Kazakh chairman of Samruk-Kazyna
- 1963
- John Andretti, American race car driver (d. 2020)
- 1963
- Candy Costie, American swimmer
- 1963
- Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner and coach
- 1963
- Reiner Gies, German boxer
- 1963
- Ian Holloway, English footballer and manager
- 1963
- Paul Way, English golfer
- 1963
- Jake Weber, English actor
- 1962
- Julia Campbell, American actress
- 1962
- Andreas Köpke, German footballer
- 1962
- Chris Sanders, American illustrator and voice actor
- 1962
- Darryl Strawberry, American baseball player and minister
- 1962
- Titus Welliver, American actor
- 1960
- Jason Beghe, American actor
- 1960
- Courtney B. Vance, American actor and painter
- 1959
- Milorad Dodik, Bosnian Serb politician and president of Republika Srpska
- 1959
- Luenell, American comedian and actress
- 1959
- Michael Walter, German luger (d. 2016)
- 1958
- Phil Anderson, English-Australian cyclist
- 1957
- Patrick Battiston, French footballer and coach
- 1957
- Marlon Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer
- 1957
- Andrey Lopatov, Soviet basketball player (d. 2022)
- 1956
- Ove Aunli, former Norwegian cross-country skier
- 1956
- Stanisław Bobak, Polish ski jumper (d. 2010)
- 1956
- Steve Harris, English bass player and songwriter
- 1956
- Lesley Manville, English actress
- 1956
- Dale Murphy, American baseball player
- 1956
- Pim Verbeek, Dutch football manager (d. 2019)
- 1954
- Anish Kapoor, Indian-English sculptor
- 1953
- Pavel Pinigin, former Soviet wrestler and Olympic champion
- 1952
- André Comte-Sponville, French philosopher
- 1952
- John Mitchell, English footballer
- 1952
- Yasuhiko Okudera, former Japanese footballer
- 1950
- Javier Clemente, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1949
- Rob Cohen, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1949
- David Mellor, British politician
- 1948
- Virginia Bottomley, Scottish social worker and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
- 1948
- Kent Conrad, American politician
- 1948
- James Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1947
- Peter Harry Carstensen, German educator and politician
- 1947
- Jan-Erik Enestam, Finland-Swedish politician
- 1947
- David Rigert, Soviet Olympic weightlifter
- 1947
- Mitt Romney, American businessman and politician, 70th Governor of Massachusetts
- 1946
- Dean Cundey, American cinematographer and film director
- 1946
- Liza Minnelli, American actress, singer and dancer
- 1946
- Frank Welker, American voice actor and singer
- 1945
- Anne Summers, Australian feminist writer, editor, publisher and public servant
- 1944
- Erwin Mueller, former American basketball player (d. 2018)
- 1943
- Ratko Mladić, Serbian general
- 1942
- Jimmy Wynn, American baseball player (d. 2020)
- 1941
- Josip Skoblar, former Croatian footballer
- 1940
- Al Jarreau, American singer (d. 2017)
- 1938
- Vladimir Msryan, Armenian actor (d. 2010)
- 1938
- Johnny Rutherford, American race car driver and sportscaster
- 1938
- Ken Spears, American writer (d. 2020)
- 1938
- Juan Horacio Suárez, Argentine bishop
- 1938
- Ron Tutt, American drummer (d. 2021)
- 1937
- Zoltán Horvath, Hungarian sabre fencer
- 1937
- Zurab Sotkilava, Georgian operatic tenor (d. 2017)
- 1936
- Virginia Hamilton, American children's books author (d. 2002)
- 1936
- Michał Heller, Polish professor of philosophy
- 1936
- Eddie Sutton, American basketball player and coach (d. 2020)
- 1934
- Francisco J. Ayala, Spanish-American evolutionary biologist and philosopher (d. 2023)
- 1933
- Myrna Fahey, American actress (d. 1973)
- 1933
- Barbara Feldon, American actress
- 1932
- Bob Houbregs, Canadian basketball player (d. 2014)
- 1932
- Andrew Young, American pastor and politician, 14th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
- 1931
- Józef Tischner, Polish priest and philosopher (d. 2000)
- 1930
- Antony Acland, English former diplomat and Provost of Eton College (d. 2021)
- 1930
- Vern Law, American baseball player and manager
- 1929
- Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (d. 2014)
- 1928
- Edward Albee, American director and playwright (d. 2016)
- 1927
- Raúl Alfonsín, Argentine lawyer and politician, 46th President of Argentina (d. 2009)
- 1927
- Emmett Leith, American professor of electrical engineering and co-inventor of three-dimensional holography (d. 2005)
- 1927
- Sudharmono, Indonesian politician, 5th Vice President of Indonesia (d. 2006)
- 1926
- George Ariyoshi, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Hawaii
- 1926
- Arthur A. Hartman, American career diplomat (d. 2015)
- 1926
- John Clellon Holmes, American author and professor (d. 1988)
- 1926
- David Nadien, American violinist (d. 2014)
- 1925
- Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1925
- Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (d. 2012)
- 1923
- Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater and cyclist (d. 2013)
- 1923
- Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (d. 2005)
- 1923
- Wally Schirra, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2007)
- 1923
- Mae Young, American wrestler (d. 2014)
- 1922
- Jack Kerouac, American author and poet (d. 1969)
- 1922
- Lane Kirkland, American sailor and union leader (d. 1999)
- 1921
- Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (d. 2001)
- 1921
- Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
- 1918
- Elaine de Kooning, American painter and academic (d. 1989)
- 1918
- Pádraig Faulkner, Irish Fianna Fáil politician (d. 2012)
- 1917
- Leonard Chess, American record company executive, co-founder of Chess Records (d. 1969)
- 1917
- Millard Kaufman, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
- 1917
- Googie Withers, Indian-Australian actress (d. 2011)
- 1915
- Alberto Burri, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1995)
- 1915
- Jiří Mucha, Czech journalist (d. 1991)
- 1913
- Yashwantrao Chavan, Indian politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1984)
- 1913
- Agathe von Trapp, Hungarian-American singer and author (d. 2010)
- 1912
- Willie Hall, English footballer (d. 1967)
- 1912
- Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (d. 2006)
- 1911
- Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican academic and politician, 49th President of Mexico (d. 1979)
- 1910
- László Lékai, Archbishop of Esztergom and Cardinal (d. 1986)
- 1910
- Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician, 68th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1980)
- 1909
- Petras Cvirka, Lithuanian author (d. 1947)
- 1908
- Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (d. 1970)
- 1908
- David Marshall, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Singapore (d. 1995)
- 1907
- Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer and academic (d. 2007)
- 1905
- Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (d. 1982)
- 1904
- Lyudmila Keldysh, Russian mathematician (d. 1976)
- 1900
- Rinus van den Berge, Dutch athlete (d. 1972)
- 1900
- Sylvi Kekkonen, Finnish writer and wife of President of Finland Urho Kekkonen (d. 1974)
- 1900
- Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, 19th President of Colombia (d. 1975)
- 1899
- Ramón Muttis, Argentine footballer (d. 1955)
- 1898
- Tian Han, Chinese playwright (d. 1968)
- 1898
- Luitpold Steidle, German army officer and politician (d. 1984)
- 1896
- Jesse Fuller, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1976)
- 1890
- Evert Taube, Swedish singer-songwriter and lute player (d. 1976)
- 1888
- Walter Hermann Bucher, German-American geologist and paleontologist (d. 1965)
- 1888
- Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor (d. 1965)
- 1883
- Sándor Jávorka, Hungarian botanist (d. 1961)
- 1882
- Carlos Blanco Galindo, Bolivian politician (d. 1943)
- 1881
- Väinö Tanner, Finnish politician of Social Democratic Party of Finland; the Prime Minister of Finland (d. 1966)
- 1880
- Henry Drysdale Dakin, English-American chemist and academic (d. 1952)
- 1878
- Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (d. 1903)
- 1877
- Wilhelm Frick, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (d. 1946)
- 1874
- Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer (d. 1949)
- 1869
- George Forbes, New Zealand politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1947)
- 1864
- W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (d. 1922)
- 1864
- Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist, composer, and educator (d. 1943)
- 1863
- Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian soldier, journalist, poet, and playwright (d. 1938)
- 1863
- Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian and Ukrainian mineralogist and chemist (d. 1945)
- 1860
- Eric Stenbock, Estonian poet and author (d. 1895)
- 1859
- Ernesto Cesàro, Italian mathematician (d. 1906)
- 1858
- Adolph Ochs, American publisher (d. 1935)
- 1857
- William V. Ranous, American actor and director (d. 1915)
- 1855
- Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (d. 1920)
- 1843
- Gabriel Tarde, French sociologist and criminologist (d. 1904)
- 1838
- William Henry Perkin, English chemist and academic (d. 1907)
- 1837
- Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (d. 1911)
- 1835
- Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (d. 1909)
- 1835
- Sigismondo Savona, Maltese educator and politician (d. 1908)
- 1834
- Hilary A. Herbert, American politician, Secretary of the Navy (d. 1919)
- 1832
- Charles Boycott, English farmer and agent (d. 1897)
- 1824
- Gustav Kirchhoff, Russian-German physicist and academic (d. 1887)
- 1823
- Katsu Kaishū, Japanese statesman (d. 1899)
- 1821
- John Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1893)
- 1821
- Medo Pucić, Croatian writer and politician (d. 1882)
- 1815
- Louis-Jules Trochu, French military leader and politician (d. 1896)
- 1807
- James Abbott, Indian Army officer (d. 1896)
- 1806
- Jane Pierce, American wife of Franklin Pierce, 15th First Lady of the United States (d. 1863)
- 1795
- William Lyon Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Toronto (d. 1861)
- 1795
- George Tyler Wood, American military officer and politician (d. 1858)
- 1784
- William Buckland, English geologist and paleontologist; Dean of Westminster (d. 1856)
- 1781
- Frederica of Baden, Queen consort to Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (d. 1826)
- 1766
- Claudius Buchanan, Scottish theologian (d. 1815)
- 1753
- Jean Denis, French politician, lawyer, jurist, journalist, and historian (d. 1827)
- 1735
- François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest, French politician and diplomat (d. 1821)
- 1710
- Thomas Arne, English composer (d. 1778)
- 1685
- George Berkeley, Irish bishop and philosopher (d. 1753)
- 1672
- Richard Steele, Irish-Welsh journalist and politician (d. 1729)
- 1637
- Anne Hyde, Duchess of York and Albany (d. 1671)
- 1626
- John Aubrey, English historian and philosopher (d. 1697)
- 1613
- André Le Nôtre, French gardener and architect (d. 1700)
- 1607
- Paul Gerhardt, German poet and composer (d. 1676)
- 1515
- Caspar Othmayr, German Lutheran pastor and composer (d. 1553)
- 1270
- Charles, Count of Valois (d. 1325)
Deaths On This Day
- 2021
- Ronald DeFeo Jr., American criminal (b. 1951)
- 2016
- Rafiq Azad, Bangladeshi poet and author (b. 1942)
- 2016
- Felix Ibru, Nigerian architect and politician, Governor of Delta State (b. 1935)
- 2016
- Lloyd Shapley, American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)
- 2015
- Willie Barrow, American minister and activist (b. 1924)
- 2015
- Michael Graves, American architect and academic, designed the Portland Building and the Humana Building (b. 1934)
- 2015
- Ada Jafri, Pakistani poet and author (b. 1924)
- 2015
- Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1948)
- 2014
- Věra Chytilová, Czech actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- 2014
- Paul C. Donnelly, American scientist and engineer (b. 1923)
- 2014
- José Policarpo, Portuguese cardinal (b. 1936)
- 2013
- Michael Grigsby, English director and producer (b. 1936)
- 2013
- Ganesh Pyne, Indian painter and illustrator (b. 1937)
- 2012
- Dick Harter, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
- 2012
- Michael Hossack, American drummer (b. 1946)
- 2012
- Friedhelm Konietzka, German-Swiss footballer and manager (b. 1938)
- 2011
- Nilla Pizzi, Italian singer (b. 1919)
- 2010
- Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1920)
- 2008
- Jorge Guinzburg, Argentinian journalist and producer (b. 1949)
- 2008
- Lazare Ponticelli, Italian-French soldier and supercentenarian (b. 1897)
- 2006
- Victor Sokolov, Russian-American priest and journalist (b. 1947)
- 2004
- Milton Resnick, Russian-American painter (b. 1917)
- 2003
- Zoran Đinđić, Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1952)
- 2003
- Howard Fast, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1914)
- 2003
- Lynne Thigpen, American actress and singer (b. 1948)
- 2002
- Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (b. 1932)
- 2002
- Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
- 2001
- Morton Downey Jr., American singer-songwriter, actor, and talk show host (b. 1933)
- 2001
- Robert Ludlum, American author (b. 1927)
- 2001
- Victor Westhoff, Dutch botanist and academic (b. 1916)
- 2000
- Aleksandar Nikolić, Yugoslav basketball coach (b. 1924)
- 1999
- Yehudi Menuhin, American-Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1916)
- 1999
- Bidu Sayão, Brazilian-American soprano (b. 1902)
- 1998
- Beatrice Wood, American painter and potter (b. 1893)
- 1992
- Lucy M. Lewis, American potter (b. 1890)
- 1991
- Ragnar Granit, Finnish-Swedish neuroscientist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
- 1991
- William Heinesen, Faroese author, poet, and author (b. 1900)
- 1989
- Maurice Evans, English-American actor (b. 1901)
- 1985
- Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (b. 1899)
- 1974
- George D. Sax, American banker and businessman (b. 1904)
- 1973
- Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
- 1971
- Eugene Lindsay Opie, American physician and pathologist (b. 1873)
- 1957
- Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877)
- 1955
- Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920)
- 1955
- Theodor Plievier, German author best known for his anti-war novel (b. 1892)
- 1954
- Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)
- 1949
- Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
- 1946
- Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
- 1943
- Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
- 1942
- William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
- 1935
- Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
- 1929
- Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
- 1925
- Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
- 1916
- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
- 1898
- Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
- 1699
- Peder Griffenfeld, Danish politician (b. 1635)
- 1539
- Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English diplomat and politician (b. 1477)
- 1322
- Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English general and politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1276)
- 1316
- Stefan Dragutin (b. c. 1244)
- 1160
- Al-Muqtafi, caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate (b. 1096)
- 1022
- Symeon the New Theologian (b. 949)
- 604
- Gregory I, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 540)
- 417
- Innocent I, pope of the Catholic Church