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March 15

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March 15

March 15 is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 291 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Michigan man will help those in need with $2 million Powerball lottery win. A Michigan man is looking forward to helping his family and others in need after winning a $2 million Powerball lottery prize.
2024: California Lottery announces group as winners of historic $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot. Today, the California Lottery announced the winners of a $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot, the second-largest lottery jackpot in history.
2024: Technical difficulty with New Jersey Lottery Pick 4 drawing results in two sets of winning numbers. The New Jersey Lottery had to conduct a second Pick 4 evening drawing last night after a mechanical problem caused the first draw to fail, the Lottery announced today.
2023: Maryland man wins fourth major lottery prize above $50,000. There's a Maryland man whose luck refuses to run out after he bagged his fourth major lottery prize above $50,000 last week.
2022: Camelot set to lose license as operator for UK National Lottery. Today the United Kingdom's Gambling Commission announced their intentions to drop Camelot as the operator of the National Lottery, to be replaced by Czech company Allwyn Entertainment.
2021: New lottery bill proposed in Alabama after gambling bill is rejected. Immediately after a gambling bill was shot down this week in the Alabama Senate, another Senator proposed a new bill that focuses solely on creating a state lottery.
2021: South Carolina store owner who sold $1.5 billion Mega Millions ticket is arrested. The South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) announced on Saturday that the store owner who sold the winning ticket for the $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot in 2018 has been arrested and charged with five counts of tax evasion.
2020: Man exploits Arizona Lottery vending machine flaw, gets $55K worth of free tickets. A man is accused of exploiting a flaw in the Arizona Lottery vending machines to get over $55,000 worth of lottery tickets.
2018: Multi-state lottery games offer combined $800 million jackpot. Lottery fever is spreading across the USA with two huge jackpots adding up to $800 million.
2017: Michigan Lottery apologizes for costly game gaffe. A technical error during Monday night's Michigan Daily 3 and Daily 4 drawings told players it was a special bonus drawing, which meant even more prize money for those with the winning numbers.
2017: Keno lottery games coming to North Carolina this fall. North Carolina's state-run lottery is expanding its gambling options with a new game starting this fall that could attract younger players and satisfy the thirst of legislators seeking more money for education initiatives.
2016: Offshore gambling site laundered $2 million in Amazon gift cards, Feds say. The operators of an offshore gambling website that accepts online lottery wagers used Amazon gift cards to launder nearly $2 million over the past few years, a Department of Homeland Security investigator alleged in a recent application for a seizure warrant filed in the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia.
2016: Pennsylvania lottery wins to be taxed, if legislation passes. Winning the Pennsylvania Lottery may be a little less lucrative in a proposal that would allow the state to take a share of the jackpot through income tax.
2016: Ontario woman claims record $64M Canadian lottery jackpot. A Mississauga, Ontario, woman has won what is being called the largest jackpot ever in the history of Canadian lottery.
2016: US man pleads guilty to participating in Jamaica-based lottery scam. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says a South Florida man has pleaded guilty for his role in a Jamaica-based telemarketing fraud scheme.
2014: $400 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot soars. For only the 7th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot has grown to $400 million or more.
2013: $1 Million 2012 St. Patrick's Day Raffle ticket found just in time. The Illinois Lottery announced today that a previously unclaimed $1 million 2012 St. Patrick's Day Millionaire Raffle ticket, sold last year in Wood Dale, has been claimed just three days prior to its expiration.
2013: Pa. Gov. expected to resubmit lottery deal. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett plans to ask Attorney General Kathleen Kane's office to reverse its rejection of a contract with a British firm to manage the $3.5 billion Pennsylvania Lottery, a top lawmaker said Tuesday.
2013: Jamaica making new efforts to curb lottery scams. Jamaican officials said Thursday that they are hopeful new legislation will finally result in a stream of convictions and lengthy sentences for fraudsters behind a multimillion-dollar lottery scam that has swindled mostly elderly Americans out of their retirement savings for years.
2012: Mega Millions winner forced to split jackpot with co-workers. For one New Jersey lottery winner looking to keep a Mega Millions jackpot all to himself, luck ran out today.
2010: N.J. deli waits for its $212M Powerball winner to surface. Someone who bought a Powerball lottery ticket last week at Gene's II Deli in Morris Township, New Jersey, could be a very rich person, but the winner of Saturday's $211.7 million jackpot has yet to come forward.
2010: States go all in, expand gaming to plug the budget. Faced with a drop in gambling revenue, states are adding games, considering new casinos and increasing lottery options -- anything to keep their cut of the profits rolling in.
2010: Man retrieves $250K lottery ticket from trash. A Maryland man threw away a $250,000 Mega Millions ticket before realizing his mistake and finding it after a 90-minute search.
2007: Ownership of $1M winning lottery ticket in question. The $1 million winning ticket from Saturday night's draw was presented to Idaho Lottery officials for payment Tuesday, but the prize has not been paid out yet.
2007: Indicted suspect to appear on Ohio Lottery TV show. A man awaiting trial on charges accusing him of bilking $135,000 from three people in a home-repair scam is scheduled to appear on the Ohio Lottery's television game show, officials said.
2007: Cops bust 2 men who stole 3,000 lottery tickets. Two men who allegedly made off with 3,000 lottery tickets from a Chinatown, California, liquor store are in custody, along with a woman accused of trying to cash some of the tickets, thanks to a school principal who recognized two of the suspects as the parents of one of his students, police reported.
2007: Jamaica police make progress into multimillion dollar lottery scam. The Montego Bay police continue to make inroads into the multimillion dollar lottery scam which saw several arrests being made in recent times.
2007: Atlantic Lottery retailers win 10 times more often than customers. Canadian store owners are collecting major lottery wins ten times as often as they should, according to the Atlantic Lottery Corporation.
2006: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $56 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery has grown to $56 million for Friday's drawing.
2006: First proposed N.C. lottery ad beats to different drummer. The first television commercial for the North Carolina Education Lottery apparently will be looking literally to drum up support.
2004: Winning Powerball Ticket Worth $89 Million Sold in Indiana. The people that say lightning doesn't strike in the same place twice haven't spent much time in Indiana. For the fourth time in the last five months, someone from Indiana has won the Powerball jackpot.
2004: In Pennsyvania, lottery tickets a big seller. In the year after Pennsylvania joined the multi-state lotto game in June 2002, total lottery sales jumped from $1.93 billion to $2.13 billion.
2004: One ticket wins $20 million Florida Lotto jackpot. One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $20 million, lottery officials said Sunday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$815 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 15, 2024
2.$623.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2024
3.$495 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2019
4.$456.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2018
5.$414 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2014
6.$380.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 15, 2025
7.$345 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2018
8.$301 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2025
9.$276.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 15, 2008
10.$254 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2023
11.$216 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2013
12.$200 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2012
13.€178 Million
US$194.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2025
14.€171.57 Million
US$188.25 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 15, 2022
15.$185.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2021
16.$183 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2007
17.$172 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 15, 2011
18.€135.51 Million
US$156.06 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2026
19.€105 Million
US$148.73 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2011
20.€122.15 Million
US$145.52 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2021
21.€130 Million
US$141.56 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 15, 2024
22.€113.51 Million
US$140 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 15, 2018
23.€120.68 Million
US$136.71 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2019
24.$134.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2022
25.$131 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2017

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1993: Asif khan
Monday, Mar 15, 1993
33 years old
1987: Allen32
Sunday, Mar 15, 1987
39 years old
1987: CJBLACK
Sunday, Mar 15, 1987
39 years old
1987: STRAIGHTHITTER5
Sunday, Mar 15, 1987
39 years old
1987: TuanRosbi
Sunday, Mar 15, 1987
39 years old
1984: koboss31
Thursday, Mar 15, 1984
42 years old
1981: AdiQs42Usa95
Sunday, Mar 15, 1981
45 years old
1980: shabtay
Saturday, Mar 15, 1980
46 years old
1978: MeMe78
Wednesday, Mar 15, 1978
48 years old
1964: Johny$D
Sunday, Mar 15, 1964
62 years old
1964: thornton7861
Sunday, Mar 15, 1964
62 years old
1963: jmcduff
Friday, Mar 15, 1963
63 years old
1958: Anthony300
Saturday, Mar 15, 1958
68 years old
1957: Cruzin57
Friday, Mar 15, 1957
69 years old
1957: Layla357
Friday, Mar 15, 1957
69 years old
1955: eickides
Tuesday, Mar 15, 1955
71 years old
1954: Gppp1g
Monday, Mar 15, 1954
72 years old
1954: RJL1
Monday, Mar 15, 1954
72 years old
1949: iracarter
Tuesday, Mar 15, 1949
77 years old
: ortizve
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: The 2022 Sri Lankan protests begins amidst Sri Lanka's economic collapse.
2019: Fifty-one people are killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings.
2019: Beginning of the 2019-20 Hong Kong protests.
2019: Approximately 1.4 million young people in 123 countries go on strike to protest climate change.
2011: Beginning of the Syrian revolution.
2008: Stockpiles of obsolete ammunition explode at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec, Albania, killing 26 people.
1991: Cold War: The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany.
1990: Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first and only President of the Soviet Union.
1986: Collapse of Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses.
1978: Somalia and Ethiopia sign a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War.
1974: Fifteen people are killed when Sterling Airways Flight 901, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, catches fire following a landing gear collapse at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran.
1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells the U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
1961: At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect.
1951: The Iranian oil industry is nationalized.
1943: World War II: Third Battle of Kharkiv: The Germans retake the city of Kharkiv from the Soviet armies.
1939: Germany occupies Czechoslovakia.
1939: Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.
1927: The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
1922: After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
1921: Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian genocide, is assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian.
1919: Ukrainian War of Independence: The Kontrrazvedka is established as the counterintelligence division of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine.
1919: The American Legion is founded.
1918: Finnish Civil War: The battle of Tampere begins.
1917: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne, ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
1907: The first parliamentary elections of Finland (at the time the Grand Duchy of Finland) are held.
1894: Madeleine bombing by Désiré Pauwels during the Ère des attentats.
1892: The Lobau bombing is one of the first attacks of the Ère des attentats (1892-1894).
1888: Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
1877: First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
1875: Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
1874: France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
1848: A revolution breaks out in Hungary, and the Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the reform party.
1823: Sailor Benjamin Morrell erroneously reports the existence of the island of New South Greenland near Antarctica.
1820: Maine is admitted as the twenty-third U.S. state.
1783: In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful, and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
1672: King Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence, granting limited religious freedom to all Christians.
1626: A dam failure causes the sudden flooding of the mining city of Potosí in present-day Bolivia leading to the death of thousands and the massive release of toxic mercury into the environment.
1564: Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes the jizya tax on non-Muslim subjects.
1412: Treaty of Lublowa: After the Peace of Thorn, Grand Master Heinrich von Plauen asks Sigismund of Hungary for economic aid. Sigismund agrees to mediate reduction to the third installment, demarcation of the Samogitian border, and other matters with a grand tournament. Hunts and lavish feasts were also organized. Sigismund invited, among others, polish king Wladyslaw Jagiello, Heinrich von Plauen and bosnian king Tvrtko II. There were people from 17 countries and languages - 40.000 nobles and 2000 knights were present from all over Europe, even England.
1311: Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V, Count of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece.
933: After a ten-year truce, German King Henry the Fowler defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut river.
897: Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya enters Sa'dah and founds the Zaydi Imamate of Yemen.
856: Michael III, emperor of the Byzantine Empire, overthrows the regency of his mother, empress Theodora (wife of Theophilos) with support of the Byzantine nobility.
493: Odoacer, the first barbarian King of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, is slain by Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, while the two kings were feasting together.
351: Constantius Gallus is elevated as Caesar and then sent to Antioch to govern the Roman East.
44 BC: The assassination of Julius Caesar, the dictator of the Roman Republic, by a group of senators takes place on the Ides of March.
200 BC: The Roman Republic under its new consuls Publius Sulpicius Galba and Gaius Aurelius Cotta declares war on Philip V of Macedon, starting the Second Macedonian War.
474 BC: Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce.

Births On This Day

2005: Rodri Mendoza, Spanish footballer
2004: Isaiah Bond, American football player
2003: Quinn Ewers, American football player
2001: Ellie Leach, English actress
2000: Kristian Kostov, Russian-Bulgarian singer-songwriter
1996: Maxwell Jacob Friedman, American professional wrestler
1996: Seonaid McIntosh, Scottish sports shooter
1996: Jinjin, South Korean singer and actor
1995: Jabari Parker, American basketball player
1994: Matt Gay, American football player
1994: Scott Seiss, American comedian
1993: Alia Bhatt, British actress
1993: Michael Fulmer, American baseball player
1993: Taylor Heinicke, American football player
1993: Aleksandra Krunić, Serbian tennis player
1993: Paul Pogba, French footballer
1993: Mark Scheifele, Canadian ice hockey player
1992: Devonta Freeman, American football player
1991: Xavier Henry, American basketball player
1991: Trayce Thompson, American baseball player
1990: Nick Ahmed, American baseball player
1990: Tavon Austin, American football player
1990: JD McDonagh, Irish professional wrestler
1989: Sam Baldock, English footballer
1989: Gil Roberts, American sprinter
1989: Sandro, Brazilian footballer
1989: Adrien Silva, Portuguese footballer
1989: Caitlin Wachs, American actress
1988: Lil Dicky, American rapper, comedian, and actor
1988: Éver Guzmán, Mexican footballer
1988: James Reimer, Canadian ice hockey player
1987: Eric Decker, American football player
1986: Jai Courtney, Australian actor
1986: Jannik Hansen, Danish ice hockey player
1985: Eva Amurri, American actress
1985: Jon Jay, American baseball player and coach
1985: Kellan Lutz, American actor and model
1984: Badradine Belloumou, French-Algerian footballer
1984: Olivier Jean, Canadian speed skater
1984: Kostas Vasileiadis, Greek basketball player
1983: Umut Bulut, Turkish footballer
1983: Ben Hilfenhaus, Australian cricketer
1983: Kostas Kaimakoglou, Greek basketball player
1983: Golda Marcus, Salvadoran swimmer
1983: Daryl Murphy, Irish footballer
1983: Yo Yo Honey Singh, Indian rapper, producer, and actor
1982: Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich, Kenyan runner
1981: Young Buck, American rapper
1981: Mikael Forssell, German-Finnish footballer
1981: Jens Salumäe, Estonian skier
1980: Freddie Bynum, American baseball player
1979: Kyle Mills, New Zealand cricketer
1979: Kevin Youkilis, American baseball player
1978: Takeru Kobayashi, Japanese competitive eater
1977: Joe Hahn, American musician, DJ, director, and visual artist
1977: Brian Tee, Japanese-American actor
1977: Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian military officer (died 2008)
1976: Cara Pifko, Canadian actress
1975: Eva Longoria, American actress
1975: Darcy Tucker, Canadian ice hockey player
1975: will.i.am, American rapper, producer, and actor
1974: Robert Fick, American baseball player
1972: Mark Hoppus, American singer-songwriter and musician
1972: Holger Stromberg, German chef
1972: Mike Tomlin, American football player and coach
1971: Joanne Wise, English long jumper
1970: Derek Parra, American speed skater
1969: Gianluca Festa, Italian footballer
1969: Kim Raver, American actress
1969: Yutaka Take, Japanese jockey
1969: Timo Kotipelto, Finnish musician and lead singer of the power metal band Stratovarius
1968: Kahimi Karie, Japanese singer
1968: Mark McGrath, American singer-songwriter
1968: Sabrina Salerno, Italian singer-songwriter
1967: Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese manga artist and creator of Sailor Moon
1966: Chris Bruno, American actor
1965: Sunetra Gupta, Indian epidemiologist, author, and academic
1964: Rockwell, American singer-songwriter and musician
1964: Marco Van Hees, Belgian politician
1963: Bret Michaels, American singer-songwriter, musician, and television personality
1962: Terence Trent D'Arby, American singer-songwriter
1961: Terry Cummings, American basketball player
1960: Mike Pagliarulo, American baseball player
1959: Harold Baines, American baseball player
1959: Renny Harlin, Finnish director and producer
1959: Fabio Lanzoni, Italian-American model and actor
1959: Ben Okri, Nigerian poet and author
1959: Eliot Teltscher, American tennis player
1957: Joaquim de Almeida, Portuguese-American actor
1957: Park Overall, American actress and activist
1957: Steve Witkoff, American real estate investor, former lawyer, and diplomat
1955: Mickey Hatcher, American baseball player and coach
1955: Mohsin Khan, Pakistani cricketer
1955: Dee Snider, American singer-songwriter
1954: Isobel Buchanan, Scottish soprano and actress
1954: Henry Marsh, American runner and businessman
1954: Craig Wasson, American actor
1953: Frances Conroy, American actress
1951: David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool, English politician
1948: Kate Bornstein, American author and activist
1948: Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (died 2003)
1947: Ry Cooder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946: Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and coach (died 2003)
1946: John Dempsey, English-Irish footballer and manager (died 2024)
1944: Chi Cheng, Taiwanese runner
1944: Jacques Doillon, French director and screenwriter
1944: Francis Mankiewicz, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1993)
1943: David Cronenberg, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
1943: Lynda La Plante, English actress, screenwriter, and author
1943: Michael Scott-Joynt, English bishop (died 2014)
1943: Sly Stone, American musician and record producer (died 2025)
1941: Mike Love, American singer-songwriter and musician
1941: Song Zhenzhong, child internee and revolutionary martyr (died 1949)
1940: Frank Dobson, English politician, Secretary of State for Health (died 2019)
1940: Phil Lesh, American bassist (died 2024)
1939: Ted Kaufman, American politician
1939: Robert Nye, English author, poet, and playwright (died 2016)
1939: Julie Tullis, English mountaineer (died 1986)
1937: Valentin Rasputin, Russian environmentalist and author (died 2015)
1936: Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (died 1986)
1935: Judd Hirsch, American actor
1935: Jimmy Swaggart, American pastor and television host (died 2025)
1934: Kanshi Ram, Indian politician (died 2006)
1933: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American lawyer and judge (died 2020)
1933: Philippe de Broca, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2004)
1932: Alan Bean, American astronaut and pilot (died 2018)
1932: Arif Mardin, Turkish-American record producer (died 2006)
1930: Zhores Alferov, Belarusian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2019)
1928: Bob Wilber, American clarinetist and saxophonist (died 2019)
1927: Christian Marquand, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2000)
1927: Carl Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)
1926: Ben Johnston, American composer and academic (died 2019)
1926: Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (died 1983)
1924: Khyber Khan, Pakistani pilot and former Deputy Chief of Air Staff of the PAF (died 2007)
1921: Madelyn Pugh, American television writer and producer (died 2011)
1920: E. Donnall Thomas, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)
1919: Lawrence Tierney, American actor (died 2002)
1918: Richard Ellmann, American author and critic (died 1987)
1918: Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 1987)
1916: Frank Coghlan, Jr., American actor and pilot (died 2009)
1916: Fadil Hoxha, Kosovar commander and politician, President of Kosovo (died 2001)
1916: Harry James, American trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (died 1983)
1913: Macdonald Carey, American actor (died 1994)
1913: Jack Fairman, English race car driver (died 2002)
1912: Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author (died 1979)
1912: Lightnin' Hopkins, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1982)
1907: Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (died 1981)
1905: Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, German lawyer and judge (died 1944)
1904: George Brent, Irish-American actor (died 1979)
1904: J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor (died 1985)
1900: Gilberto Freyre, Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian and writer (died 1987)
1897: Jackson Scholz, American runner (died 1986)
1886: Gerda Wegener, Danish artist (died 1940)
1879: Benjamin R. Jacobs, American biochemist (died 1963)
1878: Reza Shah, Iranian Shah (died 1944)
1874: Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1952)
1869: Stanisław Wojciechowski, Polish scholar and politician, President of the Republic of Poland (died 1953)
1868: Grace Chisholm Young, English mathematician (died 1944)
1866: Matthew Charlton, Australian miner and politician (died 1948)
1858: Liberty Hyde Bailey, American botanist and academic, co-founded the American Society for Horticultural Science (died 1954)
1857: Christian Michelsen, Norwegian businessman and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (died 1925)
1854: Emil von Behring, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1917)
1852: Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish landowner, playwright, and translator (died 1932)
1851: John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Arkansas (died 1916)
1851: William Mitchell Ramsay, Scottish archaeologist and scholar (died 1939)
1845: Hallie Quinn Brown, African-American educator, writer and activist (died 1949)
1838: Karl Davydov, Russian cellist, composer, and conductor (died 1889)
1835: Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1916)
1831: Saint Daniele Comboni, Italian missionary and saint (died 1881)
1830: Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1914)
1830: Élisée Reclus, French geographer and anarchist (died 1905)
1824: Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (died 1907)
1821: Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian physicist and chemist (died 1895)
1821: William Milligan, Scottish theologian and author (died 1892)
1813: John Snow, English physician and epidemiologist (died 1858)
1809: Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian historian and politician, 1st President of Liberia (died 1876)
1791: Charles Knight, English author and publisher (died 1873)
1790: Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, German mathematician and academic (died 1861)
1787: Adélaïde Ducluzeau, French painter
1779: William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1848)
1767: Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (died 1845)
1754: Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (died 1842)
1666: George Bähr, German architect, designed the Dresden Frauenkirche (died 1738)
1638: Shunzhi Emperor of China (died 1661)
1591: Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary (died 1660)
1582: Daniel Featley, English theologian and controversialist (died 1645)
1516: Alqas Mirza, Safavid prince (died 1550)
1493: Anne de Montmorency, French captain and diplomat (died 1567)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Wings Hauser, American actor (born 1947)
2025: Nita Lowey, American politician (born 1937)
2025: Rajnikumar Pandya, Indian writer (born 1938)
2022: Barbara Maier Gustern, American vocal coach and singer (born 1935)
2020: Vittorio Gregotti, Italian architect (born 1927)
2019: Larry DiTillio, American film and TV series writer (born 1948)
2016: Sylvia Anderson, English voice actress and television and film producer (born 1927)
2016: Asa Briggs, English historian and academic (born 1921)
2016: Seru Rabeni, Fijian rugby player (born 1978)
2015: Collins Chabane, South African politician (born 1960)
2015: Robert Clatworthy, English sculptor and educator (born 1928)
2015: Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (born 1928)
2015: Curtis Gans, American political scientist and author (born 1937)
2015: Mike Porcaro, American bass player (born 1955)
2014: Scott Asheton, American drummer (born 1949)
2014: David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author (born 1936)
2014: Bo Callaway, American soldier and politician, United States Secretary of the Army (born 1927)
2014: Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (born 1947)
2013: Booth Gardner, American businessman and politician, Governor of Washington (born 1936)
2013: Terry Lightfoot, English clarinet player (born 1935)
2013: Leverne McDonnell, Australian actress (born 1963)
2013: Peter Worsley, English sociologist (born 1924)
2012: Mervyn Davies, Welsh rugby player (born 1946)
2012: Dave Philley, American baseball player and manager (born 1920)
2011: Nate Dogg, American rapper (born 1969)
2011: Smiley Culture, English singer and DJ (born 1963)
2010: Kazim al-Samawi, Iraqi poet (born 1925)
2009: Ron Silver, American actor, director, and producer (born 1946)
2008: Mikey Dread, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (born 1954)
2008: G. David Low, American astronaut and engineer (born 1956)
2008: Sarla Thakral, First Indian woman to earn a pilot's license. (born 1914)
2007: Charles Harrelson, American murderer (born 1938)
2007: Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (born 1927)
2006: Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (born 1918)
2006: Red Storey, Canadian football player and referee (born 1918)
2005: Otar Korkia, Georgian basketball player (born 1923)
2004: Philippe Lemaire, French actor (born 1927)
2004: Bill Pickering, New Zealand-American scientist and engineer (born 1910)
2004: John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1925)
2003: Thora Hird, English actress (born 1911)
2003: Paul Stojanovich, American television producer, created World's Wildest Police Videos (born 1955)
2001: Ann Sothern, American actress and singer (born 1909)
1998: Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and author (born 1903)
1997: Gail Davis, American actress (born 1925)
1997: Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter (born 1906)
1991: Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1906)
1990: Farzad Bazoft, Iranian-English journalist (born 1958)
1990: Tom Harmon, American football player and sportscaster (born 1919)
1988: Dmitri Polyakov, Ukrainian general and spy (born 1921)
1985: Alan A. Freeman, English record producer (born 1920)
1983: Rebecca West, English author and critic (born 1892)
1981: René Clair, French director and screenwriter (born 1898)
1977: Hubert Aquin, Canadian author and activist (born 1929)
1977: Antonino Rocca, Italian-American wrestler and referee (born 1921)
1975: Aristotle Onassis, Greek-Argentinian businessman (born 1906)
1970: Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (born 1897)
1969: Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (born 1888)
1966: Abe Saperstein, American basketball player and coach (born 1902)
1962: Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)
1959: Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (born 1909)
1948: Imanuel Lauster, German engineer (born 1873)
1942: Rachel Field, American author and poet (born 1894)
1941: Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (born 1864)
1937: H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (born 1890)
1927: Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (born 1858)
1925: Sam Dreben, American soldier and mercenary (born 1878)
1921: Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1874)
1898: Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (born 1813)
1897: James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (born 1814)
1891: Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (born 1819)
1848: Johan Jakob Nervander, Finnish poet, physicist and meteorologist (born 1805)
1842: Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer and theorist (born 1760)
1820: Clement Mary Hofbauer, Austrian priest and saint (born 1751)
1711: Eusebio Kino, Italian priest and missionary (born 1645)
1673: Salvator Rosa, Italian painter and poet (born 1615)
1575: Annibale Padovano, Italian organist and composer (born 1527)
1536: Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1493)
1311: Walter V, Count of Brienne
1190: Isabella of Hainault, queen of Philip II of France (born 1170)
1124: Ernulf, Bishop of Rochester
990: Siegfried I (the Older), German nobleman
963: Romanos II, Byzantine emperor
493: Odoacer, first king of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire (born 433)
220: Cao Cao, Chinese general, warlord and statesman
44 BC: Julius Caesar, Roman general and statesman (born 100 BC)

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