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March 16

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March 16

March 16 is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 290 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2026: $5 million Lotto 6/49 win will send Canada couple of 48 years on "delayed" honeymoon. A Canadian husband and wife of 48 years are deciding where they want to go for their "delayed" honeymoon after winning $5 million (US$3.6 million) in Lotto 6/49.
2025: Iowa man fulfills promise to wife with $100,000 lottery win. An Iowa man has fulfilled a long-standing promise to his wife after coming into a $100,000 win in the lottery.
2022: Changes coming to Canada's Lotto 6/49 game this fall. The popular Canadian Lotto 6/49 draw game is going to be seeing some core changes later this year.
2021: Arkansas bill would allow lottery winners to remain anonymous. Arkansas lottery players looking for their next big win might be granted the choice to claim their winnings anonymously after a bill protecting winners' identities passed in the Senate.
2020: Amazon held talks on bid to takeover the UK National Lottery. Amazon held talks about bidding to run the United Kingdom National Lottery, The Mail on Sunday revealed.
2018: How a gaming geek with a checkered past pulled off the biggest lottery scam in U.S. history. After brothers Eddie and Tommy Tipton were caught perpetrating the largest lottery fraud in U.S. history, they meticulously outlined their involvement to federal agents as a condition of their 2017 convictions and plea agreements. This story is based on nearly 400 pages of court transcripts detailing their confessions.
2017: Lottery players gain access to powerful new analysis tool. Lottery Post today announced the release of Combinations Analysis for Pick 3 and Pick 4, a brand-new reporting and analysis tool unlocking new insights into lottery drawing histories, delivering unprecedented power into the hands of every lottery player while being incredibly easy to use.
2017: Kansas files lawsuit against accused lottery rigger. A lawsuit by the state of Kansas accuses the man at the center of a multi-state lottery number-fixing scam of working with two others to redeem two rigged lottery tickets for $44,000.
2011: Iowa Lottery upgrading retailer systems. Iowa Lottery officials are ready to roll out a new computer system in April at 2,400 retail sites in hopes that it will boost sales of popular games such as Powerball and Mega Millions and reduce crime.
2011: Maryland liquor store owner charged in lottery scam. The owner of a liquor store in North Point, Maryland, was arrested and charged with grand theft, petty theft, and fraud after she was caught stealing an undercover agent's winning lottery ticket worth $10,000.
2010: S.C. Lottery to pay for Pick 4 error. During the South Carolina Education Lottery's evening Pick 4 draw for Saturday, March 13, the numbers 7, 2, 4, and 5 were selected. However, an error occurred when the numbers 1, 2, 4, and 5 were entered into the central system for validating claims, according to a release from SCEL.
2008: $275M Powerball lottery jackpot goes to W. Virginia player. One of the tickets sold in West Virginia for the Powerball game Saturday night beat the astronomical one in 146 million odds to win the $276.3 million jackpot.
2007: Retailers luckier than expected, Atlantic Lotto says. Lottery ticket sellers won 10 times more often than statistically they should have over the last six years, the Atlantic Lottery Corp. said Wednesday.
2007: Trooper caught in gambling raid. Indianapolis Metro Police officers cited Indiana State Trooper Kyle Freeman during a gambling raid Tuesday.
2007: Gambling pushed banker to steal $1.4 million. Deb Anderson, 49, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of defrauding the bank in U.S. District Court in Sioux City, and was sentenced to three years and five months in prison and five years of probation.
2006: Powerball lottery jackpot increased to $88 million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, the jackpot grew to an estimated $88 million, with a cash option of $41.6 million.
2006: Idaho Lottery pays out $26M dividend to schools. In its 2005 fiscal report, the Idaho lottery commission reports a record-setting dividend last year that saw $26 million go to Idaho's public schools and buildings.
2006: N.C. lottery scratch tickets on sale in 15 days. Scratch-off tickets in the North Carolina Education Lottery (NCEL) will go on sale in 15 days, and retailers around the state are getting ready for the games to begin.
2006: Man arrested after redeeming stolen lottery tickets. A 24-year-old Michigan man was arrested this week on a charge that he stole more than $20,000 worth of lottery tickets from his employer and redeemed the winning tickets at businesses across Wayne County.
2005: Powerball winner convicted in fatal traffic crash. With trembling hands her only visible reaction, Victoria Zell, who three years ago split a $10.9 million Powerball jackpot with her ex-husband, was convicted in a fatal high-speed collision.
2005: Self-service lottery machines popular in Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, self-service lottery terminals are helping stores achieve record lottery sales.
2005: Streak of jackpot winners is bad luck for Powerball lottery sales. Sales of Powerball lottery tickets across the nation are down drastically in recent months. The reason: People are too frequently beating the odds, which happen to be 1 in 120.5 million.
2005: Missouri Lottery makes its 200th millionaire. Gary DeHaven of Republic, Missouri became the state's 200th lottery-made millionaire after winning a $1.4 million jackpot in the March 9 drawing, the Missouri Lottery announced yesterday afternoon.
2004: $239 Million Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot Remains Unclaimed. Nearly a month after a Mega Millions ticket matched all six numbers to win a $239 million jackpot, the whereabouts of that ticket -- and the identity of the person who bought it -- are still unknown.
2004: Laid off Indiana factory worker claims $89 million Powerball jackpot. Tim Rivers, a 23-year-old laid off factory worker from Salem, Indiana, had his dream come true when he claimed Saturday's $89 million Powerball jackpot.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$893 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 19, 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.$398.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 17, 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.$254 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2023
10.$216 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2013
11.$201 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2011
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.€172.74 Million
US$191.31 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 17, 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.€135.51 Million
US$156.06 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2026
18.€105 Million
US$148.73 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2011
19.€122.15 Million
US$145.52 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2021
20.€114.86 Million
US$141.22 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2018
21.$141 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2017
22.€120.68 Million
US$136.71 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2019
23.$134.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2022
24.$131 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2017
25.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2020

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1995: Ajohnson199521
Thursday, Mar 16, 1995
31 years old
1992: Chosen33
Monday, Mar 16, 1992
34 years old
1992: Drica
Monday, Mar 16, 1992
34 years old
1990: iatran
Friday, Mar 16, 1990
36 years old
1989: HeatherBlow
Thursday, Mar 16, 1989
37 years old
1981: Luckylottery
Monday, Mar 16, 1981
45 years old
1979: honeybuttaz1979
Friday, Mar 16, 1979
47 years old
1977: SWEETMONEY
Wednesday, Mar 16, 1977
49 years old
1976: jeffiner31
Tuesday, Mar 16, 1976
50 years old
1975: mookyb75
Sunday, Mar 16, 1975
51 years old
1972: ja-six
Thursday, Mar 16, 1972
54 years old
1971: FastTravis01
Tuesday, Mar 16, 1971
55 years old
1960: millsvalencia
Wednesday, Mar 16, 1960
66 years old
1951: jbwilj
Friday, Mar 16, 1951
75 years old
1950: casper
Thursday, Mar 16, 1950
76 years old
1946: SHERRY1646
Saturday, Mar 16, 1946
80 years old
1944: Miss Barbara
Thursday, Mar 16, 1944
82 years old
1944: Nothingnew1944
Thursday, Mar 16, 1944
82 years old
1936: margaret VanFau
Monday, Mar 16, 1936
90 years old
: KAL035
(year not provided)
: mary2001
(year not provided)
: Deanne
(year not provided)
: mlgreenwood41
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2025: A fire breaks out in a nightclub in Kočani, North Macedonia, killing at least 59 people and injuring 155 others.
2022: A 7.4-magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of Fukushima, Japan, killing 4 people and injuring 225.
2022: Mariupol theatre airstrike during the siege of Mariupol.
2021: Atlanta spa shootings: Eight people are killed and one is injured in a trio of shootings at spas in and near Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. A suspect is arrested the same day.
2020: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 2,997.10, the single largest point drop in history and the second-largest percentage drop ever at 12.93%, an even greater crash than Black Monday (1929). This follows the U.S. Federal Reserve announcing that it will cut its target interest rate to 0-0.25%.
2016: A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 30.
2016: Two suicide bombers detonate their explosives at a mosque during morning prayer on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing 24 and injuring 18.
2014: Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
2012: Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first batter in history to score 100 centuries in international cricket.
2010: The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed in a fire.
2005: Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.
2003: American activist Rachel Corrie is killed in Rafah by being run over by an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer while trying to obstruct the demolition of a home.
2001: A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China kill 108 people and injure 38 others, the biggest mass murder in China in decades.
1995: Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.
1988: Iran-Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
1988: Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people.
1988: The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded.
1985: Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut; he is not released until December 1991.
1984: William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, is kidnapped by Hezbollah; he later dies in captivity.
1979: Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ending the war.
1978: Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped; he is later murdered by his captors.
1978: A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73.
1978: Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.
1977: Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
1969: A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155.
1968: Vietnam War: My Lai massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers are killed by American troops.
1966: Launch of Gemini 8 with astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott. It would perform the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit.
1962: Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 disappears in the western Pacific Ocean with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
1945: World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persist.
1945: Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers, resulting in at least 4,000 deaths.
1941: Operation Appearance takes place to re-establish British Somaliland
1939: From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
1936: Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
1935: Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm itself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
1926: History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
1925: An earthquake (measuring around 7.0 magnitude) occurs in Dali, China, killing an estimated 5,000 people.
1924: In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
1918: Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the Whites execute 70-100 capitulated Reds.
1916: The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US-Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
1898: In Melbourne, the representatives of five colonies adopt a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
1872: The Wanderers F.C. win the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1-0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
1815: Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.
1802: The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.
1792: King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.
1696: The Dutch bombard Givet during the Nine Years' War.
1660: The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new Convention Parliament.
1621: Samoset, an Abenaki, visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
1355: Amidst the Red Turban Rebellions, Han Lin'er, a claimed descendant of Emperor Huizong of Song, is proclaimed emperor of the restored Song dynasty in Bozhou.
1244: Over 200 Cathars who refuse to recant are burnt to death after the Fall of Montségur.
1190: Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.
445: Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III is assassinated while practising on the Campus Martius on behalf of Petronius Maximus.
597 BC: The first siege of Jerusalem by the Neo-Babylonian Empire ends with the city surrendering to king Nebuchadnezzar II.

Births On This Day

2001: Kyle Hamilton, American football player
2000: Jalen Smith, American basketball player
1999: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Canadian baseball player
1997: Dominic Calvert-Lewin, English footballer
1997: Florian Neuhaus, German footballer
1997: Tyrel Jackson Williams, American actor
1996: Ajiona Alexus, American actress and singer
1996: Ivan Toney, English footballer
1995: Inga Janulevičiūtė, Lithuanian figure skater
1994: Camilo, Colombian singer
1994: Joel Embiid, Cameroonian basketball player
1994: Sierra McClain, American actress
1993: George Ford, English rugby union player
1993: Marine Lorphelin, French model and beauty queen, Miss France 2013
1992: Tim Hardaway Jr., American basketball player
1992: Brett Davern, American actor
1991: Chris Boswell, American football player
1991: Reggie Bullock, American basketball player
1991: Admir Mehmedi, Swiss footballer
1991: Wolfgang Van Halen, American bassist
1990: Josh Johnson, American comedian and writer
1990: Andre Young, American basketball player
1989: Blake Griffin, American basketball player
1989: Jung So-min, South Korean actress
1989: Magalie Pottier, French racing cyclist
1989: Theo Walcott, English footballer
1988: Jhené Aiko, American singer-songwriter and rapper
1988: Jessica Gregg, Canadian speed skater
1988: Patrick Herrmann, German footballer
1988: Agustín Marchesín, Argentinian footballer
1988: Jiří Tlustý, Czech ice hockey player
1987: Fabien Lemoine, French football player
1986: Alexandra Daddario, American actress
1986: Toney Douglas, American basketball player
1986: Kenny Dykstra, American wrestler
1986: T. J. Jordan, American basketball player
1986: Boaz Solossa, Indonesian footballer
1986: Daisuke Takahashi, Japanese figure skater
1985: Teddy Atine-Venel, French athlete
1985: Eddy Lover, Panamanian singer-songwriter
1985: Aleksei Sokirskiy, Russian hammer thrower
1984: Aisling Bea, Irish comedienne and actress
1984: Levi Brown, American football player
1984: Sharon Cherop, Kenyan long-distance runner
1984: Hosea Gear, New Zealand rugby player
1984: Brandon Prust, Canadian ice hockey player
1983: Stephen Drew, American baseball player
1983: Brandon League, American baseball player
1983: Nicolas Rousseau, French road bicycle racer
1983: Tramon Williams, American football player
1982: Julia Letlow, American politician
1982: Miguel Comminges, Guadeloupean footballer
1982: Riley Cote, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1982: Jesús Del Nero, Spanish road bicycle racer
1982: Brian Wilson, American baseball player
1981: Andrew Bree, Irish swimmer
1981: Danny Brown, American rapper
1981: Curtis Granderson, American baseball player
1981: Julien Mazet, French road bicycle racer
1981: Fabiana Murer, Brazilian pole vaulter
1980: Todd Heap, American football player
1980: Felipe Reyes, Spanish basketball player
1979: Tyler Arnason, American ice hockey player
1979: Hee-seop Choi, South Korean baseball player
1979: Christina Liebherr, Swiss equestrian
1979: Rashad Moore, American football player
1979: Sébastien Ostertag, French handball player
1979: Leena Peisa, Finnish keyboard player and songwriter
1979: Andrei Stepanov, Estonian footballer
1978: Brooke Burns, American fashion model, television personality, and actress
1978: Annett Renneberg, German actress and singer
1977: Mónica Cruz, Spanish actress and dancer
1977: Thomas Rupprath, German swimmer
1976: Blu Cantrell, American singer-songwriter and producer
1976: Zhu Chen, Qatari chess Grandmaster
1976: Kim Johnsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1976: Leila Lejeune, French handballer
1976: Susanne Ljungskog, Swedish cyclist
1976: Abraham Núñez, Dominican baseball player
1975: Luciano Castro, Argentine actor
1975: Sienna Guillory, English model and actress
1975: Lionel Torres, French archer
1974: Georgios Anatolakis, Greek footballer and politician
1974: Anne Charrier, French actress
1974: Heath Streak, Zimbabwean cricketer (died 2023)
1973: Tim Kang, American actor
1973: Andrey Mizurov, Kazakhstani road bicycle racer
1973: Vonda Ward, American boxer
1972: Ismaïl Sghyr, French-Moroccan long-distance runner
1971: Greg Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2019)
1971: Alan Tudyk, American actor
1970: Joakim Berg, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969: Judah Friedlander, American comedian and actor
1969: Ottis Gibson, Barbadian cricketer and coach
1969: Alina Ivanova, Russian athlete
1969: Evangelos Koronios, Greek basketball player and coach
1967: Tracy Bonham, American singer and violinist
1967: John Darnielle, American musician and novelist
1967: Lauren Graham, American actress and producer
1967: Ronnie McCoury, American bluegrass mandolin player, singer and songwriter
1967: Heidi Zurbriggen, Swiss alpine skier
1966: H.P. Baxxter, German musician
1966: Chrissy Redden, Canadian cross-country cyclist
1965: Steve Armstrong, American wrestler
1965: Sergei Bazarevich, Russian basketball player and coach
1965: Cindy Brown, American basketball player
1965: Mark Carney, Canadian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Canada
1965: Cristiana Reali, Italian-Brazilian actress
1964: Patty Griffin, American singer-songwriter
1964: Jaclyn Jose, Filipino actress (died 2024)
1964: Pascal Richard, Swiss racing cyclist
1964: Gore Verbinski, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1963: Jerome Flynn, English actor and singer
1963: Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor and singer (died 2002)
1962: Franck Fréon, French race car driver
1962: Liliane Gaschet, French athlete
1961: Todd McFarlane, Canadian author, illustrator, and businessman, founded McFarlane Toys
1960: Jenny Eclair, English comedian, actress and screenwriter
1960: John Hemming, English businessman and politician
1960: Duane Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1959: Michael J. Bloomfield, American astronaut
1959: Sebastian Currier, American composer and educator
1959: Greg Dyer, Australian cricketer
1959: Flavor Flav, American rapper and actor
1959: Charles Hudson, American baseball player
1959: Steve Marker, American musician
1959: Jens Stoltenberg, Norwegian economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Norway, 13th Secretary General of NATO
1959: Scott L. Schwartz, American actor stuntman and wrestler (died 2024)
1958: Jorge Ramos, Mexican-American journalist and author
1958: Phillip Wilcher, Australian pianist and composer
1958: Kate Worley, American author (died 2004)
1956: Ozzie Newsome, American football player and executive
1956: Clifton Powell, American actor, director, and producer
1956: Yoriko Shono, Japanese writer
1956: Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Swiss lawyer and politician
1955: Svetlana Alexeeva, Russian ice dancer and coach
1955: Rimantas Astrauskas, Lithuanian physicist
1955: Bruno Barreto, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
1955: Linda Lepomme, Belgian actress and singer
1955: Bob Ley, American sports anchor and reporter
1955: Andy Scott, Canadian politician (died 2013)
1955: Jiro Watanabe, Japanese boxer
1954: David Heath, English politician
1954: Colin Ireland, English serial killer (died 2012)
1954: Jimmy Nail, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1954: Tim O'Brien, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954: Dav Whatmore, Sri Lankan-Australian cricketer and coach
1954: Nancy Wilson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress
1953: Claus Peter Flor, German conductor
1953: Isabelle Huppert, French actress
1953: Rainer Knaak, German chess player
1953: Richard Stallman, American computer scientist and programmer
1951: Ray Benson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1951: Abdelmajid Bourebbou, Algerian footballer
1951: Oddvar Brå, Norwegian skier
1951: Joe DeLamielleure, American football player
1951: Alexandre Gonzalez, French long-distance runner
1950: Peter Forster, English bishop
1950: Kate Nelligan, Canadian actress
1950: Edhem Šljivo, Bosnian footballer
1949: Erik Estrada, American actor
1949: Victor Garber, Canadian actor and singer
1949: Elliott Murphy, American-French singer-songwriter and journalist
1948: Michael Owen Bruce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948: Richard Desjardins, Canadian singer-songwriter and director
1948: Catherine Quéré, French politician
1946: Sigmund Groven, Norwegian harmonica player and composer
1946: Mary Kaldor, English economist and academic
1946: J. Z. Knight, American New Age teacher and author
1946: Guesch Patti, French singer
1945: Douglas Ahlstedt, American tenor (died 2023)
1944: Andrew S. Tanenbaum, American computer scientist and academic
1943: Álvaro de Soto, Peruvian diplomat
1943: Ursula Goodenough, American biologist, zoologist, and author
1943: Hans Heyer, German race car driver
1943: Harry van Hoof, Dutch conductor, composer, and music arranger (died 2024)
1942: Roger Crozier, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 1996)
1942: Jean-Pierre Schosteck, French politician
1942: James Soong, Chinese-Taiwanese politician, Governor of Taiwan Province
1942: Gijs van Lennep, Dutch race car driver
1942: Jerry Jeff Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)
1941: Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2018)
1941: Robert Guéï, Ivorian soldier and politician, 3rd President of Côte d'Ivoire (died 2002)
1941: Chuck Woolery, American game show host and television personality (died 2024)
1940: Vagif Mustafazadeh, Azerbaijani pianist and composer (died 1979)
1940: Jan Pronk, Dutch academic and politician, Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
1940: Keith Rowe, English guitarist
1940: Kaak, Indian cartoonist (died 2025)
1939: Yvon Côté, Canadian politician and teacher
1938: Carlos Bilardo, Argentinian footballer and manager
1937: David Frith, English historian, journalist, and author
1937: Attilio Nicora, Italian cardinal (died 2017)
1937: Amos Tversky, Israeli-American psychologist and academic (died 1996)
1936: Raymond Vahan Damadian, Armenian-American inventor, invented the MRI (died 2022)
1936: Fred Neil, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001)
1935: Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano and actress (died 2022)
1935: Pepe Cáceres, Colombian bullfighter (died 1987)
1934: Jean Cournoyer, Canadian politician
1934: Ray Hnatyshyn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Governor General of Canada (died 2002)
1934: Roger Norrington, English violinist and conductor (died 2025)
1934: Howard Schnellenberger, American football player and coach (died 2021)
1933: Keith Critchlow, English architect and academic, co-founded Temenos Academy (died 2020)
1933: Sanford I. Weill, American banker, financier, and philanthropist
1932: Don Blasingame, American baseball player and manager (died 2005)
1932: Walter Cunningham, American astronaut (died 2023)
1932: Kurt Diemberger, Austrian mountaineer and author
1932: Herbert Marx, Canadian politician (died 2020)
1931: Augusto Boal, Brazilian theatre director, writer and politician (died 2009)
1931: Alan Heyman, American-South Korean musicologist and composer (died 2014)
1931: Anthony Kenny, English philosopher and academic
1931: John Munro, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Canadian Minister of Labour (died 2003)
1930: Tommy Flanagan, American pianist and composer (died 2001)
1930: Minoru Miki, Japanese composer (died 2011)
1929: Betty Johnson, American singer (died 2022)
1929: Tihomir Novakov, Serbian-American physicist and academic (died 2015)
1929: Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress (died 2023)
1928: Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (died 2010)
1928: Christa Ludwig, German opera singer (died 2021)
1927: Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and cosmonaut (died 1967)
1927: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2003)
1927: Olga San Juan, American actress and dancer (died 2009)
1926: Charles Goodell, American lawyer and politician (died 1987)
1926: Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (died 2017)
1925: Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (died 2014)
1925: Mary Hinkson, American dancer and choreographer (died 2014)
1925: Ervin Kassai, Hungarian basketball player and referee (died 2012)
1925: Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist and engineer (died 2004)
1923: Heinz Wallberg, German conductor (died 2004)
1922: Harding Lemay, American screenwriter and playwright (died 2018)
1920: John Addison, English-American soldier and composer (died 1998)
1920: Sid Fleischman, American author and screenwriter (died 2010)
1920: Traudl Junge, German secretary (died 2002)
1920: Leo McKern, Australian-English actor (died 2002)
1918: Frederick Reines, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
1918: Aldo van Eyck, Dutch architect (died 1999)
1917: Mehrdad Pahlbod, Iranian politician (died 2018)
1917: Laure Pillay, Mauritian lawyer and jurist (died 2017)
1917: Louis C. Wyman, American lawyer and politician (died 2002)
1916: Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (died 2004)
1916: Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese engineer and businessman (died 2010)
1915: Kunihiko Kodaira, Japanese mathematician (died 1997)
1913: Rémy Raffalli, French soldier (died 1952)
1912: Pat Nixon, American teacher, First Lady of the United States (died 1993)
1911: Pierre Harmel, Belgian lawyer and diplomat, Prime Minister of Belgium (died 2009)
1911: Josef Mengele, German physician, captain and mass-murderer (died 1979)
1911: Philip Pavia, American painter and sculptor (died 2005)
1910: Aladár Gerevich, Hungarian fencer (died 1991)
1910: Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian-English cricketer and politician, 8th Nawab of Pataudi (died 1952)
1909: Don Raye, American songwriter (died 1985)
1908: René Daumal, French author and poet (died 1944)
1908: Ernest Rogez, French water polo player (died 1986)
1908: Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1966)
1906: Francisco Ayala, Spanish sociologist, author, and translator (died 2009)
1906: Maurice Turnbull, Welsh-English cricketer and rugby player (died 1944)
1906: Lloyd Waner, American baseball player (died 1982)
1906: Henny Youngman, English-American violinist and comedian (died 1998)
1904: Buddy Myer, American baseball player (died 1974)
1903: Mike Mansfield, American politician and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (died 2001)
1901: Alexis Chantraine, Belgian footballer (died 1987)
1900: Cyril Hume, American novelist and screenwriter (died 1966)
1900: Mencha Karnicheva, Macedonian revolutionary and assassin (died 1964)
1897: Antonio Donghi, Italian painter (died 1963)
1897: Conrad Nagel, American actor (died 1970)
1895: Ernest Labrousse, French historian (died 1988)
1892: César Vallejo, Peruvian poet (died 1938)
1889: Reggie Walker, South African athlete (died 1951)
1887: Emilio Lunghi, Italian runner (died 1925)
1887: S. Stillman Berry, American marine zoologist (1984)
1886: Herbert Lindström, Swedish tug of war player (died 1951)
1885: Giacomo Benvenuti, Italian composer and musicologist (died 1943)
1885: Sydney Chaplin, English actor (died 1965)
1884: Eric P. Kelly, American journalist and author (died 1960)
1884: J. Alfred Tanner, Finnish singer and songwriter (died 1927)
1883: Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (died 1958)
1882: James Lightbody, American runner (died 1953)
1881: Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer (died 1947)
1878: Clemens August Graf von Galen, German cardinal (died 1946)
1878: Paul Jouve, French painter (died 1973)
1877: Léo-Ernest Ouimet, Canadian director and producer (died 1972)
1874: Frédéric François-Marsal, French prime minister (died 1958)
1871: Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (died 1951)
1871: Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler (died 1932)
1869: Willy Burmester, German violinist (died 1933)
1865: Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager (died 1953)
1859: Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and inventor (died 1906)
1857: Charles Harding Firth, English historian (died 1936)
1856: Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (died 1879)
1851: Otto Bardenhewer, German theologian (died 1935)
1851: Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (died 1931)
1848: Axel Heiberg, Norwegian financier and diplomat (died 1932)
1846: Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician and academic (died 1927)
1846: Rebecca Cole, American physician and social reformer (died 1922)
1846: Jurgis Bielinis, Lithuanian book smuggler (died 1918)
1845: Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (died 1928)
1840: Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (died 1931)
1840: Georg von der Gabelentz, German linguist and sinologist (died 1893)
1839: Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1907)
1839: John Butler Yeats, Irish painter (died 1922)
1836: Andrew Smith Hallidie, English-American engineer and inventor (died 1900)
1834: James Hector, Scottish geologist and surgeon (died 1907)
1828: Émile Deshayes de Marcère, French politician (died 1918)
1825: Camilo Castelo Branco, Portuguese writer (died 1890)
1823: William Henry Monk, English organist and composer (died 1889)
1822: Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (died 1899)
1822: John Pope, American general (died 1892)
1821: Eduard Heine, German mathematician and academic (died 1881)
1820: Enrico Tamberlik, Italian tenor (died 1889)
1819: José Paranhos, Brazilian politician (died 1880)
1813: Gaëtan de Rochebouët, French prime minister (died 1899)
1808: Hannah T. King, British-born American writer and pioneer (died 1886)
1806: Félix De Vigne, Belgian painter (died 1862)
1805: Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (died 1861)
1800: Emperor Ninkō of Japan (died 1846)
1799: Anna Atkins, English botanist and photographer (died 1871)
1797: Alaric Alexander Watts, English poet and journalist (died 1864)
1794: Ami Boué, Austrian geologist and ethnographer (died 1881)
1789: Francis Rawdon Chesney, English general and explorer (died 1872)
1789: Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (died 1854)
1776: Johan Gijsbert Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1845)
1774: Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer (died 1814)
1773: Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (died 1836)
1771: Antoine-Jean Gros, French painter (died 1835)
1766: Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer (died 1875)
1760: Johann Heinrich Meyer, Swiss painter and writer (died 1832)
1753: François Amédée Doppet, French general (died 1799)
1751: James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States (died 1836)
1750: Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (died 1848)
1744: Nicolas-Germain Léonard, Guadeloupean poet and novelist (died 1793)
1741: Carlo Amoretti, Italian scientist (died 1816)
1729: Maria Louise Albertine (died 1818)
1701: Daniel Lorenz Salthenius, Swedish theologian (died 1750)
1693: Malhar Rao Holkar, Indian nobleman (died 1766)
1687: Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort of Frederick William I (died 1757)
1673: Jean Bouhier, French jurist and scholar (died 1746)
1670: François de Franquetot de Coigny, French general (died 1759)
1654: Andreas Acoluthus, German scholar (died 1704)
1638: François Crépieul, Jesuit missionary (died 1702)
1631: René Le Bossu, French literary critic (died 1680)
1621: Georg Neumark, German poet and composer of hymns (died 1681)
1609: Michael Franck, German poet and composer of hymns (died 1667)
1609: Agostino Mitelli, Italian painter (died 1660)
1596: Ebba Brahe, Swedish countess (died 1674)
1590: Ii Naotaka, Japanese daimyō (died 1659)
1585: Gerbrand Bredero, Dutch poet and playwright (died 1618)
1581: Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and poet (died 1647)
1559: Amar Singh I, successor of Maharana Pratap of Mewar (died 1620)
1473: Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (died 1541)
1465: Kunigunde of Austria, Duchess of Bavaria (died 1520)
1445: Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg, Swiss priest and theologian (died 1510)
1399: The Xuande Emperor, ruler of Ming China (died 1435)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Émilie Dequenne, Belgian actress (born 1981)
2025: Jesse Colin Young, American singer and songwriter (born 1941)
2019: Dick Dale, American surf-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter (born 1937)
2018: Louise Slaughter, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (born 1929)
2017: Lewis Rowland, American neurologist (born 1925)
2016: Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian-American mathematician and poet (born 1924)
2016: Frank Sinatra Jr., American singer and actor (born 1944)
2015: Jack Haley, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1964)
2015: Don Robertson, American pianist and composer (born 1922)
2014: Gary Bettenhausen, American race car driver (born 1941)
2014: Donald Crothers, American chemist and academic (born 1937)
2014: Yulisa Pat Amadu Maddy, Sierra Leonean author, poet, and playwright (born 1936)
2014: Steve Moore, English author and illustrator (born 1949)
2014: Alexander Pochinok, Russian economist and politician (born 1958)
2013: Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (born 1939)
2013: José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Argentinian economist and politician, Minister of Economy of Argentina (born 1925)
2013: Yadier Pedroso, Cuban pitcher (born 1986)
2013: Ruchoma Shain, American-born teacher and author (born 1914)
2013: Marina Solodkin, Russian-Israeli academic and politician (born 1952)
2013: Frank Thornton, English actor (born 1921)
2012: Donald E. Hillman, American colonel and pilot (born 1918)
2012: Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, philosopher, and critic (born 1924)
2011: Richard Wirthlin, American religious leader (born 1931)
2010: Ksenija Pajčin, Serbian singer, dancer and model (born 1977)
2008: Bill Brown, Australian cricketer and soldier (born 1912)
2008: Ivan Dixon, American actor, director, and producer (born 1931)
2008: Gary Hart, American wrestler and manager (born 1942)
2007: Manjural Islam Rana, Bangladeshi cricketer (born 1984)
2005: Todd Bell, American football player (born 1958)
2005: Ralph Erskine, English architect, designed The London Ark (born 1914)
2005: Dick Radatz, American baseball player (born 1937)
2004: Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (born 1910)
2003: Rachel Corrie, American activist (born 1979)
2003: Ronald Ferguson, English captain, polo player, and manager (born 1931)
2001: Bob Wollek, French race car driver (born 1943)
2000: Thomas Ferebee, American colonel and pilot (born 1918)
2000: Pavel Prudnikau, Belarusian poet and author (born 1911)
2000: Michael Starr, Canadian judge and politician, 16th Canadian Minister of Labour (born 1910)
2000: Carlos Velázquez, Puerto Rican pitcher (born 1948)
1999: Gratien Gélinas, Canadian actor, director, and playwright (born 1909)
1998: Derek Barton, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
1998: Esther Bubley, American photographer (born 1921)
1994: Eric Show, American baseball player (born 1956)
1992: Yves Rocard, French physicist and engineer (born 1903)
1991: Chris Austin, American country singer (born 1964)
1991: Jean Bellette, Australian artist (born 1908)
1990: Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1898)
1988: Jigger Statz, American baseball player (born 1897)
1988: Mickey Thompson, American race car driver (born 1928)
1985: Roger Sessions, American composer, critic, and educator (born 1896)
1985: Eddie Shore, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1902)
1983: Arthur Godfrey, American actor and television host (born 1903)
1983: Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician (born 1907)
1979: Jean Monnet, French economist and politician (born 1888)
1977: Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese lawyer and politician (born 1917)
1975: T-Bone Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1910)
1972: Pie Traynor, American baseball player (born 1898)
1971: Bebe Daniels, American actress (born 1901)
1971: Thomas E. Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of New York (born 1902)
1970: Tammi Terrell, American singer (born 1945)
1968: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian-American pianist and composer (born 1895)
1968: Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and translator (born 1907)
1967: Thomas MacGreevy, Irish poet (born 1893)
1965: Alice Herz, German activist (born 1882)
1963: Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer (born 1874)
1961: Chen Geng, Chinese general and politician (born 1903)
1961: Václav Talich, Czech violinist and conductor (born 1883)
1958: Leon Cadore, American baseball player (born 1891)
1957: Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (born 1876)
1955: Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter and illustrator (born 1914)
1945: Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (born 1874)
1940: Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1858)
1937: Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1863)
1937: Alexander von Staël-Holstein, Estonian orientalist and sinologist (born 1877)
1936: Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (born 1864)
1935: John Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1876)
1935: Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-Danish chess player (born 1886)
1930: Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (born 1870)
1925: August von Wassermann, German bacteriologist and hygienist (born 1866)
1914: Gaston Calmette, French journalist (born 1858)
1914: Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1843)
1914: John Murray, Scottish oceanographer, biologist, and limnologist (born 1841)
1912: Max Burckhard, Austrian theater director (born 1854)
1907: John O'Leary, Irish republican and journalist (born 1830)
1903: Roy Bean, American justice of the peace (born 1825)
1899: Joseph Medill, American journalist and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (born 1823)
1898: Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (born 1872)
1892: Samuel F. Miller, American politician (born 1827)
1888: Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (born 1801)
1884: Art Croft, American baseball player (born 1855)
1868: David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (born 1814)
1841: Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist (born 1791)
1838: Nathaniel Bowditch, American ocean navigator and mathematician (born 1773)
1804: Henrik Gabriel Porthan, Finnish professor and historian (born 1739)
1747: Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (born 1690)
1738: George Bähr, German architect, designed the Dresden Frauenkirche (born 1666)
1737: Benjamin Wadsworth, American minister and academic (born 1670)
1736: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (born 1710)
1721: James Craggs the Elder, English politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (born 1657)
1698: Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Danish countess, author of Jammers Minde (born 1621)
1679: John Leverett, English general and politician, 19th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (born 1616)
1649: Jean de Brébeuf, French-Canadian missionary and saint (born 1593)
1559: Anthony St. Leger, English-Irish politician Lord Deputy of Ireland (born 1496)
1485: Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (born 1456)
1457: Ladislaus Hunyadi, Hungarian politician (born 1433)
1410: John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, French-English admiral and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1373)
1405: Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (born 1350)
1279: Jeanne of Dammartin, Queen consort of Castile and León (born 1216)
1185: Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (born 1161)
1181: Henry I, Count of Champagne
1072: Adalbert of Hamburg, German archbishop (born 1000)
1021: Heribert of Cologne, German archbishop and saint (born 970)
943: Pi Guangye, Chinese official and chancellor (born 877)
933: Takin al-Khazari, Egyptian commander and politician, Abbasid Governor of Egypt
842: Xiao Mian, chancellor of the Tang dynasty
455: Valentinian III, Roman emperor (assassinated; b. 419)
455: Heraclius, Roman courtier (primicerius sacri cubiculi )
AD 37: Tiberius, Roman emperor (born 42 BC)

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