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March 20

March 20 is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 286 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2026
Illinois woman claims $536 million lottery prize, first Mega Millions jackpot claimed in 2026. The Illinois Lottery announced on Wednesday that one Illinois woman claimed a $536 million Mega Millions jackpot this week, the first Mega Millions jackpot claimed in 2026.
2025
Lotto Texas $83.5 million jackpot winner says she was denied payout. A woman who came forward to claim an $83.5 million Lotto Texas jackpot this week says she was denied a payout while the win undergoes a state investigation.
2024
Canadian man's $70 million Lotto Max win is "bittersweet" after wife's passing. It was a "bittersweet" moment when one Canadian lottery player found out he won a $70 million (US$51.6 million) Lotto Max jackpot, which he is using to honor his late wife.
2023
Florida Lottery updates Fantasy 5, adds additional daily drawing. The Florida Lottery updated its Fantasy 5 draw game today, which includes a new daily drawing added to the schedule.
2022
New UK National Lottery operator wants to cut ticket prices in half. Allwyn Entertainment, which was selected to replace Camelot as the UK National Lottery's new operator after nearly three decades, revealed intentions to halve ticket prices and reduce the emphasis on scratch-off games.
2020
China's lottery now operating at 2/3 capacity of pre-virus shutdown. China's state-run lottery operations are now working at about two-thirds of their capacity before they were shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020
Missouri Lottery sales drop amid coronavirus response. With Missouri already losing tax revenue from the shutdown of the state's casinos, sales of lottery tickets have taken a nosedive as people stay home amid a pandemic.
2019
Co-workers sue British Columbia man who won $1 million lottery prize. Four co-workers are suing a Surrey, British Columbia, man for what they claim is their fair share of a $1 million lottery prize.
2019
Alabama senator announces lottery plan. Alabama State Sen. Jim McClendon of Springville announced this morning he is introducing legislation to set up an Alabama lottery.
2019
New Jersey Lottery Million Dollar Replay $50,000 prize to be reselected. The New Jersey Lottery held its Million Dollar Replay Grand Prize Drawing on March 8, 2019 at Asbury Park Convention Hall. A $50,000 prize winner from that drawing has been ruled ineligible and the Lottery will reselect that prize winner on March 20, 2019.
2018
Minnesota family wins first Lotto America jackpot worth $22.8 million. A family from Minnesota won the first jackpot prize in the multi-state Lotto America game that began just four months ago.
2017
Michigan teen lottery winner giving most of $500K to parents. A Michigan teenager who hit a $500,000 jackpot is giving nearly all of it to his parents.
2017
Losing N.J. lottery tickets become $1.5M for 15 lucky winners. The luck of the Irish was on the side of 15 people who turned losing New Jersey Lottery tickets into big bucks Friday.
2015
New York real estate broker claims $126M Mega Millions jackpot. An upstate New York county of 76,000 people has gotten its second $100 million-plus Mega Millions jackpot winner in three months.
2015
Illinois lottery director calls it quits. Late Wednesday Illinois Lottery Director Michael Jones sent a brief memo to his Lottery colleagues that said his job there "is done."
2014
Massachusetts Lottery names new executive director. Lynn native Beth Bresnahan, 38, is the second woman and youngest person to head the Massachusetts State Lottery, which has 400 employees and 7,400 agents statewide.
2014
NC woman scratches off $1M winner on first lottery ticket. A Wilmington, North Carolina, woman is a lot richer after buying her first lottery ticket ever.
2013
Arizona Lottery winners could soon remain anonymous. If House Bill 2082 makes it through the Arizona Senate, jackpot winners would be able to remain anonymous.
2013
Oklahoma lottery making strides to increase prizes. Oklahoma lottery officials voted Tuesday to reduce the amount of money paid to nearly 2,000 retailers that sell lottery tickets to increase prizes in "almost a last resort" to boost sales.
2013
N.J. lottery winners would get one year of anonymity under bill sent to governor. New Jersey lottery winners would have the option of staying anonymous for one year under a bill that is now headed to Gov. Chris Christie's desk.
2013
Former SC lottery employee accused of embezzling more than $200,000. A former employee of the South Carolina Education Lottery has been indicted by a Richland County grand jury on charges he embezzled more than $200,000 from the lottery, according to Attorney General Alan Wilson.
2008
Lottery winner demonstrates the right way to claim a big jackpot. The winner of an $81 million lottery prize picked up her check from the Illinois Lottery Wednesday, after three months of careful planning with a team of specialists.
2007
S. Jersey couple claims $87 million share of jackpot. A Cape May County, New Jersey, couple who won half of a record $390 million lottery jackpot claimed their prize yesterday, almost two weeks after the drawing.
2007
Lottery winner from Oregon more than makes up for Enron loss. One of the Portland General Electric workers whose retirement hopes were dashed by the collapse of Enron has replenished his assets -- by about $59 million.
2007
NJ couple claims other half of record lottery jackpot. A New Jersey couple claimed half of the record $390 million Mega Millions jackpot Monday and said they are retired -- effective immediately.
2006
Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $101 million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $101 million, with a cash option of $47.9 million.
2006
Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $68 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $68 million Saturday.
2006
Florida Lotto jackpot rolls to $10 million. The Florida Lottery announced that the Saturday, March 18, Florida Lotto drawing resulted in a rollover, producing an estimated $10 million jackpot for the next drawing.
2006
Texas Pick 3 is state's top moneymaker. Lotto Texas, which is awaiting its third major overhaul in five years, has been surpassed by Pick 3 as the top numbers game.
2006
Illinois Lottery hires Bernie Mac. Bernie Mac is receiving $500,000 for about 2-1/2 days of work endorsing a new state lottery game in what lottery officials are calling a "phenomenal deal" because of the success of his television show.
2006
Fight over lottery's legality returns to N.C. court. The North Carolina Education Lottery will have to get past one more challenge before the first tickets are sold March 30.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$977 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2024
2.$698.6 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2024
3.$562.1 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2019
4.$443.3 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2025
5.$377 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2018
6.$324 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 21, 2025
7.$272 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 21, 2023
8.$260 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2013
9.$244 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2011
10.$241 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2012
11.€198 Million
US$214.49 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 21, 2025
12.$205.3 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2021
13.€175.34 Million
US$193.15 Million
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2022
14.€133 Million
US$187.81 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 25, 2011
15.€137.08 Million
US$158.54 Million
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2026
16.$157.1 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 21, 2022
17.$156.2 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2017
18.€124.27 Million
US$148.24 Million
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2021
19.€116.07 Million
US$142.57 Million
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2018
20.€123.02 Million
US$140.02 Million
Draw Date
Mar 21, 2019
21.$140 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 21, 2020
21.$140 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 21, 2017
23.€100 Million
US$129.6 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2013
24.$123.1 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 21, 2026
25.$122 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 23, 2021

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991
Wednesday, Mar 20, 1991
35 years old
1990
Tuesday, Mar 20, 1990
36 years old
1989
Monday, Mar 20, 1989
37 years old
1977
Sunday, Mar 20, 1977
49 years old
1977
Sunday, Mar 20, 1977
49 years old
1967
Monday, Mar 20, 1967
59 years old
1966
Sunday, Mar 20, 1966
60 years old
1959
Friday, Mar 20, 1959
67 years old
1959
Friday, Mar 20, 1959
67 years old
1958
Thursday, Mar 20, 1958
68 years old
1957
Wednesday, Mar 20, 1957
69 years old
1955
Sunday, Mar 20, 1955
71 years old
1954
Saturday, Mar 20, 1954
72 years old
1954
Saturday, Mar 20, 1954
72 years old
1954
Saturday, Mar 20, 1954
72 years old
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2021
La Plume noire, an anarchist bookstore in Lyon, is targeted by an attack of the far-right, provoking a shock in Lyon's far-left circles.
2019
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is sworn in as acting president of Kazakhstan, following the resignation of long-time president Nursultan Nazarbayev.
2015
A solar eclipse, equinox, and a supermoon all occur on the same day.
2015
Syrian civil war: The Siege of Kobanî is broken by the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Free Syrian Army (FSA), marking a turning point in the Rojava-Islamist conflict.
2014
Four suspected Taliban members attack the Kabul Serena Hotel, killing at least nine people.
2012
At least 52 people are killed and more than 250 injured in a wave of terror attacks across ten cities in Iraq.
2010
Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland begins eruptions that would last for three months, heavily disrupting air travel in Europe.
2006
Over 150 Chadian soldiers are killed in eastern Chad by members of the rebel UFDC. The rebel movement sought to overthrow Chadian president Idriss Déby.
2003
Iraq War: The United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland begin an invasion of Iraq.
2000
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after murdering Georgia sheriff's deputy Ricky Kinchen and critically wounding Deputy Aldranon English.
1999
Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
1995
The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo carries out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, killing 14 and wounding over 6,200 people.
1993
The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland.
1990
Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.
1988
Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.
1987
The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
1985
Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
1972
The Troubles: The first car bombing by the Provisional IRA in Belfast kills seven people and injures 148 others in Northern Ireland.
1969
A United Arab airlines (now Egyptair) Ilyushin Il-18 crashes at Aswan international Airport, killing 100 people.
1964
The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
1956
Tunisia gains independence from France.
1952
The US Senate ratifies the Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan.
1951
Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.
1948
With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.
1942
World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
1933
Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler orders the creation of Dachau concentration camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appoints Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.
1926
Chiang Kai-shek initiates a purge of communist elements within the National Revolutionary Army in Guangzhou.
1923
The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
1922
The USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
1921
The Upper Silesia plebiscite, mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland, is held.
1916
Albert Einstein submits his paper, "The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity", which establishes his general theory of relativity, to the journal Annalen der Physik.
1914
In the Curragh incident, over 100 British Army officers threaten to resign if ordered to march against the Ulster Volunteers.
1913
Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
1903
The first of a series of auctions of sheep farming land in southern Patagonia takes place impacting established settlers.
1896
With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
1890
Chancellor of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
1888
The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
1883
The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
1861
An earthquake destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
1854
The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin, US.
1852
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
1848
German revolutions of 1848-49: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.
1815
After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.
1760
The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
1616
Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.
1602
The Dutch East India Company is established.
1600
The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598-1599).
1206
Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.

Births On This Day

2003
Cooper Hoffman, American actor
2002
Jahmyr Gibbs, American football player
2001
Trevor Zegras, American ice hockey player
2000
Hyunjin, South Korean rapper
1995
Kei, South Korean singer
1995
Nick Paul, Canadian ice hockey player
1993
Fabian Fahl, German politician
1993
JaKarr Sampson, American basketball player
1992
Justin Faulk, American ice hockey player
1991
Mattia Destro, Italian footballer
1991
Michał Kucharczyk, Polish footballer
1991
Nick Leddy, American ice hockey player
1990
Blake Ferguson, Australian rugby league player
1990
Brad Hand, American baseball player
1990
Marcos Rojo, Argentine footballer
1989
Xavier Dolan, Canadian actor and director
1989
Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi cricketer
1987
Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian footballer
1987
Jon Brockman, American basketball player
1987
Jô, Brazilian footballer
1987
Pedro Ken, Brazilian footballer
1987
Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player
1986
Dean Geyer, South African-Australian singer-songwriter and actor
1986
Julián Magallanes, Argentinian footballer
1986
Román Torres, Panamanian footballer
1985
Morgan Amalfitano, French footballer
1985
Ronnie Brewer, American basketball player
1985
Nicolas Lombaerts, Belgian footballer
1984
Vikram Banerjee, English cricketer
1984
Valtteri Filppula, Finnish ice hockey player
1984
IJustine, American YouTuber
1984
Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
1983
Carolina Padrón, Venezuelan journalist
1983
Jenni Vartiainen, Finnish singer
1982
Terrence Duffin, Zimbabwean cricketer
1982
Tomasz Kuszczak, Polish footballer
1982
José Moreira, Portuguese footballer
1981
Ian Murray, Scottish footballer
1980
Jamal Crawford, American basketball player
1980
Robertas Javtokas, Lithuanian basketball player
1980
Michelle Snow, American basketball player
1979
Shinnosuke Abe, Japanese baseball player
1979
Freema Agyeman, English actress
1979
Daniel Cormier, American mixed martial artist
1979
Keven Mealamu, New Zealand rugby player
1978
Kevin Betsy, English-Seychelles footballer and manager
1976
Chester Bennington, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2017)
1975
Ramin Bahrani, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1975
Isolde Kostner, Italian skier
1974
Carsten Ramelow, German footballer
1973
Nicky Boje, South African cricketer
1973
Natalya Khrushcheleva, Russian runner
1973
Talal Khalifa Aljeri, Kuwaiti businessman
1972
Chilly Gonzales, Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1972
Alex Kapranos, English-Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1972
Greg Searle, English rower
1972
Marco Sejna, German footballer
1972
Cristel Vahtra, Estonian skier
1971
Manny Alexander, Dominican baseball player
1971
Touré, American journalist and author
1970
Edoardo Ballerini, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1970
Josephine Medina, Filipino Paralympic table tennis player (died 2021)
1969
Yvette Cooper, English economist and politician, former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
1969
Fabien Galthié, French rugby player
1968
A. J. Jacobs, American journalist and author
1968
Paul Merson, English footballer and manager
1968
Ultra Naté, American singer, songwriter, record producer, DJ, and promoter
1968
Ken Ono, Japanese-American mathematician
1967
Xavier Beauvois, French actor, director, and screenwriter
1967
Mookie Blaylock, American basketball player
1965
William Dalrymple, Scottish historian and author
1964
Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer-songwriter
1963
Paul Annacone, American tennis player and coach
1963
Yelena Romanova, Russian runner (died 2007)
1962
Stephen Sommers, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1961
Ingrid Arndt-Brauer, German politician
1961
Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer and manager
1961
Sara Wheeler, English author and journalist
1960
Norm Magnusson, American painter and sculptor
1960
Norbert Pohlmann, German computer scientist and academic
1960
Yuri Shargin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut
1959
Dave Beasant, English footballer and coach
1959
Mary Roach, American author
1959
Sting, American wrestler
1959
Peter Truscott, Baron Truscott, British Labour Party politician and peer
1958
Rickey Jackson, American football player
1957
David Foster, Australian woodchopper
1957
Spike Lee, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1957
Chris Wedge, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
1956
Catherine Ashton, English politician, Vice-President of the European Commission
1956
Anne Donahue, American lawyer and politician
1956
Naoto Takenaka, Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director
1955
Nina Kiriki Hoffman, American author
1955
Ian Moss, Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter
1955
Mariya Takeuchi, Japanese singer-songwriter
1954
Mike Francesa, American radio talk show host and television commentator
1954
Liana Kanelli, Greek journalist and politician
1954
Paul Mirabella, American baseball player
1953
Phil Judd, New Zealand singer-songwriter, guitarist and painter
1952
Geoff Brabham, Australian race car driver
1952
David Greenaway, English economist and academic
1949
Richard Dowden, English journalist and educator
1948
John de Lancie, American actor
1948
Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer-songwriter and producer (died 2011)
1947
John Boswell, American historian, philologist, and academic (died 1994)
1946
Douglas B. Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946
Malcolm Simmons, English motorcycle racer (died 2014)
1945
Henry Bartholomay, American soldier and pilot (died 2015)
1945
Jay Ingram, Canadian television host and author
1945
Pat Riley, American basketball player, coach and executive
1945
Tim Yeo, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health
1944
John Cameron, English composer and conductor
1944
Camille Cosby, American author, producer, and philanthropist
1944
Alan Harper, English-Irish archbishop
1943
Gerard Malanga, American poet and photographer
1943
Douglas Tompkins, American businessman, co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings (died 2015)
1943
Paul Junger Witt, American director and producer (died 2018)
1941
Pat Corrales, American baseball player and manager (died 2023)
1941
Kenji Kimihara, Japanese runner
1940
Stathis Chaitas, Greek footballer and manager
1940
Mary Ellen Mark, American photographer and journalist (died 2015)
1940
Giampiero Moretti, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded the Momo company (died 2012)
1939
Gerald Curran, American lawyer and politician (died 2013)
1939
Don Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)
1939
Walter Jakob Gehring, Swiss biologist and academic (died 2014)
1939
Brian Mulroney, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2024)
1938
Sergei Novikov, Russian mathematician and academic, winner of the Fields Medal (died 2024)
1937
Lois Lowry, American author
1937
Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2008)
1936
Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican singer, songwriter, music producer, and inventor (died 2021)
1936
Mark Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate, English lieutenant, lawyer, and judge
1935
Ted Bessell, American actor and director (died 1996)
1935
Bettye Washington Greene, American chemist (died 1995)
1934
Willie Brown, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Mayor of San Francisco
1934
David Malouf, Australian author and playwright
1933
Lateef Adegbite, Nigerian lawyer and politician (died 2012)
1933
George Altman, American baseball player
1931
Dinos Christianopoulos, Greek poet (died 2020)
1931
Rein Raamat, Estonian director and screenwriter
1930
S. Arasaratnam, Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (died 1998)
1929
William Andrew MacKay, Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2013)
1929
Germán Robles, Spanish-Mexican actor and director (died 2015)
1928
Jerome Biffle, American long jumper and coach (died 2002)
1928
James P. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (died 2013)
1928
Fred Rogers, American television host and producer (died 2003)
1927
John Joubert, South African-English composer and academic (died 2019)
1925
John Ehrlichman, American lawyer, 12th White House Counsel (died 1999)
1923
Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (died 2013)
1923
Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani journalist, author, and activist (died 2006)
1922
Larry Elgart, American saxophonist and bandleader (died 2017)
1922
Ray Goulding, American actor and screenwriter (died 1990)
1922
Carl Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2020)
1921
Usmar Ismail, Indonesian filmmaker (died 1971)
1921
Dušan Pirjevec, Slovenian historian and philosopher (died 1977)
1921
Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (died 1970)
1920
Pamela Harriman, English-American diplomat, 58th United States Ambassador to France (died 1997)
1920
Rosemary Timperley, English author and screenwriter (died 1988)
1919
Gerhard Barkhorn, German fighter ace (died 1983)
1918
Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (died 1984)
1918
Donald Featherstone, English soldier and author (died 2013)
1918
Marian McPartland, English-American pianist and composer (died 2013)
1918
Bernd Alois Zimmermann, German composer (died 1970)
1917
Vera Lynn, English singer, songwriter and actress (died 2020)
1917
Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (died 1984)
1916
Pierre Messmer, French lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 2007)
1915
Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian judge and politician, 8th President of Austria (died 2000)
1915
Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist and composer (died 1997)
1915
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1973)
1914
Wendell Corey, American actor and politician (died 1968)
1913
Nikolai Stepulov, Russian-Estonian boxer (died 1968)
1912
Ralph Hauenstein, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2016)
1911
Alfonso García Robles, Mexican lawyer and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
1910
Erwin Blask, German hammer thrower (died 1999)
1909
Elisabeth Geleerd, Dutch-American psychoanalyst (died 1969)
1908
Michael Redgrave, English actor and director (died 1985)
1907
Hugh MacLennan, Canadian author and educator (died 1990)
1906
Abraham Beame, American accountant and politician, 104th Mayor of New York City (died 2001)
1906
Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader (died 1975)
1905
Jean Galia, French rugby player and boxer (died 1949)
1904
B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and author (died 1990)
1903
Edgar Buchanan, American actor (died 1979)
1900
Amelia Chopitea Villa, Bolivia's first female physician (died 1942)
1899
Vladimír Mandl, Czechoslovak lawyer (died 1941)
1898
Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian artist (died 1954)
1897
Frank Sheed, Australian-British Catholic writer and apologist (died 1981)
1895
Fredric Wertham, German-American psychologist and author (died 1981)
1894
Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter (died 1974)
1890
Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American tenor and actor (died 1973)
1888
Amanda Clement, American baseball player, umpire, and educator (died 1971)
1885
Vernon Ransford, Australian cricketer (died 1958)
1884
Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1966)
1884
John Jensen, Australian public servant (died 1970)
1882
René Coty, French lawyer and politician, 17th President of France (died 1962)
1882
Harold Weber, American golfer (died 1933)
1879
Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (died 1960)
1876
Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1927)
1874
Börries von Münchhausen, German poet and activist (died 1945)
1870
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (died 1964)
1856
John Lavery, Irish painter (died 1941)
1856
Frederick Winslow Taylor, American tennis player and engineer (died 1915)
1851
Ismail Gasprinski, Crimean Tatar educator, publisher, and politician (died 1914)
1843
Ambrosio Flores, Filipino politician (died 1912)
1840
Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (died 1894)
1836
Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general, lawyer, and politician (died 1886)
1836
Edward Poynter, English painter, illustrator, and curator (died 1919)
1834
Charles William Eliot, American mathematician and academic (died 1926)
1831
Patrick Jennings, Northern Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (died 1897)
1831
Solomon L. Spink, American lawyer and politician (died 1881)
1828
Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian poet, playwright, and director (died 1906)
1824
Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (died 1876)
1821
Ned Buntline, American journalist, author, and publisher (died 1886)
1811
Napoleon II, French emperor (died 1832)
1811
George Caleb Bingham, American painter and politician, State Treasurer of Missouri (died 1879)
1805
Thomas Cooper, British poet (died 1892)
1800
Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, President of Costa Rica (died 1845)
1799
Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet and author (died 1839)
1796
Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (died 1862)
1771
Heinrich Clauren, German author (died 1854)
1737
Rama I, Thai king (died 1809)
1725
Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (died 1789)
1680
Emanuele d'Astorga, Italian composer (died 1736)
1639
Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat, Hetman of Ukraine (died 1709)
1615
Dara Shikoh, Indian prince (died 1659)
1612
Anne Bradstreet, Puritan American poet (died 1672)
1532
Juan de Ribera, Roman Catholic archbishop (died 1611)
1502
Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (died 1575)
1479
Ippolito d'Este, Italian cardinal (died 1520)
1477
Jerome Emser, German theologian and scholar (died 1527)
1469
Cecily of York (died 1507)
1319
Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1348)
1253
Magadu, renamed Wareru, founder of Ramanya Kingdom, renamed Hanthawady Kingdom of Pegu (died 1307)
43 BC
Ovid, Roman poet (died 17)

Deaths On This Day

2025
Eddie Jordan, Irish businessman, television personality and motorsport team owner (born 1948)
2023
John Sattler, Australian rugby league player (born 1942)
2023
Kyle White, Australian rugby league player (born 1970)
2020
Kenny Rogers, American singer (born 1938)
2019
Mary Warnock, English philosopher and writer (born 1924)
2018
C. K. Mann, a Ghanaian Highlife musician and producer (born 1936)
2017
David Rockefeller, American billionaire and philanthropist (born 1915)
2016
Anker Jørgensen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1922)
2015
Eva Burrows, Australian 13th General of The Salvation Army (born 1929)
2015
Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (born 1930)
2014
Hennie Aucamp, South African poet, author, and academic (born 1934)
2014
Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian footballer (born 1930)
2014
Tonie Nathan, American politician (born 1923)
2014
Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author (born 1915)
2013
James Herbert, English author (born 1943)
2013
George Lowe, New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (born 1924)
2013
Zillur Rahman, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, 19th President of Bangladesh (born 1929)
2012
Lincoln Hall, Australian mountaineer and author (born 1955)
2012
Noboru Ishiguro, Japanese animator and director (born 1938)
2012
Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, Polish-Israeli rabbi and author (born 1910)
2012
Jim Stynes, Irish-Australian footballer (born 1966)
2011
Johnny Pearson, English pianist, conductor, and composer (born 1925)
2010
Ai, American poet and academic (born 1947)
2010
Girija Prasad Koirala, Indian-Nepalese politician, 30th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1924)
2010
Stewart Udall, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 37th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1920)
2007
Raynald Fréchette, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1933)
2007
Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi politician, Vice President of Iraq (born 1938)
2007
Hawa Yakubu, Ghanaian politician (born 1948)
2005
Armand Lohikoski, American-Finnish director and screenwriter (born 1912)
2004
Juliana of the Netherlands (born 1909)
2004
Pierre Sévigny, Canadian colonel and politician (born 1917)
2001
Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (born 1949)
2000
Gene Eugene, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1961)
1999
Patrick Heron, British painter (born 1920)
1997
V. S. Pritchett, English short story writer, essayist, and critic (born 1900)
1994
Lewis Grizzard, American writer and humorist (born 1946)
1993
Polykarp Kusch, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
1992
Georges Delerue, French composer (born 1925)
1990
Maurice Cloche, French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1907)
1990
Lev Yashin, Russian footballer (born 1929)
1983
Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1891)
1981
Gerry Bertier, American football player (born 1953)
1978
Jacques Brugnon, French tennis player (born 1895)
1977
Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (born 1909)
1977
Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (born 1919)
1974
Chet Huntley, American journalist (born 1911)
1972
Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (born 1921)
1971
Falih Rıfkı Atay, Turkish journalist and politician (born 1894)
1969
Henri Longchambon, French politician (born 1896)
1968
Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter (born 1889)
1966
Demetrios Galanis, Greek artist (born 1879)
1966
Johnny Morrison, American baseball player (born 1895)
1965
Daniel Frank, American long jumper (born 1882)
1964
Brendan Behan, Irish republican and playwright (born 1923)
1958
Adegoke Adelabu, Nigerian merchant, journalist, and politician (born 1915)
1952
Hjalmar Väre, Finnish cyclist (born 1892)
1947
Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (born 1884)
1946
Amadeus William Grabau, American-Chinese geologist, paleontologist, and academic (born 1870)
1945
Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (born 1883)
1945
Maria Lacerda de Moura, Brazilian teacher and anarcha-feminist (born 1887)
1941
Oskar Baum, Bohemian writer (born 1883)
1940
Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (born 1860)
1933
Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (born 1900; executed)
1931
Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (born 1876)
1930
Arthur F. Andrews, American cyclist (born 1876)
1929
Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (born 1851)
1925
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (born 1859)
1918
Lewis A. Grant, American general and lawyer (born 1828)
1909
Friedrich Amelung, Estonian historian and businessman (born 1842)
1899
Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and author (born 1822)
1897
Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (born 1821)
1894
Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, journalist and politician (born 1802)
1878
Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (born 1814)
1874
Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (born 1810)
1865
Yamanami Keisuke, Japanese samurai (born 1833)
1855
Joseph Aspdin, English businessman (born 1788)
1849
James Justinian Morier, Turkish-English author and diplomat (born 1780)
1835
Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (born 1794)
1793
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1705)
1780
Benjamin Truman, English brewer and businessman (born 1699)
1746
Nicolas de Largillière, French painter and academic (born 1656)
1730
Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (born 1692)
1688
Maria of Orange-Nassau, Dutch princess (born 1642)
1673
Augustyn Kordecki, Polish monk (born 1603)
1619
Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1557)
1568
Albert, Duke of Prussia (born 1490)
1549
Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, English general and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1508)
1475
Georges Chastellain, Burgundian chronicler and poet
1440
Sigismund I of Lithuania
1413
Henry IV of England (born 1367)
1390
Alexios III Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond (born 1338)
1351
Muhammad bin Tughluq, Sultan of Delhi
1336
Maurice Csák, Hungarian Dominican friar (born 1270)
1302
Ralph Walpole, Bishop of Norwich
1239
Hermann von Salza, German knight and diplomat (born 1179)
1191
Pope Clement III (born 1130)
1181
Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese general (born 1118)
851
Ebbo, archbishop of Reims
842
Alfonso II, king of Asturias (Spain) (born 759)
703
Wulfram, archbishop of Sens
687
Cuthbert, Northumbrian (English) monk, bishop, and saint (born 634)
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