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March 22

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March 22

March 22 is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 284 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Woman from Cambodia using Maryland Lottery tickets to learn English wins $100,000. A Maryland woman originally from Cambodia who uses lottery tickets to help her learn English won a $100,000 prize while doing so.
2023: Virginia man wins $300,000 with two Powerball lottery tickets in one drawing. A Virginia man hedged his bets in one Powerball drawing and emerged $300,000 richer after two of his tickets won a third-tier prize.
2022: Hoosier Lottery suspends Fast Play sales over ticket validation error. The Hoosier Lottery suspended sales for its newest Fast Play game after players called in to report that their winning tickets were unable to be validated.
2021: Maryland Lottery holds second Bonus Match 5 drawing after problem discovered. On Thursday, the Maryland Lottery announced that it held two drawings for the Bonus Match 5 on March 18 due to a problem that occurred with the drawing that day.
2019: Kansas man claims $50M Mega Millions jackpot on ticket he purchased in Missouri. A Kansas man who stopped to get gas and a Mega Millions lottery ticket in Kansas City, Missouri is now $50 million richer.
2018: Gas station clerk finds lottery ticket worth $1 million, returns to owner. A Lincoln County, Kansas, man is $1 million richer, thanks to a Salina gas station employee.
2017: Judge rules whistleblower suit against Georgia Lottery can go forward. A whistleblower lawsuit claiming a Georgia Lottery executive was fired after refusing to support inflated sales projections should go to trial, a Fulton County Superior Court judge decided this week.
2017: Va. woman wins $1 million while showing friend how to play lottery. A Virginia woman won $1 million Tuesday after attempting to show her friend how to play a scratch-off ticket lottery.
2016: At least two charged in scheme to manipulate Connecticut Lottery game. Connecticut Lottery retailers in Canton and Hartford face larceny and computer crime charges after authorities say they illegally manipulated the 5 Card Cash lottery game to produce more winning tickets.
2016: Teen lottery winner to pay off mom's home. A Michigan teenager plans to pay off his mother's home with the winning lottery ticket she gave him.
2014: San Francisco cab driver claims $1.9M Mega Millions lottery prize. A San Francisco taxi driver won $1.9 million in the multi-state Mega Millions game Tuesday.
2014: Wyoming Lottery commission selects vendor. In a major step toward getting a statewide lottery up and running, the Wyoming Lottery Corp. board on Friday selected international gaming giant Intralot as the state's lottery vendor, pending negotiation of a contract with the company.
2014: Bill to limit Minnesota Lottery online sales advances in Senate. A bill to turn off online sales of Minnesota Lottery tickets moved ahead Friday in the state Senate.
2011: Louisiana Lottery players snatching up raffle tickets before bonus draw. Besides offering the best odds of winning $1 million in the May 12 finale drawing, the Louisiana Lottery's newest $10 raffle game, Millionaire Bonus Raffle, is giving players five more chances to win $20,000 if they purchase their tickets before midnight March 23.
2011: 47 people pick winning Fantasy 5 numbers. The Florida Lottery set a new record with 47 top prize winners in the Fantasy 5 game, thanks to a rare consecutive sequence drawn Monday night.
2010: Woman claims $1 million in Oregon Lottery Raffle. The city of Lake Oswego, Oregon, came up big once again, when the winning ticket for the St. Patrick's Day Raffle, announced Wednesday, March 17, was sold by a Lake Oswego Lottery retailer.
2007: Penn. woman sued by former friend over lottery win. A Pennsylvania woman said was stunned Tuesday to learn that a former friend claims that she refused to split a $100,000 lottery jackpot with him.
2007: Florida Lottery's total contribution to state reaches $17 billion. In the 19 years since Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment authorizing a Lottery to to benefit education, more than $17 billion dollars has been contributed to Florida's educational system.
2007: Store owner's lottery bonus put on hold. The store owner who sold the unclaimed $3.5 million Connecticut Classic Lotto ticket in February will not be receiving his $10,000 sales commission unless he settles outstanding accounts with the state lottery, according to a spokeswoman for the lottery.
2007: Wisconsin Lottery to hold raffle draw May 1. The Wisconsin Lottery is rolling the dice on a new lottery game called Million Dollar Draw, but with so many states profitting handsomely from the popular style of game, it is hardly a risk at all.
2007: Nevada Assembly pushing for state lottery. The Nevada State Assembly voted 29-13 Tuesday to take another shot at a constitutional amendment to allow a state lottery.
2007: Little store is a Lotto hot spot. Since 2000, the California State Lottery machines at Lichine's Liquor and Deli have spit out SuperLotto Plus jackpots three times -- most recently on Saturday.
2007: Calif. state workers bet the same lottery numbers 10 years -- and win. Twenty current or former state employees who have been playing the same numbers as a group for 10 years are the winners of Saturday's $72 million SuperLotto Plus jackpot.
2007: N.J. man hits jackpot: He's engaged to lottery winners' daughter. A Titusville, New Jersey, man is engaged to the daughter of lottery winners Elaine and Harold Messner, the New Jersey couple who claimed half of the record $390 million Mega Millions jackpot Monday.
2007: Lawyer in $315 million lottery lawsuits ordered to pay fine. A lawyer representing three people who sued their co-workers seeking a share of their $315 million lottery win was ordered Tuesday to pay a nearly $382,000 fine.
2007: Ontario Lottery nixes Bingo scratch tickets. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has hired outside auditors and is "working with the printer," as it investigates a complaint that winning cards on two editions of a Super Bingo game could be identified without scratching them, a spokesperson has confirmed.
2007: Maryland Lottery helps taxpayers hit jackpot. Established in 1973, the Maryland State Lottery has reported increases in both revenue and total sales for the last two fiscal years, which has a trickle-down effect that broadly helps the economy from the state to the local level.
2006: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased to $82 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery has grown to $82 million.
2006: Buying Mega Millions lottery tickets a strictly defensive act. Imagine how you'd feel if you came to work on a Monday morning and found the office empty because you were the only one who said no to the office Mega Millions pool.
2006: Co-worker suing for share of lottery prize. A Sudbury city employee has launched a civil lawsuit claiming he deserves his share of a $13.6 million Canada Lotto 6/49 jackpot won by five co-workers last summer.
2006: Police arrest lottery ticket thief. A routine audit of lottery tickets conducted by the Texas Lottery Commission showed that more than $37,000 in scratch-off tickets were missing from a Flower Mound convenience store.
2006: Iowa Gov. Approves Ban On TouchPlay Lottery Machines. The fight to keep video lottery in Iowa is heating up. Governor Tom Vilsack approved a ban on the state's lottery TouchPlay machines, giving businesses 45 days to shut them down.
2006: Tennessee Lottery Sales Exceed $2 Billion. Exactly two years and two months since the launch of the Tennessee Lottery, ticket sales surpassed the $2 billion sales mark.
2006: N.C. Lottery moves ahead after favorable court ruling. North Carolina's new lottery is on schedule to begin selling tickets March 30, after a state judge declined yesterday to stop it and after the top attorney for lottery opponents said he probably won't ask for an immediate stop to the games.
2006: Forklift operator wins N.D.'s biggest lottery prize. Kevin Green was driving a forklift at work last week when he heard a North Dakota Powerball outlet had sold a $1 million ticket. He didn't think twice about the news, until he heard where the prize winner was sold -- at the Williston convenience store where Green normally buys his tickets.
2005: Attempted cash-in of stolen lottery tickets brings arrests. Police hit the jackpot in the River Market robbery, nabbing a gambler who tried to redeem stolen lottery tickets -- at the River Market.
2005: Thug slashes elderly woman, robs lottery winnings. An elderly woman trapped in the narrow entrance of her building was slashed in the gut by a robber who may have wanted her lottery winnings, police said.
2005: Thousands fume over lottery game typo. It's become a scratch with a catch after thousands of people thought they had won a $100,000 jackpot in a newspaper lottery game.
2005: Missouri Lottery faces downturn in sales. The Missouri Lottery faces a $3.5 million budget cut that could force layoffs of a fourth of the agency's workers plus another General Assembly-ordered retreat from advertising.
2005: NY Post chides rival paper over lottery error. The New York Post appears to be enjoying the mess that its long-time rival, The New York Daily News, created when it printed erroneous lottery numbers, and misled thousands of readers into thinking they won big bucks.
2005: Court: Ex-Husband Can Share Lottery Jackpot. The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Monday that the ex-husband of a $7 million lottery winner deserves to share her fortune.
2005: CT Lottery must pay an extra $581,000 for drawing mistake. Honoring all six numbers drawn in Friday's flawed "Cash 5" lottery game will cost the Connecticut Lottery Corp. an extra $581,000, lottery officials said Monday.
2005: Too many players winning Powerball, lottery says. The agency running the Powerball lottery might decrease the odds of winning the multimillion-dollar jackpot to stem a record-setting run of winners that is keeping jackpots small and, the agency says, causing ticket sales to plunge.
2004: Gang arrested after £1.3m win at Ritz casino. Three people have been arrested on suspicion of using James Bond-style electronic trickery to win almost £1.3 million at a London casino.
2004: New Web site calls on lottery directors to add Megaplier. A lottery Web site was opened Saturday calling for the eleven Mega Millions state lottery directors to add the "Megaplier" feature to the game in all Mega Millions states.
2004: Mega Millions lottery jackpot climbs to $43 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $43 million Saturday.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Grows to $18 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $18 million, with a cash option of $10.3 million.
2004: Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $10 million. No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, causing the jackpot to roll over to $10 million, lottery officials said Sunday.
2004: North Dakota lottery selling first tickets this week. After decades of arguing, thousands of petition signatures, a 19th-century bribery scandal and five statewide votes, North Dakota this week joins the crowded ranks of states that play the lottery.
2004: Dreams of lottery cash turn to dust. When a friendly telemarketer called a 74-year-old Bethlehem, Pennsylvania woman two weeks ago to tell her she'd won $5 million in a Canadian sweepstakes, it sounded too good to be true.
2004: Teenage Student Celebrates £1.5M Lottery Win. A 17-year-old girl has become one of Britain's youngest Lotto winners after scooping £1.5 million, it was confirmed Sunday.
2004: N.D.'s Lady Luck Not Backing Down to Virginia Lottery. North Dakota lottery officials say their Lady Luck character is different enough from Virginia's that the North Dakota campaign will continue.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$977 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2024
2.$758.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 23, 2024
3.$638.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 23, 2019
4.$421 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 23, 2018
5.$338.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 23, 2013
6.$302 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 24, 2023
7.$290 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 23, 2012
8.$244 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2011
9.$221 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 24, 2021
10.€175.34 Million
US$193.15 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2022
11.€133 Million
US$187.81 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 25, 2011
12.$167 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 23, 2022
13.$156.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2017
14.$151 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 24, 2017
15.$150 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 25, 2020
16.€125.47 Million
US$148.96 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 23, 2021
17.€117.21 Million
US$144.48 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2018
18.€125.53 Million
US$141.67 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 26, 2019
19.€100 Million
US$129.6 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2013
20.$122 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 23, 2021
21.€97 Million
US$115.16 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 23, 2021
22.$101 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 23, 2011
22.$101 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2006
22.$101 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 24, 2020
25.€88 Million
US$97.02 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2020

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990: Terrorstorm231
Thursday, Mar 22, 1990
34 years old
1986: mrsnash
Saturday, Mar 22, 1986
38 years old
1983: fave32283
Tuesday, Mar 22, 1983
41 years old
1977: Nikki322
Tuesday, Mar 22, 1977
47 years old
1977: sunshine25570
Tuesday, Mar 22, 1977
47 years old
1975: Exhaled75
Saturday, Mar 22, 1975
49 years old
1970: CuspBaby322
Sunday, Mar 22, 1970
54 years old
1968: Ukathlete
Friday, Mar 22, 1968
56 years old
1966: Vhardy66
Tuesday, Mar 22, 1966
58 years old
1962: kaoskndagrl
Thursday, Mar 22, 1962
62 years old
1956: ED100
Thursday, Mar 22, 1956
68 years old
1951: williamboyd5@ms
Thursday, Mar 22, 1951
73 years old
1950: ORIENTAL467
Wednesday, Mar 22, 1950
74 years old
1948: tap110
Monday, Mar 22, 1948
76 years old
: eazye4
(year not provided)
: fingerpick47
(year not provided)
: Jhyde27
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado.
2020: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country's largest ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19.
2020: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announces a national lockdown and the country's first ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19.
2019: The Special Counsel investigation on the 2016 United States presidential election concludes when Robert Mueller submits his report to the United States Attorney General.
2019: Two buses crashed in Kitampo, a town north of Ghana's capital Accra, killing at least 50 people.
2017: A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.
2017: Syrian civil war: Five hundred members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are airlifted south of the Euphrates by United States Air Force helicopters, beginning the Battle of Tabqa.
2016: Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 in the 2016 Brussels bombings at the airport and at the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station.
2013: At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand.
2006: Three Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague from the U.S., Tom Fox.
2004: Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas, two bodyguards, and nine civilian bystanders are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force Hellfire missiles.
1997: Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
1997: Comet Hale-Bopp reaches its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU.
1996: NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on its 16th mission, STS-76.
1995: Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space.
1993: The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
1992: USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft.
1992: Fall of communism in Albania: The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the parliamentary election.
1988: The United States Congress votes to override President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987.
1982: NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.
1978: Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1975: A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama, causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels.
1972: The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
1972: In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives.
1970: Chicano residents in San Diego, California occupy a site under the Coronado Bridge, leading to the creation of Chicano Park.
1963: The Beatles release their debut album Please Please Me.
1960: Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
1955: A United States Navy Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster crashes into Hawaii's Waiʻanae Range, killing 66.
1946: The United Kingdom grants full independence to Transjordan.
1945: World War II: The city of Hildesheim, Germany, is heavily damaged in a British air raid, though it had little military significance and Germany was on the verge of final defeat.
1945: The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
1943: World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.
1942: World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
1939: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
1934: The first Masters Tournament is held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.
1933: Cullen-Harrison Act: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.
1933: Nazi Germany opens its first concentration camp, Dachau.
1920: Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attack the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
1916: Yuan Shikai abdicates as Emperor of China, restoring the Republic and returning to the Presidency.
1913: Mystic Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, is arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.
1906: The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
1896: Charilaos Vasilakos wins the first modern Olympic marathon race with a time of three hours and 18 minutes.
1895: Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.
1894: The Stanley Cup ice hockey competition is held for the first time, in Montreal, Canada.
1873: The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
1871: In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
1849: The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara.
1829: In the London Protocol, the three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.
1794: The Slave Trade Act of 1794 bans the export of slaves from the United States, and prohibits American citizens from outfitting a ship for the purpose of importing slaves.
1792: Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets: Black slave insurgents gain a victory in the first major battle of the Haitian Revolution.
1784: The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
1765: The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
1739: Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
1638: Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
1631: The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
1622: Jamestown massacre: Algonquians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.
1621: The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
1508: Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire.
1312: Vox in excelso: Pope Clement V dissolves the Order of the Knights Templar.
1185: Battle of Yashima: the Japanese forces of the Taira clan are defeated by the Minamoto clan.
871: Æthelred of Wessex is defeated by a Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton.
235: Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century.
106: Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea.

Births On This Day

2001: Artūrs Šilovs, Latvian ice hockey player
2000: Dimitrios Meliopoulos, Greek footballer
1997: Alex Meret, Italian footballer
1997: Chimezie Metu, Nigerian-American basketball player
1995: Nick Robinson, American actor
1994: Edwin Díaz, Puerto Rican baseball player
1994: Taurean Prince, American basketball player
1994: Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarusian tennis player
1992: Roston Chase, Barbadian cricketer
1992: Edy Tavares, Cape Verdean basketball player
1991: Dominique Fishback, American actress
1989: Ruben Popa, Romanian footballer
1989: J. J. Watt, American football player
1988: Chris Ivory, American football player
1987: Ike Davis, American baseball player
1987: Liam Doran, British rallycross driver
1987: Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist (d. 2013)
1986: Dexter Fowler, American baseball player
1985: Mayola Biboko, Belgian footballer
1985: Jakob Fuglsang, Danish cyclist
1985: Justin Masterson, American baseball player
1985: Kelli Waite, Australian swimmer
1984: Piotr Trochowski, German footballer
1983: Thomas Davis Sr., American football player
1982: Deng Gai, South Sudanese basketball player
1982: Enrico Gasparotto, Italian cyclist
1982: Michael Janyk, Canadian skier
1982: Michael Morse, American baseball player
1982: Piá, Brazilian footballer
1982: Mike Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
1982: Constance Wu, American actress
1981: Tiffany Dupont, American actress
1981: Arne Gabius, German runner
1981: Mims, American rapper
1979: Michalis Kouinelis, Greek hip hop singer
1979: Aaron North, American guitarist
1979: Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball player
1977: John Otto, American musician and songwriter
1977: Joey Porter, American football player and coach
1977: Tom Poti, American ice hockey player
1977: Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, Venezuelan film director and screenwriter
1976: Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player
1976: Asako Toki, Japanese singer-songwriter
1976: Reese Witherspoon, American actress and producer
1975: Guillermo Díaz, American actor
1975: Anne Dudek, American actress
1975: Cole Hauser, American actor and producer
1975: Jiří Novák, Czech-Monegasque tennis player
1974: Marcus Camby, American basketball player
1974: Philippe Clement, Belgian footballer
1974: Grigoria Golia, Greek handball player
1974: Tuomas Grönman, Finnish ice hockey player
1974: Geo Meneses, Mexican producer and singer
1973: Beverley Knight, English singer-songwriter and producer
1972: Shawn Bradley, German-American basketball player, coach, and actor
1972: Cory Lidle, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1972: Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater and sportscaster
1971: Keegan-Michael Key, American actor, comedian, and writer
1971: Will Yun Lee, American actor and martial artist
1970: Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer-songwriter
1970: Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist
1970: Hwang Young-cho, South Korean runner
1969: Russell Maryland, American football player
1967: Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist
1967: Bernie Gallacher, Scottish-English footballer (d. 2011)
1966: Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
1966: Artis Pabriks, Latvian academic and politician, 11th Minister for Defence of Latvia
1966: António Pinto, Portuguese runner
1966: Brian Shaw, American basketball player and coach
1965: Ice MC, British rapper
1963: Deborah Bull, English ballerina
1963: Pelle Eklund, Swedish ice hockey player
1963: Susan Ann Sulley, English pop singer
1963: Hannu Virta, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
1963: Martín Vizcarra, Peruvian engineer and politician, 67th President of Peru
1962: Nikos Kourbanas, Greek footballer
1961: Simon Furman, British comic book writer
1960: Jim Covert, American football player
1959: Matthew Modine, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1957: Jürgen Bucher, German footballer
1957: Stephanie Mills, American actress and singer
1956: Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
1955: Lena Olin, Swedish actress
1955: Valdis Zatlers, Latvian physician and politician, 7th President of Latvia
1953: Kenneth Rogoff, American economist and chess grandmaster
1952: Des Browne, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
1952: Bob Costas, American sportscaster
1949: Fanny Ardant, French actress, director, and screenwriter
1949: Brian Hanrahan, English journalist (d. 2010)
1948: Wolf Blitzer, American journalist
1948: Andrew Lloyd Webber, English composer and director
1947: George Ferguson, English architect and politician, 1st Mayor of Bristol
1947: James Patterson, American author and producer
1947: Maarten van Gent, Dutch basketball player and coach
1946: Don Chaney, American basketball player and coach
1946: Rivka Golani, Israeli viola player and composer
1946: Rudy Rucker, American mathematician, computer scientist, and author
1946: Harry Vanda, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1945: Eric Roth, American screenwriter and producer
1943: George Benson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943: Nazem Ganjapour, Iranian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1943: Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1976)
1942: Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian singer-songwriter
1942: Dick Pound, Canadian lawyer and academic
1941: Billy Collins, American poet
1941: Jeremy Clyde, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941: Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (d. 2019)
1941: Cassam Uteem, Mauritian politician, 2nd President of Mauritius
1940: George Edward Alcorn, Jr., American physicist and inventor
1940: Dave Keon, Canadian ice hockey player
1940: Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American physician and author (d. 1996)
1938: Rein Etruk, Estonian chess player (d. 2012)
1937: Angelo Badalamenti, American pianist and composer
1937: Armin Hary, German sprinter
1937: Jon Hassell, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2021)
1937: Foo Foo Lammar, British drag queen (d. 2003)
1936: Erol Büyükburç, Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor (d. 2015)
1936: Ron Carey, American trade union leader (d. 2008)
1936: Roger Whittaker, Kenyan-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2023)
1935: Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova, Russian-born Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion (d. 2004)
1935: Lea Pericoli, Italian tennis player and journalist
1935: Frank Pulli, American baseball player and umpire (d. 2013)
1935: M. Emmet Walsh, American actor (d. 2024)
1934: May Britt, Swedish actress
1934: Sheila Cameron, English lawyer and judge
1934: Orrin Hatch, American lawyer and politician (d. 2022)
1933: Abolhassan Banisadr, Iranian economist and politician, 1st President of Iran (d. 2021)
1932: Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2014)
1932: Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (d. 2010)
1931: Burton Richter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)
1931: William Shatner, Canadian actor
1931: Leslie Thomas, Welsh journalist and author (d. 2014)
1930: Derek Bok, American lawyer and academic
1930: Pat Robertson, American minister and broadcaster, founded the Christian Broadcasting Network (d. 2023)
1930: Stephen Sondheim, American composer and songwriter (d. 2021)
1929: Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist
1929: P. Ramlee, Malaysian actor, director, singer, songwriter, composer, and producer (d. 1973)
1928: Carrie Donovan, American journalist (d. 2001)
1928: E. D. Hirsch, American author, critic, and academic
1928: Ed Macauley, American basketball player, coach, and priest (d. 2011)
1927: Marty Blake, American basketball player and manager (d. 2013)
1927: Nicolas Tikhomiroff, Russian photographer (d. 2016)
1924: Al Neuharth, American journalist and author, founded USA Today (d. 2013)
1924: Yevgeny Ostashev, Russian test pilot, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite (d. 1960)
1924: Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998)
1924: Bill Wendell, American television announcer (d. 1999)
1923: Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor (d. 2007)
1922: John J. Gilligan, American politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (d. 2013)
1922: Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (d. 2015)
1921: Nino Manfredi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1920: James Brown, American actor and singer (d. 1992)
1920: Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (d. 2000)
1920: Lloyd MacPhail, Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (d. 1995)
1920: Ross Martin, American actor (d. 1981)
1920: Katsuko Saruhashi, Japanese geochemist (d. 2007)
1920: Fanny Waterman, English pianist and educator, founded the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition (d. 2020)
1919: Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (d. 1990)
1918: Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (d. 1997)
1917: Virginia Grey, American actress (d. 2004)
1917: Irving Kaplansky, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2006)
1917: Paul Rogers, English actor (d. 2013)
1914: John Stanley, American author and illustrator (d. 1993)
1914: Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes, English businessman (d. 2008)
1913: Tom McCall, American journalist and politician, 30th Governor of Oregon (d. 1983)
1913: Lew Wasserman, American businessman and talent agent (d. 2002)
1913: James Westerfield, American actor (d. 1971)
1912: Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor and performer (d. 1985)
1912: Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (d. 1959)
1912: Karl Malden, American actor (d. 2009)
1912: Agnes Martin, Canadian-American painter and educator (d. 2004)
1910: Nicholas Monsarrat, English sailor and author (d. 1979)
1909: Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author and educator (d. 1983)
1908: Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (d. 1991)
1908: Louis L'Amour, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1988)
1907: James M. Gavin, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (d. 1990)
1903: Bill Holman, American cartoonist (d. 1987)
1902: Johannes Brinkman, Dutch architect, designed the Van Nelle Factory (d. 1949)
1902: Madeleine Milhaud, French actress and composer (d. 2008)
1901: Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter (d. 1991)
1899: Ruth Page, American ballerina and choreographer (d. 1991)
1896: He Long, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1969)
1896: Joseph Schildkraut, Austrian-American actor (d. 1964)
1892: Charlie Poole, American country banjo player (d. 1931)
1892: Johannes Semper, Estonian poet and scholar (d. 1970)
1890: George Clark, American race car driver (d. 1978)
1887: Chico Marx, American actor (d. 1961)
1886: August Rei, Estonian lawyer and politician, Head of State of Estonia (d. 1963)
1885: Aryeh Levin, Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and educator (d. 1969)
1884: Arthur H. Vandenberg, American journalist and politician (d. 1951)
1884: Lyda Borelli, Italian actress (d. 1959)
1880: Ernest C. Quigley, Canadian-American football player and coach (d. 1960)
1873: Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (d. 1939)
1869: Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (d. 1964)
1869: Tom McInnes, Scottish-English footballer (d. 1939)
1868: Robert Andrews Millikan, American colonel and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
1866: Jack Boyle, American baseball player and umpire (d. 1913)
1857: Paul Doumer, French mathematician, journalist, and politician, 14th President of France (d. 1932)
1855: Dorothy Tennant, British painter (d. 1926)
1852: Otakar Ševčík, Czech violinist and educator (d. 1934)
1852: Hector Sévin, French cardinal (d. 1916)
1846: Randolph Caldecott, English illustrator and painter (d. 1886)
1846: James Timberlake, American lieutenant, police officer, and farmer (d. 1891)
1842: Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1912)
1841: Anastassios Christomanos, Greek scientist (d. 1906)
1822: Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, scholar, statesman and jurist (d. 1895)
1818: John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer, founded Penwortham (d. 1846)
1817: Braxton Bragg, American general (d. 1876)
1814: Thomas Crawford, American sculptor, designed the Statue of Freedom (d. 1857)
1812: Stephen Pearl Andrews, American author and activist (d. 1886)
1808: Caroline Norton, English feminist, social reformer, and author (d. 1877)
1808: David Swinson Maynard, American physician and lawyer (d. 1873)
1797: William I, German Emperor (d. 1888)
1785: Adam Sedgwick, English scientist (d. 1873)
1728: Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter and theorist (d. 1779)
1723: Charles Carroll, American lawyer and politician (d. 1783)
1720: Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect, designed the Yellow Palace and Bernstorff Palace (d. 1799)
1712: Edward Moore, English poet and playwright (d. 1757)
1684: William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician, Secretary at War (d. 1764)
1663: August Hermann Francke, German clergyman, philanthropist, and scholar (d. 1727)
1615: Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh, British scientist (d. 1691)
1609: John II Casimir Vasa, Polish king (d. 1672)
1599: Anthony van Dyck, Flemish-English painter and etcher (d. 1641)
1582: John Williams, Archbishop of York (d. 1650)
1519: Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, English noblewoman (d. 1580)
1517: Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer (d. 1590)
1503: Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian author and educator (d. 1583)
1499: Johann Carion, German astrologer and chronicler (d. 1537)
1459: Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1519)
1394: Ulugh Beg, Persian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1449)
1367: Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (probable; d. 1399)
1212: Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235)
875: William I, Duke of Aquitaine (d. 918)
841: Bernard Plantapilosa, Frankish son of Bernard of Septimania (d. 885)

Deaths On This Day

2019: Scott Walker, British-American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
2018: Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (b. 1911)
2016: Phife Dawg, American rapper (b. 1970)
2016: Rob Ford, Canadian businessman and politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (b. 1969)
2016: Rita Gam, American actress (b. 1927)
2015: Arkady Arkanov, Ukrainian-Russian actor and playwright (b. 1933)
2015: Horst Buhtz, German footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2015: Norman Scribner, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1936)
2014: Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, Indian author (b. 1928)
2014: Mickey Duff, Polish-English boxer and manager (b. 1929)
2014: Thor Listau, Norwegian soldier and politician (b. 1938)
2014: Tasos Mitsopoulos, Cypriot politician, Cypriot Minister of Defence (b. 1965)
2013: Vladimír Čech, Czech actor and politician (b. 1951)
2013: James Nabrit, American lawyer and academic (b. 1932)
2013: Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist and composer (b. 1918)
2013: Derek Watkins, English trumpet player and composer (b. 1945)
2013: Ray Williams, American basketball player and coach (b. 1954)
2012: Joe Blanchard, American football player and wrestler (b. 1928)
2012: John Payton, American lawyer and activist (b. 1946)
2012: Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland (b. 1925)
2012: Mickey Sullivan, American baseball player and coach (b. 1932)
2012: David Waltz, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)
2012: Neil L. Whitehead, English anthropologist and author (b. 1956)
2011: Artur Agostinho, Portuguese journalist (b. 1920)
2011: Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1926)
2010: James Black, Scottish biologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)
2010: Özhan Canaydın, Turkish basketball player and businessman (b. 1943)
2008: Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (b. 1918)
2007: U. G. Krishnamurti, Indian-Italian philosopher and educator (b. 1918)
2006: Pierre Clostermann, French soldier, pilot, and politician (b. 1921)
2006: Pío Leyva, Cuban singer and author (b. 1917)
2006: Kurt von Trojan, Austrian-Australian journalist and author (b. 1937)
2005: Rod Price, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947)
2005: Gemini Ganesan, Indian film actor (b. 1920)
2005: Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (b. 1913)
2004: Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1943)
2004: Ahmed Yassin, Co-founded Hamas (b. 1937)
2004: V. M. Tarkunde, Indian lawyer and civil rights activist (b. 1909)
2003: Terry Lloyd, English journalist (b. 1952)
2002: Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1917)
2001: Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
2001: Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish soldier and pilot (b. 1913)
2001: William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (b. 1910)
2001: Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian businessman, academic, and civil servant (b. 1910)
2000: Carlo Parola, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
1999: Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, English historian and academic (b. 1913)
1999: David Strickland, American actor (b. 1969)
1996: Don Murray, American drummer (b. 1945)
1996: Robert F. Overmyer, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1936)
1996: Billy Williamson, American guitarist (b. 1925)
1994: Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter, and producer (b. 1950)
1994: Walter Lantz, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1899)
1993: Steve Olin, American baseball player (b. 1965)
1991: Léon Balcer, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Solicitor General of Canada (b. 1917)
1991: Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1908)
1991: Dave Guard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
1991: Gloria Holden, English-American actress (b. 1908)
1990: Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer and academic (b. 1928)
1989: Peta Taylor, English cricketer (b. 1912)
1987: Odysseas Angelis, Greek general and politician (b. 1912)
1986: Olive Deering, American actress (b. 1918)
1986: Mark Dinning, American singer (b. 1933)
1985: Raoul Ubac, French painter, sculptor, photographer, and engraver (b. 1910)
1985: Spyros Vassiliou, Greek painter, printmaker, illustrator, and stage designer (b. 1903)
1981: James Elliott, American runner and coach (b. 1915)
1981: Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician, 13th President of the Senate of the Philippines (b. 1907)
1979: Ben Lyon, American actor and studio executive (b. 1901)
1978: Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (b. 1905)
1977: A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (b. 1904)
1976: John Dwyer McLaughlin, American painter (b. 1898)
1974: Peter Revson, American race car driver (b. 1939)
1974: Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (b. 1910)
1971: Johannes Villemson, Estonian-American runner (b. 1893)
1971: Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian (b. 1886)
1966: John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)
1960: José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (b. 1904)
1958: Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
1955: Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
1952: D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1883)
1945: John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)
1942: Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)
1942: William Donne, English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)
1931: James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1851)
1924: William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (b. 1848)
1913: Song Jiaoren, Chinese educator and politician (b. 1882)
1913: Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist (b.1864)
1896: Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and politician (b. 1822)
1881: Samuel Courtauld, English businessman (b. 1793)
1864: Konstanty Kalinowski, writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary (b. 1838)
1840: Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic (b. 1798)
1832: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (b. 1749)
1820: Stephen Decatur, American commander (b. 1779)
1772: John Canton, English physicist and academic (b. 1718)
1758: Jonathan Edwards, English minister, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1703)
1687: Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and conductor (b. 1632)
1685: Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)
1602: Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and educator (b. 1557)
1544: Johannes Magnus, Swedish archbishop and theologian (b. 1488)
1471: George of Poděbrady (b. 1420)
1454: John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury
1421: Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, English soldier and politician, Lord High Steward of England (b. 1388)
1418: Dietrich of Nieheim, German bishop and historian (b. 1345)
1322: Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician, Lord High Steward of England (b. 1278)
1144: William of Norwich, child murder victim
880: Carloman of Bavaria, Frankish king
235: Severus Alexander, Roman emperor (b. 208)

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