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March 25

March 25 is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 281 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2026
Family tradition inspires North Carolina woman's $1.2 million lottery win. An evening family tradition gave one North Carolina woman the bright idea to try playing a similar lottery game, leading to a win of more than $1.2 million.
2025
Lawyer representing $83.5 million Lotto Texas jackpot winner warns of additional investigations. The lawyer who is currently representing the anonymous winner of the $83.5 million Lotto Texas jackpot warned that additional state investigations may be on the way that could further delay his client's prize payout.
2024
Virginia woman who previously won $100,000 in lottery wins $1 million in a different game. Lightning struck twice for one Virginia woman, who won $1 million on a lottery scratch-off within three years of winning a $100,000 prize in another game.
2023
VIDEO: $2 billion Powerball winner buys another multi-million dollar California property. Having recently become the new owner of a $25.5 million Hollywood Hills mansion, the winner of the $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot has added another luxurious California property to his list of assets.
2022
VIDEO: Lead Director of Mega Millions discusses potential game changes. Thursday, Lottery Post had the opportunity to speak with Mega Millions Lead Director Pat McDonald discuss some of the most common questions players are asking about the multi-state game.
2021
Massachusetts man visits two lottery retailers to win $10 million. A Massachusetts lottery player visited a gas station to play the lottery but upon finding that it was closed instead went elsewhere to win a $10.04 million Megabucks Doubler jackpot.
2020
Powerball to lower jackpot starting point and increases due to plunge in sales. Today the Powerball Product Group announced it is making changes to the multi-state lottery game's jackpot due to sagging sales caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus.
2020
Lottery-winning farmer shares potatoes with people in coronavirus isolation. A woman who used her lottery winnings to move to a farm in England supplied free potatoes to people in self-isolation due to COVID-19.
2020
Lottery bill is likely dead in Alabama legislature. It appears the latest attempt to create an Alabama state lottery will die, killed this time not by special interests but, instead, coronavirus.
2018
Are repeat Wisconsin Lottery winners playing fair?. Wisconsin Lottery officials won't reveal how they ensure frequent winners aren't scamming the system, and one expert sees suspicious patterns in the state.
2017
Illinois Lottery's private manager faces 2nd lawsuit alleging fraud. A second lawsuit has been filed accusing the Illinois Lottery's private manager of defrauding players after an investigation found the lottery did not award many of the biggest prizes in its largest instant ticket games.
2017
Kansas lawmakers considering lottery vending machines. Kansas Lottery players soon might be able to buy tickets from vending machines.
2016
NH Lottery may increase storeowners' lottery bonus. If someone walks into a New Hampshire corner store and walks away with a $160 million lottery ticket, the store owner's takeaway is capped at $30,000, the lowest such retail lottery cap in the United States.
2016
Wyoming Lottery looks at offering statewide raffle. While seeking permission last week to add a fourth game for Wyoming lottery players this year, WyoLotto officials were also looking at offering a statewide raffle.
2016
Maryland may be 1st to hold fantasy sports referendum. Maryland would become the first state to let voters decide whether the popular but controversial phenomenon of Internet fantasy sports betting is fully legal, under a bill now pending in the legislature.
2016
Washington Mega Millions winner claims $157 million jackpot. A Washington man came forward Thursday to claim the $157 million Mega Millions jackpot from the drawing on March 8.
2015
State lotteries head to Washington to enforce states' rights on gambling. State Lottery officials from across the United States held meetings with members of Congress today in Washington, D.C., to add their voices to those of state lawmakers advocating for the federal government to continue to support states' authority to establish their own gambling policies.
2014
Va. store owner sells $3 million lottery ticket to herself. The owner of a Virginia market is $3 million richer after she bought a winning Mega Millions ticket from her own store.
2013
$338M N.J. Powerball winner says he'll help family. The winner of a $338.3 million Powerball jackpot told several media outlets Monday that his first priority will be helping his family.
2013
Liquor store in Passaic, NJ, sold winning Powerball ticket. Contrary to rumors swirling in the media and on Web sites this morning, the New Jersey Lottery announced this morning at a press conference that the winning Powerball ticket for Saturday's $338.3 million jackpot was sold at a liquor store in Passaic.
2013
Illinois Lottery pushes for online expansion. The Illinois Senate could soon decide to increase the number of ways you can play the lottery online.
2013
Lottery winner penniless after blowing through $10.5 million. Nine years after cashing her $10,569,000.10 check, Canadian lotto winner Sharon Tirabassi is catching the Barton Street bus to her part-time job.
2013
$2.7 million lottery winner down to his last $10. A jackpot winner recounts how he blew a £1.8 million (US$2.7 million) UK Lotto fortune -- and is now so poor he relies on handouts from his parents.
2011
Forbes: Tonight's $312M Mega Millions lottery is a sound investment. Whatever strategy you use to control impulsive actions with your investment portfolio -- so long as it's cheap -- is a worthwhile endeavor.
2011
Louisiana Lottery holds first of five bonus raffle drawings. The Louisiana Lottery's first bonus drawing for its newest $10 raffle game, Millionaire Bonus Raffle, was held Thursday morning.
2010
Prison terms for lottery ticket attackers. A $5 Bankroll lottery ticket won eastern Henrico County, Virginia, resident Jeff Brownell $1,000 last year but cost him his left eye in a brutal robbery attempt.
2009
Poll: 58% of N.C. residents tried lottery. Even in Bible-Belt North Carolina, a majority of Tar Heel adults have played the state lottery, according to a study released Tuesday.
2008
Some lottery millionaires can't wait to return to work. Many of us, if we won big in the lottery, would have one item at or near the top of our to-do list: never work again. But some lottery winners could not fathom the thought of leaving the job they love.
2008
Millionaire lottery winner goes back to job at McDonald's. But if you visit a particular McDonald's store in Cardiff, Britain, you have a good chance of being served by a millionaire.
2008
Mass. lottery winner dies in house fire. A New Bedford, Massachusetts, man who lived a modest life even after winning a $5 million lottery jackpot has died in a fire.
2005
N.C. lawmaker predicts lottery will fail. North Carolina lawmakers are scheduled to vote next week on whether or not North Carolina will have a lottery, and Rep. Mitch Gillespie, R-McDowell, said he expects the lottery will fail.
2005
California Senator questions Mega Millions lottery plans. The chairman of California's Senate Governmental Organization Committee has asked the Legislature's attorneys whether the Lottery Commission has the constitutional authority to join the multistate Mega Millions game later this year.
2005
Nevada Lottery Proposal Killed. Nevada may be a gambling state but a Senate panel decided on a 5-2 vote Thursday that a lottery is one game of chance the state can do without.
2005
Poll: Most Baptists Oppose N.C. Lottery. More than half the respondents to a Baptist web poll want any North Caolina lottery proposal killed in the state legislature.
2004
Lottery player wins case against deceptive store owner. An Ohio lottery player who spent about $125,000 a year on tickets won his case in court against a store owner who gave some very bad advice.
2004
Powerball Jackpot Grows to $25 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $25 million, with a cash option of $14.1 million.
2004
Alleged high-tech roulette scam "easy to set up". An alleged high-tech roulette scam that saw three people walk out of a London casino with £1.3 million recently sounds too implausible even for a movie plot. But a physicist who developed a technology-based system that famously beat the wheel in the 1970s has told New Scientist that in theory it would have been fairly easy to carry out with a little know-how and the right tools.
2004
Powerball ready to roll today in N.D.. The North Dakota Lottery begins today when Powerball tickets go on sale at 11:15 a.m. CST at almost 400 locations statewide.
2004
Store clerk arrested, accused of stealing scratch-off lottery tickets. A North Naples, Florida store clerk was arrested and charged with grand theft in connection with his unlucky gambling spree earlier this month.
2004
Texas Schools Getting Bonus From Lottery. Texas Lottery officials say that the Texas Lottery has generated over $6 billion for the foundation school fund -- more than a billion dollars a year.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.13 Billion
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 26, 2024
2.$813 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 25, 2024
3.$768.4 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2019
4.$483.1 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 26, 2025
5.$458 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2018
6.$363 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2012
7.$349 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 25, 2025
8.$322 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2023
9.$319 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 25, 2011
10.$235.4 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2021
11.€217 Million
US$234.34 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 25, 2025
12.€177.84 Million
US$195.2 Million
Draw Date
Mar 26, 2022
13.€133 Million
US$187.81 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 25, 2011
14.$187 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 26, 2022
15.$162 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2017
16.€139.76 Million
US$161.39 Million
Draw Date
Mar 26, 2026
17.$150 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 25, 2020
18.€126.6 Million
US$149.25 Million
Draw Date
Mar 25, 2021
19.€119.38 Million
US$148.21 Million
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2018
20.$147.6 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 25, 2026
21.€111 Million
US$142.77 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 26, 2013
22.€125.53 Million
US$141.67 Million
Draw Date
Mar 26, 2019
23.$137 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 26, 2021
24.€115 Million
US$135.55 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 26, 2021
25.€115.87 Million
US$125.13 Million
Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Mar 25, 2025

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1986
Tuesday, Mar 25, 1986
40 years old
1985
Monday, Mar 25, 1985
41 years old
1985
Monday, Mar 25, 1985
41 years old
1983
Friday, Mar 25, 1983
43 years old
1979
Sunday, Mar 25, 1979
47 years old
1979
Sunday, Mar 25, 1979
47 years old
1978
Saturday, Mar 25, 1978
48 years old
1976
Thursday, Mar 25, 1976
50 years old
1972
Saturday, Mar 25, 1972
54 years old
1970
Wednesday, Mar 25, 1970
56 years old
1966
Friday, Mar 25, 1966
60 years old
1965
Thursday, Mar 25, 1965
61 years old
1954
Thursday, Mar 25, 1954
72 years old
1953
Wednesday, Mar 25, 1953
73 years old
1951
Sunday, Mar 25, 1951
75 years old
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2018
Syrian civil war: Following the completion of the Afrin offensive, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) initiate an insurgency against the Turkish occupation of the Afrin District.
2006
Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
2006
Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the rigged 2006 Belarusian presidential election, clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested.
1996
The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
1995
WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.
1988
The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
1979
The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
1975
Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by his nephew.
1971
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
1965
Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile (80 km) march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
1959
Chain Island is sold by the State of California to Russell Gallaway III, a Sacramento businessman who plans to use it as a "hunting and fishing retreat", for $5,258.20 ($58,072 in 2025).
1957
United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
1957
The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
1949
More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
1948
The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
1947
An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
1941
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.
1932
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is unveiled in Athens.
1931
The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
1924
On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
1919
The Tetiev pogrom occurs in Ukraine, becoming the prototype of mass murder during the Holocaust.
1918
The Belarusian People's Republic is established.
1917
The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
1914
The Greek multi-sport club Aris Thessaloniki is founded in Thessaloniki.
1911
In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
1911
Andrey Yushchinsky is murdered in Kiev, leading to the Beilis affair.
1905
The Greek football club P.A.E. G.S. Diagoras is founded in the city of Rhodes.
1894
Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
1878
Last issue of the Bulletin de la Fédération jurassienne, the first or one of the first anarchist newspapers.
1865
American Civil War: In Virginia during the Siege of Petersburg, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union before being repulsed.
1845
New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the New Zealand Army.
1821
Greek War of Independence: Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually begun on 23 February 1821 (Julian calendar).
1811
Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.
1807
The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.
1802
The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.
1776
American Revolutionary War - American Patriots conduct a Raid on Tybee Island, primarily seeking to capture runaway slaves who sought refuge with British forces stationed there.
1770
Daskalogiannis leads the people of Sfakia in the first Greek uprising against the Ottoman rule
1725
Bach's chorale cantata "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1", is first performed on the Feast of the Annunciation, coinciding with Palm Sunday.
1708
A French fleet anchors nears Fife Ness as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.
1655
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
1584
Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
1576
Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.
1519
Hernán Cortés, entering province of Tabasco, defeats Tabascan Indians.
1410
The Yongle Emperor of Ming China launches the first of his military campaigns against the Mongols, resulting in the fall of the Mongol khan Bunyashiri.
1409
The Council of Pisa convenes, in an attempt to heal the Western Schism.
1306
Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots (Scotland).
1221
Coronation of Robert of Courtenay as Emperor of the Latin Empire.
1065
The Great German Pilgrimage is attacked on Good Friday by Beduin bandits, suffering heavy losses.
1000
Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah assassinates the eunuch chief minister Barjawan and assumes control of the government.
919
Romanos Lekapenos seizes the Boukoleon Palace in Constantinople and becomes regent of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII.
717
Theodosius III resigns the throne to the Byzantine Empire to enter a monastery, allowing Leo III to take the throne and begin the Isaurian dynasty.
708
Election of Pope Constantine following the death of Pope Sisinnius. He would be the last pope to visit Constantinople until 1967.
421
Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto.
410
The Southern Yan capital of Guanggu falls to the Jin dynasty general Liu Yu, ending the Southern Yan dynasty.

Births On This Day

2000
Ozan Kabak, Turkish footballer
1999
Mikey Madison, American actress
1994
Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier
1993
Jacob Gagan, Australian rugby league player
1993
Sam Johnstone, English footballer
1992
Meg Lanning, Australian cricketer
1991
Scott Malone, English footballer
1990
Mehmet Ekici, Turkish footballer
1990
Alexander Esswein, German footballer
1989
Aly Michalka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1989
Scott Sinclair, English footballer
1988
Big Sean, American rapper, singer and songwriter
1988
Ryan Lewis, American music producer
1988
Mitchell Watt, Australian long jumper
1988
Arthur Zeiler, German rugby player
1987
Jacob Bagersted, Danish handball player
1987
Victor Obinna, Nigerian footballer
1987
Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater
1987
Hyun-jin Ryu, South Korean baseball player
1986
Marco Belinelli, Italian basketball player
1986
Megan Gibson, American softball player
1986
Kyle Lowry, American basketball player
1986
Mickey Paea, Australian rugby league player
1985
Carmen Rasmusen, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actress
1985
Diana Rennik, Estonian figure skater
1984
Katharine McPhee, American singer-songwriter and actress
1984
Liam Messam, New Zealand rugby player
1983
Mickaël Hanany, French high jumper
1982
Danica Patrick, American race car driver
1982
Álvaro Saborío, Costa Rican footballer
1982
Jenny Slate, American comedian, actress and author
1981
Casey Neistat, American YouTube personality
1980
Kathrine Sørland, Norwegian fashion model and television presenter
1979
Nate Bargatze, American stand-up comedian and actor
1979
Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, French sprinter
1978
Gennaro Delvecchio, Italian footballer
1978
Teddy Lussi-Modeste, French film director, screenwriter and literature teacher
1977
Natalie Clein, English cellist and educator
1977
Andrew Lindsay, Scottish rower
1976
Francie Bellew, Irish footballer
1976
Lars Figura, German sprinter
1976
Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
1976
Rima Wakarua, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
1975
Ladislav Benýšek, Czech ice hockey player
1975
Melanie Blatt, English singer-songwriter and actress
1975
Erika Heynatz, Papua New Guinean-Australian model and actress
1974
Serge Betsen, Cameroonian-French rugby player
1974
Lark Voorhies, American actress and singer
1973
Michaela Dorfmeister, Austrian skier
1973
Anders Fridén, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
1973
Bob Sura, American basketball player
1972
Naftali Bennett, Israeli politician, 13th Prime Minister of Israel
1972
Giniel de Villiers, South African racing driver
1972
Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (died 2007)
1971
Stacy Dragila, American pole vaulter and coach
1971
Cammi Granato, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
1971
Sheryl Swoopes, American basketball player and coach
1970
Magnus Larsson, Swedish golfer
1969
George Chlitsios, Greek conductor and composer
1969
Dale Davis, American basketball player
1969
Cathy Dennis, English singer-songwriter, record producer and actress
1969
Jeffrey Walker, English singer-songwriter and bass player
1967
Matthew Barney, American sculptor and photographer
1967
Doug Stanhope, American comedian and actor
1967
Debi Thomas, American figure skater and physician
1966
Tom Glavine, American baseball player
1966
Humberto Gonzalez, Mexican boxer
1966
Jeff Healey, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)
1966
Anton Rogan, Northern Irish footballer
1965
Avery Johnson, American basketball player and coach
1965
Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper
1965
Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress, producer, and designer
1964
Norm Duke, American bowler
1964
Buzz Osborne, American musician
1964
René Meulensteen, Dutch footballer and coach
1964
Ken Wregget, Canadian ice hockey player
1963
Karen Bruce, English dancer and choreographer
1963
Velle Kadalipp, Estonian architect
1963
Andrew O'Connor, British actor, comedian, magician, television presenter and executive producer
1962
Marcia Cross, American actress
1962
David Nuttall, English lawyer and politician
1961
Mark Brooks, American golfer
1960
Mike Aulby, American bowler
1960
Steve Norman, English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
1960
Peter O'Brien, Australian actor
1960
Brenda Strong, American actress
1958
Susie Bright, American journalist, author, and critic
1958
Lorna Brown, Canadian artist, curator, and writer
1958
Sisy Chen, Taiwanese journalist and politician
1958
María Caridad Colón, Cuban javelin thrower and shot putter
1958
John Ensign, American physician and politician
1958
Ray Tanner, American baseball player and coach
1958
Åsa Torstensson, Swedish politician, 3rd Swedish Minister for Infrastructure
1957
Christina Boxer, English runner and journalist
1957
Kanellos Kanellopoulos, Greek cyclist
1957
Jonathan Michie, English economist and academic
1957
Aleksandr Puchkov, Russian hurdler
1957
Jim Uhls, American screenwriter and producer
1955
Daniel Boulud, French chef and author
1955
Lee Mazzilli, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1954
Thom Loverro, American journalist and author
1953
Christos Ardizoglou, Greek footballer
1953
Robert Fox, English producer and manager
1953
Vesna Pusić, Croatian sociologist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia
1953
Haroon Rasheed, Pakistani cricketer and coach
1952
Stephen Dorrell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health
1952
Antanas Mockus, Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician, Mayor of Bogotá
1951
Jumbo Tsuruta, Japanese wrestler (died 2000)
1950
Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (died 1995)
1950
Ronnie McDowell, American singer-songwriter
1950
David Paquette, American-New Zealander pianist
1949
Ronnie Flanagan, Northern Irish Chief Constable (Royal Irish Constabulary, Police Service of Northern Ireland)
1949
Sue Klebold, American activist
1948
Bonnie Bedelia, American actress
1948
Michael Stanley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)
1947
Richard Cork, English historian and critic
1947
Elton John, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
1946
Cliff Balsom, English footballer
1946
Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher and author (died 2010)
1946
Stephen Hunter, American author and critic
1946
Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist (died 1991)
1945
Leila Diniz, Brazilian actress (died 1972)
1943
Paul Michael Glaser, American actor and director
1942
Robert J. Birgeneau, Canadian-American physicist
1942
Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2018)
1942
Richard O'Brien, English actor and screenwriter
1942
Kim Woodburn, English television host (died 2025)
1941
Gudmund Hernes, Norwegian sociologist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Education and Research
1939
Toni Cade Bambara, American author, academic, and activist (died 1995)
1939
D. C. Fontana, American screenwriter and producer (died 2019)
1938
Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1999)
1938
Daniel Buren, French sculptor and painter
1938
Fritz d'Orey, Brazilian racing driver (died 2020)
1937
Tom Monaghan, American businessman, founded Domino's Pizza
1936
Carl Kaufmann, American-German sprinter (died 2008)
1935
Gabriel Elorde, Filipino boxer (died 1985)
1934
Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (died 1964)
1934
Bernard King, Australian actor and chef (died 2002)
1934
Karlheinz Schreiber, German-Canadian businessman
1934
Gloria Steinem, American feminist activist, co-founded the Women's Media Center
1932
Penelope Gilliatt, English novelist, short story writer, and critic (died 1993)
1932
Wes Santee, American runner (died 2010)
1931
Humphrey Burton, English radio and television host
1930
David Burge, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2013)
1930
Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (died 1982)
1930
Rudy Minarcin, American baseball player and coach (died 2013)
1929
Cecil Taylor, American pianist and composer (died 2018)
1928
Jim Lovell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2025)
1928
Gunnar Nielsen, Danish runner and typographer (died 1985)
1928
Peter O'Brien, Australian rugby league player (died 2016)
1928
Hans Steinbrenner, German sculptor (died 2008)
1927
P. Shanmugam, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry (died 2013)
1926
Riz Ortolani, Italian composer and conductor (died 2014)
1926
László Papp, Hungarian boxer (died 2003)
1926
Shirley Jean Rickert, American actress (died 2009)
1926
Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet and politician (died 1999)
1926
Gene Shalit, American journalist and critic
1925
Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (died 1964)
1925
Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton, English physician and philosopher (died 2010)
1925
Kishori Sinha, Indian politician, social activist and advocate (died 2016)
1924
Roberts Blossom, American actor (died 2011)
1924
Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress (died 2019)
1923
Bonnie Guitar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)
1923
Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (died 2003)
1922
Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (died 2014)
1921
Nancy Kelly, American actress (died 1995)
1921
Simone Signoret, French actress (died 1985)
1921
Alexandra of Yugoslavia, the last Queen of Yugoslavia (died 1993)
1920
Paul Scott, English author, poet, and playwright (died 1978)
1920
Patrick Troughton, English actor (died 1987)
1920
Usha Mehta, Gandhian and freedom fighter of India (died 2000)
1918
Howard Cosell, American soldier, journalist, and author (died 1995)
1916
S. M. Pandit, Indian painter and educator (died 1993)
1915
Dorothy Squires, Welsh singer (died 1998)
1914
Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
1914
Tassos, Greek engraver, etcher and sculptor (died 1985)
1913
Reo Stakis, Cypriot-Scottish businessman, founded Stakis Hotels (died 2001)
1912
Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (died 2005)
1912
Jean Vilar, French actor and director (died 1971)
1910
Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (died 2014)
1910
Benzion Netanyahu, Polish-Israeli historian and academic (died 2012)
1908
David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1991)
1906
Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (died 1994)
1906
A. J. P. Taylor, English historian and academic (died 1990)
1905
Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, German colonel (died 1944)
1904
Pete Johnson, American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist (died 1967)
1903
Binnie Barnes, English-American actress (died 1998)
1903
Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (died 2001)
1903
Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Ukrainian-American theologian and scholar (died 1990)
1901
Ed Begley, American actor (died 1970)
1900
George Carstairs, Australian rugby league player (died 1966)
1899
François Rozet, French-Canadian actor (died 1994)
1897
Leslie Averill, New Zealand doctor and soldier (died 1981)
1895
Siegfried Handloser, German general and physician (died 1954)
1893
Johannes Villemson, Estonian runner (died 1971)
1885
Jimmy Seed, English international footballer and manager (died 1966)
1881
Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (died 1945)
1881
Patrick Henry Bruce, American painter and educator (died 1936)
1881
Mary Webb, English author and poet (died 1927)
1879
Amedee Reyburn, American swimmer and water polo player (died 1920)
1878
František Janda-Suk, Czech discus thrower and shot putter (died 1955)
1877
Walter Little, Canadian politician (died 1961)
1876
Irving Baxter, American high jumper and pole vaulter (died 1957)
1874
Selim Sırrı Tarcan, Turkish educator and politician (died 1957)
1873
Rudolf Rocker, German-American author and activist (died 1958)
1872
Horatio Nelson Jackson, American race car driver and physician (died 1955)
1871
Louis Perrée, French fencer (died 1924)
1868
Bill Lockwood, English cricketer (died 1932)
1867
Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor, designed Mount Rushmore (died 1941)
1867
Arturo Toscanini, Italian-American cellist and conductor (died 1957)
1863
Simon Flexner, American physician and academic (died 1946)
1859
Hendrik Wortman, Dutch civil engineer (died 1939)
1840
Myles Keogh, Irish-American colonel (died 1876)
1828
George Montgomery White, American politician (died 1860)
1824
Clinton L. Merriam, American banker and politician (died 1900)
1808
José de Espronceda, Spanish poet and author (died 1842)
1800
Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen, German geologist and academic (died 1889)
1782
Caroline Bonaparte, French daughter of Carlo Buonaparte (died 1839)
1767
Joachim Murat, French general (died 1815)
1745
John Barry, American naval officer and father of the American navy (died 1803)
1741
Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor and educator (died 1828)
1699
Johann Adolph Hasse, German singer and composer (died 1783)
1661
Paul de Rapin, French soldier and historian (died 1725)
1643
Louis Moréri, French priest and scholar (died 1680)
1636
Henric Piccardt, Dutch lawyer (died 1712)
1611
Evliya Çelebi, Ottoman Turk traveller and writer (died 1682)
1593
Jean de Brébeuf, French-Canadian missionary and saint (died 1649)
1546
Giacomo Castelvetro, Italian writer (died 1616)
1545
John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (died 1622)
1541
Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1587)
1538
Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1612)
1510
Guillaume Postel, French linguist (died 1581)
1491
Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel (died 1549)
1479
Vasili III of Russia (died 1533)
1434
Eustochia Smeralda Calafato, Italian saint (died 1485)
1414
Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, English noble (died 1455)
1404
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (died 1444)
1347
Catherine of Siena, Italian philosopher, theologian, and saint (died 1380)
1345
Blanche of Lancaster (died 1369)
1297
Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (died 1341)
1297
Arnošt of Pardubice, the first Bohemian archbishop (died 1364)
1259
Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (died 1332)
1252
Conradin, Duke of Swabia (died 1268)

Deaths On This Day

2025
Tapani Kansa, Finnish singer (born 1949)
2025
Terry Manning, American musician and recording engineer (born 1947)
2022
Taylor Hawkins, American drummer and singer (born 1972)
2021
Beverly Cleary, American author (born 1916)
2020
Floyd Cardoz, Indian-born American chef (born 1960)
2019
Barrie Hole, Welsh footballer (born 1942)
2017
Cuthbert Sebastian, St. Kitts and Nevis politician (born 1921)
2016
Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (born 1917)
2015
George Fischbeck, American journalist and educator (born 1922)
2014
Lorna Arnold, English historian and author (born 1915)
2014
Hank Lauricella, American football player and politician (born 1930)
2014
Jon Lord, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1956)
2014
Sonny Ruberto, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1946)
2014
Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author (born 1943)
2014
Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (born 1918)
2013
Léonce Bernard, Canadian politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (born 1943)
2013
Ben Goldfaden, American basketball player and educator (born 1913)
2013
Anthony Lewis, American journalist and academic (born 1927)
2013
Jean Pickering, English runner and long jumper (born 1929)
2013
Jean-Marc Roberts, French author and screenwriter (born 1954)
2013
John F. Wiley, American lieutenant, football player, and coach (born 1920)
2012
Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (born 1921)
2012
Hal E. Chester, American actor, director, and producer (born 1921)
2012
John Crosfield, English businessman, founded Crosfield Electronics (born 1915)
2012
Edd Gould, English animator and voice actor, founded Eddsworld (born 1988)
2012
Antonio Tabucchi, Italian author and academic (born 1943)
2009
Johnny Blanchard, American baseball player (born 1933)
2009
Kosuke Koyama, Japanese-American theologian and academic (born 1929)
2009
Dan Seals, American musician (born 1948)
2009
Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu, Turkish politician and member of the Parliament of Turkey (born 1954)
2008
Ben Carnevale, American basketball player and coach (born 1915)
2008
Thierry Gilardi, French journalist and sportscaster (born 1958)
2008
Abby Mann, American screenwriter and producer (born 1927)
2008
Herb Peterson, American businessman, created the McMuffin (born 1919)
2007
Andranik Margaryan, Armenian engineer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Armenia (born 1951)
2006
Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish photographer (born 1950)
2006
Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (born 1944)
2006
Richard Fleischer, American film director (born 1916)
2006
Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1929)
2005
Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer (born 1911)
2002
Kenneth Wolstenholme, English journalist and sportscaster (born 1920)
2001
Brian Trubshaw, English cricketer and pilot (born 1924)
2000
Helen Martin, American actress (born 1909)
1999
Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1936)
1998
Max Green, Australian lawyer (born 1952)
1998
Steven Schiff, American lawyer and politician (born 1947)
1995
James Samuel Coleman, American sociologist and academic (born 1926)
1995
John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer (born 1914)
1994
Angelines Fernández, Spanish-Mexican actress (born 1922)
1994
Bernard Kangro, Estonian poet and journalist (born 1910)
1994
Max Petitpierre, Swiss jurist and politician (born 1899)
1992
Nancy Walker, American actress, singer, and director (born 1922)
1991
Marcel Lefebvre, French-Swiss archbishop (born 1905)
1988
Robert Joffrey, American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the Joffrey Ballet (born 1930)
1987
A. W. Mailvaganam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (born 1906)
1986
Gloria Blondell, American actress (born 1910)
1983
Bob Waterfield, American football player and coach (born 1920)
1982
Goodman Ace, American comedian and writer (born 1899)
1980
Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist and psychologist (born 1901)
1980
Walter Susskind, Czech-English conductor and educator (born 1913)
1979
Robert Madgwick, Australian colonel and academic (born 1905)
1979
Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (born 1914)
1976
Josef Albers, German-American painter and educator (born 1888)
1976
Benjamin Miessner, American radio engineer and inventor (born 1890)
1975
Juan Gaudino, Argentinian race car driver (born 1893)
1975
Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian king (born 1906)
1975
Deiva Zivarattinam, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1894)
1973
Jakob Sildnik, Estonian photographer and director (born 1883)
1973
Edward Steichen, Luxembourgian-American photographer, painter, and curator (born 1879)
1969
Billy Cotton, English singer, drummer, and bandleader (born 1899)
1969
Max Eastman, American poet and activist (born 1883)
1965
Viola Liuzzo, American civil rights activist (born 1925)
1964
Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1885)
1958
Tom Brown, American trombonist (born 1888)
1956
Lou Moore, American race car driver (born 1904)
1956
Robert Newton, English actor (born 1905)
1951
Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager (born 1887)
1942
William Carr, American rower (born 1876)
1932
Harriet Backer, Norwegian painter (born 1845)
1931
Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician (born 1890)
1931
Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist (born 1862)
1927
Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Palestinian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (born 1843)
1918
Claude Debussy, French composer (born 1862)
1918
Peter Martin, Australian footballer and soldier (born 1875)
1917
Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American academic (born 1832)
1914
Frédéric Mistral, French lexicographer and poet, 1904 Nobel Prize laureate (born 1830)
1908
Durham Stevens, American diplomat (born 1851)
1907
Ernst von Bergmann, Latvian-German surgeon and academic (born 1836)
1873
Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator (born 1810)
1869
Edward Bates, American politician and lawyer (born 1793)
1860
James Braid, Scottish surgeon (born 1795)
1857
William Colgate, English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded Colgate-Palmolive (born 1783)
1848
Nicolai Wergeland, Norwegian priest, writer and politician (born 1780)
1818
Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (born 1745)
1801
Novalis, German poet and author (born 1772)
1738
Turlough O'Carolan, Irish harp player and composer (born 1670)
1736
Nicholas Hawksmoor, English architect, designed Easton Neston and Christ Church (born 1661)
1732
Lucy Filippini, Italian teacher and saint (born 1672)
1712
Nehemiah Grew, English anatomist and physiologist (born 1641)
1701
Jean Regnault de Segrais, French poet and novelist (born 1624)
1677
Wenceslaus Hollar, Czech-English painter and etcher (born 1607)
1658
Herman IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg, German nobleman (born 1607)
1625
Giambattista Marino, Italian poet and author (born 1569)
1620
Johannes Nucius, German composer and theorist (born 1556)
1609
Olaus Martini, Swedish archbishop (born 1557)
1609
Isabelle de Limeuil, French noble (born 1535)
1603
Ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese daimyō (born 1526)
1558
Marcos de Niza, French friar and explorer (born 1495)
1458
Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet and politician (born 1398)
1392
Hosokawa Yoriyuki, Japanese samurai
1351
Kō no Moronao, Japanese samurai
1351
Kō no Moroyasu, Japanese samurai
1223
Alfonso II, king of Portugal (born 1185)
1189
Frederick, duke of Bohemia
1051
Hugh IV, French nobleman
1005
Kenneth III, king of Scotland
990
Nicodemus of Mammola, Italian monk and saint
940
Taira no Masakado, Japanese samurai
908
Li Kening, Chinese general
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