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March 27

On This Day in History

March 27

March 27 is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 279 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2026: Illinois mom uses children's birthdays to win $800,000 Lucky Day Lotto jackpot. An Illinois mother is glad she used her children's birthdays for her lottery numbers, since they just won her an $800,000 Lucky Day Lotto jackpot in the Illinois Lottery.
2025: Michigan House passes bill granting anonymity to multi-state game lottery winners. The Michigan House of Representatives passed a bill that would grant anonymity to all lottery winners of multi-state game prizes.
2024: One New Jersey ticket is sole winner of $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot. After a run of 30 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 31st drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.13 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in New Jersey matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball.
2019: Australian man wins $23 million lotto draw — twice. A Melbourne, Australia, man is $46.6 million richer after winning the lotto not once, but twice.
2018: $1.9M lottery win erases doubts for Michigan man. A Michigan man who thought the lottery was all a conspiracy had his opinion changed 12 days ago when he won a $1.9 million jackpot.
2015: Lottery ticket in get-well card wins man $7 million. A Pennsylvania man is feeling very well, thank you, after he won a $7 million lottery prize from a ticket that was enclosed in a get-well card from his father.
2012: Generous former lottery winner says she accidentally gave away second winning ticket. An existing million-dollar lottery winner says that when she handed out a $100 bill to a man in the store, she also accidentally included a Mega Millions ticket which happened to win a $260,000 prize, and she wants the winning ticket back.
2011: Seven Albany state workers won $319 million lottery prize. Seven lucky New York state government workers earned some 'Capitol gains' when their office pool won a whopping $319 million jackpot in Friday night's drawing.
2007: State Mourns Passing of Illinois Lottery Superintendent Carolyn Adams. Carolyn Adams, 44, Superintendent of the Illinois Lottery since May 2003, passed away Monday morning in Chicago following a private struggle with breast cancer.
2007: Party leader wants to repeal Okla. Lottery. The head of Oklahoma's Republican Party, citing lower-than-expected revenue and escalating social costs, is calling for repeal of the Oklahoma Lottery.
2007: Nevada Gov. opposes lottery bill. Gov. Jim Gibbons said Monday he opposes amending Nevada's Constitution to permit a state lottery.
2007: Ontario Lottery to undergo criminal investigation. The Ontario government called police yesterday after the province's ombud accused unscrupulous lottery-ticket retailers of collecting tens of millions of dollars in "dishonest'' winnings -- and the responsible Crown agency of letting them get away with it.
2007: Ontario Lottery Corp. ignored claims of corruption. In a scathing report, the provincial ombudsman said the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation is more fixated on profits than the integrity of its lottery games and has turned a blind eye to allegations of corruption.
2006: Powerball jackpot jumps to $135 million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $135 million, with a cash option of $63.8 million.
2006: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $96 million. The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $96 million Saturday.
2006: Newspaper to decline advertising from N.C. Lottery Commission. The publisher of one small paper in eastern North Carolina says he's not going to be taking any lottery advertising.
2006: Big week ahead for N.C. lottery. The North Carolina Education Lottery gets under way this week and several major events are planned.
2006: N.C. Ministers resigned to lottery, but wary. With the fight against a lottery in North Carolina a lost cause, the mood for many in the faith community is best expressed by one of the lottery's leading opponents.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$873.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2024
2.$768.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2019
3.$526.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2025
4.$458 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2018
5.$363 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2012
6.$322 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2023
7.€243 Million US$263 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2025
8.$235.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2021
9.€179.07 Million US$198.26 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2022
10.$195.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2022
11.$167.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2026
12.€130 Million
US$166.65 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2013
13.$162 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2017
14.€140.46 Million
US$161.9 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2026
15.$160 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2020
16.$153 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2011
17.$152 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2021
18.€127.61 Million
US$150.45 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2021
19.€119.38 Million
US$148.21 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2018
20.€125 Million
US$146.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2021
21.€127.98 Million
US$143.63 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2019
22.$135 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2006
23.$122.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2023
24.$116 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2016
25.$113 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2008

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1986: Eleshastapus86
Thursday, Mar 27, 1986
40 years old
1978: getmine
Monday, Mar 27, 1978
48 years old
1973: Joliesj
Tuesday, Mar 27, 1973
53 years old
1973: carl6400
Tuesday, Mar 27, 1973
53 years old
1971: Brixx
Saturday, Mar 27, 1971
55 years old
1971: Chelle$
Saturday, Mar 27, 1971
55 years old
1967: yougotit7
Monday, Mar 27, 1967
59 years old
1965: Wendy G
Saturday, Mar 27, 1965
61 years old
1965: Abbylou001
Saturday, Mar 27, 1965
61 years old
1962: scateyes43
Tuesday, Mar 27, 1962
64 years old
1953: bayoudon
Friday, Mar 27, 1953
73 years old
1950: brich
Monday, Mar 27, 1950
76 years old
1933: Larlo
Monday, Mar 27, 1933
93 years old
: skittles777
(year not provided)
: SkyLine69
(year not provided)
: Borderpatrolcs
(year not provided)
: dherr27
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed in a mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.
2023: Forty people are killed in a fire at a migrant detention facility in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
2020: North Macedonia becomes the 30th member of NATO.
2016: A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing are Christians celebrating Easter.
2015: Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead.
2014: Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.
2009: The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
2004: HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
2002: Passover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel.
2002: Nanterre massacre: In Nanterre, France, a gunman opens fire at the end of a town council meeting, resulting in the deaths of eight councilors; 19 other people are injured.
2000: A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one person and injures 71 others.
1999: Kosovo War: An American Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is shot down by a Yugoslav Army SAM, the first and only Nighthawk to be lost in combat.
1998: The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
1993: Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.
1993: Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
1990: The United States begins broadcasting anti-Castro propaganda to Cuba on TV Martí.
1986: A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people.
1981: The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
1980: The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
1977: Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the deadliest aviation accident in history.
1976: The first section of the Washington Metro opens to the public.
1975: Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
1964: The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
1958: Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
1945: World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers.
1943: World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
1942: The Holocaust: Nazi Germany and Vichy France begin the deportation of 65,000 Jews from Drancy internment camp to German extermination camps.
1941: World War II: Yugoslav Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.
1938: Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
1933: Japanese invasion of Manchuria: Japan leaves the League of Nations after it approves the Lytton Report that ruled in favour of China.
1918: The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
1915: Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
1912: First Lady Helen Taft and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, plant two Yoshino cherry trees on the northern bank of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., the origin of the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
1901: Philippine-American War: Emilio Aguinaldo, leader of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by the Americans.
1899: Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine-American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
1886: Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
1884: A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and burn down the courthouse.
1871: The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
1866: President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
1836: Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican Army massacres 342 Texian Army POWs at Goliad, Texas.
1814: War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
1809: Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad Real.
1794: The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
1782: The Second Rockingham ministry assumes office in Great Britain and begins negotiations to end the American War of Independence.
1638: The first of four destructive Calabrian earthquakes strikes southern Italy. Measuring magnitude 6.8 and assigned a Mercalli intensity of XI, it kills 10,000-30,000 people.
1625: Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.
1513: Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.
1329: Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.
1309: Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.

Births On This Day

2002: Daria Snigur, Ukrainian tennis player
2001: Natanael Cano, Mexican rapper and singer
2000: Halle Bailey, American singer-songwriter and actress
2000: Sophie Nélisse, Canadian actress
1999: Jesser, American YouTuber
1999: Alex O'Connor, English media personality
1998: Giannis Bouzoukis, Greek footballer
1997: Lisa, Thai rapper and dancer
1995: Bill Tuiloma, New Zealand footballer
1993: Brandon Nimmo, American baseball player
1992: Marc Muniesa, Spanish footballer
1991: London on da Track, American record producer
1990: Erdin Demir, Swedish-Turkish footballer
1990: Ben Hunt, Australian rugby league player
1990: Nicolas Nkoulou, Cameroonian footballer
1990: Luca Zuffi, Swiss footballer
1990: Kimbra, New Zealand musician
1990: Brodha V, Indian rapper and music producer
1989: Matt Harvey, American baseball player
1989: Camilla Lees, New Zealand netball player
1988: Jessie J, English singer-songwriter
1988: Atsuto Uchida, Japanese footballer
1988: Brenda Song, American actress
1988: Mauro Goicoechea, Uruguayan footballer
1988: Holliday Grainger, English actress
1987: Jefferson Bernárdez, Honduran footballer
1987: Samuel Francis, Nigerian-Qatari sprinter
1987: Polina Gagarina, Russian singer-songwriter
1987: Buster Posey, American baseball player
1986: Manuel Neuer, German footballer
1985: Dustin Byfuglien, American ice hockey player
1985: Danny Vukovic, Australian footballer
1984: Adam Ashley-Cooper, Australian rugby player
1984: Ben Franks, Australian-born New Zealand rugby player
1984: Brett Holman, Australian footballer
1983: Yuliya Golubchikova, Russian pole vaulter
1983: Vasily Koshechkin, Russian ice hockey player
1983: Román Martínez, Argentinian footballer
1982: Shawn Beveney, Guyanese footballer
1981: Terry McFlynn, Irish footballer
1981: Akhil Kumar, Indian boxer
1981: Jukka Keskisalo, Finnish runner
1981: Hilda Kibet, Kenyan runner
1981: Cacau, Brazilian-German footballer
1981: JJ Lin, Singaporean singer-songwriter
1980: Sean Ryan, American football player
1980: Michaela Paštiková, Czech tennis player
1980: Maksim Shevchenko, Kazakhstani footballer
1979: Tom Palmer, English rugby union player
1979: Mohsen Moeini, Iranian author and director
1979: Imran Tahir, Pakistani-South African cricketer
1979: Jennifer Wilson, Zimbabwean-South African field hockey player
1978: Gabriel Paraschiv, Romanian footballer
1978: Marius Bakken, Norwegian runner
1978: Amélie Cocheteux, French tennis player
1977: Vítor Meira, Brazilian race car driver
1977: Ioannis Melissanidis, Greek artistic gymnast
1976: Roberta Anastase, Romanian politician, 57th President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania
1976: Danny Fortson, American basketball player
1976: Adrian Anca, Romanian footballer
1975: Andrew Blowers, New Zealand rugby player
1975: Kim Felton, Australian golfer
1975: Fergie, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1975: Christian Fiedler, German footballer and manager
1974: Marek Citko, Polish footballer and manager
1974: George Koumantarakis, Greek-South African footballer
1974: Gaizka Mendieta, Spanish footballer
1973: Roger Telemachus, South African cricketer
1972: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Surinamese-Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
1972: Charlie Haas, American professional wrestler
1971: David Coulthard, Scottish race car driver and sportscaster
1971: Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor
1970: Leila Pahlavi, Princess of Iran (died 2001)
1970: Derek Aucoin, Canadian baseball player (died 2020)
1970: Brent Fitz, Canadian-American multi-instrumentalist and recording artist
1970: Jarrod McCracken, New Zealand rugby league player
1970: Elizabeth Mitchell, American actress
1970: Uwe Rosenberg, German game designer, created Bohnanza
1969: Gianluigi Lentini, Italian footballer and manager
1969: Pauley Perrette, American actress
1969: Mariah Carey, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1968: Irina Belova, Russian heptathlete
1967: Talisa Soto, American actress
1966: Žarko Paspalj, Serbian basketball player
1965: Gregor Foitek, Swiss race car driver
1963: Cory Blackwell, American basketball player
1963: Randall Cunningham, American football player, coach, and pastor
1963: Georgios Katrougalos, Greek jurist and politician
1963: Filippos Sachinidis, Greek-Canadian economist and politician
1963: Gary Stevens, English-Australian footballer and physiotherapist
1963: Quentin Tarantino, American director, producer, screenwriter and actor
1963: Xuxa, Brazilian actress, singer, businesswoman and television presenter
1962: Jann Arden, Canadian singer-songwriter
1962: Brett French, Australian rugby league player
1962: Rob Hollink, Dutch poker player
1962: John O'Farrell, English journalist and author
1962: Brad Wright, American-Spanish basketball player
1962: Kevin J. Anderson, American science fiction writer
1961: Ellery Hanley, English rugby league player and coach
1961: Tony Rominger, Swiss professional cyclist
1960: Hans Pflügler, German footballer
1960: Renato Russo, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1996)
1959: Andrew Farriss, Australian rock musician and multi-instrumentalist
1959: Ivan Savvidis, Russian-Greek oligarch and politician
1958: Didier de Radiguès, Belgian race car driver and motorcycle racer
1957: Kostas Vasilakakis, Greek footballer and manager
1957: Stephen Dillane, English actor
1956: Leung Kwok-hung, Hong Kong activist and politician
1956: Thomas Wassberg, Swedish cross country skier
1955: Patrick McCabe, Irish writer
1955: Mariano Rajoy, Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain
1955: Susan Neiman, American-German philosopher and author
1954: Gerard Batten, English lawyer and politician
1953: Herman Ponsteen, Dutch cyclist
1952: Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Austrian skier
1952: Maria Schneider, French actress (died 2011)
1951: Andrei Kozyrev, Belgian-Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia
1951: Chris Stewart, English musician and author
1950: Tony Banks, English keyboardist and songwriter
1950: Petros Efthymiou, Greek academic and politician, Greek Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs
1950: Maria Ewing, American soprano (died 2022)
1950: Terry Yorath, Welsh international footballer and international manager (died 2026)
1948: Jens-Peter Bonde, Danish lawyer and politician (died 2021)
1947: Oliver Friggieri, Maltese author, critic, poet and philosopher (died 2020)
1947: Brian Jones, English balloonist and pilot
1947: Walt Mossberg, American journalist
1947: Doug Wilkerson, American football player (died 2021)
1946: Michael Aris, Cuban-English author and academic (died 1999)
1946: Andy Bown, British singer, songwriter and musician
1944: Jesse Brown, American marine and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (died 2002)
1944: Bryan Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
1943: Mike Curtis, American football player and coach (died 2020)
1942: Michael Jackson, English journalist and author (died 2007)
1942: John Sulston, English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
1942: Michael York, English actor
1941: Ivan Gašparovič, Slovak lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Slovakia
1941: Liese Prokop, Austrian pentathlete and politician, Austrian Minister of the Interior (died 2006)
1940: Sandro Munari, Italian race car driver (died 2026)
1940: Austin Pendleton, American actor, director, and playwright
1939: Jay Kim, South Korean-American engineer and politician
1939: Cale Yarborough, American race car driver and businessman (died 2023)
1937: Alan Hawkshaw, English keyboard player and songwriter (died 2021)
1936: Malcolm Goldstein, American violinist and composer
1935: Stanley Rother, American Roman Catholic priest and missionary (died 1981)
1935: Julian Glover, English actor
1934: István Csurka, Hungarian journalist, author, and politician (died 2012)
1934: Ioannis Palaiokrassas, Greek politician (died 2021)
1933: Lê Văn Hưng, South Vietnamese Brigadier general (died 1975)
1932: Junior Parker, American singer and harmonica player (died 1971)
1932: Bailey Olter, Micronesian politician, 3rd President of the Federated States of Micronesia (died 1999)
1931: David Janssen, American actor and screenwriter (died 1980)
1930: Daniel Spoerri, Romanian-Swiss photographer, writer and artist (died 2024)
1929: Anne Ramsey, American actress (died 1988)
1929: Reg Evans, Australian actor (died 2009)
1928: Jean Dotto, French cyclist (died 2000)
1927: Anthony Lewis, American journalist and academic (died 2013)
1927: Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (died 2007)
1926: Frank O'Hara, American writer (died 1966)
1924: Sarah Vaughan, American singer (died 1990)
1924: Ian Black, Scottish international footballer and lawn bowls player (died 2012)
1924: Margaret K. Butler, American mathematician and computer programmer (died 2013)
1923: Shūsaku Endō, Japanese author (died 1996)
1923: Louis Simpson, Jamaican-American poet, translator, and academic (died 2012)
1922: Dick King-Smith, English author (died 2011)
1922: Stefan Wul, French author and surgeon (died 2003)
1922: Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-American painter, printmaker, and sculptor (died 2007)
1921: Phil Chess, Polish-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (died 2016)
1921: Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Brazilian footballer and coach (died 2000)
1921: Harold Nicholas, American actor and dancer (died 2000)
1920: Colin Rowe, English-American architect, theorist and academic (died 1999)
1917: Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th United States Secretary of State (died 2002)
1917: Mary Watt, New Zealand landscape architect and gardener (died 2005)
1915: Robert Lockwood, Jr., American guitarist (died 2006)
1914: Richard Denning, American actor (died 1998)
1914: Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer (died 2009)
1913: Theodor Dannecker, German SS officer (died 1945)
1912: James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2005)
1911: Veronika Tushnova, Russian poet and physician (died 1965)
1910: Ai Qing, Chinese poet and author (died 1996)
1909: Golo Mann, German historian and author (died 1994)
1909: Ben Webster, American saxophonist (died 1973)
1909: Valery Marakou, Belarusian poet and translator (died 1937)
1906: Pee Wee Russell, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer (died 1969)
1905: Leroy Carr, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1935)
1905: Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, German general (died 1980)
1905: Elsie MacGill, Canadian-American author and engineer (died 1980)
1903: Leif Tronstad, Norwegian chemist and military leader (died 1945)
1903: Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet and playwright (died 1950)
1902: Sidney Buchman, American screenwriter and producer (died 1975)
1902: Charles Lang, American cinematographer (died 1998)
1901: Carl Barks, American illustrator and screenwriter (died 2000)
1901: Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (died 1963)
1901: Eisaku Satō, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)
1901: Kenneth Slessor, Australian journalist and poet (died 1971)
1899: Francis Ponge, French poet and author (died 1988)
1899: Herbert Arthur Stuart, German-Swiss physicist and academic (died 1974)
1899: Gloria Swanson, American actress and producer (died 1983)
1897: Douglas Hartree, English mathematician and physicist (died 1958)
1897: Fred Keating, American magician, stage and film actor (died 1961)
1895: Roland Leighton, English soldier and poet (died 1915)
1894: René Fonck, French colonel and pilot (died 1953)
1893: Karl Mannheim, Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (died 1947)
1893: G. Lloyd Spencer, American lieutenant and politician (died 1981)
1893: George Beranger, Australian-American actor and director (died 1973)
1892: Ferde Grofé, American pianist and composer (died 1972)
1892: Thorne Smith, American author (died 1934)
1891: Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian novelist and playwright (died 1974)
1891: Klawdziy Duzh-Dushewski, Belarusian-Lithuanian architect, journalist, and diplomat, created the Flag of Belarus (died 1959)
1890: Harald Julin, Swedish swimmer and water polo player (died 1967)
1890: Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, Scottish admiral (died 1974)
1889: Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Egyptian-Turkish journalist, author, and politician (died 1974)
1889: Leonard Mociulschi, Romanian general (died 1979)
1888: George Alfred Lawrence Hearne, English-South African cricketer (died 1978)
1887: Väinö Siikaniemi, Finnish javelin thrower, poet, and translator (died 1932)
1886: Sergey Kirov, Russian politician (died 1934)
1886: Wladimir Burliuk, Ukrainian painter and illustrator (died 1917)
1886: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect, designed IBM Plaza and Seagram Building (died 1969)
1885: Julio Lozano Díaz, Honduran accountant and politician, 40th President of Honduras (died 1957)
1885: Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster, English navy officer and politician, Secretary of State for Transport (died 1961)
1884: Gordon Thomson, English rower and lieutenant (died 1953)
1883: Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (died 1980)
1882: Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (died 1965)
1881: Arkady Averchenko, Russian playwright and satirist (died 1925)
1879: Sándor Garbai, Hungarian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1947)
1879: Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (died 1929)
1879: Edward Steichen, Luxembourger-American painter and photographer (died 1973)
1878: Kathleen Scott, British sculptor (died 1947)
1877: Oscar Grégoire, Belgian water polo player and swimmer (died 1947)
1875: Albert Marquet, French painter (died 1947)
1871: Heinrich Mann, German author and poet (died 1950)
1871: Joseph G. Morrison, American captain and Nazarene minister (died 1939)
1871: Piet Aalberse, Dutch politician, Minister of Labour (died 1948)
1869: James McNeill, Irish politician, 2nd Governor-General of the Irish Free State (died 1938)
1869: J. R. Clynes, English trade unionist and politician, Home Secretary (died 1949)
1868: Patty Hill, American songwriter and educator (died 1946)
1866: John Allan, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Victoria (died 1936)
1863: Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, founded Rolls-Royce Limited (died 1933)
1862: Jelena Dimitrijević, Serbian short story writer, novelist, poet, traveller, social worker, feminist and polyglot (died 1945)
1862: Arturo Berutti, Argentinian composer (died 1938)
1860: Frank Frost Abbott, American-Swiss scholar and academic (died 1924)
1859: George Giffen, Australian cricketer and footballer (died 1927)
1857: Karl Pearson, English mathematician, eugenicist, and academic (died 1936)
1855: William Libbey, American target shooter, colonel, mountaineer, geographer, geologist, and archaeologist (died 1927)
1854: Giovanni Battista Grassi, Italian physician, zoologist, and entomologist (died 1925)
1852: Jan van Beers, Belgian painter and illustrator (died 1927)
1851: Ruperto Chapí, Spanish composer, co-founded Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (died 1909)
1851: Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (died 1931)
1847: Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1931)
1845: Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1923)
1845: Jakob Sverdrup, Norwegian bishop and politician, Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs (died 1899)
1844: Adolphus Greely, American general and explorer, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1935)
1843: George Frederick Leycester Marshall, English colonel and entomologist (died 1934)
1839: John Ballance, Irish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1893)
1824: Virginia Minor, American women's suffrage activist (died 1894)
1822: Henri Murger, French novelist and poet (died 1861)
1820: Edward Augustus Inglefield, English admiral and explorer (died 1894)
1814: Charles Mackay, Scottish journalist, anthologist, and author (died 1889)
1811: Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (died 1880)
1809: Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French engineer, urban planner, and politician (died 1891)
1802: Charles-Mathias Simons, German-Luxembourger jurist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Luxembourg (died 1874)
1801: Alexander Barrow, American lawyer and politician (died 1846)
1797: Alfred de Vigny, French author, poet, and playwright (died 1863)
1785: Louis XVII of France (died 1795)
1784: Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Hungarian philologist, orientalist, and author (died 1842)
1781: Alexander Vostokov, Estonian-Russian philologist and academic (died 1864)
1765: Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (died 1841)
1746: Michael Bruce, Scottish poet and composer (died 1767)
1746: Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican-French lawyer and politician (died 1785)
1724: Jane Colden, American botanist and author (died 1766)
1714: Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian historian and theologian (died 1795)
1712: Claude Bourgelat, French surgeon and author (died 1779)
1710: Joseph Abaco, Belgian cellist and composer (died 1805)
1702: Johann Ernst Eberlin, German organist and composer (died 1762)
1681: Joaquín Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish-Italian cardinal (died 1760)
1679: Domenico Lalli, Italian poet and librettist (died 1741)
1676: Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian prince (died 1735)
1627: Stephen Fox, English politician (died 1716)
1546: Johannes Piscator, German theologian (died 1625)
1509: Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg, German nobleman (died 1578)
1416: Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint, founded Order of the Minims (died 1507)
1401: Albert III, duke of Bavaria (died 1460)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Christina McKelvie, Scottish politician (born 1968)
2024: Daniel Kahneman, Israeli-American author, psychologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1934)
2024: Joe Lieberman, American politician and lawyer (born 1942)
2018: Bert Nievera, Filipino-American singer (born 1936)
2016: Mother Angelica, American Roman Catholic religious leader and media personality (born 1923)
2015: Johnny Helms, American trumpet player, bandleader, and educator (born 1935)
2015: T. Sailo, Indian soldier and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Mizoram (born 1922)
2014: Richard N. Frye, American scholar and academic (born 1920)
2014: James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense and first United States Secretary of Energy (born 1929)
2013: Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater (born 1923)
2013: Yvonne Brill, Canadian-American scientist and engineer (born 1924)
2013: Fay Kanin, American screenwriter and producer (born 1917)
2012: Adrienne Rich, American poet, essayist and feminist (born 1929)
2011: Clement Arrindell, Nevisian judge and politician, 1st Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis (born 1931)
2011: Farley Granger, American actor (born 1925)
2010: Dick Giordano, American illustrator (born 1932)
2009: Irving R. Levine, American journalist and author (born 1922)
2008: Jean-Marie Balestre, French businessman (born 1921)
2007: Nancy Adams, New Zealand botanist and illustrator (born 1926)
2007: Paul Lauterbur, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1929)
2006: Dan Curtis, American director and producer (born 1928)
2006: Stanisław Lem, Ukrainian-Polish author (born 1921)
2006: Rudolf Vrba, Czech Holocaust survivor and educator (born 1924)
2006: Neil Williams, English cricketer (born 1962)
2005: Wilfred Gordon Bigelow, Canadian soldier and surgeon (born 1913)
2004: Robert Merle, French author (born 1909)
2003: Edwin Carr, New Zealand composer and educator (born 1926)
2002: Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (born 1908)
2002: Dudley Moore, English actor (born 1935)
2002: Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1906)
2000: George Allen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1914)
2000: Ian Dury, English singer-songwriter and actor (born 1942)
1999: Michael Aris, Cuban-English author and academic (born 1946)
1998: David McClelland, American psychologist and academic (born 1917)
1997: Lane Dwinell, American businessman and politician, 69th Governor of New Hampshire (born 1906)
1997: Ella Maillart, Swiss skier, sailor, field hockey player, and photographer (born 1903)
1995: René Allio, French director and screenwriter (born 1924)
1994: Elisabeth Schmid, German archaeologist and osteologist (born 1912)
1994: Lawrence Wetherby, American lawyer and politician, 48th Governor of Kentucky (born 1908)
1993: Kamal Hassan Ali, Egyptian general and politician, Prime Minister of Egypt (born 1921)
1993: Paul László, Hungarian-American architect and interior designer (born 1900)
1992: Colin Gibson, English footballer (born 1923)
1992: Lang Hancock, Australian businessman (born 1909)
1992: James E. Webb, American colonel and politician, 16th Under Secretary of State (born 1906)
1991: Aldo Ray, American actor (born 1926)
1990: Percy Beard, American hurdler and coach (born 1908)
1989: May Allison, American actress (born 1890)
1989: Malcolm Cowley, American novelist, poet, and literary critic (born 1898)
1988: Charles Willeford, American author, poet, and critic (born 1919)
1987: William Bowers, American journalist and screenwriter (born 1916)
1982: Fazlur Khan, Bangladeshi-American engineer and architect, designed the John Hancock Center and Willis Tower (born 1929)
1981: Jakob Ackeret, Swiss engineer and academic (born 1898)
1980: Steve Fisher, American author and screenwriter (born 1912)
1978: Nat Bailey, Canadian businessman, founded the White Spot (born 1902)
1978: Kunwar Digvijay Singh, Indian field hockey (born 1922)
1978: Sverre Farstad, Norwegian speed skater (born 1920)
1977: Shirley Graham Du Bois, American author, playwright, and composer (born 1896)
1977: Diana Hyland, American actress (born 1936)
1977: Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch airline pilot (born 1927)
1976: Georg August Zinn, German lawyer and politician, Minister President of Hesse (born 1901)
1975: Arthur Bliss, English conductor and composer (born 1891)
1974: Eduardo Santos, Colombian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of Colombia (born 1888)
1973: Mikhail Kalatozov, Georgian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (born 1903)
1972: Lorenzo Wright, American athlete (born 1926)
1968: Yuri Gagarin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1934)
1968: Vladimir Seryogin, Russian soldier and pilot (born 1922)
1967: Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1890)
1960: Gregorio Marañón, Spanish physician, philosopher, and author (born 1887)
1958: Leon C. Phillips, American lawyer and politician, 11th Governor of Oklahoma (born 1890)
1956: Évariste Lévi-Provençal, French orientalist and historian (born 1894)
1952: Kiichiro Toyoda, Japanese businessman, founded Toyota (born 1894)
1949: Elisheva Bikhovski, Israeli-Russian poet (born 1888)
1946: Karl Groos, German psychologist and philosopher (born 1861)
1945: Vincent Hugo Bendix, American engineer and businessman, founded Bendix Corporation (born 1881)
1945: Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (born 1866)
1943: George Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway, English politician, 5th Governor-General of New Zealand (born 1882)
1942: Julio González, Catalan sculptor and painter (born 1876)
1940: Michael Joseph Savage, Australian-New Zealand politician, 23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1872)
1940: Dan Kolov, Bulgarian professional wrestler (born 1892)
1938: William Stern, German-American psychologist and philosopher (born 1871)
1934: Francis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (born 1844)
1931: Arnold Bennett, English author and playwright (born 1867)
1928: Leslie Stuart, English organist and composer (born 1863)
1927: Joe Start, American baseball player and manager (born 1842)
1927: Klaus Berntsen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1844)
1926: Kick Kelly, American baseball player, manager, and umpire (born 1856)
1926: Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1887)
1925: Carl Neumann, German mathematician and academic (born 1832)
1923: James Dewar, Scottish chemist and physicist (born 1842)
1922: Nikolay Sokolov, Russian composer and educator (born 1859)
1921: Harry Barron, English general and politician, 16th Governor of Western Australia (born 1847)
1918: Henry Adams, American journalist, historian, and author (born 1838)
1918: Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (born 1881)
1913: Richard Montgomery Gano, American minister, physician, and general (born 1830)
1910: Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American ichthyologist, zoologist, and engineer (born 1835)
1900: Joseph A. Campbell, American businessman, founded the Campbell Soup Company (born 1817)
1898: Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian philosopher and activist (born 1817)
1897: Andreas Anagnostakis, Greek ophthalmologist, physician, and educator (born 1826)
1890: Carl Jacob Löwig, German chemist and academic (born 1803)
1889: John Bright, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1811)
1886: Henry Taylor, English poet and playwright (born 1800)
1878: George Gilbert Scott, English architect, designed the Albert Memorial and St Mary's Cathedral (born 1811)
1875: Juan Crisóstomo Torrico, Peruvian soldier and politician, President of Peru (born 1808)
1875: Edgar Quinet, French historian and academic (born 1803)
1869: James Harper, American publisher and politician, 65th Mayor of New York City (born 1795)
1864: Jean-Jacques Ampère, French philologist and academic (born 1800)
1850: Wilhelm Beer, Prussian astronomer and banker (born 1797)
1849: Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, Irish-Canadian politician, 35th Governor General of Canada (born 1776)
1848: Gabriel Bibron, French zoologist and herpetologist (born 1805)
1770: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (born 1696)
1757: Johann Stamitz, Czech violinist and composer (born 1717)
1729: Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (born 1679)
1697: Simon Bradstreet, English businessman and politician, 20th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (born 1603)
1679: Abraham Mignon, Dutch painter (born 1640)
1676: Bernardino de Rebolledo, Spanish poet, soldier, and diplomat (born 1597)
1635: Robert Naunton, English politician (born 1563)
1625: James VI and I of the United Kingdom (born 1566)
1624: Ulrik of Denmark, Danish prince-bishop (born 1578)
1621: Benedetto Giustiniani, Italian cardinal (born 1554)
1615: Margaret of Valois (born 1553)
1613: Sigismund Báthory (born 1573)
1598: Theodor de Bry, Belgian-German engraver, goldsmith, and publisher (born 1528)
1572: Girolamo Maggi, Italian polymath (born c. 1523)
1564: Lütfi Pasha, Turkish historian and politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1488)
1482: Mary of Burgundy, Sovereign Duchess regnant of Burgundy, married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1457)
1472: Janus Pannonius, Hungarian bishop and poet (born 1434)
1462: Vasily II of Moscow (born 1415)
1378: Pope Gregory XI (born 1336)
1248: Maud Marshal, English countess (born 1192)
1184: Giorgi III, King of Georgia
1045: Ali ibn Ahmad al-Jarjara'i, Fatimid vizier
973: Hermann Billung, Frankish lieutenant (born 900)
965: Arnulf I, Count of Flanders (born c. 890)
916: Alduin I, Frankish nobleman
913: Du Xiao, chancellor of Later Liang
913: Zhang empress of Later Liang
853: Haymo of Halberstadt, German bishop and author (born 778)
710: Rupert of Salzburg, Austrian bishop and saint (born 660)

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