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March 31

On This Day in History

March 31

March 31 is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 275 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: One lottery ticket sold in California wins $526.5 million Powerball jackpot. Last night's Powerball drawing produced a single winning ticket for the $526.5 million jackpot, giving someone in California a half a billion reasons to celebrate.
2024: $975 MILLION: Massive Powerball jackpot increases again. The near-billlion-dollar Powerball jackpot grew again last night, but perhaps not as much as it would have if this weren't Easter weekend.
2023: UK woman claims she won £1 million lottery prize, Camelot says its £10. A UK woman is going head-to-head with National Lottery operator Camelot in court to determine whether her prize is worth £1 million (US$1.2 million) or £10.
2022: First $10 million Powerball Double Play ticket goes unclaimed in Maryland. The nation's first winning $10 million Powerball Double Play ticket sold in Maryland went unclaimed earlier this week after a full year of waiting for the historical winner to come forward.
2021: Iowa man accused of lottery fraud for cashing ticket on friend's behalf. An associate of a lottery winner pleaded not guilty to lottery fraud after being accused of falsely cashing in a $50,000 winning scratch-off ticket.
2020: Oregon man wins $6.3 million from free lottery ticket. An Oregon man's $6.3 million lottery jackpot was made all the more lucky by the fact that his ticket was free — and he almost left it at the store.
2020: Lottery plant workers learn fellow employee tested positive for COVID-19. A supply worker at Scientific Games in Alpharetta, Georgia, where scratch-off lottery tickets are made has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a company statement issued Monday.
2020: U.S. gaming industry hanging hopes on stimulus package. Hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, the American gaming industry, including the expanding legal sports betting market, is optimistic the federal relief bill signed into law Friday by President Donald Trump will help its recovery.
2018: One lottery ticket sold in New Jersey wins $521 million Mega Millions jackpot. It appears someone in the Garden State will be having a very happy Easter or Passover, as Friday night's Mega Millions drawing produced a single jackpot-winning ticket sold in New Jersey.
2017: Best friend to testify against Tipton at July lottery rigging trial. It took Texas businessman Robert Rhodes more than a year to turn against his "good old boy" best friend after he realized that Eddie Tipton would not do a deal and tell prosecutors about how he had created an elaborate system to rig lotteries in five states.
2016: Parking garage attendant wins lottery, immediately quits job. A New York City parking garage attendant hit the lottery jackpot, promptly quit his job, and now plans to hire his very own chauffeur.
2014: Lucky Va. couple claims three major lottery prizes in one month. A Virginia couple who has won the lottery three times in the last month want to see how long their run of luck will last.
2013: $338M NJ Powerball winner pledges to pay rent for his entire block. A close friend of the newly minted megamillionaire Pedro Quezada said that Quezada promised to temporarily cover the housing costs for residents in the Passaic, N.J., neighborhood that housed his bodega.
2012: World's biggest lottery jackpot won by three tickets. The largest lottery jackpot the world has ever seen has been won Friday night by three tickets sold in Illinois, Kansas, and Maryland.
2011: Texas Lottery kicks off Green Ball promo Monday. The Texas Lottery Monday is bringing back the Pick 3 Green Ball promotion, which gives Pick 3 players a chance to increase their prizes by approximately 20 percent.
2011: $319M lottery winners revealed. The "Albany Seven" made their first public appearance at a news conference this morning holding oversized posters of their winning lottery ticket worth $319 million.
2011: Lottery's biggest loser: Albany man passed on office pool that won $319M jackpot. The group of seven lottery pool players that won last week's $319 million Mega Millions jackpot could have had an eighth member, but one unlucky man made a choice that cost him millions.
2010: Mass. Lottery launches Red Sox scratch ticket. The Boston Red Sox are swinging for the Green Monster with the launch of another Massachusetts State Lottery instant ticket.
2009: Florida Lottery chief comes under hostile fire in House committee. The Florida Lottery's top executive got a dressing-down today from House Republicans for failing to bid out a lucrative contract produce its TV ads, despite a state law requiring the department to start doing so last summer.
2009: Million-dollar winner remains frugal after windfall. A lucky, level-headed lady from Tennessee won a cool million with a scratch-off lottery ticket, but held on to her frugal ways.
2009: Arizona Lottery's Cash 4 game starts today. The Arizona Lottery's newest game has its first drawing this evening.
2008: N.C. Lottery conducts first Pick 3 Midday drawing. The North Carolina Education Lottery on Monday launched its second daily "Carolina Pick 3" game with its regularly-scheduled drawing at 3:00 p.m.
2008: Powerball 10x promotion starts Wednesday. Starting Wednesday, April 2, 2008, all Powerball states will be offering Powerball players the chance to multiply non-jackpot prizes by 10.
2005: N.C. Lottery Foes Gather Strength. A group of high-profile lottery opponents vowed Wednesday to fight efforts to bring scratch-off tickets and numbers games to North Carolina.
2004: Mega Millions Winners to Claim $239 Million Jackpot Thursday. The winners of a record $239 million Mega Millions jackpot have come forward more than a month after the winning ticket was sold, the Virginia Lottery said Wednesday.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot still growing: $75 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $75 million Wednesday.
2004: 200 stolen tickets produce $11 in prizes and an arrest. Carlisha Johnson is accused of swiping 216 lottery tickets from a Louisiana store where she worked and scratching them off in full view of a surveillance camera.
2004: North Carolina man wins $100,000 in Virginia lottery. A 55-year-old retired tobacco plant worker from Reidsville, North Carolina won $100,000 Friday in the Virginia "Cash 5" Lottery.
2004: Wife's Birthday Dinner Ends with £4.3M Lottery Joy. A man who took his wife out for a birthday meal returned home to find he had won £4.3 million on the lottery.
2004: TennCare reminds enrollees that Tennessee lottery prizes are income. TennCare enrollees who hit the jackpot playing the Tennessee Lottery must report prizes of $600 or more.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.03 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 1, 2024
2.$355 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 31, 2023
3.$223 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2022
4.€180.22 Million US$199.94 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 31, 2022
5.$187 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2011
6.$174 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 31, 2017
7.$170 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 1, 2020
8.€144 Million US$169.44 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2021
9.$168 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2021
10.$160 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 2, 1999
11.€129.96 Million
US$152.82 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 1, 2021
12.$152 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 1, 2006
13.€122.14 Million
US$150.52 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 31, 2018
14.$150.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 1, 2023
15.€129.21 Million
US$144.75 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2019
16.$135 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 1, 2008
16.$135 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2016
18.$117 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 31, 2006
19.$113 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 31, 2020
20.$109 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 1, 2009
21.€90 Million
US$99.23 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Apr 3, 2020
22.CA$125 Million
US$95.65 Million: Multi-Province
Canada Super 7
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2004
23.$92 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2002
24.€75 Million
US$90.57 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 31, 2006
25.€83.74 Million
US$90.11 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2024

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1988: monquel26
Thursday, Mar 31, 1988
37 years old
1985: sayiaman
Sunday, Mar 31, 1985
40 years old
1985: kkhanna17
Sunday, Mar 31, 1985
40 years old
1983: Brandtheather7
Thursday, Mar 31, 1983
42 years old
1982: Diceboi82
Wednesday, Mar 31, 1982
43 years old
1980: cass 78
Monday, Mar 31, 1980
45 years old
1979: Lynguyen331
Saturday, Mar 31, 1979
46 years old
1978: Dame313
Friday, Mar 31, 1978
47 years old
1972: Jampony72
Friday, Mar 31, 1972
53 years old
1964: msmillionaire
Tuesday, Mar 31, 1964
61 years old
1964: Badeslave
Tuesday, Mar 31, 1964
61 years old
1963: Ann-0331
Sunday, Mar 31, 1963
62 years old
1961: fyllann361
Friday, Mar 31, 1961
64 years old
1944: lnewmanlottery
Friday, Mar 31, 1944
81 years old
1933: sarfi33
Friday, Mar 31, 1933
92 years old
1933: links7
Friday, Mar 31, 1933
92 years old
: JAG331
(year not provided)
: datacomput
(year not provided)
: Denmother1
(year not provided)
: Chynadolly
(year not provided)
: jimcbender
(year not provided)
: naweekes
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: A historic tornado outbreak occurs in the American Midwest and its northern South.
2018: Start of the 2018 Armenian revolution.
2016: NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko return to Earth after a yearlong mission at the International Space Station.
2005: The dwarf planet Makemake is discovered by a team led by astronomer Michael E. Brown at the Palomar Observatory.
2004: Iraq War in Anbar Province: In Fallujah, Iraq, four American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being ambushed.
1998: Netscape releases Mozilla source code under an open source license.
1995: Selena is murdered by her fan club president Yolanda Saldívar at a Days Inn in Corpus Christi, Texas.
1995: TAROM Flight 371, an Airbus A310-300, crashes near Balotesti, Romania, killing all 60 people on board.
1993: The Macao Basic Law is adopted by the Eighth National People's Congress of China to take effect December 20, 1999. Resumption by China of the Exercise of Sovereignty over Macao
1992: The USS Missouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned in Long Beach, California.
1992: The Treaty of Federation is signed in Moscow.
1991: Georgian independence referendum: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union.
1991: The Warsaw Pact formally disbands.
1990: Approximately 200,000 protesters take to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax.
1986: Mexicana de Aviación Flight 940 crashes into the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range near the Mexican town of Maravatío, killing 167.
1980: The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets because of bankruptcy and debts owed to creditors.
1970: Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit.
1968: American President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks to the nation of "Steps to Limit the War in Vietnam" in a television address. At the conclusion of his speech, he announces: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President."
1966: The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
1966: The Labour Party under Harold Wilson wins the 1966 United Kingdom general election.
1964: Brazilian General Olímpio Mourão Filho orders his troops to move towards Rio de Janeiro, beginning the coup d'état and 21 years of military dictatorship.
1959: The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
1958: In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.
1957: Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.
1951: Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
1949: The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
1945: World War II: A defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1, the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft, to the Americans, the first to fall into Allied hands.
1942: World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession.
1939: Events preceding World War II in Europe: Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain pledges British military support to the Second Polish Republic in the event of an invasion by Nazi Germany.
1933: The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States.
1931: An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
1931: A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
1930: The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years.
1921: The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
1918: Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed.
1918: Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
1917: According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
1913: The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
1909: Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
1906: The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
1905: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany declares his support for Moroccan independence in Tangier, beginning the First Moroccan Crisis.
1901: Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák premieres at the National Opera House in Prague.
1899: Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
1889: The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
1885: The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
1854: Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Convention of Kanagawa with the Tokugawa Shogunate, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
1814: The Sixth Coalition occupies Paris after Napoleon's Grande Armée capitulates.
1774: American Revolution: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
1761: The 1761 Lisbon earthquake strikes off the Iberian Peninsula with an estimated magnitude of 8.5, six years after another quake destroyed the city.
1717: A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, preached in the presence of King George I of Great Britain, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
1706: The last session of history of the Catalan Courts, the parliamentary body of the Principality of Catalonia, ends. Catalonia's constitutional modernisation passed by the Courts aims to improve the guarantee of individual, political and economic rights (among them, the secrecy of correspondence).
1657: The Long Parliament presents the Humble Petition and Advice offering Oliver Cromwell the British throne, which he eventually declines.
1521: Ferdinand Magellan and fifty of his men came ashore to present-day Limasawa to participate in the first Catholic mass in the Philippines.
1492: Queen Isabella of Castile issues the Alhambra Decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish and Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion.
1174: A conspiracy against Saladin, aiming to restore the Fatimid Caliphate, is revealed in Cairo, involving senior figures of the former Fatimid regime and the poet Umara al-Yamani. Modern historians doubt the extent and danger of the conspiracy reported in official sources, but its ringleaders will be publicly executed over the following weeks.
1146: Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade. Louis VII is present, and joins the Crusade.
307: After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian.

Births On This Day

2005: Reed Baker-Whiting, American professional footballer
2004: Samson Baidoo, Austrian professional footballer
2004: Mateo Sanabria, Argentine professional footballer
2004: Alex Luna, Argentine professional footballer
1999: Japhet Tanganga, English footballer
1999: Brooke Scullion, Irish Singer
1999: Jens Odgaard, Danish professional footballer
1999: Denys Strekalin, Ukrainian-born pair skater
1999: Adam Chrzanowski, Polish professional footballer
1999: Santiago Chocobares, Argentine rugby union player
1999: Ballou Tabla, Canadian professional soccer player
1999: Elžbieta Kropa, Lithuanian figure skater
1999: Edon Zhegrova, German born professional footballer
1999: Shiann Salmon, Jamaican track and field athlete
1999: Ben Williams, Welsh professional footballer
1999: Luca Pizzul, Italian professional footballer
1999: Sander Raieste, Estonian professional basketball player
1999: Jonas Røndbjerg, Danish ice hockey player
1999: Adele Tan, Singaporean sports shooter
1999: Nuno Pina, Portuguese football player
1999: Tereza Jančová, Slovakian skier
1999: Maren Lutz, German female canoeist
1999: Shehana Vithana, Sri Lankan-Australian professional squash player
1999: Providence Cowdrill, English cricketer
1999: Ricardo Felipe, Brazilian footballer
1999: Dimitris Dalakouras, Greek professional footballer
1998: Jakob Chychrun, American-born Canadian ice hockey player
1996: Liza Koshy, American actress, comedian, and television host
1995: Fiona Brown, footballer
1994: Samira Asghari, Afghan member of the International Olympic Committee
1994: Tyler Wright, Australian surfer
1994: Mads Würtz Schmidt, Danish road cyclist
1993: Mikael Ishak, Swedish footballer
1992: Stijn de Looijer, Dutch footballer
1992: Adam Zampa, Australian cricketer
1991: Milan Milanović, Serbian footballer
1991: Rodney Sneijder, Dutch footballer
1990: George Iloka, American football player
1990: Lyra McKee, Irish journalist (d. 2019)
1990: Sandra Roma, Swedish tennis player
1989: Alberto Martín Romo García Adámez, Spanish footballer
1989: Nejc Vidmar, Slovenian footballer
1989: Liu Zige, Chinese swimmer
1988: Thomas De Corte, Belgian footballer
1988: Conrad Sewell, Australian singer and songwriter
1988: Dorin Dickerson, American football player
1988: DeAndre Liggins, American basketball player
1988: Louis van der Westhuizen, Namibian cricketer
1987: Nordin Amrabat, Dutch footballer
1987: Hugo Ayala, Mexican footballer
1987: Amaury Bischoff, Portuguese footballer
1987: Humpy Koneru, Indian chess player
1987: Kirill Starkov, Danish ice hockey player
1987: Nelli Zhiganshina, Russian figure skater
1986: Andreas Dober, Austrian footballer
1986: James King, Scottish rugby player
1986: Paulo Machado, Portuguese footballer
1985: Steve Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player
1985: Jo-Lonn Dunbar, American football player
1985: Jesper Hansen, Danish footballer
1985: Ivan Mishyn, Ukrainian race car driver
1985: Kory Sheets, American football player
1985: Jalmar Sjöberg, Swedish wrestler
1984: David Clarkson, Canadian ice hockey player
1984: Eddie Johnson, American soccer player
1984: James Jones, American football player
1984: Martins Dukurs, Latvian sled racer
1984: Kaie Kand, Estonian heptathlete
1984: Alberto Junior Rodríguez, Peruvian footballer
1984: Ed Williamson, English rugby player
1983: Hashim Amla, South African cricketer
1983: Ashleigh Ball, Canadian voice actress and musician
1983: Sophie Hunger, Swiss-German musician
1983: Vlasios Maras, Greek gymnast
1983: Nigel Plum, Australian rugby league player
1982: Tal Ben Haim, Israeli footballer
1982: Mira Bellwether, American author, artist, and sex educator
1982: Bam Childress, American football player
1982: Brian Tyree Henry, American actor
1982: Audrey Kawasaki, American painter
1982: Chien-Ming Wang, Taiwanese baseball player
1981: Ryan Bingham, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981: Thomas Chatelle, Belgian footballer
1981: Han Tae-you, South Korean footballer
1981: Pa Dembo Touray, Gambian footballer
1981: Maarten van der Weijden, Dutch swimmer
1980: Martin Albrechtsen, Danish footballer
1980: Karolina Lassbo, Swedish lawyer and blogger
1980: Matias Concha, Swedish footballer
1980: Kate Micucci, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1980: Michael Ryder, Canadian ice hockey player
1980: Maaya Sakamoto, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
1979: Omri Afek, Israeli footballer
1979: Euan Burton, Scottish martial artist and coach
1979: Alexis Ferrero, Argentinian footballer
1979: Charlie Manning, American baseball player
1979: Jonna Mendes, American skier
1979: Rhys Wesser, Australian rugby league player
1978: Michael Clark, Australian cricketer and footballer
1978: Stephen Clemence, English footballer and manager
1978: Jarrod Cooper, American football player
1978: Jérôme Rothen, French footballer
1977: Toshiya, Japanese bass player, songwriter, and producer
1977: Garth Tander, Australian race car driver
1976: Howard Frier, American basketball player
1976: Igors Sļesarčuks, Latvian-Russian footballer
1976: Graeme Smith, Scottish swimmer
1975: Makis Dreliozis, Greek basketball player
1975: Adam Green, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1975: Nathan Grey, Australian rugby player and coach
1975: Cameron Murray, Scottish rugby player
1975: Ryan Rupe, American baseball player
1974: Benjamin Eicher, German director, producer, and screenwriter
1974: Natali, Russian singer, composer and songwriter
1974: Stefan Olsdal, Swedish bass player
1974: Jani Sievinen, Finnish swimmer
1973: Christopher Hampson, English ballet dancer and choreographer
1972: Alejandro Amenábar, Chilean-Spanish director and screenwriter
1972: Andrew Bowen, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1972: Luca Gentili, Italian footballer and coach
1972: Hristos Polihroniou, Greek hammer thrower
1972: Evan Williams, American businessman, co-founded Twitter and Pyra Labs
1971: Demetris Assiotis, Cypriot footballer
1971: Martin Atkinson, English footballer and referee
1971: Pavel Bure, Russian ice hockey player
1971: Craig McCracken, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
1971: Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
1970: Alenka Bratušek, Slovenian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Slovenia
1970: Linn Skåber, Norwegian actress and writer
1969: Nyamko Sabuni, Burundian-Swedish politician
1969: Steve Smith, American basketball player and sportscaster
1968: César Sampaio, Brazilian footballer
1966: Roger Black, English runner and journalist
1966: Nick Firestone, American race car driver
1965: Tom Barrasso, American ice hockey player and coach
1965: Patty Fendick, American tennis player and coach
1965: Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (d. 2006)
1965: William McNamara, American actor and producer
1965: Steven T. Seagle, American author and screenwriter
1964: Mark Hoban, English accountant and politician
1963: Paul Mercurio, Australian actor and dancer
1962: Olli Rehn, Finnish footballer and politician
1962: Georgios Stefanopoulos, Greek boxer
1961: Ron Brown, American sprinter and football player
1961: Howard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer
1959: Markus Hediger, Swiss poet and translator
1958: Andrea Kuntzl, Austrian politician
1957: Alan Duncan, English businessman and politician, former Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
1955: Svetozar Marović, President of Serbia and Montenegro
1955: Angus Young, Scottish-Australian guitarist and songwriter
1953: Dennis Kamakahi, American guitarist and composer (d. 2014)
1950: András Adorján, Hungarian chess player and author (d. 2023)
1950: Ed Marinaro, American football player and actor
1950: Sandra Morgen, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2016)
1949: Gilles Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2023)
1948: Gary Doer, Canadian politician and diplomat, 20th Premier of Manitoba
1948: Al Gore, American soldier and politician, 45th Vice President of the United States and Nobel Prize laureate
1948: Rhea Perlman, American actress
1948: Gustaaf Van Cauter, Belgian cyclist
1947: Augustin Banyaga, Rwandan-American mathematician and academic
1947: Wendy Overton, American tennis player
1947: Kristian Blak, Danish-Faroese pianist, composer, and producer
1947: Don Foster, English academic and politician
1947: César Gaviria, Colombian economist and politician, 36th President of Colombia
1947: Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Israeli physicist and economist (d. 2011)
1946: Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1984)
1946: Bob Russell, English politician
1945: Edwin Catmull, American computer scientist and engineer
1945: Gabe Kaplan, American actor and comedian
1945: Myfanwy Talog, Welsh actress (d. 1995)
1944: Pascal Danel, French singer-songwriter
1944: Angus King, American politician
1944: Mick Ralphs, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943: Roy Andersson, Swedish director and screenwriter
1943: Deirdre Clancy, English costume designer
1943: Christopher Walken, American actor
1942: Ulla Hoffmann, Swedish politician
1942: Hugh McCracken, American guitarist and producer (d. 2013)
1942: Michael Savage, American far-right radio host and author
1941: Franco Bonvicini, Italian author and illustrator (d. 1995)
1941: Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (d. 2013)
1940: Brian Ackland-Snow, English production designer and art director (d. 2013)
1940: Barney Frank, American lawyer and politician
1940: Patrick Leahy, American lawyer and politician
1939: Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia (d. 1993)
1939: Israel Horovitz, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2020)
1939: Walker David Miller, American lawyer and judge (d. 2013)
1939: Volker Schlöndorff, German director and producer
1939: Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, German footballer (d. 2024)
1938: Patrick Bateson, English biologist and academic (d. 2017)
1938: Sheila Dikshit, Indian politician, 22nd Governor of Kerala (d. 2019)
1938: Antje Gleichfeld, German runner
1938: Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2005)
1938: Jimmy Johnson, American football player (d. 2024)
1938: Tõnno Lepmets, Estonian basketball player (d. 2005)
1938: Arthur B. Rubinstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2018)
1938: David Steel, Scottish academic and politician
1936: Marge Piercy, American poet and novelist
1936: Walter E. Williams, American economist and academic (d. 2020)
1935: Herb Alpert, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer
1935: Judith Rossner, American author (d. 2005)
1934: Richard Chamberlain, American actor
1934: Shirley Jones, American actress and singer
1934: John D. Loudermilk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
1934: Grigory Nelyubov, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut (d. 1966)
1934: Carlo Rubbia, Italian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1934: Kamala Surayya, Indian poet and author (d. 2009)
1933: Anita Carter, American singer-songwriter and bassist (d. 1999)
1933: Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet (d. 1983)
1932: John Jakes, American author (d. 2023)
1932: Nagisa Oshima, Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1931: Miller Barber, American golfer (d. 2013)
1931: Tamara Tyshkevich, Belarusian shot putter (d. 1997)
1930: Yehuda Nir, Polish-American psychiatrist (d. 2014)
1930: Jim Mutscheller, American football player and coach (d. 2015)
1929: Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer, founded Liz Claiborne Inc. (d. 2007)
1929: Bert Fields, American lawyer and author (d. 2022)
1928: Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)
1928: Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2016)
1927: Cesar Chavez, American labor union leader and activist (d. 1993)
1927: William Daniels, American actor
1927: Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Spanish cardinal (d. 2021)
1927: Vladimir Ilyushin, Russian pilot (d. 2010)
1927: Elmer Diedtrich, American businessman and politician (d. 2013)
1927: Bud MacPherson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1988)
1926: John Fowles, English novelist (d. 2005)
1926: Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, author, and illustrator (d. 2001)
1926: Rocco Petrone, American colonel and engineer (d. 2006)
1925: Jean Coutu, Canadian actor and director (d. 1999)
1924: Leo Buscaglia, American author and academic (d. 1998)
1924: Charles Guggenheim, American director and producer (d. 2002)
1923: Don Barksdale, American basketball player (d. 1993)
1923: François Sermon, Belgian footballer (d. 2013)
1922: Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (d. 1999)
1922: Patrick Magee, Irish actor (d. 1982)
1921: Lowell Fulson, African-American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
1921: Peggy Rea, American actress and casting director (d. 2011)
1921: John Ugelstad, Norwegian chemical engineer and inventor (d. 1997)
1920: Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, British aristocrat, socialite and author (d. 2014)
1919: Frank Akins, American football player (d. 1993)
1918: Ted Post, American director (d. 2013)
1917: Dorothy DeLay, American violinist and educator (d. 2002)
1916: Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (d. 2012)
1916: Tommy Bolt, American golfer (d. 2008)
1916: John H. Wood, Jr., American lawyer and judge (d. 1979)
1915: Albert Hourani, English historian and author (d. 1993)
1915: Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese sergeant (d. 1997)
1914: Octavio Paz, Mexican poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1914: Dagmar Lange, Swedish author (d. 1991)
1913: Etta Baker, African-American singer and guitarist (d. 2006)
1912: William Lederer, American soldier and author (d. 2009)
1911: Freddie Green, American guitarist (d. 1987)
1911: Elisabeth Grümmer, German soprano (d. 1986)
1908: Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer (d. 1999)
1906: Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
1905: Robert Stevenson, English director and screenwriter (d. 1986)
1905: George Treweek, Australian rugby league player (d. 1991)
1900: Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (d. 1974)
1895: Vardis Fisher, American author and academic (d. 1968)
1893: Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (d. 1954)
1893: Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German physician and historian (d. 1982)
1891: Victor Varconi, Hungarian-American actor and director (d. 1976)
1890: Ben Adams, American jumper (d. 1961)
1890: William Lawrence Bragg, Australian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
1885: Pascin, Bulgarian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1930)
1884: Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (d. 1946)
1878: Jack Johnson, American boxer (d. 1946)
1876: Borisav Stanković, Serbian author (d. 1927)
1874: Benjamín G. Hill, Mexican revolutionary general, governor of Sonora (d. 1920)
1874: Henri Marteau, French violinist and composer (d. 1934)
1872: Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet manager and critic, founded the Ballets Russes (d. 1929)
1871: Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (d. 1922)
1865: Anandi Gopal Joshi, Indian physician (d. 1887)
1859: Emil Fenyvessy, Hungarian actor and screenwriter (d. 1924)
1855: Alfred E. Hunt, American businessman (d. 1899)
1851: Francis Bell, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1936)
1847: Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (d. 1904)
1847: Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1878)
1835: John La Farge, American artist (d. 1910)
1833: Mary Abigail Dodge, American writer and essayist (d. 1896)
1823: Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author (d. 1886)
1819: Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (d. 1901)
1813: Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (1858 and 1860-1862) (d. 1898)
1809: Edward FitzGerald, English poet and translator (d. 1883)
1809: Otto Lindblad, Swedish composer (d. 1864)
1794: Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1852)
1778: Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist and ornithologist (d. 1858)
1777: Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (d. 1859)
1747: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German pianist and composer (d. 1800)
1740: Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (d. 1849)
1732: Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1809)
1730: Étienne Bézout, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1783)
1723: Frederick V of Denmark (d. 1766)
1718: Mariana Victoria of Spain (d. 1781)
1685: Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (d. 1750)
1675: Pope Benedict XIV (d. 1758)
1651: Charles II, Elector Palatine, German husband of Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark (d. 1685)
1621: Andrew Marvell, English poet and politician (d. 1678)
1601: Jakov Mikalja, Italian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1654)
1596: René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1650)
1536: Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shōgun (d. 1565)
1519: Henry II of France (d. 1559)
1504: Guru Angad, Indian religious leader (d. 1552)
1499: Pope Pius IV (d. 1565)
1360: Philippa of Lancaster (d. 1415)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Barbara Rush, American actress (b. 1927)
2022: Shirley Burkovich, former American All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) player (b. 1933)
2022: Patrick Demarchelier, French fashion photographer (b. 1943)
2022: Moana Jackson, New Zealand lawyer specialising in constitutional law (b. 1945)
2021: Ken Reitz, American baseball player (b. 1951)
2021: Muhammad Wakkas, Bangladeshi teacher and parliamentarian (b. 1952)
2020: Gita Ramjee, Ugandan-South African scientist and researcher (b. 1956)
2019: Nipsey Hussle, American rapper (b. 1985)
2018: Nick Newton, inventor of the Newton Starting Blocks (b. 1933)
2017: Gilbert Baker, American artist and LGBT rights activist (b. 1951)
2017: James Rosenquist, American artist (b. 1933)
2016: Ronnie Corbett, Scottish comedian, actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)
2016: Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician (b. 1927)
2016: Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-born English architect and academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion (b. 1950)
2016: Imre Kertész, Hungarian author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)
2016: Denise Robertson, British writer and television broadcaster (b. 1932)
2015: Betty Churcher, Australian painter, historian, and curator (b. 1931)
2015: Cocoa Fujiwara, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1983)
2015: Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian lawyer and politician (b. 1937)
2015: Dalibor Vesely, Czech-English historian, author, and academic (b. 1934)
2014: Gonzalo Anes, Spanish economist, historian, and academic (b. 1931)
2014: Roger Somville, Belgian painter (b. 1923)
2013: Charles Amarin Brand, French archbishop (b. 1920)
2013: Ernie Bridge, Australian singer and politician (b. 1936)
2013: Bob Clarke, American illustrator (b. 1926)
2013: Ahmad Sayyed Javadi, Iranian lawyer and politician, Iranian Minister of Interior (b. 1917)
2013: Dmitri Uchaykin, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1980)
2012: Judith Adams, New Zealand-Australian nurse and politician (b. 1943)
2012: Dale R. Corson, American physicist and academic (b. 1914)
2012: Bernard O. Gruenke, American stained glass artist (b. 1914)
2012: Jerry Lynch, American baseball player (b. 1930)
2012: Alberto Sughi, Italian painter (b. 1928)
2012: Halbert White, American economist and academic (b. 1950)
2011: Gil Clancy, American boxer and trainer (b. 1922)
2011: Alan Fitzgerald, Australian journalist and author (b. 1935)
2011: Mary Greyeyes, the first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Armed Forces (b. 1920)
2011: Oddvar Hansen, Norwegian footballer and coach (b. 1921)
2011: Ishbel MacAskill, Scottish singer and actress (b. 1941)
2011: Henry Taub, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
2010: Jerald terHorst, American journalist (b. 1922)
2010: Roger Addison, Welsh rugby union player (b. 1945)
2009: Raúl Alfonsín, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 46th President of Argentina (b. 1927)
2009: Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (b. 1911)
2008: Jules Dassin, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1911)
2008: Bill Keightley, American equipment manager (b. 1926)
2007: Paul Watzlawick, Austrian-American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1921)
2006: Jackie McLean, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1931)
2005: Stanley J. Korsmeyer, American oncologist and academic (b. 1951)
2005: Justiniano Montano, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
2005: Frank Perdue, American businessman (b. 1920)
2004: Scott Helvenston, American soldier (b. 1965)
2003: Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1907)
2003: Anne Gwynne, American actress (b. 1918)
2003: Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1949)
2002: Barry Took, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2002: Moturu Udayam, Indian activist and politician (b. 1924)
2002: Carlos J. Gradin, Argentine Archaeologist (b. 1913)
2001: David Rocastle, English footballer (b. 1967)
2001: Clifford Shull, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
2000: Gisèle Freund, German-born French photographer and photojournalist (b. 1908)
2000: Adrian Fisher, English guitarist and member of the band Toby (b. 1952)
1999: Yuri Knorozov, Russian linguist and ethnographer (b. 1922)
1998: Bella Abzug, American lawyer, activist, and politician (b. 1920)
1998: Tim Flock, American race car driver (b. 1924)
1998: Joel Ryce-Menuhin, American pianist (b. 1933)
1997: Stephen Kalong Ningkan, first Chief Minister of Sarawak, Malaysia.
1996: Dante Giacosa, Italian automobile designer and engineer (b. 1905)
1996: Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958)
1995: Selena, American singer-songwriter (b. 1971)
1993: Brandon Lee, American actor and martial artist (b. 1965)
1993: Mitchell Parish, Lithuanian-American songwriter (b. 1900)
1991: Theofylaktos Papakonstantinou, Greek columnist, political and social analyst and historian (b. 1905)
1988: William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)
1986: Jerry Paris, American actor and director (b. 1925)
1983: Christina Stead, Australian author and academic (b. 1902)
1981: Enid Bagnold, English author and playwright (b. 1889)
1980: Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (b. 1905)
1980: Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper (b. 1913)
1978: Astrid Allwyn, American actress (b. 1905)
1978: Charles Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin (b. 1899)
1976: Paul Strand, American photographer and director (b. 1890)
1975: Percy Alliss, English golfer (b. 1897)
1970: Semyon Timoshenko, Soviet Commander during the Winter War and the Eastern Front of World War II (b. 1894)
1968: Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (b. 1885)
1961: Pyrros Spyromilios, officer of the Greek Navy and director of the Greek Radio Orchestra (b. 1913)
1956: Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver and actor (b. 1884)
1956: Nellah Massey Bailey, American politician and librarian (b. 1893)
1952: Wallace H. White, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1877)
1950: Robert Natus, Estonian architect (b. 1890)
1945: Frank Findlay, New Zealand banker and politician (b. 1884)
1945: Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
1944: Mineichi Koga, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
1939: Ioannis Tsangaridis, Greek general (b. 1887)
1935: Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman and diplomat, founded Prince Matchabelli perfume (b. 1885)
1931: Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (b. 1888)
1930: Ludwig Schüler, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1836)
1927: Kang Youwei, Chinese scholar and political reformer (b. 1858)
1924: George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator (b. 1855)
1920: Abdul Hamid Madarshahi, Bengali Islamic scholar and author (b. 1869)
1917: Emil von Behring, German physiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
1915: Wyndham Halswelle, English-Scottish runner and captain (b. 1882)
1913: J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier (b. 1837)
1910: Jean Moréas, Greek poet, essayist and art critic (b. 1856)
1907: Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1823)
1885: Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (b. 1819)
1880: Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1835)
1877: Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1801)
1855: Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1816)
1850: John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (b. 1782)
1837: John Constable, English painter and educator (b. 1776)
1797: Olaudah Equiano, Nigerian merchant, author, and activist (b. 1745)
1751: Frederick, Prince of Wales, Hanoverian-born heir to the British throne (b. 1707)
1741: Pieter Burman the Elder, Dutch scholar and author (b. 1668)
1723: Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, English soldier and politician, 14th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1661)
1671: Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (b. 1637)
1631: John Donne, English lawyer and poet (b. 1572)
1622: Gonzalo Méndez de Canço, Royal Governor of La Florida (b. 1554)
1621: Philip III, Spanish king (b. 1578)
1567: Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (b. 1504)
1547: Francis I, French king (b. 1494)
1491: Bonaventura Tornielli, Italian Roman Catholic priest (b. 1411)
1462: Isidore II of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople
1342: Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro, Italian Augustinian friar
1340: Ivan I of Moscow, Russian Grand Duke (b. 1288)
1251: William of Modena, Italian bishop and diplomat
1241: Pousa, voivode of Transylvania
963: Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Muhammad, Saffarid emir (b. 906)
528: Xiaoming, emperor of Northern Wei (b. 510)
32 BC: Titus Pomponius Atticus, Roman nobleman of the Equestrian order (b. 109 BC)

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