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May 13

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May 13

May 13 is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 232 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Ohio Lottery details full extent of December cyber attack. The Ohio Lottery revealed that a cybersecurity incident on Christmas Eve 2023 resulted in over half a million players having their personal identifying information exposed, including full names and Social Security numbers.
2022: Mega Millions host calls wrong winning number during broadcast. We all make mistakes, but for a host of the Mega Millions lottery, it's a potentially costly one: Prize payments for some Mega Millions tickets have been temporarily suspended after host John Crow incorrectly read the Mega Ball number during Tuesday's lottery drawing.
2021: Ohio, Kentucky to use lotteries as incentive for residents to get vaccinated. Ohio and Kentucky are trying new tactics to incentivize their residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19, some of which involve a separate lottery for those who received a vaccine or a promotion to persuade individuals to get one.
2019: Nearly $10 million in Louisiana Lottery winnings go unclaimed every year. Each year, the Louisiana Lottery estimates abut $9-10 million worth of lottery winnings never get collected.
2016: NJ family of 8 claims $429.6 million Powerball lottery jackpot. A New Jersey woman and her seven adult children have stepped forward to claim a $429.6 million Powerball jackpot.
2016: 8 people to split $429.6 million Powerball lottery jackpot in NJ. The New Jersey Lottery has announced a press conference will be held at their headquarters Friday afternoon to introduce the winners of last week's Powerball.
2016: Which lottery games do N.J. residents spend the most money on?. While Powerball and Mega Millions capture the public's attention when their jackpots soar into the hundreds of millions, it's other lottery games that pay the freight in New Jersey.
2014: Wyoming Lottery to begin accepting retailer applications. Starting May 21, the Wyoming Lottery Corp. will begin accepting applications from Wyoming retail business owners who want to sell Powerball and Mega Millions tickets at their retail locations.
2010: Illinois Lottery solicits companies for privatization. The Illinois Lottery today asked private firms for expressions of interest in managing its operations for a period of up to 10 years.
2009: NASCAR fan wins $75.6M lottery jackpot. A Virginia man claimed a $75.6 million share of the $227 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot from the May 1 drawing.
2008: Winning Oregon Lottery ticket expires May 23. Oregon Lottery officials say it's time to double-check your wallet or your purse, or even the sofa, to see if a lottery ticket with the winning numbers was overlooked.
2008: Ohio Lottery switches games operator. The Ohio Lottery is planning to turn over control of some of its best-known games -- Pick 3, Pick 4, Mega Millions and the upcoming Keno game -- to an international company that's projected to save the lottery $200 million over 10 years.
2005: $100,000 lottery ticket claim goes to court. An administrative law judge is considering the claim by two Indiana men that they are the rightful owners of a $100,000 lottery ticket that was tossed in the trash.
2005: California Lottery fixes major problem with Derby game. A computer software glitch denied 650 players a chance to win the game's grand prize over six months. The glitch demonstrates one of the many problems that can happen with computerized lottery drawings.
2005: Illionois lottery winner arrested on gun charges. A northwestern Illinois man who is a member of a group that says it holds a lottery ticket worth $35.7 million was arrested Thursday on federal gun trafficking and drug charges.
2004: Study: Brain Prefers Working for Cash. Lottery winners, trust-fund babies and others who get their money without working for it do not get as much satisfaction from their cash as those who earn it, a study of the pleasure center in people's brains suggests.
2004: Scientific Games Wins 7-Year Puerto Rico Lottery Contract. Scientific Games Corporation announced that it has been named the apparent winner of the online lottery contract for Puerto Rico worth $66.7 million over seven years.
2004: $175,000 Virginia Mega Millions Lottery Ticket Expires Today. Time is running out for a Virginia Lottery player who bought a winning Mega Millions ticket in Virginia Beach. The ticket is worth $175,000 until 5:00 PM today, when it expires.
2004: New York Lotto Hits $50 Million Mark. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's New York Lotto drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $50 million.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $15 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $15 million, with a cash option of $7.6 million.
2004: Minnesota Lottery to close offices. The Minnesota State Lottery will cut 15 jobs and close its offices in Brainerd and Eagan in a move intended to save $1 million beginning in July.
2004: WCLC to clearly define "ticket". The Western Canada Lottery Corporation is changing its definition of a winning ticket, after a woman was allowed to collect her prize with a photocopy.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$430 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 14, 2021
2.$363.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 15, 2013
3.$363 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 14, 2024
4.$316 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 14, 2019
5.$280 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 16, 2018
6.$266 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 15, 2020
7.$250 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 15, 2019
8.€204.12 Million US$212.53 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 14, 2022
9.$187 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 15, 2021
10.$184 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 13, 2017
11.€151.47 Million
US$180.25 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 13, 2021
12.€123 Million
US$174.48 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 13, 2011
13.€151.67 Million
US$170.13 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 14, 2019
14.$170 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 14, 2013
15.$166 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 13, 2008
16.$161 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 13, 2016
17.$159 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 15, 2015
18.$129 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 13, 2009
19.$126.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 13, 2023
20.€99 Million
US$123.06 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 14, 2010
21.€94.84 Million
US$121.23 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 19, 2012
22.$121 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 13, 2014
23.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 15, 2010
24.$113 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 16, 2023
25.$111 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 14, 2005

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1993: Greendays
Thursday, May 13, 1993
31 years old
1992: prmmaw
Wednesday, May 13, 1992
32 years old
1990: Trendanaly
Sunday, May 13, 1990
34 years old
1986: Bigfe
Tuesday, May 13, 1986
38 years old
1983: Aisha35
Friday, May 13, 1983
41 years old
1982: passoussou
Thursday, May 13, 1982
42 years old
1981: AmzYO513
Wednesday, May 13, 1981
43 years old
1978: Anne35
Saturday, May 13, 1978
46 years old
1973: simply-me
Sunday, May 13, 1973
51 years old
1972: BadaBing007
Saturday, May 13, 1972
52 years old
1969: sassymama
Tuesday, May 13, 1969
55 years old
1957: bambi120
Monday, May 13, 1957
67 years old
1955: tranawe
Friday, May 13, 1955
69 years old
1951: trainwreck2010
Sunday, May 13, 1951
73 years old
: fbird
(year not provided)
: bula bula
(year not provided)
: ghezzida
(year not provided)
: Pegcellence
(year not provided)
: QLB444
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2014: An explosion at an underground coal mine in southwest Turkey kills 301 miners.
2013: American physician Kermit Gosnell is found guilty in Pennsylvania of murdering three infants born alive during attempted abortions, involuntary manslaughter of a woman during an abortion procedure, and other charges.
2012: Forty-nine dismembered bodies are discovered by Mexican authorities on Mexican Federal Highway 40.
2011: Two bombs explode in the Charsadda District of Pakistan killing 98 people and wounding 140 others.
2006: São Paulo violence: Rebellions occur in several prisons in Brazil.
2005: Andijan uprising, Uzbekistan; Troops open fire on crowds of protestors after a prison break; at least 187 people were killed according to official estimates.
2000: A fireworks storage depot explodes in a residential neighborhood in Enschede, Netherlands, killing 23 people and injuring 950 others.
1998: Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped.
1998: India carries out two nuclear weapon tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.
1996: Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
1995: Alison Hargreaves, a 33-year-old British mother, becomes the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas.
1992: Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China.
1990: The Dinamo-Red Star riot took place at Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb, Croatia between the Bad Blue Boys (fans of Dinamo Zagreb) and the Delije (fans of Red Star Belgrade).
1989: Large groups of students occupy Tiananmen Square and begin a hunger strike.
1985: Police bombed MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia, killing six adults and five children, and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.
1981: Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope is rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survives.
1980: An F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area.
1972: A fire occurs in the Sennichi Department Store in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators result in 118 fatalities (many victims leaping to their deaths).
1972: The Troubles: A car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparks a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force and British Army. Seven people are killed and over 66 injured.
1971: Over 900 unarmed Bengali Hindus are murdered in the Demra massacre.
1969: May 13 Incident involving sectarian violence in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
1967: Dr. Zakir Husain becomes the third President of India. He is the first Muslim President of the Indian Union. He holds this position until August 24, 1969.
1960: Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
1958: During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, the US Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
1958: May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria.
1958: Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000 mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000 mi) by land during a ten-year journey.
1954: The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
1952: The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting.
1951: The 400th anniversary of the founding of the National University of San Marcos is commemorated by the opening of the first large-capacity stadium in Peru.
1950: The inaugural Formula One World Championship race takes place at Silverstone Circuit. The race was won by Giuseppe Farina, who would go on to become the inaugural champion that year.
1948: Arab-Israeli War: The Kfar Etzion massacre occurs, a day prior to the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
1945: World War II: Yevgeny Khaldei's photograph Raising a Flag over the Reichstag is published in Ogonyok magazine.
1943: World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia.
1941: World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting against German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance.
1940: World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins, as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
1917: Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
1912: The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
1909: The first edition of the Giro d'Italia, a long-distance multiple-stage bicycle race, began in Milan; the Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna was the eventual winner.
1888: With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), the Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
1862: The USS Planter, a steamer and gunship, steals through Confederate lines and is passed to the Union, by a southern slave, Robert Smalls, who later was officially appointed as captain, becoming the first black man to command a United States ship.
1861: American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
1861: The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
1861: Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
1846: Mexican-American War: The United States declares war on the Federal Republic of Mexico following a dispute over the American annexation of the Republic of Texas and a Mexican military incursion.
1830: Ecuador gains its independence from Gran Colombia.
1804: Forces sent by Yusuf Karamanli of Tripoli to retake Derna from the Americans attack the city.
1780: The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in the Cumberland River area of what would become the U.S. state of Tennessee, providing for democratic government and a formal system of justice.
1779: War of the Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel).
1654: A Venetian fleet under Admiral Cort Adeler breaks through a line of galleys and defeats the Turkish navy.
1619: Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason.
1612: Sword duel between Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro on the shores of Ganryū Island. Kojiro dies at the end.
1568: Mary Queen of Scots is defeated at the Battle of Langside, part of the civil war between Queen Mary and the supporters of her son, James VI.
1501: Amerigo Vespucci, this time under Portuguese flag, set sail for western lands.
1373: Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book Revelations of Divine Love.

Births On This Day

1997: Reimis Smith, Australian rugby league player
1994: Łukasz Moneta, Polish footballer
1994: Percy Tau, South African footballer
1993: Stefan Kraft, Austrian ski jumper
1993: Debby Ryan, American actress and singer
1993: Romelu Lukaku, Belgian footballer
1993: Siim-Tanel Sammelselg, Estonian ski jumper
1993: Tones and I, Australian singer-songwriter
1993: Morgan Wallen, American singer-songwriter
1992: Bill Arnold, American ice hockey player
1992: Willson Contreras, Venezuelan baseball player
1992: Josh Papalii, New Zealand-Australian rugby league player
1992: Georgina García Pérez, Spanish tennis player
1991: Jen Beattie, Scottish footballer
1991: Anders Fannemel, Norwegian ski jumper
1990: Mychal Givens, American baseball player
1989: P. K. Subban, Canadian ice hockey player
1988: Paulo Avelino, Filipino actor and singer
1988: Casey Donovan, Australian singer-songwriter
1987: Antonio Adán, Spanish footballer
1987: Hugo Becker, French actor
1987: Matt Doyle, American actor and singer
1987: Laura Izibor, Irish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1987: Candice King, American singer-songwriter and actress
1987: Sandro Mareco, Argentine chess player
1987: Hunter Parrish, American actor and singer
1987: Marianne Vos, Dutch cyclist
1987: Charlotte Wessels, Dutch singer-songwriter
1987: Bobby Shuttleworth, American soccer player
1986: Lena Dunham, American actress, director, and screenwriter
1986: Eun-Hee Ji, South Korean golfer
1986: Robert Pattinson, English actor
1986: Alexander Rybak, Belarusian-Norwegian singer-songwriter, violinist, and actor
1986: Scott Sutter, English footballer
1986: Nino Schurter, Swiss cyclist
1986: Kris Versteeg, Canadian ice hockey player
1985: Javier Balboa, Spanish-Equatoguinean footballer
1985: Jaroslav Halák, Slovak ice hockey player
1985: David Hernandez, American baseball player
1985: Carolina Luján, Argentine chess player
1985: Iwan Rheon, Welsh actor and singer
1985: Travis Zajac, Canadian ice hockey player
1984: J. B. Cox, American baseball player
1984: Benny Dayal, Indian singer
1984: Dawn Harper, American hurdler
1984: Caroline Rotich, Kenyan runner
1983: Natalie Cassidy, English actress and singer
1983: Anita Görbicz, Hungarian handball player
1983: Johnny Hoogerland, Dutch cyclist
1983: Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (d. 2007)
1983: Jacob Reynolds, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1983: Yaya Touré, Ivorian footballer
1982: Albert Crusat, Spanish footballer
1982: Larry Fonacier, Filipino basketball player
1982: Oguchi Onyewu, American soccer player
1981: Luciana Berger, English politician
1981: Nicolas Jeanjean, French rugby player
1981: Sunny Leone, Canadian American actress, model, and pornstar
1981: Michael Mantenuto, American actor (d. 2017)
1981: Shaun Phillips, American football player
1981: Ryan Piers Williams, American actor and film director
1980: L. J. Smith, American football player
1979: Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland
1979: Steve Mildenhall, English footballer
1979: Vyacheslav Shevchuk, Ukrainian footballer
1978: Brooke Anderson, American journalist
1978: Mike Bibby, American basketball player and coach
1978: Ryan Bukvich, American baseball player
1978: Germán Magariños, Argentinian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1978: Dilshan Vitharana, Sri Lankan cricketer
1978: Barry Zito, American baseball player
1978: Nuwan Zoysa, Sri Lankan cricketer
1977: Ilse DeLange, Dutch singer-songwriter
1977: Anthony Q. Farrell, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter
1977: Robby Hammock, American baseball player and coach
1977: Neil Hopkins, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1977: James Middlebrook, English cricketer
1977: Samantha Morton, English actress and director
1977: Brian Thomas Smith, American actor and producer
1977: Pusha T, American rapper
1976: Mark Delaney, Welsh footballer and manager
1976: Trajan Langdon, American basketball player and scout
1976: Ana Popović, Serbian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976: Magdalena Walach, Polish actress
1975: Jamie Allison, Canadian ice hockey player
1975: Cristian Bezzi, Italian rugby player and coach
1975: Brian Geraghty, American actor
1973: Eric Lewis, American pianist
1973: Bridgett Riley, American boxer and stuntwoman
1972: Stefaan Maene, Belgian swimmer
1972: Darryl Sydor, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1972: Pieta van Dishoeck, Dutch rower
1971: Imogen Boorman, English actress and martial artist
1971: Rob Fredrickson, American football player
1971: Espen Lind, Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1971: Tom Nalen, American football player and sportscaster
1970: Doug Evans, American football player
1970: Robert Maćkowiak, Polish sprinter
1969: Buckethead, American guitarist and songwriter
1969: Nikos Aliagas, French-Greek journalist and television host
1968: Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (d. 1997)
1968: Susan Floyd, American actress
1968: Scott Morrison, Australian politician, 30th Prime Minister of Australia
1968: PMD, American rapper
1968: Dmitriy Shevchenko, Russian discus thrower and coach
1967: Tish Cyrus, American actress and film producer
1967: Shon Greenblatt, American actor
1967: Tommy Gunn, pornographic actor
1967: Chuck Schuldiner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
1967: Melanie Thornton, American-German singer (d. 2001)
1966: Alison Goldfrapp, English singer-songwriter and producer
1966: Darius Rucker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965: José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountaineer (d. 2006)
1965: Tasmin Little, English violinist and educator
1965: János Marozsán, Hungarian footballer
1965: Hikari Ōta, Japanese comedian and actor
1965: José Rijo, Dominican baseball player
1965: Lari White, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (d. 2018)
1964: Stephen Colbert, American comedian and talk show host
1964: Chris Maitland, English drummer
1964: Tom Verica, American actor, television director, and producer
1963: Andrea Leadsom, English politician
1963: Wally Masur, Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
1962: Paul Burstow, English politician
1962: Nick Hurd, English businessman and politician, Minister for Civil Society
1961: Siobhan Fallon Hogan, American actress
1961: Dennis Rodman, American basketball player, wrestler, and actor
1958: Anthony Ray Parker, American actor
1957: Alan Ball, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1957: David Hill, English organist and conductor
1957: Mar Roxas, Filipino economist and politician, 24th Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
1956: Richard Madeley, English journalist and author
1956: Fred Melamed, American actor
1956: Kailash Vijayvargiya, National General Secretary of Bhartiya Janta Party
1954: Johnny Logan, Australian-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953: Zlatko Burić, Croat-Danish actor
1953: Gerry Sutcliffe, English politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1953: Harm Wiersma, Dutch draughts player and politician
1953: Ruth A. David, American electrical engineer
1952: John Kasich, American politician, 69th Governor of Ohio
1952: Mary Walsh, Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
1952: Londa Schiebinger, American academic and author
1951: Rosie Boycott, English journalist and author
1951: Sharon Sayles Belton, American politician, 45th Mayor of Minneapolis
1951: Anand Modak, Indian composer and director (d. 2014)
1951: Herman Philipse, Dutch philosopher and academic
1951: Selina Scott, English journalist, producer, and author
1951: Paul Thompson, English drummer
1950: Andy Cunningham, English actor (d. 2011)
1950: Danny Kirwan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)
1950: Joe Johnston, American film director and effects artist
1950: Manning Marable, American author and academic (d. 2011)
1950: Bobby Valentine, American baseball player and manager
1950: Stevie Wonder, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1949: Jane Glover, English conductor and scholar
1949: Dale Snodgrass, United States Naval Aviator and air show performer (d. 2021)
1949: Zoë Wanamaker, American-British actress
1949: Philip Kruse, Norwegian trumpeter and orchestra leader
1948: Sheila Jeffreys, English-Australian political scientist, author, and academic
1948: Dean Meminger, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
1947: Charles Baxter, American novelist, essayist, and poet
1947: Edgar Burcksen, Dutch-American film editor (d. 2024)
1946: Tim Pigott-Smith, English actor and author (d. 2017)
1946: Jean Rondeau, French race car driver and constructor (d. 1985)
1946: Marv Wolfman, American author
1945: Lasse Berghagen, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2023)
1945: Magic Dick, American blues-rock harmonica, trumpet, and saxophone player
1945: Lou Marini, American saxophonist and composer
1944: Sir Crispin Agnew, 11th Baronet, Scottish explorer, lawyer, and judge
1944: Robert L. Crawford Jr., American actor
1944: Carolyn Franklin, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
1944: Armistead Maupin, American author, screenwriter, and actor
1943: Anthony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, English lawyer and judge
1943: Kurt Trampedach, Danish painter and sculptor (d. 2013)
1943: Mary Wells, American singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
1942: Leighton Gage, American author (d. 2013)
1942: Roger Young, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1941: Senta Berger, Austrian actress
1941: Joe Brown, English singer and musician
1941: Jody Conradt, American basketball player and coach
1941: Rolf Skår, Norwegian engineer (d. 2023)
1941: Ritchie Valens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
1940: Bruce Chatwin, English author (d. 1989)
1940: Kōkichi Tsuburaya, Japanese runner (d. 1968)
1939: Hildrun Claus, German long jumper
1939: Peter Frenkel, German race walker and coach
1939: Harvey Keitel, American actor
1938: Giuliano Amato, Italian academic and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Italy
1938: Laurent Beaudoin, Canadian businessman
1938: Anna Cropper, British actress (d. 2007)
1938: Francine Pascal, American author and playwright
1938: Buck Taylor, American actor
1937: Trevor Baylis, English inventor, invented the wind-up radio (d. 2018)
1937: Roch Carrier, Canadian librarian and author
1937: Zohra Lampert, American actress
1937: Beverley Owen, American actress (d. 2019)
1937: Roger Zelazny, American author and poet (d. 1995)
1936: Bill Rompkey, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2017)
1935: Dominic Cossa, American opera singer
1935: Jan Saudek, Czech photographer and painter
1935: Kája Saudek, Czech author and illustrator (d. 2015)
1934: Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist, architect, and academic (d. 2010)
1934: Leon Wagner, American baseball player and actor (d. 2004)
1933: John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (d. 2002)
1931: Jim Jones, American cult leader, founder of the Peoples Temple (d. 1978)
1931: Sydney Lipworth, South African-English lawyer, businessman, and philanthropist
1930: Mike Gravel, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2021)
1930: José Jiménez Lozano, Spanish journalist and author (d. 2020)
1930: Vernon Shaw, Dominican politician, 5th President of Dominica (d. 2013)
1929: John Galvin, American general (d. 2015)
1928: Enrique Bolaños, Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua (d. 2021)
1928: Édouard Molinaro, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1927: Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver (d. 1958)
1927: Fred Hellerman, American folk singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2016)
1927: Herbert Ross, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2001)
1924: Theodore Mann, American director and producer (d. 2012)
1924: Harry Schwarz, South African anti-apartheid leader, lawyer, and Ambassador (d. 2010)
1923: Ruth Adler Schnee, German-American textile designer and interior designer (d. 2023)
1922: Michael Ainsworth, English cricketer (d. 1978)
1922: Otl Aicher, German graphic designer and typographer (d. 1991)
1922: Bea Arthur, American actress and singer (d. 2009)
1920: Gareth Morris, English flute player (d. 2007)
1918: Balasaraswati, Indian dancer and instructor (d. 1984)
1918: Gwyn Howells, Australian public servant (d. 1997)
1916: Sachidananda Routray, Indian Oriya-language poet (d. 2004)
1914: Joe Louis, American boxer (d. 1981)
1914: Johnnie Wright, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
1914: Antonia Ferrín Moreiras, Spanish mathematician, academic, and astronomer (d. 2009)
1913: Robert Dorning, English actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1989)
1913: Theo Helfrich, German racing driver (d. 1978)
1913: William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia (d. 1980)
1912: Gil Evans, Canadian-American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1988)
1912: Judah Nadich, American colonel and rabbi (d. 2007)
1911: Robert Middleton, American actor (d. 1977)
1911: Maxine Sullivan, American singer and actress (d. 1987)
1909: Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (d. 1992)
1908: Eugen Kapp, Estonian composer and educator (d. 1996)
1907: Daphne du Maurier, English novelist and playwright (d. 1989)
1905: Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th President of India (d. 1977)
1904: Louis Duffus, Australian-South African cricketer and journalist (d. 1984)
1901: Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet and telegrapher (d. 1975)
1895: Nandor Fodor, Hungarian-American psychologist, parapsychologist, and author (d. 1964)
1894: Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Icelandic politician, 2nd President of Iceland (d. 1972)
1888: Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist and geophysicist (d. 1993)
1887: Lorna Hodgkinson, Australian educator and educational psychologist (d. 1951)
1885: Mikiel Gonzi, Maltese archbishop (d. 1984)
1884: Oskar Rosenfeld, Jewish-Austrian writer and Holocaust victim (d.1944)
1883: Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the pap smear (d. 1962)
1882: Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (d. 1963)
1881: Lima Barreto, Brazilian journalist and author (d. 1922)
1881: Joe Forshaw, American runner (d. 1964)
1877: Robert Hamilton, Scottish international footballer (d. 1948)
1869: Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish writer (d. 1944)
1868: Sumner Paine, American target shooter (d. 1904)
1857: Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)
1856: Tom O'Rourke, American boxer and manager (d. 1938)
1853: Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (d. 1908)
1842: Arthur Sullivan, English composer (d. 1900)
1840: Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1897)
1832: Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and author (d. 1864)
1830: Zebulon Baird Vance, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of North Carolina (d. 1894)
1822: Francis, Duke of Cádiz (d. 1902)
1811: Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (d. 1859)
1804: Per Gustaf Svinhufvud af Qvalstad, Swedo-Finnish treasurer of Tavastia province, manor host, and paternal grandfather of President P. E. Svinhufvud (d. 1866)
1795: Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist and chronologist (d. 1875)
1794: Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (d. 1835)
1792: Pope Pius IX (d. 1878)
1753: Lazare Carnot, French general, mathematician, and politician, French Minister of the Interior (d. 1823)
1742: Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (d. 1798)
1735: Horace Coignet, French violinist and composer (d. 1821)
1730: Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (d. 1782)
1717: Maria Theresa, Archduchess, Queen, and Empress; Austrian wife of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1780)
1713: Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (d. 1765)
1712: Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician and diplomat (d. 1772)
1699: Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782)
1638: Richard Simon, French priest and scholar (d. 1712)
1597: Cornelis Schut, Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver (d. 1655)
1588: Ole Worm, Danish physician and historian (d. 1654)
1453: Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran, Scottish princess (d. 1488)
1254: Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (d. 1321)
1221: Alexander Nevsky, Russian prince and saint (d. 1263)
1179: Theobald III, Count of Champagne (d. 1201)
1024: Hugh of Cluny, French abbot and saint (d. 1109)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 2nd President of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1948)
2019: Doris Day, American singer and actress (b. 1922)
2019: Unita Blackwell, American civil rights activist and politician (b. 1933)
2018: Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress (b. 1948)
2016: Murray A. Straus, American sociologist and academic (b. 1926)
2015: Earl Averill, Jr., American baseball player (b. 1931)
2015: Robert Drasnin, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1927)
2015: Nina Otkalenko, Russian runner (b. 1928)
2015: David Sackett, American-Canadian physician and academic (b. 1934)
2015: Gainan Saidkhuzhin, Russian cyclist (b. 1937)
2014: David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (b. 1926)
2014: Malik Bendjelloul, Swedish director and producer (b. 1977)
2014: J. F. Coleman, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
2014: Ron Stevens, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
2014: Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, American occultist and author (b. 1948)
2013: Joyce Brothers, American psychologist, author, and actress (b. 1927)
2013: Otto Herrigel, Namibian lawyer and politician (b. 1937)
2013: Jagdish Mali, Indian photographer (b. 1954)
2013: Chuck Muncie, American football player (b. 1953)
2013: Fyodor Tuvin, Russian footballer (b. 1973)
2013: Lynne Woolstencroft, Canadian politician (b. 1943)
2012: Arsala Rahmani Daulat, Afghan politician (b. 1937)
2012: Donald "Duck" Dunn, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (b. 1941)
2012: Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, Cuban-American theologian, author, and academic (b. 1943)
2012: Lee Richardson, English speedway rider (b. 1979)
2012: Don Ritchie, Australian humanitarian (b. 1925)
2012: Nguyễn Văn Thiện, Vietnamese bishop (b. 1906)
2011: Derek Boogaard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1982)
2011: Stephen De Staebler, American sculptor and educator (b. 1933)
2011: Wallace McCain, Canadian businessman, co-founded McCain Foods (b. 1930)
2011: Bruce Ricker, American director and producer (b. 1942)
2009: Frank Aletter, American actor (b. 1926)
2009: Meir Brandsdorfer, Belgian rabbi (b. 1934)
2009: Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer (b. 1914)
2008: Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1930)
2008: Ron Stone, American journalist and author (b. 1936)
2006: Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian and scholar (b. 1923)
2006: Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (b. 1949)
2005: Eddie Barclay, French record producer, founded Barclay Records (b. 1921)
2005: George Dantzig, American mathematician and academic (b. 1914)
2002: Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress and author (b. 1925)
2002: Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
2001: Jason Miller, American actor and playwright (b. 1939)
2000: Paul Bartel, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
2000: Jumbo Tsuruta, Japanese wrestler (b. 1951)
1999: Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Saudi Arabian scholar and academic (b. 1910)
1999: Gene Sarazen, American golfer and journalist (b. 1902)
1995: Hao Wang, Chinese-American logician, philosopher, and mathematician (b. 1921)
1994: Duncan Hamilton, Irish-English race car driver (b. 1920)
1994: John Swainson, Canadian-American jurist and politician, 42nd Governor of Michigan (b. 1925)
1992: F. E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor (b. 1909)
1988: Chet Baker, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1929)
1985: Leatrice Joy, American actress (b. 1893)
1985: Richard Ellmann, American literary critic and biographer (b. 1918)
1977: Mickey Spillane, American mobster (b. 1934)
1975: Bob Wills, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1905)
1974: Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican poet and diplomat (b. 1902)
1974: Arthur J. Burks, American colonel and author (b. 1898)
1972: Dan Blocker, American actor (b. 1928)
1963: Alois Hudal, Austrian-Italian bishop (b. 1885)
1962: Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (b. 1893)
1962: Franz Kline, American painter and academic (b. 1910)
1961: Gary Cooper, American actor (b. 1901)
1957: Michael Fekete, Hungarian-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1886)
1948: Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (b. 1920)
1947: Sukanta Bhattacharya, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1926)
1946: Zara DuPont, American suffragist (b. 1869)
1945: Tubby Hall, American drummer (b. 1895)
1941: Frederick Christian, English cricketer (b. 1877)
1941: Ōnishiki Uichirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Yokozuna (b. 1891)
1938: Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
1930: Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian scientist, explorer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
1929: Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine (b. 1878)
1926: Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop (b. 1857)
1921: Jean Aicard, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
1916: Sholem Aleichem, Ukrainian-American author and playwright (b. 1859)
1903: Apolinario Mabini, Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (b. 1864)
1885: Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (b. 1809)
1884: Cyrus McCormick, American businessman, co-founded the International Harvester Company (b. 1809)
1878: Joseph Henry, American physicist and academic (b. 1797)
1866: Nikolai Brashman, Czech-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1796)
1836: John Littlejohn, American sheriff and Methodist preacher (b. 1756)
1835: John Nash, English architect, designed the Royal Pavilion (b. 1752)
1832: Georges Cuvier, French zoologist and academic (b. 1769)
1809: Beilby Porteus, English bishop (b. 1731)
1807: Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1721)
1782: Daniel Solander, Swedish-English botanist and phycologist (b. 1736)
1726: Francesco Antonio Pistocchi, Italian singer (b. 1659)
1704: Louis Bourdaloue, French preacher and author (b. 1632)
1619: Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch politician (b. 1547)
1612: Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese master swordsman (b. 1575)
1573: Takeda Shingen, Japanese daimyō (b. 1521)
1312: Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263)
1285: Robert de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros
1176: Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119)
1112: Ulric II, Margrave of Carniola
189: Emperor Ling of Han, Chinese emperor (b. 156)

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