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May 25

On This Day in History

May 25

May 25 is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 220 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: Winning $70 million Lotto Max ticket bought in Ontario will expire in one month. Ontario Lottery officials are looking for the winner of a $70 million (US$51.3 million) Lotto Max jackpot, who has just one more month to step forward or risk not receiving their prize.
2022: Audit opens up conversation about possible collusion between Maryland lottery players and vendors. A report conducted by the Office of Legislative Audits in 2022 revealed security concerns that suggest possible collusion between lottery winners and vendors in the state of Maryland.
2020: Nebraska woman carried $200K winning lottery ticket in purse for 2 weeks before claiming. A Nebraska woman carried around the scratch-off lottery ticket for quite a while before she realized she had a $200,000 winner.
2020: New Zealand man who lost his job during lockdown wins $10 million Lotto jackpot. Just weeks after losing his job, a Hamilton, New Zealand, man surprised his wife with a staggering $10.3 million (US$6.3 million) Lotto win.
2018: Odd strategy helps Michigan man win $2 million on instant lotto ticket. A Michigan man's lottery strategy doesn't seem so odd anymore after winning $2 million on a Michigan Lottery instant ticket.
2017: Michigan Lottery offers a way to win nearly 100% of the time. Michigan Lottery players have discovered a way to play the lottery's online games so that they win every time they play — and the lottery seems to be OK with it.
2016: Massachusetts Senate weighing plan to give Lottery 'broad mandate' for online games. If the Massachusetts State Lottery is to continue to thrive and return hundreds of millions of dollars to cities and towns, it must have the ability to move online in some fashion, its executive director said, but it first needs permission from the Legislature to test the World Wide Web's waters.
2012: UK Lottery to create 100 millionaires in special Olympic drawing. A one-off National Lottery draw will create 100 millionaires as a 'thank you' to players for helping fund the London Olympics.
2012: Judge orders new trial in Arkansas lottery ticket suit. An Arkansas judge on Thursday ordered a new trial to decide who can claim a $1 million scratch-off lottery ticket prize, a little more than three weeks after he ruled that a woman who said she bought the ticket but mistakenly discarded it was entitled to the money.
2011: Major N.Y. sports betting ring busted. Authorities busted a multi-million dollar sports gambling ring Tuesday that started out in a Staten Island video store and grew into an online operation run out of Costa Rica, officials said.
2010: Businesses near Nevada border popular for lottery players. According to figures for fiscal 2009, the two highest-grossing Arizona Lottery outlets were isolated businesses close to Nevada, which has no lottery.
2010: Okla. House votes to prohibit kids in lottery ads. The state House has approved a bill that would prohibit the Oklahoma Lottery Commission from using children in its advertisements.
2010: Pennsylvania Mega Millions lottery sales falling short of target. So far, the Mega Millions lottery game hasn't been the big winner Pennsylvania Lottery officials predicted.
2006: $44 million Calif. lottery jackpot largest in the world. The jackpot in the California SuperLotto Plus lottery game grew to $44 million Thursday -- currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.
2006: How To Protect Yourself In A Lottery Pool. Now that $21 million in Texas Lottery prize money is in limbo as a result of a pending lawsuit that has frozen the money, many people wonder how they can protect themselves from falling victim of a lottery pool dispute.
2006: Sale of Illinois Lottery could start a trend. If Illinois privatizes its lottery system, investors and public officials in other states will closely watch the groundbreaking move with an eye toward repeating it, a gaming industry leader predicted Wednesday.
2006: Oregon Lottery employees reject call to unionize. A union drive at the Oregon Lottery has been rejected by a solid majority of agency employees.
2006: $8 million lottery dispute grips Spain. A Barcelona judge must decide whether Antonio Lloreda Capillo is entitled to keep the _6 million (US$7.7 million) jackpot or must share it with 19 colleagues from a lottery pool at his job.
2006: Incredible coincidence: Two Fort Drum reservists hit lottery jackpots. Two families from the same upstate New York community and with ties to the U.S. Army's Fort Drum are the state's newest instant millionaires.
2006: Many dislike Illinois Gov.'s lottery privatization plan. A day after Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich unveiled his $10 billion school financing and education reform plan, lawmakers, local school officials and teachers union representatives raised serious reservations, suggesting that key portions of the proposal will face a rocky path.
2006: Powerball lottery jackpot expands to $28 million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, the jackpot grew to an estimated $28 million, with a cash option of $12.4 million.
2006: Winning Florida Lotto ticket sold in Spring Hill. One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $3 million, lottery officials said Thursday.
2006: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased to $27 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game has grown to $27 million for Friday's drawing.
2006: $117 million S.D. Powerball winner contacts Lottery. The South Dakota Lottery was contacted Tuesday by a Pierre lawyer representing someone who claims to have the winning Powerball lottery ticket worth nearly $117 million.
2006: Texas Woman Sues Over Winning Lottery Ticket. A woman who claims she was part of a $36 million Lotto Texas jackpot pool but was excluded from the winnings has sued six women and the Texas Lottery Commission.
2004: $100,000 Powerball lottery prize shared by five in North Dakota. Five players who bought a ticket in Valley City, North Dakota are claiming a $100,000 prize from the weekend Powerball drawing, the largest prize paid since the state joined the game.
2004: Thief's 1000s of stolen lottery tickets nearly all losers. A man arrested for stealing 4,400 lottery tickets suffered the double ignominy of winning only a trifling sum from the stolen stubs, Metropolitan Police Department officers said Tuesday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$489 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 28, 2024
2.$418 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 28, 2019
3.$313 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 26, 2020
4.$308 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 25, 2019
5.$275 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 27, 2017
6.$235.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 26, 2021
7.$232 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 27, 2009
8.€210.35 Million US$225.41 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 26, 2022
9.$218 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 27, 2016
10.$214.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 27, 2023
11.$214 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 26, 2015
12.$190 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 26, 2010
13.$180 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 25, 2005
14.€158.1 Million
US$177.15 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 25, 2019
15.$169 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 26, 2023
16.$157 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 27, 2022
17.$154 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 27, 2015
18.$152 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 28, 2014
19.€129 Million
US$144.34 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 26, 2017
20.$144 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 25, 2011
21.$136.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 25, 2022
22.$128 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 26, 2012
23.$121.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 25, 2024
24.€94 Million
US$121.12 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 28, 2013
25.€87 Million
US$114.27 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 25, 2012

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1992: Abdiraxmaan Lay
Monday, May 25, 1992
32 years old
1990: Jiimmy10
Friday, May 25, 1990
34 years old
1988: kristin88149
Wednesday, May 25, 1988
36 years old
1987: princej767
Monday, May 25, 1987
37 years old
1983: Thabiso 2000000
Wednesday, May 25, 1983
41 years old
1981: Im LottoLinks
Monday, May 25, 1981
43 years old
1980: winky
Sunday, May 25, 1980
44 years old
1979: Spiritmonkey343
Friday, May 25, 1979
45 years old
1971: FastEddy$5*
Tuesday, May 25, 1971
53 years old
1970: Engine65
Monday, May 25, 1970
54 years old
1968: bushmasterdsn
Saturday, May 25, 1968
56 years old
1967: twita$
Thursday, May 25, 1967
57 years old
1965: kiki darling
Tuesday, May 25, 1965
59 years old
1965: kikideenyc
Tuesday, May 25, 1965
59 years old
1964: lashawnmay
Monday, May 25, 1964
60 years old
1964: sexxywilliams
Monday, May 25, 1964
60 years old
1964: shawna williams
Monday, May 25, 1964
60 years old
1963: utharris
Saturday, May 25, 1963
61 years old
1958: babycashcow
Sunday, May 25, 1958
66 years old
1956: lilajg525
Friday, May 25, 1956
68 years old
1956: teelady382004
Friday, May 25, 1956
68 years old
1954: italian woman
Tuesday, May 25, 1954
70 years old
1943: dragon dreamer
Tuesday, May 25, 1943
81 years old
: porlen
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2018: The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable in the European Union.
2018: Ireland votes to repeal the Eighth Amendment of their constitution that prohibits abortion in all but a few cases, choosing to replace it with the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland.
2013: Suspected Maoist rebels kill at least 28 people and injure 32 others in an attack on a convoy of Indian National Congress politicians in Chhattisgarh, India.
2013: A gas cylinder explodes on a school bus in the Pakistani city of Gujrat, killing at least 18 people.
2012: The SpaceX Dragon 1 becomes the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station.
2011: Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her 25-year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
2009: North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device, after which Pyongyang also conducts several missile tests, building tensions in the international community.
2008: NASA's Phoenix lander touches down in the Green Valley region of Mars to search for environments suitable for water and microbial life.
2002: China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait, with the loss of all 225 people on board.
2001: Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr. Sherman Bull.
2000: Liberation Day of Lebanon: Israel withdraws its army from Lebanese territory (with the exception of the disputed Shebaa farms zone) 18 years after the invasion of 1982.
1999: The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.
1997: A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koroma.
1986: The Hands Across America event takes place.
1985: Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
1982: Falklands War: HMS Coventry is sunk by Argentine Air Force A-4 Skyhawks.
1981: In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
1979: John Spenkelink, a convicted murderer, is executed in Florida; he is the first person to be executed in the state after the reintroduction of capital punishment in 1976.
1979: American Airlines Flight 191: A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground.
1978: The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
1977: Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope) is released in US theaters.
1977: The Chinese government removes a decade-old ban on William Shakespeare's work, effectively ending the Cultural Revolution started in 1966.
1973: In protest against the dictatorship in Greece, the captain and crew on Greek naval destroyer Velos mutiny and refuse to return to Greece, instead anchoring at Fiumicino, Italy.
1968: The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is dedicated.
1966: Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches.
1963: The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
1961: Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.
1955: In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas as part of a larger outbreak across the Great Plains, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
1955: First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: On the British Kangchenjunga expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reach the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
1953: Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
1953: The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
1946: The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.
1940: World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne.
1938: Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
1935: Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1933: The Walt Disney Company cartoon Three Little Pigs premieres at Radio City Music Hall, featuring the hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
1926: Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
1925: Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
1914: The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
1895: Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
1895: The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
1878: Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
1865: In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
1833: The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated.
1819: The Argentine Constitution of 1819 is promulgated.
1810: May Revolution: Citizens of Buenos Aires expel Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros during the "May Week", starting the Argentine War of Independence.
1809: Chuquisaca Revolution: Patriot revolt in Chuquisaca (modern-day Sucre) against the Spanish Empire, sparking the Latin American wars of independence.
1798: United Irishmen Rebellion: Battle of Carlow begins; executions of suspected rebels at Carnew and at Dunlavin Green take place.
1787: After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
1763: First issue of Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler, the first regular Norwegian newspaper (1763-1920).
1738: A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
1660: Charles II lands at Dover at the invitation of the Convention Parliament, which marks the end of the Cromwell-proclaimed Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and begins the Restoration of the British monarchy.
1659: Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth of England.
1644: Ming general Wu Sangui forms an alliance with the invading Manchus and opens the gates of the Great Wall of China at Shanhaiguan pass, letting the Manchus through towards the capital Beijing.
1521: The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.
1420: Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.
1085: Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain, back from the Moors.
240 BC: First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
567 BC: Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.

Births On This Day

2000: Claire Liu, American tennis player
1999: Ibrahima Konaté, French footballer
1996: David Pastrňák, Czech ice hockey player
1995: Kagiso Rabada, South African cricketer
1994: Matt Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
1994: Aly Raisman, American gymnast
1993: James Porter, English cricketer
1990: Bo Dallas, American wrestler
1990: Nikita Filatov, Russian ice hockey player
1988: Dávid Škutka, Slovak footballer
1988: Cameron van der Burgh, South African swimmer
1987: Timothy Derijck, Belgian footballer
1987: Yves De Winter, Belgian footballer
1987: Moritz Stehling, German footballer
1987: Kamil Stoch, Polish ski jumper
1986: Edewin Fanini, Brazilian footballer
1986: Yoan Gouffran, French footballer
1986: Takahiro Hōjō, Japanese actor and musician
1986: Geraint Thomas, Welsh cyclist
1985: Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress
1985: Demba Ba, French footballer
1985: Gert Kams, Estonian footballer
1985: Roman Reigns, American football player and wrestler
1984: Luke Ball, Australian footballer
1984: Kyle Brodziak, Canadian ice hockey player
1984: A. J. Foyt IV, American race car driver
1984: Shawne Merriman, American football player
1982: Adam Boyd, English footballer
1982: Daniel Braaten, Norwegian footballer
1982: Ryan Gallant, American skateboarder
1982: Roger Guerreiro, Polish footballer
1982: Justin Hodges, Australian rugby league player
1982: Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenyan runner
1982: Jason Kubel, American baseball player
1982: Stacey Pensgen, American figure skater and meteorologist
1982: Luke Webster, Australian footballer
1981: Michalis Pelekanos, Greek basketball player
1981: Matt Utai, New Zealand rugby league player
1980: David Navarro, Spanish footballer
1979: Carlos Bocanegra, American footballer and executive
1979: Sayed Moawad, Egyptian footballer
1979: Caroline Ouellette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1979: Sam Sodje, English-Nigerian footballer
1979: Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby player
1979: Chris Young, American baseball pitcher
1978: Adam Gontier, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978: Brian Urlacher, American football player
1977: Andre Anis, Estonian footballer
1977: Alberto Del Rio, Mexican-American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1976: Stefan Holm, Swedish high jumper
1976: Erki Pütsep, Estonian cyclist
1976: Ethan Suplee, American actor
1976: Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
1976: Miguel Zepeda, Mexican footballer
1975: Blaise Nkufo, Congolese-Swiss footballer
1974: Dougie Freedman, Scottish footballer and manager
1974: Frank Klepacki, American drummer and composer
1974: Miguel Tejada, Dominican-American baseball player
1973: Daz Dillinger, American rapper and producer
1973: Molly Sims, American model and actress
1972: Karan Johar, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1971: Stefano Baldini, Italian runner
1971: Marco Cappato, Italian politician
1971: Juraj Droba, Slovak politician
1970: Robert Croft, Welsh-English cricketer and sportscaster
1970: Jamie Kennedy, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1970: Octavia Spencer, American actress and author
1969: Glen Drover, Canadian guitarist and songwriter
1969: Anne Heche, American actress (d. 2022)
1969: Karen Bernstein, Canadian voice actress
1969: Stacy London, American journalist and author
1968: Kendall Gill, American basketball player, boxer, and sportscaster
1967: Luc Nilis, Belgian footballer and manager
1967: Mark Rosewater, head designer of Magic: the Gathering
1967: Andrew Sznajder, Canadian tennis player
1965: Yahya Jammeh, Gambian colonel and politician, President of the Gambia
1964: David Shaw, Canadian-American ice hockey player
1963: George Hickenlooper, American director and producer (d. 2010)
1963: Mike Myers, Canadian-American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
1963: Ludovic Orban, Romanian engineer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of Romania
1962: Ric Nattress, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1960: Amy Klobuchar, American lawyer and politician
1960: Anthea Turner, English journalist and television host
1959: Julian Clary, English comedian, actor, and author
1959: Manolis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician
1959: Rick Wamsley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1958: Dorothy Straight, American children's author
1958: Paul Weller, English singer, songwriter and musician
1957: Alastair Campbell, English journalist and author
1957: Edward Lee, American author
1957: Robert Picard, Canadian ice hockey player
1956: Stavros Arnaoutakis, Greek politician
1956: Larry Hogan, American politician, 62nd Governor of Maryland
1956: Kevin Lynch, Irish Republican (d. 1981)
1956: David P. Sartor, American composer and conductor
1955: Alistair Burt, English lawyer and politician
1954: John Beck, English footballer and manager
1954: Murali, Indian actor, producer, and politician (d. 2009)
1953: Eve Ensler, American playwright and producer
1953: Daniel Passarella, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
1953: Stan Sakai, Japanese-American author and illustrator
1953: Gaetano Scirea, Italian footballer (d. 1989)
1952: Jeffrey Bewkes, American businessman
1952: Nick Fotiu, American ice hockey player and coach
1952: David Jenkins, Trinidadian-Scottish runner
1952: Al Sarrantonio, American author and publisher
1952: Gordon H. Smith, American businessman and politician
1951: Bob Gale, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1950: Robby Steinhardt, American rock violinist and singer (d. 2021)
1949: Jamaica Kincaid, Antiguan-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
1949: Barry Windsor-Smith, English painter and illustrator
1948: Bülent Arınç, Turkish lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
1948: Marianne Elliott, Northern Irish historian, author, and academic
1948: Klaus Meine, German rock singer-songwriter
1947: Karen Valentine, American actress
1947: Catherine G. Wolf, American psychologist and computer scientist (d. 2018)
1946: Bill Adam, Scottish-Canadian racing driver
1946: David A. Hargrave, American game designer, created Arduin (d. 1988)
1944: Digby Anderson, English journalist and philosopher
1944: Pierre Bachelet, French singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
1944: Charlie Harper, English singer-songwriter and producer
1944: Robert MacPherson, American mathematician and academic
1944: Frank Oz, English-born American puppeteer, filmmaker, and actor
1944: Chris Ralston, English rugby player
1943: Jessi Colter, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1943: John Palmer, English keyboard player
1943: Leslie Uggams, American actress and singer
1941: Rudolf Adler, Czech filmmaker
1941: Uta Frith, German developmental psychologist
1941: Vladimir Voronin, Moldovan economist and politician, 3rd President of Moldova
1940: Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese photographer
1939: Dixie Carter, American actress and singer (d. 2010)
1939: Ian McKellen, English actor
1938: Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet (d. 1988)
1938: Margaret Forster, English historian, author, and critic (d. 2016)
1938: Geoffrey Robinson, English businessman and politician
1937: Tom Phillips, English painter and academic (d. 2022)
1936: Tom T. Hall, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
1936: Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer (d. 2013)
1935: John Ffowcs Williams, Welsh engineer and academic (d. 2020)
1935: Cookie Gilchrist, American football player (d. 2011)
1935: W. P. Kinsella, Canadian novelist and short story writer (d. 2016)
1935: Victoria Shaw, Australian actress (d. 1988)
1933: Sarah Marshall, English-American actress (d. 2014)
1933: Basdeo Panday, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2024)
1933: Ray Spencer, English footballer (d. 2016)
1933: Jógvan Sundstein, Faroese accountant and politician, 7th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
1932: John Gregory Dunne, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2003)
1932: K. C. Jones, American basketball player and coach (d. 2020)
1931: Herb Gray, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2014)
1931: Georgy Grechko, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2017)
1931: Irwin Winkler, American director and producer
1930: Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer (d. 2016)
1929: Beverly Sills, American soprano and actress (d. 2007)
1927: Robert Ludlum, American soldier and author (d. 2001)
1927: Norman Petty, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1984)
1926: Claude Akins, American actor (d. 1994)
1926: William Bowyer, English painter and academic (d. 2015)
1926: Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian author and poet (d. 2009)
1926: Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
1926: David Wynne, English sculptor and painter (d. 2014)
1925: Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet and author (d. 1974)
1925: Jeanne Crain, American actress (d. 2003)
1925: Eldon Griffiths, English journalist and politician (d. 2014)
1925: Don Liddle, American baseball player (d. 2000)
1925: Claude Pinoteau, French film director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1924: István Nyers, French-Hungarian footballer (d. 2005)
1922: Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (d. 1984)
1921: Hal David, American songwriter and composer (d. 2012)
1921: Kitty Kallen, American singer (d. 2016)
1921: Jack Steinberger, German-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020)
1920: Arthur Wint, Jamaican runner and diplomat (d. 1992)
1917: Steve Cochran, American film, television and stage actor (d. 1965)
1917: Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, and academic (d. 2015)
1916: Brian Dickson, Canadian captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1998)
1916: Giuseppe Tosi, Italian discus thrower (d. 1981)
1913: Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (d. 1957)
1913: Richard Dimbleby, English journalist and producer (d. 1965)
1912: Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (d. 2005)
1909: Alfred Kubel, German politician, 5th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (d. 1999)
1908: Theodore Roethke, American poet (d. 1963)
1907: U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma (d. 1995)
1900: Alain Grandbois, Canadian poet and author (d. 1975)
1900: George Lennon, Irish Republican Army leader during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War (d. 1991)
1899: Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, author, and flute player (d. 1976)
1898: Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television game show panelist; co-founded Random House (d. 1971)
1897: Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer (d. 1972)
1897: Gene Tunney, American boxer and soldier (d. 1978)
1893: Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, American country musician (d. 1968)
1889: Günther Lütjens, German admiral (d. 1941)
1889: Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aircraft designer, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (d. 1972)
1888: Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1969)
1887: Padre Pio, Italian priest and saint (d. 1968)
1886: Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and activist (d. 1945)
1886: Philip Murray, Scottish-American miner and labor leader (d. 1952)
1883: Carl Johan Lind, Swedish hammer thrower (d. 1965)
1882: Marie Doro, American actress (d. 1956)
1880: Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist and academic (d. 1967)
1879: Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (d. 1964)
1879: C. C. Martindale, English Jesuit priest (d. 1963)
1879: William Stickney, American golfer (d. 1944)
1878: Bill Robinson, American actor and dancer (d. 1949)
1869: Robbie Ross, Canadian journalist and art critic (d. 1918)
1867: Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (d. 1950)
1865: John Mott, American evangelist and saint, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
1865: Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
1865: Mathilde Verne, English pianist and educator (d. 1936)
1860: James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (d. 1944)
1856: Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (d. 1942)
1852: William Muldoon, American wrestler and trainer (d. 1933)
1848: Johann Baptist Singenberger, Swiss composer, educator, and publisher (d. 1924)
1846: Naim Frashëri, Albanian-Turkish poet and translator (d. 1900)
1830: Trebor Mai (né Robert Williams), Welsh poet (d. 1877)
1818: Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (d. 1897)
1818: Louise de Broglie, Countess d'Haussonville, French essayist and biographer (d. 1882)
1803: Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1873)
1803: Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (d. 1882)
1791: Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1841)
1783: Philip P. Barbour, American farmer and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1841)
1725: Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st and 33rd Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (d. 1776)
1713: John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (d. 1792)
1661: Claude Buffier, Polish-French historian and philosopher (d. 1737)
1606: Charles Garnier, French missionary and saint (d. 1649)
1550: Camillus de Lellis, Italian saint and nurse (d. 1614)
1417: Catherine of Cleves, Duchess consort regent of Guelders (d. 1479)
1416: Jakobus ("James"), Count of Lichtenburg (d. 1480)
1334: Emperor Sukō of Japan (d. 1398)
1320: Toghon Temür, Mongolian emperor (d. 1370)
1048: Emperor Shenzong of Song (d. 1085)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Morton L. Janklow, American literary agent (b. 1930)
2021: John Warner, American attorney and politician (b. 1927)
2021: Lois Ehlert, American author and illustrator (b. 1934)
2020: George Floyd, African American man murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin (b. 1973)
2019: Claus von Bülow, Danish-British socialite (b. 1926)
2018: Kaduvetti Guru, Indian politician and Veera Vanniyar caste leader (b. 1961)
2015: George Braden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of the Northwest Territories (b. 1949)
2015: Robert Lebel, Canadian bishop (b. 1924)
2014: David Allen, English cricketer (b. 1935)
2014: Marcel Côté, Canadian economist and politician (b. 1942)
2014: Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (b. 1923)
2014: Herb Jeffries, American singer and actor (b. 1913)
2014: Toaripi Lauti, Tuvaluan educator and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1928)
2014: Matthew Saad Muhammad, American boxer and trainer (b. 1954)
2013: Mahendra Karma, Indian politician (b. 1950)
2013: Nand Kumar Patel, Indian politician (b. 1953)
2012: William Hanley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2012: Peter D. Sieruta, American author and critic (b. 1958)
2012: Lou Watson, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
2011: Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1944)
2010: Alexander Belostenny, Ukrainian basketball player (b. 1959)
2010: Michael H. Jordan, American businessman (b. 1936)
2010: Alan Hickinbotham, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1925)
2010: Gabriel Vargas, Mexican painter and illustrator (b. 1915)
2010: Jarvis Williams, American football player and coach (b. 1965)
2009: Haakon Lie, Norwegian politician (b. 1905)
2008: J. R. Simplot, American businessman, founded Simplot (b. 1909)
2008: Veikko Uusimäki, Finnish actor and theater councilor (b. 1921)
2007: Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor, comedian, and director (b. 1931)
2007: Uładzimir Katkoŭski, Belarusian blogger, web designer and website creator (b. 1976)
2005: Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician (b. 1929)
2005: Robert Jankel, English businessman, founded Panther Westwinds (b. 1938)
2005: Graham Kennedy, Australian television host and actor (b. 1934)
2005: Ismail Merchant, Indian-born film producer and director (b. 1936)
2005: Zoran Mušič, Slovene painter and illustrator (b. 1909)
2004: Roger Williams Straus, Jr., American publisher, co-founded Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publishing Company (b. 1917)
2003: Sloan Wilson, American author and poet (b. 1920)
1996: Renzo De Felice, Italian historian and author (b. 1929)
1995: Élie Bayol, French racing driver (b. 1914)
1995: Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player and coach, Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer 1996 (b. 1948)
1995: Dany Robin, French actress (b. 1927)
1990: Vic Tayback, American actor (b. 1930)
1986: Chester Bowles, American journalist and politician, 22nd Under Secretary of State (b. 1901)
1983: Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1904)
1983: Idris of Libya (b. 1889)
1983: Jack Stewart, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1917)
1981: Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer (b. 1912)
1981: Fredric Warburg, English author and publisher (b. 1898)
1979: Itzhak Bentov, Czech-Israeli engineer, mystic, and author (b. 1923)
1979: Amédée Gordini, Italian-born French racing driver and sports car manufacturer (b. 1899)
1979: John Spenkelink, American murderer (b. 1949)
1977: Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (b. 1904)
1970: Tom Patey, Scottish mountaineer and author (b. 1932)
1969: Elisabeth Geleerd, Dutch-American psychoanalyst (b. 1909)
1968: Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (b. 1881)
1957: Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (b. 1883)
1954: Robert Capa, Hungarian photographer and journalist (b. 1913)
1951: Paula von Preradović, Croatian poet and author (b. 1887)
1948: Witold Pilecki, Polish officer and Resistance leader (b. 1901)
1943: Nils von Dardel, Swedish painter (b. 1888)
1942: Emanuel Feuermann, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator (b. 1902)
1939: Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
1937: Henry Ossawa Tanner, American-French painter and illustrator (b. 1859)
1934: Gustav Holst, English trombonist, composer, and educator (b. 1874)
1930: Randall Davidson, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1848)
1927: Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1876)
1926: Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879)
1924: Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1889)
1919: Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840)
1919: Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (b. 1867)
1917: Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (b. 1891)
1912: Austin Lane Crothers, American educator and politician, 46th Governor of Maryland (b. 1860)
1899: Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)
1895: Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)
1849: Benjamin D'Urban, English general and politician, Governor of British Guiana (b. 1777)
1805: William Paley, English priest and philosopher (b. 1743)
1797: John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1719)
1789: Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1751)
1786: Peter III of Portugal (b. 1717)
1741: Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German bishop and theologian (b. 1660)
1681: Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1600)
1667: Gustaf Bonde, Finnish-Swedish politician, 5th Lord High Treasurer of Sweden (b. 1620)
1632: Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)
1607: Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Italian Carmelite nun and mystic (b. 1566)
1595: Valens Acidalius, German poet and critic (b. 1567)
1558: Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen (b. 1510)
1555: Gemma Frisius, Dutch physician, mathematician, and cartographer (b. 1508)
1555: Henry II of Navarre (b. 1503)
1452: John Stafford, English archbishop and politician
1261: Pope Alexander IV (b. 1185)
1085: Pope Gregory VII (b. 1020)
992: Mieszko I of Poland (b. 935)
986: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Muslim astronomer (b. 903)
939: Yao Yanzhang, general of Chu
916: Flann Sinna, king of Meath
912: Xue Yiju, chancellor of Later Liang
803: Higbald of Lindisfarne, English bishop
709: Aldhelm, English-Latin bishop, poet, and scholar (b. 639)
675: Li Hong, Chinese prince (b. 652)

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