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May 27

On This Day in History

May 27

May 27 is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 218 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2026: Michigan woman in tears at $1 million prize after reinvesting lottery winnings in new ticket. An unassuming pitstop for lottery tickets became an occasion worthy of shed tears when a Michigan woman reinvested her lottery winnings and won $1 million.
2025: $83.5 million Lotto Texas winner sues Texas Lottery for unpaid jackpot. The unidentified winner of the $83.5 million Lotto Texas jackpot, whose prize is being withheld amid ongoing state investigations, is suing the Texas Lottery more than three months after being denied a payout.
2024: Online ticket wins $7.19 million Lotto 47 jackpot, largest online prize in Michigan. One Michigan player won a $7.19 million Lotto 47 jackpot with a ticket bought online, breaking the state record for the largest lottery prize won online.
2022: VIDEO: Should you move to California to win the lottery?. With so many lottery players winning jackpots in states like California and New York, should you move there to win?
2021: $731.1 million Powerball jackpot claimed by anonymous group in Maryland. An anonymous group stepped forward to claim a record $731.1 million Powerball jackpot drawn on Jan. 20, 2021, the sixth-largest jackpot in the U.S. and the longest roll in Powerball history with 36 consecutive drawings.
2018: Louisiana man rescues $200,000 lottery ticket from the trash. A Louisiana man who won a $200,000 jackpot said he had to rescue the winning ticket from the trash after it was thrown away by a family member.
2015: Sick mother accuses daughter of stealing $1 million lottery prize. A "dollar and a dream" has turned into a $1 million legal nightmare — with a Brooklyn, New York, woman accusing her daughter of running off with her jackpot.
2014: How to win the lottery (happily). If you have won the lottery, or if you plan to do so, please keep reading this column. The information is vital not just to your happiness but also to the progress of social science.
2013: $50M Powerball jackpot to be split 3 ways. Three lucky winners will be able to spend the holiday weekend as newly-minted millionaires.
2011: Lottery winner faces murder trial in Detroit landlord's death. A Michigan Lottery millionaire was ordered on Thursday to stand trial for first-degree premeditated murder.
2009: Joint task force created to stop Jamaica lottery scams. The feds are cracking down on Jamaican lottery scams, which bilked Americans out of more than $30 million last year, authorities said Tuesday.
2009: Oregon Lottery contributions critical to athletic department. The University of Oregon athletic department likes to say it is "self-sufficient," but without the financial assistance it receives from the Oregon Lottery, the department would be in the red.
2009: Players can get credit for Iowa lottery error. The Iowa Lottery says it will pay qualified players after an operator error on its computer system vendor interrupted its "Big Beepin' Deal" promotion.
2008: Couple loses 'lucky' lottery numbers, wins $27 million. A couple from Etobicoke won the 10th largest Lotto Super 7 jackpot with a quick pick, since they had lost their lucky numbers last year.
2008: Yahoo files suit against 'lottery' spammers. Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday it filed a lawsuit against "Yahoo Lottery" spammers for unlawfully sending e-mail messages to Internet users for the purpose of deceiving them into believing that they have won a lottery or prize offered by Yahoo!.
2008: $196M Ohio lottery winner trying to claim anonymously?. The winner of the $196 million Mega Millions winning ticket sold in Ohio last week hasn't stepped forward yet, but there are indications that he or she might want to remain anonymous.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Soars To $51 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $51 million, with a cash option of $26.4 million.
2004: One winner takes $58 million NY Lotto. One lucky New York Lottery player matched all six Lotto numbers drawn Wednesday night to win the record jackpot of $58 million.
2004: First Triple Rollover for UK Lotto to Spark Ticket Frenzy. The UK Lotto will see its first ever triple rollover jackpot this weekend, with a top prize of at least £21.5 million (US$39.2 million). If only one person matches all six numbers, they will become the largest single winner. Operators Camelot are now warning people 'buy early to avoid disappointment' because no extra tickets will go on sale above the usual quota.
2004: Mass. Lottery to replace Mass Millions with new game. Massachusetts Lottery officials are replacing Mass Millions with Cash WinFall, a game aimed at increasing the odds of winning.
2004: NY man wins $1 million lottery scratch game. On May 14, Salvatore Mancuso of Williamsville, New York bought a Moo-La-Millions ticket at the Tops on Maple Road in Amherst, scratched off the game ticket, and discovered that he won.

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.$336 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 29, 2020
4.$331 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 29, 2026
5.$325 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 29, 2019
6.$275 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 27, 2017
7.$252.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 29, 2021
8.$233 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 29, 2015
9.$232 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 27, 2009
10.€202 Million
US$229.11 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 27, 2025
11.€211.7 Million
US$227.26 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 28, 2022
12.$220 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 29, 2010
13.$218 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 27, 2016
14.$215 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 28, 2005
15.$214.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 27, 2023
16.€170.79 Million
US$198.62 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 28, 2026
17.$189.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 28, 2025
18.$187 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 30, 2023
19.€159.31 Million
US$178.04 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 28, 2019
20.$173 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 27, 2025
21.$171 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 28, 2011
22.$157 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 27, 2022
23.€139 Million
US$155.18 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 30, 2017
24.$154.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 27, 2026
25.$154 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 27, 2015

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1982: Swe3tT3a27
Thursday, May 27, 1982
44 years old
1981: ressuccess
Wednesday, May 27, 1981
45 years old
1979: LotteryQueen80
Sunday, May 27, 1979
47 years old
1975: evonique
Tuesday, May 27, 1975
51 years old
1972: ronta
Saturday, May 27, 1972
54 years old
1967: dcotton5
Saturday, May 27, 1967
59 years old
1966: jcarter0527
Friday, May 27, 1966
60 years old
1963: fatlady49
Monday, May 27, 1963
63 years old
1962: Kejana48
Sunday, May 27, 1962
64 years old
1960: mystxxy
Friday, May 27, 1960
66 years old
1958: Win3
Tuesday, May 27, 1958
68 years old
1957: angel 1
Monday, May 27, 1957
69 years old
1952: Caji
Tuesday, May 27, 1952
74 years old
: Luelue2
(year not provided)
: terryedmondson
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2018: Maryland Flood Event: A flood occurs throughout the Patapsco Valley, causing one death, destroying the entire first floors of buildings on Main Street in Ellicott City, and causing cars to overturn.
2017: Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
2016: Barack Obama is the first president of the United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
2014: The football club Kerala Blasters FC and its first supporters' group Manjappada are formed.
2006: The 6.4 M_w Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.
2001: Members of Abu Sayyaf, an Islamist separatist group, seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.
1999: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-96, the first shuttle mission to dock with the International Space Station.
1998: Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
1997: The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell.
1996: First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechen rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
1988: Somaliland War of Independence: The Somali National Movement launches a major offensive against Somali government forces in Hargeisa and Burao, then the second- and third-largest cities of Somalia.
1984: The Danube-Black Sea Canal is opened, in a ceremony attended by the Ceaușescus. It had been under construction since the 1950s.
1980: The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
1977: A plane crash at José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, kills 67.
1975: Dibbles Bridge coach crash near Grassington, in North Yorkshire, England, kills 33 - the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.
1971: The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal.
1971: Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly Bengali Hindus, in the Bagbati massacre.
1967: Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census.
1967: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
1965: Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam.
1962: The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
1960: In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
1958: First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.
1950: The Linnanmäki amusement park is opened for the first time in Helsinki.
1942: World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.
1941: World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".
1941: World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing almost 2,100 men.
1940: World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
1937: In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
1935: New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495).
1933: New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission.
1930: The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
1927: The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
1919: The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
1917: Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
1915: HMS Princess Irene explodes and sinks off Sheerness, Kent, with the loss of 352 lives.
1905: Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
1896: The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10 million in damage.
1883: Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
1874: The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
1863: American Civil War: The first Union infantry assault of the Siege of Port Hudson occurs.
1860: Giuseppe Garibaldi begins the Siege of Palermo, part of the wars of Italian unification.
1832: An Egyptian army under Ibrahim Pasha captures Acre from the Ottomans after a five-months siege.
1813: War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
1799: War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeat the French at Winterthur, Switzerland.
1798: The Pitt-Tierney duel takes place on Putney Heath outside London. A bloodless duel between the prime minister of Great Britain William Pitt the Younger and his political opponent George Tierney.
1798: The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland; Irish rebel leaders defeat and kill a detachment of militia.
1703: Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
1644: Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing.
1595: A Gaelic Irish army successfully ambushes an English force in the battle of Clontibret during the Nine Years' War.
1257: Richard of Cornwall, and his wife, Sanchia of Provence, are crowned King and Queen of the Germans at Aachen Cathedral.
1199: John is crowned King of England.
1153: Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland.
1120: Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death.
1096: Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed.

Births On This Day

2003: Franco Colapinto, Formula 1 driver
2002: Jérémy Doku, Belgian footballer
2002: Gabri Veiga, Spanish footballer
2000: Abner Vinícius, Brazilian footballer
1999: Matheus Cunha, Brazilian footballer
1999: Lily-Rose Depp, French-American actress and model
1998: Josep Martínez, Spanish footballer
1997: Anna Bondar, Hungarian tennis player
1997: Daniel Jones, American football player
1997: Konrad Laimer, Austrian footballer
1996: Kim Jae-hwan, South Korean singer
1995: Yoán Moncada, Cuban baseball player
1994: Maximilian Arnold, German footballer
1994: João Cancelo, Portuguese footballer
1994: Aymeric Laporte, French-Spanish footballer
1992: Aaron Brown, Canadian sprinter
1992: Jeison Murillo, Colombian footballer
1992: Laurence Vincent-Lapointe, Canadian canoer
1991: Sebastien Dewaest, Belgian footballer
1991: Tim Lafai, Samoan rugby league player
1991: Ksenia Pervak, Russian tennis player
1991: Mário Rui, Portuguese footballer
1991: Armando Sadiku, Albanian footballer
1991: Eneli Vals, Estonian footballer
1990: Yenew Alamirew, Ethiopian runner
1990: Chris Colfer, American actor and singer
1990: Jonas Hector, German footballer
1990: Marcus Kruger, Swedish ice hockey player
1989: Igor Morozov, Estonian footballer
1989: Peakboy, South Korean rapper, record producer, and singer-songwriter
1988: Celso Borges, Costa Rican footballer
1988: Vontae Davis, American football player (died 2024)
1988: Irina Davydova, Russian hurdler
1988: Garrett Richards, American baseball pitcher
1988: Tyler Sash, American football player (died 2015)
1987: Gervinho, Ivorian footballer
1987: Bella Heathcote, Australian actress
1987: Bora Paçun, Turkish basketball player
1987: Matt Prior, Australian rugby league player
1987: Martina Sáblíková, Czech speed skater and cyclist
1986: Conor Cummins, Manx motorcycle racer
1986: Bamba Fall, Senegalese basketball player
1986: Lasse Schöne, Danish footballer
1985: Chiang Chien-ming, Taiwanese baseball player
1985: Roberto Soldado, Spanish footballer
1984: Blake Ahearn, American basketball player
1984: Miguel González, Mexican baseball pitcher
1982: Natalya, Canadian professional wrestler
1982: Mariano Pavone, Argentine footballer
1981: Alina Cojocaru, Romanian ballerina
1981: Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer
1980: Craig Buntin, Canadian figure skater
1979: Michael Buonauro, American author and illustrator (died 2004)
1979: Mile Sterjovski, Australian footballer
1978: Adin Brown, American soccer player
1977: Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian high jumper
1977: Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
1976: Marcel Fässler, Swiss racing driver
1975: André 3000, American rapper
1975: Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer
1975: Jadakiss, American rapper
1975: Jamie Oliver, English chef and author
1975: Feryal Özel, Turkish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
1974: Skye Edwards, British singer-songwriter
1974: Denise van Outen, English actress, singer, and television host
1974: Derek Webb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974: Danny Wuerffel, American football player
1973: Jack McBrayer, American actor and comedian
1973: Tana Umaga, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1972: Todd Demsey, American golfer
1972: Antonio Freeman, American football player
1972: Maxim Sokolov, Russian ice hockey player
1971: Mathew Batsiua, Nauruan politician
1971: Paul Bettany, English actor
1971: Wayne Carey, Australian footballer and coach
1971: Kaur Kender, Estonian author
1971: Lisa Lopes, American rapper and dancer (died 2002)
1971: Lee Sharpe, English footballer
1971: Grant Stafford, South African tennis player
1971: Sophie Walker, British politician, leader of the Women's Equality Party
1971: Petroc Trelawny, British radio and television broadcaster
1970: Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist
1970: Tim Farron, English educator and politician
1970: Joseph Fiennes, English actor
1970: Alex Archer, American-born Australian musician
1969: Todd Hundley, American baseball player
1969: Jeremy Mayfield, American race car driver
1969: Craig Federighi, American computer scientist and engineer
1968: Jeff Bagwell, American baseball player and coach
1968: Rebekah Brooks, English journalist
1968: Harun Erdenay, Turkish basketball player and coach
1968: Frank Thomas, American baseball player and sportscaster
1967: Paul Gascoigne, English international footballer, coach, and manager
1967: Eddie McClintock, American actor
1966: Heston Blumenthal, English chef and author
1965: Todd Bridges, American actor
1965: Pat Cash, Australian-English tennis player and sportscaster
1964: Adam Carolla, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1963: Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist and composer
1963: Maria Walliser, Swiss skier
1962: Marcelino Bernal, Mexican footballer
1962: Ray Borner, Australian basketball player
1962: Steven Brill, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1962: Anthony A. Hyman, Israeli-English biologist and academic
1962: David Mundell, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
1962: Ravi Shastri, Indian cricketer, coach and sportscaster
1961: José Luíz Barbosa, Brazilian runner and coach
1961: Peri Gilpin, American actress
1960: Gaston Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1958: Nick Anstee, English accountant and politician, 682nd Lord Mayor of London
1958: Neil Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician
1958: Jesse Robredo, Filipino politician, 23rd Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (died 2012)
1957: Dag Terje Andersen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Labour
1957: Nitin Gadkari, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Transport
1957: Eddie Harsch, Canadian-American keyboard player and bass player (died 2016)
1957: Siouxsie Sioux, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
1956: Cynthia McFadden, American journalist
1956: Rosemary Squire, English producer and manager, co-founded Ambassador Theatre Group
1956: Giuseppe Tornatore, Italian director and screenwriter
1955: Eric Bischoff, American wrestler, manager, and producer
1955: Richard Schiff, American actor, director, and producer
1955: Ian Tracey, English organist and conductor
1954: Pauline Hanson, Australian businesswoman, activist, and politician
1954: Jackie Slater, American football player and coach
1951: John Conteh, English boxer
1950: Dee Dee Bridgewater, American singer-songwriter and actress
1950: Makis Dendrinos, Greek basketball player and coach (died 2015)
1949: Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale, English politician (died 2021)
1949: Christa Vahlensieck, German runner
1948: Wubbo de Boer, Dutch civil servant (died 2017)
1948: Pete Sears, English bass player
1948: Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, American occultist and author (died 2014)
1947: Peter DeFazio, American politician
1947: Marty Kristian, German-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1947: Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer and coach
1947: Riivo Sinijärv, Estonian politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1946: Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish bassist and composer (died 2005)
1946: John Williams, English motorcycle racer (died 1978)
1945: Bruce Cockburn, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944: Christopher Dodd, American lawyer and politician
1944: Karen Fladset, Norwegian handball player
1944: Ingrid Roscoe, English historian and politician, Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire (died 2020)
1944: Alain Souchon, French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1943: Cilla Black, English singer and actress (died 2015)
1943: Bruce Weitz, American actor
1942: Lee Baca, American police officer
1942: Piers Courage, English racing driver (died 1970)
1942: Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman, English accountant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1942: Robin Widdows, English racing driver
1940: Mike Gibson, Australian journalist and sportscaster (died 2015)
1939: Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns, English courtier and businessman
1939: Yves Duhaime, Canadian captain and politician
1939: Sokratis Kokkalis, Greek businessman
1939: Gerald Ronson, English businessman and philanthropist
1939: Lionel Sosa, Mexican-American advertising and marketing executive
1939: Don Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)
1937: Allan Carr, American playwright and producer (died 1999)
1936: Benjamin Bathurst, English admiral (died 2025)
1936: Louis Gossett Jr., American actor and producer (died 2024)
1936: Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (died 2014)
1935: Daniel Colchico, American football player and coach (died 2014)
1935: Mal Evans, British road manager of The Beatles (died 1976)
1935: Jerry Kindall, American baseball player and coach (died 2017)
1935: Ramsey Lewis, American jazz pianist and composer (died 2022)
1935: Lee Meriwether, American model and actress, Miss America 1955
1934: Ray Daviault, Canadian-American baseball player (died 2020)
1934: Harlan Ellison, American author and screenwriter (died 2018)
1933: Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian businessman (died 2008)
1933: Manfred Sommer, Spanish author and illustrator (died 2007)
1931: André Barbeau, French-Canadian neurologist (died 1986)
1931: John Chapple, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (died 2022)
1931: Bernard Fresson, French actor (died 2002)
1931: Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress and producer (died 2015)
1931: Philip Kotler, American author and professor
1930: John Barth, American novelist and short story writer (died 2024)
1930: William S. Sessions, American civil servant and judge, 8th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (died 2020)
1930: Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer and educator (died 2010)
1928: Thea Musgrave, Scottish-American composer and educator
1927: Jüri Randviir, Estonian chess player and journalist (died 1996)
1925: Tony Hillerman, American journalist and author (died 2008)
1924: Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela (died 2014)
1924: John Sumner, English-Australian director, founded the Melbourne Theatre Company (died 2013)
1923: Henry Kissinger, German-American political scientist and politician, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)
1923: Sumner Redstone, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2020)
1922: Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist (died 2015)
1922: Christopher Lee, English actor (died 2015)
1922: John D. Vanderhoof, American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado (died 2013)
1921: Bob Godfrey, Australian-English animator, director, and voice actor (died 2013)
1918: Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese commander and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2019)
1917: Harry Webster, English engineer (died 2007)
1915: Ester Soré, Chilean singer-songwriter (died 1996)
1915: Herman Wouk, American novelist (died 2019)
1912: John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer (died 1982)
1912: Sam Snead, American golfer and sportscaster (died 2002)
1912: Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1995)
1911: Hubert Humphrey, American journalist and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (died 1978)
1911: Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (died 2007)
1911: Vincent Price, American actor (died 1993)
1909: Dolores Hope, American singer and philanthropist (died 2011)
1909: Juan Vicente Pérez, Venezuelan supercentenarian, oldest living man, last man born in 1900s decade (died 2024)
1907: Nicolas Calas, Greek-American poet and critic (died 1988)
1907: Rachel Carson, American biologist, environmentalist, and author (died 1964)
1906: Buddhadasa, Thai monk and philosopher (died 1993)
1906: Harry Hibbs, English footballer (died 1984)
1906: Antonio Rosario Mennonna, Italian bishop (died 2009)
1900: Lotte Toberentz, German overseer of the Nazi Uckermark concentration camp (died 1964)
1900: Uładzimir Žyłka, Belarusian poet and translator (died 1933)
1899: Johannes Türn, Estonian chess and draughts player (died 1993)
1898: David Crosthwait, American engineer, inventor and writer (died 1976)
1897: John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1967)
1897: Dink Templeton, American rugby player and coach (died 1962)
1895: Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian educator and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (died 1995)
1894: Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French physician and author (died 1961)
1894: Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter (died 1961)
1891: Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (died 1965)
1891: Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (died 1958)
1888: Louis Durey, French composer (died 1979)
1887: Frank Woolley, English cricketer (died 1978)
1884: Max Brod, Czech journalist, author, and composer (died 1968)
1883: Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (died 1971)
1879: Karl Bühler, German-American linguist and psychologist (died 1963)
1879: Hans Lammers, German judge and politician (died 1962)
1878: Anna Cervin, Swedish artist (died 1972)
1876: Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and author (died 1945)
1876: William Stanier, English engineer (died 1965)
1875: Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (died 1942)
1875: Jorge Newbery, Argentine aviator (died 1914)
1871: Georges Rouault, French painter and illustrator (died 1958)
1868: Aleksa Šantić, Bosnian poet and author (died 1924)
1867: Arnold Bennett, English author and playwright (died 1931)
1863: Arthur Mold, English cricketer (died 1921)
1860: Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese politician, 7th President of Portugal (died 1941)
1860: Margrethe Munthe, Norwegian songwriter (died 1931)
1857: Theodor Curtius, German chemist (died 1928)
1852: Billy Barnes, English cricketer (died 1899)
1837: Wild Bill Hickok, American police officer (died 1876)
1836: Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (died 1892)
1832: Zenas Ferry Moody, American surveyor and politician, 7th Governor of Oregon (died 1917)
1827: Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician (died 1892)
1819: Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (died 1910)
1818: Amelia Bloomer, American journalist and activist (died 1894)
1815: Henry Parkes, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (died 1896)
1814: John Rudolph Niernsee, Viennese-born American architect (died 1885)
1812: George K. Teulon, English-Texian journalist and freemason (died 1846)
1794: Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1877)
1774: Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (died 1857)
1756: Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (died 1825)
1738: Nathaniel Gorham, American merchant and politician, 14th President of the Continental Congress (died 1796)
1652: Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine of Germany (died 1722)
1651: Louis Antoine de Noailles, French cardinal (died 1729)
1626: William II, Prince of Orange (died 1650)
1601: Antoine Daniel, French-Canadian missionary and saint (died 1648)
1584: Michael Altenburg, German theologian and composer (died 1640)
1576: Caspar Schoppe, German author and scholar (died 1649)
1537: Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg (died 1604)
1519: Girolamo Mei, Italian historian and theorist (died 1594)
1378: Zhu Quan, Chinese military commander, historian and playwright (died 1448)
1332: Ibn Khaldun, Tunisian historian and theologian (died 1406)
742: Emperor Dezong of Tang (died 805)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Freddie Aguilar, Filipino musician and singer-songwriter (born 1953)
2024: Elizabeth MacRae, American actress (born 1936)
2024: Bill Walton, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1952)
2021: Poul Schlüter, former Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1929)
2020: Larry Kramer, American playwright, public health advocate and LGBT rights activist (born 1935)
2018: Gardner Dozois, American science fiction author and editor (born 1947)
2017: Gregg Allman, American musician, singer and songwriter (born 1947)
2015: Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver (born 1929)
2015: Nils Christie, Norwegian sociologist, criminologist, and author (born 1928)
2015: Andy King, English footballer and manager (born 1956)
2015: Michael Martin, American philosopher and academic (born 1932)
2014: Robert Genn, Canadian painter and author (born 1936)
2014: Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1940)
2014: Roberto Vargas, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1929)
2014: Massimo Vignelli, Italian-American graphic designer (born 1931)
2013: Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (born 1917)
2013: Bill Pertwee, English actor (born 1926)
2013: Abdoulaye Sékou Sow, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali (born 1931)
2012: Simeon Daniel, Nevisian educator and politician, 1st Premier of Nevis (born 1934)
2012: Friedrich Hirzebruch, German mathematician and academic (born 1927)
2012: Anahit Perikhanian, Russian-born Armenian Iranologist (born 1928)
2012: David Rimoin, Canadian-American geneticist and academic (born 1936)
2011: Jeff Conaway, American actor and singer (born 1950)
2011: Margo Dydek, Polish-American basketball player (born 1974)
2011: Gil Scott-Heron, American singer-songwriter and poet (born 1949)
2010: Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and director (born 1929)
2009: Thomas M. Franck, American lawyer and academic (born 1931)
2009: Clive Granger, Welsh-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1934)
2009: Mona Grey, British nursing administrator; Northern Ireland's first Chief Nursing Officer (born 1910)
2009: Abram Hoffer, Canadian biochemist, physician, and psychiatrist (born 1917)
2009: Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian-American priest and theologian (born 1946)
2009: Carol Anne O'Marie, American nun and author (born 1933)
2009: William Refshauge, Australian soldier and physician (born 1913)
2009: Paul Sharratt, English-American television host (born 1933)
2008: Franz Künstler, Hungarian soldier (born 1900)
2007: Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer-songwriter (born 1967)
2007: Gretchen Wyler, American actress and dancer (born 1932)
2007: Ed Yost, American inventor, created the modern hot air balloon (born 1919)
2006: Rob Borsellino, American journalist (born 1949)
2006: Paul Gleason, American actor (born 1939)
2006: Craig Heyward, American football player (born 1966)
2003: Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (born 1925)
2002: Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson, Scottish historian (born 1909)
2000: Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer and pilot (born 1912)
2000: Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch, Scottish politician and diplomat, 25th Governor of Hong Kong (born 1917)
2000: Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1921)
1998: Minoo Masani, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1905)
1992: Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (born 1890)
1991: Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist and theorist (born 1904)
1990: Robert B. Meyner, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey (born 1908)
1989: Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet and translator (born 1907)
1988: Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (born 1908)
1988: Ernst Ruska, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)
1987: John Howard Northrop, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891)
1986: Murder of the Faruqis: Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American Muslim philosopher and scholar (born 1921)
1986: Murder of the Faruqis: Lois Lamya al-Faruqi, American scholar of ethnomusicology, wife of Ismail al-Faruqi (born 1926)
1986: Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (born 1901)
1986: Giorgos Tzifos, Greek actor and cinematographer (born 1918)
1984: Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer (born 1923)
1980: Gün Sazak, Turkish agronomist and politician (born 1932)
1971: Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1901)
1971: Armando Picchi, Italian footballer and coach (born 1935)
1969: Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (born 1926)
1967: W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (born 1880)
1967: Ernst Niekisch, German academic and politician (born 1889)
1965: John Rinehart Blue, American military officer, educator, businessperson, and politician (born 1905)
1964: Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (born 1889)
1963: Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (born 1912)
1960: James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (born 1877)
1953: Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (born 1868)
1949: Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (born 1890)
1947: Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (born 1885)
1945: Enno Lolling, German physician (born 1888)
1943: Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1878)
1942: Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (born 1878)
1941: Ernst Lindemann, German captain (born 1894)
1941: Günther Lütjens, German admiral (born 1889)
1939: Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (born 1894)
1933: Achille Paroche, French target shooter (born 1868)
1919: Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (born 1848)
1918: Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (born 1869)
1910: Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1843)
1896: Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (born 1839)
1867: Thomas Bulfinch American mythologist (born 1796)
1840: Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (born 1782)
1831: Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author (born 1799)
1797: François-Noël Babeuf, French journalist (born 1760)
1781: Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist and academic (born 1716)
1707: Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (born 1640)
1702: Dominique Bouhours, French priest and critic (born 1628)
1690: Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian organist and composer (born 1626)
1675: Gaspard Dughet, Italian-French painter (born 1613)
1661: Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, Scottish general and politician (born 1607)
1637: John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield, English politician (born c. 1566)
1624: Diego Ramírez de Arellano, Spanish sailor and cosmographer (born c. 1580)
1610: François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (born 1578)
1564: John Calvin, French pastor and theologian (born 1509)
1541: Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (born 1473)
1525: Thomas Müntzer, German mystic and theologian (born 1488)
1508: Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (born 1452)
1444: John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English commander (born 1404)
1240: William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey (born 1166)
1178: Godfrey van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht
1045: Bruno of Würzburg, imperial chancellor of Italy (born c. 1005)
1039: Dirk III, Count of Holland (born 981)
927: Simeon I of Bulgaria first Bulgarian Emperor (born 864)
866: Ordoño I of Asturias (born 831)
475: Eutropius, bishop of Orange
398: Murong Bao, emperor of the Xianbei state Later Yan (born 355)
366: Procopius, Roman usurper (born 325)

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