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November 10

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November 10

November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 51 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: North Carolina man's age helps him win a $200,000 lottery prize. A North Carolina man's strategy to win a $200,000 prize in the lottery was inspired by his own age.
2021: Texas woman steals cousin's lottery ticket worth $1 million. Authorities arrested a Texas woman Monday after she stole a $1 million winning lottery ticket from her cousin in New York, tricking him with forged paperwork.
2020: Trick-or-Treat! Canadian co-workers score $6 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot on Halloween. A group of co-workers didn't have to go trick-or-treating this Halloween to get the sweetest reward of them all — a Lotto 6/49 jackpot worth $6 million(US$4.6 million).
2017: Lotto America multi-state lottery game tickets on sale Sunday. Ripping a page from the 1980s, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) is starting a new game on Sunday called Lotto America — the original name of what is now known as Powerball.
2016: Oregonians approve Measure 96, devoting lottery net proceeds toward veterans. Oregonians voted to approve Measure 96 Tuesday, giving 1.5 percent of state lottery net proceeds toward veterans' service.
2015: Florida lawmakers seek to automate lottery ticket sales. Florida legislators think they can increase lottery ticket sales with a bill that would make it easier for consumers to buy a ticket.
2015: NJ Gov. vetoes bill that would allow lottery ticket home delivery. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Monday vetoed a bill that would have allowed the operation of lottery courier services in the state.
2015: California Lottery computer glitch shuts down terminals. A computer glitch on Monday shut down lottery terminals around California, preventing players from getting numbers for Powerball and other games.
2015: One in hospital, one in jail after lottery ticket fight. One man is in the hospital and a second is in jail Monday after an argument over lottery tickets at a San Francisco, California, market turned violent.
2014: Lottery Post Founder featured in John Oliver HBO segment. Todd Northrop, founder of the Web site Lottery Post, was featured in a segment of the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver show on HBO.
2013: NJ $338 million Powerball winner and ex-girlfriend in court over money. A New Jersey man who won a $338 million Powerball jackpot, among the largest lottery winnings, is embroiled in a court fight with his former girlfriend over the money.
2010: Ohio lottery ticket wins $25M Mega Millions jackpot. One Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in Ohio matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball to grab the $25 million jackpot in last night's Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing.
2009: S.C. Lottery board votes to add Mega Millions. The South Carolina Education Lottery Commission voted Tuesday to move forward with the proposal to add the Mega Millions game to the line-up of games currently offered for sale in the Palmetto State.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $106 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $106 million Wednesday.
2004: Informant reported lottery scam. Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said Tuesday that Hoosier Lottery officials knew for months there were potential problems with a scratch-off game, but failed to notify police about their suspicions of a possible scam.
2004: Ex-lottery official charged in $1 million payout scam. A former security officer for the Hoosier Lottery is accused of conspiring with two other men to rig a $1 million scratch-off game.
2003: Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to Estimated $70 Million. The excitement is growing in the game with the largest jackpot in North America.
2003: Delray Beach ticket wins $15 million Florida Lotto jackpot. One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $15 million, lottery officials said Sunday.
2003: Lottery funds misused. A multimillion-dollar Colorado state lottery fund that is supposed to pay for parks and recreation is being used for everything from cellphone bills to air conditioners and Christmas parades.
2003: Ohio Lottery joins the effort to find missing children. Working with the Northern Ohio Amber Alert, the Ohio Lottery Commission will display the names and descriptions of abducted children in a "crawl" across the screens of its sales terminals.
2003: State to display odds of winning. When Tennesseans start playing the lottery next year, they'll know something dreamers in many other states don't: the odds of winning. State law doesn't require the odds to be advertised, but Tennessee lottery chief Rebecca Paul believes it's good business to do so.
2003: Paul's pay checked. With Tennessee's new lottery set to begin in just three months, Rebecca Paul has a lot to do and little time to do it.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$361 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 12, 2024
2.€304.49 Million US$307.93 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2022
3.$262 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 11, 2005
4.$258 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 12, 2016
5.$223 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2023
6.$222.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 11, 2023
7.€168 Million US$213.36 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 13, 2012
8.€152 Million US$194.27 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2006
9.$189 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 11, 2022
10.$180 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2015
11.$168 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2012
12.$163 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 12, 2019
13.$160.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2021
14.$158 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 11, 2020
15.$152 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2020
16.€137 Million
US$145.48 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 12, 2024
17.$132 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 12, 2013
18.€107.88 Million
US$123.59 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 11, 2021
19.€111 Million
US$119.07 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2015
20.€104 Million
US$119.03 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 12, 2021
21.€108.93 Million
US$115.68 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Nov 12, 2024
22.€104 Million
US$114.57 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 12, 2019
23.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 13, 2013
24.$106 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 13, 2018
24.$106 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 12, 2004

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990: Dmeredith
Saturday, Nov 10, 1990
34 years old
1987: joshkrycerick
Tuesday, Nov 10, 1987
37 years old
1984: Mystic Lee
Saturday, Nov 10, 1984
40 years old
1980: Stalyn
Monday, Nov 10, 1980
44 years old
1973: Crazylady$
Saturday, Nov 10, 1973
51 years old
1972: BetaRoc
Friday, Nov 10, 1972
52 years old
1970: JoeSam10
Tuesday, Nov 10, 1970
54 years old
1966: Raiden
Thursday, Nov 10, 1966
58 years old
1962: fldavid259
Saturday, Nov 10, 1962
62 years old
1955: whiteman
Thursday, Nov 10, 1955
69 years old
1952: LuckyLars
Monday, Nov 10, 1952
72 years old
1952: shiftindrifter
Monday, Nov 10, 1952
72 years old
1951: dorothy10
Saturday, Nov 10, 1951
73 years old
: busmama
(year not provided)
: busmamabren
(year not provided)
: Ladykungfu
(year not provided)
: dimples
(year not provided)
: integrity2
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: Armenia and Azerbaijan sign a ceasefire agreement, ending the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, and prompting protests in Armenia.
2019: President of Bolivia Evo Morales and several of his government resign after 19 days of civil protests and a recommendation from the military.
2009: Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.
2008: Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.
2006: Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.
2006: The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush, who announces that Marine Corporal Jason Dunham will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor.
2002: Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November.
1999: World Anti-Doping Agency is formed in Lausanne.
1997: WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
1995: In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), are hanged by government forces.
1989: Longtime Bulgarian leader Todor Zhivkov is removed from office and replaced by Petar Mladenov.
1989: Germans begin to tear down the Berlin Wall.
1985: A Dassault Falcon 50 and a Piper PA-28 Cherokee collide in mid-air over Fairview, New Jersey, killing six people and injuring eight.
1983: Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0.
1979: A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario.
1975: The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.
1975: Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism is a form of racism.
1972: Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed by Fidel Castro.
1971: In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft.
1971: A Merpati Nusantara Airlines Vickers Viscount crashes into the Indian Ocean near Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, killing all 69 people on board.
1970: Vietnam War: Vietnamization: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.
1970: Luna 17: uncrewed space mission launched by the Soviet Union.
1969: National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts Sesame Street.
1958: The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
1954: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia.
1951: With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
1946: A magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Peruvian Andes mountains kills at least 1,400 people.
1945: Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, today celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan).
1944: The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371.
1942: World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.
1940: The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more.
1939: Finnish author F. E. Sillanpää is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1918: The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
1910: The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
1898: Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.
1871: Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
1865: Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.
1847: The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.
1821: Cry of Independence by Rufina Alfaro at La Villa de Los Santos, Panama setting into motion a revolt which led to Panama's independence from Spain and to it immediately becoming part of Colombia.
1793: A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Pierre Gaspard Chaumette.
1775: The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
1766: The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
1702: English colonists under the command of James Moore besiege Spanish St. Augustine during Queen Anne's War.
1674: Third Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherland to England.
1659: Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maratha King kills Afzal Khan, Adilshahi in the battle popularly known as Battle of Pratapgarh.
1599: Åbo Bloodbath: Fourteen noblemen who opposed Duke Charles are decapitated in the Old Great Square of Turku (Swedish: Åbo) for their involvement in the War against Sigismund.
1444: Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Władysław III of Poland (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Władysław III of Varna) are defeated by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Władysław is killed.
1293: Raden Wijaya is crowned as the first monarch of Majapahit kingdom of Java, taking the throne name Kertarajasa Jayawardhana.
1202: Fourth Crusade: Despite letters from Pope Innocent III forbidding it and threatening excommunication, Catholic crusaders begin a siege of Zara (now Zadar, Croatia).
937: Ten Kingdoms: Li Bian usurps the throne and deposes Emperor Yang Pu. The Wu State is replaced by Li (now called "Xu Zhigao"), who becomes the first ruler of Southern Tang.
474: Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of ten months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.

Births On This Day

2009: Christian Convery, Canadian actor
2000: Mackenzie Foy, American actress and model
2000: Scotty Pippen Jr., American basketball player
1999: Armand Duplantis, Swedish-American pole vaulter
1999: Michael Cimino, American actor
1999: Michael J. Keplinger, Austrian musician and filmmaker
1999: Kiernan Shipka, American actress
1998: Karen Villanueva, Mexican rhythmic gymnast
1997: Federico Dimarco, Italian footballer
1997: Marios Georgiou, Cypriot gymnast
1997: Maurice Gomis, Italian-Senegalese footballer
1997: Daniel James, Welsh footballer
1997: Giovanna Scoccimarro, German judoka
1997: Yuriy Vakulko, Ukrainian footballer
1996: Drew Lock, American football player
1995: Ralfs Grīnbergs, Latvian ice hockey player
1995: Ryan Peniston, British tennis player
1994: Zoey Deutch, American actress
1994: Andre De Grasse, Canadian sprinter
1994: Claudio Dias, English footballer
1993: Daieishō Hayato, Japanese sumo wrestler
1992: Marko Blaževski, Macedonian swimmer
1992: Teddy Bridgewater, American football player
1992: Dimitri Petratos, Australian footballer
1992: Rafał Wolski, Polish footballer
1992: Wilfried Zaha, Ivorian footballer
1991: Tony Snell, American basketball player
1990: Marcus Browne, American boxer
1990: Zach Ertz, American football player
1990: Leo, South Korean singer
1990: Robert Primus, Trinidadian footballer
1990: Kristina Vogel, German track cyclist
1989: Daniel Agyei, Ghanaian footballer
1989: Taron Egerton, Welsh actor
1989: Brendon Hartley, New Zealand race car driver
1989: Adrian Nikçi, Swiss footballer
1989: Jacob Pullen, American basketball player
1988: Massimo Coda, Italian footballer
1988: Pauleen Luna, Filipino actress
1988: Aiden Tolman, Australian rugby league player
1987: D. J. Augustin, American basketball player
1987: Sam Malsom, English footballer
1987: Kana Oya, Japanese model and actress
1987: Charles Hamilton, American rapper
1987: Theo Peckham, Canadian ice hockey player
1986: Aaron Crow, American baseball player
1986: Josh Peck, American actor
1986: Goran Jerković, French footballer
1986: Stanislav Namașco, Moldovan footballer
1986: Eric Thames, American baseball player
1986: Samuel Wanjiru, Kenyan runner (d. 2011)
1985: Ricki-Lee Coulter, New Zealand singer-songwriter and dancer
1985: Aleksandar Kolarov, Serbian footballer
1985: Cherno Samba, Gambian footballer
1984: Kazuhisa Makita, Japanese baseball player
1984: Ludovic Obraniak, Polish footballer
1984: Kendrick Perkins, American basketball player
1984: Ahmed Fathy, Egyptian footballer
1983: Miranda Lambert, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983: Marius Žaliūkas, Lithuanian footballer (d. 2020)
1982: Heather Matarazzo, American actress
1981: Tony Blanco, Dominican baseball player
1981: Jason Dunham, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2004)
1981: Paul Kipsiele Koech, Kenyan runner
1981: Ryback, American wrestler
1981: Miroslav Slepička, Czech footballer
1980: Danilo Belić, Serbian footballer
1980: Troy Bell, American basketball player
1979: Chris Joannou, Australian bass player
1979: Anthony Réveillère, French footballer
1979: Kelly Santos, Brazilian basketball player
1979: Ragnvald Soma, Norwegian footballer
1978: Ruth Davidson, Scottish politician
1978: Diplo, American DJ, songwriter, and producer
1978: Eve, American rapper and producer
1978: Kristian Huselius, Swedish ice hockey player
1978: David Paetkau, Canadian actor
1977: Josh Barnett, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1977: Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (d. 2009)
1977: Erik Nevland, Norwegian footballer
1976: Martin Åslund, Swedish footballer and sportscaster
1976: Sergio González, Spanish footballer and manager
1976: Jaroslav Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player
1976: Steffen Iversen, Norwegian footballer
1976: Shefki Kuqi, Finnish footballer and manager
1976: Mike Leclerc, Canadian ice hockey player
1975: Jim Adkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975: Markko Märtin, Estonian race car driver
1974: Chris Lilley, Australian comedian and producer
1973: Patrik Berger, Czech footballer
1973: Marco Antonio Rodríguez, Mexican footballer and referee
1972: Virág Csurgó, Hungarian tennis player
1972: Shawn Green, American baseball player
1971: Big Pun, American rapper (d. 2000)
1971: Walton Goggins, American actor and producer
1971: Magnus Johansson, Swedish footballer
1971: Niki Karimi, Iranian actress, director, and screenwriter
1970: Warren G, American rapper and producer
1970: U-God, American rapper
1970: Freddy Loix, Belgian race car driver
1970: Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian footballer and manager
1969: Faustino Asprilla, Colombian footballer and coach
1969: Jens Lehmann, German footballer and actor
1969: Ellen Pompeo, American actress
1968: Tracy Morgan, American comedian and actor
1968: Tom Papa, American comedian, actor, television host
1967: Jackie Fairweather, Australian runner and coach (d. 2014)
1965: Jamie Dixon, American basketball player and coach
1965: Eddie Irvine, Northern Irish race car driver
1965: Robert Jones, Welsh rugby player and coach
1964: Kenny Rogers, American baseball player and coach
1963: Hugh Bonneville, English actor
1963: Tommy Davidson, American actor and comedian
1963: Mike McCarthy, American football player and coach
1963: Mike Powell, American long jumper
1962: Bob Lindner, Australian rugby league player and coach
1962: Daniel Waters, American director and screenwriter
1961: Rudolf Grimm, German-Austrian physicist and academic
1961: John Walton, English darts player
1960: Neil Gaiman, English author, illustrator, and screenwriter
1960: Dan Hawkins, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
1960: Naomi Kawashima, Japanese actress and singer (d. 2015)
1960: Maeve Sherlock, English politician
1959: Mackenzie Phillips, American actress
1959: Michael Schröder, German footballer and manager
1958: Deborah Cameron, English linguist, anthropologist, and academic
1958: Stephen Herek, American director and producer
1958: Omar Minaya, American baseball player and manager
1958: Massimo Morsello, Italian singer-songwriter and activist (d. 2001)
1958: Brooks Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957: Nigel Evans, Welsh politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
1956: Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian businessman and activist
1956: Sinbad, American comedian and actor
1955: Jack Clark, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1955: Roland Emmerich, German director, producer, and screenwriter
1954: Kevin Spraggett, Canadian chess player
1954: Bob Stanley, American baseball player and coach
1953: Les Miles, American football player and coach
1951: John Williamson, American basketball player (d. 1996)
1950: Debra Hill, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
1950: Jack Scalia, American actor
1950: Bram Tchaikovsky, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949: Ann Reinking, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2020)
1949: Don Saleski, Canadian ice hockey player
1949: Mustafa Denizli, Turkish footballer and manager
1948: Aaron Brown, American journalist and academic
1948: Luciano Sušanj, Croatian Olympic runner and politician (d. 2024)
1948: Shigesato Itoi, Japanese video game designer and voice actor, created EarthBound
1948: Steven Utley, American author and poet (d. 2013)
1947: Glen Buxton, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1997)
1947: Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (d. 1982)
1947: Greg Lake, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2016)
1947: Dave Loggins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2024)
1945: Terence Davies, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2023)
1945: Donna Fargo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944: Askar Akayev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician, 1st President of Kyrgyzstan
1944: Mark E. Neely, Jr., American historian, author, and academic
1944: Silvestre Reyes, American sergeant and politician
1944: Tim Rice, English lyricist and author
1943: Saxby Chambliss, American lawyer and politician
1943: Ross Warner, Australian rugby league player (d. 2020)
1942: Robert F. Engle, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1942: James Hood, American activist (d. 2013)
1942: Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss lawyer and politician, 92nd President of the Swiss Confederation
1940: Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic (d. 2015)
1940: Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer-songwriter and politician (d. 1999)
1939: Anscar Chupungco, Filipino monk and theologian (d. 2013)
1939: Tommy Facenda, American rock & roll singer and guitarist (d. 2022)
1939: Russell Means, American activist, actor, and musician (d. 2012)
1939: Allan Moffat, Canadian-Australian race car driver
1938: Robert Moreland, American college basketball coach (Texas Southern Tigers) (d. 2024)
1937: Albert Hall, American actor
1935: Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist (d. 2004)
1935: Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Russian astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist
1935: Denis Edozie, Nigerian Supreme Court judge (d. 2018)
1934: Lucien Bianchi, Italian-Belgian race car driver (d. 1969)
1934: Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford, English sociologist and academic (d. 2020)
1934: A. Thurairajah, Sri Lankan engineer and academic (d. 1994)
1934: Clio Maria Bittoni, Italian lawyer (d. 2024)
1933: Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1990)
1933: Seymour Nurse, Barbadian cricketer (d. 2019)
1932: Paul Bley, Canadian-American pianist and composer (d. 2016)
1932: Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu, Turkish linguist, author, and academic (d. 1996)
1932: Roy Scheider, American actor (d. 2008)
1932: Arthur K. Snyder, American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
1931: Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (d. 2013)
1930: Gene Conley, American baseball and basketball player (d. 2017)
1929: Marilyn Bergman, American composer and songwriter (d. 2022)
1929: W. E. B. Griffin, American soldier and author (d. 2019)
1929: Ninón Sevilla, Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer (d. 2015)
1929: Tommy Banks, English footballer (d. 2024)
1928: Ennio Morricone, Italian trumpet player, composer, and conductor (d. 2020)
1927: Richard Connolly, Australian hymnodist (d. 2022)
1927: Vedat Dalokay, Turkish architect and a former mayor of Ankara (d. 1991)
1927: Vaughn O. Lang, American general (d. 2014)
1927: Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (d. 2013)
1927: Sabah, Lebanese singer and actress (d. 2014)
1927: Pedro Bustos, Argentine basketball player (d. 2024)
1925: Richard Burton, Welsh actor and singer (d. 1984)
1924: Bobby Limb, Australian comedian, actor, and bandleader (d. 1999)
1923: Hachikō, Japanese dog famous for his loyalty to his owner (d. 1935)
1920: Ina Clough, English actress (d. 2003)
1920: Rafael del Pino, Spanish businessman, founded the Ferrovial Company (d. 2008)
1919: George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (d. 1997)
1919: Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and engineer, designed the AK-47 (d. 2013)
1919: Michael Strank, American sergeant and flag raiser at the Battle of Iwo Jima (d. 1945)
1919: Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1969)
1918: Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
1916: Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (d. 2012)
1916: Billy May, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2004)
1913: Karl Shapiro, American poet and academic (d. 2000)
1912: Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999)
1910: Angelo Frattini, Italian sculptor (d. 1975)
1909: Paweł Jasienica, Russian-Polish soldier, journalist, and historian (d. 1970)
1909: Johnny Marks, American composer and songwriter (d. 1985)
1908: Noemí Gerstein, Argentinian sculptor and illustrator (d. 1996)
1908: Charles Merritt, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
1907: Jane Froman, American actress and singer (d. 1980)
1907: John Moore, English activist and author (d. 1967)
1906: Josef Kramer, German SS officer (d. 1945)
1899: Kate Seredy, Hungarian-American author and illustrator (d. 1975)
1896: Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
1895: József Mátyás Baló, Hungarian physician and academic (d. 1979)
1895: Jack Northrop, American businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (d. 1981)
1894: Boris Furlan, Slovenian lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1957)
1893: John P. Marquand, American author (d. 1960)
1891: Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (d. 1972)
1890: Carl Borgward, German engineer, founder of Borgward Group
1889: Claude Rains, English-American actor (d. 1967)
1888: Andrei Tupolev, Russian engineer and designer, founded the Tupolev Design Bureau (d. 1972)
1887: Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Romanian engineer and academic (d. 1973)
1887: Arnold Zweig, German author and activist (d. 1968)
1886: Edward Joseph Collins, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1951)
1884: Zofia Nałkowska, Polish author and playwright (d. 1954)
1880: Jacob Epstein, American-English sculptor (d. 1959)
1879: Vachel Lindsay, American poet and educator (d. 1931)
1879: Patrick Pearse, Irish lawyer, poet, teacher, and insurrectionist; executed for his role in the Easter Rising (d. 1916)
1878: Cy Morgan, American baseball player (d. 1962)
1874: Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter (d. 1954)
1873: Henri Rabaud, French conductor and composer (d. 1949)
1871: Winston Churchill, American author and painter (d. 1947)
1868: Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist and educator, founded Shotokan (d. 1957)
1861: Amy Levy (d. 1889) First Jewish student at Cambridge University
1858: Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (d. 1928)
1851: Richard Armstedt, German philologist, historian, and educator (d. 1931)
1848: Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (d. 1925)
1845: John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1894)
1844: Henry Eyster Jacobs, American educator and theologian (d. 1932)
1836: Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Peruvian general, President of Peru (d. 1923)
1834: José Hernández, Argentinian journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1886)
1826: Jacob Hamburger, German rabbi and author (d. 1911)
1810: George Jennings, English plumber and engineer, invented the flush toilet (d. 1882)
1801: Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and author (d. 1872)
1801: Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (d. 1876)
1779: Anne-Marie Javouhey, French nun, founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny (d. 1851)
1764: Andrés Manuel del Rio, Spanish-Mexican scientist and discoverer of vanadium (d. 1849)
1759: Friedrich Schiller, German poet and playwright (d. 1805)
1755: Franz Anton Ries, German violinist and educator (d. 1846)
1735: Granville Sharp, English activist and scholar, co-founded the Sierra Leone Company (d. 1813)
1728: Oliver Goldsmith, Irish-English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1774)
1710: Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish courtier, politician, and diplomat (d. 1792)
1697: William Hogarth, English painter, illustrator, and critic (d. 1764)
1695: John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)
1668: François Couperin, French organist and composer (d. 1733)
1668: Louis, Prince of Condé (d. 1710)
1620: Ninon de l'Enclos, French courtier and author (d. 1705)
1584: Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg (d. 1638)
1577: Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist, and politician (d. 1660)
1565: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1601)
1565: Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (d. 1646)
1547: Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Archbishop of Cologne (d. 1601)
1520: Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Princess of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (d. 1580)
1490: John III, Duke of Cleves (d. 1539)
1489: Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel (d. 1568)
1483: Martin Luther, German monk and priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation (d. 1546)
1480: Bridget of York, English nun (d. 1517)
1433: Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1477)
1341: Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English politician (d. 1408)
1278: Philip I, Prince of Taranto (d. 1332)
745: Musa al-Kadhim the seventh Shia Imam (d. 799)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Kevin Conroy, American voice actor, longtime voice of Batman (b. 1955)
2021: Miroslav Žbirka, Slovak singer, songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)
2020: Saeb Erekat, Chief Palestinian negotiator (b. 1955)
2015: Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer, founded the Amdahl Corporation (b. 1922)
2015: Pat Eddery, Irish jockey and trainer (b. 1952)
2015: André Glucksmann, French philosopher and author (b. 1937)
2015: Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1918)
2015: Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1938)
2014: Josip Boljkovac, Croatian soldier and politician, 1st Croatia Minister of the Interior (b. 1920)
2014: Wayne Goss, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Premier of Queensland (b. 1951)
2014: John Hans Krebs, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
2014: Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, American surfer and physician (b. 1921)
2014: Al Renfrew, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924)
2013: Vijaydan Detha, Indian author (b. 1926)
2013: John Grant, Australian neurosurgeon (b. 1922)
2013: John Matchefts, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931)
2013: Giorgio Orelli, Swiss poet and translator (b. 1921)
2012: John Louis Coffey, American lawyer and judge (b. 1922)
2012: Mitsuko Mori, Japanese actress (b. 1920)
2012: Piet van Zeil, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs (b. 1927)
2011: Peter J. Biondi, American soldier and politician (b. 1942)
2011: Ivan Martin Jirous, Czech poet (b. 1944)
2010: Dino De Laurentiis, Italian-American actor, producer, and production manager (b. 1919)
2009: Robert Enke, German footballer (b. 1977)
2009: John Allen Muhammad, American spree killer (b. 1960)
2008: Wannes Van de Velde, Belgian singer and poet (b. 1937)
2008: Kiyosi Itô, Japanese mathematician and academic (b. 1915)
2007: Laraine Day, American actress (b. 1920)
2007: Augustus F. Hawkins, American engineer and politician (b. 1907)
2007: Norman Mailer, American novelist and essayist (b. 1923)
2006: Diana Coupland, English actress and singer (b. 1932)
2006: Fokko du Cloux, Dutch mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1954)
2006: Gerald Levert, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1966)
2006: Jack Palance, American boxer and actor (b. 1919)
2006: Nadarajah Raviraj, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1962)
2006: Jack Williamson, American author, critic, and academic (b. 1908)
2004: Katy de la Cruz, Filipino-American singer and actress (b. 1907)
2004: Şeref Görkey, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1913)
2003: Canaan Banana, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (b. 1936)
2003: Irv Kupcinet, American journalist and talk show host (b. 1912)
2002: Michel Boisrond, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2001: Ken Kesey, American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1935)
2000: Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 171st Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
2000: Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French general and politician, 153rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1915)
1998: Mary Millar, English actress (b. 1936)
1995: Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (b. 1941)
1994: Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (b. 1904)
1994: Carmen McRae, American singer, pianist, and actress (b. 1920)
1992: Chuck Connors, American actor (b. 1921)
1991: Marjorie Abbatt, English toy-maker and businesswoman (b. 1899)
1991: William Afflis, American football player and wrestler (b. 1929)
1990: Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban baseball player and manager (b. 1943)
1990: Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and academic (b. 1914)
1987: Noor Hossain, Bangladeshi activist (b. 1961)
1986: Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (b. 1916)
1986: Gordon Richards, English jockey and manager (b. 1904)
1984: Xavier Herbert, Australian author (b. 1901)
1982: Leonid Brezhnev, Ukrainian-Russian general and politician, 4th Head of State of the Soviet Union (b. 1906)
1975: Ernest M. McSorley, Canadian-American captain (b. 1912)
1971: Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and academic (b. 1909)
1963: Klára Dán von Neumann, Hungarian-American computer scientist (b. 1911)
1962: Julius Lenhart, Austrian gymnast and engineer (b. 1875)
1956: Gordon MacQuarrie, American author and journalist (b. 1900)
1946: Louis Zutter, Swiss gymnast (b. 1856)
1944: Claude Rodier, physicist (b. 1903)
1941: Carrie Derick, Canadian botanist and geneticist (b. 1862)
1938: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey, Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (b. 1881)
1936: Louis Gustave Binger, French general and explorer (b. 1856)
1928: Anita Berber, German dancer (b. 1899)
1909: George Essex Evans, Australian poet and educator (b. 1863)
1891: Arthur Rimbaud, French poet and educator (b. 1854)
1887: Louis Lingg, German-American carpenter and activist (b. 1864)
1873: Maria Jane Williams, Welsh musician and folklorist (b. circa 1794)
1869: John E. Wool, American general (b. 1784)
1865: Henry Wirz, Swiss-American captain in Confederate army, commandant of Andersonville Prison (b. 1823)
1852: Gideon Mantell, English scientist (b. 1790)
1808: Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-born English general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (b. 1724)
1777: Cornstalk, American tribal chief (b. 1720)
1772: Pedro Correia Garção, Portuguese poet and author (b. 1724)
1728: Fyodor Apraksin, Russian admiral (b. 1661)
1727: Alphonse de Tonty, French-American sailor and explorer (b. 1659)
1673: Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (b. 1640)
1659: Afzal Khan, Indian commander
1644: Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1579)
1624: Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (b. 1573)
1617: Barnabe Rich, English soldier and author (b. 1540)
1556: Richard Chancellor, English explorer(b. c. 1521)
1549: Pope Paul III (b. 1468)
1444: Władysław III of Poland (b. 1424)
1299: John I, Count of Holland (b. 1284)
1293: Isabella de Forz, Countess of Devon (b. 1237)
1290: Al-Mansur Qalawun, Sultan of Egypt (b. c. 1222)
1258: William de Bondington, Bishop of Glasgow
1241: Pope Celestine IV
1187: Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of the Isles
1068: Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine, regent of Aquitaine
1066: John Scotus, bishop of Mecklenburg
948: Zhao Yanshou, Chinese general and governor
901: Adelaide of Paris (b. 850)
474: Leo II, Byzantine emperor (b. 467)
461: Pope Leo I

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