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November 10

On This Day in History

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.$900 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 11, 2025
2.$492.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2025
3.$361 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 12, 2024
4.€304.49 Million US$307.93 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2022
5.$262 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 11, 2005
6.$258 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 12, 2016
7.$223 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2023
8.$222.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 11, 2023
9.€168 Million US$213.36 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 13, 2012
10.€152 Million
US$194.27 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2006
11.$189 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 11, 2022
12.$180 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2015
13.$168 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2012
14.$163 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 12, 2019
15.$160.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2021
16.$158 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 11, 2020
17.$152 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2020
18.€137 Million
US$145.48 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 12, 2024
19.$132 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 12, 2013
20.€108 Million
US$125.06 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 11, 2025
21.€107.88 Million
US$123.59 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 11, 2021
22.€111 Million
US$119.07 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2015
23.€104 Million
US$119.03 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 12, 2021
24.€108.93 Million
US$115.68 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Nov 12, 2024
25.€104 Million
US$114.57 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 12, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990: Dmeredith
Saturday, Nov 10, 1990
35 years old
1987: joshkrycerick
Tuesday, Nov 10, 1987
38 years old
1985: BLINDACE69
Sunday, Nov 10, 1985
40 years old
1984: Mystic Lee
Saturday, Nov 10, 1984
41 years old
1980: Stalyn
Monday, Nov 10, 1980
45 years old
1973: Crazylady$
Saturday, Nov 10, 1973
52 years old
1972: BetaRoc
Friday, Nov 10, 1972
53 years old
1970: JoeSam10
Tuesday, Nov 10, 1970
55 years old
1967: Sittingonchrome
Friday, Nov 10, 1967
58 years old
1966: Raiden
Thursday, Nov 10, 1966
59 years old
1962: fldavid259
Saturday, Nov 10, 1962
63 years old
1955: whiteman
Thursday, Nov 10, 1955
70 years old
1954: Truckstop1!
Wednesday, Nov 10, 1954
71 years old
1952: LuckyLars
Monday, Nov 10, 1952
73 years old
1952: shiftindrifter
Monday, Nov 10, 1952
73 years old
1951: dorothy10
Saturday, Nov 10, 1951
74 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: Treaty of Osimo between Yugoslavia and Italy
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.
1967: The Nauru Independence Act 1967 passed the Parliament of Australia, giving independence to the UN Trust Territory of Nauru with effect from 31 January 1968.
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: White supremacists seized power and massacred black Americans during the Wilmington massacre, 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
2003: Luca Del Bel Belluz, Canadian ice hockey player
2002: Eduardo Camavinga, French footballer
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: João Félix, Portuguese footballer
1999: Michael J. Keplinger, Austrian musician and filmmaker
1999: Kiernan Shipka, American actress
1998: Claudine Co, Filipino singer and influencer
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 (died 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 (died 2020)
1982: Heather Matarazzo, American actress
1981: Tony Blanco, Dominican baseball player
1981: Jason Dunham, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (died 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 (died 2009)
1977: Erik Nevland, Norwegian footballer
1976: Martin Åslund, Swedish footballer and sportscaster
1976: Sarah Discaya, Filipino businesswoman and politician
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 (died 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 (died 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 (died 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 (died 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 (died 1996)
1950: Debra Hill, American screenwriter and producer (died 2005)
1950: Jack Scalia, American actor
1950: Bram Tchaikovsky, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949: Ann Reinking, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (died 2020)
1949: Don Saleski, Canadian ice hockey player
1949: Mustafa Denizli, Turkish footballer and manager
1948: Aaron Brown, American journalist and academic (died 2024)
1948: Luciano Sušanj, Croatian Olympic runner and politician (died 2024)
1948: Shigesato Itoi, Japanese video game designer and voice actor, created EarthBound
1948: Steven Utley, American author and poet (died 2013)
1947: Glen Buxton, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1997)
1947: Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese President and commander (died 1982)
1947: Greg Lake, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2016)
1947: Dave Loggins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)
1945: Terence Davies, English actor, director, and screenwriter (died 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 (died 2020)
1942: Robert F. Engle, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1942: James Hood, American activist (died 2013)
1942: Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss lawyer and politician, 92nd President of the Swiss Confederation
1940: Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic (died 2015)
1940: Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer-songwriter and politician (died 1999)
1939: Anscar Chupungco, Filipino monk and theologian (died 2013)
1939: Tommy Facenda, American rock & roll singer and guitarist (died 2022)
1939: Russell Means, American activist, actor, and musician (died 2012)
1939: Allan Moffat, Canadian-Australian race car driver
1938: Robert Moreland, American college basketball coach (Texas Southern Tigers) (died 2024)
1937: Albert Hall, American actor
1937: Andrey Urnov, Russian diplomat (died 2025)
1935: Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist (died 2004)
1935: Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Russian astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist
1935: Denis Edozie, Nigerian Supreme Court judge (died 2018)
1934: Lucien Bianchi, Italian-Belgian race car driver (died 1969)
1934: Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford, English sociologist and academic (died 2020)
1934: A. Thurairajah, Sri Lankan engineer and academic (died 1994)
1934: Clio Maria Bittoni, Italian lawyer (died 2024)
1933: Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (died 1990)
1933: Seymour Nurse, Barbadian cricketer (died 2019)
1932: Paul Bley, Canadian-American pianist and composer (died 2016)
1932: Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu, Turkish linguist, author, and academic (died 1996)
1932: Roy Scheider, American actor (died 2008)
1932: Arthur K. Snyder, American lawyer and politician (died 2012)
1931: Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (died 2013)
1930: Gene Conley, American baseball and basketball player (died 2017)
1929: Marilyn Bergman, American composer and songwriter (died 2022)
1929: W. E. B. Griffin, American soldier and author (died 2019)
1929: Ninón Sevilla, Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer (died 2015)
1929: Tommy Banks, English footballer (died 2024)
1928: Ennio Morricone, Italian trumpet player, composer, and conductor (died 2020)
1927: Richard Connolly, Australian hymnodist (died 2022)
1927: Vedat Dalokay, Turkish architect and a former mayor of Ankara (died 1991)
1927: Vaughn O. Lang, American general (died 2014)
1927: Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (died 2013)
1927: Sabah, Lebanese singer and actress (died 2014)
1927: Pedro Bustos, Argentine basketball player (died 2024)
1925: Richard Burton, Welsh actor and singer (died 1984)
1924: Bobby Limb, Australian comedian, actor, and bandleader (died 1999)
1923: Hachikō, Japanese dog famous for his loyalty to his owner (died 1935)
1920: Ina Clough, English actress (died 2003)
1920: Rafael del Pino, Spanish businessman, founded the Ferrovial Company (died 2008)
1919: George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (died 1997)
1919: Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and engineer, designed the AK-47 (died 2013)
1919: Michael Strank, American sergeant and flag raiser at the Battle of Iwo Jima (died 1945)
1919: Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (died 1969)
1918: Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)
1916: Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (died 2012)
1916: Billy May, American trumpet player and composer (died 2004)
1913: Karl Shapiro, American poet and academic (died 2000)
1912: Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (died 1999)
1910: Angelo Frattini, Italian sculptor (died 1975)
1909: Paweł Jasienica, Russian-Polish soldier, journalist, and historian (died 1970)
1909: Johnny Marks, American composer and songwriter (died 1985)
1908: Noemí Gerstein, Argentinian sculptor and illustrator (died 1996)
1908: Charles Merritt, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (died 2000)
1907: Jane Froman, American actress and singer (died 1980)
1907: John Moore, English activist and author (died 1967)
1906: Josef Kramer, German SS officer (died 1945)
1899: Kate Seredy, Hungarian-American author and illustrator (died 1975)
1896: Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player and manager (died 1976)
1895: József Mátyás Baló, Hungarian physician and academic (died 1979)
1895: Jack Northrop, American businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (died 1981)
1894: Boris Furlan, Slovenian lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1957)
1893: John P. Marquand, American author (died 1960)
1891: Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (died 1972)
1890: Carl Borgward, German engineer, founder of Borgward Group
1889: Claude Rains, English-American actor (died 1967)
1888: Andrei Tupolev, Russian engineer and designer, founded the Tupolev Design Bureau (died 1972)
1887: Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Romanian engineer and academic (died 1973)
1887: Arnold Zweig, German author and activist (died 1968)
1886: Edward Joseph Collins, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1951)
1884: Zofia Nałkowska, Polish author and playwright (died 1954)
1880: Jacob Epstein, American-English sculptor (died 1959)
1879: Vachel Lindsay, American poet and educator (died 1931)
1879: Patrick Pearse, Irish lawyer, poet, teacher, and insurrectionist; executed for his role in the Easter Rising (died 1916)
1878: Cy Morgan, American baseball player (died 1962)
1874: Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter (died 1954)
1873: Henri Rabaud, French conductor and composer (died 1949)
1871: Winston Churchill, American author and painter (died 1947)
1868: Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist and educator, founded Shotokan (died 1957)
1861: Amy Levy (died 1889) First Jewish student at Cambridge University
1858: Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (died 1928)
1851: Richard Armstedt, German philologist, historian, and educator (died 1931)
1848: Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (died 1925)
1845: John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1894)
1844: Henry Eyster Jacobs, American educator and theologian (died 1932)
1836: Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Peruvian general, President of Peru (died 1923)
1834: José Hernández, Argentinian journalist, poet, and politician (died 1886)
1826: Jacob Hamburger, German rabbi and author (died 1911)
1810: George Jennings, English plumber and engineer, invented the flush toilet (died 1882)
1801: Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and author (died 1872)
1801: Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (died 1876)
1779: Anne-Marie Javouhey, French nun, founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny (died 1851)
1764: Andrés Manuel del Rio, Spanish-Mexican scientist and discoverer of vanadium (died 1849)
1759: Friedrich Schiller, German poet and playwright (died 1805)
1755: Franz Anton Ries, German violinist and educator (died 1846)
1735: Granville Sharp, English activist and scholar, co-founded the Sierra Leone Company (died 1813)
1728: Oliver Goldsmith, Irish-English author, poet, and playwright (died 1774)
1710: Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish courtier, politician, and diplomat (died 1792)
1697: William Hogarth, English painter, illustrator, and critic (died 1764)
1695: John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (died 1771)
1668: François Couperin, French organist and composer (died 1733)
1668: Louis, Prince of Condé (died 1710)
1620: Ninon de l'Enclos, French courtier and author (died 1705)
1584: Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg (died 1638)
1577: Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist, and politician (died 1660)
1565: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1601)
1565: Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (died 1646)
1547: Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Archbishop of Cologne (died 1601)
1520: Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Princess of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (died 1580)
1490: John III, Duke of Cleves (died 1539)
1489: Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel (died 1568)
1483: Martin Luther, German monk and priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation (died 1546)
1480: Bridget of York, English nun (died 1517)
1433: Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (died 1477)
1341: Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English politician (died 1408)
1278: Philip I, Prince of Taranto (died 1332)
745: Musa al-Kadhim the seventh Shia Imam (died 799)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Tim Sullivan, American novelist (born 1948)
2022: Kevin Conroy, American actor and voice actor, longtime voice of Batman (born 1955)
2021: Miroslav Žbirka, Slovak singer, songwriter and guitarist (born 1952)
2020: Saeb Erekat, Chief Palestinian negotiator (born 1955)
2015: Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer, founded the Amdahl Corporation (born 1922)
2015: Pat Eddery, Irish jockey and trainer (born 1952)
2015: André Glucksmann, French philosopher and author (born 1937)
2015: Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (born 1918)
2015: Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1938)
2014: Josip Boljkovac, Croatian soldier and politician, 1st Croatia Minister of the Interior (born 1920)
2014: Wayne Goss, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Premier of Queensland (born 1951)
2014: John Hans Krebs, American lawyer and politician (born 1926)
2014: Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, American surfer and physician (born 1921)
2014: Al Renfrew, American ice hockey player and coach (born 1924)
2013: Vijaydan Detha, Indian author (born 1926)
2013: John Grant, Australian neurosurgeon (born 1922)
2013: John Matchefts, American ice hockey player and coach (born 1931)
2013: Giorgio Orelli, Swiss poet and translator (born 1921)
2012: John Louis Coffey, American lawyer and judge (born 1922)
2012: Mitsuko Mori, Japanese actress (born 1920)
2012: Piet van Zeil, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs (born 1927)
2011: Peter J. Biondi, American soldier and politician (born 1942)
2011: Ivan Martin Jirous, Czech poet (born 1944)
2010: Dino De Laurentiis, Italian-American actor, producer, and production manager (born 1919)
2009: Robert Enke, German footballer (born 1977)
2009: John Allen Muhammad, American spree killer (born 1960)
2008: Wannes Van de Velde, Belgian singer and poet (born 1937)
2008: Kiyosi Itô, Japanese mathematician and academic (born 1915)
2007: Laraine Day, American actress (born 1920)
2007: Augustus F. Hawkins, American engineer and politician (born 1907)
2007: Norman Mailer, American novelist and essayist (born 1923)
2006: Diana Coupland, English actress and singer (born 1932)
2006: Fokko du Cloux, Dutch mathematician and computer scientist (born 1954)
2006: Gerald Levert, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1966)
2006: Jack Palance, American boxer and actor (born 1919)
2006: Nadarajah Raviraj, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (born 1962)
2006: Jack Williamson, American author, critic, and academic (born 1908)
2004: Katy de la Cruz, Filipino-American singer and actress (born 1907)
2004: Şeref Görkey, Turkish footballer and manager (born 1913)
2003: Canaan Banana, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (born 1936)
2003: Irv Kupcinet, American journalist and talk show host (born 1912)
2002: Michel Boisrond, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1921)
2001: Ken Kesey, American novelist, essayist, and poet (born 1935)
2000: Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 171st Prime Minister of Greece (born 1919)
2000: Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French general and politician, 153rd Prime Minister of France (born 1915)
1998: Mary Millar, English actress (born 1936)
1995: Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (born 1941)
1994: Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (born 1904)
1994: Carmen McRae, American singer, pianist, and actress (born 1920)
1992: Chuck Connors, American actor (born 1921)
1991: Marjorie Abbatt, English toy-maker and businesswoman (born 1899)
1991: William Afflis, American football player and wrestler (born 1929)
1990: Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban baseball player and manager (born 1943)
1990: Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and academic (born 1914)
1987: Noor Hossain, Bangladeshi activist (born 1961)
1986: Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (born 1916)
1986: Gordon Richards, English jockey and manager (born 1904)
1984: Xavier Herbert, Australian author (born 1901)
1982: Leonid Brezhnev, Ukrainian-Russian general and politician, 4th Head of State of the Soviet Union (born 1906)
1982: Helen Sharsmith, American biologist and educator (b. 1905)
1975: Ernest M. McSorley, Canadian-American captain (born 1912)
1971: Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and academic (born 1909)
1963: Klára Dán von Neumann, Hungarian-American computer scientist (born 1911)
1962: Julius Lenhart, Austrian gymnast and engineer (born 1875)
1956: Gordon MacQuarrie, American author and journalist (born 1900)
1946: Louis Zutter, Swiss gymnast (born 1856)
1944: Claude Rodier, physicist (born 1903)
1941: Carrie Derick, Canadian botanist and geneticist (born 1862)
1938: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey, Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (born 1881)
1936: Louis Gustave Binger, French general and explorer (born 1856)
1928: Anita Berber, German dancer (born 1899)
1909: George Essex Evans, Australian poet and educator (born 1863)
1891: Arthur Rimbaud, French poet and educator (born 1854)
1887: Louis Lingg, German-American carpenter and activist (born 1864)
1873: Maria Jane Williams, Welsh musician and folklorist (born circa 1794)
1869: John E. Wool, American general (born 1784)
1865: Henry Wirz, Swiss-American captain in Confederate army, commandant of Andersonville Prison (born 1823)
1852: Gideon Mantell, English scientist (born 1790)
1808: Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-born English general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (born 1724)
1777: Cornstalk, American tribal chief (born 1720)
1772: Pedro Correia Garção, Portuguese poet and author (born 1724)
1728: Fyodor Apraksin, Russian admiral (born 1661)
1727: Alphonse de Tonty, French-American sailor and explorer (born 1659)
1673: Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (born 1640)
1659: Afzal Khan, Indian commander
1644: Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish author and playwright (born 1579)
1624: Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (born 1573)
1617: Barnabe Rich, English soldier and author (born 1540)
1556: Richard Chancellor, English explorer(born c. 1521)
1549: Pope Paul III (born 1468)
1444: Władysław III of Poland (born 1424)
1299: John I, Count of Holland (born 1284)
1293: Isabella de Forz, Countess of Devon (born 1237)
1290: Al-Mansur Qalawun, Sultan of Egypt (born 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 (born 850)
474: Leo II, Byzantine emperor (born 467)
461: Pope Leo I

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