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November 15

On This Day in History

November 15

November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 46 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: One Georgia ticket wins $983 million Mega Millions jackpot. After a run of 39 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 40th drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $980 million winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in Georgia matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball.
2024: Missouri man avoids trashing lottery ticket after reading news story about $1M Powerball prize. A Missouri man saved his million-dollar winning lottery ticket from the trash after reading about a $1 million Powerball ticket in the news.
2023: Massachusetts woman accidentally receives $20,000 worth of lottery tickets in the mail. A Massachusetts woman was dumbfounded when she opened a misdelivered box that contained $20,000 worth of unscratched Massachusetts Lottery tickets from FedEx.
2022: German man wins €10 million, immediately dumps girlfriend and buys Ferrari. A German man did not hesitate to splurge on his €10 million (US$10.4 million) windfall in the lottery, buying a brand-new sportscar and subsequently dumping his girlfriend.
2019: Maryland man collects second big lottery prize in two years. A Maryland Lottery player followed up a big win two years ago with a $50,000 jackpot from a scratch-off ticket.
2019: Lottery player wins $150,000 in New Jersey, $100,000 in Pennsylvania. A New Jersey man is a two-state lottery winner after winning $150,000 in his home state and $100,000 in Pennsylvania.
2018: New York man claims other half of $687.8 million Powerball lottery jackpot. A New York man has claimed half of a $687.8 million Powerball lottery jackpot, becoming the largest lottery winner in New York state history.
2017: Kansas lottery winner rescues $50,000 ticket from trash. A Kansas man who won a $50,000 lottery prize had to rush back to the store when he realized his winning ticket had accidentally been thrown away.
2017: Another NC woman wins lottery twice in same day. For the second time in three weeks, a North Carolina woman had an amazing streak of luck when she purchased two winning lottery tickets in the same day.
2015: Mass. grandmother wins second $1 million lottery prize. A grandmother won $1 million on a scratch ticket at the very same Massachusetts grocery store where she won the same prize almost 20 years ago.
2012: $214 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot rolls again. There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $214 million for Saturday's drawing.
2011: Ontario Lottery tries to recover $12.5M insider win. More than seven years after a Toronto-area woman cashed in a stolen $12.5 million Lotto Super 7 ticket, Ontario's lottery corporation is trying to recoup the money, but the lengthy wait may have cost the Crown agency.
2010: Illinois Pick 4 lottery winners in huge line for record payout. An estimated 600 people waited in to claim a share of what may be the highest-ever total payout for the Illinois Lottery's "Pick Four" game.
2007: Year-old Indiana Lottery jackpot finally won. A retired steelworker is the recipient of the Indiana Lottery's infamous jackpot, which has been mysteriously building over a period of more than a year. Hoosier Lotto is typically won about a half-dozen times per year.
2006: New Penn. Lottery raffle game on sale next week. Millionaire Raffle, the successful groundbreaking game developed last year by the Pennsylvania Lottery, will create even more millionaires when the game returns for a third drawing on Saturday, Dec. 30.
2006: Michigan Lottery starts Millionaire Raffle game. Sales of the Michigan Lottery's latest game, Millionaire Raffle, started Sunday and and tickets are expected to sell out in just 10 days.
2006: N.C. lottery ticket agent guilty in fraud case. A Sylva, North Carolina, woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Jackson County Superior Court, after lying to a customer about a winning ticket.
2005: N.M. Lottery Director Resigns; Could Become N.C. Lottery Chief. The New Mexico Lottery Authority Board of Directors announced Tuesday that CEO Tom Shaheen has submitted his resignation.
2005: Pa. Man Charged With Redeeming Forged Winning Lottery Ticket. A Pennsylvania man is accused of redeeming a forged lottery ticket.
2005: Texas lawmakers hear allegations about lottery disaster site. The Texas Lottery Commission would not be able to resume critical functions in a timely manner if its headquarters were destroyed because its disaster recovery site lacks important equipment, a former lottery employee told lawmakers Monday.
2005: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised again to $315 million. The estimated prize for the Mega Millions game today was raised to $315 million, the heftiest since Texas joined the multistate game in December 2003.
2005: Third N.C. Lottery commissioner resigns. Another member of the North Carolina State Lottery Commission has resigned, saying a potential conflict of interest has made it difficult for him to contribute to the panel.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot raised to $126 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $126 million Saturday.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Leaps to $72 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $72 million, with a cash option of $39.3 million.
2004: $40 Million: Florida Lotto Continues to Grow. Florida Lotto players have another chance to become a mega-millionaire, as no jackpot-winning ticket was sold for Saturday's drawing.
2004: Iowa man wins $100,000 lottery for second time. An eastern Iowa man has beat extraordinary odds by winning $100,000 from the Iowa Lottery's Cash Game a second time.
2004: BBC to lose exclusive rights to show UK National Lottery draws. The BBC is to lose exclusive television rights to the UK National Lottery because Camelot believes its games would be better promoted on rivals such as ITV and Channel Five.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$548.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2025
2.$387 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2024
3.€307.82 Million US$319.27 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2022
4.$315 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2005
5.$293 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 16, 2016
6.$267 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 17, 2023
7.$255.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2023
8.€180 Million US$230.71 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 17, 2006
9.$214 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 17, 2012
10.$207 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2022
11.$180.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2021
12.$179 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 18, 2020
13.$178 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2019
14.$176 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 17, 2020
15.€154 Million
US$162.45 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2024
16.€135 Million
US$156.41 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 18, 2025
17.€144 Million
US$153.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 17, 2015
18.$149 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2013
19.€100 Million
US$134.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2013
20.$133.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 16, 2024
21.€115 Million
US$130.39 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 16, 2021
22.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 16, 2013
23.€120 Million
US$126.59 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2024
24.$126 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 16, 2004
25.€114 Million
US$125.88 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2002: Krazygirl292
Friday, Nov 15, 2002
23 years old
1993: Noel01
Monday, Nov 15, 1993
32 years old
1988: Karebare69
Tuesday, Nov 15, 1988
37 years old
1988: Kesh*88
Tuesday, Nov 15, 1988
37 years old
1978: birdnoire78
Wednesday, Nov 15, 1978
47 years old
1978: OWEBB4
Wednesday, Nov 15, 1978
47 years old
1975: ludmila64
Saturday, Nov 15, 1975
50 years old
1971: NOVEMBERCHILD
Monday, Nov 15, 1971
54 years old
1970: alexeis1970
Sunday, Nov 15, 1970
55 years old
1969: babo69
Saturday, Nov 15, 1969
56 years old
1967: Briteyes
Wednesday, Nov 15, 1967
58 years old
1964: Bounty-Hunter
Sunday, Nov 15, 1964
61 years old
1963: mikeogir
Friday, Nov 15, 1963
62 years old
1962: diggindeeep
Thursday, Nov 15, 1962
63 years old
1952: November*52
Saturday, Nov 15, 1952
73 years old
1951: spyder417
Thursday, Nov 15, 1951
74 years old
1944: lbranton
Wednesday, Nov 15, 1944
81 years old
: LinByDaBay
(year not provided)
: dee man
(year not provided)
: lady scorpio39
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: The world population reached eight billion.
2020: Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish Grand Prix and secures his seventh drivers' title, equalling the all-time record held by Michael Schumacher.
2017: A flood a few miles outside of Athens results in the death of 25 people.
2016: Hong Kong's High Court bans elected politicians Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung from the city's Parliament.
2012: Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
2007: Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people and destroying parts of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans.
2006: Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.
2003: The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, kill 25 people and wound 300 more.
2002: Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
2001: Microsoft launches the Xbox game console in North America.
2000: A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
2000: Jharkhand officially becomes the 28th state of India, formed from eighteen districts of southern Bihar.
1994: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of Mindoro, killing 78 people, injuring 430 and triggering a tsunami up to 8.5 m (28 ft) high.
1990: The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.
1990: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-38, a classified mission for the Department of Defense.
1988: In the Soviet Union, the uncrewed Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.
1988: Israeli-Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
1988: The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.
1987: In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
1987: Continental Airlines Flight 1713 crashes during takeoff from Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado, killing 25.
1985: A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes.
1985: The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.
1983: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence; it is only recognized by Turkey.
1979: A package from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
1978: A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.
1976: René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.
1971: Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
1969: Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.
1969: Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".
1968: The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
1967: The only fatality of the North American X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft which is destroyed mid-air over the Mojave Desert.
1966: Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
1965: Craig Breedlove sets a land speed record of 600.601 mph (966.574 km/h) in his car, the Spirit of America, at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
1959: Four members of the Clutter family are murdered near Holcomb, Kansas, by Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, a crime later detailed by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood.
1957: Short Solent 3 crashes near Chessell.
1955: The first part of the Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
1951: Nikos Beloyannis, along with 11 comrades, is sentenced to death for attempting to reestablish the Communist Party of Greece.
1943: The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
1942: World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory.
1938: Nazi Germany bans Jewish children from public schools in the aftermath of Kristallnacht.
1933: Thailand holds its first election.
1928: The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsizes in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
1922: At least 300 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
1920: The first assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.
1920: The Free City of Danzig is established.
1917: Eduskunta declares itself the supreme state power of Finland, prompting its declaration of independence and secession from Russia.
1899: Second Boer War: Battle of Chieveley, a British armored train is ambushed and partially derailed. British lose the battle, with 80 soldiers captured, along with war correspondent Winston Churchill.
1889: Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
1884: The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 met on 15 November 1884, and after an adjournment concluded on 26 February 1885, with the signature of a General Act, regulating the European colonisation and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period.
1864: American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins his March to the Sea through Georgia towards the city of Savannah.
1849: Boilers of the steamboat Louisiana explode as she pulls back from the dock in New Orleans, killing more than 150 people.
1842: A slave revolt in the Cherokee Nation commences.
1806: Pike Expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike spots a mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It is later named Pikes Peak in his honor.
1777: American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
1760: The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.
1705: Rákóczi's War of Independence: The Habsburg Empire and Denmark win a military victory over the Kurucs from Hungary in the Battle of Zsibó.
1533: Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire.
1532: Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Commanded by Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistadors under Hernando de Soto meet Incan Emperor Atahualpa for the first time outside Cajamarca, arranging for a meeting in the city plaza the following day.
1315: Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morgarten.
655: Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.

Births On This Day

2001: TyTy Washington Jr., American basketball player
1997: Paula Badosa, Spanish tennis player
1996: Kim Min-jae, South Korean footballer
1995: Blake Pieroni, American swimmer
1995: Karl-Anthony Towns, Dominican-American basketball player
1994: Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russian tennis player
1994: Emma Dumont, American actress and model
1994: Bryce Cartwright, Australian rugby league player
1993: Arik Armstead, American football player
1993: Paulo Dybala, Argentine footballer
1993: Saaya Irie, Japanese actress and singer
1993: Melitina Staniouta, Belarusian rhythmic gymnast
1992: Dylan Bundy, American baseball player
1992: Sofia Goggia, Italian skier
1992: Minami Minegishi, Japanese singer
1992: Daniela Seguel, Chilean tennis player
1992: Trevor Story, American baseball player
1992: Kevin Wimmer, Austrian footballer
1991: Maxime Colin, French footballer
1991: Shailene Woodley, American actress
1989: Jona Viray, Filipino singer
1988: B.o.B, American rapper, songwriter, and producer
1988: Quanitra Hollingsworth, American-Turkish basketball player
1988: Morgan Parra, French rugby player
1988: Billy Twelvetrees, English rugby player
1987: Sergio Llull, Spanish basketball player
1986: Winston Duke, Tobagonian-American actor
1986: Coye Francies, American football player
1986: Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player
1986: Jerry Roush, American singer-songwriter
1985: Lily Aldridge, American model
1985: Charron Fisher, American basketball player
1985: Simon Spender, Welsh footballer
1984: Asia Kate Dillon, American actor and producer
1983: Dominic Carroll, Gibraltarian runner
1983: Sophia Di Martino, English actress
1983: Aleksandar Pavlović, Serbian basketball player
1983: Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player
1983: John Heitinga, Dutch footballer and coach
1982: D. J. Fitzpatrick, American football player
1982: Rio Hirai, Japanese actress
1982: Joe Kowalewski, American football player
1982: Benjamin Krause, German rugby player
1982: Giaan Rooney, Australian swimmer
1982: Lofa Tatupu, American football player
1982: Kalu Uche, Nigerian footballer
1981: Drew Hodgdon, American football player
1981: Lorena Ochoa, Mexican golfer
1980: Ace Young, American singer-songwriter and actor
1979: Brooks Bollinger, American football player and coach
1979: Josemi, Spanish footballer
1979: Brett Lancaster, Australian cyclist
1978: Floyd Womack, American football player
1977: Richard Lintner, Slovak ice hockey player
1977: Steven Miles, Australian politician, 40th Premier of Queensland
1977: Sean Murray, American actor
1977: Peter Phillips, English businessman
1977: Robaire Smith, American football player
1976: Brandon DiCamillo, American comedian, actor, and stuntman
1976: Virginie Ledoyen, French actress
1976: Sule, Indonesian comedian and actor
1975: Scott Henshall, English fashion designer
1975: Yannick Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player
1975: Boris Živković, Croatian footballer
1974: Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1973: Sydney Tamiia Poitier, American actress
1973: Alamgir Sheriyar, English cricketer
1972: Jonny Lee Miller, English-American actor
1971: Jay Harrington, American actor
1971: Martin Pieckenhagen, German footballer
1970: Ilija Aračić, Croatian footballer and coach
1970: Jack Ingram, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970: Alexander Kvitashvili, Georgian-Ukrainian academic and politician, 19th Ukrainian Minister of Healthcare
1970: Patrick M'Boma, Cameroonian footballer
1968: Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper and producer (died 2004)
1968: Fausto Brizzi, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
1968: Teodoro Casiño, Filipino journalist and politician
1968: Jennifer Charles, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1968: Uwe Rösler, German footballer and manager
1967: Greg Anthony, American basketball player and sportscaster
1967: Cynthia Breazeal, American computer scientist, roboticist, and academic
1967: E-40, American rapper and actor
1967: Wayne Harrison, English footballer (died 2013)
1967: François Ozon, French director, producer, and screenwriter
1967: Gus Poyet, Uruguayan footballer and manager
1967: Jon Preston, New Zealand rugby player
1966: Rachel True, American actress
1965: Nigel Bond, English snooker player
1965: Stefan Pfeiffer, German swimmer
1964: Stelios Aposporis, Greek footballer and manager
1964: Mikhail Rusyayev, Russian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2011)
1964: Tiit Sokk, Estonian basketball player and coach
1963: Andrew Castle, English tennis player and television host
1963: Benny Elias, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1963: Kevin J. O'Connor, American actor
1962: Mark Acres, American basketball player and educator
1962: Judy Gold, American comedian, actress, and producer
1961: Hugh McGahan, New Zealand rugby league player
1960: Dawn Airey, English broadcaster
1959: Tibor Fischer, English author
1958: Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Australian actor and director
1958: Gu Kailai, Chinese lawyer and businesswoman
1958: Lesley Laird, British politician
1957: Gerry Connolly, Australian comedian and actor
1957: Kevin Eubanks, American guitarist and composer
1957: Harold Marcuse, American historian and educator
1957: Michael Woythe, German footballer and manager
1956: Michael Hampton, American guitarist and producer
1955: Joe Leeway, English pop singer-songwriter and percussionist
1954: Kevin S. Bright, American director and producer
1954: Emma Dent Coad, British politician
1954: Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Polish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Poland
1954: Randy Thomas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1954: Tony Thompson, American R&B, disco, and rock drummer (died 2003)
1953: Alexander O'Neal, American R&B singer-songwriter and arranger
1953: James Widdoes, American actor, director, and producer
1952: Rick Atkinson, American journalist, historian, and author
1952: Randy Savage, American wrestler (died 2011)
1951: Beverly D'Angelo, American actress, singer, and producer
1950: Egon Vaupel, German lawyer and politician, 16th Mayor of Marburg
1948: Jimmy Choo, Malaysian fashion designer
1948: Teodoro Locsin, Jr., Filipino journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat
1947: Bob Dandridge, American basketball player
1947: Malcolm Ranjith, Sri Lankan cardinal
1947: Bill Richardson, American politician and diplomat, 21st United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2023)
1947: Ken Sutcliffe, Australian journalist and sportscaster
1946: Vassilis Goumas, Greek basketball player
1945: Roger Donaldson, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
1945: Bob Gunton, American actor and singer
1945: Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Norwegian-Swedish singer
1942: Daniel Barenboim, Argentinian-Israeli pianist and conductor
1941: Rick Kemp, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1941: Daniel Pinkwater, American author and illustrator
1940: Roberto Cavalli, Italian fashion designer (died 2024)
1940: Tony Mendez, American CIA technical operations officer (died 2019)
1940: Ulf Pilgaard, Danish actor and screenwriter
1940: Hank Wangford, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and physician
1940: Sam Waterston, American actor
1939: Terry Bradbury, English footballer and manager
1939: Yaphet Kotto, American actor and screenwriter (died 2021)
1939: Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, Finnish physician and parapsychologist (died 2015)
1939: Enzo Staiola, Italian child actor (died 2025)
1937: Little Willie John, American singer-songwriter (died 1968)
1936: H. B. Bailey, American race car driver (died 2003)
1936: Wolf Biermann, German singer-songwriter and guitarist
1936: Tara Singh Hayer, Indian-Canadian journalist and publisher (died 1998)
1935: Nera White, American basketball player (died 2016)
1934: Joanna Barnes, American actress and author (died 2022)
1934: Peter Dickinson, English pianist and composer (died 2023)
1933: Gloria Foster, American actress (died 2001)
1933: Theodore Roszak, American scholar and author (died 2011)
1932: Petula Clark, English singer-songwriter and actress
1932: Clyde McPhatter, American singer (died 1972)
1932: Alvin Plantinga, American philosopher, author, and academic
1931: John Kerr, American actor, singer, and lawyer (died 2013)
1931: Mwai Kibaki, Kenyan economist and politician, 3rd President of Kenya (died 2022)
1931: Pascal Lissouba, Congolese politician, President of the Republic of the Congo (died 2020)
1930: J. G. Ballard, English novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 2009)
1930: Olene Walker, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Utah (died 2015)
1929: Ed Asner, American actor, singer, and producer (died 2021)
1929: Joe Hinton, American singer (died 1968)
1927: Bill Rowling, New Zealand politician, 30th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1995)
1926: Thomas Williams, American author and academic (died 1990)
1925: Howard Baker, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th White House Chief of Staff (died 2014)
1924: Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer and conductor (died 2013)
1923: Văn Cao, Vietnamese composer, poet, and painter (died 1995)
1923: Samuel Klein, Polish-Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, founded Casas Bahia (died 2014)
1922: Francis Brunn, German juggler (died 2004)
1922: David Sidney Feingold, American biochemist and academic (died 2019)
1922: Francesco Rosi, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2015)
1920: Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1999)
1919: Carol Bruce, American singer and actress (died 2007)
1919: Joseph Wapner, American judge and television personality (died 2017)
1916: Nita Barrow, Barbadian nurse and politician, 7th Governor-General of Barbados (died 1995)
1916: Bill Melendez, Mexican-American voice actor, animator, director, and producer (died 2008)
1914: V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge (died 2014)
1913: Jack Dyer, Australian footballer and coach (died 2003)
1913: Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist and poet (died 2005)
1912: Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic (died 2010)
1912: Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel (died 1945)
1908: Carlo Abarth, Italian engineer and businessman, founded Abarth (died 1979)
1907: Claus von Stauffenberg, German colonel (died 1944)
1906: Curtis LeMay, American general and politician (died 1990)
1905: Mantovani, Italian conductor and composer (died 1980)
1903: Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach (died 1974)
1899: Avdy Andresson, Estonian-American soldier and diplomat, Estonian Minister of War (died 1990)
1897: Aneurin Bevan, Welsh journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Health (died 1960)
1897: Sacheverell Sitwell, English author and critic (died 1988)
1896: Leonard Lord, English businessman (died 1967)
1895: Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1918)
1895: Antoni Słonimski, Polish journalist, poet, and playwright (died 1976)
1892: Naomi Childers, American actress (died 1964)
1891: W. Averell Harriman, American businessman and politician, 11th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 1986)
1891: Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (died 1944)
1890: Richmal Crompton, English author and educator (died 1969)
1888: Artie Matthews, American pianist and composer (died 1958)
1887: Marianne Moore, American poet, critic, and translator (died 1972)
1887: Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter and educator (died 1986)
1886: René Guénon, French-Egyptian philosopher and author (died 1951)
1882: Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (died 1965)
1881: Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (died 1960)
1879: Lewis Stone, American actor (died 1953)
1874: Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (died 1941)
1874: August Krogh, Danish zoologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1949)
1873: Sara Josephine Baker, American physician and academic (died 1945)
1868: Emil Racoviță, Romanian biologist, zoologist, and explorer (died 1947)
1867: Emil Krebs, German polyglot (died 1930)
1866: Cornelia Sorabji, Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer (died 1954)
1865: John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (died 1932)
1862: Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1946)
1859: Christopher Hornsrud, Norwegian businessman and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Norway (died 1960)
1852: Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (died 1892)
1849: Mary E. Byrd, American astronomer and educator (died 1934)
1793: Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (died 1880)
1791: Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1869)
1784: Jérôme Bonaparte, French husband of Catharina of Württemberg (died 1860)
1776: José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, Mexican journalist and author (died 1827)
1757: Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (died 1830)
1746: Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian poet, playwright, and composer (died 1809)
1741: Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss poet and physiognomist (died 1801)
1738: William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (died 1822)
1708: William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1778)
1692: Eusebius Amort, German poet and theologian (died 1775)
1661: Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss-American settler and author (died 1743)
1660: Hermann von der Hardt, German historian and orientalist (died 1746)
1607: Madeleine de Scudéry, French author (died 1701)
1556: Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (died 1618)
1511: Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet and author (died 1536)
1498: Eleanor of Austria, queen of Portugal and France (died 1558)
1397: Nicholas V, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1455)
1316: John I, king of France and Navarre (died 1316)
459: Bʼutz Aj Sak Chiik, Mayan king (died 501)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Celeste Caeiro, Portuguese pacifist (born 1933)
2024: Béla Károlyi, Romanian-American gymnastics coach (born 1942)
2024: Jon Kenny, Irish comedian and actor (born 1957)
2024: Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Japanese princess (born 1923)
2023: Žarko Laušević, Serbian actor (born 1960)
2017: Lil Peep, American singer and rapper (born 1996)
2016: Mose Allison, American pianist and songwriter (born 1927)
2015: Gisèle Prassinos, French author (born 1920)
2015: Herbert Scarf, American economist and academic (born 1930)
2015: Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-British actor (born 1929)
2014: Jack Bridger Chalker, English painter and academic (born 1918)
2014: Lucien Clergue, French photographer and educator (born 1934)
2014: Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian footballer (born 1983)
2014: Reg Withers, Australian soldier and politician, Australian Minister for the Capital Territory (born 1924)
2013: Sheila Matthews Allen, American actress and producer (born 1929)
2013: Glafcos Clerides, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th President of Cyprus (born 1919)
2013: Mike McCormack, American football player and coach (born 1930)
2012: Théophile Abega, Cameroonian footballer and politician (born 1954)
2012: Luís Carreira, Portuguese motorcycle racer (born 1976)
2012: Maleli Kunavore, Fijian rugby player (born 1983)
2012: K. C. Pant, Indian politician, 18th Indian Minister of Defence (born 1931)
2012: Frode Thingnæs, Norwegian trombonist, composer, and conductor (born 1940)
2011: Oba Chandler, American murderer (born 1946)
2010: Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (born 1932)
2010: Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (born 1944)
2010: William Edwin Self, American actor, director, and producer (born 1921)
2009: Serbian Patriarch Pavle II (born 1914)
2008: Grace Hartigan, American painter (born 1922)
2007: Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1928)
2006: David K. Wyatt, American historian and author (born 1937)
2005: Adrian Rogers, American pastor and author (born 1931)
2005: Arto Salminen, Finnish journalist and author (born 1959)
2004: Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota (born 1909)
2004: John Morgan, Welsh-Canadian actor and screenwriter (born 1930)
2003: Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (born 1910)
2003: Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (born 1925)
2003: Laurence Tisch, American businessman, co-founded the Loews Corporation (born 1923)
2003: Speedy West, American guitarist and producer (born 1924)
2000: Edoardo Agnelli, son of industrialist Gianni Agnelli (born 1954)
1998: Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist (born 1941)
1998: Ludvík Daněk, Czech discus thrower (born 1937)
1997: Saul Chaplin, American director and composer (born 1912)
1996: Alger Hiss, American lawyer and diplomat (born 1904)
1994: Elizabeth George Speare, American author (born 1908)
1988: Billo Frómeta, Dominican conductor and composer (born 1915)
1988: Ieronymos I of Athens, Greek archbishop and theologian (born 1905)
1985: Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter, photographer, and poet (born 1913)
1984: Baby Fae, American infant, who received baboon heart (born 1984)
1983: John Grimaldi, English keyboard player and songwriter (born 1955)
1983: Charlie Grimm, American baseball player and manager (born 1898)
1983: John Le Mesurier, English actor (born 1912)
1982: Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee (born 1895)
1982: Martín de Álzaga, Argentinian race car driver (born 1901)
1981: Steve Macko, American baseball player and coach (born 1954)
1981: Enid Markey, American actress (born 1894)
1981: Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani poet and scholar (born 1938)
1980: Bill Lee, American actor and singer (born 1916)
1978: Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (born 1901)
1976: Jean Gabin, French actor, singer, and producer (born 1904)
1971: Rudolf Abel, English-Russian colonel (born 1903)
1970: Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Egyptian-Greek politician (born 1884)
1967: Michael J. Adams, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (born 1930)
1966: Dimitrios Tofalos, Greek weightlifter and wrestler (born 1877)
1966: William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter (born 1887)
1963: Fritz Reiner, Hungarian-American conductor (born 1888)
1961: Elsie Ferguson, American actress (born 1883)
1961: Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic (born 1883)
1960: Robert Raymond Cook, Canadian murderer (born 1937)
1959: Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1869)
1958: Tyrone Power, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1914)
1956: Emma Richter, German paleontologist (born 1888)
1954: Lionel Barrymore, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (born 1878)
1951: Frank Weston Benson, American painter and educator (born 1862)
1949: Narayan Apte, Indian activist, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (born 1911)
1949: Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (born 1910)
1945: Frank Chapman, American ornithologist and photographer (born 1864)
1942: Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Swiss author and photographer (born 1908)
1941: Wal Handley, English motorcycle racer (born 1902)
1922: Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1866)
1922: Petros Protopapadakis, Greek mathematician and politician, 107th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1854)
1922: Nikolaos Stratos, Greek lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1872)
1921: Tadhg Barry, veteran Irish republican and leading trade unionist (born 1880)
1919: Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor (born 1862)
1919: Mohammad Farid, Egyptian lawyer and politician (born 1868)
1919: Alfred Werner, French-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1866)
1917: Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (born 1858)
1916: Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1846)
1910: Wilhelm Raabe, German author (born 1831)
1908: Cixi, China empress dowager and regent (born 1835)
1897: Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (born 1810)
1892: Thomas Neill Cream, Scottish-Canadian serial killer (born 1850)
1853: Maria II, Portuguese queen and regent (born 1819)
1845: William Knibb, English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (born 1803)
1836: Herman of Alaska, Russian missionary and saint (born 1750s)
1832: Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and businessman (born 1767)
1795: Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (born 1719)
1794: John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic (born 1723)
1787: Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (born 1714)
1712: James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (born 1658)
1712: Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician (born 1675)
1706: Tsangyang, Tibetan dalai lama (born 1683)
1691: Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (born 1620)
1670: John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop, philosopher, and educator (born 1592)
1630: Johannes Kepler, German astronomer and mathematician (born 1571)
1628: Roque González de Santa Cruz, Paraguayan missionary and martyr (born 1576)
1579: Ferenc Dávid, Hungarian preacher, founder of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania (born 1510)
1527: Catherine of York, English princess (born 1479)
1463: Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini, Italian nobleman
1379: Otto V, duke of Bavaria
1351: Joanna of Pfirt, duchess of Austria
1347: James I of Urgell, Spanish nobleman (born 1321)
1280: Albertus Magnus, German bishop, theologian, and philosopher (born 1193)
1226: Frederick of Isenberg, German nobleman (born 1193)
1194: Margaret I, countess of Flanders
1136: Leopold III, margrave of Austria (born 1073)
1037: Odo II, French nobleman (born 983)
655: Æthelhere, king of East Anglia
655: Penda of Mercia, king of Mercia
621: Malo, Breton bishop and saint
165 BCE: Mattathias, Jewish resistance leader

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