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November 18

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November 18

November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 43 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022: Australian woman cleans out car four months after win, discovers lottery ticket worth $580,000. Keep those tickets in a safe place! An Australian woman had quite the surprise when she discovered a lottery ticket worth $580,000 (US$387,187) during a car clean-out four months after the draw.
2021: New Jersey Lottery announces return of New Year's Raffle after 13 years. After over a decade, the New Jersey Lottery is bringing back a statewide raffle that will award one lucky player a $2 million grand prize, as well as hundreds of other cash prizes.
2020: Missouri woman "accidentally" wins $100,000 lottery jackpot. A lucky mistake that led a woman to accidentally win a $100,000 lottery jackpot just proves that some things are meant to be.
2020: Canadian siblings split $1 million Lotto 6/49 prize. A brother and sister from Alberta, Canada, were both skeptical when they scanned their lottery ticket and found that it was the winner of a $1 million (US$766,270) Lotto 6/49 prize for the Guaranteed Prize Draw on Nov. 4.
2016: $49M Texas Mega Millions jackpot claimed by trust. The $49 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot won in Texas this past October was claimed this week by a trust, effectively keeping the real winner anonymous.
2015: Florida lawmakers move to allow lottery sales as gas pumps, ATMs. Florida legislators are moving forward with a bill that would allow lottery tickets to be sold anywhere you can swipe a credit card, including gas pumps and ATMs.
2014: Audit: Stores buying Michigan lottery tickets from players. Some Michigan stores that sell lottery tickets are hitting the jackpot by buying winning tickets from desperate players at a discount, according to auditors who are urging a crackdown on the illegal practice.
2012: $250 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges. There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $250 million for Wednesday's drawing.
2011: Georgia man turns trashed ticket into $250,000. A Georgia taco server won $250,000 after exchanging a trashed Mega Millions ticket worth $3 for three new tickets.
2011: N.Y. man will use lottery winnings for retirement. A $1 Sweet Million ticket paid off big for a Port Jervis, New York, father of two who won a $1 million jackpot.
2009: Arkansas lottery to sell Mega Millions tickets. The Arkansas Lottery Commission agreed Tuesday to sell Mega Millions tickets next year, making multi-state jackpots available to lottery participants four nights a week instead of two.~
2009: Clerk's error makes N.J. man a $100,000 winner. A Bridgeton, New Jersey, resident has a store clerk's error to thank for his purchase of a scratch-off lottery ticket worth $100,000.
2008: Tenn. Lottery CEO blames lagging sales on Powerball. Tennessee officials are hedging their bets on Powerball to lift the lottery out of a sales slump that could hurt revenue projections for education.
2008: Arkansas lottery bill is first legislation filed for 2009. The first bill filed in the 2009 legislative session Monday carried symbolic weight and political heft but was scanty on substance.
2006: Maryland Lottery to offer limited-run raffle-style game. The Maryland Lottery will join several other USA state lotteries this Christmas season by offering Countdown to Millions, a $20 raffle-style game.
2006: New Florida Lottery raffle will make 10 millionaires. The Florida Lottery's newest game could be just the ticket to brighten up someone's holiday season, but the game won't be for everyone. That's because if you wait too long to buy a ticket, you could be shut out of the game.
2006: Man who stole winning lottery ticket gets 5 years. After a judge on Friday sentenced Sam Grair to five years and four months in prison for stealing a lottery ticket worth $524,000, the prosecutor stated, "It is a deterrent to any store clerk that is in a position of trust so they won't do the same thing."
2006: Illinois woman wins $7 million lottery jackpot. Alberta James of Machesney Park, Illinois, will take some time off of her job as a mail carrier and enjoy the holidays in style after winning a $7 million Illinois Lotto jackpot.
2006: Huge Euro Millions lottery jackpot split 20 ways. With no single ticket holder matching all five main numbers and the two Lucky Star numbers, the £123 million (US$233 million, €182 million) Euro Millions jackpot, which had been rolled over for an 11th time, was shared between 20 people across Europe.
2006: Oregon Lottery winner goes to jail. A White City woman accused of using a dead woman's credit card to buy an Oregon Lottery ticket that won a $1 million prize has been jailed for violating her probation on a methamphetamine possession charge.
2005: Ex-legislator seeks to lead Texas Lottery. Talmadge Heflin, a once-powerful state legislator defeated last year by a political newcomer in a House race decided by 16 votes, has applied to become the Texas Lottery's next executive director.
2005: New N.C. Lottery chief says integrity of games is important. Chosen amid an ethical scandal involving lottery commissioners, the man picked yesterday as executive director of North Carolina's new lottery wasted no time promising games that will be run honorably, with low-key advertising.
2005: S.C. Lottery suspends sales due to computer glitch. South Carolina Lottery officials suspended sales of the Pick 3 and Pick 4 games Thursday after there was a problem upgrading software.
2005: $315M Mega Millions lottery winners stay on the job. A secretary and six laboratory workers at Kaiser Permanente in California held the winning ticket for the $315 million Mega Millions jackpot -- but they still came in to work, a company spokeswoman said.
2003: Indiana Resident Claims $12 Million Powerball Jackpot. A Muncie, Indiana man got the call of a lifetime recently when a store clerk told him that he won a $12.8 million Powerball jackpot.
2003: California Lottery Kicks Off Review. The California Lottery today posted to its Web site a request for proposal for its four-year, $100 million general market advertising account.
2003: Lottery may make early contract picks. The Tennessee lottery board is still on track with the Nov. 24 deadline to decide on contracts for gaming vendors.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$333.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 19, 2016
2.€311.05 Million US$321.44 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 19, 2022
3.$289 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 21, 2023
4.$279.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 18, 2023
5.$250 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 21, 2012
6.$238 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 18, 2022
7.$206.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 20, 2021
8.$192 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 19, 2019
9.$188 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 20, 2020
10.$179 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 18, 2020
11.€162 Million
US$172.84 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 20, 2015
12.$165 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 19, 2013
13.€130 Million
US$154.21 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 20, 2020
14.$149 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 19, 2004
15.€131 Million
US$148.02 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 19, 2021
16.$139 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 21, 2018
16.$139 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 20, 2018
18.€123 Million
US$136.23 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 19, 2019
19.€111.09 Million
US$126.09 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 18, 2021
20.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 21, 2007
21.$119 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 18, 2017
22.$106 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 21, 2017
23.€90 Million
US$99.48 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Nov 22, 2019
24.$92.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 19, 2022
25.$83 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 20, 2004

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1992: Wallace Snowden
Wednesday, Nov 18, 1992
31 years old
1985: princecharmin34
Monday, Nov 18, 1985
38 years old
1984: minns8
Sunday, Nov 18, 1984
39 years old
1982: Goatmilk
Thursday, Nov 18, 1982
41 years old
1982: Alberto498
Thursday, Nov 18, 1982
41 years old
1980: Luckylapoint
Tuesday, Nov 18, 1980
43 years old
1980: sadisticseahors
Tuesday, Nov 18, 1980
43 years old
1970: kenya649
Wednesday, Nov 18, 1970
53 years old
1965: dwarnex
Thursday, Nov 18, 1965
58 years old
1959: cheryl59
Wednesday, Nov 18, 1959
64 years old
1959: supernova
Wednesday, Nov 18, 1959
64 years old
1954: drum58
Thursday, Nov 18, 1954
69 years old
1948: Paulmartin
Thursday, Nov 18, 1948
75 years old
: macsher2
(year not provided)
: Catman242
(year not provided)
: LD810859$
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: The Utah monolith, built sometime in 2016 is discovered by state biologists of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
2013: NASA launches the MAVEN probe to Mars.
2012: Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria becomes the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
2003: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4-3 in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180 days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples.
2002: Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
1999: At Texas A&M University, the Aggie Bonfire collapses killing 12 students and injuring 27 others.
1996: A fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) of tunnel.
1993: In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is approved by the House of Representatives.
1993: In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution, expanding voting rights and ending white minority rule.
1991: Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.
1991: After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.
1991: The autonomous Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia, which would in 1993 become a republic, was established in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1987: King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.
1978: The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet makes its first flight, at the Naval Air Test Center in Maryland, United States.
1978: In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones leads his Peoples Temple to a mass murder-suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children.
1971: Oman declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
1970: U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.
1963: The first push-button telephone goes into service.
1961: United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.
1949: The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.
1947: The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
1944: The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba.
1943: World War II: Battle of Berlin: Four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.
1940: World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.
1929: Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
1928: Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon.
1918: Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
1916: World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
1910: In their campaign for women's voting rights, hundreds of suffragettes march to the British Parliament in London. Several are beaten by police, newspaper attention embarrasses the authorities, and the march is dubbed Black Friday.
1909: Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
1905: Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
1903: The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
1901: Britain and the United States sign the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
1883: American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
1872: Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
1867: An earthquake strikes the Virgin Islands, triggering the largest tsunami witnessed in the Caribbean and killing dozens.
1863: King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German-Danish war of 1864.
1812: Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Krasnoi ends in French defeat, but Marshal of France Michel Ney's leadership leads to him becoming known as "the bravest of the brave".
1809: In a naval action during the Napoleonic Wars, French frigates defeat British East Indiamen in the Bay of Bengal.
1803: The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere.
1760: The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.
1730: The future Frederick the Great of Prussia is granted a pardon by his father and is released from confinement.
1626: The new St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is consecrated.
1601: Tiryaki Hasan Pasha, an Ottoman provincial governor, routs the Habsburg forces commanded by Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria who were besieging Nagykanizsa.
1493: Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.
1421: St Elizabeth's flood: A dike in the Grote Hollandse Waard in the Netherlands breaks, killing about 10,000 people.
1302: Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Unam sanctam, claiming spiritual supremacy for the papacy.
1210: Pope Innocent III excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV for invading the Kingdom of Sicily after promising to recognize papal control over it.
1105: Maginulfo is elected Antipope Sylvester IV in opposition to Pope Paschal II.
1095: The Council of Clermont begins: called by Pope Urban II, it led to the First Crusade to the Holy Land.
401: The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy.
326: The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I.

Births On This Day

1996: Christian Kirk, American football player
1994: Akiyuki Hashimoto, Japanese sprinter
1994: Danka Kovinić, Montenegrin tennis player
1994: Bernhard Luxbacher, Austrian footballer
1992: Nathan Kress, American actor and director
1992: Quincy Miller, American basketball player
1992: Steven Skrzybski, German footballer
1992: Joe Thuney, American football player
1991: Ahmed Kelly, Iraqi-Australian swimmer
1991: Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, Thai tennis player
1991: Jameson Taillon, Canadian-American baseball player
1990: Arnett Moultrie, American basketball player
1989: Lu Jiajing, Chinese tennis player
1988: Jeffrey Jordan, American basketball player
1988: Michael Roach, American soccer player
1988: Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Ivorian sprinter
1987: Jake Abel, American actor
1987: Cal Clutterbuck, Canadian ice hockey player
1987: Yoon Park, South Korean actor
1985: Allyson Felix, American sprinter
1984: Ryohei Chiba, Japanese singer and dancer
1984: Enar Jääger, Estonian footballer
1983: Travis Buck, American baseball player
1983: Michael Dawson, English footballer
1983: Jon Lech Johansen, Norwegian computer programmer and engineer, created DeCSS
1982: Justin Knapp, American Wikipedia editor
1982: Damon Wayans Jr., American actor and comedian
1981: Mekia Cox, American actress and dancer
1981: Dianne dela Fuente, Filipino singer and actress
1981: Nasim Pedrad, Iranian-American actress
1981: Vittoria Puccini, Italian actress
1981: Christina Vidal, American actress and singer
1980: Hamza al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (d. 2001)
1980: Luke Chadwick, English footballer
1980: Minori Chihara, Japanese voice actress and singer
1980: François Duval, Belgian racing driver
1980: Denny Hamlin, American race car driver
1980: C. J. Wilson, American baseball player
1979: Neeti Mohan, Indian playback singer
1979: Nate Parker, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1978: Damien Johnson, Irish footballer
1978: Aldo Montano, Italian fencer
1977: Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
1977: Fabolous, American rapper
1976: Dominic Armato, American voice actor
1976: Sage Francis, American rapper
1976: Steven Pasquale, American actor
1976: Shagrath, Norwegian singer-songwriter
1976: Matt Welsh, Australian swimmer
1976: Mona Zaki, Egyptian actress
1975: Lucy Akhurst, English actress and producer
1975: Shawn Camp, American baseball player and coach
1975: Anthony McPartlin, English comedian, actor, and producer
1975: David Ortiz, Dominican-American baseball player
1975: Pastor Troy, American rapper, producer, and actor
1975: Jason Williams, American basketball player
1974: Graham Coughlan, Irish footballer and coach
1974: Chloë Sevigny, American actress, model, and fashion designer
1974: Petter Solberg, Norwegian racing driver
1973: Jonnie Irwin, English television presenter and business expert
1973: Nic Pothas, South African cricketer and coach
1972: Jeroen Straathof, Dutch cyclist and speed skater
1971: Thérèse Coffey, English chemist and politician
1971: Terrance Hayes, American poet and academic
1971: Matthew Rodwell, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1970: Mike Epps, American actor and comedian
1970: Megyn Kelly, American lawyer and journalist
1970: Peta Wilson, Australian model and actress
1969: Sam Cassell, American basketball player and coach
1969: Ahmed Helmy, Egyptian actor
1969: Koichiro Kimura, Japanese mixed martial artist and wrestler (d. 2014)
1969: Duncan Sheik, American singer-songwriter and composer
1968: George Kotsiopoulos, American stylist and journalist
1968: Romany Malco, American rapper, producer, actor, and screenwriter
1968: Gary Sheffield, American baseball player
1968: Owen Wilson, American actor
1967: Tom Gordon, American baseball player
1967: Jocelyn Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1965: Tim DeLaughter, American singer-songwriter and musician
1964: Rita Cosby, American journalist and author
1964: Nadia Sawalha, English actress
1963: Len Bias, American basketball player (d. 1986)
1963: Dante Bichette, American baseball player and coach
1963: Todd Bowles, American football player and coach
1963: Peter Schmeichel, Danish footballer and sportscaster
1963: Joost Zwagerman, Dutch author and poet (d. 2015)
1962: Bart Bryant, American golfer
1962: Tim Guinee, American actor
1962: Kirk Hammett, American guitarist, songwriter, member of the thrash metal band Metallica
1962: Jamie Moyer, American baseball player
1961: Steven Moffat, Scottish screenwriter and producer
1960: Ivans Klementjevs, Latvian canoeist
1960: Elizabeth Perkins, American actress
1960: Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter
1960: Kim Wilde, English singer-songwriter
1959: Jimmy Quinn, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1958: Daniel Brailovsky, Argentine-Israeli footballer and manager
1958: Oscar Nunez, Cuban-American actor and comedian
1957: Tony Bunn, American bassist, composer, producer, and writer
1956: Noel Brotherston, Irish-English footballer and painter (d. 1995)
1956: Warren Moon, American football player and sportscaster
1956: Jim Weirich, American computer scientist, developed Rake Software (d. 2014)
1954: Carter Burwell, American composer and conductor
1953: Jan Kuehnemund, American rock guitarist (d. 2013)
1953: Alan Moore, English author
1953: Kevin Nealon, American comedian and actor
1952: Peter Beattie, Australian lawyer and politician, 36th Premier of Queensland
1952: Delroy Lindo, English-American actor and director
1952: John Parr, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: Pete Morelli, American businessman
1951: Justin Raimondo, American journalist and author (d. 2019)
1950: Graham Parker, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950: Rudy Sarzo, Cuban-American rock bass player
1949: Herman Rarebell, German rock drummer and songwriter
1948: Tõnis Mägi, Estonian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1948: Kongō Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 2014)
1948: Ana Mendieta, Cuban-American sculptor and painter (d. 1985)
1948: Jack Tatum, American football player (d. 2010)
1947: Jameson Parker, American actor
1947: Ross Wilson, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1946: Alan Dean Foster, American author
1945: Wilma Mankiller, American tribal chief (d. 2010)
1945: Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th President of Sri Lanka
1944: Wolfgang Joop, German fashion designer, founded JOOP!
1944: Ed Krupp, American astronomer, archaeoastronomer, author, Director Griffith Observatory
1943: Leonardo Sandri, Argentinian cardinal
1942: Linda Evans, American actress
1942: Susan Sullivan, American actress
1941: Gary Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 2014)
1941: David Hemmings, English actor and director (d. 2003)
1940: James Welch, American novelist and poet (d. 2003)
1939: Margaret Atwood, Canadian author
1939: Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington, English journalist and politician, Leader of the House of Lords
1939: Amanda Lear, Hong Kong-French singer-songwriter and actress
1939: Brenda Vaccaro, American actress
1938: Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop (d. 2012)
1938: Norbert Ratsirahonana, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister of Madagascar
1938: Karl Schranz, Austrian skier
1936: Ennio Antonelli, Italian cardinal
1936: Don Cherry, American trumpet player (d. 1995)
1935: Rudolf Bahro, German philosopher and politician (d. 1997)
1934: Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek journalist and diplomat
1933: Bruce Conner, American painter, photographer, and director (d. 2008)
1932: Danny McDevitt, American baseball player (d. 2010)
1929: Gianna D'Angelo, American soprano and educator (d. 2013)
1928: Salvador Laurel, Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Philippines (d. 2004)
1928: Sheila Jordan, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1927: Hank Ballard, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
1927: Knowlton Nash, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2014)
1926: Roy Sievers, American baseball player (d. 2017)
1925: Gene Mauch, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
1924: Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish soldier, engineer, and judge (d. 2000)
1924: Anna Elisabeth (Lise) Østergaard, Danish psychologist and politician (d. 1996)
1923: Cornelis Ruhtenberg, American painter (d. 2008)
1923: Alan Shepard, American astronaut (d. 1998)
1923: Ted Stevens, American politician (d. 2010)
1922: Marjorie Gestring, American springboard diver (d. 1992)
1922: Luis Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician, 70th President of Nicaragua (d. 1967)
1920: Robert Fryer, American playwright and producer (d. 2000)
1920: Mustafa Khalil, Egyptian lawyer and politician, 77th Prime Minister of Egypt (d. 2008)
1920: Ron Suart, English football player and manager (d. 2015)
1919: Jocelyn Brando, American actress (d. 2005)
1918: İlhan Berk, Turkish poet and author (d. 2008)
1918: Tasker Watkins, Welsh soldier, judge, and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2007)
1917: Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (d. 1957)
1915: Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (d. 2004)
1914: Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (d. 1969)
1913: Endre Rozsda, Hungarian-French painter and illustrator (d. 1999)
1912: Vic Hey, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1995)
1912: Hilda Nickson, English author (d. 1977)
1911: Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and author (d. 2000)
1909: Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter and producer, co-founded Capitol Records (d. 1976)
1908: Imogene Coca, American actress, comedian, and singer (d. 2001)
1907: Gustav Nezval, Czech actor (d. 1998)
1907: Compay Segundo, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
1906: Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Turkish author and poet (d. 1954)
1906: Alec Issigonis, Greek-English car designer, designed the mini car (d. 1988)
1906: Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, short story writer, and critic (d. 1949)
1906: George Wald, American neurobiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1904: Masao Koga, Japanese composer and guitarist (d. 1978)
1904: Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1983)
1902: Franklin Adreon, American film and television director (d. 1979)
1901: George Gallup, American statistician (d. 1984)
1901: V. Shantaram, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
1901: Craig Wood, American golfer (d. 1968)
1899: Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (d. 1985)
1899: Howard Thurman, American author, philosopher and civil rights activist (d. 1981)
1897: Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
1891: Gio Ponti, Italian architect, industrial designer, furniture designer, artist, and publisher.(d. 1979)
1889: Stanislav Kosior, Polish-Russian politician (d. 1939)
1888: Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (d. 1973)
1886: Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1967)
1883: Carl Vinson, American judge and politician (d. 1981)
1882: Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American soprano (d. 1963)
1882: Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic (d. 1957)
1882: Jacques Maritain, French philosopher and author (d. 1973)
1882: Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist (d. 1959)
1880: Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (d. 1952)
1876: Victor Hémery, French racing driver (d. 1950)
1874: Clarence Day, American author and poet (d. 1935)
1866: Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1920)
1860: Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (d. 1941)
1856: Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1929)
1839: August Kundt, German physicist and educator (d. 1894)
1836: W. S. Gilbert, English playwright, poet, and illustrator (d. 1911)
1833: James Patterson, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Victoria (d. 1895)
1832: Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish geologist and explorer (d. 1901)
1810: Asa Gray, American botanist and academic (d. 1888)
1804: Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Italian general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1878)
1787: Louis Daguerre, French artist, photographer and inventor (d. 1851)
1785: David Wilkie, Scottish painter and academic (d. 1841)
1774: Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837)
1772: Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (d. 1806)
1756: Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (d. 1837)
1736: Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, German harpsichord player and composer (d. 1800)
1727: Philibert Commerson, French physician and explorer (d. 1773)
1647: Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and author (d. 1706)
1630: Eleonora Gonzaga, Italian wife of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1686)
1576: Philipp Ludwig II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1612)
1571: Hippolytus Guarinonius, Italian physician and polymath (d. 1654)
1522: Lamoral, Count of Egmont (d. 1568)
709: Emperor Kōnin of Japan (d. 782)
701: Itzam K'an Ahk II, Mayan ruler (d. 757)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Tabassum, Indian actress and talk show host (b. 1944)
2017: Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian hard rock guitarist (b. 1953)
2016: Sharon Jones, American soul and funk singer (b. 1956)
2016: Denton Cooley, American surgeon and scientist (b. 1920)
2015: Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Belgian-Moroccan terrorist (b. 1987)
2015: Dan Halldorson, Canadian-American golfer (b. 1952)
2015: Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1975)
2014: Dave Appell, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1922)
2014: Pepe Eliaschev, Argentinian journalist and author (b. 1945)
2014: Ahmad Lozi, Jordanian educator and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1925)
2014: C. Rudhraiya, Indian director and producer (b. 1947)
2013: Thomas Howard, American football player (b. 1983)
2013: S. R. D. Vaidyanathan, Indian nadaswaram player and composer (b. 1929)
2013: Ljubomir Vračarević, Serbian martial artist, founded Real Aikido (b. 1947)
2013: Peter Wintonick, Canadian director and producer (b. 1953)
2012: Emilio Aragón Bermúdez, Spanish clown, singer, and accordion player (b. 1929)
2012: Phoebe Hearst Cooke, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
2010: Freddy Beras-Goico, Dominican comedian and television host (b. 1940)
2010: Brian G. Marsden, English-American astronomer and academic (b. 1937)
2009: Red Robbins, American basketball player (b. 1944)
2005: Harold J. Stone, American actor (b. 1911)
2004: Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic (b. 1905)
2004: Cy Coleman, American pianist and composer (b. 1929)
2003: Michael Kamen, American composer and conductor (b. 1948)
2002: James Coburn, American actor (b. 1928)
2001: Walter Matuszczak, Polish-American football player 1939 All-America, 1941 New York Giants draft (b. 1918)
1999: Paul Bowles, American composer and author (b. 1910)
1999: Doug Sahm, American singer and guitarist (b. 1941)
1998: Tara Singh Hayer, Indian-Canadian journalist and publisher (b. 1936)
1995: Miron Grindea, Romanian-English journalist (b. 1909)
1994: Cab Calloway, American singer-songwriter and bandleader (The Cab Calloway Orchestra) (b. 1907)
1994: Peter Ledger, Australian painter and illustrator (b. 1945)
1991: Gustáv Husák, Slovak lawyer and politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1913)
1987: Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (b. 1934)
1986: Gia Carangi, American model (b. 1960)
1984: Mary Hamman, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
1980: Conn Smythe, Canadian soldier, ice hockey player, and businessman (b. 1895)
1979: Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1901)
1978: Jim Jones, American cult leader, founded Peoples Temple (b. 1931)
1978: Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician (b. 1925)
1977: Kurt Schuschnigg, Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (b. 1897)
1976: Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (b. 1890)
1972: Danny Whitten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crazy Horse) (b. 1943)
1969: Ted Heath, English trombonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
1969: Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1888)
1965: Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and bureaucrat, 33rd Vice President of the United States, 11th US Secretary of Agriculture (b. 1888)
1962: Niels Bohr, Danish footballer, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
1952: Paul Éluard, French poet and author (b. 1895)
1941: Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet and author (b. 1879)
1941: Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
1941: Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
1940: Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)
1936: V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
1927: Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver, explorer, and politician (b. 1871)
1922: Marcel Proust, French author and critic (b. 1871)
1909: Renée Vivien, English-French poet (b. 1877)
1889: William Allingham, Irish-English poet and scholar (b. 1824)
1886: Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)
1852: Rose Philippine Duchesne, French-American nun and saint (b. 1769)
1841: Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru (b. 1785)
1830: Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher and academic, founded the Illuminati (b. 1748)
1814: William Jessop, English engineer (b. 1745)
1804: Philip Schuyler, American general and senator (b. 1733)
1797: Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719)
1785: Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (b. 1725)
1724: Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese priest (b. 1685)
1664: Miklós Zrínyi, Croatian and Hungarian military leader and statesman (b. 1620)
1590: George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English commander and politician, Lord High Steward of Ireland (b. 1528)
1565: Yun Won-hyung, Korean writer and politician (b. 1509)
1559: Cuthbert Tunstall, English bishop (b. 1474)
1482: Gedik Ahmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 17th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
1472: Basilius Bessarion, titular patriarch of Constantinople (b. c. 1403)
1441: Roger Bolingbroke, English cleric, astronomer, astrologer, magister and alleged necromancer
1349: Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1310)
1313: Constance of Portugal, Portuguese infanta (b. 1290)
1305: John II, duke of Brittany (b. 1239)
1259: Adam Marsh, English scholar and theologian
1170: Albert the Bear, margrave of Brandenburg (b. c. 1100)
1154: Adelaide of Maurienne, French queen consort (b. 1092)
1100: Thomas of Bayeux, archbishop of York
953: Liutgard of Saxony, duchess of Lorraine (b. 931)
942: Odo of Cluny, Frankish abbot and saint (b. c. 878)

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