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November 21

On This Day in History

November 21

November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 40 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: South Carolina Lottery offers refunds for misprinted Cash Pop tickets. The South Carolina Lottery is offering a refund for the purchase price of tickets that were affected by a "technical issue" that caused a misprinting error on some Cash Pop tickets.
2023: Florida Lottery Fantasy 5 ticket worth over $64,000 to expire Wednesday. A winning Florida Lottery Fantasy 5 ticket worth over $64,000 is set to expire tomorrow if someone doesn't come forward to claim it.
2022: New UK National Lottery operator Allwyn acquires Camelot UK. Allwyn AG, the UK National Lottery's new operator, announced its intentions on Friday to acquire Camelot UK Lotteries Limited, the Lottery's previous license holder.
2017: CVS employee accused of stealing $1 million lottery ticket. An Illinois man claims in a lawsuit filed last week that a CVS employee stole his winning $1 million Illinois Lottery scratch-off card.
2017: Woman's $3 million lottery ticket spent months in pile of losers. A Colorado woman whose months-old scratch-off lottery ticket was rejected when she tried to enter it into a second chance drawing discovered it was actually a $3 million winner.
2015: Another $1.2M Hot Lotto jackpot rigged by Tipton, officials say. A $1.2 million jackpot-winning Hot Lotto ticket sold in Oklahoma in 2011 has been connected to a former security official of a multi-state lottery vendor accused of rigging lotteries in four different states, a lottery official said Friday.
2014: Kentucky Lottery keeps an eye on frequent winners. There has been a lot of attention paid recently to lottery winners who claim an unusually large number of winning tickets, and the Kentucky Lottery is keeping an eye on the situation too.
2011: Georgia Lottery wins ruling in $5 million trademark dispute. The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled against two men who sought $5 million in damages from the Georgia Lottery Corporation in a lawsuit over the "MONEYBAGS$" logo.
2006: NJ Lottery tickets call Corzine 'Acting Gov.'. A $2 New Jersey scratch-off lottery game, Holiday Lucky Times 10, that hit the stores Nov. 13 lists Jon S. Corzine as "Acting Governor" on a list of state and lottery officials.
2005: Maryland Lottery to end Lotto game. The Maryland State Lottery Agency recently announced that the current Lotto game will soon come to an end. The final drawing will take place on February 1, 2006.
2005: Casino coupon error gives 11,000 people $525. Roughly 11,000 patrons of Harrah's Joliet Casino in Illinois got a big surprise in the mail last week: a coupon good for $525 in wagering.
2003: Longtime Florida Lotto Player Finally Hits $6 Million Jackpot. A custodian for the Brevard County School Board, who's been playing Florida Lotto since it started 15 years ago, today claimed the estimated $6 million Lotto jackpot from the Saturday, Nov. 15 drawing.
2003: Maine legislators back video gambling, Powerball. Efforts to expand gambling in Maine took a step forward Thursday when a legislative committee endorsed both a bill to let nonprofit groups offer video gambling and a proposal for the state to join the Powerball lottery.
2003: Lottery ticket thief out of luck. Whoever stole 250 "Weekly Grand" scratch-off lottery tickets from an Orange, Texas Super Food Mart won't have much luck cashing the winners in.
2003: Va. Lottery: Gambling or Gold Mine?. Fifteen years after the Virginia Lottery was created in September of 1988, some area residents play every day. But even though revenues go to public education, some still oppose it.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$632.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 22, 2025
2.$453 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 22, 2024
3.$374.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 23, 2016
4.€312.55 Million US$321.52 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 22, 2022
5.$316.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 22, 2023
6.$289 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 21, 2023
7.$259 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 22, 2022
8.$250 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 21, 2012
9.$214.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 22, 2021
10.$208 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 22, 2019
11.$200 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 24, 2020
12.€189 Million
US$197.01 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 22, 2024
13.$192 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 21, 2020
14.$181 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 22, 2013
15.€150 Million
US$172.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 21, 2025
16.$171.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 23, 2024
17.€143 Million
US$169.9 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 24, 2020
18.€145 Million
US$163.11 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 23, 2021
19.$155 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 23, 2018
20.$139 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 21, 2018
21.$134 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 22, 2017
22.€113.6 Million
US$127.79 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 23, 2021
23.€120 Million
US$125.09 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Nov 22, 2024
24.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 21, 2007
25.$106 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 21, 2017

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1999: dmoss
Sunday, Nov 21, 1999
26 years old
1989: lotterydreamsnc
Tuesday, Nov 21, 1989
36 years old
1987: Sam1121
Saturday, Nov 21, 1987
38 years old
1986: MZ ASHLEY
Friday, Nov 21, 1986
39 years old
1986: adc2009
Friday, Nov 21, 1986
39 years old
1986: Noe112186
Friday, Nov 21, 1986
39 years old
1985: Goof
Thursday, Nov 21, 1985
40 years old
1976: Butta1121
Sunday, Nov 21, 1976
49 years old
1973: glennsbaby13
Wednesday, Nov 21, 1973
52 years old
1973: vette3171
Wednesday, Nov 21, 1973
52 years old
1970: LottoAce
Saturday, Nov 21, 1970
55 years old
1969: Cindyboo
Friday, Nov 21, 1969
56 years old
1969: lisa76542
Friday, Nov 21, 1969
56 years old
1961: DSpeicher15
Tuesday, Nov 21, 1961
64 years old
1953: edwardbaughns
Saturday, Nov 21, 1953
72 years old
1952: Angel$
Friday, Nov 21, 1952
73 years old
1952: carmensantiago1
Friday, Nov 21, 1952
73 years old
1951: jbhoffenberger
Wednesday, Nov 21, 1951
74 years old
1943: TheTownCar
Sunday, Nov 21, 1943
82 years old
1919: BIRD74
Friday, Nov 21, 1919
106 years old
1915: money37
Sunday, Nov 21, 1915
110 years old
: Alan24
(year not provided)
: KmanVIII
(year not provided)
: Snappy73
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: A magnitude 5.6 earthquake on the Indonesian island of Java kills between 335 and 602 people.
2021: An SUV plows through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, killing six and injuring 62.
2019: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is indicted on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.
2019: Tesla launches the SUV Cybertruck. A gaffe occurs during the launch event when its "unbreakable" windows shatter during demonstration.
2017: Robert Mugabe formally resigns as President of Zimbabwe, after thirty-seven years in office.
2015: The government of Belgium imposes a security lockdown on Brussels, including the closure of shops, schools, and public transportation, due to potential terrorist attacks.
2014: A stampede in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe caused by the police firing tear gas kills at least eleven people and injures 40 others.
2013: Fifty-four people are killed when the roof of a shopping center collapses in Riga, Latvia.
2013: Massive protests start in Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych suspended signing the Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement.
2012: At least 28 are wounded after a bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv.
2009: A mine explosion in Heilongjiang, China kills 108.
2006: Anti-Syrian Lebanese politician and government minister Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
2004: The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.
2004: Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern half of the island sustains the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. In neighboring Guadeloupe, one person is killed.
2004: The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of Iraq's external debt.
2004: China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210 crashes after takeoff from Baotou Donghe Airport, killing 55.
2002: NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
2002: Arturo Guzmán Decena, founder of Los Zetas and high-member of the Gulf Cartel, is killed in a shoot-out with the Mexican Army and the police.
1998: Finnish satanist Jarno Elg kills a 23-year-old man and performs a ritual-like cutting and eating of body parts in Hyvinkää, Finland.
1996: Humberto Vidal explosion: Thirty-three people die when a Humberto Vidal shoe shop in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico explodes.
1995: The Dayton Agreement is initialed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1992: A major tornado strikes the Houston, Texas area during the afternoon. Over the next two days the largest tornado outbreak ever to occur in the US during November spawns over 100 tornadoes.
1990: Bangkok Airways Flight 125 crashes on approach to Samui Airport, killing 38.
1986: National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents allegedly implicating them in the Iran-Contra affair.
1985: United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.
1980: A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). Eighty-five people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.
1979: The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four.
1977: Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".
1974: The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.
1972: Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung Hee and the Fourth Republic.
1971: Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.
1970: Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast: A joint United States Air Force and Army team raids the Sơn Tây prisoner-of-war camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there.
1969: U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō agree on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. The U.S. retains rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.
1969: The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
1967: Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
1964: The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge opens to traffic. At the time it is the world's longest bridge span.
1964: Second Vatican Council: The third session of the Roman Catholic Church's ecumenical council closes.
1962: The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
1961: The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States.
1959: American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal.
1954: People's Action Party, an eventual dominative political party in Singapore, was established.
1953: The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
1950: Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.
1945: The United Auto Workers strike 92 General Motors plants in 50 cities to back up worker demands for a 30-percent raise.
1944: World War II: American submarine USS Sealion sinks the Japanese battleship Kongō and Japanese destroyer Urakaze in the Formosa Strait.
1942: The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by standard road vehicles until 1943).
1927: Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
1922: Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator.
1920: Irish War of Independence: On "Bloody Sunday" in Dublin, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) assassinated a group of British Intelligence agents, and British forces killed 14 civilians at a Gaelic football match at Croke Park.
1918: The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.
1918: The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to stand for Parliament in the UK.
1918: A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles.
1916: Mines from SM U-73 sink HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
1910: Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
1905: Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass-energy equivalence formula, E = mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.
1902: The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeat the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39-0, in the first-ever professional American football night game.
1900: Claude Monet's paintings shown at Gallery Durand-Ruel in Paris.
1894: Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.
1877: Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
1861: American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.
1851: Mutineers take control of the Chilean penal colony of Punta Arenas in the Strait of Magellan.
1789: North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
1783: In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.
1676: The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.
1620: Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (November 11, O.S.)
1386: Timur of Samarkand captures and sacks the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, taking King Bagrat V of Georgia captive.
235: Pope Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope.
164 BCE: Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, rededicates the Temple in Jerusalem, an event that is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. (25 Kislev 3597 in the Hebrew calendar.)

Births On This Day

2004: Rico Lewis, English footballer
2000: Isabel May, American actress
2000: Matt O'Riley, English-Danish footballer
1999: Jaelin Howell, American soccer player
1998: Ognjen Ilić, Serbian cyclist
1998: Vangelis Pavlidis, Greek footballer
1997: Reo Hatate, Japanese footballer
1995: Chris Chiozza, American basketball player
1995: Vladislav Gavrikov, Russian ice hockey player
1994: Andreas Johnsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1994: Saúl Ñíguez, Spanish footballer
1994: Wyatt Teller, American football player
1991: Almaz Ayana, Ethiopian sprinter
1991: Lewis Dunk, English footballer
1991: Peni Terepo, New Zealand rugby league player
1990: Dani King, English cyclist
1990: Georgie Twigg, English field hockey player
1989: Will Buckley, English footballer
1989: Dárvin Chávez, Mexican footballer
1989: Fabian Delph, English footballer
1989: José Pirela, Venezuelan baseball player
1989: Chris Singleton, American basketball player
1989: Justin Tucker, American football player
1988: Larry Sanders, American basketball player
1988: Len Väljas, Canadian skier
1988: Preston Zimmerman, American soccer player
1987: Stefan Glarner, Swiss footballer
1987: Eesha Karavade, Indian chess player
1987: Karl Stollery, Canadian ice hockey player
1986: Colleen Ballinger, American YouTuber, comedian, actress, and singer
1986: Ben Bishop, American ice hockey player
1986: Kristof Goddaert, Belgian cyclist (died 2014)
1986: Sam Palladio, English actor and musician
1985: Carly Rae Jepsen, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
1985: Jesús Navas, Spanish footballer
1985: Nicola Silvestri, Italian footballer
1984: Álvaro Bautista, Spanish motorcycle racer
1984: Josh Boone, American basketball player
1984: Lindsey Haun, American actress, singer, and director
1984: Jena Malone, American actress and singer
1983: Brie Bella, American wrestler and television personality
1983: Nikki Bella, American wrestler and television personality
1982: Ioana Ciolacu, Romanian fashion designer
1982: Georgios Kalogiannidis, Greek archer
1982: John Lucas III, American basketball player and coach
1981: Wesley Britt, American football player
1981: Ainārs Kovals, Latvian javelin thrower
1981: Jonny Magallón, Mexican footballer
1980: Hank Blalock, American baseball player
1980: Alec Brownstein, American author and director
1980: Leonardo González, Costa Rican footballer
1979: Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian footballer
1979: Stromile Swift, American basketball player
1979: Alex Tanguay, Canadian ice hockey player
1978: Daniel Bradshaw, Australian footballer
1978: Lucía Jiménez, Spanish actress and singer
1977: Michael Batiste, American basketball player
1977: Yolande James, Canadian lawyer and politician
1977: Jonas Jennings, American football player
1976: Mihaela Botezan, Romanian long-distance runner
1976: Saleem Elahi, Pakistani cricketer
1976: Martin Meichelbeck, German footballer
1976: Daniel Whiston, English figure skater
1976: Michael Wilson, Australian footballer
1975: Jimmi Simpson, American actor
1974: Marina de Tavira, Mexican actress
1972: Rich Johnston, English author and critic
1972: Rain Phoenix, American actress and singer
1971: Michael Strahan, American football player, actor, and talk show host
1970: Karen Davila, Filipino journalist
1970: Justin Langer, Australian cricketer and coach
1969: Ken Griffey Jr., American baseball player and actor
1968: Jan Bertels, Belgian politician
1968: Andy Caddick, New Zealand-English cricketer
1968: Alex James, English singer-songwriter, bass player
1968: Antonio Tarver, American boxer, sportscaster, and actor
1967: Ken Block, American race car driver (died 2023)
1967: Tripp Cromer, American baseball player
1967: Toshihiko Koga, Japanese martial artist (died 2021)
1967: Amanda Lepore, American model and singer
1966: Troy Aikman, American football player and sportscaster
1966: Evgeny Bareev, Russian chess player and coach
1966: Thanasis Kolitsidakis, Greek footballer
1965: Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter
1965: Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (died 1993)
1964: Shane Douglas, American wrestler and manager
1964: Olden Polynice, Haitian-American basketball player and coach
1964: Liza Tarbuck, English actress, television and radio presenter
1963: Dave Molyneux, Manx motorcycle racer
1963: Nicollette Sheridan, English actress
1962: Steven Curtis Chapman, American Christian music singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, author, and social activist
1962: Alan Smith, English football player
1961: João Domingos Pinto, Portuguese footballer and manager
1960: Mark Bailey, English rugby player, author, and educator
1960: Brian McNamara, American actor, director, and producer
1960: Brian Ritchie, American bass player and songwriter
1959: Sergei Ratnikov, Estonian footballer and manager
1956: Cherry Jones, American actress
1955: Peter Koppes, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955: Cedric Maxwell, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1955: Glenn Ridge, Australian radio and television host and producer
1954: Fiona Pitt-Kethley, English journalist, author, and poet
1953: Tina Brown, English-American journalist and author
1952: Mervyn Davies, Baron Davies of Abersoch, Welsh banker and politician
1952: Janne Kristiansen, Norwegian lawyer and jurist
1952: Lorna Luft, American actress and singer
1950: Hisham Barakat, Egyptian lawyer and judge (died 2015)
1950: Livingston Taylor, American singer-songwriter and musician
1948: Alphonse Mouzon, American jazz drummer (died 2016)
1948: Michel Suleiman, Lebanese general and politician, 16th President of Lebanon
1945: Vincent Di Fate, American artist
1945: Goldie Hawn, American actress, singer, and producer
1944: Dick Durbin, American lawyer and politician
1944: Earl Monroe, American basketball player
1944: Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
1943: Phil Bredesen, American businessman and politician, 48th Governor of Tennessee
1943: Jacques Laffite, French race car driver
1942: Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, German educator and politician
1941: Juliet Mills, English-American actress
1941: David Porter, American songwriter, musician, and producer
1940: Freddy Beras-Goico, Dominican comedian and television host (died 2010)
1940: Terry Dischinger, American basketball player (died 2023)
1940: Richard Marcinko, American commander and author (died 2021)
1940: Natalia Makarova, Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress
1939: R. Budd Dwyer, American educator and politician, 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania (died 1987)
1937: John Kerin, Australian politician (died 2023)
1937: Ingrid Pitt, Polish-English actress (died 2010)
1937: Marlo Thomas, American actress, producer, and activist
1936: Victor Chang, Chinese-Australian surgeon (died 1991)
1934: Laurence Luckinbill, American actor, director, and playwright
1934: Peter Philpott, Australian cricketer (died 2021)
1933: Henry Hartsfield, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2014)
1933: Jean Shepard, American country music singer-songwriter (died 2016)
1933: Etta Zuber Falconer, American educator and mathematician (died 2002)
1932: Beryl Bainbridge, English author and screenwriter (died 2010)
1932: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Danish composer (died 2016)
1931: Lewis Binford, American archaeologist and academic (died 2011)
1931: Revaz Dogonadze, Georgian chemist and physicist (died 1985)
1931: Stanley Kalms, Baron Kalms, English businessman
1931: Malcolm Williamson, Australian pianist and composer (died 2003)
1930: Marjan Rožanc, Slovenian journalist, author, and playwright (died 1990)
1929: Marilyn French, American author and academic (died 2009)
1929: Laurier LaPierre, Canadian historian, journalist, and politician (died 2012)
1927: Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman (died 2008)
1926: Matti Ranin, Finnish actor (died 2013)
1926: William Wakefield Baum, American cardinal (died 2015)
1925: Veljko Kadijević, Croatian general and politician, 5th Federal Secretary of People's Defence (died 2014)
1924: Joseph Campanella, American actor (died 2018)
1924: Milka Planinc, Yugoslav politician, 28th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (died 2010)
1924: Christopher Tolkien, English author and academic (died 2020)
1922: Abe Lemons, American basketball player and coach (died 2002)
1921: Donald Sheldon, American pilot (died 1975)
1920: Ralph Meeker, American actor (died 1988)
1920: Stan Musial, American baseball player and manager (died 2013)
1919: Paul Bogart, American director and producer (died 2012)
1917: Chung Il-kwon, Korean politician, diplomat, and soldier (died 1994)
1916: Sid Luckman, American football player and soldier (died 1998)
1915: Norm Smith, Australian footballer and coach (died 1973)
1914: Nusret Fişek, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (died 1990)
1914: Henri Laborit, French physician and philosopher (died 1995)
1913: John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1985)
1913: Roy Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001)
1913: Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician, author, and academic (died 1975)
1912: Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (died 1982)
1908: Leo Politi, Italian-American author and illustrator (died 1996)
1908: Elizabeth George Speare, American author and educator (died 1994)
1907: Buck Ram, American songwriter and music producer (died 1991)
1905: Georgina Battiscombe, British biographer (died 2006)
1904: Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (died 1969)
1903: Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
1902: Foster Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (died 1985)
1902: Mikhail Suslov, Russian soldier, economist, and politician (died 1982)
1899: Jobyna Ralston, American actress (died 1967)
1899: Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (died 1987)
1898: René Magritte, Belgian painter (died 1967)
1897: Mollie Steimer, Russian-American activist (died 1980)
1894: Cecil M. Harden, American politician (died 1984)
1886: Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (died 1968)
1878: Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer and politician, German Minister of Justice (died 1949)
1877: Sigfrid Karg-Elert, German composer and educator (died 1933)
1876: Olav Duun, Norwegian author and educator (died 1939)
1870: Alexander Berkman, Lithuanian-American activist and author (died 1936)
1870: Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (died 1946)
1870: Stanley Jackson, English cricketer and politician (died 1947)
1866: Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Norwegian poet and author (died 1900)
1866: Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (died 1914)
1854: Pope Benedict XV (died 1922)
1853: Hussein Kamel of Egypt (died 1917)
1852: Francisco Tárrega, Spanish guitarist and composer (died 1909)
1851: Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Belgian cardinal and theologian (died 1926)
1840: Victoria, Princess Royal of England (died 1901)
1834: Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier (died 1916)
1818: Lewis H. Morgan, American lawyer, anthropologist, and theorist (died 1881)
1811: Ludwik Gorzkowski, Polish politician, physicist, and revolutionary activist (died 1857)
1787: Samuel Cunard, Canadian businessman, founded the Cunard Line (died 1865)
1785: William Beaumont, American surgeon, "Father of Gastric Physiology" (died 1853)
1768: Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologian, philosopher, and scholar (died 1834)
1760: Joseph Plumb Martin, American sergeant (died 1850)
1729: Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 6th Governor of New Hampshire (died 1795)
1718: Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, German composer, critic, and theorist (died 1795)
1694: Voltaire, French writer and philosopher (died 1778)
1692: Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet and academic (died 1768)
1631: Catharina Questiers, Dutch poet (died 1669)
1567: Anne de Xainctonge, French saint, founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin (died 1621)
1495: John Bale, English bishop and historian (died 1563)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Alice Brock, American artist, author and restaurateur (born 1941)
2021: Lou Cutell, American actor (born 1930)
2021: Jean-Pierre Schumacher, French Trappist monk and survivor of the Thibirine monks (born 1924)
2017: David Cassidy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1950)
2016: Hassan Sadpara, Pakistani mountaineer and adventurer (born 1963)
2015: Gil Cardinal, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1950)
2015: Ameen Faheem, Indian-Pakistani poet and politician (born 1939)
2015: Bob Foster, American boxer and police officer (born 1938)
2015: Anthony Read, English screenwriter and producer (born 1935)
2015: Joseph Silverstein, American violinist and conductor (born 1932)
2014: John H. Land, American soldier and politician (born 1920)
2014: Robert Richardson, English general (born 1929)
2013: John Egerton, American journalist and author (born 1935)
2013: Fred Kavli, Norwegian-American businessman and philanthropist, founded The Kavli Foundation (born 1927)
2013: Dimitri Mihalas, American astronomer and author (born 1939)
2013: Vern Mikkelsen, American basketball player and coach (born 1928)
2013: Bernard Parmegiani, French composer (born 1927)
2013: Tôn Thất Đính, Vietnamese general (born 1926)
2013: Maurice Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler (born 1929)
2012: Emily Squires, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1941)
2012: Austin Peralta, American pianist (born 1990)
2011: Anne McCaffrey, American science fiction and fantasy author (born 1926)
2010: Norris Church Mailer, American author (born 1949)
2010: David Nolan, American activist and politician (born 1943)
2010: Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American painter and author, co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History (born 1917)
2009: Konstantin Feoktistov, Russian engineer and astronaut (born 1926)
2007: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1921)
2007: Tom Johnson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1928)
2007: Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricketer (born 1931)
2006: Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Somalian-Djiboutian politician, 1st President of Djibouti (born 1916)
2006: Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese lawyer and politician (born 1972)
2005: Alfred Anderson, Scottish soldier (born 1896)
2005: Hugh Sidey, American journalist and academic (born 1927)
2002: Hadda Brooks, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1916)
2000: Ernest Lluch, Spanish economist and politician (born 1937)
2000: Emil Zátopek, Czech runner (born 1922)
1999: Quentin Crisp, English actor, author, and illustrator (born 1908)
1996: Bernard Rose, English organist and composer (b 1916)
1996: Abdus Salam, Pakistani-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)
1995: Peter Grant, English actor and manager (born 1935)
1995: Noel Jones, Indian-English diplomat, British ambassador to Kazakhstan (born 1940)
1994: Willem Jacob Luyten, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (born 1899)
1993: Bill Bixby, American actor (born 1934)
1992: Kaysone Phomvihane, Laotian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Laos (born 1920)
1992: Ricky Williams, American singer-songwriter and drummer (born 1956)
1991: Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1907)
1990: Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler and referee (born 1954)
1989: Harvey Hart, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)
1989: Margot Zemach, American author and illustrator (born 1931)
1988: Carl Hubbell, American baseball player and scout (born 1903)
1987: Jim Folsom, American politician and 42nd Governor of Alabama (born 1908)
1986: Jerry Colonna, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1904)
1984: Ben Wilson, American basketball player (born 1967)
1982: John Hargrave, English activist and author (born 1894)
1981: Harry von Zell, American actor and comedian (born 1906)
1980: Sara García, Mexican actress (born 1895)
1975: Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic author (born 1889)
1974: John B. Gambling, American radio host (born 1897)
1974: Frank Martin, Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer (born 1890)
1973: Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician (born 1902)
1970: Newsy Lalonde, Canadian lacrosse and ice hockey player (born 1887)
1970: C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)
1967: C. M. Eddy, Jr., American author (born 1896)
1964: Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate (born 1905)
1963: Artur Lemba, Estonian composer and educator (born 1885)
1963: Robert Stroud, American ornithologist and author (born 1890)
1962: Frank Amyot, Canadian canoeist (born 1904)
1959: Max Baer, American boxer, referee, and actor (born 1909)
1958: Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1909)
1957: Francis Burton Harrison, American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines (born 1873)
1953: Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver (born 1903)
1953: António Cabreira, Portuguese polygraph (born 1868)
1953: Larry Shields, American clarinet player and composer (born 1893)
1951: Jean Trescases, French soldier who died during the Indochina War
1947: William McCormack, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Queensland (born 1879)
1945: Robert Benchley, American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor (born 1889)
1945: Al Davis, American boxer (born 1920)
1945: Ellen Glasgow, American author (born 1873)
1945: Alexander Patch, American general (born 1889)
1943: Winifred Carney, Irish suffragist, trade unionist, and Irish republican (born 1887)
1942: Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician, Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (born 1863)
1942: J. B. M. Hertzog, South African general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of South Africa (born 1866)
1941: Henrietta Vinton Davis, American actress and playwright (born 1860)
1938: Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist and composer (born 1870)
1934: John Scaddan, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia (born 1876)
1928: Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (born 1858)
1926: Edward Cummins, American golfer (born 1886)
1922: Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican journalist and activist (born 1874)
1916: Franz Joseph I of Austria (born 1830)
1909: Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (born 1851)
1908: Carl Friedrich Schmidt, German-Russian geologist and botanist (born 1832)
1907: Harry Boyle, Australian cricketer (born 1847)
1907: Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (born 1876)
1899: Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (born 1844)
1881: Ami Boué, German-Austrian geologist and ethnographer (born 1794)
1874: Marià Fortuny, Spanish painter (born 1838)
1870: Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech historian and poet (born 1811)
1861: Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, French priest and activist (born 1802)
1859: Yoshida Shōin, Japanese academic and politician (born 1830)
1844: Ivan Krylov, Russian poet and playwright (born 1769)
1811: Heinrich von Kleist, German poet and author (born 1777)
1782: Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (born 1709)
1775: John Hill, English botanist and author (born 1719)
1710: Bernardo Pasquini, Italian organist and composer (born 1637)
1695: Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (born 1659)
1652: Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (born 1585)
1639: Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (born 1583)
1579: Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier (born 1519)
1566: Annibale Caro, Italian poet and author (born 1507)
1555: Georgius Agricola, German mineralogist, philologist, and scholar (born 1490)
1361: Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (born 1346)
1325: Yury of Moscow, Prince of Moscow and Vladimir
1150: García Ramírez of Navarre (born 1112)
1136: William de Corbeil, English archbishop (born 1070)
1011: Reizei, emperor of Japan (born 950)
933: Al-Tahawi, Arab imam and scholar (born 853)
615: Columbanus, Irish missionary and saint (born 543)

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