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November 22

On This Day in History

November 22

November 22 is the 326th day of the year (327th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 39 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2021: Lottery scammers sentenced to prison after netting $700,000 from victims. Two lottery scammers who defrauded elderly victims of $700,000 will be spending time behind bars in federal prison, Acting United States Attorney Richard B. Myrus announced.
2019: France sells its lottery for $2 billion. France will bank 1.8 billion euros (US$2 billion) from selling down its stake in the country's lottery operator, according to the final price set on Wednesday in a listing that will serve as a test for France's privatization push.
2018: Happy Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving from the Lottery Post staff!
2016: Oregon Gov. appoints new lottery director. Barry Pack is now the official nominee for director of the Oregon Lottery.
2013: Indiana man takes home third major lottery win. A Fort Wayne, Indiana, man took his third trip to the Hoosier Lottery claims office Thursday, this time to turn in the grand-prize winning ticket for the Million Dollar Holiday Scratch-off.
2013: Deadline passes: $16 million Powerball jackpot goes unclaimed. The 180-day window passed late Thursday with no one coming forward to claim a $16.66 Powerball jackpot from a ticket bought in Hillsborough County, Florida.
2012: Happy Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving from the Lottery Post staff.
2012: $325 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot goes through the roof. For only the 16th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot run-up has crossed into $300 million+ territory.
2011: Millionaire janitor must leave the job he loves. After being elected to the Highline School Board, a millionaire janitor who won the Washington lottery must now step down from the job he loves and the teams he coaches.
2010: Ex-wife gets millions from lottery winner 10 years after leaving him. A UK man who won $90 million in the lottery has been ordered to share his winnings with his ex-wife, who left him for another man 10 years ago.
2009: After $10M lottery win, Mass. woman plans 'exceptional Christmas'. A Stoneham, Massachusetts, woman has won $10 million in a state lottery scratch ticket game.
2009: Texas Lottery takes step toward selling Powerball. The Texas Lottery Commission took a step Tuesday toward expanding state gambling options to include Powerball, with a chance for the first ticket to be sold here Jan. 31.
2009: N.H. Lottery will sell Mega Millions. The New Hampshire Lottery Commission on Wednesday unanimously voted to add the multi-state Mega Millions game to its lineup.
2007: Happy Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving from the Lottery Post staff.
2003: Board chooses GTECH, Scientific Games to run Tennessee lottery. Tennessee's lottery will have two industry giants -- GTECH Corp. and Scientific Games International -- create and run its games for the first seven years.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$374.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 23, 2016
2.$325 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 24, 2012
3.€312.55 Million US$321.52 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 22, 2022
4.$259 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 22, 2022
5.$214.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 22, 2021
6.$208 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 22, 2019
7.$202 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 25, 2020
8.$200 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 24, 2020
9.$181 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 22, 2013
10.€143 Million
US$169.9 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 24, 2020
11.€145 Million
US$163.11 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 23, 2021
12.$155 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 24, 2018
12.$155 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 23, 2018
14.$137 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 24, 2007
15.$134 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 22, 2017
16.€113.6 Million
US$127.79 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 23, 2021
17.$119 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 24, 2017
18.€90 Million
US$99.48 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Nov 22, 2019
19.$96 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 25, 2008
20.$95 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 24, 2004
21.$92 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 22, 2000
22.$90 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 25, 2015
22.$90 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 23, 2019
24.€73 Million
US$86.88 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 24, 2017
25.$83 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 23, 2021

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1985: Andreahipp
Friday, Nov 22, 1985
37 years old
1984: Starke$
Thursday, Nov 22, 1984
38 years old
1982: Winnermc007
Monday, Nov 22, 1982
40 years old
1980: broke101
Saturday, Nov 22, 1980
42 years old
1977: tvaso
Tuesday, Nov 22, 1977
45 years old
1976: pg7376
Monday, Nov 22, 1976
46 years old
1961: amber
Wednesday, Nov 22, 1961
61 years old
1956: tapani
Thursday, Nov 22, 1956
66 years old
1953: PoodahChip2852
Sunday, Nov 22, 1953
69 years old
1952: MIKENAVY
Saturday, Nov 22, 1952
70 years old
1951: EASYPERSON
Thursday, Nov 22, 1951
71 years old
1949: Sweethelmai22
Tuesday, Nov 22, 1949
73 years old
1943: snshakirbham
Monday, Nov 22, 1943
79 years old
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: Getthis$22
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: JEFFCOMO
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: Meows
(year not provided)
: mom4dad
(year not provided)
: Slok88
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2015: A landslide in Hpakant, Kachin State, northern Myanmar kills at least 116 people near a jade mine, with around 100 more missing.
2012: Ceasefire begins between Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Israel after eight days of violence and 150 deaths.
2005: Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
2004: The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
2003: Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land.
2003: England defeats Australia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final, becoming the first side from the Northern Hemisphere to win the tournament.
2002: In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.
1995: Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
1995: The 7.3 M_w Gulf of Aqaba earthquake shakes the Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 30, and generating a non-destructive tsunami.
1990: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership.
1989: In West Beirut, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President René Moawad, killing him.
1988: In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
1977: British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
1975: Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco.
1974: The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
1971: In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau Disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains.
1967: UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab-Israeli peace settlement.
1963: U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, who also kills Dallas Police officer J. D. Tippit after fleeing the scene. U.S Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States afterwards.
1963: Five Indian generals are killed in a fatal helicopter crash, due to collision with two parallel lines of telegraph cables.
1956: The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad, are opened in Melbourne, Australia.
1955: The Soviet Union launches RDS-37, a 1.6 megaton two stage hydrogen bomb designed by Andrei Sakharov. The bomb was dropped over Semipalatinsk.
1948: Chinese Civil War: Elements of the Chinese Communist Second Field Army under Liu Bocheng trap the Nationalist 12th Army, beginning the Shuangduiji Campaign, the largest engagement of the Huaihai Campaign.
1943: World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.
1943: Lebanon gains independence from France.
1942: World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.
1940: World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
1935: The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
1908: The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
1873: The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.
1869: In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched.
1855: In Birmingham, England, Albert, Prince Consort lays the foundation stone of the Birmingham and Midland Institute.
1837: Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.
1718: Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard attacks and boards the vessels of the British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") off the coast of North Carolina. The casualties on both sides include Maynard's first officer Mister Hyde and Teach himself.
1635: Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.
1574: Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.
1307: Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.
845: The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.
498: After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.

Births On This Day

2001: Zhong Chenle, Chinese singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor
2000: Auliʻi Cravalho, Hawaiian-American actress and singer
2000: Baby Ariel, American social media vlogger and singer
1996: Hailey Baldwin, American model
1996: JuJu Smith-Schuster, American football player
1995: Katherine McNamara, American actress
1994: Keiji Tanaka, Japanese figure skater
1994: Nicolás Stefanelli, Argentine footballer
1994: Samantha Bricio, Mexican volleyball player
1994: Dacre Montgomery, Australian actor
1993: Tridha Choudhury, Indian actress
1993: Adèle Exarchopoulos, French actress
1991: Tarik Black, American professional basketball player
1990: Jang Dongwoo, South Korean singer and dancer
1990: Kartik Aaryan, Indian actor
1990: Brock Osweiler, American football player
1989: Candice Glover, American singer-songwriter and actress
1989: Minehiro Kinomoto, Japanese actor
1989: Chris Smalling, English footballer
1989: Gabriel Torje, Romanian footballer
1988: Jamie Campbell Bower, English actor, model and singer
1988: Austin Romine, American baseball player
1987: Martti Aljand, Estonian swimmer
1987: Marouane Fellaini, Belgian footballer
1986: Erika Padilla, Filipino actress and host
1986: Oscar Pistorius, South African sprinter
1985: Austin Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and producer
1985: Asamoah Gyan, Ghanaian footballer
1985: Dieumerci Mbokani, Congolese footballer
1985: Ava Leigh, English singer-songwriter
1985: Mandy Minella, Luxembourgian tennis player
1985: James Roby, English rugby league player
1985: DeVon Walker, American football player
1984: Scarlett Johansson, American actress
1984: Nathalie Nordnes, Norwegian singer-songwriter
1983: Sei Ashina, Japanese actress
1983: Corey Beaulieu, American guitarist and songwriter
1983: Tyler Hilton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1983: Peter Ramage, English footballer
1983: Xiao Yu, Taiwanese singer and songwriter
1982: Xavier Doherty, Australian cricketer
1982: Alasdair Duncan, Australian journalist and author
1982: Isild Le Besco, French actress, director, and screenwriter
1982: Yakubu, Nigerian footballer
1981: Asmaa Abdol-Hamid, Arab-Danish social worker and politician
1981: Ben Adams, English-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer
1981: Song Hye-kyo, South Korean actress and singer
1981: Pape Sow, Senegalese basketball player
1981: Jenny Owen Youngs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981: Shangela Laquifa Wadley, American drag queen, comedian and reality television personality
1980: David Artell, English-Gibraltarian footballer and coach
1980: Shawn Fanning, American computer programmer and businessman, founded Napster
1980: Rait Keerles, Estonian basketball player
1980: Yaroslav Rybakov, Russian high jumper
1979: Jeremy Dale, American illustrator (d. 2014)
1979: Christian Terlizzi, Italian footballer
1978: Colin Best, Australian rugby league player
1978: Mélanie Doutey, French actress and singer
1978: Karen O, South Korean-American singer-songwriter and pianist
1977: Kerem Gönlüm, Turkish basketball player
1977: Annika Norlin, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977: Michael Preston, English footballer
1976: Adrian Bakalli, Belgian footballer
1976: Torsten Frings, German footballer and coach
1976: Regina Halmich, German boxer and businesswoman
1976: Ville Valo, Finnish singer-songwriter
1975: Aiko, Japanese singer-songwriter
1975: Joshua Wheeler, American sergeant (d. 2015)
1975: Yusaku Maezawa, Japanese billionaire entrepreneur and art collector
1974: Joe Nathan, American baseball player
1974: David Pelletier, Canadian figure skater and coach
1973: Dmitri Linter, Russian-Estonian activist
1973: Chad Trujillo, American astronomer and scholar
1973: Andrew Walker, Australian rugby player
1972: Olivier Brouzet, French rugby player
1972: Russell Hoult, English footballer, coach, and manager
1972: Jay Payton, American baseball player and sportscaster
1971: Cath Bishop, English rower
1971: Kyran Bracken, Irish-English rugby player
1971: Cecilia Suárez, Mexican actress and producer
1970: Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
1970: Chris Fryar, American drummer
1970: Stel Pavlou, English author and screenwriter
1969: Byron Houston, American basketball player
1969: Marjane Satrapi, Iranian author and illustrator
1968: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Danish actress
1968: Rasmus Lerdorf, Greenlandic-Canadian computer scientist and programmer, created PHP
1968: Sarah MacDonald, Canadian organist and conductor
1967: Boris Becker, German-Swiss tennis player and coach
1967: Tom Elliott, Australian investment banker
1967: Quint Kessenich, American lacrosse player and sportscaster
1967: Mark Ruffalo, American actor and activist
1967: Bart Veldkamp, Dutch-Belgian speed skater, coach, and sportscaster
1966: Ed Ferrara, American wrestler and manager
1966: Mark Pritchard, English lawyer and politician
1966: Richard Stanley, South African director, producer, and screenwriter
1965: Valeriya Gansvind, Estonian chess player
1965: Olga Kisseleva, Russian artist
1965: Jörg Jung, German footballer and manager
1965: Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor
1965: Kristin Minter, American actress
1965: Sen Dog, Cuban-American rapper and musician
1964: Apetor, Norwegian YouTuber (d. 2021)
1964: Robbie Slater, English-Australian footballer and sportscaster
1963: Hugh Millen, American football player and sportscaster
1963: Tony Mowbray, English footballer and manager
1963: Kennedy Pola, Samoan-American football player and coach
1963: Brian Robbins, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1963: Corinne Russell, English model, actress, and dancer
1962: Sumi Jo, South Korean soprano
1962: Victor Pelevin, Russian engineer and author
1962: Rezauddin Stalin, Bangladeshi poet and educator
1961: Mariel Hemingway, American actress
1961: Stephen Hough, English-Australian pianist and composer
1961: Randal L. Schwartz, American computer programmer and author
1960: Jim Bob, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1960: Leos Carax, French actor, director, and screenwriter
1959: Eddie Frierson, American actor
1959: Frank McAvennie, Scottish footballer
1959: Fabio Parra, Colombian cyclist
1959: Lenore Zann, Australian-Canadian actress, singer, and politician
1958: Horse, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958: Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
1958: Lee Guetterman, American baseball player
1958: Ibrahim Ismail of Johor, Sultan of Johor
1958: Chic McSherry, Scottish musician, businessman and writer
1958: Jason Ringenberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957: Donny Deutsch, American businessman and television host
1957: Alan Stern, American engineer and planetary scientist
1956: Lawrence Gowan, Scottish-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1956: Richard Kind, American actor
1956: Ron Randall, American author and illustrator
1955: George Alagiah, British journalist
1955: James Edwards, American basketball player
1954: Denise Epoté, Cameroonian journalist at the head of the Africa management of TV5 Monde
1954: Paolo Gentiloni, Italian politician, 57th Prime Minister of Italy
1954: Carol Tomcala, Australian sports shooter
1953: Wayne Larkins, English cricketer and footballer
1952: Nicholas Suntzeff, American astronomer and cosmologist
1951: Kent Nagano, American conductor, director, and manager
1950: Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (d. 1978)
1950: Jim Jefferies, Scottish footballer and manager
1950: Paloma San Basilio, Spanish singer-songwriter and producer
1950: Art Sullivan, Belgian singer (d. 2019)
1950: Steven Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1950: Tina Weymouth, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1949: Richard Carmona, American physician and politician, 17th Surgeon General of the United States
1949: David Pietrusza, American author and historian
1948: Radomir Antić, Serbian footballer and manager (d. 2020)
1948: Stewart Guthrie, New Zealand police officer (d. 1990)
1948: Saroj Khan, Indian dance choreographer, known as "The Mother of Dance/Choreography in India" (d. 2020)
1947: Sandy Alderson, American businessman and academic
1947: Rod Price, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 2005)
1947: Nevio Scala, Italian footballer and manager
1947: Salt Walther, American race car driver (d. 2012)
1947: Valerie Wilson Wesley, American journalist and author
1946: Aston Barrett, Jamaican bass player and songwriter
1945: Elaine Weyuker, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic
1945: Kari Tapio, Finnish singer (d. 2010)
1943: Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1943: Billie Jean King, American tennis player and sportscaster
1943: William Kotzwinkle, American novelist and screenwriter
1943: Ricky May, New Zealand-Australian jazz singer (d. 1988)
1943: Mushtaq Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer
1943: Roger L. Simon, American author and screenwriter
1942: Guion Bluford, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1942: Floyd Sneed, Canadian drummer
1941: Tom Conti, Scottish actor and director
1941: Jacques Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1941: Ron McClure, American jazz bassist
1941: Volker Roemheld, German physiologist and biologist (d. 2013)
1941: Terry Stafford, American singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
1941: Jesse Colin Young, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1940: Terry Gilliam, American-English actor, director, animator, and screenwriter
1940: Roy Thomas, American author
1940: Andrzej Żuławski, Polish director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1939: Tom West, American engineer and author (d. 2011)
1939: Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 24th Indian Minister of Defence (d. 2022)
1938: John Eleuthère du Pont, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Delaware Museum of Natural History (d. 2010)
1938: Henry Lee, Chinese-American criminologist and academic
1937: Nikolai Kapustin, Russian pianist and composer (d. 2020)
1936: John Bird, English actor and screenwriter
1936: Archie Gouldie, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2016)
1935: Ludmila Belousova, Soviet ice skater (d. 2017)
1934: Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (d. 1999)
1933: Merv Lincoln, Australian Olympic athlete (d. 2016)
1932: Robert Vaughn, American actor and director (d. 2016)
1930: Peter Hall, English actor, director, and manager (d. 2017)
1930: Peter Hurford, English organist and composer
1929: Staughton Lynd, American lawyer, historian, author, and activist
1929: Keith Rayner, Australian Archbishop
1928: Tim Beaumont, English priest and politician (d. 2008)
1927: Steven Muller, German-American scholar and academic (d. 2013)
1927: Robert E. Valett, American psychologist, teacher, and author (d. 2008)
1926: Lew Burdette, American baseball player and coach (d. 2007)
1926: Arthur Jones, American businessman, founded Nautilus, Inc. and MedX Corporation (d. 2007)
1925: Jerrie Mock, American pilot (d. 2014)
1925: Gunther Schuller, American horn player, composer, and conductor (d. 2015)
1924: Geraldine Page, American actress and singer (d. 1987)
1924: Les Johnson, Australian politician (d. 2015)
1923: Arthur Hiller, Canadian actor, director, and producer (d. 2016)
1923: Dika Newlin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2006)
1922: Fikret Amirov, Azerbaijani composer (d. 1984)
1922: Wiyogo Atmodarminto, Indonesian general and politician, 10th Governor of Jakarta (d. 2012)
1922: Eugene Stoner, American engineer and weapons designer, designed the AR-15 rifle (d. 1997)
1921: Brian Cleeve, Irish sailor, author, and playwright (d. 2003)
1921: Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, rapper, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1920: Baidyanath Misra, Indian economist (d. 2019)
1920: Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (d. 1956)
1919: Máire Drumm, Irish politician (d. 1976)
1918: Claiborne Pell, American captain and politician (d. 2009)
1917: Jon Cleary, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010)
1917: Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
1917: Sir Keith Shann, Australian diplomat (d. 1988)
1915: Oswald Morris, British cinematographer (d. 2014)
1914: Peter Townsend, Burmese-English captain and pilot (d. 1995)
1913: Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1976)
1913: Gardnar Mulloy, American tennis player and coach (d. 2016)
1913: Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2006)
1913: Jacqueline Vaudecrane, French figure skater and coach (d. 2018)
1912: Doris Duke, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1993)
1911: Ralph Guldahl, American golfer (d. 1987)
1910: Mary Jackson, American actress (d. 2005)
1909: Mikhail Mil, Russian engineer, founded the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant (d. 1970)
1906: Jørgen Juve, Norwegian football player and journalist (d. 1983)
1904: Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican painter and illustrator (d. 1957)
1904: Louis Néel, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
1904: Fumio Niwa, Japanese author (d. 2005)
1902: Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (d. 1947)
1902: Emanuel Feuermann, Austrian-American cellist and educator (d. 1942)
1902: Humphrey Gibbs, English-Rhodesian politician, 15th Governor of Southern Rhodesia (d. 1990)
1902: Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1990)
1902: Ethel Smith, American organist (d. 1996)
1901: Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1971)
1901: Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1999)
1900: Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (d. 1980)
1900: Helenka Pantaleoni, American actress and humanitarian, co-founded U.S. Fund for UNICEF (d. 1987)
1899: Hoagy Carmichael, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 1981)
1898: Wiley Post, American pilot (d. 1935)
1897: Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer and educator (d. 1989)
1897: Harry Wilson, English-American actor and singer (d. 1987)
1896: David J. Mays, American lawyer and author (d. 1971)
1893: Harley Earl, American businessman (d. 1969)
1893: Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician (d. 1991)
1891: Edward Bernays, Austrian-American publicist (d. 1995)
1890: Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, 18th President of France (d. 1970)
1884: C. J. "Jack" De Garis, Australian entrepreneur (d. 1926)
1884: Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani historian, author, and scholar (d. 1953)
1881: Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (d. 1922)
1877: Endre Ady, Hungarian journalist and poet (d. 1919)
1877: Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer, founded FC Barcelona (d. 1930)
1876: Percival Proctor Baxter, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Governor of Maine (d.1969)
1876: Emil Beyer, American gymnast and triathlete (d. 1934)
1873: Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1955)
1873: Johnny Tyldesley, English cricketer (d. 1930)
1870: Howard Brockway, American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1951)
1870: Harry Graham, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)
1869: André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)
1868: John Nance Garner, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Vice President of the United States (d. 1967)
1861: Ranavalona III of Madagascar (d. 1917)
1859: Cecil Sharp, English folk song scholar (d. 1924)
1857: George Gissing, English novelist (d. 1903)
1856: Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1945)
1852: Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French politician and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
1849: Christian Rohlfs, German painter and academic (d. 1938)
1845: Aleksander Kunileid, Estonian composer and educator (d. 1875)
1836: George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (d. 1913)
1824: Georg von Oettingen, Estonian-German physician and ophthalmologist (d. 1916)
1820: Katherine Plunket, Irish supercentenarian (d. 1932)
1819: George Eliot, English novelist and poet (d. 1880)
1814: Serranus Clinton Hastings, American lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Justice of California (d. 1893)
1808: Thomas Cook, English businessman, founded Thomas Cook Group (d. 1892)
1787: Rasmus Rask, Danish linguist, philologist, and scholar (d. 1823)
1780: Conradin Kreutzer, German composer (d. 1849)
1780: José Cecilio del Valle, Honduran journalist, lawyer, and politician, Foreign Minister of Mexico (d. 1834)
1744: Abigail Adams, American wife of John Adams, 2nd First Lady of the United States (d. 1818)
1728: Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1811)
1721: Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, Swiss-Canadian cartographer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d. 1824)
1710: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1784)
1709: Franz Benda, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1786)
1698: Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, Canadian-American soldier and politician, 10th Governor of Louisiana (d. 1778)
1690: François Colin de Blamont, French pianist and composer (d. 1760)
1643: René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French-American explorer (d. 1687)
1635: Francis Willughby, English ornithologist and ichthyologist (d. 1672)
1602: Elisabeth of France (d. 1644)
1564: Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kent (d. 1610)
1533: Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Italian noble (d. 1597)
1532: Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (d. 1585)
1519: Johannes Crato von Krafftheim, German humanist and physician (d. 1585)
1515: Mary of Guise, Queen of Scots (d. 1560)
1428: Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, English kingmaker (d. 1471)
1329: Elisabeth of Meissen, Burgravine of Nuremberg (d. 1375)

Deaths On This Day

2020: Otto Hutter, Austrian-born British physiologist (b. 1924)
2017: Bob Avakian, American music producer (b. 1919)
2017: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian operatic baritone (b. 1962)
2017: Tommy Keene, American singer songwriter (b. 1958)
2016: M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian vocalist and singer (b. 1930)
2015: Abubakar Audu, Nigerian banker and politician, Governor of Kogi State (b. 1947)
2015: Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1949)
2015: Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1948)
2015: Robin Stewart, Indian-English actor and game show host (b. 1946)
2015: Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, 7th President of South Korea (b. 1929)
2014: Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal (b. 1916)
2014: Don Grate, American baseball and basketball player (b. 1923)
2014: Marcel Paquet, Belgian-Polish philosopher and author (b. 1947)
2014: Émile Poulat, French sociologist and historian (b. 1920)
2013: Don Dailey, American computer programmer (b. 1956)
2013: Brian Dawson, English singer (b. 1939)
2013: Jancarlos de Oliveira Barros, Brazilian footballer (b. 1983)
2013: Tom Gilmartin, Irish businessman (b. 1935)
2013: Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2013: Alec Reid, Irish priest and activist (b. 1931)
2012: Pearl Laska Chamberlain, American pilot (b. 1909)
2012: Bryce Courtenay, South African-Australian author (b. 1933)
2012: Bennie McRae, American football player (b. 1939)
2012: P. Govinda Pillai, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
2011: Svetlana Alliluyeva, Russian-American author and educator (b. 1926)
2011: Sena Jurinac, Bosnian-Austrian soprano and actress (b. 1921)
2011: Lynn Margulis, American biologist and academic (b. 1938)
2011: Paul Motian, American drummer and composer (b. 1931)
2010: Jean Cione, American baseball player and educator (b. 1928)
2010: Frank Fenner, Australian virologist and microbiologist (b. 1914)
2008: MC Breed, American rapper (b. 1971)
2007: Maurice Béjart, French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1929)
2007: Verity Lambert, English television producer (b. 1935)
2006: Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (b. 1917)
2006: Pat Dobson, American baseball player and coach (b. 1942)
2005: Bruce Hobbs, American jockey and trainer (b. 1920)
2004: Arthur Hopcraft, English screenwriter and journalist (b. 1932)
2002: Parley Baer, American actor (b. 1914)
2001: Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay, Inc. (b. 1915)
2001: Theo Barker, English historian and academic (b. 1923)
2001: Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer, founded Verve Records (b. 1918)
2000: Christian Marquand, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
2000: Emil Zátopek, Czech runner (b. 1922)
1998: Stu Ungar, American poker player (b. 1953)
1997: Michael Hutchence, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1960)
1996: María Casares, Spanish-French actress (b. 1922)
1996: Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (b. 1936)
1996: Mark Lenard, American actor (b. 1924)
1994: Minni Nurme, Estonian writer and poet (b. 1917)
1994: Forrest White, American businessman (b. 1920)
1993: Anthony Burgess, English novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1917)
1992: Sterling Holloway, American actor (b. 1905)
1989: C. C. Beck, American illustrator (b. 1910)
1989: René Moawad, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 13th President of Lebanon (b. 1925)
1988: Luis Barragán, Mexican architect and engineer, designed the Torres de Satélite (b. 1908)
1986: Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian (b. 1910)
1981: Hans Adolf Krebs, German-English physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
1980: Jules Léger, Canadian journalist and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (b. 1913)
1980: Norah McGuinness, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1901)
1980: Mae West, American stage and film actress (b. 1893)
1976: Sevgi Soysal, Turkish author (b. 1936)
1967: Pavel Korin, Russian painter (b. 1892)
1963: Wilhelm Beiglböck, Austrian-German physician (b. 1905)
1963: Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher (b. 1894)
1963: John F. Kennedy, American lieutenant and politician, 35th President of the United States (b. 1917)
1963: C. S. Lewis, British writer, critic and Christian apologist (b. 1898)
1963: J. D. Tippit, American police officer (Dallas Police Department) (b. 1924)
1956: Theodore Kosloff, Russian-American actor, ballet dancer, and choreographer (b. 1882)
1955: Shemp Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1895)
1954: Jess McMahon, American wrestling promoter, co-founded Capitol Wrestling Corporation (b. 1882)
1948: Fakhri Pasha, Turkish general and politician (b. 1868)
1946: Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Justice (b. 1889)
1944: Arthur Eddington, English astrophysicist and astronomer (b. 1882)
1943: Lorenz Hart, American playwright and composer (b. 1895)
1941: Werner Mölders, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
1932: William Walker Atkinson, American merchant, lawyer, and author (b. 1862)
1926: Darvish Khan, Iranian tar player (b. 1872)
1923: Andy O'Sullivan (Irish Republican) died on Hunger Strike
1920: Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet and author (b. 1884)
1919: Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic (b. 1852)
1917: Teoberto Maler, Italian-German archaeologist and explorer (b. 1842)
1916: Jack London, American novelist and journalist (b. 1876)
1913: Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1837)
1902: Walter Reed, American physician and entomologist (b. 1851)
1900: Arthur Sullivan, English composer and scholar (b. 1842)
1896: George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer, invented the Ferris wheel (b. 1859)
1886: Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author (b. 1823)
1875: Henry Wilson, American colonel, journalist, and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States (b. 1812)
1871: Oscar James Dunn, African American activist and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana 1868-1871 (b. 1826)
1819: John Stackhouse, English botanist and phycologist (b. 1742)
1813: Johann Christian Reil, German physician, physiologist, and anatomist (b. 1759)
1794: John Alsop, American merchant and politician (b. 1724)
1774: Robert Clive, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire (b. 1725)
1758: Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (db. 1680)
1718: Blackbeard, English pirate (b. 1680)
1697: Libéral Bruant, French architect and academic, designed Les Invalides (b. 1635)
1694: John Tillotson, English archbishop (b. 1630)
1617: Ahmed I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam (b. 1590)
1538: John Lambert, English Protestant martyr
1392: Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland (b. 1362)
1318: Mikhail of Tver (b. 1271)
1286: Eric V of Denmark (b. 1249)
1249: As-Salih Ayyub, ruler of Egypt
950: Lothair II of Italy (b. 926)
365: Antipope Felix II

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