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November 27

On This Day in History

November 27

November 27 is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 34 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Lucky number 3: Michigan man scoops $2 million win on third lottery attempt. A Michigan man found great luck on his third lottery ticket purchase, in which he won a $2 million top prize after two tries.
2023: Retailer mistake helps Illinois man win $25,000 a year for life in Michigan Lottery. A store clerk's error helped an Illinois man land a $25,000 a year for life prize in the Michigan Lottery's Lucky for Life game.
2022: 83-year-old grandmother scoops up $60 million Lotto Max jackpot. An 83-year-old woman was not about to lose out on an opportunity to participate in the Lotto Max draw on Nov. 1 for $60 million (US$44.8 million) — which she ended up winning.
2019: Mover who plays the lottery in every state finally hits the jackpot in North Carolina. A stop in North Carolina paid off big for a mover from New York.
2018: Tennessee Lottery CEO elected President of the World Lottery Association. Rebecca P. Hargrove, President and CEO of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation, has been unanimously elected and is the first female President of the World Lottery Association (WLA).
2016: $420.9 million Powerball jackpot won in Tennessee. For the sixth time, a Tennessee Lottery player has won a Powerball jackpot — this time it's a $420.9 million grand prize for a very lucky person who purchased a ticket in Lafayette (Macon County).
2014: Happy Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving from the Lottery Post staff.
2013: $230 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot rolls. Lottery players across the United States are buying their Mega Millions tickets in preparation for Friday's massive $230 million drawing, after nobody won Tuesday's $205 million jackpot.
2012: Powerball selling 100,000 tickets per minute. Player enthusiasm nationwide for Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot, the largest in Powerball history, has resulted in record sales leading to an increase today in the estimated jackpot amount to $500 million -- currently the largest in the world, and the second largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history.
2012: $500 MILLION: Powerball jackpot increased to a half-billion dollars. Powerball tickets are being bought at such a rapid pace that the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), which operates the Powerball game, has raised the jackpot estimate an additional $75 million before the drawing takes place Wednesday night.
2008: New York Lottery Turkey Raffle results posted. The New York Lottery's latest raffle-style game, the Turkey Raffle, was drawn today, Thanksgiving Day, and made five instant millionaires.
2008: Happy Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving from the Lottery Post staff.
2007: Praying mom wins $9 million lottery jackpot. A woman on the verge of losing her home to foreclosure and without a way to pay the doctor prayed for help, and then matched all six numbers in the Colorado Lotto drawing for a $9 million jackpot.
2007: Member of "Watertown 34" wins lottery again. Athena Rush of Watertown, South Dakota, claimed the $200,000 Powerball prize she won in the drawing of November 10th.
2007: $26 million in winning Michigan lottery tickets unclaimed. People with winning lottery tickets in Michigan failed to redeem more than $26 million in winnings last fiscal year.
2007: Three employees of bar charged in Keno fraud. A Wymore woman was arraigned in Gage County Court earlier this week on charges she and other employees of Blue Springs Keno, a bar located on Broad Street in Blue Springs, Nebraska, tampered with keno machines for their own benefit.
2007: Visiting guest helps family win $200,000. For the Cremer family of Nampa, Idaho, this Thanksgiving was one to remember, thanks to a visiting brother-in-law who got them to go in on buying a Powerball ticket.
2006: Powerball lottery jackpot climbs to $74 million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $74 million, with a cash option of $36 million.
2006: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $31 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $31 million Friday, when none of the tickets sold for Friday's drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball.
2006: Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $9 million. No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, resulting in a rollover that produced an estimated $9 million jackpot for the next drawing, lottery officials said Sunday.
2006: N.C. lottery retailers caught selling to minors. Fourteen Western North Carolina lottery retailers were cited for selling tickets to minors in the state's first test of the underage law, according to state Alcohol Law Enforcement Division records.
2003: Happy Thanksgiving!. A happy and prosperous Thanksgiving to all!

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$587.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 28, 2012
2.$514 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2024
3.$354.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 27, 2023
4.$335 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 28, 2023
5.€317.18 Million US$328.31 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2022
6.$305 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2022
7.$243.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 27, 2021
8.$243 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2019
9.$230 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2013
10.$216 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 28, 2020
11.$214 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 27, 2020
12.$198.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 27, 2024
13.€162 Million
US$193.53 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 27, 2020
14.$172 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 27, 2018
15.$171 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 28, 2018
16.$163 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2017
17.$155 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 28, 2007
18.$132 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 28, 2017
19.€116.12 Million
US$131.43 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 27, 2021
20.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2000
21.€120 Million
US$126.84 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2024
22.$111 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 28, 2008
23.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 27, 2004
24.$102 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 30, 2021
25.$101 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 30, 1994

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1985: ahelton85
Wednesday, Nov 27, 1985
39 years old
1984: Almightytwan
Tuesday, Nov 27, 1984
40 years old
1984: kaytonia
Tuesday, Nov 27, 1984
40 years old
1983: Uneekween
Sunday, Nov 27, 1983
41 years old
1983: Weezo
Sunday, Nov 27, 1983
41 years old
1982: Money4vodka
Saturday, Nov 27, 1982
42 years old
1979: Gagirl79
Tuesday, Nov 27, 1979
45 years old
1976: RedhotDoster
Saturday, Nov 27, 1976
48 years old
1970: KELLIE39
Friday, Nov 27, 1970
54 years old
1969: spartan1707
Thursday, Nov 27, 1969
55 years old
1967: brigitte27
Monday, Nov 27, 1967
57 years old
1966: Rowan1127
Sunday, Nov 27, 1966
58 years old
1964: flores
Friday, Nov 27, 1964
60 years old
1959: devoru
Friday, Nov 27, 1959
65 years old
1958: justguessin
Thursday, Nov 27, 1958
66 years old
1924: urug2000
Thursday, Nov 27, 1924
100 years old
: IWALKE63
(year not provided)
: Lets See
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: Iran's top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, is assassinated near Tehran.
2020: Days after the announcement of its discovery, the Utah monolith is removed by recreationists.
2015: An active shooter inside a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, shoots at least four police officers. One officer later dies. Two civilians are also killed, and six injured. The shooter later surrendered.
2009: Nevsky Express bombing: A bomb explodes on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, derailing it and causing 28 deaths and 96 injuries.
2008: XL Airways Germany Flight 888T: An Airbus A320 performing a flight test crashes near the French commune of Canet-en-Roussillon, killing all seven people on board.
2006: The House of Commons of Canada approves a motion introduced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper recognizing the Québécois as a nation within Canada.
2004: Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
2004: Blackwater 61 crash: A CASA C-212 Aviocar crashes into the Koh-i-Baba mountain range in Afghanistan, killing six.
2001: A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
1999: The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female prime minister in New Zealand's history.
1997: Twenty-five people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
1992: For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andrés Pérez in Venezuela.
1989: Avianca Flight 203: A Boeing 727 explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The Medellín Cartel will claim responsibility for the attack.
1984: Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agrees to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.
1983: Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181.
1978: In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
1978: The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the Turkish village of Fis.
1975: The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England.
1973: Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92-3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387-35).
1971: The Soviet space program's Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars.
1968: Penny Ann Early becomes the first woman to play in a major professional men's basketball league, for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.
1965: Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
1954: Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
1945: CARE (then the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) is founded to send CARE Packages of food relief to Europe after World War II.
1944: World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.
1942: World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.
1940: In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents.
1940: World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.
1924: In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
1918: The Makhnovshchina is established.
1917: P. E. Svinhufvud becomes the chairman of his first senate, technically the first Prime Minister of Finland.
1912: Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
1901: The U.S. Army War College is established.
1896: Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
1895: At the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
1879: War of the Pacific: Battle of Tarapacá: The confrontation between the Chilean Army and the Peruvian Army takes place in Tarapacá, the Peruvian victory is consummated with the death of the 2 generals and the capture the Chilean general in said place of battle, headed by the Peruvian victory of General Juan Buendía y Noregia.
1868: American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
1863: American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.
1863: American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run: Union forces under General George Meade take up positions against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
1856: The Coup of 1856 leads to Luxembourg's unilateral adoption of a new, reactionary constitution.
1839: In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.
1835: James Pratt and John Smith are hanged in London; they are the last two to be executed for sodomy in England.
1830: Saint Catherine Labouré experiences a Marian apparition.
1815: Adoption of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland.
1809: The Berners Street hoax is perpetrated by Theodore Hook in the City of Westminster, London.
1755: An earthquake in northern Morocco devastates the cities of Fes and Meknes.
1727: The foundation stone to the Jerusalem Church in Berlin is laid.
1542: Palace plot of Renyin year: A group of Ming dynasty palace women fail to murder the Jiajing Emperor, and are executed by slow-slicing.
1382: Al-Salih Hajji, the last Qalawunid sultan, was deposed by Barquq in 1382, ending the long period of the Turkic Bahri Mamluk period in general and particularly the Qalawunid dynasty and starting the reign of the Circassian Burji Mamluk.
1095: Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.
602: Byzantine Emperor Maurice is forced to watch as the usurper Phocas executes his five sons before Maurice is beheaded himself.
511: King Clovis I dies at Lutetia and is buried in the Abbey of St Genevieve.
395: Rufinus, praetorian prefect of the East, is murdered by Gothic mercenaries under Gainas.
176: Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of "Imperator" and makes him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions.
AD 25: Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han.

Births On This Day

2001: Zoe Colletti, American actress
1996: Mike Williams, Dutch DJ and record producer
1995: Suliasi Vunivalu, Fijian rugby league player
1993: Aubrey Peeples, American actress and singer
1992: Ala Boratyn, Polish singer-songwriter
1992: Chanyeol, South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, actor and model
1992: Bradley Zimmer, American baseball player
1990: Josh Dubovie, English singer
1989: Michael Floyd, American football player
1989: Freddie Sears, English footballer
1987: Luigi Datome, Italian basketball player
1987: Lashana Lynch, English actress
1986: Suresh Kumar Raina, Indian cricketer
1986: Steven Silva, American-Filipino footballer
1986: Xavi Torres, Spanish footballer
1986: Oritsé Williams, English singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer
1985: Park Soo-jin, South Korean singer
1985: Alison Pill, Canadian actress
1985: Thilo Versick, German footballer
1984: Leslie Dewan, American entrepreneur
1984: Izumi Kitta, Japanese voice actress and singer
1984: Domata Peko, American football player
1983: Professor Green, English rapper
1983: Henrik Karlsson, Swedish-Kazakhstani ice hockey player
1983: Donta Smith, American-Venezuelan basketball player
1982: David Bellion, French footballer
1982: Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Russian footballer
1982: Tommy Robinson, English activist, co-founded the English Defence League
1981: Bruno Alves, Portuguese footballer
1981: Ryan Jimmo, Canadian mixed martial artist (d. 2016)
1981: Matthew Taylor, English footballer
1980: Jackie Greene, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980: Veronika Portsmuth, Estonian singer and conductor
1980: Michael Yardy, English cricketer
1979: Ricky Carmichael, American motocross racer
1979: Hilary Hahn, American violinist
1979: Brendan Haywood, American basketball player
1979: Teemu Tainio, Finnish footballer
1978: Eszter Molnár, Hungarian tennis player
1978: Jimmy Rollins, American baseball player
1978: Mike Skinner, English rapper and producer
1978: Radek Štěpánek, Czech tennis player
1977: Willie Bloomquist, American baseball player
1977: Bendor Grosvenor, British art historian
1977: Andy Panko, American basketball player
1976: Jean Grae, South African-American rapper and producer
1976: Chad Kilger, Canadian ice hockey player and firefighter
1976: Jaleel White, American actor and screenwriter
1975: Bad Azz, American rapper (d. 2019)
1975: Martín Gramática, Argentine-American football player
1975: Rain Vessenberg, Estonian footballer
1974: Wendy Houvenaghel, Northern Irish racing cyclist
1974: Alec Newman, Scottish actor
1973: Sharlto Copley, South African actor
1973: Samantha Harris, American model and television host
1973: Evan Karagias, American wrestler and actor
1973: Jin Katagiri, Japanese comedian, actor, sculptor, and potter
1973: Jon Runyan, American football player and politician
1973: Twista, American rapper and producer
1972: Shane Salerno, American screenwriter and producer
1971: Kirk Acevedo, American actor
1971: Larry Allen, American football player (d. 2024)
1971: Iván Rodríguez, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
1971: Nick Van Exel, American basketball player and coach
1970: Kelly Loeffler, American politician and businesswoman
1970: Han Kang, South Korean writer
1970: Markus Vogl, Austrian politician
1969: El Chombo, Panamanian singer-songwriter
1969: Ruth George, English politician
1969: Damian Hinds, English politician
1969: Myles Kennedy, American singer-songwriter
1969: Elizabeth Marvel, American actress
1968: Al Barrow, English bass guitarist
1968: Michael Vartan, French-American actor
1966: Andy Merrill, American television writer, producer and voice actor
1965: Danielle Ammaccapane, American golfer
1964: Robin Givens, American actress
1964: Roberto Mancini, Italian footballer and manager
1964: Hisayuki Sasaki, Japanese golfer (d. 2013)
1963: Fisher Stevens, American actor, director, and producer
1962: Charlie Benante, American drummer and songwriter
1962: Mike Bordin, American drummer
1962: Davey Boy Smith, English-Canadian wrestler (d. 2002)
1961: Samantha Bond, English actress
1961: Steve Oedekerk, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1960: Kevin Henkes, American author and illustrator
1960: Ken O'Brien, American football player and coach
1960: Tim Pawlenty, American lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of Minnesota
1960: Michael Rispoli, American actor
1960: Maria Schneider, American composer and musician
1960: Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Ukraine
1960: Gianni Vernetti, Italian lawyer and politician
1959: Charlie Burchill, Scottish guitarist and songwriter
1959: Viktoria Mullova, Russian violinist
1958: Tetsuya Komuro, Japanese singer-songwriter, and producer
1958: Mike Scioscia, American baseball player and manager
1957: Kenny Acheson, Northern Irish race car driver
1957: Edda Heiðrún Backman, Icelandic actress, singer, director and artist (d. 2016)
1957: Frank Boeijen, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957: Caroline Kennedy, American lawyer and diplomat, 27th United States Ambassador to Australia, daughter of President John F. Kennedy
1957: Callie Khouri, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1957: Michael A. Stackpole, American game designer and author
1956: William Fichtner, American actor
1956: John McCarthy, English journalist and author
1956: Nazrin Shah of Perak, Sultan of Perak
1955: Pierre Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player
1955: Bill Nye, American engineer, educator, and television host
1954: Arthur Smith, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1953: Curtis Armstrong, American actor, singer, and producer
1953: Steve Bannon, American media executive and political figure
1953: Boris Grebenshchikov, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953: Tarmo Kõuts, Estonian admiral and politician
1953: Lyle Mays, American keyboardist and composer (d. 2020)
1953: Richard Stone, American composer (d. 2001)
1952: Sheila Copps, Canadian journalist and politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
1952: Bappi Lahiri, Indian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2022)
1952: Jim Wetherbee, American captain, engineer, and astronaut
1951: Kathryn Bigelow, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1951: Vera Fischer, Brazilian actress, Miss Brasil 1969
1951: Gunnar Graps, Estonian singer and guitarist (d. 2004)
1950: Gavyn Davies, English journalist and businessman
1949: Jim Price, American basketball player and coach
1949: Masanori Sekiya, Japanese race car driver
1947: Neil Rosenshein, American tenor and actor
1946: Richard Codey, American politician, 53rd Governor of New Jersey
1946: Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Ethiopian-Djiboutian lawyer and politician, President of Djibouti
1945: James Avery, American actor (d. 2013)
1945: Phil Bloom, Dutch model and actress
1945: Randy Brecker, American trumpeter and flugelhornist
1945: Alain de Cadenet, English race car driver (d. 2022)
1945: Benigno Fitial, Mariana Islander businessman and politician, 7th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
1945: Simon Townsend, Australian journalist and television host
1944: Mickey Leland, American activist and politician (d. 1989)
1943: Nicole Brossard, Canadian author and poet
1943: Jil Sander, German fashion designer
1942: Marilyn Hacker, American poet and critic
1942: Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1970)
1941: Henry Carr, American football player and sprinter (d. 2015)
1941: Aimé Jacquet, French footballer, coach, and manager
1941: Eddie Rabbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
1941: Louis van Dijk, Dutch pianist (d. 2020)
1940: Bruce Lee, American-Chinese actor, martial artist, and screenwriter (d. 1973)
1939: Dave Giusti, American baseball player and manager
1939: Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Congolese politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 2001)
1939: Buzz Cason, American singer and songwriter (d. 2024)
1938: John Ashworth, English biologist and academic
1938: Apolo Nsibambi, Ugandan academic and politician, Prime Minister of Uganda (d. 2019)
1936: Gail Sheehy, American journalist and author (d. 2020)
1935: Les Blank, American director and producer (d. 2013)
1935: Daniel Charles, French musicologist and philosopher (d. 2008)
1935: Willie Pastrano, American boxer (d. 1997)
1934: Ammo Baba, Iraqi footballer and manager (d. 2009)
1934: Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1975)
1934: Gilbert Strang, American mathematician and academic
1933: Jacques Godbout, Canadian journalist, author, director, and screenwriter
1933: Gordon S. Wood, American historian and academic
1932: Benigno Aquino Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (d. 1983)
1930: Joe DeNardo, American meteorologist (d. 2018)
1930: Dick Poole, Australian rugby league player and coach
1930: Rex Shelley, Singaporean engineer and author (d. 2009)
1929: Alan Simpson, English screenwriter and producer (d. 2017)
1928: Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor and director (d. 2005)
1928: Josh Kirby, English painter and illustrator (d. 2001)
1927: Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 1987)
1927: William E. Simon, American soldier and politician, 63rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 2000)
1926: Chae Myung-shin, South Korean general (d. 2013)
1925: Derroll Adams, American folk singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2000)
1925: John Maddox, Welsh chemist, physicist, and journalist (d. 2009)
1925: Marshall Thompson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
1925: Ernie Wise, English actor, comedian, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1923: J. Ernest Wilkins Jr., American nuclear scientist, mechanical engineer and mathematician (d. 2011)
1922: Hall Bartlett, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
1922: Nicholas Magallanes, American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet (d. 1977)
1921: Dora Dougherty Strother, American pilot and academic (d. 2013)
1921: Alexander Dubček, Slovak soldier and politician (d. 1992)
1920: Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (d. 1985)
1920: Buster Merryfield, English actor (d. 1999)
1920: Cal Worthington, Automobile dealer and television personality (d. 2013)
1918: Stephen Elliott, American actor (d. 2005)
1917: Buffalo Bob Smith, American actor and television host (d. 1998)
1916: Chick Hearn, American sportscaster and actor (d. 2002)
1912: Connie Sawyer, American actress (d. 2018)
1911: Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and educator (d. 2011)
1911: David Merrick, American director and producer (d. 2000)
1909: James Agee, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (d. 1955)
1909: Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1967)
1907: Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Indian poet and author (d. 2003)
1907: L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (d. 2000)
1905: Astrid Allwyn, American actress (d. 1978)
1903: Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
1901: Ted Husing, American sportscaster (d. 1962)
1900: Jovette Bernier, Canadian journalist, author, and radio show host (d. 1981)
1898: Fredric Warburg, English author and publisher (d. 1981)
1894: Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic (d. 1989)
1894: Katherine Milhous, American author and illustrator (d. 1977)
1894: Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian monk and saint (d. 1971)
1888: Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian activist and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d. 1956)
1887: Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (d. 1946)
1886: Tsuguharu Foujita, Japanese-French painter and printmaker (d. 1968)
1885: Daniel Mendaille, French actor (d. 1963)
1885: Liviu Rebreanu, Romanian author and playwright (d. 1944)
1878: Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian poet and critic (d. 1948)
1878: Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (d. 1969)
1877: Katharine Anthony, American biographer (d. 1965)
1875: Julius Lenhart, Austrian gymnast (d. 1962)
1874: Charles A. Beard, American historian, author, and educator, co-founded The New School (d. 1948)
1874: Chaim Weizmann, Belarusian-Israeli chemist and politician, 1st President of Israel (d. 1952)
1871: Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer (d. 1950)
1870: Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish academic and politician, 7th President of Finland (d. 1956)
1867: Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (d. 1950)
1865: Janez Evangelist Krek, Slovene priest, journalist, and politician (d. 1917)
1862: Katherine Sleeper Walden, American environmental activist (d. 1949)
1859: William Bliss Baker, American painter (d. 1886)
1857: Charles Scott Sherrington, English physiologist, bacteriologist, and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1952)
1853: Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (d. 1928)
1845: Frederic Crowninshield, American artist and author (d. 1918)
1843: Cornelius Vanderbilt II, American businessman (d. 1899)
1841: Nikoline Harbitz, Norwegian author (d. 1898)
1833: Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (d. 1897)
1823: James Service, Scottish-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Victoria (d. 1899)
1820: Rachel Brooks Gleason, fourth woman to earn a medical degree in the United States (d. 1905)
1814: Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French politician and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (d. 1886)
1809: Fanny Kemble, English actress, playwright, and poet (d. 1893)
1804: Julius Benedict, German-English conductor and composer (d. 1885)
1798: Andries Pretorius, Boer leader after whom Pretoria was named, Prime Minister of the Natalia Republic (d. 1853)
1779: Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (d. 1865)
1759: Franz Krommer, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1831)
1754: Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (d. 1794)
1746: Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary for Foreign Affairs (d. 1813)
1746: Increase Sumner, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 5th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1799)
1710: Robert Lowth, English bishop and academic (d. 1787)
1701: Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (d. 1744)
1640: Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (d. 1709)
1635: Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV of France (d. 1719)
1630: Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria (d. 1665)
1586: Sir John Wray, 2nd Baronet, English politicians and Roundheads supporter (d. 1655)
1582: Pierre Dupuy, French historian and scholar (d. 1651)
1576: Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese daimyō (d. 1638)
1558: Mingyi Swa, Crown Prince of Burma (d. 1593)
1548: Jacopo Mazzoni, Italian philosopher (d. 1598)
1422: Gaston IV, Count of Foix, French nobleman (d. 1472)
1380: King Ferdinand I of Aragon (d. 1416)
1127: Emperor Xiaozong of Song (d. 1194)
111: Antinous, Greek favourite of Hadrian (d. 130)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Apetor, Norwegian YouTuber (b. 1964)
2020: Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iranian nuclear scientist (b. 1958)
2016: Ioannis Grivas, Greek statesman (b. 1923)
2015: Mark Behr, Tanzanian-South African author and academic (b. 1963)
2015: Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (b. 1929)
2015: Garrett Swasey, American figure skater and coach (b. 1971)
2015: Philippe Washer, Belgian tennis player and golfer (b. 1924)
2014: Wanda Błeńska, Polish physician and missionary (b. 1911)
2014: Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer (b. 1988)
2014: P. D. James, English author (b. 1920)
2014: Jack Kyle, Irish rugby player and humanitarian (b. 1926)
2014: Fernance B. Perry, Portuguese-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922)
2013: Lewis Collins, English-American actor (b. 1946)
2013: Herbert F. DeSimone, American lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Rhode Island (b. 1929)
2013: Volker Roemheld, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1941)
2013: Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1925)
2013: Manuel F. Segura, Filipino colonel (b. 1919)
2012: Mickey Baker, American guitarist (b. 1925)
2012: Ab Fafié, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1941)
2012: Érik Izraelewicz, French journalist and author (b. 1954)
2012: Marvin Miller, American businessman and union leader (b. 1917)
2012: Jack Wishna, American photographer and businessman, co-founded Rockcityclub (b. 1958)
2011: Len Fulford, English photographer and director (b. 1928)
2011: Ken Russell, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
2011: Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1969)
2010: Irvin Kershner, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)
2009: Al Alberts, American singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
2008: V. P. Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (b. 1931)
2007: Bernie Banton, Australian activist (b. 1946)
2007: Robert Cade, American physician and academic, co-invented Gatorade (b. 1927)
2007: Sean Taylor, American football player (b. 1983)
2007: Bill Willis, American football player and coach (b. 1921)
2006: Don Butterfield, American tuba player (b. 1923)
2006: Bebe Moore Campbell, American author and educator (b. 1950)
2006: Casey Coleman, American sportscaster (b. 1951)
2005: Jocelyn Brando, American actress (b. 1919)
2005: Joe Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
2002: Billie Bird, American actress (b. 1908)
2002: Shivmangal Singh Suman, Indian poet and academic (b. 1915)
2000: Malcolm Bradbury, English author and academic (b. 1932)
2000: Uno Prii, Estonian-Canadian architect (b. 1924)
2000: Len Shackleton, English footballer and journalist (b. 1922)
1999: Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1937)
1999: Alain Peyrefitte, French scholar and politician, French Minister of Justice (b. 1925)
1999: Elizabeth Gray Vining, American author and librarian (b. 1902)
1998: Barbara Acklin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
1998: Gloria Fuertes, Spanish poet and author of children's literature (b. 1917)
1997: Buck Leonard, American baseball player and educator (b. 1907)
1994: Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and conductor (b. 1906)
1992: Ivan Generalić, Croatian painter (b. 1914)
1990: David White, American actor (b. 1916)
1990: Basilis C. Xanthopoulos, Greek physicist and academic (b. 1951)
1989: Carlos Arias Navarro, Spanish politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1908)
1988: John Carradine, American actor (b. 1906)
1988: Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player and author (b. 1927)
1986: Steve Tracy, American actor (b, 1952)
1985: Rendra Karno, Indonesian actor (b. 1920)
1981: Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (b. 1898)
1980: F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect, designed the Villa Vizcaya (b. 1882)
1978: Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1930)
1978: George Moscone, American lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1929)
1977: Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player (b. 1936)
1975: Alberto Massimino, Italian automotive engineer (b. 1895)
1975: Ross McWhirter, English author and activist, co-founded the Guinness Book of Records (b. 1925)
1973: Frank Christian, American trumpet player (b. 1887)
1970: Helene Madison, American swimmer and nurse (b. 1913)
1969: May Gibbs, English Australian children's author, illustrator, and cartoonist, (b. 1877)
1967: Léon M'ba, Gabonese politician, 1st President of Gabon (b. 1902)
1962: August Lass, Estonian footballer (b. 1903)
1960: Frederick Fane, Irish-English cricketer (b. 1875)
1960: Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1870)
1958: Georgi Damyanov, Bulgarian politician, Head of State of Bulgaria (b. 1892)
1958: Artur Rodziński, Polish-American conductor (b. 1892)
1955: Arthur Honegger, French-Swiss composer and academic (b. 1892)
1953: Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
1944: Leonid Mandelstam, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1879)
1943: Ivo Lola Ribar, Croatian soldier and politician (b. 1916)
1940: Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1871)
1936: Basil Zaharoff, Greek-French businessman and philanthropist (b. 1849)
1934: Baby Face Nelson, American criminal (b. 1908)
1931: Lya De Putti, Slovak-American actress (b. 1899)
1930: Simon Kahquados, Potawatomi political activist (b. 1851)
1921: Douglas Cameron, Canadian contractor and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (b. 1854)
1921: Mary Grant Roberts, Australian zoo owner (b. 1841)
1920: Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1853)
1919: Manuel Espinosa Batista, Panamanian pharmacist and politician (b. 1857)
1916: Emile Verhaeren, Belgian poet and playwright (b. 1855)
1908: Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1827)
1901: Clement Studebaker, American businessman, co-founded Studebaker (b. 1831)
1899: Constant Fornerod, Swiss academic and politician, 10th President of the Swiss Council of States (b. 1819)
1895: Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (b. 1824)
1890: Mahatma Phule, Indian Activist (b. 1827)
1884: Fanny Elssler, Austrian ballerina (b. 1810)
1881: Theobald Boehm, German flute player and composer (b. 1794)
1875: Richard Christopher Carrington, English astronomer and educator (b. 1826)
1852: Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1815)
1830: André Parmentier, Belgian-American architect (b. 1780)
1822: Old Billy, English barge horse, oldest recorded horse (b. 1760)
1819: Gustavus Conyngham, Irish-born American merchant sea captain, an officer in the Continental Navy and a privateer.
1811: Andrew Meikle, Scottish engineer, designed the threshing machine (b. 1719)
1754: Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist (b. 1667)
1703: Henry Winstanley, English painter and engineer (b. 1644)
1632: John Eliot, English politician (b. 1592)
1620: Francis, Duke of Pomerania-Stettin, Bishop of Cammin (b. 1577)
1592: Nakagawa Hidemasa, Japanese commander (b. 1568)
1570: Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1486)
1474: Guillaume Du Fay, French composer and music theorist (b. 1397)
1382: Philip van Artevelde, Flemish patriot (b. 1340)
1346: Saint Gregory of Sinai (b. c. 1260)
1252: Blanche of Castile (b. 1188)
1198: Constance, Queen of Sicily (b. 1154)
639: Acarius, bishop of Doornik and Noyon
602: Maurice, Byzantine emperor (b. 539)
511: Clovis I, king of the Franks
450: Galla Placidia, Roman Empress (b. 392)
395: Rufinus, Roman politician (b. 335)
8 BC: Horace, Roman soldier and poet (b. 65 BC)

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