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November 28

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November 28

November 28 is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 33 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Happy Thanksgiving. Have a wonderful day, filled with thoughts of all the things to be thankful for.
2023: Scotland's £148M EuroMillions lottery winner no longer speaking to family after giving them £20M. The Scottish winner of a £148 million (US$187 million) EuroMillions lottery jackpot has revealed that she is no longer speaking to her family despite giving them £20 million (US$25.3 million).
2022: Buddhist monk gives away entire $502,000 lottery jackpot. A town in Thailand won big when a Buddhist monk hit the lottery and donated the entire prize to those he felt were "more deserving" of the money.
2019: Happy Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving from the Lottery Post staff!
2017: Georgia Lottery gets new director Jan. 1. Georgia Lottery President Debbie Alford, who has headed the agency that raises money for the HOPE scholarship and prekindergarten classes since 2012, is retiring from her post.
2013: Happy Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving from the Lottery Post staff.
2012: $550 MILLION: Powerball buying frenzy sparks another jackpot increase. As if $425 million or $500 million isn't enough, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) announced today that tonight's Powerball jackpot has been increased again -- to $550 million.
2012: Beware of sharks swimming in your office lottery pool. If you join an office lottery pool, you may want to take a few steps to avoid bitter litigation over who was really in the pool and who wasn't.
2012: Big lottery winners offer advice, cautionary tales as $500M Powerball drawing approaches. So you just won the $500 million Powerball jackpot, the second highest in lottery history. Now what?
2011: $254M Ct. Powerball jackpot claimed by 3 asset managers. The mystery winners of a $254 million Powerball jackpot, a record for Connecticut, need only look in the mirror for wealth management advice.
2011: Minnesota Lottery tests Internet sales. Without a single press release or announcement, the Minnesota State Lottery is nearly a year into an experiment to get more Minnesotans to gamble online through a subscription lottery service.
2009: US delays crackdown on Internet gambling. The US Treasury Department and Federal Reserve Board delayed for six months on Friday the enforcement of new rules designed to crack down on Internet gambling.
2008: Kentucky Lottery reports record revenues, lower profits. The audit of the Kentucky Lottery showed that the lottery brought in $778.2 million -- up about 4.6 percent from the previous year -- but its profits were down about 2.7 percent.
2008: Maryland Lottery sales on the rise. According to the Maryland Lottery, instant scratch-off sales are up almost $45 million from this time last year, and overall lottery sales are up by almost $10 million during the first 10 months of this year.
2008: Wisconsin Lottery does not make vendor pay for mistakes. The Wisconsin Lottery has repeatedly declined to seek the maximum amount of damages allowed against a contractor whose technical failures have disrupted ticket sales and operations, records show.
2005: Some Oklahomans baffled by new Pick 3 lottery game. A manager of a local convenience store shared his insight on the start-up of the state lottery's scratch-off games versus the Pick 3 game which started earlier this month: People can't figure the Pick 3 out, he said.
2005: Couple learns downside of lottery pools -- the hard way. A United Kingdom couple faces the prospect of losing their home after the High Court dismissed their claim for a slice of a £7.2 million (US$12.3 million) UK Lotto jackpot.
2005: Central Islip lottery winner feeling grand. A Central Islip, New York, man said he will use most of his first payment from his $1 million jackpot prize to pay off $25,000 in charge card bills this week.
2005: Woman killed moments after winning lottery prize. A Raynham, Massachusetts, woman was stuck and killed by an SUV earlier this week, just moments after winning a $100 lottery prize.
2005: Better Business Bureau warns of lottery-winning scams. According to the Better Business Bureau, the official-sounding company names that scammers use change from week-to-week, but the scam remains the same: they all want your money.
2005: Alabama candidates discuss lottery possibilities. Two candidates for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in the June 6 primary discuss their views on a potential Alabama state lottery.
2005: Uncle Sam Wins Your Lottery. Attention, lottery players: If you win a nice big prize, opt to take it as a stream of payments and then change your mind and wish you had taken it as a lump sum, don't expect any special tax benefits if you sell your annuity for immediate cash.
2005: Number 13 'officially' unlucky in UK Lottery. The number 13 has traditionally been considered to be unlucky by people, and now the UK's National Lottery chiefs have revealed that the number does in fact happen to be the unluckiest for Lotto players as it is least likely to be picked in the main draw.
2005: Mother-daughter team split $2M lottery prize. A mother and daughter from Thompson Ridge, New York, have won $2 million in the $10 New York State Lottery instant game $250 Million Prize Payout Bonanza.
2005: Lottery shipments confusing to Oklahoma retailer. The Oklahoma Lottery Commission keeps sending a check-cashing business lottery tickets to sell, even though they have been banned from doing so.
2005: Court may shut down Mega Millions in California. The California Lottery and an anti-gambling group are set to argue in Sacramento court whether to halt Mega Millions in California as a judge weighs claims by the group and Democratic legislators that voters permitted a lottery only within California.
2005: For lottery winners, trouble followed fortune. Dreadful problems have plagued some big lottery winners in the past.
2005: Powerball Lottery Winner Found Dead in Her Geodesic Dome. A woman who won a $65.4 million Powerball jackpot with her husband five years ago was found dead at her home overlooking the Ohio River, where she had apparently been for days before anyone found her, police said.
2003: $48 Million Powerball Jackpot up for Grabs. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, the Saturday jackpot grew to an estimated $48 million, with a cash option of $25.8 million.
2003: McDonald's janitor wins $3 million, but won't quit night shift job. A janitor who won $3 million in the lottery doesn't plan to quit his night shift job at McDonald's.
2003: Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $14 million. No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, causing the current jackpot to roll over to $14 million, lottery officials said Thursday.
2003: Ill. couple who resuce ticket from trash claim $10.5 million prize. Chicago resident Ezekiel "Zeek" Garnett, 27, and his sister, Karen, 24, bought an Illinois Lotto ticket Oct. 4 in Niles, Illinois but threw it out without checking the numbers. Only the collection delay caused by a local garbage strike kept the ticket from being lost forever.
2003: Powerball winners have cause for thanks. The 16 lottery-winning Holdingford lunch ladies have lots to be thankful for during their first Thanksgiving since winning half of a $190.9 million Powerball jackpot in October.
2003: Millions in lottery winnings unclaimed in Singapore. Millions of dollars in lottery prizes have gone unclaimed in Singapore by people who struck it rich but did not collect the prizes, it was reported on Thursday.
2003: Lottery players vent fury. Outraged Canadian lottery players made their voices heard yesterday with complaints about the 6/49 lottery doubling its price to $2 next year.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$714.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2025
2.$587.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 28, 2012
3.$514 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2024
4.$373.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2023
5.$335 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 28, 2023
6.€317.18 Million US$328.31 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2022
7.$305 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2022
8.$252 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2021
9.$243 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2019
10.$230 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2013
11.$229 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2020
12.$216 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 28, 2020
13.€178 Million
US$214.03 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2020
14.$212.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 30, 2024
15.€178 Million
US$206.27 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 28, 2025
16.$190 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 30, 2018
17.$171 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 28, 2018
18.$163 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2017
19.$155 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 28, 2007
20.€117.3 Million
US$132.95 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 30, 2021
21.$132 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 28, 2017
22.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2000
23.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2004
24.€120 Million
US$126.84 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2024
25.$111 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 28, 2008

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1980: sdhustler619
Friday, Nov 28, 1980
45 years old
1977: rdolly1977
Monday, Nov 28, 1977
48 years old
1976: Padzy34
Sunday, Nov 28, 1976
49 years old
1973: lotto-addict423
Wednesday, Nov 28, 1973
52 years old
1973: tkgsa2
Wednesday, Nov 28, 1973
52 years old
1968: Glenwood
Thursday, Nov 28, 1968
57 years old
1967: SlappyTrout
Tuesday, Nov 28, 1967
58 years old
1965: Juicyfruit3
Sunday, Nov 28, 1965
60 years old
1964: nana280
Saturday, Nov 28, 1964
61 years old
1963: Jojo1128
Thursday, Nov 28, 1963
62 years old
1962: topazz28
Wednesday, Nov 28, 1962
63 years old
1954: supert
Sunday, Nov 28, 1954
71 years old
: FLATRANSPLANT
(year not provided)
: CaselaDiamonds
(year not provided)
: phats
(year not provided)
: BCD1128
(year not provided)
: 0zerothru9nine
(year not provided)
: bonmar
(year not provided)
: cocoshanell23
(year not provided)
: Pink Friday
(year not provided)
: Teorulte
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: Over seven hundred civilians are massacred by the Ethiopian National Defense Force and Eritrean Army in Aksum, Ethiopia.
2016: LaMia Flight 2933 crashes near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 of 77 people on board, including members of the Brazilian football club Chapecoense
2014: Gunmen set off three bombs at the central mosque in the northern Nigerian city of Kano killing at least 120 people.
2002: Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air missiles.
1991: South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.
1990: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and, therefore, as Prime Minister. She is succeeded in both positions by John Major.
1989: Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.
1987: South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on board.
1983: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-9, the first mission to carry the European Space Agency's Spacelab module.
1980: Iran-Iraq War: Operation Morvarid: The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf. (Commemorated in Iran as Navy Day.)
1979: Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
1975: Timor-Leste declares its independence from Portugal.
1972: Last executions in Paris: Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems are guillotined at La Santé Prison.
1971: Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation suffers severe abdominal injuries allegedly caused by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.
1971: Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
1967: The first pulsar (PSR B1919+21, in the constellation of Vulpecula) is discovered by two astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish.
1966: Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.
1965: Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.
1964: Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.
1964: Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.
1960: Mauritania becomes independent of France.
1958: Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
1958: First successful flight of SM-65 Atlas; the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family.
1943: World War II: Tehran Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran, to discuss war strategy.
1942: In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.
1925: The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.
1920: FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations), the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France.
1920: Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
1919: Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)
1918: The Soviet Forces move against Estonia when the 6th Red Rifle Division strikes the border town of Narva, marking the beginning of the Estonian War of Independence.
1917: The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
1914: World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
1912: Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
1908: A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.
1905: Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
1899: The Second Boer War: A British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
1895: The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
1893: Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.
1885: Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
1862: American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.
1862: Notts County F.C. is founded in Nottingham, England, making it the oldest professional Association football club in the world.
1861: American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Missouri to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.
1843: Ka Lā Hui (Hawaiian Independence Day): The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
1821: Panama Independence Day: Panama separates from Spain and joins Gran Colombia.
1814: The Times of London becomes the first newspaper to be produced on a steam-powered printing press, built by the German team of Koenig & Bauer.
1811: Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
1798: Trade between the United States and modern-day Uruguay begins when John Leamy's frigate John arrives in Montevideo.
1785: The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.
1666: At least 3,000 men of the Royal Scots Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter insurgents led by James Wallace of Auchens in the Battle of Rullion Green.
1660: At Gresham College, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.
1627: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last naval victory in the Battle of Oliwa.
1582: In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 (equivalent to £14,557 in 2023) bond in lieu of posting wedding banns, which enables them to marry immediately.
1520: After 38 days, an expedition under the command of Ferdinand Magellan completes the first passage through the Strait of Magellan and enters the Pacific Ocean.
1470: Champa-Đại Việt War: Emperor Lê Thánh Tông of Đại Việt formally launches his attack against Champa.
1443: Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in central Albania and raise the Albanian flag.
936: Shi Jingtang is enthroned as the first emperor of the Later Jin by Emperor Taizong of Liao, following a revolt against Emperor Fei of Later Tang.
587: Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir.

Births On This Day

2000: Jackson Yee, Chinese singer, dancer and actor
1999: Trey Jemison, American basketball player
1997: Mostafa Mohamed, Egyptian footballer
1995: Chase Elliott, American race car driver
1994: Nao Hibino, Japanese tennis player
1993: Bryshere Y. Gray, American actor and rapper
1993: David Nofoaluma, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
1992: Adam Hicks, American actor
1992: Jarvis Landry, American football player
1992: Jake Miller, American singer-songwriter
1990: Dedryck Boyata, Belgian footballer
1990: Bradley Smith, English motorcycle racer
1989: Laura Alleway, Australian footballer
1989: Jamie Buhrer, Australian rugby league player
1989: Jesús Montero, Venezuelan baseball player
1988: Joe Cole, English actor
1988: Scarlett Pomers, American actress and singer-songwriter
1987: Karen Gillan, Scottish actress
1987: Craig Kieswetter, South African-English cricketer and golfer
1986: Mouhamadou Dabo, French footballer
1986: Taurean Green, American-Georgian basketball player
1985: Mike Kostka, Canadian ice hockey player
1985: Álvaro Pereira, Uruguayan footballer
1984: Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player
1984: Marc-André Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
1984: Trey Songz, American R&B singer-songwriter and actor
1984: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress and producer
1984: Naoko Yamada, Japanese anime director
1983: Rostam Batmanglij, American musician and songwriter
1983: Tyler Glenn, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1983: Summer Rae, American football player, wrestler, and actress
1983: Édouard Roger-Vasselin, French tennis player
1983: Nelson Valdez, Paraguayan footballer
1983: Carlos Villanueva, Dominican baseball player
1982: Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian basketball player
1982: Chris Harris, English motorcycle racer
1982: Alan Ritchson, American actor, model, singer, and songwriter
1982: Raido Villers, Estonian basketball player
1981: Erick Rowan, American wrestler
1981: Brian Tevreden, Dutch footballer
1980: Lisa Middelhauve, German singer-songwriter
1980: Stuart Taylor, English footballer
1979: Jaroslav Balaštík, Czech ice hockey player
1979: Chamillionaire, American rapper, entrepreneur, and investor
1979: Shy FX, English DJ and producer
1979: Daniel Henney, American actor and model
1979: Katarzyna Strączy, Polish tennis player
1978: Brent Albright, American wrestler
1978: Darryl Flahavan, English footballer
1978: Aimee Garcia, American actress and writer
1978: Freddie Mitchell, American football player
1978: Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer
1978: Michael Simpkins, English footballer
1978: Haytham Tambal, Sudanese footballer
1977: Marlon Broomes, English footballer
1977: Fabio Grosso, Italian footballer and manager
1977: Acer Nethercott, English rower (died 2013)
1977: Gavin Rae, Scottish footballer
1977: Greg Somerville, New Zealand rugby player
1977: DeMya Walker, American basketball player
1976: Ryan Kwanten, Australian actor
1975: Bakarhythm, Japanese comedian, actor, playwright, and composer
1975: Eka Kurniawan, Indonesian journalist and author
1975: Park Sung-bae, South Korean footballer
1975: Takashi Shimoda, Japanese footballer
1975: Sigurd Wongraven, Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1974: apl.de.ap, Filipino-American singer and rapper
1974: András Tölcséres, Hungarian footballer and manager
1973: Jade Puget, American guitarist and producer
1973: Gina Tognoni, American actress
1972: Paulo Figueiredo, Angolan footballer
1972: Anastasia Kelesidou, German-Greek discus thrower
1972: Jesper Strömblad, Swedish guitarist and songwriter
1970: Álex López Morón, Spanish tennis player
1970: Richard Osman, English television host, director, and producer
1969: Nick Knight, English cricketer and sportscaster
1969: Robb Nen, American baseball player and manager
1969: Valeri Nikitin, Estonian wrestler
1969: Sonia O'Sullivan, Irish athlete
1968: Darren Bett, English journalist
1967: José del Solar, Peruvian footballer and manager
1967: Chris Heaton-Harris, English businessman and politician
1967: Anna Nicole Smith, American model, actress, and television personality (died 2007)
1967: Stephnie Weir, American actress and comedian
1966: Garcelle Beauvais, Haitian-American actress
1966: Sam Seder, American actor and political commentator
1965: Erwin Mortier, Belgian author and poet
1965: Matt Williams, American baseball player and manager
1964: Michael Bennet, Indian-American lawyer and politician
1964: John Burkett, American baseball player and bowler
1964: Roy Tarpley, American basketball player (died 2015)
1964: Sian Williams, English-Welsh journalist
1963: Armando Iannucci, Scottish comedian, actor, director, and producer
1963: Andrew Jones, English politician
1963: Johnny Newman, American basketball player
1963: Walt Weiss, American baseball player and manager
1962: Matt Cameron, American drummer and songwriter
1962: Juan Carlos Rosero, Ecuadorian cyclist (died 2013)
1962: Jane Sibbett, American actress
1962: Jon Stewart, American comedian, actor, and television host
1961: Martin Clunes, English actor, singer, and director
1961: Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter
1961: Klaus Köchl, Austrian politician
1960: Jorge Domecq, Spanish lawyer and diplomat
1960: John Galliano, Gibraltar-born British fashion designer
1960: Andy Ritchie, English footballer and manager
1960: Kenny Wharton, English footballer and coach
1959: Miki Matsubara, Japanese composer, lyricist, and singer (died 2004)
1959: Nancy Charest, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2014)
1959: Judd Nelson, American actor and screenwriter
1959: Stephen Roche, Irish cyclist and sportscaster
1958: Kriss Akabusi, English sprinter and hurdler
1958: Dave Righetti, American baseball player and coach
1957: Peeter Järvelaid, Estonian historian and scholar
1956: Fiona Armstrong, English-Scottish journalist and author
1956: David Van Day, English singer
1955: Alessandro Altobelli, Italian footballer and sportscaster
1955: Adem Jashari, Kosovan commander (died 1998)
1954: Necip Hablemitoğlu, Turkish historian and academic (died 2002)
1953: Alistair Darling, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 2023)
1953: Helen De Michiel, American director and producer
1953: Sixto Lezcano, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
1953: Gordon Marsden, English journalist and politician
1952: S. Epatha Merkerson, American actress
1951: Barbara Morgan, American educator and astronaut
1950: Ed Harris, American actor and producer
1950: Russell Alan Hulse, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
1949: Alexander Godunov, Russian-American actor and dancer (died 1995)
1949: Paul Shaffer, Canadian-American singer, keyboard player, and bandleader
1948: Beeb Birtles, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948: Mick Channon, English footballer and horse trainer
1948: Agnieszka Holland, Polish film and television director and screenwriter
1948: Alan Lightman, American physicist, novelist, and academician
1948: Dick Morris, American political consultant, journalist, and author
1947: Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter (died 1992)
1947: Maria Farantouri, Greek singer and politician
1947: Gladys Kokorwe, Botswana politician and Speaker of The National Assembly
1946: Joe Dante, American director and producer
1945: Franklin Drilon, Filipino lawyer and politician, 22nd President of the Senate of the Philippines
1944: Rita Mae Brown, American novelist, poet, and screenwriter
1943: R. B. Greaves, Guyanese-American singer-songwriter (died 2012)
1943: Randy Newman, American singer-songwriter, composer, and pianist
1943: Susan Brookes, British television chef and food writer
1942: Paul Warfield, American football player and sportscaster
1941: Laura Antonelli, Italian actress (died 2015)
1940: Bruce Channel, American singer-songwriter
1938: Peter Dimond, Australian rugby league player (died 2021)
1936: Gary Hart, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland
1935: Frik du Preez, South African rugby player
1935: Randolph Stow, Australian-English author and poet (died 2010)
1933: Joe Knollenberg, American soldier and politician (died 2018)
1933: Hope Lange, American actress (died 2003)
1932: Gato Barbieri, Argentinian saxophonist and composer (died 2016)
1932: Terence Frisby, English author and playwright (died 2020)
1930: A.L. "Doodle" Owens, American country music songwriter and singer (died 1999)
1929: Berry Gordy, American songwriter and producer, founded Motown Records
1928: Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist and academic (died 1980)
1928: Piet Steenbergen, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2010)
1927: Abdul Halim of Kedah, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (died 2017)
1926: Lawrence Turman, American film producer (died 2023)
1925: József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 1978)
1925: Gigi Gryce, American saxophonist and composer (died 1983)
1924: Dennis Brutus, South African journalist, poet, and academic (died 2009)
1924: Johanna Döbereiner, Czech-Brazilian agronomist and academic (died 2000)
1923: Helen Delich Bentley, American politician (died 2016)
1923: Gloria Grahame, American actress (died 1981)
1919: Keith Miller, Australian cricketer, footballer, and pilot (died 2004)
1916: Lilian, Princess of Réthy (died 2002)
1916: Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (died 2014)
1915: Evald Okas, Estonian painter and academic (died 2011)
1915: Yves Thériault, Canadian author (died 1983)
1913: Cliff Addison, English chemist and academic (died 1994)
1912: Morris Louis, American painter (died 1962)
1911: Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (died 1973)
1910: Elsie Quarterman, American ecologist and academic (died 2014)
1908: Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State (died 1997)
1908: Claude Lévi-Strauss, Belgian-French anthropologist and ethnologist (died 2009)
1907: Rose Bampton, American soprano and educator (died 2007)
1907: Alberto Moravia, Italian journalist and author (died 1990)
1906: Henry Picard, American golfer (died 1997)
1904: James Eastland, American planter and politician (died 1986)
1904: Nancy Mitford, English journalist and author (died 1973)
1903: Gladys O'Connor, English-Canadian actress (died 2012)
1900: Mary Bothwell, Canadian classical vocalist and painter (died 1985)
1898: İhap Hulusi Görey, Turkish graphic artist (died 1986)
1896: Dawn Powell, American author and playwright (died 1965)
1896: Lilia Skala, Austrian-American actress (died 1994)
1895: José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (died 1980)
1894: Brooks Atkinson, American theatre critic (died 1984)
1894: Henry Hazlitt, American economist and philosopher (died 1993)
1891: Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (died 1949)
1891: Mabel Alvarez, American painter (died 1985)
1887: Ernst Röhm, German soldier and politician (died 1934)
1881: Stefan Zweig, Austrian author, playwright, and journalist (died 1942)
1880: Alexander Blok, Russian poet and playwright (died 1921)
1876: Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (died 1946)
1866: Henry Bacon, American architect, designed the Lincoln Memorial (died 1924)
1864: James Allen, English author and poet (died 1912)
1864: Lindley Miller Garrison, American lawyer and politician, 46th United States Secretary of War (died 1932)
1861: Adina Emilia De Zavala, American teacher, historian and preservationist of Texas history (died 1955)
1857: Alfonso XII of Spain (died 1885)
1853: Helen Magill White, American academic (died 1944)
1837: John Wesley Hyatt, American engineer (died 1920)
1829: Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1894)
1820: Friedrich Engels, German-English philosopher, economist, and journalist (died 1895)
1810: William Froude, English engineer and architect (died 1879)
1805: John Lloyd Stephens, American archaeologist and explorer (died 1852)
1804: William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (died 1888)
1793: Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish poet, composer, and critic (died 1866)
1792: Victor Cousin, French philosopher and academic (died 1867)
1785: Victor de Broglie, French lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (died 1870)
1774: Maria Antonia of Parma (died 1841)
1772: Luke Howard, English chemist and meteorologist (died 1864)
1760: Maria Teresa Poniatowska, Polish noblewoman (died 1834)
1757: William Blake, English poet and painter (died 1827)
1700: Nathaniel Bliss, English astronomer and mathematician (died 1764)
1700: Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (died 1770)
1694: Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (died 1728)
1682: Betty Parris, woman from Salem in Massachusetts who accused others of being witches (died 1760)
1681: Jean Cavalier, French rebel leader (died 1740)
1661: Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, English soldier and politician, 14th Colonial Governor of New York (died 1723)
1640: Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish captain and explorer (died 1698)
1632: Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and manager (died 1687)
1631: Abraham Brueghel, Flemish Baroque painter (died 1690)
1628: John Bunyan, English preacher, theologian, and author (died 1688)
1598: Hans Nansen, Danish lawyer and politician (died 1667)
1592: Hong Taiji, Emperor of China (died 1643)
1570: James Whitelocke, English judge and politician, Chief Justice of Chester (died 1632)
1489: Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland, wife of James IV of Scotland, daughter of Henry VII of England (died 1541)
1470: Wen Zhengming, artist during the Ming dynasty (died 1559)
1293: Yesün Temür, Chinese emperor (died 1328)
1118: Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (died 1180)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Prince Johnson, Liberian politician (born 1952)
2024: Ananda Krishnan, Malaysian businessman (born 1938)
2024: Silvia Pinal, Mexican actress (born 1931)
2024: Kioumars Pourhashemi, Iranian military general
2023: Charlie Munger, American businessman and vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (born 1924)
2021: Virgil Abloh, American fashion designer and entrepreneur (born 1980)
2021: Frank Williams, British founder of Williams Grand Prix Engineering (born 1942)
2020: David Prowse, English weight-lifting champion, actor and Green Cross Man (born 1935)
2018: Harry Leslie Smith, British writer and political commentator (born 1923)
2015: Wayne Bickerton, Welsh songwriter and producer (born 1941)
2015: Luc Bondy, Swiss director and producer (born 1948)
2015: Gerry Byrne, English-Welsh footballer (born 1938)
2015: Marjorie Lord, American actress (born 1918)
2015: Olene Walker, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Utah (born 1930)
2014: Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1929)
2014: Said Akl, Lebanese poet, playwright, and linguist (born 1912)
2014: Dale Armstrong, Canadian race car driver (born 1941)
2013: Jack Matthews, American author, playwright, and academic (born 1925)
2013: Mitja Ribičič, Italian-Slovenian soldier and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (born 1919)
2013: Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1923)
2013: Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, Austrian-American poet and songwriter (born 1920)
2012: Knut Ahnlund, Swedish historian, author, and academic (born 1923)
2012: Spain Rodriguez, American illustrator (born 1940)
2012: Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer (born 1922)
2012: Zig Ziglar, American soldier and author (born 1926)
2011: Lloyd J. Old, American immunologist and academic (born 1933)
2010: Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (born 1926)
2009: Gilles Carle, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)
2008: Havaldar Gajender Singh, Indian sergeant (born 1972)
2008: Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian soldier (born 1977)
2007: Gudrun Wagner, Prussian director and producer (born 1944)
2005: Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910)
2005: Jack Concannon, American football player and actor (born 1943)
2003: Ted Bates, English footballer and manager (born 1918)
2003: Antonia Forest, English author (born 1915)
2003: Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian engineer and politician (born 1918)
2002: Melih Cevdet Anday, Turkish poet and author (born 1915)
2001: Kal Mann, American songwriter (born 1917)
2001: William Reid, Scottish lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1921)
1998: Kerry Wendell Thornley, American soldier and author (born 1938)
1998: Rita Hester, American transgender woman (born 1963)
1997: Georges Marchal, French actor (born 1920)
1995: Joe Kelly, Irish race car driver (born 1915)
1994: Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (born 1960)
1994: Buster Edwards, English boxer and criminal (born 1932)
1994: Jerry Rubin, American businessman and activist (born 1938)
1993: Jerry Edmonton, Canadian-American drummer (born 1946)
1993: Garry Moore, American comedian, television personality, and game show host (born 1915)
1992: Sidney Nolan, Australian-English painter and academic (born 1917)
1987: Choh Hao Li, Chinese-American biologist and chemist (born 1913)
1987: Kazuharu Sonoda, Japanese wrestler (born 1956)
1983: Christopher George, American actor (born 1929)
1982: Helen of Greece and Denmark (born 1896)
1978: Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Argentinian businessman (born 1902)
1977: Bob Meusel, American baseball player and sailor (born 1896)
1976: Rosalind Russell, American actress and singer (born 1907)
1975: Peder Furubotn, Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (born 1890)
1973: Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (born 1886)
1972: Havergal Brian, English composer (born 1875)
1971: Wasfi al-Tal, Jordanian captain and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Jordan (born 1920)
1968: Enid Blyton, English author and poet (born 1897)
1962: K. C. Dey, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1893)
1962: Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (born 1880)
1960: Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1870)
1960: Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (born 1896)
1960: Richard Wright, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (born 1908)
1954: Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)
1953: Frank Olson, American biologist and chemist (born 1910)
1947: Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (born 1902)
1945: Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician, 49th United States Secretary of War (born 1879)
1943: Aleksander Hellat, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1881)
1939: James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, created basketball (born 1861)
1935: Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar (born 1877)
1930: Constantine VI of Constantinople (born 1859)
1921: ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, Head of the Baháʼí Faith (born 1844)
1917: Mikelis Avlichos, Greek poet and scholar (born 1844)
1912: Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman (born 1870)
1907: Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish playwright, poet, and painter (born 1869)
1904: Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (born 1847)
1901: Moses Dickson, African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister, and founder of The Knights of Liberty (born 1824)
1893: Talbot Baines Reed, English author (born 1852)
1891: Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (born 1826)
1890: Jyotirao Phule, Indian philosopher and activist (born 1827)
1880: Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (born 1837)
1878: Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (born 1805)
1873: Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (born 1808)
1870: Frédéric Bazille, French soldier and painter (born 1841)
1859: Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (born 1783)
1852: Ludger Duvernay, French journalist and politician (born 1799)
1852: Emmanuil Xanthos, Greek activist, co-founded Filiki Eteria (born 1772)
1815: Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1745)
1801: Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist and academic (born 1750)
1794: Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general (born 1730)
1794: Sir James Tylney-Long, 7th Baronet, English politician (born 1736)
1785: William Whipple, American general and politician (born 1730)
1763: Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (born 1734)
1698: Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and politician, 3rd Governor General of New France (born 1622)
1695: Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Italian organist, composer, and educator (born 1637)
1695: Anthony Wood, English historian and author (born 1632)
1694: Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet and scholar (born 1644)
1680: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (born 1598)
1680: Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian painter and architect (born 1606)
1680: Athanasius Kircher, German priest, philologist, and scholar (born 1601)
1675: Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English soldier and politician (born 1608)
1675: Leonard Hoar, English minister and academic (born 1630)
1667: Jean de Thévenot, French linguist and botanist (born 1633)
1585: Hernando Franco, Spanish composer (born 1532)
1574: Georg Major, German theologian and educator (born 1502)
1499: Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (born 1475)
1476: James of the Marches, Franciscan friar
1317: Yishan Yining, Zen monk and writer from China who taught in Japan (born 1247)
1290: Eleanor of Castile (born 1241)
1170: Owain Gwynedd, Welsh king (born 1080)
1122: Margrave Ottokar II of Styria
1039: Adalbero, duke of Carinthia (born 980)
939: Lady Ma, Chinese noblewoman (born 890)
741: Pope Gregory III

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