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November 4

On This Day in History

November 4

November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 57 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Mississippi Lottery triples all Cash 3 prizes for November. The Mississippi Lottery is celebrating its 6th anniversary by tripling all Cash 3 prizes for the entire month of November.
2024: 15 coworkers win $30 million Western Australia Powerball jackpot after member forgets to buy tickets. A group of 15 coworkers claimed a $30 million (US$19.75 million) Western Australia Powerball jackpot after the group representative forgot to buy a lottery ticket for the correct drawing.
2023: California woman who barely missed out on winning $2M in the lottery, wins $2M six years later. A California woman pushed herself to keeping playing the lottery after just barely missing out on a $2 million prize and found redemption when she finally won a $2 million prize of her own.
2022: $1.6 BILLION: Powerball jackpot sets all-time record as ticket sales surge across the USA. Due to a ticket-buying frenzy for Saturday's Powerball drawing, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate to $1.6 billion, setting the record for the largest lottery jackpot in history.
2021: Virginia man wins $100,000 on 20 identical Pick 4 lottery tickets. The stars aligned for one Virginia man, who hedged his bets on 20 identical tickets in the Virginia Lottery's Pick 4 drawing on Oct. 23 and walked away with a whopping $100,000.
2020: Massachusetts Lottery to move one of its claim centers. The Massachusetts Lottery announced on Monday that they will be moving one of their prize claim centers to a different location.
2019: Massachusetts man wins $1M lottery for second time in 18 months. A Massachusetts man won his second $1 million lottery payout last week — less than two years after drawing a lucky ticket for the first time.
2017: N.C. woman wins lottery twice in one day. The odds of winning the lottery are pretty slim, but the chances of winning twice in a single day seem impossible. For North Carolina resident Kimberly Morris, this improbable event happened on Monday.
2015: Australian woman's winnings stolen after she posts selfie with winning ticket. A woman who posted a selfie of her winning Melbourne Cup horse race ticket has been robbed of her $825 winnings by someone who lifted the barcode off the photo.
2015: Wyoming Lottery earns high marks in audit of first year. Independent auditors found no major financial issues with how the Wyoming Lottery operated during its first year of ticket sales.
2015: N.C. Lottery picks new headquarters in Raleigh. With six offers on the table, the North Carolina Education Lottery will be moving all of its headquarters staff and operations to a bigger office campus in north Raleigh by next summer.
2010: LottoMax winners collect $50M jackpot. A gay Vancouver couple who are marking their 30th anniversary next month will have plenty to celebrate after winning a $50 million lottery jackpot.
2010: Canadian couple gives away entire $11.2M lottery jackpot. A Nova Scotia couple won $11.2 million from a lottery ticket in July and now every penny is gone -- but they didn't spend any of it on themselves.
2009: Victim of stolen Texas lottery ticket says he knows how to get money back. Willis Willis has an idea how he can get his money back from the store clerk who authorities say stole his $1 million winning lottery ticket.
2005: USA Mega adds lottery game start dates. An Internet web site offering information about the United States' largest multi-state lottery games, Mega Millions and Powerball, today introduced a new feature for players seeking start dates for both games.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $44 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $44 million, with a cash option of $24.4 million.
2004: Florida Lotto Rolls to $20 Million. No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win the Wednesday jackpot of $15 million, lottery officials said Thursday.
2004: Educators, Lawmakers Pleased With Oklahoma Lottery Vote. Oklahoma school officials called State Question 705 a victory for the state's education system Wednesday after voters passed the measure overwhelmingly.
2004: Oklahoma Store Owners, Governor Anxious To Get Lottery Running. Oklahoma will soon have a state lottery, and some Oklahoma City-area store owners were already wondering Wednesday how soon they could buy a lottery machine.
2004: New York man claims $3 million lottery prize. Wouldn't it be great if one day you found out you were a millionaire and you had no clue? That's what happened to one New York man after he won more than a million bucks.
2004: Oklahoma voters approve a state lottery. In Oklahoma, voters approved one measure creating a state lottery for education and another expanding gaming at Indian casinos and racetracks Nov. 2.
2004: Oregon Megabucks reaches record $25.5 million. Oregonians are lining up for a chance to win $25.5 million -- the largest Megabucks prize in the 19-year history of the Oregon Lottery.
2003: Michigan Lottery to End Change Game. Lottery Post Exclusive: The last drawing of the Change Play game will take place on November 16.
2003: New Day, New Perspective for Winner of $175,000 Mega Millions Prize. Last Thursday, John Ferguson of Curlew, Washington was concerned about car payments, property taxes, and where he would find his next job. Oh, what a difference a day makes!
2003: Man gives kids $6M lotto prize. Hector Rivera played the New Jersey Lottery for 20 years, promising any jackpot he won would go to his five children. He stayed true to his word.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.66 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 5, 2022
2.$800 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 4, 2025
3.$439.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 5, 2025
4.$321 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 4, 2014
5.$303 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 5, 2024
6.€301.39 Million US$300.36 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 5, 2022
7.$217 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 5, 2016
8.$196 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 7, 2023
9.€152 Million US$194.27 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2006
10.$192 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 4, 2005
11.$178 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 5, 2014
12.€132 Million
US$169.01 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 6, 2012
13.$168.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 4, 2023
14.$164 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 6, 2015
15.€160 Million
US$158.21 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 4, 2022
16.€100 Million
US$148.61 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 6, 2009
17.$144.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 4, 2015
18.$143.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 6, 2021
19.$143 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 7, 2012
20.$142 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 6, 2020
21.$137 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 4, 2020
22.$127 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 5, 2019
23.$123 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 6, 2010
24.€104.38 Million
US$120.61 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 4, 2021
25.$119 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 4, 2022

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1998: Nightcorequeen
Wednesday, Nov 4, 1998
27 years old
1978: Karen So
Saturday, Nov 4, 1978
47 years old
1978: visualintake
Saturday, Nov 4, 1978
47 years old
1974: big$dre
Monday, Nov 4, 1974
51 years old
1969: RJA00
Tuesday, Nov 4, 1969
56 years old
1960: debradaniels143
Friday, Nov 4, 1960
65 years old
1952: jollyman01
Tuesday, Nov 4, 1952
73 years old
1952: Melodave
Tuesday, Nov 4, 1952
73 years old
: win_nie
(year not provided)
: bearlady1104
(year not provided)
: chelmi
(year not provided)
: Jonesa1976
(year not provided)
: Ju$Win
(year not provided)
: RESQ140
(year not provided)
: Wisewager
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: The Khash massacre, which refers to the repression of protesters by Iranian security forces, resulting in 18 deaths and more than 20 injuries.
2020: The Tigray War begins with Tigrayan rebels launching attacks on Ethiopian command centers.
2015: A cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing at least 37 people.
2015: A building collapses in the Pakistani city of Lahore resulting in at least 45 deaths and at least 100 injuries.
2010: Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes into Guasimal, Sancti Spíritus; all 68 passengers and crew are killed.
2010: Qantas Flight 32, an Airbus A380, suffers an uncontained engine failure over Indonesia shortly after taking off from Singapore, crippling the jet. The crew manage to safely return to Singapore, saving all 469 passengers and crew.
2008: Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected as President of the United States.
2002: Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.
1995: Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Israeli.
1993: China Airlines Flight 605, a brand-new 747-400, overruns the runway at Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport.
1980: Ronald Reagan is elected as the 40th President of the United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.
1979: Iran hostage crisis: A group of Iranian college students overruns the U.S. embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages.
1973: The Netherlands experiences the first car-free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.
1970: Vietnam War: The United States turns over control of the air base at Bình Thủy in the Mekong Delta to South Vietnam.
1970: Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.
1967: Iberia Flight 062 crashes in Blackdown, West Sussex, killing all 37 people on board including British actress June Thorburn.
1966: The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7 m (22 ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Venice is also submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194 cm (76 in).
1962: The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
1960: At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
1956: Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
1952: The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
1944: World War II: The 7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade liberates Bitola for the Allies.
1944: World War II: Operation Pheasant, an Allied offensive to liberate North Brabant in the Netherlands, ends successfully.
1942: World War II: Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel begins a retreat of his forces after a costly defeat during the Second Battle of El Alamein. The retreat would ultimately last five months.
1939: World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
1936: Spanish Civil War: Largo Caballero reshuffles his war cabinet, persuading the anarcho-syndicalist CNT to join the government.
1924: Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
1922: In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
1921: The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.
1921: Japanese prime minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
1918: World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
1890: City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
1868: Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
1864: American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in materiel at the Battle of Johnsonville.
1852: Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
1847: Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
1839: Newport Rising: The last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
1798: The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu begins.
1791: Northwest Indian War: The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
1783: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
1780: The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.
1737: The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated in Naples, Italy.
1677: The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange; they later jointly reign as William and Mary.
1576: Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (which is nearly destroyed after three days).
1501: Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's first wife) meets Arthur Tudor, Henry VIII's older brother - they would later marry.
1493: Christopher Columbus reaches the Leeward Islands.
1429: Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
1354: War of the Straits: The Genoese fleet under Paganino Doria defeats and captures the entire Venetian fleet under Niccolò Pisani at the Battle of Sapienza.

Births On This Day

2006: Darja Varfolomeev, Russian-German rhythmic gymnast
2000: Tyrese Maxey, American basketball player
2000: Sun Yingsha, Chinese table tennis player
1997: Bea Binene, Filipina television actress
1996: Kaitlin Hawayek, American ice dancer
1996: Michael Christian Martinez, Filipino figure skater
1996: John Olive, Australian rugby league player
1996: Eric Paschall, American basketball player
1994: Billy Stanlake, Australian cricketer
1993: Ce'Aira Brown, American middle-distance runner
1993: Elisabeth Seitz, German gymnast
1992: Yurii Bieliaiev, Belarusian ice dancer
1992: Hiroki Nakada, Japanese footballer
1992: Julian Wießmeier, German footballer
1991: Alon Day, Israeli race car driver
1991: Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, Dutch tennis player
1990: Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Canadian actor
1988: Dez Bryant, American football player
1988: David Mead, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
1988: Nathan Ross, Australian rugby league player
1987: Tim Breukers, Dutch footballer
1987: Laura Geitz, Australian netball player
1987: Artur Jędrzejczyk, Polish footballer
1986: Suhas Gopinath, Indian businessman
1986: Alexz Johnson, Canadian actress and singer-songwriter
1986: Szymon Pawłowski, Polish footballer
1986: Adrian Zaugg, South African race car driver
1985: Marcell Jansen, German footballer
1985: Miki Miyamura, Japanese tennis player
1984: Dustin Brown, American ice hockey player
1984: Ayila Yussuf, Nigerian footballer
1983: Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (died 2014)
1982: Devin Hester, American football player
1982: Kamila Skolimowska, Polish hammer thrower (died 2009)
1981: Guy Martin, English motorcycle racer
1981: Vince Wilfork, American football player
1980: Jerry Collins, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player (died 2015)
1980: Richard Owens, American football player and coach
1980: Emme Rylan, American actress
1980: Dan Stoenescu, Romanian career diplomat, political scientist, journalist, and essayist
1978: John Grabow, American baseball player
1977: Larry Bigbie, American baseball player
1976: Daniel Bahr, German banker and politician, German Federal Minister of Health
1976: Bruno Junqueira, Brazilian race car driver
1976: Mario Melchiot, Dutch footballer
1976: Kenji Osawa, Japanese mixed martial artist
1976: James Dale Ritchie, American serial killer (died 2016)
1976: Makoto Tamada, Japanese motorcycle racer
1976: Peter Van Houdt, Belgian footballer
1975: Éric Fichaud, Canadian ice hockey player
1975: Eduard Koksharov, Russian handball player
1975: Mikki Moore, American basketball player
1975: Orlando Pace, American football player
1975: Heather Tom, American actress and director
1975: Lorenzen Wright, American basketball player (died 2010)
1973: Steven Ogg, Canadian actor
1972: Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer and sportscaster
1971: Gregory Porter, American jazz singer-songwriter and actor
1971: Tabu, Indian actress
1970: Tim DeBoom, American triathlete
1970: Malena Ernman, Swedish soprano
1970: Anthony Ruivivar, American actor
1970: Tony Sly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)
1969: Sean Combs, American rapper, producer, and actor
1969: Matthew McConaughey, American actor and producer
1969: Samantha Smith, American actress
1968: Matthew Tobin Anderson, American author, critic, and educator
1968: Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
1968: Lee Germon, New Zealand cricketer
1967: Daisuke Asakura, Japanese songwriter and producer
1967: Yılmaz Erdoğan, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter
1967: Karin Greiner, Austrian politician
1967: Eric Karros, American baseball player and sportscaster
1967: Asif Mujtaba, Pakistani cricketer
1965: Wayne Static, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)
1964: Yūko Mizutani, Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2016)
1963: Marc Déry, Canadian singer and guitarist
1963: Michel Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1963: Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer and television host (died 1999)
1962: Arvo Volmer, Estonian conductor
1961: Daron Hagen, American pianist, composer, and conductor
1961: Edward Knight, American composer and academic
1961: Ralph Macchio, American actor
1961: Jeff Probst, American television host and producer
1961: Steve Rotheram, English politician, Lord Mayor of Liverpool
1961: Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1960: Marc Awodey, American painter and poet (died 2012)
1960: Kathy Griffin, American comedian and actress
1960: Igor Liba, Slovak ice hockey player
1959: Ken Kirzinger, Canadian actor and stuntman
1958: Lee Jasper, English activist and politician
1958: Anne Sweeney, American businesswoman
1957: Tony Abbott, English-Australian scholar and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Australia
1957: Richard Harrington, English businessman and politician
1957: Aleksandr Tkachyov, Russian gymnast and coach
1956: Tom Greenhalgh, Swedish singer-songwriter
1956: James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter (died 1982)
1956: Jordan Rudess, American keyboard player and songwriter
1955: Alhaj Moulana Ghousavi Shah, Indian author, poet, and scholar
1955: Matti Vanhanen, Finnish journalist and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Finland
1954: Chris Difford, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1953: Mick Buckley, English footballer (died 2013)
1953: P. J. Carey, American baseball player and manager (died 2012)
1953: Carlos Gutierrez, Cuban-American businessman and politician, 35th United States Secretary of Commerce
1953: Peter Lord, English animator, director, and producer, co-founded Aardman Animations
1953: Van Stephenson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001)
1953: Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver
1952: Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria
1951: Traian Băsescu, Romanian captain and politician, 4th President of Romania
1950: Charles Frazier, American novelist
1950: Markie Post, American actress (died 2021)
1950: Nik Powell, English businessman, co-founded Virgin Group (died 2019)
1949: Garo Aida, Japanese photographer and author
1948: Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (died 2014)
1948: Amadou Toumani Touré, Malian soldier and politician, President of Mali (died 2020)
1947: Ivonne Coll, Puerto Rican actress
1947: Jerry Fleck, American actor, director, and production manager (died 2003)
1947: Rod Marsh, Australian cricketer and coach (died 2022)
1947: Ali Özgentürk, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025)
1947: Alexei Ulanov, Russian figure skater
1947: Ludmila Velikova, Russian figure skater and coach
1946: Laura Bush, American educator and librarian, 45th First Lady of the United States
1946: Frederick Elmes, American cinematographer
1946: Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (died 1989)
1943: Clark Graebner, American tennis player
1943: Bob Wollek, French race car driver and skier (died 2001)
1942: Patricia Bath, American ophthalmologist and academic (died 2019)
1941: Kafi Benz, American conservationist, environmentalist, historic preservationist, author, artist, community leader
1941: Lyndall Gordon, South African-English author and academic
1940: Sally Baldwin, Scottish social sciences professor (died 2003)
1940: Marlène Jobert, French actress, singer, and author
1940: Delbert McClinton, American singer-songwriter
1939: Gail E. Haley, American author and illustrator
1939: Michael Meacher, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (died 2015)
1937: Loretta Swit, American actress and singer (died 2025)
1937: Michael Wilson, Canadian academic and politician, 31st Canadian Minister of Finance (died 2019)
1936: C. K. Williams, American poet, critic, and translator (died 2015)
1935: Barry Crocker, Australian singer, actor, and television host
1935: Elgar Howarth, English conductor and composer
1933: Tito Francona, American baseball player (died 2018)
1933: Charles K. Kao, Chinese physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
1933: C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Nigerian colonel and politician, President of Biafra (died 2011)
1932: Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician and diplomat, 10th President of Austria (died 2004)
1932: Tommy Makem, Irish singer-songwriter (died 2007)
1931: Bernard Francis Law, Mexican-American cardinal (died 2017)
1930: James E. Brewton, American painter (died 1967)
1930: Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Indian pharmacologist and academic (died 2015)
1930: Dick Groat, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)
1930: Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (died 2012)
1929: Anastasios of Albania, Greek-Albanian archbishop (died 2025)
1929: Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (died 2013)
1928: Larry Bunker, American drummer and vibraphone player (died 2005)
1928: Eugenio Lopez Jr., Filipino businessman and chairman of the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (died 1999)
1928: Hannah Weiner, American poet and author (died 1997)
1926: Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Cuban-American conga player and composer (died 2007)
1925: Gamani Corea, Sri Lankan economist and diplomat (died 2013)
1925: Doris Roberts, American actress (died 2016)
1923: Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (died 2002)
1923: Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician (died 2020)
1923: Eugene Sledge, American soldier, author, and academic (died 2001)
1922: Benno Besson, Swiss-German actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2006)
1921: Mary Sherman Morgan, American scientist and engineer (died 2004)
1919: Martin Balsam, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1996)
1919: Eric Thompson, English race car driver and businessman (died 2015)
1918: Art Carney, American actor (died 2003)
1918: Cameron Mitchell, American actor (died 1994)
1916: John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1945)
1916: Walter Cronkite, American journalist, voice actor, and producer (died 2009)
1916: Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, created Barbie (died 2002)
1915: Marguerite Patten, English economist and author (died 2015)
1915: Ismail Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician (died 1973)
1914: Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (died 1957)
1913: Gig Young, American actor (died 1978)
1912: Botong Francisco, Filipino painter (died 1969)
1912: Vadim Salmanov, Russian pianist and composer (died 1978)
1912: Giff Vivian, New Zealand cricketer (died 1983)
1911: Dixie Lee, American actress and singer (died 1952)
1909: Evelyn Bryan Johnson, American colonel and pilot (died 2012)
1909: Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (died 1974)
1909: Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager (died 1986)
1908: Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer and photographer (died 1997)
1908: Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)
1906: Sterling North, American author and critic (died 1974)
1905: Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet and translator (died 2007)
1904: Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer, technician, and academic (died 1967)
1901: Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist, author, and academic (died 1974)
1900: Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian sociologist and activist (died 1954)
1897: Dolly Stark, American baseball player and umpire (died 1968)
1896: Carlos P. Garcia, Filipino lawyer and politician, 8th President of the Philippines (died 1971)
1890: Klabund, German author and poet (died 1928)
1889: Alton Adams, American composer and bandleader (died 1987)
1887: Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist and philanthropist (died 1975)
1884: Harry Ferguson, Irish engineer, invented the tractor (died 1960)
1883: Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician 135th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1953)
1879: Will Rogers, American actor and screenwriter (died 1935)
1874: Charles Despiau, French sculptor (died 1946)
1873: Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (died 1939)
1868: La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer, and dancer (died 1965)
1862: Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor and director (died 1932)
1861: Alice Gossage, American journalist (died 1929)
1853: Anna Bayerová, Czech physician (died 1924)
1840: William Giblin, Australian politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (died 1887)
1836: Henry J. Lutcher, American businessman (died 1912)
1821: Thomas Keefer, Canadian engineer and businessman (died 1915)
1816: Stephen Johnson Field, American lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of California (died 1899)
1809: Benjamin Robbins Curtis, American lawyer and jurist (died 1874)
1787: Edmund Kean, British Shakespearean stage actor (died 1833)
1765: Pierre-Simon Girard, French mathematician and engineer (died 1836)
1740: Augustus Toplady, English cleric and hymn writer (died 1778)
1661: Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (died 1742)
1649: Samuel Carpenter, Deputy Governor of colonial Pennsylvania (died 1714)
1640: Carlo Mannelli, Italian violinist and composer (died 1697)
1631: Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (died 1660)
1592: Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter (died 1656)
1575: Guido Reni, Italian painter and illustrator (died 1642)
1553: Roger Wilbraham, Solicitor-General for Ireland (died 1616)
1512: Hu Zongxian, Chinese general (died 1565)
1448: Alfonso II of Naples (died 1495)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Bernard Marcus, American billionaire businessman and philanthropist (born 1929)
2024: Murray Sinclair, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1951)
2023: Akbar Golpayegani, Iranian vocalist (born 1934)
2020: Ken Hensley, English rock singer-songwriter and musician (born 1945)
2019: Gay Byrne, Irish broadcaster (born 1934)
2017: Isabel Granada, Filipino-Spanish actress and singer (born 1976)
2017: Ned Romero, American actor and opera singer (born 1926)
2016: Catherine Davani, first female Papua New Guinean judge (born 1960)
2016: Mansour Pourheidari, Iranian football player and coach (born 1946)
2015: Piotr Domaradzki, Polish-American historian and journalist (born 1946)
2015: René Girard, French-American historian, philosopher, and critic (born 1923)
2015: Károly Horváth, Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer (born 1950)
2015: Lee Robinson, American lawyer and politician (born 1943)
2014: Enrique Olivera, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 2nd Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires (born 1940)
2014: George Edgar Slusser, American author and academic (born 1939)
2014: S. Donald Stookey, American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare (born 1915)
2013: John D. Hawk, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1924)
2013: Leonid Stolovich, Russian-Estonian philosopher and academic (born 1929)
2013: Ray Willsey, Canadian-American football player and coach (born 1928)
2012: David Resnick, Brazilian-Israeli architect, designed Yad Kennedy (born 1924)
2011: Arnold Green, Latvian-Estonian soldier and politician (born 1920)
2011: Andy Rooney, American author, critic, journalist, and television personality (born 1919)
2010: Sparky Anderson, American baseball player and manager (born 1934)
2009: Hubertus Brandenburg, German bishop (born 1923)
2008: Michael Crichton, American physician, author, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1942)
2008: Rosella Hightower, American ballerina (born 1920)
2008: Juan Camilo Mouriño, French-Mexican economist and politician, Mexican Secretary of the Interior (born 1971)
2007: Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (born 1926)
2007: Peter Viertel, German-American author and screenwriter (born 1920)
2006: Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1915)
2006: Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American author (born 1908)
2005: Nadia Anjuman, Afghan journalist and poet (born 1980)
2005: Sheree North, American actress and dancer (born 1932)
2005: Graham Payn, South African-born English actor and singer (born 1918)
2005: Hiro Takahashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1964)
2003: Charles Causley, Cornish author and poet (born 1917)
2003: Richard Wollheim, English philosopher, author, and academic (born 1923)
1999: Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian cricketer and coach (born 1958)
1997: Richard Hooker, American novelist (born 1924)
1995: Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher and scholar (born 1925)
1995: Paul Eddington, English actor (born 1927)
1995: Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (born 1922)
1995: Morrie Schwartz, American sociologist, author, and academic (born 1916)
1994: Sam Francis, American soldier and painter (born 1923)
1992: George Klein, Canadian engineer, invented the motorized wheelchair (born 1904)
1988: Kleanthis Vikelidis, Greek footballer and manager (born 1916)
1986: Kurt Hirsch, German-English mathematician and academic (born 1906)
1984: Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan, Turkish poet and author (born 1926)
1982: Burhan Felek, Turkish lawyer and journalist (born 1889)
1982: Gil Whitney, American journalist (born 1940)
1980: Elsie MacGill, Canadian-American engineer and author (born 1905)
1977: Tom Reamy, American author and illustrator (born 1935)
1976: Toni Ulmen, German race car driver and motorcycle racer (born 1906)
1975: Francis Dvornik, Czech priest and academic (born 1893)
1975: Izzat Husrieh, Syrian journalist, historian, and academic (born 1914)
1974: Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (born 1909)
1969: Carlos Marighella, Brazilian author and activist (born 1911)
1968: Horace Gould, English race car driver (born 1918)
1968: Michel Kikoine, Belarusian-French painter and soldier (born 1892)
1959: Friedrich Waismann, Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1896)
1957: Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith (born 1897)
1956: Freddie Dixon, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (born 1892)
1955: Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1896)
1955: Cy Young, American baseball player and manager (born 1867)
1954: Stig Dagerman, Swedish journalist and writer (born 1923)
1950: Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player and coach (born 1887)
1948: Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1874)
1946: Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general (born 1865)
1940: Arthur Rostron, English captain (born 1869)
1931: Buddy Bolden, American cornet player and bandleader (born 1877)
1931: Luigi Galleani, Italian theorist and activist (born 1861)
1930: Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general (born 1859)
1924: Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1843)
1924: Gabriel Fauré, French pianist, composer, and educator (born 1845)
1921: Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1856)
1918: Wilfred Owen, English lieutenant and poet (born 1893)
1906: John H. Ketcham, American general and politician (born 1832)
1895: Eugene Field, American journalist, author, and poet (born 1850)
1893: Pierre Tirard, Swiss-French engineer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of France (born 1827)
1886: James Martin, Irish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of New South Wales (born 1820)
1856: Paul Delaroche, French painter and educator (born 1797)
1847: Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1809)
1847: Thiệu Trị, Vietnamese emperor (born 1807)
1801: William Shippen, American physician and anatomist (born 1712)
1781: Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet and songwriter (born 1721)
1704: Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist and scholar (born 1654)
1702: John Benbow, English admiral (born 1653)
1698: Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (born 1625)
1669: Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian and academic (born 1603)
1658: Antoine Le Maistre, French lawyer and author (born 1608)
1652: Jean-Charles della Faille, Flemish priest and mathematician (born 1597)
1581: Mathurin Romegas, rival Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (born c.1525)
1576: John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester (born c. 1510)
1485: Françoise d'Amboise, duchess of Brittany (born 1427)
1485: Giovanni Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (born 1408)
1428: Sophia of Bavaria, queen of Bohemia (born 1376)
1411: Khalil Sultan of Timurid (born 1384)
1360: Elizabeth de Clare, English noblewoman (born 1295)
1212: Felix of Valois, French saint (born 1127)
1203: Dirk VII, Count of Holland
1038: Jaromír, duke of Bohemia (born 970)
915: Zhang, Chinese empress (born 892)
604: Yohl Ik'nal, Mayan queen

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