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November 7

On This Day in History

November 7

November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 54 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022: $39.3 million Classic Lotto jackpot won by Ohio player after nearly two years without a winner. The Ohio Lottery's Classic Lotto jackpot finally had a winner after going through almost a full two years' worth of rollovers.
2018: NJ Pick 6 lottery jackpot climbs to highest amount in 14 years. The jackpot for the New Jersey Lottery's Pick 6 drawing has quietly climbed to $25.2 million — making it the largest prize the game has offered in more than 14 years.
2016: Powerball jackpot winner pleads out in stalking case. A black sheep member of a prominent Marinette County, Wisconsin, family has opted for a plea deal on several felonies he piled up in the wake of winning a $31.4 million Powerball jackpot.
2015: Lottery scam victim lost life savings. A Jacksonville, Florida, man said he thought he was helping another man retrieve thousands in lottery winnings, but instead that man took $32,000 of the victim's money and left.
2015: Records show alcohol-related misconduct by former MN Lottery official. A former high-ranking Minnesota Lottery official suing over her termination had the attention of Gov. Mark Dayton’s office in 2012 for alcohol-related misconduct that "created public embarrassment" for the agency, newly released documents show.
2014: Arizona Lottery retires gold miner logo. The Arizona Lottery announced the retirement of the logo last week, spokeswoman Karen Bach said.
2010: Michigan gets second multi-state lottery winner in a week. The USA's two biggest multi-state lottery games produced $100 million+ jackpot winners within the same week -- both in the state of Michigan.
2010: Con artists target N.J. seniors in lottery scam. The lottery scam is a classic ruse that gets people to fork over cash on the belief they will receive a sweepstakes prize, although a legitimate lottery will never ask you for money to collect a prize.
2006: Hot Lotto coming to New Mexico. Lottery players in New Mexico will soon have a hot new way to win a cool million when tickets for Hot Lotto go on sale Sunday, November 12.
2006: In state lottery, everyone plays a hunch. People have different strategies and superstitions when trying to beat the odds and win the lottery. Just ask the cashiers they buy tickets from.
2006: S.C. only state with no lottery sales on Election Day. South Carolinians can pick politicians and decide a slew of state issues Tuesday, but they can't elect to buy a lottery ticket or a bottle of booze.
2006: N.C lottery retailers caught selling tickets to minors. In August and September, teenagers working for North Carolina state law enforcement officers bought lottery tickets from 91 different retailers, without any age verification.
2003: Indiana scores Powerball 3-peat. The announcement of Powerball's third consecutive winning ticket makes Indiana the only state to sell three in a row an unparalleled three times.
2003: Missouri Lottery Saves Players Thousands Through Web Site. During the past three years, the Missouri Lottery has been doing more than just saving its players time when entering promotions on-line at its Web site; it has saved players more than $97,000 in postage.
2003: Elderly man loses $8,000 to con men. San Jose police Thursday released composite sketches of two men sought in a recent lottery scam in which an elderly man lost $8,000 cash while trying to help a man he believed held a winning ticket.
2003: Cohen says Tenn. lottery tickets will be on sale by Jan. 27. The Tennessee Legislature's leading lottery advocate predicted Thursday that Tennessee will be selling lottery tickets by Jan. 27 and said the startup date could have been Jan. 1.
2003: £2.6m Lottery win goes unclaimed. A £2.6 million UK National Lottery jackpot has gone unclaimed and is to be handed over to good causes.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$2.04 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 7, 2022
2.€302.98 Million US$304.74 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2022
3.$236 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 9, 2016
4.$225 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2005
5.$203 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2014
6.€152 Million US$194.27 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2006
7.€152 Million US$193.39 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 9, 2012
8.$180 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2015
9.$154 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2022
10.$152 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2020
11.$150.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2021
12.$149 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 7, 2020
13.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2019
14.$143 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 7, 2012
15.€106.8 Million
US$123.77 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 9, 2021
16.€120 Million
US$120.7 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2022
17.€111 Million
US$119.07 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2015
18.$115 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2013
19.€96 Million
US$105.87 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2019
20.€89 Million
US$103.14 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 9, 2021
21.€90 Million
US$102.05 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Nov 9, 2018
22.$93 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2002
23.$90 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 9, 2004
23.$90 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 9, 2018
25.€79 Million
US$87.12 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: owenspitcher2
Thursday, Nov 7, 1991
31 years old
1990: j09brown
Wednesday, Nov 7, 1990
32 years old
1980: seanchase
Friday, Nov 7, 1980
42 years old
1979: chetta79
Wednesday, Nov 7, 1979
43 years old
1977: LuckyPick3
Monday, Nov 7, 1977
45 years old
1977: Isha111
Monday, Nov 7, 1977
45 years old
1975: Developer
Friday, Nov 7, 1975
47 years old
1971: Naim
Sunday, Nov 7, 1971
51 years old
1969: joey77
Friday, Nov 7, 1969
53 years old
1968: jelliebean
Thursday, Nov 7, 1968
54 years old
1968: NeCapri68
Thursday, Nov 7, 1968
54 years old
1965: kmadden1107
Sunday, Nov 7, 1965
57 years old
1964: DEBRA42BOYKIN
Saturday, Nov 7, 1964
58 years old
1960: Tamlynn
Monday, Nov 7, 1960
62 years old
1959: Father-Luke
Saturday, Nov 7, 1959
63 years old
1955: egr53
Monday, Nov 7, 1955
67 years old
1948: ace48
Sunday, Nov 7, 1948
74 years old
: honey bee
(year not provided)
: faye1107
(year not provided)
: jachromatic
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2017: Shamshad TV is attacked by armed gunmen and suicide bombers, with a security guard killed and 20 people wounded; ISIS claims responsibility for the attack.
2012: An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.
2007: The Jokela school shooting in Jokela, Tuusula, Finland, takes place, resulting in the death of nine people.
2004: Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day state of emergency as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
2000: The controversial US presidential election is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court case, electing George W. Bush as the 43rd President of the United States.
2000: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.
1996: NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.
1996: ADC Airlines Flight 086 crashes on approach to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, in Lagos, Nigeria, killing all 144 people on board.
1994: WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, launches the world's first internet radio broadcast.
1991: Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA.
1990: Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
1989: Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
1989: David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.
1989: East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
1987: In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
1987: The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore opens for passenger service.
1983: United States Senate bombing: A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.
1983: Cold War: The command post exercise Able Archer 83 begins, eventually leading to the Soviet Union to place air units in East Germany and Poland on alert, for fear that NATO was preparing for war
1975: In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Maj-Gen. Ziaur Rahman.
1973: The United States Congress overrides President Richard Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
1972: United States presidential election: U.S. President Richard Nixon is re-elected in the largest landslide victory at the time.
1967: Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.
1967: US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
1957: Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
1956: Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.
1956: Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.
1954: In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.
1949: The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), the world's oldest offshore oil platform.
1944: Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.
1941: World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.
1940: In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.
1936: Spanish Civil War: The Madrid Defense Council is formed to coordinate the Defense of Madrid against nationalist forces.
1933: Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.
1931: The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
1929: In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
1920: Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
1919: The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities.
1918: The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
1918: Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
1917: The October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October, occurs, according to the Gregorian calendar; on this date, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
1917: World War I: The Third Battle of Gaza ends, with British forces capturing Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
1916: Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
1916: Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
1916: Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
1914: The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
1913: The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.
1912: The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
1910: The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
1907: Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometres (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
1900: Second Boer War: The Battle of Leliefontein takes place, during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
1900: The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
1893: Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
1885: The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
1881: Mapuche uprising of 1881: Mapuche rebels destroy the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial after defenders fled to the hills.
1874: A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
1861: American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
1861: The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.
1837: In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
1811: Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States.
1786: The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
1775: John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.
1665: The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.
1619: Elizabeth Stuart is crowned Queen of Bohemia.
1504: Christopher Columbus returns from his fourth and last voyage.
1492: The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the Earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.
1426: Lam Sơn uprising: Lam Sơn rebels emerge victorious against the Ming army in the Battle of Tốt Động - Chúc Động taking place in Đông Quan, in now Hanoi.
921: Treaty of Bonn: The Frankish kings Charles the Simple and Henry the Fowler sign a peace treaty or 'pact of friendship' (amicitia) to recognize their borders along the Rhine.
680: The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople.
335: Athanasius is banished to Trier, on the charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople.

Births On This Day

1997: Erika Hendsel, Estonian tennis player
1997: Nana Okada, Japanese singer
1996: Lorde, New Zealand singer-songwriter
1994: Haruna Iikubo, Japanese singer and actress
1992: Apisai Koroisau, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
1991: Felix Rosenqvist, Swedish race car driver
1990: Daniel Ayala, Spanish footballer
1990: Matt Corby, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1990: David de Gea, Spanish footballer
1990: Joelle Hadjia, Australian singer-songwriter
1989: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Russian singer and political activist
1988: Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukrainian tennis player
1988: Simone Favaro, Italian rugby player
1988: Thomas Schneider, German sprinter
1988: Tinie Tempah, English rapper and producer
1987: Mitch Brown, Australian rugby league player
1987: Marek Semjan, Slovak tennis player
1986: Andy Hull, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1986: David Nelson, American football player
1986: Doukissa Nomikou, Greek model and television host
1985: Sebastian Aldén, Swedish motorcycle racer
1985: Lucas Neff, American actor
1984: Mihkel Aksalu, Estonian footballer
1984: Jonathan Bornstein, American-Israeli soccer player
1984: Gervais Randrianarisoa, Malagasy footballer
1984: Amelia Vega, Dominican actress and singer, Miss Universe 2003
1983: Adam DeVine, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and singer
1983: Forrest Kline, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983: Esmerling Vásquez, Dominican baseball player
1982: Pascal Leclaire, Canadian ice hockey player
1981: Muhammad Hassan, American wrestler and educator
1981: Nana Katase, Japanese model, actress, and singer
1981: Anushka Shetty, Indian actress
1981: Rina Uchiyama, Japanese actress and model
1980: Karthik, Indian singer-songwriter
1980: Sergio Bernardo Almirón, Argentinian footballer
1980: Gervasio Deferr, Spanish gymnast
1980: James Franklin, New Zealand cricketer
1980: Luciana Salazar, Argentinian model, actress, and singer
1979: Mike Commodore, Canadian ice hockey player
1979: Will Demps, American football player
1979: Danny Fonseca, Costa Rican footballer
1979: Barney Harwood, English television host and actor
1979: Jon Peter Lewis, American singer-songwriter and actor
1979: Amy Purdy, American actress, model and snowboarder
1979: Joey Ryan, American wrestler
1979: Otep Shamaya, American singer-songwriter and actress
1978: Mohamed Aboutrika, Egyptian footballer
1978: Elisabeth Bachman, American volleyball player and coach
1978: Rio Ferdinand, English footballer
1978: Tomoya Nagase, Japanese singer-songwriter
1978: Barry Robson, Scottish footballer
1978: Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch footballer
1977: Lindsay Czarniak, American journalist and sportscaster
1977: Andres Oper, Estonian footballer
1977: María Sánchez Lorenzo, Spanish tennis player
1977: Anthony Thomas, American football player and coach
1976: Rob Caggiano, American guitarist and producer
1976: Mark Philippoussis, Australian tennis player and model
1975: Venkat Prabhu, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter
1974: Kris Benson, American baseball player
1974: Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Jamaican hurdler
1974: Christian Gómez, Argentinian footballer
1974: Chris Summers, Norwegian drummer
1973: Catê, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2011)
1973: Yunjin Kim, South Korean-American actress
1973: Martín Palermo, Argentinian footballer and manager
1972: Danny Grewcock, English rugby player
1972: Jason London, American actor and producer
1972: Jeremy London, American actor and producer
1972: Hasim Rahman, American boxer
1972: Marcus Stewart, English footballer and coach
1971: Jamie Drummond, Scottish-Canadian journalist and critic
1971: Robin Finck, American guitarist and songwriter
1971: Matthew Ryan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971: Trivikram Srinivas, Indian director and screenwriter
1970: Andy Houston, American race car driver
1970: Marc Rosset, Swiss-Monacan tennis player
1970: Morgan Spurlock, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1970: Paul Ware, English footballer (d. 2013)
1969: Michelle Clunie, American actress
1969: Hélène Grimaud, French pianist
1969: Michel Picard, Canadian ice hockey player and scout
1968: Russ Springer, American baseball player
1967: Steve Di Giorgio, American bass player
1967: David Guetta, French DJ, record producer, remixer, and songwriter
1967: Hikaru Ijūin, Japanese radio host
1967: Rafael Herbert Reyes, Dominican wrestler
1967: Sharleen Spiteri, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
1966: Calvin Borel, American jockey
1965: Steve Parkin, English footballer and manager
1965: Sigrun Wodars, German runner and physiotherapist
1964: Troy Beyer, American actress, director, and screenwriter
1964: Philip Hollobone, English politician
1964: Liam Ó Maonlaí, Irish keyboard player and songwriter
1964: Dana Plato, American actress (d. 1999)
1964: Bonnie St. John, American skier and scholar
1963: John Barnes, Jamaican-English footballer and manager
1963: Sam Graves, American farmer and politician
1962: Tracie Savage, American actress and journalist
1962: Dirk Shafer, American model, actor, and director (d. 2015)
1961: Orlando Mercado, American baseball player and coach
1960: Tommy Thayer, American guitarist and songwriter
1960: Shyamaprasad, Indian filmmaker
1959: Billy Gillispie, American basketball player and coach
1959: Alexandre Guimarães, Brazilian-Costa Rican footballer and manager
1958: Dmitry Kozak, Russian politician; Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
1957: John Benitez, American DJ, songwriter, and producer
1957: King Kong Bundy, American wrestler (d. 2019)
1957: Christopher Knight, American actor
1956: Mikhail Alperin, Ukrainian pianist and composer (d. 2018)
1956: Jonathan Palmer, English race car driver and businessman
1956: Judy Tenuta, American comedian, actress, and comedy musician (d. 2022)
1954: James Gray, Scottish politician
1954: Guy Gavriel Kay, Canadian lawyer and author
1954: Gil Junger, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1954: Kamal Haasan, Tamil actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1953: Maire Aunaste, Estonian journalist and author
1953: Erik Balke, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
1953: Christopher Foster, English bishop
1953: Lucinda Green, English equestrian and journalist
1952: David Petraeus, American general, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
1952: Modibo Sidibé, Sudanese-Malian police officer and politician, Prime Minister of Mali
1952: Valeriy Zuyev, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2016)
1951: Gerard F. Gilmore, New Zealand astronomer and academic
1951: Kevin MacMichael, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and record producer (d. 2002)
1951: Lawrence O'Donnell, American journalist and talk show host
1951: John Tamargo, American baseball player and coach
1950: Lindsay Duncan, Scottish actress
1950: John Lang, Australian rugby league player and coach
1949: Stephen Bruton, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2009)
1949: Steven Stucky, American composer and academic (d. 2016)
1949: David S. Ware, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2012)
1948: Stephen Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint, English businessman and politician
1948: Buck Martinez, American baseball player and manager
1948: Alex Ribeiro, Brazilian race car driver
1947: Bob Anderson, English darts player
1947: Rebecca Eaton, American television producer
1947: Yutaka Fukumoto, Japanese baseball player and coach
1947: Ron Leavitt, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2008)
1947: Sondhi Limthongkul, Thai journalist and politician
1946: Chrystos, American writer and activist
1945: Joe Niekro, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1944: Gigi Riva, Italian footballer and manager
1944: Peter Wilby, English journalist
1943: Silvia Cartwright, New Zealand lawyer, judge, and politician, 18th Governor-General of New Zealand
1943: Stephen Greenblatt, American theorist, scholar, and critic
1943: Boris Gromov, Russian general and politician, Governor of Moscow Oblast
1943: Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943: Michael Spence, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1942: Tom Peters, American businessman and author
1942: Johnny Rivers, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1942: Jean Shrimpton, English model and actress
1941: Madeline Gins, American poet and architect (d. 2014)
1941: Angelo Scola, Italian cardinal and philosopher
1940: Dakin Matthews, American actor, director, and playwright
1940: Antonio Skármeta, Chilean author and academic
1939: Barbara Liskov, American computer scientist and academic
1938: Dee Clark, American singer-songwriter (d. 1990)
1938: Jake Gibbs, American baseball player and coach
1938: Jim Kaat, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1938: Barry Newman, American actor
1937: Mary Daheim, American journalist and author
1936: Gwyneth Jones, Welsh soprano
1936: Al Attles, American basketball player and coach
1935: W. S. Rendra, Indonesian poet and playwright (d. 2009)
1931: G. Edward Griffin, American director, producer, and author
1930: Rudy Boschwitz, German-American politician
1929: Jesús de Polanco, Spanish publisher and businessman (d. 2007)
1929: Eric Kandel, Austrian-American neuroscientist and psychiatrist, Nobel Prize laureate
1929: Lila Kaye, English actress (d. 2012)
1928: Richard G. Scott, American engineer and religious leader (d. 2015)
1927: Herbert Flam, American tennis player (d. 1980)
1927: Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (d. 2013)
1926: Joan Sutherland, Australian soprano (d. 2010)
1923: Gene Callahan, American art director and production designer (d. 1990)
1922: Ghulam Azam, Bangladeshi politician (d. 2014)
1922: Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1999)
1921: Lisa Ben, American singer-songwriter and journalist (d. 2015)
1921: Jack Fleck, American golfer (d. 2014)
1921: Susanne Hirzel, member of the White Rose (d. 2012)
1920: Max Kampelman, American lawyer and diplomat (d. 2013)
1920: Elaine Morgan, Welsh writer, aquatic ape hypothesis (d. 2013)
1919: Ellen Stewart, American director and producer (d. 2011)
1918: Paul Aussaresses, French general (d. 2013)
1918: Billy Graham, American minister and author (d. 2018)
1918: Maria Teresa de Noronha, Portuguese singer (d. 1993)
1917: Titos Vandis, Greek actor (d. 2003)
1915: Philip Morrison, American astrophysicist and academic (d. 2005)
1915: M. Athalie Range, American activist and politician (d. 2006)
1914: Archie Campbell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1987)
1914: R. A. Lafferty, American author (d. 2002)
1913: Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960)
1913: Alekos Sakellarios, Greek director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1913: Mikhail Solomentsev, Soviet politician, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (d. 2008)
1912: Victor Beaumont, German-English actor (d. 1977)
1909: Ruby Hurley, American activist (d. 1980)
1909: Norman Krasna, American director, producer, screenwriter, and playwright (d. 1984)
1908: Marijac, French author and illustrator (d. 1994)
1906: Eugene Carson Blake, American minister and educator (d. 1985)
1905: William Alwyn, English composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1985)
1903: Ary Barroso, Brazilian pianist and composer (d. 1964)
1903: Dean Jagger, American actor (d. 1991)
1903: Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
1901: Norah McGuinness, Irish painter and illustrator (d. 1980)
1900: Nellie Campobello, Mexican writer who chronicled the Mexican Revolution (d. 1986)
1899: Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli journalist and poet (d. 1954)
1898: Margaret Morris, American actress (d. 1968)
1898: Raphaël Salem, Greek-French mathematician and academic (d. 1963)
1897: Herman J. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1953)
1897: Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (d. 1976)
1896: Esdras Minville, Canadian economist and sociologist (d. 1975)
1893: Leatrice Joy, American actress (d. 1985)
1893: Margaret Leech, American historian and author (d. 1974)
1891: Genrikh Yagoda, director of the NKVD (d. 1938)
1890: Jan Matulka, Czech-American painter and illustrator (d. 1972)
1888: C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1886: Aron Nimzowitsch, Russian-Danish chess player and theoretician (d. 1935)
1879: King Baggot, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1948)
1879: Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (d. 1940)
1878: Lise Meitner, Austrian-Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1968)
1876: Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (d. 1958)
1872: Lucille La Verne, American actress (d. 1945)
1872: Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist (d. 1956)
1867: Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)
1861: Jeff Milton, American police officer (d. 1947)
1860: Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general and engineer (d. 1936)
1860: Paul Peel, Canadian painter and academic (d. 1892)
1858: Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian academic and activist (d. 1932)
1851: Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (d. 1913)
1846: Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1907)
1843: William Plankinton, American businessman, industrialist and banker (d. 1905)
1838: Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author and playwright (d. 1889)
1832: Andrew Dickson White, American historian, academic, and diplomat, co-founded Cornell University (d. 1918)
1830: Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (d. 1907)
1821: Andrea Debono, Maltese trader and explorer (d. 1871)
1818: Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physician and physiologist (d. 1896)
1805: Thomas Brassey, English engineer and businessman (d. 1870)
1800: Platt Rogers Spencer, American calligrapher and educator (d. 1864)
1789: Alfred Kelley, American legislator, canal builder, and railroad magnate (d. 1859)
1787: Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (d. 1854)
1750: Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (d. 1819)
1728: James Cook, English captain, navigator, and cartographer (d. 1779)
1706: Carlo Cecere, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1761)
1687: William Stukeley, English archaeologist and physician (d. 1765)
1683: Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman, author, and translator (d. 1748)
1650: John Robinson, English bishop and diplomat (d. 1723)
1619: Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (d. 1692)
1598: Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter (d. 1664)
1525: Georg Cracow, German lawyer and politician (d. 1575)
1456: Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine, Princess of Bavaria-Landshut by birth (d. 1501)
1316: Simeon of Russia (d. 1353)
1186: Ögedei Khan, Mongol ruler, 2nd Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1241)
994: Ibn Hazm, Arabian philosopher and scholar (d. 1069)
630: Constans II, Byzantine emperor (d. 668)
13 BC: Emperor Keikō of Japan (d. 130)

Deaths On This Day

2020: Jonathan Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth and member of the House of Lords (b. 1948)
2020: Dean Stockwell, American actor (b. 1936)
2019: Janette Sherman, American physician, author, and pioneer in occupational and environmental health (b. 1930)
2017: Roy Halladay, American baseball player (b. 1977)
2017: Carl Sargeant, Welsh Assembly minister (b. 1968)
2016: Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1934)
2016: Janet Reno, American lawyer and government official; Attorney General of the United States (1993-2001) (b. 1938)
2016: Jimmy Young, British singer and radio personality (b. 1921)
2015: Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, Indian director and poet (b. 1970)
2015: Ri Ul-sol, North Korean marshal and politician (b. 1921)
2014: Lincoln D. Faurer, American general (b. 1928)
2014: Kajetan Kovič, Slovenian journalist and poet (b. 1931)
2014: Allen Ripley, American baseball player (b. 1952)
2013: John Cole, Irish-English journalist and author (b. 1927)
2013: Ian Davies, Australian basketball player and coach (b. 1956)
2013: Ron Dellow, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
2013: Joey Manley, American publisher, founded Modern Tales (b. 1965)
2013: Jack Mitchell, American photographer and author (b. 1925)
2013: Manfred Rommel, German lawyer and politician (b. 1928)
2012: Carmen Basilio, American boxer (b. 1927)
2012: Kevin O'Donnell, Jr., American author (b. 1950)
2012: Glenys Page, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1940)
2012: Sandy Pearson, Australian general (b. 1918)
2012: Darrell Royal, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
2012: Arthur K. Snyder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
2011: Joe Frazier, American boxer (b. 1944)
2011: Takanosato Toshihide, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1952)
2007: Earl Dodge, American activist and politician (b. 1932)
2007: George W. George, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1920)
2006: Aino Kukk, Estonian chess player and engineer (b. 1930)
2006: Bryan Pata, American football player (b. 1984)
2006: Johnny Sain, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
2006: Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist and politician, co-founded L'Express (b. 1924)
2006: Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer and manager (b. 1926)
2005: Harry Thompson, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1960)
2004: Howard Keel, American actor and singer (b. 1919)
2003: Foo Foo Lammar, British drag queen and nightclub owner (b. 1937)
2002: Rudolf Augstein, German journalist, co-founded Der Spiegel (b. 1923)
2001: Nida Blanca, Filipino actress (b. 1936)
2001: Anthony Shaffer, English author and playwright (b. 1926)
2000: Ingrid of Sweden (b. 1910)
2000: Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (b. 1950)
2000: Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian publisher and politician, Indian Minister of Defence (b. 1910)
1996: Claude Ake, Nigerian political scientist and academic (b. 1939)
1996: Jaja Wachuku, Nigerian lawyer and politician, Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1918)
1995: Ann Dunham, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1942)
1994: Shorty Rogers, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1924)
1993: Adelaide Hall, American-English singer, actress, and dancer (b. 1901)
1993: Charles Aidman, American stage, film, and television actor (b. 1925)
1992: Alexander Dubček, Slovak soldier and politician (b. 1921)
1992: Jack Kelly, American actor and politician (b. 1927)
1991: Tom of Finland, Finnish illustrator (b. 1920)
1991: Nuri Ja'far, Iraqi psychologist and philosopher of education, (b. 1914)
1990: Lawrence Durrell, British novelist, poet, dramatist, (b. 1912)
1990: Tom Clancy, Irish singer and actor, (b. 1924)
1988: Bill Hoest, American cartoonist (b. 1926)
1986: Tracy Pew, Australian bass player (b. 1957)
1983: Germaine Tailleferre, French pianist and composer (b. 1892)
1981: Will Durant, American historian and philosopher (b. 1885)
1980: İlhan Erdost, Turkish publisher (b. 1944)
1980: Steve McQueen, American actor and producer (b. 1930)
1978: Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian surgeon and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Gujarat (b. 1887)
1978: Gene Tunney, American boxer and actor (b. 1897)
1975: Piero Dusio, Italian footballer, businessman and race car driver (b. 1899)
1974: Eric Linklater, Welsh-Scottish author and academic (b. 1899)
1968: Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1901)
1968: Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician, cryptographer, and academic (b. 1906)
1967: John Nance Garner, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Vice President of the United States (b. 1868)
1966: Rube Bressler, American baseball player (b. 1894)
1964: Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
1962: Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States (b. 1884)
1959: Victor McLaglen, English-American boxer and actor (b. 1883)
1947: K. Natesa Iyer, Indian-Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1887)
1944: Richard Sorge, Azerbaijani-German journalist and spy (b. 1895)
1944: Hannah Szenes, Hungarian-Israeli soldier and poet (b. 1921)
1941: Frank Pick, English lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)
1933: Harold Weber, American golfer and architect (b. 1882)
1930: Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (b. 1878)
1923: Ashwini Kumar Dutta, Indian educator and philanthropist (b. 1856)
1922: Sam Thompson, American baseball player (b. 1860)
1919: Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1863)
1916: Henry Ward Ranger, American painter and academic (b. 1858)
1913: Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh-English biologist and geographer (b. 1823)
1907: Jesús García, Mexican railroad brakeman (b. 1881)
1906: Heinrich Seidel, German engineer and poet (b. 1842)
1881: John MacHale, Irish archbishop (b. 1791)
1872: Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (b. 1833)
1862: Bahadur Shah II, Mughal emperor (b. 1775)
1837: Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American minister and journalist (b. 1809)
1809: Paul Sandby, English painter and cartographer (b. 1725)
1713: Elizabeth Barry, English actress (b. 1658)
1652: Henry of Nassau-Siegen, German count, officer in the Dutch Army, diplomat for the Dutch Republic (b. 1611)
1642: Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, English judge and politician, Lord High Treasurer of The United Kingdom (b. 1563)
1639: Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, English politician (b. 1560)
1633: Cornelis Drebbel, Dutch inventor (b. 1572)
1627: Jahangir, Mughal emperor (b. 1569)
1599: Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon and educator (b. 1546)
1581: Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar (b. 1505)
1574: Solomon Luria, Polish rabbi and educator (b. 1510)
1562: Maldeo Rathore, Rao of Marwar (b. 1511)
1561: Jeanne de Jussie, Swiss nun and writer (b. 1503)
1550: Jón Arason, Icelandic bishop and poet (b. 1484)
1497: Philip II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1443)
1225: Engelbert II of Berg, German archbishop and saint (b. 1186)
1173: Uijong of Goryeo, Korean monarch of the Goryeo dynasty (b. 1127)
927: Zhu Shouyin, general of Later Tang
691: Cen Changqian, official of the Tang Dynasty
691: Ge Fuyuan, official of the Tang Dynasty

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