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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

2025: Mississippi Lottery halts Cash 3 triple payout promotion one week in. One week after it launched, the Mississippi Lottery prematurely halted the Cash 3 promotion that tripled all prize payouts for what was supposed to be the entire month of November.
2024: Virginia woman discovers $1.5 million Cash 5 lottery win while stopped at traffic lights. A Virginia woman discovered her $1.5 million Cash 5 lottery win at a stoplight, with each stop gradually revealing more of her win.
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.$843 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 7, 2025
3.$473.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2025
4.$334 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2024
5.€302.98 Million US$304.74 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2022
6.$236 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 9, 2016
7.$225 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2005
8.$203 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2014
9.$198 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2023
10.$196 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 7, 2023
11.€152 Million
US$194.27 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2006
12.€152 Million
US$193.39 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 9, 2012
13.$180 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2015
14.$154 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2022
15.$152 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2020
16.$150.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2021
17.$149 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 7, 2020
18.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2019
19.$143 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 7, 2012
20.€123 Million
US$132.1 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2024
21.€106.8 Million
US$123.77 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 9, 2021
22.€120 Million
US$120.7 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2022
23.€111 Million
US$119.07 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2015
24.$115 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2013
25.€97 Million
US$112.15 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 7, 2025

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1995: Dekhabsa
Tuesday, Nov 7, 1995
30 years old
1991: owenspitcher2
Thursday, Nov 7, 1991
34 years old
1990: j09brown
Wednesday, Nov 7, 1990
35 years old
1983: Sinseer83
Monday, Nov 7, 1983
42 years old
1980: seanchase
Friday, Nov 7, 1980
45 years old
1979: chetta79
Wednesday, Nov 7, 1979
46 years old
1977: LuckyPick3
Monday, Nov 7, 1977
48 years old
1977: Isha111
Monday, Nov 7, 1977
48 years old
1975: Developer
Friday, Nov 7, 1975
50 years old
1971: Naim
Sunday, Nov 7, 1971
54 years old
1969: joey77
Friday, Nov 7, 1969
56 years old
1968: jelliebean
Thursday, Nov 7, 1968
57 years old
1968: NeCapri68
Thursday, Nov 7, 1968
57 years old
1965: fleming247
Sunday, Nov 7, 1965
60 years old
1965: kmadden1107
Sunday, Nov 7, 1965
60 years old
1964: DEBRA42BOYKIN
Saturday, Nov 7, 1964
61 years old
1960: Tamlynn
Monday, Nov 7, 1960
65 years old
1959: Father-Luke
Saturday, Nov 7, 1959
66 years old
1955: egr53
Monday, Nov 7, 1955
70 years old
1948: ace48
Sunday, Nov 7, 1948
77 years old
1945: Wolfgard
Wednesday, Nov 7, 1945
80 years old
: honey bee
(year not provided)
: faye1107
(year not provided)
: jachromatic
(year not provided)
: Shelle
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: António Costa resigns as Prime Minister of Portugal following news of an investigation in a corruption scandal implicating members of his cabinet.
2020: Joe Biden is confirmed elected as the 46th president of the United States, defeating incumbent Donald Trump.
2017: Shamshad TV is attacked by 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 into the Lagos Lagoon in Epe, Lagos State, 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
1982: Colonel Saye Zerbo, president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Colonel Gabriel Yoryan Somé.
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 Major General 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.
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 $159,243,000 in 2024 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 Morehouse.
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.
1893: Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
1893: An anarchist throws two bombs in Barcelona's Liceu opera house, killing 20.
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 (also known as Lord Dunmore), 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.
1723: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60, a dialogue cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for Leipzig, was first performed.
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 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, 20th pope of Alexandria, is banished to Trier on the charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople.

Births On This Day

2001: Amybeth McNulty, Irish actress
2000: Callum Hudson-Odoi, English footballer
1998: Hongjoong, South Korean rapper, singer, producer, and songwriter
1998: Trevor Rainbolt, American social media personality
1997: Erika Hendsel, Estonian tennis player
1997: Nana Okada, Japanese singer
1996: Lorde, New Zealand singer-songwriter
1994: Gervonta Davis, American boxer
1994: Haruna Iikubo, Japanese singer and actress
1994: Algee Smith, American actor and singer
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: Sonny Gray, American baseball player
1989: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Russian singer and political activist
1988: Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukrainian tennis player
1988: Simone Favaro, Italian rugby player
1988: Gani Lawal, Nigerian-American basketball 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: Darnell Jackson, American basketball player
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: Patrick Thoresen, Norwegian ice hockey player
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: Sergio Almirón, Argentinian footballer
1980: Gervasio Deferr, Spanish gymnast
1980: James Franklin, New Zealand cricketer
1980: Karthik, Indian singer-songwriter
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 (died 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: 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 (died 2024)
1970: Paul Ware, English footballer (died 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 (died 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 (died 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 (died 2019)
1957: Christopher Knight, American actor
1956: Mikhail Alperin, Ukrainian pianist and composer (died 2018)
1956: Jonathan Palmer, English race car driver and businessman
1956: Judy Tenuta, American comedian, actress, and comedy musician (died 2022)
1954: James Gray, Scottish politician
1954: Kamal Haasan, Tamil actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1954: Guy Gavriel Kay, Canadian lawyer and author
1954: Gil Junger, American 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 (died 2016)
1951: Gerard F. Gilmore, New Zealand astronomer and academic
1951: Kevin MacMichael, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and record producer (died 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 (died 2009)
1949: Steven Stucky, American composer and academic (died 2016)
1949: David S. Ware, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (died 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 (died 2008)
1947: Sondhi Limthongkul, Thai journalist and politician
1946: Chrystos, American writer and activist
1945: Joe Niekro, American baseball player (died 2006)
1944: Gigi Riva, Italian footballer and manager (died 2024)
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 (died 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 (died 1990)
1938: Jake Gibbs, American baseball player and coach
1938: Jim Kaat, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1938: Barry Newman, American actor (died 2023)
1937: Mary Daheim, American journalist and author (died 2022)
1936: Al Attles, American basketball player and coach (died 2024)
1936: Gwyneth Jones, Welsh soprano
1935: Lubomír Beneš, Czech animator, producer and author (died 1995)
1935: W. S. Rendra, Indonesian poet and playwright (died 2009)
1931: G. Edward Griffin, American director, producer, and author
1930: Rudy Boschwitz, German-American politician
1929: Jesús de Polanco, Spanish publisher and businessman (died 2007)
1929: Eric Kandel, Austrian-American neuroscientist and psychiatrist, Nobel Prize laureate
1929: Lila Kaye, English actress (died 2012)
1928: Richard G. Scott, American engineer and religious leader (died 2015)
1927: Herbert Flam, American tennis player (died 1980)
1927: Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (died 2013)
1926: Joan Sutherland, Australian soprano (died 2010)
1923: Gene Callahan, American art director and production designer (died 1990)
1922: Ghulam Azam, Bangladeshi politician (died 2014)
1922: Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1999)
1921: Lisa Ben, American singer-songwriter and journalist (died 2015)
1921: Jack Fleck, American golfer (died 2014)
1921: Susanne Hirzel, member of the White Rose (died 2012)
1920: Max Kampelman, American lawyer and diplomat (died 2013)
1920: Elaine Morgan, Welsh writer, aquatic ape hypothesis (died 2013)
1919: Ellen Stewart, American director and producer (died 2011)
1918: Paul Aussaresses, French general (died 2013)
1918: Billy Graham, American minister and author (died 2018)
1918: Maria Teresa de Noronha, Portuguese singer (died 1993)
1917: Titos Vandis, Greek actor (died 2003)
1915: Philip Morrison, American astrophysicist and academic (died 2005)
1915: M. Athalie Range, American activist and politician (died 2006)
1914: Archie Campbell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1987)
1914: R. A. Lafferty, American author (died 2002)
1913: Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1960)
1913: Alekos Sakellarios, Greek director and screenwriter (died 1991)
1913: Mikhail Solomentsev, Soviet politician, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (died 2008)
1912: Victor Beaumont, German-English actor (died 1977)
1909: Ruby Hurley, American civil rights activist (died 1980)
1909: Norman Krasna, American director, producer, screenwriter, and playwright (died 1984)
1908: Marijac, French author and illustrator (died 1994)
1906: Eugene Carson Blake, American minister and educator (died 1985)
1905: William Alwyn, English composer, conductor, and educator (died 1985)
1903: Ary Barroso, Brazilian pianist and composer (died 1964)
1903: Dean Jagger, American actor (died 1991)
1903: Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989)
1901: Norah McGuinness, Irish painter and illustrator (died 1980)
1900: Nellie Campobello, Mexican writer who chronicled the Mexican Revolution (died 1986)
1899: Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli journalist and poet (died 1954)
1898: Margaret Morris, American actress (died 1968)
1898: Raphaël Salem, Greek-French mathematician and academic (died 1963)
1897: Herman J. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1953)
1897: Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (died 1976)
1896: Esdras Minville, Canadian economist and sociologist (died 1975)
1893: Leatrice Joy, American actress (died 1985)
1893: Margaret Leech, American historian and author (died 1974)
1891: Genrikh Yagoda, director of the NKVD (died 1938)
1890: Jan Matulka, Czech-American painter and illustrator (died 1972)
1888: C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
1888: Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary (died 1934)
1886: Aron Nimzowitsch, Russian-Danish chess player and theoretician (died 1935)
1879: King Baggot, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1948)
1879: Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (died 1940)
1878: Lise Meitner, Austrian-Swedish physicist and academic (died 1968)
1876: Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (died 1958)
1872: Lucille La Verne, American actress (died 1945)
1872: Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist (died 1956)
1867: Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1934)
1861: Jeff Milton, American police officer (died 1947)
1861: Lesser Ury, German painter (died 1931)
1860: Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general and engineer (died 1936)
1860: Paul Peel, Canadian painter and academic (died 1892)
1858: Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian academic and activist (died 1932)
1851: Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (died 1913)
1846: Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1907)
1843: William Plankinton, American businessman, industrialist and banker (died 1905)
1838: Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author and playwright (died 1889)
1832: Andrew Dickson White, American historian, academic, and diplomat, co-founded Cornell University (died 1918)
1830: Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (died 1907)
1821: Andrea Debono, Maltese trader and explorer (died 1871)
1818: Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physician and physiologist (died 1896)
1805: Thomas Brassey, English engineer and businessman (died 1870)
1800: Platt Rogers Spencer, American calligrapher and educator (died 1864)
1789: Alfred Kelley, American legislator, canal builder, and railroad magnate (died 1859)
1787: Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (died 1854)
1750: Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (died 1819)
1728: James Cook, English captain, navigator, and cartographer (died 1779)
1706: Carlo Cecere, Italian violinist and composer (died 1761)
1687: William Stukeley, English archaeologist and physician (died 1765)
1683: Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman, author, and translator (died 1748)
1650: John Robinson, English bishop and diplomat (died 1723)
1619: Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (died 1692)
1598: Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter (died 1664)
1525: Georg Cracow, German lawyer and politician (died 1575)
1456: Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine, Princess of Bavaria-Landshut by birth (died 1501)
1316: Simeon of Russia (died 1353)
1186: Ögedei Khan, Mongol ruler, 2nd Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (died 1241)
994: Ibn Hazm, Arabian philosopher and scholar (died 1069)
630: Constans II, Byzantine emperor (died 668)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Bruce Degen, American writer (born 1945)
2023: Frank Borman, American astronaut (born 1928)
2021: Dean Stockwell, American actor (born 1936)
2020: Jonathan Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth and member of the House of Lords (born 1948)
2019: Janette Sherman, American physician, author, and pioneer in occupational and environmental health (born 1930)
2017: Roy Halladay, American baseball player (born 1977)
2017: Carl Sargeant, Welsh Assembly minister (born 1968)
2017: James R. Thompson Jr., American naval officer and engineer, 5th Director of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (born 1936)
2016: Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (born 1934)
2016: Janet Reno, American lawyer and government official; Attorney General of the United States (1993-2001) (born 1938)
2016: Jimmy Young, British singer and radio personality (born 1921)
2015: Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, Indian director and poet (born 1970)
2015: Ri Ul-sol, North Korean marshal and politician (born 1921)
2014: Lincoln D. Faurer, American general (born 1928)
2014: Kajetan Kovič, Slovenian journalist and poet (born 1931)
2014: Allen Ripley, American baseball player (born 1952)
2013: John Cole, Irish-English journalist and author (born 1927)
2013: Ian Davies, Australian basketball player and coach (born 1956)
2013: Ron Dellow, English footballer and manager (born 1914)
2013: Joey Manley, American publisher, founded Modern Tales (born 1965)
2013: Jack Mitchell, American photographer and author (born 1925)
2013: Manfred Rommel, German lawyer and politician (born 1928)
2012: Carmen Basilio, American boxer (born 1927)
2012: Kevin O'Donnell, Jr., American author (born 1950)
2012: Glenys Page, New Zealand cricketer (born 1940)
2012: Sandy Pearson, Australian general (born 1918)
2012: Darrell Royal, American football player and coach (born 1924)
2012: Arthur K. Snyder, American lawyer and politician (born 1932)
2011: Joe Frazier, American boxer (born 1944)
2011: Takanosato Toshihide, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1952)
2007: Earl Dodge, American activist and politician (born 1932)
2007: George W. George, American screenwriter and producer (born 1920)
2006: Aino Kukk, Estonian chess player and engineer (born 1930)
2006: Bryan Pata, American football player (born 1984)
2006: Johnny Sain, American baseball player and coach (born 1917)
2006: Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist and politician, co-founded L'Express (born 1924)
2006: Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer and manager (born 1926)
2005: Harry Thompson, English author, screenwriter, and producer (born 1960)
2004: Howard Keel, American actor and singer (born 1919)
2003: Foo Foo Lammar, British drag queen and nightclub owner (born 1937)
2002: Rudolf Augstein, German journalist, co-founded Der Spiegel (born 1923)
2001: Nida Blanca, Filipino actress (born 1936)
2001: Anthony Shaffer, English author and playwright (born 1926)
2000: Ingrid of Sweden (born 1910)
2000: Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (born 1950)
2000: Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian publisher and politician, Indian Minister of Defence (born 1910)
1996: Claude Ake, Nigerian political scientist and academic (born 1939)
1996: Jaja Wachuku, Nigerian lawyer and politician, Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1918)
1995: Ann Dunham, American anthropologist and academic (born 1942)
1994: Shorty Rogers, American trumpet player and composer (born 1924)
1993: Adelaide Hall, American-English singer, actress, and dancer (born 1901)
1993: Charles Aidman, American stage, film, and television actor (born 1925)
1992: Alexander Dubček, Slovak soldier and politician (born 1921)
1992: Jack Kelly, American actor and politician (born 1927)
1991: Tom of Finland, Finnish illustrator (born 1920)
1991: Nuri Ja'far, Iraqi psychologist and philosopher of education, (born 1914)
1990: Lawrence Durrell, British novelist, poet, dramatist, (born 1912)
1990: Tom Clancy, Irish singer and actor, (born 1924)
1988: Bill Hoest, American cartoonist (born 1926)
1986: Tracy Pew, Australian bass player (born 1957)
1983: Germaine Tailleferre, French pianist and composer (born 1892)
1981: Will Durant, American historian and philosopher (born 1885)
1980: İlhan Erdost, Turkish publisher (born 1944)
1980: Steve McQueen, American actor and producer (born 1930)
1979: Frank O'Connor, American actor, rancher, and painter
1978: Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian surgeon and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Gujarat (born 1887)
1978: Gene Tunney, American boxer and actor (born 1897)
1975: Piero Dusio, Italian footballer, businessman and race car driver (born 1899)
1974: Eric Linklater, Welsh-Scottish author and academic (born 1899)
1968: Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer and coach (born 1901)
1968: Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician, cryptographer, and academic (born 1906)
1967: John Nance Garner, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Vice President of the United States (born 1868)
1966: Rube Bressler, American baseball player (born 1894)
1964: Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1863)
1962: Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States (born 1884)
1959: Victor McLaglen, English-American boxer and actor (born 1883)
1947: K. Natesa Iyer, Indian-Sri Lankan journalist and politician (born 1887)
1944: Richard Sorge, Azerbaijani-German journalist and spy (born 1895)
1944: Hannah Szenes, Hungarian-Israeli soldier and poet (born 1921)
1941: Frank Pick, English lawyer and businessman (born 1878)
1933: Harold Weber, American golfer and architect (born 1882)
1930: Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (born 1878)
1923: Ashwini Kumar Dutta, Indian educator and philanthropist (born 1856)
1922: Sam Thompson, American baseball player (born 1860)
1919: Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (born 1863)
1916: Henry Ward Ranger, American painter and academic (born 1858)
1913: Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh-English biologist and geographer (born 1823)
1907: Jesús García, Mexican railroad brakeman (born 1881)
1906: Heinrich Seidel, German engineer and poet (born 1842)
1881: John MacHale, Irish archbishop (born 1791)
1872: Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (born 1833)
1862: Bahadur Shah II, Mughal emperor (born 1775)
1837: Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American minister and journalist (born 1809)
1809: Paul Sandby, English painter and cartographer (born 1725)
1713: Elizabeth Barry, English actress (born 1658)
1652: Henry of Nassau-Siegen, German count, officer in the Dutch Army, diplomat for the Dutch Republic (born 1611)
1642: Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, English judge and politician, Lord High Treasurer of The United Kingdom (born 1563)
1639: Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, English politician (born 1560)
1633: Cornelis Drebbel, Dutch inventor (born 1572)
1627: Jahangir, Mughal emperor (born 1569)
1599: Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon and educator (born 1546)
1581: Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar (born 1505)
1574: Solomon Luria, Polish rabbi and educator (born 1510)
1562: Maldeo Rathore, Rao of Marwar (born 1511)
1561: Jeanne de Jussie, Swiss nun and writer (born 1503)
1550: Jón Arason, Icelandic bishop and poet (born 1484)
1497: Philip II, Duke of Savoy (born 1443)
1225: Engelbert II of Berg, German archbishop and saint (born 1186)
1173: Uijong of Goryeo, Korean monarch of the Goryeo dynasty (born 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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