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November 8

On This Day in History

November 8

November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 53 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: North Carolina Cash 5 ticket worth $110,000 to expire in mere days. The North Carolina Lottery is urging players to check their tickets for a rogue Carolina Cash 5 winning ticket worth $110,000 that is about to expire.
2022: One lottery ticket sold in California wins $2 billion Powerball jackpot. After a lengthy delay of the Powerball drawing that caused the results to be published ten hours late, Tuesday morning it was announced that there was one jackpot winner from a ticket sold in California, with the jackpot worth an unbelievable $2.04 billion.
2022: Record $1.9 billion Powerball drawing delayed until Tuesday. One of the most hotly-anticipated lottery drawings of all time never happened Monday night, as lottery officials were scrambling to process the massive amount of ticket sales data generated by the record $1.9 billion jackpot.
2021: Missouri man buys lottery ticket out of frustration, wins $2.4 million jackpot. While one Missouri man wanted to rush home to catch the football game, his wife urged him to make a pit stop to buy a lottery ticket that ended up netting them a $2.4 million Lotto jackpot.
2019: British pro gambler took aim at $25.8M CT Lotto jackpot, buying hundreds of thousands of tickets. A professional gambler traveled from Great Britain to Connecticut in recent weeks with an audacious plan — to spend as much as $2 million buying "Quick Pick" Lotto tickets by the hundreds of thousands at local convenience stores in hopes of winning the Nov. 1 near-record Connecticut Lotto jackpot of $25.8 million.
2019: SC residents to start receiving lottery rebate checks, even if they didn't play. South Carolina residents will be receiving rebate checks from the SC Lottery, even if they have never played a single lottery game before.
2019: Woman who won lottery before wedding wins again on anniversary. A North Carolina woman who won a $50,000 lottery jackpot three days before her wedding scored another big win on her one year anniversary.
2018: Lottery flub pays off: Michigan co-workers win $1M. A Mega Millions mistake by an office employee is paying off for her and 20 of her Ottawa County coworkers.
2016: N.C. man safeguards winning lottery ticket inside of paint sprayer. After winning $750,000 on a lottery scratch card, a North Carolina man hid his winning ticket in an unusual place.
2016: Alleged Jamaican lottery scam kingpin arrested in Kingston. A man accused of spearheading a lottery scam that bilked at least 70 mostly elderly U.S. residents out of millions of dollars has been arrested in Jamaica, authorities said Monday.
2009: N.H. man wins lottery jackpot twice in four years. A Navy war veteran who survived a jet fighter crash in Korea, was a POW who escaped his captors, and made it home to the U.S. to marry his true love and raise three boys, is the first New Hampshire resident to win a lottery grand prize twice.
2009: Police arrest four in Chicago lottery ticket scam. Police arrested two men and two women earlier this week who allegedly ran a lottery ticket scam that targeted elderly Hispanic victims.
2008: Pennsylvania Lottery declares 'foul' during Nov. 7 Cash 5 drawing. Pennsylvania Lottery officials declared a foul during the Friday, Nov. 7, Cash 5 drawing after the machine failed to drop the first numbered ball, 34, into the viewing chamber in a reasonable amount of time.
2007: Tennessee Lottery oversight meeting delayed. The Joint Lottery Oversight Committee in Tennessee, which was scheduled to meet this month to discuss the many problems recently plaguing the Tennessee Lottery, has been delayed.
2007: Chinese Man Hacks Lottery System, Gets Life in Prison. A Chinese lottery ticket seller has been sentenced to life in prison after taking advantage of a flaw in the system, which netted him 28 million yuan ($3.76 million) in tickets.
2005: Powerball lottery winners talk about hitting the jackpot. When Carolyn West's parents asked her if she wanted to "go in" on a Powerball ticket, her husband told her not to waste her money. She didn't listen to him, and it turned out to be a decision worth millions.
2005: Winners of $340 million Powerball lottery step forward. Two couples from Jacksonville, Oregon, are splitting the largest Powerball jackpot in history.
2005: N.C. Gov. says lottery can overcome setbacks. North Carolina Governor Mike Easley says he thinks North Carolina's new and beleaguered lottery can overcome recent setbacks that led to a criminal investigation over alleged lobbying violations.
2005: N.C. Lottery ticket plan may kill video poker. One of North Carolina's top lawmakers Friday called for banning the sale of lottery tickets at businesses with video poker machines, a ban one operator said would effectively kill the video poker business.
2005: Texas Lottery worker is fired after e-mail. The Texas lottery fired a senior systems analyst on Friday, hours after a newspaper reported that he had sent a scathing e-mail to two state lawmakers claiming that the agency misled the Legislature about an emergency control center that he says doesn't work.
2005: New Yorkers going ape for $50M 'King Kong' lottery. The state lottery's new "King Kong Millions" game is guaranteeing a jackpot of at least $50 million, spurring New Yorkers yesterday to line up for their first crack at tickets.
2005: GTECH awarded N.J. lottery contract despite highest bid. The state of New Jersey yesterday signed a five-year extension with longtime lottery manager GTECH Corp., despite a competitor's offer to do the job for $32 million less.
2005: N.C. Lottery may need bigger consequences for lapse in ethics. North Carolina is one of the few states in the nation without a broad ethics law, though North Carolina laws do have provisions against taking bribes or kickbacks.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $90 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $90 million Saturday.
2004: $52 Million Powerball Jackpot Up for Grabs. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $52 million, with a cash option of $28.6 million.
2004: Winner of a Lottery Jackpot Is Accused in Check Fraud. People who win millions of dollars in the lottery often find long-lost friends stopping by, but a Long Island woman who recently hit for $5 million found herself suddenly popular with Nassau County detectives.
2004: UK National Lottery Celebrates 10 Years. Celebrations to mark 10 years of the National Lottery have taken place across the UK on Saturday.
2004: Suit seeks $213M in lottery winnings. A Mississippi man filed suit last week against the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. saying he lost a Powerball ticket worth $213 million after the lottery's telephone voice recording gave him the wrong winning numbers.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$900 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 11, 2025
2.$473.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2025
3.$334 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2024
4.€302.98 Million US$304.74 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2022
5.$236 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 9, 2016
6.$225 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2005
7.$223 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2023
8.$203 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2014
9.$198 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2023
10.€152 Million
US$194.27 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2006
11.€152 Million
US$193.39 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 9, 2012
12.$180 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2015
13.$168 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2012
14.$158 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 11, 2020
15.$154 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2022
16.$152 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2020
17.$150.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2021
18.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2019
19.€123 Million
US$132.1 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2024
20.€108 Million
US$125.06 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 11, 2025
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.€96 Million
US$105.87 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990: Frendavan
Thursday, Nov 8, 1990
35 years old
1988: Cashvillesdice
Tuesday, Nov 8, 1988
37 years old
1987: Bryan08
Sunday, Nov 8, 1987
38 years old
1985: lasko222
Friday, Nov 8, 1985
40 years old
1975: Lmg1108
Saturday, Nov 8, 1975
50 years old
1975: melquan
Saturday, Nov 8, 1975
50 years old
1970: Omega42nite
Sunday, Nov 8, 1970
55 years old
1968: Big DeOhGi
Friday, Nov 8, 1968
57 years old
1965: Blue12$
Monday, Nov 8, 1965
60 years old
1964: Ghostly
Sunday, Nov 8, 1964
61 years old
1962: goldenboy1111
Thursday, Nov 8, 1962
63 years old
1961: realtor50
Wednesday, Nov 8, 1961
64 years old
1960: Maverick2842
Tuesday, Nov 8, 1960
65 years old
1959: toolrunner
Sunday, Nov 8, 1959
66 years old
1957: Bagent
Friday, Nov 8, 1957
68 years old
1955: smartg13
Tuesday, Nov 8, 1955
70 years old
1954: Twhitse
Monday, Nov 8, 1954
71 years old
1950: Jasmine
Wednesday, Nov 8, 1950
75 years old
1950: Borningrm
Wednesday, Nov 8, 1950
75 years old
1940: GLOBALEXPRESS20
Friday, Nov 8, 1940
85 years old
1912: ryry4ya
Friday, Nov 8, 1912
113 years old
: Fayfulatte
(year not provided)
: poorman
(year not provided)
: mrearl78
(year not provided)
: mrmoney
(year not provided)
: auriel1
(year not provided)
: Raki-77
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: Myanmar holds the 2020 general election, re-electing a government led by the National League for Democracy, which is deposed by the Burmese military the following February during the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.
2016: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly announces the withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination banknotes.
2016: Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton, the first woman ever to receive a major party's nomination.
2013: Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, strikes the Visayas region of the Philippines; the storm left at least 6,340 people dead with over 1,000 still missing, and caused $2.86 billion (2013 USD; equivalent to $3.86 billion in 2024) in damage.
2011: The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.
2006: Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Israeli Defense Force kill 19 Palestinian civilians in their homes during the shelling of Beit Hanoun.
2004: Iraq War: More than 10,000 U.S. troops and a small number of Iraqi army units participate in a siege on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
2002: Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council Resolution 1441: The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a resolution on Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face "serious consequences".
1999: Bruce Miller is killed at his junkyard near Flint, Michigan. His wife Sharee Miller, who convinced her online lover Jerry Cassaday to kill him (before later killing himself) was convicted of the crime, in what became the world's first Internet murder.
1997: Eritrea adopts the nakfa as its official currency.
1994: Republican Revolution: On the night of the 1994 United States midterm elections, Republicans make historic electoral gains by securing massive majorities in both houses of Congress (54 seats in the House and eight seats in the Senate, additionally), thus bringing to a close four decades of Democratic domination.
1988: U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.
1987: Remembrance Day bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb explodes in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland during a ceremony honouring those who had died in wars involving British forces. Twelve people are killed and sixty-three wounded.
1983: TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 crashes after takeoff from Lubango Airport killing all 130 people on board. UNITA claims to have shot down the aircraft, though this is disputed.
1981: Aeroméxico Flight 110 crashes near Zihuatanejo, Mexico, killing all 18 people on board.
1977: Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina.
1973: The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper outlet along with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay US$2.9 million.
1972: American pay television network Home Box Office (HBO) launches.
1968: The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.
1966: Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
1966: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League.
1965: The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
1965: The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom for almost all crimes.
1965: The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War, while the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment fight one of the first set-piece engagements of the war between Australian forces and the Viet Cong at the Battle of Gang Toi.
1965: American Airlines Flight 383 crashes in Constance, Kentucky, killing 58.
1963: Finnair's Aero Flight 217 crashes near Mariehamn Airport in Jomala, Åland, killing 22 people.
1960: John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States, defeating incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, who would later be elected president in 1968 and 1972.
1957: Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.
1957: Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.
1950: Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.
1942: World War II: French Resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyist generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.
1940: Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia-Kalamas.
1939: Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.
1939: In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
1937: The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
1936: Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the three-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
1933: Great Depression: New Deal: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than four million unemployed.
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected as the 32nd President of the United States, defeating incumbent president Herbert Hoover.
1923: Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
1920: Rupert Bear, illustrated by Mary Tourtel makes his first appearance in print.
1919: Eichenfeld massacre: Members of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine murder 136 Mennonite colonists at Jaskyowo, initiating a series of massacres that resulted in the deaths of 827 Ukrainian Mennonites.
1917: The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
1901: Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
1895: While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
1892: The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.
1892: The Carmaux-Bons Enfants bombing marks the start of Émile Henry's attacks into the Ère des attentats (1892-1894).
1889: Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
1861: American Civil War: The "Trent Affair": The USS San Jacinto stops the British mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.
1837: Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.
1745: Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of approximately 5,000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
1644: The Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, is enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China.
1620: The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours.
1614: Japanese daimyō Dom Justo Takayama is exiled to the Philippines by shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu for being Christian.
1605: Robert Catesby, ringleader of the Gunpowder Plotters, is killed.
1602: The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public.
1576: Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent: The States General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.
1520: Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people, mostly noblemen.
1519: Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with a great celebration.
1291: The Republic of Venice enacts a law confining most of Venice's glassmaking industry to the "island of Murano".
1278: Trần Thánh Tông, the second emperor of the Trần dynasty, decides to pass the throne to his crown prince Trần Khâm and take up the post of Retired Emperor.
960: Battle of Andrassos: Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla.

Births On This Day

2000: Jade Pettyjohn, American actress
2000: Jasmine Thompson, English singer
1999: Isaac Bonga, German basketball player
1999: Katherine Uchida, Canadian rhythmic gymnast
1997: Akram Tawfik, Egyptian footballer
1994: Lauren Alaina, American singer and songwriter
1993: Przemek Karnowski, Polish basketball player
1993: Fraser Mullen, Scottish footballer
1992: Christophe Vincent, French footballer
1991: Aaron Fotheringham, American wheelchair athlete
1991: Jack Littlejohn, Australian rugby league player
1991: Riker Lynch, American actor and singer
1991: Dan Middleton, English YouTube personality and pro gamer
1990: Flavinha, Brazilian politician
1990: Ingrid Puusta, Estonian sailor
1989: Morgan Schneiderlin, French footballer
1989: Giancarlo Stanton, American baseball player
1989: SZA, American singer-songwriter
1988: Yasmani Grandal, Cuban-American baseball player
1988: Jessica Lowndes, Canadian actress and singer
1988: Lucia Slaničková, Slovak heptathlete
1988: Malcolm Thomas, American basketball player
1987: Édgar Benítez, Paraguayan footballer
1987: Sam Bradford, American football player
1987: Mohd Faiz Subri, Malaysian footballer
1986: Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austrian tennis player
1986: Jamie Roberts, Welsh rugby player
1986: Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer and activist (died 2013)
1985: Magda Apanowicz, Canadian actress
1985: Míchel, Spanish footballer
1985: Jack Osbourne, English-American television personality
1984: Kuntal Chandra, Bangladeshi cricketer (died 2012)
1984: Keith Lee, American wrestler
1984: Yoko Mitsuya, Japanese model and actress
1984: Steven Webb, English actor
1983: Danielle Valore Evans, American short story writer
1983: Sinan Güler, Turkish basketball player
1983: Katharina Molitor, German javelin thrower
1983: Remko Pasveer, Dutch footballer
1983: Pavel Pogrebnyak, Russian footballer
1983: Nikola Rachelle, English-New Zealand singer-songwriter and producer
1982: Ted DiBiase, Jr., American wrestler and actor
1982: Mika Kallio, Finnish motorcycle racer
1982: Sam Sparro, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
1981: Joe Cole, English footballer
1981: Yann Kermorgant, French footballer
1980: Luís Fabiano, Brazilian footballer
1980: Laura Jane Grace, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1980: Holly Walsh, English radio and television host
1979: Andrea Benatti, Italian rugby player
1979: Aaron Hughes, Irish footballer
1979: Dania Ramirez, Dominican actress
1979: Andrew Unger, Canadian writer
1978: Matthew Bulbeck, English cricketer
1978: Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer
1978: Maurice Evans, American basketball player
1978: Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer and manager
1978: Kensaku Kishida, Japanese actor and entertainer
1978: Emma Lewell-Buck, English social worker and politician
1978: Júlio Sérgio, Brazilian footballer and manager
1978: Shyne, Belizean rapper and politician
1977: Jully Black, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1977: Bucky Covington, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977: Nick Punto, American baseball player
1976: Jaroslav Bednář, Czech ice hockey player
1976: Brett Lee, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1976: Colin Strause, American director, producer, and visual effects designer
1975: Antony Hickling, English film maker, actor
1975: Brevin Knight, American basketball player and sportscaster
1975: Tara Reid, American actress
1975: Alena Vašková, Czech tennis player
1974: Joshua Ferris, American author
1974: Penelope Heyns, South African swimmer
1974: Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese author and illustrator, created Naruto
1974: Seishi Kishimoto, Japanese illustrator
1974: Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor
1973: František Kaberle, Czech ice hockey player
1973: Sven Mikser, Estonian politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Defence
1973: David Muir, American journalist
1972: Chris Fydler, Australian swimmer
1972: Gretchen Mol, American model and actress
1972: Kylie Shadbolt, Australian artistic gymnast
1971: Carlos Atanes, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
1971: Tech N9ne, American musician, record producer, and actor
1970: Tom Anderson, American businessman, co-founded Myspace
1970: David Hemp, Bermudian cricketer
1970: Michael Jackson, Canadian actor
1970: Diana King, Jamaican singer-songwriter
1970: José Porras, Costa Rican footballer and coach
1968: Keith Jones, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1968: José Offerman, Dominican baseball player and manager
1968: Sergio Porrini, Italian footballer and manager
1968: Parker Posey, American actress
1967: Henry Rodriguez, Dominican baseball player
1966: Gordon Ramsay, British chef, restaurateur, and television host/personality
1965: Jeff Blauser, American baseball player and manager
1965: Craig Chester, American actor and screenwriter
1965: Mike Matarazzo, American bodybuilder and boxer (died 2014)
1965: Patricia Poleo, Venezuelan journalist
1963: Paul McKenna, English hypnotist and author
1961: Micky Adams, English footballer and manager
1961: Leif Garrett, American singer, actor, and television personality
1960: Oleg Menshikov, Russian actor, singer, and director
1960: Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor and producer (died 2017)
1959: Miroslav Janů, Czech footballer and manager (died 2013)
1959: Chi Chi LaRue, American drag queen performer and director
1958: Don Byron, American clarinet player and composer
1958: Ken Lamberton, American author and educator
1958: Selçuk Yula, Turkish footballer and journalist (died 2013)
1957: Alan Curbishley, English footballer and manager
1957: Tim Shaw, American swimmer
1957: Porl Thompson, English guitarist and songwriter
1957: Hardi Volmer, Estonian singer and director
1956: Mari Boine, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer
1956: Richard Curtis, New Zealand-English screenwriter, film and television producer, and film director
1956: Steven Miller, American record producer and engineer
1955: Patricia Barber, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1955: Jeffrey Ford, American author and educator
1954: David Bret, French-English journalist and author
1954: Michael D. Brown, American lawyer and radio host
1954: Timothy Egan, American journalist and author
1954: Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese-British novelist, screenwriter, and short story writer
1954: Rickie Lee Jones, American singer-songwriter and producer
1954: Thanasis Pafilis, Greek jurist and politician
1953: Giorgos Foiros, Greek footballer and manager
1953: John Musker, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
1953: Nand Kumar Patel, Indian politician (died 2013)
1952: John Denny, American baseball player and coach
1952: Christie Hefner, American publisher and businesswoman
1952: Jan Raas, Dutch cyclist
1952: Jerry Remy, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2021)
1952: Alfre Woodard, American actress
1951: Gerald Alston, American R&B singer
1951: Alfredo Astiz, Argentine military commander
1951: Larry Burnett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: Laura Cox, English lawyer and judge
1951: Peter Suber, American philosopher and academic
1950: Mary Hart, American journalist and actress
1949: Wayne LaPierre, American businessman, author, and activist
1949: Bonnie Raitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948: Dale Gardner, American captain and astronaut (died 2014)
1947: Michael Perham, English bishop (died 2017)
1947: Minnie Riperton, American singer-songwriter (died 1979)
1947: Margaret Rhea Seddon, American physician and astronaut
1947: Lewis Yocum, American physician and surgeon (died 2013)
1946: Guus Hiddink, Dutch footballer and manager
1946: Roy Wood, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1945: Arduino Cantafora, Italian-Swiss architect, painter, and author
1945: Joseph James DeAngelo, American serial killer
1945: John Farrar, Australian-born music producer, songwriter, arranger, singer, and guitarist
1945: Don Murray, American drummer (died 1996)
1945: Vincent Nichols, English cardinal
1945: Arnold Rosner, American composer (died 2013)
1944: Bonnie Bramlett, American singer and actress
1943: Martin Peters, English footballer and manager (died 2019)
1942: Angel Cordero Jr., Puerto Rican-American jockey
1942: Sandro Mazzola, Italian footballer and sportscaster
1941: Nerys Hughes, Welsh actress
1939: Meg Wynn Owen, British actress (died 2022)
1938: Driss Basri, Moroccan police officer and politician (died 2007)
1938: Satch Sanders, American basketball player
1938: Richard Stoker, English composer, author, and poet (died 2021)
1936: Virna Lisi, Italian actress (died 2014)
1935: Alain Delon, French-Swiss actor, producer, screenwriter (died 2024)
1935: Stratos Dionysiou, Greek singer-songwriter (died 1990)
1935: Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian cardinal (died 2008)
1933: Peter Arundell, English race car driver (died 2009)
1932: Stéphane Audran, French actress (died 2018)
1932: Ben Bova, American journalist and author (died 2020)
1931: Jim Redman, English-Rhodesian motorcycle racer
1931: Morley Safer, Canadian-American journalist and author (died 2016)
1931: Paolo Taviani, Italian film director and screenwriter (died 2024)
1929: Bobby Bowden, American football player and coach (died 2021)
1929: António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese philosopher and academic
1928: Des Corcoran, Australian politician, 37th Premier of South Australia (died 2004)
1927: L. K. Advani, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India
1927: Chris Connor, American singer (died 2009)
1927: Ken Dodd, English singer and comedian (died 2018)
1927: Nguyễn Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of Vietnam (died 2013)
1927: Patti Page, American singer and actress (died 2013)
1926: Darleane C. Hoffman, American nuclear chemist (died 2025)
1924: Johnny Bower, Canadian ice hockey player and soldier (died 2017)
1924: Joe Flynn, American actor (died 1974)
1924: Robert V. Hogg, American statistician and academic (died 2014)
1924: Victorinus Youn Kong-hi, South Korean archbishop
1924: Dmitry Yazov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (died 2020)
1923: Yisrael Friedman, Romanian-born Israeli rabbi (died 2017)
1923: Jack Kilby, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)
1922: Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon and academic (died 2001)
1922: Thea D. Hodge, American computer scientist and academic (died 2008)
1922: Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (died 1996)
1921: Douglas Townsend, American composer, musicologist, and academic (died 2012)
1920: Sitara Devi, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (died 2014)
1920: Esther Rolle, American actress (died 1998)
1920: Eugênio Sales, Brazilian cardinal (died 2012)
1919: James S. Ackerman, American historian and academic (died 2016)
1918: Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier (died 1999)
1918: Hermann Zapf, German typographer and calligrapher (died 2015)
1916: Clinton Jones, American Episcopal priest and gay rights activist (died 2006)
1914: Norman Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer (died 2021)
1913: Lou Ambers, American boxer (died 1995)
1912: June Havoc, American actress, singer and dancer (died 2010)
1912: Stylianos Pattakos, Greek general and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (died 2016)
1911: Al Brosch, American golfer (died 1975)
1911: Robert Jackson, Australian public servant and diplomat (died 1991)
1910: James McCormack, American general (died 1975)
1908: Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author (died 1998)
1904: Cedric Belfrage, English-American journalist and author, co-founded the National Guardian (died 1990)
1902: A. J. M. Smith, Canadian poet and anthologist (died 1980)
1900: Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (died 1949)
1897: Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist (died 1980)
1896: Erika Abels d'Albert, Austrian painter and graphic artist (died 1975)
1896: Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager (died 1977)
1896: Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer (died 1937)
1893: Prajadhipok, Thai king (died 1941)
1888: David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1974)
1885: George Bouzianis, Greek painter (died 1959)
1885: Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic (died 1951)
1885: Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect and academic (died 1966)
1885: Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general and politician, 4th Japanese Military Governors of the Philippines (died 1946)
1884: Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (died 1922)
1883: Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (died 1953)
1883: Charles Demuth, American painter (died 1935)
1881: Clarence Gagnon, Canadian painter and illustrator (died 1942)
1878: Dorothea Bate, English palaeontologist and archaeozoologist (died 1951)
1868: Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (died 1942)
1866: Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, English businessman, founded the Austin Motor Company (died 1941)
1855: Nikolaos Triantafyllakos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1939)
1854: Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist and academic (died 1919)
1848: Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (died 1925)
1847: Jean Casimir-Perier, French politician, 6th President of France (died 1907)
1847: Bram Stoker, Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (died 1912)
1837: Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1907)
1836: Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (died 1911)
1831: Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, English poet and diplomat, 30th Governor-General of India (died 1880)
1788: Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene poet and educator (died 1853)
1772: William Wirt, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Attorney General (died 1834)
1768: Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (died 1840)
1763: Otto Wilhelm Masing, German-Estonian linguist and author (died 1832)
1739: Henrik Gabriel Porthan, Finnish professor and historian (died 1804)
1738: Barbara Catharina Mjödh, Finnish poet (died 1776)
1725: Johann George Tromlitz, German flute player and composer (died 1805)
1723: John Byron, English admiral and politician, 24th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (died 1786)
1715: Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (died 1797)
1710: Sarah Fielding, English author (died 1768)
1706: Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German philosopher and judge (died 1772)
1656: Edmond Halley, English astronomer and mathematician (died 1742)
1622: Charles X Gustav of Sweden (died 1660)
1572: John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1619)
1563: Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1624)
1555: Nyaungyan Min, King of Burma (died 1605)
1543: Lettice Knollys, English noblewoman (died 1634)
1491: Teofilo Folengo, Italian monk and poet (died 1544)
1456: Queen Gonghye, Korean royal consort (died 1474)
1417: Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1458-1480) (died 1480)
1407: Alain de Coëtivy, French cardinal (died 1474)
AD 30: Nerva, Roman emperor (died 98)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Elizabeth Nunez, American novelist (born 1944)
2024: June Spencer, English actress (born 1919)
2024: Trevor Sorbie, Scottish hairdresser (born 1949)
2020: Alex Trebek, Canadian-American television personality and longtime host of Jeopardy! (born 1940)
2015: Rhea Chiles, American philanthropist, founded the Polk Museum of Art (born 1930)
2015: Joseph Cure, American ice hockey player and actor (born 1984)
2015: Rod Davies, Australian-English astronomer and academic (born 1930)
2015: Om Prakash Mehra, Indian air marshal and politician (born 1919)
2015: Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero, Sri Lankan monk and activist (born 1942)
2014: Phil Crane, American academic and politician (born 1930)
2014: Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (born 1917)
2014: Don Paul, American football player and sportscaster (born 1925)
2014: Hugo Sánchez Portugal, Spanish-Mexican footballer and sportscaster (born 1984)
2014: Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician (born 1928)
2013: William C. Davidon, American physicist, mathematician, and academic (born 1927)
2013: Penn Kimball, American journalist and academic (born 1915)
2013: Arnold Rosner, American composer (born 1945)
2013: Chiyoko Shimakura, Japanese singer and actress (born 1938)
2013: Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam, Indian journalist and actor (born 1957)
2012: Lee MacPhail, American businessman (born 1917)
2012: Pete Namlook, German composer and producer (born 1960)
2012: Peggy Vaughan, American author (born 1936)
2011: Heavy D, Jamaican-American rapper, producer, and actor (born 1967)
2011: Bil Keane, American cartoonist (born 1922)
2010: Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (born 1961)
2010: Jack Levine, American soldier and painter (born 1915)
2010: Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (born 1925)
2009: Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and astrophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)
2007: Aad Nuis, Dutch journalist, poet, and politician (born 1933)
2007: Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician, 10th Filipino Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (born 1943)
2007: Chad Varah, English priest, founded The Samaritans (born 1911)
2006: Basil Poledouris, American composer and conductor (born 1945)
2006: Hannspeter Winter, Austrian physicist and academic (born 1941)
2005: Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor and director (born 1928)
2005: David Westheimer, American soldier and author (born 1917)
2004: Peter Mathers, English-Australian author and playwright (born 1931)
2003: Bob Grant, English actor and screenwriter (born 1932)
2003: C.Z. Guest, American actress, fashion designer, and author (born 1920)
2003: Guy Speranza, American singer-songwriter (born 1956)
2002: Jaun Elia, Pakistani poet, philosopher, and scholar (born 1931)
2001: Aristidis Moschos, Greek santouri player and educator (born 1930)
1999: Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (born 1941)
1999: Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast and judge (born 1898)
1998: Rumer Godden, English author and poet (born 1907)
1998: John Hunt, Baron Hunt, English colonel, mountaineer, and academic (born 1910)
1998: Jean Marais, French actor and director (born 1913)
1994: Michael O'Donoghue, American actor and screenwriter (born 1940)
1986: Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician and diplomat, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1890)
1985: Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourger cyclist (born 1899)
1985: Jacques Hnizdovsky, Ukrainian-American painter and illustrator (born 1915)
1983: James Booker, American singer and pianist (born 1939)
1983: Mordecai Kaplan, Lithuanian-American rabbi and educator (born 1881)
1978: Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator (born 1894)
1977: Tasos Giannopoulos, Greek actor and producer (born 1931)
1977: Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager (born 1896)
1974: Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1914)
1973: Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, Turkish poet, author, and politician (born 1898)
1970: Huw T. Edwards, Welsh poet and politician (born 1892)
1968: Wendell Corey, American actor and politician (born 1914)
1968: Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (born 1898)
1965: Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist, television personality, and game show panelist (born 1913)
1960: Subroto Mukerjee, Indian soldier; Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (born 1911)
1959: Frank S. Land, American activist, founded the DeMolay International (born 1890)
1956: Chika Kuroda, Japanese chemist (born 1884)
1953: Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1870)
1953: John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (born 1887)
1949: Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (born 1874)
1945: August von Mackensen, German field marshal (born 1849)
1944: Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (born 1920)
1934: Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (born 1879)
1921: Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (born 1849)
1917: Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (born 1879)
1905: Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (born 1870)
1901: James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (born 1815)
1895: Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (born 1828)
1890: César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (born 1822)
1887: Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (born 1851)
1873: Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (born 1796)
1830: Francis I of the Two Sicilies (born 1777)
1828: Thomas Bewick, English engraver, illustrator and author (born1753)
1817: Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator (born 1754)
1773: Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (born 1721)
1719: Michel Rolle, French mathematician and author (born 1652)
1674: John Milton, English poet and philosopher (born 1608)
1658: Witte de With, Dutch admiral (born 1599)
1606: Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian philologist and physician (born 1530)
1605: Robert Catesby, English conspirator, leader of the Gunpowder Plot (born 1573)
1600: Natsuka Masaie, Japanese daimyō (born 1562)
1599: Francisco Guerrero, Spanish composer (born 1528)
1527: Jerome Emser, German theologian and reformer (born 1477)
1517: Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, Spanish cardinal (born 1436)
1494: Melozzo da Forlì, Italian painter (born c. 1438)
1478: Baeda Maryam I, emperor of Ethiopia (born 1448)
1400: Peter of Aragon, Aragonese infante (born 1398)
1308: Duns Scotus, Scottish priest, philosopher, and academic (born 1266)
1263: Matilda of Béthune, French countess
1246: Berengaria of Castile (born 1179)
1226: Louis VIII, king of France (born 1187)
1195: Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine (born 1135)
1171: Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (born 1108)
1122: Ilghazi, Artuqid ruler of Mardin
1115: Godfrey of Amiens, French bishop and saint (born 1066)
1067: Sancha of León, Queen of León (born c. 1018)
977: Ibn al-Qūṭiyya, Andalusian historian
955: Agapetus II, pope of the Catholic Church
943: Liu, empress of Qi (Ten Kingdoms) (born 877)
940: Yao Yi, Chinese chancellor (born 866)
928: Duan Ning, Chinese general
789: Willehad, bishop of Bremen
785: Sawara, Japanese prince
618: Adeodatus I, pope of the Catholic Church
397: Martin of Tours, Frankish bishop and saint

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