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October 1

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October 1

October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 91 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: $1.04 BILLION: Massive Powerball jackpot increases again. For the fourth time in 2023, a lottery jackpot has reached $1 billion or more — twice with the Mega Millions game, and now twice with Powerball.
2022: VIDEO: Your state might not allow anonymous prize claims... or does it?. Did you know only a handful of states allow lottery winners to claim their prizes anonymously? Many seasoned players don't even know that there are still ways of hiding your name in states that technically don't allow it.
2019: Idaho Lottery's newest draw game has first drawing tonight. Tonight marks the first drawing for the newest Idaho Lottery game, 5 Star Draw.
2018: N.J. family that won $429 million lottery jackpot is 'praying' it forward. When Pearlie Mae Smith and her seven adult children won a $429.6 million Powerball jackpot in 2016, they promised to give 10 percent of their winnings — the largest jackpot ever won in New Jersey — to their church and to help others. It was a promise kept to the fullest.
2016: Mississippi Gov. says he's open to discussing state lottery. Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant said he "would be open to a general discussion regarding a statewide lottery," marking the first time in nearly 30 years that a Mississippi governor has said anything about a state lottery that didn't indicate they'd smack it quickly and hard with their veto stamp.
2016: Some NC lottery players win so often, their good fortune defies logic. The North Carolina lottery wants you to believe we all have the same chance to win, but some players are winning so often, and so big, that their good fortune defies logic.
2016: How NC lottery ticket swappers avoid taxes, scrutiny. Reselling winning lottery tickets — known as ticket discounting — can be profitable for both parties, but may harm recipients of child support and others.
2016: These poker-playing robots can bluff better than humans. By playing poker, advanced bots are transforming our view of how machines make decisions.
2015: Winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $310 million sold in Michigan. One lucky Michigan lottery player in possession of a Powerball ticket containing the numbers 21, 39, 40, 55, and 59, with Powerball number 17, just became a whole lot richer.
2014: Puerto Rico joins Powerball today. Tonight's Powerball drawing is the first in which residents of Puerto Rico can participate and win in one of the world's most popular lottery games.
2013: $1 million southern Indiana Powerball prize to expire. If you were in Southern Indiana six months ago and purchased a Powerball ticket, you might want to drag out your spring jacket and check the pockets.
2009: Kentucky Lottery draws airing on new TV stations. The TV stations which air the nightly Kentucky Lottery drawing program in the state's three largest media markets has changed, effective today.
2005: Brits addicted to online gambling. Britons spend £5 billion (US$8.82 billion) a year on online gambling, a survey revealed Friday.
2005: Former lottery 'numbers' operator rebuilds life after jail. At the height of his career operating an illegal lottery called "the numbers," Otis Ray was running four-digit bar tabs in his $70,000 Titans stadium suite and rubbing elbows with Nashville's elite.
2004: $151 million: Powerball jackpot highest in four months. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $151 million, with a cash option of $83.2 million.
2004: Wisconsin Couple Wins Hot Lotto Jackpot. A Wisconsin couple on Thursday claimed the record $10.8 million Hot Lotto jackpot.
2004: First Nigeria On-Line Lottery Makes Debut. The first national on-line lottery game, Lotto Nigeria, has been launched.
2003: Former store clerk awarded $8 million over winning lottery ticket. A jury recommended Tuesday that a former convenience store clerk should receive $8 million because her boss allegedly cheated her out of a winning lottery ticket worth millions, attorneys said.
2003: Florida couple wins big. Rory Morris and Gabriella Smarandache's lives changed with a simple scratch of the penny Thursday.
2003: Lottery fantasy comes true. Like many people, La Pheris F. Powers of Springfield, Massachusetts had fantasized about what he would do if he won the lottery. Now that he has, his nine grandchildren and niece don't have to worry about paying for college.
2003: Fox dismisses any impropriety in work for GTECH. The Rhode Island House majority leader acknowledges his role as a lawyer in GTECH's sales pitch to the Providence City Council, but he says he had no business ties to the lottery giant when the legislature voted for the package that kept the company in Rhode Island.
2003: State will drop Plus, revert to old Lotto. The Washington Lottery Commission is reverting to the old Lotto game after Saturday night's drawing for Lotto Plus. The odds of winning the Lotto jackpot will be 1 in 7 million instead of the 1 in 11 million odds for Lotto Plus.
2003: Winning Mega Millions ticket sold in south Georgia. Lottery officials said the winning ticket from Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing -- worth $150 million -- was sold in Fitzgerald, Ga., about 170 miles south of Atlanta.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.07 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 2, 2023
2.$651.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 2, 2021
3.$380 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2022
4.$367 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 2, 2018
5.$325.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2022
6.$315 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2023
7.€281.07 Million US$275.53 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2022
8.$229 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2018
9.€190 Million US$223.16 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2017
10.€190 Million
US$207.42 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2019
11.$193 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2009
12.$189 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2013
13.€163 Million
US$188.95 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2021
14.€162 Million
US$187.06 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 2, 2018
15.€149.38 Million
US$167.92 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2016
16.$167 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2005
17.€141 Million
US$157.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2016
18.$151 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 2, 2004
19.€100 Million
US$137.44 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2010
20.€100 Million
US$132.5 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2011
21.€100 Million
US$125.58 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2014
22.$120 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2014
23.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 2, 2009
24.€89.23 Million
US$103.47 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 2, 2021
25.$101 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2004

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1993: qweencashmonae
Friday, Oct 1, 1993
30 years old
1988: rmaroussegoman
Saturday, Oct 1, 1988
35 years old
1984: apetree1001
Monday, Oct 1, 1984
39 years old
1980: sugar ray
Wednesday, Oct 1, 1980
43 years old
1977: Deja77
Saturday, Oct 1, 1977
46 years old
1976: honey money
Friday, Oct 1, 1976
47 years old
1973: starleebright
Monday, Oct 1, 1973
50 years old
1972: Piloma
Sunday, Oct 1, 1972
51 years old
1968: janmcknight
Tuesday, Oct 1, 1968
55 years old
1967: naturegirl
Sunday, Oct 1, 1967
56 years old
1966: MONEY2GET
Saturday, Oct 1, 1966
57 years old
1966: MikeS10000
Saturday, Oct 1, 1966
57 years old
1965: Desire316
Friday, Oct 1, 1965
58 years old
1965: Regit7
Friday, Oct 1, 1965
58 years old
1964: vonryan
Thursday, Oct 1, 1964
59 years old
1963: betsy63
Tuesday, Oct 1, 1963
60 years old
1961: winkeldinkel
Sunday, Oct 1, 1961
62 years old
1958: lovesdoggs58
Wednesday, Oct 1, 1958
65 years old
1956: picwins3
Monday, Oct 1, 1956
67 years old
1955: Winnerqtime
Saturday, Oct 1, 1955
68 years old
1952: amaconman
Wednesday, Oct 1, 1952
71 years old
1951: larry3100
Monday, Oct 1, 1951
72 years old
: Timewalkerv
(year not provided)
: SheGood
(year not provided)
: chessie60
(year not provided)
: TeddiBare
(year not provided)
: bigbuck
(year not provided)
: jdramirez5
(year not provided)
: purepleasure
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: 135 are killed in a human crush following a football match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java, Indonesia.
2019: Kuopio school stabbing: one dies and ten are injured when Joel Marin, armed with a sabre, attacks a school class at Savo Vocational College in Kuopio, Finland.
2018: The International Court of Justice rules that Chile is not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean with Bolivia.
2017: An independence referendum, later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
2017: Fifty-eight people are killed and 869 others injured in a mass shooting at a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip in the United States; the gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide.
2015: A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon.
2015: Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.
2015: The American cargo vessel SS El Faro sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin.
2014: A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.
2014: A double bombing of an elementary school in Homs, Syria kills over 50 people.
2012: A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
2009: The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
2001: Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.
2000: Israel-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the murder of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events".
1994: Palau enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.
1991: Croatian War of Independence: The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.
1989: Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships.
1987: The 5.9 M_w Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.
1985: Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization's Tunisia headquarters during Operation Wooden Leg.
1982: Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.
1982: EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.
1982: Sony and Phillips launch the compact disc in Japan; on the same day, Sony releases the model CDP-101 compact disc player, the first player of its kind.
1979: Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
1979: The MTR, Hong Kong's rapid transit railway system, opens.
1978: Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1975: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
1971: Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
1971: The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.
1969: Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
1968: Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
1966: West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
1964: The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
1964: Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
1962: James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
1961: The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.
1961: East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
1961: The CTV Television Network, Canada's first private television network, is launched.
1960: Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1958: The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.
1957: The motto In God We Trust first appears on U.S. paper currency.
1955: The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
1953: Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.
1953: A United States-South Korea mutual defense treaty is concluded in Washington, D.C.
1949: The People's Republic of China is established.
1947: The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
1946: Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.
1946: The Daegu October incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.
1943: World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
1942: World War II: USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.
1940: The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
1939: World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
1938: Pursuant to the Munich Agreement signed the day before, Nazi Germany begins the military occupation and annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland.
1936: Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
1936: Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.
1931: The George Washington Bridge in the United States is opened, linking New Jersey and New York.
1931: Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
1928: The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
1928: Newark Liberty International Airport opens, becoming the first airport in the New York City metro area.
1918: World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus.
1918: Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
1910: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
1908: Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
1903: Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
1898: The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
1891: Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
1890: Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
1887: Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
1861: Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day.
1832: Texian political delegates convene at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.
1829: The South African College is founded in Cape Town, later separating into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
1827: Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.
1814: The Congress of Vienna opens with the intention of redrawing Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon in the previous spring.
1800: Via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain cedes Louisiana to France, which would sell the land to the United States thirty months later.
1795: More than a year after the Battle of Sprimont, the Austrian Netherlands (present-day Belgium) are officially annexed by Revolutionary France.
1791: First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
1787: Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
1779: The city of Tampere, Finland (belonging to Sweden at this time) is founded by King Gustav III of Sweden.
1730: Ahmed III is forced to abdicate as the Ottoman sultan.
1588: The coronation of Shah Abbas I of Persia occurs.
1553: The coronation of Queen Mary I of England is held at Westminster Abbey.
965: Pope John XIII is consecrated.
959: Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadwig.
366: Pope Damasus I is consecrated.
331 BC: Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.

Births On This Day

2006: Priah Ferguson, American actress
2001: Luna Blaise, American actress and singer
2001: Mason Greenwood, English footballer
1998: Daniel Gafford, American basketball player
1997: Jade Bird, English singer, songwriter, and musician
1995: Lauren Hill, American basketball player (d. 2015)
1992: Xander Bogaerts, Aruban baseball player
1991: Conor Clifford, Irish footballer
1991: Robbie Ray, American baseball player
1990: Pedro Filipe Mendes, Portuguese footballer
1990: Albert Prosa, Estonian footballer
1989: Brie Larson, American actress
1987: Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer
1987: Mitchell Aubusson, Australian rugby league player
1987: Matthew Daddario, American actor
1986: Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress and singer (d. 2021)
1986: Jurnee Smollett, American actress
1986: Ricardo Vaz Tê, Portuguese footballer
1985: Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
1984: Beck Bennett, American actor and comedian
1984: Matt Cain, American baseball player
1984: Daniel Guillén Ruiz, Spanish footballer
1983: Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (d. 2006)
1983: Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer
1982: Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer
1982: Aleksandar Đuričić, Serbian author and playwright
1981: Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
1981: Tom Donnelly, New Zealand rugby player
1981: Gaby Mudingayi, Belgian footballer
1981: Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player
1981: Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer
1981: David Yelldell, German-American soccer player
1980: Sarah Drew, American actress
1980: Antonio Narciso, Italian footballer
1979: Curtis Axel, American wrestler
1979: Rudi Johnson, American football player
1979: Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
1979: Ryan Pontbriand, American football player
1979: Marko Stanojevic, English-Italian rugby player
1978: Katie Aselton, American actress
1978: Nicole Atkins, American singer-songwriter
1978: Leticia Cline, American model and journalist
1978: Joe Keith, English footballer
1978: Dominic Thornely, Australian cricketer
1977: Christel Takigawa, French-Japanese journalist
1977: Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver
1976: Denis Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player
1976: Ümit Karan, Turkish footballer
1976: Richard Oakes, English guitarist and songwriter
1976: Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor
1976: Mark Švets, Estonian footballer
1975: Justin Leppitsch, Australian rules footballer
1975: Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer and coach
1974: Keith Duffy, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
1974: Nick Graham, Australian rugby player
1974: Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
1974: Sherri Saum, American actress
1973: Christian Borle, American actor and singer
1973: Rachid Chékhémani, French runner
1973: Jana Henke, German swimmer
1973: John Mackey, American composer
1973: John Thomson, American baseball player and coach
1972: Ronen Altman Kaydar, Israeli author and poet
1972: Esa Holopainen, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972: Jean, Brazilian footballer
1972: Nicky Morgan, British politician
1971: Yvette Hermundstad, Swedish journalist
1971: Andrew O'Keefe, Australian lawyer and television host
1971: Jim Serdaris, Australian rugby league player
1970: Simon Davey, Welsh footballer and manager
1970: Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player and manager
1969: Zach Galifianakis, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1969: Joseph Patrick Moore, American musician, composer, and producer
1969: Ori Kaplan, Israeli-American saxophonist and producer
1969: Marcus Stephen, Nauruan weightlifter and politician, 27th President of Nauru
1969: Igor Ulanov, Russian ice hockey player
1968: Rob Collard, English race car driver
1968: Phil de Glanville, English rugby player
1968: Mark Durden-Smith, British television presenter
1968: Kevin Griffin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1968: Jon Guenther, American author and engineer
1968: Jay Underwood, American actor and pastor
1967: Mike Pringle, American-Canadian football player
1967: Scott Young, American ice hockey player and coach
1966: George Weah, Liberian footballer and politician, 25th President of Liberia
1966: José Ángel Ziganda, Spanish footballer and manager
1965: Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
1965: Cindy Margolis, American actress and model
1965: Mia Mottley, Barbadian prime minister
1965: Chris Reason, Australian journalist
1965: Cliff Ronning, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1964: Harry Hill, English comedian and author
1964: Max Matsuura, Japanese songwriter, producer, and manager
1964: Jonathan Sarfati, Australian-New Zealand chess player and author
1964: Christopher Titus, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1963: Jean-Denis Delétraz, Swiss race car driver
1963: Mark McGwire, American baseball player and coach
1962: Attaphol Buspakom, Thai footballer and manager (d. 2015)
1962: Nico Claesen, Belgian footballer and coach
1962: Esai Morales, American actor
1962: Paul Walsh, English footballer and sportscaster
1961: Gary Ablett Sr., Australian footballer
1961: Rico Constantino, American wrestler and manager
1961: Corrie van Zyl, South African cricketer and coach
1960: Joshua Wurman, American scientist, Doppler on Wheels inventor, and storm chaser
1959: Mark Aizlewood, Welsh footballer and manager
1959: Brian P. Cleary, American author and poet
1959: Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer-songwriter, musician, and politician
1958: Martin Cooper, English saxophonist, composer, and painter
1958: Masato Nakamura, Japanese bass player and producer
1957: Kang Seok-woo, South Korean actor
1957: Éva Tardos, Hungarian mathematician and educator
1956: Andrus Ansip, Estonian engineer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Estonia
1956: Theresa May, English politician, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1955: Howard Hewett, American singer-songwriter
1955: Morten Gunnar Larsen, Norwegian pianist and composer
1955: Jeff Reardon, American baseball player
1953: Pete Falcone, American baseball player
1953: Viljar Loor, Estonian volleyball player (d. 2011)
1953: Miguel Lopez, Salvadorian-American soccer player
1953: Grete Waitz, Norwegian runner and coach (d. 2011)
1953: Klaus Wowereit, German civil servant and politician, Governing Mayor of Berlin
1952: Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1952: Bob Myrick, American baseball player (d. 2012)
1952: Ivan Sekyra, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
1952: Earl Slick, American rock guitarist and songwriter
1951: Brian Greenway, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950: Elpida, Greek singer-songwriter
1950: Yvette Freeman, American actress
1950: Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, English neuroscientist, academic, and politician
1950: Mark Helias, American bassist and composer
1950: Sigbjørn Johnsen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance
1950: Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut (d. 2015)
1950: Randy Quaid, American actor
1949: Isaac Bonewits, American singer-songwriter, liturgist, and author (d. 2010)
1949: Sheila Gilmore, Scottish lawyer and politician
1949: André Rieu, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor
1948: Cub Koda, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
1947: Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (d. 2009)
1947: Dalveer Bhandari, Indian lawyer and judge
1947: Buzz Capra, American baseball player and coach
1947: Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate
1947: Stephen Collins, American actor and director
1947: Nevill Drury, English-Australian journalist and publisher (d. 2013)
1947: Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician
1947: Martin Turner, English singer-songwriter and bass player
1947: Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (d. 2006)
1946: Dave Holland, English bassist, composer, and bandleader
1946: Tim O'Brien, American novelist and short story writer
1945: Rod Carew, Panamanian-American baseball player and coach
1945: Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1979)
1945: Ram Nath Kovind, 14th President of India
1943: Jean-Jacques Annaud, French director, producer, and screenwriter
1943: Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1943: Jerry Martini, American saxophonist
1943: Robert Slater, American author and journalist (d. 2014)
1942: Herb Fame, American R&B singer
1942: Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver and engineer (d. 2023)
1942: Robert Lelièvre, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1973)
1942: David Stancliffe, English bishop and scholar
1942: Günter Wallraff, German journalist and author
1940: Phyllis Chesler, American feminist psychologist
1940: Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager (d. 2003)
1940: Marc Savoy, American accordion player, created the Cajun accordion
1939: George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005)
1939: Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
1938: Tunç Başaran, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2019)
1938: Mary McFadden, American fashion designer
1938: Stella Stevens, American actress and director (d. 2023)
1937: Saeed Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
1936: Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958)
1935: Julie Andrews, English actress and singer
1935: Walter De Maria, American sculptor and drummer (d. 2013)
1934: Emilio Botín, Spanish banker and businessman (d. 2014)
1932: Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
1931: Sylvano Bussotti, Italian violinist and composer
1931: Anwar Shamim, Pakistani general (d. 2013)
1931: Alan Wagner, American radio host and critic (d. 2007)
1930: Frank Gardner, Australian race car driver and manager (d. 2009)
1930: Richard Harris, Irish actor (d. 2002)
1930: Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani lawyer and politician, Mayor of Karachi (d. 2020)
1930: Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006)
1929: Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby player and coach
1929: Grady Chapman, American singer (d. 2011)
1929: Bonnie Owens, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
1928: Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-English actor, director, and producer (d. 1973)
1928: Willy Mairesse, Belgian race car driver (d. 1969)
1928: George Peppard, American actor (d. 1994)
1928: Zhu Rongji, Chinese engineer and politician, 5th Premier of the People's Republic of China
1927: Tom Bosley, American actor (d. 2010)
1927: Sherman Glenn Finesilver, American lawyer and judge (d. 2006)
1927: Sandy Gall, Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author
1924: Jimmy Carter, American naval lieutenant, politician, 39th President of the United States, and Nobel Prize laureate
1924: Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2014)
1924: Leonie Kramer, Australian academic (d. 2016)
1924: William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)
1924: Roger Williams, American pianist (d. 2011)
1922: Chen-Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate
1921: James Whitmore, American actor (d. 2009)
1920: David Herbert Donald, American historian and author (d. 2009)
1920: Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000)
1919: Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1919: Majrooh Sultanpuri, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2000)
1917: Cahal Daly, Irish cardinal and theologian (d. 2009)
1915: Jerome Bruner, American psychologist and author (d. 2016)
1914: Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, lawyer, author, and 12th Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)
1913: Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (d. 2009)
1913: Harry Lookofsky, American violinist and producer (d. 1998)
1912: Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (d. 2014)
1911: Irwin Kostal, American songwriter, screenwriter, and publisher (d. 1994)
1911: Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 2004)
1910: Fritz Köberle, Austrian-Brazilian physician and pathologist (d. 1983)
1910: José Enrique Moyal, Australian physicist and engineer (d. 1998)
1910: Bonnie Parker, American criminal (d. 1934)
1910: Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, Polish-Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2012)
1909: Sam Yorty, American captain, politician, and 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)
1908: Herman David Koppel, Danish pianist and composer (d. 1998)
1907: Maurice Bardèche, French journalist, author, and critic (d. 1998)
1907: Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (d. 1977)
1906: S. D. Burman, Indian composer and singer (d. 1975)
1904: Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-English physicist and academic (d. 1979)
1904: A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (d. 1977)
1903: Vladimir Horowitz, Russian-born American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
1903: Pierre Veyron, French race car driver (d. 1970)
1900: Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)
1899: Ernest Haycox, American author (d. 1950)
1896: Ted Healy, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1937)
1895: Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1951)
1894: Edgar Krahn, Estonian mathematician and academic (d. 1961)
1893: Cliff Friend, American pianist and songwriter (d. 1974)
1893: Ip Man, Chinese martial artist (d. 1972)
1890: Stanley Holloway, English actor (d. 1982)
1887: Ned Hanlon, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (d. 1952)
1887: Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general (d. 1945)
1885: Louis Untermeyer, American poet, anthologist, and critic (d. 1977)
1881: William Boeing, American engineer and businessman who founded the Boeing Company (d. 1956)
1878: Othmar Spann, Austrian economist, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1950)
1865: Paul Dukas, French composer, scholar, and critic (d. 1935)
1847: Annie Besant, English-Indian activist and author (d. 1933)
1846: Nectarios of Aegina, Greek metropolitan and saint (d. 1920)
1842: S. Subramania Iyer, Indian lawyer and jurist (d. 1924)
1842: Charles Cros, French poet and author (d. 1888)
1835: Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and anatomist (d. 1920)
1832: Caroline Harrison, American educator, 24th First Lady of the United States (d. 1892)
1832: Henry Clay Work, American composer and songwriter (d. 1884)
1808: Mary Anna Custis Lee, American wife of Robert E. Lee (d. 1873)
1791: Sergey Aksakov, Russian soldier and author (d. 1859)
1771: Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (d. 1842)
1762: Anton Bernolák, Slovak priest and linguist (d. 1813)
1760: William Thomas Beckford, English author and politician (d. 1844)
1730: Richard Stockton, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1781)
1729: Anton Cajetan Adlgasser, German organist and composer (d. 1777)
1724: Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1808)
1719: John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, British parliamentarian (d. 1781)
1712: William Shippen, American physician and politician (d. 1801)
1691: Arthur Onslow, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (d. 1768)
1685: Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1740)
1681: Giulia Lama, Italian painter (d. 1747)
1671: Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (d. 1742)
1620: Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (d. 1683)
1554: Leonardus Lessius, Jesuit theologian (d. 1623)
1550: Anne of Saint Bartholomew, Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun (d. 1626)
1542: Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Spanish explorer (d. 1595)
1540: Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss pastor and theologian (d. 1617)
1526: Dorothy Stafford, English noble (d. 1604)
1507: Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect who designed the Church of the Gesù (d. 1573)
1480: Saint Cajetan, Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer (d. 1547)
1476: Guy XVI, Count of Laval (d. 1531)
1207: Henry III of England (d. 1272)
208: Alexander Severus, Roman emperor (d. 235)
86 BC: Sallust, Roman historian (d. 34 BC)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Antonio Inoki, Japanese professional wrestler and politician (b. 1943)
2019: Karel Gott, Сzeсh singer (b. 1939)
2018: Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer, composer, writer, filmmaker and public figure (b. 1924)
2017: Dave Strader, American sportscaster (b. 1955)
2015: Božo Bakota, Croatian footballer (b. 1950)
2015: Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1915)
2015: Hadi Norouzi, Iranian footballer (b. 1985)
2015: Jacob Pressman, American rabbi and academic, co-founded American Jewish University (b. 1919)
2014: Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (b. 1948)
2014: Shlomo Lahat, Israeli general and politician (b. 1927)
2014: José Martínez, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (b. 1942)
2014: Robert Serra, Venezuelan criminologist and politician (b. 1987)
2013: Arnold Burns, American lawyer, politician, and 21st United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1930)
2013: Tom Clancy, American author (b. 1947)
2013: Imero Fiorentino, American lighting designer (b. 1928)
2013: Israel Gutman, Polish-Israeli historian and author (b. 1923)
2013: Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Norwegian physician, academic, and politician (b. 1939)
2013: Jim Rountree, American football player and coach (b. 1936)
2012: Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
2012: Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (b. 1917)
2012: Mark R. Kravitz, American lawyer and judge (b. 1950)
2012: Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli economist and banker (b. 1926)
2012: Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian Holocaust survivor and author (b. 1923)
2011: Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey player and golfer (b. 1931)
2010: Ian Buxton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1938)
2009: Cintio Vitier, Cuban poet and author (b. 1921)
2008: John Biddle, American cinematographer (b. 1925)
2007: Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and composer (b. 1928)
2007: Chris Mainwaring, Australian footballer and journalist (b. 1965)
2007: Al Oerter, American discus thrower (b. 1936)
2006: Fawaz al-Rabeiee, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1979)
2006: Jerald Tanner, American author and activist (b. 1938)
2004: Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)
2004: Bruce Palmer, Canadian bass player (b. 1946)
2004: Robert Vaidlo, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1921)
2002: Walter Annenberg, American publisher, diplomat, and United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1908)
1997: Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1923)
1994: Paul Lorenzen, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1915)
1992: Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (b. 1947)
1990: Curtis LeMay, American general (b. 1906)
1988: Sacheverell Sitwell, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1897)
1986: Archie League, American air traffic controller (b. 1907)
1985: Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver (b. 1925)
1985: E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (b. 1899)
1984: Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
1975: Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1935)
1974: Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1901)
1972: Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist and paleontologist (b. 1903)
1970: Raúl Riganti, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1893)
1968: Romano Guardini, Italian-German Catholic priest, author, and academic (b. 1885)
1961: Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1898)
1959: Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, politician, and first President of Italy (b. 1877)
1958: Robert Falk, Russian painter and educator (b. 1886)
1957: Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant, politician, and sixth Turkish Minister of National Defence (b. 1881)
1955: Charles Christie, American film producer who founded Christie Film Company (b. 1880)
1953: John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
1951: Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
1950: Faik Ali Ozansoy, Turkish poet, educator, and politician (b. 1876)
1942: Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)
1940: Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (b. 1898)
1929: Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
1913: Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
1901: Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan emir (b. 1844)
1895: Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American chemist, physicist, and academic (b. 1836)
1885: John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)
1878: Mindon Min, Burmese king (b. 1808)
1864: Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (b. 1817)
1838: Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (b. 1768)
1837: Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
1788: William Brodie, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1741)
1768: Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1687)
1708: John Blow, English organist and composer (b. 1649)
1693: Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian and academic (b. 1619)
1690: Girolamo Corner, Venetian statesman and military commander (b. 1632)
1684: Pierre Corneille, French playwright (b. 1606)
1683: John Hull, colonial American merchant and politician (b. 1624)
1652: Jan Asselijn, Dutch painter (b. 1610)
1609: Giammateo Asola, Italian priest and composer (b. 1532)
1602: Hernando de Cabezón, Spanish organist and composer (b. 1541)
1588: Edward James, English priest and martyr (b. 1557)
1578: John of Austria (b. 1547)
1574: Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter (b. 1498)
1570: Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)
1567: Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)
1532: Jan Mabuse, Flemish painter
1500: John Alcock, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1430)
1499: Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (b. 1433)
1450: Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara, Italian noble (b. 1407)
1416: Yaqub Spata, Albanian ruler
1404: Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356)
1310: Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)
1126: Morphia of Melitene, Queen of Jerusalem
1040: Alan III, Duke of Brittany (b. 997)
961: Artald, archbishop of Reims
959: Eadwig, English king (b. 941)
918: Zhou, empress of Former Shu
895: Kong Wei, chancellor of the Tang dynasty
804: Richbod, archbishop of Trier
686: Emperor Tenmu of Japan (b. 631)
630: Tajoom Uk'ab K'ahk', Mayan king

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