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October 10

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October 10

October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 82 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022: Kentucky man finds $1 million winning Powerball ticket in old stack of unchecked tickets. Over the past few months, a Kentucky man accumulated a stack of unchecked lottery tickets, but little did he know that there was a $1 million winning Powerball ticket sitting right there the entire time.
2019: Mississippi Lottery hits the Web and social media. The Mississippi Lottery Corporation (MLC) has unveiled a new look for its website and officially introduced its brand on social media in advance of its anticipated launch of scratch-off tickets by December 1.
2018: $548 MILLION: Mega jackpot to spark ticket-buying frenzy. Lottery players across the United States will be lining up at lottery retailers for their chance to win Friday's massive $548 million Mega Millions jackpot, after nobody won Tuesday's $470 million grand prize.
2016: Couple finds winning lottery ticket, tracks down rightful owner. Doing the right thing can pay off in more ways that you can imagine. One man in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, says he is living proof of that.
2014: Iowa Lottery still hunting mystery Hot Lotto winner [video]. Iowa investigators are asking the public for help in identifying the person who bought a lottery ticket worth $14.3 million that spawned a bizarre, two-year fraud investigation.
2013: Texas Lottery chief named NASPL president. The North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) has elected Gary Grief as president of the organization at the 2013 NASPL Annual Conference and Trade Show in Providence, Rhode Island.
2012: Thursday is a numerologist's dream day. On Thursday, some people may be marking, in some way, the fact that it is a special day, numerically speaking.
2012: Alford named sole finalist to lead Georgia Lottery. The sole finalist to lead the Georgia Lottery is the state's top budget official, Debbie Dlugolenski Alford, officials said Tuesday.
2012: Lottery winner indicted on 31 counts. A New Hampshire man who won $1.4 million from the Tri-State Megabucks in 2005 was arrested Oct. 4 on 31 charges of money laundering, tax evasion, and fraud.
2008: Michigan $42M lottery winner to claim jackpot today. The owner of a winning $42 million Mega Millions ticket, sold at a Macomb County, Michigan, liquor store, is expected to show up at Lottery headquarters Friday to collect the fortune.
2007: Bear draws lottery tickets. Trainers have taught a black bear, named Echo, to spin a drum and draw a raffle ticket out of it.
2007: Arkansas builder donates $300K to get lottery started. A Little Rock, Arkansas, developer said Tuesday he and his family has pledged $300,000 to Lt. Gov. Bill Halter's push to get state lottery proposed on the 2008 general election ballot.
2007: S.C. Lottery Director: Profit losses leveling off. Sales of South Carolina lottery tickets initially sank as gas prices climbed, but customers seem to have gotten used to paying more at the pump, the state's lottery director said Wednesday.
2007: Lottery fraudster spared prison. A Belfast woman who falsely claimed more than Â£40,000 (US$75,000) in benefits after she had won nearly Â£60,000 (US$110,000) playing the UK National Lottery has been spared jail.
2007: Mom gets son's age wrong and wins lottery. A lucky mom has revealed how a mistake over her son's age won her a lottery fortune of almost Â£1.3 million (US$2.5 million).
2007: Mass. Lottery plans big expansion of keno-style game. The Massachusetts state lottery, which fell short of revenue projections last year, is dramatically expanding a keno-style game in a move it estimates could bring in an additional $160 million annually, officials said.
2006: New N.C. lottery game exceeds expectations. Lottery officials say North Carolina's newest game sold more tickets than expected this weekend.
2006: Criminal probe sought in award of NJ Lottery contract. A New Jersey Assembly Democrat has asked for a criminal investigation into the role a Republican assemblywoman and her former lobbying firm played in helping the state's lottery operator gain a new contract despite bidding nearly $32 million more than a competitor.
2003: Vermont Man Claims "Power" Bug in Vermont Lottery Powerball Promotion. A lucky Vermont man was declared the winner of a red, 2003 Volkswagen Beetle by the Vermont lottery when he came within 4 of the correct number of ping-pong balls in the "Power Bug".
2003: Audit sought for Colorado lottery-fund use. The director of a state agency that doles out $40 million a year in Colorado Lottery funds has asked for an audit on how the money has been spent.
2003: A Message to Florida Lottery Players From Secretary Mattingly. For the first time in Florida Lottery history, the largest unclaimed Florida Lotto jackpot will be transferred to the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF), pending Legislative Budget Commission approval later this month.
2003: North Carolina Authorities Looking for Florida Lotto Winner. Everyone dreams of winning the lottery and it became a reality for a First Coast man. The only problem is that winning means his past is catching up with him.
2003: Montana store sells $3.68M Hot Lotto ticket. A Montana Kwik Way convenience store sold a $110,000 Montana Cash jackpot winner Saturday, then turned around and sold a $3.68 million Hot Lotto winner on Wednesday.
2003: Record Kentucky lottery sales. The Kentucky Lottery has never been bigger... or more profitable. But competition on the horizon could halt the growth of the 14-year-old venture.
2003: Georgia Lottery Board launches national search for CEO. The Georgia Lottery Corporation's board of directors has selected an executive recruiting firm to lead its national search for a president and chief executive officer.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$548 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2018
2.$445 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2022
3.$403.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 10, 2022
4.$282 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 10, 2018
5.€286.44 Million US$278.16 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2022
6.€220 Million US$253.99 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2021
7.$240 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2005
8.€166 Million US$183.88 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2016
9.€154.69 Million US$171.35 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2016
10.$170 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 13, 2009
11.€128 Million
US$161.86 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 10, 2014
12.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 10, 2014
13.$133 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2013
14.$128 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2017
15.€93.7 Million
US$108.17 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2021
16.$107 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2016
17.$102 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2003
18.€80 Million
US$100.29 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 13, 2006
19.€90 Million
US$98.97 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2016
20.$90 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2019
21.$86 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2011
22.$80 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2014
23.$75 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 13, 2015
24.$73 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2021
25.€61 Million
US$70.59 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2018

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1992: Nikeqq
Saturday, Oct 10, 1992
30 years old
1987: Pair King
Saturday, Oct 10, 1987
35 years old
1986: wswoods
Friday, Oct 10, 1986
36 years old
1984: pinkrose12121
Wednesday, Oct 10, 1984
38 years old
1984: Quanluv84$
Wednesday, Oct 10, 1984
38 years old
1981: YURAN
Saturday, Oct 10, 1981
41 years old
1979: casey1010
Wednesday, Oct 10, 1979
43 years old
1979: Ladyluck2005
Wednesday, Oct 10, 1979
43 years old
1977: ktw77
Monday, Oct 10, 1977
45 years old
1976: Freeportgal242
Sunday, Oct 10, 1976
46 years old
1976: Reel242
Sunday, Oct 10, 1976
46 years old
1975: ScorpionPrince
Friday, Oct 10, 1975
47 years old
1975: laluck
Friday, Oct 10, 1975
47 years old
1973: Reggie Numbers
Wednesday, Oct 10, 1973
49 years old
1971: Triple-B
Sunday, Oct 10, 1971
51 years old
1970: joe blacks
Saturday, Oct 10, 1970
52 years old
1970: Therlgame
Saturday, Oct 10, 1970
52 years old
1970: xoso365 com
Saturday, Oct 10, 1970
52 years old
1969: marc1010
Friday, Oct 10, 1969
53 years old
1967: gonnawinbig
Tuesday, Oct 10, 1967
55 years old
1961: sillylacy
Tuesday, Oct 10, 1961
61 years old
1960: Alvaro
Monday, Oct 10, 1960
62 years old
1952: wildbillvnvmc
Friday, Oct 10, 1952
70 years old
1946: STORMY01
Thursday, Oct 10, 1946
76 years old
1939: georgieporgie
Tuesday, Oct 10, 1939
83 years old
: tweety0804
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2018: Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage.
2015: Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+.
2010: The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
2009: Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.
2007: Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.
2002: Iraq War: The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.
1998: A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises jetliner is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.
1997: Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.
1986: A 5.7 M_w San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500.
1985: US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy.
1980: The 7.1 M_w El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.
1980: The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador.
1979: The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant began operations in Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland.
1975: Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
1973: U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.
1970: Fiji becomes independent.
1970: Canada's October Crisis escalates when Quebec Vice Premier Pierre Laporte is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec.
1967: The Outer Space Treaty comes into force.
1964: The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites.
1963: France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
1963: The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.
1957: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
1957: The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
1954: The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War between the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.
1945: The Double Tenth Agreement is signed by the Communist Party and the Kuomintang about the future of China.
1938: Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
1935: In Greece, a coup d'état ends the Second Hellenic Republic.
1933: A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
1928: Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
1920: The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
1918: RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.
1913: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
1911: The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
1903: The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
1868: The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
1846: Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell.
1845: In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 students.
1814: War of 1812: The United States Revenue Marine attempts to defend the cutter Eagle from the Royal Navy.
1780: The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000-30,000 in the Caribbean.
1760: In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname - descended from escaped slaves - gain territorial autonomy.
1631: Thirty Years' War: An army of the Electorate of Saxony seizes Prague.
1580: Over 600 Papal troops land in Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion.
1575: Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise, defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
1492: The crew of Christopher Columbus's ship, the Santa Maria, attempt a mutiny.
1471: Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by King Christian I of Denmark.
732: Charles Martel's forces defeat an Umayyad army near Tours, France.
680: The Battle of Karbala marks the Martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali.

Births On This Day

2002: Josh Giddey, Australian basketball player
1997: Vinnie Pasquantino, American baseball player
1996: Sami Niku, Finnish ice hockey player
1995: Brenko Lee, Australian-born Tongan rugby league player
1995: Courtland Sutton, American football player
1994: Ilya Mikheyev, Russian ice hockey player
1994: Marquez Valdes-Scantling, American football player
1994: Tereza Smitková, Czech tennis player
1994: Bae Suzy, South Korean singer, actress and model
1993: Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Cuban baseball player
1993: Jayden Stockley, English footballer
1991: Michael Carter-Williams, American basketball player
1991: Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
1991: Lali Espósito, Argentinian actress and singer
1991: Mariana Pajón, Colombian cyclist
1991: Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss footballer
1990: Geno Smith, American football player
1989: Emer Kenny, English actress and screenwriter
1989: Aimee Teegarden, American actress and producer
1988: Luis Cardozo, Paraguayan footballer
1988: Shaun Fensom, Australian rugby league player
1988: Brown Ideye, Nigerian footballer
1988: Rose McIver, New Zealand actress
1988: Emmanuel Nwachi, Nigerian footballer
1988: Toby Smith, Australian-New Zealand rugby player
1987: Rodjun Cruz, Filipino actor and dancer
1987: Ryan Mathews, American football player
1987: Colin Slade, New Zealand rugby player
1987: Junior Madozein, Central African basketball player
1986: Ezequiel Garay, Argentinian footballer
1986: Lucy Griffiths, English actress
1986: Nathan Jawai, Australian basketball player
1986: Andrew McCutchen, American baseball player
1986: Ellen Andrea Wang, Norwegian bassist and composer
1985: Dominique Cornu, Belgian cyclist
1985: Bronson Harrison, New Zealand rugby league player
1985: Marina Diamandis, Welsh singer-songwriter and pianist
1985: Sandra Záhlavová, Czech tennis player
1984: Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer
1984: Jean-Baptiste Grange, French skier
1984: Lzzy Hale, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1984: Ryan Hollins, American basketball commentator
1984: Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress and singer
1984: Paul Posluszny, American football player
1984: Troy Tulowitzki, American baseball player
1983: Vusimuzi Sibanda, Zimbabwean cricketer
1983: Nikos Spyropoulos, Greek footballer
1983: Tolga Zengin, Turkish footballer
1982: Yasser Al-Qahtani, Saudi Arabian footballer
1982: Amon Buchanan, Australian footballer
1982: David Cal, Spanish sprint canoeist
1982: Dan Stevens, English actor
1981: Una Foden, Irish singer-songwriter and dancer
1981: Gavin Shuker, English lawyer and politician
1980: Blaž Emeršič, Slovenian ice hockey player
1980: Casey FitzSimmons, American football player
1980: Elvis Hammond, Ghanaian footballer
1980: Tim Maurer, American singer-songwriter
1979: Kangta, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1979: Nicolás Massú, Chilean tennis player
1979: Mýa, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress
1979: Joel Przybilla, American basketball player
1979: Hitomi Satō, Japanese actress
1978: Scott Dobie, English footballer
1978: Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, American model and actress
1978: Naomi Levari, Israeli film producer and director
1976: Bob Burnquist, Brazilian-American skateboarder
1976: Pat Burrell, American baseball player
1976: Shane Doan, Canadian ice hockey player
1975: Ihsahn, Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1975: Ramón Morales, Mexican footballer and manager
1975: Plácido Polanco, Dominican-American baseball player
1974: Asi Cohen, Israeli actor and screenwriter
1974: Oded Kattash, Israeli basketball player and coach
1974: Julio Ricardo Cruz, Argentinian footballer
1974: Dale Earnhardt Jr., American race car driver and actor
1974: Lucy Powell, English politician
1974: Chris Pronger, Canadian ice hockey player
1973: Mario Lopez, American actor, television personality, and producer
1973: Scott Morriss, English bass player and songwriter
1973: Zach Thornton, American soccer player and coach
1972: Jun Lana, Filipino director, producer, playwright, and screenwriter
1972: Dean Roland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972: Alexei Zhitnik, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
1971: Graham Alexander, English-Scottish footballer and manager
1971: Ian Bennett, English footballer
1971: Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist
1970: Dean Kiely, Irish footballer
1970: Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, German sled racer
1970: Matthew Pinsent, English rower and sportscaster
1969: Manu Bennett, New Zealand-Australian actor
1969: Francis Escudero, Filipino lawyer and politician
1969: Brett Favre, American football player
1969: Shawn Jamison, American basketball player and coach
1969: Wendi McLendon-Covey, American actress
1969: Dilsa Demirbag Sten, Swedish journalist and author
1968: Bart Brentjens, Dutch cyclist
1968: Feridun Düzağaç, Turkish singer-songwriter
1968: Chris Ofili, British painter
1968: Marinos Ouzounidis, Greek footballer and manager
1967: Michael Giacchino, American composer
1967: Jonathan Littell, American-French author and humanitarian
1967: Mike Malinin, American drummer and producer
1967: Gavin Newsom, American businessman and politician, 40th and current Governor of California
1967: Jacek Zieliński, Polish footballer and coach
1966: Tony Adams, English footballer and manager
1966: Bai Ling, Chinese-American model and actress
1966: Derrick McKey, American basketball player
1965: Toshi, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
1965: Chris Penn, American actor (d. 2006)
1965: Rebecca Pidgeon, American-English singer-songwriter and actress
1964: Sarah Lancashire, English actress and director
1964: Crystal Waters, American singer-songwriter, musician and producer
1963: Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer
1963: Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (d. 2003)
1963: Daniel Pearl, American-Israeli journalist (d. 2002)
1963: Vegard Ulvang, Norwegian skier
1962: Thomas Rusch, German photographer
1961: Scott Hoffman, American drummer
1961: Henrik Jørgensen, Danish runner (d. 2019)
1961: Martin Kemp, English singer-songwriter and bass player
1960: Ron Flockhart, Canadian ice hockey player
1960: Eric Martin, American singer-songwriter
1960: Russell Slade, English football manager
1960: Paul Thiebaud, American art dealer (d. 2010)
1960: Simon Townshend, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1959: Michael Cobley, English-Scottish author
1959: Kirsty MacColl, English singer-songwriter (d. 2000)
1959: Bill Rammell, English academic and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
1959: Julia Sweeney, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1959: Bradley Whitford, American actor and producer
1959: Arif Peçenek, Turkish football player and manager (d. 2013)
1958: Tanya Tucker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957: Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese author and illustrator
1956: Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress and producer
1956: David Hempleman-Adams, English businessman and adventurer
1956: Taur Matan Ruak, East Timorese politician, 3rd President of East Timor
1954: Rekha, Indian actress
1954: David Lee Roth, American singer-songwriter and producer
1954: Fernando Santos, Portuguese footballer and manager
1953: Fiona Rae, Scottish painter
1953: Midge Ure, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1953: Aleksander Veingold, Estonian chess player and coach
1953: Gus Williams, American basketball player
1952: Bob Nystrom, Swedish ice hockey player
1952: Dela Smith, English educator
1951: Epeli Ganilau, Fijian general and politician, 16th Minister for Fijian Affairs
1951: Kevin McFoy Dunn, American guitarist, songwriter and producer
1950: Charlie George, English footballer
1950: Nora Roberts, American author
1949: Warren Burt, American-Australian composer
1949: Lance Cairns, New Zealand cricketer
1949: Wang Wanxing, Chinese activist
1948: Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough, English academic and businesswoman
1948: Cyril Neville, American R&B percussionist and singer
1948: Séverine, French singer and actress
1947: Gary Beach, American actor and singer (d. 2018)
1947: Giant Haystacks, English wrestler (d. 1998)
1947: Ojārs Arvīds Feldbergs, Latvian sculptor
1946: Charles Dance, English actor, director, and screenwriter
1946: Naoto Kan, Japanese lawyer and politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan
1946: Peter Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1946: Anne Mather, English author and screenwriter
1946: John Prine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
1946: Raymond Tallis, English physician, philosopher, author, and academic
1946: Chris Tarrant, English radio and television host
1946: Ben Vereen, American actor, singer, and dancer
1946: Willard White, Jamaican-English actor and singer
1945: Christopher Hill, English bishop
1945: Vanburn Holder, Barbadian cricketer
1945: Headman Shabalala, South African bass singer (d. 1991)
1943: Frederick Barthelme, American novelist and short story writer
1942: Janis Hansen, American singer and author (d. 2017)
1942: Radu Vasile, Romanian historian and politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 2013)
1941: Peter Coyote, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1941: Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (d. 1995)
1940: Winston Churchill, English journalist and politician (d. 2010)
1938: Oleg Gordievsky, Russian intelligence officer and author
1938: Daidō Moriyama, Japanese photographer
1938: Lily Tuck, American novelist and short story writer
1938: Leroy Hood, American biologist and academic
1937: Bruce Devlin, Australian golfer and sportscaster
1937: Peter Underwood, Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (d. 2014)
1936: Gerhard Ertl, German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1935: Khalil al-Wazir, Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (d. 1988)
1935: André Bureau, Canadian lawyer and businessman (d. 2019)
1935: Judith Chalmers, English television host and actress
1933: Jay Sebring, American hair stylist and businessman (d. 1969)
1932: Harry Smith, English footballer
1930: Eugenio Castellotti, Italian race car driver (d. 1957)
1930: Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
1930: Harold Pinter, English playwright, screenwriter, director Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
1930: Adlai Stevenson III, American lawyer and politician (d. 2021)
1929: Ayten Alpman, Turkish singer (d. 2012)
1929: Herb Levinson, American actor (d. 2012)
1929: Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (d. 2014)
1928: Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (d. 2008)
1928: Sheila Walsh, English author (d. 2009)
1927: Dana Elcar, American actor and director (d. 2005)
1927: Jon Locke, American actor (d. 2013)
1927: Thomas Wilson, American-Scottish composer and educator (d. 2001)
1926: Oscar Brown, American singer-songwriter, playwright, and actor (d. 2005)
1926: Richard Jaeckel, American actor (d. 1997)
1924: James Clavell, Australian-American director, producer, screenwriter, and author (d. 1994)
1924: Ludmilla Tchérina, French actress, ballerina, and choreographer (d. 2004)
1924: Ed Wood, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter (d. 1978)
1923: Louis Gottlieb, American singer and bass player (d. 1996)
1923: Nicholas Parsons, English actor and game show host (d. 2020)
1923: Murray Walker, English journalist and sportscaster (d. 2021)
1922: Merv Pregulman, American football player, businessman, and philanthropist (d. 2012)
1920: Gail Halvorsen, American air force pilot known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber." (d. 2022)
1919: Willard Estey, Canadian academic and jurist (d. 2002)
1919: Gerry Gomez, Trinidadian cricketer, manager, and umpire (d. 1996)
1919: Kim Ki-young, South Korean director, screenwriter, producer, and editor (d. 1997)
1919: William Kruskal, American mathematician and statistician (d. 2005)
1919: Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
1917: Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (d. 1982)
1915: Harry Edison, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1999)
1914: Tommy Fine, American baseball player and businessman (d. 2005)
1914: Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1974)
1913: Claude Simon, Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
1912: Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic (d. 2000)
1911: Clare Hollingworth, English journalist and author (d. 2017)
1910: Julius Shulman, American photographer and environmentalist (d. 2009)
1909: Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director (d. 2010)
1908: Johnny Green, American conductor and composer (d. 1989)
1908: Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan author and poet (d. 1983)
1906: Paul Creston, American composer and educator (d. 1985)
1906: Fei Mu, Chinese director and screenwriter (d. 1951)
1906: R. K. Narayan, Indian author (d. 2001)
1905: Aksella Luts, Estonian actress, screenwriter, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2005)
1903: Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (d. 1983)
1903: Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (d. 1969)
1903: Bei Shizhang, Chinese biologist and academic (d. 2009)
1902: K. Shivaram Karanth, Indian journalist, author, and activist (d. 1997)
1901: Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (d. 1966)
1900: Helen Hayes, American actress (d. 1993)
1898: Lilly Daché, French-American fashion designer (d. 1989)
1895: Alfred Neuland, Estonian weightlifter (d. 1966)
1895: Fridolf Rhudin, Swedish actor (d. 1935)
1895: Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (d. 1945)
1889: Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter and forger (d. 1947)
1885: Walter Anderson, Belarusian-German ethnologist and academic (d. 1962)
1885: Jean Peyrière, French actor (d. 1965)
1884: Nikolai Klyuev, Russian poet and author (d. 1937)
1884: Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (d. 1958)
1877: William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (d. 1963)
1872: Dionysios Kasdaglis, Egyptian-Greek tennis player (d. 1931)
1870: Louise Mack, Australian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1935)
1864: T. Frank Appleby, American businessman and politician (d. 1924)
1861: Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
1858: Maurice Prendergast, American painter and academic (d. 1924)
1842: Emily Dobson, Australian philanthropist (d. 1934)
1837: Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (d. 1863)
1834: Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (d. 1872)
1830: Isabella II of Spain (d. 1904)
1828: Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1890)
1825: Paul Kruger, South African soldier and politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (d. 1904)
1819: Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, German theologian and author (d. 1883)
1813: Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer and philanthropist (d. 1901)
1810: Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1897)
1794: William Whiting Boardman, American judge and politician (d. 1871)
1780: John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher (d. 1844)
1731: Henry Cavendish, French-English chemist, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1810)
1700: Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor and illustrator (d. 1759)
1684: Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter (d. 1721)
1678: John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish general and politician, Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland (d. 1743)
1669: Johann Nicolaus Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1753)
1656: Nicolas de Largillière, French painter and academic (d. 1746)
1646: Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, French noblewoman (d. 1705)
1629: Richard Towneley, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1707)
1599: Étienne Moulinié, French composer and director (d. 1676)
1584: Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke (d. 1649)
1567: Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (d. 1597)
1560: Jacobus Arminius, Dutch theologian (d. 1609)
1554: Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg and Lord of Rheda (d. 1606)
1486: Charles III, Duke of Savoy (d. 1553)
1421: John Paston, English politician (d. 1466)
1355: Zhu Biao, Chinese prince (d. 1392)
1344: Mary of Waltham, duchess of Brittany (d. 1361)
1332: King Charles II of Navarre (d. 1387)
867: Li Siyuan, Chinese emperor (d. 933)
786: Saga, emperor of Japan (d. 842)
AD 19: Tiberius Gemellus, Roman son of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla (d. 38)

Deaths On This Day

2016: Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (b. 1926)
2015: Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (b. 1952)
2015: Hilla Becher, German photographer and educator (b. 1934)
2015: Manorama, Indian (Tamil) actress (b. 1937)
2015: Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949)
2015: Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (b. 1924)
2014: Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (b. 1958)
2014: Damiana Eugenio, Filipino author and academic (b. 1921)
2014: Valeri Karpov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1971)
2014: Lari Ketner, American football and basketball player (b. 1977)
2014: Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (b. 1936)
2014: Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (b. 1947)
2013: Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1925)
2013: Jay Conrad Levinson, American author and educator (b. 1933)
2013: Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (b. 1927)
2013: Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)
2012: Sam Gibbons, American captain and politician (b. 1920)
2012: Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1935)
2012: Piotr Lenartowicz, Polish philosopher and educator (b. 1934)
2012: Basil L. Plumley, American sergeant (b. 1920)
2012: Mark Poster, American philosopher and educator (b. 1941)
2012: Kyaw Zaw, Burmese commander and politician (b. 1919)
2011: Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
2010: Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter and preacher (b. 1940)
2010: Joan Sutherland, Australian-Swiss soprano and actress (b. 1926)
2009: Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (b. 1976)
2008: Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (b. 1947)
2006: Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and academic (b. 1932)
2006: Ian Scott, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
2005: Wayne C. Booth, American educator and critic (b. 1921)
2005: Milton Obote, Ugandan politician, 2nd President of Uganda (b. 1925)
2004: Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (b. 1963)
2004: Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (b. 1952)
2004: Arthur H. Robinson, American geographer and cartographer (b. 1915)
2004: Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (b. 1932)
2003: Eila Hiltunen, Finnish sculptor (b. 1922)
2003: Eugene Istomin, American pianist (b. 1925)
2001: Eddie Futch, American boxer and trainer (b. 1911)
2001: Vasily Mishin, Russian engineer (b. 1917)
2000: Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1916)
1998: Clark Clifford, American captain, lawyer, and politician 9th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1906)
1998: Marvin Gay, Sr., American minister (b. 1914)
1998: Tommy Quaid, Irish hurler and manager (b. 1957)
1997: Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar-Chatt-Duncanson model (b. 1918)
1991: Nickolaus Hirschl, Austrian wrestler, discus thrower, and shot putter (b. 1906)
1990: Tom Murton, American penologist and activist (b. 1928)
1990: Nikolaos Pavlopoulos, Greek sculptor and academic (b. 1909)
1987: Behice Boran, Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist (b. 1910)
1986: Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic (b. 1899)
1985: Yul Brynner, Russian actor (b. 1920)
1985: Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915)
1983: Ralph Richardson, English actor (b. 1902)
1982: Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (b. 1908)
1979: Christopher Evans, English psychologist, computer scientist, and author (b. 1931)
1979: Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1886)
1978: Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1914)
1978: Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician (b. 1910)
1977: Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (b. 1930)
1976: Silvana Armenulić, Bosnian singer and actress (b. 1939)
1976: Mirsada Mirjana Bajraktarević, Bosnian singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
1974: Werner Heyking, Danish actor (b. 1913)
1973: Ludwig von Mises, Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (b. 1881)
1971: John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian and scholar (b. 1901)
1970: Édouard Daladier, French captain and politician, 105th Prime Minister of France (b. 1884)
1966: Charlotte Cooper, English-Scottish tennis player (b. 1870)
1966: Louise Thuliez, French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author (b. 1881)
1964: Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (b. 1892)
1964: Heinrich Neuhaus, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and educator (b. 1888)
1963: Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1893)
1963: Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1915)
1962: Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian-Polish architect (b. 1891)
1957: Karl Genzken, German physician (b. 1885)
1953: Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand general, lawyer, and judge (b. 1884)
1949: Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese engineer, businessman, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (b. 1884)
1948: Ted Horn, American race car driver (b. 1910)
1942: Arnold Majewski, Finnish military hero of Polish descent (killed in action) (b. 1892)
1940: Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1876)
1935: Gustave Loiseau, French painter (b. 1865)
1930: Adolf Engler, German botanist and academic (b. 1844)
1927: August Kitzberg, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1855)
1927: Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot and engineer (b. 1874)
1922: Andreas Karkavitsas, Greek physician and author (b. 1866)
1918: Henry Dobson, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1841)
1914: Carol I of Romania (b. 1839)
1913: Adolphus Busch, German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1839)
1913: Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)
1901: Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814)
1893: Lip Pike, American baseball player and manager (b. 1845)
1876: Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist and meteorologist (b. 1814)
1875: Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1817)
1872: William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (b. 1801)
1857: George Washington Parke Custis, American author and playwright (b. 1781)
1837: Charles Fourier, French philosopher and academic (b. 1772)
1827: Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet (b. 1778)
1806: Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (b. 1772)
1800: Gabriel Prosser, American rebel leader (b. 1776)
1795: Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian historian and theologian (b. 1714)
1765: Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1688)
1759: Granville Elliott, English general (b. 1713)
1747: John Potter, English archbishop and academic (b. 1674)
1725: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, French politician, Governor of New France (b. 1643)
1723: William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1665)
1720: Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (b. 1640)
1714: Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist and academic (b. 1646)
1708: David Gregory, Scottish mathematician and astronomer (b. 1659)
1691: Isaac de Benserade, French author and poet (b. 1613)
1659: Abel Tasman, Dutch merchant and explorer (b. 1603)
1581: Bayinnaung, Burmese king (b. 1516)
1503: Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1438)
1359: Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)
1308: Patrick Dunbar, 8th Earl of Dunbar
1213: Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine
1149: Al-Hafiz, Fatimid imam-caliph (b. 1074/77)
937: Wang Lingmou, chancellor of Wu
827: Pope Valentine (b. 800)
680: Abbas ibn Ali, son of Imam Ali
680: Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn, son of Al-Husayn
680: Habib ibn Madhahir
680: Husayn ibn Ali, third Shia Imam and grandson of Muhammad (b. 626)
644: Paulinus of York, English bishop and missionary
AD 19: Germanicus, Roman general (b. 15 BC)

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