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On This Day in History
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 £40,000 (US$75,000) in benefits after she had won nearly £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 £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 MillionsDraw Date
Oct 12, 2018 - 2.$445 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Oct 11, 2022 - 3.$403.9 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 10, 2022 - 4.$282 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 10, 2018 - 5.€286.44 Million
US$278.16 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Oct 11, 2022 - 6.€220 Million
US$253.99 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Oct 12, 2021 - 7.$240 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 12, 2005 - 8.€166 Million
US$183.88 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Oct 11, 2016 - 9.€154.69 Million
US$171.35 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Oct 11, 2016 - 10.$170 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Oct 13, 2009 - 11.€128 Million
US$161.86 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Oct 10, 2014 - 12.$150 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Oct 10, 2014 - 13.$133 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 12, 2013 - 14.$128 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 11, 2017 - 15.€93.7 Million
US$108.17 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Oct 12, 2021 - 16.$107 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 12, 2016 - 17.$102 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 11, 2003 - 18.€80 Million
US$100.29 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Oct 13, 2006 - 19.€90 Million
US$98.97 Million - Multi-Country
EuroJackpotDraw Date
Oct 14, 2016 - 20.$90 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 12, 2019 - 21.$86 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 12, 2011 - 22.$80 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 11, 2014 - 23.$75 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Oct 13, 2015 - 24.$73 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Oct 12, 2021 - 25.€61 Million
US$70.59 Million - Multi-Country
EuroJackpotDraw Date
Oct 12, 2018
Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day
- 1992
- Saturday, Oct 10, 1992
30 years old - 1987
- Saturday, Oct 10, 1987
35 years old - 1986
- Friday, Oct 10, 1986
36 years old - 1984
- Wednesday, Oct 10, 1984
38 years old - 1984
- Wednesday, Oct 10, 1984
38 years old - 1981
- Saturday, Oct 10, 1981
41 years old - 1979
- Wednesday, Oct 10, 1979
43 years old - 1979
- Wednesday, Oct 10, 1979
43 years old - 1977
- Monday, Oct 10, 1977
45 years old - 1976
- Sunday, Oct 10, 1976
46 years old - 1976
- Sunday, Oct 10, 1976
46 years old - 1975
- Friday, Oct 10, 1975
47 years old - 1975
- Friday, Oct 10, 1975
47 years old - 1973
- Wednesday, Oct 10, 1973
49 years old - 1971
- Sunday, Oct 10, 1971
51 years old - 1970
- Saturday, Oct 10, 1970
52 years old - 1970
- Saturday, Oct 10, 1970
52 years old - 1970
- Saturday, Oct 10, 1970
52 years old - 1969
- Friday, Oct 10, 1969
53 years old - 1967
- Tuesday, Oct 10, 1967
55 years old - 1961
- Tuesday, Oct 10, 1961
61 years old - 1960
- Monday, Oct 10, 1960
62 years old - 1952
- Friday, Oct 10, 1952
70 years old - 1946
- Thursday, Oct 10, 1946
76 years old - 1939
- Tuesday, Oct 10, 1939
83 years old - (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 Mw 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 Mw 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)