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October 11

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October 11

October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 81 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: New Jersey couple's superstition leads them to win $874,025 Jersey Cash 5 lottery jackpot. A New Jersey couple won a nearly $900,000 Jersey Cash 5 lottery jackpot after their superstition led them to a different retailer than usual.
2023: Michigan bill may allow lottery winners of multi-state games to remain anonymous. Michigan legislators are discussing a bill that would allow winners of multi-state games like Powerball and Mega Millions to remain anonymous when claiming their prizes.
2022: Virginia Lottery launches its first $50 scratch-off. The Virginia Lottery recently launched its first-ever $50 scratch-off game, joining several other state lotteries who have ventured into the territory of higher price point tickets.
2021: Pennsylvania great-great-grandmother nets $1.2 million Cash 5 jackpot. A great-great-grandmother has big plans for her yard after winning a $1.2 million Cash 5 jackpot in the Pennsylvania Lottery.
2019: Lottery winner from UK claims £170m EuroMillions jackpot. The lucky winner of Tuesday's record £170 million (US$209 million / €190 million) EuroMillions jackpot draw has come forward, the UK National Lottery has said.
2019: 20 years later: Will a lottery vote come before the people of Alabama again?. Saturday will mark 20 years since the people of Alabama voted against allowing a lottery, and now many legislators say it's time to let the people vote again.
2017: Governments taking legislative action against 'fake' lotteries. Convenience store owners have applauded a Tasmanian Government decision to quickly draw up legislation to ban lottery outcome wagering in the island state.
2016: Chase led to bean field, arrest in lottery ticket case. The arrest of an Indiana woman accused of stealing scratch-off lottery tickets from local stores came only after she led a police officer on a car chase that ended in a bean field.
2013: DC Lottery not paying winners during government shutdown. If you are furloughed because of the shutdown and thought maybe a DC Lottery ticket might solve your problems, you are out of luck.
2013: Maryland $189M Mega Millions winner claims prize. The winner of Maryland's $189 million Mega Millions jackpot is no longer a mystery, although their identity remains so.
2013: Indiana $1 million Powerball prize goes unclaimed. The champagne wishes and caviar dreams of the person in Indiana holding April's winning Powerball ticket will officially remain just those -- wishes and dreams, if not a nightmare -- after failing to claim their $1 million prize.
2012: Delaware couple anonymously claims $50M Powerball jackpot. A husband and wife from Wilmington came forward Oct. 5 to claim their $50 million Powerball jackpot from the Wednesday, Oct. 3 drawing, according to Delaware Lottery officials.
2012: Idaho fire chief wins $1 million. The Caldwell, Idaho, fire chief can look forward to being debt-free after winning $1 million playing Powerball.
2011: U.K. couple watched lottery drawing as they won £101M. A couple from Cambridgeshire, UK, who won Friday's £101 million (US$157.7 million) Euro Millions jackpot have been named as Dave and Angela Dawes.
2010: Kentucky woman wins 'miracle lottery prize' after home destroyed. A Kentucky woman facing disaster has been literally lifted from the ashes by a miracle $80,000 lottery win.
2010: Gambling opponents see trouble with new Florida Lottery instant rewards game. A new Florida Lottery game offers payouts of up to $3 million and instant rewards -- a combination that has gambling opponents worried.
2008: $42M lottery winner plans to become a pecan farmer. A Detroit-area man who won a $42 million Mega Millions jackpot plans to retire from Chrysler and become a pecan farmer in Georgia.
2008: Georgia Lottery starts 2-for-1 Fantasy 5 Fridays. The Georgia Lottery began a new promotion of its Fantasy 5 game Friday, increasing players' chances to win the Pick 5-style lotto game.
2007: Colorado chalks up its first Powerball winner. A ticket sold in the Denver metro area matched all six numbers in the Powerball jackpot Wednesday night -- the first time a Powerball winning ticket has been sold in the state.
2005: N.Y. Lottery goes Hollywood. The New York Lottery is teaming up with Hollywood for an unprecedented cross-promotion -- wedding the multimillion dollar "King Kong" remake to two new lottery games.
2005: Oklahoma Lottery to begin tomorrow. Scratch-off lottery tickets go on sale in Oklahoma tomorrow, and both players and store owners are raring to go.
2005: Scientific Games Awarded Two Contracts With German Lottery. Scientific Games announced Monday that its German subsidiary Scientific Games Honsel GmbH was awarded two contracts with Toto-Lotto Niedersachsen GmbH, the state lottery of Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) based in Hanover - one to supply instant lottery tickets, and the other for distribution and consulting services.
2005: S.C. man claims $1 million Powerball lottery prize. On Monday, Francis H. Stephenson grasped a giant check as he was named the first S.C. resident to win $1 million in the state lottery's Powerball Power Play Match 5 game.
2004: $214 million Powerball lottery ticket sold in Delaware. Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in Delaware has a secret worth $214.7 million dollars.
2004: Woman loses $5K in lottery ticket scam. A Brentwood woman was offered $5,000 to cash in a winning lottery ticket. Instead, the woman lost more than $5,000 of her money, hoodwinked by con artists in a popular scam that often targets Spanish-speaking immigrants.
2004: Alabama man wins $131K in Tenn. lottery. An Alabama man crossed the Tennessee state line to the Conoco station and came up the big winner in the Lotto 5, walking away with a $131,527 jackpot.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.76 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2023
2.$548 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2018
3.$445 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2022
4.$425.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2022
5.$371 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2024
6.$314 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 13, 2018
7.€286.44 Million US$278.16 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2022
8.€220 Million US$253.99 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2021
9.$240 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2005
10.€166 Million
US$183.88 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2016
11.€142 Million
US$179.81 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2014
12.€154.69 Million
US$171.35 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2016
13.$170 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 13, 2009
14.$166 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2014
15.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2024
16.$133 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2013
17.$128 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2017
18.€93.7 Million
US$108.17 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2021
19.$107 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2016
20.$102 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2003
21.€80 Million
US$100.29 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 13, 2006
22.€90 Million
US$98.97 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2016
23.€87.44 Million
US$95.68 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2024
24.$90 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2019
25.$86 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2011

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1988: solotto
Tuesday, Oct 11, 1988
36 years old
1980: OnlyHitz
Saturday, Oct 11, 1980
44 years old
1974: roxiee
Friday, Oct 11, 1974
50 years old
1974: CamryGurl2011
Friday, Oct 11, 1974
50 years old
1967: bigtyme32
Wednesday, Oct 11, 1967
57 years old
1966: ladylibra161966
Tuesday, Oct 11, 1966
58 years old
1964: Angesm1
Sunday, Oct 11, 1964
60 years old
1962: Paniss
Thursday, Oct 11, 1962
62 years old
1961: safire46
Wednesday, Oct 11, 1961
63 years old
1960: tomslottery
Tuesday, Oct 11, 1960
64 years old
1959: peewee5678
Sunday, Oct 11, 1959
65 years old
1957: Forty2872
Friday, Oct 11, 1957
67 years old
1956: msjameslinda56
Thursday, Oct 11, 1956
68 years old
1954: winwoman
Monday, Oct 11, 1954
70 years old
: NCnyce
(year not provided)
: Risse1996
(year not provided)
: shorn1010
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2018: Soyuz MS-10, launching an intended crew for the ISS, suffers an in-flight abort. The crew lands safely.
2013: A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily, with at least 34 people drowning.
2002: A bomb attack in a Myyrmanni shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.
2001: The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
2000: NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
1999: Air Botswana pilot Chris Phatswe steals an ATR 42 from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport and later crashes it into two other aircraft at the airport, killing himself.
1991: Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination.
1987: The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
1987: Start of Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians, insurgents, soldiers die.
1986: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.
1984: Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
1984: Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178.
1976: George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.
1968: NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful crewed Apollo mission.
1962: The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
1958: NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.
1954: In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
1950: CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
1944: The Tuvan People's Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union.
1942: World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
1941: Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
1937: The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on 22 October.
1918: The 7.1 M_w San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.
1912: First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
1910: Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
1906: San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
1899: The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
1890: In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
1865: Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
1862: American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
1852: The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
1840: The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
1811: The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.
1797: The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.
1776: American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
1649: Cromwell's New Model Army sacks Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
1634: The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
1614: The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States.
1311: The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of English kings with the Ordinances of 1311.
1142: A peace treaty ends the Jin-Song wars.
1138: A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.

Births On This Day

2001: Maja Chwalińska, Polish tennis player
2001: Daniel Maldini, Italian footballer
2001: Jacob Preston, Australian rugby league player
1999: Leicester Fainga'anuku, New Zealand rugby union player
1999: Keldon Johnson, American basketball player
1996: Rhea Ripley, Australian wrestler
1995: Nicolás Jarry, Chilean tennis player
1994: Clésio Baúque, Mozambican footballer
1994: Zior Park, South Korean rapper
1994: T. J. Watt, American football player
1993: Brandon Flynn, American actor
1993: Hardik Pandya, Indian cricketer
1992: Cardi B, American rapper
1992: Christian Davis, English cricketer
1992: Riffi Mandanda, Congolese footballer
1992: Ligi Sao, New Zealand rugby league player
1991: Joel Bitonio, American football player
1991: Toby Fox, American video game developer and composer
1991: Gio Urshela, Colombian baseball player
1991: Kika van Es, Dutch footballer
1990: Joo, South Korean singer and actress
1990: Sebastian Rode, German footballer
1989: Michelle Wie, American golfer
1988: Omar Gonzalez, American soccer player
1988: Ricochet, American wrestler
1987: Tony Beltran, American soccer player
1987: Mike Conley Jr., American basketball player
1987: Nathan Coulter-Nile, Australian cricketer
1986: Ikioi Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler
1985: Nesta Carter, Jamaican sprinter
1985: Yang Cheng, Chinese footballer
1985: Álvaro Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
1985: Peter Ölvecký, Slovak ice hockey player
1985: Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
1984: Sergio Hellings, Dutch footballer
1984: Martha MacIsaac, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1984: Zeb Taia, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
1984: Jane Zhang, Chinese singer-songwriter
1983: Denis Grebeshkov, Russian ice hockey player
1982: Cameron Knowles, New Zealand footballer
1982: Jeff Larish, American baseball player
1982: Terrell Suggs, American football player
1982: Mauricio Victorino, Uruguayan footballer
1980: Nyron Nosworthy, English-born Jamaican footballer
1979: Jamar Beasley, American football player
1979: Andy Douglas, American wrestler
1979: Kim Yong-dae, South Korean footballer
1978: Carl Bussey, American soccer player
1978: Trevor Donovan, American actor
1978: Takuya Kawaguchi, Japanese footballer
1977: Matt Bomer, American actor and producer
1977: Igor Figueiredo, Brazilian snooker player
1977: Jérémie Janot, French footballer and manager
1977: Desmond Mason, American basketball player and sportscaster
1977: Rhett McLaughlin, American YouTuber
1977: Ty Wigginton, American baseball player
1976: Dominic Aitchison, Scottish bass player and songwriter
1976: Emily Deschanel, American actress and producer
1974: Jason Arnott, Canadian ice hockey player
1974: Rachel Barton Pine, American violinist and educator
1973: Brendan B. Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973: Greg Chalmers, Australian golfer
1973: Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer and manager
1973: Niki Xanthou, Greek long jumper
1973: Dmitri Young, American baseball player and radio host
1972: Marcus Bai, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
1971: Petra Haden, American violinist and singer
1971: Justin Lin, American film director
1971: Oleksandr Pomazun, Ukrainian footballer and manager
1970: Chidi Ahanotu, American football player
1970: Vanessa Harding, American wrestler
1970: MC Lyte, American rapper, DJ, and actress
1970: Andy Marriott, English-Welsh footballer and manager
1970: Shin Tae-yong, South Korean footballer and coach
1970: Constance Zimmer, American actress
1969: Merieme Chadid, Moroccan astronomer and explorer
1969: Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
1969: Stephen Moyer, English actor
1968: Jane Krakowski, American actress and singer
1968: Claude Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968: Brett Salisbury, American football player and author
1967: Jay Grdina, American businessman and pornographic actor
1967: Artie Lange, American actor and comedian
1967: David Starr, American race car driver
1966: Luke Perry, American actor and producer (d. 2019)
1966: Todd Snider, American singer-songwriter
1966: Stephen Williams, Welsh lawyer and politician
1965: Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor and producer
1965: Alexander Hacke, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1965: Orlando Hernández, Cuban baseball player
1965: Volodymyr Horilyi, Ukrainian footballer and coach
1965: Lennie James, English actor
1964: Michael J. Nelson, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1963: Marcus Graham, Australian actor
1963: Brian Rice, Scottish footballer and manager
1963: Ronny Rosenthal, Israeli footballer
1963: Rima Te Wiata, English-New Zealand actress and singer
1962: Joan Cusack, American actress
1962: Andy McCoy, Finnish musician
1961: Neil Buchanan, English guitarist
1961: Steve Young, American football player and sportscaster
1960: Randy Breuer, American basketball player
1960: Nicola Bryant, English actress
1960: Curt Ford, American baseball player and manager
1960: Gábor Pölöskei, Hungarian footballer and manager
1959: Wayne Gardner, Australian motorcycle racer
1959: Allan Little, Scottish journalist and author
1957: Francky Dury, Belgian footballer and manager
1957: Dawn French, Welsh-English actress, comedian and screenwriter
1956: Nicanor Duarte, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, President of Paraguay
1956: Derek Ringer, Scottish race car driver
1956: Stephen Spinella, American actor
1955: Norm Nixon, American basketball player and sportscaster
1954: David Michaels, American epidemiologist and politician
1954: Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
1953: David Morse, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1952: Paulette Carlson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: Bruce Bartlett, American economist, historian, and author
1951: Miroslav Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2008)
1951: Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: Jon Miller, American sportscaster
1951: Louise Rennison, English author and comedian (d. 2016)
1951: Charles Shyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1950: Catlin Adams, American actress
1950: William R. Forstchen, American historian and author
1950: Amos Gitai, Israeli director, producer, and author
1950: Patty Murray, American educator and politician
1949: Henry Luke Orombi, Ugandan archbishop
1949: Lawrence Tanter, American basketball player and sportscaster
1948: David Rendall, English tenor and actor
1948: Peter Turkson, Ghanaian cardinal
1947: Thomas Boswell, American journalist and author
1947: Lucas Papademos, Greek economist and politician, 183rd Prime Minister of Greece
1947: Alan Pascoe, English hurdler
1946: Elinor Goodman, English journalist
1946: Daryl Hall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1946: Sawao Katō, Japanese gymnast
1945: Andrew Logan, English sculptor and painter
1944: Rodney Marsh, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1943: Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1996)
1943: Michael Harloe, English sociologist and academic
1943: John Nettles, English actor and writer
1943: Ilmar Reepalu, Swedish lawyer and politician
1943: Gene Watson, American singer-songwriter and producer
1942: Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton, Welsh academic and politician
1942: Amitabh Bachchan, Indian film actor, producer, television host, and former politician
1941: Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1999)
1940: Lucy Morgan, American newspaper reporter (d. 2023)
1939: Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player (d. 2018)
1939: Austin Currie, Northern Irish lawyer and SDLP politician (d. 2021)
1938: Darrall Imhoff, American basketball player (d. 2017)
1938: Michael Stear, English air marshal (d. 2020)
1937: Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager (d. 2023)
1937: R. H. W. Dillard, American poet, author, and critic (d. 2023)
1937: Ron Leibman, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2019)
1936: C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2013)
1936: Billy Higgins, American drummer and educator (d. 2001)
1936: James M. McPherson, American historian and author
1935: Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (d. 2012)
1935: Daniel Quinn, American author and environmentalist (d. 2018)
1932: Saul Friedländer, Israeli historian and author
1932: Barry Jones, Australian lawyer and politician
1932: Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1991)
1930: Michael Edwardes, South African-English businessman (d. 2019)
1930: LaVell Edwards, American football player and coach (d. 2016)
1930: Sam Johnson, American colonel and politician (d. 2020)
1929: Curtis Amy, American saxophonist and clarinetist (d. 2002)
1928: Alfonso de Portago, Spanish race car driver and bobsledder (d. 1957)
1928: Roscoe Robinson Jr., American general (d. 1993)
1928: Geoffrey Tordoff, Baron Tordoff, English businessman and politician (d. 2019)
1927: Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (d. 2005)
1927: Jim Prior, Baron Prior, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (d. 2016)
1926: Jean Alexander, English actress (d. 2016)
1926: Yvon Dupuis, Canadian politician (d. 2017)
1926: Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese monk, author, and poet (d. 2022)
1926: Earle Hyman, American actor (d. 2017)
1926: Neville Wran, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014)
1925: Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1924: André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (d. 2007)
1924: Sammy McCrory, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2011)
1924: Mal Whitfield, American athlete (d. 2015)
1922: G. C. Edmondson, American soldier and author (d. 1995)
1919: Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (d. 1990)
1919: Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor (d. 1942)
1918: Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2012)
1918: Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (d. 1998)
1916: Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (d. 2010)
1916: Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar, Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (d. 1991)
1915: T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet (d. 2009)
1913: Joe Simon, American author and illustrator (d. 2011)
1911: Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (d. 2003)
1910: Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic (d. 1997)
1909: Sir Ken Anderson, Australian politician (d. 1985)
1905: Fred Trump, American real estate entrepreneur (d. 1999)
1902: Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian activist and politician (d. 1979)
1901: Masanobu Tsuji, Japanese colonel and politician (d. 1961)
1899: Eddie Dyer, American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
1897: Nathan Farragut Twining, American general (d. 1982)
1896: Roman Jakobson, Russian-American linguist and theorist (d. 1982)
1894: Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian educator and lieutenant (d. 1919)
1890: A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1978)
1885: François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1884: Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
1884: Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 32nd First Lady of the United States (d. 1962)
1884: Sig Ruman, German-American actor (d. 1967)
1883: Kristian Welhaven, Norwegian police officer (d. 1975)
1881: Hans Kelsen, Czech-American jurist and philosopher (d. 1973)
1879: Ernst Mally, Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1944)
1872: Emily Davison, English educator and activist (d. 1913)
1872: Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1946)
1871: Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian evangelist, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (d. 1943)
1865: Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author (d. 1926)
1844: Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (d. 1919)
1835: Ernst Sars, Norwegian historian (d. 1917)
1835: Theodore Thomas, American conductor, founded the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (d. 1905)
1827: Afzal-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah V, 5th Nizam of Hyderabad
1821: George Williams, English philanthropist, founded the YMCA (d. 1905)
1815: Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Italian-French politician (d. 1881)
1814: Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French-American archbishop (d. 1888)
1803: Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian general and geologist (d. 1885)
1793: Maria James, Welsh-born American poet, domestic servant (d. 1868)
1788: Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1867)
1786: Stevenson Archer, American judge and politician (d. 1848)
1782: Steen Steensen Blicher, Danish author and poet (d. 1848)
1778: George Bridgetower, British musician and composer (d. 1860)
1758: Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (d. 1840)
1739: Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician (d. 1791)
1738: Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (d. 1814)
1675: Samuel Clarke, English minister and philosopher (d. 1729)
1672: Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian-Romanian diplomat (d. 1742)
1671: Frederick IV of Denmark (d. 1730)
1661: Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal and poet (d. 1742)
1616: Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright (d. 1664)
1552: Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (d. 1553)
1492: Charles Orlando, Dauphin of France, French noble (d. 1495)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer (b. 1925)
2019: Alexei Leonov, Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and first human to conduct a spacewalk (b. 1934)
2017: Clifford Husbands, Barbadian politician (b. 1926)
2015: Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (b. 1941)
2014: Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (b. 1931)
2014: Carmelo Simeone, Argentinian footballer (b. 1933)
2014: Bob Such, Australian educator and politician (b. 1944)
2013: María de Villota, Spanish race car driver (b. 1980)
2013: Erich Priebke, German captain (b. 1913)
2012: Avrohom Genachowsky, Israeli rabbi (b. 1936)
2012: Helmut Haller, German footballer and coach (b. 1939)
2012: Edward Kossoy, Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (b. 1913)
2012: Édgar Negret, Colombian sculptor (b. 1920)
2012: Champ Summers, American baseball player and coach (b. 1946)
2009: Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (b. 1922)
2009: Halit Refiğ, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2008: Marjorie Fletcher, English Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (b. 1932)
2008: Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (b. 1950)
2008: Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Surinamese-Dutch television host and producer (b. 1966)
2008: Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1922)
2007: David Lee "Tex" Hill, South Korean-American general and pilot (b. 1915)
2007: Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1915)
2006: Cory Lidle, American baseball player (b. 1972)
2005: Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Pakistani-Canadian linguist, journalist, and poet (b. 1917)
2005: Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet, author, and journalist (b. 1925)
2005: Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1915)
2004: Keith Miller, Australian cricketer and pilot (b. 1919)
2001: Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, and illustrator (b. 1926)
2000: Luc-Marie Bayle, French historian, photographer, and painter (b. 1914)
2000: Donald Dewar, Scottish politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (b. 1937)
1999: Leo Lionni, Dutch-American author and illustrator (b. 1910)
1998: Richard Denning, American actor (b. 1914)
1996: Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (b. 1943)
1996: Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (b. 1912)
1996: Renato Russo, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)
1996: Joe Morris, English-Canadian lieutenant and trade union leader (b. 1913)
1993: Andy Stewart, Scottish singer and entertainer (b. 1933)
1991: Redd Foxx, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
1989: M. King Hubbert, American geologist and academic (b. 1904)
1988: Bonita Granville, American actress (b. 1923)
1986: Norm Cash, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1934)
1984: Benno Schotz, Scottish sculptor and engineer (b. 1891)
1983: R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian administrator and engineer (b. 1889)
1977: MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
1976: Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (b. 1897)
1971: Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (b. 1944)
1971: Chesty Puller, American general (b. 1898)
1968: Selim Sarper, Turkish educator and politician, 13th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1899)
1967: Stanley Morison, typographer, known for work on Times New Roman font (b. 1889)
1965: Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (b. 1895)
1965: Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)
1963: Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)
1961: Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
1960: Richard Cromwell, American actor (b. 1910)
1958: Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (b. 1876)
1941: Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)
1941: Mihkel Pung, Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1876)
1940: Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
1935: Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
1932: William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)
1908: Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)
1904: Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (b. 1833)
1897: Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (b. 1862)
1896: Edward Benson, English archbishop (b. 1829)
1896: Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1824)
1889: James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (b. 1818)
1852: Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
1837: Samuel Wesley, English organist and composer (b. 1766)
1830: José de La Mar, Peruvian military leader, President of Peru (b. 1776)
1821: John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1754)
1809: Meriwether Lewis, American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (b. 1774)
1779: Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (b. 1745)
1725: Hans Herr, Swiss-American bishop (b. 1639)
1721: Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (b. 1636)
1708: Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1651)
1705: Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (b. 1663)
1698: William Molyneux, Irish philosopher and writer (b. 1656)
1684: James Tuchet, 3rd Earl of Castlehaven (b. c. 1617)
1667: Mattias de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1613)
1579: Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 43rd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1506)
1542: Thomas Wyatt, English poet and diplomat (born 1503)
1531: Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (b. 1484)
1424: Jan Žižka, Czech general and Hussite leader
1347: Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1282)
1303: Pope Boniface VIII (b. 1235)
1188: Robert I, Count of Dreux (b. 1123)
1159: William of Blois, Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey (b. c. 1137)
1086: Sima Guang, Chinese historian and statesman (b. 1019)
965: Bruno the Great, Archbishop of Cologne (b. 925)

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