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October 11

On This Day in History

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.$600 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2025
3.$548 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2018
4.$445 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2022
5.$425.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2022
6.$371 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2024
7.$314 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 13, 2018
8.€286.44 Million US$278.16 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2022
9.€220 Million US$253.99 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2021
10.$244.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2025
11.$240 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2005
12.€166 Million
US$183.88 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2016
13.€142 Million
US$179.81 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2014
14.€154.69 Million
US$171.35 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2016
15.$170 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 13, 2009
16.$166 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2014
17.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2024
18.$133 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2013
19.$128 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2017
20.€93.7 Million
US$108.17 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2021
21.$107 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2016
22.$102 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2003
23.€80 Million
US$100.29 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 13, 2006
24.€90 Million
US$98.97 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2016
25.€87.44 Million
US$95.68 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2024

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1988: solotto
Tuesday, Oct 11, 1988
37 years old
1980: OnlyHitz
Saturday, Oct 11, 1980
45 years old
1974: roxiee
Friday, Oct 11, 1974
51 years old
1974: CamryGurl2011
Friday, Oct 11, 1974
51 years old
1967: bigtyme32
Wednesday, Oct 11, 1967
58 years old
1966: ladylibra161966
Tuesday, Oct 11, 1966
59 years old
1964: Angesm1
Sunday, Oct 11, 1964
61 years old
1962: Paniss
Thursday, Oct 11, 1962
63 years old
1961: safire46
Wednesday, Oct 11, 1961
64 years old
1960: tomslottery
Tuesday, Oct 11, 1960
65 years old
1959: peewee5678
Sunday, Oct 11, 1959
66 years old
1957: Forty2872
Friday, Oct 11, 1957
68 years old
1956: msjameslinda56
Thursday, Oct 11, 1956
69 years old
1955: thekraj
Tuesday, Oct 11, 1955
70 years old
1954: winwoman
Monday, Oct 11, 1954
71 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 359 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
2001: Chu Ye-jin, South Korean actress
1999: Leicester Fainga'anuku, New Zealand rugby union player
1999: Keldon Johnson, American basketball player
1996: Rhea Ripley, Australian wrestler
1996: Arman Tsarukyan, Armenian professional mixed martial artist
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 (died 2025)
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 (died 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 (died 2008)
1951: Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: Jon Miller, American sportscaster
1951: Louise Rennison, English author and comedian (died 2016)
1951: Charles Shyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)
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 (died 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 (died 1999)
1940: Lucy Morgan, American newspaper reporter (died 2023)
1939: Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player (died 2018)
1939: Austin Currie, Northern Irish lawyer and SDLP politician (died 2021)
1938: Darrall Imhoff, American basketball player (died 2017)
1938: Michael Stear, English air marshal (died 2020)
1937: Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager (died 2023)
1937: R. H. W. Dillard, American poet, author, and critic (died 2023)
1937: Ron Leibman, American actor and screenwriter (died 2019)
1936: C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (died 2013)
1936: Billy Higgins, American drummer and educator (died 2001)
1936: James M. McPherson, American historian and author
1935: Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (died 2012)
1935: Daniel Quinn, American author and environmentalist (died 2018)
1932: Saul Friedländer, Israeli historian and author
1932: Barry Jones, Australian lawyer and politician
1932: Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 1991)
1930: Michael Edwardes, South African-English businessman (died 2019)
1930: LaVell Edwards, American football player and coach (died 2016)
1930: Sam Johnson, American colonel and politician (died 2020)
1929: Curtis Amy, American saxophonist and clarinetist (died 2002)
1928: Alfonso de Portago, Spanish race car driver and bobsledder (died 1957)
1928: Roscoe Robinson Jr., American general (died 1993)
1928: Geoffrey Tordoff, Baron Tordoff, English businessman and politician (died 2019)
1927: Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (died 2005)
1927: Jim Prior, Baron Prior, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2016)
1926: Jean Alexander, English actress (died 2016)
1926: Yvon Dupuis, Canadian politician (died 2017)
1926: Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese monk, author, and poet (died 2022)
1926: Earle Hyman, American actor (died 2017)
1926: Neville Wran, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (died 2014)
1925: Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
1924: André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (died 2007)
1924: Sammy McCrory, Northern Irish footballer (died 2011)
1924: Mal Whitfield, American athlete (died 2015)
1922: G. C. Edmondson, American soldier and author (died 1995)
1919: Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (died 1990)
1919: Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor (died 1942)
1918: Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist and author (died 2012)
1918: Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (died 1998)
1916: Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (died 2010)
1916: Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar, Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (died 1991)
1915: T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet (died 2009)
1913: Joe Simon, American author and illustrator (died 2011)
1911: Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (died 2003)
1910: Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic (died 1997)
1909: Sir Ken Anderson, Australian politician (died 1985)
1905: Fred Trump, American real estate entrepreneur (died 1999)
1902: Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian activist and politician (died 1979)
1901: Masanobu Tsuji, Japanese colonel and politician (died 1961)
1899: Eddie Dyer, American baseball player and manager (died 1964)
1897: Nathan Farragut Twining, American general (died 1982)
1896: Roman Jakobson, Russian-American linguist and theorist (died 1982)
1894: Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian educator and lieutenant (died 1919)
1890: A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1978)
1885: François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
1884: Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1949)
1884: Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 32nd First Lady of the United States (died 1962)
1884: Sig Ruman, German-American actor (died 1967)
1883: Kristian Welhaven, Norwegian police officer (died 1975)
1881: Hans Kelsen, Czech-American jurist and philosopher (died 1973)
1879: Ernst Mally, Austrian philosopher and academic (died 1944)
1872: Emily Davison, English educator and activist (died 1913)
1872: Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1946)
1871: Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian evangelist, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (died 1943)
1865: Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author (died 1926)
1844: Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (died 1919)
1835: Ernst Sars, Norwegian historian (died 1917)
1835: Theodore Thomas, American conductor, founded the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (died 1905)
1827: Afzal-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah V, 5th Nizam of Hyderabad
1821: George Williams, English philanthropist, founded the YMCA (died 1905)
1815: Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Italian-French politician (died 1881)
1814: Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French-American archbishop (died 1888)
1803: Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian general and geologist (died 1885)
1793: Maria James, Welsh-born American poet, domestic servant (died 1868)
1788: Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (died 1867)
1786: Stevenson Archer, American judge and politician (died 1848)
1782: Steen Steensen Blicher, Danish author and poet (died 1848)
1778: George Bridgetower, British musician and composer (died 1860)
1758: Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (died 1840)
1739: Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician (died 1791)
1738: Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (died 1814)
1675: Samuel Clarke, English minister and philosopher (died 1729)
1672: Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian-Romanian diplomat (died 1742)
1671: Frederick IV of Denmark (died 1730)
1661: Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal and poet (died 1742)
1616: Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright (died 1664)
1552: Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (died 1553)
1492: Charles Orlando, Dauphin of France, French noble (died 1495)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Jamaluddin Hossain, Bangladeshi actor (born 1943)
2022: Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer (born 1925)
2019: Alexei Leonov, Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and first human to conduct a spacewalk (born 1934)
2017: Clifford Husbands, Barbadian politician (born 1926)
2015: Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (born 1941)
2014: Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (born 1931)
2014: Carmelo Simeone, Argentinian footballer (born 1933)
2014: Bob Such, Australian educator and politician (born 1944)
2013: María de Villota, Spanish race car driver (born 1980)
2013: Erich Priebke, German captain (born 1913)
2012: Avrohom Genachowsky, Israeli rabbi (born 1936)
2012: Helmut Haller, German footballer and coach (born 1939)
2012: Edward Kossoy, Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (born 1913)
2012: Édgar Negret, Colombian sculptor (born 1920)
2012: Champ Summers, American baseball player and coach (born 1946)
2009: Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (born 1922)
2009: Halit Refiğ, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1934)
2008: Marjorie Fletcher, English Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (born 1932)
2008: Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (born 1950)
2008: Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Surinamese-Dutch television host and producer (born 1966)
2008: Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (born 1922)
2007: David Lee "Tex" Hill, South Korean-American general and pilot (born 1915)
2007: Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (born 1915)
2006: Cory Lidle, American baseball player (born 1972)
2005: Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Pakistani-Canadian linguist, journalist, and poet (born 1917)
2005: Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet, author, and journalist (born 1925)
2005: Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (born 1915)
2004: Keith Miller, Australian cricketer and pilot (born 1919)
2001: Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, and illustrator (born 1926)
2000: Luc-Marie Bayle, French historian, photographer, and painter (born 1914)
2000: Donald Dewar, Scottish politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (born 1937)
1999: Leo Lionni, Dutch-American author and illustrator (born 1910)
1998: Richard Denning, American actor (born 1914)
1996: Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (born 1943)
1996: Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (born 1912)
1996: Renato Russo, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1960)
1996: Joe Morris, English-Canadian lieutenant and trade union leader (born 1913)
1993: Andy Stewart, Scottish singer and entertainer (born 1933)
1991: Redd Foxx, American actor and comedian (born 1922)
1989: M. King Hubbert, American geologist and academic (born 1904)
1988: Bonita Granville, American actress (born 1923)
1986: Norm Cash, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1934)
1984: Benno Schotz, Scottish sculptor and engineer (born 1891)
1983: R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian administrator and engineer (born 1889)
1977: MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (born 1904)
1976: Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (born 1897)
1971: Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (born 1944)
1971: Chesty Puller, American general (born 1898)
1968: Selim Sarper, Turkish educator and politician, 13th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1899)
1967: Stanley Morison, typographer, known for work on Times New Roman font (born 1889)
1965: Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (born 1895)
1965: Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (born 1884)
1963: Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1889)
1961: Chico Marx, American comedian (born 1887)
1960: Richard Cromwell, American actor (born 1910)
1958: Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (born 1876)
1941: Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (born 1879)
1941: Mihkel Pung, Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1876)
1940: Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (born 1860)
1935: Steele Rudd, Australian author (born 1868)
1932: William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (born 1859)
1908: Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (born 1846)
1904: Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (born 1833)
1897: Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (born 1862)
1896: Edward Benson, English archbishop (born 1829)
1896: Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (born 1824)
1889: James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (born 1818)
1852: Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (born 1823)
1837: Samuel Wesley, English organist and composer (born 1766)
1830: José de La Mar, Peruvian military leader, President of Peru (born 1776)
1821: John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (born 1754)
1809: Meriwether Lewis, American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (born 1774)
1779: Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (born 1745)
1725: Hans Herr, Swiss-American bishop (born 1639)
1721: Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (born 1636)
1708: Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher (born 1651)
1705: Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (born 1663)
1698: William Molyneux, Irish philosopher and writer (born 1656)
1684: James Tuchet, 3rd Earl of Castlehaven (born c. 1617)
1667: Mattias de' Medici, Italian noble (born 1613)
1579: Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 43rd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1506)
1542: Thomas Wyatt, English poet and diplomat (born 1503)
1531: Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (born 1484)
1424: Jan Žižka, Czech general and Hussite leader
1347: Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1282)
1303: Pope Boniface VIII (born 1235)
1188: Robert I, Count of Dreux (born 1123)
1159: William of Blois, Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey (born c. 1137)
1086: Sima Guang, Chinese historian and statesman (born 1019)
965: Bruno the Great, Archbishop of Cologne (born 925)

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