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October 12

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October 12

October 12 is the 285th day of the year (286th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 80 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: $1.76 billion Powerball jackpot won by one ticket sold in California. For the fourth time, someone in the state of California has purchased a winning ticket for a lottery jackpot worth more than $1 billion.
2020: PA man ordered to give former girlfriend half of $100,000 lottery prize. A Pennsylvania Superior Court panel ruled on Friday that a man who split from his long-time girlfriend one week after winning $100,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket must give her half the winnings.
2018: NJ Lottery Pick 6 jackpot jumps to 9-year high. With the multi-state Mega Millions and Powerball lottery games stealing players' attention these days, New Jersey's popular Pick 6 game has been quietly rolling to levels seen around once a decade.
2017: N.J. man claims $24.1M lottery jackpot just 2 days before expiration. A 68-year-old New Jersey man claimed a $24.1 million New York lottery jackpot two days before the ticket was due to expire after seeing a story on the evening news about how time was running out for the winner to step forward.
2017: Washington Lottery director accused of gender discrimination. An outside investigation into complaints of a hostile workplace at the Washington state Lottery has found that the agency's director treats female employees differently than their male counterparts, calling them "criers" and excluding them from key discussions.
2017: N.C. Lottery director retiring. The North Carolina Education Lottery's top leader is retiring next spring, ending a stint with the agency that began before it started selling tickets more than a decade ago.
2017: Lottery winner guilty of attempted shoplifting. A Tewksbury, Massachusetts, woman was found guilty Wednesday of attempting to steal $80 worth of lipstick from a Kohl's department store two months after winning $1 million on a scratch ticket.
2015: What do Disneyland, an indoor slide, and a popcorn maker have in common?. A couple with a young family from Dublin, Ireland, have some unusual items on their wish list after winning a Lotto jackpot worth millions.
2014: S.C. Lottery to honor 2 sets of Pick 3 numbers. The South Carolina Lottery says it will honor two sets of Evening Pick 3 numbers for Tuesday night's drawing.
2014: Three Mass. Lottery games get new drawing schedules. The Massachusetts State Lottery has announced that there will be new drawing times for The Numbers Game, Mass Cash and Keno games.
2012: Maine couple claims $8.2M Tri-State Megabucks jackpot. The Von Oesens have five daughters and fourteen grandchildren, and have already begun planning ways to use their money to help them.
2012: Georgia Lottery board member resigns citing pressure to hire new director. A member of the Georgia Lottery Board resigned last week because she thought the panel was feeling pressured to hire the governor's budget director to run one of the country's most successful lotteries.
2011: N.C. man claims Mega Millions lottery jackpot. North Carolina's newest jackpot winners are members of a Greenville, N.C. family who claimed today their half of the Sept. 30 Mega Millions jackpot worth $114 million.
2011: Son of UK lottery winner says his mother kicked him out years ago. The son of Euro Millions winner Angela Dawes today claimed that his mother kicked him out when he was 12 and has not spoken to him since.
2009: Powerball coming to Maryland, Massachusetts. According to local media reports, Powerball lottery tickets will soon be sold in Maryland and Massachusetts. Other Mega Millions states are sure to follow.
2007: Restaurant workers split $4 million lottery jackpot. For 16 people who toil at a new Yorkville restaurant called "ONE", there was something special on the menu that turned out to be the special of the day -- a $4.6 million dollar win in Lotto 6/49.
2007: Man wins second $25K lottery prize in 3 months. Richard Bastemeyer of Lawrence on Friday won his second $25,000 Kansas Lottery prize in three months.
2007: W.V. Lottery Commission approves 24-7 table gaming. A unanimous vote Thursday of 6 to 0 by the state lottery commission will allow racetracks to operate table games 24 hours a day 7 days a week, but there's still no date for when dealers will be passing out the cards.
2007: Calif. Gov: Sell lottery to fund health care. Hoping to rejuvenate lagging negotiations over health care reform, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday that he wants to use the state lottery to help finance his plan that would require all Californians to have health insurance.
2007: Cat picks winning lottery numbers. A Chinese lottery player hit the jackpot after his cat jumped up and hit the right buttons on the ticket machine.
2007: Tattersall's loses lottery monopoly. In Australia, Tattersall's 54-year monopoly on Victoria's lotteries has been broken as the State Government seeks to make more money from the lucrative market.
2007: CPA turns $2 into $13M lottery jackpot. After one Illinois resident he discovered he was the single winner of $13.5 million Illinois Lotto jackpot, he "couldn't stop laughing."
2006: Male nurse wins record German lottery jackpot. The biggest jackpot in the history of Germany's national lottery went to a male nurse.
2006: Oklahoma Lottery Celebrates One Year Anniversary. Wednesday marked the one year anniversary of the beginning of the Oklahoma Lottery. Lottery officials say it's been an excellent year, even though sales are lagging slightly behind projections.
2006: GTECH explains pricey N.J. Lottery contract. Seeking to justify a price tag of nearly $32 million more than a competitor to run the New Jersey's lottery for the next five years, representatives of the state's lottery operator said Wednesday that their system is more convenient for vendors and would result in less down time and lost revenues for the state.
2006: N.C. Lottery trial: prosectutor calls ex-commissioner 'crafty'. Former lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings is a "very crafty individual" who chose to deliberately withhold information about his work for a lottery company, a prosecutor said Wednesday during closing arguments in Geddings' federal fraud trial.
2006: Poland faces EU legal action over foreign lottery tax laws. The European Commission has said Poland must end discriminatory taxation against foreign lottery winnings or face legal action.
2005: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $77 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $77 million Tuesday.
2005: Maine woman seeking second lottery jackpot. A Maine woman who won a lottery scratch game jackpot has a 1-in-4 chance of winning another $1 million.
2005: First Oklahoma lottery tickets go on sale. Oklahoma will become the 41st state to offer a lottery when 1,200 businesses start selling instant tickets this morning.
2005: Some Oklahoma lottery retailers struggle with last-minute details. Some Oklahoma retailers planning to sell the state's new lottery tickets today spent Tuesday wondering if that would come to pass.
2005: Intralot Signs Deal With Montana Lottery. Greek gaming operator Intralot said Wednesday it has signed a seven-year contract with the state lottery of Montana to supply a new online and instant gaming system.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$600 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2025
2.$548 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2018
3.$502 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 14, 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.€287.68 Million US$280.52 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 13, 2022
8.$257.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 13, 2025
9.€220 Million US$253.99 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2021
10.$240 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2005
11.€142 Million
US$179.81 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2014
12.€155.92 Million
US$172.04 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 13, 2016
13.$170 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 13, 2009
14.$169 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2024
15.$166 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2014
16.$143 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2017
17.$133 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2013
18.$117 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2003
19.€93.7 Million
US$108.17 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2021
20.$107 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2016
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.€88.35 Million
US$96.67 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2024
24.$90 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2014
24.$90 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: MM Punk
Saturday, Oct 12, 1991
34 years old
1985: Ivorylibra
Saturday, Oct 12, 1985
40 years old
1981: Lavishdreams
Monday, Oct 12, 1981
44 years old
1973: Hean Sei
Friday, Oct 12, 1973
52 years old
1972: CK1072
Thursday, Oct 12, 1972
53 years old
1970: Buckwild123
Monday, Oct 12, 1970
55 years old
1960: Kazoo
Wednesday, Oct 12, 1960
65 years old
1954: D12ny54
Tuesday, Oct 12, 1954
71 years old
1948: sonnyboy11
Tuesday, Oct 12, 1948
77 years old
1947: stavros
Sunday, Oct 12, 1947
78 years old
1946: Wiff Griff
Saturday, Oct 12, 1946
79 years old
1939: lottaz
Thursday, Oct 12, 1939
86 years old
: keva-033
(year not provided)
: CaliWinner
(year not provided)
: Rainbow$Pigeon
(year not provided)
: Richalan
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: 2022 Bratislava shooting, killing 3 (including the perpetrator) and injuring one. The shooting occurred outside of a gay bar in Bratislava known as Tepláreň. Two people (excluding the perpetrator) died as a result of the shooting. Juraj Vankulič, a non-binary person, and Matúš Horváth, a bisexual man. The perpetrator (Juraj Krajčík) was found dead due to a self inflicted gunshot the morning after the attack.
2019: Typhoon Hagibis makes landfall in Japan, killing 10 and forcing the evacuation of one million people.
2019: Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya becomes the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours with a time of 1:59:40 in Vienna.
2019: The Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans, which is under construction, collapses, killing three workers and injuring 30 others.
2018: Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
2017: The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO. Israel immediately follows.
2013: An apartment building collapse in Medellín, Colombia results in the deaths of twelve people.
2012: The European Union wins the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.
2010: The Finnish Yle TV2 channel's Ajankohtainen kakkonen current affairs program airs controversial Homoilta episode (literally "gay night"), which leads to the resignation of almost 50,000 Finns from the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
2005: The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days.
2002: Terrorists detonate bombs in two nightclubs in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, killing 202 and wounding over 200.
2000: The USS Cole, a US Navy destroyer, is badly damaged by two al-Qaeda suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
1999: Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup.
1999: The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia.
1998: Matthew Shepard, a gay student at University of Wyoming, dies five days after he was beaten outside of Laramie.
1997: The Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria kills 43 people at a fake roadblock.
1996: New Zealand holds its first general election under the new mixed-member proportional representation system, which led to Jim Bolger's National Party forming a coalition government with Winston Peters's New Zealand First.
1994: The Magellan spacecraft burns up in the atmosphere of Venus.
1994: Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 746 crashes near Natanz, Iran, killing all 66 people on board.
1992: A 5.8 earthquake occurred in Cairo, Egypt. At least 510 died.
1988: Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down execution-style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.
1984: The Provisional Irish Republican Army fail to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. The bomb kills five people and wounds at least 31 others.
1983: Japan's former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from the Lockheed Corporation, and is sentenced to four years in jail.
1979: Typhoon Tip becomes the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded.
1977: Hua Guofeng succeeds Mao Zedong as paramount leader of China.
1976: Indian Airlines Flight 171 crashes at Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India, killing 95.
1973: President Nixon nominates House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford as the successor to Vice President Spiro T. Agnew.
1971: The 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire begins.
1970: Vietnam War: Vietnamization continues as President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas.
1968: Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.
1967: A bomb explodes on board Cyprus Airways Flight 284 while flying over the Mediterranean Sea, killing 66.
1964: The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew, and the first flight without pressure suits.
1963: After nearly 23 years of imprisonment, Reverend Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit missionary, was released from the Soviet Union.
1962: The Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities. There was at least U.S. $230 million in damages and 46 people died.
1960: Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion.
1959: At the national congress of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in Peru, a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party who later form APRA Rebelde.
1945: World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.
1945: The Lao Issara took control of Laos' government and reaffirmed the country's independence.
1944: World War II: The Axis occupation of Athens comes to an end.
1933: The military Alcatraz Citadel becomes the civilian Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
1928: An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Boston Children's Hospital.
1918: A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.
1917: World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
1915: World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium.
1909: Foundation of Coritiba Foot Ball Club.
1901: President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
1892: The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
1890: Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.
1871: The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".
1856: An M 7.7-8.3 earthquake off the Greek island of Crete cause major damage as far as Egypt and Malta.
1849: The city of Manizales, Colombia, is founded by 'The Expedition of the 20'.
1822: Pedro I of Brazil is proclaimed the emperor.
1810: The citizens of Munich hold the first Oktoberfest in celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Louis of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
1799: Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse becomes the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute.
1798: Flemish and Luxembourgish peasants launch the rebellion against French rule known as the Peasants' War.
1793: The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
1792: The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.
1773: America's first insane asylum opens.
1748: War of Jenkins' Ear: A British squadron wins a tactical victory over a Spanish squadron off Havana.
1692: The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Province of Massachusetts Bay Governor William Phips.
1654: The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people.
1492: Christopher Columbus's first expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically on San Salvador Island. (Julian calendar)
1406: Chen Yanxiang, the only person from Indonesia known to have visited dynastic Korea, reaches Seoul after having set out from Java four months before.
1398: In the Treaty of Salynas, Lithuania cedes Samogitia to the Teutonic Knights.
1279: The Nichiren Shōshū branch of Buddhism is founded in Japan.
633: Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by an alliance under Penda of Mercia and Cadwallon of Gwynedd.
539 BC: The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia conquer Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar)

Births On This Day

2004: Darci Lynne, American ventriloquist
2002: Iris Apatow, American actress
2000: Jongho, South Korean singer and actor
1999: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Irish actor and musician
1997: Curtis Scott, Australian rugby league player
1996: James Graham, British singer
1996: Owen Watkin, Welsh rugby player
1995: Jessica Hogg, Welsh artistic gymnast
1994: Sean Monahan, Canadian ice hockey player
1994: Olivia Smoliga, American swimmer
1993: Ketel Marte, Dominican baseball player
1992: Josh Hutcherson, American actor and producer
1991: Nicolao Dumitru, Italian footballer
1990: Henri Lansbury, English footballer
1989: Anna Ohmiya, Japanese curler
1988: Sam Whitelock, New Zealand rugby player
1988: Calum Scott, British singer
1987: Marvin Ogunjimi, Belgian footballer
1986: Ioannis Maniatis, Greek footballer
1986: Sergio Peter, German footballer
1986: Cristhian Stuani, Uruguayan footballer
1986: Tyler Blackburn, American actor
1985: Michelle Carter, American shot putter
1985: Mike Green, Canadian hockey player
1985: Anna Iljuštšenko, Estonian high jumper
1985: Greig Laidlaw, Scottish rugby player
1985: Carl Söderberg, Swedish ice hockey player
1983: Alex Brosque, Australian footballer
1983: Carlton Cole, English footballer
1983: Katie Piper, English philanthropist, broadcaster, and acid violence survivor
1983: Mariko Yamamoto, Japanese cricketer
1981: Tom Guiry, American actor
1981: Marcel Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player
1981: Brian Kerr, Scottish footballer and manager
1981: Giuseppe Lanzone, American rower
1981: Brian J. Smith, American actor
1981: Conrad Smith, New Zealand rugby player
1981: Sun Tiantian, Chinese tennis player
1980: Ledley King, English footballer
1980: Ann Wauters, Belgian basketball player
1979: Steven Agnew, Northern Irish politician
1979: Steve Borthwick, English rugby player
1979: Jordan Pundik, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978: Stefan Binder, German footballer
1978: Baden Cooke, Australian cyclist
1978: Marko Jarić, Serbian basketball player
1977: Cristie Kerr, American golfer
1977: Bode Miller, American skier
1977: Javier Toyo, Venezuelan footballer
1976: Simon Bridges, New Zealand politician
1975: Susana Félix, Portuguese singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1975: Marion Jones, American basketball player and runner
1975: Randy Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player
1974: Stephen Lee, English snooker player
1973: Lesli Brea, Dominican baseball player
1973: Martin Corry, English rugby player
1972: Juan Manuel Silva, Argentinian race car driver
1972: Tom Van Mol, Belgian footballer
1971: Tony Fiore, American baseball player
1971: Steve Johnston, Australian motorcycle racer
1971: Bronzell Miller, American football player and actor (died 2013)
1970: Kirk Cameron, American actor, screenwriter, and Christian evangelical/anti-evolution activist
1970: Patrick Musimu, Belgian diver and physiotherapist (died 2011)
1970: Tanyon Sturtze, American baseball player
1970: Charlie Ward, American basketball player and coach
1969: Martie Maguire, American singer-songwriter, violinist, and producer
1969: Željko Milinovič, Slovenian footballer
1969: Dwayne Roloson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1969: José Valentín, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1968: Bill Auberlen, American race car driver
1968: Paul Harragon, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1968: Hugh Jackman, Australian actor, singer, and producer
1968: Leon Lett, American football player
1968: Adam Rich, American actor (died 2023)
1967: Becky Iverson, American golfer
1966: Jonathan Crombie, Canadian actor and voice over artist (died 2015)
1966: Wim Jonk, Dutch footballer
1966: Brian Kennedy, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966: Brenda Romero, American game designer
1965: Dan Abnett, English author
1965: Chris Chandler, American football player
1965: J. J. Daigneault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1965: Scott O'Grady, American captain and pilot
1963: Raimond Aumann, German footballer
1963: Hideki Fujisawa, Japanese composer
1963: Satoshi Kon, Japanese animator and screenwriter (died 2010)
1963: Dave Legeno, English actor and mixed martial artist (died 2014)
1963: Alan McDonald, Irish footballer and manager (died 2012)
1963: Luis Polonia, Dominican baseball player
1962: Carlos Bernard, American actor and director
1962: Michelle Botes, South African actress (died 2024)
1962: Chris Botti, American trumpet player and composer
1962: John Coleman, English footballer and manager
1962: Branko Crvenkovski, Macedonian engineer and politician, 3rd President of the Republic of Macedonia
1962: Deborah Foreman, American actress and photographer
1962: Mads Eriksen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
1961: Chendo, Spanish footballer
1960: Steve Lowery, American golfer
1960: Carlo Perrone, Italian footballer and manager
1960: Hiroyuki Sanada, Japanese actor and martial artist
1960: Dorothee Vieth, German Paralympic cyclist
1959: Anna Escobedo Cabral, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Treasurer of the United States
1958: Steve Austria, American lawyer and politician
1958: Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias, Portuguese historian, author, and academic (died 2013)
1958: Jeff Keith, American rock singer-songwriter
1958: Bryn Merrick, Welsh bass player (died 2015)
1957: Clémentine Célarié, French actress, singer, and director
1957: Serge Clerc, French comic book artist and illustrator
1957: Mike Dowler, Welsh football goalkeeper
1957: Annik Honoré, Belgian journalist and music promoter (died 2014)
1957: William F. Laurance, Australian biologist
1956: Rafael Ábalos, Spanish author
1956: Allan Evans, Scottish footballer
1956: Lutz Haueisen, German cyclist
1956: Catherine Holmes, Australian judge
1956: Gerti Schanderl, German figure skater
1956: David Vanian, English singer-songwriter
1955: Einar Jan Aas, Norwegian footballer
1955: Pat DiNizio, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)
1955: Ante Gotovina, Croatian general
1955: Jane Siberry, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
1954: Evalie A. Bradley, Anguillian politician and member of the House of Assembly of Anguilla
1954: Massimo Ghini, Italian actor
1954: Michael Roe, American singer, songwriter, and record producer
1954: Linval Thompson, Jamaican singer and producer
1953: Les Dennis, English comedian and actor
1953: David Threlfall, English actor and director
1952: Trevor Chappell, Australian cricketer and coach
1952: Béla Csécsei, Hungarian educator and politician (died 2012)
1952: Roger Heath-Brown, English mathematician and theorist
1951: Sally Little, South African-American golfer
1951: Ed Royce, American businessman and politician
1951: Norio Suzuki, Japanese golfer
1950: Susan Anton, American actress and model
1950: Dave Freudenthal, American economist and politician, 31st Governor of Wyoming
1949: Dave Lloyd, English cyclist and coach
1949: Carlos the Jackal, Venezuelan terrorist
1949: Barclay Shaw, American artist
1949: Paul Went, English footballer and manager (died 2017)
1948: John Engler, American businessman and politician, 46th Governor of Michigan
1948: Rick Parfitt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)
1947: Chris Wallace, American journalist
1946: Drew Edmondson, American politician
1946: Ashok Mankad, Indian cricketer (died 2008)
1946: Daryl Runswick, English bassist and composer
1945: Aurore Clément, French actress
1945: Dusty Rhodes, American wrestler (died 2015)
1944: Angela Rippon, English journalist and author
1943: Kostas Tsakonas, Greek actor (died 2015)
1942: Melvin Franklin, American soul bass singer (died 1995)
1941: Michael Mansfield, English lawyer, academic, and republican
1937: Paul Hawkins, Australian race car driver (died 1969)
1937: Robert Mangold, American painter
1935: Don Howe, English footballer and manager (died 2015)
1935: Tony Kubek, American baseball player and sportscaster
1935: Sam Moore, American soul singer-songwriter (died 2025)
1935: Shivraj Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence
1935: Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor and actor (died 2007)
1934: James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2012)
1934: Richard Meier, American architect, designed the Getty Center and City Tower
1934: Albert Shiryaev, Russian mathematician and academic
1934: Oğuz Atay, Turkish engineer and author (died 1977)
1934: Constantine Manos, Greek-born American photographer (died 2025)
1933: Guido Molinari, Canadian painter and art collector (died 2004)
1932: Dick Gregory, American comedian, actor, and author (died 2017)
1932: Ned Jarrett, American race car driver and sportscaster
1931: Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist and academic, co-developed Simula (died 2002)
1930: Denis Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player and photographer (died 2013)
1930: Milica Kacin Wohinz, Slovenian historian and author (died 2021)
1929: Nappy Brown, American R&B singer-songwriter (died 2008)
1929: Robert Coles, American psychologist, author, and academic
1929: Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic journalist and academic (died 2007)
1928: Al Held, American painter and academic (died 2005)
1928: Domna Samiou, Greek singer and musicologist (died 2012)
1926: Eliška Misáková, Czech gymnast (died 1948)
1925: Denis Lazure, Canadian psychiatrist and politician (died 2008)
1924: Leonidas Kyrkos, Greek politician (died 2011)
1923: Jean Nidetch, American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers (died 2015)
1923: Goody Petronelli, American boxer, trainer, and manager (died 2012)
1922: William H. Sullivan, American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (died 2013)
1921: Art Clokey, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor, created Gumby (died 2010)
1921: Jaroslav Drobný, Czech-English tennis player and ice hockey player (died 2001)
1921: Logie Bruce Lockhart, Scottish rugby player and journalist (died 2020)
1920: Christopher Soames, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (died 1987)
1919: Gilles Beaudoin, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Trois-Rivières (died 2007)
1919: Doris Miller, American cook and soldier (died 1943)
1917: Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer and manager (died 2004)
1917: James Phillip McAuley, Australian Poet (died 1976)
1916: Alice Childress, American actress and playwright (died 1994)
1916: Lock Martin, American actor (died 1959)
1914: John E. Hodge, African-American chemist (died 1996)
1913: Alice Chetwynd Ley, English author and educator (died 2004)
1912: Muhammad Shamsul Huq, Bangladeshi academic and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2006)
1911: Vijay Merchant, Indian cricketer (died 1987)
1910: Robert Fitzgerald, American poet, critic, and translator (died 1985)
1910: Malcolm Renfrew, American chemist and academic (died 2013)
1909: Dorothy Livesay, Canadian poet (died 1996)
1908: Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1991)
1908: Ann Petry, American novelist (died 1997)
1906: Joe Cronin, American baseball player and manager (died 1984)
1906: John Murray, American playwright and producer (died 1984)
1906: Piero Taruffi, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (died 1988)
1904: Lester Dent, American journalist and author (died 1959)
1904: Anthony F. DePalma, American orthopedic surgeon and professor (died 2005)
1904: Ding Ling, Chinese author and educator (died 1986)
1903: Josephine Hutchinson, American actress (died 1998)
1896: Eugenio Montale, Italian poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)
1894: Elisabeth of Romania, queen consort of Greece (died 1956)
1893: Velvalee Dickinson, American spy (died 1980)
1892: Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano and actress (died 1975)
1891: Edith Stein, Polish nun and martyr; later canonized (died 1942)
1891: Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese soldier and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1945)
1889: Dietrich von Hildebrand, German Catholic philosopher and author (died 1977)
1880: Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (died 1913)
1880: Kullervo Manner, Finnish Speaker of the Parliament, the Prime Minister of the FSWR and the Supreme Commander of the Red Guards (died 1939)
1878: Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower (died 1956)
1875: Aleister Crowley, English magician and author (died 1947)
1874: Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (died 1942)
1872: Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (died 1958)
1868: August Horch, German engineer and businessman, founded Audi (died 1951)
1868: Mariano Trías, Filipino general and politician, 1st Vice President of the Philippines (died 1914)
1866: Ramsay MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1937)
1865: Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1940)
1864: Kamini Roy, British India's first female graduate, Bengali poet, social activist, and feminist writer (died 1933)
1860: Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American engineer and businessman, co-invented the gyrocompass (died 1930)
1855: Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (died 1922)
1840: Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (died 1909)
1838: George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (died 1905)
1826: Kathinka Kraft, Norwegian memoirist (died 1895)
1815: William J. Hardee, American general (died 1873)
1801: Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 1873)
1798: Pedro I, emperor of Brazil (died 1834)
1792: Christian Gmelin, German chemist and pharmacist (died 1860)
1725: Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (died 1810)
1710: Jonathan Trumbull, American colonel and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (died 1785)
1687: Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German lute player and composer (died 1750)
1614: Henry More, English philosopher (died 1687)
1602: William Chillingworth, English scholar and theologian (died 1644)
1576: Thomas Dudley, English-American soldier and politician, 3rd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (died 1653)
1559: Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (died 1651)
1558: Maximilian III, archduke of Austria (died 1618)
1555: Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, English diplomat (died 1601)
1537: Edward VI, king of England (died 1553)
1533: Asakura Yoshikage, Japanese ruler (died 1573)
1490: Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer and priest (died 1548)
1350: Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Duke of Moscow (died 1389)
1240: Trần Thánh Tông, emperor of Vietnam (then Đại Việt) (died 1290)
1008: Go-Ichijō, emperor of Japan (died 1036)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Jackmaster, Scottish DJ and record producer (born 1986)
2024: Ka, American rapper (born 1972)
2024: Lilly Ledbetter, American activist (born 1938)
2024: Tito Mboweni, South African politician (born 1959)
2024: Alvin Rakoff, Canadian film and television director (born 1927)
2024: Alex Salmond, Scottish economist and politician, First Minister of Scotland (born 1954)
2024: Baba Siddique, Indian politician (born 1958)
2023: Luis Garavito, Colombian serial killer (born 1957)
2020: Conchata Ferrell, American actress (born 1943)
2020: Roberta McCain, American socialite and oil heiress (born 1912)
2017: Margarita D'Amico, Venezuelan journalist (born 1938)
2015: Abdallah Kigoda, Tanzanian politician, 8th Tanzanian Minister of Industry and Trade (born 1953)
2015: Joan Leslie, American actress, dancer, and vaudevillian (born 1925)
2014: Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (born 1933)
2014: Graham Miles, English snooker player (born 1941)
2014: Roberto Telch, Argentinian footballer and coach (born 1943)
2013: George Herbig, American astronomer and academic (born 1920)
2013: Oscar Hijuelos, American author and academic (born 1951)
2013: Hans Wilhelm Longva, Norwegian diplomat (born 1942)
2013: Malcolm Renfrew, American chemist and academic (born 1910)
2012: James Coyne, Canadian lawyer and banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada (born 1910)
2012: Norm Grabowski, American hot rod builder and actor (born 1933)
2012: Sukhdev Singh Kang, Indian judge and politician, 14th Governor of Kerala (born 1931)
2012: Torkom Manoogian, Iraqi-Armenian patriarch (born 1919)
2012: Erik Moseholm, Danish bassist, composer, and bandleader (born 1930)
2012: Břetislav Pojar, Czech animator, director, and screenwriter (born 1923)
2011: Patricia Breslin, American actress (born 1931)
2011: Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist, created the C programming language (born 1941)
2010: Austin Ardill, Northern Irish soldier and politician (born 1917)
2010: Woody Peoples, American football player (born 1943)
2010: Belva Plain, American author (born 1919)
2009: Dickie Peterson American singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1948)
2009: Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (born 1974)
2008: Karl Chircop, Maltese physician and politician (born 1965)
2007: Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect, designed the Nakagin Capsule Tower (born 1934)
2006: Angelika Machinek, German glider pilot (born 1956)
2006: Eugène Martin, French race car driver (born 1915)
2006: Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1919)
2006: Carlo Acutis, Italian programmer, known for his devotion to the Eucharist (born 1991)
2005: C. Delores Tucker, American activist and politician (born 1927)
2003: Jim Cairns, Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (born 1914)
2003: Joan Kroc, American philanthropist (born 1928)
2003: Bill Shoemaker, American jockey (born 1931)
2002: Ray Conniff, American bandleader and composer (born 1916)
2002: Audrey Mestre, French biologist and diver (born 1974)
2002: Hilaire du Berrier, American-French aviator, mercenary, and writer (born 1906)
2001: Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1907)
2001: Hikmet Şimşek, Turkish conductor (born 1924)
2001: Richard Buckle, Ballet critic and writer (born 1916)
1999: Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (born 1936)
1999: Robert Marsden Hope, Australian lawyer and judge (born 1919)
1998: Mario Beaulieu, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1930)
1998: Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (born 1976)
1997: John Denver, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1943)
1996: René Lacoste, French tennis player and fashion designer, co-founded Lacoste (born 1904)
1996: Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (born 1911)
1994: Gérald Godin, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1938)
1993: Leon Ames, American actor (born 1902)
1991: Sheila Florance, Australian actress (born 1916)
1991: Arkady Strugatsky, Russian author and translator (born 1925)
1991: Regis Toomey, American actor (born 1898)
1990: Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (born 1926)
1990: Peter Wessel Zapffe, Norwegian physician, mountaineer, and author (born 1899)
1989: Jay Ward, American animator, producer, and screenwriter, founded Jay Ward Productions (born 1920)
1988: Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English poet and author (born 1886)
1988: Coby Whitmore, American painter and illustrator (born 1913)
1987: Alf Landon, American lieutenant and politician, 26th Governor of Kansas (born 1887)
1987: Fahri Korutürk, Turkish commander and politician, 6th President of Turkey (born 1903)
1985: Johnny Olson, American radio host and game show announcer (born 1910)
1985: Ricky Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1953)
1984: Anthony Berry, English politician (born 1925)
1978: Nancy Spungen, American figure of the 1970s punk rock scene (born 1958)
1973: Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (born 1899)
1972: Robert Le Vigan, French-Argentinian actor and politician (born 1900)
1971: Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State (born 1893)
1971: Gene Vincent, American musician (born 1935)
1970: Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky, Russian-American illustrator and painter (born 1891)
1970: Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet and academic (born 1930)
1969: Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater and actress (born 1912)
1969: Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French painter and academic (born 1906)
1969: Julius Saaristo, Finnish javelin thrower and soldier (born 1891)
1967: Ram Manohar Lohia, Indian activist and politician (born 1910)
1965: Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
1960: Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese lawyer and politician (born 1898)
1958: Gordon Griffith, American actor, director, and producer (born 1907)
1957: Arie de Jong, Indonesian-Dutch linguist and physician (born 1865)
1956: Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer and painter (born 1872)
1954: George Welch, American soldier and pilot (born 1918)
1948: Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English psychologist and psychoanalyst (born 1885)
1946: Joseph Stilwell, American general (born 1883)
1940: Tom Mix, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1880)
1933: John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (born 1847)
1926: Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (born 1838)
1924: Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1844)
1923: Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (born 1857)
1915: Edith Cavell, English nurse (born 1865)
1914: Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (born 1838)
1898: Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (born 1816)
1896: Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (born 1817)
1875: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (born 1827)
1870: Robert E. Lee, American general (born 1807)
1858: Hiroshige, Japanese painter (born 1797)
1845: Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist (born 1780)
1828: Ioan Nicolidi of Pindus, Aromanian physician and noble (born 1737)
1812: Juan José Castelli, Argentinian lawyer and politician (born 1764)
1758: Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, Irish field marshal and politician (born 1680)
1730: Frederick IV, king of Denmark and Norway (born 1671)
1685: Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian lawyer and jurist (born 1628)
1679: William Gurnall, English minister, theologian, and author (born 1617)
1678: Edmund Berry Godfrey, English lawyer and judge (born 1621)
1654: Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter (born 1622)
1646: François de Bassompierre, French general and courtier (born 1579)
1632: Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese commander (born 1549)
1601: Nicholas Brend, English landowner (born 1560)
1600: Luis de Molina, Spanish priest and philosopher (born 1535)
1590: Kanō Eitoku, Japanese painter and educator (born 1543)
1576: Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1527)
1565: Jean Ribault, French-American lieutenant and navigator (born 1520)
1492: Piero della Francesca, Italian mathematician and painter (born 1415)
1491: Fritz Herlen, German painter (born 1449)
1448: Zhu Quan, Chinese prince, historian and playwright (born 1378)
1328: Clementia of Hungary, queen consort of France and Navarre (born 1293)
1320: Michael IX Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (born 1277)
1176: William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician (born 1109)
1152: Adolf III of Berg, German nobleman (born 1080)
1095: Leopold II, margrave of Austria (born 1050)
974: Al-Muti, Abbasid caliph (born 913/14)
884: Tsunesada, Japanese prince (born 825)
642: John IV, pope of the Catholic Church
638: Honorius I, pope of the Catholic Church
322 BC: Demosthenes, Athenian statesman, (born 384 BC)

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