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October 14

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October 14

October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 78 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2019: Lottery first-timer's $551,575 winner nearly ended up in trash. An Ireland man who bought his first-ever lottery ticket said the $551,575 winner nearly ended up in the trash at his local store.
2019: 'You assume all the money noise stops when you finally have it'. What would you do if you suddenly came into a large amount of money?
2016: Judge rules NJ couple's lottery annuity payments can't be taxed retroactively. A New Jersey Tax Court judge has sided with a couple who won $46 million in the state lottery in 2000 and elected to have their winnings distributed in annual installments as a multiyear annuity payment, holding that the state did not have the right to retroactively tax their winnings after passing a new statute.
2016: Virginia man tossed winning $10 million lottery ticket on floor. If he'd known he just purchased a lottery ticket worth $10 million, this Virginia man would probably not have casually tossed it on the floor of his car.
2015: Texas authorities had previously investigated brother of lottery cheat. In Spring 2006, Texas law enforcement had initiated an investigation into Tommy Tipton, a Justice of the Peace in Texas, who was reported to have $500,000 in consecutively marked bills.
2014: Chinese lottery winner claims jackpot in bear costume. To pick up his giant check worth 520 million yuan (US$84.8 million) in lottery winnings, a Shanxi man disguised himself in a silly cartoon bear costume yesterday morning, providing perhaps the most delightful-looking press conference of the year.
2013: 'Miracle' lottery win to let man visit gravely ill nephew, 7. Illinois Lottery spokesman Mike Lang said he has seen a lot of prizes awarded in his 23 years with the lottery, but his meeting with Conrad Selle when he came to claim the prize Monday at the lottery office in Springfield was "one of the more touching and unique."
2013: Postal worker prevents man from losing thousands to lottery scams. An observant postal clerk helped a man who had rival con-artists scheming him for cash, and it's a story that could help you or someone you know from falling for a similar scheme.
2013: Pennsylvania brothers still battling over $1M lottery ticket. A $1 million winning lottery ticket still has two Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, brothers fighting each other in court.
2013: Stolen lottery ticket leads to six felony charges and a winner empty-handed. Two men and one woman from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, are being charged with theft after police said they got caught stealing and claiming a winning $10,000 lottery ticket.
2012: Georgia man finds $1M lottery ticket in his truck. A Clayton County, Georgia, man who won $1 million in August didn't realize he was rich until he found a forgotten Powerball ticket in his truck.
2011: D.C. Lottery makes its pitch for Internet gambling. This much is clear: D.C. residents, or at least the handful of Ward 5 residents who came out to the Lamond-Riggs Library last night, don’t have much of a problem with Internet gambling.
2011: Indiana Lottery chief resigns after lavish office revealed. Hoosier Lottery Director Kathryn Densborn stepped down Friday after coming under fire for moving the lottery to a posh new headquarters in Indianapolis.
2011: Woman accused of killing Florida lottery winner sued by victim's estate. The estate of slain Lakeland, Florida, lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare has filed another lawsuit against the woman accused of killing him.
2011: San Diego ranked luckiest town in U.S.. San Diego, which has been touted as having one of the best climates in the United States, is also the luckiest, according to a new ranking.
2009: America's multi-state lottery titans agree to ticket-selling partnership. The Mega Millions consortium and Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) have reached an agreement in principle to cross-sell Mega Millions and Powerball in all U.S. lottery jurisdictions.
2005: Scientific Games wrote parts of N.C. lottery law. A company that hopes to land the multimillion-dollar contract to run North Carolina's gambling operation used a link to House Speaker Jim Black to have the new lottery law written to its liking.
2005: Oklahoma lottery lines linger. Oklahoma University students and Norman residents continued to raid local convenience stores for lottery tickets Thursday; some even came home with extra cash.
2005: N.C. lottery now has official Internet site. The North Carolina lottery is now officially online, even though the first games aren't.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Reaches $15 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $15 million, with a cash option of $6.8 million.
2004: Oklahoma lottery question spurs contributions. Supporters and opponents of a state question that would allow a statewide lottery in Oklahoma have both raised more than $200,000 in the past month.
2003: Mass. Lottery needs to replace 2.2M defective scratch tickets. More than two million Massachusetts lottery scratch tickets will have to be replaced because they have a "shelf life" problem. If they sit around too long, the latex in the scratching area deteriorates and may become unscratchable.
2003: Florida Man Claims $3 Million Lotto Prize. Philip C. Dalton, 61, of North Port, Florida, claimed his winnings Monday afternoon from the only winning ticket in Saturday night's Florida Lotto. He had purchased the ticket at the North Port Winn-Dixie, 14483 Tamiami Trail.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$667 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 16, 2018
2.$502 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2022
3.$464.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2022
4.$378 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 17, 2018
5.$305 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2005
6.€289.15 Million US$281.12 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2022
7.€220 Million US$255.2 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2021
8.$200 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 16, 2009
9.€142 Million US$179.81 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2014
10.€157.35 Million
US$172.62 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2016
11.$166 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2014
12.$156 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 16, 2013
13.$143 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2017
14.$122 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2016
15.€95 Million
US$119.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2006
16.$117 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2003
17.€94.75 Million
US$109.9 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2021
18.$105 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2011
19.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 16, 2019
20.€90 Million
US$98.97 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2016
21.$90 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2014
22.€74 Million
US$85.04 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2018
23.$84 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 16, 2015
23.$84 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2021
25.$77 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2005

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1996: Dj Gara
Monday, Oct 14, 1996
27 years old
1990: Oscars2018
Sunday, Oct 14, 1990
33 years old
1982: au1792
Thursday, Oct 14, 1982
41 years old
1976: sweetgirl
Thursday, Oct 14, 1976
47 years old
1976: syc1014
Thursday, Oct 14, 1976
47 years old
1972: fun size
Saturday, Oct 14, 1972
51 years old
1971: Mrsdooney15
Thursday, Oct 14, 1971
52 years old
1957: lakewoodcarson8
Monday, Oct 14, 1957
66 years old
1947: gb943
Tuesday, Oct 14, 1947
76 years old
1932: diablome8
Friday, Oct 14, 1932
91 years old
: increase
(year not provided)
: GEORGIAGIRL
(year not provided)
: catmanbj
(year not provided)
: LovelyLisa
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: About 10,000 American employees of John Deere go on strike.
2017: A massive truck bombing in Somalia kills 358 people and injures more than 400 others.
2015: A suicide bomb attack in Pakistan kills at least seven people and injures 13 others.
2014: A snowstorm and avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas triggered by the remnants of Cyclone Hudhud kills 43 people.
2014: The Serbia vs. Albania UEFA qualifying match is canceled after 42 minutes due to several incidents on and off the pitch. Albania is eventually awarded a win.
2012: Felix Baumgartner successfully jumps to Earth from a balloon in the stratosphere.
2004: MK Airlines Flight 1602 crashes during takeoff from Halifax Stanfield International Airport, killing all seven people on board.
2004: Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 crashes in Jefferson City, Missouri. The two pilots (the aircraft's only occupants) are killed.
2003: The Steve Bartman Incident takes place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.
1998: Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings, including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
1994: Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in the establishment of the Oslo Accords and the framing of future Palestinian self government.
1991: Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1982: U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs.
1981: Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.
1980: The 6th Congress of the Workers' Party ended, having anointed North Korean President Kim Il Sung's son Kim Jong Il as his successor.
1979: The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights draws approximately 100,000 people.
1975: An RAF Avro Vulcan bomber explodes and crashes over Żabbar, Malta after an aborted landing, killing five crew members and one person on the ground.
1973: In the Thammasat student uprising, over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the military government. Seventy-seven are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers.
1968: Apollo program: The first live television broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the Apollo 7 crew.
1968: The 6.5 M_w Meckering earthquake shakes the southwest portion of Western Australia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing $2.2 million in damage and leaving 20-28 people injured.
1968: Jim Hines becomes the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.95 seconds.
1966: The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system.
1964: Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.
1964: The Soviet Presidium and the Communist Party Central Committee each vote to accept Nikita Khrushchev's "voluntary" request to retire from his offices.
1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.
1957: The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada.
1957: At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of the Spanish city of Valencia.
1956: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, leader of India's Untouchable caste, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism).
1952: Korean War: The Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.
1949: The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.
1947: Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
1943: World War II: Prisoners at Sobibor extermination camp covertly assassinate most of the on-duty SS officers and then stage a mass breakout.
1943: World War II: The United States Eighth Air Force loses 60 of 291 B-17 Flying Fortresses during the Second Raid on Schweinfurt.
1943: World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its president.
1940: World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz.
1939: World War II: The German submarine U-47 sinks the British battleship HMS Royal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.
1933: Germany withdraws from the League of Nations and World Disarmament Conference.
1930: The former and first President of Finland, K. J. Ståhlberg, and his wife, Ester Ståhlberg, are kidnapped from their home by members of the far-right Lapua Movement.
1923: After the Irish Civil War the 1923 Irish hunger strikes were undertaken by thousands of Irish republican prisoners protesting the continuation of their internment without trial.
1920: Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.
1915: World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
1913: Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.
1912: Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
1910: English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.
1908: The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2-0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
1898: The steam ship SS Mohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
1888: Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
1884: George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
1863: American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.
1843: Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell is arrested by the British on charges of criminal conspiracy.
1808: The Republic of Ragusa is annexed by France.
1806: War of the Fourth Coalition: Napoleon decisively defeats Prussia at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt.
1805: War of the Third Coalition: A French corps defeats an Austrian attempt to escape encirclement at Ulm.
1791: The revolutionary group the United Irishmen is formed in Belfast, Ireland leading to the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
1774: American Revolution: The First Continental Congress denounces the British Parliament's Intolerable Acts and demands British concessions.
1773: The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1758: Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch.
1656: The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends.
1586: Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth I of England.
1322: Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence.
1066: The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings.

Births On This Day

2001: Rowan Blanchard, American actress
1999: Quinn Hughes, American ice hockey player
1998: Ariela Barer, American actress
1994: Joe Burgess, English rugby league player
1994: Jaelen Feeney, Australian rugby league player
1994: Jared Goff, American football player
1993: Ashton Agar, Australian cricketer
1992: Ahmed Musa, Nigerian footballer
1990: Jordan Clark, English cricketer
1989: Arca, Venezuelan musician
1988: Glenn Maxwell, Australian cricketer
1988: Max Thieriot, American actor
1987: Jay Pharoah, American actor and comedian
1986: Tom Craddock, English footballer
1986: Wesley Matthews, American basketball player
1986: Skyler Shaye, American actress
1985: Alexandre Sarnes Negrão, Brazilian racing driver
1985: Alanna Nihell, Irish boxer
1985: Ivan Pernar, Croatian Member of Parliament
1984: LaRon Landry, American football player
1984: Alex Scott, English footballer
1983: Betty Heidler, German hammer thrower
1983: Lin Dan, Chinese badminton player
1982: Ryan Hall, American runner
1982: Carlos Mármol, Dominican baseball player
1982: Matt Roth, American football player
1981: Gautam Gambhir, Indian cricketer
1980: Paúl Ambrosi, Ecuadorian footballer
1980: Amjad Khan, Danish-English cricketer
1980: Scott Kooistra, American football player
1980: Niels Lodberg, Danish footballer
1980: Terrence McGee, American football player
1980: Ben Whishaw, English actor
1979: Stacy Keibler, American wrestler and actress
1979: Liina-Grete Lilender, Estonian figure skater and coach
1978: Justin Lee Brannan, American guitarist and songwriter, and politician
1978: Paul Hunter, English snooker player (d. 2006)
1978: Jana Macurová, Czech tennis player
1978: Steven Thompson, Scottish footballer
1978: Usher, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
1977: Saeed Ajmal, Pakistani cricketer
1977: Barry Ditewig, Dutch footballer
1977: Kelly Schumacher, American-Canadian basketball and volleyball player
1976: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lankan cricketer
1976: Daniel Tjärnqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
1975: Michael Duberry, English footballer
1975: Floyd Landis, American cyclist
1975: Shaznay Lewis, English singer and songwriter
1975: Carlos Spencer, New Zealand rugby player
1974: Jessica Drake, American porn actress and director
1974: Natalie Maines, American singer-songwriter
1974: Tümer Metin, Turkish footballer
1974: Viktor Röthlin, Swiss runner
1974: Samuel, Brazilian footballer
1973: Thom Brooks, American-British political philosopher and legal scholar
1973: George Floyd, American police brutality victim (d. 2020)
1973: Lasha Zhvania, Georgian businessman and politician
1972: Erika deLone, American tennis player
1972: Julian O'Neill, Australian rugby league player
1971: Jorge Costa, Portuguese footballer and manager
1971: Robert Jaworski Jr., Filipino basketball player and politician
1970: Martin Barbarič, Czech footballer and coach (d. 2013)
1970: Jim Jackson, American basketball player and sportscaster
1970: Meelis Lindmaa, Estonian footballer
1970: Hiromi Nagasaku, Japanese actress and singer
1970: Jon Seda, American actor
1970: Vasko Vassilev, Bulgarian violinist
1970: Pär Zetterberg, Swedish footballer
1969: P. J. Brown, American basketball player
1969: Viktor Onopko, Russian footballer and manager
1969: David Strickland, American actor (d. 1999)
1968: Jay Ferguson, Canadian guitarist and songwriter
1968: Johnny Goudie, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1968: Matthew Le Tissier, English footballer and journalist
1968: Dwayne Schintzius, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
1967: Pat Kelly, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1967: Sylvain Lefebvre, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1967: Werner Daehn, German actor
1967: Jason Plato, British racing driver
1965: Steve Coogan, English actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1965: Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower and politician
1965: Constantine Koukias, Greek-Australian flute player and composer
1965: Karyn White, American singer-songwriter
1964: Joe Girardi, American baseball player and manager
1963: Lori Petty, American actress
1962: Jaan Ehlvest, Estonian chess player
1962: Trevor Goddard, English-American actor (d. 2003)
1962: Chris Thomas King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1962: Shahar Perkiss, Israeli tennis player
1961: Isaac Mizrahi, American fashion designer
1960: Steve Cram, English runner and coach
1960: Zbigniew Kruszyński, Polish footballer and coach
1959: Alexei Kasatonov, Russian ice hockey player
1959: A. J. Pero, American drummer (d. 2015)
1958: Thomas Dolby, English singer-songwriter and producer
1957: Michel Després, Canadian lawyer and politician
1957: Gen Nakatani, Japanese lawyer and politician, 13th Japanese Minister of Defense
1956: Chris Bangle, American automotive designer
1956: Ümit Besen, Turkish singer-songwriter
1956: Beth Daniel, American golfer
1956: Jennell Jaquays, American game designer
1955: Iwona Blazwick, English curator and critic
1955: Arleen Sorkin, American actress, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2023)
1954: Mordechai Vanunu, Moroccan-Israeli technician and academic
1953: Greg Evigan, American actor
1953: Kazumi Watanabe, Japanese guitarist and composer
1952: Harry Anderson, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2018)
1952: Nikolai Andrianov, Russian gymnast and coach (d. 2011)
1952: Rick Aviles, American comedian and actor (d. 1995)
1951: Aad van den Hoek, Dutch cyclist
1950: Joey Travolta, American actor, director, and producer
1949: Damian Lau, Hong Kong actor, director, and producer
1949: Katha Pollitt, American poet and author
1949: Dave Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player and referee
1948: Marcia Barrett, Jamaican-English singer
1948: Norman Ornstein, American political scientist and scholar
1947: Norman Harris, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1987)
1947: Charlie Joiner, American football player
1947: Nikolai Volkoff, Croatian-American wrestler (d. 2018)
1946: François Bozizé, Gabonese general and politician, President of the Central African Republic
1946: Joey de Leon, Filipino comedian, actor and television host
1946: Justin Hayward, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946: Dan McCafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2022)
1946: Al Oliver, American baseball player
1946: Craig Venter, American biologist, geneticist, and academic
1945: Colin Hodgkinson, English bass player
1945: Daan Jippes, Dutch author and illustrator
1945: Lesley Joseph, English actress
1944: Udo Kier, German-American actor and director
1943: Mohammad Khatami, Iranian scholar and politician, 5th President of Iran
1942: Bob Hiller, English rugby player
1942: Evelio Javier, Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 1986)
1942: Péter Nádas, Hungarian author and playwright
1942: Suzzanna, Indonesian actress (d. 2008)
1941: Jerry Glanville, American football player and coach
1941: Eddie Keher, Irish sportsman
1941: Laurie Lawrence, Australian rugby player and coach
1941: Art Shamsky, American baseball player and manager
1941: Roger Taylor, English tennis player
1940: Perrie Mans, South African snooker player
1940: Cliff Richard, Indian-English singer-songwriter and actor
1940: J. C. Snead, American golfer
1940: Christopher Timothy, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter
1939: Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer, founded the Ralph Lauren Corporation
1939: Rocky Thompson, American golfer and politician
1938: John Dean, American lawyer and author, 13th White House Counsel
1938: Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, English curator and academic
1938: Ron Lancaster, American-Canadian football player and coach (d. 2008)
1938: Shula Marks, South African historian and academic
1938: Melba Montgomery, American country music singer
1938: Farah Pahlavi, Empress of Iran
1936: Hans Kraay Sr., Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2017)
1936: Jürg Schubiger, Swiss psychotherapist and author (d. 2014)
1932: Enrico Di Giuseppe, American tenor and actor (d. 2005)
1932: Anatoly Larkin, Russian-American physicist and academic (d. 2005)
1930: Robert Parker, American singer and saxophonist (d. 2020)
1930: Mobutu Sese Seko, Congolese soldier and politician, President of Zaire (d. 1997)
1930: Alan Williams, Welsh journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales (d. 2014)
1929: Yvon Durelle, Canadian boxer and wrestler (d. 2007)
1928: Joyce Bryant, American actress and singer (d. 2022)
1928: Frank E. Resnik, American chemist and businessman (d. 1995)
1927: Roger Moore, English actor and producer (d. 2017)
1926: Willy Alberti, Dutch singer and actor (d. 1985)
1923: Joel Barnett, English accountant and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury (d. 2014)
1921: José Arraño Acevedo, Chilean journalist and historian (d. 2009)
1918: Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist, journalist, and politician (d. 1991)
1918: Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player and captain (d. 2015)
1918: Doug Ring, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2003)
1916: C. Everett Koop, American admiral and surgeon, 13th United States Surgeon General (d. 2013)
1915: Loris Francesco Capovilla, Italian cardinal (d. 2016)
1914: Harry Brecheen, American baseball player and coach (d. 2004)
1914: Raymond Davis Jr., American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
1914: Alexis Rannit, Estonian poet and critic (d. 1985)
1911: Lê Đức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
1910: John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (d. 2010)
1909: Mochitsura Hashimoto, Japanese commander (d. 2000)
1909: Dorothy Kingsley, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1997)
1909: Bernd Rosemeyer, German racing driver (d. 1938)
1907: Allan Jones, American actor and singer (d. 1992)
1906: Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian religious leader, founded the Muslim Brotherhood (d. 1949)
1906: Hannah Arendt, German-American philosopher and theorist (d. 1975)
1904: Christian Pineau, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1995)
1904: Mikhail Pervukhin, Soviet politician, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1978)
1902: Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (d. 1963)
1902: Arthur Justice, Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator (d. 1977)
1900: W. Edwards Deming, American statistician, author, and academic (d. 1993)
1898: Thomas William Holmes, Canadian sergeant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1950)
1897: Alicja Dorabialska, Polish chemist (d. 1975)
1894: E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (d. 1962)
1894: Victoria Drummond, British marine engineer (d. 1978)
1893: Lois Lenski, American author and illustrator (d. 1974)
1893: Lillian Gish, American actress (d. 1993)
1892: Sumner Welles, American politician and diplomat, 11th Under Secretary of State (d. 1961)
1890: Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (d. 1969)
1888: Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 1923)
1888: Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance (d. 1947)
1882: Éamon de Valera, American-Irish rebel and politician, 3rd President of Ireland (d. 1975)
1882: Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (d. 1959)
1872: Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (d. 1910)
1871: Alexander von Zemlinsky, Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher (d. 1942)
1869: Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen, English art dealer (d. 1939)
1867: Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic (d. 1902)
1861: Julia A. Ames, American journalist, editor, and reformer (d. 1891)
1853: John William Kendrick, American engineer and businessman (d. 1924)
1848: Byron Edmund Walker, Canadian banker and philanthropist (d. 1924)
1845: Laura Askew Haygood (d. 1900)
1844: John See, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1907)
1842: Joe Start, American baseball player and manager (d. 1927)
1840: Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (d. 1868)
1824: Adolphe Monticelli, French painter (d. 1886)
1806: Preston King, American lawyer and politician (d. 1865)
1801: Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic, created the Phenakistoscope (d. 1883)
1791: Friedrich Parrot, Baltic German naturalist (d. 1841)
1784: Ferdinand VII of Spain (d. 1833)
1733: François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (d. 1798)
1726: Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (d. 1813)
1712: George Grenville, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (d. 1770)
1687: Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician and academic (d. 1768)
1644: William Penn, English businessman who founded Pennsylvania (d. 1718)
1643: Bahadur Shah I, Mughal emperor (d. 1712)
1639: Simon van der Stel, Dutch commander and politician, 1st Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony (d. 1712)
1633: James II of England (d. 1701)
1630: Sophia of Hanover (d. 1714)
1609: Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (d. 1689)
1569: Giambattista Marino, Italian poet (d. 1625)
1563: Jodocus Hondius, Flemish engraver and cartographer (d. 1611)
1542: Philip IV, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1602)
1493: Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese daimyō (d. 1568)
1465: Konrad Peutinger, German humanist and antiquarian (d. 1547)
1425: Alesso Baldovinetti, Italian painter (d. 1499)
1404: Marie of Anjou (d. 1463)
1257: Przemysł II of Poland (d. 1296)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor, comedian and writer (b. 1950)
2021: Lee Wan-koo, South Korean politician, 39th Prime Minister of South Korea
2019: Harold Bloom, American literary critic (b. 1930)
2019: Sulli, South Korean actress, singer, and model (b. 1994)
2016: Helen Kelly, New Zealand trade union leader (b. 1964)
2015: Nurlan Balgimbayev, Kazakh politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (b. 1947)
2015: Mathieu Kérékou, Beninese soldier and politician, President of Benin (b. 1933)
2015: Margaret Keyes, American historian and academic (b. 1918)
2015: Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani, Indian admiral (b. 1930)
2014: A. H. Halsey, English sociologist and academic (b. 1923)
2014: Leonard Liggio, American author and academic (b. 1933)
2014: Elizabeth Peña, American actress (b. 1959)
2013: Wally Bell, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1965)
2013: Max Cahner, German-Catalan historian and politician (b. 1936)
2013: Kōichi Iijima, Japanese author and poet (b. 1930)
2013: Bruno Metsu, French footballer and manager (b. 1954)
2013: Frank Moore, American painter and poet (b. 1946)
2013: Käty van der Mije-Nicolau, Romanian-Dutch chess player (b. 1940)
2012: John Clive, English actor and author (b. 1933)
2012: Max Fatchen, Australian journalist and author (b. 1920)
2012: James R. Grover Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1919)
2012: Larry Sloan, American publisher, co-founded Price Stern Sloan (b. 1922)
2012: Arlen Specter, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1930)
2012: Dody Weston Thompson, American photographer (b. 1923)
2012: Gart Westerhout, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1927)
2011: Reg Alcock, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1948)
2011: Ashawna Hailey, American computer scientist and philanthropist (b. 1949)
2010: Simon MacCorkindale, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1952)
2010: Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-American mathematician and economist (b. 1924)
2009: Martyn Sanderson, New Zealand actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)
2009: Collin Wilcox, American actress (b. 1935)
2009: Lou Albano, American professional wrestler (b. 1933)
2008: Robert Furman, American engineer and intelligence officer (b. 1915)
2008: Kazys Petkevičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
2006: Freddy Fender, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
2006: Klaas Runia, Dutch theologian and journalist (b. 1926)
2006: Gerry Studds, American educator and politician (b. 1937)
2003: Patrick Dalzel-Job, English linguist, commander, and navigator (b. 1913)
2002: Norbert Schultze, German composer and conductor (b. 1911)
2000: Art Coulter, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1909)
2000: Tony Roper, American race car driver (b. 1964)
1999: Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian educator and politician, 1st President of Tanzania (b. 1922)
1998: Cleveland Amory, American author and activist (b. 1917)
1998: Frankie Yankovic, American accordion player (b. 1916)
1997: Harold Robbins, American author (b. 1915)
1990: Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1918)
1986: Keenan Wynn, American actor (b. 1916)
1986: Takahiko Yamanouchi, Japanese physicist (b. 1902)
1985: Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist (b. 1916)
1984: Martin Ryle, English astronomer and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
1983: Willard Price, Canadian-American historian and author (b. 1887)
1982: Louis Rougier, French philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1889)
1977: Bing Crosby, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1903)
1976: Edith Evans, English actress (b. 1888)
1973: Edmund A. Chester, American journalist and broadcaster (b. 1897)
1973: Ahmed Hamdi, Egyptian general and engineer (b. 1929)
1969: Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
1969: August Sang, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1914)
1967: Marcel Aymé, French author and playwright (b. 1902)
1965: William Hogenson, American sprinter (b. 1884)
1965: Randall Jarrell, American poet and author (b. 1914)
1961: Paul Ramadier, French politician, 129th Prime Minister of France (b. 1888)
1961: Harriet Shaw Weaver, English journalist and activist (b. 1876)
1960: Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1880)
1959: Jack Davey, New Zealand-Australian singer and radio host (b. 1907)
1959: Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1909)
1958: Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (b. 1882)
1958: Nikolay Zabolotsky, Russian-Soviet poet and translator (b. 1903)
1953: Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
1953: Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)
1944: Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
1943: Sobibór uprising: Rudolf Beckmann, German SS officer (b. 1910)
1943: Sobibór uprising: Siegfried Graetschus, German sergeant (b. 1916)
1943: Sobibór uprising: Johann Niemann, German lieutenant (b. 1913)
1942: Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
1930: Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)
1929: Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
1923: Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
1911: John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1833)
1831: Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer and educator (b. 1761)
1758: James Francis Edward Keith, Scottish-Prussian field marshal (b. 1696)
1711: Tewoflos, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1708)
1703: Thomas Kingo, Danish bishop and poet (b. 1634)
1669: Antonio Cesti, Italian organist and composer (b. 1623)
1637: Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (b. 1552)
1631: Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (b. 1557)
1619: Samuel Daniel, English poet and historian (b. 1562)
1618: Gervase Clifton, 1st Baron Clifton, English nobleman (b.c. 1570)
1610: Amago Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyō (b. 1540)
1568: Jacques Arcadelt, Dutch singer and composer (b. 1507)
1565: Thomas Chaloner, English poet and politician (b. 1521)
1552: Oswald Myconius, Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1488)
1536: Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish poet (b. 1503)
1416: Henry the Mild, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1366: Ibn Nubata, Arab poet (b. 1287)
1318: Edward Bruce, High King of Ireland (b. 1275)
1256: Kujō Yoritsugu, Japanese shogun (b. 1239)
1240: Razia Sultana, Only female sultan of Delhi (b. c. 1205)
1217: Isabella, English noblewoman and wife of John of England (b. c. 1173)
1213: Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex, English sheriff and Chief Justiciar
1184: Yusuf I, Almohad caliph (b. 1135)
1092: Nizam al-Mulk, Persian scholar and politician (b. 1018)
1077: Andronicus Ducas, Byzantine courtier (b. 1022)
1066: Battle of Hastings: Harold Godwinson, English king (b. 1022)
1066: Battle of Hastings: Leofwine Godwinson, English nobleman and brother of Harold
1066: Battle of Hastings: Gyrth Godwinson, English nobleman and brother of Harold
996: Al-Aziz Billah, Fatimid caliph (b. 955)
962: Gerloc, Frankish noblewoman
869: Pang Xun, Chinese rebel leader
841: Shi Yuanzhong, Chinese governor
530: Antipope Dioscorus

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