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October 15
October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 77 days remain until the end of the year.
Lottery News On This Day
- 2024
- Less than two weeks left to claim $250,000 Illinois Lucky Day Lotto prize. The deadline to claim an Illinois Lottery Lucky Day Lotto ticket worth $250,000 is frighteningly close, just in time for Halloween.
- 2023
- New Jersey Lottery Pick 3 results "1-1-1" and "1-0-1" set new payout record. Lottery results for two New Jersey Pick 3 drawings in a row jointly produced a new prize payout record thanks to two combinations that were just one number off from each other.
- 2021
- Canadian man has selfless plans for $2 million Ontario 49 lottery prize. It's not uncommon for newly minted lottery winners to put their prize money toward home improvements, a home, or simply investing it, but one Canadian man just wants to put a smile on his loved one's faces.
- 2020
- Texas sheriff who won $85 million lottery jackpot arrested for tampering with video evidence. A lottery winner famous for his role as Sheriff on the now-canceled A&E television show "Live PD" was indicted and arrested for allegedly tampering with video footage that captured crucial moments of the death of a suspect in police custody.
- 2018
- Lotteries offer $1B in jackpots as Mega Millions nears record. A record-smashing Mega Millions prize could be awaiting a lucky winner when the multi-state lottery and Powerball kick off a two-day, $1 billion jackpot grab Tuesday night.
- 2017
- Lottery rigger warned officials about computerized drawing machines years ago. The mastermind behind a national lottery scam says he warned officials about a glitch in computer-generated drawings 11 years ago, but "nobody seemed too worried," his lawyer revealed in an exclusive interview.
- 2015
- Payout situation getting worse for Illinois lottery winners. Now lottery winners of $600 or more in the Land of Lincoln will have to wait until the state budget stalemate is resolved before they can expect to be paid.
- 2015
- UK couple credit dog with discovering lottery double-win. A couple who won nearly £150,000 (US$231,000) playing the multi-country Euromillions game doubled their prize after their dog found a second winning ticket for the same amount.
- 2014
- Oregon man keeps childhood promise, splits $1M Powerball with brother. A Bend, Oregon, man who won $1 million with a Powerball ticket last month decided to share the wealth in a gesture of brotherly love.
- 2010
- Mass. Lottery ad creates election controversy. Just 18 days ahead of Election Day, the Massachusetts Lottery now says it is pulling its ads from the air after accusations that the Cahill campaign may have been trying to benefit from them.
- 2009
- Lottery hoax causes riot at Ohio coat store. A woman being driven around in a rented limousine pulled up at a coat store and announced she'd won the lottery and would pay for everyone's purchases, police said, but she ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was a hoax.
- 2008
- Missouri Pick 3 players get bonus drawing. A special promotion is giving Missouri Lottery Pick 3 players a shot at doubling their chances of winning cash in the Midday drawing.
- 2008
- Kansas Lottery sales decline. The economy is having its impact on the sale of Kansas Lottery tickets, according to lottery officials.
- 2008
- Time running out to claim $184,000 lottery ticket. California Lottery officials say time is running out for the buyer of a winning Mega Millions ticket at a Watts liquor store to collect the $184,000 prize.
- 2008
- Costa Rica court rejects washed lottery ticket. A Costa Rican who mistakenly washed a winning lottery ticket worth 112,000 dollars lost a court appeal to obtain the prize, a report said Wednesday.
- 2005
- Powerball lottery states report brisk sales for huge jackpot. Hopeful lottery players are plunking down their money for Powerball lottery tickets at an astounding pace, in advance of tonight's estimated $300 million jackpot drawing.
- 2005
- Man Picks $1 Million Lottery Ticket Out Of Trash. Trash turned into treasure at a Blackstone, Massacusetts, convenience store.
- 2003
- Mega Millions jackpot increases to $16 million. None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $12 million Mega Millions drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball, increasing the Friday jackpot to $16 million.
- 2003
- Spain Breaks Up Sweepstakes Fraud Ring. Madrid police broke up a fraud ring that cheated hundreds of Americans and Canadians out of $35 million through scams such as a lottery simulating a Spanish Christmas sweepstakes, officials said Tuesday.
- 2003
- Store's trash proves to be lotto treasure. The manager of a Hackensack, New Jersey video store thought he had found a modern-day pot of gold this week when hundreds of unused, scratch-off instant Lottery tickets were discovered in the store basement.
- 2003
- Paul shields panel picking lottery bid. The names of some top lottery officials who will pick the winner of Tennessee's multimillion-dollar lottery contract will remain secret until Oct. 27 to protect them from outside influence, Tennessee lottery CEO Rebecca Paul said yesterday.
Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day
- 1.$667 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Oct 16, 2018 - 2.$464.8 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 15, 2022 - 3.$408.8 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 16, 2024 - 4.$378 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 17, 2018 - 5.$305 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 15, 2005 - 6.€289.15 Million
US$281.12 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Oct 15, 2022 - 7.€220 Million
US$255.2 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Oct 15, 2021 - 8.€162 Million
US$207.02 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Oct 17, 2014 - 9.$200 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Oct 16, 2009 - 10.$180 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Oct 17, 2014 - 11.€157.35 Million
US$172.62 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Oct 15, 2016 - 12.$169 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Oct 15, 2024 - 13.$156 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 18, 2017 - 13.$156 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 16, 2013 - 15.$122 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 15, 2016 - 16.€95 Million
US$119.37 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Oct 20, 2006 - 17.$117 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 15, 2003 - 18.€95.97 Million
US$111.32 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Oct 16, 2021 - 19.$105 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 15, 2011 - 20.$100 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 16, 2019 - 21.€89.22 Million
US$97.21 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Oct 15, 2024 - 22.$90 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 15, 2014 - 22.$90 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Oct 18, 2005 - 24.€89 Million
US$87.67 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Oct 18, 2022 - 25.€74 Million
US$85.04 Million - Multi-Country
EuroJackpotDraw Date
Oct 19, 2018
Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day
- 1982
- Friday, Oct 15, 1982
42 years old - 1976
- Friday, Oct 15, 1976
48 years old - 1976
- Friday, Oct 15, 1976
48 years old - 1976
- Friday, Oct 15, 1976
48 years old - 1975
- Wednesday, Oct 15, 1975
49 years old - 1975
- Wednesday, Oct 15, 1975
49 years old - 1975
- Wednesday, Oct 15, 1975
49 years old - 1973
- Monday, Oct 15, 1973
51 years old - 1972
- Sunday, Oct 15, 1972
52 years old - 1971
- Friday, Oct 15, 1971
53 years old - 1968
- Tuesday, Oct 15, 1968
56 years old - 1965
- Friday, Oct 15, 1965
59 years old - 1964
- Thursday, Oct 15, 1964
60 years old - 1962
- Monday, Oct 15, 1962
62 years old - 1958
- Wednesday, Oct 15, 1958
66 years old - 1958
- Wednesday, Oct 15, 1958
66 years old - 1956
- Monday, Oct 15, 1956
68 years old - 1955
- Saturday, Oct 15, 1955
69 years old - 1951
- Monday, Oct 15, 1951
73 years old - 1940
- Tuesday, Oct 15, 1940
84 years old - 1939
- Sunday, Oct 15, 1939
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Worldwide Events On This Day
- 2018
- 13-year-old American girl, Jayme Closs, is kidnapped from her Barron, Wisconsin home after her parents were both murdered.
- 2016
- One hundred and ninety-seven nations amend the Montreal Protocol to include a phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons.
- 2013
- The 7.2 Mw Bohol earthquake strikes the Philippines. At least 215 were killed.
- 2008
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history.
- 2007
- Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids.
- 2006
- The 6.7 Mw Kiholo Bay earthquake rocks Hawaii, causing property damage, injuries, landslides, power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport.
- 2003
- China launches Shenzhou 5, its first crewed space mission.
- 2001
- NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles (180 km) of Jupiter's moon Io.
- 1997
- The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
- 1994
- The United States, under the Clinton administration, returns Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to the island.
- 1991
- The "Oh-My-God particle", an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray measured at 40,000,000 times that of the highest energy protons produced in a particle accelerator, is observed at the University of Utah HiRes observatory in Dugway Proving Ground, Utah.
- 1991
- The leaders of the Baltic States, Arnold Rüütel of Estonia, Anatolijs Gorbunovs of Latvia and Vytautas Landsbergis of Lithuania, signed the OSCE Final Act in Helsinki, Finland.
- 1990
- Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.
- 1989
- Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.
- 1987
- Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460 crashes near Conca di Crezzo, Italy, killing all 37 people on board.
- 1987
- A coup d'état in Burkina Faso overthrows and kills then President Thomas Sankara.
- 1979
- Supporters of the Malta Labour Party ransack and destroy the Times of Malta building and other locations associated with the Nationalist Party.
- 1979
- A coup d'état in El Salvador overthrows President Carlos Humberto Romero and begins the 12 year-long Salvadoran Civil War.
- 1970
- During the construction of Australia's West Gate Bridge, a span of the bridge falls and kills 35 workers. The incident is the country's worst industrial accident to this day.
- 1966
- The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
- 1965
- Vietnam War: A draft card is burned during an anti-war rally by the Catholic Worker Movement, resulting in the first arrest under a new law.
- 1956
- FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
- 1954
- Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.
- 1951
- Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes completes the synthesis of norethisterone, the basis of an early oral contraceptive.
- 1944
- World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after Hungary announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.
- 1940
- President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.
- 1939
- The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.
- 1932
- Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
- 1928
- The airship Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
- 1923
- The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
- 1910
- Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
- 1888
- The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
- 1878
- The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
- 1864
- American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces.
- 1863
- American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
- 1815
- Napoleon begins his exile on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
- 1793
- Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted of treason.
- 1783
- The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
- 1781
- The Battle of Raft Swamp marks the last battle fought in North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War with a Patriot victory. It occurred four days before the British surrender at Yorktown.
- 1651
- Qing forces capture the island of Zhoushan. Zhu Yihai, Prince of Lu, resident of the island and regent of the Southern Ming, flees to Kinmen.
- 1582
- Adoption of the Gregorian calendar begins, eventually leading to near-universal adoption.
- 1529
- The Siege of Vienna ends when Austria routs the invading Ottoman forces, ending its European expansion.
- 1211
- Battle of the Rhyndacus: The Latin emperor Henry of Flanders defeats the Nicaean emperor Theodore I Laskaris.
- 1066
- Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later.
Births On This Day
- 2005
- Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark
- 2000
- Melki Sedek Huang, Indonesian activist and sex offender who formerly served as Chairman of The Student Executive Board at University of Indonesia
- 1999
- Bailee Madison, American-Canadian actress and singer
- 1998
- Teuku Wariza Aris Munandar, Indonesian activist and politician who is known as coordinator of 2023 Banda Aceh anti-Rohingya protest
- 1996
- Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer
- 1996
- Zelo, South Korean rapper and dancer
- 1995
- Jack Flaherty, American baseball player
- 1995
- Jakob Pöltl, Austrian basketball player
- 1994
- Babar Azam, Pakistani cricket player
- 1993
- Richaun Holmes, American basketball player
- 1992
- Ncuti Gatwa, Rwandan-Scottish actor
- 1992
- Vincent Martella, American actor
- 1991
- Brock Nelson, American ice hockey player
- 1991
- Lil' Kleine, Dutch rapper
- 1990
- Jeon Ji-yoon, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
- 1989
- Blaine Gabbert, American football player
- 1989
- Anthony Joshua, British professional boxer
- 1989
- Leandro Antonio Martínez, Argentinian-Italian footballer
- 1988
- Dominique Jones, American basketball player
- 1988
- Lassy Mbouity, Congolese writer and politician
- 1988
- Mesut Özil, German footballer
- 1987
- Ott Tänak, Estonian racing driver
- 1986
- Lee Donghae, South Korean singer-songwriter
- 1986
- Carlo Janka, Swiss skier
- 1986
- Nolito, Spanish footballer
- 1985
- Arron Afflalo, American basketball player
- 1985
- Walter Alberto López, Uruguayan footballer
- 1985
- Marcos Martínez, Spanish racing driver
- 1984
- Izale McLeod, English footballer
- 1984
- Johan Voskamp, Dutch footballer
- 1984
- Jessie Ware, English singer-songwriter
- 1983
- Stephy Tang, Hong Kong singer
- 1981
- Keyshia Cole, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1981
- Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player
- 1980
- Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist
- 1980
- Brandon Jay McLaren, Canadian actor
- 1979
- Blue Adams, American football player and coach
- 1979
- Bohemia, Pakistani-American rapper and producer
- 1979
- Jekaterina Golovatenko, Estonian figure skater
- 1979
- Paul Robinson, English footballer
- 1979
- Jaci Velasquez, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1979
- Māris Verpakovskis, Latvian footballer
- 1978
- Devon Gummersall, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1978
- Wes Moore, American politician, author, nonprofit executive, and television producer, 63rd Governor of Maryland
- 1978
- Takeshi Morishima, Japanese wrestler
- 1977
- Masato Kawabata, Japanese racing driver
- 1977
- David Trezeguet, French footballer
- 1977
- Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1976
- Elisa Aguilar, Spanish basketball player
- 1976
- Christian Allen, American video game designer
- 1976
- Manuel Dallan, Italian rugby player
- 1975
- Alessandro Doga, Italian footballer
- 1975
- Glen Little, English footballer and manager
- 1974
- Ömer Çatkıç, Turkish footballer
- 1974
- Bianca Rinaldi, Brazilian actress
- 1973
- Aleksandr Filimonov, Russian footballer
- 1973
- Maria Hjorth, Swedish golfer
- 1972
- Fred Hoiberg, American basketball player and coach
- 1972
- Matt Keeslar, American actor
- 1972
- Michél Mazingu-Dinzey, German-Congolese footballer and manager
- 1971
- Joey Abs, American wrestler
- 1971
- Andy Cole, English footballer and coach
- 1971
- Lauri Pilter, Estonian author and translator
- 1970
- Eric Benét, American musician
- 1970
- Ginuwine, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
- 1970
- Pernilla Wiberg, Swedish skier
- 1969
- Vítor Baía, Portuguese footballer
- 1969
- Dominic West, English actor and director
- 1968
- Didier Deschamps, French footballer and manager
- 1968
- Vanessa Marcil, American actress
- 1968
- Rod Wishart, Australian rugby league player
- 1968
- Trent Zimmerman, Australian politician
- 1967
- Eric Benét, American singer-songwriter
- 1967
- Dan Forest, American politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
- 1967
- Götz Otto, German actor and screenwriter
- 1966
- Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer and manager
- 1966
- Bill Charlap, American pianist and composer
- 1966
- Ilse Huizinga, Dutch singer
- 1966
- Dave Stead, English drummer
- 1965
- Nasser El Sonbaty, German bodybuilder and trainer (d. 2013)
- 1964
- Roberto Vittori, Italian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
- 1963
- Stanley Menzo, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1961
- Vyacheslav Butusov, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1959
- Emeril Lagasse, American chef and author
- 1959
- Alex Paterson, English keyboard player
- 1959
- Sarah, Duchess of York
- 1959
- Todd Solondz, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1958
- Stephen Clarke, English-French journalist and author
- 1957
- Michael Caton-Jones, Scottish actor, director, and producer
- 1957
- Mira Nair, Indian-American actress, director, and producer
- 1957
- Stacy Peralta, American skateboarder, director, producer, and businessman, co-founded Powell Peralta
- 1955
- Kulbir Bhaura, Indian field hockey player
- 1955
- Emma Chichester Clark, English author and illustrator
- 1955
- Tanya Roberts, American actress (d. 2021)
- 1954
- Peter Bakowski, Australian poet and educator
- 1954
- Steve Bracks, Australian politician, 44th Premier of Victoria
- 1954
- Jere Burns, American actor
- 1954
- Julia Yeomans, English physicist and academic
- 1953
- Betsy Clifford, Canadian skier
- 1953
- Tito Jackson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2024)
- 1953
- Larry Miller, American actor and comedian
- 1953
- Peter Phillips, English conductor and musicologist
- 1951
- Peter Richardson, English actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1951
- Roscoe Tanner, American tennis player
- 1951
- Rafael Vaganian, Armenian chess player
- 1950
- Candida Royalle, American porn actress, director, and producer (d. 2015)
- 1949
- Laurie McBain, American author
- 1949
- Prannoy Roy, Indian journalist, economist, and broadcaster, founded NDTV
- 1948
- Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (d. 2016)
- 1948
- Chris de Burgh, British-Irish singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1947
- Hümeyra, Turkish singer-songwriter and actress
- 1947
- Jaroslav Erno Šedivý, Czech drummer
- 1946
- Victor Banerjee, Indian actor and director
- 1946
- Richard Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1946
- Palle Danielsson, Swedish bassist and composer
- 1946
- Stewart Stevenson, Scottish engineer and politician, Minister for Environment and Climate Change
- 1945
- Steve Camacho, Guyanese cricketer (d. 2015)
- 1945
- Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Spanish cardinal
- 1945
- Neophyte of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch (d. 2024)
- 1945
- Jim Palmer, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1944
- Sali Berisha, Albanian cardiologist and politician, 2nd President of Albania
- 1944
- A. Chandranehru, Sri Lankan Tamil merchant seaman and politician (d. 2005)
- 1944
- Haim Saban, Israeli-American businessman, co-founded Saban Entertainment
- 1944
- David Trimble, Northern Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2022)
- 1943
- Penny Marshall, American actress, director, and producer (d. 2018)
- 1942
- Hilo Chen, Taiwanese-American painter
- 1942
- Harold W. Gehman, Jr., American admiral
- 1942
- Don Stevenson, American singer-songwriter and drummer
- 1941
- Roy Masters, Australian rugby league coach, journalist, and author
- 1940
- Tommy Bishop, English rugby league player and coach
- 1940
- Peter C. Doherty, Australian surgeon and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1938
- Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1993)
- 1938
- Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician and activist (d. 1997)
- 1938
- Brice Marden, American painter (d. 2023)
- 1938
- Robert Ward, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2008)
- 1937
- Linda Lavin, American actress and singer
- 1936
- Michel Aumont, French actor (d. 2019)
- 1936
- Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell, South African-English businessman (d. 2019)
- 1935
- Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1935
- Dick McTaggart, Scottish boxer
- 1935
- Bobby Morrow, American sprinter (d. 2020)
- 1935
- Willie O'Ree, Canadian ice hockey player, first black player in the National Hockey League (NHL)
- 1934
- Alan Elsdon, English trumpet player (d. 2016)
- 1934
- N. Ramani, Indian flute player (d. 2015)
- 1933
- Nicky Barnes, American drug lord (d. 2012)
- 1932
- Jaan Rääts, Estonian guitarist and composer (d. 2020)
- 1931
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India (d. 2015)
- 1931
- Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark, English academic and politician
- 1930
- FM-2030, Belgian-Iranian basketball player, philosopher and diplomat (d. 2000)
- 1929
- Will Insley, American painter and architect (d. 2011)
- 1927
- B. S. Abdur Rahman, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015)
- 1926
- James E. Akins, American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (d. 2010)
- 1926
- Agustín García Calvo, Spanish philosopher and poet (d. 2012)
- 1926
- Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (d. 1984)
- 1926
- Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter (d. 2005)
- 1926
- Jean Peters, American actress (d. 2000)
- 1926
- Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (d. 1981)
- 1925
- Mickey Baker, American-French guitarist (d. 2012)
- 1925
- Aurora Bautista, Spanish actress (d. 2012)
- 1925
- Tony Hart, English painter and television host (d. 2009)
- 1924
- Marguerite Andersen, German-Canadian author and educator (d. 2022)
- 1924
- Lee Iacocca, American businessman and author (d. 2019)
- 1924
- Warren Miller, American director and screenwriter (d. 2018)
- 1923
- Italo Calvino, Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (d. 1985)
- 1923
- Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist and politician (d. 2010)
- 1923
- Eugene Patterson, American journalist and activist (d. 2013)
- 1923
- Lindsay Thompson, Australian politician, 40th Premier of Victoria (d. 2008)
- 1922
- Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese author (d. 2019)
- 1922
- Preben Munthe, Norwegian economist and politician, State Conciliator of Norway (d. 2013)
- 1921
- Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian-Israeli table tennis player (d. 2006)
- 1920
- Chris Economaki, American sportscaster and actor (d. 2012)
- 1920
- Patricia Jessel, Hong Kong-English actress (d. 1968)
- 1920
- Peter Koch, American industrial engineer and wood scientist (d. 1998)
- 1920
- Mario Puzo, American author and screenwriter (d. 1999)
- 1920
- Henri Verneuil, Turkish-French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
- 1919
- Malcolm Ross, American captain, balloonist, and physicist (d. 1985)
- 1919
- Chuck Stevenson, American race car driver (d. 1995)
- 1917
- Jan Miner, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1917
- Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American historian and critic (d. 2007)
- 1917
- Paul Tanner, American trombonist and educator (d. 2013)
- 1916
- Al Killian, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1950)
- 1916
- George Turner, Australian author and critic (d. 1997)
- 1914
- Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghan king (d. 2007)
- 1913
- Wolfgang Lüth, German commander (d. 1945)
- 1912
- Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist (d. 2007)
- 1910
- Edwin O. Reischauer, Japanese-American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (d. 1990)
- 1909
- Jesse L. Greenstein, American astronomer and academic (d. 2002)
- 1909
- Robert Trout, American journalist (d. 2000)
- 1908
- Herman Chittison, American pianist (d. 1967)
- 1908
- John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, 7th United States Ambassador to India (d. 2006)
- 1907
- Varian Fry, American journalist and author (d. 1967)
- 1906
- Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (d. 2004)
- 1906
- Alicia Patterson, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Newsday (d. 1963)
- 1906
- Victoria Spivey, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1976)
- 1905
- C. P. Snow, English chemist and author (d. 1980)
- 1901
- Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Spanish playwright and novelist (d. 1952)
- 1900
- Mervyn LeRoy, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1987)
- 1899
- Adolf Brudes, Polish-German racing driver (d. 1986)
- 1897
- Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 1960)
- 1894
- Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1965)
- 1893
- Carol II of Romania (d. 1953)
- 1890
- Álvaro de Campos, Portuguese poet and engineer (d. 1935)
- 1888
- S. S. Van Dine, American author and critic (d. 1939)
- 1887
- Frederick Fleet, English sailor (d. 1965)
- 1884
- Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (d. 1910)
- 1882
- Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (d. 1941)
- 1881
- P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright (d. 1975)
- 1879
- Jane Darwell, American actress (d. 1967)
- 1878
- Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France (d. 1966)
- 1874
- Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1899)
- 1872
- Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian educator and politician, 3rd President of Austria (d. 1956)
- 1872
- August Nilsson, Swedish pole vaulter, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (d. 1921)
- 1865
- Charles W. Clark, American singer and educator (d. 1925)
- 1858
- John L. Sullivan, American boxer, actor, and journalist (d. 1918)
- 1844
- Friedrich Nietzsche, German composer, poet, and philosopher (d. 1900)
- 1840
- Honoré Mercier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (d. 1894)
- 1836
- James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (d. 1902)
- 1833
- John Alexander MacPherson, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Victoria (d. 1894)
- 1829
- Asaph Hall, American astronomer and academic (d. 1907)
- 1825
- Marie of Prussia (d. 1889)
- 1818
- Alexander Dreyschock, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1869)
- 1816
- John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1891)
- 1814
- Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author, poet, and painter (d. 1841)
- 1802
- Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician, head of state of France in 1848 (d. 1857)
- 1789
- William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (d. 1847)
- 1785
- José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (d. 1821)
- 1784
- Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French general and politician, Governor-General of Algeria (d. 1849)
- 1775
- Bernhard Crusell, Finnish composer (d. 1838)
- 1767
- Gabriel Richard, French-born American Roman Catholic priest, missionary, educator, and politician (d. 1832)
- 1762
- Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer and educator (d. 1820)
- 1711
- Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (d. 1741)
- 1701
- Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (d. 1771)
- 1686
- Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (d. 1758)
- 1622
- Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (d. 1686)
- 1608
- Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (d. 1647)
- 1599
- Cornelis de Graeff, Dutch mayor and regent of Amsterdam (d. 1664)
- 1564
- Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1613)
- 1561
- Richard Field, English cathedral dean (d. 1616)
- 1542
- Akbar, Mughal emperor (d. 1605)
- 1471
- Konrad Mutian, German epigrammatist and academic (d. 1526)
- 1440
- Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse, German noble (d. 1483)
- 1265
- Temür Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan (d. 1307)
- 70 BC
- Virgil, Roman poet (d. 19 BC)
- 99 BC
- Lucretius, Roman poet and philosopher (d. 55 BCE)
Deaths On This Day
- 2021
- David Amess, British politician, member of Parliament for Southend West (b. 1952)
- 2018
- Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, philanthropist, owner of the Seattle Seahawks (b. 1953)
- 2017
- Chinggoy Alonzo, Filipino theater, movie & television actor (b. 1950)
- 2015
- Sergei Filippenkov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1971)
- 2015
- Nate Huffman, American basketball player (b. 1975)
- 2015
- Neill Sheridan, American baseball player (b. 1921)
- 2015
- Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian businessman and diplomat (b. 1934)
- 2015
- Tyrone Young, American football player (b. 1960)
- 2014
- Giovanni Reale, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1931)
- 2014
- Jiří Reynek, Czech poet and graphic designer (b. 1929)
- 2014
- Robert Tiernan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
- 2014
- Nobby Wirkowski, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1926)
- 2013
- Donald Bailey, American drummer (b. 1933)
- 2013
- Nevill Drury, English-Australian journalist and publisher (b. 1947)
- 2013
- Cancio Garcia, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1937)
- 2013
- Gloria Lynne, American singer (b. 1931)
- 2013
- Rudy Minarcin, American baseball player and coach (b. 1930)
- 2013
- Hans Riegel, German businessman (b. 1923)
- 2012
- Claude Cheysson, French lieutenant and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1920)
- 2012
- Erol Günaydın, Turkish actor and screenwriter (b. 1933)
- 2012
- Maria Petrou, Greek-English computer scientist and academic (b. 1953)
- 2012
- Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1922)
- 2012
- Pat Ward, American lawyer and politician (b. 1957)
- 2011
- Betty Driver, English actress, singer, and author (b. 1920)
- 2010
- Richard C. Miller, American photographer (b. 1912)
- 2010
- Mildred Fay Jefferson, American physician and activist (b. 1926)
- 2010
- Johnny Sheffield, American actor (b. 1931)
- 2009
- Heinz Versteeg, Dutch-German footballer (b. 1939)
- 2008
- Edie Adams, American actress and singer (b. 1927)
- 2008
- Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish soldier and poet (b. 1914)
- 2008
- Jack Narz, American game show host and announcer (b. 1922)
- 2007
- Piet Boukema, Dutch jurist and politician (b. 1933)
- 2005
- Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)
- 2005
- Matti Wuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
- 2004
- Per Højholt, Danish poet (b. 1928)
- 2003
- Ben Metcalfe, Canadian journalist and activist (b. 1919)
- 2001
- Zhang Xueliang, Chinese general and warlord (b. 1901)
- 2000
- Konrad Emil Bloch, Polish-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
- 2000
- Vincent Canby, American journalist and critic (b. 1924)
- 1999
- Josef Locke, British-Irish soldier, policeman, tenor and actor (b. 1917)
- 1995
- Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1967)
- 1995
- Marco Campos, Brazilian racing driver, only driver ever killed in the International Formula 3000 series (b. 1976)
- 1994
- Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (b. 1934)
- 1993
- Aydın Sayılı, Turkish historian and academic (b. 1913)
- 1990
- Delphine Seyrig, French actress and director (b. 1932)
- 1989
- Danilo Kiš, Serbian novelist, short story writer, essayist and translator. (b. 1935)
- 1988
- Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English composer, music critic, pianist and writer (b. 1892)
- 1987
- Thomas Sankara, Burkinabe captain and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso (b. 1949)
- 1987
- Donald Wandrei, American author and poet (b. 1908)
- 1983
- Pat O'Brien, American actor (b. 1899)
- 1980
- Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900)
- 1980
- Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player (b. 1896)
- 1978
- W. Eugene Smith, American photojournalist (b. 1918)
- 1978
- Rolf Stenersen, Norwegian businessman (b. 1899)
- 1976
- Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1902)
- 1968
- Virginia Lee Burton, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)
- 1966
- Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1876)
- 1965
- Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1891)
- 1964
- Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (b. 1891)
- 1963
- Horton Smith, American golfer and captain (b. 1908)
- 1961
- Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Indian poet and author (b. 1896)
- 1960
- Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer (b. 1890)
- 1959
- Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (b. 1909)
- 1959
- Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1880)
- 1958
- Asaf Halet Çelebi, Turkish poet and author (b. 1907)
- 1958
- Elizabeth Alexander, British geologist, academic, and physicist (b. 1908)
- 1955
- Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
- 1948
- Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863)
- 1946
- Hermann Göring, German general and politician (b. 1893)
- 1945
- Pierre Laval, French lawyer and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France (b. 1883)
- 1940
- Lluís Companys, Catalan lawyer and politician, President of Catalonia (b. 1882)
- 1934
- Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (b. 1860)
- 1930
- Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)
- 1925
- Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)
- 1918
- Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
- 1917
- Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
- 1910
- Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
- 1900
- Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
- 1891
- Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
- 1838
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon, English poet and novelist (b. 1802)
- 1837
- Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1760)
- 1820
- Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (b. 1771)
- 1819
- Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1744)
- 1817
- Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish-Lithuanian general and engineer (b. 1746)
- 1811
- Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (b. 1735)
- 1810
- Alfred Moore, American captain and judge (b. 1755)
- 1788
- Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (b. 1735)
- 1715
- Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1675)
- 1690
- Juan de Valdés Leal, Spanish painter and illustrator (b. 1622)
- 1684
- Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (b. 1626)
- 1674
- Robert Herrick, English poet (b. 1591)
- 1564
- Andreas Vesalius, Belgian-Greek anatomist, physician, and author (b. 1514)
- 1496
- Gilbert, Count of Montpensier (b. 1443)
- 1404
- Marie Valois, French princess (b. 1344)
- 1389
- Pope Urban VI (b. 1318)
- 1385
- Dionysius I, Metropolitan of Moscow
- 1326
- Walter Stapledon, bishop and Lord High Treasurer of England, and his brother Sir Richard Stapledon, judge and politician.
- 1243
- Hedwig of Silesia, Polish saint (b. 1174)
- 1240
- Razia Sultana, sultan of Delhi (b. 1205)
- 1173
- Petronilla of Aragon (b. 1135)
- 1080
- Rudolf of Rheinfelden (b. 1025)
- 1002
- Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)
- 961
- Abd-al-Rahman III, caliph of Córdoba
- 925
- Rhazes, Persian polymath (b. 864)
- 912
- Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi, Spanish emir (b. 844)
- 898
- Lambert of Italy (b. 880)
- 892
- Al-Mu'tamid, Muslim caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
- 412
- Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria