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October 15

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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

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 Millions
Draw Date
Oct 16, 2018
2.$464.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2022
3.$378 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 17, 2018
4.$305 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2005
5.€289.15 Million US$281.12 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2022
6.€220 Million US$255.2 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2021
7.€162 Million US$207.02 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 17, 2014
8.$200 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 16, 2009
9.$180 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 17, 2014
10.€157.35 Million
US$172.62 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2016
11.$156 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 16, 2013
11.$156 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2017
13.$122 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2016
14.€95 Million
US$119.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2006
15.$117 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2003
16.€95.97 Million
US$111.32 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 16, 2021
17.$105 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2011
18.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 16, 2019
19.$90 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 15, 2014
19.$90 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2005
21.€89 Million
US$87.67 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2022
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.$82 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 17, 2020

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1982: Faisal66
Friday, Oct 15, 1982
41 years old
1976: MONEYISHERE!
Friday, Oct 15, 1976
47 years old
1976: myboys252231
Friday, Oct 15, 1976
47 years old
1976: vcarey1
Friday, Oct 15, 1976
47 years old
1975: latbri
Wednesday, Oct 15, 1975
48 years old
1975: LuckyMe75
Wednesday, Oct 15, 1975
48 years old
1975: oneorbit
Wednesday, Oct 15, 1975
48 years old
1973: crystal0053
Monday, Oct 15, 1973
50 years old
1972: imlucky
Sunday, Oct 15, 1972
51 years old
1971: nicquel
Friday, Oct 15, 1971
52 years old
1968: debh
Tuesday, Oct 15, 1968
55 years old
1965: Bold-6512
Friday, Oct 15, 1965
58 years old
1964: otoao34
Thursday, Oct 15, 1964
59 years old
1962: bpost51
Monday, Oct 15, 1962
61 years old
1958: frisky
Wednesday, Oct 15, 1958
65 years old
1958: jimbo58
Wednesday, Oct 15, 1958
65 years old
1956: jbeam
Monday, Oct 15, 1956
67 years old
1955: Babe1234
Saturday, Oct 15, 1955
68 years old
1951: slyfox$69
Monday, Oct 15, 1951
72 years old
1940: rczomb
Tuesday, Oct 15, 1940
83 years old
1939: sagan
Sunday, Oct 15, 1939
84 years old
: babycharm
(year not provided)
: claypot
(year not provided)
: JMorenoMars
(year not provided)
: Babe12345
(year not provided)
: blackberry334
(year not provided)
: guadriches
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

1999: Bailee Madison, American actress
1996: Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer
1996: Zelo, South Korean rapper and dancer
1995: Jack Flaherty, American baseball player
1995: Jakob Pöltl, Austrian basketball 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
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
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
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
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
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)

Births On This Day

1999: Bailee Madison, American actress
1996: Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer
1996: Zelo, South Korean rapper and dancer
1995: Jack Flaherty, American baseball player
1995: Jakob Pöltl, Austrian basketball 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
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
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
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
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
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: Chang Hsüeh-liang, 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)
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

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