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October 18

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October 18

October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 74 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Idaho Lottery alerts retailers to possible bulk buying attempt over $877,800 Idaho Cash jackpot. When an Idaho Cash lottery jackpot jumped up $126,000 overnight to $877,800 and was subsequently won, the Idaho Lottery had a suspicion a bulk buyer was at play.
2024: A Texas Lottery jackpot was "bought" last year, but legislators are pushing wrong solution. Last year, a New Jersey-based group essentially "bought" a $95 million Lotto Texas jackpot by purchasing all the possible number combinations. Now state legislators are eying possible measures to prevent it from happening again, but those solutions may do more harm than good.
2023: New York woman says she was winner of unclaimed $12 million Lotto jackpot from 1992. A New York woman has revealed that she was the winner of a $12 million Lotto jackpot that was never claimed in 1992.
2019: The local TV star who rigged the lottery. In 1980, a church leader and trusted newsman exploited flaws in the Pennsylvania state lottery — and nearly got away with it.
2018: Lottery sales at retailers 'almost pandemonium'. Are you dreaming about hitting it big with the lottery? You're not alone. Lottery retailers are seeing a torrent of sales with $1.4 billion in lottery jackpot winnings up for grabs.
2018: $970 MILLION: Mega Millions ticket-buying frenzy forces new jackpot estimate. Across the United States, lottery tickets are being sold at a frantic pace that the state lotteries are struggling to keep up with.
2018: Powerball lottery jackpot jumps on huge sales. This week has seen a frenzy of lottery tickets sales across the United States, with both Mega Millions and Powerball simultaneously reaching massive levels. With the Powerball jackpot increasing to $430 million after the Wednesday evening drawing, there is now close to $1.33 billion in combined jackpots on tap for lottery players this week.
2016: Charges dismissed against mother in lottery ticket scheme. Charges have been dismissed against one of three people charged with fraudulently claiming a lottery ticket prize.
2016: Georgia Lottery looking for $7.5M Mega Millions winner. Georgia Lottery officials are trying to solve the case of the missing winner of half of a $15 million jackpot won in the state.
2013: Tickets for updated Mega Millions game on sale Saturday. Starting Saturday, October 19, lottery players from around the United States will be able to buy tickets for the newly-refreshed Mega Millions game, with a ticket price that is remaining just $1 per play.
2013: Georgia Lottery schedules Cash 4 bonus drawing. As a result of a drawing machine malfunction Wednesday, the Georgia Lottery will hold a bonus Cash 4 drawing, giving players an extra chance to win.
2012: Massachusetts man wins half of $61M Mega Millions jackpot. A Massachusetts man is $30.5 million richer after splitting Tuesday night's $61 million Mega Millions jackpot with a co-winner from California.
2012: California man wins half of $61M Mega Millions jackpot. A California man is $30.5 million richer after splitting Tuesday night's $61 million Mega Millions jackpot with a co-winner from Massachusetts.
2011: LOTTERY POST ANNOUNCES LOTTERY PRIZE PAYOUT RESULTS. Lottery Post, the world's largest community of lottery players and home of the Internet's most popular lottery results service, announced today the launch of its latest industry-leading innovation: current and past lottery prize payout results for all of the hundreds of lottery games shown at the Lottery Post Web site, on both computers and smartphones, such as iPhone and Android.
2010: Israel Lottery draws same numbers twice in month. The odds may have been in the trillions-to-one range, but lightning has indeed struck twice for some lucky lottery players in Israel.
2010: Calif. lottery winners try to remain as anonymous as possible. A man and wife from Thousand Oaks, California, are overnight millionaires after the SuperLotto Plus ticket they purchased last week matched all six numbers in Saturday's draw.
2006: N.C. Lottery conviction sends message about disclosure. Changes in North Carolina ethics laws will make it harder for appointed members of boards and commissions to hide potential conflicts of interests, and the new law stiffens penalties when disclosures are incomplete.
2006: Michigan Lottery fetches prize with 'Lucky Dog' game. Michigan's "Lucky Dog" scratch-off ticket was named the best new instant game of the year by the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries, which includes 52 lotteries in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
2006: Allen, N.C. lottery champion, dies. State Rep. Bernard Allen, who co-sponsored legislation to create North Carolina's lottery and then pushed for a committee to make sure the proceeds were wisely spent, died late Friday, a House aide said Saturday.
2006: N.C. Powerball lottery winner had to disconnect phone. North Carolina resident Willie Scott is enjoying life after his $800,000 Powerball win, but never knew he had so many cousins.
2005: N.C. Lottery hunts for online identity. Internet-savvy speculators have bought all the logical Web addresses for North Carolina's lottery, leaving the state in a bind as it looks for a smooth, easy way to get out information on the games.
2005: Powerball lottery madness spreads to big media. Now that the multi-state Powerball jackpot is sitting at its highest level ever, everyone is taking notice, creating a barrage of big-media news stories. Unfortunately for the public, the big media is making some mistakes.
2005: Lottery fight brewing in Massachusetts. A Blackstone, Massacusetts, man who hit a $1 million scratch-ticket jackpot accidentally threw away his fortune, and now he wants to wrestle the winning ticket back from a man who picked it out of the trash.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $32 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $32 million Saturday.
2004: Results of some Wisconsin lottery games delayed. Results of three evening drawings of Wisconsin Lottery games were delayed Saturday night.
2004: Georgia Lottery sales take a dip during quarter. The Georgia Lottery, which posted record-breaking sales last year, ended the first quarter of the new budget year with a sales decline of $5 million compared with the same quarter a year ago.
2004: Kentucky man wins $300,000 lottery prize. A Hopkinsville, Kentucky man was celebrating his good luck after he purchased a $300,000 Kentucky lottery scratch-off ticket.
2004: Lottery e-mail irks Michigan lawmakers. An e-mail from the Michigan Lottery commissioner referencing a future game targeted at young adults with personal computers sparked a controversy this week with some state legislators concerned the state was getting into the Internet gambling business.
2004: Tennessee Lottery transfers $51 million for scholarships. The Tennessee Lottery transferred $51.3 million Friday to fund college scholarships, bringing the total amount generated for education to more than $174 million, officials said.
2004: Powerball ticket sold in Iowa worth $14.4 million. Employees of a western Iowa convenience store were waiting excitedly Sunday to find out which of their customers won the $14.4 million Powerball jackpot.
2004: N.D. Lottery commission family members allowed to buy tickets. After deliberating since May, the North Dakota lottery's administrator is allowing close family members of a lottery advisory board to buy tickets themselves.
2003: Super 6 jackpot hit for first time in 11 months. One player matched all six winning numbers drawn in Friday's "Pennsylvania Super 6 Jackpot," the first time in 11 months that the jackpot has been hit.
2003: 'Enough,' Bredesen warns lottery chief. Gov. Phil Bredesen says he wants Tennessee lottery chief Rebecca Paul to stop stacking her staff with former employees from the Georgia lottery and paying out top-dollar salaries.
2003: Tenn. lottery chief keeping mum about several key questions. Tennessee lottery CEO Rebecca Paul is keeping quiet on several significant lottery issues, including why she wants to contract with a single vendor for lottery goods and supplies instead of splitting up the business among several vendors.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1 Billion: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2018
2.$650 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2025
3.$515.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2022
4.$476.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2018
5.$436.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2024
6.$340 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2005
7.$290.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2025
8.€290.45 Million US$286.13 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2022
9.€180 Million US$229.66 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2014
10.$200 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2014
11.$186 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2013
12.$185 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2024
13.€158.66 Million
US$174.43 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2016
14.$156 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2017
15.$140 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2003
16.$136 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2016
17.€100.76 Million
US$130.16 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2008
18.$124 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2011
19.€95 Million
US$119.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2006
20.€97.1 Million
US$113.06 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2021
21.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2019
22.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2014
23.$94 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2021
24.$93 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2015
25.$91 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2023

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990: simone$
Thursday, Oct 18, 1990
35 years old
1985: purplelover04
Friday, Oct 18, 1985
40 years old
1980: Girlie1018
Saturday, Oct 18, 1980
45 years old
1971: clauphus
Monday, Oct 18, 1971
54 years old
1969: jen3569
Saturday, Oct 18, 1969
56 years old
1957: jackcochran61
Friday, Oct 18, 1957
68 years old
1957: madmone
Friday, Oct 18, 1957
68 years old
1955: DJonesD222
Tuesday, Oct 18, 1955
70 years old
1953: rayrubyjaxs
Sunday, Oct 18, 1953
72 years old
1952: Jeanstewart
Saturday, Oct 18, 1952
73 years old
1952: swiftyme
Saturday, Oct 18, 1952
73 years old
1949: tinman22
Tuesday, Oct 18, 1949
76 years old
1939: Old Eagle
Wednesday, Oct 18, 1939
86 years old
: dottob
(year not provided)
: golddigger911
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: NASA Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch take part in the first all-female spacewalk when they venture out of the International Space Station to replace a power controller.
2019: Riots in Chile's capital Santiago escalate into open battles, with attacks reported at nearly all of the city's 164 Metro stations. President Sebastián Piñera later announces a 15-day state of emergency in the capital.
2007: Karachi bombing: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself is uninjured.
2003: Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
1992: Merpati Nustantara Airlines Flight 5601 crashes into Mount Papandayan near the town of Garut in West Java, Indonesia, killing 31.
1991: The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
1989: The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-34 to deploy the Jupiter-bound Galileo space probe.
1979: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
1978: Based on the world's first children's art museum, the Henrik Igityan National Centre for Aesthetics opened in Yerevan.
1977: German Autumn: A set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide.
1967: The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
1963: Félicette, a black and white female Parisian stray cat, becomes the first cat launched into space.
1954: Texas Instruments announces the Regency TR-1, the first mass-produced transistor radio.
1945: The USSR's nuclear program receives plans for the United States plutonium bomb from Klaus Fuchs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1945: A group of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, led by Mario Vargas, Marcos Pérez Jiménez and Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, stages a coup d'état against president Isaías Medina Angarita, who is overthrown by the end of the day.
1945: Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Duarte.
1944: World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.
1944: World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm, Germany.
1929: The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
1922: The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
1921: The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
1914: The Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement is founded in Germany.
1912: First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
1900: Count Bernhard von Bülow becomes chancellor of Germany.
1898: The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
1887: Johannes Brahms conducts the premiere of his Double Concerto, composed for violinist Joseph Joachim and cellist Robert Hausmann.
1867: United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
1860: The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.
1851: Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale by Richard Bentley of London.
1779: American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.
1775: African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
1775: American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
1748: Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.
1648: Boston shoemakers form the first American labor organization.
1630: Frendraught Castle in Scotland, the home of James Crichton of Frendraught, burns down.
1599: Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Báthory in the Battle of Șelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.
1597: King Philip II of Spain sends his third and final armada against England, but it ends in failure due to storms. The remaining ships are captured or sunk by the English.
1565: Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle of Fukuda Bay, the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West.
1561: In Japan the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima is fought between the forces of Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen, resulting in a draw.
1540: Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortified town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa.
1356: Basel earthquake, the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys the town of Basel, Switzerland.
1281: Pope Martin IV excommunicates King Peter III of Aragon for usurping the crown of Sicily (a sentence renewed on 7 May and 18 November 1282).
1166: Michael the Syrian, one of the most important Syriac historians, is consecrated as Syriac Orthodox Patriarch at the Mor Bar Sauma Monastery.
1081: The Normans defeat the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of Dyrrhachium.
1016: The Danes defeat the English in the Battle of Assandun.
1009: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock.
629: Dagobert I is crowned King of the Franks.
614: King Chlothar II promulgates the Edict of Paris (Edictum Chlotacharii), a sort of Frankish Magna Carta that defends the rights of the Frankish nobles while it excludes Jews from all civil employment in the Frankish Kingdom.
320: Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philosopher, observes an eclipse of the Sun and writes a commentary on The Great Astronomer (Almagest).
33: Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, and banished to the island of Pandateria by Tiberius, Agrippina the Elder dies of self-inflicted starvation.

Births On This Day

2000: Sophie Thatcher, American actress
1996: Terance Mann, American basketball player
1994: Enhō Akira, Japanese sumo wrestler
1994: Pascal Wehrlein, German-Mauritian race car driver
1993: Ivan Cavaleiro, Portuguese footballer
1992: John John Florence, American surfer
1992: Barry Keoghan, Irish actor
1991: Roly Bonevacia, Dutch footballer
1991: Tyler Posey, American actor and musician
1991: Toby Regbo, English actor
1990: Drew Crawford, American basketball player
1990: Brittney Griner, American basketball player
1990: Bristol Palin, American public speaker and reality television personality
1989: Laci Green, American YouTube personality, video blogger, sex educator, and activist
1989: Joy Lauren, American actress, director, and producer
1989: Riisa Naka, Japanese model and actress
1988: Tessa Schram, Dutch director and actress
1987: Zac Efron, American actor and singer
1987: Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model
1986: Wilma Elles, German actress and fashion designer
1985: Yoenis Céspedes, Cuban baseball player
1985: Andrew Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1984: Robert Harting, German discus thrower
1984: Freida Pinto, Indian actress and model
1984: Esperanza Spalding, American singer-songwriter and bassist
1984: Lindsey Vonn, American skier
1984: Milo Yiannopoulos, British journalist and public speaker
1983: Dante, Brazilian footballer
1982: Thierry Amiel, French singer-songwriter
1982: Michael Dingsdag, Dutch footballer
1982: Simon Gotch, American wrestler
1982: Mark Sampson, Welsh footballer and manager
1981: Nathan Hauritz, Australian cricketer
1981: Tina Hergold, Slovenian tennis player
1981: Greg Warren, American football player
1980: Birsen Yavuz, Turkish sprinter and hurdler
1979: Jaroslav Drobný, Czech footballer
1979: Ne-Yo, American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor
1979: Damon Scott, British entertainer
1978: Mike Tindall, English rugby player
1978: Kenji Wu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
1977: Flavia Colgan, Brazilian-American journalist
1977: Kunal Kapoor, Indian actor
1977: Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand-American soccer player and coach
1977: David Vuillemin, French motorcycle racer
1975: Alex Cora, Puerto Rican baseball player and manager
1975: Josh Sawyer, American video game designer
1974: Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer and sportscaster
1974: Peter Svensson, Swedish guitarist and songwriter
1974: Amish Tripathi, Indian author
1974: Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer
1973: Stephen Allan, Australian golfer
1973: James Foley, American photographer and journalist (died 2014)
1973: Michalis Kapsis, Greek footballer
1973: Rachel Nichols, American journalist and sportscaster
1973: Sarah Winckless, English rower
1972: Mika Ninagawa, Japanese photographer and director
1972: Alex Tagliani, Canadian race car driver
1971: Nick O'Hern, Australian golfer
1970: Doug Mirabelli, American baseball player and coach
1970: Mike Starink, Dutch television host and actor
1969: Volker Neumüller, German talent manager
1969: Nelson Vivas, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
1968: Rhod Gilbert, Welsh comedian
1968: Stuart Law, Australian cricketer and coach
1968: Michael Stich, German tennis player and sportscaster
1967: Eric Stuart, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor
1966: Dave Price, American journalist and game show host
1965: Zakir Naik, Indian Islamic preacher; founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF)
1965: Curtis Stigers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964: Dan Lilker, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1964: Charles Stross, English journalist, author, and programmer
1963: Sigvart Dagsland, Norwegian singer, pianist and composer
1962: Min Ko Naing, Burmese activist
1962: Vincent Spano, American actor, director, and producer
1961: Wynton Marsalis, American trumpet player, composer, and educator
1961: Rick Moody, American author and composer
1961: Gladstone Small, Barbadian-English cricketer
1960: Erin Moran, American actress (died 2017)
1960: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian martial artist, actor, and producer, and screenwriter
1959: Kirby Chambliss, American pilot
1959: Mauricio Funes, Salvadoran politician, former President of El Salvador (died 2025)
1959: Milcho Manchevski, Macedonian-American director and screenwriter
1959: John Nord, American wrestler
1958: Thomas Hearns, American boxer
1958: Megumi Ishii, Japanese actress and politician
1958: Letitia James, American lawyer, activist and politician
1958: Kjell Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
1957: Jon Lindstrom, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1957: Catherine Ringer, French singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1956: Craig Bartlett, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
1956: Martina Navratilova, Czech-American tennis player and coach
1956: Jim Talent, American lawyer and politician
1955: Jean-Pierre Hautier, Belgian journalist and television host (died 2012)
1955: Vanessa Briscoe Hay, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1955: Timmy Mallett, English radio and television host
1955: Stu Mead, American painter and illustrator
1955: David Twohy, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1955: Rita Verdonk, Dutch journalist and politician, Dutch Minister of Justice
1955: Denis Watson, Zimbabwean golfer
1955: Mark Welland, English physicist and academic
1954: Nick Houghton, English general
1954: Arliss Howard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1954: Bob Weinstein, American film executive
1952: Roy Dias, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
1952: Paul Geroski, American-English economist and academic (died 2005)
1952: Chuck Lorre, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1952: Patrick Morrow, Canadian mountaineer and photographer
1952: Bảo Ninh, Vietnamese soldier and author
1952: Allen Ripley, American baseball player (died 2014)
1952: Jerry Royster, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1951: Mike Antonovich, American ice hockey player and coach
1951: Pam Dawber, American actress and producer
1951: Terry McMillan, American author and screenwriter
1951: David Normington, English civil servant and politician
1951: Nic Potter, English bass player and songwriter (died 2013)
1950: Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright and author (died 2006)
1949: George Hendrick, American baseball player and coach
1949: Gary Richrath, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2015)
1948: Hans Köchler, Austrian philosopher, author, and academic
1948: Ntozake Shange, American author, poet, and playwright (died 2018)
1947: Paul Chuckle, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1947: Job Cohen, Dutch scholar and politician, Mayor of Amsterdam
1947: John Johnson, American basketball player (died 2016)
1947: Joe Morton, American actor
1947: Laura Nyro, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1997)
1947: Gary Sullivan, Australian rugby league player
1946: James Robert Baker, American author and screenwriter (died 1997)
1946: Frank Beamer, American football player and coach
1946: Joe Egan, Scottish singer-songwriter (died 2024)
1946: Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Welsh academic and politician (died 2025)
1946: Howard Shore, Canadian composer, conductor, and producer
1945: Huell Howser, American television host and actor (died 2013)
1945: Chris Shays, American politician
1943: Christine Charbonneau, Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2014)
1943: Birthe Rønn Hornbech, Danish police officer and politician, Danish Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs
1942: Gianfranco Ravasi, Italian cardinal and scholar
1941: Timothy Bell, Baron Bell, English businessman (died 2019)
1941: Martha Burk, American psychologist and author
1940: Talitha Getty, actress and model of Dutch extraction (died 1971)
1940: Cynthia Weil, American songwriter (died 2023)
1939: Flavio Cotti, Swiss lawyer and politician, 82nd President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2020)
1939: Mike Ditka, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
1939: Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (died 1963)
1939: Paddy Reilly, Irish folk singer and guitarist
1939: Jan Erik Vold, Norwegian poet, author, and translator
1938: Robert Dove, American lawyer and politician (died 2021)
1938: Dawn Wells, American model and actress, Miss Nevada 1959 (died 2020)
1936: Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cuban cardinal (died 2019)
1935: Peter Boyle, American actor (died 2006)
1934: Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (died 1970)
1933: Forrest Gregg, American football player and coach (died 2019)
1933: Irwin M. Jacobs, American electrical engineer, businessman, and entrepreneur
1933: Ludovico Scarfiotti, Italian race car driver (died 1968)
1932: Roger Climpson, English-Australian journalist (died 2025)
1932: Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuanian musicologist and politician
1931: Chris Albertson, Icelandic-American historian, journalist, and producer (died 2019)
1931: Ien Dales, Dutch civil servant and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (died 1994)
1930: Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun, Scottish politician (died 2024)
1930: Esther Hautzig, Lithuanian-American author (died 2009)
1929: Violeta Chamorro, Nicaraguan publisher and politician, President of Nicaragua (died 2025)
1929: Hillard Elkins, American producer and manager (died 2010)
1929: Kees Fens, Dutch author and critic (died 2008)
1929: Frank Stanmore, Australian rugby league player (died 2005)
1928: Maurice El Mediouni, Algerian pianist and composer (died 2024)
1928: Keith Jackson, American sportscaster and actor (died 2018)
1928: Dick Taverne, English lawyer and politician
1927: Marv Rotblatt, American baseball player (died 2013)
1927: George C. Scott, American actor and director (died 1999)
1926: Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)
1926: Klaus Kinski, German-American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1991)
1925: Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania (died 2011)
1924: Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (died 2014)
1923: Jessie Mae Hemphill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)
1921: Jerry Cooke, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (died 2005)
1921: Jesse Helms, American journalist and politician (died 2008)
1921: Beatrice Helen Worsley, Mexican-Canadian computer scientist and academic (died 1972)
1920: Melina Mercouri, Greek actress, singer, and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture (died 1994)
1919: Ric Nordman, Canadian captain and politician (died 1996)
1919: Anita O'Day, American singer (died 2006)
1919: Pierre Trudeau, Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2000)
1919: Camilla Williams, American soprano and educator (died 2012)
1918: Molly Geertsema, Dutch lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1991)
1918: Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek lawyer and politician, 178th Prime Minister of Greece (died 2017)
1918: Bobby Troup, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 1999)
1915: Victor Sen Yung, American actor (died 1980)
1914: Raymond Lambert, Swiss mountaineer (died 1997)
1909: Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and theorist (died 2004)
1906: James Brooks, American painter and educator (died 1992)
1905: Jan Gies, Dutch activist (died 1993)
1905: Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivorian union leader and politician, 1st President of Côte d'Ivoire (died 1993)
1904: Aarne Juutilainen, Finnish army captain (died 1976)
1904: A. J. Liebling, American journalist and author (died 1963)
1904: Haim Shirman, Ukrainian-Israeli scholar and academic (died 1981)
1903: Lina Radke, German runner and coach (died 1983)
1902: Miriam Hopkins, American actress (died 1972)
1902: Pascual Jordan, German physicist and theorist (died 1980)
1898: Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (died 1981)
1897: Isabel Briggs Myers, American theorist and author (died 1980)
1894: H. L. Davis, American author and poet (died 1960)
1894: Tibor Déry, Hungarian author and translator (died 1977)
1893: Sidney Holland, New Zealand lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1961)
1893: George Ohsawa, Japanese philosopher and academic (died 1966)
1888: Paul Vermoyal, French actor (died 1925)
1887: Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong (died 1946)
1882: Väinö Kivisalo, Finnish politician (died 1953)
1882: Lucien Petit-Breton, French cyclist (died 1917)
1881: Max Gerson, German-born American physician (died 1959)
1880: Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-Russian general, journalist, and theorist (died 1940)
1878: James Truslow Adams, American historian and author (died 1949)
1875: Len Braund, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (died 1955)
1873: Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian lawyer and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1951)
1872: Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian poet and author (died 1936)
1870: D. T. Suzuki, Japanese author and scholar (died 1966)
1869: Johannes Linnankoski, Finnish author (died 1913)
1868: Ernst Didring, Swedish author (died 1931)
1865: Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist and author (died 1957)
1865: Logan Pearsall Smith, American-English author and critic (died 1946)
1862: Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Ottoman general (died 1952)
1859: Henri Bergson, French philosopher and theologian, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941)
1854: Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (died 1911)
1850: Basil Hall Chamberlain, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (died 1935)
1836: Frederick August Otto Schwarz, American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (died 1911)
1831: Frederick III, German Emperor (died 1888)
1822: Midhat Pasha, Ottoman civil servant and politician, 238th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (died 1883)
1804: Mongkut, Thai king (died 1868)
1792: Lucas Alamán, Mexican politician and historian (died 1853)
1785: Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet (died 1866)
1777: Heinrich von Kleist, German author and poet (died 1811)
1770: Thomas Phillips, English artist (died 1845)
1741: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (died 1803)
1706: Baldassare Galuppi, Italian harpsichord player and composer (died 1785)
1701: Charles le Beau, French historian and author (died 1778)
1668: John George IV, Elector of Saxony (died 1694)
1663: Prince Eugene of Savoy (died 1736)
1662: Matthew Henry, Welsh minister and scholar (died 1714)
1653: Abraham van Riebeeck, South African-Dutch merchant and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1713)
1634: Luca Giordano, Italian painter and illustrator (died 1705)
1630: Henry Powle, English politician (died 1692)
1616: Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist (died 1654)
1595: Edward Winslow, American Pilgrim leader (died 1655)
1587: Lady Mary Wroth, English poet (died 1651)
1553: Luca Marenzio, Italian composer (died 1599)
1547: Justus Lipsius, Belgian philologist and scholar (died 1606)
1536: William Lambarde, English antiquarian and politician (died 1601)
1523: Anna Jagiellon, daughter of Sigismund I of Poland (died 1596)
1517: Manuel da Nóbrega, Portuguese-Brazilian priest and missionary (died 1570)
1482: Philipp III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (died 1538)
1444: John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk (died 1476)
1405: Pope Pius II (died 1464)
1130: Zhu Xi, Chinese philosopher (died 1200)
1127: Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (died 1192)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Yehuda Bauer, Israeli historian of the Holocaust (born 1926)
2024: Ginés González García, Argentine politician and physician (born 1945)
2022: Harvey Wollman, American politician, 26th Governor of South Dakota (born 1935)
2021: Colin Powell, American military leader and statesman, 65th Secretary of State (born 1937)
2020: René Felber, 81st President of the Swiss Confederation (born 1933)
2019: Rui Jordão, Angolan-born Portuguese footballer (born 1952)
2018: Lisbeth Palme, Swedish child psychologist, former chairwoman of UNICEF (born 1931)
2018: Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, 5th President of the Sudan (born 1934)
2017: Marino Perani, Italian football player and manager (born 1939)
2015: Robert Dickerson, Australian painter (born 1924)
2015: Gamal El-Ghitani, Egyptian journalist and author (born 1945)
2015: Robert W. Farquhar, American engineer (born 1932)
2015: Frank Watkins, American bass player (born 1968)
2015: Paul West, English-American author, poet, and academic (born 1930)
2014: Mariano Lebrón Saviñón, Dominican author and academic (born 1922)
2014: Edward Regan, American academic and politician (born 1930)
2014: Sidney Shapiro, American-Chinese author and translator (born 1915)
2013: Tom Foley, American lawyer and politician, 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1929)
2013: Bum Phillips, American football player and coach (born 1923)
2013: Allan Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1926)
2013: Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (born 1930)
2012: Brain Damage, American wrestler (born 1977)
2012: Sylvia Kristel, Dutch model and actress (born 1952)
2012: Slater Martin, American basketball player and coach (born 1925)
2012: George Mattos, American pole vaulter (born 1929)
2012: Albert Lee Ueltschi, American pilot and businessman, founded FlightSafety International (born 1917)
2012: David S. Ware, American saxophonist and composer (born 1949)
2010: Marion Brown, American saxophonist and musicologist (born 1931)
2010: Billy Raimondi, American baseball player (born 1912)
2009: Adriaan Kortlandt, Dutch ethologist and biologist (born 1918)
2009: Nancy Spero, American painter and academic (born 1926)
2008: Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (born 1945)
2007: Alan Coren, English journalist and author (born 1938)
2007: William J. Crowe, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (born 1925)
2007: Vincent DeDomenico, American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (born 1915)
2007: Lucky Dube, South African singer-songwriter and keyboard player (born 1964)
2006: Mario Francesco Pompedda, Italian cardinal (born 1929)
2006: Anna Russell, English-Canadian singer and actress (born 1911)
2006: Laurie Taitt, Guyanese-English hurdler (born 1934)
2005: Johnny Haynes, English-Scottish footballer (born 1934)
2005: Bill King, American sportscaster (born 1927)
2003: Preston Smith, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Texas (born 1912)
2003: Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish journalist, author, and critic (born 1939)
2000: Julie London, American singer and actress (born 1926)
2000: Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (born 1925)
1987: Adriaan Ditvoorst, Dutch director and screenwriter (born 1940)
1984: Henri Michaux, French painter and poet (born 1899)
1983: Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author (born 1897)
1983: Willie Jones, American baseball player (born 1925)
1982: Dwain Esper, American director and producer (born 1892)
1982: Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 143rd Prime Minister of France (born 1907)
1982: John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (born 1917)
1982: Bess Truman, American wife of Harry S. Truman, 40th First Lady of the United States (born 1885)
1980: Edwin Way Teale, American photographer and author (born 1899)
1978: Ramón Mercader, Spanish journalist, assassin of Leon Trotsky (born 1914)
1977: Andreas Baader, German militant (born 1943)
1977: Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded the Red Army Faction (born 1940)
1976: Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (born 1895)
1975: K. C. Douglas, American rural blues singer (born 1913)
1975: Al Lettieri, American actor (born 1928)
1975: Graham Haberfield, English actor (born 1941)
1973: Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher, founded The Little Review (born 1886)
1973: Walt Kelly, American illustrator and animator (born 1913)
1973: Leo Strauss, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (born 1899)
1969: Gyula Mándi, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1899)
1966: Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-American businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (born 1878)
1966: S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (born 1867)
1965: Henry Travers, Irish-American actor (born 1874)
1962: Iván Petrovich, Serbian-German actor and singer (born 1894)
1961: Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-American actress (born 1892)
1959: Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian-French runner (born 1903)
1956: Yoshio Markino, Japanese painter and author (born 1869)
1948: Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (born 1881)
1947: Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (born 1890)
1942: Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (born 1862)
1941: Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Portugal (born 1860)
1935: Gaston Lachaise, French-American sculptor (born 1882)
1934: Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish pathologist, histologist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)
1931: Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, invented the phonograph (born 1847)
1931: Lesser Ury, German painter (born 1861)
1921: Ludwig III of Bavaria (born 1845)
1911: Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (born 1857)
1908: Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (born 1840)
1893: Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (born 1818)
1892: William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (born 1808)
1889: Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (born 1808)
1886: Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (born 1796)
1876: Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (born 1791)
1871: Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (born 1791)
1865: Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1784)
1817: Etienne Nicolas Méhul, French pianist and composer (born 1763)
1775: Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (born 1715)
1770: John Manners, Marquess of Granby, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (born 1721)
1744: Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (born 1660)
1739: António José da Silva, Brazilian-Portuguese playwright (born 1705)
1678: Jacob Jordaens, Belgian painter illustrator (born 1593)
1667: Fasilides, Ethiopian emperor (born 1603)
1646: Isaac Jogues, French priest, missionary, and martyr (born 1607)
1604: Igram van Achelen, Dutch lawyer and politician (born 1528)
1570: Manuel da Nóbrega, Portuguese-Brazilian priest and missionary (born 1517)
1564: Johannes Acronius Frisius, Dutch physician and mathematician (born 1520)
1561: Yamamoto Kansuke, Japanese samurai (born 1501)
1558: Mary of Hungary (born 1505)
1545: John Taverner, English organist and composer (born 1490)
1541: Margaret Tudor, queen of James IV of Scotland (born 1489)
1526: Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, Spanish explorer (born 1475)
1511: Philippe de Commines, French-speaking Fleming in the courts of Burgundy and France (born 1447)
1508: Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell, Lord High Admiral of Scotland
1503: Pope Pius III (born 1439)
1480: Uhwudong, Korean dancer and poet (born 1440)
1442: Infante João of Portugal (born 1400)
1417: Pope Gregory XII (born 1326)
1382: James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond, Irish politician, Lord Justice of Ireland (born 1331)
1366: Petrus Torkilsson, Archbishop of Uppsala
1214: John de Gray, bishop of Norwich
1141: Leopold, Duke of Bavaria (born 1108)
1101: Hugh I, Count of Vermandois (born 1053)
1081: Nikephoros Palaiologos, Byzantine general
1035: Sancho III of Pamplona (born 992)
815: Abu'l-Saraya, Zaydi rebel leader
707: Pope John VII (born 650)
325: Emperor Ming of Jin (born 299)
31: Lucius Aelius Sejanus, Roman politician (born 20 BC)

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