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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
- 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 MillionsDraw Date
Oct 19, 2018 - 2.$515.5 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 19, 2022 - 3.$476.7 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 20, 2018 - 4.$436.6 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 19, 2024 - 5.$340 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 19, 2005 - 6.€290.45 Million
US$286.13 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Oct 18, 2022 - 7.€180 Million
US$229.66 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Oct 21, 2014 - 8.$200 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Oct 21, 2014 - 9.$186 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 19, 2013 - 10.$185 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Oct 18, 2024 - 11.€158.66 Million
US$174.43 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Oct 18, 2016 - 12.$156 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 18, 2017 - 13.$140 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 18, 2003 - 14.$136 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 19, 2016 - 15.€100.76 Million
US$130.16 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Oct 23, 2008 - 16.$124 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 19, 2011 - 17.€95 Million
US$119.37 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Oct 20, 2006 - 18.€97.1 Million
US$113.06 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Oct 19, 2021 - 19.$110 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 19, 2019 - 20.$100 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 18, 2014 - 21.$94 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Oct 19, 2021 - 22.$93 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Oct 20, 2015 - 23.$91 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Oct 20, 2023 - 23.$91 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Oct 21, 2020 - 25.$90 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Oct 18, 2005
Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day
- 1990
- Thursday, Oct 18, 1990
34 years old - 1985
- Friday, Oct 18, 1985
39 years old - 1980
- Saturday, Oct 18, 1980
44 years old - 1971
- Monday, Oct 18, 1971
53 years old - 1969
- Saturday, Oct 18, 1969
55 years old - 1957
- Friday, Oct 18, 1957
67 years old - 1957
- Friday, Oct 18, 1957
67 years old - 1953
- Sunday, Oct 18, 1953
71 years old - 1952
- Saturday, Oct 18, 1952
72 years old - 1952
- Saturday, Oct 18, 1952
72 years old - 1949
- Tuesday, Oct 18, 1949
75 years old - 1939
- Wednesday, Oct 18, 1939
85 years old - (year not provided)
- (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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1797
- Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria
- 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).
- 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
- 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 (d. 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 (d. 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
- 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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 2013)
- 1950
- Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright and author (d. 2006)
- 1949
- Joe Egan, Scottish singer-songwriter
- 1949
- George Hendrick, American baseball player and coach
- 1949
- Gary Richrath, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2015)
- 1948
- Hans Köchler, Austrian philosopher, author, and academic
- 1948
- Ntozake Shange, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 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 (d. 2016)
- 1947
- Joe Morton, American actor
- 1947
- Laura Nyro, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1997)
- 1947
- Gary Sullivan, Australian rugby league player
- 1946
- James Robert Baker, American author and screenwriter (d. 1997)
- 1946
- Frank Beamer, American football player and coach
- 1946
- Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Welsh academic and politician
- 1946
- Howard Shore, Canadian composer, conductor, and producer
- 1945
- Huell Howser, American television host and actor (d. 2013)
- 1945
- Chris Shays, American politician
- 1943
- Christine Charbonneau, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 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 (d. 2019)
- 1941
- Martha Burk, American psychologist and author
- 1940
- Talitha Getty, actress and model of Dutch extraction (d. 1971)
- 1940
- Cynthia Weil, American songwriter (d. 2023)
- 1939
- Flavio Cotti, Swiss lawyer and politician, 82nd President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2020)
- 1939
- Mike Ditka, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1939
- Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (d. 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 (d. 2021)
- 1938
- Dawn Wells, American model and actress, Miss Nevada 1959 (d. 2020)
- 1936
- Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cuban cardinal (d. 2019)
- 1935
- Peter Boyle, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1934
- Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (d. 1970)
- 1933
- Forrest Gregg, American football player and coach (d. 2019)
- 1933
- Irwin M. Jacobs, American electrical engineer, businessman, and entrepreneur
- 1933
- Ludovico Scarfiotti, Italian race car driver (d. 1968)
- 1932
- Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuanian musicologist and politician
- 1931
- Chris Albertson, Icelandic-American historian, journalist, and producer (d. 2019)
- 1931
- Roger Climpson, English-Australian journalist
- 1931
- Ien Dales, Dutch civil servant and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (d. 1994)
- 1930
- Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun, Scottish politician
- 1930
- Esther Hautzig, Lithuanian-American author (d. 2009)
- 1929
- Violeta Chamorro, Nicaraguan publisher and politician, President of Nicaragua
- 1929
- Hillard Elkins, American producer and manager (d. 2010)
- 1929
- Kees Fens, Dutch author and critic (d. 2008)
- 1929
- Frank Stanmore, Australian rugby league player (d. 2005)
- 1928
- Maurice El Mediouni, Algerian pianist and composer (d. 2024)
- 1928
- Keith Jackson, American sportscaster and actor (d. 2018)
- 1928
- Dick Taverne, English lawyer and politician
- 1927
- Marv Rotblatt, American baseball player (d. 2013)
- 1927
- George C. Scott, American actor and director (d. 1999)
- 1926
- Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
- 1926
- Klaus Kinski, German-American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
- 1925
- Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania (d. 2011)
- 1924
- Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2014)
- 1923
- Jessie Mae Hemphill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
- 1921
- Jerry Cooke, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (d. 2005)
- 1921
- Jesse Helms, American journalist and politician (d. 2008)
- 1921
- Beatrice Helen Worsley, Mexican-Canadian computer scientist and academic (d. 1972)
- 1920
- Melina Mercouri, Greek actress, singer, and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture (d. 1994)
- 1919
- Ric Nordman, Canadian captain and politician (d. 1996)
- 1919
- Anita O'Day, American singer (d. 2006)
- 1919
- Pierre Trudeau, Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2000)
- 1919
- Camilla Williams, American soprano and educator (d. 2012)
- 1918
- Molly Geertsema, Dutch lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1991)
- 1918
- Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek lawyer and politician, 178th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2017)
- 1918
- Bobby Troup, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 1999)
- 1915
- Victor Sen Yung, American actor (d. 1980)
- 1914
- Raymond Lambert, Swiss mountaineer (d. 1997)
- 1909
- Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and theorist (d. 2004)
- 1906
- James Brooks, American painter and educator (d. 1992)
- 1905
- Jan Gies, Dutch activist (d. 1993)
- 1905
- Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivorian union leader and politician, 1st President of Côte d'Ivoire (d. 1993)
- 1904
- Aarne Juutilainen, Finnish army captain (d. 1976)
- 1904
- A. J. Liebling, American journalist and author (d. 1963)
- 1904
- Haim Shirman, Ukrainian-Israeli scholar and academic (d. 1981)
- 1903
- Lina Radke, German runner and coach (d. 1983)
- 1902
- Miriam Hopkins, American actress (d. 1972)
- 1902
- Pascual Jordan, German physicist and theorist (d. 1980)
- 1898
- Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (d. 1981)
- 1897
- Isabel Briggs Myers, American theorist and author (d. 1980)
- 1894
- H. L. Davis, American author and poet (d. 1960)
- 1894
- Tibor Déry, Hungarian author and translator (d. 1977)
- 1893
- Sidney Holland, New Zealand lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1961)
- 1893
- George Ohsawa, Japanese philosopher and academic (d. 1966)
- 1888
- Paul Vermoyal, French actor (d. 1925)
- 1887
- Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong (d. 1946)
- 1882
- Väinö Kivisalo, Finnish politician (d. 1953)
- 1882
- Lucien Petit-Breton, French cyclist (d. 1917)
- 1881
- Max Gerson, German-born American physician (d. 1959)
- 1880
- Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-Russian general, journalist, and theorist (d. 1940)
- 1878
- James Truslow Adams, American historian and author (d. 1949)
- 1875
- Len Braund, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (d. 1955)
- 1873
- Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian lawyer and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1951)
- 1872
- Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian poet and author (d. 1936)
- 1870
- D. T. Suzuki, Japanese author and scholar (d. 1966)
- 1869
- Johannes Linnankoski, Finnish author (d. 1913)
- 1868
- Ernst Didring, Swedish author (d. 1931)
- 1865
- Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist and author (d. 1957)
- 1865
- Logan Pearsall Smith, American-English author and critic (d. 1946)
- 1862
- Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Ottoman general (d. 1952)
- 1859
- Henri Bergson, French philosopher and theologian, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
- 1854
- Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)
- 1850
- Basil Hall Chamberlain, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (d. 1935)
- 1836
- Frederick August Otto Schwarz, American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (d. 1911)
- 1831
- Frederick III, German Emperor (d. 1888)
- 1822
- Midhat Pasha, Ottoman civil servant and politician, 238th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1883)
- 1804
- Mongkut, Thai king (d. 1868)
- 1792
- Lucas Alamán, Mexican politician and historian (d. 1853)
- 1785
- Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet (d. 1866)
- 1777
- Heinrich von Kleist, German author and poet (d. 1811)
- 1770
- Thomas Phillips, English artist (d. 1845)
- 1741
- Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (d. 1803)
- 1706
- Baldassare Galuppi, Italian harpsichord player and composer (d. 1785)
- 1701
- Charles le Beau, French historian and author (d. 1778)
- 1668
- John George IV, Elector of Saxony (d. 1694)
- 1663
- Prince Eugene of Savoy (d. 1736)
- 1662
- Matthew Henry, Welsh minister and scholar (d. 1714)
- 1653
- Abraham van Riebeeck, South African-Dutch merchant and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1713)
- 1634
- Luca Giordano, Italian painter and illustrator (d. 1705)
- 1630
- Henry Powle, English politician (d. 1692)
- 1616
- Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist (d. 1654)
- 1595
- Edward Winslow, American Pilgrim leader (d. 1655)
- 1587
- Lady Mary Wroth, English poet (d. 1651)
- 1553
- Luca Marenzio, Italian composer (d. 1599)
- 1547
- Justus Lipsius, Belgian philologist and scholar (d. 1606)
- 1536
- William Lambarde, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1601)
- 1523
- Anna Jagiellon, daughter of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1596)
- 1517
- Manuel da Nóbrega, Portuguese-Brazilian priest and missionary (d. 1570)
- 1482
- Philipp III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1538)
- 1444
- John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk (d. 1476)
- 1405
- Pope Pius II (d. 1464)
- 1130
- Zhu Xi, Chinese philosopher (d. 1200)
- 1127
- Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)
Deaths On This Day
- 2022
- Harvey Wollman, American politician, 26th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1935)
- 2021
- Colin Powell, American military leader and statesman, 65th Secretary of State (b. 1937)
- 2020
- René Felber, 81st President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1933)
- 2019
- Rui Jordão, Angolan-born Portuguese footballer (b. 1952)
- 2018
- Lisbeth Palme, Swedish child psychologist, former chairwoman of UNICEF (b. 1931)
- 2018
- Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, 5th President of the Sudan (b. 1934)
- 2017
- Marino Perani, Italian football player and manager (b. 1939)
- 2015
- Robert Dickerson, Australian painter (b. 1924)
- 2015
- Gamal El-Ghitani, Egyptian journalist and author (b. 1945)
- 2015
- Robert W. Farquhar, American engineer (b. 1932)
- 2015
- Frank Watkins, American bass player (b. 1968)
- 2015
- Paul West, English-American author, poet, and academic (b. 1930)
- 2014
- Mariano Lebrón Saviñón, Dominican author and academic (b. 1922)
- 2014
- Edward Regan, American academic and politician (b. 1930)
- 2014
- Sidney Shapiro, American-Chinese author and translator (b. 1915)
- 2013
- Tom Foley, American lawyer and politician, 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1929)
- 2013
- Bum Phillips, American football player and coach (b. 1923)
- 2013
- Allan Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926)
- 2013
- Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (b. 1930)
- 2012
- Brain Damage, American wrestler (b. 1977)
- 2012
- Sylvia Kristel, Dutch model and actress (b. 1952)
- 2012
- Slater Martin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
- 2012
- George Mattos, American pole vaulter (b. 1929)
- 2012
- Albert Lee Ueltschi, American pilot and businessman, founded FlightSafety International (b. 1917)
- 2012
- David S. Ware, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949)
- 2010
- Marion Brown, American saxophonist and musicologist (b. 1931)
- 2010
- Billy Raimondi, American baseball player (b. 1912)
- 2009
- Adriaan Kortlandt, Dutch ethologist and biologist (b. 1918)
- 2009
- Nancy Spero, American painter and academic (b. 1926)
- 2008
- Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (b. 1945)
- 2007
- Alan Coren, English journalist and author (b. 1938)
- 2007
- William J. Crowe, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1925)
- 2007
- Vincent DeDomenico, American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (b. 1915)
- 2007
- Lucky Dube, South African singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1964)
- 2006
- Mario Francesco Pompedda, Italian cardinal (b. 1929)
- 2006
- Anna Russell, English-Canadian singer and actress (b. 1911)
- 2006
- Laurie Taitt, Guyanese-English hurdler (b. 1934)
- 2005
- Johnny Haynes, English-Scottish footballer (b. 1934)
- 2005
- Bill King, American sportscaster (b. 1927)
- 2003
- Preston Smith, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Texas (b. 1912)
- 2003
- Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish journalist, author, and critic (b. 1939)
- 2000
- Julie London, American singer and actress (b. 1926)
- 2000
- Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (b. 1925)
- 1987
- Adriaan Ditvoorst, Dutch director and screenwriter (b. 1940)
- 1984
- Henri Michaux, French painter and poet (b. 1899)
- 1983
- Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author (b. 1897)
- 1983
- Willie Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)
- 1982
- Dwain Esper, American director and producer (b. 1892)
- 1982
- Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 143rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
- 1982
- John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (b. 1917)
- 1982
- Bess Truman, American wife of Harry S. Truman, 40th First Lady of the United States (b. 1885)
- 1980
- Edwin Way Teale, American photographer and author (b. 1899)
- 1978
- Ramón Mercader, Spanish journalist, assassin of Leon Trotsky (b. 1914)
- 1977
- Andreas Baader, German militant (b. 1943)
- 1977
- Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded the Red Army Faction (b. 1940)
- 1976
- Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (b. 1895)
- 1975
- K. C. Douglas, American rural blues singer (b. 1913)
- 1975
- Al Lettieri, American actor (b. 1928)
- 1975
- Graham Haberfield, English actor (b. 1941)
- 1973
- Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher, founded The Little Review (b. 1886)
- 1973
- Walt Kelly, American illustrator and animator (b. 1913)
- 1973
- Leo Strauss, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1899)
- 1969
- Gyula Mándi, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1899)
- 1966
- Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-American businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (b. 1878)
- 1966
- S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (b. 1867)
- 1965
- Henry Travers, Irish-American actor (b. 1874)
- 1962
- Iván Petrovich, Serbian-German actor and singer (b. 1894)
- 1961
- Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-American actress (b. 1892)
- 1959
- Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian-French runner (b. 1898)
- 1956
- Yoshio Markino, Japanese painter and author (b. 1869)
- 1948
- Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (b. 1881)
- 1947
- Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (b. 1890)
- 1942
- Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862)
- 1941
- Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Portugal (b. 1860)
- 1935
- Gaston Lachaise, French-American sculptor (b. 1882)
- 1934
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish pathologist, histologist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
- 1931
- Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, invented the phonograph (b. 1847)
- 1931
- Lesser Ury, German painter (b. 1861)
- 1921
- Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)
- 1911
- Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)
- 1908
- Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
- 1893
- Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (b. 1818)
- 1892
- William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
- 1889
- Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (b. 1808)
- 1886
- Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)
- 1876
- Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
- 1871
- Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)
- 1865
- Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
- 1817
- Etienne Nicolas Méhul, French pianist and composer (b. 1763)
- 1775
- Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1715)
- 1770
- John Manners, Marquess of Granby, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (b. 1721)
- 1744
- Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (b. 1660)
- 1739
- António José da Silva, Brazilian-Portuguese playwright (b. 1705)
- 1678
- Jacob Jordaens, Belgian painter illustrator (b. 1593)
- 1667
- Fasilides, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1603)
- 1646
- Isaac Jogues, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1607)
- 1604
- Igram van Achelen, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1528)
- 1570
- Manuel da Nóbrega, Portuguese-Brazilian priest and missionary (b. 1517)
- 1564
- Johannes Acronius Frisius, Dutch physician and mathematician (b. 1520)
- 1561
- Yamamoto Kansuke, Japanese samurai (b. 1501)
- 1558
- Mary of Hungary (b. 1505)
- 1545
- John Taverner, English organist and composer (b. 1490)
- 1541
- Margaret Tudor, queen of James IV of Scotland (born 1489)
- 1526
- Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)
- 1511
- Philippe de Commines, French-speaking Fleming in the courts of Burgundy and France (b. 1447)
- 1508
- Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell, Lord High Admiral of Scotland
- 1503
- Pope Pius III (b. 1439)
- 1480
- Uhwudong, Korean dancer and poet (b. 1440)
- 1442
- Infante João of Portugal (b. 1400)
- 1417
- Pope Gregory XII (b. 1326)
- 1382
- James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond, Irish politician, Lord Justice of Ireland (b. 1331)
- 1366
- Petrus Torkilsson, Archbishop of Uppsala
- 1214
- John de Gray, bishop of Norwich
- 1141
- Leopold, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1108)
- 1101
- Hugh I, Count of Vermandois (b. 1053)
- 1081
- Nikephoros Palaiologos, Byzantine general
- 1035
- Sancho III of Pamplona (b. 992)
- 815
- Abu'l-Saraya, Zaydi rebel leader
- 707
- Pope John VII (b. 650)
- 325
- Emperor Ming of Jin (b. 299)
- 31
- Lucius Aelius Sejanus, Roman politician (b. 20 BC)