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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

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.$515.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2022
3.$476.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2018
4.$340 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2005
5.€290.45 Million US$286.13 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2022
6.€180 Million US$229.66 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2014
7.$200 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2014
8.$186 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2013
9.€158.66 Million US$174.43 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2016
10.$156 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2017
11.$140 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2003
12.$136 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2016
13.€100.76 Million
US$130.16 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2008
14.$124 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2011
15.€95 Million
US$119.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2006
16.€97.1 Million
US$113.06 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2021
17.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2019
18.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2014
19.$94 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2021
20.$93 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2015
21.$91 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2023
21.$91 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2020
23.$90 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2005
23.$90 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2015
25.€89 Million
US$87.67 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2022

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1985: purplelover04
Friday, Oct 18, 1985
38 years old
1980: Girlie1018
Saturday, Oct 18, 1980
43 years old
1971: clauphus
Monday, Oct 18, 1971
52 years old
1969: jen3569
Saturday, Oct 18, 1969
54 years old
1957: jackcochran61
Friday, Oct 18, 1957
66 years old
1957: madmone
Friday, Oct 18, 1957
66 years old
1953: rayrubyjaxs
Sunday, Oct 18, 1953
70 years old
1952: swiftyme
Saturday, Oct 18, 1952
71 years old
1949: tinman22
Tuesday, Oct 18, 1949
74 years old
1939: Old Eagle
Wednesday, Oct 18, 1939
84 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.
1979: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
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 send his third and final armada against England, but 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

1994: Pascal Wehrlein, German-Mauritian Formula One driver
1994: Enhō Akira, Japanese sumo wrestler
1993: Ivan Cavaleiro, Portuguese professional footballer
1992: John John Florence, American professional surfer
1991: Roly Bonevacia, Dutch footballer
1990: Bristol Palin, American public speaker and reality television personality
1990: Brittney Griner, American professional basketball player
1990: Drew Crawford, American basketball player
1989: Laci Green, American YouTube personality, video blogger, sex educator, and activist
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: Mark Sampson, Welsh footballer and manager
1982: Simon Gotch, American wrestler
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: Damon Scott, British entertainer
1979: Jaroslav Drobný, Czech footballer
1979: Ne-Yo, American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor
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-American baseball player and sportscaster
1975: Josh Sawyer, American video game designer
1974: Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer and sportscaster
1974: Peter Svensson, Swedish guitarist and songwriter
1974: Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer
1974: Amish Tripathi, Indian author
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: Curtis Stigers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965: Zakir Naik, an Indian Islamic preacher; founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF)
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: 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: Cynthia Weil, American songwriter (d. 2023)
1940: Talitha Getty, actress and model of Dutch extraction (d. 1971)
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: Keith Jackson, American sportscaster and actor (d. 2018)
1928: Maurice El Mediouni, Algerian pianist and composer
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: 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)
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)
1569: Giambattista Marino, Italian poet (d. 1625)
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 light bulb and phonograph (b. 1847)
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
AD 707: Pope John VII (b. 650)
325: Emperor Ming of Jin (b. 299)
AD 31: Lucius Aelius Sejanus, Roman politician (b. 20 BC)

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