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October 19

On This Day in History

October 19

October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 73 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022: Getting that dough: North Carolina man wins $1 million due to donut craving. Hole-y moly! A North Carolina man found himself sprinting down the street after he won a $1 million lottery prize from a scratch-off game (likely burning those calories he had from the donuts he was craving).
2021: French ticket holder wins record €220 million EuroMillions lottery jackpot. Someone in France is going to experience some life-altering changes to their finances after scooping up the €220 million (US$256 million) EuroMillions jackpot on Friday, which holds the record for the game's largest prize in its history.
2018: $1 BILLION MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY DRAWING TONIGHT. For the third time in three days, lottery officials have been forced to raise the multi-state Mega Millions lottery jackpot due to a torrent of lottery ticket sales for the $1 BILLION jackpot drawing tonight.
2018: Everything you know about the fate of lottery winners is probably wrong, according to science. A lottery jackpot win will be life-changing, but some of the popular theories about the fate of lottery winners aren't necessarily accurate, according to a study published in May.
2015: UPDATE: $15 million winning Florida Lotto ticket expires tonight. For one person who bought a winning Florida Lotto ticket in April, there are just hours to go before that piece of paper becomes worthless.
2015: Cash-strapped church in Italy asks parishoners for lottery tickets. A priest at one desperate parish in Italy's north has asked parishioners to put scratch-and-win lottery cards instead of money into the offering box.
2009: Texas Lottery unveils scratch-off ticket that benefits veterans. The Texas Lottery Commission on Nov. 9 -- just ahead of Veterans Day -- will start selling the first scratch-off ticket dedicated to a cause other than public education, where game profits now go.
2009: Arkansas woman tries to cash in fake lottery ticket, arrested. A woman is arrested inside the Arkansas Lottery Headquarters Monday afternoon, and the local media's cameras were there for the arrest.
2006: U.S. legislation likely just a speed bump for online gambling. A U.S. law aimed at cracking down on Internet gambling may drive the practice more into the shadows and do little to deter bettors.
2005: What if you won the Powerball?. North Dakotans are among the thousands of people in 27 states who have been snatching up Powerball tickets. But what would they do if they won the record jackpot?
2004: Michigan Lottery Contributes Record $644.5 Million to School Aid Fund. Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and Michigan Bureau of State Lottery Commissioner Gary Peters today announced that the School Aid Fund will receive a record $644.5 million from the Michigan Lottery with its fiscal year 2004 net proceeds.
2004: Woman To Use Lottery Winnings For Sister's Transplant. A Martinsville, Indiana woman plans to use money she won on the "Hoosier Millionaire Show" to buy her sister a chance at life.
2004: Technology glitch plagues Connecticut Lottery. What a Connecticut Lottery Corp. spokeswoman described as a "hiccup" in a ticket sales computer system may have cost the state and its lottery agents tens of thousands of dollars in lost sales Monday.

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.$304.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2025
8.€291.71 Million US$285.55 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2022
9.€180 Million US$229.66 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2014
10.$205 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2024
11.$200 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2014
12.$186 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2013
13.€159.89 Million
US$174.97 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2016
14.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2017
15.$162 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 22, 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 22, 2014
21.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2019
23.$108 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2005
24.€103 Million
US$101.07 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2022
25.$94 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2021

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1996: Cohiba
Saturday, Oct 19, 1996
29 years old
1992: YunGF3F
Monday, Oct 19, 1992
33 years old
1987: tjudd2k20
Monday, Oct 19, 1987
38 years old
1982: Wahid625
Tuesday, Oct 19, 1982
43 years old
1981: Rakeshia$
Monday, Oct 19, 1981
44 years old
1981: Takshia1$
Monday, Oct 19, 1981
44 years old
1972: rachel metelus
Thursday, Oct 19, 1972
53 years old
1971: shebrat37
Tuesday, Oct 19, 1971
54 years old
1969: Samccabe
Sunday, Oct 19, 1969
56 years old
1968: Hardhitter
Saturday, Oct 19, 1968
57 years old
1966: avelara
Wednesday, Oct 19, 1966
59 years old
1962: LisaFM
Friday, Oct 19, 1962
63 years old
1961: shaun
Thursday, Oct 19, 1961
64 years old
1960: Opaldust
Wednesday, Oct 19, 1960
65 years old
1959: Johnny Lotto
Monday, Oct 19, 1959
66 years old
1958: Honeybee01
Sunday, Oct 19, 1958
67 years old
1955: watttown
Wednesday, Oct 19, 1955
70 years old
1953: HenryHT
Monday, Oct 19, 1953
72 years old
1950: livetofish
Thursday, Oct 19, 1950
75 years old
1946: MRLOTTO69
Saturday, Oct 19, 1946
79 years old
: Kboogie77
(year not provided)
: qman
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the United Kingdom's Brexit deal, this was the first Saturday sitting in Parliament since 3 April 1982 during the Falklands War.
2013: One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.
2012: A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.
2005: Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
2005: Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
2004: Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashes in Adair County, Missouri, while on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport.
2003: Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
2001: SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
1989: The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.
1988: The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.
1987: The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
1987: Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
1986: The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.
1974: Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
1973: President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
1960: The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
1956: The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
1955: The General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union approves the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.
1953: Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is published.
1950: China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
1950: Korean War: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea.
1950: Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
1944: United States forces land in the Philippines.
1944: A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution.
1943: The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. Two thousand and ninety-eight Italian prisoners of war drown with it.
1943: Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
1936: New York World-Telegram reporter Herbert Ekins won a race against two other New York newspaper journalists to travel around the world on commercial airline flights. He accomplished the feat in 18 ½ days. His opponents were New York Evening Journal reporter Dorothy Kilgallen, who finished in second place, and New York Times reporter Leo Kieran.
1935: The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
1922: British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
1921: The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.
1914: World War I: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
1912: Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
1900: Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
1866: In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna, Austria cedes Veneto and Mantua to France, which immediately awards them to Italy in exchange for the earlier Italian acquiescence to the French annexation of Savoy and Nice.
1864: American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.
1864: American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont.
1847: The novel Jane Eyre is published in London.
1813: War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon is forced to retreat from Germany after the Battle of Leipzig.
1812: The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow.
1805: War of the Third Coalition: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm.
1791: Treaty of Drottningholm, between Sweden and Russia
1789: John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
1781: American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
1649: New Ross town in Ireland surrenders to Oliver Cromwell.
1596: The Spanish ship San Felipe runs aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local authorities.
1579: James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.
1512: Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology.
1469: Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella I of Castile, a marriage that paves the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain.
1466: The Thirteen Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic Order ends with the Second Treaty of Thorn.
1453: Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of Castillon, England loses its last possessions in southern France.
1386: The Universität Heidelberg holds its first lecture, making it the oldest German university.
439: The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa.
202 BC: Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage.

Births On This Day

1999: Carlotta Truman, German singer-songwriter
1996: Chance Perdomo, American-British actor (died 2024)
1996: Bernadeth Pons, Filipino volleyball athlete
1995: Sammis Reyes, Chilean-American football and basketball player
1994: Cal Petersen, American ice hockey player
1994: Anthony Santander, Venezuelan baseball player
1994: Agnė Sereikaitė, Lithuanian speed skater
1993: Hunter King, American actress
1993: Abby Sunderland, American sailor
1992: Lil Durk, American rapper
1992: Shiho, Japanese actress and model
1991: Colton Dixon, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1990: Tom Kilbey, English footballer
1990: Janet Leon, Swedish singer-songwriter and dancer
1990: Ciara Renée, American actress and singer
1990: Endō Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler
1989: James Gavet, New Zealand rugby league player
1989: Mindaugas Kuzminskas, Lithuanian basketball player
1989: Miroslav Stoch, Slovakian footballer
1989: Rakuto Tochihara, Japanese actor
1989: Janine Tugonon, Filipino model and television host
1988: Zeph Ellis, English rapper and producer
1988: Markiyan Kamysh, Ukrainian writer
1988: Chris Lawrence, Australian rugby league player
1987: Tsunenori Aoki, Japanese actor
1987: Sam Groth, Australian tennis player
1984: Danka Barteková, Slovak skeet shooter
1984: Thundercat, American singer and record producer
1983: Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress
1983: Andy Lonergan, English footballer
1983: Cara Santa Maria, American neuroscientist and blogger
1982: Atom Araullo, Filipino journalist
1982: J. A. Happ, American baseball player
1982: Gillian Jacobs, American actress and director
1982: Louis Oosthuizen, South African golfer
1982: Gonzalo Pineda, Mexican footballer
1982: Daan van Bunge, Dutch cricketer
1981: Leon Bott, Australian rugby league player
1981: Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish race car driver
1980: José Bautista, Dominican baseball player
1980: Rajai Davis, American baseball player
1980: Benjamin Salisbury, American actor
1979: José Luis López, Mexican footballer
1979: Brian Robertson, American trombonist
1979: Sachiko Sugiyama, Japanese volleyball player
1978: Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver
1978: Zakhar Dubensky, Russian footballer
1978: Henri Sorvali, Finnish guitarist and keyboard player
1977: Habib Beye, French-Senegalese footballer
1977: Louis-José Houde, Canadian comedian and actor
1977: Jason Reitman, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1977: Raúl Tamudo, Spanish footballer
1977: Mo Twister, Filipino radio and television host
1976: Bruno Dias, Portuguese politician
1976: Omar Gooding, American actor and producer
1976: Jostein Gulbrandsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
1976: Desmond Harrington, American actor
1976: Paul Hartley, Scottish footballer and manager
1976: Hiroshi Sakai, Japanese footballer
1976: Dan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
1976: Michael Young, American baseball player
1975: Burak Güven, Turkish singer-songwriter and bass player
1973: Hicham Arazi, Moroccan tennis player
1973: Okan Buruk, Turkish footballer and manager
1973: Joaquin Gage, Canadian ice hockey player
1972: Keith Foulke, American baseball player
1972: Pras, American rapper-songwriter, record producer, and actor
1970: Andrew Griffiths, English politician
1970: Chris Kattan, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1969: Pedro Castillo, Peruvian politician, 130th President of Peru
1969: Zdeno Cíger, Slovak ice hockey player and coach
1969: John Edward, American psychic and author
1969: Trey Parker, American actor, animator, producer, and screenwriter
1969: Erwin Sánchez, Bolivian footballer and manager
1968: Rodney Carrington, American comedian, actor, and singer
1967: Amy Carter, American illustrator and activist
1967: Yōji Matsuda, Japanese actor
1967: Yoko Shimomura, Japanese pianist and composer
1966: Jon Favreau, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1966: Dimitris Lyacos, Greek poet and playwright
1966: David Vann, American novelist and short story writer
1965: Brad Daugherty, American basketball player and sportscaster
1965: Todd Park Mohr, American rock singer-songwriter and musician
1964: Ty Pennington, American model, carpenter and television host
1963: Sinitta, American-British singer
1962: Claude Callegari, English YouTube personality (died 2021)
1962: Tracy Chevalier, American-English author
1962: Brian Henninger, American golfer
1962: Bendik Hofseth, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
1962: Evander Holyfield, American boxer and actor
1962: Svetlana Zainetdinova, Soviet-Estonian chess player and coach
1961: Sunny Deol, Indian actor and producer
1961: Cliff Lyons, Australian rugby league player and coach
1960: Dawn Coe-Jones, Canadian golfer (died 2016)
1960: Jennifer Holliday, American actress and singer
1960: Takeshi Koshida, Japanese footballer
1960: Susan Straight, American author and academic
1960: Ayuo Takahashi, Japanese-American singer-songwriter
1960: Dan Woodgate, English musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer
1959: Nir Barkat, Israeli businessman and politician, Mayor of Jerusalem
1959: Martin Kusch, German philosopher and academic
1958: Carolyn Browne, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Kazakhstan
1958: Hiromi Hara, Japanese footballer and manager
1958: Tiriel Mora, Australian actor
1958: Michael Steele, American journalist and politician, 7th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
1958: Kevin Drum, American journalist and blogger (died 2025)
1957: Dorinda Clark-Cole, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1957: Ray Richmond, American journalist and critic
1957: Karl Wallinger, Welsh singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2024)
1956: Steve Doocy, American journalist and author
1956: Elena Garanina, Soviet ice dancer and coach
1956: Grover Norquist, American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform
1956: Didier Theys, Belgian race car driver and coach
1956: Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (died 2003)
1956: Bruce Weber, American basketball player and coach
1955: Dan Gutman, American author
1955: LaSalle Ishii, Japanese actor and director
1955: Lonnie Shelton, American basketball player (died 2018)
1954: Sam Allardyce, English footballer and manager
1954: Deborah Blum, American journalist and author
1954: Joe Bryant, American basketball player and coach (died 2024)
1953: Lionel Hollins, American basketball player and coach
1952: Peter Bone, English accountant and politician
1952: Verónica Castro, Mexican actress and singer
1951: Demetrios Christodoulou, Greek mathematician and physicist
1951: Annie Golden, American actress and singer
1951: Kurt Schrader, American veterinarian and politician
1950: Yeslam bin Ladin, Saudi Arabian-Swiss businessman
1949: Lynn Dickey, American football player and radio host
1949: Jamie McGrigor, English-Scottish politician
1948: James Howard Kunstler, American author and critic
1948: Dave Mallow, American voice actor and screenwriter (died 2025)
1948: Patrick Simmons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947: Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian author and illustrator
1946: Bob Holland, Australian cricketer and surveyor (died 2017)
1946: Philip Pullman, English author and academic
1946: Keith Reid, English songwriter and lyricist (died 2023)
1945: Angus Deaton, Scottish-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1945: Divine, American drag queen performer, and actor (died 1988)
1945: Patricia Ireland, American lawyer and activist
1945: Gloria Jones, American singer-songwriter
1945: John Lithgow, American actor
1945: Jeannie C. Riley, American singer
1945: Martin Welz, South African journalist
1944: George McCrae, American singer
1944: Bill Melchionni, American basketball player
1944: Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1987)
1943: Robin Holloway, English composer and academic
1943: Takis Ikonomopoulos, Greek footballer and coach (died 2025)
1943: L. E. Modesitt, Jr., American author and poet
1942: Andrew Vachss, American lawyer and author (died 2021)
1941: Peter Thornley, English professional wrestler best known for the ring character Kendo Nagasaki
1941: Simon Ward, English actor (died 2012)
1940: Larry Chance, American singer-songwriter (died 2023)
1940: Michael Gambon, Irish-British actor (died 2023)
1940: Rosny Smarth, Haitian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Haiti (died 2025)
1939: David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere, Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
1938: Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, Jamaican-English union leader and politician
1937: Marilyn Bell, Canadian swimmer
1937: Peter Max, German-American illustrator
1937: Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield, English banker and politician (died 2018)
1936: James Bevel, American civil rights activist and minister (died 2008)
1936: Tony Lo Bianco, American actor (died 2024)
1935: Don Ward, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2014)
1934: Yakubu Gowon, Nigerian general and politician, 3rd Head of State of Nigeria
1934: Dave Guard, American folk music singer-songwriter, arranger, and musician (died 1991)
1933: Brian Booth, Australian cricketer and educator (died 2023)
1933: Anthony Skingsley, English air marshal (died 2019)
1932: Robert Reed, American actor (died 1992)
1931: Ed Emberley, American author and illustrator
1931: John le Carré, English intelligence officer and author (died 2020)
1931: Atsushi Miyagi, Japanese tennis player (died 2021)
1930: John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside, English union leader and politician (died 2016)
1930: Mavis Nicholson, Welsh-English journalist (died 2022)
1929: Lewis Wolpert, South African-English biologist, author, and academic (died 2021)
1928: Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (died 2013)
1927: Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter and illustrator
1927: Stephen Keynes, English businessman (died 2017)
1926: Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (died 2009)
1926: Joel Feinberg, American philosopher and academic (died 2004)
1926: Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (died 2015)
1926: Marjorie Tallchief, American ballerina (died 2021)
1925: Bernard Hepton, English actor and producer (died 2018)
1925: Czesław Kiszczak, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (died 2015)
1925: Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (died 2010)
1923: Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (died 2013)
1923: Baby Dalupan, Filipino basketball player and coach (died 2016)
1922: Jack Anderson, American journalist and author (died 2005)
1921: George Nader, American actor (died 2002)
1920: Peter Aduja, Filipino-American politician (died 2007)
1920: Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian activist, philosopher, and spiritual leader (died 2003)
1920: LaWanda Page, American actress (died 2002)
1920: Harry Alan Towers, English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (died 2009)
1918: Charles Evans, English-Welsh mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (died 1995)
1918: Russell Kirk, American theorist and author (died 1994)
1918: Robert Schwarz Strauss, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (died 2014)
1917: William Joel Blass, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)
1917: Walter Munk, Austrian-American oceanographer, author, and academic (died 2019)
1917: Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande, Indian mathematician (died 2020)
1916: Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
1916: Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist (died 1985)
1916: Minoru Yasui, American soldier, lawyer, and activist (died 1986)
1914: Juanita Moore, American actress (died 2014)
1913: Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (died 1980)
1910: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)
1910: Shunkichi Hamada, Japanese field hockey player (died 2009)
1910: Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (died 1980)
1910: Farid al-Atrash, Syrian actor and singer (died 1980)
1909: Marguerite Perey, French physicist and academic (died 1975)
1908: Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1981)
1907: Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader and composer (died 1962)
1903: Tor Johnson, Swedish wrestler and actor (died 1971)
1901: Arleigh Burke, American admiral (died 1996)
1900: Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (died 1990)
1900: Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer and baseball player (died 1991)
1900: Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1957)
1899: Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)
1897: Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani chemist and scholar (died 1994)
1896: Bob O'Farrell, American baseball player and manager (died 1988)
1895: Frank Durbin, American soldier (died 1999)
1895: Lewis Mumford, American historian, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1990)
1885: Charles E. Merrill, American banker and philanthropist, co-founded Merrill Lynch Wealth Management (died 1956)
1882: Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor (died 1916)
1879: Emma Bell Miles, American writer, poet, and artist (died 1919)
1876: Mordecai Brown, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1945)
1876: Mihkel Pung, Estonian lawyer and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1941)
1873: Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (died 1925)
1873: Bart King, American cricketer (died 1965)
1868: Bertha Knight Landes, American academic and politician, Mayor of Seattle (died 1943)
1862: Auguste Lumière, French director and producer (died 1954)
1858: George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (died 1937)
1850: Annie Smith Peck, American mountaineer and academic (died 1935)
1826: Ralph Tollemache, English priest (died 1895)
1814: Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter (died 1878)
1810: Cassius Marcellus Clay, American journalist, lawyer, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (died 1903)
1789: Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest and philosopher (died 1853)
1784: Leigh Hunt, English poet and critic (died 1859)
1721: Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist and sinologist (died 1800)
1720: John Woolman, American-English preacher, journalist, and activist (died 1772)
1718: Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (died 1804)
1688: William Cheselden, English surgeon and anatomist (died 1752)
1680: John Abernethy, Irish minister (died 1740)
1676: Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, Portuguese diplomat (died 1733)
1658: Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1704)
1613: Charles of Sezze, Italian Franciscan friar and saint (died 1670)
1610: James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English-Irish general, academic, and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1688)
1609: Gerrard Winstanley, English Protestant religious reformer (died 1676)
1605: Thomas Browne, English physician and author (died 1682)
1582: Dmitry of Uglich, Russian crown prince and saint (died 1591)
1545: John Juvenal Ancina, Italian Oratorian and bishop (died 1604)
1507: Viglius, Dutch politician (died 1577)
1433: Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (died 1499)
1276: Prince Hisaaki of Japan (died 1328)
879: Yingtian, empress of the Khitan Liao Dynasty (died 953)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Atsushi Sakurai, singer from Japanese rock band Buck-Tick (born 1966)
2021: Jack Angel, American voice actor (born 1930)
2019: Deborah Orr, Scottish journalist (born 1962)
2017: Umberto Lenzi, Italian film director (born 1931)
2016: Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (born 1921)
2016: Giovanni Steffè, Italian rower (born 1928)
2015: Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (born 1919)
2015: Fleming Mackell, Canadian ice hockey player and singer (born 1929)
2015: Ali Treki, Libyan politician and diplomat, Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1938)
2014: John Holt, Jamaican singer-songwriter (born 1947)
2014: Stephen Paulus, American composer (born 1949)
2014: Raphael Ravenscroft, English saxophonist and composer (born 1954)
2014: Serena Shim, Lebanese-American journalist (born 1984)
2013: John Bergamo, American drummer and composer (born 1940)
2013: Noel Harrison, English singer, actor, and skier (born 1934)
2013: Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer (born 1940)
2013: Mikihiko Renjō, Japanese author (born 1948)
2013: Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Iranian-American violinist and composer (born 1920)
2012: Lincoln Alexander, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (born 1922)
2012: Wissam al-Hassan, Lebanese general (born 1965)
2012: Wiyogo Atmodarminto, Indonesian general and politician, 10th Governor of Jakarta (born 1922)
2012: Mike Graham, American wrestler (born 1951)
2012: Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist (born 1920)
2011: Kakkanadan, Indian author (born 1935)
2010: Tom Bosley, American actor (born 1927)
2009: Howard Unruh, American murderer (born 1921)
2009: Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor (born 1918)
2008: Richard Blackwell, American actor, fashion designer, and critic (born 1922)
2007: Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and computer scientist (born 1917)
2007: Randall Forsberg, American activist and author (born 1943)
2007: Michael Maidens, English footballer (born 1987)
2007: Jan Wolkers, Dutch author, sculptor, and painter (born 1925)
2006: James Glennon, American cinematographer (born 1942)
2006: Phyllis Kirk, American actress (born 1927)
2005: Ryan Dallas Cook, American trombonist (born 1982)
2003: Road Warrior Hawk, American wrestler (born 1957)
2003: Alija Izetbegović, Bosniak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (born 1925)
2003: Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (born 1902)
2003: Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (born 1911)
2002: Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (born 1932)
1999: James C. Murray, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1917)
1999: Nathalie Sarraute, Russian-French lawyer and author (born 1900)
1997: Glen Buxton, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1947)
1997: Ken Wood, inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (born 1916)
1996: Shamsuddin Qasemi, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (born 1935)
1995: Don Cherry, American trumpet player (born 1936)
1995: Harilaos Perpessas, Greek pianist and composer (born 1907)
1994: Martha Raye, American actress and comedian (born 1916)
1992: Magnus Pyke, English scientist and television host (born 1908)
1988: Son House, American singer and guitarist (born 1902)
1987: Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist and educator (born 1945)
1987: Hermann Lang, German race car driver (born 1909)
1986: Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist, co-founded Newswatch Magazine (born 1947)
1986: Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (born 1933)
1985: Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (born 1915)
1984: Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest and activist (born 1947)
1983: Maurice Bishop, Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada (born 1944)
1978: Gig Young, American actor (born 1913)
1970: Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico (born 1895)
1969: Lacey Hearn, American sprinter (born 1881)
1965: Edward Willis Redfield, American painter and educator (born 1869)
1964: Sergey Biryuzov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (born 1904)
1964: Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic (born 1885)
1964: Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (born 1888)
1961: Şemsettin Günaltay, Turkish historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1883)
1960: Hjalmar Dahl, Finnish journalist, translator and writer (born 1891)
1960: George Wallace, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1895)
1956: Isham Jones, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1894)
1952: Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer (born 1868)
1950: Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright (born 1892)
1945: Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (born 1877)
1945: N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator (born 1882)
1944: Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician (born 1884)
1943: Camille Claudel, French sculptor and illustrator (born 1864)
1937: Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1871)
1936: Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (born 1881)
1926: Ludvig Karsten, Norwegian painter (born 1876)
1924: Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer (born 1895)
1918: Harold Lockwood, American actor (born 1887)
1916: Ioannis Frangoudis, Greek general and target shooter (born 1863)
1914: Robert Hugh Benson, English Catholic priest and novelist (born 1871)
1905: Virgil Earp, American marshal (born 1843)
1901: Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish businessman and philanthropist, founded GN Store Nord (born 1829)
1897: George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (born 1831)
1889: Luís I of Portugal (born 1838)
1856: William Sprague III, American businessman and politician, 14th Governor of Rhode Island (born 1799)
1851: Marie Thérèse of France (born 1778)
1842: Aleksey Koltsov, Russian poet and author (born 1808)
1815: Paolo Mascagni, Italian physician and anatomist (born 1755)
1813: Józef Poniatowski, Polish general (born 1763)
1796: Michel de Beaupuy, French general (born 1755)
1790: Lyman Hall, American physician and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia (born 1724)
1772: Andrea Belli, Maltese architect and businessman (born 1703)
1745: Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist and essayist (born 1667)
1723: Godfrey Kneller, German-English painter (born 1646)
1682: Thomas Browne, English physician and author (born 1605)
1678: Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter (born 1627)
1636: Marcin Kazanowski, Polish politician (born 1566)
1619: Fujiwara Seika, Japanese philosopher and educator (born 1561)
1609: Jacobus Arminius, Dutch Reformed theologian (born 1560)
1608: Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and author (born 1551)
1595: Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (born 1537)
1587: Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1541)
1432: John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of England (born 1392)
1401: John Charleton, 4th Baron Cherleton (born 1362)
1375: Cansignorio della Scala, Lord of Verona (born 1340)
1354: Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada (born 1318)
1287: Bohemond VII, Count of Tripoli
1216: John, King of England (born 1166)
993: Conrad I, King of Burgundy (born c. 925)
727: Frithuswith, English saint (born 650)

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