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October 20

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October 20

October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 72 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: California man asks clerk to choose a lottery game for him, ends up picking out a ticket worth $10M. A California man didn't know which scratch-off lottery ticket to buy, but its thanks to the clerk's selection that he walked out the store holding a ticket worth $10 million.
2022: Kentucky cancer patient out of work wins $234,176 online Instant Play lottery jackpot. A Kentucky man diagnosed with cancer and undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments experienced a turn of events when he won a jackpot worth over $200,000 while playing the lottery online.
2021: Florida man plans to buy toothbrush with $1 million lottery prize. What would you do with a million dollars? One Florida man, who won a $1 million prize from a Florida Lottery scratch-off ticket, is eager to put those winnings to practical use.
2020: Ohio man accused of killing lottery winner found not guilty. A jury's decision to acquit a former suspect of the murder of a player who had just won $50,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket was made public yesterday.
2018: Mega Millions sets world record with $1.6 billion lottery jackpot for Tuesday drawing. A Mega Millions jackpot roll that had already made history has now reached a new world record for the biggest lottery jackpot ever.
2017: Cops bust long-running illegal Philly 'street lottery'. Philadelphia law enforcement broke up a long-running illegal lottery run by a local crime family.
2017: 77-year-old crossing guard with winning $1M lottery ticket will keep working. A 77-year-old crossing guard from Syracuse, New York, plans to keep working even after winning $1 million in the New York Lottery.
2015: N.C. Powerball winner's fiancé jailed for third time this year. The man engaged to the North Carolina woman who claimed a $188 million Powerball lottery jackpot payout earlier this year was placed back in jail for the third time in less than a year on Monday.
2015: Wyoming Lottery shelves keno plan. Some Wyoming lawmakers say they're bothered the Wyoming Lottery Corp. considered introducing keno without their approval and they expect to introduce legislation limiting the lottery.
2015: Georgia lottery officials question legality of fantasy sports companies. Georgia Lottery officials are questioning whether the daily fantasy sports industry can legally operate in the state, according to a letter sent last month to CEOs of DraftKings and FanDuel.
2011: Prolific lottery winner does it again. A North Carolina man received his sixth major Virginia Lottery prize when he claimed $65,800 in the Virginia Lottery's October 13 Pick 4 day drawing.
2010: Once a victim, retiree allegedly joined scammers to bilk others. An elderly Minnesota man was a victim of a lottery scam, but then he joined the scam in a failed attempt to try to recoup his losses.
2010: Lottery bill could limit winner's take. Michigan lawmakers are being asked to prevent any person receiving welfare from winning major Michigan State Lottery prizes, and the idea has area residents and business people at odds.
2007: Divide and Conquer: Meet the Lottery Titans. Over the last three decades, Gtech and Scientific Games have jointly generated several billion dollars in revenue as vendors to lotteries -- a business that flourishes at the crossroads of capitalism and public policy. In the process, the companies have steadily -- and often controversially -- evolved from minor suppliers into an influential oligopoly with a hammerlock on lottery operations.
2007: California looks to British lottery model. California is seeking to become the first US state to privatize its lottery to raise as much as $37 billion (Â£18 billion, â‚¬26 billion), with some of the funds used to finance governor Arnold SchwarzenegÂger's sweeping health care reforms.
2005: 26-year-old Iowan wins $853,000 lottery prize. Alicia Rhomberg, a youth services worker from Hiawatha, Iowa, claimed a second-tier prize of $853,000 Thursday from Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot drawing.
2005: Millionaire senator wins $853K in lottery. On a whim prompted by the frenzy over Wednesday's $340 million Powerball jackpot, New Hampshire Republican Senator Judd Gregg bought a ticket that matched five of the six numbers in the Powerball game.
2005: $340 million lottery ticket bought in Oregon gold rush town. A Powerball ticket worth $340 million was sold in the Gold Rush town of Jacksonville, Oregon lottery officials said today morning.
2005: Second-largest lottery jackpot in US history won. One ticket sold in Oregon matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing to win the $340 million jackpot, the second-largest ever in United States history.
2004: Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot Increases to $40 Million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $40 million Wednesday.
2004: Lottery jackpot magic strikes twice for Wisconsin family. Gerri Holat of St. Francis, Wisconsin, a Milwaukee suburb, has hit the Megabucks jackpot twice - sort of.
2004: Smoking ban foes plan shutdown of NY lottery game. A New York City-based group is calling on small business owners across the state to shut down their Quick Draw lottery games for a week to protest the state's smoking ban.
2003: Paul's lottery past: rocky beginnings, happier endings. Rebecca Paul's admirers outnumber her critics by a long shot in Georgia's capital city. But the critics were hot when Paul was starting the state's lottery in 1993. Ten years later, Tennessee has hired her to do the same thing for up to $752,500 a year.
2003: Big lottery vendor dogged by controversy. Scandal and suspicion have marked GTECH's 22 years in the lottery business. But so has spectacular success. The company, which is expected to bid on the Tennessee lottery's online games contract, helps run lotteries in 26 states and 42 other countries.
2003: Is Rebecca Paul as good as they say?. When state lottery commissioners hired Rebecca Paul as the nation's highest-paid lottery director, they justified their decision by saying she was "the best," the "gold standard." State Sen. Steve Cohen dubbed her "the Michael Jordan" of her field. But a Tennessean review has found that many of the claims surrounding her are overstated.
2003: Powerball Jackpot Reaches $162 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $162 million, with a cash option of $84.2 million. That ranks as the 6th largest Powerball jackpot ever.
2003: Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to $22 Million. No tickets matched all six numbers in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, so the jackpot grows to an estimated $22 million for the Tuesday, October 21, 2003 drawing.
2003: Will Alabama get gambling?. Alabama remains the lone holdout in the South for state-regulated gambling, although the state does have Indian casinos and wagering at dog tracks.
2003: Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $10 million. No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, creating a $10 million jackpot for Wednesday's drawing, lottery officials said Sunday.
2003: Russia's First Lottery Bill Moves to Senate. The State Duma on Friday passed in the third reading a bill on lotteries that will be Russia's first attempt at federally regulating the industry if approved by the Federation Council and signed by the president.
2003: Accomplishments of Ex-Lottery Director Questioned. Rebecca Paul was hired to start Tennessee's lottery and is paid more than her peers because of her success running Georgia's games, but some of Paul's accomplishments during her time in Georgia are overstated, according to a review by The Tennessean newspaper.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.54 Billion: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2018
2.$591.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2022
3.$476.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2018
4.€291.71 Million US$285.55 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2022
5.€180 Million US$229.66 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2014
6.$216 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2013
7.$200 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2014
8.€159.89 Million US$174.97 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2016
9.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2017
10.$162 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2003
11.$151 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2016
12.$148 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2011
13.€100.76 Million
US$130.16 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2008
14.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2019
15.€95 Million
US$119.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2006
16.€98.15 Million
US$114.2 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2021
17.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2014
18.$108 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2021
18.$108 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2005
20.€90 Million
US$102.51 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2018
21.€103 Million
US$101.07 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2022
22.$101 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2010
23.€76 Million
US$98.77 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2012
24.$93 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2015
25.$92 Million: California
SuperLotto Plus
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2003

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989: lofm09
Friday, Oct 20, 1989
34 years old
1986: jdavis
Monday, Oct 20, 1986
37 years old
1980: GIVEMEDA$
Monday, Oct 20, 1980
43 years old
1977: afta darkk
Thursday, Oct 20, 1977
46 years old
1973: Tutofi
Saturday, Oct 20, 1973
50 years old
1970: sybrina
Tuesday, Oct 20, 1970
53 years old
1964: Ronaldthompson2
Tuesday, Oct 20, 1964
59 years old
1955: SilverFoxx9872
Thursday, Oct 20, 1955
68 years old
1953: tnwinner
Tuesday, Oct 20, 1953
70 years old
1911: eventhrzn
Friday, Oct 20, 1911
112 years old
: Ladyell
(year not provided)
: tmanokc
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: Liz Truss steps down as British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party amid the country's political crisis, serving for 45 days before resigning, serving for the least time of any British Prime Minister [45 days].
2017: Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declare victory in the Raqqa campaign.
2011: Libyan Crisis: Rebel forces capture Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mutassim in his hometown of Sirte and kill him shortly thereafter, ending the first Libyan civil war.
2005: The general conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) passes the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.
2003: The Sloan Great Wall, once the largest cosmic structures known to humanity, is discovered by students at Princeton University.
1991: A 6.8 M_w earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.
1991: A massive firestorm breaks out in the hills of Oakland and Berkeley, California killing 25 people and destroying more than 3,000 homes, apartments and condominiums.
1986: Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashes while landing at Kuibyshev Airport (now Kuromoch International Airport) in Kuibyshev (now present-day Samara, Russia), killing 70 people.
1982: During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.
1981: Two police officers and a Brink's armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground in Nanuet, New York.
1977: A plane carrying the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in woodland in Mississippi, United States. Six people, including three band members, are killed.
1976: The Luling-Destrehan Ferry MV George Prince is struck by the Norwegian freighter SS Frosta while crossing the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.
1973: Watergate scandal: "Saturday Night Massacre": United States President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Solicitor General Robert Bork.
1973: The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction.
1962: China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War.
1961: The Soviet Navy performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine.
1952: The Governor of Kenya Evelyn Baring declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.
1951: The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs during a football game between the Drake Bulldogs and Oklahoma A&M Aggies.
1947: Cold War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
1944: World War II: The Soviet Red Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade.
1944: Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people.
1944: American general Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he comes ashore during the Battle of Leyte.
1941: World War II: Thousands of civilians in German-occupied Serbia are murdered in the Kragujevac massacre.
1935: The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.
1904: Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
1883: Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
1827: Greek War of Independence: In the Battle of Navarino, a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French and Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships.
1818: The Convention of 1818 is signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, which settles the Canada-United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length.
1803: The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.
1781: The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.
1774: American Revolution: The Continental Association, a nonconsumption and nonimportation agreement against the British Isles and the British West Indies, is adopted by the First Continental Congress.
1740: France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
1572: Eighty Years' War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the relief of Goes.
1568: The Spanish Duke of Alba defeats a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent.

Births On This Day

1999: Chuu, South Korean singer and television personality
1998: Jordan Ridley, Australian rules footballer
1997: Andrey Rublev, Russian tennis player
1996: Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Indonesian badminton player
1995: Humberto Carrillo, Mexican wrestler
1992: Rodney Hood, American basketball player
1992: Ksenia Semyonova, Russian gymnast
1992: Kyle Wiltjer, Canadian-American basketball player
1992: Ferhat Yazgan, Turkish footballer
1990: Sam Mataora, Cook Islands rugby league player
1989: Jamie Collins, American football player
1989: Jess Glynne, English singer-songwriter
1988: ASAP Ferg, American rapper
1988: Candice Swanepoel, South African supermodel and philanthropist
1987: Raphael Hackl, German rugby player
1987: Marie Sophie Hingst, German historian and blogger who falsely claimed to be descended from Holocaust survivors
1986: Wanlop Saechio, Thai footballer
1986: Elyse Taylor, Australian model
1985: Jennifer Freeman, American actress
1985: Dominic McGuire, American basketball player
1985: Alphonso Smith, American football player
1985: James Sutton, English race car driver
1984: Mitch Lucker, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
1984: Florent Sinama Pongolle, French footballer
1984: Andrew Trimble, Irish rugby player
1983: Flavio Cipolla, Italian tennis player
1983: Luis Saritama, Ecuadorian footballer
1983: Alona Tal, Israeli actress
1983: Michel Vorm, Dutch footballer
1982: Kristian Bach Bak, Danish footballer
1982: Becky Brewerton, Welsh golfer
1982: Katie Featherston, American actress
1982: Lawrence Roberts, American basketball player
1981: Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
1981: Francisco Javier Rodríguez, Mexican footballer
1980: Chad Robinson, Australian rugby league player (d. 2016)
1980: José Veras, Dominican baseball player
1979: Vasyl Baranov, Ukrainian footballer
1979: Paul Ifill, English footballer
1979: John Krasinski, American actor, director, and producer
1979: Paul O'Connell, Irish rugby player
1979: Paul Terek, American decathlete
1978: Virender Sehwag, Indian cricketer
1978: Paul Wilson, Scottish bass player and songwriter
1977: Matt Jansen, English footballer and manager
1977: Leila Josefowicz, Canadian-American violinist
1977: Erko Saviauk, Estonian footballer
1977: Sam Witwer, American actor and musician
1976: Nikolaos Bacharidis, Greek footballer
1976: Dan Fogler, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1976: Nicola Legrottaglie, Italian footballer and manager
1974: Ed Hale, American singer-songwriter, writer and socio-political activist
1974: Limmy, Scottish comedian and writer
1974: Bashar Rahal, Emirati-American actor and producer
1972: Pie Geelen, Dutch swimmer
1972: Will Greenwood, English rugby player and sportscaster
1972: Brian Schatz, American academic and politician, 11th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
1971: Kenneth Choi, American actor
1971: Snoop Dogg, American rapper, producer, and actor
1971: Eddie Jones, American basketball player
1971: Kamiel Maase, Dutch runner
1971: Dannii Minogue, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1970: Sander Boschker, Dutch footballer
1970: Neil Heywood, English-Chinese businessman (d. 2011)
1970: Aapo Ilves, Estonian poet and illustrator
1970: Michelle Malkin, American blogger and author
1970: Taj McWilliams-Franklin, American basketball player
1969: Laurie Daley, Australian rugby league player and coach
1969: Juan González, Puerto Rican baseball player
1969: Labros Papakostas, Greek high jumper
1968: Susan Tully, English actress, director, and producer
1967: Elizabeth Carling, English actress and singer
1967: Kerrod Walters, Australian rugby league player
1967: Kevin Walters, Australian rugby league player and coach
1966: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian militant Islamist (d. 2006)
1966: Allan Donald, South African cricketer and coach
1966: Patrick Volkerding, American computer scientist and engineer, founded Slackware
1965: Norman Blake, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965: Jonathan I. Schwartz, American businessman
1965: Mikhail Shtalenkov, Russian ice hockey player
1965: William Zabka, American actor and producer
1964: Kamala Harris, American politician and lawyer, 49th Vice President of the United States
1964: Tomoko Yamaguchi, Japanese actress and singer
1963: Julie Payette, Canadian engineer and astronaut
1963: Nikos Tsiantakis, Greek footballer
1963: Stan Valckx, Dutch footballer and manager
1962: David M. Evans, American director and screenwriter
1962: Dave Wong, Hong Kong-Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
1961: Audun Kleive, Norwegian drummer and composer
1961: Kate Mosse, English author and playwright
1961: Ian Rush, Welsh footballer and manager
1961: Les Stroud, Canadian director, producer, and harmonica player
1961: Michie Tomizawa, Japanese voice actress and singer
1960: Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player and trainer (d. 2004)
1959: Mark Little, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1958: Valerie Faris, American director and producer
1958: Lynn Flewelling, American author and academic
1958: Scott Hall, American wrestler (d. 2022)
1958: Mark King, English singer-songwriter and bass player
1958: Dave Krieg, American football player
1958: Viggo Mortensen, American-Danish actor and producer
1957: Jane Bonham-Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, English politician
1957: Chris Cowdrey, English cricketer and sportscaster
1957: Hilda Solis, American academic and politician, 25th United States Secretary of Labor
1956: Danny Boyle, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1956: Martin Taylor, English guitarist
1955: Thomas Newman, American composer and conductor
1955: David Profumo, English author and academic
1955: Aaron Pryor, American boxer (d. 2016)
1955: Sheldon Whitehouse, American politician
1954: Steve Orich, American composer and conductor
1953: Keith Hernandez, American baseball player and sportscaster
1953: Richard McWilliam, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Upper Deck Company (d. 2013)
1953: Bill Nunn, American actor (d. 2016)
1952: Melanie Mayron, American actress and director
1952: Derek Ridgers, English photographer and art director
1952: Wilma Salgado, Ecuadorian politician and economist
1951: Al Greenwood, American keyboard player
1951: Patrick Hall, English lawyer and politician
1951: Ken Ham, Australian-American evangelist
1951: Leif Pagrotsky, Swedish businessman and politician
1951: Claudio Ranieri, Italian footballer and manager
1950: Tom Petty, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2017)
1950: William Russ, American actor and director
1949: Valeriy Borzov, Ukrainian-Russian sprinter
1948: Peter Combe, Australian entertainer
1948: Sandra Dickinson, American-English actress and composer
1948: Piet Hein Donner, Dutch jurist and politician, Dutch Minister of Justice
1948: Melih Gökçek, Turkish journalist and politician, Mayor of Ankara
1946: Diana Gittins, American-English sociologist, author, and academic
1946: Lewis Grizzard, American comedian and author (d. 1994)
1946: Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
1946: Richard Loncraine, English director and screenwriter
1946: Lucien Van Impe, Belgian cyclist
1946: Chris Woodhead, English civil servant and academic (d. 2015)
1945: Ric Lee, English drummer
1944: Nalin de Silva, Sri Lankan physicist and philosopher
1944: David Mancuso, American party planner, created The Loft (d. 2016)
1943: Dunja Vejzović, Croatian soprano and actress
1942: Earl Hindman, American actor (d. 2003)
1942: Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, German biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate
1942: Bart Zoet, Dutch cyclist (d. 1992)
1941: Anneke Wills, English actress
1940: Jean-Pierre Dikongué Pipa, Cameroonian filmmaker
1940: Kathy Kirby, English singer (d. 2011)
1940: Robert Pinsky, American poet and critic
1939: Patrick Hughes, English painter, illustrator, and photographer
1938: Emidio Greco, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1938: Dolores Hart, American actress and nun
1938: Iain Macmillan, Scottish photographer and educator (d. 2006)
1937: Cancio Garcia, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2013)
1937: Wanda Jackson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1937: Juan Marichal, Dominican baseball player and sportscaster
1937: Emma Tennant, English author (d. 2017)
1935: Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer (d. 2004)
1934: Bill Chase, American trumpet player (d. 1974)
1934: Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (d. 1996)
1933: Barrie Chase, American actress and dancer
1932: Rosey Brown, American football player and coach (d. 2004)
1932: William Christopher, American actor and singer (d. 2016)
1932: Rokurō Naya, Japanese voice actor (d. 2014)
1931: Richard Caliguiri, American lawyer and politician, 54th Mayor of Pittsburgh (d. 1988)
1931: Mickey Mantle, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1995)
1931: Ken Morrison, English businessman (d. 2017)
1928: Michael O'Donnell, English physician, author, and journalist (d. 2019)
1927: Joyce Brothers, American psychologist, author, and actress (d. 2013)
1927: Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, Indian poet and critic (d. 2007)
1926: Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, English lieutenant and politician, founded the National Motor Museum (d. 2015)
1925: Art Buchwald, American soldier and journalist (d. 2007)
1925: Tom Dowd, American record producer and engineer (d. 2002)
1925: Roger Hanin, Algerian-French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1924: Robert Peters, American poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2014)
1923: Robert Craft, American conductor and musicologist (d. 2015)
1922: John Anderson, American actor (d. 1992)
1922: Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer (d. 2012)
1921: Manny Ayulo, American race car driver (d. 1955)
1921: Hans Warren, Dutch poet and author (d. 2001)
1920: Nick Cardy, American illustrator (d. 2013)
1920: Fanny de Sivers, Estonian-French linguist and academic (d. 2011)
1920: Janet Jagan, 6th President of Guyana (d. 2009)
1920: Siddhartha Shankar Ray, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 2010)
1919: Tracy Hall, American chemist and academic (d. 2008)
1918: Martin Drewes, German soldier and pilot (d. 2013)
1918: Robert Lochner, American-German soldier and journalist (d. 2003)
1917: Stéphane Hessel, German-French activist and diplomat (d. 2013)
1917: Ants Kaljurand, Estonian anti-communist, freedom fighter and forest brother (d. 1951)
1917: Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973)
1914: Fayard Nicholas, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2006)
1913: Grandpa Jones, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (d. 1998)
1912: Ruhi Su, Turkish singer-songwriter (d. 1985)
1910: Chen Liting, Chinese director and playwright (d. 2013)
1909: Carla Laemmle, American actress and photographer (d. 2014)
1909: Yasushi Sugiyama, Japanese painter (d. 1993)
1908: Stuart Hamblen, American singer-songwriter, actor, and radio show host (d. 1989)
1907: Arlene Francis, American actress and television personality (d. 2001)
1904: Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (d. 1986)
1904: Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist (d. 2006)
1904: Anna Neagle, English actress, singer, and producer (d. 1986)
1901: Frank Churchill, American film composer (d. 1942)
1901: Adelaide Hall, American-English singer, actress, and dancer (d. 1993)
1900: Ismail al-Azhari, Sudanese politician, 3rd President of Sudan (d. 1969)
1900: Wayne Morse, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1974)
1897: Yi Un, South Korean general (d. 1970)
1895: Rex Ingram, American actor (d. 1969)
1895: Morrie Ryskind, American writer/director (d. 1985)
1894: Olive Thomas, American model and actress (d. 1920)
1893: Charley Chase, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1940)
1891: Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author (d. 1973)
1891: James Chadwick, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
1890: Aleksander Maaker, Estonian bagpipe player (d. 1968)
1889: Johann Gruber, Austrian priest and saint (d. 1944)
1887: Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan (d. 1981)
1882: Margaret Dumont, American actress (d. 1965)
1882: Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (d. 1956)
1874: Charles Ives, American composer (d. 1954)
1873: Nellie McClung, Canadian author and suffragist (d. 1951)
1864: James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (d. 1951)
1859: John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher (d. 1952)
1858: John Burns, English union leader and politician, President of the Board of Trade (d. 1943)
1854: Arthur Rimbaud, French soldier and poet (d. 1891)
1847: Frits Thaulow, Norwegian painter (d. 1906)
1832: Constantin Lipsius, German architect and theorist (d. 1894)
1822: Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and judge (d. 1896)
1819: Báb, Iranian religious leader, founded Bábism (d. 1850)
1808: Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (d. 1875)
1801: Melchior Berri, Swiss architect and educator, designed the Natural History Museum of Basel (d. 1854)
1790: Patrick Matthew. Scottish farmer and biologist (d. 1874)
1785: George Ormerod, English historian and author (d. 1873)
1784: Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1865)
1780: Pauline Bonaparte, French sister of Napoleon (d. 1825)
1759: Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (d. 1815)
1740: Isabelle de Charrière, Dutch author and poet (d. 1805)
1719: Gottfried Achenwall, German historian, economist, and jurist (d. 1772)
1718: Catherine Gordon, Duchess of Gordon, Scottish aristocrat (d. 1779)
1711: Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, (d. 1795)
1679: Samuel von Cocceji, Prussian jurist and statesman (d. 1755)
1677: Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland (d. 1766)
1660: Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (d. 1723)
1632: Christopher Wren, English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (d. 1723)
1632: Edward Hungerford, English politician (d. 1711)
1620: Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691)
1616: Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)
1612: Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, Anglo-Irish nobleman, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, Cavalier (d. 1698)
1554: Bálint Balassi, Hungarian writer and noble (d. 1594)
1496: Claude, Duke of Guise (d. 1550)
1475: Giovanni di Bernardo Rucellai, Italian poet and playwright (d. 1525)
888: Zhu Youzhen, emperor of Later Liang (d. 923)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Lucy Simon, American composer and songwriter (b. 1940)
2020: James Randi, Canadian-American stage magician and author (b. 1928)
2018: Wim Kok, Dutch prime minister (b. 1938)
2016: Robert E. Kramek, former United States Coast Guard admiral (b. 1939)
2016: Michael Massee, American actor (b. 1952)
2016: Junko Tabei, Japanese mountaineer (b. 1939)
2015: Makis Dendrinos, Greek basketball player and coach (b. 1950)
2015: Arno Gruen, German-Swiss psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1923)
2015: Kazimierz Łaski, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1921)
2015: Michael Meacher, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (b. 1939)
2015: Ian Steel, Scottish cyclist and manager (b. 1928)
2014: René Burri, Swiss photographer and journalist (b. 1933)
2014: Oscar de la Renta, Dominican-American fashion designer (b. 1932)
2014: Christophe de Margerie, French businessman (b. 1951)
2013: Jovanka Broz, Croatian-Serbian colonel (b. 1924)
2013: Don James, American football player and coach (b. 1932)
2013: Lawrence Klein, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
2013: Joginder Singh, Kenyan race car driver (b. 1932)
2013: Larri Thomas, American actress and dancer (b. 1932)
2013: Sid Yudain, American journalist, founded Roll Call (b. 1923)
2012: Przemysław Gintrowski, Polish poet and composer (b. 1951)
2012: Paul Kurtz, American philosopher and academic (b. 1925)
2012: Dave May, American baseball player (b. 1943)
2012: John McConnell, American activist, created Earth Day (b. 1915)
2012: E. Donnall Thomas, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
2012: Raymond Watson, American businessman (b. 1926)
2011: Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1942)
2011: Mutassim Gaddafi, Libyan colonel (b. 1977)
2011: Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr, Libyan politician (b. 1942)
2010: W. Cary Edwards, American politician (b. 1944)
2010: Bob Guccione, American publisher, founded Penthouse magazine (b. 1930)
2010: Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-English author (b. 1925)
2010: Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat (b. 1914)
2010: Farooq Leghari, Pakistani politician, 8th President of Pakistan (b. 1940)
2008: Gene Hickerson, American football player (b. 1935)
2007: Max McGee, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1932)
2006: Arnold Viiding, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1911)
2006: Jane Wyatt, American actress (b. 1910)
2005: Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist (b. 1934)
2005: Eva Švankmajerová, Czech painter and poet (b. 1940)
2005: André van der Louw, Dutch lawyer and politician, 16th Mayor of Rotterdam (b. 1933)
2004: Anthony Hecht, American poet and educator (b. 1923)
2004: Chuck Hiller, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1934)
2003: Jack Elam, American actor (b. 1918)
2001: Ted Ammon, American financier and banker (b. 1949)
1999: Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1911)
1999: Jack Lynch, Irish footballer, lawyer, and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1917)
1995: Christopher Stone, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
1995: John Tonkin, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1902)
1994: Burt Lancaster, American actor (b. 1913)
1993: Yasushi Sugiyama, Japanese painter (b. 1909)
1992: Werner Torkanowsky, German-American conductor (b. 1926)
1990: Joel McCrea, American actor (b. 1905)
1989: Anthony Quayle, English actor and director (b. 1913)
1988: Sheila Scott, English pilot and author (b. 1922)
1987: Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1903)
1984: Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
1984: Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
1983: Yves Thériault, Canadian author (b. 1915)
1983: Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917)
1978: Gunnar Nilsson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1948)
1977: Steve Gaines, American guitarist (b. 1949)
1977: Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
1972: Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic (b. 1885)
1968: Bud Flanagan, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1896)
1967: Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and diplomat, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
1964: Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874)
1957: Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890)
1956: Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894)
1953: Werner Baumbach, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
1950: Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)
1941: Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)
1940: Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885)
1936: Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)
1935: Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
1928: Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
1926: Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
1910: David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)
1908: Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
1900: Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
1894: James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
1890: Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
1883: George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
1880: Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
1871: Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
1870: Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
1865: Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
1740: Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
1713: Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
1652: Antonio Coello, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1611)
1640: John Ball, English clergyman and theologian (b. 1585)
1602: Walter Leveson, Elizabethan member of parliament, Shropshire landowner (b. 1550)
1570: João de Barros, Portuguese historian and author (b. 1496)
1538: Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, condottiero (b. 1490)
1524: Thomas Linacre, English physician and scholar (b. 1460)
1439: Ambrose the Camaldulian, Italian theologian
1438: Jacopo della Quercia, Sienese sculptor (b. c. 1374)
1423: Henry Bowet, Archbishop of York
1401: Klaus Störtebeker, German pirate
1327: Teresa d'Entença, Countess of Urgell (b. 1300)
1187: Pope Urban III
1139: Henry X, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1108)
1122: Ralph d'Escures, archbishop of Canterbury
967: Li Yixing, Chinese governor
460: Aelia Eudocia, Byzantine wife of Theodosius II (b. 401)

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