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October 21

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October 21

October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 71 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2021: North Carolina Pick 3 players win $4.3 million on 5-5-5. Thousands of North Carolina Lottery players across the state were no doubt celebrating when the combination 5-5-5 was drawn in Pick 3 on Tuesday evening.
2020: Canadian player splits jackpot with himself after buying two identical lottery tickets. A player from Alberta, Canada, accidentally purchased two Lotto 6/49 tickets that had the same exact numbers, but he's not sweating the trivial amount he spent on that extra ticket. Instead, he won the entire $5 million (US$3.8 million) jackpot, split into an identical pair of $2.5 million (US$1.9 million) jackpots.
2018: Powerball joins lottery frenzy with $620 million jackpot. This will be a week talked about in the lottery industry for a long time, with more than $2.2 billion in multi-state jackpots up for grabs.
2017: Did new Illinois Lottery private manager get too good of a deal?. Hoping for better luck the second time around, state officials unveiled a deal Friday to put the fate of the Illinois Lottery in the hands of a British firm that pledges bigger returns than those generated under the manager the state fired.
2016: Judge: Poker pro Ivey, pal broke gambling rules in $10M win. A federal judge ruled on Friday that poker pro Phil Ivey and a companion violated state gambling regulations in the way they won nearly $10 million at cards at an Atlantic City casino.
2016: Cubs fan wins $1 million in lottery while watching game. The Cubs haven't clinched a berth in the World Series yet — but one southwest suburban fan has already gotten lucky.
2012: Homeless S.C. man hits it big. A Greenville, South Carolina man living at a rescue mission after falling on hard times said he now has a chance at a new home after winning $200,000.
2011: Louisiana Lottery adds Mega Millions. Jackpot lovers will have more reasons to smile on Nov. 16 when the Louisiana Lottery begins sales for the multi-state game Mega Millions, with drawings on Tuesdays and Fridays.
2011: Oregon Lottery doesn't allow public to comment at meetings. A Portland man found out the hard way that the Oregon Lottery does not allow the public to make comments at the lottery's public meetings.
2011: Kentucky Lottery installing self-service machines. The Kentucky Lottery is installing new state of the art lottery ticket machines machines that allow players to purchase traditional lotto tickets as well as scratch-offs.
2008: State lottery friends, foes prepare for vote. Now that the state Supreme Court ruled the proposal can remain on the statewide ballot, Arkansas voters will get a chance to vote on a state lottery proposal supported by Bill Halter, Arkansas' lieutenant governor.
2008: Lottery scam imitates popular sweepstakes. The fake lottery scam that has bilked residents of the Hudson Valley and elsewhere out of thousands of dollars, has now been expanded to capitalize on the name and reputation of Publishers Clearing House.
2008: $5M lottery win eases the pain. A man who was permanently injured in a car crash 21 years ago had another life-altering change when he won $5 million playing Canada's national Super 7 game.
2008: Oklahoma lottery seeking more prize money. Oklahoma lottery officials may try to ask the Legislature to put more money into prizes, but a House leader doesn't expect they'll have much success.
2008: Virginia winners may have to pay for Lottery's mistake. Hundreds of players thought they had struck gold when lottery terminals errantly spit out tickets that appeared to have won them as much as $7,777. Turns out it was a computer programming error, not lady luck.
2006: N.J. Lottery throws out GTECH contact. Seeking to erase concerns the state's long-time lottery vendor might have enjoyed an inside edge in winning its latest contract, New Jersey state treasurer Bradley Abelow announced yesterday the state will rebid the job for the third time in 15 months.
2005: Oregon businessman has record Powerball lottery ticket. A self-employed businessman from Orgeon confirmed to ABC News that he and three other family members are the owners of the winning Powerball ticket worth $340 million.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Bumps to $13 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $13 million, with a cash option of $7.1 million.
2004: Missouri man collects $1.7 million jackpot. Bill Michael, a retired laborer at a plant nursery, came forward Wednesday to collect his $1.7 million Missouri Lotto jackpot.
2004: Lottery gift wins mechanic thousands. A Portuguese car mechanic who was given a lottery ticket as a tip after earlier refusing to buy it, has scooped a _50,000 (US$63,045) jackpot, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday.
2003: Powerball players clamor for shot at $162 million. With a $162 million jackpot on the line, players are trying to beat the rush for Powerball tickets.
2003: New Jersey woman claims $12 million Mega Millions jackpot. Cindy Wilson of Neptune, New Jersey has claimed a $12 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot from the October 7th drawing.
2003: Circle K to Provide Self-Serve Lottery Via In-Store Kiosks in Calif.. Circle K convenience stores has launched a self-serve lottery feature on selected ZapLink Web-based kiosks in its California stores.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.54 Billion: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2018
2.$602.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2018
3.$591.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2022
4.€293.18 Million US$289.11 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 22, 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.€160.99 Million US$175.22 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 22, 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.€113 Million
US$142.93 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 27, 2006
14.€100.76 Million
US$130.16 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2008
15.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2019
16.€98.15 Million
US$114.2 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2021
17.$114 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2023
18.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2014
19.$108 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2005
19.$108 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2021
21.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2015
22.€90 Million
US$102.51 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2018
23.€103 Million
US$101.07 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 21, 2022
24.$101 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2010
25.€76 Million
US$98.77 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2012

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990: jaymo21
Sunday, Oct 21, 1990
33 years old
1988: TaKe51021
Friday, Oct 21, 1988
35 years old
1983: missdominomoon
Friday, Oct 21, 1983
40 years old
1982: Marys$1st
Thursday, Oct 21, 1982
41 years old
1980: KeiLani
Tuesday, Oct 21, 1980
43 years old
1976: CCHS13
Thursday, Oct 21, 1976
47 years old
1975: phuckit
Tuesday, Oct 21, 1975
48 years old
1973: virginia112211
Sunday, Oct 21, 1973
50 years old
1967: rayray67
Saturday, Oct 21, 1967
56 years old
1966: dvinedivah
Friday, Oct 21, 1966
57 years old
1966: JERRY DEW
Friday, Oct 21, 1966
57 years old
1963: howlingwolf
Monday, Oct 21, 1963
60 years old
1963: tx4808
Monday, Oct 21, 1963
60 years old
1960: Piaceri
Friday, Oct 21, 1960
63 years old
1956: teddy53
Sunday, Oct 21, 1956
67 years old
: jarasan
(year not provided)
: jmreth46508
(year not provided)
: Sparky
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: A shooting occurs on the set of the film Rust, in which actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop weapon which had been loaded, killing the director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, and injuring director Joel Souza.
2019: Thirty people are killed in a fiery bus crash in western Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2019: In Canada, the 2019 Canadian federal election ends, resulting in incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remaining in office, albeit with the Liberal Party in a minority government.
2011: Iraq War: President Barack Obama announces that the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq will be complete by the end of the year.
2005: Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
1994: North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.
1994: In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people are killed when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapses.
1989: In Honduras, 131 people are killed when a Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Toncontín International Airport near the nation's capital Tegucigalpa.
1987: The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian peacekeeping forces in Sri Lanka, killing 70 Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.
1986: In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).
1984: Niki Lauda claims his third and final Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by half a point ahead of McLaren team-mate Alain Prost at the Portuguese Grand Prix.
1983: The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
1981: Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.
1979: Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
1978: Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
1973: Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
1971: A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre near Glasgow, Scotland.
1969: The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist-Leninist administration.
1967: The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon.
1966: A colliery spoil tip slips onto houses and a school in the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, 116 of whom were schoolchildren.
1965: Comet Ikeya-Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun.
1959: In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
1959: President Dwight D. Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
1956: The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
1950: Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces and North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.
1945: In the 1945 French legislative election French women vote for the first time.
1944: World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages HMAS Australia as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.
1944: World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against German civilians takes place.
1944: World War II: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, the first German city to fall to the Allies.
1943: World War II: The Provisional Government of Free India is formally established in Japanese-occupied Singapore.
1940: The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
1931: A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
1921: President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. president against lynching in the Deep South.
1912: First Balkan War: The Greek navy completes the capture of the island of Lemnos for use as a forward base against the Dardanelles.
1910: HMS Niobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
1907: The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
1895: The capitulation of Tainan completes the Japanese conquest of Taiwan.
1892: Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
1888: The Swiss Social Democratic Party is founded.
1879: Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
1867: The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in the western Indian Territory.
1861: American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
1854: Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.
1824: Portland cement is patented.
1805: Napoleonic Wars: A British fleet led by Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve in the Battle of Trafalgar.
1797: In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched.
1774: The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
1600: Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shōgun of Japan.
1520: João Álvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of "Islands of the 11,000 Virgins".
1512: Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
1392: Japanese Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu.
1097: First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, begin the Siege of Antioch.
1096: A Seljuk Turkish army successfully fights off the People's Crusade.

Births On This Day

1995: Cameron Burgess, Scottish-Australian footballer
1995: Doja Cat, American rapper, singer and songwriter
1995: Antoinette Guedia Mouafo, Cameroonian swimmer
1993: Kane Brown, American singer and songwriter
1992: Natasha Bassett, Australian actress
1992: Marzia Bisognin, Italian businessperson and former YouTuber
1992: Damion Lee, American basketball player
1992: Bernard Tomic, German-Australian tennis player
1991: Alexander Burmistrov, Russian ice hockey player
1991: Tom Eastman, English footballer
1991: Geoffry Hairemans, Belgian footballer
1991: Rob Keogh, English cricketer
1991: Vadaine Oliver, English footballer
1991: Harry Pell, English footballer
1990: Bengali-Fodé Koita, French footballer
1990: Mathieu Peybernes, French footballer
1990: Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player
1989: Mads Dahm, Norwegian footballer
1989: Festus Ezeli, Nigerian-American basketball player
1989: Luke Murphy, English footballer
1989: Jonathan Viera, Spanish footballer
1989: Sam Vokes, English-Welsh footballer
1988: Ricki Olsen, Danish footballer
1988: Glen Powell, American actor
1988: Daniel Schorn, Austrian cyclist
1987: Justin De Fratus, American baseball player
1987: Andrey Grechin, Russian swimmer
1986: Almen Abdi, Swiss footballer
1986: Chibuzor Chilaka, Nigerian footballer
1986: Scott Rendell, English footballer
1985: Simone Bracalello, Italian footballer
1985: Dean Collis, Australian rugby league player
1984: Anna Bogdanova, Russian heptathlete
1984: Tom Brandstater, American football player
1984: Kenny Cooper, American soccer player
1984: Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, Canadian speed skater
1984: José Lobatón, Venezuelan baseball player
1984: Marvin Mitchell, American football player
1984: Kieran Richardson, English footballer
1983: Casey Fien, American baseball player
1983: Zack Greinke, American baseball player
1983: Brent Hayden, Canadian swimmer
1983: Gonzalo Klusener, Argentinian footballer
1983: Andy Marte, Dominican baseball player (d. 2017)
1983: Amber Rose, American model
1983: Chris Sherrington, English-Scottish martial artist
1983: Charlotte Sullivan, Canadian actress
1983: Ninet Tayeb, Israeli singer
1983: Shelden Williams, American basketball player
1982: Matt Dallas, American actor
1982: Jim Henderson, American baseball player
1982: Antony Kay, English footballer
1982: Hari Kondabolu, American comedian, actor, and podcaster
1982: Ray Ventrone, American football player
1982: Lee Chong Wei, Malaysian badminton player
1982: James White, American basketball player
1981: Martin Castrogiovanni, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
1981: Nemanja Vidić, Serbian footballer
1980: Kim Kardashian, American reality television personality, actress, model, businesswoman and socialite
1980: Brian Pittman, American bass player
1979: Khalil Greene, American baseball player
1979: Gabe Gross, American baseball player
1978: Will Estes, American actor
1978: Joey Harrington, American football player and sportscaster
1978: Henrik Klingenberg, Finnish singer and keyboard player
1978: Michael McMillian, American actor
1976: Henrik Gustavsson, Swedish footballer
1976: Jeremy Miller, American actor and singer
1976: Lavinia Miloșovici, Romanian gymnast
1976: Josh Ritter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976: Andrew Scott, Irish actor
1976: Mélanie Turgeon, Canadian skier
1975: Toby Hall, American baseball player
1975: Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer
1974: Costel Busuioc, Romanian tenor
1973: Lera Auerbach, Russian-American pianist and composer
1973: Charlie Lowell, American pianist and songwriter
1972: Ashutosh Agashe, Indian businessman and cricketer
1972: Matthew Friedberger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972: Orlando Thomas, American football player (d. 2014)
1972: Evhen Tsybulenko, Ukrainian scholar and academic
1971: Hal Duncan, Scottish author and poet
1971: Damien Martyn, Australian cricketer
1971: Nick Oliveri, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1971: Conor O'Shea, Irish rugby player and coach
1971: Paul Telfer, Scottish footballer and coach
1971: Thomas Ulsrud, Norwegian curler
1970: Louis Koo, Hong Kong actor and singer
1969: Michael Hancock, Australian rugby league player
1969: Mo Lewis, American football player
1968: Alexandros Alexandris, Greek footballer and manager
1968: Kerstin Andreae, German politician
1967: Georgi Dakov, Bulgarian high jumper (d. 1996)
1967: Paul Ince, English footballer and manager
1967: Gavin Lovegrove, New Zealand javelin thrower and graphic designer
1966: Phillip Price, Welsh golfer
1966: Igor Prins, Estonian footballer and manager
1966: Arne Sandstø, Norwegian footballer and manager
1965: Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, Spanish footballer and manager
1965: Horace Hogan, American wrestler
1965: Hisashi Imai, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964: Jon Carin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1962: David Campese, Australian rugby player and coach
1960: Melora Walters, American actress, director, and writer
1959: George Bell, Dominican baseball player
1959: Rose McDowall, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959: Andy Picheta, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1959: Kevin Sheedy, Welsh-Irish footballer and manager
1959: Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor and producer
1958: Andre Geim, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1957: Julian Cope, English singer-songwriter
1957: Irene Edgar, Scottish lawn bowler
1957: Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1957: Steve Lukather, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1956: Carrie Fisher, American actress and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1956: Mike Tully, American pole vaulter
1955: Dick DeVos, American businessman
1955: Catherine Hardwicke, American film director, producer, and screenwriter
1955: Fred Hersch, American pianist and composer
1955: Rich Mullins, American singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
1954: Brian Tobin, Canadian journalist and politician, 6th Premier of Newfoundland
1953: Charlotte Caffey, American guitarist and songwriter
1953: Eric Faulkner, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953: Keith Green, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and minister (d. 1982)
1953: Marc Johnson, American bassist, composer, and bandleader
1953: Peter Mandelson, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1952: Patti Davis, American actress and author
1952: Allen Hoey, American poet and author
1952: Brent Mydland, German-American keyboard player (d. 1990)
1950: Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (d. 1986)
1950: Leela Vernon, Belizean musician and cultural conservationist (d. 2017)
1949: Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1971)
1949: Mike Keenan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1949: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel
1948: Shaye J. D. Cohen, American historian and academic
1948: Allen Henry Vigneron, American archbishop
1946: Jane Heal, English philosopher and academic
1946: Jim Hill, American football player and sportscaster
1946: Lux Interior, American singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
1946: Lee Loughnane, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player
1945: Everett McGill, American actor
1945: Nikita Mikhalkov, Russian filmmaker
1945: Michael White, English journalist
1944: Mandy Rice-Davies, English model and actress (d. 2014)
1944: Michael Tugendhat, English lawyer and judge
1943: Tariq Ali, Pakistani historian and author
1943: Ron Elliott, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer
1942: Elvin Bishop, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942: Allan Grice, Australian race car driver and politician
1942: Lou Lamoriello, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1942: Judy Sheindlin, American judge and television host
1942: Christopher A. Sims, American economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate
1942: John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, English police officer and academic
1941: Steve Cropper, American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor
1940: Geoffrey Boycott, English cricketer and sportscaster
1940: Frances FitzGerald, American journalist and author
1940: Rhoda Gemignani, American actress
1940: Manfred Mann, South African-English keyboard player and producer
1940: Marita Petersen, Faroese educator and politician, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 2001)
1938: Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2001)
1937: Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, Russian spiritual leader and scholar (d. 2012)
1937: Hank Nelson, Australian historian and academic (d. 2012)
1935: Derek Bell, Irish harp player, pianist, and songwriter (d. 2002)
1935: Mel Street, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1978)
1933: Maureen Duffy, English author, poet, playwright and activist
1933: Francisco Gento, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 2022)
1932: Pál Csernai, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1931: Shammi Kapoor, Indian actor and director (d. 2011)
1931: Jim Parks junior, English cricketer and manager
1930: Ivan Silayev, Russian engineer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2023)
1929: Pierre Bellemare, French radio and television host (d. 2018)
1929: Fritz Hollaus, Austrian footballer (d. 1994)
1929: Ursula K. Le Guin, American author and critic (d. 2018)
1929: George Stinney Jr., African-American scapegoat, youngest with an exact known age executed by the United States (d. 1944)
1928: Whitey Ford, American baseball player and coach (d. 2020)
1928: Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (d. 2015)
1928: Vern Mikkelsen, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
1927: Fritz Wintersteller, Austrian mountaineer (d. 2018)
1927: Howard Zieff, American director and photographer (d. 2009)
1926: Bob Rosburg, American golfer (d. 2009)
1926: Leonard Rossiter, English actor (d. 1984)
1925: Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer (d. 2003)
1925: Virginia Zeani, Romanian soprano and educator (d. 2023)
1924: Joyce Randolph, American actress
1924: Julie Wilson, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
1923: Samuel Khachikian, Iranian director, screenwriter, and author (d. 2001)
1922: Liliane Bettencourt, French businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 2017)
1921: Malcolm Arnold, English composer (d. 2006)
1921: Bruce Beeby, Australian-English actor (d. 2013)
1921: Robert Clothier, Canadian actor (d. 1999)
1921: Jim Shumate, American fiddler and composer (d. 2013)
1921: Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 2015)
1919: Jim Wallwork, English-Canadian sergeant and pilot (d. 2013)
1918: Milton Himmelfarb, American sociologist and author (d. 2006)
1918: Albertina Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 2011)
1917: Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1993)
1915: Owen Bradley, American country music record producer (d. 1998)
1914: Martin Gardner, American mathematician and author (d. 2010)
1912: Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator (d. 1972)
1912: Alfredo Pián, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1990)
1912: Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (d. 1997)
1911: Mary Blair, American illustrator and animator (d. 1978)
1908: Niyazi Berkes, Cypriot-English sociologist and academic (d. 1988)
1907: Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (d. 1985)
1902: Eddy Hamel, American footballer (d. 1943)
1900: Andrée Boisson, French Olympic fencer (d. 1973)
1898: Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler and actor (d. 1960)
1896: Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein, Russian-Canadian poet and screenwriter (d. 1985)
1895: Paavo Johansson, Finnish javelin thrower and decathlete (d. 1983)
1895: Edna Purviance, American actress (d. 1958)
1894: Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic (d. 1965)
1887: Krishna Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (d. 1961)
1886: Eugene Burton Ely, American soldier and pilot (d. 1911)
1884: Claire Waldoff, German singer and actress (d. 1957)
1877: Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician and microbiologist (d. 1955)
1874: Tan Kah Kee, Chinese businessman, community leader, communist and philanthropist (d. 1961)
1868: Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (d. 1951)
1851: George Ulyett, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1898)
1847: Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian poet and playwright (d. 1906)
1845: Will Carleton, American poet and journalist (d. 1912)
1833: Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (d. 1896)
1821: Sims Reeves, English tenor and actor (d. 1900)
1811: Filippo Colini, Italian operatic baritone (d. 1863)
1809: James Clark, American Jesuit (d. 1885)
1790: Alphonse de Lamartine, French poet and politician, French Head of State (d. 1869)
1775: Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest, composer, and critic (d. 1844)
1772: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, philosopher, and critic (d. 1834)
1762: Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general, lawyer, and politician, 36th Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1818)
1757: Pierre Augereau, French general (d. 1816)
1725: Franz Moritz von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (d. 1801)
1712: James Steuart, Scottish economist and author (d. 1780)
1687: Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (d. 1759)
1675: Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (d. 1710)
1658: Henri de Boulainvilliers, French nobleman (d. 1722)
1650: Jean Bart, French admiral (d. 1702)
1581: Domenichino, Italian painter (d. 1641)
1536: Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt (d. 1586)
1527: Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (d. 1578)
1449: George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Irish-English son of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (d. 1478)
1409: Alessandro Sforza, Italian condottiero (d. 1473)
1328: Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Bernard Haitink, Dutch conductor and violinist (b. 1929)
2020: Frank Bough, English television presenter (b. 1933)
2015: France Bučar, Slovenian lawyer and politician (b. 1923)
2015: Marty Ingels, American actor (b. 1936)
2015: Norman W. Moore, English conservationist and author (b. 1923)
2015: Sheldon Wolin, American philosopher, theorist, and academic (b. 1922)
2014: Ben Bradlee, American journalist and author (b. 1921)
2014: Nelson Bunker Hunt, American businessman (b. 1926)
2014: Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Iranian cleric and politician, Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1931)
2014: Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian genealogist, author, and hula expert (b. 1925)
2014: Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1916)
2013: Bud Adams, American businessman (b. 1923)
2013: Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1924)
2013: Rune T. Kidde, Danish author, poet, and illustrator (b. 1957)
2013: Colonel Robert Morris, American singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1954)
2013: Major Owens, American librarian and politician (b. 1936)
2013: Tony Summers, Welsh swimmer (b. 1924)
2013: Oscar Yanes, Venezuelan journalist and author (b. 1927)
2012: Yash Chopra, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
2012: Antoni Dobrowolski, Polish educator (b. 1904)
2012: Jaroslav Kozlík, Czech volleyball player and educator (b. 1907)
2012: Alf Kumalo, South African photographer and journalist (b. 1930)
2012: George McGovern, American historian, lieutenant, and politician (b. 1922)
2011: Hikmet Bilâ, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1954)
2011: Tone Pavček, Slovenian poet and author (b. 1928)
2010: A. Ayyappan, Indian poet and translator (b. 1949)
2007: Paul Fox, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)
2006: Sandy West, American singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1959)
2003: Louise Day Hicks, American politician (b. 1916)
2003: Luis A. Ferré, Puerto Rican engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1904)
2003: Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1969)
2002: Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University (b. 1917)
1999: Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator (b. 1924)
1999: Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish political scientist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1939)
1998: Francis W. Sargent, American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1915)
1996: Georgios Zoitakis, Greek general and politician (b. 1910)
1995: Maxene Andrews, American singer (b. 1916)
1995: Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1919)
1995: Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter (b. 1939)
1995: Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967)
1993: Sam Zolotow, American journalist and critic (b. 1899)
1992: Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and publisher (b. 1898)
1992: Jim Garrison, American lawyer and judge (b. 1921)
1991: Lorenc Antoni, Albanian composer, conductor, and musicologist (b. 1909)
1990: Dany Chamoun, Lebanese engineer and politician (b. 1934)
1990: Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Indian spiritual guru, philosopher and author (b. 1921)
1989: Jean Image, Hungarian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1986: Lionel Murphy, Australian jurist and politician, 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (b. 1922)
1985: Dan White, American assassin and politician (b. 1946)
1984: François Truffaut, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
1983: Joseph P. Lordi, American government official (b. 1919)
1982: Radka Toneff, Norwegian singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
1980: Hans Asperger, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1906)
1978: Anastas Mikoyan, Armenian-Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1895)
1977: Ferit Tüzün, Turkish composer (b. 1929)
1975: Charles Reidpath, American runner and general (b. 1887)
1973: Nasif Estéfano, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1932)
1971: Minnie Evans, American artist (b. 1888)
1970: Li Linsi, Chinese educator and diplomat (b. 1896)
1969: Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet (b. 1922)
1969: Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1882)
1965: Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (b. 1926)
1963: Józef Franczak, Polish sergeant (b. 1918)
1952: Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (b. 1871)
1944: Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (b. 1877)
1941: Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (b. 1852)
1940: William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)
1938: Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
1931: Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)
1907: Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)
1904: Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)
1903: Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)
1896: James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
1873: Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807)
1872: Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794)
1861: Edward Dickinson Baker, American congressman and colonel (b. 1811)
1835: Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (b. 1775)
1821: Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (b. 1752)
1805: John Cooke, English captain (b. 1763)
1805: George Duff, Scottish captain (b. 1764)
1805: Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (b. 1758)
1777: Samuel Foote, English actor and playwright (b. 1720)
1775: Peyton Randolph, American lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Continental Congress (b. 1721)
1765: Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (b. 1691)
1687: Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (b. 1606)
1662: Henry Lawes, English pianist and composer (b. 1595)
1623: William Wade, English politician and diplomat, Lieutenant of the Tower of London (b. 1546)
1600: Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Japanese samurai (b. 1558)
1558: Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (b. 1484)
1556: Pietro Aretino, Italian author (b. 1492)
1505: Paul Scriptoris, German mathematician and educator (b. 1460)
1500: Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442)
1422: Charles VI of France (b. 1368)
1314: Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville
1266: Birger Jarl, Swedish politician (b. 1210)
1221: Alix, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1201)
1204: Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English politician
1125: Cosmas of Prague, Bohemian priest and historian (b. 1045)
1096: Walter Sans Avoir, a leader of the First Crusade
1023: Gero, Archbishop of Magdeburg
645: Zhenzhu Khan, khan of Xueyantuo

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