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October 22

On This Day in History

October 22

October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 70 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Frustrating lottery vending machine error helps Illinois man win $9.2 million jackpot. An Illinois man won a $9.2 million Lotto jackpot after a lottery vending machine error prevented him from playing his intended game.
2023: North Carolina woman turns unlucky day around with $100,000 lottery win. On a day that many would say is known for misfortune and gloom, one North Carolina woman's luck with a $100,000 lottery win might convince you otherwise.
2020: N.C. man rewards friend with new car in return for lucky winning lottery numbers. A North Carolina lottery player is ready to give credit where credit is due after his friend suggests five lucky numbers that ended up winning him a share of a Carolina Cash 5 jackpot.
2019: Pa. spends $1.3M to date on search for lottery partner amid fierce competition for $1B contract. The hunt for a company to service the Pennsylvania Lottery's games and gaming system for the next decade has proven to be a contentious and costly venture.
2018: You just won a huge lottery jackpot! Now what?. If you happen to win one of this week's massive jackpots, we have some tips for you to help you navigate the first few steps managing your newfound wealth.
2018: Mississippi governor appoints lottery corporation. Amid the lottery fever sweeping the United States, Mississippi took a step closer to starting a state lottery.
2015: Oklahoma Lottery warns about Powerball scam spreading through Facebook. The Oklahoma Lottery Commission is warning the public of a new scam that is affecting Facebook users nationwide.
2014: Pennsylvania House passes bill giving Lottery odds and prize flexibility. The Pennsylvania House has voted 195-1 to send to Gov. Tom Corbett a bill that Pennsylvania Lottery officials say will give them more flexibility in setting player odds and prizes, increasing sales in the long run.
2014: Casinos no death knell for lotteries. Casino opponents are forecasting a doomsday for the Massachusetts State Lottery if casinos are allowed to open in the state, but their predictions are not supported by the results in other large states that have introduced casinos into mature lottery markets, according to specialists and local media analysis.
2013: Southlake gas station sells winning $19.5M Texas Lotto ticket. A Southlake, Texas, gas station sold the $19.5 million winning ticket for Saturday's Lotto Texas jackpot, according to the Texas Lottery.
2012: 1987 Pennsylvania Lottery winners to receive final payments. 17 school employees who shared a 1987 Pennsylvania Lottery Super 7 jackpot learned that sharing a big jackpot does not necessarily make you a millionaire.
2010: Florida Lottery winner featured on TV show. A Florida man who has won several Florida Lottery prizes will appear on The Learning Channel show "The Lottery Changed My Life," which airs at 9 p.m. Thursday.
2009: Store clerk accused of stealing $1M lottery ticket from customer. Years of playing the lottery finally paid off for a Grand Prairie, Texas, man in May when he walked into a store with a million-dollar ticket, but in a double twist of tortured fortune, an opportunistic clerk may have cheated him out of his ticket and his treasure.
2008: N.C. lottery turns record profits for state. Economic times on Wall Street are tough these days, but not so for the North Carolina Lottery.
2008: Young lottery winner discusses investment challenges. A college student who won $1 million in the Maryland Lottery on his 19th birthday last year discusses the financial challenges that came from recent Wall Street woes.
2008: Human error caused expensive Va. Lottery mistake. Virginia Lottery officials are saying that a human error caused a new lottery game to incorrectly spit out hundreds of winning tickets, leaving hundreds of players frustrated and wanting their money.
2008: Ontario lottery winners: remember when you bought the ticket ... or else. A Canadian lottery corporation in Ontario is withholding a Windsor man's $100,000 winnings because he couldn't remember the date and time he bought the ticket.
2007: Texas Lottery joins missing seniors program. The Texas Lottery Commission in September joined the newly-opened Silver Alert Network, which assists efforts by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to find missing senior citizens.
2003: GOP chief criticizes lottery pay. The chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party Tuesday criticized "excessive salaries" paid by the Tennessee Lottery Corp., money she said should go to education when the lottery starts next year.
2003: Tenn. Lottery coming to offbeat places. Tennesseans eating out, getting a haircut or maybe even buying Broadway tickets at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center will be able to pick up lottery tickets, too.
2003: Whole Lotto trouble. With today's California SuperLotto Plus lottery jackpot at $96 million, sellers hope problem-plagued new machines keep working.
2003: Lottery winner temporarily shuts down philanthropic Web site. Powerball winner Jack Whittaker has temporarily shut down his philanthropic organization's Web site to allow staff to catch up on thousands of requests for financial help, an employee said Tuesday.

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.$478.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2024
5.€293.18 Million US$289.11 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2022
6.€190 Million US$240.54 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2014
7.$224 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2014
8.$216 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2013
9.$205 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2024
10.$191.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2017
11.€160.99 Million
US$175.22 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2016
12.$162 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2003
13.$151 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2016
14.$148 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2011
15.€113 Million
US$142.93 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 27, 2006
16.€100.76 Million
US$130.16 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2008
17.$128 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2005
18.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2019
19.€99.38 Million
US$115.71 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2021
20.€115 Million
US$114.13 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2022
21.$114 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2023
22.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2014
23.$108 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2021
24.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2015
25.€90 Million
US$102.51 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2018

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1992: Rodrigue22
Thursday, Oct 22, 1992
32 years old
1986: faithwin
Wednesday, Oct 22, 1986
38 years old
1983: bjones$
Saturday, Oct 22, 1983
41 years old
1983: redrose6466
Saturday, Oct 22, 1983
41 years old
1978: queenkimmey
Sunday, Oct 22, 1978
46 years old
1973: satsmith5
Monday, Oct 22, 1973
51 years old
1970: Needsomeluck
Thursday, Oct 22, 1970
54 years old
1969: MsVal1022
Wednesday, Oct 22, 1969
55 years old
1960: SunStar
Saturday, Oct 22, 1960
64 years old
1957: bodad105
Tuesday, Oct 22, 1957
67 years old
1953: bucketlist
Thursday, Oct 22, 1953
71 years old
1948: kt2wc4
Friday, Oct 22, 1948
76 years old
: datotalpackage
(year not provided)
: Gigi0708
(year not provided)
: mdc1022
(year not provided)
: Motorcity313
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: Same-sex marriage is legalised, and abortion is decriminalised in Northern Ireland as a result of the Northern Ireland Assembly not being restored.
2014: Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacks the Parliament of Canada, killing a soldier and injuring three other people.
2013: The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013.
2012: Cyclist Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after being charged for doping.
2008: India launches its first uncrewed lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.
2007: A raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos, with all except one dying in this attack. Eight Sri Lanka Air Force planes are destroyed and ten damaged.
2006: A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a national referendum.
2005: Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active Atlantic hurricane season until surpassed by the 2020 season.
2005: Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashes in Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.
1999: Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
1997: Danish fugitive Steen Christensen kills two police officers, Chief Constable Eero Holsti and Senior Constable Antero Palo, in Ullanlinna, Helsinki, Finland during his prison escape.
1992: Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-52.
1987: John Adams' opera Nixon in China premiered.
1983: Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.
1981: The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) for its strike the previous August.
1976: Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs.
1975: The Soviet uncrewed space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.
1964: Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but turns down the honor.
1964: An all-party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which will become the new official flag of Canada.
1963: A BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes in UK with the loss of all on board.
1962: Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.
1947: The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
1946: Over twenty-two hundred engineers and technicians from eastern Germany are forced to relocate to the Soviet Union, along with their families and equipment.
1943: World War II: In the second firestorm raid on Germany, the RAF conducts an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless.
1941: World War II: French resistance member Guy Môquet and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer.
1936: Dod Orsborne, captain of the Girl Pat is convicted of its theft and imprisoned, having caused a media sensation when it went missing.
1934: In East Liverpool, Ohio, FBI agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
1923: The royalist Leonardopoulos-Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.
1910: Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.
1907: A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
1895: In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100 ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33 ft) to the road below.
1884: The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
1883: The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
1879: Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (lasting 131⁄2 hours before burning out).
1878: The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
1877: The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
1875: The first telegraphic connection in Argentina becomes operational.
1866: A plebiscite ratifies the annexation of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, which had occurred three days before on October 19.
1859: Spain declares war on Morocco.
1844: The Millerites (followers of Baptist preacher William Miller) anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1836: Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
1797: André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump, from 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above Paris.
1790: Northwest Indian War: Native American forces defeat the United States, ending the Harmar Campaign.
1784: Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.
1777: American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
1746: The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.
1739: The War of Jenkins' Ear begins with the first attack on La Guaira.
1730: Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed.
1724: J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Adorn yourself, O dear soul) in Leipzig on the 20th Sunday after Trinity, based on the communion hymn of the same name.
1721: The Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.
1707: Four British naval vessels run aground on the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. In response, the first Longitude Act is enacted in 1714.
1633: The Ming dynasty defeats the Dutch East India Company.
1383: The male line of the Portuguese House of Burgundy becomes extinct with the death of King Fernando, leaving only his daughter Beatrice. Rival claimants begin a period of civil war and disorder.
906: Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh leads a raid against the Byzantine Empire, taking 4,000-5,000 captives.
794: Emperor Kanmu relocates the Japanese capital to Heian-kyō (now Kyoto).
451: The Chalcedonian Creed, regarding the divine and human nature of Jesus, is adopted by the Council of Chalcedon, an ecumenical council.

Births On This Day

2004: Stefan Bajcetic, Spanish footballer
2001: Brian Branch, American football player
2000: Baby Keem, American rapper and record producer
1999: Geraldo Perdomo, Dominican baseball player
1998: Roddy Ricch, American rapper
1996: B.I, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
1996: Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Norwegian ski runner
1995: Saidy Janko, Swiss footballer
1994: Corbin Burnes, American baseball player
1993: Charalambos Lykogiannis, Greek footballer
1992: 21 Savage, British-American rapper
1992: SSSniperWolf, British-American YouTuber
1992: Sofia Vassilieva, American actress
1990: Nicolás Francella, Argentine actor
1990: Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor
1990: David Savard, Canadian ice hockey player
1989: JPEGMafia, American rapper and singer
1989: Muhammad Wilkerson, American football player
1988: Sarah Barrow, English diver
1988: Parineeti Chopra, Indian actress
1988: Aykut Demir, Turkish footballer
1988: Corey Hawkins, American actor
1988: Liliana Mercado, Mexican footballer
1988: Elena Muhhina, Estonian figure skater
1987: Tiki Gelana, Ethiopian runner
1987: Donny Montell, Lithuanian singer-songwriter
1987: Park Ha-sun, South Korean actress
1987: Reen Yu, Taiwanese actress
1986: Chancellor, South Korean-American musician
1986: Kenji Ebisawa, Japanese actor
1986: Kyle Gallner, American actor
1986: Kara Lang, Canadian soccer player
1986: Ștefan Radu, Romanian footballer
1986: Akihiro Sato, Japanese footballer
1986: Bassam Tariq, Pakistani-American filmmaker
1985: Federico Ágreda, Venezuelan musician
1985: Hadise, Belgian-Turkish singer-songwriter and dancer
1985: Zac Hanson, American singer-songwriter and drummer
1984: Horacio Agulla, Argentine rugby player
1984: Aleks Marić, Australian basketball player
1984: Antti Pihlström, Finnish ice hockey player
1983: Byul, South Korean singer
1983: Anton Müller, German footballer
1983: Plan B, British singer and actor
1982: Robinson Canó, Dominican baseball player
1982: Tim Erfen, German footballer
1982: Heath Miller, American football player
1982: Darren O'Day, American baseball player
1982: Mark Renshaw, Australian cyclist
1981: Michael Fishman, American actor and producer
1981: Olivier Pla, French racing driver
1980: Niall Breslin, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and footballer
1980: Luke O'Donnell, Australian rugby league player
1980: Sonia Sui, Taiwanese model and actress
1979: Doni, Brazilian footballer
1979: Jannero Pargo, American basketball player and coach
1978: Dion Glover, American basketball player and coach
1978: Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (d. 2007)
1978: Owais Shah, Pakistani-English cricketer
1976: Luke Adams, Australian race walker
1976: Laidback Luke, Dutch DJ
1976: Jon Foreman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975: Martín Cardetti, Argentinian footballer and manager
1975: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, American actor
1975: Míchel Salgado, Spanish footballer
1974: Tim Kinsella, American singer-songwriter
1974: Jeff McInnis, American basketball player
1974: Miroslav Šatan, Slovak ice hockey player
1973: Carmen Ejogo, English actress
1973: Andrés Palop, Spanish footballer and manager
1973: Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball player
1973: Mark van der Zijden, Dutch swimmer
1972: D'Lo Brown, American wrestler and accountant
1972: Saffron Burrows, English-American actress
1972: Víctor Saldaño, Argentine criminal
1971: Amanda Coetzer, South African tennis player
1971: Kornél Dávid, Hungarian basketball player
1971: José Manuel Martínez, Spanish runner
1971: Jennifer Lee, American filmmaker
1970: Winston Bogarde, Dutch footballer and manager
1970: Amy Redford, American actress, director, and producer
1970: Javier Milei, Argentine politician and economist
1969: Julio Borges, Venezuelan politician
1969: Héctor Carrasco, Dominican baseball player
1969: Spike Jonze, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1969: Helmut Lotti, Belgian singer-songwriter
1969: Coque Malla, Spanish musician and actor
1968: Stephanie Cutter, American lawyer and political consultant
1968: Jay Johnston, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1968: Shelby Lynne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968: Stéphane Quintal, Canadian ice hockey player
1968: Shaggy, Jamaican singer-songwriter and DJ
1967: Salvatore Di Vittorio, Italian composer and conductor
1967: Rita Guerra, Portuguese singer
1967: Oona King, Baroness King of Bow, English academic and politician
1967: Ulrike Maier, Austrian skier (d. 1994)
1967: Carlos Mencia, Honduran-American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1967: Ron Tugnutt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
1966: Yuri Arbachakov, Russian-Japanese boxer
1966: Maelo Ruiz, New York City-born Puerto Rican Salsa romántica singer
1965: Sumito Estévez, Venezuelan chef
1965: Valeria Golino, Italian actress
1965: John Wesley Harding, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965: A. L. Kennedy, Scottish comedian, journalist, and author
1965: Otis Smith, American football player and coach
1965: Piotr Wiwczarek, Polish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1964: Dražen Petrović, Croatian basketball player (d. 1993)
1964: TobyMac, American singer-songwriter and producer
1963: Brian Boitano, American figure skater
1962: Bob Odenkirk, American actor and comedian
1961: Takaaki Ishibashi, Japanese comedian, singer, and actor
1961: Barbara Potter, American tennis player
1960: Darryl Jenifer, American bass player
1960: Cris Kirkwood, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1959: Roberto Navarro, Argentine journalist
1959: Arto Salminen, Finnish journalist and author (d. 2005)
1959: Marc Shaiman, American composer and songwriter
1958: Bobby Blotzer, American drummer
1957: Henry Lauterbach, German jumper
1957: Daniel Melingo, Argentine musician
1956: John Adam, Australian rugby league player
1956: Alejandro Kuropatwa, Argentine photographer (d. 2003)
1954: Graham Joyce, English author and educator (d. 2014)
1953: René Arce Islas, Mexican politician
1952: Julie Dash, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1952: Jeff Goldblum, American actor and producer
1950: Donald Ramotar, Guyanese politician, 8th President of Guyana
1949: Stiv Bators, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1990)
1949: Vasilios Magginas, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Employment (d. 2015)
1949: Manfred Trojahn, German flute player, composer, and conductor
1949: Arsène Wenger, French footballer and manager
1948: Mike Hendrick, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (d. 2021)
1948: Pierre Lartigue, French rally driver
1948: Debbie Macomber, American author
1947: Adam Gondvi, Indian poet (d. 2011)
1947: Raymond Bachand, Canadian lawyer and politician
1947: Haley Barbour, American lawyer and politician, 62nd Governor of Mississippi
1946: Claude Charron, Canadian educator and politician
1946: Godfrey Chitalu, Zambian footballer (d. 1993)
1946: Deepak Chopra, Indian-American physician and author
1946: Elizabeth Connell, South African mezzo-soprano (d. 2012)
1946: Kelvin MacKenzie, English journalist
1946: Jaime Nebot, Ecuadorian politician
1945: Eddie Brigati, American singer-songwriter
1945: Yvan Ponton, Canadian actor and game show host
1945: Buzz Potamkin, American director and producer, founded Buzzco Associates (d. 2012)
1945: Sheila Sherwood, English long jumper
1945: Michael Stoute, Barbadian-English horse trainer
1945: Leslie West, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
1943: Allen Coage, American-Canadian wrestler and coach (d. 2007)
1943: Catherine E. Coulson, American actress (d. 2015)
1943: Jan de Bont, Dutch director, producer, and cinematographer
1943: Catherine Deneuve, French actress and singer
1943: Seif Sharif Hamad, Zanzibari politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Zanzibar (d. 2021)
1942: Bobby Fuller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1966)
1942: Annette Funicello, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
1942: Pedro Morales, Puerto Rican wrestler (d. 2019)
1941: Ahmet Mete Işıkara, Turkish geophysicist and earthquake scientist (d. 2013)
1941: Charles Keating, English-American actor (d. 2014)
1939: Joaquim Chissano, Mozambican politician, 2nd President of Mozambique
1939: George Cohen, English footballer (d. 2022)
1939: Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers, French poet and critic (d. 2013)
1939: Tony Roberts, American actor and singer
1938: K. Indrapala, Sri Lankan historian and academic
1938: Derek Jacobi, English actor
1938: Christopher Lloyd, American actor, comedian and producer
1938: César Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer and manager (d. 2024)
1937: José Larralde, Argentine singer-songwriter
1937: Manos Loïzos, Egyptian-Greek composer (d. 1982)
1936: John Blashford-Snell, English soldier, author, and explorer
1936: Peter Cook, English architect and academic
1936: Jovan Pavlović, Serbian metropolitan (d. 2014)
1936: Bobby Seale, American political activist and author, co-founder of the Black Panther Party
1934: Donald McIntyre, New Zealand opera singer
1933: Carlos Alberto Sacheri, Argentine philosopher (d. 1974)
1933: Helmut Senekowitsch, Austrian footballer and manager (d. 2007)
1931: Ann Rule, American police officer and author (d. 2015)
1930: Estela de Carlotto, Argentine human rights activist
1930: José Guardiola, Spanish singer (d. 2012)
1929: Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett, English director and producer (d. 2015)
1929: Lev Yashin, Russian footballer (d. 1990)
1928: Clare Fischer, American pianist, composer and arranger (d. 2012)
1928: Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2018)
1927: Allan Hendrickse, South African minister and politician (d. 2005)
1925: Slater Martin, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
1925: Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
1925: Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian genealogist, author, and hula expert (d. 2014)
1925: Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and illustrator (d. 2008)
1923: Bert Trautmann, German footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1921: Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981)
1921: Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1986)
1921: Harald Nugiseks, Estonian sergeant (d. 2014)
1920: Timothy Leary, American psychologist and author (d. 1996)
1919: Doris Lessing, British novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1918: Lou Klein, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1976)
1917: Joan Fontaine, British-American actress (d. 2013)
1915: Yitzhak Shamir, Belarusian-Israeli civil servant and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel (d. 2012)
1913: Robert Capa, Hungarian-American photographer and journalist (d. 1954)
1913: Bảo Đại, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1997)
1913: Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss lawyer and politician, 63rd President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2002)
1908: John Gould, American journalist and author (d. 2003)
1908: José Escobar Saliente, Spanish cartoonist (d. 1994)
1907: Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player (d. 1967)
1907: Günther Treptow, German tenor (d. 1981)
1906: Kees van Baaren, Dutch composer and educator (d. 1970)
1906: Aurelio Baldor, Cuban mathematician and lawyer (d. 1978)
1905: Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-French pianist and composer (d. 1969)
1904: Constance Bennett, American actress, singer, and producer (d. 1965)
1904: Saúl Calandra, Argentine football player (d. 1973)
1904: Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and radio engineer (d. 1950)
1903: George Wells Beadle, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
1903: Curly Howard, American comedian and vaudevillian (d. 1952)
1900: Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist (d. 1927)
1899: Salarrué, Salvadoran writer and painter (d. 1975)
1898: Dámaso Alonso, Spanish poet and philologist (d. 1990)
1897: Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (d. 1958)
1896: Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic (d. 1988)
1896: José Leitão de Barros, Portuguese film director and playwright (d. 1967)
1895: Johnny Morrison, professional baseball player (d. 1966)
1894: Mei Lanfang, Chinese actor and singer (d. 1961)
1893: Ernst Öpik, Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1985)
1893: Luis Otero, Spanish footballer (d. 1955)
1887: John Reed, American journalist and poet (d. 1920)
1886: Erik Bergman, Swedish minister (d. 1970)
1885: Giovanni Martinelli, Italian tenor and actor (d. 1969)
1882: Edmund Dulac, French-English illustrator (d. 1953)
1882: N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator (d. 1945)
1881: Clinton Davisson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
1881: Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (d. 1908)
1878: Jaan Lattik, Estonian pastor and politician, 9th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1967)
1875: Théodore Monbeig, French Catholic missionary and botanist (d. 1914)
1875: David van Embden, Dutch economist and politician (d. 1962)
1873: Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finnish linguist and diplomat (d. 1950)
1873: Rama Tirtha, Indian philosopher and educator (d. 1906)
1870: Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
1870: Lord Alfred Douglas, English author and poet (d. 1945)
1865: Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (d. 1943)
1859: Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria (d. 1949)
1858: Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1921)
1850: Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (d. 1908)
1847: Koos de la Rey, South African general (d. 1914)
1844: Sarah Bernhardt, French actress and manager (d. 1923)
1844: Louis Riel, Canadian scholar and politician (d. 1885)
1843: James Strachan-Davidson, English classical scholar, academic administrator, translator, and author (d. 1916)
1832: August Labitzky, Czech composer and conductor (d. 1903)
1821: Collis Potter Huntington, American businessman (d. 1900)
1818: Leconte de Lisle, French poet and author (d. 1894)
1811: Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1886)
1809: Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Texas Attorney General (d. 1889)
1783: Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Ottoman-French polymath and naturalist (d. 1840)
1781: Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (d. 1789)
1778: Javier de Burgos, Spanish jurist and politician (d. 1848)
1761: Antoine Barnave, French politician and orator (d. 1793)
1749: Cornelis van der Aa, Dutch historian and bookseller (d. 1816)
1729: Johann Reinhold Forster, German pastor and botanist (d. 1798)
1701: Maria Amalia, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1756)
1689: John V, Portuguese king (d. 1750)
1659: Georg Ernst Stahl, German chemist and physician (d. 1734)
1592: Gustav Horn, Count of Pori (d. 1657)
1587: Joachim Jungius, German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1657)
1559: Jacques Sirmond, French scholar (d. 1651)
1511: Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1553)
1197: Juntoku, Japanese emperor (d. 1242)
1071: William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (d. 1126)
955: Qian Weijun, king of Wuyue (d. 991)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Peter Scolari, American actor (b. 1955)
2017: George Young, Australian musician, songwriter and record producer (b. 1946)
2017: Paul Weitz, American astronaut (b. 1932)
2016: Steve Dillon, British comic book artist (b. 1962)
2016: Sheri S. Tepper, American writer (b. 1929)
2015: Willem Aantjes, Dutch civil servant and politician (b. 1923)
2015: Çetin Altan, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1927)
2015: Murphy Anderson, American illustrator (b. 1926)
2015: Arnold Klein, American dermatologist and author (b. 1945)
2015: Joshua Wheeler, American sergeant (b. 1975)
2014: George Francis, English footballer and soldier (b. 1934)
2014: John-Roger Hinkins, American religious leader and author (b. 1934)
2014: Ashok Kumar, Indian director and cinematographer (b. 1941)
2014: John Postgate, English microbiologist, author, and academic (b. 1922)
2013: Marylou Dawes, Canadian pianist and educator (b. 1933)
2013: Lajos Für, Hungarian historian and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (b. 1930)
2013: William Harrison, American author and screenwriter (b. 1933)
2013: James Robinson Risner, American general and pilot (b. 1925)
2012: Betty Binns Fletcher, American lawyer and judge (b. 1923)
2012: Mike Morris, English talk show host (b. 1946)
2012: Gabrielle Roth, American dancer, singer, and author (b. 1941)
2011: Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1930)
2010: Eio Sakata, Japanese Go player (b. 1920)
2009: Don Lane, American-Australian actor, singer, and talk show host (b. 1933)
2009: Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor (b. 1926)
2007: Ève Curie, French pianist and journalist (b. 1904)
2006: Arthur Hill, Canadian-American actor (b. 1922)
2005: Arman, French-American painter and sculptor (b. 1928)
2005: Tony Adams, Irish-American actor and producer (b. 1953)
2002: Richard Helms, American intelligence agent and diplomat, 8th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1913)
2002: Geraldine of Albania (b. 1915)
2001: Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist (b. 1922)
1998: Eric Ambler, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1909)
1997: Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1905)
1995: Kingsley Amis, English novelist, poet, critic (b. 1922)
1995: Mary Wickes, American actress and singer (b. 1910)
1993: Innes Ireland, English racing driver and engineer (b. 1930)
1992: Red Barber, American sportscaster (b. 1908)
1992: Cleavon Little, American actor (b. 1939)
1991: Hachiro Kasuga, Japanese singer and actor (b. 1924)
1990: Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (b. 1918)
1989: Ewan MacColl, English singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and playwright (b. 1915)
1989: Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim (b. 1978)
1988: Cynthia Freeman, American author (b. 1915)
1987: Lino Ventura, Italian-French actor (b. 1919)
1986: Jane Dornacker, American actress and singer (b. 1947)
1986: Thorgeir Stubø, Norwegian guitarist and composer (b. 1943)
1986: Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician, Head of State of the People's Republic of China (b. 1897)
1986: Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
1985: Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano and educator (b. 1894)
1982: Richard Hugo, American poet (b. 1923)
1979: Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator (b. 1887)
1979: Mieko Kamiya, Japanese psychiatrist and author (b. 1914)
1973: Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (b. 1876)
1972: James K. Baxter, New Zealand poet, writer, theologian, and social commentator. (b. 1926)
1969: Tommy Edwards, American singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
1965: Muriel George, English singer and actress (b. 1883)
1959: George Bouzianis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1885)
1959: Joseph Cahill, Australian politician, 29th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1891)
1956: Hannah Mitchell, English activist (b. 1872)
1954: Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian author and poet (b. 1899)
1952: Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (b. 1874)
1941: Guy Môquet, French militant (b. 1924)
1935: Edward Carson, Irish-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1854)
1935: Ettore Marchiafava, Italian physician (b. 1847)
1934: Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (b. 1904)
1928: Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
1927: Borisav Stanković, Serbian author (b. 1876)
1917: Bob Fitzsimmons, English-American boxer (b. 1863)
1917: Charles Pardey Lukis, founder of the Indian Journal of Medical Research and later Director-General of the Indian Medical Service (b. 1857)
1914: Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (b. 1866)
1906: Paul Cézanne, French painter (b. 1839)
1902: Herman Adolfovich Trautschold, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1817)
1891: Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist and physician (b. 1846)
1885: Lewis Majendie, English politician (b. 1835)
1883: George Coulthard, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1856)
1883: Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American soldier and author (b. 1818)
1859: Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (b. 1784)
1853: Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1784)
1847: Sahle Selassie, Ethiopian ruler (b. 1795)
1792: Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (b. 1725)
1761: Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (b. 1702)
1755: Elisha Williams, American minister, academic, and jurist (b. 1694)
1751: William IV, Prince of Orange (b. 1711)
1708: Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1636)
1626: Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese daimyō (b. 1561)
1604: Domingo Báñez, Spanish theologian (b. 1528)
1565: Jean Grolier de Servières, French book collector (b. 1479)
1493: James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton
1455: Johannes Brassart, Flemish composer
1383: Ferdinand I of Portugal (b. 1345)
842: Abo, Japanese prince (b. 792)
741: Charles Martel, Frankish king (b. 688)
726: Itzamnaaj K'awiil, a Maya ruler of Dos Pilas

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