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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

2025: New Millionaire for Life multi-state game coming in 2026. There's a new multi-state game called Millionaire for Life that is set to make its debut in some states in early 2026.
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.$680 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2025
3.$602.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2018
4.$591.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2022
5.$478.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2024
6.$321 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2025
7.€293.18 Million US$289.11 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2022
8.€190 Million US$240.54 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2014
9.$224 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2014
10.$216 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2013
11.$205 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2024
12.$191.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2017
13.€160.99 Million
US$175.22 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2016
14.$162 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2003
15.$151 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2016
16.$148 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2011
17.€113 Million
US$142.93 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 27, 2006
18.€100.76 Million
US$130.16 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2008
19.$128 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2005
20.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2019
21.€99.38 Million
US$115.71 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2021
22.€115 Million
US$114.13 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2022
23.$114 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2023
24.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2014
25.$108 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 22, 2021

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2002: Don-Ld$32!Ed*
Tuesday, Oct 22, 2002
23 years old
1992: Rodrigue22
Thursday, Oct 22, 1992
33 years old
1989: Ladylibra1626
Sunday, Oct 22, 1989
36 years old
1986: faithwin
Wednesday, Oct 22, 1986
39 years old
1983: bjones$
Saturday, Oct 22, 1983
42 years old
1983: redrose6466
Saturday, Oct 22, 1983
42 years old
1978: queenkimmey
Sunday, Oct 22, 1978
47 years old
1973: satsmith5
Monday, Oct 22, 1973
52 years old
1970: Needsomeluck
Thursday, Oct 22, 1970
55 years old
1969: MsVal1022
Wednesday, Oct 22, 1969
56 years old
1960: SunStar
Saturday, Oct 22, 1960
65 years old
1957: bodad105
Tuesday, Oct 22, 1957
68 years old
1953: bucketlist
Thursday, Oct 22, 1953
72 years old
1948: kt2wc4
Friday, Oct 22, 1948
77 years old
1947: cottoramos
Wednesday, Oct 22, 1947
78 years old
: datotalpackage
(year not provided)
: Coco57
(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 probe 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 to deploy the LAGEOS-2 satellite and microgravity experiments.
1987: John Adams' opera Nixon in China premiered at the Houston Grand Opera.
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 US Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) for its strike the previous August.
1975: The Soviet uncrewed space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.
1964: Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, though he does not accept the prize.
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.
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 British Royal Air Force 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 Charles Gounod's Faust.
1879: Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb; the bulb lasted 131⁄2 hours before burning out.
1877: The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
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.
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 in Russia.
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.
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: Abbasid general Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh leads a raid against the Byzantine Empire, taking 4,000-5,000 captives.
794: Japanese Emperor Kanmu relocates his empire's 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
2002: Jack Howarth, Australian rugby league player
2001: Brian Branch, American football player
2001: Jo Yu-ri, South Korean singer and actress
2000: Baby Keem, American rapper and record producer
1999: Geraldo Perdomo, Dominican baseball player
1998: Roddy Ricch, American rapper
1997: Jan Köstering, German politician
1996: B.I, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and producer
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: 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
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
1980: Niall Breslin, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and footballer
1980: Luke O'Donnell, Australian rugby league player
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 (died 2007)
1978: Owais Shah, Pakistani-English cricketer
1976: Luke Adams, Australian race walker
1976: Laidback Luke, Dutch DJ and music producer
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: D'Lo Brown, American wrestler
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: 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, President of Argentina
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: 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: Oona King, Baroness King of Bow, British business executive and politician
1967: Ulrike Maier, Austrian skier (died 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 (died 1993)
1964: TobyMac, American singer-songwriter and producer
1963: Brian Boitano, American figure skater
1962: Bob Odenkirk, American actor and comedian
1961: Barbara Potter, American tennis player
1960: Darryl Jenifer, American bass player
1960: Cris Kirkwood, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1959: Arto Salminen, Finnish journalist and author (died 2005)
1959: Marc Shaiman, American composer and songwriter
1958: Bobby Blotzer, American drummer
1957: Henry Lauterbach, German jumper
1957: Daniel Melingo, Argentine musician
1956: Alejandro Kuropatwa, Argentine photographer (died 2003)
1955: John Adam, Australian rugby league player
1954: Graham Joyce, English author and educator (died 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 (died 1990)
1949: Vasilios Magginas, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Employment (died 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 (died 2021)
1948: Debbie Macomber, American author
1947: Raymond Bachand, Canadian lawyer and politician
1947: Haley Barbour, American lawyer and politician, 62nd Governor of Mississippi
1947: Adam Gondvi, Indian poet (died 2011)
1946: Claude Charron, Canadian educator and politician
1946: Godfrey Chitalu, Zambian footballer (died 1993)
1946: Deepak Chopra, Indian-American physician and author
1946: Elizabeth Connell, South African mezzo-soprano (died 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: Sheila Sherwood, English long jumper
1945: Michael Stoute, Barbadian-English horse trainer
1945: Leslie West, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)
1943: Allen Coage, American-Canadian wrestler and coach (died 2007)
1943: Catherine E. Coulson, American actress (died 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 (died 2021)
1942: Bobby Fuller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1966)
1942: Annette Funicello, American actress and singer (died 2013)
1942: Pedro Morales, Puerto Rican wrestler (died 2019)
1941: Charles Keating, English-American actor (died 2014)
1939: Joaquim Chissano, Mozambican politician, 2nd President of Mozambique
1939: George Cohen, English footballer (died 2022)
1939: Tony Roberts, American actor and singer (died 2025)
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 (died 2024)
1937: Alan Ladd Jr., American film producer and executive (died 2022)
1937: José Larralde, Argentine singer-songwriter
1937: Manos Loïzos, Egyptian-Greek composer (died 1982)
1936: John Blashford-Snell, English soldier, author, and explorer
1936: Peter Cook, English architect and academic
1936: Jovan Pavlović, Serbian metropolitan (died 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 and martyr (died 1974)
1933: Helmut Senekowitsch, Austrian footballer and manager (died 2007)
1931: Ann Rule, American police officer and author (died 2015)
1930: Estela de Carlotto, Argentine human rights activist
1930: José Guardiola, Spanish singer (died 2012)
1929: Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett, English director and producer (died 2015)
1929: Lev Yashin, Russian footballer (died 1990)
1928: Clare Fischer, American pianist, composer and arranger (died 2012)
1928: Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)
1927: Allan Hendrickse, South African minister and politician (died 2005)
1925: Slater Martin, American basketball player and coach (died 2012)
1925: Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)
1925: Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian genealogist, author, and hula expert (died 2014)
1925: Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and illustrator (died 2008)
1923: Bert Trautmann, German footballer and coach (died 2013)
1921: Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1981)
1921: Aleksandr Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (died 1986)
1921: Harald Nugiseks, Estonian sergeant (died 2014)
1920: Timothy Leary, American psychologist and author (died 1996)
1919: Doris Lessing, British novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
1918: Lou Klein, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1976)
1917: Joan Fontaine, English-American actress (died 2013)
1915: Yitzhak Shamir, Belarusian-Israeli civil servant and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel (died 2012)
1913: Robert Capa, Hungarian-American photographer and journalist (died 1954)
1913: Bảo Đại, Vietnamese emperor (died 1997)
1913: Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss lawyer and politician, 63rd President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2002)
1908: John Gould, American journalist and author (died 2003)
1908: José Escobar Saliente, Spanish cartoonist (died 1994)
1907: Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player (died 1967)
1907: Günther Treptow, German tenor (died 1981)
1906: Kees van Baaren, Dutch composer and educator (died 1970)
1906: Aurelio Baldor, Cuban mathematician and lawyer (died 1978)
1905: Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-French pianist and composer (died 1969)
1904: Constance Bennett, American actress, singer, and producer (died 1965)
1904: Saúl Calandra, Argentine football player (died 1973)
1904: Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and radio engineer (died 1950)
1903: George Wells Beadle, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989)
1903: Curly Howard, American comedian and vaudevillian (died 1952)
1899: Salarrué, Salvadoran writer and painter (died 1975)
1898: Dámaso Alonso, Spanish poet and philologist (died 1990)
1897: Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (died 1958)
1896: Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic (died 1988)
1896: José Leitão de Barros, Portuguese film director and playwright (died 1967)
1895: Johnny Morrison, professional baseball player (died 1966)
1894: Mei Lanfang, Chinese actor and singer (died 1961)
1893: Ernst Öpik, Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (died 1985)
1893: Luis Otero, Spanish footballer (died 1955)
1887: John Reed, American journalist and poet (died 1920)
1886: Erik Bergman, Swedish minister (died 1970)
1885: Giovanni Martinelli, Italian tenor and actor (died 1969)
1882: Edmund Dulac, French-English illustrator (died 1953)
1882: N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator (died 1945)
1881: Clinton Davisson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
1881: Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (died 1908)
1875: Théodore Monbeig, French Catholic missionary and botanist (died 1914)
1875: David van Embden, Dutch economist and politician (died 1962)
1873: Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finnish linguist and diplomat (died 1950)
1873: Rama Tirtha, Indian philosopher and educator (died 1906)
1870: Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1953)
1870: Lord Alfred Douglas, English author and poet (died 1945)
1865: Borghild Holmsen, Norwegian pianist, composer and music critic (died 1938)
1865: Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (died 1943)
1859: Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria (died 1949)
1858: Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (died 1921)
1850: Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (died 1908)
1847: Koos de la Rey, South African Boer general (died 1914)
1844: Sarah Bernhardt, French actress and manager (died 1923)
1844: Louis Riel, Canadian Métis scholar and politician (died 1885)
1843: James Strachan-Davidson, English classical scholar, academic administrator, translator, and author (died 1916)
1832: August Labitzky, Czech composer and conductor (died 1903)
1821: Collis Potter Huntington, American businessman (died 1900)
1818: Leconte de Lisle, French poet and author (died 1894)
1811: Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer (died 1886)
1809: Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and statesman, Texas Attorney General (died 1889)
1783: Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Ottoman-French polymath and naturalist (died 1840)
1781: Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (died 1789)
1778: Javier de Burgos, Spanish jurist and politician (died 1848)
1749: Cornelis van der Aa, Dutch historian and bookseller (died 1816)
1729: Johann Reinhold Forster, German pastor and botanist (died 1798)
1701: Maria Amalia, Holy Roman Empress (died 1756)
1689: John V, Portuguese king (died 1750)
1659: Georg Ernst Stahl, German chemist and physician (died 1734)
1592: Gustav Horn, Count of Pori (died 1657)
1587: Joachim Jungius, German mathematician and philosopher (died 1657)
1511: Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (died 1553)
1197: Juntoku, Japanese emperor (died 1242)
1071: William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (died 1126)
955: Qian Weijun, king of Wuyue (died 991)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Richard A. Cash, American global health researcher (born 1941)
2024: Grizzly 399, American grizzly bear (born 1996)
2024: Gustavo Gutiérrez, Peruvian philosopher, theologian and priest (born 1928)
2024: Lynda Obst, American film producer and author (born 1950)
2024: Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1960)
2021: Peter Scolari, American actor (born 1955)
2017: George Young, Australian musician, songwriter and record producer (born 1946)
2017: Paul Weitz, American astronaut (born 1932)
2016: Steve Dillon, British comic book artist (born 1962)
2016: Sheri S. Tepper, American writer (born 1929)
2015: Willem Aantjes, Dutch civil servant and politician (born 1923)
2015: Çetin Altan, Turkish journalist and politician (born 1927)
2015: Murphy Anderson, American illustrator (born 1926)
2015: Arnold Klein, American dermatologist and author (born 1945)
2015: Joshua Wheeler, American sergeant (born 1975)
2014: George Francis, English footballer and soldier (born 1934)
2014: John-Roger Hinkins, American religious leader and author (born 1934)
2014: Ashok Kumar, Indian director and cinematographer (born 1941)
2014: John Postgate, English microbiologist, author, and academic (born 1922)
2013: Marylou Dawes, Canadian pianist and educator (born 1933)
2013: Lajos Für, Hungarian historian and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (born 1930)
2013: William Harrison, American author and screenwriter (born 1933)
2013: James Robinson Risner, American general and pilot (born 1925)
2012: Betty Binns Fletcher, American lawyer and judge (born 1923)
2012: Mike Morris, English talk show host (born 1946)
2012: Gabrielle Roth, American dancer, singer, and author (born 1941)
2011: Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabian prince (born 1930)
2010: Eio Sakata, Japanese Go player (born 1920)
2009: Don Lane, American-Australian actor, singer, and talk show host (born 1933)
2009: Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor (born 1926)
2007: Ève Curie, French pianist and journalist (born 1904)
2006: Arthur Hill, Canadian-American actor (born 1922)
2005: Arman, French-American painter and sculptor (born 1928)
2005: Tony Adams, Irish-American actor and producer (born 1953)
2002: Richard Helms, American intelligence agent and diplomat, 8th Director of Central Intelligence (born 1913)
2002: Geraldine of Albania, Hungarian noblewoman and Queen of Albania (born 1915)
2001: Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist (born 1922)
1997: Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter (born 1905)
1995: Kingsley Amis, English novelist, poet, critic (born 1922)
1995: Mary Wickes, American actress and singer (born 1910)
1993: Innes Ireland, English racing driver and engineer (born 1930)
1992: Red Barber, American sportscaster (born 1908)
1992: Cleavon Little, American actor (born 1939)
1991: Hachiro Kasuga, Japanese singer and actor (born 1924)
1990: Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (born 1918)
1989: Ewan MacColl, English singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and playwright (born 1915)
1989: Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim (born 1978)
1988: Cynthia Freeman, American author (born 1915)
1987: Lino Ventura, Italian-French actor (born 1919)
1986: Jane Dornacker, American musician, comedian, and reporter (born 1947)
1986: Thorgeir Stubø, Norwegian guitarist and composer (born 1943)
1986: Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician, Head of State of the People's Republic of China (born 1897)
1986: Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1893)
1985: Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano and educator (born 1894)
1982: Richard Hugo, American poet of the Pacific Northwest (born 1923)
1979: Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator (born 1887)
1979: Mieko Kamiya, Japanese psychiatrist and author (born 1914)
1973: Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (born 1876)
1972: James K. Baxter, New Zealand poet, writer, theologian, and social commentator. (born 1926)
1965: Muriel George, English singer and actress (born 1883)
1959: Joseph Cahill, Australian politician, 29th Premier of New South Wales (born 1891)
1956: Hannah Mitchell, English activist (born 1872)
1954: Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian author and poet (born 1899)
1952: Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (born 1874)
1941: Guy Môquet, French militant (born 1924)
1935: Edward Carson, Irish-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1854)
1935: Ettore Marchiafava, Italian physician (born 1847)
1934: Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (born 1904)
1928: Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1862)
1917: Bob Fitzsimmons, English-American boxer (born 1863)
1917: Charles Pardey Lukis, founder of the Indian Journal of Medical Research and later Director-General of the Indian Medical Service (born 1857)
1914: Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (born 1866)
1906: Paul Cézanne, French painter (born 1839)
1902: Herman Adolfovich Trautschold, German geologist and paleontologist (born 1817)
1891: Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist and physician (born 1846)
1885: Lewis Majendie, English politician (born 1835)
1883: George Coulthard, Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1856)
1883: Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish British novelist and soldier (born 1818)
1859: Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (born 1784)
1853: Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan revolutionary general and politician, President of Uruguay (born 1784)
1792: Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (born 1725)
1751: William IV, Prince of Orange (born 1711)
1708: Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian and academic (born 1636)
1626: Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese daimyō (born 1561)
1604: Domingo Báñez, Spanish theologian (born 1528)
1565: Jean Grolier de Servières, French book collector (born 1479)
1493: James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton, Scottish earl (born 1426)
1383: Ferdinand I of Portugal, Portuguese king (born 1345)
842: Abo, Japanese prince (born 792)
741: Charles Martel, Frankish political and military leader (born 688)
726: Itzamnaaj K'awiil, a Maya ruler of Dos Pilas

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