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October 23

On This Day in History

October 23

October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 69 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Washington, D.C. woman makes $2 million lottery claim in thematically appropriate attire. A Washington, D.C. woman threw on a disguise worthy of a multi-million lottery prize when she visited the DC Lottery to claim her winnings in person.
2024: Restaurant chain Shari's shutters all Oregon locations after owing $900,000 to Oregon Lottery. Shari's Café & Pies, a beloved late-night restaurant chain, has shuttered all its Oregon locations after failing to pay the Oregon Lottery an outstanding debt of $900,000.
2023: Editorial: Study of lottery winners still receiving food stamps is flawed but raises good points. An independent group surveyed government data and found that over 65,000 individuals who won significant lottery prizes have continued collecting food stamps.
2022: $610 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot largest in ten months. After a 34th-consecutive drawing without a winner, the Powerball multi-state lottery game now features a jackpot that will provide multi-generational wealth to the lucky player who eventually wins it all.
2020: Nebraska man wins second scratch-off lottery jackpot this year. Will third time be the charm? A Nebraska lottery winner might consider buying one more lottery ticket after winning a second jackpot this year.
2019: Mississippi Lottery to start sales of Powerball and Mega Millions on Jan. 30. Mississippi residents looking forward to buying lottery tickets for the multi-state Powerball and Mega Millions games now can mark their calendars.
2019: NC grandmother wins $350,000 in lottery's first Big Spin event. Julia Earp of Wilmington, North Carolina, is the first player to spin the lottery's Big Spin prize wheel and win $350,000, according to the NC Education Lottery.
2018: Mega Millions tickets are selling so fast that unique number combinations are running out. Lottery officials estimate that around 75 percent of all number combinations in the $1.6 billion Mega Millions drawings will have been purchased by draw time tonight.
2015: Judge: Wyoming Lottery lawsuit against man can continue. A judge has denied a Cheyenne man's request to dismiss a lawsuit the Wyoming Lottery Corporation is pressing against him that seeks to force him to stop criticizing it to national lottery groups and others.
2015: Daughter accused of stealing mom's lottery jackpot starts collecting winnings. The woman?? who's being sued by her? ?Brooklyn ???mother?, who says she stole her $1 million lottery jackpot?,? got a lucky break Thursday as? ?a judge? ?gave her back? ?access to some of the? ?loot.
2014: EuroMillions jackpot at record levels, capped at €190 million. For players of Europe's EuroMillions multi-country lottery game, Friday's drawing is the start of a special capped drawing feature that could inflate the second prize level to extraordinary levels.
2013: Powerball Power Play variable multiplier to return in January. The Powerball Power Play variable prize multiplier will return starting with the Jan. 22, 2014, drawing, the Pennsylvania Lottery said today.
2011: Powerball lottery jackpot increased to $173 million. The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing took place last night without any jackpot winners, causing the new jackpot for Wednesday's drawing to grow to an estimated $173 million, with a cash option of $105 million.
2007: N.J. Lottery's Cash 5 game grows to record $1.8 million. The New Jersey Lottery's Jersey Cash 5 jackpot is so large that the lottery's web site jackpot listing is not designed to handle the large number.
2007: New York Lottery won't pay $25,000 for taped-up scratch-off ticket. A Long Island woman said a scratch-off lottery ticket she bought in a vending machine had been cut in half when it came out of the machine, but the New York Lottery said the two halves don't match, and they refuse to pay up. The woman plans to sue the lottery to get her winnings.
2003: Powerball Jackpot Soars to $190 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $190 million, with a cash option of $99 million. That ranks as the 6th largest Powerball jackpot ever.
2003: Lotto Wife: He Left Me. The Melville, New York woman who hit a $25 million New York Lotto jackpot in February has spoken publicly for the first time and said that contrary to her estranged husband's claims, she didn't run out on him and it was he who left her.
2003: Texas to start Mega Millions in time for holidays. Lottery officials are hoping to jingle all the way to the bank this holiday season, as Texans for the first time will be able to buy tickets in their state for the Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing.
2003: Cabbies win share of Big Game jackpot. A former Atlanta cabbie says the nearly $2 million he was awarded from a disputed Big Game lottery pot is a bittersweet victory.

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.$637.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2022
4.$602.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2018
5.$478.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2024
6.$343.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2025
7.€294.48 Million US$292.24 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2022
8.€190 Million US$240.54 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2014
9.$229 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2024
10.$224 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2014
11.$216 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2013
12.$191.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2017
13.$190 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2003
14.€162.31 Million
US$176.63 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2016
15.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2011
16.$164 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2016
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.$125 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2014
21.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2019
22.$118 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2010
23.€99.38 Million
US$115.71 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2021
24.€115 Million
US$114.13 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2022
25.$114 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2023

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989: Woody242
Monday, Oct 23, 1989
36 years old
1984: avm2233
Tuesday, Oct 23, 1984
41 years old
1981: alawson1981
Friday, Oct 23, 1981
44 years old
1980: Erlinda Escobar
Thursday, Oct 23, 1980
45 years old
1973: trina1234
Tuesday, Oct 23, 1973
52 years old
1972: poeticbrotha
Monday, Oct 23, 1972
53 years old
1968: paurths
Wednesday, Oct 23, 1968
57 years old
1962: pattyk
Tuesday, Oct 23, 1962
63 years old
1959: Bayboo
Friday, Oct 23, 1959
66 years old
1957: Anndiva1
Wednesday, Oct 23, 1957
68 years old
1957: Kpoppie65
Wednesday, Oct 23, 1957
68 years old
1951: missthing
Tuesday, Oct 23, 1951
74 years old
1938: modae23
Sunday, Oct 23, 1938
87 years old
: Janeen
(year not provided)
: KeyKey3
(year not provided)
: randomthoughts8
(year not provided)
: G-Dawg
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: Xi Jinping is elected as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party by the Central Committee, beginning a third term of the paramount leader of China.
2022: Myanmar Air Force airstrikes a concert in Hpakant Township, Kachin state killing at least 80 people, including senior Kachin Independence Organisation officials, in the Hpakant massacre.
2020: Second Libyan Civil War: The Second Libyan Civil War comes to an end as all parties to the 5+5 Joint Libyan Military Commission agree to a ceasefire.
2017: War against the Islamic State: Philippine defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana declares the end of the Siege of Marawi.
2015: The lowest sea-level pressure in the Western Hemisphere, and the highest reliably-measured non-tornadic sustained winds, are recorded in Hurricane Patricia, which strikes Mexico hours later, killing at least 13 and causing over $280 million in damages.
2011: A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.
2011: The Libyan National Transitional Council deems the Libyan Civil War over.
2007: A storm causes the Mexican Kab 101 oil platform to collide with a wellhead, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the platform.
2007: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-120, with Pamela Melroy becoming the second female space shuttle commander.
2004: A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata Prefecture in northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.
2002: Second Chechen War: Chechen separatist terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage.
2001: Apple Computer releases the iPod.
1998: Israel and the Palestinian Authority sign the Wye River Memorandum.
1995: Yolanda Saldívar is found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of popular Latin singer Selena.
1993: The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians.
1991: Signing of the Paris Peace Accords which ends the Cambodian-Vietnamese War.
1989: The Hungarian Republic officially replaces the communist Hungarian People's Republic.
1989: Bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine, the biggest bankruptcy in the Nordic countries up until then.
1989: An explosion at the Houston Chemical Complex in Pasadena, Texas, which registered a 3.5 on the Richter magnitude scale, kills 23 and injures 314.
1983: Lebanese Civil War: The U.S. Marines Corps barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb, killing 241 U.S. military personnel. A French Army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops.
1982: A gunfight breaks out between police officers and members of a religious cult in Arizona. The shootout leaves two cultists dead and dozens of cultists and police officers injured.
1978: Aeroflot Flight 6515 crashes off Syvash, killing all 26 people aboard.
1972: Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker, a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ends after five months.
1970: Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas.
1965: Vietnam War: The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), in conjunction with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, launches an operation seeking to destroy Communist forces during the siege of Plei Me.
1959: Aeroflot Flight 200 crashes while attempting to land at Vnukovo International Airport, killing 28.
1958: Canada's Springhill mining disaster kills seventy-five miners, while ninety-nine others are rescued.
1958: Belgian artist Peyo's comic characters, the Smurfs, make their debut in Spirou magazine.
1956: Secret police shoot several anti-communist protesters, igniting the Hungarian Revolution.
1955: Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm defeats former emperor Bảo Đại in a referendum and founds the Republic of Vietnam.
1955: The people of the Saar region vote in a referendum to unite with West Germany instead of France.
1944: World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.
1942: World War II: Allied forces commence the Second Battle of El Alamein, which proves to be the key turning point in the North African campaign.
1942: All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard American Airlines Flight 28 are killed when it collides with a U.S. Army Air Force bomber near Palm Springs, California.
1942: World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins on Guadalcanal.
1941: The Holocaust: Nazi Germany prohibits Jews from emigrating, including in its occupied territories.
1940: Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco meet at Hendaye to discuss the possibility of Spain entering the Second World War.
1927: The Imatra Cinema is destroyed in a fire in Tampere, Finland, during showing the 1924 film Wages of Virtue; 21 people die in the fire and almost 30 are injured.
1924: Second Zhili-Fengtian War: Warlord Feng Yuxiang, with the covert support of the Empire of Japan, stages a coup in Beijing against his erstwhile superiors in the Zhili clique, crippling their nearly victorious war effort against the Fengtian clique and forcing them to withdraw from northern China.
1923: German October: Due to a miscommunication with the party leadership, a militant section of the Communist Party of Germany launches an insurrection in Hamburg.
1912: First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins.
1911: The Italo-Turkish War sees the first use of an airplane in combat when an Italian pilot makes a reconnaissance flight.
1906: Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe.
1868: Meiji Restoration: Having taken the shogunate's seat of power at Edo and declared it his new capital as Tokyo, Mutsuhito proclaims the start of the new Meiji era.
1864: American Civil War: The Battle of Westport is the last significant engagement west of the Mississippi River, ending in a Union victory.
1856: Second Opium War: Dissatisfied with imperial commissioner Ye Mingchen's reparations for the alleged slighting of a British-owned vessel and at Consul Harry Parkes's urging, British Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour launches an assault on the Barrier Forts outside Canton in the first military engagement of the Second Opium War.
1850: The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts.
1812: General Claude François de Malet begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon, claiming that the Emperor died in the Russian campaign.
1798: The forces of Ali Pasha of Janina defeat the French and capture the town of Preveza in the Battle of Nicopolis.
1707: The First Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain convenes.
1666: The most intense tornado on record in English history, an F4 storm on the Fujita scale or T8 on the TORRO scale, strikes the county of Lincolnshire, with winds of more than 213 miles per hour (343 km/h).
1642: The Battle of Edgehill is the first major battle of the English Civil War.
1641: Irish Catholic gentry from Ulster attempt to seize control of Dublin Castle, the seat of English rule in Ireland, so as to force concessions.
1295: The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France against England is signed in Paris.
1157: The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the Danish Civil War.
1086: Spanish Reconquista: At the Battle of Sagrajas, the Almoravids defeats the Castilians, but are unable to take advantage of their victory.
502: The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theoderic, absolves Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.
425: Valentinian III is elevated as Roman emperor at the age of six.
42 BC: Liberators' civil war: Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat an army under Brutus in the second part of the Battle of Philippi, with Brutus committing suicide and ending the civil war.
4004 BC: James Ussher's purported creation date of the world according to the Bible.

Births On This Day

2002: Ningning, Chinese singer
1999: Yui Kobayashi, Japanese idol
1998: Amandla Stenberg, American actress
1998: Jordan Goodwin, American basketball player
1997: Nick Bosa, American football player
1997: Élie Okobo, French basketball player
1997: Jaydn Su'A, New Zealand rugby league player
1997: Minnie, Thai singer
1995: Ireland Baldwin, American model
1994: Margaret Qualley, American actress
1993: Josh Ruffels, English footballer
1991: Emil Forsberg, Swedish footballer
1991: Princess Mako of Akishino, member of the Japanese Imperial Family
1991: Jorge Taufua, Australian rugby league player
1989: Viktor Agardius, Swedish footballer
1989: Alain Baroja, Venezuelan footballer
1989: Zach Brown, American football player
1989: Jonita Gandhi, Indo-Canadian singer
1989: Anisya Kirdyapkina, Russian race walker
1989: Andriy Yarmolenko, Ukrainian footballer
1988: Jordan Crawford, American basketball player
1988: Aleksandr Salugin, Russian footballer
1988: Carolin Schiewe, German footballer
1987: Carmella, American wrestler
1987: Robin Copeland, Irish rugby player
1987: Félix Doubront, Venezuelan baseball player
1987: Faye, Swedish singer-songwriter
1987: Kyle Gibson, American baseball player
1987: Seo In-guk, South Korean singer and actor
1987: Miyuu Sawai, Japanese model and actress
1987: Naomi Watanabe, Japanese actress
1986: Emilia Clarke, English actress
1986: Briana Evigan, American actress and dancer
1986: Inbar Lavi, Israeli actress
1986: Jovanka Radičević, Montenegrin handball player
1986: Jake Robinson, English footballer
1986: Jessica Stroup, American actress
1985: Mohammed Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer
1985: Masiela Lusha, Albanian-American actress, poet, and humanitarian
1985: Miguel, American singer-songwriter and producer
1985: Chris Neal, English footballer
1985: Luca Spinetti, Italian footballer
1985: Panagiotis Vouis, Greek footballer
1984: Izabel Goulart, Brazilian model
1984: Jeffrey Hoogervorst, Dutch footballer
1984: Simone Masini, Italian footballer
1984: Meghan McCain, American journalist, author, and television personality
1984: Michael Sim, Australian golfer
1984: Keiren Westwood, English footballer
1983: Filippos Darlas, Greek footballer
1983: Valentin Demyanenko, Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani canoeist
1983: Goldie Harvey, Nigerian singer-songwriter (died 2013)
1982: Valentin Badea, Romanian footballer
1982: Kristjan Kangur, Estonian basketball player
1982: Aleksandar Luković, Serbian footballer
1982: Rickey Paulding, American basketball player
1982: Rodolfo, Brazilian footballer
1981: Daniela Alvarado, Venezuelan actress
1981: Jeroen Bleekemolen, Dutch racing driver
1981: Leticia Dolera, Spanish actress
1981: Ben Francisco, American baseball player
1981: Lee Ki-woo, South Korean actor
1981: Mirel Rădoi, Romanian footballer
1980: Mate Bilić, Croatian footballer
1980: Pedro Liriano, Dominican baseball player
1979: Ramón Castro, Venezuelan baseball player
1979: Simon Davies, Welsh footballer
1979: Lynn Greer, American basketball player
1979: Prabhas, Telugu film actor
1979: Jorge Solís, Mexican boxer
1979: Bud Smith, American baseball player
1978: Jimmy Bullard, English footballer
1978: Steve Harmison, English cricketer and sportscaster
1978: John Lackey, American baseball player
1978: Archie Thompson, New Zealand-Australian footballer
1977: Brad Haddin, Australian cricketer
1977: Alex Tudor, English cricketer and coach
1976: Cat Deeley, English model, actress, and television host
1976: Sergio Diduch, Argentine footballer
1976: Ryan Reynolds, Canadian-American actor and producer
1975: Michelle Beadle, American sportscaster
1975: Odalys García, Cuban actress
1975: Phillip Gillespie, Australian cricket umpire
1975: Jessicka, American singer-songwriter
1975: Yoon Son-ha, South Korean actress and singer
1975: Keith Van Horn, American basketball player
1975: Manuela Velasco, Spanish actress
1974: Aravind Adiga, Indian journalist and author
1974: Beatrice Faumuina, New Zealand discus thrower
1974: Sander Westerveld, Dutch footballer
1974: Christine Yoshikawa, Canadian pianist
1973: Christian Dailly, Scottish footballer
1972: Tiffeny Milbrett, American soccer player
1972: Dominika Paleta, Polish-Mexican actress
1972: Eduardo Paret, Cuban baseball player
1972: Bryan Pratt, American lawyer and politician
1972: Jasmin St. Claire, Virgin Islander-American actress
1972: Jimmy Wayne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971: Carlo Forlivesi, Italian-Japanese composer and scholar
1971: Chris Horner, American cyclist
1970: Matthew Barzun, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
1970: Grant Imahara, American television presenter and engineer (died 2020)
1970: Kenji Nomura, Japanese voice actor
1970: Zoe Wiseman, American model and photographer
1969: Dolly Buster, Czech film producer and director, actress and author
1969: Trudi Canavan, Australian author and illustrator
1969: Bill O'Brien, American football player and coach
1969: Brooke Theiss, American actress
1967: Dale Crover, American musician
1967: Omar Linares, Cuban baseball player
1967: Jaime Yzaga, Peruvian tennis player
1966: Alex Zanardi, Italian racing driver and cyclist
1965: Augusten Burroughs, American author and screenwriter
1965: Al Leiter, American baseball player and sportscaster
1964: Eddy Cue, American computer scientist and businessman
1964: Robert Trujillo, American bass player and songwriter
1963: Gordon Korman, Canadian-American author
1963: Rashidi Yekini, Nigerian footballer (died 2012)
1961: Laurie Halse Anderson, American author
1961: Vinicio Gómez, Guatemalan politician (died 2008)
1961: Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish footballer and sportscaster
1960: Mirwais Ahmadzaï, Swiss-French keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1960: Katoucha Niane, French model and actress (died 2008)
1960: Randy Pausch, American author and academic (died 2008)
1960: Wayne Rainey, American motorcycle racer
1959: "Weird Al" Yankovic, American comedy musician, writer, and actor
1959: Sam Raimi, American director, screenwriter and producer
1958: Michael Eric Dyson, American activist, author, and academic
1958: Rose Nabinger, German singer
1958: Frank Schaffer, German sprinter
1957: Paul Kagame, Rwandan soldier and politician, 6th President of Rwanda
1957: Graham Rix, English footballer and coach
1957: Martin Luther King III, American human rights activist, philanthropist and advocate
1956: Adam Nawałka, Polish football player and manager
1956: Darrell Pace, American archer
1956: Dianne Reeves, American singer
1956: Dwight Yoakam, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1955: Toshio Hosokawa, Japanese composer
1954: Ang Lee, Taiwanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1953: Taner Akçam, Turkish sociologist and historian
1953: Joaquín Lavín, Chilean politician and economist
1953: Pauline Black, English singer, actress and author
1952: Pierre Moerlen, French drummer (died 2005)
1952: Ken Tipton, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1951: Ángel de Andrés López, Spanish actor (died 2016)
1951: Charly García, Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1951: Fatmir Sejdiu, Kosovan academic and politician, 2nd President of Kosovo
1951: David Wills, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950: Maths O. Sundqvist, Swedish businessman (died 2012)
1949: Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian soldier and politician
1949: Oscar Martínez, Argentine theater actor
1949: Nick Tosches, American journalist, author, and poet (died 2019)
1949: Würzel, English singer and guitarist (died 2011)
1948: Hermann Hauser, Austrian-English businessman, co-founded Acorn Computers and Olivetti Research Laboratory
1948: Gerry Robinson, Irish-born British businessman, arts patron and television personality (died 2021)
1948: Brian Ross, American journalist
1948: Jordi Sabatés, Spanish musician (died 2022)
1947: Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, co-founder of the Palestinian movement Hamas (died 2004)
1947: Kazimierz Deyna, Polish footballer (died 1989)
1947: Greg Ridley, English bass player (died 2003)
1946: Graeme Barker, English archaeologist and academic
1946: Alicia Borinsky, Argentine writer
1946: Mel Martínez, American lawyer and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
1946: Miklós Németh, Hungarian javelin thrower
1945: Maggi Hambling, English sculptor and painter
1945: Kim Larsen, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)
1945: Graça Machel, Mozambican politician and humanitarian
1945: Ernie Watts, American saxophonist
1945: Maury Yeston, American composer, lyricist, and music theorist
1944: Mike Harding, English singer-songwriter and comedian
1943: Alida Chelli, Italian actress and singer (died 2012)
1942: Douglas Dunn, Scottish poet, critic, and academic
1942: Bernd Erdmann, German footballer and manager
1942: Anita Roddick, English businesswoman and activist, founded The Body Shop (died 2007)
1942: Michael Crichton, American author and screenwriter (died 2008)
1941: René Metge, French rally driver (died 2024)
1941: Colin Milburn, English cricketer (died 1990)
1941: Igor Smirnov, Moldovan engineer and politician, 1st President of Transnistria
1940: Ellie Greenwich, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2009)
1940: Jane Holzer, American model, actress, producer, and art collector
1940: Pelé, Brazilian footballer and actor (died 2022)
1939: Charlie Foxx, American R&B/soul singer and guitarist (died 1998)
1939: C. V. Vigneswaran, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st Chief Minister of the Northern Province
1938: Alan G'ilzean, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2018)
1937: Johnny Carroll, American rockabilly musician (died 1995)
1937: Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (died 1971)
1937: Deven Verma, Indian actor, director, and producer (died 2014)
1936: Charles Goodhart, English economist and academic
1936: Philip Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1935: JacSue Kehoe, American neuroscientist (died 2019)
1934: Caitro Soto, Afro-Peruvian musician (died 2004)
1933: Carol Fran, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2021)
1933: Carlos Lemos Simmonds, sixth Vice President of Columbia (died 2003)
1932: Vasily Belov, Russian novelist, poet and playwright (died 2012)
1931: Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician (died 2017)
1931: William P. Clark, Jr., American judge and politician, 12th United States National Security Advisor (died 2013)
1931: Diana Dors, English actress (died 1984)
1931: Johnny Kitagawa, Japanese businessman, and talent manager (died 2019)
1930: Unto Mononen, Finnish musician (died 1968)
1929: Luis Alarcón, Chilean actor (died 2023)
1929: Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (died 2006)
1927: Sonny Criss, American saxophonist and composer (died 1977)
1927: Dezső Gyarmati, Hungarian water polo player and coach (died 2013)
1927: Leszek Kołakowski, Polish-English historian and philosopher (died 2009)
1925: Johnny Carson, American television host (died 2005)
1925: Fred Shero, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 1990)
1924: Arthur Brittenden, English journalist (died 2015)
1923: Aslam Farrukhi, Indian-Pakistani linguist, author, and scholar (died 2016)
1923: Ned Rorem, American composer and author (died 2022)
1923: Frank Sutton, American actor (died 1974)
1922: Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington, English politician (died 2018)
1922: Coleen Gray, American actress (died 2015)
1920: Ted Fujita, Japanese-American meteorologist and academic (died 1998)
1920: Bob Montana, American illustrator (died 1975)
1920: Gianni Rodari, Italian writer (died 1980)
1920: Vern Stephens, American baseball player (died 1968)
1919: Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist and academic (died 1992)
1918: Augusta Dabney, American actress (died 2008)
1918: James Daly, American actor (died 1978)
1918: Paul Rudolph, American architect and academic, designed the Lippo Centre (died 1997)
1915: Simo Puupponen, Finnish writer (died 1967)
1911: Jack Keller, American hurdler (died 1978)
1910: Richard Mortensen, Danish painter and educator (died 1993)
1910: Hayden Rorke, American actor (died 1987)
1909: Zellig Harris, American linguist and methodologist (died 1992)
1908: František Douda, Czech shot putter (died 1990)
1908: Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1990)
1905: Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1983)
1905: Yen Chia-kan, Chinese lawyer and politician, President of the Republic of China (died 1993)
1905: Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (died 2003)
1904: Harvey Penick, American golfer and coach (died 1995)
1902: Robert Eberan von Eberhorst, Austrian engineer (died 1982)
1902: Luther Evans, American political scientist and politician (died 1981)
1900: Douglas Jardine, Indian-English cricketer and lawyer (died 1958)
1899: Bernt Balchen, Norwegian aviator (died 1973)
1897: John Baker, English air marshal (died 1978)
1897: Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena, Spanish writer (died 1975)
1896: Hilario Abellana, Filipino politician (died 1945)
1896: Lilyan Tashman, American actress (died 1934)
1894: Rube Bressler, American baseball player (died 1966)
1894: Emma Vyssotsky, American astronomer and academic (died 1975)
1892: Speckled Red, American blues/boogie-woogie piano player and singer-songwriter (died 1973)
1888: Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1961)
1885: Lawren Harris, Canadian painter and educator (died 1970)
1883: Hugo Wast, Argentine writer (died 1962)
1880: Dominikus Böhm, German architect (died 1955)
1880: Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress and singer (died 1959)
1878: Jaan Lattik, Estonian pastor and politician, 9th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1967)
1876: Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician, Reich Ministry of Justice (died 1970)
1875: Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist and academic (died 1946)
1874: Charles Kilpatrick, American runner and educator (died 1921)
1873: William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer (died 1975)
1870: Francis Kelley, Canadian-American bishop (died 1948)
1869: John Heisman, American football player and coach (died 1936)
1865: Neltje Blanchan, American historian and author (died 1918)
1863: Mirko Breyer, Croatian writer, bibliographer, antiquarian, and one of the notable alleged and false victims of the Stara Gradiška concentration camp (died 1946)
1857: Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (died 1899)
1844: Robert Bridges, English poet and playwright (died 1930)
1837: Moritz Kaposi, Hungarian dermatologist (died 1902)
1835: Adlai Stevenson I, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (died 1914)
1832: Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg, Finnish priest and father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the first President of Finland (died 1873)
1822: Gustav Spörer, German astronomer (died 1895)
1817: Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and author (died 1875)
1815: João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe, Brazilian politician (died 1889)
1813: Ludwig Leichhardt, German-Australian explorer (died 1848)
1805: John Russell Bartlett, American linguist and historian (died 1886)
1801: Albert Lortzing, German singer-songwriter and actor (died 1851)
1796: Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician (died 1857)
1790: Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American minister, lexicographer, and educator (died 1860)
1766: Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general (died 1847)
1762: Samuel Morey, American engineer (died 1843)
1713: Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist, poet, and educator (died 1778)
1705: Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal (died 1757)
1698: Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, designed the École Militaire (died 1782)
1654: Johann Bernhard Staudt, Austrian composer (died 1712)
1634: Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish queen (died 1715)
1516: Charlotte of Valois, French princess (died 1524)
1491: Ignatius of Loyola, Catholic priest (died 1556)
1255: Ferdinand de la Cerda, Spanish noble (died 1275)
1006: Wen Yanbo, Chinese grand chancellor (died 1097)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Geoff Capes, British shot putter and strongman (born 1949)
2024: Gary Indiana, American writer, playwright and poet (born 1950)
2024: Jack Jones, American singer and actor (born 1938)
2023: Aira Samulin, Finnish entrepreneur and dance teacher (born 1927)
2023: Bishan Singh Bedi, Indian cricketer (born 1946)
2022: Adriano Moreira, Portuguese politician, Minister of the Overseas Provinces, President of the CDS - People's Party (born 1922)
2020: Jerry Jeff Walker, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)
2018: Todd Reid, Australian tennis player (born 1984)
2017: Walter Lassally, German cinematographer (born 1926)
2016: Jack Chick, American cartoonist and publisher (born 1924)
2016: Wim van der Voort, Dutch speed skater (born 1923)
2016: Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter (born 1959)
2015: Leon Bibb, American-Canadian singer (born 1922)
2015: Roger De Clerck, Belgian businessman (born 1924)
2015: Jim Roberts, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1940)
2015: Fred Sands, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Museum of Contemporary Art (born 1938)
2014: Ghulam Azam, Bangladeshi politician (born 1922)
2014: John Bramlett, American football player (born 1941)
2014: Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (born 1929)
2014: Joan Quigley, American astrologer and author (born 1927)
2014: Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (born 1931)
2014: Alvin Stardust, English singer and actor (born 1942)
2013: Wes Bialosuknia, American basketball player (born 1945)
2013: Anthony Caro, English sculptor and academic (born 1924)
2013: Niall Donohue, Irish hurler (born 1990)
2013: Gypie Mayo, English guitarist and songwriter (Dr. Feelgood and The Yardbirds) (born 1951)
2013: Bill Mazer, Ukrainian-American journalist and sportscaster (born 1920)
2012: William Joel Blass, American lawyer and politician (born 1917)
2012: Wilhelm Brasse, Polish photographer (born 1917)
2012: Roland de la Poype, French soldier and pilot (born 1920)
2012: Sunil Gangopadhyay, Indian author and poet (born 1934)
2012: Michael Marra, Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1952)
2011: Herbert A. Hauptman, American chemist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)
2011: Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer (born 1987)
2010: Fran Crippen, American swimmer (born 1984)
2010: Stanley Tanger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (born 1923)
2009: Lou Jacobi, Canadian-American actor (born 1913)
2008: Kevin Finnegan, English boxer (born 1948)
2007: John Ilhan, Turkish-Australian businessman, founded Crazy John's (born 1965)
2007: Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian-Chinese businessman (born 1918)
2006: Lebo Mathosa, South African singer (Boom Shaka) (born 1977)
2005: William Hootkins, American actor (born 1948)
2005: John Muth, American economist and academic (born 1930)
2005: Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian wife of Olusegun Obasanjo, 10th First Lady of Nigeria (born 1945)
2004: Robert Merrill, American actor and singer (born 1919)
2004: Bill Nicholson, English footballer, coach, and manager (born 1919)
2003: Tony Capstick, English actor and singer (born 1944)
2003: Soong Mei-ling, Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-shek, 2nd First Lady of the Republic of China (born 1898)
2002: Adolph Green, American playwright and songwriter (born 1915)
2001: Josh Kirby, English illustrator (born 1928)
2001: Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and historian (born 1917)
2000: Yokozuna, American wrestler (born 1966)
1999: Eric Reece, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Tasmania (born 1909)
1998: Barnett Slepian, American physician (born 1946)
1998: Eric Ambler, English author, screenwriter, and producer (born 1909)
1997: Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1916)
1996: Bob Grim, American baseball player (born 1930)
1994: Robert Lansing, American actor (born 1928)
1990: Thomas Williams, American author and academic (born 1926)
1989: Armida, Mexican-American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1911)
1988: Asashio Tarō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (born 1929)
1986: Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1893)
1984: Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (born 1922)
1983: Jessica Savitch, American journalist (born 1947)
1980: Tibor Rosenbaum, Hungarian-born Swiss rabbi and businessman (born 1923)
1978: Maybelle Carter, American singer and autoharp player (Carter Family) (born 1909)
1975: Marjorie Maynard British artist and farmer (born 1891)
1969: Tommy Edwards, American singer-songwriter (born 1922)
1964: Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (born 1886)
1959: George Bouzianis, Greek painter (born 1885)
1959: Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (born 1871)
1953: Adrien de Noailles, French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (born 1869)
1950: Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (born 1886)
1944: Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1877)
1944: Hana Brady, Czech holocaust victim (born 1931)
1943: Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (born 1876)
1942: Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (born 1901)
1939: Zane Grey, American dentist and author (born 1872)
1935: Charles Demuth, American painter and educator (born 1883)
1921: John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (born 1840)
1917: Eugène Grasset, Swiss illustrator (born 1845)
1916: Richard McFadden, Scottish footballer and soldier (born 1889)
1915: W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (born 1848)
1910: Chulalongkorn, Thai king (born 1853)
1893: Alexander of Battenberg (born 1857)
1885: Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (born 1829)
1872: Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (born 1811)
1869: Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1799)
1867: Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (born 1791)
1852: Georg August Wallin, Finnish explorer, orientalist, and professor (born 1811)
1774: Michel Benoist, French missionary and astronomer (born 1715)
1764: Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French admiral (born 1683)
1730: Anne Oldfield, English actress (born 1683)
1688: Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist and historian (born 1610)
1616: Leonhard Hutter, German theologian and academic (born 1563)
1581: Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (born 1529)
1550: Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop (born 1480)
1456: John of Capistrano, Italian priest and saint (born 1386)
1157: Sweyn III, Danish king (born c. 1125)
1134: Abu al-Salt, Andalusian polymath
949: Yōzei, Japanese emperor (born 869)
945: Hyejong of Goryeo, Korean king (born 912)
930: Daigo, Japanese emperor (born 885)
902: Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid emir (born 850)
891: Yazaman al-Khadim, Abbasid general and politician
877: Ignatios of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch (born 797)
42 BC: Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, Roman general and politician (born 85 BC)

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