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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

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.$637.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2022
3.$602.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2018
4.€294.48 Million US$292.24 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2022
5.€190 Million US$240.54 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2014
6.$224 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2014
7.$216 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2013
8.$191.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2017
9.$190 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2003
10.€162.31 Million
US$176.63 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2016
11.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2011
12.$164 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2016
13.€113 Million
US$142.93 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 27, 2006
14.€100.76 Million
US$130.16 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2008
15.$128 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2005
16.$125 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2014
17.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2019
18.$118 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2010
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.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2015
23.€90 Million
US$102.51 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2018
24.$102 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2020
25.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2015

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1984: avm2233
Tuesday, Oct 23, 1984
39 years old
1981: alawson1981
Friday, Oct 23, 1981
42 years old
1973: trina1234
Tuesday, Oct 23, 1973
50 years old
1972: poeticbrotha
Monday, Oct 23, 1972
51 years old
1968: paurths
Wednesday, Oct 23, 1968
55 years old
1962: pattyk
Tuesday, Oct 23, 1962
61 years old
1957: Anndiva1
Wednesday, Oct 23, 1957
66 years old
1957: Kpoppie65
Wednesday, Oct 23, 1957
66 years old
1951: missthing
Tuesday, Oct 23, 1951
72 years old
1938: modae23
Sunday, Oct 23, 1938
85 years old
: Janeen
(year not provided)
: KeyKey3
(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.
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.
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.
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.
1958: Canada's Springhill mining disaster kills seventy-five miners, while ninety-nine others are rescued.
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 was destroyed in a fire in Tampere, Finland, during showing the 1924 film Wages of Virtue; 21 people died in the fire and almost 30 were injured.
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.
1864: American Civil War: The Battle of Westport is the last significant engagement west of the Mississippi River, ending in a Union victory.
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 proposed creation date of the world according to the Bible.

Births On This Day

2002: Shin Eun-soo, South Korean actress
1999: Yui Kobayashi, Japanese idol
1998: Amandla Stenberg, American actress
1997: Nick Bosa, American football player
1997: Élie Okobo, French basketball player
1997: Jaydn Su'A, New Zealand rugby league player
1995: Ireland Baldwin, American model
1994: Margaret Qualley, American actress
1993: Josh Ruffels, English footballer
1993: Taylor Spreitler, American actress
1991: Emil Forsberg, Swedish footballer
1991: Princess Mako of Akishino, member of the Japanese Imperial Family
1991: Jorge Taufua, Australian rugby league player
1990: Paradise Oskar, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
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 (d. 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: Jackie Long, American actor and producer
1981: Mirel Rădoi, Romanian footballer
1981: Huo Siyan, Chinese actress
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: Kate del Castillo, Mexican actress
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 (d. 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: Sanjay Gupta, American neurosurgeon, television personality, and writer
1969: Jon Huertas, American actor
1969: Bill O'Brien, American football player and coach
1969: Brooke Theiss, American actress
1967: Dale Crover, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
1967: Walt Flanagan, American actor and illustrator
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: Anabell López, Cuban singer
1964: Robert Trujillo, American bass player and songwriter
1963: Gordon Korman, Canadian-American author
1963: Rashidi Yekini, Nigerian footballer (d. 2012)
1962: Doug Flutie, American football player and sportscaster
1961: Laurie Halse Anderson, American author
1961: Vinicio Gómez, Guatemalan politician (d. 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 (d. 2008)
1960: Randy Pausch, American author and academic (d. 2008)
1960: Wayne Rainey, American motorcycle racer
1959: Nancy Grace, American lawyer and journalist
1959: Sam Raimi, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1959: "Weird Al" Yankovic, American singer-songwriter, comedian, and actor
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: Martin Luther King III, American activist
1957: Graham Rix, English footballer and coach
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
1954: Ang Lee, Taiwanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1953: Taner Akçam, Turkish sociologist and historian
1953: Joaquín Lavín, Chilean politician and economist
1952: Pierre Moerlen, French drummer (d. 2005)
1952: Ken Tipton, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1951: Ángel de Andrés López, Spanish actor (d. 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 (d. 2012)
1949: Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian soldier and politician
1949: Oscar Martínez, Argentine theater actor
1949: Nick Tosches, American journalist, author, and poet (d. 2019)
1949: Würzel, English singer and guitarist (d. 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
1948: Brian Ross, American journalist
1948: Jordi Sabatés, Spanish musician
1947: Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, co-founder of the Palestinian movement Hamas (d. 2004)
1947: Kazimierz Deyna, Polish footballer (d. 1989)
1947: Greg Ridley, English bass player (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 2012)
1942: Michael Crichton, American author, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
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 (d. 2007)
1941: René Metge, French rally driver
1941: Colin Milburn, English cricketer (d. 1990)
1941: Igor Smirnov, Moldovan engineer and politician, 1st President of Transnistria
1940: Ellie Greenwich, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2009)
1940: Jane Holzer, American model, actress, producer, and art collector
1940: Pelé, Brazilian footballer and actor (d. 2022)
1939: Charlie Foxx, American R&B/soul singer and guitarist (d. 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 (d. 2018)
1937: Johnny Carroll, American rockabilly musician (d. 1995)
1937: Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (d. 1971)
1937: Deven Verma, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)
1936: Charles Goodhart, English economist and academic
1936: Philip Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1935: JacSue Kehoe, American neuroscientist (d. 2019)
1935: Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Puerto Rican-American golfer
1934: Caitro Soto, Afro-Peruvian musician (d. 2004)
1933: Carol Fran, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2021)
1933: Carlos Lemos Simmonds, sixth Vice President of Columbia (d. 2003)
1932: Vasily Belov, Russian novelist, poet and playwright (d. 2012)
1931: Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician (d. 2017)
1931: William P. Clark, Jr., American judge and politician, 12th United States National Security Advisor (d. 2013)
1931: Diana Dors, English actress (d. 1984)
1931: Johnny Kitagawa, Japanese businessman, and talent manager (d. 2019)
1930: Unto Mononen, Finnish musician (d. 1968)
1929: Luis Alarcón, Chilean actor (d. 2023)
1929: Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (d. 2006)
1927: Sonny Criss, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1977)
1927: Dezső Gyarmati, Hungarian water polo player and coach (d. 2013)
1927: Leszek Kołakowski, Polish-English historian and philosopher (d. 2009)
1925: Johnny Carson, American comedian and talk show host (d. 2005)
1925: Manos Hatzidakis, Greek composer and theorist (d. 1994)
1925: Fred Shero, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1990)
1924: Arthur Brittenden, English journalist (d. 2015)
1923: Aslam Farrukhi, Indian-Pakistani linguist, author, and scholar (d. 2016)
1923: Ned Rorem, American composer and author (d. 2022)
1923: Frank Sutton, American actor (d. 1974)
1922: Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington, English politician (d. 2018)
1922: Coleen Gray, American actress (d. 2015)
1920: Ted Fujita, Japanese-American meteorologist and academic (d. 1998)
1920: Bob Montana, American illustrator (d. 1975)
1920: Gianni Rodari, Italian writer (d. 1980)
1920: Vern Stephens, American baseball player (d. 1968)
1919: Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist and academic (d. 1992)
1918: Augusta Dabney, American actress (d. 2008)
1918: James Daly, American actor (d. 1978)
1918: Paul Rudolph, American architect and academic, designed the Lippo Centre (d. 1997)
1915: Simo Puupponen, Finnish writer (d. 1967)
1911: Jack Keller, American hurdler (d. 1978)
1910: Richard Mortensen, Danish painter and educator (d. 1993)
1910: Hayden Rorke, American actor (d. 1987)
1909: Zellig Harris, American linguist and methodologist (d. 1992)
1908: František Douda, Czech shot putter (d. 1990)
1908: Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
1905: Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)
1905: Yen Chia-kan, Chinese lawyer and politician, President of the Republic of China (d. 1993)
1905: Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (d. 2003)
1904: Harvey Penick, American golfer and coach (d. 1995)
1902: Robert Eberan von Eberhorst, Austrian engineer (d. 1982)
1902: Luther Evans, American political scientist and politician (d. 1981)
1900: Douglas Jardine, Indian-English cricketer and lawyer (d. 1958)
1899: Bernt Balchen, Norwegian aviator (d. 1973)
1897: John Baker, English air marshal (d. 1978)
1897: Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena, Spanish writer (d. 1975)
1896: Lilyan Tashman, American actress (d. 1934)
1894: Rube Bressler, American baseball player (d. 1966)
1894: Emma Vyssotsky, American astronomer and academic (d. 1975)
1892: Speckled Red, American blues/boogie-woogie piano player and singer-songwriter (d. 1973)
1888: Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1961)
1885: Lawren Harris, Canadian painter and educator (d. 1970)
1883: Hugo Wast, Argentine writer (d. 1962)
1880: Dominikus Böhm, German architect (d. 1955)
1880: Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress and singer (d. 1959)
1876: Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician, Reich Ministry of Justice (d. 1970)
1875: Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist and academic (d. 1946)
1874: Charles Kilpatrick, American runner and educator (d. 1921)
1873: William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer (d. 1975)
1870: Francis Kelley, Canadian-American bishop (d. 1948)
1869: John Heisman, American football player and coach (d. 1936)
1865: Neltje Blanchan, American historian and author (d. 1918)
1863: Mirko Breyer, Croatian writer, bibliographer, antiquarian, and one of the notable alleged and false victims of the Stara Gradiška concentration camp (d. 1946)
1857: Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (d. 1899)
1844: Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (d. 1923)
1844: Robert Bridges, English poet and playwright (d. 1930)
1837: Moritz Kaposi, Hungarian dermatologist (d. 1902)
1835: Adlai Stevenson I, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1914)
1832: Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg, Finnish priest and father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the first President of Finland (d. 1873)
1822: Gustav Spörer, German astronomer (d. 1895)
1817: Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and author (d. 1875)
1815: João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe, Brazilian politician (d. 1889)
1813: Ludwig Leichhardt, German-Australian explorer (d. 1848)
1805: John Russell Bartlett, American linguist and historian (d. 1886)
1801: Albert Lortzing, German singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1851)
1796: Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician (d. 1857)
1790: Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American minister, lexicographer, and educator (d. 1860)
1766: Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general (d. 1847)
1762: Samuel Morey, American engineer (d. 1843)
1713: Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist, poet, and educator (d. 1778)
1705: Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)
1698: Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, designed the École Militaire (d. 1782)
1654: Johann Bernhard Staudt, Austrian composer (d. 1712)
1634: Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish queen (d. 1715)
1516: Charlotte of Valois, French princess (d. 1524)
1491: Ignatius of Loyola, Catholic priest (d. 1556)
1255: Ferdinand de la Cerda, Spanish noble (d. 1275)
1006: Wen Yanbo, Chinese grand chancellor (d. 1097)

Deaths On This Day

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

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