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October 24

On This Day in History

October 24

October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 68 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Florida man robs retailer for seven books of lottery tickets, returns to same store to cash them in. A Florida man stole seven books of lottery tickets from a retailer and then returned to the same store hours later to attempt to cash them in.
2024: Georgia lottery player makes state history with $478.2 million Powerball jackpot win. Someone in Georgia made state history last night by winning a $478.2 million Powerball jackpot, setting the record for the biggest lottery win in the state.
2022: Canadian woman "never dreamt" she would win a second lottery jackpot in three years. Luck is on the side of a woman who was shocked to have won the lottery not once, but twice in the span of three years, having played for the past 30 years.
2021: Infamous lottery winner Michael Carroll remarries ex-wife. The self-proclaimed "King of Chavs," who won a £9.7 million (US$13.35 million) National Lottery jackpot in 2002 and blew it on drugs, prostitutes, and outlandish parties, has remarried his ex-wife after she left him for his behavior.
2019: Northern Michigan father of 7 claims $80M Powerball lottery jackpot. A northern Michigan father of seven and grandfather of 21 was revealed Wednesday as the winner of an $80 million Powerball jackpot.
2018: $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot won by 1 ticket sold in South Carolina. The largest lottery jackpot the world has ever seen has been won Tuesday night by a single lottery ticket sold in South Carolina.
2017: Multi-state Mega Millions lottery game changing this week. Later this week, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game will undergo changes — including a price hike — designed to increase jackpots and make them grow faster.
2016: Trying to teach husband not to buy lottery tickets, woman wins $1 million. An Asheville area woman hit it big, and you might say she got "schooled" by the North Carolina Education Lottery.
2016: Massachusetts man hits $4 million lottery jackpot on a $10 bet. A Massachusetts man will be receiving lottery riches for the next 20 years after turning a $10 bet into a $4 million lottery jackpot.
2016: Man wanted for stealing lottery scratch tickets twice. Police are searching for a man who they believe stole Washington Lottery scratch tickets twice this month.
2014: Massachusetts man is lucky for two lifetimes. Luck struck twice for a Norwood, Massachusetts, man who found out his lottery ticket had the winning numbers in this week's Lucky For Life drawing — then realized, minutes later, that he had another ticket with the same number.
2012: Iowan gets probation for stealing lottery tickets. A former Kanawha, Iowa, convenience store worker has been given a deferred judgment after stealing lottery tickets from her employer.
2012: Trial begins for man linked to double-murder by lottery tickets. A Chicago man accused of fatally shooting a cashier and customer inside a Southwest Side convenience store in 2005 "almost got away with it," but a trail that started with lottery tickets he'd purchased moments before the killings ultimately led police to him, prosecutors said Tuesday as the man's double-murder trial got underway.
2009: N.H. man turns lottery losses into 1,500 wins. A 64-year-old retiree from Salem, New Hampshire, has collected more than 1,500 prizes including food, gift certificates and other goodies under the state lottery's "Replay" program, which gives losing lottery tickets a second chance to win.
2006: Powerball lottery jackpot climbs to $70 million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $70 million, with a cash option of $32.6 million.
2006: $45 million Calif. SuperLotto winner claims jackpot. The holder of a $45 million California SuperLotto Plus ticket, which was purchased at a Calabasas Shell station, came forward Monday, lottery officials said.
2006: Minn. Lottery chief named head of North American association. Executive Director Clint Harris of the Minnesota State Lottery has been elected president of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries.
2006: N.J. police warn of lottery scams. Police are reminding residents to be wary of so-called international lottery scams in which large sums are promised but require recipients to send money before they can claim their prize.
2006: N.C. Lottery starts Pick 5 game Friday. The North Carolina Education Lottery turns seven months old next week, and its players will continue to try and cash in with the new Carolina Cash 5 game, to be released Friday.
2006: $55 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot claimed by immigrant couple. An immigrant couple from Laos who now live in the Seattle area have claimed a $55 million Mega Millions jackpot.
2005: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rises to $128 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery has grown to $128 million.
2005: Lottery 'syndicate' is a pyramid scam. Tony Hetherington of This is Money (UK) replies to a reader's letter about Global Lotto, a lottery pyramid scheme.
2005: Tennessee $1 Million Lottery Winner Will "Stay The Same". The Tennessee Lottery's latest winner of $1 million was jubilant after winning, but says the big prize won't mean any dramatic changes in her life.
2005: Nebraska cashes in on record lottery sales. Over the 10 weeks it took to amass the record $340 million jackpot, Nebraska profited about $2.1 million for education, environmental and State Fair trust funds.
2005: Powerball lottery 'winner' turns coy. A self-employed landscape contractor who says he won the record $340 million jackpot repeated that the family would talk to reporters Tuesday after meeting with a financial adviser.
2003: Aspiring actress and fiancé win half of $99 million Calif. lottery. An aspiring actress and her fiancé, a Navy man, claimed half of the $99 million dollar Superlotto jackpot from Wednesday's draw.
2003: New Michigan lottery games to start Monday, but controversy arises. A group on Thursday said it is opposing Monday's kickoff of two new Michigan lottery games because the games might let Indian casinos stop paying the state a share of their profits.
2003: Home-schooling advocates debate legality of lottery. State Attorney General Paul Summers has been asked to rule if Tennessee's lottery-funded scholarship program is unconstitutional for making home-schooled students meet higher standards to receive a scholarship than formally educated students.
2003: House approves spending unclaimed lottery jackpot on colleges. The Florida Legislature voted unanimously Thursday to direct $30 million from an unclaimed lottery jackpot to community colleges and state universities.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$680 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2025
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.$343.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2025
5.€294.48 Million US$292.24 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2022
6.€177.73 Million US$247.84 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2010
7.€190 Million US$240.54 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2014
8.$229 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2024
9.$224 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2014
10.$191.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2017
11.$190 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2003
12.€162.31 Million
US$176.63 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2016
13.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2011
14.$164 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2016
15.€113 Million
US$142.93 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 27, 2006
16.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2019
17.$128 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2005
18.$125 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2014
19.$118 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2010
20.$117 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 27, 2015
21.€90 Million
US$116.38 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2012
22.€100.18 Million
US$116.23 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2021
23.€115 Million
US$114.13 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2022
24.$114 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 24, 2023
25.€77 Million
US$113.79 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2009

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1992: Sonson12
Saturday, Oct 24, 1992
33 years old
1992: WacyAllen
Saturday, Oct 24, 1992
33 years old
1984: In33dMO$
Wednesday, Oct 24, 1984
41 years old
1976: pumpi76
Sunday, Oct 24, 1976
49 years old
1974: tiffanyrichard3
Thursday, Oct 24, 1974
51 years old
1969: Evileve978
Friday, Oct 24, 1969
56 years old
1966: NUMBERS65
Monday, Oct 24, 1966
59 years old
1961: topnail
Tuesday, Oct 24, 1961
64 years old
1961: index
Tuesday, Oct 24, 1961
64 years old
1960: armentamk
Monday, Oct 24, 1960
65 years old
1957: brandy102457
Thursday, Oct 24, 1957
68 years old
1954: chiapet
Sunday, Oct 24, 1954
71 years old
1953: crazysteve707
Saturday, Oct 24, 1953
72 years old
1947: jss-8
Friday, Oct 24, 1947
78 years old
1945: Sidu-zinn
Wednesday, Oct 24, 1945
80 years old
: beautifulj1j
(year not provided)
: ibrisbon
(year not provided)
: octobir1
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2018: The world's longest sea crossing, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, opens for public traffic.
2016: A French surveillance aircraft flying to Libya crashes on takeoff in Malta, killing all five people on board.
2016: Three heavily armed terrorists from the Islamic State - Khorasan Province open fire on and eventually suicide bomb a police training centre in Balochistan, Pakistan, killing at least 59 cadets and injuring more than 165 others.
2015: A driver crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring 34.
2014: The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.
2008: "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
2007: Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
2005: Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida, resulting in 35 direct and 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.
2004: Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United, ending a row of unbeaten matches at 49 matches, which is the record in the Premier League.
2003: Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
1998: Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies.
1992: The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
1990: Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian NATO force formed in 1956, intended to be activated in the event of a Warsaw Pact invasion.
1986: Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing of an El Al flight at Heathrow Airport.
1980: The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union.
1975: In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gender inequality.
1964: Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes Zambia.
1963: An oxygen leak from an R-9 Desna missile at the Baikonur Cosmodrome triggers a fire that kills seven people.
1960: Nedelin catastrophe: An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Soviet Union's Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing over 100 people, including Field Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin.
1957: The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar crewed space program.
1954: US President Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.
1950: Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China: The People's Liberation Army ceases all military operations in Tibet, ending the Battle of Chamdo.
1949: The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.
1947: Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
1947: United Air Lines Flight 608 crashes in the Bryce Canyon National Park in Garfield County, Utah, while attempting an emergency landing at Bryce Canyon Airport, killing 52 people.
1946: A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
1945: The United Nations Charter comes into effect.
1944: World War II: Japan's center force is temporarily repulsed in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
1944: World War II: The USS Shark (SS-314) was lost with all 87 hands in the Bashi Straits after torpedoing the Japanese freighter Arisan Maru.
1944: World War II: The USS Tang (SS-306) sank in the Formosa Strait after being struck by its own torpedo, with 78 of its crew lost.
1931: The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic over the Hudson River.
1930: A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ends the First Republic, replacing it with the Vargas Era.
1929: "Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange.
1926: Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
1918: World War I: Italian victory in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto.
1917: World War I: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Caporetto on the Austro-Italian front.
1912: First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
1912: First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
1911: Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
1902: Guatemala's Santa María volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
1901: Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
1900: U.S. Government announces plans to buy Danish West Indies for $7 million.
1894: First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Jiuliancheng: Under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo, the Imperial Japanese Army covertly crosses the Yalu River into Qing territory and launches an assault on the fortifications at Hushan.
1889: Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
1886: Normanton incident: As the British merchant vessel Normanton sinks off the coast of Japan, her European officers appear to commandeer the ship's lifeboats for themselves, leaving her Asian crew and passengers to die and conjuring significant political outrage in Japan.
1876: Shinpūren rebellion: Upset at the Westernisation of Meiji Japan and the abolition of the Tokugawa feudal hierarchy, the Keishintō, a group of extremist Shinto former samurai, launch a surprise attack against the Meiji government in Kumamoto Prefecture.
1871: An estimated 17 to 22 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.
1861: The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
1860: Convention of Peking: The Second Opium War formally comes to a close, with Qing China ceding Kowloon in perpetuity to the victorious British Empire.
1857: Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.
1851: William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.
1813: Treaty of Gulistan: The Russo-Persian War of 1804-1813 comes to a close with the signing of the Treaty of Gulistan, under which terms Qajar Iran agrees to cede the bulk of its Caucasian territories, which comprise much of modern Dagestan, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, to the Russian Empire.
1812: Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
1795: Poland is completely consumed by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
1648: The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War.
1641: Felim O'Neill of Kinard, the leader of the Irish Rebellion, issues his Proclamation of Dungannon, justifying the uprising and declaring continued loyalty to King Charles I of England.
1596: The second Spanish armada sets sail to strike against England, but is smashed by storms off Cape Finisterre forcing a retreat to port.
1590: John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.
1360: The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.
1260: Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France.
1260: After defeating the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut and assassinating the previous Mamluk sultan, Qutuz, Baybars ascends to the Egyptian throne as the fourth sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate.
AD 69: In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius.

Births On This Day

1999: Amon-Ra St. Brown, American football player
1998: Daya, American singer
1997: Bron Breakker, American wrestler
1997: Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast
1997: Raye, British singer-songwriter
1996: Jaylen Brown, American basketball player
1996: Rafael Devers, Dominican baseball player
1996: Océane Dodin, French tennis player
1996: Garrison Mathews, American basketball player
1996: Kyla Ross, American gymnast
1995: Vincent Leuluai, Australian rugby league player
1995: Ashton Sanders, American actor
1994: Krystal Jung, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
1994: Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player
1994: Sean O'Malley, American mixed martial artist
1994: Jalen Ramsey, American football player
1993: R. J. Hunter, American basketball player
1992: Marrion Gopez, Filipino actor, singer, and dancer
1992: Ding Liren, Chinese chess grandmaster
1991: Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian footballer
1991: Bojan Dubljević, Montenegrin basketball player
1990: Elijah Greer, American middle-distance runner
1990: İlkay Gündoğan, German footballer
1990: Mohammed Jahfali, Saudi Arabia international footballer
1990: Danilo Petrucci, Italian motorcycle racer
1990: Nikola Vučević, Montenegrin basketball player
1989: David Castañeda, American actor
1989: Anderson Conceição, Brazilian footballer
1989: Shenae Grimes, Canadian actress
1989: Eric Hosmer, American baseball player
1989: PewDiePie, Swedish YouTuber
1989: Eliza Taylor, Australian actress
1988: Mitch Inman, Australian rugby player
1988: Christopher Linke, German race walker
1988: Demont Mitchell, Bahamian footballer
1988: Tarek Hamed, Egyptian footballer
1987: Jeremy Evans, American basketball player
1987: Chris Hogan, American football player
1987: Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer
1987: Charlie White, American figure skater
1986: Drake, Canadian rapper and actor
1986: Oliver Jackson-Cohen, English actor
1986: John Ruddy, English footballer
1985: Robert Cornthwaite, English-Australian footballer
1985: Tim Pocock, Australian actor
1985: Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (died 2014)
1985: Wayne Rooney, English footballer
1985: Oscar Wendt, Swedish footballer
1984: Lougee Basabas, Filipino singer-songwriter
1984: Jonas Gustavsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1984: Kaela Kimura, Japanese singer-songwriter
1983: Adrienne Bailon, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1983: Chris Colabello, American baseball player
1983: Hernán Garin, Argentinian footballer
1983: Michael Gordon, Australian rugby league player
1983: Brian Vickers, American race car driver
1982: Fairuz Fauzy, Malaysian race car driver
1982: Macay McBride, American baseball player
1981: Kemal Aslan, Turkish footballer
1981: Sebastián Bueno, Argentinian footballer
1981: Fredrik Mikkelsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
1981: Tila Tequila, Singaporean-American model, actress, and singer
1981: Alfred Vargas, Filipino actor and politician
1980: Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer
1980: Kerrin McEvoy, Australian jockey
1980: Monica, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1980: Anna Montañana, Spanish basketball player
1980: Zac Posen, American fashion designer
1980: Christian Vander, German footballer
1980: Casey Wilson, American actress and screenwriter
1979: Ben Gillies, Australian drummer and songwriter
1979: Marijonas Petravičius, Lithuanian basketball player
1978: Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer
1978: James Hopes, Australian cricketer
1977: Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadoran footballer
1976: Matteo Mazzantini, Italian rugby player
1976: Petar Stoychev, Bulgarian swimmer
1975: Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombian footballer
1975: Frank Seator, Liberian footballer (died 2013)
1974: Gábor Babos, Hungarian footballer
1974: Kalen DeBoer, American football coach
1974: Corey Dillon, American football player
1974: Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player and scout
1974: Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1973: Meelis Friedenthal, Estonian author and academic
1973: Kurt Kuenne, American filmmaker
1973: Levi Leipheimer, American cyclist
1973: Jackie McNamara, Scottish footballer and manager
1973: Laura Veirs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973: Jeff Wilson, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and radio host
1972: Pat Williams, American football player and coach
1972: Jeremy Wright, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
1971: Aaron Bailey, American football player
1971: Gustavo Jorge, Argentina international rugby union player
1971: Zephyr Teachout, American academic
1971: Diane Guthrie-Gresham, Jamaican track and field athlete
1971: Caprice Bourret, American model and actress
1970: Rob Leslie-Carter, English field hockey player and engineer
1970: Jeff Mangum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969: Emma Donoghue, Irish-Canadian author
1969: Arthur Rhodes, American baseball player
1968: Francisco Clavet, Spanish tennis player
1968: Mark Walton, American voice actor and illustrator
1968: Robert Wilonsky, American journalist and critic
1967: Ian Bishop, Trinidadian cricketer and sportscaster
1967: Olo Brown, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player
1967: Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
1967: Esther McVey, English television host and politician
1966: Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman and politician
1966: Simon Danczuk, English academic and politician
1966: Zahn McClarnon, American actor
1965: Kyriakos Velopoulos, German-Greek journalist and politician
1964: Rosana Arbelo, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964: Paul Bonwick, Canadian businessman and politician
1964: Dmitri Gorkov, Russian footballer and manager
1964: Janele Hyer-Spencer, American lawyer and politician
1964: Ray LeBlanc, American ice hockey player
1964: Doug Lee, American basketball player
1963: Mark Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster
1963: John Hendrie, Scottish footballer and manager
1962: Yves Bertucci, French footballer and manager
1962: Ian Dalziel, English footballer and manager
1962: Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby player and television host
1962: Debbie Googe, English bass player and songwriter
1962: Andrea Horwath, Canadian politician
1962: Gibby Mbasela, Zambian footballer (died 2000)
1961: Mary Bono, American gymnast and politician
1961: Bruce Castor, American lawyer and politician
1960: Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer and sportscaster
1960: Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist, lawyer, and activist (died 1999)
1960: Joachim Winkelhock, German race car driver
1960: BD Wong, American actor
1959: Dominique Baert, French lawyer and politician
1959: Gunnar Bakke, Norwegian banker and politician, 65th Mayor of Bergen
1959: Chihiro Fujioka, Japanese director and composer
1959: Michelle Lujan Grisham, American lawyer and politician
1959: Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist and songwriter (died 2009)
1959: Denis Troch, French footballer and manager
1959: Annette Vilhelmsen, Danish educator and politician, Danish Minister of Social Affairs
1957: Ron Gardenhire, German-American baseball player and manager
1957: John Kassir, American actor and voice actor
1956: Jeff Merkley, American businessman and politician
1955: Cheryl Studer, American soprano and actress
1954: Doug Davidson, American actor
1954: Tom Mulcair, Canadian lawyer and politician
1954: Jožo Ráž, Slovak singer-songwriter and bass player
1954: Mike Rounds, American businessman and politician
1954: Brad Sherman, American accountant, lawyer, and politician
1954: Malcolm Turnbull, Australian journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Australia
1953: Christoph Daum, German footballer and manager (died 2024)
1952: Keith Bain, Canadian educator and politician
1952: Francesco Camaldo, Italian priest
1952: Ángel Torres, Dominican baseball player
1951: George Tsontakis, American composer and conductor
1950: Iggy Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 2012)
1950: Pablove Black, Jamaican singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1950: Miguel Ángel Pichetto, Argentinian lawyer and politician
1950: Miroslav Sládek, Czech politician
1950: Gabriella Sica, Italian poet and author
1950: Maria Teschler-Nicola, Austrian biologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist
1949: John Markoff, American journalist and author
1949: Keith Rowley, Trinidadian volcanologist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
1948: Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby player (died 2022)
1948: Kweisi Mfume, American lawyer and politician
1947: Kevin Kline, American actor and singer
1946: Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (died 1993)
1945: Gérald Larose, Canadian educator and union leader
1944: Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2007)
1944: Bettye Swann, American singer-songwriter
1943: Bill Dundee, Scottish-American wrestler and manager
1943: Phil Hawthorne, Australian rugby player and coach (died 1994)
1942: Stephen R. Bloom, English physician and academic
1942: Maggie Blye, American actress (died 2016)
1942: Frank Delaney, Irish journalist and author (died 2017)
1942: Rafael Cordero Santiago, Puerto Rican politician, 132nd Mayor of Ponce (died 2004)
1942: Fernando Vallejo, Colombian biologist and author
1941: William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher (died 2004)
1941: Peter Takeo Okada, Japanese archbishop (died 2020)
1941: Merle Woo, Asian American activist
1940: Martin Campbell, New Zealand director and producer
1940: Rafał Piszcz, Polish canoe racer (died 2012)
1940: David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, English businessman and academic
1940: Yossi Sarid, Israeli politician (died 2015)
1939: F. Murray Abraham, American actor
1938: Stephen Resnick, American economist and academic (died 2013)
1937: Miguel Ángel Coria, Spanish composer and educator (died 2016)
1937: Santo Farina, American guitarist and songwriter
1937: John Goetz, American baseball player (died 2008)
1937: Heribert Offermanns, German chemist and academic
1937: M. Rosaria Piomelli, Italian-American architect and academic
1937: Petar Stipetić, Croatian general (died 2018)
1936: Jüri Arrak, Estonian painter (died 2022)
1936: Jimmy Dawkins, American singer and guitarist (died 2013)
1936: David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer (died 2011)
1936: Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1935: Malcolm Bilson, American pianist, musicologist, and educator
1935: Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (died 2013)
1935: Mark Tully, Indian-English journalist and author
1934: John G. Cramer, American physicist and author
1934: Glen Glenn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)
1934: Margie Masters, Australian golfer (died 2022)
1934: Sammy Petrillo, American actor (died 2009)
1934: Sanger D. Shafer, American singer-songwriter (died 2019)
1933: Reginald Kray, English gangster (died 2000)
1933: Ronald Kray, English gangster (died 1995)
1933: Norman Rush, American author and educator
1932: Stephen Covey, American author and educator (died 2012)
1932: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)
1932: Adrian Mitchell, English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (died 2008)
1932: Robert Mundell, Canadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
1931: Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German pianist and composer (died 2025)
1931: Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (died 2014)
1930: Jack Angel, American voice actor (died 2021)
1930: The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959)
1930: Elaine Feinstein, English poet, author, and playwright (died 2019)
1930: Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist and mathematician (died 2024)
1930: James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (died 1969)
1930: Ahmad Shah of Pahang (died 2019)
1929: Hubert Aquin, Canadian activist, author, and director (died 1977)
1929: George Crumb, American composer and educator (died 2022)
1929: Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, English wife of William Douglas-Home (died 2012)
1929: Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (died 2004)
1929: Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor (died 2013)
1928: George Bullard, American baseball player (died 2002)
1927: Gilbert Bécaud, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 2001)
1927: Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor and singer (died 1992)
1927: Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (died 2013)
1926: Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (died 2008)
1926: Y. A. Tittle, American football player (died 2017)
1925: Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (died 2003)
1925: Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (died 2014)
1925: Willie Mabon, American-French singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1985)
1925: Ken Mackay, Australian cricketer (died 1982)
1925: Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician co-founded the Khmer Rouge (died 2013)
1925: Paul Vaughan, English journalist and radio host (died 2014)
1924: John Brereton Barlow, South African cardiologist and physician (died 2008)
1924: Mary Lee, American actress and singer (died 1996)
1924: Fuat Sezgin, Turkish historian and academic (died 2018)
1923: Robin Day, English lieutenant and journalist (died 2000)
1923: Denise Levertov, British-born American poet (died 1997)
1922: George Miller, American educator and politician, Mayor of Tucson (died 2014)
1921: Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (died 2005)
1921: R. K. Laxman, Indian illustrator (died 2015)
1920: Steve Conway, British singer (died 1952)
1920: Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and academic (died 1996)
1919: Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot (died 2008)
1918: Doreen Tovey, English author (died 2008)
1917: Marie Foster, American activist (died 2003)
1916: Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano and actress (died 2011)
1915: Bob Kane, American author and illustrator (died 1998)
1915: Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author (died 1988)
1914: Charles Craig Cannon, American colonel (died 1992)
1914: František Čapek, Czechoslovakian canoeist (died 2008)
1914: Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian Independence movement revolutionary and Officer of Indian National Army (died 2012)
1913: Tito Gobbi, Italian actor and singer (died 1984)
1912: Silviu Bindea, Romanian footballer (died 1992)
1912: Peter Gellhorn, German conductor (music) (died 2004)
1912: Murray Golden, American television director (died 1991)
1911: Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (died 1993)
1911: Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (died 1986)
1910: Stella Brooks, American singer (died 2002)
1910: Gunter d'Alquen, German SS officer and journalist (died 1998)
1910: Joe L. Evins, American lawyer and politician (died 1984)
1910: James K. Woolnough, American general (died 1996)
1910: Yoel Zussman, Polish-Israeli lawyer and judge (died 1982)
1909: Bill Carr, American runner (died 1966)
1909: Thomas F. Connolly, American admiral (died 1996)
1908: John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist and geophysicist (died 1993)
1907: Patricia Griffin, Montserratian nurse and social worker (died 1986)
1906: Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician and cryptographer (died 1968)
1905: Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian and academic (died 1988)
1904: Moss Hart, American director and playwright (died 1961)
1904: A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist (died 1932)
1903: Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (died 1960)
1901: Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1959)
1899: Teikō Shiotani, Japanese photographer (died 1988)
1898: Peng Dehuai, Chinese general, 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China (died 1974)
1896: Marjorie Joyner, American make-up artist and businesswoman (died 1994)
1895: Jack Warner, English actor and singer (died 1981)
1894: Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (died 1987)
1891: Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (died 1961)
1891: Brenda Ueland, American journalist, author, and educator (died 1985)
1887: Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (died 1969)
1887: Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot (died 1917)
1885: Alice Perry, Irish engineer and poet (died 1969)
1884: Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor (died 1944)
1882: Sybil Thorndike, English actress (died 1976)
1879: B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer (died 1956)
1876: Saya San, Burmese monk and activist (died 1931)
1875: Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and set designer (died 1958)
1873: E. T. Whittaker, British mathematician and physicist (died 1956)
1872: Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper (died 1957)
1868: Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and author (died 1969)
1857: Ned Williamson, American baseball player (died 1894)
1855: James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (died 1912)
1854: Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (died 1907)
1838: Annie Edson Taylor, American stuntwoman and educator (died 1921)
1830: Marianne North, English biologist and painter (died 1890)
1811: Ferdinand Hiller, German composer and conductor (died 1885)
1811: Georg August Wallin, Finnish explorer, orientalist, and professor (died 1852)
1804: Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (died 1891)
1798: Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (died 1866)
1788: Sarah Josepha Hale, American author and poet (died 1879)
1784: Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (died 1885)
1763: Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (died 1839)
1713: Marie Fel, French soprano and actress (died 1794)
1675: Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (died 1749)
1650: Steven Blankaart, Dutch entomologist (died 1704)
1637: Lorenzo Magalotti, Italian philosopher (died 1712)
1632: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist (died 1723)
1561: Anthony Babington, English conspirator (Babington Plot) (died 1586)
1503: Isabella of Portugal (died 1539)
1378: David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay heir to the throne of Scotland (died 1402)
AD 51: Domitian, Roman emperor (died 96)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Amir Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player and coach (born 1981)
2024: Abdelaziz Barrada, Moroccan footballer (born 1989)
2024: Jeri Taylor, American screenwriter (born 1938)
2022: Leslie Jordan, American actor, writer, and singer (born 1955)
2021: James Michael Tyler, American actor (born 1962)
2018: Tony Joe White, American singer/songwriter (born 1943)
2017: Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter (born 1928)
2017: Robert Guillaume, American actor (born 1927)
2017: Girija Devi, Indian classical singer (born 1929)
2016: Bobby Vee, American pop singer (born 1943)
2016: Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan politician, former president (2000-2005) (born 1927)
2015: Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot (born 1923)
2015: Alvin Bronstein, American lawyer and academic (born 1928)
2015: Margarita Khemlin, Ukrainian-Russian author and critic (born 1960)
2015: Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal (born 1924)
2015: Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer (born 1920)
2014: Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (born 1980)
2014: S. S. Rajendran, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1928)
2014: Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (born 1948)
2013: Antonia Bird, English director and producer (born 1951)
2013: Brooke Greenberg, American girl with a rare genetic disorder (born 1993)
2013: Ana Bertha Lepe, Mexican model and actress (born 1934)
2013: Lew Mayne, American football player and coach (born 1920)
2012: Peggy Ahern, American actress (born 1917)
2012: Anita Björk, Swedish actress (born 1923)
2012: Jeff Blatnick, American wrestler and sportscaster (born 1957)
2012: Bill Dees, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1939)
2012: Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (born 1918)
2011: Sansan Chien, Taiwanese composer and educator (born 1967)
2011: John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic, developed the Lisp programming language (born 1927)
2010: Mike Esposito, American author and illustrator (born 1927)
2010: Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (born 1922)
2010: Joseph Stein, American author and playwright (born 1912)
2008: Moshe Cotel, American pianist and composer (born 1943)
2007: Petr Eben, Czech organist and composer (born 1929)
2007: Ian Middleton, New Zealand author (born 1928)
2007: Alisher Saipov, Kyrgyzstan journalist (born 1981)
2007: Anne Weale, English journalist and author (born 1929)
2006: Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist (born 1904)
2006: William Montgomery Watt, Scottish historian and scholar (born 1909)
2005: Joy Clements, American soprano and actress (born 1932)
2005: José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (born 1926)
2005: Mokarrameh Ghanbari, Iranian painter (born 1928)
2005: Immanuel C. Y. Hsu, Chinese sinologist and scholar (born 1923)
2005: Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (born 1913)
2005: Robert Sloman, English actor and screenwriter (born 1926)
2004: Randy Dorton, American engineer (born 1954)
2004: Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver and businessman (born 1980)
2004: James Aloysius Hickey, American cardinal (born 1920)
2004: Maaja Ranniku, Estonian chess player (born 1941)
2002: Winton M. Blount, American soldier and politician, 59th United States Postmaster General (born 1921)
2002: Hernán Gaviria, Colombian footballer (born 1969)
2002: Harry Hay, English-American activist, co-founded the Mattachine Society and Radical Faeries (born 1912)
2002: Peggy Moran, American actress and singer (born 1918)
2001: Kathleen Ankers, American actress and set designer (born 1919)
2001: Wolf Rüdiger Hess, German author and critic (born 1937)
2001: Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (born 1935)
1999: Berthe Qvistgaard, Danish actress (born 1910)
1997: Don Messick, American voice actor and singer (born 1926)
1994: Yannis Hotzeas, Greek theoretician and author (born 1930)
1994: Raul Julia, Puerto Rican-American actor and singer (born 1940)
1993: Heinz Kubsch, German footballer (born 1930)
1992: Laurie Colwin, American novelist and short story writer (born 1944)
1991: Gene Roddenberry, American captain, screenwriter, and producer, created Star Trek (born 1921)
1991: Ismat Chughtai, Indian author and screenwriter (born 1915)
1989: Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (born 1948)
1985: Richie Evans, American race car driver (born 1941)
1985: Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (born 1905)
1983: Jiang Wen-Ye, Taiwanese composer and educator (born 1910)
1979: Carlo Abarth, Italian automobile designer and founded of Abarth (born 1908)
1975: İsmail Erez, Turkish lawyer and diplomat, Turkish Ambassador to France (born 1919)
1975: Zdzisław Żygulski, Polish historian, author, and academic (born 1888)
1974: David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (born 1908)
1972: Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1919)
1972: Claire Windsor, American actress (born 1892)
1971: Carl Ruggles, American composer (born 1876)
1971: Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver and motorcycle racer (born 1936)
1971: Chuck Hughes, NFL player died during a game (born 1943)
1970: Richard Hofstadter, American historian and author (born 1916)
1969: Behçet Kemal Çağlar, Turkish poet and politician (born 1908)
1966: Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (born 1896)
1965: Hans Meerwein, German chemist (born 1879)
1964: Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (born 1931)
1960: Yevgeny Ostashev, the test pilot of rocket, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Lenin Prize winner, Candidate of Technical Sciences (born 1924)
1958: G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (born 1873)
1949: Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (born 1902)
1948: Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (born 1870)
1948: Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (born 1877)
1945: Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (born 1887)
1944: Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (born 1877)
1943: Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (born 1912)
1938: Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (born 1870)
1937: Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (born 1886)
1935: Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (born 1902)
1922: George Cadbury, English businessman (born 1839)
1917: James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (born 1852)
1915: Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (born 1828)
1898: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (born 1824)
1875: Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (born 1817)
1852: Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (born 1782)
1824: Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (born 1752)
1821: Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (born 1740)
1799: Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer (born 1739)
1770: William Bartram, American scientist and politician (born 1711)
1725: Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer and educator (born 1660)
1672: John Webb, English architect and scholar (born 1611)
1669: William Prynne, English lawyer and author (born 1600)
1655: Pierre Gassendi, French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (born 1592)
1642: Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, English peer and courtier (born 1582)
1633: Jean Titelouze, French organist and composer (born 1562/3)
1601: Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and alchemist (born 1546)
1572: Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (born 1508)
1537: Jane Seymour, English queen and wife of Henry VIII of England (born c. 1508)
1375: Valdemar IV, Danish king (born 1320)
1260: Qutuz, Egyptian sultan
1168: William IV, Count of Nevers, French nobleman
1152: Jocelin of Soissons, French theologian, philosopher and composer
996: Hugh Capet, French king
935: Li Yu, Chinese official and chancellor

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