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October 28

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October 28

October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 64 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: North Carolina man wins $1 million lottery prize with $20 bill he found on the ground. A North Carolina man found a $20 bill lying on the ground and used it to buy a lottery ticket that won him a $1 million prize.
2022: VIDEO: Jason Kurland, the Lottery Lawyer who had everyone fooled. Whether it's in television segments, feature interviews, or press conferences, Jason Kurland seemingly infiltrated every aspect of the lottery world — right up until it was discovered that he was swindling his clients.
2022: $825 MILLION: Powerball jackpot raised due to surging ticket sales. Due to larger than expected sales volume, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate for Saturday's drawing to $825 million.
2022: New York Lottery draws identical Take 5 results two drawings in a row. The New York Lottery's Take 5 game produced highly improbable identical results two drawings in a row yesterday.
2021: VIDEO: Reviewing (and winning!) Texas Lottery scratch-offs. In an exciting partnership with the Texas Lottery, Lottery Post today released its latest video that gives you a taste of what kinds of games players can try out in the Lone Star State.
2021: Twelve individuals and three stores indicted in Massachusetts lottery scheme. On Tuesday, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced that twelve individuals and three stores in the state were indicted in connection with an ongoing scheme to launder lottery winnings and thus avoid paying taxes.
2020: Colorado police arrest thief who stole lottery tickets on two separate occasions. Following an investigation of two separate burglaries involving the theft of Colorado Lottery tickets, police have identified and arrested one of the perpetrators who organized both ordeals.
2019: Man battling cancer wins $200,000 lottery on his last day of chemotherapy. The North Carolina lottery commission shared a heartwarming story about a cancer survivor who got lucky in more ways than one after snagging a winning scratch-off ticket.
2018: Winners in Iowa, New York to share $687.8 million Powerball lottery jackpot. Two winning tickets sold in Iowa and New York will split the third-largest Powerball jackpot in the game's history.
2014: NJ lottery winners dodge a tax bullet. A proposed extra tax on New Jerseyans' lottery winnings stalled today after it became clear it was unlikely to be approved by a key state Senate panel.
2013: Pa. Lottery privatization pursuit nears another deadline. The price tag for exploring Gov. Tom Corbett's idea for outsourcing management of the Pennsylvania Lottery has crossed the $4 million threshold and is marching toward the $5 million mark.
2013: Wyoming lottery seeks logo designer. The Wyoming Lottery Corporation wants an in-state company to design its new logo.
2012: 2007 lottery winner accused of armed robbery. A suspect charged with the armed home invasion and robbery of a couple who had just returned from their honeymoon won $1 million in the Massachusetts Lottery in 2007.
2009: Five-time lottery winner accused of taking ticket from group. A five-time lottery winner from Canada had his latest win disputed by a group alleging the winning ticket was part of a group purchase.
2009: Cheated winner wants Texas Lottery to pay up. A man cheated of his million-dollar jackpot wants the Texas Lottery to pay up.
2008: DOJ says privatizing state lotteries illegal. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels said Friday that he is dropping the idea of privatizing the Hoosier Lottery as an option of funding a college scholarship program after the U.S. Department of Justice said such a move would not comply with federal law.
2007: Tenn. players picked up on new odds before lottery revealed glitch. An analysis of 55 million Tennessee lottery tickets played in the Cash 3 and Cash 4 lottery games shows that in August, more people started playing the numbers most likely to come up.
2005: Gang used winning Pick 4 lottery tickets to launder drug money. A Detroit gang bought more than $1 million worth of winning lottery tickets at inflated prices in an effort to launder the cash through legitimate means.
2005: N.C. Lottery's image takes hit. North Carolina's lottery, not even 60 days old and nowhere near selling tickets, already looks dirty in the minds of the public, Lottery Commission Chairman Charles Sanders said Wednesday.
2005: Oil company employees win $54 million Canada 6/49 lottery jackpot. 17 co-workers at a small oil and gas company east of Camrose are the winners of the largest lottery jackpot in Canadian history -- $54,294,712.
2005: Winning lottery ticket purchased with stolen credit card. A woman bought a winning lottery ticket worth $1 million with a stolen credit card and could wind up with nothing if convicted, police said.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Reaches $28 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $28 million, with a cash option of $15.5 million.
2004: Gas station clerk says he is being framed for lottery theft. A Milford, Massachusetts man accused of stealing $86,000 in scratch tickets from the Cochituate Road service station he worked at claimed yesterday he was being framed.
2004: Checkout clerk: 'You've had a big win, sir'. A young agricultural engineer saw a five-week lucky streak on the National Lottery spiral to new heights when his six numbers scooped him the £2m (US$3.65 million) jackpot.
2003: Missouri Lottery Unveils "Big Sleigh Giveaway". Missouria Lottery players can start celebrating the holidays early with the "Big Sleigh Giveaway" promotion, which will include prizes such as a 2004 Lincoln Aviator, cash, gift certificates, and TVs.
2003: Women's big Powerball win thrusts spotlight on small town. Until Monday, Holdingford, Minnesota probably was best known as a neighbor to Keillor's fictional Lake Wobegon or as the Moonshine Capital of the Nation because a golden brew named Minnesota 13 was created there. But now, it'll be known as home to the luckiest lunch ladies.
2003: 7-Eleven store owner sells winning lotto ticket to himself. 7-Eleven store owner Narinder Badwal sold a winning California SuperLotto Plus ticket to himself -- and won $49.5 million, representing his half of a jackpot that he shared with an aspiring actress from Southern California.
2003: Valley lottery winners plan to donate part of winning to charity. Narinder Badwal and his wife Lilla Singh still can't believe their luck. Standing in front of television cameras and microphones during a press conference in Milpitas today helped them realize that they will split a $99 million Superlotto jackpot.
2003: Lunch Ladies Share $95 Million Powerball Prize. They waited until the students got their lunch, then 15 school cooks and one janitor who each put a quarter into a lottery pool came forward Monday as the holders of a Powerball ticket worth more than $95 million.
2003: Lottery chief defends high salaries of executives. Tennessee Lottery CEO Rebecca Paul on Monday defended the high salaries going to lottery executives and predicted complaints, such as those voiced by a group of Republican legislators, will end when the lottery is up and running.
2003: 5 proposals for equipment, services submitted for games. Tennessee lottery officials received five proposals yesterday to provide equipment and services for Tennessee lottery games and began to handle them in top-secret fashion.
2003: Officials choose lottery logo; firms put in contract bids. Tennessee lottery officials Monday picked a new logo from 100 proposed designs and learned they will have just two bids to choose from for one major vendor contract and three for another.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$822.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 29, 2022
2.$714 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 28, 2025
3.$375.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 29, 2025
4.€297.2 Million US$296.13 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 29, 2022
5.$252 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 28, 2014
6.$250 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 29, 2024
7.€177.73 Million US$247.84 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2010
8.$203 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 29, 2011
9.$180 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 29, 2016
10.€131 Million
US$167.18 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 3, 2006
11.$159 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 31, 2023
12.$147 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 28, 2005
13.$142 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 29, 2014
14.$140 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 29, 2010
14.$140 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2019
16.€101 Million
US$130.82 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2012
17.€130 Million
US$129.44 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 28, 2022
18.$129 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2015
19.$124.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 28, 2023
20.$118 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2020
21.€100.96 Million
US$117.63 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 28, 2021
22.$116.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2021
23.$116 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 28, 2020
24.€77 Million
US$113.79 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2009
25.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 28, 2015

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: Rekahall09
Monday, Oct 28, 1991
34 years old
1990: joachinmax $
Sunday, Oct 28, 1990
35 years old
1989: BALLER408
Saturday, Oct 28, 1989
36 years old
1987: Seahawk206
Wednesday, Oct 28, 1987
38 years old
1982: rmd514
Thursday, Oct 28, 1982
43 years old
1982: Stacy Dukes
Thursday, Oct 28, 1982
43 years old
1981: megawealthy69
Wednesday, Oct 28, 1981
44 years old
1976: Jangle Leg
Thursday, Oct 28, 1976
49 years old
1976: WhoIsJonGall
Thursday, Oct 28, 1976
49 years old
1975: Yessir
Tuesday, Oct 28, 1975
50 years old
1973: Treea
Sunday, Oct 28, 1973
52 years old
1972: Motiv8ed1
Saturday, Oct 28, 1972
53 years old
1971: kenya100
Thursday, Oct 28, 1971
54 years old
1970: Nibbles9678
Wednesday, Oct 28, 1970
55 years old
1969: HumblepieIam
Tuesday, Oct 28, 1969
56 years old
1969: Trababii$
Tuesday, Oct 28, 1969
56 years old
1968: Megamoneymark
Monday, Oct 28, 1968
57 years old
1968: quanbee44
Monday, Oct 28, 1968
57 years old
1964: Loria 1
Wednesday, Oct 28, 1964
61 years old
1960: bigt29
Friday, Oct 28, 1960
65 years old
1959: lumbeegal
Wednesday, Oct 28, 1959
66 years old
1959: le28101959
Wednesday, Oct 28, 1959
66 years old
1958: rcheli-pilot
Tuesday, Oct 28, 1958
67 years old
1955: mussie1028
Friday, Oct 28, 1955
70 years old
1954: bahamapapa48
Thursday, Oct 28, 1954
71 years old
1954: bowmangwenda
Thursday, Oct 28, 1954
71 years old
1953: cassdreams
Wednesday, Oct 28, 1953
72 years old
1952: BigTwin
Tuesday, Oct 28, 1952
73 years old
1945: ohiojaybird
Sunday, Oct 28, 1945
80 years old
: JAZZY JASPER
(year not provided)
: miss dee45
(year not provided)
: Idesire$
(year not provided)
: Allen Ketchens
(year not provided)
: livijean
(year not provided)
: pgat2
(year not provided)
: qp96
(year not provided)
: self-perserved
(year not provided)
: vinkydink
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: The 2023 Rugby World Cup final is held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France. It saw South Africa defeat New Zealand 11 to 12, claiming their fourth Webb Ellis Cup, becoming the first nation to do so.
2018: Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil with 57 million votes, with Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad as the runner-up. It is the first time in 16 years that a Workers' Party candidate is not elected president.
2014: A rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia.
2013: Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers at Tiananmen Square in China.
2009: The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
2009: NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.
2009: US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
2007: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.
2006: A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police.
1995: The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured.
1990: Georgia holds its only free election under Soviet rule.
1989: Aloha Island Air Flight 1712, a Twin Otter 300, crashed into terrain at night in Hawaii killing all 20 occupants onboard.
1982: The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
1971: Prospero becomes the only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket.
1965: Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Roman Catholic Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.
1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis ends and Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
1958: John XXIII is elected Pope.
1956: Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
1954: Aeroflot Flight 136 crashes near Krasnoyarsk, killing 19.
1949: An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
1948: Paul Hermann Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
1948: Ecological disaster in Donora, Pennsylvania.
1942: The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.
1940: World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.
1928: Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem of Indonesia, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
1922: Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.
1919: The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
1918: World War I: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish-Ukrainian War.
1918: World War I: Czech politicians peacefully take over the city of Prague, thus establishing the First Czechoslovak Republic.
1893: Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
1891: The Mino-Owari earthquake, the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history, occurs.
1886: US president Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
1864: American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital of Richmond is repulsed.
1835: The United Tribes of New Zealand are established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence.
1834: The Pinjarra massacre occurs in the Swan River Colony. An estimated 30 Noongar people are killed by British colonists.
1776: American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
1726: The novel Gulliver's Travels written by Jonathan Swift is published.
1707: The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Japan.
1664: The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established.
1640: The Treaty of Ripon is signed, ending the hostilities of the Second Bishops' War.
1636: The Massachusetts Bay Colony votes to establish a theological college, which would later become Harvard University.
1628: French Wars of Religion: The Siege of La Rochelle ends with the surrender of the Huguenots after fourteen months.
1538: The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now the Dominican Republic.
1531: Abyssinian-Adal war: The Adal Sultanate seizes southern Ethiopia.
1520: Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean.
1516: Second Ottoman-Mamluk War: Mamluks fail to stop the Ottoman advance towards Egypt at the Battle of Yaunis Khan.
1492: Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba on his first voyage to the New World, surmising that it is Japan.
1453: Ladislaus the Posthumous is crowned king of Bohemia in Prague.
1449: Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.
1420: Beijing is officially designated the capital of the Ming dynasty when the Forbidden City is completed.
1344: The lower town of Smyrna is captured by Latin Christians in response to Aydınid piracy during the Smyrniote crusades.
969: The Byzantine Empire recovers Antioch from Arab rule.
312: Constantine I defeats Maxentius, becoming the sole Roman emperor in the West.
306: Maxentius is proclaimed Roman emperor.
97: Roman emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor.

Births On This Day

2006: Yoon Do-young, South Korean footballer
2001: Sonay Kartal, British tennis player
1998: Nolan Gould, American actor
1997: Stetson Bennett, American football player
1997: Taylor Fritz, American tennis player
1997: Georgia Godwin, Australian artistic gymnast
1996: Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress
1996: Jack Eichel, American ice hockey player
1996: Una Raymond-Hoey, Irish cricketer
1995: Glen Kamara, Finnish footballer
1995: Jae'Sean Tate, American basketball player
1995: An Ye-seul, South Korean singer
1994: Andrew Harrison, American basketball player
1992: Lexi Ainsworth, American actress
1992: Jeon Ji-hee, South Korean table tennis player
1992: Maria Sergejeva, Estonian figure skater
1991: Lucy Bronze, English footballer
1989: Devin Ebanks, American basketball player
1989: Camille Muffat, French swimmer (died 2015)
1988: Edd Gould, English cartoonist and animator (died 2012)
1988: Devon Murray, Irish actor
1988: Jamie xx, English musician, DJ, record producer and remixer
1987: Frank Ocean, American singer-songwriter
1986: May Calamawy, Egyptian-Palestinian actress
1986: Isabelle Eriksson, Swedish athlete
1986: Anthony Griffith, English footballer
1986: Aki Toyosaki, Japanese voice actress and singer
1985: Tyrone Barnett, English footballer
1985: Troian Bellisario, American actress
1985: Anthony Fantano, American music critic
1984: Bryn Evans, New Zealand rugby player
1984: Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer
1984: Finn Wittrock, American actor
1983: Jarrett Jack, American basketball player
1983: Kayo Noro, Japanese singer and actress
1983: Joe Thomas, English actor and screenwriter
1982: Jeremy Bonderman, American baseball player
1982: Enver Jääger, Estonian footballer
1982: Anthony Lerew, American baseball player
1982: Hironori Saruta, Japanese footballer
1982: Matt Smith, English actor and director
1981: Milan Baroš, Czech footballer
1981: Shane Gore, English footballer
1981: Nate McLouth, American baseball player
1981: Nick Montgomery, English-Scottish footballer
1980: Christy Hemme, American wrestler and ring announcer
1980: Agnes Obel, Danish singer-songwriter and pianist
1980: Alan Smith, English footballer and coach
1979: Olcay Çetinkaya, Turkish footballer
1979: Jawed Karim, American computer scientist
1979: Natina Reed, American rapper and actress (died 2012)
1979: Martin Škoula, Czech ice hockey player
1978: Gwendoline Christie, English actress
1978: Justin Guarini, American singer-songwriter and actor
1976: Keiron Cunningham, British rugby league player and coach
1976: Martin Lepa, Estonian footballer
1976: Simone Loria, Italian footballer
1974: Braden Looper, American baseball player
1974: Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer and manager
1974: Joaquin Phoenix, American actor and producer
1974: Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer and coach
1974: Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress and singer, Miss Universe 1993
1973: Montel Vontavious Porter, American wrestler and actor
1973: Aleksandar Stanojević, Serbian footballer and manager
1972: Terrell Davis, American football player and sportscaster
1972: Brad Paisley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972: Trista Sutter, American reality star
1971: Roxana Briban, Romanian soprano and actress (died 2010)
1971: Caroline Dinenage, English businesswoman and politician
1970: Alan Peter Cayetano, Filipino politician and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
1970: Greg Eagles, American voice actor and producer
1969: Steven Chamuleau, Dutch cardiologist
1969: Jeremy Davies, American actor
1969: Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Puerto Rican screenwriter and producer
1969: Ben Harper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969: Wolfgang Kocevar, Austrian politician
1969: Noriyoshi Omichi, Japanese baseball player and coach
1968: Chris Broussard, American journalist and sportscaster
1968: Marc Lièvremont, French rugby player and coach
1968: Mayumi Ozaki, Japanese wrestler
1967: Kevin Macdonald, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
1967: Julia Roberts, American actress and producer
1967: John Romero, American video game designer, co-founded Id Software
1966: Steve Atwater, American football player
1966: Chris Bauer, American actor
1966: Matt Drudge, American blogger and activist, founded the Drudge Report
1966: Andy Richter, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1966: Aris Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs
1965: Jami Gertz, American actress
1965: David Warburton, English pianist, businessman, and politician
1965: Miyako Yoshida, Japanese ballerina
1964: Andrew Bridgen, English soldier and politician
1964: Peter Coyne, Australian rugby league player
1963: Kevin Dineen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1963: Lauren Holly, American actress
1963: Sheryl Underwood, American comedian, actress, and talk show host
1962: Erik Thorstvedt, Norwegian footballer and manager
1962: Daphne Zuniga, American actress
1960: Landon Curt Noll, American computer scientist and mathematician
1959: James Keelaghan, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
1959: Toshio Masuda, Japanese composer
1959: Randy Wittman, American basketball player and coach
1958: Concha García Campoy, Spanish journalist (died 2013)
1958: Ashok Chavan, Indian businessman and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
1958: William Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957: Marian Bell, English economist and academic
1957: Stephen Morris, English drummer
1957: Zach Wamp, American businessman and politician
1956: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian engineer and politician, 6th President of Iran
1956: Volker Zotz, Austrian philosopher, scholar, and author
1955: Bill Gates, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft
1955: Indra Nooyi, Indian-American businesswoman
1953: Pierre Boivin, Canadian businessman
1953: Desmond Child, American musician, songwriter, and producer
1952: Annie Potts, American actress
1951: Peter Hitchens, English journalist and author
1951: Joe R. Lansdale, American martial artist and author
1950: Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian journalist and activist
1950: Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist
1949: Dwight Davis, American basketball player
1949: Caitlyn Jenner, American decathlete and actress
1948: Telma Hopkins, American singer and actress
1946: John Hewson, Australian economist and politician
1946: Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2022)
1946: Sharon Thesen, Canadian poet and academic
1945: Sandy Berger, American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor (died 2015)
1945: Wayne Fontana, English pop singer (died 2020)
1945: Don Iverson, American golfer
1944: Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host (died 2014)
1944: Coluche, French comedian and actor (died 1986)
1944: Dennis Franz, American actor
1944: Anton Schlecker, German businessman, founded the Schlecker Company
1943: Jimmy McRae, Scottish race car driver
1943: Karalyn Patterson, English psychologist and academic
1942: Terence Donovan, English-Australian actor
1942: Abdelkader Fréha, Algerian footballer (died 2012)
1942: Gillian Lovegrove, English computer scientist and academic
1942: Kees Verkerk, Dutch speed skater
1941: Hank Marvin, English singer and guitarist
1940: Susan Harris, American screenwriter and producer
1939: Jane Alexander, American actress and producer
1939: Andy Bey, American singer and pianist
1939: Miroslav Cerar, Slovenian gymnast and lawyer
1939: Curtis Lee, American singer-songwriter (died 2015)
1938: Keigo Abe, Japanese martial artist and coach (died 2019)
1938: Kenneth Best, Liberian journalist, founded The Daily Observer
1938: Howard Blake, English composer and conductor
1938: Dave Budd, American basketball player
1938: Gary Cowan, Canadian golfer
1938: David Dimbleby, English journalist
1938: Anne Perry, English author (died 2023)
1937: Graham Bond, English keyboard player, singer, and saxophonist (died 1974)
1937: Lenny Wilkens, American basketball player and coach
1936: Charlie Daniels, American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist (died 2020)
1936: Ted Hawkins, American soul-blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)
1935: Alan Clarke, English director and screenwriter (died 1990)
1934: Charles A. Gargano, American diplomat, businessman and government official
1933: Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (died 1983)
1933: Michael Noakes, English painter and illustrator (died 2018)
1932: Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (died 2002)
1932: Suzy Parker, American model and actress (died 2003)
1931: Harold Battiste, American saxophonist, pianist, and composer (died 2015)
1930: Bernie Ecclestone, English businessman
1929: Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1988)
1929: Virginia Held, American philosopher, author, and academic
1929: John Hollander, American poet, critic, and educator (died 2013)
1929: Joan Plowright, English actress (died 2025)
1928: Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian general (died 2021)
1928: William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
1927: Cleo Laine, English singer and actress (died 2025)
1926: Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer and businessman, 5th Commissioner of Baseball (died 2007)
1925: Ian Hamilton Finlay, Bahamian-Scottish poet, sculptor, and gardener (died 2006)
1924: Antonio Creus, Spanish race car driver and motorcycle racer (died 1996)
1924: Peddibhotla Suryakantam, Telugu actress (died 1994)
1923: John Connell, American actor (died 2015)
1922: Gershon Kingsley, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2019)
1922: Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician, 1st Vice President of Zimbabwe (died 2003)
1922: Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball player and coach (died 2007)
1921: Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (died 1973)
1919: Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (died 1966)
1919: Hans Klenk, German race car driver (died 2009)
1917: Jack Soo, American actor and singer (died 1979)
1916: Pearl Hackney, English actress (died 2009)
1914: Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician (died 1988)
1914: Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (died 1995)
1914: Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
1912: Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (died 2005)
1909: Francis Bacon, Irish painter and illustrator (died 1992)
1908: Arturo Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (died 1995)
1907: John Hewitt, Irish poet, playwright, and critic (died 1987)
1905: Tatyana Ehrenfest, Dutch mathematician (died 1984)
1904: George Dangerfield, English-American historian, journalist, and author (died 1986)
1903: John Chamberlain, American historian, journalist, and critic (died 1995)
1903: Evelyn Waugh, English journalist, author, and critic (died 1966)
1902: Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress and singer (died 1986)
1901: Ambrogio Gianotti, Italian partigiano and priest (died 1969)
1901: Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet (died 1979)
1897: Edith Head, American costume designer (died 1981)
1897: Hans Speidel, German general (died 1984)
1896: Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator (died 1981)
1893: Christopher Kelk Ingold, British chemist (died 1970)
1892: Dink Johnson, American pianist, drummer, and clarinet player (died 1954)
1889: Juliette Béliveau, Canadian actress and singer (died 1975)
1888: Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (died 1964)
1886: O. G. S. Crawford, British archaeologist (died 1957)
1886: Noel Macklin, English soldier and engineer (died 1946)
1884: William Douglas Cook, New Zealand horticulturalist, founded Eastwoodhill Arboretum (died 1967)
1881: Vin Coutie, Australian footballer (died 1951)
1880: Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1940)
1880: Billy Wedlock, English footballer (died 1965)
1879: Channing H. Cox, American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1968)
1877: Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (died 1952)
1875: Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Turkish-Canadian journalist (died 1966)
1867: Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian nurse, author, and educator (died 1911)
1864: Adolfo Camarillo, Mexican-American rancher and philanthropist (died 1958)
1860: Kanō Jigorō, Japanese martial artist (died 1938)
1854: Jean-Marie Guyau, French philosopher and poet (died 1888)
1846: Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (died 1935)
1845: Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (died 1888)
1839: Edward P. Allen, American captain, lawyer, and politician (died 1909)
1837: Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shōgun (died 1913)
1816: Malwida von Meysenbug, German writer (died 1903)
1815: Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician (died 1856)
1804: Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (died 1849)
1794: Robert Liston, Scottish surgeon (died 1847)
1793: Eliphalet Remington, American businessman, founded Remington Arms (died 1861)
1767: Marie of Hesse-Kassel (died 1852)
1754: John Laurens, American soldier (died 1782)
1733: Franz Ignaz von Beecke, German composer (died 1803)
1718: Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, astronomer, and explorer (died 1793)
1703: Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician and engineer (died 1768)
1696: Maurice de Saxe, French general (died 1750)
1693: Šimon Brixi, Czech composer (died 1735)
1690: Peter Tordenskjold, Norwegian admiral (died 1720)
1667: Maria Anna of Neuburg, Queen consort of Spain
1610: Jacob Kettler, 3rd duke of Courland and Semigallia (died 1682)
1599: Marie of the Incarnation, foundress of the Ursuline Monastery in Quebec (died 1672)
1585: Cornelius Jansen, Dutch bishop and theologian (died 1638)
1550: Stanislaus Kostka, Polish saint (died 1568)
1510: Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Spanish priest and saint, 3rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1572)
1479: John Gage, English courtier (died 1556)
1466: Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (died 1536)
1017: Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1056)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Renato Martino, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1932)
2024: Paul Morrissey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938)
2024: Jamshid Sharmahd, German-American affiliate of Kingdom Assembly of Iran (born 1955)
2024: Kazuo Umezu, Japanese manga artist (born 1936)
2023: Matthew Perry, American-Canadian actor (born 1969)
2023: Adam Johnson, American ice hockey player (born 1994)
2022: Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1935)
2018: Colin Sylvia, Australian rules footballer (born 1985)
2014: Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (born 1927)
2014: Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (born 1937)
2013: Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1920)
2013: Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (born 1927)
2013: Aleksandar Tijanić, Serbian journalist (born 1949)
2013: Rajendra Yadav, Indian author (born 1929)
2012: Gordon Bilney, Australian dentist and politician (born 1939)
2012: John Cheffers, Australian footballer and coach (born 1936)
2012: Jack Dellal, English businessman (born 1923)
2011: Tom Addington, English soldier (born 1919)
2010: Liang Congjie, Chinese historian and activist, founded Friends of Nature (born 1932)
2010: James MacArthur, American actor (born 1937)
2010: Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (born 1938)
2010: Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist, architect, and educator (born 1934)
2009: Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1990)
2007: Takao Fujinami, Japanese lawyer and politician (born 1932)
2007: Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1927)
2006: Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (born 1917)
2006: Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (born 1954)
2006: Marijohn Wilkin, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1920)
2005: Bob Broeg, American soldier and journalist (born 1918)
2005: Raymond Hains, French photographer (born 1926)
2005: Tony Jackson, American basketball player (born 1942)
2005: Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean-Portuguese singer-songwriter (born 1922)
2005: Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1943)
2005: Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor and screenwriter (born 1929)
2004: Eugene K. Bird, American colonel and author, US Commandant of Spandau Prison (born 1926)
2003: Sally Baldwin, Scottish social sciences professor (born 1940)
2002: Margaret Booth, American screenwriter and producer (born 1898)
2002: Erling Persson, Swedish businessman, founded H&M (born 1917)
2001: Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch pianist, composer, and educator (born 1910)
2000: Andújar Cedeño, Dominican baseball player (born 1969)
1999: Antonios Katinaris, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1931)
1998: Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (born 1930)
1997: Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer (born 1915)
1993: Juri Lotman, Russian-Estonian historian and scholar (born 1922)
1989: Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor (born 1898)
1987: André Masson, French soldier and painter (born 1896)
1986: John Braine, English author (born 1922)
1983: Otto Messmer, American animator and screenwriter (born 1892)
1978: Rukmani Devi, Sri Lankan singer and actress (born 1923)
1976: Aarne Juutilainen, Finnish army captain (born 1904)
1975: Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor (born 1894)
1975: Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (born 1932)
1973: Taha Hussein, Egyptian historian, author, and academic (born 1889)
1973: Sergio Tofano, Italian actor, director, and playwright (born 1883)
1970: Baby Huey, American singer-songwriter (born 1944)
1969: Constance Dowling, American model and actress (born 1920)
1965: Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (born 1882)
1963: Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (born 1882)
1959: Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban soldier (born 1932)
1957: Ernst Gräfenberg, German-American physician and gynecologist (born 1881)
1952: Billy Hughes, English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1862)
1945: Kesago Nakajima, Japanese general (born 1881)
1941: Filipp Goloshchyokin, Soviet politician (born 1876)
1939: Alice Brady, American actress (born 1892)
1936: Newton Moore, Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (born 1870)
1929: Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1849)
1918: Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician and politician (born 1845)
1917: Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (born 1831)
1917: Dimitrios Votsis, Greek lawyer and politician (born 1841)
1916: Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (born 1838)
1916: Oswald Boelcke, German WWI flying ace (born 1891)
1914: Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (born 1850)
1906: Jean Benner, French artist (born 1836)
1900: Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (born 1823)
1899: Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (born 1854)
1879: Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French economist and politician (born 1799)
1877: Robert Swinhoe, English ornithologist and entomologist (born 1835)
1857: Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of France (born 1802)
1841: Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (born 1792)
1818: Abigail Adams, American writer and second First Lady of the United States (born 1744)
1806: Charlotte Turner Smith, English poet and author (born 1749)
1800: Artemas Ward, American general and politician (born 1727)
1792: Paul Möhring, German physician, botanist, and zoologist (born 1710)
1792: John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (born 1724)
1787: Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (born 1735)
1768: Michel Blavet, French flute player and composer (born 1700)
1763: Heinrich von Brühl, German general and politician (born 1700)
1755: Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (born 1689)
1754: Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (born 1708)
1740: Anna of Russia (born 1693)
1716: Stephen Fox, English politician (born 1627)
1708: Prince George of Denmark (born 1653)
1704: John Locke, English physician and philosopher (born 1632)
1703: John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer (born 1616)
1676: Jean Desmarets, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1595)
1661: Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish priest and playwright (born 1618)
1646: William Dobson, English painter (born 1610)
1639: Stefano Landi, Italian composer and educator (born 1587)
1627: Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (born 1569)
1594: Ōkubo Tadayo, Japanese general (born 1532)
1592: Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Flemish diplomat
1568: Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shōgun (born 1539)
1468: Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (born 1425)
1412: Margaret I of Denmark (born 1353)
1312: Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (born 1262)
1310: Ecumenical Patriarch Athanasius I of Constantinople (born 1230)
1266: Saint Arsenije I Sremac
1225: Jien, Japanese monk, historian, and poet (born 1155)
1138: King Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland
875: Remigius of Lyon, Frankish archbishop
816: Beggo, count of Toulouse and Paris
457: Ibas of Edessa, Syrian bishop
312: Maxentius, Roman emperor (born 278)

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