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October 29

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October 29

October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 63 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2020: Check again — Florida man's $1,000 winning ticket was actually worth $1 million. As if the initial surprise of winning $1,000 from the lottery wasn't enough for one day, one Florida player experienced the shock of a lifetime when he re-checked the ticket in his pocket and discovered that it was actually worth $1 million.
2019: Lucky Texan just claimed biggest prize ever paid to a single player in state's lottery. A lucky Texan just won the biggest prize ever awarded to a single player in the state's lottery.
2017: Mississippi lottery committee plans final meeting. What is expected to be the final meeting of House Speaker Philip Gunn's lottery study committee is scheduled for Nov. 16 at the Mississippi Capitol.
2015: Five friends win lottery after a decade of buying tickets together. A decade of buying lottery tickets together paid off big for the group of pals who hit the $106 million jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions game on Sept. 11.
2015: Man surprises wife with $1 million lottery win. An Upton, Massachusetts, man who set aside a retirement nest egg to play the Massachusetts State Lottery won $1 million on a scratch ticket. It was good fortune that he briefly kept from his wife, the lottery said.
2014: 10 Pennsylvania co-workers share $2 million Powerball prize. After chipping in $2 per week over the past 10 years, ten Pennsylvania co-workers will share a $2 million Powerball prize from Wednesday's drawing.
2013: Pa. Gov. defends lottery privatization exploration. A Corbett administration press secretary said that Pennsylvania's need to fund its programs for the elderly is outpacing the lottery's ability to fund those programs, and the lottery private management agreement (PMA) is necessary in order to meet the needs.
2010: Most Kentucky Lottery players don't know where the money goes. Since its inception, the Kentucky Lottery has taken in $12.5 billion, but a recent study said most people in the commonwealth have no idea where that money goes.
2008: Lottery Post member subject of new motion picture. As the producer of director Neil LaBute's award-winning "In the Company of Men" and other features, Fort Wayne filmmaker Mark Archer knows a good story when he sees one. He knows Lottery Post member Jim Grimes' story is a good one — and will soon be telling it on the big screen.
2008: Weak bond market lowers lottery annuity jackpots. The nation's financial crisis is causing a dip in one of the optional jackpots offered in Wisconsin's Megabucks lottery game.
2007: Tenn. Lottery CEO claims sales unhurt by numerous errors. Tennessee Lottery chief Rebecca Hargrove said Monday there's no sign that players have lost confidence despite a daily drawings computer glitch.
2004: Clerk charged in Tennessee lottery scam. A Madisonville, Tennessee lottery scam could be the biggest since the state started selling tickets in January.
2004: Virginia Lottery reporting record first-quarter sales. The Virginia Lottery announced yesterday that first-quarter sales for the budget year that began July 1 are the best ever since the lottery was started in 1988.
2003: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $42 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $42 million Tuesday night, as no tickets matched all six numbers drawn.
2003: Marion stores have streak of Lottery luck. Big-payoff lottery lightning landed thrice in Marion County, Florida over the past week.
2003: Governor softens stand on Paul. Gov. Phil Bredesen, after criticizing hiring practices by the head of the Tennessee lottery last week, said yesterday that Rebecca Paul has his "unqualified support."

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$822.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 29, 2022
2.€297.2 Million US$296.13 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 29, 2022
3.$284 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 31, 2014
4.€177.73 Million US$247.84 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2010
5.$203 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 29, 2011
6.$180 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 29, 2016
7.€131 Million US$167.18 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 3, 2006
8.$165 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 1, 2005
9.$142 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 29, 2014
10.€142 Million
US$140.58 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 1, 2022
11.$140 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2019
11.$140 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 29, 2010
13.€101 Million
US$130.82 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2012
14.$129 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2015
15.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 31, 2015
15.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 31, 2020
17.€120 Million
US$118.8 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Nov 1, 2022
18.€102.2 Million
US$118.16 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2021
19.$118 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2020
20.$116.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2021
21.€77 Million
US$113.79 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2009
22.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 31, 2012
23.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 29, 2019
24.€90 Million
US$102.65 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Nov 2, 2018
25.$93 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 1, 2006

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1996: Kate
Tuesday, Oct 29, 1996
26 years old
1996: splunkk
Tuesday, Oct 29, 1996
26 years old
1981: Twan da1
Thursday, Oct 29, 1981
41 years old
1979: z3r0k001
Monday, Oct 29, 1979
43 years old
1973: ty1996
Monday, Oct 29, 1973
49 years old
1970: feliciawhitson
Thursday, Oct 29, 1970
52 years old
1969: duttygirl
Wednesday, Oct 29, 1969
53 years old
1968: lotterybug
Tuesday, Oct 29, 1968
54 years old
1966: lotto guru
Saturday, Oct 29, 1966
56 years old
1966: Ohiolotto guru
Saturday, Oct 29, 1966
56 years old
1965: Skootz
Friday, Oct 29, 1965
57 years old
1963: KarenLyde68
Tuesday, Oct 29, 1963
59 years old
1960: ozzyzepplin
Saturday, Oct 29, 1960
62 years old
1959: Ireneb10
Thursday, Oct 29, 1959
63 years old
1956: van paul
Monday, Oct 29, 1956
66 years old
1954: firstladyrules
Friday, Oct 29, 1954
68 years old
1951: ma-jojo
Monday, Oct 29, 1951
71 years old
1916: KENNY61
Sunday, Oct 29, 1916
106 years old
: bossladeej
(year not provided)
: bossladyj
(year not provided)
: zflap
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party and of the Opposition in the United Kingdom is suspended from the Labour Party following his response to findings from the EHRC on the issue of antisemitism within the party.
2018: A Boeing 737 MAX plane crashes after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia killing 189 people on board.
2015: China announces the end of its one-child policy after 35 years.
2014: A mud slide; the 2014 Badulla landslide, in south-central Sri Lanka, kills at least 16 people, and leaves hundreds of people missing.
2012: Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages.
2008: Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five.
2008: A pair of deadly earthquakes hits Baluchistan, Pakistan, killing 215.
2005: Bombings in Delhi, India kill more than 60.
2004: The Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a 2004 Osama bin Laden video in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election.
2002: A fire destroys a luxurious department store in Ho Chi Minh City, where 1,500 people are shopping. More than 60 people die and over 100 are unaccounted for in the deadliest peacetime disaster in Vietnam.
1999: A large cyclone devastates Odisha, India.
1998: In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.
1998: Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year-old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space at that time.
1998: ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of the STS-95 space shuttle mission.
1998: While en route from Adana to Ankara, a Turkish Airlines flight with a crew of six and 33 passengers is hijacked by a Kurdish militant who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland. The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricked the hijacker into thinking that he is landing in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia to refuel.
1998: Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.
1998: The Gothenburg discothèque fire in Sweden kills 63 and injures 200.
1994: Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House; he is later convicted of trying to kill U.S. President Bill Clinton.
1991: The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.
1986: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.
1985: Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced as the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
1980: Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in a crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida, leading to the cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.
1972: The three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre are released from prison in exchange for the hostages of the hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615.
1969: The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
1967: Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors.
1964: The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed to the United Republic of Tanzania.
1964: Biggest jewel heist; involving the Star of India (gem) in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City by Murph the Surf and gang.
1960: An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.
1957: Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into the Knesset.
1956: Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
1955: The Soviet battleship Novorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.
1953: BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.
1948: Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Safsaf massacre: Israeli soldiers capture the Palestinian village of Safsaf in the Galilee; afterwards, between 52 and 64 villagers are massacred by the IDF.
1944: The Dutch city of Breda is liberated by 1st Polish Armoured Division.
1944: World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
1942: The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.
1941: The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto, over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action".
1929: The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
1923: Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
1921: United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts.
1921: The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.
1918: The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918-19.
1914: Ottoman entry into World War I.
1901: In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
1901: Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
1888: The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
1863: Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.
1863: American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1792: Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.
1787: Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.
1675: Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.
1665: Portuguese forces defeat the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitate King António I of Kongo, also known as Nvita a Nkanga.
1658: Second Northern War: Naval forces of the Dutch Republic defeat the Swedes in the Battle of the Sound.
1621: The London Pageant of 1621 celebrates the inauguration of Edward Barkham (Lord Mayor).
1618: English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.
1611: Russian homage to the King of Poland, Sigismund III Vasa.
1591: Pope Innocent IX is elected.
1467: Battle of Brustem: Charles the Bold defeats Prince-Bishopric of Liège.
1390: First trial for witchcraft in Paris leading to the death of three people.
1268: Conradin is executed along with his companion Frederick I, Margrave of Baden by Charles I of Sicily.
437: Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople unifying the two branches of the House of Theodosius.
312: Constantine the Great enters Rome after his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, stages a grand adventus in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out of the Tiber and beheaded.

Births On This Day

1996: Astrid S, Norwegian singer and songwriter
1993: Ágnes Bukta, Hungarian tennis player
1993: India Eisley, American actress
1990: Amarna Miller, former Spanish porn actress
1990: Eric Saade, Swedish singer
1989: Irina Karamanos, Chilean anthropologist and political scientist, First Lady of Chile since 2022.
1989: Primož Roglič, Slovenian ski jumper and cyclist
1988: Florin Gardoș, Romanian footballer
1988: Sam Hutsby, English golfer
1988: Janoris Jenkins, American football player
1988: Roman Van Uden, New Zealand cyclist
1987: Andy Dalton, American football player
1987: Jessica Dubé, Canadian figure skater
1987: Tove Lo, Swedish singer
1987: Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer and actress
1986: Sarita Pérez de Tagle, Filipino actress
1986: Nataly Dawn, American singer
1986: Italia Ricci, Canadian actress
1985: Cal Crutchlow, English motorcycle racer
1985: Janet Montgomery, English actress and dancer
1985: Jefferson Severino, Brazilian footballer
1985: Vijender Singh, Indian boxer
1984: Chris Baio, American bass player
1984: Les Davies, Welsh footballer
1984: Eric Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
1984: Lee Chung-ah, South Korean actress
1983: Richard Brancatisano, Australian actor
1983: Maurice Clarett, American football player
1983: Freddy Eastwood, Welsh footballer
1983: Dana Eveland, American baseball player
1983: Jérémy Mathieu, French footballer
1983: Nurcan Taylan, Turkish weightlifter
1982: Ariel Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer
1982: Chelan Simmons, Canadian model and actress
1981: Amanda Beard, American swimmer
1981: Jonathan Brown, Australian footballer
1981: Angelika dela Cruz, Filipino actress and singer
1981: Georgios Fotakis, Greek footballer
1980: Ben Foster, American actor
1980: Nadejda Ostrovskaya, Belarusian tennis player
1980: Kaine Robertson, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
1979: Andrew-Lee Potts, English actor, director, and producer
1979: Ignasi Giménez Renom, Catalan lawyer and politician
1978: Travis Henry, American football player
1978: Kelly Smith, English footballer
1977: Jon Abrahams, American actor
1977: Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor
1977: Vaggelis Kaounos, Greek footballer
1976: Stephen Craigan, Irish footballer and manager
1976: Milena Govich, American actress, singer, and dancer
1976: Raghava Lawrence, Indian actor, director, and choreographer
1975: Kelly Lin, Chinese model and actress
1975: Baba Ali, Iranian-born American comedian, games developer, businessman, and actor
1974: Michael Vaughan, English cricketer and sportscaster
1974: Yenny Wahid, Indonesian activist and politician
1973: Adam Bacher, South African cricketer
1973: Vonetta Flowers, American bobsledder, sprinter, and long jumper
1973: Éric Messier, Canadian ice hockey player
1973: Robert Pires, French footballer
1972: Takafumi Horie, Japanese businessman, founded Livedoor
1972: Tracee Ellis Ross, American actress and producer
1972: Gabrielle Union, American actress and producer
1971: Daniel J. Bernstein, American mathematician, cryptologist, and academic
1971: Greg Blewett, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1971: Matthew Hayden, Australian cricketer
1971: Winona Ryder, American actress and producer
1970: Phillip Cocu, Dutch footballer and manager
1970: Kaido Reivelt, Estonian physicist and academic
1970: Toby Smith, English keyboardist and songwriter (d. 2017)
1970: Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer and sportscaster
1969: David Farr, English director and playwright
1969: Chris Verene, American photographer
1968: Johann Olav Koss, Norwegian speed skater and physician
1967: Thorsten Fink, German footballer and manager
1967: Joely Fisher, American actress and director
1967: Rufus Sewell, English actor
1967: Beth Chapman, American reality television star (d. 2019)
1966: Mary Bucholtz, American linguist and academic
1965: Tyler Collins, American singer-songwriter and actress
1965: Andrew Ettingshausen, Australian rugby league player and television host
1965: Michael Passons, American singer-songwriter
1964: Yasmin Le Bon, English model
1964: Eddie McGuire, Australian businessman and television host
1963: Gerald Morris, American author
1962: Einar Örn Benediktsson, Icelandic singer, trumpet player, and politician
1961: Randy Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer
1961: Joel Otto, American ice hockey player and coach
1960: Fabiola Gianotti, Italian physicist and academic
1960: Thorsten Schlumberger, German footballer
1959: Mike Gartner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1959: John Magufuli, Tanzanian politician, 5th President of Tanzania (d. 2021)
1958: Blažej Baláž, Slovak painter, sculptor, and illustrator
1958: Stefan Dennis, Australian actor
1958: David Remnick, American journalist and author
1957: Dan Castellaneta, American actor, voice artist, comedian, singer and producer
1956: Wilfredo Gómez, Puerto Rican-American boxer
1955: Kevin DuBrow, American heavy metal singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
1953: Denis Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1952: Marcia Fudge, American lawyer and politician
1951: Dirk Kempthorne, American businessman and politician, 49th United States Secretary of the Interior
1951: Tiff Needell, English race car driver and television host
1950: Abdullah Gül, Turkish academic and politician, 11th President of Turkey
1949: Kieron Baker, English footballer
1949: Paul Orndorff, American football player and wrestler (d. 2021)
1949: David Paton, Scottish guitarist
1949: James Williamson, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1949: Raphael Carl Lee, American surgeon and academic
1948: Frans de Waal, Dutch-American ethologist, author, and academic
1948: Kate Jackson, American actress, director, and producer
1947: Helen Coonan, Australian lawyer and politician, 52nd Australian Minister for Communications
1947: Richard Dreyfuss, American actor and activist
1946: Peter Green, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
1945: Mick Gallagher, English keyboard player and songwriter
1945: Ron Maag, American businessman and politician
1945: Melba Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress
1945: Gerrit Ybema, Dutch civil servant and politician (d. 2012)
1944: Claude Brochu, Canadian businessman
1944: Mehmet Haberal, Turkish surgeon and academic
1944: Denny Laine, English singer-songwriter and musician
1944: Robbie van Leeuwen, Dutch musician and songwriter
1943: Don Simpson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1942: Lee Clayton, American rock/country musician and songwriter
1942: Bob Ross, American painter and television host (d. 1995)
1941: George Davies, English fashion designer
1941: Paul Tyler, Baron Tyler, English politician
1940: Connie Mack III, American lawyer and politician
1940: Jack Shepherd, English actor, director, and playwright
1940: Galen Weston, English-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded George Weston Limited (d. 2021)
1938: Ralph Bakshi, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1938: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian politician, President of Liberia, Nobel Prize laureate
1938: Peter Stampfel, American fiddle player, violinist, and singer-songwriter
1937: Sonny Osborne, American bluegrass singer and banjo player (d. 2021)
1935: David Allen, English cricketer (d. 2014)
1935: Eddie Hopkinson, English footballer (d. 2004)
1935: Michael Jayston, English actor
1933: William Harrison, American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1932: Joyce Gould, Baroness Gould of Potternewton, English pharmacist and politician
1930: Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter (d. 2006)
1930: Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor and painter (d. 2002)
1930: Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer and dancer
1930: Natalie Sleeth, American pianist and composer (d. 1992)
1929: Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2015)
1927: Frank Sedgman, Australian tennis player
1926: Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor and actor (d. 2015)
1926: Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish engineer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2011)
1925: Dominick Dunne, American journalist and author (d. 2009)
1925: Robert Hardy, English actor (d. 2017)
1925: Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (d. 2012)
1925: Zoot Sims, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1985)
1925: Klaus Roth, British mathematician (d. 2015)
1923: Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright (d. 2015)
1923: Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Dutch runner, hurdler, and long jumper (d. 2015)
1922: Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2008)
1921: Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (d. 2014)
1921: Baku Mahadeva, Sri Lankan civil servant and academic (d. 2013)
1921: Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist (d. 2003)
1920: Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
1920: Václav Neumann, Czech violinist and conductor (d. 1995)
1918: Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2007)
1918: Diana Serra Cary, American actress and author (d. 2020)
1915: William Berenberg, American physician and academic (d. 2005)
1914: Maxim of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch (d. 2012)
1913: Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee (d. 2014)
1910: A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and author (d. 1989)
1907: Edwige Feuillère, French actress (d. 1998)
1906: Fredric Brown, American author (d. 1972)
1905: Henry Green, English author (d. 1973)
1899: Akim Tamiroff, Georgian-American actor (d. 1972)
1898: Alan Barker, English soldier (d. 1984)
1897: Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Nazi Germany (d. 1945)
1897: Billy Walker, English footballer (d. 1964)
1891: Fanny Brice, American actress and singer (d. 1951)
1883: Victor Hochepied, French swimmer and water polo player (d. 1966)
1882: Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (d. 1944)
1881: John DeWitt, American football player and hammer thrower (d. 1930)
1880: Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1960)
1879: Alva B. Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1941)
1879: Franz von Papen, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1969)
1877: Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film producer (d. 1966)
1877: Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach (d. 1973)
1875: Marie of Romania (d. 1938)
1866: Antonio Luna, Filipino general and politician (d. 1899)
1861: Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (d. 1904)
1856: Jacques Curie, French physicist and academic (d. 1941)
1855: Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (d. 1939)
1837: Harriet Powers, American folk artist and quilter (d. 1910)
1832: Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (d. 1869)
1831: James Boucaut, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of South Australia (d. 1916)
1822: Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Russian-Polish cardinal (d. 1902)
1815: Dan Emmett, American composer (d. 1904)
1812: Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (d. 1907)
1808: Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (d. 1873)
1740: James Boswell, Scottish lawyer and author (d. 1795)
1711: Laura Bassi, Italian physicist and academic, first woman to have doctorate in science (d. 1778)
1704: John Byng, English admiral and politician, 11th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1757)
1690: Martin Folkes, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1754)
1682: Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian, explorer, and author (d. 1761)
1562: George Abbot, English archbishop and academic (d. 1633)
1507: Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish general (d. 1582)
1504: Shin Saimdang, South Korean painter and poet (d. 1551)
1497: Benedetto Accolti the Younger, Italian cardinal (d. 1549)
1463: Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician and philosopher (d. 1512)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Ashley Mallett, Australian cricketer (b. 1945)
2019: John Witherspoon, American actor and comedian (b. 1942)
2015: Luther Burden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1953)
2015: Ernesto Herrera, Filipino businessman and politician (b. 1942)
2015: Boris Kristančič, Slovene basketball player and coach (b. 1931)
2015: Ranko Žeravica, Serbian basketball player and coach (b. 1929)
2014: Roger Freeman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1965)
2014: Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1968)
2014: H. Gary Morse, American businessman (b. 1936)
2013: Jean Rénald Clérismé, Haitian priest and politician, Foreign Ministers of Haiti (b. 1937)
2013: Sherman Halsey, American director and producer (b. 1957)
2013: John Spence, American soldier and engineer (b. 1918)
2013: Graham Stark, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2012: Letitia Baldrige, American etiquette expert and author (b. 1926)
2012: J. Bernlef, Dutch author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1937)
2012: Kenneth G. Ryder, American academic (b. 1924)
2012: Wallace L. W. Sargent, English-American astronomer and academic (b. 1935)
2012: Jack Vaughn, American boxer and diplomat (b. 1920)
2011: Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (b. 1926)
2008: Mike Baker, American singer-songwriter (b. 1963)
2005: Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (b. 1924)
2005: Ion Irimescu, Romanian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1903)
2004: Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (b. 1901)
2004: Ordal Demokan, Turkish physicist and academic (b. 1946)
2004: Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican lawyer and politician, Premier of Dominica (b. 1923)
2004: Peter Twinn, English mathematician and entomologist (b. 1916)
2003: Hal Clement, American pilot, author, and educator (b. 1922)
2003: Franco Corelli, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1921)
2002: Glenn McQueen, Canadian-American animator (b. 1960)
2000: Carlos Guastavino, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1912)
1999: Greg, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1931)
1998: Paul Misraki, Turkish-French pianist and composer (b. 1908)
1997: Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (b. 1930)
1997: Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos, Greek-American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1947)
1996: Eugen Kapp, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1908)
1995: Terry Southern, American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, (b. 1924)
1994: Shlomo Goren, Israeli rabbi, general, and scholar (b. 1918)
1993: Lipman Bers, Latvian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1914)
1988: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian author and activist (b. 1903)
1987: Woody Herman, American singer, clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader (b. 1913)
1986: Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor, singer, and academic (b. 1913)
1981: Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
1980: Giorgio Borġ Olivier, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1911)
1977: Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (b. 1926)
1971: Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
1971: Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
1969: Pops Foster, American bassist and trumpet player (b. 1892)
1963: Adolphe Menjou, American actor (b. 1890)
1961: Astrid Holm, Danish actress (b. 1893)
1958: Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1886)
1957: Louis B. Mayer, Belarusian-American production manager and producer (b. 1885)
1956: Louis Rosier, French race car driver (b. 1905)
1953: William Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922)
1950: Gustaf V of Sweden (b. 1858)
1949: George Gurdjieff, Armenian-French monk, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1872)
1942: Edward S. Anthoine, American politician and lawyer (b. 1882)
1941: Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897)
1939: Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (b. 1864)
1936: Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish journalist and theorist (b. 1874)
1933: Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1863)
1933: George Luks, American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
1933: Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (b. 1853)
1932: Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (b. 1857)
1924: Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright (b. 1849)
1919: Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843)
1918: Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)
1916: John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)
1911: Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)
1905: Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)
1901: Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)
1897: Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839)
1892: William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848)
1877: Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (b. 1821)
1871: Andrea Debono, Maltese trader and explorer (b. 1821)
1829: Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (b. 1751)
1804: Sarah Crosby, the first female Methodist preacher (b. 1729)
1783: Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1717)
1666: Edmund Calamy the Elder, English minister and activist (b. 1600)
1666: James Shirley, English dramatist (b. 1596)
1650: David Calderwood, Scottish historian and theologian (b. 1575)
1618: Walter Raleigh, English admiral, explorer, and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (b. 1554)
1590: Dirck Coornhert, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and politician (b. 1522)
1339: Grand Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver (b. 1301)
1321: Stefan Milutin, King of Serbia (b. 1253)
1268: Conradin, king of Sicily (b. 1252)
1268: Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (b. 1249)
1266: Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia (b. c. 1204)
1050: Eadsige, archbishop of Canterbury

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