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October 30

On This Day in History

October 30

October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 62 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Connecticut man awarded $1 million Powerball lottery prize for birthday present of a lifetime. There was no better birthday surprise a Connecticut man could have ever given himself than the $1 million Powerball prize he won in the lottery.
2024: North Carolina man wins $1.33 million lottery jackpot, largest online instant prize in the state. A North Carolina man set a new state lottery record with the tap of a button after he tried his luck in a digital instant game and scooped a $1.33 million jackpot.
2023: Single mother who won $6 million in lottery opens up about the good and bad of winning millions. While many hopeful lottery players dream about the cars they'd drive, the places they'd vacation to, and the mansions they'd buy if they ever won big, a single mother stepped forward seven years after her $6 million win to talk about what makes winning millions in the lottery so tricky.
2022: $1 BILLION: Historic Powerball jackpot draw set for Monday. The most commonly-heard phrase this week just might be, "Did you get Powerball tickets?"
2019: Customer tips bartender with Powerball lottery ticket — and it wins $50,000. A bartender in Missouri received the tip of a lifetime — when a customer gave her a Powerball ticket that ended up winning $50,000.
2019: Bill would let Wisconsin Lottery retailers accept debit payment in addition to cash. In an age when more people are making purchases with plastic cards and digital devices, some Wisconsin lawmakers say it's time for lottery players to be able buy tickets via debit payment instead of strictly with cash.
2018: NJ man's broken hip turns into lottery riches. A New Jersey man literally got a lucky break when he joined a $1 million-winning lottery pool at a local hospital after breaking his hip while walking to buy a ticket.
2018: Why the world's biggest lottery jackpot wasn't. The Mega Millions jackpot that had been announced as the biggest ever at $1.6 billion ended up being the second-biggest at $1.537 billion, raising questions about how lottery officials make estimates and whether they were influenced by a desire to claim the jackpot amount surpassed all others.
2017: Pennsylvania expands gambling to pay for budget. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday affixed what he hopes will be a final patch on a $2.3 billion budget deficit by signing into law sweeping new gambling provisions.
2016: Investigators claim Calif. Lottery paying out jackpots it shouldn't to avoid bad press. Two California Lottery insiders claim the lottery sometimes chooses image over integrity.
2015: Tennessee Lottery joins multi-state Cash4Life game Sunday. Starting Sunday, Nov. 1, lottery players in Tennessee can participate in a growing multi-state game offering a top prize of $1000 per day for the rest of your life.
2015: Mistake lottery ticket wins California man $380K. A regular customer of a Burbank, California, convenience store won a big lottery prize on a lottery ticket the clerk accidentally printed for the wrong game.
2014: Georgia man wins $1M on forgotten lottery ticket. A Savannah, Georgia, resident realized this week that it was no trick when he found a forgotten lottery ticket that led to a major treat: a $1 million prize.
2013: Minn. Lottery's e-tickets unnerve some lawmakers. State lawmakers expressed concern Wednesday with the Minnesota Lottery's gradual push into Internet and other electronic ticket sales, saying they were worried about how far the virtual gambling could go.
2013: Pa. Gov. extends lottery privatization contract. Gov. Tom Corbett's administration will continue its examination into the privatization of the management of the Pennsylvania Lottery for two more months.
2013: Va. woman claims lottery prize 4 hours before ticket due to expire. Four hours before her winning $100,000 lottery ticket was to expire, Karen Gentry of Alexandria showed up at a Virginia lottery center on Tuesday to claim her prize.
2011: $245 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot increased. There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $245 million for Wednesday's drawing.
2010: Lover found lottery winner's body. A lottery winner who hanged himself in his Leicestershire home in central England was found by a live-in lover his family had no idea existed, an inquest has heard.
2009: Arizona Lottery announces raffle with 'Early Bird' drawing. The Arizona Lottery announced their "Holiday Edition" of the Millionaire Raffle game that will award more than $3 million in total cash prizes, including one $1 million grand prize and a special Early Bird drawing on Nov. 19 worth $100,000.
2007: Texas Lottery to add 'Sum It Up' feature to Pick 3 game. Starting November 11, the Texas Lottery will allow lottery players to place wagers on the sum of the Pick 3 digits drawn, in addition to the current method of play that involves matching the digits drawn.
2006: Ford Worker Loses Job, Wins Lottery. Retirement day will be an especially memorable one for Ford assembly plant worker Jerome McInnis, who won a $225,000 top prize in a new scratch game.
2006: Defrauded lottery winner finally gets apology -- and money. More than five years after Bob Edmonds called the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation to complain that he may have been defrauded out of a winning Super 7 ticket, he has an apology and the right to speak freely.
2003: Another Winning Powerball Ticket Sold in Indiana. For the second time in four days Powerball paid off big for a player in Indiana.
2003: Sydney man arrested over Nigerian scam. Police in Sydney said Thursday they arrested an Australian man suspected of being part of a global, multimillion-dollar scam that dupes victims into believing they can claim some of the foreign assets of the Nigerian president.
2003: Lottery sales net Wisconsin $37 million in property tax relief. The sale of Wisconsin Lottery tickets grew 25 percent from July 1 through Sept. 30 - the first quarter of the current fiscal year, the Wisconsin Lottery's acting director said this week.
2003: Penn. Super 6 Lotto winner presented with $36 million check. An Annville, Pennsylvania woman was presented with a check for more than $36 million for matching all six numbers in the Super 6 lottery drawing earlier this month.
2003: Lost and found? $1.4M lottery ticket winds up in court. On Sept. 16, 2002, a New Jersey Pick 6 lottery ticket was sold from the Sunshine Grocery store in Hoboken. The numbers, randomly generated as a "quick pick," proved to be the very lucky indeed. But a court will have to decide for whom.
2003: Ind. Single Mother Claims $95M Powerball. A 29-year-old single mother came forward Wednesday as the holder of a Powerball ticket worth more than $95 million.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$999.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 31, 2022
2.$754 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 31, 2025
3.$404.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 1, 2025
4.€298.22 Million US$295.38 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 31, 2022
5.$284 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 31, 2014
6.$281 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 1, 2024
7.$254.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 2, 2011
8.€177.73 Million US$247.84 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2010
9.$198 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 2, 2016
10.€131 Million
US$167.18 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 3, 2006
11.$165 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 1, 2005
12.$159 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 31, 2023
12.$159 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 1, 2014
14.€142 Million
US$140.58 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 1, 2022
15.$140 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2019
16.$138 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2023
17.€101 Million
US$130.82 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2012
18.$129 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2015
19.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 31, 2020
19.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 31, 2015
21.€120 Million
US$118.8 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Nov 1, 2022
22.€102.2 Million
US$118.16 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2021
23.$118 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2020
23.$118 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 1, 2019
25.$116.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2021

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1994: Shunan45
Sunday, Oct 30, 1994
31 years old
1982: kc2009
Saturday, Oct 30, 1982
43 years old
1980: TwinklingStar
Thursday, Oct 30, 1980
45 years old
1978: ChaeDotson
Monday, Oct 30, 1978
47 years old
1976: rstrachan
Saturday, Oct 30, 1976
49 years old
1965: dannynotsolucky
Saturday, Oct 30, 1965
60 years old
1957: sfilippo
Wednesday, Oct 30, 1957
68 years old
1957: boogiemantoo
Wednesday, Oct 30, 1957
68 years old
1954: Teacher71
Saturday, Oct 30, 1954
71 years old
1953: Gingeray
Friday, Oct 30, 1953
72 years old
1945: enrico45
Tuesday, Oct 30, 1945
80 years old
1943: blackprobe
Saturday, Oct 30, 1943
82 years old
1935: Gyrene53
Wednesday, Oct 30, 1935
90 years old
: ArchiePelago
(year not provided)
: jj2020
(year not provided)
: HattoSells
(year not provided)
: Plum Blossom
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: First rescue of a hostage from Gaza during Iron Swords War.
2022: A pedestrian suspension bridge collapses in the city of Morbi, Gujarat, leading to the deaths of at least 135 people.
2020: A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami. At least 119 people die mainly due to collapsed buildings.
2015: A fire in a nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest kills sixty-four people and leaves more than 147 injured.
2014: Sweden becomes the first European Union member state to officially recognize the State of Palestine.
2014: Four people are killed when a Beechcraft Super King Air crashes at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas.
2013: Forty-five people are killed and seven injured after a bus catches fire in Mahabubnagar district, Andhra Pradesh (present-day Telangana), India.
2005: The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
1995: Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.
1991: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Madrid Conference commences in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine.
1985: Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
1983: The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held.
1983: A magnitude 6.6 earthquake in the Turkish provinces of Erzurum and Kars leaves approximately 1,340 people dead.
1980: El Salvador and Honduras agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice.
1975: Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.
1975: Forty-five people are killed when Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 450 crashes into Suchdol, Prague, while on approach to Prague Ruzyně Airport (now Václav Havel Airport Prague) in Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic).
1973: The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
1968: A squad of 120 North Korean Army commandos land in boats along a 25-mile long section of the eastern coast of South Korea in a failed attempt to overthrow the dictatorship of Park Chung Hee and bring about the reunification of Korea.
1961: The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.
1961: Due to "violations of Vladimir Lenin's precepts", it is decreed that Joseph Stalin's body be removed from its place of honour inside Lenin's tomb and buried near the Kremlin Wall with a plain granite marker.
1959: Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.
1956: Hungarian Revolution: The government of Imre Nagy recognizes newly established revolutionary workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads anti-Soviet militias in an attack on the headquarters of the Hungarian Working People's Party.
1953: President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.
1948: A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board.
1947: The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
1945: Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the baseball color line.
1944: Holocaust: Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII.
1942: World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559.
1941: President Roosevelt approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.
1941: Holocaust: Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.
1938: Orson Welles broadcasts a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing a massive panic in some of the audience in the United States.
1920: The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
1918: World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
1918: World War I: Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, a state union of Kingdom of Hungary and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia is abolished with decisions of Croatian and Hungarian parliaments
1905: Tsar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, nominally granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
1888: The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.
1864: Second War of Schleswig: The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.
1863: Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
1858: Approximately 20 people die in Bradford, England, UK, after being poisoned from ingesting sweets that had been accidentally adulterated with arsenic trioxide.
1831: Nat Turner is arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.
1817: Simón Bolívar becomes President of the Third Republic of Venezuela.
1806: War of the Fourth Coalition: Convinced that he is facing a much larger force, Prussian General von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrenders the city of Stettin to 800 French soldiers.
1657: Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios.
1340: Reconquista: Portuguese and Castilian forces halt a Muslim invasion at the Battle of Río Salado.
1270: The Eighth Crusade ends by an agreement between Charles I of Anjou (replacing his deceased brother King Louis IX of France) and the Hafsid dynasty of Tunis, Tunisia.
1137: Ranulf of Apulia defeats Roger II of Sicily at the Battle of Rignano, securing his position as duke until his death two years later.
758: Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates.
637: Arab-Byzantine wars: Antioch surrenders to the Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge.

Births On This Day

2000: Giselle, Japanese singer
1998: Cale Makar, Canadian ice hockey player
1997: Tage Thompson, American ice hockey player
1996: Devin Booker, American basketball player
1996: Dennis Gilbert, American ice hockey player
1996: Kennedy McMann, American actress
1996: Kim Ji-sung, South Korean actress
1994: Mia Eklund, Finnish tennis player
1993: Marcus Mariota, American football player
1992: Matt Parcell, Australian rugby league player
1992: Camila Silva, Chilean tennis player
1991: Jarell Eddie, American basketball player
1991: Artemi Panarin, Russian ice hockey player
1991: Tomáš Satoranský, Czech basketball player
1990: Joe Panik, American baseball player
1990: Suwaibou Sanneh, Gambian sprinter
1989: Ashley Barnes, Austrian-English footballer
1989: Nastia Liukin, Russian-American gymnast and actress
1988: Janel Parrish, American actress and singer
1987: Danielle Fong, Canadian entrepreneur, co-founder and chief scientist of LightSail Energy
1987: Ashley Graham, American model
1987: Ali Riley, New Zealand footballer
1986: Desmond Jennings, American baseball player
1986: Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian ski jumper
1986: Keisuke Sohma, Japanese actor
1986: Tamera Young, American basketball player
1985: Ragnar Klavan, Estonian footballer
1984: Gedo, Egyptian footballer
1984: Eva Marcille, American model and actress
1984: David Mooney, Irish footballer
1984: Isaac Ross, New Zealand rugby player
1984: Tyson Strachan, Canadian ice hockey player
1983: Trent Edwards, American football player
1983: Iain Hume, Canadian soccer player
1983: Maor Melikson, Israeli footballer
1982: Andy Greene, American ice hockey player
1982: Manny Parra, American baseball player
1982: Clémence Poésy, French actress and model
1982: Stalley, American rapper
1981: Fiona Dourif, American actress
1981: Joshua Jay, American magician and author
1981: Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean model and actress
1981: Ayaka Kimura, Japanese singer and actress
1981: Shaun Sipos, Canadian actor
1981: Ian Snell, American baseball player
1981: Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman
1980: Rich Alvarez, Filipino-Japanese basketball player
1980: Choi Hong-man, South Korean wrestler and mixed martial artist
1980: Kareem Rush, American basketball player
1979: Jason Bartlett, American baseball player
1978: Martin Dossett, American football player
1978: Stephanie Izard, American chef
1978: Matthew Morrison, American singer-songwriter and actor
1978: Dan Poulter, English physician and politician
1978: Derren Witcombe, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer
1976: Stern John, Trinidadian footballer
1976: Ümit Özat, Turkish footballer and manager
1976: Maurice Taylor, American basketball player
1975: Ian D'Sa, English-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1975: Marco Scutaro, Venezuelan baseball player
1973: Michael Buettner, Australian rugby league player and official
1973: Silvia Corzo, Colombian lawyer and journalist
1973: Edge, Canadian wrestler and actor
1973: Michael Oakes, English footballer and manager
1973: Raci Şaşmaz, Turkish actor, producer, and screenwriter
1972: Jessica Hynes, English actress, producer, and screenwriter
1971: Fredi Bobic, Slovenian-German footballer and manager
1971: Tzanis Stavrakopoulos, Greek basketball player
1971: Suzan van der Wielen, Dutch field hockey player
1970: Ben Bailey, American comedian and game show host
1970: Tory Belleci, American visual effects designer and television presenter
1970: Christine Bersola-Babao, Filipino journalist and actress
1970: Billy Brown, American actor
1970: Nia Long, American actress
1970: Ekaterini Voggoli, Greek discus thrower
1969: Stanislav Gross, Czech lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (died 2015)
1969: Snow, Canadian rapper and reggae singer-songwriter
1969: Vangelis Vourtzoumis, Greek basketball player
1968: Emmanuelle Claret, French biathlete (died 2013)
1968: Jack Plotnick, American actor, director, and producer
1968: Ken Stringfellow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967: Brad Aitken, Canadian ice hockey player
1967: Leonidas Kavakos, Greek violinist and conductor
1965: Gavin Rossdale, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1964: Adnan Al Talyani, Emirati footballer
1964: Humayun Kabir Dhali, Bangladeshi journalist and author
1964: Howard Lederer, American poker player
1963: Michael Beach, American actor and producer
1963: Rebecca Heineman, American video game designer and programmer
1963: Andrew Solomon, American-English journalist and author
1963: Mike Veletta, Australian cricketer and coach
1963: Kristina Wagner, American actress
1962: Stefan Kuntz, German footballer and manager
1962: Danny Tartabull, Puerto Rican baseball player
1962: Courtney Walsh, Jamaican cricketer
1961: Scott Garrelts, American baseball player
1961: Giorgos Papakonstantinou, Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
1961: Larry Wilmore, American comedian and television host
1960: Charnele Brown, American actress and singer
1960: Grayson Hugh, American singer-songwriter
1960: Diego Maradona, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2020)
1959: Vincent Lagaf', French actor, singer, and game show host
1958: Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (died 2014)
1958: Joe Delaney, American football player (died 1983)
1958: Ramona d'Viola, American cyclist and photographer
1958: Pétur Guðmundsson, Icelandic basketball player and coach
1957: Shlomo Mintz, Israeli violinist and conductor
1957: Kevin Pollak, American actor, game show host, and producer
1956: Juliet Stevenson, English actress
1955: Heidi Heitkamp, American lawyer and politician, 28th Attorney General of North Dakota
1954: Mahmoud El Khatib, Egyptian footballer
1954: T. Graham Brown, American country singer-songwriter
1954: Jeannie Kendall, American country singer-songwriter
1954: Mario Testino, Peruvian-English photographer
1953: Pete Hoekstra, Dutch-American lawyer and politician
1953: Charles Martin Smith, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1951: Tony Bettenhausen Jr., American race car driver and businessman (died 2000)
1951: Trilok Gurtu, Indian drummer and songwriter
1951: Harry Hamlin, American actor
1951: Poncho Sanchez, American singer and conga player
1950: Phil Chenier, American basketball player and broadcaster
1950: Tim Sheens, Australian rugby league player and coach
1949: Larry Gene Bell, American murderer (died 1996)
1949: Leon Rippy, American actor
1948: Richard Alston, English dancer and choreographer
1948: Garry McDonald, Australian actor and screenwriter
1947: Glenn Andreotta, American soldier (died 1968)
1947: Tim Kirk, American illustrator and designer
1947: Timothy B. Schmit, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1947: Herschel Weingrod, American screenwriter and producer
1946: Robert L. Gibson, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1946: Andrea Mitchell, American journalist
1946: Anthony Shorrocks, English economist, author, and academic
1946: Chris Slade, Welsh drummer
1945: Henry Winkler, American actor, comedian, director, and producer
1945: Lynne Marta, American actress (died 2024)
1944: Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi businessman and politician (died 2015)
1943: Paul Claes, Belgian poet and translator
1943: Joanna Shimkus, Canadian actress
1943: David Triesman, Baron Triesman, English union leader and politician
1942: Sven-David Sandström, Swedish composer and historian (died 2019)
1941: Marcel Berlins, French-English lawyer, journalist, and academic (died 2019)
1941: Aleksandr Dulichenko, Russian-Estonian linguist and academic
1941: Theodor W. Hänsch, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1941: Otis Williams, American singer-songwriter and producer
1941: Bob Wilson, English footballer and sportscaster
1939: Harvey Goldstein, English statistician and academic (died 2020)
1939: Leland H. Hartwell, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1939: Eddie Holland, American singer-songwriter and producer
1939: Grace Slick, American singer-songwriter and model
1938: Morris Lurie, Australian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 2014)
1937: Claude Lelouch, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1937: Brian Price, Welsh rugby player (died 2023)
1936: Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast and trainer (died 2005)
1936: Dick Vermeil, American football player and coach
1935: Robert Caro, American journalist and author
1935: Ágota Kristóf, Hungarian-Swiss author (died 2011)
1935: Jim Perry, American baseball player
1935: Michael Winner, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
1934: Keith Barnes, Welsh-Australian rugby player and coach (died 2024)
1934: Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor (died 2014)
1933: Col Campbell, New Zealand gardener and television host (died 2012)
1932: Barun De, Indian historian and author (died 2013)
1932: Louis Malle, French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)
1931: Vince Callahan, American lieutenant and politician (died 2014)
1931: David M. Wilson, Manx archaeologist, historian, and curator
1930: Néstor Almendros, Spanish-American director and cinematographer (died 1992)
1930: Christopher Foster, English economist and academic (died 2022)
1930: Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (died 1956)
1930: Don Meineke, American basketball player (died 2013)
1929: Jean Chapman, English author
1929: Olga Zubarry, Argentinian actress (died 2012)
1928: Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)
1927: Joe Adcock, American baseball player and manager (died 1999)
1926: Jacques Swaters, Belgian race car driver and manager (died 2010)
1925: Tommy Ridgley, American singer and bandleader (died 1999)
1924: John P. Craven, American soldier and engineer (died 2015)
1923: Gloria Oden, American poet and academic (died 2011)
1922: Elena Mikhnenko, Ukrainian exile (died 1993)
1922: Iancu Țucărman, Romanian Holocaust survivor (died 2021)
1922: Jane White, American actress and singer (died 2011)
1921: Valli Lember-Bogatkina (died 2016)
1920: Christy Ring, Irish sportsman (died 1979)
1917: Bobby Bragan, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2010)
1917: Minni Nurme, Estonian writer and poet (died 1994)
1917: Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian field marshal (died 1994)
1917: Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (died 2005)
1916: Leon Day, American baseball player (died 1995)
1915: Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and producer (died 1998)
1915: Jane Randolph, American-Swiss actress and singer (died 2009)
1914: Richard E. Holz, American minister and composer (died 1986)
1914: Leabua Jonathan, Basotho lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (died 1987)
1914: Anna Wing, English actress (died 2013)
1911: Ruth Hussey, American actress (died 2005)
1910: Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (died 1942)
1910: Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian-Monegasque organist and composer (died 1994)
1909: Homi J. Bhabha, Indian-French physicist and academic (died 1966)
1908: Patsy Montana, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 1996)
1908: U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian politician (died 1963)
1908: Peter Smith, English cricketer (died 1967)
1908: Dmitry Ustinov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (died 1984)
1907: Sol Tax, American anthropologist and academic (died 1995)
1906: Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (died 1966)
1906: Hermann Fegelein, German general (died 1945)
1906: Alexander Gode, German-American linguist and translator (died 1970)
1905: Johnny Miles, English-Canadian runner (died 2003)
1900: Ragnar Granit, Finnish-Swedish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
1898: Bill Terry, American baseball player and manager (died 1989)
1897: Agustín Lara, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (died 1970)
1896: Rex Cherryman, American actor (died 1928)
1896: Ruth Gordon, American actress and screenwriter (died 1985)
1896: Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet and educator (died 1928)
1896: Harry R. Truman, American soldier (died 1980)
1896: Antonino Votto, Italian conductor (died 1985)
1895: Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964)
1895: Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
1894: Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (died 1977)
1894: Peter Warlock, English composer and critic (died 1930)
1893: Roland Freisler, German soldier, lawyer, and judge (died 1945)
1892: Charles Atlas, Italian-American bodybuilder (died 1972)
1888: Louis Menges, American soccer player, soldier, and politician (died 1969)
1888: Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek footballer and high jumper (died 1913)
1887: Sukumar Ray, Indian-Bangladeshi author, poet, and playwright (died 1923)
1886: Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright (died 1958)
1885: Ezra Pound, American poet and critic (died 1972)
1882: Oldřich Duras, Czech chess player and composer (died 1957)
1882: William Halsey Jr., American admiral (died 1959)
1882: Günther von Kluge, Polish-German field marshal (died 1944)
1881: Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and author (died 1941)
1878: Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine (died 1929)
1877: Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician, Prime Minister of Latvia (died 1941)
1873: Francisco I. Madero, Mexican businessman and politician, 33rd President of Mexico (died 1913)
1871: Buck Freeman, American baseball player (died 1949)
1871: Paul Valéry, French poet and philosopher (died 1945)
1868: António Cabreira, Portuguese polygraph (died 1953)
1861: Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (died 1929)
1857: Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French-Swiss physician and neurologist (died 1904)
1839: Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (died 1899)
1799: Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (died 1885)
1786: Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian captain and author (died 1871)
1762: André Chénier, Turkish-French poet and playwright (died 1794)
1751: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish-English poet, playwright, and politician, Treasurer of the Navy (died 1816)
1741: Angelica Kauffman, painter (died 1807)
1735: John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (died 1826)
1728: Mary Hayley, English businesswoman (died 1808)
1712: Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis, Maltese linguist, historian and cleric (died 1770)
1668: Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (died 1705)
1660: Ernest August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (died 1731)
1632: Christopher Wren, English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (died 1723)
1624: Paul Pellisson, French historian and author (died 1693)
1558: Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force, Marshal of France (died 1652)
1513: Jacques Amyot, French bishop and translator (died 1593)
1492: Anne d'Alençon, French noblewoman (died 1562)
1447: Lucas Watzenrode, Prince-Bishop of Warmia (died 1512)
1327: Andrew, Duke of Calabria (died 1345)
1218: Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (died 1234)
39 BC: Julia the Elder, Roman daughter of Augustus (died 14)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Matt Peacock, Australian journalist and author (born 1952)
2017: Kim Joo-hyuk, South Korean actor (born 1972)
2015: Mel Daniels, American basketball player and coach (born 1944)
2015: Al Molinaro, American actor (born 1919)
2015: Sinan Şamil Sam, Turkish boxer (born 1974)
2015: Norm Siebern, American baseball player and scout (born 1933)
2014: Elijah Malok Aleng, Sudanese general and politician (born 1937)
2014: Renée Asherson, English actress (born 1915)
2014: Juan Flavier, Filipino physician and politician (born 1935)
2014: Ida Elizabeth Osbourne, Australian actress and radio host (born 1916)
2014: Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (born 1924)
2014: Thomas Menino, American businessman and politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston (born 1942)
2013: Bill Currie, American baseball player (born 1928)
2013: Pete Haycock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)
2013: Michael Palmer, American physician and author (born 1942)
2013: Frank Wess, American saxophonist and flute player (born 1922)
2012: Franck Biancheri, French politician (born 1961)
2012: Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator (born 1961)
2012: Dan Tieman, American basketball player and coach (born 1940)
2010: Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (born 1927)
2009: Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist and ethnologist (born 1908)
2008: Pedro Pompilio, Argentinian businessman (born 1950)
2007: Washoe, American chimpanzee (born 1965)
2007: Robert Goulet, American actor and singer (born 1933)
2007: Linda S. Stein, American businesswoman and manager (born 1945)
2007: John Woodruff, American runner and colonel (born 1915)
2006: Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and author (born 1926)
2006: Junji Kinoshita, Japanese playwright and scholar (born 1914)
2005: Al López, American baseball player and manager (born 1908)
2005: Shamsher Singh Sheri, Indian politician (born 1942)
2004: Phyllis Frost, Australian philanthropist, founded Keep Australia Beautiful (born 1917)
2004: Peggy Ryan, American actress and dancer (born 1924)
2003: Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager (born 1940)
2002: Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1922)
2002: Jam Master Jay, American rapper and producer (born 1965)
2000: Steve Allen, American actor, television personality, game show panelist, and talk show host (born 1921)
1999: Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player (born 1933)
1997: Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1912)
1996: John Young, Scottish actor (born 1916)
1993: Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (born 1911)
1993: Peter Kemp, English soldier, mercenary, and writer (born 1915)
1992: Joan Mitchell, American painter (born 1925)
1990: V. Shantaram, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1901)
1988: T. Hee, American animator and screenwriter (born 1911)
1988: Florence Nagle, English trainer and breeder of racehorses (born 1894)
1987: Joseph Campbell, American mythologist, scholar, and author (born 1904)
1982: Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian author and educator (born 1907)
1979: Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, inventor of the "bouncing bomb" (born 1887)
1975: Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)
1973: Ants Lauter, Estonian actor and director (born 1894)
1968: Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (born 1899)
1968: Conrad Richter, American journalist and novelist (born 1890)
1968: Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (born 1886)
1966: Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (born 1906)
1965: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., American historian and author (born 1888)
1963: U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1908)
1961: Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician, 2nd President of the Italian Republic (born 1874)
1957: Fred Beebe, American baseball player and coach (born 1880)
1943: Max Reinhardt, Austrian-born American actor and director (born 1873)
1942: Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and stockbroker, co-founder of Buckmaster & Moore (born 1872)
1933: Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor (born 1869)
1929: Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (born 1877)
1923: Bonar Law, Canadian-English banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1858)
1919: Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (born 1850)
1917: Talbot Mercer Papineau, Canadian lawyer and soldier (born 1883)
1915: Charles Tupper, Canadian physician, lawyer, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1821)
1912: Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean colonel (born 1840)
1912: James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (born 1855)
1910: Henry Dunant, Swiss activist, founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1828)
1905: Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland (born 1843)
1899: William H. Webb, American shipbuilder and philanthropist (born 1816)
1896: Carol Benesch, Czech architect, designed Peleș Castle (born 1822)
1895: James Patterson, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Victoria (born 1833)
1894: Honoré Mercier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (born 1840)
1893: John Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (born 1821)
1883: Dayananda Saraswati, Indian philosopher and scholar (born 1824)
1883: Robert Volkmann, German pianist and composer (born 1815)
1882: William Forster, Indian-Australian politician, 4th Premier of New South Wales (born 1818)
1853: Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (born 1786)
1842: Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet (born 1784)
1816: Frederick I of Württemberg (born 1754)
1809: William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1738)
1757: Osman III, Ottoman sultan (born 1699)
1757: Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician (born 1684)
1730: Nedîm, Turkish poet (born 1681)
1690: Hieronymus van Beverningh, Dutch diplomat and politician (born 1614)
1685: Michel Le Tellier, French lawyer and politician, French Secretary of State for War (born 1603)
1680: Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic (born 1616)
1654: Emperor Go-Kōmyō of Japan (born 1633)
1632: Henri II de Montmorency, French admiral and politician (born 1595)
1626: Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (born 1580)
1611: Charles IX of Sweden (born 1550)
1602: Jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet and illustrator (born 1528)
1553: Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German politician (born 1489)
1522: Jean Mouton, French composer and educator (born 1459)
1466: Johann Fust, German printer (born c. 1400)
1459: Poggio Bracciolini, Italian scholar and translator (born 1380)
1282: Ibn Khallikan, Iraqi scholar and judge (born 1211)
1137: Sergius VII, Duke of Naples
526: Paul of Edessa, Syriac Orthodox bishop of Edessa

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