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October 31

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October 31

October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 61 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Lottery Post's guide to 2025 holiday raffles across the USA. As the holiday season approaches, state lotteries throughout the U.S. are gearing up to launch their yearly raffles, which typically provide better chances of winning a million dollars than other game available year-round.
2024: West Virginia Lottery launches online ticket sales. Today marks the start of online lottery sales in West Virginia, allowing players to buy draw game tickets and play e-instant games on their mobile devices.
2023: Kentucky woman who never played the lottery before wins $75,000 on her first ticket. A Kentucky woman who had never played the lottery in her life just won a $75,000 prize on her first-ever scratch-off ticket.
2018: Michigan man nearly turned down winning lottery ticket worth $416,000. A 40-year-old lottery player from Wayne County, Michigan, nearly walked away from a winning 100X The Cash Fast Cash ticket that ended up being worth $416,616.
2018: Michigan woman praises honest nephew after he scratched off $300,000 lottery ticket for her. A Michigan woman is proud of her nephew for his honesty when he scratched off a lottery ticket worth $300,000 for her.
2018: New Mexico Lottery creating game tied to sports. The board that oversees the New Mexico Lottery voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward with creation of a game tied to the outcome of sporting events.
2018: New law ensures Pa. lottery winners pay their debts. A new law took effect on Tuesday that will help some Pennsylvania Lottery winners spend their winnings by ensuring they pay any outstanding debts.
2017: Virginia Lottery wasn't quite ready for Mega Millions game changes. If you buy a Mega Millions ticket, you normally have a 0.00000033 percent chance of winning the big jackpot. But at least 180 tickets were sold in Virginia on Friday that have a 0 percent chance of winning — and there may be many more that the lottery has not yet talked about.
2014: Indiana store clerk in trouble for buying lottery ticket. Four months after buying a Hoosier Lottery scratch-off ticket that won him $900, a Winchester, Indiana, man's luck appears to have run out.
2014: California lottery retailers investigated for massive prize claims. Are California Lottery retailers beating the odds, or is there something more going on?
2013: Florida man wins multimillion lottery jackpot for 2nd time. A U.S. man who won a multimillion-dollar jackpot playing the Florida Lotto has done it again.
2012: Army vet uses last 4 quarters to buy lottery ticket, wins $1.3M jackpot. A man who used his last four quarters to buy a lottery ticket at a Macomb County, Michigan, market won a $1.3 million Classic Lotto 47 jackpot, according to the Michigan Lottery.
2012: Lottery jackpot a silver lining for 11 Red Sox fans. Five Red Sox players whose retired numbers hang above right field at Fenway Park may be in part responsible for helping 11 people win Massachusetts' Mass Cash game.
2011: Tenn. legislators float idea that lower prizes will bring in more money. Some Tennessee legislators are eying a reduction in prize payouts for Tennessee lottery players while letting them buy tickets with debit or credit cards.
2010: $140M Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in Michigan. Friday night's single winning Mega Millions lottery ticket, worth $140 million, was sold in the Upper Peninsula town of Gladstone, Michigan.
2008: Virginia Lottery to award partial prizes for faulty game. Lottery officials announced Thursday that people who had bought misprinted tickets for a recently added game that said they'd won will receive some compensation for the tickets.
2008: Arkansas voters get first lottery-only proposal. A proposal backed by Lt. Gov. Bill Halter offers Arkansas its first chance to vote solely on whether the state should get into the business of scratch-offs and lottery drawings to fund college scholarships.
2008: $58.6M Powerball lottery ticket sold in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Lottery officials today announced that a York business sold the only winning ticket in the $58.6 million, Oct. 29, Powerball jackpot.
2007: Lottery Post featured by Microsoft in technology showcase. Lottery Post, the world's largest community of lottery players, is featured starting today on a Microsoft online publication that highlights important web sites using Microsoft's AJAX technology.
2007: Auditor rejects GOP plea to examine lottery. The state auditor rejected a request from a Senate Republican to audit the Massachusetts Lottery.
2007: Indiana lottery players still hunting year-old jackpot. More than a year has fallen off the calendar since someone last claimed a Hoosier Lotto jackpot, an unprecedented drought that's raising eyebrows -- in addition to fueling ticket sales and pushing tonight's grand prize to a record $53.5 million.
2007: Lottery winner buys spectacular wilderness area. Lottery multi-millionaire Matthew Moore is the new owner of a spectacular wilderness area at Polletts Cove in northern Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
2007: Ontario Lottery may ban retailers from buying tickets from own stores. Ontario lottery retailers are railing against a proposal to ban them from buying and cashing in tickets in their own stores, saying it unfairly portrays them as the villains in the province's lottery scandal.
2007: Tennessee Lottery refuses to revert to ball drawings. Lottery players won't see any balls popping up with winning Cash 3 and Cash 4 numbers on them, at least not for the time being.
2007: Tenn. Lottery asks firms to pay cost for error. Tennessee Lottery officials have asked two vendors to pay a total of $1.4 million to make up for losses caused by a computer coding error that compromised the Cash 3 and Cash 4 games in August.
2006: Powerball Jackpot Builds to $93 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $93 million, with a cash option of $44 million.
2006: Wisconsin couple wins $15.4M Megabucks lottery jackpot. A Door County, Wisconsin, couple has come forward to claim a $15.4 million prize in the state's Megabucks lottery game.
2003: Illinois Store Sells Winning $5 Million Lottery Ticket. One very lucky person who visited the Huck's convenience store in Murphysboro, Illinois this Wednesday is holding a winning lottery ticket worth up to $5 million.
2003: Maryland Evening Pick 3 Number-777 Pays Out $2.2 Million. Hundreds of players are arriving at Lottery retail locations across Maryland to claim cash prizes they won in Wednesday's Pick 3 game.
2003: Longtime lottery player's $36 million ticket is worth the wait. Ever since she turned 18, Tanya Belair has played the Pennsylvania Lottery's jackpot games with mind-numbing regularity.
2003: Second Consecutive Winning Powerball Ticket Sold In Indiana. A winning Powerball ticket has been sold in Indiana for the second straight drawing.
2003: Researchers: Most lottery winners stay on the job. It's common for lottery winners to continue working, according to a soon-to-be published study by a University of Minnesota organizational psychologist, and colleagues at Rutgers University and the University of Haifa in Israel.
2003: Tenn. Lottery offices to be housed at MetroCenter. A former Nortel Networks building in MetroCenter north of downtown will become the new home of the Tennessee lottery.

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.$198 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 2, 2016
9.€131 Million US$167.18 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 3, 2006
10.$165 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 1, 2005
11.$159 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 31, 2023
11.$159 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 1, 2014
13.$153.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 1, 2023
14.€119 Million
US$153.03 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 2, 2012
15.$150 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 2, 2019
16.€100 Million
US$148.61 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 6, 2009
17.$144 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 3, 2015
18.€142 Million
US$140.58 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 1, 2022
19.$129 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 3, 2020
20.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 31, 2015
20.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 31, 2020
22.$123.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 1, 2021
23.€103.32 Million
US$119.73 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 2, 2021
24.€120 Million
US$118.8 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Nov 1, 2022
25.$118 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 1, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: PhillyBAH
Thursday, Oct 31, 1991
34 years old
1989: Music1031
Tuesday, Oct 31, 1989
36 years old
1986: bluesky21
Friday, Oct 31, 1986
39 years old
1985: Uno37
Thursday, Oct 31, 1985
40 years old
1984: Negalicia84
Wednesday, Oct 31, 1984
41 years old
1984: negaliciap
Wednesday, Oct 31, 1984
41 years old
1980: bambino7
Friday, Oct 31, 1980
45 years old
1980: EDFxCap
Friday, Oct 31, 1980
45 years old
1978: blackromeojr
Tuesday, Oct 31, 1978
47 years old
1978: MIlottoplayer
Tuesday, Oct 31, 1978
47 years old
1978: wannaberich!
Tuesday, Oct 31, 1978
47 years old
1975: LaurainMass
Friday, Oct 31, 1975
50 years old
1975: bossOne
Friday, Oct 31, 1975
50 years old
1972: lpn1994
Tuesday, Oct 31, 1972
53 years old
1969: mystifyu
Friday, Oct 31, 1969
56 years old
1967: ck85304
Tuesday, Oct 31, 1967
58 years old
1965: Lets-win
Sunday, Oct 31, 1965
60 years old
1964: glassman8463
Saturday, Oct 31, 1964
61 years old
1964: Tyuana2000
Saturday, Oct 31, 1964
61 years old
1959: Carol McGuigan
Saturday, Oct 31, 1959
66 years old
1959: racarva
Saturday, Oct 31, 1959
66 years old
: EXMECHANIC
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: skkeptic
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: jeezysnowman7
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: KeepIt$100Mill
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: lawretzcpa
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: Rosie
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: Berlin Brandenburg Airport opens its doors after nearly 10 years of delays due to construction issues and project corruption.
2017: A truck drives into a crowd in Lower Manhattan, New York City, killing eight people.
2015: Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.
2014: During a test flight, the VSS Enterprise, a Virgin Galactic experimental spaceflight test vehicle, suffers a catastrophic in-flight breakup and crashes in the Mojave Desert, California.
2011: The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as the Day of Seven Billion.
2003: Mahathir Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir's 22 years in power.
2002: A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
2000: Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.
2000: Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
1999: Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.
1999: EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.
1998: Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.
1996: TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 99 people.
1994: American Eagle Flight 4184 crashes near Roselawn, Indiana killing all 68 people on board.
1984: Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and around 3,000 Sikhs are killed.
1979: Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.
1973: Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the exercise yard.
1968: Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.
1963: Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion: A gas explosion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Indianapolis kills 81 people and injures another 400 during an ice show.
1961: In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Lenin's Mausoleum, also known as the Lenin Tomb.
1956: Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
1956: Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following Imre Nagy's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the MDP is replaced by the MSZMP. József Mindszenty is released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.
1943: World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception by a United States Navy or Marine Corps aircraft.
1941: After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
1941: World War II: The destroyer USS Reuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
1940: World War II: The Battle of Britain ends, causing Germany to abandon Operation Sea Lion.
1938: Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
1924: World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
1923: The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.
1922: Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy.
1918: World War I: The Aster Revolution terminates the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, and Hungary achieves full sovereignty.
1917: World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
1913: Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
1913: The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.
1907: The Parliament of Finland approved the Prohibition Act, but the law was not implemented because it was not ratified by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
1903: The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
1895: The strongest earthquake in the Midwestern United States since 1812 strikes near Charleston, Missouri, causing damage and killing at least two.
1864: Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
1863: The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.
1837: Approximately 300 Muscogee die in the steamboat Monmouth disaster on the Trail of Tears in the United States.
1822: Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Congress of the Mexican Empire.
1587: Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.
1517: Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
932: Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir is killed while fighting against the forces of general Mu'nis al-Muzaffar. Al-Muqtadir's brother al-Qahir is chosen to succeed him.
802: Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos. Conspirators place Nikephoros, the minister of finance, on the Byzantine throne.
683: During the Siege of Mecca, the Kaaba catches fire and is burned down.
475: Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor.

Births On This Day

2005: Leonor, Princess of Asturias
2000: Willow Smith, American singer, actress, and dancer
1999: Danielle Rose Russell, American actress
1999: Léa Serna, French figure skater
1997: Siobhán Bernadette Haughey, Hong Kong-Irish swimmer
1997: Sydney Park, American actress and comedian
1997: Marcus Rashford, English footballer
1997: Holly Taylor, Canadian-American actress
1995: Joana Valle Costa, Portuguese tennis player
1993: Mercedes Arn-Horn, Canadian musician
1993: Nadine Lustre, Filipino actress and singer
1993: Letitia Wright, Guyanese-British actress
1992: Vanessa Marano, American actress
1990: JID, American rapper
1989: Scott McGough, American baseball player
1988: Cole Aldrich, American basketball player
1988: Sébastien Buemi, Swiss race car driver
1988: Jack Riewoldt, Australian footballer
1988: Lizzy Yarnold, British skeleton racer
1987: Nick Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player
1987: Jean-Karl Vernay, French race car driver
1986: Chris Alajajian, Australian race car driver
1986: Christie Hayes, Australian actress and producer
1985: Fanny Chmelar, German alpine skier
1985: Kerron Clement, American hurdler and sprinter
1984: Pat Murray, American football player
1984: Amanda Pascoe, Australian swimmer
1983: Adam Bouska, American photographer and activist, founded the NOH8 Campaign
1982: Jordan Bannister, Australian footballer and umpire
1982: Justin Chatwin, Canadian actor
1982: Tomáš Plekanec, Czech ice hockey player
1981: Irina Denezhkina, Russian author
1981: Steven Hunter, American basketball player
1981: Frank Iero, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981: Selina Jen, Taiwanese singer and actress
1981: Mike Napoli, American baseball player
1980: Samaire Armstrong, American model, actress, and fashion designer
1980: Alondra de la Parra, Mexican-American pianist and conductor
1980: Marcel Meeuwis, Dutch footballer
1980: Eddie Kaye Thomas, American actor and voice artist
1979: Ricardo Fuller, Jamaican footballer
1979: Simão Sabrosa, Portuguese footballer
1978: Inka Grings, German footballer and manager
1978: Emmanuel Izonritei, Nigerian boxer
1978: Marek Saganowski, Polish footballer
1978: Martin Verkerk, Dutch tennis player
1976: Guti, Spanish footballer
1976: Piper Perabo, American actress and producer
1975: Carla Boyd, Australian basketball player
1975: Fabio Celestini, Swiss footballer and manager
1975: Keith Jardine, American mixed martial artist and actor
1975: Johnny Whitworth, American actor and producer
1974: Muzzy Izzet, English-Turkish footballer
1974: Roger Manganelli, Brazilian-American singer-songwriter and bass player
1973: Paul Abrahams, English footballer and coach
1973: Christopher Bevins, American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1973: Tim Byrdak, American baseball player
1973: David Dellucci, American baseball player and sportscaster
1973: Beverly Lynne, American actress
1971: Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (died 2004)
1970: Linn Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter
1968: Antonio Davis, American basketball player and sportscaster
1967: Vanilla Ice, American rapper, television personality, and real estate investor
1967: Buddy Lazier, American race car driver
1967: Irina Pantaeva, Russian model and actress
1967: Adam Schlesinger, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 2020)
1966: Ad-Rock, American rapper, producer, and actor
1966: Koji Kanemoto, Japanese wrestler
1966: Annabella Lwin, Anglo-Burmese singer-songwriter and record producer
1966: Mike O'Malley, American actor and comedian
1965: Paul du Toit, South African painter and sculptor (died 2014)
1965: Blue Edwards, American basketball player
1965: Ruud Hesp, Dutch footballer
1965: Denis Irwin, Irish footballer and journalist
1965: Rob Rackstraw, English voice actor
1964: Frank Bruni, American journalist and critic
1964: Colm Ó Cíosóig, Irish musician
1964: Marco van Basten, Dutch footballer and manager
1964: Darryl Worley, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963: Mikkey Dee, Swedish hard rock drummer and musician
1963: Dunga, Brazilian footballer and manager
1963: Johnny Marr, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963: Fred McGriff, American baseball player
1963: Dermot Mulroney, American actor
1963: Rob Schneider, American actor and comedian
1962: Jonathan Borden, American neurosurgeon and academic
1962: Anna Geifman, American historian, author, and academic
1962: John Giannini, American basketball player and coach
1962: Mari Jungstedt, Swedish journalist and author
1962: Raphael Rabello, Brazilian guitarist and composer (died 1995)
1962: Dan Wood, Canadian ice hockey player
1961: Alonzo Babers, American runner and pilot
1961: Kate Campbell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961: Peter Jackson, New Zealand actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1961: Larry Mullen, Jr., Irish musician, songwriter, and actor
1960: Arnaud Desplechin, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
1960: Luis Fortuño, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Puerto Rico
1960: Mike Gallego, American baseball player and coach
1960: Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran
1959: Mats Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player
1959: Neal Stephenson, American author
1957: Brian Stokes Mitchell, American singer and actor
1957: Robert Pollard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956: Bruce Bawer, American poet and critic
1956: Christopher de Leon, Filipino actor, director, producer, and politician
1956: Anders Lago, Swedish lawyer and politician
1956: Charles Moore, English journalist and author
1955: Michalis Chrisochoidis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Public Order
1955: Susan Orlean, American journalist and author
1954: Mari Okamoto, Japanese actress
1954: Ken Wahl, American actor and screenwriter
1953: John Lucas II, American basketball player and coach
1952: Bernard Edwards, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 1996)
1952: Joe West, American baseball umpire
1951: Nick Saban, American football player and coach
1951: Dave Trembley, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1950: John Candy, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1994)
1950: Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-English architect and academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion (died 2016)
1950: Jane Pauley, American journalist
1950: Antonio Taguba, Filipino-American general
1949: Mart Helme, Estonian journalist and diplomat
1949: Bob Siebenberg, American drummer
1949: Alison Wolf, English economist and academic
1948: Franco Gasparri, Italian actor (died 1999)
1948: Michael Kitchen, English actor and producer
1947: Deidre Hall, American actress
1947: Frank Shorter, American runner and sportscaster
1947: Herman Van Rompuy, Belgian academic and politician, 66th Prime Minister of Belgium
1946: Stephen Rea, Irish actor
1945: Russ Ballard, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945: Brian Doyle-Murray, American actor and comedian
1945: Barrie Keeffe, English playwright, screenwriter, and producer (died 2019)
1943: Elliott Forbes-Robinson, American race car driver
1943: Paul Frampton, English-American physicist and academic
1943: Aristotelis Pavlidis, Greek politician, 13th Greek Minister for the Aegean and Island Policy (died 2022)
1943: Brian Piccolo, American football player (died 1970)
1942: David Ogden Stiers, American actor (died 2018)
1941: Dan Alderson, American scientist (died 1989)
1941: Derek Bell, English race car driver
1941: Lucious Jackson, American basketball player (died 2022)
1941: Sally Kirkland, American actress
1940: Craig Rodwell, American businessman and activist, founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop (died 1993)
1940: Judith Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox, English businesswoman and politician
1939: Tom O'Connor, English actor and game show host (died 2021)
1939: Ron Rifkin, American actor
1939: Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)
1937: Tom Paxton, American folk music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1936: Michael Landon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1991)
1935: Dale Brown, American basketball player and coach
1935: Ronald Graham, American mathematician and theorist (died 2020)
1935: David Harvey, English-American geographer and academic
1934: Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Swedish princess
1933: Phil Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1933: Iemasa Kayumi, Japanese voice actor (died 2014)
1931: Dan Rather, American journalist
1930: Michael Collins, American general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2021)
1930: Booker Ervin, American saxophonist (died 1970)
1929: William Orchard, Australian water polo player and psychiatrist (died 2014)
1929: Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (died 2016)
1928: Andrew Sarris, American critic and educator (died 2012)
1926: Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (died 2011)
1925: Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author (died 1990)
1925: John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)
1925: Robert B. Rheault, American colonel (died 2013)
1922: Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (died 2005)
1922: Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist and composer (died 2004)
1922: Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (died 2012)
1920: Dick Francis, Welsh-Caymanian jockey and author (died 2010)
1920: Joseph Gelineau, French priest and composer (died 2008)
1920: Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (died 2004)
1920: Fritz Walter, German footballer (died 2002)
1919: Daphne Oxenford, English actress (died 2012)
1919: Magnus Wenninger, American mathematician and author (died 2017)
1918: Ian Stevenson, American psychiatrist and academic (died 2007)
1917: William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (died 2016)
1917: Gordon Steege, Australian soldier and pilot (died 2013)
1916: Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (died 2012)
1915: Jane Jarvis, American pianist and composer (died 2010)
1914: John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer and designer (died 1995)
1912: Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2001)
1912: Ollie Johnston, American animator and voice actor (died 2008)
1908: Muriel Duckworth, Canadian activist (died 2009)
1907: Edgar Sampson, American musician and composer (died 1973)
1902: Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet (died 1987)
1902: Julia Lee, American blues singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1958)
1902: Abraham Wald, Jewish-Hungarian mathematician and economist (died 1950)
1900: Asbjørg Borgfelt, Norwegian sculptor (died 1976)
1897: Constance Savery, English author (died 1999)
1896: Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (died 1977)
1895: B. H. Liddell Hart, English soldier, historian, and theorist (died 1970)
1892: Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player and author (died 1946)
1888: Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet and author (died 1944)
1887: Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (died 1975)
1887: Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player and lacrosse player (died 1970)
1883: Marie Laurencin, French painter and illustrator (died 1956)
1883: Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player, cricketer, and soldier (died 1915)
1881: Toshizō Nishio, Japanese general (died 1960)
1880: Julia Peterkin, American author (died 1961)
1880: Mikhail Tomsky, Soviet politician, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (died 1936)
1879: Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, and composer (died 1941)
1876: Natalie Clifford Barney, American poet and playwright (died 1972)
1875: Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (died 1954)
1875: Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer, freedom fighter and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (died 1950)
1868: John Weir Troy, American journalist, and politician, 5th Governor of the Territory of Alaska (died 1942)
1860: Juliette Gordon Low, American scout leader, founded the Girl Scouts of the United States of America (died 1927)
1860: Andrew Volstead, American politician (died 1947)
1858: Saint Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril, Indian Orthodox Saint (died 1934)
1856: Charles Leroux, American balloonist and skydiver (died 1889)
1851: Louise of Sweden (died 1926)
1849: Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (died 1891)
1848: Boston Custer, American soldier (died 1876)
1847: Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (died 1897)
1838: Luís I of Portugal (died 1889)
1835: Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 27th Governor of Mississippi (died 1933)
1835: Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (died 1923)
1835: Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1917)
1831: Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist (died 1910)
1825: Charles Lavigerie, French-Algerian cardinal and academic (died 1892)
1815: Thomas Chapman, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of Tasmania (died 1884)
1815: Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (died 1897)
1809: Edmund Sharpe, English architect, architectural historian, railway engineer, and sanitary reformer (died 1877)
1795: John Keats, English poet (died 1821)
1760: Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese artist and printmaker (died 1849)
1737: James Lovell, American educator and politician (died 1789)
1729: Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta, Spanish cleric, Archbishop of Mexico, Viceroy of New Spain (died 1800)
1724: Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (died 1805)
1714: Hedvig Taube, Swedish courtier (died 1744)
1711: Laura Bassi, Italian physician, physicist, and academic (died 1778)
1705: Pope Clement XIV (died 1774)
1694: Yeongjo of Joseon (died 1776)
1692: Anne Claude de Caylus, French archaeologist and author (died 1765)
1686: Senesino, Italian singer and actor (died 1758)
1638: Meindert Hobbema, Dutch painter (died 1709)
1636: Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (died 1679)
1632: Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter (died 1675)
1620: John Evelyn, English gardener and author (died 1706)
1599: Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (died 1680)
1542: Henriette of Cleves, Duchess of Nevers, Countess of Rethel (died 1601)
1472: Wang Yangming, Chinese Neo-Confucian scholar (died 1529)
1445: Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (died 1511)
1424: Władysław III, king of Poland (died 1444)
1391: Edward, King of Portugal (died 1438)
1345: Ferdinand I, king of Portugal (died 1383)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Ken Mattingly, American astronaut (born 1936)
2021: Peter Philpott, Australian cricketer (born 1934)
2020: Sean Connery, Scottish actor (born 1930)
2020: MF Doom, British-American rapper and record producer (born 1971)
2018: Willie McCovey, American baseball player (born 1938)
2015: Gus Savage, American businessman and politician (born 1925)
2014: David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (born 1926)
2014: Michael Alsbury, American engineer and pilot (born 1975)
2014: Brad Halsey, American baseball player (born 1981)
2014: Hitoshi Motoshima, Japanese educator and politician (born 1922)
2013: Chris Chase (aka Irene Kane), American actress and author (born 1924)
2013: Gérard de Villiers, French journalist and author (born 1929)
2013: Trevor Kletz, English chemist and author (born 1922)
2013: Johnny Kucks, American baseball player (born 1933)
2013: Andres Narvasa, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (born 1928)
2013: Bobby Parker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1937)
2012: Gae Aulenti, Italian architect and designer (born 1927)
2012: John Fitch, American race car driver and engineer (born 1917)
2012: John H. Reed, American soldier and politician, 67th Governor of Maine (born 1921)
2011: Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1941)
2011: Roberto Lippi, Italian race car driver (born 1926)
2010: Ted Sorensen, American lawyer, 8th White House Counsel (born 1928)
2009: Mustafa Mahmud, Egyptian physician and author (born 1921)
2009: Tom Wheatcroft, English businessman, founded the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition (born 1922)
2009: Qian Xuesen, Chinese aerodynamicist and academic (born 1911)
2008: Studs Terkel, American historian and author (born 1912)
2007: Erdal İnönü, Turkish physicist and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1926)
2006: P. W. Botha, South African soldier and politician, State President of South Africa (born 1916)
2006: Peter Fryer, English journalist and author (born 1927)
2005: Hal Anger, American biophysicist and engineer (born 1920)
2005: Amrita Pritam, Indian author and poet (born 1919)
2003: Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and historian (born 1919)
2002: Lionel Poilâne, French banker and businessman (born 1945)
2002: Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, President of Greece (born 1903)
2002: Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (born 1916)
2001: Régine Cavagnoud, French skier (born 1970)
2000: Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter (born 1915)
2000: Kazuki Watanabe, Japanese songwriter and guitarist (born 1981)
1999: Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (born 1975)
1998: Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1935)
1998: María de la Purísima Salvat Romero, Spanish nun and saint (Roman Catholic Church) (born 1926)
1997: George Roth, American gymnast (born 1911)
1996: Marcel Carné, French director and screenwriter (born 1906)
1995: Rosalind Cash, American actress and singer (born 1938)
1993: Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1920)
1993: River Phoenix, American actor and singer (born 1970)
1992: Gary Rippingale, English ice hockey player (born 1974)
1991: Joseph Papp, American stage director and producer (born 1921)
1988: John Houseman, Romanian-born American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1902)
1988: Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and academic (born 1906)
1986: Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1896)
1985: Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (born 1907)
1985: Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer (born 1913)
1984: Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1900)
1984: Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (born 1917)
1983: George Halas, American football player and coach (born 1895)
1983: Lu Jiaxi, Chinese self-taught mathematician (born 1935)
1983: Sharof Rashidov, Uzbek politician, CPSU Politburo candidate member (born 1917)
1980: Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright (born 1905)
1977: C. B. Colby, American author and illustrator (born 1904)
1975: Sachin Dev Burman, Indian composer and singer (born 1906)
1973: Malek Bennabi, Algerian philosopher and author (born 1905)
1972: Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1916)
1964: Tuomas Bryggari, Finnish politician (born 1881)
1963: Mesut Cemil, Turkish cellist and composer (born 1902)
1960: H. L. Davis, American author and poet (born 1894)
1959: Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (born 1885)
1952: Chit Hlaing, Burmese lawyer and politician (born 1879)
1944: Joseph Hubert Priestley, British botanist (born 1883)
1939: Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (born 1884)
1931: Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author (born 1851)
1929: António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (born 1866)
1926: Harry Houdini, American magician and stuntman (born 1874)
1925: Max Linder, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1883)
1925: Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 (born 1885)
1920: Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian businessman (born 1854)
1918: Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (born 1890)
1916: Charles Taze Russell, American minister (born 1852)
1916: Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (born 1874)
1913: William Evans-Gordon, English soldier and politician (born 1857)
1905: Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (born 1828)
1884: Marie Bashkirtseff, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (born 1858)
1879: Jacob Abbott, American author and academic (born 1803)
1879: Joseph Hooker, American general (born 1814)
1869: Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (born 1788)
1860: Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish-English admiral and politician (born 1775)
1820: John Lynch, American city founder and abolitionist (born 1740)
1806: Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese artist and printmaker (born ca. 1753)
1786: Princess Amelia of Great Britain (born 1711)
1768: Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (born 1690)
1744: Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (born 1694)
1733: Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (born 1676)
1732: Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy (born 1666)
1723: Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1642)
1661: Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 109th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1575)
1659: John Bradshaw, English lawyer and judge, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1602)
1641: Cornelis Jol, Dutch admiral (born 1597)
1589: Peter Stumpp, German farmer and alleged serial killer (born 1535)
1517: Fra Bartolomeo, Italian artist (born 1472)
1448: John VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (born 1390)
1335: Marie of Évreux, Duchess Consort of Brabant (born 1303)
1320: Ricold of Monte Croce, Italian Dominican missionary (born 1242)
1214: Eleanor of England, queen consort of Castile (born 1163)
1147: Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, son of Henry I of England (born 1100)
1034: Deokjong, Korean ruler (born 1016)
1005: Abe no Seimei, Japanese astrologer (born 921)
994: Wolfgang of Regensburg, German bishop and saint (born 934)
932: Al-Muqtadir, Abbasid caliph (born 895)

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