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October 4

On This Day in History

October 4

October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 88 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Trust claims $800 million Mega Millions jackpot, largest prize in Texas Lottery history. A Texas trust has stepped forward to claim the record-breaking $800 million Mega Millions jackpot, the largest prize ever paid out to a single Texas lottery player.
2023: Arkansas woman convinces her friend to play Powerball, wins $100,000 lottery prize. An Arkansas woman claimed a $100,000 Powerball prize after she and her friend were inspired by the roaring jackpot to play the lottery.
2022: Alabama Supreme Court finds that casinos are operating illegally. The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday ruled that several casinos in the state are to be shut down after they were found to be in violation of Alabama's gambling laws.
2022: Iowa Lottery starts its own Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings. Iowa Lottery players now have their own in-state versions of Pick 3 and Pick 4 after sharing drawings and results with the neighboring Hoosier Lottery since 2017.
2021: Iowa Lottery brings major upgrades to retailer terminals. Iowa Lottery players might have begun to notice some changes the state lottery made to its retailer lottery terminals last weekend.
2020: NC man can reopen business shuttered by COVID-19 thanks to $1.2 million lottery prize. Many business owners and entrepreneurs saw their businesses and livelihoods shuttered after the coronavirus shutdown. But one North Carolina resident now has a chance to re-open his hair salon after winning a $1.2 million lottery prize.
2019: Third $1 million lottery prize goes unclaimed in Michigan this year. Michigan residents apparently aren't checking their lottery tickets, as a $1 million prize went unclaimed on Thursday — for the third time this year, the state lottery said.
2017: Marine veteran scratches $10M lottery prize while watching football. A North Carolina Marine Corps veteran and his wife won a $10 million lottery prize while watching a football game.
2017: Details of new Illinois Lottery manager deal kept secret. As the Illinois Lottery edges closer to finalizing a massive deal with a new private manager, the state and the firm have chosen to keep many of the details secret despite past pledges of transparency.
2013: 'Lucky 7' canceled: ABC series pulled after two episodes. ABC has axed the new Lucky 7 drama based on a group of lottery winners after just two episodes, making it the first cancellation of the 2013-14 season.
2013: Home returned to estate of slain Florida Lotto winner. The million-dollar Polk County home of a slain lottery winner has been stripped from his convicted killer and returned to his estate.
2012: Iowa couple claims $202.1M Powerball jackpot. A Bondurant, Iowa, couple claimed a $202.1 million Powerball jackpot on Thursday, becoming the second-biggest lottery winners in Iowa history.
2010: New Tennessee lottery game debuts tonight. The latest game from the Tennessee Lottery begins tonight, with the first drawing of Tennessee Cash.
2007: Tennessee Lottery: confusion not being cleared up. The Tennessee Lottery is investigating a handful of glitches since changing the system for pulling winning numbers to a computer, but then again, are they really?
2007: W. Va. video lottery parlors warned to limit ads. West Virginia video lottery parlors could lose all but one of their machines if they exploit last week's federal ruling that removes limits on the words they can use in advertising, a group representing machine leasing businesses warns.
2007: 2 Oklahoma lottery pools win big. Two winning lottery tickets were redeemed Wednesday with the winnings going to employees at two Tulsa-area businesses, according to the Oklahoma Lottery.
2007: New $20 Mass. Lottery scratch game off to a record start. The Massachusetts State Lottery rolled the dice when it launched its first ever $20 instant ticket, the most expensive new product in its history, but a week after its big rollout the gamble appears to be paying off.
2007: Oregon Lottery signs 7-year contract with GTECH. An Rhode Island lottery technology firm has inked a seven-year extension with the state of Oregon, which will include upgraded systems and ongoing services.
2006: New N.C. lottery games debut this month. Two new North Carolina lottery games make their debut this month. The game Carolina Pick 3 launches Friday and lets you win as much as $500 by picking three numbers in a daily drawing.
2005: Oklahoma Lottery unveils scratch ticket designs. Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry and state lottery officials unveiled the designs for the first four types of scratch-off lottery tickets that will go on sale in on October 12.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $177 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $177 million, with a cash option of $96.8 million.
2004: Texas store sells first winning Mega Millions ticket. Someone who purchased a Mega Millions lotto ticket at a North Texas store is $101 million richer as the state claimed its first jackpot winner in the multistate game.
2004: U.S. teens hit by poker craze epidemic. More teenagers have started staying home and working on math skills: calculating percentages, identifying patterns, adding and subtracting. They're playing poker - Texas Hold 'em.
2004: Iowa Lottery unveils first electronic scratch game. Lottery players in Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Waterloo and Cedar Falls have the first chance at playing the first electronic scratch game beginning today.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.19 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2023
2.$699.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2021
3.$547 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2025
4.$420 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2018
5.$380 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2022
6.$360 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2023
7.$354.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2022
8.$302.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2024
9.€282.39 Million US$280.64 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2022
10.$253 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2018
11.€190 Million
US$222.6 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2017
12.€190 Million
US$208.56 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2019
13.€178 Million
US$206.43 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2021
14.$194.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2025
15.$180 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2005
16.€129 Million
US$179.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2010
17.$177 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2004
18.€160 Million
US$175.87 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2024
19.€150.7 Million
US$168.62 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2016
20.€141 Million
US$157.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2016
21.€111 Million
US$140.28 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2014
22.$136 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2014
23.€100 Million
US$132.5 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2011
24.$122 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2009
25.$108 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2024

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2002: graymelan
Friday, Oct 4, 2002
23 years old
2001: RA-4$HT
Thursday, Oct 4, 2001
24 years old
1991: Jasminenw7
Friday, Oct 4, 1991
34 years old
1989: ice-nia
Wednesday, Oct 4, 1989
36 years old
1987: NC Hitta
Sunday, Oct 4, 1987
38 years old
1984: Rabbit1984
Thursday, Oct 4, 1984
41 years old
1980: Timma Leonard
Saturday, Oct 4, 1980
45 years old
1979: gege1
Thursday, Oct 4, 1979
46 years old
1976: yourt
Monday, Oct 4, 1976
49 years old
1971: Nashvegaschic71
Monday, Oct 4, 1971
54 years old
1967: K9LPC2007
Wednesday, Oct 4, 1967
58 years old
1965: bonecrusher15
Monday, Oct 4, 1965
60 years old
1965: Doctor06
Monday, Oct 4, 1965
60 years old
1965: James 007
Monday, Oct 4, 1965
60 years old
1965: molacashbones
Monday, Oct 4, 1965
60 years old
1961: Joyce Regina
Wednesday, Oct 4, 1961
64 years old
1960: tsharper87
Tuesday, Oct 4, 1960
65 years old
1956: MissQ
Thursday, Oct 4, 1956
69 years old
1953: alphalmoni
Sunday, Oct 4, 1953
72 years old
1941: Redwheel123
Saturday, Oct 4, 1941
84 years old
: urban-gypsy
(year not provided)
: kjheartsonfire
(year not provided)
: mic106
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2017: Joint Nigerien-American Special Forces are ambushed by Islamic State militants outside the village of Tongo Tongo.
2010: The Ajka plant accident in Hungary releases a million cubic metres of liquid alumina sludge, killing nine, injuring 122, and severely contaminating two major rivers.
2006: WikiLeaks is launched.
2004: SpaceShipOne wins the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight.
2003: The Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Israel kills twenty-one Israelis, both Jews and Arabs.
2001: Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 crashes after being struck by an errant Ukrainian missile. Seventy-eight people are killed.
1997: The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs in North Carolina.
1993: Battle of Mogadishu occurs killing 18 U.S. Special Forces, two UN Peacekeepers and at least 600 Somalian militia men and civilians.
1993: Tanks bombard the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside.
1992: The Rome General Peace Accords end a 16-year civil war in Mozambique.
1992: El Al Flight 1862 crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground.
1991: The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
1985: The Free Software Foundation is founded.
1983: Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
1967: Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son.
1966: Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
1965: Pope Paul VI begins the first papal visit to the Americas.
1963: Hurricane Flora kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti.
1960: An airliner crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 people.
1958: The current constitution of France is adopted.
1957: Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
1941: Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
1936: The Metropolitan Police and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
1927: Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
1925: Great Syrian Revolt: Rebels led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji captured Hama from the French Mandate of Syria.
1925: S2, a Finnish Sokol class torpedo boat, sinks during a fierce storm near the coast of Pori in the Gulf of Bothnia, taking with it the whole crew of 53.
1920: The Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, a Finnish non-governmental organization, is founded on the initiative of Sophie Mannerheim.
1918: World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.
1917: World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
1895: Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
1883: First run of the Orient Express.
1883: First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
1876: The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
1862: American Civil War: The two-day Second Battle of Corinth ends in a Union victory, with General William Rosecrans protecting the critical rail junction of Corinth, Mississippi from Confederate forces under General Earl Van Dorn.
1853: The Crimean War begins when the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
1830: The Belgian Revolution takes legal form when the provisional government secedes from the Netherlands.
1824: Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
1795: Napoleon first rises to prominence by suppressing counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the National Convention.
1777: American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe.
1693: Nine Years' War: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French.
1636: Thirty Years' War: The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
1602: Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War: A fleet of Spanish galleys are defeated by English and Dutch galleons in the English Channel.
1597: Governor Gonzalo Méndez de Canço begins to suppress a native uprising against his rule in what is now the US state of Georgia.
1582: The Gregorian Calendar is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII.
1535: The Coverdale Bible is printed, with translations into English by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale.
1511: Formation of the Holy League of Aragon, the Papal States and Venice against France.
1363: Battle of Lake Poyang: In one of the largest naval battles in history, Zhu Yuanzhang's rebels defeat rival Chen Youliang.
1302: The Byzantine-Venetian War comes to an end.
1209: Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.
AD 23: Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion.

Births On This Day

1997: Rishabh Pant, Indian cricketer
1997: Yuju, South Korean singer
1996: Ella Balinska, English actress
1995: Jeonghan, South Korean singer
1995: Kenny Clark, American football player
1995: Mikolas Josef, Czech singer and songwriter
1994: Mike Williams, American football player
1993: Mitchell Swepson, Australian cricketer
1991: Leigh-Anne Pinnock, English singer and songwriter
1990: Signy Aarna, Estonian footballer
1990: Saki, Japanese guitarist and songwriter
1990: Sergey Shubenkov, Russian hurdler
1989: Dakota Johnson, American actress
1988: Melissa Benoist, American actress and singer
1988: Lonnie Chisenhall, American baseball player
1988: Caner Erkin, Turkish footballer
1988: Evgeni Krasnopolski, Israeli figure skater
1988: Derrick Rose, American basketball player
1987: Rawez Lawan, Swedish footballer
1987: Will Puddy, English footballer
1987: Marina Weisband, German politician
1985: Shontelle, Barbadian singer-songwriter
1985: Thorsten Wiedemann, German rugby player
1984: Lena Katina, Russian singer-songwriter
1984: Petri Kontiola, Finnish ice hockey player
1984: Álvaro Parente, Portuguese race car driver
1984: Karolina Tymińska, Polish heptathlete
1983: Dan Clarke, English race car driver
1983: Vicky Krieps, Luxembourgish actress
1983: Marios Nicolaou, Cypriot footballer
1983: Chansi Stuckey, American football player
1983: Kurt Suzuki, American baseball player
1982: Tony Gwynn Jr., American baseball player
1982: Jered Weaver, American baseball player
1981: Shaura, Japanese singer
1981: Justin Williams, Canadian-American ice hockey player
1980: Sarah Fisher, American race car driver
1980: James Jones, American basketball player
1980: Tomáš Rosický, Czech footballer
1979: Caitríona Balfe, Irish actress
1979: Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress
1979: Björn Phau, German tennis player
1979: Adam Voges, Australian cricketer
1978: Dana Davis, American actress and author
1978: Phillip Glasser, American actor and producer
1978: Kei Horie, Japanese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1978: Kyle Lohse, American baseball player
1977: Richard Reed Parry, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1976: Mauro Camoranesi, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager
1976: Elisandro Naressi Roos, Brazilian footballer
1976: Alicia Silverstone, American actress, producer, and author
1976: Ueli Steck, Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (died 2017)
1975: Cristiano Lucarelli, Italian footballer and manager
1974: Paco León, Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1973: M. Ward, American singer-songwriter
1972: Kurt Thomas, American basketball player
1971: Darren Middleton, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969: Abraham Benrubi, American actor
1968: Richard Hancox, English footballer and manager
1968: Tim Wise, American activist and author
1967: Vicky Bullett, American basketball player and coach
1967: Nick Green, Australian rower
1967: Liev Schreiber, American actor and director
1965: Olaf Backasch, German footballer
1965: Skip Heller, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1965: Steve Olin, American baseball player (died 1993)
1965: Micky Ward, American boxer
1964: Francis Magalona, Filipino rapper, producer, and actor (died 2009)
1964: Yvonne Murray, Scottish runner
1963: A.C. Green, American basketball player
1963: Koji Ishikawa, Japanese author and illustrator
1962: Carlos Carsolio, Mexican mountaineer
1961: Philippe Russo, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961: Jon Secada, Cuban-American singer-songwriter
1961: Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author and illustrator, created Yu-Gi-Oh! (died 2022)
1960: Joe Boever, American baseball player
1960: Henry Worsley, English colonel and explorer (died 2016)
1959: Chris Lowe, English singer and keyboard player
1959: Tony Meo, English snooker player
1959: Hitonari Tsuji, Japanese author, composer, and director
1958: Barbara Kooyman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958: Wendy Makkena, American actress
1958: Anneka Rice, Welsh radio and television host
1957: Bill Fagerbakke, American actor
1957: Yngve Moe, Norwegian bass player and songwriter (died 2013)
1957: Russell Simmons, American businessman, founded Def Jam Recordings and Phat Farm
1956: Lesley Glaister, English author and playwright
1956: Charlie Leibrandt, American baseball player
1956: Sherri Turner, American golfer
1956: Christoph Waltz, Austrian-German actor
1955: John Rutherford, Scottish rugby player
1955: Jorge Valdano, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
1953: Gil Moore, Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
1953: Andreas Vollenweider, Swiss harp player
1952: Anita DeFrantz, American rower and sports administrator
1952: Jody Stephens, American rock drummer
1952: Zinha Vaz, Bissau-Guinean women's rights activist and politician
1951: Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet and author
1951: Truck Robinson, American basketball player and coach
1950: Alan Rosenberg, American actor
1949: Armand Assante, American actor and producer
1949: Stephen Gyllenhaal, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1948: Iain Hewitson, New Zealand-Australian chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality
1948: Linda McMahon, American businesswoman and politician
1948: Duke Robillard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947: Julien Clerc, French singer-songwriter and pianist
1947: Jim Fielder, American bass player
1947: Ann Widdecombe, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health
1946: Larry Clapp, American lawyer and politician (died 2013)
1946: Chuck Hagel, American sergeant and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Defense
1946: Michael Mullen, American admiral
1946: Susan Sarandon, American actress and activist
1945: Clifton Davis, American singer-songwriter, actor, and minister
1944: Colin Bundy, South African-English historian and academic
1944: Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (died 2006)
1944: Tony La Russa, American baseball player and manager
1944: John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith, Scottish educator and politician
1943: H. Rap Brown, American activist
1943: Owen Davidson, Australian tennis player (died 2023)
1943: Karl-Gustav Kaisla, Finnish ice hockey player and referee (died 2012)
1943: Dietmar Mürdter, German footballer
1943: Jimy Williams, American baseball player and manager (died 2024)
1942: Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer-songwriter (died 2024)
1942: Karl W. Richter, American lieutenant and pilot (died 1967)
1942: Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic politician, 24th Prime Minister of Iceland
1942: Christopher Stone, American actor and screenwriter (died 1995)
1941: Roy Blount Jr., American humorist and journalist
1941: Karen Cushman, American author
1941: Karl Oppitzhauser, Austrian race car driver
1941: Anne Rice, American author (died 2021)
1941: Frank Stagg (Irish republican), died on hunger strike (died 1976)
1941: Robert Wilson, American director and playwright (died 2025)
1940: Vic Hadfield, Canadian ice hockey player
1940: Silvio Marzolini, Argentinian footballer and manager (died 2020)
1940: Steve Swallow, American bass player and composer
1940: Alberto Vilar, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2021)
1939: Ivan Mauger, New Zealand speedway rider (died 2018)
1938: Norman D. Wilson, American actor (died 2004)
1938: Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1937: Jackie Collins, English-American author and actress (died 2015)
1937: David Crocker, American philosopher and academic
1937: Gail Gilmore, Canadian-American actress and dancer (died 2014)
1937: Lloyd Green, American steel guitar player
1937: Jim Sillars, Scottish lawyer and politician
1936: Charlie Hurley, Irish footballer and manager (died 2024)
1936: Giles Radice, Baron Radice, English politician (died 2022)
1935: Jimmy Orr, American football player (died 2020)
1934: Sam Huff, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021)
1933: German Moreno, Filipino television host and actor (died 2016)
1933: Ann Thwaite, English author
1932: Felicia Farr, American actress and model
1931: Terence Conran, English designer and businessman (died 2020)
1931: Basil D'Oliveira, South African-English cricketer and footballer (died 2011)
1931: Richard Rorty, American philosopher and author (died 2007)
1929: Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (died 1968)
1929: John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (died 2004)
1929: Leroy Van Dyke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1928: Alvin Toffler, German-American journalist and author (died 2016)
1928: Torben Ulrich, Danish-American tennis player (died 2023)
1927: Wolf Kahn, American painter and academic (died 2020)
1926: Raymond Watson, American businessman (died 2012)
1925: Roger Wood, Belgian-American journalist (died 2012)
1924: Donald J. Sobol, American soldier and author (died 2012)
1923: Charlton Heston, American actor, director and gun rights activist (died 2008)
1922: Malcolm Baldrige Jr., American businessman and politician, 26th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 1987)
1922: Shin Kyuk-ho, South Korean-Japanese businessman, founded Lotte Group (died 2020)
1922: Don Lenhardt, American baseball player and coach (died 2014)
1921: Stella Pevsner, American children's author (died 2020)
1918: Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
1917: Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1967)
1916: Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
1916: Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, and game show host (died 2006)
1916: George Sidney, American director and producer (died 2002)
1916: Ken Wood, inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (died 1997)
1914: Jim Cairns, Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (died 2003)
1914: Brendan Gill, American journalist and essayist (died 1997)
1913: Martial Célestin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Haiti (died 2011)
1911: Mary Two-Axe Earley, Canadian indigenous women's rights activist (died 1996)
1910: Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach (died 2002)
1910: Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Turkish poet and author (died 1956)
1907: Alain Daniélou, French-Swiss historian and academic (died 1994)
1906: Mary Celine Fasenmyer, American mathematician (died 1996)
1903: Bona Arsenault, Canadian genealogist, historian, and politician (died 1993)
1903: John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and academic, invented the Atanasoff-Berry computer (died 1995)
1903: Pierre Garbay, French general (died 1980)
1903: Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian-German lawyer and general (died 1946)
1900: August Mälk, Estonian author and playwright (died 1987)
1896: Dorothy Lawrence, English reporter, who secretly posed as a man to become a soldier during World War I (died 1964)
1895: Buster Keaton, American film actor, director, and producer (died 1966)
1895: Richard Sorge, German journalist and spy (died 1944)
1892: Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian soldier and politician, 14th Federal Chancellor of Austria (died 1934)
1892: Hermann Glauert, English aerodynamicist and author (died 1934)
1892: Robert Lawson, American author and illustrator (died 1957)
1890: Alan L. Hart, American physician and author (died 1962)
1890: Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish writer and journalist (died 1945)
1888: Lucy Tayiah Eads, American tribal chief (died 1961)
1888: Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (died 1954)
1884: Ramchandra Shukla, Indian historian and author (died 1941)
1881: Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (died 1948)
1880: Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer. (died 1946)
1879: Robert Edwards, American artist, musician, and writer (died 1948)
1877: Razor Smith, English cricketer (died 1946)
1876: Florence Eliza Allen, American mathematician and suffrage activist (died 1960)
1874: John Ellis, English executioner (died 1932)
1868: Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 20th President of Argentina (died 1942)
1862: Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, sister-in-law of Vincent van Gogh, who is credited with promoting his posthumous fame (died 1925).
1862: Edward Stratemeyer, American author and publisher (died 1930)
1861: Walter Rauschenbusch, American pastor and theologian (died 1918)
1861: Frederic Remington, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (died 1909)
1858: Léon Serpollet, French businessman (died 1903)
1843: Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Palestinian nun and Catholic Saint (died 1927)
1841: Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (died 1912)
1841: Maria Sophie of Bavaria (died 1925)
1837: Auguste-Réal Angers, Canadian judge and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1919)
1836: Juliette Adam, French author (died 1936)
1835: Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American opera singer and educator (died 1921)
1822: Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (died 1893)
1814: Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (died 1875)
1807: Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Canada East (died 1864)
1793: Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (died 1862)
1787: François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (died 1874)
1768: Francisco José de Caldas, Colombian naturalist, executed by royalists in the war of independence (died 1816)
1759: Louis François Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician and academic (died 1803)
1723: Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist and author (died 1798)
1720: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian sculptor and illustrator (died 1778)
1694: Lord George Murray, Scottish Jacobite General (died 1760)
1657: Francesco Solimena, Italian painter and illustrator (died 1747)
1633: Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (died 1714)
1626: Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (died 1712)
1625: Jacqueline Pascal, French nun and composer (died 1661)
1585: Anna of Tyrol, Holy Roman Empress (died 1618)
1579: Guido Bentivoglio, Italian cardinal (died 1644)
1570: Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal and philosopher (died 1637)
1562: Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer and author (died 1647)
1550: Charles IX of Sweden (died 1611)
1542: Robert Bellarmine, Italian cardinal and saint (died 1621)
1532: Francisco de Toledo, Catholic cardinal (died 1596)
1524: Francisco Vallés, Spanish physician (died 1592)
1522: Gabriele Paleotti, Catholic cardinal (died 1597)
1515: Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (died 1586)
1507: Francis Bigod, English noble (died 1537)
1379: Henry III of Castile (died 1406)
1331: James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond, Irish politician, Lord Justice of Ireland (died 1382)
1289: Louis X of France (died 1316)
1276: Margaret of Brabant (died 1311)
1274: Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (died 1319)
1160: Alys, Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France (died c. 1220)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Christopher Ciccone, American artist (born 1960)
2024: Billy Shaw, American football player (born 1938)
2022: Loretta Lynn, American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1932)
2020: Clark Middleton, American actor (born 1957)
2020: Kenzō Takada, Japanese-French fashion designer (born 1939)
2015: Dave Pike, American vibraphone player and songwriter (born 1938)
2015: Edida Nageswara Rao, Indian director and producer (born 1934)
2015: Neal Walk, American basketball player (born 1948)
2014: Konrad Boehmer, German-Dutch composer and educator (born 1941)
2014: Hugo Carvana, Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1937)
2014: Fyodor Cherenkov, Russian footballer and manager (born 1959)
2014: Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti (born 1951)
2013: John Cloudsley-Thompson, Pakistani-English commander (born 1921)
2013: Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (born 1917)
2013: Akira Miyoshi, Japanese composer (born 1933)
2013: Diana Nasution, Indonesian singer (born 1958)
2013: Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (born 1911)
2013: Nicholas Oresko, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1917)
2012: David Atkinson, Canadian actor and singer (born 1921)
2012: Stan Mudenge, Zimbabwean historian and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1941)
2012: Tom Stannage, Australian footballer, historian, and academic (born 1944)
2011: Doris Belack, American actress (born 1926)
2010: Norman Wisdom, English actor, comedian, and singer-songwriter (born 1915)
2009: Gerhard Kaufhold, German footballer (born 1928)
2009: Günther Rall, German general and pilot (born 1918)
2007: Qassem Al-Nasser, Jordanian general (born 1925)
2005: Stanley K. Hathaway, American lawyer and politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1924)
2004: Gordon Cooper, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1927)
2003: Sid McMath, American lawyer and politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (born 1912)
2002: André Delvaux, Belgian-Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1926)
2001: Blaise Alexander, American race car driver (born 1976)
2001: John Collins, American guitarist (born 1913)
2001: Ahron Soloveichik, Russian rabbi and scholar (born 1917)
2000: Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 32nd Premier of the Republic of China (born 1914)
2000: Michael Smith, English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1932)
1999: Bernard Buffet, French painter and illustrator (born 1928)
1999: Art Farmer, American trumpet player and composer (born 1928)
1998: S. Arasaratnam, Sri Lankan historian and academic (born 1930)
1997: Otto Ernst Remer, German general (born 1912)
1997: Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese game designer, created the Game Boy (born 1941)
1994: Danny Gatton, American guitarist (born 1945)
1992: Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver (born 1936)
1990: Mārtiņš Zīverts, Latvian playwright (born 1903)
1989: Graham Chapman, English actor and screenwriter (born 1941)
1988: Zlatko Grgić, Croatian-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (born 1931)
1982: Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and conductor (born 1932)
1982: Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Greek politician, 165th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1898)
1981: Freddie Lindstrom, American baseball player and coach (born 1905)
1980: Pyotr Masherov, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia (born 1918)
1977: José Ber Gelbard, Argentinian activist and politician (born 1917)
1975: Friedrich Lutz, German economist (born 1901)
1975: Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1903)
1974: Anne Sexton, American poet and author (born 1928)
1970: Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (born 1943)
1963: Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (born 1904)
1961: Benjamin, Russian metropolitan (born 1880)
1958: Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (born 1884)
1955: Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (born 1883)
1951: Henrietta Lacks, American medical patient (born 1920)
1947: Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1858)
1946: Barney Oldfield, American race car driver and actor (born 1878)
1944: Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (born 1873)
1943: Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant (born 1906)
1935: Jean Béraud, French painter and academic (born 1849)
1935: Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano, actress, and director (born 1874)
1910: Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (born 1850)
1904: Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (born 1834)
1904: Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (born 1847)
1903: Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher and author (born 1880)
1890: Catherine Booth, English theologian and saint, co-founded The Salvation Army (born 1829)
1871: Sarel Cilliers, South African spiritual leader and preacher (born 1801)
1867: Francis Xavier Seelos, German-American priest and missionary (born 1819)
1864: Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (born 1802)
1859: Karl Baedeker, German publisher, founded Baedeker (born 1801)
1852: James Whitcomb, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Indiana (born 1795)
1851: Manuel Godoy, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (born 1767)
1827: Grigorios Zalykis, Greek-French lexicographer and scholar (born 1785)
1821: John Rennie the Elder, Scottish engineer, designed the Waterloo Bridge (born 1761)
1755: Samuel von Cocceji, Prussian jurist and statesman (born 1679)
1749: Baron Franz von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (born 1711)
1747: Amaro Pargo, Spanish corsair (born 1678)
1743: John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish commander and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (born 1678)
1680: Pierre-Paul Riquet, French engineer, designed the Canal du Midi (born 1609)
1669: Rembrandt, Dutch painter and illustrator (born 1606)
1661: Jacqueline Pascal, French nun and composer (born 1625)
1660: Francesco Albani, Italian painter (born 1578)
1646: Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English courtier and politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (born 1586)
1597: Sarsa Dengel, Ethiopian emperor (born 1550)
1582: Teresa of Ávila, Spanish nun and saint (born 1515)
1497: John, Prince of Asturias, only son of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (born 1478)
1361: John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray, English baron (born 1310)
1305: Emperor Kameyama of Japan (born 1249)
1250: Herman VI, Margrave of Baden (born 1226)
1227: Caliph al-Adil of Morocco
1221: William IV Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (born 1179)
1189: Gerard de Ridefort, Grand Master of the Knights Templar
1160: Constance of Castile, Queen of France (born 1141)
1052: Vladimir of Novgorod (born 1020)
863: Turpio, Frankish nobleman
744: Yazid III, Umayyad caliph (born 701)

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