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October 5

October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 87 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: $1.3 million Jersey Cash 5 lottery jackpot unclaimed for almost a year. New Jersey lottery players should rummage through their drawers and dig in their center consoles for a missing Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth $1.3 million. Pretty soon, it'll be no more.
2024: Judge throws out case against $2B Powerball lottery winner Edwin Castro, the jackpot is his. If it wasn't official before, it is now. $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot winner Edwin Castro will unequivocally get to keep his prize after a California judge ruled in his favor.
2023: $1.4 BILLION: Powerball jackpot juggernaut keeps rolling. Last night, the multi-state Powerball lottery game produced no top winner for the 33rd consecutive drawing, prompting lottery officials to raise the game's jackpot to an astonishing $1.4 billion.
2022: Online play taking off: Virginia Lottery hits milestone $2 billion awarded. The Virginia Lottery is seeing huge profits — and payouts — since the launch of its online games just two years ago.
2021: $699.8 million Powerball lottery jackpot won by single ticket sold in California. One Powerball lottery ticket sold in California won the seventh-largest lottery prize in U.S. history on Monday night.
2018: 'It was a horrible, horrible crime that I committed,' Jamaican lottery scammer repents. A woman who scammed elderly Americans out of their life savings verbalized a moment of repentance at her sentencing.
2017: Winner sues Colorado Lottery 12 years after rigged drawing. A lottery winner filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Colorado State Lottery, arguing he should be declared the sole winner of a jackpot he recently learned was rigged, and that the $800,000 cash prize he opted to receive should have been tripled.
2016: Lottery winner pranks kids by letting them 'find out about it on the news'. A Canadian man who won a $7.4 million lottery jackpot said he wants his children "to find out about it on the news."
2016: Mass. Treasurer renews push for online lottery games, apps. State officials are renewing their push to make Massachusetts State Lottery games available online and through mobile phone applications, a move they hope will attract a new generation of young players.
2015: Arizona Lottery launches new poker-themed game. Arizona Lottery players now have a new evening draw game to play featuring a playing card theme is proving to be very popular throughout North America.
2012: $14M Mega Millions lottery jackpot won by 2 old friends. Two old friends who met working in a Manhattan print shop have become instant millionaires, scooping up a $14 million jackpot in the Mega Millions game.
2011: Wrong ticket wins Georgia woman $25 million. It was a huge mistake, but one with a silver lining for a woman who says her winning $25 million lottery ticket wasn't the one she originally wanted.
2010: Hoax: Man claimed he shredded winning ticket. A Florida man's story to get his hands on $14.5 million in lottery winnings has been shredded.
2008: Mega lottery bucks go unclaimed every year. Last year, more than $600 million in lottery fortunes went unclaimed in the United States.
2007: Lottery competition between two border states. A Tennessee newspaper examines two competing lotteries -- Georgia and Tennessee -- to highlight the similarities and differences, and to examine the issue of gambling.
2005: GTECH may enter supreme court hearings. A former Texas lottery official, who claimed that then-Gov. George W. Bush's desire to cover up his National Guard record helped steer decisions about a key lottery contract, said he wants to talk to senators about Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers' possible role in that effort.
2005: Hilton may bid to operate UK lottery. Hilton Group is considering bidding for the next United Kingdom National Lottery license -- which will commence in January 2009 when Camelot's current contract expires -- through its Ladbrokes division.
2005: Lottery winner hangs self 7 years after collecting win. Life came to a shocking end for a man who appeared to have the world at his fingertips, yet clearly never could grasp the instant fame and fortune he was handed through his lucky $2 Super 7 ticket.
2004: Texas Seniors Targeted by Lottery Scam. The so called "foreign lottery" scam is again targeting senior citizens in Texas, and former Governor Ann Richards and First Mother and former First Lady Barbara Bush have joined forces to produce radio and TV commercials urging Texans to 'just hang up.'
2004: Euro Millions lottery expands to six new countries. Lottery players in six new countries will be able to cash in on the Euro Millions lottery starting from Friday, said the French creator of the game.
2004: Texas man claims Mega Millions jackpot. A Carrollton, Texas man spent Monday in Austin picking up his $62 million Mega Millions winnings.
2003: $88 Million Powerball Jackpot. The excitement is growing, the fun is growing, and most importantly, the jackpot is growing in one of America's biggest lottery games. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 457,515 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.8 million in prizes in America's Game.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.42 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2023
2.$547 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2025
3.$420 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2018
4.$410 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2022
5.$360 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2023
6.$354.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2022
7.$302.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2024
8.€283.66 Million US$279.01 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2022
9.$253 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2018
10.€190 Million
US$222.6 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2017
11.€190 Million
US$208.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2019
12.$207.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2025
13.€178 Million
US$206.43 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2021
14.$180 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2005
15.€129 Million
US$179.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2010
16.$177 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2004
17.€156 Million
US$174.17 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2016
18.€151.94 Million
US$169.64 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2016
19.€119 Million
US$159.69 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2011
20.€111 Million
US$140.28 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2014
21.$136 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2014
22.$129 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2024
23.$122 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2009
24.$112 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2017
25.€90.32 Million
US$104.75 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2021

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1987: codyrouse87
Monday, Oct 5, 1987
38 years old
1984: LBannerman00
Friday, Oct 5, 1984
41 years old
1984: mrslucio31
Friday, Oct 5, 1984
41 years old
1982: WillD1082
Tuesday, Oct 5, 1982
43 years old
1978: thomas40
Thursday, Oct 5, 1978
47 years old
1977: DariusF
Wednesday, Oct 5, 1977
48 years old
1975: Toni Love6
Sunday, Oct 5, 1975
50 years old
1974: kizzy10574
Saturday, Oct 5, 1974
51 years old
1969: Kellyp813
Sunday, Oct 5, 1969
56 years old
1967: NativeSlew67
Thursday, Oct 5, 1967
58 years old
1965: atriumprop
Tuesday, Oct 5, 1965
60 years old
1965: moneycow
Tuesday, Oct 5, 1965
60 years old
1964: manional
Monday, Oct 5, 1964
61 years old
1964: Theobell83
Monday, Oct 5, 1964
61 years old
1961: racing99
Thursday, Oct 5, 1961
64 years old
1957: tgirl137
Saturday, Oct 5, 1957
68 years old
1954: Fay57
Tuesday, Oct 5, 1954
71 years old
: paradisenow
(year not provided)
: BPOPPIN$
(year not provided)
: LoveHappiness
(year not provided)
: teagansmama
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2011: In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered.
2000: Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.
1999: The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in West London kills 31 people.
1994: Swiss police find the bodies of 48 members of the Order of the Solar Temple, who had died in a cult mass murder-suicide.
1991: An Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash kills 135 people.
1990: After 150 years The Herald newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
1988: A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
1986: Mordechai Vanunu's story in The Sunday Times reveals Israel's secret nuclear weapons.
1984: Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.
1982: Tylenol products are recalled after bottles in Chicago laced with cyanide cause seven deaths.
1974: Bombs planted by the PIRA in pubs in Guildford kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
1970: The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
1970: The British Trade Commissioner, James Cross, is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.
1968: A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
1966: A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.
1963: The United States suspends the Commercial Import Program in response to repression of the Buddhist majority by the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem.
1962: The first of the James Bond film series, based on the novels by Ian Fleming, Dr. No, is released in Britain.
1962: The first Beatles single "Love Me Do" is released in Britain.
1947: President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
1945: A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.
1944: The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.
1943: World War II: Pacific Theater: Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
1938: Holocaust: In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
1936: The Jarrow March sets off for London.
1931: Clyde Edward Pangborn and Hugh Herndon,Jr. make the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean in the plane Miss Veedol.
1930: British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage killing 48 people.
1921: The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.
1914: World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire for the first time.
1911: The Kowloon-Canton Railway commences service.
1910: In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
1905: The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
1900: Peace congress in Paris condemns British policy in South Africa and asserts Boer Republic's right to self-determination.
1877: The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
1869: The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
1869: The Eastman tunnel, in Minnesota, United States, collapses during construction, causing a landslide that nearly destroys St. Anthony Falls.
1838: The Killough massacre in east Texas sees eighteen Texian settlers either killed or kidnapped.
1813: War of 1812: The Army of the Northwest defeats a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit.
1789: French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
1607: Assassins attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.
1450: Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria expels Jews from his jurisdiction.
1143: With the signing of the Treaty of Zamora, King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
869: The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to depose patriarch Photios I.
816: King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.
610: Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.

Births On This Day

2006: Jacob Tremblay, Canadian actor
1999: Washington Sundar, Indian cricketer
1997: Michael Hoecht, Canadian American football player
1993: Jewell Loyd, American basketball player
1993: Wakamotoharu Minato, Japanese sumo wrestler
1992: Kevin Magnussen, Danish racing driver
1992: Cody Zeller, American basketball player
1991: Pär Lindholm, Swedish ice hockey player
1991: Tornike Shengelia, Georgian basketball player
1990: Nathan Peats, Australian rugby league player
1989: Kelsey Adrian, Canadian basketball player
1989: Marcel Baude, German footballer
1989: Ify Ibekwe, American basketball player
1989: Travis Kelce, American football player
1988: Benny Howell, English cricketer
1988: Bahar Kızıl, German singer-songwriter
1988: Maja Salvador, Filipino actress, dancer, singer, and host
1987: Dillon Francis, American DJ and record producer
1987: Michael Grabner, Austrian ice hockey player
1987: Jesse Joensuu, Finnish ice hockey player
1987: Kevin Mirallas, Belgian footballer
1987: Tim Ream, American soccer player
1987: Park So-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
1987: Luigi Vitale, Italian footballer
1987: Brandan Wright, American basketball player
1986: Mladen Bartulović, Croatian footballer
1986: Tanner Roark, American baseball player
1985: Nicola Roberts, English singer-songwriter
1985: Brooke Valentine, American singer and songwriter
1984: Naima Adedapo, American singer and dancer
1984: Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian footballer
1984: Nathalie Kelley, Peruvian-Australian actress
1984: Nate Thompson, American ice hockey player
1984: Angel Perkins, American sprinter
1983: Jesse Eisenberg, American actor and writer
1983: Nicky Hilton, American socialite, fashion designer, and model
1983: Florian Mayer, German tennis player
1983: Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladeshi cricketer
1982: Michael Roos, Estonian-American football player
1982: Steve Williams, Australian-German rugby player
1981: Jeanette Antolin, American gymnast
1981: Joel Lindpere, Estonian footballer
1981: Andy Nägelein, German footballer
1980: Yuta Tabuse, Japanese basketball player
1980: Paul Thomas, American bass player
1980: James Toseland, English motorcycle racer
1979: Vince Grella, Australian footballer
1979: Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player
1978: Steinar Nickelsen, Norwegian organist and composer
1978: Jesse Palmer, Canadian football player and sportscaster
1978: Shane Ryan, Irish footballer and hurler
1978: James Valentine, American musician and songwriter
1978: Morgan Webb, Canadian-American television host and producer
1977: Hugleikur Dagsson, Icelandic author, illustrator, and critic
1977: Vinnie Paz, Italian-American rapper and producer
1977: Konstantin Zyryanov, Russian footballer
1976: Ramzan Kadyrov, Russian-Chechen general and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic
1976: Royston Tan, Singaporean director, producer, and screenwriter
1976: J. J. Yeley, American race car driver
1975: Bobo Baldé, French-Guinean footballer
1975: Carson Ellis, American painter and illustrator
1975: Parminder Nagra, English actress
1975: Monica Rial, American voice actress, director, and screenwriter
1975: Scott Weinger, American actor
1975: Kate Winslet, English actress
1974: Rich Franklin, American mixed martial artist and actor
1974: Heather Headley, Trinidadian-American singer, songwriter, and actress
1974: Anousjka van Exel, Dutch tennis player
1973: Cédric Villani, French mathematician and academic
1972: Annely Akkermann, Estonian banker and politician
1972: Aaron Guiel, Canadian baseball player
1972: Grant Hill, American basketball player and actor
1972: Thomas Roberts, American journalist and actor
1971: Tonia Antoniazzi, British politician
1971: Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentinian footballer and manager
1970: Josie Bissett, American actress
1970: Matthew Knights, Australian footballer and coach
1970: Tord Gustavsen, Norwegian pianist and composer
1970: Cal Wilson, New Zealand comedian, actress, and screenwriter (died 2023)
1967: Rex Chapman, American basketball player and sportscaster
1967: Guy Pearce, English-Australian actor
1966: Dennis Byrd, American football player (died 2016)
1966: Sean M. Carroll, American physicist, cosmologist, and academic
1966: Fredrik Olausson, Swedish ice hockey player
1966: Terri Runnels, American wrestler and manager
1966: Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker player and referee
1965: Trace Armstrong, American football player and agent
1965: Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
1965: Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1964: Philip A. Haigh, English historian and author
1964: Malik Saidullaev, Russian businessman
1964: Korina Sanchez, Filipino journalist
1963: Laura Davies, English golfer and sportscaster
1963: Tony Dodemaide, Australian cricketer
1963: Michael Hadschieff, Austrian speed skater
1963: Nick Robinson, English journalist and blogger
1962: Michael Andretti, American race car driver
1962: Thomas Herbst, German footballer and manager
1962: Caron Keating, British television host (died 2004)
1960: Daniel Baldwin, American actor, director, and producer
1960: Careca, Brazilian footballer
1960: David Kirk, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1959: Kenan İpek, Turkish lawyer and judge
1959: Maya Lin, American architect and sculptor, designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Civil Rights Memorial
1959: Kelly Joe Phelps, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)
1958: André Kuipers, Dutch physician and astronaut
1958: Neil Peart, Australian footballer
1958: Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author
1957: Mark Geragos, American lawyer
1957: Bernie Mac, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008)
1957: Lee Thompson, English singer-songwriter and saxophonist
1955: John Alexander, English footballer
1955: Jean-Jacques Lafon, French singer-songwriter
1955: Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell, English academic and businessman
1953: Philip Hampton, English-Scottish accountant and businessman
1953: Roy Laidlaw, Scottish rugby player
1952: Clive Barker, English author, director, producer, and screenwriter
1952: Harold Faltermeyer, German keyboard player, composer, and producer
1952: Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan
1951: Karen Allen, American actress
1951: Bob Geldof, Irish singer-songwriter and actor
1950: Eddie Clarke, English rock guitarist (died 2018)
1950: Jeff Conaway, American actor and singer (died 2011)
1950: Edward P. Jones, American novelist and short story writer
1950: James Rizzi, American painter and illustrator (died 2011)
1949: Peter Ackroyd, English biographer, novelist and critic
1949: Michael Gaughan, Irish Republican died on hunger strike (died 1974)
1949: Ralph Goodale, Canadian lawyer and politician, 36th Canadian Minister of Finance
1949: Bill James, American historian and author
1949: Yashiki Takajin, Japanese singer and television host (died 2014)
1948: Russell Mael, American vocalist
1947: Brian Johnson, English singer and songwriter
1947: Michèle Pierre-Louis, Haitian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti
1946: Zahida Hina, Pakistani journalist and author
1946: Robin Lane Fox, English historian and author
1946: Jean Perron, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
1946: David Watson, English footballer
1945: Brian Connolly, Scottish singer-songwriter (died 1997)
1944: Richard Rosser, Baron Rosser, English union leader and politician (died 2024)
1943: Ben Cardin, American lawyer and politician
1943: Steve Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943: Michael Morpurgo, English author, poet, and playwright
1943: Etela Farkašová, Slovak philosopher and writer
1942: Richard Street, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
1941: Stephanie Cole, English actress
1941: Eduardo Duhalde, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina
1941: Frank Stagg, Irish republican died on hunger strike (died 1976)
1940: Bob Cowper, Australian cricketer
1940: Terry Trotter, American jazz pianist
1939: Marie-Claire Blais, Canadian author and playwright (died 2021)
1939: A. R. Penck, German painter and sculptor (died 2017)
1939: Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino lawyer and jurist
1938: Johnny Duncan, American country singer (died 2006)
1938: Teresa Heinz, Mozambican-American businesswoman and philanthropist
1937: Carlo Mastrangelo, American doo-wop singer (died 2016)
1937: Barry Switzer, American football player and coach
1936: Václav Havel, Czech poet, playwright, and politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic (died 2011)
1936: Adrian Smith, American basketball player
1934: Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian businessman and diplomat (died 2015)
1934: Angelo Buono, American serial killer and rapist (died 2002)
1933: Doug Bailey, American political consultant, founded The Hotline (died 2013)
1933: Billy Lee Riley, American rockabilly musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer (died 2009)
1932: Neal Ascherson, Scottish journalist and author
1932: Dean Prentice, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2019)
1932: Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and police officer (died 2006)
1931: Rosalie Gower, Canadian nurse and politician (died 2013)
1930: Pavel Popovich, Ukrainian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (died 2009)
1930: Reinhard Selten, German economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
1929: Richard F. Gordon Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2017)
1929: Bill Wirtz, American businessman (died 2007)
1928: Louise Fitzhugh, American author and illustrator (died 1974)
1928: Marjorie Finlay, American opera singer and television personality (died 2003)
1926: Avraham Adan, Israeli general (died 2012)
1926: Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer and educator (died 1979)
1925: Gail Davis, American actress (died 1997)
1925: Herbert Kretzmer, South African-English journalist and songwriter (died 2020)
1925: Walter Dale Miller, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of South Dakota (died 2015)
1924: Bill Dana, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2017)
1924: José Donoso, Chilean author (died 1996)
1924: Barbara Kelly, Canadian actress and screenwriter (died 2007)
1924: Frederic Morton, Austrian-American banker, journalist, and author (died 2015)
1924: Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (died 2006)
1923: Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (died 2002)
1923: Stig Dagerman, Swedish journalist and author (died 1954)
1923: Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer and politician (died 1994)
1923: Glynis Johns, British actress and singer (died 2024)
1923: Kailashpati Mishra, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor of Gujarat (died 2012)
1922: José Froilán González, Argentinian racing driver (died 2013)
1922: Bil Keane, American cartoonist (died 2011)
1922: Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (died 1985)
1921: Bill Willis, American football player and coach (died 2007)
1919: Donald Pleasence, English actor (died 1995)
1917: Allen Ludden, American television personality and game show host (died 1981)
1917: Magda Szabó, Hungarian author and poet (died 2007)
1916: Stetson Kennedy, American author and activist (died 2011)
1914: Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician (died 2015)
1913: Eugene B. Fluckey, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2007)
1912: Fritz Fischer, German physician and convicted war criminal (died 2003)
1911: Pierre Dansereau, Canadian ecologist and academic (died 2011)
1911: Brian O'Nolan, Irish author and playwright (died 1966)
1908: Mehmet Ali Aybar, Turkish lawyer and politician (died 1995)
1908: Joshua Logan, American director and screenwriter (died 1988)
1907: Mrs. Miller, American novelty singer (died 1997)
1907: Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (died 1959)
1905: John Hoyt, American actor (died 1991)
1905: Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (died 1987)
1903: M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist and academic (died 1989)
1902: Larry Fine, American comedian (died 1975)
1902: Ray Kroc, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1984)
1901: John Alton, Austrian-American director and cinematographer (died 1996)
1900: Bing Xin, Chinese author and poet, known for her contributions to children's literature (died 1998)
1900: Margherita Bontade, Italian politician (died 1992)
1899: Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher (died 1961)
1898: Nachum Gutman, Moldovan-Israeli painter and sculptor (died 1980)
1894: Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (died 1948)
1892: Remington Kellogg, American zoologist and paleontologist (died 1969)
1889: Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author and educator (died 1936)
1888: Mary Fuller, American actress and screenwriter (died 1973)
1887: René Cassin, French judge and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1976)
1887: Manny Ziener, German actress (died 1972)
1885: Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (died 1969)
1883: Ernst Pittschau, German actor (died 1951)
1882: Robert H. Goddard, American physicist, engineer, and academic (died 1945)
1879: Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
1878: Louise Dresser, American actress (died 1965)
1877: Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (died 1959)
1873: Lucien Mérignac, French fencer (died 1941)
1864: Louis Lumière, French director and producer (died 1948)
1858: Helen Churchill Candee, American journalist and author (died 1949)
1856: Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish author and playwright (died 1942)
1850: Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (died 1910)
1848: Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist and poet (died 1919)
1844: Francis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (died 1934)
1841: Philipp Mainländer, German philosopher (died 1876)
1829: Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (died 1886)
1824: Henry Chadwick, English-American historian and author (died 1908)
1820: David Wilber, American lawyer and politician (died 1890)
1816: Ursula Frayne, Irish-Australian nun and missionary (died 1885)
1803: Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (died 1844)
1795: Alexander Keith, Scottish-Canadian brewer and politician, 13th Mayor of Halifax (died 1873)
1792: Joseph Crosfield, English businessman (died 1844)
1781: Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher (died 1848)
1743: Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Italian composer and educator (died 1818)
1728: Chevalier d'Éon, French diplomat and spy (died 1810)
1715: Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist and educator (died 1789)
1713: Denis Diderot, French philosopher and critic (died 1784)
1712: Francesco Guardi, Italian painter (died 1793)
1703: Jonathan Edwards, American pastor and theologian (died 1758)
1687: Maria Maddalena Martinengo, Italian nun (died 1737)
1658: Mary of Modena (died 1718)
1641: Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV (died 1707)
1609: Paul Fleming, German physician and poet (died 1640)
1524: Rani Durgavati, Queen of Gond (died 1564)
1520: Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal and diplomat (died 1589)
1487: Ludwig of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German nobleman (died 1553)
1422: Catherine, Princess of Asturias, Spanish royal (died 1424)
1377: Louis II of Anjou (died 1417)
1338: Alexios III of Trebizond (died 1390)
1274: Al-Dhahabi, Syrian scholar and historian (died 1348)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Robert Coover, American novelist (born 1932)
2017: Eberhard van der Laan, Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam (born 1955)
2016: Brock Yates, American journalist and author (born 1933)
2015: Chantal Akerman, Belgian-French actress, director, and producer (born 1950)
2015: Joker Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1927)
2015: Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist (born 1915)
2015: Henning Mankell, Swedish author and playwright (born 1948)
2014: David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author (born 1924)
2014: Andrea de Cesaris, Italian racing driver (born 1959)
2014: Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (born 1930)
2014: Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (born 1917)
2013: Ruth R. Benerito, American chemist and academic (born 1916)
2013: Carlo Lizzani, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
2013: Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese voice actress and singer (born 1976)
2012: Keith Campbell, English biologist and academic (born 1954)
2012: Vojin Dimitrijević, Croatian-Serbian lawyer and activist (born 1932)
2012: James W. Holley III, American dentist and politician (born 1926)
2012: Edvard Mirzoyan, Georgian-Armenian composer and educator (born 1921)
2012: Claude Pinoteau, French director and screenwriter (born 1925)
2011: Derrick Bell, American academic and scholar (born 1930)
2011: Bert Jansch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1943)
2011: Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founder of Apple Inc. (born 1955)
2011: Charles Napier, American actor and singer (born 1936)
2011: Fred Shuttlesworth, American activist, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (born 1922)
2011: Gökşin Sipahioğlu, Turkish photographer and journalist (born 1926)
2010: Bernard Clavel, French journalist and author (born 1923)
2010: Mary Leona Gage, American model and actress, Miss USA 1957 (born 1939)
2010: Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (born 1963)
2006: Antonio Peña, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (born 1953)
2004: Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)
2004: William H. Dobelle, American biologist and academic (born 1941)
2004: Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)
2003: Dan Snyder, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1978)
2003: Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist, director, and producer (born 1957)
2002: Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1920)
2001: Mike Mansfield, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (born 1903)
2000: Johanna Döbereiner, Brazilian agronomist (born 1924)
2000: Cătălin Hîldan, Romanian footballer (born 1976)
1997: Brian Pillman, American football player and wrestler (born 1962)
1996: Seymour Cray, American engineer and businessman, founded CRAY Inc (born 1925)
1992: Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (born 1939)
1986: Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver and accountant (born 1947)
1986: Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (born 1898)
1986: James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician and computer scientist (born 1919)
1985: Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (born 1902)
1983: Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (born 1897)
1983: Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (born 1907)
1981: Gloria Grahame, American actress (born 1923)
1976: Barbara Nichols, American actress (born 1928)
1976: Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
1967: Clifton Williams, American astronaut (born 1932)
1952: Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (born 1884)
1950: Frederic Lewy, German-American neurologist and academic (born 1885)
1943: Leon Roppolo, American clarinet player and composer (born 1902)
1942: Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer (born 1861)
1941: Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (born 1856)
1940: Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded the Volunteers of America (born 1857)
1940: Lincoln Loy McCandless, American rancher and politician (born 1859)
1940: Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1889)
1938: Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (born 1905)
1938: Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director (born 1858)
1936: J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (born 1898)
1933: Renée Adorée, French-American actress (born 1898)
1933: Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (born 1862)
1930: Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (born 1875)
1929: Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (born 1876)
1927: Sam Warner, Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (born 1887)
1921: John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (born 1869)
1918: Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (born 1888)
1914: Albert Solomon, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Tasmania (born 1876)
1913: Hans von Bartels, German painter and educator (born 1856)
1895: Ralph Tollemache, English priest (born 1826)
1885: Thomas C. Durant, American railroad tycoon (born 1820)
1880: Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (born 1819)
1861: Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop (born 1778)
1848: Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician (born 1781)
1827: William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (born 1761)
1813: Tecumseh, American tribal leader (born 1768)
1805: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1738)
1802: Sanité Bélair, Haitian freedom fighter (born 1781)
1777: Johann Andreas Segner, Slovak-German mathematician, physicist, and physician (born 1704)
1740: Jean-Philippe Baratier, German astronomer and scholar (born 1721)
1714: Kaibara Ekken, Japanese botanist and philosopher (born 1630)
1629: Heribert Rosweyde, Jesuit hagiographer (born 1569)
1606: Philippe Desportes, French poet and author (born 1546)
1565: Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician and academic (born 1522)
1564: Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer and educator (born 1510)
1540: Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet and educator (born 1488)
1528: Richard Foxe, English bishop and academic (born 1448)
1524: Joachim Patinir, Flemish landscape painter (born c. 1480)
1399: Raymond of Capua, Italian priest and Master General (born c. 1330)
1398: Blanche of Navarre, queen of France (born 1330)
1354: Giovanni Visconti, Italian cardinal (born 1290)
1285: Philip III, king of France (born 1245)
1225: Al-Nasir, Abbasid caliph (born 1158)
1214: Alfonso VIII, king of Castile and Toledo (born 1155)
1112: Sigebert of Gembloux, French monk, historian, and author (born 1030)
1111: Robert II, count of Flanders (born 1065)
1056: Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1016)
989: Henry III, duke of Bavaria (born 940)
610: Phocas, Byzantine emperor
578: Justin II, Byzantine emperor (born 520)
659 BC: Pradyota, King of Avanti and Magadha

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