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October 6

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October 6

October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 86 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: North Carolina man uses birthdays to win $2 million Powerball lottery prize. A North Carolina man won $2 million in a Powerball drawing this week by using numbers that resembled family birthdays.
2022: 433 players win $4 million lottery jackpot in Philippines, prompts calls for investigation. The Philippines government Charity Sweepstakes Office is hearing calls for an investigation after 433 lottery winners split a 236 million pesos (US$4 million) jackpot on Saturday.
2021: Massachusetts man wins $100,000 prize with a free lottery ticket. A Dorchester resident is $100,000 richer after he received a free promotional lottery ticket for the Massachusetts Lottery's Mass Cash draw game.
2020: Florida Lottery to update Lotto game. The Florida Lottery announced they will be making changes this week to their most popular game, Florida Lotto.
2018: $470 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls again. After 21 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a swelling jackpot of nearly a half-billion dollars that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet.
2017: Arizona Lottery computerized drawing machine generated identical winning numbers. Once again computerized lottery drawings are coming under scrutiny as a machine responsible for generating random numbers has done the opposite, generating exact duplicates.
2016: Georgia couple claim $246.8 million Powerball jackpot. A Powerball winner from Georgia just deposited the largest check of his life into his bank account because of a gentle nudge from his better half.
2016: Mississippi lottery talk likely to coalesce odd coalition. Nothing puts preachers and their flocks in political cahoots with the state's casino gaming industry barons faster than any serious talk of Mississippi authorizing a state lottery.
2015: Michigan woman instantly quit job after winning $310M Powerball jackpot. A Michigan woman found out she was the winner of the $310 million Powerball jackpot while sitting in the drive-thru at McDonald's.
2011: Washington Gov. orders lottery to return Mercedes. Plans for a lottery promotion van in Washington have been scratched after Gov. Chris Gregoire ordered the the state lottery to take the Mercedes-Benz back to the dealer.
2011: Hoosier Lottery admits new office too lavish. Less than a week after an Indiana TV station broke the story that the Hoosier Lottery overpaid for new offices, lottery officials are making some changes.
2009: Lottery winner gets help on plan to turn good fortune into lifelong prosperity. Given the prominent financial failings of many prior lottery winners, a lottery winner from New York accepted the guidance of a financial planner recommended by a local newspaper.
2008: N.Y. lottery winner and tenant fight thief. New York lottery winner Gary Owens and his downstairs tenant fought off a would-be thief who forced his way into Owens' home at 3:30 a.m. Friday to claim a share of the jackpot.
2006: 'The dog ate my lottery ticket'. The Iowa Lottery said Wednesday that since the winning numbers were drawn it has been flooded with callers trying to explain why they were winners but could not produce their winning ticket.
2006: Okla. lawmaker aims to stop lottery winners from staying anonymous. An Oklahoma state senator from Edmond plans to introduce legislation to prohibit people from forming anonymous trusts after learning they have won a lottery prize.
2006: Iowa couple claims $200M Powerball lottery jackpot. A Fort Dodge, Iowa, couple who bought three Powerball tickets during a pit stop for soda came forward Wednesday to claim the $200 million jackpot.
2006: Canadian woman wins lotto twice. Beating 'astounding' odds, an elderly Toronto resident held two of three winning tickets in a $24M Lotto 6/49 jackpot.
2005: Powerball lottery jackpot reaches $205 million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $205 million, with a cash option of $101.7 million.
2005: Georgia Lottery launches month-long promotion. The Georgia Lottery has launched "October Spectacular", which offers free lottery tickets and increased payouts for four of its games during the month of October.
2005: "Mr. Lucky" Wins Quarter-Million Dollars. Grady Weaver is so lucky that friends refer to him as "Mr. Lucky." True to his name, Mr. Weaver recently won $250,000 playing Mega Millions.
2005: Final Ohio Super Lotto Plus drawing Saturday. Super Lotto Plus, the Ohio Lottery Commission's in-state lotto game, will be retired after the Saturday, October 8 drawing.
2005: Lottery Winner Sentenced For Failing To Pay Taxes. A big lottery winner from Chevy Chase, Maryland, has been ordered to serve six months of home confinement for failing to report his windfall to state tax collectors.
2005: Friends claim $1 million Powerball lottery prize. A quick get-away to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, proved to be a life-changing experience for two Midstate friends, who accepted $1 million Monday after learning of their Powerball win from Saturday night's drawing.
2005: N.C. lottery commissioner had business relationship with vendor. A member of North Carolina's new lottery commission said he will remove himself from any decisions involving potential lottery vendors after it was disclosed he had a business relationship with a key executive of a major vendor.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $12 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $12 million Wednesday.
2004: Powerball fever spreads as jackpot reaches $177 million. When no one came up with Saturday's winning Powerball ticket, an already sweet pot got a whole lot sweeter. Before the low-stakes gambling public knew what hit them, $177 million was at stake for tonight's drawing.
2003: Two winning tickets sold for Lotto South. Two winning tickets were sold in Georgia for the $6 million Lotto South jackpot, the Virginia Lottery said.
2003: Del. Lottery shuts sales at two sites. The Delaware Lottery Office has removed machines from two stores because of undisclosed debts, including a Bear newsstand that long has been one of the state's top ticket sellers, the state lottery director said Thursday.
2003: D.C. Lottery finally hits the jackpot. The D.C. Lottery is in the money, with a record-setting profit of $237.3 million for fiscal 2003, officials said.
2003: N.D. Lottery Sales Applications Open. North Dakota's lottery office is taking applications from businesses that want to sell tickets.
2003: Man Sues Kentucky Lottery for $10 Million. Ronald B. Hub said he believed the lottery wasn't playing by its own rules and he wants it punished to the tune of $10 million in a lawsuit he filed.
2003: One winner gets $47 million in last Washington Lotto Plus. If you played the final night of Washington Lotto Plus, check your ticket: One lucky person won the record $47 million jackpot, the largest single lottery prize in Lotto Plus history.
2003: One winner gets $14 million Florida Lotto jackpot. One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $14 million, lottery officials said Sunday. The winning ticket was bought in the city of Chipley.
2003: 300 years of winners, losers in state's lottery-history exhibit. A small exhibit called "History of Lotteries and the Lottery System in Rhode Island" lays out the details of Rhode Island's on-again-off-again relationship with lotteries over the past 300 years. The exhibit is on display weekdays through the end of October in the secretary of state's archives division on Westminster Street.

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.$470 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 9, 2018
4.$410 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2022
5.$388.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2022
6.$360 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2023
7.$319 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 7, 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.€202 Million
US$233.63 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2021
11.€190 Million
US$222.6 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2017
12.€190 Million
US$208.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2019
13.$207.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2025
14.$205 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 8, 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.$108 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 9, 2013

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1999: Miami2018
Wednesday, Oct 6, 1999
26 years old
1986: Kyrsakaa06
Monday, Oct 6, 1986
39 years old
1977: Djdoug89
Thursday, Oct 6, 1977
48 years old
1976: mjaeb1
Wednesday, Oct 6, 1976
49 years old
1975: gogetemshay32
Monday, Oct 6, 1975
50 years old
1973: kabmmed
Saturday, Oct 6, 1973
52 years old
1972: love72
Friday, Oct 6, 1972
53 years old
1970: Autotech99
Tuesday, Oct 6, 1970
55 years old
1966: cwcwpa
Thursday, Oct 6, 1966
59 years old
1957: commanda
Sunday, Oct 6, 1957
68 years old
1954: Joe Choo
Wednesday, Oct 6, 1954
71 years old
1954: sally66!
Wednesday, Oct 6, 1954
71 years old
1948: unclebob65
Wednesday, Oct 6, 1948
77 years old
: PlanB
(year not provided)
: Bmore RAVENS
(year not provided)
: crystalt
(year not provided)
: hillbillybob
(year not provided)
: modred
(year not provided)
: Sunshine 1$
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: Annie Ernaux is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
2018: The United States Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Associate Justice, ending a contentious confirmation process.
2010: Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded.
2007: Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth.
1995: The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered.
1990: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-41, and deploys the Ulysses space probe to study the Sun's polar regions.
1987: Fiji becomes a republic.
1985: Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
1981: NLM CityHopper Flight 431 crashes in Moerdijk after taking off from Rotterdam The Hague Airport in the Netherlands, killing all 17 people on board.
1979: Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
1977: The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
1976: Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group.
1976: Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China.
1976: Dozens are killed by Thai police and right-wing paramilitaries in the Thammasat University massacre; afterwards, the Seni Pramoj government is toppled in a military coup led by Sangad Chaloryu.
1973: Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War.
1944: World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass.
1943: World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete during the Nazi occupation of Greece.
1942: World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
1939: World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
1934: Revolution of 1934: The President of the autonomous government of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, proclaims the Catalan State with the support of the Worker's Alliance.
1927: Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
1923: The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
1920: Ukrainian War of Independence: The Starobilsk agreement is signed by representatives of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Makhnovshchina.
1915: World War I: Combined Austro-Hungarian and German Central Powers, reinforced by the recently joined Bulgaria launched a new offensive against Serbia under command of August von Mackensen .
1915: World War I: Entente forces land in Thessaloniki, to open the Macedonian front against the Central Powers.
1910: Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
1908: The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1903: The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
1898: Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
1884: The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
1854: In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
1849: The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.
1810: A large fire destroys a third of all the buildings in the town of Raahe in the Grand Duchy of Finland.
1789: French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.
1777: American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
1762: Seven Years' War: The British capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.
1683: Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America.
1600: Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period.
1539: Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters.
618: Transition from Sui to Tang: Wang Shichong decisively defeats Li Mi at the Battle of Yanshi.
404: Byzantine Empress Eudoxia dies from the miscarriage of her seventh pregnancy.
AD 23: Rebels decapitate Wang Mang two days after his capital was sacked during a peasant rebellion.
69 BC: Third Mithridatic War: The military of the Roman Republic subdue Armenia.
105 BC: Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio of the Roman army of the mid-Republic

Births On This Day

2004: Bronny James, American basketball player
2004: Hanni, Australian singer
2002: Jonathan Kuminga, Congolese basketball player
2001: Hitomi Honda, Japanese singer based in South Korea
2000: Jazz Jennings, American internet personality
2000: Kyle Pitts, American football player
2000: Addison Rae, American social media personality, dancer, and singer
1999: Niko Kari, Finnish race car driver
1999: Trevor Lawrence, American football player
1997: Kasper Dolberg, Danish footballer
1994: Jake Guentzel, American ice hockey player
1994: Lee Joo-heon, South Korean rapper and songwriter
1993: Adam Gemili, English sprinter
1993: Jourdan Miller, American fashion model
1993: Joe Rafferty, English-Irish footballer
1993: Nail Yakupov, Russian ice hockey player
1992: Josh Archibald, Canadian-American ice hockey player
1992: Taylor Paris, Canadian rugby player
1991: Roshon Fegan, American actor, rapper, and dancer
1990: Quincy Acy, American basketball player and coach
1990: Scarlett Byrne, English actress
1990: Jordan Hamilton, American basketball player
1990: Marcus Johansson, Swedish ice hockey player
1990: Nazem Kadri, Canadian ice hockey player
1990: Han Sun-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
1989: Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (died 2014)
1989: Tyler Ennis, Canadian ice hockey player
1989: Pizzi, Portuguese footballer
1988: Trey Edward Shults, American film director
1987: Joe Lewis, English footballer
1987: Akuila Uate, Fijian-Australian rugby league player
1986: Meg Myers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1986: Olivia Thirlby, American actress
1985: Mitchell Cole, English footballer (died 2012)
1985: Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player
1985: Sandra Góngora, Mexican ten-pin bowler
1985: Tarmo Kink, Estonian footballer
1984: Morné Morkel, South African cricketer
1984: Joanna Pacitti, American singer-songwriter
1983: Renata Voráčová, Czech tennis player
1982: Levon Aronian, Armenian chess grandmaster
1982: Latonia Blackman, Barbadian netball player
1982: Will Butler, American musician and composer
1982: Fábio Júnior dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
1982: Hideki Mutoh, Japanese race car driver
1982: Paul Smith, English boxer
1981: Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer
1981: José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer
1980: Arnaud Coyot, French cyclist (died 2013)
1980: Wes Durston, English cricketer
1980: Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer
1979: David Di Tommaso, French footballer (died 2005)
1979: Mohamed Kallon, Sierra Leonean footballer and manager
1979: Richard Seymour, American football player
1979: Pascal van Assendelft, Dutch sprinter
1978: Carolina Gynning, Swedish model, actress, and singer
1978: Ricky Hatton, English boxer and promoter (died 2025)
1978: Liu Yang, Chinese astronaut
1977: Daniel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player
1977: Melinda Doolittle, American singer-songwriter
1977: Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer and singer
1977: Jamie Laurie, American singer-songwriter
1977: Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer and manager
1977: Wes Ramsey, American actor
1976: Freddy García, Venezuelan baseball player
1976: Brett Gelman, American actor and comedian
1976: Magdalena Kučerová, Czech-German tennis player
1976: Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer and coach
1975: Reon King, Guyanese cricketer
1974: Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer and manager
1974: Kenny Jönsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
1974: Seema Kennedy, British politician
1974: Jeremy Sisto, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1974: Hoàng Xuân Vinh, Vietnamese shooter
1973: Jeff B. Davis, American comedian, actor, and singer
1973: Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
1973: Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer and manager
1973: Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player and sportscaster
1972: Daniel Cavanagh, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972: Anders Iwers, Swedish bass player
1972: Jarrod Moseley, Australian golfer
1972: Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer
1972: Ryu Si-won, South Korean actor and singer
1972: Ko So-young, South Korean model and actress
1971: Phil Bennett, English race car driver
1971: Takis Gonias, Greek footballer and manager
1971: Emily Mortimer, English actress
1971: Alan Stubbs, English footballer, coach, and manager
1970: Amy Jo Johnson, American actress
1970: Maria Kannegaard, Danish-Norwegian pianist and composer
1970: Shauna MacDonald, Canadian actress and producer
1970: Darren Oliver, American baseball player
1969: Byron Black, Zimbabwean golfer
1969: Muhammad V of Kelantan, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
1968: Bjarne Goldbæk, Danish footballer and sportscaster
1968: Bob May, American golfer
1967: Kennet Andersson, Swedish footballer
1967: Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman and bodybuilder
1967: Steven Woolfe, English barrister and politician
1966: Melania Mazzucco, Italian author
1966: Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
1966: Niall Quinn, Irish footballer and manager
1966: Tommy Stinson, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1965: Jürgen Kohler, German footballer and manager
1965: Peg O'Connor, American philosopher and academic
1965: Steve Scalise, American lawyer and politician
1965: Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
1965: John McWhorter, American academic and linguist
1964: Ricky Berry, American basketball player (died 1989)
1964: Mark Field, German-English lawyer and politician
1964: Tom Jager, American swimmer and coach
1964: Miltos Manetas, Greek painter
1964: Knut Storberget, Norwegian lawyer and politician, Norwegian Minister of Justice
1964: Matthew Sweet, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1963: Sven Andersson, Swedish footballer and coach
1963: Elisabeth Shue, American actress
1962: David Baker, American biologist and academic
1962: Rich Yett, American baseball player
1961: Miyuki Matsuda, Japanese actress
1961: Paul Sansome, English footballer
1961: Ben Summerskill, English businessman and journalist
1960: Richard Jobson, Scottish singer, songwriter director and producer.
1959: Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician (died 2012)
1959: Oil Can Boyd, American baseball player
1959: Brian Higgins, American politician
1959: Walter Ray Williams, Jr., American bowler
1958: Sergei Mylnikov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2017)
1957: Bruce Grobbelaar, Zimbabwean footballer and coach
1956: Sadiq al-Ahmar, Yemeni politician (died 2023)
1956: Kathleen Webb, American author and illustrator
1955: Tony Dungy, American football player and coach
1954: Bill Buford, American author and journalist
1954: David Hidalgo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953: Rein Rannap, Estonian pianist and composer
1952: Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and author
1951: Kevin Cronin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1951: Clive Rees, Singaporean-Welsh rugby player and educator
1951: Gavin Sutherland, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player
1951: Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (died 1985)
1950: David Brin, American physicist and author
1949: Lonnie Johnson, American inventor
1949: Penny Junor, English journalist and author
1949: Thomas McClary, American R&B singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949: Leslie Moonves, American businessman
1949: Nicolas Peyrac, French singer-songwriter and photographer
1948: Gerry Adams, Irish republican politician
1948: Glenn Branca, American guitarist and composer (died 2018)
1947: Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor (died 2019)
1947: Klaus Dibiasi, Italian diver
1947: Millie Small, Jamaican singer-songwriter (died 2020)
1946: Lloyd Doggett, American lawyer and politician
1946: Tony Greig, South African-English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2012)
1946: John Monie, Australian rugby league player and coach
1946: Eddie Villanueva, Filipino evangelist and politician, founded the ZOE Broadcasting Network
1946: Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (died 2017)
1945: Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1997)
1944: Merzak Allouache, Algerian director and screenwriter
1944: Patrick Cordingley, English general
1944: Boris Mikhailov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
1944: Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver (died 1977)
1943: Richard Caborn, English engineer and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
1943: Peter Dowding, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Western Australia
1943: Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
1943: Cees Veerman, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)
1942: Dan Christensen, American painter (died 2007)
1942: Britt Ekland, Swedish actress and singer
1942: Fred Travalena, American comedian and actor (died 2009)
1941: Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (died 1987)
1940: Jan Keizer, Dutch footballer and referee
1939: Melvyn Bragg, English journalist, author, and academic
1939: Jack Cullen, American baseball player
1939: Richard Delgado, American lawyer and academic
1939: Sheila Greibach, American computer scientist and academic
1939: John J. LaFalce, American captain, lawyer, and politician
1938: Serge Nubret, Caribbean-French bodybuilder and actor (died 2011)
1936: Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer, educator, and activist (died 2013)
1935: Bruno Sammartino, Italian-American wrestler and trainer (died 2018)
1934: Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author (died 2015)
1933: Prince Mukarram Jah, 8th Nizam of Hyderabad (died 2023)
1931: Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer (died 2004)
1931: Eileen Derbyshire, English actress
1931: Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
1930: Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria (died 2000)
1930: Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 2015)
1929: George Mattos, American pole vaulter (died 2012)
1928: Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (died 2015)
1928: Barbara Werle, American actress and singer (died 2013)
1927: Bill King, American sportscaster (died 2005)
1925: Shana Alexander, American journalist and author (died 2005)
1923: Robert Kuok, Malaysian Chinese business magnate and investor
1923: Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (died 2015)
1922: Joe Frazier, American baseball player and manager (died 2011)
1922: Teala Loring, American actress (died 2007)
1921: Evgenii Landis, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1997)
1921: Joseph Lowery, American minister and activist (died 2020)
1921: Giovanni Michelotti, Italian automotive designer (died 1980)
1920: John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, English lawyer and judge (died 2005)
1919: Tommy Lawton, English footballer and coach (died 1996)
1918: Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (died 2010)
1918: André Pilette, French-Belgian race car driver (died 1993)
1917: Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (died 1977)
1916: Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general (died 1997)
1915: Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and activist (died 2007)
1915: Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (died 1983)
1915: Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress (died 2007)
1914: Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnographer and explorer (died 2002)
1914: Joan Littlewood, English director and playwright (died 2002)
1913: Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter and photographer (died 1985)
1912: Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician (died 2011)
1910: Barbara Castle, English journalist and politician, First Secretary of State (died 2002)
1910: Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (died 1974)
1908: Carole Lombard, American actress (died 1942)
1908: Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1989)
1906: Janet Gaynor, American actress (died 1984)
1906: Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach (died 1946)
1905: Helen Wills, American tennis player and painter (died 1998)
1903: Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)
1901: Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, German-Brazilian zoologist and academic (died 1990)
1900: Vivion Brewer, American activist and desegregationist (died 1991)
1900: Willy Merkl, German mountaineer (died 1934)
1900: Stan Nichols, English cricketer (died 1961)
1897: Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist and academic (died 1991)
1896: David Howard, American film director (died 1941)
1895: Caroline Gordon, American author and critic (died 1981)
1893: Meghnad Saha, Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (died 1956)
1891: Hendrik Adamson, Estonian poet and educator (died 1946)
1888: Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (died 1918)
1887: Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy (died 1965)
1886: Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (died 1960)
1882: Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (died 1937)
1876: Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (died 1941)
1874: Frank G. Allen, American merchant and politician, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (died 1950)
1866: Reginald Fessenden, Canadian engineer and academic, invented radiotelephony (died 1932)
1862: Albert J. Beveridge, American historian and politician (died 1927)
1846: George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (died 1914)
1838: Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian soldier, poet, and author (died 1910)
1831: Richard Dedekind, German mathematician and philosopher (died 1916)
1820: James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh (died 1892)
1820: Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano and actress (died 1887)
1803: Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Polish-German physicist and meteorologist (died 1879)
1801: Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (died 1888)
1773: John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (died 1835)
1773: Louis Philippe I of France (died 1850)
1769: Isaac Brock, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (died 1812)
1767: Henri Christophe, Grenadian-Haitian king (died 1820)
1744: James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (died 1813)
1742: Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (died 1785)
1738: Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (died 1789)
1732: John Broadwood, Scottish businessman, co-founded John Broadwood and Sons (died 1812)
1729: Sarah Crosby, English preacher, the first female Methodist preacher (died 1804)
1716: George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1771)
1626: Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (died 1684)
1610: Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French general (died 1690)
1591: Settimia Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter (died 1638)
1576: Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland (died 1612)
1573: Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (died 1624)
1565: Marie de Gournay, French writer (died 1645)
1555: Ferenc Nádasdy, Hungarian noble (died 1604)
1552: Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and missionary (died 1610)
1510: John Caius, English physician and academic, co-founded the Gonville and Caius College (died 1573)
1510: Rowland Taylor, English priest and martyr (died 1555)
1459: Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (died 1507)
1289: Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (died 1306)
649: Yuknoom Yichʼaak Kʼahkʼ (died around 696)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Dave Hobson, American politician (born 1936)
2024: Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1951)
2020: Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1955)
2020: Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter (born 1940)
2019: Ginger Baker, English drummer (born 1939)
2019: Eddie Lumsden, Australian rugby league player (born 1936)
2019: Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian (born 1931)
2018: Scott Wilson, American actor (born 1942)
2018: Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano (born 1933)
2017: Ralphie May, American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1972)
2017: David Marks, British architect, designer of the London Eye (born 1952)
2015: Árpád Göncz, Hungarian author, playwright, and politician, 1st President of Hungary (born 1922)
2015: Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (born 1926)
2015: Juan Vicente Ugarte del Pino, Peruvian historian, lawyer, and jurist (born 1923)
2014: Vic Braden, American tennis player and coach (born 1929)
2014: Igor Mitoraj, German-Polish sculptor (born 1944)
2014: Diane Nyland, Canadian actress, director and choreographer (born 1944)
2014: Marian Seldes, American actress (born 1928)
2014: Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (born 1976)
2014: Feridun Buğeker, Turkish football player (born 1933)
2013: Ulysses Curtis, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1926)
2013: Rift Fournier, American screenwriter and producer (born 1936)
2013: Paul Rogers, English actor (born 1917)
2013: Nico van Kampen, Dutch physicist and academic (born 1921)
2012: Chadli Bendjedid, Algerian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Algeria (born 1929)
2012: Anthony John Cooke, English organist and composer (born 1931)
2012: Nick Curran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1977)
2012: Albert, Margrave of Meissen (born 1943)
2012: Joseph Meyer, American lawyer and politician, 19th Secretary of State of Wyoming (born 1941)
2012: B. Satya Narayan Reddy, Indian lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of West Bengal (born 1927)
2012: J. J. C. Smart, English-Australian philosopher and academic (born 1920)
2011: Diane Cilento, Australian actress and author (born 1932)
2010: Rhys Isaac, South-African-Australian historian and author (born 1937)
2010: Antonie Kamerling, Dutch television and film actor, and musician (born 1966)
2009: Douglas Campbell, Scottish-Canadian actor and screenwriter (born 1922)
2008: Peter Cox, Australian public servant and politician (born 1925)
2007: Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1921)
2007: Laxmi Mall Singhvi, Indian scholar, jurist, and politician (born 1931)
2006: Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter (born 1930)
2006: Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter (born 1940)
2006: Buck O'Neil, American baseball player and manager (born 1911)
2006: Wilson Tucker, American author and critic (born 1914)
2002: Prince Claus of the Netherlands (born 1926)
2001: Arne Harris, American director and producer (born 1934)
2000: Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman (born 1920)
1999: Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (born 1920)
1999: Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler and sportscaster (born 1937)
1998: Mark Belanger, American baseball player (born 1944)
1997: Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player and manager (born 1914)
1995: Benoît Chamoux, French mountaineer (born 1961)
1993: Nejat Eczacıbaşı, Turkish chemist, businessman, and philanthropist, founded Eczacıbaşı (born 1913)
1993: Larry Walters, American truck driver and pilot (born 1949)
1992: Denholm Elliott, English actor (born 1922)
1992: Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (born 1905)
1991: Igor Talkov, Russian singer-songwriter (born 1956)
1990: Bahriye Üçok, Turkish sociologist and politician (born 1919)
1989: Bette Davis, American actress (born 1908)
1986: Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (born 1921)
1985: Nelson Riddle, American composer, conductor, and bandleader (born 1921)
1983: Terence Cooke, American cardinal (born 1921)
1981: Anwar Sadat, Egyptian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
1980: Hattie Jacques, English actress and producer (born 1922)
1980: Jean Robic, French cyclist (born 1921)
1979: Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and short-story writer (born 1911)
1978: Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer-songwriter (born 1935)
1976: Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher and author (born 1900)
1974: Helmut Koinigg, Austrian race car driver (born 1948)
1973: Sidney Blackmer, American actor (born 1895)
1973: François Cevert, French race car driver (born 1944)
1973: Dick Laan, Dutch actor, screenwriter, and author (born 1894)
1973: Dennis Price, English actor (born 1915)
1973: Margaret Wilson, American missionary and author (born 1882)
1972: Cléo de Verberena, Brazilian actress and film director (born c. 1909)
1969: Walter Hagen, American golfer (born 1892)
1969: Otto Steinböck, Austrian zoologist (born 1893)
1968: Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and physicist (born 1917)
1962: Tod Browning, American actor, director, screenwriter (born 1880)
1959: Bernard Berenson, American historian and author (born 1865)
1951: Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (born 1860)
1951: Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1884)
1947: Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (born 1887)
1945: Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (born 1900)
1942: Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (born 1884)
1923: Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1853)
1912: Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1829)
1892: Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (born 1809)
1891: Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (born 1846)
1883: Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (born 1852)
1873: Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (born 1797)
1836: Johannes Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter and actor (born 1770)
1829: Pierre Derbigny, French-American politician, 6th Governor of Louisiana (born 1769)
1819: Charles Emmanuel IV, king of Sardinia (born 1751)
1762: Francesco Manfredini, Italian violinist and composer (born 1684)
1688: Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English soldier and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (born 1652)
1661: Guru Har Rai, Indian 7th Sikh guru (born 1630)
1660: Paul Scarron, French poet and author (born 1610)
1644: Elisabeth of France, queen of Spain and Portugal (born 1602)
1641: Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer
1640: Wolrad IV, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (born 1588)
1559: William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count (born 1487)
1553: Şehzade Mustafa, Ottoman prince (born 1515)
1536: William Tyndale, English Protestant Bible translator (born c. 1494)
1413: Dawit I, ruler (Emperor) of Ethiopia (born 1382)
1398: Chŏng Tojŏn, Korean prime minister (born 1342)
1349: Joan II of Navarre, daughter of Louis X of France (born 1312)
1173: Engelbert III, margrave of Istria
1145: Baldwin, archbishop of Pisa
1101: Bruno of Cologne, German monk, founded the Carthusian Order
1090: Adalbero, bishop of Würzburg
1019: Frederick of Luxembourg, count of Moselgau (born 965)
1014: Samuel, tsar of the Bulgarian Empire
997: Minamoto no Mitsunaka, Japanese samurai (born 912)
877: Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor (born 823)
869: Ermentrude of Orléans, Frankish queen (born 823)
836: Nicetas the Patrician, Byzantine general
404: Aelia Eudoxia, Byzantine empress
AD 23: Wang Mang, emperor of the Xin Dynasty

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