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October 7

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October 7

October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 85 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Iowa man had to ground himself with household chores after $1 million Powerball lottery win. An Iowa man had such a nervous reaction to winning a $1 million prize in a Powerball lottery drawing that he decided to reach for the vacuum and do some household chores.
2024: Mega Millions confirms ticket price increase to $5, other changes coming April 2025. Mega Millions has officially confirmed that several new game changes are on the way, including a ticket price increase from $2 to $5.
2024: DC man claims second $25,000 a year for life Lucky for Life lottery prize after having lost it. D.C. Lottery officials welcomed back a Washington, D.C. man who brought in his second of two $25,000 a year for life Lucky for Life winning tickets after having originally lost it.
2022: New Zealand man who won $15 million in lottery stays humble. Like any lottery winner, one anonymous New Zealander considers himself lucky to win $15 million (US$8.4 million) in the lottery, but it's his sunny outlook and boundless generosity that separates him from the rest.
2021: Tennessee best friends split lottery ticket and win $3 million. Two buddies are splitting $3 million after agreeing to split a ticket, but one of them had almost backed out of the agreement.
2016: Illinois woman loses out on $50K lottery ticket after buying it with drug money. An Illinois woman will lose out on the proceeds from a $50,000 lottery ticket after a state appeals court ruled the government should keep the money because the ticket was purchased with drug money.
2015: Driven to death by phone scammers. Inside the $300 million a year lottery scam industry that is causing heartbreak, bankruptcy... and death.
2015: Fired Minnesota Lottery executive sues for her job back. A former senior executive at the Minnesota State Lottery who was fired amid a bout with alcohol abuse is suing her ex-boss and the state on claims she was discriminated against because of her gender and her chemical dependency.
2014: Arkansas Lottery marks 5th anniversary. With over 150,000 Arkansas students awarded almost half a billion dollars in lottery-funded Academic Challenge Scholarships, the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery is celebrating five full years of big wins and big opportunities as an engine for higher education and an educated, higher-earning workforce.
2013: Virginia man wins lottery for 2nd time in 7 weeks. Lady Luck's been looking out for Marvin Bouldin the past few weeks.
2013: Ohio man wins lottery, beaten and robbed at local bar. An Ohio man is in the hospital recovering, after he says he was brutally beaten and robbed.
2013: Oregon bartender's tip turns out to be lottery ticket worth $17,500. A Springfield, Oregon, bartender won big this week, when a Keno ticket given to her as a tip turned out to be worth $17,500.
2011: Arkansas Lottery fires second VP. The Arkansas Lottery has fired the last of three top officials brought in to launch the games two years ago, and the lottery commission's chairwoman called the move an opportunity for change.
2010: Elderly woman loses $300K to Jamaican lottery scam. An elderly Florida woman fell victim to a Jamaican lottery scam and gave the thieves close to $300,000 in a one and a half year period.
2007: Tenn. Lottery CEO claims recent errors didn't hurt sales. Three recent mistakes made by the Tennessee Lottery have not hurt ticket sales, the lottery's president and CEO said, but the legislator who led the effort to create the lottery questions the lottery's move to computerized drawings.
2004: Georgia Senate Candidate Proposes National Lottery. Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Denise Majette proposed a national lottery for education Thursday, saying schools are woefully underfunded and need a boost without raising taxes.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Rockets to $215 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $215 million, with a cash option of $117.3 million.
2004: You've won the lottery! Now what?. Here's some realistic advice on what to do if those numbers prove to be magic.
2004: Yonkers deli owner sells winning NY Lotto ticket. After months of praying daily for divine intervention to bring some money to the religious college he leads, Yoseph Lee instead sold a winning lottery ticket to someone else Saturday.
2004: First Penn. Lucky for Life Lotto Winner Claims Prize. Center Valley resident Donna DeMatos became the first winner of Pennsylvania's new Lucky for Life Lotto game.
2004: Poll: More than two-thirds of Alabamians favor lottery. A recent poll shows that more than two-thirds of Alabamians support a state lottery to benefit public education, which an overwhelming majority said is a high priority for them.
2003: Calif. SuperLOTTO Plus Ticket-Printing Problem. Due to a computer error, the California Super LOTTO Plus draw dates printed on tickets issued Sunday morning, October 5, 2003, incorrectly show the draw date for Saturday, October 11, 2003. The affected tickets are actually valid for the Wednesday's October 8, 2003 Super LOTTO Plus draw.
2003: New Minnesota Lottery Game: Northstar Cash. At 6 a.m. this morning, the Minnesota State Lottery launched the Lottery's newest Minnesota only, daily all-cash lotto game called Northstar Cash.
2003: Kentucky lottery advertising changed in response to suit. The Kentucky Lottery altered a promotional brochure's language after Ronald Hub sued to say winners are randomly selected, rather than the one-digit numbers being randomly generated.
2003: Auburndale Man Buys $14 Million Florida Lotto Jackpot Ticket. An Auburndale (Polk Co.) man's trip to North Florida truly paid off this weekend. While visiting relatives west of Chipley (Washington Co.), he bought the winning Florida Lotto ticket for the Oct. 4 drawing. On his way back home to Auburndale Monday, he collected his estimated $14 million jackpot prize.
2003: Lottery work moving ahead of schedule. The chief executive officer of the Tennessee lottery said yesterday that she is expecting upward of 20,000 applications for the lottery's approximately 300 jobs.
2003: Lynchburg couple ’in a daze’ at lottery win. James Featherston, 69, and his wife, Martha, both of Lynchburg, Virginia, won the $17.6 million Lotto South drawing held Sept. 17. They and their son, James Jr., were at Hotel Roanoke on Monday afternoon for a check presentation ceremony led by Virginia Lottery Executive Director Penelope Kyle.

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.$319 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2024
7.$282 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 10, 2018
8.€285.13 Million US$277.72 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2022
9.€202 Million US$233.63 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2021
10.$222.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2025
11.$215 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 9, 2004
12.€190 Million
US$208.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2019
13.$205 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2005
14.€129 Million
US$179.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2010
15.€156 Million
US$174.17 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2016
16.€153.37 Million
US$171.79 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2016
17.€119 Million
US$159.69 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2011
18.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 9, 2009
19.€111 Million
US$140.28 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2014
20.$136 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2014
21.$129 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2024
22.$112 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2017
23.$108 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 9, 2013
24.€91.35 Million
US$105.57 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2021
25.€90 Million
US$100.49 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2016

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1997: KristinaCatling
Tuesday, Oct 7, 1997
28 years old
1989: jungleman83
Saturday, Oct 7, 1989
36 years old
1986: Somali
Tuesday, Oct 7, 1986
39 years old
1984: lotterywinner13
Sunday, Oct 7, 1984
41 years old
1982: come4play
Thursday, Oct 7, 1982
43 years old
1981: Mboone81
Wednesday, Oct 7, 1981
44 years old
1981: Phenomenalynn
Wednesday, Oct 7, 1981
44 years old
1981: Taquilleb
Wednesday, Oct 7, 1981
44 years old
1973: Kang1073
Sunday, Oct 7, 1973
52 years old
1971: PfRAN
Thursday, Oct 7, 1971
54 years old
1970: gracefful
Wednesday, Oct 7, 1970
55 years old
1969: Shan1969!
Tuesday, Oct 7, 1969
56 years old
1967: madhouse
Saturday, Oct 7, 1967
58 years old
1961: jazzman60
Saturday, Oct 7, 1961
64 years old
1957: JC$umMONEY
Monday, Oct 7, 1957
68 years old
1954: wsmoot
Thursday, Oct 7, 1954
71 years old
1949: cechas
Friday, Oct 7, 1949
76 years old
1924: Rushingwind$
Tuesday, Oct 7, 1924
101 years old
: jrosina
(year not provided)
: brandycole0
(year not provided)
: saveyah
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups launch an attack into Israel, which results in the deaths of around 1,200, mostly civilians, and the taking of more than 240 hostages, including civilians and soldiers. The attack initiated the Gaza war and the larger Middle Eastern crisis.
2022: Ten people are killed and eight are injured in an explosion at petrol station in Creeslough.
2022: Ales Bialiatski, along with two organisations, Memorial & Center for Civil Liberties, are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
2016: In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to over 800.
2008: Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into Earth's atmosphere.
2008: Qantas Flight 72 experiences an in-flight upset near Learmonth, Victoria, Australia, injuring 112.
2004: Three bombs explode at Taba and Nuweiba in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, killing 34.
2002: The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-112 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
2001: The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground, starting the longest war in American history.
2000: Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Hezbollah militants capture three Israeli Defense Force soldiers in a cross-border raid.
1998: Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming. He dies five days later.
1996: Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.
1993: The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
1991: Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of the Banski Dvori in Zagreb, Croatia.
1988: A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.
1987: Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
1985: The Mameyes landslide kills almost 200 people in Puerto Rico.
1985: Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MS Achille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.
1979: Swissair Flight 316 crashes at Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece, killing 14.
1978: Aeroflot Flight 1080 crashes after takeoff from Koltsovo International Airport, killing 38.
1977: The Fourth Soviet Constitution is adopted.
1963: President Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
1963: Buddhist crisis: Amid worsening relations, outspoken South Vietnamese First Lady Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu arrives in the US for a speaking tour, continuing a flurry of attacks on the Kennedy administration.
1961: A Douglas Dakota IV operated by Derby Aviation (later renamed to British Midland International) crashes in Canigou, France, killing 34 people.
1959: The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
1958: The 1958 Pakistani coup d'état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule.
1958: The U.S. crewed space-flight project is renamed to Project Mercury.
1950: Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
1949: The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
1944: World War II: The Sonderkommando Revolt in Auschwitz was an uprising of prisoners (especially the Sonderkommando) at the Auschwitz concentration camp, they burnt down Crematorium IV.
1940: World War II: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
1929: Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
1924: Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
1919: KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
1916: Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222-0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
1913: Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving vehicle assembly line.
1912: The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
1879: Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
1870: Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
1868: Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
1864: American Civil War: A US Navy ship captures a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.
1840: Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
1828: Morea expedition: The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force.
1826: The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
1800: French corsair Robert Surcouf, commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance, captures the British 38-gun Kent.
1780: American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson at the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina, often regarded as the turning point in the war's Southern theater.
1777: American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat British forces under general John Burgoyne in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights, compelling Burgoyne's eventual surrender.
1763: King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
1691: The charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.
1571: The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Ottoman Navy suffers its first defeat.
1513: War of the League of Cambrai: Spain defeats Venice.
1477: Uppsala University is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from Pope Sixtus IV in February the same year.
1403: Venetian-Genoese wars: The Genoese fleet under a French admiral is defeated by a Venetian fleet at the Battle of Modon.
3761 BC: The epoch reference date (start) of the modern Hebrew calendar.

Births On This Day

2001: Princess Senate Seeiso, Princess of Lesotho
1998: Trent Alexander-Arnold, English footballer
1998: Ryan Trahan, American YouTuber
1997: Kira Kosarin, American actress and singer
1997: Nicole Maines, American actress, writer, and activist
1996: Lewis Capaldi, Scottish singer-songwriter
1996: Choi Jeong, South Korean Go player
1995: Lyndon Dykes, Australian professional footballer
1995: Mathias Dyngeland, Norwegian footballer
1995: Lloyd Jones, English professional footballer
1995: Bram van Vlerken, Dutch professional football player
1993: Nic Stauskas, Canadian basketball player
1992: Mookie Betts, American baseball player
1991: Oscar Fantenberg, Swedish ice hockey player
1991: Mike Foltynewicz, American baseball player
1991: Nicole Jung, American singer
1991: Lay Zhang, Chinese singer-songwriter and actor
1990: Sebastián Coates, Uruguayan footballer
1989: Trent Merrin, Australian rugby league player
1988: Diego da Silva Costa, Brazilian footballer
1987: Jeremy Brockie, New Zealand footballer
1987: Alex Cobb, American baseball player
1987: Aiden English, American wrestler
1987: Damion James, American basketball player
1987: Sam Querrey, American tennis player
1986: Chase Daniel, American football player
1986: Lee Nguyen, American soccer player
1986: Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer
1986: Bree Olson, American actress, model, and former pornographic actress
1986: A. J. Price, American basketball player
1986: Holland Roden, American actress
1986: Amy Satterthwaite, New Zealand cricketer
1986: Amber Stevens West, American actress
1985: Evan Longoria, American baseball player
1984: Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
1984: Toma Ikuta, Japanese actor and singer
1984: Simon Poulsen, Danish footballer
1984: Zachary Wyatt, American soldier and politician
1983: Archie Bland, English journalist and author
1983: Dwayne Bravo, Trinidadian cricketer
1983: Flying Lotus, American rapper, DJ, and producer
1983: Scottie Upshall, Canadian ice hockey player
1982: Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer
1982: Jermain Defoe, English footballer
1982: Robby Ginepri, American tennis player
1982: Jake McLaughlin, American actor
1982: Lockett Pundt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982: Li Yundi, Chinese pianist
1979: Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast
1979: Aaron Ashmore, Canadian actor
1979: Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor
1978: Alison Balsom, English trumpet player and educator
1978: Alesha Dixon, English singer-songwriter and dancer
1978: Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer
1978: Omar Benson Miller, American actor
1977: Antoine Revoy, French comics writer and illustrator
1976: Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer
1976: Taylor Hicks, American singer-songwriter
1976: Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer
1976: Santiago Solari, Argentinian footballer and manager
1976: Charles Woodson, American football player
1975: Giorgos Karadimos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975: Damian Kulash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975: Tim Minchin, English-Australian comedian, actor, and singer
1975: Rhyno, American wrestler
1974: Rune Glifberg, Danish skateboarder
1974: Allison Munn, American actress
1974: Ruslan Nigmatullin, Russian footballer
1974: Charlotte Perrelli, Swedish singer
1973: Dida, Brazilian footballer
1973: Priest Holmes, American football player
1973: Sami Hyypiä, Finnish footballer and manager
1973: Grigol Mgaloblishvili, Georgian politician and diplomat, 7th Prime Minister of Georgia
1972: Marlou Aquino, Filipino basketball player
1972: Ben Younger, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1971: Daniel Boucher, Canadian singer and actor
1970: Nicole Ari Parker, American actress
1969: Bobbie Brown, American model and actress
1969: Malia Hosaka, American wrestler
1968: Thom Yorke, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967: Michelle Alexander, American law professor, author and activist
1967: Peter Baker, English golfer
1967: Toni Braxton, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1966: Sherman Alexie, American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker
1966: Marco Beltrami, Italian-American composer and conductor
1966: Janet Shaw, Australian cyclist and author (died 2012)
1965: Genji Hashimoto, Japanese race car driver
1965: Kumiko Watanabe, Japanese voice actress
1964: Sam Brown, English singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer
1964: Dan Savage, American LGBT rights activist, journalist and television producer
1964: Paul Stewart, English footballer
1962: Dave Bronconnier, Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Calgary
1962: Micky Flanagan, English comedian
1962: William Johnson, German-English cricketer
1961: Brian Mannix, Australian singer-songwriter
1961: Tony Sparano, American football player and coach (died 2018)
1960: Kevin Boyle, American historian and author
1959: Dylan Baker, American actor
1959: Simon Cowell, English businessman and record producer
1959: Lourdes Flores, Peruvian lawyer and politician
1959: Jean-Marc Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician
1959: Brazo de Oro, Mexican wrestler (died 2017)
1957: Joey Marquez, Filipino basketball player, actor, and politician
1957: Michael W. Smith, American singer-songwriter and actor
1957: Jayne Torvill, English figure skater
1956: Steve Bainbridge, English rugby player
1956: Mike Shipley, Australian-English sound engineer and producer (died 2013)
1956: Brian Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1955: Ralph Johnson, American computer scientist and author
1955: Bill Henson, Australian photographer
1955: Yo-Yo Ma, French-American cellist and educator
1953: Linda Griffiths, Canadian actress and playwright (died 2014)
1953: Margus Lepa, Estonian journalist and actor
1953: Tico Torres, American drummer
1952: Mary Badham, American actress
1952: Vladimir Putin, Russian colonel and politician, 4th President of Russia
1952: Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2002)
1952: Graham Yallop, Australian cricketer
1951: Enki Bilal, French comic book creator, comics artist and film director
1951: John Mellencamp, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1950: Dick Jauron, American football player and coach (died 2025)
1950: Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian colonel, economist, and politician, 4th President of Tanzania
1949: Dave Hope, American bass player and priest
1948: Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist
1948: John F. B. Mitchell, English climatologist and author
1948: Stephen Rucker, American composer
1947: Chris Bambridge, Australian footballer and referee
1947: Jill Larson, American actress
1946: John Brass, Australian rugby player and coach
1946: Catharine MacKinnon, American lawyer, activist, and author
1945: Kevin Godley, English singer-songwriter and director
1945: David Wallace, Scottish physicist and academic
1944: Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1979)
1944: Donald Tsang, Chinese civil servant and politician, 2nd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
1943: José Cardenal, Cuban baseball player and coach
1943: Oliver North, American colonel, journalist, and author
1942: Joy Behar, American talk show host, comedian and television personality
1939: John Hopcroft, American computer scientist and author
1939: Clive James, Australian television host, author, and critic (died 2019)
1939: Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
1939: Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Congolese cardinal (died 2021)
1939: Bill Snyder, American football player and coach
1938: Yvonne Brewster, Jamaican actress and theatre director
1938: Ann Jones, English tennis player and sportscaster
1937: Christopher Booker, English journalist and author (died 2019)
1937: Chet Powers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1994)
1937: Maria Szyszkowska, Polish academic and politician
1936: Michael Hurll, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
1935: Thomas Keneally, Australian novelist, playwright, and essayist
1934: Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (died 2014)
1934: Ulrike Meinhof, German far-left terrorist, co-founder of the Red Army Faction, journalist (died 1976)
1934: Willie Naulls, American basketball player (died 2018)
1934: Julian Thompson, English general and historian
1933: Harold Dunaway, American race car driver and pilot (died 2012)
1932: Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop (died 2013)
1931: Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball player and coach (died 2004)
1931: Tommy Lewis, American football player and coach (died 2014)
1931: R. Sivagurunathan, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and academic (died 2003)
1931: Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
1930: Curtis Crider, American race car driver (died 2012)
1929: Graeme Ferguson, Canadian director and producer, co-founded the IMAX Corporation (died 2021)
1929: Mariano Gagnon, American Catholic priest and author (died 2017)
1929: Robert Westall, English journalist and author (died 1993)
1928: José Messias, Brazilian composer, singer, writer, host and critic (died 2015)
1928: Ali Kafi, Algerian politician (died 2013)
1928: Lorna Wing, English autism researcher (died 2014)
1927: Al Martino, American singer and actor (died 2009)
1927: R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (died 1989)
1927: Demetrio González, Spanish-Mexican film actor and singer (died 2015)
1926: Alex Groza, American basketball player (died 1995)
1923: Irma Grese, German SS officer (died 1945)
1923: Břetislav Pojar, Czech animator and director (died 2012)
1923: Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (died 2002)
1922: Grady Hatton, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2013)
1922: William Zinsser, American journalist and critic (died 2015)
1921: Raymond Goethals, Belgian footballer and coach (died 2004)
1920: Georg Leber, German soldier and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence (died 2012)
1920: Jack Rowley, English footballer and manager (died 1998)
1919: Henriette Avram, American computer scientist and academic (died 2006)
1919: Zelman Cowen, Australian academic and politician, 19th Governor-General of Australia (died 2011)
1919: Georges Duby, French historian and author (died 1996)
1918: Harry V. Jaffa, American historian, philosopher, and academic (died 2015)
1917: June Allyson, American actress (died 2006)
1914: Begum Akhtar, Indian actress (died 1974)
1914: Sarah Churchill, English actress (died 1982)
1914: Alfred Drake, American actor and singer (died 1992)
1914: Herman Keiser, American golfer (died 2003)
1913: Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author (died 1987)
1913: Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist, guitarist, and composer (died 1949)
1912: Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, 85th President of Peru (died 2002)
1912: Peter Walker, English race car driver (died 1984)
1911: Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (died 1973)
1910: Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American art collector and philanthropist (died 1986)
1909: Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author (died 1990)
1909: Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist and educator (died 1995)
1909: Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (died 1983)
1907: Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American librarian and author (died 1985)
1905: Andy Devine, American actor (died 1977)
1904: Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and coach (died 1968)
1904: Chuck Klein, American baseball player (died 1958)
1901: Frank Boucher, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (died 1977)
1900: Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician (died 1945)
1897: Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (died 1975)
1897: Thakin Mya, Burmese lawyer and politician (died 1947)
1896: Paulino Alcántara, Spanish Filipino football player and manager (died 1964)
1895: Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author (died 1980)
1893: Alice Dalgliesh, Trinidadian-American author and publisher (died 1979)
1892: Dwain Esper, American director and producer (died 1982)
1889: Robert Z. Leonard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1968)
1888: Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and politician, 33rd Vice President of the United States (died 1965)
1888: Edna Meade Colson, American educator and activist (died 1985)
1887: Jack Russell, English cricketer and coach (died 1961)
1885: Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962)
1885: Claud Ashton Jones, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1948)
1884: Harold Geiger, American lieutenant and pilot (died 1927)
1881: Mikhail Drozdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian general (died 1918)
1879: Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist and poet (died 1915)
1876: Louis Tancred, South African cricketer (died 1934)
1870: Uncle Dave Macon, American old-time country banjo player, singer-songwriter, and comedian (died 1952)
1866: Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1942)
1860: Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (died 1936)
1849: James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (died 1916)
1841: Nicholas I of Montenegro (died 1921)
1836: Henri Elzéar Taschereau, Canadian scholar and jurist, 4th Chief Justice of Canada (died 1911)
1835: Felix Draeseke, German composer and educator (died 1913)
1832: Charles Crozat Converse, American lawyer and composer (died 1918)
1821: Richard H. Anderson, American general (died 1879)
1819: Ann Eliza Smith, American author and patriot (died 1905)
1799: Mills Darden, one of the largest men ever in human history (died 1857)
1798: Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, French instrument maker and businessman (died 1875)
1786: Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1871)
1769: Solomon Sibley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit (died 1846)
1748: Charles XIII of Sweden (died 1818)
1746: William Billings, American composer and educator (died 1800)
1744: Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (died 1819)
1728: Caesar Rodney, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (died 1784)
1713: Granville Elliott, English general (died 1759)
1635: Roger de Piles, French painter (died 1709)
1597: Captain John Underhill, English settler and soldier (died 1672)
1591: Pierre Le Muet, French architect (died 1669)
1589: Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria (died 1631)
1586: Isaac Massa, Dutch diplomat (died 1643)
1576: John Marston, English poet and playwright (died 1634)
1573: William Laud, English archbishop and academic (died 1645)
1482: Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (died 1553)
1474: Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden (died 1536)
1471: Frederick I of Denmark (died 1533)
1409: Elizabeth of Luxembourg (died 1442)
1301: Grand Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver (died 1339)
14 BC: Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman politician (died 23 AD)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Cissy Houston, American singer (born 1933)
2024: Arie L. Kopelman, American businessman (born 1938)
2024: Zaw Myint Maung, Burmese politician, physician and former political prisoner (born 1951)
2024: Lore Segal, American novelist (born 1928)
2023: Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks Lior Asulin, Israeli footballer (born 1980)
2023: Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks Jayar Davidov, Israeli police officer (born 1979)
2023: Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks Asaf Hamami Israeli soldier who served as commander of the Southern Brigade (born 1982)
2023: Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks Hayim Katsman, American-Israeli peace activist (born 1991)
2023: Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks Ofir Libstein, Israeli politician (born 1973)
2023: Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks Roi Levy, Israel Defense Forces officer (born 1979)
2023: Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks Shani Louk, Israeli-German tattoo artist (born2001)
2023: Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks Izhar Peled, retired Israeli police officer (born 1961)
2023: Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks Aner Shapira, an off-duty Israeli soldier who has been credited with saving the lives of at least 7 people (born 2001)
2023: Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks Vivian Silver, Canadian-Israeli peace activist (born 1949)
2023: Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks Yonatan Steinberg, Israel Defense Forces officer (born 1980)
2023: Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks Yahav Winner, Israeli filmmaker (born 1986)
2022: Arun Bali, Indian actor (born 1942)
2020: Mario Molina, Mexican chemist (born 1943)
2016: Ross Higgins, Australian actor, comedian (born 1930)
2015: Harry Gallatin, American basketball player and coach (born 1927)
2015: Hossein Hamadani, Iranian general (born 1951)
2015: Jurelang Zedkaia, Marshallese politician, 5th President of the Marshall Islands (born 1950)
2014: Nika Kiladze, Georgian footballer (born 1988)
2014: Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright (born 1926)
2014: Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1917)
2013: Mick Buckley, English footballer (born 1953)
2013: Terry Burnham, American actress (born 1949)
2013: Patrice Chéreau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)
2013: David E. Jeremiah, American admiral (born 1934)
2013: Leandro Mendoza, Filipino police officer and politician, 36th Executive Secretary of the Philippines (born 1946)
2013: Joe Rogers, American lawyer and politician, 45th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (born 1964)
2012: Mervyn M. Dymally, Trinidadian-American politician, 41st Lieutenant Governor of California (born 1926)
2012: Ivo Michiels, Belgian-French author and poet (born 1923)
2012: Wiley Reed, American-Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1944)
2011: Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania (born 1925)
2011: Andrew Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (born 1926)
2010: T Lavitz, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (born 1956)
2010: Milka Planinc, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (born 1924)
2009: Irving Penn, American photographer (born 1917)
2007: Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (born 1975)
2007: George E. Sangmeister, American lawyer and politician (born 1931)
2006: Julen Goikoetxea, Spanish cyclist (born 1985)
2006: Anna Politkovskaya, American-Russian journalist and activist (born 1958)
2005: Charles Rocket, American actor and comedian (born 1949)
2004: Miki Matsubara, Japanese composer, lyricist, and singer (born 1959)
2004: Tony Lanfranchi, English race car driver (born 1935)
2003: Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1932)
2003: Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (born 1912)
2002: Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)
2001: Herblock, American cartoonist and author (born 1909)
2001: Christopher Adams, English-American wrestler and trainer (born 1955)
2001: Roger Gaudry, Canadian chemist and businessman (born 1913)
1998: Cees de Vreugd, Dutch strongman and weightlifter (born 1952)
1996: Lou Lichtveld, Surinamese-Dutch author, playwright, and politician (born 1903)
1995: Ivan Hutchinson, Australian film critic and author (born 1928)
1995: Olga Taussky-Todd, Austrian-Czech-American mathematician, attendant of the Vienna Circle (born 1906)
1994: Niels Kaj Jerne, Danish-English physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
1993: Cyril Cusack, South African-born Irish actor (born 1910)
1992: Allan Bloom, American philosopher and educator (born 1930)
1992: Babu Karam Singh Bal, Indian businessman and politician (born1927)
1991: Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (born 1921)
1991: Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (born 1905)
1991: Darren Millane, Australian footballer (born 1965)
1990: Beatrice Hutton, Australian architect (born 1893)
1990: Chiara Badano, Italian beatified (born1971)
1990: Grim Natwick, American animator (born 1890)
1985: Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1904)
1983: George O. Abell, American astronomer, professor, science popularizer, and skeptic (born 1927)
1970: Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and academic (born 1906)
1969: Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (born 1888)
1967: Norman Angell, English journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1872)
1966: Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1890)
1963: Oking Jaya Atmaja, Indonesian military officer (born 1918)
1959: Mario Lanza, American tenor and actor (born 1921)
1956: Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (born 1886)
1951: Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (born 1874)
1950: Willis Haviland Carrier, American engineer (born 1876)
1944: Helmut Lent, German colonel and pilot (born 1918)
1943: Radclyffe Hall, English author and poet (born 1880)
1939: Harvey Williams Cushing, American neurosurgeon and academic (born 1869)
1933: Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (born 1861)
1926: Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (born 1856)
1925: Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (born 1880)
1919: Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (born 1856)
1911: John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (born 1835)
1906: Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (born 1848)
1904: Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (born 1831)
1903: Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (born 1832)
1894: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (born 1809)
1884: Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (born 1829)
1849: Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (born 1809)
1796: Thomas Reid, Scottish mathematician and philosopher (born 1710)
1793: Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, President of the Board of Trade (born 1718)
1792: George Mason, American lawyer and politician (born 1725)
1787: Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (born 1711)
1772: John Woolman, American preacher and abolitionist (born 1720)
1747: Giulia Lama, Italian painter (born 1681)
1708: Guru Gobind Singh, Indian 10th Sikh guru (born 1666)
1653: Fausto Poli, Italian cardinal (born 1581)
1651: Jacques Sirmond, French scholar (born 1559)
1637: Victor Amadeus I, duke of Savoy (born 1587)
1620: Stanisław Żółkiewski, Polish-Lithuanian commander (born 1547)
1612: Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian poet, playwright, and diplomat (born 1538)
1577: George Gascoigne, English soldier, courtier, and poet (born 1535)
1571: Sufi Ali Pasha, Ottoman soldier and politician, Ottoman Governor of Egypt
1571: Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Danish queen consort of Christian III of Denmark (born 1511)
1553: Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (born 1500)
1468: Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Italian nobleman (born 1417)
1461: Jean Poton de Xaintrailles, follower of Joan of Arc (born c. 1390)
1368: Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician (born 1338)
1363: Eleanor de Bohun, English noblewoman (born 1304)
1259: Ezzelino III da Romano, Italian ruler
1242: Juntoku, Japanese emperor (born 1197)
988: Qian Chu, king of Wuyue (born 929)
951: Shi Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (born 919)
951: Xiao, Chinese Khitan empress dowager
951: Zhen, Chinese Khitan empress consort
950: Li, Chinese empress consort
929: Charles the Simple, French king (born 879)
858: Montoku, Japanese emperor (born 826)
336: Mark, pope of the Catholic Church

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