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October 8

On This Day in History

October 8

October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 84 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: $1.55 BILLION: Powerball continues historic jackpot climb. Following the massive Powerball drawing worth $1.43 billion Saturday night, get ready to head back to your local lottery retailer, because things have gotten even more interesting.
2021: Texas Lottery drawings supervisor receives top industry award. The Texas Lottery announced Thursday that its drawings supervisor, who helped lead her team to design the first "in-house" draw studio, was presented with a top industry award for her significant contributions to the lottery through her exceptional job performance.
2020: Top prizes missing from Ireland Lottery games blamed on 'human error'. The Regulator of Ireland's National Lottery released a report today that confirmed four jackpot prizes worth a combined €180,000 (US$ 211,544) in three separate scratch-off games went missing, making them impossible to win.
2019: €190m EuroMillions lottery jackpot will be won tonight, no matter what. The EuroMillions jackpot of €190 million (US$209 million) will have to be won on Tuesday night no matter what happens, with the odds of claiming at least a share of the top prize effectively falling from 140 million to 1 to a considerably more manageable 7 million to 1 due to a never-before enforced rule.
2014: Texas Lottery Director joins Lottery Industry Hall of Fame. Public Gaming Research Institute has inducted Gary Grief, executive director of the Texas Lottery, to its Lottery Industry Hall of Fame.
2014: Jamaican DJ to plead guilty in lottery scam. A prominent Jamaican disc jockey charged for his role in a lottery scam targeting older people in the Dakotas and elsewhere is scheduled to plead guilty.
2013: Lottery jackpot probe heats up after immunity deal. Investigators trying to unravel the mystery behind a bogus claim for a $14.3 million multi-state Hot Lotto jackpot won in Iowa in 2011 have received valuable information from a man in Canada who was granted limited immunity, state officials said Tuesday.
2010: California woman receives surprise $1 million lottery check. A California woman was led to believe she'd be accepting a $1,000 prize, but when she got to the party, lottery officials surprised her with a check for $1 million.
2010: Florida Lottery installing more instant ticket vending machines. The Florida Lottery will begin installing an additional 500 instant ticket vending machines around the state next week because they've become so popular with players.
2009: Greenbrier resort offers table games to guests, plans video lottery. Less than a month after getting its licence to offer gambling, West Virginia's historic Greenbrier resort has opened the Tavern Casino, an onsite facility for guests with table games including blackjack, three-card poker and roulette.
2009: Grocer, couple cash in on lottery. Two big winners from New York recently claimed their separate multi-million dollar prizes at a press conference.
2009: N.Y. family wins $3M top prize in lottery scratch-off game. On Sept. 22, a Spring Valley family won $3 million, becoming the first winners of the top prize in New York's $10 Money scratch-off game.
2008: 22 postal workers win $10.2M Powerball lottery jackpot. 22 postal workers who work at the Philadelphia Bulk Mail Center are sharing the joy of winning the $10.2 million Powerball lottery jackpot on Saturday.
2008: Lottery ticket has all the numbers, but 7 seconds late. Joel Ifergan came within seven seconds of becoming a multi-millionaire, and he's ready to go to court to claim his windfall.
2008: Man bowled-over by second lottery win. A Kansas man whose girlfriend was physically stuck to the toilet in their home won $20,000 in the state Lottery, for the second time this year.
2007: CBS publishes second hatchet job on lottery. CBS News, currently the lowest-rated broadcast network of the "big three", today ran its second story in the past month attempting to dig dirt on lotteries in America.
2006: Britain may become the online gambling capital. Britain may bring in legislation allowing London-listed Internet gambling companies to move their headquarters to Britain, taking advantage of the United States legislature's faulty attempts to ban the popular online activity.
2004: Players cross the border for Powerball. Mississippi may not participate in the multistate Powerball, but that doesn't stop its residents from crossing the state line for a chance to be the lucky winner.
2004: Settlement reached in Mass. scratch ticket dispute. After two years of squabbling over the ownership of a $4 million winning scratch ticket, the litigants embroiled in a lawsuit agreed to a settlement in an effort to avoid another civil trial.
2004: New Oregon Lottery Director Appointed. Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski has chosen Marion County District Attorney Dale Penn as the new director of the Oregon Lottery.
2004: N.D. Eroding Minnesota Lottery Sales. The North Dakota Lottery has taken a bite out of Minnesota Lottery Powerball sales in border cities, according to a Minnesota Lottery official.
2003: One winner in Mega Millions. One ticket sold in Georgia won Tuesday's multi-state Mega Millions lottery jackpot worth $12 million, lottery officials said.
2003: Neighbor states may lose lottery windfall. A solitary billboard between Nashville and the Kentucky state line tells the story of what surrounding states have to lose - or possibly gain - when Tennessee begins its own lottery next year.
2003: LA Lottery Will Honor Misprinted Game Tickets. Tickets for three Louisiana lottery games - Pick 3, Pick 4 and Cash Quest - that were purchased Tuesday between 1:35 p.m. and 2:11 p.m. for Tuesday night's drawing were inadvertently generated for Wednesday's drawing.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.57 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 9, 2023
2.$470 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 9, 2018
3.$445 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2022
4.$388.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2022
5.$337.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 9, 2024
6.$282 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 10, 2018
7.€285.13 Million US$277.72 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2022
8.€202 Million US$233.63 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2021
9.$215 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 9, 2004
10.€190 Million
US$208.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2019
11.$205 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2005
12.€166 Million
US$183.88 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2016
13.€129 Million
US$179.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2010
14.€153.37 Million
US$171.79 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2016
15.€128 Million
US$161.86 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 10, 2014
16.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 10, 2014
17.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 9, 2009
18.$129 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2024
19.$128 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2017
20.$108 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 9, 2013
21.€92.57 Million
US$107.14 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 9, 2021
22.€80 Million
US$100.29 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 13, 2006
23.€90 Million
US$98.97 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2016
24.€85.95 Million
US$94.35 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2024
25.$91 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2016

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1987: marshallAZ
Thursday, Oct 8, 1987
37 years old
1985: bedelta05
Tuesday, Oct 8, 1985
39 years old
1985: Sher972
Tuesday, Oct 8, 1985
39 years old
1970: Gingerluv
Thursday, Oct 8, 1970
54 years old
1965: Lucky4me
Friday, Oct 8, 1965
59 years old
1960: Empire47
Saturday, Oct 8, 1960
64 years old
1956: shelleyb
Monday, Oct 8, 1956
68 years old
1956: splady
Monday, Oct 8, 1956
68 years old
: autoprt
(year not provided)
: NikkiBaby82
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: The 2023 Israel-Hamas war is declared following the Hamas attack the day prior
2020: Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice deliberately targeted the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha.
2019: About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland.
2016: In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to nearly 900.
2014: Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola, dies.
2005: The 7.6 M_w Kashmir earthquake leaves 86,000-87,351 people dead, 69,000-75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.
2001: A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.
2001: U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
1991: Upon the expiration of the Brioni Agreement, Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia.
1990: First Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.
1982: Poland bans Solidarity and all other trade unions.
1982: After its London premiere, Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
1978: Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 275.97 knots at Blowering Dam, Australia.
1974: Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
1973: Yom Kippur War: Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions.
1973: Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
1970: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
1969: The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.
1967: Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
1962: Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, and is soon accused of treason.
1956: The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
1952: The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
1944: World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.
1943: World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.
1941: World War II: During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
1939: World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.
1921: KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
1918: World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
1912: The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
1895: Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
1879: War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.
1871: Slash-and-burn land management, months of drought, and the passage of a strong cold front cause the Peshtigo Fire, the Great Chicago Fire and the Great Michigan Fires to break out.
1862: American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.
1856: The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident.
1829: Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials.
1821: The Peruvian Navy is established during the War of Independence.
1813: The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bavaria and Austria.
1645: Jeanne Mance opens the first lay hospital of North America in Montreal.
1573: End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in the Eighty Years' War.
1480: The Great Stand on the Ugra River puts an end to Tartar rule over Moscow
1322: Mladen II Šubić of Bribir is deposed as the Croatian Ban after the Battle of Bliska.
1200: Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England.
1075: Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.
876: Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger prevent a West Frankish invasion and defeat emperor Charles II ("the Bald").
451: The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins.
316: Constantine I defeats Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories.

Births On This Day

2002: Qinwen Zheng, Chinese tennis player
1999: Putthipong Assaratanakul, Thai actor and singer
1999: Camila Rossi, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
1997: Fernanda Contreras Gómez, Mexican tennis player
1997: Bella Thorne, American actress
1996: Devontae Cacok, American basketball player
1996: Timo Meier, Swiss ice hockey player
1996: Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spanish tennis player
1996: Sara Takanashi, Japanese ski jumper
1995: Grayson Allen, American basketball player
1993: Angus T. Jones, American actor
1993: Garbiñe Muguruza, Spanish tennis player
1993: Barbara Palvin, Hungarian model and actress
1993: Molly Quinn, American actress and producer
1993: Darrell Wallace Jr., American race car driver
1992: Chelsea Gray, American basketball player
1992: Maria João Koehler, Portuguese tennis player
1992: Lidziya Marozava, Belarusian tennis player
1992: Terran Petteway, American basketball player
1991: Jordan McLean, Australian rugby league player
1990: Rachel Klamer, Zimbabwean-Dutch triathlete
1989: Sione Lousi, New Zealand rugby league player
1989: Mahmut Temür, Turkish footballer
1989: Armand Traoré, French footballer
1987: Frankie Brown, Scottish footballer
1987: Aya Hirano, Japanese voice actress and singer
1987: Hassan Maatouk, Lebanese footballer
1987: Taylor Price, American football player
1986: Louis Dodds, English footballer
1986: Michele Sepe, Italian rugby player
1986: Camilla Herrem, Norwegian handball player
1985: Elliphant, Swedish singer-songwriter and rapper
1985: Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1985: Eiji Wentz, Japanese singer-songwriter
1984: Domenik Hixon, American football player
1983: Mario Cassano, Italian footballer
1983: Michael Fraser, Scottish footballer
1983: Mihkel Kukk, Estonian javelin thrower
1983: Abhishek Nayar, Indian cricketer
1983: Travis Pastrana, American motorcycle racer
1982: Phil Mustard, English cricketer
1982: Miloš Pavlović, Serbian race car driver
1982: Annemiek van Vleuten, Dutch cyclist
1981: Vladimir Kisenkov, Russian footballer
1981: Raffi Torres, Canadian ice hockey player
1980: Nick Cannon, American actor, rapper, and producer
1980: Branislav Mezei, Slovak ice hockey player
1980: The Miz, American wrestler, actor, and television personality
1980: J. R. Ramirez, Cuban-American actor
1979: Paul Burchill, English wrestler
1979: Kristanna Loken, American actress
1979: Gregori Chad Petree, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978: Antonino D'Agostino, Italian footballer
1978: Mick O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player and coach
1977: Anne-Caroline Chausson, French cyclist
1977: Jamie Marchi, American voice actress, director, and screenwriter
1977: Erna Siikavirta, Finnish singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1976: Karina Bacchi, Brazilian model and actress
1976: Jinnih Beels, Belgian politician
1976: Galo Blanco, Spanish tennis player and coach
1976: Renate Groenewold, Dutch speed skater and cyclist
1974: Kevyn Adams, American ice hockey player and coach
1974: Martin Henderson, New Zealand actor
1974: Fredrik Modin, Swedish ice hockey player
1974: Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower
1973: Jim Fairchild, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973: Kari Korhonen, Finnish cartoonist
1972: Terry Balsamo, American guitarist and songwriter
1972: Stanislav Varga, Slovak footballer and manager
1971: Marc Ellis, New Zealand rugby player and television host
1971: David Gauke, English lawyer and politician
1971: Pınar Selek, Turkish sociologist, author, and academic
1971: Monty Williams, American basketball player and coach
1970: Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Congolese colonel
1970: Matt Damon, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1970: Anne-Marie Duff, English actress
1970: Sadiq Khan, English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Transport, Mayor of London
1970: Sisaundra Lewis, American singer-songwriter and producer
1970: Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video game designer and director
1969: Dylan Neal, Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1968: Ali Benarbia, Algerian footballer
1968: Zvonimir Boban, Croatian footballer and sportscaster
1968: Emily Procter, American actress
1968: CL Smooth, American rapper and producer
1968: Leeroy Thornhill, English keyboard player and DJ
1967: Yvonne Reyes, Venezuelan television host and actress
1967: Teddy Riley, American singer-songwriter and producer
1966: Art Barr, American wrestler (d. 1994)
1966: Karyn Parsons, American actress and producer
1965: Matt Biondi, American swimmer and coach
1965: Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1965: Harri Koskela, Finnish wrestler
1965: C. J. Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1964: Jakob Arjouni, German author (d. 2013)
1964: Ian Hart, English actor
1964: CeCe Winans, American singer-songwriter
1963: Steve Perry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962: Richard Lintern, British actor
1962: Bruno Thiry, Belgian race car driver
1962: Chen Xiaoxia, Chinese diver
1961: Steven Bernstein, American trumpet player and composer
1961: Jon Stevens, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
1961: Simon Burke, Australian actor and producer
1961: Ted Kooshian, American pianist and composer
1961: Kim Wayans, American actress and comedian
1960: Andrea Anastasi, Italian volleyball player and coach
1960: Reed Hastings, American businessman, co-founded Netflix
1960: Rano Karno, Indonesian actor and politician
1960: Ralf Minge, German footballer and manager
1960: François Pérusse, Canadian singer-songwriter and comedian
1960: Mike Teague, English rugby player
1959: Tommy Armour III, American golfer
1959: Nick Bakay, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1959: Gavin Friday, Irish singer-songwriter, actor, and producer
1959: Erik Gundersen, Danish motorcycle racer
1959: Peter Horrocks, English journalist and producer
1959: Mike Morgan, American baseball player and coach
1959: Carlos I. Noriega, Peruvian-American colonel and astronaut
1958: Steve Coll, American journalist and author
1958: Bret Lott, American journalist, author, and academic
1958: Ruffin McNeill, American football player and coach
1958: Ursula von der Leyen, Belgian-German physician and politician, Defense Minister of Germany, President of the European Commission
1957: Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer and manager
1956: Jeff Lahti, American baseball player
1956: Janice E. Voss, American engineer and astronaut (d. 2012)
1956: Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress
1955: Bill Elliott, American race car driver
1955: Alain Ferté, French race car driver
1955: Darrell Hammond, American comedian and actor
1955: Paul Lennon, Australian politician, 42nd Premier of Tasmania
1955: Lonnie Pitchford, American singer and guitarist (d. 1998)
1954: Michael Dudikoff, American actor
1954: Huub Rothengatter, Dutch race car driver and manager
1953: Robert Saxton, English composer and educator
1952: Takis Koroneos, Greek basketball player and coach
1952: Jan Marijnissen, Dutch journalist and politician
1952: Edward Zwick, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1951: Jack O'Connell, American educator and politician
1951: Timo Salonen, Finnish race car driver
1951: Shannon C. Stimson, American philosopher, historian, and theorist
1951: Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer, British aristocrat and landowner (d. 2023)
1950: Robert "Kool" Bell, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1950: Blake Morrison, English poet, author, and academic
1949: Michael Gaughan (Irish republican), Irish Republican died on hunger strike (d. 1974)
1949: Hamish Stuart, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1949: Sigourney Weaver, American actress and producer
1948: Benjamin Cheever, American journalist and author
1948: Claude Jade, French actress (d. 2006)
1948: Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2004)
1947: Richard Morris, English archaeologist, historian, and author
1947: Emiel Puttemans, Belgian runner
1947: Stephen Shore, American photographer and educator
1947: Bill Zorn, folk musician
1947: Hansa Yogendra, Indian yoga guru
1946: Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar, activist, and politician
1946: Jean-Jacques Beineix, French director and producer (d. 2022)
1946: Dennis Kucinich, American journalist and politician, 53rd Mayor of Cleveland
1946: Bel Mooney, English journalist and author
1946: Jon Ekerold, South African motorcycle racer
1944: Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (d. 2010)
1944: Susan Raye, American singer
1943: Chevy Chase, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1943: R. L. Stine, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1942: Stanley Bates, English actor and screenwriter
1941: George Bellamy, English singer, guitarist, and producer
1941: Jesse Jackson, American minister and activist
1941: Shane Stevens, American author (d. 2007)
1940: Fred Cash, American singer
1939: Paul Hogan, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1939: Elvīra Ozoliņa, Latvian javelin thrower
1939: Harvey Pekar, American author and critic (d. 2010)
1939: Lynne Stewart, American lawyer and criminal (d. 2017)
1938: William Corlett, English author and playwright (d. 2005)
1938: Walter Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey coach and author (d. 2021)
1938: Bronislovas Lubys, Lithuanian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania (d. 2011)
1938: Fred Stolle, Australian-American tennis player and sportscaster
1937: Merle Park, British ballerina and educator
1937: Paul Schell, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Seattle (d. 2014)
1936: Rona Barrett, American journalist and businesswoman
1935: Albert Roux, French-English chef (d. 2021)
1934: Kader Asmal, South African academic and politician (d. 2011)
1934: Gerry Hitchens, English footballer and manager (d. 1983)
1934: James Holshouser, American lawyer and politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (d. 2013)
1932: Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player and police officer (d. 2024)
1931: Bill Brown, Scottish footballer (d. 2004)
1930: Pepper Adams, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1986)
1930: Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer (d. 2013)
1930: Faith Ringgold, American painter and activist (d. 2024)
1930: Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer and theorist (d. 1996)
1929: Betty Boothroyd, English politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (d. 2023)
1928: Didi, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2001)
1928: M. Russell Ballard, American lieutenant and religious leader (d. 2023)
1928: Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer
1928: Bill Maynard, English actor (d. 2018)
1927: Jim Elliot, American missionary and translator (d. 1956)
1927: César Milstein, Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
1926: Raaj Kumar, Indian police officer and actor (d. 1996)
1925: Álvaro Magaña, Salvadoran economist and politician, President of El Salvador (d. 2001)
1924: Alphons Egli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 77th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2016)
1924: Aloísio Lorscheider, Brazilian cardinal (d. 2007)
1924: Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian poet and scholar (d. 2006)
1924: John Nelder, English mathematician and statistician (d. 2010)
1922: Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2007)
1922: Herbert B. Leonard, American production manager and producer (d. 2006)
1921: Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2010)
1920: Frank Herbert, American journalist, photographer, and author (d. 1986)
1919: Jack McGrath, American race car driver (d. 1955)
1919: Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2007)
1918: Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (d. 2012)
1918: Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)
1917: Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993)
1917: Walter Lord, American historian and author (d. 2002)
1917: Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1976)
1917: Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
1913: Robert R. Gilruth, American pilot and engineer (d. 2000)
1913: Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (d. 1959)
1910: Kirk Alyn, American actor (d. 1999)
1910: Paulette Dubost, French actress (d. 2011)
1910: Gus Hall, American soldier and politician (d. 2000)
1910: Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier (d. 2006)
1910: Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (d. 2003)
1908: Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician (d. 1988)
1907: Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator (d. 1975)
1904: Yves Giraud-Cabantous, French race car driver (d. 1973)
1903: Georgy Geshev, Bulgarian chess player (d. 1937)
1901: Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist (d. 1977)
1901: Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia (d. 2000)
1897: Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
1897: Marcel Herrand, French actor (d. 1953)
1896: Julien Duvivier, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1967)
1895: Zog I of Albania (d. 1961)
1895: Juan Perón, Argentinian general and politician, 29th President of Argentina (d. 1974)
1893: Clarence Williams, American pianist and composer (d. 1965)
1892: Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (d. 1941)
1890: Snuffy Browne, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1964)
1890: Eddie Rickenbacker, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1973)
1890: Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)
1889: R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian engineer (d. 1983)
1889: Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (d. 1966)
1888: Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist and author (d. 1964)
1887: Ping Bodie, American baseball player (d. 1961)
1887: Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner (d. 1972)
1884: Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (d. 1942)
1883: Dick Burnett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)
1883: Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1882: Harry McClintock, American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 1957)
1879: Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (d. 1956)
1877: Hans Heysen, German-Australian painter (d. 1968)
1876: Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (d. 1966)
1875: Laurence Doherty, English tennis player and golfer (d. 1919)
1873: Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish chemist and astronomer (d. 1967)
1873: Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect and academic, designed Lenin's Mausoleum (d. 1949)
1872: Mary Engle Pennington, American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (d. 1952)
1870: Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (d. 1937)
1864: Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter and educator (d. 1955)
1863: Edythe Chapman, American actress (d. 1948)
1860: John D. Batten, British painter, printmaker and illustrator (d. 1932)
1850: Henry Louis Le Châtelier, French chemist and academic (d. 1936)
1848: Pierre De Geyter, Belgian composer (d. 1932)
1847: Rose Scott, Australian activist (d. 1925)
1845: Salomon Kalischer, German pianist, composer, and physicist (d. 1924)
1834: Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (d. 1905)
1818: John Henninger Reagan, American judge and politician, 3rd Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905)
1807: Harriet Taylor Mill, English philosopher and activist (d. 1858)
1789: John Ruggles, American lawyer and politician (d. 1874)
1789: William John Swainson, English-New Zealand ornithologist and entomologist (d. 1855)
1765: Harman Blennerhassett, English-Irish lawyer and politician (d. 1831)
1753: Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden (d. 1829)
1747: Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician (d. 1807)
1715: Michel Benoist, French scientist and missionary (d. 1774)
1713: Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and author (d. 1793)
1676: Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (d. 1764)
1609: John Clarke, English physician (d. 1676)
1585: Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (d. 1672)
1553: Jacques Auguste de Thou, French historian (d. 1617)
1551: Giulio Caccini, Italian composer (d. 1618)
1515: Margaret Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas (d. 1578)
1150: Narapatisithu, king of Burma (d. 1211)
319 BC: Pyrrhus of Epirus (d. 272 BC)

Deaths On This Day

2020: Whitey Ford, American professional baseball pitcher (b. 1928)
2015: Richard Davies, Welsh-English actor (b. 1926)
2015: Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
2015: Dennis Eichhorn, American author and illustrator (b. 1945)
2015: Lindy Infante, American football player and coach (b. 1940)
2015: Paul Prudhomme, American chef and author (b. 1940)
2014: Morris Lurie, Australian author and playwright (b. 1938)
2014: Alden E. Matthews, American missionary (b. 1921)
2014: Harden M. McConnell, American chemist and academic (b. 1927)
2014: Zilpha Keatley Snyder, American author (b. 1927)
2014: Jeen van den Berg, Dutch speed skater (b. 1928)
2013: Philip Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957)
2013: Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
2013: Rod Grams, American journalist and politician (b. 1948)
2013: Rodolphe Kasser, Swiss archaeologist and philologist (b. 1927)
2013: Andy Pafko, American baseball player and manager (b. 1921)
2013: Akong Rinpoche, Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader (b. 1939)
2012: Varsha Bhosle, Indian singer and journalist (b. 1956)
2012: Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955)
2012: Eric Lomax, Scottish captain and author (b. 1919)
2012: Nawal Kishore Sharma, Indian politician, 20th Governor of Gujarat (b. 1925)
2011: Al Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)
2011: Mikey Welsh, American guitarist and painter (b. 1971)
2011: Roger Williams, American pianist (b. 1924)
2010: Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist (b. 1919)
2010: Eileen Crofton, British physician and author (b. 1919)
2008: Ângelo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer (b. 1925)
2008: Bob Friend, English journalist (b. 1938)
2008: Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress (b. 1918)
2008: George Emil Palade, Romanian-American biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
2007: Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1917)
2006: Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1974)
2004: James Chace, American historian and author (b. 1931)
2002: Phyllis Calvert, English actress (b. 1915)
2002: Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
2001: Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1917)
2000: Charlotte Lamb, English author (b. 1937)
1999: John McLendon, American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)
1997: Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building (b. 1913)
1995: Christopher Keene, American conductor and educator (b. 1946)
1994: Oscar M. Ruebhausen, American lawyer (b. 1912)
1992: Willy Brandt, German lawyer and politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
1992: Robert Berdella, American serial killer, torturer, and rapist (b. 1949)
1987: Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek scholar and politician, 2nd President of Greece (b. 1899)
1985: Malcolm Ross, American captain, physicist, and balloonist (b. 1919)
1985: Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and scholar (b. 1906)
1983: Joan Hackett, American actress (b. 1934)
1982: Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor and director (b. 1916)
1982: Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, English runner and politician, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
1979: Brian Edmund Baker, English air marshal (b. 1896)
1979: Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian politician (b. 1902)
1978: Bertha Parker Pallan, American archaeologist (b. 1907)
1977: Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1902)
1973: Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher, playwright, and critic (b. 1889)
1970: Jean Giono, French author and poet (b. 1895)
1967: Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
1963: Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican painter (b. 1908)
1958: Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author and translator (b. 1886)
1955: Iry LeJeune, American accordion player (b. 1928)
1953: Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)
1953: Kathleen Ferrier, English soprano (b. 1912)
1952: Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
1945: Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
1944: Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
1942: Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
1936: Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
1936: Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
1936: Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
1936: William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
1931: John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
1928: Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
1897: Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
1886: Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
1879: Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
1869: Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
1834: François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (b. 1775)
1821: Juan O'Donojú, last Spanish ruler of Mexico (b. 1762)
1809: James Elphinston, Scottish orthographer, phonologist, and linguist (b. 1721)
1804: Thomas Cochran, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1777)
1802: Emmanuele Vitale, Maltese general and politician (b. 1758)
1795: Andrew Kippis, English minister and author (b. 1725)
1793: John Hancock, American merchant and politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1737)
1772: Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, French violinist and composer (b. 1711)
1754: Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright (b. 1707)
1735: Yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678)
1659: Jean de Quen, French missionary, priest, and historian (b. 1603)
1656: John George I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1585)
1652: John Greaves, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1602)
1647: Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1562)
1621: Antoine de Montchrestien, French soldier, playwright, and economist (b. 1575)
1594: Ishikawa Goemon, ninja and thief of Japan (b. 1558)
1559: Marina de Guevara, Spanish nun executed by the Spanish inquisition (b. 1517),
1469: Filippo Lippi, artist (b. 1406)
1436: Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (b. 1401)
1361: John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp
1354: Cola di Rienzo, Roman tribune (b. c.1313)
1317: Emperor Fushimi of Japan (b. 1265)
1286: John I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)
1281: Princess Constance of Greater Poland (b. c.1245)
976: Helen of Zadar, queen consort of the Kingdom of Croatia
951: Xiao Sagezhi, Chinese Khitan empress
923: Pilgrim I, archbishop of Salzburg
705: Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Muslim caliph (b. 646)

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