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October 9

On This Day in History

October 9

October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 83 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Lottery winner of £1 million lands in emergency room: "It was a massive wakeup call". A U.K. lottery winner who instantly became a millionaire overnight went from partying for months to spending eight long days in the hospital after a health scare gave him the "wakeup call" he said he needed.
2019: UK ticket-holder is Britain's biggest-ever lottery winner after winning £170m EuroMillions jackpot. EuroMillions players across Britain have been urged to check their tickets this morning after one person won the entire £170 million (US$209 million / €190 million) jackpot.
2018: Lottery ticket leads FBI to Illinois bank robbery suspect. A dropped scratch-off lottery ticket led to the capture of an Arlington Heights, Illinois, man who took off with more than $8,000 in a Palatine bank robbery last week.
2018: California Lottery settles lawsuits with two former security staff. The California State Lottery has paid more than $500,000 to settle lawsuits filed by two former investigators who claimed they were fired for calling attention to jackpots they believed the lottery improperly awarded to recipients who could not prove they were winners.
2016: Mississippi voters approved a lottery 24 years ago, so where is it?. Mississippi voters approved a state lottery back in 1992, but the Legislature never followed up and has voted down all of the dozens of bills introduced to legalize the lottery. Meanwhile, every time a Powerball jackpot grows to life-altering levels, Mississippians pour across the state line to buy tickets.
2015: HOT LOTTO DRAWING CHEAT CHARGED WITH RIGGING MORE JACKPOTS. Authorities on Friday filed new charges against a former Iowa lottery security officer who was convicted months ago of rigging a Hot Lotto game so he could win a $14 million jackpot.
2015: In lotteries, lucky numbers will only win you less. According to a recent study, lottery players tend to pick certain numbers and avoid others -- which may not be a great idea.
2015: West Va. Lottery director announces retirement. John Musgrave, the longtime director of the West Virginia Lottery, announced his retirement Thursday, bringing to a close a more than 19-year run that has included work for four different governors.
2014: Poker star Phil Ivey loses casino case in Britain. Ten-time World Series of Poker winner Phil Ivey has lost his case against a British casino he accused of improperly withholding his winnings.
2013: 5 greatest movies featuring a lottery win. If you're yet to taste the irresistible thrill of a lottery win you can still live vicariously through the experiences of film characters -- both good and bad -- thanks to the movies that feature lottery wins.
2011: Tennessee Lottery raking in record profits. Despite the recession, the Tennessee Education Lottery is raking in record profits, selling nearly $1.2 billion in scratch-off tickets, nightly drawings, and multi-state mega-jackpot games in its latest fiscal year.
2010: $116M Georgia Powerball winner claims prize. The winner of the $116 million Powerball jackpot won in Georgia on Sept. 18 has stepped forward to claim their prize.
2007: TENNESSEE LOTTERY MAY BE FORCED BACK TO REAL DRAWINGS. Tennessee House Minority Leader Jason Mumpower is looking to introduce legislation that would rid the lottery of computerized drawings.
2005: USA Mega debuts Powerball lottery annuity calculator. An Internet web site offering information about the United States' largest multi-state lottery games, Mega Millions and Powerball, today introduced a new feature for Powerball players.
2005: Powerball Lottery Jackpot Raised to $240 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $240 million, with a cash option of $117.7 million.
2003: Powerball Jackpot Reaches $102 Million. Powerball is on the rise and once again the jackpot has crossed over into the $100 million range. There were no jackpot winners Wednesday but 517,732 players across the nation won a total of more than $6.3 million in prizes in America's Game.
2003: Laval Resident Claims Loto-Québec's Largest Jackpot Ever. The sole winner of the $25,418,690 jackpot in the October 3rd Super 7 draw, Québec's newest multimillionaire, Mr. Robert Fournier, has also earned the enviable distinction of being the province's largest lottery winner ever.
2003: Washington Man Claims $47 Million Lotto Plus Prize. David D. Gibson's positive attitude about life has paid off in a big way - with a $47 million Jackpot prize.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.57 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 9, 2023
2.$575 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 10, 2025
3.$470 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 9, 2018
4.$445 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2022
5.$403.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 10, 2022
6.$337.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 9, 2024
7.$282 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 10, 2018
8.€286.44 Million US$278.16 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2022
9.€220 Million US$253.99 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2021
10.$244.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2025
11.$240 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2005
12.$215 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 9, 2004
13.€166 Million
US$183.88 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2016
14.€154.69 Million
US$171.35 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 11, 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
16.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2024
18.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 9, 2009
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.$107 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 12, 2016
23.$102 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 11, 2003
24.€80 Million
US$100.29 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 13, 2006
25.€90 Million
US$98.97 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Oct 14, 2016

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1986: dreamchaser3
Thursday, Oct 9, 1986
39 years old
1979: nica33
Tuesday, Oct 9, 1979
46 years old
1978: asuperdoll
Monday, Oct 9, 1978
47 years old
1978: Brendalee42
Monday, Oct 9, 1978
47 years old
1977: mugglemin
Sunday, Oct 9, 1977
48 years old
1976: GM1258
Saturday, Oct 9, 1976
49 years old
1975: million
Thursday, Oct 9, 1975
50 years old
1974: Lottoaddict
Wednesday, Oct 9, 1974
51 years old
1971: Bruxo190
Saturday, Oct 9, 1971
54 years old
1970: jaypatel
Friday, Oct 9, 1970
55 years old
1970: rochella09
Friday, Oct 9, 1970
55 years old
1970: xo so
Friday, Oct 9, 1970
55 years old
1965: marilyn321
Saturday, Oct 9, 1965
60 years old
1962: carlru
Tuesday, Oct 9, 1962
63 years old
1959: ClaudePCO
Friday, Oct 9, 1959
66 years old
1955: Iama25
Sunday, Oct 9, 1955
70 years old
1953: IAmABadOne
Friday, Oct 9, 1953
72 years old
: PERDUE
(year not provided)
: payday661
(year not provided)
: donna2222
(year not provided)
: kevin9369
(year not provided)
: MzTee
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 hurricane, causing US$34.3 billion in damage only two weeks after Hurricane Helene impacted the state.
2019: Turkey begins its military offensive in north-eastern Syria.
2016: The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army launches its first attack on Myanmar security forces along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.
2012: Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai.
2009: First lunar impact of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
2007: The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the 2008 financial crisis.
2006: North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.
1995: An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
1992: The Peekskill meteorite, a 27.7 pounds (12.6 kg) meteorite crashed into a parked car in Peekskill, New York
1986: The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre.
1986: Fox Broadcasting Company (FBC) launches as the fourth US television network.
1984: The popular children's television show Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, based on The Railway Series by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, premieres on ITV.
1983: South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma, but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others.
1981: President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France.
1980: Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
1970: The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
1969: In Chicago, the National Guard is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "Chicago Eight".
1967: A day after his capture, Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
1966: Vietnam War: the Republic of Korea Army commits the Binh Tai Massacre.
1963: In Italy, a large landslide causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000.
1962: Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
1950: The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre in Korea begins.
1942: Australia's Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 receives royal assent.
1941: A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.
1937: Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
1936: Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
1934: An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.
1919: The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.
1918: The Finnish Parliament elects Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse as King of Finland, but he never accedes to the throne due to Germany's defeat in World War I.
1914: World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
1913: The steamship SS Volturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
1911: An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Qing dynasty, beginning the Xinhai Revolution.
1900: The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
1874: The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
1873: A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
1864: American Civil War: Union cavalrymen defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia during Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley campaign.
1861: American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens in the Battle of Santa Rosa Island.
1847: Slavery is abolished in the Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy.
1834: Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
1831: Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece, is assassinated.
1825: Restauration arrives in New York Harbor from Norway, the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States.
1820: Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.
1812: War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia.
1806: Prussia begins the War of the Fourth Coalition against France.
1804: Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded.
1799: HMS Lutine sinks with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
1790: A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
1779: American Revolutionary War: A combined Franco-American assault on British defenses during the Siege of Savannah is repulsed with heavy casualties.
1760: Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
1740: Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin a massacre of the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing at least 10,000.
1708: Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
1701: The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.
1635: Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements.
1604: Kepler's Supernova is the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way.
1594: Troops of the Portuguese Empire are defeated on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture.
1446: The Hangul alphabet is published in Korea.
1410: The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.
1238: James I of Aragon founds the Kingdom of Valencia.
768: Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks.

Births On This Day

2002: Ben Shelton, American tennis player
2001: Kyla Leibel, Canadian swimmer
2000: Penei Sewell, American football player
1997: Jharrel Jerome, American actor
1997: Megan Moroney, American singer-songwriter.
1996: Jacob Batalon, Filipino-American actor
1996: Bella Hadid, American model
1994: Jodelle Ferland, Canadian actress
1993: Ani Amiraghyan, Armenian tennis player
1993: Lauren Davis, American tennis player
1993: Jayden Hodges, Australian rugby league player
1993: George Kittle, American football player
1993: Scotty McCreery, American singer and songwriter
1993: Wesley So, Filipino-American chess grandmaster
1992: Jerian Grant, American basketball player
1992: Sam Mewis, American soccer player
1992: Tyler James Williams, American actor
1990: Kevin Kampl, German-Slovene footballer
1990: Jake Lamb, American baseball player
1989: Russell Packer, New Zealand rugby league player
1988: Starling Marte, Dominican baseball player
1988: David Tyrrell, Australian rugby league player
1987: Craig Brackins, American basketball player
1987: Samantha Murray Sharan, British tennis player
1987: Henry Walker, American basketball player
1986: Derek Holland, American baseball player
1986: Laure Manaudou, French swimmer
1986: David Phelps, American baseball player
1986: Jan Christian Vestre, Norwegian businessman and politician
1986: Stephane Zubar, French footballer
1985: David Plummer, American swimmer
1984: Marie Kondo, Japanese author and television presenter
1983: Farhaan Behardien, South African cricketer
1983: Trevor Daley, Canadian ice hockey player
1983: Stephen Gionta, American ice hockey player
1983: Spencer Grammer, American actress
1983: Jang Mi-ran, South Korean weightlifter
1983: Andreas Zuber, Austrian race car driver
1981: Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor
1981: Darius Miles, American basketball player
1980: Lucy Akello, Ugandan social worker and politician
1980: Filip Bobek, Polish actor
1980: Sarah Lovell, Australian politician
1980: Thami Tsolekile, South African cricketer
1980: Henrik Zetterberg, Swedish ice hockey player
1979: Vernon Fox, American football player and coach
1979: Alex Greenwald, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1979: Todd Kelly, Australian race car driver
1979: Lecrae, American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor
1979: Chris O'Dowd, Irish actor, producer, and screenwriter
1979: Brandon Routh, American model and actor
1979: Gonzalo Sorondo, Uruguayan footballer
1978: Nicky Byrne, Irish singer-songwriter
1978: Juan Dixon, American basketball player and coach
1977: Emanuele Belardi, Italian footballer
1977: Brian Roberts, American baseball player
1976: William Alexander, American author and educator
1976: Stephen Neal, American football player
1976: Lee Peacock, Scottish footballer and coach
1976: Özlem Türköne, Turkish journalist and politician
1976: Nick Swardson, American actor and comedian
1975: Haylie Ecker, Australian violinist
1975: Sean Lennon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1975: Mark Viduka, Australian footballer
1974: Keith Booth, American basketball player and coach
1974: Shmuel Herzfeld, American rabbi
1973: Steve Burns, American actor, television host and musician
1973: Fabio Lione, Italian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1971: Wayne Bartrim, Australian rugby league player and coach
1971: Sian Evans, Welsh singer
1970: Kenny Anderson, American basketball player and coach
1970: Steve Jablonsky, American composer
1970: Annika Sörenstam, Swedish golfer and architect
1969: Darren Britt, Australian rugby league player
1969: Simon Fairweather, Australian archer
1969: PJ Harvey, English musician, singer-songwriter, writer, poet, and composer
1969: Christine Hough, Canadian figure skater and coach
1969: Giles Martin, English songwriter and producer
1969: Steve McQueen, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1968: Guto Bebb, Welsh businessman and politician
1968: Anbumani Ramadoss, Indian politician
1967: Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canadian tennis player
1967: Eddie Guerrero, American wrestler (died 2005)
1967: Gheorghe Popescu, Romanian footballer
1966: David Cameron, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1966: Christopher Östlund, Swedish publisher, founded Plaza Magazine
1965: Jimbo Fisher, American football player and coach
1964: Guillermo del Toro, Mexican-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1964: Martín Jaite, Argentine tennis player
1963: Andy Platt, English rugby league player
1962: Jorge Burruchaga, Argentinian footballer and manager
1962: Paul Radisich, New Zealand race car driver
1962: Hugh Robertson, English soldier and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
1962: Ōnokuni Yasushi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 62nd Yokozuna
1961: Julian Bailey, English race car driver and sportscaster
1961: Kurt Neumann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961: Ellen Wheeler, American actress, director, and producer
1960: Kenny Garrett, American saxophonist and composer
1959: Boris Nemtsov, Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (died 2015)
1958: Al Jourgensen, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and producer
1958: Alan Nunnelee, American lawyer and politician (died 2015)
1958: Michael Paré, American actor
1958: Mike Singletary, American football player and coach
1957: Don Garber, American businessman
1957: Ini Kamoze, Jamaican singer-songwriter
1955: Linwood Boomer, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1955: Steve Ovett, English runner and sportscaster
1955: Peter Saville, English graphic designer and art director
1954: Scott Bakula, American actor
1954: James Fearnley, English musician
1954: Rubén Magnano, Argentine-Italian basketball coach
1954: John O'Hurley, American actor and game show host
1953: Sally Burgess, South African-English soprano and educator
1953: Hank Pfister, American tennis player
1953: Tony Shalhoub, American actor and producer
1952: Simon Drew, English illustrator
1952: Sharon Osbourne, English television host and manager
1952: John Rose, English businessman
1952: Dennis Stratton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: Robert Wuhl, American actor, comedian, and writer
1950: Brian Downing, American baseball player
1950: Yoshiyuki Konishi, Japanese fashion designer
1950: Reichi Nakaido, Japanese singer and guitarist
1950: Jody Williams, American academic and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
1949: Mark Hopkinson, American mass murderer (died 1992)
1949: Rod Temperton, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (died 2016)
1948: Jackson Browne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948: John Gray, English cricketer and rugby player
1947: John Doubleday, English sculptor and painter
1947: France Gall, French singer (died 2018)
1947: William E. McAnulty Jr., American lawyer and judge (died 2007)
1947: Tony Zappone, American photographer and journalist
1945: Amjad Ali Khan, Indian classical Sarod player
1945: Taiguara, Uruguayan-Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 1996)
1944: Rita Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy, English academic and politician
1944: John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2002)
1944: Nona Hendryx, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1943: Douglas Kirby, American psychologist and author (died 2012)
1943: Jimmy Montgomery, English footballer and coach
1943: Mike Peters, American cartoonist
1942: Michael Palmer, American physician and author (died 2013)
1941: Brian Lamb, American broadcaster, founded C-SPAN
1941: Trent Lott, American lawyer and politician
1941: Omali Yeshitela, political activist and founder of the Uhuru Movement
1940: Gordon J. Humphrey, American soldier, pilot, and politician
1940: John Lennon, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1980)
1940: Joe Pepitone, American baseball player and coach (died 2023)
1939: Nicholas Grimshaw, English architect and academic (died 2025)
1939: John Pilger, Australian-English journalist, director, and producer (died 2023)
1939: Stephen Sedley, English lawyer and judge
1939: O. V. Wright, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1980)
1938: Heinz Fischer, Austrian academic and politician, 11th President of Austria
1938: John Sutherland, English journalist, author, and academic
1936: Brian Blessed, English actor
1936: Mick Young, Australian politician (died 1996)
1935: Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
1935: Don McCullin, English photographer and journalist
1934: Jill Ker Conway, Australian historian and author (died 2018)
1934: Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and composer
1933: Peter Mansfield, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)
1933: Melvin Sokolsky, American fashion photographer (died 2022)
1933: Bill Tidy, English soldier and cartoonist (died 2023)
1931: Tony Booth, English actor (died 2017)
1931: Homer Smith, American football player and coach (died 2011)
1930: Hank Lauricella, American football player, lieutenant, and politician (died 2014)
1928: Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer and educator (died 2016)
1927: John Margetson, English scholar and diplomat, British Ambassador to the Netherlands (died 2020)
1926: Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (died 2015)
1924: Immanuvel Devendrar, Indian soldier (died 1957)
1924: Arnie Risen, American basketball player (died 2012)
1923: Donald Sinden, English actor (died 2014)
1922: Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic (died 1997)
1922: Fyvush Finkel, American actor (died 2016)
1922: Olga Guillot, Cuban-American singer (died 2010)
1921: Michel Boisrond, French director and screenwriter (died 2002)
1921: Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (died 2014)
1920: Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author and educator (died 1976)
1920: Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator (died 2013)
1920: Jason Wingreen, American actor and screenwriter (died 2015)
1918: E. Howard Hunt, American CIA officer and author (died 2007)
1918: Charles Read, Australian air marshal (died 2014)
1918: Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 2013)
1915: Clifford M. Hardin, American academic and politician, 17th United States Secretary of Agriculture (died 2010)
1915: Belva Plain, American author (died 2010)
1914: Edward Andrews, American actor (died 1985)
1911: Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (died 2006)
1909: Donald Coggan, English archbishop (died 2000)
1908: Harry Hooton, Australian poet and critic (died 1961)
1908: Werner von Haeften, German lieutenant (died 1944)
1908: Lee Wiley, American singer (died 1975)
1907: Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (died 2001)
1907: Jacques Tati, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1982)
1907: Horst Wessel, German SA officer (died 1930)
1906: J. R. Eyerman, American photographer and journalist (died 1985)
1906: Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal (died 2001)
1903: Walter O'Malley, American lawyer and businessman (died 1979)
1902: Freddie Young, English cinematographer (died 1998)
1901: Alice Lee Jemison, Seneca political activist and journalist (died 1964)
1900: Joseph Friedman, American inventor (died 1982)
1900: Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor and academic (died 1976)
1900: Joseph Zubin, Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (died 1990)
1899: Bruce Catton, American historian and author (died 1978)
1898: Tawfiq al-Hakim, Egyptian author and playwright (died 1987)
1898: Joe Sewell, American baseball player (died 1990)
1897: M. Bhaktavatsalam, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Madras State (died 1987)
1895: Eugene Bullard, American pilot (died 1961)
1893: Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (died 1945)
1892: Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)
1890: Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (died 1944)
1888: Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (died 1938)
1888: Irving Cummings, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1959)
1886: Rube Marquard, American baseball player and manager (died 1980)
1883: Maria Filotti, Greek-Romanian actress (died 1956)
1880: Charlie Faust, American baseball player (died 1915)
1879: Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1960)
1877: Gopabandhu Das, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (died 1928)
1874: Nicholas Roerich, Russian archaeologist and painter (died 1947)
1873: Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator (died 1944)
1873: Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer (died 1916)
1873: Charles Rudolph Walgreen, American pharmacist and businessman, founded Walgreens (died 1939)
1871: Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (died 1940)
1864: Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general (died 1927)
1863: Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (died 1930)
1859: Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (died 1935)
1858: Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (died 1935)
1852: Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)
1850: Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (died 1930)
1845: Carl Gustav Thulin, Swedish shipowner (died 1918)
1840: Simeon Solomon, English painter (died 1905)
1837: Francis Wayland Parker, American theorist and academic (died 1902)
1835: Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer and conductor (died 1921)
1826: Agathon Meurman, Finnish politician and journalist (died 1909)
1823: Mary Ann Shadd, American-Canadian abolitionist (died 1893)
1796: Joseph Bonomi the Younger, British Egyptologist and sculptor (died 1878)
1757: Charles X of France (died 1836)
1704: Johann Andreas Segner, German mathematician, physicist, and physician (died 1777)
1623: Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (died 1688)
1609: Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland, English noble (died 1688)
1593: Nicolaes Tulp, Dutch anatomist and politician (died 1674)
1586: Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (died 1632)
1581: Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician, poet, and scholar (died 1638)
1328: Peter I of Cyprus (died 1369)
1261: Denis of Portugal (died 1325)
1221: Salimbene di Adam, Italian historian and scholar (died 1290)
1201: Robert de Sorbon, French minister and theologian, founded the Collège de Sorbonne (died 1274)

Deaths On This Day

2024: George Baldock, British-born Greek international footballer (born 1993)
2024: Dieter Burdenski, German footballer (born 1950)
2024: Lily Ebert, Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (born 1923)
2024: Lee Wei Ling, Singaporean neurologist (born 1955)
2024: Clark R. Rasmussen, American politician (born 1934)
2024: Leif Segerstam, Finnish conductor and composer (born 1944)
2024: Ratan Tata, Indian businessman and philanthropist (born 1937)
2017: Jean Rochefort, French actor (born 1930)
2016: Andrzej Wajda, Polish film and theatre director (born 1926)
2015: Ray Duncan, American businessman (born 1930)
2015: Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1931)
2015: Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1926)
2015: Ravindra Jain, Indian composer and director (born 1944)
2014: Boris Buzančić, Croatian actor and politician, 47th Mayor of Zagreb (born 1929)
2014: Jan Hooks, American actress and comedienne (born 1957)
2014: Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (born 1925)
2014: Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician (born 1921)
2014: Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (born 1936)
2013: Solomon Lar, Nigerian educator and politician, 4th Governor of Plateau State (born 1933)
2013: Srihari, Indian actor (born 1964)
2013: Wilfried Martens, Belgian lawyer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Belgium (born 1936)
2013: Edmund Niziurski, Polish sociologist, lawyer, and author (born 1925)
2012: Sammi Kane Kraft, American actress (born 1992)
2012: Kenny Rollins, American basketball player (born 1923)
2012: Harris Savides, American cinematographer (born 1957)
2011: Pavel Karelin, Russian ski jumper (born 1989)
2010: Maurice Allais, French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
2009: Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author and educator (born 1934)
2009: John Daido Loori, American Zen Buddhist monastic and teacher (born 1931)
2009: Horst Szymaniak, German footballer (born 1934)
2007: Enrico Banducci, American businessman, founded hungry i (born 1922)
2007: Carol Bruce, American actress and singer (born 1919)
2006: Danièle Huillet, French filmmaker (born 1933)
2006: Paul Hunter, English snooker player (born 1978)
2006: Kanshi Ram, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1934)
2005: Louis Nye, American actor (born 1913)
2004: Jacques Derrida, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (born 1930)
2003: Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American author and academic (born 1926)
2003: Carl Fontana, American jazz trombonist (born 1928)
2002: Sopubek Begaliev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (born 1931)
2002: Charles Guggenheim, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924)
2001: Herbert Ross, American director, producer, and choreographer (born 1927)
2000: David Dukes, American actor (born 1945)
2000: Patrick Anthony Porteous, Indian-Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1918)
1999: Milt Jackson, American vibraphone player and composer (born 1923)
1999: Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani economist and scholar (born 1914)
1996: Walter Kerr, American author, composer, and critic (born 1913)
1995: Alec Douglas-Home, British cricketer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1903)
1989: Yusuf Atılgan, Turkish author and playwright (born 1921)
1989: Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (born 1940)
1988: Felix Wankel, German engineer, invented the Wankel engine (born 1902)
1987: Clare Boothe Luce, American author, playwright, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1903)
1987: William P. Murphy, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)
1985: Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Brazilian general and politician, 28th President of Brazil (born 1905)
1982: Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German historian and physician (born 1893)
1978: Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1929)
1976: Walter Warlimont, German general (born 1894)
1975: Noon Meem Rashid, Pakistani poet (born 1910)
1974: Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (born 1908)
1972: Miriam Hopkins, American actress (born 1902)
1969: Don Hoak, American baseball player (born 1928)
1967: Che Guevara, Argentinian-Cuban physician, politician and guerrilla leader (born 1928)
1967: Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
1967: André Maurois, French soldier and author (born 1885)
1967: Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness trainer, developed Pilates (born 1883)
1962: Milan Vidmar, Slovenian chess player and engineer (born 1885)
1959: Shirō Ishii, Japanese general and biologist (born 1892)
1958: Pope Pius XII (born 1876)
1958: John Boland, American politician (born 1884)
1956: Marie Doro, American actress (born 1882)
1955: Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (born 1875)
1953: James Finlayson, Scottish-American actor (born 1887)
1950: George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (born 1895)
1947: Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance (born 1888)
1946: Frank Castleman, American football player, baseball player, and coach (born 1877)
1945: Gottlieb Hering, German captain (born 1887)
1944: Stefanina Moro, Italian partisan (born 1927)
1943: Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1865)
1941: Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (born 1900)
1940: Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (born 1865)
1937: Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (born 1868)
1934: Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (born 1888)
1934: Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (born 1862)
1926: Evald Relander, Finnish teacher, agronomist and banker (born 1856)
1924: Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (born 1873)
1911: Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (born 1849)
1906: Henriette Wulfsberg, Norwegian school owner and writer (born 1843)
1900: Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (born 1843)
1897: Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1818)
1873: George Ormerod, English historian and author (born 1785)
1831: Ioannis Kapodistrias, Russian-Greek lawyer and politician, Governor of Greece (born 1776)
1808: John Claiborne, American lawyer and politician (born 1777)
1806: Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer and surveyor (born 1731)
1797: Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and scholar (born 1720)
1793: Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary and linguist (born 1718)
1729: Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet (born 1654)
1691: William Sacheverell, English politician (born 1638)
1619: Joseph Pardo, Italian rabbi and merchant (born 1561)
1613: Henry Constable, English poet (born 1562)
1581: Louis Bertrand, Spanish missionary and saint (born 1526)
1569: Vladimir of Staritsa (born 1533)
1562: Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist and physician (born 1523)
1555: Justus Jonas, German academic and reformer (born 1493)
1390: John I of Castile (born 1358)
1296: Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (born 1269)
1273: Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (born 1227)
1253: Robert Grosseteste, English bishop and philosopher (born 1175)
1212: Philip I of Namur, Marquis of Namur (born 1175)
1047: Pope Clement II
892: Al-Tirmidhi, Persian scholar and hadith compiler (born 824)
680: Ghislain, Frankish anchorite and saint

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