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September 1

September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 121 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025
North Carolina lottery winners of $5 million and more could remain anonymous. North Carolina lawmakers are heavily considering a bill that would allow all lottery winners of $5 million or more to keep their identifying information hidden from the public.
2024
Pennsylvania woman accused of stealing over $100,000 worth of lottery tickets from one store. A former pizzeria employee is accused of stealing over $100,000 worth of lottery tickets from the business over the course of two years.
2023
Michigan man wins his second six-figure jackpot prize from the same game this year. A Michigan man won the Michigan Lottery's Big Ca$h Second Chance jackpot for the second time this year, bumping up his collective winnings from the game to over $800,000.
2022
Tennessee man wins $4 million from second chance lottery drawing after years of entries. A Tennessee man's luck did not run out when his lottery ticket did not turn out to be a winner, rather it had only just begun when it won a $4 million second-chance prize.
2021
Michigan man wakes up and discovers $25,000 a year for life Lucky for Life prize. A Michigan man had to rub his eyes just to be sure he was seeing correctly when he woke up and found out that he had won $25,000 a year for life in the multi-state game Lucky for Life.
2020
MUSL to debut new Powerball Draw Show. As businesses across every industry have been adapting to survive amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) is taking a look at their own businesses practices to chart out their latest approach for keeping the Powerball game in the minds of lottery players across the nation.
2019
CT Lottery workers 'getting the job done' despite agency upheaval. Two state employees describe 'getting the job done' at the beleaguered Connecticut Lottery Corporation, while working in an environment described by colleagues in an internal survey as "fear-based," "toxic" and "North Korea-like."
2017
Two-time Michigan Lottery winner accused of embezzling $300,000. A 30-year-old woman who won two major Michigan Lottery prizes is accused of embezzling more than $300,000 from a local substance abuse and mental health treatment center during her time as an accountant there.
2016
N.H. supermarket donates lottery commission to charity. A New Hampshire grocery store that sold a mammoth winning Powerball ticket announced Tuesday that it is donating its commission to local charities that work with children or hunger.
2015
Here comes BBQ-scented N.C. Lottery scratch tickets. In the never-ending effort to make buying a lottery ticket new and fun, the N.C. Education Lottery has come up with tickets that smell like barbecue when you scratch them.
2013
Illinois Lottery adds new feature to numbers games. On Sept. 1, Illinois Lottery retailers will begin offering a new, optional feature called Fireball to its long-standing Pick 3 and Pick 4 daily draw games.
2011
NJ Lottery drawings to return to broadcast TV. Public Media, the New Jersey parent company of NJTV, announced today that New Jersey state lottery numbers will once again be carried on New Jersey public television.
2011
Lottery fraudster denied, real winner found. The lottery gods have handed a man more than $90,000 in winnings -- but only after an alleged ticket thief was denied the same prize.
2011
Lotto winner shot by deputies wins settlement. The Seminole County Sheriff's Office will pay a $3.2 million settlement to a Florida Lottery winner who was shot in his own back yard.
2009
Scholarship student designed N.M Lottery scratch game ticket. The New Mexico Lottery in August launched "Red vs. Green," an instant "scratch-off" game that was designed by a 22-year-old lottery graphic designer who attended UNM on a Legislative Lottery Scholarship.
2009
Texas Lottery announces record sales for Mega Millions. Mega Millions sales in Texas for last Friday's $333 million advertised jackpot were $49.8 million for the prize's entire roll cycle, the highest sales recorded in Texas for any game.
2007
4 tickets win $330 million lottery jackpot. The odds of winning the estimated $330 million Mega Millions jackpot were one in 176 million, but lottery officials said early Saturday that four people -- one each in Maryland, New Jersey, Texas and Virginia -- did just that.
2006
Oklahoma Cash 5 lottery game on sale today. Starting today, stores that participate in Oklahoma's lottery games will be selling tickets for a new Pick 5 game.
2006
Pipe fitter wins $1 million playing Georgia Lottery scratch game. What would you do with a million dollars? We all ponder the question at some point, but an Appling County, Georgia, couple actually has to figure it out for real.
2006
Yonkers accountant new lottery millionaire. A single, 44-year-old Yonkers accountant, was named yesterday as one of the seven newest New York Lottery millionaires, winning $3 million, the top prize in the $10 Jubilee game.
2006
Winning lottery tickets unlucky for burglary ring. Thanks to an alert clerk who notified police that the winning scratch-off tickets she was asked to cash were stolen, three people have been arrested and two others are being sought in connection with a series of burglaries in Buffalo and Hamburg.
2006
Two dads become millionaires, send sons to college. Two new New York Lottery millionaires announced last week have a lot in common; both are from Dutchess County, both are fathers, and both plan to use some of their million to send their son's to college.
2006
Six NYC residents win millions in New York Lottery. New York City has six new millionaires, thanks to the New York Lottery.
2006
Lottery win ends in lawsuit. The owner of a modest convenience store has a lottery ticket worth $21 million, and he's trying to keep it all to himself.
2005
Powerball Lottery Jackpot Jumps to $53 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $53 million, with a cash option of $26.7 million.
2005
Clerk admits stealing Indiana lottery tickets. A former convenience store clerk has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of dollars' worth of scratch off Hoosier Lottery tickets from two stores she managed.
2005
California Lottery adds self-service ticket machines. The California Lottery placed an order with GTECH Corporation which among other things, will allow residents to purchase lottery tickets at self-service machines.
2005
N.C. Lottery will be Easley's legacy. Whether he likes it or not, North Carolina Governor's legacy will the the passage of the state lottery.
2005
N.C. lottery's benefits uncertain to localities. In interviews Wednesday, officials in Martin and Beaufort counties revealed they were unsure how much revenue the numbers game could bank for their local governments.
2005
N.C. Lottery passes: 'What a battle'. Legislation creating a North Carolina lottery passed the state Senate Tuesday, prompting mixed reactions from some locals.
2005
N.C. Senators Blast Lottery's Passage. As Gov. Mike Easley signed the bill that will bring a state lottery to North Carolina yesterday, some senators weren't impressed.
2005
Lottery law sets rivalry in motion. With the North Carolina lottery bill signed into law by Gov. Mike Easley on Wednesday, lottery operators in surrounding states said they will fight to keep their share of a couple of hundred million dollars now being spent by Tar Heels in their states.
2004
Mega Millions jackpot raised to $24 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $24 million Wednesday.
2004
Kentucky Lottery rolls out new game. A kid's game - tic tac toe - is the Kentucky Lottery's newest online offering.
2004
Teenager Shoplifts Winning Lottery Ticket. A Swedish teenager who shoplifted a winning lottery ticket that could be worth as much as $1 million has discovered the truth in that old adage 'crime doesn't pay'.
2003
Fortune smiles on lottery winners. Winning the Texas lottery is bound to change your life. It's why people play it. But some area winners say the changes aren't as radical as some might think.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.2 Billion
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 1, 2025
2.$681 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2024
3.$418.5 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 2, 2023
4.$347.1 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 1, 2021
5.$323 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2021
6.$302 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 2, 2025
7.€263.55 Million
US$262.91 Million
Draw Date
Sep 1, 2022
8.€156 Million
US$171.99 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 1, 2020
9.$170 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2016
10.$169 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 4, 2013
10.$169 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 2, 2022
12.$167 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 4, 2018
13.€114 Million
US$162.61 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 5, 2008
14.€114 Million
US$162.12 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 2, 2011
15.$150.9 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2022
16.€132.26 Million
US$147.79 Million
Draw Date
Sep 1, 2016
17.€131 Million
US$144.7 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2024
18.€127 Million
US$139.18 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2019
19.$131 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 2, 2005
20.$127 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2019
21.€127 Million
US$126.67 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 2, 2022
22.$120 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 2, 2015
23.€106 Million
US$114.58 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 1, 2023
24.$100 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2014
25.$93 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 4, 2012

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991
Sunday, Sep 1, 1991
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1985
Sunday, Sep 1, 1985
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1979
Saturday, Sep 1, 1979
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1978
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1977
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48 years old
1976
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49 years old
1976
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1974
Sunday, Sep 1, 1974
51 years old
1972
Friday, Sep 1, 1972
53 years old
1971
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54 years old
1971
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1970
Tuesday, Sep 1, 1970
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1968
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1964
Tuesday, Sep 1, 1964
61 years old
1963
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1963
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1963
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1961
Friday, Sep 1, 1961
64 years old
1959
Tuesday, Sep 1, 1959
66 years old
1956
Saturday, Sep 1, 1956
69 years old
1940
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2008
Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces.
2004
The Beslan school siege begins when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia; by the end of the siege, three days later, more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists).
1985
The wreck of the Titanic is discovered by an American-French expedition led by Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel.
1983
Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the commercial aircraft strayed into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
1982
The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
1981
Central African President David Dacko is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General André Kolingba.
1974
The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h).
1973
A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Celtic Sea resulted in the Rescue of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman.
1969
A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.
1967
Six-Day War: The Khartoum Resolution is issued at the Arab Summit, and eight countries adopt the "three 'no's against Israel".
1961
TWA Flight 529 crashed shortly after takeoff from Midway Airport in Chicago, killing all 78 people on board. At the time, it was the deadliest single plane disaster in U.S. history.
1944
World War II: Launch of Operation Ratweek, complicating German retreat.
1939
World War II: Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
1939
J. Robert Oppenheimer and his student Hartland Snyder publish the Oppenheimer-Snyder model, proving for the first time in contemporary physics how black holes could develop.
1923
The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
1897
The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
1894
Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
1880
The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
1878
Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
1873
Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
1870
Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
1864
American Civil War: The Battle of Jonesborough, alongside the overall Atlanta campaign, culminates in a Union victory for General William T. Sherman as Confederate General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta.
1862
American Civil War: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson inflict heavy causalities in the Battle of Chantilly during the Union withdrawal from the Northern Virginia campaign.
1838
Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established.
1836
Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
1831
The Order of St. Gregory the Great is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a Roman Catholic.
1804
3 Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, is discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
1774
Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
1772
The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
1763
Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
1715
At the age of five, Louis XV becomes king of France in succession to his great-grandfather, King Louis XIV.
1645
English Civil War. Scottish Covenanter forces abandon their month-long Siege of Hereford, a Cavalier stronghold, on news of Royalist victories in Scotland.
1644
Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
1610
Claudio Monteverdi's musical work Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers for the Blessed Virgin) is first published, printed in Venice and dedicated to Pope Paul V.
1604
Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, is first installed at Harmandir Sahib.
1532
Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.
1529
The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by indigenous people.
1449
Tumu Crisis: The Mongols capture the Emperor of China.
1355
King Tvrtko I of Bosnia writes In castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from the Old town of Visoki.
1173
The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancona by the forces of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.
1145
The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time the seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated.

Births On This Day

2003
An Yu-jin, South Korean singer and actress
2002
Diane Parry, French tennis player
2000
Mikhail Iakovlev, Israeli Olympic cyclist
2000
Pratika Rawal, Indian cricketer
1999
Cam Reddish, American basketball player
1998
Josh Okogie, Nigerian-American basketball player
1998
Salah Mohsen, Egyptian footballer
1997
Jeon Jungkook, South Korean singer, songwriter and record producer
1997
Joan Mir, Spanish motorcycle racer
1996
Zendaya, American actress and singer
1995
Nathan MacKinnon, Canadian ice hockey player
1994
Anna Smolina, Russian tennis player
1994
Carlos Sainz Jr., Spanish racing driver
1993
Mario Lemina, Gabonese footballer
1992
Cristiano Biraghi, Italian footballer
1992
Kirani James, Grenadian sprinter
1992
Tomáš Nosek, Czech ice hockey player
1992
Woo Hye-lim, South Korean singer-songwriter
1991
Rhys Bennett, English footballer
1990
Aisling Loftus, English actress
1990
Stanislav Tecl, Czech footballer
1989
Astrid Besser, Italian tennis player
1989
Bill Kaulitz, German singer and songwriter
1989
Jefferson Montero, Ecuadorian footballer
1989
Gustav Nyquist, Swedish ice hockey player
1988
Simona de Silvestro, Swiss racing driver
1988
Miles Plumlee, American basketball player
1988
Chanel West Coast, American rapper-songwriter and model
1987
Leonel Suárez, Cuban decathlete
1987
Mats Zuccarello, Norwegian ice hockey player
1986
Anthony Allen, English rugby player
1986
Gaël Monfils, French tennis player
1986
Stella Mwangi, Kenyan-Norwegian singer-songwriter
1985
Larsen Jensen, American swimmer
1984
Ludwig Göransson, Swedish film composer
1984
László Köteles, Hungarian footballer
1984
Rod Pelley, Canadian ice hockey player
1984
Joe Trohman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
1983
Iñaki Lejarreta, Spanish cyclist (died 2012)
1983
José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer (died 2019)
1983
Jeff Woywitka, Canadian ice hockey player
1982
Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater
1982
Paul Dumbrell, Australian racing driver
1982
Ryan Gomes, American basketball player
1982
Zoe Lister-Jones, American actress and director
1981
Boyd Holbrook, American actor
1981
Clinton Portis, American football player
1981
Adam Quick, Australian basketball player
1980
Sammy Adjei, Ghanaian footballer
1980
Chris Riggott, English footballer
1978
Max Vieri, Australian-Italian footballer
1977
David Albelda, Spanish footballer
1977
Raffaele Giammaria, Italian racing driver
1977
Arsalan Iftikhar, American lawyer and author
1977
Aaron Schobel, American football player
1976
Babydaddy, American singer-songwriter and producer
1976
Marcos Ambrose, Australian racing driver
1976
Clare Connor, English cricketer
1976
Érik Morales, Mexican boxer
1976
Sebastián Rozental, Chilean footballer
1975
Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian singer-songwriter
1975
Ammon Bundy, American anti-government militant
1975
Cuttino Mobley, American basketball player
1975
Scott Speedman, English-Canadian actor
1974
Burn Gorman, American-born English actor and musician
1974
Jason Taylor, American football player and sportscaster
1974
Yutaka Yamamoto, Japanese director and producer, founder of Ordet Animation Studio
1974
Jhonen Vasquez, American writer, director, cartoonist and comic illustrator
1973
J.D. Fortune, Canadian singer-songwriter
1973
Simon Shaw, English rugby player
1973
Ram Kapoor, Indian actor
1971
Ricardo Antonio Chavira, American actor
1971
Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese bass player and composer
1971
Maury Sterling, American actor
1971
Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer and politician
1971
Rachel Zoe, American fashion designer
1970
David Fairleigh, Australian rugby league player, coach and sportscaster
1970
Hwang Jung-min, South Korean actor
1970
Padma Lakshmi, Indian-American actress and author
1969
Henning Berg, Norwegian footballer and manager
1968
Mohamed Atta, Egyptian terrorist (died 2001)
1967
Steve Pemberton, English actor, screenwriter and director
1967
David Whissell, Canadian engineer and politician
1966
Tim Hardaway, American basketball player and coach
1965
Craig McLachlan, Australian actor and singer
1965
Tibor Simon, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2002)
1964
Brian Bellows, Canadian ice hockey player
1964
Charlie Robison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)
1963
Stephen Kernahan, Australian footballer
1963
Grant-Lee Phillips, American musician and actor
1962
Tony Cascarino, English-Irish footballer
1962
Ruud Gullit, Dutch footballer and manager
1961
Jeremy Farrar, British academic and educator; director of the Wellcome Trust
1961
Christopher Ferguson, American captain, pilot and astronaut
1961
Boney James, American saxophonist, composer and producer
1960
Ralf Außem, German footballer and manager
1960
Karl Mecklenburg, American football player
1959
Mike Duxbury, English footballer
1957
Alexandra Aikhenvald, Australian linguist
1957
Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress
1957
Duško Ivanović, Montenegrin basketball player and coach
1956
Vinnie Johnson, American basketball player and sportscaster
1956
Bernie Wagenblast, transportation journalist, founder of Transportation Communications Newsletter
1955
Bruce Foxton, English singer-songwriter and bass player
1952
Michael Massee, American actor (died 2016)
1952
Manuel Piñero, Spanish golfer
1951
David Bairstow, English cricketer and sportscaster (died 1998)
1950
Mikhail Fradkov, Russian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Russia
1950
Phillip Fulmer, American football player and coach
1950
Phil McGraw, American psychologist, author and talk show host
1949
Garry Maddox, American baseball player and sportscaster
1949
Alasdair McDonnell, Irish physician and politician
1948
Greg Errico, American drummer and producer
1948
Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher (died 2011)
1948
Russ Kunkel, American drummer and producer
1947
Al Green, American lawyer and politician
1947
P. A. Sangma, Indian lawyer and politician, 11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (died 2016)
1946
Barry Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer
1946
Shalom Hanoch, Israeli rock singer, lyricist and composer
1946
Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean soldier and politician, 9th President of South Korea (died 2009)
1945
Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, Yemeni general and politician, 2nd President of Yemen
1944
Archie Bell, American soul singer-songwriter and musician
1944
Leonard Slatkin, American conductor and composer
1943
Don Stroud, American actor
1942
C. J. Cherryh, American author and educator
1940
Yaşar Büyükanıt, Turkish general (died 2019)
1940
Annie Ernaux, French author, Nobel Prize laureate
1939
Rico Carty, Dominican baseball player (died 2024)
1939
Lily Tomlin, American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer
1938
Alan Dershowitz, American lawyer and author
1938
Per Kirkeby, Danish painter, sculptor and poet (died 2018)
1936
Valery Legasov, Soviet inorganic chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (died 1988)
1935
Nicholas Garland, English cartoonist
1935
Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor and director (died 2024)
1935
Guy Rodgers, American basketball player (died 2001)
1933
Marshall Lytle, American bass player and songwriter (died 2013)
1933
Ann Richards, American educator and politician, 45th Governor of Texas (died 2006)
1933
T. Thirunavukarasu, Sri Lankan politician (died 1982)
1933
Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)
1932
Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru (died 2008)
1931
Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (died 2012)
1931
Beano Cook, American journalist and sportscaster (died 2012)
1931
Cecil Parkinson, English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for Transport (died 2016)
1931
Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1999)
1930
Turgut Özakman, Turkish lawyer and civil servant (died 2013)
1930
Dick Raaymakers, Dutch composer and theorist (died 2013)
1930
Charles Correa, Indian architect (died 2015)
1929
Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (died 2013)
1929
Maurice Vachon, Canadian wrestler (died 2013)
1928
George Maharis, American actor, singer, and artist (died 2023)
1927
Soshana Afroyim, Austrian painter (died 2015)
1927
Wyatt Cooper, American author and screenwriter (died 1978)
1926
Abdur Rahman Biswas, Bangladeshi banker and politician, 10th President of Bangladesh (died 2017)
1926
Gene Colan, American illustrator (died 2011)
1926
Russell Jones, Australian ice hockey player and coach (died 2012)
1925
Arvonne Fraser, American activist (died 2018)
1925
Art Pepper, American saxophonist, clarinet player and composer (died 1982)
1924
Hal Douglas, American voice actor (died 2014)
1923
Rocky Marciano, American boxer (died 1969)
1923
Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (died 2006)
1922
Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress and singer (died 2007)
1922
Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (died 2000)
1921
Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet and playwright (died 1995)
1920
Liz Carpenter, American journalist, author and activist (died 2010)
1920
Eduardo J. Corso, Uruguayan lawyer and journalist (died 2012)
1920
Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman (died 2000)
1919
Ossie Dawson, South African cricketer (died 2008)
1919
Hilda Hänchen, German physicist and academic (died 2013)
1916
Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (died 2014)
1914
John H. Adams, American jockey (died 1995)
1913
Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1979)
1909
E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat (died 1957)
1908
Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer (died 1980)
1908
Lou Kenton, English social activist (died 2012)
1907
Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician (died 1981)
1907
Walter Reuther, American labor union leader and president of the United Auto Workers (died 1970)
1906
Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican lawyer and politician, 49th President of the Dominican Republic (died 2002)
1906
Franz Biebl, German composer and educator (died 2001)
1906
Eleanor Hibbert, English author (died 1993)
1906
Arthur Rowe, English footballer and manager (died 1993)
1905
Father Chrysanthus, Dutch arachnologist (died 1972)
1904
Johnny Mack Brown, American football player and actor (died 1974)
1902
Kazimierz Dąbrowski, Polish psychiatrist and psychologist (died 1980)
1899
Richard Arlen, American actor (died 1976)
1898
Violet Carson, English actress and singer (died 1983)
1897
Andy Kennedy, Irish footballer (died 1963)
1896
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religious leader, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (died 1977)
1895
Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer and designer, invented the Human-powered aircraft (died 1955)
1893
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japanese-American painter and photographer (died 1953)
1892
Leverett Saltonstall, American lieutenant and politician, 55th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1979)
1888
Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician (died 1958)
1887
Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (died 1961)
1886
Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (died 1957)
1886
Shigeyasu Suzuki, Japanese general (died 1957)
1884
Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist (died 1961)
1884
Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (died 1947)
1883
Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1934)
1878
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (died 1942)
1878
J. F. C. Fuller, English general and historian (died 1966)
1878
Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (died 1968)
1877
Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1945)
1877
Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (died 1949)
1876
Harriet Shaw Weaver, English journalist and activist (died 1961)
1875
Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (died 1950)
1873
João Ferreira Sardo the founder of Gafanha da Nazaré (died 1925)
1871
J. Reuben Clark, American lawyer, civil servant, and religious leader (died 1961)
1868
Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (died 1952)
1867
John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (died 1947)
1866
James J. Corbett, American boxer (died 1933)
1864
Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (died 1919)
1856
Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (died 1953)
1855
Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet and critic (died 1909)
1854
Engelbert Humperdinck, German playwright and composer (died 1921)
1853
Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general (died 1926)
1851
John Clum, American journalist and agent (died 1932)
1850
Jim O'Rourke, American baseball player and manager (died 1919)
1849
Emil Zuckerkandl, Hungarian anatomist (died 1910)
1848
Auguste Forel, Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, and psychiatrist (died 1931)
1818
José María Castro Madriz, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, 1st President of Costa Rica (died 1892)
1811
James Montgomrey, Leader and important benefactor of his home town of Brentford, England (died 1883)
1799
Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (died 1868)
1795
James Gordon Bennett Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (died 1872)
1726
Johann Becker, German organist, composer, and educator (died 1803)
1711
William IV, Prince of Orange (died 1751)
1689
Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Bohemian architect, designed Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral (died 1751)
1653
Johann Pachelbel, German organist, composer, and educator (died 1706)
1647
Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, daughter of King Frederick III of Denmark (died 1717)
1608
Giacomo Torelli, Italian stage designer, engineer, and architect (died 1678)
1606
Nicholas Slanning, English politician (died 1643)
1592
Maria Angela Astorch, Spanish mystic and saint (died 1665)
1588
Henri, Prince of Condé (died 1646)
1579
John Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince-Bishop, Roman Catholic archbishop (died 1634)
1577
Scipione Borghese, Italian cardinal and art collector (died 1633)
1566
Edward Alleyn, English actor and major figure of the Elizabethan theatre; founder of Dulwich College and Alleyn's School (died 1626)
1561
Gervase Helwys, English murderer (died 1615)
1477
Bartolomeo Fanfulla, Italian mercenary (died 1525)
1453
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (died 1515)
1341
Frederick III the Simple, King of Sicily (died 1377)
1288
Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (died 1335)
1145
Ibn Jubayr, Arab geographer and poet (died 1217)
948
Jing Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (died 982)

Deaths On This Day

2024
Linda Deutsch, American journalist (born 1943)
2023
Jimmy Buffett, American singer-songwriter, musician, author and businessman (born 1946)
2022
Barbara Ehrenreich, American writer and journalist (born 1941)
2022
Yang Yongsong, Chinese major general (born 1919)
2020
Erick Morillo, American disc jockey and music producer (born 1971)
2018
Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer (born 1926)
2015
Gurgen Dalibaltayan, Armenian general (born 1926)
2015
Dean Jones, American actor and singer (born 1931)
2015
Richard G. Hewlett, American historian and author (born 1923)
2015
Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (born 1917)
2014
Ahmed Abdi Godane, Somali militant leader (born 1977)
2014
Roger McKee, American baseball player (born 1926)
2014
Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (born 1920)
2013
Ignacio Eizaguirre, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1920)
2013
Gordon Steege, Australian soldier (born 1917)
2013
Margaret Mary Vojtko, American linguist and academic (born 1930)
2013
Ken Wallis, English commander and pilot (born 1916)
2012
Sean Bergin, South African saxophonist, flute player, and composer (born 1948)
2012
Hal David, American songwriter and composer (born 1921)
2012
Smarck Michel, Haitian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti (born 1937)
2012
William Petzäll, Swedish politician (born 1988)
2012
Arnaldo Putzu, Italian illustrator (born 1927)
2010
Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (born 1928)
2008
Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman (born 1914)
2008
Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1937)
2007
Roy McKenzie, New Zealand horse racer and philanthropist (born 1922)
2006
György Faludy, Hungarian author and poet (born 1910)
2006
Warren Mitofsky, American journalist (born 1934)
2006
Bob O'Connor, American businessman and politician, 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (born 1944)
2006
Kyffin Williams, Welsh painter and educator (born 1918)
2005
R. L. Burnside, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1926)
2004
Ahmed Kuftaro, Syrian religious leader, Grand Mufti of Syria (born 1915)
2004
Alastair Morton, South African businessman (born 1938)
2003
Rand Brooks, American actor and producer (born 1918)
2003
Terry Frost, English painter and academic (born 1915)
1999
W. Richard Stevens, Zambian computer scientist and author (born 1951)
1998
Józef Krupiński, Polish poet and author (born 1930)
1998
Cary Middlecoff, American golfer and sportscaster (born 1921)
1998
Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924)
1997
Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (born 1929)
1991
Otl Aicher, German graphic designer and typographer (born 1922)
1990
Edwin O. Reischauer, American scholar and diplomat (born 1910)
1989
A. Bartlett Giamatti, American businessman and academic (born 1938)
1989
Kazimierz Deyna, Polish footballer (born 1947)
1989
Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer (born 1894)
1988
Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
1986
Murray Hamilton, American actor (born 1923)
1985
Stefan Bellof, German racing driver (born 1957)
1984
Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset, Duchess of Parma (born 1898)
1983
Henry M. Jackson, American lawyer and politician (born 1912)
1983
Larry McDonald, American physician and politician (born 1935)
1982
Haskell Curry, American mathematician and academic (born 1900)
1982
Władysław Gomułka, Polish activist and politician (born 1905)
1982
Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos, Brazilian student; honored by the Catholicism (born 1962)
1981
Ann Harding, American actress (born 1901)
1981
Albert Speer, German architect and author (born 1905)
1977
Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (born 1896)
1974
Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (born 1891)
1971
Alan Brown, English soldier (born 1909)
1970
François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1885)
1969
Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (born 1897)
1967
Siegfried Sassoon, English soldier and writer (born 1886)
1951
Nellie McClung, Canadian author and suffragist (born 1873)
1947
Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (born 1861)
1943
Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (born 1880)
1930
Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (born 1878)
1924
Noe Khomeriki, Georgian Social Democrat politician (born 1883)
1922
Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (born 1854)
1914
Martha, last known passenger pigeon (h. 1885)
1868
Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (born 1799)
1839
Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian and educator (born 1786)
1838
William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (born 1770)
1715
François Girardon, French sculptor (born 1628)
1715
Louis XIV of France (born 1638)
1706
Cornelis de Man, Dutch painter (born 1621)
1687
Henry More, English priest and philosopher (born 1614)
1685
Leoline Jenkins, Welsh lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (born 1625)
1678
Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (born 1601)
1648
Marin Mersenne, French mathematician, theologian, and philosopher (born 1588)
1646
Francis Windebank, English statesman (born 1582)
1615
Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and jurist (born 1529)
1599
Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (born 1565)
1581
Guru Ram Das, Sikh 4th of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism (born 1534)
1557
Jacques Cartier, French navigator and explorer (born 1491)
1480
Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg (born 1413)
1414
William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1369)
1376
Philip of Valois, Duke of Orléans (born 1336)
1339
Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria (born 1305)
1327
Foulques de Villaret, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
1256
Kujō Yoritsune, Japanese shōgun (born 1218)
1215
Otto, bishop of Utrecht
1198
Dulce, Queen of Portugal (born 1160)
1159
Pope Adrian IV (born 1100)
1081
Bishop Eusebius of Angers
870
Muhammad al-Bukhari, Persian scholar (born 810)
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