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September 11

September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 111 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025
84-year-old Michigan man will share $481,582 Fantasy 5 lottery jackpot with loved ones. An 84-year-old Michigan lottery player wants to make use of his $481,582 Fantasy 5 jackpot by sharing the riches with his family.
2024
One lottery ticket sold in Texas wins $800 million Mega Millions jackpot. After a run of 27 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 28th drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game produced a single $800 million winner last night when one ticket sold in Texas matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball.
2024
Florida felon with 22 prior arrests apprehended after stealing $1,500 worth of lottery tickets. A Florida ex-con was arrested in August after being caught stealing around $1,500 worth of lottery tickets at a convenience store, but it was not her first encounter with the law.
2023
Arkansas woman almost gifts winning lottery ticket to ex-father-in-law. An Arkansas woman nearly gave away a scratch-off lottery ticket that would have won the gift recipient $75,000, but she decided to keep the ticket in the end.
2014
NJ Cash 5 game to get larger starting jackpot. Starting Sunday, Jersey Cash 5 players will see game changes that will result in larger estimated starting jackpots, more opportunities to win bigger jackpots, and increases in the average match-3 prize paid -- all for the same $1 ticket price.
2014
Couple brings lottery ticket on vacation not realizing it's a winner. A Dublin, Ireland, couple went on vacation with a wining lottery ticket and were oblivious to the fact that they'd won €250,000 (US$323,000).
2013
NJ Mega Millions lottery ticket due to expire Oct. 5. New Jersey lottery players, check your wallet, clean out the drawers, dig into your pants' pockets because someone has a New Jersey Lottery Mega Millions ticket worth $250,000 that will expire on October 5, 2013 if it is not validated.
2012
NJ moves to privatize lottery sales, marketing. Four companies interested in running portions of the New Jersey Lottery attended a mandatory information session in Trenton last Thursday, the first step toward privatization.
2012
GTECH launches lottery developer network. GTECH Corp. has launched the lottery developer network, a game development program, which it says "lays the foundation for significant advancement within the lottery industry."
2012
Louisiana lottery winnings of $11M went unclaimed last year. Nearly $11 million in lottery winnings in Louisiana went unclaimed in the fiscal year that ended June 30, according to Louisiana lottery officials.
2004
Mega Millions jackpot increases to $46 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $46 million Saturday.
2004
Texas Lottery reports $3.5 billion in sales. Popular scratch-off games and a record lottery jackpot propelled the Texas Lottery to its second-highest sales during fiscal year 2004.
2003
Two Tickets Split $57 Million Calif. SuperLotto Plus Jackpot. The California Lottery's $57 million jackpot was split by two winning tickets drawn Wednesday, September 10, 2003. This is the fourth time Kavanagh Liquors in San Lorenzo has sold a jackpot-winning ticket.
2003
One ticket wins $21 million Florida Lotto Jackpot. One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $21 million, lottery officials said Wednesday.
2003
Powerball Jackpot Grows to $28 Million. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 283,741 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.4 million in prizes in America's Game.
2003
Treasurer eyes tax-evading Lottery winners. Massachusetts State Treasurer Tim Cahill plans to tighten Lottery regulations following an audit report issued Wednesday that shows winners often employ suspicious ticket cashing methods to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes.
2003
Although couple apart for six years, both get lottery winnings. A San Antonio man and his common-law wife who have been estranged for six years face the prospect of splitting an $800,000 winning lottery ticket.
2003
Minorities get lottery pitch. A standing-room-only crowd of women and minority business owners gathered Wednesday to hear new Tennessee Education Lottery chief executive officer Rebecca Paul.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$526.6 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 11, 2023
2.$408.1 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 11, 2021
3.$383 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 14, 2021
4.$381 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 12, 2025
5.€270.29 Million
US$271.48 Million
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2022
6.$248.3 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 11, 2013
7.$231 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2022
8.$222 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 14, 2016
9.€159 Million
US$217.35 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2011
10.$207 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 11, 2018
11.$200 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2005
12.$194.6 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 12, 2022
13.€162 Million
US$179.61 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2019
14.$172 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2019
15.$167 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 12, 2015
16.€138.92 Million
US$155.95 Million
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2016
17.$149 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2014
18.€143 Million
US$143.63 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2022
19.$141 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 12, 2023
20.$137 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2006
21.$135 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 12, 2006
22.$134.5 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 11, 2024
23.$132 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 12, 2018
24.$122 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2016
25.€103.94 Million
US$121.89 Million
Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Sep 12, 2025

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1994
Sunday, Sep 11, 1994
31 years old
1993
Saturday, Sep 11, 1993
32 years old
1990
Tuesday, Sep 11, 1990
35 years old
1988
Sunday, Sep 11, 1988
37 years old
1987
Friday, Sep 11, 1987
38 years old
1985
Wednesday, Sep 11, 1985
40 years old
1985
Wednesday, Sep 11, 1985
40 years old
1984
Tuesday, Sep 11, 1984
41 years old
1981
Friday, Sep 11, 1981
44 years old
1981
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1981
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1981
Friday, Sep 11, 1981
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1980
Thursday, Sep 11, 1980
45 years old
1980
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1977
Sunday, Sep 11, 1977
48 years old
1975
Thursday, Sep 11, 1975
50 years old
1974
Wednesday, Sep 11, 1974
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1973
Tuesday, Sep 11, 1973
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1971
Saturday, Sep 11, 1971
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1969
Thursday, Sep 11, 1969
56 years old
1968
Wednesday, Sep 11, 1968
57 years old
1967
Monday, Sep 11, 1967
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1966
Sunday, Sep 11, 1966
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1966
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1965
Saturday, Sep 11, 1965
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1958
Thursday, Sep 11, 1958
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1957
Wednesday, Sep 11, 1957
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1957
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1956
Tuesday, Sep 11, 1956
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1956
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1950
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1949
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1948
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2024
Hurricane Francine impacts the Gulf of Mexico, as a Category 2 hurricane.
2023
The Libyan city of Derna experiences catastrophic floods after Storm Daniel causes two dams to collapse, killing over 11,300 people.
2015
A crane collapses onto the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others.
2012
A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.
2012
The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.
2011
A dedication ceremony is held at the United States National September 11 Memorial on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York City, and the memorial opens to family members.
2008
A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.
2007
Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.
2001
The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks killing 2,977 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
1997
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
1997
Kurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Kurkse Strait.
1997
After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
1995
The first game of the PCA World Chess Championship 1995, pitting incumbent champion Garry Kasparov against challenger Viswanathan Anand, takes place on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center's South Tower in New York City.
1992
Hurricane Iniki strikes the island of Kauaʻi, Hawaii, killing 7 and causing $3.1bn in economic damages.
1991
Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.
1990
A Faucett Boeing 727 disappears in the Atlantic Ocean while being flown from Malta to Peru.
1989
Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
1985
Moimenta-Alcafache train crash, the worst railway accident to occur in Portugal.
1982
The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps by Phalange forces.
1980
A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today.
1976
A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.
1974
Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
1973
A coup in Chile, headed by General Augusto Pinochet, topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende.
1973
JAT Airways Flight 769 crashes into the Maganik mountain range while on approach to Titograd Airport, killing 35 passengers and six crew.
1972
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.
1971
The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
1970
The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
1968
Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.
1968
John Eliot Gardiner conducts Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine with the Monteverdi Choir at the Proms.
1967
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched an attack on Indian posts at Nathu La, Sikkim, India, which resulted in military clashes.
1965
Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.
1961
Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
1954
Hurricane Edna hits New England (United States) as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
1945
World War II: Batu Lintang camp, a Japanese-run POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo, is liberated by Australian 9th Division forces.
1944
World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
1943
World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija ending the Italian occupation of Corsica.
1941
Construction begins on the Pentagon.
1941
Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines speech accusing the British, Jews and FDR's administration of conspiring for war with Germany.
1922
The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
1921
Nahalal, a Jewish moshav in Palestine, is settled.
1919
United States Marine Corps invades Honduras.
1916
The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
1914
World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
1914
The Second Period of Russification: The teaching of the Russian language and Russian history in Finnish schools is ordered to be considerably increased as part of the forced Russification program in Finland run by Tsar Nicholas II.
1905
The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
1903
The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
1897
After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of the Kaffa.
1881
In the Swiss state of Glarus, a rockslide buries parts of the village of Elm, destroying 83 buildings and killing 115 people.
1857
The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
1852
Outbreak of Revolution of September 11 resulting in the State of Buenos Aires declaring independence as a Republic.
1851
Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves led by William Parker fight off and kill a slave owner who, with a federal marshal and an armed party, sought to seize three of his former slaves in Christiana, Pennsylvania, thereby creating a cause célèbre between slavery proponents and abolitionists.
1836
The Riograndense Republic is proclaimed by rebels after defeating Empire of Brazil's troops in the Battle of Seival, during the Ragamuffin War.
1830
Anti-Masonic Party convention; one of the first American political party conventions.
1829
An expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown to retake Mexico, surrenders at the Battle of Tampico, marking the effective end of Spain's resistance to Mexico's campaign for independence.
1826
Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that led to his mysterious disappearance.
1814
War of 1812: The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the war.
1813
War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C.
1803
The Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia's army under General Louis Bourquin ends in a British victory.
1802
France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.
1800
The Maltese National Congress Battalions are disbanded by British Civil Commissioner Alexander Ball.
1792
The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
1789
Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
1786
The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
1780
American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County, Pennsylvania, are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.
1777
American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
1776
British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
1775
Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1758
Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
1714
Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of the Principality of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
1709
Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands, and Austria fight against France.
1708
Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.
1697
Battle of Zenta: a major engagement in the Great Turkish War (1683-1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in Ottoman history.
1683
Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces ahead of the Battle of Vienna.
1649
Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.
1609
Henry Hudson arrives on Manhattan Island and meets the indigenous people living there.
1565
Ottoman forces retreat from Malta ending the Great Siege of Malta.
1541
Santiago, Chile, is attacked by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco, to free eight indigenous chiefs held captive by the Spaniards.
1390
Lithuanian Civil War (1389-1392): The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.
1297
Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.
1275
An earthquake occurred in the south of Great Britain, notably causing multiple fatalities as well as destroying St Michael's Church on Glastonbury Tor.
1185
Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronikos I Komnenos and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
9
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hundred years.

Births On This Day

2001
Mackenzie Aladjem, American actress
2001
Joseph Fahnbulleh, Liberian-American sprinter
2001
Harrison Graham, Australian rugby league player
2001
Nicholas Robertson, American ice hockey player
2000
Leandro Bolmaro, Argentine-Italian basketball player
2000
Zay Flowers, American football player
1997
Harmony Tan, French tennis player
1996
Ross Colton, American professional ice hockey player
1994
Teuvo Teräväinen, Finnish ice hockey player
1993
Farrah Moan, American drag queen and entertainer
1992
Jonathan Adams, English discus thrower
1992
Ahmed El Sheikh, Egyptian footballer
1991
Jordan Ayew, Ghanaian footballer
1991
Kygo, Norwegian DJ
1990
Jo Inge Berget, Norwegian footballer
1989
Michael J. Willett, American actor and musician
1987
Robert Acquafresca, Italian footballer
1987
Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress
1987
Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
1986
Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby player
1986
LaToya Sanders, American basketball player
1986
Ben Scrivens, Canadian ice hockey player
1985
Shaun Livingston, American basketball player
1984
Aled de Malmanche, New Zealand rugby player
1984
Benson Stanley, New Zealand rugby player
1983
Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenyan runner
1983
Ike Diogu, Nigerian-American basketball player
1983
Jacoby Ellsbury, American baseball player
1982
Elvan Abeylegesse, Ethiopian-Turkish runner
1982
Yelena Parkhomenko, Azerbaijani volleyball player
1982
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian politician
1981
Charles Kelley, American singer and musician
1981
Dylan Klebold, American mass murderer, responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (died 1999)
1981
Michael Sukkar, Australian politician
1980
Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player
1980
Greet Daems, Belgian politician
1980
Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian racing driver
1979
Eric Abidal, French footballer
1979
Frank Francisco, Dominican baseball player
1979
David Pizarro, Chilean footballer
1979
Ariana Richards, American actress and artist
1978
Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer and manager
1977
Jonny Buckland, Welsh guitarist
1977
Ludacris, American rapper and producer
1977
Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player
1977
Tobias Zellner, German footballer
1976
Tomáš Enge, Czech racing driver
1976
Murali Kartik, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
1975
Juan Cobián, Argentinian footballer
1975
Pierre Issa, South African footballer
1974
DeLisha Milton-Jones, American basketball player and coach
1971
Richard Ashcroft, English singer-songwriter and musician
1970
Antonio Gómez Medina, Mexican wrestler
1970
Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer
1969
Stefano Cagol, Italian artist, photographer and director
1969
Eduardo Pérez, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1968
Allan Alaküla, Estonian journalist
1968
Paul Mayeda Berges, American director and screenwriter
1967
Maria Bartiromo, American financial journalist and television personality
1967
Harry Connick Jr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, actor, and talk show host
1967
Sung Jae-gi, South Korean activist, founded Man of Korea (died 2013)
1967
Charles Walker, English politician
1965
Bashar al-Assad, Syrian politician, 21st President of Syria
1965
Paul Heyman, American wrestling promoter, manager, and journalist
1965
Moby, American singer-songwriter, musician, and DJ
1964
Ellis Burks, American baseball player
1963
Dave Bidini, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962
Filip Dewinter, Belgian politician
1962
Kristy McNichol, American actress
1962
Victoria Poleva, Ukrainian pianist and composer
1962
Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer
1961
Virginia Madsen, American actress
1961
Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator (died 2012)
1960
Hiroshi Amano, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1960
Anne Ramsay, American actress
1959
David Frost, South African golfer
1959
John Hawkes, American actor
1958
Roxann Dawson, American actress and director
1958
Scott Patterson, American actor and baseball player
1956
Tony Gilroy, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1955
Sharon Lamb, American psychologist and academic
1953
Jani Allan, English-South African journalist and author (died 2023)
1953
Sarita Francis, Former Montserrat Deputy Governor
1953
Renée Geyer, Australian singer-songwriter (died 2023)
1953
Tommy Shaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952
Catherine Bott, English soprano
1951
Richard D. Gill, English-Dutch mathematician and academic
1951
Johnny Neumann, American basketball player and coach (died 2019)
1951
Hugo Porta, Argentinian rugby player
1950
Anne Dell, Australian biochemist and academic
1950
Bruce Doull, Australian footballer
1950
Amy Madigan, American actress
1950
Barry Sheene, English motorcycle racer and sportscaster (died 2003)
1949
Roger Uttley, English rugby player and coach
1949
Bill Whittington, American racing driver (died 2021)
1948
John Martyn, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)
1947
John Agrue, American serial killer (died 2009)
1946
Dennis Tufano, American rock singer
1945
Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (died 2024)
1945
Gianluigi Gelmetti, Italian composer and conductor (died 2021)
1945
Leo Kottke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944
Everaldo, Brazilian footballer (died 1974)
1944
Freddy Thielemans, Belgian educator and politician, Mayor of Brussels (died 2022)
1943
André Caillé, Canadian chemist and businessman
1943
Mickey Hart, American musician
1943
Brian Perkins, New Zealand-English journalist and actor
1942
Lola Falana, American actress, singer, and dancer
1941
Minnijean Brown-Trickey, Civil Rights activist and Little Rock Nine member
1940
Brian De Palma, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1940
Nông Đức Mạnh, Vietnamese politician
1940
Theodore Olson, American lawyer (died 2024)
1939
Charles Geschke, American businessman, co-founded Adobe Systems (died 2021)
1938
Brian F. G. Johnson, English chemist and academic
1937
Robert Crippen, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1937
Queen Paola of Belgium
1936
Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (died 2014)
1935
Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer
1935
Gherman Titov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2000)
1933
Margaret Booth, English lawyer and judge (died 2021)
1933
William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (died 2002)
1933
Nicola Pietrangeli, Italian tennis player
1931
Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian and academic (died 2014)
1930
Cathryn Damon, American actress and dancer (died 1987)
1930
Jean-Claude Forest, French author and illustrator (died 1998)
1930
Saleh Selim, Egyptian footballer, manager, and actor (died 2002)
1929
Luis García, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (died 2014)
1929
Primož Kozak, Slovenian playwright (died 1981)
1929
Patrick Mayhew, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2016)
1928
Reubin Askew, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of Florida (died 2014)
1928
Earl Holliman, American actor (died 2024)
1927
Keith Holman, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2011)
1927
G. David Schine, American soldier and businessman (died 1996)
1926
Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (died 2005)
1925
Harry Somers, Canadian soldier and composer (died 1999)
1924
Daniel Akaka, American soldier, engineer, and politician (died 2018)
1924
Tom Landry, American football player and coach (died 2000)
1924
Rudolf Vrba, Czech-Canadian pharmacologist and educator (died 2006)
1923
Betsy Drake, American actress (died 2015)
1923
Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer and academic (died 1984)
1923
Alan Badel, English actor (died 1982)
1921
Leaford Bearskin, American tribal leader and colonel (died 2012)
1917
Donald Blakeslee, American colonel and pilot (died 2008)
1917
Herbert Lom, Czech-born English actor (died 2012)
1917
Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (died 1989)
1917
Jessica Mitford, English-American journalist and author (died 1996)
1917
Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and horse breeder (died 2001)
1916
Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (died 2015)
1915
Dajikaka Gadgil, Indian jeweller (died 2014)
1914
Serbian Patriarch Pavle II (died 2009)
1913
Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (died 1983)
1913
Jacinto Convit, Venezuelan physician and academic (died 2014)
1911
Lala Amarnath, Indian cricketer (died 2000)
1911
Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1971)
1908
Alvar Lidell, English journalist (died 1981)
1907
Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (died 1974)
1904
Karl Plutus, Estonian lawyer and jurist (died 2010)
1903
Theodor Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (died 1969)
1903
Stephen Etnier, American lieutenant and painter (died 1984)
1901
D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman, founded Gold Kist (died 1999)
1899
Philipp Bouhler, German politician (died 1945)
1899
Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (died 2000)
1899
Anton Koolmann, Estonian wrestler and coach (died 1953)
1898
Gerald Templer, English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya (died 1979)
1895
Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee (died 1982)
1893
Douglas Hawkes, English-Greek racing driver and engineer (died 1974)
1891
William Thomas Walsh, American historian, author, and educator (died 1949)
1885
D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1930)
1885
Herbert Stothart, American composer and conductor (died 1949)
1884
Sudhamoy Pramanick, Indian activist and politician (died 1974)
1879
Louis Coatalen, French engineer (died 1962)
1877
Felix Dzerzhinsky, Polish-Russian academic and politician (died 1926)
1877
James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1946)
1876
Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (died 1924)
1871
Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona, Italian racing driver, mountaineer, and politician (died 1927)
1865
Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (died 1929)
1862
Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor General of Canada (died 1935)
1862
Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician (died 1910)
1862
O. Henry, American short story writer (died 1910)
1861
Juhani Aho, Finnish author and journalist (died 1921)
1860
James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (died 1934)
1859
Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian author and playwright (died 1905)
1847
Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (died 1921)
1838
John Ireland, Irish-American archbishop (died 1918)
1836
Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, author, and explorer (died 1870)
1829
Thomas Hill, American painter (died 1908)
1825
Eduard Hanslick, Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and critic (died 1904)
1816
Carl Zeiss, German lens maker, created the Optical instrument (died 1888)
1800
Daniel S. Dickinson, American lawyer and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of New York (died 1866)
1798
Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (died 1895)
1786
Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish pianist and composer (died 1832)
1771
Mungo Park, Scottish surgeon and explorer (died 1806)
1764
Valentino Fioravanti, Italian organist and composer (died 1837)
1751
Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (died 1827)
1723
Johann Bernhard Basedow, German author and educator (died 1790)
1711
William Boyce, English organist and composer (died 1779)
1700
James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (died 1748)
1681
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (died 1741)
1611
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (died 1675)
1578
Vincenzo Maculani, Catholic cardinal (died 1667)
1572
Daniyal, Imperial Prince of the Royal House of Timur (died 1604)
1557
Joseph Calasanz, Spanish priest and founder of Piarists (died 1648)
1525
John George, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1598)
1524
Pierre de Ronsard, French poet and author (died 1585)
1522
Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian ornithologist and botanist (died 1605)
1494
Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Guelders (1518-1538) (died 1572)
1476
Louise of Savoy, French regent (died 1531)
1465
Bernardo Accolti, Italian poet (died 1536)
1318
Eleanor of Lancaster, countess of Arundel (died 1372)
1182
Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shōgun (died 1204)
600
Yuknoom Ch'een II, Mayan ruler

Deaths On This Day

2024
Kenneth Cope, British actor (born 1931)
2024
Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian politician, professor, and engineer, 54th President of Peru (born 1938)
2024
Chad McQueen, American actor and race car driver (born 1960)
2024
Joe Schmidt, American football player and coach (born 1932)
2022
Javier Marías, Spanish novelist, journalist and translator (born 1951)
2022
John W. O'Malley, American academic, Catholic historian, and Jesuit priest (born 1927)
2022
Joyce Reynolds, British classicist and academic (born 1918)
2021
Abimael Guzmán, Peruvian philosopher and academic (born 1934)
2020
Toots Hibbert, Jamaican singer and songwriter (born 1942)
2020
Swami Agnivesh, an Indian social activist and the founder of Arya Sabha, a political party based on the principles of Arya Samaj (born 1939)
2019
B. J. Habibie, 3rd President of Indonesia (born 1936)
2016
Alexis Arquette, American actress, musician and cabaret performer (born 1969)
2014
Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1930)
2014
Antoine Duhamel, French composer and conductor (born 1925)
2014
Donald Sinden, English actor (born 1923)
2013
Francisco Chavez, Filipino lawyer and politician, Solicitor General of the Philippines (born 1947)
2013
Albert Jacquard, French geneticist and biologist (born 1925)
2013
Andrzej Trybulec, Polish mathematician and computer scientist (born 1941)
2012
Finn Bergesen, Norwegian civil servant and businessman (born 1945)
2012
Tomas Evjen, Norwegian cinematographer and producer (born 1972)
2012
J. Christopher Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat, 10th United States Ambassador to Libya (born 1960)
2011
Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver (born 1984)
2011
Ralph Gubbins, English footballer (born 1932)
2011
Anjali Gupta, Indian soldier and pilot (born 1975)
2011
Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor and model (born 1971)
2010
Harold Gould, American actor (born 1923)
2010
Kevin McCarthy, American actor (born 1914)
2009
Jim Carroll, American author, poet and musician (born 1949)
2009
Pierre Cossette, Canadian producer and manager (born 1923)
2009
Larry Gelbart, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)
2009
Yoshito Usui, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1958)
2007
Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1946)
2007
Gene Savoy, American explorer, theologian, and author (born 1927)
2007
Jean Séguy, French sociologist and author (born 1925)
2007
Joe Zawinul, Austrian keyboard player and songwriter (born 1932)
2006
William Auld, Scottish poet and author (born 1924)
2006
Joachim Fest, German journalist and author (born 1926)
2004
Fred Ebb, American songwriter (born 1928)
2004
David Mann, American painter and illustrator (born 1939)
2004
Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (born 1949)
2003
Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, 39th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sweden (born 1957)
2003
John Ritter, American actor (born 1948)
2002
Kim Hunter, American actress (born 1922)
2002
Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster (born 1933)
2002
David Wisniewski, American author and illustrator (born 1953)
2001
Alice Stewart Trillin, American author and educator (born 1938)
2001
Casualties of the September 11 attacks: see Category:Victims of the September 11 attacks
1999
Belkis Ayón, Cuban painter and lithographer (born 1967)
1999
Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan racing driver (born 1972)
1998
Dane Clark, American actor (born 1912)
1997
Camille Henry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1933)
1997
Hannah Weiner, American poet (born 1928)
1995
Anita Harding, English neurologist and academic (born 1952)
1994
Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian harpsichordist, pianist, and composer (born 1910)
1994
Jessica Tandy, English-American actress (born 1909)
1993
Antoine Izméry, Haitian businessman and activist
1993
Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-American conductor (born 1912)
1993
Mary Jane Reoch, American cyclist (born 1945)
1991
Ernst Herbeck, Austrian-German poet (born 1920)
1990
Myrna Mack, Guatemalan anthropologist and activist (born 1949)
1988
Roger Hargreaves, English author and illustrator (born 1935)
1987
Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (born 1915)
1987
Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1944)
1987
Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and educator (born 1907)
1986
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek academic and politician, 138th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1902)
1986
Noel Streatfeild, English author (born 1895)
1985
William Alwyn, English composer, conductor, and educator (born 1905)
1985
Henrietta Barnett, British Women's Royal Air Force officer (born 1905)
1985
Eleanor Dark, Australian author (born 1901)
1984
Jerry Voorhis, American politician (born 1901)
1983
Brian Lawrance, Australian bandleader and singer (born 1909)
1982
Albert Soboul, French historian and academic (born 1914)
1978
Mike Gazella, American baseball player and manager (born 1895)
1978
Georgi Markov, Bulgarian author and playwright (born 1929)
1978
Janet Parker, English photographer (born 1938)
1978
Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (born 1944)
1974
Lois Lenski, American author and illustrator (born 1893)
1973
Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (born 1908)
1973
Neem Karoli Baba, Indian philosopher and guru
1971
Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician (born 1894)
1968
René Cogny, French general (born 1904)
1967
Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer and academic (born 1904)
1966
Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (born 1889)
1965
Ralph C. Smedley, American educator, founded Toastmasters International (born 1878)
1964
Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, Indian poet and critic (born 1917)
1959
Paul Douglas, American actor (born 1907)
1958
Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (born 1889)
1958
Robert W. Service, English-French poet and author (born 1874)
1957
Mary Proctor, American astronomer (born 1862)
1956
Billy Bishop, Canadian colonel and pilot (born 1894)
1950
Jan Smuts, South African field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (born 1870)
1949
Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (born 1873)
1948
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (born 1876)
1941
Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian physician, journalist, and politician, Soviet Ambassador to France (born 1873)
1941
Aleksandra Izmailovich, Belarusian revolutionary (born 1878)
1941
Maria Spiridonova, Russian revolutionary (born 1884)
1939
Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer (born 1861)
1935
Charles Norris, American coroner (born 1867)
1932
Stanisław Wigura, Polish pilot and businessman, co-founded the RWD Company (born 1901)
1932
Franciszek Żwirko, Polish soldier and pilot (born 1895)
1926
Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (born 1875)
1921
Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (born 1882)
1919
Quianu Robinson, New Mexican Congressman and political ally of Conrad Hilton (born 1852)
1917
Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot (born 1894)
1915
William Sprague IV, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island (born 1830)
1911
Louis Henri Boussenard, French explorer and author (born 1847)
1898
Nikoline Harbitz, Norwegian author (born 1841)
1896
Francis James Child, American scholar and educator (born 1825)
1888
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina (born 1811)
1865
Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (born 1806)
1851
Sylvester Graham, American minister and dietary reformer, namesake of the graham cracker (born 1794)
1846
José Núñez de Cáceres, Dominican politician and writer. He was the leader of the Independence movement of the Dominican Republic against Spain in 1821 (born 1772)
1843
Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (born 1786)
1823
David Ricardo, English economist and politician (born 1772)
1760
Louis Godin, French astronomer and academic (born 1704)
1733
François Couperin, French organist and composer (born 1668)
1721
Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (born 1665)
1680
Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (born 1596)
1677
James Harrington, English philosopher and author (born 1611)
1599
Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (born 1577)
1569
Vincenza Armani, Italian actress (born 1530)
1349
Bonne of Luxembourg, spouse of John II of France (born 1315)
1298
Philip of Artois, Lord of Conches, Nonancourt, and Domfront (born 1269)
1297
Hugh de Cressingham, English Treasurer
1279
Robert Kilwardby, English cardinal (born 1215)
1185
Stephen Hagiochristophorites, Byzantine courtier (born 1130)
1161
Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem (born 1105)
1063
Béla I of Hungary (born 1016)
883
Kesta Styppiotes, Byzantine general
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