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September 14

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September 14

September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 108 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Connecticut Lottery awards first $4 million top prize in the state's $50 scratch game. The Connecticut Lottery has awarded the state's first top prize from a $50 scratch-off game, worth $4 million.
2023: Missouri widow wins $199,000 lottery jackpot with numbers related to her late husband. A Missouri woman who lost her husband says she won a $199,000 Show Me Cash lottery jackpot with numbers inspired by her late spouse.
2022: Arkansas Lottery to debut new Lotto draw game. Yesterday the Arkansas Lottery officially announced the introduction of its newest draw game, Lotto.
2021: Australian man who won nearly $1 million in lottery gave it all away. A year after winning almost $1 million (US$731,905) in the Australian TattsLotto, one particular Aussie went on a selfless crusade to give it all away.
2020: Illinois Lottery launches specialty lottery ticket to combat Alzheimer's. This month, the Illinois Lottery released a new inaugural lottery ticket that is designed to raise awareness and support care for those suffering from Alzheimer's.
2019: Double cancer survivor wins $4.6 million lottery jackpot. An Oregon cancer survivor's lucky streak continued this month with a $4.6 million lottery win, according to state officials.
2017: Florida Irma evacuee and mother of three wins $10K lottery in North Carolina. A Florida woman who evacuated from Hurricane Irma with her three children won $10,000 on a lottery scratch-off ticket while sheltering in North Carolina.
2016: Pa. Lottery adds 'Wild Ball' feature to all numbers games. The Pennsylvania Lottery has launched "Wild Ball," an optional add-on that gives players more chances to win the daily numbers games.
2015: Last try for Alabama lottery dies in Senate committee. Legislation that would have authorized a public vote to establish an Alabama "Powerball" like lottery died this afternoon in a state Senate committee.
2012: 'Robot' to replace Michigan Lottery readers. It's the end of the line for the three people who read the lottery numbers on Detroit TV.
2012: Michigan Senate bill lets lottery winners remain anonymous. Michigan winners of multistate lotteries could choose to remain anonymous, under a bill that passed a state Senate committee Thursday.
2012: Illinois Lottery superintendent at odds with private manager of lottery. Illinois Lottery superintendent Michael Jones and the private management consortium running the Illinois Lottery are at odds over penalties for failing to meet stipulated profit goals.
2010: Illinois Lottery privatization announcement expected Wednesday. Illinois is soon to become the first in the United States to turn over its state lottery operations to a privately owned company.
2009: Scratch-off lottery tickets arrive in Arkansas. Shrink-wrapped pallets arrived by tractor-trailer Monday to a warehouse in southwest Little Rock, a first shipment of about 30 million scratch-off tickets destined to inaugurate the start of Arkansas' state lottery.
2009: N.D. lottery ticket sales, profits continue slide. Despite hefty increases in promotional spending, lottery ticket sales and profits have declined in North Dakota during the past two years and led to a large reduction in the lottery's financial reserves.
2008: Sweet dreams in hard times add to lottery sales. Many state lotteries across the country are experiencing record sales, driven in part by intense marketing but also by people who are trying to turn a lottery ticket into a ticket out of hard times.
2007: Michigan Lottery again to offer $50 Super Raffle tickets. Michigan residents can start dreaming of potential purchases next week when they get another chance to try their luck at one of Michigan's most expensive lottery games.
2007: Tennessee Lottery takes back refund offer. Today the Tennessee Lottery rescinded its offer from last week to refund tickets purchased with the wrong jackpot amount listed.
2007: Record powerball lottery winner reflects on sad life. In his darkest moments, Jack Whittaker has sometimes wondered if winning the nearly $315 million Powerball game was really worth it.
2007: Tennessee rep calls for lottery oversight meeting. Citing concerns that recent operational missteps could damage consumer confidence in the Tennessee Education Lottery, Democratic Leader Sen. Jim Kyle today called for a meeting of the General Assembly's Lottery Oversight Committee to be convened as soon as possible.
2006: Frist continues crusade against Internet gambling. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is trying use a bill authorizing U.S. military operations, including in Iraq and Afghanistan, to prohibit people from using credit cards to settle Internet gambling debts.
2005: Mega Millions lottery jackpot to be a quarter-billion for Friday. Millions and millions of tickets sold, but no one managed to pick the right combination of numbers in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game. The $200 million dollars up for grabs in Tuesday night's game went without a top winner, hiking the jackpot to $250 million for Friday.
2005: Missouri Lottery appoints new director. The Missouri Lottery Commission on Monday named its longtime chief financial officer, Larry Jansen, as the agency's new executive director.
2005: Gtech lottery, gaming units may be split in sale. If Gtech Holdings Inc. is sold, as recent reports suggest, it may be marketed in pieces to buyers interested in its global lottery operations and gaming equipment business.
2005: Kansas Lottery plans to unveil pocket-sized slot machines. If the Kansas Lottery has its way, thousands of people soon will be carrying small electronic slot machines -- in their coat or shirt pockets.
2005: Four accused in Florida lottery ticket fraud. Four Colombian nationals living in Florida were arrested and charged with fraud, after trying to scam a Florida resident out of $29,000.
2004: Illinois Lottery's founder remembered. As the Illinois Lottery turns 30, Zeke Giorgi, the lottery's founder, was remembered by his family and the lottery.
2004: Hundreds Descend on Lottery Headquarters To Collect Winnings. Four little numbers added up to nearly $6 million for 4,653 people who played the Connecticut Lottery's Play 4 game last Friday.
2004: Powerball lottery winnings to help pay bail. Lottery millionaire Victoria Zell got her money from Powerball, but now she's using a major chunk of it for "powerbail."

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$608 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2023
2.$435.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 15, 2021
3.$400 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2025
4.$383 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 14, 2021
5.$301 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 14, 2013
6.€271.55 Million US$271.27 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 15, 2022
7.$258 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2005
8.$256 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2022
9.$227 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 14, 2018
10.$222 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 14, 2016
11.$207.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 14, 2022
12.$192 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 17, 2019
13.€173 Million
US$191.11 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 17, 2019
14.$185 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2015
15.$171 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 17, 2014
16.$163 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 15, 2006
17.$162 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 15, 2023
18.€160 Million
US$159.92 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2022
19.€140.15 Million
US$157.56 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 15, 2016
20.$157 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2006
21.€130 Million
US$155.26 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 15, 2017
22.$152.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 14, 2024
23.€100 Million
US$147.08 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 18, 2009
24.$147 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 15, 2018
25.€119.91 Million
US$141.94 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2025

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1988: karldarnell
Wednesday, Sep 14, 1988
37 years old
1987: un1ted4
Monday, Sep 14, 1987
38 years old
1983: leon11
Wednesday, Sep 14, 1983
42 years old
1979: iluvmyfamily2
Friday, Sep 14, 1979
46 years old
1977: Brownidgrl
Wednesday, Sep 14, 1977
48 years old
1974: paperchase
Saturday, Sep 14, 1974
51 years old
1974: paperchase2
Saturday, Sep 14, 1974
51 years old
1970: jdaman
Monday, Sep 14, 1970
55 years old
1970: Tbonesteak42
Monday, Sep 14, 1970
55 years old
1969: Faye Champ
Sunday, Sep 14, 1969
56 years old
1965: eulette1965
Tuesday, Sep 14, 1965
60 years old
1963: Steven777
Saturday, Sep 14, 1963
62 years old
1962: hillspecs24
Friday, Sep 14, 1962
63 years old
1961: Vikings74
Thursday, Sep 14, 1961
64 years old
1955: XXX2019
Wednesday, Sep 14, 1955
70 years old
1953: ajf141
Monday, Sep 14, 1953
72 years old
: SBIP$999
(year not provided)
: scissorhands
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: Death of Queen Elizabeth II: The Queen's coffin is taken from Buckingham Palace, placed on a gun carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and moved in a procession to Westminster Hall for her lying in state over the next four days with the queue of mourners stretching for miles along the River Thames.
2019: Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
2015: The first observation of gravitational waves is made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
2008: Aeroflot Flight 821, a Boeing 737-500, crashes into a section of the Trans-Siberian Railway while on approach to Perm International Airport, in Perm, Russia, killing all 88 people on board.
2007: Prelude to the 2008 financial crisis: Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
2003: In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
2003: Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra.
2002: Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561 crashes near Paranapanema, Brazil, killing both pilots on board.
2001: Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
2000: Microsoft releases Windows Me.
1999: Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
1998: Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
1997: Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad-Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
1994: The rest of the Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
1993: Lufthansa Flight 2904, an Airbus A320, crashes into an embankment after overshooting the runway at Okęcie International Airport (now Warsaw Chopin Airport), killing two people.
1992: The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.
1989: The Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman, killed eight people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide.
1985: Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
1984: Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
1982: President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated.
1979: Afghan leader Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party.
1975: The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
1960: The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
1960: Congo Crisis: Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
1958: The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
1954: In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
1948: The Indian Army captures the city of Aurangabad as part of Operation Polo.
1944: World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
1943: World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.
1940: Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.
1939: World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
1936: Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaurès, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza.
1917: The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
1914: HMAS AE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, is lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
1911: Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot by Dmitry Bogrov while attending a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tale of Tsar Saltan at the Kiev Opera House, in the presence of Tsar Nicholas II.
1901: U.S. president William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
1862: American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
1846: Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
1829: The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
1814: Battle of Baltimore: The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.
1812: Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
1808: Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes at the Battle of Oravais.
1791: The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
1782: American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.
1763: Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
1752: The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
1741: George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.
1723: Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.
1685: Morean War: the Battle of Kalamata ends in a Venetian victory over the forces of the Ottoman Empire under the Kapudan Pasha.
1682: Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
1402: Battle of Homildon Hill: An invading Scottish army under Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany and Archibald, Earl Douglas is decimated by a contingent of 500 English archers under the command of George, Earl of March and Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland.
1226: The first recorded instance of the Catholic practice of perpetual Eucharistic adoration formally begins in Avignon, France.
1180: Genpei War: In the Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan, the new military commander of the Minamoto clan, Minamoto no Yoritomo, is routed by Ōba Kagechika of the Taira clan.
919: Battle of Islandbridge: High King Niall Glúndub is killed while leading an Irish coalition against the Vikings of Uí Ímair, led by King Sitric Cáech.
786: "Night of the three Caliphs": Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi. Birth of Harun's son al-Ma'mun.
AD 81: Domitian became Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.

Births On This Day

2000: Han, South Korean rapper
1999: Emma Kenney, American actress
1997: Benjamin Ingrosso, Swedish singer and songwriter
1997: Dominic Solanke, English footballer
1996: Hugh Bernard, English cricketer
1996: Myles Wright, English professional footballer
1995: Jevon Carter, American basketball player
1995: Deshaun Watson, American football player
1994: Brahim Darri, Dutch footballer
1994: Gary Harris, American basketball player
1994: Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Finnish footballer
1994: Krasimir Stanoev, Bulgarian footballer
1993: Brandon Brown, American race car driver
1992: Connor Fields, American cyclist
1992: Cassie Sharpe, Canadian freestyle skier
1992: Zico, South Korean rapper
1991: Dee Milliner, American football player
1991: Nana, South Korean singer, actress and model
1991: Shayne Topp, American actor and Smosh cast member
1990: Douglas Costa, Brazilian footballer
1990: Petar Filipović, German-born Croatian footballer
1990: Belinda Hocking, Australian backstroke swimmer
1990: Cecilie Pedersen, Norwegian footballer
1989: Jimmy Butler, American basketball player
1989: Tony Finau, American golfer
1989: Logan Henderson, American singer-songwriter
1989: Jesse James, American actor
1989: Lee Jong-suk, South Korean actor and model
1989: Alex Killorn, Canadian ice hockey player
1989: Jonathon Simmons, American basketball player
1989: Miriam Zetter, Mexican ten-pin bowler
1988: Martin Fourcade, French biathlete
1988: Diogo Salomão, Portuguese footballer
1987: Jessica Brown Findlay, English actress
1987: Michael Crabtree, American football player
1987: Tinchy Stryder, Ghanaian-English rapper and producer
1986: David Desharnais, Canadian ice hockey player
1986: Jonathan Monaghan, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1986: Steven Naismith, Scottish footballer
1986: Barış Özbek, German-Turkish footballer
1986: Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer
1986: Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer and actress
1986: Reggie Williams, American basketball player
1985: Alex Clare, English singer and songwriter
1985: Paolo Gregoletto, American bass player and songwriter
1985: Trevis Smith, American football player
1985: Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer
1985: Delmon Young, American baseball player
1984: Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor, singer and anchor
1984: Adam Lamberg, American actor
1983: Arash Borhani, Iranian footballer
1983: Josh Outman, American baseball player
1983: Frostee Rucker, American football player
1983: Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter (died 2011)
1982: SoShy, French-American singer-songwriter
1982: Petr Průcha, Czech ice hockey player
1981: Miyavi, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1981: Katie Lee, American chef, author, and critic
1981: Stefan Reisinger, German footballer
1981: Yumi Adachi, Japanese actress and singer
1980: Ayọ, German singer-songwriter and actress
1980: Gareth Maybin, Northern Irish professional golfer
1979: Ivica Olić, Croatian footballer
1979: Stefan Stam, Dutch footballer
1978: Ben Cohen, English rugby union player
1978: Ron DeSantis, American politician, 46th Governor of Florida
1978: Carmen Kass, Estonian model and actress
1978: Danielle Peck, American singer-songwriter
1977: Mattias Agabus, Estonian architect
1977: Malik Bendjelloul, Swedish director and producer (died 2014)
1977: Miyu Matsuki, Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2015)
1976: Austin Basis, American actor
1976: Agustín Calleri, Argentinian tennis player
1976: Kevin Lyttle, Vincentian soca artist
1974: Chad Bradford, American baseball player
1974: Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan runner
1974: Mattias Marklund, Swedish guitarist
1974: Sunday Oliseh, Nigerian footballer and manager
1974: Helgi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer
1974: Patrick van Balkom, Dutch sprinter
1973: Tony Bui, Vietnamese director, producer, and screenwriter
1973: Terrell Fletcher, American football player
1973: Andrew Lincoln, English actor
1973: Nas, American rapper
1973: Linvoy Primus, English footballer
1973: Mike Ward, Canadian comedian and actor
1972: Notah Begay III, American golfer
1972: David Bell, American baseball player and coach
1971: Jeff Loomis, American guitarist and songwriter
1971: Andre Matos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2019)
1971: Christopher McCulloch, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
1971: Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actress, director, and producer
1970: Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist
1970: Ben Garant, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1970: Ketanji Brown Jackson, American lawyer and jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
1970: Satoshi Kojima, Japanese wrestler
1970: Jason Martin, Australian rugby league player, singer, and guitarist
1970: Craig Montoya, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1970: Mark Webber, English guitarist
1969: Denis Betts, English rugby league player and coach
1969: Bong Joon-ho, South Korean director and screenwriter
1969: Konstandinos Koukodimos, Australian-Greek long jumper and politician
1968: Grant Shapps, English politician
1967: Jens Lien, Norwegian director, producer, and screenwriter
1967: John Power, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966: Iztok Puc, Croatian-Slovenian handball player (died 2011)
1966: Aamer Sohail, Pakistani cricketer and politician
1965: Emily Bell, English journalist and academic
1965: Dmitry Medvedev, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Russia
1965: Kevin O'Hare, English ballet dancer and director
1965: Michelle Stafford, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1964: Faith Ford, American actress
1963: Robin Singh, Trinidadian-Indian cricketer and coach
1962: Robert Herjavec, Croatian-Canadian businessman
1962: Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2021)
1962: Nick Botterill, British business man
1962: Bonnie Jo Campbell, American novelist and short story writer
1961: Freeman Mbowe, Tanzanian politician
1961: Wendy Thomas, American businesswoman
1960: Ronald Lengkeek, Dutch footballer
1960: Melissa Leo, American actress
1960: Callum Keith Rennie, English-Canadian actor and producer
1959: John Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959: Mary Crosby, American actress
1959: Morten Harket, Norwegian singer-songwriter
1958: Paul Clark, English footballer and manager
1958: Jeff Crowe, New Zealand cricketer, referee, and manager
1958: Arlindo Cruz, Brazilian singer-songwriter
1958: Billy Abercromby, Scottish footballer (died 2024)
1957: Tim Wallach, American baseball player and coach
1957: Kepler Wessels, South African cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1956: Paul Allott, English cricketer and sportscaster
1956: Beth Nielsen Chapman, American singer-songwriter
1956: Kostas Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 181st Prime Minister of Greece
1956: Nathalie Roussel, French actress
1956: Ray Wilkins, English footballer and manager (died 2018)
1956: Lefteris Zagoritis, Greek lawyer and politician
1955: Steve Berlin, American saxophonist, keyboard player, and producer
1955: Geraldine Brooks, Australian-American novelist and journalist
1955: William Jackson, Scottish harp player and composer
1955: Edu Manzano, American-Filipino actor and politician
1955: Pope Leo XIV
1954: Barry Cowsill, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2005)
1954: David Wojnarowicz, American painter and photographer (died 1992)
1953: Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (died 1998)
1953: Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer
1953: Robert Wisdom, American actor
1951: Volodymyr Melnykov, Ukrainian poet, writer, songwriter and composer
1951: Joe McDonnell, Northern Irish hunger striker (died 1981)
1950: Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (died 1976)
1950: Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver
1950: Mike Nifong, American lawyer and politician
1950: John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (died 1989)
1949: Steve Gaines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977)
1949: Ed King, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2018)
1949: Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 2003)
1949: Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1994)
1949: Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
1948: Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (died 2000)
1947: Jon Bauman, American singer
1947: Sam Neill, Northern Irish-New Zealand actor and director
1946: Pete Agnew, Scottish rock bassist and singer
1946: Jim Angle, American soldier and journalist (died 2022)
1946: Wolfgang Sühnholz, German-American soccer player and coach (died 2019)
1946: Kjell Gjerseth, Norwegian novelist and journalist (died 2025)
1945: Martin Tyler, English sportscaster
1944: Joey Heatherton, American actress, singer, and dancer
1944: Rowena Morrill, American artist (died 2021)
1944: Günter Netzer, German footballer and manager
1943: Irwin Goodman, Finnish singer-composer and guitarist (died 1991)
1943: Marcos Valle, Brazilian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1942: Oliver Lake, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer
1942: Roger Lyons, English trade union leader
1942: Bernard MacLaverty, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter
1941: Bruce Hyde, American actor and academic (died 2015)
1941: Ian Kennedy, English lawyer and academic
1941: Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, American civil rights activist
1941: Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan drummer, composer, and bandleader (died 2020)
1941: Alex St. Clair, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2006)
1940: Ventseslav Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer and translator (died 2019)
1940: Larry Brown, American basketball player and coach
1940: Padmakar Shivalkar, Indian cricketer (died 2025)
1939: DeWitt Weaver, American golfer (died 2021)
1938: Franco Califano, Libya-born Italian singer-songwriter (died 2013)
1938: Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (died 2011)
1937: Renzo Piano, Italian architect and engineer, designed The Shard and The New York Times Building
1936: Harry Danielsen, Norwegian educator and politician (died 2011)
1936: Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (died 1996)
1936: Walter Koenig, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1936: Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)
1936: Lucas Samaras, Greek-American painter and photographer (died 2024)
1935: Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (died 2008)
1934: Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (died 1994)
1934: Paul Little, New Zealand rugby player (died 1993)
1934: Kate Millett, American author and activist (died 2017)
1934: Don Walser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)
1933: Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress (died 2020)
1933: Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (died 2009)
1932: Harry Sinden, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1932: John Tembo, Malawian politician (died 2023)
1930: Allan Bloom, American philosopher and academic (died 1992)
1930: Romola Costantino, Australian pianist and critic (died 1988)
1930: Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (died 2014)
1929: Larry Collins, American-French journalist, historian, and author (died 2005)
1928: Jay Cameron, American reed player and saxophonist (died 2001)
1928: Alberto Korda, Cuban photographer (died 2001)
1928: Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (died 2004)
1927: Martin Caidin, American author and screenwriter (died 1997)
1927: Janet Davies, English actress (died 1986)
1927: Gardner Dickinson, American golfer (died 1998)
1927: Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (died 2015)
1927: Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (died 2014)
1926: Michel Butor, French author and critic (died 2016)
1926: Richard Ellsasser, American organist, composer, and conductor (died 1972)
1926: Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Spanish noblewoman (died 2017)
1924: Patricia Barringer, American baseball player and accountant (died 2007)
1924: Jerry Coleman, American baseball player and manager (died 2014)
1924: Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean-English physician, academic, and diplomat (died 1994)
1924: Wim Polak, Dutch journalist and politician, Mayor of Amsterdam (died 1999)
1923: Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter and costume designer (died 2001)
1922: Michel Auclair, German-French actor (died 1988)
1922: Frances Bergen, American model and actress (died 2006)
1922: Alfred Käärmann, Estonian soldier and author (died 2010)
1921: Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2005)
1921: A. Jean de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and academic (died 2022)
1921: Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (died 2013)
1921: Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (died 2001)
1920: Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist and author (died 2009)
1920: Lawrence Klein, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
1920: Alberto Calderón, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (died 1998)
1919: Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and broadcaster (died 1976)
1919: Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (died 2001)
1919: Olga Lowe, South African-English actress (died 2013)
1919: Kay Medford, American actress (died 1980)
1918: Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (died 1967)
1918: Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (died 2008)
1917: Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (died 2002)
1916: Eric Bentley, English-American singer, playwright, and critic (died 2020)
1916: John Heyer, Australian director and producer (died 2001)
1915: John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author, designed the Dobsonian telescope (died 2014)
1914: Mae Boren Axton, American composer and educator (died 1997)
1914: Clayton Moore, American actor (died 1999)
1913: Jacobo Árbenz, Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (died 1971)
1913: Rubby Sherr, American physicist and academic (died 2013)
1911: William H. Armstrong, American author and educator (died 1999)
1910: Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (died 1982)
1910: Jack Hawkins, English actor and producer (died 1973)
1910: Yiannis Latsis, Greek businessman (died 2003)
1910: Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (died 1999)
1910: Rasuna Said, Indonesian women's rights campaigner and national hero (died 1965)
1909: Peter Scott, English ornithologist, painter, and sailor (died 1989)
1907: Yuri Ivask, Russian-American poet and critic (died 1986)
1904: Frank Amyot, Canadian sprint canoeist (died 1962)
1904: Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister (died 1957)
1903: Mart Raud, Estonian poet and author (died 1980)
1902: Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (died 1977)
1902: Alice Tully, American soprano and philanthropist (died 1993)
1898: Lawrence Gellert, Hungarian-American musicologist and song collector (died 1979)
1898: Ernest Nash, German-Italian photographer and scholar (died 1974)
1896: José Mojica, Mexican tenor and actor (died 1974)
1892: Laurence W. Allen, English lieutenant and pilot (died 1968)
1891: Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1983)
1887: Karl Taylor Compton, American physicist (died 1954)
1886: Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1948)
1885: Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor, composer, and critic (died 1975)
1883: Richard Gerstl, Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1908)
1880: Benjamin, Russian bishop and missionary (died 1961)
1880: Archie Hahn, American sprinter, football player, and coach (died 1955)
1879: Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist (died 1966)
1872: John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1963)
1869: Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (died 1953)
1868: Théodore Botrel, French singer-songwriter, poet, and playwright (died 1925)
1867: Charles Dana Gibson, American illustrator (died 1944)
1864: Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
1860: Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (died 1940)
1857: Julia Platt, American embryologist and politician (died 1935)
1853: Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Ceylonese civil servant and politician (died 1924)
1850: Anton Mahnič, Slovenian bishop, philosopher, and theologian (died 1920)
1847: Fanny Holland, English actress and singer (died 1931)
1843: Lola Rodríguez de Tió, Puerto Rican poet, abolitionist, and women's rights activist (died 1924)
1837: Nikolai Bugaev, Georgian-Russian mathematician and philosopher (died 1903)
1816: Mary Hall Barrett Adams, American book editor and letter writer (died 1860)
1804: John Gould, English ornithologist and illustrator (died 1881)
1804: Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (died 1882)
1791: Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (died 1867)
1774: Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (died 1839)
1769: Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (died 1859)
1737: Michael Haydn, Austrian singer and composer (died 1806)
1736: Robert Raikes, English philanthropist, founded Sunday school (died 1811)
1721: Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 1807)
1713: Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (died 1781)
1656: Thomas Baker, English historian and author (died 1746)
1643: Jeremiah Dummer, American silversmith (died 1718)
1618: Peter Lely, Dutch-English painter (died 1680)
1580: Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (died 1645)
1547: Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch politician (died 1619)
1543: Claudio Acquaviva, Italian priest, 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1615)
1486: Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German theologian, astrologer, and alchemist (died 1535)
1485: Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Landgravine of Hesse (died 1525)
1401: Maria of Castile, Queen consort of Aragon and Naples (died 1458)
1388: Claudius Clavus, Danish geographer and cartographer (died 1438)
1384: Ephraim of Nea Makri, Greek martyr and saint (died 1426)
1246: John Fitzalan III, English nobleman (died 1272)
1032: Dao Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1101)
953: Guo Zongxun, Chinese emperor (died 973)
938: Sahib ibn Abbad, Persian scholar and statesman (died 995)
768: Al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph, 7th (died 833)
208: Diadumenian, Roman emperor (died 218)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti royal and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kuwait (born 1942)
2024: Otis Davis, American sprinter (born 1932)
2021: Norm Macdonald, Canadian comedian and actor (born 1959)
2018: Ethel Johnson, American professional wrestler (born 1935)
2018: Zienia Merton, British actress (born 1945)
2015: Davey Browne, Australian boxer (born 1986)
2015: Fred DeLuca, American businessman, co-founded Subway (born 1947)
2015: Martin Kearns, English drummer (born 1977)
2015: Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Romanian journalist and politician (born 1949)
2014: Tony Auth, American illustrator (born 1942)
2014: Peter Gutteridge, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1961)
2014: E. Jennifer Monaghan, English-American historian, author, and academic (born 1933)
2013: Maksym Bilyi, Ukrainian footballer (born 1989)
2013: Osama El-Baz, Egyptian soldier and diplomat (born 1931)
2013: Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (born 1941)
2012: Jacques Antoine, French game show producer, created The Crystal Maze and Fort Boyard (born 1924)
2012: Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican businessman and politician (born 1963)
2012: Winston Rekert, Canadian actor and director (born 1949)
2012: Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (born 1913)
2011: Malcolm Wallop, American politician (born 1933)
2009: Keith Floyd, English chef and author (born 1943)
2009: Henry Gibson, American actor (born 1935)
2009: Jody Powell, American diplomat, White House Press Secretary (born 1943)
2009: Patrick Swayze, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1952)
2008: Hyman Golden, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (born 1923)
2007: Jacques Martin, French television host and producer (born 1933)
2007: Robert Savoie, Canadian opera singer (born 1927)
2006: Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American bodybuilder and actor (born 1926)
2006: Esme Melville, Australian actress (born 1918)
2005: William Berenberg, American physician and academic (born 1915)
2005: Vladimir Volkoff, French soldier and author (born 1932)
2005: Robert Wise, American director and producer (born 1914)
2003: Jerry Fleck, American actor and director (born 1947)
2003: Garrett Hardin, American ecologist and author (born 1915)
2003: John Serry Sr., American accordion player and composer (born 1915)
2002: LaWanda Page, American actress (born 1920)
2001: Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist (born 1931)
2000: Beah Richards, American actress (born 1920)
2000: Jerzy Giedroyc, Belarusian-Polish soldier and activist (born 1906)
1999: Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910)
1999: Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (born 1947)
1998: Yang Shangkun, Chinese politician, and 4th president of China (born 1907)
1996: Juliet Prowse, Indian-South African actress, singer, and dancer (born 1937)
1995: Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (born 1912)
1994: Marika Krevata, Greek actress (born 1910)
1992: August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic (born 1906)
1992: Paul Martin Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1903)
1991: Julie Bovasso, American actress and playwright (born 1930)
1991: Russell Lynes, American historian, photographer, and author (born 1910)
1989: Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1916)
1986: Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster, founded the Liberty Broadcasting System (born 1921)
1984: Janet Gaynor, American actress (born 1906)
1982: Christian Ferras, French violinist (born 1933)
1982: John Gardner, American novelist, essayist, and critic (born 1933)
1982: Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (born 1947)
1982: Grace Kelly, American-Monegasque actress; Princess of Monaco (born 1929)
1981: Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1899)
1979: Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician, 3rd President of Afghanistan (born 1917)
1975: Walter Herbert, German-American conductor (born 1902)
1966: Gertrude Berg, American actress and screenwriter (born 1899)
1966: Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (born 1881)
1966: Cemal Gürsel, Turkish general and politician, 4th President of Turkey (born 1895)
1965: J. W. Hearne, English cricketer (born 1891)
1962: Frederick Schule, American hurdler, football player, and coach (born 1879)
1961: Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (born 1885)
1960: M. Karagatsis, Greek author, playwright, and critic (born 1908)
1959: Wayne Morris, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1914)
1952: John McPhee, Australian businessman and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (born 1874)
1951: Fritz Busch, German conductor and director (born 1890)
1943: Jacob Gens, head of the Vilnius Ghetto government (born 1903)
1942: E. S. Gosney, American eugenicist and philanthropist, founded Human Betterment Foundation (born 1855)
1937: Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (born 1850)
1936: Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (born 1878)
1936: Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (born 1899)
1931: Tom Roberts, English-Australian painter and educator (born 1856)
1927: Isadora Duncan, American-Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1877)
1916: José Echegaray, Spanish engineer, mathematician, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1832)
1910: Lombe Atthill, Northern Irish obstetrician and gynaecologist (born 1827)
1905: Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (born 1852)
1901: William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (born 1843)
1898: William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (born 1857)
1891: Johannes Bosboom, Dutch painter (born 1817)
1879: Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist and author (born 1808)
1868: Swami Virajanand Dandeesha, also known as the Blind Sage of Mathura, celebrated teacher of Arya Samaj founder, Dayanand Saraswati, a scholar and teacher of Sanskrit grammar and Vedic literature (born 1778)
1862: Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (born 1793)
1862: Charles Lennox Richardson, English-Chinese merchant (born 1834)
1852: Augustus Pugin, English architect and critic, designed Scarisbrick Hall (born 1812)
1852: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1769)
1851: James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian (born 1789)
1836: Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (born 1756)
1821: Heinrich Kuhl, German naturalist and zoologist (born 1797)
1807: George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1724)
1759: Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French general (born 1712)
1749: Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (born 1675)
1743: Nicolas Lancret, French painter (born 1690)
1715: Dom Pérignon, French monk and priest (born 1638)
1712: Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, and engineer (born 1625)
1646: Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (born 1591)
1638: John Harvard, English-American minister and philanthropist (born 1607)
1613: Thomas Overbury, English poet
1605: Jan Tarnowski, Polish archbishop (born 1550)
1538: Henry III of Nassau-Breda (born 1483)
1523: Pope Adrian VI (born 1459)
1487: Mara Branković, Serbian princess (born 1416)
1435: John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, English politician, Lord High Admiral (born 1389)
1412: Ingegerd Knutsdotter, Swedish abbess (born 1356)
1404: Albert IV, duke of Austria (born 1377)
1401: Dobrogost of Nowy Dwór, Polish bishop (born 1355)
1321: Dante Alighieri, Italian writer (born 1265)
1214: Albert Avogadro, Italian lawyer, patriarch, and saint (born 1149)
1164: Emperor Sutoku of Japan (born 1119)
1146: Imad ad-Din Zengi, Syrian ruler (born 1087)
949: Fujiwara no Tadahira, Japanese statesman (born 880)
927: Cele Dabhaill mac Scannal, Irish abbot
919: Niall Glúndub, High King of Ireland
891: Stephen V, pope of the Catholic Church
820: Li Yong, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
788: Li Mian, Chinese judge, military general, musician, poet, and politician (born 717)
786: Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph (born 764)
775: Constantine V, Byzantine emperor (born 718)
619: Yang You, emperor of the Sui Dynasty (born 605)
585: Bidatsu, emperor of Japan (born 538)
407: John Chrysostom, Byzantine archbishop and saint (born 347)
258: Cyprian, African bishop and saint (born 200)
AD 23: Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman son of Tiberius (born 13 BC)

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