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September 15

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September 15

September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 107 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: Colorado lottery winner's first order of business after winning $5M: buy watermelon and flowers. A Colorado man's priorities after winning a $5 million Colorado Lottery's Colorado Lotto+ jackpot were clear — buy a watermelon for himself and some flowers for his wife.
2019: After 20 years of playing the same lottery numbers, Delaware man wins $25,000 a year for life. Ever since he won $500 in the lottery 20 years ago, one 65-year-old New Castle, Delaware, man has been playing the same numbers over and over, hoping they'd pay off again.
2019: Lottery winner plans to breathe new life into historic neighborhood that time forgot. A Florida man who won a $52 million lottery jackpot in 2010 wants to use some of his millions to breathe new life into the streets of Sistrunk, a historically black northwestern section of Fort Lauderdale.
2018: Woman given lottery ticket for graduation gift wins $2,000 a month for life. Imagine starting life after graduation with a $2,000 a month head start. That's exactly what one Connecticut woman did.
2018: Last defendant in large Jamaican lottery scam convicted. A federal jury in North Dakota on Friday convicted a Rhode Island woman of helping scam elderly Americans out of millions of dollars, capping a large-scale Jamaican lottery scam case that authorities have been investigating and prosecuting for six years.
2018: China probes yet another lottery official suspected of corruption. Try as it might, China's sole form of legal gambling simply can't escape allegations of corruption committed by the officials in charge.
2016: Three pharmacy employees charged in lottery theft scheme. When Police Chief Brennan Baird examined a video obtained off a hidden surveillance camera in the Rite Aid store of Danielsville, Georgia, the chief reported he was astounded at what he observed.
2015: Wyoming Lottery has its first $1 million winner. Wyoming Lottery history was made during Monday's drawing as one lucky ticket laid claim to Cowboy Draw's first million dollar jackpot.
2014: Ohio Lottery investigating frequent winners. The top lottery winners in Ohio have claimed hundreds of large prizes over the past decades, some in such short spans of time that it seemingly defies the odds and has prompted investigations by the Ohio Lottery.
2013: $400 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot explodes. For only the 5th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot has grown to $400 million or more.
2011: Lottery winner says job, not money, helped cancer fight. The winner of a big British lotto jackpot credits returning to work -- not the money -- with helping her during her cancer fight.
2010: Man wins £2.6M lottery jackpot, but doesn't wake wife. A British couple had two great reasons to celebrate last week -- firstly it was their ruby wedding anniversary, marking 40 years of marriage, and secondly they won £2.6 million (US$4 million) on the Lotto.
2009: £5M U.K. National Lottery winner claims jackpot. The winner of a £5 million (US$8.2 million) National Lottery jackpot which had gone unclaimed for two weeks has come forward, operator Camelot said today.
2009: UK Lottery looking for £5 million Lotto winner. A city was bracing itself for a frenzy of back-of-the-sofa searching and sock drawer ransacking today after details were revealed of an unclaimed £5 million (US$8.2 million) lottery prize.
2008: Maryland Mega Millions lottery winner claims prize anonymously. A 49-year-old woman and her daughter came to Maryland Lottery headquarters Monday carrying a locked safe. Inside was the $24 million Mega Millions winning ticket from last Tuesday's drawing.
2007: Tennessee Lottery on the hot seat. Tennessee State Senator Jim Kyle, D-Memphis, has asked House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh, D-Covington, and Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey, R-Blountville, to convene the Joint Lottery Oversight Committee "as soon as possible" to get the lowdown on recent "incidents" at the Tennessee Education Lottery.
2005: Powerball lottery jackpot increases to $92 million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $92 million, with a cash option of $46.5 million.
2005: $250,000 lottery prize to be split 11 ways. A group of 11 employees and customers of a country store on the shores of Lake Erie, Ohio, have won a pretax total of $250,000 playing Mega Millions.
2005: Oklahoma Lottery ups the ante for retailers. Oklahoma Lottery commissioners have increased the financial incentive for store owners to sell scratch-off tickets, even before the games have begun.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $55 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $55 million Wednesday.
2004: Internet casino profits from lottery name confusion. One of the Oregon Lottery's latest instant scratch-off ticket games apparently has been helping generate a tidy sum of revenue - for the owners of a 9-year-old, offshore-based online casino.
2004: Student wins NY Lotto. She's only 20, but a Queens college student can afford to throw herself one heck of a graduation party after hitting a $5 million lottery jackpot from a ticket she got from her dad.
2004: Study: Gambling May Help Keep Older Folks Healthy. A new study suggests recreational gambling could help contribute to good health in older Americans.
2004: Hurricane disrupts Florida Lotto sales. This week's $2 million Florida Lotto jackpot is the smallest since the state went to twice-a-week jackpots in 1999.
2003: Texas lottery considers eliminating lotto balls. The Texas Lottery Commission is taking a first, cautious step toward using a computer to replace the rubber balls used since the games began in 1992.
2003: Lotto Plus Going Back To Just Plain Lotto. Starting Oct. 5, Washington will drop the "Plus" from Lotto Plus and change the game to increase the number of winners.
2003: Powerball Jackpot Grows to $35 Million. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 336,155 players across the nation won a total of more than $3 million in prizes.
2003: Mega Millions Lottery Disappoints, Officials Say. More than a year after the multi-state Mega Millions lottery was created, the top prizes haven't been the record-breakers organizers had hoped -- leaving the 10 member states still waiting for a lottery windfall to cushion falling tax revenues.
2003: Michigan Lottery Adds New Games. Bettors will have more ways to gamble in Michigan next month, and they'll be able to do it in bars and restaurants across the state.

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.$405 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 17, 2021
4.$399.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 18, 2013
5.€271.55 Million US$271.27 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 15, 2022
6.$258 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2005
7.$256 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2022
8.$252 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 18, 2018
9.$246.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 17, 2016
10.$228 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 17, 2022
11.$192 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 17, 2019
12.€173 Million
US$191.11 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 17, 2019
13.$185 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2015
14.$171 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 17, 2014
15.$163 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 15, 2006
16.$162 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 15, 2023
17.€160 Million
US$159.92 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2022
18.€140.15 Million
US$157.56 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 15, 2016
19.$157 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2006
20.€130 Million
US$155.26 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 15, 2017
21.€100 Million
US$147.08 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 18, 2009
22.$147 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 15, 2018
23.$136 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 17, 2008
24.$133.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2017
25.$133 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2016

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1992: LuckySmalls
Tuesday, Sep 15, 1992
31 years old
1988: TheTruth
Thursday, Sep 15, 1988
35 years old
1985: Superstitious
Sunday, Sep 15, 1985
38 years old
1981: Jeffsheler
Tuesday, Sep 15, 1981
42 years old
1976: cheletwin2
Wednesday, Sep 15, 1976
47 years old
1973: lithoniagyrl
Saturday, Sep 15, 1973
50 years old
1973: ipodmini1
Saturday, Sep 15, 1973
50 years old
1972: dell1972
Friday, Sep 15, 1972
51 years old
1972: kikahova32
Friday, Sep 15, 1972
51 years old
1972: ms b
Friday, Sep 15, 1972
51 years old
1969: kevio88
Monday, Sep 15, 1969
54 years old
1964: chaser915
Tuesday, Sep 15, 1964
59 years old
1963: dallasgd2008
Sunday, Sep 15, 1963
60 years old
1963: beckyann
Sunday, Sep 15, 1963
60 years old
1963: dallasgd2020
Sunday, Sep 15, 1963
60 years old
1963: ROTOGO
Sunday, Sep 15, 1963
60 years old
1958: xthundercat2003
Monday, Sep 15, 1958
65 years old
1958: Kittycat
Monday, Sep 15, 1958
65 years old
1956: numbergirly
Saturday, Sep 15, 1956
67 years old
1953: HereSheBe
Tuesday, Sep 15, 1953
70 years old
1948: Shakey Dee
Wednesday, Sep 15, 1948
75 years old
1946: ewinejr
Sunday, Sep 15, 1946
77 years old
: fast eddie
(year not provided)
: Jenwins
(year not provided)
: reflections5555
(year not provided)
: Benjamin'04
(year not provided)
: Domino
(year not provided)
: nisey00
(year not provided)
: raddy
(year not provided)
: shelbyjean
(year not provided)
: Summer41
(year not provided)
: luckystarr59
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: Signing of the Bahrain-Israel normalization agreement occurs in Washington, D.C., normalizing relations between Israel and two Arab nations, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
2017: The Parsons Green bombing takes place in London.
2011: Four miners are killed in the Gleision Colliery mining accident in the Swansea Valley, Wales, UK.
2008: Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
2004: National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
2001: During a CART race at the Lausitzring in Germany, former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi suffers a heavy accident resulting in him losing both his legs.
1995: Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133 crashes at Tawau Airport in Malaysia, killing 34.
1983: Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
1981: The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
1981: The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
1978: Muhammad Ali outpoints Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times at the Superdome in New Orleans.
1975: The French department of "Corse" (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) and Corse-du-Sud (Southern Corsica).
1974: Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
1972: A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö Bulltofta Airport.
1971: The first Greenpeace ship departs from Vancouver to protest against the upcoming Cannikin nuclear weapon test in Alaska.
1968: The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
1966: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.
1963: Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed in the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
1962: The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
1959: Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
1958: A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48.
1954: Marilyn Monroe's iconic skirt scene is shot during filming for The Seven Year Itch.
1952: The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.
1950: Korean War: The U.S. X Corps lands at Inchon.
1948: The Indian Army captures the towns of Jalna, Latur, Mominabad, Surriapet and Narkatpalli as part of Operation Polo.
1948: The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080 km/h).
1947: Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
1945: A hurricane strikes southern Florida and the Bahamas, destroying 366 airplanes and 25 blimps at Naval Air Station Richmond.
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
1944: Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
1942: World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp is sunk by Japanese torpedoes at Guadalcanal.
1940: World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Luftwaffe launches its largest and most concentrated attack of the entire campaign.
1935: Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.
1918: World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian front.
1916: World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
1915: New Culture Movement: Chen Duxiu establishes the New Youth magazine in Shanghai.
1894: First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
1873: Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
1862: American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present-day Harpers Ferry, West Virginia).
1835: HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands. The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost of the archipelago.
1830: The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens; British MP William Huskisson becomes the first widely reported railway passenger fatality when he is struck and killed by the locomotive Rocket.
1821: The Captaincy General of Guatemala declares independence from Spain.
1820: Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal.
1816: HMS Whiting runs aground on the Doom Bar.
1813: Followers of the Eight Trigram Sect loyal to Lin Qing attack the Forbidden City in a failed attempt to oust the Jiaqing Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
1812: The Grande Armée under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow.
1812: War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
1795: Britain seizes the Dutch Cape Colony in southern Africa to prevent its use by the Batavian Republic.
1794: French Revolutionary Wars: Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) sees his first combat at the Battle of Boxtel during the Flanders Campaign.
1789: The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
1776: American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
1762: Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.
1556: Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
1530: Appearance of the miraculous portrait of Saint Dominic in Soriano in Soriano Calabro, Calabria, Italy; commemorated as a feast day by the Roman Catholic Church 1644-1912.
1440: Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by Jean de Malestroit, Bishop of Nantes.
994: Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.

Births On This Day

1999: Jaren Jackson Jr., American basketball player
1997: Quin Houff, American racing driver
1995: Terry McLaurin, American football player
1995: Joe Ofahengaue, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player
1993: Josh Richardson, American basketball player
1993: Dennis Schröder, German basketball player
1993: JP Tokoto, American basketball player
1992: Jae Park, South Korean-American singer
1991: Phil Ofosu-Ayeh, German-Ghanaian footballer
1991: Lee Jung-shin, South Korean musician and actor
1990: Oliver Gill, English footballer
1990: Aaron Mooy, Australian footballer
1990: Matt Shively, American actor
1988: Chelsea Kane, American actress and singer
1988: Tim Moltzen, Australian rugby league player
1987: Vaila Barsley, Scottish footballer
1987: Aly Cissokho, French footballer
1987: Rhett Titus, American wrestler
1986: Jenna Marbles, American YouTuber and comedian
1986: Heidi Montag, American reality television personality and singer
1986: George Watsky, American hip-hop artist, poet and author
1985: François-Olivier Roberge, Canadian speed skater
1984: Cyhi the Prynce, American rapper and producer
1984: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
1984: Loek van Mil, Dutch baseball player (d. 2019)
1984: Marshal Yanda, American football player
1983: Yuka Hirata, Japanese actress and model
1983: Luke Hochevar, American baseball player
1981: Ben Schwartz, American actor, comedian and writer
1980: David Diehl, American football player and sportscaster
1980: Mike Dunleavy Jr., American basketball player
1979: Dave Annable, American actor
1979: Amy Davidson, American actress
1979: Patrick Marleau, Canadian ice hockey player
1979: Carlos Ruiz, Guatemalan footballer
1979: Reece Young, New Zealand cricketer
1978: Zach Filkins, American guitarist
1978: Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
1978: Genki Horiguchi, Japanese wrestler
1977: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian author
1977: Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter
1977: Sophie Dahl, English model and author
1977: Tom Hardy, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1977: Leander Jordan, American football player
1977: Marisa Ramirez, American actress
1977: Jason Terry, American basketball player
1976: Brett Kimmorley, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1976: Paul Thomson, Scottish drummer
1976: Matt Thornton, American baseball player
1975: Tom Dolan, American swimmer
1975: Martina Krupičková, Czech painter
1974: Arata Iura, Japanese actor, model, and fashion designer
1973: Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland, Swedish prince
1972: Jimmy Carr, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1972: Queen Letizia of Spain
1972: Lady Victoria, American wrestler
1971: Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer and coach
1971: Josh Charles, American actor and director
1971: Wayne Ferreira, South African tennis player
1971: Ben Wallers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969: Revaz Arveladze, Georgian footballer
1969: Corby Davidson, American radio personality
1969: Allen Shellenberger, American drummer (d. 2009)
1968: Danny Nucci, American actor
1967: Paul Abbott, American baseball player and coach
1967: Rodney Eyles, Australian squash player
1966: Wenn V. Deramas, Filipino director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1966: Sherman Douglas, American basketball player
1964: Robert Fico, Slovak academic and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Slovakia
1964: Steve Watkin, Welsh cricketer
1964: Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, American guitarist and songwriter
1963: Pete Myers, American basketball player and coach
1963: Stephen C. Spiteri, Maltese military historian
1962: Amanda Wakeley, English fashion designer
1961: Terry Lamb, Australian rugby league player and coach
1961: Helen Margetts, British political scientist
1961: Dan Marino, American football player and sportscaster
1961: Patrick Patterson, Jamaican cricketer
1960: Ed Solomon, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1960: Lisa Vanderpump, British restaurateur, television personality, and author
1959: Mark Kirk, American commander, lawyer, and politician
1958: Joel Quenneville, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1958: Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (d. 2005)
1956: Ross J. Anderson, British academic and educator
1956: Maggie Reilly, Scottish singer-songwriter
1956: Ned Rothenberg, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
1955: Željka Antunović, Croatian politician, 9th Croatian Minister of Defence
1955: Abdul Qadir, Pakistani cricketer (d. 2019)
1955: Bruce Reitherman, American voice actor, singer, cinematographer, and producer
1955: Renzo Rosso, Italian fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Diesel Clothing
1954: Adrian Adonis, American wrestler (d. 1988)
1954: Hrant Dink, Turkish journalist (d. 2007)
1954: Barry Shabaka Henley, American actor
1953: Keiko Takeshita, Japanese actress
1953: Margie Moran, Filipino peace advocate and beauty queen, Miss Universe 1973
1952: Richard Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1952: Paula Duncan, Australian actress
1952: Ratnajeevan Hoole, Sri Lankan engineer and academic
1952: Kelly Keagy, American singer and drummer
1951: Pete Carroll, American football player and coach
1951: Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer and manager
1951: Fred Seibert, American television producer, co-founder of MTV
1950: Rajiv Malhotra, Indian author
1950: Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Pakistani-English caliph and scholar
1949: Joe Barton, American lawyer and politician
1947: Russel L. Honoré, American general
1947: Viggo Jensen, Danish footballer and manager
1947: Diane E. Levin, American educator and author
1947: Theodore Long, American wrestling referee and manager
1946: Tommy Lee Jones, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1946: Mike Procter, South African cricketer, coach, and referee
1946: Oliver Stone, American director, screenwriter, and producer
1946: Howard Waldrop, American author and critic
1945: Carmen Maura, Spanish actress
1945: Jessye Norman, American soprano (d. 2019)
1945: Hans-Gert Pöttering, German lawyer and politician, 23rd President of the European Parliament
1945: Ron Shelton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1944: Mauro Piacenza, Italian cardinal
1944: Graham Taylor, English footballer and manager (d. 2017)
1942: Lee Dorman, American bass player (d. 2012)
1942: Philip Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham, English businessman and politician
1942: Ksenia Milicevic, French painter and architect
1941: Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2011)
1941: Signe Toly Anderson, American rock singer (d. 2016)
1941: Mirosław Hermaszewski, Polish general, pilot and cosmonaut (d. 2022)
1941: Yuriy Norshteyn, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter
1941: Viktor Zubkov, Russian businessman and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Russia
1940: Merlin Olsen, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2010)
1939: Subramanian Swamy, Indian economist, academic, and politician, Indian Minister of Law and Justice
1939: George Walden, English journalist and politician
1938: Gaylord Perry, American baseball player and coach (d. 2022)
1937: Joey Carew, Trinidadian cricketer (d. 2011)
1937: Fernando de la Rúa, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Argentina (d. 2019)
1937: King Curtis Iaukea, American wrestler (d. 2010)
1937: Robert Lucas Jr., American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2023)
1937: Pino Puglisi, Italian priest and martyr (d. 1993)
1936: Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player (d. 2020)
1936: Sara Henderson, Australian farmer and author (d. 2005)
1935: Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (d. 2015)
1934: Tomie dePaola, American author and illustrator (d. 2020)
1934: Fred Nile, Australian soldier, minister, and politician
1933: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (d. 2014)
1932: Neil Bartlett, English-American chemist and academic (d. 2008)
1931: Brian Henderson, New Zealand-Australian journalist, actor, and producer (d. 2021)
1930: Endel Lippmaa, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2015)
1929: Eva Burrows, Australian 13th General of The Salvation Army (d. 2015)
1929: Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)
1929: Stan Kelly-Bootle, English singer-songwriter, computer scientist, and author (d. 2014)
1929: Dick Latessa, American actor (d. 2016)
1929: John Julius Norwich, English historian and author (d. 2018)
1929: Wilbur Snyder, American football player and wrestler (d. 1991)
1929: Mümtaz Soysal, Turkish academic and politician, 30th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2019)
1928: Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1975)
1927: Rudolf Anderson, pilot and commissioned officer in the United States Air Force (d. 1962)
1927: Norm Crosby, American comedian and actor (d. 2020)
1927: David Stove, Australian philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
1926: Shohei Imamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1926: Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician and academic
1926: Henry Silva, American actor (d. 2022)
1925: Stanley Chapman, English architect and author (d. 2009)
1925: Erika Köth, German soprano (d. 1981)
1925: Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special effects artist (d. 2012)
1925: Helle Virkner, Danish actress and singer (d. 2009)
1924: Lucebert, Dutch poet and painter (d. 1994)
1924: György Lázár, Hungarian politician, 50th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 2014)
1924: Bobby Short, American singer and pianist (d. 2005)
1924: Mordechai Tzipori, Israeli politician and soldier (d. 2017)
1923: Anton Heiller, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1979)
1922: Bob Anderson, English fencer and choreographer (d. 2012)
1922: Jackie Cooper, American actor (d. 2011)
1922: Gaetano Cozzi, Italian historian and academic (d. 2001)
1922: Mary Soames, English author (d. 2014)
1921: Richard Gordon, English surgeon and author (d. 2017)
1921: Gene Roland, American pianist and composer (d. 1982)
1920: Kym Bonython, Australian race car driver, drummer, and radio host (d. 2011)
1919: Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist and soldier (d. 1960)
1919: Nelson Gidding, American author and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1919: Heda Margolius Kovály, Czech author and translator (d. 2010)
1918: Alfred D. Chandler Jr., American historian and academic (d. 2007)
1918: Phil Lamason, New Zealand soldier and pilot (d. 2012)
1918: Margot Loyola, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
1918: Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
1917: Hilde Gueden, Austrian soprano (d. 1988)
1917: Buddy Jeannette, American basketball player and coach (d. 1998)
1916: Margaret Lockwood, Pakistani-English actress (d. 1990)
1916: Frederick C. Weyand, American general (d. 2010)
1915: Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (d. 1981)
1915: Al Casey, American guitarist and composer (d. 2005)
1915: Albert Whitlock, English-American special effects designer (d. 1999)
1914: Creighton Abrams, American general (d. 1974)
1914: Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinian journalist and author (d. 1999)
1914: Orhan Kemal, Turkish author (d. 1970)
1914: Robert McCloskey, American author and illustrator (d. 2003)
1913: Henry Brant, Canadian-American composer and conductor (d. 2008)
1913: Bruno Hoffmann, German glass harp player (d. 1991)
1913: John N. Mitchell, American lawyer, and politician, 67th United States Attorney General (d. 1988)
1913: Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot (d. 1994)
1911: Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-American businessman, founded PING (d. 2000)
1911: Luther Terry, American physician and academic, 9th Surgeon General of the United States (d. 1985)
1910: Betty Neels, English nurse and author (d. 2001)
1909: C. N. Annadurai, Indian educator and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1969)
1909: Phil Arnold, American actor (d. 1968)
1908: Kid Sheik, American trumpet player (d. 1996)
1908: Penny Singleton, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
1907: Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and author (d. 1968)
1907: Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (d. 2004)
1906: Jacques Becker, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1960)
1906: Walter E. Rollins, American songwriter (d. 1973)
1904: Umberto II of Italy (d. 1983)
1904: Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American actress, journalist, and author (d. 1988)
1903: Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 1992)
1901: Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed Bailey bridge (d. 1985)
1898: J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (d. 1936)
1897: Merle Curti, American historian and author (d. 1997)
1895: Magda Lupescu, mistress and later wife of King Carol II of Romania (d.1977)
1894: Chic Harley, American football player (d. 1974)
1894: Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1977)
1894: Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1979)
1892: Silpa Bhirasri, Italian sculptor and educator (d. 1962)
1890: Ernest Bullock, English organist and composer (d. 1979)
1890: Sonja Branting-Westerståhl, Swedish lawyer (d. 1981)
1890: Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1976)
1890: Frank Martin, Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1974)
1889: Robert Benchley, American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor (d. 1945)
1889: Claude McKay, Jamaican-American poet and author (d. 1948)
1888: Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1925)
1887: Carlos Dávila, Chilean journalist and politician, President of Chile (d. 1955)
1886: Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1971)
1883: Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950)
1881: Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French businessman, founded Bugatti (d. 1947)
1879: Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939)
1877: Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian politician (d. 1938)
1877: Yente Serdatzky, Lithuanian-American author and playwright (d. 1962)
1876: Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1962)
1876: Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Bengali novelist (d. 1938)
1867: Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian general (d. 1920)
1864: Prince Sigismund of Prussia (d. 1866)
1863: Horatio Parker, American organist, composer, and educator (d. 1919)
1861: M. Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar, and Bharat Ratna Laureate, Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom (d. 1962)
1858: Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (d. 1916)
1858: Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist, composer, and educator (d. 1937)
1857: William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (d. 1930)
1857: Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (d. 1904)
1852: Edward Bouchet, American physicist and educator (d. 1918)
1852: Jan Ernst Matzeliger, Surinamese-American inventor (d. 1889)
1846: George Franklin Grant, African-American educator, dentist, and inventor (d. 1910)
1830: Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (d. 1915)
1828: Alexander Butlerov, Russian chemist and academic (d. 1886)
1819: Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1902)
1815: Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian journalist and composer (d. 1868)
1789: James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian (d. 1851)
1765: Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Portuguese poet and author (d. 1805)
1760: Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general (d. 1824)
1759: Cornelio Saavedra, Argentinean general and politician (d. 1829)
1736: Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st Mayor of Paris (d. 1793)
1715: Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (d. 1789)
1690: Ignazio Prota, Italian composer and educator (d. 1748)
1666: Sophia Dorothea of Celle (d. 1726)
1649: Titus Oates, English minister, fabricated the Popish Plot (d. 1705)
1613: François de La Rochefoucauld, French soldier and author (d. 1680)
1592: Giovanni Battista Rinuccini, archbishop of Fermo (d. 1653)
1580: Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer and author (d. 1659)
1533: Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1572)
1505: Mary of Hungary, Dutch ruler (d. 1558)
1461: Jacopo Salviati, Italian politician (d. 1553)
1254: Marco Polo, Italian merchant and explorer (d. 1324)
767: Saichō, Japanese monk (d. 822)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Lou Angotti, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1938)
2019: Ric Ocasek, American musician (b. 1944)
2018: Helen Clare, British singer (b. 1916)
2017: Harry Dean Stanton, American actor (b. 1926)
2015: Harry J. Lipkin, Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1921)
2015: Meir Pa'il, Israeli commander, historian, and politician (b. 1926)
2015: Bernard Van de Kerckhove, Belgian cyclist (b. 1941)
2014: John Anderson Jr., American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Kansas (b. 1917)
2014: Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (b. 1930)
2014: Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (b. 1922)
2014: Jürg Schubiger, Swiss psychotherapist and author (b. 1936)
2014: Wayne Tefs, Canadian anthologist, author, and critic (b. 1947)
2013: Habib Munzir Al-Musawa, Indonesian cleric and scholar (b. 1973)
2013: Jerry G. Bishop, American radio and television host (b. 1936)
2013: Gerard Cafesjian, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1925)
2013: Jackie Lomax, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
2012: Tibor Antalpéter, Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat, Ambassador of Hungary to the United Kingdom (b. 1930)
2012: Nevin Spence, Northern Irish rugby player (b. 1990)
2011: Frances Bay, Canadian-American actress (b. 1919)
2010: Arrow, Caribbean singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
2009: Troy Kennedy Martin, Scottish-English screenwriter (b. 1932)
2008: Richard Wright, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1943)
2007: Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (b. 1968)
2007: Jeremy Moore, English general (b. 1928)
2007: Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
2007: Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1924)
2006: Raymond Baxter, English television host and author (b. 1922)
2006: Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (b. 1929)
2006: Pablo Santos, Mexican-American actor (b. 1987)
2005: Guy Green, English director and cinematographer (b. 1913)
2005: Sidney Luft, American manager and producer (b. 1915)
2004: Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1948)
2004: Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1931)
2003: Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist and author (b. 1930)
2001: June Salter, Australian actress and author (b. 1932)
1998: Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist, 3rd Governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1908)
1997: Bulldog Brower, American wrestler (b. 1933)
1995: Harry Calder, South African cricketer (b. 1901)
1995: Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1921)
1993: Pino Puglisi, Italian priest and martyr (b. 1937)
1991: John Hoyt, American actor (b. 1904)
1991: Warner Troyer, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1932)
1989: Jan DeGaetani, American soprano (b. 1933)
1989: Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer (b. 1916)
1989: Robert Penn Warren, American novelist, poet, and literary critic (b. 1905)
1985: Cootie Williams, American trumpet player (b. 1910)
1983: Prince Far I, Jamaican DJ and producer (b. 1944)
1981: Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (b. 1906)
1980: Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (b. 1929)
1978: Robert Cliche, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1921)
1978: Edmund Crispin, English writer and composer (b. 1921)
1978: Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and academic, designed the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (b. 1898)
1975: Franco Bordoni, Italian race car driver and pilot (b. 1913)
1973: Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)
1972: Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1906)
1972: Baki Süha Ediboğlu, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
1972: Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop and academic (b. 1887)
1965: Steve Brown, American bassist (b. 1890)
1952: Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)
1945: André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
1945: Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
1945: Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (b. 1881)
1940: William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
1938: Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
1930: Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
1926: Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
1921: Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
1915: Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
1893: Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807)
1883: Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801)
1874: Charles-Amédée Kohler, Swiss chocolatier (b. 1790)
1864: John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer (b. 1827)
1859: Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English architect and engineer, designed the Great Western Railway (b. 1806)
1852: Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern, German-Estonian philologist and academic (b. 1770)
1842: Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (b. 1771)
1842: Francisco Morazán, Guatemalan general, lawyer, and politician, President of Central American Federation (b. 1792)
1841: Alessandro Rolla, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1757)
1830: François Baillairgé, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1759)
1830: William Huskisson, English financier and politician, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1770)
1813: Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer (b. 1752)
1803: Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal (b. 1719)
1794: Abraham Clark, American police officer and politician (b. 1725)
1750: Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German organist and composer (b. 1690)
1712: Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1645)
1707: George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (b. 1663)
1701: Edmé Boursault, French author and playwright (b. 1638)
1700: André Le Nôtre, French gardener (b. 1613)
1649: John Floyd, English priest and educator (b. 1572)
1643: Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, English-Irish politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (b. 1566)
1613: Thomas Overbury, English poet and author (b. 1581)
1596: Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (b. 1535)
1595: John MacMorran, Baillie of Edinburgh, shot by rioting high school schoolchildren.
1559: Isabella Jagiellon, Queen of Hungary (d. 1519)
1510: Saint Catherine of Genoa (b. 1447)
1504: Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of the Palatinate (b. 1478)
1500: John Morton, English cardinal and academic (b. 1420)
1496: Hugh Clopton, Lord Mayor of London (b. c. 1440)
1408: Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1384)
1397: Adam Easton, English cardinal
1352: Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and saint (b. 1273)
1326: Dmitry of Tver (b. 1299)
1231: Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1173)
1146: Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond, English soldier (b. 1100)
1140: Adelaide of Hungary, Duchess of Bohemia
921: Ludmila of Bohemia, Czech martyr and saint (b. 860)

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