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September 16

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September 16

September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 106 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022: Illinois man claims $19.5 million Hoosier Lotto jackpot after playing for 20 years. It was a momentous occasion for a Chicago area lottery player, who can finally say that his persistence paid off after he picked up his check for a $19.5 million Hoosier Lotto jackpot.
2021: Michigan man wins $4 million top prize in new scratch-off lottery game. One particular player loves trying out different types of instant games, and in doing so won a huge $4 million top prize from one of the Michigan Lottery's newest scratch-off games.
2020: Man fleeing police leaves behind winning lottery ticket. One man's luck ran out after he ran from police and left behind a winning scratch-off lottery ticket.
2016: Second lottery win in 2 weeks worth $1M for Missouri woman. A Strafford, Missouri, great grandmother scratched off a lottery win two weeks in a row, and the second one was a whopper.
2015: Bill would allow Florida Lottery tickets to be sold online. Capitalizing on a recent change in federal law, legislation has been filed to allow the Florida Lottery to sell tickets online.
2014: Scotland decision could ride on a lucky lottery ticket. If Scotland votes to separate from the United Kingdom on Thursday, could nationalists have a lucky lottery ticket to thank?
2014: 36 SC stores suspended from lottery sales. Lottery officials in South Carolina say three dozen stores have been suspended from selling tickets because of their involvement in the operation of illegal gambling machines.
2012: Lottery player says scanner not accurate. One man's faith in the reliability of Florida's lottery system has been shaken after an odd incident.
2011: PA lottery prize worth $350,000 to expire Sept. 29. Time is running out for the holder of a jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Cash 5 ticket worth nearly $350,000 from the Sept. 29, 2010, drawing to claim the prize.
2011: Court filings outline steering of D.C. lottery deal. Documents filed in federal court Thursday portray in vivid detail the efforts of a number of D.C. officials, including then-Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray and Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi, to manipulate the outcome of the competitively bid, multimillion-dollar D.C. Lottery contract.
2010: Canadian woman wins lottery on 18th birthday. A Winnipeg teen celebrated her birthday the way most of us can only dream of — with a winning $1 million lottery ticket.
2009: Bulgarian lottery repeat probed. The Bulgarian authorities have ordered an investigation after the same six numbers were drawn in two consecutive rounds of the national lottery.
2006: Update: French arrests of BWIN Executives. French lottery officials admitted Friday's surprise arrests in France of two senior BWIN executives were inspired by similar US Department of Justice attacks against international businessmen visiting the United States recently.
2006: Now France targets gaming firms. Shares in the leading betting companies fell heavily after the French authorities arrested the two chief executives of an Austrian gambling firm, signalling the start of a major French crackdown on online betting. Manfred Bodner and Norbert Teufelberger, the heads of Bwin, were arrested as they unveiled a shirt sponsorship deal for Monaco football club.
2006: North Dakota a Gambling Haven?. Outside the Beltway, way out there in flyover land on the prairies of North Dakota, not all Republicans are lining up to support U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's call to ban Internet gambling.
2005: For Mega Millions winner, the moon's the limit. If you win tonight's Mega Millions lottery -- worth roughly $153 million if you select the cash option for the $250 million jackpot -- you can take a trip to moon, and still have money left over.
2005: Temporary Calif. Lottery Director Appointed. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday promoted the general counsel of the California Lottery to acting director.
2005: Virginia woman finally claims car won in lottery. It took Susan Horn of Dublin almost a year to claim the 2006 Ford Mustang GT convertible she won last October in the Virginia Lottery's RagTop Riches scratch-off game.
2004: Man claims $7.8 million Hoosier Lotto jackpot. A Wabash man today claimed a $7.8 million jackpot from a Hoosier Lottery drawing last week.
2004: South Dakota Lottery upgrades lottery terminals. The South Dakota Lottery has signed a new contract with Scientific Games Corp. to replace all the lotto machines, upgrade the network, and allow the state to add more lotto terminals.
2004: Dinner ladies win lottery jackpot. A dinner lady today told how she was on holiday thousands of miles away in Australia - unaware that she and 11 colleagues had scooped more than £2.3 million on the UK National Lottery.
2003: 'Money Man' Tosses Cash Into Fla. Crowd. Hundreds of people at a shopping mall fought over nearly $10,000 launched into a crowd by a real estate investor known as the "Money Man."
2003: Add-on games stem UK Lottery sales decline. UK National Lottery sales have stabilised even though the main Lotto draw suffered yet another fall, operator Camelot says.
2003: Missouri Lottery outperforms every other state. The Missouri Lottery posted 21.3 percent growth in the 2003 fiscal year that just ended on top of 15 percent growth the previous year, "outperforming every other lottery," International Gaming & Wagering Business said in its September issue.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$608 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2023
2.$460.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 18, 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.€273.01 Million US$273.42 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 17, 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.$183 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 19, 2023
15.$171 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 17, 2014
16.€139 Million
US$166.65 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 19, 2017
17.$163 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 19, 2018
18.€160 Million
US$159.92 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2022
19.€141.56 Million
US$157.93 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 17, 2016
20.$157 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2006
21.$149 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 19, 2012
22.€100 Million
US$147.08 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 18, 2009
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

1986: Ferranyia
Tuesday, Sep 16, 1986
37 years old
1986: Zafira
Tuesday, Sep 16, 1986
37 years old
1985: LuckyDevil404
Monday, Sep 16, 1985
38 years old
1983: Leah916
Friday, Sep 16, 1983
40 years old
1962: rewilliams
Sunday, Sep 16, 1962
61 years old
1957: Rawhide
Monday, Sep 16, 1957
66 years old
: Mrs. Lotto-nc
(year not provided)
: maphissis
(year not provided)
: user71926
(year not provided)
: nigel wallbank
(year not provided)
: Sir10199
(year not provided)
: txnewbie
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: During the Let Yet Kone massacre, the Burmese military kills 13 villagers, including 8 children, after attacking a school in Sagaing Region, Myanmar.
2021: A 6.0 M_w earthquake strikes Lu County, Sichuan, China, killing three and injuring more than 88.
2019: Five months before the COVID-19 stock market crash, an overnight spike in lending rates in the United States prompts the Federal Reserve to conduct operations in the repo market.
2015: A 8.3 M_w earthquake strikes the Chilean city of Illapel, killing 15 people, injuring at least 34, leaving at least six missing, and causing extensive damage. One person also dies in Argentina.
2014: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian-Kurdish forces.
2013: A gunman kills twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard.
2007: One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 130 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand, killing 90 people.
2007: Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad.
2005: The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
2004: Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.
1994: The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.
1992: The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.
1992: Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
1990: The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
1987: The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
1982: Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.
1979: Eight people escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
1978: The 7.4 M_w Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people are killed.
1976: Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.
1975: Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.
1975: Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.
1975: The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
1970: King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict came to be known as Black September.
1966: The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
1963: Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore is soon expelled from this new country.
1961: The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.
1961: Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.
1961: Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.
1959: The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
1956: TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
1955: The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
1955: A Soviet Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
1953: American Airlines Flight 723 crashes in Colonie, New York, killing 28 people.
1945: World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
1943: World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
1940: World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
1920: The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
1914: World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
1908: The General Motors Corporation is founded.
1893: Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
1880: The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York.
1863: Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
1822: French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a "note" read to the Academy of Sciences, reports a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as it is now known) is stress-induced birefringence.
1810: With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
1779: American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
1776: American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
1732: In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two-thirds of its inhabitants.
1701: James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
1620: A determined band of 35 religious dissenters - Pilgrims set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England in the Mayflower, jubilant at the prospect of practicing their unorthodox brand of worship in the New World.
1400: Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
681: Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council.

Births On This Day

1999: Brady Tkachuk, American ice hockey player
1997: Jackie Young, American basketball player
1995: Aaron Gordon, American basketball player
1994: Anthony Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player
1994: Mitchell Moses, Australian rugby league player
1993: Sam Byram, English footballer
1992: Vytenis Čižauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
1992: Nick Jonas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1992: Jake Roche, English singer-songwriter and actor
1992: Chase Stokes, American actor
1991: Diāna Bukājeva, Latvian tennis player
1991: Alexandra Paul, Canadian figure skater (d. 2023)
1991: Kyle Smith, English motorcycle racer
1989: Lancelot Bravado, American wrestler
1989: Bailey De Young, American actress
1989: Robbie Grossman, American baseball player
1989: Braden Holtby, Canadian ice hockey player
1989: José Salomón Rondón, Venezuelan footballer
1989: Dustin Tokarski, Canadian ice hockey player
1988: Teddy Geiger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1987: Merve Boluğur, Turkish actress
1987: Kyle Lafferty, Irish footballer
1987: Louis Ngwat-Mahop, Cameroonian footballer
1987: Burry Stander, South African cyclist (d. 2013)
1987: Travis Wall, American dancer and choreographer
1986: Gordon Beckham, American baseball player
1986: Ian Harding, American actor
1986: Kyla Pratt, American actress and singer
1985: Matt Harrison, American baseball player
1985: Max Minghella, English actor
1985: Madeline Zima, American actress
1984: Sabrina Bryan, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1984: Serginho Catarinense, Brazilian footballer
1984: Katie Melua, Georgian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983: John Afoa, New Zealand rugby player
1983: Katerine Avgoustakis, Belgian singer and pianist
1983: Jennifer Blake, Canadian wrestler
1983: Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwean swimmer
1983: Brandon Moss, American baseball player
1983: Legedu Naanee, American football player
1982: Leon Knight, English footballer
1982: Michele Rizzo, Italian rugby player
1982: Fiete Sykora, German footballer
1982: Ryan Thomson, Scottish footballer
1981: Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress, singer, and producer
1981: Alexis Bledel, American actress
1981: LaVerne Jones-Ferrette, Virgin Islander sprinter
1980: Patrik Štefan, Czech ice hockey player
1980: Kenny van Weeghel, Dutch wheelchair racer
1979: Fanny, French singer
1979: Bobby Korecky, American baseball player
1979: Flo Rida, American rapper, singer, and songwriter
1978: Dan Dickau, American basketball player and coach
1978: Claudia Marx, German runner
1978: Sensei, Mexican wrestler
1978: Brian Sims, American lawyer, politician, and LGBT activist
1977: Gregory Ball, American captain and politician
1977: Musiq Soulchild, American singer-songwriter
1976: Elīna Garanča, Latvian soprano
1976: Tina Barrett, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1976: Greg Buckner, American basketball player and coach
1975: Jason Leffler, American race car driver (d. 2013)
1975: Shannon Noll, Australian singer-songwriter
1975: Toks Olagundoye, Nigerian actress
1974: Loona, Dutch singer-songwriter and dancer
1974: Monique Brumby, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1974: Joaquin Castro, American lawyer and politician
1974: Julian Castro, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
1973: George Corrie, English footballer
1973: Camiel Eurlings, Dutch businessman and member of the International Olympic Committee
1973: Justin Haythe, American author and screenwriter
1973: Alexander Vinokourov, Kazakh cyclist and manager
1972: Mark Bruener, American football player
1972: Mike Doyle, American actor and producer
1972: Alessandro Nunziati, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
1971: Joel Heyman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1971: Charlie Jacobs, American businessman
1971: Amy Poehler, American actress, comedian, and producer
1971: Richard Slinger, American wrestler
1971: Shawntel Smith, American beauty pageant contestant
1970: Mark Schultz, American singer-songwriter
1969: Justine Frischmann, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969: Janno Gibbs, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor
1968: Marc Anthony, American singer-songwriter, actor, and producer
1968: Walt Becker, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1968: Tommy Keane, Irish footballer (d. 2012)
1967: Hiroya Oku, Japanese author and illustrator
1967: Damon Thayer, Kentucky State Senate Majority Leader
1966: John Bel Edwards, American attorney and politician
1966: Wil McCarthy, American author and playwright
1966: Kevin Young, American hurdler
1965: Katy Kurtzman, American actress and producer
1965: Karl-Heinz Riedle, German footballer and manager
1965: Stephen Shareaux, American singer-songwriter
1964: Mary Coustas, Australian actress and screenwriter
1964: Rossy de Palma, Spanish-French model and actress
1964: Dave Sabo, American guitarist and songwriter
1964: Molly Shannon, American actress, comedian and producer
1963: Richard Marx, American singer-songwriter and producer
1962: Seth, Canadian author and illustrator
1961: Bilinda Butcher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961: Philip Lafon, Canadian wrestler
1961: Annamária Szalai, Hungarian journalist, economist, and politician (d. 2013)
1960: Jayne Brook, American actress
1960: Graham Haynes, American trumpet player and composer
1960: Mike Mignola, American author and illustrator
1959: Peter Keleghan, Canadian actor and screenwriter
1959: Tim Raines, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1959: Dave Richardson, South African cricketer, manager, and lawyer
1959: Victory Tischler-Blue, American bass player, director, and producer
1958: Orel Hershiser, American baseball player and coach
1958: Neville Southall, Welsh footballer and manager
1958: Jennifer Tilly, American actress and poker player
1957: D. C. Drake, American wrestler
1957: Clara Furse, English businesswoman
1957: Norman Lamb, English lawyer and politician
1957: David McCreery, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1957: Anca Parghel, Romanian singer and pianist (d. 2008)
1956: Maggie Atkinson, English educator and civil servant
1956: David Copperfield, American magician and actor
1956: Ross Greenberg, American journalist and antivirus pioneer (d. 2017)
1956: Dave Schulthise, American bass player (d. 2004)
1956: Kazuharu Sonoda, Japanese wrestler (d. 1987)
1955: Ron Brewer, American basketball player
1955: Robin Yount, American baseball player and coach
1954: Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, Indian sitar player and composer
1954: William McKeen, American author and academic
1954: Colin Newman, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
1954: Frank Reed, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1954: Roger Woolley, Australian cricketer
1953: Kurt Fuller, American character actor
1953: Alan Barton, English singer and guitarist (d. 1995)
1953: Nancy Huston, Canadian-American author and translator
1953: Earl Klugh, American musician
1953: Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown, English journalist and politician, 2nd Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
1953: Jerry Pate, American golfer and sportscaster
1953: Manuel Pellegrini, Chilean footballer and manager
1953: Christopher Rich, American actor
1953: Eric Vail, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1952: Tony Cunningham, English educator and politician
1952: Česlovas Laurinavičius, Lithuanian historian
1952: Karen Muir, South African swimmer and physician (d. 2013)
1952: Mickey Rourke, American boxer and actor
1951: Vince Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: Andy Irvine, Scottish rugby player and coach
1950: David Bellamy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950: Henry Louis Gates Jr., American historian, scholar, and journalist
1950: Loyd Grossman, American-English singer, guitarist, and television host
1949: Ed Begley Jr., American actor and environmental activist
1948: Ron Blair, American bass player
1948: Rosemary Casals, American tennis player and sportscaster
1948: Julia Donaldson, English author and playwright
1948: Kenney Jones, English drummer
1948: Susan Ruttan, American actress
1947: Dusty Hughes, English director and playwright
1946: Sonny LeMaire, American country music singer-songwriter and bass player
1946: Mike Reynolds, Australian lawyer and politician
1946: Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2019)
1944: Linda Kaye Henning, American actress
1944: Betty Kelly, American soul/R&B singer
1943: Wang Houjun, Chinese footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1943: James Alan McPherson, American short story writer and essayist (d. 2016)
1942: Bernie Calvert, English bass player and keyboard player
1942: Susan L. Graham, American computer scientist and academic
1941: Joe Butler, American singer, autoharp player, and drummer
1941: Richard Perle, American political scientist and politician
1940: Hamiet Bluiett, American jazz saxophonist and composer (d. 2018)
1940: Butch Buchholz, American tennis player
1939: Breyten Breytenbach, South African-French poet and painter
1939: Bill McGill, American basketball player (d. 2014)
1937: Aleksandr Medved, Russian wrestler
1937: Vince Naimoli, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2019)
1935: Carl Andre, American sculptor
1935: Billy Boy Arnold, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1935: Jules Bass, American director, producer, composer, and author (d. 2022)
1935: Lilia Cuntapay, Filipino actress (d. 2016)
1935: Bob Kiley, American-English businessman (d. 2016)
1935: Esther Vilar, Argentinian-German author and playwright
1934: Elgin Baylor, American basketball player and coach (d. 2021)
1934: Ronnie Drew, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
1933: Steve Shirley, German-English businesswoman and philanthropist, founded Xansa
1932: George Chakiris, American actor
1932: Micky Stewart, English cricketer and coach
1931: K. D. Arulpragasam, Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (d. 2003)
1931: Little Willie Littlefield, American-Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2013)
1930: Anne Francis, American actress (d. 2011)
1929: Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, last sultan of Zanzibar
1929: Stan Stephens, Canadian-American politician, 20th Governor of Montana (d. 2021)
1928: Rex Trailer, American television host, actor, and singer (d. 2013)
1928: Lady Gwen Thompson, English author and educator (d. 1986)
1928: Patricia Wald, American judge (d. 2019)
1927: Peter Falk, American actor (d. 2011)
1927: Jack Kelly, American actor and politician (d. 1992)
1927: Sadako Ogata, Japanese academic and diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (d. 2019)
1926: Eric Gross, Austrian-Australian pianist and composer (d. 2011)
1926: John Knowles, American novelist (d. 2001)
1926: Roger McKee, American baseball player (d. 2014)
1926: Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (d. 2015)
1925: Charlie Byrd, American singer and guitarist (d. 1999)
1925: Charles Haughey, Irish accountant, lawyer, and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 2006)
1925: B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2015)
1924: Lauren Bacall, American actress (d. 2014)
1923: Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2015)
1922: Guy Hamilton, French-English director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1922: Janis Paige, American actress and singer
1921: Ursula Franklin, German-Canadian metallurgist (d. 2016)
1921: Jon Hendricks, American singer-songwriter (d. 2017)
1921: Korla Pandit, American pianist and composer (d. 1998)
1920: Staryl C. Austin, American air force general (d. 2015)
1920: Sheila Quinn, English nurse and educator (d. 2016)
1920: Art Sansom, American cartoonist (d. 1991)
1919: Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1919: Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American hierarchiologist and educator (d. 1990)
1919: Andy Russell, American singer and actor (d. 1992)
1918: Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (d. 1968)
1916: Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, Caribbean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (d. 1978)
1916: Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (d. 1985)
1916: M. S. Subbulakshmi, Indian Carnatic vocalist (d. 2004)
1916: Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian cricketer, umpire, and politician (d. 1999)
1916: Marie Vieux-Chauvet, Haitian writer (d. 1973)
1916: Raosaheb Gogte, Indian industrialist (d. 2000)
1915: Cy Walter, American pianist (d. 1968)
1914: Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1911: Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author (d. 1983)
1911: Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
1910: Erich Kempka, German colonel and chauffeur (d. 1975)
1910: Karl Kling, German race car driver and manager (d. 2003)
1906: Jack Churchill, Sri Lankan-British colonel (d. 1996)
1905: Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (d. 1980)
1901: Josef Schächter, Austrian rabbi and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1994)
1899: Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator (d. 1975)
1898: H. A. Rey, American author and illustrator, co-created Curious George (d. 1977)
1897: Milt Franklyn, American composer (d. 1962)
1895: Zainal Abidin Ahmad, Malaysian author and scholar (d. 1973)
1893: Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1956)
1893: Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
1891: Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (d. 1980)
1891: Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (d. 1972)
1890: Avigdor Hameiri, Israeli author (d. 1970)
1888: W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (d. 1971)
1888: Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
1887: Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator (d. 1979)
1886: Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor and painter (d. 1966)
1883: T. E. Hulme, English poet and critic (d. 1917)
1881: Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic (d. 1964)
1880: Clara Ayres, American nurse (d. 1917)
1880: Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1958)
1878: Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (d. 1961)
1877: Jacob Schick, American-Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Schick Razors (d. 1937)
1876: Marvin Hart, American boxer (d. 1931)
1875: James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (d. 1971)
1870: John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (d. 1958)
1866: Georg Voigt, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (d. 1927)
1861: Miriam Benjamin, African-American educator and inventor (d. 1947)
1859: Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, President of the Republic of China (d. 1916)
1858: Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (d. 1927)
1858: Bonar Law, Canadian-Scottish banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1923)
1853: Albrecht Kossel, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1927)
1846: Anna Kingsford, English author, poet, and activist (d. 1888)
1844: Paul Taffanel, French flute player and conductor (d. 1908)
1838: James J. Hill, Canadian-American railroad executive (d. 1916)
1837: Pedro V of Portugal (d. 1861)
1830: Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (d. 1911)
1828: Per Pålsson, Swedish murderer (d. 1914)
1827: Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and paleontologist (d. 1908)
1823: Francis Parkman, American historian and author (d. 1893)
1823: Ludwik Teichmann, Polish anatomist (d. 1895)
1812: Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, Dutch novelist (d. 1886)
1782: Daoguang Emperor of China (d. 1850)
1777: Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier (d. 1836)
1745: Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (d. 1813)
1725: Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist, zoologist, and author (d. 1815)
1722: Gabriel Christie, Scottish-Canadian general (d. 1799)
1716: Angelo Maria Amorevoli, Italian tenor and actor (d. 1798)
1678: Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d. 1751)
1666: Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1716)
1651: Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and botanist (d. 1716)
1625: Gregorio Barbarigo, Roman Catholic saint (d. 1697)
1615: Heinrich Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1692)
1557: Jacques Mauduit, French composer (d. 1627)
1541: Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, English nobleman (d. 1576)
1507: Jiajing Emperor of China (d. 1567)
1462: Pietro Pomponazzi, Italian philosopher (d. 1525)
1386: Henry V of England (d. 1422)
1295: Elizabeth de Clare, English noblewoman (d. 1360)
508: Yuan Di, emperor of the Liang dynasty (d. 555)
AD 16: Julia Drusilla, Roman daughter of Germanicus (d. 38)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Jane Powell, American actress (b. 1929)
2021: Clive Sinclair, English entrepreneur and inventor (b. 1940)
2020: Maxim Martsinkevich, Russian social activist and media personality (b. 1984)
2019: H. S. Dillon, Indonesian politician and human rights defender (b. 1945)
2018: James Burdette Thayer, American brigadier general (b. 1920)
2017: Marcelo Rezende, Brazilian journalist (b. 1951)
2017: Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force (b. 1919)
2016: Edward Albee, American director and playwright (b. 1928)
2016: Gabriele Amorth, Italian priest and exorcist (b. 1925)
2016: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920)
2016: W. P. Kinsella, American novelist (b. 1935)
2016: António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cabo Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde (b. 1944)
2016: Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, French-born American businessman (b. 1932)
2015: Guy Béart, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
2015: Julio Brady, Virgin Islander lawyer, judge, and politician, 5th Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (b. 1942)
2015: Kurt Oppelt, Austrian figure skater and coach (b. 1932)
2015: Allan Wright, English captain and pilot (b. 1920)
2013: Scott Adams, American football player (b. 1966)
2013: Ratiba El-Hefny, Egyptian soprano and director (b. 1931)
2013: Patsy Swayze, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1927)
2012: Roman Kroitor, Canadian director and producer, co-founded IMAX (b. 1926)
2012: Julien J. LeBourgeois, American admiral (b. 1923)
2012: Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (b. 1925)
2011: Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, American singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and drummer (b. 1936)
2011: Enamul Haque Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1948)
2010: George N. Parks, American educator and bandleader (b. 1953)
2010: Jim Towers, English footballer (b. 1933)
2009: Myles Brand, American philosopher and academic (b. 1942)
2009: Ernst Märzendorfer, Austrian conductor (b. 1921)
2009: Mary Travers, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
2008: Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
2007: Robert Jordan, American engineer and author (b. 1948)
2006: Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)
2006: Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player and coach (b. 1924)
2005: Harry Freedman, Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (b. 1922)
2005: Gordon Gould, American physicist and academic, invented the laser (b. 1920)
2004: Michael Donaghy, American-English poet and author (b. 1954)
2003: Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1921)
2002: James Gregory, American actor (b. 1911)
2001: Samuel Z. Arkoff, American producer (b. 1918)
1996: McGeorge Bundy, American intelligence officer and diplomat, 6th United States National Security Advisor (b. 1919)
1996: Gene Nelson, American actor, dancer, and director (b. 1920)
1993: František Jílek, Czech conductor (b. 1913)
1993: Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian poet and activist (b. 1920)
1992: Millicent Fenwick, American journalist and politician (b. 1910)
1991: Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (b. 1895)
1987: Christopher Soames, English soldier and politician, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (b. 1920)
1984: Louis Réard, French engineer and fashion designer, created the bikini (b. 1897)
1984: Richard Brautigan, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (b. 1935)
1980: Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher (b. 1896)
1977: Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
1977: Maria Callas, Greek operatic soprano (b. 1923)
1976: Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (b. 1894)
1973: Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director (b. 1932)
1965: Ahn Eak-tai, North Korean composer and conductor (b. 1906)
1965: Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (b. 1886)
1961: Hasan Polatkan, Turkish politician, 15th Turkish Minister of Finance (b. 1915)
1961: Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1910)
1955: Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1873)
1950: Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (b. 1881)
1946: James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1877)
1945: John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (b. 1884)
1944: Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1870)
1940: Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (b. 1860)
1936: Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer (b. 1867)
1933: George Gore, American baseball player and manager (b. 1857)
1932: Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle, British stage and screen actress (b. 1908)
1932: Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
1931: Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (b. 1862)
1925: Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (b. 1873)
1925: Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1888)
1919: Maria Nikiforova, Ukrainian anarchist partisan leader (b. 1885)
1914: C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (b. 1843)
1911: Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)
1898: Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
1896: Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
1896: Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
1887: Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)
1865: Christian de Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)
1845: Thomas Davis, Irish poet and publisher (b. 1814)
1843: Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1770)
1824: Louis XVIII of France (b. 1755)
1819: John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (b. 1744)
1803: Nicolas Baudin, French explorer, hydrographer, and cartographer (b. 1754)
1792: Nguyễn Huệ, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1753)
1736: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the thermometer (b. 1686)
1701: James II of England (b. 1633)
1672: Anne Bradstreet, English poet (b. 1612)
1607: Mary Stuart, English-Scottish princess (b. 1605)
1589: Michael Baius, Belgian theologian and academic (b. 1513)
1583: Catherine Jagiellon, queen of John III of Sweden (b. 1526)
1581: Peter Niers, notorious German bandit (date of birth unknown)
1498: Tomás de Torquemada, Spanish friar (b. 1420)
1406: Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (b. 1336)
1394: Antipope Clement VII (b. 1342)
1380: Charles V of France (b. 1338)
1360: William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (b. 1319)
1345: John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295)
1343: Philip III of Navarre (b. 1306)
1226: Pandulf Verraccio, Roman ecclesiastical politician
1122: Vitalis of Savigny, Catholic French saint and itinerant preacher (b. 1060)
1100: Bernold of Constance, German priest and historian (b. 1054)
1087: Pope Victor III (b. 1026)
655: Pope Martin I
307: Flavius Valerius Severus, Roman emperor

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