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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

2025: New Jersey Lottery aims to further relax administrative regulations on courier services. The New Jersey Lottery announced another proposal that would further relax the administrative burden on regulating and overseeing courier services in the state.
2024: Canadian couple wins $70 million Lotto Max jackpot days after welcoming newborn. A Canadian couple is celebrating two life-changing events — winning the $70 million (US$51.5 million) Lotto Max lottery jackpot and the birth of their newborn baby, all within days of each other.
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.$400 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2025
5.$399.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 18, 2013
6.€273.01 Million US$273.42 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 17, 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.$252 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 18, 2018
10.$246.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 17, 2016
11.$228 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 17, 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.$183 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 19, 2023
16.$171 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 17, 2014
17.€139 Million
US$166.65 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 19, 2017
18.$163.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2024
19.$163 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 19, 2018
20.€160 Million
US$159.92 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2022
21.€141.56 Million
US$157.93 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 17, 2016
22.$157 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2006
23.$149 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 19, 2012
24.€100 Million
US$147.08 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 18, 2009
25.€119.91 Million
US$141.94 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Sep 16, 2025

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1986: Ferranyia
Tuesday, Sep 16, 1986
39 years old
1986: Zafira
Tuesday, Sep 16, 1986
39 years old
1985: LuckyDevil404
Monday, Sep 16, 1985
40 years old
1983: Leah916
Friday, Sep 16, 1983
42 years old
1962: rewilliams
Sunday, Sep 16, 1962
63 years old
1957: Rawhide
Monday, Sep 16, 1957
68 years old
1956: Sunkist237$
Sunday, Sep 16, 1956
69 years old
: Mrs. Lotto-nc
(year not provided)
: bellecayenne973
(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 eight children, after attacking a school in Sagaing Region, Myanmar.
2022: The death of Mahsa Amini occurred, which sparked worldwide protests.
2021: A 6.0 M_w earthquake strikes Lu County, Sichuan, China, killing three and injuring more than 88.
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 in Washington, D.C.
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.
1996: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-79 to dock to the Russian space station Mir.
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: Pilgrims set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England in the Mayflower.
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

2003: Ryan Couchman, Australian rugby league player
2003: Toby Couchman, Australian rugby league player
2001: Avishag Semberg, Israeli Olympic taekwondo bronze medalist
2000: Sam Howell, American football player
2000: Oliver Skipp, English footballer
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: Aleksandar Mitrović, Serbian footballer
1994: Mitchell Moses, Australian rugby league player
1993: Metro Boomin, American record producer and songwriter
1993: Sam Byram, English footballer
1993: Bryson DeChambeau, American golfer
1993: Joji, Japanese-Australian singer-songwriter
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 (died 2023)
1991: Kyle Smith, English motorcycle racer
1989: Bailey De Young, American actress
1989: Robbie Grossman, American baseball player
1989: Braden Holtby, Canadian ice hockey player
1989: 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: Anthony Padilla, American internet personality and filmmaker
1987: Burry Stander, South African cyclist (died 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 (died 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 (died 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 (died 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 (died 2008)
1956: Maggie Atkinson, English educator and civil servant
1956: David Copperfield, American magician and actor
1956: Ross Greenberg, American journalist and antivirus pioneer (died 2017)
1956: Dave Schulthise, American bass player (died 2004)
1956: Kazuharu Sonoda, Japanese wrestler (died 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 (died 2014)
1954: Roger Woolley, Australian cricketer
1953: Kurt Fuller, American character actor
1953: Alan Barton, English singer and guitarist (died 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 (died 2013)
1952: Mickey Rourke, American boxer and actor
1951: Vince Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: Andy Irvine, Scottish rugby player and coach
1951: Cornelius Sim, Bruneian cardinal (died 2021)
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 (died 2019)
1944: Linda Kaye Henning, American actress
1944: Betty Kelly, American soul/R&B singer
1943: Wang Houjun, Chinese footballer and manager (died 2012)
1943: James Alan McPherson, American short story writer and essayist (died 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 (died 2018)
1940: Butch Buchholz, American tennis player
1940: Paul White, Baron Hanningfield, British life peer (died 2024)
1939: Breyten Breytenbach, South African-French poet and painter (died 2024)
1939: Bill McGill, American basketball player (died 2014)
1937: Aleksandr Medved, Russian wrestler (died 2024)
1937: Vince Naimoli, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2019)
1935: Carl Andre, American sculptor (died 2024)
1935: Billy Boy Arnold, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1935: Jules Bass, American director, producer, composer, and author (died 2022)
1935: Lilia Cuntapay, Filipino actress (died 2016)
1935: Bob Kiley, American-English businessman (died 2016)
1935: Esther Vilar, Argentinian-German author and playwright
1935: Helen Williams, American fashion model (died 2023)
1934: Elgin Baylor, American basketball player and coach (died 2021)
1934: Ronnie Drew, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 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 (died 2003)
1931: Little Willie Littlefield, American-Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2013)
1930: Anne Francis, American actress (died 2011)
1929: Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, last sultan of Zanzibar (died 2024)
1929: Stan Stephens, Canadian-American politician, 20th Governor of Montana (died 2021)
1928: Rex Trailer, American television host, actor, and singer (died 2013)
1928: Lady Gwen Thompson, English author and educator (died 1986)
1928: Patricia Wald, American judge (died 2019)
1927: Peter Falk, American actor (died 2011)
1927: Jack Kelly, American actor and politician (died 1992)
1927: Sadako Ogata, Japanese academic and diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (died 2019)
1926: Eric Gross, Austrian-Australian pianist and composer (died 2011)
1926: John Knowles, American novelist (died 2001)
1926: Roger McKee, American baseball player (died 2014)
1926: Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (died 2015)
1925: Charlie Byrd, American singer and guitarist (died 1999)
1925: Charles Haughey, Irish accountant, lawyer, and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2006)
1925: B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2015)
1924: Lauren Bacall, American actress (died 2014)
1924: Raoul Coutard, French cinematographer and director (died 2016)
1923: Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (died 2015)
1922: Guy Hamilton, French-English director and screenwriter (died 2016)
1922: Janis Paige, American actress and singer (died 2024)
1921: Ursula Franklin, German-Canadian metallurgist (died 2016)
1921: Jon Hendricks, American singer-songwriter (died 2017)
1921: Korla Pandit, American pianist and composer (died 1998)
1920: Staryl C. Austin, American air force general (died 2015)
1920: Sheila Quinn, English nurse and educator (died 2016)
1920: Art Sansom, American cartoonist (died 1991)
1919: Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (died 2015)
1919: Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American hierarchiologist and educator (died 1990)
1919: Andy Russell, American singer and actor (died 1992)
1918: Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (died 1968)
1916: Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, Caribbean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (died 1978)
1916: Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (died 1985)
1916: M. S. Subbulakshmi, Indian Carnatic vocalist (died 2004)
1916: Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian cricketer, umpire, and politician (died 1999)
1916: Marie Vieux-Chauvet, Haitian writer (died 1973)
1916: Raosaheb Gogte, Indian industrialist (died 2000)
1915: Cy Walter, American pianist (died 1968)
1914: Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1999)
1911: Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author (died 1983)
1911: Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer (died 2005)
1910: Erich Kempka, German colonel and chauffeur (died 1975)
1910: Karl Kling, German race car driver and manager (died 2003)
1906: Jack Churchill, Sri Lankan-British colonel (died 1996)
1905: Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (died 1980)
1901: Josef Schächter, Austrian rabbi and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1994)
1899: Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator (died 1975)
1898: H. A. Rey, American author and illustrator, co-created Curious George (died 1977)
1897: Milt Franklyn, American composer (died 1962)
1895: Zainal Abidin Ahmad, Malaysian author and scholar (died 1973)
1893: Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1956)
1893: Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)
1891: Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (died 1980)
1891: Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (died 1972)
1890: Avigdor Hameiri, Israeli author (died 1970)
1888: W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (died 1971)
1888: Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964)
1887: Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator (died 1979)
1886: Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor and painter (died 1966)
1883: T. E. Hulme, English poet and critic (died 1917)
1881: Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic (died 1964)
1880: Clara Ayres, American nurse (died 1917)
1880: Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright (died 1958)
1878: Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (died 1961)
1877: Jacob Schick, American-Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Schick Razors (died 1937)
1876: Marvin Hart, American boxer (died 1931)
1875: James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (died 1971)
1870: John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (died 1958)
1866: Georg Voigt, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (died 1927)
1861: Miriam Benjamin, African-American educator and inventor (died 1947)
1859: Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, President of the Republic of China (died 1916)
1858: Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (died 1927)
1858: Bonar Law, Canadian-Scottish banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1923)
1853: Albrecht Kossel, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1927)
1846: Anna Kingsford, English author, poet, and activist (died 1888)
1844: Paul Taffanel, French flute player and conductor (died 1908)
1838: James J. Hill, Canadian-American railroad executive (died 1916)
1837: Pedro V of Portugal (died 1861)
1830: Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (died 1911)
1828: Per Pålsson, Swedish murderer (died 1914)
1827: Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and paleontologist (died 1908)
1823: Francis Parkman, American historian and author (died 1893)
1823: Ludwik Teichmann, Polish anatomist (died 1895)
1822: Charles Crocker, American businessman (died 1888)
1812: Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, Dutch novelist (died 1886)
1782: Daoguang Emperor of China (died 1850)
1777: Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier (died 1836)
1745: Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (died 1813)
1725: Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist, zoologist, and author (died 1815)
1722: Gabriel Christie, Scottish-Canadian general (died 1799)
1716: Angelo Maria Amorevoli, Italian tenor and actor (died 1798)
1678: Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (died 1751)
1666: Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (died 1716)
1651: Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and botanist (died 1716)
1625: Gregorio Barbarigo, Roman Catholic saint (died 1697)
1615: Heinrich Bach, German organist and composer (died 1692)
1557: Jacques Mauduit, French composer (died 1627)
1541: Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, English nobleman (died 1576)
1507: Jiajing Emperor of China (died 1567)
1462: Pietro Pomponazzi, Italian philosopher (died 1525)
1386: Henry V of England (died 1422)
1295: Elizabeth de Clare, English noblewoman (died 1360)
508: Yuan Di, emperor of the Liang dynasty (died 555)
AD 16: Julia Drusilla, Roman daughter of Germanicus (died 38)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Song Binbin, Chinese revolutionary (born 1947)
2021: Jane Powell, American actress (born 1929)
2021: Clive Sinclair, English entrepreneur and inventor (born 1940)
2020: Maxim Martsinkevich, Russian social activist and media personality (born 1984)
2019: H. S. Dillon, Indonesian politician and human rights defender (born 1945)
2018: James Burdette Thayer, American brigadier general (born 1920)
2017: Marcelo Rezende, Brazilian journalist (born 1951)
2017: Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force (born 1919)
2016: Edward Albee, American director and playwright (born 1928)
2016: Gabriele Amorth, Italian priest and exorcist (born 1925)
2016: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1920)
2016: W. P. Kinsella, Canadian novelist (born 1935)
2016: António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cabo Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde (born 1944)
2016: Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, French-born American businessman (born 1932)
2016: Tarık Akan, Turkish actor, director and activist (born1949)
2015: Guy Béart, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (born 1930)
2015: Julio Brady, Virgin Islander lawyer, judge, and politician, 5th Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (born 1942)
2015: Kurt Oppelt, Austrian figure skater and coach (born 1932)
2015: Allan Wright, English captain and pilot (born 1920)
2013: Scott Adams, American football player (born 1966)
2013: Ratiba El-Hefny, Egyptian soprano and director (born 1931)
2013: Patsy Swayze, American dancer and choreographer (born 1927)
2012: Roman Kroitor, Canadian director and producer, co-founded IMAX (born 1926)
2012: Julien J. LeBourgeois, American admiral (born 1923)
2012: Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (born 1925)
2011: Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, American singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and drummer (born 1936)
2011: Enamul Haque Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician (born 1948)
2010: George N. Parks, American educator and bandleader (born 1953)
2010: Jim Towers, English footballer (born 1933)
2009: Myles Brand, American philosopher and academic (born 1942)
2009: Ernst Märzendorfer, Austrian conductor (born 1921)
2009: Mary Travers, American singer-songwriter (born 1936)
2008: Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer (born 1940)
2007: Robert Jordan, American engineer and author (born 1948)
2006: Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925)
2006: Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player and coach (born 1924)
2005: Harry Freedman, Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (born 1922)
2005: Gordon Gould, American physicist and academic, invented the laser (born 1920)
2004: Michael Donaghy, American-English poet and author (born 1954)
2003: Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter (born 1921)
2002: James Gregory, American actor (born 1911)
2001: Samuel Z. Arkoff, American producer (born 1918)
1996: McGeorge Bundy, American intelligence officer and diplomat, 6th United States National Security Advisor (born 1919)
1996: Gene Nelson, American actor, dancer, and director (born 1920)
1993: František Jílek, Czech conductor (born 1913)
1993: Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian poet and activist (born 1920)
1992: Millicent Fenwick, American journalist and politician (born 1910)
1991: Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (born 1895)
1987: Christopher Soames, English soldier and politician, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (born 1920)
1984: Louis Réard, French engineer and fashion designer, created the bikini (born 1897)
1984: Richard Brautigan, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (born 1935)
1980: Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher (born 1896)
1977: Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947)
1977: Maria Callas, Greek operatic soprano (born 1923)
1976: Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (born 1894)
1973: Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director (born 1932)
1965: Ahn Eak-tai, North Korean composer and conductor (born 1906)
1965: Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (born 1886)
1961: Hasan Polatkan, Turkish politician, 15th Turkish Minister of Finance (born 1915)
1961: Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1910)
1955: Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (born 1873)
1950: Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (born 1881)
1946: James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (born 1877)
1945: John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (born 1884)
1944: Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (born 1870)
1940: Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (born 1860)
1936: Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer (born 1867)
1933: George Gore, American baseball player and manager (born 1857)
1932: Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle, British stage and screen actress (born 1908)
1932: Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857)
1931: Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (born 1862)
1925: Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (born 1873)
1925: Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (born 1888)
1919: Maria Nikiforova, Ukrainian anarchist partisan leader (born 1885)
1914: C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (born 1843)
1911: Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (born 1840)
1898: Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (born 1827)
1896: Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (born 1836)
1896: Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (born 1814)
1887: Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (born 1841)
1865: Christian de Meza, Danish general (born 1792)
1845: Thomas Davis, Irish poet and publisher (born 1814)
1843: Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1770)
1824: Louis XVIII of France (born 1755)
1819: John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (born 1744)
1803: Nicolas Baudin, French explorer, hydrographer, and cartographer (born 1754)
1792: Nguyễn Huệ, Vietnamese emperor (born 1753)
1736: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the thermometer (born 1686)
1701: James II of England (born 1633)
1672: Anne Bradstreet, English poet (born 1612)
1607: Mary Stuart, English-Scottish princess (born 1605)
1589: Michael Baius, Belgian theologian and academic (born 1513)
1583: Catherine Jagiellon, queen of John III of Sweden (born 1526)
1581: Peter Niers, notorious German bandit (date of birth unknown)
1498: Tomás de Torquemada, Spanish friar (born 1420)
1406: Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (born 1336)
1394: Antipope Clement VII (born 1342)
1380: Charles V of France (born 1338)
1360: William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (born 1319)
1345: John IV, Duke of Brittany (born 1295)
1343: Philip III of Navarre (born 1306)
1226: Pandulf Verraccio, Roman ecclesiastical politician
1122: Vitalis of Savigny, Catholic French saint and itinerant preacher (born 1060)
1100: Bernold of Constance, German priest and historian (born 1054)
1087: Pope Victor III (born 1026)
655: Pope Martin I
307: Flavius Valerius Severus, Roman emperor

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