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September 18

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September 18

September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 104 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: $2 mistake turns into $150,000 Pick 5 lottery prize for Maryland player. A $2 mistake while purchasing some Pick 5 lottery tickets ended up becoming the happiest accident yet for one Maryland woman, who won a $150,000 prize in a single drawing because of it.
2024: Unclaimed $2 million Powerball lottery ticket sold in Texas set to expire in three weeks. Time is running out to claim a $2 million Powerball prize in Texas, with just three weeks left for the winner to come forward.
2023: Minnesota woman made $117,000 from illegal lottery she claimed benefitted charity. A Minnesota woman has allegedly raked in at least $117,000 by operating an illegal lottery on Facebook and tried to disguise further attempts to run it after authorities gave her a hard warning.
2021: Maryland player almost threw out $50,000 winning lottery ticket. It's a good idea to double-check lottery tickets before tossing them. Nearly throwing out a winning lottery ticket almost cost a Maryland man a $50,000 prize.
2020: Lotto Texas jackpot increases again, now the largest in North America. The Texas Lottery continues to shock the country with a Lotto Texas jackpot that refuses to quit. Right now, the estimated annuitized jackpot for the Sat., Sept. 19 drawing is $42.75 million — impressive for an in-state game.
2020: N.C. Lottery introduces six new Fast Play games. North Carolina lottery players can try out the state lottery's newest offering — Fast Play, a type of lottery game with a progressive jackpot that has become popular with other state lotteries in recent years.
2019: Questions surround D.C. lottery and gambling contract, but high-level D.C. staffer says it's fine. Several D.C. Council members are asking whether the $215 million lottery and sports gambling contract the council approved this summer fulfills local business subcontracting requirements. This week, they got an answer from a high-level District staffer: Everything's fine.
2015: N.C. Lottery looking for new HQ as revenues grow. Executives of the North Carolina Education Lottery have initiated a search for new office space that's more than double the size of the lottery's headquarters on Yonkers Road in Raleigh.
2013: When love and lotto don't mix. If you're separated and win the lotto, Family Court could still award a substantial amount to your ex.
2009: Young lottery winner stakes hopes on Wrestling show. The youngest Powerball winner ever has packed up his millions and moved to Tampa Bay, fulfilling his dream of working in the wrestling business with a wild new TV show.
2007: Tennessee House Speaker backs lottery oversight meeting. A meeting of the Tennessee Lottery overight committee inched one step closer today, as Speaker of the House James Naifeh, D-Covington, indicated his support for the meeting, according to an advisor for Sen. Janes Kyle, D-Memphis.
2006: Elderly S.F. man loses $10,000 in lottery scam. Police are asking for the public's help in their investigation of a lottery scam after a 75-year-old San Francisco man was swindled out of $10,000.
2006: N.Y. Comptroller writes scathing letter to lottery board. New York's top fiscal officer is warning a state agency that its delay in approving a VLT casino contract for Aqueduct racetrack is costing the state needed revenues and risking bankruptcy for the New York Racing Association.
2006: N.J. investigators warn of lottery scam. An elderly New Jersey resident narrowly averted losing $2,300 in a lottery scam officials say has targeted at least 800 local residents, most of them senior citizens in Ocean County. In at least three cases in the past two years, residents lost a total of $123,000.
2006: Ga. maintenance man wins Mega Millions lottery jackpot. A 52-year-old maintenance man collected a $163 million lottery jackpot Monday. Now you can call him a retired maintenance man.
2005: N.J. Lottery Retailer Basking in Mega Millions Glory. Winning is good for business, said Yogi Patel, owner of the store that sold the winning $250 million Mega Millions lottery ticket.
2003: Powerball Jackpot Reaches $43 Million. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 322,842 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.5 million in prizes in America's Game.
2003: 1 of 2 suspected Pa. Lottery ticket thieves arrested. One of two men who police said stole Pennsylvania Lottery tickets from a Sharon business was arrested a week after the theft.
2003: DVL to Sell Retailers on Tennessee Lottery. Dye Van Mol & Lawrence will handle public relations for the Tennessee Education Lottery, the state's first lottery, the agency said.
2003: $8 Million SuperLotto Fraud Trial -- Opening Statements Are Today. Opening statements in a dispute over the ownership of a California Quick Pick Super Lotto ticket valued at $8 million will be made today, starting in the afternoon, before the Hon. Peter J. Meeka.
2003: GTECH Completes Acquisition Of Interlott Technologies, Inc.. GTECH Holdings Corporation today announced that it has completed the previously-announced acquisition of Ohio-based Interlott Technologies, Inc, a leading provider of instant ticket vending machines (ITVMs) for the lottery industry worldwide.
2003: Wisc. Lottery validates man's $3.4 million Megabucks ticket. Wisconsin Lottery officials said Wednesday they had validated a ticket purchased by a New Berlin man as the winner of a $3.4 million Wisconsin Megabucks jackpot earlier this month.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$638.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 18, 2023
2.$460.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 18, 2021
3.$431 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 21, 2021
4.$423 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 19, 2025
5.$399.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 18, 2013
6.$277 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2022
7.€274.31 Million US$273.9 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2022
8.$252 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 18, 2018
9.$238.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 19, 2022
10.$211 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2019
11.$208 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 19, 2015
12.€188 Million
US$207.27 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2019
13.$196 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2014
14.$183 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 19, 2023
15.$179 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2006
16.$176.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 18, 2024
17.€174 Million
US$173.74 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2022
18.€139 Million
US$166.65 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 19, 2017
19.$163 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 19, 2018
20.€142.86 Million
US$159.55 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2016
21.$154 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2008
22.$149 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 19, 2012
23.€100 Million
US$147.08 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 18, 2009
24.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2013
25.€120 Million
US$141.02 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Sep 19, 2025

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990: MisterPawz
Tuesday, Sep 18, 1990
35 years old
1978: hangtime78
Monday, Sep 18, 1978
47 years old
1972: bke72$
Monday, Sep 18, 1972
53 years old
1970: Hannah
Friday, Sep 18, 1970
55 years old
1969: Mquintero
Thursday, Sep 18, 1969
56 years old
1967: sruntas
Monday, Sep 18, 1967
58 years old
1965: FastCars!
Saturday, Sep 18, 1965
60 years old
1962: TheseStars
Tuesday, Sep 18, 1962
63 years old
1962: darburden
Tuesday, Sep 18, 1962
63 years old
1959: Debb114
Friday, Sep 18, 1959
66 years old
1958: rew5758
Thursday, Sep 18, 1958
67 years old
1950: markp1950
Monday, Sep 18, 1950
75 years old
1944: moeman1944
Monday, Sep 18, 1944
81 years old
1944: sirjake
Monday, Sep 18, 1944
81 years old
: atlasshrugged
(year not provided)
: GottaBLucky
(year not provided)
: KL10
(year not provided)
: elynch2218
(year not provided)
: musicmgr
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2016: The 2016 Uri attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India by terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed results in the deaths of nineteen Indian Army soldiers and all four attackers.
2015: Two security personnel, 17 worshippers in a mosque, and 13 militants are killed during a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attack on a Pakistan Air Force base on the outskirts of Peshawar.
2014: Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.
2011: The 2011 Sikkim earthquake is felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and southern Tibet.
2007: Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution.
2001: First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
1997: United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.
1997: The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
1992: An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing nine replacement workers in Yellowknife, Canada.
1990: Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
1988: The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.
1988: General Henri Namphy, president of Haiti, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Prosper Avril.
1984: Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
1981: The Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France.
1980: Soyuz 38 carries two cosmonauts (including one Cuban) to the Salyut 6 space station.
1977: Voyager I takes the first distant photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
1974: Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
1973: The Bahamas, East Germany and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
1964: The wedding of Constantine II of Greece and Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark takes place in Athens.
1962: Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
1962: Aeroflot Flight 213 crashes into a mountain near Chersky Airport, killing 32 people.
1961: U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1960: Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
1954: Finnish president J. K. Paasikivi becomes the first Western head of state to be awarded the highest honor of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin.
1948: Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.
1948: Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.
1947: The National Security Act reorganizes the United States government's military and intelligence services.
1945: General Douglas MacArthur moves his general headquarters from Manila to Tokyo.
1944: World War II: The British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Jun'yō Maru, killing 5,600, mostly slave labourers and POWs.
1944: World War II: Operation Market Garden results in the liberation of Eindhoven.
1944: World War II: The Battle of Arracourt begins.
1943: World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
1939: World War II: The Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
1939: World War II: The radio show Germany Calling begins transmitting Nazi propaganda.
1934: The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations.
1931: Imperial Japan instigates the Mukden incident as a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
1928: Juan de la Cierva makes the first Autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
1927: The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
1922: The Kingdom of Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations.
1919: Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
1914: The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
1906: The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
1898: The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
1882: The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
1879: The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
1873: The U.S. bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.
1864: American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin-Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.
1863: American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga begins between Confederate and Union forces. It involves the second highest amount of casualties for any American Civil War battle apart from Gettysburg.
1862: The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day.
1860: Second Opium War: Battle of Zhangjiawan: Now heading towards Beijing after having recently occupied Tianjin, the allied Anglo-French force engages and defeats a larger Qing Chinese army at Zhangjiawan.
1851: First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times.
1850: The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
1838: The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.
1837: Tiffany & Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
1812: The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three-quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the Petrovsky Palace to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
1810: First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only during the Peninsular War in Spain, it is in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and is commemorated as such.
1809: The Royal Opera House in London opens.
1793: The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
1759: French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.
1739: The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, whereby Austria cedes lands south of the Sava and Danube rivers to the Ottoman Empire.
1714: George I arrives in Great Britain after becoming king on August 1.
1618: The twelfth baktun in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar begins.
1544: The expedition of Juan Bautista Pastene makes landfall in San Pedro Bay, southern Chile, claiming the territory for Spain.
1454: Thirteen Years' War: In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic knights.
1180: Philip Augustus becomes king of France at the age of fifteen.
1066: Norwegian king Harald Hardrada lands with Tostig Godwinson at the mouth of the Humber River and begins his invasion of England.
1048: Battle of Kapetron between a combined Byzantine-Georgian army and a Seljuq army.
324: Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.
96: Emperor Domitian is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects. Nerva is then proclaimed as his successor.

Births On This Day

2008: Jackson Robert Scott, American actor
2003: Aidan Gallagher, American actor and musician
1998: Christian Pulisic, American soccer player
1998: Conor Timmins, Canadian ice hockey player
1997: Viktor Hovland, Norwegian professional golfer
1993: Patrick Schwarzenegger, American-Austrian actor and model
1990: Lewis Holtby, German footballer
1989: Serge Ibaka, Congolese-Spanish basketball player
1987: Seiko Oomori, Japanese singer-songwriter
1985: Mirza Teletović, Bosnian basketball player
1984: Anthony Gonzalez, American football player and politician
1984: Travis Outlaw, American basketball player
1984: Dizzee Rascal, British hip hop musician
1982: Peter Budaj, Slovak ice hockey player
1982: Alessandro Cibocchi, Italian footballer
1982: Arvydas Eitutavičius, Lithuanian basketball player
1982: Leono, Mexican wrestler
1982: Alfredo Talavera, Mexican footballer
1981: Elke Hanel-Torsch, Austrian politician
1981: Lasse Kukkonen, Finnish ice hockey player
1981: Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and singer
1981: Kristaps Valters, Latvian basketball player
1981: Han Ye-seul, South Korean actress
1980: Mickey Higham, English rugby league player
1980: Avi Strool, Israeli footballer
1980: Petri Virtanen, Finnish basketball player
1979: Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer
1979: Robert Pruett, American criminal (died 2017)
1978: Billy Eichner, American actor and comedian
1978: Iain Lees-Galloway, New Zealand politician
1978: Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer
1977: Barrett Foa, American actor, singer, and dancer
1977: Kieran West, English rower
1976: Sophina Brown, American actress
1976: Gabriel Gervais, Canadian soccer player
1976: Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
1975: Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian target shooter
1975: Jason Sudeikis, American actor and comedian
1975: Guillermo Vargas, Costa Rican photographer and painter
1974: Sol Campbell, English footballer and politician
1974: Damon Jones, American football player and coach
1974: Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese-American basketball player and agent
1974: Emily Rutherfurd, American actress
1974: Travis Schuldt, American actor
1974: Xzibit, American rapper, actor, and television host
1973: Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player
1973: Mário Jardel, Brazilian footballer
1973: Aitor Karanka, Spanish footballer and manager
1973: James Marsden, American actor
1973: Louise Sauvage, Australian wheelchair racer
1973: Mark Shuttleworth, South African-English businessman
1972: Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer
1972: Adam Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972: David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer (died 2003)
1972: Iain Stewart, Scottish accountant and politician
1971: Lance Armstrong, American cyclist
1971: Anna Netrebko, Russian-Austrian soprano and actress
1971: Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress
1970: Darren Gough, English cricketer
1970: Aisha Tyler, American actress, television host, and author
1969: Brad Beven, Australian triathlete
1969: Cappadonna, American rapper
1968: Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player
1968: Upendra Rao, Indian actor, director, and politician
1967: Tara Fitzgerald, English actress
1966: Tom Chorske, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
1964: Jens Henschel, German footballer
1964: Marco Masini, Italian singer-songwriter
1964: Holly Robinson Peete, American actress and singer
1964: Steffen Peters, German-American equestrian
1962: Joanne Catherall, English singer
1962: John Fashanu, English footballer and manager
1962: John Mann, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2019)
1962: Aden Ridgeway, Australian public servant and politician
1962: Boris Said, American race car driver
1961: James Gandolfini, American actor and producer (died 2013)
1961: Konstantin Kakanias, Greek-American painter and illustrator
1961: Mark Olson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1960: Stephen Flaherty, American composer
1960: Carolyn Harris, British politician
1960: Ian Lucas, English lawyer and politician
1960: Blue Panther, Mexican wrestler
1959: Ian Arkwright, English footballer
1959: Mark Romanek, American director and screenwriter
1959: Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2025)
1958: John Aldridge, English-Irish footballer and manager
1958: Jeff Bostic, American football player and commentator
1958: Winston Davis, Vincentian cricketer
1958: Malcolm Press, English ecologist and academic
1958: Derek Pringle, Kenyan-English cricketer and journalist
1956: Chris Hedges, American journalist and author
1956: Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player and politician
1956: Anant Gadgil, Indian politician
1955: Paul Butler, English bishop
1955: Keith Morris, American singer-songwriter
1954: Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (died 1996)
1954: Takao Doi, Japanese engineer and astronaut
1954: Dennis Johnson, American basketball player and coach (died 2007)
1954: Steven Pinker, Canadian-American psychologist, linguist, and author
1954: Tommy Tuberville, American football player, coach, and Senator
1953: Carl Jackson, American singer-songwriter and producer
1953: John McGlinn, American conductor and historian (died 2009)
1952: Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Greek politician
1952: Rick Pitino, American basketball player and coach
1951: Ben Carson, American neurosurgeon, author, and politician
1951: Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2002)
1951: Tony Scott, American baseball player and coach
1951: Darryl Stingley, American football player and scout (died 2007)
1951: Marc Surer, Swiss racing driver and sportscaster
1950: Siobhan Davies, English dancer and choreographer
1950: Vishnuvardhan, Indian actor (died 2009)
1950: Chris Heister, Swedish politician, Governor of Stockholm County
1950: Darryl Sittler, Canadian ice hockey player
1950: Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright
1949: Beth Grant, American actress
1949: Kerry Livgren, American guitarist and songwriter
1949: Mo Mowlam, English academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office (died 2005)
1949: Peter Shilton, English footballer and manager
1948: Lynn Abbey, American computer programmer and author
1947: Russ Abbot, English comedian, actor, and singer
1947: Drew Gilpin Faust, American historian and academic
1947: Giancarlo Minardi, Italian businessman, founded the Minardi Racing Team
1946: Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (died 2014)
1946: Nicholas Clay, English actor (died 2000)
1946: Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (died 1992)
1946: Meredith Oakes, Australian-English playwright, translator, and educator
1946: Gailard Sartain, American actor (died 2025)
1945: P. F. Sloan, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2015)
1945: John McAfee, British-American computer programmer and businessman, founded McAfee (died 2021)
1944: Michael Franks, American singer-songwriter
1944: Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (died 2006)
1944: Charles L. Veach, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1995)
1942: Şenes Erzik, Turkish businessman
1940: Frankie Avalon, American singer and actor
1939: Gerry Harvey, Australian businessman, co-founded Harvey Norman
1939: Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 18th President of Portugal (died 2021)
1939: Jan Camiel Willems, Belgian mathematician and theorist (died 2013)
1938: Billy Robinson, English-American wrestler and trainer (died 2014)
1937: Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2021)
1937: Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, South African politician (died 2009)
1936: Big Tom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)
1935: Peter Clarke, English cartoonist (died 2012)
1935: John Spencer, English snooker player and sportscaster (died 2006)
1933: Bob Bennett, American soldier and politician (died 2016)
1933: Robert Blake, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023)
1933: Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1933: Mark di Suvero, Italian-American sculptor
1933: Leonid Kharitonov, Russian actor and singer (died 2017)
1933: Christopher Ricks, English scholar and critic
1933: Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (died 2012)
1933: Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)
1933: Fred Willard, American actor and comedian (died 2020)
1932: Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (died 2002)
1931: Julio Grondona, Argentinian businessman (died 2014)
1930: John Tolos, Greek-Canadian wrestler (died 2009)
1929: Teddi King, American singer (died 1977)
1929: Nancy Littlefield, American director and producer (died 2007)
1927: Phyllis Kirk, American actress (died 2006)
1927: Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden, English politician (died 2018)
1926: Bud Greenspan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)
1926: Joe Kubert, American author and illustrator, founded The Kubert School (died 2012)
1925: Harvey Haddix, American baseball player and coach (died 1994)
1925: Dorothy Wedderburn, English economist and academic (died 2012)
1924: J. D. Tippit, American police officer (died 1963)
1924: Eloísa Mafalda, Brazilian actress (died 2018)
1923: Queen Anne of Romania (died 2016)
1923: Al Quie, American politician, 35th Governor of Minnesota (died 2023)
1923: Peter Smithson, English architect, co-designed Robin Hood Gardens (died 2003)
1923: Bertha Wilson, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist, 60th Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (died 2007)
1922: Hank Bagby, American saxophonist (died 1993)
1922: Grayson Hall, American actress (died 1985)
1922: Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer (died 2014)
1920: Jack Warden, American actor (died 2006)
1919: Tommy Hunter, American fiddler (died 1993)
1918: Johnny Mantz, American race car driver (died 1972)
1918: Henry Wittenberg, American wrestler (died 2010)
1917: June Foray, American actress and voice artist (died 2017)
1917: Phil Taylor, English footballer and manager (died 2012)
1917: Francis Parker Yockey, American lawyer and philosopher (died 1960)
1916: Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (died 1994)
1916: John Jacob Rhodes, American lawyer and politician (died 2003)
1914: Jack Cardiff, English director, cinematographer, and photographer (died 2009)
1912: María de la Cruz, Chilean journalist and activist (died 1995)
1911: Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1976)
1910: Josef Tal, Israeli pianist and composer (died 2008)
1908: Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (died 1996)
1907: Leon Askin, Austrian actor (died 2005)
1907: Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
1906: Kaka Hathrasi, Indian poet and author (died 1995)
1906: Maurice Maillot, French actor (died 1968)
1906: Julio Rosales, Filipino cardinal (died 1983)
1905: Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor (died 1977)
1905: Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (died 1993)
1905: Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (died 1990)
1904: Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1988)
1904: José de Rivera, American soldier and sculptor (died 1985)
1904: David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Education (died 1999)
1901: Harold Clurman, American director and producer (died 1980)
1900: Willis Laurence James, American violinist and educator (died 1966)
1900: Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian philanthropist and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (died 1985)
1897: Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer and conductor (died 1988)
1895: Jean Batmale, French footballer and manager (died 1973)
1895: John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1979)
1895: Walter Koch, German astrologer and author (died 1970)
1895: Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese super-centenarian (died 2009)
1894: Fay Compton, English actress (died 1978)
1893: Arthur Benjamin, Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1960)
1893: William March, American soldier and author (died 1954)
1891: Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Spanish author (died 1984)
1889: Doris Blackburn, Australian activist and politician (died 1970)
1889: Leslie Morshead, Australian general, businessman, and educator (died 1959)
1888: Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (died 1938)
1888: Toni Wolff, Swiss psychologist and author (died 1953)
1886: Powel Crosley Jr., American entrepreneur (died 1961)
1885: Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer, conductor, and playwright (died 1948)
1883: Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, English composer, painter, and author (died 1950)
1878: James O. Richardson, American admiral (died 1974)
1876: James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1953)
1875: Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (died 1945)
1872: Carl Friedberg, German-Italian pianist and educator (died 1955)
1872: Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (died 1919)
1870: Clark Wissler, American anthropologist, author, and educator (died 1947)
1860: Alberto Franchetti, Italian-American composer and educator (died 1942)
1859: John L. Bates, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (died 1946)
1859: Lincoln Loy McCandless, American businessman and politician (died 1940)
1858: Kate Booth, English Salvation Army officer (died 1955)
1857: John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (died 1945)
1848: Francis Grierson, English-American pianist and composer (died 1927)
1846: Richard With, Norwegian captain, businessman, and politician, founded Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab (died 1930)
1844: Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, American artist (died 1934)
1838: Anton Mauve, Dutch painter and educator (died 1888)
1837: Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (died 1880)
1819: Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (died 1868)
1812: Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Georgia (died 1880)
1786: Christian VIII of Denmark (died 1848)
1786: Justinus Kerner, German poet and author (died 1862)
1779: Joseph Story, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1845)
1765: Pope Gregory XVI (died 1846)
1752: Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (died 1833)
1750: Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Spanish poet and playwright (died 1791)
1733: George Read, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Delaware (died 1798)
1711: Ignaz Holzbauer, Austrian composer and educator (died 1783)
1709: Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer and poet (died 1784)
1684: Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (died 1748)
1676: Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (died 1733)
1643: Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop, historian, and theologian (died 1715)
1606: Zhang Xianzhong, Chinese rebel leader (died 1647)
1587: Francesca Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter and lute player (died 1640)
1554: Haydar Mirza Safavi, Safavid prince (died 1576)
1501: Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford (died 1563)
1434: Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (died 1467)
1344: Marie of France, Duchess of Bar (died 1404)
1091: Andronikos Komnenos, Byzantine prince and general (died 1130/31)
524: Kan Bahlam I, ruler of Palenque (died 583)
AD 53: Trajan, Roman emperor (died 117)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Kesaria Abramidze, Georgian blogger, actress and model (born 1987)
2024: Nick Gravenites, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)
2024: Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer (born 1964)
2023: Brereton C. Jones, American politician, 58th Governor of Kentucky (born 1939)
2021: Jolidee Matongo, South African politician, 97th Mayor of Johannesburg (born 1975)
2021: Chris Anker Sørensen, Danish road bicycle racer (born 1984)
2020: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, United States Supreme Court justice (born 1933)
2017: Afzal Ahsan Randhawa, Pakistani writer, poet, translator and playwright (born 1937)
2015: Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean footballer and manager (born 1955)
2015: James R. Houck, American astrophysicist and academic (born 1940)
2015: Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Argentinian general and politician (born 1930)
2014: Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1936)
2014: Earl Ross, Canadian racing driver (born 1941)
2014: Hirofumi Uzawa, Japanese economist and academic (born 1928)
2014: Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (born 1930)
2013: Veliyam Bharghavan, Indian politician (born 1928)
2013: Lindsay Cooper, English composer, bassoon and oboe player (born 1951)
2013: Arthur Lamothe, French-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)
2013: Ken Norton, American boxer (born 1943)
2013: Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German author and critic (born 1920)
2013: Richard C. Sarafian, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1930)
2012: Santiago Carrillo, Spanish theorist and politician (born 1915)
2012: Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (born 1925)
2012: Jack Kralick, American baseball player (born 1935)
2012: Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (born 1942)
2011: Jamey Rodemeyer, American teenage activist (born 1997)
2008: Leo de Berardinis, Italian actor and director (born 1940)
2008: Mauricio Kagel, Argentinian-German composer and educator (born 1931)
2008: Ron Lancaster, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1938)
2007: Pepsi Tate, Welsh bass player and producer (born 1965)
2006: Edward J. King, American football player, lawyer, and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (born 1925)
2005: Michael Park, English racing driver (born 1966)
2005: Clint C. Wilson, Sr., American cartoonist (born 1914)
2004: Norman Cantor, Canadian-American historian and educator (born 1929)
2004: Russ Meyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
2003: Emil Fackenheim, German rabbi and philosopher (born 1916)
2003: Bob Mitchell, English educator and politician (born 1927)
2002: Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (born 1942)
2002: Mauro Ramos, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1930)
2002: Margita Stefanović, Serbian keyboard player (born 1959)
2001: Ernie Coombs, American-Canadian television host (born 1927)
1998: Charlie Foxx, American singer and guitarist (Inez and Charlie Foxx) (born 1939)
1997: Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (born 1920)
1992: Mohammad Hidayatullah, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 6th Vice President of India (born 1905)
1988: Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan (born 1901)
1987: Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (born 1894)
1980: Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (born 1890)
1977: Paul Bernays, English-Swiss mathematician and philosopher (born 1888)
1975: Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic (born 1907)
1974: Amanat Ali Khan, Pakistani classical singer (born 1922)
1970: Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1942)
1968: Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1905)
1967: John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
1964: Seán O'Casey, Irish dramatist and memoirist (born 1880)
1962: Therese Neumann, German mystic (born 1898)
1961: Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
1959: Benjamin Péret, French poet and journalist (born 1899)
1958: Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (born 1873)
1956: Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Quebec (born 1892)
1953: Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (born 1927)
1952: Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (born 1879)
1951: Gelett Burgess, American author and poet (born 1866)
1949: Frank Morgan, American actor (born 1890)
1945: Volin, Russian anarchist intellectual (born 1882)
1944: Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1915)
1941: Fred Karno, English actor and screenwriter (born 1866)
1939: Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, painter, and photographer (born 1885)
1924: F. H. Bradley, English philosopher and author (born 1846)
1915: Susan La Flesche Picotte, doctor, teacher, and social reformer, first Native American to earn a medical degree
1911: Pyotr Stolypin, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Russia (born 1862)
1909: Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian (born 1850)
1905: George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (born 1824)
1896: Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (born 1819)
1890: Dion Boucicault, Irish-American actor and playwright (born 1820)
1872: Charles XV of Sweden (born 1826)
1862: Joseph K. Mansfield, American general (born 1803)
1860: Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (born 1805)
1857: Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (born 1785)
1830: William Hazlitt, English philosopher, painter, and critic (born 1778)
1812: Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha, Ottoman politician, 186th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1743)
1792: August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German bishop and theologian (born 1704)
1783: Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (born 1707)
1783: Benjamin Kennicott, English theologian and scholar (born 1718)
1722: André Dacier, French scholar and academic (born 1651)
1721: Matthew Prior, English poet, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (born 1664)
1675: Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (born 1604)
1630: Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal (born 1552)
1598: Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese daimyō (born 1536)
1443: Lewis of Luxembourg, archbishop of Rouen
1385: Balša II, ruler of Zeta
1361: Louis V, duke of Bavaria (born 1315)
1345: Andrew, Duke of Calabria (born 1327)
1302: Eudokia Palaiologina, empress of Trebizond (born c. 1265)
1261: Konrad von Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne
1180: Louis VII, king of France (born 1120)
1137: Eric II, king of Denmark
958: Liu Sheng, Chinese emperor (born 920)
893: Zhang Xiong, Chinese warlord
887: Pietro I Candiano, doge of Venice (born 842)
869: Wenilo, Frankish archbishop
411: Constantine III, Roman usurper
96: Domitian, Roman emperor (born AD 51)

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