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September 20

September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 102 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024
Deadline for 3 major Oregon lottery prizes fast approaching, including $150,000 Powerball prize. In what appears to be a recent statewide epidemic of unchecked or lost tickets, the Oregon Lottery is the latest state lottery to announce that three major prize-winning tickets are expiring over the next few weeks.
2023
$70 million Michigan Powerball winner says lottery winners should be able to remain anonymous. A $70 million Powerball lottery winner from Michigan, who won the jackpot back in 2020, has come forward to argue that lottery winners should be able to choose to remain anonymous.
2021
Mega Millions and Powerball offer nearly $1 billion in combined lottery jackpots. Lottery players are eyeing up the two nearly identical multi-state jackpots that have reached nearly a combined $1 billion this week.
2019
N.J. man who previously won $2M on lottery scratch-off wins another $250K jackpot. Two years after winning $2 million in a New Jersey Lottery scratch-off game, a New Jersey man hit it big again — this time with a scratch-off ticket that proved to be worth $250,000.
2018
Virginia Lottery winner has three minutes to fill grocery shopping cart. A Virginia man Wednesday had three minutes to fill a shopping cart with $750 worth of groceries after winning the Virginia Lottery's Mega Grocery Shopping Dash.
2018
West Virginia Lottery has a new director. One day after lawmakers asked tough questions about leadership at the West Virginia Lottery, Gov. Jim Justice has named John Myers as director of the agency.
2017
N.J. Powerball lottery winner charged in child sex assaults. A Wayne, New Jersey, man who won $338 million in one of the largest Powerball lottery jackpots in New Jersey history has been charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting a child over a three-year period, prosecutors said Wednesday.
2017
Missouri Lottery facing challenging issues with vendor contract. One of the Missouri Lottery's biggest contracts might not stand up in court if it was challenged by the company that runs its statewide network of ticket sales.
2017
2 more Jamaican lottery scam suspects brought to US. All of the 13 suspects arrested in what authorities believe is the first large-scale Jamaican lottery scam to be prosecuted in the U.S. have now entered pleas in federal court, with more than one-third of them admitting guilt or scheduled to do so.
2017
South Dakota woman claims record Dakota Cash lottery jackpot. A woman from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has claimed the largest Dakota Cash lottery jackpot since the game's inception.
2017
Mass. Lottery retailers fight online sales bill. The Massachusetts Lottery says it could stop being successful unless a bill allowing online ticket sales becomes law, while retailers say their future success hinges on the bill not becoming law. Now the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection will weigh the benefits and drawbacks of an online lottery.
2013
Good Samaritan may get unclaimed lotto jackpot in Spain. A store cashier found a lottery ticket worth $6.3 million, but turned it in rather than cashing it himself. But he may eventually be awarded the jackpot anyway.
2012
Opening statements in $3M NY lottery ticket trial. A Rockland prosecutor today told a jury that an illegal immigrant's $3 million lottery dream was foiled by three conspiring men, while their lawyers contended the Spring Valley man created a nightmare for their clients with falsehoods to back out of contracts to share the winnings.
2012
$337M Powerball winner prowls Internet for a 'big and beautiful' woman. After winning a whopping $337 million, Donald Lawson might seem like something of a catch, but take a closer look at the Powerball Lottery winner from Michigan and most women might think twice before going on a date with him.
2011
Arkansas Lottery VPs hope to stay after director leaves. Arkansas Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue is moving on, but the two top executives he brought with him from South Carolina say they hope to stay put.
2011
Panel eyes less pay for next Ark. lottery chief. The Arkansas Lottery Commission hasn't begun its search for a replacement for outgoing Director Ernie Passailaigue, but the commission's chairman and a key legislative leader said Tuesday that whoever gets the job shouldn't expect the same paycheck.
2010
N.C. Lottery's raffle makes 3 millionaires. The North Carolina Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Cash Splash Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Monday, and made three instant millionaires.
2010
Powerball, Mega Millions lotteries both have big winners. The USA's two biggest multi-state lottery games produced jackpot winners this weekend.
2009
Single lottery ticket wins final Super 7 jackpot worth $24M. The final Canada Super 7 jackpot, totalling almost $24 million, was won Friday night by a single ticket in Saskatchewan.
2008
N.J. lawmakers want full disclosure of lottery prizes. If you buy a lottery ticket dreaming of winning a prize such as a hybrid car or $1 million in cash, those prizes should still be available when the ticket is sold, two New Jersey legislators contend.
2008
Lawsuit filed to pull lottery off Arkansas ballot. A group opposing a state-run lottery asked the Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday to throw the proposal off this fall's ballot.
2007
Tennessee Lottery oversight committee to convene in November. Following a disastrous couple of months for Tennessee Lottery, the legislature has decided to convene a meeting of the Oversight Committee and audit the lottery's operations.
2006
E! Television to air 'Curse of the Lottery' Sunday. Premiering on E! network this Sunday, the two-hour special episode "THS Investigates: The Curse of the Lottery" tells what happened to megabucks winners who failed to find joy in a wallet stuffed fat with cash.
2005
Anti-lottery group considers legal challenge to N.C. Lottery. A spokesman for Citizens United Against the Lottery, a coalition formed to fight the creation of the North Carolina Lottery, said Monday that the group is weighing a lawsuit challenging how the lottery was approved.
2005
N.C. Lottery may start in six months. Even though little progress has been made since the North Carolina lottery legislation was signed three weeks ago, the governor still expects it to begin in six months or so.
2005
Retailers, Players Could Run Into N.C. Lottery Red Tape. Owners at many convenience stores in North Carolina say they cannot wait to begin selling lottery tickets, but under the state's lottery law, they could run into red tape -- and so could lottery winners.
2005
Discarded lottery ticket offers lesson of faith, optimism. A Pennsylvania resident, 35 and taking community college courses, is shown how to have faith and to be optimistic -- from a winning lottery ticket.
2004
Man stops for a soda and wins a $100,000 Powerball prize. For V. Godinez of Carlsbad, winning the latest $100,000 Powerball prize in New Mexico resulted from merely stopping for a soda after his work shift.
2004
New Mexico Lottery Unveils '4 This Way'. The New Mexico Lottery Authority will launch a new drawing game on September 26. "4 This Way" is designed as a game unique to New Mexico with a $4,000 nightly top prize.
2004
Powerball lottery jackpot nears $100 million mark. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $95 million, with a cash option of $52.3 million.
2004
Mega Millions Jackpot Swells To $64 Million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $64 million Saturday.
2004
Ontario Lottery Machines Crash. Three-quarters of Ontario's 8,200 lottery machines weren't working Sunday night.
2003
Mega Millions Rises to $102 Million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $102 million Saturday, the largest Mega Millions jackpot in three months.
2003
Paul gets brusque farewell from Georgia lottery board. When Rebecca Paul gave three weeks' notice that she was stepping down as head of Georgia's lottery to start Tennessee's, her bosses showered her with praise and wished her well. Days later, the lottery's board of directors barred Paul from her desk and declared it wanted the $500,000-a-year executive gone yesterday - literally.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$677.1 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2023
2.$473.2 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2021
3.$451 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 23, 2025
4.$431 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 21, 2021
5.$277 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2022
6.$275 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 21, 2018
7.€274.31 Million
US$273.9 Million
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2022
8.$251.6 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 21, 2022
9.$235 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 23, 2015
10.$211 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2019
11.€188 Million
US$207.27 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2019
12.$205 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 22, 2023
13.$196.8 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 21, 2024
14.$196 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2014
15.€130 Million
US$189.94 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2008
16.€153 Million
US$182.99 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 22, 2017
17.$179 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2006
18.$178 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 22, 2018
19.$174 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 22, 2012
20.€174 Million
US$173.74 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2022
21.€142.86 Million
US$159.55 Million
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2016
22.$154 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2008
23.€130 Million
US$152.85 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 21, 2018
24.$145 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2013
25.€120 Million
US$141.64 Million
Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Sep 23, 2025

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1994
Tuesday, Sep 20, 1994
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1994
Tuesday, Sep 20, 1994
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1990
Thursday, Sep 20, 1990
35 years old
1989
Wednesday, Sep 20, 1989
36 years old
1988
Tuesday, Sep 20, 1988
37 years old
1985
Friday, Sep 20, 1985
40 years old
1984
Thursday, Sep 20, 1984
41 years old
1982
Monday, Sep 20, 1982
43 years old
1977
Tuesday, Sep 20, 1977
48 years old
1975
Saturday, Sep 20, 1975
50 years old
1969
Saturday, Sep 20, 1969
56 years old
1966
Tuesday, Sep 20, 1966
59 years old
1965
Monday, Sep 20, 1965
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1964
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1963
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1962
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1961
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1961
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1960
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1960
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1960
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1956
Thursday, Sep 20, 1956
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1955
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1948
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1935
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2019
Roughly four million people, mostly students, demonstrate across the world to address climate change. Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden leads the demonstration in New York City.
2018
At least 161 people die after a ferry capsizes close to the pier on Ukara Island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
2017
Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, resulting in 2,975 deaths, US$90 billion in damage, and a major humanitarian crisis.
2011
The United States military ends its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.
2008
A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
2007
Between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters march on Jena, Louisiana, United States, in support of six black youths who had been convicted of assaulting a white classmate.
2003
Civil unrest in the Maldives breaks out after a prisoner is killed by guards.
2001
In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror".
2000
The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile.
1990
South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
1989
USAir Flight 5050 crashes into Bowery Bay during a rejected takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, killing two people.
1984
A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
1982
NFL season: American football players in the National Football League begin a 57-day strike.
1979
A French-supported coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I.
1977
Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
1973
Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome.
1973
Singer Jim Croce, songwriter and musician Maury Muehleisen and four others die when their light aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Natchitoches Regional Airport in Louisiana.
1971
Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific.
1967
The Cunard Liner Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched in Clydebank, Scotland.
1965
Following the Battle of Burki, the Indian Army captures Dograi in during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
1962
James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
1961
Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
1955
The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
1954
The Moomin comics, created by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson, is published internationally in the London newspaper The Evening News.
1946
The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed for seven years due to World War II.
1946
Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.
1941
The Holocaust in Lithuania: Lithuanian Nazis and local police begin a mass execution of 403 Jews in Nemenčinė.
1920
Irish War of Independence: British police known as "Black and Tans" burn the town of Balbriggan and kill two local men in revenge for an IRA assassination.
1911
The White Star Line's RMS Olympic collides with the British warship HMS Hawke.
1893
Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
1881
U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in upon the death of James A. Garfield the previous day.
1871
Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
1870
The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
1863
American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.
1860
The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom begins the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales.
1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company.
1854
Crimean War: British and French troops defeat Russians at the Battle of Alma.
1835
The decade-long Ragamuffin War starts when rebels capture Porto Alegre in Brazil.
1792
French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.
1737
The Walking Purchase concludes, which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,900 km) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
1697
The Treaty of Ryswick is signed by France, England, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, ending the Nine Years' War.
1602
The Spanish-held Dutch town of Grave capitulates to a besieging Dutch and English army under the command of Maurice of Orange.
1586
A number of conspirators in the Babington Plot are hanged, drawn and quartered.
1519
Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition which ultimately culminates in the first circumnavigation of the globe.
1498
The Nankai tsunami washes away the building housing the Great Buddha at Kōtoku-in; it has been located outside ever since.
1378
Cardinal Robert of Geneva is elected as Pope Clement VII, beginning the Papal schism.
1260
The Great Prussian Uprising among the old Prussians begins against the Teutonic Knights.
1187
Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.
1066
At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin.
1058
Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border territory of Burgenland.

Births On This Day

2003
Thomas Matthew Crooks, American attempted assassin of Donald Trump (died 2024)
1998
Trevon Diggs, American football player
1997
Itamar Einhorn, Israeli Olympic cyclist
1996
Ioana Loredana Roșca, Romanian tennis player
1995
Laura Dekker, Dutch sailor
1995
Sammi Hanratty, American actress
1995
Rob Holding, English footballer
1993
Kyle Anderson, American-Chinese basketball player
1993
Julian Draxler, German footballer
1992
Michał Żyro, Polish footballer
1991
Isaac Cofie, Ghanaian footballer
1990
Ken Giles, American baseball player
1990
Carlos Hyde, American football player
1990
Donatas Motiejūnas, Lithuanian basketball player
1990
Phillip Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1990
John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player
1988
Sergei Bobrovsky, Russian ice hockey player
1988
Coby Fleener, American football player
1988
Khabib Nurmagomedov, Russian mixed martial artist
1988
Ayano Ōmoto, Japanese singer and dancer
1988
Ryan Simpkins, Australian rugby league player
1987
Gain, South Korean singer
1987
Jack Lawless, American drummer
1987
Tito Tebaldi, Italian rugby player
1986
Hayato Fujita, Japanese wrestler
1986
Aldis Hodge, American actor
1986
İbrahim Kaş, Turkish footballer
1986
Jason Nightingale, New Zealand rugby league player
1986
A. J. Ramos, American baseball player
1985
Ian Desmond, American baseball player
1985
Mami Yamasaki, Japanese model and actress
1984
Brian Joubert, French figure skater
1983
Sancho Lyttle, Vincentian-Spanish basketball player
1983
Freya Ross, Scottish runner
1983
Ángel Sánchez, Puerto Rican baseball player
1982
Jason Bacashihua, American ice hockey player
1982
Aaron Burkart, German race car driver
1982
Brian Fortuna, American dancer and choreographer
1982
Inna Osypenko-Radomska, Ukrainian-Azerbaijani sprint kayaker
1982
Sexy Star, Mexican wrestler
1982
Athanasios Tsigas, Greek footballer
1981
Feliciano López, Spanish tennis player
1981
David McMillan, American football player (died 2013)
1981
Ryan Tandy, Australian rugby league player (died 2014)
1981
Jordan Tata, American baseball player
1980
Yung Joc, American rapper
1980
Vladimir Karpets, Russian cyclist
1979
Crystle Stewart, American actress and beauty queen
1978
Jason Bay, Canadian-American baseball player
1978
Patrizio Buanne, Austrian-Italian singer-songwriter and producer
1978
Héctor Camacho Jr., Puerto Rican-American boxer
1978
Dante Hall, American football player
1978
Sarit Hadad, Israeli singer
1978
Scott Minto, Australian rugby league player
1978
Charlie Weber, American actor
1977
The-Dream, American singer, songwriter, and producer
1977
Chris Mooney, American journalist and academic
1976
Jon Bernthal, American actor
1976
Ainsley Earhardt, American political commentator
1975
Asia Argento, Italian actress
1975
Moon Bloodgood, American actress
1975
Joel Gertner, American wrestling announcer
1975
Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian race car driver
1975
Jason Robinson, American saxophonist and composer
1973
Ronald McKinnon, American football player
1973
Jo Pavey, English runner
1972
Enuka Okuma, Canadian actress
1972
Victor Ponta, Romanian jurist and politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Romania
1971
Todd Blackadder, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1971
Masashi Hamauzu, Japanese pianist and composer
1971
Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer and manager
1971
Dominika Peczynski, Swedish singer and television host
1970
N'Bushe Wright, American actress and dancer
1969
Patrick Pentland, Irish-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1969
Tim Rogers, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969
Ben Shepherd, American musician and songwriter
1969
Richard Witschge, Dutch footballer and coach
1968
Ijaz Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer and coach
1968
Philippa Forrester, English television and radio presenter, producer and author
1968
Leah Pinsent, Canadian actress
1968
Darrell Russell, American race car driver (died 2004)
1968
Norah Vincent, American writer (died 2022)
1967
Roger Anderson, American wrestler
1967
Martin Harrison, American football player
1967
Kristen Johnston, American actress
1967
Gunnar Nelson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967
Matthew Nelson, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1966
Nuno Bettencourt, Portuguese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965
Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Danish badminton player
1964
Randy Bradbury, American bass player
1963
Anil Dalpat, Pakistani cricketer
1962
Jim Al-Khalili, Iraqi-English physicist, author, and academic
1961
Lisa Bloom, American lawyer and journalist
1961
Caroline Flint, English politician, Minister of State for Europe
1961
Erwin Koeman, Dutch retired football player and coach
1960
Lee Hall, English playwright and screenwriter
1960
Dave Hemingway, English singer-songwriter and drummer
1960
Deborah Roberts, American journalist
1959
Joseph Alessi, American trombonist and educator
1959
Joanna Domańska, Polish pianist and educator
1959
Meral Okay, Turkish actress, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
1958
Arn Anderson, American wrestler and trainer
1957
Alannah Currie, New Zealand singer-songwriter
1957
Michael Hurst, New Zealand actor and director
1957
Vladimir Tkatchenko, Ukrainian-Russian basketball player
1956
Jennifer Tour Chayes, American mathematician and computer scientist
1956
Gary Cole, American actor
1956
Steve Coleman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
1956
John Harle, English saxophonist, composer, conductor, and producer
1955
Betsy Brantley, American actress
1955
Johnny Kidd, English wrestler
1955
Haim Moshe, Israeli singer
1955
José Rivero, Spanish golfer
1954
Anne McIntosh, Scottish lawyer and politician
1954
Henry Samueli, American businessman, co-founded Broadcom Corporation
1953
Rocky Mattioli, Italian-Australian boxer
1953
Steve Tom, American actor
1951
Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2022)
1951
Javier Marías, Spanish journalist, author, and academic (died 2022)
1951
Debbi Morgan, American actress
1951
Greg Valentine, American wrestler
1950
Loredana Bertè, Italian singer
1950
Matt Blair, American football player (died 2020)
1949
Mahesh Bhatt, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
1949
Anthony Denison, American actor
1948
Rey Langit, Filipino journalist and radio host
1948
Victoria Mallory, American singer and actress (died 2014)
1948
George R. R. Martin, American novelist and short story writer
1948
Chuck Panozzo, American bass player
1948
John Panozzo, American drummer (died 1996)
1947
Mia Martini, Italian singer (died 1995)
1947
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, French journalist and author
1946
Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj, Spiritual Master, Head of Science of Spirituality
1946
Pete Coors, American businessman and politician
1946
Markandey Katju, Indian lawyer and judge
1944
Paul Madeley, English footballer (died 2018)
1942
Rose Francine Rogombé, Gabonese lawyer and politician, President of Gabon (died 2015)
1941
Dale Chihuly, American sculptor and educator
1941
Sammy McMillan, Irish footballer
1940
Tarō Asō, Japanese target shooter and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Japan
1940
William Finley, American actor (died 2012)
1940
Anna Pavord, Welsh-English journalist and author
1938
Eric Gale, American guitarist and producer (died 1994)
1938
Jane Manning, English soprano and educator (died 2021)
1937
Birgitta Dahl, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for the Environment
1937
Garry Johnson, English general
1937
Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress and singer (died 2005)
1936
Andrew Davies, Welsh author, screenwriter, and producer
1936
Salvador Reyes Monteón, Mexican footballer and manager (died 2012)
1935
David Pegg, English footballer (died 1958)
1935
Keith Roberts, English author and illustrator (died 2000)
1935
Jim Taylor, American football player and sportscaster (died 2018)
1934
Hamit Kaplan, Turkish World and Olympic champion sports wrestler (died 1976)
1934
Sophia Loren, Italian actress
1934
David Marquand, Welsh academic and politician (died 2024)
1934
Jeff Morris, American actor (died 2004)
1934
Rajinder Puri, Indian cartoonist, journalist, and activist (died 2015)
1933
Dennis Viollet, English footballer and manager (died 1999)
1931
Cherd Songsri, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2006)
1930
Richard Montague, American mathematician and philosopher (died 1971)
1929
Anne Meara, American actress and playwright (died 2015)
1929
Vittorio Taviani, Italian film director and screenwriter (died 2018)
1929
Joe Temperley, Scottish saxophonist and clarinet player (died 2016)
1928
Alberto de Lacerda, Mozambican-Portuguese poet and radio host (died 2007)
1928
Olga Ferri, Argentinian dancer and choreographer (died 2012)
1928
Donald Hall, American poet, editor, and critic (died 2018)
1927
Colette Bonheur, Canadian singer (died 1966)
1927
John Dankworth, English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (died 2010)
1927
Red Mitchell, American bassist, composer, and poet (died 1992)
1927
Rachel Roberts, Welsh actress (died 1980)
1926
Libero Liberati, Italian motorcycle racer (died 1962)
1925
James Bernard, English composer and screenwriter (died 2001)
1925
Ananda Mahidol, King Rama VIII of Thailand (died 1946)
1924
Gogi Grant, American singer (died 2016)
1924
Albert Marre, American director, and producer (died 2012)
1924
Jackie Paris, American singer and guitarist (died 2004)
1923
Maurice Sauvé, Canadian economist, academic, and politician (died 1992)
1921
Chico Hamilton, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (died 2013)
1920
Jay Ward, American animator, producer, and screenwriter, founded Jay Ward Productions (died 1989)
1917
Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (died 2006)
1917
Olga Dahl, Swedish genealogist (died 2009)
1917
Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (died 1994)
1917
Clarice Taylor, American actress (died 2011)
1917
Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer (died 1996)
1915
Malik Meraj Khalid, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (died 2003)
1914
Kenneth More, English actor (died 1982)
1913
Sidney Dillon Ripley, American ornithologist and academic (died 2001)
1910
Dorothy Vaughan, American mathematician (died 2008)
1906
Jean Dréville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1997)
1906
Vera Faddeeva, Russian mathematician (died 1983)
1902
Stevie Smith, English author and poet (died 1971)
1899
Leo Strauss, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (died 1973)
1895
Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science (died 1937)
1893
Colin Fraser Barron, Scottish-Canadian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1958)
1893
Hermann Lux, German footballer and manager (died 1962)
1891
Tomás Garrido Canabal, Mexican revolutionary (died 1943)
1890
Linda Eenpalu, Estonian activist and politician (died 1967)
1889
Oskar Kaplur, Estonian wrestler (died 1962)
1889
Charles Reidpath, American runner and general (died 1975)
1886
Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (died 1945)
1885
Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (died 1950)
1884
Maxwell Perkins, American editor (died 1947)
1880
Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, musicologist and critic (died 1968)
1878
Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist (died 1968)
1878
Francisco Lagos Cházaro, acting president of Mexico (died 1932)
1876
Carleton Ellis, American inventor and chemist (died 1941)
1875
Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (died 1921)
1873
Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1949)
1873
Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver (died 1944)
1872
Maurice Gamelin, French general (died 1958)
1861
Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, 8th Librarian of Congress (died 1955)
1853
Chulalongkorn, Siamese king (died 1910)
1851
Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright and critic (died 1929)
1847
Susanna Rubinstein, Austrian psychologist (died 1914)
1844
William H. Illingworth, English-American photographer (died 1893)
1842
James Dewar, Scottish-English chemist and physicist (died 1923)
1833
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian soldier and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1918)
1831
Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (died 1917)
1820
John F. Reynolds, American general (died 1863)
1819
Frederick Ellsworth Sickels, American inventor (died 1895)
1815
Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (died 1869)
1800
Benjamin Franklin White, American singer and composer (died 1879)
1778
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (died 1852)
1758
Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian emperor (died 1806)
1746
Maurice, Count de Benyovszky, Slovak-Hungarian explorer (died 1786)
1685
Giuseppe Matteo Alberti, Italian violinist and composer (died 1751)
1685
Mateo de Toro Zambrano, 1st Count of La Conquista, President of the First Government Junta of Chile (died 1811)
1614
Martino Martini, Italian missionary, cartographer and historian (died 1661)
1608
Jean-Jacques Olier, French priest and mystic, founder of the Society of Saint-Sulpice (died 1657)
1599
Christian the Younger of Brunswick (died 1623)
1593
Gottfried Scheidt, German organist and composer (died 1661)
1514
Philipp IV, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (died 1590)
1504
Philip III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (died 1559)
1486
Arthur, Prince of Wales (died 1502)
1449
Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (died 1500)
1161
Emperor Takakura of Japan (died 1181)
917
Kyunyeo, Korean poet (died 973)

Deaths On This Day

2024
Ibrahim Aqil, Hezbollah militant (born 1962)
2024
Kathryn Crosby, American actress and singer (born 1933)
2024
Daniel J. Evans, American politician, 16th Governor of Washington (born 1925)
2024
Sayuri, Japanese musician (born 1996)
2024
Cleo Sylvestre, English actress (born 1945)
2024
Eduardo Xol, American designer and author (born 1966)
2016
Curtis Hanson, American film director and screenwriter (born 1945)
2016
Peter Leo Gerety, American bishop (born 1912)
2015
Mario Caiano, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1933)
2015
Jagmohan Dalmiya, Indian businessman (born 1940)
2015
Jack Larson, American actor (born 1928)
2014
Anatoly Berezovoy, Russian colonel, pilot, and cosmonaut (born 1942)
2014
Polly Bergen, American actress and singer (born 1930)
2014
Takako Doi, Japanese scholar and politician (born 1928)
2014
George Sluizer, French-Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932)
2013
James B. Vaught, American general (born 1926)
2013
Gilles Verlant, Belgian journalist and critic (born 1957)
2012
Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal (born 1935)
2012
Richard H. Cracroft, American author and academic (born 1936)
2012
Tereska Torrès, French soldier and author (born 1920)
2011
Oscar Handlin, American historian and author (born 1915)
2011
Burhanuddin Rabbani, Afghan academic and politician, 10th President of Afghanistan (born 1940)
2010
Leonard Skinner, American soldier and educator (born 1933)
2007
Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (born 1928)
2006
Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (born 1932)
2006
Sven Nykvist, Swedish director, producer, and cinematographer (born 1922)
2006
John W. Peterson, American pilot and songwriter (born 1921)
2005
Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian human rights activist, Holocaust survivor (born 1908)
2004
Brian Clough, English footballer and manager (born 1935)
2004
Townsend Hoopes, American soldier and historian (born 1922)
2003
Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwean politician, 1st Vice-President of Zimbabwe (born 1922)
2003
Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn, Welsh lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1941)
2002
Sergei Bodrov Jr., Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1971)
2000
Gherman Titov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (born 1935)
1999
Robert Lebel, Canadian businessman (born 1905)
1996
Paul Erdős, Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (born 1913)
1996
Reuben Kamanga, Zambian politician, 1st Vice-President of Zambia (born 1929)
1996
Paul Weston, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1912)
1994
Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean physician, academic, and diplomat (born 1924)
1994
Jule Styne, American composer (born 1905)
1993
Erich Hartmann, German soldier and pilot (born 1922)
1987
Michael Stewart, American playwright and composer (born 1924)
1984
Steve Goodman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1948)
1979
Ludvík Svoboda, Czech general and politician, 8th President of Czechoslovakia (born 1895)
1975
Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)
1973
Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1943)
1972
Pierre-Henri Simon, French historian and author (born 1903)
1971
Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1900)
1971
James Westerfield, American actor (born 1913)
1970
Alexandros Othonaios, Greek general and politician, 126h Prime Minister of Greece (born 1879)
1957
Heino Kaski, Finnish pianist and composer (born 1885)
1957
Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer (born 1865)
1947
Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (born 1882)
1947
Jantina Tammes, Dutch biologist, geneticist, and academic (born 1871)
1945
Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (born 1869)
1945
William Seabrook, American occultist, journalist, and explorer (born 1884)
1945
Eduard Wirths, German physician (born 1909)
1942
Kārlis Ulmanis, Latvian prime minister and president (born 1877)
1939
Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (born 1855)
1933
Annie Besant, English theosophist and activist (born 1847)
1932
Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 (born 1870)
1930
Gombojab Tsybikov, Russian anthropologist and explorer (born 1873)
1927
George Nichols, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1864)
1908
Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (born 1844)
1906
Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (born 1834)
1898
Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (born 1819)
1884
Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and author (born 1802)
1863
Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (born 1785)
1855
José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran priest and educator (born 1797)
1852
Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College (born 1775)
1845
Matvei Gedenschtrom, Russian explorer and public servant (born 1780)
1840
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, Consul of Paraguay (born 1766)
1839
Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (born 1769)
1815
Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist and scholar (born 1725)
1803
Robert Emmet, Irish republican (born 1780)
1793
Fletcher Christian, English lieutenant and mutineer (born 1764)
1684
Kim Seok-ju, Korean scholar and politician (born 1634)
1643
Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for England (born 1610)
1639
Johannes Meursius, Dutch historian and scholar (born 1579)
1627
Jan Gruter, Dutch scholar and critic (born 1560)
1625
Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (born 1555)
1590
Lodovico Agostini, Italian priest, composer, and scholar (born 1534)
1586
Sir Anthony Babington, English Catholic conspirator (born 1561)
1586
Chidiock Tichborne, English conspirator and poet (born 1558)
1565
Cipriano de Rore, Flemish composer and teacher (born 1515)
1537
Pavle Bakić, medieval Serb monarch; last Serb Despot
1533
Veit Stoss, German sculptor (born c. 1447)
1501
Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice
1501
Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, stepson of Edward IV of England (born 1457)
1492
Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick (born 1426)
1460
Gilles Binchois, Flemish composer (born 1400)
1440
Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (born 1371)
1384
Louis I, Duke of Anjou (born 1339)
1328
Ibn Taymiyyah, Syrian theologian and scholar (born 1263)
1266
Jan Prandota, Bishop of Kraków
1246
Michael of Chernigov (born 1185)
1241
Conrad II of Salzwedel, German nobleman and bishop
1190
Adelog of Hildesheim, German bishop
1085
Hermann II, Count Palatine of Lotharingia (born 1049)
855
Gozbald, bishop of Würzburg
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