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September 21

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September 21

September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 101 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Maryland man uses solicitor phone number to win $50,000 Pick 5 lottery prize. A Maryland man bombarded with scam text messages turned the unwanted solicitations into $50,000 after using the phone numbers to win a Pick 5 prize in the lottery.
2023: Bill to allow Pennsylvania lottery players to claim anonymously passes unanimously in Senate. A bill that would allow some lottery winners in Pennsylvania to claim prizes anonymously passed unanimously in the Senate.
2022: Two Illinois lottery winners in a partnership claim $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot. Two winners in a partnership have come forward to claim the eye-watering $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot that was drawn in July 2022.
2022: Six tickets each win $100,000 Mass Cash prize at the same store on the same day. Six tickets winning $100,000 in the Massachusetts Lottery's Mass Cash draw game were sold at the same store on Monday, but the Lottery says that it's not as strange as you might think.
2020: Australian woman takes home $60 million lottery jackpot. It isn't every day you hear about a lottery winner on the younger side, but one Australian woman in her twenties just took home the $60 million (US$43.43 million) Australian Powerball jackpot in the draw on Thurs., Sept. 17.
2019: California woman claims Mega Millions lottery jackpot worth half-billion dollars. A San Diego woman never has to work another day in her life after cashing in her winning Mega Millions lottery ticket she purchased at a deli near Sorrento Valley.
2018: After bawdy photos, California Lottery workers demand resignations. Five veteran Lottery employees on Thursday demanded that senior department executives resign amid investigations into hiring practices and alleged misconduct on a work-related trip two years ago.
2017: $133.2 million Powerball lottery winner played same numbers for 30 years. Colorado's biggest lottery jackpot winner in state history says she has played the same five numbers in the lottery every week, without fail, for the past 30 years.
2016: Colorado siblings win lottery by playing the same numbers. A pair of Colorado siblings won a collective $250,000 when they played the same lottery numbers in the same Powerball drawing.
2016: Idaho woman wins $390,000 lottery prize after playing same numbers for 27 years. An Idaho woman's streak of playing the same lottery numbers since 1989 finally paid off when the numbers earned her a $390,000 jackpot.
2016: Losing bidders protest $262 million Maryland Lottery contract. Two losing contenders for a contract worth as much as $263 million for the computer network that runs the Maryland lottery are protesting a decision to award the business to a rival, charging that a state agency chose the highest bidder after a tainted process.
2015: Texas Lottery starts new 'Texas Triple Chance' game next week. Texas Lottery players will be getting a brand new game to play, starting next week.
2012: $174 MILLION: Tomorrow's Powerball lottery jackpot red hot. The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing took place Wednesday night without any jackpot winners, causing the new jackpot for Saturday's drawing to grow to an estimated $174 million, with a cash option of $110 million.
2012: $250,000 Mega Millions ticket sold in Maryland expires next week. The final claim date is quickly approaching for the owner of a $250,000 second-tier Mega Millions ticket purched in Maryland at the end of March.
2011: Deadline for claiming $16.5M Hot Lotto jackpot nears. Time is running out for a mystery lottery player to claim a $16.5 million Hot Lotto jackpot purchased in Iowa last December.
2011: Would-be lottery winner to get new roof. A California woman isn't going to get the $54 million she thought she won in this week's lottery when her newspaper printed the wrong winning numbers, but two local businessmen are taking care of the first thing she planned to buy with the prize money: a new roof.
2011: Maryland woman's winning lottery ticket mistake. A Maryland woman thought she was getting a little taste of the dream of winning the lottery, but it turned out it was all a mistake.
2011: Full Tilt Poker a ponzi scheme, says U.S. attorney. An Internet poker company that was blocked from operating in the U.S. in the spring as part of an online gambling crackdown was "not a legitimate poker company, but a global Ponzi scheme," federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
2008: Virginia Lottery's 20th birthday raffle drawing held. The Virginia Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Virginia's 20th Birthday Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made one instant millionaire.
2005: Company That Claimed to Sell Winning Lottery Numbers Will Pay Refund. A Buffalo, N.Y., company that told consumers they could buy winning lottery numbers will issue full refunds to Missouri residents and will cease to do business in Missouri under a court-approved agreement with Attorney General Jay Nixon.
2005: Record lottery winner's business target of complaints. More than 1,500 complaints have been filed in a Wood County sewer project being completed by a company owned by record Powerball winner Jack Whittaker, about one complaint for every customer the Union Williams Public Service District project would serve.
2005: High gas prices may be cutting into lottery sales. The evidence is far from conclusive, but some people in the business think high gasoline prices have cut into lottery sales in New Hampshire.
2005: Possible winner of $258 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot found. Officials with the New Jersey Lottery on Wednesday announced that a person purported to be a legal representative for the winner of a massive Mega Millions drawing has come forward.
2004: Crossing the border is good luck for $200,000 lottery winner. A Clarksville, Tennessee man's luck turned green earlier this month when he won $200,000 in the Kentucky Cash Ball lottery.
2004: Canadian Super 7 lottery winner heads back to work. It's back to work for Shawn MacDonald even if this morning he is Canada's newest multi-millionaire.
2004: Missouri lottery winner to validate $3.1 million winning ticket. An Ava, Missouri man must wait until Wednesday or Thursday for state lottery officials to verify whether his lottery ticket will turn him into a $3.1 million winner in the Missouri Lottery.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$748.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 23, 2023
2.$493.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 22, 2021
3.$431 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 21, 2021
4.$301 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 23, 2022
5.$275 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 21, 2018
6.€275.56 Million US$271.23 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 22, 2022
7.$251.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 21, 2022
8.$235 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 23, 2015
9.$228.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2014
10.$227 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2019
11.€190 Million
US$209.08 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2019
12.$205 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 22, 2023
13.$203 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 23, 2006
14.$196.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 21, 2024
15.€130 Million
US$189.94 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2008
16.€194 Million
US$188.72 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 23, 2022
17.€153 Million
US$182.99 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 22, 2017
18.$178 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 22, 2018
19.$176 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2008
20.$174 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 22, 2012
21.€144.08 Million
US$161.65 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 22, 2016
22.$160 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2013
23.€130 Million
US$152.85 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 21, 2018
24.$129 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 23, 2009
25.$108 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 21, 2005

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1988: Momof388
Wednesday, Sep 21, 1988
36 years old
1986: Tak954$
Sunday, Sep 21, 1986
38 years old
1984: Karisthyl
Friday, Sep 21, 1984
40 years old
1983: Cash lord
Wednesday, Sep 21, 1983
41 years old
1983: La-La
Wednesday, Sep 21, 1983
41 years old
1982: K912
Tuesday, Sep 21, 1982
42 years old
1981: sabresfanatic
Monday, Sep 21, 1981
43 years old
1979: lotsofwins
Friday, Sep 21, 1979
45 years old
1977: Iclark30
Wednesday, Sep 21, 1977
47 years old
1976: gabo
Tuesday, Sep 21, 1976
48 years old
1974: LuckyGirl21
Saturday, Sep 21, 1974
50 years old
1972: Deputybrown
Thursday, Sep 21, 1972
52 years old
1971: remromeo
Tuesday, Sep 21, 1971
53 years old
1970: parkerdog48
Monday, Sep 21, 1970
54 years old
1968: sweetbully13
Saturday, Sep 21, 1968
56 years old
1967: Sista Dee
Thursday, Sep 21, 1967
57 years old
1966: Jaxxx
Wednesday, Sep 21, 1966
58 years old
1966: Jaxx1
Wednesday, Sep 21, 1966
58 years old
1965: buddyven
Tuesday, Sep 21, 1965
59 years old
1964: Willieleary 1
Monday, Sep 21, 1964
60 years old
1963: Fredosky3691
Saturday, Sep 21, 1963
61 years old
1960: applebook299
Wednesday, Sep 21, 1960
64 years old
1955: grwurston
Wednesday, Sep 21, 1955
69 years old
1955: starmech
Wednesday, Sep 21, 1955
69 years old
1951: greeno
Friday, Sep 21, 1951
73 years old
1943: Alicerosalyn
Tuesday, Sep 21, 1943
81 years old
: G GordonLitty
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: A 5.6 M_w earthquake shakes the Albanian port of Durrës. Forty-nine people are injured in the capital, Tirana.
2018: Killing of Zak Kostopoulos, LGBT rights activist beaten to death on a busy street in Athens
2015: Adventist Health System agreed to pay $118.7 million to settle allegations of fraud. It was the largest a hospital network has ever paid.
2013: Al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya, killing at least 67 people.
2012: Three Egyptian militants open fire on a group of Israeli soldiers in a southern Israel cross-border attack.
2003: The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere.
2001: America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks.
2001: Ross Parker is murdered in Peterborough, England, by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths.
1999: The Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead.
1997: St. Olaf's Church, a stone church from the 16th century in Tyrvää, Finland, is burnt down by a burglar.
1996: The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.
1993: Russian President Boris Yeltsin triggers a constitutional crisis when he suspends parliament and scraps the constitution.
1993: A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-134 is shot down by a missile in the Black Sea near Sukhumi, Georgia.
1991: Armenia gains independence from the Soviet Union.
1984: Brunei joins the United Nations.
1981: Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
1981: Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
1976: Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C., at the order of Augusto Pinochet.
1976: Seychelles joins the United Nations.
1972: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos begins authoritarian rule by declaring martial law.
1971: Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.
1969: Mexicana de Aviación Flight 801, a Boeing 727-100 passenger plane, crashes during a landing attempt in Mexico City, killing 27 of the 118 occupants.
1965: The Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.
1964: Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom, but remains in the Commonwealth.
1964: The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's fastest bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.
1957: Pamir, a four-masted barque, was shipwrecked and sank off the Azores during Hurricane Carrie.
1953: Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter.
1942: The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaitsi to Bełżec extermination camp.
1942: The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
1942: The Holocaust in Poland: At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently move from Konstantynów to Biała Podlaska.
1942: The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
1939: Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by the Iron Guard.
1938: The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.
1934: A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than 3,000 people.
1933: Salvador Lutteroth establishes Mexican professional wrestling.
1921: A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500-600 people.
1898: Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
1896: Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
1862: Taiping Rebellion: The Ever Victorious Army defeats Taiping forces at the Battle of Cixi.
1860: Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
1843: The crew of schooner Ancud, led by John Williams Wilson, takes possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the Chilean government.
1809: British Secretary of War Lord Castlereagh and Foreign Secretary George Canning meet in a duel on Putney Heath, with Castlereagh wounding Canning in the thigh.
1792: French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy.
1780: American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
1776: Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
1745: A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart.
1435: The Congress of Arras causes Burgundy to switch sides in the Hundred Years' War.
1217: Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian leader Kaupo the Accursed are killed in the Battle of St. Matthew's Day.
1170: The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders.
455: Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.

Births On This Day

1999: Wang Junkai, Chinese singer
1999: Alexander Isak, Eritrean-Swedish professional footballer
1998: Máscara de Bronce, Mexican wrestler
1998: Yainer Díaz, Dominican baseball player
1995: Bruno Caboclo, Brazilian basketball player
1994: Devin Williams, American baseball player
1993: Kirsty Gilmour, Scottish badminton player
1993: Kwon Mina, South Korean singer and actress
1993: Ante Rebić, Croatian footballer
1992: Kim Jong-dae, South Korean singer-songwriter
1992: Rodrigo Godínez, Mexican footballer
1992: Devyn Marble, American basketball player
1991: Anastassia Kovalenko, Estonian motorcycle racer
1991: Carlos Martínez, Dominican baseball player
1990: Al-Farouq Aminu, American basketball player
1990: Danny Batth, English footballer
1990: Rob Cross, English darts player
1990: Ivan Dorschner, American-Filipino model and actor
1990: Sam Kasiano, New Zealand rugby league player
1990: Allison Scagliotti, American actress and musician
1990: Christian Serratos, American actress
1989: Jason Derulo, American singer-songwriter
1989: Sandor Earl, Australian rugby league player
1989: Manny Harris, American basketball player
1989: Emma Watkins, Australian singer and actress
1988: Doug Baldwin, American football player
1988: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistani politician
1987: Jimmy Clausen, American football player
1987: Anthony Don, Australian rugby league player
1987: Marcelo Estigarribia, Paraguayan footballer
1987: Ryan Guzman, American actor and model
1987: Murilo Maccari, Brazilian footballer
1987: Ashley Paris, American basketball player
1987: Courtney Paris, American basketball player
1987: Michał Pazdan, Polish footballer
1987: Ivelisse Vélez, Puerto Rican wrestler
1986: Faris Badwan, English singer-songwriter
1986: Lindsey Stirling, American violinist and composer
1985: Justin Durant, American football player
1984: Dwayne Bowe, American football player
1984: Ahna O'Reilly, American actress
1984: Ben Wildman-Tobriner, American swimmer
1984: Wale, American rapper
1983: Ndiss Kaba Badji, Senegalese athlete
1983: Fernando Cavenaghi, Argentine footballer
1983: Francesco Dracone, Italian race car driver
1983: Scott Evans, American actor
1983: Anna Favella, Italian actress
1983: Maggie Grace, American actress
1983: Cristian Hidalgo, Spanish footballer
1983: Greg Jennings, American football player
1983: Joseph Mazzello, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1983: Anna Meares, Australian track cyclist
1983: Reggie Nelson, American football player
1983: Rafael Marques Pinto, Brazilian footballer
1982: Eduardo Azevedo, Brazilian race car driver
1982: Dominic Perrottet, Australian politician, 46th Premier of New South Wales
1982: Christos Tapoutos, Greek basketball player
1982: Rowan Vine, English footballer
1981: Nicole Richie, American actress, fashion designer, and author
1981: Sarah Whatmore, English singer-songwriter
1980: Nyree Kindred, Welsh swimmer
1980: Tomas Scheckter, South African race car driver
1980: Autumn Reeser, American actress
1980: Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress
1979: James Allan, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979: Richard Dunne, Irish footballer
1979: Chris Gayle, Jamaican cricketer
1979: Julian Gray, English footballer
1979: Monika Merl, German runner
1978: Paulo Costanzo, Canadian actor, director, and producer
1978: Luke Godden, Australian footballer
1978: Doug Howlett, New Zealand rugby player
1977: Kārlis Lācis, Latvian pianist and composer
1977: Andre Pärn, Estonian basketball player
1977: Kohei Sato, Japanese wrestler
1977: Brian Tallet, American baseball player
1976: Jonas Bjerre, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976: Poul Hübertz, Danish footballer and manager
1975: Doug Davis, American baseball player
1974: Bryce Drew, American basketball player and coach
1974: Andy Todd, English footballer and manager
1973: Vanessa Grigoriadis, American journalist and author
1973: Virginia Ruano Pascual, Spanish tennis player
1973: Oswaldo Sánchez, Mexican footballer
1972: Olivia Bonamy, French actress
1972: Liam Gallagher, English singer-songwriter
1972: Jon Kitna, American football player and coach
1971: John Crawley, English cricketer and academic
1971: James Lesure, Americana actor
1971: Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor, director, and comedian
1971: Luke Wilson, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1970: Rob Benedict, American actor, screenwriter, and musician
1970: Melissa Ferrick, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970: Samantha Power, Irish-American journalist, academic, and diplomat, 28th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
1969: Anne Burrell, American chef and television host
1969: Jason Christiansen, American baseball player
1969: Curtis Leschyshyn, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1969: Billy Porter, American actor and singer
1968: Kevin Buzzard, British mathematician
1968: David Jude Jolicoeur, American rapper, songwriter, and producer (d. 2023)
1968: Ricki Lake, American actress, producer, and talk show host
1967: Faith Hill, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1967: Suman Pokhrel, Nepali poet, lyricist and playwright
1967: Tyler Stewart, Canadian drummer
1966: Kerrin Lee-Gartner, Canadian skier and journalist
1965: Frédéric Beigbeder, French author and critic
1965: Cheryl Hines, American actress
1965: Johanna Vuoksenmaa, Finnish director and screenwriter
1964: Jorge Drexler, Uruguayan singer-songwriter
1964: Lester Quitzau, Canadian guitarist
1963: Curtly Ambrose, Antiguan cricketer and bass player
1963: Cecil Fielder, American baseball player and manager
1963: Angus Macfadyen, Scottish actor and screenwriter
1963: Mamoru Samuragochi, Japanese composer
1963: Trevor Steven, English footballer
1963: David J. Wales, British academic and educator
1962: Rob Morrow, American actor
1961: Billy Collins, Jr., American boxer (d. 1984)
1961: Dan Borislow, American businessman and inventor (d. 2014)
1961: Serena Scott Thomas, English actress and producer
1961: Nancy Travis, American actress and producer
1960: David James Elliott, Canadian-American actor and director
1960: Masoumeh Ebtekar, Iranian journalist, politician and scientist, first woman Vice President of Iran
1960: Kelley Eskridge, American author and screenwriter
1960: Musalia Mudavadi, Kenyan politician and Former Deputy Prime Minister
1960: Graham Southern, English art dealer and gallery owner
1960: Maurizio Cattelan, Italian sculptor
1959: Crin Antonescu, Romanian educator and politician, former Interim President of Romania
1959: Andrzej Buncol, Polish footballer
1959: Dave Coulier, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1959: Danny Cox, English-American baseball player and coach
1959: Corinne Drewery, English singer-songwriter and fashion designer
1958: Rick Mahorn, American basketball player and coach
1958: Simon Mayo, English radio host
1957: Ethan Coen, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1957: Mark Levin, American lawyer, radio host, and author
1957: Sidney Moncrief, American basketball player and coach
1957: Kevin Rudd, Australian politician and diplomat, 26th Prime Minister of Australia
1956: Jack Givens, American basketball player and sportscaster
1956: Marta Kauffman, American screenwriter and producer
1956: Ricky Morton, American wrestler
1955: Richard Hieb, American engineer and astronaut
1955: Israel Katz, Israeli politician
1955: Mika Kaurismäki, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter
1954: Shinzo Abe, Japanese lawyer and politician, 90th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2022)
1954: Thomas S. Ray, American ecologist and academic
1954: Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor, English rock drummer (d. 2015)
1953: Arie Luyendyk, Dutch race car driver and sportscaster
1953: Reinhard Marx, German cardinal
1952: Dave Gregory, English guitarist and keyboard player
1952: John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick, English lawyer and politician
1951: Bruce Arena, American soccer player and manager
1951: Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen general and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (d. 2005)
1950: Charles Clarke, English economist and politician, Secretary of State for Education
1950: Bill Murray, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1949: Henry Butler, American pianist and photographer (d. 2018)
1949: Artis Gilmore, American basketball player and radio host
1949: Odilo Scherer, Brazilian cardinal
1948: Jack Dromey, English union leader and politician (d. 2022)
1948: Mitsuo Momota, Japanese wrestler
1947: Don Felder, American musician and songwriter
1947: Keith Harris, English ventriloquist and singer (d. 2015)
1947: Rupert Hine, English musician, songwriter, and record producer (d. 2020)
1947: Stephen King, American author and screenwriter
1947: Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (d. 2014)
1947: Marsha Norman, American playwright and author
1946: Rose Garrard, English sculptor and author
1946: Moritz Leuenberger, Swiss lawyer and politician, 87th President of the Swiss Confederation
1946: Mart Siimann, Estonian psychologist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Estonia
1945: Richard Childress, American race car driver and businessman
1945: Shaw Clifton, Northern Irish 18th General of The Salvation Army (d. 2023)
1945: Kay Ryan, American poet and educator
1944: Steve Beshear, American lawyer and politician, 61st Governor of Kentucky
1944: Marcus Binney, English historian and author
1944: Fannie Flagg, American actress, comedian, and author
1944: Hamilton Jordan, American politician, 8th White House Chief of Staff (d. 2008)
1944: Bobby Tench, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2024)
1943: David Hood, American session bassist and trombone player
1943: Jerry Bruckheimer, American film and television producer
1942: Sam McDowell, American baseball player
1941: Jack Brisco, American wrestler and manager (d. 2010)
1941: R. James Woolsey, Jr., American scholar and diplomat, 16th Director of Central Intelligence
1940: Ron Fenton, English footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
1940: Hermann Knoflacher, Austrian engineer and academic
1940: Bill Kurtis, American journalist and producer
1939: Agnivesh, Indian philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 2020)
1938: Doug Moe, American basketball player and coach
1938: Olu Falae, Nigerian politician and government official
1937: John D'Amico, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 2005)
1936: Ian Albery, English manager and producer
1936: Dickey Lee, American pop-country singer-songwriter and guitarist
1936: Yury Luzhkov, Russian soldier and politician, 2nd Mayor of Moscow (d. 2019)
1936: Diane Rehm, American journalist and radio host
1935: Jimmy Armfield, English footballer and manager (d. 2018)
1935: Henry Gibson, American actor (d. 2009)
1934: Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2016)
1934: María Rubio, Mexican actress (d. 2018)
1933: Allan Jeans, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2011)
1933: Dick Simon, American race car driver
1932: Shirley Conran, English journalist and author (d. 2024)
1932: Marjorie Fletcher, English Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (d. 2008)
1932: Don Preston, American keyboard player and composer
1931: Larry Hagman, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2012)
1930: John Morgan, Welsh-Canadian actor and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1930: Bob Stokoe, English footballer and manager (d. 2004)
1929: Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 1979)
1929: Edgar Valter, Estonian author and illustrator (d. 2006)
1929: Bernard Williams, English-Italian philosopher and academic (d. 2003)
1926: Don Dunstan, Fijian-Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of South Australia (d. 1999)
1926: Donald A. Glaser, American physicist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1926: Fereydoon Moshiri, Iranian poet and critic (d. 2000)
1924: Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1957)
1923: Fred Hunt, British jazz pianist (d. 1986)
1921: John McHale, American baseball player and manager (d. 2008)
1920: Kenneth McAlpine, British race car driver (d. 2023)
1919: Mario Bunge, Argentinian-Canadian physicist and philosopher (d. 2020)
1919: Herman Fowlkes, Jr., American trumpet player and educator (d. 1993)
1919: Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani philosopher and scholar (d. 1988)
1918: John Gofman, American physicist, chemist, and biologist (d. 2007)
1918: Karl Slover, American actor (d. 2011)
1918: Juan José Arreola, Mexican writer and academic (d. 2001)
1917: Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and academic (d. 1968)
1916: Françoise Giroud, Swiss-French journalist and politician, French Minister of Culture (d. 2003)
1912: Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1912: György Sándor, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 2005)
1910: Meinrad Schütter, Swiss composer (d. 2006)
1909: Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian educator and politician, 1st President of Ghana (d. 1972)
1906: Henry Beachell, American biologist and botanist (d. 2006)
1905: Robert Lebel, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1999)
1904: Hans Hartung, German-French painter (d. 1989)
1903: Preston Tucker, American engineer and businessman, designed the Tucker Sedan (d. 1956)
1902: Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet and critic (d. 1963)
1902: Allen Lane, English publisher, founded Penguin Books (d. 1970)
1902: Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1937)
1899: Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1986)
1898: Frances Mary Albrier, American civil rights activist (d. 1987)
1894: Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer and businessman (d. 1952)
1893: Erna Scheffler, German lawyer and justice of the Federal Constitutional Court (d. 1983)
1890: Max Immelmann, German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1916)
1890: Charles William Train, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1965)
1884: Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1944)
1882: Geevarghese Ivanios, Indian metropolitan (d. 1953)
1878: Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager (d. 1951)
1874: Gustav Holst, English composer and educator (d. 1934)
1873: Papa Jack Laine, American drummer and bandleader (d. 1966)
1872: Henry Tingle Wilde, English chief officer on the RMS Titanic (d. 1912)
1867: Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, English politician, 4th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1958)
1867: Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (d. 1950)
1866: Charles Nicolle, French-Tunisian microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
1866: H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (d. 1946)
1863: John Bunny, American actor (d. 1915)
1862: James E. Talmage, English-American religious leader and author (d. 1933)
1859: Francesc Macià, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (d. 1933)
1853: Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926)
1851: Fanny Searls, American biologist (d. 1939)
1849: Maurice Barrymore, American actor (d. 1905)
1846: Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian-Slovene author and poet (d. 1906)
1842: Abdul Hamid II, 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1918)
1840: Murad V, Ottoman sultan (d. 1904)
1819: Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois (d. 1864)
1776: John Fitchett, English poet (d. 1838)
1760: Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Minister of Justice for Imperial Russia (d. 1837)
1758: Christopher Gore, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 8th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1827)
1706: Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg (d. 1735)
1645: Louis Jolliet, Canadian explorer (d. 1700)
1640: Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, younger son of Louis XIII of France and his wife (d. 1701)
1629: Philip Howard, English cardinal (d. 1694)
1559: Cigoli, Italian painter and architect (d. 1613)
1552: Barbara Longhi, Italian painter (d. 1638)
1457: Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria, Polish princess (d. 1502)
1452: Girolamo Savonarola, Italian priest and philosopher (d. 1498)
1433: Guillaume Fichet, French scholar and academic (d. 1480)
1428: Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)
1415: Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1493)
1411: Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, English politician, Lord Protector of England (d. 1460)
1407: Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara, Italian noble (d. 1450)
1371: Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1440)
1051: Bertha of Savoy (d. 1087)
953: Abu Ishaq Ibrahim, Buyid prince
580: Pope Vitalian (d. 672)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Walewska Oliveira, Brazilian volleyball player and Olympic champion (b. 1979)
2022: Raju Srivastav, Indian comedian, actor and politician (b. 1963)
2021: Willie Garson, American actor (b. 1964)
2020: Arthur Ashkin, American scientist and Nobel laureate (b. 1922)
2018: Trần Đại Quang, President of Vietnam (b. 1956)
2018: Vitaliy Masol, Ukrainian Former Prime Minister (b. 1928)
2015: Yoram Gross, Polish-Australian director and producer (b. 1926)
2015: Ray Warleigh, Australian-English saxophonist and flute player (b. 1938)
2015: Richard Williamson, American footballer and coach (b. 1941)
2014: Michael Harari, Israeli intelligence officer (b. 1927)
2014: Caldwell Jones, American basketball player and coach (b. 1950)
2014: Sheldon Patinkin, American director and playwright (b. 1935)
2013: Kofi Awoonor, Ghanaian author, poet, and diplomat (b. 1935)
2013: Michel Brault, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2013: Harl H. Haas, Jr., American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1932)
2013: Walter Wallmann, German lawyer and politician, Minister-President of Hesse (b. 1932)
2013: Ko Wierenga, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
2012: José Curbelo, Cuban-American pianist and manager (b. 1917)
2012: Yehuda Elkana, Israeli historian and philosopher (b. 1934)
2012: Sven Hassel, Danish-German soldier and author (b. 1917)
2012: Bill King, English commander, sailor, and author (b. 1910)
2012: Tom Umphlett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1930)
2011: John Du Cann, English guitarist (b. 1946)
2011: Jun Henmi, Japanese author and poet (b. 1939)
2011: Pamela Ann Rymer, American lawyer and judge (b. 1941)
2009: Robert Ginty, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1948)
2007: Hallgeir Brenden, Norwegian skier (b. 1929)
2007: Alice Ghostley, American actress (b. 1923)
2007: Rex Humbard, American evangelist and television host (b. 1919)
2006: Tasos Athanasiadis, Greek author (b. 1913)
2004: Bob Mason, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1952)
2002: Robert L. Forward, American physicist and science fiction author (b. 1932)
2000: Jacques Flynn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 35th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1915)
2000: Leonid Rogozov, Russian physician and surgeon (b. 1934)
1998: Florence Griffith Joyner, American sprinter (b. 1959)
1995: Rudy Perpich, American dentist and politician, 34th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1928)
1992: Tarachand Barjatya, Indian film producer, founded Rajshri Productions (b. 1914)
1991: Gordon Bashford, English engineer (b. 1916)
1990: Takis Kanellopoulos, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
1989: Rajini Thiranagama, Sri Lankan physician and academic (b. 1954)
1988: Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1914)
1987: Jaco Pastorius, American bass player, composer, and producer (b. 1951)
1985: Gu Long, Chinese author and screenwriter (b. 1937)
1983: Andrew Brewin, Canadian politician (b. 1907)
1983: Bob Donham, American basketball player (b. 1926)
1983: Bada Rajan, Indian mobster (b. unknown)
1983: Birgit Tengroth, Swedish actor (b. 1915)
1983: Willy Trenk-Trebitsch, Austrian actor (b. 1902)
1983: Xavier Zubiri, Basque philosopher (b. 1898)
1982: Ivan Bagramyan, Russian general (b. 1897)
1976: Benjamin Graham, British-American economist, professor, and investor (b. 1894)
1976: Orlando Letelier, Chilean economist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Chile (b. 1932)
1975: Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, Turkish painter and poet (b. 1911)
1974: Walter Brennan, American actor (b. 1894)
1974: Jacqueline Susann, American author and actress (b. 1918)
1972: Henry de Montherlant, French essayist, novelist, and dramatist (b. 1896)
1971: Bernardo Houssay, Argentinian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
1966: Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France (b. 1878)
1964: Josef Müller, Croatian entomologist (b. 1880)
1963: Paulino Masip, Spanish author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1899)
1962: Bo Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1892)
1961: Ed Oliver, American golfer (b. 1915)
1958: Peter Whitehead, English race car driver (b. 1914)
1957: Haakon VII of Norway (b. 1872)
1956: Bill Struth, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1875)
1954: Mikimoto Kōkichi, Japanese businessman (b. 1858)
1953: Necmettin Sadak, Turkish publisher and politician, 10th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1890)
1947: Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1878)
1944: Alexander Koshetz, Ukrainian choral conductor, arranger, composer (b. 1875)
1944: Artur Phleps, Romanian general (b. 1881)
1942: John Symes, English cricketer (b. 1879)
1939: Armand Călinescu, Romanian economist and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1893)
1938: Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian author and poet (b. 1874)
1937: Osgood Perkins, American actor (b. 1892)
1933: Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet (b. 1896)
1926: Léon Charles Thévenin, French engineer (b. 1857)
1906: Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (b. 1838)
1905: Nikolay Benardos, Ukrainian inventor (b. 1842)
1904: Chief Joseph, American tribal leader (b. 1840)
1880: Manuel Montt, Chilean scholar and politician, 6th President of Chile (b. 1809)
1874: Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist and engineer (b. 1798)
1860: Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author (b. 1788)
1832: Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (b. 1771)
1812: Emanuel Schikaneder, German actor and playwright (b. 1751)
1798: George Read, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Delaware (b. 1733)
1796: François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (b. 1769)
1748: John Balguy, English philosopher and author (b. 1686)
1743: Jai Singh II, Indian king (b. 1688)
1719: Johann Heinrich Acker, German historian and academic (b. 1647)
1709: Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian statesman, Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (b. 1639)
1643: Emperor Hong Taiji of China (b. 1592)
1637: William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (b. 1602)
1629: Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1587)
1586: Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French cardinal and diplomat (b. 1517)
1576: Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician, physician, and astrologer (b. 1501)
1558: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1500)
1397: Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English admiral (b. 1346)
1327: Edward II of England (b. 1284)
1256: William of Kilkenny, Lord Chancellor of England
1235: Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1175)
1217: Lembitu, Estonian king and military leader
1217: Caupo of Turaida
1026: Otto-William, Count of Burgundy
687: Pope Conon (b. 630)
454: Flavius Aetius, Roman general and politician (b. 396)
19 BC: Virgil, Roman poet (b. 70 BC)

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