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September 25

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September 25

September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 97 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: California Lottery vending machine stolen and dumped on the side of the road. A California Lottery vending machine was found cracked open and dumped on the side of the road with unscratched lottery tickets still inside last week.
2024: Powerball drawing for $223 million lottery jackpot will not be broadcast due to Hurricane Helene. Tonight’s Powerball drawing for the $223 million lottery jackpot will not take place at the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee as usual, nor will it be broadcast live due to Hurricane Helene.
2024: UK woman faces prison after siphoning nearly £50,000 from National Lottery winning tickets. A supermarket worker is facing prison after getting caught scamming the UK National Lottery of nearly £50,000 (US$66,993) using winning lottery tickets.
2023: Virginia woman finds two-month-old $100,000 Powerball lottery ticket while rifling through papers. A Virginia woman was "going through some papers" when she came across a forgotten winning Powerball ticket worth $100,000.
2020: State lotteries exceed expectations in 2020. In previous months defined by economic hardship brought on by the global pandemic, the lottery industry has proven to be a beacon of light, with some state lotteries defying expectations and exhibiting record sales.
2019: Mega Millions lottery winner worth $227 million sold in Texas. A single ticket sold in Texas matched the winning numbers from Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing and is worth an estimated $227 million.
2019: 81-year-old Mass. man sentenced to prison for part in multimillion-dollar lottery ticket scam. An 81-year-old man from Lynn, Massachusetts, was sentenced Monday to two months in prison for his part in a multimillion-dollar lottery scam, according to federal prosecutors.
2018: New York man wins $10 million after buying lottery ticket every day for decades. A 66-year-old man who's played the lottery his entire adult life is the newest lottery millionaire in New York.
2018: Audit reveals 'questionable' Colorado Lottery wins. A handful of people seem to have been winning the Colorado Lottery a bit more often than the odds would dictate, raising the specter of possible wrongdoing, a state audit revealed Monday.
2017: Lottery winner accused of child sex assault freed from jail. A New Jersey man who won a $338 million Powerball lottery jackpot will be freed from jail while he awaits trial on charges he sexually assaulted a child.
2015: ILLINOIS LOTTERY MOVES TO COMPUTERIZED DRAWINGS. Despite widespread player sentiment that is strongly against computerized drawings, the Illinois Lottery stated Friday that it is dropping real lottery ball drawings, and moving to the computerized draws.
2015: $1M lottery ticket found in Michigan woman's old mail. A Kentwood, Michigan, woman is $1 million richer after finding a winning Mega Millions ticket in a pile of old mail.
2014: Dad slowly reveals huge lotto win to his sons [video]. After Poul Hjortbøl won 15 million kroner (about $2.7 million) playing the lottery in Denmark, he decided to unveil his winnings to his sons in the most suspenseful way possible.
2014: $228.5M Powerball lottery ticket sold in California. Someone in the Bay Area could be $228.5 million richer after lottery officials announced Wednesday that the sole winning Powerball ticket was sold in San Mateo, California.
2013: NJ Powerball winner wants his old life back. "Wild" Willie Seeley of Manahawkin, New Jersey, has one piece of advice for the winner of last week's $400 million Powerball jackpot in South Carolina: Run.
2013: $173 MILLION: Mega Millions is the hot ticket. Lottery players across the United States are buying their Mega Millions tickets in preparation for Friday's massive $173 million drawing, after nobody won Tuesday's $160 million jackpot.
2012: N.J. Assembly panel clears one-year anonymity for lottery winners. The New Jersey Assembly Regulatory Oversight and Gaming Committee approved a bill (A2982) by a vote of 5-0 that would give lottery winners the option of remaining anonymous for a year after winning the jackpot.
2006: Costa Rica not caving to U.S. gambling arrests. Costa Rica finds itself in the middle of the fight between U.S. authorities and the online gambling industry.
2006: N.C. Lottery commissioner on lottery firm payroll for years. Four years before North Carolina lawmakers created the state lottery, a for-profit lottery company was paying former state lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings to work as a consultant, a company executive said Monday at Geddings' fraud trial.
2003: Powerball Jackpot Leaps to $60 Million. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 337,565 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.8 million in prizes in America's Game.
2003: Mega Millions Jackpot Hits $126 Million. None of the tickets sold for Tuesday night's $102 million Mega Millions drawing matched all six numbers, increasing the Friday jackpot to $126 million.
2003: N.D. Gets Lottery Director. North Dakota's lottery now has a permanent director, as Chuck Keller was hired for the job Wednesday.
2003: N.D. rules out credit cards for lottery. North Dakota should forbid credit-card sales of lottery tickets, and merchants should have the discretion to decide whether to take gamblers' checks or debit cards, a lottery advisory board concluded Wednesday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$793.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 25, 2023
2.$528.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 25, 2021
3.$474 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2025
4.$325 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2022
5.$303 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 25, 2018
6.$286 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2022
7.€278.34 Million US$267.34 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2022
8.$267 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2015
9.$230 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2023
10.$223.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 25, 2024
11.€190 Million
US$207.75 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2019
12.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2012
12.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2008
14.$193 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2018
15.€163 Million
US$192.34 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2017
16.€130 Million
US$189.94 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2008
17.€130 Million
US$183.89 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2007
18.$173 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2013
19.€143 Million
US$167.07 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2021
20.€146.77 Million
US$164.72 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2016
21.€138 Million
US$162.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 25, 2018
22.€130 Million
US$152 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2025
23.$150 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2009
24.$148 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2005
25.$147.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2025

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1985: HaitianAmateur
Wednesday, Sep 25, 1985
40 years old
1985: sweet23
Wednesday, Sep 25, 1985
40 years old
1983: cookj187
Sunday, Sep 25, 1983
42 years old
1982: TotallyDavis
Saturday, Sep 25, 1982
43 years old
1981: Makedew912
Friday, Sep 25, 1981
44 years old
1979: kplenty79
Tuesday, Sep 25, 1979
46 years old
1976: lovely55
Saturday, Sep 25, 1976
49 years old
1971: GoArmy
Saturday, Sep 25, 1971
54 years old
1967: mken32
Monday, Sep 25, 1967
58 years old
1967: mken35
Monday, Sep 25, 1967
58 years old
1964: Casadachu58
Friday, Sep 25, 1964
61 years old
1963: jimhuber
Wednesday, Sep 25, 1963
62 years old
1961: teej7941
Monday, Sep 25, 1961
64 years old
1957: bigjesse
Wednesday, Sep 25, 1957
68 years old
1954: Mr LuckyIV
Saturday, Sep 25, 1954
71 years old
1948: Flylady
Saturday, Sep 25, 1948
77 years old
1943: martyh111
Saturday, Sep 25, 1943
82 years old
: MisterCash$
(year not provided)
: bahamaqueen
(year not provided)
: Apurple1
(year not provided)
: sunsei$6
(year not provided)
: THICKnRICH
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2018: Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for aggravated sexual assault.
2003: The 8.3 M_w Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
1998: PauknAir Flight 4101, a British Aerospace 146, crashes near Melilla Airport in Melilla, Spain, killing 38 people.
1997: NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-86 to the Mir space station.
1992: NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion.
1987: Fijian Governor-General Penaia Ganilau is overthrown in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.
1985: 3 civilians killed by alleged supporters of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Larnaca yacht killings.
1983: Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison.
1981: Belize joins the United Nations.
1978: PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing all 135 aboard Flight 182, both occupants of the Cessna, as well as seven people on the ground.
1977: About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
1974: Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John.
1969: The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
1964: The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
1963: Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair.
1962: The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
1962: The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
1959: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon, is mortally shot by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
1957: Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
1956: TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
1955: The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
1944: World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
1937: Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
1926: The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
1918: World War I: The end of the Battle of Megiddo, the climax of the British Army's Sinai and Palestine campaign under General Edmund Allenby.
1915: World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
1912: Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
1911: An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
1906: Leonardo Torres Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino in the Bilbao Abra (Spain), guiding an electric boat from the shore with people on board, which was controlled at a distance over 2 km (1.2 mi), in what is considered to be the origin of modern wireless remote-control operation principles.
1890: The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
1868: The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
1804: The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver.
1790: Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
1789: The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.
1786: The mine of Huancavelica in the Peruvian Andes collapses killing more than hundred people. The event was a major setback for quicksilver production in the Spanish Empire.
1775: American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
1775: American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
1768: Unification of Nepal
1690: Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.
1555: The Peace of Augsburg is signed by Emperor Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League.
1513: Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
1396: Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis.
1237: England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border.
1066: In the Battle of Stamford Bridge, Harald Hardrada, the invading King of Norway, is defeated by King Harold II of England.
762: Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate.
275: For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; they elect 75-year-old Marcus Claudius Tacitus.

Births On This Day

2009: Leah Jeffries, American actress
2001: Cade Cunningham, American basketball player
1996: Anett Vilipuu, Estonian footballer
1996: Yue Yuan, Chinese tennis player
1995: Todd Hazelwood, Australian race car driver
1993: Brandin Cooks, American football player
1993: Toby Greene, Australian footballer
1993: Abdel Nader, Egyptian-American basketball player
1992: Zoël Amberg, Swiss race car driver
1992: Kerrod Holland, Australian rugby league player
1992: Massimo Luongo, Australian footballer
1992: Keauna McLaughlin, American figure skater
1992: Rosalía, Spanish singer-songwriter
1992: Ruslan Zhiganshin, Russian ice dancer
1991: Emmy Clarke, American actress
1991: Alessandro Crescenzi, Italian footballer
1991: Calle Järnkrok, Swedish ice hockey player
1990: Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater
1990: Daria Strokous, Russian model, actress, and photographer
1989: Jordan Gavaris, Canadian actor
1989: Cuco Martina, Curaçaoan footballer
1989: Aldon Smith, American football player
1987: Monica Niculescu, Romanian tennis player
1987: Mustafa Yumlu, Turkish footballer
1986: Heidi El Tabakh, Egyptian-Canadian tennis player
1986: Jamie O'Hara, English footballer
1986: Marten Strauch, German rugby player
1986: Steve Forrest, American drummer
1986: Choi Yoon-young, South Korean actress
1985: Gökhan Güleç, Turkish footballer
1985: Marvin Matip, German footballer
1984: Cherine Anderson, Jamaican singer-songwriter and actress
1984: Matt Carle, American ice hockey player
1984: Ivory Latta, American basketball player
1984: Matías Silvestre, Argentinian footballer
1984: Zach Woods, American actor and comedian
1983: Donald Glover, American actor, rapper, producer, and screenwriter
1983: Terrance Pennington, American football player
1982: Hyun Bin, South Korean actor
1981: Rocco Baldelli, American baseball player and manager
1981: Jason Bergmann, American baseball player
1981: Lee Norris, American actor
1980: Chris Owen, American actor
1980: T.I., American rapper, songwriter, producer, and actor
1979: Kyle Bennett, American BMX rider (died 2012)
1979: Rashad Evans, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1979: Jason Koumas, Welsh footballer
1979: Jean-René Lisnard, French tennis player
1978: Joe Cotton, Canadian-New Zealand singer
1978: Roudolphe Douala, Cameroonian footballer
1978: Ricardo Gardner, Jamaican footballer
1978: Jodie Kidd, English model and actress
1978: Ryan Leslie, American singer-songwriter and producer
1978: Joel Piñeiro, Puerto Rican baseball player
1977: Clea DuVall, American actress
1977: Robbie Jones, American actor
1977: Mike Krahulik, American illustrator
1977: Toni Lydman, Finnish ice hockey player
1977: Joel David Moore, American actor
1977: Wil Nieves, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
1976: Santigold, American singer-songwriter and producer
1976: Chauncey Billups, American basketball player
1976: Charlotte Ayanna, Puerto Rican-American actress
1975: Daniela Ceccarelli, Italian skier
1975: Declan Donnelly, English entertainer
1975: Matt Hasselbeck, American football player
1975: Dat Nguyen, American football player and coach
1974: Bill Bowler, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1974: Olivier Dacourt, French footballer
1974: John Granville, American scholar and diplomat (died 2008)
1974: Paul Hurst, English footballer and manager
1974: Daniel Kessler, English-American singer and guitarist
1974: Frank Leder, German fashion designer
1974: Robbie Mears, Australian rugby league player and coach
1974: Eric Moss, American football player (died 2019)
1974: Joel Prpic, Canadian ice hockey player
1974: Javier Rosas, Mexican triathlete
1974: Kemel Thompson, Jamaican hurdler
1973: Tijani Babangida, Nigerian footballer
1973: Jenny Chapman, English politician
1973: Bridgette Wilson, American actress, singer, model, and beauty queen
1972: Douglas September, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1971: Nikos Boudouris, Greek basketball player and manager
1971: John Lynch, American football player and sportscaster
1971: Seb Sanders, English jockey
1970: Curtis Buckley, American football player and psychiatrist
1969: Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (died 2002)
1969: Bill Simmons, American journalist and author
1969: Hal Sparks, American actor, comedian, musician and political commentator
1969: Tony Womack, American baseball player
1969: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress
1968: John A. List, American economist and academic
1968: Will Smith, American actor, producer, and rapper
1968: John Worsfold, Australian footballer and coach
1967: Kim Issel, Canadian ice hockey player
1967: Ashwin Sood, English-Canadian drummer and producer
1966: Stanislav Bunin, Russian pianist and educator
1966: Jason Flemyng, English actor
1966: Todd Philcox, American football player
1965: Matt Battaglia, American football player, actor, and producer
1965: Saffron Henderson, Canadian voice actress and singer
1965: Scottie Pippen, American basketball player and sportscaster
1965: Anne Roumanoff, French actress and screenwriter
1965: Dave Rundle, South African cricketer
1965: Rob Schmidt, American director and screenwriter
1965: Rafael Martín Vázquez, Spanish footballer and coach
1965: Nicky Winmar, Australian footballer
1964: Gary Ayles, English race car driver
1964: Barbara Dennerlein, German organist
1964: Maria Doyle Kennedy, Irish actress and singer
1964: Rebecca Gablé, German novelist
1964: Kikuko Inoue, Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress
1964: Joey Saputo, Canadian businessman
1963: Tate Donovan, American actor
1963: Keely Shaye Smith, American journalist and author
1962: Kalthoum Sarrai, Tunisian-French psychologist and journalist (died 2010)
1962: Aida Turturro, American actress
1962: Dariusz Wdowczyk, Polish footballer and coach
1961: Mehmet Aslantuğ, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1961: Heather Locklear, American actress
1961: Steve Scott, British journalist and presenter
1961: Tim Zoehrer, Australian cricketer
1960: Igor Belanov, Ukrainian footballer and manager
1959: Jeon Soo-il, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
1958: Randy Kerber, American keyboard player, composer, and conductor
1957: Michael Madsen, American actor and producer (died 2025)
1957: Vladimir Popovkin, Russian general (died 2014)
1956: W. Daniel Hillis, American computer scientist, engineer, and author, founded the Thinking Machines Corporation
1956: Jamie Hyneman, American special effects designer and television host, founded M5 Industries
1956: Miroslav Volf, Croatian Protestant theologian and public intellectual
1955: Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer (died 1985)
1955: Zucchero Fornaciari, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955: Amyr Klink, Brazilian sailor and explorer
1955: Luanne Rice, American author and activist
1955: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German footballer and manager
1955: Steven Severin, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
1954: Sylvester Croom, American football player and coach
1954: Joep Lange, Dutch physician and academic (died 2014)
1954: Juande Ramos, Spanish footballer and manager
1953: Richard Harvey, English mandolin player, keyboard player, and composer
1953: Ron Rash, American novelist, short story writer, poet
1952: Colin Friels, Scottish-Australian actor
1952: Jimmy Garvin, American wrestler and manager
1952: bell hooks, American author and activist (died 2021)
1952: Cherríe Moraga, American poet, playwright, and activist
1952: Tommy Norden, American actor
1952: Chris Pond, English politician
1952: Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (died 2004)
1951: Yardena Arazi, Israeli singer
1951: Burleigh Drummond, American drummer and songwriter
1951: Graeme Knowles, English bishop
1951: Mark Hamill, American actor, singer, and producer
1951: Bob McAdoo, American basketball player and coach
1950: E. C. Coleman, American basketball player
1950: Stanisław Szozda, Polish cyclist and trainer (died 2013)
1949: Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
1949: Jeff Borowiak, American tennis player
1949: Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (died 2015)
1949: Anson Williams, American actor, singer, and director
1948: Mimi Kennedy, American actress and screenwriter
1948: Vasile Șirli, Romanian musical composer and producer
1948: Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Russian businessman
1947: Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (died 1999)
1947: Cheryl Tiegs, American model and actress
1947: Cecil Womack, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013)
1946: Bishan Singh Bedi, Indian cricketer and coach (died 2023)
1946: Felicity Kendal, English actress
1946: Bryan MacLean, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1998)
1946: Janusz Majer, Polish mountaineer
1946: Gil Morgan, American golfer
1946: Ali Parvin, Iranian footballer
1946: Jerry Penrod, American bass player
1945: Kathleen Brown, American lawyer and politician, 29th California State Treasurer
1945: Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2014)
1944: Michael Douglas, American actor and producer
1944: Doris Matsui, American politician
1944: Grayson Shillingford, Dominican cricketer (died 2009)
1943: Robert Gates, American lieutenant, academic, and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Defense
1943: John Locke, American keyboard player (died 2006)
1943: Aram Saroyan, American poet and novelist
1943: Robert Walden, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1942: Oscar Bonavena, Argentinian boxer (died 1976)
1942: Robert Miano, American actor and producer
1942: Henri Pescarolo, French race car driver
1942: John Taylor, English pianist and educator (died 2015)
1942: Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (died 2008)
1941: Vivien Stern, Baroness Stern, English academic and politician
1940: Tim Severin, Indian-English explorer, historian, and author (died 2020)
1939: Leon Brittan, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (died 2015)
1939: Feroz Khan, Indian actor, director, and producer (died 2009)
1939: David S. Mann, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Cincinnati
1938: Ron Hill, English runner and businessman (died 2021)
1938: Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (died 2010)
1938: Enn Tarto, Estonian politician (died 2021)
1937: Mary Allen Wilkes, American computer scientist and lawyer
1936: Ken Forsse, American toy creator and author, created Teddy Ruxpin (died 2014)
1936: Juliet Prowse, South African-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1996)
1936: Moussa Traoré, Malian general and politician 2nd President of Mali (died 2020)
1933: Hubie Brown, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1933: Ian Tyson, Canadian folk singer-songwriter and musician (died 2022)
1932: Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and composer (died 1982)
1932: Terry Medwin, Welsh footballer and manager (died 2024)
1932: Adolfo Suárez, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Spain (died 2014)
1931: Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian journalist and poet (died 2005)
1931: Bryan John Birch, English mathematician and scholar
1930: Nino Cerruti, Italian fashion designer, founded Cerruti (died 2022)
1930: Shel Silverstein, American author, poet, illustrator, and songwriter (died 1999)
1929: Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (died 2005)
1929: Delia Scala, Italian ballerina and actress (died 2004)
1929: Barbara Walters, American journalist, producer, and author (died 2022)
1927: Carl Braun, American basketball player and coach (died 2010)
1927: Colin Davis, English conductor and educator (died 2013)
1926: Jack Hyles, American pastor and author (died 2001)
1926: Aldo Ray, American actor (died 1991)
1925: Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (died 2016)
1924: Norman Ayrton, English actor and director (died 2017)
1924: Red Webb, American baseball player (died 1996)
1923: Robert Laxalt, American author and academic (died 2001)
1923: Sam Rivers, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (died 2011)
1922: Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruian educator and politician, 1st President of Nauru (died 1992)
1921: Rob Muldoon, New Zealand sergeant, accountant, and politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1992)
1920: Sergei Bondarchuk, Ukrainian-Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1994)
1920: Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (died 2002)
1917: Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2007)
1916: Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright (died 2010)
1916: Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (died 1968)
1914: John Manners, English naval officer and cricketer (died 2020)
1911: Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (died 1981)
1910: Ralph Jordan, American football player and coach (died 1980)
1908: Jacqueline Audry, French director and screenwriter (died 1977)
1906: Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist, and music critic (died 1962)
1906: Phyllis Pearsall, English painter, cartographer, and author (died 1996)
1906: Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (died 1975)
1903: Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and educator (died 1970)
1901: Robert Bresson, French director and screenwriter (died 1999)
1901: Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer (died 1968)
1900: Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 1937)
1899: Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Indian poet and songwriter (died 1981)
1898: Robert Brackman, Ukrainian-American painter and educator (died 1980)
1897: William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962)
1896: Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (died 1990)
1893: Harald Cramér, Swedish mathematician and statistician (died 1985)
1889: Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, Scottish author and translator (died 1930)
1888: Hanna Ralph, German actress (died 1978)
1884: Adolf Bolm, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (died 1951)
1881: Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (died 1936)
1879: Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Rizal (died 1963)
1877: Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and President (died 1945)
1867: Yevgeny Miller, Russian general (died 1938)
1866: Thomas Hunt Morgan, American biologist, geneticist, and embryologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1945)
1865: Henri Lebasque, French artist (died 1937)
1862: Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (died 1897)
1862: Billy Hughes, English-Australian carpenter and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1952)
1839: Karl Alfred von Zittel, German palaeontologist and geologist (died 1904)
1825: William Pitt Ballinger, American lawyer and politician (died 1888)
1825: Joachim Heer, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the National Council (died 1879)
1816: Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (died 1893)
1798: Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist and engineer (died 1874)
1782: Charles Maturin, Irish author and playwright (died 1824)
1773: Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and author (died 1856)
1771: Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (died 1829)
1766: Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (died 1822)
1764: Fletcher Christian, English sailor (died 1793)
1761: William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (died 1827)
1758: Josepha Barbara Auernhammer, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1820)
1744: Frederick William II of Prussia (died 1797)
1741: Wenzel Pichl, Czech violinist, composer, and director (died 1805)
1738: Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Delaware (died 1789)
1711: Qianlong Emperor of China (died 1799)
1694: Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1754)
1683: Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and theorist (died 1764)
1663: Johann Nikolaus Hanff, German organist and composer (died 1711)
1644: Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker (died 1710)
1636: Ferdinand Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein, German prince (died 1698)
1599: Francesco Borromini, Swiss-Italian architect, designed the San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (died 1667)
1529: Günther XLI, Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt (died 1583)
1528: Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg (died 1603)
1525: Steven Borough, English explorer and navigator (died 1584)
1403: Louis III of Anjou (died 1434)
1358: Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shōgun (died 1408)

Deaths On This Day

2023: David McCallum, Scottish actor (born 1933)
2017: Jan Tříska, Czech actor (born 1936)
2016: José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball player (born 1992)
2016: Arnold Palmer, American golfer (born 1929)
2016: Nahid Hattar, Jordanian writer and political activist (born 1960)
2015: Claudio Baggini, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (born 1936)
2015: John Galvin, American general (born 1929)
2015: Tom Kelley, American baseball player and manager (born 1944)
2015: Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist (born 1939)
2014: Ulrick Chérubin, Haitian-Canadian educator and politician (born 1943)
2014: Sulejman Tihić, Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1951)
2014: Dorothy Tyler-Odam, English high jumper (born 1920)
2013: Ron Fenton, English footballer, coach, and manager (born 1940)
2013: Choi In-ho, South Korean author and screenwriter (born 1945)
2013: José Montoya, American poet and academic (born 1932)
2013: Billy Mure, American guitarist and composer (born 1915)
2013: Pablo Verani, Italian-Argentinian lawyer and politician (born 1938)
2013: Bennet Wong, Canadian psychiatrist and academic, co-founded Haven Institute (Gabriola Island, Canada) (born 1930)
2012: Billy Barnes, American composer and songwriter (born 1927)
2012: John Bond, English footballer and manager (born 1932)
2012: Eric Ives, English historian and academic (born 1931)
2012: Alonso Lujambio, Mexican academic and politician (born 1962)
2012: Andy Williams, American singer (born 1927)
2011: Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1940)
2009: Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (born 1923)
2009: Pierre Falardeau, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1946)
2008: Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru (born 1932)
2007: Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (born 1919)
2007: André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (born 1924)
2006: Jeff Cooper, American target shooter and author (born 1920)
2006: John M. Ford, American author and poet (born 1957)
2005: Don Adams, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1923)
2005: Madeline-Ann Aksich, Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1956)
2005: George Archer, American golfer (born 1939)
2005: Urie Bronfenbrenner, Russian-American psychologist and ecologist (born 1917)
2005: Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist and critic (born 1912)
2005: M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and author (born 1936)
2005: Friedrich Peter, Austrian lawyer and politician (born 1921)
2003: Aqila al-Hashimi, Iraqi translator and politician (born 1953)
2003: Herb Gardner, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1934)
2003: Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
2003: George Plimpton, American writer and literary editor (born 1927)
1999: Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (born 1930)
1997: Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer and actress (born 1916)
1997: Jean Françaix, French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1912)
1995: Dave Bowen, Welsh footballer and manager (born 1928)
1995: Annie Elizabeth Delany, American dentist and author (born 1891)
1992: Ivan Vdović, Serbian musician (born 1961)
1991: Klaus Barbie, German SS captain, known as the "Butcher of Lyon" (born 1913)
1991: Viviane Romance, French actress and producer (born 1912)
1990: Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (born 1897)
1988: Billy Carter, American farmer and businessman (born 1937)
1988: Arthur Võõbus, Estonian-American orientalist and scholar (born 1909)
1987: Mary Astor, American actress (born 1906)
1987: Emlyn Williams, Welsh actor and playwright (born 1905)
1986: Darshan Singh Canadian, Indian-Canadian trade union leader and activist (born 1917)
1986: Donald MacDonald, Canadian union leader and politician (born 1909)
1986: Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1896)
1986: Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic (born 1909)
1984: Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor (born 1897)
1983: Leopold III of Belgium (born 1901)
1980: John Bonham, English drummer and songwriter (born 1948)
1980: Lewis Milestone, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1895)
1980: Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (born 1883)
1972: Alejandra Pizarnik, Argentine poet (born 1936)
1971: Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician (born 1886)
1970: Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss author and translator (born 1898)
1968: Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic (born 1891)
1968: Cornell Woolrich, American author and screenwriter (born 1903)
1961: Frank Fay, American actor and singer (born 1897)
1960: Emily Post, American author and educator (born 1873)
1958: John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (born 1878)
1955: Martha Norelius Swedish-born American swimmer (born 1909)
1946: Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (born 1879)
1943: Alexander Hall, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (born 1880)
1941: Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player, golfer, and race car driver (born 1867)
1939: Ali Saip Ursavaş, Turkish soldier and politician (born 1885)
1938: Lev Zadov, Ukrainian intelligence agent (born 1893)
1933: Ring Lardner, American journalist and author (born 1885)
1929: Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (born 1879)
1928: Richard F. Outcault, American cartoonist, created The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown (born 1863)
1926: Herbert Booth, English songwriter and bandleader (born 1862)
1918: Mikhail Alekseyev, Russian general (born 1857)
1917: Thomas Ashe, Irish Republican Brotherhood volunteer and rebel commander. Died as a result of forced feeding while on hunger strike. (born 1885)
1905: Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French educator and politician (born 1853)
1901: Arthur Fremantle, English general and politician, Governor of Malta (born 1835)
1900: Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Québec (born 1832)
1900: John M. Palmer, American general and politician, 15th Governor of Illinois (born 1817)
1893: Louise von François, German author (born 1817)
1867: Oliver Loving, American rancher, co-developed the Goodnight-Loving Trail (born 1812)
1849: Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer (born 1804)
1828: Charlotta Seuerling, Swedish singer, harpsichord player, and composer (born 1783)
1794: Paul Rabaut, French pastor (born 1718)
1792: Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish politician and diplomat (born 1710)
1791: William Bradford, American soldier and publisher (born 1719)
1777: Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (born 1728)
1774: John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general (born 1714)
1703: Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish general (born 1658)
1665: Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (born 1610)
1630: Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases, Italian general and politician, Governor of the Duchy of Milan (born 1569)
1626: Lancelot Andrewes, English bishop and scholar (born 1555)
1621: Mary Sidney, English writer (born 1561)
1617: Emperor Go-Yōzei of Japan (born 1572)
1617: Francisco Suárez, Spanish priest, philosopher, and theologian (born 1548)
1615: Arbella Stuart, English noblewoman and woman of letters (born 1575)
1602: Caspar Peucer, German physician, scholar, and reformer (born 1525)
1588: Tilemann Heshusius, German Gnesio-Lutheran theologian (born 1527)
1550: Georg von Blumenthal, German bishop (born 1490)
1536: Johannes Secundus, Dutch author and poet (born 1511)
1534: Pope Clement VII (born 1478)
1506: Philip I of Castile (born 1478)
1496: Piero Capponi, Italian soldier and politician (born 1447)
1396: Jean de Carrouges, French knight (born 1330)
1396: Jean de Vienne, French general and admiral (born 1341)
1367: Jakushitsu Genkō, Japanese poet (born 1290)
1333: Prince Morikuni, Japanese shōgun (born 1301)
1087: Simon I de Montfort, French nobleman (born c. 1025)
1086: William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (born 1025)
1066: Harald Hardrada, Norwegian king (born 1015)
1066: Maria Haraldsdotter, Norwegian princess
1066: Tostig Godwinson, English son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex (born c. 1029)

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