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September 26

On This Day in History

September 26

September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 96 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: California woman proves naysayers wrong with $1 million lottery win. A California woman is skipping to the bank and brushing aside the naysayers after winning a $1 million prize in the lottery.
2023: $835 MILLION: Powerball jackpot set to deliver ultra-wealth. This week Powerball is the hot ticket, featuring a massive jackpot that is approaching a billion dollars.
2022: Mass. man claims $700,000 after playing same numbers for 30 years. Days after Lottery Post first reported on six top-prize-winning lottery tickets being sold at the same Massachusetts store, the lottery reported that all six — plus one more that was purchased earlier as a season ticket — have been claimed by one person, who has playing those same numbers for 30 years.
2021: $545 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot rolls a record 37 times. After a record 37th-consecutive drawing without a winner, the Powerball multi-state lottery game now features a jackpot that will provide multi-generational wealth to the lucky player who eventually wins it all.
2018: HGTV's 'My Lottery Dream Home' Season 5 premiere wins record ratings. The Season 5 premiere of HGTV's "My Lottery Dream Home" just scored the series' best Nielsen numbers ever, hauling in 3.3 million total viewers and a 0.85 rating among adults 25-54.
2016: Report: Ohio Lottery should make changes to organization. If Ohio follows the recommendations of a study of the state lottery, changes could be coming, including adding electronic table poker, online gaming, and a greater variety of instant tickets.
2016: Ontario Lottery scraps privatization plan. The Canadian province of Ontario has scrapped plans to privatize its state-run lottery business.
2014: California nail technician wins $228M Powerball jackpot. A nail technician who has played the lottery over the years by scraping together nickels and dimes from tips at the salon is now a multi-millionaire several times over.
2012: Three times lucky for lottery-winning family. The brothers of a Norwegian woman whose pregnancies coincided with three lottery wins are urging her to have more children.
2010: N.C. Lottery increases prize percentage. Since the North Carolina Lottery started, the percentage of lottery proceeds paid to education has dropped from 35 cents of every dollar sold to 29 cents, even though the total amount going to education has increased every year.
2010: Prison guard wins $54 million lottery jackpot. She's been homeless, bankrupt, a robbery victim and assaulted on the job -- but radiant Rikers Island prison guard Garina Fearon now has 54 million glorious reasons to start living la dolce vita.
2009: Woman claims $250,000 just hours before lottery ticket expires. A couple from Mechanicsville, Virginia, presented a winning ticket to Virginia Lottery officials just eight hours before the $250,000 prize would have expired.
2008: Police: Store clerk conned La. lotto winner out of $800,000. A joint investigation by Louisiana State Police and the state's Lottery Corporation determined on Wednesday that a clerk at a Belle Chasse convenience store conned a jackpot winner out of his ticket and a payoff of $800,000.
2008: D.C. fines lottery operator $1.4M in ticket scam. GTECH Corp., the operator of many government lotteries worldwide, was fined $1.4 million by the District of Columbia this month over charges that its subcontractors or a partner firm hacked into the district's lottery system and printed winning tickets for themselves two years ago.
2008: Bill would allow gifts for California lottery workers. Tucked inside California's thick budget package is a bill that allows the state lottery director to spend money on employee gifts, a practice that came under scrutiny after staff members were treated to a $46,336 party last year.
2007: Lottery winner took a 2nd chance, walked away with $1 million. O.K. Welty III's last-minute lottery decision became a profitable one for his family.
2007: Scientific Games to close Texas plant. Lottery operator Scientific Games Corp said it plans to close its plant in San Antonio, Texas, citing adequate production capacity in its other plants worldwide, a move that will affect about 350 jobs.
2007: Oregon waitress gets four years in lottery heist. A 33-year-old Beaverton, Oregon, waitress was sentenced to four years in prison today for robbing a lottery outlet and hitting the clerk over the head with a whiskey bottle.
2007: Mass. Gov. promises to protect lottery revenue. Seeking to nullify a major complaint about expanded gaming, Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick is pledging to protect state Lottery revenues from being ravaged by casinos.
2007: Tennessee Lottery to hold "Deal Or No Deal" event. One of 26 grand prize finalists will walk away $100,000 richer on Friday as the Tennessee Lottery wraps up its initial version of the instant ticket game, "Deal or No Deal."
2005: PA Lottery to start Powerball ticket promotion. The Pennsylvania Lottery will conduct a "Buy 5 And Get 1 Free" Powerball with Power Play ticket promotion throughout October.
2005: Powerball Lottery Jackpot Jumps to $148 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $148 million, with a cash option of $73.4 million.
2005: Single winner for Illinois State Lottery Lotto jackpot. A single player has won the $9.25 million jackpot from the Illinois State Lottery's weekend Lotto game.
2005: Korean lottery embroiled in scandal. The state-run lottery business in Korea is under investigation over two separate scandals involving charging high commission fees and suspicions that the operator manipulated winning averages to attract customers.
2005: N.C. lottery commission has full plate, rapid timeline ahead. Led by former Glaxo Inc. chairman Charles Sanders, the North Carolina Lottery board will have to walk a fine line starting games as fast as it can without mistakes that may cost its coffers millions of dollars.
2005: First N.C. lottery commission in place. The members of the first N.C. State Lottery Commission include Glaxo's former chief executive, the state's hurricane preparedness chief and a political consultant who helped bring a numbers game to South Carolina.
2003: Oregon Lottery operating costs drop half-million dollars. A report released Thursday by Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury shows a half-million reduction in operating costs for the Oregon Lottery following last year's devastating audit.
2003: Tenn. lawmaker balks at high lottery pay for vice presidents. A state legislative leader said he hoped that Tennessee's lottery would pay its top officials less than top executives at the Georgia lottery were paid when Rebecca Paul was director there.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$856.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2023
2.$549.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2021
3.$474 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2025
4.$336 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2018
5.$325 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2022
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.$245.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2024
10.$230 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2023
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.€151 Million
US$175.28 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2018
19.$173 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2013
20.€143 Million
US$167.07 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2021
21.€146.77 Million
US$164.72 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2016
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

1995: LrLottoHit
Tuesday, Sep 26, 1995
30 years old
1994: Nayybadd
Monday, Sep 26, 1994
31 years old
1987: Cash3Queen87
Saturday, Sep 26, 1987
38 years old
1981: JroJro
Saturday, Sep 26, 1981
44 years old
1978: Davesgls
Tuesday, Sep 26, 1978
47 years old
1977: lottanumbers
Monday, Sep 26, 1977
48 years old
1970: cincytami
Saturday, Sep 26, 1970
55 years old
1964: fallenangel4530
Saturday, Sep 26, 1964
61 years old
1960: Angel3
Monday, Sep 26, 1960
65 years old
1956: woodreb
Wednesday, Sep 26, 1956
69 years old
: PstvEnrgy
(year not provided)
: ironbelle
(year not provided)
: Jill34786
(year not provided)
: Philly-Girl
(year not provided)
: PlaynHit
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Perry, Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, killing over 250 people, causing US$78.7 billion in damage and becoming the deadliest hurricane in the mainland United States since Katrina.
2022: A mass shooting occurs at a school in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 18 people, including 11 children.
2014: A mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico.
2010: The Philippine Bar exam bombing occurred near the De La Salle University in Taft Avenue, Manila injuring 47 people.
2009: Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
2002: The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.
2000: Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
2000: The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
1997: A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234.
1997: An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
1994: A Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes into a river near Vanavara, Russia, killing 24.
1992: A Nigerian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes in Ejigbo, Lagos, killing 159.
1984: The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997.
1983: Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike, thus preventing nuclear war.
1983: Soyuz 7K-ST No. 16L, intended to launch a crew to the Salyut 7 space station, explodes on the launch pad. The launch escape system is activated before the Soyuz-U rocket explodes, saving the crew.
1980: A terrorist bombing at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, kills 13 people and injures 213 others.
1978: Air Caribbean Flight 309 crashes in Residencial Las Casas in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing six.
1960: In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
1959: Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
1954: The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
1953: Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends.
1950: Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
1942: Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".
1936: Spanish Civil War: Lluis Companys reshuffles the Generalitat de Catalunya, with the marxist POUM and anarcho-syndicalist CNT joining the government.
1933: As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
1923: The German government calls off the passive resistance to the French and Belgian occupation of the Ruhr.
1918: World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
1917: World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
1914: The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
1907: Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
1905: Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
1810: A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates, and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
1799: War of the 2nd Coalition: French troops defeat Austro-Russian forces, leading to the collapse of Suvorov's campaign.
1789: George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
1777: American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
1688: The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
1687: Morean War: The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the Ottoman garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the Siege of the Acropolis by Venetian forces.
1580: Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth in Plymouth, England.
1493: Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Spanish, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera.
1423: Hundred Years' War: A French army defeats the English at the Battle of La Brossinière.
1371: Serbian-Turkish wars: Ottoman Turks fought against a Serbian army at the Battle of Maritsa.
1345: Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns.
1212: The Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.
1087: William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.
715: Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.
46 BC: Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.

Births On This Day

2001: Xinyu Wang, Chinese tennis player
2000: Frankie Amaya, American soccer player
2000: Princess Salma bint Abdullah, Jordanian princess
1996: Shake Milton, American basketball player
1996: Jessika Ponchet, French tennis player
1995: Miloš Veljković, Serbian footballer
1994: Lucas Gafarot, Spanish footballer
1994: Jack Conger, American swimmer
1993: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, American basketball player
1992: Yoo Ara, South Korean singer and actress
1991: Réka Demeter, Hungarian football defender
1991: Alma Jodorowsky, French actress, fashion model and singer
1991: Dan Preston, English footballer
1989: Jonny Bairstow, English cricketer
1988: Chris Archer, American baseball player
1988: James Blake, English singer-songwriter and producer
1988: Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater
1988: Buddy Matthews, Australian wrestler
1987: Cyril Gautier, French road bicycle racer
1987: Rosanna Munter, Swedish singer-songwriter
1987: Vladimir Niculescu, Romanian footballer
1986: Sean Doolittle, American baseball player
1985: Talulah Riley, English actress
1985: Greg Stiemsma, American basketball player
1984: Nev Schulman, American photographer, television host, and producer
1983: Archimede Morleo, Italian footballer
1983: Zoe Perry, American actress
1983: Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer
1982: Rob Burrow, English rugby player (died 2024)
1982: Simon Picone, Italian rugby player
1982: Miguel Alfredo Portillo, Argentinian footballer
1982: John Scott, Canadian ice hockey player
1982: Sun Li, Chinese actress
1981: Asuka, Japanese professional wrestler
1981: Yao Beina, Chinese singer (died 2015)
1981: Christina Milian, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1981: Ayumi Tsunematsu, Japanese voice actress
1981: Serena Williams, American tennis player
1980: Patrick Friesacher, Austrian racing driver
1980: Brooks Orpik, American ice hockey player
1980: Daniel Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player
1980: Henrik Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player
1979: Jon Harley, English footballer
1979: Simon Kirch, German sprinter
1979: Chris Kunitz, Canadian ice hockey player
1979: Naomichi Marufuji, Japanese wrestler
1979: Fuifui Moimoi, Tongan-New Zealand rugby league player
1979: Cameron Mooney, Australian footballer
1979: Jaycie Phelps, American gymnast
1979: Taavi Rõivas, Estonian politician, 16th Prime Minister of Estonia
1979: Jacob Tierney, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
1978: Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenyan runner
1977: Kerem Özyeğen, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977: Aka Plu, Japanese comedian and actor
1976: Michael Ballack, German footballer
1976: Sami Vänskä, Finnish bass player
1975: Emma Härdelin, Swedish singer and violinist
1975: Jake Paltrow, American director and screenwriter
1975: Chiara Schoras, German actress
1974: Boris Cepeda, German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat
1974: Gary Hall Jr., American swimmer
1974: Martin Müürsepp, Estonian basketball player and coach
1973: Marty Casey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973: Julienne Davis, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1973: Dr. Luke, American record producer and songwriter
1973: Chris Small, Scottish snooker player and coach
1973: Olga Vasdeki, Greek triple jumper
1972: Ras Kass, American rapper and producer
1972: Beto O'Rourke, American politician
1972: Shawn Stockman, American singer
1970: Daryl Beattie, Australian motorcycle racer
1970: Sheri Moon Zombie, American actress and fashion designer
1970: David Parland, Swedish guitarist (died 2013)
1969: Andy Petterson, Australian footballer and coach
1969: David Slade, English director and producer
1969: Holger Stanislawski, German footballer and manager
1969: Paul Warhurst, English footballer and manager
1968: Jim Caviezel, American actor
1968: Ben Shenkman, American actor
1967: Bruno Akrapović, Bosnian footballer and manager
1967: Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)
1967: Craig Janney, American ice hockey player
1966: Jillian Barberie, Canadian actress and sportscaster
1966: Christos Dantis, Greek singer-songwriter and producer
1966: Shane Dye, New Zealand jockey
1966: Craig Heyward, American football player (died 2006)
1965: Radisav Ćurčić, Serbian-Israeli basketball player
1965: Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian businessman and politician, 5th President of Ukraine
1964: Dave Martinez, American baseball player and coach
1963: Lysette Anthony, English actress and producer
1963: Joe Nemechek, American race car driver
1962: Melissa Sue Anderson, American-Canadian actress
1962: Jonas Bergqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
1962: Mark Haddon, English author and poet
1962: Steve Moneghetti, Australian runner
1962: Al Pitrelli, American guitarist and songwriter
1962: Tracey Thorn, English singer-songwriter and writer
1962: Jacky Wu, Taiwanese singer, actor, and television host
1961: Jeanie Buss, American sports executive
1961: Cindy Herron, American singer-songwriter and actress
1961: Marianne Mikko, Estonian journalist and politician
1961: Will Self, English novelist and journalist
1960: Uwe Bein, German footballer and manager
1960: Jouke de Vries, Dutch academic and politician
1960: Doug Supernaw, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)
1959: Andrew Bolt, Australian journalist
1959: Trevor Dodds, Namibian golfer
1959: Rich Gedman, American baseball player and coach
1959: Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator (died 2007)
1958: Rudi Cerne, German figure skater and journalist
1958: Darby Crash, American singer-songwriter (died 1980)
1958: Robert Kagan, Greek-American historian and author
1958: Kenny Sansom, English footballer
1958: Richard B. Weldon Jr., American sailor and politician
1957: Bob Staake, American author and illustrator
1957: Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager
1957: Michael Dweck, American photographer and director
1956: Steve Butler, American race car driver and engineer
1956: Linda Hamilton, American actress
1955: Carlene Carter, American singer-songwriter
1954: Craig Chaquico, American guitarist
1954: Kevin Kennedy, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1954: Cesar Rosas, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953: Dolores Keane, Irish singer and actress
1953: Douglas A. Melton, American biologist and academic
1953: Paul Stephenson, English police officer
1951: Tommy Taylor, English footballer and manager
1951: Stuart Tosh, Scottish singer-songwriter and drummer
1950: Andy Haden, New Zealand rugby player (died 2020)
1949: Clodoaldo, Brazilian footballer and manager
1949: Wendy Saddington, Australian singer and journalist (died 2013)
1949: Jane Smiley, American novelist
1949: Minette Walters, English journalist and author
1948: Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (died 2022)
1948: Vladimír Remek, Czech politician, diplomat, cosmonaut and military pilot
1947: Lucius Allen, American basketball player
1947: Lynn Anderson, American singer and actress (died 2015)
1947: Philippe Lavil, French singer and actor
1947: Dick Roth, American swimmer
1946: Andrea Dworkin, American activist and author (died 2005)
1946: John MacLachlan Gray, Canadian actor, playwright, and composer
1946: Mary Beth Hurt, American actress
1946: Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician
1946: Louise Simonson, American author
1946: Claudette Werleigh, Haitian Prime Minister
1945: Louise Beaudoin, Canadian academic and politician
1945: Gal Costa, Brazilian singer (died 2022)
1945: Bryan Ferry, English singer-songwriter
1944: Jan Brewer, American politician, 22nd Governor of Arizona
1944: Keith O'Nions, English geologist and academic
1944: Anne Robinson, English journalist and game show host
1943: Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1943: Tim Schenken, Australian racing driver
1942: Kent McCord, American actor
1942: Gloria E. Anzaldúa, American scholar of Chicana cultural theory (died 2004)
1941: Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor
1941: Martine Beswick, Jamaican-English model and actress
1941: David Frizzell, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1939: Ricky Tomlinson, English actor and screenwriter
1938: Lucette Aldous, New Zealand-Australian ballerina and educator (died 2021)
1938: Jonathan Goldsmith, American actor
1938: Lars-Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist (died 2010)
1937: Valentin Pavlov, Russian banker and politician, 11th Premier of the Soviet Union (died 2003)
1937: Jerry Weintraub, American film producer and agent (died 2015)
1936: Leroy Drumm, American sailor and songwriter (died 2010)
1936: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African academic and politician, 8th First Lady of South Africa (died 2018)
1935: Bob Barber, English cricketer
1935: Lou Myers, American actor (died 2013)
1935: Joe Sherlock, Irish politician (died 2007)
1934: Neil Coles, English golfer and architect
1932: Donna Douglas, American actress (died 2015)
1932: Joyce Jameson, American actress (died 1987)
1932: Manmohan Singh, Indian economist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of India (died 2024)
1932: Vladimir Voinovich, Russian author and poet (died 2018)
1931: Kenneth Parnell, American sex offender (died 2008)
1930: Philip Bosco, American actor (died 2018)
1930: Joe Brown, English mountaineer and author (died 2020)
1928: Bob Van der Veken, Belgian actor (died 2019)
1928: Wilford White, American football player (died 2013)
1927: Robert Cade, American physician and educator, co-invented Gatorade (died 2007)
1927: Patrick O'Neal, American actor (died 1994)
1927: Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (died 2010)
1926: Julie London, American singer and actress (died 2000)
1926: Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist and academic (died 2011)
1925: Norm Dussault, American-Canadian ice hockey player (died 2012)
1925: Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car driver (died 1982)
1924: Jean Hoerni, Swiss physicist, inventor and businessman (died 1997)
1923: Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2011)
1923: Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, English cricketer, lawyer, and judge (died 2015)
1923: James Hennessy, English businessman and diplomat (died 2024)
1922: Takis Miliadis, Greek actor (died 1985)
1922: Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (died 2014)
1919: Barbara Britton, American actress (died 1980)
1919: Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author (died 2012)
1918: Eric Morley, English businessman and television host, founded the Miss World (died 2000)
1917: Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (died 1976)
1917: Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist (died 1993)
1914: Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer (died 2009)
1914: Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert (died 2011)
1913: Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (died 1998)
1911: Al Helfer, American sportscaster (died 1975)
1909: Bill France, Sr., American race car driver, founded NASCAR (died 1992)
1909: A. P. Hamann, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (died 1977)
1907: Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (died 1983)
1907: Shug Fisher, American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and comedian (died 1984)
1907: Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (died 1992)
1905: Millito Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (died 2011)
1905: Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and coach (died 1996)
1902: Albert Anastasia, Italian-American mobster (died 1957)
1901: George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1980)
1901: Ted Weems, American bandleader and musician (died 1963)
1900: Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer (died 1983)
1898: George Gershwin, American pianist and composer (died 1937)
1897: Pope Paul VI (died 1978)
1897: Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (died 1917)
1895: Jürgen Stroop, German general (died 1952)
1894: Gladys Brockwell, American actress (died 1929)
1892: Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (died 1970)
1891: William McKell, Australian politician, 12th Governor General of Australia (died 1985)
1891: Charles Münch, French violinist and conductor (died 1968)
1891: Hans Reichenbach, German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1953)
1890: Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (died 1959)
1889: Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (died 1946)
1889: Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (died 1976)
1888: J. Frank Dobie, American journalist and author (died 1964)
1888: T. S. Eliot, English poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)
1887: Edwin Keppel Bennett, English author and poet (died 1958)
1887: Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (died 1967)
1887: Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb (died 1979)
1886: Archibald Hill, English physiologist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1977)
1884: Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 1951)
1878: Walter Steinbeck, German actor (died 1942)
1877: Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (died 1963)
1877: Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (died 1962)
1877: Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (died 1958)
1876: Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author (died 1957)
1876: Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician (died 1952)
1875: Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor (died 1959)
1874: Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist (died 1940)
1874: Charles Vyner Brooke, 3rd Raj of Sarawak (died 1963)
1873: Wacław Berent, Polish author and translator (died 1940)
1872: Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (died 1945)
1870: Christian X of Denmark (died 1947)
1869: Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer (died 1935)
1865: Archibald Butt, United States Army Officer (died 1912)
1865: Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (died 1937)
1856: Anna Paaske, Norwegian opera singer and music teacher (died 1935)
1849: Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1936)
1848: Henry Walters, American art collector and philanthropist (died 1931)
1843: Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (died 1912)
1840: Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (died 1923)
1820: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Indian philosopher, painter, and academic (died 1891)
1792: William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (died 1842)
1791: Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (died 1824)
1783: Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke, English politician and literary figure (died 1858)
1774: Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and environmentalist (died 1845)
1767: Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1835)
1758: Cosme Argerich, Argentinian physician (died 1820)
1750: Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (died 1810)
1711: Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, First Lord of the Admiralty (died 1779)
1698: William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (died 1755)
1660: George William, Duke of Liegnitz (died 1675)
1651: Francis Daniel Pastorius, founder of Germantown, Philadelphia (died 1720)
1641: Nehemiah Grew, English plant anatomist and physiologist (died 1712)
1637: Sébastien Leclerc, French painter (died 1714)
1526: Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (died 1569)
1462: Engelbert, Count of Nevers, younger son of John I, Duke of Cleves (died 1506)
1406: Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (died 1430)
1329: Anne of Bavaria, German queen consort (died 1353)
932: Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, Arab caliph (died 975)

Deaths On This Day

2024: John Ashton, American actor (born 1948)
2019: Jacques Chirac, French politician, President of France (born 1932)
2016: Toughie, last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog (h. fl. 2005)
2015: Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (born 1928)
2015: Sidney Phillips, American soldier, physician, and author (born 1924)
2015: Ana Seneviratne, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (born 1927)
2014: Jim Boeke, American football player and coach (born 1938)
2014: Sam Hall, American screenwriter (born 1921)
2014: Gerald Neugebauer, American astronomer and physicist (born 1932)
2014: Tamir Sapir, Georgian-American businessman (born 1946)
2013: Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (born 1944)
2013: Seánie Duggan, Irish hurler (born 1922)
2013: Mario Montez, Puerto Rican-American actor (born 1935)
2013: Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor and director (born 1929)
2012: M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (born 1933)
2012: Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (born 1927)
2012: Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (born 1930)
2012: Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician (born 1929)
2011: Bob Cassilly, American sculptor, founded the City Museum (born 1949)
2010: Terry Newton, English rugby player (born 1978)
2010: Gloria Stuart, American actress (born 1910)
2008: Marc Moulin, Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (born 1942)
2008: Paul Newman, American actor, director, producer, and businessman (born 1925)
2007: Bill Wirtz, American businessman (born 1929)
2006: Byron Nelson, American golfer and coach (born 1912)
2006: Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American wartime propaganda broadcaster (born 1916)
2005: Helen Cresswell, English author and screenwriter (born 1934)
2004: Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (born 1969)
2003: Shawn Lane, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1963)
2003: Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter (born 1949)
2002: Nils Bohlin, Swedish engineer, invented three-point safety belt (born 1920)
2000: Richard Mulligan, American actor (born 1932)
2000: Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist and composer (born 1937)
1999: Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (born 1908)
1998: Betty Carter, American singer (born 1930)
1997: Dorothy Kingsley, American screenwriter and producer (born 1909)
1996: Nicu Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (born 1951)
1995: Kalju Pitksaar, Estonian chess player (born 1931)
1991: Billy Vaughn, American singer and bandleader (born 1919)
1990: Hiram Abas, Turkish intelligence officer (born 1932)
1990: Alberto Moravia, Italian author and critic (born 1907)
1989: Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Indian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1920)
1988: Branko Zebec, Croatian and Yugoslav football player and coach (born 1929)
1987: Ramang, Indonesian footballer and manager (born 1928)
1987: Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, journalist, and mountaineer (born 1912)
1984: Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (born 1948)
1984: John Facenda, American sportscaster (born 1913)
1982: Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (born 1902)
1979: Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (born 1910)
1978: Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1886)
1977: Uday Shankar, Indian dancer and choreographer (born 1900)
1976: Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)
1973: Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author (born 1891)
1973: Ralph Earnhardt, American race car driver (born 1928)
1973: Anna Magnani, Italian actress and singer (born 1908)
1972: Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (born 1890)
1968: Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin, Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician (born 1902)
1968: Daniel Johnson Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (born 1915)
1968: Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (born 1918)
1965: James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot (born 1898)
1961: Charles Erwin Wilson, American politician, 5th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1890)
1959: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born 1899)
1959: Leslie Morshead, Australian general (born 1889)
1959: Teodor Ussisoo, Estonian furniture designer and educator (born 1878)
1957: Arthur Powell Davies, American minister and author (born 1902)
1954: Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (born 1868)
1953: Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and educator (born 1895)
1952: George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (born 1863)
1951: Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic (born 1885)
1947: Hugh Lofting, English-American author and poet (born 1886)
1946: William Strunk Jr., American author and educator (born 1869)
1945: Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (born 1881)
1943: Henri Fertet, French Resistance fighter (born 1926)
1937: Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (born 1894)
1935: Andy Adams, American author (born 1859)
1935: Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (born 1861)
1922: Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (born 1863)
1904: Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (born 1850)
1904: John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1848)
1902: Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (born 1829)
1877: Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (born 1809)
1868: August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (born 1790)
1846: Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (born 1760)
1825: José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, Marquis of Torre Tagle, Peruvian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Peru (born 1779)
1820: Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (born 1734)
1802: Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician and physicist (born 1754)
1800: William Billings, American composer and educator (born 1746)
1764: Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (born 1676)
1716: Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (born 1666)
1626: Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese daimyō (born 1554)
1623: Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (born 1540)
1620: Taichang Emperor of China (born 1582)
1600: Claude Le Jeune, French composer (born 1530)
1588: Amias Paulet, Governor of Jersey (born 1532)
1536: Didier de Saint-Jaille, 46th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller
1468: Juan de Torquemada, Spanish cardinal and theologian (born 1388)
1417: Francesco Zabarella, Italian cardinal (born 1360)
1413: Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria (born 1337)
1371: Jovan Uglješa, Serbian despot
1345: William II, Count of Hainaut
1328: Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar and philosopher of Harran (born 1263)
1327: Cecco d'Ascoli, Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet (born 1257)
1313: Gottfried von Hagenau, Alsatian theologian, medical doctor, and poet
1290: Margaret, Maid of Norway Queen of Scotland (born 1283)
1241: Fujiwara no Teika, Japanese poet
862: Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi, Muslim military leader (born c. 790)
800: Berowulf, bishop of Würzburg

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