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September 28

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September 28

September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 94 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: $925 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot nears billion-dollar milestone. After a 30th-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.
2021: Texas Lottery reaches record $8 billion in sales. Last week, the Texas Lottery announced that it not only broke its own sales record for the 11th-consecutive year, but it also crossed the whopping $8 billion mark for its fiscal year sales total.
2021: Maryland Lottery sells nation's first $10 million Powerball Double Play ticket. Someone in Maryland just became the first Powerball player in the United States to win the multi-state game's $10 million Double Play top prize.
2020: Canadian couple claim second-largest jackpot in NL province. A couple from Newfoundland and Labrador now possess the bragging rights to claiming the second-largest jackpot in the province's history — $18.2 million (US$13.6 million).
2016: Pennsylvania Lottery proceeds being misused by Gov.. The Pennsylvania Lottery advertises it "benefits older Pennsylvanians, every day," but billions of lottery dollars have been diverted, an investigation found.
2015: Psychic key to Calif. man's $1 million Powerball win. A West Hollywood, California, man who won $1 million playing Powerball recently told California lottery officials that he might not have bought the ticket had it not been for an encounter with an online psychic.
2013: $189 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot rolls again. It doesn't have the monster jackpot increases that Powerball has been experiencing lately, but the current Mega Millions jackpot run-up continues to offer the biggest jackpot in the world for yet another drawing.
2012: Pa. man pleads guilty in bizarre lottery tax case. A 70-year-old Pennsylvania man faces up to a year and half in prison for having more than 40 people cash in lottery tickets worth $520,000 so he could avoid paying federal income tax on the winnings.
2010: Michigan Lottery holds new 50/50 raffle draw. The Michigan Lottery continued with its string of unique and creative raffle-style games with the drawing today of its Ultimate 50/50 Raffle.
2010: Missouri man wins $2M lottery jackpot - 3 months after winning $1M. A Bonne Terre, Missouri, man has become the first Missouri Lottery player to win $1 million or more on a scratch-off ticket more than once.
2009: Arkansas Lottery begins today. Arkansas Lottery scratch-off tickets are now on sale at nearly 1,500 retailers throughout the state with the proceeds going towards funding college scholarships.
2008: Winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $200M sold in N.M.. The New Mexico Lottery announced Saturday that it sold the winning ticket for the $200 million Powerball jackpot prize drawn earlier that evening.
2008: Nine Israelis arrested for US lottery scam. US federal agents and Israeli police arrested nine Israelis in Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan on Friday on charges that they bilked New Yorkers out of more than $2 million through a lottery telemarketing scam.
2008: Lottery cash frozen as family feuds over winnings. Since celebrating a $3.5 million lottery win earlier this year, a Windsor, Ontario, family has been torn apart with an elderly man accusing his wife and stepdaughters of conspiring to hide the winnings from him.
2008: Husband's signature could have averted lottery lawsuit. A legal battle over ownership of a $3.5 million winning lottery ticket could have been averted by one simple act the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation "strongly recommends" — signing the ticket.
2008: Husband, 81, sues wife over lottery prize. An 81-year-old Canadian man in Windsor, Ontario, is suing his wife over a claim she stole his lottery ticket that paid out $3.5 million in April.
2007: Connecticut postal worker 'set for life'. A Manchester, Connecticut, resident and postal worker is set for life. Ken Brenton won the Connecticut Lottery's new scratch and win game "Set for Life."
2007: Janitorial entrepreneur sweeps up lottery millions. Zorina Kroop, a California businesswoman who helped build up a thriving overnight janitorial service over the past 27 years, cleaned up somewhere new this week: the lottery.
2007: Office lottery pool wins $61.5M Powerball jackpot. After a decade of pitching in a dollar a week, a Powerball office pool paid off in a huge way yesterday for 22 Kentuckians.
2006: Defense Bill Dispute May Stall Internet Gambling Proposal. A dispute among Republican leaders may delay the fate of a proposed Internet gambling ban until after the Nov. 7 elections, congressional and lobbying sources said Tuesday.
2004: Ohio Lottery Rolls Out New Game: Rolling Cash 5. The Ohio Lottery Commission yesterday announced a new game for Ohio Lottery players that provides a "little lotto" twist. Rolling Cash 5, a new 5-of-39 game set to replace Buckeye 5, goes on sale Sunday, Oct. 3.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$968.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2023
2.$580.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2021
3.$355 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2022
4.$336 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2018
5.$310.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2015
6.$300.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2022
7.€279.59 Million US$272.77 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2022
8.$267 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2023
9.$213 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2018
10.€177 Million
US$208.97 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2017
11.€190 Million
US$207.42 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2019
12.$189 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2013
13.€130 Million
US$183.89 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2007
14.€151 Million
US$175.28 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2018
15.$170 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2009
16.€143 Million
US$167.07 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2021
17.€147.98 Million
US$166.03 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2016
18.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2003
19.$148 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2005
20.€130 Million
US$145.83 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2016
21.€130 Million
US$137.62 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2023
22.€100 Million
US$137.44 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2010
23.€100 Million
US$128.9 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2012
24.$128 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2004
25.$113 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2011

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1986: Reesas1
Sunday, Sep 28, 1986
37 years old
1983: jclaudja
Wednesday, Sep 28, 1983
40 years old
1982: FEFE24
Tuesday, Sep 28, 1982
41 years old
1982: Youngmoney777
Tuesday, Sep 28, 1982
41 years old
1980: JADAD007
Sunday, Sep 28, 1980
43 years old
1978: G-RUDY45
Thursday, Sep 28, 1978
45 years old
1978: OkieLottoLover
Thursday, Sep 28, 1978
45 years old
1970: TheMaker
Monday, Sep 28, 1970
53 years old
1970: Shay
Monday, Sep 28, 1970
53 years old
1970: Angela
Monday, Sep 28, 1970
53 years old
1968: colonel28gb
Saturday, Sep 28, 1968
55 years old
1967: doctor$d7
Thursday, Sep 28, 1967
56 years old
1965: Ladee
Tuesday, Sep 28, 1965
58 years old
1962: Robert33
Friday, Sep 28, 1962
61 years old
1961: bigmomie
Thursday, Sep 28, 1961
62 years old
1958: Donbinnc
Sunday, Sep 28, 1958
65 years old
1955: GIDDYUP
Wednesday, Sep 28, 1955
68 years old
1955: Diamondgee1
Wednesday, Sep 28, 1955
68 years old
1944: montal777
Thursday, Sep 28, 1944
79 years old
: grandmadec
(year not provided)
: qwerty928
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2018: The 7.5 M_w 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large tsunami, leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 injured.
2016: The 2016 South Australian blackout occurs, lasting up to three days in some areas.
2014: The 2014 Hong Kong protests begin in response to restrictive political reforms imposed by the NPC in Beijing.
2012: Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated assault on the Somali port of Kismayo to take back the city from al-Shabaab militants.
2012: Sita Air Flight 601 crashes in Madhyapur Thimi, Nepal, killing all 19 passengers and crew.
2009: The military junta leading Guinea attacks a protest rally, killing or wounding 1,400 people.
2008: Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ground-launched vehicle to put a payload into orbit by the RatSat mission.
2008: The Singapore Grand Prix is held as Formula One's inaugural night race, with Fernando Alonso winning the event. Almost a year later it was revealed that Alonso's team-mate Nelson Piquet Jr. had been ordered to crash his car to help bring out the safety car and give Alonso the advantage and win.
2000: Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
1995: Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of the Comoros in a coup.
1995: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
1994: The cruise ferry MS Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.
1992: A Pakistan International Airlines flight crashes into a hill in Nepal, killing all 167 passengers and crew.
1986: The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan.
1975: The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London.
1973: The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the coup d'état in Chile.
1970: Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo.
1961: A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
1951: CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.
1944: World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Estonia.
1941: World War II: The Drama uprising against the Bulgarian occupation in northern Greece begins.
1941: Ted Williams achieves a .406 batting average for the season, and becomes the last major league baseball player to bat .400 or better.
1939: World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.
1939: World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.
1928: Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
1924: The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
1919: Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska.
1918: World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
1912: The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
1912: Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
1901: Philippine-American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
1893: Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.
1892: The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
1889: The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a metre.
1871: The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
1868: The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
1867: Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
1844: Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
1821: The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is drafted. It will be made public on 13 October.
1787: The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
1781: American Revolution: French and American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
1779: American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
1542: Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, California. He is the first European in California.
1538: Ottoman-Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
1322: Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.
1238: King James I of Aragon conquers Valencia from the Moors. Shortly thereafter, he proclaims himself king of Valencia.
1106: King Henry I of England defeats his brother Robert Curthose at the Battle of Tinchebray.
1066: William the Conqueror lands in England, beginning the Norman conquest.
995: Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, kills most members of the rival Slavník dynasty.
935: Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia is murdered by a group of nobles led by his brother Boleslaus I, who succeeds him.
365: Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself emperor.
351: Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.
235: Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus of Rome.
48 BC: Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII.

Births On This Day

1999: Kayla Day, American tennis player
1998: Panna Udvardy, Hungarian tennis player
1996: Aiden Moffat, British race car driver
1995: Jason Williams, English footballer
1993: Jodie Williams, English sprinter
1992: Khem Birch, Canadian professional basketball player
1992: Paula Ormaechea, Argentine tennis player
1992: Adam Thompson, English-Northern Irish footballer
1992: Kōko Tsurumi, Japanese gymnast
1990: Phoenix Battye, Australian rugby player
1989: Çağla Büyükakçay, Turkish tennis player
1989: Darius Johnson-Odom, American basketball player
1989: Mark Randall, English footballer
1988: Marin Čilić, Croatian tennis player
1988: Esmée Denters, Dutch singer-songwriter
1988: Aleks Vrteski, Australian footballer
1988: Worakls, French DJ and electronic musician
1987: Pierre Becken, German footballer
1987: Gary Deegan, Irish footballer
1987: Hilary Duff, American singer-songwriter and actress
1987: Chloë Hanslip, English violinist
1987: Viktoria Leks, Estonian high jumper
1986: Andrés Guardado, Mexican footballer
1986: Meskerem Legesse, Ethiopian runner (d. 2013)
1986: Dominic Waters, American basketball player
1985: Shindong, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
1985: Alina Ibragimova, Russian-English violinist
1984: Jenny Omnichord, Canadian singer-songwriter
1984: Luke Pomersbach, Australian cricketer
1984: Naim Terbunja, Kosovan-Swedish boxer
1984: Melody Thornton, American singer-songwriter and dancer
1984: Mathieu Valbuena, French footballer
1984: Ryan Zimmerman, American baseball player
1983: Stefan Moore, English footballer
1983: John Schwalger, New Zealand rugby player
1982: Aleksandr Anyukov, Russian footballer
1982: Abhinav Bindra, Indian target shooter
1982: Ray Emery, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2018)
1982: Ranbir Kapoor, Indian actor and director
1982: Nolwenn Leroy, French singer-songwriter and actress
1982: Emeka Okafor, American basketball player
1982: Dustin Penner, Canadian ice hockey player
1982: Aivar Rehemaa, Estonian skier
1982: Anderson Varejão, Brazilian basketball player
1982: St. Vincent, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981: Greg Anderson, American pianist and composer
1981: Willy Caballero, Argentine footballer
1981: José Calderón, Spanish basketball player
1981: Jorge Guagua, Ecuadorian footballer
1981: Iracema Trevisan, Brazilian bass player
1980: Marlon Parmer, American basketball player
1979: Bam Margera, American skateboarder, actor, and stuntman
1979: Taki Tsan, American-Greek rapper and producer
1978: Ben Edmondson, Australian cricketer
1977: Pak Se-ri, South Korean golfer
1977: Young Jeezy, American rapper
1976: Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist and politician
1976: Bonzi Wells, American basketball player
1975: Stuart Clark, Australian cricketer and manager
1975: Isamu Jordan, American journalist and academic (d. 2013)
1975: Lenny Krayzelburg, Russian-American swimmer
1974: Marco Di Loreto, Italian footballer and manager
1974: Mariya Kiselyova, Russian swimmer
1974: Joonas Kolkka, Finnish footballer and coach
1974: Shane Webcke, Australian rugby league player and coach
1973: Brian Rafalski, American ice hockey player
1972: Dita Von Teese, American model and dancer
1971: Joseph Arthur, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971: George Eustice, English lawyer and politician
1971: Braam van Straaten, South African rugby player
1971: Alan Wright, English footballer and manager
1970: Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japanese tennis player
1970: Mike DeJean, American baseball player
1970: Gualter Salles, Brazilian race car driver
1969: Kerri Chandler, electronic music producer and DJ
1969: Marcel Dost, Dutch decathlete
1969: Ben Greenman, American journalist and author
1969: Piper Kerman, American author and memoirist
1969: Éric Lapointe, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1969: Sascha Maassen, German race car driver
1969: Angus Robertson, Scottish politician
1969: Nico Vaesen, Belgian footballer
1968: Francois Botha, South African boxer and mixed martial artist
1968: Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver
1968: Trish Keenan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
1968: Sean Levert, American R&B singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2008)
1968: Rob Moroso, American race car driver (d. 1990)
1968: Naomi Watts, English-Australian actress and producer
1967: Mira Sorvino, American actress
1967: Moon Zappa, American actress and author
1966: Scott Adams, American football player (d. 2013)
1966: Maria Canals-Barrera, Cuban-American actress
1966: Puri Jagannadh, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
1965: B.G., the Prince of Rap, American rapper (d. 2023)
1964: Claudio Borghi, Argentinian footballer and manager
1964: Gregor Fisken, Scottish race car driver
1964: Janeane Garofalo, American comedian, actress, and screenwriter
1964: Paul Jewell, English footballer and manager
1964: Mārtiņš Roze, Latvian lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
1963: Steve Blackman, American wrestler and martial artist
1963: Érik Comas, French race car driver
1963: Greg Weisman, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
1962: Grant Fuhr, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1962: Laurie Rinker, American golfer
1962: Dietmar Schacht, German footballer and manager
1962: Chuck Taylor, American journalist
1961: Helen Grant, English lawyer and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
1961: Gregory Jbara, American actor and singer
1961: Quentin Kawānanakoa, American lawyer and politician
1961: Anne White, American tennis player
1960: Gary Ayres, Australian footballer and coach
1960: Tom Byrum, American golfer
1960: Frank Hammerschlag, German footballer and manager
1960: Gus Logie, Trinidadian cricketer
1960: Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford, English politician
1960: Jennifer Rush, American singer-songwriter
1960: Socrates Villegas, Filipino archbishop
1959: Ron Fellows, Canadian race car driver
1959: Laura Bruce, American artist
1957: Bill Cassidy, American politician and physician
1956: Martha Isabel Fandiño Pinilla, Colombian-Italian mathematician and author
1955: Stéphane Dion, Canadian sociologist and politician, 15th Canadian Minister of the Environment
1955: Mercy Manci, Xhosa sangoma and HIV activist from South Africa
1955: Kenny Kirkland, American pianist (d. 1998)
1954: Steve Largent, American football player and politician
1954: George Lynch, American guitarist and songwriter
1954: John Scott, English rugby player
1954: Margot Wallström, Swedish politician and diplomat, 42nd Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs
1953: Otmar Hasler, Liechtensteiner educator and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
1952: Christopher Buckley, American satirical novelist
1952: Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou, Greek basketball player and coach
1952: Sylvia Kristel, Dutch model and actress (d. 2012)
1952: Andy Ward, English drummer
1951: Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2015)
1950: Paul Burgess, English drummer
1950: Christina Hoff Sommers, American author and philosopher
1950: John Sayles, American novelist, director, and screenwriter
1949: Jim Henshaw, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1947: Bob Carr, Australian journalist and politician, 37th Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1947: Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi politician, 10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
1947: Jon Snow, English journalist and academic
1947: Rhonda Hughes, American mathematician and academic
1946: Tom Bower, English journalist and author
1946: Majid Khan, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
1945: Marielle Goitschel, French skier
1945: Manolis Rasoulis, Greek singer-songwriter and journalist (d. 2011)
1945: Fusako Shigenobu, Japanese activist, founded the Japanese Red Army
1944: Richie Karl, American golfer
1944: Marcia Muller, American journalist and author
1943: Warren Lieberfarb, American businessman
1943: George W. S. Trow, American novelist, playwright, and critic (d. 2006)
1943: Nick St. Nicholas, German-Canadian bass player
1942: Pierre Clémenti, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1942: Edward "Little Buster" Forehand, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
1941: David Lewis, American philosopher and academic (d. 2001)
1941: Edmund Stoiber, German lawyer and politician, Minister President of Bavaria
1939: Stuart Kauffman, American biologist and academic
1938: Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015)
1937: Alice Mahon, English trade union leader and politician (d. 2022)
1937: Glenn Sutton, American country music songwriter and record producer (d. 2007)
1936: Emmett Chapman, American guitarist, invented the Chapman Stick (d. 2021)
1936: Eddie Lumsden, Australian rugby league player (d. 2019)
1936: Robert Wolders, Dutch television actor (d. 2018)
1935: Bruce Crampton, Australian golfer
1935: David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick, English diplomat, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations
1935: Ronald Lacey, English actor (d. 1991)
1934: Brigitte Bardot, French actress
1933: Joe Benton, English soldier and politician
1933: Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, Spanish sculptor and educator (d. 2006)
1933: Johnny "Country" Mathis, American singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
1932: Jeremy Isaacs, Scottish screenwriter and producer
1932: Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (d. 1973)
1930: Tommy Collins, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2000)
1930: Immanuel Wallerstein, American sociologist, author, and academic (d. 2019)
1929: Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer and composer (d. 2022)
1928: Koko Taylor, American singer (d. 2009)
1926: Jerry Clower, American soldier, comedian, and author (d. 1998)
1925: Seymour Cray, American computer scientist, founded the CRAY Computer Company (d. 1996)
1925: Cromwell Everson, South African composer (d. 1991)
1925: Martin David Kruskal, American physicist and mathematician (d. 2006)
1924: Rudolf Barshai, Russian-Swiss viola player and conductor (d. 2010)
1924: Marcello Mastroianni, Italian-French actor and singer (d. 1996)
1923: Tuli Kupferberg, American singer, poet, and writer (d. 2010)
1923: John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire (d. 2007)
1923: William Windom, American actor (d. 2012)
1922: Larry Munson, American sportscaster (d. 2011)
1922: Jules Sedney, Prime Minister of Suriname (d. 2020)
1919: Doris Singleton, American actress (d. 2012)
1918: Ángel Labruna, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1983)
1918: Arnold Stang, American actor (d. 2009)
1917: Wee Chong Jin, Singaporean judge (d. 2005)
1916: Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (d. 1977)
1916: Olga Lepeshinskaya, Ukrainian-Russian ballerina and educator (d. 2008)
1915: Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (d. 1953)
1914: Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-American refugee and singer (d. 2014)
1913: Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (d. 2007)
1913: Alice Marble, American tennis player (d. 1990)
1910: Diosdado Macapagal, Filipino lawyer and politician, 9th President of the Philippines (d. 1997)
1910: Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 1942)
1909: Al Capp, American author and illustrator (d. 1979)
1907: Heikki Savolainen, Finnish gymnast and physician (d. 1997)
1907: Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (d. 1931)
1905: Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. 2005)
1903: Haywood S. Hansell, American general (d. 1988)
1901: William S. Paley, American broadcaster, founded CBS (d. 1990)
1901: Ed Sullivan, American television host (d. 1974)
1900: Isabel Pell, American socialite, fought as part of the French Resistance during WWII (d. 1951)
1898: Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (d. 1957)
1893: Hilda Geiringer, Austrian mathematician (d. 1973)
1893: Giannis Skarimpas, Greek author, poet, and playwright (d. 1984)
1892: Elmer Rice, American playwright (d. 1967)
1890: Florence Violet McKenzie, Australian electrical engineer (d. 1982)
1889: Jack Fournier, American baseball player and coach (d. 1973)
1887: Avery Brundage, American businessman, 5th President of the International Olympic Committee (d. 1975)
1885: Emil Väre, Finnish wrestler, coach, and referee (d. 1974)
1882: Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (d. 1963)
1881: Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (d. 1950)
1878: Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1962)
1877: Albert Young, American boxer and promoter (d. 1940)
1870: Florent Schmitt, French composer and critic (d. 1958)
1867: Hiranuma Kiichirō, Japanese lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1952)
1867: James Edwin Campbell, American educator, school administrator, newspaper editor, poet, and essayist (d. 1896)
1861: Amélie of Orléans, queen consort of Portugal (d. 1951)
1860: Paul Ulrich Villard, French chemist and physicist (d. 1934)
1856: Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (d. 1923)
1852: Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
1852: Isis Pogson, British astronomer and meteorologist (d. 1945)
1844: Robert Stout, Scottish-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1930)
1841: Georges Clemenceau, French journalist, physician, and politician, 85th Prime Minister of France (d. 1929)
1836: Thomas Crapper, English plumber, invented the ballcock (d. 1910)
1824: Francis Turner Palgrave, English poet and critic (d. 1897)
1823: Alexandre Cabanel, French painter and educator (d. 1889)
1821: Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (d. 1874)
1819: Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer and publisher (d. 1885)
1809: Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (d. 1899)
1803: Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist, historian, and author (d. 1870)
1765: Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (d. 1814)
1746: William Jones, English-Welsh philologist and scholar (d. 1794)
1735: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (d. 1811)
1705: Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d. 1774)
1705: Johann Peter Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1772)
1681: Johann Mattheson, German composer, lexicographer, and diplomat (d. 1764)
1605: Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1694)
1573: Théodore de Mayerne, Swiss physician (d. 1654)
1555: Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Marshal of France (d. 1623)
1494: Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet and playwright (d. 1545)
616: Javanshir, King of Caucasian Albania (d. 680)
551 BC: Confucius, Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. (d. 479 BC)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Coolio, American rapper (b. 1963)
2019: José José, Mexican musician and singer (b. 1948)
2018: Predrag Ejdus, Serbian actor (b. 1947)
2017: Daniel Pe'er, Israeli television host and newsreader (b. 1943)
2016: Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director (b. 1922)
2016: Gary Glasberg, American television writer and producer (b. 1966)
2016: Shimon Peres, Polish-Israeli statesman and politician, 9th President of Israel (b. 1923)
2016: Gloria Naylor, American novelist (b. 1950)
2015: Alexander Faris, Irish composer and conductor (b. 1921)
2015: Walter Dale Miller, American rancher and politician, 29th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1925)
2015: Ignacio Zoco, Spanish footballer (b. 1939)
2014: Dannie Abse, Welsh physician, poet, and author (b. 1923)
2014: Joseph H. Alexander, American colonel and historian (b. 1938)
2014: Sheila Faith, English dentist and politician (b. 1928)
2014: Tim Rawlings, English footballer and manager (b. 1932)
2014: Petr Skoumal, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1938)
2013: James Emanuel, American-French poet and scholar (b. 1921)
2013: Jonathan Fellows-Smith, South African cricketer and rugby player (b. 1932)
2013: George Amon Webster, American singer and pianist (b. 1945)
2012: Avraham Adan, Israeli general (b. 1926)
2012: Chris Economaki, American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1920)
2012: Brajesh Mishra, Indian politician and diplomat, 1st Indian National Security Advisor (b. 1928)
2010: Kurt Albert, German mountaineer and photographer (b. 1954)
2010: Arthur Penn, American director and producer (b. 1922)
2010: Dolores Wilson, American soprano and actress (b. 1928)
2009: Guillermo Endara, Panamanian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Panama (b. 1936)
2009: Ulf Larsson, Swedish actor and director (b. 1956)
2007: René Desmaison, French mountaineer (b. 1930)
2007: Wally Parks, American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association (b. 1913)
2005: Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1921)
2004: Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (b. 1924)
2003: Althea Gibson, American tennis player and golfer (b. 1927)
2003: Elia Kazan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
2003: George Odlum, Saint Lucian politician and diplomat (b. 1934)
2002: Patsy Mink, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
2002: Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician (b. 1907)
2000: Pierre Trudeau, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1919)
1999: Escott Reid, Canadian academic and diplomat (b. 1905)
1994: Urmas Alender, Estonian singer (b. 1953)
1994: José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Guerrero (b. 1946)
1994: Harry Saltzman, Canadian production manager and producer (b. 1915)
1994: K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian (b. 1917)
1993: Peter De Vries, American editor and novelist (b. 1910)
1993: Alexander A. Drabik, American sergeant (b. 1910)
1991: Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1926)
1990: Larry O'Brien, American businessman and politician, 57th United States Postmaster General (b. 1917)
1989: Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (b. 1917)
1984: Cihad Baban, Turkish journalist, author, and politician (b. 1911)
1982: Mabel Albertson, American actress (b. 1901)
1981: Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan journalist and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1908)
1979: John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist and engineer (b. 1921)
1978: Pope John Paul I (b. 1912)
1970: John Dos Passos, American novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright (b. 1896)
1970: Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Egypt (b. 1918)
1966: André Breton, French author and poet (b. 1896)
1964: Harpo Marx, American comedian, actor, and singer (b. 1888)
1962: Roger Nimier, French soldier and author (b. 1925)
1959: Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (b. 1901)
1957: Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan violinist and composer (b. 1888)
1956: William Boeing, American businessman, founded the Boeing Company (b. 1881)
1953: Edwin Hubble, American astronomer and scholar (b. 1889)
1949: Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens (b. 1881)
1943: Sam Ruben, American chemist and academic (b. 1913)
1943: Filippo Illuminato, Italian partisan, Gold Medal of Military Valour (b. 1930)
1941: Marion Miley, American golfer, ranked No. 1 in the United States (b. 1914)
1938: Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company (b. 1861)
1935: William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer, invented the Kinetoscope (b. 1860)
1925: Paul Vermoyal, French actor (b. 1888)
1920: Yu Gwansun, Korean Independence Activist (b. 1902)
1918: Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)
1918: Freddie Stowers, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1896)
1915: Saitō Hajime, Japanese samurai (b. 1844)
1914: Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (b. 1863)
1899: Giovanni Segantini, Austrian painter (b. 1858)
1895: Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (b. 1822)
1893: Annie Feray Mutrie, British painter (b. 1826)
1891: Herman Melville, American author and poet (b. 1819)
1873: Émile Gaboriau, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
1859: Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic (b. 1779)
1844: Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and politician (b. 1769)
1829: Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (b. 1771)
1805: Christoph Franz von Buseck, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (b. 1724)
1742: Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (b. 1663)
1702: Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, French-English lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1640)
1694: Gabriel Mouton, French mathematician and theologian (b. 1618)
1687: Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian theologian and academic (b. 1623)
1618: Josuah Sylvester, English poet and translator (b. 1563)
1596: Margaret Clifford, countess of Derby (b. 1540)
1582: George Buchanan, Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1506)
1429: Cymburgis of Masovia, duchess consort of Austria (b. 1394)
1330: Elizabeth of Bohemia, queen consort of Bohemia (b. 1292)
1213: Gertrude of Merania, queen consort of Hungaria (b. 1185)
1197: Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1165)
980: Minamoto no Hiromasa, Japanese nobleman (b. 918)
935: Wenceslaus I, duke of Bohemia (b. c. 907)
782: Leoba, Anglo-Saxon nun (b. c. 710)
135 AD: Rabbi Akiva, Jewish sage, martyr. (b. c. 50)
48 BC: Pompey, Roman general and politician (b. 106 BC)

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