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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

2024: Kentucky woman's payday tradition turns into $250,000 lottery payout. A Kentucky woman follows a personal tradition of playing the lottery on paydays, and it paid off to the tune of a $250,000 top prize.
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.$497 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2025
4.$355 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2022
5.$336 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2018
6.$310.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2015
7.$300.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2022
8.€279.59 Million US$272.77 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2022
9.$267 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2023
10.$245.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2024
11.$213 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2018
12.€177 Million
US$208.97 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2017
13.€190 Million
US$207.42 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2019
14.$189 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2013
15.€130 Million
US$183.89 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2007
16.€151 Million
US$175.28 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2018
17.$170 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2009
18.€143 Million
US$167.07 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2021
19.€147.98 Million
US$166.03 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2016
20.$160.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2025
21.€143 Million
US$158.47 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2024
22.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2003
23.$148 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2005
24.€130 Million
US$145.83 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2016
25.€130 Million
US$137.62 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2023

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1986: Reesas1
Sunday, Sep 28, 1986
39 years old
1983: jclaudja
Wednesday, Sep 28, 1983
42 years old
1982: FEFE24
Tuesday, Sep 28, 1982
43 years old
1982: Youngmoney777
Tuesday, Sep 28, 1982
43 years old
1980: JADAD007
Sunday, Sep 28, 1980
45 years old
1978: G-RUDY45
Thursday, Sep 28, 1978
47 years old
1978: OkieLottoLover
Thursday, Sep 28, 1978
47 years old
1972: Shania2$
Thursday, Sep 28, 1972
53 years old
1970: TheMaker
Monday, Sep 28, 1970
55 years old
1970: Shay
Monday, Sep 28, 1970
55 years old
1970: Angela
Monday, Sep 28, 1970
55 years old
1968: colonel28gb
Saturday, Sep 28, 1968
57 years old
1967: doctor$d7
Thursday, Sep 28, 1967
58 years old
1965: Ladee
Tuesday, Sep 28, 1965
60 years old
1962: Robert33
Friday, Sep 28, 1962
63 years old
1961: bigmomie
Thursday, Sep 28, 1961
64 years old
1958: Donbinnc
Sunday, Sep 28, 1958
67 years old
1955: GIDDYUP
Wednesday, Sep 28, 1955
70 years old
1955: Diamondgee1
Wednesday, Sep 28, 1955
70 years old
1944: montal777
Thursday, Sep 28, 1944
81 years old
: grandmadec
(year not provided)
: qwerty928
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: The 2023 Rotterdam shootings occurred, during which two people were killed in a shooting and arson incident at a residence in Delfshaven, Rotterdam. Additionally, one person lost their life in a classroom at the Erasmus University Medical Center.
2022: Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Cayo Costa State Park, Florida as a category four hurricane, killing 169 and doing $113 billion in damage, becoming Florida's costliest hurricane and the deadliest in 89 years.
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.
1958: Fernando Rios, a Mexican tour guide in New Orleans, dies of injuries sustained in an incident of gay bashing.
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, United States.
1918: World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
1912: The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster 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.
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.
1213: Queen consort Gertrude of Merania is assassinated by a group of Hungarian lords.
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

2000: Frankie Jonas, American actor, singer, and songwriter
1999: Kayla Day, American tennis player
1998: Panna Udvardy, Hungarian tennis player
1996: Aiden Moffat, British race car driver
1995: Juancho Hernangómez, Spanish basketball player
1995: Caleb Martin, American basketball player
1995: Cody Martin, American basketball player
1995: Jason Williams, English footballer
1993: Jodie Williams, English sprinter
1992: Khem Birch, Canadian basketball player
1992: Keir Gilchrist, Canadian actor and musician
1992: Alex Landi, American actor
1992: Paula Ormaechea, Argentine tennis player
1992: Adam Thompson, English-Northern Irish footballer
1992: Kōko Tsurumi, Japanese gymnast
1991: Eddie Rosario, Puerto Rican baseball player
1991: Elvyonn Bailey, American sprinter
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: Jason Jordan, American wrestler
1988: Olivia Jordan, American actress, model, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder
1988: Hana Mae Lee, American actress, model, and fashion designer
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 (died 2013)
1986: Daniel Platzman, American musician
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 (died 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: Jerrika Hinton, American actress
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: Peter Cambor, American actor
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 (died 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: Leila McKinnon, Iranian-Australian journalist and television host
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, 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 (died 2011)
1968: Sean Levert, American R&B singer-songwriter and actor (died 2008)
1968: Rob Moroso, American race car driver (died 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 (died 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 (died 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 (died 2012)
1963: Steve Blackman, American wrestler and martial artist
1963: Érik Comas, French race car driver
1963: Johnny Dawkins, American basketball player and coach
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: Laura Bruce, American artist
1959: Ron Fellows, Canadian race car driver
1957: Bill Cassidy, American politician and physician
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 (died 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 (died 2012)
1952: Andy Ward, English drummer
1951: Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician (died 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
1949: Vernee Watson-Johnson, American actress
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: Jeffrey Jones, American actor
1946: Majid Khan, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
1945: Marielle Goitschel, French skier
1945: Manolis Rasoulis, Greek singer-songwriter and journalist (died 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 (died 2006)
1943: Nick St. Nicholas, German-Canadian bass player
1942: Pierre Clémenti, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1999)
1942: Edward "Little Buster" Forehand, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)
1941: David Lewis, American philosopher and academic (died 2001)
1941: Edmund Stoiber, German lawyer and politician, Minister President of Bavaria
1941: Charley Taylor, American football player (died 2022)
1939: Stuart Kauffman, American biologist and academic
1938: Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2015)
1937: Alice Mahon, English trade union leader and politician (died 2022)
1937: Glenn Sutton, American country music songwriter and record producer (died 2007)
1936: Emmett Chapman, American guitarist, invented the Chapman Stick (died 2021)
1936: Eddie Lumsden, Australian rugby league player (died 2019)
1936: Robert Wolders, Dutch television actor (died 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 (died 1991)
1934: Brigitte Bardot, French actress
1933: Joe Benton, English soldier and politician
1933: Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, Spanish sculptor and educator (died 2006)
1933: Johnny "Country" Mathis, American singer-songwriter (died 2011)
1932: Jeremy Isaacs, Scottish screenwriter and producer
1932: Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (died 1973)
1930: Tommy Collins, American country music singer-songwriter (died 2000)
1930: Immanuel Wallerstein, American sociologist, author, and academic (died 2019)
1929: Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer and composer (died 2022)
1928: Koko Taylor, American singer (died 2009)
1926: Jerry Clower, American soldier, comedian, and author (died 1998)
1926: Bonnie Leman, American art historian, writer, and publisher of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine (died 2010)
1925: Seymour Cray, American computer scientist, founded the CRAY Computer Company (died 1996)
1925: Cromwell Everson, South African composer (died 1991)
1925: Martin David Kruskal, American physicist and mathematician (died 2006)
1924: Rudolf Barshai, Russian-Swiss viola player and conductor (died 2010)
1924: Marcello Mastroianni, Italian-French actor and singer (died 1996)
1923: Tuli Kupferberg, American singer, poet, and writer (died 2010)
1923: John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire (died 2007)
1923: William Windom, American actor (died 2012)
1922: Liv Dommersnes, Norwegian actress (died 2014)
1922: Larry Munson, American sportscaster (died 2011)
1922: Jules Sedney, Prime Minister of Suriname (died 2020)
1919: Doris Singleton, American actress (died 2012)
1918: Ángel Labruna, Argentinian footballer and manager (died 1983)
1918: Arnold Stang, American actor (died 2009)
1917: Wee Chong Jin, Singaporean judge (died 2005)
1916: Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (died 1977)
1916: Olga Lepeshinskaya, Ukrainian-Russian ballerina and educator (died 2008)
1915: Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (died 1953)
1914: Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-American refugee and singer (died 2014)
1913: Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (died 2007)
1913: Alice Marble, American tennis player (died 1990)
1910: Diosdado Macapagal, Filipino lawyer and politician, 9th President of the Philippines (died 1997)
1910: Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 1942)
1909: Al Capp, American author and illustrator (died 1979)
1907: Heikki Savolainen, Finnish gymnast and physician (died 1997)
1907: Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (died 1931)
1905: Max Schmeling, German boxer (died 2005)
1903: Haywood S. Hansell, American general (died 1988)
1901: William S. Paley, American broadcaster, founded CBS (died 1990)
1901: Ed Sullivan, American television host (died 1974)
1900: Isabel Pell, American socialite, fought as part of the French Resistance during WWII (died 1951)
1898: Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (died 1957)
1898: Mijo Mirković, Croatian economist and author (died 1963)
1893: Hilda Geiringer, Austrian mathematician (died 1973)
1893: Giannis Skarimpas, Greek author, poet, and playwright (died 1984)
1892: Elmer Rice, American playwright (died 1967)
1890: Florence Violet McKenzie, Australian electrical engineer (died 1982)
1889: Jack Fournier, American baseball player and coach (died 1973)
1887: Avery Brundage, American businessman, 5th President of the International Olympic Committee (died 1975)
1885: Emil Väre, Finnish wrestler, coach, and referee (died 1974)
1883: Albert Peyriguère, French priest, hermit and ethnologist (died 1959)
1882: Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (died 1963)
1881: Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (died 1950)
1878: Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player (died 1962)
1877: Albert Young, American boxer and promoter (died 1940)
1870: Florent Schmitt, French composer and critic (died 1958)
1867: Hiranuma Kiichirō, Japanese lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1952)
1867: James Edwin Campbell, American educator, school administrator, newspaper editor, poet, and essayist (died 1896)
1861: Amélie of Orléans, queen consort of Portugal (died 1951)
1860: Paul Ulrich Villard, French chemist and physicist (died 1934)
1856: Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (died 1923)
1852: Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1907)
1852: Isis Pogson, British astronomer and meteorologist (died 1945)
1852: John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, British Army officer (died 1925)
1844: Robert Stout, Scottish-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1930)
1841: Georges Clemenceau, French journalist, physician, and politician, 85th Prime Minister of France (died 1929)
1836: Thomas Crapper, English plumber, invented the ballcock (died 1910)
1824: Francis Turner Palgrave, English poet and critic (died 1897)
1823: Alexandre Cabanel, French painter and educator (died 1889)
1821: Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (died 1874)
1819: Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer and publisher (died 1885)
1809: Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (died 1899)
1803: Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist, historian, and author (died 1870)
1765: Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (died 1814)
1746: William Jones, English-Welsh philologist and scholar (died 1794)
1735: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1811)
1705: Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (died 1774)
1705: Johann Peter Kellner, German organist and composer (died 1772)
1681: Johann Mattheson, German composer, lexicographer, and diplomat (died 1764)
1605: Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer and mathematician (died 1694)
1573: Théodore de Mayerne, Swiss physician (died 1654)
1555: Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Marshal of France (died 1623)
1494: Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet and playwright (died 1545)
616: Javanshir, King of Caucasian Albania (died 680)
551 BC: Confucius, Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. (died 479 BC)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Winfield Dunn, American politician, 43rd Governor of Tennessee (born 1927)
2024: Drake Hogestyn, American actor (born 1953)
2024: Kris Kristofferson, American singer, songwriter, and actor (born 1936)
2022: Coolio, American rapper (born 1963)
2019: José José, Mexican musician and singer (born 1948)
2018: Predrag Ejdus, Serbian actor (born 1947)
2017: Daniel Pe'er, Israeli television host and newsreader (born 1943)
2016: Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director (born 1922)
2016: Gary Glasberg, American television writer and producer (born 1966)
2016: Shimon Peres, Polish-Israeli statesman and politician, 9th President of Israel (born 1923)
2016: Gloria Naylor, American novelist (born 1950)
2015: Alexander Faris, Irish composer and conductor (born 1921)
2015: Walter Dale Miller, American rancher and politician, 29th Governor of South Dakota (born 1925)
2015: Ignacio Zoco, Spanish footballer (born 1939)
2014: Dannie Abse, Welsh physician, poet, and author (born 1923)
2014: Joseph H. Alexander, American colonel and historian (born 1938)
2014: Sheila Faith, English dentist and politician (born 1928)
2014: Tim Rawlings, English footballer and manager (born 1932)
2014: Petr Skoumal, Czech pianist and composer (born 1938)
2013: James Emanuel, American-French poet and scholar (born 1921)
2013: Jonathan Fellows-Smith, South African cricketer and rugby player (born 1932)
2013: George Amon Webster, American singer and pianist (born 1945)
2012: Avraham Adan, Israeli general (born 1926)
2012: Chris Economaki, American journalist and sportscaster (born 1920)
2012: Brajesh Mishra, Indian politician and diplomat, 1st Indian National Security Advisor (born 1928)
2010: Kurt Albert, German mountaineer and photographer (born 1954)
2010: Arthur Penn, American director and producer (born 1922)
2010: Dolores Wilson, American soprano and actress (born 1928)
2009: Guillermo Endara, Panamanian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Panama (born 1936)
2009: Ulf Larsson, Swedish actor and director (born 1956)
2007: René Desmaison, French mountaineer (born 1930)
2007: Wally Parks, American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association (born 1913)
2005: Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1921)
2004: Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (born 1924)
2003: Althea Gibson, American tennis player and golfer (born 1927)
2003: Elia Kazan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1909)
2003: George Odlum, Saint Lucian politician and diplomat (born 1934)
2002: Patsy Mink, American lawyer and politician (born 1927)
2002: Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician (born 1907)
2000: Pierre Trudeau, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1919)
1999: Escott Reid, Canadian academic and diplomat (born 1905)
1994: Urmas Alender, Estonian singer (born 1953)
1994: José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Guerrero (born 1946)
1994: Harry Saltzman, Canadian production manager and producer (born 1915)
1994: K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian (born 1917)
1993: Peter De Vries, American editor and novelist (born 1910)
1993: Alexander A. Drabik, American sergeant (born 1910)
1991: Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (born 1926)
1990: Larry O'Brien, American businessman and politician, 57th United States Postmaster General (born 1917)
1989: Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (born 1917)
1984: Cihad Baban, Turkish journalist, author, and politician (born 1911)
1982: Mabel Albertson, American actress (born 1901)
1981: Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan journalist and politician, President of Venezuela (born 1908)
1979: John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist and engineer (born 1921)
1978: Pope John Paul I (born 1912)
1970: John Dos Passos, American novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright (born 1896)
1970: Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Egypt (born 1918)
1966: André Breton, French author and poet (born 1896)
1964: Harpo Marx, American comedian, actor, and singer (born 1888)
1962: Roger Nimier, French soldier and author (born 1925)
1959: Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (born 1901)
1957: Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan violinist and composer (born 1888)
1956: William Boeing, American businessman, founded the Boeing Company (born 1881)
1953: Edwin Hubble, American astronomer and scholar (born 1889)
1949: Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens (born 1881)
1943: Sam Ruben, American chemist and academic (born 1913)
1943: Filippo Illuminato, Italian partisan, Gold Medal of Military Valour (born 1930)
1941: Marion Miley, American golfer, ranked No. 1 in the United States (born 1914)
1938: Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company (born 1861)
1935: William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer, invented the Kinetoscope (born 1860)
1925: Paul Vermoyal, French actor (born 1888)
1920: Yu Gwan-sun, Korean independence activist (born 1902)
1918: Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (born 1858)
1918: Freddie Stowers, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1896)
1915: Saitō Hajime, Japanese samurai (born 1844)
1914: Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (born 1863)
1904: Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese historian and author (born 1850)
1902: John Marks Moore, American politician and attorney (born 1853)
1899: Giovanni Segantini, Austrian painter (born 1858)
1895: Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (born 1822)
1893: Annie Feray Mutrie, British painter (born 1826)
1891: Herman Melville, American author and poet (born 1819)
1882: Amunda Kolderup, Norwegian opera singer (born 1846)
1873: Émile Gaboriau, French journalist and author (born 1832)
1859: Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic (born 1779)
1844: Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and politician (born 1769)
1829: Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (born 1771)
1805: Christoph Franz von Buseck, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (born 1724)
1742: Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (born 1663)
1702: Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, French-English lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1640)
1694: Gabriel Mouton, French mathematician and theologian (born 1618)
1687: Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian theologian and academic (born 1623)
1618: Josuah Sylvester, English poet and translator (born 1563)
1596: Margaret Clifford, countess of Derby (born 1540)
1582: George Buchanan, Scottish historian and scholar (born 1506)
1429: Cymburgis of Masovia, duchess consort of Austria (born 1394)
1330: Elizabeth of Bohemia, queen consort of Bohemia (born 1292)
1213: Gertrude of Merania, queen consort of Hungary (born 1185)
1197: Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1165)
980: Minamoto no Hiromasa, Japanese nobleman (born 918)
935: Wenceslaus I, duke of Bohemia (born c. 907)
782: Leoba, Anglo-Saxon nun (born c. 710)
135: Rabbi Akiva, Jewish sage, martyr. (born c. 50)
48 BC: Pompey, Roman general and politician (born 106 BC)

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