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Eastern Time (GMT-5:00) | On This Day in History: September 29September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 93 days remain until the end of the year. Lottery News On This Day- 2020
- Mississippi Lottery could begin funding education by 2021. The Mississippi Lottery's first year in operation has been an eventful one, from selling its first-ever lottery ticket in November 2019 to battling sales dips caused by COVID-19 just four months later. Yet, it's currently traveling down the road to success, having transferred $70.7 million to the state treasury in less than one year in operation.
- 2018
- New York man claims $245.6 million Powerball jackpot. A Staten Island, New York, man came forward Thursday to officially claim a $245.6 million Powerball jackpot.
- 2016
- How a retired NC potter won the lottery 111 times. One of the most prolific winners in North Carolina lottery history wants you to know two things: he doesn't cheat and he understands the games better than anyone.
- 2016
- New Zealand man wins $1M lottery after someone cut him in line. A patient New Zealand Lotto player bagged a cool $1 million, all thanks to a pushy patron who decided to cut him in line.
- 2016
- $38,194 winning lottery ticket spent months forgotten in a drawer. A Canadian lottery winner said his $38,194 winning ticket almost went unclaimed after he forgot about it for months.
- 2014
- Slot machine saves German gambler as police arrive. A man in Germany facing arrest has a most opportune win at a slot machine.
- 2012
- Pool of McDonald's workers claims Mega Millions fraud. A group of 14 McDonald's employees from the Baltimore, Maryland, area are still convinced they were winners in the massive $656 million Mega Millions jackpot drawing earlier this year -- despite being told otherwise by lottery officials -- and are claiming that a co-worker defrauded the Maryland Lottery to avoid sharing a payout with them.
- 2012
- Mich. lottery winner who kept collecting welfare found dead. A Lincoln Park, Michigan, woman who won $1 million in the Michigan Lottery and was later convicted for still collecting state welfare died Saturday from an apparent drug overdose.
- 2012
- Lottery investigator testifies she urged illegal immigrant to keep, sign $3M ticket. A New York State Lottery Commission investigator testified Friday that she urged an illegal immigrant living in Spring Valley to keep his signature on a $3 million scratch-off ticket rather than let someone else take ownership.
- 2011
- West Virginia Lottery rule change raises safety issue. Limited video lottery retailers and machine distributors raised concerns Wednesday that a proposed West Virginia Lottery Commission rule change could put their employees at greater risk of being robbed.
- 2011
- Tenn. lawmakers float ideas to improve lottery revenues. Tennessee state Senate minority leader is calling on fellow lawmakers to find ways to increase lottery revenues instead of cutting back on the scholarship program, while Gov. Bill Haslam has assigned his staff to consider a broad range of options for stabilizing the game's finances.
- 2011
- S.C. lottery and electronic sweepstakes on collision course. South Carolina retailers who offer electronic sweepstakes to customers are feeling jittery, as the state lottery director sent a letter threatening to pull retailers' licenses.
- 2011
- Toronto teacher claims $21.4M lottery jackpot. A Toronto-area high school wood shop and technology teacher played hooky Tuesday to pick up his $21.4 million Lotto Max jackpot.
- 2010
- Tickets on sale for Oregon Lottery's Thanksgiving Raffle. The Oregon Lottery is doubling the stakes for this year's Thanksgiving Raffle, with two $1 million prize winners.
- 2009
- Odds are, stunning coincidences can be expected. With millions of people choosing numbers in hundreds of lotteries around the world each week, coincidences are bound to happen -- and they have, many times.
- 2009
- First day of Arkansas lottery sales brisk, sellers say. Several retailers who sell Arkansas lottery tickets reported brisk and sometimes "crazy" ticket sales Monday — the first day of the state's new lottery with proceeds dedicated for college scholarships.
- 2007
- Will the Michigan Lottery shut down tomorrow?. If the Michigan government shuts down because legislators are unable to agree on a new state budget, the Michigan Lottery will suspend operations at the end of the business day on Sunday.
- 2006
- N.Y. Gov. Pataki refuses to extradite gambling CEO, sends him home. A judge cleared a former executive of a British gambling company to return to London on Friday after New York's governor declined to sign a warrant extraditing him to Louisiana, where he is charged with illegal online gambling.
- 2005
- Powerball lottery jackpot climbs to $167 million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $167 million, with a cash option of $83.1 million.
- 2005
- Painter Hits it Big with $1 Million Scratch-Off Lottery Ticket. An Auburn, Ga., painter has won $1 million from a scratch-off ticket, Georgia Lottery officials said.
- 2005
- Oklahoma Gov. To Reveal Design Of Lottery Tickets. Governor Brad Henry and Jim Scroggins, executive director of the Oklahoma Lottery, will unveil poster-size facsimiles of the state's first scratch-off tickets on Monday.
- 2005
- Texas Lottery jackpot game tickets in sales decline. Citing plummeting revenues that indicate a "jackpot fatigue" in state lotteries throughout the nation, the chairman of the Texas Lottery Commission challenged the organization's staff to consider boosting Lotto Texas sales by making the game more creative.
- 2005
- Man wins citizenship, lottery in same day. Moses Bittok became a U.S. citizen and a millionaire last week, all in one day.
- 2004
- Mega Millions rockets to $101 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $101 million Wednesday.
- 2004
- Powerball jackpot winner dies. Melvin Rhodes - who won a big Powerball lottery jackpot four years ago - has died in Maryville, Tennessee at 78.
- 2004
- California Lottery has highest sales in history. California Lottery officials announced a stellar year with estimated sales for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-04 over $2.9 billion, representing the highest sales since the commencement of the Lottery in 1985.
- 2004
- Iowa woman to plead guilty for lottery ticket theft. A Fonda, Iowa, woman has agreed to plead guilty to claiming a lottery pool's prize as her own.
- 2004
- Virginia Lottery Celebrates 16th Anniversary. In the sixteen years since the first ticket was sold, the Virginia Lottery has sold $14.3 billion in tickets and turned over more than $4.9 billion to the Commonwealth.
- 2003
- Mega Millions Jackpot Hits $150 Million. With nine different ways to win, players across America are lining up to play the game with the highest jackpot in the nation. Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the $126 million jackpot, that jackpot now grows to an estimated $150 million for the Tuesday, September 30, 2003 drawing.
- 2003
- $69 Million Powerball Jackpot Up For Grabs. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 408,947 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.5 million in prizes in America's Game.
- 2003
- Luck runs out for N.Y. lottery winners. When members of the Lucky Lotto Lady Partnership won $23 million in 1994, they thought their money woes were over for good. But nearly a decade later, the group is battling a formidable foe over its winnings: the Internal Revenue Service. This time, the Lucky Lotto Lady Partnership is going to need more than luck -- it'll need a change in federal law in order to win.
- 2003
- Hectic job good way to forget lottery fight. A once-congenial group of 20 office workers at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center are nursing their wounds after a bitter court battle over a $45 million Mega Millions jackpot.
- 2003
- Unemployed Ohio woman wins $5.25M. Esther Niese of rural Gilboa, Ohio, who was unemployed, is the holder of a Super Lotto Plus ticket worth $5.25 million.
- 2003
- Check your tickets: $30M still unclaimed. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. has $30.5 million to give away, but nobody is coming forward to take the prize. The jackpot from the April 11 Super 7 draw is still unclaimed after almost six months.
- 2003
- Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $9 million. No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, causing the current jackpot to roll over to $9 million, lottery officials said Sunday.
- 2003
- Amendment 9 would do what many thought was already done. If Louisiana voters ratify Amendment 9 on the Oct. 4 ballot, they will impose a dedication that will change the state Constitution to dedicate all but $500,000 of the annual revenues from the state lottery to public education.
- 2003
- Committee OKs Tennessee Lottery pay-scale plan. The pay scale for Tennessee Lottery workers will range from $19,750 a year for a warehouse clerk to $150,000 a year for a senior vice president, plus bonuses, according to a preliminary plan approved by a lottery committee.
Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day- 1.$367 Million
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Sep 29, 2016 - 11.$150 Million
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Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day- 1995
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Worldwide Events On This Day- 2016
- Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducted "surgical strikes" against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
- 2013
- Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria.
- 2011
- The special court in India convicted all 269 accused officials for atrocity on Dalits and 17 for rape in the Vachathi case.
- 2009
- The 8.1 Mw Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills 189 and injures hundreds.
- 2007
- Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.
- 2006
- A Boeing 737 and an Embraer 600 collide in mid-air, killing 154 people and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.
- 2004
- The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
- 2004
- Burt Rutan's Ansari SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the Ansari X Prize.
- 1992
- Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached.
- 1991
- A Haitian coup d'état occurs.
- 1990
- Construction of the Washington National Cathedral is completed.
- 1990
- The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
- 1988
- NASA launches STS-26, the first mission since the Challenger disaster.
- 1979
- The dictator Francisco Macias of Equatorial Guinea is shot by soldiers from Western Sahara.
- 1975
- WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.
- 1972
- China-Japan relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
- 1971
- Oman joins the Arab League.
- 1957
- The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.
- 1954
- The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
- 1949
- The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.
- 1941
- World War II: German forces, with the aid of local Ukrainian collaborators, begin the two-day Babi Yar massacre.
- 1940
- Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.
- 1932
- Chaco War: Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia.
- 1923
- The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
- 1923
- The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon takes effect.
- 1923
- The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.
- 1918
- World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica.
- 1918
- The Hindenburg Line is broken by an Allied attack.
- 1918
- Germany's Supreme Army Command tells the Kaiser and the Chancellor to open negotiations for an armistice.
- 1911
- Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
- 1907
- The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital.
- 1885
- The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
- 1864
- American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought.
- 1864
- The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate.
- 1855
- The Philippine port of Iloilo is opened to world trade by the Spanish administration.
- 1850
- The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.
- 1848
- The Battle of Pákozd is a stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces, and is the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution.
- 1829
- The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded.
- 1789
- The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
- 1789
- The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
- 1717
- An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.
- 1578
- Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.
- 1364
- English forces defeat the French in Brittany, ending the War of the Breton Succession.
- 1267
- The Treaty of Montgomery recognises Llywelyn ap Gruffudd as Prince of Wales, but only as a vassal of King Henry III.
- 1227
- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades.
- 1011
- Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, archbishop of Canterbury, as a prisoner.
- 61 BC
- Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
- 522 BC
- Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Bardiya, securing his hold as Persian emperor.
Births On This Day- 1998
- Vera Lapko, Belarusian tennis player
- 1995
- Alice Matteucci, Italian tennis player
- 1994
- Britteny Cox, Australian skier
- 1994
- Halsey, American singer
- 1993
- Lee Hong-bin, South Korean singer
- 1993
- Viktor Romanenkov, Estonian figure skater
- 1993
- Oleg Vernyayev, Ukrainian artistic gymnast
- 1991
- Adem Ljajić, Serbian footballer
- 1991
- Martin Jensen, Danish musician
- 1990
- Doug Brochu, American voice actor
- 1990
- Gerphil Flores, Filipina classical crossover singer and Asia's Got Talent finalist
- 1990
- Lena Wermelt, German footballer
- 1989
- Theo Adams, English photographer and director
- 1989
- Adore Delano, American drag queen and singer
- 1989
- Yevhen Konoplyanka, Ukrainian footballer
- 1989
- Aaron Martin, English footballer
- 1989
- Andrea Poli, Italian footballer
- 1989
- Fatima Lodhi, Pakistani social activist
- 1988
- Kevin Durant, American basketball player
- 1988
- Justin Nozuka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1987
- David Del Rio, American actor and director
- 1986
- Lisa Foiles, American actress and journalist
- 1986
- Mark Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986
- Matt Lashoff, American ice hockey player
- 1986
- Isaac Makwala, Botswanan sprinter
- 1986
- Benoît Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985
- Calvin Johnson, American football player
- 1985
- Niklas Moisander, Finnish footballer
- 1985
- Dani Pedrosa, Spanish motorcycle racer
- 1985
- Magnus Gangstad Jørgensen, Norwegian music producer
- 1984
- Per Mertesacker, German footballer
- 1983
- Lisette Oropesa, American soprano and actress
- 1982
- Matt Giteau, Australian rugby player
- 1982
- Amy Williams, English skeleton racer
- 1981
- Aris Galanopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1981
- Shane Smeltz, German-New Zealand footballer
- 1980
- Patrick Agyemang, English footballer
- 1980
- Dallas Green, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1980
- Zachary Levi, American actor and singer
- 1979
- Orhan Ak, Turkish footballer
- 1979
- Takumi Beppu, Japanese cyclist and manager
- 1979
- Artika Sari Devi, Indonesian model and actress
- 1979
- Shelley Duncan, American baseball player and manager
- 1979
- Jaime Lozano, Mexican footballer
- 1978
- Mohini Bhardwaj, American gymnast and coach
- 1978
- Gunner McGrath, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1978
- Karen Putzer, Italian skier
- 1978
- Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1977
- Eric Barton, American football player
- 1977
- Wade Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player and scout
- 1977
- Debelah Morgan, American singer-songwriter
- 1977
- Jake Westbrook, American baseball player
- 1976
- Darren Byfield, English-Jamaican footballer
- 1976
- Kelvin Davis, English footballer
- 1976
- Óscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist
- 1976
- Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian footballer and politician
- 1975
- Albert Celades, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1974
- Brian Ash, American screenwriter and producer
- 1974
- Matt Hullum, American actor, director, and producer, co-founded Rooster Teeth
- 1974
- James Lance, British actor
- 1973
- Foivos Delivorias, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1973
- Shannon Larratt, Canadian publisher, founded BMEzine (d. 2013)
- 1973
- Scout Niblett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1972
- Oliver Gavin, English race car driver
- 1971
- Yitzhak Yedid, Composer & pianist
- 1971
- Tanoka Beard, American basketball player
- 1971
- Mackenzie Crook, English actor and screenwriter
- 1971
- Theodore Shapiro, American composer
- 1970
- Russell Peters, Canadian comedian, actor, and producer
- 1970
- Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese wrestler and trainer
- 1970
- Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress
- 1970
- Kushboo, South Indian actress and producer
- 1969
- Erika Eleniak, American model and actress
- 1969
- DeVante Swing, American singer-songwriter, and producer
- 1969
- Aleks Syntek, Mexican singer-songwriter and producer
- 1968
- Patrick Burns, American paranormal investigator
- 1968
- Luke Goss, English actor
- 1968
- Matt Goss, English singer-songwriter
- 1967
- Brett Anderson, English singer-songwriter
- 1966
- Hersey Hawkins, American basketball player and coach
- 1966
- Ben Miles, English actor
- 1964
- Brad Lohaus, American basketball player
- 1963
- Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1963
- Les Claypool, American bass player, singer, songwriter, and producer
- 1962
- Roger Bart, American actor
- 1961
- Jack Dee, English comedian
- 1961
- Julia Gillard, Welsh-Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Australia
- 1961
- Stephanie Miller, American comedian and radio host
- 1960
- Julian Armour, American-Canadian cellist and educator
- 1960
- Kenneth Hansen, Swedish race car driver
- 1960
- Alan McGee, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1960
- Hubert Neuper, Austrian ski jumper
- 1960
- John Paxson, American basketball player and coach
- 1960
- David Sammartino, American wrestler and trainer
- 1960
- Andy Slaughter, English politician
- 1960
- Carol Welsman, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1957
- Chris Broad, English cricketer and referee
- 1957
- Sokratis Malamas, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1957
- Mark Nicholas, English cricketer and sportscaster
- 1956
- Sebastian Coe, English sprinter and politician
- 1956
- Jenny Morris, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1956
- Suzzy Roche, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1955
- Ann Bancroft, American explorer and author
- 1955
- Gareth Davies, Welsh rugby player and academic
- 1955
- Joe Donnelly, American politician and lawyer
- 1955
- Benoît Ferreux, French actor and director
- 1955
- Gwen Ifill, American journalist (d. 2016)
- 1954
- Uwe Jahn, German footballer and manager
- 1954
- Mark Mitchell, Australian actor
- 1953
- Warren Cromartie, American baseball player, coach, and radio host
- 1953
- Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 1997)
- 1953
- Lawrence Reed, American economist and author
- 1952
- Roy Campbell, Jr., American trumpet player (d. 2014)
- 1952
- Gábor Csupó, Hungarian-American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Klasky Csupo
- 1952
- Richard Hodges, English archaeologist and academic
- 1952
- Max Sandlin, American lawyer, judge, and politician
- 1952
- Takanosato Toshihide, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 59th Yokozuna (d. 2011)
- 1951
- Michelle Bachelet, Chilean physician and politician, 34th President of Chile
- 1951
- Pier Luigi Bersani, Italian educator and politician, 6th President of Emilia-Romagna
- 1951
- Andrés Caicedo, Colombian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1977)
- 1951
- Maureen Caird, Australian-New Zealand hurdler
- 1951
- Mike Enriquez, Filipino journalist and radio commentator
- 1950
- Ken Macha, American baseball player and manager
- 1949
- George Dalaras, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1948
- Mark Farner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1948
- Bryant Gumbel, American journalist and sportscaster
- 1948
- Theo Jörgensmann, German clarinet player and composer
- 1948
- Mike Pinera, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1947
- Ülo Kaevats, Estonian philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 2015)
- 1947
- S. H. Kapadia, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India (d. 2016)
- 1947
- Gary Wetzel, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
- 1946
- Patricia Hodge, English actress
- 1945
- Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer and poet
- 1944
- Mike Post, American composer and producer
- 1943
- Mohammad Khatami, Iranian scholar and politician, 5th President of Iran
- 1943
- Wolfgang Overath, German footballer
- 1943
- Gary Boyd Roberts, American genealogist and author
- 1943
- Lech Wałęsa, Polish electrician and politician, 2nd President of Poland, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1942
- Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist
- 1942
- Madeline Kahn, American actress and singer (d. 1999)
- 1942
- Ian McShane, English actor
- 1942
- Bill Nelson, American captain and politician
- 1942
- Jean-Luc Ponty, French violinist and composer
- 1942
- Janet Powell, Australian educator and politician (d. 2013)
- 1942
- Steve Tesich, Serbian-American screenwriter and playwright (d. 1996)
- 1941
- David Steele, English cricketer
- 1940
- Brute Force, American singer-songwriter
- 1940
- Carlos Morales Troncoso, Dominican politician, 34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2014)
- 1939
- Fikret Abdić, Bosnian economist and politician
- 1939
- Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (d. 2001)
- 1939
- Larry Linville, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1939
- Rhodri Morgan, Welsh politician, 2nd First Minister of Wales (d. 2017)
- 1938
- Dave Harper, English footballer (d. 2013)
- 1938
- Wim Kok, Dutch union leader and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2018)
- 1936
- Silvio Berlusconi, Italian businessman and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Italy
- 1936
- James Fogle, American author (d. 2012)
- 1936
- Hal Trosky, Jr., American baseball player (d. 2012)
- 1935
- Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1934
- Skandor Akbar, American wrestler and manager (d. 2010)
- 1934
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Hungarian-American psychologist and academic
- 1934
- Lance Gibbs, Guyanese cricketer and manager
- 1934
- Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
- 1934
- Lindsay Kline, Australian cricketer (d. 2015)
- 1933
- Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (d. 1986)
- 1932
- Robert Benton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1932
- Paul Giel, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2002)
- 1931
- James Cronin, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
- 1931
- Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (d. 2015)
- 1931
- Paul Oestreicher, German-English priest and theologian
- 1930
- Richard Bonynge, Australian pianist and conductor
- 1930
- Colin Dexter, English author and educator (d. 2017)
- 1928
- Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (d. 2016)
- 1928
- Brajesh Mishra, Indian politician and diplomat, 1st Indian National Security Advisor (d. 2012)
- 1928
- Nathan Shamuyarira, Zimbabwean journalist and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2014)
- 1927
- Adhemar da Silva, Brazilian triple jumper and actor (d. 2001)
- 1927
- Sherwood Johnston, American race car driver (d. 2000)
- 1927
- Pete McCloskey, American colonel and politician
- 1927
- Barbara Mertz, American historian and author (d. 2013)
- 1926
- Pete Elliott, American football player and coach (d. 2013)
- 1925
- Steve Forrest, American actor (d. 2013)
- 1925
- Paul MacCready, American engineer, founded AeroVironment (d. 2007)
- 1923
- Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator (d. 2005)
- 1923
- Bum Phillips, American football player and coach (d. 2013)
- 1922
- Lizabeth Scott, American actress (d. 2015)
- 1921
- John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (d. 2014)
- 1921
- Albie Roles, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
- 1920
- Peter D. Mitchell, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
- 1920
- Václav Neumann, Czech violinist and conductor (d. 1995)
- 1919
- Kira Zvorykina, Belarusian chess player (d. 2014)
- 1916
- Carl Giles, English cartoonist (d. 1995)
- 1915
- Vincent DeDomenico, American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (d. 2007)
- 1915
- Oscar Handlin, American historian and academic (d. 2011)
- 1915
- Brenda Marshall, American actress (d. 1992)
- 1913
- Trevor Howard, English actor (d. 1988)
- 1913
- Stanley Kramer, American director and producer (d. 2001)
- 1912
- Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2007)
- 1911
- Charles Court, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Western Australia (d. 2007)
- 1910
- Bill Boyd, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977)
- 1910
- Virginia Bruce, American actress (d. 1982)
- 1908
- Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator (d. 1967)
- 1907
- Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and businessman (d. 1998)
- 1907
- George W. Jenkins, American businessman, founded Publix (d. 1996)
- 1904
- Greer Garson, English-American actress (d. 1996)
- 1903
- Diana Vreeland, American journalist (d. 1989)
- 1902
- Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican lawyer and politician, 46th President of Mexico (d. 1983)
- 1901
- Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet, philosopher, and activist (d. 1981)
- 1901
- Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)
- 1899
- László Bíró, Hungarian-Argentinian journalist and inventor, invented the ballpoint pen (d. 1985)
- 1899
- Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded Butlins (d. 1980)
- 1898
- Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (d. 1976)
- 1897
- Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (d. 1980)
- 1895
- Clarence Ashley, American singer, guitarist, and banjo player (d. 1967)
- 1895
- Joseph Banks Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist (d. 1980)
- 1895
- Roscoe Turner, American pilot (d. 1970)
- 1891
- Ian Fairweather, Scottish-Australian painter (d. 1974)
- 1885
- George Scott, English footballer (d. 1916)
- 1882
- Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (d. 1937)
- 1881
- Ludwig von Mises, Austrian-American economist, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1973)
- 1880
- Liberato Pinto, Portuguese colonel and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1949)
- 1876
- Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer (d. 1964)
- 1866
- Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Ukrainian historian, academic, and politician (d. 1934)
- 1864
- Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher and author (d. 1936)
- 1863
- Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1919)
- 1853
- Luther D. Bradley, American cartoonist (d. 1917)
- 1844
- Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 10th President of Argentina (d. 1909)
- 1843
- Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general (d. 1882)
- 1832
- Joachim Oppenheim, rabbi and author (d. 1891)
- 1816
- Paul Féval, père, French author and playwright (d. 1887)
- 1810
- Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (d. 1865)
- 1808
- Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (d. 1868)
- 1803
- Mercator Cooper, American captain and explorer (d. 1872)
- 1803
- Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1850)
- 1786
- Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Mexico (d. 1843)
- 1766
- Charlotte, Princess Royal of England (d. 1828)
- 1758
- Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (d. 1805)
- 1725
- Robert Clive, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire (d. 1774)
- 1718
- Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian soldier and politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1783)
- 1703
- François Boucher, French painter and set designer (d. 1770)
- 1691
- Richard Challoner, English bishop (d. 1781)
- 1678
- Adrien Maurice de Noailles, French soldier and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1766)
- 1674
- Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, French flute player and composer (d. 1763)
- 1640
- Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor and educator (d. 1720)
- 1639
- William Russell, Lord Russell, English politician (d. 1683)
- 1636
- Thomas Tenison, English archbishop (d. 1715)
- 1602
- Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, English military leader (d. 1668)
- 1574
- Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, Scottish nobleman and politician (d. 1624)
- 1561
- Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish priest and mathematician (d. 1615)
- 1548
- William V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1626)
- 1547
- Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (d. 1616)
- 1538
- Joan Terès i Borrull, Spanish archbishop and academic (d. 1603)
- 1527
- John Lesley, Scottish bishop (d. 1596)
- 1511
- Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, cartographer, and theologian (d. 1553)
- 1463
- Louis I, Count of Löwenstein, founder of the House of Löwenstein-Wertheim (d. 1523)
- 1460
- Louis II de la Trémoille, French military leader (d. 1525)
- 1403
- Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brzeg-Legnica and Cieszyn, German princess (d. 1449)
- 1402
- Fernando, the Saint Prince, of Portugal (d. 1443)
- 1373
- Margaret of Bohemia, Burgravine of Nuremberg (d. 1410)
- 1328
- Joan of Kent (d. 1385)
- 1276
- Christopher II of Denmark (d. 1332)
- 1240
- Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scots (d. 1275)
- 929
- Qian Chu, Chinese king (Ten Kingdoms) (d. 988)
- 106 BC
- Pompey, Roman general and politician (d. 48 BC)
Deaths On This Day- 2018
- Otis Rush, American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1934)
- 2017
- Tom Alter, Indian actor (b. 1950)
- 2016
- Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipina politician (b. 1945)
- 2015
- Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1932)
- 2015
- Hellmuth Karasek, Czech-German journalist, author, and critic (b. 1934)
- 2015
- William Kerslake, American wrestler and engineer (b. 1929)
- 2015
- Jean Ter-Merguerian, French-Armenian violinist (b. 1935)
- 2015
- Phil Woods, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1931)
- 2014
- Miguel Boyer, Spanish economist and politician (b. 1939)
- 2014
- Andreas Fransson, Swedish skier (b. 1983)
- 2014
- Stan Monteith, American surgeon and author (b. 1929)
- 2014
- Luis Nishizawa, Mexican painter and educator (b. 1918)
- 2014
- John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (b. 1921)
- 2014
- George Shuba, American baseball player (b. 1924)
- 2013
- Harold Agnew, American physicist and engineer (b. 1921)
- 2013
- Anton Benning, German lieutenant (b. 1918)
- 2013
- Pete T. Cenarrusa, American soldier, pilot, and politician, Secretary of State of Idaho (b. 1917)
- 2013
- Carl Joachim Classen, German scholar and academic (b. 1928)
- 2013
- L. C. Greenwood, American football player (b. 1946)
- 2013
- Bob Kurland, American basketball player and politician (b. 1924)
- 2012
- Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1942)
- 2012
- Neil Smith, Scottish geographer and academic (b. 1954)
- 2012
- Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American publisher (b. 1926)
- 2012
- Malcolm Wicks, English academic and politician (b. 1947)
- 2011
- Sylvia Robinson, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1936)
- 2010
- Tony Curtis, American actor (b. 1925)
- 2010
- Greg Giraldo, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1965)
- 2009
- Pavel Popovich, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)
- 2008
- Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic (b. 1921)
- 2007
- Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (b. 1927)
- 2007
- Yıldırım Aktuna, Turkish psychiatrist and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1930)
- 2006
- Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer and manager (b. 1915)
- 2006
- Michael A. Monsoor, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)
- 2006
- Louis-Albert Vachon, Canadian cardinal (b. 1912)
- 2005
- Patrick Caulfield, English painter and academic (b. 1936)
- 2005
- Austin Leslie, American chef and author (b. 1934)
- 2004
- Richard Sainct, French motorcycle racer (b. 1970)
- 2004
- Patrick Wormald, English historian (b. 1947)
- 2001
- Mabel Fairbanks, American figure skater and coach (b. 1915)
- 2001
- Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Vietnamese general and politician, 5th President of South Vietnam (b. 1923)
- 2000
- John Grant, English journalist and politician (b. 1932)
- 1999
- Jean-Louis Millette, Canadian actor (b. 1935)
- 1998
- Tom Bradley, American lieutenant and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1917)
- 1997
- Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
- 1993
- Gordon Douglas, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1907)
- 1989
- Gussie Busch, American businessman (b. 1899)
- 1989
- Georges Ulmer, Danish-French singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1919)
- 1988
- Charles Addams, American cartoonist (b. 1912)
- 1987
- Henry Ford II, American businessman (b. 1917)
- 1986
- Prince George Valdemar of Denmark (b. 1920)
- 1982
- Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach (b. 1912)
- 1981
- Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1913)
- 1975
- Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
- 1973
- W. H. Auden, English-American poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1907)
- 1970
- Edward Everett Horton, American actor (b. 1886)
- 1967
- Carson McCullers, American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (b. 1917)
- 1952
- John Cobb, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1899)
- 1951
- Thomas Cahill, American soccer player and coach (b. 1864)
- 1937
- Ray Ewry, American triple jumper (b. 1873)
- 1937
- Ernst Hoppenberg, German swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
- 1930
- Ilya Repin, Ukrainian-Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1844)
- 1928
- John Devoy, Irish-American Fenian rebel leader (b. 1842)
- 1927
- Arthur Achleitner, German journalist and author (b. 1858)
- 1927
- Willem Einthoven, Indonesian-Dutch physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
- 1925
- Léon Bourgeois, French police officer and politician, 64th Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1851)
- 1913
- Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the diesel engine (b. 1858)
- 1910
- Winslow Homer, American painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1836)
- 1908
- Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1839)
- 1902
- William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (b. 1825)
- 1902
- Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1840)
- 1900
- Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (b. 1814)
- 1889
- Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician (b. 1818)
- 1887
- Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (b. 1810)
- 1862
- William "Bull" Nelson, American general (b. 1824)
- 1833
- Ferdinand VII of Spain (b. 1784)
- 1804
- Michael Hillegas, American politician, 1st Treasurer of the United States (b. 1728)
- 1800
- Michael Denis, Austrian poet and author (b. 1729)
- 1703
- Charles de Saint-Évremond, French-English soldier, author, and critic (b. 1610)
- 1642
- René Goupil, French missionary and saint (b. 1608)
- 1642
- William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire (b. 1561)
- 1637
- Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino martyr and saint (b. 1600)
- 1634
- Henry Hyde, English politician and lawyer (b.c. 1563)
- 1622
- Conrad Vorstius, German-Dutch Remonstrant theologian (b. 1569)
- 1560
- Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1496)
- 1501
- Andrew Stewart, Scottish bishop (b. 1442)
- 1382
- 'Izz al-Din ibn Rukn al-Din Mahmud, malik of Sistan
- 1364
- Charles I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1319)
- 1360
- Joanna I of Auvergne, queen consort of France (b. 1326)
- 1304
- John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, English general (b. 1231)
- 1298
- Guido I da Montefeltro, Italian military strategist (b. 1223)
- 1225
- Arnaud Amalric, Papal legate who allegedly promoted mass murder
- 1186
- William of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre (b. c. 1130)
- 855
- Lothair I, Roman emperor (b. 795)
- 722
- Leudwinus, Frankish archbishop and saint (b. 660)
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