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September 29

September 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

2025
Illinois lottery winner uses numbers from old, forgotten ticket and wins $1 million in Powerball. An Illinois lottery player rediscovered an old, forgotten lottery ticket sitting in his drawer and decided to repurpose them for another Powerball drawing, winning a $1 million prize.
2024
Michigan woman skips vacation and wins $500,000 in the lottery instead. A Michigan woman decided to skip a weekend getaway, and as a result, was in the right place at the right time to win a $500,000 prize in the lottery.
2023
Florida winner of $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot steps forward to claim prize. The winner of the third-largest lottery jackpot in history, the $1.6 billion Mega Millions prize won by one single ticket in Florida last month, has stepped forward to claim the prize.
2022
Virginia man scoops $1 million in Pick 4 with 200 plays in one drawing. A last minute splurge led to the Virginia Lottery paying out $1 million to one player after his 200 identical plays matched the winning numbers in a single Pick 4 drawing.
2021
Michigan man found dead with winning lottery ticket in his wallet. A Michigan man who was found dead on a private beach never got the chance to cash his winning ticket worth $45,000.
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.$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.$367 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 2, 2018
5.$355 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2022
6.$325.4 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2022
7.$310.5 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2015
8.€279.59 Million
US$272.77 Million
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2022
9.$267 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2023
10.$258.4 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 30, 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.€163 Million
US$188.95 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2021
16.€162 Million
US$187.06 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 2, 2018
17.$170 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2009
18.$167 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2005
19.€147.98 Million
US$166.03 Million
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.€130 Million
US$145.83 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2016
24.€130 Million
US$137.62 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2023
25.€100 Million
US$137.44 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2010

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1995
Friday, Sep 29, 1995
30 years old
1994
Thursday, Sep 29, 1994
31 years old
1990
Saturday, Sep 29, 1990
35 years old
1987
Tuesday, Sep 29, 1987
38 years old
1983
Thursday, Sep 29, 1983
42 years old
1975
Monday, Sep 29, 1975
50 years old
1974
Sunday, Sep 29, 1974
51 years old
1971
Wednesday, Sep 29, 1971
54 years old
1970
Tuesday, Sep 29, 1970
55 years old
1969
Monday, Sep 29, 1969
56 years old
1967
Friday, Sep 29, 1967
58 years old
1965
Wednesday, Sep 29, 1965
60 years old
1963
Sunday, Sep 29, 1963
62 years old
1961
Friday, Sep 29, 1961
64 years old
1958
Monday, Sep 29, 1958
67 years old
1957
Sunday, Sep 29, 1957
68 years old
1956
Saturday, Sep 29, 1956
69 years old
1952
Monday, Sep 29, 1952
73 years old
1951
Saturday, Sep 29, 1951
74 years old
1950
Friday, Sep 29, 1950
75 years old
1948
Wednesday, Sep 29, 1948
77 years old
1937
Wednesday, Sep 29, 1937
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2019
Violence and low turnout mar the 2019 Afghan presidential election.
2016
Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducts "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 over 189 and injures hundreds.
2008
The stock market crashes after the first United States House of Representatives vote on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act fails during the beginning stages of the Great Recession.
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.
2005
John Roberts is confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States.
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 Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) is completed in Washington, D.C.
1990
The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
1990
The Tampere Hall, the largest concert and congress center in the Nordic countries, is inaugurated in Tampere, Finland.
1988
NASA launches STS-26, the first Space Shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster.
1981
An Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft crashes into a firing range near Kahrizak, Iran, killing 80 people.
1979
Equatorial Guinean dictator Francisco Macías Nguema is executed by soldiers from Western Sahara.
1975
WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.
1972
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.
1959
A Lockheed L-188 Electra crashes in Buffalo, Texas, killing 34 people.
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.
1941
During 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
Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia during the Chaco War.
1923
The Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
1923
The Mandate for Syria and Lebanon takes effect.
1923
The First American Track and Field championships for women are held.
1920
Ukrainian War of Independence: The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic agree to a truce with the Makhnovshchina.
1918
Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica ending its participation in World War I.
1918
The Hindenburg Line is broken by an Allied attack in World War I.
1918
Germany's Supreme Army Command tells Kaiser Wilhelm II and Imperial Chancellor Georg Michaelis to open negotiations for an armistice to end World War I.
1911
Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
1907
The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
1885
The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
1864
The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought in the American Civil War.
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.
1724
J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130 for the feast of archangel Michael, based on Paul Eber's hymn in twelve stanzas.
1717
An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.
1714
The Cossacks of the Russian Empire kill about 800 people overnight in Hailuoto during the Great Wrath.
1578
Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.
1567
During the French War of Religion, Protestant coup officials in Nîmes massacre Catholic priests in an event now known as the Michelade.
1364
During the Hundred Years' War, Anglo-Breton forces defeat the Franco-Breton army 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 during the Investiture Controversy.
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.

Births On This Day

2000
Jaden McDaniels, American basketball player
1999
Choi Ye-na, South Korean singer and dancer
1998
Vera Lapko, Belarusian tennis player
1995
Sasha Lane, American actress
1994
Halsey, American singer
1994
Hamdy Fathy, Egyptian footballer
1994
Nicholas Galitzine, English actor
1993
Nathan Buddle, English footballer
1991
Souleymane Doukara, French footballer
1991
Nathan Modest, English footballer
1990
Doug Brochu, American voice actor
1990
Jordan Schroeder, American ice hockey player
1989
Shyima Hall, Egyptian human rights activist
1989
Aaron Martin, English footballer
1988
Samuel Di Carmine, Italian footballer
1988
Kevin Durant, American basketball player
1987
Josh Farro, American musician
1986
Jerome Jordan, Jamaican basketball player
1986
Inika McPherson, American track and field athlete
1985
Calvin Johnson, American football player
1985
Michelle Payne, Australian jockey
1984
Per Mertesacker, German footballer
1983
Ryan Garry, English footballer and coach
1982
Adrian Moody, English footballer
1981
Kelly McCreary, American actress
1981
Matt Piper, English footballer and coach
1981
Suzanne Shaw, English actress and singer
1980
Dallas Green, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980
Zachary Levi, American actor and singer
1980
Chrissy Metz, American actress
1978
Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978
Neville Roach, English footballer
1978
Nathan West, American actor, musician, and singer
1977
Heath Bell, American baseball player
1976
Darren Byfield, English-Jamaican footballer
1976
Kelvin Davis, English footballer
1975
Stephanie Klein, American author
1974
Alexis Cruz, American actor
1974
Dedric Ward, American football wide receiver
1973
Alfie Boe, English tenor and actor
1972
Jörgen Jönsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1972
Robert Webb, English comedian, actor and writer
1971
Joanna Brooks, American author and professor
1971
Ray Buchanan, American football player
1971
Mackenzie Crook, English actor and screenwriter
1971
Theodore Shapiro, American composer
1970
Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress
1970
Khushbu Sundar, Indian actress, producer, and politician
1970
Emily Lloyd, English actress
1970
Russell Peters, Canadian comedian, actor, and producer
1970
Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese wrestler
1969
Erika Eleniak, American model and actress
1969
Robert Kurzban, American author and professor
1969
Carlos Watson, American entrepreneur, journalist and television host
1968
Darius de Haas, American stage actor and singer
1968
Luke Goss, English actor
1968
Adam Segal, American cybersecurity expert
1967
Sara Sankey, English badminton player
1967
Brett Anderson, English singer and songwriter
1966
Hersey Hawkins, American basketball player and coach
1966
Ben Miles, English actor
1966
Bujar Nishani, Albanian politician, 7th President of Albania (died 2022)
1966
Ken Norton Jr., American football player and coach
1966
Jill Whelan, American actress
1965
Suzanne Kamata, American author and educator
1965
Robert F. Worth, American journalist
1964
PJ Manney, American writer
1963
Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player
1963
Les Claypool, American bass player, singer, songwriter, and producer
1963
Francis Jue, American actor and singer
1962
Roger Bart, American actor
1961
Mohammed Dahlan, Palestinian politician
1961
Julia Gillard, Welsh-Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Australia
1960
Steve Burke, English footballer
1960
Rob Deer, American baseball player
1960
John Paxson, American basketball player and executive
1959
Jon Fosse, Norwegian author and dramatist
1959
Marissa Moss, American author
1959
Raf, Italian singer-songwriter
1958
Pete Fromm, American author
1958
Andy Straka, American author
1958
Karen Young, American actress
1957
Chris Broad, English cricketer and referee
1957
Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor
1957
Uwe Foullong, German politician
1957
Joel Gallen, American director, producer and screenwriter
1957
Mark Nicholas, English cricketer and sportscaster
1956
Susanne Antonetta, American poet and author
1956
Sebastian Coe, English sprinter and politician
1956
Suzzy Roche, American singer-songwriter and actress
1955
Ann Bancroft, American explorer and author
1955
Joe Donnelly, American politician and lawyer
1955
Gwen Ifill, American journalist (died 2016)
1954
Marshall Holman, American bowler and sportscaster
1954
Harry E. Johnson, American lawyer and public servant
1954
Geoffrey Marcy, American astronomer
1954
Mark Mitchell, Australian actor
1954
Cindy Morgan, American actress (died 2023)
1953
Mona Baker, Egyptian-British professor
1953
Drake Hogestyn, American actor (died 2024)
1953
Janis F. Kearney, American author, lecturer and publisher
1952
Roy Campbell, Jr., American trumpet player (died 2014)
1952
Pete Hautman, American author
1952
Max Sandlin, American lawyer, judge, and politician
1951
Michelle Bachelet, Chilean politician, President of Chile
1951
Pier Luigi Bersani, Italian educator and politician, 6th President of Emilia-Romagna
1951
Roslyn Schwartz, Canadian author
1951
Mike Enriquez, Filipino television and radio newscaster (died 2023)
1950
Merle Collins, Grenadian poet and short story writer
1949
George Dalaras, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949
Douglas Frantz, American investigative journalist and author
1948
Mark Farner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948
Bryant Gumbel, American journalist and sportscaster
1948
Theo Jörgensmann, German clarinet player and composer
1948
John M. McHugh, American politician
1947
Richard J. Evans, British historian
1947
Ülo Kaevats, Estonian philosopher, academic, and politician (died 2015)
1947
S. H. Kapadia, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India (died 2016)
1946
Patricia Hodge, English actress
1946
Arturo Lindsay, Panamanian-American artist
1945
Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer and poet
1945
Lella Cuberli, American soprano
1944
Isla Blair, British actress and singer
1944
Mike Post, American composer and producer
1943
Juan Flores, American academic and professor (died 2014)
1943
Lech Wałęsa, Polish electrician and politician, 2nd President of Poland, Nobel Prize laureate
1942
Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist (died 2019)
1942
Madeline Kahn, American actress and singer (died 1999)
1942
Ian McShane, English actor
1942
Bill Nelson, American politician
1942
Jean-Luc Ponty, French violinist and composer
1942
Janet Powell, Australian educator and politician (died 2013)
1942
Steve Tesich, Serbian-American screenwriter and playwright (died 1996)
1941
Oscar H. Ibarra, Filipino-American theoretical computer scientist
1941
Jon Brower Minnoch, famous for being the world's heaviest person recorded (died 1983)
1941
Robert Lieber, American writer and academic
1940
Billy Cobb, English footballer
1939
Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (died 2001)
1939
Larry Linville, American actor (died 2000)
1939
Rhodri Morgan, Welsh politician, 2nd First Minister of Wales (died 2017)
1938
Wim Kok, Dutch union leader and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2018)
1938
Michael Stürmer, German historian
1937
Kōichirō Matsuura, Japanese diplomat
1937
Tom McKeown, American poet and educator
1936
Silvio Berlusconi, Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (died 2023)
1936
James Fogle, American author (died 2012)
1936
Hal Trosky, Jr., American baseball player (died 2012)
1935
Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2022)
1935
Carmen Delgado Votaw, Puerto Rican civil rights pioneer (died 2017)
1934
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Hungarian-American psychologist and academic (died 2021)
1934
Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author and screenwriter (died 2009)
1933
Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (died 1986)
1933
Mars Rafikov, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut (died 2000)
1932
Robert Benton, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025)
1932
Mehmood, Indian actor, singer, director and producer (died 2004)
1931
James Cronin, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
1931
Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (died 2015)
1931
Joseph M. McDade, American politician (died 2017)
1930
Richard Bonynge, Australian pianist and conductor
1930
Colin Dexter, English author and educator (died 2017)
1928
Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (died 2016)
1928
Brajesh Mishra, Indian politician and diplomat, 1st Indian National Security Advisor (died 2012)
1928
Jeffrey O'Connell, American legal expert, professor, and attorney (died 2013)
1927
Pete McCloskey, American politician (died 2024)
1927
Barbara Mertz, American historian and author (died 2013)
1927
Cid Moreira, Brazilian journalist and television anchor (died 2024)
1926
Chuck Cooper, American basketball player (died 1984)
1926
Pete Elliott, American football player and coach (died 2013)
1925
Steve Forrest, American actor (died 2013)
1925
Paul MacCready, American engineer, founded AeroVironment (died 2007)
1923
Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator (died 2005)
1923
Bum Phillips, American football player and coach (died 2013)
1922
Reed Irvine, American economist and activist (died 2004)
1922
Lizabeth Scott, American actress (died 2015)
1921
James Cross, Irish-British diplomat (died 2021)
1921
John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (died 2014)
1920
Peter D. Mitchell, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1992)
1919
Bill Proud, English cricketer (died 1961)
1918
Billy Bevis, English footballer (died 1994)
1916
Carl Giles, English cartoonist (died 1995)
1916
Josef Traxel, German operatic tenor (died 1975)
1915
Vincent DeDomenico, American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (died 2007)
1915
Oscar Handlin, American historian and academic (died 2011)
1915
Brenda Marshall, American actress (died 1992)
1914
Olive Dehn, English author and poet (died 2007)
1913
Trevor Howard, English actor (died 1988)
1913
Stanley Kramer, American director and producer (died 2001)
1913
Rutherford Ness Robertson, Australian botanist and biologist (died 2001)
1912
Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2007)
1911
Charles Court, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Western Australia (died 2007)
1911
Reginald Victor Jones, British physicist and scientific military intelligence expert (died 1997)
1910
Bill Boyd, American singer and guitarist (died 1977)
1910
Diosdado Macapagal, Philippine politician, 9th President of the Philippines (died 1997)
1909
Virginia Bruce, American actress (died 1982)
1908
Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator (died 1967)
1907
Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and businessman (died 1998)
1907
George W. Jenkins, American businessman, founded Publix (died 1996)
1906
Henry Nash Smith, American academic (died 1986)
1905
Fidel LaBarba, American boxer and sportswriter (died 1981)
1904
Greer Garson, English-American actress (died 1996)
1904
Michał Waszyński, Polish film director and producer (died 1965)
1903
Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican lawyer and civilian politician, 46th President of Mexico (died 1983)
1903
Diana Vreeland, American journalist (died 1989)
1901
Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet, philosopher, and activist (died 1981)
1901
Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954)
1899
László Bíró, Hungarian-Argentinian journalist and inventor, invented the ballpoint pen (died 1985)
1899
Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded Butlins (died 1980)
1898
Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (died 1976)
1897
Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (died 1980)
1895
Clarence Ashley, American singer, guitarist, and banjo player (died 1967)
1895
Joseph Banks Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist (died 1980)
1895
Roscoe Turner, American pilot (died 1970)
1891
Ian Fairweather, Scottish-Australian painter (died 1974)
1882
Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (died 1937)
1881
Ludwig von Mises, Austrian-American economist, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1973)
1866
Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Ukrainian historian, academic, and politician (died 1934)
1864
Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher and author (died 1936)
1863
Ludwig Holborn, German physicist (died 1926)
1863
Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1919)
1853
Luther D. Bradley, American cartoonist (died 1917)
1844
Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 10th President of Argentina (died 1909)
1844
Edward Pulsford, English-Australian politician and free-trade campaigner (died 1919)
1843
Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general (died 1882)
1832
Joachim Oppenheim, Czech rabbi and author (died 1891)
1832
Miguel Miramón, Unconstitutional president of Mexico (died 1867)
1812
Adolph Göpel, German mathematician (died 1847)
1810
Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (died 1865)
1808
Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (died 1868)
1803
Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and theorist (died 1850)
1786
Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general and politician (died 1843)
1766
Charlotte, Princess Royal of England (died 1828)
1758
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (died 1805)
1725
Robert Clive, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire (died 1774)
1703
François Boucher, French painter and set designer (died 1770)
1691
Richard Challoner, English bishop (died 1781)
1673
Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, French flute player and composer (died 1763)
1640
Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor and educator (died 1720)
1639
William Russell, Lord Russell, English politician (died 1683)
1636
Thomas Tenison, English archbishop (died 1715)
1602
Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, English military leader (died 1668)
1574
Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, Scottish nobleman and politician (died 1624)
1561
Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish priest and mathematician (died 1615)
1548
William V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1626)
1547
Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (died 1616)
1527
John Lesley, Scottish bishop (died 1596)
1511
Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, cartographer, and theologian (died 1553)
1402
Ferdinand the Holy Prince of Portugal (died 1443)
1240
Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scots (died 1275)
106 BC
Pompey, Roman general and politician (died 48 BC)

Deaths On This Day

2024
Ozzie Virgil Sr., Dominican baseball player and coach (born 1932)
2022
Kathleen Booth, British computer scientist and mathematician (born 1922)
2022
Akissi Kouamé, Ivorian army officer (born 1955)
2020
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti Emir (born 1929)
2020
Helen Reddy, Australian-American singer, actress, and activist (born 1941)
2019
Martin Bernheimer, German-American music critic (born 1936)
2018
Otis Rush, American blues guitarist and singer (born 1934)
2017
Tom Alter, Indian actor (born 1950)
2016
Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipina politician (born 1945)
2015
Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (born 1932)
2015
Hellmuth Karasek, Czech-German journalist, author, and critic (born 1934)
2015
Phil Woods, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1931)
2014
Mary Cadogan, English author (born 1928)
2014
John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (born 1921)
2013
Harold Agnew, American physicist and engineer (born 1921)
2013
S. N. Goenka, Indian teacher of Vipassanā meditation (born 1924)
2013
Marcella Hazan, Italian cooking writer (born 1924)
2012
Neil Smith, Scottish geographer and academic (born 1954)
2012
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American publisher (born 1926)
2012
Malcolm Wicks, English academic and politician (born 1947)
2011
Sylvia Robinson, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1936)
2010
Tony Curtis, American actor (born 1925)
2010
Greg Giraldo, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1965)
2008
Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic (born 1921)
2007
Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (born 1927)
2007
Katsuko Saruhashi, Japanese geochemist (born 1920)
2006
Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer and manager (born 1915)
2006
Michael A. Monsoor, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1981)
2006
Louis-Albert Vachon, Canadian cardinal (born 1912)
2005
Patrick Caulfield, English painter and academic (born 1936)
2005
Austin Leslie, American chef and author (born 1934)
2004
Richard Sainct, French motorcycle racer (born 1970)
2004
Patrick Wormald, English historian (born 1947)
2001
Mabel Fairbanks, American figure skater and coach (born 1915)
2001
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, South Vietnamese military officer and politician, 2nd President of South Vietnam (born 1923)
2000
John Grant, English journalist and politician (born 1932)
1999
Edward William O'Rourke, American bishop (born 1917)
1998
Tom Bradley, American lieutenant and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (born 1917)
1998
C. David Marsden, British neurologist (born 1938)
1998
Bruno Munari, Italian artist, designer, and inventor (born 1907)
1997
Sven-Eric Johanson, Swedish composer and organist (born 1919)
1997
Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and sculptor (born 1923)
1997
Edith Ballinger Price, American writer and illustrator (born 1897)
1996
Shūsaku Endō, Japanese author (born 1923)
1995
Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American atheist and activist (born 1919)
1993
Gordon Douglas, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1907)
1992
Jean Aurenche, French screenwriter (born 1904)
1992
William H. Sebrell Jr., American nutritionist, 7th Director of the National Institutes of Health (born 1901)
1992
Don West, American writer, poet, educator, trade union organizer and civil-rights activist (born 1906)
1991
Grace Zaring Stone, American novelist and short-story writer (born 1891)
1989
Gussie Busch, American businessman (born 1899)
1989
Georges Ulmer, Danish-French singer-songwriter and actor (born 1919)
1988
Charles Addams, American cartoonist (born 1912)
1987
Henry Ford II, American businessman (born 1917)
1984
Geater Davis, American singer and songwriter (born 1946)
1984
Hal Porter, Australian novelist, playwright and poet (born 1911)
1983
Alan Moorehead, Australian war correspondent and author (born 1910)
1982
A. L. Lloyd, English folk singer (born 1908)
1982
Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach (born 1912)
1981
Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1913)
1981
Frances Yates, English historian (born 1899)
1980
Harold Alexander Abramson, American physician (born 1889)
1979
Francisco Macías Nguema, Equatoguinean politician, 1st President of Equatorial Guinea (born 1924)
1979
Ivan Wyschnegradsky, Russian composer (born 1893)
1977
Robert McKimson, American animator and illustrator (born 1910)
1977
Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian-American composer and pianist (born 1899)
1975
Gladys Skelton, Australian-British poet, novelist and playwright (born 1885)
1975
Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (born 1890)
1973
W. H. Auden, English-American poet, playwright, and critic (born 1907)
1972
Kathleen Clarke, Irish politician and activist (born 1878)
1970
Edward Everett Horton, American actor (born 1886)
1970
Gilbert Seldes, American writer and cultural critic (born 1893)
1967
Carson McCullers, American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (born 1917)
1966
Bernard Gimbel, American businessman (born 1885)
1960
John Baillie, Scottish theologian (born 1886)
1960
Vladimir Dimitrov, Bulgarian artist (born 1882)
1960
John Goodwin, British soldier and medical practitioner, 14th Governor of Queensland (born 1871)
1959
Bruce Bairnsfather, British humorist and cartoonist (born 1887)
1958
Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer (born 1893)
1956
Anastasio Somoza García, Nicaraguan politician, 21st President of Nicaragua (born 1896)
1955
Louis Leon Thurstone, American psychologist (born 1887)
1955
Hubert Maitland Turnbull, British pathologist (born 1875)
1953
Ernst Reuter, German politician (born 1889)
1952
John Cobb, English race car driver and pilot (born 1899)
1952
C. H. Douglas, British engineer (born 1879)
1951
Thomas Cahill, American soccer player and coach (born 1864)
1949
Rosa Olitzka, German-American contralto singer (born 1873)
1944
Douglas Crawford McMurtrie, American typeface designer, graphic designer, historian and author (born 1888)
1937
Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková, Czech botanist and zoologist (born 1877)
1937
Ray Ewry, American triple jumper (born 1873)
1935
Winifred Holtby, English novelist and journalist (born 1898)
1933
Jean-François Delmas, French bass-baritone (born 1861)
1931
William Orpen, Irish artist (born 1878)
1930
Ilya Repin, Ukrainian-Russian painter and illustrator (born 1844)
1928
John Devoy, Irish-American Fenian rebel leader (born 1842)
1928
Ernst Steinitz, German mathematician (born 1871)
1927
Arthur Achleitner, German journalist and author (born 1858)
1927
Willem Einthoven, Indonesian-Dutch physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)
1925
Léon Bourgeois, French police officer and politician, 64th Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1851)
1925
Runar Schildt, Finnish author (born 1888)
1923
Walther Penck, German geologist and geomorphologist (born 1888)
1919
Edward Pulsford, English-Australian politician and free-trade campaigner (born 1844)
1918
Lawrence Weathers, Australian soldier (born 1890).
1915
Luther Orlando Emerson, American musician, composer and music publisher (born 1820)
1915
Rudi Stephan, German composer (born 1887)
1913
Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the diesel engine (born 1858)
1913
John F. Lacey, American politician (born 1841)
1910
Rebecca Harding Davis, American author and journalist (born 1831)
1910
Winslow Homer, American painter, illustrator, and engraver (born 1836)
1908
Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (born 1839)
1905
Alexander Hay Japp, Scottish author, journalist and publisher (born 1836)
1904
Alfred Nehring, German zoologist and paleontologist (born 1845)
1902
William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (born 1825)
1902
Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (born 1840)
1900
Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (born 1814)
1898
Thomas F. Bayard, American lawyer, politician and diplomat (born 1828)
1889
Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician (born 1818)
1887
Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (born 1810)
1867
Sterling Price, American major general and politician (born 1809)
1862
William "Bull" Nelson, American general (born 1824)
1861
Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Polish composer and pianist (born 1829 or 1834)
1850
David Keith Ballow, Scottish-Australian doctor (born 1804)
1833
Ferdinand VII of Spain (born 1784)
1804
Michael Hillegas, American politician, 1st Treasurer of the United States (born 1728)
1800
Michael Denis, Austrian poet and author (born 1729)
1715
George Haliburton, Scottish bishop (born 1635)
1642
René Goupil, French missionary and saint (born 1608)
1642
William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire (born 1561)
1637
Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino martyr and saint (born 1600)
1560
Gustav I of Sweden (born 1496)
1501
Andrew Stewart, Scottish bishop (born 1442)
1382
Izz al-Din ibn Rukn al-Din Mahmud, malik of Sistan
1364
Charles I, Duke of Brittany (born 1319)
1304
John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, English general (born 1231)
1298
Guido I da Montefeltro, Italian military strategist (born 1223)
1225
Arnaud Amalric, Papal legate who allegedly promoted mass murder
1186
William of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre (born 1130)
855
Lothair I, Carolingian emperor (born 795)
722
Leudwinus, Frankish archbishop and saint (born 660)
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