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September 3

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September 3

September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 119 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Maryland "Tank" carves out a $1 million lottery win with pocket knife. A Maryland man won a "tank" of a lottery prize using his trusty pocket knife to carve out a $1 million win from his scratch-off ticket.
2024: Ohio woman buys same lottery ticket as customer in front of her, wins $500,000 prize. An Ohio woman told the man in front of her while waiting in line that she was going to buy the same lottery ticket as him and ended up winning a $500,000 top prize.
2021: Delicious cheeseburger nets North Carolina man a $1 million lottery prize. A tasty meal came with a scrumptious surprise worth a mouthwatering $1 million when a North Carolina player treated himself and his best friend to lunch on Wednesday.
2020: SC Lottery claim center closed after exposure to COVID-19. The South Carolina Education Lottery's Columbia claim center on Assembly Street closed yesterday, Wed., Sept. 2 after an employee was exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19.
2015: Ohio Lottery to conduct review of operations. A state request for proposals issued on Aug. 24 seeks a consultant to conduct a comprehensive review of the Ohio Lottery and recommend ways to contain costs and maximize profits, which largely are routed to public schools.
2014: Arkansas Lottery recoups $1M in unpaid taxes, child support. Thanks to an often-forgotten provision of the Arkansas Code, the Arkansas Lottery has benefited state operations by recouping nearly $1 million in unpaid taxes and child support payments.
2010: Mobile gambling to surpass $48 billion by 2015, report says. A new report published today by Juniper Research has found that a combination of mobile casino, lottery and betting service launches in major emerging markets led by China allied to liberalization of remote gambling legislation across the US and Europe will see the scale of annual wagers on mobile gambling exceed $48 billion by 2015.
2010: New lottery game marks Kansas' 150th birthday. The state's anti-gambling founders probably wouldn't have approved, but Kansas unveiled a new lottery game Friday to get a jump on celebrating its 150th birthday.
2008: N.Y. Lottery launches record-breaking scratch game. New Yorkers: get ready for the state lottery's biggest scratchoff prize ever -- and the most expensive scratch game in state history.
2008: Powerball lottery jackpot up to $81M for Wed.. Because there was no jackpot winner in Saturday's Powerball drawing, the jackpot grew to an estimated $81 million, with a cash option for the Wednesday drawing of an estimated $40.5 million.
2007: Maryland Mega winner believes in magic. Two months ago, when a tarot card told Ellwood "Bunky" Bartlett that he should slow down and focus on his spirituality, Bartlett let out an exasperated yelp. The only way that was going to happen, he thought at the time, was if he won the lottery.
2005: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $150 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $150 million this morning, when no tickets in Friday's drawing won the jackpot.
2004: Lottery winner retrieves stolen ticket. It was indeed a lucky day for a Washington, D.C. man who bought a winning $25,000 lottery ticket, had it stolen and got it back within a two-hour span.
2004: Tenn. Lottery produces $110 million in scholarships. Tennessee education officials took in early returns on the state's lottery scholarship program and began looking at ways it could be massaged in future years.
2004: Third suit filed against Powerball lottery winner. Equine Protection of North America director Ron Levesque has become the third party to file suit against the group's co-founder and Powerball lottery winner Mary Ellen Sanderson.
2004: Canadian woodworker carves out lottery win. Andre Leveille watched Wednesday night as, one after another, the numbers on the television screen matched those on a Lotto 6/49 ticket he bought at a gas station in Mascouche.
2003: Tennessee Rejects Lottery Deal with Georgia. The Tennessee lottery board decided unanimously this afternoon to reject a partnership with the Georgia lottery - perhaps delaying the startup of games in Tennessee until March.
2003: Is Georgia too much on their minds?. Tennessee's new lottery board appears to be rushing headlong into a partnership with Georgia, and someone needs to slow the train down so the public can have a better view of where it is headed.
2003: Merchants: Not enough terminals for N.D. lottery. Many North Dakota merchants, who are hoping a new state lottery will draw more customers, are fretting there won't be enough ticket terminals to go around -- and state officials say they're right.
2003: Pembroke Pines man has mom to thank for the jackpot winnings. A Pembroke Pines man who originally thought he had won just $4.50 on a Florida Lotto ticket, yesterday redeemed the jackpot winning ticket from the Aug. 23 drawing.
2003: Mass. Lottery Extends Keno Hours. The Massachusetts Lottery has announced a pilot program to add 22 additional hours of Keno each week.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.44 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2025
2.$681 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2024
3.$437.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 4, 2023
4.$366 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 4, 2021
5.$336 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 5, 2025
6.$323 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2021
7.€265.01 Million US$263.77 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2022
8.$191 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2022
9.€126 Million US$177.08 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2011
10.$170 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2016
11.$169 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 4, 2013
12.$167 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 4, 2018
13.€114 Million
US$162.61 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 5, 2008
14.$150.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2022
15.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2005
16.€133.66 Million
US$149.1 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2016
17.€131 Million
US$144.7 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2024
18.€127 Million
US$139.18 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2019
19.$133 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 5, 2015
20.$127 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2019
21.$102 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2006
22.$101 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2016
22.$101 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 5, 2023
24.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2014
24.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 5, 2018

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1988: finesser
Saturday, Sep 3, 1988
37 years old
1984: Remy574
Monday, Sep 3, 1984
41 years old
1982: ShaQuanda82
Friday, Sep 3, 1982
43 years old
1976: pickmaster311
Friday, Sep 3, 1976
49 years old
1975: kariz69
Wednesday, Sep 3, 1975
50 years old
1974: Ulysees
Tuesday, Sep 3, 1974
51 years old
1971: Viki00
Friday, Sep 3, 1971
54 years old
1970: amobley89
Thursday, Sep 3, 1970
55 years old
1968: QuickDrawDude
Tuesday, Sep 3, 1968
57 years old
1963: booboo93
Tuesday, Sep 3, 1963
62 years old
1962: Needachange23
Monday, Sep 3, 1962
63 years old
1958: shacky258
Wednesday, Sep 3, 1958
67 years old
1954: jbaht
Friday, Sep 3, 1954
71 years old
1951: zappa44
Monday, Sep 3, 1951
74 years old
1950: deja vu
Sunday, Sep 3, 1950
75 years old
1941: OmaJudy41
Wednesday, Sep 3, 1941
84 years old
: DPILOT
(year not provided)
: ladyvirgo
(year not provided)
: Morningstar!
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2017: North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
2016: The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement.
2010: After taking off from Dubai International Airport, UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold and crashes near Nad Al Sheba, killing both crew members on board.
2004: Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.
2001: In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls.
1997: Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
1989: Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046 crashes into a residential area of Havana shortly after takeoff from José Martí International Airport, killing 150.
1989: Varig Flight 254 crashes in the Amazon rainforest near São José do Xingu in Brazil, killing 12.
1987: In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
1981: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations.
1978: During the Rhodesian Bush War a group of ZIPRA guerrillas shot down civilian Vickers Viscount aircraft (Air Rhodesia Flight 825) with a Soviet-made SAM Strela-2; of 56 passengers and crew 38 people died in crash, 10 were massacred by the guerrillas at the site.
1976: Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
1971: Qatar becomes an independent state.
1967: Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
1954: The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
1950: "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
1945: A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
1944: Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
1943: World War II: British and Canadian troops land on the Italian mainland. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano sign the Armistice of Cassibile, although it is not announced for another five days.
1942: World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).
1941: The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
1939: World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allied nations. The Viceroy of India also declares war, but without consulting the provincial legislatures.
1939: World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.
1935: Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph.
1933: Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).
1925: USS Shenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.
1916: World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
1914: William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
1914: French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
1914: World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
1911: A fire that started on Fraser's Million Dollar Pier destroys six to eight square blocks of Ocean Park, California.
1895: John Brallier becomes the first openly paid professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
1879: Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
1878: Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
1875: The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
1870: Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
1861: American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
1855: American Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children.
1843: King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens.
1838: Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
1812: Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.
1798: The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize.
1783: American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1777: American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
1666: The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London.
1658: The death of Oliver Cromwell; Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England.
1651: The Battle of Worcester is the last significant action in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
1650: Victory over the royalists in the Battle of Dunbar opens the way to Edinburgh for the New Model Army in the Third English Civil War.
1411: The Treaty of Selymbria is concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice.
1335: At the congress of Visegrád Charles I of Hungary mediates a reconciliation between two neighboring monarchs, John of Bohemia and Casimir III of Poland.
1260: The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.
1189: Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.
863: Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid.
673: King Wamba of the Visigoths puts down a revolt by Hilderic, governor of Nîmes (France) and rival for the throne.
590: Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great).
301: San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
36 BC: In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.

Births On This Day

2010: Tanitoluwa Adewumi, Nigerian-American chess player
2003: Jack Dylan Grazer, American actor
2001: Kaia Gerber, American model and actress
2000: Brandon Williams, English footballer
1998: Oskar Seuntjens, Belgian politician
1997: Andrew Austin, Irish cricketer
1997: Sulayman Bojang, Norwegian footballer
1997: Reniece Boyce, West Indian cricketer
1997: Carter Kieboom, American baseball player
1997: Petar Krstić, Macedonian footballer
1997: Salome Pazhava, Georgian rhythmic gymnast
1997: Devin Singletary, American football player
1997: Bernard Tekpetey, Ghanaian footballer
1997: Christopher Udeh, Nigerian footballer
1996: Joy, South Korean idol and actress
1996: Adama Barro, Burkinabé footballer
1996: Abrahm DeVine, American swimmer
1996: Veronika Domjan, Slovenian athlete
1996: William Eskelinen, Swedish footballer
1996: Dwayne Green, Dutch footballer
1996: D. J. Hogg, American basketball player
1996: Nanda Kyaw, Burmese footballer
1996: Florian Maitre, French cyclist
1996: Callum Moore, Australian footballer
1996: Neilson Powless, American cyclist
1996: Osgar O'Hoisin, Irish tennis player
1996: Zhang Tingting, Chinese handball player
1996: Brad Walsh, Australian footballer
1996: Yoane Wissa, French footballer
1995: Myles Jack, American football player
1995: Niklas Süle, German footballer
1994: Francis Molo, New Zealand rugby league player
1994: Glen Rea, English-Irish footballer
1993: Lee So-jung, South Korean singer
1993: Dominic Thiem, Austrian tennis player
1993: Lee Seong-jong, South Korean singer
1992: August Alsina, American singer-songwriter
1992: Sakshi Malik, Indian wrestler
1990: Mohammad Shami, Indian cricketer
1988: Jérôme Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer
1988: Hana Makhmalbaf, Iranian director and producer
1987: Allie, Canadian wrestler
1987: Modibo Maïga, Malian footballer
1987: Dawid Malan, English cricketer
1987: James Neal, Canadian ice hockey player
1986: Shaun White, American snowboarder, skateboarder, and guitarist
1986: OMI, Jamaican singer
1985: Scott Carson, English footballer
1985: Kelvin Wilson, English footballer
1984: Mason Crosby, American football player
1984: Garrett Hedlund, American actor
1984: T. J. Perkins, Filipino-American wrestler
1983: Augusto Farfus, Brazilian race car driver
1983: Nicky Hunt, English footballer
1983: Marcus McCauley, American football player
1983: Valdas Vasylius, Lithuanian basketball player
1982: Sarah Burke, Canadian skier (died 2012)
1982: Andrew McMahon, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1982: Kaori Natori, Japanese singer
1982: Tiago Rannow, Brazilian footballer
1982: Chris Wilcox, American basketball player
1981: Fearne Cotton, English television and radio presenter
1980: B.G., American rapper and actor
1980: Daniel Bilos, Argentine footballer
1980: Cindy Burger, Dutch footballer
1980: Jason McCaslin, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1979: Júlio César, Brazilian footballer
1979: Tomo Miličević, Bosnian-American guitarist
1978: Terje Bakken, Norwegian singer-songwriter (died 2004)
1978: John Curtis, English footballer
1978: Nichole Hiltz, American actress
1978: Michal Rozsíval, Czech ice hockey player
1978: Nick Wechsler, American actor
1977: Casey Hampton, American football player
1977: Rui Marques, Angolan footballer
1977: Olof Mellberg, Swedish footballer
1977: Nate Robertson, American baseball player
1976: Valery V. Afanasyev, Russian ice hockey player and coach
1976: Ashley Jones, American actress
1976: Jevon Kearse, American football player
1976: Raheem Morris, American football player and coach
1975: Daniel Chan, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
1975: Cristobal Huet, French ice hockey player
1975: Redfoo, American singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer
1974: Martin Gerber, Swiss ice hockey player
1974: Clare Kramer, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1974: Rahul Sanghvi, Indian cricketer
1973: Jennifer Paige, American singer
1973: Damon Stoudamire, American basketball player and coach
1972: Christine Boudrias, Canadian speed skater
1972: Bob Evans, American wrestler and trainer
1972: Robbie O'Davis, Australian rugby league player
1972: Martin Straka, Czech ice hockey player
1971: Kiran Desai, Indian-American author
1971: Glen Housman, Australian swimmer
1971: Chabeli Iglesias, Portuguese-Spanish journalist
1971: Paolo Montero, Uruguayan footballer and manager
1970: Jeremy Glick, American businessman (died 2001)
1970: George Lynch, American basketball player and coach
1970: Gareth Southgate, English footballer and manager
1969: Noah Baumbach, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1969: John Fugelsang, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
1969: Robert Karlsson, Swedish golfer
1969: Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (died 2004)
1969: Matthew Offord, English journalist and politician
1969: John Picacio, American artist
1968: Grace Poe, Filipino educator and politician
1967: Chris Gatling, American basketball player
1967: Luis Gonzalez, American baseball player
1966: Steven Johnson Leyba, American painter and author
1966: Vladimir Ryzhkov, Russian historian and politician
1965: Rachel Johnson, British journalist
1965: Vaden Todd Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965: Costas Mandylor, Australian actor
1965: Charlie Sheen, American actor and producer
1964: Adam Curry, American-Dutch businessman and television host, co-founded mevio
1964: Spike Feresten, American screenwriter and producer
1964: Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer-songwriter, guitarist and naat khawan (died 2016)
1964: Holt McCallany, American actor
1963: Sam Adams, American politician, 51st Mayor of Portland
1963: Mubarak Ghanim, Emirati footballer
1963: Malcolm Gladwell, Canadian journalist, essayist, and critic
1962: David De Roure, English computer scientist and academic
1961: Andy Griffiths, Australian author
1960: Nick Gibb, English accountant and politician
1957: Garth Ancier, American businessman
1957: Earl Cureton, American basketball player and coach (died 2024)
1957: Steve Schirripa, American actor and producer
1957: Sadhguru, Indian yogi, mystic
1957: Ivan Šramko, Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia
1956: Jishu Dasgupta, Indian actor and director (died 2012)
1956: Pat McGeown, Irish republican activist (died 1996)
1956: Stephen Woolley, English director and producer
1955: Steve Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954: Jaak Uudmäe, Estonian triple jumper and coach
1953: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French director, producer, and screenwriter
1953: George Peponis, Greek-Australian rugby league player and physician
1952: Shakti Kapoor, Indian actor
1951: Denys Hobson, South African cricketer
1951: D. Rolland Jennings, American politician
1950: Doug Pinnick, American rock singer-songwriter and bass player
1949: José Pékerman, Argentine footballer, coach, and manager
1949: Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (died 2004)
1948: Don Brewer, American drummer and singer-songwriter
1948: Lyudmila Karachkina, Ukrainian astronomer
1948: Fotis Kouvelis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice
1948: Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Zambia (died 2008)
1947: Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian minister and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Norway
1947: Michael Connarty, Scottish educator and politician
1947: Mario Draghi, Italian banker and economist
1947: Gérard Houllier, French footballer and coach (died 2020)
1947: Susan Milan, English flute player and composer
1945: George Biondo, American bass player and songwriter
1945: Peter Goddard, English physicist and mathematician
1945: Martha Saxton, American Historian (died 2023)
1944: Geoff Arnold, English cricketer and coach
1944: Ray Groom, Australian footballer, lawyer, and politician, 39th Premier of Tasmania
1943: Valerie Perrine, American model and actress
1942: Al Jardine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941: Sergei Dovlatov, Russian-American journalist and author (died 1990)
1940: Frank Duffy, English architect
1940: Pauline Collins, English actress
1940: Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author (died 2015)
1940: Brian Lochore, New Zealand rugby player and coach (died 2019)
1938: Liliane Ackermann, French microbiologist, community leader, writer, and lecturer (died 2007)
1938: Sarah Bradford, English historian and author
1938: Caryl Churchill, English-Canadian playwright
1938: Richard MacCormac, English architect, founded MJP Architects (died 2014)
1938: Ryōji Noyori, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1936: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Tunisia (died 2019)
1936: Pilar Pallete, Peruvian-American actress
1935: Helmut Clasen, German-Canadian motorcycle racer
1934: Freddie King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)
1933: Basil Butcher, Guyanese cricketer (died 2019)
1933: Tompall Glaser, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
1932: Eileen Brennan, American actress and singer (died 2013)
1931: Albert DeSalvo, American serial killer known as the Boston Strangler (died 1973)
1931: Dick Motta, American basketball player and coach
1931: Guy Spitaels, Belgian academic and politician, 7th Minister-President of Wallonia (died 2012)
1930: Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author and poet (died 2002)
1929: Whitey Bulger, American organized crime boss (died 2018)
1929: Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (died 2007)
1929: Steve Rickard, New Zealand-Australian wrestler, trainer, and promoter (died 2015)
1929: Armand Vaillancourt, Canadian sculptor and painter
1928: Gaston Thorn, Luxembourg lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (died 2007)
1926: Alison Lurie, American author and academic (died 2020)
1926: Irene Papas, Greek actress (died 2022)
1926: Uttam Kumar, Indian Bengali actor, director, producer, singer, composer and playback singer (died 1980)
1925: Anne Jackson, American actress (died 2016)
1925: Bengt Lindström, Swedish painter and sculptor (died 2008)
1925: Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2007)
1924: Mary Grace Canfield, American actress (died 2014)
1923: Glen Bell, American businessman, founded Taco Bell (died 2010)
1923: Alice Gibson, Belizean chief librarian and educator (died 2021)
1923: Fred Hawkins, American golfer (died 2014)
1923: Mort Walker, American cartoonist (died 2018)
1921: John Aston Sr., English footballer (died 2003)
1921: Thurston Dart, English pianist, conductor, and musicologist (died 1971)
1921: Marguerite Higgins, American journalist and author (died 1966)
1920: Tereska Torrès, French soldier and author (died 2012)
1919: Phil Stern, American soldier and photographer (died 2014)
1918: Helen Wagner, American actress (died 2010)
1916: Eddie Stanky, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1999)
1915: Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist and composer (died 2014)
1915: Memphis Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1988)
1914: Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician, 17th Governor of Washington (died 1994)
1913: Alan Ladd, American actor and producer (died 1964)
1911: Bernard Mammes, American cyclist and sergeant (died 2000)
1910: Kitty Carlisle, American actress, singer, socialite, and game show panelist (died 2007)
1910: Franz Jáchym, Austrian Roman Catholic archbishop (died 1984)
1910: Maurice Papon, French civil servant (died 2007)
1908: Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1988)
1907: Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist, philosopher, and author (died 1977)
1905: Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
1905: John Mills, New Zealand cricketer (died 1972)
1901: Eduard van Beinum, Dutch violinist, pianist, and conductor (died 1959)
1900: Percy Chapman, English cricketer (died 1961)
1900: Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (died 1986)
1899: Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1985)
1897: Sally Benson, American author and screenwriter (died 1972)
1887: Frank Christian, American trumpet player (died 1973)
1882: Johnny Douglas, English cricketer and boxer (died 1930)
1878: Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, English tennis player (died 1960)
1875: Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (died 1951)
1869: Fritz Pregl, Slovenian chemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)
1856: Louis Sullivan, American architect and educator, designed the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building (died 1924)
1854: Charles Tatham, American fencer (died 1939)
1851: Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Queen consort of the Hellenes (died 1926)
1849: Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer and poet (died 1909)
1841: Tom Emmett, English cricketer (died 1904)
1840: Jacob Christian Fabricius, Danish composer (died 1919)
1820: George Hearst, American businessman and politician (died 1891)
1814: James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (died 1897)
1811: John Humphrey Noyes, American activist, founded the Oneida Community (died 1886)
1810: Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (died 1871)
1803: Prudence Crandall, American educator (died 1890)
1781: Eugène de Beauharnais, French general and politician (died 1824)
1724: Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-English general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (died 1808)
1710: Abraham Trembley, Swiss biologist and zoologist (died 1784)
1704: Joseph de Jussieu, French explorer, geographer, and mathematician, (died 1779)
1695: Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violin player and composer (died 1764)
1693: Charles Radclyffe, English captain and politician (died 1746)
1675: Paul Dudley, American lawyer and jurist (died 1751)
1568: Adriano Banchieri, Italian organist and composer (died 1634)
1034: Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (died 1073)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun, Scottish peer (born 1930)
2024: Wayne Graham, American baseball player and coach (born 1936)
2024: Charley Johnson, American football player (born 1938)
2017: Walter Becker, American musician, songwriter, and record producer (born 1950)
2017: John Ashbery, American poet (born 1927)
2015: Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman (born 1929)
2015: Judy Carne, English actress and comedian (born 1939)
2015: Carter Lay, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1971)
2015: Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician (born 1914)
2015: Chandra Bahadur Dangi, world record holder for shortest man (born 1939)
2014: Aarno Raninen, Finnish singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1944)
2014: A. P. Venkateswaran, Indian soldier and politician, 14th Foreign Secretary of India (born 1930)
2013: Ralph M. Holman, American lawyer and judge (born 1914)
2013: Pedro Ferriz Santacruz, Mexican-American journalist (born 1921)
2013: José Ramón Larraz, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1929)
2013: Janet Lembke, American author and scholar (born 1933)
2013: Don Meineke, American basketball player (born 1930)
2013: Lewis Morley, Hong Kong-Australian photographer (born 1925)
2012: Griselda Blanco, Colombian drug lord (born 1943)
2012: Harold Dunaway, American race car driver and pilot (born 1933)
2012: Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (born 1957)
2012: Siegfried Jamrowski, Russian-German soldier and pilot (born 1917)
2012: Sun Myung Moon, Korean religious leader and businessman, founded the Unification Church (born 1920)
2012: Charlie Rose, American lawyer and politician (born 1939)
2010: Noah Howard, American saxophonist (born 1943)
2010: Robert Schimmel, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1950)
2008: Donald Blakeslee, American colonel and pilot (born 1917)
2007: Carter Albrecht, American keyboard player and guitarist (born 1973)
2007: Syd Jackson, New Zealand trade union leader and activist (born 1939)
2007: Jane Tomlinson, English runner (born 1964)
2007: Steve Fossett, American aviator (born 1944)
2005: R. S. R. Fitter, English biologist and author (born 1913)
2005: William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (born 1924)
2003: Alan Dugan, American soldier and poet (born 1923)
2003: Rudolf Leiding, German businessman (born 1914)
2002: Kenneth Hare, Canadian climatologist and academic (born 1919)
2002: W. Clement Stone, American businessman, philanthropist, and author (born 1902)
2001: Pauline Kael, American film critic and author (born 1919)
2000: Edward Anhalt, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1914)
1999: Emma Bailey, American auctioneer and author (born 1910)
1996: Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Australian painter (born 1910)
1995: Mary Adshead, English painter (born 1904)
1994: James Thomas Aubrey, Jr., American screenwriter and producer (born 1918)
1994: Billy Wright, English footballer and manager (born 1924)
1993: David Brown, English businessman (born 1904)
1991: Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1897)
1989: Gaetano Scirea, Italian footballer (born 1953)
1988: Ferit Melen, Turkish civil servant and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1906)
1987: Morton Feldman, American composer and educator (born 1926)
1985: Johnny Marks, American songwriter (born 1909)
1981: Alec Waugh, English soldier and author (born 1898)
1980: Barbara O'Neil, American actress (born 1910)
1980: Duncan Renaldo, Romanian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1904)
1977: Gianni Vella, Maltese artist (born 1885)
1974: Harry Partch, American composer and theorist (born 1901)
1970: Vasil Gendov, Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1891)
1970: Vince Lombardi, American football player and coach (born 1913)
1970: Alan Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1943)
1969: John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player (born 1871)
1967: Francis Ouimet, American golfer and banker (born 1893)
1963: Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (born 1907)
1962: E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (born 1894)
1961: Robert E. Gross, American businessman (born 1897)
1954: Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (born 1887)
1948: Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (born 1884)
1944: John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (born 1869)
1942: Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (born 1892)
1942: Séraphine Louis, French painter (born 1864)
1941: Rafailo Momčilović, Serbian Orthodox hegumen and painter (born 1875)
1936: Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (born 1876)
1929: John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (born 1840)
1914: Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (born 1865)
1906: Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian author and poet (born 1846)
1901: Evelyn Abbott, English classical scholar (born 1843)
1893: James Harrison, Scottish-Australian engineer, journalist, and politician (born 1816)
1886: William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (born 1812)
1883: Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (born 1818)
1877: Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France (born 1797)
1866: Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (born 1830)
1857: John McLoughlin, Canadian-American businessman (born 1784)
1808: John Montgomery, American merchant and politician (born 1722)
1766: Archibald Bower, Scottish historian and author (born 1686)
1729: Jean Hardouin, French historian and scholar (born 1646)
1720: Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French general and diplomat (born 1648)
1658: Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician (born 1599)
1653: Claudius Salmasius, French scholar and author (born 1588)
1634: Edward Coke, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (born 1552)
1609: Jean Richardot, Belgian diplomat (born 1540)
1592: Robert Greene, English author and playwright (born 1558)
1467: Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (born 1434)
1420: Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (born 1340)
1402: Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Italian son of Galeazzo II Visconti (born 1351)
1400: John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (born c. 1352)
1354: Joanikije II, Serbian patriarch and saint
1313: Anna of Bohemia (born 1290)
1301: Alberto I della Scala, Lord of Verona
1189: Jacob of Orléans, French Jewish scholar
1120: Gerard Thom (The Blessed Gerard), founder of the Knights Hospitaller (born c. 1040)
931: Uda, emperor of Japan (born 867)
863: Umar al-Aqta, Arab emir
618: Xue Ju, emperor of Qin
264: Sun Xiu, Chinese emperor (born 235)

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