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September 30

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September 30

September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 92 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Iowa woman will honor late husband by buying motorcycle after winning $50,000 in the lottery. An Iowa retiree is looking forward to feeling the wind on her face again, having decided to use a $50,000 Iowa Lottery prize to honor her late husband by purchasing a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
2022: Mega Millions and Powerball lottery jackpots both top $300 million. This weekend, lottery players will have two equally large jackpots to consider, with both multi-state games Mega Millions and Powerball surpassing the $300 million mark.
2021: $620 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot rolls again. This week lottery players across the United States will be pulling out all the stops to try and win Powerball, featuring one of the largest lottery jackpots in history, worth an estimated $620 million.
2020: Lottery nightmare: Florida woman's prize is forfeited after postal service loses winning ticket. It's every lottery winner's worst nightmare in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic — your winning ticket getting lost in the mail. Sadly, that's exactly what happened to one Florida woman.
2020: Anonymous New Jersey winner claims $202 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot. New Jersey had its very first anonymous winner step forward to claim the $202 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot from the Feb. 11, 2020 drawing.
2019: It turns out money can kind of buy happiness after all. A new paper argues that, actually, winning the lottery totally does make you happy.
2019: Trio busted in lottery ticket, cigarette theft ring. Three people are charged in an elaborate theft ring involving tens of thousands of dollars worth of lottery tickets and cigarettes.
2018: He won $19 million in the lottery — and became a bank robber. Jim Hayes won the jackpot of a lifetime and spent big on Lamborghinis and Vegas gambling trips. Then his life went south and he turned to crime.
2016: Massachusetts man wins his second $1M lottery prize. A man won a $1 million prize from the Massachusetts State Lottery for the second time in two years after purchasing an instant ticket.
2016: Texas Lottery shatters records with $5 billion in sales. The Texas Lottery announced that it has achieved $5.068 billion in sales for fiscal year 2016, breaking the sales record it set just last fiscal year and resulting in a total contribution of $1.392 billion to Texas, the single largest annual transfer of revenue to the state.
2015: Sons win lottery after listening to mom's advice. Two brothers who just hit the lotto jackpot have their mother to thank.
2014: Irish winners anonymously claim €86m EuroMillions jackpot. Ireland's newest millionaires have claimed their €86.7 million (US$109.2 million) winnings but will be keeping their identities a secret for now.
2010: Canadian family charged with stealing $12.5M lottery jackpot. Ontario police say a Toronto family celebrated with what should have been someone else's winning Super 7 lottery ticket.
2008: Minn. Lottery to add Gopher 5 drawing. The Minnesota State Lottery announced they will begin holding a third weekly drawing for their Gopher 5 game.
2006: Internet gambling restrictions attached to port bill. House and Senate negotiators reached agreement last night on legislation to tighten maritime and port security regulations and, in a last-minute move, added an unrelated measure that seeks to ban Internet gambling.
2005: Three scratch ticket players eligible for $1 million drawing. Tennessee Lottery officials have selected three scratch-off ticket players for the October 22nd drawing for a $1 million grand prize.
2005: Pennsylvania Lottery Chosen to Host 2008 International Conference. Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell Thursday announced that the Pennsylvania Lottery has been selected to host the annual conference and trade show for the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) in September 2008.
2005: Oregon woman tricked by international lottery scam. In an all-too-familiar manner, one of the most common lottery scams claimed another victim.
2004: Cut Line Causes Lottery Problems. Tuesday a worker accidentally cut a main line in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, knocking out Powerball machines in the area.
2003: Jackpot has players dreaming big. Tonight's hefty $150 million Mega Millions jackpot is making ticket sales boom.
2003: 10,000 scratch tickets flawed?. Ten thousand scratch tickets from Massachusetts' new $640 million Jubilee game are potentially defective -- but state Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill is refusing to issue a recall, despite fears the flawed tickets could skew the odds or even deprive somebody of a big jackpot.
2003: Navy Veteran Retires in Style With $175,000 Mega Millions Win. Howard Downing, who retired after 20 years of naval service in 1994, is the Washington Lottery's newest Mega Millions second-prize winner of $175,000. He received payment Monday of $131,250 after 25-percent federal tax withholding.
2003: Lottery schedule may jump. Tennessee lottery head Rebecca Paul said Monday the corporation may award contracts to gaming vendors, which will be charged with laying the infrastructure for ticket sales, two days sooner than had been anticipated.
2003: Big Tenn. lottery winners to collect at 5 district offices statewide. The Tennessee lottery will open five district offices that will serve as prize claim centers, including three in East Tennessee.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$968.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2023
2.$651.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 2, 2021
3.$367 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 2, 2018
4.$355 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2022
5.$325.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2022
6.$315 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2023
7.$310.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2015
8.€281.07 Million US$275.53 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2022
9.$258.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2024
10.$229 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2018
11.€190 Million
US$223.16 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2017
12.€190 Million
US$207.42 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2019
13.$189 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2013
14.€163 Million
US$188.95 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2021
15.€162 Million
US$187.06 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 2, 2018
16.$170 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2009
17.€149.38 Million
US$167.92 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2016
18.$167 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2005
19.€143 Million
US$158.47 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2024
20.$151 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 2, 2004
21.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2003
22.€130 Million
US$145.83 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2016
23.€100 Million
US$137.44 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2010
24.$113 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2011
25.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2014

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1997: Bridgettb
Tuesday, Sep 30, 1997
27 years old
1994: Awilli9
Friday, Sep 30, 1994
30 years old
1990: dano2010
Sunday, Sep 30, 1990
34 years old
1988: deester
Friday, Sep 30, 1988
36 years old
1987: edwardtellez24
Wednesday, Sep 30, 1987
37 years old
1986: LadyBug86
Tuesday, Sep 30, 1986
38 years old
1985: Snowman2435
Monday, Sep 30, 1985
39 years old
1982: playermjn
Thursday, Sep 30, 1982
42 years old
1975: Eunique
Tuesday, Sep 30, 1975
49 years old
1973: Rwholloman
Sunday, Sep 30, 1973
51 years old
1973: Tmcduffie345$
Sunday, Sep 30, 1973
51 years old
1972: kitten30
Saturday, Sep 30, 1972
52 years old
1961: klrabb
Saturday, Sep 30, 1961
63 years old
1956: neeas1211$
Sunday, Sep 30, 1956
68 years old
1954: RetFireFEMTech
Thursday, Sep 30, 1954
70 years old
1954: Wtyrone
Thursday, Sep 30, 1954
70 years old
1952: Chas042
Tuesday, Sep 30, 1952
72 years old
1951: elisabetemigan
Sunday, Sep 30, 1951
73 years old
1943: katieloo
Thursday, Sep 30, 1943
81 years old
1942: patjoyce
Wednesday, Sep 30, 1942
82 years old
: Greg
(year not provided)
: beachfunrita
(year not provided)
: Lottery-Expert
(year not provided)
: LottoLuck777
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2016: Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.
2016: Two paintings with a combined value of $100 million are recovered after having been stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002.
2009: The 7.6 M_w Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead.
2005: Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in a Danish newspaper.
2000: Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.
1999: The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.
1994: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-68.
1993: The 6.2 M_w Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.
1980: Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
1978: Finnair Flight 405 is hijacked by Aarno Lamminparras in Oulu, Finland.
1975: Malév Flight 240 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while on approach to Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 60.
1970: Jordan makes a deal with the PFLP for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.
1968: The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.
1966: Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.
1965: Six Indonesian Army generals were assassinated by the September 30 Movement. The PKI was blamed for the latter, resulting in mass killings of suspected leftists.
1954: The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
1949: The Berlin Airlift ends.
1947: The 1947 World Series begins. It is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
1947: Pakistan joins the United Nations.
1945: The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43.
1944: The Germans commence a counter offensive to retake the Nijmegen salient, this having been captured by the allies during Operation Market Garden.
1943: The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated by President Roosevelt.
1941: World War II: The Babi Yar massacre comes to an end.
1939: World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
1939: NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.
1938: Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
1938: The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
1935: The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
1918: Ukrainian War of Independence: Insurgent forces led by Nestor Makhno defeat the Central Powers at the battle of Dibrivka.
1915: World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
1909: The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
1907: The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
1906: The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
1888: Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
1882: Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.
1863: Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles, premiered in Paris.
1791: The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
1791: France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly.
1744: War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia anyway.
1551: A coup by the military establishment of Japan's Ōuchi clan forces their lord to commit suicide, and their city is burned.
1541: Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.
1520: Suleiman the Magnificent is proclaimed sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
1399: Henry IV is proclaimed king of England.
1139: A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes the Caucasus mountains in the Seljuk Empire, causing mass destruction and killing up to 300,000 people.
737: The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture their baggage train.
489: The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time.

Births On This Day

2002: Levi Miller, Australian actor and model
2002: Tara Würth, Croatian tennis player
2002: Maddie Ziegler, American dancer and actress
1998: Landon Dickerson, American football player
1998: Yui Imaizumi, Japanese actress, singer, model, and television personality
1998: Trevi Moran, American YouTuber and singer
1997: Yana Kudryavtseva, Russian gymnast
1997: Max Verstappen, Dutch race car driver
1996: Aaron Holiday, American basketball player
1996: Jacob Host, Australian rugby league player
1994: Aliya Mustafina, Russian gymnast
1994: Wayne Selden Jr., American basketball player
1992: Bria Hartley, French-American basketball player
1992: Ezra Miller, American actor and singer
1991: David Bakhtiari, American football player
1991: Joffrey Lauvergne, French basketball player
1991: Thomas Röhler, German javelin thrower
1989: Jasmine Thomas, American basketball player
1989: André Weis, German footballer
1988: Natalie Eggermont, Belgian politician
1988: Eglė Staišiūnaitė, Lithuanian hurdler
1987: Aida Garifullina, Russian operatic soprano
1987: Kenley Jansen, Curaçaoan baseball player
1986: Olivier Giroud, French footballer
1986: Martin Guptill, New Zealand cricketer
1986: Ki Hong Lee, American actor
1986: Ben Lovett, Welsh musician and songwriter
1986: Cristián Zapata, Colombian footballer
1985: Adam Cooney, Australian footballer
1985: David Gower, Australian rugby league player
1985: Téa Obreht, Serbian-American author
1985: Cristian Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer
1984: Georgios Eleftheriou, Greek footballer
1984: T-Pain, American rapper, producer, and actor
1983: Boniek Forbes, Guinea-Bissau footballer
1983: Adam Jones, American football player and analyst
1983: Andreea Răducan, Romanian gymnast
1982: Dmytro Boyko, Ukrainian footballer
1982: Lacey Chabert, American actress
1982: Ryane Clowe, Canadian ice hockey player
1982: Kieran Culkin, American actor
1982: Andrew Hastie, Australian politician
1982: Seth Smith, American baseball player
1982: Yan Stastny, Canadian-American ice hockey player
1981: Cecelia Ahern, Irish author
1981: Dominique Moceanu, American gymnast
1980: Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player
1980: Milagros Sequera, Venezuelan tennis player
1980: Toni Trucks, American actress
1979: Cameron Bruce, Australian footballer and coach
1979: Andy van der Meyde, Dutch footballer
1978: Małgorzata Glinka-Mogentale, Polish volleyball player
1978: Candice Michelle, American wrestler
1978: Daniel Grossberg, American politician
1977: Roy Carroll, Northern Irish goalkeeper and manager
1977: Nick Curran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2012)
1976: Georgie Bingham, British radio and television presenter
1975: Jay Asher, American author
1975: Ta-Nehisi Coates, American author and journalist
1975: Marion Cotillard, French actress and singer
1975: Carlos Guillén, Venezuelan baseball player
1975: Laure Pequegnot, French skier
1975: Christopher Jackson, American actor, singer, musician, and composer
1974: Jeremy Giambi, American baseball player (d. 2022)
1974: Tom Greatrex, English politician
1974: Ashley Hamilton, American actor and singer-songwriter
1974: Ben Phillips, English cricketer
1974: Daniel Wu, American-born Hong Kong actor, director, and producer
1973: Rubén Wolkowyski, Argentine basketball player
1972: Jamal Anderson, American football player and sportscaster
1972: Ari Behn, Danish-Norwegian author and playwright (d. 2019)
1972: John Campbell, American bass player and songwriter
1972: Mayumi Kojima, Japanese singer-songwriter
1972: José Lima, Dominican baseball player (d. 2010)
1971: Jenna Elfman, American actress and producer
1970: Tony Hale, American actor and producer
1970: Damian Mori, Australian footballer and manager
1970: Eric Piatkowski, American basketball player
1969: Gintaras Einikis, Lithuanian basketball player
1969: Amy Landecker, American actress
1969: Silas Weir Mitchell, American actor
1969: Chris von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1991)
1967: Emmanuelle Houdart, Swiss-French author and illustrator
1967: Andrea Roth, Canadian actress
1966: Gary Armstrong, Scottish rugby player
1966: Markus Burger, German pianist, composer, and educator
1966: Angus Taylor, Australian politician
1965: Omid Djalili, English comedian, actor, and producer
1964: Trey Anastasio, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer
1964: Monica Bellucci, Italian actress and fashion model
1963: David Barbe, American bass player and producer
1962: Marley Marl, American record producer and rapper
1961: Crystal Bernard, American actress and singer-songwriter
1961: Gary Coyne, Australian rugby league player
1961: Eric Stoltz, American actor, director, and producer
1961: Mel Stride, English politician
1961: Eric van de Poele, Belgian race car driver
1960: Julia Adamson, Canadian-English keyboard player, composer, and producer
1960: Nicola Griffith, English-American author
1960: Miki Howard, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1960: Blanche Lincoln, American politician
1959: Ettore Messina, Italian basketball player and coach
1958: Marty Stuart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957: Fran Drescher, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1956: Trevor Morgan, English footballer and manager
1955: Andy Bechtolsheim, German engineer, co-founded Sun Microsystems
1955: Frankie Kennedy, Northern Irish flute player (d. 1994)
1954: Basia, Polish singer-songwriter and record producer
1954: John Drew, American basketball player (d. 2022)
1954: Scott Fields, American guitarist and composer
1954: Patrice Rushen, American singer-songwriter and producer
1954: Barry Williams, American actor
1953: Matt Abts, American drummer
1953: Deborah Allen, American country music singer-songwriter, author, and actress
1952: John Finn, American actor
1952: John Lombardo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: John Lloyd, English screenwriter and producer
1951: Barry Marshall, Australian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1951: Simon White, English astrophysicist and academic
1950: Laura Esquivel, Mexican author and screenwriter
1950: Victoria Tennant, English actress and dancer
1949: Michel Tognini, French pilot, engineer, military officer and astronaut
1948: Craig Kusick, American baseball player and coach (d. 2006)
1947: Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)
1947: Rula Lenska, English actress
1946: Fran Brill, American actress, singer, and puppeteer
1946: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Leader of the House of Lords
1946: Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (d. 1993)
1946: Jochen Mass, German race car driver
1946: Paul Sheahan, Australian cricketer and educator
1946: Claude Vorilhon, French journalist, founded Raëlism
1945: Richard Edwin Hills, English astronomer and academic (d. 2022)
1945: Ehud Olmert, Israeli lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Israel
1944: Diane Dufresne, Canadian singer and painter
1944: Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (d. 2006)
1944: Red Robbins, American basketball player (d. 2009)
1943: Johann Deisenhofer, German-American biochemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1943: Marilyn McCoo, American singer
1943: Philip Moore, English organist and composer
1943: Ian Ogilvy, English-American actor, playwright, and author
1942: Gus Dudgeon, English record producer (d. 2002)
1942: Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (d. 1968)
1941: Samuel F. Pickering, Jr., American author and educator
1941: Kamalesh Sharma, Indian academic and diplomat, 5th Commonwealth Secretary General
1941: Reine Wisell, Swedish race car driver (d. 2022)
1940: Claudia Card, American philosopher and academic (d. 2015)
1940: Harry Jerome, Canadian sprinter (d. 1982)
1940: Dewey Martin, Canadian-American drummer (d. 2009)
1939: Len Cariou, Canadian actor
1939: Anthony Green, English painter and academic (d. 2023)
1939: Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1938: Alan Hacker, English clarinet player and educator (d. 2012)
1937: Jurek Becker, Polish-German author (d. 1997)
1937: Valentyn Sylvestrov, Ukrainian pianist and composer
1937: Gary Hocking, Rhodesian motorcycle racer (d. 1962)
1936: Jim Sasser, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to China (d. 2024)
1936: Sevgi Soysal, Turkish author (d. 1976)
1935: Johnny Mathis, American singer and actor
1934: Alan A'Court, English footballer and manager (d. 2009)
1934: Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2014)
1934: Anna Kashfi, Indian-American actress (d. 2015)
1933: Cissy Houston, American singer
1932: Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese author, playwright, and politician, Governor of Tokyo (d. 2022)
1932: Johnny Podres, American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)
1931: Angie Dickinson, American actress
1931: Teresa Gorman, English educator and politician (d. 2015)
1929: Carol Fenner, American author and illustrator (d. 2002)
1929: Vassilis Papazachos, Greek seismologist and academic (d. 2022)
1929: Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Filipino politician, diplomat and writer (d. 2017)
1929: Dorothee Sölle, German theologian and author (d. 2003)
1928: Elie Wiesel, Romanian-American author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
1928: Ray Willsey, Canadian-American football player and coach (d. 2013)
1927: W. S. Merwin, American poet and translator (d. 2019)
1926: Heino Kruus, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
1926: Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2010)
1925: Arkady Ostashev, Russian engineer and scientist in the former Soviet space program (d. 1998)
1924: Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
1923: Donald Swann, Welsh-English pianist and composer (d. 1994)
1922: Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)
1922: Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1921: Deborah Kerr, Scottish-English actress (d. 2007)
1921: Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American cellist and educator (d. 2018)
1919: Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1992)
1919: Elizabeth Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 2008)
1919: William L. Guy, American lieutenant and politician, 26th Governor of North Dakota (d. 2013)
1919: Patricia Neway, American soprano and actress (d. 2012)
1918: Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army captain (d. 1995)
1918: René Rémond, French historian and economist (d. 2007)
1917: Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (d. 2014)
1917: Buddy Rich, American drummer, bandleader, and actor (d. 1987)
1915: Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (d. 2003)
1913: Bill Walsh, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1975)
1912: Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (d. 1985)
1911: Gustave Gilbert, American psychologist (d. 1977)
1910: Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain (d. 1962)
1908: David Oistrakh, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 1974)
1906: Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1996)
1905: Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
1905: Michael Powell, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1904: Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (d. 1971)
1901: Thelma Terry, American bassist and bandleader (d. 1966)
1898: Renée Adorée, French-American actress (d. 1933)
1898: Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (d. 1977)
1898: Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, German-American author and illustrator (d. 1986)
1897: Alfred Wintle, Russian-English soldier and politician (d. 1966)
1897: Charlotte Wolff, German-English physician and psychotherapist (d. 1986)
1895: Lewis Milestone, Moldovan-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1980)
1893: Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1964)
1887: Lil Dagover, Indonesian-German actress (d. 1980)
1883: Bernhard Rust, German educator and politician (d. 1945)
1883: Nora Stanton Blatch Barney, American civil engineer, architect, and suffragist (d. 1971)
1882: Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic (d. 1945)
1870: Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (d. 1948)
1870: Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1942)
1863: Reinhard Scheer, German admiral (d. 1928)
1861: William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded Wrigley Company (d. 1932)
1852: Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1924)
1836: Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Peruvian politician, 56th President of Peru (d. 1894)
1832: Ann Jarvis, American activist, co-founded Mother's Day (d. 1905)
1827: Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (d. 1918)
1814: Lucinda Hinsdale Stone, American feminist, educator, and philanthropist (d. 1900)
1813: John Rae, Scottish physician and explorer (d. 1893)
1800: Decimus Burton, English architect, designed the Pharos Lighthouse (d. 1881)
1765: José María Morelos, Mexican priest and general (d. 1815)
1743: Christian Ehregott Weinlig, German cantor and composer (d. 1813)
1732: Jacques Necker, Swiss-French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1804)
1714: Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French epistemologist and philosopher (d. 1780)
1710: John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1771)
1700: Stanisław Konarski, Polish monk, poet, and playwright (d. 1773)
1689: Jacques Aubert, French violinist and composer (d. 1753)
1622: Johann Sebastiani, German composer (d. 1683)
1550: Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1631)
1530: Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian philologist and physician (d. 1606)
1227: Pope Nicholas IV (d. 1292)
1207: Rumi, Persian mystic and poet (d. 1273)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer and orchestrator (b. 1931)
2019: Victoria Braithwaite, British research scientist who proved fish feel pain (b. 1967)
2018: Kim Larsen, Danish rock musician (b. 1945)
2018: Geoffrey Hayes, British television presenter and actor (b. 1942)
2018: Sonia Orbuch, Polish resistance fighter during the Second World War and Holocaust educator. (b. 1925)
2017: Monty Hall, American game show host (b. 1921)
2017: Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian-American mathematician (b. 1966)
2015: Guido Altarelli, Italian-Swiss physicist and academic (b. 1941)
2015: Claude Dauphin, French businessman (b. 1951)
2015: Göran Hägg, Swedish author and critic (b. 1947)
2014: Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
2013: Janet Powell, Australian educator and politician (b. 1942)
2012: Turhan Bey, Austrian actor and producer (b. 1922)
2012: Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (b. 1917)
2012: Bobby Jaggers, American wrestler and engineer (b. 1948)
2012: Clara Stanton Jones, American librarian (b. 1913)
2012: Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian-American figure skater (b. 1928)
2012: Boris Šprem, Croatian lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament (b. 1956)
2011: Anwar al-Awlaki, American-Yemeni terrorist (b. 1971)
2011: Ralph M. Steinman, Canadian-American immunologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1943)
2010: Stephen J. Cannell, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1941)
2008: J. B. Jeyaretnam, Singaporean lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
2004: Gamini Fonseka, Sri Lankan actor, director, and politician (b. 1936)
2004: Jacques Levy, American director and songwriter (b. 1935)
2004: Michael Relph, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915)
2003: Yusuf Bey, American activist, founded Your Black Muslim Bakery (b. 1935)
2003: Ronnie Dawson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
2003: Robert Kardashian, American lawyer and businessman (b. 1944)
2002: Göran Kropp, Swedish race car driver and mountaineer (b. 1966)
2002: Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss lawyer and politician, 63rd President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1913)
1998: Marius Goring, English actor (b. 1912)
1998: Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player and poet (b. 1953)
1998: Robert Lewis Taylor, American soldier and author (b. 1912)
1994: André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
1991: Toma Zdravković, Serbian singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
1990: Rob Moroso, American race car driver (b. 1968)
1990: Alice Parizeau, Polish-Canadian journalist and author (b. 1930)
1990: Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
1989: Drew Shafer, American LGBT rights activist from Missouri (b. 1936)
1989: Virgil Thomson, American composer and critic (b. 1896)
1988: Al Holbert, American race car driver (b. 1946)
1987: Alfred Bester, American author and screenwriter (b. 1913)
1986: Nicholas Kaldor, Hungarian-British economist (b. 1908)
1985: Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (b. 1900)
1985: Simone Signoret, French actress (b. 1921)
1978: Edgar Bergen, American actor and ventriloquist (b. 1903)
1977: Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (b. 1924)
1974: Carlos Prats, Chilean general and politician, Chilean Minister of Defense (b. 1915)
1973: Peter Pitseolak, Canadian photographer and author (b. 1902)
1961: Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1888)
1959: Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia (b. 1877)
1955: James Dean, American actor (b. 1931)
1946: Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1887)
1943: Franz Oppenheimer, German-American sociologist and economist (b. 1864)
1942: Hans-Joachim Marseille, German captain and pilot (b. 1919)
1921: Fanya Baron, Lithuanian Jewish anarchist (b. 1887)
1910: Maurice Lévy, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1838)
1897: Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (b. 1873)
1891: Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1837)
1866: Per Gustaf Svinhufvud af Qvalstad, Swedo-Finnish treasurer of Tavastia province, manor host, and paternal grandfather of President P. E. Svinhufvud (b. 1804)
1865: Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar (b. 1800)
1770: Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1695)
1770: George Whitefield, English-American priest and theologian (b. 1714)
1628: Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1554)
1626: Nurhaci, Chinese emperor (b. 1559)
1581: Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (b. 1518)
1572: Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Spanish priest and saint, 3rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1510)
1560: Melchior Cano, Spanish theologian (b. 1525)
1551: Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese daimyō (b. 1507)
1487: John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1400)
1440: Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, Welsh soldier and politician (b. 1362)
1376: Adelaide of Vianden, German countess
1288: Leszek II the Black, Polish prince, Duke of Łęczyca, Sieradz, Kraków, Sandomierz (b. 1241)
1246: Yaroslav II of Vladimir (b. 1191)
1101: Anselm IV, Italian archbishop
954: Louis IV of France (b. 920)
940: Fan Yanguang, Chinese general
653: Honorius of Canterbury, Italian archbishop and saint
420: Jerome, Roman priest, theologian, and saint

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