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September 4

On This Day in History

September 4

September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 118 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2020: $232 million Powerball lottery winner from South Dakota lists ranch for sale. A South Dakota rancher who won a $232 Powerball jackpot in 2009 is selling the sprawling near-50,000 acre property he purchased with his lottery winnings.
2019: Michigan lottery winners charged in string of robberies. A Michigan couple who won $500,000 on a state lottery scratch-off ticket in 2016 has been charged in a string of burglaries.
2018: UK National Lottery to increase Lotto game prizes. United Kingdom National Lottery operator Camelot has announced it will be increasing the prize amounts for its Lotto game.
2014: California man claims $180 million lottery jackpot. A manager at a roofing distributor in San Bernardino, California, won the seventh-largest lottery jackpot ever awarded in the state.
2012: Kentucky Lottery moving drawing show to the Internet. Starting September 16, the Kentucky Lottery's nightly drawing program will no longer be aired on broadcast TV stations, but instead, drawings will be streamed live and archived on the Lottery’s website.
2011: Ohio man sues for share of $99M lottery jackpot. An employee of a Geauga County cabinetry company has sued 22 of his co-workers for denying him a share of a $99 million lottery jackpot.
2009: Calif. man claims half of $333M Mega Millions lottery jackpot. A Southern California man has claimed one half of the $333 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, and selected the cash option.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $31 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $31 million Saturday.
2004: Ohio Mega Millions lottery winner claims prize. The owner of a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket claimed a multimillion-dollar prize Friday, ending two weeks of uncertainty.
2003: Lottery winnings in middle of dispute. Ruby Bosher became a millionaire five years ago when she and her husband won the Ohio lottery. Today, her winnings are in a trust, she is in a nursing home suffering from dementia and her children are in court battling over control of her estate.
2003: Florida Lottery Names GTECH For New Multi-Year Contract. GTECH Corporation has been selected by the Florida Lottery as the apparent successful bidder to supply a new online and instant-ticket lottery system, lottery terminals, and related telecommunications network.
2003: Texas couple claims $49 million prize. Bryon Woods pleaded with his wife Barbara to sell him another $5 worth of lottery tickets at the store where she worked. Good thing she agreed. The Eagle Lake couple on Wednesday claimed a winning Lotto Texas ticket worth $49 million.
2003: N.J. Lottery revenue tops $2 billion for second straight year. The allure of instant winnings has helped keep the New Jersey Lottery in the money, pushing it past the $2 billion mark in revenue for the second year in a row.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$740 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2024
2.$437.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 4, 2023
3.$366 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 4, 2021
4.$345 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2021
5.€266.31 Million US$264.07 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2022
6.$191 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2022
7.$186 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2016
8.€126 Million US$177.08 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2011
9.$169 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 4, 2013
10.$167 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 4, 2018
11.€148 Million
US$164.27 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2024
12.€114 Million
US$162.61 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 5, 2008
13.$158.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 5, 2022
14.€139 Million
US$153.75 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2019
15.€134.97 Million
US$151.31 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2016
16.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2005
17.$139 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2019
18.$133 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 5, 2015
19.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2014
20.$108.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2011
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 5, 2018
25.$95 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2013

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989: gettygreen-bliz
Monday, Sep 4, 1989
35 years old
1987: Turtle0Monkey
Friday, Sep 4, 1987
37 years old
1983: Christinap90469
Sunday, Sep 4, 1983
41 years old
1979: G26GRACE27
Tuesday, Sep 4, 1979
45 years old
1979: AlgorithmGuru
Tuesday, Sep 4, 1979
45 years old
1974: tkdavis74
Wednesday, Sep 4, 1974
50 years old
1973: cesarnunezel
Tuesday, Sep 4, 1973
51 years old
1968: tenderdee1968
Wednesday, Sep 4, 1968
56 years old
1967: unicornlover
Monday, Sep 4, 1967
57 years old
1963: ShinerBockGirl
Wednesday, Sep 4, 1963
61 years old
1959: jackieblue
Friday, Sep 4, 1959
65 years old
1957: Vegastogo2
Wednesday, Sep 4, 1957
67 years old
1949: agnes
Sunday, Sep 4, 1949
75 years old
1948: kl941948
Saturday, Sep 4, 1948
76 years old
1944: william wills
Monday, Sep 4, 1944
80 years old
: MartyMcNuts
(year not provided)
: Prettynpink
(year not provided)
: dripper
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: Ten people are killed and 15 are injured in a stabbing spree in 13 locations on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon, Saskatchewan.
2020: Pope Benedict XVI becomes the longest-lived pope, 93 years, four months, 16 days, surpassing Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903.
2007: Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
2002: The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record, until the Cleveland Indians surpassed it in 2017.
2001: Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
1998: Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
1989: In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
1985: The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
1977: The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.
1975: The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.
1972: Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
1972: The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. It currently is the longest running game show on American television.
1971: Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
1970: Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
1967: Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
1964: Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
1963: Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
1957: American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: The governor of Arkansas calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Little Rock Central High School, resulting in the lawsuit Cooper v. Aaron the following year.
1951: The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, United States, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
1950: Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
1949: The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
1948: Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
1944: World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
1944: World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
1941: World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the USS Greer.
1939: World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
1936: Spanish Civil War: Largo Caballero forms a war cabinet to direct the republican war effort.
1923: Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
1919: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
1912: Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
1888: George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
1886: American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
1882: The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
1870: Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
1862: American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
1839: Battle of Kowloon: British vessels open fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community in China in the first armed conflict of the First Opium War.
1827: The Great Fire of Turku almost completely destroys Finland's former capital city.
1812: War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
1800: The French garrison in Valletta surrenders to British troops who had been called at the invitation of the Maltese. The islands of Malta and Gozo become the Malta Protectorate.
1797: Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.
1781: Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.
1774: New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
1666: In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
1607: The Flight of the Earls takes place in Ireland.
1479: The Treaty of Alcáçovas is signed by the Catholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon on one side and Afonso V and his son, Prince John of Portugal.
1282: Peter III of Aragon becomes the King of Sicily.
1260: The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of Manfred, King of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.
929: Battle of Lenzen: Slavic forces (the Redarii and the Obotrites) are defeated by a Saxon army near the fortified stronghold of Lenzen in Brandenburg.
626: Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang dynasty of China.
476: Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.

Births On This Day

2001: Talitha Bateman, American actress
1998: Neru Nagahama, Japanese television personality
1996: Ashton Golding, English rugby league player
1996: Jordan Lilley, English rugby league player
1995: Jazz Tevaga, New Zealand rugby league player
1994: Kenny McEvoy, Irish footballer
1994: Thomas Minns, English rugby player
1994: Sabina Sharipova, Uzbekistan tennis player
1993: Emma Brownlie, Scottish footballer
1993: Yannick Carrasco, Belgian footballer
1993: Jody Fannin, English race car driver
1993: Chantal Škamlová, Slovak tennis player
1992: Kevin Lee, American mixed martial artist
1992: Hanna Schwamborn, German actress
1992: Zerkaa, English YouTuber
1991: Adrien Bart, French sprint canoeist
1991: Anders Zachariassen, Danish handball player
1990: James Bay, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1990: Jonny Lomax, English rugby player
1990: Danny Worsnop, English singer-songwriter
1989: Andrelton Simmons, Curaçaoan baseball player
1989: Elliott Whitehead, English rugby league player
1988: Adam Duvall, American baseball player
1988: John Tyler Hammons, American politician
1988: JJ Hickson, American basketball player
1987: Wesley Blake, American wrestler
1986: Ayumi Kaihori, Japanese footballer
1986: Xavier Woods, American wrestler
1985: Raúl Albiol, Spanish footballer
1985: Ri Kwang-chon, North Korean footballer
1985: Walid Mesloub, Algerian footballer
1984: Jonathan Adam, Scottish race car driver
1984: Hamish McIntosh, Australian footballer
1984: Kyle Mooney, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1983: Yuichi Nakamaru, Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, and radio host
1983: Guy Pnini, Israeli basketball player
1983: Margit Rüütel, Estonian tennis player
1983: Armands Šķēle, Latvian basketball player
1982: Whitney Cummings, American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter
1982: Mark Lewis-Francis, English sprinter
1981: Beyoncé, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress
1981: Richard Garcia, Australian footballer
1981: Lacey Sturm, American singer-songwriter
1980: Pat Neshek, American baseball player
1979: Maxim Afinogenov, Russian ice hockey player
1979: Pedro Macedo Camacho, Portuguese pianist, composer, and producer
1979: Max Greenfield, American actor
1979: Kosuke Matsuura, Japanese race car driver
1978: Wes Bentley, American actor and producer
1978: Terence Newman, American football player
1978: Frederik Veuchelen, Belgian cyclist
1978: Christian Walz, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
1977: Sun-woo Kim, South Korean baseball player
1977: Lucie Silvas, English singer-songwriter and pianist
1977: Kia Stevens, American wrestler
1976: Denilson Martins Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
1976: Mario-Ernesto Rodríguez, Uruguayan-Italian footballer
1975: Sergio Ballesteros, Spanish footballer
1975: Mark Ronson, English DJ, producer, and songwriter, co-founded Allido Records
1975: Dave Salmoni, Canadian zoologist, television host, and producer
1974: Mati Pari, Estonian footballer and coach
1974: Lincoln Roberts, Tobagonian cricketer
1973: Jason David Frank, American actor and mixed martial artist (d. 2022)
1973: Aaron Fultz, American baseball player and coach
1973: Lazlow Jones, American radio presenter, producer and screenwriter
1972: Steve Leonard, Northern Irish veterinarian and television personality
1971: Craig Conroy, American ice hockey player and executive
1971: Lance Klusener, South African cricketer and coach
1971: Maik Taylor, German-Irish footballer and coach
1970: Igor Cavalera, Brazilian drummer
1970: Deni Hines, Australian singer-songwriter
1970: Ivan Iusco, Italian composer
1970: Sven Meyer, German footballer
1970: Ione Skye, English-American actress
1969: Sasha, Welsh DJ and producer
1969: Ramon Dekkers, Dutch kick-boxer and mixed martial artist (d. 2013)
1969: Giorgi Margvelashvili, Georgian academic and politician, 4th President of Georgia
1969: Richard Speight Jr., American actor and director
1969: Noah Taylor, Australian actor
1969: Inga Tuigamala, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player
1968: John DiMaggio, American voice actor
1968: Mike Piazza, American baseball player
1967: Darrin Murray, New Zealand cricketer and accountant
1967: Dezső Szabó, Hungarian decathlete
1966: Yanka Dyagileva, Russian singer-songwriter (d. 1991)
1966: Jeff Tremaine, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1965: Sergio Momesso, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1964: Guy Boros, American golfer
1964: Tomas Sandström, Finnish-Swedish ice hockey player
1964: Aadesh Shrivastava, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1963: Bobby Jarzombek, American drummer
1963: John Vanbiesbrouck, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1963: Sami Yaffa, Finnish singer-songwriter and bass player
1962: Kiran More, Indian cricketer
1962: Ulla Tørnæs, Danish politician, Danish Minister of Education
1962: Shinya Yamanaka, Japanese physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1961: Nick Blinko, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961: Lars Jönsson, Swedish film producer
1960: Kim Thayil, American guitarist and songwriter
1960: Shailesh Vara, Ugandan-English lawyer and politician
1960: Damon Wayans, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1959: Kevin Harrington, Australian actor
1959: Armin Kogler, Austrian ski jumper
1958: Jacqueline Hewitt, American astrophysicist and astronomer
1958: Marzio Innocenti, Italian rugby player and coach
1958: Drew Pinsky, American radio and television host
1957: Khandi Alexander, American actress, dancer, and choreographer
1956: Blackie Lawless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955: David Broza, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955: Garth Le Roux, South African cricketer
1955: Brian Schweitzer, American politician, 23rd Governor of Montana
1953: Janet Biehl, American philosopher and author
1953: Michael Stean, English chess player and author
1953: Fatih Terim, Turkish footballer and manager
1952: Stephen Easley, American businessman and politician (d. 2013)
1951: Martin Chambers, English drummer and singer
1951: Judith Ivey, American actress
1951: Marita Ulvskog, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
1950: Doyle Alexander, American baseball player
1950: Frank White, American baseball player and politician
1949: Darryl Cotton, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
1949: Dean Pees, American football player and coach
1949: Tom Watson, American golfer and sportscaster
1947: Bob Jenkins, American sportscaster (d. 2021)
1947: Paul Sait, Australian rugby league player (d. 2023)
1946: Gary Duncan, American guitarist (d. 2019)
1946: Dave Liebman, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer
1946: Bryan Mauricette, Saint Lucian-Canadian cricketer
1945: Danny Gatton, American guitarist (d. 1994)
1945: Bill Kenwright, English actor, singer, and producer (d. 2023)
1944: Tony Atkinson, English economist and academic (d. 2017)
1944: Dave Bassett, English footballer and manager
1944: Gene Parsons, American singer-songwriter, drummer, guitarist, and banjo player
1944: Jerry Relph, American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate (d. 2020)
1944: Jennifer Salt, American actress, screenwriter, and producer
1942: Raymond Floyd, American golfer
1942: Jerry Jarrett, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2023)
1942: Merald "Bubba" Knight, American singer
1941: Marilena de Souza Chaui, Brazilian philosopher and academic
1941: Ken Harrelson, American baseball player and sportscaster
1941: Ramesh Sethi, Kenyan cricketer and coach
1941: Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of Andhra Pradesh
1939: Denis Lindsay (cricketer), South African cricketer and referee (d. 2005)
1937: Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer and politician
1937: Gene Ludwig, American organist and composer (d. 2010)
1937: Virgil A. Richard, American general (d. 2013)
1937: Les Allen, English footballer and manager
1935: Charles A. Hines, American general and academic (d. 2013)
1935: Dallas Willard, American philosopher and academic (d. 2013)
1934: Clive Granger, Welsh-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
1934: Antoine Redin, French footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1934: Eduard Khil, Russian baritone singer (d. 2012)
1934: Jan Švankmajer, Czech filmmaker and artist
1932: Carlos Romero Barceló, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Puerto Rico (d. 2021)
1932: Vince Dooley, American football player and coach (d. 2022)
1931: Mitzi Gaynor, American actress, singer, and dancer
1931: Antonios Trakatellis, Greek biochemist and politician
1930: Robert Arneson, American sculptor and academic (d. 1992)
1930: William Maxson, American general (d. 2013)
1929: Thomas Eagleton, American lawyer and politician, 38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (d. 2007)
1929: Robert V. Keeley, Lebanese-American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Greece (d. 2015)
1928: Dick York, American actor (d. 1992)
1927: John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2011)
1927: Ferenc Sánta, Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1926: George William Gray, British chemist (d. 2013)
1926: Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (d. 2002)
1926: Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
1925: Asa Earl Carter, American Ku Klux Klan leader and author (d. 1979)
1924: Joan Aiken, English author (d. 2004)
1924: Justinas Lagunavičius, Lithuanian basketball player (d. 1997)
1923: Ram Kishore Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
1922: Per Olof Sundman, Swedish author and politician (d. 1992)
1920: Clemar Bucci, Argentine race car driver (d. 2011)
1920: Craig Claiborne, American journalist, author, and critic (d. 2000)
1920: Konstantin Kalser, German-American film producer and advertising executive (d. 1994)
1919: Émile Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2012)
1919: Howard Morris, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1918: Paul Harvey, American radio host (d. 2009)
1918: Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2014)
1917: Henry Ford II, American businessman (d. 1987)
1914: Rudolf Leiding, German businessman (d. 2003)
1913: Mickey Cohen, American mob boss (d. 1976)
1913: Victor Kiernan, English historian and academic (d. 2009)
1913: Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
1913: Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect (d. 2005)
1913: Shmuel Wosner, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author (d. 2015)
1912: Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator (d. 2004)
1912: Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999)
1910: Denis Tomlinson, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (d. 1993)
1909: Eduard Wirths, German physician (d. 1945)
1908: Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-American director and producer (d. 1999)
1908: Richard Wright, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (d. 1960)
1907: Reggie Nalder, Austrian-American actor (d. 1991)
1906: Ruben Oskar Auervaara, Finnish fraudster (d. 1964)
1906: Max Delbrück, German-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
1905: Mary Renault, English-South African author (d. 1983)
1905: Walter Zapp, Latvian-Estonian inventor, invented the Minox (d. 2003)
1902: Tommy Mitchell, English cricketer (d. 1996)
1901: William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Jaguar Cars (d. 1985)
1896: Antonin Artaud, French actor, director, and playwright (d. 1948)
1892: Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator (d. 1974)
1891: Fritz Todt, German engineer and politician (d. 1942)
1890: Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1947)
1888: Oskar Schlemmer, German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer (d. 1943)
1887: Roy William Neill, Irish-English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1946)
1886: Albert Orsborn, English 6th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1967)
1885: Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal (d. 1971)
1877: Kārlis Ulmanis, Latvian prime minister and president (d. 1942)
1862: Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist and composer (d. 1881)
1851: John Dillon, Irish poet and politician (d. 1927)
1850: Luigi Cadorna, Italian field marshal (d. 1928)
1848: Lewis Howard Latimer, American inventor (d. 1928)
1848: Jennie Lee, American actress (d. 1925)
1846: Daniel Burnham, American architect, designed the World's Columbian Exposition (d. 1912)
1832: Antonio Agliardi, Italian cardinal (d. 1915)
1826: Martin Wiberg, Swedish philosopher and engineer (d. 1905)
1825: Dadabhai Naoroji, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (d. 1917)
1824: Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1896)
1809: Manuel Montt, Chilean scholar and politician, 6th President of Chile (d. 1880)
1809: Juliusz Słowacki, Polish poet and playwright (d. 1849)
1803: Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (d. 1891)
1798: Raynold Kaufgetz, Swiss soldier, economist, and politician (d. 1869)
1776: Stephen Whitney, American businessman (d. 1860)
1768: François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for France (d. 1848)
1755: Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish general and politician (d. 1810)
1745: Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (d. 1812)
1717: Job Orton, English minister and author (d. 1783)
1681: Carl Heinrich Biber, Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1749)
1596: Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (d. 1687)
1580: George Percy, English explorer (d. 1632)
1563: Wanli, Chinese emperor (d. 1620)
1557: Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen consort of Denmark and Norway (d. 1631)
1454: Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (d. 1483)
1383: Felix V, antipope of Rome (d. 1451)
1241: Alexander III, king of Scotland (d. 1286)
973: Al-Biruni, Persian physician and polymath (d. 1048)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Steve Harwell, American singer (b. 1967)
2022: Cyrus Mistry, Indian-Irish businessman (b. 1968)
2022: Peter Straub, American novelist (b. 1943)
2021: Tunch Ilkin, Turkish-American football player (b. 1957)
2021: Willard Scott, American weather presenter and television personality (b. 1934)
2020: Lloyd Cadena, Filipino YouTuber and vlogger (b. 1993)
2018: Bill Daily, American actor, comedian (b. 1927)
2016: Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr., lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
2015: Graham Brazier, New Zealand singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
2015: Jean Darling, American actress (b. 1922)
2015: Wilfred de Souza, Indian surgeon and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Goa (b. 1927)
2015: Warren Murphy, American author and screenwriter (b. 1933)
2014: Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (b. 1930)
2014: Gustavo Cerati, Argentine Musician (b.1959)
2014: Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (b. 1928)
2014: Joan Rivers, American comedian, television host, and author (b. 1933)
2013: Michel Pagé, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1949)
2013: Dick Raaymakers, Dutch composer and theorist (b. 1930)
2013: Daniele Seccarecci, Italian bodybuilder (b. 1980)
2013: Stanislav Stepashkin, Russian boxer (b. 1940)
2013: Casey Viator, American bodybuilder and journalist (b. 1951)
2012: Abraham Avigdorov, Israeli soldier (b. 1929)
2012: Albert Marre, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)
2012: George Savitsky, American football player (b. 1924)
2012: Syed Mustafa Siraj, Indian author (b. 1930)
2012: Hakam Sufi, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
2011: Lee Roy Selmon, American football player (b. 1954)
2007: John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire (b. 1923)
2006: Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1942)
2006: Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (b. 1962)
2006: Colin Thiele, Australian author, poet, and educator (b. 1920)
2006: Astrid Varnay, Swedish-American soprano (b. 1918)
2004: Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (b. 1971)
2004: Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (b. 1929)
2003: Lola Bobesco, Romanian-Belgian violinist and educator (b. 1921)
2003: Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1921)
2002: Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (b. 1904)
1999: Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (b. 1919)
1998: Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (b. 1905)
1998: Elizabeth Kata, Australian author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
1997: Dharamvir Bharati, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1926)
1997: Aldo Rossi, Italian architect, designed the Bonnefanten Museum and Teatro Carlo Felice (b. 1931)
1996: Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist (b. 1917)
1996: Rose Ouellette, Canadian actress and manager (b. 1903)
1995: Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (b. 1950)
1995: William Kunstler, American lawyer and activist (b. 1919)
1993: Hervé Villechaize, French-American actor (b. 1943)
1991: Charlie Barnet, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1913)
1991: Tom Tryon, American actor and author (b. 1926)
1991: Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1932)
1990: Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author (b. 1925)
1990: Irene Dunne, American actress and singer (b. 1898)
1990: Turan Dursun, Turkish scholar and author (b. 1934)
1989: Georges Simenon, Belgian-Swiss author (b. 1903)
1989: Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and author (b. 1903)
1987: Bill Bowes, English cricketer and coach (b. 1908)
1986: Otto Glória, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1917)
1986: Hank Greenberg, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
1985: Vasyl Stus, Ukrainian poet, publicist, and dissident (b. 1938)
1985: George O'Brien, American actor and singer (b. 1899)
1982: Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter (b. 1900)
1977: Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1899)
1977: Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (b. 1894)
1977: E. F. Schumacher, German-English economist and statistician (b. 1911)
1974: Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914)
1974: Marcel Achard, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1899)
1974: Charles Arnison, English airman (b. 1893)
1974: Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer (b. 1884)
1965: Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
1963: Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)
1944: Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)
1940: George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
1923: Howdy Wilcox, American racing driver (b. 1889)
1914: Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)
1911: John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (b. 1854)
1909: Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1865)
1907: Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)
1864: John Hunt Morgan, American general (b. 1825)
1852: William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
1849: Friedrich Laun, German author (b. 1770)
1821: José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (b. 1785)
1820: Timothy Brown, English banker and merchant (b. 1743/4)
1804: Richard Somers, American lieutenant (b. 1778)
1794: John Hely-Hutchinson, Anglo-Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1724)
1784: César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (b. 1714)
1780: John Fielding, English lawyer and judge (b. 1721)
1767: Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1725)
1676: John Ogilby, Scottish-born impresario and cartographer (b. 1600)
1625: Thomas Smythe, English diplomat (b. 1558)
1588: Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk (b. 1532)
1571: Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, English nobleman (b. 1516)
1537: Johann Dietenberger, German theologian and translator (b. 1475)
1417: Robert Hallam, English Catholic bishop
1416: John I, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count
1342: Anna Anachoutlou, empress of Trebizond
1332: García de Ayerbe, Spanish bishop and crusade theorist
1323: Gegeen Khan, Chinese emperor (b. 1302)
1308: Margaret of Burgundy, queen of Sicily (b. 1250)
1199: Joan of England, queen of Sicily (b. 1165)
1063: Tughril, Seljuq sultan (b. 990)
1037: Bermudo III, king of León (b. c. 1017)
799: Musa al-Kadhim, Arabic imam (b. 745)
422: Boniface I, pope of the Catholic Church

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