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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

2025: $1.7 BILLION: Powerball jackpot juggernaut keeps rolling. Last night, the multi-state Powerball lottery game produced no top winner for the 41st consecutive drawing, prompting lottery officials to raise the game's jackpot to an astonishing $1.7 billion.
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.$1.79 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2025
2.$740 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 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.$345 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2021
6.$336 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 5, 2025
7.€266.31 Million US$264.07 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2022
8.$191 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2022
9.$186 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2016
10.€126 Million
US$177.08 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2011
11.$169 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 4, 2013
12.$167 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 4, 2018
13.€148 Million
US$164.27 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2024
14.€114 Million
US$162.61 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 5, 2008
15.$158.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 5, 2022
16.€139 Million
US$153.75 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2019
17.€134.97 Million
US$151.31 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2016
18.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2005
19.$139 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2019
20.$133 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 5, 2015
21.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2014
22.$108.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2011
23.$102 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2006
24.$101 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2016
24.$101 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 5, 2023

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989: gettygreen-bliz
Monday, Sep 4, 1989
36 years old
1987: Turtle0Monkey
Friday, Sep 4, 1987
38 years old
1983: Christinap90469
Sunday, Sep 4, 1983
42 years old
1979: G26GRACE27
Tuesday, Sep 4, 1979
46 years old
1979: AlgorithmGuru
Tuesday, Sep 4, 1979
46 years old
1974: tkdavis74
Wednesday, Sep 4, 1974
51 years old
1973: cesarnunezel
Tuesday, Sep 4, 1973
52 years old
1968: tenderdee1968
Wednesday, Sep 4, 1968
57 years old
1967: unicornlover
Monday, Sep 4, 1967
58 years old
1963: ShinerBockGirl
Wednesday, Sep 4, 1963
62 years old
1959: jackieblue
Friday, Sep 4, 1959
66 years old
1957: Vegastogo2
Wednesday, Sep 4, 1957
68 years old
1949: agnes
Sunday, Sep 4, 1949
76 years old
1948: kl941948
Saturday, Sep 4, 1948
77 years old
1944: william wills
Monday, Sep 4, 1944
81 years old
: MartyMcNuts
(year not provided)
: Prettynpink
(year not provided)
: dripper
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: A 14-year-old gunman kills four people and injures seven in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School near Winder, Georgia.
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 PhD students at Stanford University.
1995: The 1995 Okinawa rape that would cause widespread protest against the US military presence on the prefecture.
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: Paul Robeson performs a second concert in Peekskill, New York eight days after the Peekskill riots.
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
2000: Sergio Gómez, Spanish footballer
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
1993: Mark Tuan, American rapper
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
1987: Marisa Kabas, American journalist
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 (died 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 (died 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 (died 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 (died 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 (died 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 (died 2012)
1949: Dean Pees, American football player and coach
1949: Tom Watson, American golfer and sportscaster
1947: Bob Jenkins, American sportscaster (died 2021)
1947: Paul Sait, Australian rugby league player (died 2023)
1946: Gary Duncan, American guitarist (died 2019)
1946: Dave Liebman, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer
1946: Bryan Mauricette, Saint Lucian-Canadian cricketer
1945: Danny Gatton, American guitarist (died 1994)
1945: Bill Kenwright, English actor, singer, and producer (died 2023)
1944: Tony Atkinson, English economist and academic (died 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 (died 2020)
1944: Jennifer Salt, American actress, screenwriter, and producer
1942: Raymond Floyd, American golfer
1942: Jerry Jarrett, American wrestler and promoter (died 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, South African cricketer and referee (died 2005)
1937: Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer and politician
1937: Gene Ludwig, American organist and composer (died 2010)
1937: Virgil A. Richard, American general (died 2013)
1937: Les Allen, English footballer and manager
1935: Charles A. Hines, American general and academic (died 2013)
1935: Dallas Willard, American philosopher and academic (died 2013)
1934: Clive Granger, Welsh-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
1934: Antoine Redin, French footballer and manager (died 2012)
1934: Eduard Khil, Russian baritone singer (died 2012)
1934: Jan Švankmajer, Czech filmmaker and artist
1932: Carlos Romero Barceló, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Puerto Rico (died 2021)
1932: Vince Dooley, American football player and coach (died 2022)
1931: Mitzi Gaynor, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2024)
1931: Antonios Trakatellis, Greek biochemist and politician
1930: Robert Arneson, American sculptor and academic (died 1992)
1930: William Maxson, American general (died 2013)
1929: Thomas Eagleton, American lawyer and politician, 38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (died 2007)
1929: Robert V. Keeley, Lebanese-American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Greece (died 2015)
1928: Dick York, American actor (died 1992)
1927: John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic (died 2011)
1927: Ferenc Sánta, Hungarian author and screenwriter (died 2008)
1926: George William Gray, British chemist, developer of stable liquid crystals (died 2013)
1926: Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (died 2002)
1926: Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)
1925: Asa Earl Carter, American Ku Klux Klan leader and author (died 1979)
1924: Joan Aiken, English author (died 2004)
1924: Justinas Lagunavičius, Lithuanian basketball player (died 1997)
1923: Ram Kishore Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician (died 2003)
1922: Per Olof Sundman, Swedish author and politician (died 1992)
1920: Clemar Bucci, Argentine race car driver (died 2011)
1920: Craig Claiborne, American journalist, author, and critic (died 2000)
1920: Konstantin Kalser, German-American film producer and advertising executive (died 1994)
1919: Émile Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2012)
1919: Howard Morris, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2005)
1918: Paul Harvey, American radio host (died 2009)
1918: Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer (died 2014)
1917: Henry Ford II, American businessman (died 1987)
1914: Rudolf Leiding, German businessman (died 2003)
1913: Mickey Cohen, American mob boss (died 1976)
1913: Victor Kiernan, English historian and academic (died 2009)
1913: Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1982)
1913: Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect (died 2005)
1913: Shmuel Wosner, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author (died 2015)
1912: Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator (died 2004)
1912: Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (died 1999)
1910: Denis Tomlinson, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (died 1993)
1909: Eduard Wirths, German physician (died 1945)
1908: Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-American director and producer (died 1999)
1908: Richard Wright, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (died 1960)
1907: Reggie Nalder, Austrian-American actor (died 1991)
1906: Ruben Oskar Auervaara, Finnish fraudster (died 1964)
1906: Max Delbrück, German-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)
1905: Mary Renault, English-South African author (died 1983)
1905: Walter Zapp, Latvian-Estonian inventor, invented the Minox (died 2003)
1902: Tommy Mitchell, English cricketer (died 1996)
1901: William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Jaguar Cars (died 1985)
1896: Antonin Artaud, French actor, director, and playwright (died 1948)
1892: Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator (died 1974)
1891: Fritz Todt, German engineer and politician (died 1942)
1890: Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1947)
1888: Oskar Schlemmer, German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer (died 1943)
1887: Roy William Neill, Irish-English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1946)
1886: Albert Orsborn, English 6th General of The Salvation Army (died 1967)
1885: Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal (died 1971)
1877: Kārlis Ulmanis, Latvian prime minister and president (died 1942)
1862: Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist and composer (died 1881)
1851: John Dillon, Irish poet and politician (died 1927)
1850: Luigi Cadorna, Italian field marshal (died 1928)
1848: Lewis Howard Latimer, American inventor (died 1928)
1848: Jennie Lee, American actress (died 1925)
1846: Daniel Burnham, American architect, designed the World's Columbian Exposition (died 1912)
1832: Antonio Agliardi, Italian cardinal (died 1915)
1826: Martin Wiberg, Swedish philosopher and engineer (died 1905)
1825: Dadabhai Naoroji, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (died 1917)
1824: Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist and composer (died 1896)
1809: Manuel Montt, Chilean scholar and politician, 6th President of Chile (died 1880)
1809: Juliusz Słowacki, Polish poet and playwright (died 1849)
1803: Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (died 1891)
1798: Raynold Kaufgetz, Swiss soldier, economist, and politician (died 1869)
1776: Stephen Whitney, American businessman (died 1860)
1768: François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for France (died 1848)
1755: Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish general and politician (died 1810)
1745: Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (died 1812)
1717: Job Orton, English minister and author (died 1783)
1681: Carl Heinrich Biber, Austrian violinist and composer (died 1749)
1596: Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (died 1687)
1580: George Percy, English explorer (died 1632)
1563: Wanli, Chinese emperor (died 1620)
1557: Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen consort of Denmark and Norway (died 1631)
1454: Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (died 1483)
1383: Felix V, antipope of Rome (died 1451)
1241: Alexander III, king of Scotland (died 1286)
973: Al-Biruni, Persian physician and polymath (died 1048)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Bora Đorđević, Serbian singer (born 1952)
2023: Steve Harwell, American singer (born 1967)
2022: Cyrus Mistry, Indian-Irish businessman (born 1968)
2022: Peter Straub, American novelist (born 1943)
2021: Tunch Ilkin, Turkish-American football player (born 1957)
2021: Willard Scott, American weather presenter and television personality (born 1934)
2020: Lloyd Cadena, Filipino YouTuber and vlogger (born 1993)
2018: Bill Daily, American actor, comedian (born 1927)
2018: Krzysztof Sitko, Polish association football player (born 1967)
2016: Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr., lawyer and politician (born 1933)
2015: Graham Brazier, New Zealand singer-songwriter (born 1952)
2015: Jean Darling, American actress (born 1922)
2015: Wilfred de Souza, Indian surgeon and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Goa (born 1927)
2015: Warren Murphy, American author and screenwriter (born 1933)
2014: Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (born 1930)
2014: Gustavo Cerati, Argentine Musician (born 1959)
2014: Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (born 1928)
2014: Joan Rivers, American comedian, television host, and author (born 1933)
2013: Michel Pagé, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1949)
2013: Dick Raaymakers, Dutch composer and theorist (born 1930)
2013: Daniele Seccarecci, Italian bodybuilder (born 1980)
2013: Stanislav Stepashkin, Russian boxer (born 1940)
2013: Casey Viator, American bodybuilder and journalist (born 1951)
2012: Abraham Avigdorov, Israeli soldier (born 1929)
2012: Albert Marre, American actor, director, and producer (born 1924)
2012: George Savitsky, American football player (born 1924)
2012: Syed Mustafa Siraj, Indian author (born 1930)
2012: Hakam Sufi, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1952)
2011: Lee Roy Selmon, American football player (born 1954)
2010: Bonnie Leman, American art historian, writer, and publisher of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine (born 1926)
2007: John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire (born 1923)
2006: Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer and manager (born 1942)
2006: Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (born 1962)
2006: Colin Thiele, Australian author, poet, and educator (born 1920)
2006: Astrid Varnay, Swedish-American soprano (born 1918)
2004: Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (born 1971)
2004: Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (born 1929)
2003: Lola Bobesco, Romanian-Belgian violinist and educator (born 1921)
2003: Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (born 1921)
2002: Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (born 1904)
1999: Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (born 1919)
1998: Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (born 1905)
1998: Elizabeth Kata, Australian author and screenwriter (born 1912)
1997: Dharamvir Bharati, Indian author, poet, and playwright (born 1926)
1997: Aldo Rossi, Italian architect, designed the Bonnefanten Museum and Teatro Carlo Felice (born 1931)
1996: Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist (born 1917)
1996: Rose Ouellette, Canadian actress and manager (born 1903)
1995: Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (born 1950)
1995: William Kunstler, American lawyer and activist (born 1919)
1993: Hervé Villechaize, French-American actor (born 1943)
1991: Charlie Barnet, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1913)
1991: Tom Tryon, American actor and author (born 1926)
1991: Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1932)
1990: Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author (born 1925)
1990: Irene Dunne, American actress and singer (born 1898)
1990: Turan Dursun, Turkish scholar and author (born 1934)
1989: Georges Simenon, Belgian-Swiss author (born 1903)
1989: Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and author (born 1903)
1987: Bill Bowes, English cricketer and coach (born 1908)
1986: Otto Glória, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1917)
1986: Hank Greenberg, American baseball player and manager (born 1911)
1985: Vasyl Stus, Ukrainian poet, publicist, and dissident (born 1938)
1985: George O'Brien, American actor and singer (born 1899)
1983: Jon Brower Minnoch, famous for being the world's heaviest person recorded (born 1941)
1982: Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter (born 1900)
1977: Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1899)
1977: Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (born 1894)
1977: E. F. Schumacher, German-English economist and statistician (born 1911)
1974: Creighton Abrams, American general (born 1914)
1974: Marcel Achard, French playwright and screenwriter (born 1899)
1974: Charles Arnison, English airman (born 1893)
1974: Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer (born 1884)
1965: Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1875)
1963: Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (born 1886)
1944: Erich Fellgiebel, German general (born 1886)
1940: George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (born 1869)
1923: Howdy Wilcox, American racing driver (born 1889)
1914: Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (born 1873)
1911: John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (born 1854)
1909: Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (born 1865)
1907: Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (born 1843)
1864: John Hunt Morgan, American general (born 1825)
1852: William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (born 1796)
1849: Friedrich Laun, German author (born 1770)
1821: José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (born 1785)
1820: Timothy Brown, English banker and merchant (born 1743/4)
1804: Richard Somers, American lieutenant (born 1778)
1794: John Hely-Hutchinson, Anglo-Irish lawyer and politician (born 1724)
1784: César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (born 1714)
1780: John Fielding, English lawyer and judge (born 1721)
1767: Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1725)
1676: John Ogilby, Scottish-born impresario and cartographer (born 1600)
1625: Thomas Smythe, English diplomat (born 1558)
1588: Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk (born 1532)
1571: Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, English nobleman (born 1516)
1537: Johann Dietenberger, German theologian and translator (born 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 (born 1302)
1308: Margaret of Burgundy, queen of Sicily (born 1250)
1199: Joan of England, queen of Sicily (born 1165)
1063: Tughril, Seljuq sultan (born 990)
1037: Bermudo III, king of León (born c. 1017)
799: Musa al-Kadhim, Arabic imam (born 745)
422: Boniface I, pope of the Catholic Church

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