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September 5

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September 5

September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 117 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: $1.8 BILLION: Powerball jackpot now second-largest ever as ticket sales surge across the USA. Due to a ticket-buying frenzy for Saturday's Powerball drawing, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate to $1.8 billion, making it the second-largest lottery jackpot in world history.
2025: Kentucky couple who won $250,000 in lottery: "This is literally going to change everything for us.". A Kentucky couple was hit with a swirling mix of giddy emotions after hitting the lottery for $250,000, a prize that they say will truly change their lives.
2024: Five winners in Ohio share $130,000 Rolling Cash 5 jackpot. Five separate winners will be splitting a $130,000 Ohio Lottery Rolling Cash 5 jackpot, with each winning ticket having been sold in five different places.
2023: Kentucky man who won $500,000 lottery prize celebrates by giving retailer employees money. A Kentucky man's first action on his to-do list after winning $500,000 in the lottery was to give money away to the employees at the store he bought the ticket from.
2022: Cyber attack affects New Hampshire Lottery website. The New Hampshire Lottery experienced a cyber attack that forced their website offline for nearly a day.
2021: South Carolina man wins $200,000 lottery prize with numbers he saw on TV show. It just so happened that some numbers mentioned in a television show were the lucky numbers a South Carolina player needed to win a $200,000 jackpot in the South Carolina Lottery's Palmetto Cash 5 game.
2018: Colorado man wins lottery for third time in 17 months. A Colorado man has won the lottery for the third time in a year and half for a total of $1 million.
2015: Lottery scam with a twist hitting Central Texas. A voicemail message is part of a sophisticated phone scam plaguing Central Texas, and is responsible for stealing millions of dollars from Americans each year.
2014: Auto shop owner finds winning $2.9M lottery ticket in his truck. A Long Island auto body shop owner just found out that he has been driving around with nearly $3 million in his truck.
2013: New England's 'Lucky for Life' game to gain second lifetime prize. A $25,000 a year for life second prize will soon be added to the multi-state Lucky for Life game, which offers the chance to win up to $1,000 a day, every day, for a lifetime.
2013: Powerball lottery jackpot storms back to $203 million. It has only been four weeks since Powerball tickets were flying off the ticket counters for a $448 million jackpot, but the muilti-state game is already back in the hot zone, with a $203 million jackpot teed up for Saturday night.
2011: Lottery winner must pay for court-appointed attorney. An Oregon lottery winner facing meth charges was appointed a public defender before it was discovered that she had ample funds to pay for her own attorney.
2007: Oklahoma lottery winner says yes to TV; no to marriage proposals. "Good Morning America" is trying to contact the winner of a $600,000 Powerball lottery prize because of the unusual manner she selected her numbers -- based on football players' jerseys.
2007: Thieves burn store, steal lottery tickets. Early Monday morning, two men broke into a convenience store on Dean Street in Rome, Georgia, stole at least 30 rolls of scratch off lottery tickets, then set a fire in an attempt to cover their tracks.
2007: Mass. Lottery to introduce $20 scratch game. After a year of declining sales and a sweepstakes that left the Massachusetts State Lottery with a $12 million loss, the agency plans to release its first-ever $20 instant ticket, which will reward winners with the largest total prize amount ever given out in the country.
2007: Florida Gov. suggests selling the lottery. Selling the state's lottery and some of its highways, such as Alligator Alley, to private companies may help solve Florida's financial dilemma, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said Tuesday.
2007: Bunky the lottery winner claims his prize. Maryland's latest jackpot winner, Ellwood August "Bunky" Bartlett, claimed his share of the $330 million Mega Millions winnings at lottery headquarters in Baltimore yesterday afternoon.
2007: Will millions spoil Bunky Bartlett?. A Baltimore Sun columnist takes a look at Bunky Bartlett, winner of an $82 million Mega Millions prize.
2006: N.C. Powerball lottery winners worry what their preacher will think. Can winning nearly a million dollars in the lottery be a bad thing? Strangely, for Donald and Danette Sigmon the answer is apparently, "yes."
2006: 16 nurses split $6 million Florida Lotto jackpot. Sixteen Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center employees apparently are $6 million richer after picking all six of Saturday's winning Florida Lotto numbers.
2006: Court dismisses lottery suit, orders man to pay fees. A man who sued the Ohio Lottery Commission, claiming that the lottery's promise of billions of dollars for public schools was false, not only won't get the $12 billion he sued for, but also will have to pay the lottery commission's legal fees.
2006: Nebraska man claims lottery grand prize at fair. A Hershey, Nebraska, man drove away with $72,000 in prizes during the Nebraska Lottery's Getaway Giveaway game show Sunday at the Nebraska State Fair.
2006: New Mexico lottery spends the most on administrative costs. New Mexico's lottery spends a far greater percentage on administrative costs than almost any other lottery in the nation, and as a result, risks having to make reductions in the lottery scholarship program if changes aren't made.
2003: $135 million Powerball jackpot goes to two families. Two families - one from New Hampshire and the other from Massachusetts - have won last week's $135 million Powerball jackpot. Only one of them went public at a news conference Friday.
2003: Ford plans dealer lottery for scarce GT supercar supply. Most Americans must win a lottery to afford a $100,000-plus Ford GT. Next year, many Ford dealers must win a lottery to sell one.
2003: Convenience store owners buy winning ticket from own store. The owners of a Russell, New York convenience store discovered a scratch-off lottery ticket they bought from their own shop a month ago was a $5 million winner.
2003: Winning lottery ticket wasn’t too lucky for alleged thieves. Two Ohio men appeared in County Municipal Court Eastern Area Division Thursday accused in the connection of theft of items from Akenhead's Dairy, including 395 lottery tickets.
2003: Last NJ Lotzee drawing will be Sept. 13. The last drawing of the New Jersey Lottery's Lotzee game will be Sept. 13. The game is being discontinued due to declining sales that do not support fixed prize levels, officials said Friday.
2003: $135 Million Powerball Winners From New Hampshire, Massachusetts. The winners of last week's $135 million Powerball jackpot are from New Hampshire and Massachusetts and will go public this afternoon.
2003: Welcome back — here’s $45,000. When most people return home from vacation, they're greeted with stacks of mail, overdue bills and a lawn that's grown knee high. When Rich Smith of Fond du Lac arrived home from vacation, he found out the lottery ticket he bought before leaving won him $45,000.
2003: Elderly man loses $20,000 in lottery scam, police say. Police in California said Wednesday they are investigating a lottery scam that targeted one elderly Vallejo man and possibly other victims in Vacaville and Sacramento.
2003: Lottery board narrows list of CEO candidates to three. The list of candidates for the top job in running Tennessee's lottery has been whittled from 15 to three, but lottery officials declined yesterday to say who the finalists are.

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.$462.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2023
4.$374.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 6, 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.$208 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2013
9.$191 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2022
10.$187 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2018
11.$186 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2016
12.€126 Million
US$177.08 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2011
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.$111.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2024
22.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2014
23.$108.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2011
24.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2012
25.$102 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2006

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1988: Martti Mujkic
Monday, Sep 5, 1988
37 years old
1980: ELawshea
Friday, Sep 5, 1980
45 years old
1979: Loops
Wednesday, Sep 5, 1979
46 years old
1979: Davidson052005
Wednesday, Sep 5, 1979
46 years old
1976: Goldenpalms666
Sunday, Sep 5, 1976
49 years old
1975: luckydevil
Friday, Sep 5, 1975
50 years old
1973: Anikacollins
Wednesday, Sep 5, 1973
52 years old
1972: Glamrass
Tuesday, Sep 5, 1972
53 years old
1970: Moneyhog
Saturday, Sep 5, 1970
55 years old
1970: Sweetjuju
Saturday, Sep 5, 1970
55 years old
1966: Yaya66
Monday, Sep 5, 1966
59 years old
1965: rwalkero
Sunday, Sep 5, 1965
60 years old
1958: trish1958
Friday, Sep 5, 1958
67 years old
1952: paulap
Friday, Sep 5, 1952
73 years old
1952: Slick Nick
Friday, Sep 5, 1952
73 years old
1949: hot mama
Monday, Sep 5, 1949
76 years old
1948: jeeps1
Sunday, Sep 5, 1948
77 years old
1942: roostervan
Saturday, Sep 5, 1942
83 years old
1938: Papa-CE
Monday, Sep 5, 1938
87 years old
: Gentlespirit
(year not provided)
: CSenior
(year not provided)
: Jaypee3000
(year not provided)
: Mercedes48
(year not provided)
: Vyck
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: Liz Truss is declared the winner of the UK Conservative Party leadership election, beating Rishi Sunak
2022: At least 93 people die and 25 are missing after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Sichuan, China.
2021: The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé is captured by armed forces during a coup d'état.
2012: An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others.
2005: Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes after takeoff from Polonia International Airport in Medan, Indonesia, killing 149.
1996: Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.
1991: The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
1990: Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.
1986: Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
1984: STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
1984: Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
1981: The first women arrive at what becomes Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in the UK.
1980: The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.
1978: Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
1977: Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
1975: Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
1972: Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day.
1970: Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên-Huế Province.
1969: Mỹ Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
1960: Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal.
1960: Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
1957: Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
1954: KLM Flight 633 crashes into the River Shannon in Shannon, County Clare, Ireland, killing 28.
1948: In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
1945: Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War.
1945: Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.
1944: Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
1943: World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, near Lae in the Salamaua-Lae campaign.
1942: World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.
1941: Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.
1938: Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
1937: Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
1932: The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
1915: The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
1914: World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
1905: Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
1887: A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter kills 186, making it the UK's deadliest ever building fire.
1882: The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
1877: American Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
1862: American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia crosses the Potomac River at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
1839: The United Kingdom declares war on the Qing dynasty of China.
1836: Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
1816: Louis XVIII of France has to dissolve the Chambre introuvable ("Unobtainable Chamber").
1812: War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac's forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort's outhouses.
1798: Conscription is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan law.
1793: French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
1791: Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
1781: Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
1774: First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
1725: Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
1698: In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.
1697: War of the Grand Alliance : A French warship commanded by Captain Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville defeated an English squadron at the Battle of Hudson's Bay.
1666: Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died.
1661: Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV's Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers.
1622: A hurricane overruns a Spanish fleet bound from Havana to Cadiz and sinks the galleon Atocha. Only five men are rescued, but 260 passengers and 200 million pesos are buried with the Atocha under 50 feet of water.
1590: Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to lift the siege of Paris.
1367: Swa Saw Ke becomes king of Ava
917: Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu.

Births On This Day

2001: Bukayo Saka, English footballer
1999: Filip Chytil, Czech ice hockey player
1998: Caroline Dolehide, American tennis player
1998: Mac Jones, American football player
1998: Davion Mitchell, American basketball player
1997: Steven Kwan, American baseball player
1997: Kyōko Saitō, Japanese idol
1996: Jarren Duran, American baseball player
1996: Sigrid, Norwegian singer
1996: Richairo Zivkovic, Dutch footballer
1995: Szabina Szlavikovics, Hungarian tennis player
1995: Lucas Wallmark, Swedish ice hockey player
1994: Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italian swimmer
1993: Pablo Reyes, Dominican baseball player
1993: T. J. Warren, American basketball player
1991: Skandar Keynes, English actor and political adviser
1991: Zeki Yavru, Turkish footballer
1990: Antonio Esposito, Italian footballer
1990: Francesca Segarelli, Dominican tennis player
1990: Lance Stephenson, American basketball player
1990: Yuna Kim, South Korean figure skater
1990: Franco Zuculini, Argentine footballer
1989: Elena Delle Donne, American basketball player
1989: Kat Graham, American actress and singer
1989: Craig Smith, American ice hockey player
1989: José Ángel Valdés, Spanish footballer
1989: Ben Youngs, English rugby player
1988: Denni Avdić, Swedish footballer
1988: Felipe Caicedo, Ecuadorian footballer
1988: Emmy Raver-Lampman, American actress and singer
1986: Colt McCoy, American football player
1986: Pragyan Ojha, Indian cricketer
1985: Justin Dentmon, American basketball player
1985: Ryan Guy, American soccer player
1984: Alison Bell, Scottish field hockey player
1984: Chris Anker Sørensen, Danish cyclist (died 2021)
1983: Eugen Bopp, Ukrainian-German footballer
1983: Pablo Granoche, Uruguayan footballer
1983: Lincoln Riley, American football coach
1983: Antony Sweeney, English footballer
1983: Chris Young, American baseball player
1982: Alexandre Geijo, Spanish-Swiss footballer
1981: Daniel Moreno, Spanish cyclist
1981: Kai Rüütel, Estonian opera singer
1981: Filippo Volandri, Italian tennis player
1980: Franco Costanzo, Argentine footballer
1980: Kevin Simm, British singer
1979: John Carew, Norwegian footballer
1979: Stacey Dales, Canadian basketball player and sportscaster
1979: Julien Lizeroux, French skier
1979: Salvatore Mastronunzio, Italian footballer
1979: George O'Callaghan, Irish footballer
1978: Laura Bertram, Canadian actress
1978: Chris Hipkins, New Zealand politician, 41st Prime Minister of New Zealand
1978: Chris Jack, New Zealand rugby player
1978: Sylvester Joseph, Antiguan cricketer
1978: Zhang Zhong, Chinese chess player
1977: Rosevelt Colvin, American football player and sportscaster
1977: Joseba Etxeberria, Spanish footballer
1977: Minoru Fujita, Japanese wrestler
1977: Nazr Mohammed, American basketball player
1976: Tatiana Gutsu, Ukrainian gymnast
1976: Carice van Houten, Dutch actress and singer
1975: Rod Barajas, American baseball player and manager
1975: George Boateng, Dutch footballer and manager
1975: Randy Choate, American baseball player
1975: Matt Geyer, Australian rugby league player and coach
1974: Lauren Jeska, British fell runner convicted of the attempted murder of Ralph Knibbs
1974: Rawl Lewis, Grenadian cricketer
1974: Ken-Marti Vaher, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior
1973: Paddy Considine, English actor, director, and screenwriter
1973: Rose McGowan, American actress
1972: Shane Sewell, Canadian-American wrestler and referee
1972: Guy Whittall, Zimbabwean cricketer
1971: Adam Hollioake, Australian cricketer and mixed martial artist
1970: Liam Lynch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, puppeteer, and director
1970: Mohammad Rafique, Bangladeshi cricketer
1970: Gilbert Remulla, Filipino journalist and politician
1970: Johnny Vegas, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1969: Leonardo Araújo, Brazilian footballer and manager
1969: Mariko Kouda, Japanese voice actress, singer, and radio host
1969: Mark Ramprakash, English cricketer and coach
1969: Dweezil Zappa, American actor and musician
1968: Serhiy Kovalets, Ukrainian footballer and manager
1968: Dennis Scott, American basketball player and sportscaster
1968: Robin van der Laan, Dutch footballer and coach
1968: Brad Wilk, American singer-songwriter and drummer
1967: Matthias Sammer, German footballer and manager
1967: Jane Sixsmith, English field hockey player
1966: Achero Mañas, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter
1966: Milinko Pantić, Serbian footballer and manager
1965: David Brabham, Australian race car driver
1965: Hoshitango Imachi, Japanese wrestler
1965: Nick Talbot, English geneticist and academic
1964: Frank Farina, Australian footballer and manager
1964: Sergei Loznitsa, Belarusian-Ukrainian director and screenwriter
1964: Ken Norman, American basketball player
1964: Thomas Mikal Ford, American actor (died 2016)
1963: Juan Alderete, American bass player and songwriter
1963: Kristian Alfonso, American actress and model
1963: Jeff Brantley, American baseball player and sportscaster
1963: Terry Ellis, American R&B singer-songwriter and actress
1963: Taki Inoue, Japanese race car driver and manager
1962: Tracy Edwards, English sailor and coach
1962: John McGrath, Welsh businessman
1961: Marc-André Hamelin, Canadian pianist and composer
1960: Willie Gault, American football player, athlete, and actor
1960: Don Kulick, Swedish anthropologist and academic
1959: Frank Schirrmacher, German journalist and publisher (died 2014)
1958: Lars Danielsson, Swedish bassist, composer, and producer
1957: Rudi Gores, German footballer and manager
1957: Peter Winnen, Dutch cyclist
1956: Low Thia Khiang, Singaporean businessman and politician
1956: Roine Stolt, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1956: Debbie Turner, American actress
1954: Richard Austin, Jamaican footballer and cricketer (died 2015)
1954: Frederick Kempe, American journalist and author
1953: Victor Davis Hanson, American historian and journalist
1953: Murray Mexted, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
1953: Eiki Nestor, Estonian engineer and politician, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
1953: Paul Piché, Canadian singer-songwriter
1952: David Glen Eisley, American rock singer-songwriter and actor
1951: Paul Breitner, German footballer
1951: Michael Keaton, American actor and producer
1951: Jamie Oldaker, American drummer and percussionist (died 2020)
1950: Rosie Cooper, English businesswoman and politician
1950: Cathy Guisewite, American cartoonist, created Cathy
1949: Clem Clempson, English guitarist and songwriter
1948: Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria
1947: Mel Collins, Manx saxophonist and flute player
1947: Chip Davis, American pianist, songwriter, and producer
1947: Buddy Miles, American singer-songwriter and drummer (died 2008)
1947: Bruce Yardley, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 2019)
1946: Kyongae Chang, South Korean astrophysicist and academic
1946: Dennis Dugan, American actor and director
1946: Dean Ford, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)
1946: Freddie Mercury, British singer and songwriter (died 1991)
1946: Loudon Wainwright III, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1945: Eva Bergman, Swedish director and screenwriter
1945: Al Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944: Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, author, and playwright (died 1996)
1944: Gareth Evans, Australian lawyer and politician, 33rd Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1943: Dulce Saguisag, Filipino social worker and politician, 10th Filipino Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (died 2007)
1942: Werner Herzog, German actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1942: Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (died 1995)
1941: Dave Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022)
1940: Valerie Howarth, Baroness Howarth of Breckland, English politician
1940: Raquel Welch, American actress and singer (died 2023)
1939: Claudette Colvin, American nurse and activist
1939: William Devane, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1939: George Lazenby, Australian actor
1939: John Stewart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)
1939: George Tremlett, English journalist, author, and politician (died 2021)
1938: John Ferguson, Sr., Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2007)
1938: Doreen Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen, English politician (died 2024)
1937: Antonio Valentín Angelillo, Argentine footballer and manager (died 2018)
1937: Dick Clement, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1936: Robert Burns, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2014)
1936: John Danforth, American politician and diplomat, 24th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
1936: Jonathan Kozol, American sociologist, author, and educator
1936: Bill Mazeroski, American baseball player and coach
1936: Knuts Skujenieks, Latvian poet, journalist, and translator (died 2022)
1935: Werner Erhard, American author and philanthropist, founded Werner Erhard and Associates and The Hunger Project
1935: Helen Gifford, Australian composer and educator
1935: Lucille Soong, Chinese-American actress
1934: Paul Josef Cordes, German cardinal (died 2024)
1934: Dennis Letts, American actor and educator (died 2008)
1934: Kevin McNamara, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2017)
1933: Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Chilean cardinal
1932: Carol Lawrence, American actress and singer
1932: Robert H. Dennard, American electrical engineer and inventor (died 2024)
1929: Bob Newhart, American comedian and actor (died 2024)
1929: Andriyan Nikolayev, Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (died 2004)
1928: Joyce Hatto, English pianist and educator (died 2006)
1928: Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonist and educator (died 2005)
1927: Paul Volcker, American economist and academic (died 2019)
1925: Justin Kaplan, American author (died 2014)
1924: Paul Dietzel, American football player and coach (died 2013)
1924: Frank Armitage, Australian-American artist (died 2016)
1923: David Hamer, Australian captain and politician (died 2002)
1923: Ken Meuleman, Australian cricketer (died 2004)
1922: Denys Wilkinson, English physicist and academic (died 2016)
1921: Murray Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2013)
1921: Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (died 2007)
1920: Peter Racine Fricker, English-American composer and educator (died 1990)
1920: Fons Rademakers, Dutch-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2007)
1919: Elisabeth Volkenrath, German SS officer (died 1945)
1918: Luis Alcoriza, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1992)
1918: Bob Katter, Sr., Australian captain and politician (died 1990)
1918: Fred McCarthy, American cartoonist and monk (died 2009)
1917: Pedro E. Guerrero, American photographer (died 2012)
1917: Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racer and trainer (died 2008)
1916: Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2002)
1916: Frank Yerby, American novelist (died 1991)
1914: Stuart Freeborn, English make up artist (died 2013)
1914: Gail Kubik, American violinist, composer, and educator (died 1984)
1914: Nicanor Parra, Chilean physicist, mathematician, and poet (died 2018)
1912: John Cage, American composer and theorist (died 1992)
1912: Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German actress and photographer (died 2001)
1912: Frank Thomas, American voice actor, animator, and screenwriter (died 2004)
1910: Leila Mackinlay, English author (died 1996)
1910: Phiroze Palia, Indian cricketer (died 1981)
1909: Hans Carste, German pianist and conductor (died 1971)
1909: Bernard Delfont, Russian-English talent manager (died 1994)
1909: Archie Jackson, Scottish-Australian cricketer (died 1933)
1908: Josué de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (died 1973)
1908: Joaquín Nin-Culmell, German-American pianist and composer (died 2004)
1908: Cecilia Seghizzi, Italian composer and painter (died 2019)
1908: Renzo Rivolta, Italian engineer (died 1966)
1906: Ralston Crawford, American painter, lithographer, and photographer (died 1978)
1906: Sunnyland Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1995)
1905: Maurice Challe, French general (died 1979)
1905: Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-English journalist and author (died 1983)
1905: Justiniano Montano, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 2005)
1904: Vera Bradford, Australian pianist and educator (died 2004)
1902: Jean Dalrymple, American playwright, producer, manager, and publicist (died 1998)
1902: Darryl F. Zanuck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1979)
1901: Florence Eldridge, American actress (died 1988)
1901: Mario Scelba, Italian politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Italy (died 1991)
1899: Humphrey Cobb, American author and screenwriter (died 1944)
1899: Helen Creighton, Canadian author and educator (died 1989)
1897: Morris Carnovsky, American actor (died 1992)
1897: Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst, founded ACNielsen (died 1980)
1892: Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist and educator (died 1973)
1888: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (died 1975)
1883: Otto Erich Deutsch, Austrian musicologist and scholar (died 1967)
1881: Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Foreign Minister of Austria (died 1938)
1881: Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, English field marshal (died 1964)
1880: José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (died 1936)
1876: Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (died 1956)
1874: Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (died 1959)
1873: Cornelius Vanderbilt III, American general and engineer (died 1942)
1872: V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (died 1936)
1872: Horace Rice, Australian tennis player (died 1950)
1871: Friedrich Akel, Estonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia (d 1941)
1867: Amy Beach, American pianist and composer (died 1944)
1856: Thomas E. Watson, American lawyer, publisher, and politician (died 1922)
1850: Eugen Goldstein, German physicist (died 1930)
1847: Jesse James, American outlaw (died 1882)
1836: Justiniano Borgoño, Peruvian soldier and politician, 57th President of Peru (died 1921)
1833: George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (died 1917)
1831: Victorien Sardou, French author and playwright (died 1908)
1829: Lester Allan Pelton, American inventor (died 1908)
1827: Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and songwriter (died 1849)
1826: John Wisden, English cricketer and businessman (died 1884)
1818: Edmund Kennedy, Australian explorer and surveyor (died 1848)
1817: Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian poet, author, and playwright (died 1875)
1806: Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1865)
1792: Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy, French geologist and mineralogist (died 1857)
1791: Giacomo Meyerbeer, German pianist and composer (died 1864)
1787: François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (died 1850)
1781: Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (died 1858)
1775: Juan Martín Díez, Spanish general (died 1825)
1774: Caspar David Friedrich, German painter and etcher (died 1840)
1772: Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Iranian king (died 1834)
1771: Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (died 1847)
1769: John Shortland, English commander (died 1810)
1750: Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet and author (died 1774)
1735: Johann Christian Bach, German-English viol player and composer (died 1782)
1725: Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician and theorist (died 1799)
1722: Frederick Christian, Prince-Elector of Saxony (died 1763)
1695: Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (died 1770)
1694: František Václav Míča, Czech conductor and composer (died 1744)
1667: Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1733)
1666: Gottfried Arnold, German historian and theologian (died 1714)
1651: William Dampier, English explorer (died 1715)
1642: Maria of Orange-Nassau, Dutch princess (died 1688)
1641: Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, English diplomat (died 1702)
1638: Louis XIV, king of France (died 1715)
1568: Tommaso Campanella, Italian poet, philosopher, and theologian (died 1639)
1567: Date Masamune, Japanese daimyō (died 1636)
1540: Magnus of Holstein, prince of Denmark (died 1583)
1533: Jacopo Zabarella, Italian philosopher and logician (died 1589)
1500: Maria of Jever, ruler of the Lordship of Jever (died 1575)
1451: Isabel Neville, daughter of Richard Neville (died 1476)
1319: Peter IV, king of Aragon (died 1387)
1201: Alix of Thouars, duchess of Brittany (died 1221)
1187: Louis VIII, king of France (died 1226)
989: Fan Zhongyan, Chinese chancellor (died 1052)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Rebecca Cheptegei, Ugandan athlete (born 1991)
2024: Herbie Flowers, English musician (born 1938)
2024: Radha Charan Gupta, Indian historian of mathematics (born 1935)
2024: Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer (born 1941)
2024: Rich Homie Quan, American rapper (born 1990)
2024: Laurent Tirard, French film director and screenwriter (born 1967)
2021: Sarah Harding, English singer, member of Girls Aloud (born 1981)
2019: Francisco Toledo, Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist (born 1940)
2018: Bhagwatikumar Sharma, Indian Gujarati writer and journalist (born 1934)
2018: Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (born 1926)
2017: Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate (born 1920)
2016: Hugh O'Brian, American actor (born 1925)
2016: Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (born 1924)
2015: Goh Eng Wah, Malaysian-Singaporean businessman, founded Eng Wah Global (born 1923)
2015: Aadesh Shrivastava, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1964)
2015: Chester Stranczek, American baseball player and businessman (born 1929)
2014: Bruce Morton, American journalist (born 1930)
2014: Mara Neusel, German mathematician, author, and academic (born 1964)
2013: Edwin Bideau, American lawyer and politician (born 1950)
2013: Geoffrey Goodman, English pilot, journalist, and author (born 1922)
2013: Isamu Jordan, American journalist and academic (born 1975)
2012: Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, Turkish-Bosnian footballer (born 1986)
2012: Ian Dick, Australian cricketer and field hockey player (born 1926)
2012: Victoria Fyodorova, Russian-American actress and author (born 1946)
2012: John Oaksey, English jockey and journalist (born 1929)
2010: Hedley Beare, Australian author and academic (born 1932)
2010: Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, Belgian-Dutch poet and painter (born 1922)
2009: Gani Fawehinmi, Nigerian lawyer and activist (born 1938)
2007: Jennifer Dunn, American engineer and politician (born 1941)
2007: Paul Gillmor, American lawyer and politician (born 1939)
2007: Thomas Hansen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1976)
2007: D. James Kennedy, American pastor and author (born 1930)
2007: Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek director and screenwriter (born 1939)
2005: Roberto Viaux, Chilean general (born 1917)
2003: Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (born 1927)
2002: David Todd Wilkinson, American cosmologist and astronomer (born 1935)
2001: Justin Wilson, American chef and author (born 1914)
2001: Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and academic (born 1912)
2000: Roy Fredericks, Guyanese cricketer and politician (born 1942)
1999: Alan Clark, English historian and politician, Minister for Defence Procurement (born 1928)
1999: Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1914)
1999: Bryce Mackasey, Canadian businessman and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (born 1921)
1998: Ferdinand Biondi, Canadian radio host (born 1909)
1998: Willem Drees, Jr., Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Transport (born 1922)
1998: Verner Panton, Danish interior designer (born 1926)
1998: Leo Penn, American actor and director (born 1921)
1997: Leon Edel, American author and critic (born 1907)
1997: Eddie Little Sky, American actor (born 1926)
1997: Georg Solti, Hungarian conductor and director (born 1912)
1997: Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, and saint, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)
1996: Basil Salvadore D'Souza, Indian bishop (born 1926)
1995: Benyamin Sueb, Indonesian comedian, actor, and singer (born 1939)
1995: Salil Chowdhury, Indian music composer, who mainly composed for Bengali, Hindi, Malayalam film and other films. (born 1922)
1994: Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and scholar (born 1921)
1994: John Newman, Australian politician (born 1946)
1993: Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (born 1914)
1992: Fritz Leiber, American author and poet (born 1910)
1991: Sharad Joshi, Indian author and poet (born 1931)
1990: Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon, English academic and diplomat (born 1907)
1990: Jerry Iger, American cartoonist and publisher, co-founded Eisner & Iger (born 1903)
1990: Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian politician (born 1896)
1989: Philip Baxter, Welsh-Australian chemical engineer (born 1905)
1988: Gert Fröbe, German actor and singer (born 1913)
1986: Neerja Bhanot, Indian model and youngest recipient of country's highest peacetime military award Ashok Chakra (born 1963)
1985: Johannes Hint, Estonian engineer (born 1914)
1984: Adam Malik, Indonesian politician and diplomat, 3rd Vice President of Indonesia (born 1917)
1984: Jane Roberts, American psychic and author (born 1929)
1982: Douglas Bader, English captain and pilot (born 1910)
1980: Don Banks, Australian composer and educator (born 1923)
1979: Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal (born 1884)
1977: Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet and activist (born 1897)
1975: Alice Catherine Evans, American microbiologist (born 1881)
1973: Jack Fournier, American baseball player and coach (born 1889)
1972: Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer and businessman (born 1897)
1970: Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian race car driver (born 1942)
1966: Dezső Lauber, Hungarian golfer, tennis player, and architect (born 1879)
1965: Thomas Johnston, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (born 1882)
1961: Lewis Akeley, American academic (born 1861)
1955: Haydn Bunton Sr., Australian footballer and coach (born 1911)
1954: Eugen Schiffer, German lawyer and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (born 1860)
1953: Richard Walther Darré, Argentine-German agronomist and politician (born 1895)
1948: Richard C. Tolman, American physicist and chemist (born 1881)
1945: Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1877)
1942: François de Labouchère, French soldier and pilot (born 1917)
1939: Kathleen O'Melia, Canadian religious sister (born 1869)
1936: Gustave Kahn, French poet and critic (born 1859)
1934: Sidney Myer, Russian-Australian businessman, founded Myer Stores (born 1878)
1932: Francisco Acebal, Spanish journalist, author, and playwright (born 1866)
1932: Paul Bern, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1889)
1931: John Thomson, Scottish footballer (born 1909)
1930: Robert Means Thompson, American soldier, businessman, and philanthropist (born 1849)
1926: Karl Harrer, German journalist and politician (born 1890)
1922: Georgette Agutte, French painter (born 1867)
1920: Robert Harron, American actor (born 1893)
1917: Marian Smoluchowski, Austrian-Polish physicist and mountaineer (born 1872)
1912: Arthur MacArthur, Jr., American LTG (Army), Medal of Honor recipient (born 1845)
1909: Louis Bouveault, French chemist (born 1864)
1906: Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher (born 1844)
1902: Rudolf Virchow, German anthropologist, pathologist, and biologist (born 1821)
1901: Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist and academic (born 1853)
1898: Sarah Emma Edmonds, Canadian-American nurse, soldier, and spy (born 1841)
1894: George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer (born 1822)
1877: Crazy Horse, American tribal leader (born 1849)
1876: Manuel Blanco Encalada, Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (born 1790)
1857: Auguste Comte, French sociologist and philosopher (born 1798)
1838: Charles Percier, French architect and interior decorator (born 1764)
1836: Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (born 1790)
1803: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (born 1741)
1803: François Devienne, French flute player and composer (born 1759)
1786: Jonas Hanway, English merchant and philanthropist (born 1712)
1734: Nicolas Bernier, French composer (born 1664)
1629: Domenico Allegri, Italian singer-songwriter (born 1585)
1607: Pomponne de Bellièvre, French politician, Chancellor of France (born 1529)
1569: Edmund Bonner, Bishop of London (born c. 1500)
1562: Katharina Zell, German Protestant reformer (born 1497)
1548: Catherine Parr, Sixth and last Queen of Henry VIII of England (born c. 1512)
1526: Alonso de Salazar, Spanish explorer
1336: Charles d'Évreux, count of Étampes (born 1305)
1311: Amadeus Aba, Hungarian oligarch
1235: Henry I, duke of Brabant (born 1165)
1165: Nijō, emperor of Japan (born 1143)
714: Shang, emperor of the Tang Dynasty
590: Authari, Lombard king (born 540)

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