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September 6

On This Day in History

September 6

September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 116 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: New UK National Lottery operator Allwyn will implement online spending limit. As part of Allwyn Entertainment's upcoming takeover as the new operator of the UK National Lottery, a spending limit will be put in place for players buying lottery products online.
2019: Grocery store employee wins $9M lottery, immediately quits job. A California grocery store manager will need to fill a new employee opening after one lucky worker won a $9 million jackpot and quit.
2017: Mississippi panel studying other state lotteries. A special House panel has been looking at other states' experience with lotteries as it works on a study requested by House Speaker Philip Gunn, who opposes a lottery for Mississippi but says he wants the issue thoroughly vetted.
2016: Lottery-winning couple 'defrauded' by tax business. A husband and wife who won big off a 2014 Illinois Lottery scratch off say they don't want what happened to them to happen to anyone else.
2012: NJ bill aims to protect lottery winners' identity. A New Jersey assemblyman hopes to reduce the chances of a lottery winner being harmed with publicity through legislation that would keep winners out of the public eye.
2011: Lottery ticket sales increase across country. Despite a struggling economy -- or perhaps because of it -- lottery ticket sales have surged across the USA.
2010: Powerball lottery ticket worth $1M expired. Idaho Lottery officials say time has run out for someone holding a Powerball ticket worth $1 million.
2009: Arkansas Republicans upset about makeup of lottery officials. Arkansas Republican leaders are upset about a lack of representation in the formation and oversight of the Arkansas lottery.
2008: Missouri Lottery changing games Monday. Missouri Lottery players will get a new numbers game Monday, but also lose one.
2008: Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $92 million. Because there was no grand prize winner in the Wednesday evening Powerball drawing, the jackpot for the Saturday drawing is an estimated $92 million with a cash option of $46.3 million.
2008: Georgia woman wins $5 million lottery jackpot. A Cleveland, Georgia, woman who works on a chicken farm is celebrating an "eggs-cellent" $5 million dollar lottery win.
2008: Ohio Lottery's new Keno does $7.2M in business the first month. Keno, the Ohio Lottery's newest game, finished up its first month of operation this week, brining in $7.2 million and awarding $4.6 million in prizes.
2007: Delaware Lottery publishes winner pictures -- sort of. The Delaware Lottery takes pride in their privacy policy, only publishing winner names with their consent. To make the point, while still showing a real winner behind the story, the lottery takes the winners' pictures, but has each winner hold up a mask over their face.
2007: NJ store waiting for lottery winner to claim jackpot. A Cape May County grocery sold one of four winning tickets that will divide Friday's near-record $330 million jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions Lottery, New Jersey lottery officials said.
2005: Powerball lottery jackpot climbs to $60 million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $60 million, with a cash option of $30.5 million.
2003: Bad breaks, but then a Lotto luck. A Williamsville, New York great-grandmother decided to try her luck by buying a NY Lotto Quick Pick ticket Aug. 30 - and found out that she was $33 million richer the next day.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$462.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2023
2.$374.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2021
3.$345 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2021
4.€266.31 Million US$264.07 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2022
5.$208 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2013
6.$191 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2022
7.$187 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2018
8.$186 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2016
9.€126 Million US$177.08 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2011
10.$168.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2022
11.€139 Million
US$153.75 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2019
12.€134.97 Million
US$151.31 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2016
13.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2005
14.$149 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2015
15.$139 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2019
16.$122 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2023
17.$114 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2018
17.$114 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2006
19.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2014
20.$108.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2011
21.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2012
22.$102 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2006
23.$101 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 6, 2016
24.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2012
25.$97 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2020

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1987: Moneypat20
Sunday, Sep 6, 1987
36 years old
1979: klilly30
Thursday, Sep 6, 1979
44 years old
1979: SP33dy13
Thursday, Sep 6, 1979
44 years old
1971: msmalibu
Monday, Sep 6, 1971
52 years old
1971: Niche
Monday, Sep 6, 1971
52 years old
1970: Tupac883
Sunday, Sep 6, 1970
53 years old
1969: MaxSugar87
Saturday, Sep 6, 1969
54 years old
1964: DLRussell
Sunday, Sep 6, 1964
59 years old
1962: babygirl51
Thursday, Sep 6, 1962
61 years old
: ddarrell23
(year not provided)
: queenlexus
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: Boris Johnson resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and is replaced by Liz Truss.
2022: Russo-Ukrainian War: Ukraine begins its Kharkiv counteroffensive, surprising Russian forces and retaking over 3,000 square kilometers of land, recapturing the entire Kharkiv Oblast west of the Oskil River, within the next week.
2018: Supreme Court of India decriminalised all consensual sex among adults in private, making homosexuality legal on the Indian lands.
2013: Forty-one elephants are poisoned with cyanide in salt pans, by poachers in Hwange National Park.
2012: Sixty-one people die after a fishing boat capsizes off the İzmir Province coast of Turkey, near the Greek Aegean islands.
2009: The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued.
2007: Israel executes the air strike Operation Orchard to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria.
2003: Mahmoud Abbas resigns from his position of Palestinian Prime Minister.
1997: The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 21⁄2 billion watched around the world on television.
1995: Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.
1991: The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
1991: The Russian parliament approves the name change of Leningrad back to Saint Petersburg. The change is effective October 1.
1986: In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.
1985: Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 crashes near Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing all 31 people on board.
1983: The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating that its operatives did not know that it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace.
1976: Cold War: Soviet Air Defence Forces pilot Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States; his request is granted.
1972: Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.
1971: Paninternational Flight 112 crashes on the Bundesautobahn 7 highway near Hamburg Airport, in Hamburg, Germany, killing 22.
1970: Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan.
1968: Swaziland becomes independent.
1966: Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting.
1965: India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the Tashkent Declaration.
1962: The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.
1962: Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the second century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.
1955: Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
1952: A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.
1946: United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.
1944: World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
1944: World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
1943: The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America.
1943: Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.
1940: King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. General Ion Antonescu becomes the Conducător of Romania.
1939: World War II: The British Royal Air Force suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire.
1939: World War II: South Africa declares war on Germany.
1936: Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
1930: Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
1914: World War I: The First Battle of the Marne, which would halt the Imperial German Army's advance into France, begins.
1901: Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
1885: Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
1870: Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
1863: American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
1861: American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
1803: British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
1781: American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.
1642: England's Long Parliament bans public stage-plays.
1634: Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
1628: Puritans settle Salem, which became part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1620: The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)
1522: The Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition and the first known ship to circumnavigate the world.
1492: Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
394: Battle of the Frigidus: Roman emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish magister militum Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later.

Births On This Day

2002: Leylah Fernandez, Canadian tennis player
1999: Patrick Brasca, Canadian-Taiwanese singer-songwriter
1998: Michele Perniola, Italian singer
1997: Mallory Comerford, American swimmer
1997: Jai Field, Australian rugby league player
1997: Tsukushi, Japanese wrestler
1996: Andrés Tello, Colombian footballer
1995: Mustafizur Rahman, Bangladeshi cricketer
1993: Alex Poythress, American basketball player
1993: Mattia Valoti, Italian footballer
1992: Young Tonumaipea, Samoan rugby league player
1990: Matt McAndrew, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1990: John Wall, American basketball player
1989: Nikos Boutzikos, Greek footballer
1989: Kim So-eun, South Korean actress
1988: Ray Fujita, French-Japanese actor and singer
1988: Max George, English singer-songwriter and actor
1988: Denis Tonucci, Italian footballer
1987: Ramiele Malubay, Filipino-American singer
1987: Emir Preldžić, Turkish basketball player
1986: Matt Keating, Australian rugby league player
1985: Mitch Moreland, American baseball player
1985: Małgorzata Rejmer, Polish novelist
1984: Helena Ekholm, Swedish skier
1984: William Porterfield, Northern Irish cricketer
1983: Braun Strowman, American wrestler and strongman
1981: Yuki Abe, Japanese footballer
1981: Yumiko Cheng, Hong Kong singer and actress
1981: Andrew Richardson, Jamaican cricketer
1981: Mark Teahen, American baseball player
1980: Jillian Hall, American wrestler and singer
1980: Kerry Katona, English singer and actress
1980: Samuel Peter, Nigerian boxer
1980: Joseph Yobo, Nigerian footballer
1979: Mike Arnaoutis, Greek boxer
1979: Foxy Brown, American rapper
1979: Massimo Maccarone, Italian footballer
1979: Carlos Adrián Morales, Mexican footballer
1979: Low Ki, American wrestler
1978: Cisco Adler, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1978: Alex Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
1978: Mathew Horne, English actor and screenwriter
1978: Homare Sawa, Japanese footballer
1976: Rodrigo Amarante, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976: Jon Ander López, Spanish footballer (d. 2013)
1976: Tom Pappas, American decathlete and coach
1975: Derrek Lee, American baseball player and coach
1975: Ryoko Tani, Japanese judoka and politician
1974: Tim Henman, English tennis player and sportscaster
1974: Nina Persson, Swedish singer-songwriter and musician
1973: Carlo Cudicini, Italian footballer
1973: Greg Rusedski, Canadian-English tennis player and sportscaster
1973: Alessandro Troncon, Italian rugby player and coach
1972: Idris Elba, English actor
1972: Saulius Mikalajūnas, Lithuanian footballer
1972: Anika Noni Rose, American actress and singer
1971: Devang Gandhi, Indian cricketer
1971: Asko Künnap, Estonian poet and illustrator
1971: Dolores O'Riordan, Irish singer-songwriter (d. 2018)
1970: Cheyne Coates, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
1970: Igor Korolev, Russian-Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2011)
1970: Emily Maitlis, Canadian-English journalist
1970: Rhett Miller, American alternative country singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969: Tony DiTerlizzi, American author and illustrator
1969: Ben Finegold, American chess player and educator
1969: Michellie Jones, Australian-American triathlete
1969: CeCe Peniston, American singer-songwriter, actress, and former beauty pageant winner
1968: Saeed Anwar, Pakistani cricketer
1968: Christopher Brookmyre, Scottish author
1968: Paul Rea, American journalist
1967: William DuVall, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967: Macy Gray, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1967: Kalli Kalde, Estonian painter and illustrator
1967: Milan Lukić, Bosnian Serb convicted of war crimes by the ICTY
1967: Igor Štimac, Croatian footballer and manager
1965: Terry Bickers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965: Darren Clark, Australian sprinter
1965: Tony Fleet, Australian darts player
1965: Christopher Nolan, Irish author and poet (d. 2009)
1965: Van Tiffin, American football player
1964: Rosie Perez, American actress, dancer, and director
1963: Mark Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963: Pat Nevin, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
1963: Alice Sebold, American author
1963: Bryan Simonaire, American engineer and politician
1963: Geert Wilders, Dutch lawyer and politician
1962: Chris Christie, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of New Jersey
1962: Marina Kaljurand, Estonian badminton player and diplomat, Estonia Ambassador to Russia
1962: Elizabeth Vargas, American journalist
1962: Kevin Willis, American basketball player and fashion designer
1961: Simon Reeve, Australian journalist and game show host
1961: Wendi Richter, American wrestler
1961: Scott Travis, American rock drummer
1961: Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Norwegian musician and songwriter
1959: Bill Root, Canadian ice hockey player
1958: Buster Bloodvessel, English singer-songwriter
1958: Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1958: Nigel Westlake, Australian composer and conductor
1958: Michael Winslow, American actor
1958: The Barbarian, Tongan wrestler
1957: Ali Divandari, Iranian painter, sculptor, and journalist
1957: Michaëlle Jean, Haitian-Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Governor-General of Canada
1957: José Sócrates, Portuguese engineer and politician, 119th Prime Minister of Portugal
1956: Bill Ritter, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Colorado
1956: Steven Yearley, English sociologist and academic
1955: Raymond Benson, American author and playwright
1954: Carly Fiorina, American businesswoman and activist
1954: Demetris Kizas, Cypriot footballer
1954: Patrick O'Hearn, American bassist and composer
1954: John Sauven, English economist and environmentalist
1952: Simon Burns, English politician, Minister of State for Transport
1952: Vladimir Kazachyonok, Russian footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2017)
1952: Buddy Miller, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1951: Melih Kibar, Turkish composer (d. 2005)
1949: Iris Robinson, Northern Irish politician
1948: Claydes Charles Smith, American guitarist (d. 2006)
1947: Jane Curtin, American actress and comedian
1947: Bruce Rioch, English footballer and manager
1947: Jacob Rubinovitz, Polish-Israeli engineer and academic
1947: Sylvester, American singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
1946: Roger Knight, English cricketer and educator
1946: Shirley M. Malcom, American scientist, academic and educator
1944: Donna Haraway, American author, academic, and activist
1944: Swoosie Kurtz, American actress
1943: Gordon Birtwistle, English engineer and politician
1943: Richard J. Roberts, English biochemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1943: Roger Waters, English singer-songwriter and bass player
1942: Dave Bargeron, American trombonist and tuba player
1942: Richard Hutton, English cricketer
1942: Mel McDaniel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
1941: Roger Law, English illustrator
1941: Monica Mason, South African ballerina and director
1940: John M. Hayes, American scientist (d. 2017)
1940: Elizabeth Murray, American painter and illustrator (d. 2007)
1940: Jackie Trent, English-Spanish singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2015)
1939: Brigid Berlin, American actress, painter, and photographer (d. 2020)
1939: David Allan Coe, American outlaw country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1939: Susumu Tonegawa, Japanese biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1938: Joan Tower, American pianist, composer, and conductor
1937: Sergio Aragonés, Spanish-Mexican author and illustrator
1937: Janusz Kurczab, Polish fencer and mountaineer (d. 2015)
1937: Jo Anne Worley, American actress, comedian, and singer
1935: Isabelle Collin Dufresne, French actress and author (d. 2014)
1935: Jock Wallace Jr., Scottish footballer and coach (d. 1996)
1932: Colin McColl, English intelligence officer
1932: Gilles Tremblay, Canadian composer and educator (d. 2017)
1931: Bud Shrake, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1930: Charles Foley, American game designer, co-created Twister (d. 2013)
1930: Helmut Piirimäe, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2017)
1929: Yash Johar, Indian film producer, founded Dharma Productions (d. 2005)
1929: Ljubov Rebane, Estonian physicist and mathematician (d. 1991)
1928: Fumihiko Maki, Japanese architect and academic, designed the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium and Makuhari Messe
1928: Robert M. Pirsig, American novelist and philosopher (d. 2017)
1928: Yevgeny Svetlanov, Russian conductor and composer (d. 2002)
1928: Sid Watkins, English neurosurgeon and academic (d. 2012)
1926: Prince Claus of the Netherlands (d. 2002)
1926: Jack English Hightower, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1926: Arthur Oldham, English composer and conductor (d. 2003)
1926: Maurice Prather, American photographer and director (d. 2001)
1925: Andrea Camilleri, Italian author, screenwriter, and director (d. 2019)
1925: Jimmy Reed, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
1924: John Melcher, American veterinarian and politician (d. 2018)
1923: Peter II of Yugoslavia (d. 1970)
1922: Adriano Moreira, Portuguese politician, Minister of the Overseas Provinces, President of the CDS - People's Party (d. 2022)
1921: Carmen Laforet, Spanish author (d. 2004)
1921: Norman Joseph Woodland, American inventor, co-created the bar code (d. 2012)
1920: Elvira Pagã, Brazilian actress, singer, and author (d. 2003)
1919: Wilson Greatbatch, American engineer and philanthropist (d. 2011)
1917: John Berry, American-French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1917: George Mann, English cricketer (d. 2001)
1917: Philipp von Boeselager, German soldier and economist (d. 2008)
1915: Ed Oliver, American golfer (d. 1961)
1915: Franz Josef Strauss, German lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria (d. 1988)
1913: Julie Gibson, American actress and singer (d. 2019)
1913: Leônidas, Brazilian footballer (d. 2004)
1912: Wayne Barlow, American organist, composer, and director (d. 1996)
1911: Harry Danning, American baseball player and coach (d. 2004)
1911: Charles Deutsch, French aerodynamics engineer and automobile maker, co-founder of the brand "DB (d. 1980)
1910: Walter Giesler, American soccer player, referee, and coach (d. 1976)
1909: Michael Gordon, American actor and director (d. 1993)
1908: Anthony Wagner, English genealogist and academic (d. 1995)
1908: Korczak Ziolkowski, American sculptor, designed the Crazy Horse Memorial (d. 1982)
1906: Luis Federico Leloir, French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
1900: W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (d. 1979)
1900: Julien Green, French-American author (d. 1998)
1900: Nguyễn An Ninh, Vietnamese political journalist (d. 1943)
1899: Billy Rose, American composer and manager (d. 1966)
1893: Claire Lee Chennault, American general and pilot (d. 1958)
1892: Edward Victor Appleton, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
1890: Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer (d. 1960)
1889: Louis Silvers, American composer (d. 1954)
1888: Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (d. 1969)
1885: Otto Kruger, American actor (d. 1974)
1879: Max Schreck, German actor (d. 1936)
1879: Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1956)
1876: John Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
1869: Walford Davies, English organist and composer (d. 1941)
1869: Felix Salten, Austrian-Swiss author and critic (d. 1945)
1868: Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (d. 1947)
1863: Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (d. 1935)
1861: William Lane, English-Australian journalist, founded New Australia (d. 1917)
1860: Jane Addams, American sociologist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
1860: May Jordan McConnel, Australian trade unionist and suffragist (d. 1929)
1859: Macpherson Robertson, Australian businessman and philanthropist, founded MacRobertson's (d. 1945)
1857: Zelia Nuttall, American archeologist and historian (d. 1933)
1855: Ferdinand Hummel, German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1928)
1852: Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (d. 1918)
1838: Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (d. 1906)
1819: William Rosecrans, American general, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Mexico (d. 1898)
1817: Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian businessman and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (d. 1893)
1815: St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (d. 1870)
1814: George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (d. 1873)
1802: Alcide d'Orbigny, French zoologist, palaeontologist, and geologist (d. 1857)
1800: Catharine Beecher, American educator and activist (d. 1878)
1795: Frances Wright, Scottish-American author and activist (d. 1852)
1781: Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (d. 1861)
1766: John Dalton, English chemist, meteorologist, and physicist (d. 1844)
1757: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (d. 1834)
1732: Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1796)
1729: Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1786)
1711: Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (d. 1787)
1666: Ivan V of Russia, Russian tsar (d. 1696)
1656: Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and politician (d. 1723)
1633: Sebastian Knüpfer, German cantor and composer (d. 1676)
1631: Charles Porter, English-born judge (d. 1696)
1620: Isabella Leonarda, Italian composer and educator (d. 1704)
1610: Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena, Italian noble (d. 1658)
1475: Artus Gouffier, Lord of Boissy, French nobleman and politician (d. 1519)
1475: Sebastiano Serlio, Italian Mannerist architect (d. 1554)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor (b. 1933)
2021: Michael K. Williams, American actor (b. 1966)
2020: Lou Brock, American baseball player (b. 1939)
2019: Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe (b. 1924)
2018: Richard DeVos, American billionaire businessman (b. 1926)
2018: Liz Fraser, English actress (b. 1930)
2018: Will Jordan, American comedian and actor (b. 1927)
2018: Burt Reynolds, American actor, director and producer (b. 1936)
2017: Peter Luck, Australian journalist and television host (b. 1944)
2017: Kate Millett, American feminist author and activist (b. 1934)
2015: Ralph Milne, Scottish footballer (b. 1961)
2015: Martin Milner, American actor (b. 1931)
2015: Barney Schultz, American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)
2015: Calvin J. Spann, American general and pilot (b. 1924)
2014: Odd Bondevik, Norwegian bishop and theologian (b. 1941)
2014: Cirilo Flores, American bishop (b. 1948)
2014: Seth Martin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1933)
2014: Kira Zvorykina, Belarusian chess player and educator (b. 1919)
2013: Ann C. Crispin, American author (b. 1950)
2013: Khin Maung Kyi, Burmese economist and scholar (b. 1926)
2013: Santiago Rosario, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach (b. 1939)
2012: Elisabeth Böhm, German architect (b. 1921)
2012: Lawrie Dring, Scottish scout leader, founded World Federation of Independent Scouts (b. 1931)
2012: Jerome Kilty, American actor and playwright (b. 1922)
2012: Art Modell, American businessman (b. 1925)
2012: Oscar Rossi, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1930)
2012: Terry Nutkins, English naturalist, television presenter and author (b. 1946)
2011: Michael S. Hart, American author, founded Project Gutenberg (b. 1947)
2010: Boris Chetkov, Russian painter (b. 1926)
2010: Clive Donner, English director and editor (b. 1926)
2009: Catherine Gaskin, Irish-Australian author (b. 1929)
2008: Anita Page, American actress (b. 1910)
2007: Madeleine L'Engle, American author and poet (b. 1918)
2007: Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (b. 1935)
2005: Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (b. 1929)
2005: Eugenia Charles, Dominican lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1919)
2000: Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian Military (b. 1918)
1999: Lagumot Harris, Nauruan politician, 3rd President of Nauru (b. 1938)
1999: René Lecavalier, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1918)
1998: Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1998: Ric Segreto, American-Filipino singer-songwriter, actor, and journalist (b. 1952)
1998: Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Swedish actor (b. 1928)
1997: P. H. Newby, English author and broadcaster (b. 1918)
1994: Nicky Hopkins, English pianist (b. 1944)
1994: Max Kaminsky, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1908)
1992: Henry Ephron, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1912)
1991: Bob Goldham, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1922)
1990: Tom Fogerty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
1990: Len Hutton, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1916)
1988: Leroy Brown, American wrestler (b. 1950)
1986: Blanche Sweet, American actress (b. 1896)
1985: Franco Ferrara, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1911)
1984: Ernest Tubb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
1982: Azra Erhat, Turkish archaeologist, author, and academic (b. 1915)
1979: Ronald Binge, English organist and composer (b. 1910)
1978: Max Decugis, French tennis player (b. 1882)
1978: Tom Wilson, American record producer (b. 1931)
1974: Olga Baclanova, Russian-Swiss actress and ballerina (b. 1896)
1974: Otto Kruger, American actor (b. 1885)
1972: Perpetrator and victims of the Munich massacre Luttif Afif, Palestinian terrorist (b. 1945)
1972: Perpetrator and victims of the Munich massacre David Mark Berger, American-Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944)
1972: Perpetrator and victims of the Munich massacre Ze'ev Friedman, Polish-Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944)
1972: Perpetrator and victims of the Munich massacre Yossef Gutfreund, Israeli wrestling judge (b. 1931)
1972: Perpetrator and victims of the Munich massacre Eliezer Halfin, Russian-Israeli wrestler (b. 1948)
1972: Perpetrator and victims of the Munich massacre Amitzur Shapira, Russian-Israeli runner and coach (b. 1932)
1972: Perpetrator and victims of the Munich massacre Kehat Shorr, Romanian shooting coach (b. 1919)
1972: Perpetrator and victims of the Munich massacre Mark Slavin, Israeli wrestler (b. 1954)
1972: Perpetrator and victims of the Munich massacre Andre Spitzer, Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (b. 1945)
1972: Perpetrator and victims of the Munich massacre Yakov Springer, Polish-Israeli wrestler and coach (b. 1921)
1969: Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian footballer (b. 1892)
1966: Margaret Sanger, American nurse, educator, and activist (b. 1879)
1966: Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1901)
1962: Hanns Eisler, German-Austrian composer (b. 1898)
1962: Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (b. 1892)
1959: Edmund Gwenn, English actor (b. 1877)
1959: Kay Kendall, English actress and comedian (b. 1927)
1956: Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician (b. 1904)
1956: Lee Jung-seob, North Korean painter (b. 1916)
1952: Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1898)
1951: James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (b. 1867)
1950: Olaf Stapledon, English philosopher and author (b. 1886)
1949: Walter Widdop, English tenor and actor (b. 1892)
1945: John S. McCain Sr., American admiral (b. 1884)
1944: James Cannon Jr., American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
1940: Thomas Harte (Irish republican), executed prisoner (b. 1915)
1940: Patrick McGrath (Irish Republican), executed prisoner (b. 1894)
1939: Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (b. 1867)
1938: John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1907)
1927: William Libbey, American target shooter and geographer (b. 1855)
1919: Lord Charles Beresford, English admiral and politician (b. 1846)
1907: Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839)
1902: Frederick Abel, English chemist and engineer (b. 1827)
1891: Charles Jamrach, German-English businessman (b. 1815)
1885: Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer, designed the Ictineo I and Ictineo II (b. 1819)
1868: Pierre Adolphe Rost, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1797)
1836: Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas (b. 1781)
1808: Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian and author (b. 1723)
1783: Carlo Bertinazzi, Italian actor and author (b. 1710)
1748: Edmund Gibson, English bishop and scholar (b. 1669)
1708: Sir John Morden, 1st Baronet, English merchant and philanthropist, founded Morden College (b. 1623)
1683: Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French economist and politician, French Controller-General of Finances (b. 1619)
1649: Robert Dudley, English geographer and explorer (b. 1574)
1635: Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (b. 1571)
1625: Thomas Dempster, Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1579)
1566: Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman sultan (b. 1494)
1553: Juan de Homedes y Coscon, 47th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. c.1477)
1511: Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1481)
1431: Demetrios Laskaris Leontares, Byzantine admiral and diplomat
1276: Vicedomino de Vicedominis, Italian cardinal (b. 1210)
972: John XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 930)
957: Liudolf, duke of Swabia (b. 930)
952: Suzaku, emperor of Japan (b. 923)
926: Taizu of Liao, Khitan ruler (b. 872)
394: Eugenius, Roman usurper

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