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September 7

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September 7

September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 115 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot to be split by two tickets sold in Missouri and Texas. In a historic run of drawings that produced the second-largest lottery jackpot in world history, two Powerball tickets sold in Missouri and Texas will split a grand prize worth nearly $2 billion.
2024: Virginia father gives $1 million Cash4Life lottery ticket as wedding gift to get him out of basement. A Virginia father gave his son a $1 million winning Cash4Life lottery ticket as a wedding gift to help two newlyweds move out of his basement.
2023: UK Teacher who won £2 million in lottery will leave job to pursue dream of writing historical novels. After winning £2 million (US$2.5 million) in the UK National Lottery, a teacher will swap the classroom for a writing desk to pursue a dream job as a novelist.
2022: Lottery ticket birthday gift from mother-in-law won N.H. woman $1 million. A New Hampshire woman celebrated her birthday by winning a $1 million lottery prize.
2021: Italian store owner who reportedly stole €500,000 lottery ticket blocked from leaving country. An Italian shopkeeper just narrowly missed escaping the country after he was accused of stealing a winning scratch-off lottery ticket worth €500,000 (US$592,385) from a customer.
2018: Four NJ companies roll out sports betting as NFL season kicks off. On the day the National Football League season kicked off, four gambling companies either began offering sports betting in New Jersey or announced plans to do it soon.
2011: Irish NY lottery winner's estranged husband wants half. Patricia Daly, an Ireland native from Tullamore, Co. Offaly, struck gold with a Quick Pick in the New York State Lottery in January but now faces a battle to hold onto her winnings, with her estranged husband launching a legal bid for what he claims is his rightful share.
2010: Undercover lottery investigation tests store clerks' honesty. A television investigative program recently traveled to various states testing the honesty and integrity of lottery store clerks in correctly informing customers of their winning lottery tickets.
2009: 'Mind reader' will predict UK Lotto numbers on show Wednesday. So-called "mind reader" Derren Brown is to perform his most audacious stunt yet -- predicting the lottery results on his British TV show.
2008: Powerball lottery jackpot reaches $102 million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $102 million, with a cash option of $52.1 million, for the Wednesday, September 10th drawing.
2007: Illinois Lottery will give away a million bucks on TV. The Illinois Lottery will be reaching out to people throughout the state when it televises its finale game show later this month.
2007: Clerk tricks lotto winner, pockets money. A man who went to a 7-Eleven in Roseville, Calif., to check on his lottery tickets had picked the right numbers, but state officials said it was the clerk who almost hit the jackpot.
2007: Mass. lottery players still waiting for delayed final drawing. Some Massachusetts Lottery players have given up hope that they'll ever cash in on a $10 million Hold 'em Poker scratch game the state launched more than two years ago.
2007: $93 million lottery winner has yet to claim her prize. The California winner of a $93 million California SuperLotto Plus lottery prize has been identified on security camera footage, but nobody knows who she is for sure, and she has yet to step forward and claim her prize.
2007: U.S. Congressman wins lottery again. U.S. Rep. James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, known for his strong opposition to illegal immigration, won the lottery for the third time last week, the Associated Press reported Friday.
2007: N.J. couple claims $82M lottery prize. Villas, New Jersey, residents Sandra and John Belawsky today claimed their portion of the near-record $330 million jackpot from the Mega Millions drawing held on Aug, 31. They chose the cash option, to receive $48,615,187 before the 25 percent federal withholding tax.
2005: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rockets to $172 million. The jackpot in the mult-istate Mega Millions lottery grew to $172 million when no one hit Tuesday's jackpot.
2005: N.C. Lottery likely to stir store rivalry. If North Carolina follows the example of other states, there will be about one retailer for every 2,000 residents, making for about 4,000 retailers in North Carolina.
2005: That's a whole Lotto bread!. Ten bakery workers at a Staten Island Shop Rite are splitting some major bread - a $19 million New York Lottery jackpot.
2005: Scammer using lottery ploy to get personal information. If your phone rings at night and the man on the other end says he's with the New York Lottery and you've just won the "Win for Life" game - or any other lottery contest - don't believe him.
2005: Hoosier Lottery to close Muncie office. Hoosier Lottery officials say they will close the lottery's Muncie regional office on September 28th and merge its operations with a regional office in Fort Wayne.
2004: $54 Million Powerball Jackpot Up For Grabs. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $54 million, with a cash option of $29.1 million.
2004: Man wins Oregon lottery game. Vancouver resident David Bartkowski, 46, is the latest winner in Oregon Lottery's "Win for Life" contest.
2004: Tennessee Lottery officials respond to lawsuit. The Tennessee Attorney General's office says a Fayetteville man can't sue the lottery on grounds he could have won a million dollars.
2004: $40 million lottery winners still OK after two decades. When Mike Wittkowski won $40 million in the Illinois Lottery two decades ago, the media reported worldwide on what was called the largest prize ever won by an individual in North America.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$800 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 10, 2024
2.$501.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2023
3.$388.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2021
4.$358 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2025
5.$345 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2021
6.€267.55 Million US$267.66 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2022
7.$210 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2022
8.$208 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2013
9.€146 Million US$200.63 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2011
10.$187 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2018
11.$186 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2016
12.$172 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2005
13.$168.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2022
14.€149 Million
US$164.56 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 10, 2019
15.$154 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 10, 2019
16.€136.21 Million
US$153.49 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2016
17.$149 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2015
18.€130 Million
US$131.12 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2022
19.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 10, 2014
20.$122 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2023
21.$119 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2006
22.$114 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2018
22.$114 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2006
24.$111.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2024
25.$111 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2016

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990: Dsaishun
Friday, Sep 7, 1990
35 years old
1986: djwilly2k1
Sunday, Sep 7, 1986
39 years old
1980: Redz29
Sunday, Sep 7, 1980
45 years old
1978: Highrolla7
Thursday, Sep 7, 1978
47 years old
1977: loucav25
Wednesday, Sep 7, 1977
48 years old
1970: strick
Monday, Sep 7, 1970
55 years old
1969: Janet40
Sunday, Sep 7, 1969
56 years old
1955: Easymoney$
Wednesday, Sep 7, 1955
70 years old
1952: ricknight
Sunday, Sep 7, 1952
73 years old
1950: cutecole72
Thursday, Sep 7, 1950
75 years old
: VANITY
(year not provided)
: Luckylotman
(year not provided)
: mainer
(year not provided)
: SuperWheeler
(year not provided)
: tbaby68
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador.
2021: The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the Myanmar civil war.
2019: Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.
2017: The 8.2 M_w 2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.
2012: Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over nuclear plans and purported human rights abuses.
2011: The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
2010: A Chinese fishing trawler collides with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands.
2008: The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
2005: Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
1999: The 6.0 M_w Athens earthquake affected the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800-1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.
1997: Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
1995: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-69, the second flight of the Wake Shield Facility.
1986: Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.
1986: Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet survives an assassination attempt by the FPMR; five of Pinochet's bodyguards are killed.
1984: An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen.
1979: The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
1978: While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Gullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially designed umbrella.
1977: The Torrijos-Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
1977: The 300-metre-tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
1970: Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.
1970: Vietnam Television was established.
1965: During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
1965: Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlite, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.
1963: The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
1953: Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1945: World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
1945: The Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 is held.
1943: A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston kills 55 people.
1943: World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.
1942: World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.
1940: Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.
1940: World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
1936: The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
1932: The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences.
1929: Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
1927: The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
1923: The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
1921: In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
1921: The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
1920: Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they were to serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
1916: US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
1911: French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
1909: Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Port-Aviation (often called "Juvisy Airfield") at Viry-Châtillon, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life piloting a powered heavier-than-air craft.
1907: Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
1906: Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France successfully for the first time.
1903: The Ottoman Empire launches a counter-offensive against the Strandzha Commune, which dissolves.
1901: The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
1876: In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
1864: American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
1863: American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore capture Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a seven-week siege.
1860: Unification of Italy: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
1857: Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of a peaceful emigrant wagon train.
1856: The Saimaa Canal is inaugurated.
1822: Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.
1818: Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
1812: French invasion of Russia: The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, is fought near Moscow and results in a French victory.
1778: American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
1776: According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
1764: Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1706: War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Turin ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy.
1695: Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end all English trading in India.
1652: Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
1630: The city of Boston, Massachusetts, is founded in North America.
1620: The town of Kokkola (Swedish: Karleby) is founded by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
1571: Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.
1303: Guillaume de Nogaret takes Pope Boniface VIII prisoner on behalf of Philip IV of France.
1228: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II lands in Acre, Israel, and starts the Sixth Crusade, which results in a peaceful restoration of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
1191: Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf: Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
1159: Cardinal Rolando Bandinelli is elected Pope Alexander III, prompting the election of Cardinal Octaviano Monticelli as Antipope Victor IV the same day.
878: Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII.

Births On This Day

2006: Ian Chen, American actor
1999: Gracie Abrams, American singer-songwriter
1999: Laurie Jussaume, Canadian cyclist
1997: Dean-Charles Chapman, English actor
1996: Donovan Mitchell, American basketball player
1994: Elinor Barker, Welsh track cyclist
1994: Herman Ese'ese, New Zealand rugby league player
1994: Tom Opacic, Australian rugby league player
1994: Kento Yamazaki, Japanese actor
1991: Dale Finucane, Australian rugby league player
1991: Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (died 2010)
1990: Libor Hudáček, Slovakian ice hockey player
1990: Fedor Klimov, Russian figure skater
1989: Jonathan Majors, American actor
1988: Alex Harvey, Canadian skier
1988: Kevin Love, American basketball player
1987: Tommy Elphick, English footballer
1987: Sammy Moore, English footballer
1987: Danny North, English footballer
1987: Patrick Robinson, American football player
1987: Evan Rachel Wood, American actress and singer
1987: Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player
1986: Charlie Daniels, English footballer
1986: Colin Delaney, American wrestler
1985: Radhika Apte, Indian actress
1985: Wade Davis, American baseball player
1985: Alyssa Diaz, American actress
1985: Adam Eckersley, English footballer
1985: Eric Fehr, Canadian ice hockey player
1985: Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
1984: Ben Hollingsworth, Canadian actor
1984: Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer
1984: Miranda, Brazilian footballer
1984: Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player
1984: Pelin Karahan, Turkish actress
1983: Philip Deignan, Irish cyclist
1983: Annette Dytrt, German figure skater
1983: Pops Mensah-Bonsu, English-American basketball player
1983: Piri Weepu, New Zealand rugby player
1982: Andre Dirrell, American boxer
1982: George Bailey, Australian cricketer
1982: Emese Szász, Hungarian fencer
1981: Gökhan Zan, Turkish footballer
1981: Vangelis, Mexican wrestler
1980: Emre Belözoğlu, Turkish footballer
1980: Sara Carrigan, Australian cyclist
1980: Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer
1980: Javad Nekounam, Iranian footballer
1980: J. D. Pardo, American actor
1980: Mark Prior, American baseball player
1979: Nathan Hindmarsh, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1979: Paul Mara, American ice hockey player
1979: Owen Pallett, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1979: Brian Stokes, American baseball player
1978: Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player
1978: Erwin Koen, Dutch footballer
1978: Ersin Güreler, Turkish footballer
1978: Devon Sawa, Canadian actor
1977: Mateen Cleaves, American basketball player
1977: Molly Holly, American wrestler and trainer
1977: Jon Macken, English-Irish footballer
1976: Wavell Hinds, Jamaican cricketer
1976: Oliver Hudson, American actor
1975: Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (died 2007)
1975: Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer and manager
1974: Mario Frick, Swiss-Liechtensteiner footballer
1974: Antonio McDyess, American basketball player
1973: Shannon Elizabeth, American model and actress
1973: Alex Kurtzman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1972: Jason Isringhausen, American baseball player and coach
1971: Gene Pritsker, American composer
1971: Shane Mosley, American boxer and trainer
1970: Monique Gabriela Curnen, American actress
1970: Gino Odjick, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2023)
1970: Tom Everett Scott, American actor
1969: Darren Bragg, American baseball player and coach
1969: Angie Everhart, American actress and model
1969: Diane Farr, American actress
1969: Rudy Galindo, American figure skater
1968: Marcel Desailly, Ghanaian-French footballer
1968: Gennadi Krasnitski, Russian figure skater and coach
1967: Leslie Jones, American comedian and actress
1967: Alok Sharma, Indian-English accountant and politician
1966: Vladimir Andreyev, Russian race walker
1966: Lutz Heilmann, German politician
1966: Toby Jones, English actor
1966: Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, German speed skater
1966: Andrew Voss, Australian sportscaster and author
1965: Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian soprano
1965: Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer
1965: Uta Pippig, German runner
1965: Tomáš Skuhravý, Czech footballer
1965: Andreas Thom, German footballer and manager
1964: Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (died 1995)
1963: W. Earl Brown, American actor
1962: Jennifer Egan, American novelist and short story writer
1962: George South, American wrestler
1962: Hasan Vezir, Turkish footballer and manager
1961: LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist and songwriter (died 2008)
1961: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French pianist
1960: Brad Houser, American bass player (died 2023)
1960: Ersin Tatar, Turkish Cypriot politician
1957: Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter and dancer (died 1997)
1956: Michael Feinstein, American singer and pianist
1956: Byron Stevenson, Welsh footballer (died 2007)
1956: Diane Warren, American songwriter
1955: Mira Furlan, Croatian-American actress (died 2021)
1954: Corbin Bernsen, American actor
1954: Michael Emerson, American actor
1954: Kerrie Holley, American software architect and academic
1953: Marc Hunter, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter (died 1998)
1953: Benmont Tench, American keyboardist and songwriter
1952: Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motorcycle racer (died 1998)
1951: Chrissie Hynde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: Morris Albert, Brazilian singer-songwriter
1951: Mark Isham, American trumpet player and composer
1951: Mark McCumber, American golfer
1951: Mammootty, Indian actor and producer
1950: David Cannadine, English historian and author
1950: Johann Friedrich, German-Australian engineer (died 1991)
1950: Julie Kavner, American actress
1950: Peggy Noonan, American author, journalist, speechwriter, and pundit
1949: Dianne Hayter, German-English politician
1949: Barry Siegel, American journalist and academic
1948: Susan Blakely, American actress
1947: Sergio Della Pergola, Israeli demographer and statistician
1946: Willie Crawford, American baseball player (died 2004)
1946: Joe Klein, American journalist and author
1946: Suzyn Waldman, American sportscaster
1945: Jacques Lemaire, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1945: Vic Pollard, English-New Zealand rugby player and footballer
1945: Curtis Price, American musicologist and academic
1945: Peter Storey, English footballer
1944: Forrest Blue, American football player (died 2011)
1944: Bertel Haarder, Danish lawyer and politician, Education Minister of Denmark
1944: Peter Larter, English rugby player
1944: Earl Manigault, American basketball player and coach (died 1998)
1944: Bora Milutinović, Serbian footballer and manager
1944: Houshang Moradi Kermani, Iranian author
1943: Gloria Gaynor, American singer-songwriter
1943: Beverley McLachlin, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 17th Chief Justice of Canada
1942: Billy Best, Scottish footballer
1942: Alan Oakes, English footballer and manager
1942: Andrew Stone, Baron Stone of Blackheath, English businessman and politician
1942: Jonathan H. Turner, American sociologist
1940: Dario Argento, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
1940: Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian journalist and politician, 4th President of Indonesia (died 2009)
1939: Latimore, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1939: Peter Gill, Welsh actor, director, and playwright
1937: John Phillip Law, American actor (died 2008)
1937: Oleg Lobov, Russian politician, Premier of the Russian SFSR (died 2018)
1936: Brian Hart, English race car driver and engineer, founded Brian Hart Ltd. (died 2014)
1936: Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959)
1936: Apostolos Kaklamanis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice
1935: Abdou Diouf, Senegalese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Senegal
1935: Dick O'Neal, American basketball player and dentist (died 2013)
1934: Mary Bauermeister, German painter and illustrator (died 2023)
1934: Waldo de los Ríos, Argentine composer and conductor (died 1977)
1934: Sunil Gangopadhyay, Indian author and poet (died 2012)
1934: Omar Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon (died 2015)
1934: Little Milton, American singer and guitarist (died 2005)
1934: Hilpas Sulin, Finnish ice hockey player and coach (died 2025)
1932: Malcolm Bradbury, English author and academic (died 2000)
1932: John Paul Getty Jr., American-English philanthropist and book collector (died 2003)
1931: Charles Camilleri, Maltese composer and conductor (died 2009)
1930: Baudouin of Belgium (died 1993)
1930: Sonny Rollins, American saxophonist and composer
1930: S. Sivanayagam, Sri Lankan journalist and author (died 2010)
1930: Yuan Longping, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and an expert in hybrid rice (died 2021)
1929: Clyde Lovellette, American basketball player (died 2016)
1928: Kathleen Gorham, Australian ballerina (died 1983)
1928: Al McGuire, American basketball player, coach, and commentator (died 2001)
1927: Eric Hill, English-American author and illustrator (died 2014)
1927: Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Canadian lawyer and jurist
1926: Samuel Goldwyn Jr., American director and producer (died 2015)
1926: Donald J. Irwin, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Norwalk (died 2013)
1926: Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment (died 2016)
1926: Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (died 1983)
1926: Don Messick, American voice actor (died 1997)
1926: Ed Warren, American paranormal investigator and author (died 2006)
1925: Laura Ashley, Welsh-English fashion designer, founded Laura Ashley plc (died 1985)
1925: Allan Blakeney, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Premier of Saskatchewan (died 2011)
1925: Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Indian actress, singer, director, and producer (died 2005)
1924: Daniel Inouye, American captain and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2012)
1924: Leonard Rosenman, American composer and conductor (died 2008)
1923: Nancy Keesing, Australian author and poet (died 1993)
1923: Peter Lawford, English-American actor (died 1984)
1923: Louise Suggs, American golfer, co-founded LPGA (died 2015)
1922: Lucien Jarraud, French-Canadian journalist and radio host (died 2007)
1921: Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician (died 2014)
1920: Harri Webb, Welsh journalist and poet (died 1994)
1919: Briek Schotte, Belgian cyclist and coach (died 2004)
1918: Harold Amos, American microbiologist and academic (died 2003)
1917: Leonard Cheshire, English captain, pilot, and humanitarian (died 1992)
1917: John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
1917: Jacob Lawrence, American painter and educator (died 2000)
1915: Pedro Reginaldo Lira, Argentine bishop (died 2012)
1915: Kiyosi Itô, Japanese mathematician and academic (died 2008)
1914: Lída Baarová, Czech-Austrian actress (died 2000)
1914: Graeme Bell, Australian pianist and composer (died 2012)
1914: James Van Allen, American physicist and philosopher (died 2006)
1913: Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, English soldier and courtier (died 1999)
1913: Anthony Quayle, English actor (died 1989)
1912: David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (died 1996)
1911: Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian police officer and politician, Head of State of Bulgaria (died 1998)
1909: Elia Kazan, Greek-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)
1908: Paul Brown, American football player and coach (died 1991)
1908: Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and educator (died 2008)
1908: Max Kaminsky, American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1994)
1907: Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Turkish composer and musicologist (died 1991)
1904: C. B. Colby, American author (died 1977)
1903: Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (died 1993)
1903: Dorothy Marie Donnelly, American poet and author (died 1994)
1900: Taylor Caldwell, English-American author (died 1985)
1900: Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (died 1933)
1897: Al Sherman, Tin Pan Alley era songwriter (died 1973)
1895: Jacques Vaché, French author and poet (died 1919)
1894: Vic Richardson, Australian cricketer, footballer, and sportscaster (died 1969)
1894: George Waggner, American actor, director, and producer (died 1984)
1893: Leslie Hore-Belisha, English politician, Secretary of State for War (died 1957)
1892: Eric Harrison, Australian soldier and politician, 27th Australian Minister for Defence (died 1974)
1892: Oscar O'Brien, Canadian priest, pianist, and composer (died 1958)
1887: Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic (died 1964)
1885: Elinor Wylie, American author and poet (died 1928)
1883: Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Greek composer and conductor (died 1950)
1876: Francesco Buhagiar, Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (died 1934)
1876: C. J. Dennis, Australian poet and author (died 1938)
1875: Edward Francis Hutton, American businessman and financier, co-founded E. F. Hutton & Co. (died 1962)
1874: Samuel Rocke, Australian politician who served as an independent member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia (died 1963)
1871: George Hirst, English cricketer and coach (died 1954)
1870: Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (died 1938)
1869: Ben Viljoen, South African general (died 1917)
1867: Albert Bassermann, German-Swiss actor (died 1952)
1867: J. P. Morgan Jr., American banker and philanthropist (died 1943)
1866: Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (died 1947)
1862: Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (died 1932)
1860: Grandma Moses, American painter (died 1961)
1855: William Friese-Greene, English photographer, director, and cinematographer (died 1921)
1851: Edward Asahel Birge, American zoologist and academic (died 1950)
1842: Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player, linguist, and journalist (died 1888)
1836: Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1908)
1836: August Toepler, German physicist and academic (died 1912)
1831: Alexandre Falguière, French sculptor and painter (died 1900)
1829: August Kekulé, German chemist and academic (died 1896)
1819: Thomas A. Hendricks, American lawyer and politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (died 1885)
1818: Thomas Talbot, American businessman and politician, 31st Governor of Massachusetts (died 1886)
1815: John McDouall Stuart, Scottish explorer and surveyor (died 1866)
1813: Emil Korytko, Polish activist and translator (died 1839)
1810: Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Prussian economist and academic (died 1858)
1807: Henry Sewell, English lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1879)
1803: William Knibb, English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (died 1845)
1801: Sarel Cilliers, South African preacher and activist (died 1871)
1795: John William Polidori, English physician and author (died 1821)
1791: Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Italian poet and author (died 1863)
1777: Heinrich Stölzel, German horn player and composer (died 1844)
1740: Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor and illustrator (died 1814)
1726: François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (died 1795)
1707: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (died 1788)
1705: Matthäus Günther, German painter (died 1788)
1694: Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish Minister of State (died 1763)
1683: Maria Anna of Austria (died 1754)
1650: Juan Manuel María de la Aurora, 8th duke of Escalona (died 1725)
1641: Tokugawa Ietsuna, Japanese shōgun (died 1680)
1635: Paul I, Prince Esterházy, Hungarian prince (died 1713)
1629: Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet, Irish nobleman (died 1665)
1533: Elizabeth I of England (died 1603)
1524: Thomas Erastus, Swiss physician and theologian (died 1583)
1500: Sebastian Newdigate, Carthusian monk and martyr (died 1535)
1448: Henry, Count of Württemberg-Montbéliard (1473-1482) (died 1519)
1438: Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse (died 1471)
1395: Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (died 1427)
923: Suzaku, emperor of Japan (died 952)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Dan Morgenstern, German-American jazz writer and editor (born 1929)
2023: Wanda Janicka, Polish architect, participant in the Warsaw Uprising (born 1923)
2018: Pedro Jirón, Nicaraguan footballer (born 1939)
2018: Mac Miller, American rapper (born 1992)
2015: Dickie Moore, American actor (born 1925)
2015: Candida Royalle, American porn actress, director, and producer (born 1950)
2015: Guillermo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1927)
2015: Voula Zouboulaki, Greek actress (born 1924)
2014: Kwon Ri-se, South Korean singer (born 1991)
2014: Jack Cristil, American sportscaster and radio host (born 1925)
2014: Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Filipino Secretary of Justice (born 1930)
2014: Yoshiko Ōtaka, Chinese-Japanese actress, singer, and politician (born 1920)
2014: Harold Shipp, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1926)
2013: Albert Allen Bartlett, American physicist and academic (born 1923)
2013: Romesh Bhandari, Pakistani-Indian politician and diplomat, 13th Foreign Secretary of India (born 1928)
2013: Frank Blevins, English-Australian politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia (born 1939)
2013: Pete Hoffman, American cartoonist (born 1919)
2013: Ilja Hurník, Czech playwright and composer (born 1922)
2013: Fred Katz, American cellist and composer (born 1919)
2012: César Fernández Ardavín, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1923)
2012: Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Russian footballer and manager (born 1952)
2012: Daniel Weinreb, American computer scientist and programmer (born 1959)
2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Pavol Demitra, Slovakian ice hockey player (born 1974)
2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Alexander Karpovtsev, Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1970)
2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Igor Korolev, Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1970)
2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Stefan Liv, Polish-Swedish ice hockey player (born 1980)
2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Jan Marek, Czech ice hockey player (born 1979)
2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1959)
2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Karel Rachůnek, Czech ice hockey player (born 1979)
2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player (born 1974)
2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Ruslan Salei, Belarusian ice hockey player (born 1974)
2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Josef Vašíček, Czech ice hockey player (born 1980)
2010: Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (born 1991)
2010: William H. Goetzmann, American historian and author (born 1930)
2010: Barbara Holland, American author (born 1933)
2010: John Kluge, German-American businessman (born 1914)
2010: Glenn Shadix, American actor (born 1952)
2008: Kune Biezeveld, Dutch minister and theologian (born 1948)
2008: Ilarion Ciobanu, Romanian rugby player and actor (born 1931)
2008: Don Haskins, American basketball player and coach (born 1930)
2008: Gregory Mcdonald, American author (born 1937)
2008: Nagi Noda, Japanese director and producer (born 1973)
2004: Bob Boyd, American baseball player (born 1925)
2003: Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter (born 1947)
2002: Uziel Gal, German-Israeli colonel and gun designer, designed the Uzi (born 1923)
2001: Igor Buketoff, American conductor and educator (born 1915)
2001: Spede Pasanen, Finnish film director and producer, comedian, and inventor (born 1930)
2001: Billie Lou Watt, American actress and voice artist (born 1924)
2000: Bruce Gyngell, Australian-English broadcaster (born 1929)
1997: Mobutu Sese Seko, Congolese soldier and politician, President of Zaire (born 1930)
1996: Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (born 1942)
1995: Russell Johnson, American cartoonist (born 1893)
1994: Eric Crozier, English director and playwright (born 1914)
1994: Dennis Morgan, American actor (born 1908)
1994: Terence Young, Chinese-English director and screenwriter (born 1915)
1991: Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)
1990: Earle E. Partridge, American general and pilot (born 1900)
1990: A. J. P. Taylor, English historian and journalist (born 1906)
1989: Mikhail Goldstein, Ukrainian violinist and composer (born 1917)
1988: Sedad Hakkı Eldem, Turkish architect (born 1908)
1986: Les Bury, English-Australian public servant and politician, 26th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1913)
1985: Jacoba van Velde, Dutch author (born 1903)
1985: José Zabala-Santos, Filipino cartoonist (born 1911)
1984: Joe Cronin, American baseball player and manager (born 1906)
1984: Josyf Slipyj, Ukrainian cardinal (born 1892)
1984: Don Tallon, Australian cricketer (born 1916)
1983: Tamurbek Dawletschin, Tatar author and prisoner of war (born 1904)
1982: Ken Boyer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1931)
1981: Christy Brown, Irish author, poet, and painter (born 1932)
1979: I. A. Richards, English literary critic and rhetorician (born 1893)
1978: Cecil Aronowitz, South African-English viola player (born 1916)
1978: Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (born 1946)
1978: Charles Williams, English composer and conductor (born 1893)
1974: S. M. Rasamanickam, Ceylon politician (born 1913)
1973: Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator (born 1900)
1973: Lev Vladimirsky, Kazakhstani-Russian admiral (born 1903)
1972: Dimitris Poulianos, Greek painter and illustrator (born 1899)
1971: Spring Byington, American actress (born 1886)
1971: Ludwig Suthaus, German tenor (born 1906)
1970: Yitzhak Gruenbaum, Polish-Israeli journalist and politician, 1st Internal Affairs Minister of Israel (born 1879)
1969: Everett Dirksen, American lieutenant and politician (born 1896)
1964: Walter A. Brown, American businessman (born 1905)
1962: Karen Blixen, Danish memoirist and short story writer (born 1885)
1962: Graham Walker, English motorcycle racer and journalist (born 1897)
1961: Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch lawyer, jurist, and politician, 34th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1885)
1960: Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, President of East Germany (born 1873)
1959: Maurice Duplessis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec (born 1890)
1956: C. B. Fry, English cricketer, academic, and politician (born 1872)
1954: Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (born 1885)
1951: Maria Montez, Dominican-French actress (born 1912)
1951: John French Sloan, American painter and etcher (born 1871)
1949: José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter and illustrator (born 1883)
1943: Mary Karadja, Swedish writer, spiritualist and princess (born 1868)
1942: Cecilia Beaux, American painter and academic (born 1855)
1941: Mario García Menocal, Cuban lawyer and politician, President of Cuba (born 1866)
1940: José Félix Estigarribia, Paraguayan soldier and politician, President of Paraguay (born 1888)
1939: Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (born 1873)
1933: Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English ornithologist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (born 1862)
1929: Frederic Weatherly, English lawyer, author, and songwriter (born 1848)
1921: Alfred William Rich, English author and painter (born 1856)
1920: Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (born 1855)
1910: William Holman Hunt, English painter and soldier (born 1827)
1907: Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian philologist, journalist, and playwright (born 1838)
1893: Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (born 1808)
1892: John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist (born 1807)
1891: Lorenzo Sawyer, American lawyer and judge (born 1820)
1881: Sidney Lanier, American poet and academic (born 1842)
1871: Kimenzan Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 13th Yokozuna (born 1826)
1871: Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha, Ottoman politician, 217th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1815)
1840: Jacques MacDonald, French general (born 1765)
1833: Hannah More, English poet, playwright, and philanthropist (born 1745)
1809: Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, Thai king (born 1737)
1799: Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier, French botanist and physicist (born 1717)
1798: Peter Frederik Suhm, Danish-Norwegian historian and author (born 1728)
1741: Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (born 1689)
1729: William Burnet, Dutch-American civil servant and politician, 21st Governor of the province of New York (born 1688)
1685: William Carpenter, English-American settler, co-founded Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (born 1605)
1657: Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish field marshal (born 1606)
1655: François Tristan l'Hermite, French author and playwright (born 1601)
1644: Guido Bentivoglio, Italian cardinal and historian (born 1579)
1626: Edward Villiers, English noble and politician (born c. 1585)
1622: Denis Godefroy, French lawyer and jurist (born 1549)
1619: Melchior Grodziecki, Polish priest and saint (born 1582)
1619: Marko Krizin, Croatian priest, missionary, and saint (born 1589)
1601: John Shakespeare, father of William Shakespeare (born 1529)
1573: Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (born 1535)
1566: Nikola Šubić Zrinski, Croatian general (born 1506)
1559: Robert Estienne, English-French printer and scholar (born 1503)
1496: Ferdinand II of Naples (born 1469)
1464: Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (born 1412)
1362: Joan of the Tower (born 1321)
1354: Andrea Dandolo, doge of Venice (born 1306)
1312: Ferdinand IV of Castile (born 1285)
1303: Gregory Bicskei, archbishop of Esztergom
1251: Viola, Duchess of Opole
1202: William of the White Hands, French cardinal (born 1135)
1151: Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (born 1113)
1134: Alfonso the Battler, Spanish emperor (born 1073)
934: Meng Zhixiang, Chinese general (born 874)
859: Emperor Xuānzong of Tang, Chinese emperor (born 810)
355: Claudius Silvanus, Roman general
251: Sima Yi, Chinese general and politician (born 179)

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