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September 8

On This Day in History

September 8

September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 114 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Six co-workers split $100,000 Powerball lottery prize in North Carolina. A group of colleagues walked into their workplace with pep in their step after finding out they collectively won a $100,000 lottery prize in Powerball.
2020: First-time lottery player wins $100K after dreaming about it the night before. Many lottery players have found that it pays to follow your gut or listen to the "voice" in your head, especially when it comes to you in the form of a dream. The premonition of one of North Carolina's most recent lottery winners is as straightforward as they come, and it led to a $100,000 win.
2016: California man credits Virgin Mary with $1.2M lottery win. An 86-year-old California man said the Virgin Mary may have had something to do with his $696,000 California Lottery payout.
2016: SC Lottery director stepping down. Paula Harper Bethea is stepping down as executive director of the South Carolina Education Lottery.
2015: Maryland's No. 1 lottery retailer revealed. Maryland's No. 1 lottery retailer, which relies on homespun ambience created by scores of everyday players, was the only outlet in the state to surpass $500,000 in commissions from selling and cashing tickets during the year.
2015: Alabama lottery talk renews in upcoming special session. Some Alabama legislators anticipate renewed debate over a state lottery in the upcoming special session but are also uncertain if the idea has much of a chance.
2012: Illinois Lottery launching a new game Sunday. The Illinois Lottery is launching a new game called My3 this weekend.
2012: Hoosier Lottery director offers reassurances on outsourcing. Indiana won't turn its lottery over to a private company if bidders don't meet the state's high standards, the executive director of the Hoosier Lottery said Friday.
2011: Maryland has its first Powerball lottery jackpot winner. For the first time since Powerball lottery tickets went on sale in Maryland in Jan. 2010, a ticket sold in the state of Maryland won the Powerball jackpot.
2010: Pick 3 'triple' pays out record $2.88M to N.C. Lottery players. Triple digits paid off in a big way for North Carolina Pick 3 players in the Monday, Sept. 6 evening drawing.
2009: Lottery vending machines rolled out across Florida. Florida state leaders are making the instant gratification of scratch-off tickets even more instant -- installing 1,000 ticket vending machines at lottery retailers across Florida, primarily supermarkets.
2008: UNC Charlotte student wins $1M lottery jackpot. A UNC Charlotte freshman nursing student is one of the lucky winners of a scratch-off lottery game for $1 million.
2008: Law creating N.C. Lottery to be reviewed by state's Supreme Court. North Carolina's highest court will decide whether the Legislature approved properly a bill that created the state's education lottery.
2006: Online gambling executive arrested on state charges. Gambling industry experts agree: If you operate an offshore gaming Web site, stay out of the U.S.
2006: Another online gambling executive arrested in U.S.. Internet gambling stocks took a dive today after a second sports betting company executive was arrested by United States authorities.
2006: Fort Knox soldier almost trashed winning lottery ticket. A soldier stationed at Fort Knox apparently made the right decision when he sifted through his trash to check if his lottery tickets were worth anything.
2005: Play The N.C. Lottery Over The Internet? It Could Happen. The lottery bill that North Carolina Governor Mike Easley signed into law last week allows something no other state does: online gaming.
2004: Mass. Lottery to host 'retirement party' for Mass Millions game. Treasurer Tim Cahill and Massachusetts State Lottery Director Joe Sullivan will mark the last drawing of the Mass Millions game by throwing a "retirement party" for the game and by unveiling the Lottery's new numbers game.
2004: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $39 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $39 million Wednesday.
2003: Tenn. Lottery Could Include Satellite Network. A legislative sponsor of Tennessee's lottery law says the game could be a high-tech operation when retailers start selling tickets.
2003: Statement of Gov. Sonny Perdue About the Resignation of Rebecca Paul. Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue issued a statement today regarding the resignation of Rebecca Paul as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Georgia Lottery Corporation.
2003: Miller, Barnes say Paul will be missed at Georgia lottery. A Georgia lottery that could fall short of funding two nationally acclaimed education programs in as little as three years now must operate without the woman who guided it for 10 years. Rebecca Paul said Monday she is leaving to run the Tennessee games.
2003: What if group buys winning lottery ticket?. Advice for a club which buys lottery tickets for its members.
2003: Giant lottery operator GTECH wants to add Tennessee to its clientele. GTECH is the company to beat when Tennessee opens the competition for the state's lottery contract. About $220 million to $240 million in annual sales is projected for Tennessee's lottery, which could be up and running next year.
2003: GTech has winning lottery ticket, checkered past. A Rhode Island company that practically built the nation's state lottery business just added the Florida Lottery as the missing gem to its crown jewels.
2003: Georgia's Lottery Director to Quit. Rebecca Paul, who started Georgia's lottery and has been its only director for 10 years, is jumping ship to run the startup lottery for neighboring Tennessee.

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.$368 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 10, 2021
5.$358 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2025
6.€267.55 Million US$267.66 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2022
7.$248.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 11, 2013
8.$210 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2022
9.$207 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 11, 2018
10.$205 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 10, 2016
11.€146 Million
US$200.63 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2011
12.$185.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 10, 2022
13.$172 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2005
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.$123.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2024
21.$122 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2023
22.$120 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 11, 2012
23.$119 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2006
24.$114 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2018
24.$114 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2006

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2000: Flowerrs8
Friday, Sep 8, 2000
25 years old
1991: heyitsjaii
Sunday, Sep 8, 1991
34 years old
1990: bnoble123
Saturday, Sep 8, 1990
35 years old
1989: lilianbaby
Friday, Sep 8, 1989
36 years old
1985: MsDarcy357
Sunday, Sep 8, 1985
40 years old
1984: Icezkube
Saturday, Sep 8, 1984
41 years old
1984: babykash
Saturday, Sep 8, 1984
41 years old
1983: rosieroxie
Thursday, Sep 8, 1983
42 years old
1982: Ladee-Redd
Wednesday, Sep 8, 1982
43 years old
1979: althomas32
Saturday, Sep 8, 1979
46 years old
1978: WhomeeDlottoman
Friday, Sep 8, 1978
47 years old
1975: genuwine
Monday, Sep 8, 1975
50 years old
1975: GoldRaeJ
Monday, Sep 8, 1975
50 years old
1972: Qdg99
Friday, Sep 8, 1972
53 years old
1969: shep69
Monday, Sep 8, 1969
56 years old
1967: dailywins
Friday, Sep 8, 1967
58 years old
1967: Lotto Wiz
Friday, Sep 8, 1967
58 years old
1966: Pfunky
Thursday, Sep 8, 1966
59 years old
1965: J296133b
Wednesday, Sep 8, 1965
60 years old
1962: toot43
Saturday, Sep 8, 1962
63 years old
1961: Fislene638
Friday, Sep 8, 1961
64 years old
1961: GOLDENTOUCH2
Friday, Sep 8, 1961
64 years old
1960: ghendric
Thursday, Sep 8, 1960
65 years old
1956: adahess
Saturday, Sep 8, 1956
69 years old
1955: ejw521
Thursday, Sep 8, 1955
70 years old
1953: SEUN-D
Tuesday, Sep 8, 1953
72 years old
1952: FRANKIE89520
Monday, Sep 8, 1952
73 years old
1950: Marco Antonio
Friday, Sep 8, 1950
75 years old
1947: betop25pcent
Monday, Sep 8, 1947
78 years old
1945: nvferns
Saturday, Sep 8, 1945
80 years old
1935: cartersmate35
Sunday, Sep 8, 1935
90 years old
1933: deegeem
Friday, Sep 8, 1933
92 years old
: ljohn1
(year not provided)
: platinumgirl
(year not provided)
: pjcsweeps
(year not provided)
: thewill
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes Morocco, killing nearly 3,000 people and damaging historic sites in Marrakesh.
2023: The 2023 Rugby World Cup, the tenth men's Rugby World Cup is held in France. The opening ceremony, directed and written by Jean Dujardin, Olivier Ferracci and Nora Matthey, took place at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, before the opening match between France and New Zealand, which saw the host nation winning 27 to 13.
2022: Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom dies at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after reigning for 70 years. Her son Charles, Prince of Wales, ascends the throne upon her death as Charles III.
2017: Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announce the beginning of the Deir ez-Zor campaign, with the stated aim of eliminating the Islamic State (IS) from all areas north and east of the Euphrates.
2016: NASA launches OSIRIS-REx, its first asteroid sample return mission. The probe visited 101955 Bennu and returned with samples in September 2023.
2005: Two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft from EMERCOM land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.
2004: NASA's uncrewed spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
2000: NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-106 to resupply the International Space Station.
1994: USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard, resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry.
1989: Partnair Flight 394 dives into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been fraudulently sold as aircraft-grade.
1988: Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
1986: Nicholas Daniloff, a correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, is indicted on charges of espionage by the Soviet Union.
1978: Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 88 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran.
1975: Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, later upgraded to honorable.
1974: Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
1973: World Airways Flight 802 crashes into Mount Dutton in King Cove, Alaska, killing six people.
1971: In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
1970: Trans International Airlines Flight 863 crashes during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing all 11 aboard.
1966: The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode, "The Man Trap".
1962: Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star.
1960: In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).
1954: The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
1952: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
1946: A referendum abolishes the monarchy in Bulgaria.
1945: The division of Korea begins when United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.
1944: World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
1943: World War II: The Armistice of Cassibile is proclaimed by radio. OB Süd immediately implements plans to disarm the Italian forces.
1941: World War II: German forces begin the Siege of Leningrad.
1935: US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
1934: Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 137 people.
1933: Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
1926: Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
1925: Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco.
1923: Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
1921: Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
1916: In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
1914: World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
1905: The 7.2 M_w Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
1900: Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
1898: Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob.
1892: The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
1888: Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
1888: The Great Herding (Spanish: El Gran Arreo) begins with thousands of sheep being herded from the Argentine outpost of Fortín Conesa to Santa Cruz near the Strait of Magellan.
1888: In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
1888: In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
1883: The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.
1863: American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
1862: Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.
1860: The steamship PS Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
1855: Crimean War: The French assault the tower of Malakoff, leading to the capture of Sevastopol.
1831: William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1831: November uprising: The Battle of Warsaw effectively ends the Polish insurrection.
1819: 1819 Balloon riot occurred at Vauxhall Garden in Philadelphia, PA and resulted in the destruction of the amusement park.
1813: At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town.
1810: The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board.
1808: The Treaty of Paris is signed ending the French military occupation of Prussia.
1796: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano: French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
1793: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
1781: American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory.
1775: The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
1761: Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
1760: French and Indian War: French surrender Montreal to the British, completing the latter's conquest of New France.
1756: French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.
1755: French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
1727: A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
1655: Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army.
1565: St. Augustine, Florida is founded by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.
1522: Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation: Victoria arrives at Seville, completing the first circumnavigation.
1514: Battle of Orsha: In one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army.
1504: Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence.
1380: Battle of Kulikovo: Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
1334: The Battle of Adramyttion begins in which a Christian naval league defeats a Turkish fleet in several encounters.
1331: Stefan Dušan declares himself king of Serbia.
1276: Pope John XXI is elected Pope.
1264: The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Bolesław the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland.
1253: Pope Innocent IV canonises Stanislaus of Szczepanów, who was killed by King Bolesław II.
1198: Philip of Swabia, Prince of Hohenstaufen, is crowned King of Germany (King of the Romans)
1100: Election of Antipope Theodoric.
617: Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui dynasty army, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty.
70: After the capture of Herod's Palace the previous day, a Roman army under Titus secures and plunders the city of Jerusalem.

Births On This Day

2004: Lewis Hall, English footballer
2003: Nicolas Cantu, American actor and internet personality
2003: Yousef Majid, English cricketer
2002: Gaten Matarazzo, American actor and singer
2001: Bill Mamadou, Singaporean footballer
2000: Zak Butters, Australian footballer
2000: Miles McBride, American basketball player
1999: Shubman Gill, Indian cricketer
1998: Matheus Leist, Brazilian race car driver
1997: Jorrit Bosch, German politician
1997: Lars Nootbaar, American baseball player
1996: Tim Gajser, Slovenian motocross racer
1995: Ellie Black, Canadian gymnast
1994: Marco Benassi, Italian footballer
1994: Cameron Dallas, American internet personality
1994: Bruno Fernandes, Portuguese footballer
1994: Ćamila Mičijević, Croatian-Bosnian handball player
1993: Will Bosisto, Australian cricketer
1993: Yoshikazu Fujita, Japanese rugby union player
1992: Nino Niederreiter, Swiss ice hockey player
1992: Kilian Pruschke, German footballer
1992: Za'Darius Smith, American football player
1991: Ignacio González, Mexican footballer
1991: Joe Sugg, British vlogger
1990: Matt Barkley, American football player
1990: Jos Buttler, English cricketer
1990: Gerrit Cole, American baseball player
1990: Matthew Dellavedova, Australian basketball player
1990: Dianne Doan, Canadian actress
1990: Michal Kempný, Czech ice hockey player
1990: Musa Nizam, Turkish footballer
1990: Tokelo Rantie, South African footballer
1989: Gylfi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer
1989: Avicii, Swedish electronic musician (died 2018)
1988: Arrelious Benn, American football player
1988: Rie Kaneto, Japanese swimmer
1987: Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian skier
1987: Derrick Brown, American basketball player
1987: Danielle Frenkel, Israeli high jumper
1987: Wiz Khalifa, American rapper and actor
1987: Illya Marchenko, Ukrainian tennis player
1987: Marcel Nguyen, German gymnast
1986: Brett Anderson, Australian rugby league player
1986: Carlos Bacca, Colombian footballer
1986: Matt Grothe, American football player
1986: Dan Hunt, Australian rugby league player
1986: João Moutinho, Portuguese footballer
1986: Kirill Nababkin, Russian footballer
1985: Tomasz Jodłowiec, Polish footballer
1984: Bobby Parnell, American baseball player
1984: Vitaly Petrov, Russian race car driver
1984: Jürgen Säumel, Austrian footballer
1984: Tiago Treichel, Brazilian footballer
1984: Peter Whittingham, English footballer (died 2020)
1983: Kate Beaton, Canadian cartoonist
1983: Diego Benaglio, Swiss footballer
1983: Will Blalock, American basketball player
1983: Nick Hundley, American baseball player
1983: Chris Judd, Australian footballer
1983: Wali Lundy, American football player
1983: Jason Mattera, American writer and conservative activist
1983: Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Australian footballer
1983: Sarah Stup, American writer and autism activist
1982: Travis Daniels, American football player
1981: Kate Abdo, English journalist
1981: Selim Benachour, Tunisian footballer
1981: Māris Ļaksa, Latvian basketball player
1981: Morten Gamst Pedersen, Norwegian footballer
1981: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor
1980: Eric Hutchinson, American singer-songwriter
1979: Pink, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1978: Gerard Autet, Spanish footballer and manager
1978: Emanuele Ferraro, Italian footballer
1978: Gil Meche, American baseball player
1978: Angela Rawlings, Canadian-American author and poet
1978: Rebel, American wrestler
1978: Marco Sturm, German ice hockey player and coach
1977: Jason Collier, American basketball player (died 2005)
1977: Nate Corddry, American actor and comedian
1977: Jay McKee, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1976: Gerald Drummond, Costa Rican footballer
1976: Jervis Drummond, Costa Rican footballer
1976: Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player
1975: Lee Eul-yong, South Korean footballer and manager
1975: Richard Hughes, English drummer
1975: Chris Latham, Australian rugby player
1975: Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player
1975: Larenz Tate, American actor, director, and producer
1974: Marios Agathokleous, Cypriot footballer
1974: Tanaz Eshaghian, Iranian-American director and producer
1974: Braulio Luna, Mexican footballer
1974: Rick Michaels, American wrestler
1973: Khamis Al-Dosari, Saudi Arabian footballer (died 2020)
1973: Gabrial McNair, American saxophonist, keyboard player, and composer
1973: Troy Sanders, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1973: Matteo Strukul, Italian writer and journalist
1972: Markus Babbel, German footballer and manager
1972: Os du Randt, South African rugby player and coach
1972: Kennedy, American radio and television host
1971: David Arquette, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and wrestler
1971: Brooke Burke, American actress and television personality
1971: Martin Freeman, English actor
1971: Lachlan Murdoch, English-Australian businessman
1971: Dustin O'Halloran, American pianist and composer
1971: Daniel Petrov, Bulgarian boxer
1971: Pierre Sévigny, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1970: Neko Case, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970: Paul DiPietro, Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player
1970: Nidal Hasan, American soldier, psychiatrist, and mass murderer
1970: Latrell Sprewell, American basketball player
1970: Lodi, American wrestler
1970: Andy Ward, Irish rugby player and coach
1970: John Welborn, Australian rugby player
1969: Lars Bohinen, Norwegian footballer and manager
1969: Oswaldo Ibarra, Ecuadorian footballer
1969: Chris Powell, English footballer and manager
1969: Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and manager (died 2011)
1968: Wolfram Klein, German footballer
1968: Ray Wilson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967: Eerik-Niiles Kross, Estonian politician and diplomat
1967: James Packer, Australian businessman
1967: Kimberly Peirce, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1966: Peter Furler, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1965: Tutilo Burger, German Benedictine monk and abbot
1965: Darlene Zschech, Australian singer-songwriter and pastor
1964: Michael Johns, American businessman and political activist
1964: Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2000)
1964: Raven, American wrestler
1963: Alexandros Alexiou, Greek footballer
1963: Daniel Wolpert, American scientist
1962: Thomas Kretschmann, German actor
1961: Timothy Well, American wrestler (died 2017)
1960: Aimee Mann, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1960: David Steele, English bass player and songwriter
1960: Aguri Suzuki, Japanese race car driver
1958: Bart Batten, American wrestler
1958: Brad Batten, American wrestler (died 2014)
1958: Michael Lardie, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1957: Walt Easley, American football player (died 2013)
1957: Heather Thomas, American actress and activist
1956: Mick Brown, American drummer
1956: David Carr, American journalist and author (died 2015)
1956: Maurice Cheeks, American basketball player and coach
1956: Stefan Johansson, Swedish race car driver
1955: David O'Halloran, Australian footballer (died 2013)
1955: Terry Tempest Williams, American environmentalist and author
1954: Mark Lindsay Chapman, English actor
1954: Ruby Bridges, American civil rights activist
1954: Johan Harmenberg, Swedish Olympic and world champion épée fencer
1954: Michael Shermer, American historian, author, and academic, founded The Skeptics Society
1953: Pascal Greggory, French actor
1953: Stein-Erik Olsen, Norwegian guitarist
1952: Will Lee, American bass player
1952: Geoff Miller, English cricketer
1952: Graham Mourie, New Zealand rugby player
1951: Tim Gullikson, American tennis player and coach (died 1996)
1951: Tom Gullikson, American tennis player and coach
1951: John McDonnell, English politician
1951: Dezső Ránki, Hungarian pianist
1950: Ian Davidson, Scottish lawyer and politician
1950: Zachary Richard, American singer-songwriter and poet
1950: Mike Simpson, American dentist and politician
1949: Edward Hinds, English physicist and academic
1948: Great Kabuki, Japanese wrestler
1948: Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (died 1971)
1947: Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist and conductor
1947: Halldór Ásgrímsson, Icelandic accountant and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland (died 2015)
1947: Ann Beattie, American novelist and short story writer
1947: Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2000)
1947: Marianne Wiggins, American author
1946: L. C. Greenwood, American football player (died 2013)
1946: Aziz Sancar, Turkish-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1946: Wong Kan Seng, Singaporean business executive, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
1945: Lem Barney, American football player
1945: Kelly Groucutt, English bass player (died 2009)
1945: Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 1973)
1945: Vinko Puljić, Croatian cardinal
1945: Rogie Vachon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1944: Peter Bellamy, English singer-songwriter (died 1991)
1944: Margaret Hodge, English economist and politician
1944: Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer and coach (died 2011)
1943: Adelaide C. Eckardt, American academic and politician
1942: Brian Cole, American bass player (died 1972)
1942: Judith Hann, English journalist and author
1942: Sal Valentino, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941: Bernie Sanders, American politician
1940: Quentin L. Cook, American religious leader
1940: Jerzy Robert Nowak, Polish historian and journalist
1940: Jack Prelutsky, American author and poet
1939: Carsten Keller, German field hockey player and coach
1939: Guitar Shorty, American singer and guitarist (died 2022)
1938: Adrian Cronauer, American sergeant and radio host (died 2018)
1938: Kenichi Horie, Japanese sailor
1938: Sam Nunn, American lawyer and politician
1937: Edna Adan Ismail, Somaliland politician and activist
1937: Barbara Frum, American-Canadian journalist (died 1992)
1937: Archie Goodwin, American author and illustrator (died 1998)
1936: Roy Newman, English admiral
1934: Rodrigue Biron, Canadian politician
1934: Ross Brown, New Zealand rugby player (died 2014)
1934: Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer and conductor (died 2016)
1934: Bernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue, English academic and politician
1933: Asha Bhosle, Indian singer
1933: Michael Frayn, English author and playwright
1933: Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (died 2012)
1933: Eric Salzman, American composer, producer, and critic (died 2017)
1933: Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player and coach (died 1999)
1932: Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1963)
1931: Marion Brown, American saxophonist and composer (died 2010)
1931: John Garrett, English politician (died 2007)
1930: Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Vietnamese general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (died 2011)
1929: Christoph von Dohnányi, German conductor
1927: Harlan Howard, American songwriter (died 2002)
1927: Robert L. Rock, American politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (died 2013)
1927: Marguerite Frank, American-French mathematician (died 2024)
1926: Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, poet, and director (died 2011)
1925: Jacqueline Ceballos, American activist, founded the Veteran Feminists of America
1925: Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (died 1980)
1924: Wendell H. Ford, American politician, 53rd Governor of Kentucky (died 2015)
1924: Marie-Claire Kirkland, American-Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2016)
1924: Grace Metalious, American author (died 1964)
1924: Mimi Parent, Canadian-Swiss painter (died 2005)
1923: Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (died 2003)
1923: Wilbur Ware, American double-bassist (died 1979)
1922: Sid Caesar, American comic actor and writer (died 2014)
1922: Lyndon LaRouche, American politician and activist, founded the LaRouche movement (died 2019)
1921: Harry Secombe, Welsh-English actor (died 2001)
1921: Dinko Šakić, Croatian concentration camp commander (died 2008)
1919: Gianni Brera, Italian journalist and author (died 1992)
1919: Maria Lassnig, Austrian painter and academic (died 2014)
1918: Derek Barton, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
1917: Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist and educator (died 2009)
1915: N. V. M. Gonzalez, Filipino novelist, poet, and writer (died 1999)
1914: Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople (died 1991)
1914: Denys Lasdun, English architect, designed the Royal National Theatre (died 2001)
1910: Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (died 1994)
1909: Józef Noji, Polish runner (died 1943)
1907: William Wentworth, Australian economist and politician, 11th Australian Minister for Human Services (died 2003)
1906: Andrei Kirilenko, Russian engineer and politician (died 1990)
1905: Eino Tainio, Finnish politician (died 1970)
1903: Jane Arbor, English author (died 1994)
1901: Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa (died 1966)
1900: Tilly Devine, English-Australian organised crime boss (died 1970)
1900: Claude Pepper, American lawyer and politician (died 1989)
1897: Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1933)
1896: Howard Dietz, American publicist and songwriter (died 1983)
1894: John Samuel Bourque, Canadian soldier and politician (died 1974)
1894: Willem Pijper, Dutch composer and critic (died 1947)
1889: Robert A. Taft, American lawyer and politician (died 1953)
1888: Ida McNeil, American broadcaster and designer of the flag of South Dakota (died 1974)
1887: Sivananda Saraswati, Hindu monk, spiritual leader, physician, proponent of Vedanta, etc. (died 1963)
1886: Siegfried Sassoon, English captain, journalist, and poet (died 1967)
1886: Ninon Vallin, French soprano and actress (died 1961)
1884: Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (died 1921)
1881: Harry Hillman, American runner and hurdler (died 1945)
1881: Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (died 1942)
1876: Inez Knight Allen, Mormon missionary and Utah politician (died 1937)
1873: Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (died 1907)
1873: David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1970)
1872: James William McCarthy, American judge (died 1939)
1871: Samuel McLaughlin, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded the McLaughlin Carriage Company (died 1972)
1869: José María Pino Suárez, Mexican politician, Vice President of Mexico, murdered in a military coup (died 1913)
1868: Seth Weeks, American mandolin player, composer, and bandleader (died 1953)
1867: Alexander Parvus, Belarusian-German theoretician and activist (died 1924)
1863: Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (died 1899)
1863: W.W. Jacobs, English novelist and short story writer (died 1943)
1857: Georg Michaelis, German academic and politician, 6th Chancellor of Germany (died 1936)
1852: Gojong of Korea, 26th Emperor of the Joseon Kingdom and first emperor of Korea (died 1919)
1851: John Jenkins, American-Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of South Australia (died 1923)
1846: Paul Chater, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and politician (died 1926)
1841: Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (died 1904)
1841: Charles J. Guiteau, American assassin of president James A. Garfield (died 1882)
1831: Wilhelm Raabe, German author and painter (died 1910)
1830: Frédéric Mistral, French poet and lexicographer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1914)
1828: Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (died 1914)
1828: Clarence Cook, American author and critic (died 1900)
1824: Jaime Nunó, Spanish-American composer, conductor, and director (died 1908)
1822: Karl von Ditmar, German geologist and explorer (died 1892)
1815: Giuseppina Strepponi, Italian soprano and educator (died 1897)
1814: Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French archaeologist, ethnographer, and historian (died 1874)
1804: Eduard Mörike, German pastor, poet, and academic (died 1875)
1783: N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (died 1872)
1779: Mustafa IV, Ottoman sultan (died 1808)
1774: Anne Catherine Emmerich, German nun and mystic (died 1824)
1767: August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet and critic (died 1845)
1752: Carl Stenborg, Swedish opera singer, actor, and director (died 1813)
1750: Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 4th Yokozuna (died 1795)
1749: Yolande de Polastron, French educator (died 1793)
1742: Ozias Humphry, English painter and academic (died 1810)
1698: François Francoeur, French violinist and composer (died 1787)
1672: Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (died 1703)
1633: Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (died 1654)
1621: Louis, Grand Condé, French general (died 1686)
1611: Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German scholar and critic (died 1671)
1593: Toyotomi Hideyori, Japanese nobleman (died 1615)
1588: Marin Mersenne, French mathematician, philosopher, and theologian (died 1648)
1515: Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish priest and scholar (died 1585)
1474: Ludovico Ariosto, Italian playwright and poet (died 1533)
1462: Henry Medwall, first known English vernacular dramatist (died 1501)
1442: John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander and politician, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (died 1513)
1413: Catherine of Bologna, Italian nun and saint (died 1463)
1380: Bernardino of Siena, Italian priest, missionary, and saint (died 1444)
1271: Charles Martel of Anjou (died 1295)
1209: Sancho II of Portugal (died 1248)
1157: Richard I of England (died 1199)
828: Ali al-Hadi, Hijazi (Western Arabian), 10th of the Twelve Imams (died 868)
801: Ansgar, German archbishop and saint (died 865)
685: Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (died 762)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, Salvadoran police officer (born 1964)
2024: Ed Kranepool, American baseball player (born 1944)
2024: Henny Moan, Norwegian actress (born 1936)
2024: Zoot Money, English musician (born 1942)
2024: Peter Renaday, American voice actor (born 1935)
2024: Emi Shinohara, Japanese voice actress and singer (born 1963)
2022: Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms (born 1926)
2022: Gwyneth Powell, English actress (born 1946)
2021: Luis Villafuerte, Filipino politician, former congressman and governor of Camarines Sur (born 1935)
2019: S. Rajasekar, Indian cinematographer, film director, and actor (born 1957)
2018: Gennadi Gagulia, Prime Minister of Abkhazia (born 1948)
2018: Chelsi Smith, American singer and beauty pageant winner (born 1973)
2017: Pierre Bergé, French businessman (born 1930)
2017: Blake Heron, American actor (born 1982)
2017: Jerry Pournelle, American author and journalist (born 1933)
2017: Ljubiša Samardžić, Serbian actor and director (born 1936)
2017: Don Williams, American musician (born 1939)
2016: Hannes Arch, Austrian race pilot (born 1967)
2016: Dragiša Pešić, Montenegrin politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (born 1954)
2016: Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (born 1938)
2015: Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball player (born 1952)
2015: Andrew Kohut, American political scientist and academic (born 1942)
2015: Tyler Sash, American football player (born 1988)
2015: Joost Zwagerman, Dutch author and poet (born 1963)
2014: Marvin Barnes, American basketball player (born 1952)
2014: S. Truett Cathy, American businessman, founder of Chick-fil-A (born 1921)
2014: Sean O'Haire, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and kick-boxer (born 1971)
2014: Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (born 1910)
2014: Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer (born 1918)
2014: George Zuverink, American baseball player (born 1924)
2013: Goose Gonsoulin, American football player (born 1938)
2013: Don Reichert, Canadian painter and photographer (born 1932)
2013: Jean Véronis, French linguist, computer scientist, and blogger (born 1955)
2012: Ronald Hamowy, Canadian historian and academic (born 1937)
2012: Bill Moggridge, English-American designer, author, and educator, co-founded IDEO (born 1943)
2012: Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic (born 1920)
2009: Aage Bohr, Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922)
2009: Mike Bongiorno, American-Italian television host (born 1924)
2008: Ralph Plaisted, American explorer (born 1927)
2007: Vincent Serventy, Australian ornithologist, conservationist, and author (born 1916)
2006: Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (born 1915)
2006: Peter Brock, Australian race car driver and sportscaster (born 1945)
2005: Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer, footballer, and manager (born 1932)
2005: Donald Horne, Australian journalist, author, and critic (born 1921)
2004: Frank Thomas, American animator, voice actor, and screenwriter (born 1913)
2003: Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1902)
2002: Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (born 1968)
2001: Bill Ricker, Canadian entomologist and author (born 1908)
1999: Moondog, American-German singer-songwriter, drummer, and poet (born 1916)
1997: Derek Taylor, English journalist and author (born 1932)
1991: Alex North, American composer and conductor (born 1910)
1991: Brad Davis, American actor (born 1949)
1990: Denys Watkins-Pitchford, English author and illustrator (born 1905)
1985: John Franklin Enders, American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)
1984: Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver (born 1918)
1983: Antonin Magne, French cyclist (born 1904)
1981: Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian guru, philosopher, and educator (born 1897)
1981: Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist (born 1901)
1981: Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)
1980: Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908)
1977: Zero Mostel, American actor and comedian (born 1915)
1974: Wolfgang Windgassen, French-German tenor (born 1914)
1970: Percy Spencer, American engineer, invented the microwave oven (born 1894)
1969: Bud Collyer, American game show host (born 1908)
1969: Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and activist (born 1868)
1966: John Taylor, American race car driver (born 1933)
1965: Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (born 1922)
1965: Hermann Staudinger, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)
1963: Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman (born 1904)
1954: André Derain, French painter and sculptor (born 1880)
1949: Richard Strauss, German composer and manager (born 1864)
1944: Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (born 1881)
1943: Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (born 1903)
1942: Rıza Nur, Turkish surgeon and politician (born 1879)
1940: Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (born 1863)
1935: Carl Weiss, American physician (born 1906)
1933: Faisal I of Iraq (born 1883)
1923: Ugo Sivocci, Italian race car driver (born 1885)
1916: Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1836)
1912: Eddie Hasha, American motorcycle racer (born 1890)
1909: Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player (born 1853)
1895: Adam Opel, German entrepreneur, founded Opel (born 1837)
1894: Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (born 1821)
1882: Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (born 1809)
1873: Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg, Finnish priest and father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the first President of Finland (born 1832)
1853: Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar, co-founded the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (born 1813)
1831: John Aitken, Scottish-American publisher (born 1745)
1814: Maria Carolina of Austria, queen consort of Naples and Sicily (born 1752)
1811: Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (born 1741)
1784: Ann Lee, English-American religious leader (born 1736)
1780: Enoch Poor, American general (born 1736)
1761: Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French mathematician and engineer (born 1698)
1755: Ephraim Williams, American soldier and philanthropist (born 1715)
1721: Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (born 1686)
1682: Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher (born 1606)
1656: Joseph Hall, English bishop (born 1574)
1645: Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (born 1580)
1644: John Coke, English civil servant and politician (born 1563)
1644: Francis Quarles, English poet and author (born 1592)
1637: Robert Fludd, English physician, mathematician, and cosmologist (born 1574)
1613: Carlo Gesualdo, Italian lute player and composer (born 1566)
1560: Amy Robsart, English noblewoman (born 1536)
1555: Saint Thomas of Villanueva, Spanish bishop and saint (born 1488)
1539: John Stokesley, English bishop (born 1475)
1425: Charles III of Navarre (born 1361)
1397: Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (born 1355)
1306: Sir Simon Fraser, Scottish knight, hung drawn and quartered by the English
1100: Antipope Clement III (born 1029)
869: Ahmad ibn Isra'il al-Anbari, Muslim vizier
780: Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine emperor (born 750)
701: Pope Sergius I (born 650)
394: Arbogast, Frankish general

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