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September 8

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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

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.$501.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2023
2.$388.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2021
3.$368 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 10, 2021
4.€267.55 Million US$267.66 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2022
5.$248.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 11, 2013
6.$210 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2022
7.$207 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 11, 2018
8.$205 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 10, 2016
9.€146 Million US$200.63 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2011
10.$185.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 10, 2022
11.$172 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2005
12.€149 Million
US$164.56 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 10, 2019
13.$154 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 10, 2019
14.€136.21 Million
US$153.49 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2016
15.$149 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2015
16.€130 Million
US$131.12 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2022
17.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 10, 2014
18.$122 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2023
19.$120 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 11, 2012
20.$119 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2006
21.$114 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2018
21.$114 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2006
23.$111 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2016
24.$106 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 10, 2013
25.$102 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2017

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: heyitsjaii
Sunday, Sep 8, 1991
32 years old
1990: bnoble123
Saturday, Sep 8, 1990
33 years old
1989: lilianbaby
Friday, Sep 8, 1989
34 years old
1985: MsDarcy357
Sunday, Sep 8, 1985
38 years old
1984: Icezkube
Saturday, Sep 8, 1984
39 years old
1984: babykash
Saturday, Sep 8, 1984
39 years old
1983: rosieroxie
Thursday, Sep 8, 1983
40 years old
1982: Ladee-Redd
Wednesday, Sep 8, 1982
41 years old
1979: althomas32
Saturday, Sep 8, 1979
44 years old
1975: genuwine
Monday, Sep 8, 1975
48 years old
1975: GoldRaeJ
Monday, Sep 8, 1975
48 years old
1972: Qdg99
Friday, Sep 8, 1972
51 years old
1969: shep69
Monday, Sep 8, 1969
54 years old
1967: dailywins
Friday, Sep 8, 1967
56 years old
1967: Lotto Wiz
Friday, Sep 8, 1967
56 years old
1966: Pfunky
Thursday, Sep 8, 1966
57 years old
1965: J296133b
Wednesday, Sep 8, 1965
58 years old
1962: toot43
Saturday, Sep 8, 1962
61 years old
1961: Fislene638
Friday, Sep 8, 1961
62 years old
1961: GOLDENTOUCH2
Friday, Sep 8, 1961
62 years old
1960: ghendric
Thursday, Sep 8, 1960
63 years old
1956: adahess
Saturday, Sep 8, 1956
67 years old
1955: ejw521
Thursday, Sep 8, 1955
68 years old
1953: SEUN-D
Tuesday, Sep 8, 1953
70 years old
1952: FRANKIE89520
Monday, Sep 8, 1952
71 years old
1950: Marco Antonio
Friday, Sep 8, 1950
73 years old
1947: betop25pcent
Monday, Sep 8, 1947
76 years old
1935: cartersmate35
Sunday, Sep 8, 1935
88 years old
1933: deegeem
Friday, Sep 8, 1933
90 years old
: ljohn1
(year not provided)
: platinumgirl
(year not provided)
: pjcsweeps
(year not provided)
: thewill
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

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 will visit 101955 Bennu and is expected to return with samples in 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.
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: The 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.
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. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon.
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, technically 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.
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, 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.

Births On This Day

2002: Gaten Matarazzo, American actor and singer
2000: Miles McBride, American basketball player
1998: Matheus Leist, Brazilian race car driver
1997: Lars Nootbaar, American baseball player
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 (d. 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 (d. 2020)
1983: Kate Beaton, Canadian cartoonist
1983: Diego Benaglio, Swiss footballer
1983: Will Blalock, American basketball player
1983: Chris Judd, Australian footballer
1983: Wali Lundy, American football player
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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 2014)
1958: Michael Lardie, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1957: Walt Easley, American football player (d. 2013)
1957: Heather Thomas, American actress and activist
1956: Mick Brown, American drummer
1956: David Carr, American journalist and author (d. 2015)
1956: Maurice Cheeks, American basketball player and coach
1956: Stefan Johansson, Swedish race car driver
1955: David O'Halloran, Australian footballer (d. 2013)
1955: Terry Tempest Williams, American environmentalist and author
1954: Mark Lindsay Chapman, English actor
1954: Ruby Bridges, American civil rights activist
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 (d. 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 (d. 1971)
1947: Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist and conductor
1947: Halldór Ásgrímsson, Icelandic accountant and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 2015)
1947: Ann Beattie, American novelist and short story writer
1947: Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2000)
1947: Marianne Wiggins, American author
1946: L. C. Greenwood, American football player (d. 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 (d. 2009)
1945: Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 1973)
1945: Vinko Puljić, Croatian cardinal
1945: Rogie Vachon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1944: Peter Bellamy, English singer-songwriter (d. 1991)
1944: Margaret Hodge, English economist and politician
1944: Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer and coach (d. 2011)
1943: Adelaide C. Eckardt, American academic and politician
1942: Brian Cole, American bass player (d. 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 (d. 2022)
1938: Adrian Cronauer, American sergeant and radio host (d. 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 (d. 1992)
1937: Archie Goodwin, American author and illustrator (d. 1998)
1936: Roy Newman, English admiral
1934: Rodrigue Biron, Canadian politician
1934: Ross Brown, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2014)
1934: Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer and conductor (d. 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 (d. 2012)
1933: Eric Salzman, American composer, producer, and critic (d. 2017)
1933: Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player and coach (d. 1999)
1932: Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1963)
1931: Marion Brown, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2010)
1931: John Garrett, English politician (d. 2007)
1930: Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Vietnamese general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 2011)
1929: Christoph von Dohnányi, German conductor
1927: Harlan Howard, American songwriter (d. 2002)
1927: Robert L. Rock, American politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (d. 2013)
1927: Marguerite Frank, American-French mathematician
1926: Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, poet, and director (d. 2011)
1925: Jacqueline Ceballos, American activist, founded the Veteran Feminists of America
1925: Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (d. 1980)
1924: Wendell H. Ford, American politician, 53rd Governor of Kentucky (d. 2015)
1924: Marie-Claire Kirkland, American-Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2016)
1924: Grace Metalious, American author (d. 1964)
1924: Mimi Parent, Canadian-Swiss painter (d. 2005)
1923: Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (d. 2003)
1923: Wilbur Ware, American double-bassist (d. 1979)
1922: Sid Caesar, American comic actor and writer (d. 2014)
1922: Lyndon LaRouche, American politician and activist, founded the LaRouche movement (d. 2019)
1921: Harry Secombe, Welsh-English actor (d. 2001)
1921: Dinko Šakić, Croatian concentration camp commander (d. 2008)
1919: Gianni Brera, Italian journalist and author (d. 1992)
1919: Maria Lassnig, Austrian painter and academic (d. 2014)
1918: Derek Barton, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1917: Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist and educator (d. 2009)
1915: N. V. M. Gonzalez, Filipino novelist, poet, and writer (d. 1999)
1914: Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople (d. 1991)
1914: Denys Lasdun, English architect, designed the Royal National Theatre (d. 2001)
1910: Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (d. 1994)
1909: Józef Noji, Polish runner (d. 1943)
1907: William Wentworth, Australian economist and politician, 11th Australian Minister for Human Services (d. 2003)
1906: Andrei Kirilenko, Russian engineer and politician (d. 1990)
1903: Jane Arbor, English author (d. 1994)
1901: Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1966)
1900: Tilly Devine, English-Australian organised crime boss (d. 1970)
1900: Claude Pepper, American lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
1897: Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1933)
1896: Howard Dietz, American publicist and songwriter (d. 1983)
1894: John Samuel Bourque, Canadian soldier and politician (d. 1974)
1894: Willem Pijper, Dutch composer and critic (d. 1947)
1889: Robert A. Taft, American lawyer and politician (d. 1953)
1886: Siegfried Sassoon, English captain, journalist, and poet (d. 1967)
1886: Ninon Vallin, French soprano and actress (d. 1961)
1884: Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (d. 1921)
1881: Harry Hillman, American runner and hurdler (d. 1945)
1881: Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 1942)
1876: Inez Knight Allen, Mormon missionary and Utah politician (d. 1937)
1873: Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (d. 1907)
1873: David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1970)
1872: James William McCarthy, American judge (d. 1939)
1871: Samuel McLaughlin, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded the McLaughlin Carriage Company (d. 1972)
1869: José María Pino Suárez, Mexican politician, Vice President of Mexico, murdered in a military coup (d. 1913)
1868: Seth Weeks, American mandolin player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1953)
1867: Alexander Parvus, Belarusian-German theoretician and activist (d. 1924)
1863: Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (d. 1899)
1863: W.W. Jacobs, English novelist and short story writer (d. 1943)
1857: Georg Michaelis, German academic and politician, 6th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1936)
1852: Gojong of Korea (d. 1919)
1851: John Jenkins, American-Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of South Australia (d. 1923)
1846: Paul Chater, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and politician (d. 1926)
1841: Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (d. 1904)
1831: Wilhelm Raabe, German author and painter (d. 1910)
1830: Frédéric Mistral, French poet and lexicographer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
1828: Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (d. 1914)
1828: Clarence Cook, American author and critic (d. 1900)
1824: Jaime Nunó, Spanish-American composer, conductor, and director (d. 1908)
1822: Karl von Ditmar, German geologist and explorer (d. 1892)
1815: Giuseppina Strepponi, Italian soprano and educator (d. 1897)
1814: Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French archaeologist, ethnographer, and historian (d. 1874)
1804: Eduard Mörike, German pastor, poet, and academic (d. 1875)
1783: N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (d. 1872)
1779: Mustafa IV, Ottoman sultan (d. 1808)
1774: Anne Catherine Emmerich, German nun and mystic (d. 1824)
1767: August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet and critic (d. 1845)
1752: Carl Stenborg, Swedish opera singer, actor, and director (d. 1813)
1750: Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 4th Yokozuna (d. 1795)
1749: Yolande de Polastron, French educator (d. 1793)
1742: Ozias Humphry, English painter and academic (d. 1810)
1698: François Francoeur, French violinist and composer (d. 1787)
1672: Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (d. 1703)
1633: Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (d. 1654)
1621: Louis, Grand Condé, French general (d. 1686)
1611: Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German scholar and critic (d. 1671)
1593: Toyotomi Hideyori, Japanese nobleman (d. 1615)
1588: Marin Mersenne, French mathematician, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1648)
1515: Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish priest and scholar (d. 1585)
1474: Ludovico Ariosto, Italian playwright and poet (d. 1533)
1462: Henry Medwall, first known English vernacular dramatist (d. 1501)
1442: John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander and politician, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (d. 1513)
1413: Catherine of Bologna, Italian nun and saint (d. 1463)
1380: Bernardino of Siena, Italian priest, missionary, and saint (d. 1444)
1271: Charles Martel of Anjou (d. 1295)
1209: Sancho II of Portugal (d. 1248)
1157: Richard I of England (d. 1199)
828: Ali al-Hadi, Hijazi (Western Arabian), 10th of the Twelve Imams (d. 868)
801: Ansgar, German archbishop and saint (d. 865)
685: Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (d. 762)

Deaths On This Day

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

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