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August 19

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August 19

August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 134 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: North Carolina Lottery approves online instant games. The North Carolina Lottery has officially approved online instant games, to go into effect later this year.
2021: Massachusetts player claimed $500,000 Powerball prize one day before it expired. A $500,000 Powerball prize almost went by the wayside, but thankfully the rightful winner from Massachusetts stepped up to claim it just one day before it was due to expire.
2020: Washington Lottery making changes to Hit 5 game. The Washington Lottery revealed modifications to its popular Hit 5 lottery game just a week after announcing its rebranding of "Daily Game" to "Pick 3." Starting Sunday, August 30, players will see those changes in effect.
2019: Lottery Post becomes installable app for mobile users. Speednet Group, a leading lottery technology company, today announced the general availability of its latest version of the Lottery Post mobile website, which allows mobile users to install the site as an app on their phones.
2015: VIDEO: See what it's like to win a Colorado Lottery prize. If you've ever imagined what it must be like to win a Colorado Lottery Second-Chance Drawing, get ready to experience all of those winning moments.
2015: Virginia Lottery turns over more than a half-billion dollars to education. For just the second time in its history, the Virginia Lottery has delivered more than a half-billion dollars to Virginia's K-12 public schools in a single fiscal year.
2013: Texas Lottery to double number of Pick 3 and Pick 4 draws. In a few weeks, Texas Lottery players will have twice as many opportunities per day to play the Pick 3 and Pick 4 games.
2013: Mother and son share bittersweet lottery win. A South Carolina man won $150,000 on a lottery ticket he bought to honor his father on the anniversary of his death.
2013: Teammates fool Diamondbacks player with lottery prank. Major League Baseball player Wade Miley was fooled by his fellow Diamondbacks teammates last Sunday when they mixed in a fake scratch-off ticket with his real ones.
2013: Winning €6m Ireland Lotto ticket sold in Lahinch, Co Clare. The popular Irish seaside town of Lahinch, Co Clare is buzzing with excitement after someone bought the winning lottery ticket from Saturday's draw worth more than €6 million at a local supermarket.
2012: Iowa officials trying to solve lotto mystery, may release surveillance video. Investigators in Iowa may release surveillance video of a person who purchased an unclaimed lottery ticket in hopes the public will see something that will help a criminal probe.
2011: Arizona Lottery sales hit record levels. People in Arizona are spending record amounts of money on lottery tickets, a sales surge that is surpassing that of other states.
2010: TN lottery scholarships safe from cuts. The dollar shortfall between Tennessee lottery revenue and the scholarship programs it funds is much less than previously projected, a study shows, indicating that lottery scholarships won't have to be cut or made harder to get.
2009: Mega Millions and Powerball prizes top $200 million. Jackpots for the two multistate lotteries in the U.S. rose above $200 million each as players await tonight's drawing for one of the prizes.
2009: Lottery fever hits Tennessee & Georgia: both states have jackpots over $200 million. Lottery Fever hits folks in Tennessee and Georgia as both states celebrate jackpots over $200 Million.
2009: Mega Millions lottery jackpot zooms to $207M. The jackpot for Friday night's Mega Millions drawing climbed to $207 million after no players matched all six numbers in Tuesday night's game.
2009: N.C. lottery expands vending machine use. North Carolina Education Lottery Commission officials are hoping a new deal that will allow players to purchase Powerball and other game tickets from vending machines will help extend the lottery's reach into more retail chain stores, like Walmart.
2008: His and Hers: Wisconsin spouses win identical lottery jackpots. A Wisconsin husband and wife each won their own $350,000 jackpots in this weekend's SuperCash state lottery.
2005: Air Force sergeant claims $93.4 million Powerball jackpot. A Kirtland Air Force Base master sergeant who decided on a whim to buy a lottery ticket while picking up milk at a Raley's supermarket won a $93.4 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials announced Friday.
2004: $14 Million Powerball Jackpot Up for Grabs. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $14 million, with a cash option of $6.8 million.
2004: Mistrial declared in $4M lottery ticket dispute. A former convenience store clerk will keep collecting winnings from a $4 million Massachusetts Lottery scratch ticket after a Superior Court judge declared a mistrial yesterday in a dispute over ownership of the ticket.
2004: N.J. Lottery sales top $2 billion for third straight year. New Jersey lottery revenues rose more than 5 percent in the past fiscal year, topping $2 billion in sales for the third consecutive year.
2003: Burglar Has Lotto Fever. Columbus, Georgia police are talking about an unusual late-night break-in at a convenience store, where the thief stole a lottery machine and two rolls of scratch-off tickets valued at $600.
2003: Bookies in Exile. Many of the bookmakers who started offshore betting operations so optimistically are finding themselves locked into an isolated way of life that with each passing day seems a worse bet.
2003: GTECH lottery systems built to handle blackout. In last week's blackout in the Northeast, no completed lottery sales were lost or dropped, but in stores without power, purchases were impossible.
2003: Lottery deal with Georgia best bet, expert says. Tennessee's lottery could reap as much as an extra $249 million over a seven-year period by joining forces with Georgia, according to a consultant hired by the state lottery board.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$541.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 19, 2017
2.$286.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 21, 2021
3.$274.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 19, 2023
4.$259.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 19, 2009
5.€257.11 Million US$258.12 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 20, 2022
6.$256 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 20, 2021
7.$245 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 22, 2007
8.€147.81 Million US$211.79 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 22, 2009
9.$207 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 21, 2009
10.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 22, 2001
11.$171 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 21, 2007
12.$160 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 19, 2014
13.€126.25 Million
US$142.96 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 20, 2016
14.€107 Million
US$123.55 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 21, 2018
15.€110 Million
US$121.28 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 21, 2020
16.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 20, 2016
17.€79 Million
US$105.87 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 20, 2013
18.€74 Million
US$105.86 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 21, 2009
19.€69 Million
US$102.26 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 22, 2008
20.$102 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 21, 2018
21.€91 Million
US$100.92 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 20, 2019
22.€90 Million
US$100.12 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2019
23.$100 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 20, 2010
24.$99 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 19, 2022
25.€65 Million
US$93.41 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 19, 2011

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1995: Rajdeep Singh
Saturday, Aug 19, 1995
28 years old
1986: Kashis
Tuesday, Aug 19, 1986
37 years old
1985: quadassio
Monday, Aug 19, 1985
38 years old
1982: demon3012
Thursday, Aug 19, 1982
41 years old
1980: milo405
Tuesday, Aug 19, 1980
43 years old
1979: lowerAL251
Sunday, Aug 19, 1979
44 years old
1978: Leo78
Saturday, Aug 19, 1978
45 years old
1974: Shellylyn
Monday, Aug 19, 1974
49 years old
1972: tyshene
Saturday, Aug 19, 1972
51 years old
1968: lucky1986
Monday, Aug 19, 1968
55 years old
1968: byone
Monday, Aug 19, 1968
55 years old
1966: Black23$
Friday, Aug 19, 1966
57 years old
1964: Cashlady64!
Wednesday, Aug 19, 1964
59 years old
1964: ReaperAZ
Wednesday, Aug 19, 1964
59 years old
1960: wishingstar
Friday, Aug 19, 1960
63 years old
1955: taojones7
Friday, Aug 19, 1955
68 years old
1953: arkangel08
Wednesday, Aug 19, 1953
70 years old
1953: Murray13
Wednesday, Aug 19, 1953
70 years old
1952: ned brownjr
Tuesday, Aug 19, 1952
71 years old
1939: thisisrap
Saturday, Aug 19, 1939
84 years old
: Jennifer78
(year not provided)
: LexiJ
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2017: Tens of thousands of farmed non-native Atlantic salmon are accidentally released into the wild in Washington waters in the 2017 Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break.
2013: The Dhamara Ghat train accident kills at least 37 people in the Indian state of Bihar.
2010: Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.
2009: A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.
2005: The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
2004: Google Inc. has its initial public offering on Nasdaq.
2003: A truck-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.
2003: Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing: A suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem, planned by Hamas, kills 23 Israelis, seven of them children.
2002: Khankala Mi-26 crash: A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.
1999: In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
1991: Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The August Coup begins when Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine.
1991: Crown Heights riot begins.
1989: Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist prime minister in 42 years.
1989: Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events that began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
1987: Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide.
1981: Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States F-14A Tomcat fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra.
1980: Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.
1980: Otłoczyn railway accident: In Poland's worst post-war railway accident, 67 people lose their lives and a further 62 are injured.
1978: In Iran, the Cinema Rex fire causes more than 400 deaths.
1965: Japanese prime minister Eisaku Satō becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa Prefecture.
1964: Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, is launched. Two months later, it would enable live coverage of the 1964 Summer Olympics.
1960: Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
1960: Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
1955: In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
1953: Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
1945: August Revolution: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
1944: World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
1942: World War II: Operation Jubilee: The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.
1941: Germany and Romania sign the Tiraspol Agreement, rendering the region of Transnistria under control of the latter.
1940: First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
1936: The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
1934: The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
1934: The German referendum of 1934 approves Adolf Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.
1927: Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
1920: The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.
1909: The Indianapolis Motor Speedway opens for automobile racing. William Bourque and his mechanic are killed during the first day's events.
1862: Dakota War: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
1861: First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
1854: The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred.
1848: California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January).
1839: The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world".
1813: Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's Second Triumvirate.
1812: War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning the nickname "Old Ironsides".
1782: American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
1772: Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
1759: Battle of Lagos: Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
1745: Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".
1745: Ottoman-Persian War: In the Battle of Kars, the Ottoman army is routed by Persian forces led by Nader Shah.
1692: Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
1666: Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".
1612: The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in British history.
1604: Eighty Years War: a besieging Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Orange forces the Spanish garrison of Sluis to capitulate.
1561: Mary, Queen of Scots, aged 18, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.
1504: In Ireland, the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs (Burkes) and Anglo-Norman Fitzgeralds fight in the Battle of Knockdoe.
1458: Pope Pius II is elected the 211th Pope.
1153: Baldwin III of Jerusalem takes control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende, and also captures Ascalon.
947: Abu Yazid, a Kharijite rebel leader, is defeated and killed in the Hodna Mountains in modern-day Algeria by Fatimid forces.
43 BC: Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.
295 BC: The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War.

Births On This Day

2001: Awak Kuier, Finnish basketball player
2000: Keegan Murray, American basketball player
1999: Ethan Cutkosky, American actor and musician
1999: Thomas Flegler, Australian rugby league player
1996: Jung Ye-rin, South Korean singer and actress
1996: Lachlan Lewis, Australian rugby league player
1994: Nafissatou Thiam, Belgian pentathlete and heptathlete
1994: Fernando Gaviria, Colombian cyclist
1992: David Rittich, Czech ice hockey player
1991: Salem Al-Dawsari, Saudi Arabian footballer
1990: Danny Galbraith, Scottish footballer
1989: Romeo Miller, American basketball player, rapper, actor
1988: Kirk Cousins, American football player
1988: Veronica Roth, American author
1987: Patrick Chung, Jamaican-American football player
1987: Nick Driebergen, Dutch swimmer
1987: Nico Hülkenberg, German racing driver
1986: Sotiris Balafas, Greek footballer
1986: Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player
1986: Christina Perri, American singer and songwriter
1985: David A. Gregory, American actor
1985: Lindsey Jacobellis, American snowboarder
1984: Simon Bird, English actor and screenwriter
1984: Alessandro Matri, Italian footballer
1984: Ryan Taylor, English footballer
1983: Mike Conway, English racing driver
1983: Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter
1983: Tammin Sursok, South African-Australian actress and singer
1982: Erika Christensen, American actress
1982: Melissa Fumero, American actress
1982: J. J. Hardy, American baseball player
1982: Kevin Rans, Belgian pole vaulter
1982: Stipe Miocic, American professional mixed martial artist
1982: Steve Ott, Canadian ice hockey player
1981: Nick Kennedy, English rugby player
1981: Taylor Pyatt, Canadian ice hockey player
1981: Percy Watson, American football player and wrestler
1980: Darius Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2022)
1980: Craig Frawley, Australian rugby league player
1980: Jun Jin, South Korean singer
1980: Paul Parry, Welsh footballer
1980: Michael Todd, American bass player
1979: Oumar Kondé, Swiss footballer
1978: Chris Capuano, American baseball player
1978: Jakub Dvorský, Czech game designer
1978: Thomas Jones, American football player
1977: Iban Mayo, Spanish cyclist
1976: Régine Chassagne, Canadian singer-songwriter
1975: Tracie Thoms, American actress
1973: Marco Materazzi, Italian footballer and manager
1973: Roy Rogers, American basketball player and coach
1973: Tasma Walton, Australian actress
1972: Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentinian footballer and manager
1972: Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer-songwriter
1971: Mary Joe Fernández, Dominican-American tennis player and coach
1971: João Vieira Pinto, Portuguese footballer
1970: Fat Joe, American rapper
1969: Douglas Allen Tunstall Jr., American professional wrestler and politician
1969: Nate Dogg, American rapper (d. 2011)
1969: Matthew Perry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1969: Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Japanese baseball player and coach
1969: Clay Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967: Khandro Rinpoche, Indian spiritual leader
1967: Satya Nadella, Indian-American business executive, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft
1966: Lee Ann Womack, American singer-songwriter
1965: Kevin Dillon, American actor
1965: Kyra Sedgwick, American actress and producer
1965: James Tomkins, Australian rower
1963: John Stamos, American actor
1961: Jonathan Coe, English author and academic
1960: Morten Andersen, Danish-American football player
1960: Ron Darling, American baseball player and commentator
1959: Chris Mortimer, Australian rugby league player
1959: Ivan Neville, American singer-songwriter
1959: Ricky Pierce, American basketball player
1958: Gary Gaetti, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1958: Anthony Muñoz, American football player and sportscaster
1958: Brendan Nelson, Australian physician and politician, 47th Minister for Defence for Australia
1958: Rick Snyder, American politician and businessman, 48th Governor of Michigan
1958: Darryl Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1957: Paul-Jan Bakker, Dutch cricketer
1957: Gary Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957: Martin Donovan, American actor and director
1957: Ian Gould, English cricketer and umpire
1957: Cesare Prandelli, Italian footballer and manager
1957: Christine Soetewey, Belgian high jumper
1957: Gerda Verburg, Dutch trade union leader and politician, Dutch Minister of Agriculture
1956: Adam Arkin, American actor, director, and producer
1956: José Rubén Zamora, Guatemalan journalist
1955: Mary-Anne Fahey, Australian actress
1955: Peter Gallagher, American actor
1955: Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, Dominica-born English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
1955: Ned Yost, American baseball player and manager
1954: Oscar Larrauri, Argentinian racing driver
1952: Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director
1952: Jimmy Watson, Canadian ice hockey player
1951: John Deacon, English bass player and songwriter
1951: Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1950: Jennie Bond, English journalist and author
1950: Sudha Murty, Indian author and teacher, head of Infosys Foundation
1949: Michael Nazir-Ali, Pakistani-English bishop
1948: Jim Carter, English actor
1948: Tipper Gore, American activist and author, former Second Lady of the United States
1948: Robert Hughes, Australian actor
1948: Christy O'Connor Jnr, Irish golfer and architect (d. 2016)
1947: Dave Dutton, English actor and screenwriter
1947: Terry Hoeppner, American football player and coach (d. 2007)
1947: Gerald McRaney, American actor
1947: Gerard Schwarz, American conductor and director
1947: Anuška Ferligoj, Slovenian mathematician
1946: Charles Bolden, American general and astronaut
1946: Bill Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 42nd President of the United States
1946: Dawn Steel, American film producer (d. 1997)
1945: Dennis Eichhorn, American author and illustrator (d. 2015)
1945: Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington, English politician
1945: Ian Gillan, English singer-songwriter
1944: Jack Canfield, American author
1944: Stew Johnson, American basketball player
1944: Bodil Malmsten, Swedish author and poet (d. 2016)
1944: Eddy Raven, American country music singer-songwriter
1944: Charles Wang, Chinese-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Computer Associates International (d. 2018)
1943: Don Fardon, English pop singer
1943: Sid Going, New Zealand rugby player
1943: Billy J. Kramer, English pop singer
1942: Fred Thompson, American actor, lawyer, and politician (d. 2015)
1941: John Cootes, Australian rugby league player, priest, and businessman
1941: Mihalis Papagiannakis, Greek educator and politician (d. 2009)
1940: Roger Cook, English songwriter, singer, and producer
1940: Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter (d. 2020)
1940: Jill St. John, American model and actress
1939: Ginger Baker, English drummer and songwriter (d. 2019)
1938: Diana Muldaur, American actress
1938: Nelly Vuksic, Argentine conductor and musician
1937: Richard Ingrams, English journalist, founded The Oldie
1937: William Motzing, American composer and conductor (d. 2014)
1936: Richard McBrien, American priest, theologian, and academic (d. 2015)
1935: Bobby Richardson, American baseball player and coach
1934: David Durenberger, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2023)
1934: Renée Richards, American tennis player and ophthalmologist
1933: Bettina Cirone, American model and photographer
1933: David Hopwood, English microbiologist and geneticist
1933: Debra Paget, American actress
1932: Thomas P. Salmon, American lawyer and politician, 75th Governor of Vermont
1932: Banharn Silpa-archa, Thai politician, Prime Minister (1995-1996) (d. 2016)
1931: Bill Shoemaker, American jockey and author (d. 2003)
1930: Frank McCourt, American author and educator (d. 2009)
1929: Bill Foster, American basketball player and coach (d. 2016)
1929: Ion N. Petrovici, Romanian-German neurologist and academic (d. 2021)
1928: Shiv Prasaad Singh, Indian Hindi writer (d.1998)
1928: Bernard Levin, English journalist, author, and broadcaster (d. 2004)
1926: Angus Scrimm, American actor and author (d. 2016)
1925: Claude Gauvreau, Canadian poet and playwright (d. 1971)
1924: Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
1924: William Marshall, American actor, director, and opera singer (d. 2003)
1923: Edgar F. Codd, English computer scientist, inventor of relational model of data (d. 2003)
1922: Jack Holland, Australian rugby league player (d. 1994)
1921: Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1991)
1919: Malcolm Forbes, American publisher and politician (d. 1990)
1918: Jimmy Rowles, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1996)
1916: Dennis Poore, English racing driver and businessman (d. 1987)
1915: Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter (d. 2000)
1915: Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (d. 1985)
1914: Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2005)
1914: Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (d. 1955)
1914: Rose Heilbron, British barrister and judge (d. 2005)
1913: John Argyris, Greek engineer and academic (d. 2004)
1913: Peter Kemp, Indian-English soldier and author (d. 1993)
1913: Richard Simmons, American actor (d. 2003)
1912: Herb Narvo, Australian rugby league player, coach, and boxer (d. 1958)
1911: Anna Terruwe, Dutch psychiatrist and author (d. 2004)
1910: Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church (d. 1946)
1909: Ronald King, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1988)
1907: Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Indian historian, author, and scholar (d. 1979)
1906: Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Fusor (d. 1971)
1904: Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman (d. 1963)
1903: James Gould Cozzens, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1978)
1902: Ogden Nash, American poet (d. 1971)
1900: Gontran de Poncins, French author and adventurer (d. 1962)
1900: Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1976)
1900: Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian (d. 2001)
1899: Colleen Moore, American actress (d. 1988)
1895: C. Suntharalingam, Sri Lankan lawyer, academic, and politician (d. 1985)
1887: S. Satyamurti, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1943)
1885: Grace Hutchins, American labor reformer and researcher (d. 1969)
1883: Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company (d. 1971)
1883: José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal (d. 1965)
1881: George Enescu, Romanian violinist, pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1955)
1881: George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (d. 1954)
1878: Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (d. 1944)
1873: Fred Stone, American actor and producer (d. 1959)
1871: Orville Wright, American engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company (d. 1948)
1870: Bernard Baruch, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1965)
1858: Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist (d. 1934)
1849: Joaquim Nabuco, Brazilian politician and diplomat (d. 1910)
1848: Gustave Caillebotte, French painter and engineer (d. 1894)
1846: Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1906)
1843: C. I. Scofield, American minister and theologian (d. 1921)
1835: Tom Wills, Australian cricketer and pioneer of Australian rules football (d. 1880)
1830: Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (d. 1895)
1819: Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Luxembourger-Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1894)
1815: Harriette Newell Woods Baker, American editor and children's book writer (d. 1893)
1777: Francis I, king of the Two Sicilies (d. 1830)
1743: Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV of France (d. 1793)
1719: Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1781)
1711: Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (d. 1761)
1689: Samuel Richardson, English author and publisher (d. 1761)
1686: Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (d. 1737)
1646: John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (d. 1719)
1631: John Dryden, English poet, literary critic and playwright (d. 1700)
1621: Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter, etcher, and poet (d. 1674)
1609: Jan Fyt, Flemish painter (d. 1661)
1596: Elizabeth Stuart, queen of Bohemia (d. 1662)
1590: Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (d. 1649)
1583: Daišan, Chinese prince and statesman (d. 1648)
1570: Salamone Rossi, Italian violinist and composer (probable; d. 1630)
1398: Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet and politician (d. 1458)
1342: Catherine of Bohemia, duchess of Austria (d. 1395)
232: Marcus Aurelius Probus, Roman emperor (d. 282)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor (b. 1939)
2019: Lars Larsen, Danish businessman and billionaire, founder and owner of the Danish retail chain JYSK (b. 1948)
2017: Dick Gregory, American comedian, author and activist (b. 1932)
2016: Jack Riley, American actor and voice artist (b. 1935)
2015: George Houser, American minister and activist (b. 1916)
2015: Sanat Mehta, Indian activist and politician (b. 1935)
2014: Samih al-Qasim, Palestinian poet and journalist (b. 1939)
2014: Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet and activist (b. 1927)
2014: James Foley, American photographer and journalist (b. 1973)
2014: Candida Lycett Green, Anglo-Irish journalist and author (b. 1942)
2013: Musa'id bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1923)
2013: Russell S. Doughten, American director and producer (b. 1927)
2013: Abdul Rahim Hatif, Afghan politician, 8th President of Afghanistan (b. 1926)
2013: Donna Hightower, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
2012: Donal Henahan, American journalist and critic (b. 1921)
2012: Ivar Iversen, Norwegian canoe racer (b. 1914)
2012: Tony Scott, English-American director and producer (b. 1944)
2012: Edmund Skellings, American poet and academic (b. 1932)
2011: Raúl Ruiz, Chilean director and producer (b. 1941)
2009: Don Hewitt, American television producer, created 60 Minutes (b. 1922)
2008: Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Zambia (b. 1948)
2005: Mo Mowlam, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1949)
2003: Carlos Roberto Reina, Honduran lawyer and politician, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
2003: Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948)
2001: Donald Woods, South African journalist and activist (b. 1933)
2000: Bineshwar Brahma, Indian poet, author, and educator (b. 1948)
1995: Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and musicologist (b. 1910)
1994: Linus Pauling, American chemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
1993: Utpal Dutt, Bangladeshi actor, director, and playwright (b. 1929)
1986: Hermione Baddeley, English actress (b. 1906)
1986: Viv Thicknesse, Australian rugby player (b. 1910)
1982: August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)
1981: Jessie Matthews, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1907)
1980: Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman, father of Anne Frank (b. 1889)
1977: Aleksander Kreek, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1914)
1977: Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1890)
1976: Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor (b. 1900)
1976: Ken Wadsworth, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1946)
1975: Mark Donohue, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1937)
1970: Paweł Jasienica, Polish soldier and historian (b. 1909)
1968: George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (b. 1904)
1967: Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born American author and publisher (b. 1884)
1967: Isaac Deutscher, Polish-English journalist and historian (b. 1907)
1957: David Bomberg, English soldier and painter (b. 1890)
1954: Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1881)
1950: Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1871)
1945: Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b. 1875)
1944: Henry Wood, English conductor (b. 1869)
1942: Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (b. 1901)
1942: Heinrich Rauchinger, Kraków-born painter (b. 1858)
1936: Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)
1932: Louis Anquetin, French painter (b. 1861)
1929: Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)
1928: Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)
1923: Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
1915: Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
1914: Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
1900: Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)
1895: John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (b. 1853)
1889: Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1838)
1883: Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810)
1822: Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
1808: Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1721)
1753: Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (b. 1687)
1702: Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1645)
1691: Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman commander and politician, 117th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1637)
1680: Jean Eudes, French priest, founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (b. 1601)
1662: Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
1654: Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579)
1646: Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1583)
1580: Andrea Palladio, Italian architect, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore (b. 1508)
1541: Vincenzo Cappello, Venetian admiral and statesman (b. 1469)
1506: King Alexander Jagiellon of Poland (b. 1461)
1493: Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1415)
1470: Richard Olivier de Longueil, French cardinal (b. 1406)
1457: Andrea del Castagno, Italian painter (b. 1421)
1297: Louis of Toulouse, French bishop and saint (b. 1274)
1284: Alphonso, Earl of Chester (b. 1273)
1245: Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)
1186: Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158)
1085: Al-Juwayni, Muslim scholar and imam (b. 1028)
1072: Hawise, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1037)
998: Fujiwara no Sukemasa, Japanese noble, statesman and calligrapher (b. 944)
947: Abu Yazid, Kharijite rebel leader (b. 873)
780: Credan, English abbot and saint
AD 14: Augustus, Roman emperor (b. 63 BC)
607 BC: Duke Ling of Jin, Chinese monarch

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