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January 26

On This Day in History

January 26

January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 339 days remain until the end of the year (340 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Texas Lottery Executive Director Gary Grief announces retirement. The Texas Lottery's Executive Director and longest-serving member Gary Grief announced he will retire at the end of February 2024.
2023: Florida man wins $1 million prize after being cut in line for lottery tickets. A Florida man won $1 million in the Florida Lottery after another customer cut in front of him in the line to buy lottery tickets.
2022: Group of seven friends win record $1.01 million Virginia Cash 5 jackpot. A group of friends dubbed the "Magnificent Seven" have claimed the Virginia Lottery's largest Cash 5 jackpot to-date of $1,008,842.
2021: Dozens of lottery players across the USA hit it big in Powerball. In an unusual Powerball drawing Saturday, dozens of players won huge prizes, including a New Jersey player who won the $23.2 million jackpot.
2020: Lottery Post can now 'speak' lottery results. Speednet Group, a leading lottery technology company, today announced a new voice synthesis feature for the Lottery Post website that can speak the winning numbers at the tap of a button.
2018: New Jersey store clerk accused of stealing $1M lottery ticket. A New Jersey convenience store worker stole a customer's $1 million-winning lottery ticket and tried to pass it off as his own, authorities say.
2018: Powerball sales drop busts NJ Lottery's 7-year winning streak. Lottery sales in New Jersey fell for the first in seven years in 2017 led by a sharp by decline in revenue from Powerball tickets, though scratch-off games remain the state's biggest money maker, according to the New Jersey Lottery's annual report.
2017: Man wins lottery on his birthday thanks to mom's advice. A Delta Air Lines ramp agent took his mom's advice and bought a scratch-off lottery ticket on his 28th birthday — and it turned out to be a $5 million winner.
2016: Bad dad accused of stealing lottery tickets with son. A central Florida father and son are accused of stealing $300 worth of scratch-off lottery tickets.
2016: Hawaii lawmaker introduces bill to create state lottery. It doesn't have a hearing scheduled yet, but there is now a bill to create a state lottery in Hawaii.
2015: Massachusetts man buys lottery tickets to break $100 bill, wins $10 million. A Massachusetts man who bought two lotto tickets so he could break a $100 bill to buy lunch was left stunned after he ended up scooping an astonishing $10 million in prize money.
2013: Proposal to ban welfare recipients from playing lottery. North Carolina lawmakers are drafting legislation that would ban people on welfare or those who are in bankruptcy from buying lottery tickets.
2012: Three women vying for ownership of $1 million lottery ticket. A winning $1 million lottery ticket picked out of a gas station trash can has become the subject of a three-way legal battle in Arkansas.
2012: Lawyer gives up $14 million Iowa lottery ticket claim. Strangest winner story ever: A lawyer sacrificed a $14 million jackpot payout in order to prevent lottery from learning the winner's true identity.
2011: N.M. Lottery dog contest has entrants howling over voting cheats. The New Mexico was forced to put their Lucky Dog Photo Contest on a leash yesterday when it was determined that some entrants were piling on extra votes.
2011: Lottery winner charged in tax conspiracy. Federal prosecutors in Delaware are charging a Wilmington resident and a convenience-store operator with conspiring to hide a $532,000 lottery win to avoid federal taxes.
2011: Louisiana Lottery celebrates 20 years of winning numbers. After being approved by voters by a seven-to-three margin in 1990 and subsequently launching its first scratch-off game in 1991, the Louisiana Lottery Corporation will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2011 with a host of player promotions and games.
2011: Lottery ticket fetched from drawer wins $250,000. A Baltimore, Maryland, man who wanted a break from Sunday's NFL playoff games decided to dig up some old lottery tickets -- and one of them happened to be worth $250,000.
2010: N.M. family claims $3.5M Hot Lotto jackpot. A retired couple from Ruidoso, New Mexico, and their two daughters from Austin, Texas claimed a $3.54 million Hot Lotto jackpot Monday.
2007: $254 million Powerball lottery ticket richest ever in Missouri. The winner of the largest lottery jackpot ever sold in Missouri -- worth more than a quarter of a billion dollars -- bought the ticket at a suburban St. Louis grocery store, state lottery officials said Thursday.
2007: Oregon Lottery trying to shut down 'casino delis'. Across Oregon, delis that seem to specialize in lottery more than lunch pose a dilemma.
2006: Britons go lotto loopy for £100m Euro Millions draw. If one lucky player wins the Euro Millions jackpot tomorrow they will instantly become Britain's 458th richest person, alongside Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne.
2006: Ohio couple hits lottery jackpot. Even before they won a $1 million prize in the Ohio Lottery, Gregory and Shelley West, of Marietta, were winners to their next door neighbor, Edee Starcher.
2006: Woman finds lottery fortune in fortune cookie. Alberta's newest millionaire credits a Chinese fortune cookie for her good fortune.
2006: Wisconsin Megabucks lottery winners come forward. Brian Schultz of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and his two sons, Todd and Matthew, have finally come forward and are splitting an $11.1 million Megabucks lottery jackpot from the Christmas Eve drawing, lottery officials announced Tuesday.
2005: NJ Teachers just miss $130M Mega Millions lottery jackpot. A group of 82 teachers and staff members at School 10 in Paterson, New Jersey came within one number of winning the $130 million jackpot in last week's Mega Millions game.
2005: Hopes for N.C. lottery still alive. The $1.2 billion revenue shortfall legislators expected to greet them as the General Assembly opened Tuesday may be enough to bring the lottery to North Carolina, area legislators said.
2005: Seven Days Left Until $14 Million Illinois Lottery Jackpot Expires. A $14 million Illinois Lottery jackpot will expire at midnight on January 31, 2005 if no winner steps forward with the winning ticket.
2005: Lottery benefits Kentucky students but not its schools. The third story in a four-part series on the Kentucky lottery and its local and state impact.
2005: Group finds winning lottery ticket a month after the drawing. A lottery pool of shop workers who play the UK Lotto spoke today of their delight at discovering that an unchecked lottery ticket left in their office was worth £5 million (US$9.4 million).
2004: Final Penn. Super 6 Lotto Drawing Tomorrow. If no one wins the jackpot prize on January 27, the cash value of the jackpot will be shared proportionately by second-, third- and fourth-tier winners.
2004: Powerball Rolls Again; Jackpot Soars to $64 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $64 million, with a cash option of $35.3 million.
2004: Missouri Lottery celebrates 18 years. After 18 years, $7 billion in sales and with more than $2.1 billion in proceeds, the Missouri Lottery is still going strong.
2004: Muskegon resident wins Michigan Lottery's '$2,000,000 Fortune'. William Schad of Muskegon, Michigan became the Michigan Lottery's newest millionaire on Friday, January 16, 2004 while participating in a mid-court drawing at halftime during the Detroit Pistons vs. Washington Wizards NBA basketball game.
2004: 'Hula time' for $400,000 Texas Two Step winner. Khon C. Tran of Austin is taking his family for a vacation to Hawaii later this year. He'll pay for it with some of the $400,000 he won playing the Texas Two Step game from the Texas Lottery.
2004: Ticket bought in Va. hits $13 million Lotto South jackpot. One ticket matched all six numbers in Saturday's $13 million Lotto South drawing, the Virginia Lottery said.
2004: Florida Lotto winner bought ticket near Delray. The sole winning ticket from Saturday's $3 million Florida Lotto jackpot was sold at the Farm Food Store on Jog Road south of Atlantic Avenue in suburban Delray Beach, lottery officials said.
2004: Easley continues quest for N.C. lottery. Gov. Mike Easley provides insight into his on-going quest to bring a state lottery to North Carolina.
2004: Mississippi Residents Flock to Tennessee for Lottery Tickets. Mississippians have treked across the state line to buy Tennessee lottery tickets since Tuesday, the first day of the Tennessee lottery. Almost everyone who has played has reported winning a free ticket or at least a couple of dollars.
2004: Powerball Record-Holder Arrested for Drunk Driving. Jack Whittaker, who hit the $314.9 million Powerball jackpot on Christmas 2002, was charged Sunday with drunk driving - just weeks after being charged with trying to assault a bar manager.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$576.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 28, 2023
2.$426 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 28, 2022
3.$394 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 29, 2020
4.€356.77 Million US$388.55 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 26, 2023
5.$285 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 26, 2024
6.$261 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 28, 2015
7.$191 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 27, 2017
8.$187 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 28, 2017
9.€146 Million US$178.86 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 27, 2006
10.$171 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 29, 2014
11.$163.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 27, 2024
12.€146.31 Million
US$163.31 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 27, 2022
13.$161 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 26, 2019
14.$146 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 28, 2012
15.€130 Million
US$141.14 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 26, 2024
16.$141 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 28, 2020
17.$135 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 28, 2006
18.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 26, 2013
19.€115 Million
US$124.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 26, 2016
20.$121 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 26, 2010
21.€97.1 Million
US$117.99 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 26, 2021
22.€90.93 Million
US$112.99 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 27, 2018
23.$112 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 27, 2018
24.€90 Million
US$111.92 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 26, 2018
25.€96.41 Million
US$109.93 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 26, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1992: Kawens
Sunday, Jan 26, 1992
32 years old
1989: DavidLamarND
Thursday, Jan 26, 1989
35 years old
1983: Lindak126
Wednesday, Jan 26, 1983
41 years old
1979: poeboy
Friday, Jan 26, 1979
45 years old
1977: maryjake
Wednesday, Jan 26, 1977
47 years old
1974: Luckyfee3
Saturday, Jan 26, 1974
50 years old
1973: viergemarie15
Friday, Jan 26, 1973
51 years old
1966: redbone1
Wednesday, Jan 26, 1966
58 years old
1963: DarshanKHunjan
Saturday, Jan 26, 1963
61 years old
1951: Maryland
Friday, Jan 26, 1951
73 years old
1947: MisterP
Sunday, Jan 26, 1947
77 years old
1945: lotto BJ
Friday, Jan 26, 1945
79 years old
: ladyt1
(year not provided)
: appazvf
(year not provided)
: BThrashda1
(year not provided)
: Lucre
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2009: YaYa Gosselin, American actress
2009: The Suleman octuplets
2002: Darya Astakhova, Russian tennis player
2001: Latalia Bevan, Welsh artistic gymnast
2000: Ester Expósito, Spanish actress
1998: Moonbin, South Korean singer and actor. (d. 2023)
1997: Gedion Zelalem, German-born American soccer player
1995: Sione Katoa, New Zealand rugby league player
1995: Jean-Charles Castelletto, Cameroonian footballer
1993: Lana Clelland, Scottish footballer
1993: Alice Powell, British racing driver
1993: Florian Thauvin, French footballer
1992: Sasha Banks, American wrestler
1991: Manti Te'o, American football player
1990: Sergio Pérez, Mexican race car driver
1990: Peter Sagan, Slovak professional cyclist
1989: MarShon Brooks, American basketball player
1989: Emily Hughes, American figure skater
1988: Dimitrios Chondrokoukis, Greek high jumper
1987: Sebastian Giovinco, Italian footballer
1986: Gerald Green, American basketball player
1986: Kim Jae-joong, South Korean singer, songwriter, actor, and director
1986: Mustapha Yatabaré, French-Malian footballer
1985: Heather Stanning, English rower
1984: Ryan Hoffman, Australian rugby league player
1984: Iain Turner, Scottish footballer
1984: Luo Xuejuan, Chinese swimmer
1983: Petri Oravainen, Finnish footballer
1983: Eric Werner, American ice hockey player
1982: Reggie Hodges, American football player
1981: José de Jesús Corona, Mexican footballer
1981: Gustavo Dudamel, Venezuelan violinist, composer, and conductor
1981: Juan José Haedo, Argentinian cyclist
1981: Colin O'Donoghue, Irish actor
1979: Graham Phillips (journalist), British journalist
1978: Corina Morariu, American tennis player and sportscaster
1977: Vince Carter, American basketball player
1977: Justin Gimelstob, American tennis player and coach
1973: Larissa Lowing, Canadian artistic gymnast
1973: Melvil Poupaud, French actor, director, and screenwriter
1973: Brendan Rodgers, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1973: Mayu Shinjo, Japanese author and illustrator
1970: Kirk Franklin, American singer-songwriter and producer
1969: George Dikeoulakos, Greek-Romanian basketball player and coach
1968: Jupiter Apple, Brazilian singer-songwriter, film director, and actor (d. 2015)
1967: Anatoly Komm, Russian chef and businessman
1967: Col Needham, English businessman, co-founded Internet Movie Database
1966: Kazushige Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and sportscaster
1965: Kevin McCarthy, American politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
1965: Thomas Östros, Swedish businessman and politician
1965: Natalia Yurchenko, Russian gymnast and coach
1964: Adam Crozier, Scottish businessman
1963: José Mourinho, Portuguese footballer and manager
1963: Simon O'Donnell, Australian footballer, cricketer, and sportscaster
1963: Tony Parks, English footballer and manager
1963: Andrew Ridgeley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962: Guo Jian, Chinese-Australian painter, sculptor, and photographer
1962: Tim May, Australian cricketer
1962: Oscar Ruggeri, Argentinian footballer and manager
1961: Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961: Tom Keifer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958: Anita Baker, American singer-songwriter
1958: Ellen DeGeneres, American comedian, actress, and talk show host
1957: Road Warrior Hawk, American wrestler (d. 2003)
1955: Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2020)
1954: Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer
1954: Condoleezza Rice, American politician, 86th United States Secretary of State
1953: Alik L. Alik, Micronesian politician, 7th Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia
1953: Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish politician and diplomat, 39th Prime Minister of Denmark
1953: Lucinda Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: David Briggs, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1951: Andy Hummel, American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2010)
1951: Anne Mills, English economist and academic
1950: Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (d. 2008)
1950: Jack Youngblood, American football player
1949: Jonathan Carroll, American author
1949: David Strathairn, American actor
1948: Alda Facio, Costa Rican jurist, writer and teacher
1947: Patrick Dewaere, French actor and composer (d. 1982)
1947: Les Ebdon, English chemist and academic
1947: Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin, Irish director, producer, and production manager
1947: Michel Sardou, French singer-songwriter and actor
1946: Christopher Hampton, Portuguese-English director, screenwriter, and playwright
1946: Gene Siskel, American journalist and film critic (d. 1999)
1946: Susan Friedlander, American mathematician
1945: Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (d. 1987)
1945: David Purley, English race car driver (d. 1985)
1944: Angela Davis, American activist, academic, and author
1944: Jerry Sandusky, American football coach and criminal
1943: César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
1943: Jack Warner, Trinidadian businessman and politician
1940: Séamus Hegarty, Irish bishop (d. 2019)
1940: Frank Large, English footballer and cricketer (d. 2003)
1938: Henry Jaglom, English-American director and screenwriter
1937: Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leonean soldier and politician, 2nd President of Sierra Leone (d. 2003)
1936: Sal Buscema, American illustrator
1935: Corrado Augias, Italian journalist and politician
1935: Henry Jordan, American football player (d. 1977)
1935: Paula Rego, Portuguese-born British visual artist (d. 2022)
1934: Roger Landry, Canadian businessman and publisher (d. 2020)
1934: Charles Marowitz, American director, playwright, and critic (d. 2014)
1934: Huey "Piano" Smith, American pianist and songwriter (d. 2023)
1934: Bob Uecker, American baseball player, sportscaster and actor
1933: Donald Sarason, American mathematician (d. 2017)
1929: Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and educator
1928: Roger Vadim, French actor and director (d. 2000)
1927: José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (d. 2005)
1927: Bob Nieman, American baseball player and scout (d. 1985)
1927: Hubert Schieth, German footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1926: Farman Fatehpuri, Pakistani linguist and scholar (d. 2013)
1926: Joseph Bacon Fraser, Jr., American architect and businessman, co-founded the Sea Pines Company (d. 2014)
1925: David Jenkins, English bishop and theologian (d. 2016)
1925: Joan Leslie, American actress (d. 2015)
1925: Paul Newman, American actor, activist, director, race car driver, and businessman, co-founded Newman's Own (d. 2008)
1925: Ben Pucci, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1925: Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2004)
1924: Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (d. 2014)
1924: Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician, Mayor of Dallas (d. 1998)
1923: Patrick J. Hannifin, American admiral (d. 2014)
1923: Anne Jeffreys, American actress and singer (d. 2017)
1922: Michael Bentine, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1922: Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health (d. 1993)
1922: Gil Merrick, English footballer (d. 2010)
1921: Eddie Barclay, French record producer, founded Barclay Records (d. 2005)
1921: Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (d. 1999)
1921: Veikko Uusimäki, Finnish actor and theater councilor (d. 2008)
1920: Hans Holzer, Austrian-American paranormal researcher and author (d. 2009)
1919: Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer (d. 1949)
1919: Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager (d. 2004)
1919: Hyun Soong-jong, South Korean politician, 24th Prime Minister of South Korea (d. 2020)
1918: Philip José Farmer, American author (d. 2009)
1917: Louis Zamperini, American runner and captain (d. 2014)
1915: William Hopper, American actor (d. 1970)
1914: Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire (d. 2006)
1913: Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer (d. 1990)
1911: Polykarp Kusch, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
1911: Norbert Schultze, German composer and conductor (d. 2002)
1910: Jean Image, Hungarian-French animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
1908: Jill Esmond, English actress (d. 1990)
1908: Rupprecht Geiger, German painter and sculptor (d. 2009)
1908: Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (d. 1997)
1907: Rex Connor, Australian politician (d. 1977)
1907: Dimitrios Holevas, Greek priest and philologist (d. 2001)
1905: Charles Lane, American actor and singer (d. 2007)
1905: Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (d. 1987)
1904: Ancel Keys, American physiologist and nutritionist (d. 2004)
1904: Seán MacBride, Irish lawyer and politician, Irish Minister for External Affairs Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
1902: Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (d. 1940)
1900: Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (d. 1967)
1899: Günther Reindorff, Russian-Estonian graphic designer and illustrator (d. 1974)
1893: Giuseppe Genco Russo, Italian mob boss (d. 1976)
1892: Bessie Coleman, American pilot (d. 1926)
1891: Frank Costello, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1973)
1891: August Froehlich, German priest and martyr (d. 1942)
1891: Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian neurosurgeon and academic (d. 1976)
1887: François Faber, French-Luxembourgian cyclist (d. 1915)
1887: Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (d. 1947)
1887: Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic (d. 1968)
1885: Michael Considine, Irish-Australian politician (d. 1959)
1885: Harry Ricardo, English engineer and academic (d. 1974)
1885: Per Thorén, Swedish figure skater (d. 1962)
1880: Douglas MacArthur, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1964)
1878: Dave Nourse, English-South African cricketer and coach (d. 1948)
1877: Kees van Dongen, Dutch painter (d. 1968)
1866: John Cady, American golfer (d. 1933)
1864: József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (d. 1934)
1863: Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1922)
1861: Louis Anquetin, French painter (d. 1932)
1857: 12th Dalai Lama (d. 1875)
1852: Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (d. 1905)
1842: François Coppée, French poet and author (d. 1908)
1832: George Shiras, Jr., American lawyer and jurist (d. 1924)
1824: Emil Czyrniański, Polish chemist (d. 1888)
1813: Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican philosopher and poet (d. 1876)
1781: Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author (d. 1831)
1763: Charles XIV John of Sweden (d. 1844)
1722: Alexander Carlyle, Scottish minister and author (d. 1805)
1716: George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1785)
1715: Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (d. 1771)
1714: Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor and educator (d. 1785)
1657: William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1737)
1582: Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter (d. 1647)
1549: Jakob Ebert, German theologian (d. 1614)
1541: Florent Chrestien, French poet and translator (d. 1596)
183: Lady Zhen, wife of Cao Pi (d. 221)

Births On This Day

2009: YaYa Gosselin, American actress
2009: The Suleman octuplets
2002: Darya Astakhova, Russian tennis player
2001: Latalia Bevan, Welsh artistic gymnast
2000: Ester Expósito, Spanish actress
1998: Moonbin, South Korean singer and actor. (d. 2023)
1997: Gedion Zelalem, German-born American soccer player
1995: Sione Katoa, New Zealand rugby league player
1995: Jean-Charles Castelletto, Cameroonian footballer
1993: Lana Clelland, Scottish footballer
1993: Alice Powell, British racing driver
1993: Florian Thauvin, French footballer
1992: Sasha Banks, American wrestler
1991: Manti Te'o, American football player
1990: Sergio Pérez, Mexican race car driver
1990: Peter Sagan, Slovak professional cyclist
1989: MarShon Brooks, American basketball player
1989: Emily Hughes, American figure skater
1988: Dimitrios Chondrokoukis, Greek high jumper
1987: Sebastian Giovinco, Italian footballer
1986: Gerald Green, American basketball player
1986: Kim Jae-joong, South Korean singer, songwriter, actor, and director
1986: Mustapha Yatabaré, French-Malian footballer
1985: Heather Stanning, English rower
1984: Ryan Hoffman, Australian rugby league player
1984: Iain Turner, Scottish footballer
1984: Luo Xuejuan, Chinese swimmer
1983: Petri Oravainen, Finnish footballer
1983: Eric Werner, American ice hockey player
1982: Reggie Hodges, American football player
1981: José de Jesús Corona, Mexican footballer
1981: Gustavo Dudamel, Venezuelan violinist, composer, and conductor
1981: Juan José Haedo, Argentinian cyclist
1981: Colin O'Donoghue, Irish actor
1979: Graham Phillips (journalist), British journalist
1978: Corina Morariu, American tennis player and sportscaster
1977: Vince Carter, American basketball player
1977: Justin Gimelstob, American tennis player and coach
1973: Larissa Lowing, Canadian artistic gymnast
1973: Melvil Poupaud, French actor, director, and screenwriter
1973: Brendan Rodgers, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1973: Mayu Shinjo, Japanese author and illustrator
1970: Kirk Franklin, American singer-songwriter and producer
1969: George Dikeoulakos, Greek-Romanian basketball player and coach
1968: Jupiter Apple, Brazilian singer-songwriter, film director, and actor (d. 2015)
1967: Anatoly Komm, Russian chef and businessman
1967: Col Needham, English businessman, co-founded Internet Movie Database
1966: Kazushige Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and sportscaster
1965: Kevin McCarthy, American politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
1965: Thomas Östros, Swedish businessman and politician
1965: Natalia Yurchenko, Russian gymnast and coach
1964: Adam Crozier, Scottish businessman
1963: José Mourinho, Portuguese footballer and manager
1963: Simon O'Donnell, Australian footballer, cricketer, and sportscaster
1963: Tony Parks, English footballer and manager
1963: Andrew Ridgeley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962: Guo Jian, Chinese-Australian painter, sculptor, and photographer
1962: Tim May, Australian cricketer
1962: Oscar Ruggeri, Argentinian footballer and manager
1961: Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961: Tom Keifer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958: Anita Baker, American singer-songwriter
1958: Ellen DeGeneres, American comedian, actress, and talk show host
1957: Road Warrior Hawk, American wrestler (d. 2003)
1955: Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2020)
1954: Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer
1954: Condoleezza Rice, American politician, 86th United States Secretary of State
1953: Alik L. Alik, Micronesian politician, 7th Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia
1953: Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish politician and diplomat, 39th Prime Minister of Denmark
1953: Lucinda Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: David Briggs, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1951: Andy Hummel, American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2010)
1951: Anne Mills, English economist and academic
1950: Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (d. 2008)
1950: Jack Youngblood, American football player
1949: Jonathan Carroll, American author
1949: David Strathairn, American actor
1948: Alda Facio, Costa Rican jurist, writer and teacher
1947: Patrick Dewaere, French actor and composer (d. 1982)
1947: Les Ebdon, English chemist and academic
1947: Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin, Irish director, producer, and production manager
1947: Michel Sardou, French singer-songwriter and actor
1946: Christopher Hampton, Portuguese-English director, screenwriter, and playwright
1946: Gene Siskel, American journalist and film critic (d. 1999)
1946: Susan Friedlander, American mathematician
1945: Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (d. 1987)
1945: David Purley, English race car driver (d. 1985)
1944: Angela Davis, American activist, academic, and author
1944: Jerry Sandusky, American football coach and criminal
1943: César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
1943: Jack Warner, Trinidadian businessman and politician
1940: Séamus Hegarty, Irish bishop (d. 2019)
1940: Frank Large, English footballer and cricketer (d. 2003)
1938: Henry Jaglom, English-American director and screenwriter
1937: Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leonean soldier and politician, 2nd President of Sierra Leone (d. 2003)
1936: Sal Buscema, American illustrator
1935: Corrado Augias, Italian journalist and politician
1935: Henry Jordan, American football player (d. 1977)
1935: Paula Rego, Portuguese-born British visual artist (d. 2022)
1934: Roger Landry, Canadian businessman and publisher (d. 2020)
1934: Charles Marowitz, American director, playwright, and critic (d. 2014)
1934: Huey "Piano" Smith, American pianist and songwriter (d. 2023)
1934: Bob Uecker, American baseball player, sportscaster and actor
1933: Donald Sarason, American mathematician (d. 2017)
1929: Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and educator
1928: Roger Vadim, French actor and director (d. 2000)
1927: José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (d. 2005)
1927: Bob Nieman, American baseball player and scout (d. 1985)
1927: Hubert Schieth, German footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1926: Farman Fatehpuri, Pakistani linguist and scholar (d. 2013)
1926: Joseph Bacon Fraser, Jr., American architect and businessman, co-founded the Sea Pines Company (d. 2014)
1925: David Jenkins, English bishop and theologian (d. 2016)
1925: Joan Leslie, American actress (d. 2015)
1925: Paul Newman, American actor, activist, director, race car driver, and businessman, co-founded Newman's Own (d. 2008)
1925: Ben Pucci, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1925: Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2004)
1924: Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (d. 2014)
1924: Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician, Mayor of Dallas (d. 1998)
1923: Patrick J. Hannifin, American admiral (d. 2014)
1923: Anne Jeffreys, American actress and singer (d. 2017)
1922: Michael Bentine, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1922: Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health (d. 1993)
1922: Gil Merrick, English footballer (d. 2010)
1921: Eddie Barclay, French record producer, founded Barclay Records (d. 2005)
1921: Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (d. 1999)
1921: Veikko Uusimäki, Finnish actor and theater councilor (d. 2008)
1920: Hans Holzer, Austrian-American paranormal researcher and author (d. 2009)
1919: Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer (d. 1949)
1919: Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager (d. 2004)
1919: Hyun Soong-jong, South Korean politician, 24th Prime Minister of South Korea (d. 2020)
1918: Philip José Farmer, American author (d. 2009)
1917: Louis Zamperini, American runner and captain (d. 2014)
1915: William Hopper, American actor (d. 1970)
1914: Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire (d. 2006)
1913: Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer (d. 1990)
1911: Polykarp Kusch, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
1911: Norbert Schultze, German composer and conductor (d. 2002)
1910: Jean Image, Hungarian-French animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
1908: Jill Esmond, English actress (d. 1990)
1908: Rupprecht Geiger, German painter and sculptor (d. 2009)
1908: Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (d. 1997)
1907: Rex Connor, Australian politician (d. 1977)
1907: Dimitrios Holevas, Greek priest and philologist (d. 2001)
1905: Charles Lane, American actor and singer (d. 2007)
1905: Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (d. 1987)
1904: Ancel Keys, American physiologist and nutritionist (d. 2004)
1904: Seán MacBride, Irish lawyer and politician, Irish Minister for External Affairs Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
1902: Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (d. 1940)
1900: Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (d. 1967)
1899: Günther Reindorff, Russian-Estonian graphic designer and illustrator (d. 1974)
1893: Giuseppe Genco Russo, Italian mob boss (d. 1976)
1892: Bessie Coleman, American pilot (d. 1926)
1891: Frank Costello, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1973)
1891: August Froehlich, German priest and martyr (d. 1942)
1891: Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian neurosurgeon and academic (d. 1976)
1887: François Faber, French-Luxembourgian cyclist (d. 1915)
1887: Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (d. 1947)
1887: Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic (d. 1968)
1885: Michael Considine, Irish-Australian politician (d. 1959)
1885: Harry Ricardo, English engineer and academic (d. 1974)
1885: Per Thorén, Swedish figure skater (d. 1962)
1880: Douglas MacArthur, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1964)
1878: Dave Nourse, English-South African cricketer and coach (d. 1948)
1877: Kees van Dongen, Dutch painter (d. 1968)
1866: John Cady, American golfer (d. 1933)
1864: József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (d. 1934)
1863: Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1922)
1861: Louis Anquetin, French painter (d. 1932)
1857: 12th Dalai Lama (d. 1875)
1852: Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (d. 1905)
1842: François Coppée, French poet and author (d. 1908)
1832: George Shiras, Jr., American lawyer and jurist (d. 1924)
1824: Emil Czyrniański, Polish chemist (d. 1888)
1813: Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican philosopher and poet (d. 1876)
1781: Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author (d. 1831)
1763: Charles XIV John of Sweden (d. 1844)
1722: Alexander Carlyle, Scottish minister and author (d. 1805)
1716: George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1785)
1715: Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (d. 1771)
1714: Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor and educator (d. 1785)
1657: William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1737)
1582: Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter (d. 1647)
1549: Jakob Ebert, German theologian (d. 1614)
1541: Florent Chrestien, French poet and translator (d. 1596)
183: Lady Zhen, wife of Cao Pi (d. 221)

Deaths On This Day

2020: John Altobelli, American college baseball coach (b. 1963)
2020: Kobe Bryant, American basketball player (b. 1978)
2017: Mike Connors, American actor (b. 1925)
2017: Tam Dalyell, Scottish politician (b. 1932)
2017: Lindy Delapenha, Jamaican footballer and sports journalist (b. 1927)
2017: Barbara Hale, American actress (b. 1922)
2017: Barbara Howard, Canadian sprinter and educator (b. 1920)
2016: Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, Pakistani military leader, foreign minister, and diplomat (b. 1920)
2016: Abe Vigoda, American actor (b. 1921)
2015: Cleven "Goodie" Goudeau, American art director and cartoonist (b. 1932)
2015: Tom Uren, Australian politician (b. 1921)
2014: Tom Gola, American basketball player, coach, and politician (b. 1933)
2014: Paula Gruden, Slovenian-Australian poet and translator (b. 1921)
2014: José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and author (b. 1939)
2013: Christine M. Jones, American educator and politician (b. 1929)
2013: Stefan Kudelski, Polish-Swiss engineer, inventor of the Nagra (b. 1929)
2013: Padma Kant Shukla, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1950)
2013: Shōtarō Yasuoka, Japanese author (b. 1920)
2012: Roberto Mieres, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1924)
2011: David Kato Kisule, Ugandan teacher and LGBT rights activist, considered a father of Uganda's gay rights movement (b. 1964)
2011: Charlie Louvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1927)
2010: Louis Auchincloss, American novelist and essayist (b. 1917)
2008: Viktor Schreckengost, American sculptor and designer (b. 1906)
2008: George Habash, Palestinian politician, founder of the PFLP (b. 1926)
2007: Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
2006: Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani politician (b. 1917)
2004: Fred Haas, American golfer (b. 1916)
2003: Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (b. 1942)
2003: Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (b. 1917)
2003: George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Scottish banker and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (b. 1931)
2001: Al McGuire, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
2000: Don Budge, American tennis player and coach (b. 1915)
2000: Kathleen Hale, English author and illustrator (b. 1898)
2000: A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (b. 1912)
1997: Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic (b. 1904)
1996: Harold Brodkey, American author and academic (b. 1930)
1996: Frank Howard, American football player and coach (b. 1909)
1996: Henry Lewis, American bassist and conductor (b. 1932)
1993: Jan Gies, Dutch businessman and humanitarian (b. 1905)
1993: Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian journalist and politician, Governor General of Canada (b. 1922)
1992: José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor (b. 1912)
1990: Lewis Mumford, American sociologist and historian (b. 1895)
1986: Ruben Nirvi, Finnish linguist and professor (b. 1905)
1985: Kenny Clarke, American jazz drummer and bandleader (b. 1914)
1983: Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
1979: Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (b. 1908)
1976: João Branco Núncio, Portuguese bullfighter (b. 1901)
1973: Edward G. Robinson, Romanian-American actor (b. 1893)
1968: Merrill C. Meigs, American publisher (b. 1883)
1962: Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897)
1953: Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
1948: Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)
1947: Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
1946: Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
1943: Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
1943: Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)
1932: William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (b. 1861)
1920: Jeanne Hébuterne, French painter and author (b. 1898)
1904: Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)
1896: James Edwin Campbell, American educator, school administrator, newspaper editor, poet, and essayist (b. 1867)
1895: Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
1893: Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
1891: Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
1887: Anandi Gopal Joshi, one of the first female Indian physicians (b. 1865)
1886: David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
1885: Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
1885: Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (b. 1833)
1869: Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier; Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1846)
1860: Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, opera singer (b. 1804)
1855: Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (b. 1808)
1849: Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician (b. 1803)
1830: Filippo Castagna, Maltese politician (b. 1765)
1824: Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)
1823: Edward Jenner, English physician and immunologist, creator of the smallpox vaccine (b. 1749)
1814: Manuel do Cenáculo, Portuguese prelate and antiquarian (b. 1724)
1799: Gabriel Christie, Scottish general (b. 1722)
1795: Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German harpsichord player and composer (b. 1732)
1750: Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1686)
1744: Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
1697: Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and theorist (b. 1640)
1641: Lawrence Hyde, English lawyer (b. 1562)
1630: Henry Briggs, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1556)
1620: Amar Singh I, ruler of Mewar (b. 1559)
1567: Nicholas Wotton, English courtier and diplomat (b. 1497)
1390: Adolph IX, Count of Holstein-Kiel (b.c 1327)
738: John of Dailam, Syrian monk and saint (b. 660)

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