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June 13

On This Day in History

June 13

June 13 is the 164th day of the year (165th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 201 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: Texas Lottery mobile app offline due to vendor technical issues. The Texas Lottery mobile app is temporarily offline in Maintenance Mode while the Lottery works to resolve technical issues related to its operator and vendor.
2023: UK couple scoops £1 million in lottery before overcoming cancer health scare. A U.K. couple felt like they were on a merry-go-round when a Welsh man won a £1 million (US$1.26 million) lottery prize during a bout of sickness, followed by his wife both receiving a diagnosis for and beating cancer.
2022: North Carolina Veteran "blessed" by $1 million lottery prize from second-chance drawing. A North Carolina Veteran says he has had his fair share of second chances in life, but a $1 million lottery prize from a second-chance drawing is the most recent stroke of luck he's had.
2019: Florida Lottery issues last-minute challenge to 'addictive' warning labels on tickets. The Florida Lottery wants another look at the potential impact on education funding from legislation that would require slapping gambling-addiction warning labels on the front of tickets and ads.
2018: Massachusetts official warns lottery could become "irrelevant". With time running out again on a bill that would authorize the Massachusetts Lottery to move online, Treasurer Deborah Goldberg offered a message to business leaders Wednesday morning: We don't want to go the way of Toys R Us.
2015: NJ lottery winner is loser after prize seized. A Middlesex County, New Jersey man is facing legal trouble after he tried to claim a $10,000 lottery jackpot.
2013: $590M Powerball winner still shops at Walmart. Shopping at Walmart and toting takeout from a local diner, it doesn't seem like life has changed that much for Gloria Mackenzie -- the 84-year-old great-grandmother who won a record $590.5 million Powerball lottery jackpot.
2012: Brooklyn teen wins $1,000 a week for life. A Brooklyn teen who was riding with his mom and uncle to claim their stolen car from an impound lot bought a lottery ticket when they stopped for gas that will pay him $1,000 a week for the rest of his life.
2011: Mass. lottery player claims state's first Powerball jackpot. A retried U.S. Navy civilian worker from Fall River, Massachusetts, came forward Thursday to claim a $25.6 million Powerball jackpot, Massachusetts lottery officials said.
2011: N.J. paper investigates best and worst places to buy lottery tickets. A major New Jersey newspaper analyzed every winner of $1,000 or more since 2005, as well as the total lottery revenue in each ZIP code in the state, to find the best and worst places to buy a lottery ticket.
2010: Error caused S.D. Lottery to suspend Wild Card validations. The South Dakota Lottery temporarily halted validations for Wild Card 2 lotto tickets for the June 9 drawing to correct an error with the winning numbers.
2009: Colo. Lottery apologizes for $100 e-mail. On Tuesday, the Colorado Lottery sent out 3,700 e-mails to MyLottery subscribers telling them they had won $100, when in fact the e-mail was an error.
2007: Fake lottery ticket costs New Mexico man $25,000. A Las Cruces, New Mexico, man was conned out of $25,000 by two men who claimed to have a winning lottery ticket.
2007: California Lottery official fired for taking 'bonus' from hotel. A California Lottery official has been fired for allegedly pocketing gratuities tied to the weekly "Big Spin" TV show, where scratch-off ticket winners vie for a chance to win millions.
2007: 2 more execs fall victim to Ontario Lottery scandal. One senior executive was fired and another reassigned yesterday as the fallout from a scandal involving allegations of fraud and suspicious insider wins at the provincial lottery corporation widened.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$341.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 14, 2023
2.$293 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 14, 2016
3.$260 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2023
4.$247 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 14, 2022
5.$244.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2022
6.$240 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2012
7.€220.88 Million US$230.42 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 14, 2022
8.€168.1 Million US$189.65 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2019
9.€135 Million US$182.86 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2014
10.€129 Million
US$172.02 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 14, 2013
11.$161 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2018
12.$153 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2016
13.$121 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2018
14.$120 Million: Texas
Lotto Texas
Draw Date
Jun 16, 2004
14.$120 Million: Texas
Lotto Texas (old version)
Draw Date
Jun 16, 2004
16.$115 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2003
17.€76 Million
US$109.79 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 14, 2011
18.€98.37 Million
US$106.18 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2023
19.€94.39 Million
US$105.94 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 14, 2016
20.€90 Million
US$104.39 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2018
21.$101 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2017
22.$100 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2004
23.$86 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 14, 2006
24.$85 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2013
25.$79 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1988: beverette
Monday, Jun 13, 1988
35 years old
1983: shrapnel19
Monday, Jun 13, 1983
40 years old
1980: urrutiap
Friday, Jun 13, 1980
43 years old
1979: phyredfenix
Wednesday, Jun 13, 1979
44 years old
1976: junebugg
Sunday, Jun 13, 1976
47 years old
1975: FRIDAY-DA13th
Friday, Jun 13, 1975
48 years old
1971: Redbonec4
Sunday, Jun 13, 1971
52 years old
1970: hadix
Saturday, Jun 13, 1970
53 years old
1968: mscgunn1
Thursday, Jun 13, 1968
55 years old
1966: Reginabu613
Monday, Jun 13, 1966
57 years old
1965: rodneyvise
Sunday, Jun 13, 1965
58 years old
1960: katburger901127
Monday, Jun 13, 1960
63 years old
1960: sbsktvs
Monday, Jun 13, 1960
63 years old
: dbVisuals
(year not provided)
: moremoney$
(year not provided)
: chevydelivery
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: A gas explosion in Zhangwan district of Shiyan city, in Hubei province of China kills at least 12 people and wounds over 138 others.
2018: Volkswagen is fined one billion euros over the emissions scandal.
2015: A man opens fire at policemen outside the police headquarters in Dallas, Texas, while a bag containing a pipe bomb is also found. He was later shot dead by police.
2012: A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.
2010: A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth by landing in the Australian Outback.
2007: The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time.
2005: The jury acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of his charges for allegedly sexually molesting a child in 1993.
2002: The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
2000: President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.
2000: Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Ağca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.[1]
1999: BMW win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with Toyota being a contention for the win until a puncture in the last hour relegated it to second, Toyota not participating in Le Mans again until 2012. The race was also remembered for the flipping incidents involving the Mercedes cars, the team withdrawing mid-race and Mercedes never entering Le Mans again.
1997: A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
1996: The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.
1996: Garuda Indonesia flight 865 crashes during takeoff from Fukuoka Airport, killing three people and injuring 170.
1994: A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.
1990: First day of the June 1990 Mineriad in Romania. At least 240 strikers and students are arrested or killed in the chaos ensuing from the first post-Ceaușescu elections.
1983: Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of Neptune.
1982: Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid.
1982: Battles of Tumbledown and Wireless Ridge, during the Falklands War.
1981: At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
1977: Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
1977: The Uphaar Cinema Fire took place at Green Park, Delhi, resulting in the deaths of 59 people and seriously injured 103 others.
1973: In a game versus the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium, Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey and Bill Russell play together as an infield for the first time, going on to set the record of staying together for 8+1⁄2 years.
1971: Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.
1967: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
1966: The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their Fifth Amendment rights before questioning them (colloquially known as "Mirandizing").
1952: Catalina affair: A Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
1944: World War II: The Battle of Villers-Bocage: German tank ace Michael Wittmann ambushes elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, destroying up to fourteen tanks, fifteen personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns in a Tiger I tank.
1944: World War II: German combat elements, reinforced by the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, launch a counterattack on American forces near Carentan.
1944: World War II: Germany launches the first V1 Flying Bomb attack on England. Only four of the eleven bombs strike their targets.
1927: Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade up 5th Avenue in New York City.
1917: World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
1898: Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
1895: Émile Levassor wins the world's first real automobile race. Levassor completed the 732-mile course, from Paris to Bordeaux and back, in just under 49 hours, at a then-impressive speed of about 15 miles per hour.
1893: Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; the operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
1886: A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
1881: The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
1855: Twentieth opera of Giuseppe Verdi, Les vêpres siciliennes ("The Sicilian Vespers"), is premiered in Paris.
1805: Lewis and Clark Expedition: Scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.
1777: American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
1774: Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
1740: Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.
1625: King Charles I of England marries Catholic princess Henrietta Maria of France and Navarre, at Canterbury.
1525: Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.
1514: Henry Grace à Dieu, at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at this time, built at the new Woolwich Dockyard in England, is dedicated.
1381: In England, the Peasants' Revolt, led by Wat Tyler, comes to a head, as rebels set fire to the Savoy Palace.
1325: Ibn Battuta begins his travels, leaving his home in Tangiers to travel to Mecca (gone 24 years).
313: The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, are published in Nicomedia.

Births On This Day

2000: Penny Oleksiak, Canadian swimmer
1995: Emily Fanning, New Zealand tennis player
1995: Laura Ucrós, Colombian tennis player
1994: Deepika Kumari, Indian archer
1993: Simona Senoner, Italian ski jumper (d. 2011)
1993: Denis Ten, Kazakhstani figure skater (d. 2018)
1992: Semi Radradra, Fijian rugby league player
1991: Will Claye, American jumper
1991: Ryan Mason, English footballer
1990: James McCann, American baseball player
1990: Nicole Riner, Swiss tennis player
1990: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, English actor
1989: Ben Barba, Australian rugby league player
1989: James Calado, English racing driver
1989: Ryan McDonagh, American ice hockey defenseman
1989: Daniel Mortimer, Australian rugby league player
1989: Andreas Samaris, Greek footballer
1989: Tommy Searle, English motocross racer
1989: Hassan Whiteside, American basketball player
1989: Erica Wiebe, Canadian wrestler
1988: Gabe Carimi, American football player
1988: Reece Noi, British actor
1988: Cody Walker, American actor
1987: Marko Grgić, Croatian footballer
1986: Kat Dennings, American actress and comedian
1986: Keisuke Honda, Japanese footballer
1986: Jonathan Lucroy, American baseball catcher
1986: Ashley Olsen, American child actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman
1986: Mary-Kate Olsen, American child actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman
1986: DJ Snake, French DJ and record producer
1986: Lea Verou, Greek computer scientist and author
1986: Måns Zelmerlöw, Swedish singer
1985: Filipe Albuquerque, Portuguese racing driver
1985: Silvio Bankert, German footballer
1985: Pedro Strop, Dominican baseball player
1985: Danny Syvret, Canadian ice hockey player
1984: Nery Castillo, Mexican-Uruguayan footballer
1984: Kaori Icho, Japanese wrestler
1984: Antje Möldner-Schmidt, German runner
1983: Steve Novak, American basketball player
1983: Jason Spezza, Canadian ice hockey player
1983: Rachel Taylor, Welsh rugby union player
1982: Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian runner
1982: Krzysztof Bosak, Polish politician
1982: Nate Jones, American football player
1981: Chris Evans, American actor and producer
1981: Blake Judd, American actor, director, and producer
1981: David Madden, founder and executive director of the National History Bee and the National History Bowl
1981: Radim Vrbata, Czech ice hockey player
1980: Florent Malouda, French footballer
1980: Diego Mendieta, Paraguayan footballer (d. 2012)
1980: Jamario Moon, American basketball player
1980: Juan Carlos Navarro, Spanish basketball player
1980: Darius Vassell, English footballer
1980: Markus Winkelhock, German racing driver
1979: Esther Anderson, Australian actress
1979: Nila Håkedal, Norwegian volleyball player
1979: Miguel Pate, American long jumper
1979: Ryan Pickett, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1978: Ethan Embry, American actor
1977: Romain Mesnil, French pole vaulter
1977: Earthwind Moreland, American football player
1977: Riikka Purra, Finnish politician
1976: Kym Marsh, English singer-songwriter and actress
1975: Ante Covic, Australian footballer
1975: Jeff Davis, American screenwriter and producer
1975: Jennifer Nicole Lee, American model, actress, and author
1975: Jaan Pehk, Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975: Riccardo Scimeca, English footballer
1974: Valeri Bure, Russian-American ice hockey player
1973: Sam Adams, American football player
1973: Tanner Foust, American race car driver and television host
1973: Mattias Hellberg, Swedish singer-songwriter
1973: Stuart Karppinen, Australian cricketer and coach
1973: Ville Laihiala, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972: Natalie MacMaster, Canadian fiddler
1972: Marek Jerzy Minakowski, Polish philosopher, historian, genealogist
1971: Nóra Köves, Hungarian tennis player
1970: Rivers Cuomo, American rock musician
1970: Chris Cairns, New Zealand cricketer
1969: Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Spanish actress, director, and screenwriter
1969: Virginie Despentes, French author, screenwriter, and director
1969: Laura Kightlinger, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1969: Svetlana Krivelyova, Russian shot putter
1969: Søren Rasted, Danish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1968: Fabio Baldato, Italian cyclist
1968: Peter DeBoer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968: Darren Dreger, Canadian sportscaster
1968: David Gray, English-Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1968: Tim Leveque, Canadian ice hockey player
1968: Denise Pearson, English singer-songwriter
1968: Marcel Theroux, Ugandan-English journalist and author
1967: Taşkın Aksoy, German-Turkish footballer and manager
1966: Henry Bond, English photographer and curator
1966: Grigori Perelman, Russian mathematician
1966: Naoki Hattori, Japanese race car driver
1965: Infanta Cristina Federica of Spain
1965: Vassilis Karapialis, Greek footballer
1965: Lukas Ligeti, Austrian-American drummer and composer
1965: Maninder Singh, Indian cricketer
1964: Christian Wilhelm Berger, Romanian organist, composer, and educator
1964: Kathy Burke, English actress, director, and playwright
1964: Piyush Goyal, Indian politician, Minister of Railways
1964: Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Lithuanian basketball player
1963: Bettina Bunge, Swiss-German tennis player
1963: Sarah Connolly, English soprano and actress
1963: Audrey Niffenegger, American author and academic
1962: Davey Hamilton, American race car driver
1962: Glenn Michibata, Canadian-American tennis player and coach
1962: Ally Sheedy, American actress and author
1962: Hannah Storm, American journalist and author
1960: Jacques Rougeau, Canadian wrestler
1959: Boyko Borissov, Bulgarian footballer and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
1959: Maurice G. Dantec, French-born Canadian science fiction writer (d. 2016)
1959: Steve Georganas, Australian politician
1959: Klaus Iohannis, Romanian educator and politician, 5th President of Romania
1957: Ron Areshenkoff, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2019)
1957: Roy Cooper, American lawyer and politician, 75th Governor of North Carolina
1957: Bruce Flowers, American basketball player
1957: Andrzej Morozowski, Polish journalist and author
1957: Dicky Thompson, American golfer
1956: Blair Chapman, Canadian ice hockey player
1956: Sal Paolantonio, American lieutenant and journalist
1955: Alan Hansen, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
1955: Leah Ward Sears, German-American lawyer and jurist
1954: Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (d. 2011)
1954: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian economist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Nigeria
1953: Tim Allen, American actor, comedian, and producer
1952: Jean-Marie Dedecker, Belgian martial artist and politician
1951: Howard Leese, American guitarist and producer
1951: Richard Thomas, American actor, director, and producer
1951: Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish actor
1950: Nick Brown, English politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
1950: Gerd Zewe, German footballer and manager
1949: Ann Druyan, American popular science writer
1949: Dennis Locorriere, American singer and musician
1949: Ulla Schmidt, German educator and politician, German Federal Minister of Health
1949: Red Symons, English-Australian musician, television, and radio personality
1948: Garnet Bailey, Canadian-American ice hockey player and scout (d. 2001)
1948: Joe Roth, American director and producer, co-founded Morgan Creek Productions
1946: Sher Bahadur Deuba, Nepalese politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Nepal
1946: Paul L. Modrich, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1946: Gabriel of Komana, Belgian-Dutch archbishop (d. 2013)
1945: Whitley Strieber, American author
1944: Christine Beasley, English nursing administrator
1944: David Curry, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
1944: Ban Ki-moon, South Korean politician and diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations
1943: Harry Collins, English sociologist, author, and academic
1943: Malcolm McDowell, English actor and producer
1943: Jim Guy Tucker, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Arkansas
1942: Yiannis Boutaris, Greek businessman and politician, Mayor of Thessaloniki
1941: Marcel Lachemann, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1941: Serge Lemoyne, Canadian painter (d. 1998)
1941: Marv Tarplin, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2011)
1940: Bobby Freeman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2017)
1940: Dallas Long, American shot putter and physician
1937: Eleanor Holmes Norton, American lawyer and politician
1937: Erich Ribbeck, German footballer and manager
1937: Andreas Whittam Smith, English journalist and publisher, co-founded The Independent
1935: Christo, Bulgarian-French sculptor and painter (d. 2020)
1935: Jeanne-Claude, Moroccan sculptor and painter (d. 2009)
1935: Samak Sundaravej, Thai politician, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2009)
1934: Bill Blakeley, American basketball player and coach (d. 2010)
1934: Lucjan Brychczy, Polish footballer and coach
1934: Manuel Clouthier, Mexican businessman and politician (d. 1989)
1934: James Anthony Griffin, American bishop
1934: Uriel Jones, American drummer (d. 2009)
1934: Leonard Kleinrock, American computer scientist and engineer
1933: Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
1933: Norman Lloyd-Edwards, Welsh lawyer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan
1932: Raymond Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton, English politician
1932: Bob McGrath, American singer and actor (d. 2022)
1932: Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
1931: Nora Kovach, Hungarian-American ballerina (d. 2009)
1931: Reed Scowen, Canadian politician (d. 2020)
1931: Irvin D. Yalom, American psychotherapist and academic
1930: Gotthard Graubner, German painter and educator (d. 2013)
1930: Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel and spy (d. 2004)
1930: Paul Veyne, French archaeologist, historian, and academic
1929: Ralph McQuarrie, American illustrator (d. 2012)
1929: Robert W. Scott, American farmer and politician, 67th Governor of North Carolina (d. 2009)
1928: Giacomo Biffi, Italian cardinal (d. 2015)
1928: Renée Morisset, Canadian pianist (d. 2009)
1928: John Forbes Nash, Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
1927: Slim Dusty, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
1926: Jérôme Lejeune, French pediatrician and geneticist (d. 1994)
1926: Paul Lynde, American actor and comedian (d. 1982)
1925: Kristine Miller, American actress (d. 2015)
1923: Lloyd Conover, American chemist and inventor (d. 2017)
1922: Etienne Leroux, South African author (d. 1989)
1921: Lennart Strand, Swedish runner (d. 2004)
1920: Rolf Huisgen, German chemist and academic (d. 2020)
1920: Iosif Vorovich, Russian mathematician and engineer (d. 2001)
1918: Ben Johnson, American actor and stuntman (d. 1996)
1918: Helmut Lent, German soldier and pilot (d. 1944)
1918: Percy Rodriguez, Canadian-American actor (d. 2007)
1917: Teddy Turner, English actor (d. 1992)
1917: Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan novelist (d. 2005)
1916: Wu Zhengyi, Chinese botanist and academic (d. 2013)
1915: Don Budge, American tennis player and coach (d. 2000)
1914: Frederic Franklin, English-American ballet dancer and director (d. 2013)
1913: Ralph Edwards, American radio and television host (d. 2005)
1913: Yitzhak Pundak, Israeli general, diplomat and politician (d. 2017)
1912: Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (d. 1943)
1911: Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
1911: Maurice Copeland, American actor (d. 1985)
1911: Erwin Wilhelm Müller, German physicist and academic (d. 1977)
1910: Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Spanish journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1999)
1910: Mary Wickes, American actress (d. 1995)
1910: Mary Whitehouse, English activist, founded the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (d. 2001)
1909: E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Indian theorist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Kerala (d. 1998)
1906: Bruno de Finetti, Austrian-Italian mathematician and statistician (d. 1985)
1905: James T. Rutnam, Sri Lankan historian and author (d. 1988)
1903: Willard Harrison Bennett, American physicist and chemist (d. 1987)
1902: Carolyn Eisele, American mathematician and historian (d. 2000)
1901: Tage Erlander, Swedish lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1985)
1899: Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer, conductor, and journalist, founded the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra (d. 1978)
1897: Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner and coach (d. 1973)
1894: Leo Kanner, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician (d. 1981)
1894: Jacques Henri Lartigue, French photographer and painter (d. 1986)
1893: Alan Arnold Griffith, English engineer (d. 1963)
1893: Dorothy L. Sayers, English author and poet (d. 1957)
1892: Basil Rathbone, South African-born British-American actor (d. 1967)
1888: Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet and critic (d. 1935)
1887: André François-Poncet, French politician and diplomat (d. 1978)
1887: Bruno Frank, German-American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1945)
1885: Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author (d. 1969)
1884: Leon Chwistek, Polish painter, philosopher, and mathematician (d. 1944)
1884: Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and academic (d. 1978)
1879: Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (d. 1941)
1879: Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (d. 1929)
1876: William Sealy Gosset, English chemist and statistician (d. 1937)
1875: Paul Neumann, Austrian swimmer and physician (d. 1932)
1873: Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (d. 1942)
1872: Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1951)
1870: Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
1868: Wallace Clement Sabine, American physicist and academic (d. 1919)
1865: Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer (d. 1932)
1865: W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1939)
1864: Rudolf Kjellén, Swedish political scientist and academic (d. 1922)
1864: Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (d. 1939)
1863: Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (d. 1935)
1854: Charles Algernon Parsons, English engineer, founded C. A. Parsons and Company (d. 1931)
1840: Augusta Lundin, the first international Swedish fashion designer (d. 1919)
1831: James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (d. 1879)
1827: Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (d. 1882)
1822: Carl Schmidt, Latvian-German chemist and academic (d. 1894)
1809: Heinrich Hoffmann, German psychiatrist and author (d. 1894)
1790: José Antonio Páez, Venezuelan general and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 1873)
1786: Winfield Scott, American general (d. 1866)
1775: Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian composer and politician (d. 1833)
1773: Thomas Young, English physicist and physiologist (d. 1829)
1763: José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (d. 1838)
1761: Antonín Vranický, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1820)
1752: Frances Burney, English novelist and playwright (d. 1840)
1711: Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Ewell, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (d. 1773)
1649: Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (d. 1706)
1617: Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet, English politician (d. 1656)
1595: Jan Marek Marci, Czech physician and scientist (d. 1667)
1580: Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (d. 1626)
1555: Giovanni Antonio Magini, Italian mathematician, cartographer and astronomer (d. 1617)
1539: Jost Amman, Swiss printmaker (d. 1591)
1508: Alessandro Piccolomini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (d. 1579)
1500: Ernest of Bavaria, pledge lord of the County of Glatz (d. 1560)
1367: Taejong of Joseon (d. 1422)
839: Charles the Fat, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 888)
823: Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 877)
AD 40: Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general (d. 93)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Ned Beatty, American actor (b. 1937)
2015: Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1917)
2015: Sergio Renán, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
2015: Mike Shrimpton, New Zealand cricketer and coach (b. 1940)
2014: Mahdi Elmandjra, Moroccan economist and sociologist (b. 1933)
2014: Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
2014: Jim Keays, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
2014: Chuck Noll, American football player and coach (b. 1932)
2014: Robert Peters, American poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1924)
2013: David Deutsch, American businessman, founded Deutsch Inc. (b. 1929)
2013: Sam Most, American flute player and saxophonist (b. 1930)
2013: Albert White Hat, American educator and activist (b. 1938)
2012: Sam Beddingfield, American pilot and engineer (b. 1933)
2012: Graeme Bell, Australian pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1914)
2012: Roger Garaudy, French philosopher and author (b. 1913)
2012: Jože Humer, Slovenian composer and translator (b. 1934)
2012: Mehdi Hassan, Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer for Lollywood (b. 1927)
2010: Jimmy Dean, American singer and businessman, founded Jimmy Dean Foods (b. 1928)
2009: Fathi Yakan, Lebanese scholar and politician (b. 1933)
2008: Tim Russert, American journalist and lawyer (b. 1950)
2007: Walid Eido, Lebanese judge and politician (b. 1942)
2006: Charles Haughey, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1925)
2005: Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese academic and politician (b. 1913)
2005: David Diamond, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)
2004: Ralph Wiley, American journalist and author (b. 1952)
2003: Malik Meraj Khalid, Pakistani lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1916)
2002: John Hope, American navigator and meteorologist (b. 1919)
2002: Maia Wojciechowska, Polish-American author (b. 1927)
1998: Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic (b. 1899)
1998: Birger Ruud, Norwegian ski jumper (b. 1911)
1998: Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (b. 1917)
1997: Nguyen Manh Tuong, Vietnamese lawyer and academic (b. 1909)
1994: Nadia Gray, Romanian-French actress (b. 1923)
1993: Gérard Côté, Canadian runner (b. 1913)
1993: Deke Slayton, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1924)
1989: Fran Allison, American television personality and puppeteer (b. 1907)
1987: Geraldine Page, American actress (b. 1924)
1986: Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1909)
1984: António Variações, Portuguese singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
1981: Olivério Pinto, Brazilian zoologist and physician (b. 1896)
1980: Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and activist (b. 1942)
1979: Demetrio Stratos, Egyptian-Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1945)
1972: Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1972: Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (b. 1891)
1969: Pralhad Keshav Atre, Indian journalist, director, and producer (b. 1898)
1965: Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and theologian (b. 1878)
1965: David Drummond, Australian farmer and politician (b. 1890)
1958: Edwin Keppel Bennett, English poet and academic (b. 1887)
1957: Irving Baxter, American high jumper and pole vaulter (b. 1876)
1951: Ben Chifley, Australian engineer and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
1948: Osamu Dazai, Japanese author (b. 1909)
1943: Kočo Racin, Macedonian author and activist (b. 1908)
1939: Arthur Coningham, Australian cricketer (b. 1863)
1931: Kitasato Shibasaburō, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1851)
1930: Henry Segrave, American-English racing driver (b. 1896)
1918: Michael Alexandrovich, Russian Grand Duke (b. 1878)
1917: Louis-Philippe Hébert, Canadian sculptor (b. 1850)
1904: Nikiforos Lytras, Greek painter and educator (b. 1832)
1898: Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)
1894: John Cox Bray, Australian politician, 15th Premier of South Australia (b. 1842)
1886: Ludwig II, king of Bavaria (b. 1845)
1881: Joseph Škoda, Czech physician and dermatologist (b. 1805)
1861: Henry Gray, English anatomist and surgeon (b. 1827)
1846: Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès, French geographer and author (b. 1767)
1784: Henry Middleton, American farmer and politician, 2nd President of the Continental Congress (b. 1717)
1762: Dorothea Erxleben, first German female doctor (b. 1715)
1665: Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, Dutch admiral (b. 1604)
1661: Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth, English politician (b. 1595)
1645: Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese samurai (b. 1584)
1636: George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, Scottish politician (b. 1562)
1550: Veronica Gambara, Italian poet (b. 1485)
1432: Uko Fockena, Frisian chieftain (b. c. 1408)
1348: Juan Manuel, Spanish prince (b. 1282)
1256: Tankei, Japanese sculptor (b. 1173)
1231: Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (b. 1195)
1036: Ali az-Zahir, Fatimid caliph (b. 1005)
995: Fujiwara no Michikane, Japanese nobleman (b. 961)
976: Mansur I, Samanid emir
220: Xiahou Dun, Chinese general

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