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June 20

June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 194 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022: Scammer who conned UK National Lottery of £2.5 million given more time to repay funds. A con artist who scammed the UK National Lottery of £2.5 million (US$3.06 million) by forging a winning ticket has been handed a wider window to pay back the funds he owes.
2019: Group of Iowa aerospace coworkers win unclaimed $1M lottery prize. One lottery ticket buyer's loss is the gain of group of Cedar Rapids workers.
2019: Man who won millions from lottery during divorce case must share. A suburban Detroit man who was in the middle of a divorce when he won more than $30 million must share the lottery windfall with his ex-wife.
2018: Are Florida lottery tickets being sold illegally in Bermuda?. The Bermuda Government was advised more than two years ago that the sale of American lottery tickets on the island appeared to breach "numerous" laws in the United States, including some designed to stop money-laundering.
2017: The 5 lottery jackpots Tipton and his friends stole. Eddie Tipton, the now-infamous former security chief at the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), is accused of installing software on Random Number Generators that allowed him to predict winning combinations for drawings that occurred on three dates every non-leap year — Nov. 23, Dec. 29 and May 27.
2015: Florida man out $92,000 after losing winning lottery tickets. A Tampa, Florida, service station owner is out of luck after losing Florida Lottery Cash 3 tickets worth $92,000.
2014: Idaho woman claims her second major lottery prize. Massage therapist Boni Hutchinson-Ennis of Boise, Idaho, has been touched by Lottery luck twice in the last three years -- most recently, when she won and claimed a $250,000 top prize on the Scratch Game Idaho $250,000 Jackpot.
2014: NY senator in quest to print ads on lottery tickets. A bill from New York state Sen. Diane Savino allowing for ads to be placed on lottery tickets and terminals has passed the Senate, and Ms. Savino said it could raise hundreds of millions of dollars for education without increasing taxes.
2010: Group still trying to undermine Arkansas Lottery. As state higher education officials mail out notices to the first recipients of Arkansas' lottery-funded college scholarships, a group that fought creation of the lottery says it is gearing up to start its anti-lottery campaign anew.
2008: Sopranos' Vinny Vella fumes over $5M lotto misprint. Former The Sopranos star Vinny Vella is threatening legal action against New York state lottery officials after they rejected what he believes is his $5 million winning ticket.
2008: $100,000 Wisconsin lottery ticket going unclaimed. A Wisconsin lottery ticket worth $100,000 will be worthless if no one claims the prize in the next 10 days.
2008: Former N.D. Lottery head gets unusual retirement payout. When North Dakota's former lottery director retired in April, he was paid $44,432 for unused vacation time, a sum that is raising eyebrows among lawmakers who write the budget for state government.
2008: $57M Mega Millions lottery winner is sex offender with criminal past. Fred Topous, the Kent City man who just won $57 million in the Mega Millions lottery, is a registered sex offender with a criminal past.
2007: Lottery winner: 'Kind of exciting, I guess'. Even though Dorothy Elliott won $1,000 a week for the rest of her life, she seemed completely unfazed by her good fortune.
2007: Pa. Lottery players dig Treasure Hunt game. Treasure Hunt, Pennsylvania Lottery's terminal-based Pick 5 game, has exceeded sales expectations.
2007: Lottery ticket thief gets 20 years. Instead of a large cash payout, a Holyoke, Massachusetts, man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after admitting he stole more than $1,600 worth of lottery scratch tickets from convenience stores.
2007: Retired Ontario couple wins second lottery jackpot. The second time a lucky Ontario couple collected a lottery jackpot there was no jumping up and down, no screaming, no pumping of fists in victory, because they did that the first time.
2007: Police foil alleged plot to kidnap lottery winners. Police in Montreal have arrested a man in an alleged plot to kidnap and kill two new lottery millionaires.
2007: Kickback probe launched at the Texas Lottery. The Travis County district attorney's office confirmed Tuesday that it has launched a criminal investigation after an allegation that someone affiliated with the Texas Lottery Commission may have solicited kickbacks from a financial planning firm that helped some Lotto Texas winners manage their money.
2005: Lottery numbers company ordered to refund customers. A Buffalo, New York, company that claims to sell booklets of "winning" lottery numbers must make full refunds to any Iowa consumer who requests a refund, and the company has been permanently prohibited from selling any goods or services in Iowa.
2005: N.C. lottery talk building to a climax. With passage of a $17.1 billion budget bill by the North Carolina House of Representatives last week, the lottery debate is heating up in North Carolina.
2005: A lottery for those bored by mini millions. Come Friday, California residents will no longer have to endure wimpy, yawn-producing California SuperLotto Plus jackpots that start at $7 million.
2005: Georgia lottery ticket hits $9M Lotto South jackpot. A ticket sold in Georgia matched all six numbers in Saturday night's $9 million Lotto South drawing, lottery officials said Sunday.
2005: New Minnesota lottery director brings fresh start. Clint Harris, the new Minnesota Lottery Director, brings his experience from South Dakota to implement a leaner, meaner lottery operation.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$400.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2023
2.$333 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2016
3.$300 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 20, 2023
4.$296.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 20, 2022
5.$290 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2022
6.€224.99 Million US$237.07 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2022
7.€166 Million US$218.51 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2013
8.€172.5 Million US$194.81 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 20, 2019
9.$192 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2018
10.$184 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2016
11.$180 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 20, 2003
12.$151 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 20, 2018
13.€143 Million
US$150.68 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2022
14.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2004
15.€101 Million
US$145.17 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2011
16.€120 Million
US$131.02 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 20, 2023
17.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2013
18.$123 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 20, 2017
19.€97.42 Million
US$109.94 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2016
20.$108 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2019
21.€90 Million
US$104.85 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 22, 2018
22.$97 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 23, 2010
23.$95 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 21, 2003
24.$88 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 23, 1999
25.$86 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 20, 2009

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1988: Shant2110
Monday, Jun 20, 1988
35 years old
1986: mbabygrl08
Friday, Jun 20, 1986
37 years old
1984: PRPrincess631
Wednesday, Jun 20, 1984
39 years old
1980: LottaGame
Friday, Jun 20, 1980
43 years old
1980: wally2164
Friday, Jun 20, 1980
43 years old
1979: GaGal40
Wednesday, Jun 20, 1979
44 years old
1975: Mary Lou123
Friday, Jun 20, 1975
48 years old
1972: ditchi
Tuesday, Jun 20, 1972
51 years old
1971: shawanna123
Sunday, Jun 20, 1971
52 years old
1970: chefgaryl
Saturday, Jun 20, 1970
53 years old
1970: neophyte
Saturday, Jun 20, 1970
53 years old
1970: bk062070
Saturday, Jun 20, 1970
53 years old
1970: Genini34
Saturday, Jun 20, 1970
53 years old
1970: TanyaL
Saturday, Jun 20, 1970
53 years old
1968: HaveABall
Thursday, Jun 20, 1968
55 years old
1967: tommyrhyme
Tuesday, Jun 20, 1967
56 years old
1966: rixster67r
Monday, Jun 20, 1966
57 years old
1964: B4badu44
Saturday, Jun 20, 1964
59 years old
1964: msbigrob
Saturday, Jun 20, 1964
59 years old
1955: cbar332868
Monday, Jun 20, 1955
68 years old
1953: JOSEPH DANGELO
Saturday, Jun 20, 1953
70 years old
1949: lottoguyRAY
Monday, Jun 20, 1949
74 years old
1947: nooker123
Friday, Jun 20, 1947
76 years old
1945: merle245
Wednesday, Jun 20, 1945
78 years old
: lele100
(year not provided)
: lootch
(year not provided)
: stephi
(year not provided)
: serries2
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: Iran's Air Defense Forces shoot down an American surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions between the two countries.
2003: The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
1994: The 1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion in Iran leaves at least 25 dead and 70 to 300 injured.
1991: The German Bundestag votes to move seat of government from the former West German capital of Bonn to the present capital of Berlin.
1990: Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
1990: The 7.4 M_w Manjil-Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000-50,000, and injuring 60,000-105,000.
1988: Haitian President Leslie Manigat is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant general Henri Namphy.
1982: The International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide opens in Tel Aviv, despite attempts by the Turkish government to cancel it, as it included presentations on the Armenian genocide.
1982: The Argentine Corbeta Uruguay base on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War.
1979: ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan National Guard soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle during the Nicaraguan Revolution. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime.
1975: The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "summer blockbusters".
1973: Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in what is known as the Ezeiza massacre. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
1973: Aeroméxico Flight 229 crashes on approach to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, killing all 27 people on board.
1972: Watergate scandal: An 18½-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.
1964: A Curtiss C-46 Commando crashes in the Shengang District of Taiwan, killing 57 people.
1963: Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called "red telephone" link between Washington, D.C. and Moscow.
1960: The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
1959: A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
1956: A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
1948: The Deutsche Mark is introduced in Western Allied-occupied Germany. The Soviet Military Administration in Germany responded by imposing the Berlin Blockade four days later.
1945: The United States Secretary of State approves the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the U.S. under Operation Paperclip.
1944: World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot".
1944: World War II: During the Continuation War, the Soviet Union demands unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful Vyborg-Petrozavodsk Offensive. The Finnish government refuses.
1944: The experimental MW 18014 V-2 rocket reaches an altitude of 176 km, becoming the first man-made object to reach outer space.
1943: The Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
1943: World War II: The Royal Air Force launches Operation Bellicose, the first shuttle bombing raid of the war. Avro Lancaster bombers damage the V-2 rocket production facilities at the Zeppelin Works while en route to an air base in Algeria.
1942: The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
1926: The 28th International Eucharistic Congress begins in Chicago, with over 250,000 spectators attending the opening procession.
1921: Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
1900: Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
1900: Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
1895: The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
1893: Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
1877: Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
1863: American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
1862: Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
1840: Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
1837: Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
1819: The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.
1791: King Louis XVI, disguised as a valet, and the French royal family attempt to flee Paris during the French Revolution.
1789: Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
1787: Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
1782: The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
1756: A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
1685: Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.
1652: Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha is appointed Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.
1631: The Sack of Baltimore: The Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.
1622: The Battle of Höchst takes place during the Thirty Years' War.
1180: First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan.
451: Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.

Births On This Day

2003: Hans Niemann, American chess player
1997: Bálint Kopasz, Hungarian sprint canoeist
1996: Sam Bennett, Canadian ice hockey player
1995: Caroline Weir, Scottish footballer
1995: Carol Zhao, Canadian tennis player
1994: Leonard Williams, American football player
1991: Kalidou Koulibaly, Senegalese footballer
1991: Rick ten Voorde, Dutch footballer
1990: DeQuan Jones, American basketball player
1990: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Senegalese writer
1989: Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor
1989: Javier Pastore, Argentinian footballer
1989: Terrelle Pryor, American football player
1987: A-fu, Taiwanese singer and songwriter
1987: Carsten Ball, Australian tennis player
1987: Asmir Begović, Bosnian footballer
1987: Joseph Ebuya, Kenyan runner
1986: Dreama Walker, American actress
1985: Saki Aibu, Japanese actress
1985: Aurélien Chedjou, Cameroonian footballer
1985: Matt Flynn, American football player
1984: Hassan Adams, American basketball player
1983: Josh Childress, American basketball player
1983: Darren Sproles, American football player
1982: Aleksei Berezutski, Russian footballer
1982: Vasili Berezutski, Russian footballer
1982: Example, English singer/rapper
1981: Brede Hangeland, Norwegian footballer
1980: Franco Semioli, Italian footballer
1980: Fabian Wegmann, German cyclist
1979: Charles Howell III, American golfer
1978: Frank Lampard, English footballer
1978: Jan-Paul Saeijs, Dutch footballer
1977: Gordan Giriček, Croatian basketball player
1977: Amos Lee, American singer-songwriter
1976: Juliano Belletti, Brazilian footballer
1976: Carlos Lee, Panamanian baseball player
1975: Joan Balcells, Spanish tennis player
1975: Daniel Zítka, Czech footballer
1973: Chino Moreno, American singer-songwriter
1972: Alexis Alexoudis, Greek footballer
1971: Rodney Rogers, American basketball player and coach
1971: Jeordie White, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bass player
1970: Andrea Nahles, German politician, German Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
1970: Athol Williams, South African poet and social philosopher
1969: Paulo Bento, Portuguese footballer and manager
1969: Misha Verbitsky, Russian mathematician and academic
1969: MaliVai Washington, American tennis player and sportscaster
1968: Robert Rodriguez, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1967: Nicole Kidman, American-Australian actress
1967: Dan Tyminski, American singer-songwriter
1966: Boaz Yakin, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1964: Pierfrancesco Chili, Italian motorcycle racer
1964: Silke Möller, German runner
1963: Kirk Baptiste, American sprinter
1963: Mark Ovenden, British author and broadcaster
1960: Philip M. Parker, American economist and author
1960: John Taylor, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor
1958: Kelly Johnson, English hard rock guitarist and songwriter (d. 2007)
1956: Peter Reid, English footballer and manager
1956: Sohn Suk-hee, South Korean newscaster
1955: E. Lynn Harris, American author (d. 2009)
1954: Allan Lamb, South African-English cricketer and sportscaster
1954: Ilan Ramon, Israeli colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)
1953: Robert Crais, American author and screenwriter
1953: Raúl Ramírez, Mexican tennis player
1953: Willy Rampf, German engineer
1952: John Goodman, American actor
1952: Vikram Seth, Indian author and poet
1951: Tress MacNeille, American actress and voice artist
1951: Sheila McLean, Scottish scholar and academic
1951: Paul Muldoon, Irish poet and academic
1950: Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi politician, 76th Prime Minister of Iraq
1949: Gotabaya Rajapaksa, 8th president of Sri Lanka
1949: Lionel Richie, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
1948: Cirilo Flores, American bishop (d. 2014)
1948: Alan Longmuir, Scottish bass player and songwriter (d. 2018)
1948: Ludwig Scotty, Nauruan politician, 10th President of Nauru
1947: Dolores "LaLa" Brooks, American pop singer
1946: Xanana Gusmão, Timorese soldier and politician, 1st President of East Timor
1946: David Kazhdan, Russian-Israeli mathematician and academic
1946: Bob Vila, American television host
1946: André Watts, American pianist and educator
1945: Anne Murray, Canadian singer and guitarist
1942: Neil Trudinger, Australian mathematician and theorist
1942: Brian Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer
1941: Stephen Frears, English actor, director, and producer
1941: Ulf Merbold, German physicist and astronaut
1940: Eugen Drewermann, German priest and theologian
1940: John Mahoney, English-born American actor (d. 2018)
1939: Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (d. 1998)
1939: Budge Rogers, English rugby player and manager
1938: Joan Kirner, Australian educator and politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria (d. 2015)
1938: Mickie Most, English music producer (d. 2003)
1937: Stafford Dean, English actor and singer
1937: Jerry Keller, American singer-songwriter
1936: Billy Guy, American singer (d. 2002)
1936: Enn Vetemaa, Estonian author and screenwriter (d. 2017)
1935: Jim Barker, American politician (d. 2005)
1935: Len Dawson, American football player (d. 2022)
1935: Armando Picchi, Italian footballer and coach (d. 1971)
1934: Wendy Craig, English actress
1933: Danny Aiello, American actor (d. 2019)
1933: Claire Tomalin, English journalist and author
1932: Robert Rozhdestvensky, Russian poet and author (d. 1994)
1931: Olympia Dukakis, American actress (d. 2021)
1931: James Tolkan, American actor and director
1930: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish sculptor and academic (d. 2017)
1930: John Waine, English bishop (d. 2020)
1929: Edgar Bronfman, Sr., Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
1929: Anne Weale, English journalist and author (d. 2007)
1929: Edith Windsor, American lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights activist (d. 2017)
1928: Eric Dolphy, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer (d. 1964)
1928: Martin Landau, American actor and producer (d. 2017)
1928: Jean-Marie Le Pen, French intelligence officer and politician
1928: Asrat Woldeyes, Ethiopian surgeon and educator (d. 1999)
1927: Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet and activist (d. 2014)
1926: Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli general and politician, 9th Israeli Minister of Tourism (d. 2001)
1925: Doris Hart, American tennis player and educator (d. 2015)
1925: Audie Murphy, American lieutenant and actor, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1971)
1924: Chet Atkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2001)
1924: Fritz Koenig, German sculptor and academic, designed The Sphere (d. 2017)
1923: Peter Gay, German-American historian, author, and academic (d. 2015)
1923: Jerzy Nowak, Polish actor and educator (d. 2013)
1921: Byron Farwell, American historian and author (d. 1999)
1921: Pancho Segura, Ecuadorian tennis player (d. 2017)
1920: Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (d. 1954)
1920: Thomas Jefferson, American trumpet player (d. 1986)
1918: George Lynch, American race car driver (d. 1997)
1918: Zoltán Sztáray, Hungarian-American author (d. 2011)
1917: Helena Rasiowa, Austrian-Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1994)
1916: Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Premier of Quebec (d. 1973)
1916: T. Texas Tyler, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1972)
1915: Dick Reynolds, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2002)
1915: Terence Young, Chinese-English director and screenwriter (d. 1994)
1914: Gordon Juckes, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1994)
1914: Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, Turkish archaeologist and academic
1912: Anthony Buckeridge, English author (d. 2004)
1912: Jack Torrance, American shot putter and football player (d. 1969)
1912: Geoffrey Baker, English Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff of the British Army (d. 1980)
1911: Gail Patrick, American actress (d. 1980)
1910: Josephine Johnson, American author and poet (d. 1990)
1909: Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor (d. 1959)
1908: Billy Werber, American baseball player (d. 2009)
1908: Gus Schilling, American actor (d. 1957)
1907: Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (d. 1998)
1906: Bob King, American high jumper and obstetrician (d. 1965)
1906: William Reid, Scottish mining engineer (d. 1985)
1905: Lillian Hellman, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 1984)
1903: Sam Rabin, English wrestler, sculptor, and singer (d. 1991)
1899: Jean Moulin, French soldier and engineer (d. 1943)
1897: Elisabeth Hauptmann, German author and playwright (d. 1973)
1896: Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1982)
1894: Lloyd Hall, American chemist and academic (d. 1971)
1893: Wilhelm Zaisser, German soldier and politician (d. 1958)
1891: Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Italian soprano (d. 1951)
1891: John A. Costello, Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 1976)
1889: John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic (d. 1951)
1887: Kurt Schwitters, German painter and illustrator (d. 1948)
1885: Andrzej Gawroński, Polish linguist and academic (d. 1927)
1884: Mary R. Calvert, American astronomer and author (d. 1974)
1884: Johannes Heinrich Schultz, German psychiatrist and psychotherapist (d. 1970)
1882: Daniel Sawyer, American golfer (d. 1937)
1875: Reginald Punnett, English geneticist, statistician, and academic (d. 1967)
1872: George Carpenter, American 5th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1948)
1870: Georges Dufrénoy, French painter and academic (d. 1943)
1869: Laxmanrao Kirloskar, Indian businessman, founded the Kirloskar Group (d. 1956)
1867: Leon Wachholz, Polish scientist and medical examiner (d. 1942)
1866: James Burns, English cricketer (d. 1957)
1865: George Redmayne Murray, English biologist and physician (d. 1939)
1861: Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
1860: Alexander Winton, Scottish-American race car driver and engineer (d. 1932)
1860: Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (d. 1937)
1859: Christian von Ehrenfels, Austrian philosopher (d. 1932)
1858: Charles W. Chesnutt, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1932)
1855: Richard Lodge, English historian and academic (d. 1936)
1847: Gina Krog, Norwegian suffragist and women's rights activist (d. 1916)
1819: Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (d. 1880)
1813: Joseph Autran, French poet and author (d. 1877)
1809: Isaak August Dorner, German theologian and academic (d. 1884)
1808: Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (d. 1888)
1796: Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso, Italian cardinal (d. 1878)
1786: Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet and author (d. 1859)
1778: Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, French politician, 7th Prime Minister of France (d. 1832)
1777: Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Canadian bishop (d. 1840)
1771: Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Scottish philanthropist and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright (d. 1820)
1771: Hermann von Boyen, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (d. 1848)
1770: Moses Waddel, American minister and academic (d. 1840)
1763: Wolfe Tone, Irish rebel leader (d. 1798)
1761: Jacob Hübner, German entomologist and author (d. 1826)
1756: Joseph Martin Kraus, German-Swedish composer and educator (d. 1792)
1754: Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, princess of Baden (d. 1832)
1737: Tokugawa Ieharu, Japanese shōgun (d. 1786)
1723: (O.S.) Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1816)
1717: Jacques Saly, French sculptor and painter (d. 1776)
1647: (O.S.) John George III, Elector of Saxony (d. 1691)
1642: (O.S.) George Hickes, English minister and scholar (d. 1715)
1634: Charles Emmanuel II, duke of Savoy (d. 1675)
1583: Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (d. 1652)
1566: Sigismund III Vasa, Polish and Swedish king (d. 1632)
1469: Gian Galeazzo Sforza, duke of Milan (d. 1494)
1389: John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, English statesman (d. 1435)
1005: Ali az-Zahir, Fatimid caliph of Egypt (d. 1036)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Caleb Swanigan, American NBA player. (b. 1997)
2017: Prodigy, American music artist (b. 1974)
2015: Angelo Niculescu, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
2015: Miriam Schapiro, Canadian-American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
2013: Ingvar Rydell, Swedish footballer (b. 1922)
2012: Judy Agnew, Second Lady of the United States. (b. 1921)
2012: LeRoy Neiman, American painter (b. 1921)
2012: Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz (b. 1919)
2012: Andrew Sarris, American critic (b. 1928)
2011: Ryan Dunn, American television personality (b. 1977)
2010: Roberto Rosato, Italian footballer (b. 1943)
2010: Harry B. Whittington, English palaeontologist and academic (b. 1916)
2005: Larry Collins, American journalist, historian, and author (b. 1929)
2005: Jack Kilby, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)
2004: Jim Bacon, Australian politician, 41st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1950)
2002: Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American biochemist and academic (b. 1905)
2002: Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (b. 1916)
2001: Gina Cigna, French-Italian soprano (b. 1900)
1999: Clifton Fadiman, American game show host, author, and critic (b. 1902)
1997: Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author (b. 1917)
1995: Emil Cioran, Romanian-French philosopher and educator (b. 1911)
1984: Estelle Winwood, English actress (b. 1883)
1978: Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer (b. 1913)
1975: Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain, Hatian anthropologist (b. 1898)
1974: Horace Lindrum, Australian snooker player (b. 1912)
1969: Bishnu Prasad Rabha, Indian artist, painter, actor, dancer, writer, music composer and politician (b. 1909)
1966: Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1894)
1965: Bernard Baruch, American financier and politician (b. 1870)
1963: Raphaël Salem, Greek-French mathematician and academic (b. 1898)
1958: Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
1952: Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
1947: Bugsy Siegel, American mobster (b. 1906)
1945: Bruno Frank, German author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)
1929: Emmanouil Benakis, Greek merchant and politician, 35th Mayor of Athens (b. 1843)
1925: Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1842)
1909: Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (b. 1845)
1906: John Clayton Adams, English painter (b. 1840)
1888: Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (b. 1842)
1876: John Neal, American writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist (b. 1793)
1875: Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (b. 1810)
1872: Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
1870: Jules de Goncourt, French historian and author (b. 1830)
1869: Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (b. 1835)
1847: Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician (b. 1782)
1840: Pierre Claude François Daunou, French historian and politician (b. 1761)
1837: William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765)
1820: Manuel Belgrano, Argentinian general, economist, and politician (b. 1770)
1815: Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (b. 1766)
1810: Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish general and politician (b. 1755)
1800: Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician and academic (b. 1719)
1787: Carl Friedrich Abel, German viol player and composer (b. 1723)
1776: Benjamin Huntsman, English businessman (b. 1704)
1668: Heinrich Roth, German missionary and scholar (b. 1620)
1605: Feodor II of Russia (b. 1589)
1597: Willem Barentsz, Dutch cartographer and explorer (b. 1550)
1351: Margareta Ebner, German nun and mystic (b. 1291)
1176: Mikhail of Vladimir, Russian prince
981: Adalbert, archbishop of Magdeburg
930: Hucbald, Frankish monk and music theorist
840: Louis the Pious, Carolingian emperor (b. 778)
465: Emperor Wencheng of Northern Wei (b. 440)

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