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June 25

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June 25

June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 189 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2021: Kansas man dreams about winning the lottery, wins 3X the amount in real life. Dreams are now a reality for a lucky Kansas player who dreamed of winning $25,000 and won three times the amount two days later from a Kansas Lottery scratch-off.
2020: Atlantic Lottery Corporation cuts its workforce by nearly a tenth. As the coronavirus continues to linger in varying degrees around the world, the Atlantic Lottery Corporation is the latest lottery in the gaming industry to react. On Wednesday, the Canadian lottery laid off 61 employees, citing problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as a shift in digital demand for gambling.
2020: Massachusetts lottery offices reopen for prizes of $5,000 or more. As of Wednesday, June 24, Massachusetts lottery offices are now open for large prize claims of $5,000 or more with some restrictions in place depending on the office location.
2019: UK winner claims £123 million EuroMillions lottery jackpot anonymously. A £123 million (US$140 million) EuroMillions jackpot win has been successfully claimed by a UK ticket holder who has chosen to remain anonymous, Camelot said.
2019: NC Lottery pays out record $7.8 million in Pick 4 drawing. More than 2,000 players won the Pick 4 lottery in North Carolina on Saturday when they all chose the winning numbers 0-0-0-0.
2019: Oregon store employees dig through trash to help find winning $1,200 lottery ticket. A store manager at a local lottery shop in southeast Portland, Oregon, went above and beyond to help a customer who'd lost their winning ticket.
2018: Visiting father discovers son's lifetime lottery win. A Michigan man said he might have never known about his $25,000 a year for life lottery jackpot if his father hadn't come to visit.
2017: Mississippi lottery panel visits neighboring states to garner information. Trips to neighboring states to observe their lottery operations have shed light on the types of decisions that must be made should Mississippi opt to enact a lottery, two Northeast Mississippi legislators recently said.
2015: Newlyweds win $15M Mass. Lottery scratch prize. Two Cape Cod newlyweds got the wedding gift of a lifetime Saturday when they scratched their way into multimillionaire status on a winning Supreme Millions $30 ticket at a Tedeschi store in Eastham, Massachusetts.
2015: China reveals misuse of $2.7 billion in lottery funds. China has uncovered widespread misappropriation of 16.9 billion yuan (US$2.72 billion) of funds from its state lottery program, underscoring the extent of official corruption as the country tries to root out graft.
2014: Friends sue NJ Lottery, saying they're owed $1 million for discarded ticket. Two friends who claim they bought a Powerball ticket worth $1 million at a Mahwah convenience store last year sued the New Jersey Lottery Commission yesterday, claiming they tossed out the ticket because the state was too slow to update its website with the winning numbers.
2014: Oklahoma man arrested after trying to redeem forged lottery ticket. Oklahoma City police arrested a man last week trying to cash in a forged lottery ticket.
2014: NJ Lottery's Pick 6 has 2 winners after 6-month drought. After going for 6 months without a jackpot winner, the New Jersey Pick 6 game has suddenly woken up by producing two millionaires in quick succession.
2013: Arkansas Lottery Commission to revisit monitor games. With proceeds down from last year, the Arkansas Lottery Commission will consider adding monitor games to boost revenue -- an option that Gov. Mike Beebe and others have spoken against in the past.
2013: Wisconsin woman charged with stealing to buy lottery tickets. A 34-year-old Wisconsin Rapids woman authorities say stole almost $30,000 from her Saratoga employer and used some of the money to buy lottery tickets faces related charges in Wood County Circuit Court.
2010: NH Lottery offering online gambling games. Gamblers will be able to buy lottery tickets in New Hampshire next week to play online -- a move seen by some as an expansion of the kind of gambling that state lawmakers oppose.
2010: One of Britain's youngest lottery winners, dead at 29. One of Britain's youngest lottery millionaires has been found dead at 29.
2010: After ripping up lottery ticket, Montana pair claim $48.5M share of Powerball jackpot. Six lucky numbers turned into a life-changing, eight-figure payout for a pair of Helenans who Thursday discovered their share of a Powerball lotto jackpot will be some $48.5 million.
2009: Arkansas lottery director turns down $11,000 housing allowance. The incoming head of Arkansas' lottery, set to be one of the highest-paid lottery directors in the country, didn't take all the cash offered him.
2009: NY Lottery OKs video table games. The New York Lottery will permit state-run casinos to add video roulette, baccarat, craps and blackjack next year even if the Assembly fails to authorize the move.
2009: Lottery winners broke, busted. A $1 million lottery winner from New York and his wife are both in jail on drug charges, unable to afford bail.
2009: Quick decision: New Ark. Lottery chief recommends Powerball. The newly hired director of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery says he is recommending that the State Lottery Commission accept an invitation by Powerball to join the multi-state lottery known for its often soaring jackpots.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$442.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 26, 2023
2.$390 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2016
3.$343 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2023
4.$333.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 25, 2022
5.$333 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2022
6.€185 Million US$242.33 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 25, 2013
7.€227.73 Million US$240.37 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 25, 2022
8.$212 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 26, 2018
9.$203 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 25, 2016
10.€175.36 Million
US$199.52 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 25, 2019
11.€132 Million
US$189.01 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2011
12.€176 Million
US$185.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2022
13.$177 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 25, 2004
14.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2017
15.$122 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 26, 2019
16.€99.42 Million
US$110.54 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 25, 2016
17.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 25, 2003
18.€90 Million
US$105.05 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 29, 2018
19.$103 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2007
20.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 26, 1999
21.€59 Million
US$92.95 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2008
22.$92 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2017
23.$90 Million: California
SuperLotto Plus
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2006
24.€79 Million
US$89.2 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 27, 2017
25.$88 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 28, 2011

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: mrd3rp420
Tuesday, Jun 25, 1991
32 years old
1986: Shenelle86
Wednesday, Jun 25, 1986
37 years old
1985: Cherryapple
Tuesday, Jun 25, 1985
38 years old
1981: veteran31
Thursday, Jun 25, 1981
42 years old
1973: Jackie49
Monday, Jun 25, 1973
50 years old
1973: trenticle
Monday, Jun 25, 1973
50 years old
1968: tsteeler123
Tuesday, Jun 25, 1968
55 years old
1966: Jensen
Saturday, Jun 25, 1966
57 years old
1963: justme4$
Tuesday, Jun 25, 1963
60 years old
1961: narlie
Sunday, Jun 25, 1961
62 years old
1961: mike moyer
Sunday, Jun 25, 1961
62 years old
1958: tepal
Wednesday, Jun 25, 1958
65 years old
1955: SEALY
Saturday, Jun 25, 1955
68 years old
1953: Nididimples*
Thursday, Jun 25, 1953
70 years old
1952: Annaly
Wednesday, Jun 25, 1952
71 years old
1941: pegeler
Wednesday, Jun 25, 1941
82 years old
: AbacoTiger
(year not provided)
: Monica Madison
(year not provided)
: Cfrank23
(year not provided)
: DT$!
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the longest bridge of Bangladesh, Padma Bridge.
2022: Russo-Ukrainian War: The Battle of Sievierodonetsk ends after weeks of heavy fighting with the Russian capture of the city, leading to the Battle of Lysychansk.
2022: Two people are killed and 21 more injured after a gunman opens fire at three sites in Oslo in a suspected Islamist anti-LGBTQ+ attack.
2007: PMTair Flight 241 crashes in the Dâmrei Mountains in Kampot Province, Cambodia, killing all 22 people on board.
1998: In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
1997: An uncrewed Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
1997: The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
1996: The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
1993: Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
1991: The breakup of Yugoslavia begins when Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
1981: Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
1978: The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
1976: Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1975: Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal.
1975: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India.
1960: Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
1950: The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
1948: The United States Congress passes the Displaced Persons Act to allow World War II refugees to immigrate to the United States above quota restrictions.
1947: The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
1944: World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins.
1944: World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
1944: The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
1943: The Holocaust: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.
1943: The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein is murdered in Auschwitz.
1941: World War II: The Continuation War between the Soviet Union and Finland, supported by Nazi Germany, began.
1940: World War II: The French armistice with Nazi Germany comes into effect.
1938: Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
1935: Colombia-Soviet Union relations are established.
1913: American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
1910: The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for "immoral purposes"; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
1910: Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
1906: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
1900: The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
1876: Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
1848: A photograph of the June Days uprising becomes the first known instance of photojournalism.
1788: Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1786: Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
1741: Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
1678: Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
1658: Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.
1530: At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
1258: War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Acre, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet sailing to relieve Acre.
841: In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine.
524: The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.

Births On This Day

1998: Kyle Chalmers, Australian swimmer
1996: Pietro Fittipaldi, Brazilian-American race car driver
1996: Sione Mata'utia, Australian rugby league player
1990: Andi Eigenmann, Filipino actress
1988: Jhonas Enroth, Swedish ice hockey player
1988: Miguel Layún, Mexican footballer
1988: Therese Johaug, Norwegian cross-country skier
1986: Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer and actress
1985: Karim Matmour, Algerian footballer
1983: Marc Janko, Austrian footballer
1982: Rain, South Korean singer and actor
1982: Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player
1981: Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper
1979: Richard Hughes, Scottish footballer
1979: Busy Philipps, American actress
1978: Aramis Ramírez, Dominican baseball player
1976: José Cancela, Uruguayan footballer
1976: Carlos Nieto, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
1976: Neil Walker, American swimmer
1975: Kiur Aarma, Estonian journalist and producer
1975: Linda Cardellini, American actress
1975: Albert Costa, Spanish tennis player and coach
1975: Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player
1975: Michele Merkin, American model and television host
1974: Nisha Ganatra, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1974: Glen Metropolit, Canadian ice hockey player
1973: Milan Hnilička, Czech ice hockey player
1973: Jamie Redknapp, English footballer and coach
1972: Carlos Delgado, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
1972: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Libyan engineer and politician
1971: Karen Darke, English cyclist and author
1971: Jason Gallian, Australian-English cricketer and educator
1971: Rod Kafer, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
1971: Angela Kinsey, American actress
1971: Neil Lennon, Northern Irish-Scottish footballer and manager
1971: Michael Tucker, American baseball player
1970: Ariel Gore, American journalist and author
1970: Roope Latvala, Finnish guitarist
1970: Erki Nool, Estonian decathlete and politician
1970: Aaron Sele, American baseball player and scout
1969: Hunter Foster, American actor and singer
1969: Zim Zum, American guitarist and songwriter
1969: Kevin Kelley, American football coach
1968: Adrian Garvey, Zimbabwean-South African rugby player
1968: Vaios Karagiannis, Greek footballer and manager
1967: Tracey Spicer, Australian journalist
1966: Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese-American basketball player
1965: Napole Polutele, French politician
1965: Kerri Pottharst, Australian beach volleyball player
1965: Joseph Hii Teck Kwong, Malaysian bishop
1964: Dell Curry, American basketball player and coach
1964: Phil Emery, Australian cricketer
1964: Johnny Herbert, English racing driver and sportscaster
1964: John McCrea, American singer-songwriter and musician
1964: Greg Raymer, American poker player and lawyer
1963: John Benjamin Hickey, American actor
1963: Yann Martel, Spanish-Canadian author
1963: Doug Gilmour, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1963: George Michael, English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2016)
1963: Mike Stanley, American baseball player
1961: Timur Bekmambetov, Kazakh director, producer, and screenwriter
1961: Ricky Gervais, English comedian, actor, director, producer and singer
1960: Alastair Bruce of Crionaich, English-Scottish journalist and author
1960: Brian Hayward, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1960: Craig Johnston, South African-Australian footballer and photographer
1960: Laurent Rodriguez, French rugby player
1959: Lutz Dombrowski, German long jumper and educator
1959: Jari Puikkonen, Finnish ski jumper
1959: Bobbie Vaile, Australian astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1996)
1958: George Becali, Romanian businessman, politician
1957: Greg Millen, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1956: Anthony Bourdain, American chef and author (d. 2018)
1956: Frank Paschek, German long jumper
1956: Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2004)
1956: Craig Young, Australian rugby player and coach
1955: Vic Marks, English cricketer and sportscaster
1954: Mario Lessard, Canadian ice hockey player
1954: David Paich, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1954: Sonia Sotomayor, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
1953: Olivier Ameisen, French-American cardiologist and educator (d. 2013)
1953: Ian Davis, Australian cricketer
1952: Péter Erdő, Hungarian cardinal
1952: Tim Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter
1952: Martin Gerschwitz, German singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1952: Kristina Abelli Elander, Swedish artist
1951: Eva Bayer-Fluckiger, Swiss mathematician and academic
1950: Marcello Toninelli, Italian author and screenwriter
1949: Richard Clarke, Irish archbishop
1949: Patrick Tambay, French racing driver (d. 2022)
1949: Yoon Joo-sang, South Korean actor
1947: John Powell, American discus thrower
1947: Jimmie Walker, American actor
1946: Roméo Dallaire, Dutch-Canadian general and politician
1946: Allen Lanier, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2013)
1946: Ian McDonald, English guitarist and saxophonist (d. 2022)
1945: Baba Gana Kingibe, Nigerian politician
1945: Harry Womack, American singer (d. 1974)
1944: Robert Charlebois, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1944: Gary David Goldberg, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
1943: Carly Simon, American singer-songwriter
1942: Patricia Brake, English actress (d. 2022)
1942: Nikiforos Diamandouros, Greek academic and politician
1942: Willis Reed, American basketball player, coach, and manager (d. 2023)
1942: Michel Tremblay, Canadian author and playwright
1941: Denys Arcand, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1941: John Albert Raven, Scottish academic and ecologist
1940: Judy Amoore, Australian runner
1940: Mary Beth Peil, American actress and singer
1940: A. J. Quinnell, English-Maltese author (d. 2005)
1940: Clint Warwick, English bass player (d. 2004)
1939: Allen Fox, American tennis player and coach
1937: Eddie Floyd, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter
1937: Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland, English politician (d. 2019)
1937: Doreen Wells, English ballerina and actress
1936: B. J. Habibie, Indonesian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Indonesia (d. 2019)
1936: Bert Hölldobler, German biologist and entomologist
1935: Ray Butt, English television producer and director (d. 2013)
1935: Salihu Ibrahim, Nigerian Army Officer (d. 2018)
1935: Taufiq Ismail, Indonesian poet and activist
1935: Larry Kramer, American author, playwright, and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (d. 2020)
1935: Don Demeter, American professional baseball player (d. 2021)
1935: Tony Lanfranchi, English racing driver (d. 2004)
1935: Judy Howe, American artistic gymnast
1935: Charles Sheffield, English-American mathematician, physicist, and author (d. 2002)
1934: Jean Geissinger, American baseball player (d. 2014)
1934: Jack W. Hayford, American minister and author
1934: Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican actress and director (d. 2006)
1933: Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect, designed the Porto School of Architecture
1932: Peter Blake, English painter and illustrator
1932: George Sluizer, French-Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1931: V. P. Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (d. 2008)
1929: Eric Carle, American author and illustrator (d. 2021)
1929: Francesco Marchisano, Italian cardinal (d. 2014)
1928: Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
1928: Michel Brault, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1928: Peyo, Belgian author and illustrator, created The Smurfs (d. 1992)
1927: Antal Róka, Hungarian runner (d. 1970)
1927: Arnold Wolfendale, English astronomer and academic (d. 2020)
1926: Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (d. 1973)
1926: Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (d. 2015)
1926: Stig Sollander, Swedish Alpine skier (d. 2019)
1925: June Lockhart, American actress
1925: Robert Venturi, American architect and academic (d. 2018)
1925: Virginia Patton, American actress and businesswoman (d. 2022)
1924: Sidney Lumet, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1924: Dimitar Isakov, Bulgarian football player
1924: Madan Mohan, Iraqi-Indian composer and director (d. 1975)
1924: William J. Castagna, American lawyer and judge (d. 2020)
1923: Sam Francis, American soldier and painter (d. 1994)
1923: Dorothy Gilman, American author (d. 2012)
1923: Jamshid Amouzegar, 43rd Prime Minister of Iran (d. 2016)
1922: Johnny Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2013)
1921: Celia Franca, English-Canadian ballerina and choreographer, founded the National Ballet of Canada (d. 2007)
1920: Lassie Lou Ahern, American actress (d. 2018)
1918: P. H. Newby, English soldier and author (d. 1997)
1917: Nils Karlsson, Swedish skier (d. 2012)
1917: Claude Seignolle, French author (d. 2018)
1915: Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 1990)
1913: Cyril Fletcher, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1912: William T. Cahill, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1996)
1911: William Howard Stein, American chemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980)
1908: Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and academic (d. 2000)
1907: J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1905: Rupert Wildt, German-American astronomer and academic (d. 1976)
1903: George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (d. 1950)
1903: Anne Revere, American actress (d. 1990)
1902: Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu of Japan (d. 1953)
1901: Harold Roe Bartle, American businessman and politician, 47th Mayor of Kansas City (d. 1974)
1900: Marta Abba, Italian actress (d. 1988)
1900: Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian/Soviet astronomer (d. 1969)
1900: Georgia Hale, American silent film actress and real estate investor (d. 1985)
1900: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (d. 1979)
1898: Kay Sage, American painter and poet (d. 1963)
1894: Hermann Oberth, Romanian-German physicist and engineer (d. 1989)
1892: Shirō Ishii, Japanese microbiologist and general (d. 1959)
1887: George Abbott, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1887: Frigyes Karinthy, Hungarian author, poet, and journalist (d. 1938)
1886: Henry H. Arnold, American general (d. 1950)
1884: Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet (d. 1917)
1884: Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German-French art collector and historian (d. 1979)
1874: Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (d. 1944)
1866: Eloísa Díaz, Chilean doctor and Chile's first female physician (d. 1950)
1864: Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
1863: Émile Francqui, Belgian soldier and diplomat (d. 1935)
1860: Gustave Charpentier, French composer and conductor (d. 1956)
1858: Georges Courteline, French author and playwright (d. 1929)
1852: Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell (d. 1926)
1825: James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1888)
1814: Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and engineer (d. 1896)
1799: David Douglas, Scottish-English botanist and explorer (d. 1834)
1755: Natalia Alexeievna of Russia (d. 1776)
1715: Joseph Foullon de Doué, French soldier and politician, Controller-General of Finances (d. 1789)
1709: Francesco Araja, Italian composer (d. 1762)
1632: Girolamo Corner, Venetian statesman and military commander (d. 1690)
1612: John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (d. 1634)
1568: Gunilla Bielke, Queen of Sweden (d. 1597)
1560: Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (d. 1634)
1526: Elisabeth Parr, Marchioness of Northampton (d. 1565)
1484: Bartholomeus V. Welser, German banker (d. 1561)
1371: Joanna II of Naples (d. 1435)
1328: William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English commander (d. 1397)
1242: Beatrice of England (d. 1275)

Deaths On This Day

2018: Richard Benjamin Harrison, American businessman and reality television personality (b. 1941)
2018: David Goldblatt, South African photographer of apartheid-period (b. 1930)
2016: Adam Small, South African writer of apartheid-period (b. 1936)
2015: Patrick Macnee, English actor (b. 1922)
2015: Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (b. 1940)
2014: Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2014: Ana María Matute, Spanish author and academic (b. 1925)
2014: Ivan Plyushch, Ukrainian agronomist and politician (b. 1941)
2013: George Burditt, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)
2013: Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer (b. 1931)
2013: Robert E. Gilka, American photographer and journalist (b. 1916)
2013: Harry Parker, American rower and coach (b. 1935)
2013: Mildred Ladner Thompson, American journalist (b. 1918)
2013: Green Wix Unthank, American soldier and judge (b. 1923)
2012: Shigemitsu Dandō, Japanese academic and jurist (b. 1913)
2012: Campbell Gillies, Scottish jockey (b. 1990)
2012: George Randolph Hearst, Jr., American businessman (b. 1927)
2012: Lucella MacLean, American baseball player (b. 1921)
2012: Edgar Ross, American boxer (b. 1949)
2011: Annie Easley, American computer scientist and mathematician (b. 1933)
2011: Goff Richards, English composer and conductor (b. 1944)
2011: Margaret Tyzack, English actress (b. 1931)
2010: Alan Plater, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1935)
2010: Richard B. Sellars, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1915)
2009: Farrah Fawcett, American actress and producer (b. 1947)
2009: Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (b. 1958)
2009: Sky Saxon, American singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
2008: Lyall Watson, South African anthropologist and ethologist (b. 1939)
2007: J. Fred Duckett, American journalist and educator (b. 1933)
2007: Jeeva, Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1963)
2006: Jaap Penraat, Dutch-American humanitarian (b. 1918)
2005: John Fiedler, American actor and voice artist (b. 1925)
2005: Kâzım Koyuncu, Turkish singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1971)
2004: Morton Coutts, New Zealand inventor (b. 1904)
2003: Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (b. 1915)
2002: Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Labour (b. 1934)
1997: Jacques Cousteau, French oceanographer and explorer (b. 1910)
1996: Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat, British Ambassador to South Africa (b. 1914)
1995: Warren E. Burger, Fifteenth Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1907)
1995: Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
1992: Jerome Brown, American football player (b. 1965)
1990: Ronald Gene Simmons, American sergeant and murderer (b. 1940)
1988: Hillel Slovak, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1962)
1984: Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (b. 1926)
1983: Alberto Ginastera, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1916)
1981: Felipe Cossío del Pomar, Peruvian painter and political activist (b. 1888)
1979: Dave Fleischer, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1894)
1979: Philippe Halsman, Latvian-American photographer (b. 1906)
1977: Olave Baden-Powell, British Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting leader (b. 1889)
1977: Endre Szervánszky, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1911)
1976: Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter, co-founded Capitol Records (b. 1909)
1974: Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (b. 1893)
1972: Jan Matulka, Czech-American painter and illustrator (b. 1890)
1971: John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish physician, biologist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1880)
1968: Tony Hancock, English comedian and actor (b. 1924)
1960: Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
1959: Charles Starkweather, American spree killer (b. 1938)
1958: Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1880)
1950: Maurice O'Sullivan, Irish police officer and author (b. 1904)
1949: Buck Freeman, American baseball player (b. 1871)
1949: James Steen, American water polo player (b. 1876)
1948: William C. Lee, American general (b. 1895)
1947: Jimmy Doyle, American boxer (b. 1924)
1944: Dénes Berinkey, Hungarian jurist and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1871)
1944: Lucha Reyes, Mexican singer and actress (b. 1906)
1943: Arthur Goldstein, German Jewish left-wing activist (c. 1887)
1939: Richard Seaman, English race car driver (b. 1913)
1937: Colin Clive, British actor (b. 1900)
1922: Satyendranath Dutta, Indian poet and author (b. 1882)
1918: Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach (b. 1867)
1917: Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet (b. 1884)
1916: Thomas Eakins, American painter, photographer, and sculptor (b. 1844)
1912: Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-British painter (b. 1836)
1906: Stanford White, American architect, designed the Washington Square Arch (b. 1853)
1894: Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 5th President of France (b. 1837)
1886: Jean-Louis Beaudry, Canadian businessman and politician, 11th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1809)
1884: Hans Rott, Austrian organist and composer (b. 1858)
1882: François Jouffroy, French sculptor (b. 1806)
1876: James Calhoun, American lieutenant (b. 1845)
1876: Boston Custer, American civilian army contractor (b. 1848)
1876: George Armstrong Custer, American general (b. 1839)
1876: Thomas Custer, American officer, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1845)
1876: Myles Keogh, Irish-American officer (b. 1840)
1875: Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (b. 1796)
1870: David Heaton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
1868: Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist and neurophysiologist (b. 1811)
1866: Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist and paleontologist (b. 1803)
1861: Abdülmecid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1823)
1838: François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general and engineer (b. 1774)
1835: Ebenezer Pemberton, American educator (b. 1746)
1822: E. T. A. Hoffmann, German composer, critic, and jurist (b. 1776)
1798: Thomas Sandby, English cartographer, painter, and architect (b. 1721)
1767: Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer and theorist (b. 1681)
1715: Jean-Baptiste du Casse, French admiral and politician (b. 1646)
1686: Simon Ushakov, Russian painter and educator (b. 1626)
1673: Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan, French captain (b. 1611)
1671: Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian priest and astronomer (b. 1598)
1669: François de Vendôme, duke of Beaufort (b. 1616)
1665: Sigismund Francis, archduke of Austria (b. 1630)
1638: Juan Pérez de Montalbán, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1602)
1634: John Marston, English poet and playwright (b. 1576)
1593: Michele Mercati, Italian physician and archaeologist (b. 1541)
1579: Hatano Hideharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1541)
1533: Mary Tudor, queen of France (b. 1496)
1522: Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1451)
1483: Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, English courtier and translator (b. 1440)
1483: Richard Grey, half brother of Edward V of England (b. 1458)
1394: Dorothea of Montau, German hermitess (b. 1347)
1337: Frederick III, king of Sicily (b. 1272)
1291: Eleanor of Provence, queen of England (b. 1223)
1218: Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, French politician, Lord High Steward (b. 1160)
1134: Niels, king of Denmark (b. 1065)
1031: Sheng Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 972)
1014: Æthelstan Ætheling, son of Æthelred the Unready
931: An Chonghui, Chinese general
891: Sunderolt, German archbishop
841: Gerard of Auvergne, Frankish nobleman
841: Ricwin of Nantes, Frankish nobleman
635: Gao Zu, Chinese emperor (b. 566)

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