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June 4

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June 4

June 4 is the 155th day of the year (156th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 210 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2021: SC woman's road trip to NC lands her $1 million lottery prize. A South Carolina woman's visit to the next state over was well worth the drive when she picked up a scratch-off lottery ticket worth $1 million.
2020: "I'm retiring!" British Columbia man scores whopping $24 million Lotto jackpot. Last Wednesday, Ronald 'Ron' Cumiskey, 60, nearly forgot to check his Lotto 6/49 ticket right before bed. Instead, the trivial decision to check his numbers at the last minute probably kept him up all night, as he had learned he had the jackpot-winning ticket worth an enormous $24,369,459.
2017: Powerball lottery heats up with new jackpot of $375 million. If world events have got you down, maybe the rising Powerball jackpot is just the thing to lift your spirits and your dreams.
2016: Employee learns he won $5.8M in lottery, finishes 12-hour work shift. A pub kitchen manager scooped the UK's biggest ever scratch card jackpot of £4 million (US$5.8 million) while on his dinner break — but then went back to finish his shift.
2015: Defiant scratch game purchase yields $1 million prize. A Michigan man who scratched off his lottery ticket in the bathroom to keep his girlfriend from knowing what he'd done ended up winning $1 million.
2015: Arizona lottery ticket wins $188M Powerball jackpot. If you bought your Powerball ticket in Arizona, it's time to give it some extra scrutiny this morning, since one of the Powerball tickets sold in Arizona for the Wednesday drawing is now worth $188.9 million.
2013: Texas Lottery suspends sales for 'All or Nothing' game. The Texas Lottery has temporarily suspended sales for its "All or Nothing" draw game because of a game design issue.
2010: $11 million slot jackpot a malfunction, casino says. MaryAnn and Jim McMahon thought their money troubles were over when they hit an $11 million jackpot at a Cripple Creek, Colorado, casino Tuesday. It turns out they were wrong.
2008: Illinois Lottery gives players a second chance. The Illinois Lottery has launched its "Replay for Riches" summer promotion, in which non-winning tickets can be replayed for a chance to win $1 million, and players can take part in an online survey to share one moment in their lives that deserves a second chance.
2008: Kellogg's worker won't change much after winning $1M lottery jackpot. Edwards, a Cave Spring resident employed at the Kellogg's plant in Rome, received a check today for winning the Georgia Lottery scratch-off game Cash Explosion then headed to her job at the plant.
2008: Two arrested for buying lottery tickets with fake money. New York State Police have charged two men who are on parole in connection with the passage of phony $20 bills for lottery tickets.
2008: GTECH given time to fight for Ohio Lottery contract. Treading carefully through a legal minefield yesterday, a panel of state legislators put off a decision to hire a new company to run popular Ohio Lottery games, including Pick 3, Mega Millions and the upcoming Keno game.
2008: Ohio plans new video lottery game this summer. The director of the Ohio Lottery says he still plans to start a new video lottery game in July despite a delay in awarding a contract to a company that will provide the equipment to bars and restaurants.
2007: Yukon lotteries go under microscope. Lottery operations in the Yukon are currently under review, in the wake of similar probes in other Canadian provinces, but Yukon lottery officials foresee no problems.
2007: Georgia Fantasy 5 lottery player scores $95,000 jackpot. A Sautee-Nacoochee, Georgia, resident's fantasy has become a reality. R.J. Jordan played Fantasy 5 and won $95,427 in the May 29 drawing.
2004: Colorado Lottery gift scandal continues. The latest controversy in the Colorado Lottery office over gifts involves warning letters sent to 13 lottery employees charging that they didn't, as required, report gifts given to them by vendors.
2004: Tennessee Lottery To Award First Instant Million On June 26. One Tennessee Lottery player will become an instant millionaire after participating in the Lottery's first million-dollar grand prize drawing, to be held at 6 p.m. (CST) on June 26 at Nashville's Opry Mills shopping mall.
2004: Kentucky to post record sales. The Kentucky Lottery Corp. expects its sales this fiscal year, which ends June 30, to hit a record $723.8 million - meaning an extra $11 million for the state.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$475 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2019
2.$380.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 7, 2017
3.$378 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 5, 2020
4.$285.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 5, 2021
5.$270 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 5, 2023
6.$260 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 7, 2016
7.€214.87 Million US$230.32 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2022
8.$218 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 6, 2023
9.$207 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 7, 2022
10.$192 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2014
11.$189.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2022
12.€163.1 Million
US$183.54 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2019
13.$177 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 6, 2012
14.€132 Million
US$173.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 5, 2012
15.€130 Million
US$158.81 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2021
16.€100 Million
US$136.42 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 6, 2014
17.€100 Million
US$111.57 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 5, 2015
18.$110 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 5, 2018
18.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2016
20.€90 Million
US$105.91 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 8, 2018
21.€90.39 Million
US$102.74 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2016
22.$87 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 6, 2018
23.€73 Million
US$82.92 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 7, 2016
24.$81 Million: Texas
Lotto Texas (old version)
Draw Date
Jun 5, 2004
24.$81 Million: Texas
Lotto Texas
Draw Date
Jun 5, 2004

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1985: Eqmmickey
Tuesday, Jun 4, 1985
38 years old
1978: Cjj9510
Sunday, Jun 4, 1978
45 years old
1976: pinman
Friday, Jun 4, 1976
47 years old
1961: brighteyes
Sunday, Jun 4, 1961
62 years old
1960: Acason01
Saturday, Jun 4, 1960
63 years old
1960: Tonto3220
Saturday, Jun 4, 1960
63 years old
1957: Jeff Brockmann
Tuesday, Jun 4, 1957
66 years old
1952: Jazzie9444
Wednesday, Jun 4, 1952
71 years old
1952: LORNA
Wednesday, Jun 4, 1952
71 years old
1949: wingfieldhop
Saturday, Jun 4, 1949
74 years old
1948: PAPPY1
Friday, Jun 4, 1948
75 years old
: chiefd0c
(year not provided)
: success2014
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2010: Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.
2005: The Civic Forum of the Romanians of Covasna, Harghita and Mureș is founded.
1998: Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
1996: The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
1989: In the 1989 Iranian Supreme Leader election, Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of Iran after the death and funeral of Ruhollah Khomeini.
1989: The Tiananmen Square protests are suppressed in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, with between 241 and 10,000 dead (an unofficial estimate).
1989: Solidarity's victory in the 1989 Polish legislative election, the first election since the Communist Polish United Workers Party abandoned its monopoly of power. It sparks off the Revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe.
1989: Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
1988: Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
1986: Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
1983: Gordon Kahl, who killed two US Marshals in Medina, North Dakota on February 13, is killed in a shootout in Smithville, Arkansas, along with a local sheriff, after a four-month manhunt.
1979: Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
1977: JVC introduces its VHS videotape at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago. It will eventually prevail against Sony's rival Betamax system in a format war to become the predominant home video medium.
1975: The Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the United States giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights.
1970: Tonga gains independence from the British Empire.
1967: Seventy-two people are killed when a Canadair C-4 Argonaut crashes at Stockport in England.
1961: Cold War: In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.
1944: World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German Kriegsmarine submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
1944: World War II: The United States Fifth Army captures Rome, although much of the German Fourteenth Army is able to withdraw to the north.
1943: A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
1942: World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. The Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
1942: World War II: Gustaf Mannerheim, the Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Army, is granted the title of Marshal of Finland by the government on his 75th birthday. On the same day, Adolf Hitler arrives in Finland for a surprise visit to meet Mannerheim.
1940: World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: the British Armed Forces completes evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
1939: The Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 German Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
1932: Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.
1928: The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
1920: Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
1919: Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
1919: Leon Trotsky bans the Planned Fourth Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents.
1917: The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
1916: World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
1913: Emily Davison, a suffragist, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
1912: Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
1896: Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
1878: Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
1876: An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First transcontinental railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
1862: American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
1859: Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army.
1855: Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.
1825: General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States.
1812: Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
1802: King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.
1792: Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1784: Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated).
1783: The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
1760: Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.
1745: Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
1615: Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.
1561: The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedral of London, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning and is never rebuilt.
1411: King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries.

Births On This Day

2021: Princess Lilibet of Sussex
2004: Mackenzie Ziegler, American child actress, dancer, and recording artist
2001: Takefusa Kubo, Japanese footballer
1999: Kim So-hyun, South Korean actress
1999: Drew Pavlou, Australian activist
1996: Oli McBurnie, Scottish footballer
1993: Jonathan Huberdeau, Canadian ice hockey player
1993: Juan Iturbe, Paraguayan footballer
1993: Aaron Nola, American baseball player
1992: Jordan Hugill, English footballer
1991: Lorenzo Insigne, Italian footballer
1991: Matt McIlwrick, New Zealand rugby league player
1991: Ben Stokes, New Zealand-English cricketer
1991: Rajiv van La Parra, Dutch footballer
1990: Evan Spiegel, American Internet entrepreneur
1989: Federico Erba, Italian footballer
1989: Paweł Fajdek, Polish hammer thrower
1988: Matt Bartkowski, American ice hockey defenseman
1988: Kimberley Busteed, Australian model
1988: Tjaronn Chery, Dutch-born Surinamese footballer
1987: Mollie King, English singer
1985: Leon Botha, South African painter and DJ (d. 2011)
1985: Anna-Lena Grönefeld, German tennis player
1985: Evan Lysacek, American figure skater
1985: Lukas Podolski, German footballer
1985: Bar Refaeli, Israeli model and actress
1985: Oddvar Reiakvam, Norwegian politician
1984: Henri Bedimo, Cameroonian footballer
1984: Enrico Rossi Chauvenet, Italian footballer
1984: Stuart Kettlewell, Scottish football manager and former player
1984: Ian White, Canadian ice hockey player
1984: Rainie Yang, Taiwanese actress
1983: Romaric, Ivorian footballer
1983: Emmanuel Eboué, Ivorian footballer
1983: Olha Saladuha, Ukrainian triple jumper
1982: Matt Gilks, Scottish footballer
1982: Abel Kirui, Kenyan runner
1982: Ronnie Prude, American-Canadian football player
1981: Jennifer Carroll, Canadian swimmer
1981: T.J. Miller, American actor and comedian
1981: Giourkas Seitaridis, Greek footballer
1981: Gary Taylor-Fletcher, English footballer
1981: Natalia Vodopyanova, Russian basketball player
1980: François Beauchemin, Canadian ice hockey player
1979: Naohiro Takahara, Japanese footballer
1979: Daniel Vickerman, South African-Australian rugby player (d. 2017)
1977: Dionisis Chiotis, Greek footballer
1977: Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer
1977: Roman Miroshnichenko, Ukrainian guitarist and composer
1977: Roland G. Fryer Jr., American economist and professor
1976: Kasey Chambers, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976: Alexei Navalny, Russian lawyer and politician
1976: Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player
1975: Russell Brand, English comedian and actor
1975: Henry Burris, American football player
1975: Angelina Jolie, American actress, filmmaker, humanitarian, and activist
1975: Dinanath Ramnarine, Trinidadian cricketer
1974: Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni, Indian chef (d. 2012)
1974: Darin Erstad, American baseball player and coach
1974: Andrew Gwynne, English lawyer and politician
1974: Janette Husárová, Slovak tennis player
1974: Buddy Wakefield, American poet and author
1973: Mikey Whipwreck, American wrestler and trainer
1972: Derian Hatcher, American ice hockey defenseman
1972: Rob Huebel, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1971: Joseph Kabila, Congolese soldier and politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
1971: Mike Lee, American lawyer and politician
1971: Shoji Meguro, Japanese director and composer
1971: Noah Wyle, American actor and producer
1970: Deborah Compagnoni, Italian skier
1970: Richie Hawtin, English-Canadian DJ and producer
1970: Dave Pybus, English bass player and songwriter
1970: Izabella Scorupco, Polish-Swedish actress and model
1969: Horatio Sanz, Chilean-American actor and comedian
1968: Roger Lim, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1968: Niurka Montalvo, Cuban-Spanish long jumper
1968: Al B. Sure!, American R&B singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1968: Scott Wolf, American actor
1967: Michael Greyeyes, Canadian actor, dancer, choreographer, director, and educator
1967: Robert S. Kimbrough, American colonel and astronaut
1966: Cecilia Bartoli, Italian soprano and actress
1966: Svetlana Jitomirskaya, American mathematician
1966: Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2017)
1966: Bill Wiggin, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
1965: Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer
1965: Andrea Jaeger, American tennis player and preacher
1964: Sean Pertwee, English actor
1964: Kōji Yamamura, Japanese animator, producer, and screenwriter
1963: Sean Fitzpatrick, New Zealand rugby union player
1963: Jim Lachey, American football player and sportscaster
1963: Xavier McDaniel, American basketball player and coach
1962: Krzysztof Hołowczyc, Polish race car driver
1962: Zenon Jaskuła, Polish cyclist
1962: John P. Kee, American singer-songwriter and pastor
1962: Junius Ho, Hong Kong solicitor and politician
1961: El DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and producer
1961: Ferenc Gyurcsány, Hungarian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Hungary
1960: Miloš Đelmaš, Serbian footballer and manager
1960: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, American author
1960: Paul Taylor, American guitarist and keyboard player
1960: Bradley Walsh, English television presenter, comedian, singer and former footballer
1959: Juan Camacho, Bolivian runner
1959: Georgios Voulgarakis, Greek politician, 21st Greek Minister for Culture
1959: Anil Ambani, Indian businessman and Chairman of Reliance Infrastructure
1957: Neil McNab, Scottish footballer
1956: Keith David, American actor
1956: John Hockenberry, American journalist and author
1956: Terry Kennedy, American baseball player and manager
1956: Joyce Sidman, American author and poet
1955: Val McDermid, Scottish author
1955: Mary Testa, American singer and actress
1954: Raphael Ravenscroft, English saxophonist and composer (d. 2014)
1954: Kazuhiro Yamaji, Japanese actor and voice actor
1953: Linda Lingle, American journalist and politician, 6th Governor of Hawaii
1953: Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish musician and songwriter (d. 1979)
1953: Susumu Ojima, Japanese businessman, founded Huser
1953: Paul Samson, English guitarist and producer (d. 2002)
1952: Bronisław Komorowski, Polish historian and politician, 5th President of Poland
1952: Dambudzo Marechera, Zimbabwean author and poet (d. 1987)
1951: Leigh Kennedy, American author
1951: Bronisław Malinowski, Polish runner (d. 1981)
1951: Melanie Phillips, English journalist and author
1951: Wendy Pini, American author and illustrator
1951: David Yip, English actor and playwright
1950: Raymond Dumais, Canadian bishop (d. 2012)
1949: Gabriel Arcand, Canadian actor
1949: Mark B. Cohen, American lawyer and politician
1948: Bob Champion, English jockey
1948: Sandra Post, Canadian golfer and sportscaster
1948: Jürgen Sparwasser, German footballer and manager
1947: Viktor Klima, Austrian businessman and politician, 25th Chancellor of Austria
1945: Anthony Braxton, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
1945: Daniel Topolski, English rower and coach (d. 2015)
1945: Gordon Waller, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
1944: Roger Ball, Scottish saxophonist and songwriter
1944: Michelle Phillips, American singer-songwriter and actress
1943: John Burgess, Australian radio and television host
1943: Sandra Haynie, American golfer
1943: Tom Jaine, English author
1942: Louis Reichardt, American mountaineer
1942: Bill Rowe, Canadian lawyer and politician
1941: Kenneth G. Ross, Australian playwright and screenwriter
1940: Ludwig Schwarz, Slovak-Austrian bishop
1939: Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo, Anglo-Irish peer (d. 2014)
1939: Denis de Belleval, Canadian civil servant and politician
1939: Henri Pachard, American director and producer (d. 2008)
1939: George Reid, Scottish journalist and politician, 2nd Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
1938: John Harvard, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (d. 2016)
1938: Art Mahaffey, American baseball player
1937: Freddy Fender, American singer and guitarist (d. 2006)
1937: Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler (d. 1999)
1937: Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian-American businessman and publisher, founded Boston Properties
1936: Vince Camuto, American fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Nine West (d. 2015)
1936: Bruce Dern, American actor
1935: Colette Boky, Canadian soprano and actress
1935: Berhanu Dinka, Ethiopian economist and diplomat (d. 2013)
1934: Monica Dacon, Vincentian educator and politician, 6th Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1934: Daphne Sheldrick, Kenyan-British conservationist and author (d. 2018)
1932: John Drew Barrymore, American actor (d. 2004)
1932: Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1975)
1932: Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (d. 2004)
1931: Gustav Nossal, Austrian-Australian biologist and academic
1930: George Chesworth, English air marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Moray (d. 2017)
1930: Morgana King, American singer and actress (d. 2018)
1930: Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
1929: Karolos Papoulias, Greek lawyer and politician, 5th President of Greece (d. 2021)
1928: Ruth Westheimer, German-American sex therapist, talk show host, professor, author, and Holocaust survivor
1927: Henning Carlsen, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1927: Geoffrey Palmer, English actor (d. 2020)
1926: Robert Earl Hughes, American who was the heaviest human being recorded in the history of the world during his lifetime (d. 1958)
1926: Ain Kaalep, Estonian poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2020)
1926: Judith Malina, German-American actress and director, co-founded The Living Theatre (d. 2015)
1925: Antonio Puchades, Spanish footballer (d. 2013)
1924: Tofilau Eti Alesana, Samoan politician, 5th Prime Minister of Samoa (d. 1999)
1924: Dennis Weaver, American actor and director (d. 2006)
1923: Elizabeth Jolley, English-Australian author and academic (d. 2007)
1923: Masutatsu Ōyama, Japanese karateka (d. 1994)
1921: Milan Komar, Slovenian-Argentinian philosopher and academic (d. 2006)
1921: Bobby Wanzer, American basketball player and coach (d. 2016)
1917: Robert Merrill, American actor and singer (d. 2004)
1916: Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
1916: Fernand Leduc, Canadian painter (d. 2014)
1915: Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2006)
1915: Modibo Keïta, Malian educator and politician, 1st President of Mali (d. 1977)
1915: Nils Kihlberg, Swedish actor, singer, and director (d. 1965)
1912: Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (d. 1993)
1910: Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (d. 1999)
1907: Jacques Roumain, Haitian journalist and politician (d. 1944)
1907: Rosalind Russell, American actress (d. 1976)
1907: Patience Strong, English poet and journalist (d. 1990)
1904: Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist (d. 1992)
1903: Yevgeny Mravinsky, Russian conductor (d. 1988)
1889: Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist (d. 1960)
1885: Arturo Rawson, Argentinian general and politician, 26th President of Argentina (d. 1952)
1880: Clara Blandick, American actress (d. 1962)
1879: Mabel Lucie Attwell, English author and illustrator (d. 1964)
1877: Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)
1873: Nictzin Dyalhis, American author (d.1942)
1867: Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish general and politician, 6th President of Finland (d. 1951)
1866: Miina Sillanpää, Finnish journalist and politician (d. 1952)
1861: William Propsting, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1937)
1860: Alexis Lapointe, Canadian runner (d. 1924)
1854: Solko van den Bergh, Dutch target shooter (d. 1916)
1829: Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (d. 1903)
1821: Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (d. 1897)
1801: James Pennethorne, English architect, designed Victoria Park (d. 1871)
1787: Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (d. 1856)
1754: Miguel de Azcuénaga, Argentinian soldier (d. 1833)
1754: Franz Xaver von Zach, Slovak astronomer and academic (d. 1832)
1744: Patrick Ferguson, Scottish soldier, designed the Ferguson rifle (d. 1780)
1738: George III of the United Kingdom (d. 1820)
1704: Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and businessman (d. 1776)
1694: François Quesnay, French economist and physician (d. 1774)
1665: Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian captain (d. 1733)
1604: Claudia de' Medici, Italian daughter of Christina of Lorraine (d. 1648)
1563: George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith (d. 1624)
1489: Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544)
1394: Philippa of England, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430)

Deaths On This Day

2022: George Lamming, Barbadian novelist (b. 1927)
2021: Clarence Williams III, American actor (b. 1939)
2017: Juan Goytisolo, Spanish essayist, poet and novelist (b. 1931)
2016: Carmen Pereira, Bissau-Guinean politician (b. 1937)
2015: Marguerite Patten, English economist and author (b. 1915)
2015: Leonid Plyushch, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (b. 1938)
2015: Jabe Thomas, American race car driver (b. 1930)
2015: Anne Warburton, British academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to Denmark (b. 1927)
2014: George Ho, American-Hong Kong businessman (b. 1919)
2014: Nathan Shamuyarira, Zimbabwean journalist and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1928)
2014: Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman, English lawyer and judge (b. 1920)
2014: Don Zimmer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1931)
2013: Walt Arfons, American race car driver (b. 1916)
2013: Joey Covington, American drummer (b. 1945)
2013: Hermann Gunnarsson, Icelandic footballer, handball player, and sportscaster (b. 1946)
2013: Will Wynn, American football player (b. 1949)
2012: Peter Beaven, New Zealand architect, designed the Lyttelton Road Tunnel Administration Building (b. 1925)
2012: Pedro Borbón, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1946)
2012: Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Guatemalan cardinal (b. 1932)
2012: Herb Reed, American violinist (b. 1929)
2011: Juan Francisco Luis, Virgin Islander sergeant and politician, 23rd Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (b. 1940)
2011: Andreas P. Nielsen, Danish author and composer (b. 1953)
2010: John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1910)
2007: Clete Boyer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1937)
2007: Bill France Jr., American businessman (b. 1933)
2007: Craig L. Thomas, American captain and politician (b. 1933)
2004: Steve Lacy, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1934)
2004: Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (b. 1921)
2002: Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, 42nd President of Peru (b. 1912)
1998: Josephine Hutchinson, American actress (b. 1903)
1997: Ronnie Lane, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1946)
1994: Derek Leckenby, English musician (b. 1943)
1993: Bernard Evslin, American writer (b. 1922)
1992: Carl Stotz, American businessman, founded Little League Baseball (b. 1910)
1990: Stiv Bators, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1949)
1989: Dik Browne, American cartoonist (b. 1917)
1981: Leslie Averill, New Zealand doctor and soldier (b. 1897)
1973: Maurice René Fréchet, French mathematician and academic (b. 1878)
1973: Murry Wilson, American songwriter, producer, and manager (b. 1917)
1971: György Lukács, Hungarian historian and philosopher (b. 1885)
1970: Sonny Tufts, American actor (b. 1911)
1968: Dorothy Gish, American actress (b. 1898)
1967: Linda Eenpalu, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1890)
1962: Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (b. 1882)
1956: Katherine MacDonald, American actress and producer (b. 1881)
1951: Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (b. 1874)
1942: Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer and politician (b. 1904)
1941: Wilhelm II, German Emperor (b. 1859)
1939: Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (b. 1900)
1936: Mathilde Verne, English pianist and educator (b. 1869)
1933: Ahmet Haşim, Turkish poet and author (b. 1884)
1931: Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Sharif and Emir of Mecca, King of the Hejaz (b. 1853-54)
1929: Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (b. 1881)
1928: Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (b. 1873)
1926: Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and coach (b. 1853)
1925: Margaret Murray Washington, American Academic (b. 1865)
1922: W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (b. 1864)
1876: Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1830)
1875: Eduard Mörike, German pastor and poet (b. 1804)
1872: Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1798)
1830: Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Bolivia (b. 1795)
1809: Nicolai Abildgaard, Danish neoclassical and history painter, sculptor and architect (b. 1743)
1801: Frederick Muhlenberg, American minister and politician, 1st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1750)
1798: Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and author (b. 1725)
1663: William Juxon, English archbishop and academic (b. 1582)
1647: Canonicus, Grand Chief Sachem of the Narragansett (b. 1565)
1622: Péter Révay, Hungarian soldier and historian (b. 1568)
1608: Francis Caracciolo, Italian Catholic priest (b. 1563)
1585: Muretus, French philosopher and author (b. 1526)
1472: Nezahualcoyotl, Aztec poet (b. 1402)
1463: Flavio Biondo, Italian historian and author (b. 1392)
1453: Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos, Byzantine commander
1394: Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England (b.c. 1368)
1257: Przemysł I of Greater Poland (b. 1221)
1246: Isabella of Angoulême (b. 1188)
1206: Adela of Champagne (b. 1140)
1135: Emperor Huizong of Song (b. 1082)
1134: Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1106)
1102: Władysław I Herman, Polish nobleman (b. c. 1044)
1039: Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 990)
956: Muhammad III of Shirvan, Muslim ruler
946: Guaimar II (Gybbosus), Lombard prince
895: Li Xi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
863: Charles, archbishop of Mainz
756: Shōmu, Japanese emperor (b. 701)

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