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March 21

On This Day in History

March 21

March 21 is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 285 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: $1.7 billion in combined jackpots, as USA multi-state lottery games peak together. Lottery players across the United States are buying multi-state lottery tickets at a furious pace, driving up the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots simultaneously to a massive $1.7 billion in total.
2023: Iowa Lottery retailer accuses store manager of buying ticket he knew won $100,000. A store manager was fired from his job after a lottery retailer had found that he had bought a winning lottery ticket he knew was worth $100,000.
2021: Michigan man in disbelief after winning $300,000 lottery prize. A Michigan man in complete shock from winning $300,000 from a scratch-off needed a second pair of eyes to make sure that he was seeing his ticket correctly.
2020: Coronavirus has brought casino industry 'to a near standstill'. The Covid-19 coronavirus has effectively quarantined the nation's gaming industry.
2019: $625 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot soars on rollover. After a 24th-consecutive drawing without a winner, the Powerball multi-state lottery game now features a jackpot that will provide multi-generational wealth to the lucky player who eventually wins it all.
2017: Russian slot machine hackers add new targets, group told. An international syndicate of Russian hackers that cashed out millions from slots in U.S. casinos over the years is focusing its efforts on South America and Europe after busts in Missouri and Singapore.
2013: $320 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot goes through the roof. The new high-water mark of $320 million for the current Powerball jackpot is the 13th-largest US jackpot ever, and was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Wednesday night's $260 million grand prize.
2012: $290 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls again. With a cash value that has crossed into $200+ million territory, this is the time when both lottery regulars and casual players jump in with both feet.
2006: N.C. Lottery lawsuit dismissed. A Superior Court judge ruled today that the lottery legislation is not a tax, and threw out a lawsuit challenging how lawmakers created the state lottery.
2006: N.C. Lottery in court. Just 10 days before the first scratch-off tickets go on sale in North Carolina, lawyers argued yesterday about whether legislators followed proper procedure when they adopted a state lottery last year, and they asked a judge to block the lottery's start March 30.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$977 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2024
2.$758.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 23, 2024
3.$638.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 23, 2019
4.$421 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 23, 2018
5.$338.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 23, 2013
6.$290 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 23, 2012
7.$272 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 21, 2023
8.$244 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2011
9.$221 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 24, 2021
10.€175.34 Million
US$193.15 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2022
11.€133 Million
US$187.81 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 25, 2011
12.$157.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 21, 2022
13.$156.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2017
14.€125.47 Million
US$148.96 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 23, 2021
15.€117.21 Million
US$144.48 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2018
16.€123.02 Million
US$140.02 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 21, 2019
17.$140 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 21, 2020
17.$140 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 21, 2017
19.€100 Million
US$129.6 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2013
20.$122 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 23, 2021
21.€97 Million
US$115.16 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 23, 2021
22.$101 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 23, 2011
22.$101 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2006
22.$101 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 24, 2020
25.€88 Million
US$97.02 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2020

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1994: Slim$hady9491
Monday, Mar 21, 1994
30 years old
1990: AR15
Wednesday, Mar 21, 1990
34 years old
1983: homie 09
Monday, Mar 21, 1983
41 years old
1976: motto
Sunday, Mar 21, 1976
48 years old
1976: Takis
Sunday, Mar 21, 1976
48 years old
1974: Pingu
Thursday, Mar 21, 1974
50 years old
1966: ptcruiser70
Monday, Mar 21, 1966
58 years old
1964: letsgetpaid123
Saturday, Mar 21, 1964
60 years old
1963: sexyshar
Thursday, Mar 21, 1963
61 years old
1950: Daniel C
Tuesday, Mar 21, 1950
74 years old
1950: jonjon
Tuesday, Mar 21, 1950
74 years old
1950: Trinijag
Tuesday, Mar 21, 1950
74 years old
1942: Charlie2941
Saturday, Mar 21, 1942
82 years old
1942: monty
Saturday, Mar 21, 1942
82 years old
1942: Papabill
Saturday, Mar 21, 1942
82 years old
1936: caseydxx
Saturday, Mar 21, 1936
88 years old
: kittykitty
(year not provided)
: felix8828
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 crashes in Guangxi, China, killing 132 people.
2019: The 2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion occurs, killing at least 47 people and injuring 640 others.
2006: The social media site X (former Twitter) is founded.
2000: Pope John Paul II makes his first ever pontifical visit to Israel.
1999: Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
1994: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change enters into force.
1990: Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule.
1989: Transbrasil Flight 801 crashes into a slum near São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport, killing 25 people.
1986: Debi Thomas became the first African American to win the World Figure Skating Championships
1983: The first cases of the 1983 West Bank fainting epidemic begin; Israelis and Palestinians accuse each other of poison gas, but the cause is later determined mostly to be psychosomatic.
1980: Cold War: American President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet-Afghan War.
1970: The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco.
1970: San Diego Comic-Con, the largest pop and culture festival in the world, hosts its inaugural event.
1968: Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO.
1965: Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of uncrewed lunar space probes.
1965: Martin Luther King Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
1963: Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary closes.
1960: Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
1952: Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.
1946: The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in professional American football since 1933.
1945: World War II: British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma.
1945: World War II: Operation Carthage: Royal Air Force planes bomb Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. They also accidentally hit a school, killing 125 civilians.
1945: World War II: Bulgaria and the Soviet Union successfully complete their defense of the north bank of the Drava River as the Battle of the Transdanubian Hills concludes.
1943: Wehrmacht officer Rudolf von Gersdorff plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler by using a suicide bomb, but the plan falls through; von Gersdorff is able to defuse the bomb in time and avoid suspicion.
1937: Ponce massacre: Nineteen unarmed civilians in Ponce, Puerto Rico are gunned down by police in a terrorist attack ordered by the US-appointed Governor, Blanton Winship.
1935: Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
1928: Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
1925: The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee.
1925: Syngman Rhee is removed from office after being impeached as the President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.
1921: The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism.
1919: The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
1918: World War I: The first phase of the German spring offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
1871: Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
1871: Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
1861: Alexander H. Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
1844: The Baháʼí calendar begins. This is the first day of the first year of the Baháʼí calendar. It is annually celebrated by members of the Baháʼí Faith as the Baháʼí New Year or Náw-Rúz.
1821: Greek War of Independence: Greek revolutionaries seize Kalavryta.
1814: Napoleonic Wars: Austrian forces repel French troops in the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube.
1804: Code Napoléon is adopted as French civil law.
1801: The Battle of Alexandria is fought between British and French forces near the ruins of Nicopolis near Alexandria in Egypt.
1800: With the church leadership driven out of Rome during an armed conflict, Pius VII is crowned Pope in Venice with a temporary papal tiara made of papier-mâché.
1788: A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
1556: On the day of his execution in Oxford, former archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer deviates from the scripted sermon by renouncing the recantations he has made and adds, "And as for the pope, I refuse him, as Christ's enemy, and Antichrist with all his false doctrine."
1180: Emperor Antoku accedes to the throne of Japan.
1152: Annulment of the marriage of King Louis VII of France and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.
717: Battle of Vincy between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid.
630: Emperor Heraclius returns the True Cross, one of the holiest Christian relics, to Jerusalem.
537: Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the Vivarium, by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas and Peranius.

Births On This Day

2007: Ethan Nwaneri, English footballer
2003: Abbi Pulling, English racing driver
2000: Jace Norman, American actor
1998: Miles Bridges, American basketball player
1997: Nat Phillips, English footballer
1997: Martina Stoessel, Argentine actress
1996: Aurora Mikalsen, Norwegian footballer
1995: RJ Cyler, American actor
1995: Mirco Müller, Swiss ice hockey player
1994: Jasmin Savoy Brown, American actress
1993: Sven Andrighetto, Swiss ice hockey player
1993: Jake Bidwell, English footballer
1993: Jesse Joronen, Finnish footballer
1993: Frankie Montas, Dominican baseball player
1992: Lehlogonolo Masalesa, South African footballer
1992: Chiney Ogwumike, American basketball player
1992: Karolína Plíšková, Czech tennis player
1992: Kristýna Plíšková, Czech tennis player
1991: Luke Chapman, English footballer
1991: Antoine Griezmann, French footballer
1990: Mandy Capristo, German singer-songwriter and dancer
1990: Ryann Krais, American runner and heptathlete
1990: Darius Miller, American basketball player
1990: Alex Nimo, Liberian-American soccer player
1989: Jordi Alba, Spanish footballer
1989: Nicolás Lodeiro, Uruguayan footballer
1989: Takeru Satoh, Japanese actor
1988: Solomon Alabi, Nigerian basketball player
1988: Kateřina Čechová, Czech sprinter
1988: Erik Johnson, American ice hockey player
1988: Eric Krüger, German sprinter
1988: Michael Madl, Austrian footballer
1987: Carlos Carrasco, Venezuelan baseball pitcher
1986: Romanos Alyfantis, Greek swimmer
1986: Scott Eastwood, American actor
1986: Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou, Greek pole vaulter
1986: Michu, Spanish footballer
1985: Ryan Callahan, American ice hockey player
1985: Sonequa Martin-Green, American actress
1985: Adrian Peterson, American football player
1984: Tarence Kinsey, American basketball player
1984: Guillermo Daniel Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer
1983: Jean Ondoa, Cameroonian footballer
1983: Lucila Pascua, Spanish basketball player
1982: Maria Elena Camerin, Italian tennis player
1982: Ejegayehu Dibaba, Ethiopian runner
1982: Aaron Hill, American baseball player
1982: Colin Turkington, Northern Irish race car driver
1981: Sébastien Chavanel, French cyclist
1981: Germano, Brazilian footballer
1980: Goran Bezina, Swiss ice hockey player
1980: Marit Bjørgen, Norwegian skier
1980: Lee Jin, South Korean singer and actress
1980: Ronaldinho, Brazilian footballer
1980: Deryck Whibley, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1978: Sally Barsosio, Kenyan runner
1978: Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist (d. 2007)
1978: Kevin Federline, American dancer and television personality
1978: Cristian Guzmán, Dominican baseball player
1978: Joyce Jimenez, Filipino movie and TV actress
1978: Mohammad Rezaei, Iranian wrestler
1977: Bruno Cirillo, Italian footballer
1977: Jamie Delgado, English tennis player
1976: Rachael MacFarlane, American voice actress and singer
1976: Bamboo Mañalac, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976: Tekin Sazlog, German-Turkish footballer
1975: Michale Graves, American singer-songwriter
1975: Corné Krige, South African rugby player
1975: Fabricio Oberto, Argentinian-Italian basketball player
1975: Vitaly Potapenko, Ukrainian basketball player and coach
1975: Mark Williams, Welsh snooker player
1974: Laura Allen, American actress
1974: Rhys Darby, New Zealand comedian and actor
1974: Dejima Takeharu, Japanese sumo wrestler
1973: Ananda Lewis, American television host
1973: Stuart Nethercott, English footballer and manager
1973: Large Professor, American rapper and producer
1972: Chris Candido, American wrestler (d. 2005)
1972: Balázs Kiss, Hungarian hammer thrower
1972: Boris Mironov, Russian ice hockey player
1972: Derartu Tulu, Ethiopian runner
1972: Graeme Welch, English cricketer
1971: Zsolt Kürtösi, Hungarian decathlete
1970: Shiho Niiyama, Japanese voice actress (d. 2000)
1970: Cenk Uygur, Turkish-American political activist
1969: Jonah Goldberg, American journalist and author
1968: Cameron Clyne, Australian businessman
1968: Andrew Copeland, American singer and musician
1968: Greg Ellis, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1968: Johan Garpenlöv, Swedish ice hockey player
1968: Tolunay Kafkas, Turkish footballer and manager
1968: Gary Walsh, English footballer and coach
1968: Scott Williams, American basketball player and sportscaster
1967: Jonas Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
1967: Carwyn Jones, Welsh lawyer and politician, First Minister of Wales
1967: Maxim, English musician and songwriter
1967: Mirela Rupic, American costume and fashion designer
1966: Benito Archundia, Mexican footballer, referee, lawyer, and economist
1966: Hauke Fuhlbrügge, German runner
1966: Al Iafrate, American ice hockey player
1966: Moa Matthis, Swedish author
1966: Matthew Maynard, English cricketer and coach
1966: DJ Premier, American DJ and producer
1965: Xavier Bertrand, French businessman and politician, French Minister of Social Affairs
1965: Thomas Frank, American author, historian and political analyst
1965: Cynthia Geary, American actress
1964: Ieuan Evans, Welsh rugby player
1964: Jesper Skibby, Danish cyclist
1963: Shawon Dunston, American baseball player
1963: Ronald Koeman, Dutch footballer and manager
1963: Shawn Lane, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2003)
1963: Share Pedersen, American bass player
1962: Matthew Broderick, American actor
1962: Kathy Greenwood, Canadian actress and screenwriter
1962: Rosie O'Donnell, American actress, producer, and talk show host
1962: Mark Waid, American author
1961: Kassie DePaiva, American actress
1961: Lothar Matthäus, German footballer and manager
1961: Gary O'Reilly, English footballer
1961: Kim Turner, American hurdler
1960: Benito T. de Leon, Filipino general
1960: Marwan Farhat, Syrian actor and voice actor
1960: Raivo Puusepp, Estonian architect
1960: Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1994)
1960: Robert Sweet, American drummer and producer
1959: Sarah Jane Morris, English singer-songwriter
1959: Yuval Rotem, Israeli diplomat
1959: Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese keyboard player and composer
1958: Marlies Göhr, German sprinter
1958: Brad Hall, American comedian, director, and screenwriter
1958: Gary Oldman, English actor, filmmaker, musician, and author
1956: Dick Beardsley, American runner
1956: Guy Chadwick, German-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956: Richard H. Kirk, English guitarist, keyboard player, composer, and producer (d. 2021)
1956: Ingrid Kristiansen, Norwegian runner
1955: Fadi Abboud, Lebanese economist and politician
1955: Bob Bennett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955: Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian politician and retired military officer, 38th President of Brazil
1955: Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Greek politician
1955: Bärbel Wöckel, German sprinter
1954: Prayut Chan-o-cha, Thai politician, Prime Minister of Thailand
1954: Mike Dunleavy Sr., American basketball player, coach, and executive
1954: Steve Sheppard, American basketball player
1953: Steve Furber, English computer scientist and academic
1953: Paul Martin Lester, American photographer, author, and educator
1953: David Wisniewski, English-American author and illustrator (d. 2002)
1951: Conrad Lozano, American bass player
1951: Russell Thompkins Jr., American singer-songwriter
1950: Roger Hodgson, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1950: Sergey Lavrov, Russian politician and diplomat, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1950: Ron Oden, American minister and politician, 19th Mayor of Palm Springs
1949: Alvin Kallicharran, Guyanese cricketer and coach
1949: Andy Love, Scottish-English politician
1949: Eddie Money, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2019)
1949: Slavoj Žižek, Slovenian sociologist, philosopher, and academic
1948: Scott Fahlman, American computer scientist and academic
1947: George Johnston, Scottish footballer
1946: Timothy Dalton, Welsh-English actor
1946: Ray Dorset, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946: Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, Japanese cardinal
1945: Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner, English lawyer
1945: Charles Greene, American sprinter and coach
1945: Rose Stone, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1944: Marie-Christine Barrault, French actress
1944: Janet Daley, American-English journalist and author
1944: Hideki Ishima, Japanese guitarist
1944: Mike Jackson, English general
1944: David Lindley, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2023)
1943: István Gyulai, Hungarian sprinter and sportscaster (d. 2006)
1943: Hartmut Haenchen, German conductor
1943: Vivian Stanshall, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter (d. 1995)
1942: Françoise Dorléac, French actress (d. 1967)
1942: Amina Claudine Myers, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1942: Kostas Politis, Greek basketball player and coach (d. 2018)
1942: Patcha Ramachandra Rao, Indian metallurgist, educator and administrator (d. 2010)
1940: Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
1940: Andrea Elle, German bicyclist
1939: Kathleen Widdoes, American actress
1938: Michael Foreman, English author and illustrator
1938: Grahame Thomas, Australian cricketer
1937: Ann Clwyd, Welsh journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales (d. 2023)
1937: Tom Flores, American football player and coach
1937: Pierre-Jean Rémy, French diplomat and author (d. 2010)
1936: Ed Broadbent, Canadian pilot and politician (d. 2024)
1936: Mike Westbrook, English pianist and composer
1935: Brian Clough, English footballer and manager (d. 2004)
1934: Al Freeman, Jr., American actor and director (d. 2012)
1933: John Hall, English businessman
1933: Michael Heseltine, Welsh businessman and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1932: Walter Gilbert, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1932: Joseph Silverstein, American violinist and conductor (d. 2015)
1931: Clark L. Brundin, American-English engineer and academic (d. 2021)
1931: Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer (d. 2013)
1931: Toyonobori, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1998)
1931: Al Williamson, American illustrator (d. 2010)
1930: James Coco, American actor (d. 1987)
1930: Otis Spann, American blues pianist, singer and composer (d. 1970)
1929: Maurice Catarcio, American wrestler (d. 2005)
1928: Surya Bahadur Thapa, Nepalese politician, 24th Prime Minister of Nepal (d. 2015)
1927: Halton Arp, American-German astronomer and critic (d. 2013)
1927: Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German soldier and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (d. 2016)
1926: André Delvaux, Belgian director and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1925: Harold Ashby, American saxophonist (d. 2003)
1925: Peter Brook, English-French director and producer (d. 2022)
1925: Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (d. 1964)
1924: Philip Abbott, American actor (d. 1998)
1924: Dov Shilansky, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and politician (d. 2010)
1923: Louis-Edmond Hamelin, Canadian geographer, author, and academic (d. 2020)
1923: Rezső Nyers, Hungarian politician (d. 2018)
1923: Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet, publisher, and diplomat (d. 1998)
1923: Nirmala Srivastava, Indian religious leader, founded Sahaja Yoga (d. 2011)
1922: Russ Meyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1921: Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist and pianist (d. 1986)
1921: Antony Hopkins, English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2014)
1920: Manolis Chiotis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (d. 1970)
1920: Éric Rohmer, French director, film critic, journalist, novelist and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1919: Douglas Warren, Australian bishop (d. 2013)
1918: Patrick Lucey, American captain and politician, 38th Governor of Wisconsin (d. 2014)
1918: Charles Thompson, American pianist and composer (d. 2016)
1917: Frank Hardy, Australian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1994)
1916: Bismillah Khan, Indian shehnai player (d. 2006)
1916: Ken Wharton, English race car driver (d. 1957)
1914: Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer (d. 1990)
1913: George Abecassis, English race car driver and pilot (d. 1991)
1913: Guillermo Haro, Mexican astronomer (d. 1988)
1912: André Laurendeau, Canadian journalist, playwright, and politician (d. 1968)
1911: Walter Lincoln Hawkins, American scientist and inventor (d. 1992)
1910: Julio Gallo, American businessman, co-founded E & J Gallo Winery (d. 1993)
1910: Muhammad Siddiq Khan, Bangladeshi librarian and educator (d. 1978)
1909: Harry Lane, English footballer (d. 1977)
1907: Zoltán Kemény, Hungarian sculptor (d. 1965)
1906: André Filho, Brazilian musician and songwriter (d. 1974)
1906: John D. Rockefeller III, American philanthropist (d. 1978)
1906: Jim Thompson, American businessman (d. 1967)
1905: Phyllis McGinley, American author and poet (d. 1978)
1904: Jehane Benoît, Canadian journalist and author (d. 1987)
1904: Forrest Mars, Sr., American candy maker, created M&M's and Mars bar (d. 1999)
1904: Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (d. 1949)
1902: Son House, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1988)
1901: Karl Arnold, German businessman and politician, President of the German Bundesrat (d. 1958)
1899: Panagiotis Pipinelis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1970)
1897: Sim Gokkes, Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1943)
1897: Salvador Lutteroth, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (d. 1987)
1896: Friedrich Waismann, Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1959)
1894: Hannah Ryggen, Norwegian textile artist (d. 1970)
1889: Jock Sutherland, American football player and coach (d. 1948)
1887: Clarice Beckett, Australian painter (d. 1935)
1887: Lajos Kassák, Hungarian poet, novelist and painter (d. 1967)
1887: M. N. Roy, Indian philosopher and politician (d. 1954)
1886: Walter Dray, American pole vaulter (d. 1973)
1885: Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (d. 1952)
1884: George David Birkhoff, American mathematician (d. 1944)
1882: Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (d. 1963)
1880: Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1971)
1880: Hans Hofmann, German-American painter and academic (d. 1966)
1878: Morris H. Whitehouse, American architect (d. 1944)
1877: Maurice Farman, French race car driver and pilot (d. 1964)
1876: Walter Tewksbury, American runner and hurdler (d. 1968)
1874: Alfred Tysoe, English runner (d. 1901)
1869: David Robertson, Scottish-English golfer and rugby player (d. 1937)
1867: Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., American director and producer (d. 1932)
1866: Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1952)
1865: George Owen Squier, American general (d. 1934)
1859: Daria Pratt, American golfer (d. 1938)
1857: Alice Henry, Australian journalist and activist (d. 1943)
1854: Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer and coach (d. 1924)
1839: Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1881)
1835: Thomas Hayward, English cricketer (d. 1876)
1831: Dorothea Beale, English suffragist, educational reformer and author (d. 1906)
1825: Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier and engineer (d. 1890)
1811: Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator (d. 1891)
1806: Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 25th President of Mexico (d. 1872)
1802: Augusta Waddington, Welsh writer and patron of the arts (d. 1896)
1779: José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, Marquis of Torre Tagle, Peruvian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Peru (d. 1825)
1768: Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1830)
1763: Jean Paul, German journalist and author (d. 1825)
1752: Mary Dixon Kies, American inventor (d. 1837)
1716: Josef Seger, Bohemian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1782)
1713: Francis Lewis, Welsh-American merchant and politician (d. 1803)
1685: Johann Sebastian Bach, German Baroque composer and musician (d. 1750)
1672: Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (d. 1742)
1626: Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur, Spanish saint and missionary (d. 1667)
1557: Anne Howard, Countess of Arundel, English countess and poet (d. 1630)
1555: John Leveson, English politician (d. 1615)
1527: Hermann Finck, German composer and educator (d. 1558)
1521: Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553)
1501: Anne Brooke, Baroness Cobham, English noble (d. 1558)
1474: Angela Merici, Italian educator and saint (d. 1540)
927: Emperor Taizu of Song (d. 976)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Willis Reed, a former NBA basketball player (b. 1942)
2021: Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian secularist, feminist (b. 1931)
2019: Victor Hochhauser CBE, British music promoter (b. 1923)
2019: Gonzalo Portocarrero, Peruvian sociologist (b. 1949)
2017: Chuck Barris, American game show host and producer (b. 1929)
2017: Colin Dexter, English author (b. 1930)
2017: Martin McGuinness, Irish republican and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (b. 1950)
2017: Mike Hall, British cyclist (b. 1981)
2015: Ishaya Bakut, Nigerian general and politician, Governor of Benue State (b. 1947)
2015: Chuck Bednarik, American lieutenant and football player (b. 1925)
2015: James C. Binnicker, American sergeant (b. 1938)
2015: Hans Erni, Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1909)
2015: Jørgen Ingmann, Danish singer and guitarist (b. 1925)
2015: Alberta Watson, Canadian actress (b. 1955)
2014: Qoriniasi Bale, Fijian lawyer and politician, 25th Attorney-General of Fiji (b. 1929)
2014: Bill Boedeker, American football player and soldier (b. 1924)
2014: Jack Fleck, American golfer (b. 1921)
2014: Simeon Oduoye, Nigerian police officer and politician (b. 1945)
2014: James Rebhorn, American actor (b. 1948)
2014: Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1933)
2013: Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1930)
2013: Rick Hautala, American author and screenwriter (b. 1949)
2013: Harlon Hill, American football player and coach (b. 1932)
2013: Pietro Mennea, Italian sprinter and politician (b. 1952)
2013: Giancarlo Zagni, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2012: Albrecht Dietz, German economist and businessman (b. 1926)
2012: Ron Erhardt, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
2012: Robert Fuest, English director, screenwriter, and production designer (b. 1927)
2012: Tonino Guerra, Italian poet and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2012: Irving Louis Horowitz, American sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1929)
2012: Yuri Razuvaev, Russian chess player and trainer (b. 1945)
2012: Marina Salye, Russian geologist and politician (b. 1934)
2011: Loleatta Holloway, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
2011: Gerd Klier, German footballer (b. 1944)
2011: Ladislav Novák, Czech footballer and manager (b. 1931)
2011: Pinetop Perkins, American singer and pianist (b. 1913)
2010: Wolfgang Wagner, German director and manager (b. 1919)
2009: Mohit Sharma, Indian army officer (b. 1978)
2009: Walt Poddubny, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1960)
2008: Denis Cosgrove, English-American geographer and academic (b. 1948)
2008: Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente, Chilean architect and academic (b. 1931)
2008: John List, American murderer (b. 1925)
2007: Drew Hayes, American author and illustrator (b. 1969)
2007: Sven O. Høiby, Norwegian hurdler and journalist (b. 1936)
2005: Barney Martin, American police officer and actor (b. 1923)
2005: Bobby Short, American singer and pianist (b. 1924)
2004: Ludmilla Tchérina, French actress, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1924)
2003: Shivani, Indian author (b. 1923)
2003: Umar Wirahadikusumah, Indonesian general and politician, 4th Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1924)
2002: Herman Talmadge, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 70th Governor of Georgia (b. 1913)
2001: Chung Ju-yung, South Korean businessman, founded Hyundai (b. 1915)
2001: Anthony Steel, English actor and singer (b. 1920)
1999: Jean Guitton, French philosopher and author (b. 1905)
1999: Ernie Wise, English comedian and actor (b. 1925)
1998: Galina Ulanova, Russian ballerina (b. 1910)
1997: Wilbert Awdry, English cleric and author, created The Railway Series, the basis for Thomas the Tank Engine (b. 1911)
1994: Macdonald Carey, American actor (b. 1913)
1994: Lili Damita, French-American actress and singer (b. 1904)
1994: Aleksandrs Laime, Latvian-born explorer (b. 1911)
1992: John Ireland, Canadian-American actor and director (b. 1914)
1992: Natalie Sleeth, American pianist and composer (b. 1930)
1991: Vedat Dalokay, Turkish architect and politician, Mayor of Ankara (b. 1927)
1991: Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (b. 1909)
1987: Walter L. Gordon, Canadian accountant, lawyer, and politician, 22nd Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1906)
1987: Robert Preston, American captain, actor, and singer (b. 1918)
1985: Michael Redgrave, English actor, director, and manager (b. 1908)
1980: Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1888)
1978: Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, President of Ireland (b. 1911)
1975: Joe Medwick, American baseball player and coach (b. 1911)
1970: Manolis Chiotis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1920)
1958: Cyril M. Kornbluth, American soldier and author (b. 1923)
1956: Hatı Çırpan, Turkish politician (b. 1890)
1953: Ed Voss, American basketball player (b. 1922)
1951: Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1871)
1945: Arthur Nebe, German SS officer (b. 1894)
1943: Cornelia Fort, American soldier and pilot (b. 1919)
1939: Evald Aav, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1900)
1939: Ali Hikmet Ayerdem, Turkish general and politician (b. 1877)
1936: Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1865)
1934: Franz Schreker, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1878)
1934: Lilyan Tashman, American actress (b. 1896)
1927: Thomas Oikonomou, Greek actor (b. 1864)
1920: Evelina Haverfield, British suffragette and aid worker (b. 1867)
1915: Frederick Winslow Taylor, American golfer, tennis player, and engineer (b. 1856)
1891: Joseph E. Johnston, American general (b. 1807)
1884: Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic (b. 1819)
1869: Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1803)
1863: Edwin Vose Sumner, American general (b. 1797)
1854: Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) (b. 1795)
1843: Robert Southey, English poet, historian, and translator (b. 1774)
1843: Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general and politician, 1st President of Mexico (b. 1786)
1804: Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (b. 1772)
1801: Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer and educator (b. 1741)
1795: Giovanni Arduino, Italian miner and geologist (b. 1714)
1772: Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French geographer and cartographer (b. 1703)
1762: Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French priest, astronomer, and academic (b. 1713)
1752: Gio Nicola Buhagiar, Maltese painter (b. 1698)
1751: Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (b. 1706)
1734: Robert Wodrow, Scottish historian and author (b. 1679)
1729: John Law, Scottish-French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1671)
1729: Elżbieta Sieniawska, politically influential Polish magnate (b. 1669)
1676: Henri Sauval, French historian and author (b. 1623)
1656: James Ussher, Irish archbishop (b. 1581)
1653: Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha, Albanian politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
1617: Pocahontas, Algonquian Indigenous woman (b. c. 1595)
1571: Odet de Coligny, French cardinal and Protestant (b. 1517)
1556: Thomas Cranmer, English archbishop (b. 1489)
1540: John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, English peer and courtier (b. c. 1482)
1487: Nicholas of Flüe, Swiss monk and saint (b. 1417)
1372: Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden
1306: Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248)
1201: Absalon, Danish archbishop (b. c. 1128)
1076: Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011)
1063: Richeza of Lotharingia (b. 995)
1034: Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia (b. 955)
867: Ælla, king of Northumbria
867: Osberht, king of Northumbria
543: (or 547) Benedict of Nursia, Italian saint (b. 480)

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