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March 26

On This Day in History

March 26

March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 280 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: $865 MILLION: Powerball jackpot reaching historic levels. This week Powerball joins Mega Millions in the race to the top of historical lottery jackpots, featuring a massive top prize that is approaching a billion dollars.
2020: Missouri woman collects $3 million 18 years after first lottery win. A Missouri woman who collected a $50,000 lottery jackpot in 2002 returned to lottery headquarters 18 years later to claim a $3 million jackpot.
2019: California Lottery official dismissed amid investigations. A senior California Lottery executive has been dismissed from his position six months after anonymous state employees sent a letter to the Governor's Office complaining about rowdy behavior among a group of the lottery's top brass.
2018: $458M Mega Millions lottery jackpot is game's 4th-largest ever. Lottery players across the United States will be lining up at lottery retailers for their chance to win Tuesday's massive $458 million Mega Millions jackpot, after nobody won Friday's $421 million grand prize.
2016: Another retailer charged in Connecticut Lottery scheme. A Manchester man who formerly worked at a local convenience store has become the seventh person statewide to be accused of manipulating Connecticut Lottery terminals to produce unusually large numbers of winning tickets in a now-suspended lottery game.
2014: For D.C. Lottery scratch-off game players, fewer chances to win big. For instant-game players in Washington, D.C., their habit might be put on hold because the D.C. Council and financial officials have been unable to settle on a vendor to print the games known as scratchers.
2014: Massachusetts Lottery to launch $30 instant ticket in April. The Massachusetts State Lottery next month will launch a $30 instant ticket -- the highest priced ticket in the agency's history -- with a top prize of $15 million.
2013: N.J. man claims $338 million Powerball jackpot. The Passaic, New Jersey, man who won the $338 million Powerball lottery says he felt "pure joy" at winning the huge jackpot, but has no idea yet what he will do with all the money.
2012: Online Illinois lottery tickets net $15K first day. Illinois Lottery officials say the first day of online lottery tickets brought in more than $15,000 in sales.
2012: N.J. couple claims $70M Powerball jackpot. After buying a lottery ticket every week for the past eight years, a New Jersey couple discovered Saturday night they bought the winning ticket to a $70 million Powerball jackpot.
2012: $363 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised due to heavy sales. Mega Millions lottery players across the United States are pulling out the stops for the Tuesday evening drawing, which now stands as the largest Mega Millions grand prize in more than a year.
2011: Winning Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $319M sold in NY. A New York lottery official said a winning ticket for the Mega Millions lottery jackpot worth $319 million has been sold at a variety store in Albany, N.Y.
2010: Colorado Lottery awards first MatchPlay jackpot. A Denver resident matched all six numbers in last Friday's MatchPlay drawing, winning the game's $206,584 top prize and becoming the game's first jackpot winner.
2009: Arkansas Lottery bill signed into law. Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe signed identical House and Senate bills into law today to create an Arkansas Lottery to fund scholarships to Arkansas college students.
2008: Tenn. lawmakers want to force lottery to drop computer draws. There is new discussion in the Tennessee Legislature about the possibility of the state lottery going back to using ping-pong balls to select the Cash 3 and Cash 4 winners.
2008: Anniversary: N.D. Lottery reflects back on last four years. Four years ago today, North Dakota launched it's own lottery.
2008: Georgia Lottery makes three new millionaires. A grandfather, a great-grandfather, and a young fry cook are three of the recent Georgia Lottery scratch ticket millionaires, each winning $1 million or more.
2008: N.M. Lottery's delicious new scratch game. The New Mexico Lottery's latest scratch-off game looks good enough to eat.
2008: 239 people share second prize in Canada's Lotto 6/49 draw. What some are calling a mathematical fluke led to smaller-than-expected payouts for 239 second-prize winners of last Wednesday's Lotto 6/49.
2008: Spending on others brings happiness. Money can buy happiness when it is spent on other people, scientists have discovered.
2004: Vermont Resident Captures $50,000. A Bethel, Vermont resident hit it big over the weekend when he won $50,000 playing the Vermont Lottery's instant game, "Big Money Action."
2004: Beware of Phony Prize Promotions, Lottery Schemes, and Bogus E-mails. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), consumers in the United States and other countries lose billions of dollars each year to telemarketers, spam e-mailers and misleading advertisements that entice consumers into phony prize promotions, illegal foreign lottery schemes and other lottery-related fraud.
2004: Co-owner of Pizza House claims $100,000 lottery prize. Stacy Varellas of North Adams, Massachusetts was ecstatic to hear on the radio last Wednesday morning that she had the winning numbers of last Tuesday's Mass Cash lottery.
2004: GTECH is in play in Brazil. As the investigation into last year's controversy surrounding GTECH's contract extension continues, Brazil may be gearing up to request bids from other lottery providers interested in running the lottery when the extension expires.
2004: Store owner to appeal jury's lottery decision. A store owner plans to appeal a jury's decision that he pay $1.3 million to a lottery winner who said the owner failed to warn him about a jackpot cap.
2004: North Dakota's first-day lottery sales set per-capita record. Powerball lottery tickets went on sale at 390 sites around North Dakota late Thursday morning. By 6:05 p.m., $119,453 worth of tickets had been sold - a Powerball record for per-capita spending on the game, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said.
2004: Minnesota lottery chief's suicide note: 'Pity me, blame no one else'. Before committing suicide in January, Minnesota State Lottery Director George Andersen left handwritten notes encouraging his family to "not look back."
2004: Autopsy: Minnesota lottery director died of overdose. The longtime director of the Minnesota State Lottery, who committed suicide in January during a legislative review of the lottery's operations, died from an overdose of pain medication, a final autopsy report found.
2004: Proposed Oklahoma lottery discussed at forum. A lottery forum sponsored by the Oklahoma Academy for State Goals laid out the nuts and bolts Thursday of the proposal Oklahomans will vote on in November.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.13 Billion: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 26, 2024
2.$873.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2024
3.$768.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2019
4.$458 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2018
5.$363 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2012
6.$322 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2023
7.$235.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2021
8.€177.84 Million US$195.2 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 26, 2022
9.$187 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 26, 2022
10.$162 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2017
11.$160 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2020
12.€127.61 Million
US$150.45 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2021
13.€119.38 Million
US$148.21 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2018
14.€111 Million
US$142.77 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 26, 2013
15.€125.53 Million
US$141.67 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 26, 2019
16.$137 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 26, 2021
17.€115 Million
US$135.55 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 26, 2021
18.$135 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2006
19.$125 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 26, 2011
20.$122.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2023
21.$113 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2008
22.$107 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2020
23.$101 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 26, 2016
24.€88 Million
US$97.02 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Mar 27, 2020
25.$96 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2006

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990: danyo1332
Monday, Mar 26, 1990
34 years old
1990: jagl0326
Monday, Mar 26, 1990
34 years old
1988: Cjhimself
Saturday, Mar 26, 1988
36 years old
1983: sdking
Saturday, Mar 26, 1983
41 years old
1974: Zahmo 141
Tuesday, Mar 26, 1974
50 years old
1970: mixandbakem
Thursday, Mar 26, 1970
54 years old
1969: Amawinner
Wednesday, Mar 26, 1969
55 years old
1966: Paper-Boy351
Saturday, Mar 26, 1966
58 years old
1965: peppermintsugar
Friday, Mar 26, 1965
59 years old
1964: Pavlicek
Thursday, Mar 26, 1964
60 years old
1963: jr38
Tuesday, Mar 26, 1963
61 years old
1962: Aenjel
Monday, Mar 26, 1962
62 years old
1960: powerglide60
Saturday, Mar 26, 1960
64 years old
1951: ernmosley
Monday, Mar 26, 1951
73 years old
1949: Lotto Czar
Saturday, Mar 26, 1949
75 years old
1948: Winning K
Friday, Mar 26, 1948
76 years old
: LadyNC
(year not provided)
: prolady68
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2017: Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption.
2010: The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea.
2005: Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China.
1998: During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives.
1997: Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
1991: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
1991: Singapore Airlines Flight 117 is hijacked by four Pakistani terrorists and diverted to Changi Airport.
1982: A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
1981: Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
1979: Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt-Israel peace treaty in Washington, D.C.
1979: An Interflug Ilyushin Il-18 crashes at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport during a rejected takeoff, killing 10.
1975: The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
1971: East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
1970: South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy.
1967: Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City.
1958: The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
1958: The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
1955: Pan Am Flight 845/26 ditches in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oregon, killing four.
1954: Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
1945: World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
1942: World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
1939: Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
1934: The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
1931: Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
1931: Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
1922: The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
1917: World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
1915: The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
1913: First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
1896: An explosion at the Brunner Mine near Greymouth, New Zealand kills 65 coal miners in the country's worst industrial accident.
1885: The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
1871: The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
1839: The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
1830: The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
1812: An earthquake devastates Caracas, Venezuela.
1812: A political cartoon in the Boston-Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.
1700: William Dampier is the first European to circumnavigate New Britain, discovering it is an island (which he names Nova Britannia) rather than part of New Guinea.
1697: Safavid government troops take control of Basra.
1651: Silver-loaded Spanish ship San José is pushed south by strong winds, subsequently it wrecks in the coast of southern Chile and its surviving crew is killed by indigenous Cuncos.
1640: The Royal Academy of Turku, the first university of Finland, is founded in the city of Turku by Queen Christina of Sweden at the proposal of Count Per Brahe.
1636: Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
1552: Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh guru.
1484: William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
1351: Combat of the Thirty: Thirty Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights.
1344: The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
1169: Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt.
1027: Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
1021: The death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is announced, along with the succession of his son, al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah.
624: First Eid al-Fitr celebration.
590: Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

Births On This Day

2004: Awra Briguela, Filipino actor and comedian
2003: Bhad Bhabie, American rapper and social media personality
1998: Satoko Miyahara, Japanese figure skater
1996: Zane Musgrove, New Zealand rugby league player
1996: Kathryn Bernardo, Filipino actress
1994: Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgian tennis player
1994: Paige VanZant, American mixed martial artist and model
1994: Jed Wallace, English footballer
1994: Marcela Zacarías, Mexican tennis player
1992: Nina Agdal, Danish model
1992: Stoffel Vandoorne, Belgian racing driver
1991: Matt Davidson, American baseball player
1990: Choi Woo-shik, South Korean actor
1990: Matteo Guidicelli, Filipino actor, model, singer and former kart racer
1990: Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2016)
1990: Yuya Takaki, Japanese idol, singer, dancer, model and actor
1990: Xiumin, South Korean singer and actor
1989: Simon Kjær, Danish footballer
1989: Von Miller, American football player
1987: Kim Dong-suk, South Korean footballer
1987: Jermichael Finley, American football player
1987: Steven Fletcher, Scottish footballer
1986: Maxime Biset, Belgian footballer
1986: Rob Kearney, Irish rugby player
1986: Emma Laine, Finnish tennis player
1985: Keira Knightley, English actress
1985: Matt Grevers, American swimmer
1985: Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer
1985: Prosper Utseya, Zimbabwean cricketer
1984: Jimmy Howard, American ice hockey player
1984: Drew Mitchell, Australian rugby player
1984: Felix Neureuther, German skier
1984: Marco Stier, German footballer
1984: Gregory Strydom, Zimbabwean cricketer
1984: Sara Jean Underwood, American model, television host, and actress
1983: Andreas Hinkel, German footballer
1983: Floriana Lima, American actress
1983: Roman Bednář, Czech footballer
1983: Mike Mondo, American wrestler
1982: Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer
1982: Brendan Ryan, American baseball player
1982: Nate Kaeding, American football player
1981: Sébastien Centomo, Canadian ice hockey player
1981: Zayar Thaw, Burmese rapper and politician
1981: Baruch Dego, Ethiopian-Israeli footballer
1981: Massimo Donati, Italian footballer
1981: Josh Wilson, American baseball player
1980: Margaret Brennan, American journalist
1980: Son Ho-young, South Korean singer
1980: Richie Wellens, English footballer
1979: Nacho Novo, Spanish footballer
1979: Ben Blair, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1979: Hiromi Uehara, Japanese pianist and composer
1979: Pierre Womé, Cameroonian footballer
1979: Juliana Paes, Brazilian actress
1978: Anastasia Kostaki, Greek basketball player
1977: Kevin Davies, English footballer
1977: Bianca Kajlich, American actress
1977: Sylvain Grenier, Canadian wrestler
1976: Amy Smart, American actress and former model
1976: Alex Varas, Chilean footballer
1976: Eirik Verås Larsen, Norwegian sprint kayaker
1974: Irina Spîrlea, Romanian tennis player
1974: Vadimas Petrenko, Lithuanian footballer
1974: Michael Peca, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1973: Larry Page, American computer scientist and businessman, co-founder of Google
1973: T. R. Knight, American actor
1972: Leslie Mann, American actress
1972: Jason Maxwell, American baseball player
1971: Martyn Day, Scottish politician
1971: Erick Morillo, Colombian-American disc jockey, record label owner, and music producer (d. 2020)
1971: Rennae Stubbs, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
1971: Paul Williams, English footballer and manager
1970: Paul Bosvelt, Dutch footballer
1970: Jelle Goes, Dutch footballer and coach
1970: Thomas Kyparissis, Greek footballer
1970: Martin McDonagh, English-born Irish playwright, screenwriter, and director
1969: Alessandro Moscardi, Italian rugby player
1968: Laurent Brochard, French cyclist
1968: Kenny Chesney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968: James Iha, American guitarist and songwriter
1967: Jason Chaffetz, American politician
1966: Michael Imperioli, American actor and screenwriter
1965: Trey Azagthoth, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1965: Violeta Szekely, Romanian runner
1964: Martin Bella, Australian rugby league player
1964: Martin Donnelly, Irish racing driver
1964: Maria Miller, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
1964: Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish-American ice hockey player and coach
1963: Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese author
1962: Richard Coles, English pianist, saxophonist, and priest
1962: Kevin Seitzer, American baseball player and coach
1962: Yuri Gidzenko, Russian pilot and cosmonaut
1962: John Stockton, American basketball player and coach
1962: Eric Allan Kramer, American-Canadian actor
1961: William Hague, English historian and politician, First Secretary of State
1960: Marcus Allen, American football player and sportscaster
1960: Jennifer Grey, American actress and dancer
1960: Graeme Rutjes, Australian-Dutch footballer
1958: Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver (d. 1986)
1957: Fiona Bruce, Scottish lawyer and politician
1957: Leeza Gibbons, American talk show host and television personality
1957: Paul Morley, English journalist, producer, and author
1957: Shirin Neshat, Iranian visual artist
1956: Charly McClain, American country music singer
1956: Park Won-soon, South Korean lawyer and politician, 35th Mayor of Seoul (d. 2020)
1954: Clive Palmer, Australian businessman and politician
1954: Curtis Sliwa, American talk show host and activist, founded Guardian Angels
1954: Dorothy Porter, Australian poet and playwright (d. 2008)
1953: Lincoln Chafee, American academic and politician, 74th Governor of Rhode Island
1953: Elaine Chao, Taiwanese-American banker and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Labor
1953: Tatyana Providokhina, Russian runner
1952: Didier Pironi, French racing driver (d. 1987)
1951: Željko Pavličević, Croatian professional basketball coach and former professional player
1951: Carl Wieman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1950: Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
1950: Graham Barlow, English cricketer
1950: Martin Short, Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, and producer
1950: Alan Silvestri, American composer and conductor
1949: Jon English, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2016)
1949: Rudi Koertzen, South African cricketer and umpire (d. 2022)
1949: Vicki Lawrence, American actress, comedian, talk show host, and singer
1949: Fran Sheehan, American bass player
1949: Patrick Süskind, German author and screenwriter
1949: Ernest Lee Thomas, American actor
1948: Kyung-wha Chung, South Korean violinist and educator
1948: Richard Tandy, English pianist and keyboard player
1948: Steven Tyler, American singer-songwriter and actor
1947: Subhash Kak, Indian-American professor and author
1947: John Rowles, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
1946: Johnny Crawford, American actor and singer (d. 2021)
1946: Alain Madelin, French politician, French Minister of Finance
1945: Paul Bérenger, Mauritian politician, Prime Minister of Mauritius
1945: Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast and coach (d. 2004)
1944: Diana Ross, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1943: Mustafa Kalemli, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of the Interior
1943: Bob Woodward, American journalist and author
1942: Erica Jong, American novelist and poet
1941: Richard Dawkins, Kenyan-English ethologist, biologist, and academic
1941: Lella Lombardi, Italian racing driver (d. 1992)
1940: James Caan, American actor and singer (d. 2022)
1940: Nancy Pelosi, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
1938: Norman Ackroyd, English painter and illustrator
1938: Anthony James Leggett, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1937: Wayne Embry, American basketball player and manager
1937: Barbara Jones, American sprinter
1937: James Lee, Canadian businessman and politician, 26th Premier of Prince Edward Island
1934: Alan Arkin, American actor (d. 2023)
1934: Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa, Brazilian footballer (d. 2002)
1933: Tinto Brass, Italian director and screenwriter
1932: Leroy Griffith, American businessman
1932: James Andrew Harris, American chemist and academic (d. 2000)
1931: Leonard Nimoy, American actor (d. 2015)
1930: Gregory Corso, American poet (d. 2001)
1930: Sandra Day O'Connor, American lawyer and jurist (d. 2023)
1929: Edward Sorel, American illustrator and caricaturist
1929: Edwin Turney, American businessman, co-founded Advanced Micro Devices (d. 2008)
1927: Harold Chapman, English photographer (d. 2022)
1925: Maqsood Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1999)
1925: Pierre Boulez, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2016)
1925: Vesta Roy, American politician, Governor of New Hampshire (d. 2002)
1925: Edward Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton, English soldier and politician (d. 2020)
1925: Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (d. 2010)
1925: James Moody, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2010)
1923: Gert Bastian, German general and politician (d. 1992)
1923: Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1922: William Milliken, American politician, 44th Governor of Michigan (d. 2019)
1922: Oscar Sala, Italian-Brazilian physicist and academic (d. 2010)
1922: Guido Stampacchia, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1978)
1920: Sergio Livingstone, Chilean footballer and journalist (d. 2012)
1919: Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980)
1919: Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1965)
1917: Rufus Thomas, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
1916: Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
1916: Bill Edrich, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1986)
1916: Sterling Hayden, American actor and author (d. 1986)
1915: Lennart Strandberg, Swedish sprinter (d. 1989)
1915: Hwang Sun-won, North Korean author and poet (d. 2000)
1914: Toru Kumon, Japanese mathematician and academic (d. 1995)
1914: William Westmoreland, American general (d. 2005)
1913: Jacqueline de Romilly, Franco-Greek philologist, author, and scholar (d. 2010)
1913: Paul Erdős, Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
1911: Lennart Atterwall, Swedish javelin thrower (d. 2001)
1911: J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (d. 1960)
1911: Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
1911: Tennessee Williams, American playwright, and poet (d. 1983)
1910: K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (d. 2002)
1909: Chips Rafferty, Australian actor (d. 1971)
1909: Héctor José Cámpora, former President of Argentina (d. 1980)
1908: Franz Stangl, Austrian-German SS officer (d. 1971)
1907: Azellus Denis, Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (d. 1991)
1907: Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and activist (d. 1987)
1906: Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (d. 1981)
1906: H. Radclyffe Roberts, American entomologist and museum administrator (d. 1982)
1905: Monty Berman, English cinematographer and producer (d. 2006)
1905: André Cluytens, Belgian-French conductor and director (d. 1967)
1905: Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997)
1905: Mona Williams, American novelist, short story writer and poet (d. 1991)
1904: Joseph Campbell, American mythologist and author (d. 1987)
1904: Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1986)
1904: Attilio Ferraris, Italian footballer (d. 1947)
1904: Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)
1900: Angela Maria Autsch, German nun, murdered in Auschwitz helping Jewish prisoners (d. 1941)
1898: Rudolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Puma SE (d. 1974)
1898: Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
1895: Vilho Tuulos, Finnish triple jumper (d. 1967)
1894: Viorica Ursuleac, Ukrainian-Romanian soprano and actress (d. 1985)
1893: James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (d. 1978)
1893: Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (d. 1964)
1888: Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse and philanthropist (d. 1948)
1886: Hugh Mulzac, Vincentian-American soldier and politician (d. 1971)
1884: Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator (d. 1969)
1884: Georges Imbert, French chemical engineer and inventor (d. 1950)
1882: Hermann Obrecht, Swiss politician (d. 1940)
1881: Guccio Gucci, Italian fashion designer, founded Gucci (d. 1953)
1879: Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American engineer, designed the George Washington Bridge and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (d. 1965)
1879: Waldemar Tietgens, German rower (d. 1917)
1876: William of Wied, prince of Albania (d. 1945)
1876: Kate Richards O'Hare, American Socialist Party activist and editor (d. 1948)
1875: Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1922)
1875: Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (d. 1965)
1874: Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (d. 1963)
1873: Dorothea Bleek, South African-German anthropologist and philologist (d. 1948)
1868: King Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936)
1866: Fred Karno, English producer and manager (d. 1941)
1860: André Prévost, French tennis player (d. 1919)
1859: A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (d. 1936)
1859: Adolf Hurwitz, German-Swiss mathematician and academic (d. 1919)
1857: Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (d. 1929)
1856: William Massey, Irish-New Zealand farmer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1925)
1854: Maurice Lecoq, French target shooter (d. 1925)
1852: Élémir Bourges, French author (d. 1925)
1850: Edward Bellamy, American author, socialist, and utopian visionary (d. 1898)
1842: Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre, French occultist (d. 1909)
1830: Dewitt Clinton Senter, American politician, 18th Governor of Tennessee (d. 1898)
1829: Théodore Aubanel, French poet (d. 1886)
1829: Georg Andreas Bull, Norwegian architect (d. 1917)
1824: Julie-Victoire Daubié, French journalist (d. 1874)
1804: David Humphreys Storer, American physician and academic (d. 1891)
1794: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872)
1773: Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigator (d. 1838)
1753: Benjamin Thompson, American-French physicist and politician, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1814)
1749: William Blount, American politician (d. 1800)
1698: Prokop Diviš, Czech priest, scientist and inventor (d. 1765)
1687: Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort of Prussia (d. 1757)
1656: Nicolaas Hartsoeker, Dutch mathematician and physicist (d. 1725)
1634: Domenico Freschi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1710)
1633: Mary Beale, British artist (d. 1699)
1584: John II, duke of Zweibrücken (d. 1635)
1554: Charles of Lorraine, duke of Mayenne (d. 1611)
1516: Conrad Gessner, Swiss botanist and zoologist (d. 1565)

Deaths On This Day

2023: María Kodama, Argentine writer and translator (b. 1937)
2023: Innocent Vareed Thekkethala, Indian actor and politician (b. 1948)
2023: Jacob Ziv, Israeli electrical engineer, developed the LZ family of compression algorithms (b. 1931)
2018: Fabrizio Frizzi, Italian television presenter (b. 1958)
2016: Jim Harrison, American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1937)
2015: Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1935)
2015: Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1924)
2015: Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1931)
2014: Roger Birkman, American psychologist and author (b. 1919)
2014: Dick Guidry, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)
2014: Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball, English politician (b. 1928)
2013: Tom Boerwinkle, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1945)
2013: Krzysztof Kozłowski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Interior (b. 1931)
2013: Dave Leggett, American baseball player (b. 1933)
2013: Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1964)
2012: Sisto Averno, American football player (b. 1925)
2012: Michael Begley, Irish carpenter and politician (b. 1932)
2012: Thomas M. Cover, American theorist and academic (b. 1938)
2012: David Craighead, American organist and educator (b. 1924)
2012: Manik Godghate, Indian poet and educator (b. 1937)
2012: Helmer Ringgren, Swedish theologian and academic (b. 1917)
2011: Roger Abbott, English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1946)
2011: Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
2011: Diana Wynne Jones, English author (b. 1934)
2010: Charles Ryskamp, American art collector and curator (b. 1928)
2009: Shane McConkey, Canadian skier and BASE jumper (b. 1969)
2009: Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer and composer (b. 1926)
2008: Robert Fagles, American poet and academic (b. 1933)
2008: Manuel Marulanda, Colombian rebel leader (b. 1930)
2006: Anil Biswas, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1944)
2006: Paul Dana, American racing driver (b. 1975)
2006: Nikki Sudden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956)
2005: James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)
2005: Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1920)
2004: Jan Sterling, American actress (b. 1921)
2003: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1927)
2002: Randy Castillo, American drummer and songwriter (b. 1950)
2000: Alex Comfort, English physician and author (b. 1920)
1996: Edmund Muskie, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (b. 1914)
1996: David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (b. 1912)
1996: John Snagge, English journalist (b. 1904)
1995: Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (b. 1964)
1993: Louis Falco, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1942)
1992: Barbara Frum, American-Canadian journalist and radio host (b. 1937)
1990: Halston, American fashion designer (b. 1932)
1987: Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)
1987: Walter Abel, American actor (b. 1898)
1984: Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (b. 1922)
1983: Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (b. 1907)
1980: Roland Barthes, French linguist and critic (b. 1915)
1979: Beauford Delaney, American-French painter (b. 1901)
1979: Jean Stafford, American author and academic (b. 1915)
1973: Noël Coward, English playwright, actor, and composer (b. 1899)
1973: Johnny Drake, American football player (b. 1916)
1969: John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (b. 1937)
1966: Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (b. 1883)
1966: Cyril Hume, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1900)
1959: Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter (b. 1888)
1958: Phil Mead, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887)
1957: Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
1957: Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
1954: Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)
1951: James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
1945: David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
1942: Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
1942: Carolyn Wells, American novelist and poet (b. 1862)
1940: Wilhelm Anderson, German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880)
1940: Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)
1934: John Biller, American jumper and discus thrower (b. 1877)
1932: Henry M. Leland, American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founder of Cadillac and Lincoln (b. 1843)
1926: Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)
1923: Sarah Bernhardt, French actress and screenwriter (b. 1844)
1920: William Chester Minor, American surgeon and lexicographer (b. 1834)
1910: Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
1905: Maurice Barrymore, American actor (b. 1849)
1902: Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
1892: Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
1888: Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
1885: Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
1881: Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
1881: Old Abe, 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment Mascot (b. 1861)
1862: Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)
1858: John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
1827: Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (b. 1770)
1814: Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician and politician (b. 1738)
1797: James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (b. 1726)
1793: John Mudge, English physician and engineer (b. 1721)
1780: Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. 1713)
1776: Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st and 33rd Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (b. 1725)
1772: Charles Pinot Duclos, French author and politician (b. 1704)
1726: John Vanbrugh, English playwright and architect, designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard (b. 1664)
1697: Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician (b. 1640)
1679: Johannes Schefferus, Swedish historian and author (b. 1621)
1649: John Winthrop, English lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
1625: Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (b. 1569)
1566: Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish organist and composer (b. 1510)
1546: Thomas Elyot, English scholar and diplomat (b. 1490)
1535: Georg Tannstetter, Austrian mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1482)
1517: Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer (b. 1450)
1437: Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, Scottish nobleman and regicide
1402: David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (b. 1378)
1350: Alfonso XI of Castile (b. 1312)
1326: Alessandra Giliani, anatomist (b. c. 1307)
1324: Marie de Luxembourg, Queen of France (b. 1304)
1242: William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
1212: Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154)
1132: Geoffrey of Vendôme, French cardinal and theologian (b. 1065)
1130: Sigurd the Crusader, Norwegian king (b. 1090)
1091: Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, Andalusian poet
983: 'Adud al-Dawla, Iranian ruler (b. 936)
973: Guntram ("the Rich"), Frankish nobleman
929: Wang Du, Chinese warlord and governor (jiedushi)
922: Mansur Al-Hallaj, Persian mystic and poet (b. 858)
908: Ai, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 892)
903: Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese poet
809: Ludger, Frisian missionary
752: Pope-elect Stephen

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