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November 14

On This Day in History

November 14

November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 47 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: Self-proclaimed "King of Scratchers" wins $5 million in California Lottery thanks to superstition. A California man says he's the "King of Scratchers" after closely following a superstition that led to him winning a $5 million lottery prize in a scratch-off game.
2022: Canada man deletes e-mail from Ontario Lottery about $1 million prize win. A Canadian lottery winner might not have claimed a $1 million (US$752,731) prize if it were not for a second alert email from the Ontario Lottery.
2021: Eddie Tipton claims he was pressured to plead guilty in lottery rigging scandal. Lottery rigging mastermind Eddie Tipton is trying to reverse is 25-year prison sentence upon claiming that he was pressured to plead guilty in court four years ago.
2018: China lottery corruption probe sparks online outrage. China's government is attempting to downplay social media rumors that lottery administrators have embezzled nearly $20 billion from lottery proceeds.
2018: Vermont Lottery boss quits, raising issue of public records on personal accounts. Daniel Rachek, the head of Vermont's lottery, has resigned less than a year after taking the job.
2017: Store clerks seen on camera stealing lottery tickets. Two former store clerks are in hot water after surveillance video captured them stealing tens of thousands of dollars worth of scratch-off lottery tickets for months.
2016: Alleged lottery scandal conspirator to enter new plea. A Texas businessman charged in Iowa's lottery rigging investigation is scheduled to enter a new plea — often a signal that a plea agreement has been reached with prosecutors.
2016: Statistics professor wins the lottery. What are the chances that a statistics professor would end up winning the lottery?
2015: Friday the 13th is lucky day for Ohio lottery player. For the first time since 2013, a winning Mega Millions jackpot ticket has been sold in Ohio, lottery officials announced early Saturday.
2014: N.J. Vietnam vet wins $21M Monopoly Millionaires' Club jackpot. The New Jersey Lottery had the honor of crowning the first in the nation, Top Prize winner of the Monopoly Millionaires' Club draw game.
2014: UK lottery winner says he's happier now that the money's gone. A small-time criminal who won £6.5 million (US$10.2 million) in the UK National Lottery but ended up homeless told yesterday how the win had been a "curse".
2013: Sister loses fight over $32M jackpot her brother split with barber. Sam Haddad did a happy dance outside the Ottawa courthouse Tuesday, minutes after a judge dismissed a lawsuit from his sister seeking millions from the $32 million lottery jackpot he and his longtime barber won five years ago.
2012: NY brothers charged in plot to steal $5M New York Lottery ticket. Two brothers from New York were thwarted in their attempt to steal a $5 million scratch-card jackpot from a customer they tricked at their parents' convenience store.
2009: Kansas man claims state's largest Powerball lottery jackpot one day after winning. Donald Damon, 70, a lifelong resident of Great Bend, Kansas, Friday claimed the largest Powerball jackpot ever won in the state just one day after the drawing.
2008: Michigan Lottery replacing terminals statewide. As the Michigan Lottery turns 36 this week, about 11,000 lottery machines across Michigan are being replaced with new state-of-the-art terminals.
2008: Programming errors cause S.C. Lottery payout problems. The executive director of the South Carolina Lottery apologized to players Wednesday, a week after software glitches caused some lottery tickets to not be paid correctly.
2008: After collecting big lottery prize, man goes to work. Caleb Steele left his job long enough Thursday morning to collect the $500,000 prize he won on a scratch-off lottery ticket at a Duluth store. Then it was back to work -- installing a basketball court in the yard of a nearby home.
2008: South Carolina lottery sales increase. South Carolina lottery officials say sales since July are up $6 million from the same period last year.
2008: Lawmakers steamed about lottery promotion. The Maine Lottery is getting strong, bipartisan criticism for its "Funds For Fuel" promotion as lawmakers say the lottery should not be using Mainers' fear of high fuel prices this winter to sell more lottery tickets.
2008: Arizona Lottery Sales Surge in October. The Arizona Lottery Wednesday reported a strong surge in October ticket sales compared to last year -- a strong sense that the organization's core consumers are maintaining their purchase behavior despite an economic slowdown impacting most Americans.
2006: Tonight's Mega Millions lottery jackpot worth $75 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game grew to $75 million Friday.
2006: Md. Lottery scrambles to hire new ad agency. The Maryland Lottery can't air television commercials or buy other advertising for at least the next three weeks because the company that produced and purchased marketing spots for the state's games of chance went out of business.
2006: New Tenn. congressman wants national lottery. Tennessee State Senator Steve Cohen, author of the bill creating the Tennessee Lottery, says he may consider working on a bill to create a national lottery to pay off the national debt when he heads to Congress.
2006: Atlantic Lotto checking fraud complaints. Atlantic Lottery Corporation is investigating several complaints from customers who are worried they may have been defrauded of lottery winnings by retailers.
2006: Couple claims share of 3rd biggest Canada Lotto 6/49 jackpot. A North York couple are the stunned recipients of part of that huge Lotto 6/49 draw last week.
2006: UK Lottery's most unlucky number: 13. The number 13 is the unluckiest ball in the National Lottery, according to records of organizers of the numbers' game in the U.K.
2006: $18 million Texas Lotto jackpot hit by one ticket. Somebody who bought a Texas Lotto ticket in an Angleton convenience store is worth $18 million, but neither the couple who sold the winning ticket nor the state lottery commission knows who it is.
2005: Oregon Powerball winners deny making demands for interviews. The Powerball jackpot winners from Southern Oregon say they have been unfairly portrayed in the national media.
2005: Tennessee Lottery amasses $200 million surplus. A $200 million state surplus of unspent lottery money is prompting some to call for Tennessee to increase the amount of the scholarships the lottery money funds.
2005: N.C. Lottery may announce director Thursday. North Carolina's first lottery director could be named as early as Thursday, the chairman of the lottery commission said Friday.
2003: Michigan Man Claims Share of $70 Million Mega Millions Jackpot. A Battle Creek, Michigan man has claimed his share of the November 11th $70 million Mega Millions jackpot.
2003: Lottery nixes man's bid to buy 7 million tickets. A deep-pocketed mystery man from Chicago tried to bet an odds-skewing $7 million on the Mass Millions numbers game this week after Lottery officials opened the door by helping him buy 60,000 of the dollar tickets just last week.
2003: Airman Returned From Iraq Wins Lottery. An airman in the Pennsylvania National Guard, who served in the war in Iraq, is $100,000 richer, and he credits the number 13 for his winnings.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.€307.82 Million US$319.27 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2022
2.$315 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2005
3.$293 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 16, 2016
4.$255.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2023
5.$245 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 14, 2023
6.€180 Million US$230.71 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 17, 2006
7.$207 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2022
8.$185 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 14, 2012
9.$180.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2021
10.$178 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2019
11.$176 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 17, 2020
12.$168 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 14, 2020
13.€144 Million
US$153.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 17, 2015
14.$149 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2013
15.€100 Million
US$134.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2013
16.€115 Million
US$130.39 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 16, 2021
17.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 16, 2013
18.$126 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 16, 2004
19.€114 Million
US$125.88 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2019
20.€110.3 Million
US$125.06 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 16, 2021
21.$122 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 16, 2018
22.$107 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 14, 2018
23.$103 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2017
24.€90 Million
US$102.5 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Nov 16, 2018
25.€90 Million
US$99.38 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: AngelNumber$
Thursday, Nov 14, 1991
32 years old
1987: Dominyc
Saturday, Nov 14, 1987
36 years old
1987: Jenn87
Saturday, Nov 14, 1987
36 years old
1987: MillionaireMind
Saturday, Nov 14, 1987
36 years old
1985: Dione2004
Thursday, Nov 14, 1985
38 years old
1984: HypaHypa
Wednesday, Nov 14, 1984
39 years old
1983: Lisaa
Monday, Nov 14, 1983
40 years old
1982: Swillay
Sunday, Nov 14, 1982
41 years old
1982: thebestyet$
Sunday, Nov 14, 1982
41 years old
1981: durbin5
Saturday, Nov 14, 1981
42 years old
1980: edwardmarion
Friday, Nov 14, 1980
43 years old
1978: Cbrant
Tuesday, Nov 14, 1978
45 years old
1978: dominyc-
Tuesday, Nov 14, 1978
45 years old
1978: minhma
Tuesday, Nov 14, 1978
45 years old
1974: BLK$TALLION
Thursday, Nov 14, 1974
49 years old
1972: SUPERMAN1234
Tuesday, Nov 14, 1972
51 years old
1970: Mrs147
Saturday, Nov 14, 1970
53 years old
1969: prosperity$
Friday, Nov 14, 1969
54 years old
1969: gigi069
Friday, Nov 14, 1969
54 years old
1969: momdukez15206
Friday, Nov 14, 1969
54 years old
1967: jproffitt10
Tuesday, Nov 14, 1967
56 years old
1963: RIPENSWEET
Thursday, Nov 14, 1963
60 years old
1962: warrenghou
Wednesday, Nov 14, 1962
61 years old
1955: jdedwards1955
Monday, Nov 14, 1955
68 years old
1953: lazcuba
Saturday, Nov 14, 1953
70 years old
1943: kwchessboi
Sunday, Nov 14, 1943
80 years old
1941: eddie3
Friday, Nov 14, 1941
82 years old
1927: Argosblue
Monday, Nov 14, 1927
96 years old
: LuckyDrew
(year not provided)
: taiwanlottery
(year not provided)
: Turkslady
(year not provided)
: needsumcash
(year not provided)
: googleplex
(year not provided)
: JDeerhunt6
(year not provided)
: keenan11
(year not provided)
: MacGirl
(year not provided)
: MsLottery
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: A mass shooting occurs at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, resulting in three deaths, including that of the perpetrator, and three injuries.
2017: A gunman kills four people and injures 12 others during a shooting spree across Rancho Tehama, California. He had earlier murdered his wife in their home.
2016: A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Kaikōura, New Zealand, at a depth of 15 km (9 miles), resulting in the deaths of two people.
2012: Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip in response to an escalation of rocket attacks by Hamas.
2008: The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.
2003: Astronomers discover 90377 Sedna, the most distant trans-Neptunian object.
2001: War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
2001: A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan plateau. It has the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400 km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake.
1995: A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.
1992: In poor conditions caused by Cyclone Forrest, Vietnam Airlines Flight 474 crashes near Nha Trang, killing 30.
1991: American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
1991: Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years in exile.
1990: After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder-Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.
1984: Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city.
1982: Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.
1979: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive Order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
1978: France conducts the Aphrodite nuclear test as 25th in the group of 29 1975-78 French nuclear tests.
1977: During a British House of Commons debate, Labour MP Tam Dalyell poses what would become known as the West Lothian question, referring to issues related to devolution in the United Kingdom.
1975: With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara.
1973: In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.
1973: The Athens Polytechnic uprising, a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967-74, begins.
1971: Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars.
1970: Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.
1970: Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including almost all of the Marshall University football team.
1969: Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
1967: The Congress of Colombia, in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman".
1967: American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.
1965: Vietnam War: The Battle of Ia Drang begins: The first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
1960: Ruby Bridges becomes the first Black child to attend an all-White elementary school in Louisiana.
1957: The "Apalachin meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high-level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.
1952: The New Musical Express publishes the first regular UK Singles Chart.
1941: World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from the German submarine U-81 sustained on November 13.
1941: World War II: German troops, aided by local auxiliaries, murder nine thousand residents of the Słonim Ghetto in a single day.
1940: World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
1938: The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
1922: The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
1921: The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero.
1920: Pesäpallo, the Finnish version of baseball developed by Lauri Pihkala, is played for the first time at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki.
1918: The Provisional National Assembly of the new republic of Czechoslovakia meets to devise a constitution.
1914: The Joensuu City Hall, designed by Eliel Saarinen, was inaugurated in Joensuu, Finland.
1910: Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
1889: Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
1851: Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA.
1812: Napoleonic Wars: At the Battle of Smoliani, French Marshals Victor and Oudinot are defeated by the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein.
1770: James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
1680: German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet to be discovered by telescope.
332 BC: Alexander the Great is crowned pharaoh of Egypt.

Births On This Day

1998: Sofia Kenin, American tennis player
1998: DeVonta Smith, American football player
1997: Axel Tuanzebe, English footballer
1996: Borna Ćorić, Croatian tennis player
1996: Dawson Knox, American football player
1993: Francisco Lindor, Puerto Rican baseball player
1993: Shūhei Nomura, Japanese actor
1993: Samuel Umtiti, French footballer
1991: Miriam Brouwer, Canadian cyclist
1991: Taylor Hall, Canadian ice hockey player
1991: Graham Patrick Martin, American actor
1991: Thinzar Shunlei Yi, Burmese activist
1990: Roman Bürki, Swiss footballer
1990: Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008)
1989: Vlad Chiricheș, Romanian footballer
1989: T. Y. Hilton, American football player
1989: Jake Livermore, English footballer
1989: Stella Maeve, American actress
1988: Chiyotairyū Hidemasa, Japanese sumo wrestler
1988: Nanase Hoshii, Japanese singer and actress
1987: Giorgos Georgiadis, Greek footballer
1986: Kalisto, Mexican-American wrestler
1986: Danielle Page, American-Serbian basketball player and coach
1986: Cory Michael Smith, American actor
1985: Thomas Vermaelen, Belgian footballer
1984: Lisa De Vanna, Australian footballer
1984: Courtney Johns, Australian footballer
1984: Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer
1983: Guillermo Moscoso, American baseball player
1983: Naqqash Tahir, English cricketer
1983: Chelsea Wolfe, American singer-songwriter
1982: Boosie Badazz, American rapper
1982: Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai
1982: Kyle Orton, American football player
1982: Joy Williams, American singer-songwriter
1981: Vanessa Bayer, American actress
1981: Tom Ferrier, English race car driver
1981: Russell Tovey, English actor
1980: Brock Pierce, American actor and businessman
1980: Brooke Satchwell, Australian model and actress
1979: Carl Hayman, New Zealand rugby player
1979: Mavie Hörbiger, German-Austrian actress
1979: Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian-French model and actress
1979: Pushkar Lele, Indian singer
1979: Moitheri Ntobo, Lesothan footballer
1979: Miguel Sabah, Mexican footballer
1978: Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player
1978: Michala Banas, New Zealand actress and singer
1978: Delphine Chanéac, French model and actress
1978: Xavier Nady, American baseball player and coach
1977: Brian Dietzen, American actor
1977: Obie Trice, American rapper and producer
1975: Travis Barker, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
1975: Stephen Guarino, American actor
1975: Luizão, Brazilian footballer
1975: Gary Vaynerchuk, Russian-American businessman and critic
1974: Adina Howard, American singer-songwriter and chef
1974: David Moscow, American actor
1974: Joe Principe, American singer and bass player
1973: Lawyer Milloy, American football player
1973: Rubén Rivera, Panamanian baseball player
1972: Matt Bloom, American wrestler, trainer, and sportscaster
1972: Josh Duhamel, American model and actor
1972: Lara Giddings, Papua New Guinean-Australian politician, 44th Premier of Tasmania
1972: Edyta Górniak, Polish singer
1972: Dougie Payne, Scottish bass player
1972: Martin Pike, Australian footballer and coach
1972: Aaron Taylor, American football player and sportscaster
1972: Dariusz Żuraw, Polish footballer and manager
1971: Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1971: Vikas Khanna, Indian chef and author
1971: Marco Leonardi, Australian-Italian actor
1970: Brendan Benson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970: Dana Stubblefield, American football player
1970: David Wesley, American basketball player and sportscaster
1969: Butch Walker, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1968: Lionel Simmons, American basketball player
1967: Letitia Dean, English actress and singer
1967: Nina Gordon, American singer-songwriter
1967: Leo Kunnas, Estonian colonel and author
1966: Charles Hazlewood, English conductor
1966: Petra Rossner, German cyclist
1966: Curt Schilling, American baseball player and sportscaster
1964: Bill Hemmer, American journalist
1964: Joseph Simmons, American hip-hop artist
1964: Patrick Warburton, American actor and comedian
1963: Stéphane Bern, French journalist, radio and television presenter
1962: Laura San Giacomo, American actress
1962: Josh Silver, American keyboard player and producer
1962: Harland Williams, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter
1961: Antonio Flores, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1995)
1961: D. B. Sweeney, American actor
1960: Tom Judson, American actor and composer
1960: Remi Moses, English footballer and coach
1959: Paul Attanasio, American screenwriter and producer
1959: Paul McGann, English actor
1959: Chris Woods, English footballer, coach, and manager
1957: Donald Canfield, American geologist and academic
1957: Michael J. Fitzgerald, American author
1956: Babette Babich, American philosopher, author, and scholar
1956: Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2010)
1956: Peter R. de Vries, Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter (d. 2021)
1956: Steve Stockman, American accountant and politician
1956: Valerie Jarrett, American government official
1955: Philip Egan, English bishop
1955: Jack Sikma, American basketball player and coach
1954: Willie Hernandez, Puerto Rican baseball player
1954: Bernard Hinault, French cyclist
1954: Condoleezza Rice, American political scientist, academic, and politician, 66th United States Secretary of State
1954: Eliseo Salazar, Chilean race car driver
1954: Yanni, Greek-American pianist, composer, and producer
1953: Tim Bowler, English children's author
1953: Dominique de Villepin, Moroccan-French lawyer and politician, 167th Prime Minister of France
1952: Johnny A., American guitarist and songwriter
1952: Dimitra Galani, Greek singer, composer and songwriter
1952: Maggie Roswell, American voice actress and singer
1951: Stephen Bishop, American singer-songwriter and actor
1951: Leszek Cichy, Polish mountaineer
1951: Zhang Yimou, Chinese actor, director, producer, and cinematographer
1949: Raúl di Blasio, Argentinian pianist, composer, and producer
1949: Enzo Cucchi, Italian painter
1949: Gary Grubbs, American actor
1949: Ryo Hayami, Japanese actor
1949: James Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948: Charles III, King of the United Kingdom
1948: Paul Dacre, English journalist
1948: Michael Dobbs, English author and politician
1948: Robert Ginty, American actor and producer (d. 2009)
1947: P. J. O'Rourke, American political satirist and journalist (d. 2022)
1947: Nat Young, Australian surfer and author
1947: Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordion player (d. 2016)
1946: Bharathan, Indian director and screenwriter (d. 1998)
1946: Roland Duchâtelet, Belgian businessman and politician
1945: Louise Ellman, English academic and politician
1945: Vikram Gokhale, Indian actor and director (d. 2022)
1945: Sue Hamilton, American actress and model (d. 1969)
1945: Brett Lunger, American race car driver
1944: Karen Armstrong, English author and academic
1944: Mike Katz, American bodybuilder and football player
1944: David Nash, English sculptor and academic
1943: Peter Norton, American programmer and author
1942: Manon Cleary, American painter and academic (d. 2011)
1942: Natalia Gutman, Russian cellist and educator
1939: Wendy Carlos, American keyboard player and composer
1937: Alan J. W. Bell, English director and producer (d. 2023)
1937: Murray Oliver, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
1936: Carey Bell, American singer and harmonica player (d. 2007)
1936: Freddie Garrity, English singer and actor (d. 2006)
1936: Cornell Gunter, American R&B singer (d. 1990)
1935: Michael Busselle, English photographer and author (d. 2006)
1935: Hussein of Jordan (d. 1999)
1935: Lefteris Papadopoulos, Greek songwriter and journalist
1934: Dave Mackay, Scottish-English footballer and manager (d. 2015)
1934: Ellis Marsalis, Jr., American pianist and educator (d. 2020)
1934: Catherine McGuinness, Irish lawyer, judge, and politician
1933: Fred Haise, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut
1932: Gunter Sachs, German astrologer and photographer (d. 2011)
1930: Peter Katin, English pianist and academic (d. 2015)
1930: Monique Mercure, Canadian actress (d. 2020)
1930: Michael Robbins, English actor (d. 1992)
1930: Ed White, American engineer and astronaut (d. 1967)
1929: Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler (d. 1997)
1929: Jimmy Piersall, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2017)
1928: Kathleen Hughes, American actress
1927: Lawrie Barratt, English businessman, founded Barratt Developments (d. 2012)
1927: Bart Cummings, Australian horse trainer (d. 2015)
1927: McLean Stevenson, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1927: Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1997)
1925: Stirling Colgate, American physicist and academic (d. 2013)
1925: James Mellaart, English archaeologist and author (d. 2012)
1924: Leonid Kogan, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 1982)
1922: Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th Secretary General of the United Nations (d. 2016)
1922: Veronica Lake, American actress and singer (d. 1973)
1921: Ea Jansen, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2005)
1921: Brian Keith, American actor and director (d. 1997)
1920: Mary Greyeyes, the first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Armed Forces (d. 2011)
1919: Johnny Desmond, American singer (d. 1985)
1919: Lisa Otto, German soprano and actress (d. 2013)
1918: John Bromwich, Australian tennis player (d. 1999)
1917: Park Chung Hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (d. 1979)
1916: Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician and academic (d. 1994)
1916: Sherwood Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011)
1915: Mabel Fairbanks, American figure skater and coach (d. 2001)
1915: Martha Tilton, American singer and actress (d. 2006)
1914: Ken Carson, American Western singer (d. 1994)
1912: Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist (d. 1979)
1912: Tung-Yen Lin, Chinese-American engineer, designed the Guandu Bridge (d. 2003)
1910: Rosemary DeCamp, American actress and singer (d. 2001)
1910: Eric Malpass, English author (d. 1996)
1908: Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 1957)
1907: Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1995)
1907: Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1907: William Steig, American author, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 2003)
1906: Louise Brooks, American actress and dancer (d. 1985)
1905: John Henry Barbee, American singer and guitarist (d. 1964)
1904: Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (d. 1970)
1904: Harold Larwood, English-Australian cricketer (d. 1995)
1904: Dick Powell, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1963)
1900: Aaron Copland, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1990)
1898: Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1944)
1897: John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (d. 1946)
1895: Walter Jackson Freeman II, American physician and psychiatrist (d. 1972)
1891: Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
1889: Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (d. 1964)
1883: Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1942)
1878: Julie Manet, French painter and art collector (d. 1966)
1878: Leopold Staff, Ukrainian-Polish poet and academic (d. 1957)
1877: Norman Brookes, Australian tennis player (d. 1968)
1875: Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician (d. 1899)
1875: Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and activist (d. 1944)
1871: Wajed Ali Khan Panni, Bengali aristocrat and philanthropist (d. 1936)
1869: John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (d. 1944)
1863: Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (d. 1944)
1861: Frederick Jackson Turner, American historian and author (d. 1932)
1856: Madeleine Lemoyne Ellicott, American activist (d. 1945)
1840: Claude Monet, French painter (d. 1926)
1838: August Šenoa, Croatian author, poet, and critic (d. 1881)
1832: Henry Strangways, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of South Australia (d. 1920)
1828: James B. McPherson, American general (d. 1864)
1816: John Curwen, English minister and educator (d. 1880)
1812: Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (d. 1878)
1812: Maria Cristina of Savoy (d. 1836)
1805: Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (d. 1847)
1803: Jacob Abbott, American author (d. 1879)
1797: Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist (d. 1875)
1779: Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (d. 1850)
1778: Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1837)
1777: Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (d. 1859)
1776: Henri Dutrochet, French physician, botanist, and physiologist (d. 1847)
1771: Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (d. 1802)
1765: Robert Fulton, American engineer, Early steamboat pioneer (d. 1815)
1719: Leopold Mozart, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1787)
1663: Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, German organist and composer (d. 1712)
1650: William III of England, Prince of Orange, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (d. 1702)
1601: John Eudes, French priest and missionary (d. 1680)
1531: Richard Topcliffe, English torturer (d. 1604)
1501: Anna of Oldenburg, Regent of East Frisia (d. 1575)
1487: John III of Pernstein, Bohemian land-owner, Governor of Moravia and Count of Kladsko (d. 1548)
1449: Sidonie of Poděbrady, daughter of King of Bohemia (d. 1510)

Deaths On This Day

2020: Peter Florjancic, Slovene inventor and Olympic athlete (b. 1919)
2020: Des O'Connor, English comedian, singer and television presenter (b. 1932)
2016: Gwen Ifill, American television journalist (b. 1955)
2015: K. S. Gopalakrishnan, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2015: Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2014: Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and theorist (b. 1924)
2014: Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica (b. 1937)
2014: Morteza Pashaei, Iranian singer-songwriter (b. 1984)
2013: Sudhir Bhat, Indian producer and manager (b. 1951)
2013: Hari Krishna Devsare, Indian journalist and author (b. 1938)
2013: Bennett Masinga, South African footballer (b. 1965)
2012: Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (b. 1974)
2012: Brian Davies, Australian rugby player and manager (b. 1930)
2012: Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (b. 1936)
2012: Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian commander (b. 1960)
2012: Abubakar Olusola Saraki, Nigerian physician and politician (b. 1933)
2011: Esin Afşar, Italian-Turkish singer and actress (b. 1936)
2011: Neil Heywood, English-Chinese businessman (b. 1970)
2011: Jackie Leven, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)
2010: Wes Santee, American runner (b. 1932)
2008: Kristin Hunter, American author and academic (b. 1931)
2008: Robert E. Valett, American psychologist, teacher, and author (b. 1927)
2006: Sumner Shapiro, American admiral (b. 1926)
2004: Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1939)
2003: Gene Anthony Ray, American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1962)
2002: Eddie Bracken, American actor (b. 1915)
2002: Elena Nikolaidi, Turkish-American soprano and educator (b. 1909)
2001: Charlotte Coleman, English actress (b. 1968)
2001: Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1922)
2000: Robert Trout, American journalist (b. 1908)
1997: Eddie Arcaro, American jockey and sportscaster (b. 1916)
1997: Jack Pickersgill, Canadian educator and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1905)
1996: Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (b. 1928)
1996: John A. Cade, American soldier and politician (b. 1929)
1995: Jack Finney, American author and screenwriter (b. 1911)
1994: Tom Villard, American actor (b. 1953)
1992: Ernst Happel, Austrian footballer and coach (b. 1925)
1991: Tony Richardson, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
1990: Sol Kaplan, American composer and conductor (b. 1919)
1989: Jimmy Murphy, Welsh footballer, manager, assistant manager, coach and scout (b. 1910)
1988: Haywood S. Hansell, American general (b. 1903)
1984: Cesar Climaco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Zamboanga City (b. 1916)
1984: Nikitas Platis, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1912)
1981: Robert Bradford, Irish footballer and politician (b. 1941)
1977: A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian monk and guru, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (b. 1896)
1974: Johnny Mack Brown, American football player, actor, and singer (b. 1904)
1972: Martin Dies, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1900)
1966: Peter Baker, English captain, author, and politician (b. 1921)
1947: Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler and composer (b. 1873)
1946: Manuel de Falla, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1876)
1944: Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator (b. 1873)
1944: Trafford Leigh-Mallory, English air marshal (b. 1892)
1939: Bluey, Australian cattle dog, second-oldest recorded dog (b. 1910)
1937: Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager (b. 1866)
1932: Charles Hylton Stewart, English organist and composer (b. 1884)
1930: Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league player (b. 1883)
1921: Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (b. 1846)
1916: Henry George, Jr., American journalist and politician (b. 1862)
1916: Saki, British short story writer (b. 1870)
1915: Booker T. Washington, American educator, essayist and historian (b. 1856)
1914: Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Indian lawyer and journalist (b. 1861)
1910: John La Farge, American artist (b. 1835)
1908: Guangxu Emperor of China (b. 1871)
1907: Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1848)
1866: Miguel I of Portugal (b. 1802)
1864: Franz Müller, German tailor and murderer (b. 1840)
1844: John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher (b. 1780)
1844: Flora Tristan, French author and activist (b. 1803)
1832: Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American farmer and politician (b. 1737)
1831: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1770)
1831: Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-French composer and piano builder (b. 1757)
1829: Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (b. 1763)
1825: Jean Paul, German journalist and author (b. 1763)
1817: Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian seamstress and spy (b. 1795)
1749: Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna (b. 1713)
1746: Georg Wilhelm Steller, German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (b. 1709)
1739: Juan de Galavís, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop of Santo Domingo and Bogotá (b. 1683)
1734: Louise de Kérouaille, duchess of Portsmouth (b. 1649)
1716: Gottfried Leibniz, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1646)
1691: Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617)
1687: Nell Gwyn, English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1650)
1633: William Ames, English philosopher and academic (b. 1576)
1556: Giovanni della Casa, Italian archbishop and poet (b. 1504)
1539: Hugh Faringdon, English monk and abbot
1522: Anne of France, duchess of Bourbon (b. 1461)
1442: Yolande of Aragon, French noblewoman (b. 1384)
1391: Nikola Tavelić, Croatian missionary and saint (b. 1340)
1359: Gregory Palamas, Greek archbishop and saint (b. 1296)
1346: Ostasio I da Polenta, Lord of Ravenna
1263: Alexander Nevsky, Russian saint (b. 1220)
1226: Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (b. 1193)
1189: William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex
1060: Geoffrey II, count of Anjou
976: Taizu, Chinese emperor (b. 927)
940: Abu'l-Fadl al-Bal'ami, Samanid vizier
669: Fujiwara no Kamatari, Japanese politician (b. 614)
565: Justinian I, Byzantine emperor (b. 482)

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