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October 17

On This Day in History

October 17

October 17 is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 75 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: Alabama man wins $150,000 a year for life in Florida Lottery. An Alabama resident turned $5 and a trip to Florida into a lottery prize worth $150,000 a year for life.
2022: Winning $502 million Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in Florida region pummeled by hurricane. One of the two winning tickets for the $502 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot drawn on Fri., Oct. 14, 2022 was sold in hurricane-ravaged Fort Myers, Florida.
2021: South Carolina dog lover wins $30,000 on pup-themed lottery scratch-off. A South Carolina woman knew she had to scoop up a dog-themed scratch-off ticket when she saw the new holiday game for sale in the store, and now that she's $30,000 richer, she's glad she listened to her gut.
2018: $900 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised just hours after initial estimate. Less than 12 hours after the initial estimate for Friday's Mega Millions jackpot was set early this morning, the already ground-shaking grand prize has now increased to an estimated $900 million.
2018: $868 MILLION: Mega lottery jackpot set for Friday. The most commonly-heard phrase this week just might be, "Did you get Mega Millions tickets?"
2017: Arizona Lottery director not embarrassed about computerized drawing fiasco. The head of the Arizona Lottery says he's not embarrassed that his department overlooked a potentially costly failure of its computerized drawings.
2015: Illinois lottery players crossing border to play in other states. Illinois lottery players, frustrated by the state's budget stalemate that has halted winner payouts of $600 or more, are purchasing lottery tickets in bordering states.
2014: New multi-state lottery game launches Sunday. A new mutli-state lottery game featuring more but smaller jackpots will debut this weekend in some U.S. states.
2013: Lottery winner is sued by his sister. A handyman who won a $32 million jackpot lottery with his barber is being sued by his sister who says she is entitled to a third of the winnings.
2012: NY brothers claim $5M win from '06 lottery ticket. Two brothers kept quiet for six years about the $5 million winning lottery ticket they'd bought at their parents' store in Syracuse.
2011: Indiana Gov. names interim Hoosier Lottery director. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has appointed Megan Ornellas as interim executive director of the Hoosier Lottery to temporarily replace Kathryn Densborn, who resigned under a cloud for moving the agency into plush new headquarters.
2011: Arkansas Lottery not in a rush to fill director position. Arkansas Lottery commissioners said Monday they're in no rush to find a replacement for director Ernie Passailaigue weeks after he resigned the job and following the departure of two of his deputies.
2010: Mass. Lottery ads still on radio two days after Cahill agreed to a halt. Radio spots from a million-dollar advertising blitz for the Massachusetts Lottery continued to run yesterday, two days after state Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill, an independent gubernatorial candidate, said he would stop airing the taxpayer funded advertisements.
2007: Hoosier Lotto in a dry spell. 1 Year. 102 Drawings. 0 Jackpots. Indiana lottery players are grumbling as they join Tennessee's in their shared disdain for the computerized drawing system.
2005: Powerball lottery fever hits the USA. The Powerball jackpot will be the most ever for the multi-state lottery game after no one won Saturday night.
2005: One ticket wins $4 million Illinois lottery jackpot. Six numbers on a ticket sold from Casey's General Store in Mackinaw, Illinois, will bring a tremendous change to the life of one individual.
2005: Questions rise about N.C. lottery access. Meredith Norris, a top political aide to House Speaker Jim Black, hired two Charlotte lawyers Friday as Secretary of State Elaine Marshall investigated whether Norris lobbied on behalf of a major lottery company without being registered to do so.
2005: Help Wanted: NC Lottery Seeks Director. The ad says the lottery commission wants an "experienced professional" to implement and run North Carolina's new numbers game.
2003: Texas signs contract with Mega Millions; game to begin soon. The Texas Lottery Commission on Thursday entered into a contract with the Mega Millions multistate lottery, paving the way to begin ticket sales soon after Thanksgiving.
2003: Sparks fly at N.C. lottery forum. Tempers flared in a debate over just how much money North Carolina is losing to border states like South Carolina, which has a lottery.
2003: Blind Lottery Vendor Losing Braille Machine. A legally blind man who has been selling lottery tickets since the California Lottery began says he's being left behind because the state is upgrading its lottery machines.
2003: S.D. Lottery investigating system failure. The South Dakota Lottery has asked a private company to explain why connections to the central lotto computer system failed, leaving many retailers unable to sell lotto tickets for nearly 2 1/2 hours last Saturday night.
2003: Tenn. Lottery hires another Georgia veteran. The Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. on Thursday lured another Georgian to pilot its new lottery.
2003: Treasurer takes top post with Tenn. lottery. Tennessee State Treasurer Steve Adams, who has held the post since 1987, is resigning Oct. 24 to become chief administrative officer of the Tennessee Lottery, with a pay raise of at least $50,000, the lottery announced Thursday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1 Billion: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2018
2.$485 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 17, 2022
3.$378 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 17, 2018
4.$340 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2005
5.€290.45 Million US$286.13 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2022
6.€162 Million US$207.02 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 17, 2014
7.$186 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2013
8.$180 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 17, 2014
9.€158.66 Million US$174.43 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2016
10.$156 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2017
11.$140 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2003
12.$136 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2016
13.€100.76 Million
US$130.16 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 23, 2008
14.$124 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2011
15.€95 Million
US$119.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2006
16.€97.1 Million
US$113.06 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2021
17.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2019
18.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2014
19.$94 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2021
20.$93 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2015
21.$90 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2005
22.€89 Million
US$87.67 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 18, 2022
23.€67 Million
US$87.35 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2012
24.$86 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 20, 2020
24.$86 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 19, 2010

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: Mabhuti
Thursday, Oct 17, 1991
32 years old
1991: misscwong
Thursday, Oct 17, 1991
32 years old
1989: Don ewing
Tuesday, Oct 17, 1989
34 years old
1987: Eking23
Saturday, Oct 17, 1987
36 years old
1977: tyhem
Monday, Oct 17, 1977
46 years old
1976: Brownskinlady
Sunday, Oct 17, 1976
47 years old
1975: shostopin
Friday, Oct 17, 1975
48 years old
1968: littlerockbob
Thursday, Oct 17, 1968
55 years old
1968: Tinny171968
Thursday, Oct 17, 1968
55 years old
1967: PRred3367!
Tuesday, Oct 17, 1967
56 years old
1966: xdarkdrake
Monday, Oct 17, 1966
57 years old
1960: Joeybah1
Monday, Oct 17, 1960
63 years old
1955: Realdeal01
Monday, Oct 17, 1955
68 years old
1939: jmcurr
Tuesday, Oct 17, 1939
84 years old
: lucky_queen
(year not provided)
: TennesseeBoY
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: Drug dealers in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico force the government to back down on an arrest.
2019: The 17 October Revolution starts in Lebanon.
2018: The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada.
2018: A mass shooting and bombing at Kerch Polytechnic College in Crimea kills 21 people including the attacker and injures 70 others.
2017: Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last foothold of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Raqqa, marking the end of the Battle of Raqqa.
2004: A fire that lasted over 15 hours destroyed almost one third of the East Tower of the Parque Central Urban Complex in Caracas, Venezuela.
2003: Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, becomes the world's tallest high-rise.
2001: Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi is assassinated by Hamdi Quran, a member of the PFLP, thus becoming the highest-ranking Israeli to be killed by a Palestinian.
2000: The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.
1994: Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
1992: Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1991: 1991 Rudrapur bombings by Sikh separatists, who explode two bombs, during a Ramlila Hindu celebration in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, killing 41 people.
1989: The 6.9 M_w Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast, killing 63.
1989: The East German Politburo votes to remove Erich Honecker from his role as General Secretary.
1988: Uganda Airlines Flight 775 crashes at Rome-Fiumicino International Airport, in Rome, Italy, killing 33 people.
1980: As part of the Holy See-United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican.
1979: Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1979: The Department of Education Organization Act creates the U.S. Department of Education.
1977: The hijacked Lufthansa Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu. The remaining hostages are later rescued.
1973: OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
1970: FLQ terrorists murder Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte.
1969: The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence is stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo.
1966: The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters.
1965: The 1964-65 New York World's Fair closes after two years and more than 51 million attendees.
1961: Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
1961: The first attempt of the apartheid analogy by Ahmad Shukeiri.
1956: The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
1952: Indonesian Army elements surrounded the Merdeka Palace demanding President Sukarno disband the Provisional People's Representative Council.
1945: A large demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release.
1943: The Burma Railway (Burma-Thailand Railway) is completed.
1943: Nazi Holocaust in Poland: Sobibór extermination camp is closed.
1941: World War II: The USS Kearny becomes the first U.S. Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat.
1940: The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg is found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.
1933: Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
1931: Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
1919: Leeds United F.C. founded at Salem Chapel, Holbeck after the winding up of Leeds City F.C. for making illegal payments to players during World War I
1912: Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
1907: Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
1861: Aboriginal Australians kill nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.
1860: First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
1850: Riots start, which lead to a massacre in Aleppo.
1814: Eight people die in the London Beer Flood.
1811: The silver deposits of Agua Amarga are discovered in Chile becoming in the following years instrumental for the Patriots to finance the Chilean War of Independence.
1806: Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I, is assassinated after an oppressive rule.
1800: War of the Second Coalition: Britain takes control of the Dutch colony of Curaçao.
1781: American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
1777: American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.
1771: Premiere in Milan of the opera Ascanio in Alba, composed by Mozart at age 15.
1713: Great Northern War: Russia defeated Sweden in the Battle of Kostianvirta in Pälkäne.
1662: Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to Louis XIV of France for 40,000 pounds.
1660: The nine regicides who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England are hanged, drawn and quartered.
1610: French king Louis XIII is crowned in Reims Cathedral.
1604: Kepler's Supernova is observed in the constellation of Ophiuchus.
1558: Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, is founded.
1534: Anti-Catholic posters appear in Paris and other cities supporting Huldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass.
1456: The University of Greifswald is established as the second oldest university in northern Europe.
1448: An Ottoman army defeats a Hungarian army at the Second Battle of Kosovo.
1346: The English capture King David II of Scotland at Neville's Cross and imprison him for eleven years.
1091: London tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London.
690: Empress Wu Zetian establishes the Zhou Dynasty of China.

Births On This Day

2001: Thomas Strudwick, British motorcycle road racer
1996: Jake DeBrusk, Canadian ice hockey player
1993: Kenneth Omeruo, Nigerian footballer
1992: Sam Concepcion, Filipino musician and dancer
1992: Keerthy Suresh, Indian actress
1991: Brenda Asnicar, Argentine actress
1990: Paolo Campinoti, Italian footballer
1990: Maica García Godoy, Spanish water polo player
1990: Ronald González Tabilo, Chilean footballer
1990: Saki Kumagai, Japanese footballer
1990: Patrick Lambie, South African rugby player
1989: Débora García, Spanish footballer
1989: Oleksandr Isakov, Ukrainian swimmer
1989: Sophie Luck, Australian actress
1989: Charles Oliveira, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1989: David Timor, Spanish footballer
1988: Sergiy Gladyr, Ukrainian basketball player
1988: Tori Matsuzaka, Japanese actor and model
1988: Marina Salas, Spanish actress
1987: Bea Alonzo, Filipino actress and singer
1987: Jarosław Fojut, Polish footballer
1987: Elliot Grandin, French footballer
1987: Hideto Takahashi, Japanese footballer
1986: Alexandre Bonnet, French footballer
1986: Antoni Bou, Spanish motorcyclist
1986: Aija Brumermane, Latvian basketball player
1986: Constant Djakpa, Ivorian footballer
1986: Yannick Ponsero, French figure skater
1986: Nicolás Richotti, Argentine basketball player
1985: Carlos González, Venezuelan baseball player
1985: Max Irons, English-Irish actor
1985: Collins John, Dutch footballer
1985: Tomokazu Nagira, Japanese footballer
1984: Chris Lowell, American actor
1984: Giovanni Marchese, Italian footballer
1984: Randall Munroe, American author and illustrator
1984: Luke Rockhold, American mixed martial artist
1984: Anja Eline Skybakmoen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bandleader
1984: Gottfrid Svartholm, Swedish computer specialist
1984: Jared Tallent, Australian race walker
1983: Michelle Ang, New Zealander actress
1983: Milica Brozovic, Serbian-Russian figure skater
1983: Felicity Jones, English actress
1983: Toshihiro Matsushita, Japanese footballer
1983: Riki Miura, Japanese actor
1983: Junichi Miyashita, Japanese swimmer
1983: Ivan Saenko, Russian footballer
1983: Mitch Talbot, American baseball player
1983: Vitali Teleš, Estonian footballer
1982: Rubén Ramírez, Argentine footballer
1982: Nick Riewoldt, Australian footballer
1982: Marion Rolland, alpine ski racer
1981: Horacio Cervantes, Mexican footballer
1981: Kurumi Enomoto, Japanese singer-songwriter
1981: Tsubasa Imai, Japanese singer, actor, and dancer
1981: Ben Rothwell, American mixed-martial artist
1980: Yekaterina Gamova, Russian volleyball player
1980: Mohammad Hafeez, Pakistani cricketer
1980: Isaac Mina, Ecuadorian footballer
1980: Angel Parker, American actress
1980: Alessandro Piccolo, Italian race car driver
1980: Justin Shenkarow, American actor
1979: Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer-songwriter and violinist
1979: Alexandros Nikolaidis, Greek martial artist (d. 2022)
1979: Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish race car driver
1979: Kostas Tsartsaris, Greek basketball player
1978: Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Spanish politician
1978: Jerry Flannery, Irish rugby player and coach
1978: Erin Karpluk, Canadian actress
1978: Chuka Umunna, English lawyer and politician
1977: Dudu Aouate, Israeli footballer
1977: Alimi Ballard, American actor and producer
1977: Bryan Bertino, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1977: Walter Calderón, Ecuadorian footballer
1977: Marko Antonio Cortés Mendoza, Mexican politician
1977: Ryan McGinley, American photographer
1977: André Villas-Boas, Portuguese footballer and manager
1976: Sebastián Abreu, Uruguayan footballer
1976: Seth Etherton, American baseball player
1976: Carlos Loret de Mola, Mexican journalist
1976: Kevin Maher, English-Irish footballer and coach
1975: Francis Bouillon, American-Canadian ice hockey player
1975: Jericó Abramo Masso, Mexican politician
1975: Vina Morales, Filipino actress and singer
1974: Ariel Levy, American journalist and author
1974: Matthew Macfadyen, English actor
1974: Obdulio Ávila Mayo, Mexican politician
1974: Bárbara Paz, Brazilian actress
1974: Janne Puurtinen, Finnish keyboard player
1974: John Rocker, American baseball player
1974: Darío Sala, Argentine footballer
1974: Gabriel Silberstein, Chilean tennis player
1974: Dhondup Wangchen, Chinese director and producer
1973: Andrea Tarozzi, Italian footballer and coach
1973: Rubén Garcés, Panamanian basketball player
1972: Eminem, American rapper, producer, and actor
1972: Tarkan, German-Turkish singer
1972: Akio "Musashi" Mori, Japanese karateka and kickboxer
1971: Blues Saraceno, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1971: Chris Kirkpatrick, American singer-songwriter and dancer
1971: Kim Ljung, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bass player
1971: Martin Heinrich, American politician
1971: Derrick Plourde, American drummer (d. 2005)
1970: Anil Kumble, Indian cricketer
1970: John Mabry, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1970: J. C. MacKenzie, Canadian actor
1969: Ernie Els, South African golfer and sportscaster
1969: Jesús Ángel García, Spanish racewalker
1969: Wyclef Jean, Haitian-American rapper, producer, and actor
1969: Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1969: Wood Harris, American actor
1968: Graeme Le Saux, English footballer and sportscaster
1968: Ziggy Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor
1968: David Robertson, Scottish footballer and manager
1968: Alejandra Ávalos, Mexican artist
1967: Simon Segars, English businessman
1967: Nathalie Tauziat, French tennis player
1967: René Dif, Danish musician
1967: Pedro González Vera, Chilean footballer
1966: Shaun Edwards, English rugby player and coach
1966: Danny Ferry, American basketball player and manager
1966: Mark Gatiss, English actor, screenwriter and novelist
1966: Tommy Kendall, American race car driver and sportscaster
1965: Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
1965: Rhys Muldoon, Australian actor
1964: Gregg Wallace, English television presenter
1964: Margarita Liborio Arrazola, Mexican politician
1963: Sergio Goycochea, Argentinian footballer and journalist
1963: Toby Young, English journalist and academic
1962: Glenn Braggs, American baseball player
1962: Mike Judge, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and actor
1962: Jay Humphries, American basketball player
1961: David Means, American short story writer
1960: Guy Henry, English actor
1960: Rob Marshall, American director, producer, and choreographer
1960: Bernie Nolan, Irish singer (d. 2013)
1960: Philippe Sands, American lawyer and academic
1959: Ron Drummond, American author and scholar
1959: Francisco Flores Pérez, Salvadorian politician, President of El Salvador (d. 2016)
1959: Russell Gilbert, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1959: Norm Macdonald, Canadian actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2021)
1959: Mark Peel, Australian historian and academic
1959: Richard Roeper, American journalist and critic
1959: Mustafa Aberchán, Spanish politician
1959: Eugenio Hernández Flores, Mexican politician
1958: Howard Alden, American guitarist
1958: Alan Jackson, American singer-songwriter
1958: Craig Murray, British diplomat
1958: Sandra Mozarowsky, Spanish actress (d. 1977)
1957: Lawrence Bender, American actor and producer
1957: Steve McMichael, American football player, wrestler, and sportscaster
1957: Vincent Van Patten, American tennis player and actor
1957: Antonio Galdo, Italian journalist
1957: Nelson Barrera, Mexican baseball player (d. 2002)
1957: Pino Palladino, Welsh bassist
1957: Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Greek folk singer
1956: Fran Cosmo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956: Mae Jemison, American physician, academic, and astronaut
1956: Pat McCrory, American businessman and politician, 74th Governor of North Carolina
1956: Stephen Palumbi, American academic and author
1955: Georgios Alogoskoufis, Greek economist, academic, and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
1955: Mike Bratz, American basketball player
1954: Carlos Buhler, American mountaineer
1953: Joseph Bowie, American trombonist and bandleader
1953: Domenico Penzo, Italian footballer
1951: Annie Borckink, Dutch speed skater
1951: Roger Pontare, Swedish singer
1951: Shari Ulrich, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and violinist
1951: Dirk Beheydt, Belgian footballer
1950: Philippe Barbarin, French cardinal
1950: Howard Rollins, American actor (d. 1996)
1950: Sandra Reemer, Indo-Dutch singer (d. 2017)
1949: Owen Arthur, Barbadian economist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Barbados (d. 2020)
1949: Bill Hudson, American musician and actor
1948: Robert Jordan, American soldier and author (d. 2007)
1948: Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress (d. 2018)
1948: George Wendt, American actor and comedian
1948: Osvaldo Castro, Chilean footballer
1947: Gene Green, American lawyer and politician
1947: Michael McKean, American singer-songwriter, actor, and director
1947: Robert Post, American educator and academic
1947: Omar Azziman, adviser to the King of Morocco
1946: Ronni Chasen, American publicist (d. 2010)
1946: Michael Hossack, American drummer (d. 2012)
1946: Cameron Mackintosh, English producer and manager
1946: Adam Michnik, Polish journalist and historian
1946: Drusilla Modjeska, English-Australian author and critic
1946: Bob Seagren, American pole vaulter
1946: Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez, Mexican actor and comedian
1946: Julio Miranda, Argentine politician (d. 2021)
1946: Daniela Payssé, Uruguayan politician (d. 2018)
1946: José Perramón, Spanish handball player
1946: Jaime Ravinet, Chilean politician
1946: Rüdiger Wittig, German geobotanist and ecologist
1946: Akira Kushida, Japanese vocalist
1944: Ángel Cristo, Spanish circus performer (d. 2010)
1943: Ignacio Rupérez, Spanish diplomat and journalist (d. 2015)
1942: Steve Jones, American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2017)
1942: Gary Puckett, American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941: Earl Thomas Conley, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2019)
1941: Jim Seals, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and violinist
1941: Paul Ellison, American musician
1940: Stephen Kovacevich, American pianist and conductor
1940: Jim Smith, English footballer and manager (d. 2019)
1940: Peter Stringfellow, English businessman (d. 2018)
1939: Oliver Rackham, English botanist and academic (d. 2015)
1938: Evel Knievel, American motorcycle rider and stuntman (d. 2007)
1938: Les Murray, Australian anthologist, poet, and critic (d. 2019)
1938: António Calvário, Portuguese singer and artist
1937: Paxton Whitehead, English actor (d. 2023)
1937: José María Álvarez del Manzano, Spanish politician
1937: Aida Navarro, Venezuelan mezzo-soprano
1937: Renato Prada Oropeza, Bolivian-Mexican scientist (d. 2011)
1936: Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1936: Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese-American seismologist and academic
1936: Santiago Navarro, Spanish basketball player (d. 1993)
1936: Bert Nievera, Filipino-American singer (d. 2018)
1935: Sydney Chapman, English architect and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (d. 2014)
1935: Michael Eavis, English farmer, founded the Glastonbury Festival
1935: Carlos Pairetti, Argetine racing driver (d. 2022)
1934: Alan Garner, English author and playwright
1934: Johnny Haynes, English-Scottish footballer (d. 2005)
1934: Rico Rodriguez, Jamaican trombonist (d. 2015)
1933: William Anders, Hong Kong-American general and astronaut
1933: The Singing Nun, Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and nun (d. 1985)
1932: Paul Anderson, American weightlifter (d. 1994)
1931: Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and playwright (d. 2012)
1931: José Alencar, Brazilian businessman and politician (d. 2011)
1931: Anatoly Pristavkin, Russian writer (d. 2008)
1930: Ismail Akbay, Turkish physicist and engineer (d. 2003)
1930: Robert Atkins, American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet (d. 2003)
1929: Mário Wilson, Mozambican footballer and manager (d. 2016)
1928: Santiago Stevenson, Panamanian singer and minister (d. 2007)
1928: Alejandro Végh Villegas, Uruguayan politician (d. 2017)
1926: Julie Adams, American actress (d. 2019)
1926: Beverly Garland, American actress (d. 2008)
1926: Roberto Lippi, Italian race car driver (d. 2011)
1925: Harry Carpenter, English sportscaster (d. 2010)
1924: Don Coryell, American football player and coach (d. 2010)
1924: Anton Geiser, Croatian SS officer (d. 2012)
1924: Giacomo Mari, Italian footballer (d. 1991)
1924: Rolando Panerai, Italian baritone (d. 2019)
1923: Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer (d. 2004)
1923: Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (d. 2001)
1922: Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 2001)
1922: Pierre Juneau, Canadian broadcaster and politician, co-founded the Montreal World Film Festival (d. 2012)
1921: George Mackay Brown, Scottish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1996)
1921: Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (d. 2012)
1921: Maria Gorokhovskaya, Russian-Israeli gymnast (d. 2001)
1921: Tom Poston, American actor and comedian (d. 2007)
1920: Montgomery Clift, American actor (d. 1966)
1920: Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (d. 2010)
1920: Zully Moreno, Argentine actress (d. 1999)
1919: Isaak Khalatnikov, Ukrainian-Russian theoretical physicist and academic (d. 2021)
1919: Violet Milstead, Canadian World War II aviator and bush pilot (d. 2014)
1919: Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician (d. 2005)
1918: Rita Hayworth, American actress, singer and dancer (d. 1987)
1918: Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (d. 2014)
1918: Luis Alberto Solari, Uruguayan artist (d. 1993)
1917: Adele Stimmel Chase, American painter and sculptor (d. 2000)
1917: Martin Donnelly, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)
1917: Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (d. 1991)
1917: Marsha Hunt, American actress and singer (d. 2022)
1917: Aimo Koivunen, Finnish soldier and corporal (d. 1989)
1917: Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (d. 2014)
1917: Alfred Benlloch Llorach, Spanish inventor (d. 2013)
1916: José López Rega, Argentinean politician (d. 1989)
1915: Arthur Miller, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1914: Jerry Siegel, American author and illustrator (d. 1996)
1913: Faik Türün, Turkish general (d. 2003)
1913: Robert Lowery, American actor (d. 1971)
1913: Marian Marsh, Trinidadian-American actress and environmentalist (d. 2006)
1912: Pope John Paul I, Catholic pope from August 1978- September 1978 (d. 1978)
1912: Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (d. 2001)
1912: Jack Owens, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1982)
1910: Ester Wier, American author (d. 2000)
1910: Marina Núñez del Prado, Bolivian sculptor (d. 1995)
1909: Cozy Cole, American drummer (d. 1981)
1909: Leopoldo Panero, Spanish poet (d. 1962)
1909: Joaquín Satrústegui, Spanish lawyer and politician (d. 1992)
1908: Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (d. 1988)
1908: Wally Prigg, Australian rugby league player (d. 1980)
1908: Red Rolfe, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1969)
1908: Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (d. 2007)
1907: John Marley, American actor (d. 1984)
1906: Andrey Tikhonov, Soviet and Russian mathematician (d. 1993)
1906: Paul Derringer, American baseball player (d. 1987)
1905: Leopoldo Benites, Ecuadorian diplomat 28th president of the United Nations General Assembly (d. 1996)
1903: Andrei Grechko, Soviet general (d. 1976)
1903: Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (d. 1940)
1902: Irene Ryan, American actress (d. 1973)
1901: Emma Gamboa Alvarado, Costa Rican educator (d. 1973)
1900: C. C. van Asch van Wijck, Dutch artist and sculptor (d. 1932)
1900: Jean Arthur, American actress (d. 1991)
1900: Yvor Winters, American critic and poet (d. 1968)
1898: Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese violinist and educator (d. 1998)
1898: Eileen Sedgwick, American actress (d. 1991)
1898: Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author and poet (d. 1971)
1896: Roman Petrovich, Russian prince (d. 1978)
1895: Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, President of Guatemala (1958-1963) (d. 1982)
1895: Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1958)
1894: Prince René, Italian Prince of Denmark (d. 1962)
1894: Pablo de Rokha, Chilean poet (d. 1968)
1893: Raffaele Bendandi, Italian clockmaker and seismologist (d. 1979)
1892: Theodor Eicke, German SS general (d. 1943)
1892: Herbert Howells, English organist, composer, and educator (d. 1983)
1890: Roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. 1928)
1889: Mikha'il Na'ima, Lebanese author (d. 1988)
1886: Spring Byington, American actress (d. 1971)
1883: Alexander Neill, Scottish educator (d. 1973)
1883: Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler (d. 1966)
1882: Haritina Korotkevich, Russian war heroine (d. 1904)
1881: Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (d. 1959)
1880: Jesús Reyes Ferreira, Mexican artist and art collector (d. 1977)
1878: Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba (d. 1953)
1876: Hippolyte Aucouturier, French road cyclist (d. 1944)
1871: Segundo de Chomón, Spanish cinematographer, director, and screenwriter (d. 1929)
1867: Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan architect who designed the Casa Martí (d. 1956)
1865: James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1950)
1864: Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1943)
1860: Henry Campbell Black, founder of Black's Law Dictionary (d. 1927)
1859: Childe Hassam, American painter and illustrator (d. 1935)
1853: Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1920)
1845: John J. Gardner, American politician (d. 1921)
1844: Gustave Schlumberger, French historian (d. 1929)
1840: André Gill, French caricaturist (d. 1885)
1835: Louis-Léon Cugnot, French sculptor (d. 1894)
1835: Paul Haenlein, German mechanical engineer (d. 1905)
1833: José E. Días, Paraguayan general (d. 1867)
1828: Aureliano Maestre de San Juan, Spanish scientist (d. 1890)
1821: Alexander Gardner, Scottish photographer (d. 1882)
1817: Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian philosopher and scholar (d. 1898)
1814: Yakiv Holovatsky, Ukrainian historian, scholar, and poet (d. 1888)
1813: Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (d. 1837)
1811: Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American pastor and educator (d. 1876)
1810: Adolphe-Félix Cals, French painter (d. 1880)
1803: Ferenc Deák, Hungarian politician (d. 1876)
1797: Juan Lavalle, Argentine politician (d. 1841)
1792: John Bowring, English polyglot and governor of Hong Kong (d. 1826)
1785: Christen Smith, Norwegian scientist (d. 1816)
1784: Fructuoso Rivera, first president of Uruguay (d. 1854)
1781: Johann Friedrich Meckel, German anatomist (d. 1833)
1780: Richard Mentor Johnson, American politician, ninth Vice President of the United States (d. 1850)
1779: Louis Charles, French prince of the blood (d. 1808)
1779: José Andrés Pacheco de Melo, Argentine statesman and priest (d. approx. 1820)
1768: Sophie von Dönhoff, morganatic spouse by bigamy to King Frederick William II of Prussia (d. 1838)
1760: Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French economist and philosopher (d. 1825)
1759: Andrey Voronikhin, Russian architect and painter (d. 1814)
1735: Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger, German Baroque artist (d. 1803)
1729: Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, French composer and academic (d. 1817)
1725: John Wilkes, English journalist and politician (d. 1797)
1720: Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Italian harpsichord player and composer (d. 1795)
1719: Jacques Cazotte, French author and academic (d. 1792)
1711: Jupiter Hammon, American poet (d. 1806)
1688: Domenico Zipoli, Italian missionary and composer (d. 1726)
1629: Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (d. 1646)
1623: Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1687)
1587: Nathan Field, English dramatist and actor (d. 1620)
1582: Johann Gerhard, German theologian and academic (d. 1637)
1577: Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (d. 1621)
1577: Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (d. 1642)
1538: Irene di Spilimbergo, Italian Renaissance poet and painter (d. 1559)
1500: Alonso de Orozco Mena, Spanish Roman Catholic priest (d. 1591)
1493: Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)
1253: Ivo of Kermartin, French priest and saint (d. 1303)
503: Lý Nam Đế, first emperor of Vietnam (d. 548)

Deaths On This Day

2019: Elijah Cummings, American politician and civil rights advocate (b. 1951)
2017: Gord Downie, Canadian musician (b. 1964)
2015: Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (b. 1926)
2015: Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (b. 1946)
2015: Anne-Marie Lizin, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
2015: Tom Smith, American businessman and politician (b. 1947)
2014: Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (b. 1937)
2014: Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (b. 1943)
2014: Tom Shaw, American bishop (b. 1945)
2014: Berndt von Staden, German diplomat, German Ambassador to the United States (b. 1919)
2013: Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (b. 1926)
2013: Terry Fogerty, English rugby player and coach (b. 1944)
2013: Arthur Maxwell House, Canadian neurologist and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1926)
2013: Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (b. 1928)
2013: Rene Simpson, Canadian-American tennis player (b. 1966)
2012: Milija Aleksic, English-South African footballer (b. 1951)
2012: Émile Allais, French skier (b. 1912)
2012: Henry Friedlander, German-American historian and author (b. 1930)
2012: Stanford R. Ovshinsky, American scientist and businessman, co-founded Energy Conversion Devices (b. 1922)
2012: Kōji Wakamatsu, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
2011: Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman (b. 1919)
2009: Norma Fox Mazer, American author and educator (b. 1931)
2009: Vic Mizzy, American composer (b. 1916)
2008: Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1955)
2008: Levi Stubbs, American singer (b. 1936)
2008: Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (b. 1923)
2007: Joey Bishop, American actor and talk show host (b. 1918)
2007: Teresa Brewer, American singer (b. 1931)
2007: Suzy Covey, American scholar and academic (b. 1939)
2006: Daniel Emilfork, Chilean-French actor (b. 1924)
2006: Christopher Glenn, American journalist (b. 1938)
2004: Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
2002: Derek Bell, Irish harpist and composer (b. 1935)
2001: Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
2001: Micheline Ostermeyer, French shot putter, discus thrower, and pianist (b. 1922)
2001: Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli historian, general, and politician, Tourism Minister of Israel (b. 1926)
2000: Leo Nomellini, Italian-American football player and wrestler (b. 1924)
2000: Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1964)
1999: Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1915)
1998: Joan Hickson, English actress (b. 1906)
1998: Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (b. 1920)
1997: Larry Jennings, American magician and author (b. 1933)
1996: Chris Acland, English musician and drummer of Lush (b. 1966)
1993: Criss Oliva, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1963)
1992: Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (b. 1912)
1992: Orestis Laskos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
1991: Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and actor (b. 1919)
1987: Abdul Malek Ukil, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
1983: Raymond Aron, French sociologist, political scientist, and philosopher (b. 1905)
1981: Kannadasan Indian author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1927)
1981: Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss civil servant and author (b. 1895)
1981: Lina Tsaldari, Greek politician (b. 1887)
1979: S. J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (b. 1904)
1979: John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (b. 1898)
1979: Eugenio Mendoza, Venezuelan business tycoon (b. 1909)
1978: George Clark, American race car driver (b. 1890)
1978: Giovanni Gronchi, Italian educator, soldier, and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (b. 1887)
1973: Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (b. 1926)
1972: Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914)
1972: George, Crown Prince of Serbia (b. 1887)
1970: Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1921)
1970: Vola Vale, American actress (b. 1897)
1970: Quincy Wright, American political scientist and academic (b. 1890)
1967: Puyi, Chinese emperor (b. 1906)
1966: Sidney Hatch, American runner and soldier (b. 1883)
1966: Wieland Wagner, German director and manager (b. 1917)
1965: Bart King, American cricketer (b. 1873)
1963: Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic (b. 1865)
1962: Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (b. 1882)
1958: Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (b. 1896)
1958: Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1876)
1957: Wilhelmina Hay Abbott, Scottish suffragist and feminist (b. 1884)
1956: Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (b. 1920)
1955: Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (b. 1873)
1948: Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (b. 1869)
1938: Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)
1937: J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)
1931: Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
1928: Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
1920: Michael Fitzgerald (Irish republican) died on Hunger Strike (b. 1881)
1918: Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
1910: Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
1893: Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
1889: Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
1887: Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
1868: Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
1849: Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
1837: Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1778)
1836: Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)
1806: Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian commander and politician, Governor-General of Haiti (b. 1758)
1786: Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1723)
1781: Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral (b. 1705)
1780: William Cookworthy, English pharmacist and minister (b. 1705)
1776: Pierre François le Courayer, French-English theologian and author (b. 1681)
1757: René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (b. 1683)
1690: Margaret Mary Alacoque, French mystic (b. 1647)
1673: Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1630)
1660: Adrian Scrope, English colonel and politician (b. 1601)
1616: John Pitts, English priest and scholar (b. 1560)
1587: Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541)
1586: Philip Sidney, English courtier, poet, and general (b. 1554)
1575: Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta, Spanish cardinal (b. 1511)
1552: Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (b. 1498)
1528: Hernando Alonso, Spanish conquistador, first Jew executed in the New World
1485: John Scott of Scott's Hall, Warden of the Cinque Ports
1456: Nicolas Grenon, French composer (b. 1375)
1346: John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
1346: Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn
1277: Beatrice of Falkenburg, German queen consort (b. c. 1254)
1271: Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir, Icelandic aristocrat and poet
866: Al-Musta'in, Abbasid caliph (b. 836)
532: Pope Boniface II
AD 33: Agrippina the Elder, Roman wife of Germanicus (b. 14 BC)

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