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October 25

On This Day in History

October 25

October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 67 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: Massachusetts house cleaner finds $1 million winning lottery ticket, gives it to owner. A Massachusetts man said his house cleaner came across a winning lottery ticket worth $1 million that he had purchased months earlier and forgotten about.
2022: $680 MILLION: Powerball jackpot now 10th-largest in history. This week lottery players across the United States will be pulling out all the stops to try and win Powerball, featuring one of the largest lottery jackpots in history, worth an estimated $680 million.
2018: $750 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges to 4th-largest ever. After the near-record Mega Millions jackpot was won Tuesday night on a single lottery ticket purchased in South Carolina, attention has suddenly shifted to the USA's other big multi-state lottery game, Powerball, featuring the 4th-largest jackpot in world history.
2017: Canadian man wins $400,000 playing 40 identical Washington Lottery tickets. A Canadian man beat the odds by winning $400,000 from a Washington Lottery game that typically pays winners $10,000.
2016: Retiree claims $7.5M Georgia Mega Millions prize. Christina Ford of Dallas, Georgia, came forward Tuesday as the winner of Georgia's unclaimed $7,500,000 Mega Millions prize. She was one of two winners to split a $15 million jackpot July 22.
2016: Illinois couple claim $134 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot. Illinois Lottery officials say a Tuscola couple have claimed a Mega Millions jackpot prize worth $133 million.
2016: FBI warns of Mega Millions lottery fraud. The FBI's Atlanta office is warning of a scam involving the Mega Millions Lottery that uses the agency's name, as well as the name of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
2016: Maine moves to disqualify lottery winners from receiving food stamps. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday announced a new rule to ban food stamps for major lottery and gambling winners.
2015: 'Daily Show' knocks Illinois for shortchanging lottery winners during budget battle. The ongoing budget impasse in Illinois was under the heat of the national spotlight this week when the 'Daily Show' took a jab at the state for its treatment of lottery winners during the stalemate.
2014: 800+ Michigan Lottery winners kicked off public assistance in 2013. More than 7,200 Michigan Lottery winners were living in households that received public assistance of some kind in 2013, and the state was able to close about 11 percent of those cases as a result.
2012: Man has Tennessee Lottery tickets delivered to his doorstep. A man from Erin, Tennessee, was surprised Wednesday morning to find thousands of dollars of Tennessee Lottery scratch off tickets sitting on his doorstep.
2011: Woman wins £5.4m lottery jackpot after tip from dead brother in a dream. After years of hardship and life-changing disasters, a British woman won a £5.4 million (US$8.6 million) lottery jackpot that was foretold by her dead brother in a dream.
2010: NJ Lottery warns of telephone scam artists. The New Jersey Lottery and New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs are warning everyone to be wary of any caller who claims he or she represents the Lottery. New Jerseyans are getting calls saying they will receive a big jackpot if they only pay small "processing fees," said Carole Hedinger, Acting Lottery Director.
2010: £9 million lottery winner drank himself to death. A father-of-two who won millions in the United Kingdom National Lottery became so bored after giving up his job that he turned to booze and eventually drank himself to death.
2007: $3 million jackpot winner won't quit work. A Navy veteran who hit a $2.98 million jackpot on a nickel slot machine Saturday at a North Dakota casino says he won't stop working.
2007: Britain's biggest lottery winner says jackpot ruined her life. Angela Kelly, a Royal Mail worker and single mother who, two months ago, became Britain's biggest ever lottery winner, worth a staggering Â£35 million (US $72 million), says the jackpot ruined her life.
2007: Employee hacks into online poker site. A leading Internet poker site said Friday that a hacker exploited a security flaw to gain an insurmountable edge in high-stakes, no-limit Texas holdem tournaments -- the ability to see his opponents' hole cards.
2007: Lucky 13 win $600,000 Powerball lottery prize. In Tennessee, a pool of 13 lottery players claimed Saturday's $600,000 Powerball prize.
2007: W.C. store owner claims Lotto 6/49 jackpot. A grocery store owner from Gimli, Man [Western Canada] is $16 million richer, after winning Canada's Lotto 6/49 jackpot.
2007: Seven tickets to split record Jersey Cash 5 lottery jackpot. New Jersey Lottery officials say there are seven winning tickets sold for the record Jersey Cash 5 jackpot worth nearly $2 million.
2007: Colorado's first Powerball lottery jackpot winners step forward. Eugen and Stanislawa Markiewicz, a Polish couple with German citizenship who immigrated to the U.S. five years ago, became Colorado's first Powerball jackpot winners Oct. 10 when their personal combination of numbers hit the $20 million jackpot.
2004: Mega Millions Jackpot Increases to $48 Million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $48 million Saturday.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $20 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $20 million, with a cash option of $11.1 million.
2004: Lottery Winner Almost Did Not Buy Ticket. The 1,700th UK National Lottery millionaire revealed today how he almost spurned the chance to buy the winning ticket - but changed his mind and "made one of the best decisions of my life".
2003: 2 Tickets Split $190 Million Powerball Jackpot. Two tickets matched all five numbers drawn plus the Powerball in the Saturday Powerball drawing.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$715.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2022
2.$687.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 27, 2018
3.€294.48 Million US$292.24 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2022
4.$252 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 28, 2014
5.€177.73 Million US$247.84 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2010
6.$191.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2017
7.$190 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2003
8.€162.31 Million US$176.63 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2016
9.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2011
10.$164 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2016
11.€113 Million
US$142.93 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 27, 2006
12.$137 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 27, 2023
13.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2019
14.$128 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2005
15.$125 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2014
16.$118 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2010
17.$117 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 27, 2015
18.€90 Million
US$116.38 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2012
19.€100.18 Million
US$116.23 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2021
20.$116 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 28, 2020
21.€115 Million
US$114.13 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2022
22.€77 Million
US$113.79 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2009
23.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 28, 2015
24.$109 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 27, 2020
25.$103.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 25, 2023

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1998: Mi 50
Sunday, Oct 25, 1998
25 years old
1997: rocybeach
Saturday, Oct 25, 1997
26 years old
1991: yungGreatness
Friday, Oct 25, 1991
32 years old
1983: giotonia
Tuesday, Oct 25, 1983
40 years old
1980: gonnawinwatchme
Saturday, Oct 25, 1980
43 years old
1979: bdtokai
Thursday, Oct 25, 1979
44 years old
1978: mikhaeldiaz
Wednesday, Oct 25, 1978
45 years old
1978: suzy-q
Wednesday, Oct 25, 1978
45 years old
1977: greencobra7
Tuesday, Oct 25, 1977
46 years old
1977: SkyHawg
Tuesday, Oct 25, 1977
46 years old
1976: Baller2008
Monday, Oct 25, 1976
47 years old
1954: orangeanorak
Monday, Oct 25, 1954
69 years old
1952: pambutch$
Saturday, Oct 25, 1952
71 years old
1951: lotterygoddess
Thursday, Oct 25, 1951
72 years old
: buckike
(year not provided)
: Kerry4
(year not provided)
: mimistan
(year not provided)
: mrunlucky1
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2010: Mount Merapi in Indonesia begins a month-long series of violent eruptions that kill 353 people and cause the evacuation of another 350,000 people.
2010: A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Mentawai Islands, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 400 people.
2009: The October 2009 Baghdad bombings kill 155 and wound at least 721.
2001: Microsoft releases Windows XP, which becomes one of Microsoft's most successful operating systems.
1999: A Learjet 35 crashes in Mina near Aberdeen, South Dakota, killing all six people on board, including PGA golfer Payne Stewart and golf course designer Bruce Borland.
1997: After a civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.
1995: A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students.
1990: The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic declares its sovereignty from the Soviet Union.
1983: The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d'état.
1980: Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude.
1973: Egypt and Israel accept United Nations Security Council Resolution 339.
1971: The People's Republic of China replaces the Republic of China at the United Nations.
1968: A Fairchild F-27 crashes into Moose Mountain while on approach to Lebanon Municipal Airport in Lebanon, New Hampshire, killing 32 people.
1962: Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba.
1949: The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.
1945: Fifty years of Japanese administration of Taiwan formally ends when the Republic of China assumes control.
1944: World War II: Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.
1944: World War II: The USS Tang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.
1944: World War II: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
1940: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.
1932: George Lansbury became the leader of the opposition British Labour Party.
1927: The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
1924: The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
1920: After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies.
1917: Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
1911: The Xinhai Revolution spreads to Guangzhou, where the Qing general Feng-shan is assassinated by the Chinese Assassination Corps.
1900: The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
1868: The Uspenski Cathedral, designed by Aleksey Gornostayev, is inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland.
1861: The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.
1854: The Battle of Balaclava takes place during the Crimean War. It is soon memorialized in verse as The Charge of the Light Brigade.
1822: Greek War of Independence: The First Siege of Missolonghi begins.
1812: War of 1812: The American frigate, USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian.
1809: Golden Jubilee of George III is celebrated in Britain as he begins the fiftieth year of his reign.
1760: King George III succeeds to the British throne on the death of his grandfather George II.
1747: War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre.
1616: Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.
1415: Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England, with his lightly armoured infantry and archers, defeats the heavily armoured French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt.
1147: Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum.
1147: Reconquista: After a siege of four months, crusader knights reconquer Lisbon.
473: Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II as Caesar of the East Roman Empire.
285: (or 286) Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers.

Births On This Day

2001: Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant
2000: Vincent Zhou, American figure skater
1999: Romeo Langford, American basketball player
1998: Juan Soto, Dominican baseball player
1997: Federico Chiesa, Italian footballer
1996: PJ Dozier, American basketball player
1995: Conchita Campbell, Canadian actress
1995: Jock Landale, Australian basketball player
1995: Patrick McCaw, American basketball player
1994: Richard Jouve, French cross-country skier
1994: Jefferson Lerma, Colombian footballer
1994: Matteo Lodo, Italian rower
1994: Gor Minasyan, Armenian weightlifter
1994: Ray Robson, American chess Grandmaster
1993: Isaiah Austin, American basketball player
1993: Iván Garcia, Mexican diver
1993: William Howard, French basketball player
1993: Rachel Matthews, American actress
1992: Clarisse Agbegnenou, French judoka
1992: Davide Formolo, Italian cyclist
1992: Sergey Ridzik, Russian freestyle skier
1991: Davide Faraoni, Italian footballer
1991: Isabella Shinikova, Bulgarian tennis player
1990: Mattia Cattaneo, Italian cyclist
1990: Sara Chafak, Finnish beauty pageant winner
1990: Asha Philip, British athlete
1990: Milena Rašić, Serbian volleyball player
1990: Dzina Sazanavets, Belarusian weightlifter
1989: Filip Grgić, Croatian taekwondo practitioner
1989: Sten Grytebust, Norwegian footballer
1989: David Hala, Australian rugby league player
1989: Ivan Marconi, Italian footballer
1989: Mia Wasikowska, Australian actress
1988: Robson Conceição, Brazilian boxer
1988: Lewis McGugan, English professional footballer
1988: Chandler Parsons, American basketball player
1988: Kaz Patafta, Australian footballer
1988: Karim Yoda, French footballer
1987: Bill Amis, American basketball player
1987: Darron Gibson, Irish footballer
1987: Fabian Hambüchen, German gymnast
1986: Tweety Carter, American basketball player
1986: Roger Espinoza, Honduran footballer
1986: Eddie Gaven, American soccer player
1986: Kristian Sarkies, Australian footballer
1986: Ekaterina Shumilova, Russian biathlete
1985: Ciara, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1985: Óscar Granados, Costa Rican footballer
1985: Kara Lynn Joyce, American swimmer
1985: Daniele Padelli, Italian footballer
1984: Nicolas Besch, French ice hockey player
1984: Ticia Gara, Hungarian chess player
1984: Sara Lumholdt, Swedish singer and dancer
1984: Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter and actress
1984: Iván Ramis, Spanish footballer
1984: Karolina Šprem, Croatian tennis player
1983: Hotaru Akane, Japanese actress and activist
1983: Stanislav Bohush, Ukrainian footballer
1983: Daniele Mannini, Italian footballer
1983: Princess Yōko of Mikasa
1983: Han Yeo-reum, South Korean actress
1982: Victoria Francés, Spanish illustrator
1982: Devin Green, American basketball player
1982: Guido Grünheid, German basketball player
1982: Camilla Jensen, Danish curler
1982: Michael Sweetney, American basketball player
1982: Mickaël Tavares, Senegalese footballer
1981: Hiroshi Aoyama, Japanese motorcycle racer
1981: Josh Henderson, American actor and singer
1981: Shaun Wright-Phillips, English footballer
1980: Mehcad Brooks, American model and actor
1980: Félicien Singbo, Beninois footballer
1979: Bat for Lashes, English singer
1979: Rob Hulse, English footballer
1979: Mariana Klaveno, American actress
1979: João Lucas, Portuguese footballer (d. 2015)
1979: Rosa Mendes, Canadian-American wrestler and model
1978: Russell Anderson, Scottish footballer
1978: Zachary Knighton, American actor
1978: Bobby Madden, Scottish football referee
1978: Robert Mambo Mumba, Kenyan footballer
1978: Markus Pöyhönen, Finnish sprinter
1978: An Yong-hak, North Korean footballer
1977: The Alchemist, American rapper, DJ, and producer
1977: Rodolfo Bodipo, Equatoguinean retired footballer
1977: Mitică Pricop, Romanian sprint canoer
1977: Birgit Prinz, German footballer and psychologist
1977: Rakan Rushaidat, Croatian actor
1977: Kateryna Serebrianska, Ukrainian gymnast
1977: Mihai Tararache, Romanian footballer
1977: Yeho, Israeli singer and actor
1976: Deon Burton, Jamaican footballer
1976: Ahmed Dokhi, Saudi Arabian footballer
1976: Akihisa Ikeda, Japanese manga artist
1976: Steve Jones, Northern Irish footballer
1976: Brett Kirk, Australian footballer and coach
1976: Anton Sikharulidze, Russian pair skater
1975: Eirik Glambek Bøe, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975: Ryan Clement, American football player
1975: Agustín Julio, Colombian footballer
1975: Zadie Smith, English author and academic
1975: Antony Starr, New Zealand actor
1974: Lee Byung-kyu, South Korean baseball player
1974: Yoo Yong-sung, South Korean badminton player
1973: Fırat Aydınus, Turkish football referee
1973: Lamont Bentley, American actor and rapper (d. 2005)
1973: Michael Weston, American actor
1972: Cristian Dulca, Romanian footballer
1972: Rodolfo Falcón, Cuban swimmer
1972: Maxi Mounds, American nude big-bust model and pornographic actress
1972: Jonathan Torrens, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1972: Persia White, American actress, singer, and musician
1971: Simon Charlton, English footballer and manager
1971: Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer
1971: Neil Fallon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971: Leslie Grossman, American actress
1971: Rosie Ledet, American singer-songwriter and accordion player
1971: Pedro Martínez, Dominican-American baseball player and sportscaster
1971: Midori, Japanese-American violinist and educator
1971: Craig Robinson, American actor and singer
1971: Elif Şafak, French-Turkish journalist, author, and academic
1970: J. A. Adande, American journalist and academic
1970: Peter Aerts, Dutch kick-boxer and mixed martial artist
1970: Adam Goldberg, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1970: Damir Mršić, Bosnian basketball player
1970: Adam Pascal, American actor and singer
1970: Rafa, Spanish footballer
1970: Ed Robertson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1970: Daniel Scheinhardt, German footballer
1970: Chely Wright, American singer-songwriter and actress
1969: Samantha Bee, Canadian-American comedian and television host
1969: Josef Beránek, Czech ice hockey player and coach
1969: Slavko Cicak, Swedish chess Grandmaster
1969: Nika Futterman, American voice actress, comedian and singer
1969: Ibragim Gasanbekov, Azerbaijani footballer
1969: Oleg Salenko, Russian footballer
1969: Alex Webster, American bass player
1968: Doris Fitschen, German footballer
1968: Speech, American rapper
1967: Martin Marinov, Australian canoeist
1967: Taiyō Matsumoto, Japanese manga artist
1967: Gary Sundgren, Swedish footballer
1966: Zana Briski, British photographer and filmmaker
1966: Lionel Charbonnier, French footballer
1966: Wendel Clark, Canadian ice hockey player
1966: Perry Saturn, American wrestler
1965: 2 Cold Scorpio, American wrestler
1965: Mathieu Amalric, French actor and director
1965: Valdir Benedito, Brazilian footballer
1965: Claire Colebrook, Australian philosopher, theorist, and academic
1965: Dominique Herr, Swiss footballer
1965: Derrick Rostagno, American tennis player
1965: Rainer Strecker, German actor
1964: Michael Boatman, American actor
1964: Johan de Kock, Dutch footballer
1964: Nicole, German singer
1964: Kevin Michael Richardson, American voice actor and singer
1963: John Levén, Swedish bass player and songwriter
1963: Michael Lynagh, Australian rugby union footballer
1963: Melinda McGraw, American actress
1963: Tracy Nelson, American actress
1963: José Ortiz, Puerto Rican basketball player
1962: David Furnish, Canadian filmmaker
1962: Steve Gainer, American cinematographer and director
1962: Steve Hodge, English footballer and manager
1962: John Stollmeyer, American soccer player
1961: John Sivebæk, Danish footballer
1961: Chad Smith, American drummer
1960: Hong Sang-soo, South Korean director and screenwriter
1959: Óscar Aguirregaray, Uruguayan footballer
1959: Chrissy Amphlett, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2013)
1958: Kornelia Ender, East German swimmer
1958: Kjell Inge Røkke, Norwegian businessman and philanthropist
1957: Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress
1957: Enrique López Zarza, Mexican footballer
1957: Robbie McIntosh, English guitarist
1957: Piet Wildschut, Dutch footballer
1956: Stephen Leather, British author
1955: Glynis Barber, South African-English actress
1955: Robin Eubanks, American trombonist and educator
1955: Gale Anne Hurd, American producer
1955: Matthias Jabs, German guitarist and songwriter
1955: Leena Lander, Finnish author
1955: Lito Lapid, Filipino actor
1954: Mike Eruzione, American ice hockey player and coach
1954: Ed Powers, American founder of Ed Powers Productions
1953: Daniele Bagnoli, Italian volleyball coach
1953: Jasem Yaqoub, Kuwaiti footballer
1952: Samir Geagea, Lebanese commander and politician
1952: Wendy Hall, English computer scientist, mathematician, and academic
1952: Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (d. 2004)
1952: Tove Nilsen, Norwegian author
1951: Richard Lloyd, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950: Anne Alvaro, French actress
1950: Fernando Arêas Rifan, Brazilian bishop
1950: Roger Davies, English footballer
1950: John Matuszak, American footballer (d. 1989)
1950: Francisco Oscar Lamolina, Argentine football referee
1950: Chris Norman, English singer-songwriter
1949: Réjean Houle, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1949: Walter Hyatt, American singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
1949: Brian Kerwin, American actor
1949: Wilfried Louis, Haitian footballer
1948: Dave Cowens, American basketball player and coach
1948: Dan Gable, American wrestler and coach
1948: Dan Issel, American basketball player and coach
1948: Sigleif Johansen, Norwegian biathlete
1947: Requena Nozal, Spanish artist
1947: Glenn Tipton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946: Elías Figueroa, Chilean footballer
1946: Peter Lieberson, American composer
1945: Peter Ledger, Australian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1994)
1945: Yuriy Meshkov, Ukrainian politician and Russian separatist (d. 2019)
1945: Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Polish lawyer, screenwriter and politician
1945: Francisco Sá, Argentine footballer
1945: Phil Volk, American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer
1945: David S. Ward, American director and screenwriter
1945: Keaton Yamada, Japanese voice actor
1944: Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (d. 2013)
1944: Jon Anderson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944: James Carville, American lawyer and political consultant
1944: Donald Ford, Scottish footballer
1944: Fred Housego, Scottish-English taxi driver and game show host
1944: Kati Kovács, Hungarian singer-songwriter and actress
1944: Ren Zhengfei, Chinese businessman
1943: Orso Maria Guerrini, Italian actor
1943: Roy Lynes, English keyboardist and singer
1942: Terumasa Hino, Japanese jazz trumpeter
1942: Gloria Katz, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2018)
1942: Franklin Loufrani, French President of the Smiley Company
1941: Lynda Benglis, American sculptor and painter
1941: Helen Reddy, Australian-American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2020)
1941: Gordon Tootoosis, Aboriginal Canadian actor (d. 2011)
1941: Anne Tyler, American author and critic
1941: Dave Weill, American discus thrower
1940: Jimmy Herman, Canadian actor (d. 2013)
1940: Bob Knight, American basketball player and coach
1939: Zelmo Beaty, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
1939: Sara Dylan, American actress and model
1939: Nikolay Kiselyov, Soviet Nordic combined athlete (d. 2005)
1939: Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1939: Dave Simmonds, British motorcycle racer (d. 1972)
1939: Robin Spry, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1938: Bob Webster, American diver
1937: Vendramino Bariviera, Italian cyclist (d. 2001)
1937: Ignacio Carrasco de Paula, Spanish prelate
1937: Roberto Menescal, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1936: Martin Gilbert, English historian, author, and academic (d. 2015)
1936: Arnfinn Nesset, Norwegian nurse and convicted serial killer
1936: Masako Nozawa, Japanese actress and singer
1935: Rusty Schweickart, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut
1934: Carlos Sherman, Belarusian-Spanish translator, writer, activist (d. 2005)
1933: René Brodmann, Swiss footballer (d. 2000)
1933: Martti Mansikka, Finnish gymnast
1932: Vitold Fokin, Ukrainian first deputy prime minister
1932: Jerzy Pawłowski, Polish fencer and double agent (d. 2005)
1932: Theodor Pištěk, Czech costume designer
1931: Annie Girardot, French actress and singer (d. 2011)
1931: Jimmy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer and manager (d. 2018)
1930: Harold Brodkey, American author and academic (d. 1996)
1930: Karoly Honfi, Hungarian chess player (d. 1996)
1929: Michel Knuysen, Belgian rower (d. 2013)
1929: Zdravko Milev, Bulgarian chess player (d. 1984)
1929: Claude Rouer, French cyclist (d. 2021)
1929: Peter Rühmkorf, German writer (d. 2008)
1928: Jeanne Cooper, American actress (d. 2013)
1928: Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Brazilian architect (d. 2021)
1928: Anthony Franciosa, American actor (d. 2006)
1928: Adolphe Gesché, Belgian Catholic priest and theologian (d. 2003)
1928: Peter Naur, Danish computer scientist, astronomer, and academic (d. 2016)
1928: Marion Ross, American actress
1928: Yakov Rylsky, Soviet sabre fencer (d. 1999)
1927: Barbara Cook, American singer and actress (d. 2017)
1927: Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Uruguay (d. 2016)
1927: Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist and author (d. 1987)
1927: Lauretta Masiero, Italian actress and singer (d. 2010)
1926: Bo Carpelan, Finnish poet and author (d. 2011)
1926: Jimmy Heath, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2020)
1926: Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian-American soprano and actress (d. 2012)
1925: Oralia Dominguez, Mexican operatic mezzo-soprano singer (d. 2013)
1925: Joseph Michel, Belgian politician (d. 2016)
1924: Billy Barty, American actor (d. 2000)
1924: Earl Palmer, American Hall of Fame drummer (d. 2008)
1923: Achille Silvestrini, Italian prelate (d. 2019)
1923: Beate Sirota Gordon, Austrian-American director and producer (d. 2012)
1923: Bobby Thomson, Scottish-American baseball player (d. 2010)
1922: Gloria Lasso, Spanish singer (d. 2005)
1921: Michael I of Romania (d. 2017)
1920: Megan Taylor, British figure skater (d. 1993)
1919: Beate Uhse-Rotermund, German pilot and entrepreneur (d. 2001)
1919: Raoul Remy, French cyclist (d. 2002)
1918: David Ausubel, American psychologist (d. 2008)
1917: Carl Forssell, Swedish fencer (d. 2005)
1917: Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2001)
1916: Helge Larsson, Swedish canoeist (d. 1971)
1915: Ivan M. Niven, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1999)
1914: John Berryman, American poet and scholar (d. 1972)
1913: Klaus Barbie, German SS captain (d. 1991)
1913: Anton Kochinyan, Soviet-Armenian politician (d. 1990)
1912: Abdelkader Ben Bouali, French footballer (d. 1997)
1912: Alfred Klingler, German field handballer
1912: Minnie Pearl, American entertainer and philanthropist (d. 1996)
1912: Luigi Raimondi, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1975)
1910: William Higinbotham, American physicist and video game designer (d. 1994)
1910: Johnny Mauro, American race car driver (d. 2003)
1910: Tyrus Wong, Chinese-American artist (d. 2016)
1909: Whit Bissell, American actor (d. 1996)
1909: Ken Domon, Japanese photographer (d. 1990)
1909: Edward Flynn, American boxer (d. 1976)
1909: Jean-Paul Le Chanois, French actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1985)
1908: Carmen Dillon, English film and production designer (d. 2000)
1908: Gotthard Handrick, German fighter pilot and Olympic athlete (d. 1978)
1908: Polly Ann Young, American actress (d. 1997)
1906: Karl Humenberger, Austrian footballer (d. 1989)
1905: Bob McPhail, Scottish footballer (d. 2000)
1904: Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1985)
1904: Denny Shute, American golfer (d. 1974)
1904: Bill Tytla, Ukrainian-American animator (d. 1968)
1903: Piet van der Horst, Dutch cyclist (d. 1983)
1902: Henry Steele Commager, American historian and author (d. 1998)
1902: Carlo Gnocchi, Italian priest, educator and writer (d. 1956)
1902: Eddie Lang, American jazz guitarist (d. 1933)
1901: Roy Fox, British dance bandleader (d. 1982)
1900: Johan Greter, Dutch equestrian (d. 1975)
1900: Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian educator and activist (d. 1978)
1900: William Stevenson, American track and fielder (d. 1985)
1899: Armand Thirard, French cinematographer (d. 1973)
1898: Karl Anton, German director, screenwriter and producer (d. 1979)
1897: Erwin von Lahousen, German Abwehr official (d. 1955)
1897: Karl Olivecrona, Swedish lawyer and philosopher (d. 1980)
1897: Luigi Pavese, Italian actor (d. 1969)
1896: Nils Backlund, Swedish water polo player (d. 1964)
1895: Levi Eshkol, Ukrainian-Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1969)
1895: Vsevolod Merkulov, Russian head of the NKGB (d. 1953)
1895: Arthur Schmidt, German officer (d. 1987)
1894: Claude Cahun, French photographer and sculptor (d. 1954)
1894: Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu, Turkish poet and songwriter (d. 1973)
1894: Johan Wilhelm Rangell, Prime Minister of Finland (d. 1982)
1892: Nell Shipman, Canadian-American actress, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1970)
1891: Charles Coughlin, Canadian-American priest and radio host (d. 1979)
1891: Karl Elmendorff, German conductor (d. 1962)
1890: Floyd Bennett, American aviator (d. 1928)
1890: Kōtarō Tanaka, Japanese jurist and politician (d. 1974)
1889: Abel Gance, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
1888: Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and pilot (d. 1957)
1888: Nils Dardel, Swedish-American painter (d. 1943)
1888: Jan Palouš, Czechoslovak ice hockey player (d. 1971)
1888: Léon Tom, Belgian fencer and bobsledder
1887: Alexander McCulloch, British rower (d. 1951)
1886: Leo G. Carroll, English-American actor (d. 1972)
1886: Karl Polanyi, Austro-Hungarian economist and historian (d. 1964)
1885: Sam M. Lewis, American singer and lyricist (d. 1959)
1885: Xavier Lesage, French equestrian (d. 1968)
1884: Maria Czaplicka, Polish cultural anthropologist (d. 1921)
1883: Nikolay Krestinsky, Russian revolutionary and politician (d. 1938)
1882: John T. Flynn, American journalist and author (d. 1964)
1882: Tony Jackson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1921)
1882: André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1964)
1882: Theodora Agnes Peck, American author and poet (d. 1964)
1881: Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
1880: Bohumír Šmeral, Czech politician (d. 1941)
1879: Fritz Haarmann, German serial killer (d. 1925)
1877: Adolf Moller, German rower (d. 1968)
1877: Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (d. 1957)
1875: Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, American author and educator (d. 1961)
1875: Arthur Birkett, British cricketer (d. 1941)
1874: Emma Gramatica, Italian actress (d. 1965)
1874: Victor Sonnemans, Belgian water polo player (d. 1962)
1874: Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (d. 1916)
1868: Dan Burke, American baseball player (d. 1933)
1868: Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (d. 1946)
1867: Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (d. 1937)
1866: Thomas Armat, American mechanic and inventor (d. 1948)
1866: Norbert Klein, Bishop of Brno (d. 1933)
1866: Georg Schumann, German composer (d. 1952)
1864: John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Company (d. 1920)
1864: Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian-American pianist and composer (d. 1956)
1864: Toktogul Satylganov, Kyrgyz Akyn, poet and singer (d. 1933)
1858: Take Ionescu, Romanian politician, diplomat, journalist and lawyer (d. 1922)
1856: Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, Croatian geologist, paleontologist, and archaeologist (d. 1936)
1853: Karl August Otto Hoffmann, German botanist (d. 1909)
1852: Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, Russian author (d. 1912)
1848: Carlo Emery, Italian entomologist (d. 1925)
1848: Karl Emil Franzos, Austrian novelist (d. 1904)
1844: Philip Wicksteed, English economist (d. 1927)
1838: Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (d. 1875)
1838: James Maybrick, English cotton merchant, victim of the "Aigburth Poisoning" (d. 1889)
1832: Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1909)
1827: Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (d. 1907)
1825: Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1899)
1825: Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, German astronomer and geophysicist (d. 1884)
1821: Antonio Ciseri, Swiss-Italian painter (d. 1891)
1819: Christian August Friedrich Garcke, German botanist (d. 1904)
1815: Camillo Sivori, Italian virtuoso violinist and composer (d. 1894)
1814: Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours (d. 1896)
1811: Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1832)
1806: Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (d. 1856)
1803: Maria Doolaeghe, Flemish novelist (d. 1884)
1802: Richard Parkes Bonington, English painter (d. 1828)
1802: Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (d. 1864)
1800: Maria Jane Jewsbury, English writer, poet, literary reviewer (d. 1833)
1800: Thomas Babington Macaulay, English poet, historian, and politician, Secretary at War (d. 1859)
1800: Jacques Paul Migne, French priest (d. 1875)
1800: Julius von Mohl, German orientalist (d. 1876)
1795: John P. Kennedy, American novelist and Whig politician (d. 1870)
1792: Jeanne Jugan, French nun (d. 1879)
1790: Robert Stirling, Scottish clergyman and inventor (d. 1878)
1789: Carlos María de Alvear, Argentine soldier and statesman (d. 1852)
1789: Heinrich Schwabe, German astronomer (d. 1875)
1782: Levi Lincoln Jr., American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1868)
1781: Friedrich von Berchtold, Bohemian physician and botanist (d. 1876)
1779: Pedro Velarde y Santillán, Spanish artillery captain (d. 1808)
1772: Victoire de Donnissan de La Rochejaquelein, French memoirist (d. 1857)
1772: Géraud Duroc, French general and diplomat (d. 1813)
1768: Frederick William, ruler of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1816)
1767: Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and politician (d. 1830)
1760: Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren, German historian (d. 1842)
1759: Maria Feodorovna, Russian wife of Paul I of Russia (d. 1828)
1759: William Grenville, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1834)
1757: Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Prussian statesman (d. 1831)
1755: François Joseph Lefebvre, French military commander (d. 1820)
1754: Richard Howell, 3rd Governor of New Jersey (d. 1802)
1749: Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein, Swedish chamberlain (d. 1802)
1743: Friedrich Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (d. 1812)
1736: Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (d. 1824)
1714: James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (d. 1799)
1709: Georg Gebel, German organist and composer (d. 1753)
1692: Elisabeth Farnese, Queen of Spain (d. 1766)
1683: Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English-Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1757)
1667: Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (d. 1718)
1612: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish soldier (d. 1650)
1589: Jan Stanisław Sapieha, Polish-Lithuanian noble (d. 1635)
1574: François de Sourdis, French Catholic prelate (d. 1628)
1510: Renée of France (d. 1574)
1453: Giuliano de' Medici (d. 1478)
1330: Louis II, Count of Flanders, (d. 1384)
1102: William Clito, French son of Sybilla of Conversano (d. 1128)
840: Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar, founder of the Saffarid dynasty (d. 879)

Deaths On This Day

2019: Dilip Parikh, Indian politician (b. 1937)
2018: Thomas Keating, an American Trappist monk and a principal developer of Centering Prayer (b. 1923)
2016: Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian football player and manager (b. 1944)
2016: Bob Hoover, USAF, Test, and Airshow pilot (b. 1922)
2015: David Cesarani, English historian and author (b. 1956)
2015: Lisa Jardine, English historian, author, and academic (b. 1944)
2015: Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (b. 1988)
2015: Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (b. 1955)
2014: Jack Bruce, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1943)
2014: Carlos Morales Troncoso, Dominican lawyer and politician, 34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1940)
2013: Ron Ackland, New Zealand rugby player and coach (b. 1934)
2013: Arthur Danto, American philosopher and critic (b. 1924)
2013: Nicholas Hunt, Welsh-English admiral (b. 1930)
2013: Hal Needham, American actor, stuntman, director, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2013: Paul Reichmann, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Olympia and York (b. 1930)
2013: Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
2013: Marcia Wallace, American actress and comedian (b. 1942)
2012: Jacques Barzun, French-American historian and author (b. 1907)
2012: Jaspal Bhatti, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955)
2012: John Connelly, English footballer (b. 1938)
2012: Emanuel Steward, American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster (b. 1944)
2010: Lisa Blount, American actress (b. 1957)
2010: Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
2010: Vesna Parun, Croatian poet and author (b. 1922)
2004: John Peel, English radio host and producer (b. 1939)
2003: Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian spiritual leader and philosopher (b. 1920)
2003: Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician (b. 1925)
2002: Richard Harris, Irish actor and singer (b. 1930)
2002: René Thom, French mathematician and biologist (b. 1923)
2002: Paul Wellstone, American academic and politician (b. 1944)
2000: Mochitsura Hashimoto, Japanese commander (b. 1909)
1999: Leonard Boyle, Irish and Canadian palaeographer and medievalist (b. 1923)
1999: Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957)
1995: Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress (b. 1920)
1995: Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (b. 1918)
1994: Kara Hultgreen, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1965)
1994: Mildred Natwick, American actress (b. 1905)
1993: Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1958)
1993: Vincent Price, American actor (b. 1911)
1992: Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1936)
1992: Richard Pousette-Dart, American painter and educator (b. 1916)
1991: Bill Graham, German-American concert promoter (b. 1931)
1990: Alberto da Costa Pereira, Portuguese footballer (b. 1929)
1989: Mary McCarthy, American novelist and critic (b. 1912)
1986: Forrest Tucker, American actor (b. 1919)
1985: Gary Holton, English singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
1982: Bill Eckersley, English footballer (b. 1925)
1982: Arvid Wallman, Swedish diver (b. 1901)
1980: Virgil Fox, American organist and educator (b. 1912)
1980: Víctor Galíndez, Argentine boxer (b. 1948)
1980: Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1921)
1979: Gerald Templer, English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya (b. 1898)
1977: Félix Gouin, French politician (b. 1884)
1976: Raymond Queneau, French poet and author (b. 1903)
1975: Vladimir Herzog, Brazilian journalist and activist (b. 1937)
1973: Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)
1973: Cleo Moore, American actress (b. 1928)
1973: Robert Scholl, German accountant and politician (b. 1891)
1972: Johnny Mantz, American race car driver (b. 1918)
1971: Mikhail Yangel, Soviet missile designer (b. 1911)
1970: Ülo Sooster, Estonian painter (b. 1924)
1969: Ellinor Aiki, Estonian painter (b. 1893)
1967: Margaret Ayer Barnes, American author and playwright (b. 1886)
1963: Roger Désormière, French conductor and composer (b. 1898)
1960: Harry Ferguson, Irish-English engineer, founded the Ferguson Company (b. 1884)
1957: Albert Anastasia, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1902)
1957: Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, English-Irish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)
1956: Risto Ryti, Finnish lawyer, politician and Governor of the Bank of Finland; 5th President of Finland (b. 1889)
1955: Sadako Sasaki, Japanese girl (b. 1943)
1954: Purshottam Narayan Gadgil, Indian jeweller and namesake of P. N. Gadgil Jewellers (b. 1874)
1953: Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1867)
1949: Mary Ackworth Orr Evershed, English astronomer and Dante scholar (b. 1867)
1945: Robert Ley, German politician (b. 1890)
1941: Franz von Werra, Swiss-German captain and pilot (b. 1914)
1940: Thomas Waddell, Irish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1854)
1938: Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author (b. 1892)
1924: Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist, poet, and activist (b. 1876)
1921: Bat Masterson, American lawman, buffalo hunter, and sport writer (b. 1853)
1920: Alexander of Greece (b. 1893)
1920: Terence MacSwiney, Irish playwright, politician, Lord Mayor of Cork died on hunger strike (b. 1879)
1920: Joe Murphy (Irish republican) died during the 1920 Cork hunger strike (b. 1895)
1919: William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (b. 1849)
1916: William Merritt Chase, American painter and educator (b. 1849)
1910: Willie Anderson, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1878)
1902: Frank Norris, American journalist and novelist (b. 1870)
1895: Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor (b. 1819)
1889: Émile Augier, French playwright (b. 1820)
1852: John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician (b. 1793)
1833: Abbas Mirza, Persian prince (b. 1789)
1826: Philippe Pinel, French physician and psychiatrist (b. 1745)
1806: Henry Knox, American general and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of War (b. 1750)
1760: George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)
1757: Antoine Augustin Calmet, French monk and theologian (b. 1672)
1733: Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1667)
1683: William Scroggs, English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1623)
1651: Saint Job of Pochayiv, Ukrainian Orthodox Christian saint (b. 1551)
1647: Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)
1557: William Cavendish, English courtier and civil servant (b. 1505)
1514: William Elphinstone, Scottish bishop and academic, founded University of Aberdeen (b. 1431)
1495: John II of Portugal (b. 1455)
1492: Thaddeus McCarthy, Irish bishop (b. 1455)
1478: Catherine of Bosnia (b. 1425)
1415: Charles I of Albret
1415: Philip II, Count of Nevers (b. 1389)
1415: Frederick I, Count of Vaudémont (b. 1371)
1415: Jean I, Duke of Alençon (b. 1385)
1415: Anthony, Duke of Brabant (b. 1384)
1415: Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, English soldier (b. 1394)
1415: Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, English politician (b. 1373)
1415: Dafydd Gam, Welsh nobleman (b. c. 1380)
1400: Geoffrey Chaucer, English philosopher, poet, and author (b. c.1343)
1359: Beatrice of Castile, queen consort of Portugal (b. 1293)
1349: James III of Majorca (b. 1315)
1292: Robert Burnell, Lord Chancellor of England
1230: Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (b. 1180)
1200: Conrad of Wittelsbach, German cardinal (b. 1120)
1180: John of Salisbury, French bishop (b. c. 1120)
1154: Stephen, King of England
1053: Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu
1047: Magnus the Good, Norwegian king (b. 1024)
912: Rudolph I, king of Burgundy (b. 859)
625: Pope Boniface V

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