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October 26

On This Day in History

October 26

October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 66 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022: California Lottery SuperLotto Plus ticket worth $38 million expires tomorrow. A winner of a $38 million SuperLotto Plus prize has just one more day to step forward to claim the money before the winning ticket expires.
2021: Lotto New Zealand payment glitch affects 25,000 players buying tickets. In a digital glitch, around 25,000 Kiwis were overcharged on their lottery tickets for Lotto New Zealand's $42.2 million (US$30.2 million) Powerball drawing on Wednesday, the second-largest jackpot won in the country's history.
2020: Michigan man wins two $1 million lottery prizes in one day. One incredibly lucky lottery player from Michigan was not expecting his simple mistake to pay out double what he hoped for. His accidental purchase of two tickets led to him winning two Mega Millions prizes each worth $1 million.
2017: Louisiana ticket wins $191 million Powerball lottery jackpot. A single ticket sold in Louisiana has won the $191.1 million Powerball jackpot in Wednesday's drawing, lottery officials announced early Thursday.
2015: Ex-TSA agent, Atlanta police officer sentenced in lottery scheme. A Douglasville, Ga., man must serve 27 months in prison and one year of supervised release after pleading guilty for his role in a Jamaican-based fraudulent lottery scheme targeting senior-adult victims in the United States.
2013: $213 million ticket sold in Fresno is California's first Powerball winner. Somebody who likely lives in the Fresno area is in a much higher tax bracket as a new multimillionaire -- and California's first-ever Powerball winner.
2012: Georgia Lottery hires new president. Despite controversy over the governor's role in the choice, the Georgia Lottery board handed state budget director Debbie Dlugolenski Alford a new job Thursday as the lottery's new president and CEO.
2011: After 17 months, Ohio Lotto jackpot finally won. A Kentucky man who wishes to remain unidentified won $50.4 million playing the Classic Lotto at a Mount Adams bar, the Ohio Lottery Commission said Tuesday.
2009: Georgia man with flood damaged home wins lottery. A Mableton, Georgia, man whose home was heavily damaged by floods last month has won $250,000 playing the Georgia lottery.
2005: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased to $147 million. The multi-state Mega Millions lottery jackpot is growing to $147 million for Friday's game after there was no big winner in Tuesday night's $128 million drawing.
2005: Charlotte wants limits on N.C. lottery sales. Charlotte leaders have asked North Carolina's new lottery commission to approve unusual rules that would limit ticket sales in "fragile" neighborhoods.
2005: N.C. Lottery commissioner resigns. One of the state's nine lottery commissioners resigned abruptly Tuesday, saying other commitments mean he cannot be effective in overseeing North Carolina's $1.2 billion-a-year gambling operation.
2005: Lottery fever erupts across Canada. Tonight's record $40 million (US$34 million) jackpot for Canada's national Lotto 6/49 game has people lining up at ticket vendors across the country.
2005: Powerball lottery winnings to educate kids, fund parents' honeymoon. Jay and Lory Schabo of Center, Wisconsin, said their life will not change that much after winning a $853,492 Match 5 Bonus Prize in the October 19th Powerball drawing.
2005: N.C. lottery ticket sales might begin in April. It will probably be April or later before anyone is able to buy a North Carolina lottery ticket, the lottery commissioner in charge of laying down rules for contractors said Monday.
2005: Dad's Powerball lottery win causes honor student to miss exam. Curtis West, the son of the reported $340 million Powerball jackpot winner, said he was so excited about the news that he missed one of his midterm exams at Oregon State University.
2005: Members of Kansas Air Guard Unit Win $853,492 Lottery Prize. Lt. Governor John Moore and Kansas Lottery Executive Director Ed Van Petten introduced the winners of the largest Powerball prize ever won in Kansas, without hitting the jackpot, and presented them with an over-sized check on the south steps of the State Capitol.
2003: Winning Powerball Tickets Sold In Indiana and Minnesota. Powerball paid off big Saturday night for two winning tickets; one sold in Indiana and one sold in Minnesota. The winners will split a $190.9 million jackpot.
2003: Daviess County gas station sold winning Powerball ticket. Lottery officials say a convenience store in a small southwestern Indiana city sold one of two tickets that will share Saturday night's nearly $191 million dollar Powerball jackpot.

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.€295.73 Million US$295.87 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 27, 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.€163.54 Million US$178.37 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 27, 2016
7.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2011
8.$164 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2016
9.$147 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 28, 2005
10.€113 Million
US$142.93 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 27, 2006
11.$142 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 29, 2014
12.$137 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 27, 2023
13.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 26, 2019
14.€130 Million
US$129.44 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 28, 2022
15.$124.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 28, 2023
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.€77 Million
US$113.79 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 30, 2009
22.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 28, 2015
23.$109 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 27, 2020
24.€107.9 Million
US$107.43 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Oct 28, 2022
25.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 29, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1983: jaenic1
Wednesday, Oct 26, 1983
40 years old
1982: Youngin
Tuesday, Oct 26, 1982
41 years old
1978: NeedPaper$
Thursday, Oct 26, 1978
45 years old
1976: quintina
Tuesday, Oct 26, 1976
47 years old
1975: dsscsystems
Sunday, Oct 26, 1975
48 years old
1972: artdav
Thursday, Oct 26, 1972
51 years old
1971: soxguy71
Tuesday, Oct 26, 1971
52 years old
1970: micdes99
Monday, Oct 26, 1970
53 years old
1968: moor2k
Saturday, Oct 26, 1968
55 years old
1968: rita7777
Saturday, Oct 26, 1968
55 years old
1967: Moemoney7
Thursday, Oct 26, 1967
56 years old
1963: rowlettewheel
Saturday, Oct 26, 1963
60 years old
1962: CutlassBob
Friday, Oct 26, 1962
61 years old
1960: pntr1060
Wednesday, Oct 26, 1960
63 years old
1947: mglsr
Sunday, Oct 26, 1947
76 years old
: emilyg
(year not provided)
: ducksafloat
(year not provided)
: getfashions
(year not provided)
: Cajunkid
(year not provided)
: emily
(year not provided)
: POWEROF3
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2015: A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in South Asia, killing 399 people and leaving 2,536 people injured.
2012: Microsoft made a public release of Windows 8 and made available it on new PCs.
2004: Rockstar Games releases Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the PlayStation 2 in North America, which sold 12 million units for the PS2, becoming the console's best-selling video game.
2003: The Cedar Fire, the third-largest wildfire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
2002: Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian special forces troops storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
2001: The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
2000: A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.
1999: The United Kingdom's House of Lords votes to end the right of most hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
1995: Mossad agents assassinate Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta.
1995: An avalanche hits the Icelandic village of Flateyri, destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, and killing 20.
1994: Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.
1991: Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
1989: China Airlines Flight 204 crashes after takeoff from Hualien Airport in Taiwan, killing all 54 people on board.
1985: The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.
1979: Park Chung Hee, President of South Korea, is assassinated by Korean CIA head Kim Jae-gyu.
1977: Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops a rash in Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date to be the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
1968: Space Race: The Soyuz 3 mission achieves the first Soviet space rendezvous.
1967: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran.
1958: Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
1956: Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.
1955: After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.
1955: Ngô Đình Diệm proclaims himself as President of the newly created Republic of Vietnam.
1947: Partition of India: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India, beginning the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-1948 and the Kashmir conflict.
1944: World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
1942: World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier is sunk and another carrier is heavily damaged, while two Japanese carriers and one cruiser are heavily damaged.
1937: Nazi Germany begins expulsions of 18,000 Polish Jews.
1936: The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
1918: World War I: Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
1917: World War I: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
1912: First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
1909: Japanese occupation of Korea: An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
1905: King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
1892: Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
1890: Malleco Viaduct in Chile, at the time "the highest railroad bridge in the world", is inaugurated by President José Manuel Balmaceda.
1881: Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday participate in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
1871: Liberian President Edward James Roye is deposed in a coup d'état.
1863: The Football Association is founded.
1860: Unification of Italy: The Expedition of the Thousand ends when Giuseppe Garibaldi presents his conquests to King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia.
1859: The Royal Charter Storm kills at least eight hundred people in the British Isles.
1825: The Erie Canal opens, allowing direct passage from the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
1813: War of 1812: A combined force of British regulars, Canadian militia and Mohawks defeat the United States Army in the Battle of the Chateauguay.
1774: American Revolution: The First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.
1689: General Enea Silvio Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he dies of the disease soon afterwards.
1640: The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Covenanter Scotland and King Charles I of England.
1597: Imjin War: Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.
1520: Charles V is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.
1377: Tvrtko I is crowned the first king of Bosnia.
1341: The Byzantine civil war of 1341-1347 formally begins with the proclamation of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor.
1185: The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire.

Births On This Day

2002: Julian Dennison, New Zealand actor
2002: Lee Eunsang, South Korean singer
1997: Rhenzy Feliz, American actor and singer
1996: Rebecca Tunney, English gymnast
1994: Waqa Blake, Fijian rugby league player
1994: Allie DeBerry, American model and actress
1993: Sergey Karasev, Russian basketball player
1992: Joseph Cramarossa, Canadian hockey player
1991: Riho Iida, Japanese model and actress
1990: Mark Swanepoel, South African rugby player
1989: Dre Kirkpatrick, American football player
1989: Emil Sayfutdinov, Russian motorcycle racer
1988: Nosliw Rodríguez, Venezuelan politician
1988: Greg Zuerlein, American figure skater
1987: Abudramae Bamba, Ivorian footballer
1987: Shawn Lauvao, American football player
1986: Ibor Bakar, French footballer
1986: Jakub Rzeźniczak, Polish footballer
1986: Marco Ruben, Argentinian footballer
1986: Schoolboy Q, German-American rapper
1985: Andrea Bargnani, Italian basketball player
1985: Kafoumba Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer
1985: Monta Ellis, American basketball player
1985: Kieran Read, New Zealand rugby player
1984: Sasha Cohen, American figure skater
1984: Adriano Correia, Brazilian footballer
1984: Mathieu Crépel, French snowboarder
1984: Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer
1984: Amanda Overmyer, American singer-songwriter
1983: Francisco Liriano, Dominican baseball player
1983: Dmitri Sychev, Russian footballer
1983: Luke Watson, South African rugby player
1982: Nicola Adams, English boxer
1982: Adam Carroll, Irish race car driver
1981: Sam Brown, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1981: Martina Schild, Swiss skier
1981: Guy Sebastian, Malaysian-Australian singer-songwriter
1981: Chou Ssu-Chi, Taiwanese baseball player
1980: Cristian Chivu, Romanian footballer
1980: Nick Collison, American basketball player
1980: Claire Cooper, English actress
1980: Koichi Watanabe, Japanese kick-boxer
1979: Movsar Barayev, Chechen terrorist (d. 2002)
1978: Sari Abacha, Nigerian footballer (d. 2013)
1978: Jimmy Aggrey, English footballer and actor
1978: Eva Kaili, Greek journalist and politician
1978: Antonio Pierce, American football player and coach
1978: CM Punk, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
1978: Dave Zastudil, American football player
1977: Jon Heder, American actor and producer
1977: Marisha Pessl, American author
1976: Florence Kasumba, Ugandan-German actress
1976: Miikka Kiprusoff, Finnish ice hockey player
1973: Austin Healey, English rugby player and sportscaster
1973: Seth MacFarlane, American voice actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter
1973: Taka Michinoku, Japanese wrestler and trainer
1973: Róbert Petrovický, Slovak ice hockey player
1972: Matsuko Deluxe, Japanese journalist and author
1972: Daniel Elena, Monegasque race car driver
1972: Raveena Tandon, Indian actress, producer, and former model
1971: Jim Butcher, American author
1971: Rosemarie DeWitt, American actress
1971: Audley Harrison, English boxer
1971: Ronnie Irani, English cricketer
1971: Anthony Rapp, American actor and singer
1970: Dian Bachar, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1970: Lisa Ryder, Canadian actress
1968: Miyuki Imori, Japanese actress and singer
1967: Douglas Alexander, Scottish lawyer and politician, former Minister of State for Europe
1967: Keith Urban, Australian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966: Sverre Gjørvad, Norwegian drummer and composer
1966: Masaharu Iwata, Japanese keyboard player and composer
1966: Steve Valentine, Scottish actor and magician
1966: Jeanne Zelasko, American journalist and sportscaster
1965: Kelly Rowan, Canadian actress and producer
1965: Ken Rutherford, New Zealand cricketer
1964: Kikka Sirén, Finnish pop/schlager singer (d. 2005)
1963: Tom Cavanagh, Canadian actor and producer
1963: Ted Demme, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2002)
1963: Natalie Merchant, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1962: Cary Elwes, English actor and producer
1962: Jack Morelli, American comic book professional and author
1961: Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenyan politician, 4th President of Kenya
1961: Gerald Malloy, American lawyer and politician
1961: Dylan McDermott, American actor
1961: Joey Salceda, Filipino politician
1960: Patrick Breen, American actor
1959: Paul Farmer, American anthropologist and physician
1959: Evo Morales, Bolivian soldier and politician, 80th President of Bolivia
1958: Shaun Woodward, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1957: Bob Golic, American football player and radio host
1956: Stephen Gumley, Australian engineer and businessman
1956: Rita Wilson, American actress and producer
1954: Vasilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer
1954: Adam Mars-Jones, English author and critic
1954: D. W. Moffett, American actor and director
1954: James Pickens Jr., American actor
1953: Roger Allam, British actor
1953: Tim Hely Hutchinson, English publisher
1953: Joe Meriweather, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
1953: Keith Strickland, American guitarist and songwriter
1952: Bobby Bandiera, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952: Edward Garnier, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales
1952: Andrew Motion, English poet and author
1952: David Was, American singer-songwriter and producer
1951: Bootsy Collins, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1951: Tommy Mars, American keyboard player
1951: Julian Schnabel, American painter, director, and screenwriter
1949: Antonio Carpio, Filipino lawyer and jurist, Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
1949: Steve Rogers, American baseball player
1949: Kevin Sullivan, American wrestler and booker
1948: Toby Harrah, American baseball player and coach
1947: Ricardo Asch, Argentinian gynecologist and endocrinologist
1947: Ian Ashley, German-English race car driver
1947: Hillary Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 67th United States Secretary of State and 44th First Lady of the United States
1947: Reg Empey, Northern Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast
1947: Trevor Joyce, Irish poet and scholar
1947: Kenzo Kitakata, Japanese author
1946: Kevin Barron, English electrician and politician
1946: Keith Hopwood, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1946: Pat Sajak, American journalist, actor, and game show host
1946: Holly Woodlawn, Puerto Rican actress and author (d. 2015)
1945: Pat Conroy, American author (d. 2016)
1945: Demetris Th. Gotsis, Greek poet and author
1945: Nancy Davis Griffeth, American computer scientist and academic
1945: Jaclyn Smith, American actress and producer
1944: Jim McCann, Irish singer and guitarist (d. 2015)
1942: Bob Hoskins, English actor, singer, and director (d. 2014)
1942: Milton Nascimento, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942: Zdenko Runjić, Croatian songwriter and producer (d. 2004)
1942: Jonathan Williams, English race car driver and pilot (d. 2014)
1941: Steven Kellogg, American author and illustrator
1941: Charlie Landsborough, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1940: Eddie Henderson, American trumpet player and educator
1940: John Horgan, Irish academic and politician
1938: Tom Meschery, Chinese-American basketball player
1936: Al Casey, American guitarist (d. 2006)
1936: Etelka Kenéz Heka, Hungarian writer, poet and singer
1936: Shelley Morrison, American actress (d. 2019)
1936: György Pauk, Hungarian violinist and educator
1935: Mike Gray, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1935: Gloria Conyers Hewitt, American mathematician and academic
1934: Hot Rod Hundley, American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1934: Hans-Joachim Roedelius, German keyboard player and producer
1933: Takis Kanellopoulos, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1933: Andrew P. O'Rourke, American judge and politician (d. 2013)
1931: Suhaila Noah, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 2014)
1929: Neal Matthews Jr., American country/gospel singer (d. 2000)
1928: Francisco Solano López, Argentinian illustrator (d. 2011)
1927: Warne Marsh, American saxophonist (d. 1987)
1926: Panos Gavalas, Greek singer (d. 1988)
1925: Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor, painter, and author (d. 2007)
1924: Shaw Taylor, English actor and television host (d. 2015)
1923: Robert Hinde, English zoologist and academic (d. 2016)
1922: Madelyn Dunham, American grandmother of Barack Obama (d. 2008)
1922: Fred Wood, English actor (d. 2003)
1921: Joe Fulks, American basketball player (d. 1976)
1920: Sarah Lee Lippincott, American astronomer and academic (d. 2019)
1919: Princess Ashraf of Iran (d. 2016)
1919: Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist (d. 2010)
1919: Edward Brooke, American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts Attorney General (d. 2015)
1919: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (d. 1980)
1916: François Mitterrand, French lawyer and politician, 21st President of France (d. 1996)
1916: Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (d. 1942)
1915: Ray Crawford, American race car driver, fighter ace, test pilot, and businessman (d. 1996)
1915: Joe Fry, English race car driver (d. 1950)
1914: Jackie Coogan, American actor and director (d. 1984)
1913: Charlie Barnet, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991)
1912: Don Siegel, American director and producer (d. 1991)
1911: Sid Gillman, American football player and coach (d. 2003)
1911: Mahalia Jackson, American singer (d. 1972)
1911: Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet and educator (d. 1996)
1910: John Krol, American cardinal (d. 1996)
1909: Ignace Lepp, French psychologist and author (d. 1966)
1909: Dante Quinterno, Argentinian author and illustrator (d. 2003)
1906: Primo Carnera, Italian boxer and actor (d. 1967)
1905: George Bernard Flahiff, Canadian cardinal (d. 1989)
1903: Mahn Ba Khaing, Burmese politician (d. 1947)
1902: Beryl Markham, Kenyan horse trainer and author (d. 1986)
1902: Jack Sharkey, American boxer and referee (d. 1994)
1902: Henrietta Hill Swope, American astronomer and academic (d. 1980)
1900: Ibrahim Abboud, Sudanese politician and general, 1st President of Sudan (d. 1983)
1900: Karin Boye, Swedish poet and novelist (d. 1941)
1899: Judy Johnson, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)
1894: Florence Nagle, English trainer and breeder of racehorses (d. 1988)
1893: Miloš Crnjanski, Serbian poet and author (d. 1977)
1890: Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician (d. 1931)
1888: Runar Schildt, Finnish author (d. 1925)
1884: William Hogenson, American sprinter (d. 1965)
1883: Napoleon Hill, American philosopher and author (d. 1970)
1883: Paul Pilgrim, American runner (d. 1958)
1881: Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (d. 1963)
1880: Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1934)
1878: William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American motor racing enthusiast and yachtsman (d. 1944)
1876: H.B. Warner, English actor (d. 1958)
1874: Martin Lowry, English chemist and academic (d. 1936)
1874: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American philanthropist, founded the Museum of Modern Art (d. 1948)
1873: A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Pakistani Minister of Interior (d. 1962)
1873: Thorvald Stauning, Danish union leader and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1942)
1871: Guillermo Kahlo, German-Mexican photographer (d. 1941)
1869: Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (d. 1957)
1865: Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (d. 1912)
1860: Frank Eaton, American marshal and author (d. 1958)
1854: C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (d. 1914)
1850: Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian (d. 1909)
1849: Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (d. 1917)
1842: Vasily Vereshchagin, Russian soldier and painter (d. 1904)
1803: Joseph Hansom, English architect and publisher, designed Birmingham Town Hall (d. 1882)
1802: Miguel I of Portugal (d. 1866)
1800: Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (d. 1891)
1799: Margaret Agnes Bunn, Scottish actress (d. 1883)
1797: Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (d. 1865)
1795: Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (d. 1872)
1794: Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (d. 1881)
1768: Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (d. 1844)
1759: Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (d. 1794)
1757: Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1823)
1747: Ivan Mane Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1804)
1694: Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer and academic (d. 1758)
1685: Domenico Scarlatti, Italian harpsichord player and composer (d. 1757)
1684: Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (d. 1757)
1673: Dimitrie Cantemir, Moldavian geographer, historian, and philosopher (d. 1723)
1612: Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester (d. 1658)
1609: William Sprague, English-American settler, co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)
1564: Hans Leo Hassler, German organist and composer (d. 1612)
1556: Ahmad Baba al Massufi, Malian academic (d. 1627)
1551: Charlotte de Sauve, French courtesan (d. 1617)
1529: Anna of Hesse, princess of Hesse (d. 1591)
1518: John Basset, Devonshire gentleman (d. 1541)
1491: Zhengde Emperor of China (d. 1521)
1483: Hans Buchner, German Renaissance composer (d. 1538)
1473: Friedrich of Saxony, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (d. 1510)
1431: Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Italian politician (d. 1505)
1427: Sigismund, Archduke of Austria (d. 1496)
1416: Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1490)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Roh Tae-woo, South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea (b. 1932)
2017: Ali Ashraf Darvishian, Iranian novelist, short story writer and academic. (b. 1941)
2015: Willis Carto, American activist and theorist (b. 1926)
2015: Leo Kadanoff, American physicist and academic (b. 1937)
2015: Giuseppe Nazzaro, Italian-Syrian bishop and theologian (b. 1937)
2014: Vic Allen, English sociologist, economist, and historian (b. 1923)
2014: Jack Bruce, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1943)
2014: Mo Collins, American football player and coach (b. 1976)
2014: Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1942)
2014: Senzo Meyiwa, South African footballer (b. 1987)
2014: Brian Moore, Australian rugby league player (b. 1944)
2014: Jeff Robinson, American baseball player (b. 1961)
2014: Gordy Soltau, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1925)
2014: Oscar Taveras, Dominican baseball player (b. 1992)
2013: Ritva Arvelo, Finnish actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2013: Ron Davies, Welsh photographer (b. 1921)
2013: Doug Ireland, American journalist and activist (b. 1946)
2013: Al Johnson, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948)
2013: Andries Maseko, South African footballer (b. 1955)
2013: Gabriel of Komana (b. 1946)
2012: Mac Ahlberg, Swedish-Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1931)
2012: Arnold Greenberg, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1932)
2012: John M. Johansen American architect, designed the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre (b. 1916)
2012: Alan Kirschenbaum, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1961)
2012: Björn Sieber, Austrian skier (b. 1989)
2012: Alan Stretton, Australian general (b. 1922)
2011: Jona Senilagakali, Fijian physician and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Fiji (b. 1929)
2010: Glen Little, American clown (b. 1925)
2010: Mbah Maridjan, Indonesian spiritual leader (b. 1927)
2010: Romeu Tuma, Brazilian police officer and politician (b. 1931)
2009: Teel Bivins, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Ambassador to Sweden (b. 1947)
2009: Yoshirō Muraki, Japanese production designer and art director(b. 1924)
2009: George Naʻope, American singer and dancer (b. 1928)
2009: Troy Smith, American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In (b. 1922)
2008: Tony Hillerman, American journalist, author, and educator (b. 1925)
2008: Delmar Watson, American actor and photographer (b. 1926)
2007: Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1947)
2007: Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American chef and television host (b. 1943)
2007: Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize (b. 1918)
2006: Tillman Franks, American bassist and songwriter (b. 1920)
2006: Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and curator (b. 1924)
2005: Keith Parkinson, American illustrator (b. 1958)
2005: George Swindin, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
2004: Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player and politician (b. 1924)
2002: Jacques Massu, French general (b. 1908)
2002: Sally Hoyt Spofford, American ornithologist (b. 1914)
2001: Hüseyin Hilmi Işık, Turkish scholar and academic (b. 1911)
1999: Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938)
1999: Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American author and educator (b. 1910)
1998: Kenkichi Iwasawa, Japanese mathematician and academic (b. 1917)
1995: Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1909)
1995: Gorni Kramer, Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1913)
1994: Wilbert Harrison, American singer and guitarist (b. 1929)
1993: Oro, Mexican wrestler (b. 1971)
1991: Sherry Hawco, Canadian gymnast (b. 1964)
1989: Charles J. Pedersen, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1986: Jackson Scholz, American runner (b. 1897)
1984: Gus Mancuso, American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)
1979: Park Chung Hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (b. 1917)
1978: Alexander Gerschenkron, Ukrainian-American historian, critic, and academic (b. 1904)
1976: Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and author (b. 1919)
1974: Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator (b. 1914)
1973: Semyon Budyonny, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1883)
1972: Igor Sikorsky, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (b. 1889)
1966: Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932)
1965: Sylvia Likens, American murder victim (b. 1949)
1963: Elizabeth Gunn, New Zealand pediatrician (b. 1879)
1962: Louise Beavers, American actress (b. 1902)
1961: Sadae Inoue, Japanese general (b. 1886)
1960: Toshizō Nishio, Japanese general (b. 1881)
1957: Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
1957: Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1883)
1956: Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and composer (b. 1895)
1952: Hattie McDaniel, American actress and singer (b. 1895)
1949: Lionel Halsey, English admiral and courtier (b. 1872)
1947: Edwin Savage, English priest and author (b. 1862)
1946: Ioannis Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
1945: Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1863)
1945: Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (b. 1878)
1944: Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (b. 1857)
1944: Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
1944: William Temple, English archbishop and theologian (b. 1881)
1943: Aurel Stein, Hungarian-English archaeologist and academic (b. 1862)
1941: Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author (b. 1904)
1937: Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (b. 1867)
1932: Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1867)
1931: Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1859)
1930: Waldemar Haffkine, Russian-Swiss physician and microbiologist (b. 1860)
1930: Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1872)
1927: Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet (b. 1898)
1919: Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (b. 1864)
1909: Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)
1902: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815)
1896: Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French philosopher, academic, and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
1890: Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author (b. 1826)
1871: Robert Anderson (Civil War), American general (b. 1805)
1866: John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803)
1864: William T. Anderson, American captain (b. 1838)
1817: Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Dutch-Austrian chemist and botanist (b. 1727)
1806: John Graves Simcoe, English general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752)
1803: Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1721)
1773: Amédée-François Frézier, French mathematician, engineer, and explorer (b. 1682)
1764: William Hogarth, English painter and engraver (b. 1697)
1751: Philip Doddridge, English minister and hymn-writer (b. 1702)
1717: Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (b. 1657)
1686: John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1623)
1675: William Sprague, English settler, co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609)
1671: Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593)
1633: Horio Tadaharu, Japanese daimyō (b. 1596)
1631: Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1550)
1609: Matsudaira Tadayori, Japanese samurai and daimyō (b. 1582)
1580: Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (b. 1549)
1555: Olympia Fulvia Morata, Italian-German scholar and educator (b. 1526)
1440: Gilles de Rais, French knight (b. 1404)
1111: Gómez González, Castilian nobleman and military leader
930: Li Qi, chancellor of Later Liang (b. 871)
899: Alfred the Great, English king (b. 849)
760: Cuthbert, archbishop of Canterbury
664: Cedd, English monk and bishop (b. 620)

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