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October 3

On This Day in History

October 3

October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 89 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: $1.2 BILLION: Powerball jackpot is 3rd-largest in game 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 $1.2 billion.
2018: Mega Millions lottery jackpot swells to $405 million. The multi-state Mega Millions lottery game continued its Autumn climb Tuesday night, and is now at the point where jackpot rolls are sharply increased.
2016: N.C. man almost drove past $1 million lottery win. For Steven Tuttle of Flat Rock, North Carolina, the recent gas shortage almost cost him a $1 million lottery prize.
2016: N.M. Lottery chief wants to scrap earmark for education. The head of the New Mexico Lottery says his organization could provide more money for students if the Legislature scrapped a requirement pledging 30 percent of ticket sales to college scholarships.
2015: Pennsylvania Lottery seeking volunteer witnesses on evening drawing show. The Pennsylvania Lottery is looking for volunteers who are Pennsylvania residents over the age of 55 to appear as witnesses on the evening drawing show in Harrisburg.
2013: Threat to boycott the UK National Lottery as tickets double to £2. UK National Lottery bosses came under fire last night as Britons voiced their outrage at today's price rise.
2013: New twist on foreign lottery scheme. Con artists have come up with one more way to trick people into wasting their money on a foreign lottery scheme.
2013: Ireland National Lottery to be sold for €405M. An Post and the operators of the UK National Lottery are in line for a €405m (US$551.6 million) buyout of the Ireland National Lottery after Public Expenditure Minister said the consortium was the preferred applicant.
2013: Single mom finds €258,528 lottery ticket in her garbage can. A single mother from Galway, Ireland, nearly lost out on a €258,528 (US$351,482) lottery win -- all because she tossed her winning ticket into a garbage can.
2012: GTECH picked to run Indiana Lottery. The Hoosier Lottery board voted Wednesday to hire a private company to oversee sales, marketing and other operations with the goal of earning the state about $2.1 billion in additional revenue through 2028.
2012: Lotteries a threat to federal Web poker bill?. In the battle for online gambling in cyberspace, Nevada casinos and multiple state lotteries could be close to a showdown — one that will shape the U.S. gaming industry forever.
2011: $49,000 Mercedes is Washington Lottery's marketing tool. The Washington Lottery bought a $49,000 Mercedes Sprinter van as a marketing tool to boost Lottery ticket sales at the Puyallup Fair and other big festivals where it sets up for marketing.
2011: New travel questions crop up in Ark. Lottery director's final days in office. Outgoing Arkansas Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue gave his last scheduled report to state lawmakers today, as the lottery's internal auditor said new questions have arisen about Passailaigue's travel reimbursements.
2011: Oregon Lottery chief accused of harassment, retaliation. Oregon state officials are looking into claims that the director of the Oregon Lottery sexually harassed a female manager, then retaliated against her when she spurned his advances.
2009: Convicted embezzler to forfeit Kansas Lottery prize. A former radio executive embezzled large sums of money from his company in order to feed an out-of-control addiction to scratch-off state lottery tickets -- and now the $96,000 prize he won from all those games will be forfeited as restitution.
2008: Judge rules Washington lottery winners can't be anonymous. The identity of a Yakima, Washington, couple who won a $6.6 million Lotto jackpot has been revealed after a judge ruled in favor of the state lottery that winners cannot claim jackpots anonymously.
2008: Group of nine claims $207M Powerball lottery jackpot. Nine friends from Roswell came to the New Mexico Lottery today to collect a Powerball jackpot of $206.9 million -- the New Mexico Lottery's largest prize ever.
2008: Two get bail in Ontario lottery jackpot theft case. A Windsor woman accused of taking her 81-year-old husband's $3.5 million winning lottery ticket and the daughter who cashed it in were released on bail in Ontario court Thursday.
2008: Windsor mother, daughter face $3.5M lottery fraud charge. The Ontario Provincial Police arrested a Windsor, Ont., woman and her daughter on Wednesday on charges of stealing her husband's winning multimillion-dollar lottery ticket.
2007: FLASH: Tennessee Lottery audit won't investigate drawing errors. The Tennessee Lottery hired an outside auditor after a computer issue affected the Cash 3 and Cash 4 games in August, but the auditor will not examine why the system failed.
2006: Kansas Powerball lottery winner claims jackpot anonymously. A government worker and grandfather from the Topeka area stepped forward Monday to claim the $15 million Powerball jackpot from Wednesday's drawing.
2006: Greenup Jumpin' Jimmy's sells lottery ticket worth $12.25 million. Illinois Lottery officials confirmed that the lone winning $12,250,000 Lotto ticket was purchased at the Greenup Jumpin' Jimmy's on Saturday but was still unclaimed as of press time Monday.
2006: Witness Says N.C. Lottery Commissioner Met With Possible Vendor. Within days of joining the state's lottery commission, Kevin Geddings met with a man who wanted to do business with North Carolina, an attorney testified Monday at Geddings' federal fraud trial.
2005: Former Texas Lottery Director is Bush's Pick for Supreme Court. Harriet Miers proved to be a tough, no-nonsense administrator during her five years heading the Texas Lottery Commission, firing two executive directors to stamp out scandal but leaving unexpectedly amid lagging sales and player interest.
2005: Powerball Jackpot Grows to $180 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $180 million, with a cash option of $88.7 million.
2005: Kansas may be loser in Oklahoma lottery. Oklahoma's new lottery could force Kansas sales to drop significantly, a state official said.
2003: Sergeants will give orders after an $89M lottery win. Danielle and Tirrell Moore have 150 million reasons to quit the Army and return to civilian life.
2003: Lottery winners: Dream wedding in the cards. A U.S. soldier on leave from South Korea won a $150 million jackpot this week in a multistate lottery, a now is looking forward to planning a dream wedding.
2003: Lottery winner cool, but plans heat up. Staff Sgt. Stephen Tirrell Moore, on a 30-day leave from his duties in South Korea, publicly announced his Mega Millions lottery windfall Thursday at the restaurant in the small South Georgia town before a small group of family and friends.
2003: Jeb Bush Wants Unclaimed $50 Million Lottery Jackpot For Schools. Florida Governor Jeb Bush wants someone's bad luck to be good luck for school kids.
2003: Mass. Lottery advertising will focus on jackpots, not scratch tickets. Sometime before the end of the year, television viewers will be treated to their first glimpse of advertising for the Massachusetts Lottery in nearly a decade.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.19 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2023
2.$699.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2021
3.$420 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2018
4.$380 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2022
5.$338.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2022
6.$315 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2023
7.€282.39 Million US$280.64 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2022
8.$229 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2018
9.€190 Million US$223.16 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2017
10.€190 Million
US$208.56 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2019
11.€178 Million
US$206.43 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2021
12.$193 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2009
13.$180 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2005
14.€129 Million
US$179.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2010
15.$177 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2004
16.€150.7 Million
US$168.62 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2016
17.€141 Million
US$157.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2016
18.€100 Million
US$132.5 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2011
19.€100 Million
US$125.58 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2014
20.$122 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2009
21.$120 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2014
22.€90.32 Million
US$104.75 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2021
23.€90 Million
US$100.49 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2016
24.$94 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2017
25.€68 Million
US$86.38 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2006

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1999: Arhan
Sunday, Oct 3, 1999
24 years old
1988: theEvilTux
Monday, Oct 3, 1988
35 years old
1985: smartmike
Thursday, Oct 3, 1985
38 years old
1982: highpriestessNK
Sunday, Oct 3, 1982
41 years old
1982: JamieK22
Sunday, Oct 3, 1982
41 years old
1981: maine23
Saturday, Oct 3, 1981
42 years old
1981: shannie
Saturday, Oct 3, 1981
42 years old
1980: Candicane101
Friday, Oct 3, 1980
43 years old
1979: Lady_g98
Wednesday, Oct 3, 1979
44 years old
1979: Villa-D
Wednesday, Oct 3, 1979
44 years old
1978: marierich
Tuesday, Oct 3, 1978
45 years old
1976: arleneinflorida
Sunday, Oct 3, 1976
47 years old
1976: LcCsKl*6
Sunday, Oct 3, 1976
47 years old
1972: rexbell
Tuesday, Oct 3, 1972
51 years old
1971: Harley00
Sunday, Oct 3, 1971
52 years old
1968: mattd
Thursday, Oct 3, 1968
55 years old
1967: Clintb
Tuesday, Oct 3, 1967
56 years old
1964: Sheila Cosey
Saturday, Oct 3, 1964
59 years old
1964: wendylou555
Saturday, Oct 3, 1964
59 years old
1958: carohoul
Friday, Oct 3, 1958
65 years old
1958: irisxxx
Friday, Oct 3, 1958
65 years old
1953: joopjk
Saturday, Oct 3, 1953
70 years old
: Ms5PennieGen
(year not provided)
: PamNC2VA
(year not provided)
: LottoVantage
(year not provided)
: aquawoman
(year not provided)
: Mamma28z
(year not provided)
: BrightMystical
(year not provided)
: dbharvey
(year not provided)
: tiadjd
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: Svante Pääbo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
2021: Eight people are killed in an airplane crash near Milan, Italy.
2015: Forty-two people are killed and 33 go missing in the Kunduz hospital airstrike in Afghanistan.
2013: At least 360 migrants are killed when their boat sinks near the Italian island of Lampedusa.
2009: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join in the Turkic Council.
2008: The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.
1995: O. J. Simpson murder case: O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
1993: An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die.
1991: Nadine Gordimer is announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1990: The German Democratic Republic is abolished and becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany; the event is afterwards celebrated as German Unity Day.
1989: A coup in Panama City is suppressed and 11 participants are executed.
1986: TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories in Canada, is officially opened.
1985: The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight, carrying two DSCS-III Satellites on STS-51-J.
1981: The hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.
1963: A violent coup in Honduras begins two decades of military rule.
1962: Project Mercury: US astronaut Wally Schirra, in Sigma 7, is launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
1957: The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
1952: The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon in the Montebello Islands, Western Australia, to become the world's third nuclear power.
1951: Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San pits Commonwealth troops against communist Chinese troops.
1949: WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
1946: An American Overseas Airlines Douglas DC-4 crashes near Ernest Harmon Air Force Base in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, killing 39.
1943: World War II: German forces murder 92 civilians in Lingiades, Greece.
1942: A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.
1935: Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia.
1932: The Kingdom of Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1929: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
1919: Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin American player to appear in a World Series.
1918: Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
1912: U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
1873: Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.
1863: The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
1792: A militia departs from the Spanish stronghold of Valdivia to quell a Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.
1789: George Washington proclaims Thursday November 26, 1789 a Thanksgiving Day.
1739: The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia ending the Russian-Turkish War.
1712: The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.
1683: Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang receives the surrender of the Tungning kingdom on Taiwan after the Battle of Penghu.
1574: The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen.
1392: Muhammed VII becomes the twelfth sultan of the Emirate of Granada.
382: Roman Emperor Theodosius I concludes a peace treaty with the Goths and settles them in the Balkans.
42 BC: Liberators' civil war: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight to a draw Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius in the first part of the Battle of Philippi, where Cassius commits suicide believing the battle is lost.
52 BC: Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and battle of Alesia.
2457 BC: Gaecheonjeol, Hwanung (환웅) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea's National Foundation Day.

Births On This Day

2004: Noah Schnapp, American actor
1997: Jin Boyang, Chinese figure skater
1995: Lil Tracy, American rapper
1994: Victoria Bosio, Argentinian tennis player
1993: Raffaele Di Gennaro, Italian footballer
1991: Jenny McLoughlin, English sprinter
1991: Aki Takajo, Japanese singer
1990: Johan Le Bon, French cyclist
1989: Nate Montana, American football player
1989: Alex Trimble, Irish singer
1988: Alicia Vikander, Swedish actress
1988: Dustin Gazley, American ice hockey player
1988: ASAP Rocky, American rapper and songwriter
1987: Robert Grabarz, English high jumper
1987: Martin Plowman, English race car driver
1987: Starley, Australian pop singer
1986: Lewis Brown, New Zealand rugby league player
1986: Jackson Martínez, Colombian footballer
1985: Courtney Lee, American basketball player
1984: Yoon Eun-hye, South Korean singer and actress
1984: Bruno Gervais, Canadian ice hockey player
1984: Jessica Parker Kennedy, Canadian actress
1984: Anthony Le Tallec, French footballer
1984: Ashlee Simpson, American singer-songwriter and actress
1983: Fred, Brazilian footballer
1983: Thiago Alves, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1983: Andreas Papathanasiou, Cypriot footballer
1983: Tessa Thompson, American actress
1981: Danny Coid, English footballer
1981: Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer
1981: Andreas Isaksson, Swedish footballer
1981: Jonna Lee, Swedish singer and musician
1981: Ronald Rauhe, German kayaker
1981: Matt Sparrow, English footballer
1980: Anquan Boldin, American football player
1980: Sheldon Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player
1980: Lindsey Kelk, English journalist and author
1980: Danny O'Donoghue, Irish singer-songwriter and producer
1980: Héctor Reynoso, Mexican footballer
1980: Ivan Turina, Croatian footballer (d. 2013)
1979: Josh Klinghoffer, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1979: John Morrison, American wrestler and actor
1978: Gerald Asamoah, Ghanaian-German footballer
1978: Neil Clement, English footballer
1978: Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer
1978: Jake Shears, American singer-songwriter
1977: Daniel Hollie, American wrestler
1977: Eric Munson, American baseball player and coach
1977: Luca Tognozzi, Italian footballer
1976: Herman Li, Hong Kong-English guitarist and producer
1976: Seann William Scott, American actor and producer
1975: India Arie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1975: Phil Greening, English rugby player and coach
1975: Satoko Ishimine, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1974: Mike Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1974: Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater
1973: Neve Campbell, Canadian actress
1973: Angélica Gavaldón, American-Mexican tennis player and coach
1973: Lena Headey, British actress
1973: Eirik Hegdal, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
1972: Komla Dumor, Ghanaian-English journalist (d. 2014)
1972: G. Love, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player
1972: Guy Oseary, Israeli-American talent manager and businessman
1971: Wil Cordero, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
1971: Kevin Richardson, American singer-songwriter and actor
1970: Elmar Liitmaa, Estonian guitarist and songwriter
1970: Jimmy Ray, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969: Garry Herbert, English rower and sportscaster
1969: Gwen Stefani, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
1969: Tetsuya, Japanese singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1968: Paul Crichton, English footballer and manager
1968: Greg Foster, American basketball player and coach
1968: Marko Rajamäki, Finnish footballer and manager
1968: Donald Sild, Estonian javelin thrower
1967: Rob Liefeld, American author and illustrator
1967: Chris Collingwood, English-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1966: Darrin Fletcher, American baseball player and sportscaster
1965: Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch swimmer
1965: Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
1964: Clive Owen, English actor
1963: Benny Anders, American basketball player
1963: Dan Goldie, American tennis player
1962: Tommy Lee, Greek-American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
1962: Simon Scarrow, Nigerian-English novelist
1961: Rebecca Stephens, English journalist and mountaineer
1961: Ludger Stühlmeyer, German cantor, composer, and musicologist
1959: Craig Bellamy, Australian rugby league player and coach
1959: Fred Couples, American golfer
1959: Greg Proops, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1959: Jack Wagner, American actor and singer
1959: Frank Stephenson, Italian automotive designer and blogger
1958: Chen Yanyin, Chinese sculptor
1958: Louise Lecavalier, Canadian dancer and choreographer
1957: Roberto Azevêdo, Brazilian engineer and diplomat, 6th Director-General of the World Trade Organization
1957: Tim Westwood, English radio and television host
1956: Hart Bochner, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1955: Moshe Kam, American engineering educator
1955: John S. Lesmeister, American educator and politician, 30th North Dakota State Treasurer (d. 2006)
1955: Allen Woody, American bass player and songwriter (d. 2000)
1955: Buket Uzuner, Turkish author
1954: Eddie DeGarmo, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1954: Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player and sportscaster
1954: Al Sharpton, American minister, talk show host, and political activist
1954: Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1990)
1952: Bruce Arians, American football coach
1952: Gary Troup, New Zealand cricketer
1951: Keb' Mo', American blues musician and songwriter
1951: Kathryn D. Sullivan, American geologist and astronaut
1951: Dave Winfield, American baseball player and sportscaster
1950: Ronnie Laws, American jazz, R&B, and funk saxophone player
1949: Lindsey Buckingham, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1949: J. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
1949: Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Russian director and screenwriter
1949: Laurie Simmons, American photographer and director
1947: John Perry Barlow, American poet, songwriter, blogger, and activist (d. 2018)
1947: Ben Cauley, American trumpet player and songwriter (d. 2015)
1947: Fred DeLuca, American businessman (d. 2015)
1947: Anne Dorte of Rosenborg (d. 2014)
1947: Takis Michalos, Greek water polo player and coach (d. 2010)
1946: P. P. Arnold, American soul singer
1945: Tony Brown, English footballer and sportscaster
1945: Christopher Bruce, English dancer and choreographer
1945: Jo Ritzen, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Education
1944: Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician and academic
1943: Jeff Bingaman, American soldier and politician, 25th Attorney General of New Mexico
1943: Baki İlkin, Turkish civil servant and diplomat
1941: Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter
1941: Andrea de Adamich, Italian race car driver and sportscaster
1941: John Elliott, Australian businessman (d. 2021)
1941: Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca, Romanian historian and philologist (d. 2017)
1940: Alan O'Day, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1940: Jean Ratelle, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1940: Mike Troy, American swimmer (d. 2019)
1939: Bob Armstrong, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2020)
1938: Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1960)
1938: David Hart Dyke, English captain
1938: Jack Hodgins, Canadian author and academic
1938: Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Peruvian entrepreneur and politician, 66th President of Peru
1938: Dave Obey, American lawyer and politician
1936: Steve Reich, American composer
1935: Charles Duke, American general, pilot, and astronaut
1935: Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Soviet Russian-Armenian actor (d. 2020)
1934: Benjamin Boretz, American composer and theorist
1934: Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas, Colombian-Dutch painter and illustrator (d. 2015)
1934: Harold Henning, South African golfer (d. 2004)
1934: Simon Nicholson, English sculptor and painter (d. 1990)
1933: Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player
1932: Terence English, South African-English surgeon and academic
1931: Glenn Hall, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1928: Erik Bruhn, Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1986)
1928: Edward L. Moyers, American businessman (d. 2006)
1928: Shridath Ramphal, Guyanese academic and politician, 2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General
1926: Gerardo P. Cabochan, Filipino politician (d. 2014)
1925: Simone Segouin (also known as Nicole Minet), French Resistance fighter and partisan (d. 2023)
1925: Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2012)
1925: George Wein, American pianist and producer, co-founded the Newport Folk Festival (d. 2021)
1924: Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist (d. 1993)
1924: Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter and coach (d. 2012)
1923: Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Dominica (d. 2004)
1921: Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and soldier (d. 1996)
1919: James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1916: James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (d. 1995)
1915: Ray Stark, American film producer (d. 2004)
1912: Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, British peer, Conservative politician (d. 1980)
1911: Michael Hordern, English actor (d. 1995)
1908: Johnny Burke, American songwriter (d. 1964)
1906: Natalie Savage Carlson, American author (d. 1997)
1905: Tekin Arıburun, Turkish soldier and politician, President of Turkey (d. 1993)
1904: Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician (d. 1998)
1901: Jean Grémillon, French director, composer, and screenwriter (d. 1959)
1900: Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (d. 1938)
1899: Gertrude Berg, American actress, screenwriter and producer (d. 1966)
1898: Leo McCarey, American director and screenwriter (d. 1969)
1898: Adolf Reichwein, German economist and educator (d. 1944)
1897: Louis Aragon, French author and poet (d. 1982)
1896: Auvergne Doherty, Australian businesswoman (d. 1961)
1896: Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet and critic (d. 1987)
1895: Giovanni Comisso, Italian author and poet (d. 1969)
1895: Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (d. 1925)
1894: Elmer Robinson, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1982)
1894: Walter Warlimont, German general (d. 1976)
1890: Emilio Portes Gil, Mexican politician, President of Mexico (d. 1978)
1889: Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1938)
1888: Wade Boteler, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1943)
1886: Alain-Fournier, French soldier, author, and critic (d. 1914)
1885: Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (d. 1970)
1882: A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter and academic (d. 1974)
1879: Warner Oland, Swedish-American actor and singer (d. 1938)
1875: Dr. Atl, Mexican painter (d. 1964)
1869: Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1942)
1867: Joseph Beech, American Methodist missionary and educator (d. 1954)
1867: Pierre Bonnard, French painter (d. 1947)
1866: Josephine Sabel, American singer and comedian (d. 1945)
1865: Gustave Loiseau, French painter (d. 1935)
1863: Pyotr Kozlov, Russian archaeologist and explorer (d. 1935)
1862: Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1902)
1858: Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (d. 1924)
1848: Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector (d. 1929)
1846: James Jackson Putnam, American neurologist and academic (d. 1918)
1837: Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (d. 1885)
1828: Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (d. 1897)
1804: Townsend Harris, American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (d. 1878)
1804: Allan Kardec, French author, translator, educator and founder of modern Spiritism (d. 1869)
1800: George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1891)
1797: Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1870)
1790: John Ross, American tribal chief (d. 1866)
1720: Johann Uz, German poet and judge (d. 1796)
1716: Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1781)
1713: Antoine Dauvergne, French violinist and composer (d. 1797)
1637: George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (d. 1720)
1631: Sebastian Anton Scherer, German organist and composer (d. 1712)
1610: Gabriel Lalemant, French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1649)
1554: Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet (d. 1628)
1458: Saint Casimir, Prince of Poland and Duke of Lithuania (d. 1484)
1390: Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (d. 1447)
1292: Eleanor de Clare, English noblewoman (d. 1337)
85 BC: Gaius Cassius Longinus, Roman politician (d. 42 BC)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Todd Akin, American politician (b. 1947)
2021: Dan Petrescu, Romanian businessman and billionaire (b. 1953)
2015: Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1917)
2015: Muhammad Nawaz Khan, Pakistani historian and author (b. 1943)
2015: Javed Iqbal, Pakistani philosopher and judge (b. 1925)
2014: Ewen Gilmour, New Zealand comedian and television host (b. 1963)
2014: Benedict Groeschel, American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (b. 1933)
2014: Jean-Jacques Marcel, French footballer (b. 1931)
2014: Kevin Metheny, American businessman (b. 1954)
2014: Ward Ruyslinck, Belgian author (b. 1929)
2013: Sari Abacha, Nigerian footballer (b. 1978)
2013: Sergei Belov, Russian basketball player and coach (b. 1944)
2013: Joan Thirsk, English cryptologist, historian, and academic (b. 1922)
2012: Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (b. 1931)
2012: Robert F. Christy, American physicist and astrophysicist (b. 1916)
2012: Albie Roles, English footballer (b. 1921)
2010: Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1925)
2010: Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1921)
2009: Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1929)
2007: M. N. Vijayan, Indian journalist, author, and academic (b. 1930)
2006: Lucilla Andrews, Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (b. 1919)
2006: John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1916)
2006: Peter Norman, Australian runner (b. 1942)
2006: Alberto Ramento, Filipino bishop (b. 1937)
2005: Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2005: Nurettin Ersin, Turkish general (b. 1918)
2004: John Cerutti, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960)
2004: Janet Leigh, American actress (b. 1927)
2003: Florence Stanley, American actress (b. 1924)
2003: William Steig, American sculptor, author, and illustrator (b. 1907)
2002: Bruce Paltrow, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
2001: Costas Hajihristos, Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2000: Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1947)
1999: Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (b. 1921)
1998: Roddy McDowall, English-American actor (b. 1928)
1997: Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State (b. 1908)
1995: Ma. Po. Si., Indian author and politician (b. 1906)
1994: John C. Champion, American producer and screenwriter (b. 1923)
1994: Dub Taylor, American actor (b. 1907)
1993: Katerina Gogou, Greek actress, poet, and author (b. 1940)
1993: Gary Gordon, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1960)
1993: Randy Shughart, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1958)
1990: Stefano Casiraghi, Italian-Monegasque businessman (b. 1960)
1990: Eleanor Steber, American soprano and educator (b. 1914)
1988: Franz Josef Strauss, Bavarian lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria (b. 1915)
1987: Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1987: Kalervo Palsa, Finnish painter (b. 1947)
1986: Vince DiMaggio, American baseball player and manager (b. 1912)
1981: Anna Hedvig Büll, Estonian-German missionary (b. 1887)
1980: Friedrich Karm, Estonian footballer (b. 1907)
1979: Nicos Poulantzas, Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1936)
1969: Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902)
1967: Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)
1967: Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
1966: Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
1965: Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
1963: Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877)
1959: Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
1953: Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (b. 1883)
1936: John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)
1931: Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
1929: Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
1929: Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
1917: Eduardo Di Capua, Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (b. 1865)
1911: Rosetta Jane Birks, Australian suffragist (b. 1856)
1910: Lucy Hobbs Taylor, American dentist (b. 1833)
1907: Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)
1896: William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
1891: Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
1890: Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
1881: Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
1877: James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
1877: Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1800)
1873: Kintpuash, American tribal leader (b. 1837)
1867: Elias Howe, American engineer, invented the sewing machine (b. 1819)
1860: Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (b. 1778)
1838: Black Hawk, American tribal leader (b. 1767)
1833: François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer (b. 1754)
1801: Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1724)
1795: Tula, Curaçao slave leader (date of birth unknown; executed)
1701: Joseph Williamson, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1633)
1690: Robert Barclay, Scottish theologian and politician, 2nd Governor of East Jersey (b. 1648)
1656: Myles Standish, English captain (b. 1584)
1653: Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch linguist and academic (b. 1612)
1649: Giovanni Diodati, Swiss-Italian clergyman and theologian (b. 1576)
1629: Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian commander and politician (b. 1570)
1611: Charles, Duke of Mayenne (b. 1554)
1596: Florent Chrestien, French poet (b. 1541)
1568: Elisabeth of Valois (b. 1545)
1399: Eleanor de Bohun, English noble (b. 1360)
1369: Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)
1283: Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Welsh prince (b. 1238)
1226: Francis of Assisi, Italian friar and saint (b. 1181 or 1182)
1078: Iziaslav I of Kiev (b. 1024)
959: Gérard of Brogne, Frankish abbot
900: Muhammad ibn Zayd, Tabaristan emir
818: Ermengarde, queen of the Franks
723: Elias I of Antioch, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
42 BC: Gaius Cassius Longinus, Roman politician (b. 85 BC)

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