On This Day in History

September 11

September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 111 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023
Arkansas woman almost gifts winning lottery ticket to ex-father-in-law. An Arkansas woman nearly gave away a scratch-off lottery ticket that would have won the gift recipient $75,000, but she decided to keep the ticket in the end.
2014
NJ Cash 5 game to get larger starting jackpot. Starting Sunday, Jersey Cash 5 players will see game changes that will result in larger estimated starting jackpots, more opportunities to win bigger jackpots, and increases in the average match-3 prize paid -- all for the same $1 ticket price.
2014
Couple brings lottery ticket on vacation not realizing it's a winner. A Dublin, Ireland, couple went on vacation with a wining lottery ticket and were oblivious to the fact that they'd won €250,000 (US$323,000).
2013
NJ Mega Millions lottery ticket due to expire Oct. 5. New Jersey lottery players, check your wallet, clean out the drawers, dig into your pants' pockets because someone has a New Jersey Lottery Mega Millions ticket worth $250,000 that will expire on October 5, 2013 if it is not validated.
2012
NJ moves to privatize lottery sales, marketing. Four companies interested in running portions of the New Jersey Lottery attended a mandatory information session in Trenton last Thursday, the first step toward privatization.
2012
GTECH launches lottery developer network. GTECH Corp. has launched the lottery developer network, a game development program, which it says "lays the foundation for significant advancement within the lottery industry."
2012
Louisiana lottery winnings of $11M went unclaimed last year. Nearly $11 million in lottery winnings in Louisiana went unclaimed in the fiscal year that ended June 30, according to Louisiana lottery officials.
2004
Mega Millions jackpot increases to $46 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $46 million Saturday.
2004
Texas Lottery reports $3.5 billion in sales. Popular scratch-off games and a record lottery jackpot propelled the Texas Lottery to its second-highest sales during fiscal year 2004.
2003
Two Tickets Split $57 Million Calif. SuperLotto Plus Jackpot. The California Lottery's $57 million jackpot was split by two winning tickets drawn Wednesday, September 10, 2003. This is the fourth time Kavanagh Liquors in San Lorenzo has sold a jackpot-winning ticket.
2003
One ticket wins $21 million Florida Lotto Jackpot. One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $21 million, lottery officials said Wednesday.
2003
Powerball Jackpot Grows to $28 Million. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 283,741 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.4 million in prizes in America's Game.
2003
Treasurer eyes tax-evading Lottery winners. Massachusetts State Treasurer Tim Cahill plans to tighten Lottery regulations following an audit report issued Wednesday that shows winners often employ suspicious ticket cashing methods to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes.
2003
Although couple apart for six years, both get lottery winnings. A San Antonio man and his common-law wife who have been estranged for six years face the prospect of splitting an $800,000 winning lottery ticket.
2003
Minorities get lottery pitch. A standing-room-only crowd of women and minority business owners gathered Wednesday to hear new Tennessee Education Lottery chief executive officer Rebecca Paul.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$526.6 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 11, 2023
2.$408.1 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 11, 2021
3.$383 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 14, 2021
4.€270.29 Million
US$271.48 Million
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2022
5.$248.3 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 11, 2013
6.$231 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2022
7.$222 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 14, 2016
8.€159 Million
US$217.35 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2011
9.$207 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 11, 2018
10.$200 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2005
11.$194.6 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 12, 2022
12.€162 Million
US$179.61 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2019
13.$172 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2019
14.$167 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 12, 2015
15.€138.92 Million
US$155.95 Million
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2016
16.$149 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2014
17.€143 Million
US$143.63 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2022
18.$141 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 12, 2023
19.$137 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2006
20.$135 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 12, 2006
21.$132 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 12, 2018
22.$122 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2016
23.$120 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 11, 2012
24.$119 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2013
25.$118 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 13, 2008

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1993
Saturday, Sep 11, 1993
30 years old
1990
Tuesday, Sep 11, 1990
33 years old
1988
Sunday, Sep 11, 1988
35 years old
1987
Friday, Sep 11, 1987
36 years old
1985
Wednesday, Sep 11, 1985
38 years old
1985
Wednesday, Sep 11, 1985
38 years old
1984
Tuesday, Sep 11, 1984
39 years old
1981
Friday, Sep 11, 1981
42 years old
1981
Friday, Sep 11, 1981
42 years old
1981
Friday, Sep 11, 1981
42 years old
1980
Thursday, Sep 11, 1980
43 years old
1977
Sunday, Sep 11, 1977
46 years old
1975
Thursday, Sep 11, 1975
48 years old
1974
Wednesday, Sep 11, 1974
49 years old
1973
Tuesday, Sep 11, 1973
50 years old
1971
Saturday, Sep 11, 1971
52 years old
1969
Thursday, Sep 11, 1969
54 years old
1968
Wednesday, Sep 11, 1968
55 years old
1967
Monday, Sep 11, 1967
56 years old
1965
Saturday, Sep 11, 1965
58 years old
1958
Thursday, Sep 11, 1958
65 years old
1957
Wednesday, Sep 11, 1957
66 years old
1957
Wednesday, Sep 11, 1957
66 years old
1956
Tuesday, Sep 11, 1956
67 years old
1956
Tuesday, Sep 11, 1956
67 years old
1950
Monday, Sep 11, 1950
73 years old
1948
Saturday, Sep 11, 1948
75 years old
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2015
A crane collapses onto the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others.
2012
A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.
2012
The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.
2011
A dedication ceremony is held at the United States National September 11 Memorial on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York City, and the memorial opens to family members.
2008
A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.
2007
Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.
2001
The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks killing 2,996 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
1997
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
1997
Kurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Kurkse Strait.
1997
After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
1992
Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian Islands of Kauai and Oahu.
1991
Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.
1990
A Faucett Boeing 727 disappears in the Atlantic Ocean while being flown from Malta to Peru.
1989
Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
1982
The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps by Phalange forces.
1980
A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today.
1976
A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.
1974
Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
1973
A coup in Chile, headed by General Augusto Pinochet, topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende. Pinochet exercises dictatorial power until ousted in a referendum in 1988, staying in power until 1990.
1973
JAT Airways Flight 769 crashes into the Maganik mountain range while on approach to Titograd Airport, killing 35 passengers and six crew.
1972
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.
1971
The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
1970
The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
1968
Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.
1967
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched an attack on Indian posts at Nathu La, Sikkim, India, which resulted in military clashes.
1965
Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.
1961
Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
1954
Hurricane Edna hits New England (United States) as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
1945
World War II: Australian 9th Division forces liberate the Japanese-run Batu Lintang camp, a POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo.
1944
World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
1943
World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija ending the Italian occupation of Corsica.
1941
Construction begins on The Pentagon.
1941
Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and FDR's administration of pressing for war with Germany.
1922
The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
1921
Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan of creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.
1919
United States Marine Corps invades Honduras.
1916
The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
1914
World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
1914
The Second Period of Russification: The teaching of the Russian language and Russian history in Finnish schools is ordered to be considerably increased as part of the forced Russification program in Finland run by Tsar Nicholas II.
1905
The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
1903
The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
1897
After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of the Kaffa.
1881
In the Swiss state of Glarus, a rockslide buries parts of the village of Elm, destroying 83 buildings and killing 115 people.
1857
The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
1852
Outbreak of Revolution of September 11 resulting in the State of Buenos Aires declaring independence as a Republic.
1851
Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves led by William Parker fight off and kill a slave owner who, with a federal marshal and an armed party, sought to seize three of his former slaves in Christiana, Pennsylvania, thereby creating a cause célèbre between slavery proponents and abolitionists.
1836
The Riograndense Republic is proclaimed by rebels after defeating Empire of Brazil's troops in the Battle of Seival, during the Ragamuffin War.
1830
Anti-Masonic Party convention; one of the first American political party conventions.
1829
An expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown to retake Mexico, surrenders at the Battle of Tampico, marking the effective end of Mexico's campaign for independence.
1826
Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that led to his mysterious disappearance.
1814
War of 1812: The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the war.
1813
War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C.
1803
Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia's army under General Louis Bourquin.
1802
France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.
1800
The Maltese National Congress Battalions are disbanded by British Civil Commissioner Alexander Ball.
1792
The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
1789
Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
1786
The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
1780
American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County, Pennsylvania, are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.
1777
American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
1776
British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
1775
Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1758
Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
1714
Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
1709
Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands, and Austria fight against France.
1708
Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.
1697
Battle of Zenta: a major engagement in the Great Turkish War (1683-1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in Ottoman history.
1683
Battle of Vienna: Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces.
1649
Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.
1609
Henry Hudson arrives on Manhattan Island and meets the indigenous people living there.
1565
Ottoman forces retreat from Malta ending the Great Siege of Malta.
1541
Santiago, Chile, is attacked by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco, to free eight indigenous chiefs held captive by the Spaniards.
1390
Lithuanian Civil War (1389-92): The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.
1297
Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.
1185
Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronikos I Komnenos and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
9
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hundred years.

Births On This Day

2001
Mackenzie Aladjem, American actress
2001
Nicholas Robertson, American ice hockey player
2000
Leandro Bolmaro, Argentine-Italian basketball player
1997
Harmony Tan, French tennis player
1994
Teuvo Teräväinen, Finnish ice hockey player
1993
Farrah Moan, American drag queen and entertainer
1992
Jonathan Adams, English discus thrower
1991
Jordan Ayew, Ghanaian footballer
1991
Rhema Obed, English footballer
1991
Kygo, Norwegian DJ
1990
Jo Inge Berget, Norwegian footballer
1990
Jarrod Croker, Australian rugby league player
1989
Michael J. Willett, American actor and musician
1988
Mike Moustakas, American baseball player
1987
Robert Acquafresca, Italian footballer
1987
Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress
1987
Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
1986
Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby player
1986
LaToya Sanders, American basketball player
1986
Ben Scrivens, Canadian ice hockey player
1985
Shaun Livingston, American basketball player
1985
Zack Stortini, Canadian ice hockey player
1984
Aled de Malmanche, New Zealand rugby player
1984
Benson Stanley, New Zealand rugby player
1983
Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenyan runner
1983
Ike Diogu, Nigerian-American basketball player
1983
Jacoby Ellsbury, American baseball player
1982
Elvan Abeylegesse, Ethiopian-Turkish runner
1982
Yelena Parkhomenko, Azerbaijani volleyball player
1981
Andrea Dossena, Italian footballer
1981
Charles Kelley, American singer and musician
1981
Dylan Klebold, American mass murderer, responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (d. 1999)
1980
Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player
1980
Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian racing driver
1979
Eric Abidal, French footballer
1979
Frank Francisco, Dominican baseball player
1979
David Pizarro, Chilean footballer
1979
Ariana Richards, American actress and artist
1978
Ben Lee, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1978
Ed Reed, American football player
1978
Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer and manager
1977
Jonny Buckland, Welsh guitarist (Coldplay)
1977
Ludacris, American rapper and producer
1977
Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player
1977
Tobias Zellner, German footballer
1976
Tomáš Enge, Czech racing driver
1976
Murali Kartik, Indian cricketer
1975
Juan Cobián, Argentinian footballer
1975
Pierre Issa, South African footballer
1974
DeLisha Milton-Jones, American basketball player and coach
1971
Richard Ashcroft, English singer-songwriter and musician
1970
Antonio Gómez Medina, Mexican wrestler
1970
Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer
1969
Stefano Cagol, Italian artist, photographer and director
1969
Eduardo Pérez, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1968
Allan Alaküla, Estonian journalist
1968
Paul Mayeda Berges, American director and screenwriter
1967
Maria Bartiromo, American financial journalist and television personality
1967
Harry Connick Jr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, actor, and talk show host
1967
Sung Jae-gi, South Korean activist, founded Man of Korea (d. 2013)
1967
Charles Walker, English politician
1965
Bashar al-Assad, Syrian politician, 21st President of Syria
1965
Paul Heyman, American wrestling promoter, manager, and journalist
1965
Moby, American singer-songwriter, musician, and DJ
1964
Ellis Burks, American baseball player
1963
Dave Bidini, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962
Filip Dewinter, Belgian politician
1962
Kristy McNichol, American actress
1962
Victoria Poleva, Ukrainian pianist and composer
1962
Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer
1962
Jenny Sanford, American banker and businesswoman
1961
Philip Ardagh, English author
1961
Virginia Madsen, American actress
1961
Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator (d. 2012)
1960
Hiroshi Amano, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1960
Michael P. Leavitt, American soldier
1960
Anne Ramsay, American actress
1959
Andre Dubus III, American novelist and short story writer
1959
David Frost, South African golfer
1959
John Hawkes, American actor
1958
Roxann Dawson, American actress and director
1958
Scott Patterson, American actor and baseball player
1956
Tony Gilroy, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1955
Sharon Lamb, American psychologist and academic
1953
Jani Allan, English-South African journalist and author
1953
Sarita Francis, Former Montserrat Deputy Governor
1953
Renée Geyer, Australian singer-songwriter (d. 2023)
1953
Tommy Shaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952
Catherine Bott, English soprano
1951
Miroslav Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2008)
1951
Richard D. Gill, English-Dutch mathematician and academic
1951
Johnny Neumann, American basketball player and coach (d. 2019)
1951
Hugo Porta, Argentinian rugby player
1950
Anne Dell, Australian biochemist and academic
1950
Bruce Doull, Australian footballer
1950
Amy Madigan, American actress
1950
Barry Sheene, English motorcycle racer and sportscaster (d. 2003)
1949
Roger Uttley, English rugby player and coach
1949
Bill Whittington, American racing driver
1948
John Martyn, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
1946
Dennis Tufano, American rock singer
1945
Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager
1945
Gianluigi Gelmetti, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2021)
1945
Leo Kottke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944
Everaldo, Brazilian footballer (d. 1974)
1944
Freddy Thielemans, Belgian educator and politician, Mayor of Brussels
1943
André Caillé, Canadian chemist and businessman
1943
Mickey Hart, American musician
1943
Brian Perkins, New Zealand-English journalist and actor
1942
Lola Falana, American actress, singer, and dancer
1941
Minnijean Brown-Trickey, Civil Rights activist and Little Rock Nine member
1940
Brian De Palma, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1940
Nông Đức Mạnh, Vietnamese politician
1939
Charles Geschke, American businessman, co-founded Adobe Systems (d. 2021)
1938
David Higgins, English composer and conductor (d. 2006)
1938
Brian F. G. Johnson, English chemist and academic
1937
Robert Crippen, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1937
Queen Paola of Belgium
1936
Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (d. 2014)
1935
Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer
1935
Gherman Titov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2000)
1934
Oliver Jones, Canadian pianist and composer
1933
Margaret Booth, English lawyer and judge (d. 2021)
1933
William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (d. 2002)
1933
Nicola Pietrangeli, Italian tennis player
1931
Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian and academic (d. 2014)
1930
Cathryn Damon, American actress and dancer (d. 1987)
1930
Jean-Claude Forest, French author and illustrator (d. 1998)
1930
Saleh Selim, Egyptian footballer, manager, and actor (d. 2002)
1929
Luis García, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
1929
Primož Kozak, Slovenian playwright (d. 1981)
1929
Patrick Mayhew, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (d. 2016)
1928
Reubin Askew, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of Florida (d. 2014)
1928
Earl Holliman, American actor
1927
Keith Holman, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2011)
1927
G. David Schine, American soldier and businessman (d. 1996)
1926
Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1925
Harry Somers, Canadian soldier and composer (d. 1999)
1924
Daniel Akaka, American soldier, engineer, and politician (d. 2018)
1924
Tom Landry, American football player and coach (d. 2000)
1924
Rudolf Vrba, Czech-Canadian pharmacologist and educator (d. 2006)
1923
Betsy Drake, American actress (d. 2015)
1923
Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer and academic (d. 1984)
1921
Leaford Bearskin, American tribal leader and colonel (d. 2012)
1917
Donald Blakeslee, American colonel and pilot (d. 2008)
1917
Herbert Lom, Czech-born English actor (d. 2012)
1917
Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (d. 1989)
1917
Jessica Mitford, English-American journalist and author (d. 1996)
1917
Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and horse breeder (d. 2001)
1916
Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (d. 2015)
1915
Dajikaka Gadgil, Indian jeweller (d. 2014)
1914
Serbian Patriarch Pavle II (d. 2009)
1913
Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (d. 1983)
1913
Jacinto Convit, Venezuelan physician and academic (d. 2014)
1911
Lala Amarnath, Indian cricketer (d. 2000)
1911
Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1971)
1908
Alvar Lidell, English journalist (d. 1981)
1907
Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (d. 1974)
1904
Karl Plutus, Estonian lawyer and jurist (d. 2010)
1903
Theodor Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1969)
1903
Stephen Etnier, American lieutenant and painter (d. 1984)
1901
D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman, founded Gold Kist (d. 1999)
1899
Philipp Bouhler, German politician (d. 1945)
1899
Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (d. 2000)
1899
Anton Koolmann, Estonian wrestler and coach (d. 1953)
1898
Gerald Templer, English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya (d. 1979)
1895
Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee (d. 1982)
1893
Douglas Hawkes, English-Greek racing driver and engineer (d. 1974)
1891
William Thomas Walsh, American historian, author, and educator (d. 1949)
1885
D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1930)
1885
Herbert Stothart, American composer and conductor (d. 1949)
1884
Sudhamoy Pramanick, Indian activist and politician (d. 1974)
1879
Louis Coatalen, French engineer (d. 1962)
1877
Felix Dzerzhinsky, Polish-Russian academic and politician (d. 1926)
1877
James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1946)
1876
Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (d. 1924)
1871
Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona, Italian racing driver, mountaineer, and politician (d. 1927)
1865
Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (d. 1929)
1862
Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor General of Canada (d. 1935)
1862
Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician (d. 1910)
1862
O. Henry, American short story writer (d. 1910)
1861
Juhani Aho, Finnish author and journalist (d. 1921)
1860
James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1934)
1859
Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian author and playwright (d. 1905)
1847
Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (d. 1921)
1838
John Ireland, Irish-American archbishop (d. 1918)
1836
Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, author, and explorer (d. 1870)
1829
Thomas Hill, American painter (d. 1908)
1825
Eduard Hanslick, Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and critic (d. 1904)
1816
Carl Zeiss, German lens maker, created the Optical instrument (d. 1888)
1800
Daniel S. Dickinson, American lawyer and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of New York (d. 1866)
1798
Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (d. 1895)
1786
Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish pianist and composer (d. 1832)
1771
Mungo Park, Scottish surgeon and explorer (d. 1806)
1764
Valentino Fioravanti, Italian organist and composer (d. 1837)
1751
Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (d. 1827)
1723
Johann Bernhard Basedow, German author and educator (d. 1790)
1711
William Boyce, English organist and composer (d. 1779)
1700
James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (d. 1748)
1681
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (d. 1741)
1611
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (d. 1675)
1578
Vincenzo Maculani, Catholic cardinal (d. 1667)
1572
Daniyal, Imperial Prince of the Royal House of Timur (d. 1604)
1557
Joseph Calasanz, Spanish priest and founder of Piarists (d. 1648)
1525
John George, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1598)
1524
Pierre de Ronsard, French poet and author (d. 1585)
1522
Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian ornithologist and botanist (d. 1605)
1494
Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Guelders (1518-1538) (d. 1572)
1476
Louise of Savoy, French regent (d. 1531)
1465
Bernardo Accolti, Italian poet (d. 1536)
1318
Eleanor of Lancaster, countess of Arundel (d. 1372)
1182
Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shōgun (d. 1204)
600
Yuknoom Ch'een II, Mayan ruler

Deaths On This Day

2022
Javier Marías, Spanish novelist, journalist and translator (b. 1951)
2022
John W. O'Malley, American academic, Catholic historian, and Jesuit priest (b. 1927)
2022
Joyce Reynolds, British classicist and academic (b. 1918)
2021
Abimael Guzmán, Peruvian philosopher and academic (b. 1934)
2020
Toots Hibbert, Jamaican singer and songwriter (b. 1942)
2019
B. J. Habibie, 3rd President of Indonesia (b. 1936)
2016
Alexis Arquette, American actress, musician and cabaret performer (b. 1969)
2014
Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1930)
2014
Antoine Duhamel, French composer and conductor (b. 1925)
2014
Donald Sinden, English actor (b. 1923)
2013
Francisco Chavez, Filipino lawyer and politician, Solicitor General of the Philippines (b. 1947)
2013
Albert Jacquard, French geneticist and biologist (b. 1925)
2013
Andrzej Trybulec, Polish mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1941)
2012
Finn Bergesen, Norwegian civil servant and businessman (b. 1945)
2012
Tomas Evjen, Norwegian cinematographer and producer (b. 1972)
2012
J. Christopher Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat, 10th United States Ambassador to Libya (b. 1960)
2011
Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver (b. 1984)
2011
Ralph Gubbins, English footballer (b. 1932)
2011
Anjali Gupta, Indian soldier and pilot (b. 1975)
2011
Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor and model (b. 1971)
2010
Harold Gould, American actor (b. 1923)
2010
Kevin McCarthy, American actor (b. 1914)
2009
Jim Carroll, American author, poet and musician (b. 1949)
2009
Pierre Cossette, Canadian producer and manager (b. 1923)
2009
Larry Gelbart, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2009
Yoshito Usui, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1958)
2007
Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1946)
2007
Gene Savoy, American explorer, theologian, and author (b. 1927)
2007
Jean Séguy, French sociologist and author (b. 1925)
2007
Joe Zawinul, Austrian keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1932)
2006
William Auld, Scottish poet and author (b. 1924)
2006
Joachim Fest, German journalist and author (b. 1926)
2004
Fred Ebb, American songwriter (b. 1928)
2004
David Mann, American painter and illustrator (b. 1939)
2004
Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (b. 1949)
2003
Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, 39th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sweden (b. 1957)
2003
John Ritter, American actor (b. 1948)
2002
Kim Hunter, American actress (b. 1922)
2002
Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1933)
2002
David Wisniewski, American author and illustrator (b. 1953)
2001
Alice Stewart Trillin, American author and educator (b. 1938)
2001
Casualties of the September 11 attacks: see Category:Victims of the September 11 attacks
1999
Belkis Ayón, Cuban painter and lithographer (b. 1967)
1999
Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan racing driver (b. 1972)
1998
Dane Clark, American actor (b. 1912)
1997
Camille Henry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1933)
1997
Hannah Weiner, American poet (b. 1928)
1995
Anita Harding, English neurologist and academic (b. 1952)
1994
Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian harpsichordist, pianist, and composer (b. 1910)
1994
Jessica Tandy, English-American actress (b. 1909)
1993
Antoine Izméry, Haitian businessman and activist
1993
Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-American conductor (b. 1912)
1993
Mary Jane Reoch, American cyclist (b. 1945)
1991
Ernst Herbeck, Austrian-German poet (b. 1920)
1990
Myrna Mack, Guatemalan anthropologist and activist (b. 1949)
1988
Roger Hargreaves, English author and illustrator (b. 1935)
1987
Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (b. 1915)
1987
Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
1987
Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and educator (b. 1907)
1986
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek academic and politician, 138th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1902)
1986
Noel Streatfeild, English author (b. 1895)
1985
William Alwyn, English composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1905)
1985
Henrietta Barnett, British Women's Royal Air Force officer (b. 1905)
1985
Eleanor Dark, Australian author (b. 1901)
1984
Jerry Voorhis, American politician (b. 1901)
1982
Albert Soboul, French historian and academic (b. 1914)
1978
Mike Gazella, American baseball player and manager (b. 1895)
1978
Georgi Markov, Bulgarian author and playwright (b. 1929)
1978
Janet Parker, English photographer (b. 1938)
1978
Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (b. 1944)
1974
Lois Lenski, American author and illustrator (b. 1893)
1973
Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (b. 1908)
1973
Neem Karoli Baba, Indian philosopher and guru
1971
Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician (b. 1894)
1968
René Cogny, French general (b. 1904)
1967
Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer and academic (b. 1904)
1966
Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (b. 1889)
1965
Ralph C. Smedley, American educator, founded Toastmasters International (b. 1878)
1964
Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, Indian poet and critic (b. 1917)
1959
Paul Douglas, American actor (b. 1907)
1958
Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1889)
1958
Robert W. Service, English-French poet and author (b. 1874)
1957
Mary Proctor, American astronomer (b. 1862)
1956
Billy Bishop, Canadian colonel and pilot (b. 1894)
1952
Alfrēds Riekstiņš, Latvian military officer and freedom fighter (d. 1913)
1950
Jan Smuts, South African field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1870)
1949
Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (b. 1873)
1948
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (b. 1876)
1941
Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian physician, journalist, and politician, Soviet Ambassador to France (b. 1873)
1939
Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1861)
1935
Charles Norris, American coroner (b. 1867)
1932
Stanisław Wigura, Polish pilot and businessman, co-founded the RWD Company (b. 1901)
1932
Franciszek Żwirko, Polish soldier and pilot (b. 1895)
1926
Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (b. 1875)
1921
Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (b. 1882)
1919
Quianu Robinson, New Mexican Congressman and political ally of Conrad Hilton (b. 1852)
1917
Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot (b. 1894)
1915
William Sprague IV, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1830)
1911
Louis Henri Boussenard, French explorer and author (b. 1847)
1896
Francis James Child, American scholar and educator (b. 1825)
1888
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina (b. 1811)
1865
Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (b. 1806)
1843
Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (b. 1786)
1823
David Ricardo, English economist and politician (b. 1772)
1760
Louis Godin, French astronomer and academic (b. 1704)
1733
François Couperin, French organist and composer (b. 1668)
1721
Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (b. 1665)
1680
Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (b. 1596)
1677
James Harrington, English philosopher and author (b. 1611)
1599
Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (b. 1577)
1569
Vincenza Armani, Italian actress (b. 1530)
1349
Bonne of Luxembourg, queen of John II of France (b. 1315)
1298
Philip of Artois, Lord of Conches, Nonancourt, and Domfront (b. 1269)
1297
Hugh de Cressingham, English Treasurer
1279
Robert Kilwardby, English cardinal (b. 1215)
1185
Stephen Hagiochristophorites, Byzantine courtier (b. 1130)
1161
Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem (b. 1105)
1063
Béla I of Hungary (b. 1016)
883
Kesta Styppiotes, Byzantine general