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September 20

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September 20

September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 102 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: $70 million Michigan Powerball winner says lottery winners should be able to remain anonymous. A $70 million Powerball lottery winner from Michigan, who won the jackpot back in 2020, has come forward to argue that lottery winners should be able to choose to remain anonymous.
2021: Mega Millions and Powerball offer nearly $1 billion in combined lottery jackpots. Lottery players are eyeing up the two nearly identical multi-state jackpots that have reached nearly a combined $1 billion this week.
2019: N.J. man who previously won $2M on lottery scratch-off wins another $250K jackpot. Two years after winning $2 million in a New Jersey Lottery scratch-off game, a New Jersey man hit it big again — this time with a scratch-off ticket that proved to be worth $250,000.
2018: Virginia Lottery winner has three minutes to fill grocery shopping cart. A Virginia man Wednesday had three minutes to fill a shopping cart with $750 worth of groceries after winning the Virginia Lottery's Mega Grocery Shopping Dash.
2018: West Virginia Lottery has a new director. One day after lawmakers asked tough questions about leadership at the West Virginia Lottery, Gov. Jim Justice has named John Myers as director of the agency.
2017: N.J. Powerball lottery winner charged in child sex assaults. A Wayne, New Jersey, man who won $338 million in one of the largest Powerball lottery jackpots in New Jersey history has been charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting a child over a three-year period, prosecutors said Wednesday.
2017: Missouri Lottery facing challenging issues with vendor contract. One of the Missouri Lottery's biggest contracts might not stand up in court if it was challenged by the company that runs its statewide network of ticket sales.
2017: 2 more Jamaican lottery scam suspects brought to US. All of the 13 suspects arrested in what authorities believe is the first large-scale Jamaican lottery scam to be prosecuted in the U.S. have now entered pleas in federal court, with more than one-third of them admitting guilt or scheduled to do so.
2017: South Dakota woman claims record Dakota Cash lottery jackpot. A woman from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has claimed the largest Dakota Cash lottery jackpot since the game's inception.
2017: Mass. Lottery retailers fight online sales bill. The Massachusetts Lottery says it could stop being successful unless a bill allowing online ticket sales becomes law, while retailers say their future success hinges on the bill not becoming law. Now the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection will weigh the benefits and drawbacks of an online lottery.
2013: Good Samaritan may get unclaimed lotto jackpot in Spain. A store cashier found a lottery ticket worth $6.3 million, but turned it in rather than cashing it himself. But he may eventually be awarded the jackpot anyway.
2012: Opening statements in $3M NY lottery ticket trial. A Rockland prosecutor today told a jury that an illegal immigrant's $3 million lottery dream was foiled by three conspiring men, while their lawyers contended the Spring Valley man created a nightmare for their clients with falsehoods to back out of contracts to share the winnings.
2012: $337M Powerball winner prowls Internet for a 'big and beautiful' woman. After winning a whopping $337 million, Donald Lawson might seem like something of a catch, but take a closer look at the Powerball Lottery winner from Michigan and most women might think twice before going on a date with him.
2011: Arkansas Lottery VPs hope to stay after director leaves. Arkansas Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue is moving on, but the two top executives he brought with him from South Carolina say they hope to stay put.
2011: Panel eyes less pay for next Ark. lottery chief. The Arkansas Lottery Commission hasn't begun its search for a replacement for outgoing Director Ernie Passailaigue, but the commission's chairman and a key legislative leader said Tuesday that whoever gets the job shouldn't expect the same paycheck.
2010: N.C. Lottery's raffle makes 3 millionaires. The North Carolina Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Cash Splash Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Monday, and made three instant millionaires.
2010: Powerball, Mega Millions lotteries both have big winners. The USA's two biggest multi-state lottery games produced jackpot winners this weekend.
2009: Single lottery ticket wins final Super 7 jackpot worth $24M. The final Canada Super 7 jackpot, totalling almost $24 million, was won Friday night by a single ticket in Saskatchewan.
2008: N.J. lawmakers want full disclosure of lottery prizes. If you buy a lottery ticket dreaming of winning a prize such as a hybrid car or $1 million in cash, those prizes should still be available when the ticket is sold, two New Jersey legislators contend.
2008: Lawsuit filed to pull lottery off Arkansas ballot. A group opposing a state-run lottery asked the Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday to throw the proposal off this fall's ballot.
2007: Tennessee Lottery oversight committee to convene in November. Following a disastrous couple of months for Tennessee Lottery, the legislature has decided to convene a meeting of the Oversight Committee and audit the lottery's operations.
2006: E! Television to air 'Curse of the Lottery' Sunday. Premiering on E! network this Sunday, the two-hour special episode "THS Investigates: The Curse of the Lottery" tells what happened to megabucks winners who failed to find joy in a wallet stuffed fat with cash.
2005: Anti-lottery group considers legal challenge to N.C. Lottery. A spokesman for Citizens United Against the Lottery, a coalition formed to fight the creation of the North Carolina Lottery, said Monday that the group is weighing a lawsuit challenging how the lottery was approved.
2005: N.C. Lottery may start in six months. Even though little progress has been made since the North Carolina lottery legislation was signed three weeks ago, the governor still expects it to begin in six months or so.
2005: Retailers, Players Could Run Into N.C. Lottery Red Tape. Owners at many convenience stores in North Carolina say they cannot wait to begin selling lottery tickets, but under the state's lottery law, they could run into red tape -- and so could lottery winners.
2005: Discarded lottery ticket offers lesson of faith, optimism. A Pennsylvania resident, 35 and taking community college courses, is shown how to have faith and to be optimistic -- from a winning lottery ticket.
2004: Man stops for a soda and wins a $100,000 Powerball prize. For V. Godinez of Carlsbad, winning the latest $100,000 Powerball prize in New Mexico resulted from merely stopping for a soda after his work shift.
2004: New Mexico Lottery Unveils '4 This Way'. The New Mexico Lottery Authority will launch a new drawing game on September 26. "4 This Way" is designed as a game unique to New Mexico with a $4,000 nightly top prize.
2004: Powerball lottery jackpot nears $100 million mark. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $95 million, with a cash option of $52.3 million.
2004: Mega Millions Jackpot Swells To $64 Million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $64 million Saturday.
2004: Ontario Lottery Machines Crash. Three-quarters of Ontario's 8,200 lottery machines weren't working Sunday night.
2003: Mega Millions Rises to $102 Million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $102 million Saturday, the largest Mega Millions jackpot in three months.
2003: Paul gets brusque farewell from Georgia lottery board. When Rebecca Paul gave three weeks' notice that she was stepping down as head of Georgia's lottery to start Tennessee's, her bosses showered her with praise and wished her well. Days later, the lottery's board of directors barred Paul from her desk and declared it wanted the $500,000-a-year executive gone yesterday - literally.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$677.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2023
2.$473.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2021
3.$431 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 21, 2021
4.$277 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2022
5.$275 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 21, 2018
6.€274.31 Million US$273.9 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2022
7.$251.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 21, 2022
8.$235 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 23, 2015
9.$211 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2019
10.€188 Million
US$207.27 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2019
11.$205 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 22, 2023
12.$196 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2014
13.€130 Million
US$189.94 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2008
14.€153 Million
US$182.99 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 22, 2017
15.$179 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2006
16.$178 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 22, 2018
17.$174 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 22, 2012
18.€174 Million
US$173.74 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2022
19.€142.86 Million
US$159.55 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2016
20.$154 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2008
21.€130 Million
US$152.85 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 21, 2018
22.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 20, 2013
23.$129 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 23, 2009
24.$108 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 21, 2005
25.$104 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 22, 2017

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1994: Accepted12
Tuesday, Sep 20, 1994
29 years old
1990: Hb90
Thursday, Sep 20, 1990
33 years old
1989: moneybags89
Wednesday, Sep 20, 1989
34 years old
1988: pds0920
Tuesday, Sep 20, 1988
35 years old
1985: sorensonfan41
Friday, Sep 20, 1985
38 years old
1984: luckysweets
Thursday, Sep 20, 1984
39 years old
1982: SugarBear7707
Monday, Sep 20, 1982
41 years old
1977: ufMart
Tuesday, Sep 20, 1977
46 years old
1975: weshar75
Saturday, Sep 20, 1975
48 years old
1969: Lee Hinkle1
Saturday, Sep 20, 1969
54 years old
1966: Shaggy
Tuesday, Sep 20, 1966
57 years old
1965: kledford
Monday, Sep 20, 1965
58 years old
1964: missloretta2000
Sunday, Sep 20, 1964
59 years old
1962: skio
Thursday, Sep 20, 1962
61 years old
1961: fxsterling
Wednesday, Sep 20, 1961
62 years old
1961: mlbatlanta
Wednesday, Sep 20, 1961
62 years old
1960: brittkimsdad
Tuesday, Sep 20, 1960
63 years old
1960: big daddy
Tuesday, Sep 20, 1960
63 years old
1960: sgttdann
Tuesday, Sep 20, 1960
63 years old
1955: brenmore
Tuesday, Sep 20, 1955
68 years old
1948: Dcap33
Monday, Sep 20, 1948
75 years old
1935: ronaldwhite
Friday, Sep 20, 1935
88 years old
: Rubi 311
(year not provided)
: Starr920
(year not provided)
: ELUCKYDREAM*
(year not provided)
: sauliewashere
(year not provided)
: geerod2001
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: Roughly four million people, mostly students, demonstrate across the world to address climate change. Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden leads the demonstration in New York City.
2018: At least 161 people die after a ferry capsizes close to the pier on Ukara Island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
2017: Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, resulting in 2,975 deaths, US$90 billion in damage, and a major humanitarian crisis.
2011: The United States military ends its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.
2008: A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
2007: Between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters march on Jena, Louisiana, United States, in support of six black youths who had been convicted of assaulting a white classmate.
2003: Civil unrest in the Maldives breaks out after a prisoner is killed by guards.
2001: In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror".
2000: The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile.
1990: South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
1989: USAir Flight 5050 crashes into Bowery Bay during a rejected takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, killing two people.
1984: A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
1982: NFL season: American football players in the National Football League begin a 57-day strike.
1979: A French-supported coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I.
1977: Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
1973: Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome.
1973: Singer Jim Croce, songwriter and musician Maury Muehleisen and four others die when their light aircraft crashes on takeoff at Natchitoches Regional Airport in Louisiana.
1971: Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific.
1967: The Cunard Liner Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched in Clydebank, Scotland.
1965: Following the Battle of Burki, the Indian Army captures Dograi in during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
1962: James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
1961: Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
1955: The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
1946: The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed for seven years due to World War II.
1946: Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.
1941: The Holocaust in Lithuania: Lithuanian Nazis and local police begin a mass execution of 403 Jews in Nemenčinė.
1920: Irish War of Independence: British police known as "Black and Tans" burn the town of Balbriggan and kill two local men in revenge for an IRA assassination.
1911: The White Star Line's RMS Olympic collides with the British warship HMS Hawke.
1893: Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
1881: U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in upon the death of James A. Garfield the previous day.
1871: Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
1870: The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
1863: American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.
1860: The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom begins the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales.
1857: The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company.
1854: Crimean War: British and French troops defeat Russians at the Battle of Alma.
1835: The decade-long Ragamuffin War starts when rebels capture Porto Alegre in Brazil.
1792: French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.
1737: The Walking Purchase concludes, which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860 km) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
1697: The Treaty of Ryswick is signed by France, England, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, ending the Nine Years' War.
1602: The Spanish-held Dutch town of Grave capitulates to a besieging Dutch and English army under the command of Maurice of Orange.
1586: A number of conspirators in the Babington Plot are hanged, drawn and quartered.
1519: Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition which ultimately culminates in the first circumnavigation of the globe.
1498: The Nankai tsunami washes away the building housing the Great Buddha at Kōtoku-in; it has been located outside ever since.
1378: Cardinal Robert of Geneva is elected as Pope Clement VII, beginning the Papal schism.
1260: The Great Prussian Uprising among the old Prussians begins against the Teutonic Knights.
1187: Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.
1066: At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin.
1058: Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border territory of Burgenland.

Births On This Day

1996: Ioana Loredana Roșca, Romanian tennis player
1995: Laura Dekker, Dutch sailor
1995: Rob Holding, English footballer
1993: Julian Draxler, German footballer
1992: Michał Żyro, Polish footballer
1991: Isaac Cofie, Ghanaian footballer
1990: Phillip Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1990: John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player
1988: Sergei Bobrovsky, Russian ice hockey player
1988: Khabib Nurmagomedov, Russian mixed martial artist
1988: Ayano Ōmoto, Japanese singer and dancer
1988: Ryan Simpkins, Australian rugby league player
1987: Gain, South Korean singer
1987: Jack Lawless, American drummer
1987: Tito Tebaldi, Italian rugby player
1986: Hayato Fujita, Japanese wrestler
1986: Aldis Hodge, American actor
1986: İbrahim Kaş, Turkish footballer
1986: Jason Nightingale, New Zealand rugby league player
1985: Ian Desmond, American baseball player
1985: Mami Yamasaki, Japanese model and actress
1984: Brian Joubert, French figure skater
1983: Freya Ross, Scottish runner
1983: Ángel Sánchez, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
1982: Jason Bacashihua, American ice hockey player
1982: Aaron Burkart, German race car driver
1982: Brian Fortuna, American dancer and choreographer
1982: Inna Osypenko-Radomska, Ukrainian-born sprint kayaker
1982: Sexy Star, Mexican wrestler
1982: Athanasios Tsigas, Greek footballer
1981: Feliciano López, Spanish tennis player
1981: David McMillan, American football player (d. 2013)
1981: Ryan Tandy, Australian rugby league player (d. 2014)
1981: Jordan Tata, American baseball player
1980: Vladimir Karpets, Russian cyclist
1978: Jason Bay, Canadian-American baseball player
1978: Patrizio Buanne, Austrian-Italian singer-songwriter and producer
1978: Héctor Camacho Jr., Puerto Rican-American boxer
1978: Dante Hall, American football player
1978: Scott Minto, Australian rugby league player
1977: Chris Mooney, American journalist and academic
1976: Ainsley Earhardt, American political commentator
1975: Asia Argento, Italian actress
1975: Joel Gertner, American wrestling announcer
1975: Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian race car driver
1975: Jason Robinson, American saxophonist and composer
1973: Ronald McKinnon, American football player
1973: Jo Pavey, English runner
1972: Victor Ponta, Romanian jurist and politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Romania
1971: Todd Blackadder, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1971: Masashi Hamauzu, Japanese pianist and composer
1971: Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer and manager
1971: Dominika Peczynski, Swedish singer and television host
1970: N'Bushe Wright, American actress and dancer
1969: Patrick Pentland, Irish-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1969: Tim Rogers, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969: Ben Shepherd, American musician and songwriter
1969: Richard Witschge, Dutch footballer and coach
1968: Ijaz Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer and coach
1968: Philippa Forrester, English television and radio presenter, producer and author
1968: Leah Pinsent, Canadian actress
1968: Darrell Russell, American race car driver (d. 2004)
1968: Norah Vincent, American writer (d. 2022)
1967: Roger Anderson, American wrestler
1967: Martin Harrison, American football player
1967: Kristen Johnston, American actress
1967: Gunnar Nelson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967: Matthew Nelson, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1966: Nuno Bettencourt, Portuguese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965: Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Danish badminton player
1964: Randy Bradbury, American bass player
1963: Anil Dalpat, Pakistani cricketer
1962: Jim Al-Khalili, Iraqi-English physicist, author, and academic
1961: Lisa Bloom, American lawyer and journalist
1961: Caroline Flint, English politician, Minister of State for Europe
1961: Erwin Koeman, Dutch retired football player and coach
1960: Lee Hall, English playwright and screenwriter
1960: Dave Hemingway, English singer-songwriter and drummer
1960: Deborah Roberts, American journalist
1959: Joseph Alessi, American trombonist and educator
1959: Joanna Domańska, Polish pianist and educator
1959: Meral Okay, Turkish actress, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1958: Arn Anderson, American wrestler and trainer
1957: Alannah Currie, New Zealand singer-songwriter
1957: Michael Hurst, New Zealand actor and director
1957: Vladimir Tkatchenko, Ukrainian-Russian basketball player
1956: Jennifer Tour Chayes, American mathematician and computer scientist
1956: Gary Cole, American actor
1956: Steve Coleman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
1956: John Harle, English saxophonist, composer, conductor, and producer
1955: Betsy Brantley, American actress
1955: Johnny Kidd, English wrestler
1955: José Rivero, Spanish golfer
1954: Anne McIntosh, Scottish lawyer and politician
1954: Henry Samueli, American businessman, co-founded Broadcom Corporation
1953: Rocky Mattioli, Italian-Australian boxer
1953: Steve Tom, American actor
1951: Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2022)
1951: Javier Marías, Spanish journalist, author, and academic (d. 2022)
1951: Greg Valentine, American wrestler
1950: Loredana Bertè, Italian singer
1949: Mahesh Bhatt, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
1948: Rey Langit, Filipino journalist and radio host
1948: Victoria Mallory, American singer and actress (d. 2014)
1948: George R. R. Martin, American novelist and short story writer
1948: Chuck Panozzo, American bass player
1948: John Panozzo, American drummer (d. 1996)
1947: Mia Martini, Italian singer (d. 1995)
1947: Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, French journalist and author
1946: Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj, Spiritual Master, Head of Science of Spirituality
1946: Pete Coors, American businessman and politician
1946: Markandey Katju, Indian lawyer and judge
1944: Paul Madeley, English footballer (d. 2018)
1942: Rose Francine Rogombé, Gabonese lawyer and politician, President of Gabon (d. 2015)
1941: Dale Chihuly, American sculptor and educator
1941: Sammy McMillan, Irish footballer
1940: Tarō Asō, Japanese target shooter and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Japan
1940: William Finley, American actor (d. 2012)
1940: Anna Pavord, Welsh-English journalist and author
1938: Eric Gale, American guitarist and producer (d. 1994)
1938: Jane Manning, English soprano and educator (d. 2021)
1937: Birgitta Dahl, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for the Environment
1937: Garry Johnson, English general
1937: Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2005)
1936: Andrew Davies, Welsh author, screenwriter, and producer
1936: Salvador Reyes Monteón, Mexican footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1935: David Pegg, English footballer (d. 1958)
1935: Keith Roberts, English author and illustrator (d. 2000)
1935: Jim Taylor, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2018)
1934: Hamit Kaplan, Turkish World and Olympic champion sports wrestler (d. 1976)
1934: Sophia Loren, Italian actress
1934: David Marquand, Welsh academic and politician
1934: Jeff Morris, American actor (d. 2004)
1934: Rajinder Puri, Indian cartoonist, journalist, and activist (d. 2015)
1933: Dennis Viollet, English footballer and manager (d. 1999)
1931: Cherd Songsri, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1930: Richard Montague, American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1971)
1929: Anne Meara, American actress and playwright (d. 2015)
1929: Vittorio Taviani, Italian film director and screenwriter (d. 2018)
1929: Joe Temperley, Scottish saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 2016)
1928: Alberto de Lacerda, Mozambican-Portuguese poet and radio host (d. 2007)
1928: Olga Ferri, Argentinian dancer and choreographer (d. 2012)
1928: Donald Hall, American poet, editor, and critic (d. 2018)
1927: Colette Bonheur, Canadian singer (d. 1966)
1927: John Dankworth, English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 2010)
1927: Red Mitchell, American bassist, composer, and poet (d. 1992)
1927: Rachel Roberts, Welsh actress (d. 1980)
1926: Libero Liberati, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 1962)
1925: James Bernard, English composer and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1925: Ananda Mahidol, King Rama VIII of Thailand (d. 1946)
1924: Gogi Grant, American singer (d. 2016)
1924: Albert Marre, American director, and producer (d. 2012)
1924: Jackie Paris, American singer and guitarist (d. 2004)
1923: Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Indian actor and producer (d. 2014)
1923: Maurice Sauvé, Canadian economist, academic, and politician (d. 1992)
1921: Chico Hamilton, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 2013)
1920: Jay Ward, American animator, producer, and screenwriter, founded Jay Ward Productions (d. 1989)
1917: Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (d. 2006)
1917: Olga Dahl, Swedish genealogist (d. 2009)
1917: Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (d. 1994)
1917: Clarice Taylor, American actress (d. 2011)
1917: Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1996)
1915: Malik Meraj Khalid, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 2003)
1914: Kenneth More, English actor (d. 1982)
1913: Sidney Dillon Ripley, American ornithologist and academic (d. 2001)
1906: Jean Dréville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1906: Vera Faddeeva, Russian mathematician (d. 1983)
1902: Stevie Smith, English author and poet (d. 1971)
1899: Leo Strauss, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1973)
1895: Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science (d. 1937)
1893: Colin Fraser Barron, Scottish-Canadian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1958)
1893: Hermann Lux, German footballer and manager (d. 1962)
1891: Tomás Garrido Canabal, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1943)
1890: Linda Eenpalu, Estonian activist and politician (d. 1967)
1889: Oskar Kaplur, Estonian wrestler (d. 1962)
1889: Charles Reidpath, American runner and general (d. 1975)
1886: Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (d. 1945)
1885: Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1950)
1884: Maxwell Perkins, American editor (d. 1947)
1880: Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, musicologist and critic (d. 1968)
1878: Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist (d. 1968)
1878: Francisco Lagos Cházaro, acting president of Mexico (d. 1932)
1876: Carleton Ellis, American inventor and chemist (d. 1941)
1875: Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (d. 1921)
1873: Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1949)
1873: Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver (d. 1944)
1872: Maurice Gamelin, French general (d. 1958)
1861: Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, 8th Librarian of Congress (d. 1955)
1853: Chulalongkorn, Siamese king (d. 1910)
1851: Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright and critic (d. 1929)
1847: Susanna Rubinstein, Austrian psychologist (d. 1914)
1844: William H. Illingworth, English-American photographer (d. 1893)
1842: James Dewar, Scottish-English chemist and physicist (d. 1923)
1833: Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian soldier and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1918)
1831: Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (d. 1917)
1820: John F. Reynolds, American general (d. 1863)
1819: Frederick Ellsworth Sickels, American inventor (d. 1895)
1815: Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1869)
1800: Benjamin Franklin White, American singer and composer (d. 1879)
1778: Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (d. 1852)
1758: Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian emperor (d. 1806)
1746: Maurice, Count de Benyovszky, Slovak-Hungarian explorer (d. 1786)
1685: Giuseppe Matteo Alberti, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1751)
1685: Mateo de Toro Zambrano, 1st Count of La Conquista, President of the First Government Junta of Chile (d. 1811)
1614: Martino Martini, Italian missionary, cartographer and historian (d. 1661)
1608: Jean-Jacques Olier, French priest and mystic, founded the Society of Saint-Sulpice (d. 1657)
1599: Christian the Younger of Brunswick (d. 1623)
1593: Gottfried Scheidt, German organist and composer (d. 1661)
1514: Philipp IV, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1590)
1504: Philip III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1559)
1486: Arthur, Prince of Wales (d. 1502)
1449: Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1500)
1161: Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)
917: Kyunyeo, Korean poet (d. 973)

Deaths On This Day

2016: Curtis Hanson, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1945)
2016: Peter Leo Gerety, American bishop (b. 1912)
2015: Mario Caiano, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
2015: Jagmohan Dalmiya, Indian businessman (b. 1940)
2015: Jack Larson, American actor (b. 1928)
2014: Anatoly Berezovoy, Russian colonel, pilot, and cosmonaut (b. 1942)
2014: Polly Bergen, American actress and singer (b. 1930)
2014: Takako Doi, Japanese scholar and politician (b. 1928)
2014: George Sluizer, French-Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
2013: James B. Vaught, American general (b. 1926)
2013: Gilles Verlant, Belgian journalist and critic (b. 1957)
2012: Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal (b. 1935)
2012: Richard H. Cracroft, American author and academic (b. 1936)
2012: Tereska Torrès, French soldier and author (b. 1920)
2011: Oscar Handlin, American historian and author (b. 1915)
2011: Burhanuddin Rabbani, Afghan academic and politician, 10th President of Afghanistan (b. 1940)
2010: Leonard Skinner, American soldier and educator (b. 1933)
2007: Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (b. 1928)
2006: Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (b. 1932)
2006: Sven Nykvist, Swedish director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1922)
2006: John W. Peterson, American pilot and songwriter (b. 1921)
2005: Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian human rights activist, Holocaust survivor (b. 1908)
2004: Brian Clough, English footballer and manager (b. 1935)
2004: Townsend Hoopes, American soldier and historian (b. 1922)
2003: Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwean politician, 1st Vice-President of Zimbabwe (b. 1922)
2003: Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn, Welsh lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1941)
2002: Sergei Bodrov Jr., Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1971)
2000: Gherman Titov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1935)
1999: Robert Lebel, Canadian businessman (b. 1905)
1996: Paul Erdős, Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1913)
1996: Reuben Kamanga, Zambian politician, 1st Vice-President of Zambia (b. 1929)
1996: Paul Weston, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1912)
1994: Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1924)
1994: Jule Styne, American composer (b. 1905)
1993: Erich Hartmann, German soldier and pilot (b. 1922)
1987: Michael Stewart, American playwright and composer (b. 1924)
1984: Steve Goodman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
1979: Ludvík Svoboda, Czech general and politician, 8th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1895)
1975: Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
1973: Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
1972: Pierre-Henri Simon, French historian and author (b. 1903)
1971: Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
1971: James Westerfield, American actor (b. 1913)
1970: Alexandros Othonaios, Greek general and politician, 126h Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1879)
1957: Heino Kaski, Finnish pianist and composer (b. 1885)
1957: Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer (b. 1865)
1947: Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (b. 1882)
1947: Jantina Tammes, Dutch biologist, geneticist, and academic (b. 1871)
1945: Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (b. 1869)
1945: William Seabrook, American occultist, journalist, and explorer (b. 1884)
1945: Eduard Wirths, German physician (b. 1909)
1942: Kārlis Ulmanis, Latvian prime minister and president (b. 1877)
1939: Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (b. 1855)
1933: Annie Besant, English theosophist and activist (b. 1847)
1932: Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 (b. 1870)
1930: Gombojab Tsybikov, Russian anthropologist and explorer (b. 1873)
1927: George Nichols, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1864)
1908: Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)
1906: Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1834)
1898: Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (b. 1819)
1884: Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and author (b. 1802)
1863: Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (b. 1785)
1855: José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran priest and educator (b. 1797)
1852: Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College (b. 1775)
1845: Matvei Gedenschtrom, Russian explorer and public servant (b. 1780)
1840: José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, Consul of Paraguay (b. 1766)
1839: Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (b. 1769)
1815: Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist and scholar (b. 1725)
1803: Robert Emmet, Irish republican (b. 1780)
1793: Fletcher Christian, English lieutenant and mutineer (b. 1764)
1684: Kim Seok-ju, Korean scholar and politician (b. 1634)
1643: Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for England (b. 1610)
1639: Johannes Meursius, Dutch historian and scholar (b. 1579)
1627: Jan Gruter, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1560)
1625: Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (b. 1555)
1590: Lodovico Agostini, Italian priest, composer, and scholar (b. 1534)
1586: Sir Anthony Babington, English Catholic conspirator (b. 1561)
1586: Chidiock Tichborne, English conspirator and poet (b. 1558)
1565: Cipriano de Rore, Flemish composer and teacher (b. 1515)
1537: Pavle Bakić, medieval Serb monarch; last Serb Despot
1533: Veit Stoss, German sculptor (b. c. 1447)
1501: Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice
1501: Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, stepson of Edward IV of England (b. 1457)
1492: Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick (b. 1426)
1460: Gilles Binchois, Flemish composer (b. 1400)
1440: Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1371)
1384: Louis I, Duke of Anjou (b. 1339)
1328: Ibn Taymiyyah, Syrian theologian and scholar (b. 1263)
1266: Jan Prandota, Bishop of Kraków
1246: Michael of Chernigov (b. 1185)
1241: Conrad II of Salzwedel, German nobleman and bishop
1190: Adelog of Hildesheim, German bishop
1085: Hermann II, Count Palatine of Lotharingia (b. 1049)
855: Gozbald, bishop of Würzburg

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