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September 24

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September 24

September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 98 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022: IGT prevails in DOJ lawsuit; Wire Act only applies to sports betting. A fight spanning more than a decade over varying interpretations of the Interstate Wire Act of 1961 may finally be reaching its end after a Rhode Island District Court judge ruled that the US Department of Justice must formally state that the law only applies to sports betting.
2021: NEW VIDEO: The largest lottery jackpots in history. Today, Lottery Post released its latest video on the biggest lottery jackpots in history.
2013: Man accused of murder over lost lottery ticket. Prosecutors say Bruce Butler shot and killed a liquor store employee because he was mad about leaving a winning lottery ticket in the store months earlier.
2013: Wyoming Lottery hires Oregon Lottery official as CEO. The Wyoming Lottery Corporation on Monday announced its selection of an Oregon man to serve as its first chief executive officer.
2012: $200 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges. There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $200 million for Wednesday's drawing.
2009: Study: Hoosier Lottery has worst financial decline in USA. Proceeds from Indiana's lottery were down by more than 17 percent in the past fiscal year, marking the sharpest decline in profits nationwide.
2007: Texas lottery winner invests in unusual historical motel. A diesel mechanic and his wife, winners of a 2003 Texas Lottery jackpot, bought and renovated one of the few tee pee-themed motels remaining in the United States.
2007: Review: Vultures feast on desperate lottery winners. Edward Ugel writes about the trade of preying on bottomed-out lottery winners, crazy for cash to meet their growing debts, waiting for their next annual annuity check to arrive from the state coffers.
2007: Lottery ticket theft wins larceny count. A nurse's aide faces a larceny charge after she allegedly stole a winning $3,125 lottery ticket from an elderly town woman who cares for physically and mentally handicapped children in her home.
2005: Who's laughing now? Jokester is $258 million richer. On Friday, Harold Lerner got to do his shtick in front of hundreds of people and more than a dozen television cameras, knowing he probably had more money than all of them combined.
2005: New Jersey Couple Wins $258 Million in Mega Jackpot. What to do with a piece of paper worth $258 million? That was the immediate question that confronted Helen and Harold Lerner last Saturday morning after they checked the lottery numbers in the local newspaper and found that they had bought the winning ticket in the Sept. 16 drawing of the Mega Millions jackpot.
2005: Mega millionaires celebrate lottery jackpot. Harold and Helen Lerner are the talk of the town after announcing they are the winners of the $258 million Mega Millions jackpot prize.
2004: One ticket wins $19 million Illinois Lotto jackpot. A single player has won the $19 million grand prize from the latest drawing of the Illinois State Lottery's Lotto game.
2004: Minnesota Lottery hires S.D. lottery chief. The nationwide search for a new director to lead the beleaguered Minnesota Lottery ended close to home Thursday with the appointment of Clint Harris, executive director of the South Dakota Lottery.
2003: Mega Millions Mania. Tuesday afternoon, for people coming through the doors of Durston's, on West Genesee Street in Syracuse, New York, buying a ticket for a $102 million lottery drawing was hard to resist.
2003: Lottery board ups goals. Profit expectations for Tennessee's new lottery director Rebecca Paul increased Tuesday by roughly $6 million following a vote by the state's lottery board.
2003: Amendment would link lottery money, schools. Voters authorized a Louisiana state lottery in 1990, and some mistakenly thought they voted to spend the money to support public schools.
2003: Lottery winners sue financial adviser. A Vaughan, Ontario, couple who won over $19 million in a lottery are suing a lawyer-businessman for $7.75 million, alleging his investments squandered almost $5 million of their money.
2003: Paul to run sales, advertising for Tenn. Lottery. Sales and marketing of the Tennessee lottery will be controlled by lottery head Rebecca Paul, while other aspects of running the games will be handed over to private vendors.
2003: Mass. Lottery limits track's winning ticket payouts. The Massachusetts lottery will no longer allow the Raynham Park dog track to cash big ticket prizes after a state audit raised concerns that some people use the service to avoid paying taxes.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$793.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 25, 2023
2.$528.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 25, 2021
3.$325 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2022
4.$303 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 25, 2018
5.$274.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2022
6.€277.03 Million US$268.47 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2022
7.$267 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2015
8.$230 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2023
9.$228.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2014
10.$227 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2019
11.€190 Million
US$209.08 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2019
12.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2012
13.$193 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2018
14.€163 Million
US$192.34 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2017
15.€130 Million
US$189.94 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2008
16.€130 Million
US$183.89 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2007
17.$176 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2008
18.€145.48 Million
US$163.31 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2016
19.€138 Million
US$162.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 25, 2018
20.$160 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2013
21.€130 Million
US$152.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2021
22.$150 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2009
23.€130 Million
US$143.33 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 25, 2020
24.$126 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2003
24.$126 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2005

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1985: LLJ23!
Tuesday, Sep 24, 1985
38 years old
1984: CowboysFan
Monday, Sep 24, 1984
39 years old
1984: Flukerj05
Monday, Sep 24, 1984
39 years old
1983: Dee954
Saturday, Sep 24, 1983
40 years old
1982: AWRITER
Friday, Sep 24, 1982
41 years old
1980: Wit24
Wednesday, Sep 24, 1980
43 years old
1976: S!CAROLINA
Friday, Sep 24, 1976
47 years old
1976: GATOR83
Friday, Sep 24, 1976
47 years old
1971: Bigmama109
Friday, Sep 24, 1971
52 years old
1970: Browneyes170
Thursday, Sep 24, 1970
53 years old
1970: Miss Q
Thursday, Sep 24, 1970
53 years old
1968: Bobrisse
Tuesday, Sep 24, 1968
55 years old
1968: gogo24
Tuesday, Sep 24, 1968
55 years old
1967: sutra31
Sunday, Sep 24, 1967
56 years old
1964: brendagal56
Thursday, Sep 24, 1964
59 years old
1956: Lottolive64
Monday, Sep 24, 1956
67 years old
1951: DoctorJeckell
Monday, Sep 24, 1951
72 years old
1948: jmill1948
Friday, Sep 24, 1948
75 years old
1948: incognito1948
Friday, Sep 24, 1948
75 years old
1948: stif60
Friday, Sep 24, 1948
75 years old
1947: Wiggins2
Wednesday, Sep 24, 1947
76 years old
1945: hsanchez24
Monday, Sep 24, 1945
78 years old
: cali45a
(year not provided)
: RahRah67
(year not provided)
: Telco Tech
(year not provided)
: WandaXena
(year not provided)
: HeidiEugene
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2015: At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
2014: The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.
2013: A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people.
2009: The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
2009: SA Airlink Flight 8911 crashes near Durban International Airport in Durban, South Africa, killing the captain and injuring the rest of the crew.
2008: Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa.
2007: Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
2005: Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.
1996: Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
1993: The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.
1975: Southwest Face expedition members become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces, instead of using a ridge route.
1973: Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
1972: Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India.
1960: USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
1959: TAI Flight 307 crashes during takeoff from Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, killing 55 people.
1957: President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
1950: The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
1948: The Honda Motor Company is founded.
1946: Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
1946: The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
1935: Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.
1932: Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
1929: Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
1911: His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
1906: U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
1906: Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
1890: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
1877: The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
1869: Black Friday (1869): Gold prices plummet after United States President Ulysses Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
1853: Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.
1852: The first powered, passenger-carrying airship, the Giffard dirigible, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes.
1846: Mexican-American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.
1841: The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to James Brooke.
1830: A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium.
1789: The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.
1745: Jacobite rising of 1745: Bonnie Prince Charles defeats a British government army in the Battle of Prestonpans.
1674: Second Tantrik Coronation of Shivaji.
1645: The Battle of Rowton Heath in England is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles.
1568: Spanish naval forces defeat an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near Veracruz.
787: Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembles at the church of Hagia Sophia.

Births On This Day

2002: Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro, Spanish tennis player
1997: Tosin Adarabioyo, English footballer
1991: Maximiliano Uggè, Italian footballer
1991: Oriol Romeu, Spanish footballer
1989: Pia Wurtzbach, Filipina actress, model, and beauty queen, Miss Universe 2015
1988: Karl Alzner, Canadian ice hockey player
1987: Matthew Connolly, English footballer
1987: Gürhan Gürsoy, Turkish footballer
1985: Jonathan Soriano, Spanish footballer
1983: Liam Finn, Australian-New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983: Randy Foye, American basketball player
1983: Ben Harris, Australian rugby league player
1982: Morgan Hamm, American gymnast
1982: Paul Hamm, American gymnast
1982: Jeff Karstens, American baseball player
1981: Ryan Briscoe, Australian race car driver
1981: Drew Gooden, American basketball player
1980: Daniele Bennati, Italian cyclist
1980: Dean Canto, Australian race car driver
1980: Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer
1980: Victoria Pendleton, English cyclist
1980: John Arne Riise, Norwegian footballer
1979: Fábio Aurélio, Brazilian footballer
1979: Kim Jong-min, South Korean singer
1978: Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer
1977: Frank Fahrenhorst, German footballer and manager
1977: Casey Rabach, American football player
1976: Carlos Almeida, Angolan basketball player
1976: Stephanie McMahon, American wrestler and businesswoman
1976: Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese voice actress and singer (d. 2013)
1976: Vahur Vahtramäe, Estonian footballer
1974: John McDonald, American baseball player
1973: Eddie George, American football player and sportscaster
1973: Gillian Lindsay, Scottish rower
1973: Rodrick Rhodes, American basketball player and coach
1972: Conor Burns, British politician
1972: Kate Fleetwood, English actress
1971: Michael S. Engel, American paleontologist and entomologist
1971: Mike Michalowicz, American businessman and author
1971: Kevin Millar, American baseball player and sportscaster
1971: Peter Salisbury, English drummer
1969: Shawn Crahan, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
1969: Christopher Pincher, English politician
1969: Shamim Sarif, English author, director, and screenwriter
1969: Paul Ray Smith, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2003)
1969: Megan Ward, American actress
1967: Noreena Hertz, English economist, author, and academic
1966: Christophe Bouchut, French race car driver
1966: Rajesh Khattar, Indian voice actor
1966: Bernard Gilkey, American baseball player
1966: Stefan Molyneux, Irish-Canadian philosopher, author, and blogger
1966: Michael O. Varhola, American journalist and author
1965: Robert Irvine, English chef and television host
1965: Njål Ølnes, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
1965: Sean McNabb, American singer and bass player
1965: Janet Weiss, American drummer
1964: Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban-American baseball player
1964: Marko Pomerants, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior
1964: Ronald van der Kemp, Dutch fashion designer
1963: Michael Potter, Australian rugby player and coach
1963: Ben Preston, English journalist
1962: Ally McCoist, Scottish footballer and manager
1962: Mike Phelan, English footballer, coach, and manager
1962: Tim Supple, English director and producer
1962: Nia Vardalos, Canadian-American actress and screenwriter
1962: Ilgvars Zalāns, Latvian painter
1961: Christopher L. Eisgruber, American lawyer and academic
1961: John Logan, American screenwriter and producer
1961: Luc Picard, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
1960: Amy Sky, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1959: Theo Paphitis, Cypriot-English businessman
1959: Steve Whitmire, American puppeteer
1958: Kevin Sorbo, American actor and producer
1957: Wolfgang Wolf, German footballer and manager
1956: Hubie Brooks, American baseball player
1955: Riccardo Illy, Italian businessman and politician, President of Friuli Venezia Giulia
1954: Marco Tardelli, Italian footballer and coach
1952: Dieter Hochheimer, German footballer and manager
1952: Mark Sandman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1999)
1951: Douglas Kmiec, American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Malta
1950: Mohinder Amarnath, Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1950: John Kessel, American author, poet, and playwright
1950: Harriet Walter, English actress
1949: Baleka Mbete, South African politician, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa
1949: Anders Arborelius, Swedish cardinal
1948: Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (d. 1998)
1948: Garth Porter, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and producer
1947: Stephen Mueller, American painter (d. 2011)
1946: Jerry Donahue, American guitarist and producer
1946: Joe Greene, American football player, coach, and actor
1946: Lars Emil Johansen, Greenlandic educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greenland
1946: César Pedroso, Cuban pianist and songwriter
1946: Pat Pocock, Welsh-English cricketer
1946: María Teresa Ruiz, Chilean astronomer
1945: Lou Dobbs, American journalist and author
1945: Carson Van Osten, American comics creator and musician (d. 2015)
1945: John Rutter, English composer, conductor, and producer
1944: Eavan Boland, Irish poet and academic (d. 2020)
1944: Sven-Ole Thorsen, Danish bodybuilder and stuntman
1944: Victoria Vetri, Playboy's 1967 Miss September and 1968 Playmate of the Year.
1942: Gerry Marsden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
1941: John Mackey, American football player (d. 2011)
1941: Linda McCartney, American singer, photographer, and activist (d. 1998)
1940: Yves Navarre, French author (d. 1994)
1939: Wayne Henderson, American trombonist and producer (d. 2014)
1939: Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist (d. 2015)
1939: Jacques Vallée, French ufologist
1938: Steve Douglas, American saxophonist, flute player, and producer (d. 1993)
1936: Sivanthi Adithan, Indian businessman (d. 2013)
1936: Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, producer, and screenwriter, created The Muppets (d. 1990)
1934: Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer and manager
1934: John Brunner, English-Scottish author and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1934: John Kasmin, English art dealer
1934: Bernard Nevill, English painter, designer, and academic (d. 2019)
1934: Chick Willis, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
1934: Manfred Wörner, German politician and diplomat, 7th Secretary General of NATO (d. 1994)
1934: Donald Wrye, American director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2015)
1933: Raffaele Farina, Italian cardinal
1933: Mel Taylor, American drummer (d. 1996)
1932: Miguel Montuori, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (d. 1998)
1932: Walter Wallmann, German politician, Minister-President of Hesse (d. 2013)
1931: Elizabeth Blackadder, Scottish painter and printmaker (d. 2021)
1931: Cardiss Collins, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1931: Brian Glanville, English journalist and author
1931: Anthony Newley, English singer and actor (d. 1999)
1931: Mike Parkes, English race car driver (d. 1977)
1930: Józef Krupiński, Polish poet and author (d. 1998)
1930: Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (d. 1977)
1930: Benjamin Romualdez, Filipino politician and diplomat (d. 2012)
1930: John W. Young, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2018)
1929: John Carter, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and flute player (d. 1991)
1927: Arthur Malet, English-American actor and singer (d. 2013)
1925: Autar Singh Paintal, Indian physiologist and academic (d. 2004)
1924: Nina Bocharova, Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2020)
1924: Voula Zouboulaki, Egyptian-Greek actress (d. 2015)
1923: Louis Edmonds, American actor (d. 2001)
1923: Fats Navarro, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1950)
1923: Raoul Bott, Hungarian-American mathematician (d. 2005)
1922: Ettore Bastianini, Italian actor and singer (d. 1967)
1922: Bert I. Gordon, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2023)
1922: Theresa Merritt, American actress and singer (d. 1998)
1922: John Moffatt, English actor and playwright (d. 2012)
1921: Jim McKay, American sportscaster and journalist (d. 2008)
1921: Sheila MacRae, English-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2014)
1920: Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1945)
1920: Jan Carew, Guyanese-American author, poet, and playwright (d. 2012)
1920: Ovadia Yosef, Iraqi-Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2013)
1918: Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar-Chatt-Duncanson model (d. 1997)
1918: Audra Lindley, American actress (d. 1997)
1916: Ruth Leach Amonette, American businesswoman and author (d. 2004)
1914: Esther Eng, Chinese-American film director (d. 1970)
1914: John Kerr, Australian politician, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991)
1914: Andrzej Panufnik, Polish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1991)
1913: Herb Jeffries, American singer (d. 2014)
1912: Robert Lewis Taylor, American author (d. 1998)
1911: Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet politician (d. 1985)
1910: Jean Servais, Belgian-French actor (d. 1976)
1909: Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish historian and architect (d. 1966)
1907: Ben Oakland, American pianist, composer, and songwriter (d. 1979)
1906: Leonard Marsh, Canadian sociologist and academic (d. 1982)
1906: Józef Nawrot, Polish footballer (d. 1982)
1905: Severo Ochoa, Spanish-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
1901: Alexandra Adler, Austrian neurologist and psychologist (d. 2001)
1900: Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1955)
1899: William Dobell, Australian painter (d. 1970)
1899: Bessie Braddock, British politician (d. 1970)
1898: Howard Florey, Australian pharmacologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1898: Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer (d. 1990)
1896: F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1940)
1895: André Frédéric Cournand, French physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
1894: Tommy Armour, Scottish-American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1968)
1894: Billy Bletcher, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1979)
1893: Blind Lemon Jefferson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1929)
1892: Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Québec (d. 1956)
1890: Mike González, Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1977)
1890: A. P. Herbert, English author and playwright (d. 1971)
1885: Artur Lemba, Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1963)
1884: Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (d. 1963)
1884: İsmet İnönü, Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey (d. 1973)
1884: Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer and engineer (d. 1953)
1883: Franklin Clarence Mars, American businessman, founded Mars, Incorporated (d. 1934)
1883: Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American high jumper and coach (d. 1951)
1882: Max Decugis, French tennis player (d. 1978)
1880: Sarah Knauss, American super-centenarian, oldest verified American person ever (d. 1999)
1878: Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (d. 1947)
1873: María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui, Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1957)
1872: Jaan Teemant, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th State Elder of Estonia (d. 1941)
1871: Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer (d. 1960)
1870: Georges Claude, French chemist and engineer, invented Neon lighting (d. 1960)
1861: Bhikaiji Cama, Indian activist (d. 1936)
1859: Julius Klengel, German cellist and composer (d. 1933)
1858: Eugene Foss, American businessman and politician, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1939)
1845: Nikolai Anderson, Estonian philologist and author (d. 1905)
1829: Charles S. West, American jurist and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (d. 1885)
1817: Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet and philosopher (d. 1901)
1812: Mary Ann Browne, British poet and writer of musical scores (d. 1845)
1802: Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (d. 1868)
1801: Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1862)
1796: Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor and educator (d. 1875)
1761: F.L.Æ. Kunzen, German-Danish composer and conductor (d. 1817)
1755: John Marshall, American Continental Army officer, jurist, and politician, 4th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1835)
1717: Horace Walpole, English historian, author, and politician (d. 1797)
1705: Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1766)
1667: Jean-Louis Lully, French composer (d. 1688)
1625: Johan de Witt, Dutch mathematician and politician (d. 1672)
1583: Albrecht von Wallenstein, Bohemian general (d. 1634)
1564: William Adams, English sailor and navigator (d. 1620)
1534: Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581)
1501: Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician, physician, and astrologer (d. 1576)
1473: Georg von Frundsberg, German Knight and landowner (d. 1528)
1433: Shekha of Amarsar, Rajput chieftain (d. 1488)
1418: Anne of Cyprus, Duchess of Savoy (probable; d. 1462)
1301: Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372)
936: 'Adud al-Dawla, Buyid king (d. 983)
15: Vitellius, Roman emperor (d. 69)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Pharoah Sanders, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1940)
2020: Dean Jones, Australian cricketer, coach and commentator (b. 1961)
2016: Mel Charles, Welsh footballer (b. 1935)
2016: Vladimir Kuzmichyov, Russian footballer (b. 1979)
2016: Bill Mollison, Australian researcher, author and biologist (b. 1928)
2016: Bill Nunn, American actor (b. 1953)
2016: Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordionist and bandleader (b. 1947)
2015: Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator (b. 1914)
2015: Wang Zhongshu, Chinese archaeologist and academic (b. 1925)
2014: Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, English aristocrat, socialite, and author (b. 1920)
2014: Christopher Hogwood, English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (b. 1941)
2014: Madis Kõiv, Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author (b. 1929)
2013: Paul Dietzel, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
2013: Margaret Feilman, Australian architect and urban planner (b. 1921)
2013: Boris Karvasarsky, Ukrainian-Russian psychiatrist and author (b. 1931)
2013: Anthony Lawrence, English-Hong Kong journalist and author (b. 1912)
2013: Sagadat Nurmagambetov, Kazakh general and politician (b. 1924)
2013: Paul Oliver, American football player (b. 1984)
2012: Pierre Adam, French cyclist (b. 1924)
2012: Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (b. 1923)
2012: Pedro Vázquez Colmenares, Mexican lawyer and politician, Governor of Oaxaca (b. 1934)
2010: Gennady Yanayev, Russian engineer and politician, Vice President of the Soviet Union (b. 1937)
2009: Nelly Arcan, Canadian author (b. 1975)
2008: Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (b. 1917)
2008: Irene Dailey, American actress (b. 1920)
2008: Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach (b. 1918)
2006: Michael Ferguson, PIRA volunteer, lawyer, and politician (b. 1953)
2006: Phil Latulippe, Canadian soldier and runner (b. 1909)
2004: Françoise Sagan, French author and screenwriter (b. 1935)
2003: Rosalie Allen, American singer and radio host (b. 1924)
2003: Lyle Bettger, American actor (b. 1915)
2002: Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian politician (b. 1953)
2002: Mike Webster, American football player (b. 1952)
1998: Jeff Moss, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1942)
1996: Zeki Müren, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
1994: Barry Bishop, American mountaineer, photographer, and scholar (b. 1932)
1993: Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957)
1993: Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1913)
1991: Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator (b. 1904)
1984: Neil Hamilton, American actor (b. 1899)
1982: Sarah Churchill, English actress (b. 1914)
1982: Józef Nawrot, Polish-English footballer (b. 1906)
1981: Patsy Kelly, American actress and dancer (b. 1910)
1980: Theodor Luts, Estonian-Brazilian director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1896)
1978: James Bassett, American journalist and author (b. 1912)
1978: Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (b. 1897)
1976: Philip Gbeho, Ghanaian composer and educator (b. 1904)
1975: Earle Cabell, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1906)
1973: August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (b. 1887)
1973: Josué de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (b. 1908)
1962: Charles Reisner, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1887)
1950: Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1863)
1948: Warren William, American actor (b. 1894)
1947: Andrew C. McLaughlin, American historian and author (b. 1861)
1945: Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic, co-invented the Geiger counter (b. 1882)
1939: Carl Laemmle, German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (b. 1867)
1939: Charles Tatham, American fencer (b. 1854)
1938: Lev Schnirelmann, Belarusian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
1936: József Klekl, Slovene priest and journalist (b. 1879)
1933: Mike Donlin, American baseball player and actor (b. 1878)
1933: Alice Muriel Williamson, English author (b. 1869)
1930: William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)
1929: Mahidol Adulyadej, Thai prince (b. 1892)
1904: Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
1896: Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1818)
1892: Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American soldier and composer (b. 1829)
1889: D. H. Hill, American general and academic (b. 1821)
1889: Charles Leroux, American balloonist and skydiver (b. 1856)
1863: William Debenham, English businessman, founded Debenhams (b. 1794)
1848: Branwell Brontë, English painter and poet (b. 1817)
1834: Pedro I of Brazil (b. 1798)
1802: Alexander Radishchev, Russian author and critic (b. 1749)
1790: John Keyse Sherwin, English engraver (b. 1751)
1742: Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1684)
1732: Emperor Reigen of Japan (b. 1654)
1707: Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet and author (b. 1642)
1655: Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege (b. 1617)
1646: Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer and educator (b. 1565)
1621: Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish commander (b. 1560)
1605: Manuel Mendes, Portuguese composer and educator (b. 1547)
1572: Túpac Amaru, last of the Incas
1562: Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1495)
1545: Albert of Mainz, German cardinal (b. 1490)
1541: Paracelsus, German-Swiss physician, botanist, and chemist (b. 1493)
1534: Michael Glinski, Lithuanian prince (b. c. 1470)
1494: Poliziano, Italian poet and scholar (b. 1454)
1459: Eric of Pomerania, King of Norway, Denmark and Sweden (b. 1382)
1435: Isabeau of Bavaria (b. 1370)
1275: Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1208)
1270: Philip of Montfort, Lord of Castres
1228: Stefan the First-Crowned, Serbian king (b. 1165)
1218: Robert of Knaresborough (b. 1160)
1180: Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1118)
1143: Agnes of Germany (b. 1072)
1143: Pope Innocent II
1120: Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072)
1054: Hermann of Reichenau, German composer, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1013)
887: Gao Pian, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 821)
768: Pepin the Short, Frankish king (b. 714)
366: Pope Liberius

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