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September 27

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September 27

September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 95 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: Virginia man bags $120,000 in Pick 4 with 8-8-8-8 combination. A Virginia man was lucky 24 times in one drawing, with his Pick 4 number combination pulling off a $120,000 win.
2023: Arkansas Lottery celebrates one-year anniversary of Lotto game with new promotion. The Arkansas Lottery is sweetening the deal for Arkansas players in celebration of the Lotto draw game's one-year anniversary.
2022: Nebraska Lottery marks 30th Anniversary with first $30 scratch-off game. The number 30 is a big number for the Nebraska Lottery this year, which is celebrating its 30th Anniversary with the release of its first $30 scratch-off ticket.
2021: Virginia man buys 40 identical lottery tickets, wins $200,000 in Pick 4 game. The odds of winning the top prize in the Virginia Lottery's Pick 4 game are 1 in 10,000, and a Virginia man who bought 40 identical tickets for one drawing just knew he was going to beat those odds.
2019: Lottery millionaire still lives in a trailer in Maine. A Maine man became a millionaire with two lottery wins in just four months — but still lives in a beat-up old trailer.
2019: Korean War veteran wins lottery five times in one drawing. A Korean War veteran from North Carolina won the lottery five times — on one ticket.
2017: Texas Lottery sets new $5.077 billion sales record. Even without the benefit of a record-setting jackpot like 2016's $1.6 billion Powerball prize, the Texas Lottery achieved $5.077 billion in sales for fiscal year 2017, breaking the sales record it set just last fiscal year and resulting in a total contribution of $1.334 billion to Texas schools and veterans.
2017: Iowa Lottery exposed Social Security numbers of nearly 3,000 winners. The Iowa Lottery said in a release Tuesday that the organization inadvertently released the Social Security numbers of some of its prize winners from calendar year 2011.
2016: Winning NC lottery ticket set to expire. A winning lottery ticket purchased in North Carolina worth $25,000 a year for life is set to expire next week.
2016: Vermont Lottery Director resigns. The Vermont Lottery Commission (VLC) announced today the resignation of Executive Director, Greg Smith, effective October 14th.
2015: $301 MILLION: Huge Powerball jackpot on tap for this week. This week Powerball will be the hot ticket, featuring a jackpot larger than any other United States lottery drawing in more than seven months.
2013: Lottery winner sues advisors for poor policies. A big Mega Millions jackpot winner feels he got some very bad financial advice, and has taken his advisors to court for damages.
2013: Keno on track for arrival in Connecticut by next summer. The Connecticut Lottery Corp. on Thursday approved a seven-year contract that could bring keno gambling to the state by early next summer.
2013: Oregon radio station behind mystery cash prizes in grocery stores. The mystery surrounding a series of $100 bills recently tucked into items at grocery stores in Oregon has been solved.
2013: Dallas Cowboys continue partnership with Texas Lottery. Texas Lottery players and Dallas Cowboys fans have one more reason to celebrate football season with the latest version of the Dallas Cowboys scratch-off game.
2012: $202M Powerball ticket sold at suburban Des Moines convenience store. A winning $202 million Powerball ticket was purchased at an Iowa convenience store in the suburban Des Moines city of Bondurant, but nobody had claimed it by midday Thursday.
2011: Florida Walmart stores to sell lottery tickets. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has agreed to end its long-standing refusal to sell lottery tickets in its U.S. stores after reaching a deal with the Florida Lottery.
2011: Wisconsin Lottery to hold Green Bay Packers raffle. Fans buying tickets in this year's Green Bay Packers Wisconsin Lottery game will take home a raffle entry rather than a scratch-off ticket.
2010: Lottery scams dupe thousands. Dick Long fought in the Philippines under MacArthur. Lillie Long taught first-graders for nearly three decades. Now, every time they go to the mailbox and just about every time they pick up the phone, they're being scammed.
2007: Woman plays numbers from TV show about lottery winners - and wins. A New Mexico woman -- and many other players from other states -- played numbers broadcast on a TV show about lottery winners and won a $20,000 Powerball prize.
2006: Lottery addict screams at judge, 'prison won't help'. A sobbing lottery addict convicted of stealing $2.3 million from her employer to fund her habit screamed at the judge that prison won't cure her.
2006: N.C. Lottery fraud trial: E-mail disclosure has witness in tears. An office manager for former state lottery commissioner Kevin L. Geddings broke down in tears on the witness stand Tuesday when she was asked to read for jurors an e-mail message that Geddings had sent her last year.
2006: N.C. lottery fraud trial puts S.C. Lottery under microscope. The federal trial of Kevin L. Geddings is probing as deeply into his pro-lottery work in South Carolina as it is into his activities leading up to his appointment last year to North Carolina's lottery commission.
2006: Online gambling bill stuck, but it's not over yet. Efforts to win congressional passage of a bill to ban most forms of Internet gambling by tacking it onto a must-pass bill hit a roadblock Tuesday, but aides said Republican backers are exploring other ways to make it law.
2006: Number of lottery scams soars. Lottery scams are on the rise again, as con artists broaden their focus beyond their typical elderly targets, and swindle more than $100,000 in some cases.
2006: Texas Lottery hits new sales record. Officials with the Texas Lottery Commission took a gamble on scratch-off games a few years ago and, according to the latest figures, the bet's paid off: The agency's overall ticket sales rose to $3.77 billion in fiscal 2006, the highest total in the agency's history, with most of the increase coming from the games that provide immediate gratification.
2004: Powerball jackpot soars to $128 million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $128 million with a cash option value of $70.7 million -- the largest lottery jackpot in the world.
2004: Ohio lottery player cries foul over scratch ticket. The Ohio Lottery is refusing to pay a $2,000 prize to a player who insists his straight poker hand beats the dealer's three of a kind.
2004: Broke lottery winner turned to theft. A lottery winner who stole more than £10,000 in an effort to buy back her popularity has been jailed for 12 months.
2004: N.C. Governor changes tactics in push for lottery. North Carolina Governor Mike Easley has mentioned the lottery more and more often during the election season, but not in the insistent tone in which he demanded one in his State of the State address nearly two years ago.
2004: Dark clouds over Florida hold silver lining for one lottery winner. Someone who bought a Florida Lotto ticket in New Port Richey can claim a jackpot worth an estimated $11 million.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$856.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2023
2.$549.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2021
3.$336 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2018
4.$325 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2022
5.$310.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2015
6.$300.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2022
7.€278.34 Million US$267.34 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2022
8.$267 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2023
9.$213 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2018
10.€177 Million
US$208.97 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2017
11.€190 Million
US$207.75 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2019
12.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2008
13.€130 Million
US$183.89 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2007
14.€151 Million
US$175.28 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2018
15.$173 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2013
16.$170 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2009
17.€143 Million
US$167.07 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2021
18.€146.77 Million
US$164.72 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 27, 2016
19.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2003
20.$148 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2005
21.€130 Million
US$137.62 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2023
22.€100 Million
US$137.44 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 1, 2010
23.€100 Million
US$128.9 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2012
24.$128 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 29, 2004
25.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 30, 2014

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1998: greg cain
Sunday, Sep 27, 1998
25 years old
1984: Thunderivy84
Thursday, Sep 27, 1984
39 years old
1983: LuckyLibra927
Tuesday, Sep 27, 1983
40 years old
1981: Juice09
Sunday, Sep 27, 1981
42 years old
1979: SemperFi
Thursday, Sep 27, 1979
44 years old
1977: GamerMom
Tuesday, Sep 27, 1977
46 years old
1977: Lucky4Life
Tuesday, Sep 27, 1977
46 years old
1976: wantbetter4us
Monday, Sep 27, 1976
47 years old
1973: Sheila27
Thursday, Sep 27, 1973
50 years old
1970: WTanner
Sunday, Sep 27, 1970
53 years old
1969: ORLANDO VAITO
Saturday, Sep 27, 1969
54 years old
1966: ayr92766
Tuesday, Sep 27, 1966
57 years old
1965: SergeM
Monday, Sep 27, 1965
58 years old
1965: missmia40
Monday, Sep 27, 1965
58 years old
1960: Sdreamzzz
Tuesday, Sep 27, 1960
63 years old
1958: ataboy786
Saturday, Sep 27, 1958
65 years old
1955: deanbarlow
Tuesday, Sep 27, 1955
68 years old
: Tang
(year not provided)
: honeybearcake
(year not provided)
: LUCKYME$
(year not provided)
: Got Milk
(year not provided)
: Kfox0927
(year not provided)
: rjburg611
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: Second Nagorno-Karabakh war: Azerbaijan launched an offensive against the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, inhabited predominantly by ethnic Armenians.
2019: Over two million people participated in worldwide strikes to protest climate change across 2,400 locations worldwide.
2014: The eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan occurs.
2012: In Minneapolis, a gunman shoots seven citizens, killing five and then himself.
2008: CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
2007: NASA launches the Dawn probe to the asteroid belt.
2003: The SMART-1 satellite is launched.
2001: In Switzerland, a gunman shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.
1998: The Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday.
1996: The Battle of Kabul ends in a Taliban victory; an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is established.
1996: Confusion on a tanker ship results in the Julie N. oil spill in Portland, Maine.
1993: The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
1988: The National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar.
1977: Japan Airlines Flight 715 crashes on approach to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Malaysia, killing 34 of the 79 people on board.
1975: The last use of capital punishment in Spain sparks worldwide protests.
1973: Texas International Airlines Flight 655 crashes into the Black Fork Mountain Wilderness near Mena, Arkansas, killing all 11 people on board.
1964: The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight.
1962: The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
1962: Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
1959: Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.
1956: USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first person to exceed Mach 3. Shortly thereafter, the Bell X-2 goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
1949: Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China.
1944: The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
1942: Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces.
1941: The Greek National Liberation Front is established with Georgios Siantos as acting leader.
1941: The SS Patrick Henry is launched, becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.
1940: World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
1938: The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
1930: Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf.
1928: The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
1922: King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, George II.
1916: Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
1908: Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
1903: "Wreck of the Old 97": an American rail disaster, in which 11 people are killed; it later becomes the subject of a popular ballad.
1875: The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
1854: The paddle steamer SS Arctic, owned by the Collins Line of New York, sinks off the coast of Newfoundland, following a collision with a smaller vessel, the SS Vesta. Only 88 of over 300 people on board survive. About a dozen of the occupants of the Vesta are killed when their lifeboat is hit by the Arctic.
1825: The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is ceremonially opened.
1822: Jean-François Champollion officially informs the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres in France that he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone.
1821: The Army of the Three Guarantees triumphantly enters Mexico City, led by Agustín de Iturbide. The following day Mexico is declared independent.
1791: The National Assembly of France votes to award full citizenship to Jews.
1777: American Revolution: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia.
1669: The Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year-long Siege of Candia.
1605: The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.
1590: The death of Pope Urban VII, 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, ends the shortest papal reign in history.
1540: The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
1529: The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city.
1422: After the brief Gollub War, the Teutonic Knights sign the Treaty of Melno with Poland and Lithuania.
1331: The Battle of Płowce is fought, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order. The Poles are defeated but their leaders escape capture.
1066: William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England.

Births On This Day

2002: Jenna Ortega, American actress
2001: David Malukas, American race car driver
1998: Ioana Mincă, Romanian tennis player
1995: Kwon Eun-bi, South Korean singer and musical actress
1994: Dylan Walker, Australian rugby league player
1993: Lisandro Magallán, Argentinian footballer
1993: Monica Puig, Puerto Rican-American tennis player
1993: Vinnie Sunseri, American football player
1992: Lachlan Burr, Australian rugby league player
1992: Luc Castaignos, Dutch footballer
1992: Pak Kwang-ryong, North Korean footballer
1992: Ryan O'Shaughnessy, Irish singer-songwriter and actor
1992: Gabriel Vasconcelos Ferreira, Brazilian footballer
1992: Granit Xhaka, Swiss footballer
1991: Ousmane Barry, Guinean footballer
1991: Simona Halep, Romanian tennis player
1991: Anete Paulus, Estonian footballer
1991: Rio Uchida, Japanese model and actress
1989: Park Tae-hwan, South Korean swimmer
1988: Lisa Ryzih, German pole vaulter
1987: Ádám Bogdán, Hungarian footballer
1987: Austin Carlile, American singer-songwriter
1987: Vanessa James, French figure skater
1987: Olga Puchkova, Russian tennis player
1986: Vin Mazzaro, American baseball player
1986: Matt Shoemaker American baseball player
1986: Ricardo Risatti, Argentinian race car driver
1985: Massimo Bertocchi, Canadian decathlete
1985: Daniel Pudil, Czech footballer
1985: Ibrahim Touré, Ivorian footballer (d. 2014)
1984: Paul Bevan, Australian footballer
1984: Davide Capello, Italian footballer
1984: John Lannan, American baseball player
1984: Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
1984: Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist (d. 2011)
1983: Jeon Hye-bin, South Korean actress and singer
1982: Jon McLaughlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1982: Markus Rosenberg, Swedish footballer
1982: Lil Wayne, American rapper, producer, and actor
1982: Darrent Williams, American football player (d. 2007)
1981: Sophie Crumb, American author and illustrator
1981: Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer
1981: Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
1980: Asashōryū Akinori, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 68th Yokozuna
1980: Ehron VonAllen, American singer-songwriter and producer
1979: Jon Garland, American baseball player
1979: Zita Görög, Hungarian actress and model
1979: Christian Jones, Australian race car driver
1979: Steve Simpson, Australian rugby league player
1978: Brad Arnold, American rock singer-songwriter
1978: Jon Rauch, American baseball player
1978: Mihaela Ursuleasa, Romanian pianist (d. 2012)
1977: Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower
1976: Matt Harding, American video game designer and dancer
1976: Jason Phillips, American baseball player and coach
1976: Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
1974: Carrie Brownstein, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1973: Vratislav Lokvenc, Czech footballer
1973: Stanislav Pozdnyakov, Russian fencer
1972: Sylvia Crawley, American basketball player and coach
1972: Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist and speed skater
1972: Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress, blogger, and businesswoman
1972: Craig L. Rice, American politician
1971: Horacio Sandoval, Mexican illustrator
1970: Yoshiharu Habu, Japanese chess player and author
1970: Tamara Taylor, Canadian actress
1968: Mari Kiviniemi, Finnish politician, 41st Prime Minister of Finland
1967: Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian footballer
1966: Debbie Wasserman Schultz, American politician
1966: Stephanie Wilson, American engineer and astronaut
1966: Lorenzo Cherubini, Italian singer-songwriter and rapper
1965: Steve Kerr, American basketball player, coach and sportscaster
1965: Bernard Lord, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Premier of New Brunswick
1965: Peter MacKay, Canadian lawyer and politician, 50th Canadian Minister of Justice
1965: Alexis Stewart, American radio and television host
1964: Predrag Brzaković, Serbian footballer (d. 2012)
1964: Tracy Camp, American computer scientist and academic
1964: Johnny du Plooy, South African boxer (d. 2013)
1964: Stephan Jenkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1963: Marc Maron, American comedian, actor, and radio host
1962: Gavin Larsen, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
1960: Jean-Marc Barr, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1959: Beth Heiden, American speed skater and cyclist
1958: Shaun Cassidy, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
1958: Irvine Welsh, Scottish author and playwright
1957: Bill Athey, English cricketer, footballer, and coach
1956: Steve Archibald, Scottish footballer and manager
1954: Ray Hadley, Australian radio host and sportscaster
1954: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Russian violinist and conductor
1954: Larry Wall, American computer programmer and author
1953: Diane Abbott, English journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
1953: Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian guru and saint
1953: Claudio Gentile, Italian footballer and manager
1953: Greg Ham, Australian keyboard player, saxophonist and songwriter (d. 2012)
1952: Katie Fforde, English author
1952: Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian pilot, engineer and cosmonaut
1951: Geoff Gallop, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Western Australia
1951: Michel Rivard, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: Jim Shooter, American author and illustrator
1950: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese-American actor and martial artist
1949: Graham Richardson, Australian journalist and politician, 39th Australian Minister for Health
1949: Mike Schmidt, American baseball player
1949: Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
1948: Tom Braidwood, Canadian actor, director, and producer
1948: Les Chapman, English footballer and manager
1948: Duncan Fletcher, Rhodesian-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
1947: Dick Advocaat, Dutch football manager and former player
1947: Richard Court, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Western Australia
1947: Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
1947: Denis Lawson, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter
1947: Meat Loaf, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2022)
1946: Nicos Anastasiades, Cypriot lawyer and politician, seventh President of Cyprus
1946: T. C. Cannon, American painter and sculptor (d. 1978)
1945: Jack Goldstein, Canadian-American painter (d. 2003)
1944: Angélica María, American-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
1944: Gary Sutherland, American baseball player and scout
1943: Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (d. 2021)
1943: Randy Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942: Dith Pran, Cambodian photographer and journalist (d. 2008)
1942: Alvin Stardust, English singer and actor (d. 2014)
1941: Peter Bonetti, English footballer and coach (d. 2020)
1941: Serge Ménard, Canadian lawyer and politician
1941: Don Nix, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
1940: Josephine Barstow, English soprano and actress
1940: Benoni Beheyt, Belgian cyclist
1939: Nicholas Haslam, English interior designer and author
1939: Carol Lynn Pearson, American author, poet, and playwright
1939: Kathy Whitworth, American golfer
1938: Jean-Loup Dabadie, French journalist, songwriter, and screenwriter (d. 2020)
1937: Vasyl Durdynets, Ukrainian politician and diplomat, eighth Prime Minister of Ukraine
1936: Don Cornelius, American television host and producer (d. 2012)
1936: Gordon Honeycombe, English actor, playwright, and author (d. 2015)
1935: Al MacNeil, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1934: Wilford Brimley, American actor (d. 2020)
1934: Claude Jarman, Jr., American actor and producer
1934: Dick Schaap, American sportscaster and author (d. 2001)
1933: Rodney Cotterill, Danish-English physicist and neuroscientist (d. 2007)
1933: Greg Morris, American actor (d. 1996)
1932: Geoff Bent, English footballer (d. 1958)
1932: Michael Colvin, English captain and politician (d. 2000)
1932: Gabriel Loubier, Canadian politician
1932: Oliver E. Williamson, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020)
1932: Marcia Neugebauer, American geophysicist
1931: Freddy Quinn, Austrian singer, guitarist, and actor
1930: Paul Reichmann, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Olympia and York (d. 2013)
1929: Calvin Jones, American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2004)
1929: Bruno Junk, Estonian race walker (d. 1995)
1929: Barbara Murray, English actress (d. 2014)
1928: Margaret Rule, English archaeologist and historian (d. 2015)
1927: Chrysostomos I of Cyprus (d. 2007)
1927: Red Rodney, American trumpet player (d. 1994)
1927: Romano Scarpa, Italian author and illustrator (d. 2005)
1927: Sada Thompson, American actress (d. 2011)
1926: Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2006)
1925: Robert Edwards, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1925: George Gladir, American author (d. 2013)
1924: Ernest Becker, American-Canadian anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1974)
1924: Bud Powell, American pianist and composer (d. 1966)
1924: Fred Singer, Austrian-American physicist and academic (d. 2020)
1924: Josef Škvorecký, Czech-Canadian author and publisher (d. 2012)
1922: Sammy Benskin, American pianist and bandleader (d. 1992)
1922: Arthur Penn, American director and producer (d. 2010)
1921: Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian director and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1921: Milton Subotsky, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded Amicus Productions (d. 1991)
1921: Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator (d. 2013)
1919: Jayne Meadows, American actress and author (d. 2015)
1919: Charles H. Percy, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2011)
1919: James H. Wilkinson, American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1986)
1918: Martin Ryle, English astronomer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
1918: Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd (d. 2001)
1918: Konstantin Gerchik, Soviet military leader (d. 2001)
1917: Louis Auchincloss, American novelist and essayist (d. 2010)
1917: Carl Ballantine, American magician and actor (d. 2009)
1917: William T. Orr, American actor and producer (d. 2002)
1917: Benjamin Rubin, American microbiologist (d. 2010)
1916: S. Yizhar, Israeli academic and politician (d. 2006)
1913: Albert Ellis, American psychologist and author (d. 2007)
1911: Marcey Jacobson, American-Mexican photographer (d. 2009)
1907: Bernard Miles, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1907: Bhagat Singh, Indian socialist revolutionary (disputed with 28 September) (d. 1931)
1906: William Empson, English poet and critic (d. 1984)
1906: Jim Thompson, American author and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1906: Sergei Varshavsky, Russian art collector and author (d. 1980)
1905: Conrad Heidkamp, German footballer and manager (d. 1994)
1904: Edvard Kocbek, Slovenian poet and politician (d. 1981)
1898: Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (d. 1946)
1896: Gilbert Ashton, English cricketer (d. 1981)
1896: Sam Ervin, American soldier and politician (d. 1985)
1894: Lothar von Richthofen, German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1922)
1892: George Bambridge, English diplomat (d. 1943)
1885: Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d. 1965)
1885: Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1964)
1882: Dorothy Greenhough-Smith, English figure skater and tennis player (d. 1965)
1879: Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1934)
1879: Frederick Schule, American hurdler and coach (d. 1962)
1879: Cyril Scott, English poet and composer (d. 1970)
1873: Vithalbhai Patel, Indian legislator and political leader (d. 1933)
1871: Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
1866: Eurosia Fabris, Italian saint (d. 1932)
1864: Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest and politician (d. 1938)
1861: Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, American poet and author (d. 1933)
1843: Gaston Tarry, French mathematician and academic (d. 1913)
1842: Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and petrographer (d. 1903)
1840: Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (d. 1914)
1840: Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (d. 1902)
1838: Lawrence Sullivan Ross, American general and politician, 19th Governor of Texas (d. 1898)
1830: William Babcock Hazen, American general (d. 1887)
1824: William "Bull" Nelson, American general (d. 1862)
1821: Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Swiss philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1881)
1818: Hermann Kolbe, German chemist and academic (d. 1884)
1805: George Müller, German-English evangelist and missionary, founded the Ashley Down Orphanage (d. 1898)
1803: Samuel Francis Du Pont, American admiral (d. 1865)
1783: Agustín de Iturbide, Mexican royalist turned insurgent; first emperor of Mexico (d. 1824)
1772: Martha Jefferson Randolph, daughter of Thomas Jefferson who had twelve children (d. 1836)
1765: Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille, French general (d. 1794)
1739: Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock, Irish politician (d. 1767)
1729: Michael Denis, Austrian lepidopterist, author, and poet (d. 1800)
1722: Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, fourth Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1803)
1719: Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician and epigrammatist (d. 1800)
1696: Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (d. 1787)
1677: Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1754)
1657: Sofia Alekseyevna of Russia (d. 1704)
1643: Solomon Stoddard, American pastor and librarian (d. 1729)
1627: Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (d. 1704)
1601: Louis XIII of France (d. 1643)
1598: Robert Blake, English admiral (d. 1657)
1552: Flaminio Scala, Italian playwright and stage actor (d. 1624)
1544: Takenaka Shigeharu, Japanese samurai (d. 1579)
1533: Stefan Batory, King of Poland (d. 1586)
1507: Guillaume Rondelet, French physician (d. 1566)
1496: Hieronymus Łaski, Polish diplomat (d. 1542)
1442: John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (d. 1491)
1433: Stanisław Kazimierczyk, Polish canon regular and saint (d. 1489)
1389: Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)
1300: Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine (d. 1327)
1275: John II, Duke of Brabant (d. 1312)
1271: Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, King of Bohemia and Poland (d. 1305)
830: Ermentrude of Orléans, Queen of the Franks (probable year; d. 869)
808: Ninmyō, Japanese emperor (d. 850)

Deaths On This Day

2018: Kavita Mahajan, Indian author and translator (b.1967)
2018: Michael Payton, American football quarterback (b.1970)
2018: Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji, Indian nobleman and politician (b.1935)
2018: Marty Balin, American singer, co-founder of the band Jefferson Airplane (b. 1942)
2017: Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founder of Playboy Enterprises (b. 1926)
2016: David Hahn, American Boy Scout famous for attempting to build a nuclear reactor in a shed in his backyard (b. 1976)
2015: Syed Ahmed, Indian author and politician, 16th Governor of Manipur (b. 1945)
2015: Pietro Ingrao, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1915)
2015: Kallen Pokkudan, Indian activist and author (b. 1937)
2015: Frank Tyson, English-Australian cricketer, coach, and journalist (b. 1930)
2014: Gaby Aghion, French fashion designer, founded Chloé (b. 1921)
2014: Eugie Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1971)
2014: Taylor Hardwick, American architect and educator, designed Haydon Burns Library and Friendship Fountain Park (b. 1925)
2014: Wally Hergesheimer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)
2014: Abdelmajid Lakhal, Tunisian actor and director (b. 1939)
2014: James Traficant, American lawyer and politician (b. 1941)
2013: Oscar Castro-Neves, Brazilian-American guitarist, composer, and conductor (b. 1940)
2013: Mauricio González-Gordon y Díez, Spanish sherry maker and a conservationist (b. 1923)
2013: Tuncel Kurtiz, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
2013: Albert Naughton, English rugby player (b. 1929)
2012: Eddie Bert, American trombonist (b. 1922)
2012: Herbert Lom, Czech-English actor (b. 1917)
2012: John Silber, American academic and politician (b. 1926)
2012: Sanjay Surkar, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1959)
2012: Frank Wilson, American songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
2011: David Croft, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2011: Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (b. 1935)
2011: Johnny "Country" Mathis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
2010: George Blanda, American football player (b. 1927)
2010: Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Singapore (b. 1955)
2010: Trevor Taylor, English race car driver (b. 1936)
2009: Ivan Dykhovichny, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1947)
2009: Charles Houston, American physician and mountaineer (b. 1913)
2009: William Safire, American author and journalist (b. 1929)
2008: Henri Pachard, American director and producer (b. 1939)
2007: Dale Houston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
2007: Kenji Nagai, Japanese photographer and journalist (b. 1957)
2006: Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier (b. 1910)
2005: Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian and actor (b. 1929)
2005: Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (b. 1918)
2004: John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1929)
2003: Jean Lucas, French race car driver (b. 1927)
2003: Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1925)
1998: Doak Walker, American football player (b. 1927)
1997: Walter Trampler, American viola player and educator (b. 1915)
1996: Mohammad Najibullah, Afghan physician and politician, seventh President of Afghanistan (b. 1947)
1993: Jimmy Doolittle, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1896)
1993: Fraser MacPherson, Canadian saxophonist and educator (b. 1928)
1992: Zhang Leping, Chinese comic artist (b. 1910)
1991: Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1904)
1986: Cliff Burton, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1962)
1985: Lloyd Nolan, American actor (b. 1902)
1984: Chronis Exarhakos, Greek actor (b. 1932)
1983: Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author (b. 1911)
1981: Robert Montgomery, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1904)
1979: Gracie Fields, English actress and singer (b. 1898)
1979: Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
1975: Jack Lang, Australian lawyer and politician, 23rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1876)
1974: Silvio Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and academic (b. 1907)
1972: S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician, librarian, and academic (b. 1892)
1967: Felix Yusupov, Russian husband of Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1887)
1965: Clara Bow, American actress (b. 1905)
1965: William Stanier, English engineer, co-designed the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (b. 1876)
1961: H.D., American poet, novelist, and memoirist (b. 1886)
1960: Sylvia Pankhurst, English activist (b. 1882)
1956: Gerald Finzi, English composer and educator (b. 1901)
1956: Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American basketball player and golfer (b. 1911)
1944: Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (b. 1890)
1942: Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor, (b. 1919)
1940: Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic (b. 1892)
1940: Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
1935: Alan Gray, English composer and organist (b. 1855)
1934: Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist (b. 1858)
1921: Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer and educator (b. 1854)
1919: Adelina Patti, Italian-French opera singer (b. 1843)
1917: Edgar Degas, French painter and sculptor (b. 1834)
1915: Remy de Gourmont, French novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1858)
1911: Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and academic (b. 1844)
1898: Thomas Joseph Byrnes, Australian politician, 12th Premier of Queensland (b. 1860)
1891: Ivan Goncharov, Russian author and critic (b. 1812)
1886: Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist and politician (b. 1804)
1876: Braxton Bragg, American general (b. 1817)
1838: Bernard Courtois, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1777)
1833: Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Indian humanitarian and reformer (b. 1772)
1832: Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author (b. 1781)
1783: Étienne Bézout, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1730)
1742: Hugh Boulter, Irish archbishop (b. 1672)
1735: Peter Artedi, Swedish ichthyologist and zoologist (b. 1705)
1730: Laurence Eusden, English poet and author (b. 1688)
1719: George Smalridge, English bishop (b. 1662)
1700: Pope Innocent XII (b. 1615)
1674: Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, French writer (b. 1589)
1660: Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (b. 1581)
1657: Olimpia Maidalchini, Roman noble (b. 1591)
1651: Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1573)
1637: Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino saint (b. c.1600)
1623: John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen (b. 1561)
1612: Piotr Skarga, Polish Jesuit and polemicist (b. 1536)
1590: Pope Urban VII (b. 1521)
1557: Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. 1497)
1536: Felice della Rovere, illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II (b. 1483)
1404: William of Wykeham, English bishop (b. 1320)
1249: Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse (b. 1197)
1194: Renaud de Courtenay, Anglo-Norman nobleman (b. 1125)
1125: Richeza of Berg, Duchess of Bohemia (b.c. 1095)
1115: Bonfilius, Italian saint and bishop of Foligno (b.c. 1040)
1111: Vekenega, Croatian Benedictine abbess
936: Gyeon Hwon, king of Hubaekje (b. 867)
765: Pugu Huai'en, Chinese general during the Tang Dynasty

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