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September 7

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September 7

September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 115 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: UK Teacher who won £2 million in lottery will leave job to pursue dream of writing historical novels. After winning £2 million (US$2.5 million) in the UK National Lottery, a teacher will swap the classroom for a writing desk to pursue a dream job as a novelist.
2022: Lottery ticket birthday gift from mother-in-law won N.H. woman $1 million. A New Hampshire woman celebrated her birthday by winning a $1 million lottery prize.
2021: Italian store owner who reportedly stole €500,000 lottery ticket blocked from leaving country. An Italian shopkeeper just narrowly missed escaping the country after he was accused of stealing a winning scratch-off lottery ticket worth €500,000 (US$592,385) from a customer.
2018: Four NJ companies roll out sports betting as NFL season kicks off. On the day the National Football League season kicked off, four gambling companies either began offering sports betting in New Jersey or announced plans to do it soon.
2011: Irish NY lottery winner's estranged husband wants half. Patricia Daly, an Ireland native from Tullamore, Co. Offaly, struck gold with a Quick Pick in the New York State Lottery in January but now faces a battle to hold onto her winnings, with her estranged husband launching a legal bid for what he claims is his rightful share.
2010: Undercover lottery investigation tests store clerks' honesty. A television investigative program recently traveled to various states testing the honesty and integrity of lottery store clerks in correctly informing customers of their winning lottery tickets.
2009: 'Mind reader' will predict UK Lotto numbers on show Wednesday. So-called "mind reader" Derren Brown is to perform his most audacious stunt yet -- predicting the lottery results on his British TV show.
2008: Powerball lottery jackpot reaches $102 million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $102 million, with a cash option of $52.1 million, for the Wednesday, September 10th drawing.
2007: Illinois Lottery will give away a million bucks on TV. The Illinois Lottery will be reaching out to people throughout the state when it televises its finale game show later this month.
2007: Clerk tricks lotto winner, pockets money. A man who went to a 7-Eleven in Roseville, Calif., to check on his lottery tickets had picked the right numbers, but state officials said it was the clerk who almost hit the jackpot.
2007: Mass. lottery players still waiting for delayed final drawing. Some Massachusetts Lottery players have given up hope that they'll ever cash in on a $10 million Hold 'em Poker scratch game the state launched more than two years ago.
2007: $93 million lottery winner has yet to claim her prize. The California winner of a $93 million California SuperLotto Plus lottery prize has been identified on security camera footage, but nobody knows who she is for sure, and she has yet to step forward and claim her prize.
2007: U.S. Congressman wins lottery again. U.S. Rep. James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, known for his strong opposition to illegal immigration, won the lottery for the third time last week, the Associated Press reported Friday.
2007: N.J. couple claims $82M lottery prize. Villas, New Jersey, residents Sandra and John Belawsky today claimed their portion of the near-record $330 million jackpot from the Mega Millions drawing held on Aug, 31. They chose the cash option, to receive $48,615,187 before the 25 percent federal withholding tax.
2005: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rockets to $172 million. The jackpot in the mult-istate Mega Millions lottery grew to $172 million when no one hit Tuesday's jackpot.
2005: N.C. Lottery likely to stir store rivalry. If North Carolina follows the example of other states, there will be about one retailer for every 2,000 residents, making for about 4,000 retailers in North Carolina.
2005: That's a whole Lotto bread!. Ten bakery workers at a Staten Island Shop Rite are splitting some major bread - a $19 million New York Lottery jackpot.
2005: Scammer using lottery ploy to get personal information. If your phone rings at night and the man on the other end says he's with the New York Lottery and you've just won the "Win for Life" game - or any other lottery contest - don't believe him.
2005: Hoosier Lottery to close Muncie office. Hoosier Lottery officials say they will close the lottery's Muncie regional office on September 28th and merge its operations with a regional office in Fort Wayne.
2004: $54 Million Powerball Jackpot Up For Grabs. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $54 million, with a cash option of $29.1 million.
2004: Man wins Oregon lottery game. Vancouver resident David Bartkowski, 46, is the latest winner in Oregon Lottery's "Win for Life" contest.
2004: Tennessee Lottery officials respond to lawsuit. The Tennessee Attorney General's office says a Fayetteville man can't sue the lottery on grounds he could have won a million dollars.
2004: $40 million lottery winners still OK after two decades. When Mike Wittkowski won $40 million in the Illinois Lottery two decades ago, the media reported worldwide on what was called the largest prize ever won by an individual in North America.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$501.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2023
2.$388.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2021
3.$345 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2021
4.€267.55 Million US$267.66 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2022
5.$210 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2022
6.$208 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2013
7.€146 Million US$200.63 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2011
8.$187 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2018
9.$186 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2016
10.$172 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2005
11.$168.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2022
12.€149 Million
US$164.56 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 10, 2019
13.$154 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 10, 2019
14.€136.21 Million
US$153.49 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2016
15.$149 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2015
16.€130 Million
US$131.12 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2022
17.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 10, 2014
18.$122 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2023
19.$119 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2006
20.$114 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2018
20.$114 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 8, 2006
22.$111 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 9, 2016
23.$108.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2011
24.$106 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 10, 2013
25.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 7, 2012

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1986: djwilly2k1
Sunday, Sep 7, 1986
37 years old
1980: Redz29
Sunday, Sep 7, 1980
43 years old
1978: Highrolla7
Thursday, Sep 7, 1978
45 years old
1977: loucav25
Wednesday, Sep 7, 1977
46 years old
1970: strick
Monday, Sep 7, 1970
53 years old
1969: Janet40
Sunday, Sep 7, 1969
54 years old
1957: Dreamhorse
Saturday, Sep 7, 1957
66 years old
1955: Easymoney$
Wednesday, Sep 7, 1955
68 years old
1952: ricknight
Sunday, Sep 7, 1952
71 years old
1950: cutecole72
Thursday, Sep 7, 1950
73 years old
: VANITY
(year not provided)
: Luckylotman
(year not provided)
: mainer
(year not provided)
: SuperWheeler
(year not provided)
: tbaby68
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador.
2021: The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the Myanmar civil war.
2019: Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.
2017: The 8.2 M_w 2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.
2012: Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over nuclear plans and purported human rights abuses.
2011: The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
2010: A Chinese fishing trawler collides with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands.
2008: The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
2005: Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
1999: The 6.0 M_w Athens earthquake affected the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800-1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.
1997: Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
1986: Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.
1986: Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet survives an assassination attempt by the FPMR; 5 of Pinochet's bodyguards are killed.
1984: An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen.
1979: The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
1978: While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Gullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
1977: The Torrijos-Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
1977: The 300-metre-tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
1970: Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.
1970: Vietnam Television was established.
1965: During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
1965: Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlite, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.
1963: The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
1953: Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1945: World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
1945: The Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 is held.
1943: A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston kills 55 people.
1943: World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.
1942: World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.
1940: Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.
1940: World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
1936: The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
1932: The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences.
1929: Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
1927: The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
1923: The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
1921: In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
1921: The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
1920: Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they were to serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
1916: US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
1911: French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
1909: Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
1907: Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
1906: Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France successfully for the first time.
1903: The Ottoman Empire launches a counter-offensive against the Strandzha Commune, which dissolves.
1901: The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
1876: In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
1864: American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
1863: American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore capture Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a seven-week siege.
1860: Unification of Italy: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
1857: Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of peaceful, emigrant wagon train.
1856: The Saimaa Canal is inaugurated.
1822: Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.
1818: Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
1812: French invasion of Russia: The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, is fought near Moscow and results in a French victory.
1778: American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
1776: According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
1764: Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1706: War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Turin ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy.
1695: Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end all English trading in India.
1652: Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
1630: The city of Boston, Massachusetts, is founded in North America.
1620: The town of Kokkola (Swedish: Karleby) is founded by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
1571: Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.
1303: Guillaume de Nogaret takes Pope Boniface VIII prisoner on behalf of Philip IV of France.
1228: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II lands in Acre, Israel, and starts the Sixth Crusade, which results in a peaceful restoration of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
1191: Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf: Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
1159: Pope Alexander III is chosen.
878: Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII.
70: A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.

Births On This Day

2006: Ian Chen, American actor
1999: Laurie Jussaume, Canadian cyclist
1997: Dean-Charles Chapman, English actor
1996: Donovan Mitchell, American basketball player
1994: Elinor Barker, Welsh track cyclist
1994: Herman Ese'ese, New Zealand rugby league player
1994: Tom Opacic, Australian rugby league player
1994: Kento Yamazaki, Japanese actor
1991: Dale Finucane, Australian rugby league player
1991: Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (d. 2010)
1990: Libor Hudáček, Slovakian ice hockey player
1990: Fedor Klimov, Russian figure skater
1989: Jonathan Majors, American actor
1988: Alex Harvey, Canadian skier
1988: Kevin Love, American basketball player
1987: Tommy Elphick, English footballer
1987: Sammy Moore, English footballer
1987: Danny North, English footballer
1987: Patrick Robinson, American football player
1987: Evan Rachel Wood, American actress and singer
1987: Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player
1986: Charlie Daniels, English footballer
1986: Colin Delaney, American wrestler
1985: Radhika Apte, Indian actress
1985: Wade Davis, American baseball player
1985: Alyssa Diaz, American actress
1985: Adam Eckersley, English footballer
1985: Eric Fehr, Canadian ice hockey player
1985: Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
1984: Ben Hollingsworth, Canadian actor
1984: Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer
1984: Miranda, Brazilian footballer
1984: Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player
1984: Pelin Karahan, Turkish actress
1983: Philip Deignan, Irish cyclist
1983: Annette Dytrt, German figure skater
1983: Pops Mensah-Bonsu, English-American basketball player
1983: Piri Weepu, New Zealand rugby player
1982: Andre Dirrell, American boxer
1982: George Bailey, Australian cricketer
1982: Emese Szász, Hungarian fencer
1981: Gökhan Zan, Turkish footballer
1981: Vangelis, Mexican wrestler
1980: Emre Belözoğlu, Turkish footballer
1980: Sara Carrigan, Australian cyclist
1980: Gabriel Milito, Argentinian footballer
1980: Javad Nekounam, Iranian footballer
1980: J. D. Pardo, American actor
1980: Mark Prior, American baseball player
1979: Nathan Hindmarsh, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1979: Paul Mara, American ice hockey player
1979: Owen Pallett, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1979: Brian Stokes, American baseball player
1978: Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player
1978: Erwin Koen, Dutch footballer
1978: Ersin Güreler, Turkish footballer
1978: Devon Sawa, Canadian actor
1977: Mateen Cleaves, American basketball player
1977: Molly Holly, American wrestler and trainer
1977: Jon Macken, English-Irish footballer
1976: Wavell Hinds, Jamaican cricketer
1976: Oliver Hudson, American actor
1975: Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2007)
1975: Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer and manager
1974: Mario Frick, Swiss-Liechtensteiner footballer
1974: Antonio McDyess, American basketball player
1973: Shannon Elizabeth, American model and actress
1973: Alex Kurtzman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1972: Jason Isringhausen, American baseball player and coach
1971: Gene Pritsker, American composer
1971: Shane Mosley, American boxer and trainer
1970: Monique Gabriela Curnen, American actress
1970: Gino Odjick, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2023)
1970: Tom Everett Scott, American actor
1969: Darren Bragg, American baseball player and coach
1969: Angie Everhart, American actress and model
1969: Diane Farr, American actress
1969: Rudy Galindo, American figure skater
1968: Marcel Desailly, Ghanaian-French footballer
1968: Gennadi Krasnitski, Russian figure skater and coach
1967: Leslie Jones, American comedian and actress
1967: Alok Sharma, Indian-English accountant and politician
1966: Vladimir Andreyev, Russian race walker
1966: Lutz Heilmann, German politician
1966: Toby Jones, English actor
1966: Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, German speed skater
1966: Andrew Voss, Australian sportscaster and author
1965: Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian soprano
1965: Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer
1965: Uta Pippig, German runner
1965: Tomáš Skuhravý, Czech footballer
1965: Andreas Thom, German footballer and manager
1964: Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (d. 1995)
1963: W. Earl Brown, American actor
1962: Jennifer Egan, American novelist and short story writer
1962: George South, American wrestler
1962: Hasan Vezir, Turkish footballer and manager
1961: LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist and songwriter (d. 2008)
1961: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French pianist
1960: Brad Houser, American bass player (d. 2023)
1957: Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter and dancer (d. 1997)
1956: Michael Feinstein, American singer and pianist
1956: Byron Stevenson, Welsh footballer (d. 2007)
1956: Diane Warren, American songwriter
1955: Mira Furlan, Croatian-American actress (d. 2021)
1954: Corbin Bernsen, American actor
1954: Michael Emerson, American actor
1954: Kerrie Holley, American software architect and academic
1953: Marc Hunter, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter (d. 1998)
1953: Benmont Tench, American keyboardist and songwriter
1952: Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motorcycle racer (d. 1998)
1951: Chrissie Hynde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: Morris Albert, Brazilian singer-songwriter
1951: Mark Isham, American trumpet player and composer
1951: Mark McCumber, American golfer
1951: Mammootty, Indian actor and producer
1950: David Cannadine, English historian and author
1950: Johann Friedrich, German-Australian engineer (d. 1991)
1950: Julie Kavner, American actress
1950: Peggy Noonan, American author, journalist, speechwriter, and pundit
1949: Dianne Hayter, German-English politician
1949: Barry Siegel, American journalist and academic
1948: Susan Blakely, American actress
1947: Sergio Della Pergola, Israeli demographer and statistician
1946: Willie Crawford, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1946: Joe Klein, American journalist and author
1946: Suzyn Waldman, American sportscaster
1945: Jacques Lemaire, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1945: Vic Pollard, English-New Zealand rugby player and footballer
1945: Curtis Price, American musicologist and academic
1945: Peter Storey, English footballer
1944: Forrest Blue, American football player (d. 2011)
1944: Bertel Haarder, Danish lawyer and politician, Education Minister of Denmark
1944: Peter Larter, English rugby player
1944: Earl Manigault, American basketball player and coach (d. 1998)
1944: Bora Milutinović, Serbian footballer and manager
1944: Houshang Moradi Kermani, Iranian author
1943: Gloria Gaynor, American singer-songwriter
1943: Beverley McLachlin, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 17th Chief Justice of Canada
1942: Billy Best, Scottish footballer
1942: Alan Oakes, English footballer and manager
1942: Andrew Stone, Baron Stone of Blackheath, English businessman and politician
1942: Jonathan H. Turner, American sociologist
1940: Dario Argento, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
1940: Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian journalist and politician, 4th President of Indonesia (d. 2009)
1939: Latimore, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1939: Peter Gill, Welsh actor, director, and playwright
1937: John Phillip Law, American actor (d. 2008)
1937: Oleg Lobov, Russian politician, Premier of the Russian SFSR (d. 2018)
1936: Brian Hart, English race car driver and engineer, founded Brian Hart Ltd. (d. 2014)
1936: Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
1936: Apostolos Kaklamanis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice
1935: Abdou Diouf, Senegalese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Senegal
1935: Dick O'Neal, American basketball player and dentist (d. 2013)
1934: Mary Bauermeister, German painter and illustrator (d. 2023)
1934: Waldo de los Ríos, Argentinian composer and conductor (d. 1977)
1934: Sunil Gangopadhyay, Indian author and poet (d. 2012)
1934: Omar Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 2015)
1934: Little Milton, American singer and guitarist (d. 2005)
1932: Malcolm Bradbury, English author and academic (d. 2000)
1932: John Paul Getty Jr., American-English philanthropist and book collector (d. 2003)
1931: Charles Camilleri, Maltese composer and conductor (d. 2009)
1930: Baudouin of Belgium (d. 1993)
1930: Sonny Rollins, American saxophonist and composer
1930: S. Sivanayagam, Sri Lankan journalist and author (d. 2010)
1929: Clyde Lovellette, American basketball player (d. 2016)
1928: Kathleen Gorham, Australian ballerina (d. 1983)
1928: Al McGuire, American basketball player, coach, and commentator (d. 2001)
1927: Eric Hill, English-American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
1927: Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Canadian lawyer and jurist
1926: Samuel Goldwyn Jr., American director and producer (d. 2015)
1926: Donald J. Irwin, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Norwalk (d. 2013)
1926: Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment (d. 2016)
1926: Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (d. 1983)
1926: Don Messick, American voice actor (d. 1997)
1926: Ed Warren, American paranormal investigator and author (d. 2006)
1925: Laura Ashley, Welsh-English fashion designer, founded Laura Ashley plc (d. 1985)
1925: Allan Blakeney, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Premier of Saskatchewan (d. 2011)
1925: Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Indian actress, singer, director, and producer (d. 2005)
1924: Daniel Inouye, American captain and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2012)
1924: Leonard Rosenman, American composer and conductor (d. 2008)
1923: Nancy Keesing, Australian author and poet (d. 1993)
1923: Peter Lawford, English-American actor (d. 1984)
1923: Louise Suggs, American golfer, co-founded LPGA (d. 2015)
1922: Lucien Jarraud, French-Canadian journalist and radio host (d. 2007)
1921: Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician (d. 2014)
1920: Harri Webb, Welsh journalist and poet (d. 1994)
1919: Briek Schotte, Belgian cyclist and coach (d. 2004)
1918: Harold Amos, American microbiologist and academic (d. 2003)
1917: Leonard Cheshire, English captain, pilot, and humanitarian (d. 1992)
1917: John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1917: Jacob Lawrence, American painter and educator (d. 2000)
1915: Pedro Reginaldo Lira, Argentinian bishop (d. 2012)
1915: Kiyosi Itô, Japanese mathematician and academic (d. 2008)
1914: Lída Baarová, Czech-Austrian actress (d. 2000)
1914: Graeme Bell, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2012)
1914: James Van Allen, American physicist and philosopher (d. 2006)
1913: Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, English soldier and courtier (d. 1999)
1913: Anthony Quayle, English actor (d. 1989)
1912: David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 1996)
1911: Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian police officer and politician, Head of State of Bulgaria (d. 1998)
1909: Elia Kazan, Greek-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1908: Paul Brown, American football player and coach (d. 1991)
1908: Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and educator (d. 2008)
1908: Max Kaminsky, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1994)
1907: Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Turkish composer and musicologist (d. 1991)
1904: C. B. Colby, American author (d. 1977)
1903: Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (d. 1993)
1903: Dorothy Marie Donnelly, American poet and author (d. 1994)
1900: Taylor Caldwell, English-American author (d. 1985)
1900: Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (d. 1933)
1897: Al Sherman, Tin Pan Alley era songwriter (d. 1973)
1895: Jacques Vaché, French author and poet (d. 1919)
1894: Vic Richardson, Australian cricketer, footballer, and sportscaster (d. 1969)
1894: George Waggner, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1984)
1893: Leslie Hore-Belisha, English politician, Secretary of State for War (d. 1957)
1892: Eric Harrison, Australian soldier and politician, 27th Australian Minister for Defence (d. 1974)
1892: Oscar O'Brien, Canadian priest, pianist, and composer (d. 1958)
1887: Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic (d. 1964)
1885: Elinor Wylie, American author and poet (d. 1928)
1883: Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Greek composer and conductor (d. 1950)
1876: Francesco Buhagiar, Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1934)
1876: C. J. Dennis, Australian poet and author (d. 1938)
1875: Edward Francis Hutton, American businessman and financier, co-founded E. F. Hutton & Co. (d. 1962)
1871: George Hirst, English cricketer and coach (d. 1954)
1870: Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (d. 1938)
1869: Ben Viljoen, South African general (d. 1917)
1867: Albert Bassermann, German-Swiss actor (d. 1952)
1867: J. P. Morgan Jr., American banker and philanthropist (d. 1943)
1866: Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (d. 1947)
1862: Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (d. 1932)
1860: Grandma Moses, American painter (d. 1961)
1855: William Friese-Greene, English photographer, director, and cinematographer (d. 1921)
1851: Edward Asahel Birge, American zoologist and academic (d. 1950)
1842: Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player, linguist, and journalist (d. 1888)
1836: Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1908)
1836: August Toepler, German physicist and academic (d. 1912)
1831: Alexandre Falguière, French sculptor and painter (d. 1900)
1829: August Kekulé, German chemist and academic (d. 1896)
1819: Thomas A. Hendricks, American lawyer and politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
1818: Thomas Talbot, American businessman and politician, 31st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1886)
1815: John McDouall Stuart, Scottish explorer and surveyor (d. 1866)
1813: Emil Korytko, Polish activist and translator (d. 1839)
1810: Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Prussian economist and academic (d. 1858)
1807: Henry Sewell, English lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1879)
1803: William Knibb, English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (d.1845)
1801: Sarel Cilliers, South African preacher and activist (d.1871)
1795: John William Polidori, English physician and author (d. 1821)
1791: Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Italian poet and author (d. 1863)
1777: Heinrich Stölzel, German horn player and composer (d. 1844)
1740: Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor and illustrator (d. 1814)
1726: François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (d. 1795)
1707: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (d. 1788)
1705: Matthäus Günther, German painter (d. 1788)
1694: Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish Minister of State (d. 1763)
1683: Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1754)
1650: Juan Manuel María de la Aurora, 8th duke of Escalona (d. 1725)
1641: Tokugawa Ietsuna, Japanese shōgun (d. 1680)
1635: Paul I, Prince Esterházy, Hungarian prince (d. 1713)
1629: Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet, Irish nobleman (d. 1665)
1533: Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603)
1524: Thomas Erastus, Swiss physician and theologian (d. 1583)
1500: Sebastian Newdigate, Carthusian monk and martyr (d. 1535)
1448: Henry, Count of Württemberg-Montbéliard (1473-1482) (d. 1519)
1438: Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse (d. 1471)
1395: Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (d. 1427)
923: Suzaku, emperor of Japan (d. 952)

Deaths On This Day

2018: Pedro Jirón, Nicaraguan footballer
2015: Dickie Moore, American actor (b. 1925)
2015: Candida Royalle, American porn actress, director, and producer (b. 1950)
2015: Guillermo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1927)
2015: Voula Zouboulaki, Greek actress (b. 1924)
2014: Kwon Ri-se, South Korean singer (b. 1991)
2014: Jack Cristil, American sportscaster and radio host (b. 1925)
2014: Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Filipino Secretary of Justice (b. 1930)
2014: Yoshiko Ōtaka, Chinese-Japanese actress, singer, and politician (b. 1920)
2014: Harold Shipp, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1926)
2013: Albert Allen Bartlett, American physicist and academic (b. 1923)
2013: Romesh Bhandari, Pakistani-Indian politician and diplomat, 13th Foreign Secretary of India (b. 1928)
2013: Frank Blevins, English-Australian politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia (b. 1939)
2013: Pete Hoffman, American cartoonist (b. 1919)
2013: Ilja Hurník, Czech playwright and composer (b. 1922)
2013: Fred Katz, American cellist and composer (b. 1919)
2012: César Fernández Ardavín, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1923)
2012: Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1952)
2012: Daniel Weinreb, American computer scientist and programmer (b. 1959)
2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash Pavol Demitra, Slovakian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash Alexander Karpovtsev, Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1970)
2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash Igor Korolev, Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1970)
2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash Stefan Liv, Polish-Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1980)
2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash Jan Marek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1979)
2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1959)
2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash Karel Rachůnek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1979)
2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash Ruslan Salei, Belarusian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
2011: Victims of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash Josef Vašíček, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1980)
2010: Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (b. 1991)
2010: William H. Goetzmann, American historian and author (b. 1930)
2010: Barbara Holland, American author (b. 1933)
2010: John Kluge, German-American businessman (b. 1914)
2010: Glenn Shadix, American actor (b. 1952)
2008: Kune Biezeveld, Dutch minister and theologian (b. 1948)
2008: Ilarion Ciobanu, Romanian rugby player and actor (b. 1931)
2008: Don Haskins, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
2008: Gregory Mcdonald, American author (b. 1937)
2008: Nagi Noda, Japanese director and producer (b. 1973)
2004: Bob Boyd, American baseball player (b. 1925)
2003: Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
2002: Uziel Gal, German-Israeli colonel and gun designer, designed the Uzi (b. 1923)
2001: Igor Buketoff, American conductor and educator (b. 1915)
2001: Spede Pasanen, Finnish film director and producer, comedian, and inventor (b. 1930)
2001: Billie Lou Watt, American actress and voice artist (b. 1924)
2000: Bruce Gyngell, Australian-English broadcaster (b. 1929)
1997: Mobutu Sese Seko, Congolese soldier and politician, President of Zaire (b. 1930)
1996: Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (b. 1942)
1995: Russell Johnson, American cartoonist (b. 1893)
1994: Eric Crozier, English director and playwright (b. 1914)
1994: Dennis Morgan, American actor (b. 1908)
1994: Terence Young, Chinese-English director and screenwriter (b. 1915)
1991: Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
1990: Earle E. Partridge, American general and pilot (b. 1900)
1990: A. J. P. Taylor, English historian and journalist (b. 1906)
1989: Mikhail Goldstein, Ukrainian violinist and composer (b. 1917)
1988: Sedad Hakkı Eldem, Turkish architect (b. 1908)
1986: Les Bury, English-Australian public servant and politician, 26th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1913)
1985: Jacoba van Velde, Dutch author (b. 1903)
1985: José Zabala-Santos, Filipino cartoonist (b. 1911)
1984: Joe Cronin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1906)
1984: Josyf Slipyj, Ukrainian cardinal (b. 1892)
1984: Don Tallon, Australian cricketer (b. 1916)
1982: Ken Boyer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1931)
1981: Christy Brown, Irish author, poet, and painter (b. 1932)
1979: I. A. Richards, English literary critic and rhetorician (b. 1893)
1978: Cecil Aronowitz, South African-English viola player (b. 1916)
1978: Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (b. 1946)
1978: Charles Williams, English composer and conductor (b. 1893)
1974: S. M. Rasamanickam, Ceylon politician (b. 1913)
1973: Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator (b. 1900)
1973: Lev Vladimirsky, Kazakhstani-Russian admiral (b. 1903)
1972: Dimitris Poulianos, Greek painter and illustrator (b. 1899)
1971: Spring Byington, American actress (b. 1886)
1971: Ludwig Suthaus, German tenor (b. 1906)
1970: Yitzhak Gruenbaum, Polish-Israeli journalist and politician, 1st Internal Affairs Minister of Israel (b. 1879)
1969: Everett Dirksen, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1896)
1964: Walter A. Brown, American businessman (b. 1905)
1962: Karen Blixen, Danish memoirist and short story writer (b. 1885)
1962: Graham Walker, English motorcycle racer and journalist (b. 1897)
1961: Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch lawyer, jurist, and politician, 34th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1885)
1960: Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, President of East Germany (b. 1873)
1959: Maurice Duplessis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec (b. 1890)
1956: C. B. Fry, English cricketer, academic, and politician (b. 1872)
1954: Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1885)
1951: Maria Montez, Dominican-French actress (b. 1912)
1951: John French Sloan, American painter and etcher (b. 1871)
1949: José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter and illustrator (b. 1883)
1942: Cecilia Beaux, American painter and academic (b. 1855)
1941: Mario García Menocal, Cuban lawyer and politician, President of Cuba (b. 1866)
1940: José Félix Estigarribia, Paraguayan soldier and politician, President of Paraguay (b. 1888)
1939: Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (b. 1873)
1933: Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English ornithologist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1862)
1929: Frederic Weatherly, English lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1848)
1921: Alfred William Rich, English author and painter (b. 1856)
1920: Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (b. 1855)
1910: William Holman Hunt, English painter and soldier (b. 1827)
1907: Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian philologist, journalist, and playwright (b. 1838)
1893: Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (b. 1808)
1892: John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist (b. 1807)
1891: Lorenzo Sawyer, American lawyer and judge (b. 1820)
1881: Sidney Lanier, American poet and academic (b. 1842)
1871: Kimenzan Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 13th Yokozuna (b. 1826)
1871: Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha, Ottoman politician, 217th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1815)
1840: Jacques MacDonald, French general (b. 1765)
1833: Hannah More, English poet, playwright, and philanthropist (b. 1745)
1809: Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, Thai king (b. 1737)
1799: Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier, French botanist and physicist (b. 1717)
1798: Peter Frederik Suhm, Danish-Norwegian historian and author (b. 1728)
1741: Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (b. 1689)
1729: William Burnet, Dutch-American civil servant and politician, 21st Governor of the Province of New York (b. 1688)
1685: William Carpenter, English-American settler, co-founded Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (b. 1605)
1657: Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish field marshal (b. 1606)
1655: François Tristan l'Hermite, French author and playwright (b. 1601)
1644: Guido Bentivoglio, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1579)
1626: Edward Villiers, English noble and politician (b. c. 1585)
1622: Denis Godefroy, French lawyer and jurist (b. 1549)
1619: Melchior Grodziecki, Polish priest and saint (b. 1582)
1619: Marko Krizin, Croatian priest, missionary, and saint (b. 1589)
1601: John Shakespeare, father of William Shakespeare (b. 1529)
1573: Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (b. 1535)
1566: Nikola Šubić Zrinski, Croatian general (b. 1506)
1559: Robert Estienne, English-French printer and scholar (b. 1503)
1496: Ferdinand II of Naples (b. 1469)
1464: Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1412)
1362: Joan of the Tower (b. 1321)
1354: Andrea Dandolo, doge of Venice (b. 1306)
1312: Ferdinand IV of Castile (b. 1285)
1303: Gregory Bicskei, archbishop of Esztergom
1251: Viola, Duchess of Opole
1202: William of the White Hands, French cardinal (b. 1135)
1151: Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (b. 1113)
1134: Alfonso the Battler, Spanish emperor (b. 1073)
934: Meng Zhixiang, Chinese general (b. 874)
859: Emperor Xuānzong of Tang, Chinese emperor (b. 810)
355: Claudius Silvanus, Roman general
251: Sima Yi, Chinese general and politician (b. 179)

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