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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2020 October
October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
73 days remain until the end of the year. Contents · 1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths Events[edit] ·
202 BC – Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio
Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage. ·
439 –
The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage
in North Africa. ·
1216 – King John of England dies
at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry. ·
1386 –
The Universität
Heidelberg holds its first lecture, making it the oldest
German university. ·
1453 –
Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of Castillon,
England loses its last possessions in southern France. ·
1466 –
The Thirteen
Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic Order ends with
the Second
Treaty of Thorn. ·
1469 – Ferdinand II of
Aragon marries Isabella I of
Castile, a marriage that paves the way to the unification of
Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain. ·
1512 – Martin Luther becomes a doctor of
theology. ·
1579 – James VI of Scotland is
celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival
in Edinburgh.[1] ·
1596 –
The Spanish ship San Felipe runs
aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local
authorities ·
1649 – New Ross town in Ireland surrenders to
Oliver Cromwell. ·
1781 –
American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes
to an end. ·
1789 – John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief
Justice of the United States. ·
1805 –
War of the Third Coalition: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to
Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm. ·
1812 –
The French invasion
of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow. ·
1813 –
War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon is forced to retreat from Germany after
the Battle of Leipzig. ·
1864 –
American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar
Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC. ·
1864
– American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans,
Vermont. ·
1866 –
In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna,
Austria cedes Veneto and Mantua to France, which immediately awards them to
Italy in exchange for the earlier Italian acquiescence to the French
annexation of Savoy and Nice. ·
1900 –
Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation. ·
1912 – Italo-Turkish War:
Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire. ·
1914 –
First World War: The First Battle of
Ypres begins. ·
1921 –
The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup. ·
1922 –
British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition
government with the Liberal Party. ·
1933 – Konstantin von
Neurath withdraws Germany from the League of Nations. ·
1935 –
The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of
Ethiopia. ·
1943 –
The cargo vessel Sinfra is
attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. 2,098 Italian prisoners of war
drown with it. ·
1943
– Streptomycin, the
first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at
Rutgers University. ·
1944 –
United States forces land in the Philippines. ·
1944
– A coup is launched against Juan Federico
Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year Guatemalan
Revolution. ·
1950 –
China defeats the Tibetan Army at
Chambo. ·
1950
– Korean War: The Battle of
Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the
Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea. ·
1950
– Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the
United States under the Point Four Program. ·
1956 –
The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint
Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two
countries that had existed since August 1945. ·
1960 –
The United States imposes a near-total
trade embargo against Cuba. ·
1973 –
President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes. ·
1974 – Niue becomes a
self-governing colony of New Zealand. ·
1984 –
A Roman Catholic priest, Jerzy
Popiełuszko, associated with the Solidarity Union, is killed
by three agents of the Polish Communist internal intelligence agency. ·
1986 –
The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33
others, die when their aircraft crashes into
the Lebombo Mountains. ·
1987 –
The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble
Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian
Gulf. ·
1987
– Black Monday:
The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points. ·
1988 –
The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and
radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and
Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups. ·
1989 –
The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court
of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison. ·
2001 – SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en
route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international
waters with the loss of 353 people. ·
2003 – Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John
Paul II. ·
2005 –
Saddam Hussein goes on trial in
Baghdad for crimes against humanity. ·
2005
– Hurricane Wilma becomes
the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882
mb. ·
2012 –
A bomb
explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon. ·
2013 –
At least 105 people are injured in a train crash in
Buenos Aires. Births[edit] ·
879 – Yingtian,
empress of the Khitan Liao Dynasty (d. 953) ·
1276 – Prince Hisaaki of Japan (d. 1328) ·
1433 – Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and
philosopher (d. 1499) ·
1507 – Viglius, Dutch politician (d. 1577) ·
1545 – John Juvenal Ancina,
Italian Oratorian and bishop (d. 1604) ·
1582 – Dmitry of Uglich, Russian crown prince and
saint (d. 1591) ·
1605 – Thomas Browne, English physician and author
(d. 1682) ·
1609 – Gerrard Winstanley,
English Protestant religious reformer (d. 1676) ·
1610 – James
Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English-Irish general, academic, and
politician, Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1688) ·
1613 – Charles of Sezze, Italian Franciscan friar
and saint (d. 1670) ·
1658 – Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d.
1704) ·
1676 – Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of
Abrantes, Portuguese diplomat (d. 1733)[2] ·
1680 – John Abernethy,
Irish minister (d. 1740) ·
1688 – William Cheselden,
English surgeon and anatomist (d. 1752) ·
1718 – Victor-François,
2nd duc de Broglie, French general and politician, French
Secretary of State for War (d. 1804) ·
1720 – John Woolman, American-English preacher,
journalist, and activist (d. 1772) ·
1721 – Joseph de Guignes,
French orientalist and sinologist (d. 1800) ·
1784 – Leigh Hunt, English poet and critic (d.
1859) ·
1789 – Theophilos Kairis,
Greek priest and philosopher (d. 1853) ·
1810 – Cassius
Marcellus Clay, American journalist, lawyer, and diplomat, United
States Ambassador to Russia (d. 1903) ·
1814 – Theodoros Vryzakis,
Greek painter (d. 1878) ·
1826 – Ralph Tollemache, English priest (d. 1895) ·
1850 – Annie Smith Peck, American mountaineer and
academic (d. 1935) ·
1851 – Empress Myeongseong of
Korea (d. 1895) ·
1858 – George Albert
Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (d. 1937) ·
1862 – Auguste Lumière,
French director and producer (d. 1954) ·
1868 – Bertha Knight Landes,
American academic and politician, Mayor of Seattle (d. 1943) ·
1873 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist
(d. 1925) ·
1873
– Bart King, American cricketer (d. 1965) ·
1876 – Mordecai Brown, American baseball player,
coach, and manager (d. 1945) ·
1876
– Mihkel Pung, Estonian lawyer and politician,
11th Estonian
Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1941) ·
1879 – Emma Bell Miles, American writer, poet, and
artist (d. 1919) ·
1882 – Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and
sculptor (d. 1916) ·
1885 – Charles E. Merrill,
American banker and philanthropist, co-founded Merrill Lynch Wealth Management (d.
1956) ·
1895 – Frank Durbin, American soldier (d. 1999) ·
1895
– Lewis Mumford,
American historian, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1990) ·
1896 – Bob O'Farrell, American baseball player and
manager (d. 1988) ·
1897 – Salimuzzaman
Siddiqui, Pakistani chemist and scholar (d. 1994) ·
1899 – Miguel Ángel
Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1974) ·
1900 – Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (d.
1990) ·
1900
– Bill Ponsford,
Australian cricketer and baseball player (d. 1991) ·
1900
– Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey player (d.
1957) ·
1901 – Arleigh Burke, American admiral (d. 1996) ·
1903 – Tor Johnson, Swedish wrestler and actor (d.
1971) ·
1907 – Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader and
composer (d. 1962) ·
1908 – Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer
(d. 1981) ·
1909 – Marguerite Perey, French physicist and
academic (d. 1975) ·
1910 – Subrahmanyan
Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and
mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1995) ·
1910
– Shunkichi Hamada,
Japanese field hockey player (d. 2009) ·
1910
– Paul Robert,
French lexicographer and publisher (d. 1980) ·
1913 – Vinicius de Moraes,
Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1980) ·
1914 – Juanita Moore, American actress (d. 2014) ·
1916 – Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist
and academic, Nobel
Prize laureate (d. 2009) ·
1916
– Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist (d.
1985) ·
1916
– Minoru Yasui,
American soldier, lawyer, and activist (d. 1986) ·
1917 – Sharadchandra
Shankar Shrikhande, Indian mathematician ·
1917
– William Joel Blass,
American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012) ·
1917
– Walter Munk, Austrian-American
oceanographer, author, and academic (d. 2019) ·
1918 – Charles Evans,
English-Welsh mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (d. 1995) ·
1918
– Russell Kirk,
American theorist and author (d. 1994) ·
1918
– Robert Schwarz
Strauss, American lawyer and diplomat, United
States Ambassador to Russia (d. 2014) ·
1920 – LaWanda Page, American actress (d. 2002) ·
1920
– Harry Alan Towers,
English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (d. 2009) ·
1920
– Pandurang
Shastri Athavale, Indian activist, philosopher, and spiritual
leader (d. 2003) ·
1920
– Peter Aduja, Filipino American Hawaii Legislature representative
(d. 2007) ·
1921 – George Nader, American actor (d. 2002) ·
1922 – Jack Anderson,
American journalist and author (d. 2005) ·
1923 – Ruth Carter
Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon
Carter Museum of American Art (d. 2013) ·
1923
– Baby Dalupan,
Filipino basketball player and coach (d. 2016) ·
1925 – Bernard Hepton, English actor and producer
(d. 2018) ·
1925
– Czesław
Kiszczak, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime
Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (d. 2015) ·
1925
– Emilio Eduardo
Massera, Argentinian admiral (d. 2010) ·
1926 – Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer-songwriter
and producer (d. 2009) ·
1926
– Joel Feinberg,
American philosopher and academic (d. 2004) ·
1926
– Vladimir Shlapentokh,
Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic
(d. 2015) ·
1926
– Marjorie Tallchief,
American ballerina ·
1927 – Pierre Alechinsky,
Belgian painter and illustrator ·
1927
– Stephen Keynes,
English businessman (d. 2017) ·
1928 – Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer,
and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (d. 2013) ·
1929 – Lewis Wolpert, South African-English
biologist, author, and academic ·
1930 – John
Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside, English union leader and
politician (d. 2016) ·
1930
– Mavis Nicholson,
Welsh-English journalist ·
1931 – Ed Emberley, American author and illustrator ·
1931
– John le Carré,
English intelligence officer and author ·
1931
– Atsushi Miyagi,
Japanese tennis player ·
1932 – Robert Reed, American actor (d. 1992) ·
1933 – Brian Booth, Australian cricketer and
educator ·
1933
– Anthony Skingsley,
English air marshal (d. 2019) ·
1934 – Yakubu Gowon, Nigerian general and
politician, 3rd Head of
State of Nigeria ·
1934
– Dave Guard, American folk music
singer-songwriter, arranger, and musician (d. 1991) ·
1935 – Don Ward,
Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2014) ·
1936 – James Bevel, American civil rights activist
and minister (d. 2008) ·
1937 – Marilyn Bell, Canadian swimmer ·
1937
– Peter Max, German-American illustrator ·
1937
– Terence
Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield, English banker and
politician (d. 2018) ·
1938 – Bill
Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, Jamaican-English union leader
and politician ·
1939 – David
Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere, Scottish academic and
politician, Minister
for the Cabinet Office ·
1940 – Larry Chance, American singer-songwriter ·
1940
– Michael Gambon,
Irish-British actor ·
1940
– Rosny Smarth,
Haitian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of
Haiti ·
1941 – Peter Thornley, English professional
wrestler best known for the ring character Kendo Nagasaki[3] ·
1941
– Simon Ward, English actor (d. 2012) ·
1942 – Andrew Vachss, American lawyer and author ·
1943 – Robin Holloway, English composer and
academic ·
1943
– Takis Ikonomopoulos,
Greek footballer and coach ·
1943
– L. E. Modesitt, Jr.,
American author and poet ·
1944 – George McCrae, American singer ·
1944
– Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and
guitarist (d. 1987) ·
1945 – Angus Deaton, Scottish-American economist
and academic, Nobel
Prize laureate ·
1945
– Divine,
American drag queen performer,
and actor (d. 1988) ·
1945
– Patricia Ireland,
American lawyer and activist ·
1945
– Gloria Jones,
American singer-songwriter ·
1945
– John Lithgow,
American actor ·
1945
– Jeannie C. Riley,
American singer ·
1945
– Martin Welz, South African journalist ·
1946 – Bob Holland, Australian cricketer and
surveyor (d. 2017) ·
1946
– Philip Pullman,
English author and academic ·
1946
– Keith Reid, English songwriter and lyricist ·
1947 – Giorgio Cavazzano,
Italian author and illustrator ·
1948 – James Howard
Kunstler, American author and critic ·
1948
– Dave Mallow, American voice actor and
screenwriter ·
1948
– Patrick Simmons,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1949 – Lynn Dickey, American football player and
radio host ·
1949
– Jamie McGrigor,
English-Scottish politician ·
1950 – Yeslam bin Ladin, Saudi Arabian-Swiss
businessman ·
1951 – Demetrios
Christodoulou, Greek mathematician and physicist ·
1951
– Annie Golden,
American actress and singer ·
1951
– Kurt Schrader,
American veterinarian and politician ·
1952 – Peter Bone, English accountant and
politician ·
1952
– Verónica Castro,
Mexican actress and singer ·
1953 – Lionel Hollins, American basketball player
and coach ·
1954 – Sam Allardyce, English footballer and
manager ·
1954
– Deborah Blum,
American journalist and author ·
1954
– Joe Bryant, American basketball player and
coach ·
1955 – Dan Gutman, American author ·
1955
– LaSalle Ishii,
Japanese actor and director ·
1956 – Steve Doocy, American journalist and author ·
1956
– Elena Garanina,
Soviet ice dancer and coach ·
1956
– Grover Norquist,
American activist, founded Americans for
Tax Reform ·
1956
– Didier Theys,
Belgian race car driver and coach ·
1956
– Carlo Urbani,
Italian physician (d. 1993) ·
1956
– Bruce Weber,
American basketball player and coach ·
1957 – Dorinda Clark-Cole,
American singer-songwriter and pianist ·
1957
– Ray Richmond,
American journalist and critic ·
1957
– Karl Wallinger,
Welsh singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer ·
1958 – Carolyn Browne, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Kazakhstan ·
1958
– Hiromi Hara, Japanese footballer and manager ·
1958
– Tiriel Mora, Australian actor ·
1958
– Michael Steele,
American journalist and politician, 7th Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland ·
1959 – Nir Barkat, Israeli businessman and
politician, Mayor of Jerusalem ·
1959
– Martin Kusch,
German philosopher and academic ·
1960 – Dawn Coe-Jones, Canadian golfer (d. 2016) ·
1960
– Jennifer Holliday,
American actress and singer ·
1960
– Takeshi Koshida,
Japanese footballer ·
1960
– Susan Straight,
American author and academic ·
1960
– Ayuo Takahashi,
Japanese-American singer-songwriter ·
1960
– Dan Woodgate,
English musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer ·
1961 – Sunny Deol, Indian actor and producer ·
1961
– Cliff Lyons, Australian rugby league player
and coach ·
1962 – Tracy Chevalier, American-English author ·
1962
– Brian Henninger,
American golfer ·
1962
– Bendik Hofseth,
Norwegian saxophonist and composer ·
1962
– Evander Holyfield,
American boxer and actor ·
1962
– Svetlana Zainetdinova,
Soviet-Estonian chess player and coach ·
1963 – Sinitta, American-British singer ·
1964 – Ty Pennington, American model, carpenter and
television host ·
1965 – Brad
Daugherty, American basketball player and sportscaster ·
1965
– Todd Park Mohr,
American rock singer-songwriter and musician (Big Head
Todd and the Monsters) ·
1966 – Jon Favreau, American actor, director, and
screenwriter ·
1966
– Dimitris Lyacos,
Greek poet and playwright ·
1966
– David Vann,
American novelist and short story writer ·
1967 – Amy Carter, American illustrator and
activist ·
1967
– Yōji Matsuda,
Japanese actor ·
1967
– Yoko Shimomura,
Japanese pianist and composer ·
1968 – Rodney Carrington,
American comedian, actor, and singer ·
1969 – John Edward, American psychic and author ·
1969
– Trey Parker, American actor, animator,
producer, and screenwriter ·
1969
– Erwin Sánchez,
Bolivian footballer and manager ·
1970 – Andrew
Griffiths, English politician ·
1970
– Chris Kattan,
American actor, producer, and screenwriter ·
1972 – Keith Foulke, American baseball player ·
1972
– Pras, American rapper-songwriter (Fugees), record producer, and actor ·
1973 – Hicham Arazi, Moroccan tennis player ·
1973
– Okan Buruk, Turkish footballer and manager ·
1973
– Joaquin Gage,
Canadian ice hockey player ·
1975 – Burak Güven, Turkish singer-songwriter and
bass player ·
1976 – Omar Gooding, American actor and producer ·
1976
– Jostein Gulbrandsen,
Norwegian guitarist and composer ·
1976
– Desmond Harrington,
American actor ·
1976
– Paul Hartley,
Scottish footballer and manager ·
1976
– Hiroshi Sakai,
Japanese footballer ·
1976
– Dan Smith,
Canadian ice hockey player ·
1976
– Michael Young,
American baseball player ·
1977 – Habib Beye, French-Senegalese footballer ·
1977
– Louis-José Houde,
Canadian comedian and actor ·
1977
– Jason Reitman,
Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter ·
1977
– Raúl Tamudo,
Spanish footballer ·
1977
– Mo Twister, Filipino radio and television
host ·
1978 – Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver ·
1978
– Zakhar Dubensky,
Russian footballer ·
1978
– Henri Sorvali,
Finnish guitarist and keyboard player ·
1979 – José Luis
López, Mexican footballer ·
1979
– Brian
Robertson, American trombonist ·
1979
– Sachiko Sugiyama,
Japanese volleyball player ·
1980 – José Bautista, Dominican baseball player ·
1980
– Rajai Davis, American baseball player ·
1981 – Leon Bott, Australian rugby league player ·
1981
– Heikki Kovalainen,
Finnish race car driver ·
1982 – Atom Araullo, Filipino journalist ·
1982
– Gillian Jacobs,
American actress and director ·
1982
– Louis Oosthuizen,
South African golfer ·
1982
– Gonzalo Pineda,
Mexican footballer ·
1982
– Daan van Bunge,
Dutch cricketer ·
1983 – Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress ·
1983
– Andy Lonergan,
English footballer ·
1983
– Cara Santa Maria,
American neuroscientist and blogger ·
1984 – Danka Barteková,
Slovak skeet shooter ·
1987 – Tsunenori Aoki, Japanese actor ·
1987
– Sam Groth, Australian tennis player ·
1988 – Zeph Ellis, English rapper and producer ·
1988
– Markiyan Kamysh,
Ukrainian writer ·
1988
– Chris
Lawrence, Australian rugby league player ·
1989 – James Gavet, New Zealand rugby league player ·
1989
– Miroslav Stoch,
Slovakian footballer ·
1989
– Rakuto Tochihara,
Japanese actor ·
1989
– Janine Tugonon,
Filipino model and television host ·
1990 – Tom Kilbey, English footballer ·
1990
– Endō Shōta,
Japanese sumo wrestler ·
1990
– Janet Leon, Swedish singer-songwriter and
dancer ·
1991 – Colton Dixon, American singer-songwriter and
pianist ·
1992 – Shiho, Japanese actress and model ·
1993 – Abby Sunderland, American sailor ·
1994 – Agnė
Sereikaitė, Lithuanian speed skater ·
1996 – Bernadeth Pons, Filipino volleyball athlete ·
1999 – Carlotta Truman, German singer-songwriter Deaths[edit] ·
727 – Frithuswith, English saint (b. 650) ·
993 – Conrad I,
King of Burgundy (b. c. 925) ·
1216 – John, King of
England (b. 1167) ·
1287 – Bohemond
VII, Count of Tripoli ·
1354 – Yusuf I,
Sultan of Granada (b. 1318) ·
1375 – Cansignorio della
Scala, Lord of Verona (b. 1340) ·
1401 – John
Charleton, 4th Baron Cherleton (b. 1362)[4] ·
1432 – John
de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of England (b. 1392) ·
1587 – Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b.
1541) ·
1595 – Philip
Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (b. 1537) ·
1608 – Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and author
(b. 1551) ·
1609 – Jacobus Arminius, Dutch Reformed theologian
(b. 1560) ·
1619 – Fujiwara Seika, Japanese philosopher and
educator (b. 1561) ·
1636 – Marcin Kazanowski,
Polish politician (b. 1566) ·
1678 – Samuel
Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter (b. 1627) ·
1682 – Thomas Browne, English physician and author
(b. 1605) ·
1723 – Godfrey Kneller, German-English painter (b.
1646) ·
1745 – Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist and essayist
(b. 1667) ·
1772 – Andrea Belli, Maltese architect and
businessman (b. 1703) ·
1790 – Lyman Hall, American physician and
politician, 16th Governor of Georgia (b.
1724) ·
1796 – Michel de Beaupuy,
French general (b. 1755) ·
1813 – Józef Poniatowski,
Polish general (b. 1763) ·
1815 – Paolo Mascagni, Italian physician and anatomist
(b. 1755) ·
1842 – Aleksey Koltsov, Russian poet and author (b.
1808) ·
1851 – Marie Thérèse of
France (b. 1778) ·
1856 – William Sprague III,
American businessman and politician, 14th Governor of Rhode
Island (b. 1799) ·
1889 – Luís I of Portugal (b.
1838) ·
1897 – George Pullman, American engineer and
businessman, founded the Pullman Company (b. 1831) ·
1901 – Carl Frederik
Tietgen, Danish businessman and philanthropist, founded GN Store Nord (b. 1829) ·
1905 – Virgil Earp, American marshal (b. 1843) ·
1916 – Ioannis Frangoudis,
Greek general and target shooter (b. 1863) ·
1918 – Harold Lockwood, American actor (b. 1887) ·
1924 – Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and
engineer (b. 1895) ·
1936 – Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (b. 1881) ·
1937 – Ernest Rutherford,
New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1871) ·
1943 – Camille Claudel, French sculptor and
illustrator (b. 1864) ·
1944 – Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician
(b. 1884) ·
1945 – Plutarco Elías
Calles, Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (b.
1877) ·
1945
– N. C. Wyeth, American painter and
illustrator (b. 1882) ·
1950 – Edna St. Vincent
Millay, American poet and playwright (b. 1892) ·
1952 – Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and
photographer (b. 1868) ·
1956 – Isham Jones, American saxophonist,
songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1894) ·
1960 – George
Wallace, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1895) ·
1961 – Şemsettin
Günaltay, Turkish historian and politician, 9th Prime
Minister of Turkey (b. 1883) ·
1964 – Sergey Biryuzov, Marshal of
the Soviet Union (b. 1904) ·
1964
– Nettie Palmer,
Australian poet and critic (b. 1885) ·
1964
– Christopher
Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant
of Durham (b. 1888) ·
1965 – Edward Willis
Redfield, American painter and educator (b. 1869) ·
1969 – Lacey Hearn, American sprinter (b. 1881) ·
1970 – Lázaro Cárdenas,
Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico (b.
1895) ·
1978 – Gig Young, American actor (b. 1913) ·
1983 – Maurice Bishop, Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and
politician, 2nd Prime Minister
of Grenada (b. 1944) ·
1984 – Jerzy
Popiełuszko, Polish priest and activist (b. 1947) ·
1985 – Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (b.
1915) ·
1986 – Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist,
co-founded Newswatch Magazine (b.
1947) ·
1986
– Samora Machel,
Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of
Mozambique (b. 1933) ·
1987 – Jacqueline du Pré,
English cellist and educator (b. 1945) ·
1987
– Hermann Lang,
German race car driver (b. 1909) ·
1988 – Son House, American singer and guitarist (b.
1902) ·
1992 – Magnus Pyke, English scientist and
television host (b. 1908) ·
1994 – Martha Raye, American actress and comedian
(b. 1916) ·
1995 – Don Cherry,
American trumpet player (b. 1936) ·
1995
– Harilaos Perpessas,
Greek pianist and composer (b. 1907) ·
1997 – Glen Buxton, American guitarist and
songwriter (b. 1947) ·
1997
– Ken Wood,
English businessman (b. 1916) ·
1999 – James C. Murray, American soldier, lawyer,
and politician (b. 1917) ·
1999
– Nathalie Sarraute,
Russian-French lawyer and author (b. 1900) ·
2002 – Nikolay
Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (b. 1932) ·
2003 – Road Warrior Hawk,
American wrestler (b. 1957) ·
2003
– Alija
Izetbegović, Bosniak lawyer and politician, 1st President
of Bosnia and Herzegovina (b. 1925) ·
2003
– Margaret Murie,
American environmentalist and author (b. 1902) ·
2003
– Nello Pagani,
Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1911) ·
2005 – Ryan Dallas Cook, American trombonist (b.
1982) ·
2006 – James Glennon, American cinematographer (b.
1942) ·
2006
– Phyllis Kirk,
American actress (b. 1927) ·
2007 – Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and
computer scientist (b. 1917) ·
2007
– Randall Forsberg,
American activist and author (b. 1943) ·
2007
– Michael Maidens,
English footballer (b. 1987) ·
2007
– Jan Wolkers, Dutch author, sculptor, and
painter (b. 1925) ·
2008 – Richard Blackwell,
American actor, fashion designer, and critic (b. 1922) ·
2009 – Howard Unruh, American murderer (b. 1921) ·
2009
– Joseph Wiseman,
Canadian-American actor (b. 1918) ·
2010 – Tom Bosley, American actor (b. 1927) ·
2011 – Kakkanadan, Indian author (b. 1935) ·
2012 – Lincoln Alexander,
Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant
Governor of Ontario (b. 1922) ·
2012
– Wissam al-Hassan,
Lebanese general (b. 1965) ·
2012
– Wiyogo Atmodarminto,
Indonesian general and politician, 10th Governor of Jakarta (b.
1922) ·
2012
– Mike Graham,
American wrestler (b. 1951) ·
2012
– Fiorenzo Magni,
Italian cyclist (b. 1920) ·
2013 – John Bergamo, American drummer and composer
(b. 1940) ·
2013
– Noel Harrison,
English singer, actor, and skier (b. 1934) ·
2013
– Ronald Shannon
Jackson, American drummer and composer (b. 1940) ·
2013
– Mikihiko Renjō,
Japanese author (b. 1948) ·
2013
– Mahmoud Zoufonoun,
Iranian-American violinist and composer (b. 1920) ·
2014 – John Holt,
Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1947) ·
2014
– Stephen Paulus,
American composer (b. 1949) ·
2014
– Raphael Ravenscroft,
English saxophonist and composer (b. 1954) ·
2014
– Serena Shim, Lebanese-American journalist
(b. 1984) ·
2015 – Bill Daley,
American football player and sportscaster (b. 1919) ·
2015
– Fleming Mackell,
Canadian ice hockey player and singer (b. 1929) ·
2015
– Ali Treki, Libyan politician and
diplomat, Libyan
Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1938) ·
2016 – Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer,
co-founded Chess Records (b.
1921) ·
2016
– Giovanni Steffè,
Italian rower (b. 1928) ·
2017 – Umberto Lenzi, Italian film director (b.
1931) ·
2019 – Deborah Orr, Scottish journalist (b. 1962)[5] Holidays and observances[edit] ·
Christian feast day: o Aaron (Coptic
Orthodox Church of Alexandria) o Desiderius (Didier)
of Auxerre o Henry Martyn (Anglican Communion) o Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf,
and Companions o Varus o William Carey (Episcopal
Church) o October
19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Constitution Day,
in honor of the country's independence (self-governing in free association
with New Zealand) in 1974. (Niue) |
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