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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2020 October
October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
67 days remain until the end of the year. Contents · 1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths Events[edit] ·
285 (or
286) Execution of Saints Crispin and
Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron
saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers. ·
473
Emperor Leo I acclaims
his grandson Leo II as Caesar of
the East Roman Empire. ·
1147
Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of
Dorylaeum. ·
1147
Reconquista: After a siege of four months, crusader knights
reconquer Lisbon. ·
1415
Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England, with his lightly armoured infantry
and archers, defeats the heavily armoured French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt. ·
1616
Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes
the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the
later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast. ·
1747
War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke
defeats the French at the Second
Battle of Cape Finisterre. ·
1760
King George
III succeeds to the British throne on death of his
grandfather George II[1] ·
1812
War of 1812: The American frigate, USS United
States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the
British frigate HMS Macedonian. ·
1822
Greek War of Independence: The First Siege of
Missolonghi begins. ·
1854
The Battle of Balaclava takes
place during the Crimean War. It is soon memorialized in verse as The
Charge of the Light Brigade. ·
1861
The Toronto Stock
Exchange is created. ·
1900
The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal. ·
1917 Old Style
date of the October Revolution in
Russia. ·
1920
After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Fιin Lord
Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies. ·
1924
The Zinoviev letter,
which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail;
the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives'
landslide election win four days later. ·
1927
The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa
Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314. ·
1940 Benjamin O. Davis
Sr. is named the first African American general in the United
States Army. ·
1944
Second World War: Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates,
a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army
deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich. ·
1944
Second World War: The USS Tang under
Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the
ship's own malfunctioning torpedo. ·
1944
Second World War: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win
the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. ·
1945
Fifty years of Japanese administration of Taiwan formally ends when the Republic of
China assumes control. ·
1949
The Battle of Guningtou in
the Taiwan Strait begins. ·
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis:
Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance
photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba. ·
1971
The People's Republic of China replaces the Republic of
China at the United Nations. ·
1973
Egypt and Israel accept United Nations Security Council Resolution 339. ·
1980
Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International
Child Abduction conclude. ·
1983
The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada,
six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters
are executed in a coup d'ιtat. ·
1995 A
commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove,
Illinois, killing seven students. ·
1997
After a civil
war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the
Republic of the Congo. ·
2009
The October
2009 Baghdad bombings kill 155 and wounds at least 721. Births[edit] ·
840 Ya'qub ibn
al-Layth al-Saffar, founder of the Saffarid dynasty (d. 879) ·
1102 William Clito, French son of Sybilla of
Conversano (d. 1128) ·
1330 Louis II,
Count of Flanders, (d. 1384) ·
1510 Renιe of France (d.
1574) ·
1574 Franηois de Sourdis,
French Catholic prelate (d. 1628) ·
1589 Jan
Stanisław Sapieha, Polish-Lithuanian noble (d. 1635) ·
1612 James
Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish soldier (d. 1650) ·
1667 Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (d.
1718) ·
1683 Charles
FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English-Irish politician, Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1757) ·
1692 Elisabeth Farnese, Queen of Spain (d. 1766) ·
1709 Georg Gebel,
German organist and composer (d. 1753) ·
1714 James
Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (d. 1799) ·
1736 Thomas
Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (d.
1824) ·
1743 Friedrich Karl August, Prince of Waldeck
and Pyrmont (d. 1812) ·
1749 Erik
Magnus Staλl von Holstein, Swedish chamberlain (d. 1802) ·
1754 Richard Howell, 3rd Governor of New
Jersey (d. 1802) ·
1755 Franηois Joseph
Lefebvre, French military commander (d. 1820) ·
1757 Heinrich
Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Prussian statesman (d. 1831) ·
1759 Maria Feodorovna, Russian wife of Paul I of Russia (d. 1828) ·
1759
William
Grenville, English academic and politician, Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1834) ·
1760 Arnold
Hermann Ludwig Heeren, German historian (d. 1842) ·
1767 Benjamin Constant,
Swiss-French philosopher and politician (d. 1830) ·
1768 Frederick
William, ruler of Nassau-Weilburg (d.
1816) ·
1772 Victoire
de Donnissan de La Rochejaquelein, French memoirist (d. 1857) ·
1772
Gιraud Duroc,
French general and diplomat (d. 1813) ·
1779 Pedro Velarde y
Santillαn, Spanish artillery captain (d. 1808) ·
1781 Friedrich von
Berchtold, Bohemian physician and botanist (d. 1876) ·
1782 Levi Lincoln Jr., American lawyer and
politician, 13th Governor of
Massachusetts (d. 1868) ·
1789 Carlos Marνa de
Alvear, Argentine soldier and statesman (d. 1852) ·
1789
Heinrich Schwabe,
German astronomer (d. 1875) ·
1790 Robert Stirling, Scottish clergyman and
inventor (d. 1878) ·
1792 Jeanne Jugan, French nun (d. 1879) ·
1795 John P. Kennedy, American novelist and Whig
politician (d. 1870) ·
1800 Maria Jane Jewsbury,
English writer, poet, literary reviewer (d. 1833)[2] ·
1800
Thomas
Babington Macaulay, English poet, historian, and politician, Secretary at War (d. 1859) ·
1800
Jacques Paul Migne,
French priest (d. 1875) ·
1800
Julius von Mohl,
German orientalist (d. 1876) ·
1802 Richard Parkes
Bonington, English painter (d. 1828) ·
1802
Joseph Montferrand,
Canadian logger and strongman (d. 1864) ·
1806 Max Stirner, German philosopher and author
(d. 1856) ·
1811 Ιvariste Galois,
French mathematician and theorist (d. 1832) ·
1814 Prince
Louis, Duke of Nemours (d.
1896) ·
1815 Camillo Sivori, Italian virtuoso violinist
and composer (d. 1894) ·
1819 Christian
August Friedrich Garcke, German botanist (d. 1904) ·
1821 Antonio Ciseri, Swiss-Italian painter (d.
1891) ·
1825 Johann Strauss II,
Austrian composer and educator (d. 1899) ·
1825
Johann
Friedrich Julius Schmidt, German astronomer and geophysicist (d.
1884) ·
1827 Marcellin Berthelot,
French chemist and politician (d. 1907) ·
1832 Grand
Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1909) ·
1838 Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer
(d. 1875) ·
1838
James Maybrick,
English cotton merchant, victim of the "Aigburth Poisoning" (d.
1889) ·
1844 Philip Wicksteed, English economist (d.
1927) ·
1848 Carlo Emery, Italian entomologist (d. 1925) ·
1848
Karl Emil Franzos,
Austrian novelist (d. 1904) ·
1852 Dmitry
Mamin-Sibiryak, Russian author (d. 1912) ·
1853 Karl August
Otto Hoffmann, German botanist (d. 1909) ·
1856 Dragutin
Gorjanović-Kramberger, Croatian geologist, paleontologist,
and archaeologist (d. 1936) ·
1858 Take Ionescu, Romanian politician, diplomat,
journalist and lawyer (d. 1922) ·
1864 John Francis Dodge,
American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Company (d. 1920) ·
1864
Alexander
Gretchaninov, Russian-American pianist and composer (d. 1956) ·
1864
Toktogul Satylganov,
Kyrgyz Akyn, poet and singer (d. 1933) ·
1866 Thomas Armat, American mechanic and inventor
(d. 1948) ·
1866
Norbert Klein, Bishop of
Brno (d. 1933) ·
1866
Georg Schumann,
German composer (d. 1952) ·
1867 Jσzef
Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (d. 1937) ·
1868 Dan Burke,
American baseball player (d. 1933) ·
1868
Oskar Kallas,
Estonian linguist and diplomat (d. 1946) ·
1874 Emma Gramatica, Italian actress (d. 1965) ·
1874
Victor Sonnemans,
Belgian water polo player (d. 1962) ·
1874
Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary leader and
statesman (d. 1916) ·
1875 Carolyn Sherwin
Bailey, American author and educator (d. 1961) ·
1875
Arthur Birkett,
British cricketer (d. 1941) ·
1877 Adolf Moller, German rower (d. 1968) ·
1877
Henry Norris Russell,
American astronomer (d. 1957) ·
1879 Fritz Haarmann, German serial killer (d.
1925) ·
1880 Bohumνr meral,
Czech politician (d. 1941) ·
1881 Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor
(d. 1973) ·
1882 John T. Flynn, American journalist and
author (d. 1964) ·
1882
Tony Jackson,
American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1921) ·
1882
Andrι-Damien-Ferdinand
Jullien, French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1964) ·
1882
Theodora Agnes Peck,
American author and poet (d. 1964)[3] ·
1883 Nikolay Krestinsky,
Russian revolutionary and politician (d. 1938) ·
1884 Maria Czaplicka, Polish cultural
anthropologist (d. 1921) ·
1885 Sam M. Lewis, American singer and lyricist
(d. 1959) ·
1885
Xavier Lesage,
French equestrian (d. 1968) ·
1886 Leo G. Carroll, English-American actor (d.
1972) ·
1886
Karl Polanyi,
Austro-Hungarian economist and historian (d. 1964) ·
1887 Alexander McCulloch,
British rower (d. 1951) ·
1888 Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and pilot
(d. 1957) ·
1888
Nils Dardel, Swedish-American painter (d.
1943) ·
1888
Jan Palou,
Czechoslovak ice hockey player (d. 1971) ·
1888
Lιon Tom, Belgian fencer and bobsledder ·
1889 Abel Gance, French actor, director,
producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981) ·
1890 Floyd Bennett, American aviator (d. 1928) ·
1890
Kōtarō
Tanaka, Japanese jurist and politician (d. 1974) ·
1891 Charles Coughlin, Canadian-American priest
and radio host (d. 1979) ·
1891
Karl Elmendorff,
German conductor (d. 1962) ·
1892 Nell Shipman, Canadian-American actress,
screenwriter, and producer (d. 1970) ·
1894 Claude Cahun, French photographer and
sculptor (d. 1954) ·
1894
Βşık Veysel Şatıroğlu,
Turkish poet and songwriter (d. 1973) ·
1894
Johan Wilhelm
Rangell, Prime Minister
of Finland (d. 1982) ·
1895 Levi Eshkol, Ukrainian-Israeli soldier and
politician, 3rd Prime Minister
of Israel (d. 1969) ·
1895
Vsevolod Merkulov,
Russian head of the NKGB (d.
1953) ·
1895
Arthur Schmidt,
German officer (d. 1987) ·
1896 Nils Backlund, Swedish water polo player (d.
1964) ·
1897 Erwin von Lahousen,
German Abwehr official (d. 1955) ·
1897
Karl Olivecrona,
Swedish lawyer and philosopher (d. 1980) ·
1897
Luigi Pavese,
Italian actor (d. 1969) ·
1898 Karl Anton, German director, screenwriter
and producer (d. 1979) ·
1899 Armand Thirard, French cinematographer (d.
1973) ·
1900 Johan Greter, Dutch equestrian (d. 1975) ·
1900
Funmilayo
Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian educator and activist (d. 1978)[4] ·
1900
William
Stevenson, American track and fielder (d. 1985) ·
1902 Henry Steele
Commager, American historian and author (d. 1998) ·
1902
Carlo Gnocchi,
Italian priest, educator and writer (d. 1956) ·
1902
Eddie Lang, American jazz guitarist (d.
1933) ·
1903 Piet van der Horst,
Dutch cyclist (d. 1983) ·
1904 Cemal Reşit Rey,
Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1985) ·
1904
Denny Shute, American golfer (d. 1974) ·
1904
Bill Tytla, Ukrainian-American animator (d.
1968) ·
1905 Bob McPhail, Scottish footballer (d. 2000) ·
1906 Karl Humenberger, Austrian footballer (d.
1989) ·
1908 Carmen Dillon, English film and production
designer (d. 2000) ·
1908
Gotthard Handrick,
German fighter pilot and Olympic athlete (d. 1978) ·
1908
Polly Ann Young,
American actress (d. 1997) ·
1909 Whit Bissell, American actor (d. 1996) ·
1909
Jean-Paul Le Chanois,
French actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1985) ·
1909
Ken Domon, Japanese photographer (d. 1990) ·
1909
Edward Flynn,
American boxer (d. 1976) ·
1910 William Higinbotham,
American physicist and video game designer (d. 1994) ·
1910
Johnny Mauro,
American race car driver (d. 2003) ·
1910
Tyrus Wong, Chinese-American artist (d.
2016) ·
1912 Abdelkader Ben
Bouali, French footballer (d. 1997) ·
1912
Alfred Klingler,
German field handballer ·
1912
Minnie Pearl,
American entertainer and philanthropist (d. 1996) ·
1912
Luigi Raimondi,
Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1975) ·
1913 Klaus Barbie, German SS captain (d. 1991) ·
1913
Anton Kochinyan,
Soviet-Armenian politician (d. 1990) ·
1914 John Berryman, American poet and scholar (d.
1972) ·
1915 Ivan M. Niven, Canadian-American mathematician
and academic (d. 1999) ·
1916 Helge Larsson, Swedish canoeist (d. 1971) ·
1917 Carl Forssell, Swedish fencer (d. 2005) ·
1917
Dmitry Polyansky, First
Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2001) ·
1918 David Ausubel, American psychologist (d.
2008) ·
1919 Beate Uhse-Rotermund,
German pilot and entrepreneur (d. 2001) ·
1919
Raoul Remy, French cyclist (d. 2002) ·
1920 Megan Taylor, British figure skater (d.
1993) ·
1921 Michael I of Romania (d.
2017) ·
1922 Gloria Lasso, Spanish singer (d. 2005) ·
1923 Achille Silvestrini,
Italian prelate (d. 2019) ·
1923
Beate Sirota Gordon,
Austrian-American director and producer (d. 2012) ·
1923
Bobby Thomson,
Scottish-American baseball player (d. 2010) ·
1924 Billy Barty, American actor (d. 2000) ·
1924
Earl Palmer, American Hall of Fame drummer
(d. 2008) ·
1925 Oralia Dominguez, Mexican operatic
mezzo-soprano singer (d. 2013) ·
1925
Joseph Michel,
Belgian politician (d. 2016) ·
1926 Bo Carpelan, Finnish poet and author (d.
2011) ·
1926
Jimmy Heath, American saxophonist and
composer (d. 2020) ·
1926
Galina Vishnevskaya,
Russian-American soprano and actress (d. 2012) ·
1927 Barbara Cook, American singer and actress
(d. 2017) ·
1927
Jorge Batlle Ibαρez,
Uruguayan lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Uruguay (d.
2016) ·
1927
Lawrence Kohlberg,
American psychologist and author (d. 1987) ·
1927
Lauretta Masiero,
Italian actress and singer (d. 2010) ·
1928 Jeanne Cooper, American actress (d. 2013) ·
1928
Paulo Mendes da
Rocha, Brazilian architect ·
1928
Anthony Franciosa,
American actor (d. 2006) ·
1928
Adolphe Geschι,
Belgian Catholic priest and theologian (d. 2003) ·
1928
Peter Naur, Danish computer scientist,
astronomer, and academic (d. 2016) ·
1928
Marion Ross, American actress ·
1928
Yakov Rylsky, Soviet
Jewish sabre fencer (d. 1999) ·
1929 Michel Knuysen, Belgian rower (d. 2013) ·
1929
Zdravko Milev,
Bulgarian chess player (d. 1984) ·
1929
Claude Rouer,
French cyclist ·
1929
Peter Rόhmkorf,
German writer (d. 2008) ·
1930 Harold Brodkey, American author and academic
(d. 1996) ·
1930
Karoly Honfi,
Hungarian chess player (d. 1996) ·
1931 Annie Girardot, French actress and singer
(d. 2011) ·
1931
Jimmy McIlroy,
Irish footballer and manager (d. 2018) ·
1932 Vitold Fokin, Ukrainian first deputy prime
minister ·
1932
Jerzy Pawłowski,
Polish fencer and double agent (d. 2005) ·
1932
Theodor
Pitěk, Czech costume designer ·
1933 Renι Brodmann, Swiss footballer ·
1933
Martti Mansikka,
Finnish gymnast ·
1934 Carlos Sherman, BelarusianSpanish
translator, writer, activist (d. 2005) ·
1935 Rusty Schweickart,
American soldier, pilot, and astronaut ·
1936 Martin Gilbert, English historian, author,
and academic (d. 2015) ·
1936
Arnfinn Nesset,
Norwegian nurse and convicted serial killer ·
1936
Masako Nozawa,
Japanese actress and singer ·
1937 Vendramino Bariviera,
Italian cyclist (d. 2001) ·
1937
Ignacio
Carrasco de Paula, Spanish prelate ·
1937
Roberto Menescal,
Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ·
1938 Bob Webster, American diver ·
1939 Zelmo Beaty, American basketball player and
coach (d. 2013) ·
1939
Sara Dylan, first wife of Bob Dylan ·
1939
Nikolay
Kiselyov, Soviet Nordic combined athlete (d. 2005) ·
1939
Nikos Nikolaidis,
Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007) ·
1939
Dave Simmonds,
British motorcycle racer (d. 1972) ·
1939
Robin Spry, Canadian director, producer, and
screenwriter (d. 2005) ·
1940 Jimmy Herman, Canadian actor (d. 2013) ·
1940
Bob Knight, American basketball player and
coach ·
1941 Lynda Benglis, American sculptor and painter ·
1941
Helen Reddy, Australian-American
singer-songwriter and actress ·
1941
Gordon Tootoosis,
Aboriginal Canadian actor (d. 2011) ·
1941
Anne Tyler, American author and critic ·
1941
Dave Weill, American discus thrower ·
1942 Archduke
Leopold Franz of Austria ·
1942
Terumasa Hino,
Japanese jazz trumpeter ·
1942
Gloria Katz, American screenwriter and
producer ·
1942
Franklin Loufrani,
French President of the Smiley Company ·
1943 Orso Maria Guerrini,
Italian actor ·
1944 Azizan Abdul Razak,
Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri
Besar of Kedah (d. 2013) ·
1944
Jon Anderson,
English singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1944
James Carville,
American lawyer and political consultant ·
1944
Donald Ford, Scottish footballer ·
1944
Fred Housego,
Scottish-English taxi driver and game show host ·
1944
Kati Kovαcs,
Hungarian singer-songwriter and actress ·
1944
Ren Zhengfei,
Chinese businessman ·
1945 Peter Ledger, Australian-American painter
and illustrator (d. 1994) ·
1945
Roy Lynes, English keyboardist and singer ·
1945
Yuriy Meshkov,
Ukrainian politician and Russian separatist ·
1945
Phil "Fang" Volk, American
musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer ·
1945
Krzysztof Piesiewicz,
Polish lawyer, screenwriter and politician ·
1945
Francisco Sα,
Argentine footballer ·
1945
David S. Ward,
American director and screenwriter ·
1945
Keaton Yamada,
Japanese voice actor ·
1946 Yazzie Johnson,
Navajo artist ·
1946
Elνas Figueroa,
Chilean footballer ·
1946
Peter Lieberson,
American composer ·
1947 Requena Nozal, Spanish artist ·
1947
Glenn Tipton,
English singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1948 Dave Cowens, American basketball player and
coach ·
1948
Dan Gable, American wrestler and coach ·
1948
Dan Issel, American basketball player and
coach ·
1948
Sigleif Johansen,
Norwegian biathlete ·
1949 Rιjean Houle, Canadian ice hockey player and
manager ·
1949
Walter Hyatt, American
singer-songwriter (d. 1996) ·
1949
Brian Kerwin,
American actor ·
1949
Wilfried Louis,
Haitian footballer ·
1950 Anne Alvaro, French actress ·
1950
Fernando Arκas Rifan,
Brazilian bishop ·
1950
Roger Davies,
English footballer ·
1950
John Matuszak,
American footballer (d. 1989) ·
1950
Francisco Oscar
Lamolina, Argentine football referee ·
1950
Chris Norman,
English singer-songwriter ·
1951 Richard Lloyd,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1952 Samir Geagea, Lebanese commander and
politician ·
1952
Wendy Hall, English computer scientist,
mathematician, and academic ·
1952
Ioannis Kyrastas,
Greek footballer and manager (d. 2004) ·
1952
Tove Nilsen, Norwegian author ·
1953 Daniele Bagnoli, Italian volleyball coach ·
1953
Jasem Yaqoub,
Kuwaiti footballer ·
1954 Mike Eruzione, American ice hockey player
and coach ·
1954
Ed Powers, American founder of Ed Powers
Productions ·
1955 Glynis Barber, South African-English actress ·
1955
Robin Eubanks,
American trombonist and educator ·
1955
Gale Anne Hurd,
American producer ·
1955
Matthias Jabs,
German guitarist and songwriter ·
1955
Leena Lander,
Finnish author ·
1955
Lito Lapid, Filipino actor ·
1956 Stephen Leather, British author ·
1957 Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress ·
1957
Enrique Lσpez Zarza,
Mexican footballer ·
1957
Robbie McIntosh,
English guitarist ·
1957
Piet Wildschut,
Dutch footballer ·
1958 Kornelia Ender, East German swimmer ·
1958
Kjell Inge Rψkke,
Norwegian businessman and philanthropist ·
1959 Σscar Aguirregaray,
Uruguayan footballer ·
1959
Chrissy Amphlett,
Australian singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2013) ·
1960 Hong Sang-soo, South Korean director and
screenwriter ·
1961 John Sivebζk, Danish footballer ·
1961
Chad Smith, American drummer ·
1962 David Furnish, Canadian filmmaker ·
1962
Steve Gainer,
American cinematographer and director ·
1962
Steve Hodge, English footballer and manager ·
1962
John Stollmeyer,
American soccer player ·
1963 John Levιn, Swedish bass player and
songwriter ·
1963
Michael Lynagh,
Australian rugby union footballer ·
1963
Melinda McGraw,
American actress ·
1963
Josι Ortiz,
Puerto Rican basketball player ·
1963
Tracy Nelson,
American actress ·
1964 Michael Boatman, American actor ·
1964
Johan de Kock,
Dutch footballer ·
1964
Nicole,
German singer ·
1964
Kevin Michael
Richardson, American voice actor and singer ·
1965 2 Cold Scorpio, American wrestler ·
1965
Mathieu Amalric,
French actor and director ·
1965
Valdir Benedito,
Brazilian footballer ·
1965
Claire Colebrook,
Australian philosopher, theorist, and academic ·
1965
Dominique Herr,
Swiss footballer ·
1965
Derrick Rostagno,
American tennis player ·
1965
Rainer Strecker,
German actor ·
1966 Zana Briski, British photographer and
filmmaker ·
1966
Lionel Charbonnier,
French footballer ·
1966
Wendel Clark,
Canadian ice hockey player ·
1966
Perry Saturn,
American wrestler ·
1967 Martin Marinov, Australian canoeist ·
1967
Taiyō Matsumoto,
Japanese manga artist ·
1967
Gary Sundgren,
Swedish footballer ·
1968 Doris Fitschen, German footballer ·
1968
Speech,
American rapper ·
1969 Samantha Bee, Canadian-American comedian and
television host ·
1969
Josef Berαnek,
Czech ice hockey player and coach ·
1969
Slavko Cicak,
Swedish chess Grandmaster ·
1969
Nika Futterman,
American voice actress, comedian and singer ·
1969
Ibragim Gasanbekov,
Azerbaijani footballer ·
1969
Oleg Salenko,
Russian footballer ·
1969
Alex Webster,
American bass player ·
1970 J. A. Adande, American journalist and
academic ·
1970
Peter Aerts, Dutch kick-boxer and mixed
martial artist ·
1970
Adam Goldberg,
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ·
1970
Damir Mrić,
Bosnian basketball player ·
1970
Adam Pascal, American actor and singer ·
1970
Rafael Gonzαlez
Robles, Spanish footballer ·
1970
Ed Robertson,
Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ·
1970
Daniel Scheinhardt,
German footballer ·
1970
Chely Wright,
American singer-songwriter and actress ·
1971 Simon Charlton, English footballer and
manager ·
1971
Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer ·
1971
Neil Fallon, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1971
Midori Gotō,
Japanese-American violinist and educator ·
1971
Leslie Grossman,
American actress ·
1971
Rosie Ledet, American singer-songwriter and
accordion player ·
1971
Pedro Martνnez,
Dominican-American baseball player and sportscaster ·
1971
Craig Robinson,
American actor and singer ·
1971
Elif Şafak,
French-Turkish journalist, author, and academic ·
1972 Cristian Dulca, Romanian footballer ·
1972
Rodolfo Falcσn,
Cuban swimmer ·
1972
Maxi Mounds, American nude big-bust model
and pornographic actress ·
1972
Jonathan Torrens,
Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter ·
1972
Persia White,
American actress ·
1973 Fırat
Aydınus, Turkish football referee ·
1973
Lamont Bentley,
American actor and rapper (d. 2005) ·
1973
Michael Weston,
American actor ·
1974 Lee Byung-kyu, South Korean baseball player ·
1974
Yoo Yong-sung,
South Korean badminton player ·
1975 Eirik Glambek Bψe,
Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1975
Ryan Clement,
American football player ·
1975
Agustνn Julio,
Colombian footballer ·
1975
Zadie Smith, English author and academic ·
1975
Antony Starr, New
Zealand actor ·
1976 Deon Burton, Jamaican footballer ·
1976
Ahmed Dokhi, Saudi Arabian footballer ·
1976
Akihisa Ikeda,
Japanese manga artist ·
1976
Steve
Jones, Irish footballer ·
1976
Brett Kirk, Australian footballer and coach ·
1976
Anton Sikharulidze,
Russian pair skater ·
1977 The Alchemist,
American rapper, DJ, and producer ·
1977
Yeho, Israeli singer and actor ·
1977
Rodolfo Bodipo,
Equatoguinean retired footballer ·
1977
Mitică Pricop,
Romanian sprint canoer ·
1977
Birgit Prinz,
German footballer and psychologist ·
1977
Rakan Rushaidat,
Croatian actor ·
1977
Kateryna
Serebrianska, Ukrainian gymnast ·
1977
Mihai Tararache,
Romanian footballer ·
1978 Russell Anderson, Scottish footballer ·
1978
Zachary Knighton,
American actor ·
1978
Bobby Madden,
Scottish football referee ·
1978
Robert Mambo Mumba,
Kenyan footballer ·
1978
Markus Pφyhφnen,
Finnish sprinter ·
1978
An Yong-hak, North Korean footballer ·
1979 Bat for Lashes, English singer ·
1979
Rob Hulse, English footballer ·
1979
Mariana Klaveno,
American actress ·
1979
Joγo Lucas, Portuguese
footballer (d. 2015) ·
1979
Rosa Mendes, Canadian-American wrestler and
model ·
1980 Mehcad Brooks, American model and actor ·
1980
Fιlicien Singbo,
Beninois footballer ·
1981 Hiroshi Aoyama, Japanese motorcycle racer ·
1981
Josh Henderson,
American actor and singer ·
1981
Shaun
Wright-Phillips, English footballer ·
1982 Devin Green, American basketball player ·
1982
Guido Grόnheid,
German basketball player ·
1982
Victoria Francιs,
Spanish illustrator ·
1982
Camilla Jensen,
Danish curler ·
1982
Michael Sweetney,
American basketball player ·
1982
Mickaλl Tavares,
Senegalese footballer ·
1983 Princess
Yōko of Mikasa ·
1983
Hotaru Akane,
Japanese actress and activist ·
1983
Stanislav Bohush,
Ukrainian footballer ·
1983
Daniele Mannini,
Italian footballer ·
1983
Han Yeo-reum,
South Korean actress ·
1984 Nicolas Besch, French ice hockey player ·
1984
Ticia Gara, Hungarian chess player ·
1984
Sara Lumholdt,
Swedish singer and dancer ·
1984
Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter and
actress ·
1984
Ivαn Ramis, Spanish
footballer ·
1984
Karolina prem,
Croatian tennis player ·
1985 Ciara, American singer-songwriter, dancer,
and actress ·
1985
Reanne Evans,
English snooker player ·
1985
Isah Eliakwu,
Nigerian footballer ·
1985
Nicola Fontanive,
Italian ice hockey player ·
1985
Σscar Granados,
Costa Rican footballer ·
1985
Michael Liendl,
Austrian footballer ·
1985
Kara Lynn Joyce,
American swimmer ·
1985
Juan Manuel Martinez,
Argentine footballer ·
1985
Arkadij Naiditsch,
Azerbaijani chess player ·
1985
Ihor Oshchypko,
Ukrainian footballer ·
1985
Daniele Padelli,
Italian footballer ·
1985
Hrvoje Perić,
Croatian basketball player ·
1985
John
Robinson, American actor ·
1985
Ayahi Takagaki,
Japanese voice actress and singer ·
1985
Vlad Topalov, Russian
singer and dancer ·
1986 Tweety Carter, American basketball player ·
1986
Roger Espinoza,
Honduran footballer ·
1986
Eddie Gaven, American soccer player ·
1986
Kristian Sarkies,
Australian footballer ·
1986
Ekaterina Shumilova,
Russian biathlete ·
1987 Bill Amis, American basketball player ·
1987
Darron Gibson,
Irish footballer ·
1987
Fabian Hambόchen,
German gymnast ·
1988 Robson Conceiηγo,
Brazilian boxer ·
1988
Lewis McGugan,
English professional footballer ·
1988
Chandler Parsons,
American basketball player ·
1988
Kaz Patafta, Australian footballer ·
1988
Karim Yoda, French footballer ·
1989 Filip Grgić, Croatian taekwondo
practitioner ·
1989
Sten Grytebust,
Norwegian footballer ·
1989
David Hala, Australian rugby league player ·
1989
Ivan Marconi,
Italian footballer ·
1990 Mattia Cattaneo, Italian cyclist ·
1990
Sara Chafak, Finnish beauty pageant winner ·
1990
Asha Philip, British athlete ·
1990
Milena Raić,
Serbian volleyball player ·
1990
Dzina Sazanavets,
Belarusian weightlifter ·
1991 Davide Faraoni, Italian footballer ·
1991
Isabella Shinikova,
Bulgarian tennis player ·
1992 Clarisse Agbegnenou,
French judoka ·
1992
Davide Formolo,
Italian cyclist ·
1992
Sergey Ridzik,
Russian freestyle skier ·
1993 Isaiah Austin, American basketball player ·
1993
Ivαn Garcia,
Mexican diver ·
1994 Richard Jouve, French cross-country skier ·
1994
Jefferson Lerma,
Colombian footballer ·
1994
Matteo Lodo, Italian rower ·
1994
Gor Minasyan,
Armenian weightlifter ·
1994
Ray Robson, American chess Grandmaster ·
1995 Conchita Campbell,
Canadian actress ·
1995
Patrick McCaw,
American basketball player ·
1997 Federico Chiesa, Italian footballer ·
2000 Vincent Zhou, American figure skater ·
2001 Princess
Elisabeth, Belgian princess Deaths[edit] ·
625 Pope Boniface V ·
686 Prince Ōtsu of Japan (b. 663) ·
912 Rudolph I,
king of Burgundy (b.
859) ·
1047 Magnus the Good, Norwegian king (b. 1024) ·
1053 Enguerrand
II, Count of Ponthieu ·
1154 Stephen, King of
England (b. 1096) ·
1180 John of Salisbury,
French bishop (b. c. 1120) ·
1200 Conrad of
Wittelsbach, German cardinal (b. 1120) ·
1230 Gilbert
de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (b. 1180) ·
1292 Robert Burnell, Lord Chancellor of England ·
1349 James III of Majorca (b.
1315) ·
1359 Beatrice
of Castile, queen consort of Portugal (b. 1293) ·
1400 Geoffrey Chaucer, English philosopher, poet,
and author (b. 1343) ·
1415
Philip II,
Count of Nevers (b. 1389) ·
1415
Frederick
I, Count of Vaudιmont (b. 1371) ·
1415
Jean I, Duke of
Alenηon (b. 1385) ·
1415
Anthony, Duke of
Brabant (b. 1384) ·
1415
Michael
de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, English soldier (b. 1394) ·
1415
Edward
of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, English politician (b. 1373) ·
1415
Dafydd Gam, Welsh nobleman (b. c. 1380) ·
1478 Catherine of Bosnia (b.
1425) ·
1492 Thaddeus McCarthy,
Irish bishop (b. 1455) ·
1495 John II of Portugal (b.
1455) ·
1514 William Elphinstone,
Scottish bishop and academic, founded University of
Aberdeen (b. 1431) ·
1557 William
Cavendish, English courtier and civil servant (b. 1505) ·
1647 Evangelista
Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (b. 1608) ·
1651 Saint Job of
Pochayiv, Ukrainian Orthodox Christian saint (b. 1551) ·
1683 William Scroggs, English judge and
politician, Lord
Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1623) ·
1733 Giovanni
Girolamo Saccheri, Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher
(b. 1667) ·
1757 Antoine Augustin
Calmet, French monk and theologian (b. 1672) ·
1760 George II of
Great Britain (b. 1683) ·
1806 Henry Knox, American general and politician,
2nd United
States Secretary of War (b. 1750) ·
1826 Philippe Pinel, French physician and
psychiatrist (b. 1745) ·
1833 Abbas Mirza, Persian prince (b. 1789) ·
1852 John C. Clark, American lawyer and
politician (b. 1793) ·
1889 Ιmile Augier, French playwright (b. 1820) ·
1895 Charles Hallι, German-English pianist and
conductor (b. 1819) ·
1902 Frank Norris, American journalist and
novelist (b. 1870) ·
1910 Willie Anderson,
Scottish-American golfer (b. 1878) ·
1916 William Merritt
Chase, American painter and educator (b. 1849) ·
1919 William Kidston, Scottish-Australian
politician, 17th Premier of
Queensland (b. 1849) ·
1920 Alexander of Greece (b.
1893) ·
1920
Terence MacSwiney,
Irish playwright and politician, Lord Mayor of Cork (b.
1879) ·
1921 Bat Masterson, American lawman, buffalo
hunter, and sport writer (b. 1853) ·
1924 Ziya Gφkalp, Turkish sociologist, poet, and
activist (b. 1876) ·
1938 Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and
author (b. 1892) ·
1940 Thomas Waddell, Irish-Australian politician,
15th Premier of New
South Wales (b. 1854) ·
1941 Franz von Werra, Swiss-German captain and
pilot (b. 1914) ·
1945 Robert Ley, German politician (b. 1890) ·
1949 Mary Ackworth
Orr Evershed, English astronomer and Dante scholar (b. 1867) ·
1953 Holger
Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1867) ·
1955 Sadako Sasaki, Japanese girl (b. 1943) ·
1957 Albert Anastasia, Italian-American mob boss
(b. 1902) ·
1957
Edward
Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, English-Irish author, poet, and
playwright (b. 1878) ·
1960 Harry Ferguson, Irish-English engineer,
founded the Ferguson Company (b.
1884) ·
1963 Roger Dιsormiθre,
French conductor and composer (b. 1898) ·
1967 Margaret Ayer Barnes,
American author and playwright (b. 1886) ·
1969 Ellinor Aiki, Estonian painter (b. 1893) ·
1970 άlo Sooster, Estonian painter (b. 1924) ·
1971 Mikhail Yangel, Soviet missile designer (b.
1911) ·
1972 Johnny Mantz, American race car driver (b.
1918) ·
1973 Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932) ·
1973
Cleo Moore, American actress (b. 1928) ·
1973
Robert Scholl,
German accountant and politician (b. 1891) ·
1975 Vladimir Herzog, Brazilian journalist and
activist (b. 1937) ·
1976 Raymond Queneau, French poet and author (b.
1903) ·
1977 Fιlix Gouin, French politician (b. 1884) ·
1979 Gerald Templer, English field marshal and
politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya (b.
1898) ·
1980 Virgil Fox, American organist and educator
(b. 1912) ·
1980
Vνctor Galνndez,
Argentine boxer (b. 1948) ·
1980
Sahir Ludhianvi,
Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1921) ·
1982 Bill Eckersley, English footballer (b. 1925) ·
1982
Arvid Wallman,
Swedish diver (b. 1901) ·
1985 Gary Holton, English singer-songwriter (b.
1952) ·
1986 Forrest Tucker, American actor (b. 1919) ·
1989 Mary McCarthy,
American novelist and critic (b. 1912) ·
1990 Alberto da Costa
Pereira, Portuguese footballer (b. 1929) ·
1991 Bill Graham,
German-American concert promoter (b. 1931) ·
1992 Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter and
actor (b. 1936) ·
1992
Richard
Pousette-Dart, American painter and educator (b. 1916) ·
1993 Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer-songwriter,
producer, and actor (b. 1958) ·
1993
Vincent Price,
American actor (b. 1911) ·
1994 Kara Hultgreen, American lieutenant and
pilot (b. 1965) ·
1994
Mildred Natwick,
American actress (b. 1905) ·
1995 Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress (b. 1920) ·
1995
Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (b.
1918) ·
1999 Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957) ·
2000 Mochitsura Hashimoto,
Japanese commander (b. 1909) ·
2002 Richard Harris, Irish actor and singer (b.
1930) ·
2002
Renι Thom, French
mathematician and biologist (b. 1923) ·
2002
Paul Wellstone,
American academic and politician (b. 1944) ·
2003 Pandurang
Shastri Athavale, Indian spiritual leader and philosopher (b.
1920) ·
2003
Veikko Hakulinen,
Finnish skier and technician (b. 1925) ·
2004 John Peel, English radio host and producer
(b. 1939) ·
2010 Lisa Blount, American actress (b. 1957) ·
2010
Gregory Isaacs,
Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (b. 1951) ·
2010
Vesna Parun, Croatian poet and author (b.
1922) ·
2012 Jacques Barzun, French-American historian
and author (b. 1907) ·
2012
Jaspal Bhatti,
Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955) ·
2012
John Connelly,
English footballer (b. 1938) ·
2012
Emanuel Steward,
American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster (b. 1944) ·
2013 Ron Ackland, New Zealand rugby player and
coach (b. 1934) ·
2013
Arthur Danto,
American philosopher and critic (b. 1924) ·
2013
Nicholas Hunt,
Welsh-English admiral (b. 1930) ·
2013
Hal Needham, American actor, stuntman,
director, and screenwriter (b. 1931) ·
2013
Paul Reichmann,
Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Olympia and York (b. 1930) ·
2013
Bill Sharman,
American basketball player and coach (b. 1926) ·
2013
Marcia Wallace,
American actress and comedian (b. 1942) ·
2014 Jack Bruce, Scottish-English singer-songwriter
and bass player (b. 1943) ·
2014
Carlos Morales
Troncoso, Dominican lawyer and politician, 34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic (b.
1940) ·
2015 David Cesarani, English historian and author
(b. 1956) ·
2015
Lisa Jardine,
English historian, author, and academic (b. 1944) ·
2015
Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (b.
1988) ·
2015
Flip Saunders,
American basketball player and coach (b. 1955) ·
2016 Carlos Alberto
Torres, Brazilian football player and manager (b. 1944) ·
2016
Bob Hoover, USAF, Test, and Airshow pilot
(b. 1922) ·
2019 Dilip Parikh, Indian politician (b. 1937) Holidays and observances[edit] ·
Christian feast day: o Bernat Calbσ (Bernard of Calvo) o Canna o Crysanthus
and Daria (Western Christianity) o Fructus o Mar Nestorius (in the Nestorian churches) o Tegulus o Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy o The
Six Welsh Martyrs and companions (in Wales) o October
25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Earliest
day on which Nevada Day can
fall, while October 31 is the latest; celebrated on last Friday in October. (Nevada) ·
Earliest
day on which October Holiday can
fall, while October 31 is the latest; observed on last Monday in October. (Ireland) ·
Earliest
day on which Teacher's Day
(Australia) can fall, while October 31 is the latest;
celebrated on last Friday in October. (Australia) ·
Constitution
Day (Lithuania) ·
Customs
Officer's Day (Russia) ·
Day of the Basque Country (Basque
Country) |
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