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Contents

· 1Events

· 2Births

· 3Deaths

· 4Holidays and observances

· 5References

· 6External links

Events[edit]

· 314 – Constantine I defeats Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories.^[1]

· 451 – The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins.

· 876 – Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger prevent a West Frankish invasion and defeat emperor Charles II ("the Bald").

· 1075 – Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.

· 1200 – Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England.

· 1322 – Mladen II Šubić of Bribir is deposed as the Croatian Ban after the Battle of Bliska.

· 1480 – The Great stand on the Ugra river puts an end to Tartar rule over Moscow

· 1573 – End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in the Eighty Years' War.

· 1645 – Jeanne Mance open the first lay hospital in North America.

· 1813 – The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bavaria and Austria.

· 1821 – The Peruvian Navy is established during the War of Independence.

· 1829 – Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials.

· 1856 – The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident.

· 1862 – American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.

· 1871 – Slash-and-burn land management, months of drought, and the passage of a strong cold front cause the Peshtigo Fire, the Great Chicago Fire and the Great Michigan Fires to break out.^[2]

· 1879 – War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.

· 1895 – Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.

· 1912 – The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.

· 1918 – World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.

· 1921 – KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.

· 1939 – World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.

· 1941 – World War II: During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.

· 1943 – World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.

· 1944 – World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.

· 1952 – The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.

· 1956 – The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.

· 1962 – Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, and is soon accused of treason.

· 1967 – Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.

· 1969 – The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.

· 1970 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.

· 1973 – Yom Kippur War: Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions.

· 1973 – Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.

· 1974 – Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.

· 1978 – Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60 mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.

· 1982 – Poland bans Solidarity and all other trade unions.

· 1982 – Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.

· 1990 – Second Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.

· 1991 – Upon the expiration of the Brioni Agreement, Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia.

· 2001 – A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.

· 2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.

· 2005 – The 7.6 M_w  Kashmir earthquake leaves 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.

· 2014 – Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola, dies.

· 2016 – In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to nearly 900.

· 2019 – About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland.^[3]

Births[edit]

· 319 BC – Pyrrhus of Epirus (d. 272 BC)

· 1150 – Narapatisithu, king of Burma (d. 1211)

· 1515 – Margaret Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas (d. 1578)

· 1551 – Giulio Caccini, Italian composer (d. 1618)

· 1553 – Jacques Auguste de Thou, French historian (d. 1617)

· 1585 – Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (d. 1672)

· 1609 – John Clarke, English physician (d. 1676)

· 1676 – Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (d. 1764)

· 1713 – Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and author (d. 1793)

· 1715 – Michel Benoist, French scientist and missionary (d. 1774)

· 1747 – Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician (d. 1807)

· 1753 – Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden (d. 1829)

· 1765 – Harman Blennerhassett, English-Irish lawyer and politician (d. 1831)

· 1789 – John Ruggles, American lawyer and politician (d. 1874)

· 1789 – William John Swainson, English-New Zealand ornithologist and entomologist (d. 1855)

· 1807 – Harriet Taylor Mill, English philosopher and activist (d. 1858)

· 1818 – John Henninger Reagan, American judge and politician, 3rd Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905)

· 1834 – Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (d. 1905)

· 1838 – John Hay, American diplomat, private secretary to Abraham Lincoln, 37th United States Secretary of State (d. 1905)

· 1845 – Salomon Kalischer, German pianist, composer, and physicist (d. 1924)

· 1847 – Rose Scott, Australian activist (d. 1925)

· 1848 – Pierre De Geyter, Belgian composer (d. 1932)

· 1850 – Henry Louis Le Châtelier, French chemist and academic (d. 1936)

· 1860 – John D. Batten, British painter, printmaker and illustrator (d.1932)

· 1863 – Edythe Chapman, American actress (d. 1948)

· 1864 – Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter and educator (d. 1955)

· 1870 – Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (d. 1937)

· 1872 – Mary Engle Pennington, American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (d. 1952)

· 1873 – Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish chemist and astronomer (d. 1967)

· 1873 – Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect and academic, designed Lenin's Mausoleum (d. 1949)

· 1875 – Laurence Doherty, English tennis player and golfer (d. 1919)

· 1876 – Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (d. 1966)

· 1877 – Hans Heysen, German-Australian painter (d. 1968)

· 1879 – Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (d. 1956)

· 1882 – Harry McClintock, American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 1957)

· 1883 – Dick Burnett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)

· 1883 – Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)

· 1884 – Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (d. 1942)

· 1887 – Ping Bodie, American baseball player (d. 1961)

· 1887 – Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner (d. 1972)

· 1888 – Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist and author (d. 1964)

· 1889 – R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian engineer (d. 1983)

· 1889 – Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (d. 1966)

· 1890 – Snuffy Browne, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1964)

· 1890 – Eddie Rickenbacker, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1973)

· 1890 – Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)

· 1892 – Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (d. 1941)

· 1893 – Clarence Williams, American pianist and composer (d. 1965)

· 1895 – Zog I of Albania (d. 1961)

· 1895 – Juan Perón, Argentinian general and politician, 29th President of Argentina (d. 1974)

· 1896 – Julien Duvivier, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1967)

· 1897 – Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (d. 1987)

· 1897 – Marcel Herrand, French actor (d. 1953)

· 1901 – Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist (d. 1977)

· 1901 – Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia (d. 2000)

· 1903 – Georgy Geshev, Bulgarian chess player (d. 1937)

· 1904 – Yves Giraud-Cabantous, French race car driver (d. 1973)

· 1907 – Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator (d. 1975)

· 1908 – Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician (d. 1988)

· 1910 – Kirk Alyn, American actor (d. 1999)

· 1910 – Paulette Dubost, French actress (d. 2011)

· 1910 – Gus Hall, American soldier and politician (d. 2000)

· 1910 – Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier (d. 2006)

· 1910 – Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (d. 2003)

· 1913 – Robert R. Gilruth, American pilot and engineer (d. 2000)

· 1913 – Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (d. 1959)

· 1917 – Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993)

· 1917 – Walter Lord, American historian and author (d. 2002)

· 1917 – Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1976)

· 1917 – Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)

· 1918 – Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (d. 2012)

· 1918 – Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)

· 1919 – Jack McGrath, American race car driver (d. 1955)

· 1919 – Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2007)

· 1920 – Frank Herbert, American journalist, photographer, and author (d. 1986)

· 1921 – Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2010)

· 1922 – Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2007)

· 1922 – Herbert B. Leonard, American production manager and producer (d. 2006)

· 1924 – Alphons Egli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 77th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2016)

· 1924 – Aloísio Lorscheider, Brazilian cardinal (d. 2007)

· 1924 – Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian poet and scholar (d. 2006)

· 1924 – John Nelder, English mathematician and statistician (d. 2010)

· 1925 – Álvaro Magaña, Salvadoran economist and politician, President of El Salvador (d. 2001)

· 1926 – Raaj Kumar, Pakistani-Indian police officer and actor (d. 1996)

· 1927 – Jim Elliot, American missionary and translator (d. 1956)

· 1927 – César Milstein, Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)

· 1928 – Didi, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2001)

· 1928 – M. Russell Ballard, American lieutenant and religious leader

· 1928 – Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer

· 1928 – Bill Maynard, English actor (d. 2018)

· 1929 – Betty Boothroyd, English academic and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons

· 1930 – Pepper Adams, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1986)

· 1930 – Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer (d. 2013)

· 1930 – Faith Ringgold, American painter and activist

· 1930 – Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer and theorist (d. 1996)

· 1931 – Bill Brown, Scottish-Canadian footballer (d. 2004)

· 1932 – Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player and police officer

· 1934 – Kader Asmal, South African academic and politician (d. 2011)

· 1934 – Gerry Hitchens, English footballer and manager (d. 1983)

· 1934 – James Holshouser, American lawyer and politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (d. 2013)

· 1935 – Albert Roux, French-English chef

· 1936 – Rona Barrett, American journalist and businesswoman

· 1937 – Merle Park, British ballerina and educator

· 1937 – Paul Schell, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Seattle (d. 2014)

· 1938 – William Corlett, English author and playwright (d. 2005)

· 1938 – Walter Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey coach and author

· 1938 – Fred Stolle, Australian-American tennis player and sportscaster

· 1938 – Bronislovas Lubys, Lithuanian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania (d. 2011)

· 1939 – Elvīra Ozoliņa, Latvian javelin thrower

· 1939 – Harvey Pekar, American author and critic (d. 2010)

· 1939 – Lynne Stewart, American lawyer and criminal

· 1940 – Fred Cash, American soul singer

· 1940 – Paul Hogan, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter

· 1941 – Jesse Jackson, American minister and activist

· 1941 – Shane Stevens, American author

· 1941 – George Bellamy, English singer, guitarist, and producer

· 1942 – Stanley Bates, English actor and screenwriter

· 1943 – Chevy Chase, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter

· 1943 – R. L. Stine, American author, screenwriter, and producer

· 1944 – Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (d. 2010)

· 1944 – Susan Raye, American country music singer

· 1946 – Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar, activist, and politician

· 1946 – Jean-Jacques Beineix, French director and producer

· 1946 – Dennis Kucinich, American journalist and politician, 53rd Mayor of Cleveland

· 1946 – Bel Mooney, English journalist and author

· 1946 – Jon Ekerold, South African motorcycle racer

· 1947 – Richard Morris, English archaeologist, historian, and author

· 1947 – Emiel Puttemans, Belgian runner

· 1947 – Stephen Shore, American photographer and educator

· 1947 – Bill Zorn, folk musician^[4]

· 1948 – Benjamin Cheever, American journalist and author

· 1948 – Claude Jade, French actress (d. 2006)

· 1948 – Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2004)

· 1949 – Hamish Stuart, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

· 1949 – Sigourney Weaver, American actress and producer

· 1950 – Robert "Kool" Bell, American singer-songwriter and bass player

· 1950 – Blake Morrison, English poet, author, and academic

· 1951 – Jack O'Connell, American educator and politician

· 1951 – Timo Salonen, Finnish race car driver

· 1951 – Shannon C. Stimson, American philosopher, historian, and theorist

· 1952 – Takis Koroneos, Greek basketball player and coach

· 1952 – Jan Marijnissen, Dutch journalist and politician

· 1952 – Edward Zwick, American director, producer, and screenwriter

· 1953 – Robert Saxton, English composer and educator

· 1954 – Huub Rothengatter, Dutch race car driver and manager

· 1955 – Bill Elliott, American race car driver

· 1955 – Alain Ferté, French race car driver

· 1955 – Darrell Hammond, American comedian and actor

· 1955 – Paul Lennon, Australian politician, 42nd Premier of Tasmania

· 1955 – Lonnie Pitchford, American singer and guitarist (d. 1998)

· 1956 – Jeff Lahti, American baseball player

· 1956 – Janice E. Voss, American engineer and astronaut (d. 2012)

· 1957 – Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer and manager

· 1958 – Steve Coll, American journalist and author

· 1958 – Bret Lott, American journalist, author, and academic

· 1958 – Ursula von der Leyen, Belgian-German physician and politician, Defense Minister of Germany

· 1958 – Ruffin McNeill, American football player and coach

· 1959 – Tommy Armour III, American golfer

· 1959 – Nick Bakay, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

· 1959 – Gavin Friday, Irish singer-songwriter, actor, and producer

· 1959 – Erik Gundersen, Danish motorcycle racer

· 1959 – Peter Horrocks, English journalist and producer

· 1959 – Mike Morgan, American baseball player and coach

· 1959 – Carlos I. Noriega, Peruvian-American colonel and astronaut

· 1959 – Daniel Ribacoff, Brazilian-American polygraph examiner

· 1960 – Andrea Anastasi, Italian volleyball player and coach

· 1960 – Reed Hastings, American businessman, co-founded Netflix

· 1960 – Rano Karno, Indonesian actor and politician

· 1960 – Ralf Minge, German footballer and manager

· 1960 – François Pérusse, Canadian singer-songwriter and comedian

· 1960 – Mike Teague, English rugby player

· 1961 – Steven Bernstein, American trumpet player and composer

· 1961 – Jon Stevens, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter

· 1961 – Simon Burke, Australian actor and producer

· 1961 – Ted Kooshian, American pianist and composer

· 1962 – Richard Lintern, British actor

· 1962 – Bruno Thiry, Belgian race car driver

· 1962 – Chen Xiaoxia, Chinese diver

· 1963 – Steve Perry, American ska singer-songwriter and guitarist

· 1964 – Jakob Arjouni, German author (d. 2013)

· 1964 – Ian Hart, English actor

· 1964 – CeCe Winans, American singer-songwriter

· 1965 – Matt Biondi, American swimmer and coach

· 1965 – Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter

· 1965 – Harri Koskela, Finnish wrestler

· 1965 – C. J. Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player

· 1966 – Art Barr, American wrestler (d. 1994)

· 1966 – Karyn Parsons, American actress and producer

· 1967 – Yvonne Reyes, Venezuelan television host and actress

· 1967 – Teddy Riley, American singer-songwriter and producer

· 1968 – Ali Benarbia, Algerian footballer

· 1968 – Zvonimir Boban, Croatian footballer and sportscaster

· 1968 – Emily Procter, American actress

· 1968 – CL Smooth, American rapper and producer

· 1968 – Leeroy Thornhill, English keyboard player and DJ

· 1969 – Jeremy Davies, American actor

· 1969 – Dylan Neal, Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter

· 1970 – Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Congolese colonel

· 1970 – Matt Damon, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

· 1970 – Anne-Marie Duff, English actress

· 1970 – Sadiq Khan, English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Transport, Mayor of London

· 1970 – Sisaundra Lewis, American singer-songwriter and producer

· 1970 – Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video game designer and director

· 1971 – Marc Ellis, New Zealand rugby player and television host

· 1971 – David Gauke, English lawyer and politician

· 1971 – Pınar Selek, Turkish sociologist, author, and academic

· 1971 – Monty Williams, American basketball player and coach

· 1972 – Terry Balsamo, American guitarist and songwriter

· 1972 – Stanislav Varga, Slovak footballer and manager

· 1973 – Jim Fairchild, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

· 1973 – Kari Korhonen, Finnish cartoonist

· 1974 – Kevyn Adams, American ice hockey player and coach

· 1974 – Fredrik Modin, Swedish ice hockey player

· 1974 – Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower

· 1976 – Karina Bacchi, Brazilian model and actress

· 1976 – Galo Blanco, Spanish tennis player and coach

· 1976 – Renate Groenewold, Dutch speed skater and cyclist

· 1977 – Anne-Caroline Chausson, French cyclist

· 1977 – Jamie Marchi, American voice actress, director, and screenwriter

· 1977 – Erna Siikavirta, Finnish singer-songwriter and keyboard player

· 1978 – Antonino D'Agostino, Italian footballer

· 1978 – Mick O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player and coach

· 1979 – Paul Burchill, English wrestler

· 1979 – Gregori Chad Petree, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

· 1980 – Nick Cannon, American actor, rapper, and producer

· 1981 – Vladimir Kisenkov, Russian footballer

· 1981 – Raffi Torres, Canadian ice hockey player

· 1982 – Phil Mustard, English cricketer

· 1982 – Miloš Pavlović, Serbian race car driver

· 1982 – Annemiek van Vleuten, Dutch cyclist

· 1983 – Mario Cassano, Italian footballer

· 1983 – Michael Fraser, Scottish footballer

· 1983 – Mihkel Kukk, Estonian javelin thrower

· 1983 – Abhishek Nayar, Indian cricketer

· 1983 – Travis Pastrana, American motorcycle racer

· 1984 – Domenik Hixon, American football player

· 1985 – Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

· 1985 – Eiji Wentz, Japanese singer-songwriter

· 1985 – Elliphant, Swedish singer-songwriter and rapper

· 1986 – Louis Dodds, English footballer

· 1986 – Michele Sepe, Italian rugby player

· 1987 – Frankie Brown, Scottish footballer^[5]

· 1987 – Aya Hirano, Japanese voice actress and singer

· 1987 – Hassan Maatouk, Lebanese footballer

· 1987 – Taylor Price, American football player

· 1989 – Sione Lousi, New Zealand rugby league player

· 1989 – Mahmut Temür, Turkish footballer

· 1989 – Armand Traoré, French footballer

· 1990 – Rachel Klamer, Zimbabwean-Dutch triathlete

· 1991 – Jordan McLean, Australian rugby league player

· 1992 – Maria João Koehler, Portuguese tennis player

· 1992 – Lidziya Marozava, Belarusian tennis player

· 1993 – Garbiñe Muguruza, Spanish tennis player

· 1993 – Barbara Palvin, Hungarian model and actress

· 1993 – Molly Quinn, American actress and producer

· 1993 – Darrell Wallace, Jr., American race car driver

· 1996 – Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spanish tennis player^[6]

· 1996 – Sara Takanashi, Japanese ski jumper^[7]

· 1997 – Bella Thorne, American actress

· 1999 – Camila Rossi, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast^[8]

Deaths[edit]

· 705 – Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Muslim caliph (b. 646)

· 923 – Pilgrim I, archbishop of Salzburg

· 951 – Xiao Sagezhi, Chinese Khitan empress

· 976 – Helen of Zadar, queen consort of the Kingdom of Croatia

· 1281 – Princess Constance of Greater Poland (b. c.1245)

· 1286 – John I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)

· 1317 – Emperor Fushimi of Japan (b. 1265)

· 1354 – Cola di Rienzo, Roman tribune (b. c.1313)

· 1361 – John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp

· 1436 – Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (b. 1401)

· 1469 – Filippo Lippi, artist (b. 1406)

· 1594 – Ishikawa Goemon, ninja and thief of Japan (b. 1558)

· 1621 – Antoine de Montchrestien, French soldier, playwright, and economist (b. 1575)

· 1647 – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1562)

· 1652 – John Greaves, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1602)

· 1656 – John George I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1585)

· 1659 – Jean de Quen, French missionary, priest, and historian (b. 1603)

· 1735 – Yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678)

· 1754 – Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright (b. 1707)

· 1772 – Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, French violinist and composer (b. 1711)

· 1793 – John Hancock, American merchant and politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1737)

· 1795 – Andrew Kippis, English minister and author (b. 1725)

· 1802 – Emmanuele Vitale, Maltese general and politician (b. 1758)

· 1804 – Thomas Cochran, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1777)

· 1809 – James Elphinston, Scottish orthographer, phonologist, and linguist (b. 1721)

· 1821 – Juan O'Donojú, last Spanish ruler of Mexico (b. 1762)^[9]

· 1834 – François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (b. 1775)

· 1869 – Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)

· 1879 – Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)

· 1886 – Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)

· 1897 – Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)

· 1928 – Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)

· 1931 – John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)

· 1936 – Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)

· 1936 – Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)

· 1936 – Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)

· 1936 – William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)

· 1942 – Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)

· 1944 – Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)

· 1945 – Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)

· 1952 – Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)

· 1953 – Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)

· 1953 – Kathleen Ferrier, English soprano (b. 1912)

· 1955 – Iry LeJeune, American accordion player (b. 1928)

· 1958 – Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author and translator (b. 1886)

· 1963 – Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican painter (b. 1908)

· 1967 – Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)

· 1970 – Jean Giono, French author and poet (b. 1895)

· 1973 – Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher, playwright, and critic (b. 1889)

· 1977 – Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1902)

· 1978 – Bertha Parker Pallan, American archaeologist (b. 1907)

· 1979 – Brian Edmund Baker, English air marshal (b. 1896)

· 1979 – Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian politician (b. 1902)

· 1982 – Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor and director (b. 1916)

· 1982 – Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, English runner and politician, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)

· 1983 – Joan Hackett, American actress (b. 1934)

· 1985 – Malcolm Ross, American captain, physicist, and balloonist (b. 1919)

· 1985 – Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and scholar (b. 1906)

· 1987 – Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek scholar and politician, 2nd President of Greece (b. 1899)

· 1992 – Willy Brandt, German lawyer and politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)

· 1994 – Oscar M. Ruebhausen, American lawyer (b. 1912)

· 1995 – Christopher Keene, American conductor and educator (b. 1946)

· 1997 – Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building (b. 1913)

· 1999 – John McLendon, American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)

· 2000 – Charlotte Lamb, English author (b. 1937)

· 2001 – Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1917)

· 2002 – Phyllis Calvert, English actress (b. 1915)^[10]

· 2002 – Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)

· 2004 – James Chace, American historian and author (b. 1931)

· 2006 – Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1974)

· 2007 – Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1917)

· 2008 – Ângelo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer (b. 1925)

· 2008 – Bob Friend, English journalist (b. 1938)

· 2008 – Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress (b. 1918)

· 2008 – George Emil Palade, Romanian-American biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)

· 2010 – Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist (b. 1919)

· 2010 – Eileen Crofton, British physician and author (b. 1919)^[11]

· 2011 – Al Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)

· 2011 – Mikey Welsh, American guitarist and painter (b. 1971)

· 2011 – Roger Williams, American pianist (b. 1924)

· 2012 – Varsha Bhosle, Indian singer and journalist (b. 1956)

· 2012 – Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955)

· 2012 – Eric Lomax, Scottish captain and author (b. 1919)

· 2012 – Nawal Kishore Sharma, Indian politician, 20th Governor of Gujarat (b. 1925)

· 2013 – Philip Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957)

· 2013 – Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927)

· 2013 – Rod Grams, American journalist and politician (b. 1948)

· 2013 – Rodolphe Kasser, Swiss archaeologist and philologist (b. 1927)

· 2013 – Andy Pafko, American baseball player and manager (b. 1921)

· 2013 – Akong Rinpoche, Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader (b. 1939)

· 2014 – Morris Lurie, Australian author and playwright (b. 1938)

· 2014 – Alden E. Matthews, American missionary (b. 1921)

· 2014 – Harden M. McConnell, American chemist and academic (b. 1927)

· 2014 – Zilpha Keatley Snyder, American author (b. 1927)

· 2014 – Jeen van den Berg, Dutch speed skater (b. 1928)

· 2015 – Richard Davies, Welsh-English actor (b. 1926)

· 2015 – Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1951)

· 2015 – Dennis Eichhorn, American author and illustrator (b. 1945)

· 2015 – Lindy Infante, American football player and coach (b. 1940)

· 2015 – Paul Prudhomme, American chef and author (b. 1940)

Holidays and observances[edit]

· Christian feast day:

o Evodus (or Yves)

o Palatias and Laurentia

o Pelagia (Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches)

o Reparata

o San Ernesto, Che Guevara as a folk saint. (Bolivian campesinos)

o Simeon (Gospel of Luke)

o Thaïs

o William Dwight Porter Bliss and Richard T. Ely (Episcopal Church)

o October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

· Earliest day on which Columbus Day can fall, while October 14 is the latest; observed on the second Monday of October (United States); and its related observance (see also October 12):

o Discoverer's Day (Hawaii)

o Indigenous Peoples' Day, a counter Columbus Day (United States)

o Piomingo Day (Chickasaw Nation)

· Earliest day on which Mother's Day can fall, while October 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Monday in October (Malawi)

· Earliest day on which the first day of Fire Prevention Week can fall, while October 14 is the latest; observed on the second week in October. (United States and Canada)

· Earliest day on which Thanksgiving can fall, while October 14 is the latest; observed on the second Monday in October. (Canada)

· Earliest day on which White Sunday can fall, while October 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in October. (Samoa, Tonga)

· World Space Week (October 4–10)

· Air Force Day (India)

· Arbor Day (Namibia)

· Children's Day (Iran)

· Navy Day (Peru)