Events

Pre-1600

• 331 BC Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.

• 366 Pope Damasus I is consecrated.

• 959 Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadwig.

• 965 Pope John XIII is consecrated.

• 1553 The coronation of Queen Mary I of England is held at Westminster Abbey.

• 1588 The coronation of Shah Abbas I of Persia occurs.

1601–1900

• 1730 Ahmed III is forced to abdicate as the Ottoman sultan.

• 1779 The city of Tampere, Finland (belonging to Sweden at this time) is founded by King Gustav III of Sweden.

• 1787 Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.

• 1791 First session of the French Legislative Assembly.

• 1795 More than a year after the Battle of Sprimont, the Austrian Netherlands (present-day Belgium) are officially annexed by Revolutionary France.

• 1800 Via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain cedes Louisiana to France, which would sell the land to the United States thirty months later.

• 1814 The Congress of Vienna opens with the intention of redrawing Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon in the previous spring.

• 1827 Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.

• 1829 The South African College is founded in Cape Town, later separating into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.

• 1832 Texian political delegates convene at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.

• 1861 Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day.

• 1887 Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.

• 1890 Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.

• 1891 Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.

• 1898 The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.

1901–present

• 1903 Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.

• 1908 Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.

• 1910 A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.

• 1915 The Metamorphosis written by Franz Kafka is published in the German journal Die Weißen Blätter

• 1918 World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus.

• 1918 Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.

• 1923 The 1923 Imperial Conference opened in London.

• 1923 Georges Carpentier knocked out former British heavyweight champion Joe Beckett a mere twenty seconds into the first round of their boxing match at Olympia in London.

• 1928 The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.

• 1928 Newark Liberty International Airport opens, becoming the first airport in the New York City metro area.

• 1931 The George Washington Bridge in the United States is opened, linking New Jersey and New York.

• 1931 Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.

• 1936 Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.

• 1936 Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.

• 1938 Pursuant to the Munich Agreement signed the day before, Nazi Germany begins the military occupation and annexation of Czechoslovakia Sudetenland.

• 1939 World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.

• 1940 The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.

• 1942 World War II: torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.

• 1943 World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.

• 1946 Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.

• 1946 The Daegu October incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.

• 1947 The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.

• 1949 The People's Republic of China is established.

• 1953 Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.

• 1953 A United States-South Korea mutual defense treaty is concluded in Washington, D.C.

• 1955 The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.

• 1957 The motto In God We Trust first appears on U.S. paper currency.

• 1958 The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.

• 1960 Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.

• 1961 The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.

• 1961 East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.

• 1961 The CTV Television Network, Canada's first private television network, is launched.

• 1962 James Meredith becomes the first African American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi.

• 1963 On its third anniversary as an independent nation, Nigeria became a republic.

• 1964 The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

• 1964 Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.

• 1965 At dawn, seven Indonesian Army officers and a police inspector were assassinated by the September 30 Movement at Lubang Buaya, East Jakarta. In addition, two more officers were killed in Yogyakarta. The Army pinned the murders to the Communist Party of Indonesia, resulting in mass killings of suspected leftists.

• 1966 West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.

• 1968 Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.

• 1969 Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.

• 1971 Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.

• 1971 The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.

• 1975 Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.

• 1978 Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.

• 1979 Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.

• 1979 The MTR, Hong Kong's rapid transit railway system, opens.

• 1982 Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.

• 1982 EPCOT Center (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.

• 1982 Sony and Phillips launch the compact disc in Japan; on the same day, Sony releases the model CDP-101 compact disc player, the first player of its kind.

• 1985 Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization's Tunisia headquarters during Operation Wooden Leg.

• 1987 The 5.9 Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.

• 1989 Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships.

• 1991 Croatian War of Independence: The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.

• 1994 Palau enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.

• 2000 Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the killing of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events".

• 2001 Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.

• 2001 3G wireless technology first becomes available when it is adopted by Japanese telecommunications company NTT Docomo.

• 2003 The popular and controversial English-language imageboard 4chan is launched.

• 2009 The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.

• 2012 A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.

• 2014 A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.

• 2014 A double bombing of an elementary school in Homs, Syria kills over 50 people.

• 2015 A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon.

• 2015 Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.

• 2015 The American cargo vessel SS El Faro sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin.

• 2016 The leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Pedro Sánchez, resigns. He would return to the position a year later.

• 2017 An independence referendum, later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.

• 2017 Sixty people are killed and 867 others injured in a mass shooting at a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip in the United States; the gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide.

• 2018 The International Court of Justice rules that Chile is not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean with Bolivia.

• 2019 Kuopio school stabbing: One dies and ten are injured when Joel Marin, armed with a sabre, attacks a school class at Savo Vocational College in Kuopio, Finland.

• 2021 The 2020 World Expo in Dubai begins. Its opening was originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• 2022 One hundred and thirty-five are killed in a human crush following a football match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java, Indonesia.

• 2024 Israel invaded Southern Lebanon, marking the fifth Israeli invasion of Lebanon since 1978.

Births

Pre-1600

• 86 BC Sallust, Roman historian (died 34 BC)

• 208 Alexander Severus, Roman emperor (died 235)

• 1207 Henry III of England (died 1272)

• 1476 Guy XVI, Count of Laval (died 1531)

• 1480 Saint Cajetan, Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer (died 1547)

• 1507 Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect who designed the Church of the Gesù (died 1573)

• 1526 Dorothy Stafford, English noble (died 1604)

• 1540 Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss pastor and theologian (died 1617)

• 1542 Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Spanish explorer (died 1595)

• 1550 Anne of Saint Bartholomew, Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun (died 1626)

• 1554 Leonardus Lessius, Jesuit theologian (died 1623)

1601–1900

• 1620 Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (died 1683)

• 1671 Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (died 1742)

• 1681 Giulia Lama, Italian painter (died 1747)

• 1685 Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1740)

• 1691 Arthur Onslow, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (died 1768)

• 1712 William Shippen, American physician and politician (died 1801)

• 1719 John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, British parliamentarian (died 1781)

• 1724 Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer (died 1808)

• 1729 Anton Cajetan Adlgasser, German organist and composer (died 1777)

• 1730 Richard Stockton, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1781)

• 1760 William Thomas Beckford, English author and politician (died 1844)

• 1762 Anton Bernolák, Slovak priest and linguist (died 1813)

• 1771 Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (died 1842)

• 1791 Sergey Aksakov, Russian soldier and author (died 1859)

• 1808 Mary Anna Custis Lee, American wife of Robert E. Lee (died 1873)

• 1832 Caroline Harrison, American educator, 24th First Lady of the United States (died 1892)

• 1832 Henry Clay Work, American composer and songwriter (died 1884)

• 1835 Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and anatomist (died 1920)

• 1842 S. Subramania Iyer, Indian lawyer and jurist (died 1924)

• 1842 Charles Cros, French poet and author (died 1888)

• 1846 Nectarios of Aegina, Greek metropolitan and saint (died 1920)

• 1847 Annie Besant, English-Indian activist and author (died 1933)

• 1857John Mackenzie Moore, Canadian architect (died 1930)

• 1865 Paul Dukas, French composer, scholar, and critic (died 1935)

• 1878 Othmar Spann, Austrian economist, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1950)

• 1881 William Boeing, American engineer and businessman who founded the Boeing Company (died 1956)

• 1885 Louis Untermeyer, American poet, anthologist, and critic (died 1977)

• 1887 Ned Hanlon, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (died 1952)

• 1887 Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general (died 1945)

• 1890 Stanley Holloway, English actor (died 1982)

• 1893 Cliff Friend, American pianist and songwriter (died 1974)

• 1893 Ip Man, Chinese martial artist (died 1972)

• 1894 Edgar Krahn, Estonian mathematician and academic (died 1961)

• 1895 Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (died 1951)

• 1896 Ted Healy, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1937)

• 1899 Ernest Haycox, American author (died 1950)

• 1900 Tom Goddard, English cricketer (died 1966)

• 1900 Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist (died 1927)

1901–present

• 1903 Vladimir Horowitz, Russian-born American pianist and composer (died 1989)

• 1903 Pierre Veyron, French race car driver (died 1970)

• 1904 Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-English physicist and academic (died 1979)

• 1904 A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (died 1977)

• 1906 S. D. Burman, Indian composer and singer (died 1975)

• 1907 Maurice Bardèche, French journalist, author, and critic (died 1998)

• 1907 Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (died 1977)

• 1908 Herman David Koppel, Danish pianist and composer (died 1998)

• 1909 Sam Yorty, American captain, politician, and 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (died 1998)

• 1910 Fritz Köberle, Austrian-Brazilian physician and pathologist (died 1983)

• 1910 José Enrique Moyal, Australian physicist and engineer (died 1998)

• 1910 Bonnie Parker, American criminal (died 1934)

• 1910 Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, Polish-Israeli rabbi and scholar (died 2012)

• 1911 Irwin Kostal, American songwriter, screenwriter, and publisher (died 1994)

• 1911 Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (died 2004)

• 1912 Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (died 2014)

• 1913 Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (died 2009)

• 1913 Harry Lookofsky, American violinist and producer (died 1998)

• 1914 Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, lawyer, author, and 12th Librarian of Congress (died 2004)

• 1915 Jerome Bruner, American psychologist and author (died 2016)

• 1917 Cahal Daly, Irish cardinal and theologian (died 2009)

• 1919 Bob Boyd, American baseball player (died 2004)

• 1919 Majrooh Sultanpuri, Indian poet and songwriter (died 2000)

• 1920 David Herbert Donald, American historian and author (died 2009)

• 1920 Walter Matthau, American actor (died 2000)

• 1921 James Whitmore, American actor (died 2009)

• 1922 Chen-Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)

• 1924 Jimmy Carter, American naval lieutenant, politician, 39th President of the United States, and Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)

• 1924 Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (died 2014)

• 1924 Leonie Kramer, Australian academic (died 2016)

• 1924 William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (died 2005)

• 1924 Roger Williams, American pianist (died 2011)

• 1927 Tom Bosley, American actor (died 2010)

• 1927 Sherman Glenn Finesilver, American lawyer and judge (died 2006)

• 1927 Sandy Gall, Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author (died 2025)

• 1928 Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-English actor, director, and producer (died 1973)

• 1928 Willy Mairesse, Belgian race car driver (died 1969)

• 1928 George Peppard, American actor (died 1994)

• 1928 Sivaji Ganesan, Indian actor (died 2001)

• 1929 Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby player and coach

• 1929 Grady Chapman, American singer (died 2011)

• 1929 Bonnie Owens, American singer-songwriter (died 2006)

• 1930 Frank Gardner, Australian race car driver and manager (died 2009)

• 1930 Richard Harris, Irish actor (died 2002)

• 1930 Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani lawyer and politician, Mayor of Karachi (died 2020)

• 1930 Philippe Noiret, French actor (died 2006)

• 1931 Sylvano Bussotti, Italian violinist and composer (died 2021)

• 1931 Anwar Shamim, Pakistani general (died 2013)

• 1931 Alan Wagner, American radio host and critic (died 2007)

• 1932 Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)

• 1934 Emilio Botín, Spanish banker and businessman (died 2014)

• 1935 Julie Andrews, English actress and singer

• 1935 Walter De Maria, American sculptor and drummer (died 2013)

• 1936 Duncan Edwards, English footballer (died 1958)

• 1937 Saeed Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (died 2024)

• 1938 Tunç Başaran, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2019)

• 1938 Mary McFadden, American fashion designer (died 2024)

• 1938 Stella Stevens, American actress and director (died 2023)

• 1939 George Archer, American golfer (died 2005)

• 1939 Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor

• 1940 Phyllis Chesler, American feminist psychologist

• 1940 Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager (died 2003)

• 1940 Marc Savoy, American accordion player, created the Cajun accordion

• 1942 Herb Fame, American R&B singer

• 1942 Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver and engineer (died 2023)

• 1942 Bob Lanigan, Australian rugby league player (died 2024)

• 1942 Robert Lelièvre, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1973)

• 1942 David Stancliffe, English bishop and scholar

• 1942 Günter Wallraff, German journalist and author

• 1943 Jean-Jacques Annaud, French director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1943 Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2014)

• 1943 Jerry Martini, American saxophonist

• 1943 Robert Slater, American author and journalist (died 2014)

• 1945 Rod Carew, Panamanian-American baseball player and coach

• 1945 Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 1979)

• 1945 Ram Nath Kovind, 14th President of India

• 1946 Dave Holland, English bassist, composer, and bandleader

• 1946 Tim O'Brien, American novelist and short story writer

• 1947 Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (died 2009)

• 1947 Dalveer Bhandari, Indian lawyer and judge

• 1947 Buzz Capra, American baseball player and coach

• 1947 Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1947 Stephen Collins, American actor and director

• 1947 Nevill Drury, English-Australian journalist and publisher (died 2013)

• 1947 Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician

• 1947 Martin Turner, English singer-songwriter and bass player

• 1947 Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (died 2006)

• 1948 Cub Koda, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2000)

• 1949 Isaac Bonewits, American singer-songwriter, liturgist, and author (died 2010)

• 1949 Sheila Gilmore, Scottish lawyer and politician

• 1949 André Rieu, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor

• 1950 Elpida, Greek singer-songwriter

• 1950 Yvette Freeman, American actress

• 1950 Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, English neuroscientist, academic, and politician

• 1950 Mark Helias, American bassist and composer

• 1950 Sigbjørn Johnsen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance

• 1950 Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut (died 2015)

• 1950 Randy Quaid, American actor

• 1951 Brian Greenway, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1952 Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager

• 1952 Bob Myrick, American baseball player (died 2012)

• 1952 Ivan Sekyra, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)

• 1952 Earl Slick, American rock guitarist and songwriter

• 1953 Pete Falcone, American baseball player

• 1953 Viljar Loor, Estonian volleyball player (died 2011)

• 1953 Miguel Lopez, Salvadorian-American soccer player

• 1953 Grete Waitz, Norwegian runner and coach (died 2011)

• 1953 Klaus Wowereit, German civil servant and politician, Governing Mayor of Berlin

• 1955 Howard Hewett, American singer-songwriter

• 1955 Morten Gunnar Larsen, Norwegian pianist and composer

• 1955 Jeff Reardon, American baseball player

• 1956 Andrus Ansip, Estonian engineer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Estonia

• 1956 Theresa May, English politician, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

• 1957 Kang Seok-woo, South Korean actor

• 1957 Éva Tardos, Hungarian mathematician and educator

• 1958 Martin Cooper, English saxophonist, composer, and painter

• 1958 Masato Nakamura, Japanese bass player and producer

• 1959 Mark Aizlewood, Welsh footballer and manager

• 1959 Brian P. Cleary, American author and poet

• 1959 Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer-songwriter, musician, and politician

• 1960 Joshua Wurman, American scientist, Doppler on Wheels inventor, and storm chaser

• 1961 Gary Ablett Sr., Australian footballer

• 1961 Rico Constantino, American wrestler and manager

• 1961 Corrie van Zyl, South African cricketer and coach

• 1962 Attaphol Buspakom, Thai footballer and manager (died 2015)

• 1962 Nico Claesen, Belgian footballer and coach

• 1962 Esai Morales, American actor

• 1962 Paul Walsh, English footballer and sportscaster

• 1963 Jean-Denis Delétraz, Swiss race car driver

• 1963 Mark McGwire, American baseball player and coach

• 1964 Harry Hill, English comedian and author

• 1964 Max Matsuura, Japanese songwriter, producer, and manager

• 1964 Jonathan Sarfati, Australian-New Zealand chess player and author

• 1965 Andreas Keller, German field hockey player

• 1965 Cindy Margolis, American actress and model

• 1965 Mia Mottley, Barbadian prime minister

• 1965 Chris Reason, Australian journalist

• 1965 Cliff Ronning, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1966 George Weah, Liberian footballer and politician, 25th President of Liberia

• 1966 José Ángel Ziganda, Spanish footballer and manager

• 1967 Mike Pringle, American-Canadian football player

• 1967 Scott Young, American ice hockey player and coach

• 1968 Rob Collard, English race car driver

• 1968 Phil de Glanville, English rugby player

• 1968 Mark Durden-Smith, British television presenter

• 1968 Kevin Griffin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1968 Jon Guenther, American author and engineer

• 1968 Jay Underwood, American actor and pastor

• 1969 Zach Galifianakis, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter

• 1969 Joseph Patrick Moore, American musician, composer, and producer

• 1969 Ori Kaplan, Israeli-American saxophonist and producer

• 1969 Marcus Stephen, Nauruan weightlifter and politician, 27th President of Nauru

• 1969 Igor Ulanov, Russian ice hockey player

• 1970 Simon Davey, Welsh footballer and manager

• 1970 Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player and manager

• 1970 Vince Zampella, American video game designer (died 2025)

• 1971 Andrew O'Keefe, Australian lawyer and television host

• 1972 Ronen Altman Kaydar, Israeli author and poet

• 1972 Nicky Morgan, British politician

• 1972 Ayşe Yiğit, Belgian politician

• 1973 Christian Borle, American actor and singer

• 1973 Jana Henke, German swimmer

• 1973 John Mackey, American composer

• 1974 Keith Duffy, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

• 1974 Sherri Saum, American actress

• 1975 Justin Leppitsch, Australian rules footballer

• 1976 Denis Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1976 Ümit Karan, Turkish footballer

• 1976 Richard Oakes, English guitarist and songwriter

• 1976 Mark Švets, Estonian footballer

• 1978 Nicole Atkins, American singer-songwriter

• 1979 Curtis Axel, American wrestler

• 1979 Rudi Johnson, American football player (died 2025)

• 1979 Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer

• 1979 Ryan Pontbriand, American football player

• 1980 Sarah Drew, American actress

• 1980 Antonio Narciso, Italian footballer

• 1981 Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer

• 1981 Tom Donnelly, New Zealand rugby player

• 1981 Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1983 Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (died 2006)

• 1983 Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer

• 1984 Beck Bennett, American actor and comedian

• 1984 Matt Cain, American baseball player

• 1985 Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer

• 1986 Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress and singer (died 2021)

• 1986 Jurnee Smollett, American actress

• 1987 Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer

• 1987 Mitchell Aubusson, Australian rugby league player

• 1987 Matthew Daddario, American actor

• 1987 Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Indonesian businessman and politician, 14th Vice President of Indonesia

• 1989 Brie Larson, American actress

• 1990 Pedro Filipe Mendes, Portuguese footballer

• 1990 Albert Prosa, Estonian footballer

• 1991 Robbie Ray, American baseball player

• 1991 Jennifer Dodds, Scottish curler

• 1992 Xander Bogaerts, Aruban baseball player

• 1993 Chris Green, South African-Australian cricketer

• 1993 Lizaad Williams, South African cricketer

• 1994 Trézéguet, Egyptian footballer

• 1997 Jade Bird, English singer, songwriter, and musician

• 1998 Daniel Gafford, American basketball player

• 1998 Haumole Olakau'atu, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

• 2000 Kalle Rovanperä, Finnish professional rally driver

• 2001 Luna Blaise, American actress and singer

• 2001 Mason Greenwood, English footballer

• 2002 Livvy Dunne, American gymnast and social media personality

• 2006 Priah Ferguson, American actress

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 630 Tajoom Uk'ab K'ahk', Mayan king

• 686 Emperor Tenmu of Japan (born 631)

• 804 Richbod, archbishop of Trier

• 895 Kong Wei, chancellor of the Tang dynasty

• 918 Zhou, empress of Former Shu

• 959 Eadwig, English king (born 941)

• 961 Artald, archbishop of Reims

• 1040 Alan III, Duke of Brittany (born 997)

• 1126 Morphia of Melitene, Queen of Jerusalem

• 1246 Ednyfed Fychan, distain of Gwynedd

• 1310 Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (born 1257)

• 1404 Pope Boniface IX (born 1356)

• 1416 Yaqub Spata, Albanian ruler

• 1450 Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara, Italian noble (born 1407)

• 1499 Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (born 1433)

• 1500 John Alcock, English bishop and politician (born 1430)

• 1532 Jan Mabuse, Flemish painter

• 1567 Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (born 1508)

• 1570 Frans Floris, Flemish painter (born 1520)

• 1574 Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter (born 1498)

• 1578 John of Austria (born 1547)

• 1588 Edward James, English priest and martyr (born 1557)

1601–1900

• 1602 Hernando de Cabezón, Spanish organist and composer (born 1541)

• 1609 Giammateo Asola, Italian priest and composer (born 1532)

• 1652 Jan Asselijn, Dutch painter (born 1610)

• 1683 John Hull, colonial American merchant and politician (born 1624)

• 1684 Pierre Corneille, French playwright (born 1606)

• 1690 Girolamo Corner, Venetian statesman and military commander (born 1632)

• 1693 Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian and academic (born 1619)

• 1708 John Blow, English organist and composer (born 1649)

• 1768 Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician and academic (born 1687)

• 1788 William Brodie, Scottish businessman and politician (born 1741)

• 1819 James Bunbury White, American politician (born 1774)

• 1837 Robert Clark, American politician (born 1777)

• 1838 Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (born 1768)

• 1864 Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (born 1817)

• 1878 Mindon Min, Burmese king (born 1808)

• 1885 John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (born 1799)

• 1895 Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American chemist, physicist, and academic (born 1836)

1901–present

• 1901 Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan emir (born 1844)

• 1913 Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1827)

• 1929 Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (born 1861)

• 1940 Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (born 1898)

• 1942 Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (born 1884)

• 1950 Faik Ali Ozansoy, Turkish poet, educator, and politician (born 1876)

• 1951 Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager (born 1878)

• 1953 John Marin, American painter (born 1870)

• 1955 Charles Christie, American film producer who founded Christie Film Company (born 1880)

• 1957 Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant, politician, and sixth Turkish Minister of National Defence (born 1881)

• 1958 Robert Falk, Russian painter and educator (born 1886)

• 1959 Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, politician, and first President of Italy (born 1877)

• 1961 Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator (born 1898)

• 1968 Romano Guardini, Italian-German Catholic priest, author, and academic (born 1885)

• 1970 Raúl Riganti, Argentinian race car driver (born 1893)

• 1972 Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist and paleontologist (born 1903)

• 1974 Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist and academic (born 1901)

• 1975 Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (born 1935)

• 1984 Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (born 1911)

• 1985 Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver (born 1925)

• 1985 E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (born 1899)

• 1986 Archie League, American air traffic controller (born 1907)

• 1988 Sacheverell Sitwell, English author, poet, and critic (born 1897)

• 1990 Curtis LeMay, American general (born 1906)

• 1992 Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (born 1947)

• 1994 Paul Lorenzen, German mathematician and philosopher (born 1915)

• 1997 Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer and philanthropist (born 1923)

• 2002 Walter Annenberg, American publisher and diplomat (born 1908)

• 2004 Richard Avedon, American photographer (born 1923)

• 2004 Bruce Palmer, Canadian bass player (born 1946)

• 2004 Robert Vaidlo, Estonian journalist and author (born 1921)

• 2006 Fawaz al-Rabeiee, Saudi Arabian terrorist (born 1979)

• 2006 Jerald Tanner, American author and activist (born 1938)

• 2007 Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and composer (born 1928)

• 2007 Chris Mainwaring, Australian footballer and journalist (born 1965)

• 2007 Al Oerter, American discus thrower (born 1936)

• 2008 John Biddle, American cinematographer (born 1925)

• 2009 Cintio Vitier, Cuban poet and author (born 1921)

• 2010 Ian Buxton, English footballer and cricketer (born 1938)

• 2011 Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey player and golfer (born 1931)

• 2012 Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (born 1935)

• 2012 Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (born 1917)

• 2012 Mark R. Kravitz, American lawyer and judge (born 1950)

• 2012 Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli economist and banker (born 1926)

• 2012 Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian Holocaust survivor and author (born 1923)

• 2013 Arnold Burns, American lawyer, politician, and 21st United States Deputy Attorney General (born 1930)

• 2013 Tom Clancy, American author (born 1947)

• 2013 Imero Fiorentino, American lighting designer (born 1928)

• 2013 Israel Gutman, Polish-Israeli historian and author (born 1923)

• 2013 Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Norwegian physician, academic, and politician (born 1939)

• 2013 Jim Rountree, American football player and coach (born 1936)

• 2014 Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (born 1948)

• 2014 Shlomo Lahat, Israeli general and politician (born 1927)

• 2014 José Martínez, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (born 1942)

• 2014 Robert Serra, Venezuelan criminologist and politician (born 1987)

• 2015 Božo Bakota, Croatian footballer (born 1950)

• 2015 Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1915)

• 2015 Hadi Norouzi, Iranian footballer (born 1985)

• 2015 Jacob Pressman, American rabbi and academic, co-founder of American Jewish University (born 1919)

• 2017 Stephen Paddock, American mass murderer (born 1953)

• 2017 Dave Strader, American sportscaster (born 1955)

• 2018 Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer, composer, writer, filmmaker and public figure (born 1924)

• 2019 Karel Gott, Czech singer (born 1939)

• 2022 Antonio Inoki, Japanese professional wrestler and politician (born 1943)

• 2023 Tim Wakefield, American professional baseball player (born 1966)

• 2024 Michael Ancram, English lawyer and politician (born 1945)

• 2025 Jane Goodall, English primatologist (born 1934)

Holidays and observances

• Armed Forces Day (South Korea)

• Beginning of the United States' Fiscal Year

• Children's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, Sri Lanka)

Christian feast day:

• Abai (Syriac Orthodox Church)

• Bavo of Ghent

• Blessed Edward James

• Nicetius (Roman Catholic Church)

• Remigius

• Thérèse of Lisieux

• Protection/Patronage of the Theotokos (Eastern Catholic Churches)

• October 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Day of Prosecutors (Azerbaijan)

• Ground Forces Day (Russia)

• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Cyprus from United Kingdom in 1960.

• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Nigeria from United Kingdom in 1960.

• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Palau from UN trust territory status in 1994.

• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Tuvalu from United Kingdom in 1978.

• International Coffee Day

• International Day of Older Persons

• Lincolnshire Day (United Kingdom)

• National Day of the People's Republic of China (People's Republic of China)

• Pancasila Sanctity Day (Indonesia)

• Tampere Day (Finland)

• Teacher's Day (Uzbekistan)

• Unification Day (Cameroon)

• Defender of Ukraine Day (Ukraine)

References

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