Events

Pre-1600

• 19 The Roman general Germanicus dies near Antioch. He was convinced that the mysterious illness that ended in his death was a result of poisoning by the Syrian governor Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, whom he had ordered to leave the province.

• 680 The Battle of Karbala marks the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali.

• 732 Charles Martel's forces defeat an Umayyad army near Tours, France.

• 1471 Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by King Christian I of Denmark.

• 1492 The crew of Christopher Columbus's ship, the Santa Maria, attempt a mutiny.

• 1575 Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise, defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.

• 1580 Over 600 Papal troops land in Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion.

1601–1900

• 1760 In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname descended from escaped slaves gain territorial autonomy.

• 1780 The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.

• 1814 War of 1812: The United States Revenue Marine attempts to defend the cutter Eagle from the Royal Navy.

• 1845 In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 students.

• 1846 Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell.

• 1868 The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.

1901–present

• 1903 The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.

• 1911 The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.

• 1913 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.

• 1918 RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the largest loss of life on the Irish Sea.

• 1920 The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.

• 1928 Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.

• 1933 A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.

• 1935 In Greece, a coup d'état ends the Second Hellenic Republic.

• 1938 Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.

• 1945 The Double Tenth Agreement is signed by the Communist Party and the Kuomintang about the future of China.

• 1954 The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War.

• 1957 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.

• 1957 The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.

• 1963 France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.

• 1963 The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.

• 1964 The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites.

• 1967 The Outer Space Treaty comes into force.

• 1969 King Crimson releases their debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King.

• 1970 Fiji becomes independent.

• 1970 Canada's October Crisis escalates when Quebec Vice Premier Pierre Laporte is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec.

• 1971 Aeroflot Flight 773 is destroyed by a bomb over Moscow Oblast, killing 25.

• 1973 U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.

• 1975 Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.

• 1979 The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant began operations in Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland.

• 1980 The 7.1 El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.

• 1980 The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador.

• 1985 US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy.

• 1986 A 5.7 San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500.

• 1997 Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.

• 1998 A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises jetliner is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.

• 2002 Iraq War: The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.

• 2007 Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.

• 2009 Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.

• 2010 The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.

• 2015 Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+.

• 2018 Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage.

• 2018 The National Fire and Rescue Administration is founded, replacing the and the as China's primary firefighting agency.

• 2022 Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Births

Pre-1600

• AD 19 Tiberius Gemellus, Roman son of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla; adoptive son of the Emperor Caligula (died 38)

• 786 Saga, emperor of Japan (died 842)

• 867 Li Siyuan, Chinese emperor (died 933)

• 1332 King Charles II of Navarre (died 1387)

• 1344 Mary of Waltham, duchess of Brittany (died 1361)

• 1355 Zhu Biao, Chinese prince (died 1392)

• 1421 John Paston, English politician (died 1466)

• 1486 Charles III, Duke of Savoy (died 1553)

• 1554 Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg and Lord of Rheda (died 1606)

• 1560 Jacobus Arminius, Dutch theologian (died 1609)

• 1567 Catalina Micaela of Spain, Infanta of the House of Habsburg (died 1597)

• 1584 Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke (died 1649)

• 1599 Étienne Moulinié, French composer and director (died 1676)

1601–1900

• 1629 Richard Towneley, English mathematician and astronomer (died 1707)

• 1646 Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, French noblewoman (died 1705)

• 1656 Nicolas de Largillière, French painter and academic (died 1746)

• 1669 Johann Nicolaus Bach, German organist and composer (died 1753)

• 1678 John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish general and politician, Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland (died 1743)

• 1684 Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter (died 1721)

• 1700 Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor and illustrator (died 1759)

• 1731 Henry Cavendish, French-English chemist, physicist, and philosopher (died 1810)

• 1738 Benjamin West, American painter (died 1820)

• 1770 Adam Johann von Krusenstern Imperial Russian Admiral and explorer (died 1846)

• 1780 John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher (died 1844)

• 1794 William Whiting Boardman, American judge and politician (died 1871)

• 1810 Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (died 1897)

• 1813 Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer and philanthropist (died 1901)

• 1819 Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, German theologian and author (died 1883)

• 1825 Paul Kruger, South African soldier and politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (died 1904)

• 1828 Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1890)

• 1830 Isabella II of Spain (died 1904)

• 1834 Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (died 1872)

• 1837 Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (died 1863)

• 1842 Emily Dobson, Australian philanthropist (died 1934)

• 1858 Maurice Prendergast, American painter and academic (died 1924)

• 1861 Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)

• 1864 T. Frank Appleby, American businessman and politician (died 1924)

• 1870 Louise Mack, Australian journalist, author, and poet (died 1935)

• 1872 Dionysios Kasdaglis, Egyptian-Greek tennis player (died 1931)

• 1877 William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (died 1963)

• 1884 Nikolai Klyuev, Russian poet and author (died 1937)

• 1884 Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (died 1958)

• 1885 Walter Anderson, Belarusian-German ethnologist and academic (died 1962)

• 1885 Jean Peyrière, French actor (died 1965)

• 1889 Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter and forger (died 1947)

• 1895 Alfred Neuland, Estonian weightlifter (died 1966)

• 1895 Fridolf Rhudin, Swedish actor (died 1935)

• 1895 Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (died 1945)

• 1898 Lilly Daché, French-American fashion designer (died 1989)

• 1900 Helen Hayes, American actress (died 1993)

1901–present

• 1901 Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (died 1966)

• 1902 K. Shivaram Karanth, Indian journalist, author, and activist (died 1997)

• 1903 Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (died 1983)

• 1903 Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (died 1969)

• 1903 Bei Shizhang, Chinese biologist and academic (died 2009)

• 1905 Aksella Luts, Estonian actress, screenwriter, dancer, and choreographer (died 2005)

• 1906 Paul Creston, American composer and educator (died 1985)

• 1906 Fei Mu, Chinese director and screenwriter (died 1951)

• 1906 R. K. Narayan, Indian author (died 2001)

• 1908 Johnny Green, American conductor and composer (died 1989)

• 1908 Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan author and poet (died 1983)

• 1909 Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director (died 2010)

• 1910 Price Daniel, American politician, 38th Governor of Texas (died 1988)

• 1910 Harold LeVander, American politician, 32nd Governor of Minnesota (died 1992)

• 1910 Julius Shulman, American photographer and environmentalist (died 2009)

• 1911 Clare Hollingworth, English journalist and author (died 2017)

• 1912 Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic (died 2000)

• 1913 Claude Simon, Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)

• 1914 Tommy Fine, American baseball player and businessman (died 2005)

• 1914 Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1974)

• 1915 Harry Edison, American trumpet player and composer (died 1999)

• 1917 Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (died 1982)

• 1919 Willard Estey, Canadian academic and jurist (died 2002)

• 1919 Gerry Gomez, Trinidadian cricketer, manager, and umpire (died 1996)

• 1919 Kim Ki-young, South Korean director, screenwriter, producer, and editor (died 1997)

• 1919 William Kruskal, American mathematician and statistician (died 2005)

• 1919 Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014)

• 1920 Gail Halvorsen, American air force pilot known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" (died 2022)

• 1922 Merv Pregulman, American football player, businessman, and philanthropist (died 2012)

• 1923 Louis Gottlieb, American singer and bass player (died 1996)

• 1923 Nicholas Parsons, English actor and game show host (died 2020)

• 1923 Murray Walker, English journalist and sportscaster (died 2021)

• 1924 James Clavell, Australian-American director, producer, screenwriter, and author (died 1994)

• 1924 Ludmilla Tchérina, French actress, ballerina, and choreographer (died 2004)

• 1924 Ed Wood, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter (died 1978)

• 1926 Oscar Brown, American singer-songwriter, playwright, and actor (died 2005)

• 1926 Richard Jaeckel, American actor (died 1997)

• 1927 Dana Elcar, American actor and director (died 2005)

• 1927 Jon Locke, American actor (died 2013)

• 1927 Thomas Wilson, American-Scottish composer and educator (died 2001)

• 1928 Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (died 2008)

• 1928 Sheila Walsh, English author (died 2009)

• 1929 Ayten Alpman, Turkish singer (died 2012)

• 1929 Herb Levinson, American actor (died 2012)

• 1929 Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (died 2014)

• 1930 Eugenio Castellotti, Italian race car driver (died 1957)

• 1930 Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)

• 1930 Harold Pinter, English playwright, screenwriter, director Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)

• 1930 Adlai Stevenson III, American lawyer and politician (died 2021)

• 1932 Harry Smith, English footballer (died 2016)

• 1933 Jay Sebring, American hair stylist and businessman (died 1969)

• 1935 Khalil al-Wazir, Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (died 1988)

• 1935 André Bureau, Canadian lawyer and businessman (died 2019)

• 1935 Judith Chalmers, English television host and actress

• 1936 Gerhard Ertl, German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1937 Bruce Devlin, Australian golfer and sportscaster

• 1937 Peter Underwood, Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (died 2014)

• 1938 Oleg Gordievsky, Russian intelligence officer and author (died 2025)

• 1938 Leroy Hood, American biologist and academic

• 1938 Daidō Moriyama, Japanese photographer

• 1938 Lily Tuck, American novelist and short story writer

• 1940 Winston Churchill, English journalist and politician (died 2010)

• 1941 Peter Coyote, American actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1941 Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (died 1995)

• 1942 Janis Hansen, American singer and author (died 2017)

• 1942 Radu Vasile, Romanian historian and politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania (died 2013)

• 1943 Frederick Barthelme, American novelist and short story writer

• 1945 Christopher Hill, English bishop

• 1945 Vanburn Holder, Barbadian cricketer

• 1945 Headman Shabalala, South African bass singer (died 1991)

• 1946 Charles Dance, English actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1946 Naoto Kan, Japanese lawyer and politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan

• 1946 Peter Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1946 Anne Mather, English author and screenwriter

• 1946 John Prine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)

• 1946 Raymond Tallis, English physician, philosopher, author, and academic

• 1946 Chris Tarrant, English radio and television host

• 1946 Ben Vereen, American actor, singer, and dancer

• 1946 Willard White, Jamaican-English actor and singer

• 1947 Gary Beach, American actor and singer (died 2018)

• 1947 Giant Haystacks, English wrestler (died 1998)

• 1948 Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough, English academic and businesswoman

• 1948 Cyril Neville, American R&B percussionist and singer

• 1948 Séverine, French singer and actress

• 1949 Warren Burt, American-Australian composer

• 1949 Lance Cairns, New Zealand cricketer

• 1949 Jessica Harper, American actress

• 1949 Wang Wanxing, Chinese activist

• 1950 Charlie George, English footballer

• 1950 Nora Roberts, American author

• 1951 Epeli Ganilau, Fijian general and politician, 16th Minister for Fijian Affairs (died 2023)

• 1952 Bob Nystrom, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1952 Dela Smith, English educator

• 1953 Fiona Rae, Scottish painter

• 1953 Midge Ure, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1953 Aleksander Veingold, Estonian chess player and coach

• 1953 Gus Williams, American basketball player

• 1954 Václav Patejdl, Slovak musician (died 2023)

• 1954 Rekha, Indian actress

• 1954 David Lee Roth, American singer-songwriter and producer

• 1954 Fernando Santos, Portuguese footballer and manager

• 1956 Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress and producer

• 1956 David Hempleman-Adams, English businessman and adventurer

• 1956 Taur Matan Ruak, East Timorese politician, 3rd President of East Timor

• 1957 Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese author and illustrator

• 1958 Tanya Tucker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1959 Michael Cobley, English-Scottish author

• 1959 Kirsty MacColl, English singer-songwriter (died 2000)

• 1959 Arif Peçenek, Turkish football player and manager (died 2013)

• 1959 Bill Rammell, English academic and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces

• 1959 Julia Sweeney, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter

• 1959 Bradley Whitford, American actor and producer

• 1960 Ron Flockhart, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1960 Russell Slade, English football manager

• 1960 Simon Townshend, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1961 Henrik Jørgensen, Danish runner (died 2019)

• 1961 Martin Kemp, English singer-songwriter and bass player

• 1961 Crystal Waters, American singer-songwriter, musician and producer

• 1962 Thomas Rusch, German photographer

• 1963 Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer

• 1963 Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (died 2003)

• 1963 Daniel Pearl, American-Israeli journalist (died 2002)

• 1963 Vegard Ulvang, Norwegian skier

• 1964 Sarah Lancashire, English actress and director

• 1965 Toshi, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer

• 1965 Chris Penn, American actor (died 2006)

• 1966 Tony Adams, English footballer and manager

• 1966 Bai Ling, Chinese-American model and actress

• 1967 Michael Giacchino, American composer

• 1967 Jonathan Littell, American-French author and humanitarian

• 1967 Mike Malinin, American drummer and producer

• 1967 Gavin Newsom, American businessman and politician, 40th and current Governor of California

• 1967 Jacek Zieliński, Polish footballer and coach

• 1968 Bart Brentjens, Dutch cyclist

• 1968 Feridun Düzağaç, Turkish singer-songwriter

• 1968 Chris Ofili, British painter

• 1969 Manu Bennett, New Zealand-Australian actor

• 1969 Dilsa Demirbag Sten, Swedish journalist and author

• 1969 Francis Escudero, Filipino lawyer and politician

• 1969 Brett Favre, American football player

• 1969 Wendi McLendon-Covey, American actress

• 1970 Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, German sled racer

• 1970 Matthew Pinsent, English rower and sportscaster

• 1971 Graham Alexander, English-Scottish footballer and manager

• 1971 Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist

• 1972 Jun Lana, Filipino director, producer, playwright, and screenwriter

• 1972 Alexei Zhitnik, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player

• 1973 Mario Lopez, American actor, television personality, and producer

• 1973 Zach Thornton, American soccer player and coach

• 1974 Asi Cohen, Israeli actor and screenwriter

• 1974 Oded Kattash, Israeli basketball player and coach

• 1974 Julio Ricardo Cruz, Argentinian footballer

• 1974 Dale Earnhardt Jr., American race car driver and actor

• 1974 Lucy Powell, English politician

• 1974 Chris Pronger, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1975 Ihsahn, Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1975 Ramón Morales, Mexican footballer and manager

• 1975 Plácido Polanco, Dominican-American baseball player

• 1976 Bob Burnquist, Brazilian-American skateboarder

• 1976 Pat Burrell, American baseball player

• 1976 Shane Doan, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1978 Naomi Levari, Israeli film producer and director

• 1978 Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, American model and actress

• 1979 Kangta, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

• 1979 Nicolás Massú, Chilean tennis player

• 1979 Mýa, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress

• 1980 Julie Pomagalski, French snowboarder (died 2021)

• 1981 Una Healy, Irish singer-songwriter, member of The Saturdays

• 1981 Gavin Shuker, English lawyer and politician

• 1981 Laura Tobin, English weather reporter

• 1982 Yasser Al-Qahtani, Saudi Arabian footballer

• 1982 David Cal, Spanish sprint canoeist

• 1982 Tony Khan, American sports executive

• 1982 Dan Stevens, English actor

• 1984 Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer

• 1984 Jean-Baptiste Grange, French skier

• 1984 Ryan Hollins, American basketball player and commentator

• 1984 Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress and singer

• 1984 Paul Posluszny, American football player

• 1984 Troy Tulowitzki, American baseball player

• 1985 Marina Diamandis, Welsh singer-songwriter and pianist

• 1985 Bronson Harrison, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1985 Rostislav Olesz, Czech ice hockey player

• 1986 Nathan Jawai, Australian basketball player

• 1986 Andrew McCutchen, American baseball player

• 1986 Ellen Andrea Wang, Norwegian bassist and composer

• 1987 Ryan Mathews, American football player

• 1988 Shaun Fensom, Australian rugby league player

• 1988 Brown Ideye, Nigerian footballer

• 1988 Rose McIver, New Zealand actress

• 1989 Jeurys Familia, Dominican baseball player

• 1989 Emer Kenny, English actress and screenwriter

• 1990 Shelby Miller, American baseball player

• 1990 Geno Smith, American football player

• 1990 Kolten Wong, American baseball player

• 1991 Michael Carter-Williams, American basketball player

• 1991 Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer-songwriter and producer

• 1991 Lali Espósito, Argentinian actress and singer

• 1991 Mariana Pajón, Colombian cyclist

• 1991 Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss footballer

• 1992 Anthony Brown, American basketball player

• 1993 Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Cuban baseball player

• 1993 Jayden Stockley, English footballer

• 1994 Bae Suzy, South Korean singer, actress and model

• 1994 Mike Tobey, American-Slovenian basketball player

• 1994 Marquez Valdes-Scantling, American football player

• 1995 Brenko Lee, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

• 1995 Courtland Sutton, American football player

• 1996 Sami Niku, Finnish ice hockey player

• 2002 Josh Giddey, Australian basketball player

Deaths

Pre-1600

• AD 19 Germanicus, Roman general (born 15 BC)

• 644 Paulinus of York, English bishop and missionary

• 680 Abbas ibn Ali, son of Imam Ali

• 680 Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn, son of Al-Husayn

• 680 Habib ibn Madhahir

• 680 Husayn ibn Ali, third Shia Imam and grandson of Muhammad (born 626)

• 827 Pope Valentine (born 800)

• 937 Wang Lingmou, chancellor of Wu

• 1149 Al-Hafiz, Fatimid imam-caliph (born 1074/77)

• 1174 Adela of Ponthieu, Countess of Surrey

• 1213 Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine

• 1308 Patrick Dunbar, 8th Earl of Dunbar

• 1359 Hugh IV of Cyprus (born 1295)

• 1503 Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (born 1438)

• 1581 Bayinnaung, Burmese king (born 1516)

1601–1900

• 1659 Abel Tasman, Dutch merchant and explorer (born 1603)

• 1691 Isaac de Benserade, French author and poet (born 1613)

• 1708 David Gregory, Scottish mathematician and astronomer (born 1659)

• 1714 Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist and academic (born 1646)

• 1720 Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (born 1640)

• 1723 William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1665)

• 1725 Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, French politician, Governor of New France (born 1643)

• 1747 John Potter, English archbishop and academic (born 1674)

• 1759 Granville Elliott, English general (born 1713)

• 1765 Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1688)

• 1795 Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian historian and theologian (born 1714)

• 1800 Gabriel Prosser, American rebel leader (born 1776)

• 1806 Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (born 1772)

• 1827 Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet (born 1778)

• 1837 Charles Fourier, French philosopher and academic (born 1772)

• 1857 George Washington Parke Custis, American author and playwright (born 1781)

• 1872 William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (born 1801)

• 1875 Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian author, poet, and playwright (born 1817)

• 1876 Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist and meteorologist (born 1814)

• 1893 Lip Pike, American baseball player and manager (born 1845)

• 1894 William Robinson (Canadian architect), Canadian architect and land surveyor (b. 1812)

1901–present

• 1901 Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1814)

• 1913 Adolphus Busch, German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (born 1839)

• 1913 Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1848)

• 1914 Carol I of Romania (born 1839)

• 1918 Henry Dobson, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Tasmania (born 1841)

• 1922 Andreas Karkavitsas, Greek physician and author (born 1866)

• 1923 Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Peruvian general, President of Peru (born 1836)

• 1927 August Kitzberg, Estonian author and playwright (born 1855)

• 1927 Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot and engineer (born 1874)

• 1930 Adolf Engler, German botanist and academic (born 1844)

• 1935 Gustave Loiseau, French painter (born 1865)

• 1936 Abul Kasem, Bengali politician (born 1872)

• 1940 Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (born 1876)

• 1942 Arnold Majewski, Finnish military hero of Polish descent (killed in action) (born 1892)

• 1948 Ted Horn, American race car driver (born 1910)

• 1949 Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese engineer, businessman, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (born 1884)

• 1953 Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand general, lawyer, and judge (born 1884)

• 1957 Karl Genzken, German physician and convicted war criminal (born 1885)

• 1962 Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian-Polish architect (born 1891)

• 1963 Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach (born 1893)

• 1963 Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1915)

• 1964 Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1892)

• 1964 Heinrich Neuhaus, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and educator (born 1888)

• 1966 Charlotte Cooper, English-Scottish tennis player (born 1870)

• 1966 Louise Thuliez, French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II, and author (born 1881)

• 1970 Édouard Daladier, French captain and politician, 105th Prime Minister of France (born 1884)

• 1971 John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian and scholar (born 1901)

• 1973 Ludwig von Mises, Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (born 1881)

• 1974 Joseph Wulf, German-Polish historian (born 1912)

• 1976 Silvana Armenulić, Bosnian singer and actress (born 1939)

• 1976 Mirsada Mirjana Bajraktarević, Bosnian singer-songwriter (born 1951)

• 1977 Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (born 1930)

• 1978 Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1914)

• 1978 Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician (born 1910)

• 1979 Christopher Evans, English psychologist, computer scientist, and author (born 1931)

• 1979 Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor (born 1886)

• 1982 Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (born 1908)

• 1983 Ralph Richardson, English actor (born 1902)

• 1985 Yul Brynner, Russian-American actor (born 1920)

• 1985 Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1915)

• 1986 Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic (born 1899)

• 1987 Behice Boran, Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist (born 1910)

• 1990 Tom Murton, American penologist and activist (born 1928)

• 1990 Nikolaos Pavlopoulos, Greek sculptor and academic (born 1909)

• 1990 Dorothy Stanley, American educator (born 1924)

• 1991 Nickolaus Hirschl, Austrian wrestler, discus thrower, and shot putter (born 1906)

• 1997 Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian-born American theoretical chemist, developer of the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model (born 1918)

• 1998 Clark Clifford, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1906)

• 1998 Marvin Gay Sr., American minister (born 1914)

• 1998 Tommy Quaid, Irish hurler and manager (born 1957)

• 2000 Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born 1916)

• 2001 Eddie Futch, American boxer and trainer (born 1911)

• 2001 Vasily Mishin, Russian engineer (born 1917)

• 2003 Eila Hiltunen, Finnish sculptor (born 1922)

• 2003 Eugene Istomin, American pianist (born 1925)

• 2004 Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (born 1963)

• 2004 Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (born 1952)

• 2004 Arthur H. Robinson, American geographer and cartographer (born 1915)

• 2004 Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (born 1932)

• 2005 Wayne C. Booth, American educator and critic (born 1921)

• 2005 Milton Obote, Ugandan politician, 2nd President of Uganda (born 1925)

• 2006 Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and academic (born 1932)

• 2006 Ian Scott, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1934)

• 2008 Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (born 1947)

• 2009 Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1976)

• 2010 Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter and preacher (born 1940)

• 2010 Joan Sutherland, Australian-Swiss soprano and actress (born 1926)

• 2011 Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1941)

• 2012 Sam Gibbons, American captain and politician (born 1920)

• 2012 Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (born 1935)

• 2012 Piotr Lenartowicz, Polish philosopher and educator (born 1934)

• 2012 Basil L. Plumley, American sergeant (born 1920)

• 2012 Mark Poster, American philosopher and educator (born 1941)

• 2012 Kyaw Zaw, Burmese commander and politician (born 1919)

• 2013 Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (born 1925)

• 2013 Jay Conrad Levinson, American author and educator (born 1933)

• 2013 Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (born 1927)

• 2013 Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (born 1932)

• 2014 Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (born 1958)

• 2014 Damiana Eugenio, Filipino author and academic (born 1921)

• 2014 Valeri Karpov, Russian ice hockey player (born 1971)

• 2014 Lari Ketner, American football and basketball player (born 1977)

• 2014 Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (born 1936)

• 2014 Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (born 1947)

• 2015 Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (born 1952)

• 2015 Hilla Becher, German photographer and educator (born 1934)

• 2015 Manorama, Indian (Tamil) actress (born 1937)

• 2015 Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (born 1949)

• 2015 Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (born 1924)

• 2016 Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (born 1926)

• 2021 Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical scientist (born 1936)

• 2022 Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (born 1939)

• 2024 Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet (born 1934)

• 2024 Ethel Kennedy, American philanthropist (born 1928)

• 2025 John Lodge, English singer-songwriter and bassist (born 1943)

Holidays and observances

• Aleksis Kivi Day, also known as the Finnish Literature Day (Finland)

• Arbor Day (Poland)

• Army Day (Sri Lanka)

• Capital Liberation Day (Vietnam)

Christian feast day:

• Blessed Angela Truszkowska

• Cerbonius

• Daniele Comboni

• Eulampius and Eulampia

• Gereon and companions

• Blessed María Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray (Maria Desposorios)

• Paulinus of York (in England)

• Pinytus

• Tanca

• Vida Dutton Scudder (Episcopal Church)

• Viktor of Xanten

• October 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Constitution Day (Sint Maarten)

• Curaçao Day, anniversary of autonomy

• Double Ten Day (The National Day of Republic of China), celebrates outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising in 1911 that led to founding of the Republic of China in 1912

• Fiji Day (Fiji)

• Independence Day (Cuba)

• Party Foundation Day (North Korea)

• World Day Against the Death Penalty

• World Mental Health Day

• World Porridge Day

References

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