Events

Pre-1600

• 475 Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor.

• 683 During the Siege of Mecca, the Kaaba catches fire and is burned down.

• 802 Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos. Conspirators place Nikephoros, the minister of finance, on the Byzantine throne.

• 932 Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir is killed while fighting against the forces of general Mu'nis al-Muzaffar. Al-Muqtadir's brother al-Qahir is chosen to succeed him.

• 1517 Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.

• 1587 Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.

1601–1900

• 1822 Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Congress of the Mexican Empire.

• 1837 Approximately 300 Muscogee die in the steamboat Monmouth disaster on the Trail of Tears in the United States.

• 1863 The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.

• 1864 Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.

• 1895 The strongest earthquake in the Midwestern United States since 1812 strikes near Charleston, Missouri, causing damage and killing at least two.

1901–present

• 1903 The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.

• 1907 The Parliament of Finland approved the Prohibition Act, but the law was not implemented because it was not ratified by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.

• 1913 Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.

• 1913 The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.

• 1917 World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".

• 1918 World War I: The Aster Revolution terminates the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, and Hungary achieves full sovereignty.

• 1922 Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy.

• 1923 The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.

• 1924 World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).

• 1938 Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.

• 1940 World War II: The Battle of Britain ends, causing Germany to abandon Operation Sea Lion.

• 1941 After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.

• 1941 World War II: The destroyer is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.

• 1943 World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception by a United States Navy or Marine Corps aircraft.

• 1956 Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.

• 1956 Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following Imre Nagy's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the MDP is replaced by the MSZMP. József Mindszenty is released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.

• 1961 In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Lenin's Mausoleum, and is buried near the Kremlin Wall under a plain white marker.

• 1963 Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion: A gas explosion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Indianapolis kills 81 people and injures another 400 during an ice show.

• 1968 Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.

• 1968 Great Drought of 1968: Amidst a collapse of hydropower President of Chile Eduardo Frei Montalva decrees the establishment of daylight saving time.

• 1973 Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the exercise yard.

• 1979 Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.

• 1984 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and around 3,000 Sikhs are killed.

• 1994 American Eagle Flight 4184 crashes near Roselawn, Indiana killing all 68 people on board.

• 1996 TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 99 people.

• 1998 Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.

• 1999 Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.

• 1999 EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.

• 2000 Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.

• 2000 Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.

• 2002 A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.

• 2003 Mahathir Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir's 22 years in power.

• 2011 The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as the Day of Seven Billion.

• 2014 During a test flight, the VSS Enterprise, a Virgin Galactic experimental spaceflight test vehicle, suffers a catastrophic in-flight breakup and crashes in the Mojave Desert, California.

• 2015 Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.

• 2017 A truck drives into a crowd in Lower Manhattan, New York City, killing eight people.

• 2020 Berlin Brandenburg Airport opens its doors after nearly 10 years of delays due to construction issues and project corruption.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1345 Ferdinand I, king of Portugal (died 1383)

• 1391 Edward, King of Portugal (died 1438)

• 1424 Władysław III, king of Poland (died 1444)

• 1445 Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (died 1511)

• 1472 Wang Yangming, Chinese Neo-Confucian scholar (died 1529)

• 1542 Henriette of Cleves, Duchess of Nevers, Countess of Rethel (died 1601)

• 1599 Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (died 1680)

1601–1900

• 1620 John Evelyn, English gardener and author (died 1706)

• 1632 Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter (died 1675)

• 1636 Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (died 1679)

• 1638 Meindert Hobbema, Dutch painter (died 1709)

• 1686 Senesino, Italian singer and actor (died 1758)

• 1692 Anne Claude de Caylus, French archaeologist and author (died 1765)

• 1694 Yeongjo of Joseon (died 1776)

• 1705 Pope Clement XIV (died 1774)

• 1711 Laura Bassi, Italian physician, physicist, and academic (died 1778)

• 1714 Hedvig Taube, Swedish courtier (died 1744)

• 1724 Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (died 1805)

• 1729 Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta, Spanish cleric, Archbishop of Mexico, Viceroy of New Spain (died 1800)

• 1737 James Lovell, American educator and politician (died 1789)

• 1760 Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese artist and printmaker (died 1849)

• 1795 John Keats, English poet (died 1821)

• 1809 Edmund Sharpe, English architect, architectural historian, railway engineer, and sanitary reformer (died 1877)

• 1815 Thomas Chapman, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of Tasmania (died 1884)

• 1815 Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (died 1897)

• 1825 Charles Lavigerie, French-Algerian cardinal and academic (died 1892)

• 1831 Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist (died 1910)

• 1835 Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 27th Governor of Mississippi (died 1933)

• 1835 Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (died 1923)

• 1835 Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1917)

• 1838 Luís I of Portugal (died 1889)

• 1847 Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (died 1897)

• 1848 Boston Custer, American soldier (died 1876)

• 1849 Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (died 1891)

• 1851 Louise of Sweden (died 1926)

• 1856 Charles Leroux, American balloonist and skydiver (died 1889)

• 1858 Saint Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril, Indian Orthodox Saint (died 1934)

• 1860 Juliette Gordon Low, American scout leader, founded the Girl Scouts of the United States of America (died 1927)

• 1860 Andrew Volstead, American politician (died 1947)

• 1868 John Weir Troy, American journalist, and politician, 5th Governor of the Territory of Alaska (died 1942)

• 1875 Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (died 1954)

• 1875 Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer, freedom fighter and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (died 1950)

• 1876 Natalie Clifford Barney, American poet and playwright (died 1972)

• 1879 Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, and composer (died 1941)

• 1880 Julia Peterkin, American author (died 1961)

• 1880 Mikhail Tomsky, Soviet politician, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (died 1936)

• 1881 Toshizō Nishio, Japanese general (died 1960)

• 1883 Marie Laurencin, French painter and illustrator (died 1956)

• 1883 Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player, cricketer, and soldier (died 1915)

• 1887 Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (died 1975)

• 1887 Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player and lacrosse player (died 1970)

• 1888 Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet and author (died 1944)

• 1892 Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player and author (died 1946)

• 1895 B. H. Liddell Hart, English soldier, historian, and theorist (died 1970)

• 1896 Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (died 1977)

• 1897 Constance Savery, English author (died 1999)

• 1900 Asbjørg Borgfelt, Norwegian sculptor (died 1976)

1901–present

• 1902 Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet (died 1987)

• 1902 Julia Lee, American blues singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1958)

• 1902 Abraham Wald, Jewish-Hungarian mathematician and economist (died 1950)

• 1907 Edgar Sampson, American musician and composer (died 1973)

• 1908 Muriel Duckworth, Canadian activist (died 2009)

• 1912 Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2001)

• 1912 Ollie Johnston, American animator and voice actor (died 2008)

• 1914 John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer and designer (died 1995)

• 1915 Jane Jarvis, American pianist and composer (died 2010)

• 1916 Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (died 2012)

• 1917 William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (died 2016)

• 1917 Gordon Steege, Australian soldier and pilot (died 2013)

• 1918 Ian Stevenson, American psychiatrist and academic (died 2007)

• 1919 Daphne Oxenford, English actress (died 2012)

• 1919 Magnus Wenninger, American mathematician and author (died 2017)

• 1920 Dick Francis, Welsh-Caymanian jockey and author (died 2010)

• 1920 Joseph Gelineau, French priest and composer (died 2008)

• 1920 Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (died 2004)

• 1920 Fritz Walter, German footballer (died 2002)

• 1922 Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (died 2005)

• 1922 Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist and composer (died 2004)

• 1922 Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (died 2012)

• 1925 Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author (died 1990)

• 1925 John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)

• 1925 Robert B. Rheault, American colonel (died 2013)

• 1926 Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (died 2011)

• 1928 Andrew Sarris, American critic and educator (died 2012)

• 1929 William Orchard, Australian water polo player and psychiatrist (died 2014)

• 1929 Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (died 2016)

• 1930 Michael Collins, American general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2021)

• 1930 Booker Ervin, American saxophonist (died 1970)

• 1931 Dan Rather, American journalist

• 1933 Phil Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1933 Iemasa Kayumi, Japanese voice actor (died 2014)

• 1934 Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Swedish princess

• 1935 Dale Brown, American basketball player and coach

• 1935 Ronald Graham, American mathematician and theorist (died 2020)

• 1935 David Harvey, English-American geographer and academic

• 1936 Michael Landon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1991)

• 1937 Tom Paxton, American folk music singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1939 Tom O'Connor, English actor and game show host (died 2021)

• 1939 Ron Rifkin, American actor

• 1939 Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)

• 1940 Craig Rodwell, American businessman and activist, founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop (died 1993)

• 1940 Judith Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox, English businesswoman and politician

• 1941 Dan Alderson, American scientist (died 1989)

• 1941 Derek Bell, English race car driver

• 1941 Lucious Jackson, American basketball player (died 2022)

• 1941 Sally Kirkland, American actress (died 2025)

• 1942 David Ogden Stiers, American actor (died 2018)

• 1943 Elliott Forbes-Robinson, American race car driver

• 1943 Paul Frampton, English-American physicist and academic

• 1943 Aristotelis Pavlidis, Greek politician, 13th Greek Minister for the Aegean and Island Policy (died 2022)

• 1943 Brian Piccolo, American football player (died 1970)

• 1945 Russ Ballard, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1945 Brian Doyle-Murray, American actor and comedian

• 1945 Barrie Keeffe, English playwright, screenwriter, and producer (died 2019)

• 1946 Stephen Rea, Irish actor

• 1947 Deidre Hall, American actress

• 1947 Frank Shorter, American runner and sportscaster

• 1947 Herman Van Rompuy, Belgian academic and politician, 66th Prime Minister of Belgium

• 1948 Franco Gasparri, Italian actor (died 1999)

• 1948 Michael Kitchen, English actor and producer

• 1949 Mart Helme, Estonian journalist and diplomat

• 1949 Bob Siebenberg, American drummer

• 1949 Alison Wolf, English economist and academic

• 1950 John Candy, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1994)

• 1950 Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-English architect and academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion (died 2016)

• 1950 Jane Pauley, American journalist

• 1950 Antonio Taguba, Filipino-American general

• 1951 Nick Saban, American football player and coach

• 1951 Dave Trembley, American baseball player, coach, and manager

• 1952 Bernard Edwards, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 1996)

• 1952 Joe West, American baseball umpire

• 1953 John Lucas II, American basketball player and coach

• 1954 Mari Okamoto, Japanese actress

• 1954 Ken Wahl, American actor and screenwriter

• 1955 Michalis Chrisochoidis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Public Order

• 1955 Susan Orlean, American journalist and author

• 1956 Bruce Bawer, American poet and critic

• 1956 Christopher de Leon, Filipino actor, director, producer, and politician

• 1956 Anders Lago, Swedish lawyer and politician

• 1956 Charles Moore, English journalist and author

• 1957 Brian Stokes Mitchell, American singer and actor

• 1957 Robert Pollard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1959 Mats Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1959 Neal Stephenson, American author

• 1960 Arnaud Desplechin, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter

• 1960 Luis Fortuño, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Puerto Rico

• 1960 Mike Gallego, American baseball player and coach

• 1960 Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran

• 1961 Alonzo Babers, American runner and pilot

• 1961 Kate Campbell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1961 Peter Jackson, New Zealand actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1961 Larry Mullen, Jr., Irish musician, songwriter, and actor

• 1962 Jonathan Borden, American neurosurgeon and academic

• 1962 Anna Geifman, American historian, author, and academic

• 1962 John Giannini, American basketball player and coach

• 1962 Mari Jungstedt, Swedish journalist and author

• 1962 Raphael Rabello, Brazilian guitarist and composer (died 1995)

• 1962 Dan Wood, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1963 Mikkey Dee, Swedish hard rock drummer and musician

• 1963 Dunga, Brazilian footballer and manager

• 1963 Johnny Marr, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1963 Fred McGriff, American baseball player

• 1963 Dermot Mulroney, American actor

• 1963 Rob Schneider, American actor and comedian

• 1964 Frank Bruni, American journalist and critic

• 1964 Colm Ó Cíosóig, Irish musician

• 1964 Marco van Basten, Dutch footballer and manager

• 1964 Darryl Worley, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1965 Paul du Toit, South African painter and sculptor (died 2014)

• 1965 Blue Edwards, American basketball player

• 1965 Ruud Hesp, Dutch footballer

• 1965 Denis Irwin, Irish footballer and journalist

• 1965 Rob Rackstraw, English voice actor

• 1966 Ad-Rock, American rapper, producer, and actor

• 1966 Koji Kanemoto, Japanese wrestler

• 1966 Annabella Lwin, Anglo-Burmese singer-songwriter and record producer

• 1966 Mike O'Malley, American actor and comedian

• 1967 Vanilla Ice, American rapper, television personality, and real estate investor

• 1967 Buddy Lazier, American race car driver

• 1967 Irina Pantaeva, Russian model and actress

• 1967 Adam Schlesinger, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 2020)

• 1968 Antonio Davis, American basketball player and sportscaster

• 1970 Linn Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter

• 1971 Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (died 2004)

• 1973 Paul Abrahams, English footballer and coach

• 1973 Christopher Bevins, American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1973 Tim Byrdak, American baseball player

• 1973 David Dellucci, American baseball player and sportscaster

• 1973 Beverly Lynne, American actress

• 1974 Muzzy Izzet, English-Turkish footballer

• 1974 Roger Manganelli, Brazilian-American singer-songwriter and bass player

• 1975 Carla Boyd, Australian basketball player

• 1975 Fabio Celestini, Swiss footballer and manager

• 1975 Keith Jardine, American mixed martial artist and actor

• 1975 Johnny Whitworth, American actor and producer

• 1976 Guti, Spanish footballer

• 1976 Piper Perabo, American actress and producer

• 1978 Inka Grings, German footballer and manager

• 1978 Emmanuel Izonritei, Nigerian boxer

• 1978 Marek Saganowski, Polish footballer

• 1978 Martin Verkerk, Dutch tennis player

• 1979 Ricardo Fuller, Jamaican footballer

• 1979 Simão Sabrosa, Portuguese footballer

• 1980 Samaire Armstrong, American model, actress, and fashion designer

• 1980 Alondra de la Parra, Mexican-American pianist and conductor

• 1980 Marcel Meeuwis, Dutch footballer

• 1980 Eddie Kaye Thomas, American actor and voice artist

• 1981 Irina Denezhkina, Russian author

• 1981 Steven Hunter, American basketball player

• 1981 Frank Iero, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1981 Selina Jen, Taiwanese singer and actress

• 1981 Mike Napoli, American baseball player

• 1982 Jordan Bannister, Australian footballer and umpire

• 1982 Justin Chatwin, Canadian actor

• 1982 Tomáš Plekanec, Czech ice hockey player

• 1983 Adam Bouska, American photographer and activist, founded the NOH8 Campaign

• 1984 Pat Murray, American football player

• 1984 Amanda Pascoe, Australian swimmer

• 1985 Fanny Chmelar, German alpine skier

• 1985 Kerron Clement, American hurdler and sprinter

• 1986 Chris Alajajian, Australian race car driver

• 1986 Christie Hayes, Australian actress and producer

• 1987 Nick Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1987 Jean-Karl Vernay, French race car driver

• 1988 Cole Aldrich, American basketball player

• 1988 Sébastien Buemi, Swiss race car driver

• 1988 Jack Riewoldt, Australian footballer

• 1988 Lizzy Yarnold, British skeleton racer

• 1989 Scott McGough, American baseball player

• 1990 JID, American rapper

• 1992 Vanessa Marano, American actress

• 1993 Mercedes Arn-Horn, Canadian musician

• 1993 Nadine Lustre, Filipino actress and singer

• 1993 Letitia Wright, Guyanese-British actress

• 1995 Joana Valle Costa, Portuguese tennis player

• 1997 Siobhán Bernadette Haughey, Hong Kong-Irish swimmer

• 1997 Sydney Park, American actress and comedian

• 1997 Marcus Rashford, English footballer

• 1997 Holly Taylor, Canadian-American actress

• 1999 Danielle Rose Russell, American actress

• 1999 Léa Serna, French figure skater

• 2000 Willow Smith, American singer, actress, and dancer

• 2002 Ansu Fati

• 2005 Leonor, Princess of Asturias

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 932 Al-Muqtadir, Abbasid caliph (born 895)

• 994 Wolfgang of Regensburg, German bishop and saint (born 934)

• 1005 Abe no Seimei, Japanese astrologer (born 921)

• 1034 Deokjong, Korean ruler (born 1016)

• 1147 Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, son of Henry I of England (born 1100)

• 1214 Eleanor of England, queen consort of Castile (born 1163)

• 1320 Ricold of Monte Croce, Italian Dominican missionary (born 1242)

• 1335 Marie of Évreux, Duchess Consort of Brabant (born 1303)

• 1448 John VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (born 1390)

• 1517 Fra Bartolomeo, Italian artist (born 1472)

• 1589 Peter Stumpp, German farmer and alleged serial killer (born 1535)

1601–1900

• 1641 Cornelis Jol, Dutch admiral (born 1597)

• 1659 John Bradshaw, English lawyer and judge, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1602)

• 1661 Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 109th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1575)

• 1723 Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1642)

• 1732 Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy (born 1666)

• 1733 Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (born 1676)

• 1744 Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (born 1694)

• 1768 Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (born 1690)

• 1786 Princess Amelia of Great Britain (born 1711)

• 1806 Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese artist and printmaker (born ca. 1753)

• 1820 – John Lynch, American city founder and abolitionist (born 1740)

• 1860 Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish-English admiral and politician (born 1775)

• 1869 Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (born 1788)

• 1879 Jacob Abbott, American author and academic (born 1803)

• 1879 Joseph Hooker, American general (born 1814)

• 1884 Marie Bashkirtseff, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (born 1858)

1901–present

• 1905 Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (born 1828)

• 1913 William Evans-Gordon, English soldier and politician (born 1857)

• 1916 Charles Taze Russell, American minister (born 1852)

• 1916 Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (born 1874)

• 1918 Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (born 1890)

• 1920 Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian businessman (born 1854)

• 1925 Max Linder, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1883)

• 1925 Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 (born 1885)

• 1925 Thomas Henry Tracy, Canadian architect and alderman (born 1848)

• 1926 Harry Houdini, American magician and stuntman (born 1874)

• 1929 António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (born 1866)

• 1931 Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author (born 1851)

• 1939 Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (born 1884)

• 1944 Joseph Hubert Priestley, British botanist (born 1883)

• 1952 Chit Hlaing, Burmese lawyer and politician (born 1879)

• 1959 Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (born 1885)

• 1960 H. L. Davis, American author and poet (born 1894)

• 1963 Mesut Cemil, Turkish cellist and composer (born 1902)

• 1964 Tuomas Bryggari, Finnish politician (born 1881)

• 1972 Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1916)

• 1973 Malek Bennabi, Algerian philosopher and author (born 1905)

• 1975 Sachin Dev Burman, Indian composer and singer (born 1906)

• 1977 C. B. Colby, American author and illustrator (born 1904)

• 1980 Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright (born 1905)

• 1983 George Halas, American football player and coach (born 1895)

• 1983 Lu Jiaxi, Chinese self-taught mathematician (born 1935)

• 1983 Sharof Rashidov, Uzbek politician, CPSU Politburo candidate member (born 1917)

• 1984 Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1900)

• 1984 Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (born 1917)

• 1985 Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (born 1907)

• 1985 Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer (born 1913)

• 1986 Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1896)

• 1988 John Houseman, Romanian-born American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1902)

• 1988 Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and academic (born 1906)

• 1991 Joseph Papp, American stage director and producer (born 1921)

• 1992 Gary Rippingale, English ice hockey player (born 1974)

• 1993 Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1920)

• 1993 River Phoenix, American actor and singer (born 1970)

• 1995 Rosalind Cash, American actress and singer (born 1938)

• 1996 Marcel Carné, French director and screenwriter (born 1906)

• 1997 George Roth, American gymnast (born 1911)

• 1998 Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1935)

• 1998 María de la Purísima Salvat Romero, Spanish nun and saint (Roman Catholic Church) (born 1926)

• 1999 Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (born 1975)

• 2000 Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter (born 1915)

• 2000 Kazuki Watanabe, Japanese songwriter and guitarist (born 1981)

• 2001 Régine Cavagnoud, French skier (born 1970)

• 2002 Lionel Poilâne, French banker and businessman (born 1945)

• 2002 Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, President of Greece (born 1903)

• 2002 Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (born 1916)

• 2003 Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and historian (born 1919)

• 2005 Hal Anger, American biophysicist and engineer (born 1920)

• 2005 Amrita Pritam, Indian author and poet (born 1919)

• 2006 P. W. Botha, South African soldier and politician, State President of South Africa (born 1916)

• 2006 Peter Fryer, English journalist and author (born 1927)

• 2007 Erdal İnönü, Turkish physicist and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1926)

• 2008 Studs Terkel, American historian and author (born 1912)

• 2009 Mustafa Mahmud, Egyptian physician and author (born 1921)

• 2009 Tom Wheatcroft, English businessman, founded the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition (born 1922)

• 2009 Qian Xuesen, Chinese aerodynamicist and academic (born 1911)

• 2010 Ted Sorensen, American lawyer, 8th White House Counsel (born 1928)

• 2011 Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1941)

• 2011 Roberto Lippi, Italian race car driver (born 1926)

• 2012 Gae Aulenti, Italian architect and designer (born 1927)

• 2012 John Fitch, American race car driver and engineer (born 1917)

• 2012 John H. Reed, American soldier and politician, 67th Governor of Maine (born 1921)

• 2013 Chris Chase (aka Irene Kane), American actress and author (born 1924)

• 2013 Gérard de Villiers, French journalist and author (born 1929)

• 2013 Trevor Kletz, English chemist and author (born 1922)

• 2013 Johnny Kucks, American baseball player (born 1933)

• 2013 Andres Narvasa, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (born 1928)

• 2013 Bobby Parker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1937)

• 2014 David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (born 1926)

• 2014 Michael Alsbury, American engineer and pilot (born 1975)

• 2014 Brad Halsey, American baseball player (born 1981)

• 2014 Hitoshi Motoshima, Japanese educator and politician (born 1922)

• 2015 Gus Savage, American businessman and politician (born 1925)

• 2018 Willie McCovey, American baseball player (born 1938)

• 2020 Sean Connery, Scottish actor (born 1930)

• 2020 MF Doom, British-American rapper and record producer (born 1971)

• 2021 Peter Philpott, Australian cricketer (born 1934)

• 2023 Ken Mattingly, American astronaut (born 1936)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

• Alphonsus Rodriguez

• Ampliatus

• Begu

• Erc of Slane (in Cornwall)

• Foillan (in Namur)

• Martin Luther (Anglican Communion)

• Paul Shinji Sasaki and Philip Lindel Tsen (Episcopal Church)

• Quentin

• Blessed Theodore Romzha (Ruthenian Catholic Church)

• Wolfgang of Regensburg

• October 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Día de la Canción Criolla (Peru)

• Earliest day on which All Saints Day can fall, while November 6 is the latest; celebrated on Saturday between October 31 and November 6 (Finland, Sweden)

Halloween and related celebrations:

• Allantide (Cornwall)

• Halloween (Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and other places)

• Hop-tu-Naa (Isle of Man)

• Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere, Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere; begins on sunset of October 31 (Gaels, Welsh people and Neopagan Wheel of the Year)

• The first day of the Day of the Dead, celebrated until November 2 (Mexico)

  Girl Scouts Founders Day (United States)

• King Father's Birthday (Cambodia)

• National Unity Day (India)

• Reformation Day (Slovenia, parts of Germany, Chile, various Protestant churches with a particular emphasis in Lutheran and Reformed ones)

References

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