Events

Pre-1600

• 316 Constantine I defeats Licinius, who loses his European territories.

• 451 The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins.

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

• 1075 Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.

• 1200 Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England.

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

• 1480 The Great Stand on the Ugra River puts an end to Tatar rule over Moscow

• 1573 The Spanish siege of Alkmaar ends with the first Dutch victory in the Eighty Years' War.

1601–1900

• 1645 Jeanne Mance opens the first lay hospital of North America in Montreal.

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

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

• 1829 Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials.

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

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

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

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

• 1895 Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.

1901–present

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

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

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

• 1939 World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.

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

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

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

• 1952 The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash in England kills 112 people.

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

• 1962 Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, leading to accusations of treason.

• 1967 Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia. Guevara would be executed the next day.

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

• 1970 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.

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

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

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

• 1978 Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 275.97knots at Blowering Dam, Australia.

• 1982 Poland bans Solidarity and all other trade unions.

• 1986 An explosion occurred at the Cipel-Marco fur factory in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong, killing 14 and injuring 10.

• 1990 First Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.

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

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

• 2001 U.S. president George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.

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

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

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

• 2019 About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland.

• 2020 Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice deliberately targeted the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha.

Births

Pre-1600

• 319 BC Pyrrhus of Epirus (died 272 BC)

• 1150 Narapatisithu, king of Burma (died 1211)

• 1515 Margaret Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas (died 1578)

• 1551 Giulio Caccini, Italian composer (died 1618)

• 1553 Jacques Auguste de Thou, French historian (died 1617)

• 1585 Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (died 1672)

1601–1900

• 1609 John Clarke, English physician (died 1676)

• 1676 Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (died 1764)

• 1713 Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and author (died 1793)

• 1715 Michel Benoist, French scientist and missionary (died 1774)

• 1747 Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician (died 1807)

• 1753 Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden (died 1829)

• 1765 Harman Blennerhassett, English-Irish lawyer and politician (died 1831)

• 1789 John Ruggles, American lawyer and politician (died 1874)

• 1789 William Swainson, English-New Zealand ornithologist and entomologist (died 1855)

• 1807 Harriet Taylor Mill, English philosopher and activist (died 1858)

• 1818 John Henninger Reagan, American judge and politician, 3rd Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1905)

• 1834 Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (died 1905)

• 1845 Salomon Kalischer, German pianist, composer, and physicist (died 1924)

• 1847 Rose Scott, Australian activist (died 1925)

• 1848 Pierre De Geyter, Belgian composer (died 1932)

• 1850 Henry Louis Le Châtelier, French chemist and academic (died 1936)

• 1860 John D. Batten, British painter, printmaker and illustrator (died 1932)

• 1863 Edythe Chapman, American actress (died 1948)

• 1864 Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter and educator (died 1955)

• 1870 Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (died 1937)

• 1872 Mary Engle Pennington, American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (died 1952)

• 1873 Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish chemist and astronomer (died 1967)

• 1873 Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect and academic, designed Lenin's Mausoleum (died 1949)

• 1875 Laurence Doherty, English tennis player and golfer (died 1919)

• 1876 Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (died 1966)

• 1877 Hans Heysen, German-Australian painter (died 1968)

• 1879 Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (died 1956)

• 1882 Harry McClintock, American singer-songwriter and poet (died 1957)

• 1883 Dick Burnett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977)

• 1883 Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)

• 1884 Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (died 1942)

• 1887 Ping Bodie, American baseball player (died 1961)

• 1887 Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner (died 1972)

• 1888 Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist and author (died 1964)

• 1889 R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian engineer (died 1983)

• 1889 Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (died 1966)

• 1890 Snuffy Browne, Barbadian cricketer (died 1964)

• 1890 Eddie Rickenbacker, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1973)

• 1890 Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (died 1971)

• 1892 Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (died 1941)

• 1893 Clarence Williams, American pianist and composer (died 1965)

• 1895 Zog I of Albania (died 1961)

• 1895 Juan Perón, Argentinian general and politician, 29th President of Argentina (died 1974)

• 1896 Julien Duvivier, French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1967)

• 1897 Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (died 1987)

• 1897 Marcel Herrand, French actor (died 1953)

1901–present

• 1901 Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist (died 1977)

• 1901 Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia (died 2000)

• 1901 Saumyendranath Tagore, Indian revolutionary and thinker, Founder of the Revolutionary Communist Party of India (RCPI). (died 1974)

• 1903 Georgy Geshev, Bulgarian chess player (died 1937)

• 1904 Yves Giraud-Cabantous, French race car driver (died 1973)

• 1907 Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator (died 1975)

• 1908 Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician (died 1988)

• 1910 Kirk Alyn, American actor (died 1999)

• 1910 Paulette Dubost, French actress (died 2011)

• 1910 Gus Hall, American soldier and politician (died 2000)

• 1910 Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier (died 2006)

• 1910 Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (died 2003)

• 1910 Wally Moses, American baseball player (died 1990)

• 1913 Robert R. Gilruth, American pilot and engineer (died 2000)

• 1913 Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (died 1959)

• 1917 Billy Conn, American boxer (died 1993)

• 1917 Walter Lord, American historian and author (died 2002)

• 1917 Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1976)

• 1917 Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1985)

• 1918 Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (died 2012)

• 1918 Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)

• 1919 Jack McGrath, American race car driver (died 1955)

• 1919 Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2007)

• 1920 Frank Herbert, American journalist, photographer, and author (died 1986)

• 1921 Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (died 2010)

• 1922 Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer, coach, and manager (died 2007)

• 1922 Herbert B. Leonard, American production manager and producer (died 2006)

• 1924 Alphons Egli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 77th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2016)

• 1924 Aloísio Lorscheider, Brazilian cardinal (died 2007)

• 1924 Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian poet and scholar (died 2006)

• 1924 John Nelder, English mathematician and statistician (died 2010)

• 1925 Álvaro Magaña, Salvadoran economist and politician, President of El Salvador (died 2001)

• 1926 Raaj Kumar, Indian police officer and actor (died 1996)

• 1927 Jim Elliot, American missionary and translator (died 1956)

• 1927 César Milstein, Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)

• 1928 Didi, Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2001)

• 1928 M. Russell Ballard, American lieutenant and religious leader (died 2023)

• 1928 Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer

• 1928 Bill Maynard, English actor (died 2018)

• 1929 Betty Boothroyd, English politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (died 2023)

• 1930 Pepper Adams, American saxophonist and composer (died 1986)

• 1930 Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer (died 2013)

• 1930 Faith Ringgold, American painter and activist (died 2024)

• 1930 Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer and theorist (died 1996)

• 1931 Bill Brown, Scottish footballer (died 2004)

• 1932 Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player and police officer (died 2024)

• 1934 Kader Asmal, South African academic and politician (died 2011)

• 1934 Gerry Hitchens, English footballer and manager (died 1983)

• 1934 James Holshouser, American lawyer and politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (died 2013)

• 1935 Albert Roux, French-English chef (died 2021)

• 1936 Rona Barrett, American journalist and businesswoman

• 1937 Merle Park, British ballerina and educator

• 1937 Paul Schell, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Seattle (died 2014)

• 1938 William Corlett, English author and playwright (died 2005)

• 1938 Walter Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey coach and author (died 2021)

• 1938 Bronislovas Lubys, Lithuanian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania (died 2011)

• 1938 Fred Stolle, Australian-American tennis player and sportscaster (died 2025)

• 1939 Paul Hogan, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter

• 1939 Elvīra Ozoliņa, Latvian javelin thrower

• 1939 Harvey Pekar, American author and critic (died 2010)

• 1939 Lynne Stewart, American lawyer and criminal (died 2017)

• 1940 Fred Cash, American singer

• 1941 George Bellamy, English singer, guitarist, and producer

• 1941 Jesse Jackson, American minister and activist (died 2026)

• 1941 Shane Stevens, American author (died 2007)

• 1942 Stanley Bates, English actor and screenwriter

• 1943 Chevy Chase, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter

• 1943 R. L. Stine, American author, screenwriter, and producer

• 1944 Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (died 2010)

• 1944 Susan Raye, American singer

• 1946 Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar, activist, and politician

• 1946 Jean-Jacques Beineix, French director and producer (died 2022)

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

• 1946 Bel Mooney, English journalist and author

• 1946 Jon Ekerold, South African motorcycle racer

• 1947 Richard Morris, English archaeologist, historian, and author

• 1947 Emiel Puttemans, Belgian runner

• 1947 Stephen Shore, American photographer and educator

• 1947 Bill Zorn, folk musician

• 1947 Hansa Yogendra, Indian yoga guru

• 1948 Benjamin Cheever, American journalist and author

• 1948 Claude Jade, French actress (died 2006)

• 1948 Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2004)

• 1949 Hamish Stuart, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1949 Sigourney Weaver, American actress and producer

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

• 1950 Blake Morrison, English poet, author, and academic

• 1951 Jack O'Connell, American educator and politician

• 1951 Timo Salonen, Finnish race car driver

• 1951 Shannon C. Stimson, American philosopher, historian, and theorist

• 1951 Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer, British aristocrat and landowner (died 2023)

• 1952 Takis Koroneos, Greek basketball player and coach

• 1952 Jan Marijnissen, Dutch journalist and politician

• 1952 Edward Zwick, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1953 Robert Saxton, English composer and educator

• 1954 Michael Dudikoff, American actor

• 1954 Huub Rothengatter, Dutch race car driver and manager

• 1955 Bill Elliott, American race car driver

• 1955 Alain Ferté, French race car driver

• 1955 Darrell Hammond, American comedian and actor

• 1955 Paul Lennon, Australian politician, 42nd Premier of Tasmania

• 1955 Lonnie Pitchford, American singer and guitarist (died 1998)

• 1956 Jeff Lahti, American baseball player

• 1956 Janice E. Voss, American engineer and astronaut (died 2012)

• 1956 Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress

• 1957 Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer and manager

• 1958 Steve Coll, American journalist and author

• 1958 Bret Lott, American journalist, author, and academic

• 1958 Ruffin McNeill, American football player and coach

• 1958 Ursula von der Leyen, Belgian-German physician and politician, Defense Minister of Germany, President of the European Commission

• 1959 Gavin Friday, Irish singer-songwriter, actor, and producer

• 1959 Erik Gundersen, Danish motorcycle racer

• 1959 Peter Horrocks, English journalist and producer

• 1959 Mike Morgan, American baseball player and coach

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

• 1960 Andrea Anastasi, Italian volleyball player and coach

• 1960 Bryndís Hlöðversdóttir, Icelandic politician

• 1960 Reed Hastings, American businessman, co-founded Netflix

• 1960 Rano Karno, Indonesian actor and politician

• 1960 Ralf Minge, German footballer and manager

• 1960 François Pérusse, Canadian singer-songwriter and comedian

• 1960 Mike Teague, English rugby player

• 1961 Jon Stevens, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter

• 1961 Simon Burke, Australian actor and producer

• 1961 Kim Wayans, American actress and comedian

• 1962 Bruno Thiry, Belgian race car driver

• 1962 Chen Xiaoxia, Chinese diver

• 1964 Jakob Arjouni, German author (died 2013)

• 1964 CeCe Winans, American singer-songwriter

• 1965 Matt Biondi, American swimmer and coach

• 1965 Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter

• 1965 Harri Koskela, Finnish wrestler

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

• 1966 Art Barr, American wrestler (died 1994)

• 1966 Karyn Parsons, American actress and producer

• 1967 Teddy Riley, American singer-songwriter and producer

• 1968 Zvonimir Boban, Croatian footballer and sportscaster

• 1968 Emily Procter, American actress

• 1970 Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Congolese colonel

• 1970 Matt Damon, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

• 1970 Anne-Marie Duff, English actress

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

• 1970 Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video game designer and director

• 1971 Marc Ellis, New Zealand rugby player and television host

• 1971 David Gauke, English lawyer and politician

• 1971 Pınar Selek, Turkish sociologist, author, and academic

• 1971 Monty Williams, American basketball player and coach

• 1972 Terry Balsamo, American guitarist and songwriter

• 1972 Stanislav Varga, Slovak footballer and manager

• 1973 Jim Fairchild, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1973 Kari Korhonen, Finnish cartoonist

• 1974 Kevyn Adams, American ice hockey player and coach

• 1974 Fredrik Modin, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1974 Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower

• 1976 Karina Bacchi, Brazilian model and actress

• 1976 Jinnih Beels, Belgian politician

• 1976 Renate Groenewold, Dutch speed skater and cyclist

• 1977 Anne-Caroline Chausson, French cyclist

• 1977 Jamie Marchi, American voice actress, director, and screenwriter

• 1979 Paul Burchill, English wrestler

• 1979 Kristanna Loken, American actress

• 1980 Nick Cannon, American actor, rapper, and producer

• 1980 The Miz, American wrestler, actor, and television personality

• 1980 J. R. Ramirez, Cuban-American actor

• 1981 Raffi Torres, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1982 Miloš Pavlović, Serbian race car driver

• 1982 Annemiek van Vleuten, Dutch cyclist

• 1983 Travis Pastrana, American motorcycle racer

• 1984 Domenik Hixon, American football player

• 1985 Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

• 1986 Camilla Herrem, Norwegian handball player

• 1987 Aya Hirano, Japanese voice actress and singer

• 1987 Hassan Maatouk, Lebanese footballer

• 1990 Rachel Klamer, Zimbabwean-Dutch triathlete

• 1991 Jordan McLean, Australian rugby league player

• 1992 Chelsea Gray, American basketball player

• 1993 Angus T. Jones, American actor

• 1993 Garbiñe Muguruza, Spanish tennis player

• 1993 Molly Quinn, American actress and producer

• 1993 Bubba Wallace, American race car driver

• 1995 Grayson Allen, American basketball player

• 1995 G Herbo, American rapper

• 1996 Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spanish tennis player

• 1996 Sara Takanashi, Japanese ski jumper

• 1996 – Timo Meier, Swiss ice hockey player

• 1997 Bella Thorne, American actress

• 1997 – Josh Kerr, Scottish runner

• 1999 Putthipong Assaratanakul, Thai actor and singer

• 1999 Camila Rossi, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast

• 2002 Brian Thomas Jr., American football player

• 2002 Zheng Qinwen, Chinese tennis player

• 2003 Ángela Aguilar, Mexican-American singer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 705 Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Umayyad caliph (born 646)

• 923 Pilgrim I, archbishop of Salzburg

• 951 Xiao Sagezhi, Chinese Khitan empress

• 976 Helen of Zadar, queen consort of the Kingdom of Croatia

• 1281 Princess Constance of Greater Poland (born c.1245)

• 1286 John I, Duke of Brittany (born 1217)

• 1317 Emperor Fushimi of Japan (born 1265)

• 1354 Cola di Rienzo, Roman tribune (born c.1313)

• 1361 John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp

• 1436 Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (born 1401)

• 1469 Filippo Lippi, artist (born 1406)

• 1559 Marina de Guevara, Spanish nun executed by the Spanish inquisition (born 1517),

• 1594 Ishikawa Goemon, ninja and thief of Japan (born 1558)

1601–1900

• 1621 Antoine de Montchrestien, French soldier, playwright, and economist (born 1575)

• 1647 Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer and mathematician (born 1562)

• 1652 John Greaves, English mathematician and astronomer (born 1602)

• 1656 John George I, Elector of Saxony (born 1585)

• 1659 Jean de Quen, French missionary, priest, and historian (born 1603)

• 1735 Yongzheng Emperor of China (born 1678)

• 1754 Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright (born 1707)

• 1772 Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, French violinist and composer (born 1711)

• 1793 John Hancock, American merchant and politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts (born 1737)

• 1795 Andrew Kippis, English minister and author (born 1725)

• 1802 Emmanuele Vitale, Maltese general and politician (born 1758)

• 1804 Thomas Cochran, Canadian lawyer and judge (born 1777)

• 1809 James Elphinston, Scottish orthographer, phonologist, and linguist (born 1721)

• 1821 Juan O'Donojú, last Spanish ruler of Mexico (born 1762)

• 1834 François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (born 1775)

• 1869 Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (born 1804)

• 1879 Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (born 1834)

• 1886 Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (born 1819)

• 1897 Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (born 1830)

1901–present

• 1928 Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1889)

• 1931 John Monash, Australian general and engineer (born 1865)

• 1936 Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (born 1880)

• 1936 Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (born 1882)

• 1936 Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1845)

• 1936 William Henry Stark, American businessman (born 1851)

• 1942 Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (born 1869)

• 1944 Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (born 1892)

• 1945 Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (born 1869)

• 1952 Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (born 1877)

• 1953 Nigel Bruce, British actor (born 1895)

• 1953 Kathleen Ferrier, English soprano (born 1912)

• 1955 Iry LeJeune, American accordion player (born 1928)

• 1958 Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author and translator (born 1886)

• 1963 Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican painter (born 1908)

• 1967 Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1883)

• 1970 Jean Giono, French author and poet (born 1895)

• 1973 Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher, playwright, and critic (born 1889)

• 1977 Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1902)

• 1978 Bertha Parker Pallan, American archaeologist (born 1907)

• 1979 Brian Edmund Baker, English air marshal (born 1896)

• 1979 Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian politician (born 1902)

• 1982 Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor and director (born 1916)

• 1982 Philip Noel-Baker, English runner and politician, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1889)

• 1983 Joan Hackett, American actress (born 1934)

• 1985 Malcolm Ross, American captain, physicist, and balloonist (born 1919)

• 1985 Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and scholar (born 1906)

• 1987 Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek scholar and politician, 2nd President of Greece (born 1899)

• 1992 Willy Brandt, German lawyer and politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913)

• 1992 Robert Berdella, American serial killer, torturer, and rapist (born 1949)

• 1994 Oscar M. Ruebhausen, American lawyer (born 1912)

• 1995 Christopher Keene, American conductor and educator (born 1946)

• 1997 Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building (born 1913)

• 1999 John McLendon, American basketball player and coach (born 1915)

• 2000 Charlotte Lamb, English author (born 1937)

• 2001 Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (born 1917)

• 2002 Phyllis Calvert, English actress (born 1915)

• 2002 Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1952)

• 2004 James Chace, American historian and author (born 1931)

• 2006 Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (born 1974)

• 2007 Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (born 1917)

• 2008 Ângelo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer (born 1925)

• 2008 Bob Friend, English journalist (born 1938)

• 2008 Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress (born 1918)

• 2008 George Emil Palade, Romanian-American biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)

• 2010 Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist (born 1919)

• 2010 Eileen Crofton, British physician and author (born 1919)

• 2011 Al Davis, American football coach, general manager, and NFL team owner (born 1929)

• 2011 Mikey Welsh, American guitarist and painter (born 1971)

• 2011 Roger Williams, American pianist (born 1924)

• 2012 Varsha Bhosle, Indian singer and journalist (born 1956)

• 2012 Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1955)

• 2012 Eric Lomax, Scottish captain and author (born 1919)

• 2012 Nawal Kishore Sharma, Indian politician, 20th Governor of Gujarat (born 1925)

• 2013 Philip Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1957)

• 2013 Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1927)

• 2013 Rod Grams, American journalist and politician (born 1948)

• 2013 Rodolphe Kasser, Swiss archaeologist and philologist (born 1927)

• 2013 Andy Pafko, American baseball player and manager (born 1921)

• 2013 Akong Rinpoche, Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader (born 1939)

• 2014 Morris Lurie, Australian author and playwright (born 1938)

• 2014 Alden E. Matthews, American missionary (born 1921)

• 2014 Harden M. McConnell, American chemist and academic (born 1927)

• 2014 Zilpha Keatley Snyder, American author (born 1927)

• 2014 Jeen van den Berg, Dutch speed skater (born 1928)

• 2015 Richard Davies, Welsh-English actor (born 1926)

• 2015 Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1951)

• 2015 Dennis Eichhorn, American author and illustrator (born 1945)

• 2015 Lindy Infante, American football player and coach (born 1940)

• 2015 Paul Prudhomme, American chef and author (born 1940)

• 2020 Whitey Ford, American professional baseball pitcher (born 1928)

• 2024 Pat Fischer, American football player (born 1940)

• 2024 Tim Johnson, American lawyer and politician (born 1946)

• 2024 Luis Tiant, Cuban baseball player (born 1940)

• 2025 Miguel Ángel Russo, Argentine footballer and manager (born 1956)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

• Evodus (or Yves)

• Palatias and Laurentia

• Pelagia (Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches)

• Reparata

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

• Simeon (Gospel of Luke)

• Thaïs

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

• October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• World Space Week (October 4–10)

• Air Force Day (India)

• Children's Day (Iran)

• Navy Day (Peru)

• International Lesbian Day

• National Fluffernutter Day

References

External links