Events

Pre-1600

• 1138 A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.

• 1142 A peace treaty ends the Jin–Song wars.

• 1311 The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of English kings with the Ordinances of 1311.

1601–1900

• 1614 The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States.

• 1634 The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.

• 1649 Cromwell's New Model Army sacks Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.

• 1776 American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.

• 1797 The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.

• 1811 The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.

• 1840 The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.

• 1852 The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.

• 1862 American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

• 1865 Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.

• 1890 In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.

• 1899 The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.

1901–present

• 1906 San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.

• 1910 Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.

• 1912 First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.

• 1918 The 7.1 San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.

• 1937 The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on 22 October.

• 1941 Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.

• 1942 World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.

• 1944 The Tuvan People's Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union.

• 1950 CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.

• 1954 In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.

• 1958 NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.

• 1962 The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.

• 1968 NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful crewed Apollo mission.

• 1976 George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.

• 1984 Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.

• 1984 Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178.

• 1986 Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.

• 1987 The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

• 1987 Start of Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians, insurgents, soldiers die.

• 1991 Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination.

• 1999 Air Botswana pilot Chris Phatswe steals an ATR 42 from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport and later crashes it into two other aircraft at the airport, killing himself.

• 2000 NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.

• 2001 The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.

• 2002 A bomb attack in a Myyrmanni shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.

• 2013 A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily, with at least 359 people drowning.

• 2018 Soyuz MS-10, launching an intended crew for the ISS, suffers an in-flight abort. The crew lands safely.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1492 Charles Orlando, Dauphin of France, French noble (died 1495)

• 1552 Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (died 1553)

1601–1900

• 1616 Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright (died 1664)

• 1661 Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal and poet (died 1742)

• 1671 Frederick IV of Denmark (died 1730)

• 1672 Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian-Romanian diplomat (died 1742)

• 1675 Samuel Clarke, English minister and philosopher (died 1729)

• 1738 Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (died 1814)

• 1739 Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician (died 1791)

• 1758 Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (died 1840)

• 1778 George Bridgetower, British musician and composer (died 1860)

• 1782 Steen Steensen Blicher, Danish author and poet (died 1848)

• 1786 Stevenson Archer, American judge and politician (died 1848)

• 1788 Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (died 1867)

• 1793 Maria James, Welsh-born American poet, domestic servant (died 1868)

• 1803 Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian general and geologist (died 1885)

• 1814 Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French-American archbishop (died 1888)

• 1815 Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Italian-French politician (died 1881)

• 1821 George Williams, English philanthropist, founded the YMCA (died 1905)

• 1827 Afzal-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah V, 5th Nizam of Hyderabad

• 1835 Ernst Sars, Norwegian historian (died 1917)

• 1835 Theodore Thomas, American conductor, founded the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (died 1905)

• 1844 Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (died 1919)

• 1865 Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author (died 1926)

• 1871 Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian evangelist, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (died 1943)

• 1872 Emily Davison, English educator and activist (died 1913)

• 1872 Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1946)

• 1879 Ernst Mally, Austrian philosopher and academic (died 1944)

• 1881 Hans Kelsen, Czech-American jurist and philosopher (died 1973)

• 1883 Kristian Welhaven, Norwegian police officer (died 1975)

• 1884 Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1949)

• 1884 Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 32nd First Lady of the United States (died 1962)

• 1884 Sig Ruman, German-American actor (died 1967)

• 1885 François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)

• 1890 A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1978)

• 1894 Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian educator and lieutenant (died 1919)

• 1896 Roman Jakobson, Russian-American linguist and theorist (died 1982)

• 1897 Nathan Farragut Twining, American general (died 1982)

• 1899 Eddie Dyer, American baseball player and manager (died 1964)

1901–present

• 1901 Masanobu Tsuji, Japanese colonel and politician (died 1961)

• 1902 Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian activist and politician (died 1979)

• 1905 Fred Trump, American real estate entrepreneur (died 1999)

• 1909 Sir Ken Anderson, Australian politician (died 1985)

• 1910 Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic (died 1997)

• 1911 Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (died 2003)

• 1913 Joe Simon, American author and illustrator (died 2011)

• 1915 T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet (died 2009)

• 1916 Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (died 2010)

• 1916 Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar, Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (died 1991)

• 1918 Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist and author (died 2012)

• 1918 Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (died 1998)

• 1919 Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (died 1990)

• 1919 Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor (died 1942)

• 1922 G. C. Edmondson, American soldier and author (died 1995)

• 1924 André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (died 2007)

• 1924 Sammy McCrory, Northern Irish footballer (died 2011)

• 1924 Mal Whitfield, American athlete (died 2015)

• 1925 Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (died 2013)

• 1926 Jean Alexander, English actress (died 2016)

• 1926 Yvon Dupuis, Canadian politician (died 2017)

• 1926 Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese monk, author, and poet (died 2022)

• 1926 Earle Hyman, American actor (died 2017)

• 1926 Neville Wran, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (died 2014)

• 1927 Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (died 2005)

• 1927 Jim Prior, Baron Prior, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2016)

• 1928 Alfonso de Portago, Spanish race car driver and bobsledder (died 1957)

• 1928 Roscoe Robinson Jr., American general (died 1993)

• 1928 Geoffrey Tordoff, Baron Tordoff, English businessman and politician (died 2019)

• 1929 Curtis Amy, American saxophonist and clarinetist (died 2002)

• 1930 Michael Edwardes, South African-English businessman (died 2019)

• 1930 LaVell Edwards, American football player and coach (died 2016)

• 1930 Sam Johnson, American colonel and politician (died 2020)

• 1932 Saul Friedländer, Israeli historian and author

• 1932 Barry Jones, Australian lawyer and politician

• 1932 Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 1991)

• 1935 Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (died 2012)

• 1935 Daniel Quinn, American author and environmentalist (died 2018)

• 1936 C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (died 2013)

• 1936 Billy Higgins, American drummer and educator (died 2001)

• 1936 James M. McPherson, American historian and author

• 1937 Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager (died 2023)

• 1937 R. H. W. Dillard, American poet, author, and critic (died 2023)

• 1937 Ron Leibman, American actor and screenwriter (died 2019)

• 1938 Darrall Imhoff, American basketball player (died 2017)

• 1938 Michael Stear, English air marshal (died 2020)

• 1939 Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player (died 2018)

• 1939 Austin Currie, Northern Irish lawyer and SDLP politician (died 2021)

• 1940 Lucy Morgan, American newspaper reporter (died 2023)

• 1941 Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (died 1999)

• 1942 Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton, Welsh academic and politician

• 1942 Amitabh Bachchan, Indian film actor, producer, television host, and former politician

• 1943 Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (died 1996)

• 1943 Michael Harloe, English sociologist and academic

• 1943 John Nettles, English actor and writer

• 1943 Ilmar Reepalu, Swedish lawyer and politician

• 1943 Gene Watson, American singer-songwriter and producer

• 1944 Rodney Marsh, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster

• 1945 Andrew Logan, English sculptor and painter

• 1946 Elinor Goodman, English journalist

• 1946 Daryl Hall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1946 Sawao Katō, Japanese gymnast

• 1947 Thomas Boswell, American journalist and author

• 1947 Lucas Papademos, Greek economist and politician, 183rd Prime Minister of Greece

• 1947 Alan Pascoe, English hurdler

• 1948 David Rendall, English tenor and actor

• 1948 Peter Turkson, Ghanaian cardinal

• 1949 Henry Luke Orombi, Ugandan archbishop

• 1949 Lawrence Tanter, American basketball player and sportscaster

• 1950 Catlin Adams, American actress

• 1950 William R. Forstchen, American historian and author

• 1950 Amos Gitai, Israeli director, producer, and author

• 1950 Patty Murray, American educator and politician

• 1951 Bruce Bartlett, American economist, historian, and author

• 1951 Miroslav Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player (died 2008)

• 1951 Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1951 Jon Miller, American sportscaster

• 1951 Louise Rennison, English author and comedian (died 2016)

• 1951 Charles Shyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)

• 1952 Paulette Carlson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1953 David Morse, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1954 David Michaels, American epidemiologist and politician

• 1954 Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia

• 1955 Norm Nixon, American basketball player and sportscaster

• 1956 Nicanor Duarte, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, President of Paraguay

• 1956 Doug Lawrence, American jazz saxophonist

• 1956 Derek Ringer, Scottish race car driver

• 1956 Stephen Spinella, American actor

• 1957 Francky Dury, Belgian footballer and manager

• 1957 Dawn French, Welsh-English actress, comedian and screenwriter

• 1959 Wayne Gardner, Australian motorcycle racer

• 1959 Allan Little, Scottish journalist and author

• 1960 Randy Breuer, American basketball player

• 1960 Nicola Bryant, English actress

• 1960 Curt Ford, American baseball player and manager

• 1960 Gábor Pölöskei, Hungarian footballer and manager

• 1961 Neil Buchanan, English guitarist

• 1961 Steve Young, American football player and sportscaster

• 1962 Joan Cusack, American actress

• 1962 Andy McCoy, Finnish musician

• 1963 Marcus Graham, Australian actor

• 1963 Brian Rice, Scottish footballer and manager

• 1963 Ronny Rosenthal, Israeli footballer

• 1963 Rima Te Wiata, English-New Zealand actress and singer

• 1964 Michael J. Nelson, American actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1965 Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor and producer

• 1965 Alexander Hacke, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1965 Orlando Hernández, Cuban baseball player

• 1965 Volodymyr Horilyi, Ukrainian footballer and coach

• 1965 Lennie James, English actor

• 1966 Luke Perry, American actor and producer (died 2019)

• 1966 Todd Snider, American singer-songwriter

• 1966 Stephen Williams, Welsh lawyer and politician

• 1967 Jay Grdina, American businessman and pornographic actor

• 1967 Artie Lange, American actor and comedian

• 1967 David Starr, American race car driver

• 1967 Peter Thiel, German and American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist

• 1968 Jane Krakowski, American actress and singer

• 1968 Claude Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1968 Brett Salisbury, American football player and author

• 1969 Merieme Chadid, Moroccan astronomer and explorer

• 1969 Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands

• 1969 Stephen Moyer, English actor

• 1970 Chidi Ahanotu, American football player

• 1970 Vanessa Harding, American wrestler

• 1970 MC Lyte, American rapper, DJ, and actress

• 1970 Andy Marriott, English-Welsh footballer and manager

• 1970 Shin Tae-yong, South Korean footballer and coach

• 1970 Constance Zimmer, American actress

• 1971 Petra Haden, American violinist and singer

• 1971 Justin Lin, American film director

• 1971 Oleksandr Pomazun, Ukrainian footballer and manager

• 1972 Marcus Bai, Papua New Guinean rugby league player

• 1973 Brendan B. Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1973 Greg Chalmers, Australian golfer

• 1973 Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer and manager

• 1973 Niki Xanthou, Greek long jumper

• 1973 Dmitri Young, American baseball player and radio host

• 1974 Jason Arnott, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1974 Rachel Barton Pine, American violinist and educator

• 1976 Dominic Aitchison, Scottish bass player and songwriter

• 1976 Emily Deschanel, American actress and producer

• 1977 Matt Bomer, American actor and producer

• 1977 Igor Figueiredo, Brazilian snooker player

• 1977 Jérémie Janot, French footballer and manager

• 1977 Desmond Mason, American basketball player and sportscaster

• 1977 Rhett McLaughlin, American YouTuber

• 1977 Ty Wigginton, American baseball player

• 1978 Carl Bussey, American soccer player

• 1978 Trevor Donovan, American actor

• 1978 Takuya Kawaguchi, Japanese footballer

• 1979 Jamar Beasley, American football player

• 1979 Andy Douglas, American wrestler

• 1979 Kim Yong-dae, South Korean footballer

• 1980 Nyron Nosworthy, English-born Jamaican footballer

• 1982 Cameron Knowles, New Zealand footballer

• 1982 Jeff Larish, American baseball player

• 1982 Terrell Suggs, American football player

• 1982 Mauricio Victorino, Uruguayan footballer

• 1983 Denis Grebeshkov, Russian ice hockey player

• 1984 Sergio Hellings, Dutch footballer

• 1984 Martha MacIsaac, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter

• 1984 Zeb Taia, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player

• 1984 Jane Zhang, Chinese singer-songwriter

• 1985 Nesta Carter, Jamaican sprinter

• 1985 Yang Cheng, Chinese footballer

• 1985 Álvaro Fernández, Uruguayan footballer

• 1985 Peter Ölvecký, Slovak ice hockey player

• 1985 Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress (died 2025)

• 1986 Ikioi Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler

• 1987 Tony Beltran, American soccer player

• 1987 Mike Conley Jr., American basketball player

• 1987 Nathan Coulter-Nile, Australian cricketer

• 1988 Omar Gonzalez, American soccer player

• 1988 Ricochet, American wrestler

• 1989 Michelle Wie, American golfer

• 1990 Joo, South Korean singer and actress

• 1990 Sebastian Rode, German footballer

• 1991 Joel Bitonio, American football player

• 1991 Toby Fox, American video game developer and composer

• 1991 Gio Urshela, Colombian baseball player

• 1991 Kika van Es, Dutch footballer

• 1992 Cardi B, American rapper

• 1992 Christian Davis, English cricketer

• 1992 Riffi Mandanda, Congolese footballer

• 1992 Ligi Sao, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1993 Brandon Flynn, American actor

• 1993 Hardik Pandya, Indian cricketer

• 1994 Clésio Baúque, Mozambican footballer

• 1994 Zior Park, South Korean rapper

• 1994 T. J. Watt, American football player

• 1995 Nicolás Jarry, Chilean tennis player

• 1996 Rhea Ripley, Australian wrestler

• 1996 Arman Tsarukyan, Armenian professional mixed martial artist

• 1999 Leicester Fainga'anuku, New Zealand rugby union player

• 1999 Keldon Johnson, American basketball player

• 2001 Maja Chwalińska, Polish tennis player

• 2001 Daniel Maldini, Italian footballer

• 2001 Jacob Preston, Australian rugby league player

• 2001 Chu Ye-jin, South Korean actress

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 965 Bruno the Great, Archbishop of Cologne (born 925)

• 1086 Sima Guang, Chinese historian and statesman (born 1019)

• 1159 William of Blois, Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey (born c. 1137)

• 1188 Robert I, Count of Dreux (born 1123)

• 1303 Pope Boniface VIII (born 1235)

• 1347 Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1282)

• 1424 Jan Žižka, Czech general and Hussite leader

• 1531 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (born 1484)

• 1542 Thomas Wyatt, English poet and diplomat (born 1503)

• 1579 Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 43rd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1506)

1601–1900

• 1667 Mattias de' Medici, Italian noble (born 1613)

• 1684 James Tuchet, 3rd Earl of Castlehaven (born c. 1617)

• 1698 William Molyneux, Irish philosopher and writer (born 1656)

• 1705 Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (born 1663)

• 1708 Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher (born 1651)

• 1721 Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (born 1636)

• 1725 Hans Herr, Swiss-American bishop (born 1639)

• 1779 Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (born 1745)

• 1809 Meriwether Lewis, American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (born 1774)

• 1821 John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (born 1754)

• 1830 José de La Mar, Peruvian military leader, President of Peru (born 1776)

• 1837 Samuel Wesley, English organist and composer (born 1766)

• 1852 Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (born 1823)

• 1889 James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (born 1818)

• 1896 Edward Benson, English archbishop (born 1829)

• 1896 Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (born 1824)

• 1897 Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (born 1862)

1901–present

• 1904 Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (born 1833)

• 1908 Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (born 1846)

• 1932 William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (born 1859)

• 1935 Steele Rudd, Australian author (born 1868)

• 1940 Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (born 1860)

• 1941 Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (born 1879)

• 1941 Mihkel Pung, Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1876)

• 1958 Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (born 1876)

• 1960 Richard Cromwell, American actor (born 1910)

• 1961 Chico Marx, American comedian (born 1887)

• 1963 Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1889)

• 1965 Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (born 1895)

• 1965 Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (born 1884)

• 1967 Stanley Morison, typographer, known for work on Times New Roman font (born 1889)

• 1968 Selim Sarper, Turkish educator and politician, 13th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1899)

• 1971 Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (born 1944)

• 1971 Chesty Puller, American general (born 1898)

• 1976 Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (born 1897)

• 1977 MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (born 1904)

• 1983 R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian administrator and engineer (born 1889)

• 1984 Benno Schotz, Scottish sculptor and engineer (born 1891)

• 1986 Norm Cash, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1934)

• 1988 Bonita Granville, American actress (born 1923)

• 1989 M. King Hubbert, American geologist and academic (born 1904)

• 1991 Redd Foxx, American actor and comedian (born 1922)

• 1993 Andy Stewart, Scottish singer and entertainer (born 1933)

• 1996 Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (born 1943)

• 1996 Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (born 1912)

• 1996 Renato Russo, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1960)

• 1996 Joe Morris, English-Canadian lieutenant and trade union leader (born 1913)

• 1998 Richard Denning, American actor (born 1914)

• 1999 Leo Lionni, Dutch-American author and illustrator (born 1910)

• 2000 Luc-Marie Bayle, French historian, photographer, and painter (born 1914)

• 2000 Donald Dewar, Scottish politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (born 1937)

• 2001 Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, and illustrator (born 1926)

• 2004 Keith Miller, Australian cricketer and pilot (born 1919)

• 2005 Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Pakistani-Canadian linguist, journalist, and poet (born 1917)

• 2005 Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet, author, and journalist (born 1925)

• 2005 Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (born 1915)

• 2006 Cory Lidle, American baseball player (born 1972)

• 2007 David Lee "Tex" Hill, South Korean-American general and pilot (born 1915)

• 2007 Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (born 1915)

• 2008 Marjorie Fletcher, English Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (born 1932)

• 2008 Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (born 1950)

• 2008 Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Surinamese-Dutch television host and producer (born 1966)

• 2008 Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (born 1922)

• 2009 Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (born 1922)

• 2009 Halit Refiğ, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1934)

• 2012 Avrohom Genachowsky, Israeli rabbi (born 1936)

• 2012 Helmut Haller, German footballer and coach (born 1939)

• 2012 Edward Kossoy, Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (born 1913)

• 2012 Édgar Negret, Colombian sculptor (born 1920)

• 2012 Champ Summers, American baseball player and coach (born 1946)

• 2013 María de Villota, Spanish race car driver (born 1980)

• 2013 Erich Priebke, German captain (born 1913)

• 2014 Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (born 1931)

• 2014 Carmelo Simeone, Argentinian footballer (born 1933)

• 2014 Bob Such, Australian educator and politician (born 1944)

• 2015 Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (born 1941)

• 2017 Clifford Husbands, Barbadian politician (born 1926)

• 2019 Alexei Leonov, Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and first human to conduct a spacewalk (born 1934)

• 2022 Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer (born 1925)

• 2024 Jamaluddin Hossain, Bangladeshi actor (born 1943)

• 2025 Diane Keaton, American actress (born 1946)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast days:

• Agilbert

• Alexander Sauli

• Andronicus, Probus, and Tarachus (Roman Catholic Church)

• Æthelburh of Barking

• Bruno the Great

• Cainnech of Aghaboe

• Gratus of Oloron

• Gummarus

• James the Deacon (Church of England, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)

• Lommán of Trim

• Maria Soledad Torres y Acosta

• Nectarius of Constantinople

• Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus, and Pientia

• Philip the Evangelist

• Pope John XXIII (Roman Catholic Church)

• Zenaida and Philonella

• October 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• General Pulaski Memorial Day (United States)

• International Day of the Girl Child

• International Newspaper Carrier Day

• National Coming Out Day

• Revolution Day (North Macedonia)

References

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