Events

Pre-1600

• 54 Roman emperor Claudius dies from poisoning under mysterious circumstances. He is succeeded by his adopted son Nero, rather than by Britannicus, his son with Messalina.

• 409 Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania.

• 1269 The present church building at Westminster Abbey is consecrated.

• 1307 Hundreds of the Knights Templar in France are arrested at dawn by King Philip the Fair, and later confess under torture to heresy.

• 1332 Rinchinbal Khan becomes the Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan dynasty, reigning for only 53 days.

• 1399 Coronation of Henry IV of England at Westminster Abbey.

1601–1900

• 1644 A Swedish–Dutch fleet defeats the Danish fleet at Fehmarn and captures about 1,000 prisoners.

• 1710 Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.

• 1775 The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).

• 1792 In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.

• 1793 French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.

• 1812 War of 1812: Sir Isaac Brock's British and native forces repel an invasion of Canada by General Rensselaer's United States forces.

• 1821 The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is publicly proclaimed.

• 1843 In New York City, B'nai B'rith, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world, is founded.

• 1881 First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.

• 1885 The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

• 1892 Edward Emerson Barnard is first to discover a comet by photographic means.

1901–present

• 1903 The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.

• 1908 Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and becomes the first woman to speak there.

• 1911 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.

• 1915 First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.

• 1917 The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.

• 1921 Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.

• 1923 Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.

• 1943 World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.

• 1944 World War II: The Soviet Riga Offensive captures the city.

• 1946 France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.

• 1962 The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Category 3 hurricane, with winds above 150mph. Forty-six people die.

• 1972 Aeroflot Flight 217 crashes outside Moscow, killing 174.

• 1972 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains. Twenty-eight survive the crash. All but 16 succumb before rescue on December 23.

• 1972 The flag of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, was officially adopted.

• 1976 The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.

• 1976 A Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Boeing 707 crashes after takeoff from El Trompillo Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, killing 91.

• 1977 Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

• 1983 Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first US cellular network in Chicago.

• 1990 Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon, removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.

• 1993 At least 60 people die in eastern Papua New Guinea when a series of earthquakes rock the Finisterre Range, triggering massive landslides.

• 2010 The mining accident in Copiapó, Chile ends as all 33 trapped miners arrive at the surface after a record 69 days underground.

• 2013 A stampede occurs in India during the Hindu festival Navratri, killing 115 and injuring more than 110.

• 2016 The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.

• 2019 Kenyan Brigid Kosgei sets a new world record for a woman runner with a time of 2:14:04 at the 2019 Chicago Marathon.

Births

Pre-1600

• 467 Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei, emperor of Northern Wei (died 499)

• 1381 Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (died 1415)

• 1453 Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, son and heir of Henry VI of England (died 1471)

• 1474 Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter and educator (died 1515)

• 1499 Claude of France (died 1524)

• 1563 Francis Caracciolo, Italian Catholic priest (died 1608)

• 1566 Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (died 1643)

1601–1900

• 1613 Luisa de Guzmán, Spanish-Portuguese wife of John IV of Portugal (died 1666)

• 1696 John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Lord Privy Seal (died 1743)

• 1703 Andrea Belli, Maltese architect and businessman (died 1772)

• 1713 Allan Ramsay, Scottish-English painter (died 1784)

• 1756 James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, English admiral and politician, 36th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (died 1833)

• 1768 Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (died 1839)

• 1820 John William Dawson, Canadian geologist and academic (died 1899)

• 1821 Rudolf Virchow, German physician, biologist, and politician (died 1902)

• 1825 Charles Frederick Worth, English fashion designer, founded House of Worth (died 1895)

• 1844 Ernest Myers, English poet and author (died 1921)

• 1853 Lillie Langtry, English actress and singer (died 1929)

• 1862 Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (died 1900)

• 1867 Jacques Inaudi, Italian calculating prodigy (died 1950)

• 1870 Albert Jay Nock, American theorist, author, and critic (died 1945)

• 1872 Leon Leonwood Bean, American hunter, businessman, and author, founded L.L.Bean (died 1967)

• 1873 Georgios Kafantaris, Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece (died 1946)

• 1874 József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (died 1948)

• 1876 Rube Waddell, American baseball player (died 1914)

• 1878 Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest and author (died 1952)

• 1879 Edward Hennig, American gymnast (died 1960)

• 1880 Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (died 1932)

• 1887 Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (died 1947)

• 1890 Conrad Richter, American journalist and novelist (died 1968)

• 1891 Irene Rich, American actress (died 1988)

• 1893 Kurt Reidemeister, German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle (died 1971)

• 1895 Mike Gazella, American baseball player and manager (died 1978)

• 1899 Piero Dusio, Italian footballer, businessman and racing driver (died 1975)

• 1900 Gerald Marks, American composer (died 1997)

1901–present

• 1902 Arna Bontemps, American librarian, author, and poet (died 1973)

• 1902 Karl Leichter, Estonian musicologist and academic (died 1987)

• 1904 Wilfred Pickles, English actor and radio host (died 1978)

• 1905 Yves Allégret, French director and screenwriter (died 1987)

• 1905 John Rinehart Blue, American military officer, educator, businessperson, and politician (died 1965)

• 1905 Coloman Braun-Bogdan, Romanian footballer and manager (died 1983)

• 1909 Herblock, American author and illustrator (died 2001)

• 1909 Art Tatum, American jazz pianist (died 1956)

• 1911 Ashok Kumar, Indian film actor (died 2001)

• 1911 Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, Albanian poet and author (died 1938)

• 1912 Cornel Wilde, Slovak-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1989)

• 1913 Igor Torkar, Slovenian poet and playwright (died 2004)

• 1915 Terry Frost, English painter and academic (died 2003)

• 1917 Reed Erickson, American philanthropist (died 1992)

• 1917 George Osmond, American talent manager (died 2007)

• 1918 Robert Walker, American actor (died 1951)

• 1920 Laraine Day, American actress (died 2007)

• 1921 Yves Montand, Italian-French actor and singer (died 1991)

• 1922 Nathaniel Clifton, American athlete (died 1990)

• 1922 Gilberto Mendes, Brazilian composer (died 2016)

• 1923 John C. Champion, American screenwriter and producer (died 1994)

• 1923 Rosemary Anne Sisson, English author and playwright (died 2017)

• 1923 Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer (died 2006)

• 1924 Terry Gibbs, American vibraphone player and bandleader

• 1924 Moturu Udayam, Indian activist and politician (died 2002)

• 1924 Roberto Eduardo Viola, Argentinian general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (died 1994)

• 1925 Lenny Bruce, American comedian and actor (died 1966)

• 1925 Armand Mouyal, Algerian-French fencer and police officer (died 1988)

• 1925 Margaret Thatcher, English chemist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2013)

• 1925 Gustav Winckler, Danish singer-songwriter (died 1979)

• 1926 Ray Brown, American bassist and cellist (died 2002)

• 1926 Killer Kowalski, American wrestler (died 2008)

• 1926 Tommy Whittle, Scottish-English saxophonist (died 2013)

• 1926 Eddie Yost, American baseball player and coach (died 2012)

• 1927 Anita Kerr, American singer and arranger (died 2022)

• 1927 Lee Konitz, American saxophonist and composer (died 2020)

• 1927 Turgut Özal, Turkish engineer and politician, 8th President of Turkey (died 1993)

• 1929 Richard Howard, American poet, critic, and translator (died 2022)

• 1929 Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter and poet (died 2010)

• 1930 Bruce Geller, American screenwriter and producer (died 1978)

• 1931 Raymond Kopa, French footballer (died 2017)

• 1931 Eddie Mathews, American baseball player and manager (died 2001)

• 1932 Johnny Lytle, American vibraphone player and drummer (died 1995)

• 1932 Liliane Montevecchi, French-Italian actress, dancer and singer (died 2018)

• 1933 Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (died 2012)

• 1933 Raynald Fréchette, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2007)

• 1934 Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer and politician

• 1935 Etterlene DeBarge, American singer-songwriter (died 2024)

• 1935 Bruce Morrow, American radio host and actor

• 1936 Chitti Babu, Indian veena player and composer (died 1996)

• 1938 Shirley Caesar, American gospel singer-songwriter

• 1938 Hugo Young, English journalist and author (died 2003)

• 1939 Larry Bowie, American football player (died 2012)

• 1939 Melinda Dillon, American actress (died 2023)

• 1940 Chris Farlowe, English rock, blues, and soul singer

• 1940 Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist and bandleader (died 2022)

• 1941 Neil Aspinall, Welsh-English record producer and manager (died 2008)

• 1941 Jim Price, American baseball player (died 2023)

• 1941 Paul Simon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1941 John Snow, English cricketer

• 1942 Rutanya Alda, Latvian-American actress

• 1942 Bob Bailey, American baseball player and manager (died 2018)

• 1942 Jerry Jones, American businessman

• 1942 Walter McGowan, Scottish boxer (died 2016)

• 1943 Peter Sauber, Swiss businessman, founded the Sauber F1 Team

• 1944 Robert Lamm, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

• 1945 Dési Bouterse, Surinamese general and politician, 9th President of Suriname (died 2024)

• 1945 Poure Puobe VII Paramount Chief of Nandom in the Upper East Region of Ghana (died 2019)

• 1946 Levon Ananyan, Armenian journalist and author (died 2013)

• 1946 Edwina Currie, English politician

• 1946 Lacy J. Dalton, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1947 Joe Dolce, American-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1947 Sammy Hagar, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1948 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician (died 1997)

• 1949 Tom Mees, American sportscaster (died 1996)

• 1949 Patrick Nève, Belgian racing driver (died 2017)

• 1950 Mollie Katzen, American chef and author

• 1950 Simon Nicol, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1950 Annegret Richter, German sprinter

• 1951 Stephen Bayley, Welsh journalist, author, and critic

• 1952 Mundo Earwood, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)

• 1952 Beverly Johnson, American model, actress, and singer

• 1952 John Lone, Hong Kong-American actor

• 1953 Pat Day, American jockey

• 1954 George Frazier, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)

• 1954 Claude Ribbe, French historian and academic

• 1956 Chris Carter, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1956 Sinan Sakić, Serbian singer (died 2018)

• 1956 Joseph Toal, Scottish bishop

• 1957 Reggie Theus, American basketball player and coach

• 1958 Maria Cantwell, American lawyer and politician

• 1958 Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells, American bassist and composer

• 1959 Marie Osmond, American singer, actress, and television spokesperson

• 1960 Joey Belladonna, American singer and songwriter

• 1960 Eric Joyce, Scottish soldier and politician

• 1961 Rachel De Thame, English gardener and television presenter

• 1961 Derek Harper, American basketball player

• 1961 Doc Rivers, American basketball player and coach

• 1962 T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh, American actress and author

• 1962 Kelly Preston, American actress (died 2020)

• 1962 Jerry Rice, American football player

• 1963 Colin Channer, Jamaican-American author and academic

• 1963 Chip Foose, American engineer and television host

• 1964 Fanie de Villiers, South African cricketer

• 1964 Doug Emhoff, American lawyer and second gentlemen of the United States

• 1964 Nie Haisheng, Chinese general, pilot, and astronaut

• 1964 Christopher Judge, American actor and producer

• 1964 Marco Travaglio, Italian journalist and author

• 1964 Matt Walsh, American actor and comedian

• 1965 Johan Museeuw, Belgian cyclist

• 1966 Larry Collmus, American sportscaster

• 1966 Baja Mali Knindža, Serbian singer

• 1966 John Regis, English sprinter

• 1967 Aleksander Čeferin, Slovenian lawyer and football administrator, 7th president of UEFA

• 1967 Scott Cooper, American baseball player

• 1967 Trevor Hoffman, American baseball player

• 1967 Javier Sotomayor, Cuban high jumper

• 1967 Steve Vickers, English footballer

• 1967 Kate Walsh, American actress and producer

• 1968 Tisha Campbell-Martin, American actress and singer

• 1969 Nancy Kerrigan, American figure skater and actress

• 1969 Cady McClain, American actress and singer

• 1970 Serena Altschul, American journalist

• 1970 Rob Howley, Welsh rugby player and coach

• 1970 Paul Potts, English tenor

• 1971 Sacha Baron Cohen, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter

• 1971 Billy Bush, American television journalist and radio host

• 1971 Pyrros Dimas, Albanian-Greek weightlifter and politician

• 1972 Summer Sanders, American swimmer and sportscaster

• 1973 Brian Dawkins, American football player and coach

• 1973 Matt Hughes, American wrestler and mixed martial artist

• 1977 Gareth Batty, English cricketer

• 1977 Benjamin Clapp, American drummer

• 1977 Antonio Di Natale, Italian footballer

• 1977 Justin Peroff, Canadian drummer and actor

• 1977 Paul Pierce, American basketball player

• 1977 Kiele Sanchez, American actress

• 1978 Jermaine O'Neal, American basketball player

• 1979 Wes Brown, English footballer

• 1979 Mamadou Niang, Senegalese footballer

• 1980 Ashanti, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

• 1980 David Haye, English boxer

• 1980 Magne Hoseth, Norwegian footballer

• 1980 Scott Parker, English footballer

• 1981 Taylor Buchholz, American baseball player

• 1981 Kele Okereke, English singer, songwriter, and musician

• 1982 Antonio Pavanello, Italian rugby player

• 1982 Ian Thorpe, Australian swimmer

• 1985 Brian Hoyer, American football player

• 1985 Andrej Meszároš, Slovak ice hockey player

• 1986 Gabriel Agbonlahor, English footballer

• 1986 Sergio Pérez Moya, Mexican footballer

• 1987 Adrian Poparadu, Romanian footballer

• 1987 Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi, Georgian sumo wrestler

• 1988 Norris Cole, American basketball player

• 1988 Scott Jamieson, Australian footballer

• 1989 Brace Belden, American communist and trade union activist, volunteer in the People's Protection Units

• 1989 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American politician

• 1989 Clive Rose, Australian cricketer

• 1990 Andrej Rendla, Slovak footballer

• 1990 Adrián Sardinero, Spanish footballer

• 1990 Jakob Silfverberg, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1992 Igor Ozhiganov, Russian ice hockey player

• 1992 Shelby Rogers, American tennis player

• 1993 Tiffany Trump, American socialite

• 1994 Ryan Matterson, Australian rugby league player

• 1994 Yuta Watanabe, Japanese basketball player

• 1995 Jimin, South Korean singer

• 1996 Joshua Wong, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist

• 1999 Andrew Capobianco. American diver

• 2001 Caleb McLaughlin, American actor

• 2001 Cam Thomas, American basketball player

• 2001 De'Von Achane, American football player

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 54 Claudius, Roman emperor (born 10 BC)

• 807 Simpert, bishop of Augsburg

• 982 Jing Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (born 948)

• 1093 Robert I, count of Flanders (born 1035)

• 1100 Guy I, count of Ponthieu

• 1195 Gualdim Pais, Portuguese crusader (born 1118)

• 1282 Nichiren, Japanese Buddhist priest (born 1222)

• 1382 Peter II, king of Cyprus

• 1415 Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (born 1381)

• 1435 Hermann II, count of Croatia

• 1562 Claudin de Sermisy, French composer (born 1495)

1601–1900

• 1605 Theodore Beza, French theologian and scholar (born 1519)

• 1673 Christoffer Gabel, German-Danish accountant and politician (born 1617)

• 1687 Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer and lens maker (born 1633)

• 1694 Samuel von Pufendorf, German historian, economist, and jurist (born 1632)

• 1706 Iyasu I, emperor of Ethiopia (born 1654)

• 1715 Nicolas Malebranche, French priest and philosopher (born 1638)

• 1759 John Henley, English clergyman and author (born 1692)

• 1788 Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, Irish poet and politician (born 1702)

• 1796 William B. Whiting, New York politician (born 1731)

• 1812 Isaac Brock, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (born 1769)

• 1815 Joachim Murat, French general (born 1767)

• 1822 Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor (born 1757)

• 1825 Maximilian I Joseph, king of Bavaria (born 1756)

• 1841 Patrick Campbell, Scottish admiral (born 1773)

• 1869 Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French poet, author, and critic (born 1804)

• 1882 Arthur de Gobineau, French philosopher and author (born 1816)

• 1890 Samuel Freeman Miller, American lawyer and jurist (born 1816)

1901–present

• 1904 Pavlos Melas, French-Greek captain (born 1870)

• 1905 Henry Irving, English actor and manager (born 1838)

• 1909 Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher and academic (born 1849)

• 1911 Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian social worker, author, and educator (born 1867)

• 1917 Florence La Badie, American actress (born 1888)

• 1919 Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857)

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

• 1930 T. Alexander Harrison, American painter and educator (born 1853)

• 1931 Ernst Didring, Swedish author (born 1868)

• 1938 E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye (born 1894)

• 1945 Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (born 1857)

• 1950 Ernest Haycox, American soldier and author (born 1899)

• 1955 Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican general and politician, 45th President of Mexico (born 1897)

• 1956 Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Turkish poet and author (born 1910)

• 1961 Prince Louis Rwagasore, Burundi politician, Prime Minister of Burundi (born 1932)

• 1966 Clifton Webb, American actor and dancer (born 1889)

• 1968 Bea Benaderet, American actress and voice artist (born 1906)

• 1973 Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, Turkish ethnographer and author (born 1886)

• 1973 Albert Mandler, Austrian-Israeli general (born 1929)

• 1974 Otto Binder, American author (born 1911)

• 1974 Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer (born 1953)

• 1974 Ed Sullivan, American journalist and talk show host (born 1901)

• 1979 Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer (born 1886)

• 1981 Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (born 1905)

• 1985 Tage Danielsson, Swedish author, actor, and director (born 1928)

• 1987 Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)

• 1987 Kishore Kumar, Indian singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director (born 1929)

• 1987 Nilgün Marmara, Turkish poet and author (born 1958)

• 1990 Hans Namuth, German-American photographer (born 1915)

• 1990 Lê Đức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)

• 1992 James Marshall, American author and illustrator (born 1942)

• 1993 Otmar Gutmann, German filmmaker (born 1937)

• 1996 Beryl Reid, English actress (born 1919)

• 1998 Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, Russian businessman and politician (born 1944)

• 1999 Michael Hartnett, Irish poet (born 1941)

• 2000 Jean Peters, American actress (born 1926)

• 2001 Peter Doyle, Australian singer-songwriter (born 1949)

• 2002 Stephen Ambrose, American historian and author (born 1936)

• 2002 Keene Curtis, American actor (born 1923)

• 2003 Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)

• 2004 Enrique Fernando, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (born 1915)

• 2004 Bernice Rubens, Welsh author (born 1928)

• 2005 Vivian Malone Jones, American activist (born 1942)

• 2006 Wang Guangmei, Chinese philanthropist and politician, 2nd Spouse of the President of the People's Republic of China (born 1921)

• 2007 Bob Denard, French soldier and academic (born 1929)

• 2008 Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (born 1989)

• 2009 Stephen Barnett, American scholar and academic (born 1935)

• 2010 Vernon Biever, American photographer (born 1923)

• 2011 Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American actress (born 1907)

• 2012 Stuart Bell, English lawyer and politician (born 1938)

• 2012 Gary Collins, American actor (born 1938)

• 2012 Tomonobu Imamichi, Japanese philosopher and academic (born 1922)

• 2013 Martin Drewes, German soldier and pilot (born 1918)

• 2013 Joe Meriweather, American basketball player and coach (born 1953)

• 2013 Tommy Whittle, Scottish-English saxophonist (born 1926)

• 2013 Takashi Yanase, Japanese poet and illustrator, created Anpanman (born 1919)

• 2014 John Bradfield, English biologist and businessman, founded Cambridge Science Park (born 1925)

• 2014 Antonio Cafiero, Argentinian accountant and politician, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (born 1922)

• 2014 Margaret Hillert, American author and poet (born 1920)

• 2014 Mohammad Sarengat, Indonesian sprinter (born 1939)

• 2014 Pontus Segerström, Swedish footballer (born 1981)

• 2015 Rosalyn Baxandall, American historian, author, and academic (born 1939)

• 2015 Bruce Hyde, American academic and actor (born 1941)

• 2015 Michael J. H. Walsh, English general (born 1927)

• 2016 Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), King of Thailand (born 1927)

• 2016 Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)

• 2016 Jim Prentice, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Alberta (born 1956)

• 2017 Albert Zafy, Malagasy politician (born 1927)

• 2018 Annapurna Devi, Indian surbahar (bass sitar) player (born 1927)

• 2023 Louise Glück, American poet and essayist (born 1943)

• 2024 Mayra Gómez Kemp, Cuban-Spanish television host and actress (born 1948)

• 2024 Donal Murray, Irish Catholic bishop (born 1940)

Holidays and observances

• Azerbaijani Railway Day (Azerbaijan)

Christian feast day:

• Blessed Alexandrina of Balasar

• Daniel and companions, of Ceuta

• Edward the Confessor (translation)

• Gerald of Aurillac

• Blessed Maddalena Panattieri (OP)

• Theophilus of Antioch

• October 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Doi taikomatsuri October 13–15 (Shikokuchūō, Ehime, Japan)

• International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (international)

• Paramedics' Day (Poland)

• Rwagasore Day (Burundi)

References

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