Events

Pre-1600

• 202 BC Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage.

• 439 The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa.

• 1386 The Universität Heidelberg holds its first lecture, making it the oldest German university.

• 1453 Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of Castillon, England loses its last possessions in southern France.

• 1466 The Thirteen Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic Order ends with the Second Treaty of Thorn.

• 1469 Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella I of Castile, a marriage that paves the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain.

• 1512 Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology.

• 1579 James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.

• 1596 The Spanish ship San Felipe runs aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local authorities.

1601–1900

• 1649 New Ross town in Ireland surrenders to Oliver Cromwell.

• 1662 An English Buccaneer force led by Royal Navy commodore Christopher Myngs launches an attack on Santiago de Cuba which is subsequently sacked.

• 1781 American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.

• 1789 John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.

• 1791 Treaty of Drottningholm, between Sweden and Russia

• 1805 War of the Third Coalition: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm.

• 1812 The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow.

• 1813 War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon is forced to retreat from Germany after the Battle of Leipzig.

• 1847 The novel Jane Eyre is published in London.

• 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.

• 1864 American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont.

• 1866 In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna, Austria cedes Veneto and Mantua to France, which immediately awards them to Italy in exchange for the earlier Italian acquiescence to the French annexation of Savoy and Nice.

• 1900 Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.

1901–present

• 1912 Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.

• 1914 World War I: The First Battle of Ypres begins.

• 1921 The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.

• 1922 British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.

• 1935 The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.

• 1936 – New York World-Telegram reporter Herbert Ekins won a race against two other New York newspaper journalists to travel around the world on commercial airline flights. He accomplished the feat in 18 ½ days. His opponents were New York Evening Journal reporter Dorothy Kilgallen, who finished in second place, and New York Times reporter Leo Kieran.

• 1943 The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. Two thousand and ninety-eight Italian prisoners of war drown with it.

• 1943 Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.

• 1944 United States forces land in the Philippines.

• 1944 A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution.

• 1948 Presidents North Carolina Gave the Nation, a monument honoring three presidents of the United States, was dedicated at the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh, North Carolina.

• 1950 China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.

• 1950 Korean War: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea.

• 1950 Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.

• 1953 Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is published.

• 1955 The General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union approves the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.

• 1956 The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.

• 1960 The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.

• 1973 President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.

• 1974 Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.

• 1986 The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.

• 1987 The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.

• 1987 Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.

• 1988 The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.

• 1989 The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.

• 2001 SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.

• 2003 Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.

• 2004 Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashes in Adair County, Missouri, while on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport.

• 2005 Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.

• 2005 Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.

• 2012 A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.

• 2013 One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.

• 2019 Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the United Kingdom's Brexit deal, this was the first Saturday sitting in Parliament since 3 April 1982 during the Falklands War.

• 2025 Pieces of the French Crown Jewels are successfully stolen during a heist on the Louvre Museum in Paris..

Births

Pre-1600

• 879 Yingtian, empress of the Khitan Liao Dynasty (died 953)

• 1276 Prince Hisaaki of Japan (died 1328)

• 1433 Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (died 1499)

• 1507 Viglius, Dutch politician (died 1577)

• 1545 John Juvenal Ancina, Italian Oratorian and bishop (died 1604)

• 1582 Dmitry of Uglich, Russian crown prince and saint (died 1591)

1601–1900

• 1605 Thomas Browne, English physician and author (died 1682)

• 1609 Gerrard Winstanley, English Protestant religious reformer (died 1676)

• 1610 James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English-Irish general, academic, and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1688)

• 1613 Charles of Sezze, Italian Franciscan friar and saint (died 1670)

• 1658 Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1704)

• 1676 Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, Portuguese diplomat (died 1733)

• 1680 John Abernethy, Irish minister (died 1740)

• 1688 William Cheselden, English surgeon and anatomist (died 1752)

• 1718 Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (died 1804)

• 1720 John Woolman, American-English preacher, journalist, and activist (died 1772)

• 1721 Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist and sinologist (died 1800)

• 1784 Leigh Hunt, English poet and critic (died 1859)

• 1789 Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest and philosopher (died 1853)

• 1810 Cassius Marcellus Clay, American journalist, lawyer, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (died 1903)

• 1814 Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter (died 1878)

• 1826 Ralph Tollemache, English priest (died 1895)

• 1850 Annie Smith Peck, American mountaineer and academic (died 1935)

• 1858 George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (died 1937)

• 1862 Auguste Lumière, French director and producer (died 1954)

• 1868 Bertha Knight Landes, American academic and politician, Mayor of Seattle (died 1943)

• 1873 Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (died 1925)

• 1873 Bart King, American cricketer (died 1965)

• 1876 Mordecai Brown, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1945)

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

• 1879 Emma Bell Miles, American writer, poet, and artist (died 1919)

• 1882 Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor (died 1916)

• 1885 Charles E. Merrill, American banker and philanthropist, co-founded Merrill Lynch Wealth Management (died 1956)

• 1895 Frank Durbin, American soldier (died 1999)

• 1895 Lewis Mumford, American historian, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1990)

• 1896 Bob O'Farrell, American baseball player and manager (died 1988)

• 1897 Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani chemist and scholar (died 1994)

• 1899 Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)

• 1900 Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (died 1990)

• 1900 Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer and baseball player (died 1991)

• 1900 Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1957)

1901–present

• 1901 Arleigh Burke, American admiral (died 1996)

• 1903 Tor Johnson, Swedish wrestler and actor (died 1971)

• 1907 Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader and composer (died 1962)

• 1908 Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1981)

• 1909 Marguerite Perey, French physicist and academic (died 1975)

• 1910 Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)

• 1910 Shunkichi Hamada, Japanese field hockey player (died 2009)

• 1910 Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (died 1980)

• 1910 Farid al-Atrash, Syrian actor and singer (died 1980)

• 1913 Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (died 1980)

• 1914 Juanita Moore, American actress (died 2014)

• 1916 Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)

• 1916 Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist (died 1985)

• 1916 Minoru Yasui, American soldier, lawyer, and activist (died 1986)

• 1917 William Joel Blass, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)

• 1917 Walter Munk, Austrian-American oceanographer, author, and academic (died 2019)

• 1917 Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande, Indian mathematician (died 2020)

• 1918 Charles Evans, English-Welsh mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (died 1995)

• 1918 Russell Kirk, American theorist and author (died 1994)

• 1918 Robert Schwarz Strauss, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (died 2014)

• 1920 Peter Aduja, Filipino-American politician (died 2007)

• 1920 Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian activist, philosopher, and spiritual leader (died 2003)

• 1920 LaWanda Page, American actress (died 2002)

• 1920 Harry Alan Towers, English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (died 2009)

• 1921 George Nader, American actor (died 2002)

• 1922 Jack Anderson, American journalist and author (died 2005)

• 1923 Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (died 2013)

• 1923 Baby Dalupan, Filipino basketball player and coach (died 2016)

• 1925 Bernard Hepton, English actor and producer (died 2018)

• 1925 Czesław Kiszczak, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (died 2015)

• 1925 Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (died 2010)

• 1926 Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (died 2009)

• 1926 Joel Feinberg, American philosopher and academic (died 2004)

• 1926 Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (died 2015)

• 1926 Marjorie Tallchief, American ballerina (died 2021)

• 1927 Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter and illustrator

• 1927 Stephen Keynes, English businessman (died 2017)

• 1928 Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (died 2013)

• 1929 Lewis Wolpert, South African-English biologist, author, and academic (died 2021)

• 1930 John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside, English union leader and politician (died 2016)

• 1930 Mavis Nicholson, Welsh-English journalist (died 2022)

• 1931 Ed Emberley, American author and illustrator

• 1931 John le Carré, English intelligence officer and author (died 2020)

• 1931 Atsushi Miyagi, Japanese tennis player (died 2021)

• 1932 Robert Reed, American actor (died 1992)

• 1933 Brian Booth, Australian cricketer and educator (died 2023)

• 1933 Anthony Skingsley, English air marshal (died 2019)

• 1934 Yakubu Gowon, Nigerian general and politician, 3rd Head of State of Nigeria

• 1934 Dave Guard, American folk music singer-songwriter, arranger, and musician (died 1991)

• 1935 Don Ward, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2014)

• 1936 James Bevel, American civil rights activist and minister (died 2008)

• 1936 Tony Lo Bianco, American actor (died 2024)

• 1937 Marilyn Bell, Canadian swimmer

• 1937 Peter Max, German-American illustrator

• 1937 Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield, English banker and politician (died 2018)

• 1938 Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, Jamaican-English union leader and politician

• 1939 David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere, Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office

• 1940 Larry Chance, American singer-songwriter (died 2023)

• 1940 Michael Gambon, Irish-British actor (died 2023)

• 1940 Rosny Smarth, Haitian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Haiti (died 2025)

• 1941 Peter Thornley, English professional wrestler best known for the ring character Kendo Nagasaki

• 1941 Simon Ward, English actor (died 2012)

• 1942 Andrew Vachss, American lawyer and author (died 2021)

• 1943 Robin Holloway, English composer and academic

• 1943 Takis Ikonomopoulos, Greek footballer and coach (died 2025)

• 1943 L. E. Modesitt, Jr., American author and poet

• 1944 George McCrae, American singer

• 1944 Bill Melchionni, American basketball player

• 1944 Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1987)

• 1945 Angus Deaton, Scottish-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1945 Divine, American drag queen performer, and actor (died 1988)

• 1945 Patricia Ireland, American lawyer and activist

• 1945 Gloria Jones, American singer-songwriter

• 1945 John Lithgow, American actor

• 1945 Jeannie C. Riley, American singer

• 1945 Martin Welz, South African journalist

• 1946 Bob Holland, Australian cricketer and surveyor (died 2017)

• 1946 Philip Pullman, English author and academic

• 1946 Keith Reid, English songwriter and lyricist (died 2023)

• 1947 Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian author and illustrator

• 1948 James Howard Kunstler, American author and critic

• 1948 Dave Mallow, American voice actor and screenwriter (died 2025)

• 1948 Patrick Simmons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1949 Lynn Dickey, American football player and radio host

• 1950 Yeslam bin Ladin, Saudi Arabian-Swiss businessman

• 1951 Demetrios Christodoulou, Greek mathematician and physicist

• 1951 Annie Golden, American actress and singer

• 1951 Kurt Schrader, American veterinarian and politician

• 1952 Peter Bone, English accountant and politician

• 1952 Verónica Castro, Mexican actress and singer

• 1953 Lionel Hollins, American basketball player and coach

• 1954 Sam Allardyce, English footballer and manager

• 1954 Deborah Blum, American journalist and author

• 1954 Joe Bryant, American basketball player and coach (died 2024)

• 1955 Dan Gutman, American author

• 1955 LaSalle Ishii, Japanese actor and director

• 1955 Lonnie Shelton, American basketball player (died 2018)

• 1956 Steve Doocy, American journalist and author

• 1956 Elena Garanina, Soviet ice dancer and coach

• 1956 Grover Norquist, American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform

• 1956 Didier Theys, Belgian race car driver and coach

• 1956 Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (died 2003)

• 1956 Bruce Weber, American basketball player and coach

• 1957 Dorinda Clark-Cole, American singer-songwriter and pianist

• 1957 Ray Richmond, American journalist and critic

• 1957 Karl Wallinger, Welsh singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2024)

• 1958 Carolyn Browne, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Kazakhstan

• 1958 Hiromi Hara, Japanese footballer and manager

• 1958 Tiriel Mora, Australian actor

• 1958 Michael Steele, American journalist and politician, 7th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland

• 1958 Kevin Drum, American journalist and blogger (died 2025)

• 1959 Nir Barkat, Israeli businessman and politician, Mayor of Jerusalem

• 1959 Martin Kusch, German philosopher and academic

• 1960 Dawn Coe-Jones, Canadian golfer (died 2016)

• 1960 Jennifer Holliday, American actress and singer

• 1960 Takeshi Koshida, Japanese footballer

• 1960 Susan Straight, American author and academic

• 1960 Ayuo Takahashi, Japanese-American singer-songwriter

• 1960 Dan Woodgate, English musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer

• 1961 Sunny Deol, Indian actor and producer

• 1961 Cliff Lyons, Australian rugby league player and coach

• 1962 Claude Callegari, English YouTube personality (died 2021)

• 1962 Tracy Chevalier, American-English author

• 1962 Brian Henninger, American golfer

• 1962 Bendik Hofseth, Norwegian saxophonist and composer

• 1962 Evander Holyfield, American boxer and actor

• 1962 Svetlana Zainetdinova, Soviet-Estonian chess player and coach

• 1963 Sinitta, American-British singer

• 1964 Ty Pennington, American model, carpenter and television host

• 1965 Brad Daugherty, American basketball player and sportscaster

• 1965 Todd Park Mohr, American rock singer-songwriter and musician

• 1966 Jon Favreau, American actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1966 Dimitris Lyacos, Greek poet and playwright

• 1966 David Vann, American novelist and short story writer

• 1967 Amy Carter, American illustrator and activist

• 1967 Yōji Matsuda, Japanese actor

• 1967 Yoko Shimomura, Japanese pianist and composer

• 1968 Rodney Carrington, American comedian, actor, and singer

• 1969 Pedro Castillo, Peruvian politician, President of Peru

• 1969 Zdeno Cíger, Slovak ice hockey player and coach

• 1969 John Edward, American psychic and author

• 1969 Trey Parker, American actor, animator, producer, and screenwriter

• 1969 Erwin Sánchez, Bolivian footballer and manager

• 1970 Andrew Griffiths, English politician

• 1970 Chris Kattan, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

• 1972 Keith Foulke, American baseball player

• 1972 Pras, American rapper-songwriter, record producer, and actor

• 1973 Hicham Arazi, Moroccan tennis player

• 1973 Okan Buruk, Turkish footballer and manager

• 1973 Joaquin Gage, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1975 Burak Güven, Turkish singer-songwriter and bass player

• 1976 Bruno Dias, Portuguese politician

• 1976 Omar Gooding, American actor and producer

• 1976 Jostein Gulbrandsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer

• 1976 Desmond Harrington, American actor

• 1976 Paul Hartley, Scottish footballer and manager

• 1976 Hiroshi Sakai, Japanese footballer

• 1976 Dan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1976 Michael Young, American baseball player

• 1977 Habib Beye, French-Senegalese footballer

• 1977 Louis-José Houde, Canadian comedian and actor

• 1977 Jason Reitman, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1977 Raúl Tamudo, Spanish footballer

• 1977 Mo Twister, Filipino radio and television host

• 1978 Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver

• 1978 Zakhar Dubensky, Russian footballer

• 1978 Henri Sorvali, Finnish guitarist and keyboard player

• 1979 José Luis López, Mexican footballer

• 1979 Brian Robertson, American trombonist

• 1979 Sachiko Sugiyama, Japanese volleyball player

• 1980 José Bautista, Dominican baseball player

• 1980 Rajai Davis, American baseball player

• 1980 Benjamin Salisbury, American actor

• 1981 Leon Bott, Australian rugby league player

• 1981 Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish race car driver

• 1982 Atom Araullo, Filipino journalist

• 1982 J. A. Happ, American baseball player

• 1982 Gillian Jacobs, American actress and director

• 1982 Louis Oosthuizen, South African golfer

• 1982 Gonzalo Pineda, Mexican footballer

• 1982 Daan van Bunge, Dutch cricketer

• 1983 Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress

• 1983 Andy Lonergan, English footballer

• 1983 Cara Santa Maria, American neuroscientist and blogger

• 1984 Danka Barteková, Slovak skeet shooter

• 1984 Thundercat, American singer and record producer

• 1987 Tsunenori Aoki, Japanese actor

• 1987 Sam Groth, Australian tennis player

• 1988 Zeph Ellis, English rapper and producer

• 1988 Markiyan Kamysh, Ukrainian writer

• 1988 Chris Lawrence, Australian rugby league player

• 1989 James Gavet, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1989 Mindaugas Kuzminskas, Lithuanian basketball player

• 1989 Miroslav Stoch, Slovak footballer

• 1989 Rakuto Tochihara, Japanese actor

• 1989 Janine Tugonon, Filipino model and television host

• 1990 Tom Kilbey, English footballer

• 1990 Janet Leon, Swedish singer-songwriter and dancer

• 1990 Ciara Renée, American actress and singer

• 1990 Endō Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler

• 1991 Colton Dixon, American singer-songwriter and pianist

• 1992 Lil Durk, American rapper

• 1992 Shiho, Japanese actress and model

• 1993 Hunter King, American actress

• 1993 Abby Sunderland, American sailor

• 1994 Cal Petersen, American ice hockey player

• 1994 Anthony Santander, Venezuelan baseball player

• 1994 Agnė Sereikaitė, Lithuanian speed skater

• 1995 Sammis Reyes, Chilean-American football and basketball player

• 1996 Chance Perdomo, American-British actor (died 2024)

• 1996 Bernadeth Pons, Filipino volleyball athlete

• 1998 Noof Al Maadeed, Qatari women's rights activist

• 1999 Carlotta Truman, German singer-songwriter

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 727 Frithuswith, English saint (born 650)

• 993 Conrad I, King of Burgundy (born c. 925)

• 1216 John, King of England (born 1166)

• 1287 Bohemond VII, Count of Tripoli

• 1354 Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada (born 1318)

• 1375 Cansignorio della Scala, Lord of Verona (born 1340)

• 1401 John Charleton, 4th Baron Cherleton (born 1362)

• 1432 John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of England (born 1392)

• 1587 Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1541)

• 1595 Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (born 1537)

1601–1900

• 1608 Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and author (born 1551)

• 1609 Jacobus Arminius, Dutch Reformed theologian (born 1560)

• 1619 Fujiwara Seika, Japanese philosopher and educator (born 1561)

• 1636 Marcin Kazanowski, Polish politician (born 1566)

• 1678 Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter (born 1627)

• 1682 Thomas Browne, English physician and author (born 1605)

• 1723 Godfrey Kneller, German-English painter (born 1646)

• 1745 Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist and essayist (born 1667)

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

• 1790 Lyman Hall, American physician and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia (born 1724)

• 1796 Michel de Beaupuy, French general (born 1755)

• 1813 Józef Poniatowski, Polish general (born 1763)

• 1815 Paolo Mascagni, Italian physician and anatomist (born 1755)

• 1842 Aleksey Koltsov, Russian poet and author (born 1808)

• 1851 Marie Thérèse of France (born 1778)

• 1856 William Sprague III, American businessman and politician, 14th Governor of Rhode Island (born 1799)

• 1889 Luís I of Portugal (born 1838)

• 1897 George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (born 1831)

1901–present

• 1901 Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish businessman and philanthropist, founded GN Store Nord (born 1829)

• 1905 Virgil Earp, American marshal (born 1843)

• 1914 Robert Hugh Benson, English Catholic priest and novelist (born 1871)

• 1916 Ioannis Frangoudis, Greek general and target shooter (born 1863)

• 1918 Harold Lockwood, American actor (born 1887)

• 1924 Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer (born 1895)

• 1926 Ludvig Karsten, Norwegian painter (born 1876)

• 1936 Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (born 1881)

• 1937 Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1871)

• 1943 Camille Claudel, French sculptor and illustrator (born 1864)

• 1944 Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician (born 1884)

• 1945 Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (born 1877)

• 1945 N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator (born 1882)

• 1950 Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright (born 1892)

• 1952 Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer (born 1868)

• 1956 Isham Jones, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1894)

• 1960 Hjalmar Dahl, Finnish journalist, translator and writer (born 1891)

• 1960 George Wallace, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1895)

• 1961 Şemsettin Günaltay, Turkish historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1883)

• 1964 Sergey Biryuzov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (born 1904)

• 1964 Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic (born 1885)

• 1964 Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (born 1888)

• 1965 Edward Willis Redfield, American painter and educator (born 1869)

• 1969 Lacey Hearn, American sprinter (born 1881)

• 1970 Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico (born 1895)

• 1978 Gig Young, American actor (born 1913)

• 1983 Maurice Bishop, Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada (born 1944)

• 1984 Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest and activist (born 1947)

• 1985 Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (born 1915)

• 1986 Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist, co-founded Newswatch Magazine (born 1947)

• 1986 Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (born 1933)

• 1987 Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist and educator (born 1945)

• 1987 Hermann Lang, German race car driver (born 1909)

• 1988 Son House, American singer and guitarist (born 1902)

• 1992 Magnus Pyke, English scientist and television host (born 1908)

• 1994 Martha Raye, American actress and comedian (born 1916)

• 1995 Don Cherry, American trumpet player (born 1936)

• 1995 Harilaos Perpessas, Greek pianist and composer (born 1907)

• 1996 Shamsuddin Qasemi, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (born 1935)

• 1997 Glen Buxton, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1947)

• 1997 Ken Wood, inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (born 1916)

• 1999 James C. Murray, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1917)

• 1999 Nathalie Sarraute, Russian-French lawyer and author (born 1900)

• 2002 Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (born 1932)

• 2003 Road Warrior Hawk, American wrestler (born 1957)

• 2003 Alija Izetbegović, Bosniak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (born 1925)

• 2003 Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (born 1902)

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

• 2005 Ryan Dallas Cook, American trombonist (born 1982)

• 2006 James Glennon, American cinematographer (born 1942)

• 2006 Phyllis Kirk, American actress (born 1927)

• 2007 Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and computer scientist (born 1917)

• 2007 Randall Forsberg, American activist and author (born 1943)

• 2007 Michael Maidens, English footballer (born 1987)

• 2007 Jan Wolkers, Dutch author, sculptor, and painter (born 1925)

• 2008 Richard Blackwell, American actor, fashion designer, and critic (born 1922)

• 2009 Howard Unruh, American murderer (born 1921)

• 2009 Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor (born 1918)

• 2010 Tom Bosley, American actor (born 1927)

• 2011 Kakkanadan, Indian author (born 1935)

• 2012 Lincoln Alexander, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (born 1922)

• 2012 Wissam al-Hassan, Lebanese general (born 1965)

• 2012 Wiyogo Atmodarminto, Indonesian general and politician, 10th Governor of Jakarta (born 1922)

• 2012 Mike Graham, American wrestler (born 1951)

• 2012 Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist (born 1920)

• 2013 John Bergamo, American drummer and composer (born 1940)

• 2013 Noel Harrison, English singer, actor, and skier (born 1934)

• 2013 Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer (born 1940)

• 2013 Mikihiko Renjō, Japanese author (born 1948)

• 2013 Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Iranian-American violinist and composer (born 1920)

• 2014 John Holt, Jamaican singer-songwriter (born 1947)

• 2014 Stephen Paulus, American composer (born 1949)

• 2014 Raphael Ravenscroft, English saxophonist and composer (born 1954)

• 2014 Serena Shim, Lebanese-American journalist (born 1984)

• 2015 Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (born 1919)

• 2015 Fleming Mackell, Canadian ice hockey player and singer (born 1929)

• 2015 Ali Treki, Libyan politician and diplomat, Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1938)

• 2016 Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (born 1921)

• 2016 Giovanni Steffè, Italian rower (born 1928)

• 2017 Umberto Lenzi, Italian film director (born 1931)

• 2019 Deborah Orr, Scottish journalist (born 1962)

• 2021 Jack Angel, American voice actor (born 1930)

• 2023 Atsushi Sakurai, singer from Japanese rock band Buck-Tick (born 1966)

• 2025 Daniel Naroditsky, American chess grandmaster (born 1995)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

• Aaron (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria)

• Aquilinus of Évreux

• Desiderius (Didier) of Auxerre

• Frideswide

• Henry Martyn (Anglican Communion)

• Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf, and Companions

• Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko

• Paul of the Cross

• Ptolemaeus and Lucius

• Varus

• Veranus of Cavaillon

• William Carey (Episcopal Church)

• October 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Constitution Day, in honor of the country's independence (self-governing in free association with New Zealand) in 1974. (Niue)

• Oxfordshire Day

References

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