Events

Pre-1600

• 768 Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks.

• 1238 James I of Aragon founds the Kingdom of Valencia.

• 1410 The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.

• 1594 Troops of the Portuguese Empire are defeated on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture.

1601–1900

• 1604 Kepler's Supernova is the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way.

• 1635 Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements.

• 1701 The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.

• 1708 Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.

• 1740 Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin a massacre of the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing at least 10,000.

• 1760 Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.

• 1779 American Revolutionary War: A combined Franco-American assault on British defenses during the Siege of Savannah is repulsed with heavy casualties.

• 1790 A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.

• 1799 sinks with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.

• 1804 Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded.

• 1806 Prussia begins the War of the Fourth Coalition against France.

• 1812 War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: and .

• 1820 Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.

• 1825 Restauration arrives in New York Harbor from Norway, the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States.

• 1831 Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece, is assassinated.

• 1834 Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.

• 1847 Slavery is abolished in the Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy.

• 1861 American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens in the Battle of Santa Rosa Island.

• 1864 American Civil War: Union cavalrymen defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia during Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley campaign.

• 1873 A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.

• 1874 The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.

• 1900 The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

1901–present

• 1911 An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Qing dynasty, beginning the Xinhai Revolution.

• 1913 The steamship catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.

• 1914 World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.

• 1918 The Finnish Parliament elects Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse as King of Finland, but he never accedes to the throne due to Germany's defeat in World War I.

• 1919 The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.

• 1934 An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.

• 1936 Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.

• 1937 Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.

• 1941 A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.

• 1942 Australia's Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 receives royal assent.

• 1950 The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre in Korea begins.

• 1962 Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.

• 1963 In Italy, a large landslide causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000.

• 1966 Vietnam War: the Republic of Korea Army commits the Binh Tai Massacre.

• 1967 A day after his capture, Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.

• 1969 In Chicago, the National Guard is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "Chicago Eight".

• 1970 The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.

• 1980 Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.

• 1981 President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France.

• 1983 South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma, but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others.

• 1984 The popular children's television show Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, based on The Railway Series by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, premieres on ITV.

• 1986 The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre.

• 1986 Fox Broadcasting Company (FBC) launches as the fourth US television network.

• 1992 The Peekskill meteorite, a meteorite crashed into a parked car in Peekskill, New York

• 1995 An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.

• 2006 North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.

• 2007 The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the 2008 financial crisis.

• 2009 First lunar impact of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.

• 2012 Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai.

• 2016 The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army launches its first attack on Myanmar security forces along the Bangladesh–Myanmar border.

• 2019 Turkey begins its military offensive in north-eastern Syria.

• 2024 Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 hurricane, causing US$34.3 billion in damage only two weeks after Hurricane Helene impacted the state.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1201 Robert de Sorbon, French minister and theologian, founded the Collège de Sorbonne (died 1274)

• 1221 Salimbene di Adam, Italian historian and scholar (died 1290)

• 1261 Denis of Portugal (died 1325)

• 1328 Peter I of Cyprus (died 1369)

• 1581 Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician, poet, and scholar (died 1638)

• 1586 Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (died 1632)

• 1593 Nicolaes Tulp, Dutch anatomist and politician (died 1674)

1601–1900

• 1609 Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland, English noble (died 1688)

• 1623 Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (died 1688)

• 1704 Johann Andreas Segner, German mathematician, physicist, and physician (died 1777)

• 1757 Charles X of France (died 1836)

• 1796 Joseph Bonomi the Younger, British Egyptologist and sculptor (died 1878)

• 1823 Mary Ann Shadd, American-Canadian abolitionist (died 1893)

• 1826 Agathon Meurman, Finnish politician and journalist (died 1909)

• 1835 Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer and conductor (died 1921)

• 1837 Francis Wayland Parker, American theorist and academic (died 1902)

• 1840 Simeon Solomon, English painter (died 1905)

• 1845 Carl Gustav Thulin, Swedish shipowner (died 1918)

• 1850 Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (died 1930)

• 1852 Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)

• 1858 Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (died 1935)

• 1859 Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (died 1935)

• 1863 Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (died 1930)

• 1864 Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general (died 1927)

• 1871 Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (died 1940)

• 1873 Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator (died 1944)

• 1873 Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer (died 1916)

• 1873 Charles Rudolph Walgreen, American pharmacist and businessman, founded Walgreens (died 1939)

• 1874 Nicholas Roerich, Russian archaeologist and painter (died 1947)

• 1877 Gopabandhu Das, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (died 1928)

• 1879 Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1960)

• 1880 Charlie Faust, American baseball player (died 1915)

• 1883 Maria Filotti, Greek-Romanian actress (died 1956)

• 1886 Rube Marquard, American baseball player and manager (died 1980)

• 1888 Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (died 1938)

• 1888 Irving Cummings, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1959)

• 1890 Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (died 1944)

• 1892 Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)

• 1893 Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (died 1945)

• 1895 Eugene Bullard, American pilot (died 1961)

• 1897 M. Bhaktavatsalam, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Madras State (died 1987)

• 1898 Tawfiq al-Hakim, Egyptian author and playwright (died 1987)

• 1898 Joe Sewell, American baseball player (died 1990)

• 1899 Bruce Catton, American historian and author (died 1978)

• 1900 Joseph Friedman, American inventor (died 1982)

• 1900 Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor and academic (died 1976)

• 1900 Joseph Zubin, Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (died 1990)

1901–present

• 1901 Alice Lee Jemison, Seneca political activist and journalist (died 1964)

• 1902 Freddie Young, English cinematographer (died 1998)

• 1903 Walter O'Malley, American lawyer and businessman (died 1979)

• 1906 J. R. Eyerman, American photographer and journalist (died 1985)

• 1906 Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal (died 2001)

• 1907 Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (died 2001)

• 1907 Jacques Tati, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1982)

• 1907 Horst Wessel, German SA officer (died 1930)

• 1908 Harry Hooton, Australian poet and critic (died 1961)

• 1908 Werner von Haeften, German lieutenant (died 1944)

• 1909 Donald Coggan, English archbishop (died 2000)

• 1911 Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (died 2006)

• 1914 Edward Andrews, American actor (died 1985)

• 1915 Clifford M. Hardin, American academic and politician, 17th United States Secretary of Agriculture (died 2010)

• 1915 Belva Plain, American author (died 2010)

• 1918 E. Howard Hunt, American CIA officer and author (died 2007)

• 1918 Charles Read, Australian air marshal (died 2014)

• 1918 Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 2013)

• 1920 Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author and educator (died 1976)

• 1920 Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator (died 2013)

• 1920 Jason Wingreen, American actor and screenwriter (died 2015)

• 1921 Michel Boisrond, French director and screenwriter (died 2002)

• 1921 Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (died 2014)

• 1922 Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic (died 1997)

• 1922 Fyvush Finkel, American actor (died 2016)

• 1922 Olga Guillot, Cuban-American singer (died 2010)

• 1923 Donald Sinden, English actor (died 2014)

• 1924 Immanuvel Devendrar, Indian soldier (died 1957)

• 1924 Arnie Risen, American basketball player (died 2012)

• 1926 Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (died 2015)

• 1927 John Margetson, English scholar and diplomat, British Ambassador to the Netherlands (died 2020)

• 1928 Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer and educator (died 2016)

• 1931 Tony Booth, English actor (died 2017)

• 1933 Peter Mansfield, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)

• 1933 Melvin Sokolsky, American fashion photographer (died 2022)

• 1933 Bill Tidy, English soldier and cartoonist (died 2023)

• 1934 Jill Ker Conway, Australian historian and author (died 2018)

• 1934 Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and composer (died 2026)

• 1935 Prince Edward, Duke of Kent

• 1935 Don McCullin, English photographer and journalist

• 1936 Brian Blessed, English actor

• 1936 Mick Young, Australian politician (died 1996)

• 1938 Heinz Fischer, Austrian academic and politician, 11th President of Austria

• 1939 Nicholas Grimshaw, English architect and academic (died 2025)

• 1939 John Pilger, Australian-English journalist, director, and producer (died 2023)

• 1940 John Lennon, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1980)

• 1941 Brian Lamb, American broadcaster, founded C-SPAN

• 1941 Trent Lott, American lawyer and politician

• 1941 Omali Yeshitela, political activist and founder of the Uhuru Movement

• 1943 Douglas Kirby, American psychologist and author (died 2012)

• 1943 Mike Peters, American cartoonist

• 1944 Rita Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy, English academic and politician

• 1944 John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2002)

• 1944 Nona Hendryx, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

• 1945 Amjad Ali Khan, Indian classical Sarod player

• 1945 Taiguara, Uruguayan-Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 1996)

• 1947 France Gall, French singer (died 2018)

• 1948 Jackson Browne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1949 Rod Temperton, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (died 2016)

• 1950 Yoshiyuki Konishi, Japanese fashion designer

• 1950 Reichi Nakaido, Japanese singer and guitarist

• 1950 Jody Williams, American academic and activist, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1951 Robert Wuhl, American actor, comedian, and writer

• 1952 Sharon Osbourne, English television host and manager

• 1952 Dennis Stratton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1953 Sally Burgess, South African-English soprano and educator

• 1953 Hank Pfister, American tennis player

• 1953 Tony Shalhoub, American actor and producer

• 1954 Scott Bakula, American actor

• 1954 James Fearnley, English musician

• 1954 Rubén Magnano, Argentine-Italian basketball coach

• 1954 John O'Hurley, American actor and game show host

• 1955 Linwood Boomer, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter

• 1955 Steve Ovett, English runner and sportscaster

• 1957 Ini Kamoze, Jamaican singer-songwriter

• 1958 Al Jourgensen, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and producer

• 1958 Michael Paré, American actor

• 1958 Mike Singletary, American football player and coach

• 1959 Boris Nemtsov, Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (died 2015)

• 1960 Kenny Garrett, American saxophonist and composer

• 1961 Julian Bailey, English racing driver and sportscaster

• 1961 Kurt Neumann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1962 Jorge Burruchaga, Argentinian footballer and manager

• 1962 Paul Radisich, New Zealand racing driver

• 1962 Ōnokuni Yasushi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 62nd Yokozuna

• 1963 Andy Platt, English rugby league player

• 1964 Guillermo del Toro, Mexican-American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1964 Martín Jaite, Argentine tennis player

• 1966 David Cameron, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

• 1966 Christopher Östlund, Swedish publisher, founded Plaza Magazine

• 1967 Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canadian tennis player

• 1967 Eddie Guerrero, American wrestler (died 2005)

• 1967 Gheorghe Popescu, Romanian footballer

• 1968 Guto Bebb, Welsh businessman and politician

• 1968 Anbumani Ramadoss, Indian politician

• 1969 Darren Britt, Australian rugby league player

• 1969 Simon Fairweather, Australian archer

• 1969 PJ Harvey, English musician, singer-songwriter, writer, poet, and composer

• 1969 Christine Hough, Canadian figure skater and coach

• 1969 Giles Martin, English songwriter and producer

• 1969 Steve McQueen, English director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1970 Kenny Anderson, American basketball player and coach

• 1970 Steve Jablonsky, American composer

• 1970 Annika Sörenstam, Swedish golfer and architect

• 1971 Wayne Bartrim, Australian rugby league player and coach

• 1971 Sian Evans, Welsh singer

• 1972 Anabela Sousa Rodrigues, Portuguese politician and psychologist

• 1973 Steve Burns, American actor, television host and musician

• 1973 Fabio Lione, Italian singer-songwriter and keyboard player

• 1974 Keith Booth, American basketball player and coach

• 1974 Shmuel Herzfeld, American rabbi

• 1975 Haylie Ecker, Australian violinist

• 1975 Sean Lennon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

• 1975 Mark Viduka, Australian footballer

• 1976 William Alexander, American author and educator

• 1976 Stephen Neal, American football player

• 1976 Lee Peacock, Scottish footballer and coach

• 1976 Özlem Türköne, Turkish journalist and politician

• 1976 Nick Swardson, American actor and comedian

• 1977 Emanuele Belardi, Italian footballer

• 1977 Brian Roberts, American baseball player

• 1978 Nicky Byrne, Irish singer-songwriter

• 1978 Juan Dixon, American basketball player and coach

• 1979 Vernon Fox, American football player and coach

• 1979 Alex Greenwald, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

• 1979 Todd Kelly, Australian racing driver

• 1979 Lecrae, American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor

• 1979 Chris O'Dowd, Irish actor, producer, and screenwriter

• 1979 Brandon Routh, American model and actor

• 1979 Gonzalo Sorondo, Uruguayan footballer

• 1980 Lucy Akello, Ugandan social worker and politician

• 1980 Filip Bobek, Polish actor

• 1980 Sarah Lovell, Australian politician

• 1980 Thami Tsolekile, South African cricketer

• 1980 Henrik Zetterberg, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1981 Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor

• 1981 Darius Miles, American basketball player

• 1983 Farhaan Behardien, South African cricketer

• 1983 Trevor Daley, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1983 Stephen Gionta, American ice hockey player

• 1983 Spencer Grammer, American actress

• 1983 Jang Mi-ran, South Korean weightlifter

• 1983 Andreas Zuber, Austrian racing driver

• 1984 Marie Kondo, Japanese author and television presenter

• 1985 David Plummer, American swimmer

• 1986 Derek Holland, American baseball player

• 1986 Laure Manaudou, French swimmer

• 1986 David Phelps, American baseball player

• 1986 Jan Christian Vestre, Norwegian businessman and politician

• 1986 Stephane Zubar, French footballer

• 1987 Craig Brackins, American basketball player

• 1987 Samantha Murray Sharan, British tennis player

• 1987 Henry Walker, American basketball player

• 1988 Starling Marte, Dominican baseball player

• 1988 David Tyrrell, Australian rugby league player

• 1989 Russell Packer, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1990 Kevin Kampl, German-Slovene footballer

• 1990 Jake Lamb, American baseball player

• 1992 Jerian Grant, American basketball player

• 1992 Sam Mewis, American soccer player

• 1992 Tyler James Williams, American actor

• 1993 Ani Amiraghyan, Armenian tennis player

• 1993 Lauren Davis, American tennis player

• 1993 Jayden Hodges, Australian rugby league player

• 1993 George Kittle, American football player

• 1993 Scotty McCreery, American singer and songwriter

• 1993 Wesley So, Filipino-American chess grandmaster

• 1994 Jodelle Ferland, Canadian actress

• 1996 Jacob Batalon, Filipino-American actor

• 1996 Bella Hadid, American model

• 1997 Jharrel Jerome, American actor

• 1997 Megan Moroney, American singer-songwriter.

• 2000 Penei Sewell, American football player

• 2001 Kyla Leibel, Canadian swimmer

• 2002 Ben Shelton, American tennis player

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 680 Ghislain, Frankish anchorite and saint

• 892 Al-Tirmidhi, Persian scholar and hadith compiler (born 824)

• 1047 Pope Clement II

• 1212 Philip I of Namur, Marquis of Namur (born 1175)

• 1253 Robert Grosseteste, English bishop and philosopher (born 1175)

• 1273 Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (born 1227)

• 1296 Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (born 1269)

• 1390 John I of Castile (born 1358)

• 1555 Justus Jonas, German academic and reformer (born 1493)

• 1562 Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist and physician (born 1523)

• 1569 Vladimir of Staritsa (born 1533)

• 1581 Louis Bertrand, Spanish missionary and saint (born 1526)

1601–1900

• 1613 Henry Constable, English poet (born 1562)

• 1619 Joseph Pardo, Italian rabbi and merchant (born 1561)

• 1691 William Sacheverell, English politician (born 1638)

• 1729 Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet (born 1654)

• 1793 Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary and linguist (born 1718)

• 1797 Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and scholar (born 1720)

• 1806 Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer and surveyor (born 1731)

• 1808 John Claiborne, American lawyer and politician (born 1777)

• 1831 Ioannis Kapodistrias, Russian-Greek lawyer and politician, Governor of Greece (born 1776)

• 1873 George Ormerod, English historian and author (born 1785)

• 1897 Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1818)

• 1900 Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (born 1843)

1901–present

• 1906 Henriette Wulfsberg, Norwegian school owner and writer (born 1843)

• 1911 Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (born 1849)

• 1924 Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (born 1873)

• 1926 Evald Relander, Finnish teacher, agronomist and banker (born 1856)

• 1934 Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (born 1888)

• 1934 Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (born 1862)

• 1937 Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (born 1868)

• 1940 Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (born 1865)

• 1941 Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (born 1900)

• 1943 Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1865)

• 1944 Stefanina Moro, Italian partisan (born 1927)

• 1945 Gottlieb Hering, German captain (born 1887)

• 1946 Frank Castleman, American football player, baseball player, and coach (born 1877)

• 1947 Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance (born 1888)

• 1950 George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (born 1895)

• 1953 James Finlayson, Scottish-American actor (born 1887)

• 1955 Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (born 1875)

• 1956 Marie Doro, American actress (born 1882)

• 1958 Pope Pius XII (born 1876)

• 1958 John Boland, American politician (born 1884)

• 1959 Shirō Ishii, Japanese general and biologist (born 1892)

• 1962 Milan Vidmar, Slovenian chess player and engineer (born 1885)

• 1967 Che Guevara, Argentinian-Cuban physician, politician and guerrilla leader (born 1928)

• 1967 Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)

• 1967 André Maurois, French soldier and author (born 1885)

• 1967 Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness trainer, developed Pilates (born 1883)

• 1969 Don Hoak, American baseball player (born 1928)

• 1972 Miriam Hopkins, American actress (born 1902)

• 1974 Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (born 1908)

• 1975 Noon Meem Rashid, Pakistani poet (born 1910)

• 1976 Walter Warlimont, German general (born 1894)

• 1978 Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1929)

• 1982 Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German historian and physician (born 1893)

• 1985 Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Brazilian general and politician, 28th President of Brazil (born 1905)

• 1987 Clare Boothe Luce, American author, playwright, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1903)

• 1987 William P. Murphy, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)

• 1988 Felix Wankel, German engineer, invented the Wankel engine (born 1902)

• 1989 Yusuf Atılgan, Turkish author and playwright (born 1921)

• 1989 Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (born 1940)

• 1995 Alec Douglas-Home, British cricketer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1903)

• 1996 Walter Kerr, American author, composer, and critic (born 1913)

• 1999 Milt Jackson, American vibraphone player and composer (born 1923)

• 1999 Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani economist and scholar (born 1914)

• 2000 David Dukes, American actor (born 1945)

• 2000 Patrick Anthony Porteous, Indian-Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1918)

• 2001 Herbert Ross, American director, producer, and choreographer (born 1927)

• 2002 Sopubek Begaliev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (born 1931)

• 2002 Charles Guggenheim, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924)

• 2003 Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American author and academic (born 1926)

• 2003 Carl Fontana, American jazz trombonist (born 1928)

• 2004 Jacques Derrida, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (born 1930)

• 2005 Louis Nye, American actor (born 1913)

• 2006 Danièle Huillet, French filmmaker (born 1933)

• 2006 Paul Hunter, English snooker player (born 1978)

• 2006 Kanshi Ram, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1934)

• 2007 Enrico Banducci, American businessman, founded hungry i (born 1922)

• 2007 Carol Bruce, American actress and singer (born 1919)

• 2009 Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author and educator (born 1934)

• 2009 John Daido Loori, American Zen Buddhist monastic and teacher (born 1931)

• 2009 Horst Szymaniak, German footballer (born 1934)

• 2010 Maurice Allais, French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)

• 2011 Pavel Karelin, Russian ski jumper (born 1989)

• 2012 Sammi Kane Kraft, American actress (born 1992)

• 2012 Kenny Rollins, American basketball player (born 1923)

• 2012 Harris Savides, American cinematographer (born 1957)

• 2013 Solomon Lar, Nigerian educator and politician, 4th Governor of Plateau State (born 1933)

• 2013 Srihari, Indian actor (born 1964)

• 2013 Wilfried Martens, Belgian lawyer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Belgium (born 1936)

• 2013 Edmund Niziurski, Polish sociologist, lawyer, and author (born 1925)

• 2014 Boris Buzančić, Croatian actor and politician, 47th Mayor of Zagreb (born 1929)

• 2014 Jan Hooks, American actress and comedienne (born 1957)

• 2014 Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (born 1925)

• 2014 Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician (born 1921)

• 2014 Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (born 1936)

• 2015 Ray Duncan, American businessman (born 1930)

• 2015 Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1931)

• 2015 Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1926)

• 2015 Ravindra Jain, Indian composer and director (born 1944)

• 2016 Andrzej Wajda, Polish film and theatre director (born 1926)

• 2017 Jean Rochefort, French actor (born 1930)

• 2024 George Baldock, British-born Greek international footballer (born 1993)

• 2024 Dieter Burdenski, German footballer (born 1950)

• 2024 – Lily Ebert, Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (born 1923)

• 2024 – Lee Wei Ling, Singaporean neurologist (born 1955)

• 2024 – Clark R. Rasmussen, American politician (born 1934)

• 2024 – Leif Segerstam, Finnish conductor and composer (born 1944)

• 2024 – Ratan Tata, Indian businessman and philanthropist (born 1937)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

• Abraham

• Denis of Paris

• Dionysius the Areopagite

• Ghislain

• Innocencio of Mary Immaculate and Martyrs of Asturias

• John Henry Newman

• John Leonardi

• Luis Beltran

• Robert Grosseteste (Church of England)

• Wilfred Grenfell (Episcopal Church in the United States)

• October 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Fire Prevention Day (Canada, United States)

• Hangul Day (South Korea)

• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uganda from United Kingdom in 1962. (Uganda)

• Independence of Guayaquil from Spain in 1820 (Ecuador)

• Leif Erikson Day (United States, Iceland and Norway)

• National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust (Romania)

• National Nanotechnology Day (United States)

• Takayama Autumn Festival (Takayama, Japan)

• World Post Day

• Indian Foreign Service Day

References

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