Events

Pre-1600

• 46 BC Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.

• 715 Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.

• 1087 William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.

• 1142 – Stephen of Blois's army approached Oxford, beginning the siege of Oxford.

• 1212 The Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.

• 1345 Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns.

• 1371 Serbian–Turkish wars: Ottoman Turks fought against a Serbian army at the Battle of Maritsa.

• 1423 Hundred Years' War: A French army defeats the English at the Battle of La Brossinière.

• 1493 Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Spanish, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera.

• 1580 Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth in Plymouth, England.

1601–1900

• 1687 Morean War: The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the Ottoman garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the Siege of the Acropolis by Venetian forces.

• 1688 The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.

• 1777 American Revolutionary War: British troops capture and begin the occupation of Philadelphia, which had been serving as the American capital city, during the Philadelphia campaign.

• 1789 George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.

• 1799 War of the 2nd Coalition: French troops defeat Austro-Russian forces, leading to the collapse of Suvorov's campaign.

• 1810 A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates, and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.

1901–present

• 1905 Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.

• 1907 Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.

• 1914 The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.

• 1917 World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.

• 1918 World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.

• 1919 Ukrainian War of Independence: The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine defeats the White Russian Volunteer Army at the Battle of Peregonovka.

• 1923 The German government calls off the passive resistance to the French and Belgian occupation of the Ruhr.

• 1933 As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.

• 1936 Spanish Civil War: Lluis Companys reshuffles the Generalitat de Catalunya, with the marxist POUM and anarcho-syndicalist CNT joining the government.

• 1942 Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".

• 1950 Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.

• 1953 Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends.

• 1954 The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.

• 1959 Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6million others homeless.

• 1960 In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.

• 1978 Air Caribbean Flight 309 crashes in Residencial Las Casas in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing six.

• 1980 A terrorist bombing at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, kills 13 people and injures 213 others.

• 1983 Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike, thus preventing nuclear war.

• 1983 Soyuz 7K-ST No. 16L, intended to launch a crew to the Salyut 7 space station, explodes on the launch pad. The launch escape system is activated before the Soyuz-U rocket explodes, saving the crew.

• 1984 The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997.

• 1992 A Nigerian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes in Ejigbo, Lagos, killing 159.

• 1994 A Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes into a river near Vanavara, Russia, killing 24.

• 1997 A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234.

• 1997 An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.

• 2000 Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.

• 2000 The sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.

• 2002 The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, , capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.

• 2009 Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.

• 2010 The Philippine Bar exam bombing occurs near the De La Salle University in Taft Avenue, Manila injuring 47 people.

• 2014 A mass kidnapping of 43 students from a teaching college occurs in Iguala, Mexico.

• 2022 A mass shooting occurs at a school in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 18 people, including 11 children.

• 2024 Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Perry, Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, killing over 250 people, causing US$78.7 billion in damage and becoming the deadliest hurricane in the mainland United States since Katrina.

Births

Pre-1600

• 932 Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, Arab caliph (died 975)

• 1329 Anne of Bavaria, German queen consort (died 1353)

• 1406 Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (died 1430)

• 1462 Engelbert, Count of Nevers, younger son of John I, Duke of Cleves (died 1506)

• 1526 Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (died 1569)

1601–1900

• 1637 Sébastien Leclerc, French painter (died 1714)

• 1641 Nehemiah Grew, English plant anatomist and physiologist (died 1712)

• 1651 Francis Daniel Pastorius, founder of Germantown, Philadelphia (died 1720)

• 1660 George William, Duke of Liegnitz (died 1675)

• 1698 William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (died 1755)

• 1711 Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, First Lord of the Admiralty (died 1779)

• 1750 Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (died 1810)

• 1758 Cosme Argerich, Argentinian physician (died 1820)

• 1767 Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1835)

• 1774 Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and environmentalist (died 1845)

• 1783 Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke, English politician and literary figure (died 1858)

• 1791 Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (died 1824)

• 1792 William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (died 1842)

• 1820 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Indian philosopher, painter, and academic (died 1891)

• 1840 Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (died 1923)

• 1843 Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (died 1912)

• 1848 Henry Walters, American art collector and philanthropist (died 1931)

• 1849 Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1936)

• 1856 Anna Paaske, Norwegian opera singer and music teacher (died 1935)

• 1865 Archibald Butt, United States Army Officer (died 1912)

• 1865 Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (died 1937)

• 1869 Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer (died 1935)

• 1870 Christian X of Denmark (died 1947)

• 1872 Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (died 1945)

• 1873 Wacław Berent, Polish author and translator (died 1940)

• 1874 Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist (died 1940)

• 1874 Charles Vyner Brooke, 3rd Raj of Sarawak (died 1963)

• 1875 Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor (died 1959)

• 1876 Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author (died 1957)

• 1876 Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician (died 1952)

• 1877 Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (died 1963)

• 1877 Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (died 1962)

• 1877 Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (died 1958)

• 1878 Walter Steinbeck, German actor (died 1942)

• 1884 Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 1951)

• 1886 Archibald Hill, English physiologist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1977)

• 1887 Edwin Keppel Bennett, English author and poet (died 1958)

• 1887 Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (died 1967)

• 1887 Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb (died 1979)

• 1888 J. Frank Dobie, American journalist and author (died 1964)

• 1888 T. S. Eliot, English poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)

• 1889 Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (died 1946)

• 1889 Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (died 1976)

• 1890 Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (died 1959)

• 1891 William McKell, Australian politician, 12th Governor General of Australia (died 1985)

• 1891 Charles Münch, French violinist and conductor (died 1968)

• 1891 Hans Reichenbach, German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1953)

• 1892 Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (died 1970)

• 1894 Gladys Brockwell, American actress (died 1929)

• 1895 Jürgen Stroop, German general (died 1952)

• 1897 Pope Paul VI (died 1978)

• 1897 Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (died 1917)

• 1898 George Gershwin, American pianist and composer (died 1937)

• 1900 Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer (died 1983)

1901–present

• 1901 George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1980)

• 1901 Ted Weems, American bandleader and musician (died 1963)

• 1902 Albert Anastasia, Italian-American mobster (died 1957)

• 1905 Millito Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (died 2011)

• 1905 Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and coach (died 1996)

• 1907 Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (died 1983)

• 1907 Shug Fisher, American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and comedian (died 1984)

• 1907 Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (died 1992)

• 1909 Bill France Sr., American race car driver, founded NASCAR (died 1992)

• 1909 A. P. Hamann, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (died 1977)

• 1911 Al Helfer, American sportscaster (died 1975)

• 1913 Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (died 1998)

• 1914 Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer (died 2009)

• 1914 Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert (died 2011)

• 1917 Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (died 1976)

• 1917 Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist (died 1993)

• 1918 Eric Morley, English businessman and television host, founded the Miss World (died 2000)

• 1919 Barbara Britton, American actress (died 1980)

• 1919 Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author (died 2012)

• 1922 Takis Miliadis, Greek actor (died 1985)

• 1922 Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (died 2014)

• 1923 Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2011)

• 1923 Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, English cricketer, lawyer, and judge (died 2015)

• 1923 James Hennessy, English businessman and diplomat (died 2024)

• 1924 Jean Hoerni, Swiss physicist, inventor and businessman (died 1997)

• 1925 Norm Dussault, American-Canadian ice hockey player (died 2012)

• 1925 Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car driver (died 1982)

• 1926 Julie London, American singer and actress (died 2000)

• 1926 Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist and academic (died 2011)

• 1927 Robert Cade, American physician and educator, co-invented Gatorade (died 2007)

• 1927 Patrick O'Neal, American actor (died 1994)

• 1927 Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (died 2010)

• 1928 Bob Van der Veken, Belgian actor (died 2019)

• 1928 Wilford White, American football player (died 2013)

• 1930 Philip Bosco, American actor (died 2018)

• 1930 Joe Brown, English mountaineer and author (died 2020)

• 1931 Kenneth Parnell, American sex offender (died 2008)

• 1932 Donna Douglas, American actress (died 2015)

• 1932 Joyce Jameson, American actress (died 1987)

• 1932 Manmohan Singh, Indian economist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of India (died 2024)

• 1932 Vladimir Voinovich, Russian author and poet (died 2018)

• 1934 Neil Coles, English golfer and architect

• 1935 Bob Barber, English cricketer

• 1935 Lou Myers, American actor (died 2013)

• 1935 Joe Sherlock, Irish politician (died 2007)

• 1936 Leroy Drumm, American sailor and songwriter (died 2010)

• 1936 Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African academic and politician, 8th First Lady of South Africa (died 2018)

• 1937 Valentin Pavlov, Russian banker and politician, 11th Premier of the Soviet Union (died 2003)

• 1937 Jerry Weintraub, American film producer and agent (died 2015)

• 1938 Lucette Aldous, New Zealand-Australian ballerina and educator (died 2021)

• 1938 Jonathan Goldsmith, American actor

• 1938 Lars-Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist (died 2010)

• 1939 Ricky Tomlinson, English actor and screenwriter

• 1941 Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor

• 1941 Martine Beswick, Jamaican-English model and actress

• 1941 David Frizzell, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1942 Kent McCord, American actor

• 1942 Gloria E. Anzaldúa, American scholar of Chicana cultural theory (died 2004)

• 1943 Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer and sportscaster

• 1943 Tim Schenken, Australian racing driver

• 1944 Jan Brewer, American politician, 22nd Governor of Arizona

• 1944 Keith O'Nions, English geologist and academic

• 1944 Anne Robinson, English journalist and game show host

• 1945 Louise Beaudoin, Canadian academic and politician

• 1945 Gal Costa, Brazilian singer (died 2022)

• 1945 Bryan Ferry, English singer-songwriter

• 1946 Andrea Dworkin, American activist and author (died 2005)

• 1946 John MacLachlan Gray, Canadian actor, playwright, and composer

• 1946 Mary Beth Hurt, American actress (died 2026)

• 1946 Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician

• 1946 Louise Simonson, American author

• 1946 Claudette Werleigh, Haitian Prime Minister

• 1947 Lucius Allen, American basketball player

• 1947 Lynn Anderson, American singer and actress (died 2015)

• 1947 Philippe Lavil, French singer and actor

• 1947 Dick Roth, American swimmer

• 1948 Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (died 2022)

• 1948 Vladimír Remek, Czech politician, diplomat, cosmonaut and military pilot

• 1949 Clodoaldo, Brazilian footballer and manager

• 1949 Wendy Saddington, Australian singer and journalist (died 2013)

• 1949 Jane Smiley, American novelist

• 1949 Minette Walters, English journalist and author

• 1950 Andy Haden, New Zealand rugby player (died 2020)

• 1951 Tommy Taylor, English footballer and manager

• 1951 Stuart Tosh, Scottish singer-songwriter and drummer

• 1953 Dolores Keane, Irish singer and actress

• 1953 Douglas A. Melton, American biologist and academic

• 1953 Paul Stephenson, English police officer

• 1954 Craig Chaquico, American guitarist

• 1954 Kevin Kennedy, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster

• 1954 Cesar Rosas, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1955 Carlene Carter, American singer-songwriter

• 1956 Steve Butler, American race car driver and engineer

• 1956 Linda Hamilton, American actress

• 1957 Bob Staake, American author and illustrator

• 1957 Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager

• 1957 Michael Dweck, American photographer and director

• 1957 Oscar Andrade, Brazilian politician (died 2026)

• 1958 Rudi Cerne, German figure skater and journalist

• 1958 Darby Crash, American singer-songwriter (died 1980)

• 1958 Robert Kagan, Greek-American historian and author

• 1958 Kenny Sansom, English footballer

• 1958 Richard B. Weldon Jr., American sailor and politician

• 1959 Andrew Bolt, Australian journalist

• 1959 Trevor Dodds, Namibian golfer

• 1959 Rich Gedman, American baseball player and coach

• 1959 Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator (died 2007)

• 1960 Uwe Bein, German footballer and manager

• 1960 Jouke de Vries, Dutch academic and politician

• 1960 Doug Supernaw, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)

• 1961 Jeanie Buss, American sports executive

• 1961 Cindy Herron, American singer-songwriter and actress

• 1961 Marianne Mikko, Estonian journalist and politician

• 1961 Will Self, English novelist and journalist

• 1962 Melissa Sue Anderson, American-Canadian actress

• 1962 Jonas Bergqvist, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1962 Mark Haddon, English author and poet

• 1962 Steve Moneghetti, Australian runner

• 1962 Al Pitrelli, American guitarist and songwriter

• 1962 Tracey Thorn, English singer-songwriter and writer

• 1962 Jacky Wu, Taiwanese singer, actor, and television host

• 1963 Lysette Anthony, English actress and producer

• 1963 Joe Nemechek, American race car driver

• 1964 Dave Martinez, American baseball player and coach

• 1965 Radisav Ćurčić, Serbian-Israeli basketball player

• 1965 Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian businessman and politician, 5th President of Ukraine

• 1966 Jillian Barberie, Canadian actress and sportscaster

• 1966 Christos Dantis, Greek singer-songwriter and producer

• 1966 Shane Dye, New Zealand jockey

• 1966 Craig Heyward, American football player (died 2006)

• 1967 Bruno Akrapović, Bosnian footballer and manager

• 1967 Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)

• 1967 Craig Janney, American ice hockey player

• 1968 Jim Caviezel, American actor

• 1968 Ben Shenkman, American actor

• 1969 Andy Petterson, Australian footballer and coach

• 1969 David Slade, English director and producer

• 1969 Holger Stanislawski, German footballer and manager

• 1969 Paul Warhurst, English footballer and manager

• 1970 Daryl Beattie, Australian motorcycle racer

• 1970 Sheri Moon Zombie, American actress and fashion designer

• 1970 David Parland, Swedish guitarist (died 2013)

• 1972 Ras Kass, American rapper and producer

• 1972 Beto O'Rourke, American politician

• 1972 Shawn Stockman, American singer

• 1973 Marty Casey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1973 Julienne Davis, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

• 1973 Dr. Luke, American record producer and songwriter

• 1973 Chris Small, Scottish snooker player and coach

• 1973 Olga Vasdeki, Greek triple jumper

• 1974 Boris Cepeda, German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat

• 1974 Gary Hall Jr., American swimmer

• 1974 Martin Müürsepp, Estonian basketball player and coach

• 1975 Emma Härdelin, Swedish singer and violinist

• 1975 Jake Paltrow, American director and screenwriter

• 1975 Chiara Schoras, German actress

• 1976 Michael Ballack, German footballer

• 1976 Sami Vänskä, Finnish bass player

• 1977 Kerem Özyeğen, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1977 Aka Plu, Japanese comedian and actor

• 1978 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenyan runner

• 1979 Chris Kunitz, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1979 Naomichi Marufuji, Japanese wrestler

• 1979 Fuifui Moimoi, Tongan-New Zealand rugby league player

• 1979 Cameron Mooney, Australian footballer

• 1979 Jaycie Phelps, American gymnast

• 1979 Taavi Rõivas, Estonian politician, 16th Prime Minister of Estonia

• 1979 Jacob Tierney, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1980 Patrick Friesacher, Austrian racing driver

• 1980 Brooks Orpik, American ice hockey player

• 1980 Daniel Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1980 Henrik Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1981 Asuka, Japanese professional wrestler

• 1981 Yao Beina, Chinese singer (died 2015)

• 1981 Christina Milian, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

• 1981 Ayumi Tsunematsu, Japanese voice actress

• 1981 Serena Williams, American tennis player

• 1982 Rob Burrow, English rugby player (died 2024)

• 1982 John Scott, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1982 Sun Li, Chinese actress

• 1983 Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer

• 1984 Nev Schulman, American photographer, television host, and producer

• 1985 Talulah Riley, English actress

• 1986 Sean Doolittle, American baseball player

• 1987 Rosanna Munter, Swedish singer-songwriter

• 1988 Chris Archer, American baseball player

• 1988 James Blake, English singer-songwriter and producer

• 1988 Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater

• 1988 Buddy Matthews, Australian wrestler

• 1989 Jonny Bairstow, English cricketer

• 1991 Alma Jodorowsky, French actress, fashion model and singer

• 1991 Dan Preston, English footballer

• 1992 Yoo Ara, South Korean singer and actress

• 1993 Rosicleide Andrade, Brazilian Paralympic judoka

• 1993 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, American basketball player

• 1994 Jack Conger, American swimmer

• 1995 Miloš Veljković, Serbian footballer

• 1997 Özge Yağız, Turkish actress

• 2000 Frankie Amaya, American soccer player

• 2000 Princess Salma bint Abdullah, Jordanian princess

• 2001 Xinyu Wang, Chinese tennis player

• 2003 Jane Remover, American musician

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 800 Berowulf, bishop of Würzburg

• 862 Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi, Muslim military leader (born c. 790)

• 1241 Fujiwara no Teika, Japanese poet

• 1290 Margaret, Maid of Norway Queen of Scotland (born 1283)

• 1313 Gottfried von Hagenau, Alsatian theologian, medical doctor, and poet

• 1327 Cecco d'Ascoli, Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet (born 1257)

• 1328 Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar and philosopher of Harran (born 1263)

• 1345 William II, Count of Hainaut

• 1371 Jovan Uglješa, Serbian despot

• 1413 Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria (born 1337)

• 1417 Francesco Zabarella, Italian cardinal (born 1360)

• 1468 Juan de Torquemada, Spanish cardinal and theologian (born 1388)

• 1536 Didier de Saint-Jaille, 46th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller

• 1588 Amias Paulet, Governor of Jersey (born 1532)

• 1600 Claude Le Jeune, French composer (born 1530)

1601–1900

• 1620 Taichang Emperor of China (born 1582)

• 1623 Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (born 1540)

• 1626 Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese daimyō (born 1554)

• 1716 Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (born 1666)

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

• 1800 William Billings, American composer and educator (born 1746)

• 1802 Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician and physicist (born 1754)

• 1820 Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (born 1734)

• 1825 José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, Marquis of Torre Tagle, Peruvian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Peru (born 1779)

• 1830 Teresa Casati, Italian noblewomen and revolutionary (born 1787)

• 1846 Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (born 1760)

• 1847 – John Oliver Curran, Irish physician (born 1819)

• 1868 August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (born 1790)

• 1877 Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (born 1809)

1901–present

• 1902 Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (born 1829)

• 1904 Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (born 1850)

• 1904 John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1848)

• 1922 Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (born 1863)

• 1935 Andy Adams, American author (born 1859)

• 1935 Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (born 1861)

• 1937 Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (born 1894)

• 1943 Henri Fertet, French Resistance fighter (born 1926)

• 1945 Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (born 1881)

• 1946 William Strunk Jr., American author and educator (born 1869)

• 1947 Hugh Lofting, English-American author and poet (born 1886)

• 1951 Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic (born 1885)

• 1952 George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (born 1863)

• 1953 Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and educator (born 1895)

• 1954 Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (born 1868)

• 1957 Arthur Powell Davies, American minister and author (born 1902)

• 1959 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born 1899)

• 1959 Leslie Morshead, Australian general (born 1889)

• 1959 Teodor Ussisoo, Estonian furniture designer and educator (born 1878)

• 1961 Charles Erwin Wilson, American politician, 5th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1890)

• 1965 James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot (born 1898)

• 1968 Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin, Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician (born 1902)

• 1968 Daniel Johnson Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (born 1915)

• 1968 Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (born 1918)

• 1972 Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (born 1890)

• 1973 Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author (born 1891)

• 1973 Ralph Earnhardt, American race car driver (born 1928)

• 1973 Anna Magnani, Italian actress and singer (born 1908)

• 1976 Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)

• 1977 Uday Shankar, Indian dancer and choreographer (born 1900)

• 1978 Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1886)

• 1979 Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (born 1910)

• 1982 Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (born 1902)

• 1984 Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (born 1948)

• 1984 John Facenda, American sportscaster (born 1913)

• 1987 Ramang, Indonesian footballer and manager (born 1928)

• 1987 Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, journalist, and mountaineer (born 1912)

• 1988 Branko Zebec, Croatian and Yugoslav football player and coach (born 1929)

• 1989 Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Indian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1920)

• 1990 Hiram Abas, Turkish intelligence officer (born 1932)

• 1990 Alberto Moravia, Italian author and critic (born 1907)

• 1991 Billy Vaughn, American singer and bandleader (born 1919)

• 1995 Kalju Pitksaar, Estonian chess player (born 1931)

• 1996 Nicu Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (born 1951)

• 1997 Dorothy Kingsley, American screenwriter and producer (born 1909)

• 1998 Betty Carter, American singer (born 1930)

• 1999 Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (born 1908)

• 2000 Richard Mulligan, American actor (born 1932)

• 2000 Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist and composer (born 1937)

• 2002 Nils Bohlin, Swedish engineer, invented three-point safety belt (born 1920)

• 2003 Shawn Lane, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1963)

• 2003 Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter (born 1949)

• 2004 Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (born 1969)

• 2005 Helen Cresswell, English author and screenwriter (born 1934)

• 2006 Byron Nelson, American golfer and coach (born 1912)

• 2006 Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American wartime propaganda broadcaster (born 1916)

• 2007 Bill Wirtz, American businessman (born 1929)

• 2008 Marc Moulin, Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (born 1942)

• 2008 Paul Newman, American actor, director, producer, and businessman (born 1925)

• 2010 Terry Newton, English rugby player (born 1978)

• 2010 Gloria Stuart, American actress (born 1910)

• 2011 Bob Cassilly, American sculptor, founded the City Museum (born 1949)

• 2012 M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (born 1933)

• 2012 Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (born 1927)

• 2012 Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (born 1930)

• 2012 Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician (born 1929)

• 2013 Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (born 1944)

• 2013 Seánie Duggan, Irish hurler (born 1922)

• 2013 Mario Montez, Puerto Rican-American actor (born 1935)

• 2013 Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor and director (born 1929)

• 2014 Jim Boeke, American football player and coach (born 1938)

• 2014 Sam Hall, American screenwriter (born 1921)

• 2014 Gerald Neugebauer, American astronomer and physicist (born 1932)

• 2014 Tamir Sapir, Georgian-American businessman (born 1946)

• 2015 Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (born 1928)

• 2015 Sidney Phillips, American soldier, physician, and author (born 1924)

• 2015 Ana Seneviratne, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (born 1927)

• 2016 Toughie, last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog (h. )

• 2019 Jacques Chirac, French politician, President of France (born 1932)

• 2024 John Ashton, American actor (born 1948)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast days:

• Canadian Martyrs (Catholic Church in Canada)

• Cosmas and Damian

• John of Meda

• Nilus the Younger

• Thérèse Couderc

• Wilson Carlile (Anglican)

• September 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Day of the National Flag (Ecuador)

• Dominion Day (New Zealand)

• European Day of Languages (European Union)

• International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

• Petrov day

• Revolution Day (Yemen)

References

External links