Day of the year
October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 82 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
19 – The Roman general Germanicus dies near Antioch. He was convinced that the mysterious illness that ended in his death was a result of poisoning by the Syrian governor Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso , whom he had ordered to leave the province.[ 1] 680 – The Battle of Karbala marks the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali .[ 2] 732 – Charles Martel 's forces defeat an Umayyad army near Tours, France .1471 – Sten Sture the Elder , the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by King Christian I of Denmark .1492 – The crew of Christopher Columbus 's ship, the Santa Maria [ 3] 1575 – Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise , defeat the Protestants , capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.1580 – Over 600 Papal troops land in Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion .
1903 – The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.[ 4] 1911 – The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.1913 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal .1918 – RMS Leinster UB-123 Irish Sea .[ 5] [ 6] 1920 – The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria .1928 – Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.1933 – A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage , the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.1935 – In Greece, a coup d'état ends the Second Hellenic Republic .1938 – Abiding by the Munich Agreement , Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland .1945 – The Double Tenth Agreement is signed by the Communist Party and the Kuomintang about the future of China.1954 – The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat , Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud , marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War .[ 7] 1957 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.1957 – The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
1963 – France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.1963 – The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.
1964 – The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites.1967 – The Outer Space Treaty comes into force.1969 – King Crimson releases their debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King .[ 8] 1970 – Fiji becomes independent.1970 – Canada's October Crisis escalates when Quebec Vice Premier Pierre Laporte is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec .
1971 – Aeroflot Flight 773 is destroyed by a bomb over Moscow Oblast , killing 25.[ 9] 1973 – U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.1975 – Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations .1979 – The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant began operations in Eurajoki, Satakunta , Finland.[ 10] 1980 – The 7.1 Mw El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.1980 – The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador.
1985 – US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking1986 – A 5.7 Mw San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500.1997 – Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.1998 – A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises jetliner is shot down by rebels in Kindu , Democratic Republic of the Congo , killing 41 people.2002 – Iraq War : The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 .[ 11] 2007 – Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11 .[ 12] 2009 – Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols , intended to normalize relations . However, they are never ratified by either side.2010 – The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.2015 – Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+.2018 – Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida , and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage.2022 – Ben S. Bernanke , Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences .[ 13]
Births
Pre-1600
AD 19 – Tiberius Gemellus , Roman son of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla ; adoptive son of the Emperor Caligula (d. 38)786 – Saga , emperor of Japan (d. 842)867 – Li Siyuan , Chinese emperor (d. 933)1332 – King Charles II of Navarre (d. 1387)1344 – Mary of Waltham , duchess of Brittany (d. 1361)1355 – Zhu Biao , Chinese prince (d. 1392)1421 – John Paston , English politician (d. 1466)1486 – Charles III, Duke of Savoy (d. 1553)1554 – Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg and Lord of Rheda (d. 1606)1560 – Jacobus Arminius , Dutch theologian (d. 1609)1567 – Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (d. 1597)1584 – Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke (d. 1649)1599 – Étienne Moulinié , French composer and director (d. 1676)
1629 – Richard Towneley , English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1707)1646 – Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné , French noblewoman (d. 1705)1656 – Nicolas de Largillière , French painter and academic (d. 1746)1669 – Johann Nicolaus Bach , German organist and composer (d. 1753)1678 – John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll , Scottish general and politician, Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland (d. 1743)1684 – Jean-Antoine Watteau , French painter (d. 1721)1700 – Lambert-Sigisbert Adam , French sculptor and illustrator (d. 1759)1731 – Henry Cavendish , French-English chemist, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1810)1770 – Adam Johann von Krusenstern Imperial Russian Admiral and explorer (d. 1846) [ 14] 1780 – John Abercrombie , Scottish physician and philosopher (d. 1844)1794 – William Whiting Boardman , American judge and politician (d. 1871)1810 – Alfred Kennerley , English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1897)1813 – Giuseppe Verdi , Italian composer and philanthropist (d. 1901)1819 – Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger , German theologian and author (d. 1883)1825 – Paul Kruger , South African soldier and politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (d. 1904)1828 – Samuel J. Randall , American captain, lawyer and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1890)1830 – Isabella II of Spain (d. 1904)1834 – Aleksis Kivi , Finnish author and playwright (d. 1872)1837 – Robert Gould Shaw , American colonel (d. 1863)1842 – Emily Dobson , Australian philanthropist (d. 1934)[ 15] 1858 – Maurice Prendergast , American painter and academic (d. 1924)1861 – Fridtjof Nansen , Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)1864 – T. Frank Appleby , American businessman and politician (d. 1924)1870 – Louise Mack , Australian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1935)1872 – Dionysios Kasdaglis , Egyptian-Greek tennis player (d. 1931)1877 – William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield , English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (d. 1963)1884 – Nikolai Klyuev , Russian poet and author (d. 1937)1884 – Ida Wüst , German actress and screenwriter (d. 1958)
1885 – Walter Anderson , Belarusian-German ethnologist and academic (d. 1962)1885 – Jean Peyrière , French actor (d. 1965)
1889 – Han van Meegeren , Dutch painter and forger (d. 1947)1895 – Alfred Neuland , Estonian weightlifter (d. 1966)1895 – Fridolf Rhudin , Swedish actor (d. 1935)
1895 – Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen , German field marshal (d. 1945)
1898 – Lilly Daché , French-American fashion designer (d. 1989)1900 – Helen Hayes , American actress (d. 1993)
1901 – Alberto Giacometti , Swiss sculptor and painter (d. 1966)[ 16] 1902 – K. Shivaram Karanth , Indian journalist, author, and activist (d. 1997)1903 – Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (d. 1983)1903 – Vernon Duke , Russian-American composer and songwriter (d. 1969)
1903 – Bei Shizhang , Chinese biologist and academic (d. 2009)
1905 – Aksella Luts , Estonian actress, screenwriter, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2005)1906 – Paul Creston , American composer and educator (d. 1985)1906 – Fei Mu , Chinese director and screenwriter (d. 1951)
1906 – R. K. Narayan , Indian author (d. 2001)
1908 – Johnny Green , American conductor and composer (d. 1989)1908 – Mercè Rodoreda , Catalan author and poet (d. 1983)
1909 – Robert F. Boyle , American production designer and art director (d. 2010)1910 – Julius Shulman , American photographer and environmentalist (d. 2009)1911 – Clare Hollingworth , English journalist and author (d. 2017)1912 – Ram Vilas Sharma , Indian poet and critic (d. 2000)1913 – Claude Simon , Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)1914 – Tommy Fine , American baseball player and businessman (d. 2005)1914 – Ivory Joe Hunter , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1974)
1915 – Harry Edison , American trumpet player and composer (d. 1999)1917 – Thelonious Monk , American pianist and composer (d. 1982)[ 16] 1919 – Willard Estey , Canadian academic and jurist (d. 2002)1919 – Gerry Gomez , Trinidadian cricketer, manager, and umpire (d. 1996)
1919 – Kim Ki-young , South Korean director, screenwriter, producer, and editor (d. 1997)
1919 – William Kruskal , American mathematician and statistician (d. 2005)
1919 – Edgar Laprade , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
1920 – Gail Halvorsen , American air force pilot known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber." (d. 2022)1922 – Merv Pregulman , American football player, businessman, and philanthropist (d. 2012)1923 – Louis Gottlieb , American singer and bass player (d. 1996)1923 – Nicholas Parsons , English actor and game show host (d. 2020)
1923 – Murray Walker , English journalist and sportscaster (d. 2021)
1924 – James Clavell , Australian-American director, producer, screenwriter, and author (d. 1994)1924 – Ludmilla Tchérina , French actress, ballerina, and choreographer (d. 2004)
1924 – Ed Wood , American actor, director, producer, screenwriter (d. 1978)[ 16]
1926 – Oscar Brown , American singer-songwriter, playwright, and actor (d. 2005)1926 – Richard Jaeckel , American actor (d. 1997)
1927 – Dana Elcar , American actor and director (d. 2005)1927 – Jon Locke , American actor (d. 2013)
1927 – Thomas Wilson , American-Scottish composer and educator (d. 2001)
1928 – Leyla Gencer , Turkish soprano (d. 2008)[ 17] 1928 – Sheila Walsh , English author (d. 2009)
1929 – Ayten Alpman , Turkish singer (d. 2012)1929 – Herb Levinson , American actor (d. 2012)
1929 – Bernard Mayes , English-American journalist and academic (d. 2014)
1930 – Eugenio Castellotti , Italian race car driver (d. 1957)1930 – Yves Chauvin , French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
1930 – Harold Pinter , English playwright, screenwriter, director Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
1930 – Adlai Stevenson III , American lawyer and politician (d. 2021)[ 18]
1932 – Harry Smith , English footballer (d. 2016)[ 19] 1933 – Jay Sebring , American hair stylist and businessman (d. 1969)1935 – Khalil al-Wazir , Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (d. 1988)1935 – André Bureau , Canadian lawyer and businessman (d. 2019)
1935 – Judith Chalmers , English television host and actress
1936 – Gerhard Ertl , German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate1937 – Bruce Devlin , Australian golfer and sportscaster1937 – Peter Underwood , Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (d. 2014)
1938 – Oleg Gordievsky , Russian intelligence officer and author1938 – Leroy Hood , American biologist and academic
1938 – Daidō Moriyama , Japanese photographer
1938 – Lily Tuck , American novelist and short story writer
1940 – Winston Churchill , English journalist and politician (d. 2010)1941 – Peter Coyote , American actor, director, and screenwriter[ 20] 1941 – Ken Saro-Wiwa , Nigerian author and activist (d. 1995)
1942 – Janis Hansen , American singer and author (d. 2017)1942 – Radu Vasile , Romanian historian and politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 2013)
1943 – Frederick Barthelme , American novelist and short story writer1945 – Christopher Hill , English bishop1945 – Vanburn Holder , Barbadian cricketer
1945 – Headman Shabalala , South African bass singer (d. 1991)
1946 – Charles Dance , English actor, director, and screenwriter[ 20] 1946 – Naoto Kan , Japanese lawyer and politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan
1946 – Peter Mahovlich , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1946 – Anne Mather , English author and screenwriter
1946 – John Prine , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)[ 16]
1946 – Raymond Tallis , English physician, philosopher, author, and academic
1946 – Chris Tarrant , English radio and television host
1946 – Ben Vereen , American actor, singer, and dancer[ 20]
1946 – Willard White , Jamaican-English actor and singer
1947 – Gary Beach , American actor and singer (d. 2018)1947 – Giant Haystacks , English wrestler (d. 1998)
1948 – Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough , English academic and businesswoman1948 – Cyril Neville , American R&B percussionist and singer[ 20]
1948 – Séverine , French singer and actress
1949 – Warren Burt , American-Australian composer1949 – Lance Cairns , New Zealand cricketer
1949 – Jessica Harper , American actress[ 20]
1949 – Wang Wanxing , Chinese activist
1950 – Charlie George , English footballer1950 – Nora Roberts , American author[ 16]
1951 – Epeli Ganilau , Fijian general and politician, 16th Minister for Fijian Affairs (d. 2023)1952 – Bob Nystrom , Swedish ice hockey player[ 21] 1952 – Dela Smith , English educator
1953 – Fiona Rae , Scottish painter1953 – Midge Ure , Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[ 20]
1953 – Aleksander Veingold , Estonian chess player and coach
1953 – Gus Williams , American basketball player
1954 – Václav Patejdl , Slovak musician (d. 2023)[ 22] 1954 – Rekha , Indian actress
1954 – David Lee Roth , American singer-songwriter and producer[ 20]
1954 – Fernando Santos , Portuguese footballer and manager
1956 – Amanda Burton , Northern Irish actress and producer1956 – David Hempleman-Adams , English businessman and adventurer
1956 – Taur Matan Ruak , East Timorese politician, 3rd President of East Timor
1957 – Rumiko Takahashi , Japanese author and illustrator1958 – Tanya Tucker , American singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 20] 1959 – Michael Cobley , English-Scottish author1959 – Kirsty MacColl , English singer-songwriter (d. 2000)
1959 – Arif Peçenek , Turkish football player and manager (d. 2013)
1959 – Bill Rammell , English academic and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
1959 – Julia Sweeney , American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter[ 20]
1959 – Bradley Whitford , American actor and producer[ 20]
1960 – Ron Flockhart , Canadian ice hockey player1960 – Eric Martin , American singer-songwriter
1960 – Russell Slade , English football manager
1960 – Paul Thiebaud , American art dealer (d. 2010)
1960 – Simon Townshend , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1961 – Scott Hoffman , American drummer1961 – Henrik Jørgensen , Danish runner (d. 2019)
1961 – Martin Kemp , English singer-songwriter and bass player[ 20]
1961 – Crystal Waters , American singer-songwriter, musician and producer
1962 – Thomas Rusch , German photographer1963 – Jolanda de Rover , Dutch swimmer1963 – Anita Mui , Hong Kong singer and actress (d. 2003)
1963 – Daniel Pearl , American-Israeli journalist (d. 2002)[ 16]
1963 – Vegard Ulvang , Norwegian skier
1964 – Sarah Lancashire , English actress and director1965 – Toshi , Japanese singer-songwriter and producer1965 – Chris Penn , American actor (d. 2006)
1965 – Rebecca Pidgeon , American-English singer-songwriter and actress
1966 – Tony Adams , English footballer and manager1966 – Bai Ling , Chinese-American model and actress[ 16]
1966 – Derrick McKey , American basketball player
1967 – Michael Giacchino , American composer1967 – Jonathan Littell , American-French author and humanitarian
1967 – Mike Malinin , American drummer and producer
1967 – Gavin Newsom , American businessman and politician, 40th and current Governor of California [ 16]
1967 – Jacek Zieliński , Polish footballer and coach
1968 – Bart Brentjens , Dutch cyclist1968 – Feridun Düzağaç , Turkish singer-songwriter
1968 – Chris Ofili , British painter
1968 – Marinos Ouzounidis , Greek footballer and manager
1969 – Manu Bennett , New Zealand-Australian actor[ 23] 1969 – Joelle Carter , American actress[ 20]
1969 – Dilsa Demirbag Sten , Swedish journalist and author
1969 – Francis Escudero , Filipino lawyer and politician
1969 – Brett Favre , American football player[ 16]
1969 – Shawn Jamison , American basketball player and coach
1969 – Wendi McLendon-Covey , American actress[ 20]
1970 – Dean Kiely , Irish footballer1970 – Silke Kraushaar-Pielach , German sled racer
1970 – Matthew Pinsent , English rower and sportscaster
1971 – Graham Alexander , English-Scottish footballer and manager1971 – Ian Bennett , English footballer
1971 – Evgeny Kissin , Russian pianist
1972 – Yinka Dare , Nigerian basketball player (d. 2004)[ 24] 1972 – Jun Lana , Filipino director, producer, playwright, and screenwriter
1972 – Dean Roland , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 – Alexei Zhitnik , Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
1973 – Mario Lopez , American actor, television personality, and producer[ 20] 1973 – Scott Morriss , English bass player and songwriter
1973 – Zach Thornton , American soccer player and coach
1974 – Asi Cohen , Israeli actor and screenwriter1974 – Oded Kattash , Israeli basketball player and coach[ 25]
1974 – Julio Ricardo Cruz , Argentinian footballer
1974 – Dale Earnhardt Jr. , American race car driver and actor[ 16]
1974 – Lucy Powell , English politician
1974 – Chris Pronger , Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Ihsahn , Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1975 – Ramón Morales , Mexican footballer and manager
1975 – Plácido Polanco , Dominican-American baseball player
1976 – Bob Burnquist , Brazilian-American skateboarder1976 – Pat Burrell , American baseball player
1976 – Shane Doan , Canadian ice hockey player
1978 – Scott Dobie , English footballer1978 – Naomi Levari , Israeli film producer and director
1978 – Jodi Lyn O'Keefe , American model and actress[ 20]
1979 – Kangta , South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor1979 – Nicolás Massú , Chilean tennis player
1979 – Mýa , American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress[ 20]
1979 – Joel Przybilla , American basketball player
1979 – Hitomi Satō , Japanese actress
1980 – Blaž Emeršič , Slovenian ice hockey player1980 – Casey FitzSimmons , American football player
1980 – Elvis Hammond , Ghanaian footballer
1980 – Tim Maurer , American singer-songwriter
1980 – Julie Pomagalski , French snowboarder (d. 2021)[ 26]
1981 – Una Foden , Irish singer-songwriter and dancer1981 – Gavin Shuker , English lawyer and politician
1982 – Yasser Al-Qahtani , Saudi Arabian footballer1982 – Amon Buchanan , Australian footballer
1982 – David Cal , Spanish sprint canoeist[ 27]
1982 – Tony Khan , American sports executive[ 28]
1982 – Dan Stevens , English actor[ 29]
1983 – Lzzy Hale , American singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 20] 1983 – Vusimuzi Sibanda , Zimbabwean cricketer
1983 – Nikos Spyropoulos , Greek footballer
1983 – Tolga Zengin , Turkish footballer
1984 – Stephanie Cheng , Hong Kong singer1984 – Jean-Baptiste Grange , French skier
1984 – Ryan Hollins , American basketball player and commentator[ 30]
1984 – Chiaki Kuriyama , Japanese actress and singer
1984 – Tomáš Pöpperle , Czech ice hockey player[ 31]
1984 – Paul Posluszny , American football player
1984 – Troy Tulowitzki , American baseball player
1985 – Dominique Cornu , Belgian cyclist1985 – Bronson Harrison , New Zealand rugby league player
1985 – Marina Diamandis , Welsh singer-songwriter and pianist
1985 – Rostislav Olesz , Czech ice hockey player[ 32]
1985 – Sandra Záhlavová , Czech tennis player
1986 – Ezequiel Garay , Argentinian footballer1986 – Lucy Griffiths , English actress[ 33]
1986 – Nathan Jawai , Australian basketball player
1986 – Andrew McCutchen , American baseball player
1986 – Ellen Andrea Wang , Norwegian bassist and composer
1987 – Rodjun Cruz , Filipino actor and dancer1987 – Junior Madozein , Central African basketball player
1987 – Ryan Mathews , American football player
1987 – Colin Slade , New Zealand rugby player
1988 – Luis Cardozo , Paraguayan footballer1988 – Shaun Fensom , Australian rugby league player
1988 – Brown Ideye , Nigerian footballer
1988 – Rose McIver , New Zealand actress[ 20]
1988 – Emmanuel Nwachi , Nigerian footballer
1988 – Toby Smith , Australian-New Zealand rugby player
1989 – Jeurys Familia , Dominican baseball player[ 34] 1989 – Emer Kenny , English actress and screenwriter
1989 – Aimee Teegarden , American actress and producer[ 20]
1990 – Shelby Miller , American baseball player[ 35] 1990 – Geno Smith , American football player
1990 – Kolten Wong , American baseball player[ 36]
1991 – Michael Carter-Williams , American basketball player1991 – Gabriella Cilmi , Australian singer-songwriter and producer
1991 – Lali Espósito , Argentinian actress and singer[ 37]
1991 – Mariana Pajón , Colombian cyclist
1991 – Xherdan Shaqiri , Swiss footballer
1992 – Anthony Brown , American basketball player[ 38] 1993 – Lourdes Gurriel Jr. , Cuban baseball player[ 39] 1993 – Jayden Stockley , English footballer
1994 – Ilya Mikheyev , Russian ice hockey player[ 40] 1994 – Tereza Smitková , Czech tennis player
1994 – Bae Suzy , South Korean singer, actress and model[ 41]
1994 – Mike Tobey , American-Slovenian basketball player[ 42]
1994 – Marquez Valdes-Scantling , American football player[ 43]
1995 – Brenko Lee , Australian-Tongan rugby league player[ 44] 1995 – Courtland Sutton , American football player[ 45]
1996 – Sami Niku , Finnish ice hockey player[ 46] 2002 – Josh Giddey , Australian basketball player[ 47] 2002 -- Nate Yarnell , American Football Player[ 48]
Deaths
Pre-1600
AD 19 – Germanicus , Roman general (b. 15 BC)644 – Paulinus of York , English bishop and missionary680 – Abbas ibn Ali , son of Imam Ali 680 – Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn , son of Al-Husayn
680 – Habib ibn Madhahir
680 – Husayn ibn Ali , third Shia Imam and grandson of Muhammad (b. 626)
827 – Pope Valentine (b. 800)937 – Wang Lingmou , chancellor of Wu 1149 – Al-Hafiz , Fatimid imam-caliph (b. 1074/77)[ 49] 1174 – Adela of Ponthieu, Countess of Surrey [ 50]
1213 – Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine 1308 – Patrick Dunbar, 8th Earl of Dunbar 1359 – Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)1503 – Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1438)1581 – Bayinnaung , Burmese king (b. 1516)[ 51]
1659 – Abel Tasman , Dutch merchant and explorer (b. 1603)1691 – Isaac de Benserade , French author and poet (b. 1613)1708 – David Gregory , Scottish mathematician and astronomer (b. 1659)1714 – Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert , French economist and academic (b. 1646)1720 – Antoine Coysevox , French sculptor (b. 1640)1723 – William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper , English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1665)1725 – Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil , French politician, Governor of New France (b. 1643)1747 – John Potter , English archbishop and academic (b. 1674)1759 – Granville Elliott , English general (b. 1713)1765 – Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1688)1795 – Francesco Antonio Zaccaria , Italian historian and theologian (b. 1714)1800 – Gabriel Prosser , American rebel leader (b. 1776)1806 – Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (b. 1772)1827 – Ugo Foscolo , Italian author and poet (b. 1778)1837 – Charles Fourier , French philosopher and academic (b. 1772)[ 52] 1857 – George Washington Parke Custis , American author and playwright (b. 1781)1872 – William H. Seward , American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (b. 1801)1875 – Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy , Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1817)1876 – Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville , French geologist and meteorologist (b. 1814)1893 – Lip Pike , American baseball player and manager (b. 1845)
1901 – Lorenzo Snow , American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814)1913 – Adolphus Busch , German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1839)1913 – Katsura Tarō , Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)
1914 – Carol I of Romania (b. 1839)1918 – Henry Dobson , Australian politician, 17th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1841)1922 – Andreas Karkavitsas , Greek physician and author (b. 1866)1923 – Andrés Avelino Cáceres , Peruvian general, President of Peru (b. 1836)[ 53] 1927 – August Kitzberg , Estonian author and playwright (b. 1855)1927 – Gustave Whitehead , German-American pilot and engineer (b. 1874)
1930 – Adolf Engler , German botanist and academic (b. 1844)1935 – Gustave Loiseau , French painter (b. 1865)1940 – Berton Churchill , Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1876)1942 – Arnold Majewski , Finnish military hero of Polish descent (killed in action) (b. 1892 )[ 54] 1948 – Ted Horn , American race car driver (b. 1910)1949 – Chikuhei Nakajima , Japanese engineer, businessman, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (b. 1884)1953 – Erima Harvey Northcroft , New Zealand general, lawyer, and judge (b. 1884)1957 – Karl Genzken , German physician (b. 1885)1962 – Stancho Belkovski , Bulgarian-Polish architect (b. 1891)1963 – Roy Cazaly , Australian footballer and coach (b. 1893)1963 – Édith Piaf , French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1915)
1964 – Eddie Cantor , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (b. 1892)1964 – Heinrich Neuhaus , Ukrainian-Russian pianist and educator (b. 1888)
1966 – Charlotte Cooper , English-Scottish tennis player (b. 1870)1966 – Louise Thuliez , French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author (b. 1881)[ 55]
1970 – Édouard Daladier , French captain and politician, 105th Prime Minister of France (b. 1884)1971 – John Cawte Beaglehole , New Zealand historian and scholar (b. 1901)1973 – Ludwig von Mises , Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (b. 1881)1974 – Joseph Wulf , German-Polish historian (b. 1912)[ 56]
1976 – Silvana Armenulić , Bosnian singer and actress (b. 1939)1976 – Mirsada Mirjana Bajraktarević , Bosnian singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
1977 – Angelo Muscat , Maltese-English actor (b. 1930)1978 – Ralph Marterie , Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1914)1978 – Ralph Metcalfe , American sprinter and politician (b. 1910)
1979 – Christopher Evans , English psychologist, computer scientist, and author (b. 1931)1979 – Paul Paray , French organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1886)
1982 – Jean Effel , French painter and journalist (b. 1908)1983 – Ralph Richardson , English actor (b. 1902)1985 – Yul Brynner , Russian actor (b. 1920)1985 – Orson Welles , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915)
1986 – Gleb Wataghin , Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic (b. 1899)1987 – Behice Boran , Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist (b. 1910)1990 – Tom Murton , American penologist and activist (b. 1928)1990 – Nikolaos Pavlopoulos , Greek sculptor and academic (b. 1909)
1990 – Dorothy Stanley , American educator (b. 1924)[ 57]
1991 – Nickolaus Hirschl , Austrian wrestler, discus thrower, and shot putter (b. 1906)1997 – Michael J. S. Dewar , Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model (b. 1918)1998 – Clark Clifford , American captain, lawyer, and politician 9th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1906)1998 – Marvin Gay Sr. , American minister (b. 1914)
1998 – Tommy Quaid , Irish hurler and manager (b. 1957)
2000 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1916)2001 – Eddie Futch , American boxer and trainer (b. 1911)2001 – Vasily Mishin , Russian engineer (b. 1917)
2003 – Eila Hiltunen , Finnish sculptor (b. 1922)2003 – Eugene Istomin , American pianist (b. 1925)
2004 – Ken Caminiti , American baseball player (b. 1963)2004 – Christopher Reeve , American actor, producer, and activist (b. 1952)
2004 – Arthur H. Robinson , American geographer and cartographer (b. 1915)
2004 – Maurice Shadbolt , New Zealand author and playwright (b. 1932)
2005 – Wayne C. Booth , American educator and critic (b. 1921)2005 – Milton Obote , Ugandan politician, 2nd President of Uganda (b. 1925)
2006 – Michael John Rogers , English ornithologist and academic (b. 1932)2006 – Ian Scott , Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
2008 – Kazuyoshi Miura , Japanese businessman (b. 1947)2009 – Stephen Gately , Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (b. 1976)2010 – Solomon Burke , American singer-songwriter and preacher (b. 1940)2010 – Joan Sutherland , Australian-Swiss soprano and actress (b. 1926)
2011 – Jagjit Singh , Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1941)2012 – Sam Gibbons , American captain and politician (b. 1920)2012 – Alex Karras , American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1935)
2012 – Piotr Lenartowicz , Polish philosopher and educator (b. 1934)
2012 – Basil L. Plumley , American sergeant (b. 1920)
2012 – Mark Poster , American philosopher and educator (b. 1941)
2012 – Kyaw Zaw , Burmese commander and politician (b. 1919)
2013 – Scott Carpenter , American commander, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1925)2013 – Jay Conrad Levinson , American author and educator (b. 1933)
2013 – Sohei Miyashita , Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (b. 1927)
2013 – Cal Smith , American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)
2014 – Olav Dale , Norwegian saxophonist and composer (b. 1958)2014 – Damiana Eugenio , Filipino author and academic (b. 1921)
2014 – Valeri Karpov , Russian ice hockey player (b. 1971)
2014 – Lari Ketner , American football and basketball player (b. 1977)
2014 – Pavel Landovský , Czech actor, director, and playwright (b. 1936)
2014 – Ed Nimmervoll , Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (b. 1947)
2015 – Diepreye Alamieyeseigha , Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (b. 1952)2015 – Hilla Becher , German photographer and educator (b. 1934)
2015 – Manorama , Indian (Tamil ) actress (b. 1937)[ 58]
2015 – Steve Mackay , American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949)
2015 – Sybil Stockdale , American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (b. 1924)
2016 – Donn Fendler , American author and speaker (b. 1926)2021 – Abdul Qadeer Khan , Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical scientist (b. 1936)[ 59] 2022 – Mulayam Singh Yadav , Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (b. 1939)[ 60] 2024 – Fleur Adcock , New Zealand poet (b. 1934)[ 61] 2024 – Ethel Kennedy , American philanthropist (b. 1928)[ 62]
Holidays and observances
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