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Acontecimientos
- 944Caliph al-Muttaqi is blinded and deposed by the Turkish general Tuzun.
- 1138A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.
- 1142A peace treaty ends the Jin–Song wars.
- 1311The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of English kings with the Ordinances of 1311.
- 1531The five Catholic cantons defeat the Protestant canton of Zurich in the battle of Kappel.
- 1614The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States.
- 1634The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
- 1643A Parliamentarian cavalry force defeats a Royalist cavalry force in the battle of Winceby.
- 1649Cromwell's New Model Army sacks Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
- 1776American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
- 1797The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.
- 1811The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.
- 1840The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
- 1852The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
- 1862American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
- 1865Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
- 1890In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
- 1899The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
- 1906San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
- 1910Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
- 1912First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
- 1918The 7.1 San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.
- 1937The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on 22 October.
- 1941Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
- 1942World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
- 1944The Tuvan People's Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union.
- 1950CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
- 1954In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
- 1958NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.
- 1962The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
- 1968NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful crewed Apollo mission.
- 1976George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.
- 1982The hull of the Mary Rose is recovered, over four hundred years after her sinking during the battle of the Solent.
- 1984Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
- 1984Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178.
- 1986Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.
- 1987The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
- 1987Start of Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians, insurgents, and soldiers die.
- 1991Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination.
- 1999Air Botswana pilot Chris Phatswe steals an ATR 42 from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport and later crashes it into two other aircraft at the airport, killing himself.
- 2000NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
- 2001The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
- 2002A bomb attack in the Myyrmanni shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.
- 2013A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily, with at least 359 people drowning.
- 2018Soyuz MS-10, launching an intended crew for the ISS, suffers an in-flight abort. The crew lands safely.
Nacimientos
- 1492Charles Orlando, Dauphin of France, French noble (died 1495)
- 1552Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (died 1553)
- 1616Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright (died 1664)
- 1661Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal and poet (died 1742)
- 1671Frederick IV of Denmark (died 1730)
- 1672Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian-Romanian diplomat (died 1742)
- 1675Samuel Clarke, English minister and philosopher (died 1729)
- 1738Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (died 1814)
- 1739Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician (died 1791)
- 1758Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (died 1840)
- 1778George Bridgetower, British musician and composer (died 1860)
- 1782Steen Steensen Blicher, Danish author and poet (died 1848)
- 1786Stevenson Archer, American judge and politician (died 1848)
- 1788Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (died 1867)
- 1793Maria James, Welsh-born American poet, domestic servant (died 1868)
- 1803Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian general and geologist (died 1885)
- 1814Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French-American archbishop (died 1888)
- 1815Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Italian-French politician (died 1881)
- 1821George Williams, English philanthropist, founded the YMCA (died 1905)
- 1827Afzal-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah V, 5th Nizam of Hyderabad
- 1835Ernst Sars, Norwegian historian (died 1917)
- 1835Theodore Thomas, American conductor, founded the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (died 1905)
- 1844Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (died 1919)
- 1865Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author (died 1926)
- 1871Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian evangelist, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (died 1943)
- 1872Emily Davison, English educator and activist (died 1913)
- 1872Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1946)
- 1879Ernst Mally, Austrian philosopher and academic (died 1944)
- 1881Hans Kelsen, Czech-American jurist and philosopher (died 1973)
- 1883Kristian Welhaven, Norwegian police officer (died 1975)
- 1884Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1949)
- 1884Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 32nd First Lady of the United States (died 1962)
- 1884Sig Ruman, German-American actor (died 1967)
- 1885Alfred Haar, Hungarian mathematician (died 1933)
- 1885François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
- 1890A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1978)
- 1894Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian educator and lieutenant (died 1919)
- 1896Roman Jakobson, Russian-American linguist and theorist (died 1982)
- 1897Nathan Farragut Twining, American general (died 1982)
- 1899Eddie Dyer, American baseball player and manager (died 1964)
- 1901Masanobu Tsuji, Japanese colonel and politician (died 1961)
- 1902Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian activist and politician (died 1979)
- 1905Fred Trump, American real estate entrepreneur (died 1999)
- 1909Sir Ken Anderson, Australian politician (died 1985)
- 1910Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic (died 1997)
- 1911Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (died 2003)
- 1913Joe Simon, American author and illustrator (died 2011)
- 1915T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet (died 2009)
- 1916Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (died 2010)
- 1916Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar, Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (died 1991)
- 1918Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist and author (died 2012)
- 1918Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (died 1998)
- 1919Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (died 1990)
- 1919Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor (died 1942)
- 1922G. C. Edmondson, American soldier and author (died 1995)
- 1924André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (died 2007)
- 1924Sammy McCrory, Northern Irish footballer (died 2011)
- 1924Mal Whitfield, American athlete (died 2015)
- 1925Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
- 1926Jean Alexander, English actress (died 2016)
- 1926Yvon Dupuis, Canadian politician (died 2017)
- 1926Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese monk, author, and poet (died 2022)
- 1926Earle Hyman, American actor (died 2017)
- 1926Neville Wran, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (died 2014)
- 1927Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (died 2005)
- 1927Jim Prior, Baron Prior, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2016)
- 1928Alfonso de Portago, Spanish race car driver and bobsledder (died 1957)
- 1928Roscoe Robinson Jr., American general (died 1993)
- 1928Geoffrey Tordoff, Baron Tordoff, English businessman and politician (died 2019)
- 1929Curtis Amy, American saxophonist and clarinetist (died 2002)
- 1930Michael Edwardes, South African-English businessman (died 2019)
- 1930LaVell Edwards, American football player and coach (died 2016)
- 1930Sam Johnson, American colonel and politician (died 2020)
- 1932Saul Friedländer, Israeli historian and author
- 1932Barry Jones, Australian lawyer and politician
- 1932Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 1991)
- 1935Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (died 2012)
- 1935Daniel Quinn, American author and environmentalist (died 2018)
- 1936C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (died 2013)
- 1936Billy Higgins, American drummer and educator (died 2001)
- 1936James M. McPherson, American historian and author
- 1937Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager (died 2023)
- 1937R. H. W. Dillard, American poet, author, and critic (died 2023)
- 1937Ron Leibman, American actor and screenwriter (died 2019)
- 1938Darrall Imhoff, American basketball player (died 2017)
- 1938Michael Stear, English air marshal (died 2020)
- 1939Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player (died 2018)
- 1939Austin Currie, Northern Irish lawyer and SDLP politician (died 2021)
- 1940Lucy Morgan, American newspaper reporter (died 2023)
- 1941Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (died 1999)
- 1942Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton, Welsh academic and politician
- 1942Amitabh Bachchan, Indian film actor, producer, television host, and former politician
- 1943Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (died 1996)
- 1943Michael Harloe, English sociologist and academic
- 1943John Nettles, English actor and writer
- 1943Ilmar Reepalu, Swedish lawyer and politician
- 1943Gene Watson, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1944Rodney Marsh, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
- 1945Andrew Logan, English sculptor and painter
- 1946Elinor Goodman, English journalist
- 1946Daryl Hall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1946Sawao Katō, Japanese gymnast
- 1947Thomas Boswell, American journalist and author
- 1947Lucas Papademos, Greek economist and politician, 183rd Prime Minister of Greece
- 1947Alan Pascoe, English hurdler
- 1948David Rendall, English tenor and actor
- 1948Peter Turkson, Ghanaian cardinal
- 1949Henry Luke Orombi, Ugandan archbishop
- 1949Lawrence Tanter, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1950Catlin Adams, American actress
- 1950William R. Forstchen, American historian and author
- 1950Amos Gitai, Israeli director, producer, and author
- 1950Patty Murray, American educator and politician
- 1951Bruce Bartlett, American economist, historian, and author
- 1951Miroslav Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player (died 2008)
- 1951Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1951Jon Miller, American sportscaster
- 1951Louise Rennison, English author and comedian (died 2016)
- 1951Charles Shyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)
- 1952Paulette Carlson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1953David Morse, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1954David Michaels, American epidemiologist and politician
- 1954Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
- 1955Norm Nixon, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1956Nicanor Duarte, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, President of Paraguay
- 1956Doug Lawrence, American jazz saxophonist
- 1956Derek Ringer, Scottish race car driver
- 1956Stephen Spinella, American actor
- 1957Francky Dury, Belgian footballer and manager
- 1957Dawn French, Welsh-English actress, comedian and screenwriter
- 1959Wayne Gardner, Australian motorcycle racer
- 1959Allan Little, Scottish journalist and author
- 1960Randy Breuer, American basketball player
- 1960Nicola Bryant, English actress
- 1960Curt Ford, American baseball player and manager
- 1960Gábor Pölöskei, Hungarian footballer and manager
- 1961Neil Buchanan, English guitarist
- 1961Steve Young, American football player and sportscaster
- 1962Joan Cusack, American actress
- 1962Andy McCoy, Finnish musician
- 1963Marcus Graham, Australian actor
- 1963Brian Rice, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1963Ronny Rosenthal, Israeli footballer
- 1963Rima Te Wiata, English-New Zealand actress and singer
- 1964Michael J. Nelson, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1965Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor and producer
- 1965Alexander Hacke, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1965Orlando Hernández, Cuban baseball player
- 1965Volodymyr Horilyi, Ukrainian footballer and coach
- 1965Lennie James, English actor
- 1966Luke Perry, American actor and producer (died 2019)
- 1966Todd Snider, American singer-songwriter
- 1966Stephen Williams, Welsh lawyer and politician
- 1967Jay Grdina, American businessman and pornographic actor
- 1967Artie Lange, American actor and comedian
- 1967David Starr, American race car driver
- 1967Peter Thiel, German and American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist
- 1968Jane Krakowski, American actress and singer
- 1968Claude Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1968Brett Salisbury, American football player and author
- 1969Merieme Chadid, Moroccan astronomer and explorer
- 1969Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
- 1969Stephen Moyer, English actor
- 1970Chidi Ahanotu, American football player
- 1970Vanessa Harding, American wrestler
- 1970MC Lyte, American rapper, DJ, and actress
- 1970Andy Marriott, English-Welsh footballer and manager
- 1970Shin Tae-yong, South Korean footballer and coach
- 1970Constance Zimmer, American actress
- 1971Petra Haden, American violinist and singer
- 1971Justin Lin, American film director
- 1971Oleksandr Pomazun, Ukrainian footballer and manager
- 1972Marcus Bai, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
- 1973Brendan B. Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1973Greg Chalmers, Australian golfer
- 1973Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1973Niki Xanthou, Greek long jumper
- 1973Dmitri Young, American baseball player and radio host
- 1974Jason Arnott, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974Rachel Barton Pine, American violinist and educator
- 1976Dominic Aitchison, Scottish bass player and songwriter
- 1976Emily Deschanel, American actress and producer
- 1977Matt Bomer, American actor and producer
- 1977Igor Figueiredo, Brazilian snooker player
- 1977Jérémie Janot, French footballer and manager
- 1977Desmond Mason, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1977Rhett McLaughlin, American YouTuber
- 1977Ty Wigginton, American baseball player
- 1978Carl Bussey, American soccer player
- 1978Trevor Donovan, American actor
- 1978Takuya Kawaguchi, Japanese footballer
- 1979Jamar Beasley, American football player
- 1979Andy Douglas, American wrestler
- 1979Kim Yong-dae, South Korean footballer
- 1980Nyron Nosworthy, English-born Jamaican footballer
- 1982Cameron Knowles, New Zealand footballer
- 1982Jeff Larish, American baseball player
- 1982Terrell Suggs, American football player
- 1982Mauricio Victorino, Uruguayan footballer
- 1983Denis Grebeshkov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1984Sergio Hellings, Dutch footballer
- 1984Martha MacIsaac, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1984Zeb Taia, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
- 1984Jane Zhang, Chinese singer-songwriter
- 1985Nesta Carter, Jamaican sprinter
- 1985Yang Cheng, Chinese footballer
- 1985Álvaro Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
- 1985Peter Ölvecký, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1985Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress (died 2025)
- 1986Ikioi Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1987Tony Beltran, American soccer player
- 1987Mike Conley Jr., American basketball player
- 1987Nathan Coulter-Nile, Australian cricketer
- 1988Omar Gonzalez, American soccer player
- 1988Ricochet, American wrestler
- 1989Michelle Wie, American golfer
- 1990Joo, South Korean singer and actress
- 1990Sebastian Rode, German footballer
- 1991Joel Bitonio, American football player
- 1991Toby Fox, American video game developer and composer
- 1991Gio Urshela, Colombian baseball player
- 1991Kika van Es, Dutch footballer
- 1992Cardi B, American rapper
- 1992Christian Davis, English cricketer
- 1992Riffi Mandanda, Congolese footballer
- 1992Ligi Sao, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1993Brandon Flynn, American actor
- 1993Hardik Pandya, Indian cricketer
- 1994Clésio Baúque, Mozambican footballer
- 1994Zior Park, South Korean rapper
- 1994T. J. Watt, American football player
- 1995Nicolás Jarry, Chilean tennis player
- 1996Rhea Ripley, Australian wrestler
- 1996Arman Tsarukyan, Armenian professional mixed martial artist
- 1999Leicester Fainga'anuku, New Zealand rugby union player
- 1999Keldon Johnson, American basketball player
- 2000Adin Ross, American internet personality and streamer
- 2001Maja Chwalińska, Polish tennis player
- 2001Daniel Maldini, Italian footballer
- 2001Jacob Preston, Australian rugby league player
- 2001Chu Ye-jin, South Korean actress
Fallecimientos
- 965Bruno the Great, Archbishop of Cologne (born 925)
- 1086Sima Guang, Chinese historian and statesman (born 1019)
- 1159William of Blois, Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey (born c. 1137)
- 1188Robert I, Count of Dreux (born 1123)
- 1303Pope Boniface VIII (born 1235)
- 1347Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1282)
- 1424Jan Žižka, Czech general and Hussite leader (born 1360)
- 1531Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (born 1484)
- 1542Thomas Wyatt, English poet and diplomat (born 1503)
- 1579Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 43rd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1506)
- 1667Mattias de' Medici, Italian noble (born 1613)
- 1684James Tuchet, 3rd Earl of Castlehaven (born c. 1617)
- 1698William Molyneux, Irish philosopher and writer (born 1656)
- 1705Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (born 1663)
- 1708Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher (born 1651)
- 1721Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (born 1636)
- 1725Hans Herr, Swiss-American bishop (born 1639)
- 1779Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (born 1745)
- 1809Meriwether Lewis, American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (born 1774)
- 1821John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (born 1754)
- 1830José de La Mar, Peruvian military leader, President of Peru (born 1776)
- 1837Samuel Wesley, English organist and composer (born 1766)
- 1852Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (born 1823)
- 1889James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (born 1818)
- 1896Edward Benson, English archbishop (born 1829)
- 1896Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (born 1824)
- 1897Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (born 1862)
- 1904Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (born 1833)
- 1908Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (born 1846)
- 1932William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (born 1859)
- 1935Steele Rudd, Australian author (born 1868)
- 1940Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (born 1860)
- 1941Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (born 1879)
- 1941Mihkel Pung, Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1876)
- 1958Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (born 1876)
- 1960Richard Cromwell, American actor (born 1910)
- 1961Chico Marx, American comedian (born 1887)
- 1963Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1889)
- 1965Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (born 1895)
- 1965Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (born 1884)
- 1967Stanley Morison, typographer, known for work on Times New Roman font (born 1889)
- 1968Selim Sarper, Turkish educator and politician, 13th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1899)
- 1971Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (born 1944)
- 1971Chesty Puller, American general (born 1898)
- 1976Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (born 1897)
- 1977MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (born 1904)
- 1983R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian administrator and engineer (born 1889)
- 1984Benno Schotz, Scottish sculptor and engineer (born 1891)
- 1986Norm Cash, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1934)
- 1988Bonita Granville, American actress (born 1923)
- 1989M. King Hubbert, American geologist and academic (born 1904)
- 1991Redd Foxx, American actor and comedian (born 1922)
- 1993Andy Stewart, Scottish singer and entertainer (born 1933)
- 1996Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (born 1943)
- 1996Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (born 1912)
- 1996Renato Russo, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1960)
- 1996Joe Morris, English-Canadian lieutenant and trade union leader (born 1913)
- 1998Richard Denning, American actor (born 1914)
- 1999Leo Lionni, Dutch-American author and illustrator (born 1910)
- 2000Luc-Marie Bayle, French historian, photographer, and painter (born 1914)
- 2000Donald Dewar, Scottish politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (born 1937)
- 2001Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, and illustrator (born 1926)
- 2004Keith Miller, Australian cricketer and pilot (born 1919)
- 2005Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Pakistani-Canadian linguist, journalist, and poet (born 1917)
- 2005Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet, author, and journalist (born 1925)
- 2005Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (born 1915)
- 2006Cory Lidle, American baseball player (born 1972)
- 2007David Lee "Tex" Hill, South Korean-American general and pilot (born 1915)
- 2007Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (born 1915)
- 2008Marjorie Fletcher, English Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (born 1932)
- 2008Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (born 1950)
- 2008Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Surinamese-Dutch television host and producer (born 1966)
- 2008Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (born 1922)
- 2009Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (born 1922)
- 2009Halit Refiğ, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1934)
- 2012Avrohom Genachowsky, Israeli rabbi (born 1936)
- 2012Helmut Haller, German footballer and coach (born 1939)
- 2012Edward Kossoy, Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (born 1913)
- 2012Édgar Negret, Colombian sculptor (born 1920)
- 2012Champ Summers, American baseball player and coach (born 1946)
- 2013María de Villota, Spanish race car driver (born 1980)
- 2013Erich Priebke, German captain (born 1913)
- 2014Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (born 1931)
- 2014Carmelo Simeone, Argentinian footballer (born 1933)
- 2014Bob Such, Australian educator and politician (born 1944)
- 2015Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (born 1941)
- 2017Clifford Husbands, Barbadian politician (born 1926)
- 2019Alexei Leonov, Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and first human to conduct a spacewalk (born 1934)
- 2022Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer (born 1925)
- 2024Jamaluddin Hossain, Bangladeshi actor (born 1943)
- 2025Diane Keaton, American actress (born 1946)
Celebraciones
- General Pulaski Memorial Day (United States)
- International Day of the Girl Child
- International Newspaper Carrier Day
- National Coming Out Day
- Revolution Day (North Macedonia)
Santoral
- Agilbert
- Alexander Sauli
- Andronicus, Probus, and Tarachus (Roman Catholic Church)
- Æthelburh of Barking
- Bruno the Great
- Cainnech of Aghaboe
- Gratus of Oloron
- Gummarus
- James the Deacon (Church of England, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Lommán of Trim
- Maria Soledad Torres y Acosta
- Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus, and Pientia
- Philip the Evangelist
- Pope John XXIII (Roman Catholic Church)
- Radim Gaudentius
- Zenaida and Philonella
- October 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)