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Acontecimientos
- 690Empress Wu Zetian establishes the Zhou Dynasty of China.
- 1091London tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London.
- 1173English Crown forces under Richard de Lucy defeat rebels under Robert de Beaumont in the battle of Fornham.
- 1346The English capture King David II of Scotland at Neville's Cross and imprison him for eleven years.
- 1448The second Battle of Kosovo begins between Hungarian forces under John Hunyadi and Ottoman forces under Murad II.
- 1456The University of Greifswald is established as the second oldest university in northern Europe.
- 1534Anti-Catholic posters appear in Paris and other cities supporting Huldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass.
- 1558Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, is founded.
- 1604Kepler's Supernova is observed in the constellation of Ophiuchus.
- 1610French king Louis XIII is crowned in Reims Cathedral.
- 1660The nine regicides who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England are hanged, drawn and quartered.
- 1662Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to Louis XIV of France for 40,000 pounds.
- 1713Great Northern War: Russia defeats Sweden in the Battle of Kostianvirta in Pälkäne.
- 1771Premiere in Milan of the opera Ascanio in Alba, composed by Mozart at age 15.
- 1777American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.
- 1781American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
- 1797Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria, ending the War of the First Coalition.
- 1800War of the Second Coalition: Britain takes control of the Dutch colony of Curaçao.
- 1806Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I, is assassinated after an oppressive rule.
- 1811The silver deposits of Agua Amarga are discovered in Chile becoming in the following years instrumental for the Patriots to finance the Chilean War of Independence.
- 1814Eight people die in the London Beer Flood.
- 1850Riots start, which lead to a massacre in Aleppo.
- 1860First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
- 1861Aboriginal Australians kill nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.
- 1907Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
- 1912Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
- 1919Leeds United F.C. founded at Salem Chapel, Holbeck after the winding up of Leeds City F.C. for making illegal payments to players during World War I
- 1931Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
- 1933Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
- 1940The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg is found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.
- 1941World War II: The USS Kearny becomes the first U.S. Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat.
- 1943The Burma Railway (Burma–Thailand Railway) is completed.
- 1943Nazi Holocaust in Poland: Sobibór extermination camp is closed.
- 1945A large demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release.
- 1952Indonesian Army elements surrounded the Merdeka Palace demanding President Sukarno disband the Provisional People's Representative Council.
- 1956The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
- 1961Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
- 1961The first attempt of the apartheid analogy by Ahmad Shukeiri.
- 1965The 1964–65 New York World's Fair closes after two years and more than 51 million attendees.
- 1966The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters.
- 1969The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence is stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo.
- 1970FLQ terrorists murder Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte.
- 1973OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
- 1975Salem's Lot, an American vampire novel by Stephen King, is published.
- 1977The hijacked Lufthansa Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu. The remaining hostages are later rescued.
- 1979Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1979The Department of Education Organization Act creates the U.S. Department of Education.
- 1980As part of the Holy See–United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican.
- 1988Uganda Airlines Flight 775 crashes at Rome–Fiumicino International Airport, in Rome, Italy, killing 33 people.
- 1989The 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast, killing 63.
- 1989The East German Politburo votes to remove Erich Honecker from his role as General Secretary.
- 1991Rudrapur bombings by Sikh separatists, who explode two bombs, during a Ramlila Hindu celebration in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, killing 41 people.
- 1992Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- 1994Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
- 2000The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.
- 2001Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi is assassinated by Hamdi Quran, a member of the PFLP, thus becoming the highest-ranking Israeli to be killed by a Palestinian.
- 2004A fire that lasted over 15 hours destroyed almost one third of the East Tower of the Parque Central Urban Complex in Caracas, Venezuela.
- 2017Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last foothold of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Raqqa, marking the end of the Battle of Raqqa.
- 2018The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada.
- 2018A mass shooting and bombing at Kerch Polytechnic College in Crimea kills 21 people including the attacker and injures 70 others.
- 2019Drug dealers in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico force the government to back down on an arrest.
- 2019The 17 October Revolution starts in Lebanon.
- 2023An explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza kills hundreds of Palestinians during the Gaza war.
Nacimientos
- 503Lý Nam Đế, first emperor of Vietnam (died 548)
- 1253Ivo of Kermartin, French priest and saint (died 1303)
- 1493Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (died 1560)
- 1500Alonso de Orozco Mena, Spanish Roman Catholic priest (died 1591)
- 1538Irene di Spilimbergo, Italian Renaissance poet and painter (died 1559)
- 1577Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (died 1621)
- 1577Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (died 1642)
- 1582Johann Gerhard, German theologian and academic (died 1637)
- 1587Nathan Field, English dramatist and actor (died 1620)
- 1623Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (died 1687)
- 1629Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (died 1646)
- 1688Domenico Zipoli, Italian missionary and composer (died 1726)
- 1711Jupiter Hammon, American poet (died 1806)
- 1719Jacques Cazotte, French author and academic (died 1792)
- 1720Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Italian harpsichord player and composer (died 1795)
- 1725John Wilkes, English journalist and politician (died 1797)
- 1729Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, French composer and academic (died 1817)
- 1735Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger, German Baroque artist (died 1803)
- 1759Andrey Voronikhin, Russian architect and painter (died 1814)
- 1760Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French economist and philosopher (died 1825)
- 1768Sophie von Dönhoff, morganatic spouse by bigamy to King Frederick William II of Prussia (died 1838)
- 1779Louis Charles, French prince of the blood (died 1808)
- 1779José Andrés Pacheco de Melo, Argentine statesman and priest (died approx. 1820)
- 1780Richard Mentor Johnson, American politician, ninth Vice President of the United States (died 1850)
- 1781Johann Friedrich Meckel, German anatomist (died 1833)
- 1784Fructuoso Rivera, first president of Uruguay (died 1854)
- 1785Christen Smith, Norwegian scientist (died 1816)
- 1792John Bowring, English polyglot and governor of Hong Kong (died 1826)
- 1797Juan Lavalle, Argentine politician (died 1841)
- 1803Ferenc Deák, Hungarian politician (died 1876)
- 1810Adolphe-Félix Cals, French painter (died 1880)
- 1811Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American pastor and educator (died 1876)
- 1813Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (died 1837)
- 1814Yakiv Holovatsky, Ukrainian historian, scholar, and poet (died 1888)
- 1817Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian philosopher and scholar (died 1898)
- 1821Alexander Gardner, Scottish photographer (died 1882)
- 1828Aureliano Maestre de San Juan, Spanish scientist (died 1890)
- 1833Paul Bert, French zoologist, physiologist, and pioneer of aerospace medicine who studied the effects of air pressure on the body (died 1886)
- 1833José E. Días, Paraguayan general (died 1867)
- 1835Louis-Léon Cugnot, French sculptor (died 1894)
- 1835Paul Haenlein, German mechanical engineer (died 1905)
- 1840André Gill, French caricaturist (died 1885)
- 1844Gustave Schlumberger, French historian (died 1929)
- 1845John J. Gardner, American politician (died 1921)
- 1853Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (died 1920)
- 1859Childe Hassam, American painter and illustrator (died 1935)
- 1860Henry Campbell Black, founder of Black's Law Dictionary (died 1927)
- 1864Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (died 1943)
- 1865James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1950)
- 1867Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan architect who designed the Casa Martí (died 1956)
- 1869Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale, Hindustani classical vocalist
- 1871Segundo de Chomón, Spanish cinematographer, director, and screenwriter (died 1929)
- 1876Hippolyte Aucouturier, French road cyclist (died 1944)
- 1878Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba (died 1953)
- 1880Jesús Reyes Ferreira, Mexican artist and art collector (died 1977)
- 1881Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (died 1959)
- 1882Haritina Korotkevich, Russian war heroine (died 1904)
- 1883Alexander Neill, Scottish educator (died 1973)
- 1883Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler (died 1966)
- 1884James Floyd Smith, American aviator and inventor of the modern parachute (died 1956)
- 1886Spring Byington, American actress (died 1971)
- 1889Mikha'il Na'ima, Lebanese author (died 1988)
- 1890Roy Kilner, English cricketer (died 1928)
- 1892Theodor Eicke, German SS general (died 1943)
- 1892Herbert Howells, English organist, composer, and educator (died 1983)
- 1893Raffaele Bendandi, Italian clockmaker and seismologist (died 1979)
- 1894Prince René, Italian Prince of Denmark (died 1962)
- 1894Pablo de Rokha, Chilean poet (died 1968)
- 1895Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, President of Guatemala (1958–1963) (died 1982)
- 1895Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (died 1958)
- 1896Roman Petrovich, Russian prince (died 1978)
- 1898Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese violinist and educator (died 1998)
- 1898Eileen Sedgwick, American actress (died 1991)
- 1898Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author and poet (died 1971)
- 1900C. C. van Asch van Wijck, Dutch artist and sculptor (died 1932)
- 1900Jean Arthur, American actress (died 1991)
- 1900Yvor Winters, American critic and poet (died 1968)
- 1901Emma Gamboa Alvarado, Costa Rican educator (died 1973)
- 1902Irene Ryan, American actress (died 1973)
- 1903Andrei Grechko, Soviet general (died 1976)
- 1903Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (died 1940)
- 1905Leopoldo Benites, Ecuadorian diplomat 28th president of the United Nations General Assembly (died 1996)
- 1906Paul Derringer, American baseball player (died 1987)
- 1906Andrey Tikhonov, Soviet mathematician (died 1993)
- 1907John Marley, American actor (died 1984)
- 1908Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (died 2007)
- 1908Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (died 1988)
- 1908Wally Prigg, Australian rugby league player (died 1980)
- 1908Red Rolfe, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1969)
- 1909Cozy Cole, American drummer (died 1981)
- 1909Leopoldo Panero, Spanish poet (died 1962)
- 1909Joaquín Satrústegui, Spanish lawyer and politician (died 1992)
- 1910Marina Núñez del Prado, Bolivian sculptor (died 1995)
- 1910Ester Wier, American author (died 2000)
- 1912Pope John Paul I (died 1978)
- 1912Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (died 2001)
- 1912Jack Owens, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1982)
- 1913Robert Lowery, American actor (died 1971)
- 1913Marian Marsh, Trinidadian-American actress and environmentalist (died 2006)
- 1913Faik Türün, Turkish general (died 2003)
- 1914Jerry Siegel, American author and illustrator (died 1996)
- 1915Arthur Miller, American playwright and screenwriter (died 2005)
- 1916José López Rega, Argentinean politician (died 1989)
- 1917Alfred Benlloch Llorach, Spanish inventor (died 2013)
- 1917Martin Donnelly, New Zealand cricketer (died 1999)
- 1917Marsha Hunt, American actress and singer (died 2022)
- 1917Aimo Koivunen, Finnish soldier and corporal (died 1989)
- 1917Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (died 2014)
- 1917Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (died 1991)
- 1917Adele Stimmel Chase, American painter and sculptor (died 2000)
- 1918Rita Hayworth, American actress, singer and dancer (died 1987)
- 1918Luis Alberto Solari, Uruguayan artist (died 1993)
- 1918Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (died 2014)
- 1919Isaak Khalatnikov, Ukrainian-Russian theoretical physicist and academic (died 2021)
- 1919Violet Milstead, Canadian World War II aviator and bush pilot (died 2014)
- 1919Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician (died 2005)
- 1920Montgomery Clift, American actor (died 1966)
- 1920Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (died 2010)
- 1920Zully Moreno, Argentine actress (died 1999)
- 1921Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (died 2012)
- 1921Maria Gorokhovskaya, Russian-Israeli gymnast (died 2001)
- 1921George Mackay Brown, Scottish author, poet, and playwright (died 1996)
- 1921Tom Poston, American actor and comedian (died 2007)
- 1922Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (died 2001)
- 1922Pierre Juneau, Canadian broadcaster and politician, co-founded the Montreal World Film Festival (died 2012)
- 1923Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer (died 2004)
- 1923Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (died 2001)
- 1924Don Coryell, American football player and coach (died 2010)
- 1924Anton Geiser, Croatian SS officer (died 2012)
- 1924Giacomo Mari, Italian footballer (died 1991)
- 1924Rolando Panerai, Italian baritone (died 2019)
- 1925Harry Carpenter, English sportscaster (died 2010)
- 1926Julie Adams, American actress (died 2019)
- 1926Beverly Garland, American actress (died 2008)
- 1926Roberto Lippi, Italian race car driver (died 2011)
- 1928Jimmy Breslin, American investigative journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and novelist (died 2017)
- 1928Santiago Stevenson, Panamanian singer and minister (died 2007)
- 1928Alejandro Végh Villegas, Uruguayan politician (died 2017)
- 1929Mário Wilson, Mozambican footballer and manager (died 2016)
- 1930Ismail Akbay, Turkish physicist and engineer (died 2003)
- 1930Robert Atkins, American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet (died 2003)
- 1931José Alencar, Brazilian businessman and politician (died 2011)
- 1931Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and playwright (died 2012)
- 1931Anatoly Pristavkin, Russian writer (died 2008)
- 1932Paul Anderson, American weightlifter (died 1994)
- 1933William Anders, Hong Kong-American general and astronaut (died 2024)
- 1933The Singing Nun, Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and nun (died 1985)
- 1934Alan Garner, English author and playwright
- 1934Johnny Haynes, English-Scottish footballer (died 2005)
- 1934Rico Rodriguez, Jamaican trombonist (died 2015)
- 1935Sydney Chapman, English architect and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (died 2014)
- 1935Michael Eavis, English farmer, founded the Glastonbury Festival
- 1935Carlos Pairetti, Argentine racing driver (died 2022)
- 1936Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer-songwriter (died 2013)
- 1936Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese-American seismologist and academic
- 1936Santiago Navarro, Spanish basketball player (died 1993)
- 1936Bert Nievera, Filipino-American singer (died 2018)
- 1937José María Álvarez del Manzano, Spanish politician
- 1937Aida Navarro, Venezuelan mezzo-soprano
- 1937Renato Prada Oropeza, Bolivian-Mexican scientist (died 2011)
- 1937Paxton Whitehead, English actor (died 2023)
- 1938António Calvário, Portuguese singer and artist
- 1938Evel Knievel, American motorcycle rider and stuntman (died 2007)
- 1938Les Murray, Australian anthologist, poet, and critic (died 2019)
- 1939Oliver Rackham, English botanist and academic (died 2015)
- 1940Stephen Kovacevich, American pianist and conductor
- 1940Jim Smith, English footballer and manager (died 2019)
- 1940Peter Stringfellow, English businessman (died 2018)
- 1941Earl Thomas Conley, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)
- 1941Paul Ellison, American musician
- 1941Jim Seals, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and violinist (died 2022)
- 1942Steve Jones, American basketball player and sportscaster (died 2017)
- 1942Gary Puckett, American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1943Ignacio Rupérez, Spanish diplomat and journalist (died 2015)
- 1944Ángel Cristo, Spanish circus performer (died 2010)
- 1946Ronni Chasen, American publicist (died 2010)
- 1946Michael Hossack, American drummer (died 2012)
- 1946Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez, Mexican actor and comedian
- 1946Akira Kushida, Japanese vocalist
- 1946Cameron Mackintosh, English producer and manager
- 1946Adam Michnik, Polish journalist and historian
- 1946Julio Miranda, Argentine politician (died 2021)
- 1946Drusilla Modjeska, English-Australian author and critic
- 1946Daniela Payssé, Uruguayan politician (died 2018)
- 1946José Perramón, Spanish handball player
- 1946Jaime Ravinet, Chilean politician
- 1946Bob Seagren, American pole vaulter
- 1946Rüdiger Wittig, German geobotanist and ecologist
- 1947Omar Azziman, adviser to the King of Morocco
- 1947Gene Green, American lawyer and politician
- 1947Michael McKean, American singer-songwriter, actor, and director
- 1947Robert Post, American educator and academic
- 1948Osvaldo Castro, Chilean footballer
- 1948Robert Jordan, American soldier and author (died 2007)
- 1948Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress (died 2018)
- 1948George Wendt, American actor and comedian (died 2025)
- 1949Owen Arthur, Barbadian economist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Barbados (died 2020)
- 1949Bill Hudson, American musician and actor
- 1950Philippe Barbarin, French cardinal
- 1950Wally Lamb, American novelist
- 1950Sandra Reemer, Indo-Dutch singer (died 2017)
- 1950Howard Rollins, American actor (died 1996)
- 1951Dirk Beheydt, Belgian footballer
- 1951Annie Borckink, Dutch speed skater
- 1951Roger Pontare, Swedish singer
- 1951Shari Ulrich, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and violinist
- 1953Joseph Bowie, American trombonist and bandleader
- 1953Domenico Penzo, Italian footballer
- 1954Carlos Buhler, American mountaineer
- 1955Georgios Alogoskoufis, Greek economist, academic, and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
- 1955Mike Bratz, American basketball player
- 1956Fran Cosmo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1956Mae Jemison, American physician, academic, and astronaut
- 1956Pat McCrory, American businessman and politician, 74th Governor of North Carolina
- 1956Ken Morrow, American ice hockey player and executive
- 1956Stephen Palumbi, American academic and author
- 1957Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Greek folk singer
- 1957Nelson Barrera, Mexican baseball player (died 2002)
- 1957Lawrence Bender, American actor and producer
- 1957Antonio Galdo, Italian journalist
- 1957Steve McMichael, American football player, wrestler, and sportscaster (died 2025)
- 1957Pino Palladino, Welsh bassist
- 1957Vincent Van Patten, American tennis player and actor
- 1958Howard Alden, American guitarist
- 1958Alan Jackson, American singer-songwriter
- 1958Sandra Mozarowsky, Spanish actress (died 1977)
- 1958Craig Murray, British diplomat
- 1959Mustafa Aberchán, Spanish politician
- 1959Ron Drummond, American author and scholar
- 1959Francisco Flores Pérez, Salvadorian politician, President of El Salvador (died 2016)
- 1959Russell Gilbert, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1959Eugenio Hernández Flores, Mexican politician
- 1959Norm Macdonald, Canadian actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (died 2021)
- 1959Mark Peel, Australian historian and academic
- 1959Richard Roeper, American journalist and critic
- 1960Guy Henry, English actor
- 1960Rob Marshall, American director, producer, and choreographer
- 1960Bernie Nolan, Irish singer (died 2013)
- 1960Philippe Sands, American lawyer and academic
- 1961David Means, American short story writer
- 1962Glenn Braggs, American baseball player
- 1962Jay Humphries, American basketball player
- 1962Mike Judge, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and actor
- 1963Sergio Goycochea, Argentinian footballer and journalist
- 1963Toby Young, English journalist and academic
- 1964Margarita Liborio Arrazola, Mexican politician
- 1964Gregg Wallace, English television presenter
- 1965Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1965Rhys Muldoon, Australian actor
- 1966Shaun Edwards, English rugby player and coach
- 1966Danny Ferry, American basketball player and manager
- 1966Mark Gatiss, English actor, screenwriter and novelist
- 1966Tommy Kendall, American race car driver and sportscaster
- 1967René Dif, Danish musician
- 1967Pedro González Vera, Chilean footballer
- 1967Simon Segars, English businessman
- 1967Nathalie Tauziat, French tennis player
- 1968Alejandra Ávalos, Mexican artist
- 1968Graeme Le Saux, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1968Ziggy Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor
- 1968David Robertson, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1969Ernie Els, South African golfer and sportscaster
- 1969Jesús Ángel García, Spanish racewalker
- 1969Wood Harris, American actor
- 1969Wyclef Jean, Haitian-American rapper, producer, and actor
- 1969Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1970Anil Kumble, Indian cricketer
- 1970John Mabry, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1970J. C. MacKenzie, Canadian actor
- 1971Chris Kirkpatrick, American singer-songwriter and dancer
- 1971Kim Ljung, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1971Martin Heinrich, American politician
- 1971Derrick Plourde, American drummer (died 2005)
- 1971Blues Saraceno, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- 1972Eminem, American rapper, producer, and actor
- 1972Sharon Leal, American actress
- 1972Musashi, Japanese karateka and kickboxer
- 1972Tarkan, German-Turkish singer
- 1973Rubén Garcés, Panamanian basketball player
- 1973Andrea Tarozzi, Italian footballer and coach
- 1973Bhagwant Mann, Indian Politician
- 1974Ariel Levy, American journalist and author
- 1974Matthew Macfadyen, English actor
- 1974Obdulio Ávila Mayo, Mexican politician
- 1974Bárbara Paz, Brazilian actress
- 1974Janne Puurtinen, Finnish keyboard player
- 1974John Rocker, American baseball player
- 1974Darío Sala, Argentine footballer
- 1974Gabriel Silberstein, Chilean tennis player
- 1974Dhondup Wangchen, Chinese director and producer
- 1975Jericó Abramo Masso, Mexican politician
- 1975Francis Bouillon, American-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975Vina Morales, Filipino actress and singer
- 1976Sebastián Abreu, Uruguayan footballer
- 1976Seth Etherton, American baseball player
- 1976Carlos Loret de Mola, Mexican journalist
- 1976Kevin Maher, English-Irish footballer and coach
- 1977Dudu Aouate, Israeli footballer
- 1977Alimi Ballard, American actor and producer
- 1977Bryan Bertino, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1977Walter Calderón, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1977Marko Antonio Cortés Mendoza, Mexican politician
- 1977Ryan McGinley, American photographer
- 1977André Villas-Boas, Portuguese footballer and manager
- 1978Jerry Flannery, Irish rugby player and coach
- 1978Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Spanish politician
- 1978Erin Karpluk, Canadian actress
- 1978Chuka Umunna, English lawyer and politician
- 1979Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer-songwriter and violinist
- 1979Alexandros Nikolaidis, Greek martial artist (died 2022)
- 1979Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish race car driver
- 1979Kostas Tsartsaris, Greek basketball player
- 1980Yekaterina Gamova, Russian volleyball player
- 1980Mohammad Hafeez, Pakistani cricketer
- 1980Isaac Mina, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1980Angel Parker, American actress
- 1980Alessandro Piccolo, Italian race car driver
- 1980Justin Shenkarow, American actor
- 1981Horacio Cervantes, Mexican footballer
- 1981Kurumi Enomoto, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1981Holly Holm, American mixed martial artist
- 1981Tsubasa Imai, Japanese singer, actor, and dancer
- 1981Ben Rothwell, American mixed-martial artist
- 1982Rubén Ramírez, Argentine footballer
- 1982Nick Riewoldt, Australian footballer
- 1982Marion Rolland, French skier
- 1983Michelle Ang, New Zealand actress
- 1983Milica Brozovic, Serbian-Russian figure skater
- 1983Felicity Jones, English actress
- 1983Toshihiro Matsushita, Japanese footballer
- 1983Riki Miura, Japanese actor
- 1983Junichi Miyashita, Japanese swimmer
- 1983Ivan Saenko, Russian footballer
- 1983Mitch Talbot, American baseball player
- 1983Vitali Teleš, Estonian footballer
- 1984Sami Lepistö, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1984Chris Lowell, American actor
- 1984Giovanni Marchese, Italian footballer
- 1984Randall Munroe, American author and illustrator
- 1984Luke Rockhold, American mixed martial artist
- 1984Anja Eline Skybakmoen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bandleader
- 1984Gottfrid Svartholm, Swedish computer specialist
- 1984Jared Tallent, Australian race walker
- 1985Carlos González, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1985Max Irons, English-Irish actor
- 1985Collins John, Dutch footballer
- 1985Tomokazu Nagira, Japanese footballer
- 1986Alexandre Bonnet, French footballer
- 1986Antoni Bou, Spanish motorcyclist
- 1986Aija Brumermane, Latvian basketball player
- 1986Constant Djakpa, Ivorian footballer
- 1986Yannick Ponsero, French figure skater
- 1986Nicolás Richotti, Argentine basketball player
- 1987Bea Alonzo, Filipino actress and singer
- 1987Jarosław Fojut, Polish footballer
- 1987Elliot Grandin, French footballer
- 1987Hideto Takahashi, Japanese footballer
- 1988Sergiy Gladyr, Ukrainian basketball player
- 1988Tori Matsuzaka, Japanese actor and model
- 1988Marina Salas, Spanish actress
- 1989Débora García, Spanish footballer
- 1989Oleksandr Isakov, Ukrainian swimmer
- 1989Sophie Luck, Australian actress
- 1989Charles Oliveira, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- 1989David Timor, Spanish footballer
- 1990Paolo Campinoti, Italian footballer
- 1990Maica García Godoy, Spanish water polo player
- 1990Ronald González Tabilo, Chilean footballer
- 1990Saki Kumagai, Japanese footballer
- 1990Patrick Lambie, South African rugby player
- 1991Brenda Asnicar, Argentine actress
- 1992Jacob Artist, American actor, singer, and dancer
- 1992Sam Concepcion, Filipino musician and dancer
- 1992Anthony Gill, American basketball player
- 1992Keerthy Suresh, Indian actress
- 1993Kenneth Omeruo, Nigerian footballer
- 1993Vincent Poirier, French basketball player
- 1995Jamal Adams, American football player
- 1995Ha-seong Kim, South Korean baseball player
- 1996Jake DeBrusk, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1997Robert Williams III, American basketball player
- 2001Thomas Strudwick, British motorcycle road racer
- 2002Matthew Knies, American professional ice hockey player
- 2002Lily, Australian-South Korean singer
Fallecimientos
- 532Pope Boniface II
- 866Al-Musta'in, Abbasid caliph (born 836)
- 1271Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir, Icelandic aristocrat and poet
- 1277Beatrice of Falkenburg, German queen consort (born c. 1254)
- 1346John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
- 1346Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn
- 1456Nicolas Grenon, French composer (born 1375)
- 1485John Scott of Scott's Hall, Warden of the Cinque Ports
- 1528Hernando Alonso, Spanish conquistador, first Jew executed in the New World
- 1529Krishnadevaraya, Emperor of Vijayanagara (born 1471)
- 1552Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (born 1498)
- 1575Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta, Spanish cardinal (born 1511)
- 1586Philip Sidney, English courtier, poet, and general (born 1554)
- 1587Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1541)
- 1616John Pitts, English priest and scholar (born 1560)
- 1660Adrian Scrope, English colonel and politician (born 1601)
- 1673Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (born 1630)
- 1690Margaret Mary Alacoque, French mystic (born 1647)
- 1696Geoffrey Shakerley (1619–1696), English politician (born 1619)
- 1757René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (born 1683)
- 1776Pierre François le Courayer, French-English theologian and author (born 1681)
- 1780William Cookworthy, English pharmacist and minister (born 1705)
- 1781Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral (born 1705)
- 1786Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss painter and illustrator (born 1723)
- 1806Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian commander and politician, Governor-General of Haiti (born 1758)
- 1836Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (born 1782)
- 1837Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (born 1778)
- 1849Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (born 1810)
- 1868Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (born 1775)
- 1887Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (born 1824)
- 1889Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (born 1828)
- 1893Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (born 1808)
- 1910Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (born 1819)
- 1910Kurd Lasswitz, author and physician (born 1848)
- 1918Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (born 1886)
- 1920Michael Fitzgerald (Irish republican) died on Hunger Strike (born 1881)
- 1928Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (born 1853)
- 1931Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (born 1884)
- 1937J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (born 1862)
- 1938Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (born 1854)
- 1948Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (born 1869)
- 1955Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (born 1873)
- 1956Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (born 1920)
- 1957Wilhelmina Hay Abbott, Scottish suffragist and feminist (born 1884)
- 1958Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (born 1896)
- 1958Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (born 1876)
- 1962Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (born 1882)
- 1963Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic (born 1865)
- 1965Bart King, American cricketer (born 1873)
- 1966Sidney Hatch, American runner and soldier (born 1883)
- 1966Wieland Wagner, German director and manager (born 1917)
- 1967Puyi, Chinese emperor (born 1906)
- 1970Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1921)
- 1970Vola Vale, American actress (born 1897)
- 1970Quincy Wright, American political scientist and academic (born 1890)
- 1972Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1914)
- 1972George, Crown Prince of Serbia (born 1887)
- 1973Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (born 1926)
- 1978George Clark, American race car driver (born 1890)
- 1978Giovanni Gronchi, Italian educator, soldier, and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (born 1887)
- 1979S. J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (born 1904)
- 1979John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (born 1898)
- 1979Eugenio Mendoza, Venezuelan business tycoon (born 1909)
- 1981Kannadasan Indian author, poet, and songwriter (born 1927)
- 1981Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss civil servant and author (born 1895)
- 1981Lina Tsaldari, Greek politician (born 1887)
- 1983Raymond Aron, French sociologist, political scientist, and philosopher (born 1905)
- 1987Abdul Malek Ukil, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (born 1925)
- 1991Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and actor (born 1919)
- 1992Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (born 1912)
- 1992Orestis Laskos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1908)
- 1993Criss Oliva, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1963)
- 1996Chris Acland, English musician and drummer of Lush (born 1966)
- 1997Larry Jennings, American magician and author (born 1933)
- 1998Joan Hickson, English actress (born 1906)
- 1998Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (born 1920)
- 1999Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician and physicist (born 1915)
- 2000Leo Nomellini, Italian-American football player and wrestler (born 1924)
- 2000Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and poet (born 1964)
- 2001Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (born 1915)
- 2001Micheline Ostermeyer, French shot putter, discus thrower, and pianist (born 1922)
- 2001Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli historian, general, and politician, Tourism Minister of Israel (born 1926)
- 2002Derek Bell, Irish harpist and composer (born 1935)
- 2004Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (born 1952)
- 2006Daniel Emilfork, Chilean-French actor (born 1924)
- 2006Christopher Glenn, American journalist (born 1938)
- 2007Joey Bishop, American actor and talk show host (born 1918)
- 2007Teresa Brewer, American singer (born 1931)
- 2007Suzy Covey, American scholar and academic (born 1939)
- 2008Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author (born 1955)
- 2008Levi Stubbs, American singer (born 1936)
- 2008Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (born 1923)
- 2009Norma Fox Mazer, American author and educator (born 1931)
- 2009Vic Mizzy, American composer (born 1916)
- 2011Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman (born 1919)
- 2012Milija Aleksic, English-South African footballer (born 1951)
- 2012Émile Allais, French skier (born 1912)
- 2012Henry Friedlander, German-American historian and author (born 1930)
- 2012Stanford R. Ovshinsky, American scientist and businessman, co-founded Energy Conversion Devices (born 1922)
- 2012Kōji Wakamatsu, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936)
- 2013Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (born 1926)
- 2013Terry Fogerty, English rugby player and coach (born 1944)
- 2013Arthur Maxwell House, Canadian neurologist and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (born 1926)
- 2013Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (born 1928)
- 2013Rene Simpson, Canadian-American tennis player (born 1966)
- 2014Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (born 1937)
- 2014Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (born 1943)
- 2014Tom Shaw, American bishop (born 1945)
- 2014Berndt von Staden, German diplomat, German Ambassador to the United States (born 1919)
- 2015Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (born 1926)
- 2015Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (born 1946)
- 2015Anne-Marie Lizin, Belgian lawyer and politician (born 1949)
- 2015Tom Smith, American businessman and politician (born 1947)
- 2017Gord Downie, Canadian musician (born 1964)
- 2019Elijah Cummings, American politician and civil rights advocate (born 1951)
- 2024Mitzi Gaynor, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1931)
- 2024Toshiyuki Nishida, Japanese actor (born 1947)
- 2024Andrew Schally, Polish-American endocrinologist (born 1926)
Celebraciones
- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
- Loyalty Day (Argentina)
- National Police Day (Thailand)
- National Heroes Day (Somaliland)
Santoral
- Anstrudis
- Catervus
- Blessed Contardo Ferrini
- Ethelred and Ethelberht
- Florentius of Orange
- François-Isidore Gagelin (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
- Gilbert the Great
- Hosea
- Ignatius of Antioch
- John the Short (John Colobus)
- John of Egypt
- Marguerite Marie Alacoque (pre-1969 calendar, Visitadines)
- Nothhelm
- Blessed Pietro Casani
- Rufus and Zosimus
- Rule of Andrew
- Richard Gwyn
- October 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)