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Acontecimientos (61)

  1. 310Sixty-five days after being exiled by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, Pope Eusebius dies.
  2. 685Election of Pope Conon following the death of Pope John V.
  3. 1094El Cid and his forces defeat a larger army of the Almoravids in the battle of Cuarte.
  4. 1096A Seljuk Turkish army successfully ambushes the People's Crusade at the Battle of Civetot.
  5. 1097First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, begin the Siege of Antioch.
  6. 1139Zengi, atabeg of Aleppo, takes Baalbek from the Burid dynasty.
  7. 1187Election of Gregory VIII following the death of Pope Urban III.
  8. 1392Japanese Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu.
  9. 1512Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
  10. 1520João Álvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of "Islands of the 11,000 Virgins".
  11. 1600Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shōgun of Japan.
  12. 1774The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
  13. 1797In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate is launched.
  14. 1805Napoleonic Wars: A British fleet led by Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve in the Battle of Trafalgar.
  15. 1824Portland cement is patented.
  16. 1854Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.
  17. 1861American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
  18. 1867The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in the western Indian Territory.
  19. 1879Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
  20. 1888The Swiss Social Democratic Party is founded.
  21. 1892Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
  22. 1895The capitulation of Tainan completes the Japanese conquest of Taiwan.
  23. 1907The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
  24. 1910Arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
  25. 1912First Balkan War: The Greek navy completes the capture of the island of Lemnos for use as a forward base against the Dardanelles.
  26. 1921President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. president against lynching in the Deep South.
  27. 1931A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
  28. 1940The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
  29. 1941World War II: The Kragujevac massacre against Serbian men and boys takes place.
  30. 1943World War II: The Provisional Government of Free India is formally established in Japanese-occupied Singapore.
  31. 1944World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.
  32. 1944World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against German civilians takes place.
  33. 1944World War II: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, the first German city to fall to the Allies.
  34. 1945In the 1945 French legislative election French women vote for the first time.
  35. 1950Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces and North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.
  36. 1956The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
  37. 1959In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
  38. 1959President Dwight D. Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
  39. 1965Comet Ikeya–Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun.
  40. 1966A colliery spoil tip slips onto houses and a school in the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, 116 of whom were schoolchildren.
  41. 1967The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon.
  42. 1969The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
  43. 1971A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre near Glasgow, Scotland.
  44. 1973Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
  45. 1978Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
  46. 1979Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
  47. 1981Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.
  48. 1983The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
  49. 1984Niki Lauda claims his third and final Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by half a point ahead of McLaren team-mate Alain Prost at the Portuguese Grand Prix.
  50. 1986In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).
  51. 1987The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian peacekeeping forces in Sri Lanka, killing 70 Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.
  52. 1989In Honduras, 131 people are killed when a Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Toncontín International Airport near the nation's capital Tegucigalpa.
  53. 1994North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.
  54. 1994In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people are killed when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapses.
  55. 2003Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
  56. 2007Finnish race drivers Kimi Räikkönen of Scuderia Ferrari won the Brazilian Grand Prix in Formula One. With this result, Räikkönen became world champion, surpassing McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso by one point in the drivers' standings.
  57. 2011Iraq War: President Barack Obama announces that the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq will be complete by the end of the year.
  58. 2018A passenger train derails in Yilan County, Taiwan, killing 18 people and injuring 187.
  59. 2019Thirty people are killed in a fiery bus crash in western Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  60. 2019In Canada, the 2019 Canadian federal election ends, resulting in incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remaining in office, albeit with the Liberal Party in a minority government.
  61. 2021A shooting occurs on the set of the film Rust, in which actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop weapon which had been loaded, killing the director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, and injuring director Joel Souza.

Nacimientos (248)

  1. 1328Hongwu Emperor of China (died 1398)
  2. 1409Alessandro Sforza, Italian condottiero (died 1473)
  3. 1449George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Irish-English son of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (died 1478)
  4. 1527Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (died 1578)
  5. 1536Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt (died 1586)
  6. 1581Domenichino, Italian painter (died 1641)
  7. 1650Jean Bart, French admiral (died 1702)
  8. 1658Henri de Boulainvilliers, French nobleman (died 1722)
  9. 1675Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (died 1710)
  10. 1687Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (died 1759)
  11. 1712James Steuart, Scottish economist and author (died 1780)
  12. 1725Franz Moritz von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (died 1801)
  13. 1757Pierre Augereau, French general (died 1816)
  14. 1762Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general, lawyer, and politician, 36th Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1818)
  15. 1772Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, philosopher, and critic (died 1834)
  16. 1775Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest, composer, and critic (died 1844)
  17. 1790Alphonse de Lamartine, French poet and politician, French Head of State (died 1869)
  18. 1809James Clark, American Jesuit (died 1885)
  19. 1811Filippo Colini, Italian operatic baritone (died 1863)
  20. 1821Sims Reeves, English tenor and actor (died 1900)
  21. 1833Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (died 1896)
  22. 1845Will Carleton, American poet and journalist (died 1912)
  23. 1847Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian poet and playwright (died 1906)
  24. 1851George Ulyett, English cricketer and footballer (died 1898)
  25. 1868Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (died 1951)
  26. 1874Tan Kah Kee, Chinese businessman, community leader, communist and philanthropist (died 1961)
  27. 1877Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician and microbiologist (died 1955)
  28. 1884Claire Waldoff, German singer and actress (died 1957)
  29. 1886Eugene Burton Ely, American soldier and pilot (died 1911)
  30. 1887Krishna Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (died 1961)
  31. 1894Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic (died 1965)
  32. 1895Paavo Johansson, Finnish javelin thrower and decathlete (died 1983)
  33. 1895Edna Purviance, American actress (died 1958)
  34. 1896Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein, Russian-Canadian poet and screenwriter (died 1985)
  35. 1898Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler and actor (died 1960)
  36. 1900Andrée Boisson, French Olympic fencer (died 1973)
  37. 1902Eddy Hamel, American footballer (died 1943)
  38. 1907Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (died 1985)
  39. 1908Niyazi Berkes, Cypriot-English sociologist and academic (died 1988)
  40. 1911Mary Blair, American illustrator and animator (died 1978)
  41. 1912Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator (died 1972)
  42. 1912Alfredo Pián, Argentinian race car driver (died 1990)
  43. 1912Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (died 1997)
  44. 1914Martin Gardner, American mathematician and author (died 2010)
  45. 1915Owen Bradley, American country music record producer (died 1998)
  46. 1917Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (died 1993)
  47. 1918Milton Himmelfarb, American sociologist and author (died 2006)
  48. 1918Albertina Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist (died 2011)
  49. 1919Jim Wallwork, English-Canadian sergeant and pilot (died 2013)
  50. 1921Malcolm Arnold, English composer (died 2006)
  51. 1921Bruce Beeby, Australian-English actor (died 2013)
  52. 1921Robert Clothier, Canadian actor (died 1999)
  53. 1921Jim Shumate, American fiddler and composer (died 2013)
  54. 1921Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer and academic (died 2015)
  55. 1922Liliane Bettencourt, French businesswoman and philanthropist (died 2017)
  56. 1923Samuel Khachikian, Iranian director, screenwriter, and author (died 2001)
  57. 1924Joyce Randolph, American actress (died 2024)
  58. 1924Julie Wilson, American actress and singer (died 2015)
  59. 1925Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer (died 2003)
  60. 1925Virginia Zeani, Romanian soprano and educator (died 2023)
  61. 1926Bob Rosburg, American golfer (died 2009)
  62. 1926Leonard Rossiter, English actor (died 1984)
  63. 1927Fritz Wintersteller, Austrian mountaineer (died 2018)
  64. 1927Howard Zieff, American director and photographer (died 2009)
  65. 1928Whitey Ford, American baseball player and coach (died 2020)
  66. 1928Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (died 2015)
  67. 1928Vern Mikkelsen, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
  68. 1929Pierre Bellemare, French radio and television host (died 2018)
  69. 1929Fritz Hollaus, Austrian footballer (died 1994)
  70. 1929Ursula K. Le Guin, American author and critic (died 2018)
  71. 1929George Stinney Jr., wrongfully convicted African-American inmate; second youngest person in the U.S. to be executed (died 1944)
  72. 1930Ivan Silayev, Russian engineer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Russia (died 2023)
  73. 1931Shammi Kapoor, Indian actor and director (died 2011)
  74. 1931Jim Parks Jr., English cricketer and manager (died 2022)
  75. 1932Pál Csernai, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2013)
  76. 1933Maureen Duffy, English author, poet, playwright and activist (died 2026)
  77. 1933Francisco Gento, Spanish footballer and manager (died 2022)
  78. 1935Derek Bell, Irish harp player, pianist, and songwriter (died 2002)
  79. 1935Mel Street, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1978)
  80. 1937Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, Russian spiritual leader and scholar (died 2012)
  81. 1937Hank Nelson, Australian historian and academic (died 2012)
  82. 1938Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2001)
  83. 1940Geoffrey Boycott, English cricketer and sportscaster
  84. 1940Frances FitzGerald, American journalist and author
  85. 1940Rhoda Gemignani, American actress
  86. 1940Manfred Mann, South African-English keyboard player and producer
  87. 1940Marita Petersen, Faroese educator and politician, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 2001)
  88. 1941Steve Cropper, American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2025)
  89. 1942Elvin Bishop, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  90. 1942Allan Grice, Australian race car driver and politician
  91. 1942Lou Lamoriello, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
  92. 1942Judy Sheindlin, American judge and television host
  93. 1942Christopher A. Sims, American economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate
  94. 1942John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, English police officer and academic
  95. 1942Thomas Cavalier-Smith, English academic and biologist (died 2021)
  96. 1943Tariq Ali, Pakistani historian and author
  97. 1943Ron Elliott, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer
  98. 1944Mandy Rice-Davies, English model and actress (died 2014)
  99. 1944Michael Tugendhat, English lawyer and judge
  100. 1945Everett McGill, American actor
  101. 1945Nikita Mikhalkov, Russian filmmaker
  102. 1945Michael White, English journalist
  103. 1946Jane Heal, English philosopher and academic
  104. 1946Jim Hill, American football player and sportscaster
  105. 1946Lux Interior, American singer-songwriter (died 2009)
  106. 1946Lee Loughnane, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player
  107. 1947Dominique Braye, French politician
  108. 1948Shaye J. D. Cohen, American historian and academic
  109. 1948Allen Henry Vigneron, American archbishop
  110. 1949Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1971)
  111. 1949Mike Keenan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  112. 1949Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel
  113. 1950Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (died 1986)
  114. 1950Leela Vernon, Belizean musician and cultural conservationist (died 2017)
  115. 1952Patti Davis, American actress and author
  116. 1952Allen Hoey, American poet and author (died 2010)
  117. 1952Brent Mydland, German-American keyboard player (died 1990)
  118. 1953Charlotte Caffey, American guitarist and songwriter
  119. 1953Eric Faulkner, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  120. 1953Keith Green, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and minister (died 1982)
  121. 1953Marc Johnson, American bassist, composer, and bandleader
  122. 1953Peter Mandelson, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
  123. 1954Brian Tobin, Canadian journalist and politician, 6th Premier of Newfoundland
  124. 1955Dick DeVos, American businessman
  125. 1955Catherine Hardwicke, American film director, producer, and screenwriter
  126. 1955Fred Hersch, American pianist and composer
  127. 1955Rich Mullins, American singer-songwriter (died 1997)
  128. 1956Carrie Fisher, American actress and screenwriter (died 2016)
  129. 1956Mike Tully, American pole vaulter
  130. 1957Julian Cope, English singer-songwriter
  131. 1957Irene Edgar, Scottish lawn bowler
  132. 1957Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  133. 1957Steve Lukather, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  134. 1958Andre Geim, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  135. 1959George Bell, Dominican baseball player
  136. 1959Rose McDowall, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  137. 1959Andy Picheta, English director, producer, and screenwriter
  138. 1959Kevin Sheedy, Welsh-Irish footballer and manager
  139. 1959Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor and producer
  140. 1959Melora Walters, American actress, director, and writer
  141. 1962David Campese, Australian rugby player and coach
  142. 1964Jon Carin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  143. 1965Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, Spanish footballer and manager
  144. 1965Horace Hogan, American wrestler
  145. 1965Hisashi Imai, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
  146. 1966Phillip Price, Welsh golfer
  147. 1966Igor Prins, Estonian footballer and manager
  148. 1966Arne Sandstø, Norwegian footballer and manager
  149. 1967Georgi Dakov, Bulgarian high jumper (died 1996)
  150. 1967Paul Ince, English footballer and manager
  151. 1967Gavin Lovegrove, New Zealand javelin thrower and graphic designer
  152. 1967Krzysztof Sitko, Polish association football player (died 2018)
  153. 1968Alexandros Alexandris, Greek footballer and manager
  154. 1968Kerstin Andreae, German politician
  155. 1969Michael Hancock, Australian rugby league player
  156. 1969Mo Lewis, American football player
  157. 1970Louis Koo, Hong Kong actor and singer
  158. 1971Hal Duncan, Scottish author and poet
  159. 1971Damien Martyn, Australian cricketer
  160. 1971Nick Oliveri, American singer-songwriter and bass player
  161. 1971Conor O'Shea, Irish rugby player and coach
  162. 1971Paul Telfer, Scottish footballer and coach
  163. 1971Thomas Ulsrud, Norwegian curler
  164. 1972Ashutosh Agashe, Indian businessman and cricketer
  165. 1972Matthew Friedberger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  166. 1972Orlando Thomas, American football player (died 2014)
  167. 1972Evhen Tsybulenko, Ukrainian scholar and academic
  168. 1973Lera Auerbach, Russian-American pianist and composer
  169. 1973Charlie Lowell, American pianist and songwriter
  170. 1974Costel Busuioc, Romanian tenor
  171. 1975Toby Hall, American baseball player
  172. 1975Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer
  173. 1976Henrik Gustavsson, Swedish footballer
  174. 1976Jeremy Miller, American actor and singer
  175. 1976Lavinia Miloșovici, Romanian gymnast
  176. 1976Josh Ritter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  177. 1976Andrew Scott, Irish actor
  178. 1976Mélanie Turgeon, Canadian skier
  179. 1978Will Estes, American actor
  180. 1978Joey Harrington, American football player and sportscaster
  181. 1978Henrik Klingenberg, Finnish singer and keyboard player
  182. 1978Michael McMillian, American actor
  183. 1979Khalil Greene, American baseball player
  184. 1979Gabe Gross, American baseball player
  185. 1980Kim Kardashian, American reality television personality, actress, model, businesswoman and socialite
  186. 1980Brian Pittman, American bass player
  187. 1981Martin Castrogiovanni, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
  188. 1981Olivier Pla, French racing driver
  189. 1981Nemanja Vidić, Serbian footballer
  190. 1982Matt Dallas, American actor
  191. 1982Jim Henderson, American baseball player
  192. 1982Antony Kay, English footballer
  193. 1982Hari Kondabolu, American comedian, actor, and podcaster
  194. 1982Ray Ventrone, American football player
  195. 1982Lee Chong Wei, Malaysian badminton player
  196. 1982James White, American basketball player
  197. 1983Casey Fien, American baseball player
  198. 1983Zack Greinke, American baseball player
  199. 1983Brent Hayden, Canadian swimmer
  200. 1983Gonzalo Klusener, Argentinian footballer
  201. 1983Andy Marte, Dominican baseball player (died 2017)
  202. 1983Amber Rose, American model
  203. 1983Chris Sherrington, English-Scottish martial artist
  204. 1983Charlotte Sullivan, Canadian actress
  205. 1983Ninet Tayeb, Israeli singer
  206. 1983Shelden Williams, American basketball player
  207. 1984Anna Bogdanova, Russian heptathlete
  208. 1984Tom Brandstater, American football player
  209. 1984Kenny Cooper, American soccer player
  210. 1984Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, Canadian speed skater
  211. 1984José Lobatón, Venezuelan baseball player
  212. 1984Marvin Mitchell, American football player
  213. 1984Kieran Richardson, English footballer
  214. 1985Simone Bracalello, Italian footballer
  215. 1985Dean Collis, Australian rugby league player
  216. 1985Hadise, Belgian-Turkish singer-songwriter and dancer
  217. 1986Almen Abdi, Swiss footballer
  218. 1986Chibuzor Chilaka, Nigerian footballer
  219. 1986Scott Rendell, English footballer
  220. 1987Tonje Brenna, Norwegian politician
  221. 1987Justin De Fratus, American baseball player
  222. 1987Andrey Grechin, Russian swimmer
  223. 1988Ricki Olsen, Danish footballer
  224. 1988Glen Powell, American actor
  225. 1988Daniel Schorn, Austrian cyclist
  226. 1989Mads Dahm, Norwegian footballer
  227. 1989Festus Ezeli, Nigerian-American basketball player
  228. 1989Luke Murphy, English footballer
  229. 1989Jonathan Viera, Spanish footballer
  230. 1989Sam Vokes, English-Welsh footballer
  231. 1990Bengali-Fodé Koita, French footballer
  232. 1990Mathieu Peybernes, French footballer
  233. 1990Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player
  234. 1990Kristján Þórður Snæbjarnarson, Icelandic politician
  235. 1991Alexander Burmistrov, Russian ice hockey player
  236. 1991Tom Eastman, English footballer
  237. 1991Geoffry Hairemans, Belgian footballer
  238. 1991Rob Keogh, English cricketer
  239. 1991Vadaine Oliver, English footballer
  240. 1991Harry Pell, English footballer
  241. 1992Natasha Bassett, Australian actress
  242. 1992Marzia Kjellberg, Italian businessperson and former YouTuber
  243. 1992Damion Lee, American basketball player
  244. 1992Bernard Tomic, German-Australian tennis player
  245. 1993Kane Brown, American singer and songwriter
  246. 1995Cameron Burgess, Scottish-Australian footballer
  247. 1995Doja Cat, American rapper, singer and songwriter
  248. 1995Antoinette Guedia Mouafo, Cameroonian swimmer

Fallecimientos (109)

  1. 645Zhenzhu Khan, khan of Xueyantuo
  2. 1023Gero, Archbishop of Magdeburg
  3. 1096Walter Sans Avoir, a leader of the First Crusade
  4. 1125Cosmas of Prague, Bohemian priest and historian (born 1045)
  5. 1204Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English politician
  6. 1221Alix, Duchess of Brittany (born 1201)
  7. 1266Birger Jarl, Swedish politician (born 1210)
  8. 1314Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville
  9. 1422Charles VI of France (born 1368)
  10. 1500Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (born 1442)
  11. 1505Paul Scriptoris, German mathematician and educator (born 1460)
  12. 1556Pietro Aretino, Italian author (born 1492)
  13. 1558Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (born 1484)
  14. 1600Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Japanese samurai (born 1558)
  15. 1623William Wade, English politician and diplomat, Lieutenant of the Tower of London (born 1546)
  16. 1662Henry Lawes, English composer (born 1595)
  17. 1687Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (born 1606)
  18. 1765Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (born 1691)
  19. 1775Peyton Randolph, American lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Continental Congress (born 1721)
  20. 1777Samuel Foote, English actor and playwright (born 1720)
  21. 1803Thomas Russell, executed Irish rebel (born 1767)
  22. 1805John Cooke, English captain (born 1763)
  23. 1805George Duff, Scottish captain (born 1764)
  24. 1805Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (born 1758)
  25. 1821Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (born 1752)
  26. 1835Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (born 1775)
  27. 1861Edward Dickinson Baker, American congressman and colonel (born 1811)
  28. 1872Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1794)
  29. 1873Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (born 1807)
  30. 1896James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (born 1844)
  31. 1903Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (born 1829)
  32. 1904Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (born 1877)
  33. 1907Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (born 1824)
  34. 1927Borisav Stanković, Serbian author (born 1876)
  35. 1931Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (born 1862)
  36. 1938Dorothy Hale, American actress (born 1905)
  37. 1939Hendrik Wortman, Dutch civil engineer (born 1859)
  38. 1940William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (born 1866)
  39. 1941Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (born 1852)
  40. 1944Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (born 1877)
  41. 1952Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (born 1871)
  42. 1963Józef Franczak, Polish sergeant (born 1918)
  43. 1965Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (born 1926)
  44. 1969Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet (born 1922)
  45. 1969Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (born 1882)
  46. 1970Li Linsi, Chinese educator and diplomat (born 1896)
  47. 1971Minnie Evans, American artist (born 1888)
  48. 1973Nasif Estéfano, Argentinian race car driver (born 1932)
  49. 1975Charles Reidpath, American runner and general (born 1887)
  50. 1977Ferit Tüzün, Turkish composer (born 1929)
  51. 1978Anastas Mikoyan, Armenian-Russian civil servant and politician (born 1895)
  52. 1980Hans Asperger, Austrian physician and psychologist (born 1906)
  53. 1982Radka Toneff, Norwegian singer-songwriter (born 1952)
  54. 1983Joseph P. Lordi, American government official (born 1919)
  55. 1984François Truffaut, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932)
  56. 1985Dan White, American assassin and politician (born 1946)
  57. 1986Lionel Murphy, Australian jurist and politician, 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (born 1922)
  58. 1989Jean Image, Hungarian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910)
  59. 1990Dany Chamoun, Lebanese engineer and politician (born 1934)
  60. 1990Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Indian spiritual guru, philosopher and author (born 1921)
  61. 1991Lorenc Antoni, Albanian composer, conductor, and musicologist (born 1909)
  62. 1992Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and publisher (born 1898)
  63. 1992Jim Garrison, American lawyer and judge (born 1921)
  64. 1993Sam Zolotow, American journalist and critic (born 1899)
  65. 1995Maxene Andrews, American singer (born 1916)
  66. 1995Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and illustrator (born 1919)
  67. 1995Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter (born 1939)
  68. 1995Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1967)
  69. 1996Georgios Zoitakis, Greek general and politician (born 1910)
  70. 1998Francis W. Sargent, American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (born 1915)
  71. 1999Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator (born 1924)
  72. 1999Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish political scientist, lawyer, and politician (born 1939)
  73. 2002Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University (born 1917)
  74. 2003Louise Day Hicks, American politician (born 1916)
  75. 2003Luis A. Ferré, Puerto Rican engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of Puerto Rico (born 1904)
  76. 2003Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1969)
  77. 2006Sandy West, American singer-songwriter and drummer (born 1959)
  78. 2007Paul Fox, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)
  79. 2010A. Ayyappan, Indian poet and translator (born 1949)
  80. 2011Hikmet Bilâ, Turkish journalist and author (born 1954)
  81. 2011Tone Pavček, Slovenian poet and author (born 1928)
  82. 2012Yash Chopra, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932)
  83. 2012Antoni Dobrowolski, Polish educator (born 1904)
  84. 2012Jaroslav Kozlík, Czech volleyball player and educator (born 1907)
  85. 2012Alf Kumalo, South African photographer and journalist (born 1930)
  86. 2012George McGovern, American historian, lieutenant, and politician (born 1922)
  87. 2013Bud Adams, American businessman (born 1923)
  88. 2013Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer and conductor (born 1924)
  89. 2013Rune T. Kidde, Danish author, poet, and illustrator (born 1957)
  90. 2013Colonel Robert Morris, American singer-songwriter and drummer (born 1954)
  91. 2013Major Owens, American librarian and politician (born 1936)
  92. 2013Tony Summers, Welsh swimmer (born 1924)
  93. 2013Oscar Yanes, Venezuelan journalist and author (born 1927)
  94. 2014Ben Bradlee, American journalist and author (born 1921)
  95. 2014Nelson Bunker Hunt, American businessman (born 1926)
  96. 2014Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Iranian cleric and politician, Prime Minister of Iran (born 1931)
  97. 2014Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian genealogist, author, and hula expert (born 1925)
  98. 2014Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (born 1916)
  99. 2015France Bučar, Slovenian lawyer and politician (born 1923)
  100. 2015Marty Ingels, American actor (born 1936)
  101. 2015Norman W. Moore, English conservationist and author (born 1923)
  102. 2015Sheldon Wolin, American philosopher, theorist, and academic (born 1922)
  103. 2020Frank Bough, English television presenter (born 1933)
  104. 2021Bernard Haitink, Dutch conductor and violinist (born 1929)
  105. 2023Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager (born 1937)
  106. 2023Bobi, Portuguese dog (born 1992)
  107. 2023Bill Hayden, Australian politician, 21st Governor General of Australia (born 1933)
  108. 2024Mimi Hines, Canadian singer and comedian (born 1933)
  109. 2025Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Portuguese politician, former Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1937)

Celebraciones (8)

  1. Armed Forces Day (Honduras)
  2. Egyptian Naval Day (Egypt)
  3. Indian Police Commemoration Day (India)
  4. National Nurses' Day (Thailand)
  5. Ndadaye Day (Burundi)
  6. Overseas Chinese Day (Republic of China)
  7. Trafalgar Day (the British Empire in the 19th and early 20th century)
  8. Birth of the Báb (2017) (Baháʼí Faith)

Santoral (14)

  1. Céline of Laon
  2. Blessed Charles of Austria (Roman Catholic Church)
  3. Fintán of Taghmon
  4. Hilarion
  5. John of Bridlington
  6. Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena
  7. Malchus of Syria
  8. Pedro Calungsod
  9. Peter Yu Tae-chol
  10. Severinus of Bordeaux
  11. Tuda of Lindisfarne
  12. Ursula
  13. Viator of Lyons
  14. October 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)