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Acontecimientos
- 4004 a. C.James Ussher's purported creation date of the world according to the Bible.
- 42 a. C.Liberators' civil war: Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat an army under Brutus in the second part of the Battle of Philippi, with Brutus committing suicide and ending the civil war.
- 425Valentinian III is elevated as Roman emperor at the age of six.
- 502The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theoderic, absolves Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.
- 1086Spanish Reconquista: At the Battle of Sagrajas, the Almoravids defeat the Castilians, but are unable to take advantage of their victory.
- 1157The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the Danish Civil War.
- 1295The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France against England is signed in Paris.
- 1448Scotland wins a decisive victory over England at the Battle of Sark, the last pitched battle to be fought between the two kingdoms during the Medieval period.
- 1641Irish Catholic gentry from Ulster attempt to seize control of Dublin Castle, the seat of English rule in Ireland, so as to force concessions.
- 1642The Battle of Edgehill is the first major battle of the English Civil War.
- 1666The most intense tornado on record in English history, an F4 storm on the Fujita scale or T8 on the TORRO scale, strikes the county of Lincolnshire, with winds of more than .
- 1707The First Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain convenes.
- 1732The siege of Isfahan comes to an end when Safavid ruler Soltan Hoseyn capitulates to the besieging Afghan forces under Mahmud Hotak.
- 1798The forces of Ali Pasha of Janina defeat the French and capture the town of Preveza in the Battle of Nicopolis.
- 1812General Claude François de Malet begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon, claiming that the Emperor died in the Russian campaign.
- 1850The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts.
- 1856Second Opium War: Dissatisfied with imperial commissioner Ye Mingchen's reparations for the alleged slighting of a British-owned vessel and at Consul Harry Parkes's urging, British Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour launches an assault on the Barrier Forts outside Canton in the first military engagement of the Second Opium War.
- 1864American Civil War: The Battle of Westport is the last significant engagement west of the Mississippi River, ending in a Union victory.
- 1868Meiji Restoration: Having taken the shogunate's seat of power at Edo and declared it his new capital as Tokyo, Mutsuhito proclaims the start of the new Meiji era.
- 1882Assommoir bombing: Anarchists such as Fanny Madignier commit the first deadly anarchist attack in France.
- 1906Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe.
- 1911The Italo-Turkish War sees the first use of an airplane in combat when an Italian pilot makes a reconnaissance flight.
- 1912First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins.
- 1923German October: Due to a miscommunication with the party leadership, a militant section of the Communist Party of Germany launches an insurrection in Hamburg.
- 1924Second Zhili–Fengtian War: Warlord Feng Yuxiang, with the covert support of the Empire of Japan, stages a coup in Beijing against his erstwhile superiors in the Zhili clique, crippling their nearly victorious war effort against the Fengtian clique and forcing them to withdraw from northern China.
- 1927The Imatra Cinema is destroyed in a fire in Tampere, Finland, during showing the 1924 film Wages of Virtue; 21 people die in the fire and almost 30 are injured.
- 1940Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco meet at Hendaye to discuss the possibility of Spain entering the Second World War.
- 1941The Holocaust: Nazi Germany prohibits Jews from emigrating, including in its occupied territories.
- 1942World War II: Allied forces commence the Second Battle of El Alamein, which proves to be the key turning point in the North African campaign.
- 1942All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard American Airlines Flight 28 are killed when it collides with a U.S. Army Air Force bomber near Palm Springs, California.
- 1942World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins on Guadalcanal.
- 1944World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.
- 1945Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract with the Brooklyn Dodger's minor league team, the Montreal Royals, breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier.
- 1955Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm defeats former emperor Bảo Đại in a referendum and founds the Republic of Vietnam.
- 1955The people of the Saar region vote in a referendum to unite with West Germany instead of France.
- 1956Secret police shoot several anti-communist protesters, igniting the Hungarian Revolution.
- 1958Canada's Springhill mining disaster kills seventy-five miners, while ninety-nine others are rescued.
- 1958Belgian artist Peyo's comic characters, the Smurfs, make their debut in Spirou magazine.
- 1959Aeroflot Flight 200 crashes while attempting to land at Vnukovo International Airport, killing 28.
- 1965Vietnam War: The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), in conjunction with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, launches an operation seeking to destroy Communist forces during the siege of Plei Me.
- 1970Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas.
- 1972Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker, a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ends after five months.
- 1978Aeroflot Flight 6515 crashes off Syvash, killing all 26 people aboard.
- 1982A gunfight breaks out between police officers and members of a religious cult in Arizona. The shootout leaves two cultists dead and dozens of cultists and police officers injured.
- 1983Lebanese Civil War: The U.S. Marines Corps barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb, killing 241 U.S. military personnel. A French Army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops.
- 1989The Hungarian Republic officially replaces the communist Hungarian People's Republic.
- 1989Bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine, the biggest bankruptcy in the Nordic countries up until then.
- 1989An explosion at the Houston Chemical Complex in Pasadena, Texas, which registered a 3.5 on the Richter magnitude scale, kills 23 and injures 314.
- 1991Signing of the Paris Peace Accords which ends the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.
- 1993The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians.
- 1995Yolanda Saldívar is found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of popular Latin singer Selena.
- 1998Israel and the Palestinian Authority sign the Wye River Memorandum.
- 2001Apple Computer releases the iPod.
- 2002Second Chechen War: Chechen separatist terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage.
- 2004A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata Prefecture in northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.
- 2007A storm causes the Mexican Kab 101 oil platform to collide with a wellhead, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the platform.
- 2007Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-120, with Pamela Melroy becoming the second female space shuttle commander.
- 2011A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.
- 2011The Libyan National Transitional Council deems the Libyan Civil War over.
- 2011Motorcycle racer Marco Simoncelli dies in a racing accident at the Malaysian Grand Prix.
- 2015The lowest sea-level pressure in the Western Hemisphere, and the highest reliably-measured non-tornadic sustained winds, are recorded in Hurricane Patricia, which strikes Mexico hours later, killing at least 13 and causing over $280 million in damages.
- 2017War against the Islamic State: Philippine defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana declares the end of the Siege of Marawi.
- 2020Second Libyan Civil War: The Second Libyan Civil War comes to an end as all parties to the 5+5 Joint Libyan Military Commission agree to a ceasefire.
- 2022Xi Jinping is elected as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party by the Central Committee, beginning a third term of the paramount leader of China.
- 2022Myanmar Air Force airstrikes a concert in Hpakant Township, Kachin state killing at least 80 people, including senior Kachin Independence Organisation officials, in the Hpakant massacre.
Nacimientos
- 1006Wen Yanbo, Chinese grand chancellor (died 1097)
- 1255Ferdinand de la Cerda, Spanish noble (died 1275)
- 1491Ignatius of Loyola, Catholic priest (died 1556)
- 1516Charlotte of Valois, French princess (died 1524)
- 1634Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish queen (died 1715)
- 1654Johann Bernhard Staudt, Austrian composer (died 1712)
- 1698Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, designed the École Militaire (died 1782)
- 1705Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal (died 1757)
- 1713Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist, poet, and educator (died 1778)
- 1762Samuel Morey, American engineer (died 1843)
- 1766Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general (died 1847)
- 1790Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American minister, lexicographer, and educator (died 1860)
- 1796Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician (died 1857)
- 1801Albert Lortzing, German singer-songwriter and actor (died 1851)
- 1805John Russell Bartlett, American linguist and historian (died 1886)
- 1813Ludwig Leichhardt, German-Australian explorer (died 1848)
- 1815João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe, Brazilian politician (died 1889)
- 1817Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and author (died 1875)
- 1822Gustav Spörer, German astronomer (died 1895)
- 1832Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg, Finnish priest and father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the first President of Finland (died 1873)
- 1835Adlai Stevenson I, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (died 1914)
- 1837Moritz Kaposi, Hungarian dermatologist (died 1902)
- 1844Robert Bridges, English poet and playwright (died 1930)
- 1857Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (died 1899)
- 1863Mirko Breyer, Croatian writer, bibliographer, antiquarian, and one of the notable alleged and false victims of the Stara Gradiška concentration camp (died 1946)
- 1865Neltje Blanchan, American historian and author (died 1918)
- 1869John Heisman, American football player and coach (died 1936)
- 1870Francis Kelley, Canadian-American bishop (died 1948)
- 1873William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer (died 1975)
- 1874Charles Kilpatrick, American runner and educator (died 1921)
- 1875Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist and academic (died 1946)
- 1876Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician, Reich Ministry of Justice (died 1970)
- 1878Jaan Lattik, Estonian pastor and politician, 9th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1967)
- 1880Dominikus Böhm, German architect (died 1955)
- 1880Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress and singer (died 1959)
- 1883Hugo Wast, Argentine writer (died 1962)
- 1885Lawren Harris, Canadian painter and educator (died 1970)
- 1888Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1961)
- 1892Speckled Red, American blues/boogie-woogie piano player and singer-songwriter (died 1973)
- 1894Rube Bressler, American baseball player (died 1966)
- 1894Emma Vyssotsky, American astronomer and academic (died 1975)
- 1896Hilario Abellana, Filipino politician (died 1945)
- 1896Lilyan Tashman, American actress (died 1934)
- 1897John Baker, English air marshal (died 1978)
- 1897Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena, Spanish writer (died 1975)
- 1899Bernt Balchen, Norwegian aviator (died 1973)
- 1900Douglas Jardine, Indian-English cricketer and lawyer (died 1958)
- 1902Robert Eberan von Eberhorst, Austrian engineer (died 1982)
- 1902Luther Evans, American political scientist and politician (died 1981)
- 1904Harvey Penick, American golfer and coach (died 1995)
- 1905Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1983)
- 1905Yen Chia-kan, Chinese lawyer and politician, President of the Republic of China (died 1993)
- 1905Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (died 2003)
- 1908František Douda, Czech shot putter (died 1990)
- 1908Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1990)
- 1909Zellig Harris, American linguist and methodologist (died 1992)
- 1910Richard Mortensen, Danish painter and educator (died 1993)
- 1910Hayden Rorke, American actor (died 1987)
- 1911Jack Keller, American hurdler (died 1978)
- 1915Simo Puupponen, Finnish writer (died 1967)
- 1918Augusta Dabney, American actress (died 2008)
- 1918James Daly, American actor (died 1978)
- 1918Paul Rudolph, American architect and academic, designed the Lippo Centre (died 1997)
- 1919Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist and academic (died 1992)
- 1920Ted Fujita, Japanese-American meteorologist and academic (died 1998)
- 1920Bob Montana, American illustrator (died 1975)
- 1920Gianni Rodari, Italian writer (died 1980)
- 1920Vern Stephens, American baseball player (died 1968)
- 1922Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington, English politician (died 2018)
- 1922Coleen Gray, American actress (died 2015)
- 1923Aslam Farrukhi, Indian-Pakistani linguist, author, and scholar (died 2016)
- 1923Ned Rorem, American composer and author (died 2022)
- 1923Frank Sutton, American actor (died 1974)
- 1924Arthur Brittenden, English journalist (died 2015)
- 1925Johnny Carson, American television host (died 2005)
- 1925Fred Shero, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 1990)
- 1927Sonny Criss, American saxophonist and composer (died 1977)
- 1927Dezső Gyarmati, Hungarian water polo player and coach (died 2013)
- 1927Leszek Kołakowski, Polish-English historian and philosopher (died 2009)
- 1928Zhu Rongji, Chinese engineer and politician, 5th Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 2026)
- 1929Luis Alarcón, Chilean actor (died 2023)
- 1929Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (died 2006)
- 1930Unto Mononen, Finnish musician (died 1968)
- 1931Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician (died 2017)
- 1931William P. Clark, Jr., American judge and politician, 12th United States National Security Advisor (died 2013)
- 1931Diana Dors, English actress (died 1984)
- 1931Johnny Kitagawa, Japanese businessman, and talent manager (died 2019)
- 1932Vasily Belov, Russian novelist, poet and playwright (died 2012)
- 1933Carol Fran, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2021)
- 1933Carlos Lemos Simmonds, sixth Vice President of Columbia (died 2003)
- 1934Caitro Soto, Afro-Peruvian musician (died 2004)
- 1935JacSue Kehoe, American neuroscientist (died 2019)
- 1936Charles Goodhart, English economist and academic
- 1936Philip Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1937Johnny Carroll, American rockabilly musician (died 1995)
- 1937Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (died 1971)
- 1937Deven Verma, Indian actor, director, and producer (died 2014)
- 1938Alan G'ilzean, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2018)
- 1939Charlie Foxx, American R&B/soul singer and guitarist (died 1998)
- 1939C. V. Vigneswaran, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st Chief Minister of the Northern Province
- 1940Ellie Greenwich, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2009)
- 1940Jane Holzer, American model, actress, producer, and art collector
- 1940Pelé, Brazilian footballer and actor (died 2022)
- 1941René Metge, French rally driver (died 2024)
- 1941Colin Milburn, English cricketer (died 1990)
- 1941Igor Smirnov, Moldovan engineer and politician, 1st President of Transnistria
- 1942Douglas Dunn, Scottish poet, critic, and academic
- 1942Bernd Erdmann, German footballer and manager
- 1942Anita Roddick, English businesswoman and activist, founded The Body Shop (died 2007)
- 1942Michael Crichton, American author and screenwriter (died 2008)
- 1943Alida Chelli, Italian actress and singer (died 2012)
- 1944Mike Harding, English singer-songwriter and comedian
- 1945Maggi Hambling, English sculptor and painter
- 1945Kim Larsen, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)
- 1945Graça Machel, Mozambican politician and humanitarian
- 1945Ernie Watts, American saxophonist
- 1945Maury Yeston, American composer, lyricist, and music theorist
- 1946Graeme Barker, English archaeologist and academic
- 1946Alicia Borinsky, Argentine writer
- 1946Mel Martínez, American lawyer and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- 1946Miklós Németh, Hungarian javelin thrower
- 1947Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, co-founder of the Palestinian movement Hamas (died 2004)
- 1947Kazimierz Deyna, Polish footballer (died 1989)
- 1947Greg Ridley, English bass player (died 2003)
- 1948Hermann Hauser, Austrian-English businessman, co-founded Acorn Computers and Olivetti Research Laboratory
- 1948Gerry Robinson, Irish-born British businessman, arts patron and television personality (died 2021)
- 1948Brian Ross, American journalist
- 1948Jordi Sabatés, Spanish musician (died 2022)
- 1949Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian soldier and politician
- 1949Oscar Martínez, Argentine theater actor
- 1949Nick Tosches, American journalist, author, and poet (died 2019)
- 1949Würzel, English singer and guitarist (died 2011)
- 1950Maths O. Sundqvist, Swedish businessman (died 2012)
- 1951Ángel de Andrés López, Spanish actor (died 2016)
- 1951Charly García, Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player
- 1951Fatmir Sejdiu, Kosovan academic and politician, 2nd President of Kosovo
- 1951David Wills, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1952Pierre Moerlen, French drummer (died 2005)
- 1952Ken Tipton, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1953Taner Akçam, Turkish sociologist and historian
- 1953Joaquín Lavín, Chilean politician and economist
- 1953Pauline Black, English singer, actress and author
- 1954Ang Lee, Taiwanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1955Toshio Hosokawa, Japanese composer
- 1956Adam Nawałka, Polish football player and manager
- 1956Darrell Pace, American archer
- 1956Dianne Reeves, American singer
- 1956Dwight Yoakam, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1957Paul Kagame, Rwandan soldier and politician, 6th President of Rwanda
- 1957Graham Rix, English footballer and coach
- 1957Martin Luther King III, American human rights activist, philanthropist and advocate
- 1958Michael Eric Dyson, American activist, author, and academic
- 1958Rose Nabinger, German singer
- 1958Frank Schaffer, German sprinter
- 1959"Weird Al" Yankovic, American comedy musician, writer, and actor
- 1959Sam Raimi, American director, screenwriter and producer
- 1960Mirwais Ahmadzaï, Swiss-French keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
- 1960Katoucha Niane, French model and actress (died 2008)
- 1960Randy Pausch, American author and academic (died 2008)
- 1960Wayne Rainey, American motorcycle racer
- 1961Laurie Halse Anderson, American author
- 1961Vinicio Gómez, Guatemalan politician (died 2008)
- 1961Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish footballer and sportscaster
- 1963Gordon Korman, Canadian-American author
- 1963Rashidi Yekini, Nigerian footballer (died 2012)
- 1964Eddy Cue, American computer scientist and businessman
- 1964Robert Trujillo, American bass player and songwriter
- 1965Augusten Burroughs, American author and screenwriter
- 1965Al Leiter, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1966Alex Zanardi, Italian racing driver and cyclist (died 2026)
- 1967Dale Crover, American musician
- 1967Omar Linares, Cuban baseball player
- 1967Jaime Yzaga, Peruvian tennis player
- 1969Dolly Buster, Czech film producer and director, actress and author
- 1969Trudi Canavan, Australian author and illustrator
- 1969Bill O'Brien, American football player and coach
- 1969Brooke Theiss, American actress
- 1970Matthew Barzun, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
- 1970Grant Imahara, American television presenter and engineer (died 2020)
- 1970Kenji Nomura, Japanese voice actor
- 1970Zoe Wiseman, American model and photographer
- 1971Carlo Forlivesi, Italian-Japanese composer and scholar
- 1971Chris Horner, American cyclist
- 1972Tiffeny Milbrett, American soccer player
- 1972Dominika Paleta, Polish-Mexican actress
- 1972Eduardo Paret, Cuban baseball player
- 1972Bryan Pratt, American lawyer and politician
- 1972Jasmin St. Claire, Virgin Islander-American actress
- 1972Jimmy Wayne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1973Christian Dailly, Scottish footballer
- 1974Aravind Adiga, Indian journalist and author
- 1974Beatrice Faumuina, New Zealand discus thrower
- 1974Sander Westerveld, Dutch footballer
- 1974Christine Yoshikawa, Canadian pianist
- 1975Michelle Beadle, American sportscaster
- 1975Odalys García, Cuban actress
- 1975Phillip Gillespie, Australian cricket umpire
- 1975Jessicka, American singer-songwriter
- 1975Yoon Son-ha, South Korean actress and singer
- 1975Keith Van Horn, American basketball player
- 1975Manuela Velasco, Spanish actress
- 1976Cat Deeley, English model, actress, and television host
- 1976Sergio Diduch, Argentine footballer
- 1976Ryan Reynolds, Canadian-American actor and producer
- 1977Brad Haddin, Australian cricketer
- 1977Alex Tudor, English cricketer and coach
- 1978Jimmy Bullard, English footballer
- 1978Steve Harmison, English cricketer and sportscaster
- 1978John Lackey, American baseball player
- 1978Archie Thompson, New Zealand-Australian footballer
- 1979Ramón Castro, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1979Simon Davies, Welsh footballer
- 1979Lynn Greer, American basketball player
- 1979Prabhas, Telugu film actor
- 1979Jorge Solís, Mexican boxer
- 1979Bud Smith, American baseball player
- 1980Mate Bilić, Croatian footballer
- 1980Pedro Liriano, Dominican baseball player
- 1981Daniela Alvarado, Venezuelan actress
- 1981Jeroen Bleekemolen, Dutch racing driver
- 1981Leticia Dolera, Spanish actress
- 1981Ben Francisco, American baseball player
- 1981Lee Ki-woo, South Korean actor
- 1981Mirel Rădoi, Romanian footballer
- 1982Valentin Badea, Romanian footballer
- 1982Kristjan Kangur, Estonian basketball player
- 1982Aleksandar Luković, Serbian footballer
- 1982Rickey Paulding, American basketball player
- 1982Rodolfo, Brazilian footballer
- 1983Filippos Darlas, Greek footballer
- 1983Valentin Demyanenko, Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani canoeist
- 1983Goldie Harvey, Nigerian singer-songwriter (died 2013)
- 1984Izabel Goulart, Brazilian model
- 1984Jeffrey Hoogervorst, Dutch footballer
- 1984Simone Masini, Italian footballer
- 1984Meghan McCain, American journalist, author, and television personality
- 1984Michael Sim, Australian golfer
- 1984Keiren Westwood, English footballer
- 1985Mohammed Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer
- 1985Masiela Lusha, Albanian-American actress, poet, and humanitarian
- 1985Miguel, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1985Chris Neal, English footballer
- 1985Luca Spinetti, Italian footballer
- 1985Panagiotis Vouis, Greek footballer
- 1986Emilia Clarke, English actress
- 1986Briana Evigan, American actress and dancer
- 1986Inbar Lavi, Israeli actress
- 1986Jovanka Radičević, Montenegrin handball player
- 1986Jake Robinson, English footballer
- 1986Jessica Stroup, American actress
- 1987Carmella, American wrestler
- 1987Robin Copeland, Irish rugby player
- 1987Félix Doubront, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1987Faye, Swedish singer-songwriter
- 1987Kyle Gibson, American baseball player
- 1987Seo In-guk, South Korean singer and actor
- 1987Miyuu Sawai, Japanese model and actress
- 1987Naomi Watanabe, Japanese actress
- 1988Jordan Crawford, American basketball player
- 1988Aleksandr Salugin, Russian footballer
- 1988Carolin Schiewe, German footballer
- 1989Viktor Agardius, Swedish footballer
- 1989Alain Baroja, Venezuelan footballer
- 1989Zach Brown, American football player
- 1989Jonita Gandhi, Indo-Canadian singer
- 1989Anisya Kirdyapkina, Russian race walker
- 1989Andriy Yarmolenko, Ukrainian footballer
- 1991Emil Forsberg, Swedish footballer
- 1991Princess Mako of Akishino, member of the Japanese Imperial Family
- 1991Jorge Taufua, Australian rugby league player
- 1992Álvaro Morata, Spanish footballer
- 1993Josh Ruffels, English footballer
- 1994Margaret Qualley, American actress
- 1995Ireland Baldwin, American model
- 1997Nick Bosa, American football player
- 1997Élie Okobo, French basketball player
- 1997Jaydn Su'A, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1997Minnie, Thai singer
- 1998Amandla Stenberg, American actress
- 1998Jordan Goodwin, American basketball player
- 1999Yui Kobayashi, Japanese idol
- 2002Ningning, Chinese singer
- 2003Jacob Bethell, English Cricket Legend
- 2004Niccolò Pisilli, Italian footballer
Fallecimientos
- 42 a. C.Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, Roman general and politician (born 85 BC)
- 877Ignatios of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch (born 797)
- 891Yazaman al-Khadim, Abbasid general and politician
- 902Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid emir (born 850)
- 930Daigo, Japanese emperor (born 885)
- 945Hyejong of Goryeo, Korean king (born 912)
- 949Yōzei, Japanese emperor (born 869)
- 1134Abu al-Salt, Andalusian polymath
- 1157Sweyn III, Danish king (born c. 1125)
- 1456John of Capistrano, Italian priest and saint (born 1386)
- 1550Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop (born 1480)
- 1581Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (born 1529)
- 1616Leonhard Hutter, German theologian and academic (born 1563)
- 1688Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist and historian (born 1610)
- 1730Anne Oldfield, English actress (born 1683)
- 1764Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French admiral (born 1683)
- 1774Michel Benoist, French missionary and astronomer (born 1715)
- 1852Georg August Wallin, Finnish explorer, orientalist, and professor (born 1811)
- 1867Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (born 1791)
- 1869Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1799)
- 1872Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (born 1811)
- 1885Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (born 1829)
- 1893Alexander of Battenberg (born 1857)
- 1910Chulalongkorn, Thai king (born 1853)
- 1915W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (born 1848)
- 1916Richard McFadden, Scottish footballer and soldier (born 1889)
- 1917Eugène Grasset, Swiss illustrator (born 1845)
- 1921John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (born 1840)
- 1935Charles Demuth, American painter and educator (born 1883)
- 1939Zane Grey, American dentist and author (born 1872)
- 1942Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (born 1901)
- 1943Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (born 1876)
- 1944Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1877)
- 1944Hana Brady, Czech holocaust victim (born 1931)
- 1950Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (born 1886)
- 1953Adrien de Noailles, French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (born 1869)
- 1959George Bouzianis, Greek painter (born 1885)
- 1959Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (born 1871)
- 1964Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (born 1886)
- 1969Tommy Edwards, American singer-songwriter (born 1922)
- 1975Marjorie Maynard British artist and farmer (born 1891)
- 1978Maybelle Carter, American singer and autoharp player (Carter Family) (born 1909)
- 1980Tibor Rosenbaum, Hungarian-born Swiss rabbi and businessman (born 1923)
- 1983Jessica Savitch, American journalist (born 1947)
- 1984Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (born 1922)
- 1986Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1893)
- 1988Asashio Tarō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (born 1929)
- 1989Armida, Mexican-American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1911)
- 1990Thomas Williams, American author and academic (born 1926)
- 1994Robert Lansing, American actor (born 1928)
- 1996Bob Grim, American baseball player (born 1930)
- 1997Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1916)
- 1998Barnett Slepian, American physician (born 1946)
- 1998Eric Ambler, English author, screenwriter, and producer (born 1909)
- 1999Eric Reece, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Tasmania (born 1909)
- 2000Yokozuna, American wrestler (born 1966)
- 2001Josh Kirby, English illustrator (born 1928)
- 2001Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and historian (born 1917)
- 2002Adolph Green, American playwright and songwriter (born 1915)
- 2003Tony Capstick, English actor and singer (born 1944)
- 2003Soong Mei-ling, Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-shek, 2nd First Lady of the Republic of China (born 1898)
- 2004Robert Merrill, American actor and singer (born 1919)
- 2004Bill Nicholson, English footballer, coach, and manager (born 1919)
- 2005William Hootkins, American actor (born 1948)
- 2005John Muth, American economist and academic (born 1930)
- 2005Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian wife of Olusegun Obasanjo, 10th First Lady of Nigeria (born 1945)
- 2006Lebo Mathosa, South African singer (Boom Shaka) (born 1977)
- 2007John Ilhan, Turkish-Australian businessman, founded Crazy John's (born 1965)
- 2007Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian-Chinese businessman (born 1918)
- 2008Kevin Finnegan, English boxer (born 1948)
- 2009Lou Jacobi, Canadian-American actor (born 1913)
- 2010Fran Crippen, American swimmer (born 1984)
- 2010Stanley Tanger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (born 1923)
- 2011Herbert A. Hauptman, American chemist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)
- 2011Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer (born 1987)
- 2012William Joel Blass, American lawyer and politician (born 1917)
- 2012Wilhelm Brasse, Polish photographer (born 1917)
- 2012Roland de la Poype, French soldier and pilot (born 1920)
- 2012Sunil Gangopadhyay, Indian author and poet (born 1934)
- 2012Michael Marra, Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1952)
- 2013Wes Bialosuknia, American basketball player (born 1945)
- 2013Anthony Caro, English sculptor and academic (born 1924)
- 2013Niall Donohue, Irish hurler (born 1990)
- 2013Gypie Mayo, English guitarist and songwriter (Dr. Feelgood and The Yardbirds) (born 1951)
- 2013Bill Mazer, Ukrainian-American journalist and sportscaster (born 1920)
- 2014Ghulam Azam, Bangladeshi politician (born 1922)
- 2014John Bramlett, American football player (born 1941)
- 2014Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (born 1929)
- 2014Joan Quigley, American astrologer and author (born 1927)
- 2014Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (born 1931)
- 2014Alvin Stardust, English singer and actor (born 1942)
- 2015Leon Bibb, American-Canadian singer (born 1922)
- 2015Roger De Clerck, Belgian businessman (born 1924)
- 2015Jim Roberts, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1940)
- 2015Fred Sands, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Museum of Contemporary Art (born 1938)
- 2016Jack Chick, American cartoonist and publisher (born 1924)
- 2016Wim van der Voort, Dutch speed skater (born 1923)
- 2016Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter (born 1959)
- 2017Walter Lassally, German cinematographer (born 1926)
- 2018Todd Reid, Australian tennis player (born 1984)
- 2020Jerry Jeff Walker, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)
- 2022Adriano Moreira, Portuguese politician, Minister of the Overseas Provinces, President of the CDS – People's Party (born 1922)
- 2023Aira Samulin, Finnish entrepreneur and dance teacher (born 1927)
- 2023Bishan Singh Bedi, Indian cricketer (born 1946)
- 2024Geoff Capes, British shot putter and strongman (born 1949)
- 2024Gary Indiana, American writer, playwright and poet (born 1950)
- 2024Jack Jones, American singer and actor (born 1938)
- 2025June Lockhart, American actress (b. 1925)
Celebraciones
- Mole Day (International observance)
Santoral
- Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer
- James the Just (i.e. James, brother of Jesus) (Lutheran, Episcopal Church (USA), Eastern Orthodox)
- Æthelflæd of Romsey
- Allucio of Campugliano
- Amon of Toul (Diocese of Toul)
- Boethius
- Ignatios of Constantinople
- John of Capistrano
- Joséphine Leroux
- Paul Tong Viet Buong
- Peter Pascual
- Romain (Romanus) of Rouen
- Servandus and Cermanus
- Severin of Cologne
- Blessed Thomas Thwing
- October 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Christmas or the Feast of Señor Noemi (the Child Jesus) in the Apostolic Catholic Church