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Acontecimientos
- 1260Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France.
- 1260After defeating the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut and assassinating the previous Mamluk sultan, Qutuz, Baybars ascends to the Egyptian throne as the fourth sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate.
- 1273Rudolf of Habsburg is crowned king of the Romans in Aachen.
- 1360The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.
- 1590John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.
- 1596The second Spanish armada sets sail to strike against England, but is smashed by storms off Cape Finisterre forcing a retreat to port.
- 1641Felim O'Neill of Kinard, the leader of the Irish Rebellion, issues his Proclamation of Dungannon, justifying the uprising and declaring continued loyalty to King Charles I of England.
- 1648The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War.
- 1795Poland is completely consumed by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
- 1812Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
- 1813Treaty of Gulistan: The Russo-Persian War of 1804-1813 comes to a close with the signing of the Treaty of Gulistan, under which terms Qajar Iran agrees to cede the bulk of its Caucasian territories, which comprise much of modern Dagestan, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, to the Russian Empire.
- 1851William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.
- 1857Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.
- 1860Convention of Peking: The Second Opium War formally comes to a close, with Qing China ceding Kowloon in perpetuity to the victorious British Empire.
- 1861The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
- 1871An estimated 17 to 22 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.
- 1876Shinpūren rebellion: Upset at the Westernisation of Meiji Japan and the abolition of the Tokugawa feudal hierarchy, the Keishintō, a group of extremist Shinto former samurai, launch a surprise attack against the Meiji government in Kumamoto Prefecture.
- 1886Normanton incident: As the British merchant vessel Normanton sinks off the coast of Japan, her European officers appear to commandeer the ship's lifeboats for themselves, leaving her Asian crew and passengers to die and conjuring significant political outrage in Japan.
- 1889Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
- 1894First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Jiuliancheng: Under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo, the Imperial Japanese Army covertly crosses the Yalu River into Qing territory and launches an assault on the fortifications at Hushan.
- 1900U.S. Government announces plans to buy Danish West Indies for $7 million.
- 1901Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
- 1902Guatemala's Santa María volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
- 1911Orville Wright remains in the air for nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
- 1912First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
- 1912First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
- 1917World War I: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Caporetto on the Austro-Italian front.
- 1918World War I: Italian victory in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto.
- 1926Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
- 1929"Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange, the first day of the panic in the markets that contributes to the Great Depression.
- 1930A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ends the First Republic, replacing it with the Vargas Era.
- 1931The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic over the Hudson River.
- 1944World War II: Japan's center force is temporarily repulsed in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
- 1944World War II: The USS Shark (SS-314) was lost with all 87 hands in the Bashi Straits after torpedoing the Japanese freighter Arisan Maru.
- 1944World War II: The USS Tang (SS-306) sank in the Formosa Strait after being struck by its own torpedo, with 78 of its crew lost.
- 1945The United Nations Charter comes into effect.
- 1946A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
- 1947Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
- 1947United Air Lines Flight 608 crashes in the Bryce Canyon National Park in Garfield County, Utah, while attempting an emergency landing at Bryce Canyon Airport, killing 52 people.
- 1949The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.
- 1950Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China: The People's Liberation Army ceases all military operations in Tibet, ending the Battle of Chamdo.
- 1954US President Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.
- 1957The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar crewed space program.
- 1960Nedelin catastrophe: An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Soviet Union's Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing over 100 people, including Field Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin.
- 1963An oxygen leak from an R-9 Desna missile at the Baikonur Cosmodrome triggers a fire that kills seven people.
- 1964Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes Zambia.
- 1975In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gender inequality.
- 1980The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union.
- 1986Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing of an El Al flight at Heathrow Airport.
- 1990Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian NATO force formed in 1956, intended to be activated in the event of a Warsaw Pact invasion.
- 1992The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
- 1998Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies.
- 2003Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
- 2004Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United, ending a row of unbeaten matches at 49 matches, which is the record in the Premier League.
- 2005Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida, resulting in 35 direct and 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.
- 2007Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
- 2008"Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
- 2014The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.
- 2015A driver deliberately crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring 34.
- 2016A French surveillance aircraft flying to Libya crashes on takeoff in Malta, killing all five people on board.
- 2016Three heavily armed terrorists from the Islamic State – Khorasan Province open fire on and eventually suicide bomb a police training centre in Balochistan, Pakistan, killing at least 59 cadets and injuring more than 165 others.
- 2018The world's longest sea crossing, the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, opens for public traffic.
- 2024A 14 year old resident from Bosanska Krupa, Bosnia and Herzegovina initiated a terrorist attack on the local police station, killing one police officer and injuring another.
Nacimientos
- 1378David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay heir to the throne of Scotland (died 1402)
- 1503Isabella of Portugal (died 1539)
- 1561Anthony Babington, English conspirator (Babington Plot) (died 1586)
- 1632Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist (died 1723)
- 1637Lorenzo Magalotti, Italian philosopher (died 1712)
- 1650Steven Blankaart, Dutch entomologist (died 1704)
- 1675Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (died 1749)
- 1713Marie Fel, French soprano and actress (died 1794)
- 1763Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (died 1839)
- 1784Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (died 1885)
- 1788Sarah Josepha Hale, American author and poet (died 1879)
- 1798Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (died 1866)
- 1804Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (died 1891)
- 1811Ferdinand Hiller, German composer and conductor (died 1885)
- 1811Georg August Wallin, Finnish explorer, orientalist, and professor (died 1852)
- 1830Marianne North, English biologist and painter (died 1890)
- 1838Annie Edson Taylor, American stuntwoman and educator (died 1921)
- 1854Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (died 1907)
- 1855James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (died 1912)
- 1857Ned Williamson, American baseball player (died 1894)
- 1868Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and author (died 1969)
- 1872Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper (died 1957)
- 1873E. T. Whittaker, British mathematician and physicist (died 1956)
- 1875Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and set designer (died 1958)
- 1876Saya San, Burmese monk and activist (died 1931)
- 1879B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer (died 1956)
- 1882Sybil Thorndike, English actress (died 1976)
- 1884Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor (died 1944)
- 1885Alice Perry, Irish engineer and poet (died 1969)
- 1887Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen Consort of King Alfonso XIII of Spain (died 1969)
- 1887Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot (died 1917)
- 1891Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (died 1961)
- 1891Brenda Ueland, American journalist, author, and educator (died 1985)
- 1894Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (died 1987)
- 1895Jack Warner, English actor and singer (died 1981)
- 1896Marjorie Joyner, American make-up artist and businesswoman (died 1994)
- 1898Peng Dehuai, Chinese general, 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China (died 1974)
- 1899Teikō Shiotani, Japanese photographer (died 1988)
- 1901Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1959)
- 1903Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (died 1960)
- 1904Moss Hart, American director and playwright (died 1961)
- 1904A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist (died 1932)
- 1905Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian and academic (died 1988)
- 1906Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician and cryptographer (died 1968)
- 1907Patricia Griffin, Montserratian nurse and social worker (died 1986)
- 1908John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist and geophysicist (died 1993)
- 1909Bill Carr, American runner (died 1966)
- 1909Thomas F. Connolly, American admiral (died 1996)
- 1910Stella Brooks, American singer (died 2002)
- 1910Gunter d'Alquen, German SS officer and journalist (died 1998)
- 1910Joe L. Evins, American lawyer and politician (died 1984)
- 1910James K. Woolnough, American general (died 1996)
- 1910Yoel Zussman, Polish-Israeli lawyer and judge (died 1982)
- 1911Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (died 1993)
- 1911Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (died 1986)
- 1912Silviu Bindea, Romanian footballer (died 1992)
- 1912Peter Gellhorn, German conductor (music) (died 2004)
- 1912Murray Golden, American television director (died 1991)
- 1913Tito Gobbi, Italian actor and singer (died 1984)
- 1914Charles Craig Cannon, American colonel (died 1992)
- 1914František Čapek, Czech canoeist (died 2008)
- 1914Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian Independence movement revolutionary and Officer of Indian National Army (died 2012)
- 1915Bob Kane, American author and illustrator (died 1998)
- 1915Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author (died 1988)
- 1916Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano and actress (died 2011)
- 1917Marie Foster, American activist (died 2003)
- 1918Doreen Tovey, English author (died 2008)
- 1919Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot (died 2008)
- 1920Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and academic (died 1996)
- 1921Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (died 2005)
- 1921R. K. Laxman, Indian illustrator (died 2015)
- 1922George Miller, American educator and politician, Mayor of Tucson (died 2014)
- 1923Robin Day, English lieutenant and journalist (died 2000)
- 1923Denise Levertov, British-born American poet (died 1997)
- 1924John Brereton Barlow, South African cardiologist and physician (died 2008)
- 1924Mary Lee, American actress and singer (died 1996)
- 1924Fuat Sezgin, Turkish historian and academic (died 2018)
- 1925Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (died 2003)
- 1925Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (died 2014)
- 1925Willie Mabon, American-French singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1985)
- 1925Ken Mackay, Australian cricketer (died 1982)
- 1925Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician co-founded the Khmer Rouge (died 2013)
- 1925Paul Vaughan, English journalist and radio host (died 2014)
- 1926Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (died 2008)
- 1926Y. A. Tittle, American football player (died 2017)
- 1927Gilbert Bécaud, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 2001)
- 1927Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor and singer (died 1992)
- 1927Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (died 2013)
- 1928George Bullard, American baseball player (died 2002)
- 1929Hubert Aquin, Canadian activist, author, and director (died 1977)
- 1929George Crumb, American composer and educator (died 2022)
- 1929Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, English wife of William Douglas-Home (died 2012)
- 1929Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (died 2004)
- 1929Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor (died 2013)
- 1930Jack Angel, American voice actor (died 2021)
- 1930The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959)
- 1930Elaine Feinstein, English poet, author, and playwright (died 2019)
- 1930Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist and mathematician (died 2024)
- 1930James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (died 1969)
- 1930Ahmad Shah of Pahang (died 2019)
- 1931Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German pianist and composer (died 2025)
- 1931Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (died 2014)
- 1932Stephen Covey, American author and educator (died 2012)
- 1932Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)
- 1932Adrian Mitchell, English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (died 2008)
- 1932Robert Mundell, Canadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
- 1933Reginald Kray, English gangster (died 2000)
- 1933Ronald Kray, English gangster (died 1995)
- 1933Norman Rush, American author and educator
- 1934John G. Cramer, American physicist and author
- 1934Glen Glenn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)
- 1934Margie Masters, Australian golfer (died 2022)
- 1934Sammy Petrillo, American actor (died 2009)
- 1934Sanger D. Shafer, American singer-songwriter (died 2019)
- 1935Malcolm Bilson, American pianist, musicologist, and educator
- 1935Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (died 2013)
- 1935Mark Tully, Indian-English journalist and author
- 1936Jüri Arrak, Estonian painter (died 2022)
- 1936Jimmy Dawkins, American singer and guitarist (died 2013)
- 1936David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer (died 2011)
- 1936Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
- 1937Miguel Ángel Coria, Spanish composer and educator (died 2016)
- 1937Santo Farina, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1937John Goetz, American baseball player (died 2008)
- 1937Heribert Offermanns, German chemist and academic
- 1937M. Rosaria Piomelli, Italian-American architect and academic
- 1937Petar Stipetić, Croatian general (died 2018)
- 1938Stephen Resnick, American economist and academic (died 2013)
- 1939F. Murray Abraham, American actor
- 1940Martin Campbell, New Zealand director and producer
- 1940Rafał Piszcz, Polish canoe racer (died 2012)
- 1940David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, English businessman and academic
- 1940Yossi Sarid, Israeli politician (died 2015)
- 1941William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher (died 2004)
- 1941Peter Takeo Okada, Japanese archbishop (died 2020)
- 1941Merle Woo, Asian American activist
- 1942Stephen R. Bloom, English physician and academic
- 1942Maggie Blye, American actress (died 2016)
- 1942Frank Delaney, Irish journalist and author (died 2017)
- 1942Rafael Cordero Santiago, Puerto Rican politician, 132nd Mayor of Ponce (died 2004)
- 1942Fernando Vallejo, Colombian biologist and author
- 1943Bill Dundee, Scottish-American wrestler and manager
- 1943Phil Hawthorne, Australian rugby player and coach (died 1994)
- 1944Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2007)
- 1944Bettye Swann, American singer-songwriter
- 1945Gérald Larose, Canadian educator and union leader
- 1946Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (died 1993)
- 1947Kevin Kline, American actor and singer
- 1948Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby player (died 2022)
- 1948Kweisi Mfume, American lawyer and politician
- 1949John Markoff, American journalist and author
- 1949Keith Rowley, Trinidadian volcanologist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
- 1950Iggy Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 2012)
- 1950Pablove Black, Jamaican singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
- 1950Miguel Ángel Pichetto, Argentinian lawyer and politician
- 1950Miroslav Sládek, Czech politician
- 1950Gabriella Sica, Italian poet and author
- 1950Maria Teschler-Nicola, Austrian biologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist
- 1951George Tsontakis, American composer and conductor
- 1952Keith Bain, Canadian educator and politician
- 1952Francesco Camaldo, Italian priest
- 1952Ángel Torres, Dominican baseball player
- 1953Christoph Daum, German footballer and manager (died 2024)
- 1954Doug Davidson, American actor
- 1954Tom Mulcair, Canadian lawyer and politician
- 1954Jožo Ráž, Slovak singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1954Mike Rounds, American businessman and politician
- 1954Brad Sherman, American accountant, lawyer, and politician
- 1954Malcolm Turnbull, Australian journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Australia
- 1955Cheryl Studer, American soprano and actress
- 1956Jeff Merkley, American businessman and politician
- 1957Ron Gardenhire, German-American baseball player and manager
- 1957John Kassir, American actor and voice actor
- 1959Dominique Baert, French lawyer and politician
- 1959Gunnar Bakke, Norwegian banker and politician, 65th Mayor of Bergen
- 1959Chihiro Fujioka, Japanese director and composer
- 1959Michelle Lujan Grisham, American lawyer and politician
- 1959Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist and songwriter (died 2009)
- 1959Denis Troch, French footballer and manager
- 1959Annette Vilhelmsen, Danish educator and politician, Danish Minister of Social Affairs
- 1960Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer and sportscaster
- 1960Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist, lawyer, and activist (died 1999)
- 1960Joachim Winkelhock, German race car driver
- 1960BD Wong, American actor
- 1961Mary Bono, American gymnast and politician
- 1961Bruce Castor, American lawyer and politician
- 1962Yves Bertucci, French footballer and manager
- 1962Ian Dalziel, English footballer and manager
- 1962Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby player and television host
- 1962Debbie Googe, English bass player and songwriter
- 1962Andrea Horwath, Canadian politician
- 1962Gibby Mbasela, Zambian footballer (died 2000)
- 1963Mark Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1963John Hendrie, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1963Rosana Arbelo, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1964Linda Ballantyne, Canadian voice actress
- 1964Paul Bonwick, Canadian businessman and politician
- 1964Dmitri Gorkov, Russian footballer and manager
- 1964Janele Hyer-Spencer, American lawyer and politician
- 1964Ray LeBlanc, American ice hockey player
- 1964Doug Lee, American basketball player
- 1965Kyriakos Velopoulos, German-Greek journalist and politician
- 1966Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman and politician
- 1966Simon Danczuk, English academic and politician
- 1966Zahn McClarnon, American actor
- 1967Ian Bishop, Trinidadian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1967Olo Brown, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player
- 1967Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
- 1967Esther McVey, English television host and politician
- 1968Francisco Clavet, Spanish tennis player
- 1968Mark Walton, American voice actor and illustrator
- 1968Robert Wilonsky, American journalist and critic
- 1969Emma Donoghue, Irish-Canadian author
- 1969Arthur Rhodes, American baseball player
- 1970Rob Leslie-Carter, English field hockey player and engineer
- 1970Jeff Mangum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1971Aaron Bailey, American football player
- 1971Gustavo Jorge, Argentina international rugby union player
- 1971Zephyr Teachout, American academic
- 1971Diane Guthrie-Gresham, Jamaican track and field athlete
- 1971Caprice Bourret, American model and actress
- 1972Pat Williams, American football player and coach
- 1972Jeremy Wright, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
- 1973Meelis Friedenthal, Estonian author and academic
- 1973Kurt Kuenne, American filmmaker
- 1973Levi Leipheimer, American cyclist
- 1973Madlib, American DJ, record producer, and rapper
- 1973Jackie McNamara, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1973Laura Veirs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1973Jeff Wilson, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and radio host
- 1974Gábor Babos, Hungarian footballer
- 1974Kalen DeBoer, American football coach
- 1974Corey Dillon, American football player
- 1974Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player and scout
- 1974Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1975Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombian footballer
- 1975Frank Seator, Liberian footballer (died 2013)
- 1976Matteo Mazzantini, Italian rugby player
- 1976Petar Stoychev, Bulgarian swimmer
- 1977Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadoran footballer
- 1978Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer
- 1978James Hopes, Australian cricketer
- 1978Ann Christin von Allwörden, German politician
- 1979Ben Gillies, Australian drummer and songwriter
- 1979Marijonas Petravičius, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1980Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer
- 1980Kerrin McEvoy, Australian jockey
- 1980Monica, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1980Anna Montañana, Spanish basketball player
- 1980Zac Posen, American fashion designer
- 1980Christian Vander, German footballer
- 1980Casey Wilson, American actress and screenwriter
- 1981Kemal Aslan, Turkish footballer
- 1981Sebastián Bueno, Argentinian footballer
- 1981Fredrik Mikkelsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
- 1981Tila Tequila, Singaporean-American model, actress, and singer
- 1981Alfred Vargas, Filipino actor and politician
- 1982Fairuz Fauzy, Malaysian race car driver
- 1982Macay McBride, American baseball player
- 1983Adrienne Bailon, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
- 1983Chris Colabello, American baseball player
- 1983Hernán Garin, Argentinian footballer
- 1983Michael Gordon, Australian rugby league player
- 1983Brian Vickers, American race car driver
- 1984Lougee Basabas, Filipino singer-songwriter
- 1984Jonas Gustavsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1984Kaela Kimura, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1985Robert Cornthwaite, English-Australian footballer
- 1985Tim Pocock, Australian actor
- 1985Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (died 2014)
- 1985Wayne Rooney, English footballer
- 1985Oscar Wendt, Swedish footballer
- 1986Drake, Canadian rapper and actor
- 1986Oliver Jackson-Cohen, English actor
- 1986John Ruddy, English footballer
- 1987Jeremy Evans, American basketball player
- 1987Chris Hogan, American football player
- 1987Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer
- 1987Charlie White, American figure skater
- 1988Mitch Inman, Australian rugby player
- 1988Christopher Linke, German race walker
- 1988Demont Mitchell, Bahamian footballer
- 1988Tarek Hamed, Egyptian footballer
- 1989David Castañeda, American actor
- 1989Anderson Conceição, Brazilian footballer
- 1989Shenae Grimes, Canadian actress
- 1989Eric Hosmer, American baseball player
- 1989PewDiePie, Swedish YouTuber
- 1989Eliza Taylor, Australian actress
- 1990Elijah Greer, American middle-distance runner
- 1990İlkay Gündoğan, German footballer
- 1990Mohammed Jahfali, Saudi Arabia international footballer
- 1990Danilo Petrucci, Italian motorcycle racer
- 1990Nikola Vučević, Montenegrin basketball player
- 1991Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian footballer
- 1991Bojan Dubljević, Montenegrin basketball player
- 1992Marrion Gopez, Filipino actor, singer, and dancer
- 1992Ding Liren, Chinese chess grandmaster
- 1993R. J. Hunter, American basketball player
- 1994Krystal Jung, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
- 1994Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player
- 1994Sean O'Malley, American mixed martial artist
- 1994Jalen Ramsey, American football player
- 1995Vincent Leuluai, Australian rugby league player
- 1995Ashton Sanders, American actor
- 1996Jaylen Brown, American basketball player
- 1996Rafael Devers, Dominican baseball player
- 1996Océane Dodin, French tennis player
- 1996Garrison Mathews, American basketball player
- 1996Kyla Ross, American gymnast
- 1997Bron Breakker, American wrestler
- 1997Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast
- 1997Raye, British singer-songwriter
- 1998Daya, American singer
- 1999Amon-Ra St. Brown, American football player
Fallecimientos
- 935Li Yu, Chinese official and chancellor
- 996Hugh Capet, French king
- 1152Jocelin of Soissons, French theologian, philosopher and composer
- 1168Count William IV of Nevers, French nobleman
- 1260Qutuz, Egyptian sultan
- 1375Valdemar IV, Danish king (born 1320)
- 1537Jane Seymour, English queen and wife of Henry VIII (born )
- 1572Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (born 1508)
- 1601Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and alchemist (born 1546)
- 1633Jean Titelouze, French organist and composer (born 1562/3)
- 1642Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, English peer and courtier (born 1582)
- 1655Pierre Gassendi, French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (born 1592)
- 1669William Prynne, English lawyer and author (born 1600)
- 1672John Webb, English architect and scholar (born 1611)
- 1725Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer and educator (born 1660)
- 1770William Bartram, American scientist and politician (born 1711)
- 1799Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer (born 1739)
- 1821Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (born 1740)
- 1824Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (born 1752)
- 1852Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (born 1782)
- 1875Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (born 1817)
- 1898Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (born 1824)
- 1915Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (born 1828)
- 1917James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (born 1852)
- 1922George Cadbury, English businessman (born 1839)
- 1935Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (born 1902)
- 1937Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (born 1886)
- 1938Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (born 1870)
- 1943Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (born 1912)
- 1944Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (born 1877)
- 1945Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (born 1887)
- 1948Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (born 1870)
- 1948Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (born 1877)
- 1949Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (born 1902)
- 1958G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (born 1873)
- 1960Yevgeny Ostashev, the test pilot of rocket, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Lenin Prize winner, Candidate of Technical Sciences (born 1924)
- 1964Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (born 1931)
- 1965Hans Meerwein, German chemist (born 1879)
- 1966Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (born 1896)
- 1969Behçet Kemal Çağlar, Turkish poet and politician (born 1908)
- 1970Richard Hofstadter, American historian and author (born 1916)
- 1971Carl Ruggles, American composer (born 1876)
- 1971Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver and motorcycle racer (born 1936)
- 1971Chuck Hughes, NFL player died during a game (born 1943)
- 1972Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1919)
- 1972Claire Windsor, American actress (born 1892)
- 1974David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (born 1908)
- 1975İsmail Erez, Turkish lawyer and diplomat, Turkish Ambassador to France (born 1919)
- 1975Zdzisław Żygulski, Polish historian, author, and academic (born 1888)
- 1979Carlo Abarth, Italian automobile designer and founded of Abarth (born 1908)
- 1983Jiang Wen-Ye, Taiwanese composer and educator (born 1910)
- 1985Richie Evans, American race car driver (born 1941)
- 1985Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (born 1905)
- 1989Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (born 1948)
- 1991Gene Roddenberry, American captain, screenwriter, and producer, created Star Trek (born 1921)
- 1991Ismat Chughtai, Indian author and screenwriter (born 1915)
- 1992Laurie Colwin, American novelist and short story writer (born 1944)
- 1993Heinz Kubsch, German footballer (born 1930)
- 1993Bahrija Nuri Hadžić, Bosnian opera singer (born 1904)
- 1994Yannis Hotzeas, Greek theoretician and author (born 1930)
- 1994Raul Julia, Puerto Rican-American actor and singer (born 1940)
- 1997Don Messick, American voice actor and singer (born 1926)
- 1999Berthe Qvistgaard, Danish actress (born 1910)
- 2001Kathleen Ankers, American actress and set designer (born 1919)
- 2001Wolf Rüdiger Hess, German author and critic (born 1937)
- 2001Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (born 1935)
- 2002Winton M. Blount, American soldier and politician, 59th United States Postmaster General (born 1921)
- 2002Hernán Gaviria, Colombian footballer (born 1969)
- 2002Harry Hay, English-American activist, co-founded the Mattachine Society and Radical Faeries (born 1912)
- 2002Peggy Moran, American actress and singer (born 1918)
- 2004Randy Dorton, American engineer (born 1954)
- 2004Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver and businessman (born 1980)
- 2004James Aloysius Hickey, American cardinal (born 1920)
- 2004Maaja Ranniku, Estonian chess player (born 1941)
- 2005Joy Clements, American soprano and actress (born 1932)
- 2005José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (born 1926)
- 2005Mokarrameh Ghanbari, Iranian painter (born 1928)
- 2005Immanuel C. Y. Hsu, Chinese sinologist and scholar (born 1923)
- 2005Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (born 1913)
- 2005Robert Sloman, English actor and screenwriter (born 1926)
- 2006Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist (born 1904)
- 2006William Montgomery Watt, Scottish historian and scholar (born 1909)
- 2007Petr Eben, Czech organist and composer (born 1929)
- 2007Ian Middleton, New Zealand author (born 1928)
- 2007Alisher Saipov, Kyrgyzstan journalist (born 1981)
- 2007Anne Weale, English journalist and author (born 1929)
- 2008Moshe Cotel, American pianist and composer (born 1943)
- 2010Mike Esposito, American author and illustrator (born 1927)
- 2010Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (born 1922)
- 2010Joseph Stein, American author and playwright (born 1912)
- 2011Sansan Chien, Taiwanese composer and educator (born 1967)
- 2011John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic, developed the Lisp programming language (born 1927)
- 2012Peggy Ahern, American actress (born 1917)
- 2012Anita Björk, Swedish actress (born 1923)
- 2012Jeff Blatnick, American wrestler and sportscaster (born 1957)
- 2012Bill Dees, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1939)
- 2012Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (born 1918)
- 2013Antonia Bird, English director and producer (born 1951)
- 2013Brooke Greenberg, American girl with a rare genetic disorder (born 1993)
- 2013Ana Bertha Lepe, Mexican model and actress (born 1934)
- 2013Lew Mayne, American football player and coach (born 1920)
- 2014Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (born 1980)
- 2014S. S. Rajendran, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1928)
- 2014Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (born 1948)
- 2015Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot (born 1923)
- 2015Alvin Bronstein, American lawyer and academic (born 1928)
- 2015Margarita Khemlin, Ukrainian-Russian author and critic (born 1960)
- 2015Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal (born 1924)
- 2015Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer (born 1920)
- 2016Bobby Vee, American pop singer (born 1943)
- 2016Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan politician, former president (2000-2005) (born 1927)
- 2017Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter (born 1928)
- 2017Robert Guillaume, American actor (born 1927)
- 2017Girija Devi, Indian classical singer (born 1929)
- 2018Tony Joe White, American singer/songwriter (born 1943)
- 2021James Michael Tyler, American actor (born 1962)
- 2022Leslie Jordan, American actor, writer, and singer (born 1955)
- 2024Amir Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player and coach (born 1981)
- 2024Abdelaziz Barrada, Moroccan footballer (born 1989)
- 2024Jeri Taylor, American screenwriter (born 1938)
- 2025Sirikit, Queen Mother of Thailand (born 1932)
Celebraciones
- Food Day (United States)
- International Day of Diplomats
- United Nations Day, the anniversary of the 1945 Charter of the United Nations (International)
- World Development Information Day
- World Polio Day
Santoral
- Anthony Mary Claret
- Arethas of Najran
- Eberigisil (Evergitus)
- Blessed Giuseppe Baldo
- Luigi Guanella
- Magloire of Dol
- Martin of Vertou
- Proclus of Constantinople
- Senoch
- October 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)