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Acontecimientos
- 1185The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire.
- 1341The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally begins with the proclamation of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor.
- 1377Tvrtko I is crowned the first king of Bosnia.
- 1520Charles V is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1597Imjin War: Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.
- 1640The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Covenanter Scotland and King Charles I of England.
- 1689General Enea Silvio Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he dies of the disease soon afterwards.
- 1774American Revolution: The First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.
- 1813War of 1812: A combined force of British regulars, Canadian militia and Mohawks defeat the United States Army in the Battle of the Chateauguay.
- 1825The Erie Canal opens, allowing direct passage from the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
- 1859The Royal Charter Storm kills at least eight hundred people in the British Isles.
- 1860Unification of Italy: The Expedition of the Thousand ends when Giuseppe Garibaldi presents his conquests to King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia.
- 1863The Football Association is founded.
- 1871Liberian President Edward James Roye is deposed in a coup d'état.
- 1881Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday participate in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
- 1890Malleco Viaduct in Chile, at the time "the highest railroad bridge in the world", is inaugurated by President José Manuel Balmaceda.
- 1892Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
- 1905King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
- 1909Japanese occupation of Korea: An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
- 1912First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
- 1917World War I: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
- 1918World War I: Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
- 1936The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
- 1937Nazi Germany begins expulsions of 18,000 Polish Jews.
- 1942World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier is sunk and another carrier is heavily damaged, while two Japanese carriers and one cruiser are heavily damaged.
- 1944World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
- 1947Partition of India: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India, beginning the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 and the Kashmir conflict.
- 1955After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.
- 1955Ngô Đình Diệm proclaims himself as President of the newly created Republic of Vietnam.
- 1956Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.
- 1958Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
- 1967Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran.
- 1968Space Race: The Soyuz 3 mission achieves the first Soviet space rendezvous.
- 1977Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops a rash in Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date to be the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
- 1979Park Chung Hee, President of South Korea, is assassinated by Korean CIA head Kim Jae-gyu.
- 1985The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.
- 1989China Airlines Flight 204 crashes after takeoff from Hualien Airport in Taiwan, killing all 54 people on board.
- 1991Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
- 1994Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.
- 1995Mossad agents assassinate Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta.
- 1995An avalanche hits the Icelandic village of Flateyri, destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, and killing 20.
- 1999The United Kingdom's House of Lords votes to end the right of most hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
- 2000A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.
- 2001The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
- 2002Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian special forces troops storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
- 2003The Cedar Fire, the third-largest wildfire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes , and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
- 2004Rockstar Games releases Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the PlayStation 2 in North America, which sold 12 million units for the PS2, becoming the console's best-selling video game.
- 2012Microsoft made a public release of Windows 8 and made it available on new PCs.
- 2015A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in South Asia, killing 399 people and leaving 2,536 people injured.
Nacimientos
- 1416Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (died 1490)
- 1427Sigismund, Archduke of Austria (died 1496)
- 1431Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Italian politician (died 1505)
- 1473Friedrich of Saxony, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (died 1510)
- 1483Hans Buchner, German Renaissance composer (died 1538)
- 1491Zhengde Emperor of China (died 1521)
- 1518John Basset, Devonshire gentleman (died 1541)
- 1529Anna of Hesse, princess of Hesse (died 1591)
- 1551Charlotte de Sauve, French courtesan (died 1617)
- 1556Ahmad Baba al Massufi, Malian academic (died 1627)
- 1564Hans Leo Hassler, German organist and composer (died 1612)
- 1609William Sprague, English-American settler, co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts (died 1675)
- 1612Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester (died 1658)
- 1673Dimitrie Cantemir, Moldavian geographer, historian, and philosopher (died 1723)
- 1684Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (died 1757)
- 1685Domenico Scarlatti, Italian harpsichord player and composer (died 1757)
- 1694Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer and academic (died 1758)
- 1747Ivan Mane Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer (died 1804)
- 1757Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and academic (died 1823)
- 1759Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (died 1794)
- 1768Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (died 1844)
- 1794Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (died 1881) juliano y gregoriano
- 1795Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (died 1872) juliano y gregoriano
- 1797Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (died 1865)
- 1799Margaret Agnes Bunn, Scottish actress (died 1883)
- 1800Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (died 1891)
- 1802Miguel I of Portugal (died 1866)
- 1803Joseph Hansom, English architect and publisher, designed Birmingham Town Hall (died 1882)
- 1842Vasily Vereshchagin, Russian soldier and painter (died 1904)
- 1849Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (died 1917)
- 1850Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian (died 1909)
- 1854C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (died 1914)
- 1860Frank Eaton, American marshal and author (died 1958)
- 1865Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (died 1912)
- 1869Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (died 1957)
- 1871Guillermo Kahlo, German-Mexican photographer (died 1941)
- 1873A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Pakistani Minister of Interior (died 1962)
- 1873Thorvald Stauning, Danish union leader and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (died 1942)
- 1874Martin Lowry, English chemist and academic (died 1936)
- 1874Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American philanthropist, founded the Museum of Modern Art (died 1948)
- 1876H.B. Warner, English actor (died 1958)
- 1878William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American motor racing enthusiast and yachtsman (died 1944)
- 1880Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (died 1934) juliano y gregoriano
- 1881Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (died 1963)
- 1883Napoleon Hill, American philosopher and author (died 1970)
- 1883Paul Pilgrim, American runner (died 1958)
- 1884William Hogenson, American sprinter (died 1965)
- 1888Runar Schildt, Finnish author (died 1925)
- 1890Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician (died 1931)
- 1893Miloš Crnjanski, Serbian poet and author (died 1977)
- 1894Florence Nagle, English trainer and breeder of racehorses (died 1988)
- 1899Judy Johnson, American baseball player and coach (died 1989)
- 1900Ibrahim Abboud, Sudanese politician and general, 1st President of Sudan (died 1983)
- 1900Karin Boye, Swedish poet and novelist (died 1941)
- 1902Beryl Markham, Kenyan horse trainer and author (died 1986)
- 1902Jack Sharkey, American boxer and referee (died 1994)
- 1902Henrietta Hill Swope, American astronomer and academic (died 1980)
- 1903Mahn Ba Khaing, Burmese politician (died 1947)
- 1905George Bernard Flahiff, Canadian cardinal (died 1989)
- 1906Primo Carnera, Italian boxer and actor (died 1967)
- 1909Ignace Lepp, French psychologist and author (died 1966)
- 1909Dante Quinterno, Argentinian author and illustrator (died 2003)
- 1910John Krol, American cardinal (died 1996)
- 1911Sid Gillman, American football player and coach (died 2003)
- 1911Mahalia Jackson, American singer (died 1972)
- 1911Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet and educator (died 1996)
- 1912Don Siegel, American director and producer (died 1991)
- 1913Charlie Barnet, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (died 1991)
- 1914Jackie Coogan, American actor and director (died 1984)
- 1915Ray Crawford, American race car driver, fighter ace, test pilot, and businessman (died 1996)
- 1915Joe Fry, English race car driver (died 1950)
- 1916François Mitterrand, French lawyer and politician, 21st President of France (died 1996)
- 1916Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (died 1942)
- 1919Princess Ashraf of Iran (died 2016)
- 1919Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist (died 2010)
- 1919Edward Brooke, American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts Attorney General (died 2015)
- 1919Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (died 1980)
- 1920Sarah Lee Lippincott, American astronomer and academic (died 2019)
- 1921Joe Fulks, American basketball player (died 1976)
- 1922Madelyn Dunham, American grandmother of Barack Obama (died 2008)
- 1922Fred Wood, English actor (died 2003)
- 1923Robert Hinde, English zoologist and academic (died 2016)
- 1924Shaw Taylor, English actor and television host (died 2015)
- 1925Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor, painter, and author (died 2007)
- 1926Panos Gavalas, Greek singer (died 1988)
- 1927Warne Marsh, American saxophonist (died 1987)
- 1928Francisco Solano López, Argentinian illustrator (died 2011)
- 1929Neal Matthews Jr., American country/gospel singer (died 2000)
- 1931Suhaila Noah, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia (died 2014)
- 1933Takis Kanellopoulos, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1990)
- 1933Andrew P. O'Rourke, American judge and politician (died 2013)
- 1934Hot Rod Hundley, American basketball player and sportscaster (died 2015)
- 1934Hans-Joachim Roedelius, German keyboard player and producer
- 1935Mike Gray, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
- 1935Gloria Conyers Hewitt, American mathematician and academic
- 1936Al Casey, American guitarist (died 2006)
- 1936Etelka Kenéz Heka, Hungarian writer, poet and singer (died 2024)
- 1936Shelley Morrison, American actress (died 2019)
- 1936György Pauk, Hungarian violinist and educator
- 1938Tom Meschery, Chinese-American basketball player
- 1940Eddie Henderson, American trumpet player and educator
- 1940John Horgan, Irish academic and politician
- 1941Steven Kellogg, American author and illustrator fecha discutida
- 1941Charlie Landsborough, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1942Bob Hoskins, English actor, singer, and director (died 2014)
- 1942Milton Nascimento, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1942Zdenko Runjić, Croatian songwriter and producer (died 2004)
- 1942Jonathan Williams, English race car driver and pilot (died 2014)
- 1944Jim McCann, Irish singer and guitarist (died 2015)
- 1945Pat Conroy, American author (died 2016)
- 1945Demetris Th. Gotsis, Greek poet and author (died 2021)
- 1945Nancy Davis Griffeth, American computer scientist and academic
- 1945Jaclyn Smith, American actress and producer
- 1946Kevin Barron, English electrician and politician
- 1946Keith Hopwood, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1946Pat Sajak, American journalist, actor, and game show host
- 1946Holly Woodlawn, Puerto Rican actress and author (died 2015)
- 1947Ricardo Asch, Argentinian gynecologist and endocrinologist
- 1947Ian Ashley, German-English race car driver
- 1947Hillary Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 67th United States Secretary of State and 44th First Lady of the United States
- 1947Reg Empey, Northern Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast
- 1947Trevor Joyce, Irish poet and scholar
- 1947Kenzo Kitakata, Japanese author
- 1948Toby Harrah, American baseball player and coach
- 1949Antonio Carpio, Filipino lawyer and jurist, Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
- 1949Steve Rogers, American baseball player
- 1949Kevin Sullivan, American wrestler and booker (died 2024)
- 1951Bootsy Collins, American singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1951Tommy Mars, American keyboard player
- 1951Julian Schnabel, American painter, director, and screenwriter
- 1952Bobby Bandiera, American singer-songwriter and guitarist fecha discutida
- 1952Edward Garnier, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales
- 1952Andrew Motion, English poet and author
- 1952David Was, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1953Roger Allam, British actor
- 1953Tim Hely Hutchinson, English publisher
- 1953Joe Meriweather, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
- 1953Keith Strickland, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1953AAMS Arefin Siddique, Bangladeshi academic administrator (died 2025)
- 1954Vasilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer
- 1954Adam Mars-Jones, English author and critic
- 1954D. W. Moffett, American actor and director
- 1954James Pickens Jr., American actor
- 1956Stephen Gumley, Australian engineer and businessman
- 1956Rita Wilson, American actress and producer
- 1957Bob Golic, American football player and radio host
- 1958Shaun Woodward, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
- 1959Paul Farmer, American anthropologist and physician (died 2022)
- 1959Evo Morales, Bolivian soldier and politician, 80th President of Bolivia
- 1960Patrick Breen, American actor
- 1961Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenyan politician, 4th President of Kenya
- 1961Gerald Malloy, American lawyer and politician
- 1961Dylan McDermott, American actor
- 1961Joey Salceda, Filipino politician
- 1962Cary Elwes, English actor and producer
- 1962Jack Morelli, American comic book professional and author
- 1963Tom Cavanagh, Canadian actor and producer
- 1963Ted Demme, American actor, director, and producer (died 2002)
- 1963Natalie Merchant, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1963Craig Shakespeare, English football player (Walsall, West Bromwich Albion) and manager (Leicester City) (died 2024)
- 1964Kikka Sirén, Finnish pop/schlager singer (died 2005)
- 1965Kelly Rowan, Canadian actress and producer
- 1965Ken Rutherford, New Zealand cricketer
- 1966Sverre Gjørvad, Norwegian drummer and composer
- 1966Masaharu Iwata, Japanese keyboard player and composer
- 1966Steve Valentine, Scottish actor and magician
- 1966Jeanne Zelasko, American journalist and sportscaster
- 1967Douglas Alexander, Scottish lawyer and politician, former Minister of State for Europe
- 1967Keith Urban, Australian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1968Miyuki Imori, Japanese actress and singer
- 1970Dian Bachar, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1970Lisa Ryder, Canadian actress
- 1971Jim Butcher, American author
- 1971Rosemarie DeWitt, American actress
- 1971Audley Harrison, English boxer
- 1971Ronnie Irani, English cricketer
- 1971Anthony Rapp, American actor and singer
- 1972Matsuko Deluxe, Japanese journalist and author
- 1972Daniel Elena, Monegasque race car driver
- 1972Raveena Tandon, Indian actress, producer, and former model fecha discutida
- 1973Austin Healey, English rugby player and sportscaster
- 1973Seth MacFarlane, American voice actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1973Taka Michinoku, Japanese wrestler and trainer
- 1973Róbert Petrovický, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1976Florence Kasumba, Ugandan-German actress
- 1976Miikka Kiprusoff, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1977Jon Heder, American actor and producer
- 1977Marisha Pessl, American author
- 1978Sari Abacha, Nigerian footballer (died 2013)
- 1978Jimmy Aggrey, English footballer and actor
- 1978Eva Kaili, Greek journalist and politician
- 1978Antonio Pierce, American football player and coach
- 1978CM Punk, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
- 1978Dave Zastudil, American football player
- 1979Movsar Barayev, Chechen terrorist (died 2002)
- 1980Cristian Chivu, Romanian footballer
- 1980Nick Collison, American basketball player
- 1980Claire Cooper, English actress
- 1980Koichi Watanabe, Japanese kick-boxer
- 1981Sam Brown, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1981Martina Schild, Swiss skier
- 1981Guy Sebastian, Malaysian-Australian singer-songwriter
- 1981Chou Ssu-Chi, Taiwanese baseball player
- 1982Nicola Adams, English boxer
- 1982Adam Carroll, Irish race car driver
- 1983Francisco Liriano, Dominican baseball player
- 1983Dmitri Sychev, Russian footballer
- 1983Luke Watson, South African rugby player
- 1984Sasha Cohen, American figure skater
- 1984Adriano Correia, Brazilian footballer
- 1984Mathieu Crépel, French snowboarder
- 1984Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer
- 1984Amanda Overmyer, American singer-songwriter
- 1985Andrea Bargnani, Italian basketball player
- 1985Kafoumba Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer
- 1985Monta Ellis, American basketball player
- 1985Kieran Read, New Zealand rugby player
- 1986Ibor Bakar, French footballer
- 1986Jakub Rzeźniczak, Polish footballer
- 1986Marco Ruben, Argentinian footballer
- 1986Schoolboy Q, German-American rapper
- 1987Abudramae Bamba, Ivorian footballer
- 1987Shawn Lauvao, American football player
- 1988Nosliw Rodríguez, Venezuelan politician
- 1988Greg Zuerlein, American figure skater
- 1989Dre Kirkpatrick, American football player
- 1989Emil Sayfutdinov, Russian motorcycle racer
- 1990Mark Swanepoel, South African rugby player
- 1991Riho Iida, Japanese model and actress
- 1992Joseph Cramarossa, Canadian hockey player
- 1993Sergey Karasev, Russian basketball player
- 1994Waqa Blake, Fijian rugby league player
- 1994Allie DeBerry, American model and actress
- 1995Yuta, Japanese singer
- 1996Rebecca Tunney, English gymnast
- 1997Rhenzy Feliz, American actor and singer
- 2002Lee Eunsang, South Korean singer
Fallecimientos
- 664Cedd, English monk and bishop (born 620)
- 760Cuthbert, archbishop of Canterbury
- 899Alfred the Great, English king (born 849)
- 930Li Qi, chancellor of Later Liang (born 871)
- 1111Gómez González, Castilian nobleman and military leader
- 1440Gilles de Rais, French lord (born 1405)
- 1555Olympia Fulvia Morata, Italian-German scholar and educator (born 1526)
- 1580Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (born 1549)
- 1609Matsudaira Tadayori, Japanese samurai and daimyō (born 1582)
- 1631Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (born 1550)
- 1633Horio Tadaharu, Japanese daimyō (born 1596)
- 1671Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (born 1593)
- 1675William Sprague, English settler, co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts (born 1609)
- 1686John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (born 1623)
- 1717Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (born 1657)
- 1751Philip Doddridge, English minister and hymn-writer (born 1702)
- 1764William Hogarth, English painter and engraver (born 1697)
- 1773Amédée-François Frézier, French mathematician, engineer, and explorer (born 1682) juliano y gregoriano
- 1803Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1721)
- 1806John Graves Simcoe, English general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (born 1752)
- 1817Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Dutch-Austrian chemist and botanist (born 1727)
- 1864William T. Anderson, American captain (born 1838)
- 1866John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (born 1803)
- 1871Robert Anderson (Union officer), American general (born 1805)
- 1890Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author (born 1826)
- 1896Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French philosopher, academic, and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1827)
- 1897John J. Robison, American politician in Michigan (born 1824)
- 1902Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (born 1815)
- 1909Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (born 1841)
- 1919Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (born 1864)
- 1927Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet (born 1898)
- 1930Waldemar Haffkine, Russian-Swiss physician and microbiologist (born 1860)
- 1930Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and horse breeder (born 1872)
- 1931Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (born 1859)
- 1932Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (born 1867)
- 1937Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (born 1867)
- 1941Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author (born 1904)
- 1943Aurel Stein, Hungarian-English archaeologist and academic (born 1862)
- 1944Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (born 1857)
- 1944Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (born 1920)
- 1944William Temple, English archbishop and theologian (born 1881)
- 1945Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (born 1863)
- 1945Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (born 1878)
- 1946Ioannis Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (born 1878)
- 1947Edwin Savage, English priest and author (born 1862)
- 1949Lionel Halsey, English admiral and courtier (born 1872)
- 1952Hattie McDaniel, American actress and singer (born 1895)
- 1956Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and composer (born 1895)
- 1957Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1896)
- 1957Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek philosopher, author, and playwright (born 1883)
- 1960Toshizō Nishio, Japanese general (born 1881)
- 1961Sadae Inoue, Japanese general (born 1886)
- 1962Louise Beavers, American actress (born 1902)
- 1963Elizabeth Gunn, New Zealand pediatrician (born 1879)
- 1965Sylvia Likens, American murder victim (born 1949)
- 1966Alma Cogan, English singer (born 1932)
- 1972Igor Sikorsky, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (born 1889)
- 1973Semyon Budyonny, Marshal of the Soviet Union (born 1883)
- 1974Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator (born 1914)
- 1976Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and author (born 1919)
- 1978Alexander Gerschenkron, Ukrainian-American historian, critic, and academic (born 1904)
- 1979Park Chung Hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (born 1917)
- 1984Gus Mancuso, American baseball player and coach (born 1905)
- 1986Jackson Scholz, American runner (born 1897)
- 1989Charles J. Pedersen, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
- 1991Sherry Hawco, Canadian gymnast (born 1964)
- 1993Oro, Mexican wrestler (born 1971) las demás fuentes: 28 oct 1993
- 1994Wilbert Harrison, American singer and guitarist (born 1929)
- 1995Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter and sculptor (born 1909)
- 1995Gorni Kramer, Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1913)
- 1998Kenkichi Iwasawa, Japanese mathematician and academic (born 1917)
- 1999Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1938)
- 1999Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American author and educator (born 1910)
- 2001Hüseyin Hilmi Işık, Turkish scholar and academic (born 1911)
- 2002Jacques Massu, French general (born 1908)
- 2002Sally Hoyt Spofford, American ornithologist (born 1914)
- 2004Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player and politician (born 1924)
- 2005Keith Parkinson, American illustrator (born 1958)
- 2005George Swindin, English footballer and manager (born 1914)
- 2006Tillman Franks, American bassist and songwriter (born 1920)
- 2006Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and curator (born 1924)
- 2007Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager (born 1947)
- 2007Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American chef and television host (born 1943)
- 2007Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize (born 1918)
- 2008Tony Hillerman, American journalist, author, and educator (born 1925)
- 2008Delmar Watson, American actor and photographer (born 1926)
- 2009Teel Bivins, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Ambassador to Sweden (born 1947)
- 2009Yoshirō Muraki, Japanese production designer and art director(born 1924)
- 2009George Naʻope, American singer and dancer (born 1928)
- 2009Troy Smith, American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In (born 1922)
- 2010Glen Little, American clown (born 1925)
- 2010Mbah Maridjan, Indonesian spiritual leader (born 1927)
- 2010Romeu Tuma, Brazilian police officer and politician (born 1931)
- 2011Jona Senilagakali, Fijian physician and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Fiji (born 1929)
- 2012Mac Ahlberg, Swedish-Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (born 1931)
- 2012Arnold Greenberg, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (born 1932)
- 2012John M. Johansen American architect, designed the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre (born 1916)
- 2012Alan Kirschenbaum, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1961)
- 2012Björn Sieber, Austrian skier (born 1989)
- 2012Alan Stretton, Australian general (born 1922)
- 2013Ritva Arvelo, Finnish actress, director, and screenwriter (born 1921)
- 2013Ron Davies, Welsh photographer (born 1921)
- 2013Doug Ireland, American journalist and activist (born 1946)
- 2013Al Johnson, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1948)
- 2013Andries Maseko, South African footballer (born 1955)
- 2013Gabriel of Komana (born 1946)
- 2014Vic Allen, English sociologist, economist, and historian (born 1923)
- 2014Mo Collins, American football player and coach (born 1976)
- 2014Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1942)
- 2014Senzo Meyiwa, South African footballer (born 1987)
- 2014Brian Moore, Australian rugby league player (born 1944)
- 2014Jeff Robinson, American baseball player (born 1961)
- 2014Gordy Soltau, American football player and sportscaster (born 1925)
- 2014Oscar Taveras, Dominican baseball player (born 1992)
- 2015Willis Carto, American activist and theorist (born 1926)
- 2015Leo Kadanoff, American physicist and academic (born 1937)
- 2015Giuseppe Nazzaro, Italian-Syrian bishop and theologian (born 1937)
- 2017Ali Ashraf Darvishian, Iranian novelist, short story writer and academic. (born 1941)
- 2021Roh Tae-woo, South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea (born 1932)
- 2025Bjorn Andresen, Swedish actor and musician (born 1955) las demás fuentes: 25 oct 2025
Celebraciones
- Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir, India)
- Angam Day (Nauru)
- Armed Forces Day (Benin)
- National Day, celebrates the anniversary of the Declaration of Neutrality in 1955. (Austria)
- Intersex Awareness Day
Santoral
- Alfred the Great (Catholic Church, Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Amandus of Strasbourg
- Beóán (Bean) of Mortlach
- Blessed Celine Borzecka
- Cedd
- Cuthbert of Canterbury
- Demetrius of Thessaloniki
- Eadfrith of Leominster
- Eata of Hexham
- Pope Evaristus (Aristus)
- Fulk of Pavia (Roman Catholic Church)
- Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann and Paul Gerhardt (Lutheran Church)
- Quadragesimus
- Quodvultdeus
- Rusticus of Narbonne
- Witta (Albinus) of Büraburg
- Eastern Orthodox liturgics