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Acontecimientos (51)

1. 312Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross.
2. 625Election of pope Honorius I following the death of pope Boniface V two days prior.
3. 1275Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.
4. 1524French troops lay siege to Pavia.
5. 1553Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.
6. 1644Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.
7. 1674The French garrison in Grave surrenders the town to a Dutch army after a difficult siege.
8. 1682Philadelphia is founded in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
9. 1726J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, one of few works he called a cantata.
10. 1775King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament.
11. 1795The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S.
12. 1806The French Army under Napoleon enters Berlin following the Prussian defeat at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt.
13. 1810United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.
14. 1838Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be killed.
15. 1863American Civil War: Union forces led by General William F. Smith defeat Confederate forces in the Battle of Brown's Ferry, opening up a supply line to the besieged city of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
16. 1864American Civil War: Union General Benjamin Butler launches an attack during the Siege of Petersburg with the Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road, but is repulsed by the next day.
17. 1870Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.
18. 1907Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when gendarmes opened fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
19. 1913A rail workers' strike in Chile escalates into a general strike, organized by the Regional Workers' Federation of Chile.
20. 1914World War I: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
21. 1916Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.
22. 1919The Fourth Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Oleksandrivsk.
23. 1922A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation to the South African Union.
24. 1924The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
25. 1930Ratifications are exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories.
26. 1936Abdication Crisis: Mrs. Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
27. 1944World War II: German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end.
28. 1948A deadly smog event begins in Donora, Pennsylvania, eventually killing 20 and sickening thousands.
29. 1954Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
30. 1958Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.
31. 1961NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
32. 1962Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down over Cuba by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile.
33. 1962By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.
34. 1964Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launches his political career and comes to be known as "A Time for Choosing".
35. 1971The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.
36. 1979Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
37. 1980The Chun Doo-hwan government forcibly arrests and investigates monks and personnel of the Jogye Order.
38. 1981Cold War: The runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
39. 1986The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
40. 1988Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
41. 1991Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.
42. 1992United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for being gay, precipitating debate about gays in the military that results in the United States' "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy.
43. 1993Widerøe Flight 744 crashes in Overhalla Municipality, Norway, killing six people.
44. 1994Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.
45. 1997The 1997 Asian financial crisis causes a crash in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
46. 1999Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing the Prime Minister and seven others.
47. 2014Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of Operation Herrick, after 12 years four months and seven days.
48. 2017Catalonia declares independence from Spain.
49. 2018A gunman opens fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killing eleven and injuring six, including four police officers.
50. 2018Leicester City F.C. owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha dies in a helicopter crash along with four others after a Premier League match against West Ham United at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England.
51. 2019Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi kills himself and three children by detonating a suicide vest during the U.S. military Barisha raid in northwestern Syria.

Nacimientos (243)

1. 892Emperor Ai of Tang, Chinese emperor (died 908)
2. 921Chai Rong, Chinese emperor (died 959)
3. 1156Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (died 1222)
4. 1335Taejo of Joseon (died 1408)
5. 1401Catherine of Valois, Queen consort of England (died 1437)
6. 1561Mary Sidney, English writer, patroness and translator (died 1621)
7. 1572Marie Elisabeth of France, French princess (died 1578)
8. 1615Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg, (died 1691)
9. 1661Fyodor Apraksin, Russian admiral (died 1728)
10. 1703Johann Gottlieb Graun, German violinist and composer (died 1771)
11. 1744Mary Moser, English painter and academic (died 1819)
12. 1760August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (died 1831)
13. 1765Nancy Storace, English soprano (died 1817)
14. 1782Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (died 1840)
15. 1806Juan Seguín, American colonel, judge, and politician, 101st Mayor of San Antonio (died 1890)
16. 1811Stevens T. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Michigan (died 1843)
17. 1811Isaac Singer, American actor and businessman, founded the Singer Corporation (died 1875)
18. 1814Daniel H. Wells, American religious leader and politician, 3rd Mayor of Salt Lake City (died 1891)
19. 1838John Davis Long, American lawyer and politician, 34th United States Secretary of the Navy (died 1915)
20. 1842Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1928)
21. 1844Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1916)
22. 1854William Alexander Smith, Scottish religious leader, founded the Boys' Brigade (died 1914)
23. 1858Elliott Lewis, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Tasmania (died 1935)
24. 1858Saitō Makoto, Japanese admiral and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1936)
25. 1858Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)
26. 1865Charles Spencelayh, English painter and academic (died 1958)
27. 1868William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (died 1928)
28. 1877Walt Kuhn, American painter and academic (died 1949)
29. 1877George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (died 1943)
30. 1884Shirō Takasu, Japanese admiral (died 1944)
31. 1885Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter (died 1948)
32. 1890Toshinari Shōji, Japanese general (died 1974)
33. 1894Agda Helin, Swedish actress (died 1984)
34. 1894Oliver Leese, English-Welsh general (died 1978)
35. 1894Fritz Sauckel, German sailor and politician, convicted Nuremberg war criminal (died 1946)
36. 1894Ye Shengtao, Chinese writer, educator, and politician (died 1988)
37. 1904Riho Lahi, Estonian journalist and author (died 1995)
38. 1906Peter Blume, Belarusian-American painter and sculptor (died 1992)
39. 1906Earle Cabell, American banker and politician, Mayor of Dallas (died 1975)
40. 1906Kazuo Ohno, Japanese dancer and educator (died 2010)
41. 1908Lee Krasner, American painter (died 1984)
42. 1910Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor and singer (died 1963)
43. 1910Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau, American chemical engineer (died 2000)
44. 1911Leif Erickson, American actor (died 1986)
45. 1913Joe Medicine Crow, American anthropologist, historian, and author (died 2016)
46. 1913Luigi Piotti, Italian race car driver (died 1971)
47. 1914Ahmet Kireççi, Turkish wrestler (died 1979)
48. 1914Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and playwright (died 1953)
49. 1915Harry Saltzman, Canadian-French production manager and producer (died 1994)
50. 1917Augustine Harris, English bishop (died 2007)
51. 1917Oliver Tambo, South African lawyer and politician (died 1993)
52. 1918Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian engineer and politician (died 2003)
53. 1918Teresa Wright, American actress and singer (died 2005)
54. 1920Nanette Fabray, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2018)
55. 1920K. R. Narayanan, Indian lawyer and politician, 10th President of India (died 2005)
56. 1922Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (died 1998)
57. 1922Ruby Dee, American actress and poet (died 2014)
58. 1922Michel Galabru, French actor and playwright (died 2016)
59. 1922Ralph Kiner, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2014)
60. 1923Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and sculptor (died 1997)
61. 1923Ned Wertimer, American actor (died 2013)
62. 1924Bonnie Lou, American singer-songwriter (died 2015)
63. 1925Warren Christopher, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 63rd United States Secretary of State (died 2011)
64. 1925Jane Connell, American actress and singer (died 2013)
65. 1925Paul Fox, English broadcaster (died 2024)
66. 1925Monica Sims, English radio host and producer (died 2018)
67. 1926Boris Chetkov, Russian painter (died 2010)
68. 1926Henri Fertet, French Resistance fighter (died 1943)
69. 1926H. R. Haldeman, American businessman and diplomat, 4th White House Chief of Staff (died 1993)
70. 1926Takumi Shibano, Japanese author and translator (died 2010)
71. 1927Dominick Argento, American composer and educator (died 2019)
72. 1928Gilles Vigneault, Canadian singer-songwriter and poet
73. 1929Myra Carter, American actress (died 2016)
74. 1929Bill George, American football player (died 1982)
75. 1929Maurice Robert Johnston, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
76. 1930Leo Baxendale, English cartoonist (died 2017)
77. 1930Barry Supple, English historian and academic
78. 1931Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian physician, psychiatrist, and author (died 2021)
79. 1931Anatoliy Zayaev, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2012)
80. 1932Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (died 2007)
81. 1932Harry Gregg, Northern Irish footballer and manager (died 2020)
82. 1932Dolores Moore, American baseball player (died 2000)
83. 1932Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (died 1963)
84. 1933Floyd Cramer, American singer and pianist (died 1997)
85. 1933Ryō Hanmura, Japanese author (died 2002)
86. 1934Giorgos Konstantinou, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter
87. 1935Maurício de Sousa, Brazilian journalist and cartoonist
88. 1935Charlie Tagawa, Japanese-American banjo player and educator (died 2017)
89. 1936Neil Sheehan, American journalist and author (died 2021)
90. 1937Alma Powell, American audiologist (died 2024)
91. 1938Lara Parker, American actress and author (died 2023)
92. 1939John Cleese, English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer
93. 1939Suzy Covey, American scholar and academic (died 2007)
94. 1939Dallas Frazier, American country music singer-songwriter (died 2022)
95. 1940Arthur Blessitt, American Christian preacher (died 2025)
96. 1940Julius Eastman, American composer (died 1990)
97. 1940John Gotti, American mob boss (died 2002)
98. 1940Maxine Hong Kingston, American author and academic
99. 1941Dave Costa, American football player (died 2013)
100. 1941Warren Ryan, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
101. 1941Dick Trickle, American race car driver (died 2013)
102. 1942Lee Greenwood, American singer-songwriter
103. 1942Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Polish journalist and politician
104. 1943Carmen Argenziano, American actor and producer (died 2019)
105. 1943Jerry Rook, American basketball player and coach (died 2019)
106. 1944J. A. Jance, American author and poet
107. 1945Arild Andersen, Norwegian bassist and composer
108. 1945Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazilian union leader and politician, 35 and 39th President of Brazil
109. 1945Carrie Snodgress, American actress (died 2004)
110. 1946Peter Martins, Danish dancer and choreographer
111. 1946Steven R. Nagel, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (died 2014)
112. 1946Ivan Reitman, Slovak-Canadian actor, director, and producer (died 2022)
113. 1947Terry A. Anderson, American journalist (died 2024)
114. 1948Kevin Borich, New Zealand-Australian guitarist and songwriter
115. 1949Garry Tallent, American bass player and record producer
116. 1950Michael Driscoll, English economist and academic
117. 1950Fran Lebowitz, American author
118. 1950Július Šupler, Slovak ice hockey player and coach
119. 1950A. N. Wilson, English journalist, historian, and author
120. 1951K. K. Downing, English guitarist and songwriter
121. 1951Carlos Frenk, Mexican-English physicist, cosmologist, and academic
122. 1951Nancy Jacobs, American politician
123. 1951Jayne Kennedy, American model, actress, and sportscaster
124. 1952Roberto Benigni, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter
125. 1952Francis Fukuyama, American political scientist, economist, and author
126. 1952Atsuyoshi Furuta, Japanese footballer
127. 1952Topi Sorsakoski, Finnish singer-songwriter (died 2011)
128. 1953Peter Firth, English actor
129. 1953Robert Picardo, American actor, director, and screenwriter
130. 1954Jan Duursema, American illustrator
131. 1954Mike Kelley, American artist and musician (died 2012)
132. 1954Chris Tavaré, English cricketer and biologist
133. 1955Debra Bowen, American lawyer and politician, 31st Secretary of State of California
134. 1956Patty Sheehan, American golfer
135. 1956Babis Tsertos, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player
136. 1957Glenn Hoddle, English footballer and manager
137. 1957Peter Marc Jacobson, American actor, director, and producer
138. 1958Gordon Cowans, English footballer
139. 1958David Hazeltine, American pianist and composer
140. 1958Simon Le Bon, English singer-songwriter
141. 1958Jonathan Shapiro, South African political cartoonist who uses the pseudonym Zapiro
142. 1958Felix Wurman, American cellist and composer (died 2009)
143. 1958Donnell Thompson, American football player (died 2024)
144. 1959Rick Carlisle, American basketball player and coach
145. 1960Tom Nieto, American baseball player, coach, and manager
146. 1963David Hall, Australian horse trainer
147. 1963Marla Maples, American model and actress
148. 1963Tom McKean, Scottish runner
149. 1964Mary T. Meagher, American swimmer
150. 1964Mark Taylor, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
151. 1964Ian Wells, English footballer (died 2013)
152. 1965Mohan Kapoor, Indian television and film actor
153. 1966Steve Almond, American author and educator
154. 1966Kit Malthouse, English accountant and politician
155. 1966Hege Nerland, Norwegian lawyer and politician (died 2007)
156. 1966Masanobu Takashima, Japanese actor
157. 1967Simone Moro, Italian mountaineer and pilot
158. 1967Dejan Raičković, Montenegrin footballer and manager
159. 1967Scott Weiland, American singer-songwriter (died 2015)
160. 1968Alain Auderset, Swiss author and illustrator
161. 1968Dileep, Indian actor and producer
162. 1968Vinny Samways, English footballer and manager
163. 1969Marek Napiórkowski, Polish jazz guitarist and composer
164. 1969Michael Tarnat, German footballer
165. 1970Karl Backman, Swedish guitarist and songwriter
166. 1970Felix Bwalya, Zambian boxer (died 1997)
167. 1970Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer
168. 1970Jonathan Stroud, English author
169. 1970Ruslana Taran, Ukrainian sailor
170. 1971Stefano Guidoni, Italian footballer
171. 1971Jorge Soto, Peruvian footballer
172. 1971Theodoros Zagorakis, Greek footballer and politician
173. 1972Lee Clark, English footballer and manager
174. 1972Elissa, Lebanese singer
175. 1972Evan Coyne Maloney, American director, producer, and screenwriter
176. 1972Maria Mutola, Mozambican runner and coach
177. 1972Brad Radke, American baseball player
178. 1973Jason Johnson, American baseball player
179. 1973Semmy Schilt, Dutch kick-boxer and mixed martial artist
180. 1975Predrag Drobnjak, Montenegrin basketball player
181. 1975Nicola Mazzucato, Italian rugby player and coach
182. 1975Aron Ralston, American mountaineer and engineer
183. 1976Bobby Fish, American professional wrestler
184. 1976Maneet Chauhan, Indian-American chef and author
185. 1976Wilson Júnior, Brazilian footballer
186. 1977Jiří Jarošík, Czech footballer
187. 1977Sheeri Rappaport, American actress
188. 1977Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lankan cricketer
189. 1978Sergei Samsonov, Russian ice hockey player and scout
190. 1978Vanessa-Mae, Singaporean-English violinist and skier
191. 1979Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Japanese footballer
192. 1980Sayuri Osuga, Japanese speed skater and cyclist
193. 1980Tanel Padar, Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist
194. 1980Henriett Seth F., Hungarian autistic savant artist and author
195. 1981Salem Al Fakir, Swedish singer and keyboard player
196. 1981Sririta Jensen, Thai actress and model
197. 1981Volkan Demirel, Turkish footballer
198. 1981Kristi Richards, Canadian skier
199. 1982Patrick Fugit, American actor and producer
200. 1982Takashi Tsukamoto, Japanese actor and singer
201. 1983Brent Clevlen, American baseball player
202. 1983Martín Prado, Venezuelan baseball player
203. 1984Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player
204. 1984Kostas Kapetanos, Greek footballer
205. 1984Kelly Osbourne, English television personality
206. 1984Brady Quinn, American football player
207. 1984Emilie Ullerup, Danish-Canadian actress
208. 1985Sirli Hanni, Estonian biathlete
209. 1985Alex Soros, American investor and philanthropist
210. 1986Chris Butler, American ice hockey player
211. 1986Anna Cruz, Spanish basketball player
212. 1986Christine Evangelista, American actress
213. 1986Crystal Langhorne, American basketball player
214. 1986Jon Niese, American baseball player
215. 1986Matty Pattison, South African-English footballer
216. 1986David Warner, Australian cricketer
217. 1986Lou Williams, American basketball player
218. 1987Thelma Aoyama, Japanese singer
219. 1987Björn Barrefors, Swedish decathlete and heptathlete
220. 1987Andrew Bynum, American basketball player
221. 1987Guillaume Franke, French-German rugby player
222. 1988Brady Ellison, American archer
223. 1988Viktor Genev, Bulgarian footballer
224. 1988Illimar Pärn, Estonian ski jumper
225. 1988Evan Turner, American basketball player
226. 1989Mark Barron, American football player
227. 1990Alex Bentley, American-Belarusian basketball player
228. 1990Dimitrios Gkourtsas, Greek footballer
229. 1990Oktovianus Maniani, Indonesian footballer
230. 1991Shohei Takahashi, Japanese footballer
231. 1992Stephan El Shaarawy, Italian footballer
232. 1992Emily Hagins, American director, producer, and screenwriter
233. 1992Brandon Saad, American ice hockey player
234. 1992Daniel Sams, Australian cricketer
235. 1993Troy Gentile, American actor
236. 1993Kiefer Ravena, Filipino basketball player
237. 1994Rasmus Ristolainen, Finnish ice hockey player
238. 1995Leon Draisaitl, German ice hockey player
239. 1996Rasmus Andersson, Swedish ice hockey player
240. 1996Kim Woo-seok, South Korean singer and actor
241. 1997Lonzo Ball, American basketball player
242. 1997James TW, English singer-songwriter
243. 1999Haruka Kudo, Japanese singer and actress

Fallecimientos (116)

1. 939Æthelstan, English king
2. 1052Qirwash ibn al-Muqallad, Uqaylid emir
3. 1269Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia (born c.1220)
4. 1272Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (born 1213)
5. 1277Walter de Merton, Lord Chancellor of England
6. 1303Beatrice of Castile, wife of King Afonso III of Portugal
7. 1312John II, Duke of Brabant (born 1275)
8. 1326Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester (born 1262)
9. 1327Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert the Bruce
10. 1329Mahaut, Countess of Artois (born 1268)
11. 1331Abulfeda, Arab historian and geographer (born 1273)
12. 1430Vytautas, Lithuanian ruler (born 1350)
13. 1439Albert II of Germany (born 1397)
14. 1441Margery Jourdemayne, executed for treasonable witchcraft
15. 1449Ulugh Beg, Persian astronomer, mathematician and sultan (born 1394)
16. 1485Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch philosopher, poet and educator (born 1443)
17. 1505Ivan III of Russia (born 1440)
18. 1513George Manners, 11th Baron de Ros, English nobleman
19. 1553Michael Servetus, Spanish physician and theologian (born 1511)
20. 1561Lope de Aguirre, Spanish explorer (born 1510)
21. 1573Laurentius Petri, Swedish archbishop (born 1499)
22. 1605Akbar, Mughal emperor (born 1542)
23. 1613Gabriel Báthory, Prince of Transylvania (born 1589)
24. 1617Ralph Winwood, English lawyer and politician, English Secretary of State (born 1563)
25. 1666Robert Hubert, French watchmaker (born 1640)
26. 1670Vavasor Powell, Welsh minister (born 1617)
27. 1674Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic minister and poet (born 1614)
28. 1675Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician and academic (born 1602)
29. 1789John Cook, American farmer and politician, 6th Governor of Delaware (born 1730)
30. 1812Isaac Brock, British army officer and administrator, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (born 1769)
31. 1816Santō Kyōden, Japanese poet and painter (born 1761)
32. 1880Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, Greek soldier and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1822)
33. 1917Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (born 1897)
34. 1926Warren Wood, American golfer and soldier (born 1887)
35. 1927Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (born 1888)
36. 1929Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (born 1857)
37. 1930Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (born 1851)
38. 1935Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver (born 1897)
39. 1942Helmuth Hübener, German activist (born 1925)
40. 1944Judith Auer, German World War II resistance fighter (born 1905)
41. 1947William Fay, Irish actor and producer, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (born 1872)
42. 1949Marcel Cerdan, Algerian-French boxer (born 1916)
43. 1953Thomas Wass, English cricketer (born 1873)
44. 1957James McGirr, Australian politician, 28th Premier of New South Wales (born 1890)
45. 1962Rudolf Anderson, American soldier and pilot (born 1927)
46. 1962Enrico Mattei, Italian businessman and politician (born 1906)
47. 1968Lise Meitner, Austrian-English physicist and academic (born 1878)
48. 1974C. P. Ramanujam, Indian mathematician and academic (born 1938)
49. 1975Rex Stout, American detective novelist (born 1886)
50. 1977James M. Cain, American journalist and author (born 1892)
51. 1980Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada (born 1924)
52. 1980John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
53. 1982Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, President of Guatemala (1958–1963) (born 1895)
54. 1988Charles Hawtrey, English actor, singer, and pianist (born 1914)
55. 1990Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American violinist, bandleader, and actor (born 1900)
56. 1990Jacques Demy, French actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (born 1931)
57. 1990Elliott Roosevelt, American general and author (born 1910)
58. 1990Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1922)
59. 1991George Barker, English author and poet (born 1913)
60. 1992David Bohm, American-English physicist and philosopher (born 1917)
61. 1992Allen R. Schindler, Jr. American sailor (born 1969)
62. 1996Arthur Tremblay, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1917)
63. 1997Mahala Andrews, British vertebrae palaeontologist (born 1939)
64. 1999Robert Mills, American physicist and academic (born 1927)
65. 1999Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (born 1903)
66. 2000Walter Berry, Austrian lyric bass-baritone (born 1929)
67. 2001Pradeep Kumar, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1925)
68. 2002Tom Dowd, American record producer and engineer (born 1925)
69. 2002Valve Pormeister, Estonian architect (born 1922)
70. 2003Rod Roddy, American game show announcer (born 1937)
71. 2003Stephanie Tyrell, American songwriter and producer (born 1949)
72. 2004Lester Lanin, American bandleader (born 1907)
73. 2004Paulo Sérgio Oliveira da Silva, Brazilian footballer (born 1974)
74. 2004Zdenko Runjić, Croatian songwriter and producer (born 1942)
75. 2005Jerry Cooke, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (born 1921)
76. 2006Jozsef Gregor, Hungarian opera singer (born 1940)
77. 2006Reko Lundán, Finnish journalist and author (born 1969)
78. 2006Marlin McKeever, American football player (born 1940)
79. 2006Joe Niekro, American baseball player (born 1944)
80. 2006Brad Will, American journalist and activist (born 1970)
81. 2007Moira Lister, South African actress (born 1923)
82. 2008Chris Bryant, English actor and screenwriter (born 1936)
83. 2008Ray Ellis, American conductor and producer (born 1923)
84. 2008Frank Nagai, Japanese singer (born 1932)
85. 2008Roy Stewart, Jamaican-English actor and stuntman (born 1925)
86. 2009John David Carson, American actor (born 1952)
87. 2009August Coppola, American author and academic (born 1934)
88. 2009David Shepherd, English cricketer and umpire (born 1940)
89. 2009Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer and songwriter (born 1990)
90. 2010Néstor Kirchner, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Argentina (born 1950)
91. 2011James Hillman, American psychologist and author (born 1926)
92. 2011Robert Pritzker, American businessman, co-founded Marmon Group (born 1926)
93. 2012Terry Callier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1945)
94. 2012Angelo Maria Cicolani, Italian engineer and politician (born 1952)
95. 2012Regina Dourado, Brazilian actress (born 1952)
96. 2012Hans Werner Henze, German composer and educator (born 1926)
97. 2012Rodney S. Quinn, American colonel, pilot, and politician, 44th Secretary of State of Maine (born 1923)
98. 2012Göran Stangertz, Swedish actor and director (born 1944)
99. 2013Noel Davern, Irish lawyer and politician, Minister for Education and Skills (born 1945)
100. 2013Leonard Herzenberg, American immunologist, geneticist, and academic (born 1931)
101. 2013Luigi Magni, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1928)
102. 2013Lou Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (born 1942)
103. 2013Michael Wilkes, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (born 1940)
104. 2013Vinko Coce, Croatian opera and pop singer (born 1954)
105. 2014Daniel Boulanger, French actor and screenwriter (born 1922)
106. 2014Shin Hae-chul, South Korean singer-songwriter and producer (born 1968)
107. 2014Starke Taylor, American soldier and politician, mayor of Dallas (born 1922)
108. 2015Ayerdhal, French author (born 1959)
109. 2015Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Indian pharmacologist and academic (born 1930)
110. 2015Betsy Drake, French-American actress and singer (born 1923)
111. 2015Philip French, English journalist, critic, and producer (born 1933)
112. 2016Takahito, Prince Mikasa, member of the Imperial Family of Japan (born 1915)
113. 2018Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Thai businessman, chairman of Leicester City F.C. (born 1958)
114. 2019Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL); suicide (born 1971)
115. 2023Li Keqiang, premier of China (born 1955)
116. 2025Prunella Scales, English actress (born 1932)

Celebraciones (7)

1. Černová Tragedy Day (Slovakia)
2. Flag Day (Greece)
3. Independence Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), celebrates the independence of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from United Kingdom in 1979.
4. International Religious Freedom Day (United States)
5. National Black Cat Day (United Kingdom)
6. Navy Day (United States) (unofficial, official date is October 13)
7. World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

Santoral (8)

1. Abbán
2. Abraham the Poor
3. Gaudiosus of Naples
4. Kaleb of Axum
5. Namatius (Namace)
6. Oran of Iona
7. Thraseas
8. October 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)