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Acontecimientos (59)

1. 97Roman emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor.
2. 306Maxentius is proclaimed Roman emperor.
3. 312Constantine I defeats Maxentius in the battle of the Milvian Bridge, becoming the sole Roman emperor in the West.
4. 969The Byzantine Empire recovers Antioch from Arab rule.
5. 1061Pietro Cadalo is appointed by the German Imperial court as antipope to the pope Alexander II, who was elected in the previous month.
6. 1344The lower town of Smyrna is captured by Latin Christians in response to Aydınid piracy during the Smyrniote crusades.
7. 1420Beijing is officially designated the capital of the Ming dynasty when the Forbidden City is completed.
8. 1449Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.
9. 1453Ladislaus the Posthumous is crowned king of Bohemia in Prague.
10. 1492Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba on his first voyage to the New World, surmising that it is Japan.
11. 1516Second Ottoman–Mamluk War: Mamluks fail to stop the Ottoman advance towards Egypt at the Battle of Yaunis Khan.
12. 1520Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean.
13. 1531Abyssinian–Adal war: The Adal Sultanate seizes southern Ethiopia.
14. 1538The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now the Dominican Republic.
15. 1562James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, defeats the forces of the rebelious George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, in the battle of Corrichie.
16. 1628French Wars of Religion: The Siege of La Rochelle ends with the surrender of the Huguenots after fourteen months.
17. 1636The Massachusetts Bay Colony votes to establish a theological college, which would later become Harvard University.
18. 1640The Treaty of Ripon is signed, ending the hostilities of the Second Bishops' War.
19. 1664The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established.
20. 1707The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Japan.
21. 1726The novel Gulliver's Travels written by Jonathan Swift is published.
22. 1746The 1746 Lima–Callao earthquake causes up to 6,000 deaths in Peru, the deadliest in its history up to that point.
23. 1776American Revolutionary War: British troops under General William Howe attack General George Washington's Continental Army and capture Chatterton Hill in the Battle of White Plains during the New York and New Jersey campaign.
24. 1834The Pinjarra massacre occurs in the Swan River Colony. An estimated 30 Noongar people are killed by British colonists.
25. 1835The United Tribes of New Zealand are established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence.
26. 1864American Civil War: In East Tennessee, Union forces under General Alvan C. Gillem route Confederate troops under General John C. Vaughn during the Battle of Morristown.
27. 1886US president Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
28. 1891The Mino–Owari earthquake, the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history, occurs.
29. 1893Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
30. 1918World War I: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.
31. 1918World War I: Czech politicians peacefully take over the city of Prague, thus establishing the First Czechoslovak Republic.
32. 1919The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
33. 1922Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.
34. 1928Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem of Indonesia, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
35. 1940World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.
36. 1942The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.
37. 1948Paul Hermann Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
38. 1948Ecological disaster in Donora, Pennsylvania.
39. 1949An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
40. 1954Aeroflot Flight 136 crashes near Krasnoyarsk, killing 19.
41. 1956Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
42. 1958John XXIII is elected Pope.
43. 1962The Cuban Missile Crisis ends and Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
44. 1965Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Roman Catholic Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.
45. 1971Prospero becomes the only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket.
46. 1982The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
47. 1989Aloha Island Air Flight 1712, a Twin Otter 300, crashed into terrain at night in Hawaii killing all 20 occupants onboard.
48. 1990Georgia holds its only free election under Soviet rule.
49. 1995The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured.
50. 2006A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police.
51. 2007Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.
52. 2009The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
53. 2009NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.
54. 2009US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
55. 2013Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers at Tiananmen Square in China.
56. 2014A rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia.
57. 2018Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil with 57 million votes, with Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad as the runner-up. It is the first time in 16 years that a Workers' Party candidate is not elected president.
58. 2023The 2023 Rugby World Cup final is held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France. It saw South Africa defeat New Zealand 12 to 11, claiming their fourth Webb Ellis Cup, becoming the first nation to do so.
59. 2025Hurricane Melissa makes landfall near Black River, Jamaica, killing over 30 people, as well as tying the 1935 Labor Day hurricane as the most intense landfall in the North Atlantic.

Nacimientos (243)

1. 1017Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1056)
2. 1466Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (died 1536)
3. 1479John Gage, English courtier (died 1556)
4. 1510Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Spanish priest and saint, 3rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1572)
5. 1550Stanislaus Kostka, Polish saint (died 1568)
6. 1585Cornelius Jansen, Dutch bishop and theologian (died 1638)
7. 1599Marie of the Incarnation, foundress of the Ursuline Monastery in Quebec (died 1672)
8. 1610Jacob Kettler, 3rd duke of Courland and Semigallia (died 1682)
9. 1667Maria Anna of Neuburg, Queen consort of Spain
10. 1690Peter Tordenskjold, Norwegian admiral (died 1720)
11. 1693Šimon Brixi, Czech composer (died 1735)
12. 1696Maurice de Saxe, French general (died 1750)
13. 1703Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician and engineer (died 1768)
14. 1718Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, astronomer, and explorer (died 1793)
15. 1733Franz Ignaz von Beecke, German composer (died 1803)
16. 1754John Laurens, American soldier (died 1782)
17. 1767Marie of Hesse-Kassel (died 1852)
18. 1793Eliphalet Remington, American businessman, founded Remington Arms (died 1861)
19. 1794Robert Liston, Scottish surgeon (died 1847)
20. 1804Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (died 1849)
21. 1815Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician (died 1856)
22. 1816Malwida von Meysenbug, German writer (died 1903)
23. 1837Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shōgun (died 1913)
24. 1839Edward P. Allen, American captain, lawyer, and politician (died 1909)
25. 1845Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (died 1888)
26. 1846Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (died 1935)
27. 1854Jean-Marie Guyau, French philosopher and poet (died 1888)
28. 1860Kanō Jigorō, Japanese martial artist (died 1938)
29. 1864Adolfo Camarillo, Mexican-American rancher and philanthropist (died 1958)
30. 1867Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian nurse, author, and educator (died 1911)
31. 1875Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Turkish-Canadian journalist (died 1966)
32. 1877Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (died 1952)
33. 1879Channing H. Cox, American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1968)
34. 1880Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1940)
35. 1880Billy Wedlock, English footballer (died 1965)
36. 1881Vin Coutie, Australian footballer (died 1951)
37. 1884William Douglas Cook, New Zealand horticulturalist, founded Eastwoodhill Arboretum (died 1967)
38. 1886O. G. S. Crawford, British archaeologist (died 1957)
39. 1886Noel Macklin, English soldier and engineer (died 1946)
40. 1888Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (died 1964)
41. 1889Juliette Béliveau, Canadian actress and singer (died 1975)
42. 1892Dink Johnson, American pianist, drummer, and clarinet player (died 1954)
43. 1893Christopher Kelk Ingold, British chemist (died 1970)
44. 1896Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator (died 1981)
45. 1897Edith Head, American costume designer (died 1981)
46. 1897Hans Speidel, German general (died 1984)
47. 1901Ambrogio Gianotti, Italian partigiano and priest (died 1969)
48. 1901Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet (died 1979)
49. 1902Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress and singer (died 1986)
50. 1903John Chamberlain, American historian, journalist, and critic (died 1995)
51. 1903Evelyn Waugh, English journalist, author, and critic (died 1966)
52. 1904George Dangerfield, English-American historian, journalist, and author (died 1986)
53. 1905Tatyana Ehrenfest, Dutch mathematician (died 1984)
54. 1907John Hewitt, Irish poet, playwright, and critic (died 1987)
55. 1908Arturo Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (died 1995)
56. 1909Francis Bacon, Irish painter and illustrator (died 1992)
57. 1912Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (died 2005)
58. 1914Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician (died 1988)
59. 1914Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (died 1995)
60. 1914Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
61. 1916Pearl Hackney, English actress (died 2009)
62. 1917Jack Soo, American actor and singer (died 1979)
63. 1919Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (died 1966)
64. 1919Hans Klenk, German race car driver (died 2009)
65. 1921Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (died 1973)
66. 1922Gershon Kingsley, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2019)
67. 1922Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician, 1st Vice President of Zimbabwe (died 2003)
68. 1922Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball player and coach (died 2007)
69. 1923John Connell, American actor (died 2015)
70. 1924Antonio Creus, Spanish race car driver and motorcycle racer (died 1996)
71. 1924Peddibhotla Suryakantam, Telugu actress (died 1994)
72. 1925Ian Hamilton Finlay, Bahamian-Scottish poet, sculptor, and gardener (died 2006)
73. 1926Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer and businessman, 5th Commissioner of Baseball (died 2007)
74. 1927Cleo Laine, English singer and actress (died 2025)
75. 1928Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian general (died 2021)
76. 1928William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
77. 1929Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1988)
78. 1929Virginia Held, American philosopher, author, and academic
79. 1929John Hollander, American poet, critic, and educator (died 2013)
80. 1929Joan Plowright, English actress (died 2025)
81. 1930Bernie Ecclestone, English businessman
82. 1931Harold Battiste, American saxophonist, pianist, and composer (died 2015)
83. 1932Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (died 2002)
84. 1932Suzy Parker, American model and actress (died 2003)
85. 1933Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (died 1983)
86. 1933Michael Noakes, English painter and illustrator (died 2018)
87. 1934Charles A. Gargano, American diplomat, businessman and government official
88. 1935Alan Clarke, English director and screenwriter (died 1990)
89. 1936Charlie Daniels, American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist (died 2020)
90. 1936Ted Hawkins, American soul-blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)
91. 1937Graham Bond, English keyboard player, singer, and saxophonist (died 1974)
92. 1937Lenny Wilkens, American basketball player and coach (died 2025)
93. 1938Keigo Abe, Japanese martial artist and coach (died 2019)
94. 1938Kenneth Best, Liberian journalist, founded The Daily Observer
95. 1938Howard Blake, English composer and conductor
96. 1938Dave Budd, American basketball player
97. 1938Gary Cowan, Canadian golfer
98. 1938David Dimbleby, English journalist
99. 1938Anne Perry, English author (died 2023)
100. 1939Jane Alexander, American actress and producer
101. 1939Andy Bey, American singer and pianist
102. 1939Miroslav Cerar, Slovenian gymnast and lawyer
103. 1939Curtis Lee, American singer-songwriter (died 2015)
104. 1940Susan Harris, American screenwriter and producer
105. 1941Hank Marvin, English singer and guitarist
106. 1942Terence Donovan, English-Australian actor (died 2026)
107. 1942Abdelkader Fréha, Algerian footballer (died 2012)
108. 1942Gillian Lovegrove, English computer scientist and academic
109. 1942Kees Verkerk, Dutch speed skater
110. 1943Jimmy McRae, Scottish race car driver
111. 1943Karalyn Patterson, English psychologist and academic
112. 1944Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host (died 2014)
113. 1944Coluche, French comedian and actor (died 1986)
114. 1944Dennis Franz, American actor
115. 1944Anton Schlecker, German businessman, founded the Schlecker Company
116. 1945Sandy Berger, American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor (died 2015)
117. 1945Wayne Fontana, English pop singer (died 2020)
118. 1945Don Iverson, American golfer
119. 1946John Hewson, Australian economist and politician
120. 1946Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2022)
121. 1946Sharon Thesen, Canadian poet and academic
122. 1948Telma Hopkins, American singer and actress
123. 1949Dwight Davis, American basketball player
124. 1949Caitlyn Jenner, American decathlete and actress
125. 1950Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian journalist and activist
126. 1950Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist
127. 1951Peter Hitchens, English journalist and author
128. 1951Joe R. Lansdale, American martial artist and author
129. 1952Annie Potts, American actress
130. 1953Pierre Boivin, Canadian businessman
131. 1953Desmond Child, American musician, songwriter, and producer
132. 1955Bill Gates, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft
133. 1955Indra Nooyi, Indian-American businesswoman
134. 1956Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian engineer and politician, 6th President of Iran
135. 1956Volker Zotz, Austrian philosopher, scholar, and author
136. 1957Marian Bell, English economist and academic
137. 1957Stephen Morris, English drummer
138. 1957Zach Wamp, American businessman and politician
139. 1958Concha García Campoy, Spanish journalist (died 2013)
140. 1958Ashok Chavan, Indian businessman and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
141. 1958William Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
142. 1959James Keelaghan, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
143. 1959Toshio Masuda, Japanese composer
144. 1959Randy Wittman, American basketball player and coach
145. 1960Landon Curt Noll, American computer scientist and mathematician
146. 1962Erik Thorstvedt, Norwegian footballer and manager
147. 1962Daphne Zuniga, American actress
148. 1963Kevin Dineen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
149. 1963Lauren Holly, American actress
150. 1963Sheryl Underwood, American comedian, actress, and talk show host
151. 1964Andrew Bridgen, English soldier and politician
152. 1964Peter Coyne, Australian rugby league player
153. 1965Jami Gertz, American actress
154. 1965David Warburton, English pianist, businessman, and politician
155. 1965Miyako Yoshida, Japanese ballerina
156. 1966Steve Atwater, American football player
157. 1966Chris Bauer, American actor
158. 1966Matt Drudge, American blogger and activist, founded the Drudge Report
159. 1966Andy Richter, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
160. 1966Aris Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs
161. 1967Kevin Macdonald, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
162. 1967Julia Roberts, American actress and producer
163. 1967John Romero, American video game designer, co-founded Id Software
164. 1968Chris Broussard, American journalist and sportscaster
165. 1968Marc Lièvremont, French rugby player and coach
166. 1968Mayumi Ozaki, Japanese wrestler
167. 1969Steven Chamuleau, Dutch cardiologist
168. 1969Jeremy Davies, American actor
169. 1969Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Puerto Rican screenwriter and producer
170. 1969Ben Harper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
171. 1969Wolfgang Kocevar, Austrian politician
172. 1969Noriyoshi Omichi, Japanese baseball player and coach
173. 1970Alan Peter Cayetano, Filipino politician and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
174. 1970Greg Eagles, American voice actor and producer
175. 1971Roxana Briban, Romanian soprano and actress (died 2010)
176. 1971Caroline Dinenage, English businesswoman and politician
177. 1972Terrell Davis, American football player and sportscaster
178. 1972Brad Paisley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
179. 1972Trista Sutter, American reality star
180. 1973Montel Vontavious Porter, American wrestler and actor
181. 1973Aleksandar Stanojević, Serbian footballer and manager
182. 1974Braden Looper, American baseball player
183. 1974Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer and manager
184. 1974Joaquin Phoenix, American actor and producer
185. 1974Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer and coach
186. 1974Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress and singer, Miss Universe 1993
187. 1976Keiron Cunningham, British rugby league player and coach
188. 1976Martin Lepa, Estonian footballer
189. 1976Simone Loria, Italian footballer
190. 1978Gwendoline Christie, English actress
191. 1978Justin Guarini, American singer-songwriter and actor
192. 1979Olcay Çetinkaya, Turkish footballer
193. 1979Jawed Karim, American computer scientist
194. 1979Natina Reed, American rapper and actress (died 2012)
195. 1979Martin Škoula, Czech ice hockey player
196. 1980Christy Hemme, American wrestler and ring announcer
197. 1980Agnes Obel, Danish singer-songwriter and pianist
198. 1980Alan Smith, English footballer and coach
199. 1981Milan Baroš, Czech footballer
200. 1981Shane Gore, English footballer
201. 1981Nate McLouth, American baseball player
202. 1981Nick Montgomery, English-Scottish footballer
203. 1982Jeremy Bonderman, American baseball player
204. 1982Enver Jääger, Estonian footballer
205. 1982Anthony Lerew, American baseball player
206. 1982Hironori Saruta, Japanese footballer
207. 1982Matt Smith, English actor and director
208. 1983Jarrett Jack, American basketball player
209. 1983Kayo Noro, Japanese singer and actress
210. 1983Joe Thomas, English actor and screenwriter
211. 1984Bryn Evans, New Zealand rugby player
212. 1984Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer
213. 1984Finn Wittrock, American actor
214. 1985Tyrone Barnett, English footballer
215. 1985Troian Bellisario, American actress
216. 1985Anthony Fantano, American music critic
217. 1986May Calamawy, Egyptian-Palestinian actress
218. 1986Isabelle Eriksson, Swedish athlete
219. 1986Anthony Griffith, English footballer
220. 1986Aki Toyosaki, Japanese voice actress and singer
221. 1987Frank Ocean, American singer-songwriter
222. 1988Edd Gould, English cartoonist and animator (died 2012)
223. 1988Devon Murray, Irish actor
224. 1988Jamie xx, English musician, DJ, record producer and remixer
225. 1989Devin Ebanks, American basketball player
226. 1989Camille Muffat, French swimmer (died 2015)
227. 1991Lucy Bronze, English footballer
228. 1992Lexi Ainsworth, American actress
229. 1992Jeon Ji-hee, South Korean table tennis player
230. 1992Maria Sergejeva, Estonian figure skater
231. 1994Andrew Harrison, American basketball player
232. 1995Glen Kamara, Finnish footballer
233. 1995Jae'Sean Tate, American basketball player
234. 1995An Ye-seul, South Korean singer
235. 1996Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress
236. 1996Jack Eichel, American ice hockey player
237. 1996Una Raymond-Hoey, Irish cricketer
238. 1997Stetson Bennett, American football player
239. 1997Taylor Fritz, American tennis player
240. 1997Georgia Godwin, Australian artistic gymnast
241. 1998Nolan Gould, American actor
242. 2001Sonay Kartal, British tennis player
243. 2006Yoon Do-young, South Korean footballer

Fallecimientos (114)

1. 312Maxentius, Roman emperor (born 278)
2. 457Ibas of Edessa, Syrian bishop
3. 816Beggo, count of Toulouse and Paris
4. 875Remigius of Lyon, Frankish archbishop
5. 1138King Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland
6. 1225Jien, Japanese monk, historian, and poet (born 1155)
7. 1266Saint Arsenije I Sremac
8. 1310Ecumenical Patriarch Athanasius I of Constantinople (born 1230)
9. 1312Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (born 1262)
10. 1412Margaret I of Denmark (born 1353)
11. 1468Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (born 1425)
12. 1568Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shōgun (born 1539)
13. 1592Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Flemish diplomat
14. 1594Ōkubo Tadayo, Japanese general (born 1532)
15. 1627Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (born 1569)
16. 1639Stefano Landi, Italian composer and educator (born 1587)
17. 1646William Dobson, English painter (born 1610)
18. 1661Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish priest and playwright (born 1618)
19. 1676Jean Desmarets, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1595)
20. 1703John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer (born 1616)
21. 1704John Locke, English physician and philosopher (born 1632)
22. 1708Prince George of Denmark, Duke of Cumberland (born 1653)
23. 1716Stephen Fox, English politician (born 1627)
24. 1740Anna of Russia (born 1693)
25. 1754Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (born 1708)
26. 1755Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (born 1689)
27. 1763Heinrich von Brühl, German general and politician (born 1700)
28. 1768Michel Blavet, French flute player and composer (born 1700)
29. 1787Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (born 1735)
30. 1792Paul Möhring, German physician, botanist, and zoologist (born 1710)
31. 1792John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (born 1724)
32. 1800Artemas Ward, American general and politician (born 1727)
33. 1806Charlotte Turner Smith, English poet and author (born 1749)
34. 1818Abigail Adams, American writer and second First Lady of the United States (born 1744)
35. 1841Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (born 1792)
36. 1857Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of France (born 1802)
37. 1877Robert Swinhoe, English ornithologist and entomologist (born 1835)
38. 1879Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French economist and politician (born 1799)
39. 1899Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (born 1854)
40. 1900Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (born 1823)
41. 1906Jean Benner, French artist (born 1836)
42. 1914Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (born 1850)
43. 1916Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (born 1838)
44. 1916Oswald Boelcke, German WWI flying ace (born 1891)
45. 1917Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (born 1831)
46. 1917Dimitrios Votsis, Greek lawyer and politician (born 1841)
47. 1918Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician and politician (born 1845)
48. 1929Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1849)
49. 1936Newton Moore, Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (born 1870)
50. 1939Alice Brady, American actress (born 1892)
51. 1941Filipp Goloshchyokin, Soviet politician (born 1876)
52. 1945Kesago Nakajima, Japanese general (born 1881)
53. 1952Billy Hughes, English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1862)
54. 1957Ernst Gräfenberg, German-American physician and gynecologist (born 1881)
55. 1959Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban soldier (born 1932)
56. 1963Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (born 1882)
57. 1965Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (born 1882)
58. 1969Constance Dowling, American model and actress (born 1920)
59. 1970Baby Huey, American singer-songwriter (born 1944)
60. 1973Taha Hussein, Egyptian historian, author, and academic (born 1889)
61. 1973Sergio Tofano, Italian actor, director, and playwright (born 1883)
62. 1975Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor (born 1894)
63. 1975Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (born 1932)
64. 1976Aarne Juutilainen, Finnish army captain (born 1904)
65. 1978Rukmani Devi, Sri Lankan singer and actress (born 1923)
66. 1983Otto Messmer, American animator and screenwriter (born 1892)
67. 1986John Braine, English author (born 1922)
68. 1987D. Djajakusuma, Indonesian filmmaker (born 1918)
69. 1987André Masson, French soldier and painter (born 1896)
70. 1989Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor (born 1898)
71. 1993Juri Lotman, Russian-Estonian historian and scholar (born 1922)
72. 1997Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer (born 1915)
73. 1998Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (born 1930)
74. 1999Antonios Katinaris, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1931)
75. 2000Andújar Cedeño, Dominican baseball player (born 1969)
76. 2001Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch pianist, composer, and educator (born 1910)
77. 2002Margaret Booth, American screenwriter and producer (born 1898)
78. 2002Erling Persson, Swedish businessman, founded H&M (born 1917)
79. 2003Sally Baldwin, Scottish social sciences professor (born 1940)
80. 2004Eugene K. Bird, American colonel and author, US Commandant of Spandau Prison (born 1926)
81. 2005Bob Broeg, American soldier and journalist (born 1918)
82. 2005Raymond Hains, French photographer (born 1926)
83. 2005Tony Jackson, American basketball player (born 1942)
84. 2005Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean-Portuguese singer-songwriter (born 1922)
85. 2005Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1943)
86. 2005Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor and screenwriter (born 1929)
87. 2006Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (born 1917)
88. 2006Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (born 1954)
89. 2006Marijohn Wilkin, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1920)
90. 2007Takao Fujinami, Japanese lawyer and politician (born 1932)
91. 2007Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1927)
92. 2009Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1990)
93. 2010Liang Congjie, Chinese historian and activist, founded Friends of Nature (born 1932)
94. 2010James MacArthur, American actor (born 1937)
95. 2010Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (born 1938)
96. 2010Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist, architect, and educator (born 1934)
97. 2011Tom Addington, English soldier (born 1919)
98. 2012Gordon Bilney, Australian dentist and politician (born 1939)
99. 2012John Cheffers, Australian footballer and coach (born 1936)
100. 2012Jack Dellal, English businessman (born 1923)
101. 2013Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1920)
102. 2013Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (born 1927)
103. 2013Aleksandar Tijanić, Serbian journalist (born 1949)
104. 2013Rajendra Yadav, Indian author (born 1929)
105. 2014Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (born 1927)
106. 2014Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (born 1937)
107. 2018Colin Sylvia, Australian rules footballer (born 1985)
108. 2022Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1935)
109. 2023Matthew Perry, American-Canadian actor (born 1969)
110. 2023Adam Johnson, American ice hockey player (born 1994)
111. 2024Renato Martino, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1932)
112. 2024Paul Morrissey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938)
113. 2024Jamshid Sharmahd, German-American affiliate of Kingdom Assembly of Iran (born 1955)
114. 2024Kazuo Umezu, Japanese manga artist (born 1936)

Celebraciones (19)

1. Christian feast day:
2. Abdias of Babylon
3. Abgar V of Edessa (Eastern Orthodox Church)
4. Eadsige
5. Faro
6. Fidelis of Como (Roman Catholic Church)
7. Firmilian
8. Francis Serrano
9. Godwin of Stavelot
10. Job of Pochayiv (repose) (Eastern Orthodox Church)
11. The Apostles Simon and Jude (Western Christianity)
12. Lord of Miracles (Lima)
13. October 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
14. Day of the Establishment of an Independent Czecho-Slovak State, celebrates the independence of Czechoslovakia from Austria-Hungary in 1918. (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
15. International Animation Day (ASIFA)
16. Ohi Day (Greece, Cyprus and the Greek communities), a national day in Greece.
17. Prefectural Earthquake Disaster Prevention Day (Gifu Prefecture)
18. Youth Pledge Day or Hari Sumpah Pemuda (Indonesia)
19. Anniversary of the liberation of Ukraine from the Nazis, celebrating the liberation from Nazi German troops of the territory of current Ukraine