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Acontecimientos
- 130Emperor Hadrian establishes the city of Antinoöpolis on the Nile in honour of his companion Antinous, creating a new Hellenizing foundation in Roman Egypt.
- 637Arab–Byzantine wars: Antioch surrenders to the Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge.
- 758Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates.
- 1137Ranulf of Apulia defeats Roger II of Sicily at the Battle of Rignano, securing his position as duke until his death two years later.
- 1270The Eighth Crusade ends by an agreement between Charles I of Anjou (replacing his deceased brother King Louis IX of France) and the Hafsid dynasty of Tunis, Tunisia.
- 1340Reconquista: Portuguese and Castilian forces halt a Muslim invasion at the Battle of Río Salado.
- 1657Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios.
- 1806War of the Fourth Coalition: Convinced that he is facing a much larger force, Prussian General von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrenders the city of Stettin to 800 French soldiers.
- 1817Simón Bolívar becomes President of the Third Republic of Venezuela.
- 1831Nat Turner is arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.
- 1836Louis Napoleon launches the unsuccessful Strasbourg Coup to overthrow the July Monarchy in France
- 1858Approximately 20 people die in Bradford, England, UK, after being poisoned from ingesting sweets that had been accidentally adulterated with arsenic trioxide.
- 1863Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
- 1864Second War of Schleswig: The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.
- 1888The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.
- 1905Tsar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, nominally granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
- 1918World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
- 1918World War I: Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, a state union of Kingdom of Hungary and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia is abolished with decisions of Croatian and Hungarian parliaments.
- 1920The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
- 1938Orson Welles broadcasts a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing a massive panic in some of the audience in the United States.
- 1941President Roosevelt approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.
- 1941Holocaust: Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.
- 1942World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559.
- 1944Holocaust: Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII.
- 1947The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
- 1948A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board.
- 1953President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.
- 1956Hungarian Revolution: The government of Imre Nagy recognizes newly established revolutionary workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads anti-Soviet militias in an attack on the headquarters of the Hungarian Working People's Party.
- 1959Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.
- 1961The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.
- 1968A squad of 120 North Korean Army commandos land in boats along a 25-mile long section of the eastern coast of South Korea in a failed attempt to overthrow the dictatorship of Park Chung Hee and bring about the reunification of Korea.
- 1973The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
- 1975Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.
- 1975Forty-five people are killed when Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 450 crashes into Suchdol, Prague, while on approach to Prague Ruzyně Airport (now Václav Havel Airport Prague) in Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic).
- 1980El Salvador and Honduras agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice.
- 1983The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held.
- 1983A magnitude 6.6 earthquake in the Turkish provinces of Erzurum and Kars leaves approximately 1,340 people dead.
- 1985Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
- 1991The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Madrid Conference commences in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine.
- 1995Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.
- 2005The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
- 2013Forty-five people are killed and seven injured after a bus catches fire in Mahabubnagar district, Andhra Pradesh (present-day Telangana), India.
- 2014Sweden becomes the first European Union member state to officially recognize Palestine as an independent and sovereign state.
- 2014Four people are killed when a Beechcraft Super King Air crashes at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas.
- 2015A fire in a nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest kills sixty-four people and leaves more than 147 injured.
- 2020A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami. At least 119 people die mainly due to collapsed buildings.
- 2022A pedestrian suspension bridge collapses in the city of Morbi, Gujarat, leading to the deaths of at least 135 people.
- 2023First rescue of a prisoner during the Israeli invasion of Gaza.
Nacimientos
- 39 a. C.Julia the Elder, Roman daughter of Augustus (died 14 AD)
- 1218Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (died 1234)
- 1327Andrew, Duke of Calabria (died 1345)
- 1447Lucas Watzenrode, Prince-Bishop of Warmia (died 1512)
- 1492Anne d'Alençon, French noblewoman (died 1562)
- 1513Jacques Amyot, French bishop and translator (died 1593)
- 1558Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force, Marshal of France (died 1652)
- 1624Paul Pellisson, French historian and author (died 1693)
- 1632Christopher Wren, English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (died 1723)
- 1660Ernest August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (died 1731)
- 1668Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (died 1705)
- 1712Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis, Maltese linguist, historian and cleric (died 1770)
- 1728Mary Hayley, English businesswoman (died 1808)
- 1735John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (died 1826)
- 1741Angelica Kauffman, painter (died 1807)
- 1751Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish-English poet, playwright, and politician, Treasurer of the Navy (died 1816)
- 1762André Chénier, Turkish-French poet and playwright (died 1794)
- 1786Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian captain and author (died 1871)
- 1799Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (died 1885)
- 1839Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (died 1899)
- 1857Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French-Swiss physician and neurologist (died 1904)
- 1861Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (died 1929)
- 1868António Cabreira, Portuguese polygraph (died 1953)
- 1871Buck Freeman, American baseball player (died 1949)
- 1871Paul Valéry, French poet and philosopher (died 1945)
- 1873Francisco I. Madero, Mexican businessman and politician, 33rd President of Mexico (died 1913)
- 1877Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician, Prime Minister of Latvia (died 1941)
- 1878Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine (died 1929)
- 1881Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and author (died 1941)
- 1882Oldřich Duras, Czech chess player and composer (died 1957)
- 1882William Halsey Jr., American admiral (died 1959)
- 1882Günther von Kluge, Polish-German field marshal (died 1944)
- 1885Ezra Pound, American poet and critic (died 1972)
- 1886Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright (died 1958)
- 1887Sukumar Ray, Indian-Bangladeshi author, poet, and playwright (died 1923)
- 1888Louis Menges, American soccer player, soldier, and politician (died 1969)
- 1888Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek footballer and high jumper (died 1913)
- 1892Charles Atlas, Italian-American bodybuilder (died 1972)
- 1893Roland Freisler, German soldier, lawyer, and judge (died 1945)
- 1894Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (died 1977)
- 1894Peter Warlock, English composer and critic (died 1930)
- 1895Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964)
- 1895Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
- 1896Rex Cherryman, American actor (died 1928)
- 1896Ruth Gordon, American actress and screenwriter (died 1985)
- 1896Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet and educator (died 1928)
- 1896Harry R. Truman, American soldier and inn keeper on Mount St. Helens, killed in the eruption (died 1980)
- 1896Antonino Votto, Italian conductor (died 1985)
- 1897Agustín Lara, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (died 1970)
- 1898Bill Terry, American baseball player and manager (died 1989)
- 1900Ragnar Granit, Finnish-Swedish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
- 1905Johnny Miles, English-Canadian runner (died 2003)
- 1906Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (died 1966)
- 1906Hermann Fegelein, German general (died 1945)
- 1906Alexander Gode, German-American linguist and translator (died 1970)
- 1907Sol Tax, American anthropologist and academic (died 1995)
- 1908Patsy Montana, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 1996)
- 1908U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian politician (died 1963)
- 1908Peter Smith, English cricketer (died 1967)
- 1908Dmitry Ustinov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (died 1984)
- 1909Homi J. Bhabha, Indian-French physicist and academic (died 1966)
- 1910Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (died 1942)
- 1910Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian-Monegasque organist and composer (died 1994)
- 1911Ruth Hussey, American actress (died 2005)
- 1914Richard E. Holz, American minister and composer (died 1986)
- 1914Leabua Jonathan, Basotho lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (died 1987)
- 1914Anna Wing, English actress (died 2013)
- 1915Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and producer (died 1998)
- 1915Jane Randolph, American-Swiss actress and singer (died 2009)
- 1916Leon Day, American baseball player (died 1995)
- 1917Bobby Bragan, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2010)
- 1917Minni Nurme, Estonian writer and poet (died 1994)
- 1917Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian field marshal (died 1994)
- 1917Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (died 2005)
- 1920Christy Ring, Irish sportsman (died 1979)
- 1921Valli Lember-Bogatkina (died 2016)
- 1922Elena Mikhnenko, Ukrainian exile (died 1993)
- 1922Iancu Țucărman, Romanian Holocaust survivor (died 2021)
- 1922Jane White, American actress and singer (died 2011)
- 1923Gloria Oden, American poet and academic (died 2011)
- 1924John P. Craven, American soldier and engineer (died 2015)
- 1925Tommy Ridgley, American singer and bandleader (died 1999)
- 1926Jacques Swaters, Belgian race car driver and manager (died 2010)
- 1927Joe Adcock, American baseball player and manager (died 1999)
- 1928Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)
- 1929Jean Chapman, English author
- 1929Olga Zubarry, Argentinian actress (died 2012)
- 1930Néstor Almendros, Spanish-American director and cinematographer (died 1992)
- 1930Christopher Foster, English economist and academic (died 2022)
- 1930Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (died 1956)
- 1930Don Meineke, American basketball player (died 2013)
- 1931Vince Callahan, American lieutenant and politician (died 2014)
- 1931David M. Wilson, Manx archaeologist, historian, and curator
- 1932Barun De, Indian historian and author (died 2013)
- 1932Louis Malle, French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)
- 1933Col Campbell, New Zealand gardener and television host (died 2012)
- 1934Keith Barnes, Welsh-Australian rugby player and coach (died 2024)
- 1934Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor (died 2014)
- 1935Robert Caro, American journalist and author
- 1935Ágota Kristóf, Hungarian-Swiss author (died 2011)
- 1935Jim Perry, American baseball player
- 1935Michael Winner, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
- 1936Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast and trainer (died 2005)
- 1936Dick Vermeil, American football player and coach
- 1937Claude Lelouch, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1937Brian Price, Welsh rugby player (died 2023)
- 1938Morris Lurie, Australian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 2014)
- 1939Harvey Goldstein, English statistician and academic (died 2020)
- 1939Leland H. Hartwell, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1939Eddie Holland, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1939Grace Slick, American singer-songwriter and model
- 1941Marcel Berlins, French-English lawyer, journalist, and academic (died 2019)
- 1941Aleksandr Dulichenko, Russian-Estonian linguist and academic
- 1941Theodor W. Hänsch, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1941Otis Williams, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1941Bob Wilson, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1942Sven-David Sandström, Swedish composer and historian (died 2019)
- 1943Paul Claes, Belgian poet and translator
- 1943Joanna Shimkus, Canadian actress
- 1943David Triesman, Baron Triesman, English union leader and politician
- 1944Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi businessman and politician (died 2015)
- 1945Henry Winkler, American actor, comedian, director, and producer
- 1945Lynne Marta, American actress (died 2024)
- 1946Robert L. Gibson, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
- 1946Andrea Mitchell, American journalist
- 1946Anthony Shorrocks, English economist, author, and academic
- 1946Chris Slade, Welsh drummer
- 1947Glenn Andreotta, American soldier (died 1968)
- 1947Tim Kirk, American illustrator and designer
- 1947Timothy B. Schmit, American singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1947Herschel Weingrod, American screenwriter and producer
- 1948Richard Alston, English dancer and choreographer
- 1948Garry McDonald, Australian actor and screenwriter
- 1949Larry Gene Bell, American murderer (died 1996)
- 1949Leon Rippy, American actor
- 1950Phil Chenier, American basketball player and broadcaster
- 1950Tim Sheens, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1951Tony Bettenhausen Jr., American race car driver and businessman (died 2000)
- 1951Trilok Gurtu, Indian drummer and songwriter
- 1951Harry Hamlin, American actor
- 1951Poncho Sanchez, American singer and conga player
- 1953Pete Hoekstra, Dutch-American lawyer and politician
- 1953Charles Martin Smith, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1954Mahmoud El Khatib, Egyptian footballer
- 1954T. Graham Brown, American country singer-songwriter
- 1954Jeannie Kendall, American country singer-songwriter
- 1954Mario Testino, Peruvian-English photographer
- 1955Heidi Heitkamp, American lawyer and politician, 28th Attorney General of North Dakota
- 1956Juliet Stevenson, English actress
- 1957Shlomo Mintz, Israeli violinist and conductor
- 1957Kevin Pollak, American actor, game show host, and producer
- 1958Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (died 2014)
- 1958Joe Delaney, American football player (died 1983)
- 1958Ramona d'Viola, American cyclist and photographer
- 1958Pétur Guðmundsson, Icelandic basketball player and coach
- 1959Vincent Lagaf', French actor, singer, and game show host
- 1960Charnele Brown, American actress and singer
- 1960Grayson Hugh, American singer-songwriter
- 1960Diego Maradona, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2020)
- 1961Scott Garrelts, American baseball player
- 1961Giorgos Papakonstantinou, Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
- 1961Larry Wilmore, American comedian and television host
- 1962Stefan Kuntz, German footballer and manager
- 1962Danny Tartabull, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1962Courtney Walsh, Jamaican cricketer
- 1963Michael Beach, American actor and producer
- 1963Rebecca Heineman, American video game designer and programmer (died 2025)
- 1963Andrew Solomon, American-English journalist and author
- 1963Mike Veletta, Australian cricketer and coach
- 1963Kristina Wagner, American actress
- 1964Adnan Al Talyani, Emirati footballer
- 1964Humayun Kabir Dhali, Bangladeshi journalist and author
- 1964Howard Lederer, American poker player
- 1965Gavin Rossdale, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1967Brad Aitken, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1967Leonidas Kavakos, Greek violinist and conductor
- 1968Emmanuelle Claret, French biathlete (died 2013)
- 1968Jack Plotnick, American actor, director, and producer
- 1968Ken Stringfellow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1969Stanislav Gross, Czech lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (died 2015)
- 1969Snow, Canadian rapper and reggae singer-songwriter
- 1969Vangelis Vourtzoumis, Greek basketball player
- 1970Ben Bailey, American comedian and game show host
- 1970Tory Belleci, American visual effects designer and television presenter
- 1970Christine Bersola-Babao, Filipino journalist and actress
- 1970Billy Brown, American actor
- 1970Nia Long, American actress
- 1970Ekaterini Voggoli, Greek discus thrower
- 1971Fredi Bobic, Slovenian-German footballer and manager
- 1971Tzanis Stavrakopoulos, Greek basketball player
- 1971Suzan van der Wielen, Dutch field hockey player
- 1972Jessica Hynes, English actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1973Michael Buettner, Australian rugby league player and official
- 1973Silvia Corzo, Colombian lawyer and journalist
- 1973Edge, Canadian wrestler and actor
- 1973Michael Oakes, English footballer and manager
- 1973Raci Şaşmaz, Turkish actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1975Ian D'Sa, English-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1975Marco Scutaro, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1976Stern John, Trinidadian footballer
- 1976Ümit Özat, Turkish footballer and manager
- 1976Maurice Taylor, American basketball player
- 1978Martin Dossett, American football player
- 1978Stephanie Izard, American chef
- 1978Matthew Morrison, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1978Dan Poulter, English physician and politician
- 1978Derren Witcombe, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer
- 1979Jason Bartlett, American baseball player
- 1980Rich Alvarez, Filipino-Japanese basketball player
- 1980Choi Hong-man, South Korean wrestler and mixed martial artist
- 1980Kareem Rush, American basketball player
- 1981Fiona Dourif, American actress
- 1981Joshua Jay, American magician and author
- 1981Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean model and actress
- 1981Ayaka Kimura, Japanese singer and actress
- 1981Shaun Sipos, Canadian actor
- 1981Ian Snell, American baseball player
- 1981Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman
- 1982Andy Greene, American ice hockey player
- 1982Manny Parra, American baseball player
- 1982Clémence Poésy, French actress and model
- 1982Stalley, American rapper
- 1983Trent Edwards, American football player
- 1983Iain Hume, Canadian soccer player
- 1983Maor Melikson, Israeli footballer
- 1983Nicole Williams English, Canadian fashion designer and model
- 1984Gedo, Egyptian footballer
- 1984Eva Marcille, American model and actress
- 1984David Mooney, Irish footballer
- 1984Isaac Ross, New Zealand rugby player
- 1984Tyson Strachan, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985Ragnar Klavan, Estonian footballer
- 1986Desmond Jennings, American baseball player
- 1986Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian ski jumper
- 1986Keisuke Sohma, Japanese actor
- 1986Tamera Young, American basketball player
- 1987Danielle Fong, Canadian entrepreneur, co-founder and chief scientist of LightSail Energy
- 1987Ashley Graham, American model
- 1987Ali Riley, New Zealand footballer
- 1988Janel Parrish, American actress and singer
- 1989Ashley Barnes, Austrian-English footballer
- 1989Nastia Liukin, Russian-American gymnast and actress
- 1989Vanessa White, English singer, former member of The Saturdays
- 1990Joe Panik, American baseball player
- 1990Suwaibou Sanneh, Gambian sprinter
- 1991Jarell Eddie, American basketball player
- 1991Artemi Panarin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1991Tomáš Satoranský, Czech basketball player
- 1992Matt Parcell, Australian rugby league player
- 1992Camila Silva, Chilean tennis player
- 1993Marcus Mariota, American football player
- 1994Mia Eklund, Finnish tennis player
- 1996Devin Booker, American basketball player
- 1996Dennis Gilbert, American ice hockey player
- 1996Kennedy McMann, American actress
- 1996Kim Ji-sung, South Korean actress
- 1997Tage Thompson, American ice hockey player
- 1998Cale Makar, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2000Giselle, Japanese singer
Fallecimientos
- 526Paul of Edessa, Syriac Orthodox bishop of Edessa
- 1137Sergius VII, Duke of Naples
- 1282Ibn Khallikan, Iraqi scholar and judge (born 1211)
- 1459Poggio Bracciolini, Italian scholar and translator (born 1380)
- 1466Johann Fust, German printer (born c. 1400)
- 1522Jean Mouton, French composer and educator (born 1459)
- 1553Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German politician (born 1489)
- 1602Jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet and illustrator (born 1528)
- 1611Charles IX of Sweden (born 1550)
- 1626Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (born 1580)
- 1632Henri II de Montmorency, French admiral and politician (born 1595)
- 1654Emperor Go-Kōmyō of Japan (born 1633)
- 1680Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic (born 1616)
- 1685Michel Le Tellier, French lawyer and politician, French Secretary of State for War (born 1603)
- 1690Hieronymus van Beverningh, Dutch diplomat and politician (born 1614)
- 1730Nedîm, Turkish poet (born 1681)
- 1757Osman III, Ottoman sultan (born 1699)
- 1757Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician (born 1684)
- 1809William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1738)
- 1816Frederick I of Württemberg (born 1754)
- 1842Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet (born 1784)
- 1853Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (born 1786)
- 1882William Forster, Indian-Australian politician, 4th Premier of New South Wales (born 1818)
- 1883Dayananda Saraswati, Indian philosopher and scholar (born 1824)
- 1883Robert Volkmann, German pianist and composer (born 1815)
- 1893John Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (born 1821)
- 1894Honoré Mercier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (born 1840)
- 1895James Patterson, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Victoria (born 1833)
- 1896Carol Benesch, Czech architect, designed Peleș Castle (born 1822)
- 1899William H. Webb, American shipbuilder and philanthropist (born 1816)
- 1905Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland (born 1843)
- 1910Henry Dunant, Swiss activist, founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1828)
- 1912Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean colonel (born 1840)
- 1912James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (born 1855)
- 1915Charles Tupper, Canadian physician, lawyer, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1821)
- 1917Talbot Mercer Papineau, Canadian lawyer and soldier (born 1883)
- 1919Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (born 1850)
- 1923Bonar Law, Canadian-English banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1858)
- 1929Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (born 1877)
- 1933Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor (born 1869)
- 1942Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and stockbroker, co-founder of Buckmaster & Moore (born 1872)
- 1943Max Reinhardt, Austrian-born American actor and director (born 1873)
- 1957Fred Beebe, American baseball player and coach (born 1880)
- 1961Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician, 2nd President of the Italian Republic (born 1874)
- 1963U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1908)
- 1965Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., American historian and author (born 1888)
- 1966Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (born 1906)
- 1968Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (born 1899)
- 1968Conrad Richter, American journalist and novelist (born 1890)
- 1968Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (born 1886)
- 1973Ants Lauter, Estonian actor and director (born 1894)
- 1975Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)
- 1979Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, inventor of the "bouncing bomb" (born 1887)
- 1982Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian author and educator (born 1907)
- 1987Joseph Campbell, American mythologist, scholar, and author (born 1904)
- 1988T. Hee, American animator and screenwriter (born 1911)
- 1988Florence Nagle, English trainer and breeder of racehorses (born 1894)
- 1990V. Shantaram, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1901)
- 1992Joan Mitchell, American painter (born 1925)
- 1993Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (born 1911)
- 1993Peter Kemp, English soldier, mercenary, and writer (born 1915)
- 1996John Young, Scottish actor (born 1916)
- 1997Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1912)
- 1999Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player (born 1933)
- 2000Steve Allen, American actor, television personality, game show panelist, and talk show host (born 1921)
- 2002Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1922)
- 2002Jam Master Jay, American rapper and producer (born 1965)
- 2003Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager (born 1940)
- 2004Phyllis Frost, Australian philanthropist, founded Keep Australia Beautiful (born 1917)
- 2004Peggy Ryan, American actress and dancer (born 1924)
- 2005Al López, American baseball player and manager (born 1908)
- 2005Shamsher Singh Sheri, Indian politician (born 1942)
- 2006Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and author (born 1926)
- 2006Junji Kinoshita, Japanese playwright and scholar (born 1914)
- 2007Washoe, American chimpanzee (born 1965)
- 2007Robert Goulet, American actor and singer (born 1933)
- 2007Linda S. Stein, American businesswoman and manager (born 1945)
- 2007John Woodruff, American runner and colonel (born 1915)
- 2008Pedro Pompilio, Argentinian businessman (born 1950)
- 2009Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist and ethnologist (born 1908)
- 2010Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (born 1927)
- 2012Franck Biancheri, French politician (born 1961)
- 2012Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator (born 1961)
- 2012Dan Tieman, American basketball player and coach (born 1940)
- 2013Bill Currie, American baseball player (born 1928)
- 2013Pete Haycock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)
- 2013Michael Palmer, American physician and author (born 1942)
- 2013Frank Wess, American saxophonist and flute player (born 1922)
- 2014Elijah Malok Aleng, Sudanese general and politician (born 1937)
- 2014Renée Asherson, English actress (born 1915)
- 2014Juan Flavier, Filipino physician and politician (born 1935)
- 2014Ida Elizabeth Osbourne, Australian actress and radio host (born 1916)
- 2014Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (born 1924)
- 2014Thomas Menino, American businessman and politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston (born 1942)
- 2015Mel Daniels, American basketball player and coach (born 1944)
- 2015Al Molinaro, American actor (born 1919)
- 2015Sinan Şamil Sam, Turkish boxer (born 1974)
- 2015Norm Siebern, American baseball player and scout (born 1933)
- 2017Kim Joo-hyuk, South Korean actor (born 1972)
- 2024Matt Peacock, Australian journalist and author (born 1952)
Celebraciones
- Anniversary of the Declaration of the Slovak Nation (Slovakia)
- Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions (former Soviet republics, except Ukraine)
- Thevar Jayanthi (Thevar community, India)
- Mischief Night (Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and other places)
Santoral
- Ethelnoth (Egelnoth) the Good
- Blessed Dominic Collins (Catholic, Ireland, Society of Jesus)
- Gerard of Potenza
- Blessed Maria Teresa of St. Joseph
- John Wycliffe (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Marcellus of Tangier
- Saturninus of Cagliari
- Serapion of Antioch
- Talarican (Tarkin)
- Theonistus
- Zenobios and Zenobia
- October 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)