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PAKISTAN · ON THIS DAY1961

Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.

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Events

2022 During the Let Yet Kone massacre, the Burmese military kills 13 villagers, including eight children, after attacking a school in Sagaing Region, Myanmar. Wikipedia ↗
2022 The death of Mahsa Amini occurred in Tehran, Iran, sparking worldwide protests. Wikipedia ↗
2021 A 6.0 Mw earthquake strikes Lu County, Sichuan, China, killing three and injuring more than 88. Wikipedia ↗
2021 Inspiration4, the first private orbital crewed spaceflight, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center. Wikipedia ↗
2015 A 8.3 Mw earthquake strikes the Chilean city of Illapel, killing 15 people, injuring at least 34, leaving at least six missing, and causing extensive damage. One person also dies in Argentina. Wikipedia ↗
2014 The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces. Wikipedia ↗
2013 A gunman kills twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. Wikipedia ↗
2007 One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269 carrying 130 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand, killing 90 people. Wikipedia ↗
2007 Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad. Wikipedia ↗
2005 The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy. Wikipedia ↗

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2004 Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane. Wikipedia ↗
1996 Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-79 to dock with the Russian space station Mir. Wikipedia ↗
1994 The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988. Wikipedia ↗
1992 The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering. Wikipedia ↗
1992 Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark. Wikipedia ↗
1990 The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge. Wikipedia ↗
1987 The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion. Wikipedia ↗
1982 Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place. Wikipedia ↗
1979 Eight people escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon. Wikipedia ↗
1979 The Sugarhill Gang released their first single, Rapper's Delight. Wikipedia ↗
1978 The 7.4 Mw Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people are killed. Wikipedia ↗
1976 Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir. Wikipedia ↗
1976 Night of the Pencils: In the city of La Plata, Argentina, a group of high-school students were kidnapped and later tortured, raped and murdered during the Argentinian military dictatorship Wikipedia ↗
1975 Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia. Wikipedia ↗
1975 Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations. Wikipedia ↗
1975 The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight. Wikipedia ↗
1970 King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict came to be known as Black September. Wikipedia ↗
1966 The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra. Wikipedia ↗
1963 Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore is soon expelled from this new country. Wikipedia ↗
1961 The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury. Wikipedia ↗
1961 Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people. Wikipedia ↗
1961 Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head. Wikipedia ↗
1959 The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City. Wikipedia ↗
1956 TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts. Wikipedia ↗
1955 The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight. Wikipedia ↗
1955 A Soviet Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile. Wikipedia ↗
1953 American Airlines Flight 723 crashes in Colonie, New York, killing 28 people. Wikipedia ↗
1945 World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end. Wikipedia ↗
1943 World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno. Wikipedia ↗
1940 World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani. Wikipedia ↗
1920 The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400. Wikipedia ↗
1914 World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins. Wikipedia ↗
1908 The General Motors Corporation is founded. Wikipedia ↗
1893 Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma. Wikipedia ↗
1880 The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. Wikipedia ↗
1863 Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist. Wikipedia ↗
1822 French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a "note" read to the Academy of Sciences, reports a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as it is now known) is stress-induced birefringence. Wikipedia ↗
1810 With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain. Wikipedia ↗
1779 American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins. Wikipedia ↗
1776 American Revolutionary War: American forces win the Battle of Harlem Heights after General George Washington orders a counterattack on advancing British light infantry. Wikipedia ↗
1732 In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two-thirds of its inhabitants. Wikipedia ↗
1701 James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland on the death of his father, James II. Wikipedia ↗
1620 Pilgrims set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England in the Mayflower. Wikipedia ↗
1410 Ferdinand of Trastámara takes Antequera from the emirate of Granada. Wikipedia ↗
1400 Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. Wikipedia ↗
681 Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council. Wikipedia ↗

Born on this day

2003 Ryan Couchman, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
2003 Toby Couchman, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
2001 Avishag Semberg, Israeli Olympic taekwondo bronze medalist Wikipedia ↗
2000 Sam Howell, American football player Wikipedia ↗
2000 Oliver Skipp, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1999 Brady Tkachuk, American ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1997 Clint Ratkovich, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1997 Anairis Quiñones, American voice actress Wikipedia ↗

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1997 Jackie Young, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1995 Aaron Gordon, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1994 Anthony Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1994 Aleksandar Mitrović, Serbian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1994 Mitchell Moses, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
1993 Metro Boomin, American record producer and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1993 Sam Byram, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1993 Bryson DeChambeau, American golfer Wikipedia ↗
1993 Joji, Japanese-Australian singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1992 Vytenis Čižauskas, Lithuanian basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1992 Nick Jonas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1992 Jake Roche, English singer-songwriter and actor Wikipedia ↗
1992 Chase Stokes, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1991 Alexandra Paul, Canadian figure skater (died 2023) Wikipedia ↗
1989 Robbie Grossman, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1989 Braden Holtby, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1989 Salomón Rondón, Venezuelan footballer Wikipedia ↗
1989 Dustin Tokarski, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1988 Teddy Geiger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress Wikipedia ↗
1987 Merve Boluğur, Turkish actress Wikipedia ↗
1987 Kyle Lafferty, Northern Irish footballer Wikipedia ↗
1987 Louis Ngwat-Mahop, Cameroonian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1987 Anthony Padilla, American internet personality and filmmaker Wikipedia ↗
1987 Burry Stander, South African cyclist (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1987 Travis Wall, American dancer and choreographer Wikipedia ↗
1986 Gordon Beckham, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1986 Ian Harding, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1986 Kyla Pratt, American actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
1985 Matt Harrison, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1985 Max Minghella, English actor Wikipedia ↗
1985 Madeline Zima, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1984 Sabrina Bryan, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress Wikipedia ↗
1984 Katie Melua, Georgian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1983 John Afoa, New Zealand rugby player Wikipedia ↗
1983 Katerine Avgoustakis, Belgian singer and pianist Wikipedia ↗
1983 Jennifer Blake, Canadian wrestler Wikipedia ↗
1983 Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwean swimmer and 10th President of the International Olympic Committee Wikipedia ↗
1983 Brandon Moss, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1982 Leon Knight, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1982 Michele Rizzo, Italian rugby player Wikipedia ↗
1981 Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress, singer, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1981 Alexis Bledel, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1981 LaVerne Jones-Ferrette, Virgin Islander sprinter Wikipedia ↗
1980 Kenny van Weeghel, Dutch wheelchair racer Wikipedia ↗
1979 Bobby Korecky, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1979 Flo Rida, American rapper, singer, and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1978 Dan Dickau, American basketball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1978 Claudia Marx, German runner Wikipedia ↗
1978 Sensei, Mexican wrestler Wikipedia ↗
1978 Brian Sims, American lawyer, politician, and LGBT activist Wikipedia ↗
1977 Gregory Ball, American captain and politician Wikipedia ↗
1977 Musiq Soulchild, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1976 Elīna Garanča, Latvian soprano Wikipedia ↗
1976 Tina Barrett, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress Wikipedia ↗
1976 Greg Buckner, American basketball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1975 Jason Leffler, American race car driver (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1975 Shannon Noll, Australian singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1975 Toks Olagundoye, Nigerian actress Wikipedia ↗
1974 Loona, Dutch singer-songwriter and dancer Wikipedia ↗
1974 Monique Brumby, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1974 Joaquin Castro, American lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
1974 Julian Castro, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Wikipedia ↗
1973 George Corrie, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1973 Camiel Eurlings, Dutch businessman and member of the International Olympic Committee Wikipedia ↗
1973 Justin Haythe, American author and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1973 Alexander Vinokourov, Kazakh cyclist and manager Wikipedia ↗
1972 Mark Bruener, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1972 Mike Doyle, American actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
1972 Alessandro Nunziati, Italian singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
1971 Joel Heyman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1971 Charlie Jacobs, American businessman Wikipedia ↗
1971 Amy Poehler, American actress, comedian, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1971 Richard Slinger, American wrestler Wikipedia ↗
1971 Shawntel Smith, American beauty pageant contestant Wikipedia ↗
1970 Mark Schultz, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1969 Justine Frischmann, English singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1969 Janno Gibbs, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor Wikipedia ↗
1968 Marc Anthony, American singer-songwriter, actor, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1968 Walt Becker, American director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1968 Tommy Keane, Irish footballer (died 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1967 Hiroya Oku, Japanese author and illustrator Wikipedia ↗
1967 Damon Thayer, Kentucky State Senate Majority Leader Wikipedia ↗
1966 John Bel Edwards, American attorney and politician Wikipedia ↗
1966 Wil McCarthy, American author and playwright Wikipedia ↗
1966 Kevin Young, American hurdler Wikipedia ↗
1965 Katy Kurtzman, American actress and producer Wikipedia ↗
1965 Karl-Heinz Riedle, German footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1965 Stephen Shareaux, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1964 Mary Coustas, Australian actress and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1964 Rossy de Palma, Spanish-French model and actress Wikipedia ↗
1964 Dave Sabo, American guitarist and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1964 Molly Shannon, American actress, comedian and producer Wikipedia ↗
1963 Richard Marx, American singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
1962 Seth, Canadian author and illustrator Wikipedia ↗
1961 Bilinda Butcher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1961 Philip Lafon, Canadian wrestler Wikipedia ↗
1961 Annamária Szalai, Hungarian journalist, economist, and politician (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1960 Jayne Brook, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1960 Graham Haynes, American trumpet player and composer Wikipedia ↗
1960 Mike Mignola, American author and illustrator Wikipedia ↗
1959 Peter Keleghan, Canadian actor and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1959 Tim Raines, American baseball player, coach, and manager Wikipedia ↗
1959 Dave Richardson, South African cricketer, manager, and lawyer Wikipedia ↗
1959 Victory Tischler-Blue, American bass player, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1958 Orel Hershiser, American baseball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1958 Neville Southall, Welsh footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1958 Jennifer Tilly, American actress and poker player Wikipedia ↗
1957 D. C. Drake, American wrestler Wikipedia ↗
1957 Clara Furse, English businesswoman Wikipedia ↗
1957 Norman Lamb, English lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
1957 David McCreery, Northern Irish footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1957 Anca Parghel, Romanian singer and pianist (died 2008) Wikipedia ↗
1956 Maggie Atkinson, English educator and civil servant Wikipedia ↗
1956 David Copperfield, American magician and actor Wikipedia ↗
1956 Ross Greenberg, American journalist and antivirus pioneer (died 2017) Wikipedia ↗
1956 Dave Schulthise, American bass player (died 2004) Wikipedia ↗
1956 Kazuharu Sonoda, Japanese wrestler (died 1987) Wikipedia ↗
1955 Ron Brewer, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1955 Robin Yount, American baseball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1954 Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, Indian sitar player and composer Wikipedia ↗
1954 William McKeen, American author and academic Wikipedia ↗
1954 Colin Newman, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer Wikipedia ↗
1954 Frank Reed, American singer-songwriter (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1954 Roger Woolley, Australian cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1953 Kurt Fuller, American character actor Wikipedia ↗
1953 Alan Barton, English singer and guitarist (died 1995) Wikipedia ↗
1953 Nancy Huston, Canadian-American author and translator Wikipedia ↗
1953 Earl Klugh, American musician Wikipedia ↗
1953 Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown, English journalist and politician, 2nd Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Wikipedia ↗
1953 Jerry Pate, American golfer and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1953 Manuel Pellegrini, Chilean footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1953 Christopher Rich, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1953 Eric Vail, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1952 Tony Cunningham, English educator and politician Wikipedia ↗
1952 Česlovas Laurinavičius, Lithuanian historian Wikipedia ↗
1952 Karen Muir, South African swimmer and physician (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1952 Mickey Rourke, American boxer and actor Wikipedia ↗
1951 Vince Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1951 Andy Irvine, Scottish rugby player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1951 Cornelius Sim, Bruneian cardinal (died 2021) Wikipedia ↗
1950 David Bellamy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1950 Henry Louis Gates Jr., American historian, scholar, and journalist Wikipedia ↗
1950 Loyd Grossman, American-English singer, guitarist, and television host Wikipedia ↗
1949 Ed Begley Jr., American actor and environmental activist Wikipedia ↗
1948 Ron Blair, American bass player Wikipedia ↗
1948 Rosemary Casals, American tennis player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1948 Julia Donaldson, English author and playwright Wikipedia ↗
1948 Kenney Jones, English drummer Wikipedia ↗
1948 Susan Ruttan, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1947 Dusty Hughes, English director and playwright Wikipedia ↗
1946 Sonny LeMaire, American country music singer-songwriter and bass player Wikipedia ↗
1946 Mike Reynolds, Australian lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
1946 Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer-songwriter and producer (died 2019) Wikipedia ↗
1944 Linda Kaye Henning, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1944 Betty Kelly, American soul/R&B singer Wikipedia ↗
1943 Wang Houjun, Chinese footballer and manager (died 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1943 James Alan McPherson, American short story writer and essayist (died 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1942 Bernie Calvert, English bass player and keyboard player Wikipedia ↗
1942 Susan L. Graham, American computer scientist and academic Wikipedia ↗
1941 Joe Butler, American singer, autoharp player, and drummer Wikipedia ↗
1941 Richard Perle, American political scientist and politician Wikipedia ↗
1940 Hamiet Bluiett, American jazz saxophonist and composer (died 2018) Wikipedia ↗
1940 Butch Buchholz, American tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1940 Paul White, Baron Hanningfield, British life peer (died 2024) Wikipedia ↗
1939 Breyten Breytenbach, South African-French poet and painter (died 2024) Wikipedia ↗
1939 Bill McGill, American basketball player (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1937 Aleksandr Medved, Russian wrestler (died 2024) Wikipedia ↗
1937 Vince Naimoli, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2019) Wikipedia ↗
1935 Carl Andre, American sculptor (died 2024) Wikipedia ↗
1935 Billy Boy Arnold, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1935 Jules Bass, American director, producer, composer, and author (died 2022) Wikipedia ↗
1935 Lilia Cuntapay, Filipino actress (died 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1935 Bob Kiley, American-English businessman (died 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1935 Esther Vilar, Argentinian-German author and playwright Wikipedia ↗
1935 Helen Williams, American fashion model (died 2023) Wikipedia ↗
1934 Elgin Baylor, American basketball player and coach (died 2021) Wikipedia ↗
1934 Ronnie Drew, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Steve Shirley, German-English businesswoman and philanthropist, founded Xansa (died 2025) Wikipedia ↗
1932 George Chakiris, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1932 Micky Stewart, English cricketer and coach Wikipedia ↗
1931 K. D. Arulpragasam, Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (died 2003) Wikipedia ↗
1931 Little Willie Littlefield, American-Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1930 Anne Francis, American actress (died 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1929 Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, last sultan of Zanzibar (died 2024) Wikipedia ↗
1929 Stan Stephens, Canadian-American politician, 20th Governor of Montana (died 2021) Wikipedia ↗
1928 Rex Trailer, American television host, actor, and singer (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1928 Lady Gwen Thompson, English author and educator (died 1986) Wikipedia ↗
1928 Patricia Wald, American judge (died 2019) Wikipedia ↗
1927 Peter Falk, American actor (died 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1927 Jack Kelly, American actor and politician (died 1992) Wikipedia ↗
1927 Sadako Ogata, Japanese academic and diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (died 2019) Wikipedia ↗
1926 Eric Gross, Austrian-Australian pianist and composer (died 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1926 John Knowles, American novelist (died 2001) Wikipedia ↗
1926 Roger McKee, American baseball player (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1926 Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1925 Charlie Byrd, American singer and guitarist (died 1999) Wikipedia ↗
1925 Charles Haughey, Irish accountant, lawyer, and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2006) Wikipedia ↗
1925 B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1924 Lauren Bacall, American actress (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1924 Raoul Coutard, French cinematographer and director (died 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1923 Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Guy Hamilton, French-English director and screenwriter (died 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Janis Paige, American actress and singer (died 2024) Wikipedia ↗
1921 Ursula Franklin, German-Canadian metallurgist (died 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1921 Jon Hendricks, American singer-songwriter (died 2017) Wikipedia ↗
1921 Korla Pandit, American pianist and composer (died 1998) Wikipedia ↗
1920 Staryl C. Austin, American air force general (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1920 Sheila Quinn, English nurse and educator (died 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1920 Art Sansom, American cartoonist (died 1991) Wikipedia ↗
1919 Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1919 Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American hierarchiologist and educator (died 1990) Wikipedia ↗
1919 Andy Russell, American singer and actor (died 1992) Wikipedia ↗
1918 Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (died 1968) Wikipedia ↗
1916 Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, Caribbean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (died 1978) Wikipedia ↗
1916 Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (died 1985) Wikipedia ↗
1916 M. S. Subbulakshmi, Indian Carnatic vocalist (died 2004) Wikipedia ↗
1916 Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian cricketer, umpire, and politician (died 1999) Wikipedia ↗
1916 Marie Vieux-Chauvet, Haitian writer (died 1973) Wikipedia ↗
1916 Raosaheb Gogte, Indian industrialist (died 2000) Wikipedia ↗
1915 Cy Walter, American pianist (died 1968) Wikipedia ↗
1914 Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1999) Wikipedia ↗
1911 Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author (died 1983) Wikipedia ↗
1911 Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer (died 2005) Wikipedia ↗
1910 Erich Kempka, German colonel and chauffeur (died 1975) Wikipedia ↗
1910 Karl Kling, German race car driver and manager (died 2003) Wikipedia ↗
1906 Jack Churchill, Sri Lankan-British colonel (died 1996) Wikipedia ↗
1905 Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (died 1980) Wikipedia ↗
1901 Josef Schächter, Austrian rabbi and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1994) Wikipedia ↗
1899 Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator (died 1975) Wikipedia ↗
1898 H. A. Rey, American author and illustrator, co-created Curious George (died 1977) Wikipedia ↗
1897 Milt Franklyn, American composer (died 1962) Wikipedia ↗
1895 Zainal Abidin Ahmad, Malaysian author and scholar (died 1973) Wikipedia ↗
1893 Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1956) Wikipedia ↗
1893 Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986) Wikipedia ↗
1891 Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (died 1980) Wikipedia ↗
1891 Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (died 1972) Wikipedia ↗
1890 Avigdor Hameiri, Israeli author (died 1970) Wikipedia ↗
1888 W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (died 1971) Wikipedia ↗
1888 Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964) Wikipedia ↗
1887 Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator (died 1979) Wikipedia ↗
1886 Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor and painter (died 1966) Wikipedia ↗
1883 T. E. Hulme, English poet and critic (died 1917) Wikipedia ↗
1881 Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic (died 1964) Wikipedia ↗
1880 Clara Ayres, American nurse (died 1917) Wikipedia ↗
1880 Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright (died 1958) Wikipedia ↗
1878 Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (died 1961) Wikipedia ↗
1877 Jacob Schick, American-Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Schick Razors (died 1937) Wikipedia ↗
1876 Marvin Hart, American boxer (died 1931) Wikipedia ↗
1875 James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (died 1971) Wikipedia ↗
1870 John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (died 1958) Wikipedia ↗
1866 Georg Voigt, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (died 1927) Wikipedia ↗
1861 Miriam Benjamin, African-American educator and inventor (died 1947) Wikipedia ↗
1859 Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, President of the Republic of China (died 1916) Wikipedia ↗
1858 Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (died 1927) Wikipedia ↗
1858 Bonar Law, Canadian-Scottish banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1923) Wikipedia ↗
1853 Albrecht Kossel, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1927) Wikipedia ↗
1846 Anna Kingsford, English author, poet, and activist (died 1888) Wikipedia ↗
1844 Paul Taffanel, French flute player and conductor (died 1908) Wikipedia ↗
1838 James J. Hill, Canadian-American railroad executive (died 1916) Wikipedia ↗
1837 Pedro V of Portugal (died 1861) Wikipedia ↗
1830 Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (died 1911) Wikipedia ↗
1828 Per Pålsson, Swedish murderer (died 1914) Wikipedia ↗
1827 Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and paleontologist (died 1908) Wikipedia ↗
1823 Francis Parkman, American historian and author (died 1893) Wikipedia ↗
1823 Ludwik Teichmann, Polish anatomist (died 1895) Wikipedia ↗
1822 Charles Crocker, American businessman (died 1888) Wikipedia ↗
1812 Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, Dutch novelist (died 1886) Wikipedia ↗
1782 Daoguang Emperor of China (died 1850) Wikipedia ↗
1777 Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier (died 1836) Wikipedia ↗
1745 Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (died 1813) Wikipedia ↗
1725 Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist, zoologist, and author (died 1815) Wikipedia ↗
1722 Gabriel Christie, Scottish-Canadian general (died 1799) Wikipedia ↗
1716 Angelo Maria Amorevoli, Italian tenor and actor (died 1798) Wikipedia ↗
1678 Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (died 1751) Wikipedia ↗
1666 Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (died 1716) Wikipedia ↗
1651 Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and botanist (died 1716) Wikipedia ↗
1625 Gregorio Barbarigo, Roman Catholic saint (died 1697) Wikipedia ↗
1615 Heinrich Bach, German organist and composer (died 1692) Wikipedia ↗
1557 Jacques Mauduit, French composer (died 1627) Wikipedia ↗
1541 Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, English nobleman (died 1576) Wikipedia ↗
1507 Jiajing Emperor of China (died 1567) Wikipedia ↗
1462 Pietro Pomponazzi, Italian philosopher (died 1525) Wikipedia ↗
1386 Henry V of England (died 1422) Wikipedia ↗
1295 Elizabeth de Clare, English noblewoman (died 1360) Wikipedia ↗
508 Yuan Di, emperor of the Liang dynasty (died 555) Wikipedia ↗
16 Julia Drusilla, Roman daughter of Germanicus (died 38) Wikipedia ↗

Died on this day

2026 Randy Pedersen, American bowler and sportscaster (born 1962) Wikipedia ↗
2025 Robert Redford, American actor, producer and director (born 1936) Wikipedia ↗
2024 Song Binbin, Chinese revolutionary (born 1947) Wikipedia ↗
2021 Jane Powell, American actress (born 1929) Wikipedia ↗
2021 Clive Sinclair, English entrepreneur and inventor (born 1940) Wikipedia ↗
2020 Maxim Martsinkevich, Russian social activist and media personality (born 1984) Wikipedia ↗
2019 H. S. Dillon, Indonesian politician and human rights defender (born 1945) Wikipedia ↗
2018 James Burdette Thayer, American brigadier general (born 1920) Wikipedia ↗

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2017 Marcelo Rezende, Brazilian journalist (born 1951) Wikipedia ↗
2017 Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force (born 1919) Wikipedia ↗
2016 Tarık Akan, Turkish actor, director and activist (born 1949) Wikipedia ↗
2016 Edward Albee, American director and playwright (born 1928) Wikipedia ↗
2016 Gabriele Amorth, Italian priest and exorcist (born 1925) Wikipedia ↗
2016 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1920) Wikipedia ↗
2016 W. P. Kinsella, Canadian novelist (born 1935) Wikipedia ↗
2016 Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, French-born American businessman (born 1932) Wikipedia ↗
2016 António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cabo Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde (born 1944) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Guy Béart, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (born 1930) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Julio Brady, Virgin Islander lawyer, judge, and politician, 5th Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (born 1942) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Kurt Oppelt, Austrian figure skater and coach (born 1932) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Allan Wright, English captain and pilot (born 1920) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Scott Adams, American football player (born 1966) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Ratiba El-Hefny, Egyptian soprano and director (born 1931) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Patsy Swayze, American dancer and choreographer (born 1927) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Roman Kroitor, Canadian director and producer, co-founded IMAX (born 1926) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Julien J. LeBourgeois, American admiral (born 1923) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (born 1925) Wikipedia ↗
2011 Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, American singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and drummer (born 1936) Wikipedia ↗
2011 Enamul Haque Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician (born 1948) Wikipedia ↗
2010 George N. Parks, American educator and bandleader (born 1953) Wikipedia ↗
2010 Jim Towers, English footballer (born 1933) Wikipedia ↗
2009 Myles Brand, American philosopher and academic (born 1942) Wikipedia ↗
2009 Ernst Märzendorfer, Austrian conductor (born 1921) Wikipedia ↗
2009 Mary Travers, American singer-songwriter (born 1936) Wikipedia ↗
2008 Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer (born 1940) Wikipedia ↗
2007 Robert Jordan, American engineer and author (born 1948) Wikipedia ↗
2006 Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925) Wikipedia ↗
2006 Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player and coach (born 1924) Wikipedia ↗
2005 Harry Freedman, Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (born 1922) Wikipedia ↗
2005 Gordon Gould, American physicist and academic, invented the laser (born 1920) Wikipedia ↗
2004 Michael Donaghy, American-English poet and author (born 1954) Wikipedia ↗
2003 Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter (born 1921) Wikipedia ↗
2002 James Gregory, American actor (born 1911) Wikipedia ↗
2001 Samuel Z. Arkoff, American producer (born 1918) Wikipedia ↗
1996 McGeorge Bundy, American intelligence officer and diplomat, 6th United States National Security Advisor (born 1919) Wikipedia ↗
1996 Gene Nelson, American actor, dancer, and director (born 1920) Wikipedia ↗
1993 František Jílek, Czech conductor (born 1913) Wikipedia ↗
1993 Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian poet and activist (born 1920) Wikipedia ↗
1992 Millicent Fenwick, American journalist and politician (born 1910) Wikipedia ↗
1991 Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (born 1895) Wikipedia ↗
1987 Christopher Soames, English soldier and politician, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (born 1920) Wikipedia ↗
1984 Louis Réard, French engineer and fashion designer, created the bikini (born 1897) Wikipedia ↗
1984 Richard Brautigan, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (born 1935) Wikipedia ↗
1980 Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher (born 1896) Wikipedia ↗
1977 Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947) Wikipedia ↗
1977 Maria Callas, Greek operatic soprano (born 1923) Wikipedia ↗
1976 Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (born 1894) Wikipedia ↗
1973 Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director (born 1932) Wikipedia ↗
1965 Ahn Eak-tai, North Korean composer and conductor (born 1906) Wikipedia ↗
1965 Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (born 1886) Wikipedia ↗
1961 Hasan Polatkan, Turkish politician, 15th Turkish Minister of Finance (born 1915) Wikipedia ↗
1961 Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1910) Wikipedia ↗
1955 Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (born 1873) Wikipedia ↗
1950 Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (born 1881) Wikipedia ↗
1946 James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (born 1877) Wikipedia ↗
1945 John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (born 1884) Wikipedia ↗
1944 Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (born 1870) Wikipedia ↗
1940 Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (born 1860) Wikipedia ↗
1936 Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer (born 1867) Wikipedia ↗
1933 George Gore, American baseball player and manager (born 1857) Wikipedia ↗
1932 Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle, British stage and screen actress (born 1908) Wikipedia ↗
1932 Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857) Wikipedia ↗
1931 Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (born 1862) Wikipedia ↗
1925 Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (born 1873) Wikipedia ↗
1925 Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (born 1888) Wikipedia ↗
1919 Maria Nikiforova, Ukrainian anarchist partisan leader (born 1885) Wikipedia ↗
1914 C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (born 1843) Wikipedia ↗
1911 Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (born 1840) Wikipedia ↗
1898 Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (born 1827) Wikipedia ↗
1896 Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (born 1836) Wikipedia ↗
1896 Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (born 1814) Wikipedia ↗
1887 Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (born 1841) Wikipedia ↗
1865 Christian de Meza, Danish general (born 1792) Wikipedia ↗
1845 Thomas Davis, Irish poet and publisher (born 1814) Wikipedia ↗
1843 Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1770) Wikipedia ↗
1824 Louis XVIII of France (born 1755) Wikipedia ↗
1819 John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (born 1744) Wikipedia ↗
1803 Nicolas Baudin, French explorer, hydrographer, and cartographer (born 1754) Wikipedia ↗
1792 Nguyễn Huệ, Vietnamese emperor (born 1753) Wikipedia ↗
1736 Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the thermometer (born 1686) Wikipedia ↗
1701 James II of England (born 1633) Wikipedia ↗
1672 Anne Bradstreet, English poet (born 1612) Wikipedia ↗
1607 Mary Stuart, English-Scottish princess (born 1605) Wikipedia ↗
1589 Michael Baius, Belgian theologian and academic (born 1513) Wikipedia ↗
1583 Catherine Jagiellon, queen of John III of Sweden (born 1526) Wikipedia ↗
1581 Peter Niers, notorious German bandit (date of birth unknown) Wikipedia ↗
1498 Tomás de Torquemada, Spanish friar (born 1420) Wikipedia ↗
1406 Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (born 1336) Wikipedia ↗
1394 Antipope Clement VII (born 1342) Wikipedia ↗
1380 Charles V of France (born 1338) Wikipedia ↗
1360 William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (born 1319) Wikipedia ↗
1345 John IV, Duke of Brittany (born 1295) Wikipedia ↗
1343 Philip III of Navarre (born 1306) Wikipedia ↗
1226 Pandulf Verraccio, Roman ecclesiastical politician Wikipedia ↗
1122 Vitalis of Savigny, Catholic French saint and itinerant preacher (born 1060) Wikipedia ↗
1100 Bernold of Constance, German priest and historian (born 1054) Wikipedia ↗
1087 Pope Victor III (born 1026) Wikipedia ↗
655 Pope Martin I Wikipedia ↗
307 Flavius Valerius Severus, Roman emperor Wikipedia ↗

Holidays & observances

Events, births, deaths and observances: Wikipedia, “September 16”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pakistan entries reviewed by Newsora24. Updated 14 Oct 2026.