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PAKISTAN · ON THIS DAY2015

Two security personnel, 17 worshippers in a mosque, and 13 militants are killed during a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attack on a Pakistan Air Force base on the outskirts of Peshawar.

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Died1974 Amanat Ali Khan, Pakistani classical singer (born 1922) Wikipedia ↗
Born1954 Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (died 1996) Wikipedia ↗
Died2017 Afzal Ahsan Randhawa, Pakistani writer, poet, translator and playwright (born 1937) Wikipedia ↗

Events

2016 The 2016 Uri attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India by terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed results in the deaths of nineteen Indian Army soldiers and all four attackers. Wikipedia ↗
2015 Two security personnel, 17 worshippers in a mosque, and 13 militants are killed during a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attack on a Pakistan Air Force base on the outskirts of Peshawar. Wikipedia ↗
2014 Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%. Wikipedia ↗
2013 A VIA Rail train crashes into a double-decker bus at a train station in Ottawa, Canada, killing six people and injuring 35 others. Wikipedia ↗
2011 The 2011 Sikkim earthquake is felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and southern Tibet. Wikipedia ↗
2007 Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution. Wikipedia ↗
2001 First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks. Wikipedia ↗
1997 The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted. Wikipedia ↗
1990 Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations. Wikipedia ↗
1989 An attempted coup d'état against Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré is uncovered and foiled. Wikipedia ↗

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1988 The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end. Wikipedia ↗
1988 General Henri Namphy, president of Haiti, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Prosper Avril. Wikipedia ↗
1988 The Magna Charta Universitatum, asserting key principles essential to the free operation of universities, is signed in Bologna by the rectors of 388 institutions of higher learning, to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the University of Bologna. Wikipedia ↗
1980 A fuel leak from a Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile at a USAF base near Damascus, Arkansas, results in an explosion in a missile silo, killing one person and injuring 21 others. Wikipedia ↗
1974 Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people. Wikipedia ↗
1964 The wedding of Constantine II of Greece and Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark takes place in Athens. Wikipedia ↗
1964 The first television adaptation of Charles Addams's "The Addams Family" premieres on ABC Television. Wikipedia ↗
1962 Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations. Wikipedia ↗
1962 Aeroflot Flight 213 crashes into a mountain near Chersky Airport, killing 32 people. Wikipedia ↗
1961 United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Wikipedia ↗
1954 Finnish president J. K. Paasikivi becomes the first Western head of state to be awarded the highest honor of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin. Wikipedia ↗
1950 Korean War: U.S. Eighth Army and United Nations forces break out of the Pusan Perimeter in southeast Korea. Wikipedia ↗
1950 TV Tupi Difusora, the first television station to broadcast in Brazil, begins transmissions on Channel 3 in São Paulo. Wikipedia ↗
1948 Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad. Wikipedia ↗
1948 Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term. Wikipedia ↗
1947 The National Security Act reorganizes the United States government's military and intelligence services. Wikipedia ↗
1945 General Douglas MacArthur moves his general headquarters from Manila to Tokyo. Wikipedia ↗
1944 World War II: The British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Jun'yō Maru, killing 5,600, mostly slave labourers and POWs. Wikipedia ↗
1944 World War II: Operation Market Garden results in the liberation of Eindhoven. Wikipedia ↗
1944 World War II: The Battle of Arracourt begins. Wikipedia ↗
1943 World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews. Wikipedia ↗
1941 World War II: The Soviet Union introduces conscription for all males between the ages of 16 and 50.
1939 World War II: The Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania. Wikipedia ↗
1939 World War II: The radio show Germany Calling begins transmitting Nazi propaganda. Wikipedia ↗
1934 The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations. Wikipedia ↗
1932 The body of actress Peg Entwistle is discovered by police, two days after her suicide by jumping off of the Hollywoodland sign. Wikipedia ↗
1931 Imperial Japan instigates the Mukden incident as a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria. Wikipedia ↗
1928 Juan de la Cierva makes the first Autogyro crossing of the English Channel. Wikipedia ↗
1927 The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air. Wikipedia ↗
1926 A hurricane devastates Miami, Florida, killing 372 people. Wikipedia ↗
1924 The U.S. ends its military occupation of the Dominican Republic, after invading in May 1916 to force the Dominican government to pay its debts to European creditors. Wikipedia ↗
1922 The Kingdom of Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations. Wikipedia ↗
1921 Rif War: In Ajdir, Spanish Morocco, a secessionist group of Berbers led by Abd el-Krim proclaim the Republic of the Rif, in rebellion against the Sultan of Morocco and the Spanish Army. French and Spanish forces suppress the Republic by May 1926. Wikipedia ↗
1919 Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros. Wikipedia ↗
1919 In the Netherlands, a law granting full voting rights to women is granted royal assent by Queen Wilhelmina. Wikipedia ↗
1915 The Saturday Evening Post publishes the short story "Extricating Young Gussie" by P.G. Wodehouse, featuring the first appearance of Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. Wikipedia ↗
1914 The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I. Wikipedia ↗
1910 In Washington, D.C., George Owen Squier demonstrated the first system to allow multiplexing of telephone transmissions, sending a message between two laboratories of the U.S. Signal Corps. Wikipedia ↗
1906 The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people. Wikipedia ↗
1898 The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France. Wikipedia ↗
1885 Five Chinese people were lynched outside of Pierce City in the Idaho Territory of the United States. Wikipedia ↗
1882 The Pacific Stock Exchange opens. Wikipedia ↗
1873 The U.S. bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873. Wikipedia ↗
1870 During an expedition to the Wyoming Territory, Henry D. Washburn observes and names the Old Faithful Geyser. Wikipedia ↗
1867 The first provincial election for the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly after Canada's Confederation returns a large majority for the Anti-Confederation Party, led by William Annand, who becomes Premier. Wikipedia ↗
1867 The fourth and current State Constitution of Maryland is ratified by voters. Wikipedia ↗
1864 American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin–Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia. Wikipedia ↗
1863 American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga begins between Confederate and Union forces. It involves the second highest amount of casualties for any American Civil War battle apart from Gettysburg. Wikipedia ↗
1862 The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day. Wikipedia ↗
1860 Second Opium War: Battle of Zhangjiawan: Now heading towards Beijing after having recently occupied Tianjin, the allied Anglo-French force engages and defeats a larger Qing Chinese army at Zhangjiawan. Wikipedia ↗
1860 Wars of Italian Unification: Battle of Castelfidardo: Royal Sardinian Army defeats forces of the Papal States, resulting in the conquest of Umbria and Marche by the Kingdom of Italy. Wikipedia ↗
1850 The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Wikipedia ↗
1838 The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden. Wikipedia ↗
1837 Tiffany & Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium". Wikipedia ↗
1810 First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only during the Peninsular War in Spain, it is in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and is commemorated as such. Wikipedia ↗
1809 The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, opens. Wikipedia ↗
1759 French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed. Wikipedia ↗
1739 The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, whereby Austria cedes lands south of the Sava and Danube rivers to the Ottoman Empire. Wikipedia ↗
1618 The twelfth baktun in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar begins. Wikipedia ↗
1544 The expedition of Juan Bautista Pastene makes landfall in San Pedro Bay, southern Chile, claiming the territory for Spain. Wikipedia ↗
1454 Thirteen Years' War: In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic knights. Wikipedia ↗
1180 Philip Augustus becomes king of France at the age of fifteen. Wikipedia ↗
1066 Norwegian king Harald Hardrada lands with Tostig Godwinson at the mouth of the Humber River and begins his invasion of England. Wikipedia ↗
1048 Battle of Kapetron between a combined Byzantine-Georgian army and a Seljuq army. Wikipedia ↗
324 Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire. Wikipedia ↗
96 Emperor Domitian is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects. Nerva is then proclaimed as his successor. Wikipedia ↗

Born on this day

1954 Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (died 1996) Wikipedia ↗
2008 Jackson Robert Scott, American actor Wikipedia ↗
2004 Santiago Castro, Argentine footballer Wikipedia ↗
2003 Aidan Gallagher, American actor and musician Wikipedia ↗
2002 Hugo Bueno, Spanish footballer Wikipedia ↗
1998 Christian Pulisic, American soccer player Wikipedia ↗
1998 Conor Timmins, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1997 Viktor Hovland, Norwegian professional golfer Wikipedia ↗

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1995 Max Meyer, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
1995 Matt Targett, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1993 Patrick Schwarzenegger, American-Austrian actor and model Wikipedia ↗
1990 Lewis Holtby, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
1989 Serge Ibaka, Congolese-Spanish basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1987 Marwin Hitz, Swiss footballer Wikipedia ↗
1987 Seiko Oomori, Japanese singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1985 Mirza Teletović, Bosnian basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1984 Anthony Gonzalez, American football player and politician Wikipedia ↗
1984 Travis Outlaw, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1984 Dizzee Rascal, British hip hop musician Wikipedia ↗
1982 Peter Budaj, Slovak ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1982 Alessandro Cibocchi, Italian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1982 Arvydas Eitutavičius, Lithuanian basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1982 Leono, Mexican wrestler Wikipedia ↗
1982 Alfredo Talavera, Mexican footballer Wikipedia ↗
1981 Elke Hanel-Torsch, Austrian politician Wikipedia ↗
1981 Lasse Kukkonen, Finnish ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1981 Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
1981 Kristaps Valters, Latvian basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1981 Han Ye-seul, South Korean actress Wikipedia ↗
1980 Mickey Higham, English rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
1980 Avi Strool, Israeli footballer Wikipedia ↗
1980 Petri Virtanen, Finnish basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1979 Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer Wikipedia ↗
1979 Robert Pruett, American criminal (died 2017) Wikipedia ↗
1978 Billy Eichner, American actor and comedian Wikipedia ↗
1978 Iain Lees-Galloway, New Zealand politician Wikipedia ↗
1978 Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1977 Barrett Foa, American actor, singer, and dancer Wikipedia ↗
1977 Kieran West, English rower Wikipedia ↗
1976 Sophina Brown, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1976 Gabriel Gervais, Canadian soccer player Wikipedia ↗
1976 Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1975 Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian target shooter Wikipedia ↗
1975 Jason Sudeikis, American actor and comedian Wikipedia ↗
1975 Guillermo Vargas, Costa Rican photographer and painter Wikipedia ↗
1974 Sol Campbell, English footballer and politician Wikipedia ↗
1974 Damon Jones, American football player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1974 Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese-American basketball player and agent Wikipedia ↗
1974 Emily Rutherfurd, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1974 Travis Schuldt, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1974 Xzibit, American rapper, actor, and television host Wikipedia ↗
1973 Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1973 Mário Jardel, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1973 Aitor Karanka, Spanish footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1973 James Marsden, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1973 Louise Sauvage, Australian wheelchair racer Wikipedia ↗
1973 Mark Shuttleworth, South African-English businessman Wikipedia ↗
1972 Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer Wikipedia ↗
1972 Adam Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1972 David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer (died 2003) Wikipedia ↗
1972 Iain Stewart, Scottish accountant and politician Wikipedia ↗
1971 Lance Armstrong, American cyclist Wikipedia ↗
1971 Anna Netrebko, Russian-Austrian soprano and actress Wikipedia ↗
1971 Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1970 Darren Gough, English cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1970 Aisha Tyler, American actress, television host, and author Wikipedia ↗
1969 Brad Beven, Australian triathlete Wikipedia ↗
1969 Cappadonna, American rapper Wikipedia ↗
1968 Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1968 Upendra Rao, Indian actor, director, and politician Wikipedia ↗
1967 Tara Fitzgerald, English actress Wikipedia ↗
1966 Tom Chorske, American ice hockey player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1964 Jens Henschel, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
1964 Marco Masini, Italian singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1964 Holly Robinson Peete, American actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
1964 Steffen Peters, German-American equestrian Wikipedia ↗
1962 Joanne Catherall, English singer Wikipedia ↗
1962 John Fashanu, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1961 James Gandolfini, American actor and producer (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1961 Konstantin Kakanias, Greek-American painter and illustrator Wikipedia ↗
1961 Mark Olson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1960 Stephen Flaherty, American composer Wikipedia ↗
1960 Carolyn Harris, British politician Wikipedia ↗
1960 Ian Lucas, English lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
1960 Blue Panther, Mexican wrestler Wikipedia ↗
1959 Mark Romanek, American director and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1959 Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2025) Wikipedia ↗
1958 John Aldridge, English-Irish footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1958 Jeff Bostic, American football player and commentator Wikipedia ↗
1958 Winston Davis, Vincentian cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1958 Derek Pringle, Kenyan-English cricketer and journalist Wikipedia ↗
1956 Chris Hedges, American journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
1956 Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player and politician Wikipedia ↗
1956 Anant Gadgil, Indian politician Wikipedia ↗
1955 Keith Morris, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1954 Takao Doi, Japanese engineer and astronaut Wikipedia ↗
1954 Dennis Johnson, American basketball player and coach (died 2007) Wikipedia ↗
1954 Steven Pinker, Canadian-American psychologist, linguist, and author Wikipedia ↗
1954 Tommy Tuberville, American football player, coach, and Senator Wikipedia ↗
1952 Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Greek politician Wikipedia ↗
1952 Rick Pitino, American basketball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1951 Ben Carson, American neurosurgeon, author, and politician Wikipedia ↗
1951 Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2002) Wikipedia ↗
1951 Marc Surer, Swiss racing driver and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1950 Siobhan Davies, English dancer and choreographer Wikipedia ↗
1950 Vishnuvardhan, Indian actor (died 2009) Wikipedia ↗
1950 Chris Heister, Swedish politician, Governor of Stockholm County Wikipedia ↗
1950 Darryl Sittler, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1950 Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright Wikipedia ↗
1949 Beth Grant, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1949 Kerry Livgren, American guitarist and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1949 Mo Mowlam, English academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office (died 2005) Wikipedia ↗
1949 Peter Shilton, English footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1948 Lynn Abbey, American computer programmer and author Wikipedia ↗
1947 Drew Gilpin Faust, American historian and academic Wikipedia ↗
1947 Giancarlo Minardi, Italian businessman, founded the Minardi Racing Team Wikipedia ↗
1946 Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1946 Nicholas Clay, English actor (died 2000) Wikipedia ↗
1946 Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (died 1992) Wikipedia ↗
1946 Gailard Sartain, American actor (died 2025) Wikipedia ↗
1945 P. F. Sloan, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1945 John McAfee, British-American computer programmer and businessman, founded McAfee (died 2021) Wikipedia ↗
1944 Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (died 2006) Wikipedia ↗
1944 Charles L. Veach, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1995) Wikipedia ↗
1942 Şenes Erzik, Turkish businessman Wikipedia ↗
1940 Frankie Avalon, American singer and actor Wikipedia ↗
1939 Gerry Harvey, Australian businessman, co-founded Harvey Norman Wikipedia ↗
1939 Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 18th President of Portugal (died 2021) Wikipedia ↗
1938 Billy Robinson, English-American wrestler and trainer (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1937 Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2021) Wikipedia ↗
1937 Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, South African politician (died 2009) Wikipedia ↗
1936 Big Tom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018) Wikipedia ↗
1936 Ruth Hesse, German mezzo-soprano (died 2024) Wikipedia ↗
1935 Peter Clarke, English cartoonist (died 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1935 John Spencer, English snooker player and sportscaster (died 2006) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Bob Bennett, American soldier and politician (died 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Robert Blake, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1933 Leonid Kharitonov, Russian actor and singer (died 2017) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (died 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Fred Willard, American actor and comedian (died 2020) Wikipedia ↗
1932 Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (died 2002) Wikipedia ↗
1931 Julio Grondona, Argentinian businessman (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1930 John Tolos, Greek-Canadian wrestler (died 2009) Wikipedia ↗
1929 Nancy Littlefield, American director and producer (died 2007) Wikipedia ↗
1927 Phyllis Kirk, American actress (died 2006) Wikipedia ↗
1927 Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden, English politician (died 2018) Wikipedia ↗
1926 Bud Greenspan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1926 Joe Kubert, American author and illustrator, founded The Kubert School (died 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1925 Dorothy Wedderburn, English economist and academic (died 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1924 J. D. Tippit, American police officer (died 1963) Wikipedia ↗
1924 Eloísa Mafalda, Brazilian actress (died 2018) Wikipedia ↗
1923 Queen Anne of Romania (died 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1923 Al Quie, American politician, 35th Governor of Minnesota (died 2023) Wikipedia ↗
1923 Bertha Wilson, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist, 60th Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (died 2007) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Hank Bagby, American saxophonist (died 1993) Wikipedia ↗
1920 Jack Warden, American actor (died 2006) Wikipedia ↗
1918 Johnny Mantz, American race car driver (died 1972) Wikipedia ↗
1918 Henry Wittenberg, American wrestler (died 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1917 June Foray, American actress and voice artist (died 2017) Wikipedia ↗
1917 Phil Taylor, English footballer and manager (died 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1917 Francis Parker Yockey, American lawyer and philosopher (died 1960) Wikipedia ↗
1916 Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (died 1994) Wikipedia ↗
1916 John Jacob Rhodes, American lawyer and politician (died 2003) Wikipedia ↗
1914 Jack Cardiff, English director, cinematographer, and photographer (died 2009) Wikipedia ↗
1912 María de la Cruz, Chilean journalist and activist (died 1995) Wikipedia ↗
1911 Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1976) Wikipedia ↗
1910 Josef Tal, Israeli pianist and composer (died 2008) Wikipedia ↗
1910 Joseph F. Enright, American submarine captain in the United States Navy Wikipedia ↗
1908 Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (died 1996) Wikipedia ↗
1907 Leon Askin, Austrian actor (died 2005) Wikipedia ↗
1907 Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991) Wikipedia ↗
1906 Kaka Hathrasi, Indian poet and author (died 1995) Wikipedia ↗
1906 Maurice Maillot, French actor (died 1968) Wikipedia ↗
1906 Julio Rosales, Filipino cardinal (died 1983) Wikipedia ↗
1905 Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor (died 1977) Wikipedia ↗
1905 Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (died 1993) Wikipedia ↗
1905 Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (died 1990) Wikipedia ↗
1904 Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1988) Wikipedia ↗
1904 David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Education (died 1999) Wikipedia ↗
1901 Harold Clurman, American director and producer (died 1980) Wikipedia ↗
1900 Willis Laurence James, American violinist and educator (died 1966) Wikipedia ↗
1900 Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian philanthropist and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (died 1985) Wikipedia ↗
1897 Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer and conductor (died 1988) Wikipedia ↗
1895 Jean Batmale, French footballer and manager (died 1973) Wikipedia ↗
1895 John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1979) Wikipedia ↗
1895 Walter Koch, German astrologer and author (died 1970) Wikipedia ↗
1894 Fay Compton, English actress (died 1978) Wikipedia ↗
1893 Arthur Benjamin, Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1960) Wikipedia ↗
1893 William March, American soldier and author (died 1954) Wikipedia ↗
1891 Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Spanish author (died 1984) Wikipedia ↗
1889 Doris Blackburn, Australian activist and politician (died 1970) Wikipedia ↗
1889 Leslie Morshead, Australian general, businessman, and educator (died 1959) Wikipedia ↗
1888 Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (died 1938) Wikipedia ↗
1888 Toni Wolff, Swiss psychologist and author (died 1953) Wikipedia ↗
1886 Powel Crosley Jr., American entrepreneur (died 1961) Wikipedia ↗
1885 Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer, conductor, and playwright (died 1948) Wikipedia ↗
1883 Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, English composer, painter, and author (died 1950) Wikipedia ↗
1883 Andre Morize, professor of French literature at Harvard University (died 1957) Wikipedia ↗
1878 James O. Richardson, American admiral (died 1974) Wikipedia ↗
1876 James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1953) Wikipedia ↗
1875 Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (died 1945) Wikipedia ↗
1872 Carl Friedberg, German-Italian pianist and educator (died 1955) Wikipedia ↗
1872 Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (died 1919) Wikipedia ↗
1870 Clark Wissler, American anthropologist, author, and educator (died 1947) Wikipedia ↗
1860 Alberto Franchetti, Italian-American composer and educator (died 1942) Wikipedia ↗
1859 John L. Bates, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (died 1946) Wikipedia ↗
1859 Lincoln Loy McCandless, American businessman and politician (died 1940) Wikipedia ↗
1858 Kate Booth, English Salvation Army officer (died 1955) Wikipedia ↗
1857 John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (died 1945) Wikipedia ↗
1848 Francis Grierson, English-American pianist and composer (died 1927) Wikipedia ↗
1846 Richard With, Norwegian captain, businessman, and politician, founded Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab (died 1930) Wikipedia ↗
1844 Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, American artist (died 1934) Wikipedia ↗
1838 Anton Mauve, Dutch painter and educator (died 1888) Wikipedia ↗
1837 Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (died 1880) Wikipedia ↗
1819 Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (died 1868) Wikipedia ↗
1812 Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Georgia (died 1880) Wikipedia ↗
1786 Christian VIII of Denmark (died 1848) Wikipedia ↗
1786 Justinus Kerner, German poet and author (died 1862) Wikipedia ↗
1779 Joseph Story, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1845) Wikipedia ↗
1765 Pope Gregory XVI (died 1846) Wikipedia ↗
1752 Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (died 1833) Wikipedia ↗
1750 Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Spanish poet and playwright (died 1791) Wikipedia ↗
1733 George Read, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Delaware (died 1798) Wikipedia ↗
1711 Ignaz Holzbauer, Austrian composer and educator (died 1783) Wikipedia ↗
1709 Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer and poet (died 1784) Wikipedia ↗
1684 Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (died 1748) Wikipedia ↗
1676 Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (died 1733) Wikipedia ↗
1643 Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop, historian, and theologian (died 1715) Wikipedia ↗
1606 Zhang Xianzhong, Chinese rebel leader (died 1647) Wikipedia ↗
1587 Francesca Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter and lute player (died 1640) Wikipedia ↗
1554 Haydar Mirza Safavi, Safavid prince (died 1576) Wikipedia ↗
1501 Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford (died 1563) Wikipedia ↗
1434 Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (died 1467) Wikipedia ↗
1344 Marie of France, Duchess of Bar (died 1404) Wikipedia ↗
1091 Andronikos Komnenos, Byzantine prince and general (died 1130/31) Wikipedia ↗
524 Kan Bahlam I, ruler of Palenque (died 583) Wikipedia ↗
53 Trajan, Roman emperor (died 117) Wikipedia ↗

Died on this day

2017 Afzal Ahsan Randhawa, Pakistani writer, poet, translator and playwright (born 1937) Wikipedia ↗
1974 Amanat Ali Khan, Pakistani classical singer (born 1922) Wikipedia ↗
2026 Stephanie Cole, English actress (born 1941) Wikipedia ↗
2026 Richard Harrison, American actor (born 1936) Wikipedia ↗
2024 Kesaria Abramidze, Georgian blogger, actress and model (born 1987) Wikipedia ↗
2024 Nick Gravenites, American singer-songwriter (born 1938) Wikipedia ↗
2024 Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer (born 1964) Wikipedia ↗
2023 Brereton C. Jones, American politician, 58th Governor of Kentucky (born 1939) Wikipedia ↗

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2021 Jolidee Matongo, South African politician, 97th Mayor of Johannesburg (born 1975) Wikipedia ↗
2021 Chris Anker Sørensen, Danish road bicycle racer (born 1984) Wikipedia ↗
2020 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, United States Supreme Court justice (born 1933) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean footballer and manager (born 1955) Wikipedia ↗
2015 James R. Houck, American astrophysicist and academic (born 1940) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Argentinian general and politician (born 1930) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1936) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Earl Ross, Canadian racing driver (born 1941) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Hirofumi Uzawa, Japanese economist and academic (born 1928) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (born 1930) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Veliyam Bharghavan, Indian politician (born 1928) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Lindsay Cooper, English composer, bassoon and oboe player (born 1951) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Arthur Lamothe, French-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Ken Norton, American boxer (born 1943) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German author and critic (born 1920) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Richard C. Sarafian, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1930) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Santiago Carrillo, Spanish theorist and politician (born 1915) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (born 1925) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Jack Kralick, American baseball player (born 1935) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (born 1942) Wikipedia ↗
2011 Jamey Rodemeyer, American teenage activist (born 1997) Wikipedia ↗
2008 Leo de Berardinis, Italian actor and director (born 1940) Wikipedia ↗
2008 Mauricio Kagel, Argentinian-German composer and educator (born 1931) Wikipedia ↗
2008 Ron Lancaster, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1938) Wikipedia ↗
2007 Pepsi Tate, Welsh bass player and producer (born 1965) Wikipedia ↗
2006 Edward J. King, American football player, lawyer, and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (born 1925) Wikipedia ↗
2005 Michael Park, English racing driver (born 1966) Wikipedia ↗
2005 Clint C. Wilson, Sr., American cartoonist (born 1914) Wikipedia ↗
2004 Norman Cantor, Canadian-American historian and educator (born 1929) Wikipedia ↗
2004 Russ Meyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922) Wikipedia ↗
2003 Emil Fackenheim, German rabbi and philosopher (born 1916) Wikipedia ↗
2003 Bob Mitchell, English educator and politician (born 1927) Wikipedia ↗
2002 Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (born 1942) Wikipedia ↗
2002 Mauro Ramos, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1930) Wikipedia ↗
2002 Margita Stefanović, Serbian keyboard player (born 1959) Wikipedia ↗
2001 Ernie Coombs, American-Canadian television host (born 1927) Wikipedia ↗
1998 Charlie Foxx, American singer and guitarist (Inez and Charlie Foxx) (born 1939) Wikipedia ↗
1997 Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (born 1920) Wikipedia ↗
1992 Mohammad Hidayatullah, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 6th Vice President of India (born 1905) Wikipedia ↗
1988 Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan (born 1901) Wikipedia ↗
1987 Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (born 1894) Wikipedia ↗
1980 Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (born 1890) Wikipedia ↗
1977 Paul Bernays, English-Swiss mathematician and philosopher (born 1888) Wikipedia ↗
1975 Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic (born 1907) Wikipedia ↗
1970 Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1942) Wikipedia ↗
1968 Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1905) Wikipedia ↗
1967 John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897) Wikipedia ↗
1964 Seán O'Casey, Irish dramatist and memoirist (born 1880) Wikipedia ↗
1962 Therese Neumann, German mystic (born 1898) Wikipedia ↗
1961 Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905) Wikipedia ↗
1959 Benjamin Péret, French poet and journalist (born 1899) Wikipedia ↗
1958 Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (born 1873) Wikipedia ↗
1956 Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Quebec (born 1892) Wikipedia ↗
1953 Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (born 1927) Wikipedia ↗
1952 Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (born 1879) Wikipedia ↗
1951 Gelett Burgess, American author and poet (born 1866) Wikipedia ↗
1949 Frank Morgan, American actor (born 1890) Wikipedia ↗
1945 Volin, Russian anarchist intellectual (born 1882) Wikipedia ↗
1944 Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1915) Wikipedia ↗
1941 Fred Karno, English actor and screenwriter (born 1866) Wikipedia ↗
1939 Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, painter, and photographer (born 1885) Wikipedia ↗
1924 F. H. Bradley, English philosopher and author (born 1846) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Alfons Grotowski, Polish sanitary engineer (born 1833) Wikipedia ↗
1915 Susan La Flesche Picotte, doctor, teacher, and social reformer, first Native American to earn a medical degree (born 1865) Wikipedia ↗
1911 Pyotr Stolypin, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Russia (born 1862) Wikipedia ↗
1909 Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian (born 1850) Wikipedia ↗
1905 George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (born 1824) Wikipedia ↗
1896 Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (born 1819) Wikipedia ↗
1890 Dion Boucicault, Irish-American actor and playwright (born 1820) Wikipedia ↗
1872 Charles XV of Sweden (born 1826) Wikipedia ↗
1862 Joseph K. Mansfield, American general (born 1803) Wikipedia ↗
1860 Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (born 1805) Wikipedia ↗
1857 Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (born 1785) Wikipedia ↗
1830 William Hazlitt, English philosopher, painter, and critic (born 1778) Wikipedia ↗
1812 Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha, Ottoman politician, 186th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1743) Wikipedia ↗
1792 August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German bishop and theologian (born 1704) Wikipedia ↗
1783 Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (born 1707) Wikipedia ↗
1783 Benjamin Kennicott, English theologian and scholar (born 1718) Wikipedia ↗
1722 André Dacier, French scholar and academic (born 1651) Wikipedia ↗
1721 Matthew Prior, English poet, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (born 1664) Wikipedia ↗
1675 Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (born 1604) Wikipedia ↗
1630 Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal (born 1552) Wikipedia ↗
1598 Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese daimyō (born 1536) Wikipedia ↗
1443 Lewis of Luxembourg, archbishop of Rouen Wikipedia ↗
1385 Balša II, ruler of Zeta Wikipedia ↗
1361 Louis V, duke of Bavaria (born 1315) Wikipedia ↗
1345 Andrew, Duke of Calabria (born 1327) Wikipedia ↗
1302 Eudokia Palaiologina, empress of Trebizond (born c. 1265) Wikipedia ↗
1261 Konrad von Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne Wikipedia ↗
1180 Louis VII, king of France (born 1120) Wikipedia ↗
1137 Eric II, king of Denmark Wikipedia ↗
958 Liu Sheng, Chinese emperor (born 920) Wikipedia ↗
893 Zhang Xiong, Chinese warlord Wikipedia ↗
887 Pietro I Candiano, doge of Venice (born 842) Wikipedia ↗
869 Wenilo, Frankish archbishop Wikipedia ↗
411 Constantine III, Roman usurper Wikipedia ↗
96 Domitian, Roman emperor (born AD 51) Wikipedia ↗

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Events, births, deaths and observances: Wikipedia, “September 18”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pakistan entries reviewed by Newsora24. Updated 14 Oct 2026.