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PAKISTAN · DIED ON THIS DAY2005

Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist and critic, died.

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Events

2018 Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for aggravated sexual assault. Wikipedia ↗
2003 The 8.3 Mw Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan. Wikipedia ↗
1998 PauknAir Flight 4101, a British Aerospace 146, crashes near Melilla Airport in Melilla, Spain, killing 38 people. Wikipedia ↗
1997 NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-86 to the Mir space station. Wikipedia ↗
1992 NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion. Wikipedia ↗
1987 Fijian Governor-General Penaia Ganilau is overthrown in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka. Wikipedia ↗
1985 Three civilians killed by alleged supporters of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Larnaca yacht killings. Wikipedia ↗
1983 Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison. Wikipedia ↗
1981 Belize joins the United Nations. Wikipedia ↗
1978 PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing all 135 aboard Flight 182, both occupants of the Cessna, as well as seven people on the ground. Wikipedia ↗

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1977 About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon. Wikipedia ↗
1974 Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John. Wikipedia ↗
1969 The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed. Wikipedia ↗
1964 The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins. Wikipedia ↗
1963 Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair. Wikipedia ↗
1962 The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government. Wikipedia ↗
1962 The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency. Wikipedia ↗
1959 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon, is mortally shot by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day. Wikipedia ↗
1957 Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops. Wikipedia ↗
1956 TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated. Wikipedia ↗
1955 The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded. Wikipedia ↗
1944 World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek. Wikipedia ↗
1937 Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan. Wikipedia ↗
1926 The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed. Wikipedia ↗
1918 World War I: The end of the Battle of Megiddo, the climax of the British Army's Sinai and Palestine campaign under General Edmund Allenby. Wikipedia ↗
1915 World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins. Wikipedia ↗
1912 Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City. Wikipedia ↗
1911 An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship. Wikipedia ↗
1906 Leonardo Torres Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino in the Bilbao Abra (Spain), guiding an electric boat from the shore with people on board, which was controlled at a distance over 2 km (1.2 mi), in what is considered to be the origin of modern wireless remote-control operation principles. Wikipedia ↗
1890 The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park. Wikipedia ↗
1868 The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia. Wikipedia ↗
1804 The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver. Wikipedia ↗
1790 Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday. Wikipedia ↗
1789 The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment. Wikipedia ↗
1786 The mine of Huancavelica in the Peruvian Andes collapses, killing more than two hundred people. The event was a major setback for mercury production in the Spanish Empire. Wikipedia ↗
1775 American Revolutionary War: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal in the Battle of Longue-Pointe during the invasion of Quebec. Wikipedia ↗
1775 American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off to join the American invasion. Wikipedia ↗
1768 Unification of Nepal Wikipedia ↗
1690 Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time. Wikipedia ↗
1643 The House of Commons of England accepts the Solemn League and Covenant, which promises religious reforms in England and Ireland in exchange for support of Scottish troops against king Charles I in the First English Civil War. Wikipedia ↗
1555 The Peace of Augsburg is signed by Emperor Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League. Wikipedia ↗
1513 Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean. Wikipedia ↗
1396 Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis. Wikipedia ↗
1237 England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border. Wikipedia ↗
1066 In the Battle of Stamford Bridge, Harald Hardrada, the invading King of Norway, is defeated by King Harold II of England. Wikipedia ↗
867 Basil I is crowned Byzantine emperor in the Hagia Sophia after he murdered the previous emperor Michael III in the night before. Wikipedia ↗
762 Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate. Wikipedia ↗
275 For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; Marcus Claudius Tacitus is elected. Wikipedia ↗

Born on this day

2009 Leah Jeffries, American actress Wikipedia ↗
2003 Bella Ramsey, English actor Wikipedia ↗
2001 Cade Cunningham, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
2000 Lilas Ikuta, Japanese singer and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1997 Antonia Gentry, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1995 Todd Hazelwood, Australian race car driver Wikipedia ↗
1993 Brandin Cooks, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1993 Toby Greene, Australian footballer Wikipedia ↗

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1992 Zoël Amberg, Swiss race car driver Wikipedia ↗
1992 Massimo Luongo, Australian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1992 Keauna McLaughlin, American figure skater Wikipedia ↗
1992 Rosalía, Spanish singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1992 Ruslan Zhiganshin, Russian ice dancer Wikipedia ↗
1992 Teddy Swims, American singer and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1991 Calle Järnkrok, Swedish ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1990 Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater Wikipedia ↗
1989 Jordan Gavaris, Canadian actor Wikipedia ↗
1989 Cuco Martina, Curaçaoan footballer Wikipedia ↗
1989 Aldon Smith, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1987 Monica Niculescu, Romanian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1986 Heidi El Tabakh, Egyptian-Canadian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1986 Jamie O'Hara, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1986 Choi Yoon-young, South Korean actress Wikipedia ↗
1984 Cherine Anderson, Jamaican singer-songwriter and actress Wikipedia ↗
1984 Matt Carle, American ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1984 Ivory Latta, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1984 Matías Silvestre, Argentinian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1984 Zach Woods, American actor and comedian Wikipedia ↗
1983 Donald Glover (also known as Childish Gambino), American actor, rapper, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1982 Hyun Bin, South Korean actor Wikipedia ↗
1981 Rocco Baldelli, American baseball player and manager Wikipedia ↗
1981 Jason Bergmann, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1981 Lee Norris, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1980 Chris Owen, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1980 T.I., American rapper, songwriter, producer, and actor Wikipedia ↗
1979 Kyle Bennett, American BMX rider (died 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1979 Rashad Evans, American mixed martial artist and wrestler Wikipedia ↗
1979 Jason Koumas, Welsh footballer Wikipedia ↗
1978 Joe Cotton, Canadian-New Zealand singer Wikipedia ↗
1978 Roudolphe Douala, Cameroonian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1978 Ricardo Gardner, Jamaican footballer Wikipedia ↗
1978 Jodie Kidd, English model and actress Wikipedia ↗
1978 Ryan Leslie, American singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
1978 Joel Piñeiro, Puerto Rican baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1977 Clea DuVall, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1977 Robbie Jones, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1977 Mike Krahulik, American illustrator Wikipedia ↗
1977 Toni Lydman, Finnish ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1977 Joel David Moore, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1977 Wil Nieves, Puerto Rican-American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1976 Santigold, American singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
1976 Chauncey Billups, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1976 Charlotte Ayanna, Puerto Rican-American actress Wikipedia ↗
1975 Daniela Ceccarelli, Italian skier Wikipedia ↗
1975 Declan Donnelly, English entertainer Wikipedia ↗
1975 Matt Hasselbeck, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1975 Dat Nguyen, American football player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1974 Bill Bowler, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1974 Olivier Dacourt, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
1974 John Granville, American scholar and diplomat (died 2008) Wikipedia ↗
1974 Paul Hurst, English footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1974 Daniel Kessler, English-American singer and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1974 Frank Leder, German fashion designer Wikipedia ↗
1974 Robbie Mears, Australian rugby league player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1974 Eric Moss, American football player (died 2019) Wikipedia ↗
1974 Joel Prpic, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1974 Javier Rosas, Mexican triathlete Wikipedia ↗
1974 Kemel Thompson, Jamaican hurdler Wikipedia ↗
1973 Tijani Babangida, Nigerian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1973 Jenny Chapman, English politician Wikipedia ↗
1973 Bridgette Wilson, American actress, singer, model, and beauty queen Wikipedia ↗
1972 Douglas September, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1971 Nikos Boudouris, Greek basketball player and manager Wikipedia ↗
1971 John Lynch, American football player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1971 Seb Sanders, English jockey Wikipedia ↗
1970 Curtis Buckley, American football player and psychiatrist Wikipedia ↗
1970 Aja Kong, Japanese professional wrestler Wikipedia ↗
1970 Paul Pope, American cartoonist, writer and artist Wikipedia ↗
1970 Dean Ween, American musician Wikipedia ↗
1969 Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (died 2002) Wikipedia ↗
1969 Bill Simmons, American journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
1969 Hal Sparks, American actor, comedian, musician and political commentator Wikipedia ↗
1969 Tony Womack, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1969 David Weathers, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1969 Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress Wikipedia ↗
1968 John A. List, American economist and academic Wikipedia ↗
1968 Will Smith, American actor, producer, and rapper Wikipedia ↗
1968 John Worsfold, Australian footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
1967 Kim Issel, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1967 Ashwin Sood, English-Canadian drummer and producer Wikipedia ↗
1966 Stanislav Bunin, Russian pianist and educator Wikipedia ↗
1966 Jason Flemyng, English actor Wikipedia ↗
1966 Todd Philcox, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1965 Matt Battaglia, American football player, actor, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1965 Saffron Henderson, Canadian voice actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
1965 Scottie Pippen, American basketball player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1965 Anne Roumanoff, French actress and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1965 Dave Rundle, South African cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1965 Rob Schmidt, American director and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1965 Rafael Martín Vázquez, Spanish footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
1965 Nicky Winmar, Australian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1964 Gary Ayles, English race car driver Wikipedia ↗
1964 Barbara Dennerlein, German organist Wikipedia ↗
1964 Maria Doyle Kennedy, Irish actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
1964 Rebecca Gablé, German novelist Wikipedia ↗
1964 Kikuko Inoue, Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress Wikipedia ↗
1964 Joey Saputo, Canadian businessman Wikipedia ↗
1963 Tate Donovan, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1963 Keely Shaye Smith, American journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
1962 Kalthoum Sarrai, Tunisian-French psychologist and journalist (died 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1962 Aida Turturro, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1962 Dariusz Wdowczyk, Polish footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
1961 Mehmet Aslantuğ, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1961 Heather Locklear, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1961 Steve Scott, British journalist and presenter Wikipedia ↗
1961 Tim Zoehrer, Australian cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1960 Igor Belanov, Ukrainian footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1959 Jeon Soo-il, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1958 Randy Kerber, American keyboard player, composer, and conductor Wikipedia ↗
1957 Michael Madsen, American actor and producer (died 2025) Wikipedia ↗
1957 Vladimir Popovkin, Russian general (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1957 Glenn Hubbard, American baseball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1956 W. Daniel Hillis, American computer scientist, engineer, and author, founded the Thinking Machines Corporation Wikipedia ↗
1956 Jamie Hyneman, American special effects designer and television host, founded M5 Industries Wikipedia ↗
1956 Miroslav Volf, Croatian Protestant theologian and public intellectual Wikipedia ↗
1955 Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer (died 1985) Wikipedia ↗
1955 Zucchero Fornaciari, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1955 Amyr Klink, Brazilian sailor and explorer Wikipedia ↗
1955 Luanne Rice, American author and activist Wikipedia ↗
1955 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1955 Steven Severin, English bass player, songwriter, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1954 Sylvester Croom, American football player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1954 Joep Lange, Dutch physician and academic (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1954 Juande Ramos, Spanish footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1953 Richard Harvey, English mandolin player, keyboard player, and composer Wikipedia ↗
1953 Ron Rash, American novelist, short story writer, poet Wikipedia ↗
1952 Colin Friels, Scottish-Australian actor Wikipedia ↗
1952 Jimmy Garvin, American wrestler and manager Wikipedia ↗
1952 bell hooks, American author and activist (died 2021) Wikipedia ↗
1952 Cherríe Moraga, American poet, playwright, and activist Wikipedia ↗
1952 Tommy Norden, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1952 Chris Pond, English politician Wikipedia ↗
1952 Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (died 2004) Wikipedia ↗
1951 Yardena Arazi, Israeli singer Wikipedia ↗
1951 Burleigh Drummond, American drummer and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1951 Graeme Knowles, English bishop Wikipedia ↗
1951 Mark Hamill, American actor, singer, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1951 Bob McAdoo, American basketball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1950 E. C. Coleman, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1950 Stanisław Szozda, Polish cyclist and trainer (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1949 Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1949 Jeff Borowiak, American tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1949 Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1949 Anson Williams, American actor, singer, and director Wikipedia ↗
1948 Mimi Kennedy, American actress and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1948 Kathi McDonald, American blues and rock singer (background vocals for Long John Baldry and others) (died 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1948 Vasile Șirli, Romanian musical composer and producer Wikipedia ↗
1948 Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Russian businessman Wikipedia ↗
1947 Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (died 1999) Wikipedia ↗
1947 Cheryl Tiegs, American model and actress Wikipedia ↗
1947 Cecil Womack, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1946 Bishan Singh Bedi, Indian cricketer and coach (died 2023) Wikipedia ↗
1946 Felicity Kendal, English actress Wikipedia ↗
1946 Bryan MacLean, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1998) Wikipedia ↗
1946 Janusz Majer, Polish mountaineer Wikipedia ↗
1946 Gil Morgan, American golfer Wikipedia ↗
1946 Ali Parvin, Iranian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1946 Jerry Penrod, American bass player Wikipedia ↗
1945 Kathleen Brown, American lawyer and politician, 29th California State Treasurer Wikipedia ↗
1945 Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1944 Michael Douglas, American actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
1944 Doris Matsui, American politician Wikipedia ↗
1944 Grayson Shillingford, Dominican cricketer (died 2009) Wikipedia ↗
1943 Robert Gates, American lieutenant, academic, and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Defense Wikipedia ↗
1943 John Locke, American keyboard player (died 2006) Wikipedia ↗
1943 Aram Saroyan, American poet and novelist Wikipedia ↗
1943 Robert Walden, American actor, director, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1942 Oscar Bonavena, Argentinian boxer (died 1976) Wikipedia ↗
1942 Robert Miano, American actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
1942 Henri Pescarolo, French race car driver Wikipedia ↗
1942 John Taylor, English pianist and educator (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1942 Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (died 2008) Wikipedia ↗
1941 Vivien Stern, Baroness Stern, English academic and politician Wikipedia ↗
1940 Tim Severin, Indian-English explorer, historian, and author (died 2020) Wikipedia ↗
1939 Leon Brittan, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1939 Feroz Khan, Indian actor, director, and producer (died 2009) Wikipedia ↗
1939 David S. Mann, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Cincinnati Wikipedia ↗
1938 Ron Hill, English runner and businessman (died 2021) Wikipedia ↗
1938 Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (died 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1938 Enn Tarto, Estonian politician (died 2021) Wikipedia ↗
1937 Mary Allen Wilkes, American computer scientist and lawyer Wikipedia ↗
1936 Ken Forsse, American toy creator and author, created Teddy Ruxpin (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1936 Juliet Prowse, South African-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1996) Wikipedia ↗
1936 Moussa Traoré, Malian general and politician 2nd President of Mali (died 2020) Wikipedia ↗
1934 Struther Arnott, Scottish molecular biologist and chemist (cancer research) (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Hubie Brown, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1933 Ian Tyson, Canadian folk singer-songwriter and musician (died 2022) Wikipedia ↗
1932 Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and composer (died 1982) Wikipedia ↗
1932 Terry Medwin, Welsh footballer and manager (died 2024) Wikipedia ↗
1932 Adolfo Suárez, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Spain (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1931 Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian journalist and poet (died 2005) Wikipedia ↗
1931 Bryan John Birch, English mathematician and scholar Wikipedia ↗
1930 Nino Cerruti, Italian fashion designer, founded Cerruti (died 2022) Wikipedia ↗
1930 Francine du Plessix Gray, French-American journalist and author (died 2019) Wikipedia ↗
1930 Shel Silverstein, American author, poet, illustrator, and songwriter (died 1999) Wikipedia ↗
1929 Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (died 2005) Wikipedia ↗
1929 Delia Scala, Italian ballerina and actress (died 2004) Wikipedia ↗
1929 Barbara Walters, American journalist, producer, and author (died 2022) Wikipedia ↗
1927 Carl Braun, American basketball player and coach (died 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1927 Colin Davis, English conductor and educator (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1926 Jack Hyles, American pastor and author (died 2001) Wikipedia ↗
1926 Aldo Ray, American actor (died 1991) Wikipedia ↗
1925 Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (died 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1924 Norman Ayrton, English actor and director (died 2017) Wikipedia ↗
1924 Red Webb, American baseball player (died 1996) Wikipedia ↗
1923 Robert Laxalt, American author and academic (died 2001) Wikipedia ↗
1923 Sam Rivers, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (died 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruian educator and politician, 1st President of Nauru (died 1992) Wikipedia ↗
1921 Rob Muldoon, New Zealand sergeant, accountant, and politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1992) Wikipedia ↗
1920 Sergei Bondarchuk, Ukrainian-Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1994) Wikipedia ↗
1920 Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (died 2002) Wikipedia ↗
1917 Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2007) Wikipedia ↗
1916 Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright (died 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1916 Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (died 1968) Wikipedia ↗
1914 John Manners, English naval officer and cricketer (died 2020) Wikipedia ↗
1911 Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (died 1981) Wikipedia ↗
1910 Ralph Jordan, American football player and coach (died 1980) Wikipedia ↗
1908 Jacqueline Audry, French director and screenwriter (died 1977) Wikipedia ↗
1906 Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist, and music critic (died 1962) Wikipedia ↗
1906 Phyllis Pearsall, English painter, cartographer, and author (died 1996) Wikipedia ↗
1906 Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (died 1975) Wikipedia ↗
1905 Nahman Avigad, Israeli archaeologist (Discovering Jerusalem) (died 1992) Wikipedia ↗
1903 Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and educator (died 1970) Wikipedia ↗
1901 Robert Bresson, French director and screenwriter (died 1999) Wikipedia ↗
1901 Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer (died 1968) Wikipedia ↗
1900 Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 1937) Wikipedia ↗
1899 Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Indian poet and songwriter (died 1981) Wikipedia ↗
1898 Robert Brackman, Ukrainian-American painter and educator (died 1980) Wikipedia ↗
1897 William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962) Wikipedia ↗
1896 Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (died 1990) Wikipedia ↗
1893 Harald Cramér, Swedish mathematician and statistician (died 1985) Wikipedia ↗
1889 Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, Scottish author and translator (died 1930) Wikipedia ↗
1888 Hanna Ralph, German actress (died 1978) Wikipedia ↗
1884 Adolf Bolm, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (died 1951) Wikipedia ↗
1881 Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (died 1936) Wikipedia ↗
1879 Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Rizal (died 1963) Wikipedia ↗
1877 Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and President (died 1945) Wikipedia ↗
1867 Yevgeny Miller, Russian general (died 1938) Wikipedia ↗
1866 Thomas Hunt Morgan, American biologist, geneticist, and embryologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1945) Wikipedia ↗
1865 Henri Lebasque, French artist (died 1937) Wikipedia ↗
1862 Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (died 1897) Wikipedia ↗
1862 Billy Hughes, English-Australian carpenter and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1952) Wikipedia ↗
1839 Karl Alfred von Zittel, German palaeontologist and geologist (died 1904) Wikipedia ↗
1825 William Pitt Ballinger, American lawyer and politician (died 1888) Wikipedia ↗
1825 Joachim Heer, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the National Council (died 1879) Wikipedia ↗
1816 Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (died 1893) Wikipedia ↗
1807 Alfred Vail, American inventor and early telegraph pioneer (died 1859) Wikipedia ↗
1798 Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist and engineer (died 1874) Wikipedia ↗
1782 Charles Maturin, Irish author and playwright (died 1824) Wikipedia ↗
1773 Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and author (died 1856) Wikipedia ↗
1771 Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (died 1829) Wikipedia ↗
1766 Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (died 1822) Wikipedia ↗
1764 Fletcher Christian, English sailor (died 1793) Wikipedia ↗
1761 William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (died 1827) Wikipedia ↗
1758 Josepha Barbara Auernhammer, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1820) Wikipedia ↗
1744 Frederick William II of Prussia (died 1797) Wikipedia ↗
1741 Wenzel Pichl, Czech violinist, composer, and director (died 1805) Wikipedia ↗
1738 Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Delaware (died 1789) Wikipedia ↗
1711 Qianlong Emperor of China (died 1799) Wikipedia ↗
1694 Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1754) Wikipedia ↗
1683 Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and theorist (died 1764) Wikipedia ↗
1663 Johann Nikolaus Hanff, German organist and composer (died 1711) Wikipedia ↗
1644 Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker (died 1710) Wikipedia ↗
1636 Ferdinand Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein, German prince (died 1698) Wikipedia ↗
1599 Francesco Borromini, Swiss-Italian architect, designed the San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (died 1667) Wikipedia ↗
1529 Günther XLI, Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt (died 1583) Wikipedia ↗
1528 Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg (died 1603) Wikipedia ↗
1525 Steven Borough, English explorer and navigator (died 1584) Wikipedia ↗
1403 Louis III of Anjou (died 1434) Wikipedia ↗
1358 Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shōgun (died 1408) Wikipedia ↗

Died on this day

2005 Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist and critic (born 1912) Wikipedia ↗
2023 David McCallum, Scottish actor (born 1933) Wikipedia ↗
2017 Jan Tříska, Czech actor (born 1936) Wikipedia ↗
2016 José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball player (born 1992) Wikipedia ↗
2016 Arnold Palmer, American golfer (born 1929) Wikipedia ↗
2016 Nahid Hattar, Jordanian writer and political activist (born 1960) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Claudio Baggini, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (born 1936) Wikipedia ↗
2015 John Galvin, American general (born 1929) Wikipedia ↗

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2015 Tom Kelley, American baseball player and manager (born 1944) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist (born 1939) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Ulrick Chérubin, Haitian-Canadian educator and politician (born 1943) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Sulejman Tihić, Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1951) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Dorothy Tyler-Odam, English high jumper (born 1920) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Ron Fenton, English footballer, coach, and manager (born 1940) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Choi In-ho, South Korean author and screenwriter (born 1945) Wikipedia ↗
2013 José Montoya, American poet and academic (born 1932) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Billy Mure, American guitarist and composer (born 1915) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Pablo Verani, Italian-Argentinian lawyer and politician (born 1938) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Bennet Wong, Canadian psychiatrist and academic, co-founded Haven Institute (Gabriola Island, Canada) (born 1930) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Billy Barnes, American composer and songwriter (born 1927) Wikipedia ↗
2012 John Bond, English footballer and manager (born 1932) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Eric Ives, English historian and academic (born 1931) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Alonso Lujambio, Mexican academic and politician (born 1962) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Andy Williams, American singer (born 1927) Wikipedia ↗
2011 Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1940) Wikipedia ↗
2009 Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (born 1923) Wikipedia ↗
2009 Pierre Falardeau, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1946) Wikipedia ↗
2008 Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru (born 1932) Wikipedia ↗
2007 Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (born 1919) Wikipedia ↗
2007 André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (born 1924) Wikipedia ↗
2006 Jeff Cooper, American target shooter and author (born 1920) Wikipedia ↗
2006 John M. Ford, American author and poet (born 1957) Wikipedia ↗
2005 Don Adams, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1923) Wikipedia ↗
2005 Madeline-Ann Aksich, Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1956) Wikipedia ↗
2005 George Archer, American golfer (born 1939) Wikipedia ↗
2005 Urie Bronfenbrenner, Russian-American psychologist and ecologist (born 1917) Wikipedia ↗
2005 M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and author (born 1936) Wikipedia ↗
2005 Friedrich Peter, Austrian lawyer and politician (born 1921) Wikipedia ↗
2003 Aqila al-Hashimi, Iraqi translator and politician (born 1953) Wikipedia ↗
2003 Herb Gardner, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1934) Wikipedia ↗
2003 Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918) Wikipedia ↗
2003 George Plimpton, American writer and literary editor (born 1927) Wikipedia ↗
1999 Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (born 1930) Wikipedia ↗
1997 Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer and actress (born 1916) Wikipedia ↗
1997 Jean Françaix, French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1912) Wikipedia ↗
1995 Dave Bowen, Welsh footballer and manager (born 1928) Wikipedia ↗
1995 Annie Elizabeth Delany, American dentist and author (born 1891) Wikipedia ↗
1992 Ivan Vdović, Serbian musician (born 1961) Wikipedia ↗
1991 Klaus Barbie, German SS captain, known as the "Butcher of Lyon" (born 1913) Wikipedia ↗
1991 Viviane Romance, French actress and producer (born 1912) Wikipedia ↗
1990 Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (born 1897) Wikipedia ↗
1988 Billy Carter, American farmer and businessman (born 1937) Wikipedia ↗
1988 Arthur Võõbus, Estonian-American orientalist and scholar (born 1909) Wikipedia ↗
1987 Mary Astor, American actress (born 1906) Wikipedia ↗
1987 Emlyn Williams, Welsh actor and playwright (born 1905) Wikipedia ↗
1986 Darshan Singh Canadian, Indian-Canadian trade union leader and activist (born 1917) Wikipedia ↗
1986 Donald MacDonald, Canadian union leader and politician (born 1909) Wikipedia ↗
1986 Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1896) Wikipedia ↗
1986 Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic (born 1909) Wikipedia ↗
1984 Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor (born 1897) Wikipedia ↗
1983 Leopold III of Belgium (born 1901) Wikipedia ↗
1980 John Bonham, English drummer and songwriter (born 1948) Wikipedia ↗
1980 Lewis Milestone, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1895) Wikipedia ↗
1980 Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (born 1883) Wikipedia ↗
1972 Alejandra Pizarnik, Argentine poet (born 1936) Wikipedia ↗
1971 Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician, Associate Supreme Court Justice (born 1886) Wikipedia ↗
1970 Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss author and translator (born 1898) Wikipedia ↗
1968 Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic (born 1891) Wikipedia ↗
1968 Cornell Woolrich, American author and screenwriter (born 1903) Wikipedia ↗
1961 Frank Fay, American actor and singer (born 1897) Wikipedia ↗
1960 Emily Post, American author and educator (born 1873) Wikipedia ↗
1958 John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (born 1878) Wikipedia ↗
1955 Martha Norelius Swedish-born American swimmer (born 1909) Wikipedia ↗
1946 Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (born 1879) Wikipedia ↗
1943 Alexander Hall, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (born 1880) Wikipedia ↗
1941 Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player, golfer, and race car driver (born 1867) Wikipedia ↗
1939 Ali Saip Ursavaş, Turkish soldier and politician (born 1885) Wikipedia ↗
1938 Lev Zadov, Ukrainian intelligence agent (born 1893) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Ring Lardner, American journalist and author (born 1885) Wikipedia ↗
1929 Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (born 1879) Wikipedia ↗
1928 Richard F. Outcault, American cartoonist, created The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown (born 1863) Wikipedia ↗
1926 Herbert Booth, English songwriter and bandleader (born 1862) Wikipedia ↗
1918 Mikhail Alekseyev, Russian general (born 1857) Wikipedia ↗
1917 Thomas Ashe, Irish revolutionary, rebel commander, died on hunger strike (born 1885) Wikipedia ↗
1905 Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French educator and politician (born 1853) Wikipedia ↗
1901 Arthur Fremantle, English general and politician, Governor of Malta (born 1835) Wikipedia ↗
1900 Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Québec (born 1832) Wikipedia ↗
1900 John M. Palmer, American general and politician, 15th Governor of Illinois (born 1817) Wikipedia ↗
1893 Louise von François, German author (born 1817) Wikipedia ↗
1867 Oliver Loving, American rancher, co-developed the Goodnight–Loving Trail (born 1812) Wikipedia ↗
1849 Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer (born 1804) Wikipedia ↗
1828 Charlotta Seuerling, Swedish singer, harpsichord player, and composer (born 1783) Wikipedia ↗
1794 Paul Rabaut, French pastor (born 1718) Wikipedia ↗
1792 Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish politician and diplomat (born 1710) Wikipedia ↗
1791 William Bradford, American soldier and publisher (born 1719) Wikipedia ↗
1777 Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (born 1728) Wikipedia ↗
1774 John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general (born 1714) Wikipedia ↗
1703 Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish general (born 1658) Wikipedia ↗
1665 Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (born 1610) Wikipedia ↗
1630 Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases, Italian general and politician, Governor of the Duchy of Milan (born 1569) Wikipedia ↗
1626 Lancelot Andrewes, English bishop and scholar (born 1555) Wikipedia ↗
1621 Mary Sidney, English writer (born 1561) Wikipedia ↗
1617 Emperor Go-Yōzei of Japan (born 1572) Wikipedia ↗
1617 Francisco Suárez, Spanish priest, philosopher, and theologian (born 1548) Wikipedia ↗
1615 Arbella Stuart, English noblewoman and woman of letters (born 1575) Wikipedia ↗
1602 Caspar Peucer, German physician, scholar, and reformer (born 1525) Wikipedia ↗
1588 Tilemann Heshusius, German Gnesio-Lutheran theologian (born 1527) Wikipedia ↗
1550 Georg von Blumenthal, German bishop (born 1490) Wikipedia ↗
1536 Johannes Secundus, Dutch author and poet (born 1511) Wikipedia ↗
1534 Pope Clement VII (born 1478) Wikipedia ↗
1506 Philip I of Castile (born 1478) Wikipedia ↗
1496 Piero Capponi, Italian soldier and politician (born 1447) Wikipedia ↗
1396 Jean de Carrouges, French knight (born 1330) Wikipedia ↗
1396 Jean de Vienne, French general and admiral (born 1341) Wikipedia ↗
1367 Jakushitsu Genkō, Japanese poet (born 1290) Wikipedia ↗
1333 Prince Morikuni, Japanese shōgun (born 1301) Wikipedia ↗
1087 Simon I de Montfort, French nobleman (born c. 1025) Wikipedia ↗
1086 William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (born 1025) Wikipedia ↗
1066 Harald Hardrada, Norwegian king (born 1015) Wikipedia ↗
1066 Maria Haraldsdotter, Norwegian princess Wikipedia ↗
1066 Tostig Godwinson, English son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex (born c. 1029) Wikipedia ↗

Holidays & observances

Armed Forces Day or Revolution Day (Mozambique)Bangladeshi Immigration Day (United States)Christian feast day: Abadir and Iraja and Companions (Coptic Church)Christian feast day: Aunarius (Aunacharius)Christian feast day: Anathalon (Archdiocese of Milan)Christian feast day: Cadoc Christian feast day: Ceolfrith Christian feast day: Cleopas Christian feast day: Euphrosyne of Alexandria Christian feast day: Finbarr Christian feast day: Fermin of Amiens Christian feast day: Lancelot Andrewes (Church of England)Christian feast day: Sergius of Radonezh (repose)Christian feast day: September 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Events, births, deaths and observances: Wikipedia, “September 25”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pakistan entries reviewed by Newsora24. Updated 14 Oct 2026.