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2025 The 2025 Alberta teachers' strike begins, leaving approximately 51,000 teachers off-work, impacting about 730,000 Albertan students. Wikipedia ↗
2022 Annie Ernaux is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Wikipedia ↗
2018 The United States Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Associate Justice, ending a contentious confirmation process. Wikipedia ↗
2010 Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded. Wikipedia ↗
2007 Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth. Wikipedia ↗
1995 The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered. Wikipedia ↗
1990 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-41, and deploys the Ulysses space probe to study the Sun's polar regions. Wikipedia ↗
1987 Fiji becomes a republic. Wikipedia ↗
1985 Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London. Wikipedia ↗
1981 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists. Wikipedia ↗

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1981 NLM CityHopper Flight 431 crashes in Moerdijk after taking off from Rotterdam The Hague Airport in the Netherlands, killing all 17 people on board. Wikipedia ↗
1979 Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House. Wikipedia ↗
1977 The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight. Wikipedia ↗
1976 Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group. Wikipedia ↗
1976 Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China. Wikipedia ↗
1976 Dozens are killed by Thai police and right-wing paramilitaries in the Thammasat University massacre; afterwards, the Seni Pramoj government is toppled in a military coup led by Sangad Chaloryu. Wikipedia ↗
1973 Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War. Wikipedia ↗
1944 World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass. Wikipedia ↗
1943 World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete during the Nazi occupation of Greece. Wikipedia ↗
1942 World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River during the Battle of Guadalcanal. Wikipedia ↗
1939 World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland. Wikipedia ↗
1934 Revolution of 1934: The President of the autonomous government of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, proclaims the Catalan State with the support of the Worker's Alliance. Wikipedia ↗
1927 Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie. Wikipedia ↗
1923 The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople. Wikipedia ↗
1920 Ukrainian War of Independence: The Starobilsk agreement is signed by representatives of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Makhnovshchina. Wikipedia ↗
1915 World War I: Combined Austro-Hungarian and German Central Powers, reinforced by the recently joined Bulgaria, launch a new offensive against Serbia under command of August von Mackensen. Wikipedia ↗
1915 World War I: Entente forces land in Thessaloniki, to open the Macedonian front against the Central Powers. Wikipedia ↗
1910 Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first of seven times. Wikipedia ↗
1908 The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina. Wikipedia ↗
1903 The High Court of Australia sits for the first time. Wikipedia ↗
1898 Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music. Wikipedia ↗
1884 The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island. Wikipedia ↗
1854 In England the great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured. Wikipedia ↗
1849 The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence. Wikipedia ↗
1810 A large fire destroys a third of all the buildings in the town of Raahe in the Grand Duchy of Finland. Wikipedia ↗
1789 French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace. Wikipedia ↗
1777 American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River. Wikipedia ↗
1762 Seven Years' War: The British capture Manila from Spain and occupy it. Wikipedia ↗
1683 Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America. Wikipedia ↗
1620 The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth suffers a defeat against the Ottoman Empire in the battle of Cecora after a heroic defense over several days and the death of their commander Hetman Stanisław Żółkiewski. Wikipedia ↗
1600 Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period. Wikipedia ↗
1539 Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters. Wikipedia ↗
891 Election of Pope Formosus following the death of pope Stephen V in the previous month. Wikipedia ↗
618 Transition from Sui to Tang: Wang Shichong decisively defeats Li Mi at the Battle of Yanshi. Wikipedia ↗
404 Byzantine Empress Eudoxia dies from the miscarriage of her seventh pregnancy. Wikipedia ↗
23 Rebels decapitate Wang Mang, only Emperor of the Xin Dynasty, after his capital was sacked during a peasant rebellion. Wikipedia ↗
69 BC Third Mithridatic War: The military of the Roman Republic subdues Armenia. Wikipedia ↗
105 BC Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio of the Roman army of the mid-Republic. Wikipedia ↗

Born on this day

2004 Bronny James, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
2004 Hanni, Australian singer Wikipedia ↗
2002 Jonathan Kuminga, Congolese basketball player Wikipedia ↗
2001 Hitomi Honda, Japanese singer based in South Korea Wikipedia ↗
2000 Jazz Jennings, American internet personality Wikipedia ↗
2000 Kyle Pitts, American football player Wikipedia ↗
2000 Addison Rae, American social media personality, dancer, and singer Wikipedia ↗
1999 Trevor Lawrence, American football player Wikipedia ↗

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1997 Kasper Dolberg, Danish footballer Wikipedia ↗
1996 Kevin Diks, Indonesian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1994 Jake Guentzel, American ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1994 Lee Joo-heon, South Korean rapper and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1993 Adam Gemili, English sprinter Wikipedia ↗
1993 Jourdan Miller, American fashion model Wikipedia ↗
1993 Nail Yakupov, Russian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1992 Josh Archibald, Canadian-American ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1992 Taylor Paris, Canadian rugby player Wikipedia ↗
1990 Scarlett Byrne, English actress Wikipedia ↗
1990 Marcus Johansson, Swedish ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1990 Nazem Kadri, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1990 Han Sun-hwa, South Korean singer and actress Wikipedia ↗
1989 Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1989 Tyler Ennis, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1989 Pizzi, Portuguese footballer Wikipedia ↗
1987 Akuila Uate, Fijian-Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
1986 Meg Myers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1986 Olivia Thirlby, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1985 Mitchell Cole, English footballer (died 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1985 Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1985 Sandra Góngora, Mexican ten-pin bowler Wikipedia ↗
1985 Tarmo Kink, Estonian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1984 Morné Morkel, South African cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1983 Renata Voráčová, Czech tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1982 Levon Aronian, Armenian chess grandmaster Wikipedia ↗
1982 Will Butler, American musician and composer Wikipedia ↗
1982 Paul Smith, English boxer Wikipedia ↗
1981 Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1980 Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
1979 David Di Tommaso, French footballer (died 2005) Wikipedia ↗
1979 Mohamed Kallon, Sierra Leonean footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1979 Richard Seymour, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1978 Ricky Hatton, English boxer and promoter (died 2025) Wikipedia ↗
1978 Liu Yang, Chinese astronaut Wikipedia ↗
1977 Daniel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1977 Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer and singer Wikipedia ↗
1977 Wes Ramsey, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1976 Freddy García, Venezuelan baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1976 Brett Gelman, American actor and comedian Wikipedia ↗
1975 Reon King, Guyanese cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1974 Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1974 Kenny Jönsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1974 Seema Kennedy, British politician Wikipedia ↗
1974 Jeremy Sisto, American actor, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1974 Hoàng Xuân Vinh, Vietnamese shooter Wikipedia ↗
1973 Jeff B. Davis, American comedian, actor, and singer Wikipedia ↗
1973 Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor Wikipedia ↗
1973 Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1972 Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1971 Emily Mortimer, English actress Wikipedia ↗
1970 Amy Jo Johnson, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1970 Shauna MacDonald, Canadian actress and producer Wikipedia ↗
1970 Darren Oliver, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1969 Byron Black, Zimbabwean golfer Wikipedia ↗
1969 Muhammad V of Kelantan, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia Wikipedia ↗
1968 Bjarne Goldbæk, Danish footballer and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1968 Bob May, American golfer Wikipedia ↗
1967 Kennet Andersson, Swedish footballer Wikipedia ↗
1967 Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman and bodybuilder Wikipedia ↗
1967 Steven Woolfe, English barrister and politician Wikipedia ↗
1966 Melania Mazzucco, Italian author Wikipedia ↗
1966 Jacqueline Obradors, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1966 Niall Quinn, Irish footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1966 Tommy Stinson, American singer-songwriter and bass player Wikipedia ↗
1965 Jürgen Kohler, German footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1965 Peg O'Connor, American philosopher and academic Wikipedia ↗
1965 Steve Scalise, American lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
1965 Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican-American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1965 John McWhorter, American academic and linguist Wikipedia ↗
1964 Ricky Berry, American basketball player (died 1989) Wikipedia ↗
1964 Mark Field, German-English lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
1964 Tom Jager, American swimmer and coach Wikipedia ↗
1964 Miltos Manetas, Greek painter Wikipedia ↗
1964 Knut Storberget, Norwegian lawyer and politician, Norwegian Minister of Justice Wikipedia ↗
1964 Matthew Sweet, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1963 Sven Andersson, Swedish footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
1963 Elisabeth Shue, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1962 David Baker, American biologist and academic Wikipedia ↗
1962 Rich Yett, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1961 Miyuki Matsuda, Japanese actress Wikipedia ↗
1961 Paul Sansome, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1961 Ben Summerskill, English businessman and journalist Wikipedia ↗
1960 Richard Jobson, Scottish singer, songwriter director and producer. Wikipedia ↗
1959 Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician (died 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1959 Oil Can Boyd, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1959 Brian Higgins, American politician Wikipedia ↗
1959 Walter Ray Williams, Jr., American bowler Wikipedia ↗
1958 Sergei Mylnikov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2017) Wikipedia ↗
1957 Bruce Grobbelaar, Zimbabwean footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
1956 Sadiq al-Ahmar, Yemeni politician (died 2023) Wikipedia ↗
1956 Kathleen Webb, American author and illustrator Wikipedia ↗
1955 Tony Dungy, American football player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1954 Bill Buford, American author and journalist Wikipedia ↗
1954 David Hidalgo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1953 Rein Rannap, Estonian pianist and composer Wikipedia ↗
1952 Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and author Wikipedia ↗
1951 Kevin Cronin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1951 Clive Rees, Singaporean-Welsh rugby player and educator Wikipedia ↗
1951 Gavin Sutherland, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player Wikipedia ↗
1951 Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (died 1985) Wikipedia ↗
1950 David Brin, American physicist and author Wikipedia ↗
1949 Lonnie Johnson, American inventor Wikipedia ↗
1949 Penny Junor, English journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
1949 Thomas McClary, American R&B singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1949 Leslie Moonves, American businessman Wikipedia ↗
1949 Nicolas Peyrac, French singer-songwriter and photographer Wikipedia ↗
1948 Gerry Adams, Irish republican politician Wikipedia ↗
1948 Glenn Branca, American guitarist and composer (died 2018) Wikipedia ↗
1947 Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor (died 2019) Wikipedia ↗
1947 Klaus Dibiasi, Italian diver Wikipedia ↗
1947 Millie Small, Jamaican singer-songwriter (died 2020) Wikipedia ↗
1946 Lloyd Doggett, American lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
1946 Tony Greig, South African-English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1946 John Monie, Australian rugby league player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1946 Eddie Villanueva, Filipino evangelist and politician, founded the ZOE Broadcasting Network Wikipedia ↗
1946 Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (died 2017) Wikipedia ↗
1945 Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1997) Wikipedia ↗
1944 Merzak Allouache, Algerian director and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1944 Patrick Cordingley, English general Wikipedia ↗
1944 Boris Mikhailov, Russian ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1944 Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver (died 1977) Wikipedia ↗
1943 Richard Caborn, English engineer and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics Wikipedia ↗
1943 Peter Dowding, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Western Australia Wikipedia ↗
1943 Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter Wikipedia ↗
1943 Cees Veerman, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1942 Dan Christensen, American painter (died 2007) Wikipedia ↗
1942 Britt Ekland, Swedish actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
1942 Fred Travalena, American comedian and actor (died 2009) Wikipedia ↗
1941 Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (died 1987) Wikipedia ↗
1940 Jan Keizer, Dutch footballer and referee Wikipedia ↗
1939 Melvyn Bragg, English journalist, author, and academic Wikipedia ↗
1939 Jack Cullen, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1939 Richard Delgado, American lawyer and academic Wikipedia ↗
1939 Sheila Greibach, American computer scientist and academic Wikipedia ↗
1939 John J. LaFalce, American captain, lawyer, and politician Wikipedia ↗
1938 Serge Nubret, Caribbean-French bodybuilder and actor (died 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1936 Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer, educator, and activist (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1935 Bruno Sammartino, Italian-American wrestler and trainer (died 2018) Wikipedia ↗
1934 Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Prince Mukarram Jah, 8th Nizam of Hyderabad (died 2023) Wikipedia ↗
1931 Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer (died 2004) Wikipedia ↗
1931 Eileen Derbyshire, English actress Wikipedia ↗
1931 Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018) Wikipedia ↗
1930 Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria (died 2000) Wikipedia ↗
1930 Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1929 George Mattos, American pole vaulter (died 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1928 Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1928 Barbara Werle, American actress and singer (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1927 Bill King, American sportscaster (died 2005) Wikipedia ↗
1925 Shana Alexander, American journalist and author (died 2005) Wikipedia ↗
1923 Robert Kuok, Malaysian Chinese business magnate and investor Wikipedia ↗
1923 Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Joe Frazier, American baseball player and manager (died 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Teala Loring, American actress (died 2007) Wikipedia ↗
1921 Evgenii Landis, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1997) Wikipedia ↗
1921 Joseph Lowery, American minister and activist (died 2020) Wikipedia ↗
1921 Giovanni Michelotti, Italian automotive designer (died 1980) Wikipedia ↗
1920 John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, English lawyer and judge (died 2005) Wikipedia ↗
1919 Tommy Lawton, English footballer and coach (died 1996) Wikipedia ↗
1918 Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (died 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1918 André Pilette, French-Belgian race car driver (died 1993) Wikipedia ↗
1917 Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (died 1977) Wikipedia ↗
1916 Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general (died 1997) Wikipedia ↗
1916 Otto Djaya, Indonesian painter (died 2002) Wikipedia ↗
1915 Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and activist (died 2007) Wikipedia ↗
1915 Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (died 1983) Wikipedia ↗
1915 Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress (died 2007) Wikipedia ↗
1914 Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnographer and explorer (died 2002) Wikipedia ↗
1914 Joan Littlewood, English director and playwright (died 2002) Wikipedia ↗
1913 Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter and photographer (died 1985) Wikipedia ↗
1912 Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician (died 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1910 Barbara Castle, English journalist and politician, First Secretary of State (died 2002) Wikipedia ↗
1910 Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (died 1974) Wikipedia ↗
1908 Carole Lombard, American actress (died 1942) Wikipedia ↗
1908 Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1989) Wikipedia ↗
1906 Janet Gaynor, American actress (died 1984) Wikipedia ↗
1906 Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach (died 1946) Wikipedia ↗
1905 Helen Wills, American tennis player and painter (died 1998) Wikipedia ↗
1903 Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995) Wikipedia ↗
1901 Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, German-Brazilian zoologist and academic (died 1990) Wikipedia ↗
1900 Vivion Brewer, American activist and desegregationist (died 1991) Wikipedia ↗
1900 Willy Merkl, German mountaineer (died 1934) Wikipedia ↗
1900 Stan Nichols, English cricketer (died 1961) Wikipedia ↗
1897 Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist and academic (died 1991) Wikipedia ↗
1896 David Howard, American film director (died 1941) Wikipedia ↗
1895 Caroline Gordon, American author and critic (died 1981) Wikipedia ↗
1893 Meghnad Saha, Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (died 1956) Wikipedia ↗
1891 Hendrik Adamson, Estonian poet and educator (died 1946) Wikipedia ↗
1888 Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (died 1918) Wikipedia ↗
1887 Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy (died 1965) Wikipedia ↗
1886 Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (died 1960) Wikipedia ↗
1882 Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (died 1937) Wikipedia ↗
1876 Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (died 1941) Wikipedia ↗
1874 Frank G. Allen, American merchant and politician, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (died 1950) Wikipedia ↗
1866 Reginald Fessenden, Canadian engineer and academic, invented radiotelephony (died 1932) Wikipedia ↗
1862 Albert J. Beveridge, American historian and politician (died 1927) Wikipedia ↗
1846 George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (died 1914) Wikipedia ↗
1838 Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian soldier, poet, and author (died 1910) Wikipedia ↗
1831 Richard Dedekind, German mathematician and philosopher (died 1916) Wikipedia ↗
1820 James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh (died 1892) Wikipedia ↗
1820 Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano and actress (died 1887) Wikipedia ↗
1803 Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Polish-German physicist and meteorologist (died 1879) Wikipedia ↗
1801 Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (died 1888) Wikipedia ↗
1773 John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (died 1835) Wikipedia ↗
1773 Louis Philippe I of France (died 1850) Wikipedia ↗
1769 Isaac Brock, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (died 1812) Wikipedia ↗
1767 Henri Christophe, Grenadian-Haitian king (died 1820) Wikipedia ↗
1744 James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (died 1813) Wikipedia ↗
1742 Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (died 1785) Wikipedia ↗
1738 Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (died 1789) Wikipedia ↗
1732 John Broadwood, Scottish businessman, co-founded John Broadwood and Sons (died 1812) Wikipedia ↗
1729 Sarah Crosby, English preacher, the first female Methodist preacher (died 1804) Wikipedia ↗
1716 George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1771) Wikipedia ↗
1626 Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (died 1684) Wikipedia ↗
1610 Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French general (died 1690) Wikipedia ↗
1591 Settimia Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter (died 1638) Wikipedia ↗
1576 Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland (died 1612) Wikipedia ↗
1573 Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (died 1624) Wikipedia ↗
1565 Marie de Gournay, French writer (died 1645) Wikipedia ↗
1555 Ferenc Nádasdy, Hungarian noble (died 1604) Wikipedia ↗
1552 Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and missionary (died 1610) Wikipedia ↗
1510 John Caius, English physician and academic, co-founded the Gonville and Caius College (died 1573) Wikipedia ↗
1510 Rowland Taylor, English priest and martyr (died 1555) Wikipedia ↗
1459 Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (died 1507) Wikipedia ↗
1289 Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (died 1306) Wikipedia ↗
649 Yuknoom Yichʼaak Kʼahkʼ (died around 696) Wikipedia ↗

Died on this day

2026 Eva Marie Saint, American actress (born 1924) Wikipedia ↗
2024 Dave Hobson, American politician (born 1936) Wikipedia ↗
2024 Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1951) Wikipedia ↗
2020 Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1955) Wikipedia ↗
2020 Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter (born 1940) Wikipedia ↗
2019 Ginger Baker, English drummer (born 1939) Wikipedia ↗
2019 Eddie Lumsden, Australian rugby league player (born 1936) Wikipedia ↗
2019 Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian (born 1931) Wikipedia ↗

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2018 Scott Wilson, American actor (born 1942) Wikipedia ↗
2018 Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano (born 1933) Wikipedia ↗
2017 Ralphie May, American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1972) Wikipedia ↗
2017 David Marks, British architect, designer of the London Eye (born 1952) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Árpád Göncz, Hungarian author, playwright, and politician, 1st President of Hungary (born 1922) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (born 1926) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Juan Vicente Ugarte del Pino, Peruvian historian, lawyer, and jurist (born 1923) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Vic Braden, American tennis player and coach (born 1929) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Igor Mitoraj, German-Polish sculptor (born 1944) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Diane Nyland, Canadian actress, director and choreographer (born 1944) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Marian Seldes, American actress (born 1928) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (born 1976) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Feridun Buğeker, Turkish football player (born 1933) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Ulysses Curtis, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1926) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Rift Fournier, American screenwriter and producer (born 1936) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Paul Rogers, English actor (born 1917) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Nico van Kampen, Dutch physicist and academic (born 1921) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Chadli Bendjedid, Algerian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Algeria (born 1929) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Anthony John Cooke, English organist and composer (born 1931) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Nick Curran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1977) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Albert, Margrave of Meissen (born 1943) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Joseph Meyer, American lawyer and politician, 19th Secretary of State of Wyoming (born 1941) Wikipedia ↗
2012 B. Satya Narayan Reddy, Indian lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of West Bengal (born 1927) Wikipedia ↗
2012 J. J. C. Smart, English-Australian philosopher and academic (born 1920) Wikipedia ↗
2011 Diane Cilento, Australian actress and author (born 1932) Wikipedia ↗
2010 Rhys Isaac, South-African-Australian historian and author (born 1937) Wikipedia ↗
2010 Antonie Kamerling, Dutch television and film actor, and musician (born 1966) Wikipedia ↗
2009 Douglas Campbell, Scottish-Canadian actor and screenwriter (born 1922) Wikipedia ↗
2008 Peter Cox, Australian public servant and politician (born 1925) Wikipedia ↗
2007 Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1921) Wikipedia ↗
2007 Laxmi Mall Singhvi, Indian scholar, jurist, and politician (born 1931) Wikipedia ↗
2006 Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter (born 1930) Wikipedia ↗
2006 Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter (born 1940) Wikipedia ↗
2006 Buck O'Neil, American baseball player and manager (born 1911) Wikipedia ↗
2006 Wilson Tucker, American author and critic (born 1914) Wikipedia ↗
2002 Prince Claus of the Netherlands (born 1926) Wikipedia ↗
2001 Arne Harris, American director and producer (born 1934) Wikipedia ↗
2000 Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman (born 1920) Wikipedia ↗
1999 Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (born 1920) Wikipedia ↗
1999 Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler and sportscaster (born 1937) Wikipedia ↗
1998 Mark Belanger, American baseball player (born 1944) Wikipedia ↗
1997 Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player and manager (born 1914) Wikipedia ↗
1995 Benoît Chamoux, French mountaineer (born 1961) Wikipedia ↗
1993 Nejat Eczacıbaşı, Turkish chemist, businessman, and philanthropist, founded Eczacıbaşı (born 1913) Wikipedia ↗
1993 Larry Walters, American truck driver and pilot (born 1949) Wikipedia ↗
1992 Denholm Elliott, English actor (born 1922) Wikipedia ↗
1992 Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (born 1905) Wikipedia ↗
1991 Igor Talkov, Russian singer-songwriter (born 1956) Wikipedia ↗
1990 Bahriye Üçok, Turkish sociologist and politician (born 1919) Wikipedia ↗
1989 Bette Davis, American actress (born 1908) Wikipedia ↗
1986 Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (born 1921) Wikipedia ↗
1985 Nelson Riddle, American composer, conductor, and bandleader (born 1921) Wikipedia ↗
1983 Terence Cooke, American cardinal (born 1921) Wikipedia ↗
1981 Anwar Sadat, Egyptian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918) Wikipedia ↗
1980 Hattie Jacques, English actress and producer (born 1922) Wikipedia ↗
1980 Jean Robic, French cyclist (born 1921) Wikipedia ↗
1979 Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and short-story writer (born 1911) Wikipedia ↗
1978 Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer-songwriter (born 1935) Wikipedia ↗
1976 Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher and author (born 1900) Wikipedia ↗
1974 Helmut Koinigg, Austrian race car driver (born 1948) Wikipedia ↗
1973 Sidney Blackmer, American actor (born 1895) Wikipedia ↗
1973 François Cevert, French race car driver (born 1944) Wikipedia ↗
1973 Dick Laan, Dutch actor, screenwriter, and author (born 1894) Wikipedia ↗
1973 Dennis Price, English actor (born 1915) Wikipedia ↗
1973 Margaret Wilson, American missionary and author (born 1882) Wikipedia ↗
1972 Cléo de Verberena, Brazilian actress and film director (born c. 1909) Wikipedia ↗
1969 Walter Hagen, American golfer (born 1892) Wikipedia ↗
1969 Otto Steinböck, Austrian zoologist (born 1893) Wikipedia ↗
1968 Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and physicist (born 1917) Wikipedia ↗
1962 Tod Browning, American actor, director, screenwriter (born 1880) Wikipedia ↗
1959 Bernard Berenson, American historian and author (born 1865) Wikipedia ↗
1951 Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (born 1860) Wikipedia ↗
1951 Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1884) Wikipedia ↗
1947 Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (born 1887) Wikipedia ↗
1945 Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (born 1900) Wikipedia ↗
1942 Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (born 1884) Wikipedia ↗
1923 Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1853) Wikipedia ↗
1912 Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1829) Wikipedia ↗
1892 Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (born 1809) Wikipedia ↗
1891 Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (born 1846) Wikipedia ↗
1883 Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (born 1852) Wikipedia ↗
1873 Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (born 1797) Wikipedia ↗
1836 Johannes Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter and actor (born 1770) Wikipedia ↗
1829 Pierre Derbigny, French-American politician, 6th Governor of Louisiana (born 1769) Wikipedia ↗
1819 Charles Emmanuel IV, king of Sardinia (born 1751) Wikipedia ↗
1762 Francesco Manfredini, Italian violinist and composer (born 1684) Wikipedia ↗
1688 Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English soldier and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (born 1652) Wikipedia ↗
1661 Guru Har Rai, Indian 7th Sikh guru (born 1630) Wikipedia ↗
1660 Paul Scarron, French poet and author (born 1610) Wikipedia ↗
1644 Elisabeth of France, queen of Spain and Portugal (born 1602) Wikipedia ↗
1641 Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer Wikipedia ↗
1640 Wolrad IV, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (born 1588) Wikipedia ↗
1559 William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count (born 1487) Wikipedia ↗
1553 Şehzade Mustafa, Ottoman prince (born 1515) Wikipedia ↗
1536 William Tyndale, English Protestant Bible translator (born c. 1494) Wikipedia ↗
1413 Dawit I, ruler (Emperor) of Ethiopia (born 1382) Wikipedia ↗
1398 Chŏng Tojŏn, Korean prime minister (born 1342) Wikipedia ↗
1349 Joan II of Navarre, daughter of Louis X of France (born 1312) Wikipedia ↗
1173 Engelbert III, margrave of Istria Wikipedia ↗
1145 Baldwin, archbishop of Pisa Wikipedia ↗
1101 Bruno of Cologne, German monk, founded the Carthusian Order Wikipedia ↗
1090 Adalbero, bishop of Würzburg Wikipedia ↗
1019 Frederick of Luxembourg, count of Moselgau (born 965) Wikipedia ↗
1014 Samuel, tsar of the Bulgarian Empire Wikipedia ↗
997 Minamoto no Mitsunaka, Japanese samurai (born 912) Wikipedia ↗
877 Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor (born 823) Wikipedia ↗
869 Ermentrude of Orléans, Frankish queen (born 823) Wikipedia ↗
836 Nicetas the Patrician, Byzantine general Wikipedia ↗
404 Aelia Eudoxia, Byzantine empress Wikipedia ↗
23 Wang Mang, emperor of the Xin Dynasty Wikipedia ↗

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Events, births, deaths and observances: Wikipedia, “October 6”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pakistan entries reviewed by Newsora24. Updated 14 Oct 2026.