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PAKISTAN · ON THIS DAY2012

Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai (pictured) was severely injured by a Taliban gunman in a failed assassination attempt.

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Died1999 Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani economist and scholar (born 1914) Wikipedia ↗
Died1975 Noon Meem Rashid, Pakistani poet (born 1910) Wikipedia ↗

Events

2024 Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 hurricane, causing US$34.3 billion in damage only two weeks after Hurricane Helene impacted the state. Wikipedia ↗
2019 Turkey begins its military offensive in north-eastern Syria. Wikipedia ↗
2016 The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army launches its first attack on Myanmar security forces along the Bangladesh–Myanmar border. Wikipedia ↗
2012 Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai. Wikipedia ↗
2009 First lunar impact of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program. Wikipedia ↗
2007 The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the 2008 financial crisis. Wikipedia ↗
2006 North Korea conducts its first nuclear test. Wikipedia ↗
1995 An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona. Wikipedia ↗
1992 The Peekskill meteorite, a 27.7 pounds (12.6 kg) meteorite crashed into a parked car in Peekskill, New York. Wikipedia ↗
1986 The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre. Wikipedia ↗

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1986 Fox Broadcasting Company (FBC) launches as the fourth US television network. Wikipedia ↗
1984 The popular children's television show Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, based on The Railway Series by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, premieres on ITV. Wikipedia ↗
1983 South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma, but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others. Wikipedia ↗
1981 President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France. Wikipedia ↗
1980 Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City. Wikipedia ↗
1970 The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia. Wikipedia ↗
1969 In Chicago, the National Guard is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "Chicago Eight". Wikipedia ↗
1967 A day after his capture, Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia. Wikipedia ↗
1966 Vietnam War: the Republic of Korea Army commits the Binh Tai Massacre. Wikipedia ↗
1963 In Italy, a large landslide causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000. Wikipedia ↗
1962 Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm. Wikipedia ↗
1950 The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre in Korea begins. Wikipedia ↗
1942 Australia's Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 receives royal assent. Wikipedia ↗
1941 A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president. Wikipedia ↗
1937 Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army. Wikipedia ↗
1936 Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles. Wikipedia ↗
1934 An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille. Wikipedia ↗
1919 The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal. Wikipedia ↗
1918 The Finnish Parliament elects Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse as King of Finland, but he never accedes to the throne due to Germany's defeat in World War I. Wikipedia ↗
1914 World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end. Wikipedia ↗
1913 The steamship SS Volturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic. Wikipedia ↗
1911 An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Qing dynasty, beginning the Xinhai Revolution. Wikipedia ↗
1900 The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom. Wikipedia ↗
1874 The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern. Wikipedia ↗
1873 A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute. Wikipedia ↗
1864 American Civil War: Union cavalrymen defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia during Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley campaign. Wikipedia ↗
1861 American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens in the Battle of Santa Rosa Island. Wikipedia ↗
1847 Slavery is abolished in the Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy. Wikipedia ↗
1834 Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland. Wikipedia ↗
1831 Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece, is assassinated. Wikipedia ↗
1825 Restauration arrives in New York Harbor from Norway, the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States. Wikipedia ↗
1820 Guayaquil declares independence from Spain. Wikipedia ↗
1812 War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia. Wikipedia ↗
1806 Prussia begins the War of the Fourth Coalition against France. Wikipedia ↗
1804 Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded. Wikipedia ↗
1799 HMS Lutine sinks with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000. Wikipedia ↗
1790 A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand. Wikipedia ↗
1779 American Revolutionary War: A combined Franco-American assault on British defenses during the Siege of Savannah is repulsed with heavy casualties. Wikipedia ↗
1760 Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin. Wikipedia ↗
1740 Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin a massacre of the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing at least 10,000. Wikipedia ↗
1708 Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya. Wikipedia ↗
1701 The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Wikipedia ↗
1683 Allied Imperial and Polish-Lithuanian forces defeat the retreating Ottoman forces in the battle of Parkany. Wikipedia ↗
1635 Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements. Wikipedia ↗
1604 Kepler's Supernova is the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way. Wikipedia ↗
1594 Troops of the Portuguese Empire are defeated on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture. Wikipedia ↗
1531 Pressed by a food embargo, the five Catholic cantons of Central Switzerland declare war on the Protestant canton of Zurich, starting the Second War of Kappel. Wikipedia ↗
1410 The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock. Wikipedia ↗
1238 James I of Aragon founds the Kingdom of Valencia. Wikipedia ↗
768 Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks. Wikipedia ↗

Born on this day

2002 Ben Shelton, American tennis player Wikipedia ↗
2001 Kyla Leibel, Canadian swimmer Wikipedia ↗
2000 Penei Sewell, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1997 Jharrel Jerome, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1997 Megan Moroney, American singer-songwriter. Wikipedia ↗
1996 Jacob Batalon, Filipino-American actor Wikipedia ↗
1996 Bella Hadid, American model Wikipedia ↗
1994 Jodelle Ferland, Canadian actress Wikipedia ↗

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1993 Ani Amiraghyan, Armenian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1993 Lauren Davis, American tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1993 Jayden Hodges, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
1993 George Kittle, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1993 Scotty McCreery, American singer and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1993 Wesley So, Filipino-American chess grandmaster Wikipedia ↗
1992 Jerian Grant, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1992 Sam Mewis, American soccer player Wikipedia ↗
1992 Tyler James Williams, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1990 Kevin Kampl, German-Slovene footballer Wikipedia ↗
1990 Jake Lamb, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1989 Russell Packer, New Zealand rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
1988 Starling Marte, Dominican baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1988 David Tyrrell, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
1987 Craig Brackins, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1987 Samantha Murray Sharan, British tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1987 Henry Walker, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1986 Derek Holland, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1986 Laure Manaudou, French swimmer Wikipedia ↗
1986 David Phelps, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1986 Jan Christian Vestre, Norwegian businessman and politician Wikipedia ↗
1986 Stephane Zubar, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
1985 David Plummer, American swimmer Wikipedia ↗
1984 Marie Kondo, Japanese author and television presenter Wikipedia ↗
1983 Farhaan Behardien, South African cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1983 Trevor Daley, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1983 Stephen Gionta, American ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1983 Spencer Grammer, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1983 Jang Mi-ran, South Korean weightlifter Wikipedia ↗
1983 Andreas Zuber, Austrian racing driver Wikipedia ↗
1981 Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1981 Darius Miles, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1980 Lucy Akello, Ugandan social worker and politician Wikipedia ↗
1980 Filip Bobek, Polish actor Wikipedia ↗
1980 Sarah Lovell, Australian politician Wikipedia ↗
1980 Thami Tsolekile, South African cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1980 Henrik Zetterberg, Swedish ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1979 Vernon Fox, American football player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1979 Alex Greenwald, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor Wikipedia ↗
1979 Todd Kelly, Australian racing driver Wikipedia ↗
1979 Lecrae, American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor Wikipedia ↗
1979 Chris O'Dowd, Irish actor, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1979 Brandon Routh, American model and actor Wikipedia ↗
1979 Gonzalo Sorondo, Uruguayan footballer Wikipedia ↗
1978 Nicky Byrne, Irish singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1978 Juan Dixon, American basketball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1977 Emanuele Belardi, Italian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1977 Brian Roberts, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1976 William Alexander, American author and educator Wikipedia ↗
1976 Stephen Neal, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1976 Lee Peacock, Scottish footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
1976 Özlem Türköne, Turkish journalist and politician Wikipedia ↗
1976 Nick Swardson, American actor and comedian Wikipedia ↗
1975 Haylie Ecker, Australian violinist Wikipedia ↗
1975 Sean Lennon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor Wikipedia ↗
1975 Mark Viduka, Australian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1974 Keith Booth, American basketball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1974 Shmuel Herzfeld, American rabbi Wikipedia ↗
1973 Steve Burns, American actor, television host and musician Wikipedia ↗
1973 Fabio Lione, Italian singer-songwriter and keyboard player Wikipedia ↗
1972 Anabela Sousa Rodrigues, Portuguese politician and psychologist Wikipedia ↗
1971 Wayne Bartrim, Australian rugby league player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1971 Sian Evans, Welsh singer Wikipedia ↗
1970 Kenny Anderson, American basketball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1970 Steve Jablonsky, American composer Wikipedia ↗
1970 Annika Sörenstam, Swedish golfer and architect Wikipedia ↗
1969 Darren Britt, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
1969 Simon Fairweather, Australian archer Wikipedia ↗
1969 PJ Harvey, English musician, singer-songwriter, writer, poet, and composer Wikipedia ↗
1969 Christine Hough, Canadian figure skater and coach Wikipedia ↗
1969 Giles Martin, English songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
1969 Steve McQueen, English director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1968 Guto Bebb, Welsh businessman and politician Wikipedia ↗
1968 Anbumani Ramadoss, Indian politician Wikipedia ↗
1967 Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canadian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1967 Eddie Guerrero, American wrestler (died 2005) Wikipedia ↗
1967 Gheorghe Popescu, Romanian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1966 David Cameron, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Wikipedia ↗
1966 Christopher Östlund, Swedish publisher, founded Plaza Magazine Wikipedia ↗
1964 Guillermo del Toro, Mexican-American director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1964 Martín Jaite, Argentine tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1963 Andy Platt, English rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
1962 Jorge Burruchaga, Argentinian footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1962 Paul Radisich, New Zealand racing driver Wikipedia ↗
1962 Ōnokuni Yasushi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 62nd Yokozuna Wikipedia ↗
1961 Julian Bailey, English racing driver and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1961 Kurt Neumann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1960 Kenny Garrett, American saxophonist and composer Wikipedia ↗
1959 Boris Nemtsov, Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1958 Al Jourgensen, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
1958 Michael Paré, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1958 Mike Singletary, American football player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1957 Ini Kamoze, Jamaican singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1955 Linwood Boomer, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1955 Steve Ovett, English runner and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1954 Scott Bakula, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1954 James Fearnley, English musician Wikipedia ↗
1954 Rubén Magnano, Argentine-Italian basketball coach Wikipedia ↗
1954 John O'Hurley, American actor and game show host Wikipedia ↗
1953 Sally Burgess, South African-English soprano and educator Wikipedia ↗
1953 Hank Pfister, American tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1953 Tony Shalhoub, American actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
1952 Sharon Osbourne, English television host and manager Wikipedia ↗
1952 Dennis Stratton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1951 Robert Wuhl, American actor, comedian, and writer Wikipedia ↗
1950 Yoshiyuki Konishi, Japanese fashion designer Wikipedia ↗
1950 Reichi Nakaido, Japanese singer and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1950 Jody Williams, American academic and activist, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
1949 Rod Temperton, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (died 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1948 Jackson Browne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1947 France Gall, French singer (died 2018) Wikipedia ↗
1945 Amjad Ali Khan, Indian classical Sarod player Wikipedia ↗
1945 Taiguara, Uruguayan-Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 1996) Wikipedia ↗
1944 Rita Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy, English academic and politician Wikipedia ↗
1944 John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2002) Wikipedia ↗
1944 Nona Hendryx, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress Wikipedia ↗
1943 Douglas Kirby, American psychologist and author (died 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1943 Mike Peters, American cartoonist Wikipedia ↗
1941 Brian Lamb, American broadcaster, founded C-SPAN Wikipedia ↗
1941 Trent Lott, American lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
1941 Omali Yeshitela, political activist and founder of the Uhuru Movement Wikipedia ↗
1940 John Lennon, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1980) Wikipedia ↗
1939 Nicholas Grimshaw, English architect and academic (died 2025) Wikipedia ↗
1939 John Pilger, Australian-English journalist, director, and producer (died 2023) Wikipedia ↗
1939 O. V. Wright, American soul singer (died 1980) Wikipedia ↗
1938 Heinz Fischer, Austrian academic and politician, 11th President of Austria Wikipedia ↗
1936 Brian Blessed, English actor Wikipedia ↗
1936 Mick Young, Australian politician (died 1996) Wikipedia ↗
1935 Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Wikipedia ↗
1935 Don McCullin, English photographer and journalist Wikipedia ↗
1934 Jill Ker Conway, Australian historian and author (died 2018) Wikipedia ↗
1934 Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and composer (died 2026) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Peter Mansfield, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Melvin Sokolsky, American fashion photographer (died 2022) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Bill Tidy, English soldier and cartoonist (died 2023) Wikipedia ↗
1931 Tony Booth, English actor (died 2017) Wikipedia ↗
1928 Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer and educator (died 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1927 John Margetson, English scholar and diplomat, British Ambassador to the Netherlands (died 2020) Wikipedia ↗
1926 Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1924 Immanuvel Devendrar, Indian soldier (died 1957) Wikipedia ↗
1924 Arnie Risen, American basketball player (died 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1923 Donald Sinden, English actor (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic (died 1997) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Fyvush Finkel, American actor (died 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Olga Guillot, Cuban-American singer (died 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1921 Michel Boisrond, French director and screenwriter (died 2002) Wikipedia ↗
1921 Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1920 Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author and educator (died 1976) Wikipedia ↗
1920 Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1920 Jason Wingreen, American actor and screenwriter (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1918 E. Howard Hunt, American CIA officer and author (died 2007) Wikipedia ↗
1918 Charles Read, Australian air marshal (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1918 Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1915 Clifford M. Hardin, American academic and politician, 17th United States Secretary of Agriculture (died 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1915 Belva Plain, American author (died 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1914 Edward Andrews, American actor (died 1985) Wikipedia ↗
1911 Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (died 2006) Wikipedia ↗
1909 Donald Coggan, English archbishop (died 2000) Wikipedia ↗
1908 Harry Hooton, Australian poet and critic (died 1961) Wikipedia ↗
1908 Werner von Haeften, German lieutenant (died 1944) Wikipedia ↗
1908 Lee Wiley, American jazz singer, and lyricist (died 1975) Wikipedia ↗
1907 Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (died 2001) Wikipedia ↗
1907 Jacques Tati, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1982) Wikipedia ↗
1907 Horst Wessel, German SA officer (died 1930) Wikipedia ↗
1906 J. R. Eyerman, American photographer and journalist (died 1985) Wikipedia ↗
1906 Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal (died 2001) Wikipedia ↗
1903 Walter O'Malley, American lawyer and businessman (died 1979) Wikipedia ↗
1902 Freddie Young, English cinematographer (died 1998) Wikipedia ↗
1901 Alice Lee Jemison, Seneca political activist and journalist (died 1964) Wikipedia ↗
1900 Joseph Friedman, American inventor (died 1982) Wikipedia ↗
1900 Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor and academic (died 1976) Wikipedia ↗
1900 Joseph Zubin, Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (died 1990) Wikipedia ↗
1899 Bruce Catton, American historian and author (died 1978) Wikipedia ↗
1898 Tawfiq al-Hakim, Egyptian author and playwright (died 1987) Wikipedia ↗
1898 Joe Sewell, American baseball player (died 1990) Wikipedia ↗
1897 M. Bhaktavatsalam, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Madras State (died 1987) Wikipedia ↗
1895 Eugene Bullard, American pilot (died 1961) Wikipedia ↗
1893 Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (died 1945) Wikipedia ↗
1892 Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975) Wikipedia ↗
1890 Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (died 1944) Wikipedia ↗
1888 Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (died 1938) Wikipedia ↗
1888 Irving Cummings, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1959) Wikipedia ↗
1886 Rube Marquard, American baseball player and manager (died 1980) Wikipedia ↗
1883 Maria Filotti, Greek-Romanian actress (died 1956) Wikipedia ↗
1880 Charlie Faust, American baseball player (died 1915) Wikipedia ↗
1879 Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1960) Wikipedia ↗
1877 Gopabandhu Das, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (died 1928) Wikipedia ↗
1874 Nicholas Roerich, Russian archaeologist and painter (died 1947) Wikipedia ↗
1873 Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator (died 1944) Wikipedia ↗
1873 Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer (died 1916) Wikipedia ↗
1873 Charles Rudolph Walgreen, American pharmacist and businessman, founded Walgreens (died 1939) Wikipedia ↗
1871 Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (died 1940) Wikipedia ↗
1864 Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general (died 1927) Wikipedia ↗
1863 Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (died 1930) Wikipedia ↗
1859 Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (died 1935) Wikipedia ↗
1858 Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (died 1935) Wikipedia ↗
1852 Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919) Wikipedia ↗
1850 Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (died 1930) Wikipedia ↗
1845 Carl Gustav Thulin, Swedish shipowner (died 1918) Wikipedia ↗
1840 Simeon Solomon, English painter (died 1905) Wikipedia ↗
1837 Francis Wayland Parker, American theorist and academic (died 1902) Wikipedia ↗
1835 Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer and conductor (died 1921) Wikipedia ↗
1826 Agathon Meurman, Finnish politician and journalist (died 1909) Wikipedia ↗
1823 Mary Ann Shadd, American-Canadian abolitionist (died 1893) Wikipedia ↗
1796 Joseph Bonomi the Younger, British Egyptologist and sculptor (died 1878) Wikipedia ↗
1757 Charles X of France (died 1836) Wikipedia ↗
1704 Johann Andreas Segner, German mathematician, physicist, and physician (died 1777) Wikipedia ↗
1623 Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (died 1688) Wikipedia ↗
1609 Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland, English noble (died 1688) Wikipedia ↗
1593 Nicolaes Tulp, Dutch anatomist and politician (died 1674) Wikipedia ↗
1586 Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (died 1632) Wikipedia ↗
1581 Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician, poet, and scholar (died 1638) Wikipedia ↗
1328 Peter I of Cyprus (died 1369) Wikipedia ↗
1261 Denis of Portugal (died 1325) Wikipedia ↗
1221 Salimbene di Adam, Italian historian and scholar (died 1290) Wikipedia ↗
1201 Robert de Sorbon, French minister and theologian, founded the Collège de Sorbonne (died 1274) Wikipedia ↗

Died on this day

1999 Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani economist and scholar (born 1914) Wikipedia ↗
1975 Noon Meem Rashid, Pakistani poet (born 1910) Wikipedia ↗
2026 Mike Ditka, American football coach and tight end for the Chicago Bears (born 1939) Wikipedia ↗
2024 George Baldock, British-born Greek international footballer (born 1993) Wikipedia ↗
2024 Dieter Burdenski, German footballer (born 1950) Wikipedia ↗
2024 Lily Ebert, Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (born 1923) Wikipedia ↗
2024 Lee Wei Ling, Singaporean neurologist (born 1955) Wikipedia ↗
2024 Clark R. Rasmussen, American politician (born 1934) Wikipedia ↗

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2024 Leif Segerstam, Finnish conductor and composer (born 1944) Wikipedia ↗
2024 Ratan Tata, Indian businessman and philanthropist (born 1937) Wikipedia ↗
2017 Jean Rochefort, French actor (born 1930) Wikipedia ↗
2016 Andrzej Wajda, Polish film and theatre director (born 1926) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Ray Duncan, American businessman (born 1930) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1931) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1926) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Ravindra Jain, Indian composer and director (born 1944) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Boris Buzančić, Croatian actor and politician, 47th Mayor of Zagreb (born 1929) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Jan Hooks, American actress and comedienne (born 1957) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (born 1925) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician (born 1921) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (born 1936) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Solomon Lar, Nigerian educator and politician, 4th Governor of Plateau State (born 1933) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Srihari, Indian actor (born 1964) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Wilfried Martens, Belgian lawyer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Belgium (born 1936) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Edmund Niziurski, Polish sociologist, lawyer, and author (born 1925) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Sammi Kane Kraft, American actress (born 1992) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Kenny Rollins, American basketball player (born 1923) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Harris Savides, American cinematographer (born 1957) Wikipedia ↗
2011 Pavel Karelin, Russian ski jumper (born 1989) Wikipedia ↗
2010 Maurice Allais, French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911) Wikipedia ↗
2009 Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author and educator (born 1934) Wikipedia ↗
2009 John Daido Loori, American Zen Buddhist monastic and teacher (born 1931) Wikipedia ↗
2009 Horst Szymaniak, German footballer (born 1934) Wikipedia ↗
2007 Enrico Banducci, American businessman, founded hungry i (born 1922) Wikipedia ↗
2007 Carol Bruce, American actress and singer (born 1919) Wikipedia ↗
2006 Danièle Huillet, French filmmaker (born 1933) Wikipedia ↗
2006 Paul Hunter, English snooker player (born 1978) Wikipedia ↗
2006 Kanshi Ram, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1934) Wikipedia ↗
2005 Louis Nye, American actor (born 1913) Wikipedia ↗
2004 Jacques Derrida, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (born 1930) Wikipedia ↗
2003 Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American author and academic (born 1926) Wikipedia ↗
2003 Carl Fontana, American jazz trombonist (born 1928) Wikipedia ↗
2002 Sopubek Begaliev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (born 1931) Wikipedia ↗
2002 Charles Guggenheim, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924) Wikipedia ↗
2001 Herbert Ross, American director, producer, and choreographer (born 1927) Wikipedia ↗
2000 David Dukes, American actor (born 1945) Wikipedia ↗
2000 Patrick Anthony Porteous, Indian-Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1918) Wikipedia ↗
1999 Milt Jackson, American vibraphone player and composer (born 1923) Wikipedia ↗
1996 Walter Kerr, American author, composer, and critic (born 1913) Wikipedia ↗
1995 Alec Douglas-Home, British cricketer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1903) Wikipedia ↗
1989 Yusuf Atılgan, Turkish author and playwright (born 1921) Wikipedia ↗
1989 Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (born 1940) Wikipedia ↗
1988 Felix Wankel, German engineer, invented the Wankel engine (born 1902) Wikipedia ↗
1987 Clare Boothe Luce, American author, playwright, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1903) Wikipedia ↗
1987 William P. Murphy, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892) Wikipedia ↗
1985 Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Brazilian general and politician, 28th President of Brazil (born 1905) Wikipedia ↗
1982 Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German historian and physician (born 1893) Wikipedia ↗
1978 Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1929) Wikipedia ↗
1976 Walter Warlimont, German general (born 1894) Wikipedia ↗
1974 Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (born 1908) Wikipedia ↗
1972 Miriam Hopkins, American actress (born 1902) Wikipedia ↗
1969 Don Hoak, American baseball player (born 1928) Wikipedia ↗
1967 Che Guevara, Argentinian-Cuban physician, politician and guerrilla leader (born 1928) Wikipedia ↗
1967 Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897) Wikipedia ↗
1967 André Maurois, French soldier and author (born 1885) Wikipedia ↗
1967 Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness trainer, developed Pilates (born 1883) Wikipedia ↗
1962 Milan Vidmar, Slovenian chess player and engineer (born 1885) Wikipedia ↗
1959 Shirō Ishii, Japanese general and biologist (born 1892) Wikipedia ↗
1958 Pope Pius XII (born 1876) Wikipedia ↗
1958 John Boland, American politician (born 1884) Wikipedia ↗
1956 Marie Doro, American actress (born 1882) Wikipedia ↗
1955 Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (born 1875) Wikipedia ↗
1953 James Finlayson, Scottish-American actor (born 1887) Wikipedia ↗
1950 George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (born 1895) Wikipedia ↗
1947 Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance (born 1888) Wikipedia ↗
1946 Frank Castleman, American football player, baseball player, and coach (born 1877) Wikipedia ↗
1945 Gottlieb Hering, German captain (born 1887) Wikipedia ↗
1944 Stefanina Moro, Italian partisan (born 1927) Wikipedia ↗
1943 Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1865) Wikipedia ↗
1941 Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (born 1900) Wikipedia ↗
1940 Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (born 1865) Wikipedia ↗
1937 Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (born 1868) Wikipedia ↗
1934 Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (born 1888) Wikipedia ↗
1934 Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (born 1862) Wikipedia ↗
1926 Evald Relander, Finnish teacher, agronomist and banker (born 1856) Wikipedia ↗
1924 Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (born 1873) Wikipedia ↗
1911 Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (born 1849) Wikipedia ↗
1906 Henriette Wulfsberg, Norwegian school owner and writer (born 1843) Wikipedia ↗
1900 Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (born 1843) Wikipedia ↗
1897 Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1818) Wikipedia ↗
1873 George Ormerod, English historian and author (born 1785) Wikipedia ↗
1831 Ioannis Kapodistrias, Russian-Greek lawyer and politician, Governor of Greece (born 1776) Wikipedia ↗
1808 John Claiborne, American lawyer and politician (born 1777) Wikipedia ↗
1806 Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer and surveyor (born 1731) Wikipedia ↗
1797 Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and scholar (born 1720) Wikipedia ↗
1793 Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary and linguist (born 1718) Wikipedia ↗
1729 Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet (born 1654) Wikipedia ↗
1691 William Sacheverell, English politician (born 1638) Wikipedia ↗
1619 Joseph Pardo, Italian rabbi and merchant (born 1561) Wikipedia ↗
1613 Henry Constable, English poet (born 1562) Wikipedia ↗
1581 Louis Bertrand, Spanish missionary and saint (born 1526) Wikipedia ↗
1569 Vladimir of Staritsa (born 1533) Wikipedia ↗
1562 Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist and physician (born 1523) Wikipedia ↗
1555 Justus Jonas, German academic and reformer (born 1493) Wikipedia ↗
1390 John I of Castile (born 1358) Wikipedia ↗
1296 Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (born 1269) Wikipedia ↗
1273 Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (born 1227) Wikipedia ↗
1253 Robert Grosseteste, English bishop and philosopher (born 1175) Wikipedia ↗
1212 Philip I of Namur, Marquis of Namur (born 1175) Wikipedia ↗
1047 Pope Clement II Wikipedia ↗
892 Al-Tirmidhi, Persian scholar and hadith compiler (born 824) Wikipedia ↗
680 Ghislain, Frankish anchorite and saint Wikipedia ↗

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Events, births, deaths and observances: Wikipedia, “October 9”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pakistan entries reviewed by Newsora24. Updated 14 Oct 2026.