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PAKISTAN · BORN ON THIS DAY1943

Tariq Ali, Pakistani historian and author, was born.

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Events

2021 A shooting occurs on the set of the film Rust, in which actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop weapon which had been loaded, killing the director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, and injuring director Joel Souza. Wikipedia ↗
2019 Thirty people are killed in a fiery bus crash in western Democratic Republic of the Congo. Wikipedia ↗
2019 In Canada, the 2019 Canadian federal election ends, resulting in incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remaining in office, albeit with the Liberal Party in a minority government. Wikipedia ↗
2018 A passenger train derails in Yilan County, Taiwan, killing 18 people and injuring 187. Wikipedia ↗
2011 Iraq War: President Barack Obama announces that the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq will be complete by the end of the year. Wikipedia ↗
2007 Finnish race drivers Kimi Räikkönen of Scuderia Ferrari won the Brazilian Grand Prix in Formula One. With this result, Räikkönen became world champion, surpassing McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso by one point in the drivers' standings. Wikipedia ↗
2003 Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery. Wikipedia ↗
1994 North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections. Wikipedia ↗
1994 In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people are killed when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapses. Wikipedia ↗
1989 In Honduras, 131 people are killed when a Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Toncontín International Airport near the nation's capital Tegucigalpa. Wikipedia ↗

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1987 The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian peacekeeping forces in Sri Lanka, killing 70 Tamil patients, doctors and nurses. Wikipedia ↗
1986 In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991). Wikipedia ↗
1984 Niki Lauda claims his third and final Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by half a point ahead of McLaren team-mate Alain Prost at the Portuguese Grand Prix. Wikipedia ↗
1983 The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. Wikipedia ↗
1981 Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces. Wikipedia ↗
1979 Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs. Wikipedia ↗
1978 Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft. Wikipedia ↗
1973 Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game. Wikipedia ↗
1971 A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre near Glasgow, Scotland. Wikipedia ↗
1969 The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration. Wikipedia ↗
1967 The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon. Wikipedia ↗
1966 A colliery spoil tip slips onto houses and a school in the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, 116 of whom were schoolchildren. Wikipedia ↗
1965 Comet Ikeya–Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun. Wikipedia ↗
1959 In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public. Wikipedia ↗
1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency. Wikipedia ↗
1956 The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated. Wikipedia ↗
1950 Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces and North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju. Wikipedia ↗
1945 In the 1945 French legislative election French women vote for the first time. Wikipedia ↗
1944 World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages HMAS Australia as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins. Wikipedia ↗
1944 World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against German civilians takes place. Wikipedia ↗
1944 World War II: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, the first German city to fall to the Allies. Wikipedia ↗
1943 World War II: The Provisional Government of Free India is formally established in Japanese-occupied Singapore. Wikipedia ↗
1941 World War II: The Kragujevac massacre against Serbian men and boys takes place. Wikipedia ↗
1940 The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published. Wikipedia ↗
1931 A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt. Wikipedia ↗
1921 President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. president against lynching in the Deep South. Wikipedia ↗
1912 First Balkan War: The Greek navy completes the capture of the island of Lemnos for use as a forward base against the Dardanelles. Wikipedia ↗
1910 HMS Niobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy. Wikipedia ↗
1907 The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people. Wikipedia ↗
1895 The capitulation of Tainan completes the Japanese conquest of Taiwan. Wikipedia ↗
1892 Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893. Wikipedia ↗
1888 The Swiss Social Democratic Party is founded. Wikipedia ↗
1879 Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb. Wikipedia ↗
1867 The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in the western Indian Territory. Wikipedia ↗
1861 American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war. Wikipedia ↗
1854 Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War. Wikipedia ↗
1824 Portland cement is patented. Wikipedia ↗
1805 Napoleonic Wars: A British fleet led by Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve in the Battle of Trafalgar. Wikipedia ↗
1797 In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched. Wikipedia ↗
1774 The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty". Wikipedia ↗
1600 Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shōgun of Japan. Wikipedia ↗
1520 João Álvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of "Islands of the 11,000 Virgins". Wikipedia ↗
1512 Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Wikipedia ↗
1392 Japanese Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu. Wikipedia ↗
1187 Election of Gregory VIII following the death of Pope Urban III. Wikipedia ↗
1139 Zengi, atabeg of Aleppo, takes Baalbek from the Burid dynasty. Wikipedia ↗
1097 First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, begin the Siege of Antioch. Wikipedia ↗
1096 A Seljuk Turkish army successfully ambushes the People's Crusade at the Battle of Civetot. Wikipedia ↗
1094 El Cid and his forces defeat a larger army of the Almoravids in the battle of Cuarte. Wikipedia ↗
685 Election of Pope Conon following the death of Pope John V. Wikipedia ↗
310 Sixty-five days after being exiled by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, Pope Eusebius dies. Wikipedia ↗

Born on this day

1943 Tariq Ali, Pakistani historian and author Wikipedia ↗
1995 Cameron Burgess, Scottish-Australian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1995 Doja Cat, American rapper, singer and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1995 Antoinette Guedia Mouafo, Cameroonian swimmer Wikipedia ↗
1993 Kane Brown, American singer and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1992 Natasha Bassett, Australian actress Wikipedia ↗
1992 Marzia Kjellberg, Italian businessperson and former YouTuber Wikipedia ↗
1992 Damion Lee, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗

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1992 Bernard Tomic, German-Australian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1991 Alexander Burmistrov, Russian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1991 Tom Eastman, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1991 Geoffry Hairemans, Belgian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1991 Rob Keogh, English cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1991 Vadaine Oliver, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1991 Harry Pell, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1990 Bengali-Fodé Koita, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
1990 Mathieu Peybernes, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
1990 Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1990 Kristján Þórður Snæbjarnarson, Icelandic politician Wikipedia ↗
1989 Mads Dahm, Norwegian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1989 Festus Ezeli, Nigerian-American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1989 Luke Murphy, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1989 Jonathan Viera, Spanish footballer Wikipedia ↗
1989 Sam Vokes, English-Welsh footballer Wikipedia ↗
1988 Ricki Olsen, Danish footballer Wikipedia ↗
1988 Glen Powell, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1988 Daniel Schorn, Austrian cyclist Wikipedia ↗
1987 Tonje Brenna, Norwegian politician Wikipedia ↗
1987 Justin De Fratus, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1987 Andrey Grechin, Russian swimmer Wikipedia ↗
1986 Almen Abdi, Swiss footballer Wikipedia ↗
1986 Chibuzor Chilaka, Nigerian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1986 Scott Rendell, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1985 Simone Bracalello, Italian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1985 Dean Collis, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
1985 Hadise, Belgian-Turkish singer-songwriter and dancer Wikipedia ↗
1984 Anna Bogdanova, Russian heptathlete Wikipedia ↗
1984 Tom Brandstater, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1984 Kenny Cooper, American soccer player Wikipedia ↗
1984 Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, Canadian speed skater Wikipedia ↗
1984 José Lobatón, Venezuelan baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1984 Marvin Mitchell, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1984 Kieran Richardson, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1983 Casey Fien, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1983 Zack Greinke, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1983 Brent Hayden, Canadian swimmer Wikipedia ↗
1983 Gonzalo Klusener, Argentinian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1983 Andy Marte, Dominican baseball player (died 2017) Wikipedia ↗
1983 Amber Rose, American model Wikipedia ↗
1983 Chris Sherrington, English-Scottish martial artist Wikipedia ↗
1983 Charlotte Sullivan, Canadian actress Wikipedia ↗
1983 Ninet Tayeb, Israeli singer Wikipedia ↗
1983 Shelden Williams, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1982 Matt Dallas, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1982 Jim Henderson, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1982 Antony Kay, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1982 Hari Kondabolu, American comedian, actor, and podcaster Wikipedia ↗
1982 Ray Ventrone, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1982 Lee Chong Wei, Malaysian badminton player Wikipedia ↗
1982 James White, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1981 Martin Castrogiovanni, Argentinian-Italian rugby player Wikipedia ↗
1981 Olivier Pla, French racing driver Wikipedia ↗
1981 Nemanja Vidić, Serbian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1980 Kim Kardashian, American reality television personality, actress, model, businesswoman and socialite Wikipedia ↗
1980 Brian Pittman, American bass player Wikipedia ↗
1979 Khalil Greene, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1979 Gabe Gross, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1978 Will Estes, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1978 Joey Harrington, American football player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1978 Henrik Klingenberg, Finnish singer and keyboard player Wikipedia ↗
1978 Michael McMillian, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1976 Henrik Gustavsson, Swedish footballer Wikipedia ↗
1976 Jeremy Miller, American actor and singer Wikipedia ↗
1976 Lavinia Miloșovici, Romanian gymnast Wikipedia ↗
1976 Josh Ritter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1976 Andrew Scott, Irish actor Wikipedia ↗
1976 Mélanie Turgeon, Canadian skier Wikipedia ↗
1975 Toby Hall, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1975 Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer Wikipedia ↗
1974 Costel Busuioc, Romanian tenor Wikipedia ↗
1973 Lera Auerbach, Russian-American pianist and composer Wikipedia ↗
1973 Charlie Lowell, American pianist and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1972 Ashutosh Agashe, Indian businessman and cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1972 Matthew Friedberger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1972 Orlando Thomas, American football player (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1972 Evhen Tsybulenko, Ukrainian scholar and academic Wikipedia ↗
1971 Hal Duncan, Scottish author and poet Wikipedia ↗
1971 Damien Martyn, Australian cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1971 Nick Oliveri, American singer-songwriter and bass player Wikipedia ↗
1971 Conor O'Shea, Irish rugby player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1971 Paul Telfer, Scottish footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
1971 Thomas Ulsrud, Norwegian curler Wikipedia ↗
1970 Louis Koo, Hong Kong actor and singer Wikipedia ↗
1969 Michael Hancock, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
1969 Mo Lewis, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1968 Alexandros Alexandris, Greek footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1968 Kerstin Andreae, German politician Wikipedia ↗
1967 Georgi Dakov, Bulgarian high jumper (died 1996) Wikipedia ↗
1967 Paul Ince, English footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1967 Gavin Lovegrove, New Zealand javelin thrower and graphic designer Wikipedia ↗
1967 Krzysztof Sitko, Polish association football player (died 2018) Wikipedia ↗
1966 Phillip Price, Welsh golfer Wikipedia ↗
1966 Igor Prins, Estonian footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1966 Arne Sandstø, Norwegian footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1965 Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, Spanish footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1965 Horace Hogan, American wrestler Wikipedia ↗
1965 Hisashi Imai, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1964 Jon Carin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1962 David Campese, Australian rugby player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1959 George Bell, Dominican baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1959 Rose McDowall, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1959 Andy Picheta, English director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1959 Kevin Sheedy, Welsh-Irish footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1959 Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
1959 Melora Walters, American actress, director, and writer Wikipedia ↗
1958 Andre Geim, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
1957 Julian Cope, English singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1957 Irene Edgar, Scottish lawn bowler Wikipedia ↗
1957 Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
1957 Steve Lukather, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1956 Carrie Fisher, American actress and screenwriter (died 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1956 Mike Tully, American pole vaulter Wikipedia ↗
1955 Dick DeVos, American businessman Wikipedia ↗
1955 Catherine Hardwicke, American film director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1955 Fred Hersch, American pianist and composer Wikipedia ↗
1955 Rich Mullins, American singer-songwriter (died 1997) Wikipedia ↗
1954 Brian Tobin, Canadian journalist and politician, 6th Premier of Newfoundland Wikipedia ↗
1953 Charlotte Caffey, American guitarist and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1953 Eric Faulkner, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1953 Keith Green, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and minister (died 1982) Wikipedia ↗
1953 Marc Johnson, American bassist, composer, and bandleader Wikipedia ↗
1953 Peter Mandelson, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Wikipedia ↗
1952 Patti Davis, American actress and author Wikipedia ↗
1952 Allen Hoey, American poet and author (died 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1952 Brent Mydland, German-American keyboard player (died 1990) Wikipedia ↗
1950 Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (died 1986) Wikipedia ↗
1950 Leela Vernon, Belizean musician and cultural conservationist (died 2017) Wikipedia ↗
1949 Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1971) Wikipedia ↗
1949 Mike Keenan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1949 Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel Wikipedia ↗
1948 Shaye J. D. Cohen, American historian and academic Wikipedia ↗
1948 Allen Henry Vigneron, American archbishop Wikipedia ↗
1947 Dominique Braye, French politician Wikipedia ↗
1946 Jane Heal, English philosopher and academic Wikipedia ↗
1946 Jim Hill, American football player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1946 Lux Interior, American singer-songwriter (died 2009) Wikipedia ↗
1946 Lee Loughnane, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player Wikipedia ↗
1945 Everett McGill, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1945 Nikita Mikhalkov, Russian filmmaker Wikipedia ↗
1945 Michael White, English journalist Wikipedia ↗
1944 Mandy Rice-Davies, English model and actress (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1944 Michael Tugendhat, English lawyer and judge Wikipedia ↗
1943 Ron Elliott, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer Wikipedia ↗
1942 Elvin Bishop, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1942 Allan Grice, Australian race car driver and politician Wikipedia ↗
1942 Lou Lamoriello, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager Wikipedia ↗
1942 Judy Sheindlin, American judge and television host Wikipedia ↗
1942 Christopher A. Sims, American economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
1942 John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, English police officer and academic Wikipedia ↗
1942 Thomas Cavalier-Smith, English academic and biologist (died 2021) Wikipedia ↗
1941 Steve Cropper, American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2025) Wikipedia ↗
1940 Geoffrey Boycott, English cricketer and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1940 Frances FitzGerald, American journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
1940 Rhoda Gemignani, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1940 Manfred Mann, South African-English keyboard player and producer Wikipedia ↗
1940 Marita Petersen, Faroese educator and politician, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 2001) Wikipedia ↗
1938 Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2001) Wikipedia ↗
1937 Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, Russian spiritual leader and scholar (died 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1937 Hank Nelson, Australian historian and academic (died 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1935 Derek Bell, Irish harp player, pianist, and songwriter (died 2002) Wikipedia ↗
1935 Mel Street, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1978) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Maureen Duffy, English author, poet, playwright and activist (died 2026) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Francisco Gento, Spanish footballer and manager (died 2022) Wikipedia ↗
1932 Pál Csernai, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1931 Shammi Kapoor, Indian actor and director (died 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1931 Jim Parks Jr., English cricketer and manager (died 2022) Wikipedia ↗
1930 Ivan Silayev, Russian engineer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Russia (died 2023) Wikipedia ↗
1929 Pierre Bellemare, French radio and television host (died 2018) Wikipedia ↗
1929 Fritz Hollaus, Austrian footballer (died 1994) Wikipedia ↗
1929 Ursula K. Le Guin, American author and critic (died 2018) Wikipedia ↗
1929 George Stinney Jr., wrongfully convicted African-American inmate; second youngest person in the U.S. to be executed (died 1944) Wikipedia ↗
1928 Whitey Ford, American baseball player and coach (died 2020) Wikipedia ↗
1928 Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1928 Vern Mikkelsen, American basketball player and coach (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1927 Fritz Wintersteller, Austrian mountaineer (died 2018) Wikipedia ↗
1927 Howard Zieff, American director and photographer (died 2009) Wikipedia ↗
1926 Bob Rosburg, American golfer (died 2009) Wikipedia ↗
1926 Leonard Rossiter, English actor (died 1984) Wikipedia ↗
1925 Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer (died 2003) Wikipedia ↗
1925 Virginia Zeani, Romanian soprano and educator (died 2023) Wikipedia ↗
1924 Joyce Randolph, American actress (died 2024) Wikipedia ↗
1924 Julie Wilson, American actress and singer (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1923 Samuel Khachikian, Iranian director, screenwriter, and author (died 2001) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Liliane Bettencourt, French businesswoman and philanthropist (died 2017) Wikipedia ↗
1921 Malcolm Arnold, English composer (died 2006) Wikipedia ↗
1921 Bruce Beeby, Australian-English actor (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1921 Robert Clothier, Canadian actor (died 1999) Wikipedia ↗
1921 Jim Shumate, American fiddler and composer (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1921 Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer and academic (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1919 Jim Wallwork, English-Canadian sergeant and pilot (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1918 Milton Himmelfarb, American sociologist and author (died 2006) Wikipedia ↗
1918 Albertina Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist (died 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1917 Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (died 1993) Wikipedia ↗
1915 Owen Bradley, American country music record producer (died 1998) Wikipedia ↗
1914 Martin Gardner, American mathematician and author (died 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1912 Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator (died 1972) Wikipedia ↗
1912 Alfredo Pián, Argentinian race car driver (died 1990) Wikipedia ↗
1912 Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (died 1997) Wikipedia ↗
1911 Mary Blair, American illustrator and animator (died 1978) Wikipedia ↗
1908 Niyazi Berkes, Cypriot-English sociologist and academic (died 1988) Wikipedia ↗
1907 Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (died 1985) Wikipedia ↗
1902 Eddy Hamel, American footballer (died 1943) Wikipedia ↗
1900 Andrée Boisson, French Olympic fencer (died 1973) Wikipedia ↗
1898 Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler and actor (died 1960) Wikipedia ↗
1896 Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein, Russian-Canadian poet and screenwriter (died 1985) Wikipedia ↗
1895 Paavo Johansson, Finnish javelin thrower and decathlete (died 1983) Wikipedia ↗
1895 Edna Purviance, American actress (died 1958) Wikipedia ↗
1894 Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic (died 1965) Wikipedia ↗
1887 Krishna Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (died 1961) Wikipedia ↗
1886 Eugene Burton Ely, American soldier and pilot (died 1911) Wikipedia ↗
1884 Claire Waldoff, German singer and actress (died 1957) Wikipedia ↗
1877 Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician and microbiologist (died 1955) Wikipedia ↗
1874 Tan Kah Kee, Chinese businessman, community leader, communist and philanthropist (died 1961) Wikipedia ↗
1868 Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (died 1951) Wikipedia ↗
1851 George Ulyett, English cricketer and footballer (died 1898) Wikipedia ↗
1847 Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian poet and playwright (died 1906) Wikipedia ↗
1845 Will Carleton, American poet and journalist (died 1912) Wikipedia ↗
1833 Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (died 1896) Wikipedia ↗
1821 Sims Reeves, English tenor and actor (died 1900) Wikipedia ↗
1811 Filippo Colini, Italian operatic baritone (died 1863) Wikipedia ↗
1809 James Clark, American Jesuit (died 1885) Wikipedia ↗
1790 Alphonse de Lamartine, French poet and politician, French Head of State (died 1869) Wikipedia ↗
1775 Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest, composer, and critic (died 1844) Wikipedia ↗
1772 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, philosopher, and critic (died 1834) Wikipedia ↗
1762 Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general, lawyer, and politician, 36th Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1818) Wikipedia ↗
1757 Pierre Augereau, French general (died 1816) Wikipedia ↗
1725 Franz Moritz von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (died 1801) Wikipedia ↗
1712 James Steuart, Scottish economist and author (died 1780) Wikipedia ↗
1687 Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (died 1759) Wikipedia ↗
1675 Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (died 1710) Wikipedia ↗
1658 Henri de Boulainvilliers, French nobleman (died 1722) Wikipedia ↗
1650 Jean Bart, French admiral (died 1702) Wikipedia ↗
1581 Domenichino, Italian painter (died 1641) Wikipedia ↗
1536 Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt (died 1586) Wikipedia ↗
1527 Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (died 1578) Wikipedia ↗
1449 George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Irish-English son of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (died 1478) Wikipedia ↗
1409 Alessandro Sforza, Italian condottiero (died 1473) Wikipedia ↗
1328 Hongwu Emperor of China (died 1398) Wikipedia ↗

Died on this day

2025 Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Portuguese politician, former Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1937) Wikipedia ↗
2024 Mimi Hines, Canadian singer and comedian (born 1933) Wikipedia ↗
2023 Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager (born 1937) Wikipedia ↗
2023 Bobi, Portuguese dog (born 1992) Wikipedia ↗
2023 Bill Hayden, Australian politician, 21st Governor General of Australia (born 1933) Wikipedia ↗
2021 Bernard Haitink, Dutch conductor and violinist (born 1929) Wikipedia ↗
2020 Frank Bough, English television presenter (born 1933) Wikipedia ↗
2015 France Bučar, Slovenian lawyer and politician (born 1923) Wikipedia ↗

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2015 Marty Ingels, American actor (born 1936) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Norman W. Moore, English conservationist and author (born 1923) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Sheldon Wolin, American philosopher, theorist, and academic (born 1922) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Ben Bradlee, American journalist and author (born 1921) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Nelson Bunker Hunt, American businessman (born 1926) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Iranian cleric and politician, Prime Minister of Iran (born 1931) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian genealogist, author, and hula expert (born 1925) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (born 1916) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Bud Adams, American businessman (born 1923) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer and conductor (born 1924) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Rune T. Kidde, Danish author, poet, and illustrator (born 1957) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Colonel Robert Morris, American singer-songwriter and drummer (born 1954) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Major Owens, American librarian and politician (born 1936) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Tony Summers, Welsh swimmer (born 1924) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Oscar Yanes, Venezuelan journalist and author (born 1927) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Yash Chopra, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Antoni Dobrowolski, Polish educator (born 1904) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Jaroslav Kozlík, Czech volleyball player and educator (born 1907) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Alf Kumalo, South African photographer and journalist (born 1930) Wikipedia ↗
2012 George McGovern, American historian, lieutenant, and politician (born 1922) Wikipedia ↗
2011 Hikmet Bilâ, Turkish journalist and author (born 1954) Wikipedia ↗
2011 Tone Pavček, Slovenian poet and author (born 1928) Wikipedia ↗
2010 A. Ayyappan, Indian poet and translator (born 1949) Wikipedia ↗
2007 Paul Fox, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951) Wikipedia ↗
2006 Sandy West, American singer-songwriter and drummer (born 1959) Wikipedia ↗
2003 Louise Day Hicks, American politician (born 1916) Wikipedia ↗
2003 Luis A. Ferré, Puerto Rican engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of Puerto Rico (born 1904) Wikipedia ↗
2003 Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1969) Wikipedia ↗
2002 Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University (born 1917) Wikipedia ↗
1999 Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator (born 1924) Wikipedia ↗
1999 Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish political scientist, lawyer, and politician (born 1939) Wikipedia ↗
1998 Francis W. Sargent, American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (born 1915) Wikipedia ↗
1996 Georgios Zoitakis, Greek general and politician (born 1910) Wikipedia ↗
1995 Maxene Andrews, American singer (born 1916) Wikipedia ↗
1995 Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and illustrator (born 1919) Wikipedia ↗
1995 Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter (born 1939) Wikipedia ↗
1995 Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1967) Wikipedia ↗
1993 Sam Zolotow, American journalist and critic (born 1899) Wikipedia ↗
1992 Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and publisher (born 1898) Wikipedia ↗
1992 Jim Garrison, American lawyer and judge (born 1921) Wikipedia ↗
1991 Lorenc Antoni, Albanian composer, conductor, and musicologist (born 1909) Wikipedia ↗
1990 Dany Chamoun, Lebanese engineer and politician (born 1934) Wikipedia ↗
1990 Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Indian spiritual guru, philosopher and author (born 1921) Wikipedia ↗
1989 Jean Image, Hungarian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910) Wikipedia ↗
1986 Lionel Murphy, Australian jurist and politician, 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (born 1922) Wikipedia ↗
1985 Dan White, American assassin and politician (born 1946) Wikipedia ↗
1984 François Truffaut, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932) Wikipedia ↗
1983 Joseph P. Lordi, American government official (born 1919) Wikipedia ↗
1982 Radka Toneff, Norwegian singer-songwriter (born 1952) Wikipedia ↗
1980 Hans Asperger, Austrian physician and psychologist (born 1906) Wikipedia ↗
1978 Anastas Mikoyan, Armenian-Russian civil servant and politician (born 1895) Wikipedia ↗
1977 Ferit Tüzün, Turkish composer (born 1929) Wikipedia ↗
1975 Charles Reidpath, American runner and general (born 1887) Wikipedia ↗
1973 Nasif Estéfano, Argentinian race car driver (born 1932) Wikipedia ↗
1971 Minnie Evans, American artist (born 1888) Wikipedia ↗
1970 Li Linsi, Chinese educator and diplomat (born 1896) Wikipedia ↗
1969 Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet (born 1922) Wikipedia ↗
1969 Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (born 1882) Wikipedia ↗
1965 Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (born 1926) Wikipedia ↗
1963 Józef Franczak, Polish sergeant (born 1918) Wikipedia ↗
1952 Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (born 1871) Wikipedia ↗
1944 Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (born 1877) Wikipedia ↗
1941 Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (born 1852) Wikipedia ↗
1940 William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (born 1866) Wikipedia ↗
1939 Hendrik Wortman, Dutch civil engineer (born 1859) Wikipedia ↗
1938 Dorothy Hale, American actress (born 1905) Wikipedia ↗
1931 Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (born 1862) Wikipedia ↗
1927 Borisav Stanković, Serbian author (born 1876) Wikipedia ↗
1907 Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (born 1824) Wikipedia ↗
1904 Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (born 1877) Wikipedia ↗
1903 Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (born 1829) Wikipedia ↗
1896 James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (born 1844) Wikipedia ↗
1873 Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (born 1807) Wikipedia ↗
1872 Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1794) Wikipedia ↗
1861 Edward Dickinson Baker, American congressman and colonel (born 1811) Wikipedia ↗
1835 Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (born 1775) Wikipedia ↗
1821 Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (born 1752) Wikipedia ↗
1805 John Cooke, English captain (born 1763) Wikipedia ↗
1805 George Duff, Scottish captain (born 1764) Wikipedia ↗
1805 Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (born 1758) Wikipedia ↗
1803 Thomas Russell, executed Irish rebel (born 1767) Wikipedia ↗
1777 Samuel Foote, English actor and playwright (born 1720) Wikipedia ↗
1775 Peyton Randolph, American lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Continental Congress (born 1721) Wikipedia ↗
1765 Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (born 1691) Wikipedia ↗
1687 Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (born 1606) Wikipedia ↗
1662 Henry Lawes, English composer (born 1595) Wikipedia ↗
1623 William Wade, English politician and diplomat, Lieutenant of the Tower of London (born 1546) Wikipedia ↗
1600 Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Japanese samurai (born 1558) Wikipedia ↗
1558 Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (born 1484) Wikipedia ↗
1556 Pietro Aretino, Italian author (born 1492) Wikipedia ↗
1505 Paul Scriptoris, German mathematician and educator (born 1460) Wikipedia ↗
1500 Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (born 1442) Wikipedia ↗
1422 Charles VI of France (born 1368) Wikipedia ↗
1314 Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville Wikipedia ↗
1266 Birger Jarl, Swedish politician (born 1210) Wikipedia ↗
1221 Alix, Duchess of Brittany (born 1201) Wikipedia ↗
1204 Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English politician Wikipedia ↗
1125 Cosmas of Prague, Bohemian priest and historian (born 1045) Wikipedia ↗
1096 Walter Sans Avoir, a leader of the First Crusade Wikipedia ↗
1023 Gero, Archbishop of Magdeburg Wikipedia ↗
645 Zhenzhu Khan, khan of Xueyantuo Wikipedia ↗

Holidays & observances

Events, births, deaths and observances: Wikipedia, “October 21”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pakistan entries reviewed by Newsora24. Updated 12 Oct 2026.