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PAKISTAN · DIED ON THIS DAY2012

Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator, died.

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Events

2023 First rescue of a prisoner during the Israeli invasion of Gaza. Wikipedia ↗
2022 A pedestrian suspension bridge collapses in the city of Morbi, Gujarat, leading to the deaths of at least 135 people. Wikipedia ↗
2020 A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami. At least 119 people die mainly due to collapsed buildings. Wikipedia ↗
2015 A fire in a nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest kills sixty-four people and leaves more than 147 injured. Wikipedia ↗
2014 Sweden becomes the first European Union member state to officially recognize Palestine as an independent and sovereign state. Wikipedia ↗
2014 Four people are killed when a Beechcraft Super King Air crashes at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas. Wikipedia ↗
2013 Forty-five people are killed and seven injured after a bus catches fire in Mahabubnagar district, Andhra Pradesh (present-day Telangana), India. Wikipedia ↗
2005 The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project. Wikipedia ↗
1995 Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty. Wikipedia ↗
1991 The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Madrid Conference commences in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine. Wikipedia ↗

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1985 Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission. Wikipedia ↗
1983 The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held. Wikipedia ↗
1983 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake in the Turkish provinces of Erzurum and Kars leaves approximately 1,340 people dead. Wikipedia ↗
1980 El Salvador and Honduras agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice. Wikipedia ↗
1975 Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco. Wikipedia ↗
1975 Forty-five people are killed when Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 450 crashes into Suchdol, Prague, while on approach to Prague Ruzyně Airport (now Václav Havel Airport Prague) in Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic). Wikipedia ↗
1973 The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time. Wikipedia ↗
1968 A squad of 120 North Korean Army commandos land in boats along a 25-mile long section of the eastern coast of South Korea in a failed attempt to overthrow the dictatorship of Park Chung Hee and bring about the reunification of Korea. Wikipedia ↗
1961 The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated. Wikipedia ↗
1959 Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board. Wikipedia ↗
1956 Hungarian Revolution: The government of Imre Nagy recognizes newly established revolutionary workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads anti-Soviet militias in an attack on the headquarters of the Hungarian Working People's Party. Wikipedia ↗
1953 President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union. Wikipedia ↗
1948 A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board. Wikipedia ↗
1947 The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded. Wikipedia ↗
1944 Holocaust: Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII. Wikipedia ↗
1942 World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559. Wikipedia ↗
1941 President Roosevelt approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations. Wikipedia ↗
1941 Holocaust: Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp. Wikipedia ↗
1938 Orson Welles broadcasts a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing a massive panic in some of the audience in the United States. Wikipedia ↗
1920 The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney. Wikipedia ↗
1918 World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies. Wikipedia ↗
1918 World War I: Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, a state union of Kingdom of Hungary and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia is abolished with decisions of Croatian and Hungarian parliaments. Wikipedia ↗
1905 Tsar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, nominally granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar) Wikipedia ↗
1888 The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes. Wikipedia ↗
1864 Second War of Schleswig: The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria. Wikipedia ↗
1863 Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes. Wikipedia ↗
1858 Approximately 20 people die in Bradford, England, UK, after being poisoned from ingesting sweets that had been accidentally adulterated with arsenic trioxide. Wikipedia ↗
1836 Louis Napoleon launches the unsuccessful Strasbourg Coup to overthrow the July Monarchy in France Wikipedia ↗
1831 Nat Turner is arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history. Wikipedia ↗
1817 Simón Bolívar becomes President of the Third Republic of Venezuela. Wikipedia ↗
1806 War of the Fourth Coalition: Convinced that he is facing a much larger force, Prussian General von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrenders the city of Stettin to 800 French soldiers. Wikipedia ↗
1657 Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios. Wikipedia ↗
1340 Reconquista: Portuguese and Castilian forces halt a Muslim invasion at the Battle of Río Salado. Wikipedia ↗
1270 The Eighth Crusade ends by an agreement between Charles I of Anjou (replacing his deceased brother King Louis IX of France) and the Hafsid dynasty of Tunis, Tunisia. Wikipedia ↗
1137 Ranulf of Apulia defeats Roger II of Sicily at the Battle of Rignano, securing his position as duke until his death two years later. Wikipedia ↗
758 Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates. Wikipedia ↗
637 Arab–Byzantine wars: Antioch surrenders to the Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge. Wikipedia ↗
130 Emperor Hadrian establishes the city of Antinoöpolis on the Nile in honour of his companion Antinous, creating a new Hellenizing foundation in Roman Egypt. Wikipedia ↗

Born on this day

2000 Giselle, Japanese singer Wikipedia ↗
1998 Cale Makar, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1997 Tage Thompson, American ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1996 Devin Booker, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1996 Dennis Gilbert, American ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1996 Kennedy McMann, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1996 Kim Ji-sung, South Korean actress Wikipedia ↗
1994 Mia Eklund, Finnish tennis player Wikipedia ↗

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1993 Marcus Mariota, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1992 Matt Parcell, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
1992 Camila Silva, Chilean tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1991 Jarell Eddie, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1991 Artemi Panarin, Russian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1991 Tomáš Satoranský, Czech basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1990 Joe Panik, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1990 Suwaibou Sanneh, Gambian sprinter Wikipedia ↗
1989 Ashley Barnes, Austrian-English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1989 Nastia Liukin, Russian-American gymnast and actress Wikipedia ↗
1989 Vanessa White, English singer, former member of The Saturdays Wikipedia ↗
1988 Janel Parrish, American actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
1987 Danielle Fong, Canadian entrepreneur, co-founder and chief scientist of LightSail Energy Wikipedia ↗
1987 Ashley Graham, American model Wikipedia ↗
1987 Ali Riley, New Zealand footballer Wikipedia ↗
1986 Desmond Jennings, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1986 Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian ski jumper Wikipedia ↗
1986 Keisuke Sohma, Japanese actor Wikipedia ↗
1986 Tamera Young, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1985 Ragnar Klavan, Estonian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1984 Gedo, Egyptian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1984 Eva Marcille, American model and actress Wikipedia ↗
1984 David Mooney, Irish footballer Wikipedia ↗
1984 Isaac Ross, New Zealand rugby player Wikipedia ↗
1984 Tyson Strachan, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1983 Trent Edwards, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1983 Iain Hume, Canadian soccer player Wikipedia ↗
1983 Maor Melikson, Israeli footballer Wikipedia ↗
1983 Nicole Williams English, Canadian fashion designer and model Wikipedia ↗
1982 Andy Greene, American ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1982 Manny Parra, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1982 Clémence Poésy, French actress and model Wikipedia ↗
1982 Stalley, American rapper Wikipedia ↗
1981 Fiona Dourif, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1981 Joshua Jay, American magician and author Wikipedia ↗
1981 Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean model and actress Wikipedia ↗
1981 Ayaka Kimura, Japanese singer and actress Wikipedia ↗
1981 Shaun Sipos, Canadian actor Wikipedia ↗
1981 Ian Snell, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1981 Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman Wikipedia ↗
1980 Rich Alvarez, Filipino-Japanese basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1980 Choi Hong-man, South Korean wrestler and mixed martial artist Wikipedia ↗
1980 Kareem Rush, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1979 Jason Bartlett, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1978 Martin Dossett, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1978 Stephanie Izard, American chef Wikipedia ↗
1978 Matthew Morrison, American singer-songwriter and actor Wikipedia ↗
1978 Dan Poulter, English physician and politician Wikipedia ↗
1978 Derren Witcombe, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1976 Stern John, Trinidadian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1976 Ümit Özat, Turkish footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1976 Maurice Taylor, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1975 Ian D'Sa, English-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1975 Marco Scutaro, Venezuelan baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1973 Michael Buettner, Australian rugby league player and official Wikipedia ↗
1973 Silvia Corzo, Colombian lawyer and journalist Wikipedia ↗
1973 Edge, Canadian wrestler and actor Wikipedia ↗
1973 Michael Oakes, English footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1973 Raci Şaşmaz, Turkish actor, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1972 Jessica Hynes, English actress, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1971 Fredi Bobic, Slovenian-German footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1971 Tzanis Stavrakopoulos, Greek basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1971 Suzan van der Wielen, Dutch field hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1970 Ben Bailey, American comedian and game show host Wikipedia ↗
1970 Tory Belleci, American visual effects designer and television presenter Wikipedia ↗
1970 Christine Bersola-Babao, Filipino journalist and actress Wikipedia ↗
1970 Billy Brown, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1970 Nia Long, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1970 Ekaterini Voggoli, Greek discus thrower Wikipedia ↗
1969 Stanislav Gross, Czech lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1969 Snow, Canadian rapper and reggae singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1969 Vangelis Vourtzoumis, Greek basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1968 Emmanuelle Claret, French biathlete (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1968 Jack Plotnick, American actor, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1968 Ken Stringfellow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1967 Brad Aitken, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1967 Leonidas Kavakos, Greek violinist and conductor Wikipedia ↗
1965 Gavin Rossdale, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor Wikipedia ↗
1964 Adnan Al Talyani, Emirati footballer Wikipedia ↗
1964 Humayun Kabir Dhali, Bangladeshi journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
1964 Howard Lederer, American poker player Wikipedia ↗
1963 Michael Beach, American actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
1963 Rebecca Heineman, American video game designer and programmer (died 2025) Wikipedia ↗
1963 Andrew Solomon, American-English journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
1963 Mike Veletta, Australian cricketer and coach Wikipedia ↗
1963 Kristina Wagner, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1962 Stefan Kuntz, German footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1962 Danny Tartabull, Puerto Rican baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1962 Courtney Walsh, Jamaican cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1961 Scott Garrelts, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1961 Giorgos Papakonstantinou, Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of Finance Wikipedia ↗
1961 Larry Wilmore, American comedian and television host Wikipedia ↗
1960 Charnele Brown, American actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
1960 Grayson Hugh, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1960 Diego Maradona, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2020) Wikipedia ↗
1959 Vincent Lagaf', French actor, singer, and game show host Wikipedia ↗
1958 Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1958 Joe Delaney, American football player (died 1983) Wikipedia ↗
1958 Ramona d'Viola, American cyclist and photographer Wikipedia ↗
1958 Pétur Guðmundsson, Icelandic basketball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1957 Shlomo Mintz, Israeli violinist and conductor Wikipedia ↗
1957 Kevin Pollak, American actor, game show host, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1956 Juliet Stevenson, English actress Wikipedia ↗
1955 Heidi Heitkamp, American lawyer and politician, 28th Attorney General of North Dakota Wikipedia ↗
1954 Mahmoud El Khatib, Egyptian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1954 T. Graham Brown, American country singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1954 Jeannie Kendall, American country singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1954 Mario Testino, Peruvian-English photographer Wikipedia ↗
1953 Pete Hoekstra, Dutch-American lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
1953 Charles Martin Smith, American actor, director, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1951 Tony Bettenhausen Jr., American race car driver and businessman (died 2000) Wikipedia ↗
1951 Trilok Gurtu, Indian drummer and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1951 Harry Hamlin, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1951 Poncho Sanchez, American singer and conga player Wikipedia ↗
1950 Phil Chenier, American basketball player and broadcaster Wikipedia ↗
1950 Tim Sheens, Australian rugby league player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1949 Larry Gene Bell, American murderer (died 1996) Wikipedia ↗
1949 Leon Rippy, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1948 Richard Alston, English dancer and choreographer Wikipedia ↗
1948 Garry McDonald, Australian actor and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1947 Glenn Andreotta, American soldier (died 1968) Wikipedia ↗
1947 Tim Kirk, American illustrator and designer Wikipedia ↗
1947 Timothy B. Schmit, American singer-songwriter and bass player Wikipedia ↗
1947 Herschel Weingrod, American screenwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
1946 Robert L. Gibson, American captain, pilot, and astronaut Wikipedia ↗
1946 Andrea Mitchell, American journalist Wikipedia ↗
1946 Anthony Shorrocks, English economist, author, and academic Wikipedia ↗
1946 Chris Slade, Welsh drummer Wikipedia ↗
1945 Henry Winkler, American actor, comedian, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1945 Lynne Marta, American actress (died 2024) Wikipedia ↗
1944 Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi businessman and politician (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1943 Paul Claes, Belgian poet and translator Wikipedia ↗
1943 Joanna Shimkus, Canadian actress Wikipedia ↗
1943 David Triesman, Baron Triesman, English union leader and politician Wikipedia ↗
1942 Sven-David Sandström, Swedish composer and historian (died 2019) Wikipedia ↗
1941 Marcel Berlins, French-English lawyer, journalist, and academic (died 2019) Wikipedia ↗
1941 Aleksandr Dulichenko, Russian-Estonian linguist and academic Wikipedia ↗
1941 Theodor W. Hänsch, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
1941 Otis Williams, American singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
1941 Bob Wilson, English footballer and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1939 Harvey Goldstein, English statistician and academic (died 2020) Wikipedia ↗
1939 Leland H. Hartwell, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
1939 Eddie Holland, American singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
1939 Grace Slick, American singer-songwriter and model Wikipedia ↗
1938 Morris Lurie, Australian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1937 Claude Lelouch, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1937 Brian Price, Welsh rugby player (died 2023) Wikipedia ↗
1936 Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast and trainer (died 2005) Wikipedia ↗
1936 Dick Vermeil, American football player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1935 Robert Caro, American journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
1935 Ágota Kristóf, Hungarian-Swiss author (died 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1935 Jim Perry, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1935 Michael Winner, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1934 Keith Barnes, Welsh-Australian rugby player and coach (died 2024) Wikipedia ↗
1934 Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Col Campbell, New Zealand gardener and television host (died 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1932 Barun De, Indian historian and author (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1932 Louis Malle, French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995) Wikipedia ↗
1931 Vince Callahan, American lieutenant and politician (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1931 David M. Wilson, Manx archaeologist, historian, and curator Wikipedia ↗
1930 Néstor Almendros, Spanish-American director and cinematographer (died 1992) Wikipedia ↗
1930 Christopher Foster, English economist and academic (died 2022) Wikipedia ↗
1930 Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (died 1956) Wikipedia ↗
1930 Don Meineke, American basketball player (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1929 Jean Chapman, English author Wikipedia ↗
1929 Olga Zubarry, Argentinian actress (died 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1928 Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999) Wikipedia ↗
1927 Joe Adcock, American baseball player and manager (died 1999) Wikipedia ↗
1926 Jacques Swaters, Belgian race car driver and manager (died 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1925 Tommy Ridgley, American singer and bandleader (died 1999) Wikipedia ↗
1924 John P. Craven, American soldier and engineer (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1923 Gloria Oden, American poet and academic (died 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Elena Mikhnenko, Ukrainian exile (died 1993) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Iancu Țucărman, Romanian Holocaust survivor (died 2021) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Jane White, American actress and singer (died 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1921 Valli Lember-Bogatkina (died 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1920 Christy Ring, Irish sportsman (died 1979) Wikipedia ↗
1917 Bobby Bragan, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1917 Minni Nurme, Estonian writer and poet (died 1994) Wikipedia ↗
1917 Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian field marshal (died 1994) Wikipedia ↗
1917 Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (died 2005) Wikipedia ↗
1916 Leon Day, American baseball player (died 1995) Wikipedia ↗
1915 Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and producer (died 1998) Wikipedia ↗
1915 Jane Randolph, American-Swiss actress and singer (died 2009) Wikipedia ↗
1914 Richard E. Holz, American minister and composer (died 1986) Wikipedia ↗
1914 Leabua Jonathan, Basotho lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (died 1987) Wikipedia ↗
1914 Anna Wing, English actress (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1911 Ruth Hussey, American actress (died 2005) Wikipedia ↗
1910 Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (died 1942) Wikipedia ↗
1910 Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian-Monegasque organist and composer (died 1994) Wikipedia ↗
1909 Homi J. Bhabha, Indian-French physicist and academic (died 1966) Wikipedia ↗
1908 Patsy Montana, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 1996) Wikipedia ↗
1908 U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian politician (died 1963) Wikipedia ↗
1908 Peter Smith, English cricketer (died 1967) Wikipedia ↗
1908 Dmitry Ustinov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (died 1984) Wikipedia ↗
1907 Sol Tax, American anthropologist and academic (died 1995) Wikipedia ↗
1906 Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (died 1966) Wikipedia ↗
1906 Hermann Fegelein, German general (died 1945) Wikipedia ↗
1906 Alexander Gode, German-American linguist and translator (died 1970) Wikipedia ↗
1905 Johnny Miles, English-Canadian runner (died 2003) Wikipedia ↗
1900 Ragnar Granit, Finnish-Swedish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991) Wikipedia ↗
1898 Bill Terry, American baseball player and manager (died 1989) Wikipedia ↗
1897 Agustín Lara, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (died 1970) Wikipedia ↗
1896 Rex Cherryman, American actor (died 1928) Wikipedia ↗
1896 Ruth Gordon, American actress and screenwriter (died 1985) Wikipedia ↗
1896 Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet and educator (died 1928) Wikipedia ↗
1896 Harry R. Truman, American soldier and inn keeper on Mount St. Helens, killed in the eruption (died 1980) Wikipedia ↗
1896 Antonino Votto, Italian conductor (died 1985) Wikipedia ↗
1895 Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964) Wikipedia ↗
1895 Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973) Wikipedia ↗
1894 Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (died 1977) Wikipedia ↗
1894 Peter Warlock, English composer and critic (died 1930) Wikipedia ↗
1893 Roland Freisler, German soldier, lawyer, and judge (died 1945) Wikipedia ↗
1892 Charles Atlas, Italian-American bodybuilder (died 1972) Wikipedia ↗
1888 Louis Menges, American soccer player, soldier, and politician (died 1969) Wikipedia ↗
1888 Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek footballer and high jumper (died 1913) Wikipedia ↗
1887 Sukumar Ray, Indian-Bangladeshi author, poet, and playwright (died 1923) Wikipedia ↗
1886 Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright (died 1958) Wikipedia ↗
1885 Ezra Pound, American poet and critic (died 1972) Wikipedia ↗
1882 Oldřich Duras, Czech chess player and composer (died 1957) Wikipedia ↗
1882 William Halsey Jr., American admiral (died 1959) Wikipedia ↗
1882 Günther von Kluge, Polish-German field marshal (died 1944) Wikipedia ↗
1881 Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and author (died 1941) Wikipedia ↗
1878 Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine (died 1929) Wikipedia ↗
1877 Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician, Prime Minister of Latvia (died 1941) Wikipedia ↗
1873 Francisco I. Madero, Mexican businessman and politician, 33rd President of Mexico (died 1913) Wikipedia ↗
1871 Buck Freeman, American baseball player (died 1949) Wikipedia ↗
1871 Paul Valéry, French poet and philosopher (died 1945) Wikipedia ↗
1868 António Cabreira, Portuguese polygraph (died 1953) Wikipedia ↗
1861 Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (died 1929) Wikipedia ↗
1857 Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French-Swiss physician and neurologist (died 1904) Wikipedia ↗
1839 Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (died 1899) Wikipedia ↗
1799 Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (died 1885) Wikipedia ↗
1786 Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian captain and author (died 1871) Wikipedia ↗
1762 André Chénier, Turkish-French poet and playwright (died 1794) Wikipedia ↗
1751 Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish-English poet, playwright, and politician, Treasurer of the Navy (died 1816) Wikipedia ↗
1741 Angelica Kauffman, painter (died 1807) Wikipedia ↗
1735 John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (died 1826) Wikipedia ↗
1728 Mary Hayley, English businesswoman (died 1808) Wikipedia ↗
1712 Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis, Maltese linguist, historian and cleric (died 1770) Wikipedia ↗
1668 Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (died 1705) Wikipedia ↗
1660 Ernest August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (died 1731) Wikipedia ↗
1632 Christopher Wren, English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (died 1723) Wikipedia ↗
1624 Paul Pellisson, French historian and author (died 1693) Wikipedia ↗
1558 Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force, Marshal of France (died 1652) Wikipedia ↗
1513 Jacques Amyot, French bishop and translator (died 1593) Wikipedia ↗
1492 Anne d'Alençon, French noblewoman (died 1562) Wikipedia ↗
1447 Lucas Watzenrode, Prince-Bishop of Warmia (died 1512) Wikipedia ↗
1327 Andrew, Duke of Calabria (died 1345) Wikipedia ↗
1218 Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (died 1234) Wikipedia ↗
39 BC Julia the Elder, Roman daughter of Augustus (died 14 AD) Wikipedia ↗

Died on this day

2012 Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator (born 1961) Wikipedia ↗
2024 Matt Peacock, Australian journalist and author (born 1952) Wikipedia ↗
2017 Kim Joo-hyuk, South Korean actor (born 1972) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Mel Daniels, American basketball player and coach (born 1944) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Al Molinaro, American actor (born 1919) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Sinan Şamil Sam, Turkish boxer (born 1974) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Norm Siebern, American baseball player and scout (born 1933) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Elijah Malok Aleng, Sudanese general and politician (born 1937) Wikipedia ↗

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2014 Renée Asherson, English actress (born 1915) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Juan Flavier, Filipino physician and politician (born 1935) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Ida Elizabeth Osbourne, Australian actress and radio host (born 1916) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (born 1924) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Thomas Menino, American businessman and politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston (born 1942) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Bill Currie, American baseball player (born 1928) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Pete Haycock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Michael Palmer, American physician and author (born 1942) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Frank Wess, American saxophonist and flute player (born 1922) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Franck Biancheri, French politician (born 1961) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Dan Tieman, American basketball player and coach (born 1940) Wikipedia ↗
2010 Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (born 1927) Wikipedia ↗
2009 Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist and ethnologist (born 1908) Wikipedia ↗
2008 Pedro Pompilio, Argentinian businessman (born 1950) Wikipedia ↗
2007 Washoe, American chimpanzee (born 1965) Wikipedia ↗
2007 Robert Goulet, American actor and singer (born 1933) Wikipedia ↗
2007 Linda S. Stein, American businesswoman and manager (born 1945) Wikipedia ↗
2007 John Woodruff, American runner and colonel (born 1915) Wikipedia ↗
2006 Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and author (born 1926) Wikipedia ↗
2006 Junji Kinoshita, Japanese playwright and scholar (born 1914) Wikipedia ↗
2005 Al López, American baseball player and manager (born 1908) Wikipedia ↗
2005 Shamsher Singh Sheri, Indian politician (born 1942) Wikipedia ↗
2004 Phyllis Frost, Australian philanthropist, founded Keep Australia Beautiful (born 1917) Wikipedia ↗
2004 Peggy Ryan, American actress and dancer (born 1924) Wikipedia ↗
2003 Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager (born 1940) Wikipedia ↗
2002 Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1922) Wikipedia ↗
2002 Jam Master Jay, American rapper and producer (born 1965) Wikipedia ↗
2000 Steve Allen, American actor, television personality, game show panelist, and talk show host (born 1921) Wikipedia ↗
1999 Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player (born 1933) Wikipedia ↗
1997 Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1912) Wikipedia ↗
1996 John Young, Scottish actor (born 1916) Wikipedia ↗
1993 Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (born 1911) Wikipedia ↗
1993 Peter Kemp, English soldier, mercenary, and writer (born 1915) Wikipedia ↗
1992 Joan Mitchell, American painter (born 1925) Wikipedia ↗
1990 V. Shantaram, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1901) Wikipedia ↗
1988 T. Hee, American animator and screenwriter (born 1911) Wikipedia ↗
1988 Florence Nagle, English trainer and breeder of racehorses (born 1894) Wikipedia ↗
1987 Joseph Campbell, American mythologist, scholar, and author (born 1904) Wikipedia ↗
1982 Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian author and educator (born 1907) Wikipedia ↗
1979 Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, inventor of the "bouncing bomb" (born 1887) Wikipedia ↗
1975 Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887) Wikipedia ↗
1973 Ants Lauter, Estonian actor and director (born 1894) Wikipedia ↗
1968 Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (born 1899) Wikipedia ↗
1968 Conrad Richter, American journalist and novelist (born 1890) Wikipedia ↗
1968 Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (born 1886) Wikipedia ↗
1966 Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (born 1906) Wikipedia ↗
1965 Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., American historian and author (born 1888) Wikipedia ↗
1963 U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1908) Wikipedia ↗
1961 Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician, 2nd President of the Italian Republic (born 1874) Wikipedia ↗
1957 Fred Beebe, American baseball player and coach (born 1880) Wikipedia ↗
1943 Max Reinhardt, Austrian-born American actor and director (born 1873) Wikipedia ↗
1942 Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and stockbroker, co-founder of Buckmaster & Moore (born 1872) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor (born 1869) Wikipedia ↗
1929 Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (born 1877) Wikipedia ↗
1923 Bonar Law, Canadian-English banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1858) Wikipedia ↗
1919 Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (born 1850) Wikipedia ↗
1917 Talbot Mercer Papineau, Canadian lawyer and soldier (born 1883) Wikipedia ↗
1915 Charles Tupper, Canadian physician, lawyer, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1821) Wikipedia ↗
1912 Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean colonel (born 1840) Wikipedia ↗
1912 James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (born 1855) Wikipedia ↗
1910 Henry Dunant, Swiss activist, founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1828) Wikipedia ↗
1905 Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland (born 1843) Wikipedia ↗
1899 William H. Webb, American shipbuilder and philanthropist (born 1816) Wikipedia ↗
1896 Carol Benesch, Czech architect, designed Peleș Castle (born 1822) Wikipedia ↗
1895 James Patterson, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Victoria (born 1833) Wikipedia ↗
1894 Honoré Mercier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (born 1840) Wikipedia ↗
1893 John Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (born 1821) Wikipedia ↗
1883 Dayananda Saraswati, Indian philosopher and scholar (born 1824) Wikipedia ↗
1883 Robert Volkmann, German pianist and composer (born 1815) Wikipedia ↗
1882 William Forster, Indian-Australian politician, 4th Premier of New South Wales (born 1818) Wikipedia ↗
1853 Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (born 1786) Wikipedia ↗
1842 Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet (born 1784) Wikipedia ↗
1816 Frederick I of Württemberg (born 1754) Wikipedia ↗
1809 William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1738) Wikipedia ↗
1757 Osman III, Ottoman sultan (born 1699) Wikipedia ↗
1757 Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician (born 1684) Wikipedia ↗
1730 Nedîm, Turkish poet (born 1681) Wikipedia ↗
1690 Hieronymus van Beverningh, Dutch diplomat and politician (born 1614) Wikipedia ↗
1685 Michel Le Tellier, French lawyer and politician, French Secretary of State for War (born 1603) Wikipedia ↗
1680 Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic (born 1616) Wikipedia ↗
1654 Emperor Go-Kōmyō of Japan (born 1633) Wikipedia ↗
1632 Henri II de Montmorency, French admiral and politician (born 1595) Wikipedia ↗
1626 Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (born 1580) Wikipedia ↗
1611 Charles IX of Sweden (born 1550) Wikipedia ↗
1602 Jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet and illustrator (born 1528) Wikipedia ↗
1553 Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German politician (born 1489) Wikipedia ↗
1522 Jean Mouton, French composer and educator (born 1459) Wikipedia ↗
1466 Johann Fust, German printer (born c. 1400) Wikipedia ↗
1459 Poggio Bracciolini, Italian scholar and translator (born 1380) Wikipedia ↗
1282 Ibn Khallikan, Iraqi scholar and judge (born 1211) Wikipedia ↗
1137 Sergius VII, Duke of Naples Wikipedia ↗
526 Paul of Edessa, Syriac Orthodox bishop of Edessa Wikipedia ↗

Holidays & observances

Events, births, deaths and observances: Wikipedia, “October 30”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pakistan entries reviewed by Newsora24. Updated 12 Oct 2026.