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October 16is the 289th day of the year (290th inleap years) in theGregorian calendar;76 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
editPre-1600
edit- 456–Ricimerdefeats Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire.[1]
- 690– EmpressWu Zetianascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire.
- 912–Abd ar-Rahman IIIbecomes the eighth Emir of Córdoba.[2]
- 955– King Otto Idefeatsa Slavic revolt in what is now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
- 1311– TheCouncil of Vienneconvenes for the first time.[3]
- 1384–Jadwigais crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman.[4]
- 1590– PrinceGesualdoof Venosa murders his wife and her lover.[5]
1601–1900
edit- 1736– MathematicianWilliam Whiston's predicted comet fails to strike the Earth.[6]
- 1780– American Revolutionary War: The British-ledRoyalton raidis the last Native American raid on New England.
- 1780 – TheGreat Hurricane of 1780finishes after its sixth day, killing between 20,000 and 24,000 residents of the Lesser Antilles.[7]
- 1793– French Revolution: QueenMarie Antoinetteis executed.
- 1793 – War of the First Coalition: French victory at theBattle of Wattigniesforces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.
- 1805– War of the Third Coalition: Napoleonsurroundsthe Austrian army at Ulm.[8]
- 1813– The Sixth Coalition attacks Napoleon in the three-dayBattle of Leipzig.[9]
- 1817– Italian explorer and archaeologistGiovanni Belzoni,uncovered theTomb of Seti Iin theValley of the Kings.[10]
- 1817– Simón Bolívar sentencesManuel Piarto death for challenging the racial-caste in Venezuela.[11]
- 1834– Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in Londonburns to the ground.
- 1836– Great Trek: Afrikaner voortrekkersrepulsea Matabele attack, but lose their livestock.
- 1841–Queen's Universityis founded in the Province of Canada.
- 1843–William Rowan Hamiltoninventsquaternions,a three-dimensional system of complex numbers.
- 1846–William T. G. Mortonadministers ether anesthesia during a surgical operation.
- 1847– The novelJane Eyreis published in London.[12]
- 1859– John Brownleads a raidon Harpers Ferry, Virginia.[13]
- 1869– TheCardiff Giant,one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
- 1869 –Girton College, Cambridgeis founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
- 1875–Brigham Young Universityis founded in Provo, Utah.
- 1882– TheNickel Plate Railroadopens for business.
1901–present
edit- 1905– ThePartition of Bengalin India takes place.
- 1909–William Howard TaftandPorfirio Díazhold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.[14]
- 1916–Margaret Sangeropens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
- 1919– Adolf Hitler delivers his first public address at a meeting of theGerman Workers' Party.[15]
- 1923–Walt Disneyand his brother,Roy,found theDisney Brothers Cartoon Studio,today known asThe Walt Disney Company.[16]
- 1934– Chinese Communists begin theLong Marchto escape Nationalist encirclement.
- 1939–World War II:No. 603 Squadron RAFintercepts the first Luftwaffe raid on Britain.
- 1940– Holocaust in Poland: TheWarsaw Ghettois established.
- 1943– Holocaust in Italy:Raid on the Roman Ghetto.[17]
- 1946–Nuremberg trials:Ten defendants found guilty by the International Military Tribunalare executed by hanging.
- 1947– The Philippines takes over the administration of theTurtle Islandsand theMangsee Islandsfrom the United Kingdom.
- 1949– The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending theGreek Civil War.
- 1951– The first Prime Minister of Pakistan,Liaquat Ali Khan,is assassinated in Rawalpindi.
- 1953–CubanrevolutionaryFidel Castrodelivers his "History Will Absolve Me"speech, and is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment by theFulgencio Batistagovernment for leading anattack on the Moncada Barracks.[18]
- 1962–Cuban Missile Crisisbegins: U.S. President John F. Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point).
- 1964– China detonates itsfirst nuclear weapon.
- 1964 –Leonid Brezhnevbecomes leader of the Soviet Communist Party, whileAlexei Kosyginbecomes the head of government.
- 1968– Tommie Smith and John Carlos are ejected from the US Olympic team for participating in theOlympics Black Power salute.
- 1968 – Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by theRodney riots,inspired by the barring ofWalter Rodneyfrom the country.
- 1968 –Yasunari Kawabatabecomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- 1970– Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invokes theWar Measures Actduring theOctober Crisis.
- 1973–Henry KissingerandLê Đức Thọare awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1975– Indonesian troops kill theBalibo Five,a group of Australian journalists, in Portuguese Timor.
- 1975 – Three-year-oldRahima Banu,from Bangladesh, is the last known case of naturally occurring smallpox.
- 1975 – The Australian Coalition sparks aconstitutional crisiswhen they vote to defer funding for the government's annual budget.
- 1978– Cardinal Karol Wojtyła iselectedto the papacy asPope John Paul II,he becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.
- 1984–Desmond Tutuis awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1991– George Hennardruns amokin Killeen, Texas, killing 23 and wounding 20.
- 1995– TheMillion Man Marchtakes place in Washington, D.C. About 837,000 attend.[19]
- 1995 – TheSkye Bridgein Scotland is opened.
- 1996– Eighty-four football fans die and 180 are injured in a massivecrushata matchin Guatemala City.
- 1998– Former Chilean dictatorAugusto Pinochetisarrestedin London on a murder extradition warrant.
- 1999– The magnitude 7.1Hector Mine earthquakestrikes Southern California[20]
- 2002– TheBibliotheca Alexandrinaopens in Egypt, commemorating the ancient library of Alexandria.
- 2013–Lao Airlines Flight 301crashes on approach to Pakse International Airport in Laos, killing 49 people.
- 2017–Storm Opheliastrikes the U.K. and Ireland causing major damage and power loss.
Births
editPre-1600
edit- 1351–Gian Galeazzo Visconti,first Duke of Milan (d. 1402)
- 1396–William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk,English admiral (d. 1450)
- 1430–James II of Scotland(d. 1460)
- 1483–Gasparo Contarini,Italian cardinal and diplomat (d. 1542)
- 1535–Niwa Nagahide,Japanese samurai (d. 1585)
- 1588–Luke Wadding,Irish Franciscan friar and historian (d. 1657)
1601–1900
edit- 1605–Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy,French writer and composer (d. 1677)
- 1620–Pierre Paul Puget,French painter and sculptor (d. 1694)
- 1678–Anna Waser,Swiss painter (d. 1714)
- 1679–Jan Dismas Zelenka,Czechviolplayer and composer (d. 1745)
- 1710–András Hadik,Austrian-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1790)
- 1714–Giovanni Arduino,Italian geologist and academic (d. 1795)
- 1726–Daniel Chodowiecki,Polish-German painter and educator (d. 1801)
- 1729–Pierre van Maldere,Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1768)
- 1752–Johann Gottfried Eichhorn,German theologian and academic (d. 1827)
- 1754–Morgan Lewis,American general, lawyer, and politician, 3rdGovernor of New York(d. 1844)
- 1758–Noah Webster,American lexicographer (d. 1843)
- 1762–Paul Hamilton,American soldier and politician, 3rdUnited States Secretary of the Navy(d. 1816)
- 1789–William Burton,American physician and politician, 39thGovernor of Delaware(d. 1866)
- 1795–William Buell Sprague,American minister, historian, and author (d. 1876)
- 1802–Isaac Murphy,American educator and politician, 8thGovernor of Arkansas(d. 1882)
- 1803–Robert Stephenson,English railway and civil engineer (d. 1859)
- 1804–Benjamin Russell,American painter and educator (d. 1885)
- 1806–William P. Fessenden,American lawyer and politician, 26thUnited States Secretary of the Treasury(d. 1869)
- 1815–Francis Lubbock,American colonel and politician, 9thGovernor of Texas(d. 1905)
- 1818–William Forster,Indian-Australian politician, 4thPremier of New South Wales(d. 1882)
- 1819–Austin F. Pike,American lawyer and politician (d. 1886)
- 1831–Lucy Stanton,American activist (d. 1910)[21]
- 1832–Vicente Riva Palacio,Mexican liberal intellectual, novelist (d. 1896)
- 1840–Kuroda Kiyotaka,Japanese general and politician, 2ndPrime Minister of Japan(d. 1900)
- 1841–Itō Hirobumi,Japanese lawyer and politician, 1stPrime Minister of Japan(d. 1909)
- 1847–Maria Pia of Savoy(d. 1911)
- 1852–Carl von In der Maur,Governor of Liechtenstein (d. 1913)
- 1854–Karl Kautsky,Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1938)
- 1854 –Oscar Wilde,Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (d. 1900)[22]
- 1855–Samad bey Mehmandarov,Azerbaijani general and politician, 3rdAzerbaijani Minister of Defense(d. 1931)
- 1861–J. B. Bury,Irish historian and scholar (d. 1927)
- 1861 –Richard Sears,American tennis player (d. 1943)
- 1863–Austen Chamberlain,English businessman and politician,Chancellor of the Exchequer,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1937)
- 1867–Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa(d. 1963)
- 1869–Claude H. Van Tyne,American historian and author (d. 1930)
- 1872–Walter Buckmaster,English polo player and businessman, co-foundedBuckmaster & Moore(d. 1942)
- 1876–Jimmy Sinclair,South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 1913)
- 1881–William Orthwein,American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1955)
- 1884–Rembrandt Bugatti,Italian sculptor (d. 1916)
- 1886–David Ben-Gurion,Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1stPrime Minister of Israel(d. 1973)
- 1888–Eugene O'Neill,American playwright,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1953)
- 1888 –Paul Popenoe,American founder ofrelationship counseling(d. 1979)
- 1890–Michael Collins,Irish general and politician, 2ndIrish Minister for Finance(d. 1922)
- 1890 –Maria Goretti,Italian martyr and saint (d. 1902)
- 1890 –Paul Strand,American photographer and director (d. 1975)
- 1897–Louis de Cazenave,French soldier (d. 2008)
- 1898–William O. Douglas,American lawyer and jurist (d. 1980)
- 1900–Edward Ardizzone,Vietnamese-English author and illustrator (d. 1979)
- 1900 –Primo Conti,Italian painter and poet (d. 1988)
- 1900 –Goose Goslin,American baseball player and manager (d. 1971)
1901–present
edit- 1903–Cecile de Brunhoff,French author and pianist (d. 2003)
- 1903 –Big Joe Williams,American Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982)
- 1904–Björn Berglund,Swedish actor (d. 1968)
- 1905–Ernst Kuzorra,German footballer and manager (d. 1990)
- 1906–León Klimovsky,Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
- 1907–Richard Titmuss,English sociologist and academic (d. 1973)
- 1908–Olivia Coolidge,English-American author and educator (d. 2006)[23]
- 1908 –Enver Hoxha,Albanian general and politician,Prime Minister of Albania(d. 1985)
- 1911–Otto von Bülow,German commander (d. 2006)
- 1912–Clifford Hansen,American rancher and politician, 26thGovernor of Wyoming(d. 2009)
- 1918–Louis Althusser,Algerian-French philosopher and academic (d. 1990)
- 1918 –Abraham Nemeth,American mathematician and academic (d. 2013)
- 1918 –Tony Rolt,English race car driver and engineer (d. 2008)
- 1919–Kathleen Winsor,American journalist and author (d. 2003)[24]
- 1920–Paddy Finucane,Irish fighter pilot and flying ace (d. 1942)
- 1921–Matt Batts,American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
- 1921 –Sita Ram Goel,Indian historian, publisher and writer (d. 2003)
- 1921 –MacKenzie Miller,American horse trainer and breeder (d. 2010)
- 1922–Max Bygraves,English-Australian actor and singer (d. 2012)
- 1922 –Leon Sullivan,American minister and activist (d. 2001)
- 1923–Linda Darnell,American actress (d. 1965)
- 1923 –Bert Kaempfert,German conductor and composer (d. 1980)
- 1923 –Bill McLaren,Scottish rugby player and sportscaster (d. 2010)
- 1924–Gerard Parkes,Irish-Canadian actor (d. 2014)
- 1925–Daniel J. Evans,American politician, 16thGovernor of Washington(d. 2024)[25][26]
- 1925 –Angela Lansbury,English-American actress, singer, and producer (d. 2022)[27][28]
- 1926–Charles Dolan,American businessman, foundedCablevisionandHBO
- 1926 –Ed Valigursky,American illustrator (d. 2009)[29]
- 1927–Günter Grass,German novelist, poet, playwright,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 2015)
- 1928–Mary Daly,American philosopher and theologian (d. 2010)[30]
- 1928 –Ann Morgan Guilbert,American actress (d. 2016)
- 1929–Fernanda Montenegro,Brazilian actress
- 1930–John Polkinghorne,English physicist, theologian and priest (d. 2021)
- 1930 –Carmen Sevilla,Spanish actress (d. 2023)
- 1931–Charles Colson,American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
- 1931 –Valery Klimov,Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 2022)
- 1931 –Rosa Rosal,Filipino actress
- 1931 –P. W. Underwood,American football player and coach (d. 2013)
- 1932–John Grant,English journalist and politician (d. 2000)
- 1932 –Henry Lewis,American bassist and conductor (d. 1996)
- 1932 –Lucien Paiement,Canadian physician and politician (d. 2013)
- 1933–Nobuyo Ōyama,Japanese voice actress
- 1934–Peter Ashdown,English race car driver
- 1936–Peter Bowles,English actor and screenwriter (d. 2022)
- 1936 –Andrei Chikatilo,Ukrainian-Russian serial killer (d. 1994)
- 1936 –Mladen Koščak,Croatian footballer (d. 1997)
- 1936 –Akira Machida,Japanese lawyer and judge, 15thChief Justice of Japan(d. 2015)
- 1937–Emile Ford,Saint Lucia-born British singer. FirstBlack Britishmusician to sell over one million copies of a single[31][32]
- 1938–Carl Gunter, Jr.,American politician (d. 1999)
- 1938 –Nico,German singer-songwriter, model, and actress (d. 1988)
- 1940–Barry Corbin,American actor and producer[33]
- 1940 –Dave DeBusschere,American basketball player and coach (d. 2003)
- 1940 –Ivan Della Mea,Italian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist (d. 2009)
- 1941–Mel Counts,American basketball player[34]
- 1941 –Tim McCarver,American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2023)
- 1941 –Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne,English computer programmer and politician
- 1943–Fred Turner,Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player[33]
- 1944–Kaizer Motaung,South African footballer and manager
- 1944 –Elizabeth Loftus,American psychologist[35]
- 1945–Stefan Buczacki,English horticulturalist, botanist, and television host
- 1945 –Roger Hawkins,American session drummer (d. 2021)
- 1945 –Paul Monette,American author and poet (d. 1995)
- 1946–Geoff Barnett,English footballer (d. 2021)
- 1946 –Suzanne Somers,American actress and producer (d. 2023)[33]
- 1947–Nicholas Day,English actor
- 1947 –Terry Griffiths,Welsh snooker player and coach
- 1947 –Bob Weir,American singer-songwriter and guitarist[33]
- 1947 –David Zucker,American director, producer, and screenwriter[33]
- 1948–Alison Chitty,English production designer and costume designer
- 1948 –Bruce Fleisher,American golfer (d. 2021)
- 1948 –Hema Malini,Indian actress, director, producer, and politician
- 1948 –Leo Mazzone,American baseball player and coach
- 1950–Angry Grandpa,American internet personality (d. 2017)
- 1950 –Károly Horváth,Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer (d. 2015)
- 1952–Christopher Cox,American lawyer and politician
- 1952 –Cordell Mosson,American bass player (d. 2013)
- 1952 –Crazy Mohan,Indian actor, screenwriter, and playwright (d. 2019)
- 1952 –Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton,English politician
- 1953–Tony Carey,American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
- 1953 –Paulo Roberto Falcão,Brazilian footballer and manager
- 1953 –K. S. Kugathasan,Sri Lankan politician[36]
- 1953 –Brinsley Forde,British singer and actor[37]
- 1954–Lorenzo Carcaterra,American author and blogger
- 1954 –Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean,Scottish politician,Secretary of State for Scotland
- 1954 –Serafino Ghizzoni,Italian rugby player
- 1954 –Corinna Harfouch,German actress
- 1955–Kieran Doherty,Irish Republicanhunger striker and politician (d. 1981)[38]
- 1955 –Ellen Dolan,American actress
- 1956–Marin Alsop,American violinist and conductor
- 1956 –John Chavis,American football player and coach
- 1956 –Meg Rosoff,American-English author
- 1956 –Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah,Bangladeshi poet, author, and playwright (d. 1992)
- 1957–Priidu Beier,Estonian poet and educator
- 1958–Roy McDonough,English footballer and manager
- 1958 –Tim Robbins,American actor, director, and screenwriter[33]
- 1959–Kevin Brennan,Welsh journalist and politician
- 1959 –Brian Harper,American baseball player
- 1959 –Gary Kemp,English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor[33]
- 1959 –Philip Maini,Northern Irish mathematician at the University of Oxford
- 1959 –Tessa Munt,English lawyer and politician
- 1959 –Jamie Salmon,English-New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
- 1959 –Erkki-Sven Tüür,Estonian flute player and composer
- 1959 –John Whittingdale,English politician
- 1960–Guy LeBlanc,Canadian keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2015)
- 1960 –Bob Mould,American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[33]
- 1961–Chris Doleman,American football player (d. 2020)[39]
- 1961 –Marc Levy,French author
- 1961 –Scott O'Hara,American pornographic performer, author, poet, editor and publisher (d. 1998)
- 1961 –Randy Vasquez,American actor, director, and producer[33]
- 1962–Manute Bol,Sudanese-American basketball player and activist (d. 2010)
- 1962 –Flea,Australian-American bass player, songwriter, and actor[33]
- 1962 –Dmitri Hvorostovsky,Russian opera singer (d. 2017)[40]
- 1962 –Nico Lazaridis,German footballer
- 1962 –Tamara McKinney,American skier
- 1963–Brendan Kibble,Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1963 –Timothy Leighton,English physicist and academic
- 1964–Shawn Little,Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
- 1964 –James Thompson,American-Finnish author (d. 2014)
- 1965–Kang Kyung-ok,South Korean illustrator
- 1965 –German Titov,Russian ice hockey player and coach[41]
- 1965 –Tom Tolbert,American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1966–Olof Lundh,Swedish journalist
- 1966 –Mary Elizabeth McGlynn,American voice actress, singer, and director
- 1967–Michael Laffy,Australian footballer
- 1967 –Davina McCall,English television host and actress
- 1968–Randall Batinkoff,American actor and producer
- 1968 –Mark Lee,Singaporean actor and singer
- 1968 –Francesco Libetta,Italian pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1968 –Todd Stashwick,American actor and writer
- 1968 –Elsa Zylberstein,French actress
- 1969–Roy Hargrove,American trumpet player and composer (d. 2018)
- 1969 –Takao Omori,Japanese wrestler
- 1969 –Terri J. Vaughn,American actress and producer[33]
- 1969 –Wendy Wilson,American singer-songwriter[33]
- 1970–Kazuyuki Fujita,Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
- 1970 –Mehmet Scholl,German footballer and manager
- 1971–Frank Cuesta,Spanish television presenter
- 1971 –Chad Gray,American singer-songwriter and guitarist[33]
- 1971 –Paul Sparks,American actor[33]
- 1972–Adrianne Frost,American comedian, actress, and author
- 1972 –Darius Kasparaitis,Lithuanian-American ice hockey player and coach
- 1972 –Kordell Stewart,American football player and radio host
- 1973–Justin Credible,American wrestler
- 1973 –David Unsworth,English footballer and manager
- 1974–Aurela Gaçe,Albanian singer
- 1974 –Paul Kariya,Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975–Ernesto Noel Aquino,Honduran footballer
- 1975 –Brynjar Gunnarsson,Icelandic footballer
- 1975 –Jacques Kallis,South African cricketer
- 1975 –Kellie Martin,American actress, director, and producer[33]
- 1977–John Mayer,American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[33]
- 1977 –Björn Yttling,Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, producer and member ofPeter, Bjorn and John[42]
- 1980–Sue Bird,Israeli-American basketball player[43]
- 1980 –Jeremy Jackson,American actor and singer[33]
- 1980 –Caterina Scorsone,Canadian-American actress[33]
- 1980 –Timana Tahu,Australian rugby league player
- 1981–Brea Grant,American actress and writer[44]
- 1981 –Martin Halle,Danish footballer
- 1981 –Boyd Melson,American boxer
- 1981 –Anthony Reyes,American baseball player
- 1982–Alan Anderson,American basketball player[45]
- 1982 –Frédéric Michalak,French rugby player
- 1982 –Cristian Riveros,Paraguayan footballer
- 1982 –Prithviraj Sukumaran,Indian actor, singer, and producer
- 1983–Philipp Kohlschreiber,German tennis player
- 1983 –Loreen,Swedish singer[46]
- 1983 –Kenny Omega,Canadian wrestler
- 1984–François Pervis,French track cyclist
- 1984 –Rachel Reilly,American talk show host and actress
- 1985–Jay Beagle,Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 –Alexis Hornbuckle,American basketball player[47]
- 1985 –Verena Sailer,German sprinter
- 1985 –Casey Stoner,Australian motorcycle racer
- 1985 –Peter Wallace,Australian rugby league player
- 1986–Nicky Adams,English-Welsh footballer
- 1986 –Derk Boerrigter,Dutch footballer
- 1986 –Inna,Romanian singer[48]
- 1988–Zoltán Stieber,Hungarian footballer
- 1989–Dan Biggar,Welsh rugby player
- 1991–Jonathan Schoop,Curaçaoan baseball player[49]
- 1991 –Shardul Thakur,Indian cricketer[50]
- 1992–Kostas Fortounis,Greek footballer
- 1992 –Viktorija Golubic,Swiss tennis player[51]
- 1992 –Bryce Harper,American baseball player
- 1992 –Stuart Lightbody,Irish badminton player[52]
- 1993–Jovit Baldivino,Filipino singer and actor (d. 2022)[53]
- 1993 –Caroline Garcia,French tennis player
- 1994–Adam Elliott,Australian rugby league player
- 1994 –Halimah Nakaayi,Ugandan middle-distance runner[54]
- 1997–Charles Leclerc,MonégasqueFormula Onedriver
- 1997 –Naomi Osaka,Japanese tennis player[43]
- 1997 –Aliou Dieng,Malian footballer[55]
- 1999–Aaron Nesmith,American basketball player[56]
Deaths
editPre-1600
edit- 385–Fú Jiān,Chinese emperor (b. 337)
- 786–Lullus,archbishop of Mainz (b. 710)
- 976–Al-Hakam II,Umayyad caliph (b. 915)
- 1027–Fujiwara no Kenshi,Japanese empress (b. 994)
- 1130–Pedro González de Lara,Castilian magnate
- 1284–Shams al-Din Juvayni,Persian statesman,vizierandminister of financeof theIlkhanate
- 1323–Amadeus V,count of Savoy (b. 1249)
- 1333–Nicholas V,antipope of Rome (b. 1260)
- 1438–Anne of Gloucester,English noblewoman (b. 1383)
- 1355–Louis the Child,king of Sicily (b. 1338)
- 1523–Luca Signorelli,Italian painter (b. c.1450)
- 1553–Lucas Cranach the Elder,German painter and engraver (b. 1472)
- 1555–Hugh Latimer,English bishop and saint (b. 1487)
- 1555 –Nicholas Ridley,English bishop and martyr (b. 1500)
- 1591–Gregory XIV,pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1535)[57]
- 1594–William Allen,English cardinal (b. 1532)
1601–1900
edit- 1621–Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck,Dutch organist and composer (b. 1562)
- 1628–François de Malherbe,French poet and critic (b. 1555)[58]
- 1637–Johann Rudolf Stadler,Swiss clock-maker (b. 1605)[59]
- 1649–Isaac van Ostade,Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1621)
- 1655–Joseph Solomon Delmedigo,Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (b. 1591)
- 1660–John Cook,English politician,Solicitor General for England and Wales(b. 1608)
- 1679–Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery,Irish-English soldier and politician (b. 1621)
- 1680–Raimondo Montecuccoli,Italian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1609)
- 1730–Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac,French-American explorer and politician, 3rdFrench Governor of Louisiana(b. 1658)
- 1730 –Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha,Greek politician, 139thGrand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire(b. 1666)
- 1750–Sylvius Leopold Weiss,German lute player and composer (b. 1687)
- 1755–Gerard Majella,Italian saint (b. 1725)
- 1774–Robert Fergusson,Scottish poet (b. 1750)
- 1791–Grigory Potemkin,Russian general and politician (b. 1739)
- 1793–Marie Antoinette,Austrian-born queen consort ofLouis XVI of France(b. 1755)[60]
- 1793 –John Hunter,Scottish-English surgeon and philosopher (b. 1728)
- 1796–Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia(b. 1726)
- 1799–Veerapandiya KattabommanIndian activist (b. 1760)
- 1810–Nachman of Breslov,Ukrainian religious leader, founded theBreslov Hasidic group(b. 1772)
- 1822–Eva Marie Veigel,Austrian-English dancer (b. 1724)
- 1877–Théodore Barrière,French playwright (b. 1823)
- 1888–John Wentworth,American journalist and politician, 19thMayor of Chicago(b. 1815)
1901–present
edit- 1904–Haritina Korotkevich,Russian heroine (b. 1882)[61]
- 1908–Joseph Leycester Lyne,English monk (b. 1837)
- 1909–Jakub Bart-Ćišinski,German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
- 1913–Ralph Rose,American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
- 1936–Effie Adelaide Rowlands,British writer (b. 1859)
- 1937–Jean de Brunhoff,French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
- 1946–Nuremberg trialexecutions of the Main Trial:
- Hans Frank,German lawyer, politician and war criminal (b. 1900)
- Wilhelm Frick,German lawyer and politician,German Minister of the Interior(b. 1877)
- Alfred Jodl,German general (b. 1890)
- Ernst Kaltenbrunner,AustrianSSofficer (b. 1903)
- Wilhelm Keitel,German field marshal (b. 1882)
- Alfred Rosenberg,Estonian architect and politician (b. 1893)
- Fritz Sauckel,German sailor and politician (b. 1894)
- Arthur Seyss-Inquart,Austrian lawyer and politician, 16thFederal Chancellor of Austria(b. 1892)
- Julius Streicher,German journalist and politician (b. 1887)
- Joachim von Ribbentrop,German lieutenant and politician,Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany(b. 1893)
- 1947–Anna B. Eckstein,German peace activist (b. 1868)[62]
- 1951–Liaquat Ali Khan,Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1stPrime Minister of Pakistan(b. 1895)
- 1956–Jules Rimet,French businessman (b. 1873)
- 1957–John Anthony Sydney Ritson,English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and educator (b. 1887)
- 1958–Robert Redfield,American anthropologist of Mexico (b. 1897)
- 1959–Minor Hall,American drummer (b. 1897)
- 1959 –George Marshall,American general and politician, 3rdUnited States Secretary of Defense,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1880)
- 1962–Gaston Bachelard,French poet and philosopher (b. 1884)
- 1964–Patsy Callighen,Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1906)
- 1966–George O'Hara,American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899)
- 1968–Ellis Kinder,American baseball player (b. 1914)
- 1971–Robin Boyd,Australian architect and educator, designed theDomain Park Flats(b. 1919)
- 1972–Nick Begich,American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
- 1972 –Hale Boggs,American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
- 1972 –Leo G. Carroll,English-American actor (b. 1886)
- 1973–Gene Krupa,American drummer, composer, and actor (b. 1909)
- 1975–Vittorio Gui,Italian conductor and composer (b. 1885)
- 1978–Dan Dailey,American actor, singer, dancer, and director (b. 1913)
- 1979–Johan Borgen,Norwegian author and critic (b. 1903)
- 1981–Moshe Dayan,Israeli general and politician, 5thForeign Affairs Minister of Israel(b. 1915)
- 1981 –Eugene Eisenmann,Panamanian-American lawyer and ornithologist (b. 1906)
- 1982–Mario Del Monaco,Italian tenor (b. 1915)
- 1983–Jakov Gotovac,Croatian composer and conductor (b. 1895)
- 1986–Arthur Grumiaux,Belgian violinist and pianist (b. 1921)
- 1989–Walter Farley,American author and educator (b. 1915)
- 1989 –Scott O'Dell,American journalist and author (b. 1898)
- 1989 –Cornel Wilde,American actor (b. 1912)
- 1990–Art Blakey,American drummer and bandleader (b. 1919)
- 1990 –Jorge Bolet,Cuban-American pianist and educator (b. 1914)
- 1992–Shirley Booth,American actress and singer (b. 1898)
- 1996–Jason Bernard,American actor (b. 1938)
- 1996 –Eric Malpass,English author (b. 1910)
- 1997–Audra Lindley,American actress (b. 1918)
- 1997 –James A. Michener,American author and philanthropist (b. 1907)
- 1998–Jon Postel,American computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)
- 1999–Jean Shepherd,American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- 2000–Mel Carnahan,American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 51stGovernor of Missouri(b. 1934)
- 2000 –Rick Jason,American actor (b. 1923)
- 2001–Etta Jones,American singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
- 2003–Avni Arbaş,Turkish painter (b. 1919)
- 2003 –Stu Hart,Canadian wrestler and trainer (b. 1915)
- 2003 –László Papp,Hungarian boxer (b. 1926)
- 2004–Pierre Salinger,American journalist and politician, 11thWhite House Press Secretary(b. 1925)
- 2006–John Victor Murra,Ukrainian-American anthropologist and academic (b. 1916)
- 2006 –Valentín Paniagua,Peruvian lawyer and politician, 91stPresident of Peru(b. 1936)
- 2007–Deborah Kerr,Scottish actress (b. 1921)
- 2007 –Toše Proeski,Macedonian singer-songwriter (b. 1981)
- 2008–Dagmar Normet,Estonian author and translator (b. 1921)
- 2010–Eyedea,American rapper and producer (b. 1981)
- 2010 –Barbara Billingsley,American actress (b. 1915)[63]
- 2011–Dan Wheldon,English race car driver (b. 1978)
- 2012–Frank Moore Cross,American scholar and academic (b. 1921)
- 2012 –John A. Durkin,American lawyer and politician (b. 1936)
- 2012 –Mario Gallegos, Jr.,American firefighter and politician (b. 1950)
- 2012 –Bódog Török,Hungarian handball player and coach (b. 1923)
- 2012 –Eddie Yost,American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)
- 2013–Govind Purushottam Deshpande,Indian playwright and academic (b. 1938)
- 2013 –George Hourmouziadis,Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1932)
- 2013 –Ed Lauter,American actor (b. 1938)[64]
- 2013 –Laurel Martyn,Australian ballerina and choreographer (b. 1916)
- 2013 –Robert B. Rheault,American colonel (b. 1925)
- 2013 –Saggy Tahir,Pakistani-American lawyer and politician (b. 1944)
- 2014–Ioannis Charalambopoulos,Greek colonel and politician,Deputy Prime Minister of Greece(b. 1919)
- 2014 –Allen Forte,American musicologist and theorist (b. 1926)
- 2014 –Seppo Kuusela,Finnish basketball player and coach (b. 1934)
- 2014 –John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough,English businessman (b. 1926)
- 2015–Richard J. Cardamone,American lawyer and judge (b. 1925)
- 2015 –James W. Fowler,American psychologist and academic (b. 1940)
- 2015 –William James,Australian general and physician (b. 1930)
- 2015 –Vera Williams,American author and illustrator (b. 1927)
- 2015 –Memduh Ün,Turkish film producer, director, actor and screenwriter (b. 1920)
- 2016–Calvin Carl "Kelly" Gotlieb,Canadian professor and computer scientist (b. 1921)
- 2017–Daphne Caruana Galizia,Maltese journalist and blogger (b. 1964)
- 2017 –Roy Dotrice,British actor (b. 1923)
- 2017 –John Dunsworth,Canadian actor (b. 1946)
- 2017 –Sean Hughes,British-born Irish stand-up comedian (b. 1965)[65]
- 2023–Martti Ahtisaari,formerPresident of Finlandand Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1937)[66]
Holidays and observances
edit- Air Force Day (Bulgaria)
- Boss's Day(United States)[67]
- Christianfeast day:
- Balderic (Baudry) of Monfaucon
- Bercharius
- Bertrand of Comminges
- Colmán of Kilroot (Colman mac Cathbaid)
- Eliphius
- Fortunatus of Casei
- Gall
- Gerard Majella
- Hedwig of Silesia
- Hugh Latimer(Anglicanism)
- Junian (of Saint-Junien)
- Marguerite Marie Alacoque
- Marie-Marguerite d'Youville
- Nicholas Ridley(Anglicanism)
- Silvanus of Ahun
- BlessedThevarparampil Kunjachan(Syro-Malabar Catholic Church/Catholic Church)
- Pope Victor III
- October 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Pope John Paul II Day(Poland)
- Death anniversary of Liaquat Ali Khan(Pakistan)
- Teachers' Day(Chile)
- World Food Day(International)[68]
- Bu-Ma Democratic ProtestsCommemoration Day (South Korea)[69]
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