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October 17is the 290th day of the year (291st inleap years) in theGregorian calendar;75 days remain until the end of the year.
Events[edit]
Pre-1600[edit]
- 690– EmpressWu Zetianestablishes theZhou Dynastyof China.[1]
- 1091–London tornado of 1091:A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London.
- 1346– The English captureKing David II of ScotlandatNeville's Crossand imprison him for eleven years.
- 1448– An Ottoman army defeats a Hungarian army at theSecond Battle of Kosovo.
- 1456– TheUniversity of Greifswaldis established as the second oldest university in northern Europe.
- 1534–Anti-Catholic postersappear in Paris and other cities supportingHuldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass.
- 1558–Poczta Polska,the Polish postal service, is founded.
1601–1900[edit]
- 1604–Kepler's Supernovais observed in the constellation of Ophiuchus.
- 1610– French kingLouis XIIIis crowned in Reims Cathedral.
- 1660– Thenine regicideswho signed the death warrant ofCharles I of Englandare hanged, drawn and quartered.
- 1662– Charles II of Englandsells Dunkirkto Louis XIV of France for 40,000 pounds.
- 1713–Great Northern War:RussiadefeatsSwedenin theBattle of KostianvirtainPälkäne.[2]
- 1771– Premiere in Milan of the operaAscanio in Alba,composed by Mozart at age 15.
- 1777–American Revolutionary War:British General John Burgoyne surrenders his armyat Saratoga, New York.
- 1781– American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at theSiege of Yorktown.
- 1800– War of the Second Coalition: Britaintakes controlof the Dutch colony of Curaçao.
- 1806– Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, EmperorJacques I,is assassinated after an oppressive rule.
- 1811– The silver deposits ofAgua Amargaare discovered in Chile becoming in the following years instrumental for thePatriotsto finance theChilean War of Independence.[3]
- 1814– Eight people die in theLondon Beer Flood.
- 1850– Riots start, which lead to amassacrein Aleppo.[4]
- 1860– FirstThe Open Championship(referred to in North America as theBritish Open).
- 1861– Aboriginal Australians kill nineteen Europeans in theCullin-la-ringo massacre.
1901–present[edit]
- 1907–Marconibegins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
- 1912– Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in theFirst Balkan War.
- 1919–Leeds United F.C.founded at Salem Chapel, Holbeck after the winding up ofLeeds City F.C.for making illegal payments to players duringWorld War I[5]
- 1931–Al Caponeis convicted of income tax evasion.
- 1933–Albert Einsteinflees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
- 1940– The body of Communist propagandistWilli Münzenbergis found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.
- 1941–World War II:TheUSSKearnybecomes the first U.S. Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat.
- 1943– TheBurma Railway(Burma–Thailand Railway) is completed.
- 1943 – Nazi Holocaust in Poland:Sobibór extermination campis closed.
- 1945– Alarge demonstrationin Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release.
- 1952– Indonesian Army elementssurrounded the Merdeka Palacedemanding President Sukarno disband theProvisional People's Representative Council.[6]
- 1956– The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II inSellafield,England.
- 1961– Directed by their chiefMaurice Papon,Paris policemassacrescores ofAlgerianprotesters.
- 1961– The first attempt of theapartheid analogybyAhmad Shukeiri.[7][8][9][10]
- 1965– The1964–65 New York World's Faircloses after two years and more than 51 million attendees.
- 1966– The23rd Street Firein New York City kills 12 firefighters.
- 1969– TheCaravaggiopaintingNativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrenceis stolen from theOratory of Saint LawrenceinPalermo.[11]
- 1970– FLQterrorists murderQuebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte.
- 1973– OPEC imposes anoil embargoagainst countries they deem to have helped Israel in theYom Kippur War.
- 1977– The hijackedLufthansa Flight 181lands in Mogadishu. The remaining hostages are later rescued.
- 1979–Mother Teresais awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1979 – TheDepartment of Education Organization Actcreates the U.S. Department of Education.
- 1980– As part of theHoly See–United Kingdom relationsa British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican.
- 1988–Uganda Airlines Flight 775crashes atRome–Fiumicino International Airport,inRome,Italy,killing 33 people.[12]
- 1989– The 6.9MwLoma Prieta earthquakeshakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast, killing 63.
- 1989 – The East German Politburo votes to removeErich Honeckerfrom his role as General Secretary.
- 1991–Rudrapur bombingsby Sikh separatists, who explode two bombs, during aRamlilaHinducelebration inRudrapur, Uttarakhand,killing 41 people.[13][14][15]
- 1992– Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese studentYoshihiro Hattori is killedby the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- 1994– Russian journalistDmitry Kholodovis assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
- 2000– TheHatfield rail crashleads to the collapse of Railtrack.
- 2001– Israeli tourism ministerRehavam Ze'eviisassassinatedbyHamdi Quran,a member of thePFLP,thus becoming the highest-ranking Israeli to be killed by a Palestinian.
- 2003–Taipei 101,a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, becomes the world's tallest high-rise.
- 2004– Afirethat lasted over 15 hours destroyed almost one third of the East Tower of theParque Central Urban ComplexinCaracas,Venezuela.[16]
- 2017–Syrian civil war:TheSyrian Democratic Forces(SDF) capture the last foothold of theIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant(ISIL) inRaqqa,marking the end of theBattle of Raqqa.[17][18]
- 2018– The recreational use of cannabisis legalizedin Canada.
- 2018 –A mass shooting and bombingatKerch Polytechnic Collegein Crimea kills 21 people including the attacker and injures 70 others.[19]
- 2019– Drug dealers inCuliacan,Sinaloa, Mexicoforce the government to back down on an arrest.[20]
- 2019 – The17 October Revolutionstarts inLebanon.[21]
Births[edit]
Pre-1600[edit]
- 503–Lý Nam Đế,first emperor ofVietnam(d. 548)
- 1253–Ivo of Kermartin,French priest and saint (d. 1303)
- 1493–Bartolommeo Bandinelli,Italian sculptor (d. 1560)
- 1500–Alonso de Orozco Mena,Spanish Roman Catholic priest (d. 1591)
- 1538–Irene di Spilimbergo,Italian Renaissance poet and painter (d. 1559)[22]
- 1577–Cristofano Allori,Italian painter (d. 1621)
- 1577 –Dmitry Pozharsky,Russian prince (d. 1642)
- 1582–Johann Gerhard,German theologian and academic (d. 1637)
- 1587–Nathan Field,English dramatist and actor (d. 1620)
1601–1900[edit]
- 1623–Francis Turretin,Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1687)
- 1629–Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias(d. 1646)
- 1688–Domenico Zipoli,Italian missionary and composer (d. 1726)
- 1711–Jupiter Hammon,American poet (d. 1806)
- 1719–Jacques Cazotte,French author and academic (d. 1792)
- 1720–Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini,Italianharpsichordplayer and composer (d. 1795)[23]
- 1725–John Wilkes,English journalist and politician (d. 1797)
- 1729–Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny,French composer and academic (d. 1817)
- 1735–Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger,GermanBaroqueartist (d. 1803)
- 1759–Andrey Voronikhin,Russian architect and painter (d. 1814)
- 1760–Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon,French economist and philosopher (d. 1825)
- 1768–Sophie von Dönhoff,morganaticspouse by bigamy to King Frederick William II of Prussia (d. 1838)
- 1779–Louis Charles,Frenchprince of the blood(d. 1808)
- 1779 –José Andrés Pacheco de Melo,Argentine statesman and priest (d. approx. 1820)
- 1780–Richard Mentor Johnson,American politician, ninth Vice President of the United States (d. 1850)
- 1781–Johann Friedrich Meckel,German anatomist (d. 1833)
- 1784–Fructuoso Rivera,first president ofUruguay(d. 1854)
- 1785–Christen Smith,Norwegian scientist (d. 1816)
- 1792–John Bowring,Englishpolyglotandgovernor of Hong Kong(d. 1826)
- 1797–Juan Lavalle,Argentine politician (d. 1841)
- 1803–Ferenc Deák,Hungarian politician (d. 1876)
- 1810–Adolphe-Félix Cals,French painter (d. 1880)
- 1811–Albertus van Raalte,Dutch-American pastor and educator (d. 1876)
- 1813–Georg Büchner,German-Swiss poet and playwright (d. 1837)
- 1814–Yakiv Holovatsky,Ukrainian historian, scholar, and poet (d. 1888)
- 1817–Syed Ahmad Khan,Indian philosopher and scholar (d. 1898)
- 1821–Alexander Gardner,Scottish photographer (d. 1882)
- 1828–Aureliano Maestre de San Juan,Spanish scientist (d. 1890)
- 1833–José E. Días,Paraguayan general (d. 1867)
- 1835–Louis-Léon Cugnot,French sculptor (d. 1894)
- 1835 –Paul Haenlein,German mechanical engineer (d. 1905)
- 1840–André Gill,Frenchcaricaturist(d. 1885)
- 1844–Gustave Schlumberger,French historian (d. 1929)
- 1845–John J. Gardner,American politician (d. 1921)
- 1853–Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia(d. 1920)
- 1859–Childe Hassam,American painter and illustrator (d. 1935)
- 1860–Henry Campbell Black,founder ofBlack's Law Dictionary(d. 1927)
- 1864–Elinor Glyn,English author, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1943)
- 1865–James Rudolph Garfield,American lawyer and politician, 23rdUnited States Secretary of the Interior(d. 1950)
- 1867–Josep Puig i Cadafalch,Catalanarchitect who designed theCasa Martí(d. 1956)
- 1871–Segundo de Chomón,Spanishcinematographer,director, and screenwriter (d. 1929)
- 1876–Hippolyte Aucouturier,Frenchroad cyclist(d. 1944)
- 1878–Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart,Spanish politician and 17thDuke of Alba(d. 1953)
- 1880–Jesús Reyes Ferreira,Mexican artist and art collector (d. 1977)
- 1881–Maria Dulęba,Polish actress (d. 1959)
- 1882–Haritina Korotkevich,Russian war heroine (d. 1904)[24]
- 1883–Alexander Neill,Scottish educator (d. 1973)
- 1883 –Thaddeus Shideler,Americanhurdler(d. 1966)
- 1886–Spring Byington,American actress (d. 1971)
- 1889–Mikha'il Na'ima,Lebaneseauthor (d. 1988)
- 1890–Roy Kilner,English cricketer (d. 1928)
- 1892–Theodor Eicke,German SS general (d. 1943)
- 1892 –Herbert Howells,English organist, composer, and educator (d. 1983)
- 1893–Raffaele Bendandi,Italian clockmaker and seismologist (d. 1979)
- 1894–Prince René,Italian Prince ofDenmark(d. 1962)
- 1894 –Pablo de Rokha,Chilean poet (d. 1968)
- 1895–Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes,President of Guatemala(1958–1963) (d. 1982)
- 1895 –Doris Humphrey,American dancer and choreographer (d. 1958)
- 1896–Roman Petrovich,Russian prince (d. 1978)
- 1898–Shinichi Suzuki,Japanese violinist and educator (d. 1998)[25]
- 1898 –Eileen Sedgwick,American actress (d. 1991)
- 1898 –Simon Vestdijk,Dutch author and poet (d. 1971)
- 1900–C. C. van Asch van Wijck,Dutch artist and sculptor (d. 1932)
- 1900 –Jean Arthur,American actress (d. 1991)
- 1900 –Yvor Winters,American critic and poet (d. 1968)
1901–present[edit]
- 1901–Emma Gamboa Alvarado,Costa Rican educator (d. 1973)[26]
- 1902–Irene Ryan,American actress (d. 1973)
- 1903–Andrei Grechko,Soviet general (d. 1976)
- 1903 –Nathanael West,American author and screenwriter (d. 1940)[27]
- 1905–Leopoldo Benites,Ecuadorian diplomat 28th president of theUnited Nations General Assembly(d. 1996)
- 1906–Paul Derringer,American baseball player (d. 1987)
- 1906 –Andrey Tikhonov,Russian mathematician (d. 1993)
- 1907–John Marley,American actor (d. 1984)
- 1908–Kenji Miyamoto,Japanese politician (d. 2007)
- 1908 –Hjördis Petterson,Swedish actress (d. 1988)
- 1908 –Wally Prigg,Australian rugby league player (d. 1980)
- 1908 –Red Rolfe,American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1969)
- 1909–Cozy Cole,American drummer (d. 1981)
- 1909 –Leopoldo Panero,Spanish poet (d. 1962)
- 1909 –Joaquín Satrústegui,Spanish lawyer and politician (d. 1992)
- 1910–Marina Núñez del Prado,Bolivian sculptor (d. 1995)[28]
- 1910 –Ester Wier,American author (d. 2000)
- 1912–Pope John Paul I(d. 1978)[29]
- 1912 –Theodore Marier,American composer and educator, founded theBoston Archdiocesan Choir School(d. 2001)
- 1912 –Jack Owens,American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1982)
- 1913–Robert Lowery,American actor (d. 1971)
- 1913 –Marian Marsh,Trinidadian-American actress and environmentalist (d. 2006)
- 1913 –Faik Türün,Turkish general (d. 2003)
- 1914–Jerry Siegel,American author and illustrator (d. 1996)
- 1915–Arthur Miller,American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2005)[29]
- 1916–José López Rega,Argentinean politician (d. 1989)
- 1917–Alfred Benlloch Llorach,Spanish inventor (d. 2013)
- 1917 –Martin Donnelly,New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)
- 1917 –Marsha Hunt,American actress and singer (d. 2022)
- 1917 –Aimo Koivunen,Finnish soldier and corporal (d. 1989)[30]
- 1917 –Norman Leyden,American composer and conductor (d. 2014)
- 1917 –Sumner Locke Elliott,Australian-American author and playwright (d. 1991)
- 1917 –Adele Stimmel Chase,American painter and sculptor (d. 2000)
- 1918–Rita Hayworth,American actress, singer and dancer (d. 1987)[29]
- 1918 –Luis Alberto Solari,Uruguayan artist (d. 1993)
- 1918 –Ralph Wilson,American businessman, founded theBuffalo Bills(d. 2014)
- 1919–Isaak Khalatnikov,Ukrainian-Russian theoretical physicist and academic (d. 2021)
- 1919 –Violet Milstead,CanadianWorld War IIaviator andbush pilot(d. 2014)
- 1919 –Zhao Ziyang,Chinese politician (d. 2005)
- 1920–Montgomery Clift,American actor (d. 1966)
- 1920 –Miguel Delibes,Spanish journalist and author (d. 2010)
- 1920 –Zully Moreno,Argentine actress (d. 1999)
- 1921–Priscilla Buckley,American journalist and author (d. 2012)
- 1921 –Maria Gorokhovskaya,Russian-Israeli gymnast (d. 2001)[31]
- 1921 –George Mackay Brown,Scottish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1996)
- 1921 –Tom Poston,American actor and comedian (d. 2007)
- 1922–Luiz Bonfá,Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 2001)
- 1922 –Pierre Juneau,Canadian broadcaster and politician, co-founded theMontreal World Film Festival(d. 2012)
- 1923–Barney Kessel,American guitarist and composer (d. 2004)
- 1923 –Charles McClendon,American football player and coach (d. 2001)
- 1924–Don Coryell,American football player and coach (d. 2010)[29]
- 1924 –Anton Geiser,CroatianSSofficer (d. 2012)
- 1924 –Giacomo Mari,Italian footballer (d. 1991)
- 1924 –Rolando Panerai,Italian baritone (d. 2019)
- 1925–Harry Carpenter,English sportscaster (d. 2010)
- 1926–Julie Adams,American actress (d. 2019)[32]
- 1926 –Beverly Garland,American actress (d. 2008)
- 1926 –Roberto Lippi,Italian race car driver (d. 2011)
- 1928–Santiago Stevenson,Panamanian singer and minister (d. 2007)
- 1928 –Alejandro Végh Villegas,Uruguayan politician (d. 2017)
- 1929–Mário Wilson,Mozambican footballer and manager (d. 2016)
- 1930–Ismail Akbay,Turkish physicist and engineer (d. 2003)
- 1930 –Robert Atkins,American physician and cardiologist, created theAtkins diet(d. 2003)[29]
- 1931–José Alencar,Brazilian businessman and politician (d. 2011)
- 1932 –Paul Anderson,American weightlifter (d. 1994)
- 1931 –Ernst Hinterberger,Austrian author and playwright (d. 2012)
- 1931 –Anatoly Pristavkin,Russian writer (d. 2008)
- 1933–William Anders,Hong Kong-American general and astronaut (d. 2024)[29]
- 1933 –The Singing Nun,Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and nun (d. 1985)
- 1934–Alan Garner,English author and playwright
- 1934 –Johnny Haynes,English-Scottish footballer (d. 2005)
- 1934 –Rico Rodriguez,Jamaican trombonist (d. 2015)
- 1935–Sydney Chapman,English architect and politician,Vice-Chamberlain of the Household(d. 2014)
- 1935 –Michael Eavis,English farmer, founded theGlastonbury Festival
- 1935 –Carlos Pairetti,Argentine racing driver (d. 2022)
- 1936–Sathima Bea Benjamin,South African singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
- 1936 –Hiroo Kanamori,Japanese-American seismologist and academic
- 1936 –Santiago Navarro,Spanish basketball player (d. 1993)
- 1936 –Bert Nievera,Filipino-American singer (d. 2018)
- 1937–José María Álvarez del Manzano,Spanish politician
- 1937 –Aida Navarro,Venezuelan mezzo-soprano
- 1937 –Renato Prada Oropeza,Bolivian-Mexican scientist (d. 2011)
- 1937 –Paxton Whitehead,English actor (d. 2023)
- 1938–António Calvário,Portuguese singer and artist
- 1938 –Evel Knievel,American motorcycle rider and stuntman (d. 2007)[29]
- 1938 –Les Murray,Australian anthologist, poet, and critic (d. 2019)
- 1939–Oliver Rackham,English botanist and academic (d. 2015)
- 1940–Stephen Kovacevich,American pianist and conductor
- 1940 –Jim Smith,English footballer and manager (d. 2019)
- 1940 –Peter Stringfellow,English businessman (d. 2018)
- 1941–Earl Thomas Conley,American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2019)
- 1941 –Paul Ellison,American musician
- 1941 –Jim Seals,American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and violinist (d. 2022)[29]
- 1942–Steve Jones,American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2017)
- 1942 –Gary Puckett,American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist[33]
- 1943–Ignacio Rupérez,Spanish diplomat and journalist (d. 2015)
- 1944–Ángel Cristo,Spanishcircusperformer (d. 2010)
- 1946–Ronni Chasen,American publicist (d. 2010)
- 1946 –Michael Hossack,American drummer (d. 2012)
- 1946 –Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez,Mexican actor and comedian
- 1946 –Akira Kushida,Japanese vocalist
- 1946 –Cameron Mackintosh,English producer and manager
- 1946 –Adam Michnik,Polish journalist and historian
- 1946 –Julio Miranda,Argentine politician (d. 2021)
- 1946 –Drusilla Modjeska,English-Australian author and critic
- 1946 –Daniela Payssé,Uruguayan politician (d. 2018)
- 1946 –José Perramón,Spanish handball player
- 1946 –Jaime Ravinet,Chilean politician
- 1946 –Bob Seagren,American pole vaulter[29]
- 1946 –Rüdiger Wittig,Germangeobotanistand ecologist
- 1947–Omar Azziman,adviser to theKing of Morocco
- 1947 –Gene Green,American lawyer and politician
- 1947 –Michael McKean,American singer-songwriter, actor, and director[33]
- 1947 –Robert Post,American educator and academic
- 1948–Osvaldo Castro,Chilean footballer
- 1948 –Robert Jordan,American soldier and author (d. 2007)
- 1948 –Margot Kidder,Canadian-American actress (d. 2018)[29]
- 1948 –George Wendt,American actor and comedian[33]
- 1949–Owen Arthur,Barbadian economist and politician, 5thPrime Minister of Barbados(d. 2020)
- 1949 –Bill Hudson,American musician and actor[33]
- 1950–Philippe Barbarin,French cardinal
- 1950 –Sandra Reemer,Indo-Dutch singer (d. 2017)
- 1950 –Howard Rollins,American actor (d. 1996)
- 1951–Dirk Beheydt,Belgian footballer
- 1951 –Annie Borckink,Dutch speed skater
- 1951 –Roger Pontare,Swedish singer
- 1951 –Shari Ulrich,American-Canadian singer-songwriter and violinist
- 1953–Joseph Bowie,American trombonist and bandleader
- 1953 –Domenico Penzo,Italian footballer
- 1954–Carlos Buhler,American mountaineer
- 1955–Georgios Alogoskoufis,Greek economist, academic, and politician,Greek Minister of Finance
- 1955 –Mike Bratz,American basketball player
- 1956–Fran Cosmo,American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1956 –Mae Jemison,American physician, academic, and astronaut[29]
- 1956 –Pat McCrory,American businessman and politician, 74thGovernor of North Carolina
- 1956 –Ken Morrow,American ice hockey player and executive[34]
- 1956 –Stephen Palumbi,American academic and author
- 1957–Eleftheria Arvanitaki,Greek folk singer
- 1957 –Nelson Barrera,Mexican baseball player (d. 2002)
- 1957 –Lawrence Bender,American actor and producer
- 1957 –Antonio Galdo,Italian journalist
- 1957 –Steve McMichael,American football player, wrestler, and sportscaster
- 1957 –Pino Palladino,Welsh bassist
- 1957 –Vincent Van Patten,American tennis player and actor
- 1958–Howard Alden,American guitarist
- 1958 –Alan Jackson,American singer-songwriter[33]
- 1958 –Sandra Mozarowsky,Spanish actress (d. 1977)
- 1958 –Craig Murray,British diplomat
- 1959–Mustafa Aberchán,Spanish politician
- 1959 –Ron Drummond,American author and scholar
- 1959 –Francisco Flores Pérez,Salvadorian politician,President of El Salvador(d. 2016)
- 1959 –Russell Gilbert,Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1959 –Eugenio Hernández Flores,Mexican politician
- 1959 –Norm Macdonald,Canadian actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2021)[29]
- 1959 –Mark Peel,Australian historian and academic
- 1959 –Richard Roeper,American journalist and critic
- 1960–Guy Henry,English actor
- 1960 –Rob Marshall,American director, producer, and choreographer
- 1960 –Bernie Nolan,Irish singer (d. 2013)
- 1960 –Philippe Sands,American lawyer and academic
- 1961–David Means,American short story writer
- 1962–Glenn Braggs,American baseball player
- 1962 –Jay Humphries,American basketball player
- 1962 –Mike Judge,American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and actor[33]
- 1963–Sergio Goycochea,Argentinian footballer and journalist
- 1963 –Toby Young,English journalist and academic
- 1964–Margarita Liborio Arrazola,Mexican politician
- 1964 –Gregg Wallace,English television presenter
- 1965–Aravinda de Silva,Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1965 –Rhys Muldoon,Australian actor
- 1966–Shaun Edwards,English rugby player and coach
- 1966 –Danny Ferry,American basketball player and manager
- 1966 –Mark Gatiss,English actor, screenwriter and novelist[33]
- 1966 –Tommy Kendall,American race car driver and sportscaster
- 1967–René Dif,Danish musician[33]
- 1967 –Pedro González Vera,Chilean footballer
- 1967 –Simon Segars,English businessman
- 1967 –Nathalie Tauziat,French tennis player
- 1968–Alejandra Ávalos,Mexican artist
- 1968 –Graeme Le Saux,English footballer and sportscaster
- 1968 –Ziggy Marley,Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor[33]
- 1968 –David Robertson,Scottish footballer and manager
- 1969–Ernie Els,South African golfer and sportscaster[29]
- 1969 –Jesús Ángel García,Spanish racewalker[35]
- 1969 –Wood Harris,American actor[33]
- 1969 –Wyclef Jean,Haitian-American rapper, producer, and actor[33]
- 1969 –Rick Mercer,Canadian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1970–Anil Kumble,Indian cricketer
- 1970 –John Mabry,American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1970 –J. C. MacKenzie,Canadian actor
- 1971–Chris Kirkpatrick,American singer-songwriter and dancer[33]
- 1971 –Kim Ljung,Norwegian singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1971 –Martin Heinrich,American politician
- 1971 –Derrick Plourde,American drummer (d. 2005)
- 1971 –Blues Saraceno,American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- 1972–Eminem,American rapper, producer, and actor[33]
- 1972 –Sharon Leal,American actress[33]
- 1972 –Musashi,Japanese karateka and kickboxer
- 1972 –Tarkan,German-Turkish singer
- 1973–Rubén Garcés,Panamanian basketball player
- 1973 –Andrea Tarozzi,Italian footballer and coach
- 1974–Ariel Levy,American journalist and author
- 1974 –Matthew Macfadyen,English actor
- 1974 –Obdulio Ávila Mayo,Mexican politician
- 1974 –Bárbara Paz,Brazilian actress
- 1974 –Janne Puurtinen,Finnish keyboard player
- 1974 –John Rocker,American baseball player
- 1974 –Darío Sala,Argentine footballer
- 1974 –Gabriel Silberstein,Chilean tennis player
- 1974 –Dhondup Wangchen,Chinese director and producer
- 1975–Jericó Abramo Masso,Mexican politician
- 1975 –Francis Bouillon,American-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 –Vina Morales,Filipino actress and singer
- 1976–Sebastián Abreu,Uruguayan footballer
- 1976 –Seth Etherton,American baseball player
- 1976 –Carlos Loret de Mola,Mexican journalist
- 1976 –Kevin Maher,English-Irish footballer and coach
- 1977–Dudu Aouate,Israeli footballer[36]
- 1977 –Alimi Ballard,American actor and producer
- 1977 –Bryan Bertino,American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1977 –Walter Calderón,Ecuadorian footballer
- 1977 –Marko Antonio Cortés Mendoza,Mexican politician
- 1977 –Ryan McGinley,American photographer
- 1977 –André Villas-Boas,Portuguese footballer and manager
- 1978–Jerry Flannery,Irish rugby player and coach
- 1978 –Pablo Iglesias Turrión,Spanish politician
- 1978 –Erin Karpluk,Canadian actress
- 1978 –Chuka Umunna,English lawyer and politician
- 1979–Marcela Bovio,Mexican singer-songwriter and violinist
- 1979 –Alexandros Nikolaidis,Greek martial artist (d. 2022)
- 1979 –Kimi Räikkönen,Finnish race car driver
- 1979 –Kostas Tsartsaris,Greek basketball player
- 1980–Yekaterina Gamova,Russian volleyball player
- 1980 –Mohammad Hafeez,Pakistani cricketer
- 1980 –Isaac Mina,Ecuadorian footballer
- 1980 –Angel Parker,American actress
- 1980 –Alessandro Piccolo,Italian race car driver
- 1980 –Justin Shenkarow,American actor
- 1981–Horacio Cervantes,Mexican footballer
- 1981 –Kurumi Enomoto,Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1981 –Holly Holm,American mixed martial artist[29]
- 1981 –Tsubasa Imai,Japanese singer, actor, and dancer
- 1981 –Ben Rothwell,American mixed-martial artist
- 1982–Rubén Ramírez,Argentine footballer
- 1982 –Nick Riewoldt,Australian footballer
- 1982 –Marion Rolland,alpine ski racer
- 1983–Michelle Ang,New Zealander actress
- 1983 –Milica Brozovic,Serbian-Russian figure skater
- 1983 –Felicity Jones,English actress[33]
- 1983 –Toshihiro Matsushita,Japanese footballer
- 1983 –Riki Miura,Japanese actor
- 1983 –Junichi Miyashita,Japanese swimmer
- 1983 –Ivan Saenko,Russian footballer
- 1983 –Mitch Talbot,American baseball player
- 1983 –Vitali Teleš,Estonian footballer
- 1984–Sami Lepistö,Finnish ice hockey player[37]
- 1984 –Chris Lowell,American actor[33]
- 1984 –Giovanni Marchese,Italian footballer
- 1984 –Randall Munroe,American author and illustrator
- 1984 –Luke Rockhold,American mixed martial artist
- 1984 –Anja Eline Skybakmoen,Norwegian singer-songwriter and bandleader
- 1984 –Gottfrid Svartholm,Swedish computer specialist
- 1984 –Jared Tallent,Australian race walker
- 1985–Carlos González,Venezuelan baseball player
- 1985 –Max Irons,English-Irish actor[29]
- 1985 –Collins John,Dutch footballer
- 1985 –Tomokazu Nagira,Japanese footballer
- 1986–Alexandre Bonnet,French footballer
- 1986 –Antoni Bou,Spanish motorcyclist
- 1986 –Aija Brumermane,Latvian basketball player
- 1986 –Constant Djakpa,Ivorian footballer
- 1986 –Yannick Ponsero,French figure skater
- 1986 –Nicolás Richotti,Argentine basketball player
- 1987–Bea Alonzo,Filipino actress and singer
- 1987 –Jarosław Fojut,Polish footballer
- 1987 –Elliot Grandin,French footballer
- 1987 –Hideto Takahashi,Japanese footballer
- 1988–Sergiy Gladyr,Ukrainian basketball player
- 1988 –Tori Matsuzaka,Japanese actor and model
- 1988 –Marina Salas,Spanish actress
- 1989–Débora García,Spanish footballer
- 1989 –Oleksandr Isakov,Ukrainian swimmer
- 1989 –Sophie Luck,Australian actress
- 1989 –Charles Oliveira,Brazilian mixed martial artist[38]
- 1989 –David Timor,Spanish footballer
- 1990–Paolo Campinoti,Italian footballer
- 1990 –Maica García Godoy,Spanish water polo player
- 1990 –Ronald González Tabilo,Chilean footballer
- 1990 –Saki Kumagai,Japanese footballer
- 1990 –Patrick Lambie,South African rugby player
- 1991–Brenda Asnicar,Argentine actress
- 1992–Jacob Artist,American actor, singer, and dancer[29]
- 1992 –Sam Concepcion,Filipino musician and dancer
- 1992 –Anthony Gill,American basketball player[39]
- 1992 –Keerthy Suresh,Indian actress
- 1993–Kenneth Omeruo,Nigerian footballer
- 1993 –Vincent Poirier,French basketball player[40]
- 1995–Jamal Adams,American football player[41]
- 1995 –Ha-seong Kim,South Korean baseball player[42]
- 1996–Jake DeBrusk,Canadian ice hockey player[43]
- 1997–Robert Williams III,American basketball player[44]
- 2001–Thomas Strudwick,British motorcycle road racer
- 2002–Matthew Knies,American professional ice hockey player[45]
Deaths[edit]
Pre-1600[edit]
- AD 33–Agrippina the Elder,Roman wife ofGermanicus(b. 14 BC)
- 532–Pope Boniface II
- 866–Al-Musta'in,Abbasid caliph (b. 836)
- 1271–Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir,Icelandic aristocrat and poet
- 1277–Beatrice of Falkenburg,German queen consort (b. c. 1254)
- 1346–John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
- 1346–Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn
- 1456–Nicolas Grenon,French composer (b. 1375)
- 1485–John Scott of Scott's Hall,Warden of the Cinque Ports
- 1528–Hernando Alonso,Spanish conquistador, first Jew executed in the New World[46]
- 1552–Andreas Osiander,German Protestant theologian (b. 1498)
- 1575–Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta,Spanish cardinal (b. 1511)
- 1586–Philip Sidney,English courtier, poet, and general (b. 1554)
- 1587–Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany(b. 1541)
1601–1900[edit]
- 1616–John Pitts,English priest and scholar (b. 1560)
- 1660–Adrian Scrope,English colonel and politician (b. 1601)
- 1673–Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh,English politician,Lord High Treasurer of England(b. 1630)
- 1690–Margaret Mary Alacoque,French mystic (b. 1647)
- 1757–René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur,French entomologist and academic (b. 1683)
- 1776–Pierre François le Courayer,French-English theologian and author (b. 1681)
- 1780–William Cookworthy,English pharmacist and minister (b. 1705)
- 1781–Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke,English admiral (b. 1705)[47]
- 1786–Johann Ludwig Aberli,Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1723)
- 1806–Jean-Jacques Dessalines,Haitian commander and politician,Governor-General of Haiti(b. 1758)
- 1836–Orest Kiprensky,Russian painter (b. 1782)
- 1837–Johann Nepomuk Hummel,Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1778)
- 1849–Frédéric Chopin,Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
- 1868–Laura Secord,Canadianwarheroine (b. 1775)
- 1887–Gustav Kirchhoff,German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
- 1889–Nikolay Chernyshevsky,Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
- 1893–Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta,French general and politician, 3rdPresident of France(b. 1808)
1901–present[edit]
- 1910–Julia Ward Howe,American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
- 1918–Malak Hifni Nasif,Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
- 1920–Michael Fitzgerald (Irish republican)died on Hunger Strike (b. 1881)[48]
- 1928–Frank Dicksee,English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
- 1931–Alfons Maria Jakob,German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
- 1937–J. Bruce Ismay,English businessman (b. 1862)
- 1938–Karl Kautsky,Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)
- 1948–Royal Cortissoz,American art critic (b. 1869)
- 1955–Dimitrios Maximos,Greek banker and politician (b. 1873)
- 1956–Anne Crawford,Israeli-English actress (b. 1920)
- 1957–Wilhelmina Hay Abbott,Scottish suffragist and feminist (b. 1884)[49]
- 1958–Paul Outerbridge,American photographer (b. 1896)
- 1958 –Charlie Townsend,English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1876)
- 1962–Natalia Goncharova,Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (b. 1882)[50]
- 1963–Jacques Hadamard,French mathematician and academic (b. 1865)
- 1965–Bart King,American cricketer (b. 1873)
- 1966–Sidney Hatch,American runner and soldier (b. 1883)
- 1966 –Wieland Wagner,German director and manager (b. 1917)
- 1967–Puyi,Chinese emperor (b. 1906)
- 1970–Pierre Laporte,Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1921)
- 1970 –Vola Vale,American actress (b. 1897)
- 1970 –Quincy Wright,American political scientist and academic (b. 1890)
- 1972–Turk Broda,Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914)
- 1972 –George, Crown Prince of Serbia(b. 1887)
- 1973–Ingeborg Bachmann,Austrian author and poet (b. 1926)
- 1978–George Clark,American race car driver (b. 1890)
- 1978 –Giovanni Gronchi,Italian educator, soldier, and politician, 3rdPresident of the Italian Republic(b. 1887)
- 1979–S. J. Perelman,American humorist and screenwriter (b. 1904)
- 1979 –John Stuart,Scottish-English actor (b. 1898)
- 1979 –Eugenio Mendoza,Venezuelan business tycoon (b. 1909)
- 1981–KannadasanIndian author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1927)
- 1981 –Albert Cohen,Greek-Swiss civil servant and author (b. 1895)
- 1981 –Lina Tsaldari,Greek politician (b. 1887)
- 1983–Raymond Aron,French sociologist, political scientist, and philosopher (b. 1905)
- 1987–Abdul Malek Ukil,Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
- 1991–Tennessee Ernie Ford,American singer and actor (b. 1919)
- 1992–Herman Johannes,Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (b. 1912)
- 1992 –Orestis Laskos,Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
- 1993–Criss Oliva,American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1963)
- 1996–Chris Acland,English musician and drummer of Lush (b. 1966)
- 1997–Larry Jennings,American magician and author (b. 1933)
- 1998–Joan Hickson,English actress (b. 1906)
- 1998 –Hakim Said,Pakistani scholar and politician, 20thGovernor of Sindh(b. 1920)
- 1999–Nicholas Metropolis,Greek-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1915)
- 2000–Leo Nomellini,Italian-American football player and wrestler (b. 1924)
- 2000 –Joachim Nielsen,Norwegian singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1964)
- 2001–Jay Livingston,American singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
- 2001 –Micheline Ostermeyer,French shot putter, discus thrower, and pianist (b. 1922)
- 2001 –Rehavam Ze'evi,Israeli historian, general, and politician,Tourism Minister of Israel(b. 1926)
- 2002–Derek Bell,Irish harpist and composer (b. 1935)
- 2004–Uzi Hitman,Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
- 2006–Daniel Emilfork,Chilean-French actor (b. 1924)
- 2006 –Christopher Glenn,American journalist (b. 1938)
- 2007–Joey Bishop,American actor and talk show host (b. 1918)
- 2007 –Teresa Brewer,American singer (b. 1931)
- 2007 –Suzy Covey,American scholar and academic (b. 1939)
- 2008–Urmas Ott,Estonian journalist and author (b. 1955)
- 2008 –Levi Stubbs,American singer (b. 1936)
- 2008 –Ben Weider,Canadian businessman, co-founded theInternational Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness(b. 1923)
- 2009–Norma Fox Mazer,American author and educator (b. 1931)
- 2009 –Vic Mizzy,American composer (b. 1916)
- 2011–Carl Lindner, Jr.,American businessman (b. 1919)
- 2012–Milija Aleksic,English-South African footballer (b. 1951)
- 2012 –Émile Allais,French skier (b. 1912)
- 2012 –Henry Friedlander,German-American historian and author (b. 1930)
- 2012 –Stanford R. Ovshinsky,American scientist and businessman, co-foundedEnergy Conversion Devices(b. 1922)
- 2012 –Kōji Wakamatsu,Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
- 2013–Mother Antonia,American-Mexican nun and activist (b. 1926)
- 2013 –Terry Fogerty,English rugby player and coach (b. 1944)
- 2013 –Arthur Maxwell House,Canadian neurologist and politician, 10thLieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador(b. 1926)
- 2013 –Lou Scheimer,American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded theFilmation Company(b. 1928)
- 2013 –Rene Simpson,Canadian-American tennis player (b. 1966)
- 2014–Edwards Barham,American farmer and politician (b. 1937)
- 2014 –Masaru Emoto,Japanese author and activist (b. 1943)
- 2014 –Tom Shaw,American bishop (b. 1945)
- 2014 –Berndt von Staden,German diplomat,German Ambassador to the United States(b. 1919)
- 2015–Danièle Delorme,French actress and producer (b. 1926)
- 2015 –Howard Kendall,English footballer and manager (b. 1946)
- 2015 –Anne-Marie Lizin,Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
- 2015 –Tom Smith,American businessman and politician (b. 1947)
- 2017–Gord Downie,Canadian musician (b. 1964)[51]
- 2019–Elijah Cummings,American politician and civil rights advocate (b. 1951)[52]
Holidays and observances[edit]
- Christianfeast day:
- Andrew of Crete
- Anstrudis
- Catervus
- Ethelred and Ethelberht
- Florentius of Orange
- François-Isidore Gagelin(one ofVietnamese Martyrs)
- Hosea
- Ignatius of Antioch
- John the Short (John Colobus)
- Marguerite Marie Alacoque(pre-1969 calendar, Visitadines)
- Nothhelm
- Rule of Andrew
- Richard Gwyn
- Victor of Capua
- October 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty[53]
- Loyalty Day (Argentina)
- National Police Day (Thailand)
- National Heroes Day (Somaliland)[54]
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