Date
October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . 68 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
AD 69 – In the Second Battle of Bedriacum , troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius.[1]
1260 – Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France .[2]
1360 – The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.[3]
1590 – John White , the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.
1641 – Felim O'Neill of Kinard , the leader of the Irish Rebellion , issues his Proclamation of Dungannon , justifying the uprising and declaring continued loyalty to King Charles I of England .[4]
1648 – The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.
1795 – Poland is completely consumed by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.[5]
1851 – William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.
1857 – Sheffield F.C. , the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.
1861 – The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
1871 – An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.
1889 – Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration , effectively starting the federation process in Australia.[6]
1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.[7]
1902 – Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
1911 – Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
1912 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
1912 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
1917 – World War I : Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
1926 – Harry Houdini 's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
1929 – "Black Thursday " on the New York Stock Exchange.
1930 – A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ends the First Republic, replacing it with the Vargas Era.
1931 – The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic over the Hudson River.
1944 – World War II : Japan's center force is temporarily repulsed in the Battle of Leyte Gulf .
1945 – The United Nations Charter comes into effect.
1946 – A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
1947 – Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee , naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
1949 – The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.
1954 – President Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam .
1956 – At the request of the Stalinist regime of Ernő Gerő , a massive Soviet force invades Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution . Imre Nagy is reinstalled as Prime Minister .
1957 – The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar manned space program.
1960 – A ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad in the Soviet Union, killing over 100 people.
1963 – An oxygen leak from an R-9 Desna missile at the Baikonur Cosmodrome triggers a fire that kills seven people.
1964 – Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes Zambia.[8]
1975 – In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike , refusing to work in protest of gender inequality.[9]
1980 – The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union .
1986 – Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing of an El Al flight at Heathrow Airport.
1990 – Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio , the Italian NATO force formed in 1956, intended to be activated in the event of a Warsaw Pact invasion.
1992 – The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
1998 – Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies.
2002 – Police arrest spree killers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the Beltway sniper attacks in the area around Washington, D.C.
2003 – Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
2004 – Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United, ending a row of unbeaten matches at 49 matches, which is the record in the Premier League.
2005 – Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida, resulting in 35 direct and 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.
2007 – Chang'e 1 , the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
2008 – "Bloody Friday " saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
2014 – The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1 , which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.
2015 – A driver crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring 34.
2016 – A French surveillance aircraft flying to Libya crashes on takeoff in Malta, killing all five people on board.
Births
AD 51 – Domitian , Roman emperor (d. 96)[10]
1378 – David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay heir to the throne of Scotland (d. 1402)[11]
1503 – Isabella of Portugal (d. 1539)[12]
1561 – Anthony Babington , English conspirator (Babington Plot ) (d. 1586)[13]
1632 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek , Dutch biologist and microbiologist (d. 1723)
1637 – Lorenzo Magalotti , Italian philosopher (d. 1712)
1650 – Steven Blankaart , Dutch entomologist (d. 1704)
1675 – Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham , English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (d. 1749)
1713 – Marie Fel , French soprano and actress (d. 1794)[14]
1763 – Dorothea von Schlegel , German author and translator (d. 1839)
1784 – Moses Montefiore , British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (d. 1885)[15]
1788 – Sarah Josepha Hale , American author and poet (d. 1879)
1798 – Massimo d'Azeglio , Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (d. 1866)[16]
1804 – Wilhelm Eduard Weber , German physicist and academic (d. 1891)
1811 – Ferdinand Hiller , German composer and conductor (d. 1885)
1830 – Marianne North , English biologist and painter (d. 1890)
1838 – Annie Edson Taylor , American stuntwoman and educator (d. 1921)
1854 – Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom , Dutch chemist and academic (d. 1907)[17]
1855 – James S. Sherman , American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (d. 1912)
1857 – Ned Williamson , American baseball player (d. 1894)
1868 – Alexandra David-Néel , Belgian-French explorer and author (d. 1969)[18]
1872 – Peter O'Connor , Irish long jumper (d. 1957)
1873 – E. T. Whittaker , British mathematician and physicist (d. 1956)[19]
1875 – Konstantin Yuon , Russian painter and set designer (d. 1958)
1876 – Saya San , Burmese monk and activist (d. 1931)
1879 – B. A. Rolfe , American bandleader and producer (d. 1956)
1882 – Sybil Thorndike , English actress (d. 1976)
1884 – Emil Fjellström , Swedish actor (d. 1944)
1885 – Alice Perry , Irish engineer and poet (d. 1969)
1887 – Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (d. 1969)
1887 – Octave Lapize , French cyclist and pilot (d. 1917)
1891 – Rafael Trujillo , Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (d. 1961)
1891 – Brenda Ueland , American journalist, author, and educator (d. 1985)
1894 – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay , Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1987)
1895 – Jack Warner , English actor and singer (d. 1981)
1896 – Marjorie Joyner , American make-up artist and businesswoman (d. 1994)
1898 – Peng Dehuai , Chinese general, 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China (d. 1974)
1901 – Gilda Gray , Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1959)
1903 – Melvin Purvis , American FBI agent (d. 1960)
1904 – Moss Hart , American director and playwright (d. 1961)
1904 – A.K. Golam Jilani , Bangladeshi activist (d. 1932)
1905 – Fran Zwitter , Slovenian historian and academic (d. 1988)
1906 – Alexander Gelfond , Russian mathematician and cryptographer (d. 1968)
1907 – Patricia Griffin , Montserratian nurse and social worker (d. 1986)[20]
1908 – John Tuzo Wilson , Canadian geologist and geophysicist (d. 1993)
1909 – Bill Carr , American runner (d. 1966)
1910 – Stella Brooks , American singer (d. 2002)
1910 – Joe L. Evins , American lawyer and politician (d. 1984)
1910 – Gunter d'Alquen , German SS officer and journalist (d. 1998)
1910 – James K. Woolnough , American general (d. 1996)
1910 – Yoel Zussman , Polish-Israeli lawyer and judge (d. 1982)
1911 – Paul Grégoire , Canadian cardinal (d. 1993)
1911 – Sonny Terry , American singer and harmonica player (d. 1986)[21]
1912 – Peter Gellhorn , German conductor (music) (d. 2004)
1912 – Murray Golden , American television director (d. 1991)
1912 – Silviu Bindea , Romanian footballer (d. 1992)
1913 – Tito Gobbi , Italian actor and singer (d. 1984)[22]
1914 – Charles Craig Cannon , American colonel (d. 1992)
1914 – František Čapek , Czechoslovakian canoeist (d. 2008)[23]
1914 – Lakshmi Sahgal , Indian Independence movement revolutionary and Officer of Indian National Army (d. 2012)
1915 – Bob Kane , American author and illustrator (d. 1998)
1915 – Marghanita Laski , English journalist and author (d. 1988)
1916 – Anne Sharp , Scottish soprano and actress (d. 2011)
1917 – Marie Foster , American activist (d. 2003)
1918 – Doreen Tovey , English author (d. 2008)
1919 – Frank Piasecki , American engineer and pilot (d. 2008)
1920 – Marcel-Paul Schützenberger , French mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
1921 – Ted Ditchburn , English footballer and manager (d. 2005)
1921 – R. K. Laxman , Indian illustrator (d. 2015)
1922 – George Miller , American educator and politician, Mayor of Tucson (d. 2014)
1923 – Robin Day , English lieutenant and journalist (d. 2000)
1923 – Denise Levertov , British-born American poet (d. 1997)
1924 – John Brereton Barlow , South African cardiologist and physician (d. 2008)
1924 – Mary Lee , American actress and singer (d. 1996)
1924 – Fuat Sezgin , Turkish historian and academic (d. 2018)
1925 – Luciano Berio , Italian composer and educator (d. 2003)
1925 – Al Feldstein , American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
1925 – Willie Mabon , American-French singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1985)
1925 – Ken Mackay , Australian cricketer (d. 1982)
1925 – Ieng Sary , Vietnamese-Cambodian politician co-founded the Khmer Rouge (d. 2013)
1925 – Paul Vaughan , English journalist and radio host (d. 2014)
1926 – Rafael Azcona , Spanish author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1926 – Y. A. Tittle , American football player (d. 2017)
1927 – Gilbert Bécaud , French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2001)
1927 – Jean-Claude Pascal , French actor and singer (d. 1992)
1927 – Barbara Robinson , American author and poet (d. 2013)
1928 – George Bullard , American baseball player (d. 2002)
1929 – Hubert Aquin , Canadian activist, author, and director (d. 1977)
1929 – George Crumb , American composer and educator[24]
1929 – Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre , English wife of William Douglas-Home (d. 2012)
1929 – Yordan Radichkov , Bulgarian author and playwright (d. 2004)
1929 – Sos Sargsyan , Armenian actor (d. 2013)
1930 – Jack Angel , American voice actor
1930 – The Big Bopper , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
1930 – Elaine Feinstein , English poet, author, and playwright (d. 2019)
1930 – Johan Galtung , Norwegian sociologist and mathematician
1930 – James Scott Douglas , English-born Scottish racing driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (d. 1969)
1930 – Ahmad Shah of Pahang (d. 2019)
1931 – Sofia Gubaidulina , Russian-German pianist and composer
1931 – Ken Utsui , Japanese actor (d. 2014)
1932 – Stephen Covey , American author and educator (d. 2012)[25]
1932 – Pierre-Gilles de Gennes , French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
1932 – Adrian Mitchell , English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 2008)
1932 – Robert Mundell , Canadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – Reginald Kray , English gangster (d. 2000)
1933 – Ronald Kray , English gangster (d. 1995)
1933 – Norman Rush , American author and educator
1934 – John G. Cramer , American physicist and author
1934 – Glen Glenn , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1934 – Margie Masters , Australian golfer
1934 – Sammy Petrillo , American actor (d. 2009)
1934 – Sanger D. Shafer , American singer-songwriter (d. 2019)
1935 – Malcolm Bilson , American pianist, musicologist, and educator
1935 – Antonino Calderone , Italian mobster (d. 2013)
1935 – Mark Tully , Indian-English journalist and author
1936 – Jüri Arrak , Estonian painter
1936 – Jimmy Dawkins , American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
1936 – David Nelson , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2011)
1936 – Bill Wyman , English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1937 – Miguel Ángel Coria , Spanish composer and educator (d. 2016)
1937 – Santo Farina , American guitarist and songwriter
1937 – John Goetz , American baseball player (d. 2008)
1937 – Heribert Offermanns , German chemist and academic
1937 – M. Rosaria Piomelli , Italian-American architect and academic
1937 – Petar Stipetić , Croatian general (d. 2018)
1938 – Stephen Resnick , American economist and academic (d. 2013)
1939 – F. Murray Abraham , American actor
1940 – Martin Campbell , New Zealand director and producer
1940 – Rafał Piszcz , Polish canoe racer (d. 2012)
1940 – David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville , English businessman and academic
1940 – Yossi Sarid , Israeli politician (d. 2015)
1941 – William H. Dobelle , American medical researcher (d. 2004)
1941 – Peter Takeo Okada , Japanese archbishop
1941 – Merle Woo , Asian American activist[26]
1942 – Stephen R. Bloom , English physician and academic
1942 – Maggie Blye , American actress (d. 2016)[27]
1942 – Frank Delaney , Irish journalist and author (d. 2017)
1942 – Rafael Cordero Santiago , Puerto Rican politician, 132nd Mayor of Ponce (d. 2004)
1942 – Fernando Vallejo , Colombian biologist and author
1943 – Bill Dundee , Scottish-American wrestler and manager
1943 – Phil Hawthorne , Australian rugby player and coach (d. 1994)
1944 – Viktor Prokopenko , Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2007)
1944 – Bettye Swann , American singer-songwriter
1945 – Gérald Larose , Canadian educator and union leader
1946 – Jerry Edmonton , Canadian drummer (d. 1993)
1947 – Kevin Kline , American actor and singer[28]
1948 – Phil Bennett , Welsh rugby player
1948 – Kweisi Mfume , American lawyer and politician
1949 – John Markoff , American journalist and author
1949 – Keith Rowley , Trinidadian volcanologist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
1950 – Iggy Arroyo , Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
1950 – Pablove Black , Jamaican singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1950 – Miguel Ángel Pichetto , Argentinian lawyer and politician
1950 – Miroslav Sládek , Czech politician
1950 – Gabriella Sica , Italian poet and author
1950 – Maria Teschler-Nicola , Austrian biologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist
1951 – George Tsontakis , American composer and conductor
1952 – Keith Bain , Canadian educator and politician
1952 – Francesco Camaldo , Italian priest
1952 – Jane Fancher , American author and illustrator
1952 – Mark Gray , American country music singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2016)
1952 – Peter Smagorinsky , American theorist and educator
1952 – Ángel Torres , Dominican baseball player
1952 – Reggie Walton , American baseball player
1952 – David Weber , American author
1953 – John Barton , English footballer and manager
1953 – Charles Colbourn , Canadian computer scientist and mathematician
1953 – Christoph Daum , German footballer and manager
1953 – Steven Hatfill , American physician and virologist
1953 – Jim Pettie , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2019)
1953 – Andrew Turner , English academic and politician
1953 – David Wright , English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1954 – Doug Davidson , American actor
1954 – Tom Mulcair , Canadian lawyer and politician
1954 – Jožo Ráž , Slovak singer-songwriter and bass player
1954 – Mike Rounds , American businessman and politician, junior senator from South Dakota
1954 – Brad Sherman , American accountant, lawyer, and politician
1954 – Malcolm Turnbull , Australian journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Australia [29]
1955 – Cheryl Studer , American soprano and actress
1956 – Dale Maharidge , American journalist and author
1956 – Jeff Merkley , American businessman and politician
1956 – David Stergakos , American-Greek basketball player
1957 – Ron Gardenhire , German-American baseball player and manager
1957 – John Kassir , American actor and voice actor
1959 – Dominique Baert , French lawyer and politician
1959 – Gunnar Bakke , Norwegian banker and politician, 65th Mayor of Bergen
1959 – Mike Brewer , American baseball player
1959 – Chihiro Fujioka , Japanese director and composer
1959 – Michelle Lujan Grisham , American lawyer and politician
1959 – Rowland S. Howard , Australian guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009)
1959 – Dave Meltzer , American journalist and historian
1959 – Shawn Moody , American businessman and politician
1959 – Ruth Perednik , English-Israeli psychologist and academic
1959 – Denis Troch , French footballer and manager
1959 – Annette Vilhelmsen , Danish educator and politician, Danish Minister of Social Affairs
1959 – Anthony Waller , English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Dennis Anderson , American monster truck driver
1960 – Ian Baker-Finch , Australian golfer and sportscaster
1960 – Jaime Garzón , Colombian journalist, lawyer, and activist (d. 1999)
1960 – Joachim Winkelhock , German racing driver
1960 – BD Wong , American actor
1961 – Mary Bono , American gymnast and politician
1961 – Bruce Castor , American lawyer and politician
1962 – Yves Bertucci , French footballer and manager
1962 – Ian Dalziel , English footballer and manager
1962 – Jonathan Davies , Welsh rugby player and television host
1962 – Debbie Googe , English bass player and songwriter
1962 – Andrea Horwath , Canadian politician
1962 – Gibby Mbasela , Zambian footballer (d. 2000)
1963 – Mark Grant , American baseball player and sportscaster
1963 – John Hendrie , Scottish footballer and manager
1964 – Rosana Arbelo , Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 – Paul Bonwick , Canadian businessman and politician
1964 – Grant Gee , English film maker, photographer, cinematographer
1964 – Dmitri Gorkov , Russian footballer and manager
1964 – Janele Hyer-Spencer , American lawyer and politician
1964 – Ray LeBlanc , American ice hockey player
1964 – Doug Lee , American basketball player
1964 – Paul Vigay , English computer programmer (d. 2009)
1965 – Kyriakos Velopoulos , German-Greek journalist and politician
1966 – Roman Abramovich , Russian businessman and politician
1966 – Simon Danczuk , English academic and politician
1967 – Ian Bishop , Trinidadian cricketer and sportscaster
1967 – Olo Brown , Samoan-New Zealand rugby player
1967 – Jacqueline McKenzie , Australian actress
1967 – Esther McVey , English television host and politician
1968 – Francisco Clavet , Spanish tennis player
1968 – Mark Walton , American voice actor and illustrator
1968 – Robert Wilonsky , American journalist and critic
1969 – Emma Donoghue , Irish-Canadian author
1970 – Rob Leslie-Carter , English field hockey player and engineer
1970 – Jeff Mangum , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971 – Aaron Bailey , American football wide receiver
1971 – Gustavo Jorge , Argentina international rugby union player
1971 – Zephyr Teachout , American academic
1971 – Diane Guthrie-Gresham , Jamaican track and field athlete
1971 – Caprice Bourret , American model and actress
1972 – Pat Williams , American football player and coach
1972 – Jeremy Wright , English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
1973 – Meelis Friedenthal , Estonian author and academic
1973 – Kurt Kuenne , American filmmaker, known for the documentary Dear Zachary [30]
1973 – Levi Leipheimer , American cyclist
1973 – Jackie McNamara , Scottish footballer and manager
1973 – Laura Veirs , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 – Jeff Wilson , New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and radio host
1974 – Gábor Babos , Hungarian footballer
1974 – Corey Dillon , American football player
1974 – Wilton Guerrero , Dominican baseball player and scout
1974 – Jamal Mayers , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1975 – Juan Pablo Ángel , Colombian footballer
1975 – Frank Seator , Liberian footballer (d. 2013)
1976 – Matteo Mazzantini , Italian rugby player
1976 – Petar Stoychev , Bulgarian swimmer
1977 – Iván Kaviedes , Ecuadoran footballer
1978 – Carlos Edwards , Trinidadian footballer
1978 – James Hopes , Australian cricketer
1979 – Ben Gillies , Australian drummer and songwriter
1979 – Marijonas Petravičius , Lithuanian basketball player
1980 – Monica , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1980 – Matthew Amoah , Ghanaian footballer
1980 – Kerrin McEvoy , Australian jockey
1980 – Zac Posen , American fashion designer
1980 – Christian Vander , German footballer
1980 – Casey Wilson , American actress and screenwriter
1981 – Kemal Aslan , Turkish footballer
1981 – Sebastián Bueno , Argentinian footballer
1981 – Fredrik Mikkelsen , Norwegian guitarist and composer
1981 – Tila Tequila , Singaporean-American model, actress, and singer
1981 – Alfred Vargas , Filipino actor and politician
1982 – Fairuz Fauzy , Malaysian racing driver
1982 – Macay McBride , American baseball player
1983 – Adrienne Bailon , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1983 – Chris Colabello , American baseball player
1983 – Hernán Garin , Argentinian footballer
1983 – Michael Gordon , Australian rugby league player
1983 – Brian Vickers , American race car driver
1984 – Lougee Basabas , Filipino singer-songwriter
1984 – Jonas Gustavsson , Swedish ice hockey player
1984 – Kaela Kimura , Japanese singer-songwriter
1985 – Robert Cornthwaite , English-Australian footballer
1985 – Matthew Robinson , Australian snowboarder (d. 2014)
1985 – Wayne Rooney , English footballer
1985 – Oscar Wendt , Swedish footballer
1986 – Drake , Canadian rapper and actor
1986 – John Ruddy , English footballer
1987 – Anthony Vanden Borre , Belgian footballer
1987 – Charlie White , American figure skater
1988 – Mitch Inman , Australian rugby player
1988 – Christopher Linke , German race walker
1988 – Demont Mitchell , Bahamian footballer
1989 – Anderson Conceição , Brazilian footballer
1989 – Eric Hosmer , American baseball player
1989 – PewDiePie , Swedish YouTuber
1990 – Peyton Siva , American basketball player
1990 – Mohammed Jahfali , Saudi Arabia international footballer
1990 – Jake Knott , American football linebacker
1990 – Elijah Greer , American middle-distance runner
1990 – Danilo Petrucci , Italian motorcycle racer
1990 – İlkay Gündoğan , German footballer
1991 – Torstein Andersen Aase , Norwegian footballer
1991 – Bojan Dubljević , Montenegrin basketball player
1992 – Marrion Gopez , Filipino actor, singer, and dancer
1993 – Nabil Jeffri , Malaysian racing driver
1994 – Krystal , American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
1994 – Tereza Martincová , Czech tennis player
1994 – Jalen Ramsey , American football player
1995 – Vincent Leuluai , Australian rugby league player
1996 – Kyla Ross , American gymnast
1997 – Claudia Fragapane , English gymnast
1998 – Daya , American singer
Deaths
935 – Li Yu , Chinese official and chancellor
996 – Hugh Capet , French king
1152 – Jocelin of Soissons , French theologian, philosopher and composer
1168 – William IV , French nobleman
1260 – Qutuz , Egyptian sultan
1375 – Valdemar IV , Danish king (b. 1320)
1537 – Jane Seymour , English queen and wife of Henry VIII of England (b. c.1508)[31]
1572 – Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby , English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1508)
1601 – Tycho Brahe , Danish astronomer and alchemist (b. 1546)
1633 – Jean Titelouze , French organist and composer (b. 1562/3)
1642 – Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey , English peer and courtier (b. 1582)
1655 – Pierre Gassendi , French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1592)
1669 – William Prynne , English lawyer and author (b. 1600)
1672 – John Webb , English architect and scholar (b. 1611)
1725 – Alessandro Scarlatti , Italian composer and educator (b. 1660)
1799 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf , Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1739)
1821 – Elias Boudinot , American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)
1824 – Israel Bissell , American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (b. 1752)
1852 – Daniel Webster , American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
1875 – Raffaello Carboni , Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
1898 – Pierre Puvis de Chavannes , French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
1915 – Désiré Charnay , French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
1917 – James Carroll Beckwith , American painter and academic (b. 1852)
1922 – George Cadbury , English businessman (b. 1839)
1935 – Dutch Schultz , American mob boss (b. 1902)
1937 – Nils Wahlbom , Swedish actor (b. 1886)
1938 – Ernst Barlach , German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
1943 – Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau , Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
1944 – Louis Renault , French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)
1945 – Vidkun Quisling , Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)
1948 – Franz Lehár , Austrian-Hungarian composer (b. 1870)
1948 – Frederic L. Paxson , American historian and author (b. 1877)
1949 – Yaroslav Halan , Ukrainian playwright and publicist (b. 1902)
1958 – G. E. Moore , English philosopher and academic (b. 1873)
1960 – Yevgeny Ostashev , the test pilot of rocket , participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite , Lenin prize winner , Candidate of Technical Sciences (b. 1924)
1964 – Toni Kinshofer , German mountaineer (b. 1931)
1965 – Hans Meerwein , German chemist (b. 1879)
1966 – Sofya Yanovskaya , Russian mathematician and historian (b. 1896)
1969 – Behçet Kemal Çağlar , Turkish poet and politician (b. 1908)
1970 – Richard Hofstadter , American historian and author (b. 1916)
1971 – Carl Ruggles , American composer (b. 1876)
1971 – Jo Siffert , Swiss race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1936)
1972 – Jackie Robinson , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1919)
1972 – Claire Windsor , American actress (b. 1892)
1974 – David Oistrakh , Ukrainian violinist (b. 1908)
1975 – İsmail Erez , Turkish lawyer and diplomat, Turkish Ambassador to France (b. 1919)
1975 – Zdzisław Żygulski , Polish historian, author, and academic (b. 1888)
1979 – Carlo Abarth , Italian automobile designer and founded of Abarth (b. 1908)
1983 – Jiang Wen-Ye , Taiwanese composer and educator (b. 1910)
1985 – Richie Evans , American race car driver (b. 1941)
1985 – Maurice Roy , Canadian cardinal (b. 1905)
1989 – Jerzy Kukuczka , Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
1991 – Gene Roddenberry , American captain, screenwriter, and producer, created Star Trek (b. 1921)
1991 – Ismat Chughtai , Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
1992 – Laurie Colwin , American novelist and short story writer (b. 1944)
1993 – Heinz Kubsch , German footballer (b. 1930)
1994 – Yannis Hotzeas , Greek theoretician and author (b. 1930)
1994 – Raul Julia , Puerto Rican-American actor and singer (b. 1940)
1997 – Don Messick , American voice actor and singer (b. 1926)
1999 – Berthe Qvistgaard , Danish actress (b. 1910)
2001 – Kathleen Ankers , American actress and set designer (b. 1919)
2001 – Wolf Rüdiger Hess , German author and critic (b. 1937)
2001 – Jaromil Jireš , Czech director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
2002 – Winton M. Blount , American soldier and politician, 59th United States Postmaster General (b. 1921)
2002 – Hernán Gaviria , Colombian footballer (b. 1969)
2002 – Harry Hay , English-American activist, co-founded the Mattachine Society and Radical Faeries (b. 1912)
2002 – Peggy Moran , American actress and singer (b. 1918)
2004 – Randy Dorton , American engineer (b. 1954)
2004 – Ricky Hendrick , American race car driver and businessman (b. 1980)
2004 – James Aloysius Hickey , American cardinal (b. 1920)
2004 – Maaja Ranniku , Estonian chess player (b. 1941)
2005 – Joy Clements , American soprano and actress (b. 1932)
2005 – José Azcona del Hoyo , Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
2005 – Mokarrameh Ghanbari , Iranian painter (b. 1928)
2005 – Immanuel C. Y. Hsu , Chinese sinologist and scholar (b. 1923)
2005 – Rosa Parks , American civil rights activist (b. 1913)[32]
2005 – Robert Sloman , English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2006 – Enolia McMillan , American educator and activist (b. 1904)
2006 – William Montgomery Watt , Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1909)
2007 – Petr Eben , Czech organist and composer (b. 1929)
2007 – Ian Middleton , New Zealand author (b. 1928)
2007 – Alisher Saipov , Kyrgyzstan journalist (b. 1981)
2007 – Anne Weale , English journalist and author (b. 1929)
2008 – Moshe Cotel , American pianist and composer (b. 1943)
2010 – Mike Esposito , American author and illustrator (b. 1927)
2010 – Lamont Johnson , American actor, director, and producer (b. 1922)
2010 – Joseph Stein , American author and playwright (b. 1912)
2011 – Sansan Chien , Taiwanese composer and educator (b. 1967)
2011 – John McCarthy , American computer scientist and academic, developed the Lisp programming language (b. 1927)
2012 – Peggy Ahern , American actress (b. 1917)
2012 – Anita Björk , Swedish actress (b. 1923)
2012 – Jeff Blatnick , American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1957)
2012 – Bill Dees , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
2012 – Margaret Osborne duPont , American tennis player (b. 1918)
2013 – Antonia Bird , English director and producer (b. 1951)
2013 – Brooke Greenberg , American girl with a rare genetic disorder (b. 1993)
2013 – Ana Bertha Lepe , Mexican model and actress (b. 1934)
2013 – Lew Mayne , American football player and coach (b. 1920)
2014 – Mbulaeni Mulaudzi , South African runner (b. 1980)
2014 – S. S. Rajendran , Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)
2014 – Marcia Strassman , American actress and singer (b. 1948)
2015 – Michael Beetham , English commander and pilot (b. 1923)
2015 – Alvin Bronstein , American lawyer and academic (b. 1928)
2015 – Margarita Khemlin , Ukrainian-Russian author and critic (b. 1960)
2015 – Ján Chryzostom Korec , Slovak cardinal (b. 1924)
2015 – Maureen O'Hara , Irish-American actress and singer (b. 1920)
2016 – Bobby Vee , American pop singer (b. 1943)
2016 – Jorge Batlle Ibáñez , Uruguayan politician, former president (2000-2005) (b. 1927)
2017 – Fats Domino , American pianist and singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
2017 – Robert Guillaume , American actor (b. 1927)
2017 – Girija Devi , Indian classical singer (b. 1929)
2018 – Tony Joe White , American singer/songwriter (b.1943)[33]
Holidays and observances
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