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October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 91 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
- 959 – Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England.
- 1189 – Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre.
- 1553 – Coronation of Queen Mary I of England.
- 1787 – Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
- 1791 – First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
- 1795 – Belgium is conquered by France.
- 1800 – Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Treaty of San Ildefonso.
- 1811 – The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 1814 – Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoléon the previous spring.
- 1827 – Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia.
- 1829 – South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; it will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
- 1832 – Texian political delegates convened at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.
- 1843 – The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London.
- 1847 – German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG & Halske.
- 1854 – The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American system of watch manufacturing.
- 1880 – John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.
- 1880 – First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
- 1887 – Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
- 1890 – Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
- 1891 – In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors.
- 1898 – The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
- 1903 – Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
- 1905 – František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
- 1908 – Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
- 1910 – Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21.
- 1918 – World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia", capture Damascus.
- 1920 – Sir Percy Cox lands in Basra to assume his responsibilities as high commissioner in Iraq.
- 1928 – The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan.
- 1931 – The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
- 1936 – Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
- 1937 – The Japanese city Handa is founded in Aichi Prefecture.
- 1938 – Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
- 1939 – After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile Nazi forces enter the city.
- 1940 – The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
- 1942 – USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru not knowing she is carrying British PoWs from Hong Kong
- 1942 – First flight of the Bell XP-59 "Aircomet".
- 1943 – World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers.
- 1946 – Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.
- 1946 – Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied occupied Korea.
- 1946 – Mensa International is founded in the United Kingdom.
- 1947 – The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
- 1949 – The People's Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong.
- 1957 – First appearance of In God We Trust on U.S. paper currency.
- 1958 – NASA is created to replace NACA.
- 1959 – The 10th anniversary of the People's Republic of China is celebrated across the country.
- 1960 – Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1961 – The United States Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military espionage organization.
- 1961 – East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
- 1962 – First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
- 1964 – The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley.
- 1964 – Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
- 1965 – General Suharto puts down an apparent coup attempt by the 30 September Movement in Indonesia.
- 1966 – West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatalities and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
- 1968 – The Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS).
- 1969 – Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
- 1971 – Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
- 1971 – The first brain-scan using x-ray computed tomography (CT or CAT scan) is performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London.
- 1975 – The Seychelles gain internal self-government. The Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands and take the name Tuvalu.
- 1975 – Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
- 1975 – Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T. & the M.G.'s), was shot fatally five times in the back in his own home.
- 1978 – Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1978 – The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.
- 1979 – Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
- 1979 – The MTR, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opens.
- 1979 – The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama canal to Panama.
- 1982 – Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a Constructive Vote of No Confidence.
- 1982 – EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
- 1982 – Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
- 1985 – The Israeli Air Force bombs Palestine Liberation Organization Headquarters in Tunis.
- 1987 – The Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley, registering as magnitude 5.9.
- 1989 – Denmark introduces the world's first legal modern same-sex civil union called "registered partnership".
- 1991 – The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.
- 1992 – Cartoon Network begins broadcasting.
- 1994 – Palau gains independence from the United Nations (trusteeship administered by the United States of America).
- 2009 – The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
- 2012 – A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
- 2013 – The U.S. federal government shuts down non-essential services after it is unable to pass a budget measure.
Births
- 208 – Alexander Severus, Roman emperor (d. 235)
- 1207 – Henry III of England (d. 1272)
- 1507 – Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect, designed the Church of the Gesù (d. 1573)
- 1540 – Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss clergyman (d. 1617)
- 1620 – Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (d. 1683)
- 1671 – Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (d. 1742)
- 1685 – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1740)
- 1691 – Arthur Onslow, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons for the United Kingdom (d. 1768)
- 1712 – William Shippen, American physician and politician (d. 1801)
- 1724 – Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1808)
- 1729 – Anton Cajetan Adlgasser, German organist and composer (d. 1777)
- 1730 – Richard Stockton, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1781)
- 1760 – William Thomas Beckford, English author and politician (d. 1844)
- 1762 – Anton Bernolák, Slovak priest and linguist (d. 1813)
- 1771 – Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (d. 1842)
- 1791 – Sergey Aksakov, Russian author (d. 1859)
- 1808 – Mary Anna Custis Lee, American wife of Robert E. Lee (d. 1873)
- 1832 – Caroline Harrison, American educator, 24th First Lady of the United States (d. 1892)
- 1832 – Henry Clay Work, American composer and songwriter (d. 1884)
- 1835 – Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician (d. 1920)
- 1842 – S. Subramania Iyer, Indian lawyer and jurist (d. 1924)
- 1842 – Charles Cros, French poet and inventor (d. 1888)
- 1846 – Nectarios of Aegina, Greek saint (d. 1920)
- 1847 – Annie Besant, English-Indian activist and author (d. 1933)
- 1865 – Paul Dukas, French composer, scholar, and critic (d. 1935)
- 1877 – Clement Deykin, English rugby player (d. 1969)
- 1878 – Othmar Spann, Austrian economist, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1950)
- 1881 – William Boeing, American engineer and businessman, founded the Boeing Company (d. 1956)
- 1885 – Louis Untermeyer, American anthologist, author, and critic (d. 1977)
- 1887 – Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general (d. 1945)
- 1888 – Charles Jordan, American magician (d. 1944)
- 1890 – Stanley Holloway, English actor and singer (d. 1982)
- 1893 – Cliff Friend, American pianist and songwriter (d. 1974)
- 1893 – Yip Man, Chinese martial artist (d. 1972)
- 1894 – Edgar Krahn, Estonian mathematician (d. 1961)
- 1896 – Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1951)
- 1896 – Ted Healy, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1937)
- 1899 – Ernest Haycox, American author (d. 1950)
- 1900 – Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)
- 1903 – Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
- 1904 – Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-English physicist (d. 1979)
- 1904 – A. K. Gopalan, Indian politician (d. 1977)
- 1906 – S. D. Burman, Bangladeshi-Indian singer-songwriter (d. 1975)
- 1907 – Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (d. 1977)
- 1908 – Herman David Koppel, Danish pianist and composer (d. 1998)
- 1909 – Maurice Bardèche, French journalist, author and activist (d. 1998)
- 1909 – Sam Yorty, American captain and politician, 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)
- 1910 – Bonnie Parker, American criminal (d. 1934)
- 1910 – Fritz Köberle, Austrian-Brazilian physician and pathologist (d. 1983)
- 1910 – José Enrique Moyal, Australian physicist and engineer (d. 1998)
- 1910 – Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, Polish-Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2012)
- 1911 – Heinrich Mark, Estonian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 2004)
- 1912 – Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester
- 1913 – Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (d. 2009)
- 1913 – Harry Lookofsky, American violinist (d. 1998)
- 1914 – Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, lawyer, and author, 12th Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)
- 1915 – Jerome Bruner, American psychologist and author
- 1917 – Cahal Daly, Irish cardinal (d. 2009)
- 1917 – Robert Gist, American actor and director (d. 1998)
- 1919 – Majrooh Sultanpuri, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2000)
- 1920 – David Herbert Donald, American historian and author (d. 2009)
- 1920 – Walter Matthau, American actor and singer (d. 2000)
- 1921 – James Whitmore, American actor and singer (d. 2009)
- 1922 – Chen-Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1924 – Jimmy Carter, American lieutenant and politician, 39th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1924 – William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)
- 1924 – Roger Williams, American pianist (d. 2011)
- 1925 – Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1927 – Tom Bosley, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1927 – Sherman Glenn Finesilver, American judge (d. 2006)
- 1927 – Sandy Gall, Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author
- 1928 – Sivaji Ganesan, Indian actor (d. 2001)
- 1928 – Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-English actor, director, and producer (d. 1973)
- 1928 – Willy Mairesse, Belgian race car driver (d. 1969)
- 1928 – George Peppard, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1994)
- 1928 – Zhu Rongji, Chinese engineer and politician, 5th Premier of the People's Republic of China
- 1929 – Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby player and coach
- 1929 – Grady Chapman, American singer (The Robins) (d. 2011)
- 1929 – Bonnie Owens, American singer-songwriter (The Strangers) (d. 2006)
- 1930 – Frank Gardner, Australian race car driver (d. 2009)
- 1930 – Richard Harris, Irish-English actor, singer, and producer (d. 2002)
- 1930 – Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani politician, Mayor of Karachi
- 1930 – Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006)
- 1931 – Sylvano Bussotti, Italian violinist and composer
- 1931 – Anwar Shamim, Pakistani general (d. 2013)
- 1931 – Alan Wagner, American radio host and critic (d. 2007)
- 1932 – Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
- 1934 – Geoff Stephens, English songwriter and producer
- 1935 – Julie Andrews, English actress and singer
- 1935 – Walter De Maria, American sculptor and drummer (The Druds) (d. 2013)
- 1935 – Petros Fyssoun, Greek actor
- 1936 – Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958)
- 1936 – Stella Stevens, American actress, singer, and director
- 1939 – George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005)
- 1939 – Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
- 1940 – Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager (d. 2003)
- 1940 – Marc Savoy, American accordion player, created the Cajun accordion
- 1942 – Herb Fame, American singer (Peaches & Herb)
- 1942 – Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver
- 1942 – Robert Lelièvre, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1973)
- 1942 – Günter Wallraff, German journalist
- 1943 – Jean-Jacques Annaud, French director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1943 – Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1943 – Jerry Martini, American saxophonist (Sly & the Family Stone and Rubicon)
- 1945 – Rod Carew, Panamanian-American baseball player and coach
- 1945 – Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1979)
- 1945 – Ellen McIlwaine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1945 – Spider Sabich, American skier (d. 1976)
- 1945 – Patty Shepard, American-Spanish actress (d. 2013)
- 1946 – Dave Holland, English bassist, composer, and bandleader (Gateway)
- 1946 – Tim O'Brien, American author
- 1947 – Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (d. 2009)
- 1947 – Dalveer Bhandari, Indian lawyer and judge
- 1947 – Buzz Capra, American baseball player and coach
- 1947 – Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1947 – Stephen Collins, American actor, singer, and director
- 1947 – Nevill Drury, English-Australian journalist and publisher (d. 2013)
- 1947 – Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician
- 1947 – Martin Turner, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Wishbone Ash and Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash)
- 1947 – Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (d. 2006)
- 1948 – Cub Koda, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brownsville Station) (d. 2000)
- 1949 – Isaac Bonewits, American singer-songwriter, liturgist, and author (d. 2010)
- 1949 – André Rieu, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor
- 1950 – Elpida, Greek singer-songwriter
- 1950 – Mark Helias, American bassist and composer
- 1950 – Sigbjørn Johnsen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance
- 1950 – Jeane Manson, American model, singer, and actress
- 1950 – Randy Quaid, American actor and producer
- 1951 – Brian Greenway, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (April Wine and Mashmakhan)
- 1952 – Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
- 1952 – Bob Myrick, American baseball player (d. 2012)
- 1952 – Ivan Sekyra, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (Abraxas) (d. 2012)
- 1953 – Pete Falcone, American baseball player
- 1953 – John Hegley, English comedian and poet
- 1953 – Viljar Loor, Estonian volleyball player (d. 2011)
- 1953 – Miguel Lopez, Salvadorian-American soccer player
- 1953 – Grete Waitz, Norwegian runner (d. 2011)
- 1953 – Klaus Wowereit, German politician, Governing Mayor of Berlin
- 1954 – Martin Strel, Slovenian swimmer
- 1955 – Howard Hewett, American singer (Shalamar)
- 1955 – Morten Gunnar Larsen, Norwegian pianist and composer
- 1955 – Jeff Reardon, American baseball player
- 1956 – Andrus Ansip, Estonian engineer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Estonia
- 1956 – Theresa May, English politician
- 1957 – Stelios Mainas, Greek actor
- 1958 – Martin Cooper, English saxophonist, composer, and painter (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Godot)
- 1958 – Masato Nakamura, Japanese bass player and producer (Dreams Come True)
- 1959 – Mark Aizlewood, Welsh footballer and manager
- 1959 – Brian P. Cleary, American author and poet
- 1959 – Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer-songwriter, actor, and politician
- 1960 – Gerald Scheunemann, German footballer
- 1961 – Gary Ablett, Sr., Australian footballer
- 1961 – Rico Constantino, American wrestler and manager
- 1961 – Robert Rey, Brazilian-American surgeon
- 1961 – Corrie van Zyl, South African cricketer and coach
- 1962 – Esai Morales, American actor, director, and producer
- 1962 – Paul Walsh, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1963 – Jean-Denis Délétraz, Swiss race car driver
- 1963 – Mark McGwire, American baseball player and coach
- 1964 – Harry Hill, English comedian, actor, and author
- 1964 – Max Matsuura, Japanese songwriter, producer, and manager
- 1964 – Jonathan Sarfati, Australian-New Zealand chess player and author
- 1964 – Christopher Titus, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1965 – Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
- 1965 – Ted King, American actor
- 1965 – Cindy Margolis, American model and actress
- 1965 – Chris Reason, Australian journalist
- 1965 – Cliff Ronning, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1966 – George Weah, Liberian footballer and politician
- 1966 – José Ángel Ziganda, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1967 – Mike Pringle, American-Canadian football player
- 1967 – Scott Young, American ice hockey player
- 1968 – Rob Collard, English race car driver
- 1968 – Kevin Griffin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Better Than Ezra)
- 1968 – Jon Guenther, American author
- 1968 – Jay Underwood, American actor and pastor
- 1969 – Zach Galifianakis, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1969 – Ori Kaplan, Israeli-American saxophonist (Balkan Beat Box, Gogol Bordello, and Firewater)
- 1969 – Marcus Stephen, Nauruan politician, 27th President of Nauru
- 1969 – Igor Ulanov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1970 – Simon Davey, Welsh footballer and manager
- 1970 – Jung Joon-ho, South Korean actor and singer
- 1970 – Kam Woo-sung, South Korean actor
- 1970 – Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1971 – Song Il-gook, South Korean actor
- 1971 – Gigi Lai, Hong Kong actress and singer
- 1971 – Andrew O'Keefe, Australian television host
- 1972 – Ronen Altman Kaydar, Israeli author and poet
- 1972 – Jean Paulo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
- 1972 – Leila Hatami, Iranian actress
- 1972 – Esa Holopainen, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Amorphis)
- 1973 – Rachid Chékhémani, French runner
- 1973 – Jana Henke, German swimmer
- 1973 – John Mackey, American composer
- 1973 – John Thomson, American baseball player
- 1974 – Christian Borle, American actor, singer, and dancer
- 1974 – Keith Duffy, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Boyzone)
- 1974 – Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
- 1974 – Sherri Saum, American actress
- 1975 – Didem Erol, Australian-American model and actress
- 1975 – Chulpan Khamatova, Russian actress
- 1975 – Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer
- 1975 – Kim Sun-a, South Korean actress
- 1976 – Kona Carmack, American model and actress
- 1976 – Denis Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 – Ümit Karan, German-Turkish footballer
- 1976 – Richard Oakes, English guitarist (Suede)
- 1976 – Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor
- 1976 – Mark Švets, Estonian footballer
- 1976 – Dora Venter, Hungarian porn actress
- 1977 – Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver
- 1978 – Nicole Atkins, American singer-songwriter
- 1978 – Leticia Cline, American model and journalist
- 1979 – Curtis Axel, American wrestler
- 1979 – Rudi Johnson, American football player
- 1979 – Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
- 1979 – Ryan Pontbriand, American football player
- 1979 – Marko Stanojevic, English-Italian rugby player
- 1980 – Antonio Narciso, Italian footballer
- 1981 – Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
- 1981 – Tom Donnelly, New Zealand rugby player
- 1981 – Rupert Friend, English actor
- 1981 – Gaby Mudingayi, Belgian footballer
- 1981 – Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1981 – Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer
- 1981 – David Yelldell, German-American soccer player
- 1982 – Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer
- 1982 – Aleksandar Đuričić, Serbian author and playwright
- 1982 – Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish singer
- 1982 – Reese Rideout, American porn actor and model
- 1983 – Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (d. 2006)
- 1983 – Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer
- 1984 – Matt Cain, American baseball player
- 1984 – Daniel Guillén Ruiz, Spanish footballer
- 1984 – Mónica Spear, Venezuelan actress, Miss Venezuela 2004 (d. 2014)
- 1985 – Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1985 – Tim Deasy, English footballer
- 1985 – Maikel Nabil Sanad, Egyptian activist and blogger
- 1985 – Revazi Zintiridis, Greek martial artist
- 1986 – Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress and singer
- 1986 – Jurnee Smollett, American actress
- 1986 – Ricardo Vaz Tê, Portuguese footballer
- 1986 – Justin Westhoff, Australian footballer
- 1987 – Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer
- 1987 – Lionel Ainsworth, English footballer
- 1988 – Cariba Heine, South African-Australian actress and dancer
- 1990 – Pedro Filipe Mendes, Portuguese footballer
- 1990 – Albert Prosa, Estonian footballer
- 1991 – Rain Veideman, Estonian basketball player
- 1991 – Conor Clifford, Irish footballer
- 1996 – Melanie Stokke, Norwegian tennis player
Deaths
- 686 – Tenmu, Japanese emperor (b. 631)
- 959 – Eadwig, English king (b. 941)
- 1040 – Alan III, Duke of Brittany (b. 997)
- 1310 – Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)
- 1404 – Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356)
- 1499 – Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (b. 1433)
- 1500 – John Alcock, English bishop (b. 1430)
- 1567 – Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)
- 1570 – Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)
- 1574 – Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter (b. 1498)
- 1578 – John of Austria (b. 1547)
- 1588 – Edward James, English priest and martyr (b. 1557)
- 1602 – Hernando de Cabezón, Spanish organist and composer (b. 1541)
- 1609 – Giammateo Asola, Italian composer (b. 1532)
- 1684 – Pierre Corneille, French playwright (b. 1606)
- 1693 – Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619)
- 1708 – John Blow, English organist and composer (b. 1649)
- 1768 – Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (b. 1687)
- 1837 – Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
- 1838 – Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (b. 1768)
- 1864 – Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (b. 1817)
- 1878 – Mindon Min, Burmese king (b. 1808)
- 1885 – John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)
- 1901 – Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan emir (b. 1844)
- 1913 – Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
- 1919 – Princess Charlotte of Prussia (b. 1860)
- 1929 – Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
- 1930 – Paul Wiesner, German sailor (b. 1855)
- 1942 – Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)
- 1951 – Peter McWilliam, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1878)
- 1955 – Charles Christie, American film producer, founded Christie Film Company (b. 1880)
- 1958 – Robert Falk, Russian painter (b. 1886)
- 1959 – Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Italy (b. 1877)
- 1961 – Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1898)
- 1970 – Raoul Riganti, Argentine race car driver (b. 1893)
- 1972 – Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist and paleontologist (b. 1903)
- 1974 – Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (b. 1901)
- 1975 – Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) (b. 1935)
- 1984 – Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
- 1985 – E. B. White, American journalist and author (b. 1899)
- 1986 – Archie League, American air traffic controller (b. 1907)
- 1988 – Sacheverell Sitwell, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1897)
- 1990 – Curtis LeMay, American general (b. 1906)
- 1992 – Petra Kelly, German politician (b. 1947)
- 1994 – Paul Lorenzen, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1915)
- 1996 – Pat McGeown, Irish activist (b. 1956)
- 1997 – Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer (b. 1923)
- 1999 – Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer (b. 1963)
- 2000 – Reginald Kray, English gangster (b. 1933)
- 2001 – Guy Beaulne, Canadian actor and director (b. 1921)
- 2002 – Walter Annenberg, American publisher and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1908)
- 2004 – Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)
- 2004 – Bruce Palmer, Canadian bass player (Buffalo Springfield and The Mynah Birds) (b. 1946)
- 2004 – Robert Vaidlo, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1921)
- 2006 – Fawaz al-Rabeiee, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1979)
- 2006 – Jerald Tanner, American author and activist (b. 1938)
- 2006 – André Viger, Canadian wheelchair racer (b. 1952)
- 2007 – Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and composer (b. 1928)
- 2007 – Harry Lee, American sheriff (b. 1932)
- 2007 – Chris Mainwaring, Australian footballer (b. 1965)
- 2007 – Al Oerter, American discus thrower (b. 1936)
- 2007 – Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster and director (b. 1931)
- 2008 – John Biddle, American cinematographer (b. 1925)
- 2009 – Cintio Vitier, Cuban poet and author (b. 1921)
- 2010 – Ian Buxton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1938)
- 2011 – Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey player and golfer (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Dirk Bach, German actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1961)
- 2012 – Sahara Davenport, American drag queen performer (b. 1984)
- 2012 – Abdelkader Fréha, Algerian footballer (b. 1942)
- 2012 – Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
- 2012 – Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (b. 1917)
- 2012 – Mark R. Kravitz, American judge (b. 1950)
- 2012 – Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli economist (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian holocaust survivor and author (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Peter Broadbent, English footballer (b. 1933)
- 2013 – Arnold Burns, American lawyer and politician, 21st United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1930)
- 2013 – Tom Clancy, American author (b. 1947)
- 2013 – Imero Fiorentino, American lighting designer (b. 1928)
- 2013 – Giuliano Gemma, Italian actor (b. 1938)
- 2013 – Israel Gutman, Polish-Israeli historian (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Vladimir Miklyukov, Russian mathematician and educator (b. 1944)
- 2013 – Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Norwegian physician and politician (b. 1939)
- 2013 – Jim Rountree, American football player and coach (b. 1936)
Holidays and observances
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