October 9
Day of the year
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October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 83 days remain until the end of the year.
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Events
Pre-1600
- 768 – Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks.
- 1238 – James I of Aragon founds the Kingdom of Valencia.
- 1410 – The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.
- 1594 – Pressed by a food embargo, the five Catholic cantons of Central Switzerland declare war on the Protestant canton of Zurich, starting the Second War of Kappel.[1]
- 1594 – Troops of the Portuguese Empire are defeated on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture.
1601–1900
- 1604 – Kepler's Supernova is the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way.
- 1635 – Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements.
- 1683 – Allied Imperial and Polish-Lithuanian forces defeat the retreating Ottoman forces in the battle of Parkany.[2]
- 1701 – The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.[3]
- 1708 – Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
- 1740 – Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin a massacre of the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing at least 10,000.
- 1760 – Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
- 1779 – American Revolutionary War: A combined Franco-American assault on British defenses during the Siege of Savannah is repulsed with heavy casualties.[4]
- 1790 – A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
- 1799 – HMS Lutine sinks with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
- 1804 – Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded.
- 1806 – Prussia begins the War of the Fourth Coalition against France.
- 1812 – War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia.
- 1820 – Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.
- 1825 – Restauration arrives in New York Harbor from Norway, the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States.
- 1831 – Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece, is assassinated.
- 1834 – Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
- 1847 – Slavery is abolished in the Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy.
- 1861 – American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens in the Battle of Santa Rosa Island.[5]
- 1864 – American Civil War: Union cavalrymen defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia during Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley campaign.[6]
- 1873 – A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
- 1874 – The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
- 1900 – The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.[7]
1901–present
- 1911 – An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Qing dynasty, beginning the Xinhai Revolution.
- 1913 – The steamship SS Volturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
- 1914 – World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
- 1918 – The Finnish Parliament elects Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse as King of Finland, but he never accedes to the throne due to Germany's defeat in World War I.
- 1919 – The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.
- 1934 – An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.
- 1936 – Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
- 1937 – Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
- 1941 – A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.
- 1942 – Australia's Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 receives royal assent.
- 1950 – The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre in Korea begins.
- 1962 – Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
- 1963 – In Italy, a large landslide causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000.
- 1966 – Vietnam War: the Republic of Korea Army commits the Binh Tai Massacre.
- 1967 – A day after his capture, Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
- 1969 – In Chicago, the National Guard is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "Chicago Eight".
- 1970 – The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
- 1980 – Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
- 1981 – President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France.
- 1983 – South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma, but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others.
- 1984 – The popular children's television show Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, based on The Railway Series by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, premieres on ITV.[8]
- 1986 – The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre.
- 1986 – Fox Broadcasting Company (FBC) launches as the fourth US television network.[9]
- 1992 – The Peekskill meteorite, a 27.7 pounds (12.6 kg) meteorite crashed into a parked car in Peekskill, New York.
- 1995 – An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
- 2006 – North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.
- 2007 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the 2008 financial crisis.[10]
- 2009 – First lunar impact of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
- 2012 – Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai.
- 2016 – The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army launches its first attack on Myanmar security forces along the Bangladesh–Myanmar border.
- 2019 – Turkey begins its military offensive in north-eastern Syria.
- 2024 – Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 hurricane, causing US$34.3 billion in damage only two weeks after Hurricane Helene impacted the state.[11]
Births
Pre-1600
- 1201 – Robert de Sorbon, French minister and theologian, founded the Collège de Sorbonne (died 1274)
- 1221 – Salimbene di Adam, Italian historian and scholar (died 1290)
- 1261 – Denis of Portugal (died 1325)
- 1328 – Peter I of Cyprus (died 1369)
- 1581 – Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician, poet, and scholar (died 1638)
- 1586 – Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (died 1632)
- 1593 – Nicolaes Tulp, Dutch anatomist and politician (died 1674)
1601–1900
- 1609 – Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland, English noble (died 1688)
- 1623 – Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (died 1688)
- 1704 – Johann Andreas Segner, German mathematician, physicist, and physician (died 1777)
- 1757 – Charles X of France (died 1836)
- 1796 – Joseph Bonomi the Younger, British Egyptologist and sculptor (died 1878)
- 1823 – Mary Ann Shadd, American-Canadian abolitionist (died 1893)[12]
- 1826 – Agathon Meurman, Finnish politician and journalist (died 1909)[13]
- 1835 – Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer and conductor (died 1921)
- 1837 – Francis Wayland Parker, American theorist and academic (died 1902)
- 1840 – Simeon Solomon, English painter (died 1905)
- 1845 – Carl Gustav Thulin, Swedish shipowner (died 1918)
- 1850 – Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (died 1930)
- 1852 – Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)
- 1858 – Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (died 1935)
- 1859 – Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (died 1935)
- 1863 – Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (died 1930)
- 1864 – Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general (died 1927)
- 1871 – Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (died 1940)
- 1873 – Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator (died 1944)
- 1873 – Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer (died 1916)
- 1873 – Charles Rudolph Walgreen, American pharmacist and businessman, founded Walgreens (died 1939)
- 1874 – Nicholas Roerich, Russian archaeologist and painter (died 1947)
- 1877 – Gopabandhu Das, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (died 1928)
- 1879 – Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1960)
- 1880 – Charlie Faust, American baseball player (died 1915)
- 1883 – Maria Filotti, Greek-Romanian actress (died 1956)
- 1886 – Rube Marquard, American baseball player and manager (died 1980)
- 1888 – Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (died 1938)
- 1888 – Irving Cummings, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1959)
- 1890 – Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (died 1944)
- 1892 – Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)
- 1893 – Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (died 1945)
- 1895 – Eugene Bullard, American pilot (died 1961)[14]
- 1897 – M. Bhaktavatsalam, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Madras State (died 1987)
- 1898 – Tawfiq al-Hakim, Egyptian author and playwright (died 1987)
- 1898 – Joe Sewell, American baseball player (died 1990)
- 1899 – Bruce Catton, American historian and author (died 1978)
- 1900 – Joseph Friedman, American inventor (died 1982)
- 1900 – Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor and academic (died 1976)
- 1900 – Joseph Zubin, Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (died 1990)
1901–present
- 1901 – Alice Lee Jemison, Seneca political activist and journalist (died 1964)
- 1902 – Freddie Young, English cinematographer (died 1998)
- 1903 – Walter O'Malley, American lawyer and businessman (died 1979)[15]
- 1906 – J. R. Eyerman, American photographer and journalist (died 1985)
- 1906 – Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal (died 2001)
- 1907 – Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (died 2001)
- 1907 – Jacques Tati, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1982)
- 1907 – Horst Wessel, German SA officer (died 1930)
- 1908 – Harry Hooton, Australian poet and critic (died 1961)
- 1908 – Werner von Haeften, German lieutenant (died 1944)
- 1909 – Donald Coggan, English archbishop (died 2000)
- 1911 – Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (died 2006)
- 1914 – Edward Andrews, American actor (died 1985)
- 1915 – Clifford M. Hardin, American academic and politician, 17th United States Secretary of Agriculture (died 2010)
- 1915 – Belva Plain, American author (died 2010)
- 1918 – E. Howard Hunt, American CIA officer and author (died 2007)[15]
- 1918 – Charles Read, Australian air marshal (died 2014)
- 1918 – Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 2013)
- 1920 – Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author and educator (died 1976)
- 1920 – Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator (died 2013)
- 1920 – Jason Wingreen, American actor and screenwriter (died 2015)
- 1921 – Michel Boisrond, French director and screenwriter (died 2002)
- 1921 – Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (died 2014)
- 1922 – Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic (died 1997)
- 1922 – Fyvush Finkel, American actor (died 2016)
- 1922 – Olga Guillot, Cuban-American singer (died 2010)
- 1923 – Donald Sinden, English actor (died 2014)
- 1924 – Immanuvel Devendrar, Indian soldier (died 1957)
- 1924 – Arnie Risen, American basketball player (died 2012)[16]
- 1926 – Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (died 2015)
- 1927 – John Margetson, English scholar and diplomat, British Ambassador to the Netherlands (died 2020)
- 1928 – Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer and educator (died 2016)
- 1931 – Tony Booth, English actor (died 2017)
- 1933 – Peter Mansfield, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)
- 1933 – Melvin Sokolsky, American fashion photographer (died 2022)[17]
- 1933 – Bill Tidy, English soldier and cartoonist (died 2023)[18]
- 1934 – Jill Ker Conway, Australian historian and author (died 2018)
- 1934 – Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and composer (died 2026)
- 1935 – Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
- 1935 – Don McCullin, English photographer and journalist
- 1936 – Brian Blessed, English actor
- 1936 – Mick Young, Australian politician (died 1996)
- 1938 – Heinz Fischer, Austrian academic and politician, 11th President of Austria
- 1939 – Nicholas Grimshaw, English architect and academic (died 2025)
- 1939 – John Pilger, Australian-English journalist, director, and producer (died 2023)
- 1940 – John Lennon, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1980)[15]
- 1941 – Brian Lamb, American broadcaster, founded C-SPAN[15]
- 1941 – Trent Lott, American lawyer and politician
- 1941 – Omali Yeshitela, political activist and founder of the Uhuru Movement
- 1943 – Douglas Kirby, American psychologist and author (died 2012)
- 1943 – Mike Peters, American cartoonist
- 1944 – Rita Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy, English academic and politician
- 1944 – John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2002)[15]
- 1944 – Nona Hendryx, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress[19]
- 1945 – Amjad Ali Khan, Indian classical Sarod player
- 1945 – Taiguara, Uruguayan-Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 1996)
- 1947 – France Gall, French singer (died 2018)
- 1948 – Jackson Browne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[19]
- 1949 – Rod Temperton, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (died 2016)
- 1950 – Yoshiyuki Konishi, Japanese fashion designer
- 1950 – Reichi Nakaido, Japanese singer and guitarist
- 1950 – Jody Williams, American academic and activist, Nobel Prize laureate[15]
- 1951 – Robert Wuhl, American actor, comedian, and writer[19]
- 1952 – Sharon Osbourne, English television host and manager[19]
- 1952 – Dennis Stratton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1953 – Sally Burgess, South African-English soprano and educator
- 1953 – Hank Pfister, American tennis player
- 1953 – Tony Shalhoub, American actor and producer[19]
- 1954 – Scott Bakula, American actor[19]
- 1954 – James Fearnley, English musician[19]
- 1954 – Rubén Magnano, Argentine-Italian basketball coach
- 1954 – John O'Hurley, American actor and game show host[19]
- 1955 – Linwood Boomer, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter[19]
- 1955 – Steve Ovett, English runner and sportscaster
- 1957 – Ini Kamoze, Jamaican singer-songwriter
- 1958 – Al Jourgensen, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1958 – Michael Paré, American actor[19]
- 1958 – Mike Singletary, American football player and coach[15]
- 1959 – Boris Nemtsov, Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (died 2015)
- 1960 – Kenny Garrett, American saxophonist and composer[19]
- 1961 – Julian Bailey, English racing driver and sportscaster
- 1961 – Kurt Neumann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[19]
- 1962 – Jorge Burruchaga, Argentinian footballer and manager
- 1962 – Paul Radisich, New Zealand racing driver
- 1962 – Ōnokuni Yasushi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 62nd Yokozuna
- 1963 – Andy Platt, English rugby league player
- 1964 – Guillermo del Toro, Mexican-American director, producer, and screenwriter[19]
- 1964 – Martín Jaite, Argentine tennis player[20]
- 1966 – David Cameron, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1966 – Christopher Östlund, Swedish publisher, founded Plaza Magazine
- 1967 – Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canadian tennis player
- 1967 – Eddie Guerrero, American wrestler (died 2005)
- 1967 – Gheorghe Popescu, Romanian footballer
- 1968 – Guto Bebb, Welsh businessman and politician
- 1968 – Anbumani Ramadoss, Indian politician
- 1969 – Darren Britt, Australian rugby league player
- 1969 – Simon Fairweather, Australian archer
- 1969 – PJ Harvey, English musician, singer-songwriter, writer, poet, and composer[19]
- 1969 – Christine Hough, Canadian figure skater and coach
- 1969 – Giles Martin, English songwriter and producer
- 1969 – Steve McQueen, English director, producer, and screenwriter[19]
- 1970 – Kenny Anderson, American basketball player and coach
- 1970 – Steve Jablonsky, American composer
- 1970 – Annika Sörenstam, Swedish golfer and architect[15]
- 1971 – Wayne Bartrim, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1971 – Sian Evans, Welsh singer[21]
- 1972 – Anabela Sousa Rodrigues, Portuguese politician and psychologist[22]
- 1973 – Steve Burns, American actor, television host and musician[23]
- 1973 – Fabio Lione, Italian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
- 1974 – Keith Booth, American basketball player and coach[24]
- 1974 – Shmuel Herzfeld, American rabbi
- 1975 – Haylie Ecker, Australian violinist
- 1975 – Sean Lennon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor[19]
- 1975 – Mark Viduka, Australian footballer
- 1976 – William Alexander, American author and educator
- 1976 – Stephen Neal, American football player[25]
- 1976 – Lee Peacock, Scottish footballer and coach
- 1976 – Özlem Türköne, Turkish journalist and politician
- 1976 – Nick Swardson, American actor and comedian[15]
- 1977 – Emanuele Belardi, Italian footballer
- 1977 – Brian Roberts, American baseball player
- 1978 – Nicky Byrne, Irish singer-songwriter
- 1978 – Juan Dixon, American basketball player and coach
- 1979 – Vernon Fox, American football player and coach
- 1979 – Alex Greenwald, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1979 – Todd Kelly, Australian racing driver
- 1979 – Lecrae, American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor[19]
- 1979 – Chris O'Dowd, Irish actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1979 – Brandon Routh, American model and actor[19]
- 1979 – Gonzalo Sorondo, Uruguayan footballer
- 1980 – Lucy Akello, Ugandan social worker and politician
- 1980 – Filip Bobek, Polish actor
- 1980 – Sarah Lovell, Australian politician
- 1980 – Thami Tsolekile, South African cricketer
- 1980 – Henrik Zetterberg, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1981 – Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor[19]
- 1981 – Darius Miles, American basketball player[26]
- 1983 – Farhaan Behardien, South African cricketer
- 1983 – Trevor Daley, Canadian ice hockey player[27]
- 1983 – Stephen Gionta, American ice hockey player
- 1983 – Spencer Grammer, American actress[19]
- 1983 – Jang Mi-ran, South Korean weightlifter
- 1983 – Andreas Zuber, Austrian racing driver
- 1984 – Marie Kondo, Japanese author and television presenter[15]
- 1985 – David Plummer, American swimmer
- 1986 – Derek Holland, American baseball player
- 1986 – Laure Manaudou, French swimmer
- 1986 – David Phelps, American baseball player[28]
- 1986 – Jan Christian Vestre, Norwegian businessman and politician[29]
- 1986 – Stephane Zubar, French footballer
- 1987 – Craig Brackins, American basketball player[30]
- 1987 – Samantha Murray Sharan, British tennis player[31]
- 1987 – Henry Walker, American basketball player[32]
- 1988 – Starling Marte, Dominican baseball player[33]
- 1988 – David Tyrrell, Australian rugby league player
- 1989 – Russell Packer, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1990 – Kevin Kampl, German-Slovene footballer
- 1990 – Jake Lamb, American baseball player[34]
- 1992 – Jerian Grant, American basketball player[35]
- 1992 – Sam Mewis, American soccer player[36]
- 1992 – Tyler James Williams, American actor[19]
- 1993 – Ani Amiraghyan, Armenian tennis player
- 1993 – Lauren Davis, American tennis player[37]
- 1993 – Jayden Hodges, Australian rugby league player
- 1993 – George Kittle, American football player[38]
- 1993 – Scotty McCreery, American singer and songwriter[19]
- 1993 – Wesley So, Filipino-American chess grandmaster[39]
- 1994 – Jodelle Ferland, Canadian actress[15]
- 1996 – Jacob Batalon, Filipino-American actor[15]
- 1996 – Bella Hadid, American model[40]
- 1997 – Jharrel Jerome, American actor[19]
- 1997 – Megan Moroney, American singer-songwriter.[41]
- 2000 – Penei Sewell, American football player[42]
- 2001 – Kyla Leibel, Canadian swimmer[43]
- 2002 – Ben Shelton, American tennis player[44]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 680 – Ghislain, Frankish anchorite and saint
- 892 – Al-Tirmidhi, Persian scholar and hadith compiler (born 824)
- 1047 – Pope Clement II
- 1212 – Philip I of Namur, Marquis of Namur (born 1175)
- 1253 – Robert Grosseteste, English bishop and philosopher (born 1175)
- 1273 – Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (born 1227)
- 1296 – Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (born 1269)
- 1390 – John I of Castile (born 1358)
- 1555 – Justus Jonas, German academic and reformer (born 1493)
- 1562 – Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist and physician (born 1523)
- 1569 – Vladimir of Staritsa (born 1533)
- 1581 – Louis Bertrand, Spanish missionary and saint (born 1526)
1601–1900
- 1613 – Henry Constable, English poet (born 1562)
- 1619 – Joseph Pardo, Italian rabbi and merchant (born 1561)
- 1691 – William Sacheverell, English politician (born 1638)
- 1729 – Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet (born 1654)
- 1793 – Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary and linguist (born 1718)
- 1797 – Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and scholar (born 1720)
- 1806 – Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer and surveyor (born 1731)
- 1808 – John Claiborne, American lawyer and politician (born 1777)
- 1831 – Ioannis Kapodistrias, Russian-Greek lawyer and politician, Governor of Greece (born 1776)
- 1873 – George Ormerod, English historian and author (born 1785)
- 1897 – Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1818)
- 1900 – Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (born 1843)
1901–present
- 1906 – Henriette Wulfsberg, Norwegian school owner and writer (born 1843)[45]
- 1911 – Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (born 1849)[46]
- 1924 – Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (born 1873)
- 1926 – Evald Relander, Finnish teacher, agronomist and banker (born 1856)[47]
- 1934 – Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (born 1888)
- 1934 – Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (born 1862)
- 1937 – Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (born 1868)
- 1940 – Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (born 1865)
- 1941 – Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (born 1900)
- 1943 – Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1865)
- 1944 – Stefanina Moro, Italian partisan (born 1927)[48]
- 1945 – Gottlieb Hering, German captain (born 1887)
- 1946 – Frank Castleman, American football player, baseball player, and coach (born 1877)
- 1947 – Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance (born 1888)
- 1950 – George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (born 1895)
- 1953 – James Finlayson, Scottish-American actor (born 1887)
- 1955 – Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (born 1875)
- 1956 – Marie Doro, American actress (born 1882)
- 1958 – Pope Pius XII (born 1876)
- 1958 – John Boland, American politician (born 1884)[49]
- 1959 – Shirō Ishii, Japanese general and biologist (born 1892)
- 1962 – Milan Vidmar, Slovenian chess player and engineer (born 1885)
- 1967 – Che Guevara, Argentinian-Cuban physician, politician and guerrilla leader (born 1928)
- 1967 – Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
- 1967 – André Maurois, French soldier and author (born 1885)
- 1967 – Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness trainer, developed Pilates (born 1883)
- 1969 – Don Hoak, American baseball player (born 1928)
- 1972 – Miriam Hopkins, American actress (born 1902)
- 1974 – Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (born 1908)
- 1975 – Noon Meem Rashid, Pakistani poet (born 1910)
- 1976 – Walter Warlimont, German general (born 1894)
- 1978 – Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1929)
- 1982 – Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German historian and physician (born 1893)
- 1985 – Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Brazilian general and politician, 28th President of Brazil (born 1905)
- 1987 – Clare Boothe Luce, American author, playwright, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1903)
- 1987 – William P. Murphy, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)
- 1988 – Felix Wankel, German engineer, invented the Wankel engine (born 1902)
- 1989 – Yusuf Atılgan, Turkish author and playwright (born 1921)
- 1989 – Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (born 1940)
- 1995 – Alec Douglas-Home, British cricketer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1903)
- 1996 – Walter Kerr, American author, composer, and critic (born 1913)
- 1999 – Milt Jackson, American vibraphone player and composer (born 1923)
- 1999 – Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani economist and scholar (born 1914)
- 2000 – David Dukes, American actor (born 1945)
- 2000 – Patrick Anthony Porteous, Indian-Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1918)
- 2001 – Herbert Ross, American director, producer, and choreographer (born 1927)
- 2002 – Sopubek Begaliev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (born 1931)
- 2002 – Charles Guggenheim, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924)
- 2003 – Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American author and academic (born 1926)
- 2003 – Carl Fontana, American jazz trombonist (born 1928)
- 2004 – Jacques Derrida, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (born 1930)
- 2005 – Louis Nye, American actor (born 1913)
- 2006 – Danièle Huillet, French filmmaker (born 1933)
- 2006 – Paul Hunter, English snooker player (born 1978)
- 2006 – Kanshi Ram, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1934)
- 2007 – Enrico Banducci, American businessman, founded hungry i (born 1922)
- 2007 – Carol Bruce, American actress and singer (born 1919)
- 2009 – Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author and educator (born 1934)
- 2009 – John Daido Loori, American Zen Buddhist monastic and teacher (born 1931)
- 2009 – Horst Szymaniak, German footballer (born 1934)
- 2010 – Maurice Allais, French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
- 2011 – Pavel Karelin, Russian ski jumper (born 1989)
- 2012 – Sammi Kane Kraft, American actress (born 1992)
- 2012 – Kenny Rollins, American basketball player (born 1923)
- 2012 – Harris Savides, American cinematographer (born 1957)
- 2013 – Solomon Lar, Nigerian educator and politician, 4th Governor of Plateau State (born 1933)
- 2013 – Srihari, Indian actor (born 1964)
- 2013 – Wilfried Martens, Belgian lawyer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Belgium (born 1936)
- 2013 – Edmund Niziurski, Polish sociologist, lawyer, and author (born 1925)
- 2014 – Boris Buzančić, Croatian actor and politician, 47th Mayor of Zagreb (born 1929)
- 2014 – Jan Hooks, American actress and comedienne (born 1957)
- 2014 – Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (born 1925)
- 2014 – Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician (born 1921)
- 2014 – Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (born 1936)
- 2015 – Ray Duncan, American businessman (born 1930)
- 2015 – Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1931)[50]
- 2015 – Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1926)
- 2015 – Ravindra Jain, Indian composer and director (born 1944)
- 2016 – Andrzej Wajda, Polish film and theatre director (born 1926)
- 2017 – Jean Rochefort, French actor[51] (born 1930)
- 2024 – George Baldock, British-born Greek international footballer (born 1993)[52]
- 2024 – Dieter Burdenski, German footballer (born 1950)[53]
- 2024 – Lily Ebert, Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (born 1923)[54]
- 2024 – Lee Wei Ling, Singaporean neurologist (born 1955)[55]
- 2024 – Clark R. Rasmussen, American politician (born 1934)[56]
- 2024 – Leif Segerstam, Finnish conductor and composer (born 1944)[57]
- 2024 – Ratan Tata, Indian businessman and philanthropist (born 1937)[58]
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- Abraham[59]
- Denis of Paris
- Dionysius the Areopagite[59]
- Ghislain[59]
- Gunther of Bohemia[59]
- Innocencio of Mary Immaculate and Martyrs of Asturias[59]
- John Henry Newman
- John Leonardi[59]
- Luis Beltran[59]
- Robert Grosseteste (Church of England)
- Wilfred Grenfell (Episcopal Church in the United States)
- October 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Fire Prevention Day (Canada, United States)
- Hangul Day (South Korea)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uganda from United Kingdom in 1962. (Uganda)
- Independence of Guayaquil from Spain in 1820 (Ecuador)
- Leif Erikson Day (United States, Iceland and Norway)
- National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust (Romania)
- National Nanotechnology Day (United States)
- Takayama Autumn Festival (Takayama, Japan)
- World Post Day[60]
- Indian Foreign Service Day[61]
