October 10
Day of the year
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October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 82 days remain until the end of the year.
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Events
Pre-1600
- 19 â The Roman general Germanicus dies near Antioch. He was convinced that the mysterious illness that ended in his death was a result of poisoning by the Syrian governor Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, whom he had ordered to leave the province.[1]
- 680 â The Battle of Karbala marks the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali.[2]
- 732 â Charles Martel's forces defeat an Umayyad army near Tours, France.
- 1471 â Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by King Christian I of Denmark.
- 1492 â The crew of Christopher Columbus's ship, the Santa Maria, attempt a mutiny.[3]
- 1575 â Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise, defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
- 1580 â Over 600 Papal troops land in Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion.
1601â1900
- 1760 â In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname â descended from escaped slaves â gain territorial autonomy.
- 1780 â The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000â30,000 in the Caribbean.
- 1814 â War of 1812: The United States Revenue Marine attempts to defend the cutter Eagle from the Royal Navy.
- 1845 â In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 students.
- 1846 â Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell.
- 1868 â The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
1901âpresent
- 1903 â The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.[4]
- 1911 â The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
- 1913 â U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
- 1918 â RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the largest loss of life on the Irish Sea.[5][6]
- 1920 â The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
- 1928 â Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
- 1933 â A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
- 1935 â In Greece, a coup d'état ends the Second Hellenic Republic.
- 1938 â Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
- 1945 â The Double Tenth Agreement is signed by the Communist Party and the Kuomintang about the future of China.
- 1954 â The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War.[7]
- 1957 â U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
- 1957 â The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
- 1963 â France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
- 1963 â The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.
- 1964 â The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites.
- 1967 â The Outer Space Treaty comes into force.
- 1969 â King Crimson releases their debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King.[8]
- 1970 â Fiji becomes independent.
- 1970 â Canada's October Crisis escalates when Quebec Vice Premier Pierre Laporte is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec.
- 1971 â Aeroflot Flight 773 is destroyed by a bomb over Moscow Oblast, killing 25.[9]
- 1973 â U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.
- 1975 â Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
- 1979 â The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant began operations in Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland.[10]
- 1980 â The 7.1 Mw⯠El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.
- 1980 â The Farabundo Martà National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador.
- 1985 â US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy.
- 1986 â A 5.7 Mw⯠San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500.
- 1997 â Austral LÃneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.
- 1998 â A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises jetliner is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.
- 2002 â Iraq War: The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.[11]
- 2007 â Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.[12]
- 2009 â Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.
- 2010 â The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
- 2015 â Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+.
- 2018 â Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage.
- 2018 â The National Fire and Rescue Administration is founded, replacing the China Fire Services and the People's Armed Police Forestry Corps as China's primary firefighting agency.[13]
- 2022 â Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.[14]
Births
Pre-1600
- AD 19 â Tiberius Gemellus, Roman son of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla; adoptive son of the Emperor Caligula (died 38)
- 786 â Saga, emperor of Japan (died 842)
- 867 â Li Siyuan, Chinese emperor (died 933)
- 1332 â King Charles II of Navarre (died 1387)
- 1344 â Mary of Waltham, duchess of Brittany (died 1361)
- 1355 â Zhu Biao, Chinese prince (died 1392)
- 1421 â John Paston, English politician (died 1466)
- 1486 â Charles III, Duke of Savoy (died 1553)
- 1554 â Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg and Lord of Rheda (died 1606)
- 1560 â Jacobus Arminius, Dutch theologian (died 1609)
- 1567 â Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (died 1597)
- 1584 â Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke (died 1649)
- 1599 â Ãtienne Moulinié, French composer and director (died 1676)
1601â1900
- 1629 â Richard Towneley, English mathematician and astronomer (died 1707)
- 1646 â Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, French noblewoman (died 1705)
- 1656 â Nicolas de Largillière, French painter and academic (died 1746)
- 1669 â Johann Nicolaus Bach, German organist and composer (died 1753)
- 1678 â John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish general and politician, Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland (died 1743)
- 1684 â Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter (died 1721)
- 1700 â Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor and illustrator (died 1759)
- 1731 â Henry Cavendish, French-English chemist, physicist, and philosopher (died 1810)
- 1770 â Adam Johann von Krusenstern Imperial Russian Admiral and explorer (died 1846)[15]
- 1780 â John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher (died 1844)
- 1794 â William Whiting Boardman, American judge and politician (died 1871)
- 1810 â Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (died 1897)
- 1813 â Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer and philanthropist (died 1901)
- 1819 â Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, German theologian and author (died 1883)
- 1825 â Paul Kruger, South African soldier and politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (died 1904)
- 1828 â Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1890)
- 1830 â Isabella II of Spain (died 1904)
- 1834 â Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (died 1872)
- 1837 â Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (died 1863)
- 1842 â Emily Dobson, Australian philanthropist (died 1934)[16]
- 1858 â Maurice Prendergast, American painter and academic (died 1924)
- 1861 â Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)
- 1864 â T. Frank Appleby, American businessman and politician (died 1924)
- 1870 â Louise Mack, Australian journalist, author, and poet (died 1935)
- 1872 â Dionysios Kasdaglis, Egyptian-Greek tennis player (died 1931)
- 1877 â William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (died 1963)
- 1884 â Nikolai Klyuev, Russian poet and author (died 1937)
- 1884 â Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (died 1958)
- 1885 â Walter Anderson, Belarusian-German ethnologist and academic (died 1962)
- 1885 â Jean Peyrière, French actor (died 1965)
- 1889 â Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter and forger (died 1947)
- 1895 â Alfred Neuland, Estonian weightlifter (died 1966)
- 1895 â Fridolf Rhudin, Swedish actor (died 1935)
- 1895 â Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (died 1945)
- 1898 â Lilly Daché, French-American fashion designer (died 1989)
- 1900 â Helen Hayes, American actress (died 1993)
1901âpresent
- 1901 â Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (died 1966)[17]
- 1902 â K. Shivaram Karanth, Indian journalist, author, and activist (died 1997)
- 1903 â Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (died 1983)
- 1903 â Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (died 1969)
- 1903 â Bei Shizhang, Chinese biologist and academic (died 2009)
- 1905 â Aksella Luts, Estonian actress, screenwriter, dancer, and choreographer (died 2005)
- 1906 â Paul Creston, American composer and educator (died 1985)
- 1906 â Fei Mu, Chinese director and screenwriter (died 1951)
- 1906 â R. K. Narayan, Indian author (died 2001)
- 1908 â Johnny Green, American conductor and composer (died 1989)
- 1908 â Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan author and poet (died 1983)
- 1909 â Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director (died 2010)
- 1910 â Julius Shulman, American photographer and environmentalist (died 2009)
- 1911 â Clare Hollingworth, English journalist and author (died 2017)
- 1912 â Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic (died 2000)
- 1913 â Claude Simon, Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)
- 1914 â Tommy Fine, American baseball player and businessman (died 2005)
- 1914 â Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1974)
- 1915 â Harry Edison, American trumpet player and composer (died 1999)
- 1917 â Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (died 1982)[17]
- 1919 â Willard Estey, Canadian academic and jurist (died 2002)
- 1919 â Gerry Gomez, Trinidadian cricketer, manager, and umpire (died 1996)
- 1919 â Kim Ki-young, South Korean director, screenwriter, producer, and editor (died 1997)
- 1919 â William Kruskal, American mathematician and statistician (died 2005)
- 1919 â Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014)
- 1920 â Gail Halvorsen, American air force pilot known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" (died 2022)
- 1922 â Merv Pregulman, American football player, businessman, and philanthropist (died 2012)
- 1923 â Louis Gottlieb, American singer and bass player (died 1996)
- 1923 â Nicholas Parsons, English actor and game show host (died 2020)
- 1923 â Murray Walker, English journalist and sportscaster (died 2021)
- 1924 â James Clavell, Australian-American director, producer, screenwriter, and author (died 1994)
- 1924 â Ludmilla Tchérina, French actress, ballerina, and choreographer (died 2004)
- 1924 â Ed Wood, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter (died 1978)[17]
- 1926 â Oscar Brown, American singer-songwriter, playwright, and actor (died 2005)
- 1926 â Richard Jaeckel, American actor (died 1997)
- 1927 â Dana Elcar, American actor and director (died 2005)
- 1927 â Jon Locke, American actor (died 2013)
- 1927 â Thomas Wilson, American-Scottish composer and educator (died 2001)
- 1928 â Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (died 2008)[18]
- 1928 â Sheila Walsh, English author (died 2009)
- 1929 â Ayten Alpman, Turkish singer (died 2012)
- 1929 â Herb Levinson, American actor (died 2012)
- 1929 â Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (died 2014)
- 1930 â Eugenio Castellotti, Italian race car driver (died 1957)
- 1930 â Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)
- 1930 â Harold Pinter, English playwright, screenwriter, director Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
- 1930 â Adlai Stevenson III, American lawyer and politician (died 2021)[19]
- 1932 â Harry Smith, English footballer (died 2016)[20]
- 1933 â Jay Sebring, American hair stylist and businessman (died 1969)
- 1935 â Khalil al-Wazir, Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (died 1988)
- 1935 â André Bureau, Canadian lawyer and businessman (died 2019)
- 1935 â Judith Chalmers, English television host and actress
- 1936 â Gerhard Ertl, German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1937 â Bruce Devlin, Australian golfer and sportscaster
- 1937 â Peter Underwood, Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (died 2014)
- 1938 â Oleg Gordievsky, Russian intelligence officer and author (died 2025)
- 1938 â Leroy Hood, American biologist and academic
- 1938 â DaidÅ Moriyama, Japanese photographer
- 1938 â Lily Tuck, American novelist and short story writer
- 1940 â Winston Churchill, English journalist and politician (died 2010)
- 1941 â Peter Coyote, American actor, director, and screenwriter[21]
- 1941 â Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (died 1995)
- 1942 â Janis Hansen, American singer and author (died 2017)
- 1942 â Radu Vasile, Romanian historian and politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania (died 2013)
- 1943 â Frederick Barthelme, American novelist and short story writer
- 1945 â Christopher Hill, English bishop
- 1945 â Vanburn Holder, Barbadian cricketer
- 1945 â Headman Shabalala, South African bass singer (died 1991)
- 1946 â Charles Dance, English actor, director, and screenwriter[21]
- 1946 â Naoto Kan, Japanese lawyer and politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan
- 1946 â Peter Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1946 â Anne Mather, English author and screenwriter
- 1946 â John Prine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)[17]
- 1946 â Raymond Tallis, English physician, philosopher, author, and academic
- 1946 â Chris Tarrant, English radio and television host
- 1946 â Ben Vereen, American actor, singer, and dancer[21]
- 1946 â Willard White, Jamaican-English actor and singer
- 1947 â Gary Beach, American actor and singer (died 2018)
- 1947 â Giant Haystacks, English wrestler (died 1998)
- 1948 â Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough, English academic and businesswoman
- 1948 â Cyril Neville, American R&B percussionist and singer[21]
- 1948 â Séverine, French singer and actress
- 1949 â Warren Burt, American-Australian composer
- 1949 â Lance Cairns, New Zealand cricketer
- 1949 â Jessica Harper, American actress[21]
- 1949 â Wang Wanxing, Chinese activist
- 1950 â Charlie George, English footballer
- 1950 â Nora Roberts, American author[17]
- 1951 â Epeli Ganilau, Fijian general and politician, 16th Minister for Fijian Affairs (died 2023)
- 1952 â Bob Nystrom, Swedish ice hockey player[22]
- 1952 â Dela Smith, English educator
- 1953 â Fiona Rae, Scottish painter
- 1953 â Midge Ure, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[21]
- 1953 â Aleksander Veingold, Estonian chess player and coach
- 1953 â Gus Williams, American basketball player
- 1954 â Václav Patejdl, Slovak musician (died 2023)[23]
- 1954 â Rekha, Indian actress
- 1954 â David Lee Roth, American singer-songwriter and producer[21]
- 1954 â Fernando Santos, Portuguese footballer and manager
- 1956 â Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress and producer
- 1956 â David Hempleman-Adams, English businessman and adventurer
- 1956 â Taur Matan Ruak, East Timorese politician, 3rd President of East Timor
- 1957 â Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese author and illustrator
- 1958 â Tanya Tucker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[21]
- 1959 â Michael Cobley, English-Scottish author
- 1959 â Kirsty MacColl, English singer-songwriter (died 2000)
- 1959 â Arif Peçenek, Turkish football player and manager (died 2013)
- 1959 â Bill Rammell, English academic and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
- 1959 â Julia Sweeney, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter[21]
- 1959 â Bradley Whitford, American actor and producer[21]
- 1960 â Ron Flockhart, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1960 â Russell Slade, English football manager
- 1960 â Simon Townshend, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1961 â Henrik Jørgensen, Danish runner (died 2019)
- 1961 â Martin Kemp, English singer-songwriter and bass player[21]
- 1961 â Crystal Waters, American singer-songwriter, musician and producer
- 1962 â Thomas Rusch, German photographer
- 1963 â Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer
- 1963 â Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (died 2003)
- 1963 â Daniel Pearl, American-Israeli journalist (died 2002)[17]
- 1963 â Vegard Ulvang, Norwegian skier
- 1964 â Sarah Lancashire, English actress and director
- 1965 â Toshi, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
- 1965 â Chris Penn, American actor (died 2006)
- 1966 â Tony Adams, English footballer and manager
- 1966 â Bai Ling, Chinese-American model and actress[17]
- 1967 â Michael Giacchino, American composer
- 1967 â Jonathan Littell, American-French author and humanitarian
- 1967 â Mike Malinin, American drummer and producer
- 1967 â Gavin Newsom, American businessman and politician, 40th and current Governor of California[17]
- 1967 â Jacek ZieliÅski, Polish footballer and coach
- 1968 â Bart Brentjens, Dutch cyclist
- 1968 â Feridun DüzaÄaç, Turkish singer-songwriter
- 1968 â Chris Ofili, British painter
- 1969 â Manu Bennett, New Zealand-Australian actor[24]
- 1969 â Dilsa Demirbag Sten, Swedish journalist and author
- 1969 â Francis Escudero, Filipino lawyer and politician
- 1969 â Brett Favre, American football player[17]
- 1969 â Wendi McLendon-Covey, American actress[21]
- 1970 â Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, German sled racer
- 1970 â Matthew Pinsent, English rower and sportscaster
- 1971 â Graham Alexander, English-Scottish footballer and manager
- 1971 â Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist
- 1972 â Jun Lana, Filipino director, producer, playwright, and screenwriter
- 1972 â Alexei Zhitnik, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
- 1973 â Mario Lopez, American actor, television personality, and producer[21]
- 1973 â Zach Thornton, American soccer player and coach
- 1974 â Asi Cohen, Israeli actor and screenwriter
- 1974 â Oded Kattash, Israeli basketball player and coach[25]
- 1974 â Julio Ricardo Cruz, Argentinian footballer
- 1974 â Dale Earnhardt Jr., American race car driver and actor[17]
- 1974 â Lucy Powell, English politician
- 1974 â Chris Pronger, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 â Ihsahn, Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1975 â Ramón Morales, Mexican footballer and manager
- 1975 â Plácido Polanco, Dominican-American baseball player
- 1976 â Bob Burnquist, Brazilian-American skateboarder
- 1976 â Pat Burrell, American baseball player
- 1976 â Shane Doan, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1978 â Naomi Levari, Israeli film producer and director
- 1978 â Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, American model and actress[21]
- 1979 â Kangta, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1979 â Nicolás Massú, Chilean tennis player
- 1979 â Mýa, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress[21]
- 1980 â Julie Pomagalski, French snowboarder (died 2021)[26]
- 1981 â Gavin Shuker, English lawyer and politician
- 1981 â Laura Tobin, English weather reporter
- 1982 â Yasser Al-Qahtani, Saudi Arabian footballer
- 1982 â David Cal, Spanish sprint canoeist[27]
- 1982 â Tony Khan, American sports executive[28]
- 1982 â Dan Stevens, English actor[29]
- 1984 â Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer
- 1984 â Jean-Baptiste Grange, French skier
- 1984 â Ryan Hollins, American basketball player and commentator[30]
- 1984 â Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress and singer
- 1984 â Paul Posluszny, American football player
- 1984 â Troy Tulowitzki, American baseball player
- 1985 â Marina Diamandis, Welsh singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1985 â Rostislav Olesz, Czech ice hockey player[31]
- 1986 â Nathan Jawai, Australian basketball player
- 1986 â Andrew McCutchen, American baseball player
- 1986 â Ellen Andrea Wang, Norwegian bassist and composer
- 1987 â Ryan Mathews, American football player
- 1988 â Shaun Fensom, Australian rugby league player
- 1988 â Brown Ideye, Nigerian footballer
- 1988 â Rose McIver, New Zealand actress[21]
- 1989 â Jeurys Familia, Dominican baseball player[32]
- 1989 â Emer Kenny, English actress and screenwriter
- 1990 â Shelby Miller, American baseball player[33]
- 1990 â Geno Smith, American football player
- 1990 â Kolten Wong, American baseball player[34]
- 1991 â Michael Carter-Williams, American basketball player
- 1991 â Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1991 â Lali Espósito, Argentinian actress and singer[35]
- 1991 â Mariana Pajón, Colombian cyclist
- 1991 â Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss footballer
- 1992 â Anthony Brown, American basketball player[36]
- 1993 â Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Cuban baseball player[37]
- 1993 â Jayden Stockley, English footballer
- 1994 â Bae Suzy, South Korean singer, actress and model[38]
- 1994 â Mike Tobey, American-Slovenian basketball player[39]
- 1994 â Marquez Valdes-Scantling, American football player[40]
- 1995 â Courtland Sutton, American football player[41]
- 1996 â Sami Niku, Finnish ice hockey player[22]
- 2002 â Josh Giddey, Australian basketball player[42]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- AD 19 â Germanicus, Roman general (born 15 BC)
- 644 â Paulinus of York, English bishop and missionary
- 680 â Abbas ibn Ali, son of Imam Ali
- 680 â Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn, son of Al-Husayn
- 680 â Habib ibn Madhahir
- 680 â Husayn ibn Ali, third Shia Imam and grandson of Muhammad (born 626)
- 827 â Pope Valentine (born 800)
- 937 â Wang Lingmou, chancellor of Wu
- 1149 â Al-Hafiz, Fatimid imam-caliph (born 1074/77)[43]
- 1174 â Adela of Ponthieu, Countess of Surrey[44]
- 1213 â Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine
- 1308 â Patrick Dunbar, 8th Earl of Dunbar
- 1359 â Hugh IV of Cyprus (born 1295)
- 1503 â Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (born 1438)
- 1581 â Bayinnaung, Burmese king (born 1516)[45]
1601â1900
- 1659 â Abel Tasman, Dutch merchant and explorer (born 1603)
- 1691 â Isaac de Benserade, French author and poet (born 1613)
- 1708 â David Gregory, Scottish mathematician and astronomer (born 1659)
- 1714 â Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist and academic (born 1646)
- 1720 â Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (born 1640)
- 1723 â William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1665)
- 1725 â Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, French politician, Governor of New France (born 1643)
- 1747 â John Potter, English archbishop and academic (born 1674)
- 1759 â Granville Elliott, English general (born 1713)
- 1765 â Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1688)
- 1795 â Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian historian and theologian (born 1714)
- 1800 â Gabriel Prosser, American rebel leader (born 1776)
- 1806 â Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (born 1772)
- 1827 â Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet (born 1778)
- 1837 â Charles Fourier, French philosopher and academic (born 1772)[46]
- 1857 â George Washington Parke Custis, American author and playwright (born 1781)
- 1872 â William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (born 1801)
- 1875 â Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian author, poet, and playwright (born 1817)
- 1876 â Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist and meteorologist (born 1814)
- 1893 â Lip Pike, American baseball player and manager (born 1845)
- 1894 â William Robinson (Canadian architect), Canadian architect and land surveyor (b. 1812)[47]
1901âpresent
- 1901 â Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1814)
- 1913 â Adolphus Busch, German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (born 1839)
- 1913 â Katsura TarÅ, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1848)
- 1914 â Carol I of Romania (born 1839)
- 1918 â Henry Dobson, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Tasmania (born 1841)
- 1922 â Andreas Karkavitsas, Greek physician and author (born 1866)
- 1923 â Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Peruvian general, President of Peru (born 1836)[48]
- 1927 â August Kitzberg, Estonian author and playwright (born 1855)
- 1927 â Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot and engineer (born 1874)
- 1930 â Adolf Engler, German botanist and academic (born 1844)
- 1935 â Gustave Loiseau, French painter (born 1865)
- 1936 â Abul Kasem, Bengali politician (born 1872)[49]
- 1940 â Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (born 1876)
- 1942 â Arnold Majewski, Finnish military hero of Polish descent (killed in action) (born 1892)[50]
- 1948 â Ted Horn, American race car driver (born 1910)
- 1949 â Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese engineer, businessman, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (born 1884)
- 1953 â Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand general, lawyer, and judge (born 1884)
- 1957 â Karl Genzken, German physician and convicted war criminal (born 1885)[51]
- 1962 â Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian-Polish architect (born 1891)
- 1963 â Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach (born 1893)
- 1963 â Ãdith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1915)
- 1964 â Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1892)
- 1964 â Heinrich Neuhaus, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and educator (born 1888)
- 1966 â Charlotte Cooper, English-Scottish tennis player (born 1870)
- 1966 â Louise Thuliez, French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II, and author (born 1881)[52]
- 1970 â Ãdouard Daladier, French captain and politician, 105th Prime Minister of France (born 1884)
- 1971 â John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian and scholar (born 1901)
- 1973 â Ludwig von Mises, Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (born 1881)
- 1974 â Joseph Wulf, German-Polish historian (born 1912)[53]
- 1976 â Silvana ArmenuliÄ, Bosnian singer and actress (born 1939)
- 1976 â Mirsada Mirjana BajraktareviÄ, Bosnian singer-songwriter (born 1951)
- 1977 â Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (born 1930)
- 1978 â Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1914)
- 1978 â Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician (born 1910)
- 1979 â Christopher Evans, English psychologist, computer scientist, and author (born 1931)
- 1979 â Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor (born 1886)
- 1982 â Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (born 1908)
- 1983 â Ralph Richardson, English actor (born 1902)
- 1985 â Yul Brynner, Russian-American actor (born 1920)[54]
- 1985 â Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1915)
- 1986 â Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic (born 1899)
- 1987 â Behice Boran, Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist (born 1910)
- 1990 â Tom Murton, American penologist and activist (born 1928)
- 1990 â Nikolaos Pavlopoulos, Greek sculptor and academic (born 1909)
- 1990 â Dorothy Stanley, American educator (born 1924)[55]
- 1991 â Nickolaus Hirschl, Austrian wrestler, discus thrower, and shot putter (born 1906)
- 1997 â Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian-born American theoretical chemist, developer of the DewarâChattâDuncanson model (born 1918)
- 1998 â Clark Clifford, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1906)
- 1998 â Marvin Gay Sr., American minister (born 1914)
- 1998 â Tommy Quaid, Irish hurler and manager (born 1957)
- 2000 â Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born 1916)
- 2001 â Eddie Futch, American boxer and trainer (born 1911)
- 2001 â Vasily Mishin, Russian engineer (born 1917)
- 2003 â Eila Hiltunen, Finnish sculptor (born 1922)
- 2003 â Eugene Istomin, American pianist (born 1925)
- 2004 â Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (born 1963)
- 2004 â Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (born 1952)
- 2004 â Arthur H. Robinson, American geographer and cartographer (born 1915)
- 2004 â Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (born 1932)
- 2005 â Wayne C. Booth, American educator and critic (born 1921)
- 2005 â Milton Obote, Ugandan politician, 2nd President of Uganda (born 1925)
- 2006 â Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and academic (born 1932)
- 2006 â Ian Scott, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1934)
- 2008 â Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (born 1947)
- 2009 â Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1976)
- 2010 â Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter and preacher (born 1940)
- 2010 â Joan Sutherland, Australian-Swiss soprano and actress (born 1926)
- 2011 â Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1941)
- 2012 â Sam Gibbons, American captain and politician (born 1920)
- 2012 â Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (born 1935)
- 2012 â Piotr Lenartowicz, Polish philosopher and educator (born 1934)
- 2012 â Basil L. Plumley, American sergeant (born 1920)
- 2012 â Mark Poster, American philosopher and educator (born 1941)
- 2012 â Kyaw Zaw, Burmese commander and politician (born 1919)
- 2013 â Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (born 1925)
- 2013 â Jay Conrad Levinson, American author and educator (born 1933)
- 2013 â Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (born 1927)
- 2013 â Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (born 1932)
- 2014 â Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (born 1958)
- 2014 â Damiana Eugenio, Filipino author and academic (born 1921)
- 2014 â Valeri Karpov, Russian ice hockey player (born 1971)
- 2014 â Lari Ketner, American football and basketball player (born 1977)
- 2014 â Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (born 1936)
- 2014 â Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (born 1947)
- 2015 â Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (born 1952)
- 2015 â Hilla Becher, German photographer and educator (born 1934)
- 2015 â Manorama, Indian (Tamil) actress (born 1937)[56]
- 2015 â Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (born 1949)
- 2015 â Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (born 1924)
- 2016 â Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (born 1926)
- 2021 â Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical scientist (born 1936)[57]
- 2022 â Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (born 1939)[58]
- 2024 â Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet (born 1934)[59]
- 2024 â Ethel Kennedy, American philanthropist (born 1928)[60]
- 2025 â John Lodge, English singer-songwriter and bassist (born 1943)[61]
Holidays and observances
- Arbor Day (Poland)
- Army Day (Sri Lanka)
- Capital Liberation Day (Vietnam)
- Christian feast day:
- Blessed Angela Truszkowska
- Cerbonius
- Daniele Comboni
- Eulampius and Eulampia
- Gereon and companions
- Blessed MarÃa Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray (Maria Desposorios)
- Paulinus of York (in England)
- Pinytus
- Tanca
- Vida Dutton Scudder (Episcopal Church)
- Viktor of Xanten
- October 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (Sint Maarten)[62]
- Curaçao Day, anniversary of autonomy[63][64]
- Double Ten Day (The National Day of Republic of China), celebrates outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising in 1911 that led to founding of the Republic of China in 1912
- Fiji Day (Fiji)[65]
- Finnish Literature Day (Finland)
- Independence Day (Cuba)[66]
- Party Foundation Day (North Korea)
- World Day Against the Death Penalty
- World Mental Health Day[67]
- World Porridge Day
