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 – 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]
- 415 – The second church structure of Hagia Sophia was inaugurated.[2]
- 680 – The Battle of Karbala marks the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali.[3]
- 732 – Charles Martel's forces defeat an Umayyad army near Tours, France.
- 1471 – 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 – The crew of Christopher Columbus's ship, the Santa Maria, attempt a mutiny.[4]
- 1507 – The Kingdom of Hormuz recognises the sovereignty of the Portuguese king following a battle with the forces of Afonso de Albuquerque.[5]
- 1575 – Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise, defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
- 1580 – Over 600 Papal troops land in Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion.
1601–1900
- 1760 – In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname – descended from escaped slaves – gain territorial autonomy.
- 1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
- 1814 – War of 1812: The United States Revenue Marine attempts to defend the cutter Eagle from the Royal Navy.
- 1845 – In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 students.
- 1846 – Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell.
- 1868 – The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
1901–present
- 1903 – The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.[6]
- 1911 – The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
- 1913 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
- 1918 – RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the largest loss of life on the Irish Sea.[7][8]
- 1920 – The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
- 1928 – Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
- 1933 – A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
- 1935 – In Greece, a coup d'état ends the Second Hellenic Republic.
- 1938 – Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
- 1945 – The Double Tenth Agreement is signed by the Communist Party and the Kuomintang about the future of China.
- 1954 – 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.[9]
- 1957 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
- 1957 – The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
- 1963 – France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
- 1963 – The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.
- 1964 – The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites.
- 1967 – The Outer Space Treaty comes into force.
- 1970 – Fiji becomes independent.
- 1970 – Canada's October Crisis escalates when Quebec Vice Premier Pierre Laporte is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec.
- 1971 – Aeroflot Flight 773 is destroyed by a bomb over Moscow Oblast, killing 25.[10]
- 1973 – U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.
- 1975 – Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
- 1979 – The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant began operations in Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland.[11]
- 1980 – The 7.1 Mw El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.
- 1980 – The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador.
- 1985 – US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy.
- 1986 – A 5.7 Mw San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500.
- 1997 – Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.
- 1998 – A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises jetliner is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.
- 2002 – Iraq War: The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.[12]
- 2007 – Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.[13]
- 2009 – Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.
- 2010 – The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
- 2015 – Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+.
- 2018 – 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 – 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.[14]
- 2022 – Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.[15]
Births
Pre-1600
- AD 19 – Tiberius Gemellus, Roman son of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla; adoptive son of the Emperor Caligula (died 38)
- 786 – Saga, emperor of Japan (died 842)
- 867 – Li Siyuan, Chinese emperor (died 933)
- 1332 – King Charles II of Navarre (died 1387)
- 1344 – Mary of Waltham, duchess of Brittany (died 1361)
- 1355 – Zhu Biao, Chinese prince (died 1392)
- 1421 – John Paston, English politician (died 1466)
- 1486 – Charles III, Duke of Savoy (died 1553)
- 1554 – Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg and Lord of Rheda (died 1606)
- 1560 – Jacobus Arminius, Dutch theologian (died 1609)
- 1567 – Catalina Micaela of Spain, Infanta of the House of Habsburg (died 1597)
- 1584 – Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke (died 1649)
- 1599 – Étienne Moulinié, French composer and director (died 1676)
1601–1900
- 1629 – Richard Towneley, English mathematician and astronomer (died 1707)
- 1646 – Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, French noblewoman (died 1705)
- 1656 – Nicolas de Largillière, French painter and academic (died 1746)
- 1669 – Johann Nicolaus Bach, German organist and composer (died 1753)
- 1678 – John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish general and politician, Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland (died 1743)
- 1684 – Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter (died 1721)
- 1700 – Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor and illustrator (died 1759)
- 1731 – Henry Cavendish, French-English chemist, physicist, and philosopher (died 1810)
- 1738 – Benjamin West, American painter (died 1820)[16]
- 1770 – Adam Johann von Krusenstern Imperial Russian Admiral and explorer (died 1846)[17]
- 1780 – John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher (died 1844)
- 1794 – William Whiting Boardman, American judge and politician (died 1871)
- 1810 – Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (died 1897)
- 1813 – Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer and philanthropist (died 1901)
- 1819 – Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, German theologian and author (died 1883)
- 1825 – Paul Kruger, South African soldier and politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (died 1904)
- 1828 – Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1890)
- 1830 – Isabella II of Spain (died 1904)
- 1834 – Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (died 1872)
- 1837 – Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (died 1863)
- 1842 – Emily Dobson, Australian philanthropist (died 1934)[18]
- 1858 – Maurice Prendergast, American painter and academic (died 1924)
- 1861 – Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)
- 1863 – Louis Cyr, French Canadian strongman (died 1912)[19]
- 1864 – T. Frank Appleby, American businessman and politician (died 1924)
- 1870 – Louise Mack, Australian journalist, author, and poet (died 1935)
- 1872 – Dionysios Kasdaglis, Egyptian-Greek tennis player (died 1931)
- 1877 – William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (died 1963)
- 1884 – Nikolai Klyuev, Russian poet and author (died 1937)
- 1884 – Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (died 1958)
- 1885 – Walter Anderson, Belarusian-German ethnologist and academic (died 1962)
- 1885 – Jean Peyrière, French actor (died 1965)
- 1889 – Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter and forger (died 1947)
- 1895 – Alfred Neuland, Estonian weightlifter (died 1966)
- 1895 – Fridolf Rhudin, Swedish actor (died 1935)
- 1895 – Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (died 1945)
- 1898 – Lilly Daché, French-American fashion designer (died 1989)
- 1900 – Helen Hayes, American actress (died 1993)
1901–present
- 1901 – Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (died 1966)[20]
- 1902 – K. Shivaram Karanth, Indian journalist, author, and activist (died 1997)
- 1903 – Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (died 1983)
- 1903 – Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (died 1969)
- 1903 – Bei Shizhang, Chinese biologist and academic (died 2009)
- 1905 – Aksella Luts, Estonian actress, screenwriter, dancer, and choreographer (died 2005)
- 1906 – Paul Creston, American composer and educator (died 1985)
- 1906 – Fei Mu, Chinese director and screenwriter (died 1951)
- 1906 – R. K. Narayan, Indian author (died 2001)
- 1908 – Johnny Green, American conductor and composer (died 1989)
- 1908 – Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan author and poet (died 1983)
- 1909 – Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director (died 2010)
- 1910 – Price Daniel, American politician, 38th Governor of Texas (died 1988)[21]
- 1910 – Harold LeVander, American politician, 32nd Governor of Minnesota (died 1992)[22]
- 1910 – Julius Shulman, American photographer and environmentalist (died 2009)
- 1911 – Clare Hollingworth, English journalist and author (died 2017)
- 1912 – Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic (died 2000)
- 1913 – Claude Simon, Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)
- 1914 – Tommy Fine, American baseball player and businessman (died 2005)
- 1914 – Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1974)
- 1915 – Harry Edison, American trumpet player and composer (died 1999)
- 1917 – Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (died 1982)[20]
- 1919 – Willard Estey, Canadian academic and jurist (died 2002)
- 1919 – Gerry Gomez, Trinidadian cricketer, manager, and umpire (died 1996)
- 1919 – Kim Ki-young, South Korean director, screenwriter, producer, and editor (died 1997)
- 1919 – William Kruskal, American mathematician and statistician (died 2005)
- 1919 – Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014)
- 1920 – Gail Halvorsen, American air force pilot known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" (died 2022)
- 1921 – James Clavell, English and American writer, filmmaker and a British Army officer during WW II (died 1994)[23]
- 1922 – Merv Pregulman, American football player, businessman, and philanthropist (died 2012)
- 1923 – Louis Gottlieb, American singer and bass player (died 1996)
- 1923 – Nicholas Parsons, English actor and game show host (died 2020)
- 1923 – Murray Walker, English journalist and sportscaster (died 2021)
- 1924 – James Clavell, Australian-American director, producer, screenwriter, and author (died 1994)
- 1924 – Ludmilla Tchérina, French actress, ballerina, and choreographer (died 2004)
- 1924 – Ed Wood, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter (died 1978)[20]
- 1926 – Oscar Brown, American singer-songwriter, playwright, and actor (died 2005)
- 1926 – Richard Jaeckel, American actor (died 1997)
- 1927 – Dana Elcar, American actor and director (died 2005)
- 1927 – Jon Locke, American actor (died 2013)
- 1927 – Thomas Wilson, American-Scottish composer and educator (died 2001)
- 1928 – Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (died 2008)[24]
- 1928 – Sheila Walsh, English author (died 2009)
- 1929 – Ayten Alpman, Turkish singer (died 2012)
- 1929 – Herb Levinson, American actor (died 2012)
- 1929 – Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (died 2014)
- 1930 – Eugenio Castellotti, Italian race car driver (died 1957)
- 1930 – Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)
- 1930 – Harold Pinter, English playwright, screenwriter, director Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
- 1930 – Adlai Stevenson III, American lawyer and politician (died 2021)[25]
- 1932 – Harry Smith, English footballer (died 2016)[26]
- 1933 – Salome Bey, American-Canadian jazz singer and music producer (died 2020)[27]
- 1933 – Jay Sebring, American hair stylist and businessman (died 1969)
- 1935 – Khalil al-Wazir, Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (died 1988)
- 1935 – André Bureau, Canadian lawyer and businessman (died 2019)
- 1935 – Judith Chalmers, English television host and actress (died 2026)
- 1936 – Gerhard Ertl, German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1937 – Bruce Devlin, Australian golfer and sportscaster
- 1937 – Peter Underwood, Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (died 2014)
- 1938 – Oleg Gordievsky, Russian intelligence officer and author (died 2025)
- 1938 – Leroy Hood, American biologist and academic
- 1938 – Daidō Moriyama, Japanese photographer
- 1938 – Lily Tuck, American novelist and short story writer
- 1940 – Winston Churchill, English journalist and politician (died 2010)
- 1941 – Peter Coyote, American actor, director, and screenwriter[28]
- 1941 – Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (died 1995)
- 1942 – Janis Hansen, American singer and author (died 2017)
- 1942 – Radu Vasile, Romanian historian and politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania (died 2013)
- 1943 – Frederick Barthelme, American novelist and short story writer
- 1944 – Eurig Wyn, Welsh politician (died 2019)[29]
- 1945 – Christopher Hill, English bishop
- 1945 – Vanburn Holder, Barbadian cricketer
- 1945 – Headman Shabalala, South African bass singer (died 1991)
- 1946 – Charles Dance, English actor, director, and screenwriter[28]
- 1946 – Naoto Kan, Japanese lawyer and politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan
- 1946 – Peter Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1946 – Anne Mather, English author and screenwriter
- 1946 – John Prine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)[20]
- 1946 – Raymond Tallis, English physician, philosopher, author, and academic
- 1946 – Chris Tarrant, English radio and television host
- 1946 – Ben Vereen, American actor, singer, and dancer[28]
- 1946 – Willard White, Jamaican-English actor and singer
- 1947 – Gary Beach, American actor and singer (died 2018)
- 1947 – Giant Haystacks, English wrestler (died 1998)
- 1948 – Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough, English academic and businesswoman
- 1948 – Cyril Neville, American R&B percussionist and singer[28]
- 1948 – Séverine, French singer and actress
- 1949 – Warren Burt, American-Australian composer
- 1949 – Lance Cairns, New Zealand cricketer
- 1949 – Jessica Harper, American actress[28]
- 1949 – Wang Wanxing, Chinese activist
- 1950 – Charlie George, English footballer
- 1950 – Nora Roberts, American author[20]
- 1951 – Epeli Ganilau, Fijian general and politician, 16th Minister for Fijian Affairs (died 2023)
- 1952 – Bob Nystrom, Swedish ice hockey player[30]
- 1952 – Dela Smith, English educator
- 1953 – Fiona Rae, Scottish painter
- 1953 – Midge Ure, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[28]
- 1953 – Aleksander Veingold, Estonian chess player and coach
- 1953 – Gus Williams, American basketball player
- 1954 – Václav Patejdl, Slovak musician (died 2023)[31]
- 1954 – Rekha, Indian actress
- 1954 – David Lee Roth, American singer-songwriter and producer[28]
- 1954 – Fernando Santos, Portuguese footballer and manager
- 1956 – Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress and producer
- 1956 – David Hempleman-Adams, English businessman and adventurer
- 1956 – Taur Matan Ruak, East Timorese politician, 3rd President of East Timor
- 1957 – Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese author and illustrator
- 1958 – Tanya Tucker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[28]
- 1959 – Michael Cobley, English-Scottish author
- 1959 – Kirsty MacColl, English singer-songwriter (died 2000)
- 1959 – Arif Peçenek, Turkish football player and manager (died 2013)
- 1959 – Bill Rammell, English academic and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
- 1959 – Julia Sweeney, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter[28]
- 1959 – Bradley Whitford, American actor and producer[28]
- 1960 – Ron Flockhart, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1960 – Russell Slade, English football manager
- 1960 – Simon Townshend, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1961 – Henrik Jørgensen, Danish runner (died 2019)
- 1961 – Martin Kemp, English singer-songwriter and bass player[28]
- 1961 – Crystal Waters, American singer-songwriter, musician and producer
- 1962 – Thomas Rusch, German photographer
- 1963 – Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer
- 1963 – Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (died 2003)
- 1963 – Daniel Pearl, American-Israeli journalist (died 2002)[20]
- 1963 – Vegard Ulvang, Norwegian skier
- 1964 – Sarah Lancashire, English actress and director
- 1965 – Toshi, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
- 1965 – Chris Penn, American actor (died 2006)
- 1966 – Tony Adams, English footballer and manager
- 1966 – Bai Ling, Chinese-American model and actress[20]
- 1967 – Michael Giacchino, American composer
- 1967 – Jonathan Littell, American-French author and humanitarian
- 1967 – Mike Malinin, American drummer and producer
- 1967 – Gavin Newsom, American businessman and politician, 40th and current Governor of California[20]
- 1967 – Jacek Zieliński, Polish footballer and coach
- 1968 – Bart Brentjens, Dutch cyclist
- 1968 – Feridun Düzağaç, Turkish singer-songwriter
- 1968 – Chris Ofili, British painter
- 1969 – Manu Bennett, New Zealand-Australian actor[32]
- 1969 – Dilsa Demirbag Sten, Swedish journalist and author
- 1969 – Francis Escudero, Filipino lawyer and politician
- 1969 – Brett Favre, American football player[20]
- 1969 – Wendi McLendon-Covey, American actress[28]
- 1970 – Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, German sled racer
- 1970 – Matthew Pinsent, English rower and sportscaster
- 1971 – Graham Alexander, English-Scottish footballer and manager
- 1971 – Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist
- 1972 – Jun Lana, Filipino director, producer, playwright, and screenwriter
- 1972 – Alexei Zhitnik, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
- 1973 – Mario Lopez, American actor, television personality, and producer[28]
- 1973 – Zach Thornton, American soccer player and coach
- 1974 – Asi Cohen, Israeli actor and screenwriter
- 1974 – Oded Kattash, Israeli basketball player and coach[33]
- 1974 – Julio Ricardo Cruz, Argentinian footballer
- 1974 – Dale Earnhardt Jr., American race car driver and actor[20]
- 1974 – Lucy Powell, English politician
- 1974 – Chris Pronger, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 – Ihsahn, Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1975 – Ramón Morales, Mexican footballer and manager
- 1975 – Plácido Polanco, Dominican-American baseball player
- 1976 – Bob Burnquist, Brazilian-American skateboarder
- 1976 – Pat Burrell, American baseball player
- 1976 – Shane Doan, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1978 – Naomi Levari, Israeli film producer and director
- 1978 – Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, American model and actress[28]
- 1979 – Kangta, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1979 – Nicolás Massú, Chilean tennis player
- 1979 – Mýa, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress[28]
- 1980 – Julie Pomagalski, French snowboarder (died 2021)[34]
- 1981 – Una Healy, Irish singer-songwriter, member of The Saturdays[35]
- 1981 – Gavin Shuker, English lawyer and politician
- 1981 – Laura Tobin, English weather reporter
- 1982 – Yasser Al-Qahtani, Saudi Arabian footballer
- 1982 – David Cal, Spanish sprint canoeist[36]
- 1982 – Tony Khan, American sports executive[37]
- 1982 – Dan Stevens, English actor[38]
- 1984 – Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer
- 1984 – Jean-Baptiste Grange, French skier
- 1984 – Ryan Hollins, American basketball player and commentator[39]
- 1984 – Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress and singer
- 1984 – Paul Posluszny, American football player
- 1984 – Troy Tulowitzki, American baseball player
- 1985 – Marina Diamandis, Welsh singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1985 – Bronson Harrison, New Zealand rugby league player[40]
- 1985 – Rostislav Olesz, Czech ice hockey player[41]
- 1986 – Nathan Jawai, Australian basketball player
- 1986 – Andrew McCutchen, American baseball player
- 1986 – Ellen Andrea Wang, Norwegian bassist and composer
- 1987 – Ryan Mathews, American football player
- 1988 – Shaun Fensom, Australian rugby league player
- 1988 – Brown Ideye, Nigerian footballer
- 1988 – Rose McIver, New Zealand actress[28]
- 1989 – Jeurys Familia, Dominican baseball player[42]
- 1989 – Emer Kenny, English actress and screenwriter
- 1990 – Shelby Miller, American baseball player[43]
- 1990 – Geno Smith, American football player
- 1990 – Kolten Wong, American baseball player[44]
- 1991 – Michael Carter-Williams, American basketball player
- 1991 – Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1991 – Lali Espósito, Argentinian actress and singer[45]
- 1991 – Mariana Pajón, Colombian cyclist
- 1991 – Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss footballer
- 1992 – Anthony Brown, American basketball player[46]
- 1993 – Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Cuban baseball player[47]
- 1993 – Jayden Stockley, English footballer
- 1994 – Bae Suzy, South Korean singer, actress and model[48]
- 1994 – Mike Tobey, American-Slovenian basketball player[49]
- 1994 – Marquez Valdes-Scantling, American football player[50]
- 1995 – Brenko Lee, Australian-Tongan rugby league player[51]
- 1995 – Courtland Sutton, American football player[52]
- 1996 – Sami Niku, Finnish ice hockey player[30]
- 2002 – Josh Giddey, Australian basketball player[53]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- AD 19 – Germanicus, Roman general (born 15 BC)
- 644 – Paulinus of York, English bishop and missionary
- 680 – Abbas ibn Ali, son of Imam Ali
- 680 – Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn, son of Al-Husayn
- 680 – Habib ibn Madhahir
- 680 – Husayn ibn Ali, third Shia Imam and grandson of Muhammad (born 626)
- 827 – Pope Valentine (born 800)
- 937 – Wang Lingmou, chancellor of Wu
- 1149 – Al-Hafiz, Fatimid imam-caliph (born 1074/77)[54]
- 1174 – Adela of Ponthieu, Countess of Surrey[55]
- 1213 – Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine
- 1308 – Patrick Dunbar, 8th Earl of Dunbar
- 1359 – Hugh IV of Cyprus (born 1295)
- 1503 – Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (born 1438)
- 1581 – Bayinnaung, Burmese king (born 1516)[56]
1601–1900
- 1659 – Abel Tasman, Dutch merchant and explorer (born 1603)
- 1691 – Isaac de Benserade, French author and poet (born 1613)
- 1708 – David Gregory, Scottish mathematician and astronomer (born 1659)
- 1714 – Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist and academic (born 1646)
- 1720 – Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (born 1640)
- 1723 – William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1665)
- 1725 – Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, French politician, Governor of New France (born 1643)
- 1747 – John Potter, English archbishop and academic (born 1674)
- 1759 – Granville Elliott, English general (born 1713)
- 1765 – Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1688)
- 1795 – Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian historian and theologian (born 1714)
- 1800 – Gabriel Prosser, American rebel leader (born 1776)
- 1806 – Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (born 1772)
- 1827 – Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet (born 1778)
- 1837 – Charles Fourier, French philosopher and academic (born 1772)[57]
- 1857 – George Washington Parke Custis, American author and playwright (born 1781)
- 1872 – William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (born 1801)
- 1875 – Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian author, poet, and playwright (born 1817)
- 1876 – Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist and meteorologist (born 1814)
- 1893 – Lip Pike, American baseball player and manager (born 1845)
- 1894 – William Robinson (Canadian architect), Canadian architect and land surveyor (b. 1812)[58]
1901–present
- 1901 – Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1814)
- 1913 – Adolphus Busch, German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (born 1839)
- 1913 – Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1848)
- 1914 – Carol I of Romania (born 1839)
- 1918 – Henry Dobson, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Tasmania (born 1841)
- 1922 – Andreas Karkavitsas, Greek physician and author (born 1866)
- 1923 – Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Peruvian general, President of Peru (born 1836)[59]
- 1927 – August Kitzberg, Estonian author and playwright (born 1855)
- 1927 – Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot and engineer (born 1874)
- 1930 – Adolf Engler, German botanist and academic (born 1844)
- 1935 – Gustave Loiseau, French painter (born 1865)
- 1936 – Abul Kasem, Bengali politician (born 1872)[60]
- 1940 – Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (born 1876)
- 1942 – Arnold Majewski, Finnish military hero of Polish descent (killed in action) (born 1892)[61]
- 1948 – Ted Horn, American race car driver (born 1910)
- 1949 – Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese engineer, businessman, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (born 1884)
- 1953 – Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand general, lawyer, and judge (born 1884)
- 1957 – Karl Genzken, German physician and convicted war criminal (born 1885)[62]
- 1962 – Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian-Polish architect (born 1891)
- 1963 – Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach (born 1893)
- 1963 – Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1915)
- 1964 – Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1892)
- 1964 – Heinrich Neuhaus, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and educator (born 1888)
- 1966 – Charlotte Cooper, English-Scottish tennis player (born 1870)
- 1966 – Louise Thuliez, French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II, and author (born 1881)[63]
- 1970 – Édouard Daladier, French captain and politician, 105th Prime Minister of France (born 1884)
- 1971 – John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian and scholar (born 1901)
- 1973 – Ludwig von Mises, Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (born 1881)
- 1974 – Joseph Wulf, German-Polish historian (born 1912)[64]
- 1976 – Silvana Armenulić, Bosnian singer and actress (born 1939)
- 1976 – Mirsada Mirjana Bajraktarević, Bosnian singer-songwriter (born 1951)
- 1977 – Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (born 1930)
- 1978 – Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1914)
- 1978 – Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician (born 1910)
- 1979 – Christopher Evans, English psychologist, computer scientist, and author (born 1931)
- 1979 – Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor (born 1886)
- 1982 – Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (born 1908)
- 1983 – Ralph Richardson, English actor (born 1902)
- 1985 – Yul Brynner, Russian-American actor (born 1920)[65]
- 1985 – Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1915)
- 1986 – Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic (born 1899)
- 1987 – Behice Boran, Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist (born 1910)
- 1990 – Tom Murton, American penologist and activist (born 1928)
- 1990 – Nikolaos Pavlopoulos, Greek sculptor and academic (born 1909)
- 1990 – Dorothy Stanley, American educator (born 1924)[66]
- 1991 – Nickolaus Hirschl, Austrian wrestler, discus thrower, and shot putter (born 1906)
- 1997 – Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian-born American theoretical chemist, developer of the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model (born 1918)
- 1998 – Clark Clifford, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1906)
- 1998 – Marvin Gay Sr., American minister (born 1914)
- 1998 – Tommy Quaid, Irish hurler and manager (born 1957)
- 2000 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born 1916)
- 2001 – Eddie Futch, American boxer and trainer (born 1911)
- 2001 – Vasily Mishin, Russian engineer (born 1917)
- 2003 – Eila Hiltunen, Finnish sculptor (born 1922)
- 2003 – Eugene Istomin, American pianist (born 1925)
- 2004 – Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (born 1963)
- 2004 – Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (born 1952)
- 2004 – Arthur H. Robinson, American geographer and cartographer (born 1915)
- 2004 – Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (born 1932)
- 2005 – Wayne C. Booth, American educator and critic (born 1921)
- 2005 – Milton Obote, Ugandan politician, 2nd President of Uganda (born 1925)
- 2006 – Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and academic (born 1932)
- 2006 – Ian Scott, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1934)
- 2008 – Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (born 1947)
- 2009 – Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1976)
- 2010 – Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter and preacher (born 1940)
- 2010 – Joan Sutherland, Australian-Swiss soprano and actress (born 1926)
- 2011 – Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1941)
- 2012 – Sam Gibbons, American captain and politician (born 1920)
- 2012 – Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (born 1935)
- 2012 – Piotr Lenartowicz, Polish philosopher and educator (born 1934)
- 2012 – Basil L. Plumley, American sergeant (born 1920)
- 2012 – Mark Poster, American philosopher and educator (born 1941)
- 2012 – Kyaw Zaw, Burmese commander and politician (born 1919)
- 2013 – Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (born 1925)
- 2013 – Jay Conrad Levinson, American author and educator (born 1933)
- 2013 – Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (born 1927)
- 2013 – Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (born 1932)
- 2014 – Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (born 1958)
- 2014 – Damiana Eugenio, Filipino author and academic (born 1921)
- 2014 – Valeri Karpov, Russian ice hockey player (born 1971)
- 2014 – Lari Ketner, American football and basketball player (born 1977)
- 2014 – Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (born 1936)
- 2014 – Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (born 1947)
- 2015 – Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (born 1952)
- 2015 – Hilla Becher, German photographer and educator (born 1934)
- 2015 – Manorama, Indian (Tamil) actress (born 1937)[67]
- 2015 – Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (born 1949)
- 2015 – Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (born 1924)
- 2016 – Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (born 1926)
- 2021 – Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical scientist (born 1936)[68]
- 2022 – Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (born 1939)[69]
- 2024 – Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet (born 1934)[70]
- 2024 – Ethel Kennedy, American philanthropist (born 1928)[71]
- 2025 – John Lodge, English singer-songwriter and bassist (born 1943)[72]
Holidays and observances
- Aleksis Kivi Day, also known as the Finnish Literature Day (Finland)
- Arbor Day (Poland)
- Army Day (Sri Lanka)
- Capital Liberation Day (Vietnam)
- Christian feast day:
- Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska[73]
- Cerbonius[73]
- Daniele Comboni[73]
- Blessed Edward Detkens[73]
- Eulampius and Eulampia[73]
- Gereon and companions[73]
- Blessed María Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray (Maria Desposorios)
- Paulinus of York[73]
- Pinytus[73]
- Tanca[73]
- Vida Dutton Scudder (Episcopal Church)
- Viktor of Xanten
- October 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (Sint Maarten)[74]
- Curaçao Day, anniversary of autonomy[75][76]
- 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)[77]
- Independence Day (Cuba)[78]
- Party Foundation Day (North Korea)
- World Day Against the Death Penalty
- World Mental Health Day[79]
- World Porridge Day
