Events That Happened on October 10

Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

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.

The National Fire and Rescue Administration is founded, replacing the China Fire Services [zh] and the People's Armed Police Forestry Corps [zh] as China's primary firefighting agency.

Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+.

The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.

Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.

Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.

Iraq War: The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.

A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises jetliner is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.

A 5.7 Mw  San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500.

US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy.

The 7.1 Mw  El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.

The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador.

The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant began operations in Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland.

Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.

U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.

Aeroflot Flight 773 is destroyed by a bomb over Moscow Oblast, killing 25.

Fiji becomes independent.

Canada's October Crisis escalates when Quebec Vice Premier Pierre Laporte is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec.

King Crimson releases their debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King.

The Outer Space Treaty comes into force.

The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites.

France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.

The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.

The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.

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.

The Double Tenth Agreement is signed by the Communist Party and the Kuomintang about the future of China.

Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.

In Greece, a coup d'état ends the Second Hellenic Republic.

A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.

Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.

The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.

RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the largest loss of life on the Irish Sea.

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.

The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.

The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.

The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.

Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell.

In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 students.

War of 1812: The United States Revenue Marine attempts to defend the cutter Eagle from the Royal Navy.

The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.

In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname – descended from escaped slaves – gain territorial autonomy.

Over 600 Papal troops land in Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion.

Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise, defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.

The crew of Christopher Columbus's ship, the Santa Maria, attempt a mutiny.

Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by King Christian I of Denmark.

Charles Martel's forces defeat an Umayyad army near Tours, France.

The Battle of Karbala marks the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali.

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.

Josh Giddey, Australian basketball player

Nate Yarnell, American Football Player

Sami Niku, Finnish ice hockey player

Brenko Lee, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

Courtland Sutton, American football player

Ilya Mikheyev, Russian ice hockey player

Tereza Smitková, Czech tennis player

Bae Suzy, South Korean singer, actress and model

Mike Tobey, American-Slovenian basketball player

Marquez Valdes-Scantling, American football player

Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Cuban baseball player

Jayden Stockley, English footballer

Anthony Brown, American basketball player

Michael Carter-Williams, American basketball player

Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer-songwriter and producer

Lali Espósito, Argentinian actress and singer

Mariana Pajón, Colombian cyclist

Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss footballer

Shelby Miller, American baseball player

Geno Smith, American football player

Kolten Wong, American baseball player

Jeurys Familia, Dominican baseball player

Emer Kenny, English actress and screenwriter

Aimee Teegarden, American actress and producer

Luis Cardozo, Paraguayan footballer

Shaun Fensom, Australian rugby league player

Brown Ideye, Nigerian footballer

Rose McIver, New Zealand actress

Emmanuel Nwachi, Nigerian footballer

Toby Smith, Australian-New Zealand rugby player

Rodjun Cruz, Filipino actor and dancer

Junior Madozein, Central African basketball player

Ryan Mathews, American football player

Colin Slade, New Zealand rugby player

Ezequiel Garay, Argentinian footballer

Lucy Griffiths, English actress

Nathan Jawai, Australian basketball player

Andrew McCutchen, American baseball player

Ellen Andrea Wang, Norwegian bassist and composer

Dominique Cornu, Belgian cyclist

Bronson Harrison, New Zealand rugby league player

Marina Diamandis, Welsh singer-songwriter and pianist

Rostislav Olesz, Czech ice hockey player

Sandra Záhlavová, Czech tennis player

Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer

Jean-Baptiste Grange, French skier

Ryan Hollins, American basketball player and commentator

Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress and singer

Tomáš Pöpperle, Czech ice hockey player

Paul Posluszny, American football player

Troy Tulowitzki, American baseball player

Lzzy Hale, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Vusimuzi Sibanda, Zimbabwean cricketer

Nikos Spyropoulos, Greek footballer

Tolga Zengin, Turkish footballer

Yasser Al-Qahtani, Saudi Arabian footballer

Amon Buchanan, Australian footballer

David Cal, Spanish sprint canoeist

Tony Khan, American sports executive

Dan Stevens, English actor

Una Foden, Irish singer-songwriter and dancer

Gavin Shuker, English lawyer and politician

Blaž Emeršič, Slovenian ice hockey player

Casey FitzSimmons, American football player

Elvis Hammond, Ghanaian footballer

Tim Maurer, American singer-songwriter

Julie Pomagalski, French snowboarder (died 2021)

Kangta, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

Nicolás Massú, Chilean tennis player

Mýa, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress

Joel Przybilla, American basketball player

Hitomi Satō, Japanese actress

Scott Dobie, English footballer

Naomi Levari, Israeli film producer and director

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, American model and actress

Bob Burnquist, Brazilian-American skateboarder

Pat Burrell, American baseball player

Shane Doan, Canadian ice hockey player

Ihsahn, Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Ramón Morales, Mexican footballer and manager

Plácido Polanco, Dominican-American baseball player

Asi Cohen, Israeli actor and screenwriter

Oded Kattash, Israeli basketball player and coach

Julio Ricardo Cruz, Argentinian footballer

Dale Earnhardt Jr., American race car driver and actor

Lucy Powell, English politician

Chris Pronger, Canadian ice hockey player

Mario Lopez, American actor, television personality, and producer

Scott Morriss, English bass player and songwriter

Zach Thornton, American soccer player and coach

Yinka Dare, Nigerian basketball player (died 2004)

Jun Lana, Filipino director, producer, playwright, and screenwriter

Dean Roland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Alexei Zhitnik, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player

Graham Alexander, English-Scottish footballer and manager

Ian Bennett, English footballer

Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist

Dean Kiely, Irish footballer

Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, German sled racer

Matthew Pinsent, English rower and sportscaster

Manu Bennett, New Zealand-Australian actor

Joelle Carter, American actress

Dilsa Demirbag Sten, Swedish journalist and author

Francis Escudero, Filipino lawyer and politician

Brett Favre, American football player

Shawn Jamison, American basketball player and coach

Wendi McLendon-Covey, American actress

Bart Brentjens, Dutch cyclist

Feridun Düzağaç, Turkish singer-songwriter

Chris Ofili, British painter

Marinos Ouzounidis, Greek footballer and manager

Michael Giacchino, American composer

Jonathan Littell, American-French author and humanitarian

Mike Malinin, American drummer and producer

Gavin Newsom, American businessman and politician, 40th and current Governor of California

Jacek Zieliński, Polish footballer and coach

Tony Adams, English footballer and manager

Bai Ling, Chinese-American model and actress

Derrick McKey, American basketball player

Toshi, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer

Chris Penn, American actor (died 2006)

Rebecca Pidgeon, American-English singer-songwriter and actress

Sarah Lancashire, English actress and director

Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer

Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (died 2003)

Daniel Pearl, American-Israeli journalist (died 2002)

Vegard Ulvang, Norwegian skier

Thomas Rusch, German photographer

Scott Hoffman, American drummer

Henrik Jørgensen, Danish runner (died 2019)

Martin Kemp, English singer-songwriter and bass player

Crystal Waters, American singer-songwriter, musician and producer

Ron Flockhart, Canadian ice hockey player

Eric Martin, American singer-songwriter

Russell Slade, English football manager

Paul Thiebaud, American art dealer (died 2010)

Simon Townshend, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Michael Cobley, English-Scottish author

Kirsty MacColl, English singer-songwriter (died 2000)

Arif Peçenek, Turkish football player and manager (died 2013)

Bill Rammell, English academic and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces

Julia Sweeney, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter

Bradley Whitford, American actor and producer

Tanya Tucker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese author and illustrator

Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress and producer

David Hempleman-Adams, English businessman and adventurer

Taur Matan Ruak, East Timorese politician, 3rd President of East Timor

Václav Patejdl, Slovak musician (died 2023)

Rekha, Indian actress

David Lee Roth, American singer-songwriter and producer

Fernando Santos, Portuguese footballer and manager

Fiona Rae, Scottish painter

Midge Ure, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Aleksander Veingold, Estonian chess player and coach

Gus Williams, American basketball player

Bob Nystrom, Swedish ice hockey player

Dela Smith, English educator

Epeli Ganilau, Fijian general and politician, 16th Minister for Fijian Affairs (died 2023)

Charlie George, English footballer

Nora Roberts, American author

Warren Burt, American-Australian composer

Lance Cairns, New Zealand cricketer

Jessica Harper, American actress

Wang Wanxing, Chinese activist

Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough, English academic and businesswoman

Cyril Neville, American R&B percussionist and singer

Séverine, French singer and actress

Gary Beach, American actor and singer (died 2018)

Giant Haystacks, English wrestler (died 1998)

Charles Dance, English actor, director, and screenwriter

Naoto Kan, Japanese lawyer and politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan

Peter Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Anne Mather, English author and screenwriter

John Prine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)

Raymond Tallis, English physician, philosopher, author, and academic

Chris Tarrant, English radio and television host

Ben Vereen, American actor, singer, and dancer

Willard White, Jamaican-English actor and singer

Christopher Hill, English bishop

Vanburn Holder, Barbadian cricketer

Headman Shabalala, South African bass singer (died 1991)

Frederick Barthelme, American novelist and short story writer

Janis Hansen, American singer and author (died 2017)

Radu Vasile, Romanian historian and politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania (died 2013)

Peter Coyote, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (died 1995)

Winston Churchill, English journalist and politician (died 2010)

Oleg Gordievsky, Russian intelligence officer and author (died 2025)

Leroy Hood, American biologist and academic

Daidō Moriyama, Japanese photographer

Lily Tuck, American novelist and short story writer

Bruce Devlin, Australian golfer and sportscaster

Peter Underwood, Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (died 2014)

Gerhard Ertl, German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

Khalil al-Wazir, Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (died 1988)

André Bureau, Canadian lawyer and businessman (died 2019)

Judith Chalmers, English television host and actress

Jay Sebring, American hair stylist and businessman (died 1969)

Harry Smith, English footballer (died 2016)

Eugenio Castellotti, Italian race car driver (died 1957)

Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)

Harold Pinter, English playwright, screenwriter, director Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)

Adlai Stevenson III, American lawyer and politician (died 2021)

Ayten Alpman, Turkish singer (died 2012)

Herb Levinson, American actor (died 2012)

Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (died 2014)

Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (died 2008)

Sheila Walsh, English author (died 2009)

Dana Elcar, American actor and director (died 2005)

Jon Locke, American actor (died 2013)

Thomas Wilson, American-Scottish composer and educator (died 2001)

Oscar Brown, American singer-songwriter, playwright, and actor (died 2005)

Richard Jaeckel, American actor (died 1997)

James Clavell, Australian-American director, producer, screenwriter, and author (died 1994)

Ludmilla Tchérina, French actress, ballerina, and choreographer (died 2004)

Ed Wood, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter (died 1978)

Louis Gottlieb, American singer and bass player (died 1996)

Nicholas Parsons, English actor and game show host (died 2020)

Murray Walker, English journalist and sportscaster (died 2021)

Merv Pregulman, American football player, businessman, and philanthropist (died 2012)

Gail Halvorsen, American air force pilot known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber." (died 2022)

Willard Estey, Canadian academic and jurist (died 2002)

Gerry Gomez, Trinidadian cricketer, manager, and umpire (died 1996)

Kim Ki-young, South Korean director, screenwriter, producer, and editor (died 1997)

William Kruskal, American mathematician and statistician (died 2005)

Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014)

Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (died 1982)

Harry Edison, American trumpet player and composer (died 1999)

Tommy Fine, American baseball player and businessman (died 2005)

Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1974)

Claude Simon, Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)

Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic (died 2000)

Clare Hollingworth, English journalist and author (died 2017)

Julius Shulman, American photographer and environmentalist (died 2009)

Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director (died 2010)

Johnny Green, American conductor and composer (died 1989)

Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan author and poet (died 1983)

Paul Creston, American composer and educator (died 1985)

Fei Mu, Chinese director and screenwriter (died 1951)

R. K. Narayan, Indian author (died 2001)

Aksella Luts, Estonian actress, screenwriter, dancer, and choreographer (died 2005)

Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (died 1983)

Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (died 1969)

Bei Shizhang, Chinese biologist and academic (died 2009)

K. Shivaram Karanth, Indian journalist, author, and activist (died 1997)

Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (died 1966)

Helen Hayes, American actress (died 1993)

Lilly Daché, French-American fashion designer (died 1989)

Alfred Neuland, Estonian weightlifter (died 1966)

Fridolf Rhudin, Swedish actor (died 1935)

Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (died 1945)

Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter and forger (died 1947)

Walter Anderson, Belarusian-German ethnologist and academic (died 1962)

Jean Peyrière, French actor (died 1965)

Nikolai Klyuev, Russian poet and author (died 1937)

Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (died 1958)

William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (died 1963)

Dionysios Kasdaglis, Egyptian-Greek tennis player (died 1931)

Louise Mack, Australian journalist, author, and poet (died 1935)

T. Frank Appleby, American businessman and politician (died 1924)

Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)

Maurice Prendergast, American painter and academic (died 1924)

Emily Dobson, Australian philanthropist (died 1934)

Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (died 1863)

Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (died 1872)

Isabella II of Spain (died 1904)

Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1890)

Paul Kruger, South African soldier and politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (died 1904)

Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, German theologian and author (died 1883)

Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer and philanthropist (died 1901)

Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (died 1897)

William Whiting Boardman, American judge and politician (died 1871)

John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher (died 1844)

Adam Johann von Krusenstern Imperial Russian Admiral and explorer (died 1846)

Henry Cavendish, French-English chemist, physicist, and philosopher (died 1810)

Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor and illustrator (died 1759)

Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter (died 1721)

John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish general and politician, Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland (died 1743)

Johann Nicolaus Bach, German organist and composer (died 1753)

Nicolas de Largillière, French painter and academic (died 1746)

Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, French noblewoman (died 1705)

Richard Towneley, English mathematician and astronomer (died 1707)

Étienne Moulinié, French composer and director (died 1676)

Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke (died 1649)

Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (died 1597)

Jacobus Arminius, Dutch theologian (died 1609)

Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg and Lord of Rheda (died 1606)

Charles III, Duke of Savoy (died 1553)

John Paston, English politician (died 1466)

Zhu Biao, Chinese prince (died 1392)

Mary of Waltham, duchess of Brittany (died 1361)

King Charles II of Navarre (died 1387)

Li Siyuan, Chinese emperor (died 933)

Saga, emperor of Japan (died 842)

Tiberius Gemellus, Roman son of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla; adoptive son of the Emperor Caligula (died 38)

Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet (born 1934)

Ethel Kennedy, American philanthropist (born 1928)

Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (born 1939)

Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical scientist (born 1936)

Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (born 1926)

Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (born 1952)

Hilla Becher, German photographer and educator (born 1934)

Manorama, Indian (Tamil) actress (born 1937)

Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (born 1949)

Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (born 1924)

Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (born 1958)

Damiana Eugenio, Filipino author and academic (born 1921)

Valeri Karpov, Russian ice hockey player (born 1971)

Lari Ketner, American football and basketball player (born 1977)

Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (born 1936)

Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (born 1947)

Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (born 1925)

Jay Conrad Levinson, American author and educator (born 1933)

Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (born 1927)

Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (born 1932)

Sam Gibbons, American captain and politician (born 1920)

Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (born 1935)

Piotr Lenartowicz, Polish philosopher and educator (born 1934)

Basil L. Plumley, American sergeant (born 1920)

Mark Poster, American philosopher and educator (born 1941)

Kyaw Zaw, Burmese commander and politician (born 1919)

Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1941)

Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter and preacher (born 1940)

Joan Sutherland, Australian-Swiss soprano and actress (born 1926)

Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1976)

Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (born 1947)

Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and academic (born 1932)

Ian Scott, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1934)

Wayne C. Booth, American educator and critic (born 1921)

Milton Obote, Ugandan politician, 2nd President of Uganda (born 1925)

Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (born 1963)

Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (born 1952)

Arthur H. Robinson, American geographer and cartographer (born 1915)

Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (born 1932)

Eila Hiltunen, Finnish sculptor (born 1922)

Eugene Istomin, American pianist (born 1925)

Eddie Futch, American boxer and trainer (born 1911)

Vasily Mishin, Russian engineer (born 1917)

Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born 1916)

Clark Clifford, American captain, lawyer, and politician 9th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1906)

Marvin Gay Sr., American minister (born 1914)

Tommy Quaid, Irish hurler and manager (born 1957)

Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model (born 1918)

Nickolaus Hirschl, Austrian wrestler, discus thrower, and shot putter (born 1906)

Tom Murton, American penologist and activist (born 1928)

Nikolaos Pavlopoulos, Greek sculptor and academic (born 1909)

Dorothy Stanley, American educator (born 1924)

Behice Boran, Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist (born 1910)

Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic (born 1899)

Yul Brynner, Russian actor (born 1920)

Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1915)

Ralph Richardson, English actor (born 1902)

Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (born 1908)

Christopher Evans, English psychologist, computer scientist, and author (born 1931)

Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor (born 1886)

Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1914)

Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician (born 1910)

Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (born 1930)

Silvana Armenulić, Bosnian singer and actress (born 1939)

Mirsada Mirjana Bajraktarević, Bosnian singer-songwriter (born 1951)

Joseph Wulf, German-Polish historian (born 1912)

Ludwig von Mises, Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (born 1881)

John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian and scholar (born 1901)

Édouard Daladier, French captain and politician, 105th Prime Minister of France (born 1884)

Charlotte Cooper, English-Scottish tennis player (born 1870)

Louise Thuliez, French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author (born 1881)

Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1892)

Heinrich Neuhaus, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and educator (born 1888)

Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach (born 1893)

Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1915)

Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian-Polish architect (born 1891)

Karl Genzken, German physician (born 1885)

Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand general, lawyer, and judge (born 1884)

Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese engineer, businessman, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (born 1884)

Ted Horn, American race car driver (born 1910)

Arnold Majewski, Finnish military hero of Polish descent (killed in action) (born 1892)

Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (born 1876)

Abul Kasem, Bengali politician (born 1872)

Gustave Loiseau, French painter (born 1865)

Adolf Engler, German botanist and academic (born 1844)

August Kitzberg, Estonian author and playwright (born 1855)

Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot and engineer (born 1874)

Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Peruvian general, President of Peru (born 1836)

Andreas Karkavitsas, Greek physician and author (born 1866)

Henry Dobson, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Tasmania (born 1841)

Carol I of Romania (born 1839)

Adolphus Busch, German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (born 1839)

Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1848)

Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1814)

Lip Pike, American baseball player and manager (born 1845)

Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist and meteorologist (born 1814)

Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian author, poet, and playwright (born 1817)

William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (born 1801)

George Washington Parke Custis, American author and playwright (born 1781)

Charles Fourier, French philosopher and academic (born 1772)

Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet (born 1778)

Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (born 1772)

Gabriel Prosser, American rebel leader (born 1776)

Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian historian and theologian (born 1714)

Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1688)

Granville Elliott, English general (born 1713)

John Potter, English archbishop and academic (born 1674)

Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, French politician, Governor of New France (born 1643)

William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1665)

Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (born 1640)

Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist and academic (born 1646)

David Gregory, Scottish mathematician and astronomer (born 1659)

Isaac de Benserade, French author and poet (born 1613)

Abel Tasman, Dutch merchant and explorer (born 1603)

Bayinnaung, Burmese king (born 1516)

Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (born 1438)

Hugh IV of Cyprus (born 1295)

Patrick Dunbar, 8th Earl of Dunbar

Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine

Adela of Ponthieu, Countess of Surrey

Al-Hafiz, Fatimid imam-caliph (born 1074/77)

Wang Lingmou, chancellor of Wu

Pope Valentine (born 800)

Abbas ibn Ali, son of Imam Ali

Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn, son of Al-Husayn

Habib ibn Madhahir

Husayn ibn Ali, third Shia Imam and grandson of Muhammad (born 626)

Paulinus of York, English bishop and missionary

Germanicus, Roman general (born 15 BC)

Arbor Day (Poland)

Army Day (Sri Lanka)

Capital Liberation Day (Vietnam)

Christian feast day: Blessed Angela Truszkowska

Christian feast day: Cerbonius

Christian feast day: Daniele Comboni

Christian feast day: Eulampius and Eulampia

Christian feast day: Gereon and companions

Christian feast day: Blessed María Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray (Maria Desposorios)

Christian feast day: Paulinus of York (in England)

Christian feast day: Pinytus

Christian feast day: Tanca

Christian feast day: Vida Dutton Scudder (Episcopal Church)

Christian feast day: Viktor of Xanten

Christian feast day: October 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Day (Sint Maarten)

Curaçao Day, anniversary of autonomy

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, celebrates the independence of Fiji from United Kingdom in 1970

Finnish Literature Day (Finland)

Independence Day, commemorates the proclamation of Cuba's independence from Spain and the beginning of the Ten Years' War in 1868.

Party Foundation Day (North Korea)

World Day Against the Death Penalty

World Mental Health Day

World Porridge Day