Approximately 10,000 John Deere employees went on strike in one of the largest private-sector strikes in the United States.
A snowstorm and series of avalanches occurred on and around the Himalayan peaks of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri, resulting in the deaths of at least 43 people.
Felix Baumgartner jumped from a helium balloon in the stratosphere to become the first person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power.
Michael Woodford was dismissed as the CEO of the optics manufacturer Olympus after uncovering internal financial misconduct, escalating the corporate scandal into one of the largest in Japanese business history.
The 6th Congress of the Workers' Party concluded, having anointed North Korean president Kim Il Sung's son Kim Jong Il as his successor.
At least 75,000 people attended the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Washington, D.C., to demand equal civil rights for LGBT people.
Members of the Politburo voted to remove Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and replace him with Leonid Brezhnev.
After three days of heavy rain, the Turia overflowed and flooded the city of Valencia, Spain, causing at least 81 deaths.
The Queen Elizabeth Way, North America's first intercity divided highway, opens.
B. R. Ambedkar, a leader of India's "Untouchable" caste, publicly converted to Buddhism and became the leader of the Dalit Buddhist movement.
Israeli military commander Ariel Sharon and his Unit 101 special forces attacked the village of Qibya on the West Bank, destroying 45 buildings, killing 42 villagers, and wounding 15 others.
The first of the Smith Act trials concluded in New York City, with eleven leaders of the Communist Party of the United States found guilty of violating the Smith Act.
American test pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier, reaching Mach 1.06 on board the Bell X-1, an experimental rocket-powered aircraft.
World War II: During the second raid on Schweinfurt, the U.S. 8th Air Force suffered so many losses that it lost air supremacy over Germany for several months.
The Holocaust: Prisoners at Sobibor extermination camp revolted, killing 11 SS officers and staging a mass escape.
The Second Philippine Republic, a Japanese puppet state, was established with Jose P. Laurel as its first president.
Second World War: During the Blitz, a semi-armour-piercing fragmentation bomb fell on the road above Balham station in London, which was being used as an air raid shelter, killing at least 64 people.
Second World War: The German submarine U-47 torpedoed and sank the Royal Navy battleship HMS Royal Oak while the latter was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland.
The first book featuring English author A. A. Milne's fictional bear Winnie-the-Pooh was published.
The worst mining accident in the United Kingdom's history took place when an explosion resulted in 440 deaths at the Universal Colliery in Senghenydd, Wales.
Former U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt was shot in an assassination attempt, but delivered a speech before receiving treatment from preeminent surgeon John Benjamin Murphy.
French inventor Louis Le Prince filmed Roundhay Garden Scene (featured), the earliest surviving motion picture, in Leeds, England.
French inventor Louis Le Prince filmed Roundhay Garden Scene (pictured), the earliest surviving motion picture, in Leeds, England.
American Civil War: In the Battle of Bristoe Station, the Union II Corps surprised and repelled the Confederate attack on the Union rearguard, resulting in a Union victory.
War of the Third Coalition: French forces under Marshal Michel Ney defeated Austrian forces in Elchingen, present-day Germany.
Third Silesian War: At the Battle of Hochkirch, an Austrian army under Leopold Joseph von Daun surprised the Prussians commanded by Frederick the Great, overwhelming them and forcing a general retreat.
Third Silesian War: At the Battle of Hochkirch, an Austrian army under Leopold Joseph von Daun surprised the Prussians commanded by Frederick the Great, overwhelming them and forcing a general retreat.
Forces of the Burmese Toungoo dynasty led by King Tabinshwehti (depicted) departed Martaban to begin an invasion of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
Norman conquest: William the Conqueror's forces defeated the English army at Hastings and killed Harold Godwinson (depicted), the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England.
Australians vote to reject a constitutional amendment that would have established an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
About 10,000 American employees of John Deere go on strike.
A massive truck bombing in Somalia kills 358 people and injures more than 400 others.
A suicide bomb attack in Pakistan kills at least seven people and injures 13 others.
A snowstorm and avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas triggered by the remnants of Cyclone Hudhud kills 43 people.
The Serbia vs. Albania UEFA qualifying match is canceled after 42 minutes due to several incidents on and off the pitch. Albania is eventually awarded a win.
Felix Baumgartner successfully jumps to Earth from a balloon in the stratosphere.
MK Airlines Flight 1602 crashes during takeoff from Halifax Stanfield International Airport, killing all seven people on board.
Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 crashes in Jefferson City, Missouri. The two pilots (the aircraft's only occupants) are killed.
The Steve Bartman Incident takes place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.
Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings, including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in the establishment of the Oslo Accords and the framing of future Palestinian self government.
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs.
Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.
The 6th Congress of the Workers' Party ended, having anointed North Korean President Kim Il Sung's son Kim Jong Il as his successor.
The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights draws approximately 100,000 people.
An RAF Avro Vulcan bomber explodes and crashes over Żabbar, Malta after an aborted landing, killing five crew members and one person on the ground.
In the Thammasat student uprising, over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the military government. Seventy-seven are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers.
Apollo program: The first live television broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the Apollo 7 crew.
The 6.5 Mw Meckering earthquake shakes the southwest portion of Western Australia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing $2.2 million in damage and leaving 20–28 people injured.
Jim Hines becomes the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.95 seconds.
The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system.
The Dutch Cals cabinet fell after Norbert Schmelzer, the leader of the government party, filed a successful motion against the budget, in what later became known as the Night of Schmelzer.
Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.
The Soviet Presidium and the Communist Party Central Committee each vote to accept Nikita Khrushchev's "voluntary" request to retire from his offices.
The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.
The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada.
At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of the Spanish city of Valencia.
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, leader of India's Untouchable caste, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism).
Korean War: The Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.
The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.
Flying the Bell XS-1 over Muroc Army Air Field in California, Captain Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in level flight, reaching Mach 1.05.
World War II: Prisoners at Sobibor extermination camp covertly assassinate most of the on-duty SS officers and then stage a mass breakout.
World War II: The United States Eighth Air Force loses 60 of 291 B-17 Flying Fortresses during the Second Raid on Schweinfurt.
World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its president.
World War II: The German submarine U-69 (1940) sinks the Canadian passenger ferry SS Caribou approximately 20 nautical miles southwest of Port aux Basques, Newfoundland.
World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz.
World War II: The German submarine U-47 sinks the British battleship HMS Royal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.
Germany withdraws from the League of Nations and World Disarmament Conference.
The former and first President of Finland, K. J. Ståhlberg, and his wife, Ester Ståhlberg, are kidnapped from their home by members of the far-right Lapua Movement.
After the Irish Civil War the 1923 Irish hunger strikes were undertaken by thousands of Irish republican prisoners protesting the continuation of their internment without trial.
Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.
World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.
Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.
The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
The steam ship SS Mohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.
Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell is arrested by the British on charges of criminal conspiracy.
The Treaty of Schönbrunn is signed, ending the War of the Fifth Coalition, the final successful war in Napoleon Bonaparte's military career.
The Republic of Ragusa is annexed by France.
War of the Fourth Coalition: Napoleon decisively defeats Prussia at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt.
War of the Third Coalition: A French corps defeats an Austrian attempt to escape encirclement at Ulm.
The revolutionary group the United Irishmen is formed in Belfast, Ireland leading to the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
American Revolution: The First Continental Congress denounces the British Parliament's Intolerable Acts and demands British concessions.
The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch.
The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends.
Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth I of England.
Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence.
The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings.
Rowan Blanchard, American actress
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Ariela Barer, American actress
Joe Burgess, English rugby league player
Jaelen Feeney, Australian rugby league player
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Ashton Agar, Australian cricketer
Ahmed Musa, Nigerian footballer
Jordan Clark, English cricketer
Arca, Venezuelan musician
Glenn Maxwell, Australian cricketer
Max Thieriot, American actor
Jay Pharoah, American actor and comedian
Tom Craddock, English footballer
Wesley Matthews, American basketball player
Skyler Shaye, American actress
Alexandre Sarnes Negrão, Brazilian racing driver
Alanna Nihell, Irish boxer
Ivan Pernar, Croatian Member of Parliament
LaRon Landry, American football player
Alex Scott, English footballer
Betty Heidler, German hammer thrower
Lin Dan, Chinese badminton player
Ryan Hall, American runner
Carlos Mármol, Dominican baseball player
Matt Roth, American football player
Gautam Gambhir, Indian cricketer
Paúl Ambrosi, Ecuadorian footballer
Amjad Khan, Danish-English cricketer
Scott Kooistra, American football player
Niels Lodberg, Danish footballer
Terrence McGee, American football player
Ben Whishaw, English actor
Stacy Keibler, American wrestler and actress
Liina-Grete Lilender, Estonian figure skater and coach
Justin Lee Brannan, American guitarist and songwriter, and politician
Paul Hunter, English snooker player (died 2006)
Jana Macurová, Czech tennis player
Steven Thompson, Scottish footballer
Usher, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
Saeed Ajmal, Pakistani cricketer
Barry Ditewig, Dutch footballer
Kelly Schumacher, American-Canadian basketball and volleyball player
Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lankan cricketer
Daniel Tjärnqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
Michael Duberry, English footballer
Floyd Landis, American cyclist
Shaznay Lewis, English singer and songwriter
Carlos Spencer, New Zealand rugby player
Jessica Drake, American porn actress and director
Natalie Maines, American singer-songwriter
Tümer Metin, Turkish footballer
Viktor Röthlin, Swiss runner
Samuel, Brazilian footballer
Thom Brooks, American-British political philosopher and legal scholar
George Floyd, American police brutality victim (died 2020)
Lasha Zhvania, Georgian businessman and politician
Erika deLone, American tennis player
Julian O'Neill, Australian rugby league player
Jorge Costa, Portuguese footballer and manager (died 2025)
Robert Jaworski Jr., Filipino basketball player and politician
Martin Barbarič, Czech footballer and coach (died 2013)
Jim Jackson, American basketball player and sportscaster
Meelis Lindmaa, Estonian footballer
Hiromi Nagasaku, Japanese actress and singer
Jon Seda, American actor
Vasko Vassilev, Bulgarian violinist
Pär Zetterberg, Swedish footballer
P. J. Brown, American basketball player
Viktor Onopko, Russian footballer and manager
David Strickland, American actor (died 1999)
Jay Ferguson, Canadian guitarist and songwriter
Johnny Goudie, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
Matthew Le Tissier, English footballer and journalist
Dwayne Schintzius, American basketball player and coach (died 2012)
Pat Kelly, American baseball player, coach, and manager
Sylvain Lefebvre, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Werner Daehn, German actor
Jason Plato, British racing driver
Stephen A. Smith, American sports television personality
Steve Coogan, English actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower and politician
Constantine Koukias, Greek-Australian flute player and composer
Karyn White, American singer-songwriter
Joe Girardi, American baseball player and manager
Lori Petty, American actress
Jaan Ehlvest, Estonian chess player
Trevor Goddard, English-American actor (died 2003)
Chris Thomas King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
Shahar Perkiss, Israeli tennis player
Isaac Mizrahi, American fashion designer
Steve Cram, English runner and coach
Zbigniew Kruszyński, Polish footballer and coach
Alexei Kasatonov, Russian ice hockey player
A. J. Pero, American drummer (died 2015)
Thomas Dolby, English singer-songwriter and producer
Michel Després, Canadian lawyer and politician
Gen Nakatani, Japanese lawyer and politician, 13th Japanese Minister of Defense
Chris Bangle, American automotive designer
Ümit Besen, Turkish singer-songwriter
Beth Daniel, American golfer
Jennell Jaquays, American game designer (died 2024)
Iwona Blazwick, English curator and critic
Arleen Sorkin, American actress, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023)
Mordechai Vanunu, Moroccan-Israeli technician and academic
Greg Evigan, American actor
Kazumi Watanabe, Japanese guitarist and composer
Harry Anderson, American actor and screenwriter (died 2018)
Nikolai Andrianov, Russian gymnast and coach (died 2011)
Rick Aviles, American comedian and actor (died 1995)
Aad van den Hoek, Dutch cyclist
Joey Travolta, American actor, director, and producer
Damian Lau, Hong Kong actor, director, and producer
Katha Pollitt, American poet and author
Dave Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player and referee
Marcia Barrett, Jamaican-English singer
Norman Ornstein, American political scientist and scholar
Norman Harris, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 1987)
Charlie Joiner, American football player
Nikolai Volkoff, Croatian-American wrestler (died 2018)
François Bozizé, Gabonese general and politician, President of the Central African Republic
Joey de Leon, Filipino comedian, actor and television host
Justin Hayward, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Dan McCafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (died 2022)
Al Oliver, American baseball player
Craig Venter, American biologist, geneticist, and academic
Colin Hodgkinson, English bass player
Daan Jippes, Dutch author and illustrator
Lesley Joseph, English actress
Udo Kier, German-American actor and director
Mohammad Khatami, Iranian scholar and politician, 5th President of Iran
Bob Hiller, English rugby player
Evelio Javier, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 1986)
Péter Nádas, Hungarian author and playwright
Suzzanna, Indonesian actress (died 2008)
Jerry Glanville, American football player and coach
Eddie Keher, Irish sportsman
Laurie Lawrence, Australian rugby player and coach
Art Shamsky, American baseball player and manager
Roger Taylor, English tennis player
Perrie Mans, South African snooker player (died 2023)
Cliff Richard, Indian-English singer-songwriter and actor
J. C. Snead, American golfer
Christopher Timothy, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter
Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer, founded the Ralph Lauren Corporation
Rocky Thompson, American golfer and politician (died 2021)
John Dean, American lawyer and author, 13th White House Counsel
Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, English curator and academic (died 2024)
Ron Lancaster, American-Canadian football player and coach (died 2008)
Shula Marks, South African historian and academic
Melba Montgomery, American country music singer (died 2025)
Farah Pahlavi, Empress of Iran
Hans Kraay Sr., Dutch footballer and manager (died 2017)
Jürg Schubiger, Swiss psychotherapist and author (died 2014)
Enrico Di Giuseppe, American tenor and actor (died 2005)
Anatoly Larkin, Russian-American physicist and academic (died 2005)
Robert Parker, American singer and saxophonist (died 2020)
Mobutu Sese Seko, Congolese soldier and politician, President of Zaire (died 1997)
Alan Williams, Welsh journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales (died 2014)
Yvon Durelle, Canadian boxer and wrestler (died 2007)
Joyce Bryant, American actress and singer (died 2022)
Frank E. Resnik, American chemist and businessman (died 1995)
Roger Moore, English actor and producer (died 2017)
Willy Alberti, Dutch singer and actor (died 1985)
Joel Barnett, English accountant and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury (died 2014)
José Arraño Acevedo, Chilean journalist and historian (died 2009)
Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist, journalist, and politician (died 1991)
Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player and captain (died 2015)
Doug Ring, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 2003)
C. Everett Koop, American admiral and surgeon, 13th United States Surgeon General (died 2013)
Loris Francesco Capovilla, Italian cardinal (died 2016)
Harry Brecheen, American baseball player and coach (died 2004)
Raymond Davis Jr., American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2006)
Alexis Rannit, Estonian poet and critic (died 1985)
Lê Đức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1990)
John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (died 2010)
Mochitsura Hashimoto, Japanese commander (died 2000)
Dorothy Kingsley, American screenwriter and producer (died 1997)
Bernd Rosemeyer, German racing driver (died 1938)
Allan Jones, American actor and singer (died 1992)
Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian religious leader, founded the Muslim Brotherhood (died 1949)
Hannah Arendt, German-American philosopher and theorist (died 1975)
Christian Pineau, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1995)
Mikhail Pervukhin, Soviet politician, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (died 1978)
Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (died 1963)
Arthur Justice, Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator (died 1977)
W. Edwards Deming, American statistician, author, and academic (died 1993)
Thomas William Holmes, Canadian sergeant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1950)
Alicja Dorabialska, Polish chemist (died 1975)
E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (died 1962)
Victoria Drummond, British marine engineer (died 1978)
Sail Mohamed, Algerian anarchist and Spanish Civil War veteran (died 1953)
Lois Lenski, American author and illustrator (died 1974)
Lillian Gish, American actress (died 1993)
Sumner Welles, American politician and diplomat, 11th Under Secretary of State (died 1961)
Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (died 1969)
Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 1923)
Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance (died 1947)
Éamon de Valera, American-Irish rebel and politician, 3rd President of Ireland (died 1975)
Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (died 1959)
Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (died 1910)
Alexander von Zemlinsky, Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher (died 1942)
Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen, English art dealer (died 1939)
Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic (died 1902)
Julia A. Ames, American journalist, editor, and reformer (died 1891)
John William Kendrick, American engineer and businessman (died 1924)
Byron Edmund Walker, Canadian banker and philanthropist (died 1924)
Laura Askew Haygood, American educator and missionary (died 1900)
John See, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of New South Wales (died 1907)
Joe Start, American baseball player and manager (died 1927)
Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (died 1868)
Adolphe Monticelli, French painter (died 1886)
Preston King, American lawyer and politician (died 1865)
Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic, created the Phenakistoscope (died 1883)
Friedrich Parrot, Baltic German naturalist (died 1841)
Ferdinand VII of Spain (died 1833)
François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (died 1798)
Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (died 1813)
George Grenville, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1770)
Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician and academic (died 1768)
William Penn, English businessman who founded Pennsylvania (died 1718)
Bahadur Shah I, Mughal emperor (died 1712)
Simon van der Stel, Dutch commander and politician, 1st Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony (died 1712)
James II of England (died 1701)
Sophia of Hanover (died 1714)
Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (died 1689)
Giambattista Marino, Italian poet (died 1625)
Jodocus Hondius, Flemish engraver and cartographer (died 1611)
Philip IV, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (died 1602)
Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese daimyō (died 1568)
Konrad Peutinger, German humanist and antiquarian (died 1547)
Alesso Baldovinetti, Italian painter (died 1499)
Marie of Anjou (died 1463)
Przemysł II of Poland (died 1296)
Thomas J. Donohue, American business executive (born 1938)
Tina Kaidanow, American diplomat and government official (born 1965)
Janet Nelson, British historian (born 1942)
Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist and academic (born 1933)
Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor, comedian and writer (born 1950)
Lee Wan-koo, South Korean politician, 39th Prime Minister of South Korea
Harold Bloom, American literary critic (born 1930)
Sulli, South Korean actress, singer, and model (born 1994)
Helen Kelly, New Zealand trade union leader (born 1964)
Nurlan Balgimbayev, Kazakh politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (born 1947)
Mathieu Kérékou, Beninese soldier and politician, President of Benin (born 1933)
Margaret Keyes, American historian and academic (born 1918)
Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani, Indian admiral (born 1930)
A. H. Halsey, English sociologist and academic (born 1923)
Leonard Liggio, American author and academic (born 1933)
Elizabeth Peña, American actress (born 1959)
Wally Bell, American baseball player and umpire (born 1965)
Max Cahner, German-Catalan historian and politician (born 1936)
Kōichi Iijima, Japanese author and poet (born 1930)
Bruno Metsu, French footballer and manager (born 1954)
Frank Moore, American painter and poet (born 1946)
Käty van der Mije-Nicolau, Romanian-Dutch chess player (born 1940)
John Clive, English actor and author (born 1933)
Max Fatchen, Australian journalist and author (born 1920)
James R. Grover Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1919)
Larry Sloan, American publisher, co-founded Price Stern Sloan (born 1922)
Arlen Specter, American lieutenant and politician (born 1930)
Dody Weston Thompson, American photographer (born 1923)
Gart Westerhout, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (born 1927)
Reg Alcock, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1948)
Ashawna Hailey, American computer scientist and philanthropist (born 1949)
Simon MacCorkindale, English actor, director, and producer (born 1952)
Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-American mathematician and economist (born 1924)
Martyn Sanderson, New Zealand actor and screenwriter (born 1938)
Collin Wilcox, American actress (born 1935)
Lou Albano, American professional wrestler (born 1933)
Robert Furman, American engineer and intelligence officer (born 1915)
Kazys Petkevičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (born 1926)
Freddy Fender, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1937)
Klaas Runia, Dutch theologian and journalist (born 1926)
Gerry Studds, American educator and politician (born 1937)
Ted Blakey, American historian, activist, and businessman (born 1925)
Patrick Dalzel-Job, English linguist, commander, and navigator (born 1913)
Norbert Schultze, German composer and conductor (born 1911)
Art Coulter, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1909)
Tony Roper, American race car driver (born 1964)
Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian educator and politician, 1st President of Tanzania (born 1922)
Cleveland Amory, American author and activist (born 1917)
Frankie Yankovic, American accordion player (born 1916)
Harold Robbins, American author (born 1915)
Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1918)
Keenan Wynn, American actor (born 1916)
Takahiko Yamanouchi, Japanese physicist (born 1902)
Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist (born 1916)
Martin Ryle, English astronomer and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
Willard Price, Canadian-American historian and author (born 1887)
Louis Rougier, French philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1889)
Bing Crosby, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1903)
Edith Evans, English actress (born 1888)
Edmund A. Chester, American journalist and broadcaster (born 1897)
Ahmed Hamdi, Egyptian general and engineer (born 1929)
Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (born 1914)
August Sang, Estonian poet and translator (born 1914)
Marcel Aymé, French author and playwright (born 1902)
George Carstairs, Australian rugby league player (born 1900)
Arthur Folwell, English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator (born 1904)
William Hogenson, American sprinter (born 1884)
Randall Jarrell, American poet and author (born 1914)
Paul Ramadier, French politician, 129th Prime Minister of France (born 1888)
Harriet Shaw Weaver, English journalist and activist (born 1876)
Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic (born 1880)
Jack Davey, New Zealand-Australian singer and radio host (born 1907)
Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor, singer, and producer (born 1909)
Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (born 1882)
Nikolay Zabolotsky, Russian-Soviet poet and translator (born 1903)
Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (born 1877)
Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (born 1894)
Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (born 1891)
Sobibór uprising:
Sobibór uprising:
Sobibór uprising:
Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (born 1902)
Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (born 1837)
Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (born 1844)
Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (born 1848)
John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (born 1833)
Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer and educator (born 1761)
James Francis Edward Keith, Scottish-Prussian field marshal (born 1696)
Tewoflos, Ethiopian emperor (born 1708)
Thomas Kingo, Danish bishop and poet (born 1634)
Antonio Cesti, Italian organist and composer (born 1623)
Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (born 1552)
Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (born 1557)
Samuel Daniel, English poet and historian (born 1562)
Gervase Clifton, 1st Baron Clifton, English nobleman (bornc. 1570)
Amago Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyō (born 1540)
Jacques Arcadelt, Dutch singer and composer (born 1507)
Thomas Chaloner, English poet and politician (born 1521)
Oswald Myconius, Swiss theologian and reformer (born 1488)
Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish poet (born 1503)
Henry the Mild, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Ibn Nubata, Arab poet (born 1287)
Edward Bruce, High King of Ireland (born 1275)
Kujō Yoritsugu, Japanese shogun (born 1239)
Razia Sultana, Only female sultan of Delhi (born c. 1205)
Isabella, English noblewoman and wife of John of England (born c. 1173)
Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex, English sheriff and Chief Justiciar
Yusuf I, Almohad caliph (born 1135)
Nizam al-Mulk, Persian scholar and politician (born 1018)
Andronikos Doukas, Byzantine courtier (born 1022)
Battle of Hastings:
Battle of Hastings:
Battle of Hastings:
Al-Aziz Billah, Fatimid caliph (born 955)
Gerloc, Frankish noblewoman
Pang Xun, Chinese rebel leader
Shi Yuanzhong, Chinese governor
Antipope Dioscorus
Christian feast day: Angadrisma
Christian feast day: Fortunatus of Todi
Christian feast day: Joseph Schereschewsky (Episcopal Church (USA))
Christian feast day: Pope Callixtus I
Christian feast day: October 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: Intercession of the Theotokos
Day of the Cathedral of the Living Pillar (Georgian Orthodox Church)
Mother's Day (Belarus)
National Education Day (Poland), formerly Teachers' Day
Nyerere Day (Tanzania)
Second Revolution Day (Yemen)
World Standards Day (International)