Canadian astronomer Robert Weryk discovered ʻOumuamua (depicted), the first known interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System.
British YouTube collective the Sidemen were formed as a Rockstar Games Social Club group in Grand Theft Auto Online.
Hurricane Wilma became the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum atmospheric pressure of 882 mbar (26.05 inHg).
The British government restricted the broadcast of the voices of representatives from Sinn Féin and several Irish republican and loyalist paramilitary groups on television and radio.
Iran–Iraq War: U.S. Navy forces destroyed two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf in response to an Iranian missile attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker three days earlier.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22.6 percent on Black Monday, the largest one-day percentage decline in the stock market index's history.
Vietnam War: The Siege of Plei Me began with the first major confrontation between soldiers of the North Vietnamese Army and the U.S. Army.
A group of ethnic Hutu military officers failed in their attempt to overthrow the Burundian government.
At a meeting of its general assembly, the European Broadcasting Union approved the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.
The Guatemalan Revolution began with a small group of army officers led by Francisco Javier Arana and Jacobo Árbenz launching a coup against dictator Jorge Ubico.
World War II: Allied aircraft sank the German cargo ship Sinfra, killing mostly Italian POWs.
First World War: Allied forces began engaging German troops at the First Battle of Ypres.
American Civil War: Despite incurring nearly twice as many casualties as the Confederates, the Union Army emerged victorious at the Battle of Cedar Creek.
American Revolutionary War: British forces led by Lord Cornwallis officially surrendered to Franco-American forces under George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau, ending the Siege of Yorktown.
The Pennsylvania Gazette published a statement by Benjamin Franklin describing a kite experiment (depicted) to determine the electrical nature of lightning.
The Spanish ship San Felipe was shipwrecked on the Japanese island of Shikoku, and its cargo confiscated by the local daimyō.
A ceremony was held in Edinburgh marking the coming of age of James VI of Scotland as an adult ruler.
Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the United Kingdom's Brexit deal, this was the first Saturday sitting in Parliament since 3 April 1982 during the Falklands War.
One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.
A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.
Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashes in Adair County, Missouri, while on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport.
Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.
The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.
The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.
Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
The General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union approves the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is published.
China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
Korean War: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea.
Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
United States forces land in the Philippines.
A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution.
The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. Two thousand and ninety-eight Italian prisoners of war drown with it.
Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.
World War I: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna, Austria cedes Veneto and Mantua to France, which immediately awards them to Italy in exchange for the earlier Italian acquiescence to the French annexation of Savoy and Nice.
American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.
American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont.
The novel Jane Eyre is published in London.
War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon is forced to retreat from Germany after the Battle of Leipzig.
The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow.
War of the Third Coalition: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm.
Treaty of Drottningholm, between Sweden and Russia
John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
New Ross town in Ireland surrenders to Oliver Cromwell.
The Spanish ship San Felipe runs aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local authorities.
James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.
Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology.
Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella I of Castile, a marriage that paves the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain.
The Thirteen Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic Order ends with the Second Treaty of Thorn.
Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of Castillon, England loses its last possessions in southern France.
The Universität Heidelberg holds its first lecture, making it the oldest German university.
The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa.
Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage.
Carlotta Truman, German singer-songwriter
Chance Perdomo, American-British actor (died 2024)
Bernadeth Pons, Filipino volleyball athlete
Sammis Reyes, Chilean-American football and basketball player
Cal Petersen, American ice hockey player
Anthony Santander, Venezuelan baseball player
Agnė Sereikaitė, Lithuanian speed skater
Hunter King, American actress
Abby Sunderland, American sailor
Lil Durk, American rapper
Shiho, Japanese actress and model
Colton Dixon, American singer-songwriter and pianist
Tom Kilbey, English footballer
Janet Leon, Swedish singer-songwriter and dancer
Ciara Renée, American actress and singer
Endō Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler
James Gavet, New Zealand rugby league player
Mindaugas Kuzminskas, Lithuanian basketball player
Miroslav Stoch, Slovakian footballer
Rakuto Tochihara, Japanese actor
Janine Tugonon, Filipino model and television host
Zeph Ellis, English rapper and producer
Markiyan Kamysh, Ukrainian writer
Chris Lawrence, Australian rugby league player
Tsunenori Aoki, Japanese actor
Sam Groth, Australian tennis player
Danka Barteková, Slovak skeet shooter
Thundercat, American singer and record producer
Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress
Andy Lonergan, English footballer
Cara Santa Maria, American neuroscientist and blogger
Atom Araullo, Filipino journalist
J. A. Happ, American baseball player
Gillian Jacobs, American actress and director
Louis Oosthuizen, South African golfer
Gonzalo Pineda, Mexican footballer
Daan van Bunge, Dutch cricketer
Leon Bott, Australian rugby league player
Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish race car driver
José Bautista, Dominican baseball player
Rajai Davis, American baseball player
Benjamin Salisbury, American actor
José Luis López, Mexican footballer
Brian Robertson, American trombonist
Sachiko Sugiyama, Japanese volleyball player
Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver
Zakhar Dubensky, Russian footballer
Henri Sorvali, Finnish guitarist and keyboard player
Habib Beye, French-Senegalese footballer
Louis-José Houde, Canadian comedian and actor
Jason Reitman, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
Raúl Tamudo, Spanish footballer
Mo Twister, Filipino radio and television host
Bruno Dias, Portuguese politician
Omar Gooding, American actor and producer
Jostein Gulbrandsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
Desmond Harrington, American actor
Paul Hartley, Scottish footballer and manager
Hiroshi Sakai, Japanese footballer
Dan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
Michael Young, American baseball player
Burak Güven, Turkish singer-songwriter and bass player
Hicham Arazi, Moroccan tennis player
Okan Buruk, Turkish footballer and manager
Joaquin Gage, Canadian ice hockey player
Keith Foulke, American baseball player
Pras, American rapper-songwriter, record producer, and actor
Andrew Griffiths, English politician
Chris Kattan, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Pedro Castillo, Peruvian politician, 130th President of Peru
Zdeno Cíger, Slovak ice hockey player and coach
John Edward, American psychic and author
Trey Parker, American actor, animator, producer, and screenwriter
Erwin Sánchez, Bolivian footballer and manager
Rodney Carrington, American comedian, actor, and singer
Amy Carter, American illustrator and activist
Yōji Matsuda, Japanese actor
Yoko Shimomura, Japanese pianist and composer
Jon Favreau, American actor, director, and screenwriter
Dimitris Lyacos, Greek poet and playwright
David Vann, American novelist and short story writer
Brad Daugherty, American basketball player and sportscaster
Todd Park Mohr, American rock singer-songwriter and musician
Ty Pennington, American model, carpenter and television host
Sinitta, American-British singer
Claude Callegari, English YouTube personality (died 2021)
Tracy Chevalier, American-English author
Brian Henninger, American golfer
Bendik Hofseth, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
Evander Holyfield, American boxer and actor
Svetlana Zainetdinova, Soviet-Estonian chess player and coach
Sunny Deol, Indian actor and producer
Cliff Lyons, Australian rugby league player and coach
Dawn Coe-Jones, Canadian golfer (died 2016)
Jennifer Holliday, American actress and singer
Takeshi Koshida, Japanese footballer
Susan Straight, American author and academic
Ayuo Takahashi, Japanese-American singer-songwriter
Dan Woodgate, English musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer
Nir Barkat, Israeli businessman and politician, Mayor of Jerusalem
Martin Kusch, German philosopher and academic
Carolyn Browne, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Kazakhstan
Hiromi Hara, Japanese footballer and manager
Tiriel Mora, Australian actor
Michael Steele, American journalist and politician, 7th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
Kevin Drum, American journalist and blogger (died 2025)
Dorinda Clark-Cole, American singer-songwriter and pianist
Ray Richmond, American journalist and critic
Karl Wallinger, Welsh singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2024)
Steve Doocy, American journalist and author
Elena Garanina, Soviet ice dancer and coach
Grover Norquist, American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform
Didier Theys, Belgian race car driver and coach
Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (died 2003)
Bruce Weber, American basketball player and coach
Dan Gutman, American author
LaSalle Ishii, Japanese actor and director
Lonnie Shelton, American basketball player (died 2018)
Sam Allardyce, English footballer and manager
Deborah Blum, American journalist and author
Joe Bryant, American basketball player and coach (died 2024)
Lionel Hollins, American basketball player and coach
Peter Bone, English accountant and politician
Verónica Castro, Mexican actress and singer
Demetrios Christodoulou, Greek mathematician and physicist
Annie Golden, American actress and singer
Kurt Schrader, American veterinarian and politician
Yeslam bin Ladin, Saudi Arabian-Swiss businessman
Lynn Dickey, American football player and radio host
Jamie McGrigor, English-Scottish politician
James Howard Kunstler, American author and critic
Dave Mallow, American voice actor and screenwriter (died 2025)
Patrick Simmons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian author and illustrator
Bob Holland, Australian cricketer and surveyor (died 2017)
Philip Pullman, English author and academic
Keith Reid, English songwriter and lyricist (died 2023)
Angus Deaton, Scottish-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Divine, American drag queen performer, and actor (died 1988)
Patricia Ireland, American lawyer and activist
Gloria Jones, American singer-songwriter
John Lithgow, American actor
Jeannie C. Riley, American singer
Martin Welz, South African journalist
George McCrae, American singer
Bill Melchionni, American basketball player
Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1987)
Robin Holloway, English composer and academic
Takis Ikonomopoulos, Greek footballer and coach (died 2025)
L. E. Modesitt, Jr., American author and poet
Andrew Vachss, American lawyer and author (died 2021)
Peter Thornley, English professional wrestler best known for the ring character Kendo Nagasaki
Simon Ward, English actor (died 2012)
Larry Chance, American singer-songwriter (died 2023)
Michael Gambon, Irish-British actor (died 2023)
Rosny Smarth, Haitian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Haiti (died 2025)
David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere, Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, Jamaican-English union leader and politician
Marilyn Bell, Canadian swimmer
Peter Max, German-American illustrator
Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield, English banker and politician (died 2018)
James Bevel, American civil rights activist and minister (died 2008)
Tony Lo Bianco, American actor (died 2024)
Don Ward, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2014)
Yakubu Gowon, Nigerian general and politician, 3rd Head of State of Nigeria
Dave Guard, American folk music singer-songwriter, arranger, and musician (died 1991)
Brian Booth, Australian cricketer and educator (died 2023)
Anthony Skingsley, English air marshal (died 2019)
Robert Reed, American actor (died 1992)
Ed Emberley, American author and illustrator
John le Carré, English intelligence officer and author (died 2020)
Atsushi Miyagi, Japanese tennis player (died 2021)
John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside, English union leader and politician (died 2016)
Mavis Nicholson, Welsh-English journalist (died 2022)
Lewis Wolpert, South African-English biologist, author, and academic (died 2021)
Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (died 2013)
Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter and illustrator
Stephen Keynes, English businessman (died 2017)
Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (died 2009)
Joel Feinberg, American philosopher and academic (died 2004)
Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (died 2015)
Marjorie Tallchief, American ballerina (died 2021)
Bernard Hepton, English actor and producer (died 2018)
Czesław Kiszczak, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (died 2015)
Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (died 2010)
Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (died 2013)
Baby Dalupan, Filipino basketball player and coach (died 2016)
Jack Anderson, American journalist and author (died 2005)
George Nader, American actor (died 2002)
Peter Aduja, Filipino-American politician (died 2007)
Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian activist, philosopher, and spiritual leader (died 2003)
LaWanda Page, American actress (died 2002)
Harry Alan Towers, English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (died 2009)
Charles Evans, English-Welsh mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (died 1995)
Russell Kirk, American theorist and author (died 1994)
Robert Schwarz Strauss, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (died 2014)
William Joel Blass, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)
Walter Munk, Austrian-American oceanographer, author, and academic (died 2019)
Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande, Indian mathematician (died 2020)
Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist (died 1985)
Minoru Yasui, American soldier, lawyer, and activist (died 1986)
Juanita Moore, American actress (died 2014)
Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (died 1980)
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)
Shunkichi Hamada, Japanese field hockey player (died 2009)
Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (died 1980)
Farid al-Atrash, Syrian actor and singer (died 1980)
Marguerite Perey, French physicist and academic (died 1975)
Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1981)
Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader and composer (died 1962)
Tor Johnson, Swedish wrestler and actor (died 1971)
Arleigh Burke, American admiral (died 1996)
Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (died 1990)
Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer and baseball player (died 1991)
Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1957)
Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)
Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani chemist and scholar (died 1994)
Bob O'Farrell, American baseball player and manager (died 1988)
Frank Durbin, American soldier (died 1999)
Lewis Mumford, American historian, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1990)
Charles E. Merrill, American banker and philanthropist, co-founded Merrill Lynch Wealth Management (died 1956)
Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor (died 1916)
Emma Bell Miles, American writer, poet, and artist (died 1919)
Mordecai Brown, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1945)
Mihkel Pung, Estonian lawyer and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1941)
Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (died 1925)
Bart King, American cricketer (died 1965)
Bertha Knight Landes, American academic and politician, Mayor of Seattle (died 1943)
Auguste Lumière, French director and producer (died 1954)
George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (died 1937)
Annie Smith Peck, American mountaineer and academic (died 1935)
Ralph Tollemache, English priest (died 1895)
Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter (died 1878)
Cassius Marcellus Clay, American journalist, lawyer, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (died 1903)
Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest and philosopher (died 1853)
Leigh Hunt, English poet and critic (died 1859)
Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist and sinologist (died 1800)
John Woolman, American-English preacher, journalist, and activist (died 1772)
Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (died 1804)
William Cheselden, English surgeon and anatomist (died 1752)
John Abernethy, Irish minister (died 1740)
Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, Portuguese diplomat (died 1733)
Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1704)
Charles of Sezze, Italian Franciscan friar and saint (died 1670)
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English-Irish general, academic, and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1688)
Gerrard Winstanley, English Protestant religious reformer (died 1676)
Thomas Browne, English physician and author (died 1682)
Dmitry of Uglich, Russian crown prince and saint (died 1591)
John Juvenal Ancina, Italian Oratorian and bishop (died 1604)
Viglius, Dutch politician (died 1577)
Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (died 1499)
Prince Hisaaki of Japan (died 1328)
Yingtian, empress of the Khitan Liao Dynasty (died 953)
Atsushi Sakurai, singer from Japanese rock band Buck-Tick (born 1966)
Jack Angel, American voice actor (born 1930)
Deborah Orr, Scottish journalist (born 1962)
Umberto Lenzi, Italian film director (born 1931)
Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (born 1921)
Giovanni Steffè, Italian rower (born 1928)
Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (born 1919)
Fleming Mackell, Canadian ice hockey player and singer (born 1929)
Ali Treki, Libyan politician and diplomat, Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1938)
John Holt, Jamaican singer-songwriter (born 1947)
Stephen Paulus, American composer (born 1949)
Raphael Ravenscroft, English saxophonist and composer (born 1954)
Serena Shim, Lebanese-American journalist (born 1984)
John Bergamo, American drummer and composer (born 1940)
Noel Harrison, English singer, actor, and skier (born 1934)
Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer (born 1940)
Mikihiko Renjō, Japanese author (born 1948)
Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Iranian-American violinist and composer (born 1920)
Lincoln Alexander, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (born 1922)
Wissam al-Hassan, Lebanese general (born 1965)
Wiyogo Atmodarminto, Indonesian general and politician, 10th Governor of Jakarta (born 1922)
Mike Graham, American wrestler (born 1951)
Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist (born 1920)
Kakkanadan, Indian author (born 1935)
Tom Bosley, American actor (born 1927)
Howard Unruh, American murderer (born 1921)
Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor (born 1918)
Richard Blackwell, American actor, fashion designer, and critic (born 1922)
Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and computer scientist (born 1917)
Randall Forsberg, American activist and author (born 1943)
Michael Maidens, English footballer (born 1987)
Jan Wolkers, Dutch author, sculptor, and painter (born 1925)
James Glennon, American cinematographer (born 1942)
Phyllis Kirk, American actress (born 1927)
Ryan Dallas Cook, American trombonist (born 1982)
Road Warrior Hawk, American wrestler (born 1957)
Alija Izetbegović, Bosniak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (born 1925)
Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (born 1902)
Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (born 1911)
Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (born 1932)
James C. Murray, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1917)
Nathalie Sarraute, Russian-French lawyer and author (born 1900)
Glen Buxton, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1947)
Ken Wood, inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (born 1916)
Shamsuddin Qasemi, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (born 1935)
Don Cherry, American trumpet player (born 1936)
Harilaos Perpessas, Greek pianist and composer (born 1907)
Martha Raye, American actress and comedian (born 1916)
Magnus Pyke, English scientist and television host (born 1908)
Son House, American singer and guitarist (born 1902)
Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist and educator (born 1945)
Hermann Lang, German race car driver (born 1909)
Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist, co-founded Newswatch Magazine (born 1947)
Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (born 1933)
Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (born 1915)
Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest and activist (born 1947)
Maurice Bishop, Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada (born 1944)
Gig Young, American actor (born 1913)
Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico (born 1895)
Lacey Hearn, American sprinter (born 1881)
Edward Willis Redfield, American painter and educator (born 1869)
Sergey Biryuzov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (born 1904)
Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic (born 1885)
Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (born 1888)
Şemsettin Günaltay, Turkish historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1883)
Hjalmar Dahl, Finnish journalist, translator and writer (born 1891)
George Wallace, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1895)
Isham Jones, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1894)
Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer (born 1868)
Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright (born 1892)
Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (born 1877)
N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator (born 1882)
Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician (born 1884)
Camille Claudel, French sculptor and illustrator (born 1864)
Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1871)
Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (born 1881)
Ludvig Karsten, Norwegian painter (born 1876)
Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer (born 1895)
Harold Lockwood, American actor (born 1887)
Ioannis Frangoudis, Greek general and target shooter (born 1863)
Robert Hugh Benson, English Catholic priest and novelist (born 1871)
Virgil Earp, American marshal (born 1843)
Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish businessman and philanthropist, founded GN Store Nord (born 1829)
George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (born 1831)
Luís I of Portugal (born 1838)
William Sprague III, American businessman and politician, 14th Governor of Rhode Island (born 1799)
Marie Thérèse of France (born 1778)
Aleksey Koltsov, Russian poet and author (born 1808)
Paolo Mascagni, Italian physician and anatomist (born 1755)
Józef Poniatowski, Polish general (born 1763)
Michel de Beaupuy, French general (born 1755)
Lyman Hall, American physician and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia (born 1724)
Andrea Belli, Maltese architect and businessman (born 1703)
Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist and essayist (born 1667)
Godfrey Kneller, German-English painter (born 1646)
Thomas Browne, English physician and author (born 1605)
Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter (born 1627)
Marcin Kazanowski, Polish politician (born 1566)
Fujiwara Seika, Japanese philosopher and educator (born 1561)
Jacobus Arminius, Dutch Reformed theologian (born 1560)
Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and author (born 1551)
Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (born 1537)
Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1541)
John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of England (born 1392)
John Charleton, 4th Baron Cherleton (born 1362)
Cansignorio della Scala, Lord of Verona (born 1340)
Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada (born 1318)
Bohemond VII, Count of Tripoli
John, King of England (born 1166)
Conrad I, King of Burgundy (born c. 925)
Frithuswith, English saint (born 650)
Christian feast day: Aaron (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria)
Christian feast day: Aquilinus of Évreux
Christian feast day: Desiderius (Didier) of Auxerre
Christian feast day: Frideswide
Christian feast day: Henry Martyn (Anglican Communion)
Christian feast day: Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf, and Companions
Christian feast day: Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko
Christian feast day: Paul of the Cross
Christian feast day: Ptolemaeus and Lucius
Christian feast day: Varus
Christian feast day: Veranus of Cavaillon
Christian feast day: William Carey (Episcopal Church)
Christian feast day: October 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Day, in honor of the country's independence (self-governing in free association with New Zealand) in 1974. (Niue)
Oxfordshire Day
World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day