The first terrorist attack in Beijing's recent history took place when members of the Turkistan Islamic Party drove a vehicle into a crowd, killing five people and injuring thirty-eight others.
In the Argentine general election, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became the first woman to be elected president of Argentina.
A fire broke out on a Baku Metro train in Azerbaijan's capital, killing 289 people and injuring 270 others in the world's deadliest subway disaster.
Hans-Adam II threatened to dismiss the Landtag of Liechtenstein over disagreements on the date of a referendum for the country's accession to the EEA.
Prospero (flight spare pictured), the first British satellite launched on a British rocket, lifted off from Launch Area 5B in Woomera, South Australia.
In St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., the 630-foot (190 m)-tall steel catenary Gateway Arch was completed.
World War II: Italy invaded Greece after Greek prime minister Ioannis Metaxas rejected Benito Mussolini's ultimatum demanding the cession of Greek territory.
Indonesian composer Wage Rudolf Supratman introduced "Indonesia Raya", now the country's national anthem.
The funerary mask of Tutankhamun , possibly originally made for Queen Neferneferuaten, was uncovered for the first time in approximately 3,250 years.
The U.S. Congress passed the Volstead Act over president Woodrow Wilson's veto, reinforcing Prohibition in the United States.
The Mino–Owari earthquake, the strongest known inland earthquake in Japan's history, caused widespread damage and 7,273 deaths.
In New York Harbor, U.S. president Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty (pictured), a gift from France commemorating the Declaration of Independence; New York City office workers responded by spontaneously holding the first ticker-tape parade.
American Revolutionary War: As George Washington's Continental Army retreated northward from New York City, the British Army captured the village of White Plains.
The Hōei earthquake ruptured all segments of the Nankai megathrust simultaneously – the only earthquake recorded to have done so.
The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, the forerunner to the Royal Marines, was established at the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company in London.
Treaty of Ripon is agreed, ending the Second Bishops’ War and forcing Charles I to summon the Long Parliament, ultimately leading to the First English Civil War.
Ladislaus the Posthumous was crowned King of Bohemia, although George of Poděbrady remained in control of the government.
Civil wars of the Tetrarchy: Constantine the Great defeated Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in Rome.
The 2023 Rugby World Cup final is held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France. It saw South Africa defeat New Zealand 11 to 12, claiming their fourth Webb Ellis Cup, becoming the first nation to do so.
Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil with 57 million votes, with Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad as the runner-up. It is the first time in 16 years that a Workers' Party candidate is not elected president.
A rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia.
Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers at Tiananmen Square in China.
The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.
US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.
A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police.
The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured.
Georgia holds its only free election under Soviet rule.
Aloha Island Air Flight 1712, a Twin Otter 300, crashed into terrain at night in Hawaii killing all 20 occupants onboard.
The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
Prospero becomes the only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket.
Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Roman Catholic Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.
The Cuban Missile Crisis ends and Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
John XXIII is elected Pope.
Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
Aeroflot Flight 136 crashes near Krasnoyarsk, killing 19.
An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
Paul Hermann Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
Ecological disaster in Donora, Pennsylvania.
The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.
World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.
Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem of Indonesia, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.
The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
World War I: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.
World War I: Czech politicians peacefully take over the city of Prague, thus establishing the First Czechoslovak Republic.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
The Mino–Owari earthquake, the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history, occurs.
US president Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital of Richmond is repulsed.
The United Tribes of New Zealand are established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence.
The Pinjarra massacre occurs in the Swan River Colony. An estimated 30 Noongar people are killed by British colonists.
American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
The novel Gulliver's Travels written by Jonathan Swift is published.
The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Japan.
The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established.
The Treaty of Ripon is signed, ending the hostilities of the Second Bishops’ War.
The Massachusetts Bay Colony votes to establish a theological college, which would later become Harvard University.
French Wars of Religion: The Siege of La Rochelle ends with the surrender of the Huguenots after fourteen months.
The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now the Dominican Republic.
Abyssinian–Adal war: The Adal Sultanate seizes southern Ethiopia.
Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean.
Second Ottoman–Mamluk War: Mamluks fail to stop the Ottoman advance towards Egypt at the Battle of Yaunis Khan.
Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba on his first voyage to the New World, surmising that it is Japan.
Ladislaus the Posthumous is crowned king of Bohemia in Prague.
Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.
Beijing is officially designated the capital of the Ming dynasty when the Forbidden City is completed.
The lower town of Smyrna is captured by Latin Christians in response to Aydınid piracy during the Smyrniote crusades.
The Byzantine Empire recovers Antioch from Arab rule.
Constantine I defeats Maxentius, becoming the sole Roman emperor in the West.
Maxentius is proclaimed Roman emperor.
Roman emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor.
Yoon Do-young, South Korean footballer
Sonay Kartal, British tennis player
Nolan Gould, American actor
Stetson Bennett, American football player
Taylor Fritz, American tennis player
Georgia Godwin, Australian artistic gymnast
Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress
Jack Eichel, American ice hockey player
Una Raymond-Hoey, Irish cricketer
Glen Kamara, Finnish footballer
Jae'Sean Tate, American basketball player
An Ye-seul, South Korean singer
Andrew Harrison, American basketball player
Lexi Ainsworth, American actress
Jeon Ji-hee, South Korean table tennis player
Maria Sergejeva, Estonian figure skater
Lucy Bronze, English footballer
Devin Ebanks, American basketball player
Camille Muffat, French swimmer (died 2015)
Edd Gould, English cartoonist and animator (died 2012)
Devon Murray, Irish actor
Jamie xx, English musician, DJ, record producer and remixer
Frank Ocean, American singer-songwriter
May Calamawy, Egyptian-Palestinian actress
Isabelle Eriksson, Swedish athlete
Anthony Griffith, English footballer
Aki Toyosaki, Japanese voice actress and singer
Tyrone Barnett, English footballer
Troian Bellisario, American actress
Anthony Fantano, American music critic
Bryn Evans, New Zealand rugby player
Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer
Finn Wittrock, American actor
Jarrett Jack, American basketball player
Kayo Noro, Japanese singer and actress
Joe Thomas, English actor and screenwriter
Jeremy Bonderman, American baseball player
Enver Jääger, Estonian footballer
Anthony Lerew, American baseball player
Hironori Saruta, Japanese footballer
Matt Smith, English actor and director
Milan Baroš, Czech footballer
Shane Gore, English footballer
Nate McLouth, American baseball player
Nick Montgomery, English-Scottish footballer
Christy Hemme, American wrestler and ring announcer
Agnes Obel, Danish singer-songwriter and pianist
Alan Smith, English footballer and coach
Olcay Çetinkaya, Turkish footballer
Jawed Karim, American computer scientist
Natina Reed, American rapper and actress (died 2012)
Martin Škoula, Czech ice hockey player
Gwendoline Christie, English actress
Justin Guarini, American singer-songwriter and actor
Keiron Cunningham, British rugby league player and coach
Martin Lepa, Estonian footballer
Simone Loria, Italian footballer
Braden Looper, American baseball player
Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer and manager
Joaquin Phoenix, American actor and producer
Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer and coach
Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress and singer, Miss Universe 1993
Montel Vontavious Porter, American wrestler and actor
Aleksandar Stanojević, Serbian footballer and manager
Terrell Davis, American football player and sportscaster
Brad Paisley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Trista Sutter, American reality star
Roxana Briban, Romanian soprano and actress (died 2010)
Caroline Dinenage, English businesswoman and politician
Alan Peter Cayetano, Filipino politician and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
Greg Eagles, American voice actor and producer
Steven Chamuleau, Dutch cardiologist
Jeremy Davies, American actor
Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Puerto Rican screenwriter and producer
Ben Harper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Wolfgang Kocevar, Austrian politician
Noriyoshi Omichi, Japanese baseball player and coach
Chris Broussard, American journalist and sportscaster
Marc Lièvremont, French rugby player and coach
Mayumi Ozaki, Japanese wrestler
Kevin Macdonald, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
Julia Roberts, American actress and producer
John Romero, American video game designer, co-founded Id Software
Steve Atwater, American football player
Chris Bauer, American actor
Matt Drudge, American blogger and activist, founded the Drudge Report
Andy Richter, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Aris Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs
Jami Gertz, American actress
David Warburton, English composer, businessman, and politician
Miyako Yoshida, Japanese ballerina
Andrew Bridgen, English soldier and politician
Peter Coyne, Australian rugby league player
Kevin Dineen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Lauren Holly, American actress
Sheryl Underwood, American comedian, actress, and talk show host
Erik Thorstvedt, Norwegian footballer and manager
Daphne Zuniga, American actress
Landon Curt Noll, American computer scientist and mathematician
James Keelaghan, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
Toshio Masuda, Japanese composer
Randy Wittman, American basketball player and coach
Concha García Campoy, Spanish journalist (died 2013)
Ashok Chavan, Indian businessman and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
William Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Marian Bell, English economist and academic
Stephen Morris, English drummer
Zach Wamp, American businessman and politician
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian engineer and politician, 6th President of Iran
Volker Zotz, Austrian philosopher, scholar, and author
Bill Gates, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft
Indra Nooyi, Indian-American businesswoman
Pierre Boivin, Canadian businessman
Desmond Child, American musician, songwriter, and producer
Annie Potts, American actress
Peter Hitchens, English journalist and author
Joe R. Lansdale, American martial artist and author
Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian journalist and activist
Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist
Dwight Davis, American basketball player
Caitlyn Jenner, American decathlete and actress
Telma Hopkins, American singer and actress
John Hewson, Australian economist and politician
Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2022)
Sharon Thesen, Canadian poet and academic
Sandy Berger, American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor (died 2015)
Wayne Fontana, English pop singer (died 2020)
Don Iverson, American golfer
Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host (died 2014)
Coluche, French comedian and actor (died 1986)
Dennis Franz, American actor
Anton Schlecker, German businessman, founded the Schlecker Company
Jimmy McRae, Scottish race car driver
Karalyn Patterson, English psychologist and academic
Terence Donovan, English-Australian actor
Abdelkader Fréha, Algerian footballer (died 2012)
Gillian Lovegrove, English computer scientist and academic
Kees Verkerk, Dutch speed skater
Hank Marvin, English singer and guitarist
Susan Harris, American screenwriter and producer
Jane Alexander, American actress and producer
Andy Bey, American singer and pianist
Miroslav Cerar, Slovenian gymnast and lawyer
Curtis Lee, American singer-songwriter (died 2015)
Keigo Abe, Japanese martial artist and coach (died 2019)
Kenneth Best, Liberian journalist, founded The Daily Observer
Howard Blake, English composer and conductor
Dave Budd, American basketball player
Gary Cowan, Canadian golfer
David Dimbleby, English journalist
Anne Perry, English author (died 2023)
Graham Bond, English keyboard player, singer, and saxophonist (died 1974)
Lenny Wilkens, American basketball player and coach
Charlie Daniels, American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist (died 2020)
Ted Hawkins, American soul-blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)
Alan Clarke, English director and screenwriter (died 1990)
Charles A. Gargano, American diplomat, businessman and government official
Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (died 1983)
Michael Noakes, English painter and illustrator (died 2018)
Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (died 2002)
Suzy Parker, American model and actress (died 2003)
Harold Battiste, American saxophonist, pianist, and composer (died 2015)
Bernie Ecclestone, English businessman
Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1988)
Virginia Held, American philosopher, author, and academic
John Hollander, American poet, critic, and educator (died 2013)
Joan Plowright, English actress (died 2025)
Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian general (died 2021)
William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
Cleo Laine, English singer and actress (died 2025)
Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer and businessman, 5th Commissioner of Baseball (died 2007)
Ian Hamilton Finlay, Bahamian-Scottish poet, sculptor, and gardener (died 2006)
Antonio Creus, Spanish race car driver and motorcycle racer (died 1996)
Peddibhotla Suryakantam, Telugu actress (died 1994)
John Connell, American actor (died 2015)
Gershon Kingsley, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2019)
Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician, 1st Vice President of Zimbabwe (died 2003)
Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball player and coach (died 2007)
Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (died 1973)
Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (died 1966)
Hans Klenk, German race car driver (died 2009)
Jack Soo, American actor and singer (died 1979)
Pearl Hackney, English actress (died 2009)
Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician (died 1988)
Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (died 1995)
Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (died 2005)
Francis Bacon, Irish painter and illustrator (died 1992)
Arturo Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (died 1995)
John Hewitt, Irish poet, playwright, and critic (died 1987)
Tatyana Ehrenfest, Dutch mathematician (died 1984)
George Dangerfield, English-American historian, journalist, and author (died 1986)
John Chamberlain, American historian, journalist, and critic (died 1995)
Evelyn Waugh, English journalist, author, and critic (died 1966)
Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress and singer (died 1986)
Ambrogio Gianotti, Italian partigiano and priest (died 1969)
Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet (died 1979)
Edith Head, American costume designer (died 1981)
Hans Speidel, German general (died 1984)
Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator (died 1981)
Christopher Kelk Ingold, British chemist (died 1970)
Dink Johnson, American pianist, drummer, and clarinet player (died 1954)
Juliette Béliveau, Canadian actress and singer (died 1975)
Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (died 1964)
O. G. S. Crawford, British archaeologist (died 1957)
Noel Macklin, English soldier and engineer (died 1946)
William Douglas Cook, New Zealand horticulturalist, founded Eastwoodhill Arboretum (died 1967)
Vin Coutie, Australian footballer (died 1951)
Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1940)
Billy Wedlock, English footballer (died 1965)
Channing H. Cox, American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1968)
Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (died 1952)
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Turkish-Canadian journalist (died 1966)
Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian nurse, author, and educator (died 1911)
Adolfo Camarillo, Mexican-American rancher and philanthropist (died 1958)
Kanō Jigorō, Japanese martial artist (died 1938)
Jean-Marie Guyau, French philosopher and poet (died 1888)
Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (died 1935)
Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (died 1888)
Edward P. Allen, American captain, lawyer, and politician (died 1909)
Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shōgun (died 1913)
Malwida von Meysenbug, German writer (died 1903)
Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician (died 1856)
Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (died 1849)
Robert Liston, Scottish surgeon (died 1847)
Eliphalet Remington, American businessman, founded Remington Arms (died 1861)
Marie of Hesse-Kassel (died 1852)
John Laurens, American soldier (died 1782)
Franz Ignaz von Beecke, German composer (died 1803)
Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, astronomer, and explorer (died 1793)
Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician and engineer (died 1768)
Maurice de Saxe, French general (died 1750)
Šimon Brixi, Czech composer (died 1735)
Peter Tordenskjold, Norwegian admiral (died 1720)
Maria Anna of Neuburg, Queen consort of Spain
Jacob Kettler, 3rd duke of Courland and Semigallia (died 1682)
Marie of the Incarnation, foundress of the Ursuline Monastery in Quebec (died 1672)
Cornelius Jansen, Dutch bishop and theologian (died 1638)
Stanislaus Kostka, Polish saint (died 1568)
Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Spanish priest and saint, 3rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1572)
John Gage, English courtier (died 1556)
Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (died 1536)
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1056)
Renato Martino, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1932)
Paul Morrissey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938)
Jamshid Sharmahd, German-American affiliate of Kingdom Assembly of Iran (born 1955)
Kazuo Umezu, Japanese manga artist (born 1936)
Matthew Perry, American-Canadian actor (born 1969)
Adam Johnson, American ice hockey player (born 1994)
Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1935)
Colin Sylvia, Australian rules footballer (born 1985)
Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (born 1927)
Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (born 1937)
Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1920)
Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (born 1927)
Aleksandar Tijanić, Serbian journalist (born 1949)
Rajendra Yadav, Indian author (born 1929)
Gordon Bilney, Australian dentist and politician (born 1939)
John Cheffers, Australian footballer and coach (born 1936)
Jack Dellal, English businessman (born 1923)
Tom Addington, English soldier (born 1919)
Liang Congjie, Chinese historian and activist, founded Friends of Nature (born 1932)
James MacArthur, American actor (born 1937)
Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (born 1938)
Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist, architect, and educator (born 1934)
Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1990)
Takao Fujinami, Japanese lawyer and politician (born 1932)
Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1927)
Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (born 1917)
Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (born 1954)
Marijohn Wilkin, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1920)
Bob Broeg, American soldier and journalist (born 1918)
Raymond Hains, French photographer (born 1926)
Tony Jackson, American basketball player (born 1942)
Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean-Portuguese singer-songwriter (born 1922)
Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1943)
Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor and screenwriter (born 1929)
Eugene K. Bird, American colonel and author, US Commandant of Spandau Prison (born 1926)
Sally Baldwin, Scottish social sciences professor (born 1940)
Margaret Booth, American screenwriter and producer (born 1898)
Erling Persson, Swedish businessman, founded H&M (born 1917)
Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch pianist, composer, and educator (born 1910)
Andújar Cedeño, Dominican baseball player (born 1969)
Antonios Katinaris, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1931)
Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (born 1930)
Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer (born 1915)
Juri Lotman, Russian-Estonian historian and scholar (born 1922)
Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor (born 1898)
André Masson, French soldier and painter (born 1896)
John Braine, English author (born 1922)
Otto Messmer, American animator and screenwriter (born 1892)
Rukmani Devi, Sri Lankan singer and actress (born 1923)
Aarne Juutilainen, Finnish army captain (born 1904)
Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor (born 1894)
Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (born 1932)
Taha Hussein, Egyptian historian, author, and academic (born 1889)
Sergio Tofano, Italian actor, director, and playwright (born 1883)
Baby Huey, American singer-songwriter (born 1944)
Constance Dowling, American model and actress (born 1920)
Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (born 1882)
Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (born 1882)
Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban soldier (born 1932)
Ernst Gräfenberg, German-American physician and gynecologist (born 1881)
Billy Hughes, English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1862)
Kesago Nakajima, Japanese general (born 1881)
Filipp Goloshchyokin, Soviet politician (born 1876)
Alice Brady, American actress (born 1892)
Newton Moore, Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (born 1870)
Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1849)
Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician and politician (born 1845)
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (born 1831)
Dimitrios Votsis, Greek lawyer and politician (born 1841)
Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (born 1838)
Oswald Boelcke, German WWI flying ace (born 1891)
Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (born 1850)
Jean Benner, French artist (born 1836)
Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (born 1823)
Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (born 1854)
Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French economist and politician (born 1799)
Robert Swinhoe, English ornithologist and entomologist (born 1835)
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of France (born 1802)
Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (born 1792)
Abigail Adams, American writer and second First Lady of the United States (born 1744)
Charlotte Turner Smith, English poet and author (born 1749)
Artemas Ward, American general and politician (born 1727)
Paul Möhring, German physician, botanist, and zoologist (born 1710)
John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (born 1724)
Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (born 1735)
Michel Blavet, French flute player and composer (born 1700)
Heinrich von Brühl, German general and politician (born 1700)
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (born 1689)
Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (born 1708)
Anna of Russia (born 1693)
Stephen Fox, English politician (born 1627)
Prince George of Denmark (born 1653)
John Locke, English physician and philosopher (born 1632)
John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer (born 1616)
Jean Desmarets, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1595)
Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish priest and playwright (born 1618)
William Dobson, English painter (born 1610)
Stefano Landi, Italian composer and educator (born 1587)
Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (born 1569)
Ōkubo Tadayo, Japanese general (born 1532)
Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Flemish diplomat
Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shōgun (born 1539)
Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (born 1425)
Margaret I of Denmark (born 1353)
Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (born 1262)
Ecumenical Patriarch Athanasius I of Constantinople (born 1230)
Saint Arsenije I Sremac
Jien, Japanese monk, historian, and poet (born 1155)
King Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland
Remigius of Lyon, Frankish archbishop
Beggo, count of Toulouse and Paris
Ibas of Edessa, Syrian bishop
Maxentius, Roman emperor (born 278)
Christian feast day: Abdias of Babylon
Christian feast day: Abgar V of Edessa (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Christian feast day: Eadsige
Christian feast day: Faro
Christian feast day: Fidelis of Como (Roman Catholic Church)
Christian feast day: Firmilian
Christian feast day: Godwin of Stavelot
Christian feast day: Job of Pochayiv (repose) (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Christian feast day: The Apostles Simon and Jude (Western Christianity)
Christian feast day: Lord of Miracles (Lima)
Christian feast day: October 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of the Establishment of an Independent Czecho-Slovak State, celebrates the independence of Czechoslovakia from Austria-Hungary in 1918. (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
International Animation Day (ASIFA)
Ohi Day (Greece, Cyprus and the Greek communities), a national day in Greece.
Prefectural Earthquake Disaster Prevention Day (Gifu Prefecture)
Youth Pledge Day or Hari Sumpah Pemuda (Indonesia)
Anniversary of the liberation of Ukraine from the Nazis, celebrating the liberation from Nazi German troops of the territory of current Ukraine