A boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa, resulting in more than 360 deaths.
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, establishing the Troubled Asset Relief Program, commonly referred to as a bailout of the U.S. financial system, was enacted.
Roy Horn of the American entertainment duo Siegfried & Roy was mauled by a tiger during a performance at the Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip.
Nadine Gordimer became the first South African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Major Moisés Giroldi of the Panama Defense Forces failed in his attempt to overthrow dictator Manuel Noriega.
A hunger strike by Irish republican prisoners at HM Prison Maze outside Belfast, Northern Ireland, ended after seven months and ten deaths.
Oswaldo López Arellano replaced Honduran president Ramón Villeda Morales in a violent coup, initiating two decades of military rule.
Mercury-Atlas 8, the fifth United States crewed space mission, was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying astronaut Wally Schirra (pictured).
Vancouver's Holy Rosary Cathedral was dedicated by Archbishop William Mark Duke, fifty-three years after it first opened.
The United Kingdom successfully conducted its first nuclear test, becoming the world's third state with nuclear weapons.
In Major League Baseball, the New York Giants' Bobby Thomson hit the "Shot Heard 'Round the World", a game-winning home run, to win the National League pennant.
The First Battle of Maryang-san, widely regarded as one of the Australian Army's greatest accomplishments during the Korean War, began.
American author Edgar Allan Poe was found semi-conscious and delirious in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances; it was the last time he was seen in public before his death four days later.
Spanish forces departed Valdivia to suppress the indigenous Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.
Anglo-Spanish War: An English fleet intercepted and attacked six Spanish ships at the Battle of the Narrow Seas (pictured).
Muhammad VII became the twelfth sultan of the Emirate of Granada.
Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit are accorded the Classical language status by the Government of India
Svante Pääbo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Eight people are killed in an airplane crash near Milan, Italy.
Forty-two people are killed and 33 go missing in the Kunduz hospital airstrike in Afghanistan.
At least 360 migrants are killed when their boat sinks near the Italian island of Lampedusa.
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join in the Turkic Council.
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.
O. J. Simpson murder case: O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die.
Nadine Gordimer is announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The German Democratic Republic is abolished and becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany; the event is afterwards celebrated as German Unity Day.
A coup in Panama City is suppressed and 11 participants are executed.
TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories in Canada, is officially opened.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight, carrying two DSCS-III Satellites on STS-51-J.
The hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.
A violent coup in Honduras begins two decades of military rule.
Project Mercury: US astronaut Wally Schirra, in Sigma 7, is launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon in the Montebello Islands, Western Australia, to become the world's third nuclear power.
Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San pits Commonwealth troops against communist Chinese troops.
WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
An American Overseas Airlines Douglas DC-4 crashes near Ernest Harmon Air Force Base in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, killing 39.
World War II: German forces murder 92 civilians in Lingiades, Greece.
A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.
Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia.
The Kingdom of Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin American player to appear in a World Series.
Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.
The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
American Civil War: The two-day Second Battle of Corinth begins as Confederate forces under General Earl Van Dorn attack Union defenses led by General William Rosecrans around Corinth, Mississippi.
A militia departs from the Spanish stronghold of Valdivia to quell a Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.
George Washington proclaims Thursday November 26, 1789 a Thanksgiving Day.
The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia ending the Russian–Turkish War.
The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.
Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang receives the surrender of the Tungning kingdom on Taiwan after the Battle of Penghu.
The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen.
Muhammed VII becomes the twelfth sultan of the Emirate of Granada.
Roman Emperor Theodosius I concludes a peace treaty with the Goths and settles them in the Balkans.
Liberators' civil war: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight to a draw Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius in the first part of the Battle of Philippi, where Cassius commits suicide believing the battle is lost.
Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and battle of Alesia.
Gaecheonjeol, Hwanung (환웅) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea's National Foundation Day.
Noah Schnapp, American actor
Anton Lundell, Finnish ice hockey player
Max Plath, Australian rugby league player
C. J. Stroud, American football player
CJ Abrams, American baseball player
Jin Boyang, Chinese figure skater
Jonathan Isaac, American basketball player
Bang Chan, Australian singer and record producer based in South Korea
Ayo Edebiri, American actress
Mike Gesicki, American football player
Artyom Zub, Russian ice hockey player
Victoria Bosio, Argentinian tennis player
Seth Jones, American ice hockey player
Raffaele Di Gennaro, Italian footballer
Jenny McLoughlin, English sprinter
Aki Takajo, Japanese singer
Johan Le Bon, French cyclist
Nate Montana, American football player
Alex Trimble, Irish singer
Dustin Gazley, American ice hockey player
ASAP Rocky, American rapper and songwriter
Alicia Vikander, Swedish actress
Starley, Australian pop singer
Lewis Brown, New Zealand rugby league player
Jackson Martínez, Colombian footballer
Courtney Lee, American basketball player
Yoon Eun-hye, South Korean singer and actress
Bruno Gervais, Canadian ice hockey player
Jessica Parker Kennedy, Canadian actress
Anthony Le Tallec, French footballer
Chris Marquette, American actor
Gary Neal, American basketball player and coach
Ashlee Simpson, American singer-songwriter and actress
Thiago Alves, Brazilian mixed martial artist
Fred, Brazilian footballer
Mark Giordano, Canadian ice hockey player
Andreas Papathanasiou, Cypriot footballer
Tessa Thompson, American actress
Danny Coid, English footballer
Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer
Andreas Isaksson, Swedish footballer
Jonna Lee, Swedish singer and musician
Ronald Rauhe, German kayaker
Matt Sparrow, English footballer
Anquan Boldin, American football player
Sheldon Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player
Lindsey Kelk, English journalist and author
Danny O'Donoghue, Irish singer-songwriter and producer
Héctor Reynoso, Mexican footballer
Ivan Turina, Croatian footballer (died 2013)
Josh Klinghoffer, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
John Morrison, American wrestler and actor
Gerald Asamoah, Ghanaian-German footballer
Neil Clement, English footballer
Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer
Jake Shears, American singer-songwriter
Shannyn Sossamon, American actress
Daniel Hollie, American wrestler
Eric Munson, American baseball player and coach
Luca Tognozzi, Italian footballer
Herman Li, Hong Kong-English guitarist and producer
Seann William Scott, American actor and producer
India Arie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Phil Greening, English rugby player and coach
Satoko Ishimine, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Talib Kweli, American rapper
Alanna Ubach, American actress
Mike Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Antti Laaksonen, Finnish ice hockey player
Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater
Keiko Agena, American actress
Neve Campbell, Canadian actress
Angélica Gavaldón, American-Mexican tennis player and coach
Lena Headey, British actress
Eirik Hegdal, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
Komla Dumor, Ghanaian-English journalist (died 2014)
G. Love, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player
Michael Nylander, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
Guy Oseary, Israeli-American talent manager and businessman
Wil Cordero, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
Kevin Richardson, American singer-songwriter and actor
Elmar Liitmaa, Estonian guitarist and songwriter
Jimmy Ray, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Garry Herbert, English rower and sportscaster
Janel Moloney, American actress
Gwen Stefani, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
Tetsuya, Japanese singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
Paul Crichton, English footballer and manager
Greg Foster, American basketball player and coach
Marko Rajamäki, Finnish footballer and manager
Donald Sild, Estonian javelin thrower
Rob Liefeld, American author and illustrator
Chris Collingwood, English-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Darrin Fletcher, American baseball player and sportscaster
Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch swimmer
Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
Clive Owen, English actor
Benny Anders, American basketball player
Dan Goldie, American tennis player
Tommy Lee, Greek-American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
Simon Scarrow, Nigerian-English novelist
Rebecca Stephens, English journalist and mountaineer
Ludger Stühlmeyer, German cantor, composer, and musicologist
Craig Bellamy, Australian rugby league player and coach
Fred Couples, American golfer
Greg Proops, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
Frank Stephenson, Italian automotive designer and blogger
Jack Wagner, American actor and singer
Chen Yanyin, Chinese sculptor
Louise Lecavalier, Canadian dancer and choreographer
Roberto Azevêdo, Brazilian engineer and diplomat, 6th Director-General of the World Trade Organization
Tim Westwood, English radio and television host
Hart Bochner, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Moshe Kam, American engineering educator
John S. Lesmeister, American educator and politician, 30th North Dakota State Treasurer (died 2006)
Allen Woody, American bass player and songwriter (died 2000)
Buket Uzuner, Turkish author
Eddie DeGarmo, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player and sportscaster
Al Sharpton, American minister, talk show host, and political activist
Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1990)
Bruce Arians, American football coach
Gary Troup, New Zealand cricketer
Keb' Mo', American blues musician and songwriter
Kathryn D. Sullivan, American geologist and astronaut
Dave Winfield, American baseball player and sportscaster
Ronnie Laws, American jazz, R&B, and funk saxophone player
Lindsey Buckingham, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
J. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Russian director and screenwriter (died 2021)
Laurie Simmons, American photographer and director
John Perry Barlow, American poet, songwriter, blogger, and activist (died 2018)
Ben Cauley, American trumpet player and songwriter (died 2015)
Fred DeLuca, American businessman (died 2015)
Anne Dorte of Rosenborg (died 2014)
Takis Michalos, Greek water polo player and coach (died 2010)
P. P. Arnold, American soul singer
Tony Brown, English footballer and sportscaster
Christopher Bruce, English dancer and choreographer
Jo Ritzen, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Education
Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician and academic
Bob Riley, American politician, 52nd Governor of Alabama
Jeff Bingaman, American soldier and politician, 25th Attorney General of New Mexico
Baki İlkin, Turkish civil servant and diplomat
Alan Rachins, American actor (died 2024)
Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter
Andrea de Adamich, Italian racing driver and sportscaster
John Elliott, Australian businessman (died 2021)
Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca, Romanian historian and philologist (died 2017)
Alan O'Day, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
Jean Ratelle, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Mike Troy, American swimmer (died 2019)
Bob Armstrong, American wrestler and trainer (died 2020)
Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 1960)
David Hart Dyke, English captain
Jack Hodgins, Canadian author and academic
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Peruvian entrepreneur and politician, 66th President of Peru
Steve Reich, American composer
Charles Duke, American general, pilot, and astronaut
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Soviet Russian-Armenian actor (died 2020)
Benjamin Boretz, American composer and theorist
Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas, Colombian-Dutch painter and illustrator (died 2015)
Harold Henning, South African golfer (died 2004)
Simon Nicholson, English sculptor and painter (died 1990)
Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player (died 2024)
Glenn Hall, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Erik Bruhn, Danish dancer and choreographer (died 1986)
Shridath Ramphal, Guyanese academic and politician, 2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General (died 2024)
Gerardo P. Cabochan, Filipino politician (died 2014)
Simone Segouin (also known as Nicole Minet), French Resistance fighter and partisan (died 2023)
Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (died 2012)
George Wein, American pianist and producer, co-founded the Newport Folk Festival (died 2021)
Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist (died 1993)
Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter and coach (died 2012)
Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Dominica (died 2004)
Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and soldier (died 1996)
James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (died 1995)
Ray Stark, American film producer (died 2004)
Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, British peer, Conservative politician (died 1980)
Michael Hordern, English actor (died 1995)
Johnny Burke, American songwriter (died 1964)
Natalie Savage Carlson, American author (died 1997)
Tekin Arıburun, Turkish soldier and politician, President of Turkey (died 1993)
Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician (died 1998)
Jean Grémillon, French director, composer, and screenwriter (died 1959)
Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (died 1938)
Gertrude Berg, American actress, screenwriter and producer (died 1966)
Leo McCarey, American director and screenwriter (died 1969)
Adolf Reichwein, German economist and educator (died 1944)
Louis Aragon, French author and poet (died 1982)
Auvergne Doherty, Australian businesswoman (died 1961)
Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet and critic (died 1987)
Giovanni Comisso, Italian author and poet (died 1969)
Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (died 1925)
Elmer Robinson, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Mayor of San Francisco (died 1982)
Walter Warlimont, German general (died 1976)
Emilio Portes Gil, Mexican politician, President of Mexico (died 1978)
Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1938)
Wade Boteler, American actor and screenwriter (died 1943)
Alain-Fournier, French soldier, author, and critic (died 1914)
Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (died 1970)
A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter and academic (died 1974)
Warner Oland, Swedish-American actor and singer (died 1938)
Dr. Atl, Mexican painter (died 1964)
Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (died 1942)
Joseph Beech, American Methodist missionary and educator (died 1954)
Pierre Bonnard, French painter (died 1947)
Josephine Sabel, American singer and comedian (died 1945)
Gustave Loiseau, French painter (died 1935)
Pyotr Kozlov, Russian archaeologist and explorer (died 1935)
Alice B. Woodward, British illustrator for children and scientists (died 1931)
Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (died 1902)
Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (died 1924)
Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector (died 1929)
James Jackson Putnam, American neurologist and academic (died 1918)
Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (died 1885)
Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (died 1897)
Townsend Harris, American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (died 1878)
Allan Kardec, French author, translator, educator and founder of modern Spiritism (died 1869)
George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (died 1891)
Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1870)
John Ross, American tribal chief (died 1866)
Johann Uz, German poet and judge (died 1796)
Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist and academic (died 1781)
Antoine Dauvergne, French violinist and composer (died 1797)
George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (died 1720)
Sebastian Anton Scherer, German organist and composer (died 1712)
Gabriel Lalemant, French-Canadian missionary and saint (died 1649)
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet (died 1628)
Saint Casimir, Prince of Poland and Duke of Lithuania (died 1484)
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (died 1447)
Michel Blanc, French actor, writer and director (born 1952)
Pierre Christin, French comics creator and writer (born 1938)
Cid Moreira, Brazilian journalist and television anchor (born 1927)
Mary O'Rourke, Irish politician (born 1937)
Thomas Gambino, American mobster, Gambino crime family (born 1929)
Todd Akin, American politician (born 1947)
Dan Petrescu, Romanian businessman and billionaire (born 1953)
Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1917)
Muhammad Nawaz Khan, Pakistani historian and author (born 1943)
Javed Iqbal, Pakistani philosopher and judge (born 1925)
Ewen Gilmour, New Zealand comedian and television host (born 1963)
Benedict Groeschel, American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (born 1933)
Jean-Jacques Marcel, French footballer (born 1931)
Kevin Metheny, American businessman (born 1954)
Ward Ruyslinck, Belgian author (born 1929)
Sari Abacha, Nigerian footballer (born 1978)
Sergei Belov, Russian basketball player and coach (born 1944)
Joan Thirsk, English cryptologist, historian, and academic (born 1922)
Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (born 1931)
Robert F. Christy, American physicist and astrophysicist (born 1916)
Albie Roles, English footballer (born 1921)
Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (born 1925)
Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (born 1921)
Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (born 1929)
M. N. Vijayan, Indian journalist, author, and academic (born 1930)
Lucilla Andrews, Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (born 1919)
John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (born 1916)
Peter Norman, Australian runner (born 1942)
Alberto Ramento, Filipino bishop (born 1937)
Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (born 1929)
Nurettin Ersin, Turkish general (born 1918)
John Cerutti, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1960)
Janet Leigh, American actress (born 1927)
Florence Stanley, American actress (born 1924)
William Steig, American sculptor, author, and illustrator (born 1907)
Bruce Paltrow, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1943)
Costas Hajihristos, Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)
Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1947)
Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (born 1921)
Roddy McDowall, English-American actor (born 1928)
Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State (born 1908)
Ma. Po. Si., Indian author and politician (born 1906)
John C. Champion, American producer and screenwriter (born 1923)
Dub Taylor, American actor (born 1907)
Katerina Gogou, Greek actress, poet, and author (born 1940)
Gary Gordon, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1960)
Randy Shughart, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1958)
Stefano Casiraghi, Italian-Monegasque businessman (born 1960)
Eleanor Steber, American soprano and educator (born 1914)
Franz Josef Strauss, Bavarian lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria (born 1915)
Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter (born 1910)
Kalervo Palsa, Finnish painter (born 1947)
Vince DiMaggio, American baseball player and manager (born 1912)
Anna Hedvig Büll, Estonian-German missionary (born 1887)
Friedrich Karm, Estonian footballer (born 1907)
Nicos Poulantzas, Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (born 1936)
Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1902)
Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1912)
Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (born 1895)
Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (born 1896)
Zachary Scott, American actor (born 1914)
Refet Bele, Turkish general (born 1877)
Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (born 1892)
Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (born 1883)
John Heisman, American football player and coach (born 1869)
Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1865)
Jeanne Eagels, American actress (born 1894)
Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1878)
Eduardo Di Capua, Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (born 1865)
Rosetta Jane Birks, Australian suffragist (born 1856)
Lucy Hobbs Taylor, American dentist (born 1833)
Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (born 1835)
William Morris, English author and poet (born 1834)
Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (born 1842)
Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (born 1824)
Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (born 1811)
James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (born 1814)
Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (born 1800)
Kintpuash, American tribal leader (born 1837)
Elias Howe, American engineer, invented the sewing machine (born 1819)
Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (born 1778)
Black Hawk, American tribal leader (born 1767)
François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer (born 1754)
Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (born 1724)
Tula, Curaçao slave leader (date of birth unknown; executed)
Joseph Williamson, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (born 1633)
Robert Barclay, Scottish theologian and politician, 2nd Governor of East Jersey (born 1648)
Myles Standish, English captain (born 1584)
Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch linguist and academic (born 1612)
Giovanni Diodati, Swiss-Italian clergyman and theologian (born 1576)
Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian commander and politician (born 1570)
Charles, Duke of Mayenne (born 1554)
Florent Chrestien, French poet (born 1541)
Elisabeth of Valois (born 1545)
Eleanor de Bohun, English noble (born 1360)
Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (born 1318)
Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Welsh prince (born 1238)
Francis of Assisi, Italian friar and saint (born 1181 or 1182)
Iziaslav I of Kiev (born 1024)
Gérard of Brogne, Frankish abbot
Muhammad ibn Zayd, Tabaristan emir
Ermengarde, queen of the Franks
Elias I of Antioch, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
Gaius Cassius Longinus, Roman politician (born 85 BC)
Christian feast day: Abd-al-Masih
Christian feast day: Adalgott
Christian feast day: Blessed Szilárd Bogdánffy
Christian feast day: Dionysius the Areopagite
Christian feast day: Ewald the Black and Ewald the Fair
Christian feast day: Francis Borgia
Christian feast day: John Raleigh Mott (Episcopal Church)
Christian feast day: Gerard of Brogne
Christian feast day: Hesychius of Sinai
Christian feast day: Théodore Guérin
Christian feast day: Maximian of Bagai
Christian feast day: October 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
3 October Festival (Leiden, Netherlands)
German Unity Day (Germany)
Mean Girls Day
Morazán Day (Honduras)
National Day, celebrates the independence of Iraq from the United Kingdom in 1932.
National Foundation Day or Gaecheonjeol (South Korea)