After his terminal-cancer diagnosis, Warren Zevon made his last public appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, giving the advice to "enjoy every sandwich".
The Troubles: Three members of the Ulster Defence Association opened fire in a crowded pub during a Halloween party, killing eight people and wounding nineteen others.
The Madrid Conference, an attempt by the international community to revive the Israeli–Palestinian peace process through negotiations, convened.
Singaporean leftist opposition leader Chia Thye Poh was detained under the Internal Security Act, which allows for preventive detention, and held for 32 years.
English model Jean Shrimpton wore a controversially short minidress to Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia – a pivotal moment of the introduction of the miniskirt to women's fashion.
At the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Michael Woodruff performed the first successful kidney transplantation in the United Kingdom.
A luzzu (Maltese fishing boat) overloaded with passengers capsized and sank in the Gozo Channel off Qala, killing 23 of the 27 people on board (monument pictured).
CBS Radio broadcast "The War of the Worlds", a radio drama that newspapers accused of tricking Americans into believing there was an actual Martian invasion.
King Lobengula of Matabeleland granted the Rudd Concession to agents of Cecil Rhodes, leading to the creation of the British South Africa Company.
Seventeen-year-old Vilhelm, Prince of Denmark, arrived in Athens to become King George I of Greece (pictured).
War of the Fourth Coalition: Believing that they were outnumbered, the German garrison at Stettin surrendered to a much smaller French force without a fight.
A pedestrian suspension bridge collapses in the city of Morbi, Gujarat, leading to the deaths of at least 135 people.
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami. At least 119 people die mainly due to collapsed buildings.
A fire in a nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest kills sixty-four people and leaves more than 147 injured.
Sweden becomes the first European Union member state to officially recognize the State of Palestine.
Four people are killed when a Beechcraft Super King Air crashes at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas.
Forty-five people are killed and seven injured after a bus catches fire in Mahabubnagar district, Andhra Pradesh (present-day Telangana), India.
The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Madrid Conference commences in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine.
Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held.
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake in the Turkish provinces of Erzurum and Kars leaves approximately 1,340 people dead.
El Salvador and Honduras agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice.
Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.
Forty-five people are killed when Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 450 crashes into Suchdol, Prague, while on approach to Prague Ruzyně Airport (now Václav Havel Airport Prague) in Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic).
The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
A squad of 120 North Korean Army commandos land in boats along a 25-mile long section of the eastern coast of South Korea in a failed attempt to overthrow the dictatorship of Park Chung Hee and bring about the reunification of Korea.
The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.
Due to "violations of Vladimir Lenin's precepts", it is decreed that Joseph Stalin's body be removed from its place of honour inside Lenin's tomb and buried near the Kremlin Wall with a plain granite marker.
Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.
Hungarian Revolution: The government of Imre Nagy recognizes newly established revolutionary workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads anti-Soviet militias in an attack on the headquarters of the Hungarian Working People's Party.
President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.
A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board.
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the baseball color line.
Holocaust: Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII.
World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559.
President Roosevelt approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.
Holocaust: Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.
Orson Welles broadcasts a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing a massive panic in some of the audience in the United States.
The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
World War I: Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, a state union of Kingdom of Hungary and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia is abolished with decisions of Croatian and Hungarian parliaments
Tsar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, nominally granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.
Second War of Schleswig: The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.
Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
Approximately 20 people die in Bradford, England, UK, after being poisoned from ingesting sweets that had been accidentally adulterated with arsenic trioxide.
Nat Turner is arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.
Simón Bolívar becomes President of the Third Republic of Venezuela.
War of the Fourth Coalition: Convinced that he is facing a much larger force, Prussian General von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrenders the city of Stettin to 800 French soldiers.
Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios.
Reconquista: Portuguese and Castilian forces halt a Muslim invasion at the Battle of Río Salado.
The Eighth Crusade ends by an agreement between Charles I of Anjou (replacing his deceased brother King Louis IX of France) and the Hafsid dynasty of Tunis, Tunisia.
Ranulf of Apulia defeats Roger II of Sicily at the Battle of Rignano, securing his position as duke until his death two years later.
Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates.
Arab–Byzantine wars: Antioch surrenders to the Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge.
Giselle, Japanese singer
Cale Makar, Canadian ice hockey player
Tage Thompson, American ice hockey player
Devin Booker, American basketball player
Dennis Gilbert, American ice hockey player
Kennedy McMann, American actress
Kim Ji-sung, South Korean actress
Mia Eklund, Finnish tennis player
Marcus Mariota, American football player
Matt Parcell, Australian rugby league player
Camila Silva, Chilean tennis player
Jarell Eddie, American basketball player
Artemi Panarin, Russian ice hockey player
Tomáš Satoranský, Czech basketball player
Joe Panik, American baseball player
Suwaibou Sanneh, Gambian sprinter
Ashley Barnes, Austrian-English footballer
Nastia Liukin, Russian-American gymnast and actress
Janel Parrish, American actress and singer
Danielle Fong, Canadian entrepreneur, co-founder and chief scientist of LightSail Energy
Ashley Graham, American model
Ali Riley, New Zealand footballer
Desmond Jennings, American baseball player
Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian ski jumper
Keisuke Sohma, Japanese actor
Tamera Young, American basketball player
Ragnar Klavan, Estonian footballer
Gedo, Egyptian footballer
Eva Marcille, American model and actress
David Mooney, Irish footballer
Isaac Ross, New Zealand rugby player
Tyson Strachan, Canadian ice hockey player
Trent Edwards, American football player
Iain Hume, Canadian soccer player
Maor Melikson, Israeli footballer
Andy Greene, American ice hockey player
Manny Parra, American baseball player
Clémence Poésy, French actress and model
Stalley, American rapper
Fiona Dourif, American actress
Joshua Jay, American magician and author
Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean model and actress
Ayaka Kimura, Japanese singer and actress
Shaun Sipos, Canadian actor
Ian Snell, American baseball player
Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman
Rich Alvarez, Filipino-Japanese basketball player
Choi Hong-man, South Korean wrestler and mixed martial artist
Kareem Rush, American basketball player
Jason Bartlett, American baseball player
Martin Dossett, American football player
Stephanie Izard, American chef
Matthew Morrison, American singer-songwriter and actor
Dan Poulter, English physician and politician
Derren Witcombe, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer
Stern John, Trinidadian footballer
Ümit Özat, Turkish footballer and manager
Maurice Taylor, American basketball player
Ian D'Sa, English-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Marco Scutaro, Venezuelan baseball player
Michael Buettner, Australian rugby league player and official
Silvia Corzo, Colombian lawyer and journalist
Edge, Canadian wrestler and actor
Michael Oakes, English footballer and manager
Raci Şaşmaz, Turkish actor, producer, and screenwriter
Jessica Hynes, English actress, producer, and screenwriter
Fredi Bobic, Slovenian-German footballer and manager
Tzanis Stavrakopoulos, Greek basketball player
Suzan van der Wielen, Dutch field hockey player
Ben Bailey, American comedian and game show host
Tory Belleci, American visual effects designer and television presenter
Christine Bersola-Babao, Filipino journalist and actress
Billy Brown, American actor
Nia Long, American actress
Ekaterini Voggoli, Greek discus thrower
Stanislav Gross, Czech lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (died 2015)
Snow, Canadian rapper and reggae singer-songwriter
Vangelis Vourtzoumis, Greek basketball player
Emmanuelle Claret, French biathlete (died 2013)
Jack Plotnick, American actor, director, and producer
Ken Stringfellow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Brad Aitken, Canadian ice hockey player
Leonidas Kavakos, Greek violinist and conductor
Gavin Rossdale, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Adnan Al Talyani, Emirati footballer
Humayun Kabir Dhali, Bangladeshi journalist and author
Howard Lederer, American poker player
Michael Beach, American actor and producer
Rebecca Heineman, American video game designer and programmer
Andrew Solomon, American-English journalist and author
Mike Veletta, Australian cricketer and coach
Kristina Wagner, American actress
Stefan Kuntz, German footballer and manager
Danny Tartabull, Puerto Rican baseball player
Courtney Walsh, Jamaican cricketer
Scott Garrelts, American baseball player
Giorgos Papakonstantinou, Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
Larry Wilmore, American comedian and television host
Charnele Brown, American actress and singer
Grayson Hugh, American singer-songwriter
Diego Maradona, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2020)
Vincent Lagaf', French actor, singer, and game show host
Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (died 2014)
Joe Delaney, American football player (died 1983)
Ramona d'Viola, American cyclist and photographer
Pétur Guðmundsson, Icelandic basketball player and coach
Shlomo Mintz, Israeli violinist and conductor
Kevin Pollak, American actor, game show host, and producer
Juliet Stevenson, English actress
Heidi Heitkamp, American lawyer and politician, 28th Attorney General of North Dakota
Mahmoud El Khatib, Egyptian footballer
T. Graham Brown, American country singer-songwriter
Jeannie Kendall, American country singer-songwriter
Mario Testino, Peruvian-English photographer
Pete Hoekstra, Dutch-American lawyer and politician
Charles Martin Smith, American actor, director, and screenwriter
Tony Bettenhausen Jr., American race car driver and businessman (died 2000)
Trilok Gurtu, Indian drummer and songwriter
Harry Hamlin, American actor
Poncho Sanchez, American singer and conga player
Phil Chenier, American basketball player and broadcaster
Tim Sheens, Australian rugby league player and coach
Larry Gene Bell, American murderer (died 1996)
Leon Rippy, American actor
Richard Alston, English dancer and choreographer
Garry McDonald, Australian actor and screenwriter
Glenn Andreotta, American soldier (died 1968)
Tim Kirk, American illustrator and designer
Timothy B. Schmit, American singer-songwriter and bass player
Herschel Weingrod, American screenwriter and producer
Robert L. Gibson, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
Andrea Mitchell, American journalist
Anthony Shorrocks, English economist, author, and academic
Chris Slade, Welsh drummer
Henry Winkler, American actor, comedian, director, and producer
Lynne Marta, American actress (died 2024)
Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi businessman and politician (died 2015)
Paul Claes, Belgian poet and translator
Joanna Shimkus, Canadian actress
David Triesman, Baron Triesman, English union leader and politician
Sven-David Sandström, Swedish composer and historian (died 2019)
Marcel Berlins, French-English lawyer, journalist, and academic (died 2019)
Aleksandr Dulichenko, Russian-Estonian linguist and academic
Theodor W. Hänsch, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Otis Williams, American singer-songwriter and producer
Bob Wilson, English footballer and sportscaster
Harvey Goldstein, English statistician and academic (died 2020)
Leland H. Hartwell, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Eddie Holland, American singer-songwriter and producer
Grace Slick, American singer-songwriter and model
Morris Lurie, Australian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 2014)
Claude Lelouch, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Brian Price, Welsh rugby player (died 2023)
Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast and trainer (died 2005)
Dick Vermeil, American football player and coach
Robert Caro, American journalist and author
Ágota Kristóf, Hungarian-Swiss author (died 2011)
Jim Perry, American baseball player
Michael Winner, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
Keith Barnes, Welsh-Australian rugby player and coach (died 2024)
Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor (died 2014)
Col Campbell, New Zealand gardener and television host (died 2012)
Barun De, Indian historian and author (died 2013)
Louis Malle, French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)
Vince Callahan, American lieutenant and politician (died 2014)
David M. Wilson, Manx archaeologist, historian, and curator
Néstor Almendros, Spanish-American director and cinematographer (died 1992)
Christopher Foster, English economist and academic (died 2022)
Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (died 1956)
Don Meineke, American basketball player (died 2013)
Jean Chapman, English author
Olga Zubarry, Argentinian actress (died 2012)
Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)
Joe Adcock, American baseball player and manager (died 1999)
Jacques Swaters, Belgian race car driver and manager (died 2010)
Tommy Ridgley, American singer and bandleader (died 1999)
John P. Craven, American soldier and engineer (died 2015)
Gloria Oden, American poet and academic (died 2011)
Elena Mikhnenko, Ukrainian exile (died 1993)
Iancu Țucărman, Romanian Holocaust survivor (died 2021)
Jane White, American actress and singer (died 2011)
Valli Lember-Bogatkina (died 2016)
Christy Ring, Irish sportsman (died 1979)
Bobby Bragan, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2010)
Minni Nurme, Estonian writer and poet (died 1994)
Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian field marshal (died 1994)
Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (died 2005)
Leon Day, American baseball player (died 1995)
Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and producer (died 1998)
Jane Randolph, American-Swiss actress and singer (died 2009)
Richard E. Holz, American minister and composer (died 1986)
Leabua Jonathan, Basotho lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (died 1987)
Anna Wing, English actress (died 2013)
Ruth Hussey, American actress (died 2005)
Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (died 1942)
Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian-Monegasque organist and composer (died 1994)
Homi J. Bhabha, Indian-French physicist and academic (died 1966)
Patsy Montana, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 1996)
U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian politician (died 1963)
Peter Smith, English cricketer (died 1967)
Dmitry Ustinov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (died 1984)
Sol Tax, American anthropologist and academic (died 1995)
Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (died 1966)
Hermann Fegelein, German general (died 1945)
Alexander Gode, German-American linguist and translator (died 1970)
Johnny Miles, English-Canadian runner (died 2003)
Ragnar Granit, Finnish-Swedish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
Bill Terry, American baseball player and manager (died 1989)
Agustín Lara, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (died 1970)
Rex Cherryman, American actor (died 1928)
Ruth Gordon, American actress and screenwriter (died 1985)
Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet and educator (died 1928)
Harry R. Truman, American soldier (died 1980)
Antonino Votto, Italian conductor (died 1985)
Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964)
Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (died 1977)
Peter Warlock, English composer and critic (died 1930)
Roland Freisler, German soldier, lawyer, and judge (died 1945)
Charles Atlas, Italian-American bodybuilder (died 1972)
Louis Menges, American soccer player, soldier, and politician (died 1969)
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek footballer and high jumper (died 1913)
Sukumar Ray, Indian-Bangladeshi author, poet, and playwright (died 1923)
Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright (died 1958)
Ezra Pound, American poet and critic (died 1972)
Oldřich Duras, Czech chess player and composer (died 1957)
William Halsey Jr., American admiral (died 1959)
Günther von Kluge, Polish-German field marshal (died 1944)
Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and author (died 1941)
Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine (died 1929)
Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician, Prime Minister of Latvia (died 1941)
Francisco I. Madero, Mexican businessman and politician, 33rd President of Mexico (died 1913)
Buck Freeman, American baseball player (died 1949)
Paul Valéry, French poet and philosopher (died 1945)
António Cabreira, Portuguese polygraph (died 1953)
Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (died 1929)
Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French-Swiss physician and neurologist (died 1904)
Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (died 1899)
Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (died 1885)
Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian captain and author (died 1871)
André Chénier, Turkish-French poet and playwright (died 1794)
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish-English poet, playwright, and politician, Treasurer of the Navy (died 1816)
Angelica Kauffman, painter (died 1807)
John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (died 1826)
Mary Hayley, English businesswoman (died 1808)
Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis, Maltese linguist, historian and cleric (died 1770)
Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (died 1705)
Ernest August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (died 1731)
Christopher Wren, English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (died 1723)
Paul Pellisson, French historian and author (died 1693)
Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force, Marshal of France (died 1652)
Jacques Amyot, French bishop and translator (died 1593)
Anne d'Alençon, French noblewoman (died 1562)
Lucas Watzenrode, Prince-Bishop of Warmia (died 1512)
Andrew, Duke of Calabria (died 1345)
Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (died 1234)
Julia the Elder, Roman daughter of Augustus (died 14)
Matt Peacock, Australian journalist and author (born 1952)
Kim Joo-hyuk, South Korean actor (born 1972)
Mel Daniels, American basketball player and coach (born 1944)
Al Molinaro, American actor (born 1919)
Sinan Şamil Sam, Turkish boxer (born 1974)
Norm Siebern, American baseball player and scout (born 1933)
Elijah Malok Aleng, Sudanese general and politician (born 1937)
Renée Asherson, English actress (born 1915)
Juan Flavier, Filipino physician and politician (born 1935)
Ida Elizabeth Osbourne, Australian actress and radio host (born 1916)
Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (born 1924)
Thomas Menino, American businessman and politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston (born 1942)
Bill Currie, American baseball player (born 1928)
Pete Haycock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)
Michael Palmer, American physician and author (born 1942)
Frank Wess, American saxophonist and flute player (born 1922)
Franck Biancheri, French politician (born 1961)
Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator (born 1961)
Dan Tieman, American basketball player and coach (born 1940)
Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (born 1927)
Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist and ethnologist (born 1908)
Pedro Pompilio, Argentinian businessman (born 1950)
Washoe, American chimpanzee (born 1965)
Robert Goulet, American actor and singer (born 1933)
Linda S. Stein, American businesswoman and manager (born 1945)
John Woodruff, American runner and colonel (born 1915)
Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and author (born 1926)
Junji Kinoshita, Japanese playwright and scholar (born 1914)
Al López, American baseball player and manager (born 1908)
Shamsher Singh Sheri, Indian politician (born 1942)
Phyllis Frost, Australian philanthropist, founded Keep Australia Beautiful (born 1917)
Peggy Ryan, American actress and dancer (born 1924)
Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager (born 1940)
Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1922)
Jam Master Jay, American rapper and producer (born 1965)
Steve Allen, American actor, television personality, game show panelist, and talk show host (born 1921)
Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player (born 1933)
Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1912)
John Young, Scottish actor (born 1916)
Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (born 1911)
Peter Kemp, English soldier, mercenary, and writer (born 1915)
Joan Mitchell, American painter (born 1925)
V. Shantaram, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1901)
T. Hee, American animator and screenwriter (born 1911)
Florence Nagle, English trainer and breeder of racehorses (born 1894)
Joseph Campbell, American mythologist, scholar, and author (born 1904)
Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian author and educator (born 1907)
Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, inventor of the "bouncing bomb" (born 1887)
Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)
Ants Lauter, Estonian actor and director (born 1894)
Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (born 1899)
Conrad Richter, American journalist and novelist (born 1890)
Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (born 1886)
Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (born 1906)
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., American historian and author (born 1888)
U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1908)
Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician, 2nd President of the Italian Republic (born 1874)
Fred Beebe, American baseball player and coach (born 1880)
Max Reinhardt, Austrian-born American actor and director (born 1873)
Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and stockbroker, co-founder of Buckmaster & Moore (born 1872)
Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor (born 1869)
Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (born 1877)
Bonar Law, Canadian-English banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1858)
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (born 1850)
Talbot Mercer Papineau, Canadian lawyer and soldier (born 1883)
Charles Tupper, Canadian physician, lawyer, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1821)
Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean colonel (born 1840)
James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (born 1855)
Henry Dunant, Swiss activist, founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1828)
Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland (born 1843)
William H. Webb, American shipbuilder and philanthropist (born 1816)
Carol Benesch, Czech architect, designed Peleș Castle (born 1822)
James Patterson, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Victoria (born 1833)
Honoré Mercier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (born 1840)
John Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (born 1821)
Dayananda Saraswati, Indian philosopher and scholar (born 1824)
Robert Volkmann, German pianist and composer (born 1815)
William Forster, Indian-Australian politician, 4th Premier of New South Wales (born 1818)
Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (born 1786)
Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet (born 1784)
Frederick I of Württemberg (born 1754)
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1738)
Osman III, Ottoman sultan (born 1699)
Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician (born 1684)
Nedîm, Turkish poet (born 1681)
Hieronymus van Beverningh, Dutch diplomat and politician (born 1614)
Michel Le Tellier, French lawyer and politician, French Secretary of State for War (born 1603)
Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic (born 1616)
Emperor Go-Kōmyō of Japan (born 1633)
Henri II de Montmorency, French admiral and politician (born 1595)
Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (born 1580)
Charles IX of Sweden (born 1550)
Jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet and illustrator (born 1528)
Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German politician (born 1489)
Jean Mouton, French composer and educator (born 1459)
Johann Fust, German printer (born c. 1400)
Poggio Bracciolini, Italian scholar and translator (born 1380)
Ibn Khallikan, Iraqi scholar and judge (born 1211)
Sergius VII, Duke of Naples
Paul of Edessa, Syriac Orthodox bishop of Edessa
Anniversary of the Declaration of the Slovak Nation (Slovakia)
Christian feast day: Ethelnoth (Egelnoth) the Good
Christian feast day: Blessed Dominic Collins (Catholic, Ireland, Society of Jesus)
Christian feast day: Gerard of Potenza
Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Teresa of St. Joseph
Christian feast day: John Wycliffe (Episcopal Church (USA))
Christian feast day: Marcellus of Tangier
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Christian feast day: Serapion of Antioch
Christian feast day: Talarican (Tarkin)
Christian feast day: Theonistus
Christian feast day: Zenobios and Zenobia
Christian feast day: October 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions (former Soviet republics, except Ukraine)
Thevar Jayanthi (Thevar community, India)
Mischief Night (Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and other places)