Palestinian nationalist groups launched armed incursions into the Gaza Strip Envelope, starting the Israel–Hamas war.
2008 TC3 exploded above the Nubian Desert in Sudan, in the first time that an asteroid impact had been predicted prior to atmospheric entry.
Anna Politkovskaya (pictured), a Russian journalist and human-rights activist, was assassinated in the elevator of her apartment block in Moscow.
Croatian War of Independence: The Yugoslav People's Army conducted an air strike on Banski Dvori, the official residence of the president of Croatia in Zagreb.
Near Point Barrow in Alaska, an Iñupiat hunter discovered three gray whales trapped in pack ice, which resulted in an international effort to free them.
During severe floods in Puerto Rico, about 130 people died as a result of the deadliest single landslide on record in North America.
The Holocaust: Sonderkommando work-unit members in Auschwitz concentration camp revolted upon learning that they were due to be killed; although a few managed to escape, most were massacred on the same day.
Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
Japan captured Pohnpei from Germany, eventually leading to large-scale Japanese immigration to Micronesia.
The state funeral of Mindon Min (pictured), who ruled Myanmar for 25 years, took place; his death was reportedly preceded by strange omens, and his senior princes were unable to attend as they had all been arrested.
Ōdate, the last castle of the Satake clan in Japan's Tōhoku region, was captured during the Boshin War.
American writer Edgar Allan Poe died under mysterious circumstances at Washington Medical College four days after being found on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland, in a delirious and incoherent state.
William II became King of the Netherlands after his father William I abdicated the throne.
The French privateer Robert Surcouf led a 150-man crew to capture the 40-gun, 437-man East Indiaman Kent.
American Revolutionary War: Patriots and Loyalist militias engaged each other at the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina.
King George III issued a royal proclamation that forbade British settlement of much of newly acquired French territory in North America, reserving the land for indigenous peoples.
Ottoman–Habsburg wars: The Battle of Lepanto was fought near the Gulf of Corinth, a significant setback for the Ottoman Empire and the last major naval battle fought entirely with galleys.
War of the League of Cambrai: A Venetian army under Bartolomeo d'Alviano was decisively defeated by the Spanish army commanded by Ramón de Cardona and Fernando d'Ávalos.
Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups launch an attack into Israel, which results in the deaths of around 1,200, mostly civilians, and taking more than 240 hostages, including civilians and soldiers. The attack initiated the Gaza war and the larger Middle Eastern crisis.
10 people die and 8 are injured in an explosion at petrol station in Creeslough.
Ales Bialiatski, along with two organisations, Memorial & Center for Civil Liberties, are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to over 800.
Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into Earth's atmosphere.
Qantas Flight 72 experiences an in-flight upset near Learmonth, Victoria, Australia, injuring 112.
Three bombs explode at Taba and Nuweiba in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, killing 34.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-112 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground, starting the longest war in American history.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Hezbollah militants capture three Israeli Defense Force soldiers in a cross-border raid.
Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming. He dies five days later.
Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.
The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of the Banski Dvori in Zagreb, Croatia.
A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.
Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
The Mameyes landslide kills almost 200 people in Puerto Rico.
Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MS Achille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.
Swissair Flight 316 crashes at Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece, killing 14.
Aeroflot Flight 1080 crashes after takeoff from Koltsovo International Airport, killing 38.
The Fourth Soviet Constitution is adopted.
President Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Buddhist crisis: Amid worsening relations, outspoken South Vietnamese First Lady Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu arrives in the US for a speaking tour, continuing a flurry of attacks on the Kennedy administration.
A Douglas Dakota IV operated by Derby Aviation (later renamed to British Midland International) crashes in Canigou, France, killing 34 people.
The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
The 1958 Pakistani coup d'état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule.
The U.S. crewed space-flight project is renamed to Project Mercury.
Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
World War II: The Sonderkommando Revolt in Auschwitz was an uprising of prisoners (especially the Sonderkommando) at the Auschwitz concentration camp, they burnt down Crematorium IV.
World War II: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving vehicle assembly line.
The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
American Civil War: A US Navy ship captures a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.
Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
Morea expedition: The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force.
The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
French corsair Robert Surcouf, commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance, captures the British 38-gun Kent.
American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson at the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina, often regarded as the turning point in the war's Southern theater.
American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat British forces under general John Burgoyne in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights, compelling Burgoyne's eventual surrender.
King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
The charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.
The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Ottoman Navy suffers its first defeat.
War of the League of Cambrai: Spain defeats Venice.
Uppsala University is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from Pope Sixtus IV in February the same year.
Venetian–Genoese wars: The Genoese fleet under a French admiral is defeated by a Venetian fleet at the Battle of Modon.
The epoch reference date (start) of the modern Hebrew calendar.
Princess Senate Seeiso, Princess of Lesotho
Trent Alexander-Arnold, English footballer
Ryan Trahan, American YouTuber
Kira Kosarin, American actress and singer
Nicole Maines, American actress, writer, and activist
Lewis Capaldi, Scottish singer-songwriter
Choi Jeong, South Korean Go player
Lyndon Dykes, Australian professional footballer
Mathias Dyngeland, Norwegian footballer
Lloyd Jones, English professional footballer
Bram van Vlerken, Dutch professional football player
Nic Stauskas, Canadian basketball player
Mookie Betts, American baseball player
Oscar Fantenberg, Swedish ice hockey player
Mike Foltynewicz, American baseball player
Nicole Jung, American singer
Lay Zhang, Chinese singer-songwriter and actor
Sebastián Coates, Uruguayan footballer
Trent Merrin, Australian rugby league player
Diego da Silva Costa, Brazilian footballer
Jeremy Brockie, New Zealand footballer
Alex Cobb, American baseball player
Aiden English, American wrestler
Damion James, American basketball player
Sam Querrey, American tennis player
Chase Daniel, American football player
Lee Nguyen, American soccer player
Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer
Bree Olson, American actress, model, and former pornographic actress
A. J. Price, American basketball player
Holland Roden, American actress
Amy Satterthwaite, New Zealand cricketer
Amber Stevens West, American actress
Evan Longoria, American baseball player
Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
Toma Ikuta, Japanese actor and singer
Simon Poulsen, Danish footballer
Zachary Wyatt, American soldier and politician
Archie Bland, English journalist and author
Dwayne Bravo, Trinidadian cricketer
Flying Lotus, American rapper, DJ, and producer
Scottie Upshall, Canadian ice hockey player
Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer
Jermain Defoe, English footballer
Robby Ginepri, American tennis player
Jake McLaughlin, American actor
Lockett Pundt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Li Yundi, Chinese pianist
Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast
Aaron Ashmore, Canadian actor
Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor
Alison Balsom, English trumpet player and educator
Alesha Dixon, English singer-songwriter and dancer
Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer
Omar Benson Miller, American actor
Antoine Revoy, French comics writer and illustrator
Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer
Taylor Hicks, American singer-songwriter
Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer
Santiago Solari, Argentinian footballer and manager
Charles Woodson, American football player
Giorgos Karadimos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
Damian Kulash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Tim Minchin, English-Australian comedian, actor, and singer
Rhyno, American wrestler
Rune Glifberg, Danish skateboarder
Allison Munn, American actress
Ruslan Nigmatullin, Russian footballer
Charlotte Perrelli, Swedish singer
Dida, Brazilian footballer
Priest Holmes, American football player
Sami Hyypiä, Finnish footballer and manager
Grigol Mgaloblishvili, Georgian politician and diplomat, 7th Prime Minister of Georgia
Marlou Aquino, Filipino basketball player
Ben Younger, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Daniel Boucher, Canadian singer and actor
Nicole Ari Parker, American actress
Bobbie Brown, American model and actress
Malia Hosaka, American wrestler
Thom Yorke, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Michelle Alexander, American law professor, author and activist
Peter Baker, English golfer
Toni Braxton, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Sherman Alexie, American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker
Marco Beltrami, Italian-American composer and conductor
Janet Shaw, Australian cyclist and author (died 2012)
Genji Hashimoto, Japanese race car driver
Kumiko Watanabe, Japanese voice actress
Sam Brown, English singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer
Dan Savage, American LGBT rights activist, journalist and television producer
Paul Stewart, English footballer
Dave Bronconnier, Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Calgary
Micky Flanagan, English comedian
William Johnson, German-English cricketer
Brian Mannix, Australian singer-songwriter
Tony Sparano, American football player and coach (died 2018)
Kevin Boyle, American historian and author
Dylan Baker, American actor
Simon Cowell, English businessman and record producer
Lourdes Flores, Peruvian lawyer and politician
Jean-Marc Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician
Brazo de Oro, Mexican wrestler (died 2017)
Joey Marquez, Filipino basketball player, actor, and politician
Michael W. Smith, American singer-songwriter and actor
Jayne Torvill, English figure skater
Steve Bainbridge, English rugby player
Mike Shipley, Australian-English sound engineer and producer (died 2013)
Brian Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Ralph Johnson, American computer scientist and author
Bill Henson, Australian photographer
Yo-Yo Ma, French-American cellist and educator
Linda Griffiths, Canadian actress and playwright (died 2014)
Margus Lepa, Estonian journalist and actor
Tico Torres, American drummer
Mary Badham, American actress
Vladimir Putin, Russian colonel and politician, 4th President of Russia
Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2002)
Graham Yallop, Australian cricketer
Enki Bilal, French comic book creator, comics artist and film director
John Mellencamp, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Dick Jauron, American football player and coach (died 2025)
Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian colonel, economist, and politician, 4th President of Tanzania
Dave Hope, American bass player and priest
Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist
John F. B. Mitchell, English climatologist and author
Stephen Rucker, American composer
Chris Bambridge, Australian footballer and referee
Jill Larson, American actress
John Brass, Australian rugby player and coach
Catharine MacKinnon, American lawyer, activist, and author
Kevin Godley, English singer-songwriter and director
David Wallace, Scottish physicist and academic
Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1979)
Donald Tsang, Chinese civil servant and politician, 2nd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
José Cardenal, Cuban baseball player and coach
Oliver North, American colonel, journalist, and author
Joy Behar, American talk show host, comedian and television personality
John Hopcroft, American computer scientist and author
Clive James, Australian television host, author, and critic (died 2019)
Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Congolese cardinal (died 2021)
Bill Snyder, American football player and coach
Yvonne Brewster, Jamaican actress and theatre director
Ann Jones, English tennis player and sportscaster
Christopher Booker, English journalist and author (died 2019)
Chet Powers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1994)
Maria Szyszkowska, Polish academic and politician
Michael Hurll, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
Thomas Keneally, Australian novelist, playwright, and essayist
Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (died 2014)
Ulrike Meinhof, German far-left terrorist, co-founder of the Red Army Faction, journalist (died 1976)
Willie Naulls, American basketball player (died 2018)
Julian Thompson, English general and historian
Harold Dunaway, American race car driver and pilot (died 2012)
Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop (died 2013)
Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball player and coach (died 2004)
Tommy Lewis, American football player and coach (died 2014)
R. Sivagurunathan, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and academic (died 2003)
Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
Curtis Crider, American race car driver (died 2012)
Graeme Ferguson, Canadian director and producer, co-founded the IMAX Corporation (died 2021)
Mariano Gagnon, American Catholic priest and author (died 2017)
Robert Westall, English journalist and author (died 1993)
José Messias, Brazilian composer, singer, writer, host and critic (died 2015)
Ali Kafi, Algerian politician (died 2013)
Lorna Wing, English autism researcher (died 2014)
Al Martino, American singer and actor (died 2009)
R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (died 1989)
Demetrio González, Spanish-Mexican film actor and singer (died 2015)
Alex Groza, American basketball player (died 1995)
Irma Grese, German SS officer (died 1945)
Břetislav Pojar, Czech animator and director (died 2012)
Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (died 2002)
Grady Hatton, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2013)
William Zinsser, American journalist and critic (died 2015)
Raymond Goethals, Belgian footballer and coach (died 2004)
Georg Leber, German soldier and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence (died 2012)
Jack Rowley, English footballer and manager (died 1998)
Henriette Avram, American computer scientist and academic (died 2006)
Zelman Cowen, Australian academic and politician, 19th Governor-General of Australia (died 2011)
Georges Duby, French historian and author (died 1996)
Harry V. Jaffa, American historian, philosopher, and academic (died 2015)
June Allyson, American actress (died 2006)
Begum Akhtar, Indian actress (died 1974)
Sarah Churchill, English actress (died 1982)
Alfred Drake, American actor and singer (died 1992)
Herman Keiser, American golfer (died 2003)
Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author (died 1987)
Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist, guitarist, and composer (died 1949)
Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, 85th President of Peru (died 2002)
Peter Walker, English race car driver (died 1984)
Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (died 1973)
Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American art collector and philanthropist (died 1986)
Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author (died 1990)
Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist and educator (died 1995)
Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (died 1983)
Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American librarian and author (died 1985)
Andy Devine, American actor (died 1977)
Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and coach (died 1968)
Chuck Klein, American baseball player (died 1958)
Frank Boucher, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (died 1977)
Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician (died 1945)
Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (died 1975)
Thakin Mya, Burmese lawyer and politician (died 1947)
Paulino Alcántara, Spanish Filipino football player and manager (died 1964)
Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author (died 1980)
Alice Dalgliesh, Trinidadian-American author and publisher (died 1979)
Dwain Esper, American director and producer (died 1982)
Robert Z. Leonard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1968)
Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and politician, 33rd Vice President of the United States (died 1965)
Edna Meade Colson, American educator and activist (died 1985)
Jack Russell, English cricketer and coach (died 1961)
Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962)
Claud Ashton Jones, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1948)
Harold Geiger, American lieutenant and pilot (died 1927)
Mikhail Drozdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian general (died 1918)
Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist and poet (died 1915)
Louis Tancred, South African cricketer (died 1934)
Uncle Dave Macon, American old-time country banjo player, singer-songwriter, and comedian (died 1952)
Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1942)
Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (died 1936)
James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (died 1916)
Nicholas I of Montenegro (died 1921)
Henri Elzéar Taschereau, Canadian scholar and jurist, 4th Chief Justice of Canada (died 1911)
Felix Draeseke, German composer and educator (died 1913)
Charles Crozat Converse, American lawyer and composer (died 1918)
Richard H. Anderson, American general (died 1879)
Ann Eliza Smith, American author and patriot (died 1905)
Mills Darden, one of the largest men ever in human history (died 1857)
Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, French instrument maker and businessman (died 1875)
Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1871)
Solomon Sibley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit (died 1846)
Charles XIII of Sweden (died 1818)
William Billings, American composer and educator (died 1800)
Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (died 1819)
Caesar Rodney, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (died 1784)
Granville Elliott, English general (died 1759)
Roger de Piles, French painter (died 1709)
Captain John Underhill, English settler and soldier (died 1672)
Pierre Le Muet, French architect (died 1669)
Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria (died 1631)
Isaac Massa, Dutch diplomat (died 1643)
John Marston, English poet and playwright (died 1634)
William Laud, English archbishop and academic (died 1645)
Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (died 1553)
Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden (died 1536)
Frederick I of Denmark (died 1533)
Elizabeth of Luxembourg (died 1442)
Grand Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver (died 1339)
Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman politician (died 23 AD)
Cissy Houston, American singer (born 1933)
Arie L. Kopelman, American businessman (born 1938)
Zaw Myint Maung, Burmese politician, physician and former political prisoner (born 1951)
Lore Segal, American novelist (born 1928)
Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attack
Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attack
Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attack
Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attack
Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attack
Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attack
Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attack
Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attack
Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attack
Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attack
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Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attack
Arun Bali, Indian actor (born 1942)
Mario Molina, Mexican chemist (born 1943)
Ross Higgins, Australian actor, comedian (born 1930)
Harry Gallatin, American basketball player and coach (born 1927)
Hossein Hamadani, Iranian general (born 1951)
Jurelang Zedkaia, Marshallese politician, 5th President of the Marshall Islands (born 1950)
Nika Kiladze, Georgian footballer (born 1988)
Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright (born 1926)
Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1917)
Mick Buckley, English footballer (born 1953)
Terry Burnham, American actress (born 1949)
Patrice Chéreau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)
David E. Jeremiah, American admiral (born 1934)
Leandro Mendoza, Filipino police officer and politician, 36th Executive Secretary of the Philippines (born 1946)
Joe Rogers, American lawyer and politician, 45th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (born 1964)
Mervyn M. Dymally, Trinidadian-American politician, 41st Lieutenant Governor of California (born 1926)
Ivo Michiels, Belgian-French author and poet (born 1923)
Wiley Reed, American-Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1944)
Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania (born 1925)
Andrew Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (born 1926)
T Lavitz, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (born 1956)
Milka Planinc, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (born 1924)
Irving Penn, American photographer (born 1917)
Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (born 1975)
George E. Sangmeister, American lawyer and politician (born 1931)
Julen Goikoetxea, Spanish cyclist (born 1985)
Anna Politkovskaya, American-Russian journalist and activist (born 1958)
Charles Rocket, American actor and comedian (born 1949)
Miki Matsubara, Japanese composer, lyricist, and singer (born 1959)
Tony Lanfranchi, English race car driver (born 1935)
Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1932)
Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (born 1912)
Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)
Herblock, American cartoonist and author (born 1909)
Christopher Adams, English-American wrestler and trainer (born 1955)
Roger Gaudry, Canadian chemist and businessman (born 1913)
Cees de Vreugd, Dutch strongman and weightlifter (born 1952)
Lou Lichtveld, Surinamese-Dutch author, playwright, and politician (born 1903)
Ivan Hutchinson, Australian film critic and author (born 1928)
Olga Taussky-Todd, Austrian-Czech-American mathematician, attendant of the Vienna Circle (born 1906)
Niels Kaj Jerne, Danish-English physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
Cyril Cusack, South African-born Irish actor (born 1910)
Allan Bloom, American philosopher and educator (born 1930)
Babu Karam Singh Bal, Indian businessman and politician (born1927)
Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (born 1921)
Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (born 1905)
Darren Millane, Australian footballer (born 1965)
Beatrice Hutton, Australian architect (born 1893)
Chiara Badano, Italian beatified (born1971)
Grim Natwick, American animator (born 1890)
Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1904)
George O. Abell, American astronomer, professor, science popularizer, and skeptic (born 1927)
Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and academic (born 1906)
Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (born 1888)
Norman Angell, English journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1872)
Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1890)
Oking Jaya Atmaja, Indonesian military officer (born 1918)
Mario Lanza, American tenor and actor (born 1921)
Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (born 1886)
Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (born 1874)
Willis Haviland Carrier, American engineer (born 1876)
Helmut Lent, German colonel and pilot (born 1918)
Radclyffe Hall, English author and poet (born 1880)
Harvey Williams Cushing, American neurosurgeon and academic (born 1869)
Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (born 1861)
Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (born 1856)
Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (born 1880)
Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (born 1856)
John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (born 1835)
Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (born 1848)
Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (born 1831)
Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (born 1832)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (born 1809)
Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (born 1829)
Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (born 1809)
Thomas Reid, Scottish mathematician and philosopher (born 1710)
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, President of the Board of Trade (born 1718)
George Mason, American lawyer and politician (born 1725)
Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (born 1711)
John Woolman, American preacher and abolitionist (born 1720)
Giulia Lama, Italian painter (born 1681)
Guru Gobind Singh, Indian 10th Sikh guru (born 1666)
Fausto Poli, Italian cardinal (born 1581)
Jacques Sirmond, French scholar (born 1559)
Victor Amadeus I, duke of Savoy (born 1587)
Stanisław Żółkiewski, Polish-Lithuanian commander (born 1547)
Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian poet, playwright, and diplomat (born 1538)
George Gascoigne, English soldier, courtier, and poet (born 1535)
Sufi Ali Pasha, Ottoman soldier and politician, Ottoman Governor of Egypt
Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Danish queen consort of Christian III of Denmark (born 1511)
Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (born 1500)
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Italian nobleman (born 1417)
Jean Poton de Xaintrailles, follower of Joan of Arc (born c. 1390)
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician (born 1338)
Eleanor de Bohun, English noblewoman (born 1304)
Ezzelino III da Romano, Italian ruler
Juntoku, Japanese emperor (born 1197)
Qian Chu, king of Wuyue (born 929)
Shi Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (born 919)
Xiao, Chinese Khitan empress dowager
Zhen, Chinese Khitan empress consort
Li, Chinese empress consort
Charles the Simple, French king (born 879)
Montoku, Japanese emperor (born 826)
Mark, pope of the Catholic Church
Christian feast day: Justina of Padua
Christian feast day: Henry Muhlenberg (some Lutheran Churches, Episcopal Church of the USA)
Christian feast day: Osgyth
Christian feast day: Our Lady of the Rosary
Christian feast day: Pope Mark
Christian feast day: Sergius and Bacchus
Christian feast day: October 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Teachers' Day (Laos)