President Martín Vizcarra dissolved the Congress of Peru, resulting in a constitutional crisis.
A 7.6 MW earthquake struck off the southern coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 1,115 and impacting an estimated 1.2 million people.
The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published controversial editorial cartoons depicting Muhammad, sparking protests across the Muslim world by many who viewed them as Islamophobic and blasphemous.
Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah was shot dead in the Gaza Strip; the Israel Defense Forces initially accepted responsibility but retracted it five years later.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a nonprofit organization that manages the assignment of domain names and IP addresses in the Internet, was incorporated.
Cheers, an American television sitcom, debuted with its pilot episode on NBC.
The Boeing AH-64 Apache (example pictured), the primary attack helicopter for a number of countries, made its first flight.
Members of the 30 September Movement attempted a coup against the Indonesian government that was crushed by the military under Suharto, leading to a mass anti-communist purge with more than 500,000 people killed over the following months.
American film actor James Dean suffered fatal injuries in a head-on car accident near Cholame, California.
Second World War: General Władysław Sikorski (pictured) became the first prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
NBC broadcast the first televised American football game, between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets.
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Neville Chamberlain, and Édouard Daladier signed the Munich Agreement, stipulating that Czechoslovakia must cede the Sudetenland to Germany.
Times Square Theater (pictured) opened on Broadway with a production of The Mirage, a play written by its owner, Edgar Selwyn.
Nestor Makhno and Fedir Shchus led insurgents to successfully ambush the Central Powers that occupied southern Ukraine during World War I.
The Vulcan Street Plant in Appleton, Wisconsin, the first hydroelectric central station to serve a system of private and commercial customers in North America, went online.
Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles premiered at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris.
Mozart conducted the premiere of his last opera, The Magic Flute, in Vienna.
Sue Takafusa, a retainer of the Ōuchi clan in western Japan, led a coup against the daimyō Ōuchi Yoshitaka, leading to the latter's forced suicide.
An Anglo-Breton army defeated a far larger Franco-Breton force in the first land battle of the Hundred Years' War.
A violent earthquake struck the Caucasus near Ganja, killing up to an estimated 300,000 people.
Muslim conquest of Transoxiana: Türgesh tribesmen attacked and captured the exposed baggage train of the Umayyad army, sent ahead of the main force.
Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.
Two paintings with a combined value of $100 million are recovered after having been stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002.
The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead.
Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in a Danish newspaper.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.
The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.
Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-68.
The 6.2 Mw Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.
Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
Finnair Flight 405 is hijacked by Aarno Lamminparras in Oulu, Finland.
Malév Flight 240 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while on approach to Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 60.
Jordan makes a deal with the PFLP for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.
The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.
Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.
Six Indonesian Army generals were assassinated by the September 30 Movement. The PKI was blamed for the latter, resulting in mass killings of suspected leftists.
The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
The Berlin Airlift ends.
The 1947 World Series begins. It is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
Pakistan joins the United Nations.
The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43.
The Germans commence a counter offensive to retake the Nijmegen salient, this having been captured by the allies during Operation Market Garden.
The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated by President Roosevelt.
World War II: The Babi Yar massacre comes to an end.
World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.
Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
Ukrainian War of Independence: Insurgent forces led by Nestor Makhno defeat the Central Powers at the battle of Dibrivka.
World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.
Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles, premiered in Paris.
The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly.
War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia anyway.
The Lebanese Council of 1736 begins, a major turning point in the reform of the Maronite Church. In the following three days, the assembled Maronite and Latin clergy presided by Yusuf ibn Siman as-Simani discuss various reforms and elaborate rules and canons.
A coup by the military establishment of Japan's Ōuchi clan forces their lord to commit suicide, and their city is burned.
Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.
Suleiman the Magnificent is proclaimed sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Henry IV is proclaimed king of England.
Battle of Morlaix in the Hundred Years' War
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes the Caucasus mountains in the Seljuk Empire, causing mass destruction and killing up to 300,000 people.
The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture their baggage train.
The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time.
Levi Miller, Australian actor and model
Tara Würth, Croatian tennis player
Maddie Ziegler, American dancer and actress
Landon Dickerson, American football player
Yui Imaizumi, Japanese actress, singer, model, and television personality
Trevi Moran, American YouTuber and singer
Yana Kudryavtseva, Russian gymnast
Max Verstappen, Dutch race car driver
Aaron Holiday, American basketball player
Jacob Host, Australian rugby league player
Aliya Mustafina, Russian gymnast
Wayne Selden Jr., American basketball player
Bria Hartley, French-American basketball player
Ezra Miller, American actor and singer
David Bakhtiari, American football player
Joffrey Lauvergne, French basketball player
Thomas Röhler, German javelin thrower
Jasmine Thomas, American basketball player
André Weis, German footballer
Natalie Eggermont, Belgian politician
Eglė Staišiūnaitė, Lithuanian hurdler
Aida Garifullina, Russian operatic soprano
Kenley Jansen, Curaçaoan baseball player
Olivier Giroud, French footballer
Martin Guptill, New Zealand cricketer
Ki Hong Lee, American actor
Ben Lovett, Welsh musician and songwriter
Cristián Zapata, Colombian footballer
Adam Cooney, Australian footballer
David Gower, Australian rugby league player
Téa Obreht, Serbian-American author
Cristian Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer
Georgios Eleftheriou, Greek footballer
T-Pain, American rapper, producer, and actor
Boniek Forbes, Guinea-Bissau footballer
Adam Jones, American football player and analyst
Andreea Răducan, Romanian gymnast
Dmytro Boyko, Ukrainian footballer
Lacey Chabert, American actress
Ryane Clowe, Canadian ice hockey player
Kieran Culkin, American actor
Andrew Hastie, Australian politician
Seth Smith, American baseball player
Yan Stastny, Canadian-American ice hockey player
Cecelia Ahern, Irish author
Dominique Moceanu, American gymnast
Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player
Milagros Sequera, Venezuelan tennis player
Toni Trucks, American actress
Cameron Bruce, Australian footballer and coach
Andy van der Meyde, Dutch footballer
Małgorzata Glinka-Mogentale, Polish volleyball player
Candice Michelle, American wrestler
Daniel Grossberg, American politician
Roy Carroll, Northern Irish goalkeeper and manager
Nick Curran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2012)
Georgie Bingham, British radio and television presenter
Jay Asher, American author
Ta-Nehisi Coates, American author and journalist
Marion Cotillard, French actress and singer
Carlos Guillén, Venezuelan baseball player
Laure Pequegnot, French skier
Christopher Jackson, American actor, singer, musician, and composer
Jeremy Giambi, American baseball player (died 2022)
Tom Greatrex, English politician
Ashley Hamilton, American actor and singer-songwriter
Ben Phillips, English cricketer
Daniel Wu, American–born Hong Kong actor, director, and producer
Rubén Wolkowyski, Argentine basketball player
Jamal Anderson, American football player and sportscaster
Ari Behn, Danish-Norwegian author and playwright (died 2019)
John Campbell, American bass player and songwriter
Mayumi Kojima, Japanese singer-songwriter
José Lima, Dominican baseball player (died 2010)
Jenna Elfman, American actress and producer
Tony Hale, American actor and producer
Damian Mori, Australian footballer and manager
Eric Piatkowski, American basketball player
Gintaras Einikis, Lithuanian basketball player
Amy Landecker, American actress
Silas Weir Mitchell, American actor
Chris von Erich, American wrestler (died 1991)
Emmanuelle Houdart, Swiss-French author and illustrator
Gibby Haynes, American musician, radio personality and painter
Andrea Roth, Canadian actress
Gary Armstrong, Scottish rugby player
Markus Burger, German pianist, composer, and educator
Angus Taylor, Australian politician
Omid Djalili, English comedian, actor, and producer
Trey Anastasio, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer
Monica Bellucci, Italian actress and fashion model
David Barbe, American bass player and producer
Marley Marl, American record producer and rapper
Crystal Bernard, American actress and singer-songwriter
Gary Coyne, Australian rugby league player
Eric Stoltz, American actor, director, and producer
Mel Stride, English politician
Eric van de Poele, Belgian race car driver
Julia Adamson, Canadian-English keyboard player, composer, and producer
Nicola Griffith, English-American author
Miki Howard, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Blanche Lincoln, American politician
Ettore Messina, Italian basketball player and coach
Marty Stuart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Fran Drescher, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
Trevor Morgan, English footballer and manager
Andy Bechtolsheim, German engineer, co-founded Sun Microsystems
Frankie Kennedy, Northern Irish flute player (died 1994)
Basia, Polish singer-songwriter and record producer
John Drew, American basketball player (died 2022)
Scott Fields, American guitarist and composer
Patrice Rushen, American singer-songwriter and producer
Barry Williams, American actor
Matt Abts, American drummer
Deborah Allen, American country music singer-songwriter, author, and actress
John Finn, American actor
John Lombardo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
John Lloyd, English screenwriter and producer
Barry Marshall, Australian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Simon White, English astrophysicist and academic
Laura Esquivel, Mexican author and screenwriter
Victoria Tennant, English actress and dancer
Michel Tognini, French pilot, engineer, military officer and astronaut
Craig Kusick, American baseball player and coach (died 2006)
Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977)
Rula Lenska, English actress
Fran Brill, American actress, singer, and puppeteer
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Leader of the House of Lords
Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (died 1993)
Jochen Mass, German race car driver (died 2025)
Paul Sheahan, Australian cricketer and educator
Claude Vorilhon, French journalist, founded Raëlism
Richard Edwin Hills, English astronomer and academic (died 2022)
Ehud Olmert, Israeli lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Israel
Diane Dufresne, Canadian singer and painter
Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (died 2006)
Red Robbins, American basketball player (died 2009)
Johann Deisenhofer, German-American biochemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
Marilyn McCoo, American singer
Philip Moore, English organist and composer
Ian Ogilvy, English-American actor, playwright, and author
Gus Dudgeon, English record producer (died 2002)
Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (died 1968)
Samuel F. Pickering Jr., American author and educator
Kamalesh Sharma, Indian academic and diplomat, 5th Commonwealth Secretary General
Reine Wisell, Swedish race car driver (died 2022)
Claudia Card, American philosopher and academic (died 2015)
Harry Jerome, Canadian sprinter (died 1982)
Dewey Martin, Canadian-American drummer (died 2009)
Len Cariou, Canadian actor
Anthony Green, English painter and academic (died 2023)
Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Alan Hacker, English clarinet player and educator (died 2012)
Jurek Becker, Polish-German author (died 1997)
Valentyn Sylvestrov, Ukrainian pianist and composer
Gary Hocking, Rhodesian motorcycle racer (died 1962)
Jim Sasser, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to China (died 2024)
Sevgi Soysal, Turkish author (died 1976)
Johnny Mathis, American singer and actor
Alan A'Court, English footballer and manager (died 2009)
Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2014)
Anna Kashfi, Indian-American actress (died 2015)
Cissy Houston, American singer (died 2024)
Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese author, playwright, and politician, Governor of Tokyo (died 2022)
Johnny Podres, American baseball player and coach (died 2008)
Angie Dickinson, American actress
Teresa Gorman, English educator and politician (died 2015)
Carol Fenner, American author and illustrator (died 2002)
Vassilis Papazachos, Greek seismologist and academic (died 2022)
Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Filipino politician, diplomat and writer (died 2017)
Dorothee Sölle, German theologian and author (died 2003)
Elie Wiesel, Romanian-American author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
Ray Willsey, Canadian-American football player and coach (died 2013)
W. S. Merwin, American poet and translator (died 2019)
Heino Kruus, Estonian basketball player and coach (died 2012)
Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2010)
Arkady Ostashev, Russian engineer and scientist in the former Soviet space program (died 1998)
Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1984)
Donald Swann, Welsh-English pianist and composer (died 1994)
Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (died 2010)
Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2006)
Deborah Kerr, Scottish-English actress (died 2007)
Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American cellist and educator (died 2018)
Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian race car driver (died 1992)
Elizabeth Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (died 2008)
William L. Guy, American lieutenant and politician, 26th Governor of North Dakota (died 2013)
Patricia Neway, American soprano and actress (died 2012)
Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army captain (died 1995)
René Rémond, French historian and economist (died 2007)
Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (died 2014)
Buddy Rich, American drummer, bandleader, and actor (died 1987)
Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (died 2003)
Bill Walsh, American screenwriter and producer (died 1975)
Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (died 1985)
Gustave Gilbert, American psychologist (died 1977)
Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain (died 1962)
David Oistrakh, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (died 1974)
Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (died 1996)
Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996)
Michael Powell, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1990)
Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (died 1971)
Thelma Terry, American bassist and bandleader (died 1966)
Renée Adorée, French-American actress (died 1933)
Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (died 1977)
Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, German-American author and illustrator (died 1986)
Alfred Wintle, Russian-English soldier and politician (died 1966)
Charlotte Wolff, German-English physician and psychotherapist (died 1986)
Lewis Milestone, Moldovan-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1980)
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (died 1964)
Lil Dagover, Indonesian-German actress (died 1980)
Bernhard Rust, German educator and politician (died 1945)
Nora Stanton Blatch Barney, American civil engineer, architect, and suffragist (died 1971)
Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic (died 1945)
Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (died 1948)
Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1942)
Reinhard Scheer, German admiral (died 1928)
William Wrigley Jr., American businessman, founded Wrigley Company (died 1932)
Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer, conductor, and educator (died 1924)
Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Peruvian politician, 56th President of Peru (died 1894)
Ann Jarvis, American activist, co-founded Mother's Day (died 1905)
Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (died 1918)
Lucinda Hinsdale Stone, American feminist, educator, and philanthropist (died 1900)
John Rae, Scottish physician and explorer (died 1893)
Decimus Burton, English architect, designed the Pharos Lighthouse (died 1881)
José María Morelos, Mexican priest and general (died 1815)
Christian Ehregott Weinlig, German cantor and composer (died 1813)
Jacques Necker, Swiss-French politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1804)
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French epistemologist and philosopher (died 1780)
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1771)
Stanisław Konarski, Polish monk, poet, and playwright (died 1773)
Jacques Aubert, French violinist and composer (died 1753)
Johann Sebastiani, German composer (died 1683)
Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (died 1631)
Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian philologist and physician (died 1606)
Pope Nicholas IV (died 1292)
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Gavin Creel, American actor, singer and songwriter (born 1976)
Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese-American basketball player (born 1966)
Humberto Ortega, Nicaraguan military leader (born 1947)
Ken Page, American actor and cabaret singer (born 1954)
Pete Rose, American baseball player and manager (born 1941)
Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer and orchestrator (born 1931)
Victoria Braithwaite, British research scientist who proved fish feel pain (born 1967)
Kim Larsen, Danish rock musician (born 1945)
Geoffrey Hayes, British television presenter and actor (born 1942)
Sonia Orbuch, Polish resistance fighter during the Second World War and Holocaust educator. (born 1925)
Monty Hall, American game show host (born 1921)
Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian-American mathematician (born 1966)
Guido Altarelli, Italian-Swiss physicist and academic (born 1941)
Claude Dauphin, French businessman (born 1951)
Göran Hägg, Swedish author and critic (born 1947)
Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)
Janet Powell, Australian educator and politician (born 1942)
Turhan Bey, Austrian actor and producer (born 1922)
Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (born 1917)
Bobby Jaggers, American wrestler and engineer (born 1948)
Clara Stanton Jones, American librarian (born 1913)
Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian-American figure skater (born 1928)
Boris Šprem, Croatian lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament (born 1956)
Anwar al-Awlaki, American-Yemeni terrorist (born 1971)
Ralph M. Steinman, Canadian-American immunologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1943)
Stephen J. Cannell, American screenwriter and producer (born 1941)
J. B. Jeyaretnam, Singaporean lawyer and politician (born 1926)
Gamini Fonseka, Sri Lankan actor, director, and politician (born 1936)
Jacques Levy, American director and songwriter (born 1935)
Michael Relph, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1915)
Yusuf Bey, American activist, founded Your Black Muslim Bakery (born 1935)
Ronnie Dawson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1939)
Robert Kardashian, American lawyer and businessman (born 1944)
Göran Kropp, Swedish race car driver and mountaineer (born 1966)
Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss lawyer and politician, 63rd President of the Swiss Confederation (born 1913)
Marius Goring, English actor (born 1912)
Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player and poet (born 1953)
Robert Lewis Taylor, American soldier and author (born 1912)
André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)
Toma Zdravković, Serbian singer-songwriter (born 1938)
Rob Moroso, American race car driver (born 1968)
Alice Parizeau, Polish-Canadian journalist and author (born 1930)
Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)
Drew Shafer, American LGBT rights activist from Missouri (born 1936)
Virgil Thomson, American composer and critic (born 1896)
Al Holbert, American race car driver (born 1946)
Alfred Bester, American author and screenwriter (born 1913)
Nicholas Kaldor, Hungarian-British economist (born 1908)
Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (born 1900)
Simone Signoret, French actress (born 1921)
Edgar Bergen, American actor and ventriloquist (born 1903)
Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (born 1924)
Carlos Prats, Chilean general and politician, Chilean Minister of Defense (born 1915)
Peter Pitseolak, Canadian photographer and author (born 1902)
Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1888)
Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia (born 1877)
James Dean, American actor (born 1931)
Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong (born 1887)
Franz Oppenheimer, German-American sociologist and economist (born 1864)
Hans-Joachim Marseille, German captain and pilot (born 1919)
Fanya Baron, Lithuanian Jewish anarchist (born 1887)
Maurice Lévy, French mathematician and engineer (born 1838)
Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (born 1873)
Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (born 1837)
Per Gustaf Svinhufvud af Qvalstad, Swedo-Finnish treasurer of Tavastia province, manor host, and paternal grandfather of President P. E. Svinhufvud (born 1804)
Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar (born 1800)
Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (born 1695)
George Whitefield, English-American priest and theologian (born 1714)
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1554)
Nurhaci, Chinese emperor (born 1559)
Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (born 1518)
Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Spanish priest and saint, 3rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (born 1510)
Melchior Cano, Spanish theologian (born 1525)
Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese daimyō (born 1507)
John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1400)
Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, Welsh soldier and politician (born 1362)
Adelaide of Vianden, German countess
Leszek II the Black, Polish prince, Duke of Łęczyca, Sieradz, Kraków, Sandomierz (born 1241)
Yaroslav II of Vladimir (born 1191)
Anselm IV, Italian archbishop
Louis IV of France (born 920)
Fan Yanguang, Chinese general
Honorius of Canterbury, Italian archbishop and saint
Jerome, Roman priest, theologian, and saint
Agricultural Reform (Nationalization) Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)
Birth of Morelos (Mexico)
Blasphemy Day, educates individuals and groups about blasphemy laws and defends freedom of expression
Boy's Day (Poland)
Christian feast day: Gregory the Illuminator
Christian feast day: Honorius of Canterbury
Christian feast day: Jerome
Christian feast day: September 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Independence Day (Botswana) or Botswana Day, celebrates the independence of Botswana from United Kingdom in 1966.
International Translation Day (International Federation of Translators)
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation or Orange Shirt Day (Canada)