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{{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1066]] – Following the death of Harold II at the [[Battle of Hastings]], [[Edgar the Ætheling]] is proclaimed King of England by the [[Witan]]; he is never crowned, and concedes power to [[William the Conqueror]] two months later.<ref>{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Ashley|title=British Monarchs: The Complete Genealogy, Gazetteer, and Biographical Encyclopedia of the Kings & Queens of Britain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tz6gAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Robinson|page=497|isbn=9781854875044}}</ref> *[[1211]] – [[Battle of the Rhyndacus (1211)|Battle of the Rhyndacus]]: The [[Latin emperor]] [[Henry of Flanders]] defeats the [[Nicaean emperor]] [[Theodore I Laskaris]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Αλέξης Γ. Κ Σ[alpha][beta][beta]ίδης|title=Μελετήματα βυζαντινής προσωπογραφίας και τοπικής ιστορίας: ανατύπωση άρθρων 1981–1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sthAAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Hērodotos|isbn=978-960-7290-37-3|page=102}}</ref> *[[1529]] – The [[Siege of Vienna (1529)|Siege of Vienna]] ends when Austria routs the invading Ottoman forces, ending its European expansion. *[[1582]] – [[Adoption of the Gregorian calendar]] begins, eventually leading to near-universal adoption. ===1601–1900=== *[[1651]] – [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] forces capture the [[Zhoushan Island|island of Zhoushan]]. [[Zhu Yihai|Zhu Yihai, Prince of Lu]], resident of the island and [[List of emperors of the Ming dynasty#Southern Ming|regent]] of the [[Southern Ming]], flees to [[Kinmen]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Great Enterprise: The Manchu Reconstruction of the Imperial Order in Seventeenth-century China|author=Frederic Wakeman Jr.|year=1986|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0-520-04804-0|page=771}}</ref> *[[1781]] – The [[Battle of Raft Swamp]] marks the last battle fought in North Carolina during the [[American Revolutionary War]] with a Patriot victory.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://amrevnc.com/battle-raft-swamp/ | title=Battle of Raft Swamp | American Revolution Tour of N.C. | date=23 June 2020 }}</ref> It occurred four days before the British surrender at Yorktown. *[[1783]] – The [[Montgolfier brothers]]' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by [[Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Army Logistician|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FSI6AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA8-PA25|year=1973|publisher=U.S. Army Logistics Management Center|page=25}}</ref> *[[1793]] – Queen [[Marie Antoinette]] of France is tried and convicted of treason.<ref>{{cite book|title=The French Revolution: Voices from a Momentous Epoch, 1789–1795|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2tNnAAAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=978-0-671-69925-3|page=199}}</ref> *[[1815]] – [[Napoleon]] begins his exile on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.<ref>{{cite book|author=David Nicholls|title=Napoleon: A Biographical Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PmCdv91zPS0C&pg=PA227|year=1999|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-87436-957-1|pages=227}}</ref> *[[1864]] – American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri [[Battle of Glasgow, Missouri|surrenders]] to Confederate forces. *[[1878]] – The [[Edison Electric Light Company]] begins operation. *[[1888]] – The [[From Hell letter|"From Hell" letter]] allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators. ===1901–present=== *[[1910]] – [[America (airship)|Airship ''America'']] is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft. *[[1923]] – The [[German Rentenmark]] is introduced in Germany to counter [[hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic]]. *[[1928]] – The airship ''[[LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin|Graf Zeppelin]]'' completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at [[Lakehurst, New Jersey]], United States. *[[1932]] – Tata Airlines (later to become [[Air India]]) makes its first flight. *[[1939]] – The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed [[LaGuardia Airport]]) is dedicated. *[[1940]] – President [[Lluís Companys]] of Catalonia is executed by the [[Francoist]] government. *[[1944]] – World War II: Germany [[Operation Panzerfaust|replaces the Hungarian government]] after Hungary announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.<ref>{{cite book|author=Randolph L. Braham|title=The Destruction of Hungarian Jewry: A Documentary Account|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=__tmAAAAMAAJ|year=1963|publisher=Pro Arte for the World Federation of Hungarian Jews|page=lxix}}</ref> *[[1951]] – Mexican chemist [[Luis E. Miramontes]] completes the synthesis of [[norethisterone]], the basis of an early oral contraceptive. *[[1954]] – [[Hurricane Hazel]] devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto. *[[1956]] – [[FORTRAN]], the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community. *[[1965]] – Vietnam War: A draft card is burned during an anti-war rally by the [[Catholic Worker Movement]], resulting in the first arrest under a new law. *[[1966]] – The [[Black Panther Party]] is created by [[Huey P. Newton]] and [[Bobby Seale]]. *[[1970]] – During the construction of Australia's [[West Gate Bridge]], a span of the bridge falls and kills 35 workers. The incident is the country's worst industrial accident to this day.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carey |first1=Adam |title=Forty years on, the West Gate Bridge collapse still looms large |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/forty-years-on-the-west-gate-bridge-collapse-still-looms-large-20101015-16nl0.html |access-date=October 16, 2020 |agency=The Age |date=October 16, 2010}}</ref> *[[1979]] – Supporters of the Malta Labour Party [[Black Monday (Malta)|ransack and destroy]] the ''Times of Malta'' building and other locations associated with the Nationalist Party. * 1979 – A [[1979 Salvadoran coup d'état|coup d'état]] in El Salvador overthrows President [[Carlos Humberto Romero]] and begins the 12 year-long [[Salvadoran Civil War]].<ref name=beverley>{{cite journal|last1=Beverley|first1=John|title=El Salvador|date=1982|journal=Social Text|language=en|publisher=Duke University Press|issue=5|pages=55–72|doi=10.2307/466334|jstor=466334}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460]] crashes near Conca di Crezzo, [[Italy]], killing all 37 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident ATR 42-312 I-ATRH Conca di Crezzo|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19871015-0|access-date=2021-10-14|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1987]] – A [[1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état|coup d'état]] in Burkina Faso overthrows and kills then President [[Thomas Sankara]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Wilkins|first1=Michael|title=The Death of Thomas Sankara and the Rectification of the People's Revolution in Burkina Faso|date=1989|journal=[[African Affairs]]|language=en|publisher=Oxford University Press|volume=88|number=352|pages=375–388|doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a098188 |jstor=722692}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Wayne Gretzky]] becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the [[NHL]]. *[[1990]] – Soviet Union leader [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] is awarded the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation. *[[1991]] – The "[[Oh-My-God particle]]", an [[ultra-high-energy cosmic ray]] measured at 40,000,000 times that of the highest energy protons produced in a [[particle accelerator]], is observed at the [[University of Utah]] [[High Resolution Fly's Eye Cosmic Ray Detector|HiRes]] observatory in [[Dugway Proving Ground]], [[Utah]]. * 1991 – The leaders of the [[Baltic States]], [[Arnold Rüütel]] of [[Estonia]], [[Anatolijs Gorbunovs]] of [[Latvia]] and [[Vytautas Landsbergis]] of [[Lithuania]], signed the [[OSCE]] Final Act in [[Helsinki]], Finland.<ref>''Mitä Missä Milloin, Kansalaisen vuosikirja 1993'', p. 21. Helsinki: [[Otava (publisher)|Otava]], 1992. ISBN 951-1-12269-X. (in Finnish)</ref> *[[1994]] – The United States, under the [[Clinton administration]], returns Haiti's first democratically elected president, [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]], to the island.<ref>{{cite book|title=Military Medical Ethics: Sect. IV. Medical ethics in the military. Medical ethics on the battlefield: the crucible of military medical ethics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dUpsAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA809|year=2003|publisher=Office of the Surgeon General, United States Army|isbn=978-0-16-050502-7|page=809}}</ref> *[[1997]] – The [[Cassini–Huygens|Cassini probe]] launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn. *[[2001]] – NASA's [[Galileo spacecraft]] passes within {{convert|112|mi|km}} of Jupiter's moon Io. *[[2003]] – China launches [[Shenzhou 5]], its first crewed space mission. *[[2006]] – The 6.7 {{M|w|link=y}} [[2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake|Kiholo Bay earthquake]] rocks Hawaii, causing property damage, injuries, landslides, power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport. *[[2007]] – Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 [[2007 New Zealand police raids|anti-terrorism raids]]. *[[2008]] – The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the [[Black Monday (1987)|second worst percentage drop]] in the Dow's history. *[[2013]] – The 7.2 {{M|w|link=y}} [[2013 Bohol earthquake|Bohol earthquake]] strikes the Philippines. At least 215 were killed. *[[2016]] – One hundred and ninety-seven nations amend the [[Montreal Protocol]] to include a phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons. *[[2018]] – 13-year-old American girl, [[Kidnapping of Jayme Closs|Jayme Closs]], is kidnapped from her [[Barron, Wisconsin]] home after her parents were both murdered.<ref>{{cite news |title=Search continues for missing northwestern Wisconsin girl Jayme Closs |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/10/20/search-continues-for-missing-northwestern-wisconsin-girl-jayme-closs |access-date=May 12, 2021 |work=MPR News |date=October 20, 2018}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[99 BC]] (probable)<ref>{{cite book|author=Gian Biagio Conte|title=Latin Literature: A History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NJGp_dkXnuUC&pg=PA155|date=1999|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-0-8018-6253-3|page=155}}</ref> – [[Lucretius]], Roman poet and philosopher (d. 55 BCE) *[[70 BC]] – [[Virgil]], Roman poet (d. 19 BC)<ref>{{cite book|author=George Sarton|title=Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RIlP9sfMnbIC&pg=PA478|date= 1993|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=978-0-486-27740-0|page=478}}</ref> *[[1265]] – [[Temür Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan]] (d. 1307) *[[1440]] – [[Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse]], German noble (d. 1483) *[[1471]] – [[Konrad Mutian]], German epigrammatist and academic (d. 1526) *[[1542]] – [[Akbar]], Mughal emperor (d. 1605) *[[1561]] – [[Richard Field (theologian)|Richard Field]], English cathedral dean (d. 1616) *[[1564]] – [[Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] (d. 1613) *[[1599]] – [[Cornelis de Graeff]], Dutch mayor and regent of Amsterdam (d. 1664) ===1601–1900=== *[[1608]] – [[Evangelista Torricelli]], Italian physicist and mathematician (d. 1647) *[[1622]] – [[Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie]], Swedish statesman and military man (d. 1686) *[[1686]] – [[Allan Ramsay (poet)|Allan Ramsay]], Scottish poet and playwright (d. 1758) *[[1701]] – [[Marie-Marguerite d'Youville]], Canadian nun and saint, founded [[Grey Nuns]] (d. 1771) *[[1711]] – [[Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine]] (d. 1741) *[[1762]] – [[Samuel Adams Holyoke]], American composer and educator (d. 1820) *[[1767]] – [[Gabriel Richard]], French-born American [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] priest, missionary, educator, and politician (d. 1832) *[[1775]] – [[Bernhard Crusell]], Finnish composer (d. 1838)<ref>{{BLF|2356|Bernhard Crusell}}</ref> *[[1784]] – [[Thomas Robert Bugeaud]], French general and politician, [[List of rulers of Algeria before independence|Governor-General of Algeria]] (d. 1849) *[[1785]] – [[José Miguel Carrera]], Chilean general and politician (d. 1821) *[[1789]] – [[William Christopher Zeise]], Danish chemist who prepared [[Zeise's salt]], one of the first organometallic compounds (d. 1847) *[[1802]] – [[Louis-Eugène Cavaignac]], French general and politician, [[List of heads of state of France#French Second Republic (1848–1852)|head of state of France]] in 1848 (d. 1857)<ref>{{cite book|title=Dictionnaire des parlementaires français|volume=1|last1=Robert|first1=Adolphe|last2=Cougny|first2=Gaston|location=Paris|language=fr|year=1889|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k83707p|page=616}}</ref> *[[1814]] – [[Mikhail Lermontov]], Russian author, poet, and painter (d. 1841) *[[1816]] – [[John Robertson (premier)|John Robertson]], English-Australian politician, 5th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (d. 1891) *[[1818]] – [[Alexander Dreyschock]], Czech pianist and composer (d. 1869) *[[1825]] – [[Marie of Prussia]] (d. 1889) *[[1829]] – [[Asaph Hall]], American astronomer and academic (d. 1907) *[[1833]] – [[John Alexander MacPherson]], Australian politician, 7th [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1894) *[[1836]] – [[James Tissot]], French painter and illustrator (d. 1902) *[[1840]] – [[Honoré Mercier]], Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 9th [[Premier of Quebec]] (d. 1894) *[[1844]] – [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], German composer, poet, and philosopher (d. 1900) *[[1858]] – [[John L. Sullivan]], American boxer, actor, and journalist (d. 1918) *[[1865]] – [[Charles W. Clark]], American singer and educator (d. 1925) *[[1872]] – [[Wilhelm Miklas]], Austrian educator and politician, 3rd [[President of Austria]] (d. 1956) * 1872 – [[August Nilsson]], Swedish pole vaulter, shot putter, and [[tug of war]] competitor (d. 1921) *[[1874]] – [[Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (d. 1899) *[[1878]] – [[Paul Reynaud]], French lawyer and politician, 118th [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1966) *[[1879]] – [[Jane Darwell]], American actress (d. 1967) *[[1881]] – [[P. G. Wodehouse]], English novelist and playwright (d. 1975) *[[1882]] – [[Charley O'Leary]], American baseball player and coach (d. 1941) *[[1884]] – [[Archibald Hoxsey]], American pilot (d. 1910) *[[1887]] – [[Frederick Fleet]], English sailor (d. 1965) *[[1888]] – [[S. S. Van Dine]], American author and critic (d. 1939) *[[1890]] – [[Álvaro de Campos]], Portuguese poet and engineer (d. 1935) *[[1893]] – [[Carol II of Romania]] (d. 1953) *[[1894]] – [[Moshe Sharett]], Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (d. 1965) *[[1897]] – [[Johannes Sikkar]], Estonian soldier and politician, [[Prime Minister of Estonia in exile]] (d. 1960) *[[1899]] – [[Adolf Brudes]], Polish-German racing driver (d. 1986) *[[1900]] – [[Mervyn LeRoy]], American actor, director, and producer (d. 1987) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Enrique Jardiel Poncela]], Spanish playwright and novelist (d. 1952) *[[1905]] – [[C. P. Snow]], English chemist and author (d. 1980) *[[1906]] – [[Hiram Fong]], American soldier and politician (d. 2004) * 1906 – [[Alicia Patterson]], American journalist and publisher, co-founded ''[[Newsday]]'' (d. 1963) * 1906 – [[Victoria Spivey]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1976) *[[1907]] – [[Varian Fry]], American journalist and author (d. 1967) *[[1908]] – [[Herman Chittison]], American pianist (d. 1967) * 1908 – [[John Kenneth Galbraith]], Canadian-American economist and diplomat, 7th [[United States Ambassador to India]] (d. 2006) *[[1909]] – [[Jesse L. Greenstein]], American astronomer and academic (d. 2002) * 1909 – [[Robert Trout]], American journalist (d. 2000) *[[1910]] – [[Edwin O. Reischauer]], Japanese-American scholar and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to Japan]] (d. 1990) *[[1912]] – [[Nellie Lutcher]], American singer and pianist (d. 2007) *[[1913]] – [[Wolfgang Lüth]], German commander (d. 1945) *[[1914]] – [[Mohammed Zahir Shah]], Afghan king (d. 2007) *[[1916]] – [[Al Killian]], American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1950) * 1916 – [[George Turner (writer)|George Turner]], Australian author and critic (d. 1997) *[[1917]] – [[Jan Miner]], American actress (d. 2004) * 1917 – [[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.]], American historian and critic (d. 2007) * 1917 – [[Paul Tanner]], American trombonist and educator (d. 2013) *[[1919]] – [[Malcolm Ross (balloonist)|Malcolm Ross]], American captain, balloonist, and physicist (d. 1985) * 1919 – [[Chuck Stevenson]], American race car driver (d. 1995) *[[1920]] – [[Chris Economaki]], American sportscaster and actor (d. 2012) * 1920 – [[Patricia Jessel]], Hong Kong-English actress (d. 1968) * 1920 – [[Peter Koch (wood scientist)|Peter Koch]], American industrial engineer and wood scientist (d. 1998)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67007/pdf|title=Peter Koch papers (1948–1998) – Archives West|website=archiveswest.orbiscascade.org|accessdate=May 31, 2022}}</ref> * 1920 – [[Mario Puzo]], American author and screenwriter (d. 1999)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 15: Ncuti Gatwa, Sarah Ferguson |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/15/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-15-Ncuti-Gatwa-Sarah-Ferguson/1381665792095/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=13 October 2023 |date=15 October 2022}}</ref> * 1920 – [[Henri Verneuil]], Turkish-French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002) *[[1921]] – [[Angelica Rozeanu]], Romanian-Israeli table tennis player (d. 2006) *[[1922]] – [[Agustina Bessa-Luís]], Portuguese author (d. 2019) * 1922 – [[Preben Munthe]], Norwegian economist and politician, [[State Conciliator of Norway]] (d. 2013) *[[1923]] – [[Italo Calvino]], Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (d. 1985) * 1923 – [[Antonio Fontán]], Spanish journalist and politician (d. 2010) * 1923 – [[Eugene Patterson]], American journalist and activist (d. 2013) * 1923 – [[Lindsay Thompson]], Australian politician, 40th [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 2008) *[[1924]] – [[Marguerite Andersen]], German-Canadian author and educator (d. 2022) * 1924 – [[Lee Iacocca]], American businessman and author (d. 2019)<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1924 – [[Warren Miller (director)|Warren Miller]], American director and screenwriter (d. 2018) *[[1925]] – [[Mickey Baker]], American-French guitarist (d. 2012) * 1925 – [[Aurora Bautista]], Spanish actress (d. 2012) * 1925 – [[Tony Hart]], English painter and television host (d. 2009) *[[1926]] – [[James E. Akins]], American soldier and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia]] (d. 2010) * 1926 – [[Agustín García Calvo]], Spanish philosopher and poet (d. 2012) * 1926 – [[Michel Foucault]], French historian and philosopher (d. 1984) * 1926 – [[Ed McBain]], American author and screenwriter (d. 2005) * 1926 – [[Jean Peters]], American actress (d. 2000) * 1926 – [[Karl Richter (conductor)|Karl Richter]], German organist and conductor (d. 1981) *[[1927]] – [[B. S. Abdur Rahman]], Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015) *[[1929]] – [[Will Insley]], American painter and architect (d. 2011) *[[1930]] – [[FM-2030]], Belgian-Iranian basketball player, philosopher and diplomat (d. 2000) * 1930 – [[Ned McWherter]], American politician, 46th [[Governor of Tennessee]] (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tennessee Governor Ned Ray McWherter |url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_tennessee/col2-content/main-content-list/title_mcwherter_ned.html |publisher=[[National Governors Association]] |access-date=October 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219025022/http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_tennessee/col2-content/main-content-list/title_mcwherter_ned.html |archive-date=December 19, 2014 |quote=Born: Oct 15, 1930 |url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]], Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th [[President of India]] (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam: Former President of India: Speeches |url=http://abdulkalam.nic.in/profile.html |website=abdulkalam.nic.in |publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] |access-date=24 July 2020}}</ref> * 1931 – [[Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark]], English academic and politician *[[1932]] – [[Jaan Rääts]], Estonian guitarist and composer (d. 2020) *[[1933]] – [[Nicky Barnes]], American drug lord (d. 2012) *[[1934]] – [[Alan Elsdon]], English trumpet player (d. 2016) * 1934 – [[N. Ramani]], Indian flute player (d. 2015) *[[1935]] – [[Barry McGuire]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1935 – [[Dick McTaggart]], Scottish boxer (d. 2025) * 1935 – [[Bobby Morrow]], American sprinter (d. 2020) * 1935 – [[Willie O'Ree]], Canadian ice hockey player, first black player in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) *[[1936]] – [[Michel Aumont]], French actor (d. 2019) * 1936 – [[Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell]], South African-English businessman (d. 2019) *[[1937]] – [[Linda Lavin]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP"></ref> (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=December 29, 2024 |title=Linda Lavin Dies: 'Alice' Star & Tony-Winning Broadway Actor Was 87 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/12/linda-lavin-dead-alice-no-good-deed-tony-winner-1236243483/ |access-date=December 31, 2024 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |language=en}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Marv Johnson]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1993) * 1938 – [[Fela Kuti]], Nigerian musician and activist (d. 1997)<ref>{{cite book|title=Nordic Journal of African Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vPYMAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Nordic Association of African Studies|page=95}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Brice Marden]], American painter (d. 2023) * 1938 – [[Robert Ward (blues musician)|Robert Ward]], American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2008) *[[1940]] – [[Tommy Bishop]], English rugby league player and coach * 1940 – [[Peter C. Doherty]], Australian surgeon and immunologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1941]] – [[Roy Masters (rugby league)|Roy Masters]], Australian rugby league coach, journalist, and author *[[1942]] – [[Hilo Chen]], Taiwanese-American painter * 1942 – [[Harold W. Gehman, Jr.]], American admiral * 1942 – [[Don Stevenson]], American singer-songwriter and drummer<ref>{{cite book|author=Brock Helander|title=The Rockin' 60s: The People Who Made the Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4mbHDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT476|date= 2001|publisher=Schirmer Trade Books|isbn=978-0-85712-811-9|page=476}}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Penny Marshall]], American actress, director, and producer (d. 2018)<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1944]] – [[Sali Berisha]], Albanian cardiologist and politician, 2nd [[President of Albania]] * 1944 – [[A. Chandranehru]], Sri Lankan Tamil merchant seaman and politician (d. 2005) * 1944 – [[Haim Saban]], Israeli-American businessman, co-founded [[Saban Entertainment]] * 1944 – [[David Trimble]], Northern Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd [[First Minister of Northern Ireland]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2022)<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1945]] – [[Steve Camacho]], Guyanese cricketer (d. 2015) * 1945 – [[Antonio Cañizares Llovera]], Spanish cardinal * 1945 – [[Neophyte of Bulgaria]], Bulgarian patriarch (d. 2024) * 1945 – [[Jim Palmer]], American baseball player and sportscaster<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1946]] – [[Victor Banerjee]], Indian actor and director<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1946 – [[Richard Carpenter (musician)|Richard Carpenter]], American singer-songwriter and pianist<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1946 – [[Palle Danielsson]], Swedish bassist and composer * 1946 – [[Stewart Stevenson]], Scottish engineer and politician, [[Minister for Environment and Climate Change]] *[[1947]] – [[Hümeyra]], Turkish singer-songwriter and actress * 1947 – [[Jaroslav Erno Šedivý]], Czech drummer *[[1948]] – [[Renato Corona]], Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines]] (d. 2016) * 1948 – [[Chris de Burgh]], British-Irish singer-songwriter and pianist *[[1949]] – [[Laurie McBain]], American author * 1949 – [[Prannoy Roy]], Indian journalist, economist, and broadcaster, founded [[NDTV]] *[[1950]] – [[Candida Royalle]], American porn actress, director, and producer (d. 2015) *[[1951]] – [[Peter Richardson (English director)|Peter Richardson]], English actor, director, and screenwriter * 1951 – [[Roscoe Tanner]], American tennis player * 1951 – [[Rafael Vaganian]], Armenian chess player *[[1953]] – [[Betsy Clifford]], Canadian skier<ref>{{cite web |title=Betsy Clifford |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/betsy-clifford |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=16 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref> * 1953 – [[Tito Jackson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tito Jackson, Jackson 5 member and brother to Michael, dies aged 70 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/sep/16/tito-jackson-jackson-5-member-and-brother-to-michael-dies-aged-70 |website=The Guardian |access-date=16 September 2024 |date=16 September 2024}}</ref> * 1953 – [[Larry Miller (comedian)|Larry Miller]], American actor and comedian * 1953 – [[Peter Phillips (conductor)|Peter Phillips]], English conductor and musicologist *[[1954]] – [[Peter Bakowski]], Australian poet and educator * 1954 – [[Steve Bracks]], Australian politician, 44th [[Premier of Victoria]] * 1954 – [[Jere Burns]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1954 – [[Julia Yeomans]], English physicist and academic *[[1955]] – [[Kulbir Bhaura]], Indian field hockey player * 1955 – [[Emma Chichester Clark]], English author and illustrator * 1955 – [[Tanya Roberts]], American actress (d. 2021)<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1957]] – [[Michael Caton-Jones]], Scottish actor, director, and producer * 1957 – [[Mira Nair]], Indian-American actress, director, and producer * 1957 – [[Stacy Peralta]], American skateboarder, director, producer, and businessman, co-founded [[Powell Peralta]] *[[1958]] – [[Stephen Clarke (writer)|Stephen Clarke]], English-French journalist and author *[[1959]] – [[Emeril Lagasse]], American chef and author<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 15, 2022 includes celebrities Emeril Lagasse, Bailee Madison |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-15-2022-includes-celebrities-emeril-lagasse-bailee-madison.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=13 October 2023 |date=15 October 2022}}</ref> * 1959 – [[Alex Paterson]], English keyboard player * 1959 – [[Sarah, Duchess of York]]<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1959 – [[Todd Solondz]], American actor, director, and screenwriter *[[1961]] – [[Vyacheslav Butusov]], Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1963]] – [[Stanley Menzo]], Dutch footballer and manager *[[1964]] – [[Roberto Vittori]], Italian colonel, pilot, and astronaut *[[1965]] – [[Nasser El Sonbaty]], German bodybuilder and trainer (d. 2013) *[[1966]] – [[Eric Benét]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1966 – [[Jorge Campos]], Mexican footballer and manager * 1966 – [[Bill Charlap]], American pianist and composer * 1966 – [[Ilse Huizinga]], Dutch singer * 1966 – [[Dave Stead]], English drummer *[[1967]] – [[Dan Forest]], American politician, 34th [[Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina]] * 1967 – [[Götz Otto]], German actor and screenwriter *[[1968]] – [[Didier Deschamps]], French footballer and manager * 1968 – [[Vanessa Marcil]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1968 – [[Rod Wishart]], Australian rugby league player * 1968 – [[Trent Zimmerman]], Australian politician *[[1969]] – [[Vítor Baía]], Portuguese footballer * 1969 – [[Dominic West]], English actor and director<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1970]] – [[Ginuwine]], American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1970 – [[Pernilla Wiberg]], Swedish skier *[[1971]] – [[Joey Abs]], American wrestler * 1971 – [[Andy Cole]], English footballer and coach * 1971 – [[Lauri Pilter]], Estonian author and translator *[[1972]] – [[Fred Hoiberg]], American basketball player and coach * 1972 – [[Matt Keeslar]], American actor * 1972 – [[Michél Mazingu-Dinzey]], German-Congolese footballer and manager *[[1973]] – [[Aleksandr Filimonov]], Russian footballer * 1973 – [[Maria Hjorth]], Swedish golfer *[[1974]] – [[Ömer Çatkıç]], Turkish footballer * 1974 – [[Bianca Rinaldi]], Brazilian actress *[[1975]] – [[Alessandro Doga]], Italian footballer * 1975 – [[Glen Little]], English footballer and manager *[[1976]] – [[Elisa Aguilar]], Spanish basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Elisa Aguilar |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/100601/elisa-aguilar |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=13 October 2023}}</ref> * 1976 – [[Manuel Dallan]], Italian rugby player *[[1977]] – [[Masato Kawabata]], Japanese racing driver * 1977 – [[David Trezeguet]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=David Trezeguet |url=https://www.tntsports.co.uk/football/david-trezeguet_prs236/person.shtml |website=www.tntsports.co.uk |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref> * 1977 – [[Patricio Urrutia]], Ecuadorian footballer *[[1978]] – [[Devon Gummersall]], American actor, director, and screenwriter * 1978 – [[Wes Moore]], American politician, author, nonprofit executive, and television producer, 63rd [[Governor of Maryland]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Wes Moore, Maryland Governor |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/gov/html/msa18374.html |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=[[Maryland State Archives]] |access-date=October 12, 2023}}</ref> * 1978 – [[Takeshi Morishima]], Japanese wrestler *[[1979]] – [[Blue Adams]], American football player and coach * 1979 – [[Bohemia (rapper)|Bohemia]], Pakistani-American rapper and producer * 1979 – [[Jekaterina Golovatenko]], Estonian figure skater * 1979 – [[Paul Robinson (footballer, born 1979)|Paul Robinson]], English footballer * 1979 – [[Jaci Velasquez]], American singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1979 – [[Māris Verpakovskis]], Latvian footballer *[[1980]] – [[Tom Boonen]], Belgian cyclist * 1980 – [[Brandon Jay McLaren]], Canadian actor<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1981]] – [[Keyshia Cole]], American singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1981 – [[Elena Dementieva]], Russian tennis player *[[1983]] – [[Stephy Tang]], Hong Kong singer * 1983 – [[Bruno Senna]], Brazilian ex-F1 Driver <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.f1-fansite.com/f1-drivers/bruno-senna/ |title= Bruno Senna |website= f1-fansite|date= 17 June 2012 }}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Izale McLeod]], English footballer * 1984 – [[Johan Voskamp]], Dutch footballer * 1984 – [[Jessie Ware]], English singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/6ed40778-8d03-4a5c-ad35-93cf814627c9 |title= Jessie Ware |website= BBC |access-date= 20 September 2019}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Arron Afflalo]], American basketball player * 1985 – [[Walter Alberto López]], Uruguayan footballer * 1985 – [[Marcos Martínez (racing driver)|Marcos Martínez]], Spanish racing driver *[[1986]] – [[Lee Donghae]], South Korean singer-songwriter * 1986 – [[Carlo Janka]], Swiss skier<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=AL&competitorid=70282 |title=Carlo JANKA |website=FIS-ski.com |publisher=[[International Ski and Snowboard Federation]] }}</ref> * 1986 – [[Nolito]], Spanish footballer *[[1987]] – [[Ott Tänak]], Estonian racing driver *[[1988]] – [[Dominique Jones]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dominique Jones |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202346/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=13 October 2023}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Mesut Özil]], German footballer *[[1989]] – [[Blaine Gabbert]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Blaine Gabbert |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13987/blaine-gabbert |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=13 October 2023}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Anthony Joshua]], British professional boxer * 1989 – [[Leandro Antonio Martínez]], Argentinian-Italian footballer *[[1990]] – [[Jeon Ji-yoon]], South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer *[[1991]] – [[Brock Nelson]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brock Nelson |url=https://www.nhl.com/islanders/player/brock-nelson-8475754 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=13 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Ncuti Gatwa]], Rwandan-Scottish actor<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1992 – [[Teoscar Hernández]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Teoscar Hernández #37 - MLB.com |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/teoscar-hernandez-606192 |website=MLB.com |access-date=October 14, 2024}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Vincent Martella]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1993]] – [[Richaun Holmes]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Richaun Holmes |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1626158/richaun-holmes |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=13 October 2023}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Roh Tae-hyun]], South Korean singer and dancer<ref>{{cite web|title=노태현, 생일 전광판 등장…팬들의 뜨거운 응원|url=https://m.tf.co.kr/read/starwars/2048786.htm|work=더팩트|date=15 October 2023|access-date=16 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Lil' Kleine]], Dutch rapper<ref>{{Cite web |last=Top 40 |first=Stichting Nederlandse |title=Jarig: Lil' Kleine {{!}} De highlights van zijn carrière {{!}} Top 40 |url=https://www.top40.nl/jarig-nieuws-jarig-lil-kleine |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Top40.nl |language=nl}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Babar Azam]], Pakistani cricket player <ref> {{cite news | title= Babar Azam | website = [[The Times of India]] | url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/icc-world-cup/news/pakistan-arrive-in-bengaluru-team-celebrates-babar-azams-birthday/articleshow/104448119.cms }} </ref> *[[1995]] – [[Jack Flaherty]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web|title=Jack Flaherty|website=[[MLB.com]] |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jack-flaherty-656427}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Jakob Pöltl]], Austrian basketball player<ref>{{basketballstats |nba=1627751}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Charly Musonda (footballer, born 1996)|Charly Musonda]], Belgian footballer * 1996 – [[Grace Van Dien]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |first=Carol |last=Day |date=December 1, 1997 |url=https://people.com/archive/dutch-treat-vol-48-no-22/ |title=Dutch Treat |work=People |access-date=July 17, 2022 |archive-date=July 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717070545/https://people.com/archive/dutch-treat-vol-48-no-22/ |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Zelo]], South Korean rapper and dancer *[[1998]] – [[Teuku Wariza Aris Munandar]], Indonesian activist and politician<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2012-03-17 |title=T Wariza Juara Pidato Peringatan Maulid |language=id |work=[[Tribun]] |editor-last=Hasyim |url= |access-date=}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Bailee Madison]], American-Canadian actress and singer<ref name="AP"></ref> * 2000 – [[Melki Sedek Huang]], Indonesian activist and [[sex offender]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fallahnda |first=Balqis |title=Biodata Melki Sedek Ketua BEM UI dan Dugaan Pelecehan Seksual |url=https://tirto.id/melki-sedek-huang-biodata-dan-dugaan-kasus-pelecehan-seksual-gTx3 |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=tirto.id |date=20 December 2023 |language=id}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark]]<ref>{{cite book|first1=Lone|last1=Hindø|first2=Else|last2=Boelskifte|title=Kongelig Dåb. Fjorten generationer ved Rosenborg-døbefonten|trans-title=Royal Baptisms. Fourteen generations at the Rosenborg baptismal font|publisher=Forlaget Hovedland|year=2007|isbn=978-87-7070-014-6|page=127|language=da}}</ref> <!-- Do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. --> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[412]] – [[Theophilus I of Alexandria|Theophilus]], [[Patriarch of Alexandria]] * [[892]] – [[Al-Mu'tamid]], [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] [[Caliphate|caliph]] * [[898]] – [[Lambert of Italy]] (b. 880) * [[912]] – [[Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi]], Spanish emir (b. 844) * [[925]] – [[Rhazes]], Persian polymath (b. 864) * [[961]] – [[Abd-ar-Rahman III|Abd-al-Rahman III]], caliph of Córdoba *[[1002]] – [[Henry I, Duke of Burgundy|Otto-Henry]], [[Duke of Burgundy]] (b. 946) *[[1080]] – [[Rudolf of Rheinfelden]] (b. 1025) *[[1173]] – [[Petronilla of Aragon]] (b. 1135) *[[1240]] – [[Razia Sultana]], sultan of [[Delhi]] (b. 1205)<ref>{{cite book |author=K. A. Nizami |author-link=K. A. Nizami |chapter=The Early Turkish Sultans of Delhi |editor1=Mohammad Habib |editor2=Khaliq Ahmad Nizami |title=A Comprehensive History of India: The Delhi Sultanat (A.D. 1206–1526) |volume=5 |edition=Second |year=1992 |publisher=The Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_9cmAQAAMAAJ |oclc=31870180 |page=242 }}</ref> *[[1243]] – [[Hedwig of Silesia]], Polish saint (b. 1174)<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07189a.htm Kirsch, Johann Peter. "St. Hedwig." ''The Catholic Encyclopedia''] Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910, accessdate=2007-02-18</ref> *[[1326]] – [[Walter Stapledon]], bishop and [[Lord High Treasurer]] of England, and his brother Sir [[Richard Stapledon]], judge and politician. *[[1385]] – [[Dionysius I, Metropolitan of Moscow]] *[[1389]] – [[Pope Urban VI]] (b. 1318) *[[1404]] – [[Marie of Valois (1344-1404)|Marie Valois]], French princess (b. 1344)<ref name="Arras234">Jean d'Arras, ''Melusine; or, The Noble History of Lusignan'', transl. Donald Maddox, (The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012), 234.</ref> *[[1496]] – [[Gilbert, Count of Montpensier]] (b. 1443) *[[1564]] – [[Andreas Vesalius]], Belgian-Greek anatomist, physician, and author (b. 1514) ===1601–1900=== *[[1674]] – [[Robert Herrick (poet)|Robert Herrick]], English poet (b. 1591)<ref>{{Cite book |title=Robert Herrick: A Biographical and Critical Study |last=Moorman |first=Frederic William |year=1910 |location=London, Edinburgh and New York |publisher=Thomas Nelson and Sons |url=https://archive.org/details/robertherrickbio00mooruoft}}</ref> *[[1684]] – [[Géraud de Cordemoy]], French historian, philosopher and lawyer (b. 1626) *[[1690]] – [[Juan de Valdés Leal]], Spanish painter and illustrator (b. 1622) *[[1715]] – [[Humphry Ditton]], English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1675) *[[1788]] – [[Samuel Greig]], Scottish-Russian admiral (b. 1735) *[[1810]] – [[Alfred Moore]], American captain and judge (b. 1755) *[[1811]] – [[Nathaniel Dance-Holland]], English painter and politician (b. 1735) *[[1817]] – [[Tadeusz Kościuszko]], Polish-Lithuanian general and engineer (b. 1746) *[[1819]] – [[Sergey Vyazmitinov]], Russian general and politician, [[Saint Petersburg Governorate|War Governor of Saint Petersburg]] (b. 1744) *[[1820]] – [[Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg]] (b. 1771) *[[1837]] – [[Ivan Dmitriev]], Russian poet and politician, [[List of Ministers of Justice of Imperial Russia|Russian Minister of Justice]] (b. 1760) *[[1838]] – [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]], English poet and novelist (b. 1802)<ref>{{cite web |title=Letitia Elizabeth Landon {{!}} British author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Letitia-Elizabeth-Landon |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1891]] – [[Gilbert Arthur à Beckett]], English author and songwriter (b. 1837) *[[1900]] – [[Zdeněk Fibich]], Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850) ===1901–present=== *[[1910]] – [[Stanley Ketchel]], American boxer (b. 1886)<ref>{{cite web |title=Stanley Ketchel, "The Michigan Killer" |url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/stanley-ketchel-the-michigan-killer |website=World Boxing Association |access-date=16 September 2024 |date=29 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1917]] – [[Mata Hari]], Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876) *[[1918]] – [[Sai Baba of Shirdi]], Indian guru and saint (b. 1838) *[[1925]] – [[Dolores Jiménez y Muro]], Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aguascalientes.gob.mx/Aguascalientes2010/1910/personajes.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120050/http://www.aguascalientes.gob.mx/Aguascalientes2010/1910/personajes.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-01-19|title=Gobierno del Estado de Aguascalientes|date=2018-01-19|access-date=2018-08-02}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[Herbert Henry Dow]], Canadian-American businessman, founded the [[Dow Chemical Company]] (b. 1866) *[[1934]] – [[Raymond Poincaré]], French lawyer and politician, 10th [[President of France]] (b. 1860) *[[1940]] – [[Lluís Companys]], Catalan lawyer and politician, [[President of Catalonia]] (b. 1882) *[[1945]] – [[Pierre Laval]], French lawyer and politician, 101st [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1883) *[[1946]] – [[Hermann Göring]], German general and politician (b. 1893) *[[1948]] – [[Edythe Chapman]], American actress (b. 1863) *[[1955]] – [[Fumio Hayasaka]], Japanese composer (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fumio Hayasaka |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba16301b0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720195301/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba16301b0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 20, 2016 |website=BFI |access-date=23 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[Asaf Halet Çelebi]], Turkish poet and author (b. 1907) * 1958 – [[Elizabeth Alexander (scientist)|Elizabeth Alexander]], British geologist, academic, and physicist (b. 1908) *[[1959]] – [[Stepan Bandera]], Ukrainian soldier and politician (b. 1909) * 1959 – [[Lipót Fejér]], Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1880) *[[1960]] – [[Clara Kimball Young]], American actress and producer (b. 1890) *[[1961]] – [[Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala']], Indian poet and author (b. 1896) *[[1963]] – [[Horton Smith]], American golfer and captain (b. 1908) *[[1964]] – [[Cole Porter]], American composer and songwriter (b. 1891) *[[1965]] – [[Abraham Fraenkel]], German-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1891) *[[1966]] – [[Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell]], English lieutenant and politician (b. 1876) *[[1968]] – [[Virginia Lee Burton]], American author and illustrator (b. 1909) *[[1976]] – [[Carlo Gambino]], Italian-American mob boss (b. 1902) *[[1978]] – [[W. Eugene Smith]], American photojournalist (b. 1918) * 1978 – [[Rolf Stenersen]], Norwegian businessman (b. 1899)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Rolf E. Stenersen |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Rolf_E._Stenersen |language=no|access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Mikhail Lavrentyev]], Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900) * 1980 – [[Apostolos Nikolaidis (athlete)|Apostolos Nikolaidis]], Greek footballer and volleyball player (b. 1896) *[[1983]] – [[Pat O'Brien (actor)|Pat O'Brien]], American actor (b. 1899) *[[1987]] – [[Thomas Sankara]], Burkinabe captain and politician, 5th [[President of Burkina Faso]] (b. 1949) * 1987 – [[Donald Wandrei]], American author and poet (b. 1908) *[[1988]] – [[Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji]], English composer, music critic, pianist and writer (b. 1892) *[[1989]] – [[Danilo Kiš]], Serbian novelist, short story writer, essayist and translator. (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/17/obituaries/danilo-kis-dead-at-54-wrote-of-the-holocaust.html|title=Danilo Kis Dead at 54; Wrote of the Holocaust|date=17 October 1989|website=New York Times|access-date=15 October 2019}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Delphine Seyrig]], French actress and director (b. 1932) *[[1993]] – [[Aydın Sayılı]], Turkish historian and academic (b. 1913) *[[1994]] – [[Sarah Kofman]], French philosopher and academic (b. 1934) *[[1995]] – [[Bengt Åkerblom]], Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1967) * 1995 – [[Marco Campos]], Brazilian racing driver, only driver ever killed in the International Formula 3000 series (b. 1976)<ref>{{cite web|title=Brazilian driver dies after collision|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/brazilian-driver-dies-after-collision-1578252.html|work=The Independent|date=18 October 1995|access-date=27 April 2013}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Josef Locke]], British-Irish soldier, policeman, tenor and actor (b. 1917) *[[2000]] – [[Konrad Emil Bloch]], Polish-American biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite news |title=Konrad Bloch, Nobel winner, dies at 88 |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2000/10/konrad-bloch-nobel-winner-dies-at-88/ |access-date=10 October 2020 |work=Harvard Gazette |date=19 October 2000}}</ref> * 2000 – [[Vincent Canby]], American journalist and critic (b. 1924) *[[2001]] – [[Zhang Xueliang]], Chinese general and warlord (b. 1901)<ref name="nytobit">{{cite news |first=Nicholas D. |last=Kristof |page=C13 |title = Zhang Xueliang, 100, Dies; Warlord and Hero of China |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/19/world/zhang-xueliang-100-dies-warlord-and-hero-of-china.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=19 October 2001 |access-date=25 July 2021 |archive-date=24 October 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091024100421/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/19/world/zhang-xueliang-100-dies-warlord-and-hero-of-china.html |department=National news |language= en |oclc=1645522 |issn=0362-4331 |url-status=live |editor1-first=Dean |editor1-last=Baquet |editor2-first=Meghan |editor2-last=Louttit |editor3-first=Philip |editor3-last=Corbett |editor4-first=Lian |editor4-last=Chang |editor5-first=Monica |editor5-last=Drake |editor6-first=Joseph |editor6-last=Kahn |editor7-first=Kathleen |editor7-last=Kingsbury |editor8-first=A.G. |editor8-last=Sulzberger |editor9-first=Meredith Kopit |editor9-last=Levien |editor10-first=Roland A. |editor10-last=Caputo |editor11-first=William |editor11-last=Bardeen |editor12-first=Stephen |editor12-last=Dunbar-Johnson |editor13-first=Diane |editor13-last=Brayton |volume=CL |issue=210 }}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Ben Metcalfe]], Canadian journalist and activist (b. 1919) *[[2004]] – [[Per Højholt]], Danish poet (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fauth |first1=Søren R. |title=Højholt, Per (1928–2004) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM651-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Jason Collier]], American basketball player (b. 1977) * 2005 – [[Matti Wuori]], Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1945) *[[2007]] – [[Piet Boukema]], Dutch jurist and politician (b. 1933) *[[2008]] – [[Edie Adams]], American actress and singer (b. 1927) * 2008 – [[Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca]], Turkish soldier and poet (b. 1914) * 2008 – [[Jack Narz]], American game show host and announcer (b. 1922) *[[2009]] – [[Heinz Versteeg]], Dutch-German footballer (b. 1939) *[[2010]] – [[Richard C. Miller]], American photographer (b. 1912) * 2010 – [[Mildred Fay Jefferson]], American physician and activist (b. 1926) * 2010 – [[Johnny Sheffield]], American actor (b. 1931) *[[2011]] – [[Betty Driver]], English actress, singer, and author (b. 1920) *[[2012]] – [[Claude Cheysson]], French lieutenant and politician, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (France)|French Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1920) * 2012 – [[Erol Günaydın]], Turkish actor and screenwriter (b. 1933) * 2012 – [[Maria Petrou]], Greek-English computer scientist and academic (b. 1953) * 2012 – [[Norodom Sihanouk]], Cambodian politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Cambodia]] (b. 1922) * 2012 – [[Pat Ward (politician)|Pat Ward]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1957) *[[2013]] – [[Donald Bailey (musician)|Donald Bailey]], American drummer (b. 1933) * 2013 – [[Nevill Drury]], English-Australian journalist and publisher (b. 1947) * 2013 – [[Cancio Garcia]], Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1937) * 2013 – [[Gloria Lynne]], American singer (b. 1931) * 2013 – [[Rudy Minarcin]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1930) * 2013 – [[Hans Riegel]], German businessman (b. 1923) *[[2014]] – [[Giovanni Reale]], Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1931) * 2014 – [[Jiří Reynek]], Czech poet and graphic designer (b. 1929) * 2014 – [[Robert Tiernan]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1929) * 2014 – [[Nobby Wirkowski]], American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1926) *[[2015]] – [[Sergei Filippenkov]], Russian footballer and manager (b. 1971) * 2015 – [[Nate Huffman]], American basketball player (b. 1975) * 2015 – [[Neill Sheridan]], American baseball player (b. 1921) * 2015 – [[Kenneth D. Taylor]], Canadian businessman and diplomat (b. 1934) * 2015 – [[Tyrone Young]], American football player (b. 1960) *[[2017]] – [[Chinggoy Alonzo]], Filipino theater, movie & television actor (b. 1950) *[[2018]] – [[Paul Allen]], co-founder of [[Microsoft]], philanthropist, owner of the [[Seattle Seahawks]] (b. 1953)<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-dies-at-65/281-604572895|title=Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies at 65|date=15 October 2018 }}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[David Amess]], British politician, member of Parliament for [[Southend West (UK Parliament constituency)|Southend West]] (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-tory-mp-david-amess-25224283|title=Tory MP Sir David Amess, 69, assassinated in Leigh-on-Sea|website=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=15 October 2021 }}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Mike Jackson (British Army officer)|Mike Jackson]], English general (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former army head General Sir Mike Jackson dies |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8djnnel017o |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=www.bbc.com |date=15 October 2024 |language=en-GB}}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. --> ==Holidays and observances== *[[Breast Health Day]] (Europe) *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Bruno of Querfurt]] **[[Cúan]] of Ahascragh **[[Teresa of Ávila]] **[[Thecla of Kitzingen]] **[[October 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[National Latino AIDS Awareness Day]] (United States) *[[Shwmae Sumae Day|Shwmae Su'mae Day]] ([[Wales]]) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Croeso! Welcome!|url=http://www.shwmae.cymru/?lang=en|access-date=2021-10-13|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[World Students' Day]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/education/world-students-day-2024-why-is-october-15-celebrated-as-students-day-apj-abdul-kalam-9619414/|title=Why is World Students' Day celebrated on October 15?|date=14 October 2024|access-date=15 October 2024|work=The Indian Express}}</ref> == References == <references /> ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/15 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=10|day=15}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/15 |title=Historical Events on October 15 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:October 15}} [[Category:Days of October]]
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