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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[690]] &ndash; Empress [[Wu Zetian]] establishes the [[Zhou dynasty (690–705)|Zhou Dynasty]] of China.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Uwitchett |first1=Denis |title=Chen gui and Other Works Attributed to Empress Wu Zetian. |page=20 |url=https://www2.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/file/1471iwFGrCg.pdf}}</ref>
*[[1091]] &ndash; [[London tornado of 1091]]: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London.
*[[1346]] &ndash; The English capture [[David II of Scotland|King David II of Scotland]] at [[Battle of Neville's Cross|Neville's Cross]] and imprison him for eleven years.
*[[1448]] &ndash; An Ottoman army defeats a Hungarian army at the [[Battle of Kosovo (1448)|Second Battle of Kosovo]].
*[[1456]] &ndash; The [[University of Greifswald]] is established as the second oldest university in northern Europe.
*[[1534]] &ndash; [[Affair of the Placards|Anti-Catholic posters]] appear in Paris and other cities supporting [[Huldrych Zwingli]]'s position on the Mass.
*[[1558]] &ndash; [[Poczta Polska]], the Polish postal service, is founded.
===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] &ndash; [[Kepler's Supernova]] is observed in the constellation of Ophiuchus.
*[[1610]] &ndash; French king [[Louis XIII of France|Louis XIII]] is crowned in Reims Cathedral.
*[[1660]] &ndash; The [[List of regicides of Charles I|nine regicide]]s who signed the death warrant of [[Charles I of England]] are hanged, drawn and quartered.
*[[1662]] &ndash; Charles II of England [[Sale of Dunkirk|sells Dunkirk]] to Louis XIV of France for 40,000 pounds.
*[[1713]] &ndash; [[Great Northern War]]: [[Tsardom of Russia|Russia]] defeats [[Sweden]] in the [[Battle of Kostianvirta]] in [[Pälkäne]].<ref>{{cite book| title = Kostianvirran taistelu : Pälkäne 1713| publisher = Seppo Korppoo & Tapio Korppoo| year =2013| author = Aleksei Blandov| location = Helsinki| isbn =978-952-93-2364-7}}</ref>
*[[1771]] &ndash; Premiere in Milan of the opera ''[[Ascanio in Alba]]'', composed by Mozart at age 15.
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army [[Saratoga campaign|at Saratoga, New York]].
*[[1781]] &ndash; American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the [[Siege of Yorktown]].
*[[1800]] &ndash; War of the Second Coalition: Britain [[Invasion of Curaçao (1800)|takes control]] of the Dutch colony of Curaçao.
*[[1806]] &ndash; Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines|Jacques I]], is assassinated after an oppressive rule.
*[[1811]] &ndash; The silver deposits of [[Agua Amarga]] are discovered in Chile becoming in the following years instrumental for the [[Patriot Governments (Spanish American independence)|Patriots]] to finance the [[Chilean War of Independence]].<ref name=Cortes2017p25>{{Cite book|title=Chañarcillo, cuando de las montañas brotó la plata|last=Cortés Lutz|first=Guillermo|publisher=[[Museo Regional de Atacama]]|series=Cuadernos de Historia |year=2017|volume=II|language=es|url=https://www.museodeatacama.gob.cl/sites/www.museodeatacama.gob.cl/files/images/articles-88574_archivo_01.pdf|edition=|page=25}}</ref> 
*[[1814]] &ndash; Eight people die in the [[London Beer Flood]].
*[[1850]] &ndash; Riots start, which lead to a [[Massacre of Aleppo (1850)|massacre]] in Aleppo.<ref>{{cite book|last=Masters|first=Bruce|title=The Arabs of the Ottoman Empire, 1516–1918: A Social and Cultural History|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2013|isbn=978-1-10706-779-0|page=169|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cvTPu0dQyeAC}}</ref>
*[[1860]] &ndash; First [[The Open Championship]] (referred to in North America as the ''British Open'').
*[[1861]] &ndash; Aboriginal Australians kill nineteen Europeans in the [[Cullin-la-ringo massacre]].
===1901–present===
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Marconi Company|Marconi]] begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
*[[1912]] &ndash; Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the [[First Balkan War]].
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Leeds United F.C.]] founded at Salem Chapel, Holbeck after the winding up of [[Leeds City F.C.]] for making illegal payments to players during [[World War I]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.leedsunited.com/news/club/27191/17th-october-1919-the-fall-and-rise-of-football-in-leeds |website=Leeds United |title=17th October 1919: The Fall and Rise of Football in Leeds |date=17 October 2020 }}</ref>
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Al Capone]] is convicted of income tax evasion.
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Albert Einstein]] flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
*[[1940]] &ndash; The body of Communist propagandist [[Willi Münzenberg]] is found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[USS Kearny (DD-432)|USS ''Kearny'']] becomes the first U.S. Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat.
*[[1943]] &ndash; The [[Burma Railway]] (Burma–Thailand Railway) is completed.
*  1943   &ndash; Nazi Holocaust in Poland: [[Sobibór extermination camp]] is closed.
*[[1945]] &ndash; A [[Loyalty Day (Argentina)|large demonstration]] in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release.
*[[1952]] &ndash; Indonesian Army elements [[17 October affair|surrounded the Merdeka Palace]] demanding President Sukarno disband the [[Provisional People's Representative Council]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=McVey |first1=Ruth |title=The Post-Revolutionary Transformation of the Indonesian Army |journal=Indonesia |date=1971 |volume=11 |issue=11 |pages=131–176 |doi=10.2307/3350748 |issn=0019-7289|jstor=3350748|hdl=1813/53507 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in [[Sellafield]], England.
*[[1961]] &ndash; Directed by their chief [[Maurice Papon]], Paris police [[Paris massacre of 1961|massacre]] scores of [[Algerian people|Algerian]] protesters.
*[[1961]] &ndash; The first attempt of the [[Israel and apartheid|apartheid analogy]] by [[Ahmad Shukeiri]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wistrich|first=Robert S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fd4nDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA104|title=Anti-Judaism, Antisemitism, and Delegitimizing Israel|date=2016-12-01|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=978-0-8032-9671-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/a-response-to-david-grossman|title=Response to D.G.|access-date=2021-10-17|website=www.israelhayom.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-11-30|title=History's worst serial abusers|url=https://thecjn.ca/perspectives/opinions/historys-worst-serial-abusers/|access-date=2021-10-17|website=The Canadian Jewish News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Oron |first=Yitzhak |title=Middle East Record Volume 2, 1961 |date=1961 |publisher=The M. Dayan Center |language=en}} [https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2011/6/24/988261/-]</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; The [[1964 New York World's Fair|1964–65 New York World's Fair]] closes after two years and more than 51&nbsp;million attendees.
*[[1966]] &ndash; The [[23rd Street Fire]] in New York City kills 12 firefighters.
*[[1969]] &ndash; The [[Caravaggio]] painting ''[[Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence]]'' is stolen from the [[Oratory of Saint Lawrence]] in [[Palermo]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/02/05/bacara105.xml|title=Will we ever see it again?|last=Robb|first=Peter|date=May 2, 2005|website=Telegraph|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311122917/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2005%2F02%2F05%2Fbacara105.xml|archive-date=11 March 2007|access-date=14 July 2021}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; FLQ [[October Crisis|terrorists murder]] Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte.
*[[1973]] &ndash; OPEC imposes an [[1973 oil crisis|oil embargo]] against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the ''Yom Kippur War''.
*[[1977]] &ndash; The hijacked [[Lufthansa Flight 181]] lands in Mogadishu. The remaining hostages are later rescued.
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Mother Teresa]] is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
*  1979   &ndash; The [[Department of Education Organization Act]] creates the U.S. Department of Education.
*[[1980]] &ndash; As part of the [[Holy See–United Kingdom relations]] a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican.
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Uganda Airlines Flight 775]] crashes at [[Rome Fiumicino Airport|Rome–Fiumicino International Airport]], in [[Rome]], [[Italy]], killing 33 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-338C 5X-UBC Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19881017-0|access-date=2020-06-06|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; The 6.9 {{M|w|link=yes}} [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake|Loma Prieta earthquake]] shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast, killing 63.
*  1989   &ndash; The East German Politburo votes to remove [[Erich Honecker]] from his role as General Secretary.
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[1991 Rudrapur bombings|Rudrapur bombings]] by Sikh separatists, who explode two bombs, during a [[Ramlila]] [[Hindu]] celebration in [[Rudrapur, Uttarakhand]], killing 41 people.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/18/world/2-bombs-kill-41-and-injure-140-in-india.html|title=2 Bombs Kill 41 and Injure 140 in India|newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press|date=18 October 1991}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19911115-evil-triumphs-over-good-during-ram-lila-celebrations-815064-1991-11-15|title=Terrorists strike during Ram Lila celebrations in Uttar Pradesh|author=RAHUL PATHAK |date=November 15, 1991 |magazine=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.calendar-365.com/1991-calendar.html|title=1991 Calendar|website=www.calendar-365.com}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student [[Killing of Yoshihiro Hattori|Yoshihiro Hattori is killed]] by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
*[[1994]] &ndash; Russian journalist [[Dmitry Kholodov]] is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
*[[2000]] &ndash; The [[Hatfield rail crash]] leads to the collapse of Railtrack.
*[[2001]] &ndash; Israeli tourism minister [[Rehavam Ze'evi]] is [[Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi|assassinated]] by [[Hamdi Quran]], a member of the [[PFLP]], thus becoming the highest-ranking Israeli to be killed by a Palestinian.

*[[2004]] &ndash; A [[Parque Central Complex fire|fire]] that lasted over 15 hours destroyed almost one third of the East Tower of the [[Parque Central Complex|Parque Central Urban Complex]] in [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Torre Este de Parque Central: 8 años después |trans-title=Parque Central East Tower: 8 years later |url=http://www.eluniversal.com/caracas/121016/torre-este-de-parque-central-8-anos-despues |access-date=16 October 2012 |website=[[El Universal (Caracas)|El Universal]] |language=es}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Syrian civil war]]: The [[Syrian Democratic Forces]] (SDF) capture the last foothold of the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) in [[Raqqa]], marking the end of the [[Battle of Raqqa (2017)|Battle of Raqqa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-raqqa/islamic-state-in-raqqa-mounts-last-stand-around-city-stadium-idUSKBN1CM0VC?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews |title=Islamic State in Raqqa mounts last stand around city stadium |work=[[Reuters]] |date=17 October 2017|access-date=17 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2017/Oct-17/422965-us-backed-militias-take-major-raqqa-position-from-daesh-sdf.ashx|title=Daesh completely cleared from Syria's Raqqa: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights|work=[[The Daily Star (Lebanon)|Daily Star]] |date=17 October 2017|access-date=17 October 2017}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; The recreational use of cannabis [[Cannabis Act (Canada)|is legalized]] in Canada.
*  2018   &ndash; [[Kerch Polytechnic College massacre|A mass shooting and bombing]] at [[Kerch Polytechnic College]] in Crimea kills 21 people including the attacker and injures 70 others.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Hodge | first1= Nathan |last2=Burrows |first2=Emma  |last3=Tarasova |first3=Darya |last4=Britton |first4=Bianca |url= https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/17/europe/crimea-kerch-explosion-intl/index.html |title=20 killed in Crimea college gun and bomb attack, Russia says|publisher= CNN|date=18 October 2018|access-date=2018-10-19}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; Drug dealers in [[Culiacan]], Sinaloa, Mexico [[Battle of Culiacán|force the government to back down on an arrest]].<ref>{{citation |website=El Pais |title=El narco impone su ley en Sinaloa y exhibe la debilidad del Estado mexicano |date=October 19, 2019 |first=Javier |last=Lafuente |url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2019/10/18/mexico/1571426946_411098.html |language=es |trans-title=Narcos impose their law in Sinaloa and demonstrate the weakenss of the Mexican State}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; The [[17 October Revolution]] starts in [[Lebanon]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Protests erupt in Lebanon over plans to impose new taxes |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/17/protests-erupt-in-lebanon-over-plans-to-impose-new-taxes/ |access-date=26 May 2022 |work=Al Jazeera |date=17 October 2019}}</ref>
*  [[2023]] &ndash; An [[Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion|explosion]] at [[Al-Ahli Arab Hospital]] in Gaza kills hundreds of Palestinians during the [[Gaza war]].<ref>Taylor, Adam (18 October 2023). "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/18/gaza-hospital-strike-al-ahli/# Everything we know about the Gaza hospital strike]". ''[[The Washington Post]]''. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.</ref>

==Births==
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===Pre-1600===
* [[503]] &ndash; [[Lý Nam Đế]], first emperor of [[History of Vietnam|Vietnam]] (d. 548)
*[[1253]] &ndash; [[Ivo of Kermartin]], French priest and saint (d. 1303)
*[[1493]] &ndash; [[Bartolommeo Bandinelli]], Italian sculptor (d. 1560)
*[[1500]] &ndash; [[Alonso de Orozco Mena]], Spanish Roman Catholic priest (d. 1591)
*[[1538]] &ndash; [[Irene di Spilimbergo]], Italian Renaissance poet and painter (d. 1559)<ref>Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (Biographical Dictionary of Italians), Edited by Treccani, Vol. 93, 2018.</ref>
*[[1577]] &ndash; [[Cristofano Allori]], Italian painter (d. 1621)
*  1577   &ndash; [[Dmitry Pozharsky]], Russian prince (d. 1642)
*[[1582]] &ndash; [[Johann Gerhard]], German theologian and academic (d. 1637)
*[[1587]] &ndash; [[Nathan Field]], English dramatist and actor (d. 1620)
===1601–1900===
*[[1623]] &ndash; [[Francis Turretin]], Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1687)
*[[1629]] &ndash; [[Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias]] (d. 1646)
*[[1688]] &ndash; [[Domenico Zipoli]], Italian missionary and composer (d. 1726)
*[[1711]] &ndash; [[Jupiter Hammon]], American poet (d. 1806)
*[[1719]] &ndash; [[Jacques Cazotte]], French author and academic (d. 1792)
*[[1720]] &ndash; [[Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini]], Italian [[harpsichord]] player and composer (d. 1795)<ref>{{cite book | first=Bertil H. | last=Van Boer | title=Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period | location=Lanham | publisher=Scarecrow Press | year=2012 | isbn=978-0-8108-7183-0 | page=24}}</ref> 
*[[1725]] &ndash; [[John Wilkes]], English journalist and politician (d. 1797)
*[[1729]] &ndash; [[Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny]], French composer and academic (d. 1817)
*[[1735]] &ndash; [[Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger]], German [[Baroque]] artist (d. 1803)
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[Andrey Voronikhin]], Russian architect and painter (d. 1814)
*[[1760]] &ndash; [[Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon]], French economist and philosopher (d. 1825)
*[[1768]] &ndash; [[Sophie von Dönhoff]], [[morganatic]] spouse by bigamy to King Frederick William II of Prussia (d. 1838)
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[Louis Charles, Count of Beaujolais|Louis Charles]], French [[prince of the blood]] (d. 1808)
*  1779   &ndash; [[José Andrés Pacheco de Melo]], Argentine statesman and priest (d. approx. 1820)
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[Richard Mentor Johnson]], American politician, ninth Vice President of the United States (d. 1850)
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[Johann Friedrich Meckel]], German anatomist (d. 1833)
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Fructuoso Rivera]], first president of [[Uruguay]] (d. 1854)
*[[1785]] &ndash; [[Christen Smith]], Norwegian scientist (d. 1816)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[John Bowring]], English [[Polyglotism|polyglot]] and [[governor of Hong Kong]] (d. 1826)
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Juan Lavalle]], Argentine politician (d. 1841)
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Ferenc Deák (politician)|Ferenc Deák]], Hungarian politician (d. 1876)
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Adolphe-Félix Cals]], French painter (d. 1880)
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Albertus van Raalte]], Dutch-American pastor and educator (d. 1876)
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Georg Büchner]], German-Swiss poet and playwright (d. 1837)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Yakiv Holovatsky]], Ukrainian historian, scholar, and poet (d. 1888)
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Syed Ahmad Khan]], Indian philosopher and scholar (d. 1898)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Alexander Gardner (photographer)|Alexander Gardner]], Scottish photographer (d. 1882)
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Aureliano Maestre de San Juan]], Spanish scientist (d. 1890)
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[José E. Díaz|José E. Días]], Paraguayan general (d. 1867)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Louis-Léon Cugnot]], French sculptor (d. 1894)
*  1835   &ndash; [[Paul Haenlein]], German mechanical engineer (d. 1905)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[André Gill]], French [[caricaturist]] (d. 1885)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Gustave Schlumberger]], French historian (d. 1929)
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[John J. Gardner]], American politician (d. 1921)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia]] (d. 1920)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Childe Hassam]], American painter and illustrator (d. 1935)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Henry Campbell Black]], founder of ''[[Black's Law Dictionary]]'' (d. 1927)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Elinor Glyn]], English author, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1943)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[James Rudolph Garfield]], American lawyer and politician, 23rd [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] (d. 1950)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Josep Puig i Cadafalch]], [[Catalonia|Catalan]] architect who designed the [[Casa Martí]] (d. 1956)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Segundo de Chomón]], Spanish [[cinematographer]], director, and screenwriter (d. 1929)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Hippolyte Aucouturier]], French [[road bicycle racing|road cyclist]] (d. 1944)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba|Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart]], Spanish politician and 17th [[Duke of Alba]] (d. 1953)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Jesús Reyes Ferreira]], Mexican artist and art collector (d. 1977)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Maria Dulęba]], Polish actress (d. 1959)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Haritina Korotkevich]], Russian war heroine (d. 1904)<ref name="mikhailova">{{cite book | first1=Yulia | last1=Mikhailova | first2=Ikuta | last2=Michiko | chapter=Forgotten Heroes: Russian Women in the War | editor-first=Rotem | editor-last=Kowner | title=Rethinking the Russo-Japanese War, 1904–5: Volume 1: Centennial Perspectives | location=Folkestone | publisher=Global Oriental | year=2007 | isbn= 978-1-9052-4603-8  | page=209}}</ref>
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Alexander Neill]], Scottish educator (d. 1973)
*  1883   &ndash; [[Thaddeus Shideler]], American [[hurdler]] (d. 1966)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Spring Byington]], American actress (d. 1971)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Mikha'il Na'ima]], [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] author (d. 1988)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Roy Kilner]], English cricketer (d. 1928)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Theodor Eicke]], German SS general (d. 1943)
*  1892   &ndash; [[Herbert Howells]], English organist, composer, and educator (d. 1983)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Raffaele Bendandi]], Italian clockmaker and seismologist (d. 1979)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Prince René of Bourbon-Parma|Prince René]], Italian Prince of [[Denmark]] (d. 1962)
*  1894   &ndash; [[Pablo de Rokha]], Chilean poet (d. 1968)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes]], [[President of Guatemala]] (1958–1963) (d. 1982)
*  1895   &ndash; [[Doris Humphrey]], American dancer and choreographer (d. 1958)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia|Roman Petrovich]], Russian prince (d. 1978)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Shinichi Suzuki (violinist)|Shinichi Suzuki]], Japanese violinist and educator (d. 1998)<ref>{{cite book |title=Suzuki: The Man and His Dream to Teach the Children of the World |page=24 |first1=Eri |last1=Hotta |isbn=9780674279964 |publisher=Harvard University Press |date=2022}}</ref>
*  1898   &ndash; [[Eileen Sedgwick]], American actress (d. 1991)
*  1898   &ndash; [[Simon Vestdijk]], Dutch author and poet (d. 1971)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[C. C. van Asch van Wijck]], Dutch artist and sculptor (d. 1932)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Jean Arthur]], American actress (d. 1991)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Yvor Winters]], American critic and poet (d. 1968)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Emma Gamboa Alvarado]], Costa Rican educator (d. 1973)<ref>{{Cite book | first1=David | last1=Diaz-Arias | first2=Ronny | last2=Viales Hurtado | first3=Juan José | last3=Marín Hernández | title=Historical Dictionary of Costa Rica | location=Lanham | publisher=Rowman & Littlefield | year=2019 | isbn=978-1-5381-0241-1 | page=122}}</ref>
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Irene Ryan]], American actress (d. 1973)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Andrei Grechko]], Soviet general (d. 1976)
*  1903   &ndash; [[Nathanael West]], American author and screenwriter (d. 1940)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Meehan |first1=Adam |title=West, Nathanael (1903–1940) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM135-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref>
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Leopoldo Benites]], Ecuadorian diplomat 28th president of the [[United Nations General Assembly]] (d. 1996)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Paul Derringer]], American baseball player (d. 1987)
*  1906   &ndash; [[Andrey Tikhonov (mathematician)|Andrey Tikhonov]], Soviet mathematician (d. 1993)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[John Marley]], American actor (d. 1984)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Kenji Miyamoto (politician)|Kenji Miyamoto]], Japanese politician (d. 2007)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Hjördis Petterson]], Swedish actress (d. 1988)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Wally Prigg]], Australian rugby league player (d. 1980)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Red Rolfe]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1969)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Cozy Cole]], American drummer (d. 1981)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Leopoldo Panero]], Spanish poet (d. 1962)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Joaquín Satrústegui]], Spanish lawyer and politician (d. 1992)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Marina Núñez del Prado]], Bolivian sculptor (d. 1995)<ref>{{cite book | first1=Andrew Dean | last1=Nystrom | first2=Morgan | last2=Konn | first3=Deanna | last3=Swaney | title=Bolivia | location=London | publisher=Lonely Planet | year=2004 | isbn=978-1-7410-4018-0 | page=[https://archive.org/details/bolivia00andr/page/54 54] | url=https://archive.org/details/bolivia00andr/page/54 }}</ref>
*  1910   &ndash; [[Ester Wier]], American author (d. 2000)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Pope John Paul I]] (d. 1978)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 17: Eminem, Michael McKean |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/17/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-17-Eminem-Michael-McKean/4091665849681/#:~:text=17%3A%20Eminem%2C%20Michael%20McKean%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=16 October 2023 |date=17 October 2022}}</ref>
*  1912   &ndash; [[Theodore Marier]], American composer and educator, founded the [[Boston Archdiocesan Choir School]] (d. 2001)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Jack Owens (singer-songwriter)|Jack Owens]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1982)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Robert Lowery (actor)|Robert Lowery]], American actor (d. 1971)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Marian Marsh]], Trinidadian-American actress and environmentalist (d. 2006)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Faik Türün]], Turkish general (d. 2003)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Jerry Siegel]], American author and illustrator (d. 1996)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Arthur Miller]], American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2005)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[José López Rega]], Argentinean politician  (d. 1989)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Alfred Benlloch Llorach]], Spanish inventor (d. 2013)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Martin Donnelly (cricketer)|Martin Donnelly]], New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999) 
*  1917   &ndash; [[Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1917)|Marsha Hunt]], American actress and singer (d. 2022)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Aimo Koivunen]], Finnish soldier and corporal (d. 1989)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.sotapolku.fi/henkilot/koivunen_aimo-allan_1917-11-14_alastaro/|title= Aimo Allan Koivunen|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 2016|website= www.sotapolku.fi|publisher= |access-date= 19 October 2018|language=fi}}</ref>
*  1917   &ndash; [[Norman Leyden]], American composer and conductor (d. 2014)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Sumner Locke Elliott]], Australian-American author and playwright (d. 1991)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Adele Stimmel Chase]], American painter and sculptor (d. 2000)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Rita Hayworth]], American actress, singer and dancer (d. 1987)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1918   &ndash; [[Luis Alberto Solari]], Uruguayan artist (d. 1993)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Ralph Wilson]], American businessman, founded the [[Buffalo Bills]] (d. 2014)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Isaak Khalatnikov]], Ukrainian-Russian theoretical physicist and academic (d. 2021)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Violet Milstead]], Canadian [[World War II]] aviator and [[bush pilot]] (d. 2014)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Zhao Ziyang]], Chinese politician (d. 2005)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Montgomery Clift]], American actor (d. 1966)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Miguel Delibes]], Spanish journalist and author (d. 2010)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Zully Moreno]], Argentine actress (d. 1999)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Priscilla Buckley]], American journalist and author (d. 2012)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Maria Gorokhovskaya]], Russian-Israeli gymnast (d. 2001)<ref>{{cite book | first=Bob | last=Wechsler | title=Day by Day in Jewish Sports History| location=Jersey City, NJ | publisher=KTAV Publications | year=2008 | isbn=978-1-6028-0013-7 | page=291}}</ref>
*  1921   &ndash; [[George Mackay Brown]], Scottish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1996)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Tom Poston]], American actor and comedian (d. 2007)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Luiz Bonfá]], Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 2001)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Pierre Juneau]], Canadian broadcaster and politician, co-founded the [[Montreal World Film Festival]] (d. 2012)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Barney Kessel]], American guitarist and composer (d. 2004)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Charles McClendon]], American football player and coach (d. 2001)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Don Coryell]], American football player and coach (d. 2010)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1924   &ndash; [[Anton Geiser]], Croatian [[SS]] officer (d. 2012)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Giacomo Mari]], Italian footballer (d. 1991)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Rolando Panerai]], Italian baritone (d. 2019)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Harry Carpenter]], English sportscaster (d. 2010)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Julie Adams]], American actress (d. 2019)<ref>{{cite book |last=Lentz III |first=Harris M. |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2019 |date=2020 |publisher=McFarland |page=1 |isbn=9781476640594 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gW0HEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT15}}</ref>
*  1926   &ndash; [[Beverly Garland]], American actress (d. 2008)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Roberto Lippi]], Italian race car driver (d. 2011)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Santiago Stevenson]], Panamanian singer and minister (d. 2007)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Alejandro Végh Villegas]], Uruguayan politician (d. 2017)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Mário Wilson]], Mozambican footballer and manager (d. 2016)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Ismail Akbay]], Turkish physicist and engineer (d. 2003)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Robert Atkins (nutritionist)|Robert Atkins]], American physician and cardiologist, created the [[Atkins diet]] (d. 2003)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[José Alencar]], Brazilian businessman and politician (d. 2011)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Paul Anderson (weightlifter)|Paul Anderson]], American weightlifter (d. 1994)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Ernst Hinterberger]], Austrian author and playwright (d. 2012)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Anatoly Pristavkin]], Russian writer (d. 2008)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[William Anders]], Hong Kong-American general and astronaut (d. 2024)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1933   &ndash; [[The Singing Nun]], Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and nun (d. 1985)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Alan Garner]], English author and playwright
*  1934   &ndash; [[Johnny Haynes]], English-Scottish footballer (d. 2005)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Rico Rodriguez (musician)|Rico Rodriguez]], Jamaican trombonist (d. 2015)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Sydney Chapman (politician)|Sydney Chapman]], English architect and politician, [[Vice-Chamberlain of the Household]] (d. 2014)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Michael Eavis]], English farmer, founded the [[Glastonbury Festival]]
*  1935   &ndash; [[Carlos Pairetti]], Argentine racing driver (d. 2022)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Sathima Bea Benjamin]], South African singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Hiroo Kanamori]], Japanese-American seismologist and academic
*  1936   &ndash; [[Santiago Navarro]], Spanish basketball player (d. 1993)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Bert Nievera]], Filipino-American singer (d. 2018)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[José María Álvarez del Manzano]], Spanish politician
*  1937   &ndash; [[Aida Navarro]], Venezuelan mezzo-soprano
*  1937   &ndash; [[Renato Prada Oropeza]], Bolivian-Mexican scientist (d. 2011)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Paxton Whitehead]], English actor (d. 2023)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[António Calvário]], Portuguese singer and artist
*  1938   &ndash; [[Evel Knievel]], American motorcycle rider and stuntman (d. 2007)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1938   &ndash; [[Les Murray (poet)|Les Murray]], Australian anthologist, poet, and critic (d. 2019)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Oliver Rackham]], English botanist and academic (d. 2015)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Stephen Kovacevich]], American pianist and conductor
*  1940   &ndash; [[Jim Smith (footballer, born 1940)|Jim Smith]], English footballer and manager (d. 2019)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Peter Stringfellow]], English businessman (d. 2018)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Earl Thomas Conley]], American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2019)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Paul Ellison (bassist)|Paul Ellison]], American musician
*  1941   &ndash; [[Seals and Crofts|Jim Seals]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and violinist (d. 2022)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Steve Jones (basketball)|Steve Jones]], American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2017)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Gary Puckett]], American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Ignacio Rupérez]], Spanish diplomat and journalist (d. 2015)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Ángel Cristo]], Spanish [[circus]] performer (d. 2010)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Ronni Chasen]], American publicist (d. 2010)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Michael Hossack]], American drummer (d. 2012)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez]], Mexican actor and comedian
*  1946   &ndash; [[Akira Kushida]], Japanese vocalist
*  1946   &ndash; [[Cameron Mackintosh]], English producer and manager
*  1946   &ndash; [[Adam Michnik]], Polish journalist and historian
*  1946   &ndash; [[Julio Miranda]], Argentine politician (d. 2021)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Drusilla Modjeska]], English-Australian author and critic
*  1946   &ndash; [[Daniela Payssé]], Uruguayan politician (d. 2018)
*  1946   &ndash; [[José Perramón]], Spanish handball player
*  1946   &ndash; [[Jaime Ravinet]], Chilean politician
*  1946   &ndash; [[Bob Seagren]], American pole vaulter<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1946   &ndash; [[Rüdiger Wittig]], German [[geobotanist]] and ecologist
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Omar Azziman]], adviser to the [[King of Morocco]]
*  1947   &ndash; [[Gene Green]], American lawyer and politician
*  1947   &ndash; [[Michael McKean]], American singer-songwriter, actor, and director<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 17, 2022 includes celebrities Eminem, Ziggy Marley |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-17-2022-includes-celebrities-eminem-ziggy-marley.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=16 October 2023 |date=17 October 2022}}</ref>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Robert Post (law professor)|Robert Post]], American educator and academic
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Osvaldo Castro]], Chilean footballer
*  1948   &ndash; [[Robert Jordan]], American soldier and author (d. 2007)
*  1948   &ndash; [[Margot Kidder]], Canadian-American actress (d. 2018)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1948   &ndash; [[George Wendt]], American actor and comedian<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Owen Arthur]], Barbadian economist and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Barbados]] (d. 2020)
*  1949   &ndash; [[Bill Hudson (singer)|Bill Hudson]], American musician and actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Philippe Barbarin]], French cardinal
*  1950   &ndash; [[Sandra Reemer]], Indo-Dutch singer (d. 2017)
*  1950   &ndash; [[Howard Rollins]], American actor (d. 1996)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Dirk Beheydt]], Belgian footballer
*  1951   &ndash; [[Annie Borckink]], Dutch speed skater
*  1951   &ndash; [[Roger Pontare]], Swedish singer
*  1951   &ndash; [[Shari Ulrich]], American-Canadian singer-songwriter and violinist
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Joseph Bowie]], American trombonist and bandleader 
*  1953   &ndash; [[Domenico Penzo]], Italian footballer
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Carlos Buhler]], American mountaineer
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Georgios Alogoskoufis]], Greek economist, academic, and politician, [[Ministry of Finance (Greece)|Greek Minister of Finance]]
*  1955   &ndash; [[Mike Bratz]], American basketball player
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Fran Cosmo]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1956   &ndash; [[Mae Jemison]], American physician, academic, and astronaut<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1956   &ndash; [[Pat McCrory]], American businessman and politician, 74th [[Governor of North Carolina]]
*  1956   &ndash; [[Ken Morrow]], American ice hockey player and executive<ref>{{cite web |title=Ken Morrow |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/ken-morrow-8449713 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=16 October 2023}}</ref>
*  1956   &ndash; [[Stephen Palumbi]], American academic and author
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Eleftheria Arvanitaki]], Greek folk singer
*  1957   &ndash; [[Nelson Barrera]], Mexican baseball player (d. 2002)
*  1957   &ndash; [[Lawrence Bender]], American actor and producer
*  1957   &ndash; [[Antonio Galdo]], Italian journalist
*  1957   &ndash; [[Steve McMichael]], American football player, wrestler, and sportscaster
*  1957   &ndash; [[Pino Palladino]], Welsh bassist
*  1957   &ndash; [[Vincent Van Patten]], American tennis player and actor
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Howard Alden]], American guitarist
*  1958   &ndash; [[Alan Jackson]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1958   &ndash; [[Sandra Mozarowsky]], Spanish actress (d. 1977)
*  1958   &ndash; [[Craig Murray]], British diplomat
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Mustafa Aberchán]], Spanish politician
*  1959   &ndash; [[Ron Drummond]], American author and scholar
*  1959   &ndash; [[Francisco Flores Pérez]], Salvadorian politician, [[President of El Salvador]] (d. 2016)
*  1959   &ndash; [[Russell Gilbert]], Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
*  1959   &ndash; [[Eugenio Hernández Flores]], Mexican politician
*  1959   &ndash; [[Norm Macdonald]], Canadian actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2021)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1959   &ndash; [[Mark Peel (historian)|Mark Peel]], Australian historian and academic
*  1959   &ndash; [[Richard Roeper]], American journalist and critic
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Guy Henry (actor)|Guy Henry]], English actor
*  1960   &ndash; [[Rob Marshall]], American director, producer, and choreographer
*  1960   &ndash; [[Bernie Nolan]], Irish singer (d. 2013)
*  1960   &ndash; [[Philippe Sands]], American lawyer and academic
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[David Means]], American short story writer
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Glenn Braggs]], American baseball player
*  1962   &ndash; [[Jay Humphries]], American basketball player
*  1962   &ndash; [[Mike Judge]], American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Sergio Goycochea]], Argentinian footballer and journalist
*  1963   &ndash; [[Toby Young]], English journalist and academic
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Margarita Liborio Arrazola]], Mexican politician
*  1964   &ndash; [[Gregg Wallace]], English television presenter
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Aravinda de Silva]], Sri Lankan cricketer
*  1965   &ndash; [[Rhys Muldoon]], Australian actor
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Shaun Edwards]], English rugby player and coach
*  1966   &ndash; [[Danny Ferry]], American basketball player and manager
*  1966   &ndash; [[Mark Gatiss]], English actor, screenwriter and novelist<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1966   &ndash; [[Tommy Kendall]], American race car driver and sportscaster
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[René Dif]], Danish musician<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1967   &ndash; [[Pedro González Vera]], Chilean footballer
*  1967   &ndash; [[Simon Segars]], English businessman
*  1967   &ndash; [[Nathalie Tauziat]], French tennis player
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Alejandra Ávalos]], Mexican artist
*  1968   &ndash; [[Graeme Le Saux]], English footballer and sportscaster
*  1968   &ndash; [[Ziggy Marley]], Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1968   &ndash; [[David Robertson (footballer, born 1968)|David Robertson]], Scottish footballer and manager
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Ernie Els]], South African golfer and sportscaster<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Jesús Ángel García]], Spanish racewalker<ref>{{cite web|title=Jesús Ángel García|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/spain/jesus-angel-garcia-8897|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Wood Harris]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Wyclef Jean]], Haitian-American rapper, producer, and actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Rick Mercer]], Canadian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Anil Kumble]], Indian cricketer
*  1970   &ndash; [[John Mabry]], American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
*  1970   &ndash; [[J. C. MacKenzie]], Canadian actor
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Chris Kirkpatrick]], American singer-songwriter and dancer<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Kim Ljung]], Norwegian singer-songwriter and bass player
*  1971   &ndash; [[Martin Heinrich]], American politician
*  1971   &ndash; [[Derrick Plourde]], American drummer (d. 2005)
*  1971   &ndash; [[Blues Saraceno]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer 
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Eminem]], American rapper, producer, and actor<ref name="AP"></ref> 
*  1972   &ndash; [[Sharon Leal]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Musashi (kickboxer)|Musashi]], Japanese karateka and kickboxer
*  1972   &ndash; [[Tarkan (singer)|Tarkan]], German-Turkish singer
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Rubén Garcés]], Panamanian basketball player
*  1973   &ndash; [[Andrea Tarozzi]], Italian footballer and coach
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Ariel Levy (writer)|Ariel Levy]], American journalist and author
*  1974   &ndash; [[Matthew Macfadyen]], English actor
*  1974   &ndash; [[Obdulio Ávila Mayo]], Mexican politician
*  1974   &ndash; [[Bárbara Paz]], Brazilian actress
*  1974   &ndash; [[Janne Puurtinen]], Finnish keyboard player
*  1974   &ndash; [[John Rocker]], American baseball player
*  1974   &ndash; [[Darío Sala]], Argentine footballer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Gabriel Silberstein]], Chilean tennis player
*  1974   &ndash; [[Dhondup Wangchen]], Chinese director and producer
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Jericó Abramo Masso]], Mexican politician
*  1975   &ndash; [[Francis Bouillon]], American-Canadian ice hockey player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Vina Morales]], Filipino actress and singer
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Sebastián Abreu]], Uruguayan footballer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Seth Etherton]], American baseball player
*  1976   &ndash; [[Carlos Loret de Mola]], Mexican journalist
*  1976   &ndash; [[Kevin Maher]], English-Irish footballer and coach
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Dudu Aouate]], Israeli footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.espn.com/soccer//profile?id=19086&lang=EN&wjb=|title=ESPNFC: Dudu Aouate|website=ESPN}}</ref> 
*  1977   &ndash; [[Alimi Ballard]], American actor and producer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Bryan Bertino]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1977   &ndash; [[Walter Calderón]], Ecuadorian footballer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Marko Antonio Cortés Mendoza]], Mexican politician
*  1977   &ndash; [[Ryan McGinley]], American photographer
*  1977   &ndash; [[André Villas-Boas]], Portuguese footballer and manager
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Jerry Flannery]], Irish rugby player and coach
*  1978   &ndash; [[Pablo Iglesias Turrión]], Spanish politician
*  1978   &ndash; [[Erin Karpluk]], Canadian actress
*  1978   &ndash; [[Chuka Umunna]], English lawyer and politician
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Marcela Bovio]], Mexican singer-songwriter and violinist 
*  1979   &ndash; [[Alexandros Nikolaidis]], Greek martial artist (d. 2022)
*  1979   &ndash; [[Kimi Räikkönen]], Finnish race car driver
*  1979   &ndash; [[Kostas Tsartsaris]], Greek basketball player
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Yekaterina Gamova]], Russian volleyball player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Mohammad Hafeez]], Pakistani cricketer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Isaac Mina]], Ecuadorian footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Angel Parker]], American actress
*  1980   &ndash; [[Alessandro Piccolo (racing driver)|Alessandro Piccolo]], Italian race car driver
*  1980   &ndash; [[Justin Shenkarow]], American actor
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Horacio Cervantes]], Mexican footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Kurumi Enomoto]], Japanese singer-songwriter
*  1981   &ndash; [[Holly Holm]], American mixed martial artist<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Tsubasa Imai]], Japanese singer, actor, and dancer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Ben Rothwell]], American mixed-martial artist
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Rubén Ramírez (footballer, born 1982)|Rubén Ramírez]], Argentine footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Nick Riewoldt]], Australian footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Marion Rolland]], French skier
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Michelle Ang]], New Zealand actress
*  1983   &ndash; [[Milica Brozovic]], Serbian-Russian figure skater
*  1983   &ndash; [[Felicity Jones]], English actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Toshihiro Matsushita]], Japanese footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Riki Miura]], Japanese actor
*  1983   &ndash; [[Junichi Miyashita]], Japanese swimmer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Ivan Saenko]], Russian footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Mitch Talbot]], American baseball player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Vitali Teleš]], Estonian footballer
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Sami Lepistö]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sami Lepisto |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/sami-lepisto-8471279 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=16 October 2023}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Chris Lowell]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Giovanni Marchese]], Italian footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Randall Munroe]], American author and illustrator
*  1984   &ndash; [[Luke Rockhold]], American mixed martial artist
*  1984   &ndash; [[Anja Eline Skybakmoen]],  Norwegian singer-songwriter and bandleader
*  1984   &ndash; [[Gottfrid Svartholm]], Swedish computer specialist
*  1984   &ndash; [[Jared Tallent]], Australian race walker
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Carlos González (baseball)|Carlos González]], Venezuelan baseball player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Max Irons]], English-Irish actor<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Collins John]], Dutch footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Tomokazu Nagira]], Japanese footballer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Alexandre Bonnet]], French footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Antoni Bou]], Spanish motorcyclist
*  1986   &ndash; [[Aija Brumermane]], Latvian basketball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Constant Djakpa]], Ivorian footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Yannick Ponsero]], French figure skater
*  1986   &ndash; [[Nicolás Richotti]], Argentine basketball player
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Bea Alonzo]], Filipino actress and singer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Jarosław Fojut]], Polish footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Elliot Grandin]], French footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Hideto Takahashi]], Japanese footballer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Sergiy Gladyr]], Ukrainian basketball player
*  1988   &ndash; [[Tori Matsuzaka]], Japanese actor and model
*  1988   &ndash; [[Marina Salas]], Spanish actress
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Débora García]], Spanish footballer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Oleksandr Isakov]], Ukrainian swimmer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Sophie Luck]], Australian actress
*  1989   &ndash; [[Charles Oliveira]], Brazilian mixed martial artist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charles Oliveira Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/mma/fighter/_/id/2504169/charles-oliveira |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[David Timor]], Spanish footballer
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Paolo Campinoti]], Italian footballer
*  1990   &ndash; [[Maica García Godoy]], Spanish water polo player
*  1990   &ndash; [[Ronald González Tabilo]], Chilean footballer
*  1990   &ndash; [[Saki Kumagai]], Japanese footballer
*  1990   &ndash; [[Patrick Lambie]], South African rugby player
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Brenda Asnicar]], Argentine actress
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Jacob Artist]], American actor, singer, and dancer<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Sam Concepcion]], Filipino musician and dancer
*  1992   &ndash; [[Anthony Gill (basketball)|Anthony Gill]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Anthony Gill |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630264/anthony-gill |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=16 October 2023}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Keerthy Suresh]], Indian actress
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Kenneth Omeruo]], Nigerian footballer
*  1993   &ndash; [[Vincent Poirier]], French basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Vincent Poirier |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629738/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=16 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Jamal Adams]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamal Adams |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3115373/jamal-adams |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=16 October 2023}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Ha-seong Kim]], South Korean baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ha-seong Kim |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/ha-seong-kim-673490 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=16 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Jake DeBrusk]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jake DeBrusk Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/player/jake-debrusk-8478498 |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Robert Williams III]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Williams III |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629057/robert-williams-iii |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=16 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Thomas Strudwick]], British motorcycle road racer
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Matthew Knies]], American professional ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Knies Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/matthew-knies-8482720 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]]}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 33]] &ndash; [[Agrippina the Elder]], Roman wife of [[Germanicus]] (b. 14 BC)
* [[532]] &ndash; [[Pope Boniface II]]
* [[866]] &ndash; [[Al-Musta'in]], Abbasid caliph (b. 836)
*[[1271]] &ndash; [[Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir]], Icelandic aristocrat and poet
*[[1277]] &ndash; [[Beatrice of Falkenburg]], German queen consort (b. c. 1254)
*[[1346]] &ndash; [[John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray]]
*[[1346]] &ndash; [[Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn]]
*[[1456]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Grenon]], French composer (b. 1375)
*[[1485]] &ndash; [[John Scott of Scott's Hall]], Warden of the Cinque Ports
*[[1528]] &ndash; [[Hernando Alonso]], Spanish conquistador, first Jew executed in the New World<ref>{{cite book |last=Kritzler |first=Edward |author-link=Edward Kritzler |title=Jewish pirates of the Caribbean: how a generation of swashbuckling Jews carved out an empire in the New World in their quest for treasure, religious freedom – and revenge |date=2009 |publisher=Anchor Books |location=New York |isbn=978-0-7679-1952-4 |edition=First Anchor Books}}</ref>
*[[1552]] &ndash; [[Andreas Osiander]], German Protestant theologian (b. 1498)
*[[1575]] &ndash; [[Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta]], Spanish cardinal (b. 1511)
*[[1586]] &ndash; [[Philip Sidney]], English courtier, poet, and general (b. 1554)
*[[1587]] &ndash; [[Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (b. 1541)
===1601–1900===
*[[1616]] &ndash; [[John Pitts (Catholic scholar)|John Pitts]], English priest and scholar (b. 1560)
*[[1660]] &ndash; [[Adrian Scrope]], English colonel and politician (b. 1601)
*[[1673]] &ndash; [[Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh]], English politician, [[Lord High Treasurer of England]] (b. 1630)
*[[1690]] &ndash; [[Margaret Mary Alacoque]], French mystic (b. 1647)
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur]], French entomologist and academic (b. 1683)
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[Pierre François le Courayer]], French-English theologian and author (b. 1681)
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[William Cookworthy]], English pharmacist and minister (b. 1705)
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke]], English admiral (b. 1705)<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle=Hawke, Edward |first=John Knox |last=Laughton |volume=25}}</ref>
*[[1786]] &ndash; [[Johann Ludwig Aberli]], Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1723)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]], Haitian commander and politician, [[List of heads of state of Haiti|Governor-General of Haiti]] (b. 1758)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Orest Kiprensky]], Russian painter (b. 1782)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Johann Nepomuk Hummel]], Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1778)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Frédéric Chopin]], Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Laura Secord]], Canadian [[War of 1812|war]] heroine (b. 1775)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Gustav Kirchhoff]], German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Nikolay Chernyshevsky]], Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta]], French general and politician, 3rd [[President of France]] (b. 1808)
===1901–present===
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Julia Ward Howe]], American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Malak Hifni Nasif]], Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Michael Fitzgerald (Irish republican)]] died on Hunger Strike (b. 1881)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/19343|title=Commandant Mick Fitzgerald honoured &#124; An Phoblacht|website=www.anphoblacht.com}}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Frank Dicksee]], English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Alfons Maria Jakob]], German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[J. Bruce Ismay]], English businessman (b. 1862)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Karl Kautsky]], Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Royal Cortissoz]], American art critic (b. 1869)
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Dimitrios Maximos]], Greek banker and politician (b. 1873)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Anne Crawford]], Israeli-English actress (b. 1920)
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Wilhelmina Hay Abbott]], Scottish suffragist and feminist (b. 1884)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Elizabeth|last1=Ewan|first2=Rosemary J.|last2=Pipes|first3=Jane|last3=Rendall|first4=Sian|last4=Reynolds|title=Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|year=2018|isbn=978-1-47443-627-4|page=3}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Paul Outerbridge]], American photographer (b. 1896)
*  1958   &ndash; [[Charlie Townsend]], English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1876)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Natalia Goncharova]], Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (b. 1882)<ref>{{cite book|first=Jane A.|last=Sharp|chapter=Natalia Goncharova|editor1-last=Bowlt|editor1-first=John E.|editor2-last=Drutt|editor2-first=Matthew|title=Amazons of the Avant-Garde: Alexandra Exter, Natalia Goncharova, Liubov Popova, Olga Rozanova, Varvara Stepanova, and Nadezhda Udaltsova|date=2000|publisher=Guggenheim Museum|isbn=978-0-89207-225-5|location=New York|page=163|url=https://archive.org/details/amazonsofavantga00exte}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Jacques Hadamard]], French mathematician and academic (b. 1865)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Bart King]], American cricketer (b. 1873)
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Sidney Hatch]], American runner and soldier (b. 1883)
*  1966   &ndash; [[Wieland Wagner]], German director and manager (b. 1917)
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Puyi]], Chinese emperor (b. 1906)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Pierre Laporte]], Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1921)
*  1970   &ndash; [[Vola Vale]], American actress (b. 1897)
*  1970   &ndash; [[Quincy Wright]], American political scientist and academic (b. 1890)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Turk Broda]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914)
*  1972   &ndash; [[George, Crown Prince of Serbia]] (b. 1887)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Ingeborg Bachmann]], Austrian author and poet (b. 1926)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[George Clark (racing driver)|George Clark]], American race car driver (b. 1890)
*  1978   &ndash; [[Giovanni Gronchi]], Italian educator, soldier, and politician, 3rd [[President of the Italian Republic]] (b. 1887)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[S. J. Perelman]], American humorist and screenwriter (b. 1904)
*  1979   &ndash; [[John Stuart (actor)|John Stuart]], Scottish-English actor (b. 1898)
*  1979   &ndash; [[Eugenio Mendoza]], Venezuelan business tycoon (b. 1909)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Kannadasan]] Indian author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1927)
*  1981   &ndash; [[Albert Cohen (novelist)|Albert Cohen]], Greek-Swiss civil servant and author (b. 1895)
*  1981   &ndash; [[Lina Tsaldari]], Greek politician (b. 1887)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Raymond Aron]], French sociologist, political scientist, and philosopher (b. 1905)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Abdul Malek Ukil]], Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Tennessee Ernie Ford]], American singer and actor (b. 1919)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Herman Johannes]], Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (b. 1912)
*  1992   &ndash; [[Orestis Laskos]], Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Criss Oliva]], American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1963)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Chris Acland]], English musician and drummer of Lush (b. 1966)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Larry Jennings]], American magician and author (b. 1933)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Joan Hickson]], English actress (b. 1906)
*  1998   &ndash; [[Hakim Said]], Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th [[Governor of Sindh]] (b. 1920)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Metropolis]], Greek-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1915)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Leo Nomellini]], Italian-American football player and wrestler (b. 1924)
*  2000   &ndash; [[Joachim Nielsen]], Norwegian singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1964)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Jay Livingston]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
*  2001   &ndash; [[Micheline Ostermeyer]], French shot putter, discus thrower, and pianist (b. 1922)
*  2001   &ndash; [[Rehavam Ze'evi]], Israeli historian, general, and politician, [[Tourism Minister of Israel]] (b. 1926)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Derek Bell (musician)|Derek Bell]], Irish harpist and composer (b. 1935)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Uzi Hitman]], Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Daniel Emilfork]], Chilean-French actor (b. 1924)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Christopher Glenn]], American journalist (b. 1938)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Joey Bishop]], American actor and talk show host (b. 1918)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Teresa Brewer]], American singer (b. 1931)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Suzy Covey]], American scholar and academic (b. 1939)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Urmas Ott]], Estonian journalist and author (b. 1955)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Levi Stubbs]], American singer (b. 1936)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Ben Weider]], Canadian businessman, co-founded the [[International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness]] (b. 1923)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Norma Fox Mazer]], American author and educator (b. 1931)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Vic Mizzy]], American composer (b. 1916)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Carl Lindner, Jr.]], American businessman (b. 1919)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Milija Aleksic]], English-South African footballer (b. 1951)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Émile Allais]], French skier (b. 1912)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Henry Friedlander]], German-American historian and author (b. 1930)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Stanford R. Ovshinsky]], American scientist and businessman, co-founded [[Energy Conversion Devices]] (b. 1922)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Kōji Wakamatsu]], Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Mother Antonia]], American-Mexican nun and activist (b. 1926)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Terry Fogerty]], English rugby player and coach (b. 1944)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Arthur Maxwell House]], Canadian neurologist and politician, 10th [[Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador]] (b. 1926)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Lou Scheimer]], American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the [[Filmation|Filmation Company]] (b. 1928)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Rene Simpson]], Canadian-American tennis player (b. 1966)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Edwards Barham]], American farmer and politician (b. 1937)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Masaru Emoto]], Japanese author and activist (b. 1943)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Tom Shaw (bishop)|Tom Shaw]], American bishop (b. 1945)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Berndt von Staden]], German diplomat, [[German Ambassador to the United States]] (b. 1919)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Danièle Delorme]], French actress and producer (b. 1926)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Howard Kendall]], English footballer and manager (b. 1946)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Anne-Marie Lizin]], Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Tom Smith (Pennsylvania politician)|Tom Smith]], American businessman and politician (b. 1947)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Gord Downie]], Canadian musician (b. 1964)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mazerolle |first1=John |title=Tragically Hip's Gord Downie dead at 53 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/gord-downie-obit-1.4359906 |website=CBC News |access-date=11 December 2019}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Elijah Cummings]], American politician and civil rights advocate (b. 1951)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Portnoy |first1=Jenna |title=Elijah Cummings, Baltimore congressman and civil rights leader, dies at 68 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/10/17/elijah-cummings-dies-baltimore/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=17 October 2021}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Mitzi Gaynor]], American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/mitzi-gaynor-dead-south-pacific-320eb99fe0824091babafac794dc2320|title=Mitzi Gaynor, star of 'South Pacific,' dies at 93|first1=Kaitlyn|last1=Huamani|first2=Bob|last2=Thomas|publisher=Associated Press|date=17 October 2024|accessdate=17 October 2024}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Toshiyuki Nishida]], Japanese actor (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-17 |title=Actor Toshiyuki Nishida Dies at 76 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-17/actor-toshiyuki-nishida-dies-at-76/.216837 |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Andrew Schally]], Polish-American endocrinologist (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gellene |first=Denise |date=October 21, 2024 |title=Andrew V. Schally, 97, Dies; Scientist Shared Nobel Glory With Rival |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/science/andrew-v-schally-dead.html |access-date=October 23, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Andrew of Crete (martyr)|Andrew of Crete]]
**[[Anstrudis]]
**[[Catervus]]
**[[Æthelred and Æthelberht|Ethelred and Ethelberht]]
**[[Florentius of Orange]]
**[[François-Isidore Gagelin]] (one of [[Vietnamese Martyrs]])
**[[Hosea]]
**[[Ignatius of Antioch]]
**[[John the Dwarf|John the Short (John Colobus)]]
**[[Marguerite Marie Alacoque]] (pre-1969 calendar, Visitadines)
**[[Nothhelm]]
**[[Saint Regulus|Rule of Andrew]]
**[[Richard Gwyn]]
**[[Victor of Capua]]
**[[October 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] 
*[[International Day for the Eradication of Poverty]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
*[[Loyalty Day (Argentina)]]
*[[National Police Day (Thailand)]]
*[[Somaliland War of Independence|National Heroes Day (Somaliland)]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 25, 2018 |title=Madaxweyne Muuse oo Asteeyey Maalinta Geesiyaasha Somaliland |url=https://wargeyskadawan.com/2018/10/25/madaxweyne-muuse-oo-asteeyey-maalinta-geesiyaasha-somaliland |access-date=2020-03-23 |website=Wargeyska Dawan |language=so}}</ref>

==References==
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* {{NYT On this day|month=10|day=17}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/17 |title=Historical Events on October 17 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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