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{{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 33|33]] – Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons [[Nero Julius Caesar|Nero]] and [[Drusus Caesar|Drusus]], and banished to the island of [[Pandateria]] by [[Tiberius]], [[Agrippina the Elder]] dies of self-inflicted starvation.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=210|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> * [[320]] – [[Pappus of Alexandria]], Greek philosopher, observes an [[eclipse of the Sun]] and writes a commentary on ''The Great Astronomer'' (''[[Almagest]]''). * [[614]] – King [[Chlothar II]] promulgates the [[Edict of Paris]] (''Edictum Chlotacharii''), a sort of Frankish [[Magna Carta]] that defends the rights of the [[Franks|Frankish]] nobles while it [[Antisemitism|excludes Jews]] from all civil employment in the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]]. * [[629]] – [[Dagobert I]] is crowned [[King of the Franks]]. *[[1009]] – The [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]], a Christian church in [[Jerusalem]], is completely destroyed by the [[Fatimid caliph]] [[Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]], who hacks the Church's foundations down to [[bedrock]]. *[[1016]] – The [[Danes]] defeat the [[England|English]] in the [[Battle of Assandun]]. *[[1081]] – The [[Normans]] defeat the [[Byzantine Empire]] in the [[Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)|Battle of Dyrrhachium]]. *[[1166]] – [[Michael the Syrian]], one of the most important Syriac historians, is consecrated as [[Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East|Syriac Orthodox Patriarch]] at the [[Mor Bar Sauma Monastery]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Conference |first1=State University of New York at Binghamton Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies |title=The Crusades: Other Experiences, Alternate Perspectives: Selected Proceedings from the 32nd Annual CEMERS Conference |date=2003 |publisher=Global Academic Publishing |isbn=978-1-58684-251-2 |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8u8b3RbcJQUC |access-date=19 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Whitby |first1=Mary |title=Byzantines and Crusaders in Non-Greek Sources, 1025-1204 |date=1 November 2007 |publisher=OUP/British Academy |isbn=978-0-19-726378-5 |page=256 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C6hnAAAAMAAJ&q=18+October+1166+michael |access-date=19 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1281]] – [[Pope Martin IV]] excommunicates King [[Peter III of Aragon]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Watt|first=J.A.|chapter=The Papacy|title=The New Cambridge Medieval History. Volume V: c.1198-c.1300|editor-last=Abulafia|editor-first=David|location=Cambridge, U.K.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=1999|isbn=9780521362917|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bclfdU_2lesC|page=154}}</ref> for usurping the crown of Sicily (a sentence renewed on 7 May and 18 November 1282).<ref>{{cite book|last=Hitchcock|first=James|title=History of the Catholic Church|location=San Francisco|publisher=Ignatius Press|date=2012|isbn=9781586176648|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8nt_n7wuugAC|page=150}}</ref> *[[1356]] – [[1356 Basel earthquake|Basel earthquake]], the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys the town of [[Basel]], Switzerland. *[[1540]] – Spanish conquistador [[Hernando de Soto]]'s forces destroy the fortified town of [[Mabila]] in present-day [[Alabama]], killing [[Tuskaloosa]]. *[[1561]] – In [[Japan]] the fourth [[Battle of Kawanakajima]] is fought between the forces of [[Uesugi Kenshin]] and [[Takeda Shingen]], resulting in a draw. *[[1565]] – Ships belonging to the [[Matsura clan]] of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading [[carrack]] in the [[Battle of Fukuda Bay]], the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West. *[[1597]] – [[King Philip II of Spain]] sends his [[3rd Spanish Armada|third and final armada against England]], but it ends in failure due to storms. The remaining ships are captured or sunk by the English.<ref name="Schomberg32">{{cite book|last1=Schomberg, Isaac|title=Naval Chronology, Or an Historical Summary of Naval and Maritime Events from the Time of the Romans, to the Treaty of Peace 1802: With an Appendix, Volume 1|date=1802|pages=32–33|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lAE-AAAAcAAJ|author1-link=Isaac Schomberg}}</ref> *[[1599]] – [[Michael the Brave]], Prince of [[Wallachia]], defeats the Army of [[Andrew Báthory]] in the [[Battle of Șelimbăr]], leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people. ===1601–1900=== *[[1630]] – [[Frendraught Castle]] in Scotland, the home of [[James Crichton of Frendraught]], burns down.<ref>Robert Chambers, ''Domestic Annals of Scotland'', vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1859), pp. 43-50.</ref> *[[1648]] – Boston shoemakers form the first American [[Trade union|labor organization]]. *[[1748]] – Signing of the [[Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)|Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle]] ends the [[War of the Austrian Succession]]. *[[1775]] – [[African-American]] poet [[Phillis Wheatley]] is freed from slavery. * 1775 – [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[Burning of Falmouth]] (now [[Portland, Maine]]). *[[1779]] – American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American [[Siege of Savannah]] is lifted. *[[1797]] – [[Treaty of Campo Formio]] is signed between France and Austria *[[1851]] – [[Herman Melville]]'s ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' is first published as ''The Whale'' by [[Richard Bentley (publisher)|Richard Bentley]] of London. *[[1860]] – The [[Second Opium War]] finally ends at the [[Convention of Peking]] with the ratification of the [[Treaty of Tientsin]], an [[unequal treaty]]. *[[1867]] – United States [[Alaska Purchase|takes possession of]] Alaska after purchasing it from [[Russian Empire|Russia]] for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as [[Alaska Day]]. *[[1898]] – The United States takes possession of [[Puerto Rico]] from Spain. *[[1900]] – Count [[Bernhard von Bülow]] becomes chancellor of Germany.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=20|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1912]] – [[First Balkan War]]: King [[Peter I of Serbia]] issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war. *[[1914]] – The [[Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement]] is founded in Germany. *[[1921]] – The [[Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic]] is formed as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. *[[1922]] – The [[British Broadcasting Company]] (later Corporation) <!-- Not 'Corporation' yet ! --> is founded by a [[consortium]], to establish a nationwide network of [[radio transmitter]]s to provide a national [[broadcasting]] service. *[[1929]] – The [[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council]] overrules the [[Supreme Court of Canada]] in ''[[Edwards v Canada (AG)|Edwards v. Canada]]'' when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under [[Canadian law]]. *[[1944]] – [[World War II]]: [[Soviet Union]] begins the liberation of [[Czechoslovakia]] from [[Nazi Germany]]. * 1944 – World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal [[Erwin Rommel]] takes place in Ulm, Germany. *[[1945]] – The [[Soviet Union|USSR]]'s nuclear program receives plans for the United States [[Nuclear weapon|plutonium bomb]] from [[Klaus Fuchs]] at the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]]. * 1945 – A group of the [[Venezuela]]n Armed Forces, led by Mario Vargas, [[Marcos Pérez Jiménez]] and [[Carlos Delgado Chalbaud]], stages [[1945 Venezuelan coup d'état|a coup d'état]] against president [[Isaías Medina Angarita]], who is overthrown by the end of the day. * 1945 – [[Argentina|Argentine]] military officer and politician [[Juan Perón]] marries actress [[Eva Perón|Eva Duarte]]. *[[1954]] – Texas Instruments announces the [[Regency TR-1]], the first mass-produced transistor radio. *[[1963]] – [[Félicette]], a black and white female Parisian stray cat, becomes the first cat launched into space. *[[1967]] – The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] probe [[Venera 4]] reaches [[Venus]] and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet. *[[1977]] – [[German Autumn]]: A set of events revolving around the kidnapping of [[Hanns Martin Schleyer]] and the [[Aircraft hijacking|hijacking]] of a [[Lufthansa]] flight by the [[Red Army Faction]] (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide. *[[1978]] – Based on the world's [[Henrik Igityan National Centre for Aesthetics#Children's Art Museum|first children's art museum]], the [[Henrik Igityan National Centre for Aesthetics]] opened in Yerevan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://nca.am/en/nca/history |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=nca.am}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-01 |title=Children's Art Gallery - The Caucasus Tours |url=https://www.thecaucasustours.com/childrens-art-gallery/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-22 |title=Venue[s] • EVN Report |url=https://evnmediafest.com/venue/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=evnmediafest.com |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1979]] – The [[Federal Communications Commission (FCC)]] begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license. *[[1989]] – The [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] launches on [[STS-34]] to deploy the Jupiter-bound [[Galileo (spacecraft)|Galileo]] space probe.<ref name="Spacefacts STS-34">{{cite web |last=Becker |first=Joachim |title=Spaceflight mission report: STS-34 |url=http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-34.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126215342/http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-34.htm |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |access-date=February 26, 2014 |publisher=SPACEFACTS}}</ref> *[[1991]] – The Supreme Council of [[Azerbaijan]] adopts a declaration of independence from the [[Soviet Union]]. *[[1992]] – [[Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 5601|Merpati Nustantara Airlines Flight 5601]] crashes into [[Mount Papandayan]] near the town of [[Garut]] in [[West Java]], [[Indonesia]], killing 31.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident IPTN/CASA CN-235-10 PK-MNN Garut|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19921018-0|access-date=2021-10-18|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Bolivian gas conflict]]: [[Bolivia]]n President [[Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada]] is forced to resign and leave Bolivia. *[[2007]] – [[2007 Karachi bombing|Karachi bombing]]: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Pakistani Prime Minister]] [[Benazir Bhutto]] kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself is uninjured. *[[2019]] – [[NASA Astronaut Corps|NASA Astronauts]] [[Jessica Meir]] and [[Christina Koch]] take part in the first all-female [[Extravehicular activity|spacewalk]] when they venture out of the [[International Space Station]] to replace a power controller.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Zraick|first=Karen|date=2019-10-18|title=NASA Astronauts Complete the First All-Female Spacewalk|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/science/space/nasa-female-spacewalk.html|access-date=2020-08-25|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2019 – [[2019–2020 Chilean protests|Riots in Chile's capital Santiago]] escalate into open battles, with attacks reported at nearly all of the city's 164 [[Santiago Metro|Metro]] stations. President [[Sebastián Piñera]] later announces a 15-day state of emergency in the capital.<ref name="Aljazeera191019051808789">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/chile-protests-state-emergency-declared-santiago-191019051808789.html|title=Chile protests: State of emergency declared in Santiago |website=aljazeera.com |access-date=21 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020062524/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/chile-protests-state-emergency-declared-santiago-191019051808789.html|archive-date=20 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BBC50113090">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50113090|title=Three dead in Chile supermarket fire amid riots|date=20 October 2019|access-date=21 October 2019|newspaper=BBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021030406/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50113090|archive-date=21 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Births== <!--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.--> ===Pre-1600=== *[[1127]] – [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]] of Japan (d. 1192) *[[1130]] – [[Zhu Xi]], Chinese philosopher (d. 1200) *[[1405]] – [[Pope Pius II]] (d. 1464)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pius II {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pius-II |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=28 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1444]] – [[John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk]] (d. 1476) *[[1482]] – [[Philipp III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg]] (d. 1538) *[[1517]] – [[Manuel da Nóbrega]], Portuguese-Brazilian priest and missionary (d. 1570) *[[1523]] – [[Anna Jagiellon]], daughter of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1596) *[[1536]] – [[William Lambarde]], English antiquarian and politician (d. 1601) *[[1547]] – [[Justus Lipsius]], Belgian philologist and scholar (d. 1606) *[[1553]] – [[Luca Marenzio]], Italian composer (d. 1599) *[[1587]] – [[Lady Mary Wroth]], English poet (d. 1651) *[[1595]] – [[Edward Winslow]], American Pilgrim leader (d. 1655) ===1601–1900=== *[[1616]] – [[Nicholas Culpeper]], English botanist (d. 1654) *[[1630]] – [[Henry Powle]], English politician (d. 1692) *[[1634]] – [[Luca Giordano]], Italian painter and illustrator (d. 1705) *[[1653]] – [[Abraham van Riebeeck]], South African-Dutch merchant and politician, [[Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies]] (d. 1713) *[[1662]] – [[Matthew Henry]], Welsh minister and scholar (d. 1714) *[[1663]] – [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]] (d. 1736) *[[1668]] – [[John George IV, Elector of Saxony]] (d. 1694) *[[1701]] – [[Charles le Beau]], French historian and author (d. 1778) *[[1706]] – [[Baldassare Galuppi]], Italian [[harpsichord]] player and composer (d. 1785) *[[1741]] – [[Pierre Choderlos de Laclos]], French general and author (d. 1803) *[[1770]] – [[Thomas Phillips]], English artist (d. 1845)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/thomas-phillips-423 | title=Thomas Phillips 1770–1845 }}</ref> *[[1777]] – [[Heinrich von Kleist]], German author and poet (d. 1811) *[[1785]] – [[Thomas Love Peacock]], English author and poet (d. 1866) *[[1792]] – [[Lucas Alamán]], Mexican politician and historian (d. 1853) *[[1804]] – [[Mongkut]], Thai king (d. 1868) *[[1822]] – [[Midhat Pasha]], Ottoman civil servant and politician, 238th [[List of Ottoman Grand Viziers|Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] (d. 1883) *[[1831]] – [[Frederick III, German Emperor]] (d. 1888) *[[1836]] – [[Frederick August Otto Schwarz]], American businessman, founded [[FAO Schwarz]] (d. 1911) *[[1850]] – [[Basil Hall Chamberlain]], English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (d. 1935) *[[1854]] – [[Billy Murdoch (cricketer)|Billy Murdoch]], Australian cricketer (d. 1911) *[[1859]] – [[Henri Bergson]], French philosopher and theologian, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1941) *[[1862]] – [[Mehmet Esat Bülkat]], Ottoman general (d. 1952) *[[1865]] – [[Arie de Jong]], Dutch linguist and author (d. 1957) * 1865 – [[Logan Pearsall Smith]], American-English author and critic (d. 1946) *[[1868]] – [[Ernst Didring]], Swedish author (d. 1931) *[[1869]] – [[Johannes Linnankoski]], Finnish author (d. 1913)<ref>[https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/103140 Linnankoski, Johannes – Doria] (in Finnish)</ref> *[[1870]] – [[D. T. Suzuki]], Japanese author and scholar (d. 1966) *[[1872]] – [[Mikhail Kuzmin]], Russian poet and author (d. 1936) *[[1873]] – [[Ivanoe Bonomi]], Italian lawyer and politician, 25th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (d. 1951) *[[1875]] – [[Len Braund]], English cricketer, coach, and umpire (d. 1955) *[[1878]] – [[James Truslow Adams]], American historian and author (d. 1949) *[[1880]] – [[Ze'ev Jabotinsky]], Ukrainian-Russian general, journalist, and theorist (d. 1940) *[[1881]] – [[Max Gerson]], German-born American physician (d. 1959) *[[1882]] – [[Väinö Kivisalo]], Finnish politician (d. 1953)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Väinö Kivisalo |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910751.aspx |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date=25 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314225142/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910751.aspx |archive-date=14 March 2019 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref> * 1882 – [[Lucien Petit-Breton]], French cyclist (d. 1917) *[[1887]] – [[Takashi Sakai]], Japanese general and politician, [[Governor of Hong Kong]] (d. 1946) *[[1888]] – [[Paul Vermoyal]], French actor (d. 1925) *[[1893]] – [[Sidney Holland]], New Zealand lieutenant and politician, 25th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. 1961) * 1893 – [[George Ohsawa]], Japanese philosopher and academic (d. 1966) *[[1894]] – [[H. L. Davis]], American author and poet (d. 1960) * 1894 – [[Tibor Déry]], Hungarian author and translator (d. 1977) *[[1897]] – [[Isabel Briggs Myers]], American theorist and author (d. 1980) *[[1898]] – [[Lotte Lenya]], Austrian singer and actress (d. 1981) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Miriam Hopkins]], American actress (d. 1972) * 1902 – [[Pascual Jordan]], German physicist and theorist (d. 1980) *[[1903]] – [[Lina Radke]], German runner and coach (d. 1983) *[[1904]] – [[Aarne Juutilainen]], Finnish army captain (d. 1976)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ww2gravestone.com/people/juutilainen-aarne-edward/amp/|title=Juutilainen, Aarne Edward "The Terror of Morocco"|first=Rob|last=Hopmans|website=WW2 Gravestone|access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref> * 1904 – [[A. J. Liebling]], American journalist and author (d. 1963) * 1904 – [[Haim Shirman]], Ukrainian-Israeli scholar and academic (d. 1981) *[[1905]] – [[Jan Gies]], Dutch activist (d. 1993) * 1905 – [[Félix Houphouët-Boigny]], Ivorian union leader and politician, 1st [[President of Côte d'Ivoire]] (d. 1993) *[[1906]] – [[James Brooks (painter)|James Brooks]], American painter and educator (d. 1992) *[[1909]] – [[Norberto Bobbio]], Italian philosopher and theorist (d. 2004) *[[1914]] – [[Raymond Lambert]], Swiss mountaineer (d. 1997) *[[1915]] – [[Victor Sen Yung]], American actor (d. 1980) *[[1918]] – [[Molly Geertsema]], Dutch lawyer and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (d. 1991) * 1918 – [[Konstantinos Mitsotakis]], Greek lawyer and politician, 178th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 2017) * 1918 – [[Bobby Troup]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 1999) *[[1919]] – [[Ric Nordman]], Canadian captain and politician (d. 1996) * 1919 – [[Anita O'Day]], American singer (d. 2006)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1919 – [[Pierre Trudeau]], Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician, 15th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (d. 2000)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 18: Joe Morton, Barry Keoghan |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/18/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-18-Joe-Morton-Barry-Keoghan/8151665855046/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=17 October 2023 |date=18 October 2022}}</ref> * 1919 – [[Camilla Williams]], American soprano and educator (d. 2012) *[[1920]] – [[Melina Mercouri]], Greek actress, singer, and politician, 9th [[Minister for Culture (Greece)|Greek Minister of Culture]] (d. 1994)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1921]] – [[Jerry Cooke (photographer)|Jerry Cooke]], Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (d. 2005) * 1921 – [[Jesse Helms]], American journalist and politician (d. 2008) * 1921 – [[Beatrice Helen Worsley]], Mexican-Canadian computer scientist and academic (d. 1972) *[[1923]] – [[Jessie Mae Hemphill]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008) *[[1924]] – [[Buddy MacMaster]], Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2014) *[[1925]] – [[Ramiz Alia]], Albanian politician, 1st [[President of Albania]] (d. 2011) *[[1926]] – [[Chuck Berry]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1926 – [[Klaus Kinski]], German-American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1991) *[[1927]] – [[Marv Rotblatt]], American baseball player (d. 2013) * 1927 – [[George C. Scott]], American actor and director (d. 1999) *[[1928]] – [[Maurice El Mediouni]], Algerian pianist and composer (d. 2024) * 1928 – [[Keith Jackson]], American sportscaster and actor (d. 2018)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1928 – [[Dick Taverne]], English lawyer and politician *[[1929]] – [[Violeta Chamorro]], Nicaraguan publisher and politician, [[President of Nicaragua]] * 1929 – [[Hillard Elkins]], American producer and manager (d. 2010) * 1929 – [[Kees Fens]], Dutch author and critic (d. 2008) * 1929 – [[Frank Stanmore (rugby league)|Frank Stanmore]], Australian rugby league player (d. 2005)<ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/frank-stanmore/summary.html Rugby League Project]</ref> *[[1930]] – [[Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun]], Scottish politician (d. 2024) * 1930 – [[Esther Hautzig]], Lithuanian-American author (d. 2009) *[[1931]] – [[Chris Albertson]], Icelandic-American historian, journalist, and producer (d. 2019) * 1931 – [[Roger Climpson]], English-Australian journalist * 1931 – [[Ien Dales]], Dutch civil servant and politician, [[Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (Netherlands)|Dutch Minister of the Interior]] (d. 1994) *[[1932]] – [[Vytautas Landsbergis]], Lithuanian musicologist and politician *[[1933]] – [[Forrest Gregg]], American football player and coach (d. 2019) * 1933 – [[Irwin M. Jacobs]], American electrical engineer, businessman, and entrepreneur * 1933 – [[Ludovico Scarfiotti]], Italian race car driver (d. 1968) *[[1934]] – [[Inger Stevens]], Swedish-American actress (d. 1970) *[[1935]] – [[Peter Boyle]], American actor (d. 2006)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1936]] – [[Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino]], Cuban cardinal (d. 2019)<ref>{{cite news | work = [[The New York Times]] |date = 26 July 2019 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/world/americas/cardinal-jaime-ortega-dead.html | access-date = 27 July 2019 | title = Cardinal Jaime Ortega, a Cuban Bridge to the U.S., Dies at 82 | first = Katharine Q. | last = Seelye}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Robert Dove]], American lawyer and politician (d. 2021) * 1938 – [[Dawn Wells]], American model and actress, [[Miss Nevada|Miss Nevada 1959]] (d. 2020)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1939]] – [[Flavio Cotti]], Swiss lawyer and politician, 82nd [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] (d. 2020) * 1939 – [[Mike Ditka]], American football player, coach, and sportscaster<ref name="UPI" /> * 1939 – [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], American assassin of [[John F. Kennedy]] (d. 1963)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1939 – [[Paddy Reilly]], Irish folk singer and guitarist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irelandsown.ie/paddy-reilly-celebrates-turning-80|title=Paddy Reilly celebrates turning 80|website=[[Ireland's Own]]|date =October 25, 2019|access-date=June 17, 2021}}</ref> * 1939 – [[Jan Erik Vold]], Norwegian poet, author, and translator *[[1940]] – [[Talitha Getty]], actress and model of Dutch extraction (d. 1971) * 1940 – [[Cynthia Weil]], American songwriter (d. 2023) *[[1941]] – [[Timothy Bell, Baron Bell]], English businessman (d. 2019)<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/tim-bell-swaggering-pr-executive-and-spin-doctor-for-margaret-thatcher-dies-at-77/2019/08/26/1686949a-c80d-11e9-be05-f76ac4ec618c_story.html|title = Tim Bell, swaggering PR executive and spin doctor for Margaret Thatcher, dies at 77|date = 26 August 2019|access-date = 26 August 2019|newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]|last = Smith|first = Harrison}}</ref> * 1941 – [[Martha Burk]], American psychologist and author *[[1942]] – [[Gianfranco Ravasi]], Italian cardinal and scholar *[[1943]] – [[Christine Charbonneau]], Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2014) * 1943 – [[Birthe Rønn Hornbech]], Danish police officer and politician, [[List of Ministers for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark|Danish Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs]] *[[1945]] – [[Huell Howser]], American television host and actor (d. 2013) * 1945 – [[Chris Shays]], American politician *[[1946]] – [[James Robert Baker]], American author and screenwriter (d. 1997) * 1946 – [[Frank Beamer]], American football player and coach * 1946 – [[Joe Egan (musician)|Joe Egan]], Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2024)<ref name="obituary">[https://americansongwriter.com/joe-egan-co-founder-stealers-wheel-dead-77/ Joe Egan, Co-Founder of Stealers Wheel, Dead at 77]. ''American Songwriter''. Retrieved 8 July 2024.</ref> * 1946 – [[Dafydd Elis-Thomas]], Welsh academic and politician (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoskin |first=Rowenna |date=February 7, 2025 |title=Former Plaid Cymru leader Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas has died |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly5p2453z3o |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=[[BBC]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> * 1946 – [[Howard Shore]], Canadian composer, conductor, and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 18, 2022 includes celebrities Zac Efron, Lindsey Vonn |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-18-2022-includes-celebrities-zac-efron-lindsey-vonn.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=17 October 2023 |date=18 October 2022}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Paul Chuckle]], English comedian, actor, and screenwriter * 1947 – [[Job Cohen]], Dutch scholar and politician, [[Mayor of Amsterdam]] * 1947 – [[John Johnson (basketball, born 1947)|John Johnson]], American basketball player (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Johnson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77152/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=17 October 2023}}</ref> * 1947 – [[Joe Morton]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1947 – [[Laura Nyro]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1997)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1947 – [[Gary Sullivan (rugby league)|Gary Sullivan]], Australian rugby league player *[[1948]] – [[Hans Köchler]], Austrian philosopher, author, and academic * 1948 – [[Ntozake Shange]], American author, poet, and playwright (d. 2018)<ref>Collins-Hughes, Laura (October 28, 2018), [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/28/obituaries/ntozake-shange-is-dead-at-70.html "Ntozake Shange, Who Wrote 'For Colored Girls,' Is Dead at 70"], ''The New York Times''.</ref> * [[1949]] – [[George Hendrick]], American baseball player and coach * 1949 – [[Gary Richrath]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2015) *[[1950]] – [[Wendy Wasserstein]], American playwright and author (d. 2006)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1951]] – [[Mike Antonovich (ice hockey)|Mike Antonovich]], American ice hockey player and coach * 1951 – [[Pam Dawber]], American actress and producer<ref name="UPI" /> * 1951 – [[Terry McMillan]], American author and screenwriter<ref name="UPI" /> * 1951 – [[David Normington]], English civil servant and politician * 1951 – [[Nic Potter]], English bass player and songwriter (d. 2013) *[[1952]] – [[Roy Dias]], Sri Lankan cricketer and coach * 1952 – [[Paul Geroski]], American-English economist and academic (d. 2005) * 1952 – [[Chuck Lorre]], American director, producer, and screenwriter<ref>{{Cite web|title=CLP - Vanity Cards #597|url=http://www.chucklorre.com/?e=1104|access-date=2021-03-29|website=www.chucklorre.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=CLP - Vanity Cards #566|url=http://www.chucklorre.com/?e=1030|access-date=2021-03-29|website=www.chucklorre.com}}</ref> * 1952 – [[Patrick Morrow]], Canadian mountaineer and photographer * 1952 – [[Bảo Ninh]], Vietnamese soldier and author * 1952 – [[Allen Ripley]], American baseball player (d. 2014) * 1952 – [[Jerry Royster]], American baseball player, coach, and manager *[[1954]] – [[Nick Houghton]], English general * 1954 – [[Arliss Howard]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1954 – [[Bob Weinstein]], American film executive<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bob Weinstein|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/203581%7C174487/Bob-Weinstein/|access-date=May 13, 2021|website=[[Turner Classic Movies|TCM]]|language=en}}</ref> *[[1955]] – [[Jean-Pierre Hautier]], Belgian journalist and television host (d. 2012) * 1955 – [[Vanessa Briscoe Hay]], American singer-songwriter and keyboard player * 1955 – [[Timmy Mallett]], English radio and television host * 1955 – [[Stu Mead]], American painter and illustrator * 1955 – [[David Twohy]], American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1955 – [[Rita Verdonk]], Dutch journalist and politician, [[Ministry of Security and Justice (Netherlands)|Dutch Minister of Justice]] * 1955 – [[Denis Watson]], Zimbabwean golfer * 1955 – [[Mark Welland]], English physicist and academic *[[1956]] – [[Craig Bartlett]], American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor * 1956 – [[Martina Navratilova]], Czech-American tennis player and coach<ref name="UPI" /> * 1956 – [[Jim Talent]], American lawyer and politician *[[1957]] – [[Jon Lindstrom]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1957 – [[Catherine Ringer]], French singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress *[[1958]] – [[Thomas Hearns]], American boxer * 1958 – [[Megumi Ishii]], Japanese actress and politician * 1958 – [[Letitia James]], American lawyer, activist and politician<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nielsen |first1=Euell A. |title=Letitia A. James (1958- ) |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/letitia-a-james-1958/ |website=blackpast.org |access-date=28 June 2020 |date=23 August 2019}}</ref> * 1958 – [[Kjell Samuelsson]], Swedish ice hockey player and coach *[[1959]] – [[Kirby Chambliss]], American pilot * 1959 – [[Mauricio Funes]], Salvadoran politician, former President of El Salvador (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 22, 2025 |title=Mauricio Funes, former Salvadoran president, dies in Nicaragua |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mauricio-funes-former-salvadoran-president-dies-nicaragua-2025-01-22/ |access-date=January 22, 2025 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> * 1959 – [[Milcho Manchevski]], Macedonian-American director and screenwriter * 1959 – [[John Nord]], American wrestler *[[1960]] – [[Erin Moran]], American actress (d. 2017)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1960 – [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]], Belgian martial artist, actor, and producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> *[[1961]] – [[Wynton Marsalis]], American trumpet player, composer, and educator<ref name="AP" /> * 1961 – [[Rick Moody]], American author and composer * 1961 – [[Gladstone Small]], Barbadian-English cricketer *[[1962]] – [[Min Ko Naing]], Burmese activist * 1962 – [[Vincent Spano]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1963]] – [[Sigvart Dagsland]], Norwegian singer, pianist and composer *[[1964]] – [[Dan Lilker]], American singer-songwriter and bass player * 1964 – [[Charles Stross]], English journalist, author, and programmer *[[1965]] – [[Zakir Naik]], Indian Islamic preacher; founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) * 1965 – [[Curtis Stigers]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1966]] – [[Dave Price]], American journalist and game show host *[[1967]] – [[Eric Stuart]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor *[[1968]] – [[Rhod Gilbert]], Welsh comedian * 1968 – [[Stuart Law]], Australian cricketer and coach * 1968 – [[Michael Stich]], German tennis player and sportscaster *[[1969]] – [[Volker Neumüller]], German talent manager * 1969 – [[Nelson Vivas]], Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager *[[1970]] – [[Doug Mirabelli]], American baseball player and coach * 1970 – [[Mike Starink]], Dutch television host and actor *[[1971]] – [[Nick O'Hern]], Australian golfer *[[1972]] – [[Mika Ninagawa]], Japanese photographer and director * 1972 – [[Alex Tagliani]], Canadian race car driver *[[1973]] – [[Stephen Allan]], Australian golfer * 1973 – [[James Foley (journalist)|James Foley]], American photographer and journalist (d. 2014) * 1973 – [[Michalis Kapsis]], Greek footballer * 1973 – [[Rachel Nichols (journalist)|Rachel Nichols]], American journalist and sportscaster * 1973 – [[Sarah Winckless]], English rower *[[1974]] – [[Robbie Savage]], Welsh footballer and sportscaster * 1974 – [[Peter Svensson]], Swedish guitarist and songwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1974 – [[Amish Tripathi]], Indian author * 1974 – [[Zhou Xun]], Chinese actress and singer *[[1975]] – [[Alex Cora]], Puerto Rican baseball player and manager * 1975 – [[Josh Sawyer]], American video game designer *[[1977]] – [[Flavia Colgan]], Brazilian-American journalist * 1977 – [[Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1977)|Kunal Kapoor]], Indian actor * 1977 – [[Ryan Nelsen]], New Zealand-American soccer player and coach * 1977 – [[David Vuillemin]], French motorcycle racer *[[1978]] – [[Mike Tindall]], English rugby player * 1978 – [[Kenji Wu]], Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor *[[1979]] – [[Jaroslav Drobný (footballer)|Jaroslav Drobný]], Czech footballer * 1979 – [[Ne-Yo]], American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1979 – [[Damon Scott]], British entertainer *[[1980]] – [[Birsen Yavuz]], Turkish sprinter and hurdler *[[1981]] – [[Nathan Hauritz]], Australian cricketer * 1981 – [[Tina Hergold]], Slovenian tennis player * 1981 – [[Greg Warren (American football)|Greg Warren]], American football player *[[1982]] – [[Thierry Amiel]], French singer-songwriter * 1982 – [[Michael Dingsdag]], Dutch footballer * 1982 – [[Simon Gotch]], American wrestler * 1982 – [[Mark Sampson]], Welsh footballer and manager *[[1983]] – [[Dante (footballer)|Dante]], Brazilian footballer *[[1984]] – [[Robert Harting]], German discus thrower * 1984 – [[Freida Pinto]], Indian actress and model<ref name="AP" /> * 1984 – [[Esperanza Spalding]], American singer-songwriter and bassist<ref name="AP" /> * 1984 – [[Lindsey Vonn]], American skier<ref name="AP" /> * 1984 – [[Milo Yiannopoulos]], British journalist and public speaker<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1985]] – [[Yoenis Céspedes]], Cuban baseball player * 1985 – [[Andrew Garcia]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1986]] – [[Wilma Elles]], German actress and fashion designer *[[1987]] – [[Zac Efron]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP" /> * 1987 – [[Freja Beha Erichsen]], Danish model *[[1988]] – [[Tessa Schram]], Dutch director and actress *[[1989]] – [[Laci Green]], American [[YouTube]] personality, video blogger, sex educator, and activist * 1989 – [[Joy Lauren]], American actress, director, and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1989 – [[Riisa Naka]], Japanese model and actress *[[1990]] – [[Drew Crawford]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Drew Crawford |url=https://gleague.nba.com/player/drew-crawford/ |website=NBA G League |access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Brittney Griner]], American basketball player<ref name="UPI" /> * 1990 – [[Bristol Palin]], American public speaker and reality television personality<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1991]] – [[Roly Bonevacia]], Dutch footballer * 1991 – [[Tyler Posey]], American actor and musician<ref name="AP" /> * 1991 – [[Toby Regbo]], English actor<ref name="AP" /> *[[1992]] – [[John John Florence]], American surfer * 1992 – [[Barry Keoghan]], Irish actor<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1993]] – [[Ivan Cavaleiro]], Portuguese footballer *[[1994]] – [[Enhō Akira]], Japanese sumo wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Enhō Akira |url=https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataRikishi/profile/3803/ |website=NSK Official Grand Sumo |access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Pascal Wehrlein]], German-Mauritian race car driver *[[1996]] – [[Terance Mann]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Terance Mann |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629611/terance-mann |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=17 October 2023}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Sophie Thatcher]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Sophie Thatcher Biography|url=https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/sophie-thatcher/55642/ |publisher=[[Tribute (magazine)|Tribute]] |access-date=26 February 2025}}</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=== *[[AD 31|31]] – [[Sejanus|Lucius Aelius Sejanus]], Roman politician (b. 20 BC) *[[325]] – [[Emperor Ming of Jin]] (b. 299) *[[AD 707|707]] – [[Pope John VII]] (b. 650) *[[815]] – [[Abu'l-Saraya]], Zaydi rebel leader<ref>{{EI2 | last = Gibb | first = H. A. R. | title = Abu 'l-Sarāyā al-Sarī b. Manṣūr al-S̲h̲aybānī | volume = 1 | pages = 149–150 | url = http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_0249}}</ref> *[[1035]] – [[Sancho III of Pamplona]] (b. 992) *[[1081]] – [[Nikephoros Palaiologos]], Byzantine general *[[1101]] – [[Hugh I, Count of Vermandois]] (b. 1053) *[[1141]] – [[Leopold, Duke of Bavaria]] (b. 1108) *[[1214]] – [[John de Gray]], bishop of Norwich *[[1366]] – [[Petrus Torkilsson]], Archbishop of Uppsala *[[1382]] – [[James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond]], Irish politician, [[Lord Justices (Ireland)|Lord Justice of Ireland]] (b. 1331) *[[1417]] – [[Pope Gregory XII]] (b. 1326) *[[1442]] – [[John, Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz|Infante João of Portugal]] (b. 1400) *[[1480]] – [[Uhwudong]], Korean dancer and poet (b. 1440) *[[1503]] – [[Pope Pius III]] (b. 1439) *[[1508]] – [[Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell]], Lord High Admiral of Scotland *[[1511]] – [[Philippe de Commines]], French-speaking Fleming in the courts of Burgundy and France (b. 1447) *[[1526]] – [[Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón]], Spanish explorer (b. 1475) *[[1541]] – [[Margaret Tudor]], queen of [[James IV of Scotland]] (born [[1489]]) *[[1545]] – [[John Taverner]], English organist and composer (b. 1490) *[[1558]] – [[Mary of Hungary (governor of the Netherlands)|Mary of Hungary]] (b. 1505) *[[1561]] – [[Yamamoto Kansuke (general)|Yamamoto Kansuke]], Japanese samurai (b. 1501) *[[1564]] – [[Johannes Acronius Frisius]], Dutch physician and mathematician (b. 1520) *[[1570]] – [[Manuel da Nóbrega]], Portuguese-Brazilian priest and missionary (b. 1517) ===1601–1900=== *[[1604]] – [[Igram van Achelen]], Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1528) *[[1646]] – [[Isaac Jogues]], French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1607) *[[1667]] – [[Fasilides]], Ethiopian emperor (b. 1603) *[[1678]] – [[Jacob Jordaens]], Belgian painter illustrator (b. 1593) *[[1739]] – [[António José da Silva]], Brazilian-Portuguese playwright (b. 1705) *[[1744]] – [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough]] (b. 1660) *[[1770]] – [[John Manners, Marquess of Granby]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire]] (b. 1721) *[[1775]] – [[Christian August Crusius]], German philosopher and theologian (b. 1715) *[[1817]] – [[Étienne Méhul|Etienne Nicolas Méhul]], French pianist and composer (b. 1763) *[[1865]] – [[Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston]], English soldier and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1784) *[[1871]] – [[Charles Babbage]], English mathematician and engineer, invented the [[mechanical computer]] (b. 1791) *[[1876]] – [[Francis Preston Blair]], American journalist (b. 1791) *[[1886]] – [[Philipp Franz von Siebold]], German physician and botanist (b. 1796) *[[1889]] – [[Antonio Meucci]], Italian-American engineer (b. 1808) *[[1892]] – [[William W. Chapman]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1808) *[[1893]] – [[Charles Gounod]], French composer and educator (b. 1818) ===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – [[Nozu Michitsura]], Japanese field marshal (b. 1840) *[[1911]] – [[Alfred Binet]], French psychologist and author (b. 1857) *[[1921]] – [[Ludwig III of Bavaria]] (b. 1845) *[[1931]] – [[Thomas Edison]], American engineer and businessman, invented the [[phonograph]] (b. 1847) * 1931 – [[Lesser Ury]], German painter (b. 1861)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schütz |first=Chana C. |date=2004 |title=Lesser Ury and the Jewish Renaissance |url= |journal=Jewish Studies Quarterly |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=360–374 [360, 369, 370] |doi=10.1628/0944570042723058 |issn=0944-5706 |jstor=40753344}}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Santiago Ramón y Cajal]], Spanish pathologist, histologist, and neuroscientist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1852) *[[1935]] – [[Gaston Lachaise]], French-American sculptor (b. 1882) *[[1941]] – [[Manuel Teixeira Gomes]], Portuguese lawyer and politician, 7th [[President of Portugal]] (b. 1860) *[[1942]] – [[Mikhail Nesterov]], Russian painter (b. 1862) *[[1947]] – [[Michiaki Kamada]], Japanese admiral (b. 1890) *[[1948]] – [[Walther von Brauchitsch]], German field marshal (b. 1881) *[[1956]] – [[Yoshio Markino]], Japanese painter and author (b. 1869) *[[1959]] – [[Boughera El Ouafi]], Algerian-French runner (b. 1898) *[[1961]] – [[Tsuru Aoki]], Japanese-American actress (b. 1892) *[[1962]] – [[Iván Petrovich]], Serbian-German actor and singer (b. 1894) *[[1965]] – [[Henry Travers]], Irish-American actor (b. 1874) *[[1966]] – [[Elizabeth Arden]], Canadian-American businesswoman, founded [[Elizabeth Arden, Inc.]] (b. 1878) * 1966 – [[S. S. Kresge]], American businessman, founded [[Kmart (United States)|Kmart]] (b. 1867) *[[1969]] – [[Gyula Mándi]], Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1899)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ezen a napon hunyt el Mándi Gyula, Mandula, az Aranycsapat "állami edzője" |url=https://mtkbudapest.hu/hu/hirek/multidezes/ezen-a-napon-hunyt-el-mandi-gyula-mandula-az-aranycsapat-allami-edzoje |website=mtkbudapest.hu |language=hu |date=26 November 2019}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Margaret Caroline Anderson]], American publisher, founded ''[[The Little Review]]'' (b. 1886) * 1973 – [[Walt Kelly]], American illustrator and animator (b. 1913) * 1973 – [[Leo Strauss]], German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1899) *[[1975]] – [[K. C. Douglas]], American rural blues singer (b. 1913) * 1975 – [[Al Lettieri]], American actor (b. 1928) * 1975 – [[Graham Haberfield]], English actor (b. 1941) *[[1976]] – [[Viswanatha Satyanarayana]], Indian poet and author (b. 1895) *[[1977]] – [[Andreas Baader]], German militant (b. 1943) * 1977 – [[Gudrun Ensslin]], German militant leader, founded the [[Red Army Faction]] (b. 1940) *[[1978]] – [[Ramón Mercader]], Spanish journalist, assassin of [[Leon Trotsky]] (b. 1914) *[[1980]] – [[Edwin Way Teale]], American photographer and author (b. 1899) *[[1982]] – [[Dwain Esper]], American director and producer (b. 1892) * 1982 – [[Pierre Mendès France]], French lawyer and politician, 143rd [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1907) * 1982 – [[John Robarts]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th [[Premier of Ontario]] (b. 1917) * 1982 – [[Bess Truman]], American wife of [[Harry S. Truman]], 40th [[List of First Ladies of the United States|First Lady of the United States]] (b. 1885) *[[1983]] – [[Diego Abad de Santillán]], Spanish economist and author (b. 1897) * 1983 – [[Willie Jones (third baseman)|Willie Jones]], American baseball player (b. 1925) *[[1984]] – [[Henri Michaux]], French painter and poet (b. 1899) *[[1987]] – [[Adriaan Ditvoorst]], Dutch director and screenwriter (b. 1940) *[[2000]] – [[Julie London]], American singer and actress (b. 1926) * 2000 – [[Gwen Verdon]], American actress and dancer (b. 1925) *[[2003]] – [[Preston Smith (governor)|Preston Smith]], American businessman and politician, 40th [[Governor of Texas]] (b. 1912) * 2003 – [[Manuel Vázquez Montalbán]], Spanish journalist, author, and critic (b. 1939) *[[2005]] – [[Johnny Haynes]], English-Scottish footballer (b. 1934) * 2005 – [[Bill King]], American sportscaster (b. 1927) *[[2006]] – [[Mario Francesco Pompedda]], Italian cardinal (b. 1929) * 2006 – [[Anna Russell]], English-Canadian singer and actress (b. 1911) * 2006 – [[Laurie Taitt]], Guyanese-English hurdler (b. 1934) *[[2007]] – [[Alan Coren]], English journalist and author (b. 1938) * 2007 – [[William J. Crowe]], American admiral and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom]] (b. 1925) * 2007 – [[Vincent DeDomenico]], American businessman, founded the [[Napa Valley Wine Train]] (b. 1915) * 2007 – [[Lucky Dube]], South African singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1964) *[[2008]] – [[Dee Dee Warwick]], American singer (b. 1945) *[[2009]] – [[Adriaan Kortlandt]], Dutch ethologist and biologist (b. 1918) * 2009 – [[Nancy Spero]], American painter and academic (b. 1926) *[[2010]] – [[Marion Brown]], American saxophonist and musicologist (b. 1931) * 2010 – [[Billy Raimondi]], American baseball player (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite web|last1=McGreehan |first1=Mike|first2=William|last2=Love |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2010/11/04/oakland-oaks-legend-billy-raimondi-dies-at-97/ |title=Oakland Oaks legend Billy Raimondi dies at 97|work=East Bay Times |date=November 4, 2010 |accessdate=December 30, 2021}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Brain Damage (wrestler)|Brain Damage]], American wrestler (b. 1977) * 2012 – [[Sylvia Kristel]], Dutch model and actress (b. 1952) * 2012 – [[Slater Martin]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1925) * 2012 – [[George Mattos]], American pole vaulter (b. 1929) * 2012 – [[Albert Lee Ueltschi]], American pilot and businessman, founded [[FlightSafety International]] (b. 1917) * 2012 – [[David S. Ware]], American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949) *[[2013]] – [[Tom Foley]], American lawyer and politician, 57th [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (b. 1929) * 2013 – [[Bum Phillips]], American football player and coach (b. 1923) * 2013 – [[Allan Stanley]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926) * 2013 – [[Bill Young (Florida politician)|Bill Young]], American sergeant and politician (b. 1930) *[[2014]] – [[Mariano Lebrón Saviñón]], Dominican author and academic (b. 1922) * 2014 – [[Edward Regan]], American academic and politician (b. 1930) * 2014 – [[Sidney Shapiro]], American-Chinese author and translator (b. 1915) *[[2015]] – [[Robert Dickerson]], Australian painter (b. 1924) * 2015 – [[Gamal El-Ghitani]], Egyptian journalist and author (b. 1945) * 2015 – [[Robert W. Farquhar]], American engineer (b. 1932) * 2015 – [[Frank Watkins (musician)|Frank Watkins]], American bass player (b. 1968) * 2015 – [[Paul West (writer, born 1930)|Paul West]], English-American author, poet, and academic (b. 1930) *[[2017]] – [[Marino Perani]], Italian football player and manager (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bolognafc.it/en/marino-perani-has-sadly-passed-away-aged-77/|title=Marino Perani has sadly passed away aged 77|website=Bolognafc.it|date=18 October 2017 }}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Lisbeth Palme]], Swedish child psychologist, former chairwoman of [[UNICEF]] (b. 1931)<ref name="miamiherald.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article220234330.html|title=Reports: Widow of slain former Swedish PM Olof Palme dies|work=The Miami Herald|date=18 October 2018}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab]], 5th [[President of the Sudan]] (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web|date=18 October 2018|title=Ex-Sudan president Al-Dahab dies age 83|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20181018-ex-sudan-president-al-dahab-dies-age-83/|work=Middle East Monitor}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Rui Jordão]], Angolan-born Portuguese footballer (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dn.pt/desportos/morreu-rui-jordao-o-grande-goleador-que-se-zangou-com-o-futebol-11374571.html|title=Morreu Rui Jordão, o grande goleador que se zangou com o futebol - DN|website=www.dn.pt|access-date=October 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018162859/https://www.dn.pt/desportos/morreu-rui-jordao-o-grande-goleador-que-se-zangou-com-o-futebol-11374571.html|archive-date=October 18, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[René Felber]], 81st [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/lancien-conseiller-federal-rene-felber-decede|title=L'ancien conseiller fédéral René Felber est décédé|newspaper=Le Temps|date=October 18, 2020|via=www.letemps.ch|language=fr}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Colin Powell]], American military leader and statesman, 65th [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] (b. 1937)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cole |first1=Devan |title=Colin Powell, first Black US secretary of state, dies of Covid-19 complications amid cancer battle |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/politics/colin-powell-dies/index.html |access-date=18 October 2021 |work=CNN |date=October 18, 2021}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Harvey Wollman]], American politician, 26th [[Governor of South Dakota]] (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goss |first1=Austin |title=Harvey Wollman, former South Dakota Governor, passes away at 87 |url=https://www.ktiv.com/2022/10/19/harvey-wollman-former-south-dakota-governor-passes-away-87/ |access-date=October 19, 2022 |publisher=KTIV |date=October 19, 2022}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Yehuda Bauer]], Israeli historian of the Holocaust (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 18, 2024 |title=Prominent Holocaust historian Yehuda Bauer dies at 98 |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/prominent-holocaust-historian-yehuda-bauer-dies-at-98/ |access-date=October 22, 2024 |work=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref> *2024 – [[Ginés González García]], Argentine politician and physician (b. 1945)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-18 |title=Murió Ginés González García, el sanitarista con espalda peronista que quedó marcado por el Vacunatorio VIP |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/murio-gines-gonzalez-garcia-el-sanitarista-con-espalda-peronista-que-quedo-marcado-por-el-nid18102024/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=LA NACION |language=es}}</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. --> ==Holidays and observances== *[[Alaska Day]] ([[Alaska]], [[United States]]) *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Asclepiades of Antioch]]<ref name="Martirologio">{{cite book |title=Martirologio Romano |date=2004 |publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana|url=https://vidaeremitica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MARTIROLOGIO-ROMANO.pdf |access-date=2 April 2024}}</ref> **[[Isaac Jogues]]<ref name="Martirologio" /> **[[Luke the Evangelist]]<ref name="Martirologio" /> **[[Peter of Alcantara]],<ref name="Martirologio" /> can also be celebrated on October 19. **[[October 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Day of Restoration of Independence (Azerbaijan)]], celebrates the independence of [[Azerbaijan]] from the [[Soviet Union]] in 1991. *[[Necktie Day]] ([[Croatia]]) *[[Persons Day]] ([[Canada]]) *[[International Menopause Society#Resources and publications|World Menopause Day]] == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/18 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=10|day=18}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/18 |title=Historical Events on October 18 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:October 18}} [[Category:Days of October]]
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