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{{For other uses|October 8 (disambiguation)}} {{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[316]] – Constantine I [[Battle of Cibalae|defeats]] Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories.<ref>For the consensus on dating of the battle of Cibalae in 316, see A.S. Christensen, L. Baerentzen, ''Lactantius the Historian'', Museum Tusculanum Press, 1980, p.23, W. Treadgold, ''A history of the Byzantine State and Society'', Stanford University Press, 1997, p. 34, D.S. Potter, p. 378 and C. Odahl, p. 164. For the alternative dating at 314 see, among others, [[Ramsay MacMullen]], ''Constantine'', Routledge, 1987, p. 67 and A. H. M. Jones, ''Constantine and the Conversion of Europe'', The English University Press, 1948, p. 127</ref> * [[451]] – The first session of the [[Council of Chalcedon]] begins. * [[876]] – Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger [[Battle of Andernach (876)|prevent]] a West Frankish invasion and defeat emperor [[Charles the Bald|Charles II]] ("the Bald"). *[[1075]] – [[Demetrius Zvonimir of Croatia|Dmitar Zvonimir]] is crowned King of Croatia. *[[1200]] – [[Isabella of Angoulême]] is crowned Queen consort of England. *[[1322]] – [[Mladen II Šubić of Bribir]] is deposed as the Croatian Ban after the [[Battle of Bliska]]. *[[1480]] – The [[Great Stand on the Ugra River]] puts an end to Tatar rule over Moscow *[[1573]] – End of the Spanish [[siege of Alkmaar]], the first Dutch victory in the Eighty Years' War. ===1601–1900=== *[[1645]] – [[Jeanne Mance]] opens the first lay hospital of North America in [[Montreal]]. *[[1813]] – The [[Treaty of Ried]] is signed between Bavaria and Austria. *[[1821]] – The [[Peruvian Navy]] is established during the War of Independence. *[[1829]] – [[Stephenson's Rocket]] wins [[Rainhill Trials|the Rainhill Trials]]. *[[1856]] – The [[Second Opium War]] between several western powers and China begins with the ''Arrow'' Incident. *[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the [[Battle of Perryville]]. *[[1871]] – [[Slash-and-burn]] land management, months of drought, and the passage of a strong [[cold front]] cause the [[Peshtigo Fire]], the [[Great Chicago Fire]] and the [[Great Michigan Fire]]s to break out.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200211/27_hemphills_peshtigofire/ |title=Peshtigo: a tornado of fire revisited |last=Hemphill |first=Stephanie |date=27 November 2002 |website=Minnesota Public Radio |access-date=16 August 2020 }}</ref> *[[1879]] – [[War of the Pacific]]: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the [[Battle of Angamos]]. *[[1895]] – Korean [[Empress Myeongseong]] is [[Eulmi incident|assassinated]] by Japanese infiltrators. ===1901–present=== *[[1912]] – The [[First Balkan War]] begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire. *[[1918]] – [[World War I]]: Corporal [[Alvin C. York]] kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. *[[1921]] – [[KDKA (AM)|KDKA]] in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game. *[[1939]] – [[World War II]]: Germany [[Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany|annexes western Poland]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leslie |first1=Roy Francis |title=The History of Poland Since 1863 |date=19 May 1983 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-27501-9 |page=214 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0tYVKUsnw9IC&dq=Germany+annexes+western+Poland+8+october+1939&pg=PA214 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1941]] – World War II: During the preliminaries of the [[Battle of Rostov (1941)|Battle of Rostov]], German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol. *[[1943]] – World War II: Around 30 civilians are [[Kallikratis executions|executed]] by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete. *[[1944]] – World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the [[Battle of Crucifix Hill]], just outside Aachen. *[[1952]] – The [[Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash]] kills 112 people. *[[1956]] – The New York Yankees's [[Don Larsen]] pitches the only perfect game in a [[World Series]]. *[[1962]] – ''Der Spiegel'' [[Spiegel scandal|publishes an article]] disclosing the sorry state of the [[Bundeswehr]], and is soon accused of treason. *[[1967]] – Guerrilla leader [[Che Guevara]] and his men are captured in Bolivia. *[[1969]] – The opening rally of the [[Days of Rage]] occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago. *[[1970]] – [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]] wins the Nobel Prize in literature. *[[1973]] – [[Yom Kippur War]]: Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions. * 1973 – [[Spyros Markezinis]] begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule. *[[1974]] – [[Franklin National Bank]] collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States. *[[1978]] – Australia's [[Ken Warby]] sets the current world water speed record of 275.97 knots at Blowering Dam, Australia. *[[1982]] – Poland bans [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarity]] and all other trade unions. * 1982 – After its London premiere, [[Cats (musical)|''Cats'']] opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000. *[[1990]] – [[First Intifada]]: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock. *[[1991]] – Upon the expiration of the [[Brioni Agreement]], Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia. *[[2001]] – A twin engine Cessna and a [[Scandinavian Airlines]] System jetliner [[2001 Linate Airport runway collision|collide in heavy fog during takeoff]] from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people. * 2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Office of Homeland Security]]. *[[2005]] – The 7.6 {{M|w}} [[2005 Kashmir earthquake|Kashmir earthquake]] leaves 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless. *[[2014]] – [[Thomas Eric Duncan]], the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with [[Zaire ebolavirus|Ebola]], dies. *[[2016]] – In the wake of [[Hurricane Matthew]], the death toll rises to nearly 900. *[[2019]] – About 200 [[Extinction Rebellion]] activists block the gates of [[Leinster House]] (parliament) in the [[Republic of Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web|website=BBC News|title=Extinction Rebellion: Dublin activists block Irish parliament gates|date=Oct 8, 2019|access-date=Oct 11, 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49981111?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cmj34zmwm1zt/climate-change&link_location=live-reporting-story}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Second Nagorno-Karabakh War]]: [[Azerbaijan]] twice deliberately [[2020 Ghazanchetsots Cathedral shelling|targeted]] the [[Ghazanchetsots Cathedral|Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots]] of [[Shusha]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-16|title=Azerbaijan: Attack on Church Possible War Crime|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/12/16/azerbaijan-attack-church-possible-war-crime|access-date=2021-04-17|website=Human Rights Watch|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of shelling Shusha cathedral |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54465172 |agency=[[BBC News]] |date=8 October 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201008144651/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54465172 |archive-date=8 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Church bombed to ruins - Journalists were injured during second attack – one of them is fighting for his life |url=https://www.bild.de/politik/international/bild-international/bild-reporter-at-armenian-frontline-church-bombed-to-ruins-73330690.bild.html |work=bild.de |agency=BILD.de |date=8 October 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201010083850/https://m.bild.de/politik/international/bild-international/bild-reporter-at-armenian-frontline-church-bombed-to-ruins-73330690,view=amp.bildMobile.html |archive-date=10 October 2020}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[319 BC]] – [[Pyrrhus of Epirus]] (d. 272 BC) *[[1150]] – [[Narapatisithu]], king of Burma (d. 1211) *[[1515]] – [[Margaret Douglas]], daughter of Archibald Douglas (d. 1578) *[[1551]] – [[Giulio Caccini]], Italian composer (d. 1618) *[[1553]] – [[Jacques Auguste de Thou]], French historian (d. 1617) *[[1585]] – [[Heinrich Schütz]], German organist and composer (d. 1672) ===1601–1900=== *[[1609]] – [[John Clarke (Baptist minister)|John Clarke]], English physician (d. 1676) *[[1676]] – [[Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro]], Spanish monk and scholar (d. 1764) *[[1713]] – [[Yechezkel Landau]], Polish rabbi and author (d. 1793) *[[1715]] – [[Michel Benoist]], French scientist and missionary (d. 1774) *[[1747]] – [[Jean-François Rewbell]], French lawyer and politician (d. 1807) *[[1753]] – [[Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg|Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden]] (d. 1829) *[[1765]] – [[Harman Blennerhassett]], English-Irish lawyer and politician (d. 1831) *[[1789]] – [[John Ruggles]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1874) * 1789 – [[William Swainson]], English-New Zealand ornithologist and entomologist (d. 1855) *[[1807]] – [[Harriet Taylor Mill]], English philosopher and activist (d. 1858) *[[1818]] – [[John Henninger Reagan]], American judge and politician, 3rd [[Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury]] (d. 1905) *[[1834]] – [[Walter Kittredge]], American violinist and composer (d. 1905) *[[1845]] – [[Salomon Kalischer]], German pianist, composer, and physicist (d. 1924) *[[1847]] – [[Rose Scott]], Australian activist (d. 1925) *[[1848]] – [[Pierre De Geyter]], Belgian composer (d. 1932) *[[1850]] – [[Henry Louis Le Châtelier]], French chemist and academic (d. 1936) *[[1860]] – [[John D. Batten]], British painter, printmaker and illustrator (d. 1932) *[[1863]] – [[Edythe Chapman]], American actress (d. 1948) *[[1864]] – [[Ozias Leduc]], Canadian painter and educator (d. 1955) *[[1870]] – [[Louis Vierne]], French organist and composer (d. 1937) *[[1872]] – [[Mary Engle Pennington]], American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (d. 1952) *[[1873]] – [[Ejnar Hertzsprung]], Danish chemist and astronomer (d. 1967) * 1873 – [[Alexey Shchusev]], Russian architect and academic, designed [[Lenin's Mausoleum]] (d. 1949) *[[1875]] – [[Laurence Doherty]], English tennis player and golfer (d. 1919) *[[1876]] – [[Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell]], English lieutenant and politician (d. 1966) *[[1877]] – [[Hans Heysen]], German-Australian painter (d. 1968) *[[1879]] – [[Huntley Gordon]], Canadian-American actor (d. 1956) *[[1882]] – [[Harry McClintock]], American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 1957) *[[1883]] – [[Dick Burnett (musician)|Dick Burnett]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977) * 1883 – [[Otto Heinrich Warburg]], German physiologist and physician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1970) *[[1884]] – [[Walther von Reichenau]], German field marshal (d. 1942) *[[1887]] – [[Ping Bodie]], American baseball player (d. 1961) * 1887 – [[Donie Bush]], American baseball player, manager, and team owner (d. 1972) *[[1888]] – [[Ernst Kretschmer]], German psychiatrist and author (d. 1964) *[[1889]] – [[R. Fraser Armstrong]], Canadian engineer (d. 1983) * 1889 – [[Collett E. Woolman]], American businessman, co-founded [[Delta Air Lines]] (d. 1966) *[[1890]] – [[Snuffy Browne]], Barbadian cricketer (d. 1964) * 1890 – [[Eddie Rickenbacker]], American soldier and pilot, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1973) * 1890 – [[Philippe Thys (cyclist)|Philippe Thys]], Belgian cyclist (d. 1971) *[[1892]] – [[Marina Tsvetaeva]], Russian poet and author (d. 1941) *[[1893]] – [[Clarence Williams (musician)|Clarence Williams]], American pianist and composer (d. 1965) *[[1895]] – [[Zog I of Albania]] (d. 1961) * 1895 – [[Juan Perón]], Argentinian general and politician, 29th [[President of Argentina]] (d. 1974) *[[1896]] – [[Julien Duvivier]], French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1967) *[[1897]] – [[Rouben Mamoulian]], Georgian-American director and screenwriter (d. 1987) * 1897 – [[Marcel Herrand]], French actor (d. 1953) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Eivind Groven]], Norwegian composer and theorist (d. 1977) * 1901 – [[Mark Oliphant]], Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, [[Governor of South Australia]] (d. 2000) *[[1903]] – [[Georgy Geshev]], Bulgarian chess player (d. 1937) *[[1904]] – [[Yves Giraud-Cabantous]], French race car driver (d. 1973) *[[1907]] – [[Richard Sharpe Shaver]], American author and illustrator (d. 1975) *[[1908]] – [[Ezekias Papaioannou]], Greek-Cypriot politician (d. 1988) *[[1910]] – [[Kirk Alyn]], American actor (d. 1999) * 1910 – [[Paulette Dubost]], French actress (d. 2011) * 1910 – [[Gus Hall]], American soldier and politician (d. 2000) * 1910 – [[Helmut Kallmeyer]], German chemist and soldier (d. 2006) * 1910 – [[Ray Lewis (track and field athlete)|Ray Lewis]], Canadian runner (d. 2003) *[[1913]] – [[Robert R. Gilruth]], American pilot and engineer (d. 2000) * 1913 – [[Marios Makrionitis]], Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (d. 1959) *[[1917]] – [[Billy Conn]], American boxer (d. 1993) * 1917 – [[Walter Lord]], American historian and author (d. 2002) * 1917 – [[Danny Murtaugh]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1976) * 1917 – [[Rodney Robert Porter]], English biochemist and physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1985) *[[1918]] – [[Halfdan Hegtun]], Norwegian radio host and politician (d. 2012) * 1918 – [[Jens Christian Skou]], Danish chemist and physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2018) *[[1919]] – [[Jack McGrath (racing driver)|Jack McGrath]], American race car driver (d. 1955) * 1919 – [[Kiichi Miyazawa]], Japanese politician, 78th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. 2007) *[[1920]] – [[Frank Herbert]], American journalist, photographer, and author (d. 1986) *[[1921]] – [[Abraham Sarmiento]], Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2010) *[[1922]] – [[Nils Liedholm]], Swedish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2007) * 1922 – [[Herbert B. Leonard]], American production manager and producer (d. 2006) *[[1924]] – [[Alphons Egli]], Swiss lawyer and politician, 77th [[List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation|President of the Swiss Confederation]] (d. 2016) * 1924 – [[Aloísio Lorscheider]], Brazilian cardinal (d. 2007) * 1924 – [[Thirunalloor Karunakaran]], Indian poet and scholar (d. 2006) * 1924 – [[John Nelder]], English mathematician and statistician (d. 2010) *[[1925]] – [[Álvaro Magaña]], Salvadoran economist and politician, [[President of El Salvador]] (d. 2001) *[[1926]] – [[Raaj Kumar]], Indian police officer and actor (d. 1996) *[[1927]] – [[Jim Elliot]], American missionary and translator (d. 1956) * 1927 – [[César Milstein]], Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2002) *[[1928]] – [[Didi (footballer, born 1928)|Didi]], Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2001) * 1928 – [[M. Russell Ballard]], American lieutenant and religious leader (d. 2023) * 1928 – [[Neil Harvey]], Australian cricketer * 1928 – [[Bill Maynard]], English actor (d. 2018) *[[1929]] – [[Betty Boothroyd]], English politician, [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|British Speaker of the House of Commons]] (d. 2023) *[[1930]] – [[Pepper Adams]], American saxophonist and composer (d. 1986) * 1930 – [[Alasdair Milne]], Indian-English director and producer (d. 2013) * 1930 – [[Faith Ringgold]], American painter and activist (d. 2024) * 1930 – [[Toru Takemitsu]], Japanese composer and theorist (d. 1996) *[[1931]] – [[Bill Brown (footballer, born 1931)|Bill Brown]], Scottish footballer (d. 2004) *[[1932]] – [[Ray Reardon]], Welsh snooker player and police officer (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-20 |title=Ray Reardon: Six-time world snooker champion dies aged 91 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/articles/cjewjqnqwv4o |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Kader Asmal]], South African academic and politician (d. 2011) * 1934 – [[Gerry Hitchens]], English footballer and manager (d. 1983) * 1934 – [[James Holshouser]], American lawyer and politician, 68th [[Governor of North Carolina]] (d. 2013) *[[1935]] – [[Albert Roux]], French-English chef (d. 2021) *[[1936]] – [[Rona Barrett]], American journalist and businesswoman<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 8: Bella Thorne, Chevy Chase |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/08/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-8-Bella-Thorne-Chevy-Chase/4741665185464/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=6 October 2023 |date=8 October 2022}}</ref> *[[1937]] – [[Merle Park]], British ballerina and educator * 1937 – [[Paul Schell]], American lawyer and politician, 50th [[List of mayors of Seattle|Mayor of Seattle]] (d. 2014) *[[1938]] – [[William Corlett]], English author and playwright (d. 2005) * 1938 – [[Walter Gretzky]], Canadian ice hockey coach and author (d. 2021) * 1938 – [[Bronislovas Lubys]], Lithuanian businessman and politician, [[Prime Minister of Lithuania]] (d. 2011) * 1938 – [[Fred Stolle]], Australian-American tennis player and sportscaster (d. 2025)<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1939]] – [[Paul Hogan]], Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 8, 2022 includes celebrities Matt Damon, Chevy Chase |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-8-2022-includes-celebrities-matt-damon-chevy-chase.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=6 October 2023 |date=8 October 2022}}</ref> * 1939 – [[Elvīra Ozoliņa]], Latvian javelin thrower * 1939 – [[Harvey Pekar]], American author and critic (d. 2010) * 1939 – [[Lynne Stewart]], American lawyer and criminal (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fried |first1=Joseph P. |title=Lynne Stewart, Lawyer Imprisoned in Terrorism Case, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/nyregion/lynne-stewart-dead-radical-leftist-lawyer.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=13 May 2021 |date=8 March 2017}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Fred Cash]], American singer<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1941]] – [[George Bellamy (musician)|George Bellamy]], English singer, guitarist, and producer * 1941 – [[Jesse Jackson]], American minister and activist<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1941 – [[Shane Stevens (author)|Shane Stevens]], American author (d. 2007) *[[1942]] – [[Stanley Bates]], English actor and screenwriter *[[1943]] – [[Chevy Chase]], American comedian, actor, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1943 – [[R. L. Stine]], American author, screenwriter, and producer<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1944]] – [[Ed Kirkpatrick]], American baseball player (d. 2010) * 1944 – [[Susan Raye]], American singer<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1946]] – [[Hanan Ashrawi]], Palestinian scholar, activist, and politician * 1946 – [[Jean-Jacques Beineix]], French director and producer (d. 2022) * 1946 – [[Dennis Kucinich]], American journalist and politician, 53rd [[List of mayors of Cleveland|Mayor of Cleveland]] * 1946 – [[Bel Mooney]], English journalist and author * 1946 – [[Jon Ekerold]], South African motorcycle racer *[[1947]] – [[Richard Morris (archaeologist)|Richard Morris]], English archaeologist, historian, and author * 1947 – [[Emiel Puttemans]], Belgian runner * 1947 – [[Stephen Shore]], American photographer and educator * 1947 – [[Bill Zorn]], folk musician<ref name="revival">{{Cite book|title=The folk music revival, 1958-1970 : biographies of fifty performers and other influential people|last=Dicaire|first= David |page=212|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Co|isbn=978-0-7864-6352-7|location=Jefferson, N.C.|oclc=747713048}}</ref> * 1947 – [[Hansa Yogendra]], Indian yoga guru<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-15 |title=Yoga Institute director Hansaji Yogendra on Hindi translation of her book & tips on healthy living |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/lifestyle/books/yoga-institute-director-hansaji-yogendra-on-hindi-translation-of-her-book-tips-on-healthy-living-11534491.html |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=Moneycontrol |language=en}}</ref> * [[1948]] – [[Benjamin Cheever]], American journalist and author * 1948 – [[Claude Jade]], French actress (d. 2006) * 1948 – [[Johnny Ramone]], American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2004)<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1949]] – [[Hamish Stuart]], Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1949 – [[Sigourney Weaver]], American actress and producer<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1950]] – [[Robert "Kool" Bell]], American singer-songwriter and bass player<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1950 – [[Blake Morrison]], English poet, author, and academic *[[1951]] – [[Jack O'Connell (American politician)|Jack O'Connell]], American educator and politician * 1951 – [[Timo Salonen]], Finnish race car driver * 1951 – [[Shannon C. Stimson]], American philosopher, historian, and theorist * 1951 – [[Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer]], British aristocrat and landowner (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news |title=Lord Palmer obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lord-palmer-obituary-5vww3fdsc |access-date=13 July 2023 |work=The Times |date=13 July 2023 |archive-date=13 July 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230713233904/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lord-palmer-obituary-5vww3fdsc |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> *[[1952]] – [[Takis Koroneos]], Greek basketball player and coach * 1952 – [[Jan Marijnissen]], Dutch journalist and politician * 1952 – [[Edward Zwick]], American director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1953]] – [[Robert Saxton]], English composer and educator *[[1954]] – [[Michael Dudikoff]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1954 – [[Huub Rothengatter]], Dutch race car driver and manager *[[1955]] – [[Bill Elliott]], American race car driver * 1955 – [[Alain Ferté]], French race car driver * 1955 – [[Darrell Hammond]], American comedian and actor<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1955 – [[Paul Lennon]], Australian politician, 42nd [[Premier of Tasmania]] * 1955 – [[Lonnie Pitchford]], American singer and guitarist (d. 1998) *[[1956]] – [[Jeff Lahti]], American baseball player * 1956 – [[Janice E. Voss]], American engineer and astronaut (d. 2012) * 1956 – [[Stephanie Zimbalist]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1957]] – [[Antonio Cabrini]], Italian footballer and manager *[[1958]] – [[Steve Coll]], American journalist and author<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1958 – [[Bret Lott]], American journalist, author, and academic * 1958 – [[Ruffin McNeill]], American football player and coach * 1958 – [[Ursula von der Leyen]], Belgian-German physician and politician, [[Defense Minister of Germany]], President of the European Commission *[[1959]] – [[Tommy Armour III]], American golfer * 1959 – [[Nick Bakay]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter * 1959 – [[Gavin Friday]], Irish singer-songwriter, actor, and producer * 1959 – [[Erik Gundersen]], Danish motorcycle racer * 1959 – [[Peter Horrocks]], English journalist and producer * 1959 – [[Mike Morgan (baseball)|Mike Morgan]], American baseball player and coach * 1959 – [[Carlos I. Noriega]], Peruvian-American colonel and astronaut *[[1960]] – [[Andrea Anastasi]], Italian volleyball player and coach * 1960 – [[Bryndís Hlöðversdóttir]], Icelandic politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Þingmenn: Alþingismannatal - Æviágrip þingmanna frá 1845 - Bryndís Hlöðversdóttir |url=https://www.althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=98 |publisher=[[Althing]] |access-date=8 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419015909/https://www.althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=98 |archive-date=19 April 2024 |location=Reykjavík, Iceland |language=is}}</ref> * 1960 – [[Reed Hastings]], American businessman, co-founded [[Netflix]]<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1960 – [[Rano Karno]], Indonesian actor and politician * 1960 – [[Ralf Minge]], German footballer and manager * 1960 – [[François Pérusse]], Canadian singer-songwriter and comedian * 1960 – [[Mike Teague]], English rugby player *[[1961]] – [[Steven Bernstein (musician)|Steven Bernstein]], American trumpet player and composer * 1961 – [[Jon Stevens]], New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter * 1961 – [[Simon Burke]], Australian actor and producer * 1961 – [[Ted Kooshian]], American pianist and composer * 1961 – [[Kim Wayans]], American actress and comedian<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1962]] – [[Richard Lintern]], British actor * 1962 – [[Bruno Thiry]], Belgian race car driver * 1962 – [[Chen Xiaoxia]], Chinese diver *[[1963]] – [[Steve Perry (Oregon musician)|Steve Perry]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1964]] – [[Jakob Arjouni]], German author (d. 2013) * 1964 – [[Ian Hart]], English actor<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1964 – [[CeCe Winans]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1965]] – [[Matt Biondi]], American swimmer and coach<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1965 – [[Ardal O'Hanlon]], Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter * 1965 – [[Harri Koskela]], Finnish wrestler * 1965 – [[C. J. Ramone]], American singer-songwriter and bass player<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1966]] – [[Art Barr]], American wrestler (d. 1994) * 1966 – [[Karyn Parsons]], American actress and producer<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1967]] – [[Yvonne Reyes]], Venezuelan television host and actress * 1967 – [[Teddy Riley]], American singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1968]] – [[Ali Benarbia]], Algerian footballer * 1968 – [[Zvonimir Boban]], Croatian footballer and sportscaster * 1968 – [[Emily Procter]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1968 – [[CL Smooth]], American rapper and producer * 1968 – [[Leeroy Thornhill]], English keyboard player and DJ *[[1969]] – [[Dylan Neal]], Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1970]] – [[Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui]], Congolese colonel * 1970 – [[Matt Damon]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1970 – [[Anne-Marie Duff]], English actress<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1970 – [[Sadiq Khan]], English lawyer and politician, [[Minister of State for Transport]], [[Mayor of London]]<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1970 – [[Sisaundra Lewis]], American singer-songwriter and producer * 1970 – [[Tetsuya Nomura]], Japanese video game designer and director *[[1971]] – [[Marc Ellis (rugby)|Marc Ellis]], New Zealand rugby player and television host * 1971 – [[David Gauke]], English lawyer and politician * 1971 – [[Pınar Selek]], Turkish sociologist, author, and academic * 1971 – [[Monty Williams]], American basketball player and coach *[[1972]] – [[Terry Balsamo]], American guitarist and songwriter * 1972 – [[Stanislav Varga]], Slovak footballer and manager *[[1973]] – [[Jim Fairchild]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1973 – [[Kari Korhonen]], Finnish cartoonist *[[1974]] – [[Kevyn Adams]], American ice hockey player and coach * 1974 – [[Martin Henderson]], New Zealand actor<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1974 – [[Fredrik Modin]], Swedish ice hockey player * 1974 – [[Koji Murofushi]], Japanese hammer thrower *[[1976]] – [[Karina Bacchi]], Brazilian model and actress * 1976 – [[Jinnih Beels]], Belgian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=De Kamerleden: Jinnih Beels |url=https://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=nl&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=07731 |publisher=[[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]] |access-date=10 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=nl}}</ref> * 1976 – [[Galo Blanco]], Spanish tennis player and coach * 1976 – [[Renate Groenewold]], Dutch speed skater and cyclist *[[1977]] – [[Anne-Caroline Chausson]], French cyclist * 1977 – [[Jamie Marchi]], American voice actress, director, and screenwriter * 1977 – [[Erna Siikavirta]], Finnish singer-songwriter and keyboard player *[[1978]] – [[Antonino D'Agostino]], Italian footballer * 1978 – [[Mick O'Driscoll]], Irish rugby player and coach *[[1979]] – [[Paul Burchill]], English wrestler * 1979 – [[Kristanna Loken]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1979 – [[Gregori Chad Petree]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1980]] – [[Nick Cannon]], American actor, rapper, and producer<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1980 – [[Branislav Mezei]], Slovak ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Branislav Mezei |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/branislav-mezei-8467883 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref> * 1980 – [[The Miz]], American wrestler, actor, and television personality<ref>{{cite web |title=The Miz |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17167441/wwe-profile-page-miz |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=6 October 2023 |date=20 January 2020}}</ref> * 1980 – [[J. R. Ramirez]], Cuban-American actor<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1981]] – [[Vladimir Kisenkov]], Russian footballer * 1981 – [[Raffi Torres]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1982]] – [[Phil Mustard]], English cricketer * 1982 – [[Miloš Pavlović (racing driver)|Miloš Pavlović]], Serbian race car driver * 1982 – [[Annemiek van Vleuten]], Dutch cyclist *[[1983]] – [[Mario Cassano]], Italian footballer * 1983 – [[Michael Fraser (footballer)|Michael Fraser]], Scottish footballer * 1983 – [[Mihkel Kukk]], Estonian javelin thrower * 1983 – [[Abhishek Nayar]], Indian cricketer * 1983 – [[Travis Pastrana]], American motorcycle racer *[[1984]] – [[Domenik Hixon]], American football player *[[1985]] – [[Elliphant]], Swedish singer-songwriter and rapper * 1985 – [[Bruno Mars]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1985 – [[Eiji Wentz]], Japanese singer-songwriter *[[1986]] – [[Louis Dodds]], English footballer * 1986 – [[Michele Sepe]], Italian rugby player * 1986 – [[Camilla Herrem]], Norwegian handball player<ref>{{cite web |title=CAMILLA HERREM - Career & Statistics |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/IByU0F_f7F90mkwzKQMa8w/Camilla-Herrem/ |website=[[European Handball Federation]] |access-date=5 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Frankie Brown]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Frankie Brown |url=https://www.bcfc.co.uk/teams/city-women-squad/5-frankie-brown/ |website=Bristol City |access-date=27 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Aya Hirano]], Japanese voice actress and singer * 1987 – [[Hassan Maatouk]], Lebanese footballer * 1987 – [[Taylor Price]], American football player *[[1989]] – [[Sione Lousi]], New Zealand rugby league player * 1989 – [[Mahmut Temür]], Turkish footballer * 1989 – [[Armand Traoré]], French footballer *[[1990]] – [[Rachel Klamer]], Zimbabwean-Dutch triathlete *[[1991]] – [[Jordan McLean]], Australian rugby league player *[[1992]] – [[Chelsea Gray]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chelsea Gray |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/203833/chelsea-gray |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Maria João Koehler]], Portuguese tennis player * 1992 – [[Lidziya Marozava]], Belarusian tennis player * 1992 – [[Terran Petteway]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/pettete01.html|title=Terran Petteway Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Angus T. Jones]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1993 – [[Garbiñe Muguruza]], Spanish tennis player * 1993 – [[Barbara Palvin]], Hungarian model and actress * 1993 – [[Molly Quinn]], American actress and producer<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1993 – [[Saucy Santana]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web |title=Saucy Santana |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/saucy-santana/1474312413 |website=Apple Music |access-date=October 7, 2024}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Bubba Wallace]], American race car driver *[[1995]] – [[Grayson Allen]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Grayson Allen |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1628960/grayson-allen |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref> * 1995 – [[G Herbo]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web |title=G Herbo |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/g-herbo/1036753321 |website=Apple Music |access-date=October 7, 2024}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Devontae Cacok]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Devontae Cacok |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629719/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Timo Meier]], Swiss ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Timo Meier |url=https://www.nhl.com/devils/player/timo-meier-8478414 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Sara Sorribes Tormo]], Spanish tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tennis Sara Sorribes Tormo - ESPN |url=http://m.espn.com/general/tennis/playercard?playerId=2929&src=desktop |website=m.espn.com |access-date=23 June 2020 |language=EN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Sara Sorribes - Player Profile - Tennis |language=en |work=Eurosport |url=https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/sara-sorribes_prs416154/person.shtml |access-date=2022-10-18}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Sara Takanashi]], Japanese ski jumper<ref>{{cite web |title=Sara TAKANASHI |url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/athletes/detail/sara-takanashi/ |website=Olympic Channel |access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Fernanda Contreras Gómez]], Mexican tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fernanda Contreras Gomez {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/323582/fernanda-contreras-gomez |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Bella Thorne]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1999]] – [[Putthipong Assaratanakul]], Thai actor and singer<ref>{{cite web |title=วันเกิด "บิวกิ้น" พา #Happy22ndBILLKINDay พุ่งติดเทรนด์!! อันดับ 1 |url=https://www.tnnthailand.com/news/trueinside/93106/ |website=TNN Online |date=8 October 2021 |access-date=8 October 2021|language=th}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Camila Rossi]], Brazilian rhythmic gymnast<ref>{{cite web |title=Rhythmic Gymnastics {{!}} Team Profile: Brazil - Pan American Games Lima 2019 |url=https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/en/results/rhythmic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n118-brazil.htm |website=wrsd.lima2019.pe |access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Huh Yunjin]], American singer based in South Korea<ref>{{cite web|title=르세라핌 허윤진, '1008 생일' 특별 이벤트 진행|url=https://m.tf.co.kr/read/starwars/2036294.htm|work=더팩트|date=11 August 2023|access-date=18 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Brian Thomas Jr.]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brian Thomas Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/ThomBr06.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=October 7, 2024}}</ref> * 2002 – [[Qinwen Zheng]], Chinese tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/328120/qinwen-zheng|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Qinwen Zheng|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Ángela Aguilar]], Mexican-American singer<ref>{{cite web |title=Ángela Aguilar |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/%C3%A1ngela-aguilar/565880444 |website=Apple Music |access-date=October 7, 2024}}</ref> <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[705]] – [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan]], [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] caliph (b. 646) * [[923]] – [[Pilgrim I (archbishop of Salzburg)|Pilgrim I]], archbishop of [[Archbishopric of Salzburg|Salzburg]] * [[951]] – [[Empress Xiao Sagezhi|Xiao Sagezhi]], Chinese Khitan empress * [[976]] – [[Helen of Zadar]], [[queen consort]] of the [[Kingdom of Croatia (medieval)|Kingdom of Croatia]] *[[1281]] – Princess [[Constance of Greater Poland]] (b. c.1245) *[[1286]] – [[John I, Duke of Brittany]] (b. 1217) *[[1317]] – [[Emperor Fushimi]] of Japan (b. 1265) *[[1354]] – [[Cola di Rienzo]], Roman tribune (b. c.1313) *[[1361]] – [[John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp]] *[[1436]] – [[Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut]] (b. 1401) *[[1469]] – [[Filippo Lippi]], artist (b. 1406) *[[1559]] – [[Marina de Guevara]], Spanish nun executed by the Spanish inquisition (b. 1517),<ref>{{Cite book|title=Doña Marina de Guevara, monja cisterciense luterana?: edición y comentario de un proceso inquisitorial|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QNQRAQAAIAAJ&q=Trece%C3%B1o|publisher=Fundación Universitaria Española|date=2004|access-date=2023-11-20|isbn=978-84-7392-572-3|language=es}}</ref> *[[1594]] – [[Ishikawa Goemon]], ninja and thief of Japan (b. 1558) ===1601–1900=== *[[1621]] – [[Antoine de Montchrestien]], French soldier, playwright, and economist (b. 1575) *[[1647]] – [[Christen Sørensen Longomontanus]], Danish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1562) *[[1652]] – [[John Greaves]], English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1602) *[[1656]] – [[John George I, Elector of Saxony]] (b. 1585) *[[1659]] – [[Jean de Quen]], French missionary, priest, and historian (b. 1603) *[[1735]] – [[Yongzheng Emperor]] of China (b. 1678) *[[1754]] – [[Henry Fielding]], English novelist and playwright (b. 1707) *[[1772]] – [[Jean-Joseph de Mondonville]], French violinist and composer (b. 1711) *[[1793]] – [[John Hancock]], American merchant and politician, 1st [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (b. 1737) *[[1795]] – [[Andrew Kippis]], English minister and author (b. 1725)<ref>{{cite book |last=Cunningham |first=George Godfrey |author-link=George Godfrey Cunningham |title=Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen: From Alfred the Great to the Latest Times, on an Original Plan |date=1837 |publisher=A. Fullarton |pages=57–60 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DfAxAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA57 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1802]] – [[Emmanuele Vitale]], Maltese general and politician (b. 1758) *[[1804]] – [[Thomas Cochran (judge)|Thomas Cochran]], Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1777) *[[1809]] – [[James Elphinston]], Scottish orthographer, phonologist, and linguist (b. 1721) *[[1821]] – [[Juan O'Donojú]], last Spanish ruler of Mexico (b. 1762)<ref>{{Cite book|first=Glen W. |last=Taplin|title=Middle American governors|url=https://archive.org/details/middleamericango0000tapl|url-access=registration|year=1972|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-0465-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/middleamericango0000tapl/page/54 54]}}</ref> *[[1834]] – [[François-Adrien Boieldieu]], French composer (b. 1775) *[[1869]] – [[Franklin Pierce]], American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th [[President of the United States]] (b. 1804) *[[1879]] – [[Miguel Grau Seminario]], Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)<ref>{{Cite book|last=De la Puente |first=José Agustín |title=Miguel Grau |year=2003|publisher=Instituto de Estudios Históricos-Marítimos del Perú |location=Lima |page=16 |isbn=9972-633-02-0 |language=es}}</ref> *[[1886]] – [[Austin F. Pike]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1819) *[[1897]] – [[Alexei Savrasov]], Russian painter and academic (b. 1830) ===1901–present=== *[[1928]] – [[Larry Semon]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889) *[[1931]] – [[John Monash]], Australian general and engineer (b. 1865) *[[1936]] – [[Premchand]], Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880) * 1936 – [[Red Ames]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1882) * 1936 – [[Ahmet Tevfik Pasha]], Ottoman politician, 292nd [[Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] (b. 1845) * 1936 – [[William Henry Stark]], American businessman (b. 1851) *[[1942]] – [[Sergey Chaplygin]], Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869) *[[1944]] – [[Wendell Willkie]], American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892) *[[1945]] – [[Felix Salten]], Austrian author and critic (b. 1869) *[[1952]] – [[Joe Adams (baseball)|Joe Adams]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1877) *[[1953]] – [[Nigel Bruce]], British actor (b. 1895) * 1953 – [[Kathleen Ferrier]], English soprano (b. 1912) *[[1955]] – [[Iry LeJeune]], American accordion player (b. 1928) *[[1958]] – [[Ran Bosilek]], Bulgarian author and translator (b. 1886) *[[1963]] – [[Remedios Varo]], Spanish-Mexican painter (b. 1908) *[[1967]] – [[Clement Attlee]], English soldier, lawyer, and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1883) *[[1970]] – [[Jean Giono]], French author and poet (b. 1895) *[[1973]] – [[Gabriel Marcel]], French philosopher, playwright, and critic (b. 1889) *[[1977]] – [[Giorgos Papasideris]], Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1902) *[[1978]] – [[Bertha Parker Pallan]], American archaeologist (b. 1907) *[[1979]] – [[Brian Edmund Baker]], English air marshal (b. 1896) * 1979 – [[Jayaprakash Narayan]], Indian politician (b. 1902) *[[1982]] – [[Fernando Lamas]], Argentinian-American actor and director (b. 1916) * 1982 – [[Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker]], English runner and politician, [[Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1889) *[[1983]] – [[Joan Hackett]], American actress (b. 1934) *[[1985]] – [[Malcolm Ross (balloonist)|Malcolm Ross]], American captain, physicist, and balloonist (b. 1919) * 1985 – [[Gordon Welchman]], English-American mathematician and scholar (b. 1906) *[[1987]] – [[Konstantinos Tsatsos]], Greek scholar and politician, 2nd [[President of Greece]] (b. 1899) *[[1992]] – [[Willy Brandt]], German lawyer and politician, 4th [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic)|Chancellor of Germany]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1913) *1992 – [[Robert Berdella]], American serial killer, torturer, and rapist (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite web|title=KC True Crime Bob Berdella|work=[[The Kansas City Star]]|date=2014-07-10|url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/special-reports/kc-true-crime/article704522.html|access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Oscar M. Ruebhausen]], American lawyer (b. 1912) *[[1995]] – [[Christopher Keene]], American conductor and educator (b. 1946) *[[1997]] – [[Bertrand Goldberg]], American architect, designed the [[Marina City|Marina City Building]] (b. 1913) *[[1999]] – [[John McLendon]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1915) *[[2000]] – [[Charlotte Lamb]], English author (b. 1937) *[[2001]] – [[Dmitry Polyansky]], [[First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union]] (b. 1917) *[[2002]] – [[Phyllis Calvert]], English actress (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite web |title=Phyllis Calvert {{!}} British actress |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Phyllis-Calvert |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=28 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 2002 – [[Jacques Richard]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952) *[[2004]] – [[James Chace]], American historian and author (b. 1931) *[[2006]] – [[Mark Porter (racing driver)|Mark Porter]], New Zealand race car driver (b. 1974) *[[2007]] – [[Constantine Andreou]], Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1917) *[[2008]] – [[Ângelo Carvalho]], Portuguese footballer (b. 1925) * 2008 – [[Bob Friend (newscaster)|Bob Friend]], English journalist (b. 1938) * 2008 – [[Eileen Herlie]], Scottish-American actress (b. 1918) * 2008 – [[George Emil Palade]], Romanian-American biologist and physician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1912) *[[2010]] – [[Frank Bourgholtzer]], American journalist (b. 1919) * 2010 – [[Eileen Crofton]], British physician and author (b. 1919)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Obituary: Lady Eileen Crofton, MBE, Doctor and founder of Action on Smoking and Health |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-lady-eileen-crofton-mbe-doctor-and-founder-of-action-on-smoking-and-health-1-824570 |website=www.scotsman.com |access-date=9 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2011]] – [[Al Davis]], American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1929) * 2011 – [[Mikey Welsh]], American guitarist and painter (b. 1971) * 2011 – [[Roger Williams (pianist)|Roger Williams]], American pianist (b. 1924) *[[2012]] – [[Varsha Bhosle]], Indian singer and journalist (b. 1956) * 2012 – [[Marilou Diaz-Abaya]], Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955) * 2012 – [[Eric Lomax]], Scottish captain and author (b. 1919) * 2012 – [[Nawal Kishore Sharma]], Indian politician, 20th [[List of Governors of Gujarat|Governor of Gujarat]] (b. 1925) *[[2013]] – [[Philip Chevron]], Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957) * 2013 – [[Paul Desmarais]], Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927) * 2013 – [[Rod Grams]], American journalist and politician (b. 1948) * 2013 – [[Rodolphe Kasser]], Swiss archaeologist and philologist (b. 1927) * 2013 – [[Andy Pafko]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1921) * 2013 – [[Akong Rinpoche]], Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader (b. 1939) *[[2014]] – [[Morris Lurie]], Australian author and playwright (b. 1938) * 2014 – [[Alden E. Matthews]], American missionary (b. 1921) * 2014 – [[Harden M. McConnell]], American chemist and academic (b. 1927) * 2014 – [[Zilpha Keatley Snyder]], American author (b. 1927) * 2014 – [[Jeen van den Berg]], Dutch speed skater (b. 1928) *[[2015]] – [[Richard Davies (Welsh actor)|Richard Davies]], Welsh-English actor (b. 1926) * 2015 – [[Jim Diamond (singer)|Jim Diamond]], Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1951) * 2015 – [[Dennis Eichhorn]], American author and illustrator (b. 1945) * 2015 – [[Lindy Infante]], American football player and coach (b. 1940) * 2015 – [[Paul Prudhomme]], American chef and author (b. 1940) *[[2020]] – [[Whitey Ford]], American professional baseball pitcher (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2020-idUSRTS30YSX|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408210155/https://uk.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2020-idUSRTS30YSX|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-08|title= Notable deaths in 2020|website=Reuters|access-date=2020-10-23}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Pat Fischer]], American football player (b. 1940)<ref name="Shapiro">{{cite news |last=Shapiro |first=Leonard |date=October 8, 2024 |title=Pat Fischer, undersized NFL defensive back, dies at 84 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/10/08/pat-fischer-obituary/ |url-access=limited |accessdate=October 9, 2024 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> *2024 – [[Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician)|Tim Johnson]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=October 10, 2024 |title=Tim Johnson, Senator Who Came Back From an Aneurysm, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/us/politics/tim-johnson-dead.html |access-date=October 11, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> *2024 – [[Luis Tiant]], Cuban baseball player (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Close |first=David |last2=Schlachter |first2=Thomas |date=October 8, 2024 |title=Famed Cuban, MLB pitcher Luis Tiant dies at 83 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/08/sport/cuban-mlb-pitcher-luis-tiant-dies-spt-intl/index.html |access-date=October 9, 2024 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]: **[[Evodus|Evodus (or Yves)]] **[[Palatias and Laurentia]] **[[Saint Pelagia|Pelagia]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] and [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] Churches) **[[Saint Reparata|Reparata]] **[[San Ernesto]], [[Che Guevara]] as a folk saint. ([[Bolivia]]n [[Peasant|campesinos]]) **[[Simeon (Gospel of Luke)]] **[[Thaïs (saint)|Thaïs]] **[[William Dwight Porter Bliss]] and [[Richard T. Ely]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]]) **[[October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[World Space Week]] (October 4–10) *[[Indian Air Force|Air Force Day]] (India) *[[Arbor Day#Namibia|Arbor Day]] ([[Namibia]]) *[[Children's Day]] ([[Iran]]) *[[Peruvian Navy|Navy Day]] ([[Peru]]) *[[International Lesbian Day]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Lesbian Day |url=https://www.lgbtiqhealth.org.au/international_lesbian_day2 |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=LGBTIQ+ Health Australia}}</ref> *National [[Fluffernutter]] Day<ref>{{cite web|title=National Fluffernutter Day|url=http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-fluffernutter-day-october-8/|website=[[National Day Calendar]]|access-date=14 April 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/8 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=10|day=08}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/8 |title=Historical Events on October 8 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:October 08}} [[Category:Days of October]]
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