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{{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[768]] – [[Carloman I]] and [[Charlemagne]] are crowned kings of the Franks. *[[1238]] – [[James I of Aragon]] founds the [[Kingdom of Valencia]]. *[[1410]] – The first known mention of the [[Prague astronomical clock]]. *[[1446]] – The [[Hangul]] alphabet is published in Korea. *[[1594]] – Troops of the [[Portuguese Empire]] are defeated on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the [[Campaign of Danture]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1604]] – [[Kepler's Supernova]] is the most recent supernova to be observed within the [[Milky Way]]. *[[1635]] – [[Roger Williams]] is banished from the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] after religious and policy disagreements. *[[1701]] – The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed [[Yale University]]) is chartered in [[Old Saybrook, Connecticut|Old Saybrook]]. *[[1708]] – [[Peter the Great]] defeats the Swedes at the [[Battle of Lesnaya]]. *[[1740]] – Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin a [[1740 Batavia massacre|massacre]] of the ethnic Chinese population in [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]], eventually killing at least 10,000. *[[1760]] – [[Seven Years' War]]: Russian and Austrian troops [[Raid on Berlin|briefly occupy Berlin]]. *[[1779]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: A combined [[Franco-American alliance|Franco-American]] assault on British defenses during the [[Siege of Savannah]] is repulsed with heavy casualties.<ref>{{cite web|title=Siege of Savannah|url=https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/siege-of-savannah|author=Grant, Larry|website=MountVernon.org|publisher= George Washington Presidential Library|access-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref> *[[1790]] – A severe [[1790 Oran earthquake|earthquake]] in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand. *[[1799]] – {{HMS|Lutine|1779|6}} sinks with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000. *[[1804]] – [[Hobart]], capital of Tasmania, is founded. *[[1806]] – [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] begins the [[War of the Fourth Coalition]] against [[First French Empire|France]]. *[[1812]] – [[War of 1812]]: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: {{HMS|Detroit|1812|6}} and {{HMS|Caledonia|1807|6}}. *[[1820]] – [[Guayaquil]] declares independence from Spain. *[[1825]] – ''[[Restauration (ship)|Restauration]]'' arrives in [[New York Harbor]] from Norway, the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States. *[[1831]] – [[Ioannis Kapodistrias]], the first head of state of independent [[Greece]], is assassinated. *[[1834]] – Opening of the [[Dublin and Kingstown Railway]], the first public railway on the island of Ireland. *[[1847]] – Slavery is abolished in the [[Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy]]. *[[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] troops repel a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] attempt to capture [[Fort Pickens]] in the [[Battle of Santa Rosa Island]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Battle of Santa Rosa Island|url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/battle-santarosa.htm|website=NPS.gov|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref> *[[1864]] – American Civil War: Union cavalrymen [[Battle of Tom's Brook|defeat]] Confederate forces at [[Toms Brook, Virginia]] during [[Valley campaigns of 1864#Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley campaign (August–October 1864)|Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley campaign]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Battle of Tom’s Brook|url=https://www.shenandoahatwar.org/battle-of-toms-brook|website=ShenandoahAtWar.org|publisher=Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District|access-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref> *[[1873]] – A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the [[U.S. Naval Institute]]. *[[1874]] – The [[Universal Postal Union]] is created by the [[Treaty of Bern]]. *[[1900]] – The [[Cook Islands]] become a territory of the United Kingdom. ===1901–present=== *[[1911]] – An accidental bomb explosion triggers the [[Wuchang Uprising]] against the [[Qing dynasty]], beginning the [[1911 Revolution|Xinhai Revolution]]. *[[1913]] – The steamship {{SS|Volturno|1906|6}} catches fire in the mid-Atlantic. *[[1914]] – [[World War I]]: The [[Siege of Antwerp (1914)|Siege of Antwerp]] comes to an end. *[[1918]] – The [[Parliament of Finland|Finnish Parliament]] offers to [[Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse]] the throne of a short-lived [[Kingdom of Finland (1918)|Kingdom of Finland]]. *[[1919]] – The [[Cincinnati Reds]] win the [[1919 World Series|World Series]], resulting in the [[Black Sox Scandal]]. *[[1934]] – An [[Ustashe]] assassin kills King [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia]] and [[Louis Barthou]], Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille. *[[1936]] – Boulder Dam (later [[Hoover Dam]]) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to [[Los Angeles]]. *[[1937]] – [[Zhengding Missionary Murder|Murder of 9 Catholic priests]] in [[Zhengding Town|Zhengding]], China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army. *[[1941]] – A coup in [[Panama]] declares [[Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango]] the new president. *[[1942]] – Australia's [[Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942]] receives royal assent. *[[1950]] – The [[Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre]] in Korea begins. *[[1962]] – [[Uganda]] becomes an independent [[Commonwealth realm]]. *[[1963]] – In Italy, a large landslide causes a giant wave to overtop the [[Vajont Dam]], killing over 2,000. *[[1966]] – [[Vietnam War]]: the [[Republic of Korea Army]] commits the [[Binh Tai Massacre]]. *[[1967]] – A day after his capture, [[Ernesto "Che" Guevara]] is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia. *[[1969]] – In [[Chicago]], the [[National Guard (United States)|National Guard]] is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "[[Chicago Eight]]". *[[1970]] – The [[Khmer Republic]] is proclaimed in Cambodia. *[[1980]] – [[Pope John Paul II]] greets the [[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]] during a private audience in Vatican City. *[[1981]] – President [[François Mitterrand]] abolishes [[capital punishment in France]]. *[[1983]] – South Korean President [[Chun Doo-hwan]] survives an [[Rangoon bombing|assassination attempt]] in Rangoon, Burma, but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others. *[[1984]] – The popular children's television show ''[[Thomas & Friends|Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends]]'', based on ''[[The Railway Series]]'' by [[Wilbert Awdry|the Reverend Wilbert Awdry]], premieres on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The TV Series|url=https://www.sodor-island.com/the-tv-series|website=Sodor Island Fansite|access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref> *[[1986]] – ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'', eventually the second longest running musical in [[London]], opens at [[Her Majesty's Theatre]]. * 1986 – [[Fox Broadcasting Company]] (FBC) launches as the [[Fourth television network|fourth US television network]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Fox's Barry Diller Gambles on a Fourth TV Network|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/05/arts/fox-s-barry-diller-gambles-on-a-fourth-tv-network.html|access-date= 2021-10-05|work= [[New York Times]]|date=5 October 1986 |language=en|last1=Harmetz |first1=Aljean }}</ref> *[[1992]] – The [[Peekskill meteorite]], a {{convert|27.7|lb}} [[meteorite]] crashed into a parked car in [[Peekskill, New York]] *[[1995]] – An [[Amtrak]] [[Sunset Limited]] train is [[1995 Palo Verde, Arizona derailment|derailed]] by saboteurs near [[Palo Verde, Arizona]]. *[[2006]] – North Korea conducts its [[2006 North Korean nuclear test|first nuclear test]]. *[[2007]] – The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the [[2008 financial crisis]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-07|title=George W. Bush - Key Events {{!}} Miller Center|url=https://millercenter.org/president/george-w-bush/key-events|access-date=2022-01-11|website=millercenter.org|language=en}}</ref> *[[2009]] – First lunar impact of NASA's [[Lunar Precursor Robotic Program]]. *[[2012]] – Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl [[Malala Yousafzai]]. *[[2016]] – The [[Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army]] launches its [[Northern Rakhine State clashes#2016|first attack]] on [[Myanmar]] security forces along the [[Bangladesh–Myanmar border]]. *[[2019]] – Turkey begins its [[2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria|military offensive]] in north-eastern Syria. *[[2024]] – [[Hurricane Milton]] makes landfall in [[Siesta Key]], [[Florida]], as a [[Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale#Category 3|Category 3 hurricane]], causing US$34.3 billion in damage only two weeks after [[Hurricane Helene]] impacted the state.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NCEI.Monitoring.Info@noaa.gov |title=Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters {{!}} National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/events |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=www.ncei.noaa.gov |language=en}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1201]] – [[Robert de Sorbon]], French minister and theologian, founded the [[Collège de Sorbonne]] (d. 1274) *[[1221]] – [[Salimbene di Adam]], Italian historian and scholar (d. 1290) *[[1261]] – [[Denis of Portugal]] (d. 1325) *[[1328]] – [[Peter I of Cyprus]] (d. 1369) *[[1581]] – [[Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac]], French mathematician, poet, and scholar (d. 1638) *[[1586]] – [[Leopold V, Archduke of Austria]] (d. 1632) *[[1593]] – [[Nicolaes Tulp]], Dutch anatomist and politician (d. 1674) ===1601–1900=== *[[1609]] – [[Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland]], English noble (d. 1688) *[[1623]] – [[Ferdinand Verbiest]], Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (d. 1688) *[[1704]] – [[Johann Andreas Segner]], German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777) *[[1757]] – [[Charles X of France]] (d. 1836) *[[1796]] – [[Joseph Bonomi the Younger]], British Egyptologist and sculptor (d. 1878) *[[1823]] – [[Mary Ann Shadd]], American-Canadian [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]] (d. 1893)<ref>{{cite web|author=Scott P. |url=http://mchhistory.blogspot.com/2010/07/abraham-doras-shadd.html |title=Abraham Doras Shadd |publisher=The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog |date=July 1, 2010 |access-date=April 26, 2014}}</ref> *[[1826]] – [[Agathon Meurman]], Finnish politician and journalist (d. 1909)<ref>[https://www.meurmansuku.fi/historia/agathon-meurman/ Agathon Meurman] – Agathon Meurmanin sukuseura (in Finnish)</ref> *[[1835]] – [[Camille Saint-Saëns]], French composer and conductor (d. 1921) *[[1837]] – [[Francis Wayland Parker]], American theorist and academic (d. 1902) *[[1840]] – [[Simeon Solomon]], English painter (d. 1905) *[[1845]] – [[Carl Gustav Thulin]], Swedish shipowner (d. 1918) *[[1850]] – [[Hermann von Ihering]], German-Brazilian zoologist (d. 1930) *[[1852]] – [[Hermann Emil Fischer]], German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1919) *[[1858]] – [[Mihajlo Pupin]], Serbian-American physicist and chemist (d. 1935) *[[1859]] – [[Alfred Dreyfus]], French colonel (d. 1935) *[[1863]] – [[Edward Bok]], Dutch-American journalist and author (d. 1930) *[[1864]] – [[Reginald Dyer]], British brigadier general (d. 1927) *[[1871]] – [[Georges Gauthier]], Canadian archbishop (d. 1940) *[[1873]] – [[Carl Flesch]], Hungarian violinist and educator (d. 1944) * 1873 – [[Karl Schwarzschild]], German physicist and astronomer (d. 1916) * 1873 – [[Charles Rudolph Walgreen]], American pharmacist and businessman, founded [[Walgreens]] (d. 1939) *[[1874]] – [[Nicholas Roerich]], Russian archaeologist and painter (d. 1947) *[[1877]] – [[Gopabandhu Das]], Indian journalist, poet, and activist (d. 1928) *[[1879]] – [[Max von Laue]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1960) *[[1880]] – [[Charlie Faust]], American baseball player (d. 1915) *[[1883]] – [[Maria Filotti]], Greek-Romanian actress (d. 1956) *[[1886]] – [[Rube Marquard]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1980) *[[1888]] – [[Nikolai Bukharin]], Russian journalist and politician (d. 1938) * 1888 – [[Irving Cummings]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1959) *[[1890]] – [[Aimee Semple McPherson]], Canadian-American evangelist, founded the [[International Church of the Foursquare Gospel]] (d. 1944) *[[1892]] – [[Ivo Andrić]], Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1975) *[[1893]] – [[Mário de Andrade]], Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (d. 1945) *[[1895]] – [[Eugene Bullard]], American pilot (d. 1961)<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LaTLCbYl1YMC&pg=PT321 | title=All Blood Runs Red: Life and Legends of Eugene Jacques Bullard: First Black American Military Aviator | publisher=eBookIt.com | author=Harris, Henry Scott | year=2012 | location=NOOK Book (eBook) | isbn=9781456612993}}</ref> *[[1897]] – [[M. Bhaktavatsalam]], Indian lawyer and politician, 6th [[List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister of Madras State]] (d. 1987) *[[1898]] – [[Tawfiq al-Hakim]], Egyptian author and playwright (d. 1987) * 1898 – [[Joe Sewell]], American baseball player (d. 1990) *[[1899]] – [[Bruce Catton]], American historian and author (d. 1978) *[[1900]] – [[Joseph Friedman]], American inventor (d. 1982) * 1900 – [[Alastair Sim]], Scottish-English actor and academic (d. 1976) * 1900 – [[Joseph Zubin]], Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (d. 1990) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Alice Lee Jemison]], Seneca political activist and journalist (d. 1964) *[[1902]] – [[Freddie Young]], English cinematographer (d. 1998) *[[1903]] – [[Walter O'Malley]], American lawyer and businessman (d. 1979)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 9: Sharon Osbourne, Tyler James Williams |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/09/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-9-Sharon-Osbourne-Tyler-James-Williams/9741665252787/#:~:text=9%3A%20Sharon%20Osbourne%2C%20Tyler%20James%20Williams%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=7 October 2023 |date=9 October 2022}}</ref> *[[1906]] – [[J. R. Eyerman]], American photographer and journalist (d. 1985) * 1906 – [[Léopold Sédar Senghor]], Senegalese poet and politician, 1st [[President of Senegal]] (d. 2001) *[[1907]] – [[Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone]], English academic and politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain]] (d. 2001) * 1907 – [[Jacques Tati]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1982) * 1907 – [[Horst Wessel]], German [[Sturmabteilung|SA]] officer (d. 1930) *[[1908]] – [[Harry Hooton]], Australian poet and critic (d. 1961) * 1908 – [[Werner von Haeften]], German lieutenant (d. 1944) * 1908 – [[Lee Wiley]], American singer (d. 1975) *[[1909]] – [[Donald Coggan]], English archbishop (d. 2000) *[[1911]] – [[Joe Rosenthal]], American photographer (d. 2006) *[[1914]] – [[Edward Andrews]], American actor (d. 1985) *[[1915]] – [[Clifford M. Hardin]], American academic and politician, 17th [[United States Secretary of Agriculture]] (d. 2010) * 1915 – [[Belva Plain]], American author (d. 2010) *[[1918]] – [[E. Howard Hunt]], American [[CIA]] officer and author (d. 2007)<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1918 – [[Charles Read (RAAF officer)|Charles Read]], Australian air marshal (d. 2014) * 1918 – [[Bebo Valdés]], Cuban-Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2013) *[[1920]] – [[Jens Bjørneboe]], Norwegian author and educator (d. 1976) * 1920 – [[Yusef Lateef]], American saxophonist, composer, and educator (d. 2013) * 1920 – [[Jason Wingreen]], American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015) *[[1921]] – [[Michel Boisrond]], French director and screenwriter (d. 2002) * 1921 – [[Tadeusz Różewicz]], Polish poet and playwright (d. 2014) *[[1922]] – [[Léon Dion]], Canadian political scientist and academic (d. 1997) * 1922 – [[Fyvush Finkel]], American actor (d. 2016) * 1922 – [[Olga Guillot]], Cuban-American singer (d. 2010) *[[1923]] – [[Donald Sinden]], English actor (d. 2014) *[[1924]] – [[Immanuvel Devendrar]], Indian soldier (d. 1957) * 1924 – [[Arnie Risen]], American basketball player (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite web|title=Arnie Risen|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/arnie-risen/|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=10 February 2020}}</ref> *[[1926]] – [[Danièle Delorme]], French actress and producer (d. 2015) *[[1927]] – [[John Margetson]], English scholar and diplomat, [[List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to the Netherlands|British Ambassador to the Netherlands]] (d. 2020) *[[1928]] – [[Einojuhani Rautavaara]], Finnish composer and educator (d. 2016) *[[1930]] – [[Hank Lauricella]], American football player, lieutenant, and politician (d. 2014) *[[1931]] – [[Tony Booth (actor)|Tony Booth]], English actor (d. 2017) * 1931 – [[Homer Smith (American football)|Homer Smith]], American football player and coach (d. 2011) *[[1933]] – [[Peter Mansfield]], English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2017) * 1933 – [[Melvin Sokolsky]], American fashion photographer (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/fashion/melvin-sokolsky-dead.html|title=Melvin Sokolsky, Surrealist Fashion Photographer, Dies at 88|newspaper=The New York Times|last=Williams|first=Alex|date=September 14, 2022|access-date=September 15, 2022}}</ref> * 1933 – [[Bill Tidy]], English soldier and cartoonist (d. 2023)<ref>[https://euroweeklynews.com/2023/03/12/breaking-legendary-british-cartoonist-bill-tidy-passes-away-aged-89/ Legendary British cartoonist Bill Tidy passes away aged 89]</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Jill Ker Conway]], Australian historian and author (d. 2018) * 1934 – [[Abdullah Ibrahim]], South African pianist and composer *[[1935]] – [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent]] * 1935 – [[Don McCullin]], English photographer and journalist *[[1936]] – [[Brian Blessed]], English actor * 1936 – [[Mick Young]], Australian politician (d. 1996) *[[1938]] – [[Heinz Fischer]], Austrian academic and politician, 11th [[President of Austria]] * 1938 – [[John Sutherland (author)|John Sutherland]], English journalist, author, and academic *[[1939]] – [[Nicholas Grimshaw]], English architect and academic * 1939 – [[John Pilger]], Australian-English journalist, director, and producer (d. 2023) * 1939 – [[Stephen Sedley]], English lawyer and judge * 1939 – [[O. V. Wright]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1980) *[[1940]] – [[Gordon J. Humphrey]], American soldier, pilot, and politician * 1940 – [[John Lennon]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1980)<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1940 – [[Joe Pepitone]], American baseball player and coach (d. 2023) *[[1941]] – [[Brian Lamb]], American broadcaster, founded [[C-SPAN]]<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1941 – [[Trent Lott]], American lawyer and politician * 1941 – [[Omali Yeshitela]], political activist and founder of the [[Uhuru Movement]] *[[1942]] – [[Michael Palmer (novelist)|Michael Palmer]], American physician and author (d. 2013) *[[1943]] – [[Douglas Kirby]], American psychologist and author (d. 2012) * 1943 – [[Jimmy Montgomery]], English footballer and coach * 1943 – [[Mike Peters (cartoonist)|Mike Peters]], American cartoonist *[[1944]] – [[Rita Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy]], English academic and politician * 1944 – [[John Entwistle]], English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 2002)<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1944 – [[Nona Hendryx]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1945]] – [[Amjad Ali Khan]], Indian classical [[Sarod]] player * 1945 – [[Taiguara]], Uruguayan-Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 1996) *[[1947]] – [[John Doubleday (sculptor)|John Doubleday]], English sculptor and painter * 1947 – [[France Gall]], French singer (d. 2018) * 1947 – [[William E. McAnulty Jr.]], American lawyer and judge (d. 2007) * 1947 – [[Tony Zappone]], American photographer and journalist *[[1948]] – [[Jackson Browne]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1948 – [[John Gray (sportsman)|John Gray]], English cricketer and rugby player *[[1949]] – [[Mark Hopkinson]], American mass murderer (d. 1992) * 1949 – [[Rod Temperton]], English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2016) *[[1950]] – [[Brian Downing]], American baseball player * 1950 – [[Yoshiyuki Konishi]], Japanese fashion designer * 1950 – [[Reichi Nakaido]], Japanese singer and guitarist * 1950 – [[Jody Williams]], American academic and activist, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1951]] – [[Robert Wuhl]], American actor, comedian, and writer<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1952]] – [[Simon Drew]], English illustrator * 1952 – [[Sharon Osbourne]], English television host and manager<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 9, 2022 includes celebrities Scott Bakula, Guillermo del Toro |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-9-2022-includes-celebrities-scott-bakula-guillermo-del-toro.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=7 October 2023 |date=9 October 2022}}</ref> * 1952 – [[John Rose (businessman)|John Rose]], English businessman * 1952 – [[Dennis Stratton]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1953]] – [[Sally Burgess]], South African-English soprano and educator * 1953 – [[Hank Pfister]], American tennis player * 1953 – [[Tony Shalhoub]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1954]] – [[Scott Bakula]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1954 – [[James Fearnley]], English musician<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1954 – [[Rubén Magnano]], Argentine-Italian basketball coach * 1954 – [[John O'Hurley]], American actor and game show host<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1955]] – [[Linwood Boomer]], Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1955 – [[Steve Ovett]], English runner and sportscaster * 1955 – [[Peter Saville (graphic designer)|Peter Saville]], English graphic designer and art director *[[1957]] – [[Don Garber]], American businessman * 1957 – [[Ini Kamoze]], Jamaican singer-songwriter *[[1958]] – [[Al Jourgensen]], Cuban-American singer-songwriter and producer * 1958 – [[Alan Nunnelee]], American lawyer and politician (d. 2015) * 1958 – [[Michael Paré]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1958 – [[Mike Singletary]], American football player and coach<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1959]] – [[Boris Nemtsov]], Russian academic and politician, [[First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia]] (d. 2015) *[[1960]] – [[Kenny Garrett]], American saxophonist and composer<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1961]] – [[Julian Bailey (racing driver)|Julian Bailey]], English race car driver and sportscaster * 1961 – [[Kurt Neumann (musician)|Kurt Neumann]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1961 – [[Ellen Wheeler]], American actress, director, and producer *[[1962]] – [[Jorge Burruchaga]], Argentinian footballer and manager * 1962 – [[Paul Radisich]], New Zealand race car driver * 1962 – [[Hugh Robertson (politician)|Hugh Robertson]], English soldier and politician, [[Minister for Sport and the Olympics]] * 1962 – [[Ōnokuni Yasushi]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 62nd [[Yokozuna (sumo)|Yokozuna]] *[[1963]] – [[Andy Platt]], English rugby league player *[[1964]] – [[Guillermo del Toro]], Mexican-American director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1964 – [[Martín Jaite]], Argentine tennis player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/martin-jaite/j004/overview|title=Martin Jaite | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis|website=ATP Tour}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Jimbo Fisher]], American football player and coach *[[1966]] – [[David Cameron]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] * 1966 – [[Christopher Östlund]], Swedish publisher, founded ''Plaza Magazine'' *[[1967]] – [[Carling Bassett-Seguso]], Canadian tennis player * 1967 – [[Eddie Guerrero]], American wrestler (d. 2005) * 1967 – [[Gheorghe Popescu (footballer, born 1967)|Gheorghe Popescu]], Romanian footballer *[[1968]] – [[Guto Bebb]], Welsh businessman and politician * 1968 – [[Anbumani Ramadoss]], Indian politician *[[1969]] – [[Darren Britt]], Australian rugby league player * 1969 – [[Simon Fairweather]], Australian archer * 1969 – [[PJ Harvey]], English musician, singer-songwriter, writer, poet, and composer<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1969 – [[Christine Hough]], Canadian figure skater and coach * 1969 – [[Giles Martin]], English songwriter and producer * 1969 – [[Steve McQueen (director)|Steve McQueen]], English director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1970]] – [[Kenny Anderson (basketball)|Kenny Anderson]], American basketball player and coach * 1970 – [[Steve Jablonsky]], American composer * 1970 – [[Annika Sörenstam]], Swedish golfer and architect<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1971]] – [[Wayne Bartrim]], Australian rugby league player and coach * 1971 – [[Sian Evans]], Welsh singer<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/sian-evans-celebrates-no1-hit-1820711 | work = [[Wales Online]] | title = Sian Evans celebrates No.1 hit with DJ Fresh| date = 10 July 2011 }}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Steve Burns]], American actor, television host and musician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Today in history: October 9 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9583665 |work=[[NBC News]] |date=10 October 2005 |access-date=27 February 2022}}</ref> * 1973 – [[Fabio Lione]], Italian singer-songwriter and keyboard player *[[1974]] – [[Keith Booth]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Keith Booth |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1522/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Shmuel Herzfeld]], American rabbi *[[1975]] – [[Haylie Ecker]], Australian violinist * 1975 – [[Sean Lennon]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1975 – [[Mark Viduka]], Australian footballer *[[1976]] – [[William Alexander (author)|William Alexander]], American author and educator * 1976 – [[Stephen Neal]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Stephen Neal |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3509/stephen-neal |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> * 1976 – [[Lee Peacock]], Scottish footballer and coach * 1976 – [[Özlem Türköne]], Turkish journalist and politician * 1976 – [[Nick Swardson]], American actor and comedian<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1977]] – [[Emanuele Belardi]], Italian footballer * 1977 – [[Brian Roberts (baseball)|Brian Roberts]], American baseball player *[[1978]] – [[Nicky Byrne]], Irish singer-songwriter * 1978 – [[Juan Dixon]], American basketball player and coach *[[1979]] – [[Vernon Fox]], American football player and coach * 1979 – [[Alex Greenwald]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor * 1979 – [[Todd Kelly]], Australian race car driver * 1979 – [[Lecrae]], American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1979 – [[Chris O'Dowd]], Irish actor, producer, and screenwriter * 1979 – [[Brandon Routh]], American model and actor<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1979 – [[Gonzalo Sorondo]], Uruguayan footballer *[[1980]] – [[Lucy Akello]], Ugandan social worker and politician * 1980 – [[Filip Bobek]], Polish actor * 1980 – [[Sarah Lovell]], Australian politician * 1980 – [[Thami Tsolekile]], South African cricketer * 1980 – [[Henrik Zetterberg]], Swedish ice hockey player *[[1981]] – [[Zachery Ty Bryan]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1981 – [[Darius Miles]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Darius Miles |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2032/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Farhaan Behardien]], South African cricketer * 1983 – [[Trevor Daley]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Trevor Daley |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/trevor-daley-8470110 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> * 1983 – [[Stephen Gionta]], American ice hockey player * 1983 – [[Spencer Grammer]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1983 – [[Jang Mi-ran]], South Korean weightlifter * 1983 – [[Andreas Zuber]], Austrian race car driver *[[1984]] – [[Marie Kondo]], Japanese author and television presenter<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1985]] – [[David Plummer (swimmer)|David Plummer]], American swimmer *[[1986]] – [[Derek Holland]], American baseball player * 1986 – [[Laure Manaudou]], French swimmer * 1986 – [[David Phelps (baseball)|David Phelps]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=David Phelps |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/david-phelps-475479 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Jan Christian Vestre]], Norwegian businessman and politician<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title= Jan Christian Vestre |first=Knut Are |last=Tvedt |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=12 February 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Jan_Christian_Vestre |language=no|access-date=23 March 2024}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Stephane Zubar]], French footballer *[[1987]] – [[Craig Brackins]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Craig Brackins |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202342/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Samantha Murray Sharan]], British tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Samantha Murray Sharan |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/312660/- |website=Women's Tennis Association |access-date=3 November 2023}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Henry Walker (basketball)|Henry Walker]], American basketball player <ref>{{cite web |title=Henry Walker |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201611/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Starling Marte]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Starling Marte |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/starling-marte-516782 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> * 1988 – [[David Tyrrell (rugby league)|David Tyrrell]], Australian rugby league player *[[1989]] – [[Russell Packer]], New Zealand rugby league player *[[1990]] – [[Kevin Kampl]], German-Slovene footballer * 1990 – [[Jake Lamb]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jake Lamb |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jake-lamb-571875 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Jerian Grant]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jerian Grant |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1626170/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Sam Mewis]], American soccer player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Samantha Mewis {{!}} USWNT {{!}} U.S. Soccer Official Site|url=https://www.ussoccer.com/players/m/samantha-mewis|access-date=2021-01-14|website=www.ussoccer.com|language=en}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Tyler James Williams]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1993]] – [[Ani Amiraghyan]], Armenian tennis player * 1993 – [[Lauren Davis]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lauren Davis {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317414/lauren-davis |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Jayden Hodges]], Australian rugby league player * 1993 – [[George Kittle]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=George Kittle |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3040151/george-kittle |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Scotty McCreery]], American singer and songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1993 – [[Wesley So]], Filipino-American chess grandmaster<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wesleyso.com|title=Wesley So|website=wesleyso.com|access-date=8 October 2020}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Jodelle Ferland]], Canadian actress<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1996]] – [[Jacob Batalon]], Filipino-American actor<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1996 – [[Bella Hadid]], American model<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA504|date=30 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|pages=504}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Jharrel Jerome]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1997 – [[Megan Moroney]], American singer-songwriter.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/megan-moroney-mn0004313820/biography | title=Megan Moroney biography | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=February 15, 2023}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Penei Sewell]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Penei Sewell |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4373825/penei-sewell |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Kyla Leibel]], Canadian swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Kyla Leibel |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/kyla-leibel/ |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |access-date=22 June 2020 |date=8 April 2019}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Ben Shelton]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Person: Ben Shelton - UTS |url=https://www.uts.live/ben-shelton/ |website=uts.live |access-date=October 8, 2024}}</ref> <!-- Please do not add yourself 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. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[680]] – [[Saint Ghislain|Ghislain]], Frankish [[anchorite]] and saint * [[892]] – [[Al-Tirmidhi]], Persian [[Ulama|scholar]] and [[hadith]] compiler (b. 824) *[[1047]] – [[Pope Clement II]] *[[1212]] – [[Philip I of Namur]], Marquis of Namur (b. 1175) *[[1253]] – [[Robert Grosseteste]], English bishop and philosopher (b. 1175) *[[1273]] – [[Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany]] (b. 1227) *[[1296]] – [[Louis III, Duke of Bavaria]] (b. 1269) *[[1390]] – [[John I of Castile]] (b. 1358) *[[1555]] – [[Justus Jonas]], German academic and reformer (b. 1493) *[[1562]] – [[Gabriele Falloppio]], Italian anatomist and physician (b. 1523) *[[1569]] – [[Vladimir of Staritsa]] (b. 1533) *[[1581]] – [[Louis Bertrand (saint)|Louis Bertrand]], Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1526) ===1601–1900=== *[[1613]] – [[Henry Constable]], English poet (b. 1562) *[[1619]] – [[Joseph Pardo (rabbi)|Joseph Pardo]], Italian rabbi and merchant (b. 1561) *[[1691]] – [[William Sacheverell]], English politician (b. 1638) *[[1729]] – [[Richard Blackmore]], English physician and poet (b. 1654) *[[1793]] – [[Jean Joseph Marie Amiot]], French missionary and linguist (b. 1718) *[[1797]] – [[Vilna Gaon]], Lithuanian rabbi and scholar (b. 1720) *[[1806]] – [[Benjamin Banneker]], American astronomer and surveyor (b. 1731) *[[1808]] – [[John Claiborne]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1777) *[[1831]] – [[Ioannis Kapodistrias]], Russian-Greek lawyer and politician, [[List of heads of state of Greece|Governor of Greece]] (b. 1776) *[[1873]] – [[George Ormerod]], English historian and author (b. 1785) *[[1897]] – [[Jan Heemskerk]], Dutch lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (b. 1818) *[[1900]] – [[Heinrich von Herzogenberg]], Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843) ===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – [[Henriette Wulfsberg]], Norwegian school owner and writer (b. 1843)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Borgen|first1=Per Otto|title=De skriveføre drammensere : drammensdiktere gjennom 220 år|date=1996|publisher=Forl. for by- og bygdehistorie|location=Drammen|isbn=8291649022|pages=82–85|url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2014061608252?page=83|language=no}}</ref> *[[1911]] – [[Jack Daniel]], American businessman, founded [[Jack Daniel's]] (b. 1849)<ref>{{cite book |last=Krass |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d8wgAQAAIAAJ&q=%22welcomed+the+end%22 |title=Blood and Whiskey: The Life and Times of Jack Daniel |publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons|Wiley]] |date=April 29, 2004 |page=210 |quote=Jack Daniel welcomed the end on October 9, 1911|isbn=9780471273929 }}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Valery Bryusov]], Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873) *[[1934]] – [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia]], King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (b. 1888) *[[1934]] – [[Louis Barthou]], French union leader and politician, 78th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1862) *[[1937]] – [[Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse]] (b. 1868) *[[1940]] – [[Wilfred Grenfell]], English-American physician and missionary (b. 1865) *[[1941]] – [[Helen Morgan (singer)|Helen Morgan]], American singer and actress (b. 1900) *[[1943]] – [[Pieter Zeeman]], Dutch physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1865) *[[1944]] – [[Stefanina Moro]], Italian [[Partisan (military)|partisan]] (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.giuseppemorabito.it/viaggio_memoria.pdf |title=Viaggio nella Memoria |last=Morabito |first=Giuseppe |date= |website=giuseppemorabito.it |publisher= |access-date=May 26, 2021 |pages= |quote=}} (in Italian)</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Gottlieb Hering]], German captain (b. 1887) *[[1946]] – [[Frank Castleman]], American football player, baseball player, and coach (b. 1877) *[[1947]] – [[Yukio Sakurauchi]], Japanese businessman and politician, 27th [[Minister of Finance (Japan)|Japanese Minister of Finance]] (b. 1888) *[[1950]] – [[George Hainsworth]], Canadian ice hockey player and politician (b. 1895) *[[1953]] – [[James Finlayson (actor)|James Finlayson]], Scottish-American actor (b. 1887) *[[1955]] – [[Theodor Innitzer]], Austrian cardinal (b. 1875) *[[1956]] – [[Marie Doro]], American actress (b. 1882) *[[1958]] – [[Pope Pius XII]] (b. 1876) * 1958 – [[John Boland (South Dakota politician)|John Boland]], American politician (b. 1884)<ref>{{cite news |title=John Boland, Local Pioneer, Dies At 74 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal-john-boland-local-pi/149558133/ |access-date=June 19, 2024 |work=[[Rapid City Daily Journal]] |date=October 10, 1958 |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal-john-boland-local-pi/149558133/ 1], [https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal-john-boland/149558575/ 2] |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Shirō Ishii]], Japanese general and biologist (b. 1892) *[[1962]] – [[Milan Vidmar]], Slovenian chess player and engineer (b. 1885) *[[1967]] – [[Che Guevara]], Argentinian-Cuban physician, politician and guerrilla leader (b. 1928) * 1967 – [[Cyril Norman Hinshelwood]], English chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1897) * 1967 – [[André Maurois]], French soldier and author (b. 1885) * 1967 – [[Joseph Pilates]], German-American fitness trainer, developed [[Pilates]] (b. 1883) *[[1969]] – [[Don Hoak]], American baseball player (b. 1928) *[[1972]] – [[Miriam Hopkins]], American actress (b. 1902) *[[1974]] – [[Oskar Schindler]], Czech-German businessman (b. 1908) *[[1975]] – [[Noon Meem Rashid]], Pakistani poet (b. 1910) *[[1976]] – [[Walter Warlimont]], German general (b. 1894) *[[1978]] – [[Jacques Brel]], Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1929) *[[1982]] – [[Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt]], German historian and physician (b. 1893) *[[1985]] – [[Emílio Garrastazu Médici]], Brazilian general and politician, 28th [[President of Brazil]] (b. 1905) *[[1987]] – [[Clare Boothe Luce]], American author, playwright, and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to Italy]] (b. 1903) * 1987 – [[William P. Murphy]], American physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1892) *[[1988]] – [[Felix Wankel]], German engineer, invented the [[Wankel engine]] (b. 1902) *[[1989]] – [[Yusuf Atılgan]], Turkish author and playwright (b. 1921) * 1989 – [[Penny Lernoux]], American journalist and author (b. 1940) *[[1995]] – [[Alec Douglas-Home]], British cricketer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1903) *[[1996]] – [[Walter Kerr]], American author, composer, and critic (b. 1913) *[[1999]] – [[Milt Jackson]], American vibraphone player and composer (b. 1923) * 1999 – [[Akhtar Hameed Khan]], Pakistani economist and scholar (b. 1914) *[[2000]] – [[David Dukes]], American actor (b. 1945) * 2000 – [[Patrick Anthony Porteous]], Indian-Scottish colonel, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (b. 1918) *[[2001]] – [[Herbert Ross]], American director, producer, and choreographer (b. 1927) *[[2002]] – [[Sopubek Begaliev]], Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (b. 1931) * 2002 – [[Charles Guggenheim]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924) *[[2003]] – [[Carolyn Gold Heilbrun]], American author and academic (b. 1926) * 2003 – [[Carl Fontana]], American jazz trombonist (b. 1928) *[[2004]] – [[Jacques Derrida]], Algerian-French philosopher and academic (b. 1930) *[[2005]] – [[Louis Nye]], American actor (b. 1913) *[[2006]] – [[Danièle Huillet]], French filmmaker (b. 1933) * 2006 – [[Paul Hunter]], English snooker player (b. 1978) * 2006 – [[Kanshi Ram]], Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1934) *[[2007]] – [[Enrico Banducci]], American businessman, founded [[hungry i]] (b. 1922) * 2007 – [[Carol Bruce]], American actress and singer (b. 1919) *[[2009]] – [[Stuart M. Kaminsky]], American author and educator (b. 1934) * 2009 – [[John Daido Loori]], American [[Zen]] Buddhist monastic and teacher (b. 1931) * 2009 – [[Horst Szymaniak]], German footballer (b. 1934) *[[2010]] – [[Maurice Allais]], French economist and physicist, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1911) *[[2011]] – [[Pavel Karelin]], Russian ski jumper (b. 1989) *[[2012]] – [[Sammi Kane Kraft]], American actress (b. 1992) * 2012 – [[Kenny Rollins]], American basketball player (b. 1923) * 2012 – [[Harris Savides]], American cinematographer (b. 1957) *[[2013]] – [[Solomon Lar]], Nigerian educator and politician, 4th [[Governor of Plateau State]] (b. 1933) * 2013 – [[Srihari]], Indian actor (b. 1964) * 2013 – [[Wilfried Martens]], Belgian lawyer and politician, 60th [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (b. 1936) * 2013 – [[Edmund Niziurski]], Polish sociologist, lawyer, and author (b. 1925) *[[2014]] – [[Boris Buzančić]], Croatian actor and politician, 47th [[List of mayors of Zagreb|Mayor of Zagreb]] (b. 1929) * 2014 – [[Jan Hooks]], American actress and comedienne (b. 1957) * 2014 – [[Carolyn Kizer]], American poet and academic (b. 1925) * 2014 – [[Peter A. Peyser]], American soldier and politician (b. 1921) * 2014 – [[Rita Shane]], American soprano and educator (b. 1936) *[[2015]] – [[Raymond Twomey Duncan|Ray Duncan]], American businessman (b. 1930) * 2015 – [[Richard F. Heck]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.udel.edu/udaily/2016/oct/InMemoriam101015.html |title=Richard Heck, professor emeritus and Nobel laureate, dies |publisher=[[University of Delaware]] |website=udel.edu |date=October 10, 2015 |access-date=August 22, 2022}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Geoffrey Howe]], Welsh lawyer and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1926) * 2015 – [[Ravindra Jain]], Indian composer and director (b. 1944) *[[2016]] – [[Andrzej Wajda]], Polish film and theatre director (b. 1926) *[[2017]] – [[Jean Rochefort]], French actor<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/url-jean-rochefort-dead-mort-films-don-quixote-dies-age-87-paris-tributes-a7990426.html|title=French acting legend Jean Rochefort has died|date=9 October 2017|newspaper=The Independent|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009165203/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/url-jean-rochefort-dead-mort-films-don-quixote-dies-age-87-paris-tributes-a7990426.html |archive-date= 2017-10-09|url-status=live }}</ref> (b. 1930) * [[2024]] – [[George Baldock]], British-born Greek international footballer (b. 1993)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-09 |title=British-born Greece defender Baldock dies aged 31 |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/41704791/george-baldock-dies-greece-sheffield-united-panathinaikos |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Dieter Burdenski]], German footballer (b. 1950)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Der SV Werder Bremen trauert um Dieter Burdenski {{!}} SV Werder Bremen |url=https://www.werder.de/aktuell/news/weitere-news/2024/2025/nachruf-dieter-burdenski-09102024?s=NachrufBurdenski |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=www.werder.de |language=de-DE}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Lily Ebert]], Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (b. 1923)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lindner |first=Emmett |date=October 9, 2024 |title=Lily Ebert, Holocaust Survivor, Author and TikTok Star, Dies at 100 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/09/books/lily-ebert-dead.html |access-date=October 11, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Lee Wei Ling]], Singaporean neurologist (b. 1955)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-10-10 |title=SM Lee Hsien Loong attends funeral wake of sister Lee Wei Ling |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/sm-lee-hsien-loong-attends-funeral-wake-of-sister-lee-wei-ling |access-date=2024-10-11 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Clark R. Rasmussen]], American politician (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web |title=Clark Rasmussen |url=https://hamiltonsfuneralhome.com/obituaries/ClarkRasmussen#obituary |website=Hamiltons Funeral Home |access-date=October 12, 2024 |language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Leif Segerstam]], Finnish conductor and composer (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nossiter |first=Adam |date=October 16, 2024 |title=Leif Segerstam, Who Wrote 371 Symphonies, Is Dead at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/16/arts/music/leif-segerstam-dead.html |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Ratan Tata]], Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kandell |first=Jonathan |date=October 9, 2024 |title=Ratan Tata, Whose Indian Business Empire Went Global, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/09/business/ratan-tata-dead.html |access-date=October 9, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</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]]: **[[Abraham]] **[[Saint Denis of Paris|Denis]] **[[Dionysius the Areopagite]] **[[Saint Ghislain|Ghislain]] **[[Innocencio of Mary Immaculate]] and [[Asturian miners' strike of 1934|Martyrs of Asturias]] **[[John Henry Newman]] **[[John Leonardi]] **[[Louis Bertrand (saint)|Luis Beltran]] **[[Robert Grosseteste]] ([[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|Church of England]]) **[[Wilfred Grenfell]] ([[Episcopal Church (USA)]]) **[[October 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Fire Prevention Week|Fire Prevention Day]] ([[Canada]], [[United States]]) *[[Hangul Day]] (South Korea) *[[Independence Day (Uganda)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Uganda]] from United Kingdom in 1962. (Uganda) *[[Independence of Guayaquil]] from Spain in 1820 (Ecuador) *[[Leif Erikson Day]] (United States, Iceland and Norway) *[[National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust]] (Romania) *National [[Nanotechnology]] Day (United States) *[[Takayama Autumn Festival]] ([[Takayama, Gifu|Takayama]], Japan) *[[World Post Day]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref> *[[Indian Foreign Service]] Day<ref>{{cite news |title=IFS Day 2020: "Best Wishes To Team MEA," Tweets Dr S Jaishankar |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-foreign-service-day-best-wishes-to-team-mea-tweets-s-jaishankar-2307543 |access-date=13 August 2021 |work=NDTV.com}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/9 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=10|day=09}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/9 |title=Historical Events on October 9 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:October 09}} [[Category:Days of October]]
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