October 24

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Events

Pre-1600

AD 69 – In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1260 – Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1260 – After defeating the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut and assassinating the previous Mamluk sultan, Qutuz, Baybars ascends to the Egyptian throne as the fourth sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1360 – The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1590 – John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.
1596 – The second Spanish armada sets sail to strike against England, but is smashed by storms off Cape Finisterre forcing a retreat to port.<ref name="Tenace">Template:Cite journal</ref>

1601–1900

1641 – Felim O'Neill of Kinard, the leader of the Irish Rebellion, issues his Proclamation of Dungannon, justifying the uprising and declaring continued loyalty to King Charles I of England.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1648 – The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War.
1795 – Poland is completely consumed by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1813 – Treaty of Gulistan: The Russo-Persian War of 1804-1813 comes to a close with the signing of the Treaty of Gulistan, under which terms Qajar Iran agrees to cede the bulk of its Caucasian territories, which comprise much of modern Dagestan, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, to the Russian Empire.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1851 – William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.
1857 – Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.
1860 – Convention of Peking: The Second Opium War formally comes to a close, with Qing China ceding Kowloon in perpetuity to the victorious British Empire.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1861 – The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
1871 – An estimated 17 to 22 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1876 – Shinpūren rebellion: Upset at the Westernisation of Meiji Japan and the abolition of the Tokugawa feudal hierarchy, the Keishintō, a group of extremist Shinto former samurai, launch a surprise attack against the Meiji government in Kumamoto Prefecture.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1886 – Normanton incident: As the British merchant vessel Normanton sinks off the coast of Japan, her European officers appear to commandeer the ship’s lifeboats for themselves, leaving her Asian crew and passengers to die and conjuring significant political outrage in Japan.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1889 – Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1894 – First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Jiuliancheng: Under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo, the Imperial Japanese Army covertly crosses the Yalu River into Qing territory and launches an assault on the fortifications at Hushan.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1900 – U.S. Government announces plans to buy Danish West Indies for $7 million.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1902 – Guatemala's Santa María volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.<ref name="Williams83">Template:Cite journal</ref>
1911 – Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
1912 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
1912 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
1917 – World War I: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Caporetto on the Austro-Italian front.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1918 – World War I: Italian victory in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1926 – Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
1929 – "Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange.
1930 – A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ends the First Republic, replacing it with the Vargas Era.
1931 – The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic over the Hudson River.
1944 – World War II: Japan's center force is temporarily repulsed in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
1944 – World War II: The USS Shark (SS-314) was lost with all 87 hands in the Bashi Straits after torpedoing the Japanese freighter Arisan Maru.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
1944 – World War II: The USS Tang (SS-306) sank in the Formosa Strait after being struck by its own torpedo, with 78 of its crew lost.<ref name=":0" />
1945 – The United Nations Charter comes into effect.
1946 – A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
1947 – Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
1947 – United Air Lines Flight 608 crashes in the Bryce Canyon National Park in Garfield County, Utah, while attempting an emergency landing at Bryce Canyon Airport, killing 52 people.<ref name="ASN241047">Template:Cite web</ref>
1949 – The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.
1950 – Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China: The People’s Liberation Army ceases all military operations in Tibet, ending the Battle of Chamdo.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1954 – US President Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.
1957 – The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar crewed space program.
1960 – Nedelin catastrophe: An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Soviet Union's Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing over 100 people, including Field Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin.
1963 – An oxygen leak from an R-9 Desna missile at the Baikonur Cosmodrome triggers a fire that kills seven people.
1964 – Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes Zambia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1975 – In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gender inequality.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1980 – The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union.
1986 – Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing of an El Al flight at Heathrow Airport.
1990 – Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian NATO force formed in 1956, intended to be activated in the event of a Warsaw Pact invasion.
1992 – The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
1998 – Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies.
2003 – Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
2004 – Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United, ending a row of unbeaten matches at 49 matches, which is the record in the Premier League.
2005 – Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida, resulting in 35 direct and 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.
2007 – Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
2008 – "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
2014 – The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.
2015 – A driver crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring 34.
2016 – A French surveillance aircraft flying to Libya crashes on takeoff in Malta, killing all five people on board.
2016 – Three heavily-armed terrorists from the Islamic State – Khorasan Province open fire on and eventually suicide bomb a police training centre in Balochistan, Pakistan, killing at least 59 cadets and injuring more than 165 others.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2018 – The world's longest sea crossing, the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, opens for public traffic.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

AD 51 – Domitian, Roman emperor (d. 96)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1378 – David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay heir to the throne of Scotland (d. 1402)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1503 – Isabella of Portugal (d. 1539)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1561 – Anthony Babington, English conspirator (Babington Plot) (d. 1586)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>

1601–1900

1632 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist (d. 1723)
1637 – Lorenzo Magalotti, Italian philosopher (d. 1712)
1650 – Steven Blankaart, Dutch entomologist (d. 1704)
1675 – Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (d. 1749)
1713 – Marie Fel, French soprano and actress (d. 1794)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1763 – Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (d. 1839)
1784 – Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (d. 1885)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1788 – Sarah Josepha Hale, American author and poet (d. 1879)
1798 – Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (d. 1866)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1804 – Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (d. 1891)
1811 – Ferdinand Hiller, German composer and conductor (d. 1885)
1811 – Georg August Wallin, Finnish explorer, orientalist, and professor (d. 1852)<ref>Georg August Wallin var vår första wallraffare - Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish)</ref>
1830 – Marianne North, English biologist and painter (d. 1890)
1838 – Annie Edson Taylor, American stuntwoman and educator (d. 1921)
1854 – Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (d. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1855 – James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (d. 1912)
1857 – Ned Williamson, American baseball player (d. 1894)
1868 – Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and author (d. 1969)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1872 – Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper (d. 1957)
1873 – E. T. Whittaker, British mathematician and physicist (d. 1956)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1875 – Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and set designer (d. 1958)
1876 – Saya San, Burmese monk and activist (d. 1931)
1879 – B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer (d. 1956)
1882 – Sybil Thorndike, English actress (d. 1976)
1884 – Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor (d. 1944)
1885 – Alice Perry, Irish engineer and poet (d. 1969)
1887 – Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (d. 1969)
1887 – Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot (d. 1917)
1891 – Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (d. 1961)
1891 – Brenda Ueland, American journalist, author, and educator (d. 1985)
1894 – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1987)
1895 – Jack Warner, English actor and singer (d. 1981)
1896 – Marjorie Joyner, American make-up artist and businesswoman (d. 1994)
1898 – Peng Dehuai, Chinese general, 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China (d. 1974)
1899 – Teikō Shiotani, Japanese photographer (d. 1988)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

1901 – Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1959)
1903 – Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (d. 1960)
1904 – Moss Hart, American director and playwright (d. 1961)
1904 – A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist (d. 1932)
1905 – Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian and academic (d. 1988)
1906 – Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician and cryptographer (d. 1968)
1907 – Patricia Griffin, Montserratian nurse and social worker (d. 1986)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1908 – John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist and geophysicist (d. 1993)
1909 – Bill Carr, American runner (d. 1966)
1909 – Thomas F. Connolly, American admiral (d. 1996)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1910 – Stella Brooks, American singer (d. 2002)
1910 – Gunter d'Alquen, German SS officer and journalist (d. 1998)
1910 – Joe L. Evins, American lawyer and politician (d. 1984)
1910 – James K. Woolnough, American general (d. 1996)
1910 – Yoel Zussman, Polish-Israeli lawyer and judge (d. 1982)
1911 – Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (d. 1993)
1911 – Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1986)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1912 – Silviu Bindea, Romanian footballer (d. 1992)
1912 – Peter Gellhorn, German conductor (music) (d. 2004)
1912 – Murray Golden, American television director (d. 1991)
1913 – Tito Gobbi, Italian actor and singer (d. 1984)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1914 – Charles Craig Cannon, American colonel (d. 1992)
1914 – František Čapek, Czechoslovakian canoeist (d. 2008)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1914 – Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian Independence movement revolutionary and Officer of Indian National Army (d. 2012)
1915 – Bob Kane, American author and illustrator (d. 1998)<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
1915 – Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author (d. 1988)
1916 – Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano and actress (d. 2011)
1917 – Marie Foster, American activist (d. 2003)
1918 – Doreen Tovey, English author (d. 2008)
1919 – Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot (d. 2008)
1920 – Steve Conway, British singer (d. 1952)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1920 – Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
1921 – Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (d. 2005)
1921 – R. K. Laxman, Indian illustrator (d. 2015)
1922 – George Miller, American educator and politician, Mayor of Tucson (d. 2014)
1923 – Robin Day, English lieutenant and journalist (d. 2000)
1923 – Denise Levertov, British-born American poet (d. 1997)
1924 – John Brereton Barlow, South African cardiologist and physician (d. 2008)
1924 – Mary Lee, American actress and singer (d. 1996)
1924 – Fuat Sezgin, Turkish historian and academic (d. 2018)
1925 – Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (d. 2003)
1925 – Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
1925 – Willie Mabon, American-French singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1985)
1925 – Ken Mackay, Australian cricketer (d. 1982)
1925 – Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician co-founded the Khmer Rouge (d. 2013)
1925 – Paul Vaughan, English journalist and radio host (d. 2014)
1926 – Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1926 – Y. A. Tittle, American football player (d. 2017)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
1927 – Gilbert Bécaud, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2001)
1927 – Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor and singer (d. 1992)
1927 – Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (d. 2013)
1928 – George Bullard, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1929 – Hubert Aquin, Canadian activist, author, and director (d. 1977)
1929 – George Crumb, American composer and educator<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2022)
1929 – Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, English wife of William Douglas-Home (d. 2012)
1929 – Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (d. 2004)
1929 – Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor (d. 2013)
1930 – Jack Angel, American voice actor (d. 2021)
1930 – The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
1930 – Elaine Feinstein, English poet, author, and playwright (d. 2019)
1930 – Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist and mathematician (d. 2024)
1930 – James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (d. 1969)
1930 – Ahmad Shah of Pahang (d. 2019)
1931 – Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German pianist and composer (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1931 – Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (d. 2014)
1932 – Stephen Covey, American author and educator (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1932 – Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
1932 – Adrian Mitchell, English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 2008)
1932 – Robert Mundell, Canadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1933 – Reginald Kray, English gangster (d. 2000)
1933 – Ronald Kray, English gangster (d. 1995)
1933 – Norman Rush, American author and educator
1934 – John G. Cramer, American physicist and author
1934 – Glen Glenn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2022)
1934 – Margie Masters, Australian golfer (d. 2022)
1934 – Sammy Petrillo, American actor (d. 2009)
1934 – Sanger D. Shafer, American singer-songwriter (d. 2019)
1935 – Malcolm Bilson, American pianist, musicologist, and educator
1935 – Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (d. 2013)
1935 – Mark Tully, Indian-English journalist and author
1936 – Jüri Arrak, Estonian painter (d. 2022)
1936 – Jimmy Dawkins, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
1936 – David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2011)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
1936 – Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer<ref name="AP"></ref>
1937 – Miguel Ángel Coria, Spanish composer and educator (d. 2016)
1937 – Santo Farina, American guitarist and songwriter
1937 – John Goetz, American baseball player (d. 2008)
1937 – Heribert Offermanns, German chemist and academic
1937 – M. Rosaria Piomelli, Italian-American architect and academic
1937 – Petar Stipetić, Croatian general (d. 2018)
1938 – Stephen Resnick, American economist and academic (d. 2013)
1939 – F. Murray Abraham, American actor<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
1940 – Martin Campbell, New Zealand director and producer
1940 – Rafał Piszcz, Polish canoe racer (d. 2012)
1940 – David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, English businessman and academic
1940 – Yossi Sarid, Israeli politician (d. 2015)
1941 – William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher (d. 2004)
1941 – Peter Takeo Okada, Japanese archbishop (d. 2020)
1941 – Merle Woo, Asian American activist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1942 – Stephen R. Bloom, English physician and academic
1942 – Maggie Blye, American actress (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1942 – Frank Delaney, Irish journalist and author (d. 2017)
1942 – Rafael Cordero Santiago, Puerto Rican politician, 132nd Mayor of Ponce (d. 2004)
1942 – Fernando Vallejo, Colombian biologist and author
1943 – Bill Dundee, Scottish-American wrestler and manager
1943 – Phil Hawthorne, Australian rugby player and coach (d. 1994)
1944 – Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2007)
1944 – Bettye Swann, American singer-songwriter
1945 – Gérald Larose, Canadian educator and union leader
1946 – Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (d. 1993)
1947 – Kevin Kline, American actor and singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1948 – Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby player (d. 2022)
1948 – Kweisi Mfume, American lawyer and politician<ref name="UPI"></ref>
1949 – John Markoff, American journalist and author
1949 – Keith Rowley, Trinidadian volcanologist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
1950 – Iggy Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
1950 – Pablove Black, Jamaican singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1950 – Miguel Ángel Pichetto, Argentinian lawyer and politician
1950 – Miroslav Sládek, Czech politician
1950 – Gabriella Sica, Italian poet and author
1950 – Maria Teschler-Nicola, Austrian biologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist
1951 – George Tsontakis, American composer and conductor
1952 – Keith Bain, Canadian educator and politician
1952 – Francesco Camaldo, Italian priest
1952 – Ángel Torres, Dominican baseball player
1953 – Christoph Daum, German footballer and manager (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1954 – Doug Davidson, American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
1954 – Tom Mulcair, Canadian lawyer and politician
1954 – Jožo Ráž, Slovak singer-songwriter and bass player
1954 – Mike Rounds, American businessman and politician
1954 – Brad Sherman, American accountant, lawyer, and politician
1954 – Malcolm Turnbull, Australian journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Australia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1955 – Cheryl Studer, American soprano and actress
1956 – Jeff Merkley, American businessman and politician
1957 – Ron Gardenhire, German-American baseball player and manager
1957 – John Kassir, American actor and voice actor
1959 – Dominique Baert, French lawyer and politician
1959 – Gunnar Bakke, Norwegian banker and politician, 65th Mayor of Bergen
1959 – Chihiro Fujioka, Japanese director and composer
1959 – Michelle Lujan Grisham, American lawyer and politician
1959 – Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009)
1959 – Denis Troch, French footballer and manager
1959 – Annette Vilhelmsen, Danish educator and politician, Danish Minister of Social Affairs
1960 – Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer and sportscaster
1960 – Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist, lawyer, and activist (d. 1999)
1960 – Joachim Winkelhock, German race car driver
1960 – BD Wong, American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
1961 – Mary Bono, American gymnast and politician
1961 – Bruce Castor, American lawyer and politician
1962 – Yves Bertucci, French footballer and manager
1962 – Ian Dalziel, English footballer and manager
1962 – Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby player and television host
1962 – Debbie Googe, English bass player and songwriter
1962 – Andrea Horwath, Canadian politician
1962 – Gibby Mbasela, Zambian footballer (d. 2000)
1963 – Mark Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster
1963 – John Hendrie, Scottish footballer and manager
1964 – Rosana Arbelo, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 – Paul Bonwick, Canadian businessman and politician
1964 – Dmitri Gorkov, Russian footballer and manager
1964 – Janele Hyer-Spencer, American lawyer and politician
1964 – Ray LeBlanc, American ice hockey player
1964 – Doug Lee, American basketball player
1965 – Kyriakos Velopoulos, German-Greek journalist and politician
1966 – Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman and politician
1966 – Simon Danczuk, English academic and politician
1966 – Zahn McClarnon, American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
1967 – Ian Bishop, Trinidadian cricketer and sportscaster
1967 – Olo Brown, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player
1967 – Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
1967 – Esther McVey, English television host and politician
1968 – Francisco Clavet, Spanish tennis player
1968 – Mark Walton, American voice actor and illustrator
1968 – Robert Wilonsky, American journalist and critic
1969 – Emma Donoghue, Irish-Canadian author
1969 – Arthur Rhodes, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1970 – Rob Leslie-Carter, English field hockey player and engineer
1970 – Jeff Mangum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971 – Aaron Bailey, American football player
1971 – Gustavo Jorge, Argentina international rugby union player
1971 – Zephyr Teachout, American academic
1971 – Diane Guthrie-Gresham, Jamaican track and field athlete
1971 – Caprice Bourret, American model and actress
1972 – Pat Williams, American football player and coach
1972 – Jeremy Wright, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
1973 – Meelis Friedenthal, Estonian author and academic
1973 – Kurt Kuenne, American filmmaker<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1973 – Levi Leipheimer, American cyclist
1973 – Jackie McNamara, Scottish footballer and manager
1973 – Laura Veirs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 – Jeff Wilson, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and radio host
1974 – Gábor Babos, Hungarian footballer
1974 – Kalen DeBoer, American football coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1974 – Corey Dillon, American football player
1974 – Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player and scout
1974 – Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1975 – Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombian footballer
1975 – Frank Seator, Liberian footballer (d. 2013)
1976 – Matteo Mazzantini, Italian rugby player
1976 – Petar Stoychev, Bulgarian swimmer
1977 – Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadoran footballer
1978 – Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer
1978 – James Hopes, Australian cricketer
1979 – Ben Gillies, Australian drummer and songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
1979 – Marijonas Petravičius, Lithuanian basketball player
1980 – Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer
1980 – Kerrin McEvoy, Australian jockey
1980 – Monica, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
1980 – Anna Montañana, Spanish basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1980 – Zac Posen, American fashion designer
1980 – Christian Vander, German footballer
1980 – Casey Wilson, American actress and screenwriter
1981 – Kemal Aslan, Turkish footballer
1981 – Sebastián Bueno, Argentinian footballer
1981 – Fredrik Mikkelsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
1981 – Tila Tequila, Singaporean-American model, actress, and singer<ref name="UPI"></ref>
1981 – Alfred Vargas, Filipino actor and politician
1982 – Fairuz Fauzy, Malaysian race car driver
1982 – Macay McBride, American baseball player
1983 – Adrienne Bailon, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
1983 – Chris Colabello, American baseball player
1983 – Hernán Garin, Argentinian footballer
1983 – Michael Gordon, Australian rugby league player
1983 – Brian Vickers, American race car driver
1984 – Lougee Basabas, Filipino singer-songwriter
1984 – Jonas Gustavsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1984 – Kaela Kimura, Japanese singer-songwriter
1985 – Robert Cornthwaite, English-Australian footballer
1985 – Tim Pocock, Australian actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
1985 – Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (d. 2014)
1985 – Wayne Rooney, English footballer
1985 – Oscar Wendt, Swedish footballer
1986 – Drake, Canadian rapper and actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
1986 – Oliver Jackson-Cohen, English actor<ref name="UPI"></ref>
1986 – John Ruddy, English footballer
1987 – Jeremy Evans, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Chris Hogan, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer
1987 – Charlie White, American figure skater<ref name="UPI"></ref>
1988 – Mitch Inman, Australian rugby player
1988 – Christopher Linke, German race walker
1988 – Demont Mitchell, Bahamian footballer
1988 – Tarek Hamed, Egyptian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – David Castañeda, American actor<ref name="UPI"></ref>
1989 – Anderson Conceição, Brazilian footballer
1989 – Shenae Grimes, Canadian actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
1989 – Eric Hosmer, American baseball player
1989 – PewDiePie, Swedish YouTuber
1989 – Eliza Taylor, Australian actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
1990 – Elijah Greer, American middle-distance runner
1990 – İlkay Gündoğan, German footballer
1990 – Mohammed Jahfali, Saudi Arabia international footballer
1990 – Danilo Petrucci, Italian motorcycle racer
1990 – Nikola Vučević, Montenegrin basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian footballer
1991 – Bojan Dubljević, Montenegrin basketball player
1992 – Marrion Gopez, Filipino actor, singer, and dancer
1992 – Ding Liren, Chinese chess grandmaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – R. J. Hunter, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Krystal Jung, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
1994 – Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player
1994 – Sean O'Malley, American mixed martial artist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Jalen Ramsey, American football player
1995 – Vincent Leuluai, Australian rugby league player
1995 – Ashton Sanders, American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
1996 – Jaylen Brown, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Rafael Devers, Dominican baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Océane Dodin, French tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Garrison Mathews, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Kyla Ross, American gymnast
1997 – Bron Breakker, American wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast
1997 – Raye, British singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998 – Daya, American singer
1999 – Amon-Ra St. Brown, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

935 – Li Yu, Chinese official and chancellor
996 – Hugh Capet, French king
1152 – Jocelin of Soissons, French theologian, philosopher and composer
1168 – William IV, Count of Nevers, French nobleman
1260 – Qutuz, Egyptian sultan
1375 – Valdemar IV, Danish king (b. 1320)
1537 – Jane Seymour, English queen and wife of Henry VIII of England (b. Template:Circa)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1572 – Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1508)

1601–1900

1601 – Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and alchemist (b. 1546)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1633 – Jean Titelouze, French organist and composer (b. 1562/3)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1642 – Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, English peer and courtier (b. 1582)
1655 – Pierre Gassendi, French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1592)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1669 – William Prynne, English lawyer and author (b. 1600)
1672 – John Webb, English architect and scholar (b. 1611)
1725 – Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1660)
1770 – William Bartram, American scientist and politician (b. 1711)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1799 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1739)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1821 – Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)
1824 – Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (b. 1752)
1852 – Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
1875 – Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
1898 – Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)

1901–present

1915 – Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
1917 – James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
1922 – George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
1935 – Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
1937 – Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
1938 – Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
1943 – Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
1944 – Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)
1945 – Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)
1948 – Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (b. 1870)
1948 – Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (b. 1877)
1949 – Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (b. 1902)
1958 – G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (b. 1873)
1960 – Yevgeny Ostashev, the test pilot of rocket, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Lenin Prize winner, Candidate of Technical Sciences (b. 1924)
1964 – Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (b. 1931)
1965 – Hans Meerwein, German chemist (b. 1879)
1966 – Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (b. 1896)
1969 – Behçet Kemal Çağlar, Turkish poet and politician (b. 1908)
1970 – Richard Hofstadter, American historian and author (b. 1916)
1971 – Carl Ruggles, American composer (b. 1876)
1971 – Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1936)
1971 – Chuck Hughes, NFL player died during a game (b. 1943)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1972 – Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1919)
1972 – Claire Windsor, American actress (b. 1892)
1974 – David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1908)
1975 – İsmail Erez, Turkish lawyer and diplomat, Turkish Ambassador to France (b. 1919)
1975 – Zdzisław Żygulski, Polish historian, author, and academic (b. 1888)
1979 – Carlo Abarth, Italian automobile designer and founded of Abarth (b. 1908)
1983 – Jiang Wen-Ye, Taiwanese composer and educator (b. 1910)
1985 – Richie Evans, American race car driver (b. 1941)
1985 – Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (b. 1905)
1989 – Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
1991 – Gene Roddenberry, American captain, screenwriter, and producer, created Star Trek (b. 1921)
1991 – Ismat Chughtai, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
1992 – Laurie Colwin, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1944)
1993 – Heinz Kubsch, German footballer (b. 1930)
1994 – Yannis Hotzeas, Greek theoretician and author (b. 1930)
1994 – Raul Julia, Puerto Rican-American actor and singer (b. 1940)
1997 – Don Messick, American voice actor and singer (b. 1926)
1999 – Berthe Qvistgaard, Danish actress (b. 1910)
2001 – Kathleen Ankers, American actress and set designer (b. 1919)
2001 – Wolf Rüdiger Hess, German author and critic (b. 1937)
2001 – Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
2002 – Winton M. Blount, American soldier and politician, 59th United States Postmaster General (b. 1921)
2002 – Hernán Gaviria, Colombian footballer (b. 1969)
2002 – Harry Hay, English-American activist, co-founded the Mattachine Society and Radical Faeries (b. 1912)
2002 – Peggy Moran, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
2004 – Randy Dorton, American engineer (b. 1954)
2004 – Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver and businessman (b. 1980)
2004 – James Aloysius Hickey, American cardinal (b. 1920)
2004 – Maaja Ranniku, Estonian chess player (b. 1941)
2005 – Joy Clements, American soprano and actress (b. 1932)
2005 – José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
2005 – Mokarrameh Ghanbari, Iranian painter (b. 1928)
2005 – Immanuel C. Y. Hsu, Chinese sinologist and scholar (b. 1923)
2005 – Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (b. 1913)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005 – Robert Sloman, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2006 – Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist (b. 1904)
2006 – William Montgomery Watt, Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1909)
2007 – Petr Eben, Czech organist and composer (b. 1929)
2007 – Ian Middleton, New Zealand author (b. 1928)
2007 – Alisher Saipov, Kyrgyzstan journalist (b. 1981)
2007 – Anne Weale, English journalist and author (b. 1929)
2008 – Moshe Cotel, American pianist and composer (b. 1943)
2010 – Mike Esposito, American author and illustrator (b. 1927)
2010 – Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1922)
2010 – Joseph Stein, American author and playwright (b. 1912)
2011 – Sansan Chien, Taiwanese composer and educator (b. 1967)
2011 – John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic, developed the Lisp programming language (b. 1927)
2012 – Peggy Ahern, American actress (b. 1917)
2012 – Anita Björk, Swedish actress (b. 1923)
2012 – Jeff Blatnick, American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1957)
2012 – Bill Dees, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
2012 – Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (b. 1918)
2013 – Antonia Bird, English director and producer (b. 1951)
2013 – Brooke Greenberg, American girl with a rare genetic disorder (b. 1993)
2013 – Ana Bertha Lepe, Mexican model and actress (b. 1934)
2013 – Lew Mayne, American football player and coach (b. 1920)
2014 – Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (b. 1980)
2014 – S. S. Rajendran, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)
2014 – Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (b. 1948)
2015 – Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot (b. 1923)
2015 – Alvin Bronstein, American lawyer and academic (b. 1928)
2015 – Margarita Khemlin, Ukrainian-Russian author and critic (b. 1960)
2015 – Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal (b. 1924)
2015 – Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer (b. 1920)
2016 – Bobby Vee, American pop singer (b. 1943)
2016 – Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan politician, former president (2000-2005) (b. 1927)
2017 – Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
2017 – Robert Guillaume, American actor (b. 1927)
2017 – Girija Devi, Indian classical singer (b. 1929)
2018 – Tony Joe White, American singer/songwriter (b. 1943)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021 – James Michael Tyler, American actor (b. 1962)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2022 – Leslie Jordan, American actor, writer, and singer (b. 1955)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024 – Amir Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player and coach (b. 1981)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024 – Abdelaziz Barrada, Moroccan footballer (b. 1989)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024 – Jeri Taylor, American screenwriter (b. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
Food Day (United States)
International Day of Diplomats<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
United Nations Day, the anniversary of the 1945 Charter of the United Nations (International)
World Development Information Day<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
World Polio Day<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

References

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External links

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