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October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 91 days remain until the end of the year.
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Pre-1600
- 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.[1]
- 366 – Pope Damasus I is consecrated.[2]
- 959 – Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadwig.[3]
- 965 – Pope John XIII is consecrated.[4]
- 1553 – The coronation of Queen Mary I of England is held at Westminster Abbey.[5]
- 1588 – The coronation of Shah Abbas I of Persia occurs.
1601–1900
- 1730 – Ahmed III is forced to abdicate as the Ottoman sultan.
- 1779 – The city of Tampere, Finland (belonging to Sweden at this time) is founded by King Gustav III of Sweden.[6]
- 1787 – Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
- 1791 – First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
- 1795 – More than a year after the Battle of Sprimont, the Austrian Netherlands (present-day Belgium) are officially annexed by Revolutionary France.
- 1800 – Via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain cedes Louisiana to France, which would sell the land to the United States thirty months later.
- 1814 – The Congress of Vienna opens with the intention of redrawing Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon in the previous spring.
- 1827 – Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.
- 1829 – The South African College is founded in Cape Town, later separating into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
- 1832 – Texian political delegates convene at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.
- 1861 – Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day.
- 1887 – Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
- 1890 – Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
- 1891 – Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
- 1898 – The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
1901–present
- 1903 – Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
- 1908 – Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
- 1910 – A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.[7]
- 1918 – World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus.
- 1918 – Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
- 1923 – The 1923 Imperial Conference opened in London.[8]
- 1923 – Georges Carpentier knocked out former British heavyweight champion Joe Beckett a mere twenty seconds into the first round of their boxing match at Olympia in London.[9][10]
- 1928 – The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
- 1928 – Newark Liberty International Airport opens, becoming the first airport in the New York City metro area.[11]
- 1931 – The George Washington Bridge in the United States is opened, linking New Jersey and New York.
- 1931 – Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
- 1936 – Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
- 1936 – Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.[12]
- 1938 – Pursuant to the Munich Agreement signed the day before, Nazi Germany begins the military occupation and annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland.[13]
- 1939 – World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
- 1940 – The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
- 1942 – World War II: USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.
- 1943 – World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
- 1946 – Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.
- 1946 – The Daegu October incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.
- 1947 – The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
- 1949 – The People's Republic of China is established.
- 1953 – Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.
- 1953 – A United States-South Korea mutual defense treaty is concluded in Washington, D.C.[14]
- 1955 – The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
- 1957 – The motto In God We Trust first appears on U.S. paper currency.
- 1958 – The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.
- 1960 – Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1961 – The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.
- 1961 – East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
- 1961 – The CTV Television Network, Canada's first private television network, is launched.[15]
- 1962 – James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.[16]
- 1963 – On its third anniversary as an independent nation, Nigeria became a republic.[17]
- 1964 – The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
- 1964 – Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
- 1966 – West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
- 1968 – Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
- 1969 – Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
- 1971 – Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
- 1971 – The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.
- 1975 – Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
- 1978 – Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1979 – Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
- 1979 – The MTR, Hong Kong's rapid transit railway system, opens.
- 1982 – Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.
- 1982 – EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.
- 1982 – Sony and Phillips launch the compact disc in Japan; on the same day, Sony releases the model CDP-101 compact disc player, the first player of its kind.
- 1985 – Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization's Tunisia headquarters during Operation Wooden Leg.
- 1987 – The 5.9 Mw Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.
- 1989 – Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships.
- 1991 – Croatian War of Independence: The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.
- 1994 – Palau enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.
- 2000 – Israel-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the murder of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events".[18]
- 2001 – Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.
- 2001 – 3G wireless technology first becomes available when it is adopted by Japanese telecommunications company NTT Docomo.[19]
- 2003 – The popular and controversial English-language imageboard 4chan is launched.[20]
- 2009 – The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
- 2012 – A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
- 2014 – A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.
- 2014 – A double bombing of an elementary school in Homs, Syria kills over 50 people.[21]
- 2015 – A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon.
- 2015 – Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.
- 2015 – The American cargo vessel SS El Faro sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin.[22]
- 2016 – The leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Pedro Sánchez, resigns. He would return to the position a year later.[23]
- 2017 – An independence referendum, later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
- 2017 – Fifty-eight people are killed and 869 others injured in a mass shooting at a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip in the United States; the gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide.[24][25]
- 2018 – The International Court of Justice rules that Chile is not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean with Bolivia.[26]
- 2019 – Kuopio school stabbing: One dies and ten are injured when Joel Marin, armed with a sabre, attacks a school class at Savo Vocational College in Kuopio, Finland.[27]
- 2021 – The 2020 World Expo in Dubai begins. Its opening was originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[28]
- 2022 – One hundred and thirty-five are killed in a human crush following a football match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java, Indonesia.[29]
Pre-1600
- 86 BC – Sallust, Roman historian (d. 34 BC)[30]
- 208 – Alexander Severus, Roman emperor (d. 235)[31]
- 1207 – Henry III of England (d. 1272)[32]
- 1476 – Guy XVI, Count of Laval (d. 1531)
- 1480 – Saint Cajetan, Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer (d. 1547)
- 1507 – Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect who designed the Church of the Gesù (d. 1573)
- 1526 – Dorothy Stafford, English noble (d. 1604)
- 1540 – Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss pastor and theologian (d. 1617)
- 1542 – Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Spanish explorer (d. 1595)
- 1550 – Anne of Saint Bartholomew, Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun (d. 1626)
- 1554 – Leonardus Lessius, Jesuit theologian (d. 1623)
1601–1900
- 1620 – Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (d. 1683)
- 1671 – Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (d. 1742)
- 1681 – Giulia Lama, Italian painter (d. 1747)[33]
- 1685 – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1740)
- 1691 – Arthur Onslow, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (d. 1768)
- 1712 – William Shippen, American physician and politician (d. 1801)
- 1719 – John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, British parliamentarian (d. 1781)
- 1724 – Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1808)
- 1729 – Anton Cajetan Adlgasser, German organist and composer (d. 1777)
- 1730 – Richard Stockton, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1781)
- 1760 – William Thomas Beckford, English author and politician (d. 1844)
- 1762 – Anton Bernolák, Slovak priest and linguist (d. 1813)
- 1771 – Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (d. 1842)
- 1791 – Sergey Aksakov, Russian soldier and author (d. 1859)
- 1808 – Mary Anna Custis Lee, American wife of Robert E. Lee (d. 1873)
- 1832 – Caroline Harrison, American educator, 24th First Lady of the United States (d. 1892)
- 1832 – Henry Clay Work, American composer and songwriter (d. 1884)
- 1835 – Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and anatomist (d. 1920)
- 1842 – S. Subramania Iyer, Indian lawyer and jurist (d. 1924)
- 1842 – Charles Cros, French poet and author (d. 1888)
- 1846 – Nectarios of Aegina, Greek metropolitan and saint (d. 1920)
- 1847 – Annie Besant, English-Indian activist and author (d. 1933)
- 1865 – Paul Dukas, French composer, scholar, and critic (d. 1935)
- 1878 – Othmar Spann, Austrian economist, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1950)
- 1881 – William Boeing, American engineer and businessman who founded the Boeing Company (d. 1956)
- 1885 – Louis Untermeyer, American poet, anthologist, and critic (d. 1977)
- 1887 – Ned Hanlon, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (d. 1952)
- 1887 – Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general (d. 1945)
- 1890 – Stanley Holloway, English actor (d. 1982)
- 1893 – Cliff Friend, American pianist and songwriter (d. 1974)
- 1893 – Ip Man, Chinese martial artist (d. 1972)
- 1894 – Edgar Krahn, Estonian mathematician and academic (d. 1961)
- 1895 – Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1951)
- 1896 – Ted Healy, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1937)
- 1899 – Ernest Haycox, American author (d. 1950)
- 1900 – Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)
1901–present
- 1903 – Vladimir Horowitz, Russian-born American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
- 1903 – Pierre Veyron, French race car driver (d. 1970)
- 1904 – Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-English physicist and academic (d. 1979)
- 1904 – A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (d. 1977)
- 1906 – S. D. Burman, Indian composer and singer (d. 1975)
- 1907 – Maurice Bardèche, French journalist, author, and critic (d. 1998)
- 1907 – Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (d. 1977)
- 1908 – Herman David Koppel, Danish pianist and composer (d. 1998)
- 1909 – Sam Yorty, American captain, politician, and 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)
- 1910 – Fritz Köberle, Austrian-Brazilian physician and pathologist (d. 1983)
- 1910 – José Enrique Moyal, Australian physicist and engineer (d. 1998)
- 1910 – Bonnie Parker, American criminal (d. 1934)[34]
- 1910 – Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, Polish-Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2012)
- 1911 – Irwin Kostal, American songwriter, screenwriter, and publisher (d. 1994)
- 1911 – Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 2004)
- 1912 – Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (d. 2014)
- 1913 – Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (d. 2009)
- 1913 – Harry Lookofsky, American violinist and producer (d. 1998)
- 1914 – Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, lawyer, author, and 12th Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)
- 1915 – Jerome Bruner, American psychologist and author (d. 2016)
- 1917 – Cahal Daly, Irish cardinal and theologian (d. 2009)
- 1919 – Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1919 – Majrooh Sultanpuri, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2000)
- 1920 – David Herbert Donald, American historian and author (d. 2009)
- 1920 – Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000)[34]
- 1921 – James Whitmore, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1922 – Chen-Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate
- 1924 – Jimmy Carter, American naval lieutenant, politician, 39th President of the United States, and Nobel Prize laureate[34]
- 1924 – Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2014)
- 1924 – Leonie Kramer, Australian academic (d. 2016)
- 1924 – William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)[34]
- 1924 – Roger Williams, American pianist (d. 2011)
- 1927 – Tom Bosley, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1927 – Sherman Glenn Finesilver, American lawyer and judge (d. 2006)
- 1927 – Sandy Gall, Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author
- 1928 – Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-English actor, director, and producer (d. 1973)[35]
- 1928 – Willy Mairesse, Belgian race car driver (d. 1969)
- 1928 – George Peppard, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1928 – Sivaji Ganesan, Indian actor (d. 2001)[36]
- 1928 – Zhu Rongji, Chinese engineer and politician, 5th Premier of the People's Republic of China
- 1929 – Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby player and coach
- 1929 – Grady Chapman, American singer (d. 2011)
- 1929 – Bonnie Owens, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
- 1930 – Frank Gardner, Australian race car driver and manager (d. 2009)
- 1930 – Richard Harris, Irish actor (d. 2002)[37]
- 1930 – Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani lawyer and politician, Mayor of Karachi (d. 2020)
- 1930 – Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006)
- 1931 – Sylvano Bussotti, Italian violinist and composer (d. 2021)
- 1931 – Anwar Shamim, Pakistani general (d. 2013)
- 1931 – Alan Wagner, American radio host and critic (d. 2007)
- 1932 – Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
- 1934 – Emilio Botín, Spanish banker and businessman (d. 2014)
- 1935 – Julie Andrews, English actress and singer[38]
- 1935 – Walter De Maria, American sculptor and drummer (d. 2013)
- 1936 – Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958)
- 1937 – Saeed Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (d. 2024)
- 1938 – Tunç Başaran, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2019)
- 1938 – Mary McFadden, American fashion designer (d. 2024)[39]
- 1938 – Stella Stevens, American actress and director (d. 2023)[40]
- 1939 – George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005)
- 1939 – Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
- 1940 – Phyllis Chesler, American feminist psychologist
- 1940 – Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager (d. 2003)
- 1940 – Marc Savoy, American accordion player, created the Cajun accordion
- 1942 – Herb Fame, American R&B singer
- 1942 – Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver and engineer (d. 2023)
- 1942 – Bob Lanigan, Australian rugby league player (d. 2024)[41]
- 1942 – Robert Lelièvre, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1973)
- 1942 – David Stancliffe, English bishop and scholar
- 1942 – Günter Wallraff, German journalist and author
- 1943 – Jean-Jacques Annaud, French director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1943 – Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
- 1943 – Jerry Martini, American saxophonist[42]
- 1943 – Robert Slater, American author and journalist (d. 2014)
- 1945 – Rod Carew, Panamanian-American baseball player and coach[43]
- 1945 – Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1979)
- 1945 – Ram Nath Kovind, 14th President of India[44]
- 1946 – Dave Holland, English bassist, composer, and bandleader[42]
- 1946 – Tim O'Brien, American novelist and short story writer[34]
- 1947 – Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (d. 2009)
- 1947 – Dalveer Bhandari, Indian lawyer and judge
- 1947 – Buzz Capra, American baseball player and coach
- 1947 – Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1947 – Stephen Collins, American actor and director[34]
- 1947 – Nevill Drury, English-Australian journalist and publisher (d. 2013)
- 1947 – Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician
- 1947 – Martin Turner, English singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1947 – Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (d. 2006)
- 1948 – Cub Koda, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
- 1949 – Isaac Bonewits, American singer-songwriter, liturgist, and author (d. 2010)
- 1949 – Sheila Gilmore, Scottish lawyer and politician
- 1949 – André Rieu, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor
- 1950 – Elpida, Greek singer-songwriter
- 1950 – Yvette Freeman, American actress[42]
- 1950 – Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, English neuroscientist, academic, and politician
- 1950 – Mark Helias, American bassist and composer
- 1950 – Sigbjørn Johnsen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance
- 1950 – Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut (d. 2015)
- 1950 – Randy Quaid, American actor[42]
- 1951 – Brian Greenway, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1952 – Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
- 1952 – Bob Myrick, American baseball player (d. 2012)
- 1952 – Ivan Sekyra, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
- 1952 – Earl Slick, American rock guitarist and songwriter
- 1953 – Pete Falcone, American baseball player
- 1953 – Viljar Loor, Estonian volleyball player (d. 2011)
- 1953 – Miguel Lopez, Salvadorian-American soccer player
- 1953 – Grete Waitz, Norwegian runner and coach (d. 2011)
- 1953 – Klaus Wowereit, German civil servant and politician, Governing Mayor of Berlin[45]
- 1955 – Howard Hewett, American singer-songwriter[42]
- 1955 – Morten Gunnar Larsen, Norwegian pianist and composer[46]
- 1955 – Jeff Reardon, American baseball player
- 1956 – Andrus Ansip, Estonian engineer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Estonia
- 1956 – Theresa May, English politician, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[47]
- 1957 – Kang Seok-woo, South Korean actor
- 1957 – Éva Tardos, Hungarian mathematician and educator
- 1958 – Martin Cooper, English saxophonist, composer, and painter
- 1958 – Masato Nakamura, Japanese bass player and producer
- 1959 – Mark Aizlewood, Welsh footballer and manager
- 1959 – Brian P. Cleary, American author and poet
- 1959 – Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer-songwriter, musician, and politician[42]
- 1960 – Joshua Wurman, American scientist, Doppler on Wheels inventor, and storm chaser
- 1961 – Gary Ablett Sr., Australian footballer
- 1961 – Rico Constantino, American wrestler and manager
- 1961 – Corrie van Zyl, South African cricketer and coach
- 1962 – Attaphol Buspakom, Thai footballer and manager (d. 2015)
- 1962 – Nico Claesen, Belgian footballer and coach
- 1962 – Esai Morales, American actor[42]
- 1962 – Paul Walsh, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1963 – Jean-Denis Delétraz, Swiss race car driver
- 1963 – Mark McGwire, American baseball player and coach[34]
- 1964 – Harry Hill, English comedian and author
- 1964 – Max Matsuura, Japanese songwriter, producer, and manager
- 1964 – Jonathan Sarfati, Australian-New Zealand chess player and author
- 1965 – Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
- 1965 – Cindy Margolis, American actress and model[42]
- 1965 – Mia Mottley, Barbadian prime minister
- 1965 – Chris Reason, Australian journalist
- 1965 – Cliff Ronning, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1966 – George Weah, Liberian footballer and politician, 25th President of Liberia
- 1966 – José Ángel Ziganda, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1967 – Mike Pringle, American-Canadian football player
- 1967 – Scott Young, American ice hockey player and coach
- 1968 – Rob Collard, English race car driver
- 1968 – Phil de Glanville, English rugby player
- 1968 – Mark Durden-Smith, British television presenter
- 1968 – Kevin Griffin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1968 – Jon Guenther, American author and engineer
- 1968 – Jay Underwood, American actor and pastor
- 1969 – Zach Galifianakis, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter[42]
- 1969 – Joseph Patrick Moore, American musician, composer, and producer
- 1969 – Ori Kaplan, Israeli-American saxophonist and producer
- 1969 – Marcus Stephen, Nauruan weightlifter and politician, 27th President of Nauru
- 1969 – Igor Ulanov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1970 – Simon Davey, Welsh footballer and manager
- 1970 – Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player and manager
- 1971 – Yvette Hermundstad, Swedish journalist
- 1971 – Andrew O'Keefe, Australian lawyer and television host
- 1971 – Jim Serdaris, Australian rugby league player
- 1972 – Ronen Altman Kaydar, Israeli author and poet
- 1972 – Esa Holopainen, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1972 – Jean, Brazilian footballer
- 1972 – Nicky Morgan, British politician
- 1972 – Ayşe Yiğit, Belgian politician[48]
- 1973 – Christian Borle, American actor and singer
- 1973 – Rachid Chékhémani, French runner
- 1973 – Jana Henke, German swimmer
- 1973 – John Mackey, American composer
- 1973 – John Thomson, American baseball player and coach
- 1974 – Keith Duffy, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
- 1974 – Nick Graham, Australian rugby player
- 1974 – Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
- 1974 – Sherri Saum, American actress[42]
- 1975 – Justin Leppitsch, Australian rules footballer
- 1975 – Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer and coach
- 1976 – Denis Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 – Ümit Karan, Turkish footballer
- 1976 – Richard Oakes, English guitarist and songwriter
- 1976 – Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor
- 1976 – Mark Švets, Estonian footballer
- 1977 – Christel Takigawa, French-Japanese journalist
- 1977 – Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver
- 1978 – Katie Aselton, American actress[42]
- 1978 – Nicole Atkins, American singer-songwriter
- 1978 – Leticia Cline, American model and journalist
- 1978 – Joe Keith, English footballer
- 1978 – Dominic Thornely, Australian cricketer
- 1979 – Curtis Axel, American wrestler
- 1979 – Rudi Johnson, American football player
- 1979 – Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
- 1979 – Ryan Pontbriand, American football player
- 1979 – Marko Stanojevic, English-Italian rugby player
- 1980 – Sarah Drew, American actress[42]
- 1980 – Antonio Narciso, Italian footballer
- 1981 – Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
- 1981 – Tom Donnelly, New Zealand rugby player
- 1981 – Gaby Mudingayi, Belgian footballer
- 1981 – Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1981 – Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer
- 1981 – David Yelldell, German-American soccer player
- 1982 – Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer
- 1982 – Aleksandar Đuričić, Serbian author and playwright
- 1983 – Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (d. 2006)
- 1983 – Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer
- 1984 – Beck Bennett, American actor and comedian[42]
- 1984 – Matt Cain, American baseball player
- 1984 – Daniel Guillén Ruiz, Spanish footballer
- 1985 – Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1986 – Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress and singer (d. 2021)[49]
- 1986 – Jurnee Smollett, American actress[42]
- 1986 – Ricardo Vaz Tê, Portuguese footballer
- 1987 – Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer
- 1987 – Mitchell Aubusson, Australian rugby league player
- 1987 – Matthew Daddario, American actor[34]
- 1987 – Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Indonesian businessman and politician, 14th Vice President of Indonesia[50]
- 1989 – Brie Larson, American actress[51]
- 1990 – Pedro Filipe Mendes, Portuguese footballer
- 1990 – Albert Prosa, Estonian footballer
- 1991 – Conor Clifford, Irish footballer
- 1991 – Robbie Ray, American baseball player[52]
- 1992 – Xander Bogaerts, Aruban baseball player[53]
- 1993 – Chris Green, South African-Australian cricketer[54]
- 1993 – Lizaad Williams, South African cricketer[55]
- 1994 – Trézéguet, Egyptian footballer[56]
- 1997 – Jade Bird, English singer, songwriter, and musician[42]
- 1998 – Daniel Gafford, American basketball player[57]
- 1998 – Haumole Olakau'atu, Australian-Tongan rugby league player[58]
- 2000 – Kalle Rovanperä, Finnish professional rally driver[59]
- 2001 – Luna Blaise, American actress and singer[34]
- 2001 – Mason Greenwood, English footballer[60]
- 2002 – Livvy Dunne, American gymnast and social media personality[61]
- 2006 – Priah Ferguson, American actress[42]
Pre-1600
- 630 – Tajoom Uk'ab K'ahk', Mayan king
- 686 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan (b. 631)
- 804 – Richbod, archbishop of Trier
- 895 – Kong Wei, chancellor of the Tang dynasty
- 918 – Zhou, empress of Former Shu
- 959 – Eadwig, English king (b. 941)
- 961 – Artald, archbishop of Reims
- 1040 – Alan III, Duke of Brittany (b. 997)
- 1126 – Morphia of Melitene, Queen of Jerusalem
- 1310 – Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)
- 1404 – Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356)
- 1416 – Yaqub Spata, Albanian ruler
- 1450 – Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara, Italian noble (b. 1407)
- 1499 – Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (b. 1433)
- 1500 – John Alcock, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1430)
- 1532 – Jan Mabuse, Flemish painter
- 1567 – Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)
- 1570 – Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)
- 1574 – Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter (b. 1498)
- 1578 – John of Austria (b. 1547)
- 1588 – Edward James, English priest and martyr (b. 1557)
1601–1900
- 1602 – Hernando de Cabezón, Spanish organist and composer (b. 1541)
- 1609 – Giammateo Asola, Italian priest and composer (b. 1532)
- 1652 – Jan Asselijn, Dutch painter (b. 1610)
- 1683 – John Hull, colonial American merchant and politician (b. 1624)[62]
- 1684 – Pierre Corneille, French playwright (b. 1606)
- 1690 – Girolamo Corner, Venetian statesman and military commander (b. 1632)[63]
- 1693 – Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian and academic (b. 1619)
- 1708 – John Blow, English organist and composer (b. 1649)
- 1768 – Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1687)
- 1788 – William Brodie, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1741)
- 1837 – Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
- 1838 – Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (b. 1768)
- 1864 – Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (b. 1817)
- 1878 – Mindon Min, Burmese king (b. 1808)
- 1885 – John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)
- 1895 – Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American chemist, physicist, and academic (b. 1836)[64]
1901–present
- 1901 – Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan emir (b. 1844)
- 1913 – Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
- 1929 – Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
- 1940 – Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (b. 1898)
- 1942 – Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)
- 1950 – Faik Ali Ozansoy, Turkish poet, educator, and politician (b. 1876)
- 1951 – Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
- 1953 – John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
- 1955 – Charles Christie, American film producer who founded Christie Film Company (b. 1880)
- 1957 – Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant, politician, and sixth Turkish Minister of National Defence (b. 1881)
- 1958 – Robert Falk, Russian painter and educator (b. 1886)
- 1959 – Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, politician, and first President of Italy (b. 1877)
- 1961 – Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1898)
- 1968 – Romano Guardini, Italian-German Catholic priest, author, and academic (b. 1885)[65]
- 1970 – Raúl Riganti, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1893)
- 1972 – Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist and paleontologist (b. 1903)
- 1974 – Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1901)
- 1975 – Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1935)
- 1984 – Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
- 1985 – Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver (b. 1925)
- 1985 – E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (b. 1899)
- 1986 – Archie League, American air traffic controller (b. 1907)
- 1988 – Sacheverell Sitwell, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1897)[66]
- 1990 – Curtis LeMay, American general (b. 1906)
- 1992 – Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (b. 1947)[67]
- 1994 – Paul Lorenzen, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1915)
- 1997 – Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1923)
- 2002 – Walter Annenberg, American publisher, diplomat, and United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1908)
- 2004 – Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)
- 2004 – Bruce Palmer, Canadian bass player (b. 1946)
- 2004 – Robert Vaidlo, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1921)
- 2006 – Fawaz al-Rabeiee, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1979)
- 2006 – Jerald Tanner, American author and activist (b. 1938)
- 2007 – Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and composer (b. 1928)
- 2007 – Chris Mainwaring, Australian footballer and journalist (b. 1965)
- 2007 – Al Oerter, American discus thrower (b. 1936)
- 2008 – John Biddle, American cinematographer (b. 1925)
- 2009 – Cintio Vitier, Cuban poet and author (b. 1921)
- 2010 – Ian Buxton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1938)
- 2011 – Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey player and golfer (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
- 2012 – Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (b. 1917)
- 2012 – Mark R. Kravitz, American lawyer and judge (b. 1950)
- 2012 – Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli economist and banker (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian Holocaust survivor and author (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Arnold Burns, American lawyer, politician, and 21st United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1930)
- 2013 – Tom Clancy, American author (b. 1947)[68]
- 2013 – Imero Fiorentino, American lighting designer (b. 1928)
- 2013 – Israel Gutman, Polish-Israeli historian and author (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Norwegian physician, academic, and politician (b. 1939)
- 2013 – Jim Rountree, American football player and coach (b. 1936)
- 2014 – Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (b. 1948)[69]
- 2014 – Shlomo Lahat, Israeli general and politician (b. 1927)
- 2014 – José Martínez, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (b. 1942)
- 2014 – Robert Serra, Venezuelan criminologist and politician (b. 1987)
- 2015 – Božo Bakota, Croatian footballer (b. 1950)
- 2015 – Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1915)
- 2015 – Hadi Norouzi, Iranian footballer (b. 1985)[70]
- 2015 – Jacob Pressman, American rabbi and academic, co-founded American Jewish University (b. 1919)[71]
- 2017 – Dave Strader, American sportscaster[72] (b. 1955)
- 2018 – Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer, composer, writer, filmmaker and public figure (b. 1924)[73]
- 2019 – Karel Gott, Сzeсh singer[74] (b. 1939)
- 2022 – Antonio Inoki, Japanese professional wrestler and politician (b. 1943)[75]
- 2023 – Tim Wakefield, American professional baseball player (b. 1966)[76]
- 2024 – Michael Ancram, English lawyer and politician (b. 1945)[77]
- Armed Forces Day (South Korea)
- Beginning of the United States' Fiscal Year
- Children's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, Sri Lanka)
- Christian feast day:
- Day of Prosecutors (Azerbaijan)
- Ground Forces Day (Russia)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Cyprus from United Kingdom in 1960.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Nigeria from United Kingdom in 1960.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Palau from UN trust territory status in 1994.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Tuvalu from United Kingdom in 1978.
- International Day of Coffee
- International Day of Older Persons[78]
- Lincolnshire Day (United Kingdom)[79]
- National Day of the People's Republic of China (People's Republic of China)
- Pancasila Sanctity Day (Indonesia)
- Tampere Day (Finland)[80]
- Teacher's Day (Uzbekistan)
- Unification Day (Cameroon)
- Defender of Ukraine Day (Ukraine)[81]
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