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October 17
is the 290th day of the year (291st in
leap years
) in the
Gregorian calendar
. There are 75 days remaining until the end of the year.
- 1091
–
London tornado of 1091
: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London.
- 1346
– The English capture King David II of Scotland at
Neville's Cross
and imprison him for eleven years.
- 1448
– An Ottoman army defeats a Hungarian army at the
Second Battle of Kosovo
.
- 1456
– The
University of Greifswald
is established as the second oldest university in northern Europe.
- 1534
–
Anti-Catholic posters
appear in Paris and other cities supporting Huldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass.
- 1558
–
Poczta Polska
, the Polish postal service, is founded.
- 1604
–
Kepler's Supernova
is observed in the constellation of Ophiuchus.
- 1610
– French king
Louis XIII
is crowned in Reims Cathedral.
- 1660
– The
Nine regicides
who signed the death warrant of
Charles I of England
are hanged, drawn and quartered.
- 1662
– Charles II of England
sells Dunkirk
to France for 40,000 pounds.
- 1771
– Premiere in Milan of the opera
Ascanio in Alba
, composed by Mozart at age 15.
- 1777
– American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army
at Saratoga, New York
.
- 1781
– American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the
Siege of Yorktown
.
- 1800
– War of the Second Coalition: Britain
takes control
of the Dutch colony of Curacao.
- 1806
– Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor
Jacques I
, is assassinated after an oppressive rule.
- 1814
– Eight people die in the
London Beer Flood
.
- 1817
– The
tomb of Pharaoh Seti I
is discovered.
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- 1827
– Bellini's third opera,
Il pirata
, is premiered at Milan.
- 1860
– First
The Open Championship
(referred to in North America as the
British Open
).
- 1861
– Aborigines kill Nineteen Europeans in the
Cullin-la-ringo massacre
.
- 1888
–
Thomas Edison
files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
- 1907
–
Marconi
begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
- 1912
– Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the
First Balkan War
.
- 1919
–
RCA
is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.
- 1931
–
Al Capone
is convicted of income tax evasion.
- 1933
–
Albert Einstein
flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
- 1940
– The body of Communist propagandist
Willi Munzenberg
found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.
- 1941
– World War II: The
USS Kearny
becomes the first US Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat.
- 1943
– The
Burma Railway
(Burma?Thailand Railway) is completed.
- 1943 – Holocaust in Poland:
Sobibor extermination camp
is closed.
- 1945
– A
massive demonstration
in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Peron's release.
- 1956
– The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in
Sellafield
, England.
- 1956 – Bobby Fischer defeats Donald Byrne in the chess
Game of the Century
.
- 1961
– Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police
massacre
scores of Algerian protesters.
- 1965
– The
1964?65 New York World's Fair
closes after two years and more than 51 million attendees.
- 1966
– The
23rd Street Fire
in New York City kills 12 firefighters.
- 1970
– FLQ
terrorists murder
Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte.
- 1973
– OPEC imposes an
oil embargo
against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
- 1977
– The hijacked
Lufthansa Flight 181
lands in Mogadishu. The remaining hostages are later rescued.
- 1979
–
Mother Teresa
is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1979 – The
Department of Education Organization Act
creates the US Department of Education.
- 1980
– As part of the
Holy See?United Kingdom relations
a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican
- 1989
– The 6.9
Loma Prieta earthquake
shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast, killing Sixty-three.
- 1989 – The East German Politburo votes to remove
Erich Honecker
from his role as General Secretary.
- 1992
– Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student
Yoshihiro Hattori is killed
by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- 1994
– Russian journalist
Dmitry Kholodov
is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
- 2000
– The
Hatfield rail crash
leads to the collapse of Railtrack.
- 503
–
Ly Nam đ?
, first emperor of
Vietnam
(d. 548)
- 1253
–
Ivo of Kermartin
, French priest and saint (d. 1303)
- 1493
–
Bartolommeo Bandinelli
, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)
- 1500
–
Alonso de Orozco Mena
, Spanish Roman Catholic priest (d. 1591)
- 1577
–
Cristofano Allori
, Italian painter (d. 1621)
- 1577 –
Dmitry Pozharsky
, Russian prince (d. 1642)
- 1582
–
Johann Gerhard
, German theologian and academic (d. 1637)
- 1587
–
Nathan Field
, English dramatist and actor (d. 1620)
- 1623
–
Francis Turretin
, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1687)
- 1629
–
Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias
(d. 1646)
- 1688
–
Domenico Zipoli
, Italian missionary and composer (d. 1726)
- 1711
–
Jupiter Hammon
, American poet (d. 1806)
- 1719
–
Jacques Cazotte
, French author and academic (d. 1792)
- 1720
–
Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini
, Italian
harpsichord
player and composer (d. 1795)
- 1725
–
John Wilkes
, English journalist and politician (d. 1797)
- 1729
–
Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny
, French composer and academic (d. 1817)
- 1735
–
Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger
, German
Baroque
artist (d. 1803)
- 1759
–
Andrey Voronikhin
, Russian architect and painter (d. 1814)
- 1760
–
Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon
, French economist and philosopher (d. 1825)
- 1760 –
Henri de Saint-Simon
, French political and economic theorist (d. 1825)
- 1768
–
Sophie von Donhoff
,
morganatic
spouse by bigamy to King Frederick William II of Prussia (d. 1838)
- 1779
–
Louis Charles
, French
prince of the blood
(d. 1808)
- 1779 –
Jose Andres Pacheco de Melo
, Argetine statesman and priest (d. approx. 1820)
- 1780
–
Richard Mentor Johnson
, ninth Vice President of the United States (d. 1850)
- 1781
–
Johann Friedrich Meckel
, German anatomist (d. 1833)
- 1784
–
Fructuoso Rivera
, first president of
Uruguay
(d. 1854)
- 1785
–
Christen Smith
, Norwegian scientist (d. 1816)
- 1792
–
John Bowring
, English
polyglot
and
governor of Hong Kong
(d. 1826)
- 1797
–
Juan Lavalle
, Argentine politician (d. 1841)
- 1803
–
Ferenc Deak
, Hungarian politician (d. 1876)
- 1810
–
Adolphe-Felix Cals
, French painter (d. 1880)
- 1811
–
Albertus van Raalte
, Dutch-American pastor and educator (d. 1876)
- 1813
–
Georg Buchner
, German-Swiss poet and playwright (d. 1837)
- 1814
–
Yakiv Holovatsky
, Ukrainian historian, scholar, and poet (d. 1888)
- 1817
–
Syed Ahmad Khan
, Indian philosopher and scholar (d. 1898)
- 1821
–
Alexander Gardner
, Scottish photographer (d. 1882)
- 1828
–
Aureliano Maestre de San Juan
, Spanish scientist (d. 1890)
- 1833
–
Jose E. Dias
, Paraguayan general (d. 1867)
- 1835
–
Louis-Leon Cugnot
, French sculptor (d. 1894)
- 1835 –
Paul Haenlein
, German mechanical engineer (d.1905)
- 1840
–
Andre Gill
, French
caricaturist
(d. 1885)
- 1844
–
Gustave Schlumberger
, French historian (d. 1929)
- 1845
–
John J. Gardner
, American politician (d. 1921)
- 1853
–
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
(d. 1920)
- 1859
–
Childe Hassam
, American painter and illustrator (d. 1935)
- 1860
–
Henry Campbell Black
, founder of
Black's Law Dictionary
(d. 1927)
- 1864
–
Elinor Glyn
, English author, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1943)
- 1865
–
James Rudolph Garfield
, American lawyer and politician, 23rd
United States Secretary of the Interior
(d. 1950)
- 1867
–
Josep Puig i Cadafalch
,
Catalan
architect who designed the
Casa Marti
(d. 1956)
- 1871
–
Segundo de Chomon
, Spanish
cinematographer
, director, and screenwriter (d.1929)
- 1876
–
Hippolyte Aucouturier
, French
cyclist
(d. 1944)
- 1878
–
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart
, Spanish politician and 17th
Duke of Alba
(d. 1953)
- 1880
–
Jesus Reyes Ferreira
, Mexican artist and art collector (d. 1977)
- 1881
–
Maria Dul?ba
, Polish actress (d. 1959)
- 1883
–
Alexander Neill
, Scottish educator (d. 1973)
- 1883 –
Thaddeus Shideler
, American
hurdler
(d. 1966)
- 1886
–
Spring Byington
, American actress (d. 1971)
- 1889
–
Mikha'il Na'ima
,
Lebanese
author (d. 1988)
- 1890
–
Roy Kilner
, English cricketer (d. 1928)
- 1892
–
Theodor Eicke
, German SS general (d. 1943)
- 1892 –
Herbert Howells
, English organist, composer, and educator (d. 1983)
- 1893
–
Raffaele Bendandi
, Italian clockmaker and seismologist (d. 1979)
- 1894
–
Prince Rene
, Italian Prince of
Denmark
(d. 1962)
- 1894 –
Pablo de Rokha
, Chilean poet (d. 1968)
- 1895
–
Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes
,
President of Guatemala
(1958 - 1963) (d. 1982)
- 1895 –
Doris Humphrey
, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1858)
- 1896
–
Roman Petrovich
, Russian prince (d. 1978)
- 1898
–
Shinichi Suzuki
, Japanese violinist and educator (d. 1998)
- 1898 –
Eileen Sedgwick
, American actress (d. 1991)
- 1898 –
Simon Vestdijk
, Dutch author and poet (d. 1971)
- 1900
–
C. C. van Asch van Wijck
, Dutch artist and sculptor (d. 1932)
- 1900 –
Jean Arthur
, American actress (d. 1991)
- 1900 –
Yvor Winters
, American critic and poet (d. 1968)
- 1901
–
Emma Gamboa Alvarado
, Costa Rican educator (d. 1973)
- 1902
–
Irene Ryan
, American actress (d. 1973)
- 1903
–
Nathanael West
, American author and screenwriter (d. 1940)
- 1903 –
Andrei Grechko
, Soviet general (d. 1976)
- 1905
–
Leopoldo Benites
, Ecuadorian diplomat 28th president of the
United Nations General Assembly
(d. 1996)
- 1906
–
Paul Derringer
, American baseball player (d. 1987)
- 1907
–
John Marley
, American actor (d. 1984)
- 1908
–
Hjordis Petterson
, Swedish actress (d. 1988)
- 1908 –
Wally Prigg
, Australian rugby league player (d. 1980)
- 1908 –
Red Rolfe
, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1969)
- 1908 –
Kenji Miyamoto
, Japanese politician (d. 2007)
- 1909
–
Cozy Cole
, American drummer (d. 1981)
- 1909 –
Leopoldo Panero
, Spanish poet (d. 1962)
- 1909 –
Joaquin Satrustegui
, Spanish lawyer and politician (d. 1992)
- 1910
–
Ester Wier
, American author (d. 2000)
- 1910 –
Marina Nunez del Prado
, Bolivian sculptor (d. 1995)
- 1912
–
Pope John Paul I
, Catholic pope from August 1978- September 1978 (d. 1978)
- 1912 –
Theodore Marier
, American composer and educator, founded the
Boston Archdiocesan Choir School
(d. 2001)
- 1912 –
Jack Owens
, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1982)
- 1913
–
Faik Turun
, Turkish general (d. 2003)
- 1913 –
Robert Lowery
, American actor (d. 1971)
- 1913 –
Marian Marsh
, Trinidadian-American actress and environmentalist (d. 2006)
- 1914
–
Jerry Siegel
, American author and illustrator (d. 1996)
- 1915
–
Arthur Miller
, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2005)
- 1916
–
Jose Lopez Rega
, Argentinean politician (d. 1989)
- 1917
–
Adele Stimmel Chase
, American painter and sculptor (d. 2000)
- 1917 –
Martin Donnelly
, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)
- 1917 –
Sumner Locke Elliott
, Australian-American author and playwright (d. 1991)
- 1917 –
Marsha Hunt
, American actress and singer
- 1917 –
Norman Leyden
, American composer and conductor (d. 2014)
- 1917 –
Alfred Benlloch Llorach
, Spanish inventor (d. 2013)
- 1918
–
Rita Hayworth
, American actress, singer and dancer (d. 1987)
- 1918 –
Ralph Wilson
, American businessman, founded the
Buffalo Bills
(d. 2014)
- 1918 –
Luis Alberto Solari
, Uruguayan artist (d. 1993)
- 1919
–
Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov
, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (d. 2021)
- 1919 –
Violet Milstead
, Canadian
World War II
aviator and
bush pilot
(d. 2014)
- 1919 –
Zhao Ziyang
, Chinese politician (d. 2005)
- 1920
–
Montgomery Clift
, American actor (d. 1966)
- 1920 –
Miguel Delibes
, Spanish journalist and author (d. 2010)
- 1920 –
Zully Moreno
, Argentian actress (d. 1999)
- 1921
–
George Mackay Brown
, Scottish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1996)
- 1921 –
Priscilla Buckley
, American journalist and author (d. 2012)
- 1921 –
Maria Gorokhovskaya
, Russian-Israeli gymnast (d. 2001)
- 1921 –
Tom Poston
, American actor and comedian (d. 2007)
- 1922
–
Luiz Bonfa
, Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 2001)
- 1922 –
Pierre Juneau
, Canadian broadcaster and politician, co-founded the
Montreal World Film Festival
(d. 2012)
- 1923
–
Barney Kessel
, American guitarist and composer (d. 2004)
- 1923 –
Charles McClendon
, American football player and coach (d. 2001)
- 1924
–
Don Coryell
, American football player and coach (d. 2010)
- 1924 –
Anton Geiser
, Croatian
SS
officer (d. 2012)
- 1924 –
Giacomo Mari
, Italian football midfielder (d. 1991)
- 1924 –
Rolando Panerai
, Italian baritone (d. 2019)
- 1925
–
Harry Carpenter
, English sportscaster (d. 2010)
- 1926
–
Julie Adams
, American actress (d. 2019)
- 1926 –
Beverly Garland
, American actress (d. 2008)
- 1926 –
Josine Ianco-Starrels
, Romanian-American art curator (d. 2019)
- 1926 –
Roberto Lippi
, Italian race car driver (d. 2011)
- 1928
–
Santiago Stevenson
, Panamanian singer and minister (d. 2007)
- 1928 –
Alejandro Vegh Villegas
, Uruguayan politician (d. 2017)
- 1929
–
Mario Wilson
, Mozambican footballer and manager (d. 2016)
- 1930
–
Ismail Akbay
, Turkish physicist and engineer (d. 2003)
- 1930 –
Robert Atkins
, American physician and cardiologist, created the
Atkins diet
(d. 2003)
- 1930 –
Jimmy Breslin
, American journalist and author (d. 2017)
- 1931
–
Ernst Hinterberger
, Austrian author and playwright (d. 2012)
- 1931 –
Jose Alencar
, Brazilian businessman and politician (d. 2011)
- 1931 –
Anatoly Pristavkin
, Russian writer (d. 2008)
- 1932 –
Paul Anderson
, American weightlifter (d. 1994)
- 1933
–
William Anders
, Hong Kong-American general and astronaut
- 1933 –
The Singing Nun
, Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and nun (d. 1985)
- 1934
–
Alan Garner
, English author and playwright
- 1934 –
Johnny Haynes
, English-Scottish footballer (d. 2005)
- 1934 –
Rico Rodriguez
, American trombonist (d. 2015)
- 1935
–
Sydney Chapman
, English architect and politician,
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
(d. 2014)
- 1935 –
Michael Eavis
, English farmer, founded the
Glastonbury Festival
- 1935 –
Carlos Pairetti
, Argetine racing driver
- 1936
–
Sathima Bea Benjamin
, South African singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
- 1936 –
Hiroo Kanamori
, Japanese-American seismologist and academic
- 1936 –
Santiago Navarro
, Spanish basketball player (d. 1993)
- 1937
–
Paxton Whitehead
, English actor
- 1937 –
Jose Maria Alvarez del Manzano
, Spanish politician
- 1937 –
Aida Navarro
, Venezuelan mezzo-soprano
- 1937 –
Renato Prada Oropeza
, Bolivian-Mexican scientist (d. 2011)
- 1938
–
Evel Knievel
, American motorcycle rider and stuntman (d. 2007)
- 1938 –
Les Murray
, Australian anthologist, poet, and critic
- 1938 –
Antonio Calvario
, Portuguese singer and artist
- 1939
–
Oliver Rackham
, English botanist and academic (d. 2015)
- 1940
–
Stephen Kovacevich
, American pianist and conductor
- 1940 –
Jim Smith
, English footballer and manager
- 1940 –
Peter Stringfellow
, English businessman (d. 2018)
- 1941
–
Earl Thomas Conley
, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1941 –
Jim Seals
, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and violinist
- 1941 –
Paul Ellison
, American musician
- 1942
–
Steve Jones
, American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2017)
- 1942 –
Gary Puckett
, American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1943
–
Ignacio Ruperez
, Spanish diplomat and journalist (d. 2015)
- 1944 –
Angel Cristo
, Spanish
circus
performer (d. 2012)
- 1946
–
Ronni Chasen
, American publicist (d. 2010)
- 1946 –
Michael Hossack
, American drummer (d. 2012)
- 1946 –
Cameron Mackintosh
, English producer and manager
- 1946 –
Adam Michnik
, Polish journalist and historian
- 1946 –
Drusilla Modjeska
, English-Australian author and critic
- 1946 –
Bob Seagren
, American pole vaulter
- 1946 –
Manuel Ibanez
, Mexican actor and comedian
- 1946 –
Julio Miranda
, Argentine politician
- 1946 –
Daniela Paysse
, Uruguayan politician (d. 2018)
- 1946 –
Jose Perramon
, Spanish handball player
- 1946 –
Jaime Ravinet
, Chilean politician
- 1946 –
Rudiger Wittig
, German
geobotanist
and ecologist
- 1946 –
Akira Kushida
, Japanese vocalist
- 1947
–
Gene Green
, American lawyer and politician
- 1947 –
Michael McKean
, American singer-songwriter, actor, and director
- 1947 –
Robert Post
, American educator and academic
- 1947 –
Omar Azziman
, adviser to the
King of Morocco
- 1948
–
Robert Jordan
, American soldier and author (d. 2007)
- 1948 –
Margot Kidder
, Canadian-American actress (d. 2018)
- 1948 –
George Wendt
, American actor and comedian
- 1948 –
Osvaldo Castro
, Chilean footballer
- 1949
–
Owen Arthur
, Barbadian economist and politician, 5th
Prime Minister of Barbados
- 1949 –
Bill Hudson
, American musician and actor
- 1950
–
Philippe Barbarin
, French cardinal
- 1950 –
Howard Rollins
, American actor (d. 1996)
- 1950 –
Sandra Reemer
, Dutch singer (d. 2017)
- 1951
–
Annie Borckink
, Dutch speed skater
- 1951 –
Roger Pontare
, Swedish singer
- 1951 –
Shari Ulrich
, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and violinist
- 1951 –
Dirk Beheydt
, Belgian football player.
- 1953
–
Joseph Bowie
, American trombonist and bandleader
- 1953 –
Domenico Penzo
, Italian footballer
- 1954
–
Carlos Buhler
, American mountaineer
- 1955
–
Georgios Alogoskoufis
, Greek economist, academic, and politician,
Greek Minister of Finance
- 1955 –
Mike Bratz
, American basketball player
- 1956
–
Fran Cosmo
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1956 –
Mae Jemison
, American physician, academic, and astronaut
- 1956 –
Pat McCrory
, American businessman and politician, 74th
Governor of North Carolina
- 1956 –
Stephen Palumbi
, American academic and author
- 1957
–
Lawrence Bender
, American actor and producer
- 1957 –
Steve McMichael
, American football player, wrestler, and sportscaster
- 1957 –
Vincent Van Patten
, American tennis player and actor
- 1957 –
Antonio Galdo
, Italian journalist
- 1957 –
Nelson Barrera
, Mexican baseball player (d. 2002)
- 1957 –
Pino Palladino
, Welsh bassist
- 1957 –
Eleftheria Arvanitaki
, Greek folk singer
- 1958
–
Howard Alden
, American guitarist
- 1958 –
Alan Jackson
, American singer-songwriter
- 1958 –
Craig Murray
, British diplomat
- 1958 –
Sandra Mozarowsky
, Spanish actress (d. 1977)
- 1959
–
Ron Drummond
, American author and scholar
- 1959 –
Francisco Flores Perez
, Salvadorian politician,
President of El Salvador
(d. 2016)
- 1959 –
Russell Gilbert
, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1959 –
Norm Macdonald
, Canadian actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
- 1959 –
Mark Peel
, Australian historian and academic
- 1959 –
Richard Roeper
, American journalist and critic
- 1959 –
Mustafa Aberchan
, Spanish politician
- 1959 –
Eugenio Hernandez Flores
, Mexican politician
- 1960
–
Guy Henry
, English actor
- 1960 –
Rob Marshall
, American director, producer, and choreographer
- 1960 –
Bernie Nolan
, Irish singer (d. 2013)
- 1960 –
Philippe Sands
, American lawyer and academic
- 1961
–
David Means
, American short story writer
- 1962
–
Glenn Braggs
, American baseball player
- 1962 –
Mike Judge
, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and actor
- 1962 –
Jay Humphries
, American basketball player
- 1963
–
Sergio Goycochea
, Argentinian footballer and journalist
- 1963 –
Toby Young
, English journalist and academic
- 1964
–
Gregg Wallace
, English television presenter
- 1964 –
Margarita Liborio Arrazola
, Mexican politician
- 1965
–
Aravinda de Silva
, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1965 –
Rhys Muldoon
, Australian actor
- 1966
–
Shaun Edwards
, English rugby player and coach
- 1966 –
Danny Ferry
, American basketball player and manager
- 1966 –
Mark Gatiss
, English actor, screenwriter and novelist
- 1966 –
Tommy Kendall
, American race car driver and sportscaster
- 1967
–
Simon Segars
, English businessman
- 1967 –
Nathalie Tauziat
, French tennis player
- 1967 –
Rene Dif
, Danish musician
- 1967 –
Pedro Gonzalez Vera
, Chilean footballer
- 1968
–
Graeme Le Saux
, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1968 –
Ziggy Marley
, Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor
- 1968 –
David Robertson
, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1968 –
Alejandra Avalos
, Mexican artist
- 1969
–
Ernie Els
, South African golfer and sportscaster
- 1969 –
Wyclef Jean
, Haitian-American rapper, producer, and actor
- 1969 –
Rick Mercer
, Canadian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1969 –
Wood Harris
, American actor
- 1970
–
Anil Kumble
, Indian cricketer
- 1970 –
John Mabry
, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1970 –
J. C. MacKenzie
, Canadian actor
- 1971
–
Blues Saraceno
, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- 1971 –
Chris Kirkpatrick
, American singer-songwriter and dancer
- 1971 –
Kim Ljung
, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1971 –
Martin Heinrich
, American politician
- 1971 –
Derrick Plourde
, American drummer (d. 2005)
- 1972
–
Eminem
, American rapper, producer, and actor
- 1972 –
Tarkan
, German-Turkish singer
- 1972 –
Akio "Musashi" Mori
, Japanese karateka and kickboxer
- 1973
–
Andrea Tarozzi
, Italian footballer and coach
- 1973 –
Ruben Garces
, Panamanian basketball player
- 1974
–
Ariel Levy
, American journalist and author
- 1974 –
Matthew Macfadyen
, English actor
- 1974 –
Obdulio Avila Mayo
, Mexican politician
- 1974 –
Barbara Paz
, Brazilian actress
- 1974 –
Janne Puurtinen
, Finnish keyboard player
- 1974 –
John Rocker
, American baseball player
- 1974 –
Dario Sala
, Argentine footballer
- 1974 –
Gabriel Silberstein
, Chilean tennis player
- 1974 –
Dhondup Wangchen
, Chinese director and producer
- 1975
–
Francis Bouillon
, American-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 –
Jerico Abramo Masso
, Mexican politician
- 1975 –
Vina Morales
, Filipino actress and singer
- 1976
–
Sebastian Abreu
, Uruguayan footballer
- 1976 –
Seth Etherton
, American baseball player
- 1976 –
Carlos Loret de Mola
, Mexican journalist
- 1976 –
Kevin Maher
, English-Irish footballer and coach
- 1977
–
Dudu Aouate
, Israeli footballer
- 1977 –
Alimi Ballard
, American actor and producer
- 1977 –
Bryan Bertino
, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1977 –
Walter Calderon
, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1977 –
Marko Antonio Cortes Mendoza
, Mexican politician
- 1977 –
Ryan McGinley
, American photographer
- 1977 –
Andre Villas-Boas
, Portuguese footballer and manager
- 1978
–
Pablo Iglesias Turrion
, Spanish politician
- 1978 –
Jerry Flannery
, Irish rugby player and coach
- 1978 –
Erin Karpluk
, Canadian actress
- 1978 –
Chuka Umunna
, English lawyer and politician
- 1979
–
Marcela Bovio
, Mexican singer-songwriter and violinist
- 1979 –
Alexandros Nikolaidis
, Greek martial artist
- 1979 –
Kimi Raikkonen
, Finnish race car driver
- 1979 –
Kostas Tsartsaris
, Greek basketball player
- 1980
–
Yekaterina Gamova
, Russian volleyball player
- 1980 –
Mohammad Hafeez
, Pakistani cricketer
- 1980 –
Isaac Mina
, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1980 –
Angel Parker
, American actress
- 1980 –
Alessandro Piccolo
, Italian race car driver
- 1980 –
Justin Shenkarow
, American actor
- 1981
–
Horacio Cervantes
, Mexican footballer
- 1981 –
Kurumi Enomoto
, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1981 –
Tsubasa Imai
, Japanese singer, actor, and dancer
- 1981 –
Ben Rothwell
, American mixed-martial artist
- 1982
–
Ruben Ramirez
, Argentine football striker
- 1982 –
Nick Riewoldt
, Australian footballer
- 1982 –
Marion Rolland
, alpine ski racer
- 1983
–
Michelle Ang
, New Zealander actress
- 1983 –
Milica Brozovic
, Serbian-Russian figure skater
- 1983 –
Felicity Jones
, English actress
- 1983 –
Toshihiro Matsushita
, Japanese footballer
- 1983 –
Riki Miura
, Japanese actor
- 1983 –
Junichi Miyashita
, Japanese swimmer
- 1983 –
Ivan Saenko
, Russian footballer
- 1983 –
Mitch Talbot
, American baseball player
- 1983 –
Vitali Tele?
, Estonian footballer
- 1984
–
Chris Lowell
, American actor
- 1984 –
Giovanni Marchese
, Italian footballer
- 1984 –
Randall Munroe
, American author and illustrator
- 1984 –
Luke Rockhold
, American mixed martial artist
- 1984 –
Anja Eline Skybakmoen
, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bandleader
- 1984 –
Gottfrid Svartholm
, Swedish computer specialist
- 1984 –
Jared Tallent
, Australian race walker
- 1985
–
Carlos Gonzalez
, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1985 –
Max Irons
, English-Irish actor
- 1985 –
Collins John
, Dutch footballer
- 1985 –
Tomokazu Nagira
, Japanese footballer
- 1986
–
Alexandre Bonnet
, French football midfielder
- 1986 –
Antoni Bou
, Spanish motorcyclist
- 1986 –
Aija Brumermane
, Latvian basketball player
- 1986 –
Constant Djakpa
, Ivorian footballer
- 1986 –
Yannick Ponsero
, French figure skater
- 1986 –
Nicolas Richotti
, Argentine basketball player
- 1987
–
Bea Alonzo
, Filipino actress and singer
- 1987 –
Jarosław Fojut
, Polish footballer
- 1987 –
Elliot Grandin
, French football winger
- 1987 –
Hideto Takahashi
, Japanese footballer
- 1988
–
Sergiy Gladyr
, Ukrainian basketball player
- 1988 –
Dami Im
, South Korean-born Australian singer
- 1988 –
Tori Matsuzaka
, Japanese actor and model
- 1988 –
Marina Salas
, Spanish actress
- 1989
–
Debora Garcia
, Spanish football midfielder
- 1989 –
Oleksandr Isakov
, Ukrainian swimmer
- 1989 –
Sophie Luck
, Australian actress
- 1989 –
David Timor
, Spanish footballer
- 1990
–
Paolo Campinoti
, Italian footballer
- 1990 –
Maica Garcia Godoy
, Spanish water polo player
- 1990 –
Ronald Gonzalez Tabilo
, Chilean footballer
- 1990 –
Saki Kumagai
, Japanese footballer
- 1990 –
Patrick Lambie
, South African rugby player
- 1991
–
Brenda Asnicar
, Argentine actress
- 1992
–
Sam Concepcion
, Filipino musician and dancer
- 1992 –
Keerthy Suresh
, Indian actress
- 1993
–
Kenneth Omeruo
, Nigerian footballer
- 2001
–
Thomas Strudwick
, British motorcycle road racer
- AD 33
–
Agrippina the Elder
, Roman wife of
Germanicus
(b. 14 BC)
- 532
–
Pope Boniface II
- 866
–
Al-Musta'in
, Abbasid caliph (b. 836)
- 1271
–
Steinvor Sighvatsdottir
, Icelandic aristocrat and poet
- 1277
–
Beatrice of Falkenburg
, German queen consort (b. c. 1254)
- 1346
–
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
- 1346
–
Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn
- 1456
–
Nicolas Grenon
, French composer (b. 1375)
- 1485
–
John Scott of Scott's Hall
, Warden of the Cinque Ports
- 1552
–
Andreas Osiander
, German Protestant theologian (b. 1498)
- 1575
–
Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta
, Spanish cardinal (b. 1511)
- 1586
–
Philip Sidney
, English courtier, poet, and general (b. 1554)
- 1587
–
Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
(b. 1541)
- 1616
–
John Pitts
, English priest and scholar (b. 1560)
- 1660
–
Adrian Scrope
, English colonel and politician (b. 1601)
- 1673
–
Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
, English politician,
Lord High Treasurer of England
(b. 1630)
- 1690
–
Margaret Mary Alacoque
, French mystic (b. 1647)
- 1757
–
Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur
, French entomologist and academic (b. 1683)
- 1776
–
Pierre Francois le Courayer
, French-English theologian and author (b. 1681)
- 1780
–
William Cookworthy
, English pharmacist and minister (b. 1705)
- 1781
–
Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke
, English admiral (b. 1705)
[2]
- 1786
–
Johann Ludwig Aberli
, Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1723)
- 1806
–
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
, Haitian commander and politician,
Governor-General of Haiti
(b. 1758)
- 1836
–
Orest Kiprensky
, Russian painter (b. 1782)
- 1837
–
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1778)
- 1849
–
Frederic Chopin
, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
- 1868
–
Laura Secord
, Canadian
war
heroine (b. 1775)
- 1887
–
Gustav Kirchhoff
, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
- 1889
–
Nikolay Chernyshevsky
, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
- 1893
–
Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta
, French general and politician, 3rd
President of France
(b. 1808)
- 1910
–
Julia Ward Howe
, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
- 1918
–
Malak Hifni Nasif
, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
- 1928
–
Frank Dicksee
, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
- 1931
–
Alfons Maria Jakob
, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
- 1937
–
J. Bruce Ismay
, English businessman (b. 1862)
- 1938
–
Karl Kautsky
, Czech-German journalist, philosopher and theoretician (b. 1854)
- 1948
–
Royal Cortissoz
, American art critic (b. 1869)
- 1955
–
Dimitrios Maximos
, Greek banker and politician (b. 1873)
- 1956
–
Anne Crawford
, Israeli-English actress (b. 1920)
- 1958
–
Paul Outerbridge
, American photographer (b. 1896)
- 1958 –
Charlie Townsend
, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1876)
- 1962
–
Natalia Goncharova
, Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (b. 1882)
- 1963
–
Jacques Hadamard
, French mathematician and academic (b. 1865)
- 1965
–
Bart King
, American cricketer (b. 1873)
- 1966
–
Sidney Hatch
, American runner and soldier (b. 1883)
- 1966 –
Wieland Wagner
, German director and manager (b. 1917)
- 1967
–
Puyi
, Chinese emperor (b. 1906)
- 1970
–
Pierre Laporte
, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1921)
- 1970 –
Vola Vale
, American actress (b. 1897)
- 1970 –
Quincy Wright
, American political scientist and academic (b. 1890)
- 1972
–
Turk Broda
, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914)
- 1972 –
George, Crown Prince of Serbia
(b. 1887)
- 1973
–
Ingeborg Bachmann
, Austrian author and poet (b. 1926)
- 1978
–
George Clark
, American race car driver (b. 1890)
- 1978 –
Giovanni Gronchi
, Italian educator, soldier, and politician, 3rd
President of the Italian Republic
(b. 1887)
- 1979
–
S. J. Perelman
, American humorist and screenwriter (b. 1904)
- 1979 –
John Stuart
, Scottish-English actor (b. 1898)
- 1979 –
Eugenio Mendoza
, Venezuelan business tycoon (b. 1909)
- 1981
–
Kannadasan
Indian author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1927)
- 1981 –
Albert Cohen
, Greek-Swiss civil servant and author (b. 1895)
- 1981 –
Lina Tsaldari
, Greek politician (b. 1887)
- 1983
–
Raymond Aron
, French sociologist, political scientist, and philosopher (b. 1905)
- 1987
–
Abdul Malek Ukil
, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
- 1991
–
Tennessee Ernie Ford
, American singer and actor (b. 1919)
- 1992
–
Herman Johannes
, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (b. 1912)
- 1992 –
Orestis Laskos
, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
- 1993
–
Criss Oliva
, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1963)
- 1996
–
Chris Acland
, English musician & drummer of Lush (b. 1966)
- 1997
–
Larry Jennings
, American magician and author (b. 1933)
- 1998
–
Joan Hickson
, English actress (b. 1906)
- 1998 –
Hakim Said
, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th
Governor of Sindh
(b. 1920)
- 1999
–
Nicholas Metropolis
, Greek-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1915)
- 2000
–
Leo Nomellini
, Italian-American football player and wrestler (b. 1924)
- 2000 –
Joachim Nielsen
, Norwegian singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1964)
- 2001
–
Jay Livingston
, American singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
- 2001 –
Micheline Ostermeyer
, French shot putter, discus thrower, and pianist (b. 1922)
- 2001 –
Rehavam Ze'evi
, Israeli historian, general, and politician,
Tourism Minister of Israel
(b. 1926)
- 2002
–
Derek Bell
, Irish harpist and composer (b. 1935)
- 2004
–
Uzi Hitman
, Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
- 2006
–
Daniel Emilfork
, Chilean-French actor (b. 1924)
- 2006 –
Christopher Glenn
, American journalist (b. 1938)
- 2007
–
Joey Bishop
, American actor and talk show host (b. 1918)
- 2007 –
Teresa Brewer
, American singer (b. 1931)
- 2007 –
Suzy Covey
, American scholar and academic (b. 1939)
- 2008
–
Urmas Ott
, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1955)
- 2008 –
Levi Stubbs
, American singer (b. 1936)
- 2008 –
Ben Weider
, Canadian businessman, co-founded the
International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness
(b. 1923)
- 2009
–
Norma Fox Mazer
, American author and educator (b. 1931)
- 2009 –
Vic Mizzy
, American composer (b. 1916)
- 2011
–
Carl Lindner, Jr.
, American businessman (b. 1919)
- 2012
–
Milija Aleksic
, English-South African footballer (b. 1951)
- 2012 –
Emile Allais
, French skier (b. 1912)
- 2012 –
Henry Friedlander
, German-American historian and author (b. 1930)
- 2012 –
Sylvia Kristel
, Dutch actress (b. 1952)
- 2012 –
Stanford R. Ovshinsky
, American scientist and businessman, co-founded
Energy Conversion Devices
(b. 1922)
- 2012 –
K?ji Wakamatsu
, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
- 2013
–
Mother Antonia
, American-Mexican nun and activist (b. 1926)
- 2013 –
Terry Fogerty
, English rugby player and coach (b. 1944)
- 2013 –
Arthur Maxwell House
, Canadian neurologist and politician, 10th
Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
(b. 1926)
- 2013 –
Lou Scheimer
, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the
Filmation Company
(b. 1928)
- 2013 –
Rene Simpson
, Canadian-American tennis player (b. 1966)
- 2014
–
Edwards Barham
, American farmer and politician (b. 1937)
- 2014 –
Gero Bisanz
, German football coach (b. 1935)
- 2014 –
Masaru Emoto
, Japanese author and activist (b. 1943)
- 2014 –
Tom Shaw
, American bishop (b. 1945)
- 2014 –
Berndt von Staden
, German diplomat,
German Ambassador to the United States
(b. 1919)
- 2015
–
Daniele Delorme
, French actress and producer (b. 1926)
- 2015 –
Howard Kendall
, English footballer and manager (b. 1946)
- 2015 –
Anne-Marie Lizin
, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
- 2015 –
Tom Smith
, American businessman and politician (b. 1947)
- 2017
–
Danielle Darrieux
, French actress (b. 1917)
- 2017 –
Gord Downie
, Canadian musician (b. 1964)
- 2018
–
Leone Frollo
, Italian comic book artist (b. 1931)
- 2018 –
Cornelius Edward Gallagher
, American politician (b. 1921)
- 2018 –
Ara Guler
, Turkish photojournalist (b. 1928)
- 2018 –
Jacques Monory
, French painter and filmmaker (b. 1924)
- 2018 –
Derrick Sherwin
, English television producer and actor (b. 1936)