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Day of the year
October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 84 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1912 – The
First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
1918 –
World War I : Corporal
Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
1921 –
KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
1939 –
World War II : Germany
annexes western Poland .
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1941 – World War II: During the preliminaries of the
Battle of Rostov , German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
1943 – World War II: Around 30 civilians are
executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.
1944 – World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the
Battle of Crucifix Hill , just outside Aachen.
1952 – The
Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
1956 – The New York Yankees's
Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a
World Series .
1962 – Der Spiegel
publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the
Bundeswehr , and is soon accused of treason.
1967 – Guerrilla leader
Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
1969 – The opening rally of the
Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.
1970 –
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
1973 –
Yom Kippur War : Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions.
1973 –
Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
1974 –
Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
1978 – Australia's
Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 275.97 knots at Blowering Dam, Australia.
1982 – Poland bans
Solidarity and all other trade unions.
1982 – After its London premiere,
Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
1990 –
First Intifada : Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.
1991 – Upon the expiration of the
Brioni Agreement , Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia.
2001 – A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner
collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.
2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the
Office of Homeland Security .
2005 – The 7.6 Mw
Kashmir earthquake leaves 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.
2014 –
Thomas Eric Duncan , the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with
Ebola , dies.
2016 – In the wake of
Hurricane Matthew , the death toll rises to nearly 900.
2019 – About 200
Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of
Leinster House (parliament) in the
Republic of Ireland .
[4]
2020 –
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War :
Azerbaijan twice deliberately
targeted the
Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of
Shusha .
[5]
[6]
[7]
2023 – The
2023 Israel–Hamas war is declared following the
Hamas
attack the day prior
[8]
[9]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1609 –
John Clarke , English physician (d. 1676)
1676 –
Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro , Spanish monk and scholar (d. 1764)
1713 –
Yechezkel Landau , Polish rabbi and author (d. 1793)
1715 –
Michel Benoist , French scientist and missionary (d. 1774)
1747 –
Jean-François Rewbell , French lawyer and politician (d. 1807)
1753 –
Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden (d. 1829)
1765 –
Harman Blennerhassett , English-Irish lawyer and politician (d. 1831)
1789 –
John Ruggles , American lawyer and politician (d. 1874)
1789 –
William John Swainson , English-New Zealand ornithologist and entomologist (d. 1855)
1807 –
Harriet Taylor Mill , English philosopher and activist (d. 1858)
1818 –
John Henninger Reagan , American judge and politician, 3rd
Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905)
1834 –
Walter Kittredge , American violinist and composer (d. 1905)
1845 –
Salomon Kalischer , German pianist, composer, and physicist (d. 1924)
1847 –
Rose Scott , Australian activist (d. 1925)
1848 –
Pierre De Geyter , Belgian composer (d. 1932)
1850 –
Henry Louis Le Châtelier , French chemist and academic (d. 1936)
1860 –
John D. Batten , British painter, printmaker and illustrator (d. 1932)
1863 –
Edythe Chapman , American actress (d. 1948)
1864 –
Ozias Leduc , Canadian painter and educator (d. 1955)
1870 –
Louis Vierne , French organist and composer (d. 1937)
1872 –
Mary Engle Pennington , American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (d. 1952)
1873 –
Ejnar Hertzsprung , Danish chemist and astronomer (d. 1967)
1873 –
Alexey Shchusev , Russian architect and academic, designed
Lenin's Mausoleum (d. 1949)
1875 –
Laurence Doherty , English tennis player and golfer (d. 1919)
1876 –
Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell , English lieutenant and politician (d. 1966)
1877 –
Hans Heysen , German-Australian painter (d. 1968)
1879 –
Huntley Gordon , Canadian-American actor (d. 1956)
1882 –
Harry McClintock , American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 1957)
1883 –
Dick Burnett , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)
1883 –
Otto Heinrich Warburg , German physiologist and physician,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1884 –
Walther von Reichenau , German field marshal (d. 1942)
1887 –
Ping Bodie , American baseball player (d. 1961)
1887 –
Donie Bush , American baseball player, manager, and team owner (d. 1972)
1888 –
Ernst Kretschmer , German psychiatrist and author (d. 1964)
1889 –
R. Fraser Armstrong , Canadian engineer (d. 1983)
1889 –
Collett E. Woolman , American businessman, co-founded
Delta Air Lines (d. 1966)
1890 –
Snuffy Browne , Barbadian cricketer (d. 1964)
1890 –
Eddie Rickenbacker , American soldier and pilot,
Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1973)
1890 –
Philippe Thys , Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)
1892 –
Marina Tsvetaeva , Russian poet and author (d. 1941)
1893 –
Clarence Williams , American pianist and composer (d. 1965)
1895 –
Zog I of Albania (d. 1961)
1895 –
Juan Perón , Argentinian general and politician, 29th
President of Argentina (d. 1974)
1896 –
Julien Duvivier , French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1967)
1897 –
Rouben Mamoulian , Georgian-American director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
1897 –
Marcel Herrand , French actor (d. 1953)
1901–present
1901 –
Eivind Groven , Norwegian composer and theorist (d. 1977)
1901 –
Mark Oliphant , Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician,
Governor of South Australia (d. 2000)
1903 –
Georgy Geshev , Bulgarian chess player (d. 1937)
1904 –
Yves Giraud-Cabantous , French race car driver (d. 1973)
1907 –
Richard Sharpe Shaver , American author and illustrator (d. 1975)
1908 –
Ezekias Papaioannou , Greek-Cypriot politician (d. 1988)
1910 –
Kirk Alyn , American actor (d. 1999)
1910 –
Paulette Dubost , French actress (d. 2011)
1910 –
Gus Hall , American soldier and politician (d. 2000)
1910 –
Helmut Kallmeyer , German chemist and soldier (d. 2006)
1910 –
Ray Lewis , Canadian runner (d. 2003)
1913 –
Robert R. Gilruth , American pilot and engineer (d. 2000)
1913 –
Marios Makrionitis , Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (d. 1959)
1917 –
Billy Conn , American boxer (d. 1993)
1917 –
Walter Lord , American historian and author (d. 2002)
1917 –
Danny Murtaugh , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1976)
1917 –
Rodney Robert Porter , English biochemist and physiologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
1918 –
Halfdan Hegtun , Norwegian radio host and politician (d. 2012)
1918 –
Jens Christian Skou , Danish chemist and physiologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)
1919 –
Jack McGrath , American race car driver (d. 1955)
1919 –
Kiichi Miyazawa , Japanese politician, 78th
Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2007)
1920 –
Frank Herbert , American journalist, photographer, and author (d. 1986)
1921 –
Abraham Sarmiento , Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2010)
1922 –
Nils Liedholm , Swedish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2007)
1922 –
Herbert B. Leonard , American production manager and producer (d. 2006)
1924 –
Alphons Egli , Swiss lawyer and politician, 77th
President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2016)
1924 –
Aloísio Lorscheider , Brazilian cardinal (d. 2007)
1924 –
Thirunalloor Karunakaran , Indian poet and scholar (d. 2006)
1924 –
John Nelder , English mathematician and statistician (d. 2010)
1925 –
Álvaro Magaña , Salvadoran economist and politician,
President of El Salvador (d. 2001)
1926 –
Raaj Kumar , Indian police officer and actor (d. 1996)
1927 –
Jim Elliot , American missionary and translator (d. 1956)
1927 –
César Milstein , Argentinian-English biochemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
1928 –
Didi , Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2001)
1928 –
M. Russell Ballard , American lieutenant and religious leader (d. 2023)
1928 –
Neil Harvey , Australian cricketer
1928 –
Bill Maynard , English actor (d. 2018)
1929 –
Betty Boothroyd , English politician,
British Speaker of the House of Commons (d. 2023)
1930 –
Pepper Adams , American saxophonist and composer (d. 1986)
1930 –
Alasdair Milne , Indian-English director and producer (d. 2013)
1930 –
Faith Ringgold , American painter and activist (d. 2024)
1930 –
Toru Takemitsu , Japanese composer and theorist (d. 1996)
1931 –
Bill Brown , Scottish footballer (d. 2004)
1932 –
Ray Reardon , Welsh snooker player and police officer
1934 –
Kader Asmal , South African academic and politician (d. 2011)
1934 –
Gerry Hitchens , English footballer and manager (d. 1983)
1934 –
James Holshouser , American lawyer and politician, 68th
Governor of North Carolina (d. 2013)
1935 –
Albert Roux , French-English chef (d. 2021)
1936 –
Rona Barrett , American journalist and businesswoman
[10]
1937 –
Merle Park , British ballerina and educator
1937 –
Paul Schell , American lawyer and politician, 50th
Mayor of Seattle (d. 2014)
1938 –
William Corlett , English author and playwright (d. 2005)
1938 –
Walter Gretzky , Canadian ice hockey coach and author (d. 2021)
1938 –
Bronislovas Lubys , Lithuanian businessman and politician,
Prime Minister of Lithuania (d. 2011)
1938 –
Fred Stolle , Australian-American tennis player and sportscaster
[10]
1939 –
Paul Hogan , Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
[11]
1939 –
Elvīra Ozoliņa , Latvian javelin thrower
1939 –
Harvey Pekar , American author and critic (d. 2010)
1939 –
Lynne Stewart , American lawyer and criminal (d. 2017)
[12]
1940 –
Fred Cash , American singer
[11]
1941 –
George Bellamy , English singer, guitarist, and producer
1941 –
Jesse Jackson , American minister and activist
[10]
1941 –
Shane Stevens , American author (d. 2007)
1942 –
Stanley Bates , English actor and screenwriter
1943 –
Chevy Chase , American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
[11]
1943 –
R. L. Stine , American author, screenwriter, and producer
[10]
1944 –
Ed Kirkpatrick , American baseball player (d. 2010)
1944 –
Susan Raye , American singer
[11]
1946 –
Hanan Ashrawi , Palestinian scholar, activist, and politician
1946 –
Jean-Jacques Beineix , French director and producer (d. 2022)
1946 –
Dennis Kucinich , American journalist and politician, 53rd
Mayor of Cleveland
1946 –
Bel Mooney , English journalist and author
1946 –
Jon Ekerold , South African motorcycle racer
1947 –
Richard Morris , English archaeologist, historian, and author
1947 –
Emiel Puttemans , Belgian runner
1947 –
Stephen Shore , American photographer and educator
1947 –
Bill Zorn , folk musician
[13]
1947 –
Hansa Yogendra , Indian yoga guru
[14]
1948 –
Benjamin Cheever , American journalist and author
1948 –
Claude Jade , French actress (d. 2006)
1948 –
Johnny Ramone , American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2004)
[10]
1949 –
Michael Gaughan (Irish republican) , Irish Republican died on hunger strike (d. 1974)
[15]
1949 –
Hamish Stuart , Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1949 –
Sigourney Weaver , American actress and producer
[11]
1950 –
Robert "Kool" Bell , American singer-songwriter and bass player
[11]
1950 –
Blake Morrison , English poet, author, and academic
1951 –
Jack O'Connell , American educator and politician
1951 –
Timo Salonen , Finnish race car driver
1951 –
Shannon C. Stimson , American philosopher, historian, and theorist
1951 –
Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer , British aristocrat and landowner (d. 2023)
[16]
1952 –
Takis Koroneos , Greek basketball player and coach
1952 –
Jan Marijnissen , Dutch journalist and politician
1952 –
Edward Zwick , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1953 –
Robert Saxton , English composer and educator
1954 –
Michael Dudikoff , American actor
[11]
1954 –
Huub Rothengatter , Dutch race car driver and manager
1955 –
Bill Elliott , American race car driver
1955 –
Alain Ferté , French race car driver
1955 –
Darrell Hammond , American comedian and actor
[11]
1955 –
Paul Lennon , Australian politician, 42nd
Premier of Tasmania
1955 –
Lonnie Pitchford , American singer and guitarist (d. 1998)
1956 –
Jeff Lahti , American baseball player
1956 –
Janice E. Voss , American engineer and astronaut (d. 2012)
1956 –
Stephanie Zimbalist , American actress
[11]
1957 –
Antonio Cabrini , Italian footballer and manager
1958 –
Steve Coll , American journalist and author
[10]
1958 –
Bret Lott , American journalist, author, and academic
1958 –
Ruffin McNeill , American football player and coach
1958 –
Ursula von der Leyen , Belgian-German physician and politician,
Defense Minister of Germany , President of the European Commission
1959 –
Tommy Armour III , American golfer
1959 –
Nick Bakay , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1959 –
Gavin Friday , Irish singer-songwriter, actor, and producer
1959 –
Erik Gundersen , Danish motorcycle racer
1959 –
Peter Horrocks , English journalist and producer
1959 –
Mike Morgan , American baseball player and coach
1959 –
Carlos I. Noriega , Peruvian-American colonel and astronaut
1960 –
Andrea Anastasi , Italian volleyball player and coach
1960 –
Reed Hastings , American businessman, co-founded
Netflix
[10]
1960 –
Rano Karno , Indonesian actor and politician
1960 –
Ralf Minge , German footballer and manager
1960 –
François Pérusse , Canadian singer-songwriter and comedian
1960 –
Mike Teague , English rugby player
1961 –
Steven Bernstein , American trumpet player and composer
1961 –
Jon Stevens , New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
1961 –
Simon Burke , Australian actor and producer
1961 –
Ted Kooshian , American pianist and composer
1961 –
Kim Wayans , American actress and comedian
[11]
1962 –
Richard Lintern , British actor
1962 –
Bruno Thiry , Belgian race car driver
1962 –
Chen Xiaoxia , Chinese diver
1963 –
Steve Perry , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[11]
1964 –
Jakob Arjouni , German author (d. 2013)
1964 –
Ian Hart , English actor
[11]
1964 –
CeCe Winans , American singer-songwriter
[11]
1965 –
Matt Biondi , American swimmer and coach
[10]
1965 –
Ardal O'Hanlon , Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1965 –
Harri Koskela , Finnish wrestler
1965 –
C. J. Ramone , American singer-songwriter and bass player
[11]
1966 –
Art Barr , American wrestler (d. 1994)
1966 –
Karyn Parsons , American actress and producer
[11]
1967 –
Yvonne Reyes , Venezuelan television host and actress
1967 –
Teddy Riley , American singer-songwriter and producer
[11]
1968 –
Ali Benarbia , Algerian footballer
1968 –
Zvonimir Boban , Croatian footballer and sportscaster
1968 –
Emily Procter , American actress
[11]
1968 –
CL Smooth , American rapper and producer
1968 –
Leeroy Thornhill , English keyboard player and DJ
1969 –
Jeremy Davies , American actor
1969 –
Dylan Neal , Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
[11]
1970 –
Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui , Congolese colonel
1970 –
Matt Damon , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
[11]
1970 –
Anne-Marie Duff , English actress
[10]
1970 –
Sadiq Khan , English lawyer and politician,
Minister of State for Transport ,
Mayor of London
[10]
1970 –
Sisaundra Lewis , American singer-songwriter and producer
1970 –
Tetsuya Nomura , Japanese video game designer and director
1971 –
Marc Ellis , New Zealand rugby player and television host
1971 –
David Gauke , English lawyer and politician
1971 –
Pınar Selek , Turkish sociologist, author, and academic
1971 –
Monty Williams , American basketball player and coach
1972 –
Terry Balsamo , American guitarist and songwriter
1972 –
Stanislav Varga , Slovak footballer and manager
1973 –
Jim Fairchild , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 –
Kari Korhonen , Finnish cartoonist
1974 –
Kevyn Adams , American ice hockey player and coach
1974 –
Martin Henderson , New Zealand actor
[11]
1974 –
Fredrik Modin , Swedish ice hockey player
1974 –
Koji Murofushi , Japanese hammer thrower
1976 –
Karina Bacchi , Brazilian model and actress
1976 –
Galo Blanco , Spanish tennis player and coach
1976 –
Renate Groenewold , Dutch speed skater and cyclist
1977 –
Anne-Caroline Chausson , French cyclist
1977 –
Jamie Marchi , American voice actress, director, and screenwriter
1977 –
Erna Siikavirta , Finnish singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1978 –
Antonino D'Agostino , Italian footballer
1978 –
Mick O'Driscoll , Irish rugby player and coach
1979 –
Paul Burchill , English wrestler
1979 –
Kristanna Loken , American actress
[11]
1979 –
Gregori Chad Petree , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 –
Nick Cannon , American actor, rapper, and producer
[11]
1980 –
Branislav Mezei , Slovak ice hockey player
[17]
1980 –
The Miz , American wrestler, actor, and television personality
[18]
1980 –
J. R. Ramirez , Cuban-American actor
[11]
1981 –
Vladimir Kisenkov , Russian footballer
1981 –
Raffi Torres , Canadian ice hockey player
1982 –
Phil Mustard , English cricketer
1982 –
Miloš Pavlović , Serbian race car driver
1982 –
Annemiek van Vleuten , Dutch cyclist
1983 –
Mario Cassano , Italian footballer
1983 –
Michael Fraser , Scottish footballer
1983 –
Mihkel Kukk , Estonian javelin thrower
1983 –
Abhishek Nayar , Indian cricketer
1983 –
Travis Pastrana , American motorcycle racer
1984 –
Domenik Hixon , American football player
1985 –
Elliphant , Swedish singer-songwriter and rapper
1985 –
Bruno Mars , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
[11]
1985 –
Eiji Wentz , Japanese singer-songwriter
1986 –
Louis Dodds , English footballer
1986 –
Michele Sepe , Italian rugby player
1987 –
Frankie Brown , Scottish footballer
[19]
1987 –
Aya Hirano , Japanese voice actress and singer
1987 –
Hassan Maatouk , Lebanese footballer
1987 –
Taylor Price , American football player
1989 –
Sione Lousi , New Zealand rugby league player
1989 –
Mahmut Temür , Turkish footballer
1989 –
Armand Traoré , French footballer
1990 –
Rachel Klamer , Zimbabwean-Dutch triathlete
1991 –
Jordan McLean , Australian rugby league player
1992 –
Chelsea Gray , American basketball player
[20]
1992 –
Maria João Koehler , Portuguese tennis player
1992 –
Lidziya Marozava , Belarusian tennis player
1992 –
Terran Petteway , American basketball player
[21]
1993 –
Angus T. Jones , American actor
[11]
1993 –
Garbiñe Muguruza , Spanish tennis player
1993 –
Barbara Palvin , Hungarian model and actress
1993 –
Molly Quinn , American actress and producer
[11]
1993 –
Darrell Wallace Jr. , American race car driver
1995 –
Grayson Allen , American basketball player
[22]
1996 –
Devontae Cacok , American basketball player
[23]
1996 –
Timo Meier , Swiss ice hockey player
[24]
1996 –
Sara Sorribes Tormo , Spanish tennis player
[25]
[26]
1996 –
Sara Takanashi , Japanese ski jumper
[27]
1997 –
Fernanda Contreras Gómez , Mexican tennis player
[28]
1997 –
Bella Thorne , American actress
[11]
1999 –
Putthipong Assaratanakul , Thai actor and singer
[29]
1999 –
Camila Rossi , Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
[30]
2002 –
Qinwen Zheng , Chinese tennis player
[31]
Deaths
Pre-1600
705 –
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan , Muslim caliph (b. 646)
923 –
Pilgrim I , archbishop of
Salzburg
951 –
Xiao Sagezhi , Chinese Khitan empress
976 –
Helen of Zadar ,
queen consort of the
Kingdom of Croatia
1281 – Princess
Constance of Greater Poland (b. c.1245)
1286 –
John I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)
1317 –
Emperor Fushimi of Japan (b. 1265)
1354 –
Cola di Rienzo , Roman tribune (b. c.1313)
1361 –
John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp
1436 –
Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (b. 1401)
1469 –
Filippo Lippi , artist (b. 1406)
1559 –
Marina de Guevara , Spanish nun executed by the Spanish inquisition (b. 1517),
[32]
1594 –
Ishikawa Goemon , ninja and thief of Japan (b. 1558)
1601–1900
1621 –
Antoine de Montchrestien , French soldier, playwright, and economist (b. 1575)
1647 –
Christen Sørensen Longomontanus , Danish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1562)
1652 –
John Greaves , English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1602)
1656 –
John George I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1585)
1659 –
Jean de Quen , French missionary, priest, and historian (b. 1603)
1735 –
Yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678)
1754 –
Henry Fielding , English novelist and playwright (b. 1707)
1772 –
Jean-Joseph de Mondonville , French violinist and composer (b. 1711)
1793 –
John Hancock , American merchant and politician, 1st
Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1737)
1795 –
Andrew Kippis , English minister and author (b. 1725)
[33]
1802 –
Emmanuele Vitale , Maltese general and politician (b. 1758)
1804 –
Thomas Cochran , Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1777)
1809 –
James Elphinston , Scottish orthographer, phonologist, and linguist (b. 1721)
1821 –
Juan O'Donojú , last Spanish ruler of Mexico (b. 1762)
[34]
1834 –
François-Adrien Boieldieu , French composer (b. 1775)
1869 –
Franklin Pierce , American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th
President of the United States (b. 1804)
1879 –
Miguel Grau Seminario , Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
[35]
1886 –
Austin F. Pike , American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
1897 –
Alexei Savrasov , Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
1901–present
1928 –
Larry Semon , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
1931 –
John Monash , Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
1936 –
Premchand , Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
1936 –
Red Ames , American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
1936 –
Ahmet Tevfik Pasha , Ottoman politician, 292nd
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
1936 –
William Henry Stark , American businessman (b. 1851)
1942 –
Sergey Chaplygin , Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
1944 –
Wendell Willkie , American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
1945 –
Felix Salten , Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
1952 –
Joe Adams , American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
1953 –
Nigel Bruce , British actor (b. 1895)
1953 –
Kathleen Ferrier , English soprano (b. 1912)
1955 –
Iry LeJeune , American accordion player (b. 1928)
1958 –
Ran Bosilek , Bulgarian author and translator (b. 1886)
1963 –
Remedios Varo , Spanish-Mexican painter (b. 1908)
1967 –
Clement Attlee , English soldier, lawyer, and politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
1970 –
Jean Giono , French author and poet (b. 1895)
1973 –
Gabriel Marcel , French philosopher, playwright, and critic (b. 1889)
1977 –
Giorgos Papasideris , Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1902)
1978 –
Bertha Parker Pallan , American archaeologist (b. 1907)
1979 –
Brian Edmund Baker , English air marshal (b. 1896)
1979 –
Jayaprakash Narayan , Indian politician (b. 1902)
1982 –
Fernando Lamas , Argentinian-American actor and director (b. 1916)
1982 –
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker , English runner and politician,
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations ,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
1983 –
Joan Hackett , American actress (b. 1934)
1985 –
Malcolm Ross , American captain, physicist, and balloonist (b. 1919)
1985 –
Gordon Welchman , English-American mathematician and scholar (b. 1906)
1987 –
Konstantinos Tsatsos , Greek scholar and politician, 2nd
President of Greece (b. 1899)
1992 –
Willy Brandt , German lawyer and politician, 4th
Chancellor of Germany ,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
1992 –
Robert Berdella , American serial killer, torturer, and rapist (b. 1949)
[36]
1994 –
Oscar M. Ruebhausen , American lawyer (b. 1912)
1995 –
Christopher Keene , American conductor and educator (b. 1946)
1997 –
Bertrand Goldberg , American architect, designed the
Marina City Building (b. 1913)
1999 –
John McLendon , American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)
2000 –
Charlotte Lamb , English author (b. 1937)
2001 –
Dmitry Polyansky ,
First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1917)
2002 –
Phyllis Calvert , English actress (b. 1915)
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2002 –
Jacques Richard , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
2004 –
James Chace , American historian and author (b. 1931)
2006 –
Mark Porter , New Zealand race car driver (b. 1974)
2007 –
Constantine Andreou , Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1917)
2008 –
Ângelo Carvalho , Portuguese footballer (b. 1925)
2008 –
Bob Friend , English journalist (b. 1938)
2008 –
Eileen Herlie , Scottish-American actress (b. 1918)
2008 –
George Emil Palade , Romanian-American biologist and physician,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
2010 –
Frank Bourgholtzer , American journalist (b. 1919)
2010 –
Eileen Crofton , British physician and author (b. 1919)
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2011 –
Al Davis , American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)
2011 –
Mikey Welsh , American guitarist and painter (b. 1971)
2011 –
Roger Williams , American pianist (b. 1924)
2012 –
Varsha Bhosle , Indian singer and journalist (b. 1956)
2012 –
Marilou Diaz-Abaya , Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955)
2012 –
Eric Lomax , Scottish captain and author (b. 1919)
2012 –
Nawal Kishore Sharma , Indian politician, 20th
Governor of Gujarat (b. 1925)
2013 –
Philip Chevron , Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957)
2013 –
Paul Desmarais , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
2013 –
Rod Grams , American journalist and politician (b. 1948)
2013 –
Rodolphe Kasser , Swiss archaeologist and philologist (b. 1927)
2013 –
Andy Pafko , American baseball player and manager (b. 1921)
2013 –
Akong Rinpoche , Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader (b. 1939)
2014 –
Morris Lurie , Australian author and playwright (b. 1938)
2014 –
Alden E. Matthews , American missionary (b. 1921)
2014 –
Harden M. McConnell , American chemist and academic (b. 1927)
2014 –
Zilpha Keatley Snyder , American author (b. 1927)
2014 –
Jeen van den Berg , Dutch speed skater (b. 1928)
2015 –
Richard Davies , Welsh-English actor (b. 1926)
2015 –
Jim Diamond , Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
2015 –
Dennis Eichhorn , American author and illustrator (b. 1945)
2015 –
Lindy Infante , American football player and coach (b. 1940)
2015 –
Paul Prudhomme , American chef and author (b. 1940)
2020 –
Whitey Ford , American professional baseball pitcher (b. 1928)
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Holidays and observances
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