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Day of the year
October 17 is the 290th day of the year (291st in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 75 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
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 –
Leeds United F.C. founded at Salem Chapel, Holbeck after the winding up of
Leeds City F.C. for making illegal payments to players during
World War I
[5]
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 Münzenberg is found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.
1941 –
World War II : The
USS Kearny becomes the first U.S. Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat.
1943 – The
Burma Railway (Burma–Thailand Railway) is completed.
1943 – Nazi Holocaust in Poland:
Sobibór extermination camp is closed.
1945 – A
large demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release.
1952 – Indonesian Army elements
surrounded the Merdeka Palace demanding President Sukarno disband the
Provisional People's Representative Council .
[6]
1956 – The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in
Sellafield , England.
1961 – Directed by their chief
Maurice Papon , Paris police
massacre scores of
Algerian protesters.
1961 – The first attempt of the
apartheid analogy by
Ahmad Shukeiri .
[7]
[8]
[9]
[10]
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.
1969 – The
Caravaggio painting
Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence is stolen from the
Oratory of Saint Lawrence in
Palermo .
[11]
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 U.S. Department of Education.
1980 – As part of the
Holy See–United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican.
1988 –
Uganda Airlines Flight 775 crashes at
Rome–Fiumicino International Airport , in
Rome ,
Italy , killing 33 people.
[12]
1989 – The 6.9
Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast, killing 63.
1989 – The East German Politburo votes to remove
Erich Honecker from his role as General Secretary.
1991 –
Rudrapur bombings by Sikh separatists, who explode two bombs, during a
Ramlila
Hindu celebration in
Rudrapur, Uttarakhand , killing 41 people.
[13]
[14]
[15]
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.
2001 – Israeli tourism minister
Rehavam Ze'evi is
assassinated by
Hamdi Quran , a member of the
PFLP , thus becoming the highest-ranking Israeli to be killed by a Palestinian.
2003 –
Taipei 101 , a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, becomes the world's tallest high-rise.
2004 – A
fire that lasted over 15 hours destroyed almost one third of the East Tower of the
Parque Central Urban Complex in
Caracas ,
Venezuela .
[16]
2017 –
Syrian civil war : The
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last foothold of the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in
Raqqa , marking the end of the
Battle of Raqqa .
[17]
[18]
2018 – The recreational use of cannabis
is legalized in Canada.
2018 –
A mass shooting and bombing at
Kerch Polytechnic College in Crimea kills 21 people including the attacker and injures 70 others.
[19]
2019 – Drug dealers in
Culiacan , Sinaloa, Mexico
force the government to back down on an arrest .
[20]
2019 – The
17 October Revolution starts in
Lebanon .
[21]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
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)
[23]
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)
1768 –
Sophie von Dönhoff ,
morganatic spouse by bigamy to King Frederick William II of Prussia (d. 1838)
1779 –
Louis Charles , French
prince of the blood (d. 1808)
1779 –
José Andrés Pacheco de Melo , Argentine statesman and priest (d. approx. 1820)
1780 –
Richard Mentor Johnson , American politician, 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 Deák , Hungarian politician (d. 1876)
1810 –
Adolphe-Félix Cals , French painter (d. 1880)
1811 –
Albertus van Raalte , Dutch-American pastor and educator (d. 1876)
1813 –
Georg Büchner , 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 –
José E. Días , Paraguayan general (d. 1867)
1835 –
Louis-Léon Cugnot , French sculptor (d. 1894)
1835 –
Paul Haenlein , German mechanical engineer (d. 1905)
1840 –
André 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 Martí (d. 1956)
1871 –
Segundo de Chomón , Spanish
cinematographer , director, and screenwriter (d. 1929)
1876 –
Hippolyte Aucouturier , French
road cyclist (d. 1944)
1878 –
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart , Spanish politician and 17th
Duke of Alba (d. 1953)
1880 –
Jesús Reyes Ferreira , Mexican artist and art collector (d. 1977)
1881 –
Maria Dulęba , Polish actress (d. 1959)
1882 –
Haritina Korotkevich , Russian war heroine (d. 1904)
[24]
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 René , Italian Prince of
Denmark (d. 1962)
1894 –
Pablo de Rokha , Chilean poet (d. 1968)
1895 –
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes ,
President of Guatemala (1958–1963) (d. 1982)
1895 –
Doris Humphrey , American dancer and choreographer (d. 1958)
1896 –
Roman Petrovich , Russian prince (d. 1978)
1898 –
Shinichi Suzuki , Japanese violinist and educator (d. 1998)
[25]
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–present
1901 –
Emma Gamboa Alvarado , Costa Rican educator (d. 1973)
[26]
1902 –
Irene Ryan , American actress (d. 1973)
1903 –
Andrei Grechko , Soviet general (d. 1976)
1903 –
Nathanael West , American author and screenwriter (d. 1940)
[27]
1905 –
Leopoldo Benites , Ecuadorian diplomat 28th president of the
United Nations General Assembly (d. 1996)
1906 –
Paul Derringer , American baseball player (d. 1987)
1906 –
Andrey Tikhonov , Russian mathematician (d. 1993)
1907 –
John Marley , American actor (d. 1984)
1908 –
Kenji Miyamoto , Japanese politician (d. 2007)
1908 –
Hjördis 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)
1909 –
Cozy Cole , American drummer (d. 1981)
1909 –
Leopoldo Panero , Spanish poet (d. 1962)
1909 –
Joaquín Satrústegui , Spanish lawyer and politician (d. 1992)
1910 –
Marina Núñez del Prado , Bolivian sculptor (d. 1995)
[28]
1910 –
Ester Wier , American author (d. 2000)
1912 –
Pope John Paul I (d. 1978)
[29]
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 –
Robert Lowery , American actor (d. 1971)
1913 –
Marian Marsh , Trinidadian-American actress and environmentalist (d. 2006)
1913 –
Faik Türün , Turkish general (d. 2003)
1914 –
Jerry Siegel , American author and illustrator (d. 1996)
1915 –
Arthur Miller , American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2005)
[29]
1916 –
José López Rega , Argentinean politician (d. 1989)
1917 –
Alfred Benlloch Llorach , Spanish inventor (d. 2013)
1917 –
Martin Donnelly , New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)
1917 –
Marsha Hunt , American actress and singer (d. 2022)
1917 –
Aimo Koivunen , Finnish soldier and corporal (d. 1989)
[30]
1917 –
Norman Leyden , American composer and conductor (d. 2014)
1917 –
Sumner Locke Elliott , Australian-American author and playwright (d. 1991)
1917 –
Adele Stimmel Chase , American painter and sculptor (d. 2000)
1918 –
Rita Hayworth , American actress, singer and dancer (d. 1987)
[29]
1918 –
Luis Alberto Solari , Uruguayan artist (d. 1993)
1918 –
Ralph Wilson , American businessman, founded the
Buffalo Bills (d. 2014)
1919 –
Isaak Khalatnikov , Ukrainian-Russian theoretical 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 , Argentine actress (d. 1999)
1921 –
Priscilla Buckley , American journalist and author (d. 2012)
1921 –
Maria Gorokhovskaya , Russian-Israeli gymnast (d. 2001)
[31]
1921 –
George Mackay Brown , Scottish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1996)
1921 –
Tom Poston , American actor and comedian (d. 2007)
1922 –
Luiz Bonfá , 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)
[29]
1924 –
Anton Geiser , Croatian
SS officer (d. 2012)
1924 –
Giacomo Mari , Italian footballer (d. 1991)
1924 –
Rolando Panerai , Italian baritone (d. 2019)
1925 –
Harry Carpenter , English sportscaster (d. 2010)
1926 –
Julie Adams , American actress (d. 2019)
[32]
1926 –
Beverly Garland , American actress (d. 2008)
1926 –
Roberto Lippi , Italian race car driver (d. 2011)
1928 –
Santiago Stevenson , Panamanian singer and minister (d. 2007)
1928 –
Alejandro Végh Villegas , Uruguayan politician (d. 2017)
1929 –
Mário 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)
[29]
1931 –
José Alencar , Brazilian businessman and politician (d. 2011)
1932 –
Paul Anderson , American weightlifter (d. 1994)
1931 –
Ernst Hinterberger , Austrian author and playwright (d. 2012)
1931 –
Anatoly Pristavkin , Russian writer (d. 2008)
1933 –
William Anders , Hong Kong-American general and astronaut
[29]
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 , Jamaican 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 (d. 2022)
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)
1936 –
Bert Nievera , Filipino-American singer (d. 2018)
1937 –
José María Álvarez del Manzano , Spanish politician
1937 –
Aida Navarro , Venezuelan mezzo-soprano
1937 –
Renato Prada Oropeza , Bolivian-Mexican scientist (d. 2011)
1937 –
Paxton Whitehead , English actor (d. 2023)
1938 –
António Calvário , Portuguese singer and artist
1938 –
Evel Knievel , American motorcycle rider and stuntman (d. 2007)
[29]
1938 –
Les Murray , Australian anthologist, poet, and critic (d. 2019)
1939 –
Oliver Rackham , English botanist and academic (d. 2015)
1940 –
Stephen Kovacevich , American pianist and conductor
1940 –
Jim Smith , English footballer and manager (d. 2019)
1940 –
Peter Stringfellow , English businessman (d. 2018)
1941 –
Earl Thomas Conley , American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2019)
1941 –
Paul Ellison , American musician
1941 –
Jim Seals , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and violinist (d. 2022)
[29]
1942 –
Steve Jones , American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2017)
1942 –
Gary Puckett , American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist
[33]
1943 –
Ignacio Rupérez , Spanish diplomat and journalist (d. 2015)
1944 –
Ángel Cristo , Spanish
circus performer (d. 2010)
1946 –
Ronni Chasen , American publicist (d. 2010)
1946 –
Michael Hossack , American drummer (d. 2012)
1946 –
Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez , Mexican actor and comedian
1946 –
Akira Kushida , Japanese vocalist
1946 –
Cameron Mackintosh , English producer and manager
1946 –
Adam Michnik , Polish journalist and historian
1946 –
Julio Miranda , Argentine politician (d. 2021)
1946 –
Drusilla Modjeska , English-Australian author and critic
1946 –
Daniela Payssé , Uruguayan politician (d. 2018)
1946 –
José Perramón , Spanish handball player
1946 –
Jaime Ravinet , Chilean politician
1946 –
Bob Seagren , American pole vaulter
[29]
1946 –
Rüdiger Wittig , German
geobotanist and ecologist
1947 –
Omar Azziman , adviser to the
King of Morocco
1947 –
Gene Green , American lawyer and politician
1947 –
Michael McKean , American singer-songwriter, actor, and director
[33]
1947 –
Robert Post , American educator and academic
1948 –
Osvaldo Castro , Chilean footballer
1948 –
Robert Jordan , American soldier and author (d. 2007)
1948 –
Margot Kidder , Canadian-American actress (d. 2018)
[29]
1948 –
George Wendt , American actor and comedian
[33]
1949 –
Owen Arthur , Barbadian economist and politician, 5th
Prime Minister of Barbados (d. 2020)
1949 –
Bill Hudson , American musician and actor
[33]
1950 –
Philippe Barbarin , French cardinal
1950 –
Sandra Reemer , Indo-Dutch singer (d. 2017)
1950 –
Howard Rollins , American actor (d. 1996)
1951 –
Dirk Beheydt , Belgian footballer
1951 –
Annie Borckink , Dutch speed skater
1951 –
Roger Pontare , Swedish singer
1951 –
Shari Ulrich , American-Canadian singer-songwriter and violinist
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
[29]
1956 –
Pat McCrory , American businessman and politician, 74th
Governor of North Carolina
1956 –
Ken Morrow , American ice hockey player and executive
[34]
1956 –
Stephen Palumbi , American academic and author
1957 –
Eleftheria Arvanitaki , Greek folk singer
1957 –
Nelson Barrera , Mexican baseball player (d. 2002)
1957 –
Lawrence Bender , American actor and producer
1957 –
Antonio Galdo , Italian journalist
1957 –
Steve McMichael , American football player, wrestler, and sportscaster
1957 –
Pino Palladino , Welsh bassist
1957 –
Vincent Van Patten , American tennis player and actor
1958 –
Howard Alden , American guitarist
1958 –
Alan Jackson , American singer-songwriter
[33]
1958 –
Sandra Mozarowsky , Spanish actress (d. 1977)
1958 –
Craig Murray , British diplomat
1959 –
Mustafa Aberchán , Spanish politician
1959 –
Ron Drummond , American author and scholar
1959 –
Francisco Flores Pérez , Salvadorian politician,
President of El Salvador (d. 2016)
1959 –
Russell Gilbert , Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1959 –
Eugenio Hernández Flores , Mexican politician
1959 –
Norm Macdonald , Canadian actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2021)
[29]
1959 –
Mark Peel , Australian historian and academic
1959 –
Richard Roeper , American journalist and critic
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 –
Jay Humphries , American basketball player
1962 –
Mike Judge , American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and actor
[33]
1963 –
Sergio Goycochea , Argentinian footballer and journalist
1963 –
Toby Young , English journalist and academic
1964 –
Margarita Liborio Arrazola , Mexican politician
1964 –
Gregg Wallace , English television presenter
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
[33]
1966 –
Tommy Kendall , American race car driver and sportscaster
1967 –
René Dif , Danish musician
[33]
1967 –
Pedro González Vera , Chilean footballer
1967 –
Simon Segars , English businessman
1967 –
Nathalie Tauziat , French tennis player
1968 –
Alejandra Ávalos , Mexican artist
1968 –
Graeme Le Saux , English footballer and sportscaster
1968 –
Ziggy Marley , Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor
[33]
1968 –
David Robertson , Scottish footballer and manager
1969 –
Ernie Els , South African golfer and sportscaster
[29]
1969 –
Jesús Ángel García , Spanish racewalker
[35]
1969 –
Wood Harris , American actor
[33]
1969 –
Wyclef Jean , Haitian-American rapper, producer, and actor
[33]
1969 –
Rick Mercer , Canadian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1970 –
Anil Kumble , Indian cricketer
1970 –
John Mabry , American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1970 –
J. C. MacKenzie , Canadian actor
1971 –
Chris Kirkpatrick , American singer-songwriter and dancer
[33]
1971 –
Kim Ljung , Norwegian singer-songwriter and bass player
1971 –
Martin Heinrich , American politician
1971 –
Derrick Plourde , American drummer (d. 2005)
1971 –
Blues Saraceno , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1972 –
Eminem , American rapper, producer, and actor
[33]
1972 –
Sharon Leal , American actress
[33]
1972 –
Musashi , Japanese karateka and kickboxer
1972 –
Tarkan , German-Turkish singer
1973 –
Rubén Garcés , Panamanian basketball player
1973 –
Andrea Tarozzi , Italian footballer and coach
1974 –
Ariel Levy , American journalist and author
1974 –
Matthew Macfadyen , English actor
1974 –
Obdulio Ávila Mayo , Mexican politician
1974 –
Bárbara Paz , Brazilian actress
1974 –
Janne Puurtinen , Finnish keyboard player
1974 –
John Rocker , American baseball player
1974 –
Darío Sala , Argentine footballer
1974 –
Gabriel Silberstein , Chilean tennis player
1974 –
Dhondup Wangchen , Chinese director and producer
1975 –
Jericó Abramo Masso , Mexican politician
1975 –
Francis Bouillon , American-Canadian ice hockey player
1975 –
Vina Morales , Filipino actress and singer
1976 –
Sebastián 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
[36]
1977 –
Alimi Ballard , American actor and producer
1977 –
Bryan Bertino , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1977 –
Walter Calderón , Ecuadorian footballer
1977 –
Marko Antonio Cortés Mendoza , Mexican politician
1977 –
Ryan McGinley , American photographer
1977 –
André Villas-Boas , Portuguese footballer and manager
1978 –
Jerry Flannery , Irish rugby player and coach
1978 –
Pablo Iglesias Turrión , Spanish politician
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 (d. 2022)
1979 –
Kimi Räikkönen , 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 –
Holly Holm , American mixed martial artist
[29]
1981 –
Tsubasa Imai , Japanese singer, actor, and dancer
1981 –
Ben Rothwell , American mixed-martial artist
1982 –
Rubén Ramírez , Argentine footballer
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
[33]
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 Teleš , Estonian footballer
1984 –
Sami Lepistö , Finnish ice hockey player
[37]
1984 –
Chris Lowell , American actor
[33]
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 González , Venezuelan baseball player
1985 –
Max Irons , English-Irish actor
[29]
1985 –
Collins John , Dutch footballer
1985 –
Tomokazu Nagira , Japanese footballer
1986 –
Alexandre Bonnet , French footballer
1986 –
Antoni Bou , Spanish motorcyclist
1986 –
Aija Brumermane , Latvian basketball player
1986 –
Constant Djakpa , Ivorian footballer
1986 –
Yannick Ponsero , French figure skater
1986 –
Nicolás Richotti , Argentine basketball player
1987 –
Bea Alonzo , Filipino actress and singer
1987 –
Jarosław Fojut , Polish footballer
1987 –
Elliot Grandin , French footballer
1987 –
Hideto Takahashi , Japanese footballer
1988 –
Sergiy Gladyr , Ukrainian basketball player
1988 –
Tori Matsuzaka , Japanese actor and model
1988 –
Marina Salas , Spanish actress
1989 –
Débora García , Spanish footballer
1989 –
Oleksandr Isakov , Ukrainian swimmer
1989 –
Sophie Luck , Australian actress
1989 –
Charles Oliveira , Brazilian mixed martial artist
[38]
1989 –
David Timor , Spanish footballer
1990 –
Paolo Campinoti , Italian footballer
1990 –
Maica García Godoy , Spanish water polo player
1990 –
Ronald González Tabilo , Chilean footballer
1990 –
Saki Kumagai , Japanese footballer
1990 –
Patrick Lambie , South African rugby player
1991 –
Brenda Asnicar , Argentine actress
1992 –
Jacob Artist , American actor, singer, and dancer
[29]
1992 –
Sam Concepcion , Filipino musician and dancer
1992 –
Anthony Gill , American basketball player
[39]
1992 –
Keerthy Suresh , Indian actress
1993 –
Kenneth Omeruo , Nigerian footballer
1993 –
Vincent Poirier , French basketball player
[40]
1995 –
Jamal Adams , American football player
[41]
1995 –
Ha-seong Kim , South Korean baseball player
[42]
1996 –
Jake DeBrusk , Canadian ice hockey player
[43]
1997 –
Robert Williams III , American basketball player
[44]
2001 –
Thomas Strudwick , British motorcycle road racer
2002 –
Matthew Knies , American professional ice hockey player
[45]
Deaths
Pre-1600
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 –
Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir , 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
1528 –
Hernando Alonso , Spanish conquistador, first Jew executed in the New World
[46]
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)
1601–1900
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 –
René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur , French entomologist and academic (b. 1683)
1776 –
Pierre François 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)
[47]
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 –
Frédéric 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)
1901–present
1910 –
Julia Ward Howe , American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
1918 –
Malak Hifni Nasif , Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
1920 –
Michael Fitzgerald (Irish republican) died on Hunger Strike (b. 1881)
[48]
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)
1957 –
Wilhelmina Hay Abbott , Scottish suffragist and feminist (b. 1884)
[49]
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)
[50]
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 and 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 –
Émile Allais , French skier (b. 1912)
2012 –
Henry Friedlander , German-American historian and author (b. 1930)
2012 –
Stanford R. Ovshinsky , American scientist and businessman, co-founded
Energy Conversion Devices (b. 1922)
2012 –
Kōji 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 –
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 –
Danièle 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 –
Gord Downie , Canadian musician (b. 1964)
[51]
2019 –
Elijah Cummings , American politician and civil rights advocate (b. 1951)
[52]
Holidays and observances
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