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Day of the year
October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 61 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1903 – The
Purdue Wreck , a railroad train collision in
Indianapolis , kills 17 people, including 14 players of the
Purdue University football team.
1907 – The
Parliament of Finland approved the
Prohibition Act , but the law was not implemented because it was not ratified by Tsar
Nicholas II of Russia .
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1913 – Dedication of the
Lincoln Highway , the first automobile highway across United States.
1913 – The
Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.
1917 –
World War I :
Battle of Beersheba : The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
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1918 – World War I: The
Aster Revolution terminates the
Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 , and Hungary achieves full sovereignty.
1922 –
Benito Mussolini is made
Prime Minister of Italy .
1923 – The first of 160 consecutive days of 100°
Fahrenheit at
Marble Bar, Western Australia .
1924 –
World Savings Day is announced in
Milan ,
Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International
Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
1938 –
Great Depression : In an effort to restore investor confidence, the
New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
1940 –
World War II : The
Battle of Britain ends, causing Germany to abandon
Operation Sea Lion .
1941 – After 14 years of work,
Mount Rushmore is completed.
1941 – World War II: The destroyer
USS Reuben James is torpedoed by a
German
U-boat near
Iceland , killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
1943 – World War II: An
F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful
radar -guided interception by a
United States Navy or
Marine Corps aircraft.
1956 –
Suez Crisis : The United Kingdom and France begin bombing
Egypt to force the reopening of the
Suez Canal .
1956 –
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 : A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following
Imre Nagy 's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the
MDP is replaced by the
MSZMP .
József Mindszenty is released from prison. The
Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.
1961 – In the
Soviet Union ,
Joseph Stalin 's body is removed from
Lenin's Mausoleum , also known as the Lenin Tomb.
1963 –
Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion : A
gas explosion at the
Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Indianapolis kills 81 people and injures another 400 during an ice show.
1968 –
Vietnam War
October surprise : Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President
Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of
North Vietnam " effective
November 1 .
1973 –
Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape . Three
Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from
Mountjoy Prison ,
Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the exercise yard.
1979 –
Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in
Mexico City , killing 73 people.
1984 – Indian Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi is
assassinated by two Sikh security guards.
Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and around 3,000 Sikhs are killed.
1994 –
American Eagle Flight 4184 crashes near
Roselawn, Indiana killing all 68 people on board.
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1996 –
TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes in
São Paulo, Brazil , killing 99 people.
1998 –
Iraq disarmament crisis begins:
Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with
United Nations weapons inspectors.
1999 –
Yachtsman
Jesse Martin returns to
Melbourne after 11 months of
circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.
1999 –
EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.
2000 –
Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the
International Space Station . The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.
2000 –
Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from
Taipei , killing 83.
2002 – A federal grand jury in
Houston, Texas indicts former
Enron chief financial officer
Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of
wire fraud ,
money laundering ,
conspiracy and
obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
2003 –
Mahathir Mohamad resigns as
Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi , marking an end to Mahathir's 22 years in power.
2011 – The
global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the
United Nations as the
Day of Seven Billion .
2014 – During a test flight, the
VSS Enterprise , a
Virgin Galactic experimental spaceflight test vehicle, suffers a
catastrophic in-flight breakup and
crashes in the
Mojave Desert ,
California .
2015 –
Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern
Sinai Peninsula , killing all 224 people on board.
2017 –
A truck drives into a crowd in
Lower Manhattan , New York City, killing eight people.
2020 –
Berlin Brandenburg Airport opens its doors after nearly 10 years of delays due to construction issues and project corruption.
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Births
Pre-1600
1345 –
Ferdinand I , king of
Portugal (d. 1383)
1391 –
Edward, King of Portugal (d. 1438)
1424 –
Władysław III , king of
Poland (d. 1444)
1445 –
Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg , Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 1511)
1472 –
Wang Yangming , Chinese Neo-Confucian scholar (d. 1529)
1542 –
Henriette of Cleves , Duchess of Nevers, Countess of Rethel (d. 1601)
1599 –
Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles , English politician (d. 1680)
1601–1900
1620 –
John Evelyn , English gardener and author (d. 1706)
1632 –
Johannes Vermeer , Dutch painter (d. 1675)
1636 –
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679)
1638 –
Meindert Hobbema , Dutch painter (d. 1709)
1686 –
Senesino , Italian singer and actor (d. 1758)
1692 –
Anne Claude de Caylus , French archaeologist and author (d. 1765)
1694 –
Yeongjo of Joseon (d. 1776)
1705 –
Pope Clement XIV (d. 1774)
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1711 –
Laura Bassi , Italian physician, physicist, and academic (d. 1778)
[10]
1714 –
Hedvig Taube , Swedish courtier (d. 1744)
1724 –
Christopher Anstey , English author and poet (d. 1805)
1729 –
Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta , Spanish cleric, Archbishop of Mexico,
Viceroy of New Spain (d. 1800)
1737 –
James Lovell , American educator and politician (d. 1789)
1760 –
Katsushika Hokusai , Japanese artist and printmaker (d. 1849)
1795 –
John Keats , English poet (d. 1821)
1809 –
Edmund Sharpe , English architect, architectural historian, railway engineer, and sanitary reformer (d. 1877)
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1815 –
Thomas Chapman , English-Australian politician, 5th
Premier of Tasmania (d. 1884)
1815 –
Karl Weierstrass , German mathematician and academic (d. 1897)
1825 –
Charles Lavigerie , French-Algerian cardinal and academic (d. 1892)
1831 –
Paolo Mantegazza , Italian neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist (d. 1910)
1835 –
Adelbert Ames , American general and politician, 27th
Governor of Mississippi (d. 1933)
1835 –
Krišjānis Barons , Latvian linguist and author (d. 1923)
1835 –
Adolf von Baeyer , German chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
1838 –
Luís I of Portugal (d. 1889)
1847 –
Galileo Ferraris , Italian physicist and engineer (d. 1897)
1848 –
Boston Custer , American soldier (d. 1876)
1849 –
Marie Louise Andrews , American story writer and journalist (d. 1891)
1851 –
Louise of Sweden (d. 1926)
1856 –
Charles Leroux , American balloonist and skydiver (d. 1889)
1858 –
Saint Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril , Indian Orthodox Saint (d. 1934)
1860 –
Juliette Gordon Low , American scout leader, founded the
Girl Scouts of the United States of America (d. 1927)
1860 –
Andrew Volstead , American politician (d. 1947)
1868 –
John Weir Troy , American journalist, and politician, 5th
Governor of the
Territory of Alaska (d. 1942)
1875 –
Eugene Meyer , American businessman and publisher (d. 1954)
1875 –
Vallabhbhai Patel , Indian lawyer, freedom fighter and politician, 1st
Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1950)
1876 –
Natalie Clifford Barney , American poet and playwright (d. 1972)
1879 –
Karel Hašler , Czech actor, director, and composer (d. 1941)
1880 –
Julia Peterkin , American author (d. 1961)
1880 –
Mikhail Tomsky , Soviet politician, member of the
Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (d. 1936)
1881 –
Toshizō Nishio , Japanese general (d. 1960)
1883 –
Marie Laurencin , French painter and illustrator (d. 1956)
1883 –
Anthony Wilding , New Zealand tennis player, cricketer, and soldier (d. 1915)
1887 –
Chiang Kai-shek , Chinese general and politician, 1st
President of the Republic of China (d. 1975)
1887 –
Newsy Lalonde , Canadian ice hockey player and lacrosse player (d. 1970)
1888 –
Napoleon Lapathiotis , Greek poet and author (d. 1944)
1892 –
Alexander Alekhine , Russian chess player and author (d. 1946)
1895 –
B. H. Liddell Hart , English soldier, historian, and theorist (d. 1970)
1896 –
Ethel Waters , American singer and actress (d. 1977)
1897 –
Constance Savery , English author (d. 1999)
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1900 –
Asbjørg Borgfelt , Norwegian sculptor (d. 1976)
1901–present
1902 –
Carlos Drummond de Andrade , Brazilian poet (d. 1987)
1902 –
Julia Lee , American blues singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1958)
1902 –
Abraham Wald , Jewish-Hungarian mathematician and economist (d. 1950)
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1907 –
Edgar Sampson , American musician and composer (d. 1973)
1908 –
Muriel Duckworth , Canadian activist (d. 2009)
1912 –
Dale Evans , American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2001)
1912 –
Ollie Johnston , American animator and voice actor (d. 2008)
1914 –
John Hugenholtz , Dutch engineer and designer (d. 1995)
1915 –
Jane Jarvis , American pianist and composer (d. 2010)
1916 –
Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (d. 2012)
1917 –
William H. McNeill , Canadian-American historian and author (d. 2016)
1917 –
Gordon Steege , Australian soldier and pilot (d. 2013)
1918 –
Ian Stevenson , American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2007)
1919 –
Daphne Oxenford , English actress (d. 2012)
1919 –
Magnus Wenninger , American mathematician and author (d. 2017)
1920 –
Dick Francis , Welsh-Caymanian jockey and author (d. 2010)
1920 –
Joseph Gelineau , French priest and composer (d. 2008)
1920 –
Helmut Newton , German-Australian photographer (d. 2004)
1920 –
Fritz Walter , German footballer (d. 2002)
1922 –
Barbara Bel Geddes , American actress (d. 2005)
1922 –
Illinois Jacquet , American saxophonist and composer (d. 2004)
1922 –
Norodom Sihanouk , Cambodian politician, 1st
Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 2012)
1925 –
Lawrence A. Cremin , American historian and author (d. 1990)
1925 –
John Pople , English-American chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1925 –
Robert B. Rheault , American colonel (d. 2013)
1926 –
Jimmy Savile , English radio and television host (d. 2011)
1928 –
Andrew Sarris , American critic and educator (d. 2012)
1929 –
William Orchard , Australian water polo player and psychiatrist (d. 2014)
1929 –
Bud Spencer , Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1930 –
Michael Collins , American general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2021)
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1930 –
Booker Ervin , American saxophonist (d. 1970)
1931 –
Dan Rather , American journalist
[15]
1933 –
Phil Goyette , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1933 –
Iemasa Kayumi , Japanese voice actor (d. 2014)
1934 –
Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler , Swedish princess
[16]
1935 –
Dale Brown , American basketball player and coach
1935 –
Ronald Graham , American mathematician and theorist (d. 2020)
1935 –
David Harvey , English-American geographer and academic
1936 –
Michael Landon , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
[17]
1937 –
Tom Paxton , American folk music singer-songwriter and guitarist
[15]
1939 –
Tom O'Connor , English actor and game show host (d. 2021)
1939 –
Ron Rifkin , American actor
1939 –
Ali Farka Touré , Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
1940 –
Craig Rodwell , American businessman and activist, founded the
Oscar Wilde Bookshop (d. 1993)
1940 –
Judith Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox , English businesswoman and politician
1941 –
Dan Alderson , American scientist (d. 1989)
1941 –
Derek Bell , English race car driver
1941 –
Lucious Jackson , American basketball player (d. 2022)
[18]
1941 –
Sally Kirkland , American actress
[15]
1942 –
David Ogden Stiers , American actor (d. 2018)
[17]
1943 –
Elliott Forbes-Robinson , American race car driver
1943 –
Paul Frampton , English-American physicist and academic
1943 –
Aristotelis Pavlidis , Greek politician, 13th
Greek Minister for the Aegean and Island Policy
1943 –
Brian Piccolo , American football player (d. 1970)
1945 –
Russ Ballard , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945 –
Brian Doyle-Murray , American actor and comedian
[17]
1945 –
Barrie Keeffe , English playwright, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2019)
1946 –
Stephen Rea , Irish actor
[15]
1947 –
Deidre Hall , American actress
[15]
1947 –
Frank Shorter , American runner and sportscaster
[17]
1947 –
Herman Van Rompuy , Belgian academic and politician, 66th
Prime Minister of Belgium
1948 –
Franco Gasparri , Italian actor (d. 1999)
1948 –
Michael Kitchen , English actor and producer
1949 –
Mart Helme , Estonian journalist and diplomat
1949 –
Bob Siebenberg , American drummer
1949 –
Alison Wolf , English economist and academic
1950 –
John Candy , Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
[17]
1950 –
Zaha Hadid , Iraqi-English architect and academic, designed the
Bridge Pavilion (d. 2016)
[17]
1950 –
Jane Pauley , American journalist
[15]
1950 –
Antonio Taguba , Filipino-American general
1951 –
Nick Saban , American football player and coach
[15]
1951 –
Dave Trembley , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1952 –
Bernard Edwards , American bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 1996)
1952 –
Joe West , American baseball umpire
1953 –
John Lucas II , American basketball player and coach
1954 –
Mari Okamoto , Japanese actress
1954 –
Ken Wahl , American actor and screenwriter
1955 –
Michalis Chrisochoidis , Greek lawyer and politician,
Greek Minister of Public Order
1955 –
Susan Orlean , American journalist and author
1956 –
Bruce Bawer , American poet and critic
1956 –
Christopher de Leon , Filipino actor, director, producer, and politician
1956 –
Anders Lago , Swedish lawyer and politician
1956 –
Charles Moore , English journalist and author
1957 –
Brian Stokes Mitchell , American singer and actor
[15]
1957 –
Robert Pollard , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959 –
Mats Näslund , Swedish ice hockey player
1959 –
Neal Stephenson , American author
1960 –
Arnaud Desplechin , French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
1960 –
Luis Fortuño , Puerto Rican lawyer and politician, 9th
Governor of Puerto Rico
1960 –
Mike Gallego , American baseball player and coach
1960 –
Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran
1961 –
Alonzo Babers , American runner and pilot
1961 –
Kate Campbell , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 –
Peter Jackson , New Zealand actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
[15]
1961 –
Larry Mullen, Jr. , Irish musician, songwriter, and actor
[15]
1962 –
Jonathan Borden , American neurosurgeon and academic
1962 –
Anna Geifman , American historian, author, and academic
1962 –
John Giannini , American basketball player and coach
1962 –
Mari Jungstedt , Swedish journalist and author
1962 –
Raphael Rabello , Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 1995)
1962 –
Dan Wood , Canadian ice hockey player
1963 –
Mikkey Dee , Swedish hard rock drummer and musician
[15]
1963 –
Dunga , Brazilian footballer and manager
1963 –
Johnny Marr , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
[15]
1963 –
Fred McGriff , American baseball player
[19]
1963 –
Dermot Mulroney , American actor
[15]
1963 –
Rob Schneider , American actor and comedian
1964 –
Frank Bruni , American journalist and critic
1964 –
Colm Ó Cíosóig , Irish musician
1964 –
Marco van Basten , Dutch footballer and manager
1964 –
Darryl Worley , American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
[15]
1965 –
Paul du Toit , South African painter and sculptor (d. 2014)
1965 –
Blue Edwards , American basketball player
1965 –
Ruud Hesp , Dutch footballer
1965 –
Denis Irwin , Irish footballer and journalist
1965 –
Rob Rackstraw , English voice actor
1966 –
Ad-Rock , American rapper, producer, and actor
[15]
1966 –
Koji Kanemoto , Japanese wrestler
1966 –
Annabella Lwin , Anglo-Burmese singer-songwriter and record producer
1966 –
Mike O'Malley , American actor and comedian
1967 –
Vanilla Ice , American rapper, television personality, and real estate investor
[15]
1967 –
Buddy Lazier , American race car driver
1967 –
Adam Schlesinger , American bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2020)
1968 –
Antonio Davis , American basketball player and sportscaster
1970 –
Linn Berggren , Swedish singer-songwriter
[15]
1971 –
Alphonso Ford , American basketball player (d. 2004)
1971 –
Irina Pantaeva , Russian model and actress
1973 –
Paul Abrahams , English footballer and coach
1973 –
Christopher Bevins , American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1973 –
Tim Byrdak , American baseball player
1973 –
David Dellucci , American baseball player and sportscaster
1973 –
Beverly Lynne , American actress
1974 –
Muzzy Izzet , English-Turkish footballer
1974 –
Roger Manganelli , Brazilian-American singer-songwriter and bass player
1975 –
Carla Boyd , Australian basketball player
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1975 –
Fabio Celestini , Swiss footballer and manager
1975 –
Keith Jardine , American mixed martial artist and actor
1975 –
Johnny Whitworth , American actor and producer
1976 –
Guti , Spanish footballer
1976 –
Piper Perabo , American actress and producer
[15]
1978 –
Inka Grings , German footballer and manager
1978 –
Emmanuel Izonritei , Nigerian boxer
1978 –
Marek Saganowski , Polish footballer
1978 –
Martin Verkerk , Dutch tennis player
1979 –
Ricardo Fuller , Jamaican footballer
1979 –
Simão Sabrosa , Portuguese footballer
1980 –
Samaire Armstrong , American model, actress, and fashion designer
[15]
1980 –
Alondra de la Parra , Mexican-American pianist and conductor
1980 –
Marcel Meeuwis , Dutch footballer
1980 –
Eddie Kaye Thomas , American actor and voice artist
[15]
1981 –
Irina Denezhkina , Russian author
1981 –
Steven Hunter , American basketball player
1981 –
Frank Iero , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[15]
1981 –
Selina Jen , Taiwanese singer and actress
1981 –
Mike Napoli , American baseball player
1982 –
Jordan Bannister , Australian footballer and umpire
1982 –
Justin Chatwin , Canadian actor
[15]
1982 –
Tomáš Plekanec , Czech ice hockey player
1983 –
Adam Bouska , American photographer and activist, founded the
NOH8 Campaign
1984 –
Pat Murray , American football player
1984 –
Amanda Pascoe , Australian swimmer
1985 –
Fanny Chmelar , German alpine skier
1985 –
Kerron Clement , American hurdler and sprinter
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1986 –
Chris Alajajian , Australian race car driver
1986 –
Christie Hayes , Australian actress and producer
1987 –
Nick Foligno , Canadian ice hockey player
1987 –
Jean-Karl Vernay , French race car driver
1988 –
Cole Aldrich , American basketball player
1988 –
Sébastien Buemi , Swiss race car driver
1988 –
Jack Riewoldt , Australian footballer
1988 –
Lizzy Yarnold , British skeleton racer
1989 –
Scott McGough , American baseball player
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1990 –
JID , American rapper
1992 –
Vanessa Marano , American actress
[15]
1993 –
Mercedes Arn-Horn , Canadian musician
1993 –
Nadine Lustre , Filipino actress and singer
1993 –
Letitia Wright , Guyanese-British actress
[17]
1995 –
Joana Valle Costa , Portuguese tennis player
1997 –
Siobhán Bernadette Haughey , Hong Kong-Irish swimmer
[23]
1997 –
Sydney Park , American actress and comedian
[17]
1997 –
Marcus Rashford , English footballer
1997 –
Holly Taylor , Canadian-American actress
[15]
1999 –
Danielle Rose Russell , American actress
[15]
1999 –
Léa Serna , French figure skater
2000 –
Willow Smith , American singer, actress, and dancer
[15]
2005 –
Leonor, Princess of Asturias
Deaths
Pre-1600
932 –
Al-Muqtadir , Abbasid caliph (b. 895)
994 –
Wolfgang of Regensburg , German bishop and saint (b. 934)
1005 –
Abe no Seimei , Japanese astrologer (b. 921)
1034 –
Deokjong , Korean ruler (b. 1016)
1147 –
Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester , son of
Henry I of England (b. 1100)
1214 –
Eleanor of England , queen consort of Castile (b. 1163)
1320 –
Ricold of Monte Croce , Italian Dominican missionary (b. 1242)
1335 –
Marie of Évreux , Duchess Consort of Brabant (b. 1303)
1448 –
John VIII Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor (b. 1390)
1517 –
Fra Bartolomeo , Italian artist (b. 1472)
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1589 –
Peter Stumpp , German farmer and alleged serial killer (b. 1535)
[25]
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1601–1900
1641 –
Cornelis Jol , Dutch admiral (b. 1597)
1659 –
John Bradshaw , English lawyer and judge,
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1602)
1661 –
Köprülü Mehmed Pasha , Ottoman politician, 109th
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1575)
1723 –
Cosimo III de' Medici , Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1642)
1732 –
Victor Amadeus II , Duke of Savoy (b. 1666)
1733 –
Eberhard Louis , Duke of Württemberg (b. 1676)
1744 –
Leonardo Leo , Italian composer (b. 1694)
1768 –
Francesco Maria Veracini , Italian violinist and composer (b. 1690)
1786 –
Princess Amelia of Great Britain (b. 1711)
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1806 –
Kitagawa Utamaro , Japanese artist and printmaker (b. ca. 1753)
1860 –
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald , Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1775)
1869 –
Charles A. Wickliffe , American politician, 14th
Governor of Kentucky (b. 1788)
1879 –
Jacob Abbott , American author and academic (b. 1803)
1879 –
Joseph Hooker , American general (b. 1814)
1884 –
Marie Bashkirtseff , Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1858)
1901–present
1905 –
Bryan O'Loghlen , Irish-Australian politician, 13th
Premier of Victoria (b. 1828)
1913 –
William Evans-Gordon , English soldier and politician (b. 1857)
1916 –
Charles Taze Russell , American minister (b. 1852)
1916 –
Huang Xing , Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (b. 1874)
1918 –
Egon Schiele , Austrian painter (b. 1890)
1920 –
Alphonse Desjardins , Canadian businessman (b. 1854)
1925 –
Max Linder , French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
1925 –
Mikhail Frunze ,
Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the
Russian Revolution of 1917 (b. 1885)
1926 –
Harry Houdini , American magician and stuntman (b. 1874)
1929 –
António José de Almeida , Portuguese physician and politician, 6th
President of Portugal (b. 1866)
1931 –
Octave Uzanne , French journalist and author (b. 1851)
1939 –
Otto Rank , Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884)
1944 –
Joseph Hubert Priestley , British botanist (b. 1883)
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1952 –
Chit Hlaing , Burmese lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
1959 –
Jean Cabannes , French physicist and academic (b. 1885)
1960 –
H. L. Davis , American author and poet (b. 1894)
1962 –
Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion , French astronomer (b. 1877)
1963 –
Mesut Cemil , Turkish cellist and composer (b. 1902)
1964 –
Tuomas Bryggari , Finnish politician (b. 1881)
[29]
1972 –
Bill Durnan , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1916)
1973 –
Malek Bennabi , Algerian philosopher and author (b. 1905)
1975 –
Sachin Dev Burman , Indian composer and singer (b. 1906)
1977 –
C. B. Colby , American author and illustrator (b. 1904)
1980 –
Jan Werich , Czech actor and playwright (b. 1905)
1983 –
George Halas , American football player and coach (b. 1895)
1983 –
Lu Jiaxi , Chinese self-taught mathematician (b. 1935)
1983 –
Sharof Rashidov , Uzbek politician,
CPSU Politburo candidate member (b. 1917)
1984 –
Eduardo De Filippo , Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
1984 –
Indira Gandhi , Indian politician,
Prime Minister of India (b. 1917)
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1985 –
Nikos Engonopoulos , Greek painter and poet (b. 1907)
1985 –
Poul Reichhardt , Danish actor and singer (b. 1913)
1986 –
Robert S. Mulliken , American physicist and chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
1988 –
John Houseman , Romanian-born American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
1988 –
Alfred Pellan , Canadian painter and academic (b. 1906)
1991 –
Joseph Papp , American stage director and producer (b. 1921)
1992 –
Gary Rippingale , English ice hockey player (b. 1974)
1993 –
Federico Fellini , Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1920)
1993 –
River Phoenix , American actor and singer (b. 1970)
1995 –
Rosalind Cash , American actress and singer (b. 1938)
1996 –
Marcel Carné , French director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
1997 –
George Roth , American gymnast (b. 1911)
[31]
1998 –
Elmer Vasko , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1935)
1998 –
María de la Purísima Salvat Romero , Spanish nun and saint (
Roman Catholic Church ) (b. 1926)
1999 –
Greg Moore , Canadian race car driver (b. 1975)
2000 –
Ring Lardner, Jr. , American journalist and screenwriter (b. 1915)
2000 –
Kazuki Watanabe , Japanese songwriter and guitarist (b. 1981)
2001 –
Régine Cavagnoud , French skier (b. 1970)
2002 –
Lionel Poilâne , French banker and businessman (b. 1945)
2002 –
Michail Stasinopoulos , Greek jurist and politician,
President of Greece (b. 1903)
2002 –
Raf Vallone , Italian footballer and actor (b. 1916)
2003 –
Richard Neustadt , American political scientist and historian (b. 1919)
2005 –
Hal Anger , American biophysicist and engineer (b. 1920)
2005 –
Amrita Pritam , Indian author and poet (b. 1919)
2006 –
P. W. Botha , South African soldier and politician,
State President of South Africa (b. 1916)
2006 –
Peter Fryer , English journalist and author (b. 1927)
2007 –
Erdal İnönü , Turkish physicist and politician,
Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1926)
2008 –
Studs Terkel , American historian and author (b. 1912)
2009 –
Mustafa Mahmud , Egyptian physician and author (b. 1921)
2009 –
Tom Wheatcroft , English businessman, founded the
Donington Grand Prix Exhibition (b. 1922)
2009 –
Qian Xuesen , Chinese aerodynamicist and academic (b. 1911)
2010 –
Ted Sorensen , American lawyer, 8th
White House Counsel (b. 1928)
2011 –
Flórián Albert , Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1941)
2011 –
Roberto Lippi , Italian race car driver (d. 1926)
2012 –
Gae Aulenti , Italian architect and designer (b. 1927)
2012 –
John Fitch , American race car driver and engineer (b. 1917)
2012 –
John H. Reed , American soldier and politician, 67th
Governor of Maine (b. 1921)
2013 –
Chris Chase (aka Irene Kane), American actress and author (b. 1924)
[32]
2013 –
Gérard de Villiers , French journalist and author (b. 1929)
[33]
2013 –
Trevor Kletz , English chemist and author (b. 1922)
2013 –
Johnny Kucks , American baseball player (b. 1933)
[34]
2013 –
Andres Narvasa , Filipino lawyer and jurist, 19th
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1928)
2013 –
Bobby Parker , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
[35]
2014 –
David Manker Abshire , American commander and diplomat,
United States Permanent Representative to NATO (b. 1926)
[36]
2014 –
Michael Alsbury , American engineer and pilot (b. 1975)
[37]
2014 –
Brad Halsey , American baseball player (b. 1981)
[38]
2014 –
Hitoshi Motoshima , Japanese educator and politician (b. 1922)
[39]
2015 –
Gus Savage , American businessman and politician (b. 1925)
[40]
2018 –
Willie McCovey , American baseball player (b. 1938)
[41]
2020 –
Sean Connery , Scottish actor (b. 1930)
[42]
[43]
2020 –
MF Doom , British-American rapper and record producer (b. 1971)
[44]
2021 –
Peter Philpott , Australian cricketer (b. 1934)
[45]
2023 –
Ken Mattingly , American astronaut (b. 1936)
[46]
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