October 10
October 10 this yearin various calendars Akan Nkyimemene Armenian 22 Sahmi 1476 Aztec Izcalli 8, 1 Cipactli Babylonian 27 Ululu, 2337 SE Balinese pawukon Luang, Pepet, Kajeng, Jaya, Keliwon, Urukung, Saniscara of Wayang, Guru, Erangan, Raja Bengali 25 Ashshin , BS 1433 Chinese Yin Fire Snake ・Willow Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 9 , Day 1Hanlu , 13 days until Shuangjiang )Common Era 10 October 2026 CE Coptic 30 Thout , AM 1743Egyptian 27 Mechir , 2775 NE Ethiopian 30 Maskaram, 2019 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade II, Octidi de Vendémiaire de l'Année 235 de la République Gregorian 10 October , AD 2026 Hebrew 29 Tishrei , AM 5787 Hindu Hasta ・Brahman Āśvina , 1948 SE Amāvasyā , Kṛishna pakṣa of Bhādrapada , 2083 VE Rāudra ・5127 KY ・1,872,858 Icelandic Laugardagur, 17 Haustmánuður 2026 Islamic 27 Rabi' al-thani , AH 1448tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W41-6 Japanese 30 Hazuki , Reiwa 8Kanro , 13 days until Sōkō ) Julian 27 September , AD 2026 (AM 7534)Julian day 2461324 Korean 30 Dakdal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.14.0.1 14 Yax , 1 Imix Roman ante diem V Kalendas Octobres , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 18 Mehr , SH 1405 Tibetan 30 khrums, me pho rta
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Day of the year
October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 82 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
19 – The Roman general Germanicus dies near Antioch. He was convinced that the mysterious illness that ended in his death was a result of poisoning by the Syrian governor Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso , whom he had ordered to leave the province.415 – The second church structure of Hagia Sophia was inaugurated.680 – The Battle of Karbala marks the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali .732 – Charles Martel 's forces defeat an Umayyad army near Tours, France .1471 – Sten Sture the Elder , the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by King Christian I of Denmark .1492 – The crew of Christopher Columbus 's ship, the Santa Maria 1507 – The Kingdom of Hormuz recognises the sovereignty of the Portuguese king following a battle with the forces of Afonso de Albuquerque .1575 – Roman Catholic forces under Henri I, Duke of Guise , defeat the Protestants , capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.1580 – Over 600 Papal troops land in Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion .1903 – The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.1911 – The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.1913 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal .1918 – RMS Leinster UB-123 Irish Sea .1920 – The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria .1928 – Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.1933 – A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage , the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.1935 – In Greece, a coup d'état ends the Second Hellenic Republic .1938 – Abiding by the Munich Agreement , Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland .1945 – The Double Tenth Agreement is signed by the Communist Party and the Kuomintang about the future of China.1954 – The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat , Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud , marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War .1957 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.1957 – The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
1963 – France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.1963 – The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.
1964 – The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites.1967 – The Outer Space Treaty comes into force.1970 – Fiji becomes independent.1970 – Canada's October Crisis escalates when Quebec Vice Premier Pierre Laporte is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec .
1971 – Aeroflot Flight 773 is destroyed by a bomb over Moscow Oblast , killing 25.1973 – U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.1975 – Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations .1979 – The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant began operations in Eurajoki, Satakunta , Finland.1980 – The 7.1 M w El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.1980 – The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador.
1985 – US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking1986 – A 5.7 M w San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500.1997 – Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.1998 – A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises jetliner is shot down by rebels in Kindu , Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.2002 – Iraq War : The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 .2007 – Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11 .2009 – Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols , intended to normalize relations . However, they are never ratified by either side.2010 – The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.2015 – Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+.2018 – Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida , and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage.2018 – The National Fire and Rescue Administration is founded, replacing the China Fire Services [ zh ] People's Armed Police Forestry Corps [ zh ]
2022 – Ben S. Bernanke , Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences .Births
Pre-1600
AD 19 – Tiberius Gemellus , Roman son of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla ; adoptive son of the Emperor Caligula (died 38)786 – Saga , emperor of Japan (died 842)867 – Li Siyuan , Chinese emperor (died 933)1332 – King Charles II of Navarre (died 1387)1344 – Mary of Waltham , duchess of Brittany (died 1361)1355 – Zhu Biao , Chinese prince (died 1392)1421 – John Paston , English politician (died 1466)1486 – Charles III of Savoy (died 1553)1554 – Arnold III of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg and Lord of Rheda (died 1606)1560 – Jacobus Arminius , Dutch theologian (died 1609)1567 – Catalina Micaela of Spain , Infanta of the House of Habsburg (died 1597)1584 – Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke (died 1649)1599 – Étienne Moulinié , French composer and director (died 1676)1629 – Richard Towneley , English mathematician and astronomer (died 1707)1646 – Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné , French noblewoman (died 1705)1656 – Nicolas de Largillière , French painter and academic (died 1746)1669 – Johann Nicolaus Bach , German organist and composer (died 1753)1678 – John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll , Scottish general and politician, Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland (died 1743)1684 – Jean-Antoine Watteau , French painter (died 1721)1700 – Lambert-Sigisbert Adam , French sculptor and illustrator (died 1759)1731 – Henry Cavendish , French-English chemist, physicist, and philosopher (died 1810)1738 – Benjamin West , American painter (died 1820)1770 – Adam Johann von Krusenstern Imperial Russian Admiral and explorer (died 1846)1780 – John Abercrombie , Scottish physician and philosopher (died 1844)1794 – William Whiting Boardman , American judge and politician (died 1871)1810 – Alfred Kennerley , English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (died 1897)1813 – Giuseppe Verdi , Italian composer and philanthropist (died 1901)1819 – Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger , German theologian and author (died 1883)1825 – Paul Kruger , South African soldier and politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (died 1904)1828 – Samuel J. Randall , American captain, lawyer and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1890)1830 – Isabella II of Spain (died 1904)1834 – Aleksis Kivi , Finnish author and playwright (died 1872)1837 – Robert Gould Shaw , American colonel (died 1863)1842 – Emily Dobson , Australian philanthropist (died 1934)1858 – Maurice Prendergast , American painter and academic (died 1924)1861 – Fridtjof Nansen , Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)1863 – Louis Cyr , French Canadian strongman (died 1912)1864 – T. Frank Appleby , American businessman and politician (died 1924)1870 – Louise Mack , Australian journalist, author, and poet (died 1935)1872 – Dionysios Kasdaglis , Egyptian-Greek tennis player (died 1931)1877 – William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield , English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (died 1963)1884 – Nikolai Klyuev , Russian poet and author (died 1937)1884 – Ida Wüst , German actress and screenwriter (died 1958)
1885 – Walter Anderson , Belarusian-German ethnologist and academic (died 1962)1885 – Jean Peyrière , French actor (died 1965)
1889 – Han van Meegeren , Dutch painter and forger (died 1947)1895 – Alfred Neuland , Estonian weightlifter (died 1966)1895 – Fridolf Rhudin , Swedish actor (died 1935)
1895 – Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen , German field marshal (died 1945)
1898 – Lilly Daché , French-American fashion designer (died 1989)1900 – Helen Hayes , American actress (died 1993)1901 – Alberto Giacometti , Swiss sculptor and painter (died 1966)1902 – K. Shivaram Karanth , Indian journalist, author, and activist (died 1997)1903 – Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (died 1983)1903 – Vernon Duke , Russian-American composer and songwriter (died 1969)
1903 – Bei Shizhang , Chinese biologist and academic (died 2009)
1905 – Aksella Luts , Estonian actress, screenwriter, dancer, and choreographer (died 2005)1906 – Paul Creston , American composer and educator (died 1985)1906 – Fei Mu , Chinese director and screenwriter (died 1951)
1906 – R. K. Narayan , Indian author (died 2001)
1908 – Johnny Green , American conductor and composer (died 1989)1908 – Mercè Rodoreda , Catalan author and poet (died 1983)
1909 – Robert F. Boyle , American production designer and art director (died 2010)1910 – Price Daniel , American politician, 38th Governor of Texas (died 1988)1910 – Harold LeVander , American politician, 32nd Governor of Minnesota (died 1992)
1910 – Julius Shulman , American photographer and environmentalist (died 2009)
1911 – Clare Hollingworth , English journalist and author (died 2017)1912 – Ram Vilas Sharma , Indian poet and critic (died 2000)1913 – Claude Simon , Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)1914 – Tommy Fine , American baseball player and businessman (died 2005)1914 – Ivory Joe Hunter , American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1974)
1915 – Harry Edison , American trumpet player and composer (died 1999)1917 – Thelonious Monk , American pianist and composer (died 1982)1919 – Willard Estey , Canadian academic and jurist (died 2002)1919 – Gerry Gomez , Trinidadian cricketer, manager, and umpire (died 1996)
1919 – Kim Ki-young , South Korean director, screenwriter, producer, and editor (died 1997)
1919 – William Kruskal , American mathematician and statistician (died 2005)
1919 – Edgar Laprade , Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014)
1920 – Gail Halvorsen , American air force pilot known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" (died 2022)1921 – James Clavell , English and American writer, filmmaker and a British Army officer during WW II (died 1994)1922 – Merv Pregulman , American football player, businessman, and philanthropist (died 2012)1923 – Louis Gottlieb , American singer and bass player (died 1996)1923 – Nicholas Parsons , English actor and game show host (died 2020)
1923 – Murray Walker , English journalist and sportscaster (died 2021)
1924 – James Clavell , Australian-American director, producer, screenwriter, and author (died 1994)1924 – Ludmilla Tchérina , French actress, ballerina, and choreographer (died 2004)
1924 – Ed Wood , American actor, director, producer, screenwriter (died 1978)
1926 – Oscar Brown , American singer-songwriter, playwright, and actor (died 2005)1926 – Richard Jaeckel , American actor (died 1997)
1927 – Dana Elcar , American actor and director (died 2005)1927 – Jon Locke , American actor (died 2013)
1927 – Thomas Wilson , American-Scottish composer and educator (died 2001)
1928 – Leyla Gencer , Turkish soprano (died 2008)1928 – Sheila Walsh , English author (died 2009)
1929 – Ayten Alpman , Turkish singer (died 2012)1929 – Herb Levinson , American actor (died 2012)
1929 – Bernard Mayes , English-American journalist and academic (died 2014)
1930 – Eugenio Castellotti , Italian race car driver (died 1957)1930 – Yves Chauvin , French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)
1930 – Harold Pinter , English playwright, screenwriter, director Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
1930 – Adlai Stevenson III , American lawyer and politician (died 2021)
1932 – Harry Smith , English footballer (died 2016)1933 – Salome Bey , American-Canadian jazz singer and music producer (died 2020)1933 – Jay Sebring , American hair stylist and businessman (died 1969)
1935 – Khalil al-Wazir , Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (died 1988)1935 – André Bureau , Canadian lawyer and businessman (died 2019)
1935 – Judith Chalmers , English television host and actress (died 2026)
1936 – Gerhard Ertl , German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate1937 – Bruce Devlin , Australian golfer and sportscaster1937 – Peter Underwood , Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (died 2014)
1938 – Oleg Gordievsky , Russian intelligence officer and author (died 2025)1938 – Leroy Hood , American biologist and academic
1938 – Daidō Moriyama , Japanese photographer
1938 – Lily Tuck , American novelist and short story writer
1940 – Winston Churchill , English journalist and politician (died 2010)1941 – Peter Coyote , American actor, director, and screenwriter1941 – Ken Saro-Wiwa , Nigerian author and activist (died 1995)
1942 – Janis Hansen , American singer and author (died 2017)1942 – Radu Vasile , Romanian historian and politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania (died 2013)
1943 – Frederick Barthelme , American novelist and short story writer1944 – Eurig Wyn , Welsh politician (died 2019)1945 – Christopher Hill , English bishop1945 – Vanburn Holder , Barbadian cricketer
1945 – Headman Shabalala , South African bass singer (died 1991)
1946 – Charles Dance , English actor, director, and screenwriter1946 – Naoto Kan , Japanese lawyer and politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan
1946 – Peter Mahovlich , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1946 – Anne Mather , English author and screenwriter
1946 – John Prine , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)
1946 – Raymond Tallis , English physician, philosopher, author, and academic
1946 – Chris Tarrant , English radio and television host
1946 – Ben Vereen , American actor, singer, and dancer
1946 – Willard White , Jamaican-English actor and singer
1947 – Gary Beach , American actor and singer (died 2018)1947 – Giant Haystacks , English wrestler (died 1998)
1948 – Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough , English academic and businesswoman1948 – Cyril Neville , American R&B percussionist and singer
1948 – Séverine , French singer and actress
1949 – Warren Burt , American-Australian composer1949 – Lance Cairns , New Zealand cricketer
1949 – Jessica Harper , American actress
1949 – Wang Wanxing , Chinese activist
1950 – Charlie George , English footballer1950 – Nora Roberts , American author
1951 – Epeli Ganilau , Fijian general and politician, 16th Minister for Fijian Affairs (died 2023)1952 – Bob Nystrom , Swedish ice hockey player1952 – Dela Smith , English educator
1953 – Fiona Rae , Scottish painter1953 – Midge Ure , Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1953 – Aleksander Veingold , Estonian chess player and coach
1953 – Gus Williams , American basketball player
1954 – Václav Patejdl , Slovak musician (died 2023)1954 – Rekha , Indian actress
1954 – David Lee Roth , American singer-songwriter and producer
1954 – Fernando Santos , Portuguese footballer and manager
1956 – Amanda Burton , Northern Irish actress and producer1956 – David Hempleman-Adams , English businessman and adventurer
1956 – Taur Matan Ruak , East Timorese politician, 3rd President of East Timor
1957 – Rumiko Takahashi , Japanese author and illustrator1958 – Tanya Tucker , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1959 – Michael Cobley , English-Scottish author1959 – Kirsty MacColl , English singer-songwriter (died 2000)
1959 – Arif Peçenek , Turkish football player and manager (died 2013)
1959 – Bill Rammell , English academic and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
1959 – Julia Sweeney , American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1959 – Bradley Whitford , American actor and producer
1960 – Ron Flockhart , Canadian ice hockey player1960 – Russell Slade , English football manager
1960 – Simon Townshend , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1961 – Henrik Jørgensen , Danish runner (died 2019)1961 – Martin Kemp , English singer-songwriter and bass player
1961 – Crystal Waters , American singer-songwriter, musician and producer
1962 – Thomas Rusch , German photographer1963 – Jolanda de Rover , Dutch swimmer1963 – Anita Mui , Hong Kong singer and actress (died 2003)
1963 – Daniel Pearl , American-Israeli journalist (died 2002)
1963 – Vegard Ulvang , Norwegian skier
1964 – Sarah Lancashire , English actress and director1965 – Toshi , Japanese singer-songwriter and producer1965 – Chris Penn , American actor (died 2006)
1966 – Tony Adams , English footballer and manager1966 – Bai Ling , Chinese-American model and actress
1967 – Michael Giacchino , American composer1967 – Jonathan Littell , American-French author and humanitarian
1967 – Mike Malinin , American drummer and producer
1967 – Gavin Newsom , American businessman and politician, 40th and current Governor of California
1967 – Jacek Zieliński , Polish footballer and coach
1968 – Bart Brentjens , Dutch cyclist1968 – Feridun Düzağaç , Turkish singer-songwriter
1968 – Chris Ofili , British painter
1969 – Manu Bennett , New Zealand-Australian actor1969 – Dilsa Demirbag Sten , Swedish journalist and author
1969 – Francis Escudero , Filipino lawyer and politician
1969 – Brett Favre , American football player
1969 – Wendi McLendon-Covey , American actress
1970 – Silke Kraushaar-Pielach , German sled racer1970 – Matthew Pinsent , English rower and sportscaster
1971 – Graham Alexander , English-Scottish footballer and manager1971 – Evgeny Kissin , Russian pianist
1972 – Jun Lana , Filipino director, producer, playwright, and screenwriter1972 – Alexei Zhitnik , Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
1973 – Mario Lopez , American actor, television personality, and producer1973 – Zach Thornton , American soccer player and coach
1974 – Asi Cohen , Israeli actor and screenwriter1974 – Oded Kattash , Israeli basketball player and coach
1974 – Julio Ricardo Cruz , Argentinian footballer
1974 – Dale Earnhardt Jr. , American race car driver and actor
1974 – Lucy Powell , English politician
1974 – Chris Pronger , Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Ihsahn , Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1975 – Ramón Morales , Mexican footballer and manager
1975 – Plácido Polanco , Dominican-American baseball player
1976 – Bob Burnquist , Brazilian-American skateboarder1976 – Pat Burrell , American baseball player
1976 – Shane Doan , Canadian ice hockey player
1978 – Naomi Levari , Israeli film producer and director1978 – Jodi Lyn O'Keefe , American model and actress
1979 – Kangta , South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor1979 – Nicolás Massú , Chilean tennis player
1979 – Mýa , American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress
1980 – Julie Pomagalski , French snowboarder (died 2021)1981 – Una Healy , Irish singer-songwriter, member of The Saturdays 1981 – Gavin Shuker , English lawyer and politician
1981 – Laura Tobin , English weather reporter
1982 – Yasser Al-Qahtani , Saudi Arabian footballer1982 – David Cal , Spanish sprint canoeist
1982 – Tony Khan , American sports executive
1982 – Dan Stevens , English actor
1984 – Stephanie Cheng , Hong Kong singer1984 – Jean-Baptiste Grange , French skier
1984 – Ryan Hollins , American basketball player and commentator
1984 – Chiaki Kuriyama , Japanese actress and singer
1984 – Paul Posluszny , American football player
1984 – Troy Tulowitzki , American baseball player
1985 – Marina Diamandis , Welsh singer-songwriter and pianist1985 – Bronson Harrison , New Zealand rugby league player
1985 – Rostislav Olesz , Czech ice hockey player
1986 – Nathan Jawai , Australian basketball player1986 – Andrew McCutchen , American baseball player
1986 – Ellen Andrea Wang , Norwegian bassist and composer
1987 – Ryan Mathews , American football player1988 – Shaun Fensom , Australian rugby league player1988 – Brown Ideye , Nigerian footballer
1988 – Rose McIver , New Zealand actress
1989 – Jeurys Familia , Dominican baseball player1989 – Emer Kenny , English actress and screenwriter
1990 – Shelby Miller , American baseball player1990 – Geno Smith , American football player
1990 – Kolten Wong , American baseball player
1991 – Michael Carter-Williams , American basketball player1991 – Gabriella Cilmi , Australian singer-songwriter and producer
1991 – Lali Espósito , Argentinian actress and singer
1991 – Mariana Pajón , Colombian cyclist
1991 – Xherdan Shaqiri , Swiss footballer
1992 – Anthony Brown , American basketball player1993 – Lourdes Gurriel Jr. , Cuban baseball player1993 – Jayden Stockley , English footballer
1994 – Bae Suzy , South Korean singer, actress and model1994 – Mike Tobey , American-Slovenian basketball player
1994 – Marquez Valdes-Scantling , American football player
1995 – Brenko Lee , Australian-Tongan rugby league player1995 – Courtland Sutton , American football player
1996 – Sami Niku , Finnish ice hockey player2002 – Josh Giddey , Australian basketball playerDeaths
Pre-1600
AD 19 – Germanicus , Roman general (born 15 BC)644 – Paulinus of York , English bishop and missionary680 – Abbas ibn Ali , son of Imam Ali 680 – Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn , son of Al-Husayn
680 – Habib ibn Madhahir
680 – Husayn ibn Ali , third Shia Imam and grandson of Muhammad (born 626)
827 – Pope Valentine (born 800)937 – Wang Lingmou , chancellor of Wu 1149 – Al-Hafiz , Fatimid imam-caliph (born 1074/77)1174 – Adela of Ponthieu, Countess of Surrey 1213 – Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine 1308 – Patrick Dunbar, 8th Earl of Dunbar 1359 – Hugh IV of Cyprus (born 1295)1503 – Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (born 1438)1581 – Bayinnaung , Burmese king (born 1516)1659 – Abel Tasman , Dutch merchant and explorer (born 1603)1691 – Isaac de Benserade , French author and poet (born 1613)1708 – David Gregory , Scottish mathematician and astronomer (born 1659)1714 – Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert , French economist and academic (born 1646)1720 – Antoine Coysevox , French sculptor (born 1640)1723 – William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper , English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1665)1725 – Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil , French politician, Governor of New France (born 1643)1747 – John Potter , English archbishop and academic (born 1674)1759 – Granville Elliott , English general (born 1713)1765 – Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1688)1795 – Francesco Antonio Zaccaria , Italian historian and theologian (born 1714)1800 – Gabriel Prosser , American rebel leader (born 1776)1806 – Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (born 1772)1827 – Ugo Foscolo , Italian author and poet (born 1778)1837 – Charles Fourier , French philosopher and academic (born 1772)1857 – George Washington Parke Custis , American author and playwright (born 1781)1872 – William H. Seward , American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (born 1801)1875 – Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy , Russian author, poet, and playwright (born 1817)1876 – Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville , French geologist and meteorologist (born 1814)1893 – Lip Pike , American baseball player and manager (born 1845)1894 – William Robinson (Canadian architect) , Canadian architect and land surveyor (b. 1812)1901 – Lorenzo Snow , American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1814)1913 – Adolphus Busch , German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (born 1839)1913 – Katsura Tarō , Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1848)
1914 – Carol I of Romania (born 1839)1918 – Henry Dobson , Australian politician, 17th Premier of Tasmania (born 1841)1922 – Andreas Karkavitsas , Greek physician and author (born 1866)1923 – Andrés Avelino Cáceres , Peruvian general, President of Peru (born 1836)1927 – August Kitzberg , Estonian author and playwright (born 1855)1927 – Gustave Whitehead , German-American pilot and engineer (born 1874)
1930 – Adolf Engler , German botanist and academic (born 1844)1935 – Gustave Loiseau , French painter (born 1865)1936 – Abul Kasem , Bengali politician (born 1872 )1940 – Berton Churchill , Canadian-American actor and singer (born 1876)1942 – Arnold Majewski , Finnish military hero of Polish descent (killed in action) (born 1892 )1948 – Ted Horn , American race car driver (born 1910)1949 – Chikuhei Nakajima , Japanese engineer, businessman, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (born 1884)1953 – Erima Harvey Northcroft , New Zealand general, lawyer, and judge (born 1884)1957 – Karl Genzken , German physician and convicted war criminal (born 1885)1962 – Stancho Belkovski , Bulgarian-Polish architect (born 1891)1963 – Roy Cazaly , Australian footballer and coach (born 1893)1963 – Édith Piaf , French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1915)
1964 – Eddie Cantor , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1892)1964 – Heinrich Neuhaus , Ukrainian-Russian pianist and educator (born 1888)
1966 – Charlotte Cooper , English-Scottish tennis player (born 1870)1966 – Louise Thuliez , French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II, and author (born 1881)
1970 – Édouard Daladier , French captain and politician, 105th Prime Minister of France (born 1884)1971 – John Cawte Beaglehole , New Zealand historian and scholar (born 1901)1973 – Ludwig von Mises , Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (born 1881)1974 – Joseph Wulf , German-Polish historian (born 1912)1976 – Silvana Armenulić , Bosnian singer and actress (born 1939)1976 – Mirsada Mirjana Bajraktarević , Bosnian singer-songwriter (born 1951)
1977 – Angelo Muscat , Maltese-English actor (born 1930)1978 – Ralph Marterie , Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1914)1978 – Ralph Metcalfe , American sprinter and politician (born 1910)
1979 – Christopher Evans , English psychologist, computer scientist, and author (born 1931)1979 – Paul Paray , French organist, composer, and conductor (born 1886)
1982 – Jean Effel , French painter and journalist (born 1908)1983 – Ralph Richardson , English actor (born 1902)1985 – Yul Brynner , Russian-American actor (born 1920)1985 – Orson Welles , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1915)
1986 – Gleb Wataghin , Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic (born 1899)1987 – Behice Boran , Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist (born 1910)1990 – Tom Murton , American penologist and activist (born 1928)1990 – Nikolaos Pavlopoulos , Greek sculptor and academic (born 1909)
1990 – Dorothy Stanley , American educator (born 1924)
1991 – Nickolaus Hirschl , Austrian wrestler, discus thrower, and shot putter (born 1906)1997 – Michael J. S. Dewar , Indian-born American theoretical chemist, developer of the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model (born 1918)1998 – Clark Clifford , American captain, lawyer, and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1906)1998 – Marvin Gay Sr. , American minister (born 1914)
1998 – Tommy Quaid , Irish hurler and manager (born 1957)
2000 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born 1916)2001 – Eddie Futch , American boxer and trainer (born 1911)2001 – Vasily Mishin , Russian engineer (born 1917)
2003 – Eila Hiltunen , Finnish sculptor (born 1922)2003 – Eugene Istomin , American pianist (born 1925)
2004 – Ken Caminiti , American baseball player (born 1963)2004 – Christopher Reeve , American actor, producer, and activist (born 1952)
2004 – Arthur H. Robinson , American geographer and cartographer (born 1915)
2004 – Maurice Shadbolt , New Zealand author and playwright (born 1932)
2005 – Wayne C. Booth , American educator and critic (born 1921)2005 – Milton Obote , Ugandan politician, 2nd President of Uganda (born 1925)
2006 – Michael John Rogers , English ornithologist and academic (born 1932)2006 – Ian Scott , Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1934)
2008 – Kazuyoshi Miura , Japanese businessman (born 1947)2009 – Stephen Gately , Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1976)2010 – Solomon Burke , American singer-songwriter and preacher (born 1940)2010 – Joan Sutherland , Australian-Swiss soprano and actress (born 1926)
2011 – Jagjit Singh , Indian singer-songwriter (born 1941)2012 – Sam Gibbons , American captain and politician (born 1920)2012 – Alex Karras , American football player, wrestler, and actor (born 1935)
2012 – Piotr Lenartowicz , Polish philosopher and educator (born 1934)
2012 – Basil L. Plumley , American sergeant (born 1920)
2012 – Mark Poster , American philosopher and educator (born 1941)
2012 – Kyaw Zaw , Burmese commander and politician (born 1919)
2013 – Scott Carpenter , American commander, pilot, and astronaut (born 1925)2013 – Jay Conrad Levinson , American author and educator (born 1933)
2013 – Sohei Miyashita , Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (born 1927)
2013 – Cal Smith , American singer and guitarist (born 1932)
2014 – Olav Dale , Norwegian saxophonist and composer (born 1958)2014 – Damiana Eugenio , Filipino author and academic (born 1921)
2014 – Valeri Karpov , Russian ice hockey player (born 1971)
2014 – Lari Ketner , American football and basketball player (born 1977)
2014 – Pavel Landovský , Czech actor, director, and playwright (born 1936)
2014 – Ed Nimmervoll , Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (born 1947)
2015 – Diepreye Alamieyeseigha , Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (born 1952)2015 – Hilla Becher , German photographer and educator (born 1934)
2015 – Manorama , Indian (Tamil ) actress (born 1937)
2015 – Steve Mackay , American saxophonist and composer (born 1949)
2015 – Sybil Stockdale , American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (born 1924)
2016 – Donn Fendler , American author and speaker (born 1926)2021 – Abdul Qadeer Khan , Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical scientist (born 1936)2022 – Mulayam Singh Yadav , Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (born 1939)2024 – Fleur Adcock , New Zealand poet (born 1934)2024 – Ethel Kennedy , American philanthropist (born 1928)
2025 – John Lodge , English singer-songwriter and bassist (born 1943)