October 30
October 30 this yearin various calendars Akan Kwafie Armenian 12 Trē 1476 Aztec Atlcahualo 8, 8 Cipactli Babylonian 17 Tashritu, 2337 SE Balinese pawukon Menga, Beteng, Jaya, Keliwon, Was, Sukra of Watugunung, Kala, Tulus, Sri Bengali 14 Kartik , BS 1433 Chinese Yin Fire Ox ・Bond Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 9 , Day 21Shuangjiang , 8 days until Lidong )Common Era 30 October 2026 CE Coptic 20 Paopi , AM 1743Egyptian 17 Phamenoth , 2775 NE Ethiopian 20 Ṭeqemt, 2019 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade I, Octidi de Brumaire de l'Année 235 de la République Gregorian 30 October , AD 2026 Hebrew 19 Cheshvan , AM 5787 Hindu Mṛgaśiras ・Parigha Kārtika , 1948 SE Pañcamī , Kṛishna pakṣa of Āśvina , 2083 VE Rāudra ・5127 KY ・1,872,878 Icelandic Föstudagur, 7 Gormánuður 2026 Islamic 18 Jumada al-awwal , AH 1448tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W44-5 Japanese 20 Nagatsuki , Reiwa 8Sōkō , 8 days until Rittō ) Julian 17 October , AD 2026 (AM 7535)Julian day 2461344 Korean 20 Gaedal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.14.1.1 14 Zac , 8 Imix Roman ante diem XVI Kalendas Novembres , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 8 Aban , SH 1405 Tibetan 20 tha skar, me pho rta
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Day of the year
October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 62 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
1657 – Anglo-Spanish War : Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios .1697 – France and the Holy Roman Empire sign a peace treaty at Ryswick , the last of a series of treaties which ends the Nine Years' War .1806 – War of the Fourth Coalition : Convinced that he is facing a much larger force, Prussian General von Romberg , commanding 5,300 men, surrenders the city of Stettin to 800 French soldiers.1817 – Simón Bolívar becomes President of the Third Republic of Venezuela .1831 – Nat Turner is arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.1836 – Louis Napoleon launches the unsuccessful Strasbourg Coup to overthrow the July Monarchy in France 1858 – Approximately 20 people die in Bradford , England, UK, after being poisoned from ingesting sweets that had been accidentally adulterated with arsenic trioxide .1863 – Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I , King of the Hellenes.1864 – Second War of Schleswig : The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria .1888 – The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes .1905 – Tsar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto , nominally granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma . (October 17 in the Julian calendar)1918 – World War I : The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.1918 – World War I: Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen , a state union of Kingdom of Hungary and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia is abolished with decisions of Croatian and Hungarian parliaments .
1920 – The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.1938 – Orson Welles broadcasts a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds , causing a massive panic in some of the audience in the United States.1941 – President Roosevelt approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.1941 – Holocaust : Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp .
1942 – World War II : Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559 .1944 – Holocaust: Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp , where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII.1947 – The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.1948 – A luzzu capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala , Gozo , Malta , killing 23 of the 27 people on board.1953 – President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.1956 – Hungarian Revolution : The government of Imre Nagy recognizes newly established revolutionary workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads anti-Soviet militias in an attack on the headquarters of the Hungarian Working People's Party .1959 – Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia , killing 26 of the 27 on board.1961 – The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba , the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.1968 – A squad of 120 North Korean Army commandos land in boats along a 25-mile long section of the eastern coast of South Korea in a failed attempt to overthrow the dictatorship of Park Chung Hee and bring about the reunification of Korea .1973 – The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.1975 – Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco .1975 – Forty-five people are killed when Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 450 crashes into Suchdol , Prague , while on approach to Prague Ruzyně Airport (now Václav Havel Airport Prague ) in Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic ).
1980 – El Salvador and Honduras agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice .1983 – The first democratic elections in Argentina , after seven years of military rule, are held.1983 – A magnitude 6.6 earthquake in the Turkish provinces of Erzurum and Kars leaves approximately 1,340 people dead.
1985 – Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A , its final successful mission.1991 – The Israeli-Palestinian conflict : The Madrid Conference commences in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine .1995 – Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.2005 – The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.2013 – Forty-five people are killed and seven injured after a bus catches fire in Mahabubnagar district , Andhra Pradesh (present-day Telangana ), India.2014 – Sweden becomes the first European Union member state to officially recognize Palestine as an independent and sovereign state.2014 – Four people are killed when a Beechcraft Super King Air crashes at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas .
2015 – A fire in a nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest kills sixty-four people and leaves more than 147 injured.2020 – A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami. At least 119 people die mainly due to collapsed buildings.2022 – A pedestrian suspension bridge collapses in the city of Morbi , Gujarat , leading to the deaths of at least 135 people.2023 – First rescue of a prisoner during the Israeli invasion of Gaza.Births
1624 – Paul Pellisson , French historian and author (died 1693)1632 – Christopher Wren , English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (died 1723)1660 – Ernest August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (died 1731)1668 – Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (died 1705)1712 – Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis , Maltese linguist, historian and cleric (died 1770)1728 – Mary Hayley , English businesswoman (died 1808)1735 – John Adams , American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (died 1826)1741 – Angelica Kauffman , painter (died 1807)1751 – Richard Brinsley Sheridan , Irish-English poet, playwright, and politician, Treasurer of the Navy (died 1816)1762 – André Chénier , Turkish-French poet and playwright (died 1794)1786 – Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé , Canadian captain and author (died 1871)1799 – Ignace Bourget , Canadian bishop (died 1885)1839 – Alfred Sisley , French-English painter (died 1899)1857 – Georges Gilles de la Tourette , French-Swiss physician and neurologist (died 1904)1861 – Antoine Bourdelle , French sculptor and painter (died 1929)1868 – António Cabreira , Portuguese polygraph (died 1953)1871 – Buck Freeman , American baseball player (died 1949)1871 – Paul Valéry , French poet and philosopher (died 1945)
1873 – Francisco I. Madero , Mexican businessman and politician, 33rd President of Mexico (died 1913)1877 – Hugo Celmiņš , Latvian politician, Prime Minister of Latvia (died 1941)1878 – Arthur Scherbius , German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine (died 1929)1881 – Elizabeth Madox Roberts , American poet and author (died 1941)1882 – Oldřich Duras , Czech chess player and composer (died 1957)1882 – William Halsey Jr. , American admiral (died 1959)
1882 – Günther von Kluge , Polish-German field marshal (died 1944)
1885 – Ezra Pound , American poet and critic (died 1972)1886 – Zoë Akins , American author, poet, and playwright (died 1958)1887 – Sukumar Ray , Indian-Bangladeshi author, poet, and playwright (died 1923)1888 – Louis Menges , American soccer player, soldier, and politician (died 1969)1888 – Konstantinos Tsiklitiras , Greek footballer and high jumper (died 1913)
1892 – Charles Atlas , Italian-American bodybuilder (died 1972)1893 – Roland Freisler , German soldier, lawyer, and judge (died 1945)1894 – Jean Rostand , French biologist and philosopher (died 1977)1894 – Peter Warlock , English composer and critic (died 1930)
1895 – Gerhard Domagk , German pathologist and bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964)1895 – Dickinson W. Richards , American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
1896 – Rex Cherryman , American actor (died 1928)1896 – Ruth Gordon , American actress and screenwriter (died 1985)
1896 – Kostas Karyotakis , Greek poet and educator (died 1928)
1896 – Harry R. Truman , American soldier and inn keeper on Mount St. Helens , killed in the eruption (died 1980)
1896 – Antonino Votto , Italian conductor (died 1985)
1897 – Agustín Lara , Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (died 1970)1898 – Bill Terry , American baseball player and manager (died 1989)1900 – Ragnar Granit , Finnish-Swedish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)1905 – Johnny Miles , English-Canadian runner (died 2003)1906 – Giuseppe Farina , Italian race car driver (died 1966)1906 – Hermann Fegelein , German general (died 1945)
1906 – Alexander Gode , German-American linguist and translator (died 1970)
1907 – Sol Tax , American anthropologist and academic (died 1995)1908 – Patsy Montana , American singer-songwriter and actress (died 1996)1908 – U. Muthuramalingam Thevar , Indian politician (died 1963)
1908 – Peter Smith , English cricketer (died 1967)
1908 – Dmitry Ustinov , Marshal of the Soviet Union (died 1984)
1909 – Homi J. Bhabha , Indian-French physicist and academic (died 1966)1910 – Miguel Hernández , Spanish poet and playwright (died 1942)1910 – Luciano Sgrizzi , Italian-Monegasque organist and composer (died 1994)
1911 – Ruth Hussey , American actress (died 2005)1914 – Richard E. Holz , American minister and composer (died 1986)1914 – Leabua Jonathan , Basotho lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (died 1987)
1914 – Anna Wing , English actress (died 2013)
1915 – Fred W. Friendly , American journalist and producer (died 1998)1915 – Jane Randolph , American-Swiss actress and singer (died 2009)
1916 – Leon Day , American baseball player (died 1995)1917 – Bobby Bragan , American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2010)1917 – Minni Nurme , Estonian writer and poet (died 1994)
1917 – Nikolai Ogarkov , Russian field marshal (died 1994)
1917 – Maurice Trintignant , French race car driver (died 2005)
1920 – Christy Ring , Irish sportsman (died 1979)1921 – Valli Lember-Bogatkina (died 2016)1922 – Elena Mikhnenko , Ukrainian exile (died 1993)1922 – Iancu Țucărman , Romanian Holocaust survivor (died 2021)
1922 – Jane White , American actress and singer (died 2011)
1923 – Gloria Oden , American poet and academic (died 2011)1924 – John P. Craven , American soldier and engineer (died 2015)1925 – Tommy Ridgley , American singer and bandleader (died 1999)1926 – Jacques Swaters , Belgian race car driver and manager (died 2010)1927 – Joe Adcock , American baseball player and manager (died 1999)1928 – Daniel Nathans , American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)1929 – Jean Chapman , English author (died 2026)1929 – Olga Zubarry , Argentinian actress (died 2012)
1930 – Néstor Almendros , Spanish-American director and cinematographer (died 1992)1930 – Christopher Foster , English economist and academic (died 2022)
1930 – Clifford Brown , American trumpet player and composer (died 1956)
1930 – Don Meineke , American basketball player (died 2013)
1931 – Vince Callahan , American lieutenant and politician (died 2014)1931 – David M. Wilson , Manx archaeologist, historian, and curator
1932 – Barun De , Indian historian and author (died 2013)1932 – Louis Malle , French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)
1933 – Col Campbell , New Zealand gardener and television host (died 2012)1934 – Keith Barnes , Welsh-Australian rugby player and coach (died 2024)1934 – Frans Brüggen , Dutch flute player and conductor (died 2014)
1935 – Robert Caro , American journalist and author1935 – Ágota Kristóf , Hungarian-Swiss author (died 2011)
1935 – Jim Perry , American baseball player
1935 – Michael Winner , English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
1936 – Polina Astakhova , Ukrainian gymnast and trainer (died 2005)1936 – Dick Vermeil , American football player and coach
1937 – Claude Lelouch , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter1937 – Brian Price , Welsh rugby player (died 2023)
1938 – Morris Lurie , Australian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 2014)1939 – Harvey Goldstein , English statistician and academic (died 2020)1939 – Leland H. Hartwell , American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1939 – Eddie Holland , American singer-songwriter and producer
1939 – Grace Slick , American singer-songwriter and model
1941 – Marcel Berlins , French-English lawyer, journalist, and academic (died 2019)1941 – Aleksandr Dulichenko , Russian-Estonian linguist and academic
1941 – Theodor W. Hänsch , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1941 – Otis Williams , American singer-songwriter and producer
1941 – Bob Wilson , English footballer and sportscaster
1942 – Sven-David Sandström , Swedish composer and historian (died 2019)1943 – Paul Claes , Belgian poet and translator1943 – Joanna Shimkus , Canadian actress
1943 – David Triesman, Baron Triesman , English union leader and politician
1944 – Ahmed Chalabi , Iraqi businessman and politician (died 2015)1945 – Henry Winkler , American actor, comedian, director, and producer1945 – Lynne Marta , American actress (died 2024)
1946 – Robert L. Gibson , American captain, pilot, and astronaut1946 – Andrea Mitchell , American journalist
1946 – Anthony Shorrocks , English economist, author, and academic
1946 – Chris Slade , Welsh drummer
1947 – Glenn Andreotta , American soldier (died 1968)1947 – Tim Kirk , American illustrator and designer
1947 – Timothy B. Schmit , American singer-songwriter and bass player
1947 – Herschel Weingrod , American screenwriter and producer
1948 – Richard Alston , English dancer and choreographer1948 – Garry McDonald , Australian actor and screenwriter
1949 – Larry Gene Bell , American murderer (died 1996)1949 – Leon Rippy , American actor
1950 – Phil Chenier , American basketball player and broadcaster1950 – Tim Sheens , Australian rugby league player and coach
1951 – Tony Bettenhausen Jr. , American race car driver and businessman (died 2000)1951 – Trilok Gurtu , Indian drummer and songwriter
1951 – Harry Hamlin , American actor
1951 – Poncho Sanchez , American singer and conga player
1953 – Pete Hoekstra , Dutch-American lawyer and politician1953 – Charles Martin Smith , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1954 – Mahmoud El Khatib , Egyptian footballer1954 – T. Graham Brown , American country singer-songwriter
1954 – Jeannie Kendall , American country singer-songwriter
1954 – Mario Testino , Peruvian-English photographer
1955 – Heidi Heitkamp , American lawyer and politician, 28th Attorney General of North Dakota 1956 – Juliet Stevenson , English actress1957 – Shlomo Mintz , Israeli violinist and conductor1957 – Kevin Pollak , American actor, game show host, and producer
1958 – Olav Dale , Norwegian saxophonist and composer (died 2014)1958 – Joe Delaney , American football player (died 1983)
1958 – Ramona d'Viola , American cyclist and photographer
1958 – Pétur Guðmundsson , Icelandic basketball player and coach
1959 – Vincent Lagaf' , French actor, singer, and game show host1960 – Charnele Brown , American actress and singer1960 – Grayson Hugh , American singer-songwriter
1960 – Diego Maradona , Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2020)
1961 – Scott Garrelts , American baseball player1961 – Giorgos Papakonstantinou , Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
1961 – Larry Wilmore , American comedian and television host
1962 – Stefan Kuntz , German footballer and manager
1962 – Danny Tartabull , Puerto Rican baseball player1962 – Courtney Walsh , Jamaican cricketer
1963 – Michael Beach , American actor and producer1963 – Rebecca Heineman , American video game designer and programmer (died 2025)
1963 – Andrew Solomon , American-English journalist and author
1963 – Mike Veletta , Australian cricketer and coach
1963 – Kristina Wagner , American actress
1964 – Adnan Al Talyani , Emirati footballer1964 – Humayun Kabir Dhali , Bangladeshi journalist and author
1964 – Howard Lederer , American poker player
1965 – Gavin Rossdale , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor1967 – Brad Aitken , Canadian ice hockey player1967 – Leonidas Kavakos , Greek violinist and conductor
1968 – Emmanuelle Claret , French biathlete (died 2013)1968 – Jack Plotnick , American actor, director, and producer
1968 – Ken Stringfellow , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969 – Stanislav Gross , Czech lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (died 2015)1969 – Snow , Canadian rapper and reggae singer-songwriter
1969 – Vangelis Vourtzoumis , Greek basketball player
1970 – Ben Bailey , American comedian and game show host1970 – Tory Belleci , American visual effects designer and television presenter
1970 – Christine Bersola-Babao , Filipino journalist and actress
1970 – Billy Brown , American actor
1970 – Nia Long , American actress
1970 – Ekaterini Voggoli , Greek discus thrower
1971 – Fredi Bobic , Slovenian-German footballer and manager1971 – Tzanis Stavrakopoulos , Greek basketball player
1971 – Suzan van der Wielen , Dutch field hockey player
1972 – Jessica Hynes , English actress, producer, and screenwriter1973 – Michael Buettner , Australian rugby league player and official1973 – Silvia Corzo , Colombian lawyer and journalist
1973 – Edge , Canadian wrestler and actor
1973 – Michael Oakes , English footballer and manager
1973 – Raci Şaşmaz , Turkish actor, producer, and screenwriter
1975 – Ian D'Sa , English-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1975 – Marco Scutaro , Venezuelan baseball player
1976 – Stern John , Trinidadian footballer1976 – Ümit Özat , Turkish footballer and manager
1976 – Maurice Taylor , American basketball player
1978 – Martin Dossett , American football player1978 – Stephanie Izard , American chef
1978 – Matthew Morrison , American singer-songwriter and actor
1978 – Dan Poulter , English physician and politician
1978 – Derren Witcombe , New Zealand rugby player and cricketer
1980 – Rich Alvarez , Filipino-Japanese basketball player1980 – Choi Hong-man , South Korean wrestler and mixed martial artist
1980 – Kareem Rush , American basketball player
1981 – Fiona Dourif , American actress1981 – Jun Ji-hyun , South Korean model and actress
1981 – Ayaka Kimura , Japanese singer and actress
1981 – Shaun Sipos , Canadian actor
1981 – Ivanka Trump , American model and businesswoman
1982 – Clémence Poésy , French actress and model1983 – Iain Hume , Canadian soccer player1983 – Maor Melikson , Israeli footballer
1983 – Nicole Williams English , Canadian fashion designer and model
1984 – Gedo , Egyptian footballer1984 – Eva Marcille , American model and actress
1985 – Ragnar Klavan , Estonian footballer1986 – Desmond Jennings , American baseball player1986 – Thomas Morgenstern , Austrian ski jumper
1986 – Keisuke Sohma , Japanese actor
1986 – Tamera Young , American basketball player
1987 – Danielle Fong , Canadian entrepreneur, co-founder and chief scientist of LightSail Energy 1987 – Ashley Graham , American model
1987 – Ali Riley , New Zealand footballer
1988 – Janel Parrish , American actress and singer1989 – Ashley Barnes , Austrian-English footballer1989 – Nastia Liukin , Russian-American gymnast and actress
1989 – Vanessa White , English singer, former member of The Saturdays
1990 – Joe Panik , American baseball player1990 – Suwaibou Sanneh , Gambian sprinter
1991 – Jarell Eddie , American basketball player1991 – Artemi Panarin , Russian ice hockey player
1991 – Tomáš Satoranský , Czech basketball player
1992 – Matt Parcell , Australian rugby league player1992 – Camila Silva , Chilean tennis player
1993 – Marcus Mariota , American football player1994 – Mia Eklund , Finnish tennis player1996 – Devin Booker , American basketball player1996 – Dennis Gilbert , American ice hockey player
1996 – Kennedy McMann , American actress
1996 – Kim Ji-sung , South Korean actress
1997 – Tage Thompson , American ice hockey player1998 – Cale Makar , Canadian ice hockey player2000 – Giselle , Japanese singerDeaths
1602 – Jean-Jacques Boissard , French poet and illustrator (born 1528)1611 – Charles IX of Sweden (born 1550)1626 – Willebrord Snell , Dutch astronomer and mathematician (born 1580)1632 – Henri II de Montmorency , French admiral and politician (born 1595)1654 – Emperor Go-Kōmyō of Japan (born 1633)1680 – Antoinette Bourignon , French-Flemish mystic (born 1616)1685 – Michel Le Tellier , French lawyer and politician, French Secretary of State for War (born 1603)1690 – Hieronymus van Beverningh , Dutch diplomat and politician (born 1614)1730 – Nedîm , Turkish poet (born 1681)1757 – Osman III , Ottoman sultan (born 1699)1757 – Edward Vernon , English admiral and politician (born 1684)
1809 – William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland , English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1738)1816 – Frederick I of Württemberg (born 1754)1842 – Allan Cunningham , Scottish author and poet (born 1784)1853 – Pietro Raimondi , Italian composer (born 1786)1882 – William Forster , Indian-Australian politician, 4th Premier of New South Wales (born 1818)1883 – Dayananda Saraswati , Indian philosopher and scholar (born 1824)1883 – Robert Volkmann , German pianist and composer (born 1815)
1893 – John Abbott , Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (born 1821)1894 – Honoré Mercier , Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (born 1840)1895 – James Patterson , English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Victoria (born 1833)1896 – Carol Benesch , Czech architect, designed Peleș Castle (born 1822)1899 – William H. Webb , American shipbuilder and philanthropist (born 1816)1905 – Boyd Dunlop Morehead , Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland (born 1843)1910 – Henry Dunant , Swiss activist, founded the Red Cross , Nobel Prize laureate (born 1828)1912 – Alejandro Gorostiaga , Chilean colonel (born 1840)1912 – James S. Sherman , American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (born 1855)
1915 – Charles Tupper , Canadian physician, lawyer, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1821)1919 – Ella Wheeler Wilcox , American author and poet (born 1850)1923 – Bonar Law , Canadian-English banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1858)1929 – Norman Pritchard , Indian-English hurdler and actor (born 1877)1933 – Svend Kornbeck , Danish actor (born 1869)1942 – Walter Buckmaster , English polo player and stockbroker, co-founder of Buckmaster & Moore (born 1872)1943 – Max Reinhardt , Austrian-born American actor and director (born 1873)1957 – Fred Beebe , American baseball player and coach (born 1880)1961 – Luigi Einaudi , Italian economist and politician, 2nd President of the Italian Republic (born 1874)1963 – U. Muthuramalingam Thevar , Indian lawyer and politician (born 1908)1965 – Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. , American historian and author (born 1888)1966 – Yiorgos Theotokas , Greek author and playwright (born 1906)1968 – Ramon Novarro , Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (born 1899)1968 – Conrad Richter , American journalist and novelist (born 1890)
1968 – Rose Wilder Lane , American journalist and author (born 1886)
1973 – Ants Lauter , Estonian actor and director (born 1894)1975 – Gustav Ludwig Hertz , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)1979 – Barnes Wallis , English scientist and engineer, inventor of the "bouncing bomb " (born 1887)1982 – Iryna Vilde , Ukrainian author and educator (born 1907)1987 – Joseph Campbell , American mythologist, scholar, and author (born 1904)1988 – Florence Nagle , English trainer and breeder of racehorses (born 1894)1990 – V. Shantaram , Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1901)1992 – Joan Mitchell , American painter (born 1925)1993 – Paul Grégoire , Canadian cardinal (born 1911)1993 – Peter Kemp , English soldier, mercenary , and writer (born 1915)
1997 – Samuel Fuller , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1912)1999 – Maigonis Valdmanis , Latvian basketball player (born 1933)2000 – Steve Allen , American actor, television personality, game show panelist, and talk show host (born 1921)2002 – Juan Antonio Bardem , Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1922)2002 – Jam Master Jay , American rapper and producer (born 1965)
2004 – Phyllis Frost , Australian philanthropist, founded Keep Australia Beautiful (born 1917)2004 – Peggy Ryan , American actress and dancer (born 1924)
2005 – Al López , American baseball player and manager (born 1908)2005 – Shamsher Singh Sheri , Indian politician (born 1942)
2006 – Clifford Geertz , American anthropologist and author (born 1926)2006 – Junji Kinoshita , Japanese playwright and scholar (born 1914)
2007 – Robert Goulet , American actor and singer (born 1933)2007 – Linda S. Stein , American businesswoman and manager (born 1945)
2007 – John Woodruff , American runner and colonel (born 1915)
2008 – Pedro Pompilio , Argentinian businessman (born 1950)2009 – Claude Lévi-Strauss , French anthropologist and ethnologist (born 1908)2010 – Harry Mulisch , Dutch author, poet, and playwright (born 1927)2012 – Franck Biancheri , French politician (born 1961)2012 – Samina Raja , Pakistani poet and educator (born 1961)
2013 – Bill Currie , American baseball player (born 1928)2014 – Elijah Malok Aleng , Sudanese general and politician (born 1937)2014 – Renée Asherson , English actress (born 1915)
2014 – Ida Elizabeth Osbourne , Australian actress and radio host (born 1916)
2015 – Mel Daniels , American basketball player and coach (born 1944)2015 – Al Molinaro , American actor (born 1919)
2015 – Sinan Şamil Sam , Turkish boxer (born 1974)
2017 – Kim Joo-hyuk , South Korean actor (born 1972)2024 – Matt Peacock , Australian journalist and author (born 1952)