October 31
October 31 this yearin various calendars Akan Monomemene Armenian 13 Trē 1476 Aztec Atlcahualo 9, 9 Ehēcatl Babylonian 18 Tashritu, 2337 SE Balinese pawukon Menga, Kajeng, Menala, Umanis, Maulu, Saniscara of Watugunung, Uma, Dadi, Sri Bengali 15 Kartik , BS 1433 Chinese Yang Earth Tiger ・Stomach Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 9 , Day 22Shuangjiang , 7 days until Lidong )Common Era 31 October 2026 CE Coptic 21 Paopi , AM 1743Egyptian 18 Phamenoth , 2775 NE Ethiopian 21 Ṭeqemt, 2019 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade I, Nonidi de Brumaire de l'Année 235 de la République Gregorian 31 October , AD 2026 Hebrew 20 Cheshvan , AM 5787 Hindu Ārdrā ・Śiva Kārtika , 1948 SE Ṣaṣṭhī , Kṛishna pakṣa of Āśvina , 2083 VE Rāudra ・5127 KY ・1,872,879 Icelandic Laugardagur, 8 Gormánuður 2026 Islamic 19 Jumada al-awwal , AH 1448tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W44-6 Japanese 21 Nagatsuki , Reiwa 8Sōkō , 7 days until Rittō ) Julian 18 October , AD 2026 (AM 7535)Julian day 2461345 Korean 21 Gaedal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.14.1.2 15 Zac , 9 Ik Roman ante diem XV Kalendas Novembres , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 9 Aban , SH 1405 Tibetan 21 tha skar, me pho rta
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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
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 .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".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 , and is buried near the Kremlin Wall under a plain white marker.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 .1968 – Great Drought of 1968 : Amidst a collapse of hydropower President of Chile Eduardo Frei Montalva decrees the establishment of daylight saving time .
1973 – 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.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.Births
Pre-1600
1345 – Ferdinand I , king of Portugal (died 1383)1391 – Edward, King of Portugal (died 1438)1424 – Władysław III , king of Poland (died 1444)1445 – Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg , Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (died 1511)1472 – Wang Yangming , Chinese Neo-Confucian scholar (died 1529)1542 – Henriette of Cleves , Duchess of Nevers, Countess of Rethel (died 1601)1599 – Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles , English politician (died 1680)1620 – John Evelyn , English gardener and author (died 1706)1632 – Johannes Vermeer , Dutch painter (died 1675)1636 – Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (died 1679)1638 – Meindert Hobbema , Dutch painter (died 1709)1686 – Senesino , Italian singer and actor (died 1758)1692 – Anne Claude de Caylus , French archaeologist and author (died 1765)1694 – Yeongjo of Joseon (died 1776)1705 – Pope Clement XIV (died 1774)1711 – Laura Bassi , Italian physician, physicist, and academic (died 1778)1714 – Hedvig Taube , Swedish courtier (died 1744)1724 – Christopher Anstey , English author and poet (died 1805)1729 – Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta , Spanish cleric, Archbishop of Mexico, Viceroy of New Spain (died 1800)1737 – James Lovell , American educator and politician (died 1789)1760 – Katsushika Hokusai , Japanese artist and printmaker (died 1849)1795 – John Keats , English poet (died 1821)1809 – Edmund Sharpe , English architect, architectural historian, railway engineer, and sanitary reformer (died 1877)1815 – Thomas Chapman , English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of Tasmania (died 1884)1815 – Karl Weierstrass , German mathematician and academic (died 1897)
1825 – Charles Lavigerie , French-Algerian cardinal and academic (died 1892)1831 – Paolo Mantegazza , Italian neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist (died 1910)1835 – Adelbert Ames , American general and politician, 27th Governor of Mississippi (died 1933)1835 – Krišjānis Barons , Latvian linguist and author (died 1923)
1835 – Adolf von Baeyer , German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1917)
1838 – Luís I of Portugal (died 1889)1847 – Galileo Ferraris , Italian physicist and engineer (died 1897)1848 – Boston Custer , American soldier (died 1876)1849 – Marie Louise Andrews , American story writer and journalist (died 1891)1851 – Louise of Sweden (died 1926)1856 – Charles Leroux , American balloonist and skydiver (died 1889)1858 – Saint Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril , Indian Orthodox Saint (died 1934)1860 – Juliette Gordon Low , American scout leader, founded the Girl Scouts of the United States of America (died 1927)1860 – Andrew Volstead , American politician (died 1947)
1868 – John Weir Troy , American journalist, and politician, 5th Governor of the Territory of Alaska (died 1942)1875 – Eugene Meyer , American businessman and publisher (died 1954)1875 – Vallabhbhai Patel , Indian lawyer, freedom fighter and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (died 1950)
1876 – Natalie Clifford Barney , American poet and playwright (died 1972)1879 – Karel Hašler , Czech actor, director, and composer (died 1941)1880 – Julia Peterkin , American author (died 1961)1880 – Mikhail Tomsky , Soviet politician, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (died 1936)
1881 – Toshizō Nishio , Japanese general (died 1960)1883 – Marie Laurencin , French painter and illustrator (died 1956)1883 – Anthony Wilding , New Zealand tennis player, cricketer, and soldier (died 1915)
1887 – Chiang Kai-shek , Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (died 1975)1887 – Newsy Lalonde , Canadian ice hockey player and lacrosse player (died 1970)
1888 – Napoleon Lapathiotis , Greek poet and author (died 1944)1892 – Alexander Alekhine , Russian chess player and author (died 1946)1895 – B. H. Liddell Hart , English soldier, historian, and theorist (died 1970)1896 – Ethel Waters , American singer and actress (died 1977)1897 – Constance Savery , English author (died 1999)1900 – Asbjørg Borgfelt , Norwegian sculptor (died 1976)1902 – Carlos Drummond de Andrade , Brazilian poet (died 1987)1902 – Julia Lee , American blues singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1958)
1902 – Abraham Wald , Jewish-Hungarian mathematician and economist (died 1950)
1907 – Edgar Sampson , American musician and composer (died 1973)1908 – Muriel Duckworth , Canadian activist (died 2009)1912 – Dale Evans , American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2001)1912 – Ollie Johnston , American animator and voice actor (died 2008)
1914 – John Hugenholtz , Dutch engineer and designer (died 1995)1915 – Jane Jarvis , American pianist and composer (died 2010)1916 – Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (died 2012)1917 – William H. McNeill , Canadian-American historian and author (died 2016)1917 – Gordon Steege , Australian soldier and pilot (died 2013)
1918 – Ian Stevenson , American psychiatrist and academic (died 2007)1919 – Daphne Oxenford , English actress (died 2012)1919 – Magnus Wenninger , American mathematician and author (died 2017)
1920 – Dick Francis , Welsh-Caymanian jockey and author (died 2010)1920 – Joseph Gelineau , French priest and composer (died 2008)
1920 – Helmut Newton , German-Australian photographer (died 2004)
1920 – Fritz Walter , German footballer (died 2002)
1922 – Barbara Bel Geddes , American actress (died 2005)1922 – Illinois Jacquet , American saxophonist and composer (died 2004)
1922 – Norodom Sihanouk , Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (died 2012)
1925 – Lawrence A. Cremin , American historian and author (died 1990)1925 – John Pople , English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)
1925 – Robert B. Rheault , American colonel (died 2013)
1926 – Jimmy Savile , English radio and television host (died 2011)1928 – Andrew Sarris , American critic and educator (died 2012)1929 – William Orchard , Australian water polo player and psychiatrist (died 2014)1929 – Bud Spencer , Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (died 2016)
1930 – Michael Collins , American general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2021)1930 – Booker Ervin , American saxophonist (died 1970)
1931 – Dan Rather , American journalist1933 – Phil Goyette , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2026)1933 – Iemasa Kayumi , Japanese voice actor (died 2014)
1934 – Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler , Swedish princess1935 – Dale Brown , American basketball player and coach (died 2026)1935 – Ronald Graham , American mathematician and theorist (died 2020)
1935 – David Harvey , English-American geographer and academic
1936 – Michael Landon , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1991)1937 – Tom Paxton , American folk music singer-songwriter and guitarist1939 – Tom O'Connor , English actor and game show host (died 2021)1939 – Ron Rifkin , American actor
1939 – Ali Farka Touré , Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)
1940 – Craig Rodwell , American businessman and activist, founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop (died 1993)1940 – Judith Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox , English businesswoman and politician
1941 – Dan Alderson , American scientist (died 1989)1941 – Derek Bell , English race car driver
1941 – Lucious Jackson , American basketball player (died 2022)
1941 – Sally Kirkland , American actress (died 2025)
1942 – David Ogden Stiers , American actor (died 2018)1943 – Elliott Forbes-Robinson , American race car driver1943 – Paul Frampton , English-American physicist and academic
1943 – Aristotelis Pavlidis , Greek politician, 13th Greek Minister for the Aegean and Island Policy (died 2022)
1943 – Brian Piccolo , American football player (died 1970)
1945 – Russ Ballard , English singer-songwriter and guitarist1945 – Brian Doyle-Murray , American actor and comedian
1945 – Barrie Keeffe , English playwright, screenwriter, and producer (died 2019)
1946 – Stephen Rea , Irish actor1947 – Deidre Hall , American actress1947 – Frank Shorter , American runner and sportscaster
1947 – Herman Van Rompuy , Belgian academic and politician, 66th Prime Minister of Belgium
1948 – Franco Gasparri , Italian actor (died 1999)1948 – Michael Kitchen , English actor and producer
1949 – Mart Helme , Estonian journalist and diplomat1949 – Bob Siebenberg , American drummer
1949 – Alison Wolf , English economist and academic
1950 – John Candy , Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1994)1950 – Zaha Hadid , Iraqi-English architect and academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion (died 2016)
1950 – Jane Pauley , American journalist
1950 – Antonio Taguba , Filipino-American general
1951 – Nick Saban , American football player and coach1951 – Dave Trembley , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1952 – Bernard Edwards , American bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 1996)1952 – Joe West , American baseball umpire
1953 – John Lucas II , American basketball player and coach1954 – Mari Okamoto , Japanese actress1954 – 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 critic1956 – 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 actor1957 – Robert Pollard , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959 – Mats Näslund , Swedish ice hockey player1959 – Neal Stephenson , American author
1960 – Arnaud Desplechin , French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter1960 – 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 pilot1961 – Kate Campbell , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 – Peter Jackson , New Zealand actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1961 – Larry Mullen, Jr. , Irish musician, songwriter, and actor
1962 – Jonathan Borden , American neurosurgeon and academic1962 – 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 (died 1995)
1962 – Dan Wood , Canadian ice hockey player
1963 – Mikkey Dee , Swedish hard rock drummer and musician1963 – Dunga , Brazilian footballer and manager
1963 – Johnny Marr , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963 – Fred McGriff , American baseball player
1963 – Dermot Mulroney , American actor
1963 – Rob Schneider , American actor and comedian
1964 – Frank Bruni , American journalist and critic1964 – Colm Ó Cíosóig , Irish musician
1964 – Marco van Basten , Dutch footballer and manager
1964 – Darryl Worley , American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965 – Paul du Toit , South African painter and sculptor (died 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 actor1966 – Joseph Boyden , Canadian novelist (Three Day Road, Through Black Spruce)
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 investor1967 – Buddy Lazier , American race car driver
1967 – Irina Pantaeva , Russian model and actress
1967 – Adam Schlesinger , American bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 2020)
1968 – Antonio Davis , American basketball player and sportscaster1970 – Linn Berggren , Swedish singer-songwriter1971 – Alphonso Ford , American basketball player (died 2004)1973 – Paul Abrahams , English footballer and coach1973 – 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 footballer1974 – Roger Manganelli , Brazilian-American singer-songwriter and bass player
1975 – Carla Boyd , Australian basketball player1975 – 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 footballer1976 – Piper Perabo , American actress and producer
1978 – Inka Grings , German footballer and manager1978 – Emmanuel Izonritei , Nigerian boxer
1978 – Marek Saganowski , Polish footballer
1978 – Martin Verkerk , Dutch tennis player
1979 – Ricardo Fuller , Jamaican footballer1979 – Simão Sabrosa , Portuguese footballer
1980 – Samaire Armstrong , American model, actress, and fashion designer1980 – Alondra de la Parra , Mexican-American pianist and conductor
1980 – Marcel Meeuwis , Dutch footballer
1980 – Eddie Kaye Thomas , American actor and voice artist
1981 – Irina Denezhkina , Russian author1981 – Steven Hunter , American basketball player
1981 – Frank Iero , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 – Selina Jen , Taiwanese singer and actress
1981 – Mike Napoli , American baseball player
1982 – Jordan Bannister , Australian footballer and umpire1982 – Justin Chatwin , Canadian actor
1982 – Tomáš Plekanec , Czech ice hockey player
1983 – Adam Bouska , American photographer and activist, founded the NOH8 Campaign 1984 – Amanda Pascoe , Australian swimmer1985 – Fanny Chmelar , German alpine skier1985 – Kerron Clement , American hurdler and sprinter
1986 – Chris Alajajian , Australian race car driver1986 – Christie Hayes , Australian actress and producer
1987 – Nick Foligno , Canadian ice hockey player1987 – Jean-Karl Vernay , French race car driver
1988 – Cole Aldrich , American basketball player1988 – Sébastien Buemi , Swiss race car driver
1988 – Jack Riewoldt , Australian footballer
1988 – Lizzy Yarnold , British skeleton racer
1989 – Scott McGough , American baseball player1990 – JID , American rapper1992 – Vanessa Marano , American actress1993 – Mercedes Arn-Horn , Canadian musician1993 – Nadine Lustre , Filipino actress and singer
1993 – Letitia Wright , Guyanese-British actress
1995 – Joana Valle Costa , Portuguese tennis player1997 – Siobhán Bernadette Haughey , Hong Kong-Irish swimmer1997 – Sydney Park , American actress and comedian
1997 – Marcus Rashford , English footballer
1997 – Holly Taylor , Canadian-American actress
1999 – Danielle Rose Russell , American actress1999 – Léa Serna , French figure skater
2000 – Willow Smith , American singer, actress, and dancer2002 – Ansu Fati , Spanish footballer2005 – Leonor, Princess of Asturias Deaths
Pre-1600
932 – Al-Muqtadir , Abbasid caliph (born 895)994 – Wolfgang of Regensburg , German bishop and saint (born 934)1005 – Abe no Seimei , Japanese astrologer (born 921)1034 – Deokjong , Korean ruler (born 1016)1147 – Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester , son of Henry I of England (born 1100)1214 – Eleanor of England , queen consort of Castile (born 1163)1320 – Ricold of Monte Croce , Italian Dominican missionary (born 1242)1335 – Marie of Évreux , Duchess Consort of Brabant (born 1303)1448 – John VIII Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor (born 1390)1517 – Fra Bartolomeo , Italian artist (born 1472)1589 – Peter Stumpp , German farmer and alleged serial killer (born 1535)1641 – Cornelis Jol , Dutch admiral (born 1597)1659 – John Bradshaw , English lawyer and judge, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1602)1661 – Köprülü Mehmed Pasha , Ottoman politician, 109th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1575)1723 – Cosimo III de' Medici , Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1642)1732 – Victor Amadeus II , Duke of Savoy (born 1666)1733 – Eberhard Louis , Duke of Württemberg (born 1676)1744 – Leonardo Leo , Italian composer (born 1694)1768 – Francesco Maria Veracini , Italian violinist and composer (born 1690)1786 – Princess Amelia of Great Britain (born 1711)1806 – Kitagawa Utamaro , Japanese artist and printmaker (born ca. 1753)1820 – John Lynch , American city founder and abolitionist (born 1740)1860 – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald , Scottish-English admiral and politician (born 1775)1869 – Charles A. Wickliffe , American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (born 1788)1879 – Jacob Abbott , American author and academic (born 1803)1879 – Joseph Hooker , American general (born 1814)
1884 – Marie Bashkirtseff , Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (born 1858)1905 – Bryan O'Loghlen , Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (born 1828)1913 – William Evans-Gordon , English soldier and politician (born 1857)1916 – Charles Taze Russell , American minister (born 1852)1916 – Huang Xing , Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (born 1874)
1918 – Egon Schiele , Austrian painter (born 1890)1920 – Alphonse Desjardins , Canadian businessman (born 1854)1925 – Max Linder , French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1883)1925 – Mikhail Frunze , Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 (born 1885)
1925 – Thomas Henry Tracy , Canadian architect and alderman (born 1848)
1926 – Harry Houdini , American magician and stuntman (born 1874)1929 – António José de Almeida , Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (born 1866)1931 – Octave Uzanne , French journalist and author (born 1851)1939 – Otto Rank , Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (born 1884)1944 – Joseph Hubert Priestley , British botanist (born 1883)1952 – Chit Hlaing , Burmese lawyer and politician (born 1879)1959 – Jean Cabannes , French physicist and academic (born 1885)1960 – H. L. Davis , American author and poet (born 1894)1963 – Mesut Cemil , Turkish cellist and composer (born 1902)1964 – Tuomas Bryggari , Finnish politician (born 1881)1972 – Bill Durnan , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1916)1973 – Malek Bennabi , Algerian philosopher and author (born 1905)1975 – Sachin Dev Burman , Indian composer and singer (born 1906)1977 – C. B. Colby , American author and illustrator (born 1904)1980 – Jan Werich , Czech actor and playwright (born 1905)1983 – George Halas , American football player and coach (born 1895)1983 – Lu Jiaxi , Chinese self-taught mathematician (born 1935)
1983 – Sharof Rashidov , Uzbek politician, CPSU Politburo candidate member (born 1917)
1984 – Eduardo De Filippo , Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1900)1984 – Indira Gandhi , Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (born 1917)
1985 – Nikos Engonopoulos , Greek painter and poet (born 1907)1985 – Poul Reichhardt , Danish actor and singer (born 1913)
1986 – Robert S. Mulliken , American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1896)1988 – John Houseman , Romanian-born American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1902)1988 – Alfred Pellan , Canadian painter and academic (born 1906)
1991 – Joseph Papp , American stage director and producer (born 1921)1992 – Gary Rippingale , English ice hockey player (born 1974)1993 – Federico Fellini , Italian director and screenwriter (born 1920)1993 – River Phoenix , American actor and singer (born 1970)
1995 – Rosalind Cash , American actress and singer (born 1938)1996 – Marcel Carné , French director and screenwriter (born 1906)1997 – George Roth , American gymnast (born 1911)1998 – Elmer Vasko , Canadian ice hockey player (born 1935)1998 – María de la Purísima Salvat Romero , Spanish nun and saint (Roman Catholic Church ) (born 1926)
1999 – Greg Moore , Canadian race car driver (born 1975)2000 – Ring Lardner, Jr. , American journalist and screenwriter (born 1915)2000 – Kazuki Watanabe , Japanese songwriter and guitarist (born 1981)
2001 – Régine Cavagnoud , French skier (born 1970)2002 – Lionel Poilâne , French banker and businessman (born 1945)2002 – Michail Stasinopoulos , Greek jurist and politician, President of Greece (born 1903)
2002 – Raf Vallone , Italian footballer and actor (born 1916)
2003 – Richard Neustadt , American political scientist and historian (born 1919)2005 – Hal Anger , American biophysicist and engineer (born 1920)2005 – Amrita Pritam , Indian author and poet (born 1919)
2006 – P. W. Botha , South African soldier and politician, State President of South Africa (born 1916)2006 – Peter Fryer , English journalist and author (born 1927)
2007 – Erdal İnönü , Turkish physicist and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1926)2008 – Studs Terkel , American historian and author (born 1912)2009 – Mustafa Mahmud , Egyptian physician and author (born 1921)2009 – Tom Wheatcroft , English businessman, founded the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition (born 1922)
2009 – Qian Xuesen , Chinese aerodynamicist and academic (born 1911)
2010 – Ted Sorensen , American lawyer, 8th White House Counsel (born 1928)2011 – Flórián Albert , Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1941)2011 – Roberto Lippi , Italian race car driver (born 1926)
2012 – Gae Aulenti , Italian architect and designer (born 1927)2012 – John Fitch , American race car driver and engineer (born 1917)
2012 – John H. Reed , American soldier and politician, 67th Governor of Maine (born 1921)
2013 – Chris Chase (aka Irene Kane), American actress and author (born 1924)2013 – Gérard de Villiers , French journalist and author (born 1929)
2013 – Trevor Kletz , English chemist and author (born 1922)
2013 – Johnny Kucks , American baseball player (born 1933)
2013 – Andres Narvasa , Filipino lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (born 1928)
2013 – Bobby Parker , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1937)
2014 – David Manker Abshire , American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (born 1926)2014 – Michael Alsbury , American engineer and pilot (born 1975)
2014 – Brad Halsey , American baseball player (born 1981)
2014 – Hitoshi Motoshima , Japanese educator and politician (born 1922)
2015 – Gus Savage , American businessman and politician (born 1925)2018 – Willie McCovey , American baseball player (born 1938)2020 – Sean Connery , Scottish actor (born 1930)2020 – MF Doom , British-American rapper and record producer (born 1971)
2021 – Peter Philpott , Australian cricketer (born 1934)2023 – Ken Mattingly , American astronaut (born 1936)