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==Events== |
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* [[69]] – [[Second Battle of Bedriacum]], forces under [[Antonius Primus]], the commander of the Danube armies, loyal to [[Vespasian]], defeat the forces of [[Roman Emperor|Emperor]] [[Vitellius]]. |
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*[[1147]] – After a siege of 4 months crusader knights led by [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afonso Henriques]] reconquered [[Lisbon]]. |
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*[[1260]] – The spectacular [[Cathedral of Chartres]] is dedicated in the presence of King [[Louis IX of France]]; the cathedral is now a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]. |
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* 1260 – [[Qutuz|Saif ad-Din Qutuz]], [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk]] sultan of [[Egypt]], is [[List of assassinated people|assassinated]] by [[Baibars]], who seizes power for himself. |
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*[[1360]] – The [[Treaty of Brétigny]] is ratified at [[Calais]], marking the end of the first phase of the [[Hundred Years' War]]. |
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*[[1590]] – [[John White (colonist and artist)|John White]], The governor of the second [[Roanoke Colony]], returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists. |
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*[[1648]] – The [[Peace of Westphalia]] is signed, marking the end of the [[Thirty Years' War]]. |
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*[[1795]] – [[Partitions of Poland]]: The [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]] is completely divided among [[Austria]], [[Prussia]], and [[Russia]] |
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*[[1812]] – [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The [[Battle of Maloyaroslavets]] takes place near [[Moscow]]. |
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*[[1851]] – [[William Lassell]] discovers the moons [[Umbriel (moon)|Umbriel]] and [[Ariel (moon)|Ariel]] orbiting [[Uranus]]. |
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*[[1857]] – [[Sheffield F.C.]], the world's first football club, is founded in [[Sheffield]], [[England]]. |
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*[[1861]] – The [[First Transcontinental Telegraph]] line across the [[United States]] is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old [[Pony Express]]. |
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*[[1901]] – [[Annie Edson Taylor]] becomes the first person to go over [[Niagara Falls]] in a barrel. |
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*[[1911]] – [[Orville Wright]] remains in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a [[Wright Glider]] at [[Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina]]. |
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*[[1912]] – [[First Balkan War]]: The [[Battle of Kumanovo]] concludes with the [[Kingdom of Serbia|Serbian]] victory. |
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*[[1917]] – [[Battle of Caporetto]]; [[Italy]] suffers a catastrophic defeat by the forces of [[Austria-Hungary]] and [[Germany]] on the [[Austria|Austro]]-[[Italy|Italian]] front of [[World War I]] (lasts until 19 November - also called Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo). |
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*[[1926]] – [[Harry Houdini]]'s last performance, which is at the [[Garrick Theatre]] in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. |
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*[[1929]] – "[[Wall Street Crash 1929|Black Thursday]]" [[stock market crash]] on the [[New York Stock Exchange]]. |
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*[[1930]] – A bloodless [[coup d'état]] in [[Brazil]] ousts [[Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa]], the last [[List of Presidents of Brazil|President]] of the [[History of Brazil (1889-1930)|First Republic]]. [[Getúlio Dornelles Vargas]] is then installed as "provisional president." |
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*[[1931]] – The [[George Washington Bridge]] opens to public traffic. |
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*[[1944]] – [[World War II]]: The [[Japan]]ese [[aircraft carrier]] ''[[Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku|Zuikaku]]'' and the battleship [[Japanese battleship Musashi|Musashi]] are sunk in the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]]. |
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*[[1945]] – Founding of the [[United Nations]] |
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*[[1946]] – A camera on board the [[V-2 No. 13]] rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space. |
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*[[1947]] – [[Walt Disney]] testifies before the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]], naming Disney employees he believes to be [[communist]]s. |
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*[[1949]] – The [[cornerstone]] of the [[United Nations Headquarters]] is laid. |
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*[[1954]] – [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] pledges [[United States]] support to [[South Vietnam]] |
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*[[1957]] – The [[USAF]] starts the [[X-20 Dyna-Soar]] program. |
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*[[1960]] – [[Nedelin catastrophe]]: An [[R-16]] [[ballistic missile]] explodes on the launch pad at the [[Soviet Union]]'s [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] space facility, killing over 100. Among the dead is Field Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin, whose death is reported to have occurred in a plane crash |
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*[[1964]] – [[Northern Rhodesia]] gains independence from the [[United Kingdom]] and becomes the [[Zambia|Republic of Zambia]] (Southern [[Rhodesia]] remained a colony until the next year, with the [[Unilateral Declaration of Independence]]) |
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*[[1973]] – [[Yom Kippur War]] ends |
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*[[1977]] – [[Veterans Day]] is observed on the fourth Monday in October for the seventh and last time. (The holiday is once again observed on [[November 11]] beginning the following year.) |
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*[[1980]] – The government of [[Poland]] legalizes [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarity trade union]] |
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*[[1986]] – [[Nezar Hindawi]] is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing on an [[El Al]] flight at [[Heathrow]]. After the verdict, the [[United Kingdom]] breaks diplomatic relations with [[Syria]], claiming that Hindawi is helped by Syrian officials. |
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*[[1990]] – Italian prime minister [[Giulio Andreotti]] reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of [[Operation Gladio|Gladio]], the Italian "[[stay-behind]]" clandestine paramilitary [[NATO]] army, which was implicated in [[false flag]] terrorist attacks implicating communists and anarchists as part of the [[strategy of tension]] from the late 1960s to early 1980s. |
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*[[1998]] – Launch of [[Deep Space 1]] [[comet]]/[[asteroid]] mission |
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*[[2002]] – Police [[arrest]] [[spree killer]]s [[John Allen Muhammad]] and [[Lee Boyd Malvo]], ending the [[Beltway sniper attacks]] in the area around [[Washington, DC]]. |
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*[[2003]] – [[Concorde]] makes its last commercial [[flight]]. |
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*[[2005]] – [[Hurricane Wilma]] makes landfall in [[Effects of Hurricane Wilma in Florida|Florida]] resulting in 35 direct 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage. |
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*[[2007]] – [[Chang'e 1]], the first satellite in the [[Chinese Lunar Exploration Program]], is launched from [[Xichang Satellite Launch Center]]. |
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*[[2008]] – "[[Stock market crash#Bloody Friday|Bloody Friday]]" saw many of the world's [[stock exchange]]s experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices. |
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==Births== |
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* [[51]] – [[Domitian]], Roman emperor (d. 96) |
* [[51]] – [[Domitian]], Roman emperor (d. 96) |
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*[[1905]] – [[Fran Zwitter]], Slovenian historian (d. 1988) |
*[[1905]] – [[Fran Zwitter]], Slovenian historian (d. 1988) |
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*[[1906]] – [[Alexander Gelfond]], Russian mathematician (d. 1968) |
*[[1906]] – [[Alexander Gelfond]], Russian mathematician (d. 1968) |
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*[[1908]] – [[John Tuzo Wilson]], Canadian Geophysicist (d. 1993) |
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*[[1909]] – [[Bill Carr]], American athlete (d. 1966) |
*[[1909]] – [[Bill Carr]], American athlete (d. 1966) |
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*[[1911]] – [[Sonny Terry]], American blues musician (d. 1986) |
*[[1911]] – [[Sonny Terry]], American blues musician (d. 1986) |
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==Deaths== |
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* [[996]] – King [[Hugh Capet of France]] (b. 938) |
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*[[1260]] – [[Qutuz|Saif ad-Din Qutuz]], Mamluk sultan of Egypt |
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*[[1375]] – King [[Valdemar IV of Denmark]] (b. c.1320) |
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*[[1537]] – [[Jane Seymour]], consort of [[Henry VIII of England]] (b. 1508) |
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*[[1572]] – [[Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby]], English politician (b. c.1508) |
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*[[1601]] – [[Tycho Brahe]], Danish astronomer (b. 1546) |
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*[[1655]] – [[Pierre Gassendi]], French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (b. 1592) |
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*[[1669]] – [[William Prynne]], English Puritan leader (b. 1600) |
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*[[1672]] – [[John Webb (architect)|John Webb]], English architect (b. 1611) |
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*[[1725]] – [[Alessandro Scarlatti]], Italian composer (b. 1660) |
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*[[1799]] – [[Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf]], Austrian composer (b. 1739) |
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*[[1821]] – [[Elias Boudinot]], American [[President of the Continental Congress]] (b. 1740) |
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*[[1852]] – [[Daniel Webster]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1782) |
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*[[1875]] – [[Raffaello Carboni]], Italian writer (b. 1817) |
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*[[1898]] – [[Pierre Puvis de Chavannes]], French painter (b. 1824) |
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*[[1912]] – [[Mykola Lysenko]], Ukrainian composer (b. 1842) |
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*[[1915]] – [[Désiré Charnay]], French archaeologist (b. 1828) |
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*[[1922]] – [[George Cadbury]], British chocolate and cocoa manufacturer (b. 1839) |
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*[[1935]] – [[Dutch Schultz]], American organized crime figure (b. 1902) |
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*[[1938]] – [[Ernst Barlach]], German sculptor (b. 1870) |
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*[[1943]] – [[Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau]], French Canadian poet (b. 1912) |
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*[[1944]] – [[Louis Renault (industrialist)|Louis Renault]], French car manufacturer (b. 1877) |
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*[[1945]] – [[Vidkun Quisling]], Norwegian soldier and politician (b. 1887) |
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*[[1948]] – [[Franz Lehár]], Austrian composer (b. 1870) |
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*[[1958]] – [[George Edward Moore]], British philosopher (b. 1873) |
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*[[1964]] – [[Toni Kinshofer]], German mountaineer (b. 1931) |
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*[[1966]] – [[Sofya Yanovskaya]], Russian mathematician (b. 1896) |
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*[[1971]] – [[Carl Ruggles]], American composer (b. 1876) |
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* 1971 – [[Jo Siffert]], Swiss racing driver (b. 1936) |
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*[[1972]] – [[Jackie Robinson]], American baseball player (b. 1919) |
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* 1972 – [[Claire Windsor]], American actress (b. 1897) |
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*[[1974]] – [[David Oistrakh]], Ukrainian violinist (b. 1908) |
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*[[1975]] – [[Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr.]], Polish literary historian (b. 1888) |
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*[[1985]] – [[Richie Evans]], American [[NASCAR]] driver (b. 1941) |
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* 1985 – [[Maurice Roy]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec|Archbishop of Quebec]], (b. 1905) |
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*[[1989]] – [[Jerzy Kukuczka]], Polish mountaineer (b. 1948) |
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*[[1991]] – [[Gene Roddenberry]], American television producer (b. 1921) |
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*[[1993]] – [[Heinz Kubsch]], German footballer (b. 1930) |
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*[[1994]] – [[Yannis Hotzeas]], Greek Marxist theoretician (b. 1930) |
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* 1994 – [[Raúl Juliá]], Puerto Rican actor (b. 1940) |
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*[[1996]] – [[Mary Lee (actor)|Mary Lee]], B-movie actress and singer (b. 1924) |
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*[[1997]] – [[Don Messick]], American voice actor (b. 1926) |
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*[[2001]] – [[Kathleen Ankers]], American designer (b. 1919) |
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* 2001 – [[Wolf Rüdiger Hess]], German neo-Nazi (b. 1937) |
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*[[2002]] – [[Herman Gaviria]], Colombian football player (b. 1969) |
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* 2002 – [[Winton M. Blount]], United States Postmaster General (b. 1921) |
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* 2002 – [[Harry Hay]], American activist (b. 1912) |
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*[[2004]] – [[Randy Dorton]], American race car crew member (b. 1954) |
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* 2004 – [[Ricky Hendrick]], American race car team owner (b. 1980) |
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* 2004 – [[James Aloysius Hickey]], American Catholic cardinal and archbishop (b. 1920) |
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*[[2005]] – [[José Azcona del Hoyo]], Honduran statesman (b. 1926) |
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* 2005 – [[Joy Clements]], American soprano (b. 1932) |
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* 2005 – [[Robert Sloman]], British television writer (b. 1926) |
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* 2005 – [[Rosa Parks]], American civil rights activist (b. 1913) |
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* 2005 – [[Immanuel C.Y. Hsu]], Chinese intellectual and scholar (b. 1923) |
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* 2005 – [[Mokarrameh Ghanbari]], Iranian painter (b. 1928) |
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*[[2006]] – [[Enolia McMillan]], American civil rights activist (b. 1904) |
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* 2006 – [[William Montgomery Watt]], Scottish historian and Islamic scholar (b. 1909) |
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*[[2007]] – [[Petr Eben]], Czech organ composer (b. 1929) |
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* 2007 – [[Alisher Saipov]], Kyrgyz journalist (b. 1981) |
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* 2007 – [[Ian Middleton]], New Zealand novelist (b. 1928) |
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* 2007 – [[Anne Weale]], British writer (b. 1929) |
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*[[2008]] – [[Moshe Cotel]], American composer and pianist (b. 1943) |
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*[[2010]] – [[Lamont Johnson]], American television director (b. 1922) |
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* 2010 – [[Joseph Stein]], American playwright (b. 1912) |
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*[[2011]] – [[Sansan Chien]], Taiwanese composer (b. 1967) |
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==Holidays and observances== |
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*Christian [[Feast Day]]: |
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**[[Anthony Mary Claret]] |
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**[[October 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] |
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*[[Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Zambia]] from [[United Kingdom]] in 1964. |
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*[[Public_holidays_in_Egypt|Suez Day]] ([[Egypt]]) |
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*[[United Nations Day]], the anniversary of the [[Charter of the United Nations|1945 Charter of the United Nations]] ([[International observance|International]]) |
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*[[World Development Information Day]] ([[International observance|International]]) |
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Births
- 51 – Domitian, Roman emperor (d. 96)
- 1378 – David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (d. 1402)
- 1561 – Anthony Babington, Leader of the Babington Plot (d. 1586)
- 1632 – Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microbiologist (d. 1723)
- 1675 – Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician (d. 1749)
- 1710 – Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (d. 1773)
- 1713 – Marie Fel, French opera singer (d. 1794)
- 1739 – Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, German princess and composer (d. 1807)
- 1763 – Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (d. 1839)
- 1788 – Sarah Josepha Hale, American poet (d. 1879)
- 1804 – Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist (d. 1891)
- 1811 – Ferdinand Hiller, German composer (d. 1885)
- 1830 – Marianne North, English naturalist and flower painter (d. 1890)
- 1838 – Annie Edson Taylor, American Adventuress (d. 1921)
- 1840 – Eliza Pollock, American archer (d. 1919)
- 1854 – Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist (d. 1907)
- 1855 – James S. Sherman, American politician & 27th Vice President of the United States (d. 1912)
- 1857 – Ned Williamson, American baseball player (d. 1894)
- 1868 – Alexandra David-Néel, French explorer and writer (d. 1969)
- 1872 – Peter O'Connor, Irish athlete (d. 1957)
- 1875 – Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (d. 1958)
- 1879 – B. A. Rolfe, American musician known as "The Boy Trumpet Wonder", bandleader, recording artist, radio personality and film producer (d. 1956)
- 1882 – Dame Sybil Thorndike, British actress (d. 1976)
- 1885 – Rachel Katznelson-Shazar, Zionist political figure and widow of Zalman Shazar (d. 1975)
- 1887 – Octave Lapize, French cyclist (d. 1917)
- 1887 – Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen of Spain (d. 1969)
- 1891 – Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina, President of the Dominican Republic (d. 1961)
- 1894 – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Bengali author (d. 1987)
- 1896 – Jack Warner, English actor (d. 1981)
- 1901 – Gilda Gray, Polish-born American actress and dancer (d. 1959)
- 1903 – Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (d. 1960)
- 1904 – Moss Hart, American dramatist (d. 1961)
- 1904 – A.K. Golam Jilani, a Bangladeshi who was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement. (d. 1932)
- 1905 – Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian (d. 1988)
- 1906 – Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician (d. 1968)
- 1908 – John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian Geophysicist (d. 1993)
- 1909 – Bill Carr, American athlete (d. 1966)
- 1911 – Sonny Terry, American blues musician (d. 1986)
- 1911 – Paul Grégoire, French Canadian archbishop of Montreal (d. 1993)
- 1913 – Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (d. 1984)
- 1915 – Bob Kane, American cartoonist (d. 1998)
- 1915 – Roger Milliken, American millionaire (d. 2010)
- 1915 – Marghanita Laski, British journalist and novelist (d. 1988)
- 1916 – Anne Sharp, Scottish opera singer (d. 2011)
- 1919 – Frank Piasecki, American aeronautical engineer (d. 2008)
- 1920 – Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician (d. 1996)
- 1921 – R. K. Laxman, Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist
- 1922 – George Miller, American politician
- 1923 – Sir Robin Day OBE, British political broadcaster and commentator (d. 2000)
- 1923 – Denise Levertov, English-born poet (d. 1997)
- 1924 – Mary Lee, B-movie actress and singer (d. 1996)
- 1925 – Luciano Berio, Italian composer (d. 2003)
- 1925 – Bob Azzam, Egyptian singer (d. 2004)
- 1925 – Willie Mabon, American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist (d. 1985)
- 1926 – Rafael Azcona, Spanish screenwriter (d. 2008)
- 1926 – Kidar Nath Sahani, Indian politician (d. 2012)
- 1926 – Y. A. Tittle, American football player
- 1927 – Jean-Claude Pascal, French singer and actor (d. 1992)
- 1927 – Gilbert Bécaud, French composer and actor (d. 2001)
- 1928 – George Bullard, American professional baseball player (d. 2002)
- 1929 – George Crumb, American composer
- 1929 – Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer (d. 2004)
- 1929 – Hubert Aquin, French-Canadian novelist and activist (d. 1977)
- 1930 – J.P. Richardson, The Big Bopper, American singer (d. 1959)
- 1930 – Johan Galtung, Norwegian peace researcher
- 1930 – Sultan Ahmad Shah, King of Malaysia
- 1931 – Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian composer
- 1932 – Stephen Covey, American author and speaker (d. 2012)
- 1932 – Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
- 1932 – Robert Mundell, Canadian economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1933 – Reginald "Reggie" Kray, British gangster and murderer (d. 2000)
- 1933 – Ronald "Ronnie" Kray, British gangster and murderer (d. 1995)
- 1933 – Norman Rush, American writer
- 1934 – Glen Glenn, American rockabilly singer
- 1935 – Malcolm Bilson, American pianist and music professor
- 1936 – David Nelson, American actor and director (d. 2011)
- 1936 – Bill Wyman, English musician (The Rolling Stones)
- 1936 – Jimmy Dawkins, American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist and singer
- 1937 – Santo Farina, American musician and composer (Santo & Johnny)
- 1938 – Odean Pope, American jazz tenor saxophonist
- 1939 – F. Murray Abraham, American actor
- 1940 – Martin Campbell, New Zealand film director
- 1940 – Rafał Piszcz, Polish canoe racer (d. 2012)
- 1941 – William H. Dobelle, American biomedical engineer
- 1943 – Bill Dundee, American professional wrestler
- 1943 – Corky Siegel, American musician, singer-songwriter, and composer
- 1944 – Ray Downs American author and musician
- 1944 – Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and coach (d. 2007)
- 1944 – Ted Templeman, American record producer, member of 1960's group Harper's Bizarre
- 1945 – Anthony Christian, English artist
- 1945 – Gérald Larose, Quebec labour union executive
- 1945 – Duncan Lunan, Scottish astronomer and writer
- 1945 – Alan Titus, American baritone
- 1946 – Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (Steppenwolf) (d. 1993)
- 1947 – Kevin Kline, American actor
- 1948 – Paul Ryan and Barry Ryan, British composer-singers
- 1948 – Kweisi Mfume, American politician and activist
- 1949 – Robert Pickton, Canadian serial killer
- 1950 – Steven Greenberg, American composer (Lipps Inc.)
- 1950 – Rawly Eastwick, American baseball player
- 1950 – Miroslav Sládek, Czech politician
- 1951 – Meredith Hunter, American murder victim (d. 1969)
- 1951 – George Tsontakis, American composer
- 1952 – David Weber, American science fiction and fantasy author
- 1953 – Mike Papantonio, American lawyer and radio talk show host
- 1953 – Mindy Newell, American comic book writer
- 1953 – Steven Hatfill, American physician, virologist and bio-weapons expert
- 1953 – Jim Pettie, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1953 – David Wright, Composer and producer, co-founder of AD Music
- 1953 – Christoph Daum, German football manager and former footballer
- 1954 – Doug Davidson, American actor
- 1954 – Brad Sherman, American politician
- 1954 – Malcolm Turnbull, Australian politician
- 1954 – Thomas J. Mulcair, Quebec politician
- 1954 – Mike Rounds, American politician, former governor of South Dakota
- 1954 – Jozef Ráž, Slovak musician
- 1955 – Katherine Knight, Australian murderess
- 1955 – Cheryl Studer, American dramatic soprano
- 1956 – Dale Maharidge, American author
- 1956 – Jeff Merkley, American politician, junior senator of Oregon
- 1956 – David Stergakos, Greek-American basketball player
- 1957 – Ron Gardenhire, German-born American baseball manager
- 1957 – John Kassir, American actor and comedian
- 1958 – Vincent K. Brooks, U.S. Army Lieutenant General
- 1958 – Chip Hooper, American tennis player
- 1959 – Anthony Waller, Lebanese film director
- 1960 – Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer
- 1960 – B.D. Wong, American actor
- 1960 – Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian (d. 1999)
- 1960 – Joachim "Jo" Winkelhock, German race car driver
- 1960 – Dennis Anderson, American monster truck driver (Grave Digger)
- 1961 – Mary Bono, American politician
- 1961 – Bruce L. Castor, Jr. American politician
- 1961 – Dave Meltzer, American wrestling journalist
- 1962 – Dave Blaney, American race car driver
- 1962 – Jay Novacek, American football player
- 1963 – John Hendrie, Scottish footballer
- 1964 – Rosana Arbelo, Spanish singer and composer
- 1964 – Doug Lee, American professional basketball player
- 1964 – Paul Bonwick, politician in Canada
- 1965 – Kyriakos Velopoulos, Greek politician
- 1966 – Roman Abramovich, Russian oil magnate
- 1967 – Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
- 1967 – Ian Bishop, West Indian cricketer
- 1968 – Mark Walton, American story artist, actor
- 1968 – Robert Wilonsky, American journalist
- 1969 – Adela Noriega, Mexican actress
- 1970 – Rob Leslie-Carter, British engineer and project manager
- 1970 – Jeff Mangum, American musician
- 1971 – Dervla Kirwan, Irish actress
- 1971 – Caprice Bourret, American model and actress
- 1972 – Raelee Hill, Australian actress
- 1972 – Kim Ji-soo, South Korean actress
- 1972 – Scott Peterson, American murderer
- 1972 – Pat Williams, American football player
- 1973 – Levi Leipheimer, American cyclist
- 1973 – Madlib, American musician and rapper
- 1973 – Jackie McNamara, Scottish footballer
- 1973 – Jeff Wilson, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer
- 1973 – Laura Veirs American singer-songwriter
- 1974 – Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
- 1974 – Corey Dillon, American football player
- 1974 – Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974 – Gábor Babos, Hungarian football player
- 1975 – Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombian footballer
- 1976 – Matteo Mazzantini, Italian rugby player
- 1976 – Joakim Nätterqvist, Swedish actor
- 1976 – Petar Stoychev, Bulgarian swimmer
- 1977 – Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadoran footballer
- 1978 – Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer
- 1978 – James Hopes, Australian one-day cricketer
- 1979 – Ben Gillies, Australian musician (Silverchair)
- 1980 – Monica, American singer and actress
- 1980 – Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer
- 1980 – Niall Breslin, Irish musician
- 1980 – Zac Posen, American fashion designer
- 1980 – Christian Vander, German footballer
- 1980 – Casey Wilson, American comic actress (Happy Endings, Saturday Night Live)
- 1981 – Sebastián Bueno, Argentine footballer
- 1981 – Jemima Rooper, British actress
- 1981 – Tila Tequila, American model
- 1982 – Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy, Malaysian racing driver
- 1982 – Macay McBride, American baseball player
- 1983 – Adrienne Bailon, American actress and singer
- 1983 – V V Brown, English singer
- 1983 – Hernán Garin, Argentine footballer
- 1983 – Brian Vickers, American race car driver
- 1984 – Kaela Kimura, Japanese model and singer
- 1984 – Felicia Chin, Singaporean actress
- 1984 – Jonas Gustavsson, Swedish hockey player
- 1985 – Wayne Rooney, English footballer
- 1985 – Oscar Wendt, Swedish footballer
- 1986 – Drake, Canadian actor and rapper
- 1986 – John Ruddy, English footballer
- 1987 – Charlie White, American ice dancer
- 1987 – Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer
- 1987 – Lincoln Lewis, Australian actor
- 1988 – Mitch Inman, Australian rugby union footballer
- 1989 – Shenae Grimes, Canadian actress
- 1989 – Eliza Taylor-Cotter, Australian actress
- 1989 – Anderson Conceição Benedito, Brazilian footballer
- 1990 – LaMarcus Tinker, American actor
- 1994 – Krystal Jung, American-born Korean singer
- 1994 – Kate Riga, American Princess