October 11
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October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 81 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 1138 – A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo, Syria.
- 1142 – A peace treaty between the Jin dynasty and Southern Song dynasty is formally ratified when a Jin envoy visits the Song court during the Jin–Song wars.
- 1311 – The Ordinances of 1311 are published, imposing a series of regulations upon King Edward II of England by the peerage and clergy.
- 1531 – Huldrych Zwingli is killed in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland.
- 1582 – Because of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1614 – Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
- 1634 – The Burchardi flood: "The second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
- 1649 – Sack of Wexford: After a ten-day siege, English New Model Army troops (under Oliver Cromwell) stormed the town of Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
- 1727 – George II and Caroline of Ansbach are crowned King and Queen of Great Britain.
- 1767 – Surveying for the Mason–Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Valcour Island: On Lake Champlain a fleet of American boats is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
- 1797 – Battle of Camperdown: Naval battle between Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars. The outcome of the battle was a decisive British victory.
- 1809 – Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder's Stand.
- 1811 – Inventor John Stevens' boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).
- 1833 – A big demonstration at the gates of the legislature of Buenos Aires forces the ousting of governor Juan Ramón Balcarce and his replacement with Juan José Viamonte.
- 1852 – The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
- 1862 – American Civil War: In the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart and his men loot Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during a raid into the north.
- 1864 – Campina Grande, Brazil, is established as a city.
- 1865 – Paul Bogle led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
- 1890 – In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
- 1899 – Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts.
- 1899 – The Western League is renamed the American League.
- 1906 – San Francisco public school board sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools.
- 1910 – Former President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane. He flew for four minutes with Arch Hoxsey in a plane built by the Wright brothers at Kinloch Field (Lambert–St. Louis International Airport), St. Louis, Missouri.
- 1912 – First Balkan War: The Greek Army liberates the city of Kozani.
- 1918 – The 7.1 Mw Puerto Rico earthquake shakes the island with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 76–116 people. A destructive tsunami contributed to the damage and loss of life.
- 1918 – National Independence Day (Poland) after 123 years of occupation (1795-1918)
- 1929 – J. C. Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states.
- 1941 – Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
- 1942 – World War II: Battle of Cape Esperance: On the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese fleet on their way to reinforce troops on the island.
- 1944 – Tuvan People's Republic or formerly Tannu Tuva is annexed by the U.S.S.R.
- 1950 – Television: CBS's mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
- 1954 – First Indochina War: The Viet Minh take control of North Vietnam.
- 1957 – Space Race: M.I.T. scientists calculate Sputnik 1's booster rocket's orbit.
- 1958 – Pioneer program: NASA launches the lunar probe Pioneer 1 (the probe falls back to Earth and burns up).
- 1962 – Second Vatican Council: Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
- 1968 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard.
- 1972 – A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam during Operation Linebacker.
- 1975 – The NBC sketch comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the host and Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests.
- 1976 – George Washington's appointment, posthumously, to the grade of General of the Armies by congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 is approved by President Gerald R. Ford.
- 1982 – The Mary Rose, a Tudor carrack which sank on July 19, 1545, is salvaged from the sea bed of the Solent, off Portsmouth.
- 1984 – Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
- 1984 – An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178.
- 1986 – Cold War: U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Reykjavík, Iceland, in an effort to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe.
- 1987 – First public display of AIDS Memorial Quilt on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., during the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
- 1987 – Start of Operation Pawan by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka that killed thousands of ethnic Tamil civilians and hundreds of Tamil Tigers & Indian Army soldiers.
- 1996 – Pala accident: A wood lorry and school bus collide in Jõgeva county, Estonia, killing eight children.
- 2000 – NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission, using Space Shuttle Discovery.
- 2001 – The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
- 2002 – A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.
- 2013 – A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily with at least 34 people dead.
Births
- 1616 – Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright (d. 1664)
- 1629 – Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (d. 1666)
- 1661 – Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal and poet (d. 1742)
- 1671 – Frederick IV of Denmark (d. 1730)
- 1672 – Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian-Romanian diplomat (d. 1742)
- 1675 – Samuel Clarke, English minister and philosopher (d. 1729)
- 1679 – Christian Vater, German organ builder (d. 1756)
- 1738 – Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (d. 1814)
- 1739 – Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician (d. 1791)
- 1758 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (d. 1840)
- 1786 – Stevenson Archer, American judge and politician (d. 1848)
- 1788 – Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1867)
- 1803 – Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian general and geologist (d. 1885)
- 1809 – Orson Squire Fowler, American phrenologist and author (d. 1887)
- 1814 – Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French-American archbishop (d. 1888)
- 1815 – Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Italian-French politician (d. 1881)
- 1821 – George Williams, English philanthropist, founded the YMCA (d. 1905)
- 1844 – Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (d. 1916)
- 1863 – Louis Cyr, Canadian strongman (d. 1912)
- 1865 – Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author (d. 1926)
- 1871 – Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian evangelist, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (d. 1943)
- 1872 – Emily Davison, English educator and activist (d. 1913)
- 1872 – Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1946)
- 1876 – Paul Masson, French cyclist (d. 1944)
- 1879 – Ernst Mally, Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1944)
- 1881 – Hans Kelsen, Czech-American jurist and philosopher (d. 1973)
- 1884 – Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
- 1884 – Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States (d. 1962)
- 1884 – Sig Ruman, German-American actor (d. 1967)
- 1885 – François Mauriac, French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
- 1890 – A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1978)
- 1894 – Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian educator and lieutenant (d. 1919)
- 1895 – Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer and conductor (d. 1982)
- 1896 – Roman Jakobson, Russian–American linguist and theorist (d. 1982)
- 1897 – Nathan Farragut Twining, American general (d. 1982)
- 1899 – Eddie Dyer, American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
- 1901 – Masanobu Tsuji, Japanese colonel and politician (d. 1961)
- 1902 – Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian activist and politician (d. 1979)
- 1905 – Fred Trump, American businessman (d. 1999)
- 1910 – Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic (d. 1997)
- 1911 – Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (d. 2003)
- 1912 – Betty Noyes, American actress and singer (d. 1987)
- 1913 – Joe Simon, American author and illustrator (d. 2011)
- 1913 – Dorothy Woolfolk, American author (d. 2000)
- 1915 – T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet (d. 2009)
- 1916 – Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (d. 2010)
- 1918 – Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2012)
- 1918 – Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (d. 1998)
- 1919 – Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (d. 1990)
- 1919 – Jean Vander Pyl, American actress (d. 1999)
- 1920 – Édgar Negret, Colombian sculptor (d. 2012)
- 1922 – G. C. Edmondson, American soldier and author (d. 1995)
- 1924 – André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (d. 2007)
- 1924 – Sammy McCrory, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2011)
- 1924 – Mal Whitfield, American runner (d. 2015)
- 1925 – Elmore Leonard, American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
- 1926 – Joe Ginsberg, American baseball player (d. 2012)
- 1926 – Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese monk, author, and poet
- 1926 – Earle Hyman, American actor
- 1926 – Neville Wran, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014)
- 1927 – Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (d. 2005)
- 1927 – Tony Kinsey, English drummer and composer
- 1927 – Jim Prior, Baron Prior, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
- 1928 – Alfonso de Portago, Spanish race car driver and bobsledder (d. 1957)
- 1928 – Roscoe Robinson, Jr., American general (d. 1993)
- 1928 – Geoffrey Tordoff, Baron Tordoff, English businessman and politician
- 1929 – Curtis Amy, American saxophonist and clarinetist player (d. 2002)
- 1929 – Raymond Moriyama, Canadian architect, designed the Ottawa Civic Centre and Scarborough Civic Centre
- 1929 – Liselotte Pulver, Swiss actress
- 1930 – Michael Edwardes, South African-English businessman
- 1930 – LaVell Edwards, American football player and coach
- 1930 – Sam Johnson, American colonel and politician
- 1930 – K. P. Ummer, Indian actor (d. 2001)
- 1932 – Saul Friedländer, Israeli historian and author
- 1932 – Barry Jones, Australian lawyer and politician
- 1932 – Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1991)
- 1934 – Peter Hujar, American photographer (d. 1987)
- 1935 – Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (d. 2012)
- 1935 – Daniel Quinn, American environmentalist and author
- 1936 – C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2013)
- 1936 – Billy Higgins, American drummer and educator (d. 2001)
- 1936 – James M. McPherson, American historian and author
- 1936 – Tom Zé, Brazilian singer-songwriter
- 1937 – Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager
- 1937 – R. H. W. Dillard, American poet, author, and critic
- 1937 – Ron Leibman, American actor and screenwriter
- 1938 – Michael Stear, English air marshal
- 1939 – Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player
- 1939 – Austin Currie, Irish lawyer and politician
- 1940 – Pouri Banayi, Iranian actress
- 1941 – Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (Art Ensemble of Chicago) (d. 1999)
- 1942 – Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor, singer, and producer
- 1942 – Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton, Welsh academic and politician
- 1943 – Michael Harloe, English sociologist and academic
- 1943 – John Nettles, English actor
- 1943 – Ilmar Reepalu, Swedish lawyer and politician
- 1943 – Gene Watson, American singer and producer
- 1944 – Cindy Carol, American actress
- 1944 – Mike Fiore, American baseball player
- 1944 – Rodney Marsh, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
- 1945 – Andrew Logan, English sculptor and painter
- 1946 – Oba Chandler, American murderer (d. 2011)
- 1946 – Elinor Goodman, English journalist
- 1946 – Daryl Hall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Hall & Oates)
- 1946 – Sawao Kato, Japanese gymnast and educator
- 1946 – Gary Mallaber, American singer-songwriter and drummer (Raven and Steve Miller Band)
- 1947 – Al Atkins, English singer-songwriter (Judas Priest)
- 1947 – Thomas Boswell, American journalist and author
- 1947 – George McCorkle, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Marshall Tucker Band) (d. 2007)
- 1947 – Lucas Papademos, Greek economist and politician, 183rd Prime Minister of Greece
- 1947 – Alan Pascoe, English hurdler
- 1948 – Cecilia, Spanish singer-songwriter (d. 1976)
- 1948 – Lauri Nebel, Estonian magician and actor
- 1948 – David Rendall, English tenor and actor
- 1948 – Peter Turkson, Ghanaian cardinal
- 1949 – Henry Luke Orombi, Ugandan archbishop
- 1950 – Rene Bond, American porn actress (d. 1996)
- 1950 – William R. Forstchen, American historian and author
- 1950 – Amos Gitai, Israeli director, producer, and author
- 1950 – Patty Murray, American educator and politician
- 1950 – Robert Pugh, Welsh actor and screenwriter
- 1951 – Bruce Bartlett, American economist, historian, and author
- 1951 – Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (Taï Phong and Fredericks Goldman Jones)
- 1951 – Shannon Rubicam, American singer-songwriter (Boy Meets Girl)
- 1951 – Charles Shyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1952 – Paulette Carlson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Highway 101)
- 1952 – Mark Goodman, American television host and actor
- 1953 – David Morse, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1954 – David Michaels, American epidemiologist and politician
- 1954 – Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
- 1954 – Atsuko Takahata, Japanese actress
- 1955 – Norm Nixon, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1956 – Eduardo Arellano Félix, Mexican drug trafficker
- 1956 – Nicanor Duarte, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, President of Paraguay
- 1956 – Derek Ringer, Scottish race car driver
- 1957 – Paul Bown, English actor
- 1957 – Dawn French, Welsh-English actress and screenwriter
- 1957 – Paul Sereno, American paleontologist and academic
- 1958 – Simon Laffy, English bass player
- 1959 – Wayne Gardner, Australian motorcycle racer
- 1959 – Allan Little, Scottish journalist and author
- 1960 – Randy Breuer, American basketball player
- 1960 – Nicola Bryant, English actress
- 1960 – Curt Ford, American baseball player and manager
- 1960 – Gábor Pölöskei, Hungarian footballer and manager
- 1961 – Neil Buchanan, English guitarist and actor (Marseille)
- 1961 – Amr Diab, Egyptian singer-songwriter
- 1961 – Steve Young, American football player and sportscaster
- 1962 – Joan Cusack, American actress
- 1962 – Anne Enright, Irish scholar and author
- 1962 – Richard Paul Evans, American author
- 1962 – Andy McCoy, Finnish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Hanoi Rocks, The Suicide Twins, and Shooting Gallery)
- 1963 – Prince Faisal bin Hussein of Jordan
- 1963 – Ronny Rosenthal, Israeli-English footballer
- 1963 – Brian Rice, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1964 – Diane Gaidry, American actress and producer
- 1964 – Michael J. Nelson, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1965 – Rikishi, American wrestler
- 1965 – Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor and producer
- 1965 – Alexander Hacke, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Einstürzende Neubauten)
- 1965 – Orlando Hernández, Cuban baseball player
- 1965 – Volodymyr Horilyi, Ukrainian footballer and coach
- 1965 – Ronit Roy, Indian actor
- 1966 – Luke Perry, American actor and producer
- 1966 – Todd Snider, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1966 – Stephen Williams, Welsh lawyer and politician
- 1967 – Tony Chimel, American ring announcer
- 1967 – Artie Lange, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1967 – Daniel Razon, Filipino singer, minister, and radio host
- 1967 – David Starr, American race car driver
- 1968 – Jane Krakowski, American actress and singer
- 1968 – Claude Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1968 – Brett Salisbury, American football player and author
- 1969 – Merieme Chadid, Moroccan astronomer and explorers
- 1969 – Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
- 1969 – Stephen Moyer, English actor
- 1969 – Ty Murray, American bull rider
- 1970 – Chidi Ahanotu, American football player
- 1970 – Vanessa Harding, American wrestler
- 1970 – Andy Marriott, English-Welsh footballer and manager
- 1970 – Shin Tae-yong, South Korean footballer and coach
- 1971 – Jason Ellis, Australian skateboarder, mixed martial artist, and actor
- 1971 – Petra Haden, American violinist and singer (That Dog, Tito & Tarantula, and The Decemberists)
- 1971 – MC Lyte, American rapper and actress
- 1971 – Oleksandr Pomazun, Ukrainian footballer and manager
- 1972 – Marcus Bai, Papua New Guinean rugby player
- 1972 – Claudia Black, Australian actress
- 1973 – Greg Chalmers, Australian golfer
- 1973 – Mark Chapman, English radio and television host
- 1973 – Takeshi Kaneshiro, Japanese actor and singer
- 1973 – Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1973 – Mike Smith, American guitarist (Snot and Limp Bizkit)
- 1973 – Niki Xanthou, Greek long jumper
- 1973 – Dmitri Young, American baseball player and radio host
- 1974 – Jason Arnott, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974 – Rachel Barton Pine, American violinist and educator (Earthen Grave)
- 1974 – Terje Håkonsen, Norwegian snowboarder
- 1974 – Kane Kosugi, American-Japanese martial artist and actor
- 1974 – Fumika Suzuki, Japanese voice actress and model
- 1974 – Jamie Thomas, American skateboarder and businessman, founded Zero Skateboards and Fallen Footwear
- 1975 – Orlando Maturana, Colombian footballer
- 1976 – Dominic Aitchison, Scottish bass player and songwriter (Mogwai and Crippled Black Phoenix)
- 1976 – Emily Deschanel, American actress and producer
- 1976 – Gökhan Özoğuz, Turkish singer and guitarist (Athena)
- 1977 – Matt Bomer, American actor and producer
- 1977 – Igor Figueiredo, Brazilian snooker player
- 1977 – Jérémie Janot, French footballer and manager
- 1977 – Desmond Mason, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1977 – Napoleon, American rapper (Outlawz)
- 1977 – Ty Wigginton, American baseball player
- 1978 – Kali, Angolan footballer
- 1978 – Carl Bussey, American soccer player
- 1978 – Trevor Donovan, American model and actor
- 1978 – Takuya Kawaguchi, Japanese footballer
- 1979 – Jamar Beasley, American football player
- 1979 – Bae Doona, South Korean model, actress, and photographer
- 1979 – Andy Douglas, American wrestler
- 1979 – Gabe Saporta, Uruguayan-American singer-songwriter and producer (Cobra Starship, Midtown, and Humble Beginnings)
- 1979 – Reiko Takagaki, Japanese model and actress
- 1979 – Kim Yong-dae, South Korean footballer
- 1980 – Matthew Felker, American model and actor
- 1980 – Motohiro Hata, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1980 – Nyron Nosworthy, English footballer
- 1980 – Juan José Ribera, Chilean footballer
- 1980 – Tomokazu Sugita, Japanese voice actor
- 1981 – Beau Brady, Australian actor
- 1982 – Liz Cantor, Australian surfer and journalist
- 1982 – Cameron Knowles, New Zealand footballer
- 1982 – Jeff Larish, American baseball player
- 1982 – Terrell Suggs, American football player
- 1982 – Kristy Wu, American actress
- 1983 – Sharena, Indonesian model and actress
- 1983 – Bradley James, English actor
- 1983 – Ruslan Ponomariov, Ukrainian chess player
- 1983 – William Sledd, American video blogger
- 1984 – Sergio Hellings, Dutch footballer
- 1984 – Martha MacIsaac, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1985 – Yang Cheng, Chinese footballer
- 1985 – Álvaro Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
- 1985 – Aya Kiguchi, Japanese model and singer
- 1985 – Sam Robertson, Scottish model and actor
- 1985 – Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
- 1987 – Tony Beltran, American soccer player
- 1987 – Mike Conley, Jr., American basketball player
- 1987 – Nathan Coulter-Nile, Australian cricketer
- 1987 – Jason Francisco, Filipino actor
- 1988 – Omar Gonzalez, American soccer player
- 1988 – Rika Izumi, Japanese model, actress, and singer
- 1989 – Henry Lau, Canadian-Chinese singer-songwriter (Super Junior-M)
- 1989 – Michelle Wie, American golfer
- 1991 – Patrick Leyland, American baseball player
- 1991 – Toby Fox, American video game designer (Undertale)
- 1992 – Riffi Mandanda, Congolese footballer
- 1993 – Josip Čalušić, Croatian footballer
- 1993 – Sean Murray, Irish footballer
- 1994 – Clésio Baúque, Mozambican footballer
Deaths
- 1188 – Robert I, Count of Dreux (b. 1123)
- 1303 – Pope Boniface VIII (b. 1235)
- 1347 – Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1282)
- 1531 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (b. 1484)
- 1572 – Sulaiman Khan Karrani, Indian sultan (b. 1566)
- 1579 – Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 43rd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1506)
- 1705 – Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (b. 1663)
- 1708 – Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1651)
- 1721 – Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (b. 1636)
- 1725 – Hans Herr, Swiss-American bishop (b. 1639)
- 1779 – Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (b. 1745)
- 1809 – Meriwether Lewis, American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (b. 1774)
- 1821 – John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1754)
- 1837 – Samuel Wesley, English organist and composer (b. 1766)
- 1852 – Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
- 1889 – James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (b. 1818)
- 1896 – Edward Benson, English archbishop (b. 1829)
- 1896 – Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1824)
- 1897 – Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (b. 1862)
- 1908 – Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)
- 1932 – William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)
- 1935 – Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
- 1940 – Lluís Companys, Spanish lawyer and politician, 123rd President of Catalonia (b. 1882)
- 1940 – Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
- 1941 – Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)
- 1941 – Mihkel Pung, Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1876)
- 1958 – Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (b. 1876)
- 1961 – Lucy Tayiah Eads, American tribal chief (b. 1888)
- 1961 – Chico Marx, American actor and singer (b. 1887)
- 1963 – Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)
- 1965 – Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (b. 1895)
- 1965 – Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)
- 1968 – Selim Sarper, Turkish educator and politician, 13th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1899)
- 1971 – Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (b. 1944)
- 1971 – Chesty Puller, American general (b. 1898)
- 1976 – Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (b. 1897)
- 1977 – MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
- 1983 – R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian administrator and engineer (b. 1889)
- 1984 – Benno Schotz, Scottish sculptor and engineer (b. 1891)
- 1986 – Norm Cash, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1934)
- 1988 – Bonita Granville, American actress (b. 1923)
- 1989 – M. King Hubbert, American geologist and academic (b. 1904)
- 1991 – Steven "Jesse" Bernstein, American poet and author (b. 1950)
- 1991 – Redd Foxx, American actor and singer (b. 1922)
- 1993 – Jess Thomas, American tenor and actor (b. 1927)
- 1996 – Lars Ahlfors, Finnish-American mathematician and academic (b. 1907)
- 1996 – Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (b. 1912)
- 1996 – Joe Morris, English-Canadian lieutenant and union leader (b. 1913)
- 1996 – Renato Russo, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Legião Urbana) (b. 1960)
- 1998 – Richard Denning, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1999 – Leo Lionni, Dutch-American author and illustrator (b. 1910)
- 2000 – Luc-Marie Bayle, French historian, photographer, and painter (b. 1914)
- 2000 – Donald Dewar, Scottish lawyer and politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (b. 1937)
- 2001 – Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, and illustrator (b. 1926)
- 2004 – Keith Miller, Australian cricketer and pilot (b. 1919)
- 2005 – Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Pakistani-Canadian linguist, journalist, and poet (b. 1917)
- 2005 – Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet, author, and journalist (b. 1925)
- 2005 – Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1915)
- 2006 – Cory Lidle, American baseball player (b. 1972)
- 2007 – Sri Chinmoy, Indian-American spiritual leader and poet (b. 1931)
- 2007 – David Lee "Tex" Hill, South Korean-American general and pilot (b. 1915)
- 2007 – Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1915)
- 2008 – Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (b. 1950)
- 2008 – Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Surinamese-Dutch television host and producer (b. 1966)
- 2008 – Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1922)
- 2009 – Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (b. 1922)
- 2009 – Halit Refiğ, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
- 2012 – Beano Cook, American sportscaster and historian (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Helmut Haller, German footballer and coach (b. 1939)
- 2012 – Edward Kossoy, Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (b. 1913)
- 2012 – Édgar Negret, Colombian sculptor (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Champ Summers, American baseball player and coach (b. 1946)
- 2013 – María de Villota, Spanish race car driver (b. 1980)
- 2013 – Wadih El Safi, Lebanese singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1921)
- 2013 – Johnny Kovatch, American football player and coach (b. 1912)
- 2013 – Erich Priebke, German captain (b. 1913)
- 2013 – William H. Sullivan, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (b. 1922)
- 2014 – Jazil, American race horse (b. 2003)
- 2014 – Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (b. 1931)
- 2014 – Tanhum Cohen-Mintz, Latvian-Israeli basketball player (b. 1939)
- 2014 – Carmelo Simeone, Argentinian footballer (b. 1933)
- 2014 – Bob Such, Australian educator and politician (b. 1944)
- 2015 – Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (b. 1941)
- 2015 – Jack Drake, American lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
- 2015 – Smokin' Joe Kubek, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1956)
- 2015 – John Murphy, Australian drummer (The Associates and Dumb and the Ugly) (b. 1959)
- 2015 – Dominga Velasco, Mexican-American super-centenarian (b. 1901)
Holidays and observances
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