Events

69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Marcus Antonius Primus, the commander of the Danube armies, loyal to Vespasian, defeat the forces of Emperor Vitellius.
1260 - Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France; the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
1260 - Saif ad-Din Qutuz, Mamluk sultan of Egypt, is assassinated by Baibars, who seizes power for himself.
1360 - The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.
1590 - John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.
1641 - Sir Felim O'Neill of Kinard the leader of the Irish Rebellion issues his Proclamation of Dungannon justifying the uprising and declaring continued loyalty to Charles I
1648 - The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.
1795 - Partitions of Poland: The Polish/Lithuanian Commonwealth is completely divided among Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
1812 - Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
1851 - William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel, and Ariel, orbiting Uranus.
1857 - Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in Sheffield, England.
1861 - The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old Pony Express.
1901 - Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
1911 - Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a Wright Glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
1912 - First Balkan War: The Battle of Lozengrad concludes with the Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
1912 - First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
1917 - Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat by the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany on the Austro-Italian front of World War I (lasts until 19 November - also called Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo).
1917 - Bolshevik Red Guards began takeover of buildings in Russia, among the first events associated with the October Revolution.
1926 - Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
1929 - "Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.
1930 - A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ousts Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, the last President of the First Republic. Getúlio Vargas is then installed as "provisional president".
1931 - The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic.
1943 - The Provisional Government of Free India formally declares war on Britain and the United States of America.
1944 - World War II: The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku and the Japanese battleship Musashi are sunk by American aircraft in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
1945 - Founding of the United Nations.
1946 - A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
1947 - Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
1949 - The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.
1954 - Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.
1957 - The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar program.
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.
1964 - Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes the Republic of Zambia (Southern Rhodesia remained a colony until the next year, with the Unilateral Declaration of Independence).
1973 - The Yom Kippur War ends.
1975 - In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gaps in gender equality.
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.)
1980 - The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union.
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 Airport. After the verdict, the United Kingdom breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, claiming that Hindawi is helped by Syrian officials.
1990 - Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of 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.
1992 - The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
1998 - Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission.
2002 - Police arrest spree killers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the Beltway sniper attacks in the area around Washington, D.C.
2003 - Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
2004 - Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United, ending a row of unbeaten matches at 49 matches, which is the record in the Premier League.
2005 - Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida resulting in 35 direct 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.
2007 - Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
2008 - "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
2014 - The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.
2015 - A driver, arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI), crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade in Stillwater, Oklahoma, killing four people and injuring 34.

Births

51 - Domitian, Roman emperor (died 96)
1378 - David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (died 1402)
1503 - Isabella of Portugal (died 1539)
1561 - Anthony Babington, English leader of the Babington Plot (died 1586)
1632 - Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist (died 1723)
1675 - Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (died 1749)
1713 - Marie Fel, French soprano and actress (died 1794)
1739 - Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (died 1807)
1763 - Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (died 1839)
1788 - Sarah Josepha Hale, American author and poet (died 1879)
1804 - Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (died 1891)
1811 - Ferdinand Hiller, German composer and conductor (died 1885)
1830 - Marianne North, English biologist and painter (died 1890)
1838 - Annie Edson Taylor, American stuntwoman and educator (died 1921)
1840 - Eliza Pollock, American archer (died 1919)
1854 - Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (died 1907)
1855 - James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (died 1912)
1857 - Ned Williamson, American baseball player (died 1894)
1868 - Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and author (died 1969)
1872 - Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper (died 1957)
1875 - Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and set designer (died 1958)
1876 - Saya San, Burmese monk and activist (died 1931)
1879 - born A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer (died 1956)
1882 - Sybil Thorndike, English actress and singer (died 1976)
1884 - Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor (died 1944)
1885 - Rachel Katznelson-Shazar, Belarusian-Israeli wife of Zalman Shazar (died 1975)
1887 - Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (died 1969)
1887 - Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot (died 1917)
1891 - Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (died 1961)
1891 - Brenda Ueland, American journalist, author, and educator (died 1985)
1894 - Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (died 1987)
1895 - Jack Warner, English actor and singer (died 1981)
1896 - Marjorie Joyner, American make-up artist and businesswoman (died 1994)
1898 - Peng Dehuai, Chinese general, 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China (died 1974)
1901 - Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1959)
1903 - Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (died 1960)
1904 - Moss Hart, American director and playwright (died 1961)
1904 - A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist (died 1932)
1905 - Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian and academic (died 1988)
1906 - Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician and cryptographer (died 1968)
1908 - John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist and geophysicist (died 1993)
1909 - Bill Carr, American runner (died 1966)
1910 - Stella Brooks, American singer (died 2002)
1910 - Joe L. Evins, American lawyer and politician (died 1984)
1910 - Gunter d'Alquen, German SS officer and journalist (died 1998)
1910 - James K. Woolnough, American general (died 1996)
1910 - Yoel Zussman, Polish-Israeli lawyer and judge (died 1982)
1911 - Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (died 1993)
1911 - Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (died 1986)
1913 - Tito Gobbi, Italian actor and singer (died 1984)
1914 - Charles Craig Cannon, American colonel (died 1992)
1914 - Claude born Duval, American lawyer and politician (died 1986)
1915 - Bob Kane, American author and illustrator (died 1998)
1915 - Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author (died 1988)
1915 - Roger Milliken, American businessman (died 2010)
1916 - Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano and actress (died 2011)
1917 - Marie Foster, American activist (died 2003)
1918 - Doreen Tovey, English author (died 2008)
1919 - Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot (died 2008)
1920 - Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and academic (died 1996)
1921 - Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (died 2005)
1921 - R. K. Laxman, Indian illustrator (died 2015)
1922 - George Miller, American educator and politician, Mayor of Tucson (died 2014)
1923 - Robin Day, English lieutenant and journalist (died 2000)
1923 - Denise Levertov, British-born American poet (died 1997)
1924 - John Brereton Barlow, South African cardiologist and physician (died 2008)
1924 - Mary Lee, American actress and singer (died 1996)
1924 - Fuat Sezgin, Turkish historian and academic
1925 - Bob Azzam, Egyptian-Monacan singer (died 2004)
1925 - Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (died 2003)
1925 - Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (died 2014)
1925 - Willie Mabon, American-French singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1985)
1925 - Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician co-founded the Khmer Rouge (died 2013)
1925 - Paul Vaughan, English journalist and radio host (died 2014)
1926 - Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (died 2008)
1926 - Y. A. Tittle, American football player
1927 - Gilbert Bécaud, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 2001)
1927 - Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor and singer (died 1992)
1927 - Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (died 2013)
1928 - George Bullard, American baseball player (died 2002)
1929 - Hubert Aquin, Canadian activist, author, and director (died 1977)
1929 - Jim Brosnan, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2014)
1929 - George Crumb, American composer and educator
1929 - Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, English wife of William Douglas-Home (died 2012)
1929 - Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (died 2004)
1929 - Gustav Ranis, American economist and academic (died 2013)
1929 - Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor (died 2013)
1930 - Jack Angel, American voice actor
1930 - The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959)
1930 - Elaine Feinstein, English poet, author, and playwright
1930 - Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist and mathematician
1930 - James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish racing driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (died 1969)
1930 - Ahmad Shah of Pahang
1931 - Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German pianist and composer
1931 - Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (died 2014)
1932 - Stephen Covey, American author and educator (died 2012)
1932 - Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)
1932 - Adrian Mitchell, English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (died 2008)
1932 - Robert Mundell, Canadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 - Reginald Kray, English gangster (died 2000)
1933 - Ronald Kray, English gangster (died 1995)
1933 - Norman Rush, American author and educator
1934 - Peter Behn, American voice actor
1934 - John G. Cramer, American physicist and author
1934 - Glen Glenn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1934 - Jean-Baptiste Gourion, Algerian-French bishop (died 2005)
1934 - Sammy Petrillo, American actor (died 2009)
1934 - Sanger D. Shafer, American singer-songwriter
1935 - Malcolm Bilson, American pianist, musicologist, and educator
1935 - Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (died 2013)
1935 - Mark Tully, Indian-English journalist and author
1936 - Jüri Arrak, Estonian painter
1936 - Jimmy Dawkins, American singer and guitarist (died 2013)
1936 - David Nelson, American actor, singer, director, and producer (died 2011)
1936 - Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Rolling Stones and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings)
1937 - Miguel Ángel Coria, Spanish composer and educator
1937 - Barry Davies, English journalist and sportscaster
1937 - John Goetz, American baseball player (died 2008)
1937 - Heribert Offermanns, German chemist and academic
1937 - M. Rosaria Piomelli, Italian-American architect and academic
1938 - Michael Graydon, English air marshal
1938 - Odean Pope, American saxophonist (Catalyst)
1938 - Stephen Resnick, American economist and academic (died 2013)
1939 - John Adye, English intelligence officer
1939 - F. Murray Abraham, American actor
1940 - Martin Campbell, New Zealand director and producer
1940 - David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, English businessman and academic
1940 - Yossi Sarid, Israeli politician (died 2015)
1941 - William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher (died 2004)
1941 - Peter Takeo Okada, Japanese archbishop
1942 - Ruthann Aron, American politician
1942 - Stephen R. Bloom, English physician and academic
1942 - Maggie Blye, American actress
1942 - Ian Collins, Australian footballer and coach
1942 - Frank Delaney, Irish journalist and author
1942 - Don Francis, American epidemiologist and virologist
1942 - Don Gant, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Neon Philharmonic) (died 1987)
1942 - Rafael Cordero Santiago, Puerto Rician politician, 132nd Mayor of Ponce (died 2004)
1942 - Fernando Vallejo, Colombian biologist and author
1943 - Bill Dundee, Scottish-American wrestler and manager
1943 - Phil Hawthorne, Australian rugby player and coach
1943 - Corky Siegel, American singer-songwriter and pianist (Siegel-Schwall Band)
1944 - Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2007)
1944 - Bettye Swann, American singer-songwriter
1944 - Ted Templeman, American singer, guitarist, and producer (Harpers Bizarre)
1945 - Gérald Larose, Canadian educator and union leader
1946 - Keti Chomata, Greek singer and actor (died 2010)
1946 - Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (Steppenwolf and The Sparrows) (died 1993)
1947 - Kevin Kline, American actor and singer
1948 - Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby player
1948 - Barry Ryan, English singer-songwriter
1948 - Paul Ryan, English singer-songwriter and producer (died 1992)
1948 - Kweisi Mfume, American lawyer and politician
1949 - Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix, Mexican drug lord (died 2013)
1949 - Chester Marcol, American football player
1949 - John Markoff, American journalist and author
1949 - Robert Pickton, Canadian serial killer
1949 - Keith Rowley, Trinidadian volcanologist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
1949 - Stan White, American football player and sportscaster
1950 - Iggy Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 2012)
1950 - Karen Austin, American actress
1950 - Pablove Black, Jamaican singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1950 - Rawly Eastwick, American baseball player
1950 - Steven Greenberg, American singer-songwriter and producer (Lipps Inc.)
1950 - Tom Myers, American football player
1950 - Miguel Ángel Pichetto, Argentinian lawyer and politician
1950 - Miroslav Sládek, Czech politician
1950 - Gabriella Sica, Italian poet and author
1950 - Maria Teschler-Nicola, Austrian biologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist
1951 - George Tsontakis, American composer and conductor
1952 - Keith Bain, Canadian educator and politician
1952 - Francesco Camaldo, Italian priest
1952 - Jane Fancher, American author and illustrator
1952 - Mark Gray, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Exile)
1952 - Omar Moreno, Panamanian baseball player
1952 - Ney Rosauro, Brazilian drummer and composer
1952 - Peter Smagorinsky, American theorist and educator
1952 - Ángel Torres, Dominican baseball player
1952 - Reggie Walton, American baseball player
1952 - David Weber, American author
1953 - John Barton, English footballer and manager
1953 - Charles Colbourn, Canadian computer scientist and mathematician
1953 - Christoph Daum, German footballer and manager
1953 - Steven Hatfill, American physician and virologist
1953 - Mindy Newell, American nurse and author
1953 - Mike Papantonio, American lawyer and radio host
1953 - Jim Pettie, Canadian ice hockey player
1953 - Andrew Turner, English academic and politician
1953 - David Wright, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1954 - Doug Davidson, American actor
1954 - Tom Mulcair, Canadian lawyer and politician
1954 - Mike Rounds, American businessman and politician, 31st Governor of South Dakota
1954 - Brad Sherman, American accountant, lawyer, and politician
1954 - Malcolm Turnbull, Australian journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Australia
1955 - Katherine Knight, Australian murderer
1955 - Cheryl Studer, American soprano and actress
1956 - Dale Maharidge, American journalist and author
1956 - Jeff Merkley, American businessman and politician
1956 - David Stergakos, American-Greek basketball player
1957 - Ron Gardenhire, German-American baseball player and manager
1957 - John Kassir, American actor
1958 - Vincent K. Brooks, American general
1958 - Chip Hooper, American tennis player and coach
1959 - Dominique Baert, French lawyer and politician
1959 - Gunnar Bakke, Norwegian banker and politician, 65th Mayor of Bergen
1959 - Mike Brewer, American baseball player
1959 - Chihiro Fujioka, Japanese director and composer
1959 - Michelle Lujan Grisham, American lawyer and politician
1959 - Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist and songwriter (The Birthday Party and These Immortal Souls) (died 2009)
1959 - Brad Johnson, American model and actor
1959 - Dave Meltzer, American journalist and historian
1959 - Shawn Moody, American businessman and politician
1959 - Ruth Perednik, English-Israeli psychologist and academic
1959 - Denis Troch, French footballer and manager
1959 - Annette Vilhelmsen, Danish educator and politician, Danish Minister of Social Affairs
1959 - Anthony Waller, Lebanese-English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 - Dennis Anderson, American monster truck driver
1960 - Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer and sportscaster
1960 - Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist, lawyer, and activist (died 1999)
1960 - Wolfgang Güllich, German rock climber (died 1992)
1960 - Joachim Winkelhock, German race car driver
1960 - born D. Wong, American actor and singer
1961 - Mary Bono, American gymnast and politician
1961 - Bruce Castor, American lawyer and politician
1962 - Yves Bertucci, French footballer and manager
1962 - Dave Blaney, American race car driver
1962 - Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby player and television host
1962 - Ian Dalziel, English footballer and manager
1962 - Ted Dekker, Indonesian-American author
1962 - Debbie Googe, English bass player and songwriter (My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream, and Snowpony)
1962 - Kristen Hall, American singer-songwriter (Sugarland)
1962 - Andrea Horwath, Canadian politician
1962 - Roland Königshofer, Austrian cyclist
1962 - Gene Larkin, American baseball player and coach
1962 - Gibby Mbasela, Zambian footballer (died 2000)
1962 - Mark Miller, American motorcycle racer
1962 - Jay Novacek, American football player and coach
1963 - Mark Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster
1963 - John Hendrie, Scottish footballer and manager
1963 - Giselle Laronde, Trinidadian model, Miss World 1986
1963 - Arvind Raghunathan, Indian-American businessman
1964 - Rosana Arbelo, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 - Paul Bonwick, Canadian businessman and politician
1964 - Grant Gee, English film maker, photographer, cinematographer
1964 - Dmitri Gorkov, Russian footballer and manager
1964 - Janele Hyer-Spencer, American lawyer and politician
1964 - Ray LeBlanc, American ice hockey player
1964 - Doug Lee, American basketball player
1964 - Paul Vigay, English computer programmer (died 2009)
1965 - Kyriakos Velopoulos, German-Greek journalist and politician
1966 - Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman and politician
1966 - Simon Danczuk, English academic and politician
1967 - Ian Bishop, Trinidadian cricketer and sportscaster
1967 - Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
1967 - Esther McVey, English television host and politician
1968 - Mark Walton, American voice actor and illustrator
1968 - Robert Wilonsky, American journalist and critic
1969 - Adela Noriega, Mexican actress
1969 - Emma Donoghue, Irish-Canadian author
1970 - Rob Leslie-Carter, English field hockey player and engineer
1970 - Jeff Mangum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control, and Major Organ and the Adding Machine)
1971 - Caprice Bourret, American model and actress
1971 - Anohni, English singer-songwriter and pianist (Hercules and Love Affair and Antony and the Johnsons)
1971 - Dervla Kirwan, Irish actress
1972 - Kim Ji-soo, South Korean actress
1972 - Pat Williams, American football player and coach
1972 - Jeremy Wright, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
1973 - Madlib, American rapper and producer (Madvillain, Quasimoto, and Lootpack)
1973 - Meelis Friedenthal, Estonian author and academic
1973 - Pia Guanio, Filipino actress and television host
1973 - Levi Leipheimer, American cyclist
1973 - Jackie McNamara, Scottish footballer and manager
1973 - Laura Veirs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 - Jeff Wilson, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and radio host
1974 - Gábor Babos, Hungarian footballer
1974 - Corey Dillon, American football player
1974 - Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player and scout
1974 - Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1975 - Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombian footballer
1975 - Frank Seator, Liberian footballer (died 2013)
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 cricketer
1979 - Ben Gillies, Australian drummer and songwriter (Silverchair and Tambalane)
1980 - Monica, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1980 - Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer
1980 - John D. Kobs, American businessman, founded Apartment List
1980 - Kerrin McEvoy, Australian jockey
1980 - Zac Posen, American fashion designer
1980 - Christian Vander, German footballer
1980 - Casey Wilson, American actress and screenwriter
1981 - Kemal Aslan, Turkish footballer
1981 - Sebastián Bueno, Argentinian footballer
1981 - Fredrik Mikkelsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
1981 - Jemima Rooper, English actress
1981 - Tila Tequila, Singaporean-American model, actress, and singer
1981 - Alfred Vargas, Filipino actor and politician
1982 - Fairuz Fauzy, Malaysian race car driver
1982 - Macay McBride, American baseball player
1983 - Adrienne Bailon, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (3LW and The Cheetah Girls)
1983 - V V Brown, English singer-songwriter and producer
1983 - Chris Colabello, American baseball player
1983 - Hernán Garin, Argentinian footballer
1983 - Brian Vickers, American race car driver
1984 - Lougee Basabas, Filipino singer-songwriter (MOJOFLY)
1984 - Jonas Gustavsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1984 - Kaela Kimura, Japanese singer-songwriter (Sadistic Mika Band)
1985 - Robert Cornthwaite, English-Australian footballer
1985 - Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (died 2014)
1985 - Wayne Rooney, English footballer
1985 - Oscar Wendt, Swedish footballer
1986 - Drake, Canadian rapper and actor
1986 - Nobuhiko Okamoto, Japanese voice actor and singer
1986 - John Ruddy, English footballer
1987 - Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer
1987 - Charlie White, American figure skater
1988 - Mitch Inman, Australian rugby player
1988 - Christopher Linke, German race walker
1988 - Demont Mitchell, Bahamian footballer
1989 - PewDiePie, Swedish-English blogger and actor
1989 - Anderson Conceição, Brazilian footballer
1989 - Eric Hosmer, American baseball player
1989 - Richard Kolitsch, German footballer (died 2014)
1989 - Eliza Taylor, Australian actress
1990 - LaMarcus Tinker, American actor, director, and producer
1991 - Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian footballer
1991 - Marek Bednar, Slovak ice hockey player
1992 - Marrion Gopez, Filipino actor, singer, and dancer
1993 - Nabil Jeffri, Malaysian race car driver
1994 - Krystal, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (f(x) and SM the Ballad)
1994 - Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player
1996 - Kyla Ross, American gymnast
1997 - Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast
1997 - Raúl Chávez Sarmiento, Peruvian mathematician
1998 - Daya, American singer

Deaths

996 - Hugh Capet, French king (born 938)
1260 - Qutuz, Egyptian sultan
1375 - Valdemar IV of Denmark (born 1320)
1537 - Jane Seymour, English wife of Henry VIII of England (born 1508)
1572 - Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (born 1508)
1601 - Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and alchemist (born 1546)
1633 - Jean Titelouze, French organist and composer (born 1562/3)
1642 - Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (born 1582)
1655 - Pierre Gassendi, French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (born 1592)
1669 - William Prynne, English lawyer and author (born 1600)
1672 - John Webb, English architect and scholar (born 1611)
1725 - Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer and educator (born 1660)
1799 - Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer (born 1739)
1821 - Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (born 1740)
1824 - Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (born 1752)
1852 - Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (born 1782)
1875 - Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (born 1817)
1898 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (born 1824)
1915 - Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (born 1828)
1917 - James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (born 1852)
1922 - George Cadbury, English businessman (born 1839)
1935 - Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (born 1902)
1937 - Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (born 1886)
1938 - Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (born 1870)
1943 - Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (born 1912)
1944 - Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (born 1877)
1945 - Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (born 1887)
1948 - Franz Lehár, Slovak composer (born 1870)
1948 - Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (born 1877)
1958 - G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (born 1873)
1960 - Yevgeny Ostashev, Russian pilot and engineer (born 1924)
1964 - Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (born 1931)
1966 - Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (born 1896)
1970 - Richard Hofstadter, American historian and author (born 1916)
1971 - Carl Ruggles, American composer (born 1876)
1971 - Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver and motorcycle racer (born 1936)
1972 - Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1919)
1972 - Claire Windsor, American actress (born 1897)
1974 - David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (born 1908)
1979 - Carlo Abarth, Italian automobile designer and founded of Abarth (born 1908)
1983 - Jiang Wen-Ye, Taiwanese composer and educator (born 1910)
1985 - Richie Evans, American race car driver (born 1941)
1985 - Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (born 1905)
1989 - Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (born 1948)
1991 - Gene Roddenberry, American captain, screenwriter, and producer, created Star Trek (born 1921)
1991 - Ismat Chughtai, Indian author and screenwriter (born 1915)
1992 - Laurie Colwin, American novelist and short story writer (born 1944)
1993 - Heinz Kubsch, German footballer (born 1930)
1994 - Yannis Hotzeas, Greek theoretician and author (born 1930)
1994 - Raúl Juliá, Puerto Rican-American actor and singer (born 1940)
1997 - Don Messick, American voice actor and singer (born 1926)
1999 - Berthe Qvistgaard, Danish actress (born 1910)
2001 - Kathleen Ankers, American actress and set designer (born 1919)
2001 - Wolf Rüdiger Hess, German author and critic (born 1937)
2002 - Winton M. Blount, American soldier and politician, 59th United States Postmaster General (born 1921)
2002 - Hernán Gaviria, Colombian footballer (born 1969)
2002 - Harry Hay, English-American activist, co-founded the Mattachine Society and Radical Faeries (born 1912)
2002 - Peggy Moran, American actress and singer (born 1918)
2004 - Randy Dorton, American engineer (born 1954)
2004 - Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver and businessman (born 1980)
2004 - James Aloysius Hickey, American cardinal (born 1920)
2004 - Maaja Ranniku, Estonian chess player (born 1941)
2005 - Joy Clements, American soprano and actress (born 1932)
2005 - José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (born 1926)
2005 - Mokarrameh Ghanbari, Iranian painter (born 1928)
2005 - Immanuel C. Y. Hsu, Chinese sinologist and scholar (born 1923)
2005 - Rosa Parks, American activist (born 1913)
2005 - Robert Sloman, English actor and screenwriter (born 1926)
2006 - Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist (born 1904)
2006 - William Montgomery Watt, Scottish historian and scholar (born 1909)
2007 - Petr Eben, Czech organist and composer (born 1929)
2007 - Ian Middleton, New Zealand author (born 1928)
2007 - Alisher Saipov, Kyrgyzstan journalist (born 1981)
2007 - Anne Weale, English journalist and author (born 1929)
2008 - Moshe Cotel, American pianist and composer (born 1943)
2010 - Mike Esposito, American author and illustrator (born 1927)
2010 - Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (born 1922)
2010 - Joseph Stein, American author and playwright (born 1912)
2011 - Sansan Chien, Taiwanese composer and educator (born 1967)
2012 - Peggy Ahern, American actress (born 1917)
2012 - Anita Björk, Swedish actress (born 1923)
2012 - Jeff Blatnick, American wrestler and sportscaster (born 1957)
2012 - Bill Dees, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1939)
2012 - Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (born 1918)
2013 - Antonia Bird, English director and producer (born 1951)
2013 - Manna Dey, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1919)
2013 - Manolo Escobar, Spanish singer and actor (born 1931)
2013 - Brooke Greenberg, American girl with a rare genetic disorder (born 1993)
2013 - Ana Bertha Lepe, Mexican model and actress (born 1934)
2013 - Lew Mayne, American football player and coach (born 1920)
2013 - Frank Perconte American soldier born 1917)
2014 - Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (born 1980)
2014 - S. S. Rajendran, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1928)
2014 - Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (born 1948)
2014 - Alvin Wiederspahn, American lawyer and politician (born 1949)
2015 - Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot (born 1923)
2015 - Alvin Bronstein, American lawyer and academic (born 1928)
2015 - Margarita Khemlin, Ukrainian-Russian author and critic (born 1960)
2015 - Edythe Kirchmaier, American centenarian (born 1908)
2015 - Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal (born 1924)
2015 - Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer (born 1920)