October 24 History

October 24  History

October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 68 days remain until the end of the year.

Our aim is to enhance the knowledge of human beings. We will have 7 years of history on this side. The history of each particular day by date is what happened on a date. The date of death of any person and special person will be reported. If anyone wants to gain this knowledge then please visit our web site. The limit of your knowledge will increase greatly.

আমাদের উদ্দেশ্য হলো মানুয়ের জ্ঞানের পরিধি বাড়ানো। আমাদের এই সাইডে থাকবে ১ বছরের সমস্থ ঘটে যাওয়া ইতিহাস। তারিখ অনুসারে প্রতিটি বিশেষ দিনের  ইতিহাস কোন তারিখে কি ঘটেছিল। কোন ব্যাক্তির জন্য এবং বিশেষ ব্যাক্তির মৃত্যর তারিখ জানানো হবে। যদি কোন মানুষ এই জ্ঞান অর্জন করতে চায় তাহলে আমাদের এই ওয়েবসাইডটি ভিজিট করুন । আপনার জ্ঞানের সীমা অনেক বৃদ্ধি পাবে। 

Events
AD 69 – In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius.
1260 – Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France.
1360 – The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified, 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 – 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 – Poland is completely consumed by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
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 England.
1861 – The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
1871 – An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.
1889 – Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
1902 – Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
1911 – Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
1912 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
1912 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
1917 – First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
1926 – Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
1929 – "Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange.
1930 – A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ends the First Republic, replacing it with the Vargas Era.
1931 – The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic over the Hudson River.
1944 – World War II: Japan's center force is temporarily repulsed in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
1945 – The United Nations Charter comes into effect.
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 – President Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.
1956 – At the request of the Stalinist regime of Ernő Gerő, a massive Soviet force invades Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution. Imre Nagy is reinstalled as Prime Minister.
1957 – The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar manned space program.
1960 – A ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad in the Soviet Union, killing over 100 people.
1963 – An oxygen leak from an R-9 Desna missile at the Baikonur Cosmodrome triggers a fire that kills seven people.
1964 – Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes Zambia.
1975 – In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gender inequality.
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 of an El Al flight at Heathrow Airport.
1990 – Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian NATO force formed in 1956, intended to be activated in the event of a Warsaw Pact invasion.
1992 – The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
1998 – Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies.
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 and 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 crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring 34.
2016 – A French surveillance aircraft flying to Libya crashes on takeoff in Malta, killing all five people on board.

Births
AD 51 – Domitian, Roman emperor (d. 96)
1378 – David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (d. 1402)
1435 – Andrea della Robbia, Italian artist (d. 1525)
1503 – Isabella of Portugal (d. 1539)
1561 – Anthony Babington, English leader of the Babington Plot (d. 1586)
1632 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist (d. 1723)
1637 – Lorenzo Magalotti, Italian philosopher (d. 1712)
1650 – Steven Blankaart, Dutch entomologist (d. 1704)
1675 – Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (d. 1749)
1713 – Marie Fel, French soprano and actress (d. 1794)
1763 – Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (d. 1839)
1784 – Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (d. 1885)
1788 – Sarah Josepha Hale, American author and poet (d. 1879)
1798 – Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (d. 1866)
1804 – Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (d. 1891)
1811 – Ferdinand Hiller, German composer and conductor (d. 1885)
1830 – Marianne North, English biologist and painter (d. 1890)
1838 – Annie Edson Taylor, American stuntwoman and educator (d. 1921)
1840 – Eliza Pollock, American archer (d. 1919)
1854 – Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (d. 1907)
1855 – James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (d. 1912)
1857 – Ned Williamson, American baseball player (d. 1894)
1868 – Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and author (d. 1969)
1872 – Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper (d. 1957)
1875 – Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and set designer (d. 1958)
1876 – Saya San, Burmese monk and activist (d. 1931)
1879 – B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer (d. 1956)
1882 – Sybil Thorndike, English actress (d. 1976)
1884 – Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor (d. 1944)
1885 – Alice Perry, Irish engineer and poet (d. 1969)
1887 – Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (d. 1969)
1887 – Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot (d. 1917)
1891 – Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (d. 1961)
1891 – Brenda Ueland, American journalist, author, and educator (d. 1985)
1894 – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1987)
1895 – Jack Warner, English actor and singer (d. 1981)
1896 – Marjorie Joyner, American make-up artist and businesswoman (d. 1994)
1898 – Peng Dehuai, Chinese general, 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China (d. 1974)
1901 – Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1959)
1903 – Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (d. 1960)
1904 – Moss Hart, American director and playwright (d. 1961)
1904 – A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist (d. 1932)
1905 – Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian and academic (d. 1988)
1906 – Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician and cryptographer (d. 1968)
1907 – Patricia Griffin, Montserratian nurse and social worker (d. 1986)[1]
1908 – John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist and geophysicist (d. 1993)
1909 – Bill Carr, American runner (d. 1966)
1910 – Stella Brooks, American singer (d. 2002)
1910 – Joe L. Evins, American lawyer and politician (d. 1984)
1910 – Gunter d'Alquen, German SS officer and journalist (d. 1998)
1910 – James K. Woolnough, American general (d. 1996)
1910 – Yoel Zussman, Polish-Israeli lawyer and judge (d. 1982)
1911 – Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (d. 1993)
1911 – Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1986)
1912 – Peter Gellhorn, German conductor (music) (d. 2004)
1912 – Murray Golden, American television director (d. 1991)
1912 – Silviu Bindea, Romanian footballer (d. 1992)
1913 – Tito Gobbi, Italian actor and singer (d. 1984)
1914 – Charles Craig Cannon, American colonel (d. 1992)
1914 – Claude B. Duval, American lawyer and politician (d. 1986)
1914 – Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian Independence movement revolutionary and Officer of Indian National Army (d. 2012)
1915 – Bob Kane, American author and illustrator (d. 1998)
1915 – Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author (d. 1988)
1915 – Roger Milliken, American businessman (d. 2010)
1916 – Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano and actress (d. 2011)
1917 – Marie Foster, American activist (d. 2003)
1918 – Doreen Tovey, English author (d. 2008)
1919 – Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot (d. 2008)
1920 – Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
1921 – Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (d. 2005)
1921 – R. K. Laxman, Indian illustrator (d. 2015)
1922 – George Miller, American educator and politician, Mayor of Tucson (d. 2014)
1923 – Robin Day, English lieutenant and journalist (d. 2000)
1923 – Denise Levertov, British-born American poet (d. 1997)
1924 – John Brereton Barlow, South African cardiologist and physician (d. 2008)
1924 – Mary Lee, American actress and singer (d. 1996)
1924 – Fuat Sezgin, Turkish historian and academic (d. 2018)
1925 – Bob Azzam, Egyptian-Monacan singer (d. 2004)
1925 – Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (d. 2003)
1925 – Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
1925 – Willie Mabon, American-French singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1985)
1925 – Ken Mackay, Australian cricketer (d. 1982)
1925 – Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician co-founded the Khmer Rouge (d. 2013)
1925 – Paul Vaughan, English journalist and radio host (d. 2014)
1926 – Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1926 – Y. A. Tittle, American football player (d. 2017)
1927 – Gilbert Bécaud, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2001)
1927 – Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor and singer (d. 1992)
1927 – Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (d. 2013)
1928 – George Bullard, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1929 – Hubert Aquin, Canadian activist, author, and director (d. 1977)
1929 – Jim Brosnan, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2014)
1929 – George Crumb, American composer and educator
1929 – Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, English wife of William Douglas-Home (d. 2012)
1929 – Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (d. 2004)
1929 – Gustav Ranis, American economist and academic (d. 2013)
1929 – Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor (d. 2013)
1930 – Jack Angel, American voice actor
1930 – The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 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 (d. 1969)
1930 – Ahmad Shah of Pahang (d. 2019)
1931 – Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German pianist and composer
1931 – Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (d. 2014)
1932 – Stephen Covey, American author and educator (d. 2012)
1932 – Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
1932 – Adrian Mitchell, English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 2008)
1932 – Robert Mundell, Canadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – Reginald Kray, English gangster (d. 2000)
1933 – Ronald Kray, English gangster (d. 1995)
1933 – Norman Rush, American author and educator
1934 – John G. Cramer, American physicist and author
1934 – Glen Glenn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1934 – Jean-Baptiste Gourion, Algerian-French bishop (d. 2005)
1934 – Margie Masters, Australian golfer
1934 – Sammy Petrillo, American actor (d. 2009)
1934 – Sanger D. Shafer, American singer-songwriter
1935 – Malcolm Bilson, American pianist, musicologist, and educator
1935 – Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (d. 2013)
1935 – Mark Tully, Indian-English journalist and author
1936 – Jüri Arrak, Estonian painter
1936 – Jimmy Dawkins, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
1936 – David Nelson, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 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 – Santo Farina, American guitarist and songwriter
1937 – John Goetz, American baseball player (d. 2008)
1937 – Heribert Offermanns, German chemist and academic
1937 – M. Rosaria Piomelli, Italian-American architect and academic
1937 – Petar Stipetić, Croatian general
1938 – Michael Graydon, English air marshal
1938 – Odean Pope, American saxophonist (Catalyst)
1938 – Stephen Resnick, American economist and academic (d. 2013)
1939 – John Adye, English intelligence officer
1939 – F. Murray Abraham, American actor
1940 – Martin Campbell, New Zealand director and producer
1940 – Rafał Piszcz, Polish canoe racer (d. 2012)
1940 – David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, English businessman and academic
1940 – Yossi Sarid, Israeli politician (d. 2015)
1941 – William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher (d. 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 (d. 2016)
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 (d. 1987)
1942 – Rafael Cordero Santiago, Puerto Rican politician, 132nd Mayor of Ponce (d. 2004)
1942 – Fernando Vallejo, Colombian biologist and author
1943 – Bill Dundee, Scottish-American wrestler and manager
1943 – Phil Hawthorne, Australian rugby player and coach (d. 1994)
1944 – Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2007)
1944 – Bettye Swann, American singer-songwriter
1944 – Ted Templeman, American singer, guitarist, and producer
1945 – Gérald Larose, Canadian educator and union leader
1946 – Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (d. 1993)
1947 – Kevin Kline, American actor and singer
1948 – Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby player
1948 – Dale Griffin, English rock drummer and producer (d. 2016)
1948 – Barry Ryan, English singer-songwriter
1948 – Paul Ryan, English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1992)
1948 – Kweisi Mfume, American lawyer and politician
1949 – Chester Marcol, American football player
1949 – John Markoff, American journalist and author
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 (d. 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
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 country music singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2016)
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 – 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 – Jožo Ráž, Slovak singer-songwriter and bass player
1954 – Mike Rounds, American businessman and politician, junior senator from 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 who skinned her partner and cooked his body parts.
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 and voice 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 (d. 2009)
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, 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 (d. 1999)
1960 – Joachim Winkelhock, German race car driver
1960 – BD Wong, American actor
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 – Ian Dalziel, English footballer and manager
1962 – Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby player and television host
1962 – Debbie Googe, English bass player and songwriter
1962 – Andrea Horwath, Canadian politician
1962 – Gibby Mbasela, Zambian footballer (d. 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
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 (d. 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 – Olo Brown, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player
1967 – Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
1967 – Esther McVey, English television host and politician
1968 – Francisco Clavet, Spanish tennis player
1968 – Mark Walton, American voice actor and illustrator
1968 – Robert Wilonsky, American journalist and critic
1969 – Emma Donoghue, Irish-Canadian author
1970 – Rob Leslie-Carter, English field hockey player and engineer
1970 – Jeff Mangum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971 – Aaron Bailey, American football wide receiver
1971 – Gustavo Jorge, Argentina international rugby union player
1971 – Zephyr Teachout, American academic
1971 – Diane Guthrie-Gresham, Jamaican track and field athlete
1971 – Caprice Bourret, American model and actress
1972 – Pat Williams, American football player and coach
1972 – Jeremy Wright, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
1973 – Meelis Friedenthal, Estonian author and academic
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
1974 – Joakim Nätterqvist, Swedish actor
1975 – Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombian footballer
1975 – Frank Seator, Liberian footballer (d. 2013)
1976 – Matteo Mazzantini, Italian rugby player
1976 – Petar Stoychev, Bulgarian swimmer
1977 – Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadoran footballer
1978 – Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer
1978 – Seth Moulton, politician and former marine
1978 – James Hopes, Australian cricketer
1979 – Ben Gillies, Australian drummer and songwriter
1979 – Marijonas Petravičius, Lithuanian basketball player
1980 – Monica, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1980 – Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer
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 – 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
1983 – Chris Colabello, American baseball player
1983 – Hernán Garin, Argentinian footballer
1983 – Michael Gordon, Australian rugby league player
1983 – Brian Vickers, American race car driver
1984 – Lougee Basabas, Filipino singer-songwriter
1984 – Jonas Gustavsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1984 – Kaela Kimura, Japanese singer-songwriter
1985 – Robert Cornthwaite, English-Australian footballer
1985 – Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (d. 2014)
1985 – Wayne Rooney, English footballer
1985 – Oscar Wendt, Swedish footballer
1986 – Drake, Canadian rapper and actor
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 – Will Bruin, American footballer
1989 – Anderson Conceição, Brazilian footballer
1989 – Eric Hosmer, American baseball player
1989 – PewDiePie, Swedish YouTuber
1989 – Eliza Taylor, Australian actress
1990 – Peyton Siva, American basketball player
1990 – Mohammed Jahfali, Saudi Arabia international footballer
1990 – Jake Knott, American football linebacker
1990 – Elijah Greer, American male middle-distance runner
1990 – Danilo Petrucci, Italian motorcycle racer
1990 – İlkay Gündoğan, German footballer
1991 – Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian footballer
1991 – Marek Bednar, Slovak ice hockey player
1991 – Bojan Dubljević, Montenegrin basketball 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
1994 – Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player
1994 – Jalen Ramsey, American football player
1995 – Vincent Leuluai, Australian rugby league player
1996 – Kyla Ross, American gymnast
1997 – Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast
1998 – Daya, American singer

Deaths
935 – Li Yu, Chinese official and chancellor
996 – Hugh Capet, French king
1152 – Jocelin of Soissons, French theologian, philosopher and composer
1168 – William IV, French nobleman
1260 – Qutuz, Egyptian sultan
1375 – Valdemar IV, Danish king (b. 1320)
1537 – Jane Seymour, English queen and wife of Henry VIII of England (b. 1508)
1572 – Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1508)
1601 – Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and alchemist (b. 1546)
1633 – Jean Titelouze, French organist and composer (b. 1562/3)
1642 – Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, English peer and courtier (b. 1582)
1655 – Pierre Gassendi, French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1592)
1669 – William Prynne, English lawyer and author (b. 1600)
1672 – John Webb, English architect and scholar (b. 1611)
1725 – Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1660)
1799 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1739)
1821 – Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)
1824 – Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (b. 1752)
1852 – Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
1875 – Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
1898 – Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
1915 – Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
1917 – James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
1922 – George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
1935 – Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
1937 – Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
1938 – Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
1943 – Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
1944 – Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)
1945 – Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)
1948 – Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (b. 1870)
1948 – Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (b. 1877)
1949 – Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (b. 1902)
1958 – G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (b. 1873)
1960 – Yevgeny Ostashev, the test pilot of rocket, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Lenin prize winner, Candidate of Technical Sciences (b. 1924)
1964 – Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (b. 1931)
1965 – Hans Meerwein, German chemist (b. 1879)
1966 – Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (b. 1896)
1969 – Behçet Kemal Çağlar, Turkish poet and politician (b. 1908)
1970 – Richard Hofstadter, American historian and author (b. 1916)
1971 – Carl Ruggles, American composer (b. 1876)
1971 – Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1936)
1972 – Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1919)
1972 – Claire Windsor, American actress (b. 1897)
1974 – David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1908)
1975 – İsmail Erez, Turkish lawyer and diplomat, Turkish Ambassador to France (b. 1919)
1975 – Zdzisław Żygulski, Polish historian, author, and academic (b. 1888)
1979 – Carlo Abarth, Italian automobile designer and founded of Abarth (b. 1908)
1983 – Jiang Wen-Ye, Taiwanese composer and educator (b. 1910)
1985 – Richie Evans, American race car driver (b. 1941)
1985 – Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (b. 1905)
1989 – Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
1991 – Gene Roddenberry, American captain, screenwriter, and producer, created Star Trek (b. 1921)
1991 – Ismat Chughtai, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
1992 – Laurie Colwin, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1944)
1993 – Heinz Kubsch, German footballer (b. 1930)
1994 – Yannis Hotzeas, Greek theoretician and author (b. 1930)
1994 – Raul Julia, Puerto Rican-American actor and singer (b. 1940)
1997 – Don Messick, American voice actor and singer (b. 1926)
1999 – Berthe Qvistgaard, Danish actress (b. 1910)
2001 – Kathleen Ankers, American actress and set designer (b. 1919)
2001 – Wolf Rüdiger Hess, German author and critic (b. 1937)
2001 – Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
2002 – Winton M. Blount, American soldier and politician, 59th United States Postmaster General (b. 1921)
2002 – Hernán Gaviria, Colombian footballer (b. 1969)
2002 – Harry Hay, English-American activist, co-founded the Mattachine Society and Radical Faeries (b. 1912)
2002 – Peggy Moran, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
2004 – Randy Dorton, American engineer (b. 1954)
2004 – Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver and businessman (b. 1980)
2004 – James Aloysius Hickey, American cardinal (b. 1920)
2004 – Maaja Ranniku, Estonian chess player (b. 1941)
2005 – Joy Clements, American soprano and actress (b. 1932)
2005 – José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
2005 – Mokarrameh Ghanbari, Iranian painter (b. 1928)
2005 – Immanuel C. Y. Hsu, Chinese sinologist and scholar (b. 1923)
2005 – Rosa Parks, American activist (b. 1913)
2005 – Robert Sloman, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2006 – Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist (b. 1904)
2006 – William Montgomery Watt, Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1909)
2007 – Petr Eben, Czech organist and composer (b. 1929)
2007 – Ian Middleton, New Zealand author (b. 1928)
2007 – Alisher Saipov, Kyrgyzstan journalist (b. 1981)
2007 – Anne Weale, English journalist and author (b. 1929)
2008 – Moshe Cotel, American pianist and composer (b. 1943)
2010 – Mike Esposito, American author and illustrator (b. 1927)
2010 – Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1922)
2010 – Joseph Stein, American author and playwright (b. 1912)
2011 – Sansan Chien, Taiwanese composer and educator (b. 1967)
2011 – John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic, developed the Lisp programming language (b. 1927)
2012 – Peggy Ahern, American actress (b. 1917)
2012 – Anita Björk, Swedish actress (b. 1923)
2012 – Jeff Blatnick, American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1957)
2012 – Bill Dees, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
2012 – Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (b. 1918)
2013 – Antonia Bird, English director and producer (b. 1951)
2013 – Brooke Greenberg, American girl with a rare genetic disorder (b. 1993)
2013 – Ana Bertha Lepe, Mexican model and actress (b. 1934)
2013 – Lew Mayne, American football player and coach (b. 1920)
2014 – Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (b. 1980)
2014 – S. S. Rajendran, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)
2014 – Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (b. 1948)
2014 – Alvin Wiederspahn, American lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
2015 – Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot (b. 1923)
2015 – Alvin Bronstein, American lawyer and academic (b. 1928)
2015 – Margarita Khemlin, Ukrainian-Russian author and critic (b. 1960)
2015 – Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal (b. 1924)
2015 – Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer (b. 1920)
2016 – Bobby Vee, American pop singer (b. 1943)
2016 – Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan politician, former president (2000-2005) (b. 1927)
2017 – Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
2017 – Robert Guillaume, American actor (b. 1927)
2017 – Girija Devi, Indian classical singer (b. 1929)
2018 – Tony Joe White, American singer/songwriter (b.1943)[2]