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316 – Constantine I defeats Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories.¹
451 – The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins.
876 – Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger prevent a West Frankish invasion and defeat emperor Charles II ("the Bald").
1075 – Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.
1200 – Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England.
1322 – Mladen II Šubić of Bribir is deposed as the Croatian Ban after the Battle of Bliska.
1480 – The Great Stand on the Ugra River puts an end to Tatar rule over Moscow
1573 – End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in the Eighty Years' War.

1601–1900

1645 – Jeanne Mance opens the first lay hospital of North America in Montreal.
1813 – The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bavaria and Austria.
1821 – The Peruvian Navy is established during the War of Independence.
1829 – Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials.
1856 – The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident.
1862 – American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.
1871 – Slash-and-burn land management, months of drought, and the passage of a strong cold front cause the Peshtigo Fire, the Great Chicago Fire and the Great Michigan Fires to break out.²
1879 – War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.
1895 – Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.

1901–present

1912 – The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
1918 – World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
1921 – KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
1939 – World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.³
1941 – World War II: During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
1943 – World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.
1944 – World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.
1952 – The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
1956 – The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
1962 – Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, and is soon accused of treason.
1967 – Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
1969 – The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.
1970 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
1973 – Yom Kippur War: Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions.
1973 – Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
1974 – Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
1978 – Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 275.97 knots at Blowering Dam, Australia.
1982 – Poland bans Solidarity and all other trade unions.
1982 – After its London premiere, Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
1990 – First Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.
1991 – Upon the expiration of the Brioni Agreement, Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia.
2001 – A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.
2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
2005 – The 7.6 Mw  Kashmir earthquake leaves 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.
2014 – Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola, dies.
2016 – In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to nearly 900.
2019 – About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland.⁴
2020 – Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice deliberately targeted the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha.⁵ ⁶ ⁷

Births

Pre-1600

319 BC – Pyrrhus of Epirus (died 272 BC)
1150 – Narapatisithu, king of Burma (died 1211)
1515 – Margaret Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas (died 1578)
1551 – Giulio Caccini, Italian composer (died 1618)
1553 – Jacques Auguste de Thou, French historian (died 1617)
1585 – Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (died 1672)

1601–1900

1609 – John Clarke, English physician (died 1676)
1676 – Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (died 1764)
1713 – Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and author (died 1793)
1715 – Michel Benoist, French scientist and missionary (died 1774)
1747 – Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician (died 1807)
1753 – Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden (died 1829)
1765 – Harman Blennerhassett, English-Irish lawyer and politician (died 1831)
1789 – John Ruggles, American lawyer and politician (died 1874)
1789 – William Swainson, English-New Zealand ornithologist and entomologist (died 1855)
1807 – Harriet Taylor Mill, English philosopher and activist (died 1858)
1818 – John Henninger Reagan, American judge and politician, 3rd Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1905)
1834 – Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (died 1905)
1845 – Salomon Kalischer, German pianist, composer, and physicist (died 1924)
1847 – Rose Scott, Australian activist (died 1925)
1848 – Pierre De Geyter, Belgian composer (died 1932)
1850 – Henry Louis Le Châtelier, French chemist and academic (died 1936)
1860 – John D. Batten, British painter, printmaker and illustrator (died 1932)
1863 – Edythe Chapman, American actress (died 1948)
1864 – Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter and educator (died 1955)
1870 – Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (died 1937)
1872 – Mary Engle Pennington, American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (died 1952)
1873 – Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish chemist and astronomer (died 1967)
1873 – Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect and academic, designed Lenin's Mausoleum (died 1949)
1875 – Laurence Doherty, English tennis player and golfer (died 1919)
1876 – Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (died 1966)
1877 – Hans Heysen, German-Australian painter (died 1968)
1879 – Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (died 1956)
1882 – Harry McClintock, American singer-songwriter and poet (died 1957)
1883 – Dick Burnett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977)
1883 – Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
1884 – Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (died 1942)
1887 – Ping Bodie, American baseball player (died 1961)
1887 – Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner (died 1972)
1888 – Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist and author (died 1964)
1889 – R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian engineer (died 1983)
1889 – Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (died 1966)
1890 – Snuffy Browne, Barbadian cricketer (died 1964)
1890 – Eddie Rickenbacker, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1973)
1890 – Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (died 1971)
1892 – Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (died 1941)
1893 – Clarence Williams, American pianist and composer (died 1965)
1895 – Zog I of Albania (died 1961)
1895 – Juan Perón, Argentinian general and politician, 29th President of Argentina (died 1974)
1896 – Julien Duvivier, French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1967)
1897 – Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (died 1987)
1897 – Marcel Herrand, French actor (died 1953)

1901–present

1901 – Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist (died 1977)
1901 – Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia (died 2000)
1903 – Georgy Geshev, Bulgarian chess player (died 1937)
1904 – Yves Giraud-Cabantous, French race car driver (died 1973)
1907 – Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator (died 1975)
1908 – Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician (died 1988)
1910 – Kirk Alyn, American actor (died 1999)
1910 – Paulette Dubost, French actress (died 2011)
1910 – Gus Hall, American soldier and politician (died 2000)
1910 – Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier (died 2006)
1910 – Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (died 2003)
1913 – Robert R. Gilruth, American pilot and engineer (died 2000)
1913 – Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (died 1959)
1917 – Billy Conn, American boxer (died 1993)
1917 – Walter Lord, American historian and author (died 2002)
1917 – Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1976)
1917 – Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1985)
1918 – Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (died 2012)
1918 – Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
1919 – Jack McGrath, American race car driver (died 1955)
1919 – Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2007)
1920 – Frank Herbert, American journalist, photographer, and author (died 1986)
1921 – Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (died 2010)
1922 – Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer, coach, and manager (died 2007)
1922 – Herbert B. Leonard, American production manager and producer (died 2006)
1924 – Alphons Egli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 77th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2016)
1924 – Aloísio Lorscheider, Brazilian cardinal (died 2007)
1924 – Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian poet and scholar (died 2006)
1924 – John Nelder, English mathematician and statistician (died 2010)
1925 – Álvaro Magaña, Salvadoran economist and politician, President of El Salvador (died 2001)
1926 – Raaj Kumar, Indian police officer and actor (died 1996)
1927 – Jim Elliot, American missionary and translator (died 1956)
1927 – César Milstein, Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)
1928 – Didi, Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2001)
1928 – M. Russell Ballard, American lieutenant and religious leader (died 2023)
1928 – Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer
1928 – Bill Maynard, English actor (died 2018)
1929 – Betty Boothroyd, English politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (died 2023)
1930 – Pepper Adams, American saxophonist and composer (died 1986)
1930 – Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer (died 2013)
1930 – Faith Ringgold, American painter and activist (died 2024)
1930 – Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer and theorist (died 1996)
1931 – Bill Brown, Scottish footballer (died 2004)
1932 – Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player and police officer (died 2024)⁸
1934 – Kader Asmal, South African academic and politician (died 2011)
1934 – Gerry Hitchens, English footballer and manager (died 1983)
1934 – James Holshouser, American lawyer and politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (died 2013)
1935 – Albert Roux, French-English chef (died 2021)
1936 – Rona Barrett, American journalist and businesswoman⁹
1937 – Merle Park, British ballerina and educator
1937 – Paul Schell, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Seattle (died 2014)
1938 – William Corlett, English author and playwright (died 2005)
1938 – Walter Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey coach and author (died 2021)
1938 – Bronislovas Lubys, Lithuanian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania (died 2011)
1938 – Fred Stolle, Australian-American tennis player and sportscaster (died 2025)¹⁰
1939 – Paul Hogan, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter¹¹
1939 – Elvīra Ozoliņa, Latvian javelin thrower
1939 – Harvey Pekar, American author and critic (died 2010)
1939 – Lynne Stewart, American lawyer and criminal (died 2017)¹²
1940 – Fred Cash, American singer¹³
1941 – George Bellamy, English singer, guitarist, and producer
1941 – Jesse Jackson, American minister and activist¹⁴
1941 – Shane Stevens, American author (died 2007)
1942 – Stanley Bates, English actor and screenwriter
1943 – Chevy Chase, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter¹⁵
1943 – R. L. Stine, American author, screenwriter, and producer¹⁶
1944 – Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (died 2010)
1944 – Susan Raye, American singer¹⁷
1946 – Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar, activist, and politician
1946 – Jean-Jacques Beineix, French director and producer (died 2022)
1946 – Dennis Kucinich, American journalist and politician, 53rd Mayor of Cleveland
1946 – Bel Mooney, English journalist and author
1946 – Jon Ekerold, South African motorcycle racer
1947 – Richard Morris, English archaeologist, historian, and author
1947 – Emiel Puttemans, Belgian runner
1947 – Stephen Shore, American photographer and educator
1947 – Bill Zorn, folk musician¹⁸
1947 – Hansa Yogendra, Indian yoga guru¹⁹
1948 – Benjamin Cheever, American journalist and author
1948 – Claude Jade, French actress (died 2006)
1948 – Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2004)²⁰
1949 – Hamish Stuart, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1949 – Sigourney Weaver, American actress and producer²¹
1950 – Robert "Kool" Bell, American singer-songwriter and bass player²²
1950 – Blake Morrison, English poet, author, and academic
1951 – Jack O'Connell, American educator and politician
1951 – Timo Salonen, Finnish race car driver
1951 – Shannon C. Stimson, American philosopher, historian, and theorist
1951 – Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer, British aristocrat and landowner (died 2023)²³
1952 – Takis Koroneos, Greek basketball player and coach
1952 – Jan Marijnissen, Dutch journalist and politician
1952 – Edward Zwick, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1953 – Robert Saxton, English composer and educator
1954 – Michael Dudikoff, American actor²⁴
1954 – Huub Rothengatter, Dutch race car driver and manager
1955 – Bill Elliott, American race car driver
1955 – Alain Ferté, French race car driver
1955 – Darrell Hammond, American comedian and actor²⁵
1955 – Paul Lennon, Australian politician, 42nd Premier of Tasmania
1955 – Lonnie Pitchford, American singer and guitarist (died 1998)
1956 – Jeff Lahti, American baseball player
1956 – Janice E. Voss, American engineer and astronaut (died 2012)
1956 – Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress²⁶
1957 – Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer and manager
1958 – Steve Coll, American journalist and author²⁷
1958 – Bret Lott, American journalist, author, and academic
1958 – Ruffin McNeill, American football player and coach
1958 – Ursula von der Leyen, Belgian-German physician and politician, Defense Minister of Germany, President of the European Commission
1959 – Tommy Armour III, American golfer
1959 – Nick Bakay, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1959 – Gavin Friday, Irish singer-songwriter, actor, and producer
1959 – Erik Gundersen, Danish motorcycle racer
1959 – Peter Horrocks, English journalist and producer
1959 – Mike Morgan, American baseball player and coach
1959 – Carlos I. Noriega, Peruvian-American colonel and astronaut
1960 – Andrea Anastasi, Italian volleyball player and coach
1960 – Bryndís Hlöðversdóttir, Icelandic politician²⁸
1960 – Reed Hastings, American businessman, co-founded Netflix ²⁹
1960 – Rano Karno, Indonesian actor and politician
1960 – Ralf Minge, German footballer and manager
1960 – François Pérusse, Canadian singer-songwriter and comedian
1960 – Mike Teague, English rugby player
1961 – Steven Bernstein, American trumpet player and composer
1961 – Jon Stevens, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
1961 – Simon Burke, Australian actor and producer
1961 – Ted Kooshian, American pianist and composer
1961 – Kim Wayans, American actress and comedian³⁰
1962 – Richard Lintern, British actor
1962 – Bruno Thiry, Belgian race car driver
1962 – Chen Xiaoxia, Chinese diver
1963 – Steve Perry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist³¹
1964 – Jakob Arjouni, German author (died 2013)
1964 – Ian Hart, English actor³²
1964 – CeCe Winans, American singer-songwriter³³
1965 – Matt Biondi, American swimmer and coach³⁴
1965 – Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1965 – Harri Koskela, Finnish wrestler
1965 – C. J. Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player³⁵
1966 – Art Barr, American wrestler (died 1994)
1966 – Karyn Parsons, American actress and producer³⁶
1967 – Yvonne Reyes, Venezuelan television host and actress
1967 – Teddy Riley, American singer-songwriter and producer³⁷
1968 – Ali Benarbia, Algerian footballer
1968 – Zvonimir Boban, Croatian footballer and sportscaster
1968 – Emily Procter, American actress³⁸
1968 – CL Smooth, American rapper and producer
1968 – Leeroy Thornhill, English keyboard player and DJ
1969 – Dylan Neal, Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter³⁹
1970 – Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Congolese colonel
1970 – Matt Damon, American actor, producer, and screenwriter⁴⁰
1970 – Anne-Marie Duff, English actress⁴¹
1970 – Sadiq Khan, English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Transport, Mayor of London ⁴²
1970 – Sisaundra Lewis, American singer-songwriter and producer
1970 – Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video game designer and director
1971 – Marc Ellis, New Zealand rugby player and television host
1971 – David Gauke, English lawyer and politician
1971 – Pınar Selek, Turkish sociologist, author, and academic
1971 – Monty Williams, American basketball player and coach
1972 – Terry Balsamo, American guitarist and songwriter
1972 – Stanislav Varga, Slovak footballer and manager
1973 – Jim Fairchild, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 – Kari Korhonen, Finnish cartoonist
1974 – Kevyn Adams, American ice hockey player and coach
1974 – Martin Henderson, New Zealand actor⁴³
1974 – Fredrik Modin, Swedish ice hockey player
1974 – Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower
1976 – Karina Bacchi, Brazilian model and actress
1976 – Jinnih Beels, Belgian politician⁴⁴
1976 – Galo Blanco, Spanish tennis player and coach
1976 – Renate Groenewold, Dutch speed skater and cyclist
1977 – Anne-Caroline Chausson, French cyclist
1977 – Jamie Marchi, American voice actress, director, and screenwriter
1977 – Erna Siikavirta, Finnish singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1978 – Antonino D'Agostino, Italian footballer
1978 – Mick O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player and coach
1979 – Paul Burchill, English wrestler
1979 – Kristanna Loken, American actress⁴⁵
1979 – Gregori Chad Petree, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Nick Cannon, American actor, rapper, and producer⁴⁶
1980 – Branislav Mezei, Slovak ice hockey player⁴⁷
1980 – The Miz, American wrestler, actor, and television personality⁴⁸
1980 – J. R. Ramirez, Cuban-American actor⁴⁹
1981 – Vladimir Kisenkov, Russian footballer
1981 – Raffi Torres, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Phil Mustard, English cricketer
1982 – Miloš Pavlović, Serbian race car driver
1982 – Annemiek van Vleuten, Dutch cyclist
1983 – Mario Cassano, Italian footballer
1983 – Michael Fraser, Scottish footballer
1983 – Mihkel Kukk, Estonian javelin thrower
1983 – Abhishek Nayar, Indian cricketer
1983 – Travis Pastrana, American motorcycle racer
1984 – Domenik Hixon, American football player
1985 – Elliphant, Swedish singer-songwriter and rapper
1985 – Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor⁵⁰
1985 – Eiji Wentz, Japanese singer-songwriter
1986 – Louis Dodds, English footballer
1986 – Michele Sepe, Italian rugby player
1986 – Camilla Herrem, Norwegian handball player⁵¹
1987 – Frankie Brown, Scottish footballer⁵²
1987 – Aya Hirano, Japanese voice actress and singer
1987 – Hassan Maatouk, Lebanese footballer
1987 – Taylor Price, American football player
1989 – Sione Lousi, New Zealand rugby league player
1989 – Mahmut Temür, Turkish footballer
1989 – Armand Traoré, French footballer
1990 – Rachel Klamer, Zimbabwean-Dutch triathlete
1991 – Jordan McLean, Australian rugby league player
1992 – Chelsea Gray, American basketball player⁵³
1992 – Maria João Koehler, Portuguese tennis player
1992 – Lidziya Marozava, Belarusian tennis player
1992 – Terran Petteway, American basketball player⁵⁴
1993 – Angus T. Jones, American actor⁵⁵
1993 – Garbiñe Muguruza, Spanish tennis player
1993 – Barbara Palvin, Hungarian model and actress
1993 – Molly Quinn, American actress and producer⁵⁶
1993 – Saucy Santana, American rapper⁵⁷
1993 – Bubba Wallace, American race car driver
1995 – Grayson Allen, American basketball player⁵⁸
1995 – G Herbo, American rapper⁵⁹
1996 – Devontae Cacok, American basketball player⁶⁰
1996 – Timo Meier, Swiss ice hockey player⁶¹
1996 – Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spanish tennis player⁶² ⁶³
1996 – Sara Takanashi, Japanese ski jumper⁶⁴
1997 – Fernanda Contreras Gómez, Mexican tennis player⁶⁵
1997 – Bella Thorne, American actress⁶⁶
1999 – Putthipong Assaratanakul, Thai actor and singer⁶⁷
1999 – Camila Rossi, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast⁶⁸
2001 – Huh Yunjin, American singer based in South Korea⁶⁹
2002 – Brian Thomas Jr., American football player⁷⁰
2002 – Qinwen Zheng, Chinese tennis player⁷¹
2003 – Ángela Aguilar, Mexican-American singer⁷²

Deaths

Pre-1600

705 – Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Umayyad caliph (born 646)
923 – Pilgrim I, archbishop of Salzburg
951 – Xiao Sagezhi, Chinese Khitan empress
976 – Helen of Zadar, queen consort of the Kingdom of Croatia
1281 – Princess Constance of Greater Poland (born c.1245)
1286 – John I, Duke of Brittany (born 1217)
1317 – Emperor Fushimi of Japan (born 1265)
1354 – Cola di Rienzo, Roman tribune (born c.1313)
1361 – John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp
1436 – Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (born 1401)
1469 – Filippo Lippi, artist (born 1406)
1559 – Marina de Guevara, Spanish nun executed by the Spanish inquisition (born 1517),⁷³
1594 – Ishikawa Goemon, ninja and thief of Japan (born 1558)

1601–1900

1621 – Antoine de Montchrestien, French soldier, playwright, and economist (born 1575)
1647 – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer and mathematician (born 1562)
1652 – John Greaves, English mathematician and astronomer (born 1602)
1656 – John George I, Elector of Saxony (born 1585)
1659 – Jean de Quen, French missionary, priest, and historian (born 1603)
1735 – Yongzheng Emperor of China (born 1678)
1754 – Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright (born 1707)
1772 – Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, French violinist and composer (born 1711)
1793 – John Hancock, American merchant and politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts (born 1737)
1795 – Andrew Kippis, English minister and author (born 1725)⁷⁴
1802 – Emmanuele Vitale, Maltese general and politician (born 1758)
1804 – Thomas Cochran, Canadian lawyer and judge (born 1777)
1809 – James Elphinston, Scottish orthographer, phonologist, and linguist (born 1721)
1821 – Juan O'Donojú, last Spanish ruler of Mexico (born 1762)⁷⁵
1834 – François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (born 1775)
1869 – Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (born 1804)
1879 – Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (born 1834)⁷⁶
1886 – Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (born 1819)
1897 – Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (born 1830)

1901–present

1928 – Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1889)
1931 – John Monash, Australian general and engineer (born 1865)
1936 – Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (born 1880)
1936 – Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (born 1882)
1936 – Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1845)
1936 – William Henry Stark, American businessman (born 1851)
1942 – Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (born 1869)
1944 – Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (born 1892)
1945 – Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (born 1869)
1952 – Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (born 1877)
1953 – Nigel Bruce, British actor (born 1895)
1953 – Kathleen Ferrier, English soprano (born 1912)
1955 – Iry LeJeune, American accordion player (born 1928)
1958 – Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author and translator (born 1886)
1963 – Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican painter (born 1908)
1967 – Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1883)
1970 – Jean Giono, French author and poet (born 1895)
1973 – Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher, playwright, and critic (born 1889)
1977 – Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1902)
1978 – Bertha Parker Pallan, American archaeologist (born 1907)
1979 – Brian Edmund Baker, English air marshal (born 1896)
1979 – Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian politician (born 1902)
1982 – Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor and director (born 1916)
1982 – Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, English runner and politician, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1889)
1983 – Joan Hackett, American actress (born 1934)
1985 – Malcolm Ross, American captain, physicist, and balloonist (born 1919)
1985 – Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and scholar (born 1906)
1987 – Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek scholar and politician, 2nd President of Greece (born 1899)
1992 – Willy Brandt, German lawyer and politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913)
1992 – Robert Berdella, American serial killer, torturer, and rapist (born 1949)⁷⁷
1994 – Oscar M. Ruebhausen, American lawyer (born 1912)
1995 – Christopher Keene, American conductor and educator (born 1946)
1997 – Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building (born 1913)
1999 – John McLendon, American basketball player and coach (born 1915)
2000 – Charlotte Lamb, English author (born 1937)
2001 – Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (born 1917)
2002 – Phyllis Calvert, English actress (born 1915)⁷⁸
2002 – Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1952)
2004 – James Chace, American historian and author (born 1931)
2006 – Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (born 1974)
2007 – Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (born 1917)
2008 – Ângelo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer (born 1925)
2008 – Bob Friend, English journalist (born 1938)
2008 – Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress (born 1918)
2008 – George Emil Palade, Romanian-American biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)
2010 – Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist (born 1919)
2010 – Eileen Crofton, British physician and author (born 1919)⁷⁹
2011 – Al Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (born 1929)
2011 – Mikey Welsh, American guitarist and painter (born 1971)
2011 – Roger Williams, American pianist (born 1924)
2012 – Varsha Bhosle, Indian singer and journalist (born 1956)
2012 – Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1955)
2012 – Eric Lomax, Scottish captain and author (born 1919)
2012 – Nawal Kishore Sharma, Indian politician, 20th Governor of Gujarat (born 1925)
2013 – Philip Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1957)
2013 – Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1927)
2013 – Rod Grams, American journalist and politician (born 1948)
2013 – Rodolphe Kasser, Swiss archaeologist and philologist (born 1927)
2013 – Andy Pafko, American baseball player and manager (born 1921)
2013 – Akong Rinpoche, Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader (born 1939)
2014 – Morris Lurie, Australian author and playwright (born 1938)
2014 – Alden E. Matthews, American missionary (born 1921)
2014 – Harden M. McConnell, American chemist and academic (born 1927)
2014 – Zilpha Keatley Snyder, American author (born 1927)
2014 – Jeen van den Berg, Dutch speed skater (born 1928)
2015 – Richard Davies, Welsh-English actor (born 1926)
2015 – Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1951)
2015 – Dennis Eichhorn, American author and illustrator (born 1945)
2015 – Lindy Infante, American football player and coach (born 1940)
2015 – Paul Prudhomme, American chef and author (born 1940)
2020 – Whitey Ford, American professional baseball pitcher (born 1928)⁸⁰
2024 – Pat Fischer, American football player (born 1940)⁸¹
2024 – Tim Johnson, American lawyer and politician (born 1946)⁸²
2024 – Luis Tiant, Cuban baseball player (born 1940)⁸³

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
- Evodus (or Yves)
- Palatias and Laurentia
- Pelagia (Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches)
- Reparata
- San Ernesto, Che Guevara as a folk saint. (Bolivian campesinos)
- Simeon (Gospel of Luke)
- Thaïs
- William Dwight Porter Bliss and Richard T. Ely (Episcopal Church)
- October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
World Space Week (October 4–10)
Air Force Day (India)
Arbor Day (Namibia)
Children's Day (Iran)
Navy Day (Peru)
International Lesbian Day ⁸⁴
National Fluffernutter Day⁸⁵

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to October 8.

"On This Day". BBC.
The New York Times: On This Day
"Historical Events on October 8". OnThisDay.com.

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