October 7 in History
Historical events, births and deaths on October 7 through the ages, from Iran and around the world. This year it falls on 15 Mehr 1405.
Occasions on this day in 2026
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Famous people born on October 7
- Vladimir Putin 1952
- Niels Bohr 1885
- Heinrich Himmler 1900
- Desmond Tutu 1931
- María Corina Machado 1967
- Diego da Silva Costa 1988
- Henry A. Wallace 1888
- Thom Yorke 1968
- Trent Alexander-Arnold 1998
- Harry Kroto 1939
- Ulrike Meinhof 1934
- Yo-Yo Ma 1955
Events (53)
- 3761 BC The epoch reference date (start) of the modern Hebrew calendar.
- 1403 (623 years ago) Venetian–Genoese wars: The Genoese fleet under a French admiral is defeated by a Venetian fleet at the Battle of Modon.
- 1477 (549 years ago) Uppsala University is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from Pope Sixtus IV in February the same year.
- 1513 (513 years ago) War of the League of Cambrai: Spain defeats Venice.
- 1571 (455 years ago) The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Ottoman Navy suffers its first defeat.
- 1691 (335 years ago) The charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.
- 1763 (263 years ago) King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
- 1777 (249 years ago) American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat British forces under general John Burgoyne in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights, compelling Burgoyne's eventual surrender.
- 1780 (246 years ago) American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson at the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina, often regarded as the turning point in the war's Southern theater.
- 1800 (226 years ago) French corsair Robert Surcouf, commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance, captures the British 38-gun Kent.
- 1826 (200 years ago) The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
- 1828 (198 years ago) Morea expedition: The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force.
- 1840 (186 years ago) Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
- 1864 (162 years ago) American Civil War: A US Navy ship captures a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.
- 1868 (158 years ago) Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
- 1870 (156 years ago) Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
- 1879 (147 years ago) Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
- 1912 (114 years ago) The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
- 1913 (113 years ago) Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving vehicle assembly line.
- 1916 (110 years ago) Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
- 1919 (107 years ago) KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
- 1924 (102 years ago) Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
- 1929 (97 years ago) Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
- 1940 (86 years ago) World War II: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
- 1944 (82 years ago) World War II: The Sonderkommando Revolt in Auschwitz was an uprising of prisoners (especially the Sonderkommando) at the Auschwitz concentration camp, they burnt down Crematorium IV.
- 1949 (77 years ago) The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
- 1950 (76 years ago) Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
- 1958 (68 years ago) The 1958 Pakistani coup d'état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule.
- 1958 (68 years ago) The U.S. crewed space-flight project is renamed to Project Mercury.
- 1959 (67 years ago) The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
- 1961 (65 years ago) A Douglas Dakota IV operated by Derby Aviation (later renamed to British Midland International) crashes in Canigou, France, killing 34 people.
- 1963 (63 years ago) President Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
- 1963 (63 years ago) Buddhist crisis: Amid worsening relations, outspoken South Vietnamese First Lady Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu arrives in the US for a speaking tour, continuing a flurry of attacks on the Kennedy administration.
- 1977 (49 years ago) The Fourth Soviet Constitution is adopted.
- 1978 (48 years ago) Aeroflot Flight 1080 crashes after takeoff from Koltsovo International Airport, killing 38.
- 1979 (47 years ago) Swissair Flight 316 crashes at Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece, killing 14.
- 1985 (41 years ago) The Mameyes landslide kills almost 200 people in Puerto Rico.
- 1985 (41 years ago) Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MS Achille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.
- 1987 (39 years ago) Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
- 1988 (38 years ago) A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.
- 1991 (35 years ago) Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of the Banski Dvori in Zagreb, Croatia.
- 1993 (33 years ago) The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
- 1996 (30 years ago) Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.
- 2000 (26 years ago) Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Hezbollah militants capture three Israeli Defense Force soldiers in a cross-border raid.
- 2001 (25 years ago) The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground, starting the longest war in American history.
- 2002 (24 years ago) The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-112 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
- 2004 (22 years ago) Three bombs explode at Taba and Nuweiba in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, killing 34.
- 2008 (18 years ago) Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into Earth's atmosphere.
- 2008 (18 years ago) Qantas Flight 72 experiences an in-flight upset near Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia, injuring 112.
- 2016 (10 years ago) In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to over 800.
- 2022 (4 years ago) Ten people are killed and eight are injured in an explosion at petrol station in Creeslough, Ireland.
- 2022 (4 years ago) Ales Bialiatski, along with two organisations, Memorial & Center for Civil Liberties, are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 2023 (3 years ago) Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups launch an attack into Israel, which results in the deaths of around 1,200, mostly civilians, and the taking of 251 hostages, including civilians and soldiers.
Births (254)
- 14 BC Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman politician (died 23 AD)
- 1301 (725 years ago) Grand Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver,
- 1409 (617 years ago) Elizabeth of Luxembourg,
- 1471 (555 years ago) Frederick I of Denmark,
- 1474 (552 years ago) Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden (died 1536)
- 1482 (544 years ago) Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (died 1553)
- 1573 (453 years ago) William Laud, English archbishop and academic (died 1645)
- 1576 (450 years ago) John Marston, English poet and playwright (died 1634)
- 1586 (440 years ago) Isaac Massa, Dutch diplomat (died 1643)
- 1589 (437 years ago) Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria,
- 1591 (435 years ago) Pierre Le Muet, French architect (died 1669)
- 1597 (429 years ago) Captain John Underhill, English settler and soldier (died 1672)
- 1635 (391 years ago) Roger de Piles, French painter (died 1709)
- 1713 (313 years ago) Granville Elliott, English general (died 1759)
- 1728 (298 years ago) Caesar Rodney, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (died 1784)
- 1744 (282 years ago) Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (died 1819)
- 1746 (280 years ago) William Billings, American composer and educator (died 1800)
- 1748 (278 years ago) Charles XIII of Sweden,
- 1769 (257 years ago) Solomon Sibley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit (died 1846)
- 1786 (240 years ago) Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1871)
- 1798 (228 years ago) Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, French instrument maker and businessman (died 1875)
- 1799 (227 years ago) Mills Darden, one of the largest men ever in human history (died 1857)
- 1819 (207 years ago) Ann Eliza Smith, American author and patriot (died 1905)
- 1821 (205 years ago) Richard H. Anderson, American general (died 1879)
- 1832 (194 years ago) Charles Crozat Converse, American lawyer and composer (died 1918)
- 1835 (191 years ago) Felix Draeseke, German composer and educator (died 1913)
- 1836 (190 years ago) Henri Elzéar Taschereau, Canadian scholar and jurist, 4th Chief Justice of Canada (died 1911)
- 1841 (185 years ago) Nicholas I of Montenegro,
- 1849 (177 years ago) James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (died 1916)
- 1860 (166 years ago) Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (died 1936)
- 1866 (160 years ago) Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1942)
- 1870 (156 years ago) Uncle Dave Macon, American old-time country banjo player, singer-songwriter, and comedian (died 1952)
- 1876 (150 years ago) Louis Tancred, South African cricketer (died 1934)
- 1879 (147 years ago) Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist and poet (died 1915)
- 1881 (145 years ago) Mikhail Drozdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian general (died 1918)
- 1884 (142 years ago) Harold Geiger, American lieutenant and pilot (died 1927)
- 1885 (141 years ago) Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962)
- 1885 (141 years ago) Claud Ashton Jones, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1948)
- 1887 (139 years ago) Jack Russell, English cricketer and coach (died 1961)
- 1888 (138 years ago) Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and politician, 33rd Vice President of the United States (died 1965)
- 1888 (138 years ago) Edna Meade Colson, American educator and activist (died 1985)
- 1889 (137 years ago) Robert Z. Leonard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1968)
- 1892 (134 years ago) Dwain Esper, American director and producer (died 1982)
- 1893 (133 years ago) Alice Dalgliesh, Trinidadian-American author and publisher (died 1979)
- 1895 (131 years ago) Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author (died 1980)
- 1896 (130 years ago) Paulino Alcántara, Spanish Filipino football player and manager (died 1964)
- 1897 (129 years ago) Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (died 1975)
- 1897 (129 years ago) Thakin Mya, Burmese lawyer and politician (died 1947)
- 1900 (126 years ago) Heinrich Himmler, Nazi politician, head of the SS and senior official responsible for the Holocaust (died 1945)
- 1901 (125 years ago) Frank Boucher, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (died 1977)
- 1904 (122 years ago) Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and coach (died 1968)
- 1904 (122 years ago) Chuck Klein, American baseball player (died 1958)
- 1905 (121 years ago) Andy Devine, American actor (died 1977)
- 1907 (119 years ago) Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American librarian and author (died 1985)
- 1909 (117 years ago) Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author (died 1990)
- 1909 (117 years ago) Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist and educator (died 1995)
- 1909 (117 years ago) Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (died 1983)
- 1910 (116 years ago) Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American art collector and philanthropist (died 1986)
- 1911 (115 years ago) Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (died 1973)
- 1912 (114 years ago) Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, President of Peru (died 2002)
- 1912 (114 years ago) Peter Walker, English race car driver (died 1984)
- 1913 (113 years ago) Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author (died 1987)
- 1913 (113 years ago) Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist, guitarist, and composer (died 1949)
- 1914 (112 years ago) Begum Akhtar, Indian actress (died 1974)
- 1914 (112 years ago) Sarah Churchill, English actress (died 1982)
- 1914 (112 years ago) Alfred Drake, American actor and singer (died 1992)
- 1914 (112 years ago) Herman Keiser, American golfer (died 2003)
- 1917 (109 years ago) June Allyson, American actress (died 2006)
- 1918 (108 years ago) Harry V. Jaffa, American historian, philosopher, and academic (died 2015)
- 1919 (107 years ago) Henriette Avram, American computer scientist and academic (died 2006)
- 1919 (107 years ago) Zelman Cowen, Australian academic and politician, 19th Governor-General of Australia (died 2011)
- 1919 (107 years ago) Georges Duby, French historian and author (died 1996)
- 1920 (106 years ago) Georg Leber, German soldier and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence (died 2012)
- 1920 (106 years ago) Jack Rowley, English footballer and manager (died 1998)
- 1921 (105 years ago) Raymond Goethals, Belgian footballer and coach (died 2004)
- 1922 (104 years ago) Grady Hatton, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2013)
- 1922 (104 years ago) William Zinsser, American journalist and critic (died 2015)
- 1923 (103 years ago) Irma Grese, German SS officer (died 1945)
- 1923 (103 years ago) Břetislav Pojar, Czech animator and director (died 2012)
- 1923 (103 years ago) Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (died 2002)
- 1926 (100 years ago) Alex Groza, American basketball player (died 1995)
- 1927 (99 years ago) Al Martino, American singer and actor (died 2009)
- 1927 (99 years ago) R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (died 1989)
- 1927 (99 years ago) Demetrio González, Spanish-Mexican film actor and singer (died 2015)
- 1928 (98 years ago) José Messias, Brazilian composer, singer, writer, host and critic (died 2015)
- 1928 (98 years ago) Ali Kafi, Algerian politician (died 2013)
- 1928 (98 years ago) Lorna Wing, English autism researcher (died 2014)
- 1929 (97 years ago) Graeme Ferguson, Canadian director and producer, co-founded the IMAX Corporation (died 2021)
- 1929 (97 years ago) Mariano Gagnon, American Catholic priest and author (died 2017)
- 1929 (97 years ago) Robert Westall, English journalist and author (died 1993)
- 1930 (96 years ago) Curtis Crider, American race car driver (died 2012)
- 1931 (95 years ago) Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball player and coach (died 2004)
- 1931 (95 years ago) Tommy Lewis, American football player and coach (died 2014)
- 1931 (95 years ago) R. Sivagurunathan, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and academic (died 2003)
- 1931 (95 years ago) Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
- 1932 (94 years ago) Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop (died 2013)
- 1933 (93 years ago) Harold Dunaway, American race car driver and pilot (died 2012)
- 1934 (92 years ago) Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (died 2014)
- 1934 (92 years ago) Ulrike Meinhof, German left-wing militant, co-founder of the Red Army Faction, journalist (died 1976)
- 1934 (92 years ago) Willie Naulls, American basketball player (died 2018)
- 1934 (92 years ago) Julian Thompson, English general and historian
- 1935 (91 years ago) Thomas Keneally, Australian novelist, playwright, and essayist
- 1936 (90 years ago) Michael Hurll, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
- 1937 (89 years ago) Christopher Booker, English journalist and author (died 2019)
- 1937 (89 years ago) Chet Powers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1994)
- 1937 (89 years ago) Maria Szyszkowska, Polish academic and politician
- 1938 (88 years ago) Yvonne Brewster, Jamaican actress and theatre director
- 1938 (88 years ago) Ann Jones, English tennis player and sportscaster
- 1939 (87 years ago) John Hopcroft, American computer scientist and author
- 1939 (87 years ago) Clive James, Australian television host, author, and critic (died 2019)
- 1939 (87 years ago) Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
- 1939 (87 years ago) Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Congolese cardinal (died 2021)
- 1939 (87 years ago) Bill Snyder, American football player and coach
- 1942 (84 years ago) Joy Behar, American talk show host, comedian and television personality
- 1943 (83 years ago) José Cardenal, Cuban baseball player and coach
- 1943 (83 years ago) Oliver North, American colonel, journalist, and author
- 1944 (82 years ago) Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1979)
- 1944 (82 years ago) Donald Tsang, Chinese civil servant and politician, 2nd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
- 1945 (81 years ago) Kevin Godley, English singer-songwriter and director
- 1945 (81 years ago) David Wallace, Scottish physicist and academic
- 1946 (80 years ago) John Brass, Australian rugby player and coach
- 1946 (80 years ago) Catharine MacKinnon, American lawyer, activist, and author
- 1947 (79 years ago) Chris Bambridge, Australian footballer and referee
- 1947 (79 years ago) Jill Larson, American actress
- 1948 (78 years ago) Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist
- 1948 (78 years ago) John F. B. Mitchell, English climatologist and author
- 1948 (78 years ago) Stephen Rucker, American composer
- 1949 (77 years ago) Dave Hope, American bass player and priest
- 1950 (76 years ago) Dick Jauron, American football player and coach (died 2025)
- 1950 (76 years ago) Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian colonel, economist, and politician, 4th President of Tanzania
- 1951 (75 years ago) Enki Bilal, French comic book creator, comics artist and film director
- 1951 (75 years ago) John Mellencamp, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1952 (74 years ago) Mary Badham, American actress
- 1952 (74 years ago) Vladimir Putin, Russian colonel and politician, 4th President of Russia
- 1952 (74 years ago) Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2002)
- 1952 (74 years ago) Graham Yallop, Australian cricketer
- 1953 (73 years ago) Linda Griffiths, Canadian actress and playwright (died 2014)
- 1953 (73 years ago) Margus Lepa, Estonian journalist and actor
- 1953 (73 years ago) Tico Torres, American drummer
- 1955 (71 years ago) Ralph Johnson, American computer scientist and author
- 1955 (71 years ago) Bill Henson, Australian photographer
- 1955 (71 years ago) Yo-Yo Ma, French-American cellist and educator
- 1956 (70 years ago) Steve Bainbridge, English rugby player
- 1956 (70 years ago) Mike Shipley, Australian-English sound engineer and producer (died 2013)
- 1956 (70 years ago) Brian Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1957 (69 years ago) Joey Marquez, Filipino basketball player, actor, and politician
- 1957 (69 years ago) Michael W. Smith, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1957 (69 years ago) Jayne Torvill, English figure skater
- 1959 (67 years ago) Dylan Baker, American actor
- 1959 (67 years ago) Simon Cowell, English businessman and record producer
- 1959 (67 years ago) Lourdes Flores, Peruvian lawyer and politician
- 1959 (67 years ago) Jean-Marc Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician
- 1959 (67 years ago) Brazo de Oro, Mexican wrestler (died 2017)
- 1960 (66 years ago) Kevin Boyle, American historian and author
- 1961 (65 years ago) Brian Mannix, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1961 (65 years ago) Tony Sparano, American football player and coach (died 2018)
- 1962 (64 years ago) Dave Bronconnier, Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Calgary
- 1962 (64 years ago) Micky Flanagan, English comedian
- 1962 (64 years ago) William Johnson, German-English cricketer
- 1964 (62 years ago) Sam Brown, English singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer
- 1964 (62 years ago) Dan Savage, American LGBT rights activist, journalist and television producer
- 1964 (62 years ago) Paul Stewart, English footballer
- 1965 (61 years ago) Genji Hashimoto, Japanese race car driver
- 1965 (61 years ago) Kumiko Watanabe, Japanese voice actress
- 1966 (60 years ago) Sherman Alexie, American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker
- 1966 (60 years ago) Marco Beltrami, Italian-American composer and conductor
- 1966 (60 years ago) Janet Shaw, Australian cyclist and author (died 2012)
- 1967 (59 years ago) Michelle Alexander, American law professor, author and activist
- 1967 (59 years ago) Peter Baker, English golfer
- 1967 (59 years ago) Toni Braxton, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1967 (59 years ago) María Corina Machado, Venezuelan Nobel Prize Laureate
- 1968 (58 years ago) Thom Yorke, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1969 (57 years ago) Bobbie Brown, American model and actress
- 1969 (57 years ago) Malia Hosaka, American wrestler
- 1970 (56 years ago) Nicole Ari Parker, American actress
- 1971 (55 years ago) Daniel Boucher, Canadian singer and actor
- 1972 (54 years ago) Marlou Aquino, Filipino basketball player
- 1972 (54 years ago) Ben Younger, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1973 (53 years ago) Dida, Brazilian footballer
- 1973 (53 years ago) Priest Holmes, American football player
- 1973 (53 years ago) Sami Hyypiä, Finnish footballer and manager
- 1973 (53 years ago) Grigol Mgaloblishvili, Georgian politician and diplomat, 7th Prime Minister of Georgia
- 1974 (52 years ago) Rune Glifberg, Danish skateboarder
- 1974 (52 years ago) Allison Munn, American actress
- 1974 (52 years ago) Ruslan Nigmatullin, Russian footballer
- 1974 (52 years ago) Charlotte Perrelli, Swedish singer
- 1975 (51 years ago) Giorgos Karadimos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1975 (51 years ago) Damian Kulash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1975 (51 years ago) Tim Minchin, English-Australian comedian, actor, and singer
- 1975 (51 years ago) Rhyno, American wrestler
- 1976 (50 years ago) Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer
- 1976 (50 years ago) Taylor Hicks, American singer-songwriter
- 1976 (50 years ago) Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer
- 1976 (50 years ago) Santiago Solari, Argentinian footballer and manager
- 1976 (50 years ago) Charles Woodson, American football player
- 1977 (49 years ago) Antoine Revoy, French comics writer and illustrator
- 1978 (48 years ago) Alison Balsom, English trumpet player and educator
- 1978 (48 years ago) Alesha Dixon, English singer-songwriter and dancer
- 1978 (48 years ago) Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer
- 1978 (48 years ago) Omar Benson Miller, American actor
- 1979 (47 years ago) Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast
- 1979 (47 years ago) Aaron Ashmore, Canadian actor
- 1979 (47 years ago) Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor
- 1982 (44 years ago) Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer
- 1982 (44 years ago) Jermain Defoe, English footballer
- 1982 (44 years ago) Robby Ginepri, American tennis player
- 1982 (44 years ago) Jake McLaughlin, American actor
- 1982 (44 years ago) Lockett Pundt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1982 (44 years ago) Li Yundi, Chinese pianist
- 1983 (43 years ago) Archie Bland, English journalist and author
- 1983 (43 years ago) Dwayne Bravo, Trinidadian cricketer
- 1983 (43 years ago) Flying Lotus, American rapper, DJ, and producer
- 1983 (43 years ago) Scottie Upshall, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 (42 years ago) Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
- 1984 (42 years ago) Toma Ikuta, Japanese actor and singer
- 1984 (42 years ago) Simon Poulsen, Danish footballer
- 1984 (42 years ago) Zachary Wyatt, American soldier and politician
- 1985 (41 years ago) Evan Longoria, American baseball player
- 1986 (40 years ago) Chase Daniel, American football player
- 1986 (40 years ago) Lee Nguyen, American soccer player
- 1986 (40 years ago) Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer
- 1986 (40 years ago) Bree Olson, American actress, model, and former pornographic actress
- 1986 (40 years ago) A. J. Price, American basketball player
- 1986 (40 years ago) Holland Roden, American actress
- 1986 (40 years ago) Amy Satterthwaite, New Zealand cricketer
- 1986 (40 years ago) Amber Stevens West, American actress
- 1987 (39 years ago) Jeremy Brockie, New Zealand footballer
- 1987 (39 years ago) Alex Cobb, American baseball player
- 1987 (39 years ago) Aiden English, American wrestler
- 1987 (39 years ago) Damion James, American basketball player
- 1987 (39 years ago) Sam Querrey, American tennis player
- 1988 (38 years ago) Diego da Silva Costa, Brazilian footballer
- 1989 (37 years ago) Trent Merrin, Australian rugby league player
- 1990 (36 years ago) Sebastián Coates, Uruguayan footballer
- 1991 (35 years ago) Oscar Fantenberg, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1991 (35 years ago) Mike Foltynewicz, American baseball player
- 1991 (35 years ago) Nicole Jung, American singer
- 1991 (35 years ago) Lay Zhang, Chinese singer-songwriter and actor
- 1992 (34 years ago) Mookie Betts, American baseball player
- 1993 (33 years ago) Nic Stauskas, Canadian basketball player
- 1995 (31 years ago) Lyndon Dykes, Australian professional footballer
- 1995 (31 years ago) Mathias Dyngeland, Norwegian footballer
- 1995 (31 years ago) Lloyd Jones, English professional footballer
- 1995 (31 years ago) Bram van Vlerken, Dutch professional football player
- 1996 (30 years ago) Lewis Capaldi, Scottish singer-songwriter
- 1996 (30 years ago) Choi Jeong, South Korean Go player
- 1996 (30 years ago) Guglielmo Vicario, Italian footballer
- 1997 (29 years ago) Kira Kosarin, American actress and singer
- 1997 (29 years ago) Nicole Maines, American actress, writer, and activist
- 1998 (28 years ago) Trent Alexander-Arnold, English footballer
- 1998 (28 years ago) Ryan Trahan, American YouTuber
- 1999 (27 years ago) Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Turkish footballer
- 2001 (25 years ago) Princess Senate Seeiso, Princess of Lesotho
- 2002 (24 years ago) Joaquín Panichelli, Argentine footballer
Deaths (123)
- 336 (1690 years ago) Mark, pope of the Catholic Church
- 858 (1168 years ago) Montoku, Japanese emperor (born 826)
- 929 (1097 years ago) Charles the Simple, French king (born 879)
- 950 (1076 years ago) Li, Chinese empress consort
- 951 (1075 years ago) Shi Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (born 919)
- 951 (1075 years ago) Xiao, Chinese Khitan empress dowager
- 951 (1075 years ago) Zhen, Chinese Khitan empress consort
- 988 (1038 years ago) Qian Chu, king of Wuyue (born 929)
- 1242 (784 years ago) Juntoku, Japanese emperor (born 1197)
- 1259 (767 years ago) Ezzelino III da Romano, Italian ruler
- 1363 (663 years ago) Eleanor de Bohun, English noblewoman (born 1304)
- 1368 (658 years ago) Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician (born 1338)
- 1461 (565 years ago) Jean Poton de Xaintrailles, follower of Joan of Arc (born c. 1390)
- 1468 (558 years ago) Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Italian nobleman (born 1417)
- 1553 (473 years ago) Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (born 1500)
- 1571 (455 years ago) Sufi Ali Pasha, Ottoman soldier and politician, Ottoman Governor of Egypt
- 1571 (455 years ago) Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Danish queen consort of Christian III of Denmark (born 1511)
- 1577 (449 years ago) George Gascoigne, English soldier, courtier, and poet (born 1535)
- 1612 (414 years ago) Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian poet, playwright, and diplomat (born 1538)
- 1620 (406 years ago) Stanisław Żółkiewski, Polish-Lithuanian commander (born 1547)
- 1637 (389 years ago) Victor Amadeus I, duke of Savoy (born 1587)
- 1651 (375 years ago) Jacques Sirmond, French scholar (born 1559)
- 1653 (373 years ago) Fausto Poli, Italian cardinal (born 1581)
- 1708 (318 years ago) Guru Gobind Singh, Indian 10th Sikh guru (born 1666)
- 1747 (279 years ago) Giulia Lama, Italian painter (born 1681)
- 1772 (254 years ago) John Woolman, American preacher and abolitionist (born 1720)
- 1787 (239 years ago) Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (born 1711)
- 1792 (234 years ago) George Mason, American lawyer and politician (born 1725)
- 1793 (233 years ago) Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, President of the Board of Trade (born 1718)
- 1796 (230 years ago) Thomas Reid, Scottish mathematician and philosopher (born 1710)
- 1849 (177 years ago) Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (born 1809)
- 1884 (142 years ago) Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (born 1829)
- 1894 (132 years ago) Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (born 1809)
- 1903 (123 years ago) Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (born 1832)
- 1904 (122 years ago) Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (born 1831)
- 1906 (120 years ago) Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (born 1848)
- 1911 (115 years ago) John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (born 1835)
- 1919 (107 years ago) Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (born 1856)
- 1925 (101 years ago) Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (born 1880)
- 1926 (100 years ago) Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (born 1856)
- 1933 (93 years ago) Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (born 1861)
- 1939 (87 years ago) Harvey Williams Cushing, American neurosurgeon and academic (born 1869)
- 1943 (83 years ago) Radclyffe Hall, English author and poet (born 1880)
- 1944 (82 years ago) Helmut Lent, German colonel and pilot (born 1918)
- 1950 (76 years ago) Willis Haviland Carrier, American engineer (born 1876)
- 1951 (75 years ago) Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (born 1874)
- 1956 (70 years ago) Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (born 1886)
- 1959 (67 years ago) Mario Lanza, American tenor and actor (born 1921)
- 1963 (63 years ago) Oking Jaya Atmaja, Indonesian military officer (born 1918)
- 1966 (60 years ago) Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1890)
- 1967 (59 years ago) Norman Angell, English journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1872)
- 1969 (57 years ago) Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (born 1888)
- 1970 (56 years ago) Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and academic (born 1906)
- 1983 (43 years ago) George O. Abell, American astronomer, professor, science popularizer, and skeptic (born 1927)
- 1985 (41 years ago) Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1904)
- 1990 (36 years ago) Beatrice Hutton, Australian architect (born 1893)
- 1990 (36 years ago) Chiara Badano, Italian beatified (born1971)
- 1990 (36 years ago) Grim Natwick, American animator (born 1890)
- 1991 (35 years ago) Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (born 1921)
- 1991 (35 years ago) Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (born 1905)
- 1991 (35 years ago) Darren Millane, Australian footballer (born 1965)
- 1992 (34 years ago) Allan Bloom, American philosopher and educator (born 1930)
- 1992 (34 years ago) Babu Karam Singh Bal, Indian businessman and politician (born1927)
- 1993 (33 years ago) Cyril Cusack, South African-born Irish actor (born 1910)
- 1994 (32 years ago) Niels Kaj Jerne, Danish-English physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
- 1995 (31 years ago) Ivan Hutchinson, Australian film critic and author (born 1928)
- 1995 (31 years ago) Olga Taussky-Todd, Austrian-Czech-American mathematician, attendant of the Vienna Circle (born 1906)
- 1996 (30 years ago) Lou Lichtveld, Surinamese-Dutch author, playwright, and politician (born 1903)
- 1998 (28 years ago) Cees de Vreugd, Dutch strongman and weightlifter (born 1952)
- 2001 (25 years ago) Herblock, American cartoonist and author (born 1909)
- 2001 (25 years ago) Christopher Adams, English-American wrestler and trainer (born 1955)
- 2001 (25 years ago) Roger Gaudry, Canadian chemist and businessman (born 1913)
- 2002 (24 years ago) Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)
- 2003 (23 years ago) Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1932)
- 2003 (23 years ago) Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (born 1912)
- 2004 (22 years ago) Miki Matsubara, Japanese composer, lyricist, and singer (born 1959)
- 2004 (22 years ago) Tony Lanfranchi, English race car driver (born 1935)
- 2005 (21 years ago) Charles Rocket, American actor and comedian (born 1949)
- 2006 (20 years ago) Julen Goikoetxea, Spanish cyclist (born 1985)
- 2006 (20 years ago) Anna Politkovskaya, American-Russian journalist and activist (born 1958)
- 2007 (19 years ago) Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (born 1975)
- 2007 (19 years ago) George E. Sangmeister, American lawyer and politician (born 1931)
- 2009 (17 years ago) Irving Penn, American photographer (born 1917)
- 2010 (16 years ago) T Lavitz, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (born 1956)
- 2010 (16 years ago) Milka Planinc, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (born 1924)
- 2011 (15 years ago) Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania (born 1925)
- 2011 (15 years ago) Andrew Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (born 1926)
- 2012 (14 years ago) Mervyn M. Dymally, Trinidadian-American politician, 41st Lieutenant Governor of California (born 1926)
- 2012 (14 years ago) Ivo Michiels, Belgian-French author and poet (born 1923)
- 2012 (14 years ago) Wiley Reed, American-Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1944)
- 2013 (13 years ago) Mick Buckley, English footballer (born 1953)
- 2013 (13 years ago) Terry Burnham, American actress (born 1949)
- 2013 (13 years ago) Patrice Chéreau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)
- 2013 (13 years ago) David E. Jeremiah, American admiral (born 1934)
- 2013 (13 years ago) Leandro Mendoza, Filipino police officer and politician, 36th Executive Secretary of the Philippines (born 1946)
- 2013 (13 years ago) Joe Rogers, American lawyer and politician, 45th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (born 1964)
- 2014 (12 years ago) Nika Kiladze, Georgian footballer (born 1988)
- 2014 (12 years ago) Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright (born 1926)
- 2014 (12 years ago) Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1917)
- 2015 (11 years ago) Harry Gallatin, American basketball player and coach (born 1927)
- 2015 (11 years ago) Hossein Hamadani, Iranian general (born 1951)
- 2015 (11 years ago) Jurelang Zedkaia, Marshallese politician, 5th President of the Marshall Islands (born 1950)
- 2016 (10 years ago) Ross Higgins, Australian actor, comedian (born 1930)
- 2020 (6 years ago) Mario Molina, Mexican chemist (born 1943)
- 2022 (4 years ago) Arun Bali, Indian actor (born 1942)
- 2023 (3 years ago) Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks,
- 2023 (3 years ago) Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks,
- 2023 (3 years ago) Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks,
- 2023 (3 years ago) Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks,
- 2023 (3 years ago) Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks,
- 2023 (3 years ago) Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks,
- 2023 (3 years ago) Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks,
- 2023 (3 years ago) Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks,
- 2023 (3 years ago) Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks,
- 2023 (3 years ago) Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks,
- 2023 (3 years ago) Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks,
- 2023 (3 years ago) Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks,
- 2023 (3 years ago) Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks,
- 2023 (3 years ago) Terence Davies, English filmmaker
- 2024 (2 years ago) Cissy Houston, American singer (born 1933)
- 2024 (2 years ago) Arie L. Kopelman, American businessman (born 1938)
- 2024 (2 years ago) Zaw Myint Maung, Burmese politician, physician and former political prisoner (born 1951)
- 2024 (2 years ago) Lore Segal, American novelist (born 1928)