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Pre-1600

* 202 BCSecond Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage. * 439 – The Vandals, led by King
Gaiseric Gaiseric ( – 25 January 477), also known as Geiseric or Genseric ( la, Gaisericus, Geisericus; reconstructed Vandalic: ) was King of the Vandals and Alans (428–477), ruling a kingdom he established, and was one of the key players in the dif ...
, take Carthage in North Africa. * 1216King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry. * 1386 – The
Universität Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württember ...
holds its first lecture, making it the oldest German university. *
1453 Year 1453 ( MCDLIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1453rd year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 453rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 15th century, and the 4 ...
Hundred Years' War The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of England and France during the Late Middle Ages. It originated from disputed claims to the French throne between the English House of Plantagen ...
: Three months after the Battle of Castillon, England loses its last possessions in southern France. *
1466 Year 1466 ( MCDLXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral once (1000(M)+(-100(C)+500(D))+50(L)+10(X)+5(V)+1(I) = 1466). ...
– The Thirteen Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic Order ends with the Second Treaty of Thorn. * 1469
Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand II ( an, Ferrando; ca, Ferran; eu, Errando; it, Ferdinando; la, Ferdinandus; es, Fernando; 10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), also called Ferdinand the Catholic (Spanish: ''el Católico''), was King of Aragon and Sardinia fro ...
marries Isabella I of Castile, a marriage that paves the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain. * 1512
Martin Luther Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation and the namesake of Lutherani ...
becomes a doctor of theology. * 1579James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh. *
1596 Events January–June * January 6– 20 – An English attempt led by Francis Drake to cross the Isthmus of Panama ends in defeat. * January 28 – Francis Drake dies of dysentery off Portobelo. * February 14 – Archbishop John Whitgi ...
– The Spanish ship '' San Felipe'' runs aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local authorities


1601–1900

* 1649New Ross town in Ireland surrenders to Oliver Cromwell. *
1781 Events January–March * January – William Pitt the Younger, later Prime Minister of Great Britain, enters Parliament, aged 21. * January 1 – Industrial Revolution: The Iron Bridge opens across the River Severn ...
American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...
: The
siege of Yorktown The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German battle (from the presence of Germans in all three armies), beginning on September 28, 1781, and ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virg ...
comes to an end. *
1789 Events January–March * January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet ''What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution. * January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential electio ...
John Jay John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, patriot, diplomat, abolitionist, signatory of the Treaty of Paris, and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as the second governor of New York and the f ...
is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States. *
1805 After thirteen years the First French Empire abolished the French Republican Calendar in favour of the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 11 – The Michigan Territory is created. * February 7 – King Anouvong become ...
– War of the Third Coalition: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm. * 1812 – The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow. * 1813 – War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon is forced to retreat from Germany after the Battle of Leipzig. * 1864
American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and t ...
: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC. * 1864 – American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont. * 1866 – In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna, Austria cedes Veneto and Mantua to France, which immediately awards them to Italy in exchange for the earlier Italian acquiescence to the French annexation of Savoy and Nice. * 1900Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.


1901–present

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1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ** German geophysicist Alfred ...
Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire. * 1914
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
: The First Battle of Ypres begins. *
1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in Brazil. ** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' bre ...
– The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup. *
1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
– British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the
coalition government A coalition government is a form of government in which political parties cooperate to form a government. The usual reason for such an arrangement is that no single party has achieved an absolute majority after an election, an atypical outcome in ...
with the Liberal Party. * 1935 – The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia. * 1943 – The cargo vessel ''Sinfra'' is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. Two thousand and ninety-eight Italian prisoners of war drown with it. * 1943 – Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University. *
1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...
– United States forces land in the Philippines. * 1944 – A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution. * 1950 – China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo. * 1950 –
Korean War {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Korean War , partof = the Cold War and the Korean conflict , image = Korean War Montage 2.png , image_size = 300px , caption = Clockwise from top:{ ...
: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea. * 1950 – Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the
Point Four Program The Point Four Program was a technical assistance program for "developing countries" announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address on January 20, 1949. It took its name from the fact that it was the fourth foreign ...
. *
1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...
– The General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union approves the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest. *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
– The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945. *
1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...
– The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba. * 1973 – President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes. * 1974Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand. * 1984 – A Roman Catholic priest, Jerzy Popiełuszko, associated with the Solidarity Union, is killed by three agents of the Polish Communist internal intelligence agency. *
1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal en ...
– The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains. * 1987 – The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf. * 1987 –
Black Monday Black Monday refers to specific Mondays when undesirable or turbulent events have occurred. It has been used to designate massacres, military battles, and stock market crashes. Historic events *1209, Dublin – when a group of 500 recently arriv ...
: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points. * 1988 – The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups. *
1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
– The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison. * 2001 – '' SIEV X'', an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people. * 2003
Mother Teresa Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, MC (; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa ( sq, Nënë Tereza), was an Indian-Albanian Catholic nun who, in 1950, founded the Missionaries of Charity. Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu () was ...
is beatified by Pope John Paul II. * 2004 – Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashes in Adair County, Missouri, whilst on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport. * 2005 – Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity. * 2005 –
Hurricane Wilma Hurricane Wilma was an extremely intense and destructive Atlantic hurricane which was the most intense storm of its kind and the second-most intense tropical cyclone recorded in the Western Hemisphere, after Hurricane Patricia in 2015. Part o ...
becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb. * 2012 – A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon. *
2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...
– One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.


Births


Pre-1600

* 879Yingtian, empress of the Khitan
Liao Dynasty The Liao dynasty (; Khitan: ''Mos Jælud''; ), also known as the Khitan Empire (Khitan: ''Mos diau-d kitai huldʒi gur''), officially the Great Liao (), was an imperial dynasty of China that existed between 916 and 1125, ruled by the Yelü ...
(d. 953) * 1276Prince Hisaaki of Japan (d. 1328) * 1433Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (d. 1499) *
1507 __NOTOC__ Year 1507 ( MDVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * April 25 – Martin Waldseemüller publishes his '' Cosmographiae Introductio'' ("In ...
Viglius Viglius (October 19, 1507, SwichumMay 5, 1577) was the name taken by Wigle Aytta van Zwichem, a Dutch statesman and jurist, a Frisian by birth. Biography He studied at various universities— Louvain, Dole and Bourges among others—devoting ...
, Dutch politician (d. 1577) * 1545John Juvenal Ancina, Italian Oratorian and bishop (d. 1604) * 1582
Dmitry of Uglich Dmitri Ivanovich ( rus, Дмитрий Иванович, Dmitrii Ivanovich; 19 October 1582 – 15 May 1591), also known as Dmitry of Uglich (, ''Uglichskii'') or Dmitry of Moscow (, ''Moskovskii''), was the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible, T ...
, Russian crown prince and saint (d. 1591)


1601–1900

* 1605Thomas Browne, English physician and author (d. 1682) * 1609
Gerrard Winstanley Gerrard Winstanley (19 October 1609 – 10 September 1676) was an English Protestant religious reformer, political philosopher, and activist during the period of the Commonwealth of England. Winstanley was the leader and one of the found ...
, English Protestant religious reformer (d. 1676) *
1610 Some have suggested that 1610 may mark the beginning of the Anthropocene, or the 'Age of Man', marking a fundamental change in the relationship between humans and the Earth system, but earlier starting dates (ca. 1000 C.E.) have received broa ...
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English-Irish general, academic, and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1688) *
1613 Events January–June * January 11 – Workers in a sandpit in the Dauphiné region of France discover the skeleton of what is alleged to be a 30-foot tall man (the remains, it is supposed, of the giant Teutobochus, a legendar ...
Charles of Sezze, Italian Franciscan friar and saint (d. 1670) * 1658Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1704) * 1676Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, Portuguese diplomat (d. 1733) * 1680John Abernethy, Irish minister (d. 1740) * 1688
William Cheselden William Cheselden (; 19 October 168810 April 1752) was an English surgeon and teacher of anatomy and surgery, who was influential in establishing surgery as a scientific medical profession. Via the medical missionary Benjamin Hobson, his work ...
, English surgeon and anatomist (d. 1752) * 1718Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (d. 1804) * 1720John Woolman, American-English preacher, journalist, and activist (d. 1772) * 1721Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist and sinologist (d. 1800) * 1784Leigh Hunt, English poet and critic (d. 1859) *
1789 Events January–March * January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet ''What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution. * January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential electio ...
Theophilos Kairis Theophilos Kairis (Greek: Θεόφιλος Καΐρης; baptismal name Θωμᾶς ''Thomas''; 19 October 1784 – 13 January 1853) was a Greek priest, philosopher and revolutionary. He was born in Andros, Cyclades, Ottoman Greece, as a so ...
, Greek priest and philosopher (d. 1853) * 1810Cassius Marcellus Clay, American journalist, lawyer, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (d. 1903) * 1814
Theodoros Vryzakis Theodoros Vryzakis ( el, Θεόδωρος Βρυζάκης; 1819–1878) was a Greek painter, known mostly for his historical scenes. He was one of the founders of the "Munich School", composed of Greek artists who had studied in that city. Biog ...
, Greek painter (d. 1878) * 1826Ralph Tollemache, English priest (d. 1895) *
1850 Events January–June * April ** Pope Pius IX returns from exile to Rome. ** Stephen Foster's parlor ballad " Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway" is published in the United States. * April 4 – Los Angeles is incorporated as a city ...
Annie Smith Peck, American mountaineer and academic (d. 1935) * 1858George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (d. 1937) *
1862 Events January–March * January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria. * January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico. * January ...
Auguste Lumière, French director and producer (d. 1954) * 1868
Bertha Knight Landes Bertha Ethel Knight Landes (October 19, 1868, – November 29, 1943) was the first female mayor of a major American city, serving as mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1926 to 1928. After years of civic activism, primarily with women's organiz ...
, American academic and politician, Mayor of Seattle (d. 1943) * 1873
Jaap Eden Jacobus Johannes "Jaap" Eden (; 19 October 1873 – 2 February 1925) was a Dutch athlete. He is the only male athlete to win world championships in both speed skating and bicycle racing. Early life Jaap Eden was born in Groningen to Johannes E ...
, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (d. 1925) * 1873 –
Bart King John Barton "Bart" King (October 19, 1873 – October 17, 1965) was an American cricketer, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. King was part of the Philadelphia team that played from the end of the 19th century until the outbreak ...
, American cricketer (d. 1965) * 1876Mordecai Brown, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1945) * 1876 – Mihkel Pung, Estonian lawyer and politician, 11th
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(d. 1941) *
1879 Events January–March * January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War. * January 11 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins. * Janu ...
Emma Bell Miles Emma Bell Miles (October 19, 1879 – March 19, 1919) was a writer, poet, and artist whose works capture the essence of the natural world and the culture of southern Appalachia. Early life and education Miles was born Emma Bell in Evansville, I ...
, American writer, poet, and artist (d. 1919) * 1882Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1916) * 1885Charles E. Merrill, American banker and philanthropist, co-founded Merrill Lynch Wealth Management (d. 1956) * 1895Frank Durbin, American soldier (d. 1999) * 1895 –
Lewis Mumford Lewis Mumford (October 19, 1895 – January 26, 1990) was an American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic. Particularly noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, he had a broad career as a w ...
, American historian, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1990) * 1896Bob O'Farrell, American baseball player and manager (d. 1988) * 1897Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani chemist and scholar (d. 1994) * 1899Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (d. 1974) * 1900Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (d. 1990) * 1900 – Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer and baseball player (d. 1991) * 1900 –
Roy Worters Roy Thomas "Shrimp" Worters (October 19, 1900 November 7, 1957) was a Canadian professional Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Canadiens and New York American ...
, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1957)


1901–present

* 1901
Arleigh Burke Arleigh Albert Burke (October 19, 1901 – January 1, 1996) was an Admiral (United States), admiral of the United States Navy who distinguished himself during World War II and the Korean War, and who served as Chief of Naval Operations during th ...
, American admiral (d. 1996) * 1903Tor Johnson, Swedish wrestler and actor (d. 1971) * 1907Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader and composer (d. 1962) * 1908Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1981) * 1909Marguerite Perey, French physicist and academic (d. 1975) * 1910
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (; ) (19 October 1910 – 21 August 1995) was an Indian-American theoretical physicist who spent his professional life in the United States. He shared the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with William A. Fowler for " ...
, Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and mathematician,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (d. 1995) * 1910 –
Shunkichi Hamada (October 19, 1910 – December 7, 2009) was a Japanese field hockey player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics. Hamada was born in what is now part of Minamiawaji, Hyōgo, Japan. In 1932, while a student at ...
, Japanese field hockey player (d. 2009) * 1910 – Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (d. 1980) * 1913
Vinicius de Moraes Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes (19 October 1913 – 9 July 1980), better known as Vinícius de Moraes () and nicknamed O Poetinha ("The little poet"), was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, lyricist, essayist, musician, singer, and playwrigh ...
, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1980) * 1914Juanita Moore, American actress (d. 2014) * 1916Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (d. 2009) * 1916 – Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist (d. 1985) * 1916 – Minoru Yasui, American soldier, lawyer, and activist (d. 1986) * 1917Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande, Indian mathematician (d. 2020) * 1917 – William Joel Blass, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012) * 1917 – Walter Munk, Austrian-American oceanographer, author, and academic (d. 2019) *
1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...
Charles Evans, English-Welsh mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (d. 1995) * 1918 – Russell Kirk, American theorist and author (d. 1994) * 1918 –
Robert Schwarz Strauss Robert Schwarz Strauss (October 19, 1918 – March 19, 2014) was an influential figure in American politics, diplomacy, and law whose service dated back to future President Lyndon Johnson's first congressional campaign in 1937. By the 1950s, he ...
, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (d. 2014) *
1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
LaWanda Page LaWanda Page (born Alberta Peal; October 19, 1920September 14, 2002) was an American actress, comedian, and dancer whose career spanned six decades. Crowned "The Queen of Comedy" or "The Black Queen of Comedy", Page melded blue humor, signifyi ...
, American actress (d. 2002) * 1920 –
Harry Alan Towers Harry Alan Towers (19 October 1920 – 31 July 2009) was a British radio and independent film producer and screenwriter. He wrote numerous screenplays for the films he produced, often under the pseudonym Peter Welbeck. He produced over 80 f ...
, English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (d. 2009) * 1920 – Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian activist, philosopher, and spiritual leader (d. 2003) * 1920 –
Peter Aduja Peter Aquino Aduja (19 October 1920 – 19 February 2007) was the first Filipino American elected to public office in the United States. He was elected as a representative in the Hawaii Legislature in 1954. Born in the Philippines, Aduja emigra ...
, Filipino American Hawaii Legislature representative (d. 2007) *
1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in Brazil. ** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' bre ...
George Nader, American actor (d. 2002) *
1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
Jack Anderson, American journalist and author (d. 2005) * 1923Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (d. 2013) * 1923 – Baby Dalupan, Filipino basketball player and coach (d. 2016) * 1925Bernard Hepton, English actor and producer (d. 2018) * 1925 –
Czesław Kiszczak Czesław Jan Kiszczak (19 October 1925 – 5 November 2015) was a Polish general, communist-era interior minister (1981–1990) and prime minister (1989). In 1981 he played a key role in imposing martial law and suppression of the ''Solidarit ...
, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (d. 2015) * 1925 – Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (d. 2010) * 1926
Arne Bendiksen Arne Joachim Bendiksen (19 October 1926 – 26 March 2009) was a Norwegian singer, composer and producer, described as "the father of pop music" in Norway. Career Bendiksen was born in Bergen, Norway. In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, he was a m ...
, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2009) * 1926 –
Joel Feinberg Joel Feinberg (October 19, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan – March 29, 2004 in Tucson, Arizona) was an American political and legal philosopher. He is known for his work in the fields of ethics, action theory, philosophy of law, and political p ...
, American philosopher and academic (d. 2004) * 1926 – Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (d. 2015) * 1926 –
Marjorie Tallchief Marjorie Tallchief (born Marjorie Louise Tall Chief; October 19, 1926November 30, 2021) was an American ballerina and member of the Osage Nation. She was the younger sister of the late prima ballerina, Maria Tallchief, and was the first Native A ...
, American ballerina (d. 2021) * 1927
Pierre Alechinsky Pierre Alechinsky (born 19 October 1927) is a Belgian artist. He has lived and worked in France since 1951. His work is related to tachisme, abstract expressionism, and lyrical abstraction. Life Alechinsky was born in Schaerbeek. In 1944 he ...
, Belgian painter and illustrator * 1927 – Stephen Keynes, English businessman (d. 2017) *
1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...
Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (d. 2013) * 1929Lewis Wolpert, South African-English biologist, author, and academic (d. 2021) * 1930John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside, English union leader and politician (d. 2016) * 1930 –
Mavis Nicholson Mavis Nicholson (née Mainwaring; 19 October 1930 – 8 September 2022) was a Welsh writer and radio and television broadcaster. She was born in Wales, and worked throughout the United Kingdom. Early life Nicholson was born on 19 October 1930 i ...
, Welsh-English journalist * 1931
Ed Emberley Edward Randolph Emberley (born October 19, 1931) is an American artist and illustrator, best known for children's picture books. Biography Emberley was born in Malden, Massachusetts. He studied art at the Massachusetts School of Art in Boston ...
, American author and illustrator * 1931 –
John le Carré David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 193112 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré ( ), was a British and Irish author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. ...
, English intelligence officer and author (d. 2020) * 1931 – Atsushi Miyagi, Japanese tennis player *
1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...
Robert Reed Robert Reed (born John Robert Rietz Jr.; October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an American actor. He played Kenneth Preston on the legal drama '' The Defenders'' from 1961 to 1965 alongside E. G. Marshall, and is best known for his role as the ...
, American actor (d. 1992) *
1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
Brian Booth Brian Charles Booth (born 19 October 1933) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Test matches between 1961 and 1966, and 93 first-class matches for New South Wales. He captained Australia for two Tests during the 1965–66 ...
, Australian cricketer and educator * 1933 –
Anthony Skingsley Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Gerald Skingsley, (19 October 1933 – 15 January 2019) was a senior Royal Air Force commander. RAF career Educated at St Bartholomew's School, Newbury, Berkshire1934Yakubu Gowon, Nigerian general and politician, 3rd
Head of State of Nigeria This is a list of the heads of state of Nigeria, from independence in 1960 to the present day. The current constitution of Nigeria has the president of Nigeria as the head of state and government. From 1960 to 1963, the head of state under the Co ...
* 1934 – Dave Guard, American folk music singer-songwriter, arranger, and musician (d. 1991) * 1935Don Ward, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2014) * 1936James Bevel, American civil rights activist and minister (d. 2008) * 1937Marilyn Bell, Canadian swimmer * 1937 –
Peter Max Peter Max (born Peter Max Finkelstein, October 19, 1937) is a German-American artist known for using bright colors in his work. Works by Max are associated with the visual arts and culture of the 1960s, particularly psychedelic art and pop art. ...
, German-American illustrator * 1937 – Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield, English banker and politician (d. 2018) * 1938Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, Jamaican-English union leader and politician * 1939David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere, Scottish academic and politician,
Minister for the Cabinet Office The Minister for the Cabinet Office is a position in the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom. The minister is responsible for the work and policies of the Cabinet Office, and since February 2022, reports to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lanc ...
* 1940
Larry Chance Larry Chance (born October 19, 1940) is an American musician and the lead singer of the popular 1960s doo-wop group Larry Chance and the Earls, originally known as The Earls. He was born Larry Figueiredo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Upon m ...
, American singer-songwriter * 1940 – Michael Gambon, Irish-British actor * 1940 –
Rosny Smarth Rosny Smarth (born October 19, 1940) was Prime Minister of Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antill ...
, Haitian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Haiti * 1941Peter Thornley, English professional wrestler best known for the ring character Kendo Nagasaki * 1941 – Simon Ward, English actor (d. 2012) * 1942Andrew Vachss, American lawyer and author (d. 2021) * 1943Robin Holloway, English composer and academic * 1943 – Takis Ikonomopoulos, Greek footballer and coach * 1943 –
L. E. Modesitt, Jr. L. E. (Leland Exton) Modesitt Jr. (; born 1943) is an American science fiction and fantasy author who has written over 75 novels. He is best known for the fantasy series '' The Saga of Recluce''. By 2015 the 18 novels in the ''Recluce'' series h ...
, American author and poet *
1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...
George McCrae George Warren McCrae Jr. (born October 19, 1944) is an American soul and disco singer who is most famous for his 1974 hit "Rock Your Baby". Biography and career McCrae was the second of nine children, born in West Palm Beach, Florida. He f ...
, American singer * 1944 – Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1987) * 1945Angus Deaton, Scottish-American economist and academic,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate * 1945 –
Divine Divinity or the divine are things that are either related to, devoted to, or proceeding from a deity.divine< ...
, American drag queen performer, and actor (d. 1988) * 1945 – Patricia Ireland, American lawyer and activist * 1945 – Gloria Jones, American singer-songwriter * 1945 – John Lithgow, American actor * 1945 –
Jeannie C. Riley Jeannie C. Riley (born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson; October 19, 1945) is an American country music and gospel singer. She is best known for her 1968 country and pop hit "Harper Valley PTA", which missed by one week simultaneously becoming the ''B ...
, American singer * 1945 – Martin Welz, South African journalist * 1946Bob Holland, Australian cricketer and surveyor (d. 2017) * 1946 – Philip Pullman, English author and academic * 1946 – Keith Reid, English songwriter and lyricist * 1947
Giorgio Cavazzano Giorgio Cavazzano (); born 19 October 1947) is an Italian cartoonist, and one of the most famous Disney comics artists in the world. Biography Giorgio Cavazzano was born 19 October 1947 in Venice, Italy. At the age of twelve, Cavazzano started t ...
, Italian author and illustrator * 1948James Howard Kunstler, American author and critic * 1948 – Dave Mallow, American voice actor and screenwriter * 1948 – Patrick Simmons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1949
Lynn Dickey Clifford Lynn Dickey (born October 19, 1949) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons, primarily with the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at Kansas State and was sele ...
, American football player and radio host * 1949 –
Jamie McGrigor Sir James Angus Rhoderick Neil McGrigor, 6th Baronet (born 19 October 1949) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician, who is a councillor in Argyll and Bute. He had previously been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Highlands ...
, English-Scottish politician * 1950Yeslam bin Ladin, Saudi Arabian-Swiss businessman * 1951Demetrios Christodoulou, Greek mathematician and physicist * 1951 – Annie Golden, American actress and singer * 1951 – Kurt Schrader, American veterinarian and politician * 1952Peter Bone, English accountant and politician * 1952 – Verónica Castro, Mexican actress and singer *
1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugosl ...
Lionel Hollins Lionel Eugene Hollins (born October 19, 1953) is an American professional basketball coach and former player currently serving as an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the Portland ...
, American basketball player and coach * 1954Sam Allardyce, English footballer and manager * 1954 – Deborah Blum, American journalist and author * 1954 – Joe Bryant, American basketball player and coach *
1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...
Dan Gutman Dan Gutman (born October 19, 1955) is an American writer, primarily of children's fiction. His works include the '' Baseball Card Adventures'' children's book series that began with '' Honus & Me'', and the '' My Weird School'' series. Early li ...
, American author * 1955 – LaSalle Ishii, Japanese actor and director *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
Steve Doocy ''yes'Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen Notable people with the name include: steve jops * Steve Abbott (disambiguation), several people * Steve Adams (disambiguation), several people * Steve ...
, American journalist and author * 1956 – Elena Garanina, Soviet ice dancer and coach * 1956 – Grover Norquist, American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform * 1956 –
Didier Theys Didier Theys (born 19 October 1956) is a Belgian sports car driver. He is a two-time overall winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona (1998 and 2002); a winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring (1998); the Sports Racing Prototype driver champion of the Grand- ...
, Belgian race car driver and coach * 1956 – Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (d. 2003) * 1956 – Bruce Weber, American basketball player and coach * 1957Dorinda Clark-Cole, American singer-songwriter and pianist * 1957 –
Ray Richmond Ray Richmond (born October 19, 1957, in Whittier, California) is a globally syndicated critic and entertainment/media columnist. Richmond has also worked variously as a feature and entertainment writer, beat reporter and TV critic for a variety ...
, American journalist and critic * 1957 – Karl Wallinger, Welsh singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer *
1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
Carolyn Browne Carolyn Browne (born 19 October 1958) is a British diplomat who was the British Ambassador to Kazakhstan from 2013 to 2018. Early life She is the daughter of the late Brigadier Christopher Browne OBE and Margaret Howard. She attended the So ...
, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Kazakhstan * 1958 – Hiromi Hara, Japanese footballer and manager * 1958 –
Tiriel Mora Tiriel Mora (born 19 October 1958) is an Australian television and film actor. Early life He is a son of the late Melbourne artist Mirka Mora and Georges Mora, German-born Australian entrepreneur, art dealer, patron, connoisseur and restaura ...
, Australian actor * 1958 – Michael Steele, American journalist and politician, 7th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland * 1959Nir Barkat, Israeli businessman and politician, Mayor of Jerusalem * 1959 – Martin Kusch, German philosopher and academic *
1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...
Dawn Coe-Jones Dawn Coe-Jones (October 19, 1960 – November 12, 2016) was a Canadian professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour, and a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. She was the first female Canadian golfer to surpass $1million in career earning ...
, Canadian golfer (d. 2016) * 1960 – Jennifer Holliday, American actress and singer * 1960 – Takeshi Koshida, Japanese footballer * 1960 – Susan Straight, American author and academic * 1960 – Ayuo Takahashi, Japanese-American singer-songwriter * 1960 – Dan Woodgate, English musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer *
1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol (born 19 October 1956), better known by his stage name Sunny Deol, is an Indian actor, film director, producer, politician and current Member of Parliament from Gurdaspur (Lok Sabha constituency) of Punjab, India. As an acto ...
, Indian actor and producer * 1961 – Cliff Lyons, Australian rugby league player and coach * 1962Claude Callegari, English YouTube personality (d. 2021) * 1962 – Tracy Chevalier, American-English author * 1962 – Brian Henninger, American golfer * 1962 –
Bendik Hofseth Bendik Hofseth (born 19 October 1962, in Oslo) is a Norwegian jazz musician, who plays the saxophone and sings. He is also a bandleader, and arranges and composes music. Career When Bendik Hofseth went to New York in 1987, and replaced the wor ...
, Norwegian saxophonist and composer * 1962 – Evander Holyfield, American boxer and actor * 1962 – Svetlana Zainetdinova, Soviet-Estonian chess player and coach * 1963Sinitta, American-British singer * 1964
Ty Pennington Tygert Burton "Ty" Pennington (born Gary Tygert Burton) is an American television host, artist, carpenter, author, and former model and actor. His rise to prominence began with his role as carpenter on the TLC home improvement reality show '' ...
, American model, carpenter and television host *
1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...
Brad Daugherty, American basketball player and sportscaster * 1965 –
Todd Park Mohr Todd Park Mohr (born October 19, 1965) is the singer and guitarist for the American rock band Big Head Todd and the Monsters, as well as being their namesake and primary lyricist. A founding member of the band, he also occasionally provides keyb ...
, American rock singer-songwriter and musician * 1966Jon Favreau, American actor, director, and screenwriter * 1966 – Dimitris Lyacos, Greek poet and playwright * 1966 – David Vann, American novelist and short story writer * 1967Amy Carter, American illustrator and activist * 1967 –
Yōji Matsuda is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo, Japan. Early life He was born in Setagaya, Tokyo. His older brother is Naoyuki Matsuda, a musical translator and professor at Komazawa University. After studying at Aoyama Gakuin High School, he d ...
, Japanese actor * 1967 – Yoko Shimomura, Japanese pianist and composer *
1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * J ...
Rodney Carrington Rodney Scott Carrington (born October 19, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, country music artist and songwriter. He has released six major-label studio albums and a greatest hits package, on Mercury Records and Capitol Records. His ...
, American comedian, actor, and singer *
1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
Pedro Castillo José Pedro Castillo Terrones (; born 19 October 1969) is a Peruvian politician, former elementary school teacher, and union leader who served as the President of Peru from 28 July 2021 to 7 December 2022. On 7 December 2022, he was impeached a ...
, Peruvian politician, 130th President of Peru * 1969 – John Edward, American psychic and author * 1969 – Trey Parker, American actor, animator, producer, and screenwriter * 1969 – Erwin Sánchez, Bolivian footballer and manager * 1970Andrew Griffiths, English politician * 1970 –
Chris Kattan Christopher Lee Kattan () (born October 19, 1970) is an American actor and comedian. He was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1996 to 2003. He played Doug Butabi in ''A Night at the Roxbury'', Bob on the first four seasons of '' The M ...
, American actor, producer, and screenwriter * 1972Keith Foulke, American baseball player * 1972 – Pras, American rapper-songwriter, record producer, and actor * 1973Hicham Arazi, Moroccan tennis player * 1973 –
Okan Buruk Okan Buruk (born 19 October 1973) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Süper Lig club Galatasaray. As a former midfielder, he played for Galatasaray, Inter Milan, Beşiktaş, and İstanbu ...
, Turkish footballer and manager * 1973 –
Joaquin Gage Joaquin Jesse Gage (born October 19, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Gage was selected in the fifth round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, 109th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers, and played 23 games in the NHL with the Oi ...
, Canadian ice hockey player *
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
Burak Güven, Turkish singer-songwriter and bass player * 1976Omar Gooding, American actor and producer * 1976 –
Jostein Gulbrandsen Jostein Gulbrandsen (born 19 October 1976 in Namsos, Norway) is a New York based Norwegian guitarist and composer. Biography Gulbrandsen was attracted to music from an early age, and he picked up the guitar at 9. After enrolling in the perform ...
, Norwegian guitarist and composer * 1976 –
Desmond Harrington Desmond Harrington (born October 19, 1976) is an American actor. He has appeared in '' The Hole'' (2001), ''Ghost Ship'' (2002), and '' Wrong Turn'' (2003), Desmond joined the cast of the Showtime series ''Dexter'' in its third season, as Det ...
, American actor * 1976 – Paul Hartley, Scottish footballer and manager * 1976 – Hiroshi Sakai, Japanese footballer * 1976 – Dan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player * 1976 – Michael Young, American baseball player * 1977
Habib Beye Habib Frédéric Beye (born 19 October 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He is the manager of Championnat National club Red Star. Born in France, he represented the Senegal national team. He is also a pundit ...
, French-Senegalese footballer * 1977 –
Louis-José Houde Louis-José Houde (born October 19, 1977 in Saint-Apollinaire, Quebec) is a French-Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known for his performances in films such as ''Bon Cop, Bad Cop'' in 2006, ''Father and Guns (De père en flic)'' in 2009 ...
, Canadian comedian and actor * 1977 – Jason Reitman, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1977 –
Raúl Tamudo Raúl Tamudo Montero (born 19 October 1977) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a striker. An icon at Espanyol, he captained the club for almost a decade, playing nearly 400 official games, winning two Copa del Rey an ...
, Spanish footballer * 1977 – Mo Twister, Filipino radio and television host * 1978Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver * 1978 – Zakhar Dubensky, Russian footballer * 1978 –
Henri Sorvali Henri "Trollhorn" Sorvali, born 19 October 1978 in Finland, is the guitarist and keyboardist of the pagan metal band Moonsorrow, and keyboardist for Finntroll. He also played keyboards on a few occasional gigs with The Rasmus in the late 1990s. B ...
, Finnish guitarist and keyboard player * 1979José Luis López, Mexican footballer * 1979 – Brian Robertson, American trombonist * 1979 –
Sachiko Sugiyama Sachiko Sugiyama (杉山 祥子, ''Sugiyama Sachiko'', born October 19, 1979) is a volleyball player from Japan, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #12 jersey. There she ended up in fifth place with t ...
, Japanese volleyball player *
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – In ...
José Bautista José Antonio Bautista Santos (born October 19, 1980), nicknamed "Joey Bats", is a Dominican special advisor for the general manager of the Leones del Escogido and former professional baseball right fielder and third baseman. He played in ...
, Dominican baseball player * 1980 – Rajai Davis, American baseball player * 1981Leon Bott, Australian rugby league player * 1981 –
Heikki Kovalainen Heikki Johannes Kovalainen (; born 19 October 1981) is a Finnish racing driver competing in the Japan Rally Championship for Rally Team AICELLO. He raced in Formula One between 2007 and 2013 for the Renault, McLaren, Team Lotus, Caterham a ...
, Finnish race car driver * 1982Atom Araullo, Filipino journalist * 1982 – Gillian Jacobs, American actress and director * 1982 – Louis Oosthuizen, South African golfer * 1982 – Gonzalo Pineda, Mexican footballer * 1982 –
Daan van Bunge Daan Lodewijk Samuel van Bunge (born 19 October 1982), commonly as Daan van Bunge, is a Dutch cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg break bowler. He is the currently Director of Cricket at Haileybury in the UK. He also wo ...
, Dutch cricketer * 1983Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress * 1983 –
Andy Lonergan Andrew Michael Lonergan (born 19 October 1983) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Everton. Lonergan is a former England U21 international and is also eligible to play for the Republic of Ire ...
, English footballer * 1983 – Cara Santa Maria, American neuroscientist and blogger * 1984Danka Barteková, Slovak skeet shooter * 1987Tsunenori Aoki, Japanese actor * 1987 – Sam Groth, Australian tennis player * 1988Zeph Ellis, English rapper and producer * 1988 – Markiyan Kamysh, Ukrainian writer * 1988 – Chris Lawrence, Australian rugby league player *
1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
James Gavet, New Zealand rugby league player * 1989 – Miroslav Stoch, Slovakian footballer * 1989 – Rakuto Tochihara, Japanese actor * 1989 – Janine Tugonon, Filipino model and television host *
1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
Tom Kilbey, English footballer * 1990 – Endō Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler * 1990 –
Janet Leon Janet Ava Owji (born 19 October 1990), also known by her stage name Janet Leon, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and A&R. Leon began her career as part of the pop group Play, for which she was lead singer 2003–2005. She rose to further promi ...
, Swedish singer-songwriter and dancer * 1991Colton Dixon, American singer-songwriter and pianist * 1992Shiho, Japanese actress and model * 1993Abby Sunderland, American sailor *
1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
Agnė Sereikaitė, Lithuanian speed skater * 1995
Sammis Reyes Sammis Daniel Reyes Martel (born October 19, 1995) is a Chilean-born former professional American football tight end. He was the first player from Chile to play in the NFL. Reyes grew up playing basketball as a youth member of the Chile nati ...
, Chilean basketball and American football player * 1996
Bernadeth Pons Bernadeth Pons (born October 19, 1996) is a Filipino indoor and beach volleyball athlete. She is currently playing for the Creamline Cool Smashers at the Premier Volleyball League. She played for Petron Tri-Activ Spikers as an outside hitter. ...
, Filipino volleyball athlete *
1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
Carlotta Truman Carlotta Truman (born 19 October 1999) is a German singer and a finalist in season 3 of ''Das Supertalent'' 2009 and ''The Voice Kids'' 2014. She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 as part of the duo S!sters with the song ...
, German singer-songwriter


Deaths


Pre-1600

* 727Frithuswith, English saint (b. 650) * 993Conrad I, King of Burgundy (b. c. 925) * 1216John, King of England (b. 1166) *
1287 Year 1287 ( MCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * January 17 – Aragonese forces led by King Alfonso III (the Liberal) conquer ...
Bohemond VII, Count of Tripoli *
1354 Year 1354 ( MCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * Early in the year – Ibn Battuta returns from his travels at the command of A ...
Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada (b. 1318) * 1375
Cansignorio della Scala Cansignorio della Scala (5 March 1340 – 19 October 1375) was Lord of Verona from 1359 until 1375, initially together with his brother Paolo Alboino. Biography He inherited the lordship of Verona at the death of his father Mastino, together wit ...
, Lord of Verona (b. 1340) *
1401 Year 1401 ( MCDI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 6 – Rupert, King of Germany, is crowned King of the Romans at Cologne. * ...
John Charleton, 4th Baron Cherleton (b. 1362) * 1432John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of England (b. 1392) *
1587 Events January–June * February 1 – Queen Elizabeth I of England signs the death warrant of her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots, after Mary has been implicated in a plot to murder Elizabeth. Seven days later, on the orders of ...
Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541) *
1595 Events January–June * January – Mehmed III succeeds Murad III, as sultan of the Ottoman Empire. * January 17 – During the French Wars of Religion, Henry IV of France declares war on Spain. * April 8 (March 29 O.S. ...
Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (28 June 155719 October 1595) was an English nobleman. He was canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1970, as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He is variously numbered as 1st, 20th or 13th Earl of Arun ...
, English nobleman (b. 1537)


1601–1900

* 1608Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and author (b. 1551) * 1609Jacobus Arminius, Dutch Reformed theologian (b. 1560) *
1619 Events January–June * January 12 – James I of England's Banqueting House, Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire."Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Conne ...
Fujiwara Seika, Japanese philosopher and educator (b. 1561) * 1636Marcin Kazanowski, Polish politician (b. 1566) * 1678
Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (2 August 1627, in Dordrecht – 19 October 1678, in Dordrecht) was a Dutch painter of the Golden Age, who was also a poet and author on art theory. Biography Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten trained first with his fa ...
, Dutch painter (b. 1627) * 1682Thomas Browne, English physician and author (b. 1605) * 1723Godfrey Kneller, German-English painter (b. 1646) * 1745
Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Du ...
, Irish satirist and essayist (b. 1667) * 1772
Andrea Belli Andrea Belli (13 October 1703 – 19 October 1772) was a Maltese architect and businessman. He designed several Baroque buildings, including Auberge de Castille in Valletta, which is now the Office of the Prime Minister of Malta. Life and caree ...
, Maltese architect and businessman (b. 1703) *
1790 Events January–March * January 8 – United States President George Washington gives the first State of the Union address, in New York City. * January 11 – The 11 minor states of the Austrian Netherlands, which t ...
Lyman Hall Lyman Hall (April 12, 1724 – October 19, 1790) was an American Founding Father, physician, clergyman, and statesman who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia. Hall County is named after him. He ...
, American physician and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia (b. 1724) *
1796 Events January–March * January 16 – The first Dutch (and general) elections are held for the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic. (The next Dutch general elections are held in 1888.) * February 1 – The capital ...
Michel de Beaupuy Armand-Michel Bacharetie de Beaupuy (14 July 1755 – 19 October 1796) was a French soldier. He rose in rank to command an infantry division during the Wars of the French Revolution. He was killed at the Battle of Emmendingen. His surname is one ...
, French general (b. 1755) * 1813Józef Poniatowski, Polish general (b. 1763) * 1815Paolo Mascagni, Italian physician and anatomist (b. 1755) * 1842
Aleksey Koltsov Aleksey Vasilievich Koltsov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Васи́льевич Кольцо́в; October 15, 1809 – October 29, 1842) was a Russian poet who has been called a Russian Burns. His poems, frequently placed in the mouth of wo ...
, Russian poet and author (b. 1808) *
1851 Events January–March * January 11 – Hong Xiuquan officially begins the Taiping Rebellion. * January 15 – Christian Female College, modern-day Columbia College, receives its charter from the Missouri General Assembly. ...
Marie Thérèse of France Marie may refer to: People Name * Marie (given name) * Marie (Japanese given name) * Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973 * Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in Tr ...
(b. 1778) *
1856 Events January–March * January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California. * January 23 – American paddle steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatlantic voya ...
William Sprague III, American businessman and politician, 14th
Governor of Rhode Island The governor of Rhode Island is the head of government of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and serves as commander-in-chief of the state's Army National Guard and Air National Guard. The current governor is Democrat Dan McKee. In their capac ...
(b. 1799) * 1889Luís I of Portugal (b. 1838) * 1897George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (b. 1831)


1901–present

* 1901Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish businessman and philanthropist, founded
GN Store Nord GN Store Nord A/S is a Danish manufacturer of hearing aids (GN ReSound/GN Hearing) and headsets ( Jabra (GN Audio)). GN Store Nord A/S is listed on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen (ISIN code DK0010272632). History The Great Northern Telegraph Company T ...
(b. 1829) * 1905Virgil Earp, American marshal (b. 1843) * 1916Ioannis Frangoudis, Greek general and target shooter (b. 1863) *
1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...
Harold Lockwood, American actor (b. 1887) *
1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hold ...
Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1895) * 1936
Lu Xun Zhou Shuren (25 September 1881 – 19 October 1936), better known by his pen name Lu Xun (or Lu Sun; ; Wade–Giles: Lu Hsün), was a Chinese writer, essayist, poet, and literary critic. He was a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. ...
, Chinese author and critic (b. 1881) * 1937Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (b. 1871) * 1943Camille Claudel, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1864) *
1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...
Dénes Kőnig Dénes Kőnig (September 21, 1884 – October 19, 1944) was a Hungarian mathematician of Jewish heritage who worked in and wrote the first textbook on the field of graph theory. Biography Kőnig was born in Budapest, the son of mathematician G ...
, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1884) * 1945Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and politician, 40th
President of Mexico The president of Mexico ( es, link=no, Presidente de México), officially the president of the United Mexican States ( es, link=no, Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the head of state and head of government of Mexico. Under the ...
(b. 1877) * 1945 –
N. C. Wyeth Newell Convers Wyeth (October 22, 1882 – October 19, 1945), known as N. C. Wyeth, was an American painter and illustrator. He was the pupil of Howard Pyle and became one of America's most well-known illustrators. Wyeth created more than 3,000 ...
, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882) * 1950Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright (b. 1892) * 1952Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer (b. 1868) *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
Isham Jones, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1894) *
1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...
Hjalmar Dahl Hjalmar Karl Emil Dahl (15 May 1891 – 19 October 1960) was a Finnish-Swedish journalist, translator and author.George Wallace, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1895) *
1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
Şemsettin Günaltay Mehmet Şemsettin Günaltay (; 17 July 1883 – 19 October 1961) was a Turkish historian, politician, and Prime Minister of Turkey from 1949 to 1950. Biography Günaltay was born 1883 in the Kemaliye town of the Vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Aziz ...
, Turkish historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1883) * 1964Sergey Biryuzov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1904) * 1964 – Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic (b. 1885) * 1964 –
Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard Christopher William Vane, 10th Baron Barnard (28 October 1888 – 19 October 1964) was a British peer and military officer. Education Lord Barnard was born on 28 October 1888, the second son of Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard, and ...
, English soldier and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Durham This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Durham. * Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland 1552–? *Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 2 August 1586 – 1595 *''vacant'' *Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset 4 February ...
(b. 1888) *
1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...
Edward Willis Redfield, American painter and educator (b. 1869) *
1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
Lacey Hearn, American sprinter (b. 1881) * 1970Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general and politician, 44th
President of Mexico The president of Mexico ( es, link=no, Presidente de México), officially the president of the United Mexican States ( es, link=no, Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the head of state and head of government of Mexico. Under the ...
(b. 1895) * 1978Gig Young, American actor (b. 1913) * 1983Maurice Bishop, Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1944) * 1984Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest and activist (b. 1947) * 1985
Alfred Rouleau Alfred Rouleau, (August 19, 1915 – October 19, 1985) was a Canadian businessman and President of the Fédération du Québec des Caisses Populaires Desjardins, Quebec's largest credit union. Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, he was elected Pres ...
, Canadian businessman (b. 1915) *
1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal en ...
Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist, co-founded '' Newswatch Magazine'' (b. 1947) * 1986 –
Samora Machel Samora Moisés Machel (29 September 1933 – 19 October 1986) was a Mozambican military commander and political leader. A socialist in the tradition of Marxism–Leninism, he served as the first President of Mozambique from the country's ...
, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (b. 1933) * 1987Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist and educator (b. 1945) * 1987 – Hermann Lang, German race car driver (b. 1909) * 1988Son House, American singer and guitarist (b. 1902) * 1992
Magnus Pyke Magnus Alfred Pyke (29 December 1908 – 19 October 1992) was an English nutritional scientist, governmental scientific adviser, writer and presenter. He worked for the UK Ministry of Food, the post-war Allied Commission for Austria, and dif ...
, English scientist and television host (b. 1908) *
1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
Martha Raye, American actress and comedian (b. 1916) * 1995Don Cherry, American trumpet player (b. 1936) * 1995 – Harilaos Perpessas, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1907) * 1996Shamsuddin Qasemi, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (b. 1935) *
1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
Glen Buxton, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947) * 1997 – Ken Wood, inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (b. 1916) *
1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
James C. Murray, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1917) * 1999 – Nathalie Sarraute, Russian-French lawyer and author (b. 1900) * 2002Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (b. 1932) * 2003Road Warrior Hawk, American wrestler (b. 1957) * 2003 – Alija Izetbegović, Bosniak lawyer and politician, 1st
President of Bosnia and Herzegovina The presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Predsjedništvo Bosne i Hercegovine, separator=" / ", Предсједништво Босне и Херцеговине) is a three-member body which collectively serves as head of state o ...
(b. 1925) * 2003 – Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (b. 1902) * 2003 – Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1911) * 2005
Ryan Dallas Cook Suburban Legends are an American ska punk band that formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1998 and later based themselves in nearby Santa Ana, California, Santa Ana. After building a fanbase in the Orange County ska, Orange County ska scen ...
, American trombonist (b. 1982) * 2006James Glennon, American cinematographer (b. 1942) * 2006 – Phyllis Kirk, American actress (b. 1927) * 2007
Winifred Asprey Winifred "Tim" Alice Asprey (April 8, 1917 – October 19, 2007) was an American mathematician and computer scientist. She was one of only around 200 women to earn PhDs in mathematics from American universities during the 1940s, a period of w ...
, American mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1917) * 2007 –
Randall Forsberg Dr. Randall Caroline Forsberg ( – ) led a lifetime of research and advocacy on ways to reduce the risk of war, minimize the burden of military spending, and promote democratic institutions. Her career started at the Stockholm International Peac ...
, American activist and author (b. 1943) * 2007 – Michael Maidens, English footballer (b. 1987) * 2007 – Jan Wolkers, Dutch author, sculptor, and painter (b. 1925) *
2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
Richard Blackwell Richard Blackwell (August 29, 1922 – October 19, 2008) was an American fashion critic, journalist, television and radio personality, artist, former child actor and former fashion designer, sometimes known just as Mr. Blackwell. He was the cre ...
, American actor, fashion designer, and critic (b. 1922) * 2009Howard Unruh, American murderer (b. 1921) * 2009 – Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor (b. 1918) * 2010Tom Bosley, American actor (b. 1927) * 2011
Kakkanadan George Varghese Kakkanadan (23 April 1935 – 19 October 2011), commonly known as Kakkanadan, was an Indian short-story writer and novelist in the Malayalam language. His works broke away from the neo-realism that dominated Malayalam literature ...
, Indian author (b. 1935) * 2012
Lincoln Alexander Lincoln MacCauley Alexander (January 21, 1922 – October 19, 2012) was a Canadian lawyer who became the first Black Canadian member of Parliament in the House of Commons, the first Black federal Cabinet Minister (as federal Minister of Labo ...
, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario The lieutenant governor of Ontario (, in French: ''Lieutenant-gouverneur'' (if male) or ''Lieutenante-gouverneure'' (if female) ''de l'Ontario'') is the viceregal representative in Ontario of the , who operates distinctly within the province b ...
(b. 1922) * 2012 – Wissam al-Hassan, Lebanese general (b. 1965) * 2012 –
Wiyogo Atmodarminto Wiyogo Atmodarminto (22 November 1922 – 19 October 2012) or better known as Bang Wi, is an Indonesian military figure, diplomat and politician. He served as Governor of Jakarta, the country's capital, from 1987–1992. Previously, he served as ...
, Indonesian general and politician, 10th
Governor of Jakarta The Jakarta Special Capital Region is administratively equal to a province with special status as the capital of Indonesia. Instead of a mayor, the executive head of Jakarta is a governor. The governor of Jakarta is an elected politician who, ...
(b. 1922) * 2012 – Mike Graham, American wrestler (b. 1951) * 2012 – Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist (b. 1920) *
2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...
John Bergamo, American drummer and composer (b. 1940) * 2013 – Noel Harrison, English singer, actor, and skier (b. 1934) * 2013 – Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer (b. 1940) * 2013 –
Mikihiko Renjō was a Japanese writer, winner of the Naoki Prize. He was also an ordained priest within the Ōtani-ha branch of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism. Life He was born in Nagoya, and graduated from the Political Economy Department of Waseda University. H ...
, Japanese author (b. 1948) * 2013 –
Mahmoud Zoufonoun Ostad (“Master”) Mahmoud Zoufonoun (Persian: محمود ذوالفنون, sometimes pronounced "Zolfonoon" or "Zolfonun"; 1 January 1920 – 19 October 2013) was an Iranian-born American musician accomplished in the art of Persian traditional ...
, Iranian-American violinist and composer (b. 1920) *
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...
John Holt, Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1947) * 2014 – Stephen Paulus, American composer (b. 1949) * 2014 –
Raphael Ravenscroft Raphael Ravenscroft (4 June 1954 – 19 October 2014) was a British musician, composer and author. He is best known for playing the saxophone on Gerry Rafferty's song "Baker Street". Early life While his place of birth is disputed, the E ...
, English saxophonist and composer (b. 1954) * 2014 –
Serena Shim Serena Shim ( ar, سيرينا علي سحيم, ''Serena Ali Suhaim''; 10 October 1985 – 19 October 2014) was a Lebanese-American journalist for Press TV.
, Lebanese-American journalist (b. 1984) * 2015Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1919) * 2015 –
Fleming Mackell Fleming David Mackell (April 30, 1929 – October 19, 2015) was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played with two Stanley Cup winners in his 13-season National Hockey League career. Playing career After a stage with St-Michaels, the Toronto Ma ...
, Canadian ice hockey player and singer (b. 1929) * 2015 –
Ali Treki Ali Abdussalam Treki ( ar, علي عبد السلام التريكي‎; 10 October 1937 – 19 October 2015) was a Libyan diplomat in Muammar Gaddafi's regime. Treki served as one of Libya's top diplomats beginning in the 1970s and ending wit ...
, Libyan politician and diplomat, Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1938) * 2016Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (b. 1921) * 2016 – Giovanni Steffè, Italian rower (b. 1928) * 2017Umberto Lenzi, Italian film director (b. 1931) * 2019
Deborah Orr Deborah Jane Orr (23 September 1962 – 19 October 2019) was a British journalist who worked for ''The Guardian'', ''The Independent'' and other publications. Early life and education Orr was born on 23 September 1962 to Winifred "Win" and John ...
, Scottish journalist (b. 1962) * 2021Jack Angel, American voice actor (b. 1930)


Holidays and observances

*Christian feast day: ** Aaron (
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria The Coptic Orthodox Church ( cop, Ϯⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ, translit=Ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos, lit=the Egyptian Orthodox Church; ar, الكنيسة القبطي� ...
) ** Aquilinus of Évreux ** Desiderius (Didier) of Auxerre ** Frideswide ** Henry Martyn (
Anglican Communion The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Founded in 1867 in London, the communion has more than 85 million members within the Church of England and other ...
) **
Isaac Jogues Isaac Jogues, S.J. (10 January 1607 – 18 October 1646) was a French missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Iroquois, Huron, and other Native populations in North America. He was the first European to name Lake George, c ...
,
Jean de Brébeuf Jean de Brébeuf () (25 March 1593 16 March 1649) was a French Jesuit missionary who travelled to New France (Canada) in 1625. There he worked primarily with the Huron (Wyandot people) for the rest of his life, except for a few years in Franc ...
, and Companions **
Blessed Blessed may refer to: * The state of having received a blessing * Blessed, a title assigned by the Roman Catholic Church to someone who has been beatified Film and television * ''Blessed'' (2004 film), a 2004 motion picture about a supernatural ...
Jerzy Popiełuszko ** Paul of the Cross ** Ptolemaeus and Lucius ** Varus ** Veranus of Cavaillon ** William Carey ( Episcopal Church) **
October 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) October 18 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 20 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 1 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For October 19th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints li ...
* Constitution Day, in honor of the country's independence (self-governing in free association with New Zealand) in 1974. (
Niue Niue (, ; niu, Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand. Niue's land area is about and its population, predominantly Polynesian, was about 1,600 in 2016. Niue is located in a triangle between T ...
) * Oxfordshire Day


References


External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:October 19 Days of the year October