6 October

Events

Pre-1600

*105 BC – Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio of the Roman army of the mid-Republic
*69 BC – Third Mithridatic War: The military of the Roman Republic subdue Armenia.
*AD 23 – Rebels decapitate Wang Mang two days after his capital was sacked during a peasant rebellion.
* 404 – Byzantine Empress Eudoxia dies from the miscarriage of her seventh pregnancy.
* 618 – Transition from Sui to Tang: Wang Shichong decisively defeats Li Mi at the Battle of Yanshi.
*1539 – Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters.
*1600 – '' Euridice'', the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period.

1601–1900

*1683 – Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America.
*1762 – Seven Years' War: The British capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.
*1777 – American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
*1789 – French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.
*1810 – A large fire destroys a third of all the buildings in the town of Raahe in the Grand Duchy of Finland.
*1849 – The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.
*1854 – In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
*1884 – The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
*1898 – Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.

1901–present

*1903 – The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
*1908 – The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
*1910 – Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
*1915 – World War I: Combined Austro-Hungarian and German Central Powers, reinforced by the recently joined Bulgaria launched a new offensive against Serbia under command of August von Mackensen .
* 1915 – World War I: Entente forces land in Thessaloniki, to open the Macedonian front against the Central Powers.
*1920 – Ukrainian War of Independence: The Starobilsk agreement is signed by representatives of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Makhnovshchina.
*1923 – The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
*1927 – Opening of ''The Jazz Singer'', the first prominent "talkie" movie.
*1934 – Revolution of 1934: The President of the autonomous government of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, proclaims the Catalan State with the support of the Worker's Alliance.
*1939 – World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
*1942 – World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
*1943 – World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete during the Nazi occupation of Greece.
*1944 – World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass.
*1973 – Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War.
*1976 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group.
* 1976 – Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China.
* 1976 – Dozens are killed by Thai police and right-wing paramilitaries in the Thammasat University massacre; afterwards, the Seni Pramoj government is toppled in a military coup led by Sangad Chaloryu.
*1977 – The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
*1979 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
*1981 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
* 1981 – NLM CityHopper Flight 431 crashes in Moerdijk after taking off from Rotterdam The Hague Airport in the Netherlands, killing all 17 people on board.
*1985 – Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
*1987 – Fiji becomes a republic.
*1990 – Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' is launched on STS-41, and deploys the ''Ulysses'' space probe to study the Sun's polar regions.
*1995 – The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered.
*2007 – Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth.
*2010 – Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded.
*2018 – The United States Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Associate Justice, ending a contentious confirmation process.
*2022 – Annie Ernaux is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Births

Pre-1600

* 649 – Yuknoom Yichʼaak Kʼahkʼ (died around 696)
* 1289 – Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (died 1306)
* 1459 – Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (died 1507)
*1510 – John Caius, English physician and academic, co-founded the Gonville and Caius College (died 1573)
* 1510 – Rowland Taylor, English priest and martyr (died 1555)
*1552 – Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and missionary (died 1610)
*1555 – Ferenc Nádasdy, Hungarian noble (died 1604)
*1565 – Marie de Gournay, French writer (died 1645)
*1573 – Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (died 1624)
*1576 – Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland (died 1612)
*1591 – Settimia Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter (died 1638)

1601–1900

*1610 – Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French general (died 1690)
*1626 – Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (died 1684)
*1716 – George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1771)
*1729 – Sarah Crosby, English preacher, the first female Methodist preacher (died 1804)
* 1732 – John Broadwood, Scottish businessman, co-founded John Broadwood and Sons (died 1812)
*1738 – Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (died 1789)
*1742 – Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (died 1785)
*1744 – James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (died 1813)
* 1767 – Henri Christophe, Grenadian-Haitian king (died 1820)
*1769 – Isaac Brock, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (died 1812)
*1773 – John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (died 1835)
* 1773 – Louis Philippe I of France (died 1850)
*1801 – Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (died 1888)
*1803 – Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Polish-German physicist and meteorologist (died 1879)
*1820 – James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh (died 1892)
* 1820 – Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano and actress (died 1887)
*1831 – Richard Dedekind, German mathematician and philosopher (died 1916)
*1838 – Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian soldier, poet, and author (died 1910)
*1846 – George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (died 1914)
*1862 – Albert J. Beveridge, American historian and politician (died 1927)
*1866 – Reginald Fessenden, Canadian engineer and academic, invented radiotelephony (died 1932)
*1874 – Frank G. Allen, American merchant and politician, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (died 1950)
*1876 – Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (died 1941)
*1882 – Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (died 1937)
*1886 – Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (died 1960)
*1887 – Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy (died 1965)
* 1888 – Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (died 1918)
*1891 – Hendrik Adamson, Estonian poet and educator (died 1946)
* 1893 – Meghnad Saha, Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (died 1956)
*1895 – Caroline Gordon, American author and critic (died 1981)
*1896 – David Howard, American film director (died 1941)
*1897 – Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist and academic (died 1991)
*1900 – Vivion Brewer, American activist and desegregationist (died 1991)
* 1900 – Willy Merkl, German mountaineer (died 1934)
* 1900 – Stan Nichols, English cricketer (died 1961)

1901–present

*1901 – Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, German-Brazilian zoologist and academic (died 1990)
*1903 – Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)
*1905 – Helen Wills, American tennis player and painter (died 1998)
*1906 – Janet Gaynor, American actress (died 1984)
* 1906 – Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach (died 1946)
*1908 – Carole Lombard, American actress (died 1942)
* 1908 – Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1989)
*1910 – Barbara Castle, English journalist and politician, First Secretary of State (died 2002)
* 1910 – Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (died 1974)
*1912 – Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician (died 2011)
*1913 – Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter and photographer (died 1985)
*1914 – Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnographer and explorer (died 2002)
* 1914 – Joan Littlewood, English director and playwright (died 2002)
*1915 – Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and activist (died 2007)
* 1915 – Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (died 1983)
* 1915 – Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress (died 2007)
*1916 – Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general (died 1997)
*1917 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (died 1977)
*1918 – Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (died 2010)
* 1918 – André Pilette, French-Belgian race car driver (died 1993)
*1919 – Tommy Lawton, English footballer and coach (died 1996)
*1920 – John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, English lawyer and judge (died 2005)
*1921 – Evgenii Landis, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1997)
* 1921 – Joseph Lowery, American minister and activist (died 2020)
* 1921 – Giovanni Michelotti, Italian automotive designer (died 1980)
*1922 – Joe Frazier, American baseball player and manager (died 2011)
* 1922 – Teala Loring, American actress (died 2007)
*1923 – Robert Kuok, Malaysian Chinese business magnate and investor
* 1923 – Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (died 2015)
*1925 – Shana Alexander, American journalist and author (died 2005)
*1927 – Bill King, American sportscaster (died 2005)
*1928 – Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (died 2015)
* 1928 – Barbara Werle, American actress and singer (died 2013)
*1929 – George Mattos, American pole vaulter (died 2012)
*1930 – Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria (died 2000)
* 1930 – Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 2015)
*1931 – Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer (died 2004)
* 1931 – Eileen Derbyshire, English actress
* 1931 – Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
*1933 – Prince Mukarram Jah, 8th Nizam of Hyderabad (died 2023)
*1934 – Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author (died 2015)
*1935 – Bruno Sammartino, Italian-American wrestler and trainer (died 2018)
*1936 – Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer, educator, and activist (died 2013)
*1938 – Serge Nubret, Caribbean-French bodybuilder and actor (died 2011)
*1939 – Melvyn Bragg, English journalist, author, and academic
* 1939 – Jack Cullen, American baseball player
* 1939 – Richard Delgado, American lawyer and academic
* 1939 – Sheila Greibach, American computer scientist and academic
* 1939 – John J. LaFalce, American captain, lawyer, and politician
*1940 – Jan Keizer, Dutch footballer and referee
*1941 – Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (died 1987)
*1942 – Dan Christensen, American painter (died 2007)
* 1942 – Britt Ekland, Swedish actress and singer
* 1942 – Fred Travalena, American comedian and actor (died 2009)
*1943 – Richard Caborn, English engineer and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
* 1943 – Peter Dowding, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Western Australia
* 1943 – Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
* 1943 – Cees Veerman, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)
*1944 – Merzak Allouache, Algerian director and screenwriter
* 1944 – Patrick Cordingley, English general
* 1944 – Boris Mikhailov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
* 1944 – Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver (died 1977)
*1945 – Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1997)
*1946 – Lloyd Doggett, American lawyer and politician
* 1946 – Tony Greig, South African-English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2012)
* 1946 – John Monie, Australian rugby league player and coach
* 1946 – Eddie Villanueva, Filipino evangelist and politician, founded the ZOE Broadcasting Network
* 1946 – Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (died 2017)
*1947 – Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor (died 2019)
* 1947 – Klaus Dibiasi, Italian diver
* 1947 – Millie Small, Jamaican singer-songwriter (died 2020)
*1948 – Gerry Adams, Irish republican politician
* 1948 – Glenn Branca, American guitarist and composer (died 2018)
*1949 – Lonnie Johnson, American inventor
* 1949 – Penny Junor, English journalist and author
* 1949 – Thomas McClary, American R&B singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1949 – Leslie Moonves, American businessman
* 1949 – Nicolas Peyrac, French singer-songwriter and photographer
*1950 – David Brin, American physicist and author
*1951 – Kevin Cronin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1951 – Clive Rees, Singaporean-Welsh rugby player and educator
* 1951 – Gavin Sutherland, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player
* 1951 – Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (died 1985)
*1952 – Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and author
*1953 – Rein Rannap, Estonian pianist and composer
*1954 – Bill Buford, American author and journalist
* 1954 – David Hidalgo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*1955 – Tony Dungy, American football player and coach
*1956 – Sadiq al-Ahmar, Yemeni politician (died 2023)
* 1956 – Kathleen Webb, American author and illustrator
*1957 – Bruce Grobbelaar, Zimbabwean footballer and coach
*1958 – Sergei Mylnikov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2017)
*1959 – Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician (died 2012)
* 1959 – Oil Can Boyd, American baseball player
* 1959 – Brian Higgins, American politician
* 1959 – Walter Ray Williams, Jr., American bowler
*1960 – Richard Jobson, Scottish singer, songwriter director and producer.
*1961 – Miyuki Matsuda, Japanese actress
* 1961 – Paul Sansome, English footballer
* 1961 – Ben Summerskill, English businessman and journalist
*1962 – David Baker, American biologist and academic
* 1962 – Rich Yett, American baseball player
*1963 – Sven Andersson, Swedish footballer and coach
* 1963 – Elisabeth Shue, American actress
*1964 – Ricky Berry, American basketball player (died 1989)
* 1964 – Mark Field, German-English lawyer and politician
* 1964 – Tom Jager, American swimmer and coach
* 1964 – Miltos Manetas, Greek painter
* 1964 – Knut Storberget, Norwegian lawyer and politician, Norwegian Minister of Justice
* 1964 – Matthew Sweet, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*1965 – Jürgen Kohler, German footballer and manager
* 1965 – Peg O'Connor, American philosopher and academic
* 1965 – Steve Scalise, American lawyer and politician
* 1965 – Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
* 1965 – John McWhorter, American academic and linguist
*1966 – Melania Mazzucco, Italian author
* 1966 – Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
* 1966 – Niall Quinn, Irish footballer and manager
* 1966 – Tommy Stinson, American singer-songwriter and bass player
*1967 – Kennet Andersson, Swedish footballer
* 1967 – Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman and bodybuilder
* 1967 – Steven Woolfe, English barrister and politician
*1968 – Bjarne Goldbæk, Danish footballer and sportscaster
* 1968 – Bob May, American golfer
*1969 – Byron Black, Zimbabwean golfer
* 1969 – Muhammad V of Kelantan, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
*1970 – Amy Jo Johnson, American actress
* 1970 – Maria Kannegaard, Danish-Norwegian pianist and composer
* 1970 – Shauna MacDonald, Canadian actress and producer
* 1970 – Darren Oliver, American baseball player
*1971 – Phil Bennett, English race car driver
* 1971 – Takis Gonias, Greek footballer and manager
* 1971 – Emily Mortimer, English actress
* 1971 – Alan Stubbs, English footballer, coach, and manager
*1972 – Daniel Cavanagh, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1972 – Anders Iwers, Swedish bass player
* 1972 – Jarrod Moseley, Australian golfer
* 1972 – Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer
* 1972 – Ryu Si-won, South Korean actor and singer
* 1972 – Ko So-young, South Korean model and actress
*1973 – Jeff B. Davis, American comedian, actor, and singer
* 1973 – Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
* 1973 – Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer and manager
* 1973 – Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player and sportscaster
*1974 – Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer and manager
* 1974 – Kenny Jönsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
* 1974 – Seema Kennedy, British politician
* 1974 – Jeremy Sisto, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
* 1974 – Hoàng Xuân Vinh, Vietnamese shooter
*1975 – Reon King, Guyanese cricketer
*1976 – Freddy García, Venezuelan baseball player
* 1976 – Brett Gelman, American actor and comedian
* 1976 – Magdalena Kučerová, Czech-German tennis player
* 1976 – Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer and coach
*1977 – Daniel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1977 – Melinda Doolittle, American singer-songwriter
* 1977 – Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer and singer
* 1977 – Jamie Laurie, American singer-songwriter
* 1977 – Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer and manager
* 1977 – Wes Ramsey, American actor
*1978 – Carolina Gynning, Swedish model, actress, and singer
* 1978 – Ricky Hatton, English boxer and promoter
* 1978 – Liu Yang, Chinese astronaut
*1979 – David Di Tommaso, French footballer (died 2005)
* 1979 – Mohamed Kallon, Sierra Leonean footballer and manager
* 1979 – Richard Seymour, American football player
* 1979 – Pascal van Assendelft, Dutch sprinter
*1980 – Arnaud Coyot, French cyclist (died 2013)
* 1980 – Wes Durston, English cricketer
* 1980 – Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer
*1981 – Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer
* 1981 – José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer
*1982 – Levon Aronian, Armenian chess grandmaster
* 1982 – Latonia Blackman, Barbadian netball player
* 1982 – Will Butler, American musician and composer
* 1982 – Fábio Júnior dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
* 1982 – Hideki Mutoh, Japanese race car driver
* 1982 – Paul Smith, English boxer
*1983 – Renata Voráčová, Czech tennis player
*1984 – Morné Morkel, South African cricketer
* 1984 – Joanna Pacitti, American singer-songwriter
*1985 – Mitchell Cole, English footballer (died 2012)
* 1985 – Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player
* 1985 – Sandra Góngora, Mexican ten-pin bowler
* 1985 – Tarmo Kink, Estonian footballer
*1986 – Meg Myers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1986 – Olivia Thirlby, American actress
*1987 – Joe Lewis, English footballer
* 1987 – Akuila Uate, Fijian-Australian rugby league player
*1988 – Trey Edward Shults, American film director
*1989 – Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (died 2014)
* 1989 – Tyler Ennis, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1989 – Pizzi, Portuguese footballer
*1990 – Quincy Acy, American basketball player and coach
* 1990 – Scarlett Byrne, English actress
* 1990 – Jordan Hamilton, American basketball player
* 1990 – Marcus Johansson, Swedish ice hockey player
* 1990 – Nazem Kadri, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1990 – Han Sun-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
*1991 – Roshon Fegan, American actor, rapper, and dancer
*1992 – Josh Archibald, Canadian-American ice hockey player
* 1992 – Taylor Paris, Canadian rugby player
*1993 – Adam Gemili, English sprinter
* 1993 – Jourdan Miller, American fashion model
* 1993 – Joe Rafferty, English-Irish footballer
* 1993 – Nail Yakupov, Russian ice hockey player
*1994 – Jake Guentzel, American ice hockey player
* 1994 – Lee Joo-heon, South Korean rapper and songwriter
*1997 – Kasper Dolberg, Danish footballer
*1999 – Niko Kari, Finnish race car driver
* 1999 – Trevor Lawrence, American football player
*2000 – Jazz Jennings, American internet personality
* 2000 – Kyle Pitts, American football player
* 2000 – Addison Rae, American social media personality, dancer, and singer
*2001 – Hitomi Honda, Japanese singer based in South Korea
*2002 – Jonathan Kuminga, Congolese basketball player
*2004 – Bronny James, American basketball player
* 2004 – Hanni, Australian singer

Deaths

Pre-1600

*AD 23 – Wang Mang, emperor of the Xin Dynasty
* 404 – Aelia Eudoxia, Byzantine empress
* 836 – Nicetas the Patrician, Byzantine general
* 869 – Ermentrude of Orléans, Frankish queen (born 823)
* 877 – Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor (born 823)
* 997 – Minamoto no Mitsunaka, Japanese samurai (born 912)
* 1014 – Samuel, tsar of the Bulgarian Empire
*1019 – Frederick of Luxembourg, count of Moselgau (born 965)
*1145 – Baldwin, archbishop of Pisa
*1090 – Adalbero, bishop of Würzburg
* 1101 – Bruno of Cologne, German monk, founded the Carthusian Order
*1173 – Engelbert III, margrave of Istria
* 1349 – Joan II of Navarre, daughter of Louis X of France (born 1312)
*1398 – Chŏng Tojŏn, Korean prime minister (born 1342)
* 1413 – Dawit I, ruler (Emperor) of Ethiopia (born 1382)
*1536 – William Tyndale, English Protestant Bible translator (born c. 1494)
*1553 – Şehzade Mustafa, Ottoman prince (born 1515)
* 1559 – William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count (born 1487)

1601–1900

*1640 – Wolrad IV, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (born 1588)
*1641 – Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer
*1644 – Elisabeth of France, queen of Spain and Portugal (born 1602)
*1660 – Paul Scarron, French poet and author (born 1610)
*1661 – Guru Har Rai, Indian 7th Sikh guru (born 1630)
*1688 – Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English soldier and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (born 1652)
*1762 – Francesco Manfredini, Italian violinist and composer (born 1684)
*1819 – Charles Emmanuel IV, king of Sardinia (born 1751)
*1829 – Pierre Derbigny, French-American politician, 6th Governor of Louisiana (born 1769)
*1836 – Johannes Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter and actor (born 1770)
*1873 – Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (born 1797)
*1883 – Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (born 1852)
*1891 – Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (born 1846)
*1892 – Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (born 1809)

1901–present

*1912 – Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1829)
*1923 – Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1853)
*1942 – Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (born 1884)
*1945 – Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (born 1900)
*1947 – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (born 1887)
*1951 – Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (born 1860)
* 1951 – Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1884)
*1959 – Bernard Berenson, American historian and author (born 1865)
*1962 – Tod Browning, American actor, director, screenwriter (born 1880)
*1968 – Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and physicist (born 1917)
*1969 – Walter Hagen, American golfer (born 1892)
* 1969 – Otto Steinböck, Austrian zoologist (born 1893)
*1972 – Cléo de Verberena, Brazilian actress and film director (born c. 1909)
*1973 – Sidney Blackmer, American actor (born 1895)
* 1973 – François Cevert, French race car driver (born 1944)
* 1973 – Dick Laan, Dutch actor, screenwriter, and author (born 1894)
* 1973 – Dennis Price, English actor (born 1915)
* 1973 – Margaret Wilson, American missionary and author (born 1882)
*1974 – Helmut Koinigg, Austrian race car driver (born 1948)
*1976 – Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher and author (born 1900)
*1978 – Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer-songwriter (born 1935)
*1979 – Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and short-story writer (born 1911)
*1980 – Hattie Jacques, English actress and producer (born 1922)
* 1980 – Jean Robic, French cyclist (born 1921)
*1981 – Anwar Sadat, Egyptian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
*1983 – Terence Cooke, American cardinal (born 1921)
*1985 – Nelson Riddle, American composer, conductor, and bandleader (born 1921)
*1986 – Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (born 1921)
*1989 – Bette Davis, American actress (born 1908)
*1990 – Bahriye Üçok, Turkish sociologist and politician (born 1919)
*1991 – Igor Talkov, Russian singer-songwriter (born 1956)
*1992 – Denholm Elliott, English actor (born 1922)
* 1992 – Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (born 1905)
*1993 – Nejat Eczacıbaşı, Turkish chemist, businessman, and philanthropist, founded Eczacıbaşı (born 1913)
* 1993 – Larry Walters, American truck driver and pilot (born 1949)
*1995 – Benoît Chamoux, French mountaineer (born 1961)
*1997 – Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player and manager (born 1914)
*1998 – Mark Belanger, American baseball player (born 1944)
*1999 – Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (born 1920)
* 1999 – Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler and sportscaster (born 1937)
*2000 – Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman (born 1920)
*2001 – Arne Harris, American director and producer (born 1934)
*2002 – Prince Claus of the Netherlands (born 1926)
*2006 – Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter (born 1930)
* 2006 – Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter (born 1940)
* 2006 – Buck O'Neil, American baseball player and manager (born 1911)
* 2006 – Wilson Tucker, American author and critic (born 1914)
*2007 – Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1921)
* 2007 – Laxmi Mall Singhvi, Indian scholar, jurist, and politician (born 1931)
*2008 – Peter Cox, Australian public servant and politician (born 1925)
*2009 – Douglas Campbell, Scottish-Canadian actor and screenwriter (born 1922)
*2010 – Rhys Isaac, South-African-Australian historian and author (born 1937)
* 2010 – Antonie Kamerling, Dutch television and film actor, and musician (born 1966)
*2011 – Diane Cilento, Australian actress and author (born 1932)
*2012 – Chadli Bendjedid, Algerian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Algeria (born 1929)
* 2012 – Anthony John Cooke, English organist and composer (born 1931)
* 2012 – Nick Curran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1977)
* 2012 – Albert, Margrave of Meissen (born 1943)
* 2012 – Joseph Meyer, American lawyer and politician, 19th Secretary of State of Wyoming (born 1941)
* 2012 – B. Satya Narayan Reddy, Indian lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of West Bengal (born 1927)
* 2012 – J. J. C. Smart, English-Australian philosopher and academic (born 1920)
*2013 – Ulysses Curtis, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1926)
* 2013 – Rift Fournier, American screenwriter and producer (born 1936)
* 2013 – Paul Rogers, English actor (born 1917)
* 2013 – Nico van Kampen, Dutch physicist and academic (born 1921)
*2014 – Vic Braden, American tennis player and coach (born 1929)
* 2014 – Igor Mitoraj, German-Polish sculptor (born 1944)
* 2014 – Diane Nyland, Canadian actress, director and choreographer (born 1944)
* 2014 – Marian Seldes, American actress (born 1928)
* 2014 – Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (born 1976)
* 2014 – Feridun Buğeker, Turkish football player (born 1933)
*2015 – Árpád Göncz, Hungarian author, playwright, and politician, 1st President of Hungary (born 1922)
* 2015 – Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (born 1926)
* 2015 – Juan Vicente Ugarte del Pino, Peruvian historian, lawyer, and jurist (born 1923)
*2017 – Ralphie May, American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1972)
* 2017 – David Marks, British architect, designer of the London Eye (born 1952)
*2018 – Scott Wilson, American actor (born 1942)
* 2018 – Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano (born 1933)
*2019 – Ginger Baker, English drummer (born 1939)
* 2019 – Eddie Lumsden, Australian rugby league player (born 1936)
* 2019 – Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian (born 1931)
*2020 – Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1955)
* 2020 – Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter (born 1940)
* 2024 – Dave Hobson, American politician (born 1936)
* 2024 – Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1951)

Holidays and observances

*Christian feast day:
** Blessed Marie Rose Durocher
**Blessed Juan de Palafox y Mendoza
**Bruno of Cologne
**Faith
** Mary Frances of the Five Wounds
** Pardulphus
** Sagar of Laodicea
** October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
**William Tyndale (commemoration, Anglicanism), with Myles Coverdale (Episcopal Church (USA))
* World Space Week (October 4–10)
* Day of Commemoration and National Mourning (Turkmenistan)
* Dukla Pass Victims Day (Slovakia)
* German-American Day (United States)
* Memorial Day for the Martyrs of Arad (Hungary)
*Teachers' Day (Sri Lanka)
*Yom Kippur War commemorations:
** Armed Forces Day (Egypt)
** Tishreen Liberation Day (Syria)

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