October 1

Events

Pre-1600

* 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
* 366 – Pope Damasus I is consecrated.
* 959 – Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadwig.
* 965 – Pope John XIII is consecrated.
* 1553 – The coronation of Queen Mary I of England is held at Westminster Abbey.
* 1588 – The coronation of Shah Abbas I of Persia occurs.

1601–1900

* 1730 – Ahmed III is forced to abdicate as the Ottoman sultan.
* 1779 – The city of Tampere, Finland (belonging to Sweden at this time) is founded by King Gustav III of Sweden.
* 1787 – Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
* 1791 – First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
*1795 – More than a year after the Battle of Sprimont, the Austrian Netherlands (present-day Belgium) are officially annexed by Revolutionary France.
* 1800 – Via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain cedes Louisiana to France, which would sell the land to the United States thirty months later.
* 1814 – The Congress of Vienna opens with the intention of redrawing Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon in the previous spring.
* 1827 – Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.
* 1829 – The South African College is founded in Cape Town, later separating into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
* 1832 – Texian political delegates convene at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.
* 1861 – '' Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management'' is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day.
* 1887 – Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
*1890 – Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
* 1891 – Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
* 1898 – The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name ''k.u.k. Exportakademie''.

1901–present

* 1903 – Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
* 1908 – Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
* 1910 – A large bomb destroys the ''Los Angeles Times'' building, killing 21.
* 1915 – The Metamorphosis written by Franz Kafka is published in the German journal Die Weißen Blätter
*1918 – World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus.
* 1918 – Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
* 1923 – The 1923 Imperial Conference opened in London.
* 1923 – Georges Carpentier knocked out former British heavyweight champion Joe Beckett a mere twenty seconds into the first round of their boxing match at Olympia in London.
* 1928 – The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
* 1928 – Newark Liberty International Airport opens, becoming the first airport in the New York City metro area.
* 1931 – The George Washington Bridge in the United States is opened, linking New Jersey and New York.
* 1931 – Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
*1936 – Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
* 1936 – Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.
*1938 – Pursuant to the Munich Agreement signed the day before, Nazi Germany begins the military occupation and annexation of Czechoslovakia Sudetenland.
* 1939 – World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
* 1940 – The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
*1942 – World War II: torpedoes '' Lisbon Maru'', not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.
*1943 – World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
*1946 – Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.
* 1946 – The Daegu October incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.
* 1947 – The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
*1949 – The People's Republic of China is established.
*1953 – Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.
* 1953 – A United States-South Korea mutual defense treaty is concluded in Washington, D.C.
* 1955 – The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
* 1957 – The motto ''In God We Trust'' first appears on U.S. paper currency.
* 1958 – The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.
* 1960 – Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
* 1961 – The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.
* 1961 – East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
* 1961 – The CTV Television Network, Canada's first private television network, is launched.
*1962 – James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
*1963 – On its third anniversary as an independent nation, Nigeria became a republic.
* 1964 – The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
* 1964 – Japanese '' Shinkansen'' ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
*1966 – West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
* 1968 – Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
* 1969 – Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
*1971 – Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
* 1971 – The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.
*1975 – Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
*1978 – Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
*1979 – Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
* 1979 – The MTR, Hong Kong's rapid transit railway system, opens.
* 1982 – Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.
* 1982 – EPCOT Center (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.
* 1982 – Sony and Phillips launch the compact disc in Japan; on the same day, Sony releases the model CDP-101 compact disc player, the first player of its kind.
* 1985 – Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization's Tunisia headquarters during Operation Wooden Leg.
*1987 – The 5.9 Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''), killing eight and injuring 200.
* 1989 – Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships.
* 1991 – Croatian War of Independence: The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.
*1994 – Palau enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.
*2000 – Israel-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the murder of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the " October 2000 events".
* 2001 – Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.
* 2001 – 3G wireless technology first becomes available when it is adopted by Japanese telecommunications company NTT Docomo.
* 2003 – The popular and controversial English-language imageboard 4chan is launched.
*2009 – The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
*2012 – A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
*2014 – A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.
* 2014 – A double bombing of an elementary school in Homs, Syria kills over 50 people.
* 2015 – A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon.
* 2015 – Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.
* 2015 – The American cargo vessel SS ''El Faro'' sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin.Slade, Rachel. ''Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm and the Sinking of the El Faro''. HarperCollins, New York, 2018.
* 2016 – The leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Pedro Sánchez, resigns. He would return to the position a year later.
* 2017 – An independence referendum, later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
* 2017 – Sixty people are killed and 867 others injured in a mass shooting at a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip in the United States; the gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide.
* 2018 – The International Court of Justice rules that Chile is not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean with Bolivia.
* 2019 – Kuopio school stabbing: One dies and ten are injured when Joel Marin, armed with a sabre, attacks a school class at Savo Vocational College in Kuopio, Finland.
* 2021 – The 2020 World Expo in Dubai begins. Its opening was originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
* 2022 – One hundred and thirty-five are killed in a human crush following a football match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java, Indonesia.
* 2024 – Israel invaded Southern Lebanon, marking the fifth Israeli invasion of Lebanon since 1978.

Births

Pre-1600

* 86 BC – Sallust, Roman historian (died 34 BC)
* 208 – Alexander Severus, Roman emperor (died 235)
* 1207 – Henry III of England (died 1272)
* 1476 – Guy XVI, Count of Laval (died 1531)
*1480 – Saint Cajetan, Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer (died 1547)
* 1507 – Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect who designed the Church of the Gesù (died 1573)
*1526 – Dorothy Stafford, English noble (died 1604)
* 1540 – Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss pastor and theologian (died 1617)
* 1542 – Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Spanish explorer (died 1595)
* 1550 – Anne of Saint Bartholomew, Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun (died 1626)
* 1554 – Leonardus Lessius, Jesuit theologian (died 1623)

1601–1900

* 1620 – Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (died 1683)
* 1671 – Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (died 1742)
* 1681 – Giulia Lama, Italian painter (died 1747)
* 1685 – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1740)
* 1691 – Arthur Onslow, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (died 1768)
* 1712 – William Shippen, American physician and politician (died 1801)
* 1719 – John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, British parliamentarian (died 1781)
* 1724 – Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer (died 1808)
* 1729 – Anton Cajetan Adlgasser, German organist and composer (died 1777)
* 1730 – Richard Stockton, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1781)
* 1760 – William Thomas Beckford, English author and politician (died 1844)
* 1762 – Anton Bernolák, Slovak priest and linguist (died 1813)
* 1771 – Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (died 1842)
* 1791 – Sergey Aksakov, Russian soldier and author (died 1859)
* 1808 – Mary Anna Custis Lee, American wife of Robert E. Lee (died 1873)
* 1832 – Caroline Harrison, American educator, 24th First Lady of the United States (died 1892)
* 1832 – Henry Clay Work, American composer and songwriter (died 1884)
* 1835 – Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and anatomist (died 1920)
* 1842 – S. Subramania Iyer, Indian lawyer and jurist (died 1924)
* 1842 – Charles Cros, French poet and author (died 1888)
* 1846 – Nectarios of Aegina, Greek metropolitan and saint (died 1920)
* 1847 – Annie Besant, English-Indian activist and author (died 1933)
* 1865 – Paul Dukas, French composer, scholar, and critic (died 1935)
* 1878 – Othmar Spann, Austrian economist, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1950)
* 1881 – William Boeing, American engineer and businessman who founded the Boeing Company (died 1956)
* 1885 – Louis Untermeyer, American poet, anthologist, and critic (died 1977)
* 1887 – Ned Hanlon, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (died 1952)
* 1887 – Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general (died 1945)
*1890 – Stanley Holloway, English actor (died 1982)
* 1893 – Cliff Friend, American pianist and songwriter (died 1974)
* 1893 – Ip Man, Chinese martial artist (died 1972)
* 1894 – Edgar Krahn, Estonian mathematician and academic (died 1961)
* 1895 – Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (died 1951)
* 1896 – Ted Healy, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1937)
* 1899 – Ernest Haycox, American author (died 1950)
* 1900 – Tom Goddard, English cricketer (died 1966)
*1900 – Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist (died 1927)

1901–present

* 1903 – Vladimir Horowitz, Russian-born American pianist and composer (died 1989)
* 1903 – Pierre Veyron, French race car driver (died 1970)
* 1904 – Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-English physicist and academic (died 1979)
* 1904 – A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (died 1977)
* 1906 – S. D. Burman, Indian composer and singer (died 1975)
* 1907 – Maurice Bardèche, French journalist, author, and critic (died 1998)
* 1907 – Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (died 1977)
* 1908 – Herman David Koppel, Danish pianist and composer (died 1998)
* 1909 – Sam Yorty, American captain, politician, and 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (died 1998)
* 1910 – Fritz Köberle, Austrian-Brazilian physician and pathologist (died 1983)
* 1910 – José Enrique Moyal, Australian physicist and engineer (died 1998)
* 1910 – Bonnie Parker, American criminal (died 1934)
* 1910 – Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, Polish-Israeli rabbi and scholar (died 2012)
* 1911 – Irwin Kostal, American songwriter, screenwriter, and publisher (died 1994)
* 1911 – Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (died 2004)
*1912 – Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (died 2014)
* 1913 – Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (died 2009)
* 1913 – Harry Lookofsky, American violinist and producer (died 1998)
* 1914 – Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, lawyer, author, and 12th Librarian of Congress (died 2004)
* 1915 – Jerome Bruner, American psychologist and author (died 2016)
* 1917 – Cahal Daly, Irish cardinal and theologian (died 2009)
* 1919 – Bob Boyd, American baseball player (died 2004)
* 1919 – Majrooh Sultanpuri, Indian poet and songwriter (died 2000)
* 1920 – David Herbert Donald, American historian and author (died 2009)
* 1920 – Walter Matthau, American actor (died 2000)
* 1921 – James Whitmore, American actor (died 2009)
* 1922 – Chen-Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate
* 1924 – Jimmy Carter, American naval lieutenant, politician, 39th President of the United States, and Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
* 1924 – Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (died 2014)
* 1924 – Leonie Kramer, Australian academic (died 2016)
* 1924 – William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (died 2005)
* 1924 – Roger Williams, American pianist (died 2011)
* 1927 – Tom Bosley, American actor (died 2010)
* 1927 – Sherman Glenn Finesilver, American lawyer and judge (died 2006)
* 1927 – Sandy Gall, Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author
* 1928 – Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-English actor, director, and producer (died 1973)
* 1928 – Willy Mairesse, Belgian race car driver (died 1969)
* 1928 – George Peppard, American actor (died 1994)
* 1928 – Sivaji Ganesan, Indian actor (died 2001)
* 1928 – Zhu Rongji, Chinese engineer and politician, 5th Premier of the People's Republic of China
* 1929 – Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby player and coach
* 1929 – Grady Chapman, American singer (died 2011)
* 1929 – Bonnie Owens, American singer-songwriter (died 2006)
* 1930 – Frank Gardner, Australian race car driver and manager (died 2009)
* 1930 – Richard Harris, Irish actor (died 2002)
* 1930 – Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani lawyer and politician, Mayor of Karachi (died 2020)
* 1930 – Philippe Noiret, French actor (died 2006)
* 1931 – Sylvano Bussotti, Italian violinist and composer (died 2021)
* 1931 – Anwar Shamim, Pakistani general (died 2013)
* 1931 – Alan Wagner, American radio host and critic (died 2007)
*1932 – Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)
* 1934 – Emilio Botín, Spanish banker and businessman (died 2014)
*1935 – Julie Andrews, English actress and singer
* 1935 – Walter De Maria, American sculptor and drummer (died 2013)
*1936 – Duncan Edwards, English footballer (died 1958)
* 1937 – Saeed Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (died 2024)
*1938 – Tunç Başaran, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2019)
* 1938 – Mary McFadden, American fashion designer (died 2024)
* 1938 – Stella Stevens, American actress and director (died 2023)
* 1939 – George Archer, American golfer (died 2005)
* 1939 – Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
* 1940 – Phyllis Chesler, American feminist psychologist
* 1940 – Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager (died 2003)
* 1940 – Marc Savoy, American accordion player, created the Cajun accordion
*1942 – Peaches & Herb, Herb Fame, American R&B singer
* 1942 – Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver and engineer (died 2023)
* 1942 – Bob Lanigan, Australian rugby league player (died 2024)
* 1942 – Robert Lelièvre, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1973)
* 1942 – David Stancliffe, English bishop and scholar
* 1942 – Günter Wallraff, German journalist and author
*1943 – Jean-Jacques Annaud, French director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1943 – Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2014)
* 1943 – Jerry Martini, American saxophonist
* 1943 – Robert Slater, American author and journalist (died 2014)
*1945 – Rod Carew, Panamanian-American baseball player and coach
* 1945 – Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 1979)
* 1945 – Ram Nath Kovind, 14th President of India
*1946 – Dave Holland (bassist), Dave Holland, English bassist, composer, and bandleader
* 1946 – Tim O'Brien (author), Tim O'Brien, American novelist and short story writer
* 1947 – Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (died 2009)
* 1947 – Dalveer Bhandari, Indian lawyer and judge
* 1947 – Buzz Capra, American baseball player and coach
* 1947 – Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist and physician, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1947 – Stephen Collins, American actor and director
* 1947 – Nevill Drury, English-Australian journalist and publisher (died 2013)
* 1947 – Adriano Tilgher (politician), Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician
* 1947 – Martin Turner, English singer-songwriter and bass player
* 1947 – Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (died 2006)
*1948 – Cub Koda, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2000)
*1949 – Isaac Bonewits, American singer-songwriter, liturgist, and author (died 2010)
* 1949 – Sheila Gilmore, Scottish lawyer and politician
* 1949 – André Rieu, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor
*1950 – Elpida (singer), Elpida, Greek singer-songwriter
* 1950 – Yvette Freeman, American actress
* 1950 – Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, English neuroscientist, academic, and politician
* 1950 – Mark Helias, American bassist and composer
* 1950 – Sigbjørn Johnsen, Norwegian politician, Minister of Finance (Norway), Norwegian Minister of Finance
* 1950 – Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut (died 2015)
* 1950 – Randy Quaid, American actor
*1951 – Brian Greenway, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
*1952 – Jacques Martin (ice hockey), Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
* 1952 – Bob Myrick, American baseball player (died 2012)
* 1952 – Ivan Sekyra, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)
* 1952 – Earl Slick, American rock guitarist and songwriter
*1953 – Pete Falcone, American baseball player
* 1953 – Viljar Loor, Estonian volleyball player (died 2011)
* 1953 – Miguel Lopez (soccer, born 1953), Miguel Lopez, Salvadorian-American soccer player
* 1953 – Grete Waitz, Norwegian runner and coach (died 2011)
* 1953 – Klaus Wowereit, German civil servant and politician, Governing Mayor of Berlin
* 1955 – Howard Hewett, American singer-songwriter
* 1955 – Morten Gunnar Larsen, Norwegian pianist and composer
* 1955 – Jeff Reardon, American baseball player
*1956 – Andrus Ansip, Estonian engineer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Estonia
* 1956 – Theresa May, English politician, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* 1957 – Kang Seok-woo, South Korean actor
* 1957 – Éva Tardos, Hungarian mathematician and educator
* 1958 – Martin Cooper (musician), Martin Cooper, English saxophonist, composer, and painter
* 1958 – Masato Nakamura, Japanese bass player and producer
*1959 – Mark Aizlewood, Welsh footballer and manager
* 1959 – Brian P. Cleary, American author and poet
* 1959 – Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer-songwriter, musician, and politician
* 1960 – Joshua Wurman, American scientist, Doppler on Wheels inventor, and storm chaser
* 1961 – Gary Ablett Sr., Australian footballer
* 1961 – Rico Constantino, American wrestler and manager
* 1961 – Corrie van Zyl, South African cricketer and coach
*1962 – Attaphol Buspakom, Thai footballer and manager (died 2015)
* 1962 – Nico Claesen, Belgian footballer and coach
* 1962 – Esai Morales, American actor
* 1962 – Paul Walsh, English footballer and sportscaster
*1963 – Jean-Denis Delétraz, Swiss race car driver
* 1963 – Mark McGwire, American baseball player and coach
* 1964 – Harry Hill, English comedian and author
* 1964 – Max Matsuura, Japanese songwriter, producer, and manager
* 1964 – Jonathan Sarfati, Australian-New Zealand chess player and author
*1965 – Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
* 1965 – Cindy Margolis, American actress and model
* 1965 – Mia Mottley, Barbadian prime minister
* 1965 – Chris Reason, Australian journalist
* 1965 – Cliff Ronning, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*1966 – George Weah, Liberian footballer and politician, 25th President of Liberia
* 1966 – José Ángel Ziganda, Spanish footballer and manager
*1967 – Mike Pringle (Canadian football), Mike Pringle, American-Canadian football player
* 1967 – Scott Young (ice hockey, born 1967), Scott Young, American ice hockey player and coach
* 1968 – Rob Collard, English race car driver
* 1968 – Phil de Glanville, English rugby player
* 1968 – Mark Durden-Smith, British television presenter
* 1968 – Kevin Griffin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1968 – Jon Guenther, American author and engineer
* 1968 – Jay Underwood, American actor and pastor
* 1969 – Zach Galifianakis, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
* 1969 – Joseph Patrick Moore, American musician, composer, and producer
* 1969 – Ori Kaplan, Israeli-American saxophonist and producer
* 1969 – Marcus Stephen, Nauruan weightlifter and politician, 27th President of Nauru
* 1969 – Igor Ulanov, Russian ice hockey player
*1970 – Simon Davey, Welsh footballer and manager
* 1970 – Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player and manager
*1971 – Yvette Hermundstad, Swedish journalist
* 1971 – Andrew O'Keefe, Australian lawyer and television host
* 1971 – Jim Serdaris, Australian rugby league player
*1972 – Ronen Altman Kaydar, Israeli author and poet
* 1972 – Esa Holopainen, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1972 – Jean (footballer, born 1972), Jean, Brazilian footballer
* 1972 – Nicky Morgan, British politician
* 1972 – Ayşe Yiğit, Belgian politician
*1973 – Christian Borle, American actor and singer
* 1973 – Rachid Chékhémani, French runner
* 1973 – Jana Henke, German swimmer
* 1973 – John Mackey (composer), John Mackey, American composer
* 1973 – John Thomson (baseball), John Thomson, American baseball player and coach
*1974 – Keith Duffy, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
* 1974 – Nick Graham (rugby league), Nick Graham, Australian rugby player
* 1974 – Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
* 1974 – Sherri Saum, American actress
*1975 – Justin Leppitsch, Australian rules footballer
* 1975 – Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer and coach
*1976 – Denis Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1976 – Ümit Karan, Turkish footballer
* 1976 – Richard Oakes (guitarist), Richard Oakes, English guitarist and songwriter
* 1976 – Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor
* 1976 – Mark Švets, Estonian footballer
*1977 – Christel Takigawa, French-Japanese journalist
* 1977 – Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver
*1978 – Katie Aselton, American actress
* 1978 – Nicole Atkins, American singer-songwriter
* 1978 – Leticia Cline, American model and journalist
* 1978 – Joe Keith, English footballer
* 1978 – Dominic Thornely, Australian cricketer
*1979 – Curtis Axel, American wrestler
* 1979 – Rudi Johnson, American football player
* 1979 – Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
* 1979 – Ryan Pontbriand, American football player
* 1979 – Marko Stanojevic, English-Italian rugby player
*1980 – Sarah Drew, American actress
* 1980 – Antonio Narciso, Italian footballer
*1981 – Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
* 1981 – Tom Donnelly, New Zealand rugby player
* 1981 – Gaby Mudingayi, Belgian footballer
* 1981 – Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player
* 1981 – Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer
* 1981 – David Yelldell, German-American soccer player
* 1982 – Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer
* 1982 – Aleksandar Đuričić, Serbian author and playwright
*1983 – Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (died 2006)
* 1983 – Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer
*1984 – Beck Bennett, American actor and comedian
* 1984 – Matt Cain, American baseball player
* 1984 – Daniel Guillén Ruiz, Spanish footballer
* 1985 – Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
*1986 – Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress and singer (died 2021)
* 1986 – Jurnee Smollett, American actress
* 1986 – Ricardo Vaz Tê, Portuguese footballer
*1987 – Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer
* 1987 – Mitchell Aubusson, Australian rugby league player
* 1987 – Matthew Daddario, American actor
* 1987 – Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Indonesian businessman and politician, 14th Vice President of Indonesia
* 1988 – Cariba Heine, South African-born Australian actress and dancer
* 1989 – Brie Larson, American actress
*1990 – Pedro Filipe Mendes, Portuguese footballer
* 1990 – Albert Prosa, Estonian footballer
* 1991 – Conor Clifford, Irish footballer
* 1991 – Robbie Ray, American baseball player
*1992 – Xander Bogaerts, Aruban baseball player
*1993 – Chris Green (cricketer), Chris Green, South African-Australian cricketer
* 1993 – Lizaad Williams, South African cricketer
*1994 – Trézéguet (Egyptian footballer), Trézéguet, Egyptian footballer
*1997 – Jade Bird, English singer, songwriter, and musician
*1998 – Daniel Gafford, American basketball player
* 1998 – Haumole Olakau'atu, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
*2000 – Kalle Rovanperä, Finnish professional rally driver
* 2001 – Luna Blaise, American actress and singer
* 2001 – Mason Greenwood, English footballer
*2002 – Livvy Dunne, American gymnast and social media personality
*2006 – Priah Ferguson, American actress

Deaths

Pre-1600

* 630 – Tajoom Uk'ab K'ahk', Mayan king
* 686 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan (born 631)
* 804 – Richbod, archbishop of Trier
* 895 – Kong Wei, chancellor of the Tang dynasty
* 918 – Empress Zhou (Former Shu), Zhou, empress of Former Shu
* 959 – Eadwig, English king (born 941)
* 961 – Artald of Reims, Artald, archbishop of Reims
*1040 – Alan III, Duke of Brittany (born 997)
*1126 – Morphia of Melitene, Queen of Jerusalem
*1310 – Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (born 1257)
*1404 – Pope Boniface IX (born 1356)
*1416 – Yaqub Spata, Albanian ruler
*1450 – Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara, Italian noble (born 1407)
*1499 – Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (born 1433)
*1500 – John Alcock (bishop), John Alcock, English bishop and politician (born 1430)
*1532 – Jan Mabuse, Flemish painter
*1567 – Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (born 1508)
*1570 – Frans Floris, Flemish painter (born 1520)
*1574 – Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter (born 1498)
*1578 – John of Austria (born 1547)
* 1588 – Edward James (martyr), Edward James, English priest and martyr (born 1557)

1601–1900

*1602 – Hernando de Cabezón, Spanish organist and composer (born 1541)
*1609 – Giammateo Asola, Italian priest and composer (born 1532)
*1652 – Jan Asselijn, Dutch painter (born 1610)
*1683 – John Hull (merchant), John Hull, colonial American merchant and politician (born 1624)
*1684 – Pierre Corneille, French playwright (born 1606)
*1690 – Girolamo Corner, Venetian statesman and military commander (born 1632)
*1693 – Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian and academic (born 1619)
*1708 – John Blow, English organist and composer (born 1649)
*1768 – Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician and academic (born 1687)
*1788 – William Brodie, Scottish businessman and politician (born 1741)
*1819 – James Bunbury White, American politician (born 1774)
*1837 – Robert Clark (U.S. politician), Robert Clark, American politician (born 1777)
*1838 – Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (born 1768)
*1864 – Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (born 1817)
* 1878 – Mindon Min, Burmese king (born 1808)
* 1885 – John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (born 1799)
* 1895 – Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American chemist, physicist, and academic (born 1836)

1901–present

*1901 – Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan emir (born 1844)
* 1913 – Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1827)
* 1929 – Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (born 1861)
* 1940 – Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (born 1898)
*1942 – Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (born 1884)
*1950 – Faik Ali Ozansoy, Turkish poet, educator, and politician (born 1876)
*1951 – Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager (born 1878)
*1953 – John Marin, American painter (born 1870)
* 1955 – Charles Christie, American film producer who founded Christie Film Company (born 1880)
* 1957 – Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant, politician, and sixth Turkish Minister of National Defence (born 1881)
* 1958 – Robert Falk, Russian painter and educator (born 1886)
*1959 – Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, politician, and first President of Italy (born 1877)
* 1961 – Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator (born 1898)
* 1968 – Romano Guardini, Italian-German Catholic priest, author, and academic (born 1885)Smith, Nicholas Wolfram. "Romano Guardini, Beloved Theologian of Two Popes – and Potential Saint", ''National Catholic Register'', December 15, 2017
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*1970 – Raúl Riganti, Argentinian race car driver (born 1893)
*1972 – Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist and paleontologist (born 1903)
*1974 – Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist and academic (born 1901)
*1975 – Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (born 1935)
*1984 – Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (born 1911)
* 1985 – Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver (born 1925)
* 1985 – E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (born 1899)
*1986 – Archie League, American air traffic controller (born 1907)
*1988 – Sacheverell Sitwell, English author, poet, and critic (born 1897)
*1990 – Curtis LeMay, American general (born 1906)
*1992 – Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (born 1947)
*1994 – Paul Lorenzen, German mathematician and philosopher (born 1915)
*1997 – Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer and philanthropist (born 1923)
*2002 – Walter Annenberg, American publisher and diplomat (born 1908)
*2004 – Richard Avedon, American photographer (born 1923)
* 2004 – Bruce Palmer, Canadian bass player (born 1946)
* 2004 – Robert Vaidlo, Estonian journalist and author (born 1921)
*2006 – Fawaz al-Rabeiee, Saudi Arabian terrorist (born 1979)
* 2006 – Jerald Tanner, American author and activist (born 1938)
*2007 – Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and composer (born 1928)
* 2007 – Chris Mainwaring, Australian footballer and journalist (born 1965)
* 2007 – Al Oerter, American discus thrower (born 1936)
*2008 – John Biddle (yachting cinematographer), John Biddle, American cinematographer (born 1925)
*2009 – Cintio Vitier, Cuban poet and author (born 1921)
*2010 – Ian Buxton, English footballer and cricketer (born 1938)
*2011 – Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey player and golfer (born 1931)
*2012 – Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (born 1935)
* 2012 – Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (born 1917)
* 2012 – Mark R. Kravitz, American lawyer and judge (born 1950)
* 2012 – Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli economist and banker (born 1926)
* 2012 – Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian Holocaust survivor and author (born 1923)
*2013 – Arnold Burns, American lawyer, politician, and 21st United States Deputy Attorney General (born 1930)
* 2013 – Tom Clancy, American author (born 1947)
* 2013 – Imero Fiorentino, American lighting designer (born 1928)
* 2013 – Israel Gutman, Polish-Israeli historian and author (born 1923)
* 2013 – Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Norwegian physician, academic, and politician (born 1939)
* 2013 – Jim Rountree, American football player and coach (born 1936)
*2014 – Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (born 1948)
* 2014 – Shlomo Lahat, Israeli general and politician (born 1927)
* 2014 – José Martínez (infielder), José Martínez, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (born 1942)
* 2014 – Robert Serra, Venezuelan criminologist and politician (born 1987)
* 2015 – Božo Bakota, Croatian footballer (born 1950)
* 2015 – Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1915)
* 2015 – Hadi Norouzi, Iranian footballer (born 1985)
* 2015 – Jacob Pressman, American rabbi and academic, co-founder of American Jewish University (born 1919)
* 2017 – Dave Strader, American sportscaster (born 1955)
* 2018 – Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer, composer, writer, filmmaker and public figure (born 1924)
* 2019 – Karel Gott, Сzeсh singer (born 1939)
* 2022 – Antonio Inoki, Japanese professional wrestler and politician (born 1943)
*2023 – Tim Wakefield, American professional baseball player (born 1966)
* 2024 – Michael Ancram, English lawyer and politician (born 1945)

Holidays and observances

*Armed Forces Day (South Korea)
*Beginning of the United States' Fiscal year, Fiscal Year
*Children's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, Sri Lanka)
*Christian feast day:
**Abai (martyr), Abai (Syriac Orthodox Church)
**Bavo of Ghent
**Edward James (martyr), Blessed Edward James
**Nicetius (Roman Catholic Church)
**Saint Remigius, Remigius
**Thérèse of Lisieux
**Intercession of the Theotokos, Protection/Patronage of the Theotokos (Eastern Catholic Churches)
**October 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*Day of Prosecutors (Azerbaijan)
*Public holidays in Russia#List of other public holidays, commemorative and professional days, Ground Forces Day (Russia)
*Independence Day (Cyprus), Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Cyprus from United Kingdom in 1960.
*Independence Day (Nigeria), Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Nigeria from United Kingdom in 1960.
*Independence Day (Palau), Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Palau from UN trust territory status in 1994.
*Independence Day (Tuvalu), Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Tuvalu from United Kingdom in 1978.
*International Coffee Day, International Day of Coffee
*International Day of Older Persons
*Lincolnshire Day (United Kingdom)
*National Day of the People's Republic of China (People's Republic of China)
*Pancasila Sanctity Day (Indonesia)
*Tampere Day (Finland)
*Teacher's Day (Uzbekistan)
*Unification Day (Cameroon)
*Defender of Ukraine Day (Ukraine)

References

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