# October 10

* October 10 in recent years
* 2024 (Thursday)
* 2023 (Tuesday)
* 2022 (Monday)
* 2021 (Sunday)
* 2020 (Saturday)
* 2019 (Thursday)
* 2018 (Wednesday)
* 2017 (Tuesday)
* 2016 (Monday)
* 2015 (Saturday)
October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 82 days remain until the end of the year.

## Events
### Pre-1600

* 19 – The Roman general Germanicus dies near Antioch. He was convinced that the mysterious illness that ended in his death was a result of poisoning by the Syrian governor Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, whom he had ordered to leave the province.
* 680 – The Battle of Karbala marks the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali.
* 732 – Charles Martel's forces defeat an Umayyad army near Tours, France.
* 1471 – Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by King Christian I of Denmark.
* 1492 – The crew of Christopher Columbus's ship, the Santa Maria, attempt a mutiny.
* 1575 – Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise, defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
* 1580 – Over 600 Papal troops land in Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion.

### 1601–1900

* 1760 – In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname – descended from escaped slaves – gain territorial autonomy.
* 1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
* 1814 – War of 1812: The United States Revenue Marine attempts to defend the cutter Eagle from the Royal Navy.
* 1845 – In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 students.
* 1846 – Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell.
* 1868 – The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.

### 1901–present

* 1903 – The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
* 1911 – The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
* 1913 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
* 1918 – RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the largest loss of life on the Irish Sea.
* 1920 – The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
* 1928 – Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
* 1933 – A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
* 1935 – In Greece, a coup d'état ends the Second Hellenic Republic.
* 1938 – Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
* 1945 – The Double Tenth Agreement is signed by the Communist Party and the Kuomintang about the future of China.
* 1954 – The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War.
* 1957 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
* 1957 – The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
* 1963 – France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
* 1963 – The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.
* 1964 – The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites.
* 1967 – The Outer Space Treaty comes into force.
* 1969 – King Crimson releases their debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King.
* 1970 – Fiji becomes independent.
* 1970 – Canada's October Crisis escalates when Quebec Vice Premier Pierre Laporte is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec.
* 1971 – Aeroflot Flight 773 is destroyed by a bomb over Moscow Oblast, killing 25.
* 1973 – U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.
* 1975 – Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
* 1979 – The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant began operations in Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland.
* 1980 – The 7.1 M$_w$  El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.
* 1980 – The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador.
* 1985 – US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy.
* 1986 – A 5.7 M$_w$  San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500.
* 1997 – Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.
* 1998 – A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises jetliner is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.
* 2002 – Iraq War: The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.
* 2007 – Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.
* 2009 – Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.
* 2010 – The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
* 2015 – Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+.
* 2018 – Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage.
* 2022 – Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

## Births
### Pre-1600

* AD 19 – Tiberius Gemellus, Roman son of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla; adoptive son of the Emperor Caligula (d. 38)
* 786 – Saga, emperor of Japan (d. 842)
* 867 – Li Siyuan, Chinese emperor (d. 933)
* 1332 – King Charles II of Navarre (d. 1387)
* 1344 – Mary of Waltham, duchess of Brittany (d. 1361)
* 1355 – Zhu Biao, Chinese prince (d. 1392)
* 1421 – John Paston, English politician (d. 1466)
* 1486 – Charles III, Duke of Savoy (d. 1553)
* 1554 – Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg and Lord of Rheda (d. 1606)
* 1560 – Jacobus Arminius, Dutch theologian (d. 1609)
* 1567 – Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (d. 1597)
* 1584 – Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke (d. 1649)
* 1599 – Étienne Moulinié, French composer and director (d. 1676)

### 1601–1900

* 1629 – Richard Towneley, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1707)
* 1646 – Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, French noblewoman (d. 1705)
* 1656 – Nicolas de Largillière, French painter and academic (d. 1746)
* 1669 – Johann Nicolaus Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1753)
* 1678 – John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish general and politician, Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland (d. 1743)
* 1684 – Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter (d. 1721)
* 1700 – Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor and illustrator (d. 1759)
* 1731 – Henry Cavendish, French-English chemist, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1810)
* 1770 – Adam Johann von Krusenstern Imperial Russian Admiral and explorer (d. 1846)
* 1780 – John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher (d. 1844)
* 1794 – William Whiting Boardman, American judge and politician (d. 1871)
* 1810 – Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1897)
* 1813 – Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer and philanthropist (d. 1901)
* 1819 – Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, German theologian and author (d. 1883)
* 1825 – Paul Kruger, South African soldier and politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (d. 1904)
* 1828 – Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1890)
* 1830 – Isabella II of Spain (d. 1904)
* 1834 – Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (d. 1872)
* 1837 – Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (d. 1863)
* 1842 – Emily Dobson, Australian philanthropist (d. 1934)
* 1858 – Maurice Prendergast, American painter and academic (d. 1924)
* 1861 – Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
* 1864 – T. Frank Appleby, American businessman and politician (d. 1924)
* 1870 – Louise Mack, Australian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1935)
* 1872 – Dionysios Kasdaglis, Egyptian-Greek tennis player (d. 1931)
* 1877 – William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (d. 1963)
* 1884 – Nikolai Klyuev, Russian poet and author (d. 1937)
* 1884 – Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (d. 1958)
* 1885 – Walter Anderson, Belarusian-German ethnologist and academic (d. 1962)
* 1885 – Jean Peyrière, French actor (d. 1965)
* 1889 – Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter and forger (d. 1947)
* 1895 – Alfred Neuland, Estonian weightlifter (d. 1966)
* 1895 – Fridolf Rhudin, Swedish actor (d. 1935)
* 1895 – Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (d. 1945)
* 1898 – Lilly Daché, French-American fashion designer (d. 1989)
* 1900 – Helen Hayes, American actress (d. 1993)

### 1901–present

* 1901 – Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (d. 1966)
* 1902 – K. Shivaram Karanth, Indian journalist, author, and activist (d. 1997)
* 1903 – Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (d. 1983)
* 1903 – Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (d. 1969)
* 1903 – Bei Shizhang, Chinese biologist and academic (d. 2009)
* 1905 – Aksella Luts, Estonian actress, screenwriter, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2005)
* 1906 – Paul Creston, American composer and educator (d. 1985)
* 1906 – Fei Mu, Chinese director and screenwriter (d. 1951)
* 1906 – R. K. Narayan, Indian author (d. 2001)
* 1908 – Johnny Green, American conductor and composer (d. 1989)
* 1908 – Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan author and poet (d. 1983)
* 1909 – Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director (d. 2010)
* 1910 – Julius Shulman, American photographer and environmentalist (d. 2009)
* 1911 – Clare Hollingworth, English journalist and author (d. 2017)
* 1912 – Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic (d. 2000)
* 1913 – Claude Simon, Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
* 1914 – Tommy Fine, American baseball player and businessman (d. 2005)
* 1914 – Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1974)
* 1915 – Harry Edison, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1999)
* 1917 – Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (d. 1982)
* 1919 – Willard Estey, Canadian academic and jurist (d. 2002)
* 1919 – Gerry Gomez, Trinidadian cricketer, manager, and umpire (d. 1996)
* 1919 – Kim Ki-young, South Korean director, screenwriter, producer, and editor (d. 1997)
* 1919 – William Kruskal, American mathematician and statistician (d. 2005)
* 1919 – Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
* 1920 – Gail Halvorsen, American air force pilot known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber." (d. 2022)
* 1922 – Merv Pregulman, American football player, businessman, and philanthropist (d. 2012)
* 1923 – Louis Gottlieb, American singer and bass player (d. 1996)
* 1923 – Nicholas Parsons, English actor and game show host (d. 2020)
* 1923 – Murray Walker, English journalist and sportscaster (d. 2021)
* 1924 – James Clavell, Australian-American director, producer, screenwriter, and author (d. 1994)
* 1924 – Ludmilla Tchérina, French actress, ballerina, and choreographer (d. 2004)
* 1924 – Ed Wood, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter (d. 1978)
* 1926 – Oscar Brown, American singer-songwriter, playwright, and actor (d. 2005)
* 1926 – Richard Jaeckel, American actor (d. 1997)
* 1927 – Dana Elcar, American actor and director (d. 2005)
* 1927 – Jon Locke, American actor (d. 2013)
* 1927 – Thomas Wilson, American-Scottish composer and educator (d. 2001)
* 1928 – Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (d. 2008)
* 1928 – Sheila Walsh, English author (d. 2009)
* 1929 – Ayten Alpman, Turkish singer (d. 2012)
* 1929 – Herb Levinson, American actor (d. 2012)
* 1929 – Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (d. 2014)
* 1930 – Eugenio Castellotti, Italian race car driver (d. 1957)
* 1930 – Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
* 1930 – Harold Pinter, English playwright, screenwriter, director Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
* 1930 – Adlai Stevenson III, American lawyer and politician (d. 2021)
* 1932 – Harry Smith, English footballer (d. 2016)
* 1933 – Jay Sebring, American hair stylist and businessman (d. 1969)
* 1935 – Khalil al-Wazir, Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (d. 1988)
* 1935 – André Bureau, Canadian lawyer and businessman (d. 2019)
* 1935 – Judith Chalmers, English television host and actress
* 1936 – Gerhard Ertl, German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1937 – Bruce Devlin, Australian golfer and sportscaster
* 1937 – Peter Underwood, Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (d. 2014)
* 1938 – Oleg Gordievsky, Russian intelligence officer and author
* 1938 – Leroy Hood, American biologist and academic
* 1938 – Daidō Moriyama, Japanese photographer
* 1938 – Lily Tuck, American novelist and short story writer
* 1940 – Winston Churchill, English journalist and politician (d. 2010)
* 1941 – Peter Coyote, American actor, director, and screenwriter
* 1941 – Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (d. 1995)
* 1942 – Janis Hansen, American singer and author (d. 2017)
* 1942 – Radu Vasile, Romanian historian and politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 2013)
* 1943 – Frederick Barthelme, American novelist and short story writer
* 1945 – Christopher Hill, English bishop
* 1945 – Vanburn Holder, Barbadian cricketer
* 1945 – Headman Shabalala, South African bass singer (d. 1991)
* 1946 – Charles Dance, English actor, director, and screenwriter
* 1946 – Naoto Kan, Japanese lawyer and politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan
* 1946 – Peter Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
* 1946 – Anne Mather, English author and screenwriter
* 1946 – John Prine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
* 1946 – Raymond Tallis, English physician, philosopher, author, and academic
* 1946 – Chris Tarrant, English radio and television host
* 1946 – Ben Vereen, American actor, singer, and dancer
* 1946 – Willard White, Jamaican-English actor and singer
* 1947 – Gary Beach, American actor and singer (d. 2018)
* 1947 – Giant Haystacks, English wrestler (d. 1998)
* 1948 – Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough, English academic and businesswoman
* 1948 – Cyril Neville, American R&B percussionist and singer
* 1948 – Séverine, French singer and actress
* 1949 – Warren Burt, American-Australian composer
* 1949 – Lance Cairns, New Zealand cricketer
* 1949 – Jessica Harper, American actress
* 1949 – Wang Wanxing, Chinese activist
* 1950 – Charlie George, English footballer
* 1950 – Nora Roberts, American author
* 1951 – Epeli Ganilau, Fijian general and politician, 16th Minister for Fijian Affairs (d. 2023)
* 1952 – Bob Nystrom, Swedish ice hockey player
* 1952 – Dela Smith, English educator
* 1953 – Fiona Rae, Scottish painter
* 1953 – Midge Ure, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1953 – Aleksander Veingold, Estonian chess player and coach
* 1953 – Gus Williams, American basketball player
* 1954 – Václav Patejdl, Slovak musician (d. 2023)
* 1954 – Rekha, Indian actress
* 1954 – David Lee Roth, American singer-songwriter and producer
* 1954 – Fernando Santos, Portuguese footballer and manager
* 1956 – Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress and producer
* 1956 – David Hempleman-Adams, English businessman and adventurer
* 1956 – Taur Matan Ruak, East Timorese politician, 3rd President of East Timor
* 1957 – Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese author and illustrator
* 1958 – Tanya Tucker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1959 – Michael Cobley, English-Scottish author
* 1959 – Kirsty MacColl, English singer-songwriter (d. 2000)
* 1959 – Arif Peçenek, Turkish football player and manager (d. 2013)
* 1959 – Bill Rammell, English academic and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
* 1959 – Julia Sweeney, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
* 1959 – Bradley Whitford, American actor and producer
* 1960 – Ron Flockhart, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1960 – Eric Martin, American singer-songwriter
* 1960 – Russell Slade, English football manager
* 1960 – Paul Thiebaud, American art dealer (d. 2010)
* 1960 – Simon Townshend, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1961 – Scott Hoffman, American drummer
* 1961 – Henrik Jørgensen, Danish runner (d. 2019)
* 1961 – Martin Kemp, English singer-songwriter and bass player
* 1961 – Crystal Waters, American singer-songwriter, musician and producer
* 1962 – Thomas Rusch, German photographer
* 1963 – Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer
* 1963 – Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (d. 2003)
* 1963 – Daniel Pearl, American-Israeli journalist (d. 2002)
* 1963 – Vegard Ulvang, Norwegian skier
* 1964 – Sarah Lancashire, English actress and director
* 1965 – Toshi, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
* 1965 – Chris Penn, American actor (d. 2006)
* 1965 – Rebecca Pidgeon, American-English singer-songwriter and actress
* 1966 – Tony Adams, English footballer and manager
* 1966 – Bai Ling, Chinese-American model and actress
* 1966 – Derrick McKey, American basketball player
* 1967 – Michael Giacchino, American composer
* 1967 – Jonathan Littell, American-French author and humanitarian
* 1967 – Mike Malinin, American drummer and producer
* 1967 – Gavin Newsom, American businessman and politician, 40th and current Governor of California
* 1967 – Jacek Zieliński, Polish footballer and coach
* 1968 – Bart Brentjens, Dutch cyclist
* 1968 – Feridun Düzağaç, Turkish singer-songwriter
* 1968 – Chris Ofili, British painter
* 1968 – Marinos Ouzounidis, Greek footballer and manager
* 1969 – Manu Bennett, New Zealand-Australian actor
* 1969 – Joelle Carter, American actress
* 1969 – Dilsa Demirbag Sten, Swedish journalist and author
* 1969 – Francis Escudero, Filipino lawyer and politician
* 1969 – Brett Favre, American football player
* 1969 – Shawn Jamison, American basketball player and coach
* 1969 – Wendi McLendon-Covey, American actress
* 1970 – Dean Kiely, Irish footballer
* 1970 – Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, German sled racer
* 1970 – Matthew Pinsent, English rower and sportscaster
* 1971 – Graham Alexander, English-Scottish footballer and manager
* 1971 – Ian Bennett, English footballer
* 1971 – Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist
* 1972 – Yinka Dare, Nigerian basketball player (d. 2004)
* 1972 – Jun Lana, Filipino director, producer, playwright, and screenwriter
* 1972 – Dean Roland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1972 – Alexei Zhitnik, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
* 1973 – Mario Lopez, American actor, television personality, and producer
* 1973 – Scott Morriss, English bass player and songwriter
* 1973 – Zach Thornton, American soccer player and coach
* 1974 – Asi Cohen, Israeli actor and screenwriter
* 1974 – Oded Kattash, Israeli basketball player and coach
* 1974 – Julio Ricardo Cruz, Argentinian footballer
* 1974 – Dale Earnhardt Jr., American race car driver and actor
* 1974 – Lucy Powell, English politician
* 1974 – Chris Pronger, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1975 – Ihsahn, Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1975 – Ramón Morales, Mexican footballer and manager
* 1975 – Plácido Polanco, Dominican-American baseball player
* 1976 – Bob Burnquist, Brazilian-American skateboarder
* 1976 – Pat Burrell, American baseball player
* 1976 – Shane Doan, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1978 – Scott Dobie, English footballer
* 1978 – Naomi Levari, Israeli film producer and director
* 1978 – Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, American model and actress
* 1979 – Kangta, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
* 1979 – Nicolás Massú, Chilean tennis player
* 1979 – Mýa, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress
* 1979 – Joel Przybilla, American basketball player
* 1979 – Hitomi Satō, Japanese actress
* 1980 – Blaž Emeršič, Slovenian ice hockey player
* 1980 – Casey FitzSimmons, American football player
* 1980 – Elvis Hammond, Ghanaian footballer
* 1980 – Tim Maurer, American singer-songwriter
* 1980 – Julie Pomagalski, French snowboarder (d. 2021)
* 1981 – Una Foden, Irish singer-songwriter and dancer
* 1981 – Gavin Shuker, English lawyer and politician
* 1982 – Yasser Al-Qahtani, Saudi Arabian footballer
* 1982 – Amon Buchanan, Australian footballer
* 1982 – David Cal, Spanish sprint canoeist
* 1982 – Tony Khan, American sports executive
* 1982 – Dan Stevens, English actor
* 1983 – Lzzy Hale, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1983 – Vusimuzi Sibanda, Zimbabwean cricketer
* 1983 – Nikos Spyropoulos, Greek footballer
* 1983 – Tolga Zengin, Turkish footballer
* 1984 – Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer
* 1984 – Jean-Baptiste Grange, French skier
* 1984 – Ryan Hollins, American basketball player and commentator
* 1984 – Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress and singer
* 1984 – Tomáš Pöpperle, Czech ice hockey player
* 1984 – Paul Posluszny, American football player
* 1984 – Troy Tulowitzki, American baseball player
* 1985 – Dominique Cornu, Belgian cyclist
* 1985 – Bronson Harrison, New Zealand rugby league player
* 1985 – Marina Diamandis, Welsh singer-songwriter and pianist
* 1985 – Rostislav Olesz, Czech ice hockey player
* 1985 – Sandra Záhlavová, Czech tennis player
* 1986 – Ezequiel Garay, Argentinian footballer
* 1986 – Lucy Griffiths, English actress
* 1986 – Nathan Jawai, Australian basketball player
* 1986 – Andrew McCutchen, American baseball player
* 1986 – Ellen Andrea Wang, Norwegian bassist and composer
* 1987 – Rodjun Cruz, Filipino actor and dancer
* 1987 – Junior Madozein, Central African basketball player
* 1987 – Ryan Mathews, American football player
* 1987 – Colin Slade, New Zealand rugby player
* 1988 – Luis Cardozo, Paraguayan footballer
* 1988 – Shaun Fensom, Australian rugby league player
* 1988 – Brown Ideye, Nigerian footballer
* 1988 – Rose McIver, New Zealand actress
* 1988 – Emmanuel Nwachi, Nigerian footballer
* 1988 – Toby Smith, Australian-New Zealand rugby player
* 1989 – Jeurys Familia, Dominican baseball player
* 1989 – Emer Kenny, English actress and screenwriter
* 1989 – Aimee Teegarden, American actress and producer
* 1990 – Shelby Miller, American baseball player
* 1990 – Geno Smith, American football player
* 1990 – Kolten Wong, American baseball player
* 1991 – Michael Carter-Williams, American basketball player
* 1991 – Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
* 1991 – Lali Espósito, Argentinian actress and singer
* 1991 – Mariana Pajón, Colombian cyclist
* 1991 – Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss footballer
* 1992 – Anthony Brown, American basketball player
* 1993 – Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Cuban baseball player
* 1993 – Jayden Stockley, English footballer
* 1994 – Ilya Mikheyev, Russian ice hockey player
* 1994 – Tereza Smitková, Czech tennis player
* 1994 – Bae Suzy, South Korean singer, actress and model
* 1994 – Mike Tobey, American-Slovenian basketball player
* 1994 – Marquez Valdes-Scantling, American football player
* 1995 – Brenko Lee, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
* 1995 – Courtland Sutton, American football player
* 1996 – Sami Niku, Finnish ice hockey player
* 2002 – Josh Giddey, Australian basketball player
* 2002 -- Nate Yarnell, American Football Player

## Deaths
### Pre-1600

* AD 19 – Germanicus, Roman general (b. 15 BC)
* 644 – Paulinus of York, English bishop and missionary
* 680 – Abbas ibn Ali, son of Imam Ali
* 680 – Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn, son of Al-Husayn
* 680 – Habib ibn Madhahir
* 680 – Husayn ibn Ali, third Shia Imam and grandson of Muhammad (b. 626)
* 827 – Pope Valentine (b. 800)
* 937 – Wang Lingmou, chancellor of Wu
* 1149 – Al-Hafiz, Fatimid imam-caliph (b. 1074/77)
* 1174 – Adela of Ponthieu, Countess of Surrey
* 1213 – Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine
* 1308 – Patrick Dunbar, 8th Earl of Dunbar
* 1359 – Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)
* 1503 – Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1438)
* 1581 – Bayinnaung, Burmese king (b. 1516)

### 1601–1900

* 1659 – Abel Tasman, Dutch merchant and explorer (b. 1603)
* 1691 – Isaac de Benserade, French author and poet (b. 1613)
* 1708 – David Gregory, Scottish mathematician and astronomer (b. 1659)
* 1714 – Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist and academic (b. 1646)
* 1720 – Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (b. 1640)
* 1723 – William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1665)
* 1725 – Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, French politician, Governor of New France (b. 1643)
* 1747 – John Potter, English archbishop and academic (b. 1674)
* 1759 – Granville Elliott, English general (b. 1713)
* 1765 – Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1688)
* 1795 – Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian historian and theologian (b. 1714)
* 1800 – Gabriel Prosser, American rebel leader (b. 1776)
* 1806 – Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (b. 1772)
* 1827 – Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet (b. 1778)
* 1837 – Charles Fourier, French philosopher and academic (b. 1772)
* 1857 – George Washington Parke Custis, American author and playwright (b. 1781)
* 1872 – William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (b. 1801)
* 1875 – Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1817)
* 1876 – Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist and meteorologist (b. 1814)
* 1893 – Lip Pike, American baseball player and manager (b. 1845)

### 1901–present

* 1901 – Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814)
* 1913 – Adolphus Busch, German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1839)
* 1913 – Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)
* 1914 – Carol I of Romania (b. 1839)
* 1918 – Henry Dobson, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1841)
* 1922 – Andreas Karkavitsas, Greek physician and author (b. 1866)
* 1923 – Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Peruvian general, President of Peru (b. 1836)
* 1927 – August Kitzberg, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1855)
* 1927 – Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot and engineer (b. 1874)
* 1930 – Adolf Engler, German botanist and academic (b. 1844)
* 1935 – Gustave Loiseau, French painter (b. 1865)
* 1940 – Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1876)
* 1942 – Arnold Majewski, Finnish military hero of Polish descent (killed in action) (b. 1892)
* 1948 – Ted Horn, American race car driver (b. 1910)
* 1949 – Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese engineer, businessman, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (b. 1884)
* 1953 – Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand general, lawyer, and judge (b. 1884)
* 1957 – Karl Genzken, German physician (b. 1885)
* 1962 – Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian-Polish architect (b. 1891)
* 1963 – Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1893)
* 1963 – Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1915)
* 1964 – Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (b. 1892)
* 1964 – Heinrich Neuhaus, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and educator (b. 1888)
* 1966 – Charlotte Cooper, English-Scottish tennis player (b. 1870)
* 1966 – Louise Thuliez, French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author (b. 1881)
* 1970 – Édouard Daladier, French captain and politician, 105th Prime Minister of France (b. 1884)
* 1971 – John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian and scholar (b. 1901)
* 1973 – Ludwig von Mises, Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (b. 1881)
* 1974 – Joseph Wulf, German-Polish historian (b. 1912)
* 1976 – Silvana Armenulić, Bosnian singer and actress (b. 1939)
* 1976 – Mirsada Mirjana Bajraktarević, Bosnian singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
* 1977 – Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (b. 1930)
* 1978 – Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1914)
* 1978 – Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician (b. 1910)
* 1979 – Christopher Evans, English psychologist, computer scientist, and author (b. 1931)
* 1979 – Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1886)
* 1982 – Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (b. 1908)
* 1983 – Ralph Richardson, English actor (b. 1902)
* 1985 – Yul Brynner, Russian actor (b. 1920)
* 1985 – Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915)
* 1986 – Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic (b. 1899)
* 1987 – Behice Boran, Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist (b. 1910)
* 1990 – Tom Murton, American penologist and activist (b. 1928)
* 1990 – Nikolaos Pavlopoulos, Greek sculptor and academic (b. 1909)
* 1990 – Dorothy Stanley, American educator (b. 1924)
* 1991 – Nickolaus Hirschl, Austrian wrestler, discus thrower, and shot putter (b. 1906)
* 1997 – Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model (b. 1918)
* 1998 – Clark Clifford, American captain, lawyer, and politician 9th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1906)
* 1998 – Marvin Gay Sr., American minister (b. 1914)
* 1998 – Tommy Quaid, Irish hurler and manager (b. 1957)
* 2000 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1916)
* 2001 – Eddie Futch, American boxer and trainer (b. 1911)
* 2001 – Vasily Mishin, Russian engineer (b. 1917)
* 2003 – Eila Hiltunen, Finnish sculptor (b. 1922)
* 2003 – Eugene Istomin, American pianist (b. 1925)
* 2004 – Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (b. 1963)
* 2004 – Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (b. 1952)
* 2004 – Arthur H. Robinson, American geographer and cartographer (b. 1915)
* 2004 – Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (b. 1932)
* 2005 – Wayne C. Booth, American educator and critic (b. 1921)
* 2005 – Milton Obote, Ugandan politician, 2nd President of Uganda (b. 1925)
* 2006 – Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and academic (b. 1932)
* 2006 – Ian Scott, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
* 2008 – Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (b. 1947)
* 2009 – Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (b. 1976)
* 2010 – Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter and preacher (b. 1940)
* 2010 – Joan Sutherland, Australian-Swiss soprano and actress (b. 1926)
* 2011 – Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
* 2012 – Sam Gibbons, American captain and politician (b. 1920)
* 2012 – Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1935)
* 2012 – Piotr Lenartowicz, Polish philosopher and educator (b. 1934)
* 2012 – Basil L. Plumley, American sergeant (b. 1920)
* 2012 – Mark Poster, American philosopher and educator (b. 1941)
* 2012 – Kyaw Zaw, Burmese commander and politician (b. 1919)
* 2013 – Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1925)
* 2013 – Jay Conrad Levinson, American author and educator (b. 1933)
* 2013 – Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (b. 1927)
* 2013 – Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)
* 2014 – Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (b. 1958)
* 2014 – Damiana Eugenio, Filipino author and academic (b. 1921)
* 2014 – Valeri Karpov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1971)
* 2014 – Lari Ketner, American football and basketball player (b. 1977)
* 2014 – Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (b. 1936)
* 2014 – Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (b. 1947)
* 2015 – Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (b. 1952)
* 2015 – Hilla Becher, German photographer and educator (b. 1934)
* 2015 – Manorama, Indian (Tamil) actress (b. 1937)
* 2015 – Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949)
* 2015 – Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (b. 1924)
* 2016 – Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (b. 1926)
* 2021 – Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical scientist (b. 1936)
* 2022 – Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (b. 1939)
* 2024 – Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet (b. 1934)
* 2024 – Ethel Kennedy, American philanthropist (b. 1928)

## Holidays and observances

* Arbor Day (Poland)
* Army Day (Sri Lanka)
* Capital Liberation Day (Vietnam)
* Christian feast day:
** Blessed Angela Truszkowska
** Cerbonius
** Daniel Comboni
** Eulampius and Eulampia
** Gereon and companions
** Blessed María Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray (Maria Desposorios)
** Paulinus of York (in England)
** Pinytus
** Tanca
** Vida Dutton Scudder (Episcopal Church)
** Viktor of Xanten
** October 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
* Constitution Day (Sint Maarten)
* Curaçao Day, anniversary of autonomy
* Double Ten Day (The National Day of Republic of China), celebrates outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising in 1911 that led to founding of the Republic of China in 1912
* Fiji Day, celebrates the independence of Fiji from United Kingdom in 1970
* Finnish Literature Day (Finland)
* Independence Day, commemorates the proclamation of Cuba's independence from Spain and the beginning of the Ten Years' War in 1868.
* Party Foundation Day (North Korea)
* World Day Against the Death Penalty
* World Mental Health Day
* World Porridge Day