October 1

## Events 
### Up to 1900 
* 331 BC &ndash; Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
* 959 &ndash; Edgar the Peaceable becomes King of all England.
* 1553 &ndash; Coronation of Queen Mary I of England.
* 1787 &ndash; Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn. 
* 1791 &ndash; First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
* 1795 &ndash; Belgium is conquered by France.
* 1800 &ndash; Spain cedes Louisiana to France.
* 1811 &ndash; The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans.
* 1814 &ndash; Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to re–draw Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte the previous spring.
* 1827 &ndash; Russo-Persian War: The Russian Army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia.
* 1829 &ndash; The South African College is founded in Cape Town. It will later split into the University of Cape Town and the South African Colleges.
* 1843 &ndash; British tabloid newspaper, the News of the World, begins publication. It ends publication in 2011 due to a major scandal.
* 1847 &ndash; German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds the Siemens AG and Halske.
* 1869 &ndash; The world's first postcards are issued in Austria.
* 1880 &ndash; John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the US Marine Band.
* 1880 &ndash; The first electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
* 1884 &ndash; Denmark's Politiken newspaper is founded.
* 1887 &ndash; Balochistan, in present–day Pakistan, is conquered by the British Empire.
* 1889 &ndash; The Japanese city of Nagoya is founded.
* 1890 &ndash; The Yosemite National Park is established by the United States Congress.
* 1891 &ndash; Stanford University opens in California.

### 1901 &ndash; 1950 
* 1903 &ndash; Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
* 1908 &ndash; Ford puts a Model–T car on the market for the first time.
* 1910 &ndash; A bomb destroys The Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21 people.
* 1928 &ndash; The Soviet Union introduces its first Five–Year Plan.
* 1931 &ndash; The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey to New York opens.
* 1931 &ndash; Spain gives women the right to vote.
* 1936 &ndash; Francisco Franco becomes head of the Nationalist Government of Spain.
* 1937 &ndash; The Japanese city of Handa is founded in Aichi prefecture.
* 1938 &ndash; Germany takes control of the Sudetenland in the present–day Czech Republic.
* 1939 &ndash; World War II: Nazi forces enter Warsaw, Poland, after a one–month siege.
* 1943 &ndash; World War II: Naples, Italy falls to the Allies.
* 1946 &ndash; The Nuremberg Trials of leading Nazis conclude.
* 1946 &ndash; Mensa International is founded in the UK.
* 1949 &ndash; Mao Zedong and 300,000 others come to Tiananmen Square to celebrate the Sept.21 creation of the People's Republic of China; within a few months, this celebration becomes the basis for a new National Day.

### 1951 &ndash; 2000 
* 1957 &ndash; First appearance of *In God We Trust* on US paper currency.
* 1958 &ndash; NASA is created to replace NACA.
* 1960 &ndash; Nigeria becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
* 1961 &ndash; British and French Cameroon (independent since 1960) merge.
* 1962 &ndash; First transmission of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
* 1964 &ndash; Tōkaidō Shinkansen is opened (Tokyo – Shin–Osaka).
* 1965 &ndash; General Suharto rises to power in a coup in Indonesia. Seven military officers are executed in the early hours of the morning.
* 1966 &ndash; West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with 18 fatalities and no survivors near Wemme, Oregon.
* 1968 &ndash; Guyana moves towards independent broadcasting, when its government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service.
* 1969 &ndash; After Tupolev Tu–144, Concorde becomes the second aircraft type to break the sound barrier.
* 1971 &ndash; Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
* 1975 &ndash; In the Thrilla in Manila, Muhammad Ali defends his world heavyweight boxing title against Joe Frazier.
* 1975 &ndash; The Seychelles gain self government; The islands become independent on June 29, 1976.
* 1975 &ndash; The Ellice Islands split from the Gilbert Islands (present–day Kiribati) and change their name to Tuvalu.
* 1977 &ndash; Brazilian footballer Pele ends his playing career.
* 1978 &ndash; Tuvalu becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
* 1979 &ndash; Pope John Paul II visits the United States.
* 1979 &ndash; The United States hands over control of the Panama Canal to Panama, though the full transfer of control occurs at the end of 1999.
* 1982 &ndash; Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany.
* 1985 &ndash; Israel's Air Force bombs Palestinian Liberation Organization headquarters in Tunis, Tunisia.
* 1988 &ndash; Singles' Tennis: Steffi Graf wins the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics, having already won all Grand Slam tournaments of the year, becoming the first, and so far only, winner of a 'Golden Slam' in tennis.
* 1989 &ndash; Denmark introduces the world's first same-sex civil union, or Registered Partnership.
* 1991 &ndash; Balkan War: The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.
* 1992 &ndash; The children's television channel Cartoon Network begins transmission.
* 1994 &ndash; Palau becomes independent from a UN trusteeship administered by the US.
* 1995 &ndash; An earthquake strikes Dinar, Turkey, killing 100 people.
* 2000 &ndash; The 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, end.

### From 2001 
* 2001 &ndash; Militants attack the state legislature building in Srinagar, Kashmir, killing 38 people.
* 2005 &ndash; Bali is devastated by a terrorist attack, in which 26 people are killed after bombs explode.
* 2009 &ndash; The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
* 2012 &ndash; A ferry collision in Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures over 100.
* 2013 &ndash; The United States Government temporarily shuts down after failing to agree on a budget.
* 2014 &ndash; Jens Stoltenberg becomes Secretary–General of NATO.
* 2017 &ndash; Same-sex marriages take place in Germany for the first time.
* 2017 &ndash; A ban on face covering in public places enters into force in Austria.
* 2017 &ndash; Catalonia holds a disputed referendum on whether or not to become independent from Spain.
* 2017 &ndash; Las Vegas Strip shooting: Stephen Paddock carries out the deadliest shooting by a single gunman in recent US history in Las Vegas when he fires shots from two windows of his 32nd floor room on the Mandalay Bay Hotel onto a crowd in a country music festival, killing 59 people and wounding more than 500.

## Births 
### Up to 1800 
* 86 BC &ndash; Sallust, Roman historian (d. 35 BC)
* 208 &ndash; Alexander Severus, Roman Emperor (d. 235)
* 1207 &ndash; King Henry III of England (d. 1272)
* 1348 &ndash; Isabella, Countess of Vertus, French princess (d. 1373)
* 1471 &ndash; King Frederick I of Denmark (d. 1533)
* 1507 &ndash; Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573)
* 1540 &ndash; Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617)
* 1541 &ndash; El Greco, Greek–Spanish painter, sculptor and architect (d. 1614)
* 1577 &ndash; Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar and saint (d. 1622)
* 1620 &ndash; Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (d. 1683)
* 1644 &ndash; Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (d. 1682)
* 1671 &ndash; Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (d. 1742)
* 1685 &ndash; Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1740)
* 1691 &ndash; Arthur Onslow, English politician (d. 1768)
* 1724 &ndash; Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1808)
* 1729 &ndash; Anton Cajetan Adlgasser, German organist and composer (d. 1777)
* 1730 &ndash; Richard Stockton, American attorney, signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1781)
* 1754 &ndash; Tsar Paul I of Russia (d. 1801)
* 1760 &ndash; William Thomas Beckford, English writer and politician (d. 1844)
* 1771 &ndash; Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (d. 1842)
* 1791 &ndash; Sergei Aksakov, Russian writer (d. 1859)
* 1794 &ndash; Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt (d. 1871)
* 1800 &ndash; Lars Levi Laestadius, Swedish botanist and Christian missionary to Lapland (d. 1861)

### 1801 &ndash; 1900 
* 1808 &ndash; Mary Anna Custis Lee, First Lady of the Confederate States of America (d. 1873)
* 1821 &ndash; Benjamin T. Biggs, American politician and Governor of Delaware (d. 1893)
* 1832 &ndash; Caroline Harrison, First Lady of the United States (d. 1892)
* 1835 &ndash; Adam Politzer, Austro-Hungarian physician (d. 1920)
* 1842 &ndash; Charles Clos, French poet and inventor (d. 1888)
* 1846 &ndash; Nectarios de Aegina, Greek saint (d. 1920)
* 1847 &ndash; Annie Besant, English–Indian activist and author (d. 1933)
* 1850 &ndash; David R. Francis, American politician and diplomat, Governor of Missouri and Ambassador to Russia (d. 1927)
* 1865 &ndash; Paul Dukas, French composer (d. 1935)
* 1872 &ndash; Henry H. Blood, Governor of Utah (d. 1942)
* 1878 &ndash; Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist (d. 1950)
* 1881 &ndash; William Boeing, American engineer (d. 1956)
* 1885 &ndash; Louis Untermeyer, American writer (d. 1977)
* 1890 &ndash; Stanley Holloway, British actor (d. 1982)
* 1890 &ndash; Alice Joyce, American actress (d. 1955)
* 1893 &ndash; Yip Man, Chinese martial artist (d. 1972)
* 1894 &ndash; Edgar Krahn, Estonian mathematician (d. 1961)
* 1896 &ndash; Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1951)
* 1896 &ndash; Ted Healy, American actor and comedian (d. 1937)
* 1900 &ndash; Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)

### 1901 &ndash; 1950 
* 1903 &ndash; Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian–born pianist (d. 1989)
* 1904 &ndash; Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian–born physicist (d. 1979)
* 1904 &ndash; A. K. Goppalan, Indian politician (d. 1977)
* 1905 &ndash; José Leandro Andrade, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1957)
* 1905 &ndash; Alfons Goppel, German politician, Prime Minister of Bavaria (d. 1991)
* 1906 &ndash; Sachin Dev Burman, Indian composer and singer (d. 1975)
* 1907 &ndash; Maurice Bardèche, French journalist, author and critic (d. 1998)
* 1909 &ndash; Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles, California (d. 1998)
* 1910 &ndash; Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (Bonnie and Clyde) (d. 1934)
* 1911 &ndash; Heinrich Mark, Estonian politician (d. 2004)
* 1912 &ndash; Kathleen Ollerenshaw, British mathematician and politician (d. 2014)
* 1914 &ndash; Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, writer, and Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)
* 1914 &ndash; Marvin Gay, Sr., father of Marvin Gaye (d. 1998)
* 1915 &ndash; Jerome Bruner, American psychologist (d. 2016)
* 1917 &ndash; Cahal Daly, Irish archbishop (d. 2009)
* 1920 &ndash; Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000)
* 1921 &ndash; James Whitmore, American actor (d. 2009)
* 1922 &ndash; Chen Ning Yang, Chinese–American physicist
* 1922 &ndash; Kim Ki-young, South Korean movie director (d. 1998)
* 1924 &ndash; Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 2024)
* 1924 &ndash; William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)
* 1924 &ndash; Bob Geigel, American wrestling promoter (d. 2014)
* 1924 &ndash; Leonie Kramer, Australian academic (d. 2016)
* 1925 &ndash; Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004)
* 1925 &ndash; Benno Pludra, German writer (d. 2014)
* 1927 &ndash; Tom Bosley, American actor (d. 2010)
* 1927 &ndash; Sandy Gall, Scottish journalist and writer
* 1927 &ndash; Márta Kurtág, Hungarian pianist (d. 2019)
* 1928 &ndash; Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian–born actor (d. 1973)
* 1928 &ndash; George Peppard, American actor (d. 1994)
* 1928 &ndash; Zhu Rongji, Chinese politician
* 1930 &ndash; Sir Richard Harris, Irish actor (d. 2002)
* 1930 &ndash; Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006)
* 1930 &ndash; Frank Gardner, Australian Formula One driver (d. 2009)
* 1930 &ndash; Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani politician
* 1931 &ndash; Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer
* 1932 &ndash; Albert Collins, American blues guitarist (d. 1993)
* 1932 &ndash; Manuel Busto, French cyclist (d. 2017)
* 1934 &ndash; Emilio Botín, Spanish businessman (d. 2014)
* 1935 &ndash; Julie Andrews, British actress and singer
* 1935 &ndash; Walter De Maria, American sculptor (d. 2013)
* 1935 &ndash; Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorean singer (d. 1978)
* 1936 &ndash; Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958)
* 1938 &ndash; Stella Stevens, American actress
* 1938 &ndash; Mary McFadden, American fashion designer and writer
* 1939 &ndash; George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005)
* 1942 &ndash; Günter Wallraff, German writer and journalist
* 1942 &ndash; David Stancliffe, 77th Bishop of Salisbury, England
* 1943 &ndash; Jean-Jacques Annaud, French director
* 1945 &ndash; Rod Carew, Panamanian baseball player
* 1945 &ndash; Ram Nath Kovind, Indian politician, President of India
* 1946 &ndash; Dave Holland, British jazz musician and composer
* 1947 &ndash; Dave Arneson, American game creator (d. 2009)
* 1947 &ndash; Stephen Collins, American actor
* 1947 &ndash; Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
* 1948 &ndash; Cub Koda, American singer (d. 2000)
* 1949 &ndash; Isaac Bonewits, American writer (d. 2010)
* 1949 &ndash; André Rieu, Dutch violinist, conductor and composer
* 1949 &ndash; Sheila Gilmore, Scottish politician
* 1950 &ndash; Boris Morukov, Russian cosmonaut (d. 2015)
* 1950 &ndash; Randy Quaid, American actor
* 1950 &ndash; Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, English neuroscientist, academic and politician

### 1951 &ndash; 1975 
* 1952 &ndash; Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey coach
* 1953 &ndash; Klaus Wowereit, German politician, former Governing Mayor of Berlin
* 1953 &ndash; Grete Waitz, Norwegian marathon runner (d. 2011)
* 1954 &ndash; Martin Strel, Slovenian swimmer
* 1955 &ndash; Jeff Reardon, American baseball player
* 1955 &ndash; Morten Gunnar Larsen, Norwegian pianist
* 1956 &ndash; Andrus Ansip, former Prime Minister of Estonia
* 1956 &ndash; Theresa May, British politician, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* 1959 &ndash; Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer, musician, composer and politician
* 1961 &ndash; Walter Mazzarri, Italian footballer
* 1961 &ndash; Gary Ablett, Sr., Australian footballer
* 1962 &ndash; Attaphol Buspakom, Thai footballer and coach (d. 2015)
* 1962 &ndash; Nico Claesen, Belgian footballer
* 1962 &ndash; Esai Morales, American actor
* 1963 &ndash; Mark McGwire, American baseball player
* 1964 &ndash; Harry Hill, British comedian
* 1964 &ndash; Max Matsuura, Japanese singer-songwriter
* 1964 &ndash; Jonathan Sarfati, Australian–born chess player, scientist, and writer
* 1964 &ndash; Christopher Titus, American actor, producer and screenwriter
* 1965 &ndash; Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
* 1966 &ndash; George Weah, Liberian footballer and politician, President of Liberia
* 1967 &ndash; Scott Young, American ice hockey player
* 1968 &ndash; Jon Guenther, American writer
* 1968 &ndash; Phil de Glanville, English rugby player
* 1969 &ndash; Marcus Stephen, Nauruan weightlifter and politician, former President of Nauru
* 1969 &ndash; Igor Ulanov, Russian ice hockey player
* 1969 &ndash; Zach Galifianakis, American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter
* 1969 &ndash; Simone Stelzer, Austrian singer
* 1974 &ndash; Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player
* 1974 &ndash; Keith Duffy, Irish singer (Boyzone) and actor
* 1975 &ndash; Chulpan Khamatova, Russian actress

### From 1976 
* 1976 &ndash; Umit Karan, Turkish footballer
* 1977 &ndash; Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian racing driver
* 1979 &ndash; Rudi Johnson, American football player
* 1981 &ndash; Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
* 1981 &ndash; Rupert Friend, English actor, producer and screenwriter
* 1982 &ndash; Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer
* 1983 &ndash; Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (d. 2006)
* 1983 &ndash; Mirko Vucinic, Montenegrin footballer
* 1984 &ndash; Daniel Guillén, Spanish footballer
* 1984 &ndash; Mónica Spear, Venezuelan model (d. 2014)
* 1985 &ndash; Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
* 1986 &ndash; Ricardo Vaz Te, Portuguese footballer
* 1986 &ndash; Matthew Gonzalez, American figure skater
* 1986 &ndash; Daniela Katzenberger, German model and television personality
* 1986 &ndash; Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress and singer
* 1987 &ndash; Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer
* 1988 &ndash; Cariba Heine, South African–Australian actress
* 1989 &ndash; Brie Larson, American actress and singer
* 1990 &ndash; Charlie McDonnell, English blogger
* 1998 &ndash; Danika Yarosh, American actress

## Deaths 
### Up to 1900 
* 686 &ndash; Emperor Temmu of Japan (b. 631)
* 959 &ndash; King Edwy of England (b. 941)
* 1040 &ndash; Alan III, Duke of Brittany (b. 997)
* 1310 &ndash; Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)
* 1404 &ndash; Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356)
* 1499 &ndash; Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (b. 1433)
* 1567 &ndash; Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)
* 1578 &ndash; John of Austria (b. 1547)
* 1588 &ndash; Edward James, English priest and martyr (b. 1557)
* 1609 &ndash; Giammatteo Asola, Italian composer (b. 1532)
* 1684 &ndash; Pierre Corneille, French dramatist (b. 1606)
* 1708 &ndash; John Blow, English composer (b. 1649)
* 1768 &ndash; Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (b. 1687)
* 1837 &ndash; Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
* 1864 &ndash; Juan José Flores, 1st President of Ecuador (b. 1800)
* 1868 &ndash; Mongkut, King of Siam, present–day Thailand (b. 1804)
* 1878 &ndash; Midon Min, King of Burma (b. 1808)
* 1895 &ndash; John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)

### 1901 &ndash; 2000 
* 1901 &ndash; Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan amir (b. 1844)
* 1913 &ndash; Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
* 1919 &ndash; Princess Charlotte of Prussia (b. 1860)
* 1929 &ndash; Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
* 1942 &ndash; Ants Piip, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)
* 1950 &ndash; Faik Ali Ozansoy, Turkish politician, poet and critic (b. 1876)
* 1952 &ndash; John Langenus, Belgian football referee (b. 1891)
* 1955 &ndash; Charles Christie, American movie producer (b. 1880)
* 1957 &ndash; Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant and politician (b. 1881)
* 1959 &ndash; Enrico de Nicola, first President of Italy (b. 1877)
* 1960 &ndash; Giuseppe Fietta, Italian cardinal (b. 1883)
* 1968 &ndash; Romano Guardini, Italian priest, theologian and philosopher (b. 1885)
* 1972 &ndash; Louis Leakey, British–Kenyan palaeontologist (b. 1903)
* 1985 &ndash; E. B. White, American writer (b. 1899)
* 1992 &ndash; Petra Kelly, German politician (b. 1947)
* 1992 &ndash; Gert Bastian, German politician (b. 1923)
* 1994 &ndash; Paul Lorenzen, German philosopher and mathematician (b. 1915)
* 1996 &ndash; Pat McGeown, Provisional IRA member (b. 1956)
* 1999 &ndash; Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer (b. 1963)
* 2000 &ndash; Reginald Cray, English gangster (b. 1933)

### From 2001 
* 2002 &ndash; Walter Annenberg, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1908)
* 2004 &ndash; Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)
* 2007 &ndash; Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and theme song composer (b. 1928)
* 2007 &ndash; Al Oerter, American athlete (b. 1936)
* 2009 &ndash; Kazumi Takada, Japanese footballer (b. 1951)
* 2011 &ndash; Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey player, golfer and footballer (b. 1931)
* 2011 &ndash; David Bedford, British composer (b. 1937)
* 2012 &ndash; Eric Hobsbawm, British historian and writer (b. 1917)
* 2012 &ndash; Dirk Bach, German actor, television presenter and comedian (b. 1961)
* 2012 &ndash; Moshe Sanbar, Israeli economist (b. 1926)
* 2013 &ndash; Peter Broadbent, English footballer (b. 1933)
* 2013 &ndash; Giuliano Gemma, Italian actor (b. 1938)
* 2013 &ndash; Tom Clancy, American writer (b. 1947)
* 2013 &ndash; Israel Gutman, Israeli historian (b. 1923)
* 2014 &ndash; Shlomo Lahat, Israeli general and politician (b. 1927)
* 2014 &ndash; Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
* 2015 &ndash; Hadi Norouzi, Iranian footballer (b. 1985)
* 2015 &ndash; Don Edwards, American politician (b. 1915)
* 2015 &ndash; Jacob Pressman, American rabbi (b. 1919)
* 2015 &ndash; Joe Wark, Scottish footballer (b. 1947)
* 2015 &ndash; Max Keeping, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1942)
* 2017 &ndash; Hansje Bunschoten, Dutch swimmer and television presenter (b. 1958)
* 2017 &ndash; Robert D. Hales, American religious leader (b. 1932)
* 2017 &ndash; Arthur Janov, American psychologist and author (b. 1924)
* 2017 &ndash; Edmond Maire, French labour union leader and activist (b. 1931)
* 2017 &ndash; Larissa Volpert, Russian–Estonian philologist and chess player (b. 1926)
* 2017 &ndash; Edward B. Giller, American Major General (b. 1918)
* 2017 &ndash; Andy Hopkins, American football player (b. 1941)
* 2017 &ndash; Philippe Rahmy, Swiss poet and writer (b. 1965)
* 2017 &ndash; Stephen Paddock, American accountant and mass murderer (b. 1953)
* 2018 &ndash; Charles Aznavour, French–Armenian singer, actor and diplomat (b. 1924)
* 2018 &ndash; Stelvio Cipriani, Italian composer (b. 1937)
* 2018 &ndash; Carlos Ezquerra, Spanish comic artist (b. 1947)
* 2018 &ndash; Jerry González, American bandleader and trumpeter (b. 1949)
* 2018 &ndash; Do Muoi, Vietnamese politician (b. 1917)
* 2018 &ndash; Graciano Rocchigiani, German boxer (b. 1963)
* 2018 &ndash; Franco Sar, Italian decathlete (b. 1933)
* 2018 &ndash; Antoine Sfeir, Lebanese journalist and professor (b. 1948)
* 2019 &ndash; Joseph Bismuth, Tunisian businessman (b. 1926)
* 2019 &ndash; Cain Hope Felder, American theologian and writer (b. 1943)
* 2019 &ndash; Karel Gott, Czech singer (b. 1939)
* 2019 &ndash; Miguel León-Portilla, Mexican anthropologist and historian (b. 1926)
* 2019 &ndash; C. K. Menon, Indian businessman and politician (b. 1949)
* 2019 &ndash; Eric Pleskow, Austrian–born American film producer (b. 1924)
* 2019 &ndash; Peter Sissons, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1942)
* 2019 &ndash; Arto Tchakmaktchian, Egyptian–born Armenian–Canadian sculptor and painter (b. 1933)
* 2025 &ndash; Jane Goodall, English zoologist, primatologist and anthropologist (b. 1934)

## Observances 
* National Day (China, Cyprus, Tuvalu, and Palau)
* Independence Day (Nigeria)
* Unification Day (Cameroon)
* Teacher's Day (Uzbekistan)
* Armed Forces Day (South Korea)
* International Day of Older Persons
* International Coffee Day