October 17

## Events
### Up to 1900 
*1091 &ndash; London tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London.
*1346 &ndash; The English capture King David II of Scotland at Neville's Cross and imprison him for eleven years.
*1448 &ndash; An Ottoman army defeats a Hungarian army at the Second Battle of Kosovo.
*1456 &ndash; The University of Greifswald is established as the second oldest university in northern Europe.
*1534 &ndash; Anti-Catholic posters appear in Paris and other cities supporting Huldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass.
*1558 &ndash; Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, is founded.
*1604 &ndash; Kepler's Supernova is observed in the constellation of Ophiuchus.
*1610 &ndash; French king Louis XIII is crowned in Reims Cathedral.
*1660 &ndash; The Nine regicides who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England are hanged, drawn and quartered.
*1662 &ndash; Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to France for 40,000 pounds.
*1771 &ndash; Premiere in Milan of the opera *Ascanio in Alba*, composed by Mozart at age 15.
*1777 &ndash; American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.
*1781 &ndash; American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
*1800 &ndash; War of the Second Coalition: Britain takes control of the Dutch colony of Curaçao.
*1806 &ndash; Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I, is assassinated after an oppressive rule.
*1814 &ndash; Eight people die in the London Beer Flood.
*1817 &ndash; The tomb of Pharaoh Seti I is discovered.
*1827 &ndash; Bellini's third opera, *Il pirata*, is premiered at Milan.
*1860 &ndash; First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the *British Open*).
*1861 &ndash; Aborigines kill Nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.
*1888 &ndash; Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).

### 1901 &ndash; 2000 
*1907 &ndash; Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
*1912 &ndash; Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
*1919 &ndash; RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.
*1931 &ndash; Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
*1933 &ndash; Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
*1940 &ndash; The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg found in South France, starting a never–resolved mystery.
*1941 &ndash; World War II: The USS Kearny becomes the first US Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U–boat.
*1943 &ndash; The Burma Railway (Burma–Thailand Railway) is completed.
* 1943 &ndash; Holocaust in Poland: Sobibór extermination camp is closed.
*1945 &ndash; A massive demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release.
*1956 &ndash; The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
* 1956 &ndash; Bobby Fischer defeats Donald Byrne in the chess Game of the Century.
*1961 &ndash; Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
*1965 &ndash; The 1964–65 New York World's Fair closes after two years and more than 51 million attendees.
*1966 &ndash; The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters.
*1970 &ndash; FLQ terrorists murder Quebec Vice–Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte.
*1973 &ndash; OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
*1977 &ndash; The hijacked Lufthansa Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu. The remaining hostages are later rescued.
*1979 &ndash; Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
* 1979 &ndash; The Department of Education Organization Act creates the US Department of Education.
*1980 &ndash; As part of the Holy See–United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican
*1989 &ndash; The 6.9  Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast, killing Sixty–three.
* 1989 &ndash; The East German Politburo votes to remove Erich Honecker from his role as General Secretary.
*1992 &ndash; Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
*1994 &ndash; Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
*2000 &ndash; The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.

### 2001 onwards 
*2001 &ndash; Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi becomes the first Israeli minister to be assassinated in a terrorist attack.
*2003 &ndash; Taipei 101, a 101–floor skyscraper in Taipei, becomes the world's tallest highrise.
*2006 &ndash; The population of the United States officially reaches 300 million.
*2018 &ndash; The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada.
*2018 &ndash; Kerch Polytechnic College attack in Crimea.

## Births
### Up to 1800 
* 503 &ndash; Lý Nam Đế, first emperor of Vietnam (d. 548)
*1253 &ndash; Ivo of Kermartin, French priest and saint (d. 1303)
*1493 &ndash; Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)
*1500 &ndash; Alonso de Orozco Mena, Spanish Roman Catholic priest (d. 1591)
*1577 &ndash; Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (d. 1621)
* 1577 &ndash; Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (d. 1642)
*1582 &ndash; Johann Gerhard, German theologian and academic (d. 1637)
*1587 &ndash; Nathan Field, English dramatist and actor (d. 1620)
*1623 &ndash; Francis Turretin, Swiss–Italian minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1687)
*1629 &ndash; Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (d. 1646)
*1688 &ndash; Domenico Zipoli, Italian missionary and composer (d. 1726)
*1711 &ndash; Jupiter Hammon, American poet (d. 1806)
*1719 &ndash; Jacques Cazotte, French author and academic (d. 1792)
*1720 &ndash; Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Italian harpsichord player and composer (d. 1795)
*1725 &ndash; John Wilkes, English journalist and politician (d. 1797)
*1729 &ndash; Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, French composer and academic (d. 1817)
*1735 &ndash; Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger, German Baroque artist (d. 1803)
*1759 &ndash; Andrey Voronikhin, Russian architect and painter (d. 1814)
*1760 &ndash; Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French economist and philosopher (d. 1825)
* 1760 &ndash; Henri de Saint-Simon, French political and economic theorist (d. 1825)
*1768 &ndash; Sophie von Dönhoff, morganatic spouse by bigamy to King Frederick William II of Prussia (d. 1838)
*1779 &ndash; Louis Charles, French prince of the blood (d. 1808)
* 1779 &ndash; José Andrés Pacheco de Melo, Argetine statesman and priest (d. approx. 1820)
*1780 &ndash; Richard Mentor Johnson, ninth Vice President of the United States (d. 1850)
*1781 &ndash; Johann Friedrich Meckel, German anatomist (d. 1833)
*1784 &ndash; Fructuoso Rivera, first president of Uruguay (d. 1854)
*1785 &ndash; Christen Smith, Norwegian scientist (d. 1816)
*1792 &ndash; John Bowring, English polyglot and governor of Hong Kong (d. 1826)
*1797 &ndash; Juan Lavalle, Argentine politician (d. 1841)

### 1801 &ndash; 1900 
*1803 &ndash; Ferenc Deák, Hungarian politician (d. 1876)
*1810 &ndash; Adolphe-Félix Cals, French painter (d. 1880)
*1811 &ndash; Albertus van Raalte, Dutch–American pastor and educator (d. 1876)
*1813 &ndash; Georg Büchner, German–Swiss poet and playwright (d. 1837)
*1814 &ndash; Yakiv Holovatsky, Ukrainian historian, scholar, and poet (d. 1888)
*1817 &ndash; Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian philosopher and scholar (d. 1898)
*1821 &ndash; Alexander Gardner, Scottish photographer (d. 1882)
*1828 &ndash; Aureliano Maestre de San Juan, Spanish scientist (d. 1890)
*1833 &ndash; José E. Días, Paraguayan general (d. 1867)
*1835 &ndash; Louis-Léon Cugnot, French sculptor (d. 1894)
* 1835 &ndash; Paul Haenlein, German mechanical engineer (d.1905)
*1840 &ndash; André Gill, French caricaturist (d. 1885)
*1844 &ndash; Gustave Schlumberger, French historian (d. 1929)
*1845 &ndash; John J. Gardner, American politician (d. 1921)
*1853 &ndash; Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1920)
*1859 &ndash; Childe Hassam, American painter and illustrator (d. 1935)
*1860 &ndash; Henry Campbell Black, founder of ''Black's Law Dictionary'' (d. 1927)
*1864 &ndash; Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1943)
*1865 &ndash; James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1950)
*1867 &ndash; Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan architect who designed the Casa Martí (d. 1956)
*1871 &ndash;  Segundo de Chomón, Spanish cinematographer, director, and screenwriter (d.1929)
*1876 &ndash; Hippolyte Aucouturier, French cyclist (d. 1944)
*1878 &ndash; Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba (d. 1953)
*1880 &ndash; Jesús Reyes Ferreira, Mexican artist and art collector (d. 1977)
*1881 &ndash; Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (d. 1959)
*1883 &ndash; Alexander Neill, Scottish educator (d. 1973)
* 1883 &ndash; Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler (d. 1966)
*1886 &ndash; Spring Byington, American actress (d. 1971)
*1889 &ndash; Mikha'il Na'ima, Lebanese author (d. 1988)
*1890 &ndash; Roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. 1928)
*1892 &ndash; Theodor Eicke, German SS general (d. 1943)
* 1892 &ndash; Herbert Howells, English organist, composer, and educator (d. 1983)
*1893 &ndash; Raffaele Bendandi, Italian clockmaker and seismologist (d. 1979)
*1894 &ndash; Prince René, Italian Prince of Denmark (d. 1962)
* 1894 &ndash; Pablo de Rokha, Chilean poet (d. 1968)
*1895 &ndash; Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, President of Guatemala (1958 – 1963) (d. 1982)
* 1895 &ndash; Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1858)
*1896 &ndash; Roman Petrovich, Russian prince (d. 1978)
*1898 &ndash; Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese violinist and educator (d. 1998)
* 1898 &ndash; Eileen Sedgwick, American actress (d. 1991)
* 1898 &ndash; Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author and poet (d. 1971)
*1900 &ndash; C. C. van Asch van Wijck, Dutch artist and sculptor (d. 1932)
* 1900 &ndash; Jean Arthur, American actress (d. 1991)
* 1900 &ndash; Yvor Winters, American critic and poet (d. 1968)

### 1901 &ndash; 1925 
*1901 &ndash; Emma Gamboa Alvarado, Costa Rican educator (d. 1973)
*1902 &ndash; Irene Ryan, American actress (d. 1973)
*1903 &ndash; Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (d. 1940)
* 1903 &ndash; Andrei Grechko, Soviet general (d. 1976)
*1905 &ndash; Leopoldo Benites, Ecuadorian diplomat 28th president of the United Nations General Assembly (d. 1996)
*1906 &ndash; Paul Derringer, American baseball player (d. 1987)
*1907 &ndash; John Marley, American actor (d. 1984)
*1908 &ndash; Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (d. 1988)
* 1908 &ndash; Wally Prigg, Australian rugby league player (d. 1980)
* 1908 &ndash; Red Rolfe, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1969)
* 1908 &ndash; Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (d. 2007)
*1909 &ndash; Cozy Cole, American drummer (d. 1981)
* 1909 &ndash; Leopoldo Panero, Spanish poet (d. 1962)
* 1909 &ndash; Joaquín Satrústegui, Spanish lawyer and politician (d. 1992)
*1910 &ndash; Ester Wier, American author (d. 2000)
* 1910 &ndash; Marina Núñez del Prado, Bolivian sculptor (d. 1995)
*1912 &ndash; Pope John Paul I,  Catholic pope from August  1978– September 1978 (d. 1978)
* 1912 &ndash; Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (d. 2001)
* 1912 &ndash; Jack Owens, American singer–songwriter and pianist (d. 1982)
*1913 &ndash; Faik Türün, Turkish general (d. 2003)
* 1913 &ndash; Robert Lowery, American actor (d. 1971)
* 1913 &ndash; Marian Marsh, Trinidadian–American actress and environmentalist (d. 2006)
*1914 &ndash; Jerry Siegel, American author and illustrator (d. 1996)
*1915 &ndash; Arthur Miller, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2005)
*1916 &ndash; José López Rega, Argentinean politician  (d. 1989)
*1917 &ndash; Adele Stimmel Chase, American painter and sculptor (d. 2000)
* 1917 &ndash; Martin Donnelly, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999) 
* 1917 &ndash; Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian–American author and playwright (d. 1991)
* 1917 &ndash; Marsha Hunt, American actress and singer
* 1917 &ndash; Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (d. 2014)
* 1917 &ndash; Alfred Benlloch Llorach, Spanish inventor (d. 2013)
*1918 &ndash; Rita Hayworth, American actress, singer and dancer (d. 1987)
* 1918 &ndash; Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (d. 2014)
* 1918 &ndash; Luis Alberto Solari, Uruguayan artist (d. 1993)
*1919 &ndash; Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, Ukrainian–Russian physicist and academic (d. 2021)
* 1919 &ndash; Violet Milstead, Canadian World War II aviator and bush pilot (d. 2014)
* 1919 &ndash; Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician (d. 2005)
*1920 &ndash; Montgomery Clift, American actor (d. 1966)
* 1920 &ndash; Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (d. 2010)
* 1920 &ndash; Zully Moreno, Argentian actress (d. 1999)
*1921 &ndash; George Mackay Brown, Scottish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1996)
* 1921 &ndash; Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (d. 2012)
* 1921 &ndash; Maria Gorokhovskaya, Russian–Israeli gymnast (d. 2001)
* 1921 &ndash; Tom Poston, American actor and comedian (d. 2007)
*1922 &ndash; Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 2001)
* 1922 &ndash; Pierre Juneau, Canadian broadcaster and politician, co–founded the Montreal World Film Festival (d. 2012)
*1923 &ndash; Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer (d. 2004)
* 1923 &ndash; Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (d. 2001)
*1924 &ndash; Don Coryell, American football player and coach (d. 2010)
* 1924 &ndash; Anton Geiser, Croatian SS officer (d. 2012)
* 1924 &ndash; Giacomo Mari, Italian football midfielder (d. 1991)
* 1924 &ndash; Rolando Panerai, Italian baritone (d. 2019)
*1925 &ndash; Harry Carpenter, English sportscaster (d. 2010)

### 1926 &ndash; 1950 
*1926 &ndash; Julie Adams, American actress (d. 2019)
* 1926 &ndash; Beverly Garland, American actress (d. 2008)
* 1926 &ndash; Josine Ianco-Starrels, Romanian–American art curator (d. 2019)
* 1926 &ndash; Roberto Lippi, Italian race car driver (d. 2011)
*1928 &ndash; Santiago Stevenson, Panamanian singer and minister (d. 2007)
* 1928 &ndash; Alejandro Végh Villegas, Uruguayan politician (d. 2017)
*1929 &ndash; Mário Wilson, Mozambican footballer and manager (d. 2016)
*1930 &ndash; Ismail Akbay, Turkish physicist and engineer (d. 2003)
* 1930 &ndash; Robert Atkins, American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet (d. 2003)
* 1930 &ndash; Jimmy Breslin, American journalist and author (d. 2017)
*1931 &ndash; Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and playwright (d. 2012)
* 1931 &ndash; José Alencar, Brazilian businessman and politician (d. 2011)
* 1931 &ndash; Anatoly Pristavkin, Russian writer (d. 2008)
* 1932 &ndash; Paul Anderson, American weightlifter (d. 1994)
*1933 &ndash; William Anders, Hong Kong–American general and astronaut
* 1933 &ndash; The Singing Nun, Belgian singer–songwriter, guitarist, and nun (d. 1985)
*1934 &ndash; Alan Garner, English author and playwright
* 1934 &ndash; Johnny Haynes, English–Scottish footballer (d. 2005)
* 1934 &ndash; Rico Rodriguez, American trombonist (d. 2015)
*1935 &ndash; Sydney Chapman, English architect and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (d. 2014)
* 1935 &ndash; Michael Eavis, English farmer, founded the Glastonbury Festival
* 1935 &ndash; Carlos Pairetti, Argetine racing driver
*1936 &ndash; Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer–songwriter (d. 2013)
* 1936 &ndash; Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese–American seismologist and academic
* 1936 &ndash; Santiago Navarro, Spanish basketball player (d. 1993)
*1937 &ndash; Paxton Whitehead, English actor
* 1937 &ndash; José María Álvarez del Manzano, Spanish politician
* 1937 &ndash; Aida Navarro, Venezuelan mezzo–soprano
* 1937 &ndash; Renato Prada Oropeza, Bolivian–Mexican scientist (d. 2011)
*1938 &ndash; Evel Knievel, American motorcycle rider and stuntman (d. 2007)
* 1938 &ndash; Les Murray, Australian anthologist, poet, and critic
* 1938 &ndash; António Calvário, Portuguese singer and artist
*1939 &ndash; Oliver Rackham, English botanist and academic (d. 2015)
*1940 &ndash; Stephen Kovacevich, American pianist and conductor
* 1940 &ndash; Jim Smith, English footballer and manager
* 1940 &ndash; Peter Stringfellow, English businessman (d. 2018)
*1941 &ndash; Earl Thomas Conley, American country singer–songwriter and guitarist
* 1941 &ndash; Jim Seals, American singer–songwriter, guitarist, and violinist
* 1941 &ndash; Paul Ellison, American musician
*1942 &ndash; Steve Jones, American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2017)
* 1942 &ndash; Gary Puckett, American pop singer–songwriter and guitarist
*1943 &ndash; Ignacio Rupérez, Spanish diplomat and journalist (d. 2015)
* 1944 &ndash; Ángel Cristo, Spanish circus performer (d. 2012)
*1946 &ndash; Ronni Chasen, American publicist (d. 2010)
* 1946 &ndash; Michael Hossack, American drummer (d. 2012)
* 1946 &ndash; Cameron Mackintosh, English producer and manager
* 1946 &ndash; Adam Michnik, Polish journalist and historian
* 1946 &ndash; Drusilla Modjeska, English–Australian author and critic
* 1946 &ndash; Bob Seagren, American pole vaulter
* 1946 &ndash; Manuel Ibáñez, Mexican actor and comedian
* 1946 &ndash; Julio Miranda, Argentine politician
* 1946 &ndash; Daniela Payssé, Uruguayan politician (d. 2018)
* 1946 &ndash; José Perramón, Spanish handball player
* 1946 &ndash; Jaime Ravinet, Chilean politician
* 1946 &ndash; Rüdiger Wittig, German geobotanist and ecologist
* 1946 &ndash; Akira Kushida, Japanese vocalist
*1947 &ndash; Gene Green, American lawyer and politician
* 1947 &ndash; Michael McKean, American singer–songwriter, actor, and director
* 1947 &ndash; Robert Post, American educator and academic
* 1947 &ndash; Omar Azziman, adviser to the King of Morocco
*1948 &ndash; Robert Jordan, American soldier and author (d. 2007)
* 1948 &ndash; Margot Kidder, Canadian–American actress (d. 2018)
* 1948 &ndash; George Wendt, American actor and comedian
* 1948 &ndash; Osvaldo Castro, Chilean footballer
*1949 &ndash; Owen Arthur, Barbadian economist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Barbados
* 1949 &ndash; Bill Hudson, American musician and actor
*1950 &ndash; Philippe Barbarin, French cardinal
* 1950 &ndash; Howard Rollins, American actor (d. 1996)
* 1950 &ndash; Sandra Reemer, Dutch singer (d. 2017)

### 1951 &ndash; 1975 
*1951 &ndash; Annie Borckink, Dutch speed skater
* 1951 &ndash; Roger Pontare, Swedish singer
* 1951 &ndash; Shari Ulrich, American–Canadian singer–songwriter and violinist
* 1951 &ndash; Dirk Beheydt, Belgian football player.
*1953 &ndash; Joseph Bowie, American trombonist and bandleader 
* 1953 &ndash; Domenico Penzo, Italian footballer
*1954 &ndash; Carlos Buhler, American mountaineer
*1955 &ndash; Georgios Alogoskoufis, Greek economist, academic, and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
* 1955 &ndash; Mike Bratz, American basketball player
*1956 &ndash; Fran Cosmo, American singer–songwriter and guitarist 
* 1956 &ndash; Mae Jemison, American physician, academic, and astronaut
* 1956 &ndash; Pat McCrory, American businessman and politician, 74th Governor of North Carolina
* 1956 &ndash; Stephen Palumbi, American academic and author
*1957 &ndash; Lawrence Bender, American actor and producer
* 1957 &ndash; Steve McMichael, American football player, wrestler, and sportscaster
* 1957 &ndash; Vincent Van Patten, American tennis player and actor
* 1957 &ndash; Antonio Galdo, Italian journalist
* 1957 &ndash; Nelson Barrera, Mexican baseball player (d. 2002)
* 1957 &ndash; Pino Palladino, Welsh bassist
* 1957 &ndash; Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Greek folk singer
*1958 &ndash; Howard Alden, American guitarist
* 1958 &ndash; Alan Jackson, American singer–songwriter
* 1958 &ndash; Craig Murray, British diplomat
* 1958 &ndash; Sandra Mozarowsky, Spanish actress (d. 1977)
*1959 &ndash; Ron Drummond, American author and scholar
* 1959 &ndash; Francisco Flores Pérez, Salvadorian politician, President of El Salvador (d. 2016)
* 1959 &ndash; Russell Gilbert, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
* 1959 &ndash; Norm Macdonald, Canadian actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
* 1959 &ndash; Mark Peel, Australian historian and academic
* 1959 &ndash; Richard Roeper, American journalist and critic
* 1959 &ndash; Mustafa Aberchán, Spanish politician
* 1959 &ndash; Eugenio Hernández Flores, Mexican politician
*1960 &ndash; Guy Henry, English actor
* 1960 &ndash; Rob Marshall, American director, producer, and choreographer
* 1960 &ndash; Bernie Nolan, Irish singer (d. 2013)
* 1960 &ndash; Philippe Sands, American lawyer and academic
*1961 &ndash; David Means, American short story writer
*1962 &ndash; Glenn Braggs, American baseball player
* 1962 &ndash; Mike Judge, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and actor
* 1962 &ndash; Jay Humphries, American basketball player
*1963 &ndash; Sergio Goycochea, Argentinian footballer and journalist
* 1963 &ndash; Toby Young, English journalist and academic
*1964 &ndash; Gregg Wallace, English television presenter
* 1964 &ndash; Margarita Liborio Arrazola, Mexican politician
*1965 &ndash; Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
* 1965 &ndash; Rhys Muldoon, Australian actor
*1966 &ndash; Shaun Edwards, English rugby player and coach
* 1966 &ndash; Danny Ferry, American basketball player and manager
* 1966 &ndash; Mark Gatiss, English actor, screenwriter and novelist
* 1966 &ndash; Tommy Kendall, American race car driver and sportscaster
*1967 &ndash; Simon Segars, English businessman
* 1967 &ndash; Nathalie Tauziat, French tennis player
* 1967 &ndash; René Dif, Danish musician
* 1967 &ndash; Pedro González Vera, Chilean footballer
*1968 &ndash; Graeme Le Saux, English footballer and sportscaster
* 1968 &ndash; Ziggy Marley, Jamaican singer–songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor
* 1968 &ndash; David Robertson, Scottish footballer and manager
* 1968 &ndash; Alejandra Ávalos, Mexican artist
*1969 &ndash; Ernie Els, South African golfer and sportscaster
* 1969 &ndash; Wyclef Jean, Haitian–American rapper, producer, and actor
* 1969 &ndash; Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
* 1969 &ndash; Wood Harris, American actor
*1970 &ndash; Anil Kumble, Indian cricketer
* 1970 &ndash; John Mabry, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
* 1970 &ndash; J. C. MacKenzie, Canadian actor
*1971 &ndash; Blues Saraceno, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer 
* 1971 &ndash; Chris Kirkpatrick, American singer–songwriter and dancer
* 1971 &ndash; Kim Ljung, Norwegian singer–songwriter and bass player
* 1971 &ndash; Martin Heinrich, American politician
* 1971 &ndash; Derrick Plourde, American drummer (d. 2005)
*1972 &ndash; Eminem, American rapper, producer, and actor 
* 1972 &ndash; Tarkan, German–Turkish singer
* 1972 &ndash; Akio "Musashi" Mori, Japanese karateka and kickboxer
*1973 &ndash; Carlton Gebbia, English actress, interior designer and television personality
* 1973 &ndash; Andrea Tarozzi, Italian footballer and coach
* 1973 &ndash; Rubén Garcés, Panamanian basketball player
*1974 &ndash; Ariel Levy, American journalist and author
* 1974 &ndash; Matthew Macfadyen, English actor
* 1974 &ndash; Obdulio Ávila Mayo, Mexican politician
* 1974 &ndash; Bárbara Paz, Brazilian actress
* 1974 &ndash; Janne Puurtinen, Finnish keyboard player
* 1974 &ndash; John Rocker, American baseball player
* 1974 &ndash; Darío Sala, Argentine footballer
* 1974 &ndash; Gabriel Silberstein, Chilean tennis player
* 1974 &ndash; Dhondup Wangchen, Chinese director and producer
*1975 &ndash; Francis Bouillon, American–Canadian ice hockey player
* 1975 &ndash; Jericó Abramo Masso, Mexican politician
* 1975 &ndash; Vina Morales, Filipino actress and singer

### 1976 onwards 
*1976 &ndash; Sebastián Abreu, Uruguayan footballer
* 1976 &ndash; Seth Etherton, American baseball player
* 1976 &ndash; Carlos Loret de Mola, Mexican journalist
* 1976 &ndash; Kevin Maher, English–Irish footballer and coach
*1977 &ndash; Dudu Aouate, Israeli footballer
* 1977 &ndash; Alimi Ballard, American actor and producer
* 1977 &ndash; Bryan Bertino, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1977 &ndash; Walter Calderón, Ecuadorian footballer
* 1977 &ndash; Marko Antonio Cortés Mendoza, Mexican politician
* 1977 &ndash; Ryan McGinley, American photographer
* 1977 &ndash; André Villas-Boas, Portuguese footballer and manager
*1978 &ndash; Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Spanish politician
* 1978 &ndash; Jerry Flannery, Irish rugby player and coach
* 1978 &ndash; Erin Karpluk, Canadian actress
* 1978 &ndash; Chuka Umunna, English lawyer and politician
*1979 &ndash; Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer–songwriter and violinist 
* 1979 &ndash; Alexandros Nikolaidis, Greek martial artist
* 1979 &ndash; Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish race car driver
* 1979 &ndash; Kostas Tsartsaris, Greek basketball player
*1980 &ndash; Yekaterina Gamova, Russian volleyball player
* 1980 &ndash; Mohammad Hafeez, Pakistani cricketer
* 1980 &ndash; Isaac Mina, Ecuadorian footballer
* 1980 &ndash; Angel Parker, American actress
* 1980 &ndash; Alessandro Piccolo, Italian race car driver
* 1980 &ndash; Justin Shenkarow, American actor
*1981 &ndash; Horacio Cervantes, Mexican footballer
* 1981 &ndash; Kurumi Enomoto, Japanese singer–songwriter
* 1981 &ndash; Tsubasa Imai, Japanese singer, actor, and dancer
* 1981 &ndash; Ben Rothwell, American mixed–martial artist
*1982 &ndash; Rubén Ramírez, Argentine football striker
* 1982 &ndash; Nick Riewoldt, Australian footballer
* 1982 &ndash; Marion Rolland, alpine ski racer
*1983 &ndash; Michelle Ang, New Zealander actress
* 1983 &ndash; Milica Brozovic, Serbian–Russian figure skater
* 1983 &ndash; Felicity Jones, English actress
* 1983 &ndash; Toshihiro Matsushita, Japanese footballer
* 1983 &ndash; Riki Miura, Japanese actor
* 1983 &ndash; Junichi Miyashita, Japanese swimmer
* 1983 &ndash; Ivan Saenko, Russian footballer
* 1983 &ndash; Mitch Talbot, American baseball player
* 1983 &ndash; Vitali Teleš, Estonian footballer
*1984 &ndash; Chris Lowell, American actor
* 1984 &ndash;  Giovanni Marchese, Italian footballer
* 1984 &ndash; Randall Munroe, American author and illustrator
* 1984 &ndash; Luke Rockhold, American mixed martial artist
* 1984 &ndash; Anja Eline Skybakmoen,  Norwegian singer–songwriter and bandleader
* 1984 &ndash; Gottfrid Svartholm, Swedish computer specialist
* 1984 &ndash; Jared Tallent, Australian race walker
*1985 &ndash; Carlos González, Venezuelan baseball player
* 1985 &ndash; Max Irons, English–Irish actor
* 1985 &ndash; Collins John, Dutch footballer
* 1985 &ndash; Tomokazu Nagira, Japanese footballer
*1986 &ndash; Alexandre Bonnet, French football midfielder
* 1986 &ndash; Antoni Bou, Spanish motorcyclist
* 1986 &ndash; Aija Brumermane, Latvian basketball player
* 1986 &ndash; Constant Djakpa, Ivorian footballer
* 1986 &ndash; Yannick Ponsero, French figure skater
* 1986 &ndash; Nicolás Richotti, Argentine basketball player
*1987 &ndash; Bea Alonzo, Filipino actress and singer
* 1987 &ndash; Jarosław Fojut, Polish footballer
* 1987 &ndash; Elliot Grandin, French football winger
* 1987 &ndash; Hideto Takahashi, Japanese footballer
*1988 &ndash; Sergiy Gladyr, Ukrainian basketball player
* 1988 &ndash; Dami Im, South Korean–born Australian singer
* 1988 &ndash; Tori Matsuzaka, Japanese actor and model
* 1988 &ndash; Marina Salas, Spanish actress
*1989 &ndash; Débora García, Spanish football midfielder
* 1989 &ndash; Oleksandr Isakov, Ukrainian swimmer
* 1989 &ndash; Sophie Luck, Australian actress
* 1989 &ndash; David Timor, Spanish footballer
*1990 &ndash; Paolo Campinoti, Italian footballer
* 1990 &ndash; Maica García Godoy, Spanish water polo player
* 1990 &ndash; Ronald González Tabilo, Chilean footballer
* 1990 &ndash; Saki Kumagai, Japanese footballer
* 1990 &ndash; Patrick Lambie, South African rugby player
*1991 &ndash; Brenda Asnicar, Argentine actress
*1992 &ndash; Sam Concepcion, Filipino musician and dancer
* 1992 &ndash; Keerthy Suresh, Indian actress
*1993 &ndash; Kenneth Omeruo, Nigerian footballer
*2000 &ndash; Kim Yu-jin, South Korean taekwondo practitioner
*2001 &ndash; Thomas Strudwick, British motorcycle road racer

## Deaths
### Up to 1900 
*AD 33 &ndash; Agrippina the Elder, Roman wife of Germanicus (b. 14 BC)
* 532 &ndash; Pope Boniface II
* 866 &ndash; Al-Musta'in, Abbasid caliph (b. 836)
*1271 &ndash; Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir, Icelandic aristocrat and poet
*1277 &ndash; Beatrice of Falkenburg, German queen consort (b. c. 1254)
*1346 &ndash; John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
*1346 &ndash; Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn
*1456 &ndash; Nicolas Grenon, French composer (b. 1375)
*1485 &ndash; John Scott of Scott's Hall, Warden of the Cinque Ports
*1552 &ndash; Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (b. 1498)
*1575 &ndash; Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta, Spanish cardinal (b. 1511)
*1586 &ndash; Philip Sidney, English courtier, poet, and general (b. 1554)
*1587 &ndash; Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541)
*1616 &ndash; John Pitts, English priest and scholar (b. 1560)
*1660 &ndash; Adrian Scrope, English colonel and politician (b. 1601)
*1673 &ndash; Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1630)
*1690 &ndash; Margaret Mary Alacoque, French mystic (b. 1647)
*1757 &ndash; René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (b. 1683)
*1776 &ndash; Pierre François le Courayer, French–English theologian and author (b. 1681)
*1780 &ndash; William Cookworthy, English pharmacist and minister (b. 1705)
*1781 &ndash; Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral (b. 1705)
*1786 &ndash; Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1723)
*1806 &ndash; Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian commander and politician, Governor-General of Haiti (b. 1758)
*1836 &ndash; Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)
*1837 &ndash; Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1778)
*1849 &ndash; Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
*1868 &ndash; Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
*1887 &ndash; Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
*1889 &ndash; Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
*1893 &ndash; Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)

### 1901 &ndash; 2000 
*1910 &ndash; Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
*1918 &ndash; Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
*1928 &ndash; Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
*1931 &ndash; Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
*1937 &ndash; J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)
*1938 &ndash; Karl Kautsky, Czech–German journalist, philosopher and theoretician (b. 1854)
*1948 &ndash; Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (b. 1869)
*1955 &ndash; Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (b. 1873)
*1956 &ndash; Anne Crawford, Israeli–English actress (b. 1920)
*1958 &ndash; Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (b. 1896)
* 1958 &ndash; Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1876)
*1962 &ndash; Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (b. 1882)
*1963 &ndash; Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic (b. 1865)
*1965 &ndash; Bart King, American cricketer (b. 1873)
*1966 &ndash; Sidney Hatch, American runner and soldier (b. 1883)
* 1966 &ndash; Wieland Wagner, German director and manager (b. 1917)
*1967 &ndash; Puyi, Chinese emperor (b. 1906)
*1970 &ndash; Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1921)
* 1970 &ndash; Vola Vale, American actress (b. 1897)
* 1970 &ndash; Quincy Wright, American political scientist and academic (b. 1890)
*1972 &ndash; Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914)
* 1972 &ndash; George, Crown Prince of Serbia (b. 1887)
*1973 &ndash; Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (b. 1926)
*1978 &ndash; George Clark, American race car driver (b. 1890)
* 1978 &ndash; Giovanni Gronchi, Italian educator, soldier, and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (b. 1887)
*1979 &ndash; S. J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (b. 1904)
* 1979 &ndash; John Stuart, Scottish–English actor (b. 1898)
* 1979 &ndash; Eugenio Mendoza, Venezuelan business tycoon (b. 1909)
*1981 &ndash; Kannadasan Indian author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1927)
* 1981 &ndash; Albert Cohen, Greek–Swiss civil servant and author (b. 1895)
* 1981 &ndash; Lina Tsaldari, Greek politician (b. 1887)
*1983 &ndash; Raymond Aron, French sociologist, political scientist, and philosopher (b. 1905)
*1987 &ndash; Abdul Malek Ukil, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
*1991 &ndash; Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and actor (b. 1919)
*1992 &ndash; Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (b. 1912)
* 1992 &ndash; Orestis Laskos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
*1993 &ndash; Criss Oliva, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1963)
*1996 &ndash; Chris Acland, English musician & drummer of Lush (b. 1966)
*1997 &ndash; Larry Jennings, American magician and author (b. 1933)
*1998 &ndash; Joan Hickson, English actress (b. 1906)
* 1998 &ndash; Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (b. 1920)
*1999 &ndash; Nicholas Metropolis, Greek–American mathematician and physicist (b. 1915)
*2000 &ndash; Leo Nomellini, Italian–American football player and wrestler (b. 1924)
* 2000 &ndash; Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian singer–songwriter and poet (b. 1964)

### 2001 onwards 
*2001 &ndash; Jay Livingston, American singer–songwriter (b. 1915)
* 2001 &ndash; Micheline Ostermeyer, French shot putter, discus thrower, and pianist (b. 1922)
* 2001 &ndash; Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli historian, general, and politician, Tourism Minister of Israel (b. 1926)
*2002 &ndash; Derek Bell, Irish harpist and composer (b. 1935)
*2004 &ndash; Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer–songwriter (b. 1952)
*2006 &ndash; Daniel Emilfork, Chilean–French actor (b. 1924)
* 2006 &ndash; Christopher Glenn, American journalist (b. 1938)
*2007 &ndash; Joey Bishop, American actor and talk show host (b. 1918)
* 2007 &ndash; Teresa Brewer, American singer (b. 1931)
* 2007 &ndash; Suzy Covey, American scholar and academic (b. 1939)
*2008 &ndash; Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1955)
* 2008 &ndash; Levi Stubbs, American singer (b. 1936)
* 2008 &ndash; Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co–founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (b. 1923)
*2009 &ndash; Norma Fox Mazer, American author and educator (b. 1931)
* 2009 &ndash; Vic Mizzy, American composer (b. 1916)
*2011 &ndash; Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman (b. 1919)
*2012 &ndash; Milija Aleksic, English–South African footballer (b. 1951)
* 2012 &ndash; Émile Allais, French skier (b. 1912)
* 2012 &ndash; Henry Friedlander, German–American historian and author (b. 1930)
* 2012 &ndash; Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress (b. 1952)
* 2012 &ndash; Stanford R. Ovshinsky, American scientist and businessman, co–founded Energy Conversion Devices (b. 1922)
* 2012 &ndash; Kōji Wakamatsu, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
*2013 &ndash; Mother Antonia, American–Mexican nun and activist (b. 1926)
* 2013 &ndash; Terry Fogerty, English rugby player and coach (b. 1944)
* 2013 &ndash; Arthur Maxwell House, Canadian neurologist and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1926)
* 2013 &ndash; Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co–founded the Filmation Company (b. 1928)
* 2013 &ndash; Rene Simpson, Canadian–American tennis player (b. 1966)
*2014 &ndash; Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (b. 1937)
* 2014 &ndash; Gero Bisanz, German football coach (b. 1935)
* 2014 &ndash; Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (b. 1943)
* 2014 &ndash; Tom Shaw, American bishop (b. 1945)
* 2014 &ndash; Berndt von Staden, German diplomat, German Ambassador to the United States (b. 1919)
*2015 &ndash; Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (b. 1926)
* 2015 &ndash; Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (b. 1946)
* 2015 &ndash; Anne-Marie Lizin, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
* 2015 &ndash; Tom Smith, American businessman and politician (b. 1947)
*2017 &ndash; Danielle Darrieux, French actress (b. 1917)
* 2017 &ndash; Gord Downie, Canadian musician (b. 1964) 
*2018 &ndash; Leone Frollo, Italian comic book artist (b. 1931)
* 2018 &ndash; Cornelius Edward Gallagher, American politician (b. 1921)
* 2018 &ndash; Ara Güler, Turkish photojournalist (b. 1928)
* 2018 &ndash; Jacques Monory, French painter and filmmaker (b. 1924)
* 2018 &ndash; Derrick Sherwin, English television producer and actor (b. 1936)

## Holidays and observances
*Christian feast day:
**Andrew of Crete
**Anstrudis
**Catervus
**Ethelred and Ethelberht
**Florentius of Orange
**François-Isidore Gagelin (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
**Hosea
**Ignatius of Antioch
**John the Short (John Colobus)
**Marguerite Marie Alacoque (formerly)
**Nothhelm
**Rule of Andrew
**Richard Gwyn
**Victor of Capua
**October 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*Dessalines Day (Haiti)
*Digital Society Day (India) 
*International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 
*Loyalty Day (Argentina)
*Kannemesai Festival (Ise Grand Shrine)

## References