October 08

Events

Pre-1600

* 314 – Constantine I defeats Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories.
* 451 – The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins.
* 876 – Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger prevent a West Frankish invasion and defeat emperor Charles II ("the Bald").
*1075 – Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.
*1200 – Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England.
*1322 – Mladen II Šubić of Bribir is deposed as the Croatian Ban after the Battle of Bliska.
*1480 – The Great Stand on the Ugra River puts an end to Tartar rule over Moscow
*1573 – End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in the Eighty Years' War.

1601–1900

*1645 – Jeanne Mance opens the first lay hospital of North America in Montreal.
*1813 – The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bavaria and Austria.
*1821 – The Peruvian Navy is established during the War of Independence.
*1829 – Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials.
*1856 – The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the ''Arrow'' Incident.
*1862 – American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.
*1871 – Slash-and-burn land management, months of drought, and the passage of a strong cold front cause the Peshtigo Fire, the Great Chicago Fire and the Great Michigan Fires to break out.
*1879 – War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.
*1895 – Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.

1901–present

*1912 – The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
*1918 – World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
*1921 – KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
*1939 – World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.
*1941 – World War II: During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
*1943 – World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.
*1944 – World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.
*1952 – The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
*1956 – The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
*1962 – ''Der Spiegel'' publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the ''Bundeswehr'', and is soon accused of treason.
*1967 – Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
*1969 – The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.
*1970 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
*1973 – Yom Kippur War: Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions.
* 1973 – Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
*1974 – Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
*1978 – Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 275.97 knots at Blowering Dam, Australia.
*1982 – Poland bans Solidarity and all other trade unions.
* 1982 – After its London premiere, ''Cats'' opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
*1990 – First Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.
*1991 – Upon the expiration of the Brioni Agreement, Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia.
*2001 – A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.
* 2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
*2005 – The 7.6 Kashmir earthquake leaves 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.
*2014 – Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola, dies.
*2016 – In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to nearly 900.
*2019 – About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland.
*2020 – Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice deliberately targeted the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha.

Births

Pre-1600

*319 BC – Pyrrhus of Epirus (d. 272 BC)
* 1150 – Narapatisithu, king of Burma (d. 1211)
*1515 – Margaret Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas (d. 1578)
*1551 – Giulio Caccini, Italian composer (d. 1618)
*1553 – Jacques Auguste de Thou, French historian (d. 1617)
*1585 – Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (d. 1672)

1601–1900

*1609 – John Clarke, English physician (d. 1676)
*1676 – Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (d. 1764)
*1713 – Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and author (d. 1793)
*1715 – Michel Benoist, French scientist and missionary (d. 1774)
*1747 – Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician (d. 1807)
*1753 – Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden (d. 1829)
*1765 – Harman Blennerhassett, English-Irish lawyer and politician (d. 1831)
*1789 – John Ruggles, American lawyer and politician (d. 1874)
* 1789 – William John Swainson, English-New Zealand ornithologist and entomologist (d. 1855)
*1807 – Harriet Taylor Mill, English philosopher and activist (d. 1858)
*1818 – John Henninger Reagan, American judge and politician, 3rd Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905)
*1834 – Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (d. 1905)
*1845 – Salomon Kalischer, German pianist, composer, and physicist (d. 1924)
*1847 – Rose Scott, Australian activist (d. 1925)
*1848 – Pierre De Geyter, Belgian composer (d. 1932)
*1850 – Henry Louis Le Châtelier, French chemist and academic (d. 1936)
*1860 – John D. Batten, British painter, printmaker and illustrator (d. 1932)
*1863 – Edythe Chapman, American actress (d. 1948)
*1864 – Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter and educator (d. 1955)
*1870 – Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (d. 1937)
*1872 – Mary Engle Pennington, American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (d. 1952)
*1873 – Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish chemist and astronomer (d. 1967)
* 1873 – Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect and academic, designed Lenin's Mausoleum (d. 1949)
*1875 – Laurence Doherty, English tennis player and golfer (d. 1919)
*1876 – Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (d. 1966)
*1877 – Hans Heysen, German-Australian painter (d. 1968)
*1879 – Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (d. 1956)
*1882 – Harry McClintock, American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 1957)
*1883 – Dick Burnett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)
* 1883 – Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
*1884 – Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (d. 1942)
*1887 – Ping Bodie, American baseball player (d. 1961)
* 1887 – Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner (d. 1972)
*1888 – Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist and author (d. 1964)
*1889 – R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian engineer (d. 1983)
* 1889 – Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (d. 1966)
*1890 – Snuffy Browne, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1964)
* 1890 – Eddie Rickenbacker, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1973)
* 1890 – Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)
*1892 – Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (d. 1941)
*1893 – Clarence Williams, American pianist and composer (d. 1965)
*1895 – Zog I of Albania (d. 1961)
* 1895 – Juan Perón, Argentinian general and politician, 29th President of Argentina (d. 1974)
*1896 – Julien Duvivier, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1967)
*1897 – Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
* 1897 – Marcel Herrand, French actor (d. 1953)

1901–present

*1901 – Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist (d. 1977)
* 1901 – Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia (d. 2000)
*1903 – Georgy Geshev, Bulgarian chess player (d. 1937)
*1904 – Yves Giraud-Cabantous, French race car driver (d. 1973)
*1907 – Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator (d. 1975)
*1908 – Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician (d. 1988)
*1910 – Kirk Alyn, American actor (d. 1999)
* 1910 – Paulette Dubost, French actress (d. 2011)
* 1910 – Gus Hall, American soldier and politician (d. 2000)
* 1910 – Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier (d. 2006)
* 1910 – Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (d. 2003)
*1913 – Robert R. Gilruth, American pilot and engineer (d. 2000)
* 1913 – Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (d. 1959)
*1917 – Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993)
* 1917 – Walter Lord, American historian and author (d. 2002)
* 1917 – Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1976)
* 1917 – Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
*1918 – Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (d. 2012)
* 1918 – Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)
*1919 – Jack McGrath, American race car driver (d. 1955)
* 1919 – Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2007)
*1920 – Frank Herbert, American journalist, photographer, and author (d. 1986)
*1921 – Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2010)
*1922 – Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2007)
* 1922 – Herbert B. Leonard, American production manager and producer (d. 2006)
*1924 – Alphons Egli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 77th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2016)
* 1924 – Aloísio Lorscheider, Brazilian cardinal (d. 2007)
* 1924 – Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian poet and scholar (d. 2006)
* 1924 – John Nelder, English mathematician and statistician (d. 2010)
*1925 – Álvaro Magaña, Salvadoran economist and politician, President of El Salvador (d. 2001)
*1926 – Raaj Kumar, Indian police officer and actor (d. 1996)
*1927 – Jim Elliot, American missionary and translator (d. 1956)
* 1927 – César Milstein, Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
*1928 – Didi, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2001)
* 1928 – M. Russell Ballard, American lieutenant and religious leader
* 1928 – Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer
* 1928 – Bill Maynard, English actor (d. 2018)
*1929 – Betty Boothroyd, English academic and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons
*1930 – Pepper Adams, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1986)
* 1930 – Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer (d. 2013)
* 1930 – Faith Ringgold, American painter and activist
* 1930 – Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer and theorist (d. 1996)
*1931 – Bill Brown, Scottish-Canadian footballer (d. 2004)
*1932 – Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player and police officer
*1934 – Kader Asmal, South African academic and politician (d. 2011)
* 1934 – Gerry Hitchens, English footballer and manager (d. 1983)
* 1934 – James Holshouser, American lawyer and politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (d. 2013)
*1935 – Albert Roux, French-English chef (d. 2021)
*1936 – Rona Barrett, American journalist and businesswoman
*1937 – Merle Park, British ballerina and educator
* 1937 – Paul Schell, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Seattle (d. 2014)
*1938 – William Corlett, English author and playwright (d. 2005)
* 1938 – Walter Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey coach and author (d. 2021)
* 1938 – Fred Stolle, Australian-American tennis player and sportscaster
* 1938 – Bronislovas Lubys, Lithuanian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania (d. 2011)
*1939 – Paul Hogan, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
*1939 – Elvīra Ozoliņa, Latvian javelin thrower
* 1939 – Harvey Pekar, American author and critic (d. 2010)
* 1939 – Lynne Stewart, American lawyer and criminal (d. 2017)
*1940 – Fred Cash, American soul singer
*1941 – Jesse Jackson, American minister and activist
* 1941 – Shane Stevens, American author (d. 2007)
* 1941 – George Bellamy, English singer, guitarist, and producer
*1942 – Stanley Bates, English actor and screenwriter
*1943 – Chevy Chase, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
* 1943 – R. L. Stine, American author, screenwriter, and producer
*1944 – Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (d. 2010)
* 1944 – Susan Raye, American country music singer
*1946 – Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar, activist, and politician
* 1946 – Jean-Jacques Beineix, French director and producer (d. 2022)
* 1946 – Dennis Kucinich, American journalist and politician, 53rd Mayor of Cleveland
* 1946 – Bel Mooney, English journalist and author
* 1946 – Jon Ekerold, South African motorcycle racer
*1947 – Richard Morris, English archaeologist, historian, and author
* 1947 – Emiel Puttemans, Belgian runner
* 1947 – Stephen Shore, American photographer and educator
* 1947 – Bill Zorn, folk musician
*1948 – Benjamin Cheever, American journalist and author
* 1948 – Claude Jade, French actress (d. 2006)
* 1948 – Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2004)
*1949 – Hamish Stuart, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1949 – Sigourney Weaver, American actress and producer
*1950 – Robert "Kool" Bell, American singer-songwriter and bass player
* 1950 – Blake Morrison, English poet, author, and academic
*1951 – Jack O'Connell, American educator and politician
* 1951 – Timo Salonen, Finnish race car driver
* 1951 – Shannon C. Stimson, American philosopher, historian, and theorist
*1952 – Takis Koroneos, Greek basketball player and coach
* 1952 – Jan Marijnissen, Dutch journalist and politician
* 1952 – Edward Zwick, American director, producer, and screenwriter
*1953 – Robert Saxton, English composer and educator
*1954 – Huub Rothengatter, Dutch race car driver and manager
*1955 – Bill Elliott, American race car driver
* 1955 – Alain Ferté, French race car driver
* 1955 – Darrell Hammond, American comedian and actor
* 1955 – Paul Lennon, Australian politician, 42nd Premier of Tasmania
* 1955 – Lonnie Pitchford, American singer and guitarist (d. 1998)
*1956 – Jeff Lahti, American baseball player
* 1956 – Janice E. Voss, American engineer and astronaut (d. 2012)
*1957 – Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer and manager
*1958 – Steve Coll, American journalist and author
* 1958 – Bret Lott, American journalist, author, and academic
* 1958 – Ursula von der Leyen, Belgian-German physician and politician, Defense Minister of Germany
* 1958 – Ruffin McNeill, American football player and coach
*1959 – Tommy Armour III, American golfer
* 1959 – Nick Bakay, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
* 1959 – Gavin Friday, Irish singer-songwriter, actor, and producer
* 1959 – Erik Gundersen, Danish motorcycle racer
* 1959 – Peter Horrocks, English journalist and producer
* 1959 – Mike Morgan, American baseball player and coach
* 1959 – Carlos I. Noriega, Peruvian-American colonel and astronaut
*1960 – Andrea Anastasi, Italian volleyball player and coach
* 1960 – Reed Hastings, American businessman, co-founded Netflix
* 1960 – Rano Karno, Indonesian actor and politician
* 1960 – Ralf Minge, German footballer and manager
* 1960 – François Pérusse, Canadian singer-songwriter and comedian
* 1960 – Mike Teague, English rugby player
*1961 – Steven Bernstein, American trumpet player and composer
* 1961 – Jon Stevens, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
* 1961 – Simon Burke, Australian actor and producer
* 1961 – Ted Kooshian, American pianist and composer
*1962 – Richard Lintern, British actor
* 1962 – Bruno Thiry, Belgian race car driver
* 1962 – Chen Xiaoxia, Chinese diver
*1963 – Steve Perry, American ska singer-songwriter and guitarist
*1964 – Jakob Arjouni, German author (d. 2013)
* 1964 – Ian Hart, English actor
* 1964 – CeCe Winans, American singer-songwriter
*1965 – Matt Biondi, American swimmer and coach
* 1965 – Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter
* 1965 – Harri Koskela, Finnish wrestler
* 1965 – C. J. Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player
*1966 – Art Barr, American wrestler (d. 1994)
* 1966 – Karyn Parsons, American actress and producer
*1967 – Yvonne Reyes, Venezuelan television host and actress
* 1967 – Teddy Riley, American singer-songwriter and producer
*1968 – Ali Benarbia, Algerian footballer
* 1968 – Zvonimir Boban, Croatian footballer and sportscaster
* 1968 – Emily Procter, American actress
* 1968 – CL Smooth, American rapper and producer
* 1968 – Leeroy Thornhill, English keyboard player and DJ
*1969 – Jeremy Davies, American actor
* 1969 – Dylan Neal, Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
*1970 – Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Congolese colonel
* 1970 – Matt Damon, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
* 1970 – Anne-Marie Duff, English actress
* 1970 – Sadiq Khan, English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Transport, Mayor of London
* 1970 – Sisaundra Lewis, American singer-songwriter and producer
* 1970 – Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video game designer and director
*1971 – Marc Ellis, New Zealand rugby player and television host
* 1971 – David Gauke, English lawyer and politician
* 1971 – Pınar Selek, Turkish sociologist, author, and academic
* 1971 – Monty Williams, American basketball player and coach
*1972 – Terry Balsamo, American guitarist and songwriter
* 1972 – Stanislav Varga, Slovak footballer and manager
*1973 – Jim Fairchild, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1973 – Kari Korhonen, Finnish cartoonist
*1974 – Kevyn Adams, American ice hockey player and coach
* 1974 – Fredrik Modin, Swedish ice hockey player
* 1974 – Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower
*1976 – Karina Bacchi, Brazilian model and actress
* 1976 – Galo Blanco, Spanish tennis player and coach
* 1976 – Renate Groenewold, Dutch speed skater and cyclist
*1977 – Anne-Caroline Chausson, French cyclist
* 1977 – Jamie Marchi, American voice actress, director, and screenwriter
* 1977 – Erna Siikavirta, Finnish singer-songwriter and keyboard player
*1978 – Antonino D'Agostino, Italian footballer
* 1978 – Mick O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player and coach
*1979 – Paul Burchill, English wrestler
* 1979 – Gregori Chad Petree, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*1980 – Nick Cannon, American actor, rapper, and producer
*1981 – Vladimir Kisenkov, Russian footballer
* 1981 – Raffi Torres, Canadian ice hockey player
*1982 – Phil Mustard, English cricketer
* 1982 – Miloš Pavlović, Serbian race car driver
* 1982 – Annemiek van Vleuten, Dutch cyclist
*1983 – Mario Cassano, Italian footballer
* 1983 – Michael Fraser, Scottish footballer
* 1983 – Mihkel Kukk, Estonian javelin thrower
* 1983 – Abhishek Nayar, Indian cricketer
* 1983 – Travis Pastrana, American motorcycle racer
*1984 – Domenik Hixon, American football player
*1985 – Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
* 1985 – Eiji Wentz, Japanese singer-songwriter
* 1985 – Elliphant, Swedish singer-songwriter and rapper
*1986 – Louis Dodds, English footballer
* 1986 – Michele Sepe, Italian rugby player
*1987 – Frankie Brown, Scottish footballer
* 1987 – Aya Hirano, Japanese voice actress and singer
* 1987 – Hassan Maatouk, Lebanese footballer
* 1987 – Taylor Price, American football player
*1989 – Sione Lousi, New Zealand rugby league player
* 1989 – Mahmut Temür, Turkish footballer
* 1989 – Armand Traoré, French footballer
*1990 – Rachel Klamer, Zimbabwean-Dutch triathlete
*1991 – Jordan McLean, Australian rugby league player
*1992 – Maria João Koehler, Portuguese tennis player
* 1992 – Lidziya Marozava, Belarusian tennis player
*1993 – Garbiñe Muguruza, Spanish tennis player
* 1993 – Barbara Palvin, Hungarian model and actress
* 1993 – Molly Quinn, American actress and producer
* 1993 – Darrell Wallace Jr., American race car driver
*1996 – Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spanish tennis player
* 1996 – Sara Takanashi, Japanese ski jumper
*1997 – Fernanda Contreras Gómez, Mexican tennis player
* 1997 – Bella Thorne, American actress
*1999 – Putthipong Assaratanakul, Thai actor and singer
* 1999 – Camila Rossi, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
*2002 – Qinwen Zheng, Chinese tennis player

Deaths

Pre-1600

* 705 – Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Muslim caliph (b. 646)
* 923 – Pilgrim I (archbishop of Salzburg), Pilgrim I, archbishop of Archbishopric of Salzburg, Salzburg
* 951 – Empress Xiao Sagezhi, Xiao Sagezhi, Chinese Khitan empress
* 976 – Helen of Zadar, queen consort of the Kingdom of Croatia (medieval), Kingdom of Croatia
*1281 – Princess Constance of Greater Poland (b. c.1245)
*1286 – John I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)
*1317 – Emperor Fushimi of Japan (b. 1265)
*1354 – Cola di Rienzo, Roman tribune (b. c.1313)
*1361 – John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp
*1436 – Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (b. 1401)
*1469 – Filippo Lippi, artist (b. 1406)
*1594 – Ishikawa Goemon, ninja and thief of Japan (b. 1558)

1601–1900

*1621 – Antoine de Montchrestien, French soldier, playwright, and economist (b. 1575)
*1647 – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1562)
*1652 – John Greaves, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1602)
*1656 – John George I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1585)
*1659 – Jean de Quen, French missionary, priest, and historian (b. 1603)
*1735 – Yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678)
*1754 – Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright (b. 1707)
*1772 – Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, French violinist and composer (b. 1711)
*1793 – John Hancock, American merchant and politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1737)
*1795 – Andrew Kippis, English minister and author (b. 1725)
*1802 – Emmanuele Vitale, Maltese general and politician (b. 1758)
*1804 – Thomas Cochran (judge), Thomas Cochran, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1777)
*1809 – James Elphinston, Scottish orthographer, phonologist, and linguist (b. 1721)
*1821 – Juan O'Donojú, last Spanish ruler of Mexico (b. 1762)
*1834 – François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (b. 1775)
*1869 – Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
*1879 – Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
*1886 – Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
*1897 – Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)

1901–present

*1928 – Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
*1931 – John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
*1936 – Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
* 1936 – Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
* 1936 – Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
* 1936 – William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
*1942 – Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
*1944 – Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
*1945 – Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
*1952 – Joe Adams (baseball), Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
*1953 – Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)
* 1953 – Kathleen Ferrier, English soprano (b. 1912)
*1955 – Iry LeJeune, American accordion player (b. 1928)
*1958 – Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author and translator (b. 1886)
*1963 – Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican painter (b. 1908)
*1967 – Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
*1970 – Jean Giono, French author and poet (b. 1895)
*1973 – Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher, playwright, and critic (b. 1889)
*1977 – Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1902)
*1978 – Bertha Parker Pallan, American archaeologist (b. 1907)
*1979 – Brian Edmund Baker, English air marshal (b. 1896)
* 1979 – Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian politician (b. 1902)
*1982 – Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor and director (b. 1916)
* 1982 – Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, English runner and politician, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
*1983 – Joan Hackett, American actress (b. 1934)
*1985 – Malcolm Ross (balloonist), Malcolm Ross, American captain, physicist, and balloonist (b. 1919)
* 1985 – Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and scholar (b. 1906)
*1987 – Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek scholar and politician, 2nd President of Greece (b. 1899)
*1992 – Willy Brandt, German lawyer and politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic), Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
*1994 – Oscar M. Ruebhausen, American lawyer (b. 1912)
*1995 – Christopher Keene, American conductor and educator (b. 1946)
*1997 – Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City, Marina City Building (b. 1913)
*1999 – John McLendon, American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)
*2000 – Charlotte Lamb, English author (b. 1937)
*2001 – Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1917)
*2002 – Phyllis Calvert, English actress (b. 1915)
* 2002 – Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
*2004 – James Chace, American historian and author (b. 1931)
*2006 – Mark Porter (racing driver), Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1974)
*2007 – Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1917)
*2008 – Ângelo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer (b. 1925)
* 2008 – Bob Friend (newscaster), Bob Friend, English journalist (b. 1938)
* 2008 – Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress (b. 1918)
* 2008 – George Emil Palade, Romanian-American biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
*2010 – Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist (b. 1919)
* 2010 – Eileen Crofton, British physician and author (b. 1919)
*2011 – Al Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)
* 2011 – Mikey Welsh, American guitarist and painter (b. 1971)
* 2011 – Roger Williams (pianist), Roger Williams, American pianist (b. 1924)
*2012 – Varsha Bhosle, Indian singer and journalist (b. 1956)
* 2012 – Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955)
* 2012 – Eric Lomax, Scottish captain and author (b. 1919)
* 2012 – Nawal Kishore Sharma, Indian politician, 20th List of Governors of Gujarat, Governor of Gujarat (b. 1925)
*2013 – Philip Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957)
* 2013 – Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
* 2013 – Rod Grams, American journalist and politician (b. 1948)
* 2013 – Rodolphe Kasser, Swiss archaeologist and philologist (b. 1927)
* 2013 – Andy Pafko, American baseball player and manager (b. 1921)
* 2013 – Akong Rinpoche, Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader (b. 1939)
*2014 – Morris Lurie, Australian author and playwright (b. 1938)
* 2014 – Alden E. Matthews, American missionary (b. 1921)
* 2014 – Harden M. McConnell, American chemist and academic (b. 1927)
* 2014 – Zilpha Keatley Snyder, American author (b. 1927)
* 2014 – Jeen van den Berg, Dutch speed skater (b. 1928)
*2015 – Richard Davies (Welsh actor), Richard Davies, Welsh-English actor (b. 1926)
* 2015 – Jim Diamond (singer), Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
* 2015 – Dennis Eichhorn, American author and illustrator (b. 1945)
* 2015 – Lindy Infante, American football player and coach (b. 1940)
* 2015 – Paul Prudhomme, American chef and author (b. 1940)
*2020 – Whitey Ford, American professional baseball pitcher (b. 1928)

Holidays and observances

*Christian Calendar of saints, feast day:
**Evodus, Evodus (or Yves)
**Palatias and Laurentia
**Saint Pelagia, Pelagia (Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Churches)
**Saint Reparata, Reparata
**San Ernesto, Che Guevara as a folk saint. (Bolivian Peasant, campesinos)
**Simeon (Gospel of Luke)
**Thaïs (saint), Thaïs
**William Dwight Porter Bliss and Richard T. Ely (Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church), Episcopal Church)
**October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*World Space Week (October 4–10)
*Indian Air Force, Air Force Day (India)
*Arbor Day#Namibia, Arbor Day (Namibia)
*Children's Day (Iran)
*Peruvian Navy, Navy Day (Peru)

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