Events
Pre-1600
*
1066 – Following the death of Harold II at the
Battle of Hastings
The Battle of Hastings nrf, Batâle dé Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman Conque ...
,
Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the
Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to
William the Conqueror
William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 10 ...
two months later.
*
1211
Year 1211 ( MCCXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* June 17 – Battle of Antioch on the Meander: Seljuk forces led by Sultan ...
–
Battle of the Rhyndacus: The
Latin emperor
The Latin Emperor was the ruler of the Latin Empire, the historiographical convention for the Crusader realm, established in Constantinople after the Fourth Crusade (1204) and lasting until the city was recovered by the Byzantine Greeks in 126 ...
Henry of Flanders
Henry (c.1178 – 11 June 1216) was Latin emperor of Constantinople from 1205 until his death in 1216. He was one of the leaders of the Fourth Crusade in which the Byzantine Empire was conquered and Latin Empire formed.
Life
Henry was born i ...
defeats the
Nicaean emperor
The Empire of Nicaea or the Nicene Empire is the conventional historiographic name for the largest of the three Byzantine Greek''A Short history of Greece from early times to 1964'' by W. A. Heurtley, H. C. Darby, C. W. Crawley, C. M. Woodhouse ...
Theodore I Laskaris.
*
1529
__NOTOC__
Year 1529 ( MDXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* February 2 – The Örebro Synod provides the theological foundation of th ...
– The
Siege of Vienna ends when Austria routs the invading Ottoman forces, ending its European expansion.
*
1582 –
Adoption of the Gregorian calendar
The adoption of the Gregorian Calendar was an event in the early modern history of most cultures and societies, marking a change from their traditional (or "old style") dating system to the modern (or "new style") dating system the Gregorian ...
begins, eventually leading to near-universal adoption.
1601–1900
*
1783 – The
Montgolfier brothers
The Montgolfier brothers – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (; 26 August 1740 – 26 June 1810) and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (; 6 January 1745 – 2 August 1799) – were aviation pioneers, balloonists and paper manufacturers from the commune ...
' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
*
1793 – Queen
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne (; ; née Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child a ...
of France is tried and convicted of treason.
*
1815
Events
January
* January 2 – Lord Byron marries Anna Isabella Milbanke in Seaham, county of Durham, England.
* January 3 – Austria, Britain, and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Pru ...
–
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader wh ...
begins his exile on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
*
1863 – American Civil War: The
''H. L. Hunley'', the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
*
1864 – American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri
surrenders to Confederate forces.
*
1878 – The
Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
*
1888 – The
"From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
1901–present
*
1910 –
Airship ''America'' is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
*
1923 – The
German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter
hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
*
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...
– The airship ''
Graf Zeppelin'' completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at
Lakehurst, New Jersey
Lakehurst is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 2,654,[1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...]
– Tata Airlines (later to become
Air India) makes its first flight.
*
1939 – The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed
LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.
*
1940 – President
Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the
Francoist government.
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...
– World War II: Germany
replaces the Hungarian government after it announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.
*
1951 – Mexican chemist
Luis E. Miramontes
Luis Ernesto Miramontes Cárdenas (March 16, 1925 – September 13, 2004) was a Mexican chemist known as the co-inventor of the progestin norethisterone used in one of the first three oral contraceptives.
Miramontes was born in Tepic, Nayarit. H ...
completes the synthesis of
norethisterone, the basis of an early oral contraceptive.
*
1954 –
Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.
*
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
–
FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...
– Vietnam War: A draft card is burned during an anti-war rally by the
Catholic Worker Movement, resulting in the first arrest under a new law.
*
1966 – The
Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party (BPP), originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was a Marxism-Leninism, Marxist-Leninist and Black Power movement, black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. New ...
is created by
Huey P. Newton
Huey Percy Newton (February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989) was an African-American revolutionary, notable as founder of the Black Panther Party. Newton crafted the Party's ten-point manifesto with Bobby Seale in 1966.
Under Newton's leadership ...
and
Bobby Seale
Robert George Seale (born October 22, 1936) is an American political activist and author. Seale is widely known for co-founding the Black Panther Party with fellow activist Huey P. Newton. Founded as the "Black Panther Party for Self-Defense", ...
.
*
1970 – During the construction of Australia's
West Gate Bridge
The West Gate Bridge is a steel, box girder, cable-stayed bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, spanning the Yarra River just north of its mouth into Port Phillip. It carries the West Gate Freeway and is a vital link between the inner ci ...
, a span of the bridge falls and kills 35 workers. The incident is the country's worst industrial accident to this day.
*
1979 – Supporters of the Malta Labour Party
ransack and destroy the ''Times of Malta'' building and other locations associated with the Nationalist Party.
* 1979 – A
coup d'état
A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...
in El Salvador overthrows President
Carlos Humberto Romero and begins the 12 year-long
Salvadoran Civil War
The Salvadoran Civil War ( es, guerra civil de El Salvador) was a twelve year period of civil war in El Salvador that was fought between the government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a coalition or ...
.
*
1987 –
Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460 crashes near Conca di Crezzo,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
, killing all 37 people on board.
*
1987 – A
coup d'état
A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...
in Burkina Faso overthrows and kills then President
Thomas Sankara.
*
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
–
Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Douglas Gretzky ( ; born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "the Great One ...
becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the
NHL.
*
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
– Soviet Union leader
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet politician who served as the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Com ...
is awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiolo ...
for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.
*
1991 – The "
Oh-My-God particle
The Oh-My-God particle was an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray detected on 15 October 1991 by the Fly's Eye camera in Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, U.S. It is the highest-energy cosmic ray ever observed.
This particle's energy was unexpected ...
", an
ultra-high-energy cosmic ray
In astroparticle physics, an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) is a cosmic ray with an energy greater than 1 EeV (1018 electronvolts, approximately 0.16 joules), far beyond both the rest mass and energies typical of other cosmic ray pa ...
measured at 40,000,000 times that of the highest energy protons produced in a
particle accelerator, is observed at the
University of Utah
The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...
HiRes observatory in
Dugway Proving Ground,
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...
.
* 1991 – The leaders of the
Baltic States
The Baltic states, et, Balti riigid or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term, which currently is used to group three countries: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All three countries are members of NATO, the European Union, the Eurozone ...
,
Arnold Rüütel of
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, an ...
,
Anatolijs Gorbunovs of
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
and
Vytautas Landsbergis of
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
, signed the
OSCE Final Act in
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...
, Finland.
*
1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
– The United States, under the
Clinton administration
Bill Clinton's tenure as the 42nd president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1993, and ended on January 20, 2001. Clinton, a Democrat from Arkansas, took office following a decisive election victory over ...
, returns Haiti's first democratically elected president,
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to the island.
*
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
– The
Cassini probe Cassini may refer to:
People
* Cassini (surname)
* Oleg Cassini (1913-2006), American fashion designer
:Cassini family:
* Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712), Italian mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer
* Jacques Cassini ( ...
launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
*
2001 – NASA's
Galileo spacecraft
''Galileo'' was an American robotic space probe that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as the asteroids Gaspra and Ida. Named after the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, it consisted of an orbiter and an entry probe. It wa ...
passes within of Jupiter's moon Io.
*
2003 – China launches
Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.
*
2006 – The 6.7
Kiholo Bay earthquake rocks Hawaii, causing property damage, injuries, landslides, power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport.
*
2007 – Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11
anti-terrorism raids.
*
2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
– The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.
The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity inde ...
closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the
second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history.
*
2013
File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...
– The 7.2
Bohol earthquake strikes the Philippines. At least 215 were killed.
*
2016 – One hundred and ninety-seven nations amend the
Montreal Protocol
The Montreal Protocol is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion. It was agreed on 16 September 1987, and entered into force ...
to include a phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons.
*
2018
File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
– 13-year-old American girl,
Jayme Closs, is kidnapped from her
Barron, Wisconsin home after her parents were both murdered.
Births
Pre-1600
*
99 BC (probable) –
Lucretius
Titus Lucretius Carus ( , ; – ) was a Roman poet and philosopher. His only known work is the philosophical poem '' De rerum natura'', a didactic work about the tenets and philosophy of Epicureanism, and which usually is translated into E ...
, Roman poet and philosopher (d. 55 BCE)
*
70 BC –
Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro (; traditional dates 15 October 7021 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: th ...
, Roman poet (d. 19 BC)
*
1265 –
Temür Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan
Timur, Temur, Temür, Temir or Tömör is a masculine Turkic and Mongolic given name which literally means ''iron''. It is a cognate of the Bosnian and Turkish name Demir. In Indonesian, timur translates to ''east'', and symbolizes hope by ...
(d. 1307)
*
1440
Events
January–December
* February 21 – The Prussian Confederation is formed.
* April 9 – Christopher of Bavaria is elected King of Denmark.
* April – Murad II lays siege to Belgrade. The city is heavily damaged, but the def ...
–
Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse, German noble (d. 1483)
*
1471
Year 1471 ( MCDLXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January – Portuguese navigators João de Santarém and Pedro Escobar reach t ...
–
Konrad Mutian, German epigrammatist and academic (d. 1526)
*
1542 –
Akbar
Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great ( fa, ), and also as Akbar I (), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Hum ...
, Mughal emperor (d. 1605)
*
1561 –
Richard Field, English cathedral dean (d. 1616)
*
1564 –
Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry Julius (german: Heinrich Julius; 15 October 1564 – 30 July 1613), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1589 until his death. He also served as administrator of the ...
(d. 1613)
*
1599
__NOTOC__
Events
January–June
* January 8 – The Jesuit educational plan, known as the ''Ratio Studiorum'', is issued.
* March 12 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, by Queen Elizabeth I o ...
–
Cornelis de Graeff
Cornelis de Graeff, also Cornelis de Graeff van (Zuid-)Polsbroek (15 October 1599 – 4 May 1664) was the most illustrious member of the De Graeff family. He was a mayor of Amsterdam from the Dutch Golden Age and a powerful Amsterdam regent after ...
, Dutch mayor and regent of Amsterdam (d. 1664)
1601–1900
*
1608 –
Evangelista Torricelli
Evangelista Torricelli ( , also , ; 15 October 160825 October 1647) was an Italian physicist and mathematician, and a student of Galileo. He is best known for his invention of the barometer, but is also known for his advances in optics and wo ...
, Italian physicist and mathematician (d. 1647)
*
1622 –
Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (d. 1686)
*
1686 –
Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (d. 1758)
*
1701 –
Marie-Marguerite d'Youville
Marguerite d'Youville, Grey Nuns, SGM (; October 15, 1701 – December 23, 1771) was a French Canadian Catholic widow who founded the Grey Nuns, Order of Sisters of Charity of Montreal, commonly known as the Grey Nuns. She was canonized by Pope J ...
, Canadian nun and saint, founded
Grey Nuns (d. 1771)
*
1711
In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January – Cary's Rebellion: The Lords Proprietor appoint Edwar ...
–
Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (d. 1741)
*
1762
Events
January–March
* January 4 – Britain enters the Seven Years' War against Spain and Naples.
* January 5 – Empress Elisabeth of Russia dies, and is succeeded by her nephew Peter III. Peter, an admirer of Frederick ...
–
Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer and educator (d. 1820)
*
1767 –
Gabriel Richard, French-born American
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
* Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
priest, missionary, educator, and politician (d. 1832)
*
1784 –
Thomas Robert Bugeaud
Thomas Robert Bugeaud, marquis de la Piconnerie, duc d'Isly (15 October 178410 June 1849) was a Marshal of France and Governor-General of Algeria.
Early life
He was born at Limoges, a member of a noble family of Périgord (Occitania), the yo ...
, French general and politician,
Governor-General of Algeria (d. 1849)
*
1785 –
José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (d. 1821)
*
1789
Events
January–March
* January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet ''What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution.
* January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential electio ...
–
William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared
Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (d. 1847)
*
1802 –
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician,
head of state of France in 1848 (d. 1857)
*
1814 –
Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...
, Russian author, poet, and painter (d. 1841)
*
1816 –
John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th
Premier of New South Wales
The premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Government of New South Wales follows the Westminster Parliamentary System, with a Parliament of New South Wales acting as the legislatur ...
(d. 1891)
*
1818 –
Alexander Dreyschock
Alexander Dreyschock (15 October 1818 – 1 April 1869) was a Czech pianist and composer.
Born in Žáky in Bohemia, his musical talents were first noticed at age of eight, and at age fifteen he travelled to Prague to study piano and compositio ...
, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1869)
*
1825 –
Marie of Prussia
Marie of Prussia (german: Marie Friederike Franziska Hedwig von Preußen; October 15, 1825 – May 17, 1889) was Queen of Bavaria by marriage to Maximilian II of Bavaria, and the mother of Kings Ludwig II and Otto of Bavaria.
Life
Born and rai ...
(d. 1889)
*
1829 –
Asaph Hall, American astronomer and academic (d. 1907)
*
1833
Events January–March
* January 3 – Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
* February 6 – His Royal Highness Prince Otto Friedrich Ludwig of Bavaria assumes the title His Majesty Othon the ...
–
John Alexander MacPherson
John Alexander MacPherson (15 October 1833 – 17 February 1894),
Australian colonial politician, was the 7th Premier of Victoria.
MacPherson was born at his father's property of ''Springbank'' on the Limestone Plains, in New South Wales (t ...
, Australian politician, 7th
Premier of Victoria (d. 1894)
*
1836 –
James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (d. 1902)
*
1840 –
Honoré Mercier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 9th
Premier of Quebec
The premier of Quebec ( French: ''premier ministre du Québec'' (masculine) or ''première ministre du Québec'' (feminine)) is the head of government of the Canadian province of Quebec. The current premier of Quebec is François Legault of t ...
(d. 1894)
*
1844
In the Philippines, it was the only leap year with 365 days, as December 31 was skipped when 1845 began after December 30.
Events
January–March
* January 15 – The University of Notre Dame, based in the city of the same name, receives ...
–
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; or ; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, prose poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer whose work has exerted a profound influence on contemporary philosophy. He began his ...
, German composer, poet, and philosopher (d. 1900)
*
1858 –
John L. Sullivan
John Lawrence Sullivan (October 15, 1858 – February 2, 1918), known simply as John L. among his admirers, and dubbed the "Boston Strong Boy" by the press, was an American boxer recognized as the first heavyweight champion of gloved boxing, ...
, American boxer, actor, and journalist (d. 1918)
*
1865
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City.
* January 13 – American Civil War : Second Battle of Fort Fisher ...
–
Charles W. Clark, American singer and educator (d. 1925)
*
1872 –
Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian educator and politician, 3rd
President of Austria
The president of Austria (german: Bundespräsident der Republik Österreich) is the head of state of the Republic of Austria. Though theoretically entrusted with great power by the Constitution, in practice the president is largely a ceremonial ...
(d. 1956)
* 1872 –
August Nilsson, Swedish pole vaulter, shot putter, and
tug of war competitor (d. 1921)
*
1874
Events
January–March
* January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx.
* January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time.
* January 3 – Third Carlist War &ndash ...
–
Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1899)
*
1878 –
Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th
Prime Minister of France (d. 1966)
*
1879
Events January–March
* January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War.
* January 11 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
* Janu ...
–
Jane Darwell, American actress (d. 1967)
*
1881 –
P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright (d. 1975)
*
1882 –
Charley O'Leary
Charles Timothy O'Leary (October 15, 1875 – January 6, 1941) was an American professional baseball shortstop who played eleven seasons with the Detroit Tigers (1904–1912), St. Louis Cardinals (1913), and St. Louis Browns (1934) of Major Lea ...
, American baseball player and coach (d. 1941)
*
1884 –
Archibald Hoxsey
Archibald Hoxsey (October 15, 1884 – December 31, 1910) was an American aviator who worked for the Wright brothers.
Biography
Hoxsey was born in Staunton, Illinois, on October 15, 1884. He moved with his parents to Pasadena, California. ...
, American pilot (d. 1910)
*
1887 –
Frederick Fleet
Frederick Fleet (15 October 1887 – 10 January 1965) was a British sailor, crewman and a survivor of the sinking of the . Fleet, along with fellow lookout Reginald Lee, was on duty when the ship struck the iceberg; it was Fleet who firs ...
, English sailor (d. 1965)
*
1888 –
S. S. Van Dine
S. S. Van Dine (also styled S.S. Van Dine) is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright (October 15, 1888 – April 11, 1939) when he wrote detective novels. Wright was active in avant-garde cultural circles in pre- Wor ...
, American author and critic (d. 1939)
*
1890 –
Álvaro de Campos, Portuguese poet and engineer (d. 1935)
*
1893 –
Carol II of Romania
Carol II (4 April 1953) was King of Romania from 8 June 1930 until his forced abdication on 6 September 1940. The eldest son of Ferdinand I, he became crown prince upon the death of his grand-uncle, King Carol I in 1914. He was the first of th ...
(d. 1953)
*
1894 –
Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd
Prime Minister of Israel
The prime minister of Israel ( he, רֹאשׁ הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה, Rosh HaMemshala, Head of the Government, Hebrew acronym: he2, רה״מ; ar, رئيس الحكومة, ''Ra'īs al-Ḥukūma'') is the head of government and chief exe ...
(d. 1965)
*
1897 –
Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician,
Prime Minister of Estonia in exile
The Estonian government-in-exile was the formally declared governmental authority of the Republic of Estonia in exile, existing from 1944 until the reestablishment of Estonian sovereignty over Estonian territory in 1991 and 1992. It traced its l ...
(d. 1960)
*
1899 –
Adolf Brudes
Adolf Brudes von Breslau (15 October 1899 – 5 November 1986) was a Formula One driver from Germany and a member of German nobility. He started racing motorcycles in 1919. As an owner of a BMW and Auto Union dealership in Breslau, he had th ...
, Polish-German racing driver (d. 1986)
*
1900 –
Mervyn LeRoy, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1987)
1901–present
*
1901 –
Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Spanish playwright and novelist (d. 1952)
*
1905 –
C. P. Snow, English chemist and author (d. 1980)
*
1906 –
Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (d. 2004)
* 1906 –
Alicia Patterson, American journalist and publisher, co-founded ''
Newsday'' (d. 1963)
* 1906 –
Victoria Spivey, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1976)
*
1907 –
Varian Fry, American journalist and author (d. 1967)
*
1908 –
Herman Chittison
Herman "Ivory" Chittison (October 15, 1908 – March 8, 1967) was an American jazz pianist.
He was born in Flemingsburg, Kentucky, United States. Chittison began his career in Zack Whyte's territory band in Ohio in 1928. In the early 1930s, he ...
, American pianist (d. 1967)
* 1908 –
John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, 7th
United States Ambassador to India
The United States Ambassador to India is the chief diplomatic representative of United States in India. The U.S. Ambassador's office is situated at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.
Chiefs of Mission to India
U.S. Ambassadors to the Dominion ...
(d. 2006)
*
1909 –
Jesse L. Greenstein
Jesse Leonard Greenstein (October 15, 1909 – October 21, 2002) was an American astronomer. His parents were Maurice G. and Leah Feingold.
He earned a Ph.D, with thesis advisor Donald H. Menzel, from Harvard University in 1937, having start ...
, American astronomer and academic (d. 2002)
* 1909 –
Robert Trout, American journalist (d. 2000)
*
1910 –
Edwin O. Reischauer, Japanese-American scholar and diplomat,
United States Ambassador to Japan (d. 1990)
*
1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6
** German geophysicist Alfred ...
–
Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist (d. 2007)
*
1913 –
Wolfgang Lüth
Wolfgang Lüth (15 October 1913 – 14 May 1945) was a German U-boat captain of World War II who was credited with the sinking of 46 merchant ships plus the sunk during 15 war patrols, for a total tonnage of .
Lüth joined the ''Reichsmarin ...
, German commander (d. 1945)
*
1914 –
Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghan king (d. 2007)
*
1916 –
Al Killian, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1950)
* 1916 –
George Turner, Australian author and critic (d. 1997)
*
1917 –
Jan Miner, American actress (d. 2004)
* 1917 –
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American historian and critic (d. 2007)
* 1917 –
Paul Tanner, American trombonist and educator (d. 2013)
*
1919 –
Malcolm Ross, American captain, balloonist, and physicist (d. 1985)
* 1919 –
Chuck Stevenson, American race car driver (d. 1995)
*
1920
Events January
* January 1
** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
–
Chris Economaki
Christopher Constantine Economaki (October 15, 1920 – September 28, 2012) was an American motorsports commentator, pit road reporter, and journalist. Economaki was given the title "The Dean of American Motorsports Journalism." , American sportscaster and actor (d. 2012)
* 1920 –
Patricia Jessel
Patricia Helen Mary Jessel (15 October 1920 – 8 June 1968) was an English actress of stage, film and television.
Biography
Jessel was born in the then British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, daughter of Clement Edward Jessel and Ursula Theodor ...
, Hong Kong-English actress (d. 1968)
* 1920 –
Peter Koch, American industrial engineer and wood scientist (d. 1998)
* 1920 –
Mario Puzo, American author and screenwriter (d. 1999)
* 1920 –
Henri Verneuil
Henri Verneuil (; born Ashot Malakian; 15 October 1920 – 11 January 2002) was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France. He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, and won Locarno Internationa ...
, Turkish-French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
*
1921
Events
January
* January 2
** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in Brazil.
** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' bre ...
–
Angelica Rozeanu
Angelica Rozeanu (née Adelstein) (15 October 1921 – 21 February 2006) was a Romanian table tennis player of Jewish origin, the most successful female table tennis player in the history of the sport, winning the women's world singles title 6 ye ...
, Romanian-Israeli table tennis player (d. 2006)
*
1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
–
Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese author (d. 2019)
* 1922 –
Preben Munthe
Preben Hempel Munthe (15 October 1922 – 3 January 2013) was a Norwegian economist.
He was born in Aker, the son of librarian Wilhelm Munthe (1883–1965) and his wife Jenny Hempel (1882–1975). Gerhard Munthe was his elder brother. The young ...
, Norwegian economist and politician,
State Conciliator of Norway The National Mediator of Norway ( no, Riksmekleren, until 2012 ''Riksmeklingsmannen'') is a mediator's office of Norway. It is invoked in labour disputes, in other words when creation or revision of tariff agreements is disagreed upon.
It was est ...
(d. 2013)
*
1923 –
Italo Calvino, Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (d. 1985)
* 1923 –
Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist and politician (d. 2010)
* 1923 –
Eugene Patterson, American journalist and activist (d. 2013)
* 1923 –
Lindsay Thompson, Australian politician, 40th
Premier of Victoria (d. 2008)
*
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hold ...
–
Marguerite Andersen
Marguerite Andersen (October 15, 1924 – October 1, 2022) was a German-born Canadian francophone writer and educator writer, who was based in Toronto, Ontario, where she was a teacher at the Toronto Linden School.
Life and career
Andersen was ...
, German-Canadian author and educator (d. 2022)
* 1924 –
Lee Iacocca
Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca ( ; October 15, 1924 – July 2, 2019) was an American automobile executive best known for the development of the Ford Mustang, Continental Mark III, and Ford Pinto cars while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, a ...
, American businessman and author (d. 2019)
* 1924 –
Warren Miller, American director and screenwriter (d. 2018)
*
1925 –
Mickey Baker
MacHouston "Mickey" Baker (October 15, 1925 – November 27, 2012) was an American guitarist, best known for his work as a studio musician and as part of the recording duo Mickey & Sylvia.
Early life
Baker was born in Louisville, Kentucky. His ...
, American-French guitarist (d. 2012)
* 1925 –
Aurora Bautista, Spanish actress (d. 2012)
* 1925 –
Tony Hart
Norman Antony Hart (15 October 1925 – 18 January 2009),Debrett's People of Today 2008, Debrett's Peerage Ltd, 2007. known professionally as Tony Hart, was an English artist best known for his work in educating children in art through his role ...
, English painter and television host (d. 2009)
*
1926 –
James E. Akins
James Elmer Akins (October 15, 1926 – July 15, 2010)"James E. Akins." ''Marquis Who's Who, 2007''. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center''. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. Document Number: K2016266648. "...ambassador to, Saudi Arabi ...
, American soldier and diplomat,
United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (d. 2010)
* 1926 –
Agustín García Calvo, Spanish philosopher and poet (d. 2012)
* 1926 –
Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (d. 1984)
* 1926 –
Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter (d. 2005)
* 1926 –
Jean Peters, American actress (d. 2000)
* 1926 –
Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (d. 1981)
*
1927 –
B. S. Abdur Rahman, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015)
*
1929 –
Will Insley, American painter and architect (d. 2011)
*
1930 –
FM-2030
FM-2030 (originally born as Fereidoun M. Esfandiary; fa, فریدون اسفندیاری; October 15, 1930 – July 8, 2000) was a Belgian-born Iranian-American author, teacher, transhumanist philosopher, futurist, consultant, and Olympic athlet ...
, Belgian-Iranian basketball player, philosopher and diplomat (d. 2000)
*
1931 –
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (; 15 October 193127 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied phy ...
, Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th
President of India
The president of India ( IAST: ) is the head of state of the Republic of India. The president is the nominal head of the executive, the first citizen of the country, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces. Droupadi Murm ...
(d. 2015)
* 1931 –
Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark, English academic and politician
*
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...
–
Jaan Rääts, Estonian guitarist and composer (d. 2020)
*
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
–
Nicky Barnes, American drug lord (d. 2012)
*
1934 –
Alan Elsdon
Alan Elsdon (15 October 1934 – 2 May 2016) was an English jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.
Biography
Elsdon was born in London on 15 October 1934. He studied trumpet under Tommy McQuater. His early professional work included time with Cy La ...
, English trumpet player (d. 2016)
* 1934 –
N. Ramani
Dr. Natesan Ramani (15 October 1934 – 9 October 2015), commonly known as N. Ramani or N. Flute Ramani, was an Indian Carnatic flautist. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1996. Ramani is also credited with introdu ...
, Indian flute player (d. 2015)
*
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
–
Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1935 –
Dick McTaggart
Richard McTaggart, Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 15 October 1935) is a Scottish retired Amateur boxing, amateur boxer. He competed in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics in the lightweight division and won a gold and a bronze medal, respective ...
, Scottish boxer
* 1935 –
Bobby Morrow, American sprinter (d. 2020)
* 1935 –
Willie O'Ree, Canadian ice hockey player
*
1936 –
Michel Aumont, French actor (d. 2019)
* 1936 –
Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell, South African-English businessman (d. 2019)
*
1937 –
Linda Lavin, American actress and singer
*
1938 –
Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1993)
* 1938 –
Brice Marden
Brice Marden (born October 15, 1938) is an American artist generally described as Minimalist, although his work may be hard to categorize. He lives and works in New York City; Tivoli, New York; Hydra (island), Hydra, Greece; and Eagles Mere, Penn ...
, American painter
* 1938 –
Robert Ward Robert Ward may refer to:
Politicians
*Robert Ward (MP for City of York)
* Robert Ward (1754–1831), Irish MP for Wicklow Borough, Killyleagh and Bangor
* Robert Ward (American politician) (1952–2021), American lawyer and politician
* Robert Wa ...
, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2008)
* 1938 –
Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician and activist (d. 1997)
*
1940 –
Tommy Bishop, English rugby league player and coach
* 1940 –
Peter C. Doherty
Peter Charles Doherty (born 15 October 1940) is an Australian immunologist and Nobel laureate. He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1995, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Rolf M. Zinkern ...
, Australian surgeon and immunologist,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate
*
1941 –
Roy Masters, Australian rugby league coach, journalist, and author
*
1942 –
Hilo Chen
Hilo Chen (born October 15, 1942 in Yilan, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese-born American painter. He is best known for his photorealistic paintings of the female figure. He lives and works in New York. His work is in major museum collections throughout ...
, Taiwanese-American painter
* 1942 –
Harold W. Gehman, Jr., American admiral
* 1942 –
Don Stevenson
Don Stevenson (born October 15, 1941, Seattle, Washington) is the American drummer and a singer and songwriter for Moby Grape, a band which was formed in San Francisco in 1966 and continues to perform occasionally today.
History
Don Stevenson fi ...
, American singer-songwriter and drummer
*
1943 –
Penny Marshall
Carole Penny MarshallBorn Carole Penny Marshall in 1943, as per ''My Mother Was Nuts, a Memoir'', p. 10; . Copyright 2012 (October 15, 1943 – December 17, 2018) was an American actress, director and producer. She is known for her role as ...
, American actress, director, and producer (d. 2018)
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...
–
Sali Berisha, Albanian cardiologist and politician, 2nd
President of Albania
* 1944 –
A. Chandranehru, Sri Lankan Tamil merchant seaman and politician (d. 2005)
* 1944 –
Haim Saban, Israeli-American businessman, co-founded
Saban Entertainment
* 1944 –
David Trimble, Northern Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd
First Minister of Northern Ireland,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (d. 2022)
*
1945 –
Steve Camacho, Guyanese cricketer (d. 2015)
* 1945 –
Antonio Cañizares Llovera
Antonio Cañizares Llovera (; born 15 October 1945) is a Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who was the Archbishop of Valencia from 2014 to 2022. He was prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacramen ...
, Spanish cardinal
* 1945 –
Neophyte of Bulgaria
Patriarch Neophyte ( bg, Патриарх Неофит, secular name Simeon Nikolov Dimitrov; born 15 October 1945 in Sofia) has been the Patriarch of All Bulgaria, head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church since 24 February 2013. Prior to his ele ...
, Bulgarian patriarch
* 1945 –
Jim Palmer, American baseball player and sportscaster
*
1946 –
Victor Banerjee, Indian actor and director
* 1946 –
Richard Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and pianist
* 1946 –
Palle Danielsson, Swedish bassist and composer
* 1946 –
Stewart Stevenson, Scottish engineer and politician,
Minister for Environment and Climate Change
*
1947 –
Hümeyra
Fatma Hümeyra Akbay (; born 15 October 1947) is a Turkish actress, singer, composer, and lyricist. In the 1970s she was a noted singer and actress. Her popularity with the new generation rose in the 2000s with the hit sitcom '' Avrupa Yakası'' ...
, Turkish singer-songwriter and actress
* 1947 –
Jaroslav Erno Šedivý, Czech drummer
*
1948 –
Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
The chief justice of the Philippines ( fil, Punong Mahistrado ng Pilipinas) presides over the Supreme Court of the Philippines and is the highest judicial officer of the government of the Philippines.
As of April 5, 2021, the position is cu ...
(d. 2016)
* 1948 –
Chris de Burgh, British-Irish singer-songwriter and pianist
*
1949 –
Laurie McBain, American author
* 1949 –
Prannoy Roy, Indian journalist, economist, and broadcaster, founded
NDTV
New Delhi Television Ltd is an Indian news media company focusing on broadcast and digital news publication. The company is considered to be a legacy brand that pioneered independent news broadcasting in India, and is credited for launching t ...
*
1950 –
Candida Royalle
Candida Royalle (born Candice Marion Vadala; October 15, 1950 – September 7, 2015) was an American producer and director of couples-oriented pornography, pornographic actress, sex educator, and sex-positive feminist. She was a member of the ...
, American porn actress, director, and producer (d. 2015)
*
1951 –
Peter Richardson, English actor, director, and screenwriter
* 1951 –
Roscoe Tanner, American tennis player
* 1951 –
Rafael Vaganian, Armenian chess player
*
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugosl ...
–
Betsy Clifford
__NOTOC__
Elizabeth Clifford (born October 15, 1953) is a Canadian retired alpine skier.
At the 1968 Winter Olympics, she was the youngest Canadian skier ever to compete. She finished 7th at the 1970 Alpine Skiing World Cup and 10th at the 19 ...
, Canadian skier
* 1953 –
Tito Jackson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1953 –
Peter Phillips, English conductor and musicologist
*
1954 –
Peter Bakowski
Peter Bakowski (born 15 October 1954) is an Australian poet. His poems often use deceptively simple words and images, reminiscent at times of words in a child's picture book, but with some stylistic similarities to the work of writers such as C ...
, Australian poet and educator
* 1954 –
Steve Bracks
Stephen Phillip Bracks (born 15 October 1954) is a former Australian politician and was the 44th Premier of Victoria. He first won the electoral district of Williamstown in 1994 for the Labor Party and was party leader and premier from 1999 ...
, Australian politician, 44th
Premier of Victoria
* 1954 –
Jere Burns, American actor
* 1954 –
Julia Yeomans, English physicist and academic
*
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...
–
Kulbir Bhaura
Kulbir Singh Bhaura (born 15 October 1955) is a British former field hockey player.
He was a member of the gold winning Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Four years earlier, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he ...
, Indian field hockey player
* 1955 –
Emma Chichester Clark
Emma Chichester Clark (born 15 October 1955) is a British children's book illustrator and author. She has published over 60 books and is best known for her series of picture books about a child's toy called Blue Kangaroo.Joanna CareyCroc on ice ( ...
, English author and illustrator
*
1957 –
Michael Caton-Jones
Michael Caton-Jones (born Michael Jones; 15 October 1957) is a Scottish director and producer of film and television. His credits include the World War II film '' Memphis Belle'' (1990), the romantic comedy ''Doc Hollywood'' (1991), the bio ...
, Scottish actor, director, and producer
* 1957 –
Mira Nair, Indian-American actress, director, and producer
* 1957 –
Stacy Peralta
Stacy Douglas Peralta (born October 15, 1957) is an American film director and entrepreneur. He was previously a professional skateboarder and surfer with the Zephyr Competition Team, also known as the Z-Boys, from Venice, California.
Early li ...
, American skateboarder, director, producer, and businessman, co-founded
Powell Peralta
Powell Peralta is an American skateboard company founded by George Powell and Stacy Peralta in 1978. The company rose to prominence in the 1980s as skateboarding began maturing as a sport. The company featured the Bones Brigade, a team featurin ...
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
–
Stephen Clarke, English-French journalist and author
*
1959 –
Sarah, Duchess of York
* 1959 –
Emeril Lagasse, American chef and author
* 1959 –
Alex Paterson, English keyboard player
* 1959 –
Todd Solondz
Todd Solondz (; born October 15, 1959) is an American filmmaker and playwright known for his style of dark, socially conscious satire. Solondz's work has received critical acclaim for its commentary on the "dark underbelly of middle class Americ ...
, American actor, director, and screenwriter
*
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
–
Vyacheslav Butusov, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
*
1963 –
Stanley Menzo, Dutch footballer and manager
*
1964 –
Roberto Vittori, Italian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...
–
Nasser El Sonbaty
Nasser El Sonbaty (October 15, 1965 – March 20, 2013) was an IFBB professional bodybuilder. He represented FR Yugoslavia at competitions.
Early life
Sonbaty was born in the German city of Stuttgart to an Egyptian father and a Yugoslav mothe ...
, German bodybuilder and trainer (d. 2013)
*
1966 –
Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer and manager
* 1966 –
Bill Charlap, American pianist and composer
* 1966 –
Ilse Huizinga, Dutch singer
* 1966 –
Dave Stead, English drummer
*
1967 –
Götz Otto
Götz Otto (born 15 October 1967) is a German film and television actor who is perhaps best known internationally for his roles as henchman Richard Stamper in the 1997 James Bond film ''Tomorrow Never Dies'', as Adolf Hitler's adjutant Otto Gün ...
, German actor and screenwriter
* 1967 –
Dan Forest, American politician, 34th
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
The lieutenant governor of North Carolina is the second-highest elected official in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is the only elected official to have powers in both the legislative and executive branches of state government. A member o ...
*
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* J ...
–
Didier Deschamps, French footballer and manager
* 1968 –
Vanessa Marcil, American actress
* 1968 –
Rod Wishart
Rod Wishart (born 15 October 1968) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played the 1980s and 1990s. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative goal-kicking winger, he played club f ...
, Australian rugby league player
* 1968 –
Trent Zimmerman, Australian politician
*
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
–
Vítor Baía, Portuguese footballer
* 1969 –
Dominic West, English actor and director
*
1970 –
Eric Benét
Eric Benét Jordan (born October 15, 1967) is an American R&B/neo soul singer-songwriter and actor, who has received a total of four Grammy nominations to date for his musical work.
Biography
Early life
Benét was born on October 15, 1966 ...
, American musician
* 1970 –
Ginuwine, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
* 1970 –
Pernilla Wiberg
Pernilla Wiberg (born 15 October 1970) is a Swedish former alpine ski racer and businesswoman. She competed on the World Cup circuit between 1990 and 2002, where she became one of the few all-event winners. Having won two Olympic gold medals, ...
, Swedish skier
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses ( February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
J ...
–
Joey Abs, American wrestler
* 1971 –
Andy Cole, English footballer and coach
* 1971 –
Lauri Pilter, Estonian author and translator
*
1972 –
Fred Hoiberg, American basketball player and coach
* 1972 –
Matt Keeslar
Matthew Keeslar (born October 15, 1972) is an American retired actor and practicing PA-C (certified physician assistant). He is an instructor of urology at the Oregon Health & Science University's School of Medicine.
Life and career
Matthew K ...
, American actor
* 1972 –
Michél Mazingu-Dinzey, German-Congolese footballer and manager
*
1973 –
Aleksandr Filimonov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov (russian: Александр Владимирович Филимонов; born 15 October 1973) is a former association football goalkeeper from Russia. He won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup with the Ru ...
, Russian footballer
* 1973 –
Maria Hjorth, Swedish golfer
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...
–
Ömer Çatkıç, Turkish footballer
* 1974 –
Bianca Rinaldi, Brazilian actress
*
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
–
Alessandro Doga, Italian footballer
* 1975 –
Glen Little, English footballer and manager
*
1976 –
Christian Allen, American video game designer
* 1976 –
Manuel Dallan, Italian rugby player
*
1977 –
Masato Kawabata, Japanese racing driver
* 1977 –
David Trezeguet, French footballer
* 1977 –
Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer
*
1978 –
Devon Gummersall
''My So-Called Life'' is an American teen drama television series created by Winnie Holzman and produced by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. It originally aired on ABC from August 25, 1994, to January 26, 1995. It is distributed by The B ...
, American actor, director, and screenwriter
* 1978 –
Takeshi Morishima, Japanese wrestler
*
1979 –
Blue Adams, American football player and coach
* 1979 –
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...
, Pakistani-American rapper and producer
* 1979 –
Jekaterina Golovatenko
Jekaterina Golovatenko (born 15 October 1979 in Keila
Keila (german: Kegel) is a town and an urban municipality in Harju County in north-western Estonia, 25 km southwest of Tallinn. Keila is also the location of administrative buildings ...
, Estonian figure skater
* 1979 –
Paul Robinson, English footballer
* 1979 –
Jaci Velasquez
Jacquelyn "Jaci" Davette Velasquez (Spanish ''Jaci Velásquez'', born October 15, 1979) is an American actress and contemporary Christian music, contemporary Christian and Latin pop singer and songwriter, performing in both English and Spanis ...
, American singer-songwriter and actress
* 1979 –
Māris Verpakovskis, Latvian footballer
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
–
Tom Boonen
Tom Boonen (; born 15 October 1980) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2017 for the and teams and a professional racing driver who currently competes in Belcar, having previously competed i ...
, Belgian cyclist
*
1981 –
Keyshia Cole, American singer-songwriter and producer
* 1981 –
Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player
*
1983 –
Stephy Tang
Stephy Tang Lai-yan (; born 15 October 1983) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She was formerly the leader of the Cantopop group Cookies. She won the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress in 2017 for her performance in ''The Empt ...
, Hong Kong singer
*
1984 –
Izale McLeod
Izale Michael McLeod (born 15 October 1984) is a retired English professional footballer who played as a forward. He has played in The Football League for Derby County, Milton Keynes Dons, Charlton Athletic, Barnet, Portsmouth, Crawley Town, N ...
, English footballer
* 1984 –
Johan Voskamp, Dutch footballer
* 1984 –
Jessie Ware, English singer-songwriter
*
1985 –
Arron Afflalo, American basketball player
* 1985 –
Walter Alberto López, Uruguayan footballer
* 1985 –
Marcos Martínez, Spanish racing driver
*
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal en ...
–
Lee Donghae
Lee Dong-hae (born October 15, 1986), referred to as Donghae, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, composer and actor. He became a trainee under SM Entertainment after winning a prize at SM's ''Youth Best Contest'' in 2001. After four years of ...
, South Korean singer-songwriter
* 1986 –
Carlo Janka
Carlo Janka (born 15 October 1986) is a Swiss former alpine ski racer. Born in Obersaxen, in the canton of Graubünden, he had the winter sports facilities right in front of his home. Janka has won gold medals at both the Winter Olympics and the ...
, Swiss skier
* 1986 –
Nolito, Spanish footballer
*
1987 –
Ott Tänak, Estonian racing driver
*
1988 –
Lassy Mbouity, Congolese writer and politician
* 1988 –
Mesut Özil
Mesut Özil (, ; born 15 October 1988) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Süper Lig club İstanbul Başakşehir. Özil is known for his technical skills, creativity, passing skills, and vision. He can ...
, German footballer
*
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
–
Leandro Antonio Martínez, Argentinian-Italian footballer
* 1989 –
Anthony Joshua, British professional boxer
*
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
–
Jeon Ji-yoon, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
*
1995 –
Jakob Pöltl
Jakob Pöltl (sometimes spelled Jakob Poeltl; ; born October 15, 1995) is an Austrian professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Utah Utes.
In his so ...
, Austrian basketball player
*
1995 –
Jack Flaherty
Jack Rafe Flaherty (born October 15, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). Selected by the Cardinals in the first round of the 2014 MLB draft, he made his MLB debut in ...
, American baseball player
*
1996 –
Zelo, South Korean rapper and dancer
* 1996 –
Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer
*
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
–
Bailee Madison, American actress
Deaths
Pre-1600
*
412 –
Theophilus,
Patriarch of Alexandria
*
892
Year 892 ( DCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – Poppo II, duke of Thuringia (Central Germany), is deposed by King Arnu ...
–
Al-Mu'tamid, Muslim
caliph
A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...
of the
Abbasid Caliphate
The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttal ...
*
898
__NOTOC__
Year 898 ( DCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* January 1 – King Odo I (or Eudes) dies at La Fère (Northern France) a ...
–
Lambert of Italy (b. 880)
*
912
Year 912 ( CMXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
__NOTOC__
Events By place Byzantine Empire
* May 11 – Emperor Leo VI (the Wise) dies after a 26-year reign in wh ...
–
Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi, Spanish emir (b. 844)
*
925
Year 925 ( CMXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* May 15 – Nicholas I Mystikos, twice the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constanti ...
–
Rhazes, Persian polymath (b. 864)
*
961 –
Abd-al-Rahman III
ʿAbd al-Rahmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥakam al-Rabdī ibn Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Dākhil () or ʿAbd al-Rahmān III (890 - 961), was the Umayyad Emir of Córdoba from 912 to 92 ...
, caliph of Córdoba
*
1002 –
Otto-Henry,
Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)
*
1080 –
Rudolf of Rheinfelden (b. 1025)
*
1173 –
Petronilla of Aragon
Petronilla (29 June/11 August 1136 – 15 October 1173), whose name is also spelled Petronila or Petronella ( Aragonese: ''Peyronela'' or ''Payronella'', and ca, Peronella), was Queen of Aragon from the abdication of her father, Ramiro II, ...
(b. 1135)
*
1240
Year 1240 ( MCCXL) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* May 24 – Duke Skule Bårdsson, claimant to the Norwegian throne, is defeated by King H ...
–
Razia Sultana, sultan of
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
(b. 1205)
*
1243
Year 1243 ( MCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* March – King Ferdinand III (the Saint) turns the independent Taifa of Murcia ...
–
Hedwig of Silesia
Hedwig of Silesia ( pl, Święta Jadwiga Śląska), also Hedwig of Andechs (german: Heilige Hedwig von Andechs, la, Hedvigis; 1174 – 15 October 1243), a member of the Bavarian comital House of Andechs, was Duchess of Silesia from 1201 and o ...
, Polish saint (b. 1174)
*
1326
Year 1326 ( MCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 21 – The foundation of Oriel College, the University of Oxford's fift ...
–
Walter de Stapledon, English bishop and politician,
Lord High Treasurer
The post of Lord High Treasurer or Lord Treasurer was an English government position and has been a British government position since the Acts of Union of 1707. A holder of the post would be the third-highest-ranked Great Officer of State ...
(b. 1261)
*
1385 –
Dionysius I, Metropolitan of Moscow
*
1389 –
Pope Urban VI
Pope Urban VI ( la, Urbanus VI; it, Urbano VI; c. 1318 – 15 October 1389), born Bartolomeo Prignano (), was head of the Catholic Church from 8 April 1378 to his death in October 1389. He was the most recent pope to be elected from outside the ...
(b. 1318)
*
1404 –
Marie Valois, French princess (b. 1344)
[Jean d'Arras, ''Melusine; or, The Noble History of Lusignan'', transl. Donald Maddox, (The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012), 234.]
*
1496 –
Gilbert, Count of Montpensier
Gilbert of Bourbon-Montpensier (1443 – 15 October 1496, Pozzuoli), Count of Montpensier, was a member of the House of Bourbon. He was the son of Louis I, Count of Montpensier and Gabrielle La Tour, Count of Montpensier and Dauphin d'Auvergne. He ...
(b. 1443)
*
1564 –
Andreas Vesalius, Belgian-Greek anatomist, physician, and author (b. 1514)
1601–1900
*
1674 –
Robert Herrick, English poet (b. 1591)
*
1684 –
Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (b. 1626)
*
1690 –
Juan de Valdés Leal, Spanish painter and illustrator (b. 1622)
*
1715 –
Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1675)
*
1788 –
Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (b. 1735)
*
1810 –
Alfred Moore, American captain and judge (b. 1755)
*
1811 –
Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (b. 1735)
*
1817 –
Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish-Lithuanian general and engineer (b. 1746)
*
1819 –
Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician,
War Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1744)
*
1820 –
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (b. 1771)
*
1837 –
Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician,
Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1760)
*
1838
Events
January–March
* January 10 – A fire destroys Lloyd's Coffee House and the Royal Exchange in London.
* January 11 – At Morristown, New Jersey, Samuel Morse, Alfred Vail and Leonard Gale give the first public demonstration o ...
–
Letitia Elizabeth Landon, English poet and novelist (b. 1802)
*
1891 –
Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
*
1900 –
Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
1901–present
*
1910 –
Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
*
1917 –
Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
*
1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
–
Sai Baba of Shirdi
Sai Baba of Shirdi (c. 1838? - died 15 October 1918), also known as Shirdi Sai Baba, was an Indian spiritual master and fakir, considered to be a saint, revered by both Hindu and Muslim devotees during and after his lifetime.
According to a ...
, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
*
1925 –
Dolores Jiménez y Muro
Dolores Jiménez y Muro (June 7, 1848 – October 15, 1925) was a Mexican schoolteacher and revolutionary. A native of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico, she rose to prominence during the Mexican Revolution as a Socialist activist and refor ...
, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)
*
1930 –
Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the
Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)
*
1934 –
Raymond Poincaré
Raymond Nicolas Landry Poincaré (, ; 20 August 1860 – 15 October 1934) was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1913 to 1920, and three times as Prime Minister of France.
Trained in law, Poincaré was elected deputy in ...
, French lawyer and politician, 10th
President of France
The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (french: Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces. As the presidency i ...
(b. 1860)
*
1940 –
Lluís Companys, Catalan lawyer and politician,
President of Catalonia
The President of the Government of Catalonia ( ca, President de la Generalitat de Catalunya, ) is one of the bodies that the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia stipulates as part of the Generalitat de Catalunya, others being the Parliament, the gov ...
(b. 1882)
*
1945 –
Pierre Laval
Pierre Jean Marie Laval (; 28 June 1883 – 15 October 1945) was a French politician. During the Third Republic, he served as Prime Minister of France from 27 January 1931 to 20 February 1932 and 7 June 1935 to 24 January 1936. He again occ ...
, French lawyer and politician, 101st
Prime Minister of France (b. 1883)
*
1946 –
Hermann Göring, German general and politician (b. 1893)
*
1948 –
Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863)
*
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...
–
Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
–
Asaf Halet Çelebi
Asaf Halet Çelebi (27 December 1907 – 15 October 1958) was a Turkish mystical poet. Although not very widely known, due to his erudite and often foreign-influenced style, he is considered to be Turkey's first surrealist poet.
Biography
...
, Turkish poet and author (b. 1907)
* 1958 –
Elizabeth Alexander, British geologist, academic, and physicist (b. 1908)
*
1959 –
Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (b. 1909)
* 1959 –
Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1880)
*
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
–
Clara Kimball Young
Clara Kimball Young (born Edith Matilda Clara Kimball;
September 6, 1890 – October 15, 1960) was an American film actress who was popular in the early silent film era.
Early life
Edith Matilda Clara Kimball was born in Chicago on Septembe ...
, American actress and producer (b. 1890)
*
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
–
Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Indian poet and author (b. 1896)
*
1963 –
Horton Smith, American golfer and captain (b. 1908)
*
1964 –
Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (b. 1891)
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...
–
Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1891)
*
1966 –
Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1876)
*
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* J ...
–
Virginia Lee Burton, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)
*
1976 –
Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1902)
*
1978 –
W. Eugene Smith
William Eugene Smith (December 30, 1918 – October 15, 1978) was an American photojournalist.Peacock, Scot. "W(illiam) Eugene Smith." ''Contemporary Authors Online'', Gale, 2003. ''Biography In Context'' He has been described as "perhaps the sin ...
, American photojournalist (b. 1918)
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
–
Mikhail Lavrentyev
Mikhail Alekseevich Lavrentyev (or Lavrentiev, russian: Михаи́л Алексе́евич Лавре́нтьев) (November 19, 1900 – October 15, 1980) was a Soviet mathematician and hydrodynamicist.
Early years
Lavrentiev was born in Ka ...
, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900)
* 1980 –
Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player (b. 1896)
*
1983 –
Pat O'Brien, American actor (b. 1899)
*
1987 –
Thomas Sankara, Burkinabe captain and politician, 5th
President of Burkina Faso (b. 1949)
* 1987 –
Donald Wandrei
Donald Albert Wandrei (20 April 1908 – 15 October 1987)[Minnesota Death Certificates Index](_blank)
. ...
, American author and poet (b. 1908)
*
1988 –
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English composer, music critic, pianist and writer (b. 1892)
*
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
–
Danilo Kiš, Serbian novelist, short story writer, essayist and translator. (b. 1935)
*
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
–
Delphine Seyrig
Delphine Claire Beltiane Seyrig (; 10 April 1932 – 15 October 1990) was a Lebanese-born French actress and film director. She came to prominence in Alain Resnais's 1961 film ''Last Year at Marienbad'', and later acted in films by Francois ...
, French actress and director (b. 1932)
*
1993 –
Aydın Sayılı, Turkish historian and academic (b. 1913)
*
1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
–
Sarah Kofman
Sarah Kofman (; September 14, 1934 – October 15, 1994) was a French philosopher .
Biography
Kofman began her teaching career in Toulouse in 1960 at the Lycée Saint-Sernin, and worked with both Jean Hyppolite and Gilles Deleuze. Her aban ...
, French philosopher and academic (b. 1934)
*
1995 –
Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1967)
* 1995 –
Marco Campos, Brazilian racing driver, only driver ever killed in the International Formula 3000 series (b. 1976)
*
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
–
Josef Locke, British-Irish soldier, policeman, tenor and actor (b. 1917)
*
2000 –
Konrad Emil Bloch
Konrad Emil Bloch (; 21 January 1912 – 15 October 2000) was a German-American biochemist. Bloch received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1964 (joint with Feodor Lynen) for discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the ...
, Polish-American biochemist and academic,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (b. 1912)
* 2000 –
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby (July 27, 1924 – October 15, 2000) was an American film and theatre critic who served as the chief film critic for ''The New York Times'' from 1969 until the early 1990s, then its chief theatre critic from 1994 until his death in ...
, American journalist and critic (b. 1924)
*
2001 –
Chang Hsüeh-liang, Chinese general and warlord (b. 1901)
*
2003 –
Ben Metcalfe
Bennett Metcalfe (October 31, 1919 – October 14, 2003) was a Canadian journalist and first chairman of Greenpeace, which was founded in 1971.
Ben Metcalfe was born in Winnipeg. Later he moved to the United Kingdom and at the age of 16 joined t ...
, Canadian journalist and activist (b. 1919)
*
2004 –
Per Højholt, Danish poet (b. 1928)
*
2005 –
Jason Collier
Jason Jeffrey Collier (September 8, 1977 – October 15, 2005) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
High school career
Collier led Catholic Central High School of his hometown Spri ...
, American basketball player (b. 1977)
* 2005 –
Matti Wuori
Matti Ossian Wuori (July 16, 1945 in Helsinki – October 15, 2005) was a Finnish lawyer, politician, and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Green League in 1999–2004.
His father died early which left his mother to raise him whi ...
, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
*
2007 –
Piet Boukema, Dutch jurist and politician (b. 1933)
*
2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
–
Edie Adams, American actress and singer (b. 1927)
* 2008 –
Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish soldier and poet (b. 1914)
* 2008 –
Jack Narz
John Lawrence Narz Jr. (November 13, 1922 – October 15, 2008) was an American radio personality, television host, and singer.
Early years
Narz was born to John and Ado Narz, in Louisville, Kentucky, along with sister Mary, and younger brothe ...
, American game show host and announcer (b. 1922)
*
2009
File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...
–
Heinz Versteeg, Dutch-German footballer (b. 1939)
*
2010 –
Richard C. Miller, American photographer (b. 1912)
* 2010 –
, American physician and activist (b. 1926)
* 2010 –
Johnny Sheffield
Johnny Sheffield (born John Matthew Sheffield Cassan, April 11, 1931 – October 15, 2010) was an American child actor who, between 1939 and 1947, portrayed Boy in the Tarzan film series and, between 1949 and 1955, played Bomba the Jungle Boy. ...
, American actor (b. 1931)
*
2011 –
Betty Driver, English actress, singer, and author (b. 1920)
*
2012 –
Claude Cheysson, French lieutenant and politician,
French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1920)
* 2012 –
Erol Günaydın, Turkish actor and screenwriter (b. 1933)
* 2012 –
Maria Petrou, Greek-English computer scientist and academic (b. 1953)
* 2012 –
Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician, 1st
Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1922)
* 2012 –
Pat Ward, American lawyer and politician (b. 1957)
*
2013
File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...
–
Donald Bailey, American drummer (b. 1933)
* 2013 –
Nevill Drury
Nevill Drury (1 October 1947 – 15 October 2013) was an English-born Australian editor and publisher, as well as the author of over 40 books on subjects ranging from shamanism and western magical traditions to art, music, and anthropology. His ...
, English-Australian journalist and publisher (b. 1947)
* 2013 –
Cancio Garcia
Cancio C. Garcia (October 20, 1937 – October 15, 2013) was a Filipino lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed to the Court on October 6, 2004, by President Gloria Macapagal A ...
, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1937)
* 2013 –
Gloria Lynne, American singer (b. 1931)
* 2013 –
Rudy Minarcin, American baseball player and coach (b. 1930)
* 2013 –
Hans Riegel, German businessman (b. 1923)
*
2014
File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...
–
Giovanni Reale, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1931)
* 2014 –
Jiří Reynek, Czech poet and graphic designer (b. 1929)
* 2014 –
Robert Tiernan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
* 2014 –
Nobby Wirkowski
Norbert "Nobby" Wirkowski (August 20, 1926 – October 15, 2014) was an American and Canadian football player and coach. He is best known as quarterback of the Toronto Argonauts. The touchdown he engineered in the 1952 Grey Cup turned out to be ...
, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1926)
*
2015 –
Sergei Filippenkov
Sergei Aleksandrovich Filippenkov (russian: Серге́й Александрович Филиппенков; 2 August 1971 – 15 October 2015) was a Russian football manager and player.
Filippenkov died of a heart attack during a friendly ma ...
, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1971)
* 2015 –
Nate Huffman, American basketball player (b. 1975)
* 2015 –
Neill Sheridan, American baseball player (b. 1921)
* 2015 –
Kenneth D. Taylor
Kenneth Douglas Taylor, (October 5, 1934 – October 15, 2015) was a Canadian diplomat, educator and businessman, best known for his role in the 1979 covert operation called the "Canadian Caper" when he was the Canadian ambassador to Iran. Wit ...
, Canadian businessman and diplomat (b. 1934)
* 2015 –
Tyrone Young, American football player (b. 1960)
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2017 –
Chinggoy Alonzo, Filipino theater, movie & television actor (b. 1950)
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2018
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Paul Allen
Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 – October 15, 2018) was an American business magnate, computer programmer, researcher, investor, and philanthropist. He co-founded Microsoft Corporation with childhood friend Bill Gates in 1975, whic ...
, co-founder of
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washi ...
, philanthropist, owner of the
Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West, which they rejoined in 2002 a ...
(b. 1953)
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David Amess, British politician, member of Parliament for
Southend West (b. 1952)
Holidays and observances
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Anniversary of the 1987 Coup d'État (
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana t ...
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Breast Health Day (Europe)
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feast day
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Bruno of Querfurt
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Cúan
Saint Cúan (died 752) was an Irish abbot who was the founder of many churches and monasteries in Ireland. He lived to nearly 100 years. Little is known about him, but he is mentioned in the Annals of Inisfallen as the abbot ''Liath Mo-Chaemóc''. ...
of Ahascragh
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Teresa of Ávila
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Thecla of Kitzingen
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October 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Evacuation Day (Tunisia)
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King Father's Commemoration Day (
Cambodia
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National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) () takes place in the United States of America and its territories on October 15, the last day of National Hispanic Heritage Month, and aims to increase awareness of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired ...
(United States)
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Shwmae Su'mae Day (
Wales
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Days of the year
October