October 9 Explained
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1604 - Kepler's Supernova is the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way.
- 1635 - Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements.
- 1701 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.
- 1708 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
- 1740 - Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin a massacre of the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing at least 10,000.
- 1760 - Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
- 1779 - American Revolutionary War: A combined Franco-American assault on British defenses during the Siege of Savannah is repulsed with heavy causalities.[1]
- 1790 - A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
- 1799 - sinks with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
- 1804 - Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded.
- 1806 - Prussia begins the War of the Fourth Coalition against France.
- 1812 - War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: and .
- 1820 - Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.
- 1825 - Restauration arrives in New York Harbor from Norway, the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States.
- 1831 - Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece, is assassinated.
- 1834 - Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
- 1847 - Slavery is abolished in the Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy.
- 1861 - American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens in the Battle of Santa Rosa Island.[2]
- 1864 - American Civil War: Union cavalrymen defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia during Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley campaign.[3]
- 1873 - A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
- 1874 - The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
- 1900 - The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
1901–present
- 1911 - An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Qing dynasty, beginning the Xinhai Revolution.
- 1913 - The steamship catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
- 1914 - World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
- 1918 - The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.
- 1919 - The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.
- 1934 - An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.
- 1936 - Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
- 1937 - Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
- 1941 - A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.
- 1942 - Australia's Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 receives royal assent.
- 1950 - The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre in Korea begins.
- 1962 - Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
- 1963 - In Italy, a large landslide causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000.
- 1966 - Vietnam War: the Republic of Korea Army commits the Binh Tai Massacre.
- 1967 - A day after his capture, Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
- 1969 - In Chicago, the National Guard is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "Chicago Eight".
- 1970 - The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
- 1980 - Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
- 1981 - President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France.
- 1983 - South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma (present-day Yangon, Myanmar), but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others.
- 1984 - The popular children's television show Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, based on The Railway Series by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, premieres on ITV.[4]
- 1986 - The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre.
- 1986 - Fox Broadcasting Company (FBC) launches as the fourth US television network.[5]
- 1992 - The Peekskill meteorite, a meteorite crashed into a parked car in Peekskill, New York
- 1995 - An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
- 2006 - North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.
- 2007 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the 2007 - 2008 financial crises.[6]
- 2009 - First lunar impact of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
- 2012 - Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai.
- 2016 - The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army launches its first attack on Myanmar security forces along the Bangladesh–Myanmar border.
- 2019 - Turkey begins its military offensive in north-eastern Syria.
- 2024 - Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 hurricane, doing over $85 billion in damage only two weeks after Hurricane Helene impacted the state. [7]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1609 - Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland, English noble (d. 1688)
- 1623 - Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (d. 1688)
- 1704 - Johann Andreas Segner, German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777)
- 1757 - Charles X of France (d. 1836)
- 1796 - Joseph Bonomi the Younger, British Egyptologist and sculptor (d. 1878)
- 1823 - Mary Ann Shadd, American-Canadian abolitionist (d. 1893)[8]
- 1826 - Agathon Meurman, Finnish politician and journalist (d. 1909)[9]
- 1835 - Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer and conductor (d. 1921)
- 1837 - Francis Wayland Parker, American theorist and academic (d. 1902)
- 1840 - Simeon Solomon, English painter (d. 1905)
- 1845 - Carl Gustav Thulin, Swedish shipowner (d. 1918)
- 1850 - Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (d. 1930)
- 1852 - Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
- 1858 - Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (d. 1935)
- 1859 - Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (d. 1935)
- 1863 - Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (d. 1930)
- 1864 - Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general (d. 1927)
- 1871 - Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (d. 1940)
- 1873 - Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator (d. 1944)
- 1873 - Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer (d. 1916)
- 1873 - Charles Rudolph Walgreen, American pharmacist and businessman, founded Walgreens (d. 1939)
- 1874 - Nicholas Roerich, Russian archaeologist and painter (d. 1947)
- 1877 - Gopabandhu Das, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (d. 1928)
- 1879 - Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960)
- 1880 - Charlie Faust, American baseball player (d. 1915)
- 1883 - Maria Filotti, Greek-Romanian actress (d. 1956)
- 1886 - Rube Marquard, American baseball player and manager (d. 1980)
- 1888 - Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (d. 1938)
- 1888 - Irving Cummings, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1959)
- 1890 - Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (d. 1944)
- 1892 - Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
- 1893 - Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (d. 1945)
- 1895 - Eugene Bullard, American pilot (d. 1961)[10]
- 1897 - M. Bhaktavatsalam, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Madras State (d. 1987)
- 1898 - Tawfiq al-Hakim, Egyptian author and playwright (d. 1987)
- 1898 - Joe Sewell, American baseball player (d. 1990)
- 1899 - Bruce Catton, American historian and author (d. 1978)
- 1900 - Joseph Friedman, American inventor (d. 1982)
- 1900 - Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor and academic (d. 1976)
- 1900 - Joseph Zubin, Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (d. 1990)
1901–present
- 1901 - Alice Lee Jemison, Seneca political activist and journalist (d. 1964)
- 1902 - Freddie Young, English cinematographer (d. 1998)
- 1903 - Walter O'Malley, American lawyer and businessman (d. 1979)[11]
- 1906 - J. R. Eyerman, American photographer and journalist (d. 1985)
- 1906 - Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal (d. 2001)
- 1907 - Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 2001)
- 1907 - Jacques Tati, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
- 1907 - Horst Wessel, German SA officer (d. 1930)
- 1908 - Harry Hooton, Australian poet and critic (d. 1961)
- 1908 - Werner von Haeften, German lieutenant (d. 1944)
- 1908 - Lee Wiley, American singer (d. 1975)
- 1909 - Donald Coggan, English archbishop (d. 2000)
- 1911 - Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (d. 2006)
- 1914 - Edward Andrews, American actor (d. 1985)
- 1915 - Clifford M. Hardin, American academic and politician, 17th United States Secretary of Agriculture (d. 2010)
- 1915 - Belva Plain, American author (d. 2010)
- 1918 - E. Howard Hunt, American CIA officer and author (d. 2007)
- 1918 - Charles Read, Australian air marshal (d. 2014)
- 1918 - Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2013)
- 1920 - Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author and educator (d. 1976)
- 1920 - Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator (d. 2013)
- 1920 - Jason Wingreen, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
- 1921 - Michel Boisrond, French director and screenwriter (d. 2002)
- 1921 - Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (d. 2014)
- 1922 - Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic (d. 1997)
- 1922 - Fyvush Finkel, American actor (d. 2016)
- 1922 - Olga Guillot, Cuban-American singer (d. 2010)
- 1923 - Donald Sinden, English actor (d. 2014)
- 1924 - Immanuvel Devendrar, Indian soldier (d. 1957)
- 1924 - Arnie Risen, American basketball player (d. 2012)[12]
- 1926 - Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (d. 2015)
- 1927 - John Margetson, English scholar and diplomat, British Ambassador to the Netherlands (d. 2020)
- 1928 - Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer and educator (d. 2016)
- 1930 - Hank Lauricella, American football player, lieutenant, and politician (d. 2014)
- 1931 - Tony Booth, English actor (d. 2017)
- 1931 - Homer Smith, American football player and coach (d. 2011)
- 1933 - Peter Mansfield, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
- 1933 - Melvin Sokolsky, American fashion photographer (d. 2022)[13]
- 1933 - Bill Tidy, English soldier and cartoonist (d. 2023)[14]
- 1934 - Jill Ker Conway, Australian historian and author (d. 2018)
- 1934 - Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and composer
- 1935 - Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
- 1935 - Don McCullin, English photographer and journalist
- 1936 - Brian Blessed, English actor
- 1936 - Mick Young, Australian politician (d. 1996)
- 1938 - Heinz Fischer, Austrian academic and politician, 11th President of Austria
- 1938 - John Sutherland, English journalist, author, and academic
- 1939 - Nicholas Grimshaw, English architect and academic
- 1939 - John Pilger, Australian-English journalist, director, and producer (d. 2023)
- 1939 - Stephen Sedley, English lawyer and judge
- 1939 - O. V. Wright, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1980)
- 1940 - Gordon J. Humphrey, American soldier, pilot, and politician
- 1940 - John Lennon, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1980)
- 1940 - Joe Pepitone, American baseball player and coach (d. 2023)
- 1941 - Brian Lamb, American broadcaster, founded C-SPAN
- 1941 - Trent Lott, American lawyer and politician
- 1941 - Omali Yeshitela, political activist and founder of the Uhuru Movement
- 1942 - Michael Palmer, American physician and author (d. 2013)
- 1943 - Douglas Kirby, American psychologist and author (d. 2012)
- 1943 - Jimmy Montgomery, English footballer and coach
- 1943 - Mike Peters, American cartoonist
- 1944 - Rita Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy, English academic and politician
- 1944 - John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 2002)
- 1944 - Nona Hendryx, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1945 - Amjad Ali Khan, Indian classical Sarod player
- 1945 - Taiguara, Uruguayan-Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
- 1947 - John Doubleday, English sculptor and painter
- 1947 - France Gall, French singer (d. 2018)
- 1947 - William E. McAnulty Jr., American lawyer and judge (d. 2007)
- 1947 - Tony Zappone, American photographer and journalist
- 1948 - Jackson Browne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1948 - John Gray, English cricketer and rugby player
- 1949 - Mark Hopkinson, American mass murderer (d. 1992)
- 1949 - Rod Temperton, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2016)
- 1950 - Brian Downing, American baseball player
- 1950 - Yoshiyuki Konishi, Japanese fashion designer
- 1950 - Reichi Nakaido, Japanese singer and guitarist
- 1950 - Jody Williams, American academic and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1951 - Robert Wuhl, American actor, comedian, and writer
- 1952 - Simon Drew, English illustrator
- 1952 - Sharon Osbourne, English television host and manager[15]
- 1952 - John Rose, English businessman
- 1952 - Dennis Stratton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1953 - Sally Burgess, South African-English soprano and educator
- 1953 - Hank Pfister, American tennis player
- 1953 - Tony Shalhoub, American actor and producer
- 1954 - Scott Bakula, American actor
- 1954 - James Fearnley, English musician
- 1954 - Rubén Magnano, Argentine-Italian basketball coach
- 1954 - John O'Hurley, American actor and game show host
- 1955 - Linwood Boomer, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1955 - Steve Ovett, English runner and sportscaster
- 1955 - Peter Saville, English graphic designer and art director
- 1957 - Don Garber, American businessman
- 1957 - Ini Kamoze, Jamaican singer-songwriter
- 1958 - Al Jourgensen, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1958 - Alan Nunnelee, American lawyer and politician (d. 2015)
- 1958 - Michael Paré, American actor
- 1958 - Mike Singletary, American football player and coach
- 1959 - Boris Nemtsov, Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2015)
- 1960 - Kenny Garrett, American saxophonist and composer
- 1961 - Julian Bailey, English race car driver and sportscaster
- 1961 - Kurt Neumann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1961 - Ellen Wheeler, American actress, director, and producer
- 1962 - Jorge Burruchaga, Argentinian footballer and manager
- 1962 - Paul Radisich, New Zealand race car driver
- 1962 - Hugh Robertson, English soldier and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
- 1962 - Ōnokuni Yasushi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 62nd Yokozuna
- 1963 - Andy Platt, English rugby league player
- 1964 - Guillermo del Toro, Mexican-American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1964 - Martín Jaite, Argentine tennis player[16]
- 1965 - Jimbo Fisher, American football player and coach
- 1966 - David Cameron, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1966 - Christopher Östlund, Swedish publisher, founded Plaza Magazine
- 1967 - Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canadian tennis player
- 1967 - Eddie Guerrero, American wrestler (d. 2005)
- 1967 - Gheorghe Popescu, Romanian footballer
- 1968 - Guto Bebb, Welsh businessman and politician
- 1968 - Anbumani Ramadoss, Indian politician
- 1969 - Darren Britt, Australian rugby league player
- 1969 - Simon Fairweather, Australian archer
- 1969 - PJ Harvey, English musician, singer-songwriter, writer, poet, and composer
- 1969 - Christine Hough, Canadian figure skater and coach
- 1969 - Giles Martin, English songwriter and producer
- 1969 - Steve McQueen, English director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1970 - Kenny Anderson, American basketball player and coach
- 1970 - Steve Jablonsky, American composer
- 1970 - Annika Sörenstam, Swedish golfer and architect
- 1971 - Wayne Bartrim, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1971 - Sian Evans, Welsh singer[17]
- 1973 - Steve Burns, American actor, television host and musician[18]
- 1973 - Fabio Lione, Italian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
- 1974 - Keith Booth, American basketball player and coach[19]
- 1974 - Shmuel Herzfeld, American rabbi
- 1975 - Haylie Ecker, Australian violinist
- 1975 - Sean Lennon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
- 1975 - Mark Viduka, Australian footballer
- 1976 - William Alexander, American author and educator
- 1976 - Stephen Neal, American football player[20]
- 1976 - Lee Peacock, Scottish footballer and coach
- 1976 - Özlem Türköne, Turkish journalist and politician
- 1976 - Nick Swardson, American actor and comedian
- 1977 - Emanuele Belardi, Italian footballer
- 1977 - Brian Roberts, American baseball player
- 1978 - Nicky Byrne, Irish singer-songwriter
- 1978 - Juan Dixon, American basketball player and coach
- 1979 - Vernon Fox, American football player and coach
- 1979 - Alex Greenwald, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1979 - Todd Kelly, Australian race car driver
- 1979 - Lecrae, American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor
- 1979 - Chris O'Dowd, Irish actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1979 - Brandon Routh, American model and actor
- 1979 - Gonzalo Sorondo, Uruguayan footballer
- 1980 - Lucy Akello, Ugandan social worker and politician
- 1980 - Filip Bobek, Polish actor
- 1980 - Sarah Lovell, Australian politician
- 1980 - Thami Tsolekile, South African cricketer
- 1980 - Henrik Zetterberg, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1981 - Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor
- 1981 - Darius Miles, American basketball player[21]
- 1983 - Farhaan Behardien, South African cricketer
- 1983 - Trevor Daley, Canadian ice hockey player[22]
- 1983 - Stephen Gionta, American ice hockey player
- 1983 - Spencer Grammer, American actress
- 1983 - Jang Mi-ran, South Korean weightlifter
- 1983 - Andreas Zuber, Austrian race car driver
- 1984 - Marie Kondo, Japanese author and television presenter
- 1985 - David Plummer, American swimmer
- 1986 - Derek Holland, American baseball player
- 1986 - Laure Manaudou, French swimmer
- 1986 - David Phelps, American baseball player[23]
- 1986 - Jan Christian Vestre, Norwegian businessman and politician[24]
- 1986 - Stephane Zubar, French footballer
- 1987 - Craig Brackins, American basketball player[25]
- 1987 - Samantha Murray Sharan, British tennis player[26]
- 1987 - Henry Walker, American basketball player [27]
- 1988 - Starling Marte, Dominican baseball player[28]
- 1988 - David Tyrrell, Australian rugby league player
- 1989 - Russell Packer, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1990 - Kevin Kampl, German-Slovene footballer
- 1990 - Jake Lamb, American baseball player[29]
- 1992 - Jerian Grant, American basketball player[30]
- 1992 - Sam Mewis, American soccer player[31]
- 1992 - Tyler James Williams, American actor
- 1993 - Ani Amiraghyan, Armenian tennis player
- 1993 - Lauren Davis, American tennis player[32]
- 1993 - Jayden Hodges, Australian rugby league player
- 1993 - George Kittle, American football player[33]
- 1993 - Scotty McCreery, American singer and songwriter
- 1993 - Wesley So, Filipino-American chess grandmaster[34]
- 1994 - Jodelle Ferland, Canadian actress
- 1996 - Jacob Batalon, Filipino-American actor
- 1996 - Bella Hadid, American model[35]
- 1997 - Jharrel Jerome, American actor
- 1997 - Megan Moroney, American singer-songwriter.[36]
- 2000 - Penei Sewell, American football player[37]
- 2001 - Kyla Leibel, Canadian swimmer[38]
- 2002 - Ben Shelton, American tennis player[39]
Deaths
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1613 - Henry Constable, English poet (b. 1562)
- 1619 - Joseph Pardo, Italian rabbi and merchant (b. 1561)
- 1691 - William Sacheverell, English politician (b. 1638)
- 1729 - Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet (b. 1654)
- 1793 - Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary and linguist (b. 1718)
- 1797 - Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and scholar (b. 1720)
- 1806 - Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer and surveyor (b. 1731)
- 1808 - John Claiborne, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
- 1831 - Ioannis Kapodistrias, Russian-Greek lawyer and politician, Governor of Greece (b. 1776)
- 1873 - George Ormerod, English historian and author (b. 1785)
- 1897 - Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)
- 1900 - Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)
1901–present
- 1906 - Henriette Wulfsberg, Norwegian school owner and writer (b. 1843)[40]
- 1911 - Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)[41]
- 1924 - Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
- 1934 - Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (b. 1888)
- 1934 - Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (b. 1862)
- 1937 - Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1868)
- 1940 - Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (b. 1865)
- 1941 - Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (b. 1900)
- 1943 - Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
- 1944 - Stefanina Moro, Italian partisan (b. 1927)[42]
- 1945 - Gottlieb Hering, German captain (b. 1887)
- 1946 - Frank Castleman, American football player, baseball player, and coach (b. 1877)
- 1947 - Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance (b. 1888)
- 1950 - George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (b. 1895)
- 1953 - James Finlayson, Scottish-American actor (b. 1887)
- 1955 - Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (b. 1875)
- 1956 - Marie Doro, American actress (b. 1882)
- 1958 - Pope Pius XII (b. 1876)
- 1958 - John Boland, American politician (b. 1884)[43]
- 1959 - Shirō Ishii, Japanese general and biologist (b. 1892)
- 1962 - Milan Vidmar, Slovenian chess player and engineer (b. 1885)
- 1967 - Che Guevara, Argentinian-Cuban physician, politician and guerrilla leader (b. 1928)
- 1967 - Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
- 1967 - André Maurois, French soldier and author (b. 1885)
- 1967 - Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness trainer, developed Pilates (b. 1883)
- 1969 - Don Hoak, American baseball player (b. 1928)
- 1972 - Miriam Hopkins, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1974 - Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (b. 1908)
- 1975 - Noon Meem Rashid, Pakistani poet (b. 1910)
- 1976 - Walter Warlimont, German general (b. 1894)
- 1978 - Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1929)
- 1982 - Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German historian and physician (b. 1893)
- 1985 - Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Brazilian general and politician, 28th President of Brazil (b. 1905)
- 1987 - Clare Boothe Luce, American author, playwright, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (b. 1903)
- 1987 - William P. Murphy, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
- 1988 - Felix Wankel, German engineer, invented the Wankel engine (b. 1902)
- 1989 - Yusuf Atılgan, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1921)
- 1989 - Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (b. 1940)
- 1995 - Alec Douglas-Home, British cricketer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1903)
- 1996 - Walter Kerr, American author, composer, and critic (b. 1913)
- 1999 - Milt Jackson, American vibraphone player and composer (b. 1923)
- 1999 - Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani economist and scholar (b. 1914)
- 2000 - David Dukes, American actor (b. 1945)
- 2000 - Patrick Anthony Porteous, Indian-Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1918)
- 2001 - Herbert Ross, American director, producer, and choreographer (b. 1927)
- 2002 - Sopubek Begaliev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (b. 1931)
- 2002 - Charles Guggenheim, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
- 2003 - Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American author and academic (b. 1926)
- 2003 - Carl Fontana, American jazz trombonist (b. 1928)
- 2004 - Jacques Derrida, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (b. 1930)
- 2005 - Louis Nye, American actor (b. 1913)
- 2006 - Danièle Huillet, French filmmaker (b. 1933)
- 2006 - Paul Hunter, English snooker player (b. 1978)
- 2006 - Kanshi Ram, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
- 2007 - Enrico Banducci, American businessman, founded hungry i (b. 1922)
- 2007 - Carol Bruce, American actress and singer (b. 1919)
- 2009 - Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author and educator (b. 1934)
- 2009 - John Daido Loori, American Zen Buddhist monastic and teacher (b. 1931)
- 2009 - Horst Szymaniak, German footballer (b. 1934)
- 2010 - Maurice Allais, French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
- 2011 - Pavel Karelin, Russian ski jumper (b. 1989)
- 2012 - Sammi Kane Kraft, American actress (b. 1992)
- 2012 - Kenny Rollins, American basketball player (b. 1923)
- 2012 - Harris Savides, American cinematographer (b. 1957)
- 2013 - Solomon Lar, Nigerian educator and politician, 4th Governor of Plateau State (b. 1933)
- 2013 - Srihari, Indian actor (b. 1964)
- 2013 - Wilfried Martens, Belgian lawyer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1936)
- 2013 - Edmund Niziurski, Polish sociologist, lawyer, and author (b. 1925)
- 2014 - Boris Buzančić, Croatian actor and politician, 47th Mayor of Zagreb (b. 1929)
- 2014 - Jan Hooks, American actress and comedienne (b. 1957)
- 2014 - Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (b. 1925)
- 2014 - Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician (b. 1921)
- 2014 - Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (b. 1936)
- 2015 - Ray Duncan, American businessman (b. 1930)
- 2015 - Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1931)[44]
- 2015 - Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1926)
- 2015 - Ravindra Jain, Indian composer and director (b. 1944)
- 2016 - Andrzej Wajda, Polish film and theatre director (b. 1926)
- 2017 - Jean Rochefort, French actor[45] (b. 1930)
- 2024 - George Baldock, British-born Greek international footballer (b. 1993)[46]
- 2024 - Dieter Burdenski, German footballer (b. 1950)[47]
- 2024 – Lily Ebert, Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (b. 1923)[48]
- 2024 – Lee Wei Ling, Singaporean neurologist (b. 1955)[49]
- 2024 – Clark R. Rasmussen, American politician (b. 1934)[50]
- 2024 – Leif Segerstam, Finnish conductor and composer (b. 1944)[51]
- 2024 – Ratan Tata, Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1937)[52]
Holidays and observances
External links
Notes and References
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- Web site: The Battle of Santa Rosa Island. NPS.gov. National Park Service. November 30, 2024.
- Web site: The Battle of Tom’s Brook. ShenandoahAtWar.org. Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District. November 30, 2024.
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- News: Wee . Lian Kit . Hurricane Milton might cost insurers up to $50 billion — but it could have been much worse, analysts said . October 11, 2024 . Business Insider . October 11, 2024.
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