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{{for|the municipality in Cuba|Diez de Octubre}} {{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 19|19]] – The Roman general [[Germanicus]] dies near Antioch. He was convinced that the mysterious illness that ended in his death was a result of poisoning by the Syrian governor [[Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (consul 7 BC)|Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso]], whom he had ordered to leave the province.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=206|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> * [[680]] – The [[Battle of Karbala]] marks the [[martyr]]dom of [[Husayn ibn Ali]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Aghaie|first= Kamran S.|title=The Martyrs of Karbala: Shi'i Symbols and Rituals in Modern Iran|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UWov7OiEM3kC|year=2004|publisher=[[University of Washington Press]]|location=Seattle & London|isbn=978-0-295-98455-1|pages=1–10}}</ref> * [[732]] – [[Charles Martel]]'s forces [[Battle of Tours|defeat an Umayyad army]] near [[Tours|Tours, France]]. *[[1471]] – [[Sten Sture the Elder]], the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, [[Battle of Brunkeberg|repels an attack]] by King [[Christian I of Denmark]]. *[[1492]] – The crew of [[Christopher Columbus]]'s ship, the ''[[Santa María (ship)|Santa Maria]]'', attempt a mutiny.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=16|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref> *[[1575]] – Roman Catholic forces under [[Henry I, Duke of Guise]], [[Battle of Dormans|defeat the Protestants]], capturing [[Philippe de Mornay]] among others. *[[1580]] – Over 600 Papal troops land in [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]] to support the [[Second Desmond Rebellion]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1760]] – In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the [[Ndyuka people]] of Suriname – descended from [[Maroon (people)|escaped slaves]] – gain territorial autonomy. *[[1780]] – The [[Great Hurricane of 1780]] kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean. *[[1814]] – [[War of 1812]]: The [[United States Revenue Marine]] attempts to [[Defense of the Cutter Eagle|defend the cutter ''Eagle'']] from the [[Royal Navy]]. *[[1845]] – In [[Annapolis, Maryland]], the Naval School (later the [[United States Naval Academy]]) opens with 50 students. *[[1846]] – [[Triton (moon)|Triton]], the largest moon of the planet [[Neptune]], is discovered by English astronomer [[William Lassell]]. *[[1868]] – The [[Ten Years' War]] begins against [[Captaincy General of Cuba|Spanish rule]] in [[Cuba]]. ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – The [[Women's Social and Political Union]] is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History: British History Timeline |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/worldwars_timeline_noflash.shtml |website=BBC |access-date=8 October 2020}}</ref> *[[1911]] – The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the [[Wuchang Uprising]] begins against the Chinese monarchy. *[[1913]] – U.S. President [[Woodrow Wilson]] triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the [[Panama Canal]]. *[[1918]] – ''[[RMS Leinster]]'' is torpedoed and sunk by ''[[SM UB-123|UB-123]]'', killing 564, the largest loss of life on the [[Irish Sea]].<ref name=RTE2018-10-10a>{{cite news|author=Donal Byrne|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/1010/1002123-rms_leinster/|title=Events to mark centenary of RMS Leinster sinking|publisher=RTE|date=10 October 2018|access-date=10 October 2018|quote=Today marks the centenary of the sinking of the RMS Leinster, which resulted in the deaths of 564 people in the single-largest loss of life on the Irish Sea.}}</ref><ref name=RTE2018-10-10b>{{cite news|author=Donal Byrne|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/1009/1001997-remembering-rms-leinster/|title=The Sinking of RMS Leinster and SS Dundalk|publisher=RTE|date=10 October 2018|access-date=10 October 2018|quote=One hundred years on, the records of how many were on the Leinster are still being probed and the death toll updated. As of six weeks ago, the figure stands at 564.}}</ref> *[[1920]] – The [[1920 Carinthian plebiscite|Carinthian plebiscite]] determines that the larger part of the [[Duchy of Carinthia]] should remain part of [[First Austrian Republic|Austria]]. *[[1928]] – [[Chiang Kai-shek]] becomes Chairman of the Republic of China. *[[1933]] – A United Airlines Boeing 247 is [[1933 United Airlines Boeing 247 mid-air explosion|destroyed by sabotage]], the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation. *[[1935]] – In Greece, a [[coup d'état]] ends the [[Second Hellenic Republic]]. *[[1938]] – Abiding by the [[Munich Agreement]], [[Czechoslovakia]] completes its withdrawal from the [[Sudetenland]]. *[[1945]] – The [[Double Tenth Agreement]] is signed by the [[Chinese Communist Party|Communist Party]] and the [[Kuomintang]] about the future of China. *[[1954]] – The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the [[Muscat and Oman|Sultanate of Muscat]], Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate [[Fahud]], marking the beginning of [[Jebel Akhdar War]].<ref name=OmansInsurgencies>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wkUhBQAAQBAJ&q=moff%20oman&pg=PT52|title=Oman's Insurgencies: The Sultanate's Struggle for Supremacy|first=J. E.|last=Peterson|year=2013|publisher=Saqi|access-date=29 April 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9780863567025}}</ref> *[[1957]] – U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister [[Komla Agbeli Gbedemah]] after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant. * 1957 – The [[Windscale fire]] results in Britain's worst nuclear accident. *[[1963]] – France cedes control of the [[Bizerte]] naval base to Tunisia. * 1963 – The [[Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty]] comes into effect. *[[1964]] – The [[1964 Summer Olympics|Tokyo Summer Olympics]] opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites. *[[1967]] – The [[Outer Space Treaty]] comes into force. *[[1969]] – [[King Crimson]] releases their debut album, [[In the Court of the Crimson King]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dgmlive.com/albums/in-the-court-of-the-crimson-king-30th-anniversary-edition|title=DGM Live|date=27 October 2016 }}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Fiji]] becomes independent. * 1970 – Canada's [[October Crisis]] escalates when Quebec Vice Premier [[Pierre Laporte]] is kidnapped by members of the [[Front de libération du Québec]]. * [[1971]] – [[Aeroflot Flight 773]] is destroyed by a bomb over [[Moscow Oblast]], killing 25.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-tupolev-tu-104b-moscow-25-killed|title=Crash of a Tupolev Tu-104B in Moscow: 25 killed|website=B3A Archives}}</ref> *[[1973]] – U.S. Vice President [[Spiro Agnew]] resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax. *[[1975]] – [[Papua New Guinea]] joins the [[United Nations]]. *[[1979]] – The [[Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant]] began operations in [[Eurajoki, Satakunta]], Finland.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.insc.anl.gov/cgi-bin/sql_interface?view=rx_com_matrix&qvar=unit&qval=57 | title = TVO 1 | publisher = [[International Nuclear Safety Center]] | access-date = 13 March 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://timetravel.mementoweb.org/memento/2011/http://www.insc.anl.gov/cgi-bin/sql_interface?view=rx_com_matrix&qvar=unit&qval=57 | archive-date = 3 December 2017}}</ref> *[[1980]] – The 7.1 {{M|w}} [[1980 El Asnam earthquake|El Asnam earthquake]] shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369. * 1980 – The [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front]] is founded in El Salvador. *[[1985]] – US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the [[Achille Lauro hijacking|''Achille Lauro'' hijacking]], and force it to land in Italy. *[[1986]] – A 5.7 {{M|w}} [[1986 San Salvador earthquake|San Salvador earthquake]] shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500. *[[1997]] – [[Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553]] crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74. *[[1998]] – A [[Lignes Aériennes Congolaises (1997–2003)|Lignes Aériennes Congolaises]] jetliner is [[1998 Lignes Aériennes Congolaises crash|shot down]] by rebels in [[Kindu]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], killing 41 people. *[[2002]] – [[Iraq War]]: The [[United States Congress]] approves the [[Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-07|title=George W. Bush – Key Events |url=https://millercenter.org/president/george-w-bush/key-events|access-date=2022-01-11|website=millercenter.org – Miller Center |language=en}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor]] becomes the first Malaysian in space on board [[Soyuz TMA-11]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Shavkat Rakhmatullayev|date=10 October 2007|title=Russian rocket launches first Malaysian into space|publisher=[[Reuters]]|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL1016094020071010|access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref> *[[2009]] – [[Armenia]] and [[Turkey]] sign the [[Zurich Protocols]], intended to normalize [[Armenia–Turkey relations|relations]]. However, they are never ratified by either side. *[[2010]] – The [[Netherlands Antilles]] are dissolved as a country. *[[2015]] – Twin [[2015 Ankara bombings|bomb blasts]] in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+. *[[2018]] – [[Hurricane Michael]] makes landfall in the [[Florida Panhandle]] as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in [[Florida]], and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage. *2018 – The [[National Fire and Rescue Administration]] is founded, replacing the {{Ill|China Fire Services|zh|公安消防部队}} and the {{Ill|People's Armed Police Forestry Corps|zh|中國人民武裝警察部隊森林部隊}} as China's primary firefighting agency.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-10 |title=应急管理部发布国家综合性消防救援队伍改革过渡期身份标识牌 |url=https://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2018-10/10/content_5329078.htm |website=Chinese government}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Ben S. Bernanke]], [[Douglas W. Diamond]] and [[Philip H. Dybvig]] are jointly [[2022 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|awarded]] the [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bryson Taylor |first=Derrick |title=2022 Nobel Prizes: The Full List |url=https://www.nytimes.com/article/nobel-prizes-2022.html |access-date=2 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=10 October 2022}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 19]] – [[Tiberius Gemellus]], Roman son of [[Drusus Julius Caesar]] and [[Livilla]]; adoptive son of the Emperor [[Caligula]] (died 38) * [[786]] – [[Emperor Saga|Saga]], emperor of Japan (died 842) * [[867]] – [[Li Siyuan]], Chinese emperor (died 933) *[[1332]] – King [[Charles II of Navarre]] (died 1387) *[[1344]] – [[Mary of Waltham]], duchess of Brittany (died 1361) *[[1355]] – [[Zhu Biao]], Chinese prince (died 1392) *[[1421]] – [[John Paston (died 1466)|John Paston]], English politician (died 1466) *[[1486]] – [[Charles III, Duke of Savoy]] (died 1553) *[[1554]] – [[Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg]] and Lord of Rheda (died 1606) *[[1560]] – [[Jacobus Arminius]], Dutch theologian (died 1609) *[[1567]] – [[Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain]] (died 1597) *[[1584]] – [[Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke]] (died 1649) *[[1599]] – [[Étienne Moulinié]], French composer and director (died 1676) ===1601–1900=== *[[1629]] – [[Richard Towneley]], English mathematician and astronomer (died 1707) *[[1646]] – [[Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné]], French noblewoman (died 1705) *[[1656]] – [[Nicolas de Largillière]], French painter and academic (died 1746) *[[1669]] – [[Johann Nicolaus Bach]], German organist and composer (died 1753) *[[1678]] – [[John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll]], Scottish general and politician, [[Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland]] (died 1743) *[[1684]] – [[Jean-Antoine Watteau]], French painter (died 1721) *[[1700]] – [[Lambert-Sigisbert Adam]], French sculptor and illustrator (died 1759) *[[1731]] – [[Henry Cavendish]], French-English chemist, physicist, and philosopher (died 1810) *[[1770]] – [[Adam Johann von Krusenstern]] Imperial Russian Admiral and explorer (died 1846) <ref>{{cite book |author=Adam Johann von Krusenstern |title=Voyage Round the World |date=1813 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kGxJAAAAYAAJ }}, [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_QgTI9yOecisC vol. II], translated from German into English by Richard Belgrave Hoppner</ref> *[[1780]] – [[John Abercrombie (physician)|John Abercrombie]], Scottish physician and philosopher (died 1844) *[[1794]] – [[William Whiting Boardman]], American judge and politician (died 1871) *[[1810]] – [[Alfred Kennerley]], English-Australian politician, 10th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (died 1897) *[[1813]] – [[Giuseppe Verdi]], Italian composer and philanthropist (died 1901) *[[1819]] – [[Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger]], German theologian and author (died 1883) *[[1825]] – [[Paul Kruger]], South African soldier and politician, 5th [[President of the South African Republic]] (died 1904) *[[1828]] – [[Samuel J. Randall]], American captain, lawyer and politician, 33rd [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (died 1890) *[[1830]] – [[Isabella II of Spain]] (died 1904) *[[1834]] – [[Aleksis Kivi]], Finnish author and playwright (died 1872) *[[1837]] – [[Robert Gould Shaw]], American colonel (died 1863) *[[1842]] – [[Emily Dobson]], Australian philanthropist (died 1934)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Reynolds |first1=I. A. |chapter=Emily Dobson (1842–1934) |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dobson-emily-5985 |title=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref> *[[1858]] – [[Maurice Prendergast]], American painter and academic (died 1924) *[[1861]] – [[Fridtjof Nansen]], Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1930) *[[1864]] – [[T. Frank Appleby]], American businessman and politician (died 1924) *[[1870]] – [[Louise Mack]], Australian journalist, author, and poet (died 1935) *[[1872]] – [[Dionysios Kasdaglis]], Egyptian-Greek tennis player (died 1931) *[[1877]] – [[William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield]], English businessman and philanthropist, founded [[Morris Motors]] (died 1963) *[[1884]] – [[Nikolai Klyuev]], Russian poet and author (died 1937) * 1884 – [[Ida Wüst]], German actress and screenwriter (died 1958) *[[1885]] – [[Walter Anderson (folklorist)|Walter Anderson]], Belarusian-German ethnologist and academic (died 1962) * 1885 – [[Jean Peyrière]], French actor (died 1965) *[[1889]] – [[Han van Meegeren]], Dutch painter and forger (died 1947) *[[1895]] – [[Alfred Neuland]], Estonian weightlifter (died 1966) * 1895 – [[Fridolf Rhudin]], Swedish actor (died 1935) * 1895 – [[Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen]], German field marshal (died 1945) *[[1898]] – [[Lilly Daché]], French-American fashion designer (died 1989) *[[1900]] – [[Helen Hayes]], American actress (died 1993) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Alberto Giacometti]], Swiss sculptor and painter (died 1966)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 10: Dan Stevens, Wendi McLendon-Covey |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/10/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-10-Dan-Stevens-Wendi-McLendon-Covey/1821665261445/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=8 October 2023 |date=10 October 2022}}</ref> *[[1902]] – [[K. Shivaram Karanth]], Indian journalist, author, and activist (died 1997) *[[1903]] – [[Prince Charles, Count of Flanders]] (died 1983) * 1903 – [[Vernon Duke]], Russian-American composer and songwriter (died 1969) * 1903 – [[Bei Shizhang]], Chinese biologist and academic (died 2009) *[[1905]] – [[Aksella Luts]], Estonian actress, screenwriter, dancer, and choreographer (died 2005) *[[1906]] – [[Paul Creston]], American composer and educator (died 1985) * 1906 – [[Fei Mu]], Chinese director and screenwriter (died 1951) * 1906 – [[R. K. Narayan]], Indian author (died 2001) *[[1908]] – [[Johnny Green]], American conductor and composer (died 1989) * 1908 – [[Mercè Rodoreda]], Catalan author and poet (died 1983) *[[1909]] – [[Robert F. Boyle]], American production designer and art director (died 2010) *[[1910]] – [[Julius Shulman]], American photographer and environmentalist (died 2009) *[[1911]] – [[Clare Hollingworth]], English journalist and author (died 2017) *[[1912]] – [[Ram Vilas Sharma]], Indian poet and critic (died 2000) *[[1913]] – [[Claude Simon]], Malagasy-French novelist and critic, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2005) *[[1914]] – [[Tommy Fine]], American baseball player and businessman (died 2005) * 1914 – [[Ivory Joe Hunter]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1974) *[[1915]] – [[Harry Edison]], American trumpet player and composer (died 1999) *[[1917]] – [[Thelonious Monk]], American pianist and composer (died 1982)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1919]] – [[Willard Estey]], Canadian academic and jurist (died 2002) * 1919 – [[Gerry Gomez]], Trinidadian cricketer, manager, and umpire (died 1996) * 1919 – [[Kim Ki-young]], South Korean director, screenwriter, producer, and editor (died 1997) * 1919 – [[William Kruskal]], American mathematician and statistician (died 2005) * 1919 – [[Edgar Laprade]], Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014) *[[1920]] – [[Gail Halvorsen]], American air force pilot known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber." (died 2022) *[[1922]] – [[Merv Pregulman]], American football player, businessman, and philanthropist (died 2012) *[[1923]] – [[Louis Gottlieb]], American singer and bass player (died 1996) * 1923 – [[Nicholas Parsons]], English actor and game show host (died 2020) * 1923 – [[Murray Walker]], English journalist and sportscaster (died 2021) *[[1924]] – [[James Clavell]], Australian-American director, producer, screenwriter, and author (died 1994) * 1924 – [[Ludmilla Tchérina]], French actress, ballerina, and choreographer (died 2004) * 1924 – [[Ed Wood]], American actor, director, producer, screenwriter (died 1978)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1926]] – [[Oscar Brown]], American singer-songwriter, playwright, and actor (died 2005) * 1926 – [[Richard Jaeckel]], American actor (died 1997) *[[1927]] – [[Dana Elcar]], American actor and director (died 2005) * 1927 – [[Jon Locke]], American actor (died 2013) * 1927 – [[Thomas Wilson (composer)|Thomas Wilson]], American-Scottish composer and educator (died 2001) *[[1928]] – [[Leyla Gencer]], Turkish soprano (died 2008)<ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Conno |first1=Patrick |title=Obituary: Leyla Gencer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/may/13/turkey |website=The Guardian |access-date=1 May 2020 |language=en |date=12 May 2008}}</ref> * 1928 – [[Sheila Walsh (novelist)|Sheila Walsh]], English author (died 2009) *[[1929]] – [[Ayten Alpman]], Turkish singer (died 2012) * 1929 – [[Herb Levinson]], American actor (died 2012) * 1929 – [[Bernard Mayes]], English-American journalist and academic (died 2014) *[[1930]] – [[Eugenio Castellotti]], Italian race car driver (died 1957) * 1930 – [[Yves Chauvin]], French chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2015) * 1930 – [[Harold Pinter]], English playwright, screenwriter, director [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2008) * 1930 – [[Adlai Stevenson III]], American lawyer and politician (died 2021)<ref>{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Adlai Stevenson III, former Democratic senator from Illinois, dies at 90|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/adlai-stevenson-dead/2021/09/08/e411f3d0-10b0-11ec-882f-2dd15a067dc4_story.html |access-date=October 16, 2021 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=September 8, 2021}}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[Harry Smith (footballer, born 1932)|Harry Smith]], English footballer (died 2016)<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Twitter Post |url=https://twitter.com/tufc1899/status/814857455775649792 |website=[[Twitter]] |agency=[[Torquay United F.C.]]}}</ref> *[[1933]] – [[Jay Sebring]], American hair stylist and businessman (died 1969) *[[1935]] – [[Khalil al-Wazir]], Palestinian commander, founded [[Fatah]] (died 1988) * 1935 – [[André Bureau]], Canadian lawyer and businessman (died 2019) * 1935 – [[Judith Chalmers]], English television host and actress *[[1936]] – [[Gerhard Ertl]], German physicist and chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1937]] – [[Bruce Devlin]], Australian golfer and sportscaster * 1937 – [[Peter Underwood]], Australian lawyer and politician, 27th [[Governor of Tasmania]] (died 2014) *[[1938]] – [[Oleg Gordievsky]], Russian intelligence officer and author (died 2025) * 1938 – [[Leroy Hood]], American biologist and academic * 1938 – [[Daidō Moriyama]], Japanese photographer * 1938 – [[Lily Tuck]], American novelist and short story writer *[[1940]] – [[Winston Churchill (1940–2010)|Winston Churchill]], English journalist and politician (died 2010) *[[1941]] – [[Peter Coyote]], American actor, director, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1941 – [[Ken Saro-Wiwa]], Nigerian author and activist (died 1995) *[[1942]] – [[Janis Hansen (singer)|Janis Hansen]], American singer and author (died 2017) * 1942 – [[Radu Vasile]], Romanian historian and politician, 57th [[Prime Minister of Romania]] (died 2013) *[[1943]] – [[Frederick Barthelme]], American novelist and short story writer *[[1945]] – [[Christopher Hill (bishop)|Christopher Hill]], English bishop * 1945 – [[Vanburn Holder]], Barbadian cricketer * 1945 – [[Headman Shabalala]], South African bass singer (died 1991) *[[1946]] – [[Charles Dance]], English actor, director, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1946 – [[Naoto Kan]], Japanese lawyer and politician, 61st [[Prime Minister of Japan]] * 1946 – [[Peter Mahovlich]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1946 – [[Anne Mather]], English author and screenwriter * 1946 – [[John Prine]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1946 – [[Raymond Tallis]], English physician, philosopher, author, and academic * 1946 – [[Chris Tarrant]], English radio and television host * 1946 – [[Ben Vereen]], American actor, singer, and dancer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 10, 2022 includes celebrities Rose McIver, Mario Lopez |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-10-2022-includes-celebrities-rose-mciver-mario-lopez.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=8 October 2023 |date=10 October 2022}}</ref> * 1946 – [[Willard White]], Jamaican-English actor and singer *[[1947]] – [[Gary Beach]], American actor and singer (died 2018) * 1947 – [[Giant Haystacks]], English wrestler (died 1998) *[[1948]] – [[Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough]], English academic and businesswoman * 1948 – [[Cyril Neville]], American R&B percussionist and singer<ref name="AP" /> * 1948 – [[Séverine (singer)|Séverine]], French singer and actress *[[1949]] – [[Warren Burt]], American-Australian composer * 1949 – [[Lance Cairns]], New Zealand cricketer * 1949 – [[Jessica Harper]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1949 – [[Wang Wanxing]], Chinese activist *[[1950]] – [[Charlie George]], English footballer * 1950 – [[Nora Roberts]], American author<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1951]] – [[Epeli Ganilau]], Fijian general and politician, 16th [[Minister for iTaukei Affairs|Minister for Fijian Affairs]] (died 2023) *[[1952]] – [[Bob Nystrom]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref name="NHL Players Born on October 10">{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi?month=10&day=10 |title=NHL Players Born on October 10 |access-date=June 8, 2022}}</ref> * 1952 – [[Dela Smith]], English educator *[[1953]] – [[Fiona Rae]], Scottish painter * 1953 – [[Midge Ure]], Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1953 – [[Aleksander Veingold]], Estonian chess player and coach * 1953 – [[Gus Williams (basketball)|Gus Williams]], American basketball player *[[1954]] – [[Václav Patejdl]], Slovak musician (died 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Najväčší hitmaker Slovenska, aj TIETO piesne zložil! Po Patejdlovi ostala obrovská zbierka mega hitov |url=https://topstar.noviny.sk/hudba/825718-najvacsi-hitmaker-slovenska-aj-tieto-piesne-zlozil-po-patejdlovi-ostala-obrovska-zbierka-mega-hitov |website=topstar.noviny.sk |access-date=21 August 2023 |language=sk |date=20 August 2023}}</ref> * 1954 – [[Rekha]], Indian actress * 1954 – [[David Lee Roth]], American singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1954 – [[Fernando Santos (football coach)|Fernando Santos]], Portuguese footballer and manager *[[1956]] – [[Amanda Burton]], Northern Irish actress and producer * 1956 – [[David Hempleman-Adams]], English businessman and adventurer * 1956 – [[Taur Matan Ruak]], East Timorese politician, 3rd [[President of East Timor]] *[[1957]] – [[Rumiko Takahashi]], Japanese author and illustrator *[[1958]] – [[Tanya Tucker]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> *[[1959]] – [[Michael Cobley]], English-Scottish author * 1959 – [[Kirsty MacColl]], English singer-songwriter (died 2000) * 1959 – [[Arif Peçenek]], Turkish football player and manager (died 2013) * 1959 – [[Bill Rammell]], English academic and politician, [[Minister of State for the Armed Forces]] * 1959 – [[Julia Sweeney]], American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1959 – [[Bradley Whitford]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1960]] – [[Ron Flockhart (ice hockey)|Ron Flockhart]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1960 – [[Eric Martin (American singer)|Eric Martin]], American singer-songwriter * 1960 – [[Russell Slade]], English football manager * 1960 – [[Paul Thiebaud]], American art dealer (died 2010) * 1960 – [[Simon Townshend]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer *[[1961]] – [[Scott Hoffman]], American drummer * 1961 – [[Henrik Jørgensen (athlete)|Henrik Jørgensen]], Danish runner (died 2019) * 1961 – [[Martin Kemp]], English singer-songwriter and bass player<ref name="AP" /> * 1961 – [[Crystal Waters]], American singer-songwriter, musician and producer *[[1962]] – [[Thomas Rusch]], German photographer *[[1963]] – [[Jolanda de Rover]], Dutch swimmer * 1963 – [[Anita Mui]], Hong Kong singer and actress (died 2003) * 1963 – [[Daniel Pearl]], American-Israeli journalist (died 2002)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1963 – [[Vegard Ulvang]], Norwegian skier *[[1964]] – [[Sarah Lancashire]], English actress and director *[[1965]] – [[Toshi (musician)|Toshi]], Japanese singer-songwriter and producer * 1965 – [[Chris Penn]], American actor (died 2006) * 1965 – [[Rebecca Pidgeon]], American-English singer-songwriter and actress *[[1966]] – [[Tony Adams]], English footballer and manager * 1966 – [[Bai Ling]], Chinese-American model and actress<ref name="UPI" /> * 1966 – [[Derrick McKey]], American basketball player *[[1967]] – [[Michael Giacchino]], American composer * 1967 – [[Jonathan Littell]], American-French author and humanitarian * 1967 – [[Mike Malinin]], American drummer and producer * 1967 – [[Gavin Newsom]], American businessman and politician, 40th and current [[Governor of California]]<ref name="UPI" /> * 1967 – [[Jacek Zieliński (footballer, born 1967)|Jacek Zieliński]], Polish footballer and coach *[[1968]] – [[Bart Brentjens]], Dutch cyclist * 1968 – [[Feridun Düzağaç]], Turkish singer-songwriter * 1968 – [[Chris Ofili]], British painter * 1968 – [[Marinos Ouzounidis]], Greek footballer and manager *[[1969]] – [[Manu Bennett]], New Zealand-Australian actor<ref>{{cite news|title=Today's top celebrity birthdays list|work=The Plain Dealer|date=October 10, 2017|access-date=October 13, 2018|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/10/todays_top_celebrity_birthdays_30.html}}</ref> * 1969 – [[Joelle Carter]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1969 – [[Dilsa Demirbag Sten]], Swedish journalist and author * 1969 – [[Francis Escudero]], Filipino lawyer and politician * 1969 – [[Brett Favre]], American football player<ref name="UPI" /> * 1969 – [[Shawn Jamison]], American basketball player and coach * 1969 – [[Wendi McLendon-Covey]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1970]] – [[Dean Kiely]], Irish footballer * 1970 – [[Silke Kraushaar-Pielach]], German sled racer * 1970 – [[Matthew Pinsent]], English rower and sportscaster *[[1971]] – [[Graham Alexander]], English-Scottish footballer and manager * 1971 – [[Ian Bennett (footballer)|Ian Bennett]], English footballer * 1971 – [[Evgeny Kissin]], Russian pianist *[[1972]] – [[Yinka Dare]], Nigerian basketball player (died 2004)<ref>{{cite web |title=Yinka Dare |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/212/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=8 October 2023}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Jun Lana]], Filipino director, producer, playwright, and screenwriter * 1972 – [[Dean Roland]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1972 – [[Alexei Zhitnik]], Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player *[[1973]] – [[Mario Lopez]], American actor, television personality, and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1973 – [[Scott Morriss]], English bass player and songwriter * 1973 – [[Zach Thornton]], American soccer player and coach *[[1974]] – [[Asi Cohen]], Israeli actor and screenwriter * 1974 – [[Oded Kattash]], Israeli basketball player and coach<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/israel/basketball-Hall-Of-Fame.aspx|title=Israeli Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings |website=Eurobasket LLC}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Julio Ricardo Cruz]], Argentinian footballer * 1974 – [[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]], American race car driver and actor<ref name="UPI" /> * 1974 – [[Lucy Powell]], English politician * 1974 – [[Chris Pronger]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1975]] – [[Ihsahn]], Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1975 – [[Ramón Morales]], Mexican footballer and manager * 1975 – [[Plácido Polanco]], Dominican-American baseball player *[[1976]] – [[Bob Burnquist]], Brazilian-American skateboarder * 1976 – [[Pat Burrell]], American baseball player * 1976 – [[Shane Doan]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1978]] – [[Scott Dobie]], English footballer * 1978 – [[Naomi Levari]], Israeli film producer and director * 1978 – [[Jodi Lyn O'Keefe]], American model and actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1979]] – [[Kangta]], South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor * 1979 – [[Nicolás Massú]], Chilean tennis player * 1979 – [[Mýa]], American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1979 – [[Joel Przybilla]], American basketball player * 1979 – [[Hitomi Satō (actress)|Hitomi Satō]], Japanese actress *[[1980]] – [[Blaž Emeršič]], Slovenian ice hockey player * 1980 – [[Casey FitzSimmons]], American football player * 1980 – [[Elvis Hammond]], Ghanaian footballer * 1980 – [[Tim Maurer]], American singer-songwriter * 1980 – [[Julie Pomagalski]], French snowboarder (died 2021)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Julie Pomagalski |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/101478 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=19 March 2024 }}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Una Foden]], Irish singer-songwriter and dancer * 1981 – [[Gavin Shuker]], English lawyer and politician *[[1982]] – [[Yasser Al-Qahtani]], Saudi Arabian footballer * 1982 – [[Amon Buchanan]], Australian footballer * 1982 – [[David Cal]], Spanish sprint canoeist<ref>{{cite web|title=David Cal|url=https://www.olympic.org/david-cal/|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Tony Khan]], American sports executive<ref>{{cite web |title=Tony Khan |url=https://www.jaguars.com/team/front-office-roster/tony-khan |publisher=[[Jacksonville Jaguars]] |access-date=10 October 2022}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Dan Stevens]], English actor<ref>{{cite news|title=Dan Stevens|work=L'Uomo Vogue|date=July–August 2012|access-date=13 October 2018|url=https://www.vogue.it/en/uomo-vogue/people-stars/2012/07/dan-stevens?refresh_ce=}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Lzzy Hale]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> * 1983 – [[Vusimuzi Sibanda]], Zimbabwean cricketer * 1983 – [[Nikos Spyropoulos]], Greek footballer * 1983 – [[Tolga Zengin]], Turkish footballer *[[1984]] – [[Stephanie Cheng]], Hong Kong singer * 1984 – [[Jean-Baptiste Grange]], French skier * 1984 – [[Ryan Hollins]], American basketball player and commentator<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi?month=10&day=10 |title=Players Born on October 10 |access-date=June 11, 2022}}</ref> * 1984 – [[Chiaki Kuriyama]], Japanese actress and singer * 1984 – [[Tomáš Pöpperle]], Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tomas Popperle |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/tomas-popperle-8471793 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=8 October 2023}}</ref> * 1984 – [[Paul Posluszny]], American football player * 1984 – [[Troy Tulowitzki]], American baseball player *[[1985]] – [[Dominique Cornu]], Belgian cyclist * 1985 – [[Bronson Harrison]], New Zealand rugby league player * 1985 – [[Marina Diamandis]], Welsh singer-songwriter and pianist * 1985 – [[Rostislav Olesz]], Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Rostislav Olesz |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/rostislav-olesz-8471220 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=8 October 2023}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Sandra Záhlavová]], Czech tennis player *[[1986]] – [[Ezequiel Garay]], Argentinian footballer * 1986 – [[Lucy Griffiths (actress, born 1986)|Lucy Griffiths]], English actress<ref>{{cite news|title=Oct. 10 celebrity birthdays|work=Orange County Register|date=October 10, 2012|access-date=13 October 2018|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2012/10/10/oct-10-celebrity-birthdays/}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Nathan Jawai]], Australian basketball player * 1986 – [[Andrew McCutchen]], American baseball player * 1986 – [[Ellen Andrea Wang]], Norwegian bassist and composer *[[1987]] – [[Rodjun Cruz]], Filipino actor and dancer * 1987 – [[Junior Madozein]], Central African basketball player * 1987 – [[Ryan Mathews (American football)|Ryan Mathews]], American football player * 1987 – [[Colin Slade]], New Zealand rugby player *[[1988]] – [[Luis Cardozo]], Paraguayan footballer * 1988 – [[Shaun Fensom]], Australian rugby league player * 1988 – [[Brown Ideye]], Nigerian footballer * 1988 – [[Rose McIver]], New Zealand actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1988 – [[Emmanuel Nwachi]], Nigerian footballer * 1988 – [[Toby Smith (rugby union)|Toby Smith]], Australian-New Zealand rugby player *[[1989]] – [[Jeurys Familia]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeurys Familia |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jeurys-familia-544727 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=8 October 2023}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Emer Kenny]], English actress and screenwriter * 1989 – [[Aimee Teegarden]], American actress and producer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1990]] – [[Shelby Miller]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Shelby Miller |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/shelby-miller-571946 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=8 October 2023}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Geno Smith]], American football player * 1990 – [[Kolten Wong]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kolten Wong |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/kolten-wong-543939 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=8 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Michael Carter-Williams]], American basketball player * 1991 – [[Gabriella Cilmi]], Australian singer-songwriter and producer * 1991 – [[Lali Espósito]], Argentinian actress and singer<ref>{{cite news |language=es |url=https://www.clarin.com/viva/revista-viva-lali-esposito-peter-lanzani-violetta-ten-angels_0_H1TEjjP9PQg.html |work= [[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]]|title=Lali Espósito: "Me gusta sentirme sexy" |date=30 November 2014 |first=Silvina |last=Demare |access-date=January 10, 2022}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Mariana Pajón]], Colombian cyclist * 1991 – [[Xherdan Shaqiri]], Swiss footballer *[[1992]] – [[Anthony Brown (basketball)|Anthony Brown]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Anthony Brown |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1626148/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=8 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Lourdes Gurriel Jr.]], Cuban baseball player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi?month=10&day=10 |title=Players Born on October 10 |access-date=June 11, 2022}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Jayden Stockley]], English footballer *[[1994]] – [[Ilya Mikheyev]], Russian ice hockey player<ref name="NHL Players Born on October 10"/> * 1994 – [[Tereza Smitková]], Czech tennis player * 1994 – [[Bae Suzy]], South Korean singer, actress and model<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/happy-birthday-bae-suzy-3-career-defining-roles-nation-s-first-love-914796 |title=Happy Birthday Bae Suzy: 3 career defining roles from 'The Nation's First Love' |date=10 October 2021 |access-date=April 5, 2022}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Mike Tobey]], American-Slovenian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Tobey |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1627861/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=8 October 2023}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Marquez Valdes-Scantling]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi?month=10&day=10 |title=Players Born on October 10 |website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]] |access-date=June 11, 2022}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Brenko Lee]], Australian-Tongan rugby league player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bulldogs.com.au/team/profiles/brenko_lee.html |title=Canterbury Bulldogs profile |website=Canterbury Bulldogs |access-date=January 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615032632/http://www.bulldogs.com.au/team/profiles/brenko_lee.html |archive-date=15 June 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Courtland Sutton]], American football player<ref>{{cite web|title=Courtland Sutton|url= http://www.nfl.com/player/courtlandsutton/2560888/profile|website=NFL.com|access-date=16 March 2020|language=en}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Sami Niku]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref name="NHL Players Born on October 10"/> *[[2002]] – [[Josh Giddey]], Australian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi?month=10&day=10 |title=List of all the NBA, ABA and WNBA Players Born on October 10 |website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]] |access-date=September 11, 2022}}</ref> *2002 – [[Nate Yarnell]], American Football Player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nate Yarnell - Football |url=https://pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/football/roster/nate-yarnell/13394 |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=Pitt Panthers #H2P |language=en}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 19]] – [[Germanicus]], Roman general (born 15 BC) * [[644]] – [[Paulinus of York]], English bishop and missionary * [[680]] – [[Abbas ibn Ali]], son of [[Imam Ali]] * 680 – [[Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn]], son of [[Husayn ibn Ali|Al-Husayn]] * 680 – [[Habib ibn Madhahir]] * 680 – [[Husayn ibn Ali]], third Shia [[Imam]] and grandson of [[Muhammad]] (born 626) * [[827]] – [[Pope Valentine]] (born 800) * [[937]] – [[Wang Lingmou]], chancellor of [[Wu (Ten Kingdoms)|Wu]] *[[1149]] – [[Al-Hafiz]], [[Fatimid]] imam-caliph (born 1074/77)<ref>{{cite book | last = Halm | first = Heinz | author-link = Heinz Halm | title = Kalifen und Assassinen: Ägypten und der vordere Orient zur Zeit der ersten Kreuzzüge, 1074–1171 | trans-title = Caliphs and Assassins: Egypt and the Near East at the Time of the First Crusades, 1074–1171 | language = de | publisher = C.H. Beck | location = Munich | year = 2014 | isbn = 978-3-406-66163-1 | page= 222}}</ref> *1174 – [[Adela of Ponthieu, Countess of Surrey]]<ref>[[George Edward Cokayne|Cokayne, George Edward]] (1953) ''[[The Complete Peerage]]'', Vol. XII/1 London: St. Catherine Press. p. 377.</ref> *[[1213]] – [[Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine]] *[[1308]] – [[Patrick Dunbar, 8th Earl of Dunbar]] *[[1359]] – [[Hugh IV of Cyprus]] (born 1295) *[[1503]] – [[Peter II, Duke of Bourbon]] (born 1438) *[[1581]] – [[Bayinnaung]], Burmese king (born 1516)<ref name=hy-3-61>(Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 61): Tuesday, Full moon of Tazaungmon 943 ME = 10 October 1581; {{cite book | author=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | title=Hmannan Yazawin | volume=1–3 | year=1832 | location=Yangon | language=my | edition=2003 | publisher=Ministry of Information, Myanmar | author-link=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | title-link=Hmannan Yazawin}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1659]] – [[Abel Tasman]], Dutch merchant and explorer (born 1603) *[[1691]] – [[Isaac de Benserade]], French author and poet (born 1613) *[[1708]] – [[David Gregory (mathematician)|David Gregory]], Scottish mathematician and astronomer (born 1659) *[[1714]] – [[Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert]], French economist and academic (born 1646) *[[1720]] – [[Antoine Coysevox]], French sculptor (born 1640) *[[1723]] – [[William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper]], English lawyer and politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain]] (born 1665) *[[1725]] – [[Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil]], French politician, [[Governor of New France]] (born 1643) *[[1747]] – [[John Potter (bishop)|John Potter]], English archbishop and academic (born 1674) *[[1759]] – [[Granville Elliott]], English general (born 1713) *[[1765]] – [[Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (born 1688) *[[1795]] – [[Francesco Antonio Zaccaria]], Italian historian and theologian (born 1714) *[[1800]] – [[Gabriel Prosser]], American rebel leader (born 1776) *[[1806]] – [[Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772–1806)|Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia]] (born 1772) *[[1827]] – [[Ugo Foscolo]], Italian author and poet (born 1778) *[[1837]] – [[Charles Fourier]], French philosopher and academic (born 1772)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Fourier {{!}} French philosopher |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Fourier |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=13 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1857]] – [[George Washington Parke Custis]], American author and playwright (born 1781) *[[1872]] – [[William H. Seward]], American lawyer and politician, 24th [[United States Secretary of State]] (born 1801) *[[1875]] – [[Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy]], Russian author, poet, and playwright (born 1817) *[[1876]] – [[Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville]], French geologist and meteorologist (born 1814) *[[1893]] – [[Lip Pike]], American baseball player and manager (born 1845) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Lorenzo Snow]], American religious leader, 5th [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (born 1814) *[[1913]] – [[Adolphus Busch]], German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded [[Anheuser-Busch]] (born 1839) * 1913 – [[Katsura Tarō]], Japanese general and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (born 1848) *[[1914]] – [[Carol I of Romania]] (born 1839) *[[1918]] – [[Henry Dobson]], Australian politician, 17th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (born 1841) *[[1922]] – [[Andreas Karkavitsas]], Greek physician and author (born 1866) *[[1923]] – [[Andrés Avelino Cáceres]], Peruvian general, [[President of Peru]] (born 1836)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Basadre |first=Jorge |year=2005 |orig-year=First published 1939 |title=Historia de la República del Perú (1822–1933) |volume=14 |page=94 |edition=9th |language=es |trans-title=History of the Republic of Peru (1822–1933) |location=Lima |publisher=El Comercio |isbn=978-612-306-367-2}}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[August Kitzberg]], Estonian author and playwright (born 1855) * 1927 – [[Gustave Whitehead]], German-American pilot and engineer (born 1874) *[[1930]] – [[Adolf Engler]], German botanist and academic (born 1844) *[[1935]] – [[Gustave Loiseau]], French painter (born 1865) *[[1936]] – [[Abul Kasem (politician, born 1872)|Abul Kasem]], Bengali politician (born [[1872]])<ref name="BP">{{cite Banglapedia|article=Kasem, Abul|author=[[Badruddin Umar|Umar, Badruddin]]}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Berton Churchill]], Canadian-American actor and singer (born 1876) *[[1942]] – [[Arnold Majewski]], Finnish military hero of Polish descent (killed in action) (born [[1892]])<ref name="castrén">Castrén, Klaus: [https://www.genealogia.fi/genos-old/70/70_38.htm Majewski-suku Suomessa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202929/https://www.genealogia.fi/genos-old/70/70_38.htm |date=2021-06-24 }}, GENOS – journal of the Finnish genealogy society, issue #70/1999. Accessed on 24 June 2021.</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Ted Horn]], American race car driver (born 1910) *[[1949]] – [[Chikuhei Nakajima]], Japanese engineer, businessman, and politician, founded [[Nakajima Aircraft Company]] (born 1884) *[[1953]] – [[Erima Harvey Northcroft]], New Zealand general, lawyer, and judge (born 1884) *[[1957]] – [[Karl Genzken]], German physician (born 1885) *[[1962]] – [[Stancho Belkovski]], Bulgarian-Polish architect (born 1891) *[[1963]] – [[Roy Cazaly]], Australian footballer and coach (born 1893) * 1963 – [[Édith Piaf]], French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1915) *[[1964]] – [[Eddie Cantor]], American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1892) * 1964 – [[Heinrich Neuhaus]], Ukrainian-Russian pianist and educator (born 1888) *[[1966]] – [[Charlotte Cooper (tennis)|Charlotte Cooper]], English-Scottish tennis player (born 1870) * 1966 – [[Louise Thuliez]], French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author (born 1881)<ref>{{cite web |title=Louise Thuliez (1881–1966) |url=https://data.bnf.fr/10378748/louise_thuliez/ |website=data.bnf.fr |access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Édouard Daladier]], French captain and politician, 105th [[Prime Minister of France]] (born 1884) *[[1971]] – [[John Cawte Beaglehole]], New Zealand historian and scholar (born 1901) *[[1973]] – [[Ludwig von Mises]], Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (born 1881) * 1974 – [[Joseph Wulf]], German-Polish historian (born 1912)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/12/holocaust-remembrance-lessons-america/671893/ |title=Monuments to the Unthinkable |first1=Clint |last1=Smith |date=December 2022|access-date=23 November 2022 |magazine=The Atlantic |page=38 |url-access=subscription |volume=330 |issue=5}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Silvana Armenulić]], Bosnian singer and actress (born 1939) * 1976 – [[Mirsada Mirjana Bajraktarević]], Bosnian singer-songwriter (born 1951) *[[1977]] – [[Angelo Muscat]], Maltese-English actor (born 1930) *[[1978]] – [[Ralph Marterie]], Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1914) * 1978 – [[Ralph Metcalfe]], American sprinter and politician (born 1910) *[[1979]] – [[Christopher Evans (computer scientist)|Christopher Evans]], English psychologist, computer scientist, and author (born 1931) * 1979 – [[Paul Paray]], French organist, composer, and conductor (born 1886) *[[1982]] – [[Jean Effel]], French painter and journalist (born 1908) *[[1983]] – [[Ralph Richardson]], English actor (born 1902) *[[1985]] – [[Yul Brynner]], Russian actor (born 1920) * 1985 – [[Orson Welles]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1915) *[[1986]] – [[Gleb Wataghin]], Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic (born 1899) *[[1987]] – [[Behice Boran]], Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist (born 1910) *[[1990]] – [[Tom Murton]], American penologist and activist (born 1928) * 1990 – [[Nikolaos Pavlopoulos]], Greek sculptor and academic (born 1909) * 1990 – [[Dorothy Stanley]], American educator (born 1924)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ortiz |first=Bev |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9eaSAgAAQBAJ |title=Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary |editor-last=Bataille |editor-first=Gretchen M |chapter=Stanley, Dorothy Amora |year=2003 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-95587-8 |editor-last2=Lisa |editor-first2=Laurie}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Nickolaus Hirschl]], Austrian wrestler, discus thrower, and shot putter (born 1906) *[[1997]] – [[Michael J. S. Dewar]], Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the [[Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model]] (born 1918) *[[1998]] – [[Clark Clifford]], American captain, lawyer, and politician 9th [[United States Secretary of Defense]] (born 1906) * 1998 – [[Marvin Gay Sr.]], American minister (born 1914) * 1998 – [[Tommy Quaid]], Irish hurler and manager (born 1957) *[[2000]] – [[Sirimavo Bandaranaike]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of Sri Lanka]] (born 1916) *[[2001]] – [[Eddie Futch]], American boxer and trainer (born 1911) * 2001 – [[Vasily Mishin]], Russian engineer (born 1917) *[[2003]] – [[Eila Hiltunen]], Finnish sculptor (born 1922) * 2003 – [[Eugene Istomin]], American pianist (born 1925) *[[2004]] – [[Ken Caminiti]], American baseball player (born 1963) * 2004 – [[Christopher Reeve]], American actor, producer, and activist (born 1952) * 2004 – [[Arthur H. Robinson]], American geographer and cartographer (born 1915) * 2004 – [[Maurice Shadbolt]], New Zealand author and playwright (born 1932) *[[2005]] – [[Wayne C. Booth]], American educator and critic (born 1921) * 2005 – [[Milton Obote]], Ugandan politician, 2nd [[President of Uganda]] (born 1925) *[[2006]] – [[Michael John Rogers]], English ornithologist and academic (born 1932) * 2006 – [[Ian Scott (Ontario politician)|Ian Scott]], Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1934) *[[2008]] – [[Kazuyoshi Miura (businessman)|Kazuyoshi Miura]], Japanese businessman (born 1947) *[[2009]] – [[Stephen Gately]], Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1976) *[[2010]] – [[Solomon Burke]], American singer-songwriter and preacher (born 1940) * 2010 – [[Joan Sutherland]], Australian-Swiss soprano and actress (born 1926) *[[2011]] – [[Jagjit Singh]], Indian singer-songwriter (born 1941) *[[2012]] – [[Sam Gibbons]], American captain and politician (born 1920) * 2012 – [[Alex Karras]], American football player, wrestler, and actor (born 1935) * 2012 – [[Piotr Lenartowicz]], Polish philosopher and educator (born 1934) * 2012 – [[Basil L. Plumley]], American sergeant (born 1920) * 2012 – [[Mark Poster]], American philosopher and educator (born 1941) * 2012 – [[Kyaw Zaw]], Burmese commander and politician (born 1919) *[[2013]] – [[Scott Carpenter]], American commander, pilot, and astronaut (born 1925) * 2013 – [[Jay Conrad Levinson]], American author and educator (born 1933) * 2013 – [[Sohei Miyashita]], Japanese politician, [[Minister of Defense (Japan)|Japanese Minister of Defense]] (born 1927) * 2013 – [[Cal Smith]], American singer and guitarist (born 1932) *[[2014]] – [[Olav Dale]], Norwegian saxophonist and composer (born 1958) * 2014 – [[Damiana Eugenio]], Filipino author and academic (born 1921) * 2014 – [[Valeri Karpov]], Russian ice hockey player (born 1971) * 2014 – [[Lari Ketner]], American football and basketball player (born 1977) * 2014 – [[Pavel Landovský]], Czech actor, director, and playwright (born 1936) * 2014 – [[Ed Nimmervoll]], Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (born 1947) *[[2015]] – [[Diepreye Alamieyeseigha]], Nigerian politician, [[List of Governors of Bayelsa State|Governor of Bayelsa State]] (born 1952) * 2015 – [[Hilla Becher]], German photographer and educator (born 1934) * 2015 – [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]], Indian ([[Tamils|Tamil]]) actress (born 1937)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Actor-Aachi-Manorama-dies-at-78/articleshow/49307013.cms|title=Actor 'Aachi' Manorama dies at 78 |website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Steve Mackay]], American saxophonist and composer (born 1949) * 2015 – [[Sybil Stockdale]], American activist, co-founded the [[National League of Families]] (born 1924) *[[2016]] – [[Donn Fendler]], American author and speaker (born 1926) *[[2021]] – [[Abdul Qadeer Khan]], Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical scientist (born 1936)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Abdul Qadeer Khan |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abdul-Qadeer-Khan |access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]], Indian politician, 15th [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] (born 1939)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mulayam Singh Yadav Death Live Updates: Former UP CM Mulayam Singh passes away at 82, 'his demise pains me,' says PM Modi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/mulayam-singh-yadav-passes-away-live-updates-samajwadi-party-founder-and-former-up-cm-is-no-more/liveblog/94747065.cms |access-date=10 October 2022 |website=The Times of India }}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Fleur Adcock]], New Zealand poet (born 1934)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Obituaries |first=Telegraph |date=2024-10-11 |title=Fleur Adcock, poet with a laidback tone whose work was anchored in direct, irreverent observation |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/10/11/fleur-adcock-poet-direct-irreverent-style-died-obituary/ |access-date=2024-10-14 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> *2024 – [[Ethel Kennedy]], American philanthropist (born 1928)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=October 10, 2024 |title=Ethel Kennedy, Passionate Supporter of the Family Legacy, Dies at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/us/politics/ethel-kennedy-dead.html |access-date=October 11, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *[[Arbor Day]] (Poland) *[[Armed Forces Day|Army Day]] ([[Sri Lanka]]) *[[Capital Liberation Day]] ([[Vietnam]]) *Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]: **Blessed [[Angela Truszkowska]] **[[Cerbonius]] **[[Daniel Comboni]] **[[Eulampius and Eulampia]] **[[Gereon|Gereon and companions]] **Blessed [[María Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray|María Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray (Maria Desposorios)]] **[[Paulinus of York]] (in England) **[[Pinytus]] **[[Tanca]] **[[Vida Dutton Scudder]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]]) **[[Viktor of Xanten]] **[[October 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Public holidays in Sint Maarten|Constitution Day]] ([[Sint Maarten]])<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-07|title=Building the Nation, Investing in our Future, selected theme for Constitution Day 2021|url=http://sxmislandtime.com/building-the-nation-investing-in-our-future-selected-theme-for-constitution-day-2021/|access-date=2022-01-30|website=SXM IslandTime|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[Public holidays in Curaçao|Curaçao Day]], anniversary of autonomy<ref>{{Cite web|title=Officiële vrije dagen op Curaçao (Nationale Feestdagen) |url=https://loketdigital.gobiernu.cw/Loket/product/571960bbe1e5fe8712b10a1323630e70|access-date=2022-01-30|website=loketdigital.gobiernu.cw}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-10-10|title=Today We Celebrate The Birth Of 'Pais Kòrsou'|url=https://korsoutadushi.com/we-celebrate-the-birth-of-pais-korsou/|access-date=2022-01-30|website=Kòrsou Ta Dushi - Bib'é. Stim'é|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[Double Ten Day]] (The National Day of Republic of China), celebrates outbreak of the [[Wuchang Uprising]] in 1911 that led to founding of the [[Republic of China (1912-49)|Republic of China]] in 1912 *[[Fiji Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Fiji]] from United Kingdom in 1970 *[[Finnish Literature Day]] (Finland) *[[Independence Day (Cuba)|Independence Day]], commemorates the proclamation of Cuba's independence from Spain and the beginning of the [[Ten Years' War]] in 1868. *[[Party Foundation Day]] ([[North Korea]]) *[[World Day Against the Death Penalty]] *[[World Mental Health Day]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref> *[[World Porridge Day]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/10 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=10|day=10}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/10 |title=Historical Events on October 10 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:October 10}} [[Category:Days of October]]
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