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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[768]] – [[Carloman I]] and [[Charlemagne]] are crowned kings of the Franks. *[[1238]] – [[James I of Aragon]] founds the [[Kingdom of Valencia]]. *[[1410]] – The first known mention of the [[Prague astronomical clock]]. *[[1446]] – The [[Hangul]] alphabet is published in Korea. *[[1594]] – Troops of the [[Portuguese Empire]] are defeated on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the [[Campaign of Danture]]. ===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, Connecticut|Old Saybrook]]. *[[1708]] – [[Peter the Great]] defeats the Swedes at the [[Battle of Lesnaya]]. *[[1740]] – Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin a [[1740 Batavia massacre|massacre]] of the ethnic Chinese population in [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]], eventually killing at least 10,000. *[[1760]] – [[Seven Years' War]]: Russian and Austrian troops [[Raid on Berlin|briefly occupy Berlin]]. *[[1779]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: A combined [[Franco-American alliance|Franco-American]] assault on British defenses during the [[Siege of Savannah]] is repulsed with heavy casualties.<ref>{{cite web|title=Siege of Savannah|url=https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/siege-of-savannah|author=Grant, Larry|website=MountVernon.org|publisher= George Washington Presidential Library|access-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref> *[[1790]] – A severe [[1790 Oran earthquake|earthquake]] in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand. *[[1799]] – {{HMS|Lutine|1779|6}} sinks with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000. *[[1804]] – [[Hobart]], capital of Tasmania, is founded. *[[1806]] – [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] begins the [[War of the Fourth Coalition]] against [[First French Empire|France]]. *[[1812]] – [[War of 1812]]: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: {{HMS|Detroit|1812|6}} and {{HMS|Caledonia|1807|6}}. *[[1820]] – [[Guayaquil]] declares independence from Spain. *[[1825]] – ''[[Restauration (ship)|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 (American Civil War)|Union]] troops repel a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] attempt to capture [[Fort Pickens]] in the [[Battle of Santa Rosa Island]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Battle of Santa Rosa Island|url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/battle-santarosa.htm|website=NPS.gov|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref> *[[1864]] – American Civil War: Union cavalrymen [[Battle of Tom's Brook|defeat]] Confederate forces at [[Toms Brook, Virginia]] during [[Valley campaigns of 1864#Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley campaign (August–October 1864)|Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley campaign]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Battle of Tom’s Brook|url=https://www.shenandoahatwar.org/battle-of-toms-brook|website=ShenandoahAtWar.org|publisher=Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District|access-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref> *[[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 [[1911 Revolution|Xinhai Revolution]]. *[[1913]] – The steamship {{SS|Volturno|1906|6}} catches fire in the mid-Atlantic. *[[1914]] – [[World War I]]: The [[Siege of Antwerp (1914)|Siege of Antwerp]] comes to an end. *[[1918]] – The [[Parliament of Finland|Finnish Parliament]] offers to [[Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse]] the throne of a short-lived [[Kingdom of Finland (1918)|Kingdom of Finland]]. *[[1919]] – The [[Cincinnati Reds]] win the [[1919 World Series|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]] – [[Zhengding Missionary Murder|Murder of 9 Catholic priests]] in [[Zhengding Town|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 (United States)|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 [[14th Dalai Lama|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 [[Rangoon bombing|assassination attempt]] in Rangoon, Burma, but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others. *[[1984]] – The popular children's television show ''[[Thomas & Friends|Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends]]'', based on ''[[The Railway Series]]'' by [[Wilbert Awdry|the Reverend Wilbert Awdry]], premieres on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The TV Series|url=https://www.sodor-island.com/the-tv-series|website=Sodor Island Fansite|access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref> *[[1986]] – ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|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 television network|fourth US television network]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Fox's Barry Diller Gambles on a Fourth TV Network|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/05/arts/fox-s-barry-diller-gambles-on-a-fourth-tv-network.html|access-date= 2021-10-05|work= [[New York Times]]|date=5 October 1986 |language=en|last1=Harmetz |first1=Aljean }}</ref> *[[1992]] – The [[Peekskill meteorite]], a {{convert|27.7|lb}} [[meteorite]] crashed into a parked car in [[Peekskill, New York]] *[[1995]] – An [[Amtrak]] [[Sunset Limited]] train is [[1995 Palo Verde, Arizona derailment|derailed]] by saboteurs near [[Palo Verde, Arizona]]. *[[2006]] – North Korea conducts its [[2006 North Korean nuclear test|first nuclear test]]. *[[2007]] – The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the [[2008 financial crisis]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-07|title=George W. Bush - Key Events {{!}} Miller Center|url=https://millercenter.org/president/george-w-bush/key-events|access-date=2022-01-11|website=millercenter.org|language=en}}</ref> *[[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 [[Northern Rakhine State clashes#2016|first attack]] on [[Myanmar]] security forces along the [[Bangladesh–Myanmar border]]. *[[2019]] – Turkey begins its [[2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria|military offensive]] in north-eastern Syria. *[[2024]] – [[Hurricane Milton]] makes landfall in [[Siesta Key]], [[Florida]], as a [[Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale#Category 3|Category 3 hurricane]], causing US$34.3 billion in damage only two weeks after [[Hurricane Helene]] impacted the state.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NCEI.Monitoring.Info@noaa.gov |title=Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters {{!}} National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/events |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=www.ncei.noaa.gov |language=en}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1201]] – [[Robert de Sorbon]], French minister and theologian, founded the [[Collège de Sorbonne]] (died 1274) *[[1221]] – [[Salimbene di Adam]], Italian historian and scholar (died 1290) *[[1261]] – [[Denis of Portugal]] (died 1325) *[[1328]] – [[Peter I of Cyprus]] (died 1369) *[[1581]] – [[Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac]], French mathematician, poet, and scholar (died 1638) *[[1586]] – [[Leopold V, Archduke of Austria]] (died 1632) *[[1593]] – [[Nicolaes Tulp]], Dutch anatomist and politician (died 1674) ===1601–1900=== *[[1609]] – [[Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland]], English noble (died 1688) *[[1623]] – [[Ferdinand Verbiest]], Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (died 1688) *[[1704]] – [[Johann Andreas Segner]], German mathematician, physicist, and physician (died 1777) *[[1757]] – [[Charles X of France]] (died 1836) *[[1796]] – [[Joseph Bonomi the Younger]], British Egyptologist and sculptor (died 1878) *[[1823]] – [[Mary Ann Shadd]], American-Canadian [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]] (died 1893)<ref>{{cite web|author=Scott P. |url=http://mchhistory.blogspot.com/2010/07/abraham-doras-shadd.html |title=Abraham Doras Shadd |publisher=The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog |date=July 1, 2010 |access-date=April 26, 2014}}</ref> *[[1826]] – [[Agathon Meurman]], Finnish politician and journalist (died 1909)<ref>[https://www.meurmansuku.fi/historia/agathon-meurman/ Agathon Meurman] – Agathon Meurmanin sukuseura (in Finnish)</ref> *[[1835]] – [[Camille Saint-Saëns]], French composer and conductor (died 1921) *[[1837]] – [[Francis Wayland Parker]], American theorist and academic (died 1902) *[[1840]] – [[Simeon Solomon]], English painter (died 1905) *[[1845]] – [[Carl Gustav Thulin]], Swedish shipowner (died 1918) *[[1850]] – [[Hermann von Ihering]], German-Brazilian zoologist (died 1930) *[[1852]] – [[Hermann Emil Fischer]], German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1919) *[[1858]] – [[Mihajlo Pupin]], Serbian-American physicist and chemist (died 1935) *[[1859]] – [[Alfred Dreyfus]], French colonel (died 1935) *[[1863]] – [[Edward Bok]], Dutch-American journalist and author (died 1930) *[[1864]] – [[Reginald Dyer]], British brigadier general (died 1927) *[[1871]] – [[Georges Gauthier]], Canadian archbishop (died 1940) *[[1873]] – [[Carl Flesch]], Hungarian violinist and educator (died 1944) * 1873 – [[Karl Schwarzschild]], German physicist and astronomer (died 1916) * 1873 – [[Charles Rudolph Walgreen]], American pharmacist and businessman, founded [[Walgreens]] (died 1939) *[[1874]] – [[Nicholas Roerich]], Russian archaeologist and painter (died 1947) *[[1877]] – [[Gopabandhu Das]], Indian journalist, poet, and activist (died 1928) *[[1879]] – [[Max von Laue]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1960) *[[1880]] – [[Charlie Faust]], American baseball player (died 1915) *[[1883]] – [[Maria Filotti]], Greek-Romanian actress (died 1956) *[[1886]] – [[Rube Marquard]], American baseball player and manager (died 1980) *[[1888]] – [[Nikolai Bukharin]], Russian journalist and politician (died 1938) * 1888 – [[Irving Cummings]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1959) *[[1890]] – [[Aimee Semple McPherson]], Canadian-American evangelist, founded the [[International Church of the Foursquare Gospel]] (died 1944) *[[1892]] – [[Ivo Andrić]], Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1975) *[[1893]] – [[Mário de Andrade]], Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (died 1945) *[[1895]] – [[Eugene Bullard]], American pilot (died 1961)<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LaTLCbYl1YMC&pg=PT321 | title=All Blood Runs Red: Life and Legends of Eugene Jacques Bullard: First Black American Military Aviator | publisher=eBookIt.com | author=Harris, Henry Scott | year=2012 | location=NOOK Book (eBook) | isbn=9781456612993}}</ref> *[[1897]] – [[M. Bhaktavatsalam]], Indian lawyer and politician, 6th [[List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister of Madras State]] (died 1987) *[[1898]] – [[Tawfiq al-Hakim]], Egyptian author and playwright (died 1987) * 1898 – [[Joe Sewell]], American baseball player (died 1990) *[[1899]] – [[Bruce Catton]], American historian and author (died 1978) *[[1900]] – [[Joseph Friedman]], American inventor (died 1982) * 1900 – [[Alastair Sim]], Scottish-English actor and academic (died 1976) * 1900 – [[Joseph Zubin]], Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (died 1990) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Alice Lee Jemison]], Seneca political activist and journalist (died 1964) *[[1902]] – [[Freddie Young]], English cinematographer (died 1998) *[[1903]] – [[Walter O'Malley]], American lawyer and businessman (died 1979)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 9: Sharon Osbourne, Tyler James Williams |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/09/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-9-Sharon-Osbourne-Tyler-James-Williams/9741665252787/#:~:text=9%3A%20Sharon%20Osbourne%2C%20Tyler%20James%20Williams%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=7 October 2023 |date=9 October 2022}}</ref> *[[1906]] – [[J. R. Eyerman]], American photographer and journalist (died 1985) * 1906 – [[Léopold Sédar Senghor]], Senegalese poet and politician, 1st [[President of Senegal]] (died 2001) *[[1907]] – [[Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone]], English academic and politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain]] (died 2001) * 1907 – [[Jacques Tati]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1982) * 1907 – [[Horst Wessel]], German [[Sturmabteilung|SA]] officer (died 1930) *[[1908]] – [[Harry Hooton]], Australian poet and critic (died 1961) * 1908 – [[Werner von Haeften]], German lieutenant (died 1944) * 1908 – [[Lee Wiley]], American singer (died 1975) *[[1909]] – [[Donald Coggan]], English archbishop (died 2000) *[[1911]] – [[Joe Rosenthal]], American photographer (died 2006) *[[1914]] – [[Edward Andrews]], American actor (died 1985) *[[1915]] – [[Clifford M. Hardin]], American academic and politician, 17th [[United States Secretary of Agriculture]] (died 2010) * 1915 – [[Belva Plain]], American author (died 2010) *[[1918]] – [[E. Howard Hunt]], American [[CIA]] officer and author (died 2007)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1918 – [[Charles Read (RAAF officer)|Charles Read]], Australian air marshal (died 2014) * 1918 – [[Bebo Valdés]], Cuban-Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 2013) *[[1920]] – [[Jens Bjørneboe]], Norwegian author and educator (died 1976) * 1920 – [[Yusef Lateef]], American saxophonist, composer, and educator (died 2013) * 1920 – [[Jason Wingreen]], American actor and screenwriter (died 2015) *[[1921]] – [[Michel Boisrond]], French director and screenwriter (died 2002) * 1921 – [[Tadeusz Różewicz]], Polish poet and playwright (died 2014) *[[1922]] – [[Léon Dion]], Canadian political scientist and academic (died 1997) * 1922 – [[Fyvush Finkel]], American actor (died 2016) * 1922 – [[Olga Guillot]], Cuban-American singer (died 2010) *[[1923]] – [[Donald Sinden]], English actor (died 2014) *[[1924]] – [[Immanuvel Devendrar]], Indian soldier (died 1957) * 1924 – [[Arnie Risen]], American basketball player (died 2012)<ref>{{cite web|title=Arnie Risen|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/arnie-risen/|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=10 February 2020}}</ref> *[[1926]] – [[Danièle Delorme]], French actress and producer (died 2015) *[[1927]] – [[John Margetson]], English scholar and diplomat, [[List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to the Netherlands|British Ambassador to the Netherlands]] (died 2020) *[[1928]] – [[Einojuhani Rautavaara]], Finnish composer and educator (died 2016) *[[1930]] – [[Hank Lauricella]], American football player, lieutenant, and politician (died 2014) *[[1931]] – [[Tony Booth (actor)|Tony Booth]], English actor (died 2017) * 1931 – [[Homer Smith (American football)|Homer Smith]], American football player and coach (died 2011) *[[1933]] – [[Peter Mansfield]], English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2017) * 1933 – [[Melvin Sokolsky]], American fashion photographer (died 2022)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/fashion/melvin-sokolsky-dead.html|title=Melvin Sokolsky, Surrealist Fashion Photographer, Dies at 88|newspaper=The New York Times|last=Williams|first=Alex|date=September 14, 2022|access-date=September 15, 2022}}</ref> * 1933 – [[Bill Tidy]], English soldier and cartoonist (died 2023)<ref>[https://euroweeklynews.com/2023/03/12/breaking-legendary-british-cartoonist-bill-tidy-passes-away-aged-89/ Legendary British cartoonist Bill Tidy passes away aged 89]</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Jill Ker Conway]], Australian historian and author (died 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 (died 1996) *[[1938]] – [[Heinz Fischer]], Austrian academic and politician, 11th [[President of Austria]] * 1938 – [[John Sutherland (author)|John Sutherland]], English journalist, author, and academic *[[1939]] – [[Nicholas Grimshaw]], English architect and academic * 1939 – [[John Pilger]], Australian-English journalist, director, and producer (died 2023) * 1939 – [[Stephen Sedley]], English lawyer and judge * 1939 – [[O. V. Wright]], American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1980) *[[1940]] – [[Gordon J. Humphrey]], American soldier, pilot, and politician * 1940 – [[John Lennon]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1980)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1940 – [[Joe Pepitone]], American baseball player and coach (died 2023) *[[1941]] – [[Brian Lamb]], American broadcaster, founded [[C-SPAN]]<ref name="UPI" /> * 1941 – [[Trent Lott]], American lawyer and politician * 1941 – [[Omali Yeshitela]], political activist and founder of the [[Uhuru Movement]] *[[1942]] – [[Michael Palmer (novelist)|Michael Palmer]], American physician and author (died 2013) *[[1943]] – [[Douglas Kirby]], American psychologist and author (died 2012) * 1943 – [[Jimmy Montgomery]], English footballer and coach * 1943 – [[Mike Peters (cartoonist)|Mike Peters]], American cartoonist *[[1944]] – [[Rita Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy]], English academic and politician * 1944 – [[John Entwistle]], English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2002)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1944 – [[Nona Hendryx]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1945]] – [[Amjad Ali Khan]], Indian classical [[Sarod]] player * 1945 – [[Taiguara]], Uruguayan-Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 1996) *[[1947]] – [[John Doubleday (sculptor)|John Doubleday]], English sculptor and painter * 1947 – [[France Gall]], French singer (died 2018) * 1947 – [[William E. McAnulty Jr.]], American lawyer and judge (died 2007) * 1947 – [[Tony Zappone]], American photographer and journalist *[[1948]] – [[Jackson Browne]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> * 1948 – [[John Gray (sportsman)|John Gray]], English cricketer and rugby player *[[1949]] – [[Mark Hopkinson]], American mass murderer (died 1992) * 1949 – [[Rod Temperton]], English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (died 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 Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1951]] – [[Robert Wuhl]], American actor, comedian, and writer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1952]] – [[Simon Drew]], English illustrator * 1952 – [[Sharon Osbourne]], English television host and manager<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 9, 2022 includes celebrities Scott Bakula, Guillermo del Toro |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-9-2022-includes-celebrities-scott-bakula-guillermo-del-toro.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=7 October 2023 |date=9 October 2022}}</ref> * 1952 – [[John Rose (businessman)|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<ref name="AP" /> *[[1954]] – [[Scott Bakula]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1954 – [[James Fearnley]], English musician<ref name="AP" /> * 1954 – [[Rubén Magnano]], Argentine-Italian basketball coach * 1954 – [[John O'Hurley]], American actor and game show host<ref name="AP" /> *[[1955]] – [[Linwood Boomer]], Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1955 – [[Steve Ovett]], English runner and sportscaster * 1955 – [[Peter Saville (graphic designer)|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 (died 2015) * 1958 – [[Michael Paré]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1958 – [[Mike Singletary]], American football player and coach<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1959]] – [[Boris Nemtsov]], Russian academic and politician, [[First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia]] (died 2015) *[[1960]] – [[Kenny Garrett]], American saxophonist and composer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1961]] – [[Julian Bailey (racing driver)|Julian Bailey]], English race car driver and sportscaster * 1961 – [[Kurt Neumann (musician)|Kurt Neumann]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> * 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 (politician)|Hugh Robertson]], English soldier and politician, [[Minister for Sport and the Olympics]] * 1962 – [[Ōnokuni Yasushi]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 62nd [[Yokozuna (sumo)|Yokozuna]] *[[1963]] – [[Andy Platt]], English rugby league player *[[1964]] – [[Guillermo del Toro]], Mexican-American director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1964 – [[Martín Jaite]], Argentine tennis player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/martin-jaite/j004/overview|title=Martin Jaite | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis|website=ATP Tour}}</ref> *[[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 (died 2005) * 1967 – [[Gheorghe Popescu (footballer, born 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<ref name="AP" /> * 1969 – [[Christine Hough]], Canadian figure skater and coach * 1969 – [[Giles Martin]], English songwriter and producer * 1969 – [[Steve McQueen (director)|Steve McQueen]], English director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> *[[1970]] – [[Kenny Anderson (basketball)|Kenny Anderson]], American basketball player and coach * 1970 – [[Steve Jablonsky]], American composer * 1970 – [[Annika Sörenstam]], Swedish golfer and architect<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1971]] – [[Wayne Bartrim]], Australian rugby league player and coach * 1971 – [[Sian Evans]], Welsh singer<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/sian-evans-celebrates-no1-hit-1820711 | work = [[Wales Online]] | title = Sian Evans celebrates No.1 hit with DJ Fresh| date = 10 July 2011 }}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Steve Burns]], American actor, television host and musician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Today in history: October 9 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9583665 |work=[[NBC News]] |date=10 October 2005 |access-date=27 February 2022}}</ref> * 1973 – [[Fabio Lione]], Italian singer-songwriter and keyboard player *[[1974]] – [[Keith Booth]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Keith Booth |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1522/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Shmuel Herzfeld]], American rabbi *[[1975]] – [[Haylie Ecker]], Australian violinist * 1975 – [[Sean Lennon]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1975 – [[Mark Viduka]], Australian footballer *[[1976]] – [[William Alexander (author)|William Alexander]], American author and educator * 1976 – [[Stephen Neal]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Stephen Neal |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3509/stephen-neal |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> * 1976 – [[Lee Peacock]], Scottish footballer and coach * 1976 – [[Özlem Türköne]], Turkish journalist and politician * 1976 – [[Nick Swardson]], American actor and comedian<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1977]] – [[Emanuele Belardi]], Italian footballer * 1977 – [[Brian Roberts (baseball)|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<ref name="AP" /> * 1979 – [[Chris O'Dowd]], Irish actor, producer, and screenwriter * 1979 – [[Brandon Routh]], American model and actor<ref name="AP" /> * 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<ref name="AP" /> * 1981 – [[Darius Miles]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Darius Miles |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2032/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Farhaan Behardien]], South African cricketer * 1983 – [[Trevor Daley]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Trevor Daley |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/trevor-daley-8470110 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> * 1983 – [[Stephen Gionta]], American ice hockey player * 1983 – [[Spencer Grammer]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1983 – [[Jang Mi-ran]], South Korean weightlifter * 1983 – [[Andreas Zuber]], Austrian race car driver *[[1984]] – [[Marie Kondo]], Japanese author and television presenter<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1985]] – [[David Plummer (swimmer)|David Plummer]], American swimmer *[[1986]] – [[Derek Holland]], American baseball player * 1986 – [[Laure Manaudou]], French swimmer * 1986 – [[David Phelps (baseball)|David Phelps]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=David Phelps |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/david-phelps-475479 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Jan Christian Vestre]], Norwegian businessman and politician<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title= Jan Christian Vestre |first=Knut Are |last=Tvedt |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=12 February 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Jan_Christian_Vestre |language=no|access-date=23 March 2024}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Stephane Zubar]], French footballer *[[1987]] – [[Craig Brackins]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Craig Brackins |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202342/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Samantha Murray Sharan]], British tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Samantha Murray Sharan |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/312660/- |website=Women's Tennis Association |access-date=3 November 2023}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Henry Walker (basketball)|Henry Walker]], American basketball player <ref>{{cite web |title=Henry Walker |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201611/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Starling Marte]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Starling Marte |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/starling-marte-516782 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> * 1988 – [[David Tyrrell (rugby league)|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<ref>{{cite web |title=Jake Lamb |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jake-lamb-571875 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Jerian Grant]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jerian Grant |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1626170/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Sam Mewis]], American soccer player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Samantha Mewis {{!}} USWNT {{!}} U.S. Soccer Official Site|url=https://www.ussoccer.com/players/m/samantha-mewis|access-date=2021-01-14|website=www.ussoccer.com|language=en}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Tyler James Williams]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> *[[1993]] – [[Ani Amiraghyan]], Armenian tennis player * 1993 – [[Lauren Davis]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lauren Davis {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317414/lauren-davis |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Jayden Hodges]], Australian rugby league player * 1993 – [[George Kittle]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=George Kittle |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3040151/george-kittle |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Scotty McCreery]], American singer and songwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1993 – [[Wesley So]], Filipino-American chess grandmaster<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wesleyso.com|title=Wesley So|website=wesleyso.com|access-date=8 October 2020}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Jodelle Ferland]], Canadian actress<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1996]] – [[Jacob Batalon]], Filipino-American actor<ref name="UPI" /> * 1996 – [[Bella Hadid]], American model<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA504|date=30 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|pages=504}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Jharrel Jerome]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1997 – [[Megan Moroney]], American singer-songwriter.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/megan-moroney-mn0004313820/biography | title=Megan Moroney biography | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=February 15, 2023}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Penei Sewell]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Penei Sewell |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4373825/penei-sewell |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Kyla Leibel]], Canadian swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Kyla Leibel |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/kyla-leibel/ |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |access-date=22 June 2020 |date=8 April 2019}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Ben Shelton]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Person: Ben Shelton - UTS |url=https://www.uts.live/ben-shelton/ |website=uts.live |access-date=October 8, 2024}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[680]] – [[Saint Ghislain|Ghislain]], Frankish [[anchorite]] and saint * [[892]] – [[Al-Tirmidhi]], Persian [[Ulama|scholar]] and [[hadith]] compiler (born 824) *[[1047]] – [[Pope Clement II]] *[[1212]] – [[Philip I of Namur]], Marquis of Namur (born 1175) *[[1253]] – [[Robert Grosseteste]], English bishop and philosopher (born 1175) *[[1273]] – [[Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany]] (born 1227) *[[1296]] – [[Louis III, Duke of Bavaria]] (born 1269) *[[1390]] – [[John I of Castile]] (born 1358) *[[1555]] – [[Justus Jonas]], German academic and reformer (born 1493) *[[1562]] – [[Gabriele Falloppio]], Italian anatomist and physician (born 1523) *[[1569]] – [[Vladimir of Staritsa]] (born 1533) *[[1581]] – [[Louis Bertrand (saint)|Louis Bertrand]], Spanish missionary and saint (born 1526) ===1601–1900=== *[[1613]] – [[Henry Constable]], English poet (born 1562) *[[1619]] – [[Joseph Pardo (rabbi)|Joseph Pardo]], Italian rabbi and merchant (born 1561) *[[1691]] – [[William Sacheverell]], English politician (born 1638) *[[1729]] – [[Richard Blackmore]], English physician and poet (born 1654) *[[1793]] – [[Jean Joseph Marie Amiot]], French missionary and linguist (born 1718) *[[1797]] – [[Vilna Gaon]], Lithuanian rabbi and scholar (born 1720) *[[1806]] – [[Benjamin Banneker]], American astronomer and surveyor (born 1731) *[[1808]] – [[John Claiborne]], American lawyer and politician (born 1777) *[[1831]] – [[Ioannis Kapodistrias]], Russian-Greek lawyer and politician, [[List of heads of state of Greece|Governor of Greece]] (born 1776) *[[1873]] – [[George Ormerod]], English historian and author (born 1785) *[[1897]] – [[Jan Heemskerk]], Dutch lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (born 1818) *[[1900]] – [[Heinrich von Herzogenberg]], Austrian composer and conductor (born 1843) ===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – [[Henriette Wulfsberg]], Norwegian school owner and writer (born 1843)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Borgen|first1=Per Otto|title=De skriveføre drammensere : drammensdiktere gjennom 220 år|date=1996|publisher=Forl. for by- og bygdehistorie|location=Drammen|isbn=8291649022|pages=82–85|url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2014061608252?page=83|language=no}}</ref> *[[1911]] – [[Jack Daniel]], American businessman, founded [[Jack Daniel's]] (born 1849)<ref>{{cite book |last=Krass |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d8wgAQAAIAAJ&q=%22welcomed+the+end%22 |title=Blood and Whiskey: The Life and Times of Jack Daniel |publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons|Wiley]] |date=April 29, 2004 |page=210 |quote=Jack Daniel welcomed the end on October 9, 1911|isbn=9780471273929 }}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Valery Bryusov]], Russian author, poet, and critic (born 1873) *[[1934]] – [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia]], King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (born 1888) *[[1934]] – [[Louis Barthou]], French union leader and politician, 78th [[Prime Minister of France]] (born 1862) *[[1937]] – [[Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse]] (born 1868) *[[1940]] – [[Wilfred Grenfell]], English-American physician and missionary (born 1865) *[[1941]] – [[Helen Morgan (singer)|Helen Morgan]], American singer and actress (born 1900) *[[1943]] – [[Pieter Zeeman]], Dutch physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1865) *[[1944]] – [[Stefanina Moro]], Italian [[Partisan (military)|partisan]] (born 1927)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.giuseppemorabito.it/viaggio_memoria.pdf |title=Viaggio nella Memoria |last=Morabito |first=Giuseppe |date= |website=giuseppemorabito.it |publisher= |access-date=May 26, 2021 |pages= |quote=}} (in Italian)</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Gottlieb Hering]], German captain (born 1887) *[[1946]] – [[Frank Castleman]], American football player, baseball player, and coach (born 1877) *[[1947]] – [[Yukio Sakurauchi]], Japanese businessman and politician, 27th [[Minister of Finance (Japan)|Japanese Minister of Finance]] (born 1888) *[[1950]] – [[George Hainsworth]], Canadian ice hockey player and politician (born 1895) *[[1953]] – [[James Finlayson (actor)|James Finlayson]], Scottish-American actor (born 1887) *[[1955]] – [[Theodor Innitzer]], Austrian cardinal (born 1875) *[[1956]] – [[Marie Doro]], American actress (born 1882) *[[1958]] – [[Pope Pius XII]] (born 1876) * 1958 – [[John Boland (South Dakota politician)|John Boland]], American politician (born 1884)<ref>{{cite news |title=John Boland, Local Pioneer, Dies At 74 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal-john-boland-local-pi/149558133/ |access-date=June 19, 2024 |work=[[Rapid City Daily Journal]] |date=October 10, 1958 |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal-john-boland-local-pi/149558133/ 1], [https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal-john-boland/149558575/ 2] |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Shirō Ishii]], Japanese general and biologist (born 1892) *[[1962]] – [[Milan Vidmar]], Slovenian chess player and engineer (born 1885) *[[1967]] – [[Che Guevara]], Argentinian-Cuban physician, politician and guerrilla leader (born 1928) * 1967 – [[Cyril Norman Hinshelwood]], English chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1897) * 1967 – [[André Maurois]], French soldier and author (born 1885) * 1967 – [[Joseph Pilates]], German-American fitness trainer, developed [[Pilates]] (born 1883) *[[1969]] – [[Don Hoak]], American baseball player (born 1928) *[[1972]] – [[Miriam Hopkins]], American actress (born 1902) *[[1974]] – [[Oskar Schindler]], Czech-German businessman (born 1908) *[[1975]] – [[Noon Meem Rashid]], Pakistani poet (born 1910) *[[1976]] – [[Walter Warlimont]], German general (born 1894) *[[1978]] – [[Jacques Brel]], Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1929) *[[1982]] – [[Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt]], German historian and physician (born 1893) *[[1985]] – [[Emílio Garrastazu Médici]], Brazilian general and politician, 28th [[President of Brazil]] (born 1905) *[[1987]] – [[Clare Boothe Luce]], American author, playwright, and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to Italy]] (born 1903) * 1987 – [[William P. Murphy]], American physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1892) *[[1988]] – [[Felix Wankel]], German engineer, invented the [[Wankel engine]] (born 1902) *[[1989]] – [[Yusuf Atılgan]], Turkish author and playwright (born 1921) * 1989 – [[Penny Lernoux]], American journalist and author (born 1940) *[[1995]] – [[Alec Douglas-Home]], British cricketer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (born 1903) *[[1996]] – [[Walter Kerr]], American author, composer, and critic (born 1913) *[[1999]] – [[Milt Jackson]], American vibraphone player and composer (born 1923) * 1999 – [[Akhtar Hameed Khan]], Pakistani economist and scholar (born 1914) *[[2000]] – [[David Dukes]], American actor (born 1945) * 2000 – [[Patrick Anthony Porteous]], Indian-Scottish colonel, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (born 1918) *[[2001]] – [[Herbert Ross]], American director, producer, and choreographer (born 1927) *[[2002]] – [[Sopubek Begaliev]], Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (born 1931) * 2002 – [[Charles Guggenheim]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924) *[[2003]] – [[Carolyn Gold Heilbrun]], American author and academic (born 1926) * 2003 – [[Carl Fontana]], American jazz trombonist (born 1928) *[[2004]] – [[Jacques Derrida]], Algerian-French philosopher and academic (born 1930) *[[2005]] – [[Louis Nye]], American actor (born 1913) *[[2006]] – [[Danièle Huillet]], French filmmaker (born 1933) * 2006 – [[Paul Hunter]], English snooker player (born 1978) * 2006 – [[Kanshi Ram]], Indian lawyer and politician (born 1934) *[[2007]] – [[Enrico Banducci]], American businessman, founded [[hungry i]] (born 1922) * 2007 – [[Carol Bruce]], American actress and singer (born 1919) *[[2009]] – [[Stuart M. Kaminsky]], American author and educator (born 1934) * 2009 – [[John Daido Loori]], American [[Zen]] Buddhist monastic and teacher (born 1931) * 2009 – [[Horst Szymaniak]], German footballer (born 1934) *[[2010]] – [[Maurice Allais]], French economist and physicist, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1911) *[[2011]] – [[Pavel Karelin]], Russian ski jumper (born 1989) *[[2012]] – [[Sammi Kane Kraft]], American actress (born 1992) * 2012 – [[Kenny Rollins]], American basketball player (born 1923) * 2012 – [[Harris Savides]], American cinematographer (born 1957) *[[2013]] – [[Solomon Lar]], Nigerian educator and politician, 4th [[Governor of Plateau State]] (born 1933) * 2013 – [[Srihari]], Indian actor (born 1964) * 2013 – [[Wilfried Martens]], Belgian lawyer and politician, 60th [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (born 1936) * 2013 – [[Edmund Niziurski]], Polish sociologist, lawyer, and author (born 1925) *[[2014]] – [[Boris Buzančić]], Croatian actor and politician, 47th [[List of mayors of Zagreb|Mayor of Zagreb]] (born 1929) * 2014 – [[Jan Hooks]], American actress and comedienne (born 1957) * 2014 – [[Carolyn Kizer]], American poet and academic (born 1925) * 2014 – [[Peter A. Peyser]], American soldier and politician (born 1921) * 2014 – [[Rita Shane]], American soprano and educator (born 1936) *[[2015]] – [[Raymond Twomey Duncan|Ray Duncan]], American businessman (born 1930) * 2015 – [[Richard F. Heck]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1931)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.udel.edu/udaily/2016/oct/InMemoriam101015.html |title=Richard Heck, professor emeritus and Nobel laureate, dies |publisher=[[University of Delaware]] |website=udel.edu |date=October 10, 2015 |access-date=August 22, 2022}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Geoffrey Howe]], Welsh lawyer and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (born 1926) * 2015 – [[Ravindra Jain]], Indian composer and director (born 1944) *[[2016]] – [[Andrzej Wajda]], Polish film and theatre director (born 1926) *[[2017]] – [[Jean Rochefort]], French actor<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/url-jean-rochefort-dead-mort-films-don-quixote-dies-age-87-paris-tributes-a7990426.html|title=French acting legend Jean Rochefort has died|date=9 October 2017|newspaper=The Independent|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009165203/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/url-jean-rochefort-dead-mort-films-don-quixote-dies-age-87-paris-tributes-a7990426.html |archive-date= 2017-10-09|url-status=live }}</ref> (born 1930) * [[2024]] – [[George Baldock]], British-born Greek international footballer (born 1993)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-09 |title=British-born Greece defender Baldock dies aged 31 |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/41704791/george-baldock-dies-greece-sheffield-united-panathinaikos |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Dieter Burdenski]], German footballer (born 1950)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Der SV Werder Bremen trauert um Dieter Burdenski {{!}} SV Werder Bremen |url=https://www.werder.de/aktuell/news/weitere-news/2024/2025/nachruf-dieter-burdenski-09102024?s=NachrufBurdenski |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=www.werder.de |language=de-DE}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Lily Ebert]], Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (born 1923)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lindner |first=Emmett |date=October 9, 2024 |title=Lily Ebert, Holocaust Survivor, Author and TikTok Star, Dies at 100 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/09/books/lily-ebert-dead.html |access-date=October 11, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Lee Wei Ling]], Singaporean neurologist (born 1955)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-10-10 |title=SM Lee Hsien Loong attends funeral wake of sister Lee Wei Ling |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/sm-lee-hsien-loong-attends-funeral-wake-of-sister-lee-wei-ling |access-date=2024-10-11 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Clark R. Rasmussen]], American politician (born 1934)<ref>{{cite web |title=Clark Rasmussen |url=https://hamiltonsfuneralhome.com/obituaries/ClarkRasmussen#obituary |website=Hamiltons Funeral Home |access-date=October 12, 2024 |language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Leif Segerstam]], Finnish conductor and composer (born 1944)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nossiter |first=Adam |date=October 16, 2024 |title=Leif Segerstam, Who Wrote 371 Symphonies, Is Dead at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/16/arts/music/leif-segerstam-dead.html |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Ratan Tata]], Indian businessman and philanthropist (born 1937)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kandell |first=Jonathan |date=October 9, 2024 |title=Ratan Tata, Whose Indian Business Empire Went Global, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/09/business/ratan-tata-dead.html |access-date=October 9, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]: **[[Abraham]] **[[Saint Denis of Paris|Denis]] **[[Dionysius the Areopagite]] **[[Saint Ghislain|Ghislain]] **[[Innocencio of Mary Immaculate]] and [[Asturian miners' strike of 1934|Martyrs of Asturias]] **[[John Henry Newman]] **[[John Leonardi]] **[[Louis Bertrand (saint)|Luis Beltran]] **[[Robert Grosseteste]] ([[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|Church of England]]) **[[Wilfred Grenfell]] ([[Episcopal Church (USA)]]) **[[October 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Fire Prevention Week|Fire Prevention Day]] ([[Canada]], [[United States]]) *[[Hangul Day]] (South Korea) *[[Independence Day (Uganda)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Uganda]] from United Kingdom in 1962. (Uganda) *[[Independence of Guayaquil]] from Spain in 1820 (Ecuador) *[[Leif Erikson Day]] (United States, Iceland and Norway) *[[National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust]] (Romania) *National [[Nanotechnology]] Day (United States) *[[Takayama Autumn Festival]] ([[Takayama, Gifu|Takayama]], Japan) *[[World Post 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> *[[Indian Foreign Service]] Day<ref>{{cite news |title=IFS Day 2020: "Best Wishes To Team MEA," Tweets Dr S Jaishankar |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-foreign-service-day-best-wishes-to-team-mea-tweets-s-jaishankar-2307543 |access-date=13 August 2021 |work=NDTV.com}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/9 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=10|day=09}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/9 |title=Historical Events on October 9 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:October 09}} [[Category:Days of October]]
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