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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 33|33]] &ndash; Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons [[Nero Julius Caesar|Nero]] and [[Drusus Caesar|Drusus]], and banished to the island of [[Pandateria]] by [[Tiberius]], [[Agrippina the Elder]] dies of self-inflicted starvation.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=210|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> 
* [[320]] &ndash; [[Pappus of Alexandria]], Greek philosopher, observes an [[eclipse of the Sun]] and writes a commentary on ''The Great Astronomer'' (''[[Almagest]]'').
* [[614]] &ndash; King [[Chlothar II]] promulgates the [[Edict of Paris]] (''Edictum Chlotacharii''), a sort of Frankish [[Magna Carta]] that defends the rights of the [[Franks|Frankish]] nobles while it [[Antisemitism|excludes Jews]] from all civil employment in the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]].
* [[629]] &ndash; [[Dagobert I]] is crowned [[King of the Franks]].
*[[1009]] &ndash; The [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]], a Christian church in [[Jerusalem]], is completely destroyed by the [[Fatimid caliph]] [[Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]], who hacks the Church's foundations down to [[bedrock]].
*[[1016]] &ndash; The [[Danes]] defeat the [[England|English]] in the [[Battle of Assandun]].
*[[1081]] &ndash; The [[Normans]] defeat the [[Byzantine Empire]] in the [[Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)|Battle of Dyrrhachium]].
*[[1166]] &ndash; [[Michael the Syrian]], one of the most important Syriac historians, is consecrated as [[Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East|Syriac Orthodox Patriarch]] at the [[Mor Bar Sauma Monastery]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Conference |first1=State University of New York at Binghamton Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies |title=The Crusades: Other Experiences, Alternate Perspectives: Selected Proceedings from the 32nd Annual CEMERS Conference |date=2003 |publisher=Global Academic Publishing |isbn=978-1-58684-251-2 |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8u8b3RbcJQUC |access-date=19 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Whitby |first1=Mary |title=Byzantines and Crusaders in Non-Greek Sources, 1025-1204 |date=1 November 2007 |publisher=OUP/British Academy |isbn=978-0-19-726378-5 |page=256 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C6hnAAAAMAAJ&q=18+October+1166+michael |access-date=19 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1281]] &ndash; [[Pope Martin IV]] excommunicates King [[Peter III of Aragon]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Watt|first=J.A.|chapter=The Papacy|title=The New Cambridge Medieval History. Volume V: c.1198-c.1300|editor-last=Abulafia|editor-first=David|location=Cambridge, U.K.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=1999|isbn=9780521362917|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bclfdU_2lesC|page=154}}</ref> for usurping the crown of Sicily (a sentence renewed on 7 May and 18 November 1282).<ref>{{cite book|last=Hitchcock|first=James|title=History of the Catholic Church|location=San Francisco|publisher=Ignatius Press|date=2012|isbn=9781586176648|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8nt_n7wuugAC|page=150}}</ref>
*[[1356]] &ndash; [[1356 Basel earthquake|Basel earthquake]], the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys the town of [[Basel]], Switzerland.
*[[1540]] &ndash; Spanish conquistador [[Hernando de Soto]]'s forces destroy the fortified town of [[Mabila]] in present-day [[Alabama]], killing [[Tuskaloosa]].
*[[1561]] &ndash; In [[Japan]] the fourth [[Battle of Kawanakajima]] is fought between the forces of [[Uesugi Kenshin]] and [[Takeda Shingen]], resulting in a draw.
*[[1565]] &ndash; Ships belonging to the [[Matsura clan]] of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading [[carrack]] in the [[Battle of Fukuda Bay]], the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West.
*[[1597]] &ndash; [[King Philip II of Spain]] sends his [[3rd Spanish Armada|third and final armada against England]], but it ends in failure due to storms. The remaining ships are captured or sunk by the English.<ref name="Schomberg32">{{cite book|last1=Schomberg, Isaac|title=Naval Chronology, Or an Historical Summary of Naval and Maritime Events from the Time of the Romans, to the Treaty of Peace 1802: With an Appendix, Volume 1|date=1802|pages=32–33|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lAE-AAAAcAAJ|author1-link=Isaac Schomberg (Royal Navy officer)}}</ref>
*[[1599]] &ndash; [[Michael the Brave]], Prince of [[Wallachia]], defeats the Army of [[Andrew Báthory]] in the [[Battle of Șelimbăr]], leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.

===1601–1900===
*[[1630]] &ndash; [[Frendraught Castle]] in Scotland, the home of [[James Crichton of Frendraught]], burns down.<ref>Robert Chambers, ''Domestic Annals of Scotland'', vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1859), pp. 43-50.</ref>
*[[1648]] &ndash; Boston shoemakers form the first American [[Trade union|labor organization]].
*[[1748]] &ndash; Signing of the [[Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)|Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle]] ends the [[War of the Austrian Succession]].
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[African-American]] poet [[Phillis Wheatley]] is freed from slavery.
*  1775   &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[Burning of Falmouth]] (now [[Portland, Maine]]).
*[[1779]] &ndash; American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American [[Siege of Savannah]] is lifted.
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Herman Melville]]'s ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' is first published as ''The Whale'' by [[Richard Bentley (publisher)|Richard Bentley]] of London.
*[[1860]] &ndash; The [[Second Opium War]] finally ends at the [[Convention of Peking]] with the ratification of the [[Treaty of Tientsin]], an [[unequal treaty]].
*[[1867]] &ndash; United States [[Alaska Purchase|takes possession of]] Alaska after purchasing it from [[Russian Empire|Russia]] for $7.2&nbsp;million. Celebrated annually in the state as [[Alaska Day]].
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Johannes Brahms]] conducts the premiere of his [[Double Concerto (Brahms)|Double Concerto]], composed for violinist [[Joseph Joachim]] and cellist [[Robert Hausmann]].<ref>Huth, Andrew: [https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W23910_311570 Concerto for violin and cello in A minor 'Double Concerto', Op 102] [[Hyperion Records|Hyperion]] 2022</ref> 
*[[1898]] &ndash; The United States takes possession of [[Puerto Rico]] from Spain.
*[[1900]] &ndash; Count [[Bernhard von Bülow]] becomes chancellor of Germany.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=20|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[First Balkan War]]: King [[Peter I of Serbia]] issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
*[[1914]] &ndash; The [[Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement]] is founded in Germany.
*[[1921]] &ndash; The [[Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic]] is formed as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
*[[1922]] &ndash; The [[British Broadcasting Company]] (later Corporation) <!-- Not 'Corporation' yet ! --> is founded by a [[consortium]], to establish a nationwide network of [[radio transmitter]]s to provide a national [[broadcasting]] service.
*[[1929]] &ndash; The [[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council]] overrules the [[Supreme Court of Canada]] in ''[[Edwards v Canada (AG)|Edwards v. Canada]]'' when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under [[Canadian law]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Soviet Union]] begins the liberation of [[Czechoslovakia]] from [[Nazi Germany]].
*  1944   &ndash; World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal [[Erwin Rommel]] takes place in Ulm, Germany.
*[[1945]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union|USSR]]'s nuclear program receives plans for the United States [[Nuclear weapon|plutonium bomb]] from [[Klaus Fuchs]] at the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]].
*  1945   &ndash; A group of the [[Venezuela]]n Armed Forces, led by Mario Vargas, [[Marcos Pérez Jiménez]] and [[Carlos Delgado Chalbaud]], stages [[1945 Venezuelan coup d'état|a coup d'état]] against president [[Isaías Medina Angarita]], who is overthrown by the end of the day.
*  1945   &ndash; [[Argentina|Argentine]] military officer and politician [[Juan Perón]] marries actress [[Eva Perón|Eva Duarte]].
*[[1954]] &ndash; Texas Instruments announces the [[Regency TR-1]], the first mass-produced transistor radio.
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Félicette]], a black and white female Parisian stray cat, becomes the first cat launched into space.
*[[1967]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] probe [[Venera 4]] reaches [[Venus]] and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[German Autumn]]: A set of events revolving around the kidnapping of [[Hanns Martin Schleyer]] and the [[Aircraft hijacking|hijacking]] of a [[Lufthansa]] flight by the [[Red Army Faction]] (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide.
*[[1978]] &ndash; Based on the world's [[Henrik Igityan National Centre for Aesthetics#Children's Art Museum|first children's art museum]], the [[Henrik Igityan National Centre for Aesthetics]] opened in Yerevan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://nca.am/en/nca/history |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=nca.am}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-01 |title=Children's Art Gallery - The Caucasus Tours |url=https://www.thecaucasustours.com/childrens-art-gallery/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-22 |title=Venue[s] • EVN Report |url=https://evnmediafest.com/venue/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=evnmediafest.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; The [[Federal Communications Commission (FCC)]] begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
*[[1989]] &ndash; The [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] launches on [[STS-34]] to deploy the Jupiter-bound [[Galileo (spacecraft)|Galileo]] space probe.<ref name="Spacefacts STS-34">{{cite web |last=Becker |first=Joachim |title=Spaceflight mission report: STS-34 |url=http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-34.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126215342/http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-34.htm |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |access-date=February 26, 2014 |publisher=SPACEFACTS}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; The Supreme Council of [[Azerbaijan]] adopts a declaration of independence from the [[Soviet Union]].
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 5601|Merpati Nustantara Airlines Flight 5601]] crashes into [[Mount Papandayan]] near the town of [[Garut]] in [[West Java]], Indonesia, killing 31.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident IPTN/CASA CN-235-10 PK-MNN Garut|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19921018-0|access-date=2021-10-18|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Bolivian gas conflict]]: [[Bolivia]]n President [[Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada]] is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[2007 Karachi bombing|Karachi bombing]]: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Pakistani Prime Minister]] [[Benazir Bhutto]] kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself is uninjured.
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[NASA Astronaut Corps|NASA Astronauts]] [[Jessica Meir]] and [[Christina Koch]] take part in the first all-female [[Extravehicular activity|spacewalk]] when they venture out of the [[International Space Station]] to replace a power controller.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Zraick|first=Karen|date=2019-10-18|title=NASA Astronauts Complete the First All-Female Spacewalk|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/science/space/nasa-female-spacewalk.html|access-date=2020-08-25|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; [[2019–2020 Chilean protests|Riots in Chile's capital Santiago]] escalate into open battles, with attacks reported at nearly all of the city's 164 [[Santiago Metro|Metro]] stations. President [[Sebastián Piñera]] later announces a 15-day state of emergency in the capital.<ref name="Aljazeera191019051808789">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/chile-protests-state-emergency-declared-santiago-191019051808789.html|title=Chile protests: State of emergency declared in Santiago |website=aljazeera.com |access-date=21 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020062524/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/chile-protests-state-emergency-declared-santiago-191019051808789.html|archive-date=20 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BBC50113090">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50113090|title=Three dead in Chile supermarket fire amid riots|date=20 October 2019|access-date=21 October 2019|newspaper=BBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021030406/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50113090|archive-date=21 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Births==

===Pre-1600===
*[[1127]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]] of Japan (died 1192)
*[[1130]] &ndash; [[Zhu Xi]], Chinese philosopher (died 1200)
*[[1405]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius II]] (died 1464)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pius II {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pius-II |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=28 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1444]] &ndash; [[John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk]] (died 1476)
*[[1482]] &ndash; [[Philipp III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg]] (died 1538)
*[[1517]] &ndash; [[Manuel da Nóbrega]], Portuguese-Brazilian priest and missionary (died 1570)
*[[1523]] &ndash; [[Anna Jagiellon]], daughter of Sigismund I of Poland (died 1596)
*[[1536]] &ndash; [[William Lambarde]], English antiquarian and politician (died 1601)
*[[1547]] &ndash; [[Justus Lipsius]], Belgian philologist and scholar (died 1606)
*[[1553]] &ndash; [[Luca Marenzio]], Italian composer (died 1599)
*[[1587]] &ndash; [[Lady Mary Wroth]], English poet (died 1651)
*[[1595]] &ndash; [[Edward Winslow]], American Pilgrim leader (died 1655)

===1601–1900===
*[[1616]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Culpeper]], English botanist (died 1654)
*[[1630]] &ndash; [[Henry Powle]], English politician (died 1692)
*[[1634]] &ndash; [[Luca Giordano]], Italian painter and illustrator (died 1705)
*[[1653]] &ndash; [[Abraham van Riebeeck]], South African-Dutch merchant and politician, [[Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies]] (died 1713)
*[[1662]] &ndash; [[Matthew Henry]], Welsh minister and scholar (died 1714)
*[[1663]] &ndash; [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]] (died 1736)
*[[1668]] &ndash; [[John George IV, Elector of Saxony]] (died 1694)
*[[1701]] &ndash; [[Charles le Beau]], French historian and author (died 1778)
*[[1706]] &ndash; [[Baldassare Galuppi]], Italian [[harpsichord]] player and composer (died 1785)
*[[1741]] &ndash; [[Pierre Choderlos de Laclos]], French general and author (died 1803)
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[Thomas Phillips]], English artist (died 1845)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/thomas-phillips-423 | title=Thomas Phillips 1770–1845 }}</ref>
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[Heinrich von Kleist]], German author and poet (died 1811)
*[[1785]] &ndash; [[Thomas Love Peacock]], English author and poet (died 1866)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Lucas Alamán]], Mexican politician and historian (died 1853)
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Mongkut]], Thai king (died 1868)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Midhat Pasha]], Ottoman civil servant and politician, 238th [[List of Ottoman Grand Viziers|Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] (died 1883)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Frederick III, German Emperor]] (died 1888)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Frederick August Otto Schwarz]], American businessman, founded [[FAO Schwarz]] (died 1911)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Basil Hall Chamberlain]], English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (died 1935)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Billy Murdoch (cricketer)|Billy Murdoch]], Australian cricketer (died 1911)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Henri Bergson]], French philosopher and theologian, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1941)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Mehmet Esat Bülkat]], Ottoman general (died 1952)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Arie de Jong]], Dutch linguist and author (died 1957)
*  1865   &ndash; [[Logan Pearsall Smith]], American-English author and critic (died 1946)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Ernst Didring]], Swedish author (died 1931)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Johannes Linnankoski]], Finnish author (died 1913)<ref>[https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/103140 Linnankoski, Johannes – Doria] (in Finnish)</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[D. T. Suzuki]], Japanese author and scholar (died 1966)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Kuzmin]], Russian poet and author (died 1936)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Ivanoe Bonomi]], Italian lawyer and politician, 25th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (died 1951)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Len Braund]], English cricketer, coach, and umpire (died 1955)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[James Truslow Adams]], American historian and author (died 1949)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Ze'ev Jabotinsky]], Ukrainian-Russian general, journalist, and theorist (died 1940)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Max Gerson]], German-born American physician (died 1959)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Väinö Kivisalo]], Finnish politician (died 1953)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Väinö Kivisalo |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910751.aspx |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date=25 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314225142/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910751.aspx |archive-date=14 March 2019 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref>
*  1882   &ndash; [[Lucien Petit-Breton]], French cyclist (died 1917)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Takashi Sakai]], Japanese general and politician, [[Governor of Hong Kong]] (died 1946)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Paul Vermoyal]], French actor (died 1925) 
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Sidney Holland]], New Zealand lieutenant and politician, 25th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (died 1961)
*  1893   &ndash; [[George Ohsawa]], Japanese philosopher and academic (died 1966)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[H. L. Davis]], American author and poet (died 1960)
*  1894   &ndash; [[Tibor Déry]], Hungarian author and translator (died 1977)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Isabel Briggs Myers]], American theorist and author (died 1980)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Lotte Lenya]], Austrian singer and actress (died 1981)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Miriam Hopkins]], American actress (died 1972)
*  1902   &ndash; [[Pascual Jordan]], German physicist and theorist (died 1980)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Lina Radke]], German runner and coach (died 1983)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Aarne Juutilainen]], Finnish army captain (died 1976)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ww2gravestone.com/people/juutilainen-aarne-edward/amp/|title=Juutilainen, Aarne Edward "The Terror of Morocco"|first=Rob|last=Hopmans|website=WW2 Gravestone|access-date=October 26, 2021|archive-date=October 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018140711/https://ww2gravestone.com/people/juutilainen-aarne-edward/amp/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1904   &ndash; [[A. J. Liebling]], American journalist and author (died 1963)
*  1904   &ndash; [[Haim Shirman]], Ukrainian-Israeli scholar and academic (died 1981)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Jan Gies]], Dutch activist (died 1993)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Félix Houphouët-Boigny]], Ivorian union leader and politician, 1st [[President of Côte d'Ivoire]] (died 1993)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[James Brooks (painter)|James Brooks]], American painter and educator (died 1992)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Norberto Bobbio]], Italian philosopher and theorist (died 2004)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Raymond Lambert]], Swiss mountaineer (died 1997)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Victor Sen Yung]], American actor (died 1980)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Molly Geertsema]], Dutch lawyer and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (died 1991)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Konstantinos Mitsotakis]], Greek lawyer and politician, 178th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (died 2017)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Bobby Troup]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 1999)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Ric Nordman]], Canadian captain and politician (died 1996)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Anita O'Day]], American singer (died 2006)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1919   &ndash; [[Pierre Trudeau]], Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician, 15th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (died 2000)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 18: Joe Morton, Barry Keoghan |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/18/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-18-Joe-Morton-Barry-Keoghan/8151665855046/ |publisher=[[United Press International|UPI]] |access-date=17 October 2023 |date=18 October 2022}}</ref>
*  1919   &ndash; [[Camilla Williams]], American soprano and educator (died 2012)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Melina Mercouri]], Greek actress, singer, and politician, 9th [[Minister for Culture (Greece)|Greek Minister of Culture]] (died 1994)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Jerry Cooke (photographer)|Jerry Cooke]], Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (died 2005)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Jesse Helms]], American journalist and politician (died 2008)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Beatrice Helen Worsley]], Mexican-Canadian computer scientist and academic (died 1972)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Jessie Mae Hemphill]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Buddy MacMaster]], Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (died 2014)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Ramiz Alia]], Albanian politician, 1st [[President of Albania]] (died 2011)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Chuck Berry]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1926   &ndash; [[Klaus Kinski]], German-American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1991)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Marv Rotblatt]], American baseball player (died 2013)
*  1927   &ndash; [[George C. Scott]], American actor and director (died 1999)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Maurice El Mediouni]], Algerian pianist and composer (died 2024)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Keith Jackson]], American sportscaster and actor (died 2018)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1928   &ndash; [[Dick Taverne]], English lawyer and politician (died 2025)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Violeta Chamorro]], Nicaraguan publisher and politician, [[President of Nicaragua]] (died 2025)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Hillard Elkins]], American producer and manager (died 2010)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Kees Fens]], Dutch author and critic (died 2008)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Frank Stanmore (rugby league)|Frank Stanmore]], Australian rugby league player (died 2005)<ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/frank-stanmore/summary.html Rugby League Project]</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun]], Scottish politician (died 2024)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Esther Hautzig]], Lithuanian-American author (died 2009)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Chris Albertson]], Icelandic-American historian, journalist, and producer (died 2019)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Ien Dales]], Dutch civil servant and politician, [[Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (Netherlands)|Dutch Minister of the Interior]] (died 1994)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Roger Climpson]], English-Australian journalist (died 2025)<ref name="RCobit">[https://tvtonight.com.au/2025/09/vale-roger-climpson.html Vale: Roger Climpson]</ref>
*  1932   &ndash; [[Vytautas Landsbergis]], Lithuanian musicologist and politician
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Forrest Gregg]], American football player and coach (died 2019)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Irwin M. Jacobs]], American electrical engineer, businessman, and entrepreneur
*  1933   &ndash; [[Ludovico Scarfiotti]], Italian race car driver (died 1968)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Inger Stevens]], Swedish-American actress (died 1970)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Peter Boyle]], American actor (died 2006)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino]], Cuban cardinal (died 2019)<ref>{{cite news | work = [[The New York Times]] |date = 26 July 2019 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/world/americas/cardinal-jaime-ortega-dead.html | access-date = 27 July 2019 | title = Cardinal Jaime Ortega, a Cuban Bridge to the U.S., Dies at 82 | first = Katharine Q. | last =  Seelye}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Robert Dove]], American lawyer and politician (died 2021)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Dawn Wells]], American model and actress, [[Miss Nevada|Miss Nevada 1959]] (died 2020)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Flavio Cotti]], Swiss lawyer and politician, 82nd [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] (died 2020)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Mike Ditka]], American football player, coach, and sportscaster<ref name="UPI" />
*  1939   &ndash; [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], American assassin of [[John F. Kennedy]] (died 1963)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1939   &ndash; [[Paddy Reilly]], Irish folk singer and guitarist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irelandsown.ie/paddy-reilly-celebrates-turning-80|title=Paddy Reilly celebrates turning 80|website=[[Ireland's Own]]|date=October 25, 2019|access-date=June 17, 2021|archive-date=October 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018092844/https://www.irelandsown.ie/paddy-reilly-celebrates-turning-80/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1939   &ndash; [[Jan Erik Vold]], Norwegian poet, author, and translator
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Talitha Getty]], actress and model of Dutch extraction (died 1971)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Cynthia Weil]], American songwriter (died 2023)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Timothy Bell, Baron Bell]], English businessman (died 2019)<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/tim-bell-swaggering-pr-executive-and-spin-doctor-for-margaret-thatcher-dies-at-77/2019/08/26/1686949a-c80d-11e9-be05-f76ac4ec618c_story.html|title = Tim Bell, swaggering PR executive and spin doctor for Margaret Thatcher, dies at 77|date = 26 August 2019|access-date = 26 August 2019|newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]|last = Smith|first = Harrison}}</ref>
*  1941   &ndash; [[Martha Burk]], American psychologist and author
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Gianfranco Ravasi]], Italian cardinal and scholar
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Christine Charbonneau]], Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2014)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Birthe Rønn Hornbech]], Danish police officer and politician, [[List of Ministers for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark|Danish Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs]]
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Huell Howser]], American television host and actor (died 2013)
*  1945   &ndash; [[Chris Shays]], American politician
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[James Robert Baker]], American author and screenwriter (died 1997)
*  1946 &ndash; [[Frank Beamer]], American football player and coach
*  1946 &ndash; [[Joe Egan (musician)|Joe Egan]], Scottish singer-songwriter (died 2024)<ref name="obituary">[https://americansongwriter.com/joe-egan-co-founder-stealers-wheel-dead-77/ Joe Egan, Co-Founder of Stealers Wheel, Dead at 77]. ''American Songwriter''. Retrieved 8 July 2024.</ref>
*  1946 &ndash; [[Dafydd Elis-Thomas]], Welsh academic and politician (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoskin |first=Rowenna |date=February 7, 2025 |title=Former Plaid Cymru leader Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas has died |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly5p2453z3o |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=[[BBC]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*  1946 &ndash; [[Howard Shore]], Canadian composer, conductor, and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 18, 2022 includes celebrities Zac Efron, Lindsey Vonn |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-18-2022-includes-celebrities-zac-efron-lindsey-vonn.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=17 October 2023 |date=18 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Paul Chuckle]], English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
*  1947   &ndash; [[Job Cohen]], Dutch scholar and politician, [[Mayor of Amsterdam]]
*  1947   &ndash; [[John Johnson (basketball, born 1947)|John Johnson]], American basketball player (died 2016)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Johnson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77152/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=17 October 2023}}</ref>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Joe Morton]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
*  1947   &ndash; [[Laura Nyro]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1997)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1947   &ndash; [[Gary Sullivan (rugby league)|Gary Sullivan]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Hans Köchler]], Austrian philosopher, author, and academic
*  1948   &ndash; [[Ntozake Shange]], American author, poet, and playwright (died 2018)<ref>Collins-Hughes, Laura (October 28, 2018), [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/28/obituaries/ntozake-shange-is-dead-at-70.html "Ntozake Shange, Who Wrote 'For Colored Girls,' Is Dead at 70"], ''The New York Times''.</ref>
*  [[1949]]   &ndash; [[George Hendrick]], American baseball player and coach
*  1949   &ndash; [[Gary Richrath]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2015)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Wendy Wasserstein]], American playwright and author (died 2006)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Mike Antonovich (ice hockey)|Mike Antonovich]], American ice hockey player and coach
*  1951   &ndash; [[Pam Dawber]], American actress and producer<ref name="UPI" />
*  1951   &ndash; [[Terry McMillan]], American author and screenwriter<ref name="UPI" />
*  1951   &ndash; [[David Normington]], English civil servant and politician
*  1951   &ndash; [[Nic Potter]], English bass player and songwriter (died 2013)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Roy Dias]], Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
*  1952   &ndash; [[Paul Geroski]], American-English economist and academic (died 2005)
*  1952   &ndash; [[Chuck Lorre]], American director, producer, and screenwriter<ref>{{Cite web|title=CLP - Vanity Cards #597|url=http://www.chucklorre.com/?e=1104|access-date=2021-03-29|website=www.chucklorre.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=CLP - Vanity Cards #566|url=http://www.chucklorre.com/?e=1030|access-date=2021-03-29|website=www.chucklorre.com}}</ref>
*  1952   &ndash; [[Patrick Morrow]], Canadian mountaineer and photographer
*  1952   &ndash; [[Bảo Ninh]], Vietnamese soldier and author
*  1952   &ndash; [[Allen Ripley]], American baseball player (died 2014)
*  1952   &ndash; [[Jerry Royster]], American baseball player, coach, and manager
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Nick Houghton]], English general
*  1954   &ndash; [[Arliss Howard]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1954   &ndash; [[Bob Weinstein]], American film executive<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bob Weinstein|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/203581%7C174487/Bob-Weinstein/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119162203/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/203581%7C174487/Bob-Weinstein/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 19, 2016|access-date=May 13, 2021|website=[[Turner Classic Movies|TCM]]|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Jean-Pierre Hautier]], Belgian journalist and television host (died 2012)
*  1955   &ndash; [[Vanessa Briscoe Hay]], American singer-songwriter and keyboard player 
*  1955   &ndash; [[Timmy Mallett]], English radio and television host
*  1955   &ndash; [[Stu Mead]], American painter and illustrator
*  1955   &ndash; [[David Twohy]], American director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1955   &ndash; [[Rita Verdonk]], Dutch journalist and politician, [[Ministry of Security and Justice (Netherlands)|Dutch Minister of Justice]]
*  1955   &ndash; [[Denis Watson]], Zimbabwean golfer
*  1955   &ndash; [[Mark Welland]], English physicist and academic
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Craig Bartlett]], American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
*  1956   &ndash; [[Martina Navratilova]], Czech-American tennis player and coach<ref name="UPI" />
*  1956   &ndash; [[Jim Talent]], American lawyer and politician
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Jon Lindstrom]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" />
*  1957   &ndash; [[Catherine Ringer]], French singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress 
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Thomas Hearns]], American boxer
*  1958   &ndash; [[Megumi Ishii]], Japanese actress and politician
*  1958   &ndash; [[Letitia James]], American lawyer, activist and politician<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nielsen |first1=Euell A. |title=Letitia A. James (1958- ) |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/letitia-a-james-1958/ |website=blackpast.org |access-date=28 June 2020 |date=23 August 2019}}</ref>
*  1958   &ndash; [[Kjell Samuelsson]], Swedish ice hockey player and coach
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Kirby Chambliss]], American pilot
*  1959 &ndash; [[Mauricio Funes]], Salvadoran politician, former president of El Salvador (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 22, 2025 |title=Mauricio Funes, former Salvadoran president, dies in Nicaragua |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mauricio-funes-former-salvadoran-president-dies-nicaragua-2025-01-22/ |access-date=January 22, 2025 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>
*  1959 &ndash; [[Milcho Manchevski]], Macedonian-American director and screenwriter
*  1959 &ndash; [[John Nord]], American wrestler
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Erin Moran]], American actress (died 2017)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1960   &ndash; [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]], Belgian martial artist, actor, and producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" />
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Wynton Marsalis]], American trumpet player, composer, and educator<ref name="AP" />
*  1961   &ndash; [[Rick Moody]], American author and composer
*  1961   &ndash; [[Gladstone Small]], Barbadian-English cricketer
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Min Ko Naing]], Burmese activist
*  1962   &ndash; [[Vincent Spano]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP" />
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Sigvart Dagsland]], Norwegian singer, pianist and composer
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Dan Lilker]], American singer-songwriter and bass player 
*  1964   &ndash; [[Charles Stross]], English journalist, author, and programmer
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Zakir Naik]], Indian Islamic preacher; founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF)
*  1965   &ndash; [[Curtis Stigers]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Dave Price]], American journalist and game show host
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Eric Stuart]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Rhod Gilbert]], Welsh comedian
*  1968   &ndash; [[Stuart Law]], Australian cricketer and coach
*  1968   &ndash; [[Michael Stich]], German tennis player and sportscaster
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Volker Neumüller]], German talent manager
*  1969   &ndash; [[Nelson Vivas]], Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Doug Mirabelli]], American baseball player and coach
*  1970   &ndash; [[Mike Starink]], Dutch television host and actor
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Nick O'Hern]], Australian golfer
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Mika Ninagawa]], Japanese photographer and director
*  1972   &ndash; [[Alex Tagliani]], Canadian race car driver
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Stephen Allan]], Australian golfer
*  1973   &ndash; [[James Foley (journalist)|James Foley]], American photographer and journalist (died 2014)
*  1973   &ndash; [[Michalis Kapsis]], Greek footballer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Rachel Nichols (journalist)|Rachel Nichols]], American journalist and sportscaster
*  1973   &ndash; [[Sarah Winckless]], English rower
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Robbie Savage]], Welsh footballer and sportscaster
*  1974   &ndash; [[Peter Svensson]], Swedish guitarist and songwriter<ref name="AP" />
*  1974   &ndash; [[Amish Tripathi]], Indian author 
*  1974   &ndash; [[Zhou Xun]], Chinese actress and singer
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Alex Cora]], Puerto Rican baseball player and manager
*  1975   &ndash; [[Josh Sawyer]], American video game designer
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Flavia Colgan]], Brazilian-American journalist
*  1977   &ndash; [[Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1977)|Kunal Kapoor]], Indian actor
*  1977   &ndash; [[Ryan Nelsen]], New Zealand-American soccer player and coach
*  1977   &ndash; [[David Vuillemin]], French motorcycle racer
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Mike Tindall]], English rugby player
*  1978   &ndash; [[Kenji Wu]], Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Jaroslav Drobný (footballer)|Jaroslav Drobný]], Czech footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Ne-Yo]], American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor<ref name="AP" />
*  1979   &ndash; [[Damon Scott]], British entertainer
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Birsen Yavuz]], Turkish sprinter and hurdler
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Nathan Hauritz]], Australian cricketer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Tina Hergold]], Slovenian tennis player
*  1981   &ndash; [[Greg Warren (American football)|Greg Warren]], American football player
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Thierry Amiel]], French singer-songwriter
*  1982   &ndash; [[Michael Dingsdag]], Dutch footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Simon Gotch]], American wrestler
*  1982   &ndash; [[Mark Sampson]], Welsh footballer and manager
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Dante (footballer)|Dante]], Brazilian footballer
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Robert Harting]], German discus thrower
*  1984   &ndash; [[Freida Pinto]], Indian actress and model<ref name="AP" />
*  1984   &ndash; [[Esperanza Spalding]], American singer-songwriter and bassist<ref name="AP" />
*  1984   &ndash; [[Lindsey Vonn]], American skier<ref name="AP" />
*  1984   &ndash; [[Milo Yiannopoulos]], British journalist and public speaker<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Yoenis Céspedes]], Cuban baseball player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Andrew Garcia]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Wilma Elles]], German actress and fashion designer
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Zac Efron]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP" />
*  1987   &ndash; [[Freja Beha Erichsen]], Danish model
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Tessa Schram]], Dutch director and actress
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Laci Green]], American [[YouTube]] personality, video blogger, sex educator, and activist
*  1989   &ndash; [[Joy Lauren]], American actress, director, and producer<ref name="AP" />
*  1989   &ndash; [[Riisa Naka]], Japanese model and actress
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Drew Crawford]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Drew Crawford |url=https://gleague.nba.com/player/drew-crawford/ |website=NBA G League |access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Brittney Griner]], American basketball player<ref name="UPI" />
*  1990   &ndash; [[Bristol Palin]], American public speaker and reality television personality<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Roly Bonevacia]], Dutch footballer
*  1991   &ndash; [[Tyler Posey]], American actor and musician<ref name="AP" />
*  1991   &ndash; [[Toby Regbo]], English actor<ref name="AP" />
*  1991  &ndash; [[Zohran Mamdani]], American politician, mayor of [[New York City]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tabor |first1=Nick |title=Zohran Mamdani - Biography {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zohran-Mamdani |website=www.britannica.com |publisher=[[Britannica]] |access-date=18 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251018152010/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zohran-Mamdani |archive-date=18 October 2025 |language=en |date=17 October 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[John John Florence]], American surfer
*  1992   &ndash; [[Barry Keoghan]], Irish actor<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Ivan Cavaleiro]], Portuguese footballer
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Enhō Akira]], Japanese sumo wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Enhō Akira |url=https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataRikishi/profile/3803/ |website=NSK Official Grand Sumo |access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Pascal Wehrlein]], German-Mauritian race car driver
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Terance Mann]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Terance Mann |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629611/terance-mann |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=17 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1998]] – [[Janalynn Castelino]], Italian-Indian singer-songwriter<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-15 |title=Singer/Songwriter Janalynn Castelino Embarks on A New Musical Chapter With Heartfelt Single ‘Drama’ |url=https://www.girltalkhq.com/singer-songwriter-janalynn-castelino-embarks-on-a-new-musical-chapter-with-heartfelt-single-drama/ |access-date=2026-01-05 |website=GirlTalkHQ |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Sophie Thatcher]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Sophie Thatcher Biography|url=https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/sophie-thatcher/55642/ |publisher=[[Tribute (magazine)|Tribute]] |access-date=26 February 2025}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 31|31]] &ndash; [[Sejanus|Lucius Aelius Sejanus]], Roman politician (born 20 BC)
*[[325]] &ndash; [[Emperor Ming of Jin]] (born 299)
*[[AD 707|707]] &ndash; [[Pope John VII]] (born 650)
*[[815]] &ndash; [[Abu'l-Saraya]], Zaydi rebel leader<ref>{{EI2 | last = Gibb | first = H. A. R. | title = Abu 'l-Sarāyā al-Sarī b. Manṣūr al-S̲h̲aybānī | volume = 1 | pages = 149–150 | url = http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_0249}}</ref>
*[[1035]] &ndash; [[Sancho III of Pamplona]] (born 992)
*[[1081]] &ndash; [[Nikephoros Palaiologos]], Byzantine general
*[[1101]] &ndash; [[Hugh I, Count of Vermandois]] (born 1053)
*[[1141]] &ndash; [[Leopold, Duke of Bavaria]] (born 1108)
*[[1214]] &ndash; [[John de Gray]], bishop of Norwich
*[[1366]] &ndash; [[Petrus Torkilsson]], Archbishop of Uppsala
*[[1382]] &ndash; [[James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond]], Irish politician, [[Lord Justices (Ireland)|Lord Justice of Ireland]] (born 1331)
*[[1417]] &ndash; [[Pope Gregory XII]] (born 1326)
*[[1442]] &ndash; [[John, Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz|Infante João of Portugal]] (born 1400)
*[[1480]] &ndash; [[Uhwudong]], Korean dancer and poet (born 1440)
*[[1503]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius III]] (born 1439)
*[[1508]] &ndash; [[Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell]], Lord High Admiral of Scotland
*[[1511]] &ndash; [[Philippe de Commines]], French-speaking Fleming in the courts of Burgundy and France (born 1447)
*[[1526]] &ndash; [[Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón]], Spanish explorer (born 1475)
*[[1541]] &ndash; [[Margaret Tudor]], queen of [[James IV of Scotland]] (born [[1489]])
*[[1545]] &ndash; [[John Taverner]], English organist and composer (born 1490)
*[[1558]] &ndash; [[Mary of Hungary (governor of the Netherlands)|Mary of Hungary]] (born 1505)
*[[1561]] &ndash; [[Yamamoto Kansuke (general)|Yamamoto Kansuke]], Japanese samurai (born 1501)
*[[1564]] &ndash; [[Johannes Acronius Frisius]], Dutch physician and mathematician (born 1520)
*[[1570]] &ndash; [[Manuel da Nóbrega]], Portuguese-Brazilian priest and missionary (born 1517)

===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] &ndash; [[Igram van Achelen]], Dutch lawyer and politician (born 1528)
*[[1646]] &ndash; [[Isaac Jogues]], French priest, missionary, and martyr (born 1607)
*[[1667]] &ndash; [[Fasilides]], Ethiopian emperor (born 1603)
*[[1678]] &ndash; [[Jacob Jordaens]], Belgian painter illustrator (born 1593)
*[[1739]] &ndash; [[António José da Silva]], Brazilian-Portuguese playwright (born 1705)
*[[1744]] &ndash; [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough]] (born 1660)
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[John Manners, Marquess of Granby]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire]] (born 1721)
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[Christian August Crusius]], German philosopher and theologian (born 1715)
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Étienne Méhul|Etienne Nicolas Méhul]], French pianist and composer (born 1763)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston]], English soldier and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (born 1784)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Charles Babbage]], English mathematician and engineer, invented the [[mechanical computer]] (born 1791)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Francis Preston Blair]], American journalist (born 1791)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Philipp Franz von Siebold]], German physician and botanist (born 1796)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Antonio Meucci]], Italian-American engineer (born 1808)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[William W. Chapman]], American lawyer and politician (born 1808)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Charles Gounod]], French composer and educator (born 1818)

===1901–present===
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Nozu Michitsura]], Japanese field marshal (born 1840)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Alfred Binet]], French psychologist and author (born 1857)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Ludwig III of Bavaria]] (born 1845)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Thomas Edison]], American engineer and businessman, invented the [[phonograph]] (born 1847)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Lesser Ury]], German painter (born 1861)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schütz |first=Chana C. |date=2004 |title=Lesser Ury and the Jewish Renaissance |url= |journal=Jewish Studies Quarterly |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=360–374 [360, 369, 370] |doi=10.1628/0944570042723058 |issn=0944-5706 |jstor=40753344}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Santiago Ramón y Cajal]], Spanish pathologist, histologist, and neuroscientist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1852)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Gaston Lachaise]], French-American sculptor (born 1882)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Manuel Teixeira Gomes]], Portuguese lawyer and politician, 7th [[President of Portugal]] (born 1860)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Nesterov]], Russian painter (born 1862)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Michiaki Kamada]], Japanese admiral (born 1890)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Walther von Brauchitsch]], German field marshal (born 1881)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Yoshio Markino]], Japanese painter and author (born 1869)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Boughera El Ouafi]], Algerian-French runner (born 1903)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Tsuru Aoki]], Japanese-American actress (born 1892)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Iván Petrovich]], Serbian-German actor and singer (born 1894)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Henry Travers]], Irish-American actor (born 1874)
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Arden]], Canadian-American businesswoman, founded [[Elizabeth Arden, Inc.]] (born 1878)
*  1966   &ndash; [[S. S. Kresge]], American businessman, founded [[Kmart (United States)|Kmart]] (born 1867)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Gyula Mándi]], Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1899)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ezen a napon hunyt el Mándi Gyula, Mandula, az Aranycsapat "állami edzője" |url=https://mtkbudapest.hu/hu/hirek/multidezes/ezen-a-napon-hunyt-el-mandi-gyula-mandula-az-aranycsapat-allami-edzoje |website=mtkbudapest.hu |language=hu |date=26 November 2019}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Margaret Caroline Anderson]], American publisher, founded ''[[The Little Review]]'' (born 1886)
*  1973   &ndash; [[Walt Kelly]], American illustrator and animator (born 1913)
*  1973   &ndash; [[Leo Strauss]], German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (born 1899)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[K. C. Douglas]], American rural blues singer (born 1913)
*  1975   &ndash; [[Al Lettieri]], American actor (born 1928)
*  1975   &ndash; [[Graham Haberfield]], English actor (born 1941)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Viswanatha Satyanarayana]], Indian poet and author (born 1895)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Andreas Baader]], German militant (born 1943)
*  1977   &ndash; [[Gudrun Ensslin]], German militant leader, founded the [[Red Army Faction]] (born 1940)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Ramón Mercader]], Spanish journalist, assassin of [[Leon Trotsky]] (born 1914)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Edwin Way Teale]], American photographer and author (born 1899)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Dwain Esper]], American director and producer (born 1892)
*  1982   &ndash; [[Pierre Mendès France]], French lawyer and politician, 143rd [[Prime Minister of France]] (born 1907)
*  1982   &ndash; [[John Robarts]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th [[Premier of Ontario]] (born 1917)
*  1982   &ndash; [[Bess Truman]], American wife of [[Harry S. Truman]], 40th [[List of First Ladies of the United States|First Lady of the United States]] (born 1885)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Diego Abad de Santillán]], Spanish economist and author (born 1897)
*  1983   &ndash; [[Willie Jones (third baseman)|Willie Jones]], American baseball player (born 1925)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Henri Michaux]], French painter and poet (born 1899)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Adriaan Ditvoorst]], Dutch director and screenwriter (born 1940)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Julie London]], American singer and actress (born 1926)
*  2000   &ndash; [[Gwen Verdon]], American actress and dancer (born 1925)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Preston Smith (governor)|Preston Smith]], American businessman and politician, 40th [[Governor of Texas]] (born 1912)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Manuel Vázquez Montalbán]], Spanish journalist, author, and critic (born 1939)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Johnny Haynes]], English-Scottish footballer (born 1934)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Bill King]], American sportscaster (born 1927)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Mario Francesco Pompedda]], Italian cardinal (born 1929)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Anna Russell]], English-Canadian singer and actress (born 1911)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Laurie Taitt]], Guyanese-English hurdler (born 1934)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Alan Coren]], English journalist and author (born 1938)
*  2007   &ndash; [[William J. Crowe]], American admiral and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom]] (born 1925)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Vincent DeDomenico]], American businessman, founded the [[Napa Valley Wine Train]] (born 1915)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Lucky Dube]], South African singer-songwriter and keyboard player (born 1964)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Dee Dee Warwick]], American singer (born 1945)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Adriaan Kortlandt]], Dutch ethologist and biologist (born 1918)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Nancy Spero]], American painter and academic (born 1926)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Marion Brown]], American saxophonist and musicologist (born 1931)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Billy Raimondi]], American baseball player (born 1912)<ref>{{cite web|last1=McGreehan |first1=Mike|first2=William|last2=Love |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2010/11/04/oakland-oaks-legend-billy-raimondi-dies-at-97/ |title=Oakland Oaks legend Billy Raimondi dies at 97|work=East Bay Times |date=November 4, 2010 |accessdate=December 30, 2021}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Brain Damage (wrestler)|Brain Damage]], American wrestler (born 1977)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Sylvia Kristel]], Dutch model and actress (born 1952)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Slater Martin]], American basketball player and coach (born 1925)
*  2012   &ndash; [[George Mattos]], American pole vaulter (born 1929)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Albert Lee Ueltschi]], American pilot and businessman, founded [[FlightSafety International]] (born 1917)
*  2012   &ndash; [[David S. Ware]], American saxophonist and composer (born 1949)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Tom Foley]], American lawyer and politician, 57th [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (born 1929)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Bum Phillips]], American football player and coach (born 1923)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Allan Stanley]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1926)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Bill Young (Florida politician)|Bill Young]], American sergeant and politician (born 1930)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Mariano Lebrón Saviñón]], Dominican author and academic (born 1922)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Edward Regan]], American academic and politician (born 1930)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Sidney Shapiro]], American-Chinese author and translator (born 1915)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Robert Dickerson]], Australian painter (born 1924)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Gamal El-Ghitani]], Egyptian journalist and author (born 1945)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Robert W. Farquhar]], American engineer (born 1932)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Frank Watkins (musician)|Frank Watkins]], American bass player (born 1968)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Paul West (writer, born 1930)|Paul West]], English-American author, poet, and academic (born 1930)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Marino Perani]], Italian football player and manager (born 1939)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bolognafc.it/en/marino-perani-has-sadly-passed-away-aged-77/|title=Marino Perani has sadly passed away aged 77|website=Bolognafc.it|date=18 October 2017 }}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Lisbeth Palme]], Swedish child psychologist, former chairwoman of [[UNICEF]] (born 1931)<ref name="miamiherald.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article220234330.html|title=Reports: Widow of slain former Swedish PM Olof Palme dies|work=The Miami Herald|date=18 October 2018}}</ref>
*  2018   &ndash; [[Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab]], 5th [[President of the Sudan]] (born 1934)<ref>{{cite web|date=18 October 2018|title=Ex-Sudan president Al-Dahab dies age 83|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20181018-ex-sudan-president-al-dahab-dies-age-83/|work=Middle East Monitor}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Rui Jordão]], Angolan-born Portuguese footballer (born 1952)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dn.pt/desportos/morreu-rui-jordao-o-grande-goleador-que-se-zangou-com-o-futebol-11374571.html|title=Morreu Rui Jordão, o grande goleador que se zangou com o futebol - DN|website=www.dn.pt|access-date=October 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018162859/https://www.dn.pt/desportos/morreu-rui-jordao-o-grande-goleador-que-se-zangou-com-o-futebol-11374571.html|archive-date=October 18, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[René Felber]], 81st [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/lancien-conseiller-federal-rene-felber-decede|title=L'ancien conseiller fédéral René Felber est décédé|newspaper=Le Temps|date=October 18, 2020|via=www.letemps.ch|language=fr}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Colin Powell]], American military leader and statesman, 65th [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] (born 1937)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cole |first1=Devan |title=Colin Powell, first Black US secretary of state, dies of Covid-19 complications amid cancer battle |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/politics/colin-powell-dies/index.html |access-date=18 October 2021 |work=CNN |date=October 18, 2021}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Harvey Wollman]], American politician, 26th [[Governor of South Dakota]] (born 1935)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goss |first1=Austin |title=Harvey Wollman, former South Dakota Governor, passes away at 87 |url=https://www.ktiv.com/2022/10/19/harvey-wollman-former-south-dakota-governor-passes-away-87/ |access-date=October 19, 2022 |publisher=KTIV |date=October 19, 2022}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Yehuda Bauer]], Israeli historian of the Holocaust (born 1926)<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 18, 2024 |title=Prominent Holocaust historian Yehuda Bauer dies at 98 |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/prominent-holocaust-historian-yehuda-bauer-dies-at-98/ |access-date=October 22, 2024 |work=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Ginés González García]], Argentine politician and physician (born 1945)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-18 |title=Murió Ginés González García, el sanitarista con espalda peronista que quedó marcado por el Vacunatorio VIP |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/murio-gines-gonzalez-garcia-el-sanitarista-con-espalda-peronista-que-quedo-marcado-por-el-nid18102024/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=LA NACION |language=es}}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; [[Sam Rivers (bassist)|Sam Rivers]], American bassist (born 1977)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Spencer |date=2025-10-18 |title=Limp Bizkit Bassist Sam Rivers Dead at 48 |url=https://consequence.net/2025/10/limp-bizkit-bassist-sam-rivers-dead/ |access-date=2025-10-21 |website=Consequence |language=en}}</ref>
*2025 &ndash; [[Yang Chen-Ning]], Chinese theoretical physicist (born 1922)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-18 |title=Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen-ning Yang dies, aged 103|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3329496/chinese-nobel-prize-winning-physicist-chen-ning-yang-dies-aged-103 |access-date=2025-10-18 |publisher=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>
* 2025 &ndash; [[Suicide of Lia Smith|Lia Smith]], American diver and transgender rights advocate.<ref>{{cite web |last= Elder-Connors|first= Liam|date= October 27, 2025|title= Police identify body found in Cornwall as missing Middlebury College student|url= https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-10-27/police-identify-body-found-in-cornwall-as-missing-middlebury-college-student|website= [[Vermont Public]]|location= [[Colchester, Vermont]]|publisher= |access-date= October 31, 2025}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
*[[Alaska Day]] ([[Alaska]], United States)
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Asclepiades of Antioch]]<ref name="Martirologio">{{cite book |title=Martirologio Romano |date=2004 |publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana|url=https://vidaeremitica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MARTIROLOGIO-ROMANO.pdf |access-date=2 April 2024}}</ref>
**[[Isaac Jogues]]<ref name="Martirologio" />
**[[Luke the Evangelist]]<ref name="Martirologio" />
**[[Peter of Alcantara]],<ref name="Martirologio" /> can also be celebrated on October 19. 
**[[October 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Day of Restoration of Independence (Azerbaijan)]], celebrates the independence of [[Azerbaijan]] from the [[Soviet Union]] in 1991.
*[[Necktie Day]] ([[Croatia]])
*[[Persons Day]] ([[Canada]])
*[[International Menopause Society#Resources and publications|World Menopause Day]]

== References ==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/18 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=10|day=18}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/18 |title=Historical Events on October 18 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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