Day of the year
October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 61 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1903 – The Purdue Wreck , a railroad train collision in Indianapolis , kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
1907 – The Parliament of Finland approved the Prohibition Act , but the law was not implemented because it was not ratified by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia .[ 4] [ 5]
1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway , the first automobile highway across United States.
1913 – The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.
1917 – World War I : Battle of Beersheba : The "last successful cavalry charge in history".[ 6]
1918 – World War I: The Aster Revolution terminates the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 , and Hungary achieves full sovereignty.
1922 – Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy .
1923 – The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia .
1924 – World Savings Day is announced in Milan , Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
1938 – Great Depression : In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
1940 – World War II : The Battle of Britain ends, causing Germany to abandon Operation Sea Lion .
1941 – After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
1941 – World War II: The destroyer USS Reuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland , killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
1943 – World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar -guided interception by a United States Navy or Marine Corps aircraft.
1956 – Suez Crisis : The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal .
1956 – Hungarian Revolution of 1956 : A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following Imre Nagy 's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the MDP is replaced by the MSZMP . József Mindszenty is released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.
1961 – In the Soviet Union , Joseph Stalin 's body is removed from Lenin's Mausoleum , also known as the Lenin Tomb.
1963 – Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion : A gas explosion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Indianapolis kills 81 people and injures another 400 during an ice show.
1968 – Vietnam War October surprise : Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam " effective November 1 .
1973 – Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape . Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison , Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the exercise yard.
1979 – Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City , killing 73 people.
1984 – Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and around 3,000 Sikhs are killed.
1994 – American Eagle Flight 4184 crashes near Roselawn, Indiana killing all 68 people on board.[ 7]
1996 – TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes in São Paulo, Brazil , killing 99 people.
1998 – Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.
1999 – Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.
1999 – EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.
2000 – Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station . The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.
2000 – Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei , killing 83.
2002 – A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud , money laundering , conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
2003 – Mahathir Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi , marking an end to Mahathir's 22 years in power.
2011 – The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as the Day of Seven Billion .
2014 – During a test flight, the VSS Enterprise , a Virgin Galactic experimental spaceflight test vehicle, suffers a catastrophic in-flight breakup and crashes in the Mojave Desert , California .
2015 – Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula , killing all 224 people on board.
2017 – A truck drives into a crowd in Lower Manhattan , New York City, killing eight people.
2020 – Berlin Brandenburg Airport opens its doors after nearly 10 years of delays due to construction issues and project corruption.[ 8]
Births
Pre-1600
1345 – Ferdinand I , king of Portugal (d. 1383)
1391 – Edward, King of Portugal (d. 1438)
1424 – Władysław III , king of Poland (d. 1444)
1445 – Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg , Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 1511)
1472 – Wang Yangming , Chinese Neo-Confucian scholar (d. 1529)
1542 – Henriette of Cleves , Duchess of Nevers, Countess of Rethel (d. 1601)
1599 – Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles , English politician (d. 1680)
1601–1900
1620 – John Evelyn , English gardener and author (d. 1706)
1632 – Johannes Vermeer , Dutch painter (d. 1675)
1636 – Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679)
1638 – Meindert Hobbema , Dutch painter (d. 1709)
1686 – Senesino , Italian singer and actor (d. 1758)
1692 – Anne Claude de Caylus , French archaeologist and author (d. 1765)
1694 – Yeongjo of Joseon (d. 1776)
1705 – Pope Clement XIV (d. 1774)[ 9]
1711 – Laura Bassi , Italian physician, physicist, and academic (d. 1778)[ 10]
1714 – Hedvig Taube , Swedish courtier (d. 1744)
1724 – Christopher Anstey , English author and poet (d. 1805)
1729 – Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta , Spanish cleric, Archbishop of Mexico, Viceroy of New Spain (d. 1800)
1737 – James Lovell , American educator and politician (d. 1789)
1760 – Katsushika Hokusai , Japanese artist and printmaker (d. 1849)
1795 – John Keats , English poet (d. 1821)
1809 – Edmund Sharpe , English architect, architectural historian, railway engineer, and sanitary reformer (d. 1877)[ 11]
1815 – Thomas Chapman , English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1884)
1815 – Karl Weierstrass , German mathematician and academic (d. 1897)
1825 – Charles Lavigerie , French-Algerian cardinal and academic (d. 1892)
1831 – Paolo Mantegazza , Italian neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist (d. 1910)
1835 – Adelbert Ames , American general and politician, 27th Governor of Mississippi (d. 1933)
1835 – Krišjānis Barons , Latvian linguist and author (d. 1923)
1835 – Adolf von Baeyer , German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
1838 – Luís I of Portugal (d. 1889)
1847 – Galileo Ferraris , Italian physicist and engineer (d. 1897)
1848 – Boston Custer , American soldier (d. 1876)
1849 – Marie Louise Andrews , American story writer and journalist (d. 1891)
1851 – Louise of Sweden (d. 1926)
1856 – Charles Leroux , American balloonist and skydiver (d. 1889)
1858 – Saint Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril , Indian Orthodox Saint (d. 1934)
1860 – Juliette Gordon Low , American scout leader, founded the Girl Scouts of the United States of America (d. 1927)
1860 – Andrew Volstead , American politician (d. 1947)
1868 – John Weir Troy , American journalist, and politician, 5th Governor of the Territory of Alaska (d. 1942)
1875 – Eugene Meyer , American businessman and publisher (d. 1954)
1875 – Vallabhbhai Patel , Indian lawyer, freedom fighter and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1950)
1876 – Natalie Clifford Barney , American poet and playwright (d. 1972)
1879 – Karel Hašler , Czech actor, director, and composer (d. 1941)
1880 – Julia Peterkin , American author (d. 1961)
1880 – Mikhail Tomsky , Soviet politician, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (d. 1936)
1881 – Toshizō Nishio , Japanese general (d. 1960)
1883 – Marie Laurencin , French painter and illustrator (d. 1956)
1883 – Anthony Wilding , New Zealand tennis player, cricketer, and soldier (d. 1915)
1887 – Chiang Kai-shek , Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (d. 1975)
1887 – Newsy Lalonde , Canadian ice hockey player and lacrosse player (d. 1970)
1888 – Napoleon Lapathiotis , Greek poet and author (d. 1944)
1892 – Alexander Alekhine , Russian chess player and author (d. 1946)
1895 – B. H. Liddell Hart , English soldier, historian, and theorist (d. 1970)
1896 – Ethel Waters , American singer and actress (d. 1977)
1897 – Constance Savery , English author (d. 1999)[ 12]
1900 – Asbjørg Borgfelt , Norwegian sculptor (d. 1976)
1901–present
1902 – Carlos Drummond de Andrade , Brazilian poet (d. 1987)
1902 – Julia Lee , American blues singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1958)
1902 – Abraham Wald , Jewish-Hungarian mathematician and economist (d. 1950)[ 13]
1907 – Edgar Sampson , American musician and composer (d. 1973)
1908 – Muriel Duckworth , Canadian activist (d. 2009)
1912 – Dale Evans , American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2001)
1912 – Ollie Johnston , American animator and voice actor (d. 2008)
1914 – John Hugenholtz , Dutch engineer and designer (d. 1995)
1915 – Jane Jarvis , American pianist and composer (d. 2010)
1916 – Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (d. 2012)
1917 – William H. McNeill , Canadian-American historian and author (d. 2016)
1917 – Gordon Steege , Australian soldier and pilot (d. 2013)
1918 – Ian Stevenson , American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2007)
1919 – Daphne Oxenford , English actress (d. 2012)
1919 – Magnus Wenninger , American mathematician and author (d. 2017)
1920 – Dick Francis , Welsh-Caymanian jockey and author (d. 2010)
1920 – Joseph Gelineau , French priest and composer (d. 2008)
1920 – Helmut Newton , German-Australian photographer (d. 2004)
1920 – Fritz Walter , German footballer (d. 2002)
1922 – Barbara Bel Geddes , American actress (d. 2005)
1922 – Illinois Jacquet , American saxophonist and composer (d. 2004)
1922 – Norodom Sihanouk , Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 2012)
1925 – Lawrence A. Cremin , American historian and author (d. 1990)
1925 – John Pople , English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1925 – Robert B. Rheault , American colonel (d. 2013)
1926 – Jimmy Savile , English radio and television host (d. 2011)
1928 – Andrew Sarris , American critic and educator (d. 2012)
1929 – William Orchard , Australian water polo player and psychiatrist (d. 2014)
1929 – Bud Spencer , Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1930 – Michael Collins , American general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2021)[ 14]
1930 – Booker Ervin , American saxophonist (d. 1970)
1931 – Dan Rather , American journalist[ 15]
1933 – Phil Goyette , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1933 – Iemasa Kayumi , Japanese voice actor (d. 2014)
1934 – Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler , Swedish princess[ 16]
1935 – Dale Brown , American basketball player and coach
1935 – Ronald Graham , American mathematician and theorist (d. 2020)
1935 – David Harvey , English-American geographer and academic
1936 – Michael Landon , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)[ 17]
1937 – Tom Paxton , American folk music singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 15]
1939 – Tom O'Connor , English actor and game show host (d. 2021)
1939 – Ron Rifkin , American actor
1939 – Ali Farka Touré , Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
1940 – Craig Rodwell , American businessman and activist, founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop (d. 1993)
1940 – Judith Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox , English businesswoman and politician
1941 – Dan Alderson , American scientist (d. 1989)
1941 – Derek Bell , English race car driver
1941 – Lucious Jackson , American basketball player (d. 2022)[ 18]
1941 – Sally Kirkland , American actress[ 15]
1942 – David Ogden Stiers , American actor (d. 2018)[ 17]
1943 – Elliott Forbes-Robinson , American race car driver
1943 – Paul Frampton , English-American physicist and academic
1943 – Aristotelis Pavlidis , Greek politician, 13th Greek Minister for the Aegean and Island Policy (d. 2022)
1943 – Brian Piccolo , American football player (d. 1970)
1945 – Russ Ballard , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945 – Brian Doyle-Murray , American actor and comedian[ 17]
1945 – Barrie Keeffe , English playwright, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2019)
1946 – Stephen Rea , Irish actor[ 15]
1947 – Deidre Hall , American actress[ 15]
1947 – Frank Shorter , American runner and sportscaster[ 17]
1947 – Herman Van Rompuy , Belgian academic and politician, 66th Prime Minister of Belgium
1948 – Franco Gasparri , Italian actor (d. 1999)
1948 – Michael Kitchen , English actor and producer
1949 – Mart Helme , Estonian journalist and diplomat
1949 – Bob Siebenberg , American drummer
1949 – Alison Wolf , English economist and academic
1950 – John Candy , Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994)[ 17]
1950 – Zaha Hadid , Iraqi-English architect and academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion (d. 2016)[ 19]
1950 – Jane Pauley , American journalist[ 15]
1950 – Antonio Taguba , Filipino-American general
1951 – Nick Saban , American football player and coach[ 15]
1951 – Dave Trembley , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1952 – Bernard Edwards , American bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 1996)
1952 – Joe West , American baseball umpire
1953 – John Lucas II , American basketball player and coach
1954 – Mari Okamoto , Japanese actress
1954 – Ken Wahl , American actor and screenwriter
1955 – Michalis Chrisochoidis , Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Public Order
1955 – Susan Orlean , American journalist and author
1956 – Bruce Bawer , American poet and critic
1956 – Christopher de Leon , Filipino actor, director, producer, and politician
1956 – Anders Lago , Swedish lawyer and politician
1956 – Charles Moore , English journalist and author
1957 – Brian Stokes Mitchell , American singer and actor[ 15]
1957 – Robert Pollard , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959 – Mats Näslund , Swedish ice hockey player
1959 – Neal Stephenson , American author
1960 – Arnaud Desplechin , French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
1960 – Luis Fortuño , Puerto Rican lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Puerto Rico
1960 – Mike Gallego , American baseball player and coach
1960 – Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran
1961 – Alonzo Babers , American runner and pilot
1961 – Kate Campbell , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 – Peter Jackson , New Zealand actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[ 15]
1961 – Larry Mullen, Jr. , Irish musician, songwriter, and actor[ 15]
1962 – Jonathan Borden , American neurosurgeon and academic
1962 – Anna Geifman , American historian, author, and academic
1962 – John Giannini , American basketball player and coach
1962 – Mari Jungstedt , Swedish journalist and author
1962 – Raphael Rabello , Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 1995)
1962 – Dan Wood , Canadian ice hockey player
1963 – Mikkey Dee , Swedish hard rock drummer and musician[ 15]
1963 – Dunga , Brazilian footballer and manager
1963 – Johnny Marr , English singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 15]
1963 – Fred McGriff , American baseball player[ 20]
1963 – Dermot Mulroney , American actor[ 15]
1963 – Rob Schneider , American actor and comedian
1964 – Frank Bruni , American journalist and critic
1964 – Colm Ó Cíosóig , Irish musician
1964 – Marco van Basten , Dutch footballer and manager
1964 – Darryl Worley , American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 15]
1965 – Paul du Toit , South African painter and sculptor (d. 2014)
1965 – Blue Edwards , American basketball player
1965 – Ruud Hesp , Dutch footballer
1965 – Denis Irwin , Irish footballer and journalist
1965 – Rob Rackstraw , English voice actor
1966 – Ad-Rock , American rapper, producer, and actor[ 15]
1966 – Koji Kanemoto , Japanese wrestler
1966 – Annabella Lwin , Anglo-Burmese singer-songwriter and record producer
1966 – Mike O'Malley , American actor and comedian
1967 – Vanilla Ice , American rapper, television personality, and real estate investor[ 15]
1967 – Buddy Lazier , American race car driver
1967 – Irina Pantaeva , Russian model and actress[ 21]
1967 – Adam Schlesinger , American bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2020)
1968 – Antonio Davis , American basketball player and sportscaster
1970 – Linn Berggren , Swedish singer-songwriter[ 15]
1971 – Alphonso Ford , American basketball player (d. 2004)
1973 – Paul Abrahams , English footballer and coach
1973 – Christopher Bevins , American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Tim Byrdak , American baseball player
1973 – David Dellucci , American baseball player and sportscaster
1973 – Beverly Lynne , American actress
1974 – Muzzy Izzet , English-Turkish footballer
1974 – Roger Manganelli , Brazilian-American singer-songwriter and bass player
1975 – Carla Boyd , Australian basketball player[ 22]
1975 – Fabio Celestini , Swiss footballer and manager
1975 – Keith Jardine , American mixed martial artist and actor
1975 – Johnny Whitworth , American actor and producer
1976 – Guti , Spanish footballer
1976 – Piper Perabo , American actress and producer[ 15]
1978 – Inka Grings , German footballer and manager
1978 – Emmanuel Izonritei , Nigerian boxer
1978 – Marek Saganowski , Polish footballer
1978 – Martin Verkerk , Dutch tennis player
1979 – Ricardo Fuller , Jamaican footballer
1979 – Simão Sabrosa , Portuguese footballer
1980 – Samaire Armstrong , American model, actress, and fashion designer[ 15]
1980 – Alondra de la Parra , Mexican-American pianist and conductor
1980 – Marcel Meeuwis , Dutch footballer
1980 – Eddie Kaye Thomas , American actor and voice artist[ 15]
1981 – Irina Denezhkina , Russian author
1981 – Steven Hunter , American basketball player
1981 – Frank Iero , American singer-songwriter and guitarist[ 15]
1981 – Selina Jen , Taiwanese singer and actress
1981 – Mike Napoli , American baseball player
1982 – Jordan Bannister , Australian footballer and umpire
1982 – Justin Chatwin , Canadian actor[ 15]
1982 – Tomáš Plekanec , Czech ice hockey player
1983 – Adam Bouska , American photographer and activist, founded the NOH8 Campaign
1984 – Pat Murray , American football player
1984 – Amanda Pascoe , Australian swimmer
1985 – Fanny Chmelar , German alpine skier
1985 – Kerron Clement , American hurdler and sprinter[ 23]
1986 – Chris Alajajian , Australian race car driver
1986 – Christie Hayes , Australian actress and producer
1987 – Nick Foligno , Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Jean-Karl Vernay , French race car driver
1988 – Cole Aldrich , American basketball player
1988 – Sébastien Buemi , Swiss race car driver
1988 – Jack Riewoldt , Australian footballer
1988 – Lizzy Yarnold , British skeleton racer
1989 – Scott McGough , American baseball player[ 24]
1990 – JID , American rapper
1992 – Vanessa Marano , American actress[ 15]
1993 – Mercedes Arn-Horn , Canadian musician
1993 – Nadine Lustre , Filipino actress and singer
1993 – Letitia Wright , Guyanese-British actress[ 17]
1995 – Joana Valle Costa , Portuguese tennis player
1997 – Siobhán Bernadette Haughey , Hong Kong-Irish swimmer[ 25]
1997 – Sydney Park , American actress and comedian[ 17]
1997 – Marcus Rashford , English footballer
1997 – Holly Taylor , Canadian-American actress[ 15]
1999 – Danielle Rose Russell , American actress[ 15]
1999 – Léa Serna , French figure skater
2000 – Willow Smith , American singer, actress, and dancer[ 15]
2005 – Leonor, Princess of Asturias
Deaths
Pre-1600
932 – Al-Muqtadir , Abbasid caliph (b. 895)
994 – Wolfgang of Regensburg , German bishop and saint (b. 934)
1005 – Abe no Seimei , Japanese astrologer (b. 921)
1034 – Deokjong , Korean ruler (b. 1016)
1147 – Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester , son of Henry I of England (b. 1100)
1214 – Eleanor of England , queen consort of Castile (b. 1163)
1320 – Ricold of Monte Croce , Italian Dominican missionary (b. 1242)
1335 – Marie of Évreux , Duchess Consort of Brabant (b. 1303)
1448 – John VIII Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor (b. 1390)
1517 – Fra Bartolomeo , Italian artist (b. 1472)[ 26]
1589 – Peter Stumpp , German farmer and alleged serial killer (b. 1535)[ 27] [ 28]
1601–1900
1641 – Cornelis Jol , Dutch admiral (b. 1597)
1659 – John Bradshaw , English lawyer and judge, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1602)
1661 – Köprülü Mehmed Pasha , Ottoman politician, 109th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1575)
1723 – Cosimo III de' Medici , Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1642)
1732 – Victor Amadeus II , Duke of Savoy (b. 1666)
1733 – Eberhard Louis , Duke of Württemberg (b. 1676)
1744 – Leonardo Leo , Italian composer (b. 1694)
1768 – Francesco Maria Veracini , Italian violinist and composer (b. 1690)
1786 – Princess Amelia of Great Britain (b. 1711)[ 29]
1806 – Kitagawa Utamaro , Japanese artist and printmaker (b. ca. 1753)
1860 – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald , Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1775)
1869 – Charles A. Wickliffe , American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1788)
1879 – Jacob Abbott , American author and academic (b. 1803)
1879 – Joseph Hooker , American general (b. 1814)
1884 – Marie Bashkirtseff , Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1858)
1901–present
1905 – Bryan O'Loghlen , Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (b. 1828)
1913 – William Evans-Gordon , English soldier and politician (b. 1857)
1916 – Charles Taze Russell , American minister (b. 1852)
1916 – Huang Xing , Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (b. 1874)
1918 – Egon Schiele , Austrian painter (b. 1890)
1920 – Alphonse Desjardins , Canadian businessman (b. 1854)
1925 – Max Linder , French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
1925 – Mikhail Frunze , Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 (b. 1885)
1926 – Harry Houdini , American magician and stuntman (b. 1874)
1929 – António José de Almeida , Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866)
1931 – Octave Uzanne , French journalist and author (b. 1851)
1939 – Otto Rank , Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884)
1944 – Joseph Hubert Priestley , British botanist (b. 1883)[ 30]
1952 – Chit Hlaing , Burmese lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
1959 – Jean Cabannes , French physicist and academic (b. 1885)
1960 – H. L. Davis , American author and poet (b. 1894)
1962 – Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion , French astronomer (b. 1877)
1963 – Mesut Cemil , Turkish cellist and composer (b. 1902)
1964 – Tuomas Bryggari , Finnish politician (b. 1881)[ 31]
1972 – Bill Durnan , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1916)
1973 – Malek Bennabi , Algerian philosopher and author (b. 1905)
1975 – Sachin Dev Burman , Indian composer and singer (b. 1906)
1977 – C. B. Colby , American author and illustrator (b. 1904)
1980 – Jan Werich , Czech actor and playwright (b. 1905)
1983 – George Halas , American football player and coach (b. 1895)
1983 – Lu Jiaxi , Chinese self-taught mathematician (b. 1935)
1983 – Sharof Rashidov , Uzbek politician, CPSU Politburo candidate member (b. 1917)
1984 – Eduardo De Filippo , Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
1984 – Indira Gandhi , Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (b. 1917)[ 32]
1985 – Nikos Engonopoulos , Greek painter and poet (b. 1907)
1985 – Poul Reichhardt , Danish actor and singer (b. 1913)
1986 – Robert S. Mulliken , American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
1988 – John Houseman , Romanian-born American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
1988 – Alfred Pellan , Canadian painter and academic (b. 1906)
1991 – Joseph Papp , American stage director and producer (b. 1921)
1992 – Gary Rippingale , English ice hockey player (b. 1974)
1993 – Federico Fellini , Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1920)
1993 – River Phoenix , American actor and singer (b. 1970)
1995 – Rosalind Cash , American actress and singer (b. 1938)
1996 – Marcel Carné , French director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
1997 – George Roth , American gymnast (b. 1911)[ 33]
1998 – Elmer Vasko , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1935)
1998 – María de la Purísima Salvat Romero , Spanish nun and saint (Roman Catholic Church ) (b. 1926)
1999 – Greg Moore , Canadian race car driver (b. 1975)
2000 – Ring Lardner, Jr. , American journalist and screenwriter (b. 1915)
2000 – Kazuki Watanabe , Japanese songwriter and guitarist (b. 1981)
2001 – Régine Cavagnoud , French skier (b. 1970)
2002 – Lionel Poilâne , French banker and businessman (b. 1945)
2002 – Michail Stasinopoulos , Greek jurist and politician, President of Greece (b. 1903)
2002 – Raf Vallone , Italian footballer and actor (b. 1916)
2003 – Richard Neustadt , American political scientist and historian (b. 1919)
2005 – Hal Anger , American biophysicist and engineer (b. 1920)
2005 – Amrita Pritam , Indian author and poet (b. 1919)
2006 – P. W. Botha , South African soldier and politician, State President of South Africa (b. 1916)
2006 – Peter Fryer , English journalist and author (b. 1927)
2007 – Erdal İnönü , Turkish physicist and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1926)
2008 – Studs Terkel , American historian and author (b. 1912)
2009 – Mustafa Mahmud , Egyptian physician and author (b. 1921)
2009 – Tom Wheatcroft , English businessman, founded the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition (b. 1922)
2009 – Qian Xuesen , Chinese aerodynamicist and academic (b. 1911)
2010 – Ted Sorensen , American lawyer, 8th White House Counsel (b. 1928)
2011 – Flórián Albert , Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1941)
2011 – Roberto Lippi , Italian race car driver (b. 1926)
2012 – Gae Aulenti , Italian architect and designer (b. 1927)
2012 – John Fitch , American race car driver and engineer (b. 1917)
2012 – John H. Reed , American soldier and politician, 67th Governor of Maine (b. 1921)
2013 – Chris Chase (aka Irene Kane), American actress and author (b. 1924)[ 34]
2013 – Gérard de Villiers , French journalist and author (b. 1929)[ 35]
2013 – Trevor Kletz , English chemist and author (b. 1922)
2013 – Johnny Kucks , American baseball player (b. 1933)[ 36]
2013 – Andres Narvasa , Filipino lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1928)
2013 – Bobby Parker , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)[ 37]
2014 – David Manker Abshire , American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (b. 1926)[ 38]
2014 – Michael Alsbury , American engineer and pilot (b. 1975)[ 39]
2014 – Brad Halsey , American baseball player (b. 1981)[ 40]
2014 – Hitoshi Motoshima , Japanese educator and politician (b. 1922)[ 41]
2015 – Gus Savage , American businessman and politician (b. 1925)[ 42]
2018 – Willie McCovey , American baseball player (b. 1938)[ 43]
2020 – Sean Connery , Scottish actor (b. 1930)[ 44] [ 45]
2020 – MF Doom , British-American rapper and record producer (b. 1971)[ 46]
2021 – Peter Philpott , Australian cricketer (b. 1934)[ 47]
2023 – Ken Mattingly , American astronaut (b. 1936)[ 48]
Holidays and observances
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