October 1st
Holidays and Festivals
Independence Day (Republic of Cyprus) * (see below)
Independence Day (Nigeria) * (see below)
Independence Day (Tuvalu) * (see below)
National Day (People's Republic of China - 1949)
World Day of Music * (see below)
World Vegetarian Day * (see below)
Children's Day (Singapore)
Arbor Day (Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands - CNMI) * CLICK HERE
International Day of Older Persons
The Fourth Binary Day (4of 9) (0s and 1s)
Fire Pup Day
Magic Circles Day
Feast of Abai (martyr) in the Syrian Church
Feast of Thérèse de Lisieux
Feast of Saint Bavo
Feast of Saint Remigius
Feast of Blessed Edward James
Feast of Saint Nicetius
* Pop Montreal Festival Montréal, Canada September 29 - October 3 (3of5) (2010)
* Czech beer festival Pilsner Fest is held every year in October.
* Independence Day (Republic of Cyprus) from Britain in 1960
* Independence Day (Nigeria) from Britain in 1960
* Independence Day (Tuvalu) from Gilbert Islands (Kiribati) in 1975
* World Day of Music, is the proposal of Yehudi Menuhin in 1975
* World Vegetarian Day, created by the North American Vegetarian Society in 1977
Toast of The Day
"He who goes to bed, and goes to bed sober,
Falls as the leaves do, and dies in October.
But he who goes to bed, and does so mellow,
shall live as he ought to, and dies a good fellow."
- Traditional
Drinks of The Day
Radlermass
1 Part LemonaDe
1 Part Beer
- Variation -
The Radler
1 Part Pilsner-style Beer
1 Part Lemon-lime Soda
- Variation -
The Russ
1 Part Weizenbier
1 Part Lemon-lime Soda
- Alternative -
Gespritzter
1 Part lager Beer
1 Part cola.
Wine of The Day
Lynfred NV Oktoberfest
American
$15
Beer of The Day
- Western Hemisphere -
Rocktoberfest
Brewer - Rock Bottom Brewery – Long Beach Long Beach, CA, USA
Style - German-Style Märzen
- Eastern Hemisphere -
Spezialbier Edel
Brewer - Aktienbrauerei Kaufbeuren AG Kaufbeuren, Germany
Style - German Style Oktoberfest/Wiesen (Meadow)
Joke of The Day
I nearly pissed myself last night.
I was in the airport bar having a pint when this guy came in shouting Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah Allava whiskey on the rocks please.
Damn Stutterers!
Quote of The Day
“Liaba bsuffa und lusdig, ois niachdan und bled : I’d rather be drunk and funny than sober and stupid.”
- Bavarian Proverb
Whiskey of The Day
$20
October Observances
Adopt A Shelter Dog Month
American Cheese Month
American Pharmacist Month
Antidepressant Death Awareness Month
Apple Jack Month
Apple Month
Awareness Month
Bat Appreciation Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Caffeine Addiction Recovery Month
Celebrate Sun Dried Tomatoes Month
Celebrating The Bilingual Child Month
Celiac Disease Awareness Month
Children's Magazine Month
Christmas Seal Campaign (10/1-12/31)
Church Library Month
Church Safety and Security Month
Class Reunion Month
Clergy Appreciation Month
Co-op Awareness Month
Computer Learning Month
Cookie Month
Cut Out Dissection Month
Diversity Awareness Month
Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Dyslexia Awareness Month
Eat Better, Eat Together Month
Eat Country Ham Month
Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month
Emotional Wellness Month
Employee Ownership Month
Energy Management is a Family Affair, Improve Your Home Month (10/1-3/31)
Fair Trade Month
Feral Hog Month or Hog Out Month
Financial Planning Month
Gay and Lesbian History Month
German-American Heritage Month
Global Diversity Awareness Month
Go Hog Wild, Eat Country Ham Month
Halloween Safety Month
Head Start Awareness Month
Health Literacy Month
Home Eye Safety Month
Intergeneration Month
International Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) Awareness Month
International Drum Month
International Starman Month
International Strategic Planning Month
International Walk To School Month
Italian-American Heritage Month
LGBT History Month
Long Term Care Planning Month
Lupus Awareness Month
Month of Free Thought
National "Gain The Inside Advantage" Month
National AIDS Awareness Month
National Animal Safety and Protection Month
National Arts & Humanities Month
National Audiology Awareness Month
National Bake and Decorate Month
National Book Month
National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
National Canine Good Health Month
National Caramel Month
National Chili Month
National Chiropractic Month
National Communicate with Your Kid Month
National Construction Toy Month
National Cookbook Month
National Crime Prevention Month
National Critical Illness Awareness Month
National Cyber Security Awareness Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Depression Education & Awareness Month
National Diabetes Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
National Down Syndrome Month
National Ergonomics Month
National Family Sexuality Education Month
National Field Trip Month
National Gain the Inside Advantage Month
National Go On A Field Trip Month
National Kitchen & Bath Month
National Liver Awareness Month
National Medical Librarian Month
National Orthodontic Health Month
National Physical Therapy Month
National Pizza Month
National Popcorn Popping Month
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
National Protect Your Hearing Month
National RSV Awareness Month
National Reading Group Month
National Roller Skating Month
National Sarcastic Awareness Month
National Seafood Month
National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
National Stamp Collecting Month
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
National Toilet Tank Repair Month
National Vegetarian Month
National Window Covering Safety Month
National Work and Family Month
Organize Your Medical Information Month
Pear and Pineapple Month
Photographer Appreciation Month
Polish American Heritage Month
Positive Attitude Month
Raptor Month
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
Rhizomes and Persimmons Month
Rhubarb Month
Right Brainers Rule! Month
Sausage Month
Second Binary Month (2of 3) (0s and 1s)
Self-Promotion Month
Spinach Lovers Month
Squirrel Awareness Month (Different Than Squirrel Appreciation Day in January)
Tackling Hunger Month
Talk About Prescriptions Month
Wishbones for Pets Month (10/15 - 11/30)
Women's Small Business Month
Workplace Politics Awareness Month
World Blindness Awareness Month
World Menopause Month
Observances this Week
Customer Service Week, First Week of OctoberUniversal Children's Week, First Week of October
Get Organized Week, First Week of October
World Hearing Aid Awareness Week, Last Sunday of September to next Saturday
National Chimney Safety Week, Week before First Full Week in October
Fall Astronomy Week, Week of Fall Astronomy Day (Saturday between mid-September and mid-October so as to be on or close to the first quarter Moon)
Historical Events on October 1st
(331 BC) Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
366 St Damasus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
704 Aengibald gives away bishop Willibrord estate in Waalre
911 During a siege in Constantinople, the Theotokos appeared at the church in Blachernae holding her veil over the praying faithful, among them St. Andrew of Constantinople.
959 Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England.
965 John XIII Crescentii elected to succeed Pope Leo VIII
1189 Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre.
1273 Earl Rudolf van Habsburg becomes Roman Catholics-German king
1529 -Meeting between Maarten Luther & Huldrych Zwingli
1569 Duke of Norfolk arrested
1574 Storm breaks Leiden dike; drowns 20,000 Spanish soldiers
1606 Spanish troops under Spinola occupies fort Rhine birch
1632 Battle at Castelnaudary: Duke Henri de Montmorency's rebel army loses
1653 Russian parliament accepts annexation of Ukraine
1657 Treaty of Raalte: Willem II no longer viceroy of Overijssel
1661 Yachting begins in England; King Charles II beats his brother James
1670 Battle at Simbirsk a/d Wolga: Russian army beats Boers
1688 Prince Willem III accept invitation of English crown to occupy
1705 Parliament declares Hungary independently/French Rákóczi becomes king
1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France
1768 English troops under general Gauge lands in Boston
1787 Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
1791 Dutch prince Willem Frederik marries his niece princess Frederika Louise Wilhelmina of Prussia
1791 First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
1795 Belgium is conquered by France.
1795 France annexes Southern Netherlands
1800 Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the secret Treaty of San Ildefonso.
1801 England & France signs Preliminary of London
1811 The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orléans, Louisiana.
1814 Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw the Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoléon the previous spring.
1827 The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia.
1829 South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; it will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
1830 General Trade Journal newspaper begins publishing in Amsterdam
1833 Charles Darwin reaches Rio Tercero Argentina
1837 "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico)
1837 Treaty with Winnebago Indians
1838 Civil Code enforced (Jan 1, 1992)
1843 The News of the World tabloid began publication in London.
1847 German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG & Halske.
1847 Maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet
1851 1st Hawaiian stamps issued
1854 The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American System of Watch Manufacturing.
1863 5 Russian warships welcomed in NYC
1863 Dutch Breda-Tilburg railway opens
1864 Cyclone strikes Calcutta, 70,000 killed
1864 John S Staples is paid $500 as a substitute for President Lincoln
1866 Dutch Eindhoven-Venlo railway opens
1867 Karl Marx' "Das Kapital," published
1868 1st edition of Maasbode published
1869 1st postcards are issued (Vienna)
1869 Austria issues the world's first postcards.
1871 General Dutch Werkliedenverbond (ANWV), forms in Utrecht
1874 Rotterdam opens drink water pipes
1879 Cincinnati Enquirer publishes 1st report on baseball reserve clause
1880 First electric lamp factory opened by Thomas Edison.
1880 John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.
1885 Special delivery mail service begins in US
1886 US mint at Carson City, Nevada closes
1887 Balochistan conquered by the British Empire.
1888 National Geographic magazine publishes for 1st time
1889 Soccer team HFC Haarlem forms
1889 Washington voters adopt state constitution in referendum
1890 Congress creates Weather Bureau
1890 The Yosemite National Park and the Yellowstone National Park are established by the U.S. Congress.
1891 In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors.
1892 University of Chicago opens
1893 3rd worst hurricane in US history kills 1,800 (Mississippi)
1894 Civic organization, Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben founded in Omaha, Nebraska
1894 First meeting of The Owl Club of Cape Town.
1895 Romanians in Costantinople massacred
1896 Sherlock Holmes adventure "Veiled Lodger" takes place (BG)
1896 Yosemite becomes a National Park
1898 Czar Nikolay II expels Jews from Kiev Russia and major Russian cities.
1898 Dutch railway Alkmaar-Receiver opens
1898 Henry Huntington buys LA Railway
1898 The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
1903 The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
1904 JB van Heutsz becomes gov-general of Netherland Indies
1904 Netherlands & Portugal lay down bounderies splitting Timor
1905 František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janácek to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
1906 Hugh Jennings resigns as Balt manager to take over at Detroit in 1907
1907 Plaza Hotel (5th Av & 59th Str, NY) opens
1908 1st Dutch electric railway in use (Rotterdam-The Hague)
1908 Henry Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
1908 Jack Chesbro's final Yankee victory, beats Walter Johnson 2-1
1910 Berkshire Cattle Fair held in Pittsfield Mass (1st state fair)
1910 Los Angeles Times bombing, A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21.
1910 Regina Rugby Club's 1st game, losing to Moose Jaw Tigers, 16-6
1911 United Dutch Diamond workers get 8-hr day
1912 Yanks lose game #100 en route to a 50-102 season
1918 Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence (a/k/a "Lawrence of Arabia") capture Damascus in World War I.
1919 World Series begins as a best of 9 affair, White Sox intentionally throw this series to satisfy gamblers (Black Sox Scandal)
1920 Dutch law provides for an 8 hour working day
1920 Sir Percy Cox landed in Basra to assume his responsibilities as high commissioner in Iraq.
1921 WJZ, Newark NJ begins broadcasting
1922 Former Chicago Staleys play 1st NFL game as Chicago Bears, win 6-0
1922 Rogers Hornsby's 3-for-5 ups avg to .401
1924 Fokker F-7 1st flight (Amsterdam to Batavia)
1924 Landis bans Giants Jimmy O'Connell & Cozy Dolan from World Series after they admit an attempt to bribe Phils shortstop Heinie Sand
1924 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 4 mile (19:15.4) & 5 mile (24:06.2)
1926 An oil field accident cost aviator Wiley Post his left eye, but he used the settlement money to buy his first aircraft.
1927 Pirates clinch NL pennant with a 9-6 win over Reds
1928 Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour
1928 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 15m (46:49.6)
1928 The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan.
1930 Soccer team WHC forms
1930 World Series opens at Phila's Shibe Park, Phila A's beat St Louis 5-2
1931 Spanish Cortes accept general female suffrage
1931 The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
1931 The second (and current) Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is opened in New York.
1931 World Series is a rematch as A's seek 3rd straight title vs Cards
1932 NHL readmits Ottawa & drops Pittsburgh
1932 Oswald Mosley forms British Union of Fascists
1932 World Series moves to Chicago, In 5th inning, Babe Ruth waits until he has 2 strikes, points & hits next pitch into center field bleachers
1933 Antwerp Sports arena opens
1933 Packers make 5 1st downs, Giants make 0, but still win 10-7
1933 Wash Senator coach Nick Altrock plays in a game at age 57
1934 Adolph Hitler expands German army & navy & creates an air force, violating Treaty of Versailles
1936 Generalissimo Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
1937 Pullman Co formally recognizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
1937 The Japanese city Handa is founded in Aichi Prefecture.
1938 Cubs clinch NL pennant
1938 Germany annexes Sudetenland (1/3 of Czechoslovakia).
1939 After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile forces entered the city.
1939 Churchill calls Soviets "riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"
1940 The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
1941 D Sjostakovitch plane evacuated in Moscow
1941 H Martin, R Blanes musical "Best Foot Forward," premieres in NYC
1941 Yankees beat Dodgers 3-2 at Yankee Stadium in opener of World Series
1942 Bell P-59 Airacomet fighter, 1st US jet, makes maiden flight
1942 First flight of the Bell XP-59 "Aircomet".
1942 Little Golden Books (children books) begins publishing
1942 USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru not knowing she is carrying British PoWs from Hong Kong
1943 Allied forces captured Naples during WW II
1943 Averell Harriman named US ambassador to Moscow
1943 Germans attack Jews in Denmark
1943 King's Dragon Guards liberates suburbs of Naples
1943 Naples falls to Allied soldiers, World War II.
1944 Newspaper editor Alejandro Córdova assassinated in Guatemala
1944 St Louis Browns win their only AL pennant
1945 Heavyweight champ Joe Louis is discharged from army
1945 US Office of Strategic Serbia (OSS) disbands
1946 Fisrt NL playoffs, Dodgers vs Cards (St Louis wins 2 games to 0)
1946 12 war criminals sentenced to death in Nuremberg
1946 Bob Feller 348th strikeout of season
1946 Mensa International is founded in the United Kingdom.
1946 Nazi leaders sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.
1947 First helicopter air mail & express service, LA, Ca
1947 NHL Pension Society founded
1947 The F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
1947 US control of Haitian customs & governmental revenue ends
1947 William Wister Haines' "Command Decision," premieres in NYC
1948 California Supreme Court voids state statue banning interracial marriages
1948 Radio Denmark begins transmitting
1949 People's Republic of China (Taiwan) proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung (National Day)
1950 Browns lose to Giants, setting club record for fewest points scored by both teams (tied in 1979), NY 6, Cleveland 0
1950 Phillies win NL pennant on last day of season (10th inning HR)
1950 South Korean troops cross 38° latitude into North Korea
1951 First Giant-Dodgers playoff game, Giants win 3-1
1951 First treaty signed by woman ambassador-Eugenie Anderson
1951 24th Infantry Regiment, last all-black military unit, deactivated
1952 1st ultra high frequency (UHF) television station, Portland Or
1952 Liberal Party wins Japanese elections
1952 Monte Bello-Island (Great Britain 1st atom bomb explosion)
1953 Indian state of Andhra Pradesh partitioned from Madras
1953 KJEO TV channel 47 in Fresno, CA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 KYTV TV channel 3 in Springfield, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WATE TV channel 6 in Knoxville, TN (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WREX TV channel 13 in Rockford, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 British colony of Nigeria becomes a federation
1955 "Honeymooners" premieres
1955 Piet Lieftinck becomes director v/h IMF (World bank)
1955 WORA TV channel 5 in Mayaguez, PR (TCI) begins broadcasting
1956 Johnny Heckmann rides 7 winners at Chicago Hawthorne Horse track
1956 Zestienhoven airport at Rotterdam official opens
1957 B-52 bombers begin full-time flying alert in case of USSR attack
1957 First appearance of "In God We Trust" on U.S. paper currency.
1958 Britain transfers Christmas Island (south of Java) to Australia
1958 Inauguration of NASA
1958 NASA created to replace NACA.
1958 Vanguard Project transferred from military to NASA
1959 1st World Series since 1948 not to feature a NY team (LA vs Chic)
1960 14th NHL All-Star Game, All-Stars beat Montreal 2-1 at Montreal
1960 KCBY TV channel 11 in Coos Bay, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1960 Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom (National Day).
1961 A believed extinct volcanco erupts in Tristan da Cunha
1961 East and West Cameroon merge as Federal Republic of Cameroon.
1961 KGIN TV channel 11 in Grand Island, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Open
1961 Premiere of Dmitri Shostakovitsch' 12nd Symphony
1961 Roger Maris sets record of 61 HRs (off of Tracy Stallard)
1961 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1961 WOLO TV channel 25 in Columbia, SC (ABC) begins broadcasting
1961 WYAH TV channel 27 in Portsmouth, VA (IND) begins broadcasting
1962 Barbra Streisand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia)
1962 Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage Beatles through 1977
1962 First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 James Meredith became 1st black at U of Mississippi
1962 Johnny Carson hosts his 1st Tonight Show, Joan Crawford guests
1962 Lucy Show premieres
1962 SF beats Dodgers, 8-0 in 1st of best-of-3 NL playoff
1962 UN gives Netherlands control of New-Guinea
1962 US National Radio Astronomy Obs gets a 300' (91m) radio telescope
1962 WEDH TV channel 24 in Hartford, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1963 1st time since 1910 no AL player, played in every game
1963 Nigeria becomes a republic within Commonwealth
1964 1st official broadcast of Trans World Radio on Bonaire
1964 2nd Dutch televisienet begins broadcastings
1964 Free Speech Movement launched at University of California , Berkley
1964 Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
1964 SF cable cars declared a national landmark
1964 The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley.
1964 WSJU TV channel 18 in Carolina, PR begins broadcasting
1964 WTSJ TV channel 18 in San Juan, PR (NBC) begins broadcasting
1964 WWAY TV channel 3 in Wilmington, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
1965 Apostasia of 1965, a political move in Greece designed to overthrow the Prime Minister, George Papandreou.
1965 Failed coup under lt col Untung in Indonesia
1965 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1965 General Suharto crushes an attempted coup in Indonesia.
1966 Newspaper magnate Thomson purchases "The Times"
1966 WAEO (now WJFW) TV channel 12 in Rhinelander, WI (NBC) begins
1966 West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatal injuries and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
1967 KBFI (now KDAF) TV channel 33 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (IND) begins
1967 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ladies' LA Golf Open
1967 Pink FLoyd's 1st US tour (arrives in NYC)
1968 "Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh
1968 The Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS).
1969 Concorde 001 test flight breaks sound barrier
1969 Guernsey & Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps
1969 The Concorde supersonic transport plane breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
1969 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1970 63 arrest in riot to buy Rolling Stone tickets in Milano Italy
1970 Last game at Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium, Phils-2 Expos-1
1971 Joseph Luns becomes secretary-general of NATO
1971 Simplified echtscheidingsrecht of force
1971 Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
1972 "Don't Play Us Cheap" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 164 perfs
1972 1st games of World Hockey Association
1972 2nd NYC Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 3:08:41
1972 3rd NYC Marathon won by Sheldon Karlin in 2:27:52
1972 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Classic
1973 Leo Durocher resigns as Houston Astro manager
1973 USSR-West Germany gas tunnel opens
1974 Watergate cover-up trial opens in Wash DC
1975 Britain grants internal self-government to Seychelles
1975 Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands, take name "Tuvalu"
1975 Muhammad Ali TKOs Joe Frazier in 15 for heavyweight boxing title in Manila, Philippines, "The Thrilla in Manila".
1975 Reunion Island stops printing stamps, France takes over production
1975 The Seychelles gain internal self-government. The Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands and take the name Tuvalu.
1976 1st Dutch casino opens
1977 Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games
1977 Department Of Energy established
1977 Elton John honored by MSG Hall of Fame
1977 Yanks win 2nd consecutive AL East title
1978 Comoros adopts constitution
1978 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship
1978 The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.
1978 Tuvalu (formerly Ellice Islands) declares independence from UK
1978 Yanks lose 9-2 to Indians forcing a playoff game with Red Sox
1979 Nigeria adopts constitution, Alhaji Shagari becomes president
1979 Pope John Paul II begins visit of US
1979 RKO radio network begins operation
1979 The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama canal to Panama.
1979 US returns Canal Zone to Panama after 75 years (but not the canal)
1980 Cosmonauts Ryumin & Popov break space endurance record of 176 days
1981 Iranian plane crash
1981 J Chodorov/N Panama's "Talent for Murder," premieres in London
1981 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1982 EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
1982 Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a Constructive Vote of No Confidence.
1982 Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
1982 The Sony CDP-101, the world's first commercially released Compact Disc player, is released in Japan for 168,000 yen ($730)
1982 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1982 West Germany's Parliament ousts Helmut Schmidt for Helmut Kohl
1983 Denise Wallace, 18, of Virginia crowned Miss Teen of America
1984 Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip resumes after 2-year hiatus
1984 Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as 6th commissioner of baseball
1985 Israeli air raid on PLO-headquarter at Tunis, 68 killed
1985 The Israeli air force bombs PLO Headquarters in Tunis.
1986 President Carter's presidential library/museum dedicated in Atlanta
1987 "Roza" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 12 performances
1987 6 killed by an earthquake measuring 6.1 in LA
1987 Fiji's constitution is suspended
1987 The Whittier Narrows earthquake shook the San Gabriel Valley, registering as a magnitude 5.9.
1988 Bradley Center in Milwaukee opens
1988 Lowest batting avg for NL champion (Tony Gwynn .313)
1988 Mikhail Gorbachev became president of Soviet Union
1988 Robert Englund, actor who plays Freddie Kruger weds Nancy Booth
1989 Batting titles decided on final day Puckett goes 2-for-5 edges Carney Lansford .339 to .336, Gwynn's 3-for-4 edges Will Clark .336 to .333
1989 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic
1989 Dallas Cowboy, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle
1989 World's first legal modern same-sex civil union called "registered partnership"in Denmark
1989 Thousands of East Germans flee to West Germany
1989 US issues a stamp, labeling an apatosaurus as a brontosaurus
1990 10,000 Uganda RPF rebels move into Rwanda
1990 Meteorite explode above Pacific Ocean
1990 President Bush at UN, condemns Iraq's takeover of Kuwait
1990 Serbs in Croatia proclaim autonomy
1991 Howard Stern adds Baltimore to his radio network (WJFK-AM)
1991 New Zealand's Resource Management Act 1991 commences.
1992 "Oba Oba '93" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 22 performances
1992 Cartoon Cable Network premieres
1992 Greater Pittsburgh International Airport opens
1992 Ross Perot re-enters presidental race
1992 Turkish destroyer TCG Muavenet (DM-357) crippled causing 27 deaths and injuries, by missiles negligently launched by U.S. aircraft carrier USS Saratoga.
1993 Lennox Lewis TKOs Frank Bruno in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1994 Boon completes his 19th Test century (114 v Pak, Karachi)
1994 Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA GHP Heartland Golf Classic
1994 Palau gains independence from the United Nations (trusteeship administered by the United States of America).
1994 South African President Nelson Mandela visits US
1994 Stanley Betrian sworn in as leader of Curacao
1995 Bermuda begins using new area code 441
1995 Gail Graham wins FieldCrest Cannon/Carolina LPGA Golf Classic
1995 Indians set record of 30 game lead over 2nd place team
1995 Mike Mussina tosses Balt's 5th consecutive shutout 4-0 win over Tigers
1995 NY Yankees win 1st baseball wildcard ever
1995 Rockies are 1st team to make postseason before 7th year in existence
1997 Carolina Hurricanes 1st game vs Tampa Bay Lightning
1997 Spice Hot premieres on cable
1998 Vladimir Putin became a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
2000 Closing ceremony of the XXVII Olympics in Sydney, Australia
2000 Juan Antonio Samaranch, the chairman of the IOC declares Sydney the "best Olympic Games ever"
2000 United States retain Basketball's Olympic gold medal defeating France 85-75
2000 United States wins the most medals (97), and the most gold medals (40) in Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia
2004 Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki gets his 258th hit of the season, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old single-season record.
2005 Bombing kills 23 people in Bali.
2007 Most of the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 came into force in the United Kingdom.
2012 3 Nato soldiers and 16 Afghan police are killed by a suicide bombing in Khost, Afghanistan
2012 36 people are killed in a ferry collision in Hong Kong
2012 California becomes the first US state to ban Gay conversion psychotherapy
2013 A partial United States federal government shutdown occurs as a result of political disagreements over operational spending
2014 Canadian freestyle skier and two-time Olympic gold medalist Alexandre Bilodeau retires at 27
2014 41 children are killed by a suicide bombing on the Akrameh al-Makhzumi school in Homs, Syria
2015 A gunman kills 8 students and a teacher at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon
2015 Mudslide on the outskirts of Guatemala City leaves at least 131 dead and 300 missing
2015 Cargo ship El Faro goes missing with 33 crew during Hurricane Joaquin near the Bahamas
Born on October 1st
1207 Henry III, king of England (1216-72) (d. 1272)
1507 Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573)
1540 Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617)
1549 Anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery
1577 Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622)
1620 Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter, etcher (d. 1683)
1644 Alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist, composer (d. 1682)
1644 Jean Rousseau, composer
1671 Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (d. 1742)
1685 Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711-40) (d. 1740)
1691 Arthur Onslow, English politician (d. 1768)
1724 Giovanni Battista Cirri, composer
1730 Richard Stockton, American attorney, signer of the US Declaration of Independence (d. 1781)
1735 Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi, composer
1760 William Thomas Beckford, English writer (Epsiodes of Vathek) and politician (d. 1844)
1770 Vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian (Naples Revolution 1799)
1771 Pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist and composer (d. 1842)
1781 James Lawrence, naval hero (War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!")
1791 Sergei Aksakov, Russian writer (Chronicles of a Russian Family) (d. 1859)
1799 Rufus Choate, US, lawyer (Hall of Fame)
1800 Lars Levi Laestadius, Swedish-born botanist and founder of Laestadianism (d. 1861)
1808 Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer
1820 Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer
1830 Jeremiah Cutler Sullivan, Brig Gen (Union volunteers) (d. 1890)
1831 Claudius Charles Wilson, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1863)
1832 Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison, 1st wife of Benjamin Harrison
1832 Henry Clay Work, composer
1834 Francis Marion Cockrell, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1915)
1835 Robert Houston Anderson, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1888)
1835 William Hicks "Red" Jackson, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1835 Ádám Politzer, Austrian physician (d. 1920)
1841 Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer
1842 Charles Cros, French mathematician, chemist, poet, and inventor (d. 1888) (Le Hareng Saur)
1847 Annie Besant (Wood), English theosophist and women's rights activist (Esoteric christianity) (d. 1933)
1865 Paul Dukas, French composer (d. 1935)
1870 Josiah Edward Spurr, American Geologist (d. 1950)
1870 Pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer/inventor (grape-shot shells)
1872 Israel Querido, Dutch writer (Menschenwee)
1878 Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist (Geschichtsfilosofie) (d. 1950)
1881 Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer
1881 William Edward Boeing, American engineer, founder (Boeing) (d. 1956)
1885 Louis Untermeyer, American author and critic (Immortal Poems, Story Poems) (d. 1977)
1886 Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author
1890 Alice Joyce, Kansas City MO, actress (Song O' My Heart)
1890 Constantin Nottara, composer
1890 Stanley Holloway, British actor (Higgins-Our Man Higgins) (d. 1982)
1893 Cliff Friend, American songwriter (d. 1974)
1893 Faith Baldwin, New Rochelle NY, author/novelist (They Who Love)
1893 Yip Man, Martial Arts Master (d. 1972)
1894 Ricardo Castillo, composer
1895 Liaquat Al Khan, attorney/premier of Pakistan (1947-51)
1896 Ted Healy, American actor and comedian (d. 1937)
1898 Karl Ranki, composer
1899 Ernest Haycox, American writer (d. 1950)
1899 Lajos Bardos, composer
1900 Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)
1903 "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, NYC, light-heavyweight box champ (1932-34)
1903 George Coulouris, Manchester England, actor (Runaway Bus)
1903 Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist (d. 1989)
1904 A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (d. 1977)
1904 Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-born physicist (d. 1979)
1904 Vladimir Horowitz, Kiev Ukraine, pianist (Carmen)
1906 John Lorne Campbell, folklorist
1907 Barbara Morrison, Weston-Super-Mare Engld, actress (Project Moonbase)
1907 Oedoen Partos, composer
1907 Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli violist and composer (d. 1977)
1908 Herman David Koppel, composer
1909 Everett Sloane, NYC, actor (Patsy, Citizen Kane, Enforcer)
1909 Maurice Bardèche, French fascist, (d. 1998)
1909 Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)
1910 Bonnie Parker, American Outlaw (Bonnie and Clyde) (d. 1934)
1910 Fritz Köberle, Austrian-born physician (d. 1983)
1910 José Enrique Moyal, Australian mathematical physicist (d. 1998)
1911 Edward P Boland, (Rep-D-MA, 1953)
1911 Irwin Kostal, Chicago Ill, orchestra leader (Garry Moore Show)
1911 Richard Torriani, Switzerland, took Olympic oath (1948)
1912 Kathleen Ollerenshaw, British mathematician
1913 Helio Gracie, Martial Arts Master (d. 2009)
1914 Daniel Joseph Boorstin, American historian (Librarian of Congress), author (Empire of Czar)(1974 Pulitzer Prize) (d. 2004)
1914 Michael Goodliffe, Cheshire England, actor (5th Day of Peace)
1916 Tibor Reich, textile designer
1917 Cahal Daly, Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh (d. 2009)
1917 René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillian poet (Juancho Picaflor)
1918 Antonio Iglesias Alvares, composer
1920 Lonny Chapman, Tulsa Oklahoma, actor (Investigator, For the People)
1920 Walter Matthau, American actor (Odd Couple, Bad News Bears) (d. 2000)
1921 James Whitmore, American actor (Give 'em Hell Harry) (d. 2009)
1922 Hector Campos-Parsi, composer
1922 Kim Ki-young, South Korean film director (d. 1998)
1924 Jimmy Earl Carter, 39th President of the United States (1977-1981), recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1924 William Rehnquist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (1987), Supreme Court (1972-86) (d. 2005)
1925 Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1926 Roger Williams, American pianist
1927 Sandy Gall, Malaysian-born British journalist and newscaster
1927 Tom Bosley, American actor (Howard-Happy Days, Murder She Wrote)
1928 George Peppard, American actor (Banacek, A-Team, Blue Max) (d. 1994)
1928 Laurence Harvey (Larushka Skine), Lithuanian-born actor (Alamo, Romeo & Juliet) (d. 1973)
1928 Sivaji Ganesan, Indian Tamil actor (d. 2001)
1928 Willy Mairesse, Belgian racing driver (d. 1969)
1928 Zhu Rongji, Chinese politician
1929 Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby league identity
1930 Frank Gardner, Australian racing driver
1930 Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani politician
1930 Philippe Noiret, French actor (Soleil, Les Milles, Il Postino) (d. 2006)
1930 Richard Harris, Irish actor (Man Called Horse), singer (MacArthur Park) (d. 2002)
1931 Reginald Hall, endocrinologist
1931 Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer
1932 Albert Collins, American guitarist (Frosty, Showdown) (d. 1993)
1933 Olga Pozzi Escot, composer
1935 Julie Andrews, British actress and singer (Sound of Music, Mary Poppins)
1935 Petros Fyssoun, Greek actor
1936 Charles G Fullerton, Rochester, NY, astronaut (STS-3, 51F)
1936 Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958)
1936 Edward Villella, Bayside Queens, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet)
1936 Stella Stevens, American actress (Girls! Girls!, Manitou)
1937 Hedy d'Ancona, Dutch minister of WVC (PvdA)
1937 Saeed Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 41 Tests 1958-73)
1938 J Bert Sonnier, race horse trainer
1938 Les Scheinflug, Australian soccer asst coach (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1939 Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
1939 George Archer, American PGA golfer (1969 Masters Bing Crosby) (d. 2005)
1940 Richard F Pieternella, Dutch Antilles' minister plenipotentiary
1942 Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver
1943 Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer and songwriter
1943 Jean-Jacques Annaud, French film director (Bear, Black & White, Name of the Rose)
1943 Jerry Martini, American saxophonist (Sly & the Family Stone)
1943 Jim Martini, rocker (Sly & Family Stone-Everyday People)
1943 Naushad Ali, cricketer (Pakistani wicket-keeper in six Tests 1964-65)
1944 Barbara Parritt, US soul singer (Toys-Lover's Concerto)
1944 Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad, US singer (Persuasions-Spread the Word)
1944 Scott McKenzie, rock vocalist (If You Come to SF)
1945 Donny Hathaway, American soul musician and composer (Where is the Love) (d. 1979)
1945 Ellen McIlwaine, American singer/songwriter
1945 Rod Carew, Panamanian-born baseball player (AL Rookie of Year 1967)
1945 Spider Sabich, American skier (d. 1976)
1946 Alfred Jones, Grace Miss, middleweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1968)
1946 Eva Klobukowska, Poland, relay sprinter (Olympic-gold-1964)
1946 Tim O'Brien, American writer
1947 Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist
1947 Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician
1947 Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (d. 2006)
1947 Martin Turner, rocker (Wishbone)
1947 Rob Davis, rocker
1947 Stephen Collins, American actor (Star Trek I, Tattingers)
1948 Cub Koda, American singer (Brownsville Station) (d. 2000)
1948 Ellen McIlwaine, Nashville, blues singer (Honky Tonky Angel)
1949 Isaac Bonewits, American author
1950 Boris Vladimirovich Morukov, Russian cosmonaut
1950 Elpida, Greek singer and Eurovision contestant (Sokrati, Tora Zo)
1950 Jeane Manson, American singer and actress
1950 Randy Quaid, American actor (Midnight Express, Vacation, Saturday Night Live)
1951 Brian Greenway, Montreal, rock guitarist/vocalist (April Wine)
1952 Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey coach and executive
1953 Greta Andersen Waitz, Norwegian athlete, marathoner (NYC 1984)
1953 John Hegley, British poet
1953 Pete Falcone, American baseball player
1954 Martin Strel, Slovenian swimmer
1954 Richard Schlesinger, NYC, news correspondent (CBS, 48 Hours)
1955 Duško Tadić, Bosnian Serb
1955 Howard Hewett, American R & B Singer (Shalamar)
1955 Phillip Oakey, rocker (Human League)
1956 Leslie Burr-Howard, equestrian show jumper (Olympics-silver-96)
1956 Theresa May, British politician
1957 Brad MacDonald, race horse trainer
1957 Stelios Mainas, Greek actor
1958 Alton Lister, NBA forward, center (Portland Trailblazers, Celtics)
1958 Masato Nakamura, Japanese musician
1958 Michelle Bauer (Medvitz), American actress (One Million Heels BC)
1959 Youssou N'dour, Senegalese singer (Shaking the tree)
1960 Elizabeth Dennehy, actress (Guiding Light) [or Nov 1]
1961 Cornelius Johannes Petrus Gerhardus "Corrie" Van Zyl, cricketer (SAf)
1961 Corrie van Zyl, former South African cricketer
1961 Gary Ablett, Australian rules footballer
1961 Rico Constantino, American professional wrestler
1961 Robert Rey, Brazilian-American plastic surgeon and television personality
1962 Esai Morales, American actor
1962 Paul Walsh, English footballer
1962 Trevor Baxter, record holder for high jumping with a skateboard
1963 Beth Chamberlin, Danville Vt, actress (Beth Spaulding-Guiding Light)
1963 Jean-Denis Délétraz, Swiss race car driver
1963 Mark McGwire, American baseball player, 1st baseman (AL rookie of year 1988, Oakland A's, St. Louis Cardinals)
1964 Harry Hill, British comedian
1964 Jonathan Sarfati, Australian-born chess player, scientist, and author
1964 Kristi Atkinson, Van Nuys Ca, WP volleyballer (Best of Beach-6th-1994)
1964 Marcia Pankratz, Wakefield Mass, field hockey forward (Oly-88, 96)
1964 Max Matsuura, Japanese record producer
1964 Roberto Kelly, Panama outfielder (NY Yanks, Cin Reds, Minnesota Twins)
1965 Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
1965 Chris Reason, Australian journalist
1965 Cindy Margolis, American model and spokesmodel
1965 Cliff Ronning, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL center (Vancouver Canucks)
1965 Ted King, American Actor
1966 Christopher Titus, American actor, comedian
1966 Cuco Ziganda, Spanish footballer
1966 George Weah, Liberian politician and footballer
1967 Chuck McElroy, Galeston TX, pitcher (California Angels)
1967 Geraldine Heaney, ice hockey defenseman (Canada, Oly-98)
1967 Michael Pringle, American football player, CFL running back (Montreal Alouettes)
1967 Scott Young, American ice hockey player, NHL right wing (Colorado Avalanche)
1968 Greg Briggs, NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings)
1968 Jay Underwood, actor (Boy Who Could Fly)
1968 Jon Guenther, American author
1968 Malcolm Showell, WLAF defensive end (London Monarchs)
1968 Matt Elliott, NFL center/guard (Carolina Panthers)
1968 Rob Collard, British racing driver
1969 Agustin Vasquez-Mendoza, Mexico, murderer (FBI Most Wanted)
1969 Igor Ulanov, Russian hockey player, NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1969 Marcus Stephen, Nauruan weightlifter and politician, current President of Nauru
1969 Ori Kaplan, Israeli jazz musician
1969 Zach Galifianakis, American comedian and actor (The Hangover, The Campaign)
1970 Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets, Oly-S-98)
1970 Alexei Zhitnik, NHL defenseman (Team Russia Oly-Silver-1998, Buffalo)
1970 Gam Wu-seong, South Korean actor
1970 Gaston Taument, soccer player (Feyenoord)
1970 James Wilson, WLAF defensive end (Rhein Fire)
1970 Jung Joon-ho, South Korean actor and singer
1970 Moses Kiptanui, Kenya, steeplechase (Olympics-silver-96)
1970 Ronnie Bradford, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos)
1970 Simon Davey, Barnsley football manager
1971 Amp Lee, NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings, St Louis Rams)
1971 Andrew O'Keefe, Australian television personality
1971 Gigi Lai, Hong Kong actress
1971 Melinda Gainsford, Australian 100m/200m (Olympics-92, 96)
1971 Song Il Gook, Korean actor
1972 Danielle Scott, Baton Rouge LA, volleyball middle blocker (Oly-96)
1972 Jean Paulo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
1972 Ronen Altman Kaydar, Israeli Author
1973 Jana Henke, German swimmer
1973 John Thomson, American baseball player
1973 Rachid Chékhémani, French runner
1973 Rodney Kite-Powell, historian
1974 Christian Borle, American actor
1974 Keith Duffy, Irish singer (Boyzone) and actor
1974 Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player, NHL forward (Team Sweden Oly-1998, Edmonton)
1974 Sherri Saum, American actress
1975 Chulpan Khamatova, Russian actress
1975 Eric Morel, PR, US flyweight boxer (Olympics-96)
1975 Kim Suna, Korean actress
1975 Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer
1976 Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor
1976 Denis Gauthier, Canadian hockey player
1976 Dora Venter, Hungarian pornographic film actress
1976 Kona Cormack, Honolulu HI, playmate (Feb, 1996)
1976 Ümit Karan, Turkish footballer
1977 Alejandro Hernandez, Tijuana Mexico, tennis pro
1977 Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver
1978 Andrew JC Jackson, Australian surf lifesaver
1978 Leticia Cline, American model and TV Personality
1979 Cameron Bruce, Australian rules footballer
1979 Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
1979 Marko Stanojevic, English-born Italian rugby union footballer
1979 Rudi Johnson, American football player
1980 Antonio Narciso, Italian footballer
1981 Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer
1981 Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player
1981 Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
1981 Rupert Friend, British actor
1982 Harry Lawrence, Bath born Entrepreneur
1982 Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer
1982 Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish singer
1983 Ashley Green, Yorkshire Author/Comic
1983 Mirko Vucinic, Montenegrin footballer
1984 Daniel Guillén, Spanish footballer
1984 Matt Cain, American baseball player
1985 Dizzee Rascal, English rapper
1985 Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
1985 Revazi Zintiridis, Greek judoka
1985 Ryo Miyamori, Japanese singer
1985 Tim Deasy, English footballer
1986 Jurnee Smollett, American actress
1986 Justin Westhoff, Australian rules footballer
1986 Ricardo Vaz Té, Portuguese footballer
1986 Sayaka, Japanese singer
1987 Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor, singer
1987 Lionel Ainsworth, English footballer
1988 Cariba Heine, Australian actress
1990 Charlie Mcdonnell, English videoblogger, YouTube Personality
1997 Sam Verlinden, Child singer and actor
Died on October 1st
290 (Christian) Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed
540 Vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht,saint
552 Teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle
959 King Edwy of England
976 Al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies
1040 Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)
1189 Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar
1310 Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)
1404 Boniface IX (Pietro Tomacelli), Pope (1389-1404) (b. 1356)
1499 Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (b. 1433)
1500 John Alcock, English Catholic bishop
1567 Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)
1570 Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)
1574 Marten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen, Dutch painter (Christ) (b. 1498)
1578 Don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (b. 1547)
1588 Blessed Edward James, Catholic martyr
1602 Hernando de Cabezón, Spanish composer (b. 1541)
1609 Gianmatteo Asola, Italian composer
1633 Filaret (Fjodor N Romanov), patriarch of Moscow
1684 Pierre Corneille, French author, lawyer, dramatist (El Cid, Polyeucte) (b. 1606)
1693 Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619)
1704 Cornelis Dusart, painter/engraver
1708 John Blow, British composer (Venus & Adonis) (b. 1649)
1768 Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (b. 1687)
1770 Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer
1795 Robert Bakewell, English cattle breeder
1814 Jakob I van Przysucha, Polish hassidic leader
1837 Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
1838 Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (b. 1768)
1864 John Dunovant, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1864 Rose Greenhow, American Confederate spy (b. 1817)
1868 Rama IV (Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua), King of Thai (1851-68)
1876 Henri-Jerome Bertini, composer
1876 James Lick, California land baron (b. 1796)
1881 Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer
1885 John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)
1901 Abdur Rahman Khan, Emir of Afghanistan
1904 William GGVV Harcourt, historian/English Sect of State
1911 Wilhelm Dilthey, Germ philosopher (Das Leben Schleiermans)
1913 Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
1919 Princess Charlotte of Prussia (b. 1860)
1927 Wilhelm Harteveld, composer, dies at 68
1929 Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (b. 1861)
1930 Ricardo Drigo, composer, dies at 84
1936 Oscar DaCosta, cricketer (WI all-rounder in 5 Tests 30-35)
1942 Ants Piip, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1884)
1943 Antoine T Broekman, resistance fighter, executed
1943 Anton JT Koreman, resistance fighter, executed
1943 Antoon Pleyte, resistance fighter, executed
1943 Dionysius Remiens, resistance fighter, executed
1943 Earnest Klijzing, resistance fighter, executed
1943 Gideon Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed
1943 Hans Katan, resistance fighter, executed
1943 Henri H Geul, resistance fighter, executed
1943 Johan Kalshoven, resistance fighter, executed
1943 Johan Roemer, resistance fighter, executed
1943 Johan van Mierlo, resistance fighter, executed
1943 John Charles Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed
1943 Leo Frijda, resistance fighter, executed
1943 Louis Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed
1943 Maarten van Gilse, resistance fighter, executed
1943 Olaf T Thomsen, resistance fighter, executed
1943 Peter "Pam" Pooters, resistance fighter, executed
1943 Sape Kuiper, resistance fighter, executed
1943 Victor van Swieten, resistance fighter, executed
1943 Walter Brandligt, literature, resistance fighter, executed
1945 Walter B Cannon, US physiologist (Traumatic Shock)
1955 Charles Christie, American film studio owner (b. 1880)
1956 Stan Ockers, Belgian world champ cyclist (1955)
1958 Robert Falk, Russian painter (b. 1886)
1959 Enrico de Nicola, 1st President of the Italian Republic (b. 1877)
1961 Donald Cook, actor (Too Young To Go Steady)
1964 Ernst Toch, composer (Melodie Lehre)
1965 Edward E "Doc" Smith, US, sci-fi writer (Subspace encounter)
1965 Gareth Hughes, actor (Midnight Girl)
1966 Albert P A A Besnard, poet/journalist (Doom & Thirst)
1968 Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator)
1970 Hans Poser, composer
1970 Petar Konjovic, composer
1970 Raoul Riganti, Argentine racing driver (b. 1893)
1972 Kurt Hiller, writer
1972 Louis Leakey, English anthropologist
1973 Joe Devlin, actor (Sam-Dick Tracy)
1974 Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (b. 1901)
1975 Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) (b. 1935)
1979 Roy Harris, US composer
1980 George Meany, union pres (AFL-CIO)
1984 Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (LA Dodgers) (b. 1911)
1985 E. B. White, American author (New Yorker, Charlotte's Web) (b. 1899)
1986 Archie League, generally considered the first air traffic controller (b. 1907)
1988 Sacheverell Sitwell, English writer (b. 1897)
1990 Christine Forrest, actress (Martin)
1990 Curtis E LeMay, American Air Force general, VP candidate (b. 1906)
1991 Jan van Tongeren, painter
1992 Bruce Vorhauer, inventor (Today contraceptive sponge), suicide
1992 Harry Milton Ray, singer/actor (Avanti!)
1992 Petra Kelly, German politician (b. 1947)
1993 Janine Darcey, French actress (Priez pour nous)
1993 Joseph Warren, actor (Gift of Love, Urban Warriors)
1994 Brad O'Hare
1994 Carlos Lleras Restrepo, president of Colombia (1966-70)
1994 Karoli Ruth Needles, painter
1994 Paul Lorenzen, German philosopher (b. 1915)
1994 Scott Dunbar, bluse vocalist/guitarist
1995 Aditya Biria, industrialist
1995 Margaret Gorman Cahill, 1st Miss America (1921)
1995 Rene Mable Neighbour Cloke, illustrator
1995 Russ Karel, director
1996 Joonas Kokkonen, composer
1996 Patrick McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member (b. 1956)
1997 Gul Mohammed, world's shortest man (22.1"/56.16 cm)
1997 Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (b. 1923)
1998 Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (b. 1928)
1999 Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer and Child star (b. 1963)
2000 Reginald Kray, British gangster (b. 1933)
2000 Robert Allen, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1928)
2001 Guy Beaulne, French-Canadian actor and theatre director (b. 1921)
2001 Kathleen Ankers, American scenic designer (b. 1919)
2002 Walter Annenberg, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1908)
2004 Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (b. 1946)
2004 Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)
2006 André Viger, French Canadian wheelchair marathoner (b. 1952)
2006 Jerald Tanner, American religious activist (b. 1938)
2007 Al Oerter, American track and field athlete, discus thrower (Olympics-gold-56, 60, 64, 68) (b. 1936)
2007 Chris Mainwaring, Australian rules footballer (b. 1965)
2007 Harry Lee, Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (b. 1932)
2007 Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster, author and stage director (b. 1931)
2007 Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and theme song composer (b. 1928)
2008 John Biddle, American yachting cinematographer and lecturer (b. 1925)
2010 Ian Buxton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1938)
2011 Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey and golf player (b. 1931)
2012 Eric J. Hobsbawm, British Marxist historian
2013 US Author Tom Clancy 'The Hunt for Red October'
2015 Don Edwards, American politician and civil rights champion (Rep-D-CA, 1963-94)
