October 25 Events 285 - Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers. 473 - Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II as Caesar of the East Roman Empire. 1147 - Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum . 1147 - Reconquista : After a siege of four months , crusader knights reconquer Lisbon. 1415 - Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England , with his lightly armoured infantry and archers, defeats the heavily armoured French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt . 1616 - Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast. 1747 - War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre . 1760 - King George III succeeds to the British throne on death of his grandfather George II 1812 - War of 1812: The American frigate,, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate. 1822 - Greek War of Independence: The First Siege of Missolonghi begins. 1854 - The Battle of Balaclava takes place during the Crimean War. It is soon memorialized in verse as The Charge of the Light Brigade . 1861 - The Toronto Stock Exchange is created. 1900 - The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal . 1917 - Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia . 1920 - After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork , Terence MacSwiney dies. 1924 - The Zinoviev letter , which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail ; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later. 1927 - The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314. 1940 - Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army. 1944 - Second World War: Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates , a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich. 1944 - Second World War: The under Richard O'Kane is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo. 1944 - Second World War: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf . 1945 - Fifty years of Japanese administration of Taiwan formally ends when the Republic of China assumes control. 1949 - The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins. 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba. 1971 - The People's Republic of China replaces the Republic of China at the United Nations. 1973 - Egypt and Israel accept United Nations Security Council Resolution 339 . 1980 - Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude. 1983 - The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada , six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d'état . 1995 - A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students. 1997 - After a civil war , Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo . 2009 - The October 2009 Baghdad bombings kill 155 and wounds at least 721.Births 840 - Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar , founder of the Saffarid dynasty 1102 - William Clito , French son of Sybilla of Conversano 1330 - Louis II, Count of Flanders , 1510 - Renée of France 1574 - François de Sourdis , French Catholic prelate 1589 - Jan Stanisław Sapieha , Polish-Lithuanian noble 1612 - James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose , Scottish soldier 1667 - Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1683 - Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton , English-Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1692 - Elisabeth Farnese , Queen of Spain 1709 - Georg Gebel , German organist and composer 1714 - James Burnett, Lord Monboddo , Scottish judge 1736 - Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry , Anglo-Irish politician and peer 1743 - Friedrich Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont 1749 - Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein , Swedish chamberlain 1754 - Richard Howell , 3rd Governor of New Jersey 1755 - François Joseph Lefebvre , French military commander 1757 - Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein , Prussian statesman 1759 - Maria Feodorovna , Russian wife of Paul I of Russia 1759 - William Grenville , English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1760 - Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren , German historian 1767 - Benjamin Constant , Swiss-French philosopher and politician 1768 - Frederick William , ruler of Nassau-Weilburg 1772 - Victoire de Donnissan de La Rochejaquelein , French memoirist 1772 - Géraud Duroc , French general and diplomat 1779 - Pedro Velarde y Santillán , Spanish artillery captain 1781 - Friedrich von Berchtold , Bohemian physician and botanist 1782 - Levi Lincoln Jr., American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Massachusetts 1789 - Carlos María de Alvear , Argentine soldier and statesman 1789 - Heinrich Schwabe , German astronomer 1790 - Robert Stirling , Scottish clergyman and inventor 1792 - Jeanne Jugan , French nun 1795 - John P. Kennedy, American novelist and Whig politician 1800 - Maria Jane Jewsbury , English writer, poet, literary reviewer 1800 - Thomas Babington Macaulay , English poet, historian, and politician, Secretary at War 1800 - Jacques Paul Migne , French priest 1800 - Julius von Mohl , German orientalist 1802 - Richard Parkes Bonington , English painter 1802 - Joseph Montferrand , Canadian logger and strongman 1806 - Max Stirner , German philosopher and author 1811 - Évariste Galois , French mathematician and theorist 1814 - Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours 1815 - Camillo Sivori , Italian virtuoso violinist and composer 1819 - Christian August Friedrich Garcke , German botanist 1821 - Antonio Ciseri , Swiss-Italian painter 1825 - Johann Strauss II , Austrian composer and educator 1825 - Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt , German astronomer and geophysicist 1827 - Marcellin Berthelot , French chemist and politician 1832 - Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia 1838 - Georges Bizet , French pianist and composer 1838 - James Maybrick , English cotton merchant, victim of the "Aigburth Poisoning" 1844 - Philip Wicksteed , English economist 1848 - Carlo Emery , Italian entomologist 1848 - Karl Emil Franzos , Austrian novelist 1852 - Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak , Russian author 1853 - Karl August Otto Hoffmann , German botanist 1856 - Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger , Croatian geologist, paleontologist, and archaeologist 1858 - Take Ionescu , Romanian politician, diplomat, journalist and lawyer 1864 - John Francis Dodge , American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Company 1864 - Alexander Gretchaninov , Russian-American pianist and composer 1864 - Toktogul Satylganov , Kyrgyz Akyn , poet and singer 1866 - Thomas Armat , American mechanic and inventor 1866 - Norbert Klein , Bishop of Brno 1866 - Georg Schumann , German composer 1867 - Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki , Polish general 1868 - Dan Burke , American baseball player 1868 - Oskar Kallas , Estonian linguist and diplomat 1874 - Emma Gramatica , Italian actress 1874 - Victor Sonnemans , Belgian water polo player 1874 - Huang Xing , Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman 1875 - Carolyn Sherwin Bailey , American author and educator 1875 - Arthur Birkett , British cricketer 1877 - Adolf Moller , German rower 1877 - Henry Norris Russell , American astronomer 1879 - Fritz Haarmann , German serial killer 1880 - Bohumír Šmeral , Czech politician 1881 - Pablo Picasso , Spanish painter and sculptor 1882 - John T. Flynn, American journalist and author 1882 - Tony Jackson , American singer-songwriter and pianist 1882 - André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien , French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church 1882 - Theodora Agnes Peck , American author and poet 1883 - Nikolay Krestinsky , Russian revolutionary and politician 1884 - Maria Czaplicka , Polish cultural anthropologist 1885 - Sam M. Lewis, American singer and lyricist 1885 - Xavier Lesage , French equestrian 1886 - Leo G. Carroll, English-American actor 1886 - Karl Polanyi , Austro-Hungarian economist and historian 1887 - Alexander McCulloch , British rower 1888 - Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and pilot 1888 - Nils Dardel , Swedish-American painter 1888 - Jan Palouš , Czechoslovak ice hockey player 1888 - Léon Tom , Belgian fencer and bobsledder 1889 - Abel Gance , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1890 - Floyd Bennett , American aviator 1890 - Kōtarō Tanaka , Japanese jurist and politician 1891 - Charles Coughlin , Canadian-American priest and radio host 1891 - Karl Elmendorff , German conductor 1892 - Nell Shipman , Canadian-American actress, screenwriter, and producer 1894 - Claude Cahun , French photographer and sculptor 1894 - Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu , Turkish poet and songwriter 1894 - Johan Wilhelm Rangell , Prime Minister of Finland 1895 - Levi Eshkol , Ukrainian-Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel 1895 - Vsevolod Merkulov , Russian head of the NKGB 1895 - Arthur Schmidt , German officer 1896 - Nils Backlund , Swedish water polo player 1897 - Erwin von Lahousen , German Abwehr official 1897 - Karl Olivecrona , Swedish lawyer and philosopher 1897 - Luigi Pavese , Italian actor 1898 - Karl Anton , German director, screenwriter and producer 1899 - Armand Thirard , French cinematographer 1900 - Johan Greter , Dutch equestrian 1900 - Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti , Nigerian educator and activist 1900 - William Stevenson , American track and fielder 1902 - Henry Steele Commager , American historian and author 1902 - Carlo Gnocchi , Italian priest, educator and writer 1902 - Eddie Lang , American jazz guitarist 1903 - Piet van der Horst , Dutch cyclist 1904 - Cemal Reşit Rey , Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor 1904 - Denny Shute , American golfer 1904 - Bill Tytla , Ukrainian-American animator 1905 - Bob McPhail , Scottish footballer 1906 - Karl Humenberger , Austrian footballer 1908 - Carmen Dillon , English film and production designer 1908 - Gotthard Handrick , German fighter pilot and Olympic athlete 1908 - Polly Ann Young , American actress 1909 - Whit Bissell , American actor 1909 - Jean-Paul Le Chanois , French actor, director and screenwriter 1909 - Ken Domon , Japanese photographer 1909 - Edward Flynn , American boxer 1910 - William Higinbotham , American physicist and video game designer 1910 - Johnny Mauro , American race car driver 1910 - Tyrus Wong , Chinese-American artist 1912 - Abdelkader Ben Bouali , French footballer 1912 - Alfred Klingler , German field handballer 1912 - Minnie Pearl , American entertainer and philanthropist 1912 - Luigi Raimondi , Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church 1913 - Klaus Barbie , German SS captain 1913 - Anton Kochinyan , Soviet-Armenian politician 1914 - John Berryman , American poet and scholar 1915 - Ivan M. Niven, Canadian-American mathematician and academic 1916 - Helge Larsson , Swedish canoeist 1917 - Carl Forssell , Swedish fencer 1917 - Dmitry Polyansky , First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union 1918 - David Ausubel , American psychologist 1919 - Beate Uhse-Rotermund , German pilot and entrepreneur 1919 - Raoul Remy , French cyclist 1920 - Megan Taylor , British figure skater 1921 - Michael I of Romania 1922 - Gloria Lasso , Spanish singer 1923 - Achille Silvestrini , Italian prelate 1923 - Beate Sirota Gordon , Austrian-American director and producer 1923 - Bobby Thomson , Scottish-American baseball player 1924 - Billy Barty , American actor 1924 - Earl Palmer , American Hall of Fame drummer 1925 - Oralia Dominguez , Mexican operatic mezzo-soprano singer 1925 - Joseph Michel , Belgian politician 1926 - Bo Carpelan , Finnish poet and author 1926 - Jimmy Heath , American saxophonist and composer 1926 - Galina Vishnevskaya , Russian-American soprano and actress 1927 - Barbara Cook , American singer and actress 1927 - Jorge Batlle Ibáñez , Uruguayan lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Uruguay 1927 - Lawrence Kohlberg , American psychologist and author 1927 - Lauretta Masiero , Italian actress and singer 1928 - Jeanne Cooper , American actress 1928 - Paulo Mendes da Rocha , Brazilian architect 1928 - Anthony Franciosa , American actor 1928 - Adolphe Gesché , Belgian Catholic priest and theologian 1928 - Peter Naur , Danish computer scientist, astronomer, and academic 1928 - Marion Ross , American actress 1928 - Yakov Rylsky , Soviet Jewish sabre fencer 1929 - Michel Knuysen , Belgian rower 1929 - Zdravko Milev , Bulgarian chess player 1929 - Claude Rouer , French cyclist 1929 - Peter Rühmkorf , German writer 1930 - Harold Brodkey , American author and academic 1930 - Karoly Honfi , Hungarian chess player 1931 - Annie Girardot , French actress and singer 1931 - Jimmy McIlroy , Irish footballer and manager 1932 - Vitold Fokin , Ukrainian first deputy prime minister 1932 - Jerzy Pawłowski , Polish fencer and double agent 1932 - Theodor Pištěk , Czech costume designer 1933 - René Brodmann , Swiss footballer 1933 - Martti Mansikka , Finnish gymnast 1934 - Carlos Sherman , Belarusian–Spanish translator, writer, activist 1935 - Rusty Schweickart , American soldier, pilot, and astronaut 1936 - Martin Gilbert , English historian, author, and academic 1936 - Arnfinn Nesset , Norwegian nurse and convicted serial killer 1936 - Masako Nozawa , Japanese actress and singer 1937 - Vendramino Bariviera , Italian cyclist 1937 - Ignacio Carrasco de Paula , Spanish prelate 1937 - Roberto Menescal , Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1938 - Bob Webster , American diver 1939 - Zelmo Beaty , American basketball player and coach 1939 - Sara Dylan , first wife of Bob Dylan 1939 - Nikolay Kiselyov , Soviet Nordic combined athlete 1939 - Nikos Nikolaidis , Greek director, producer, and screenwriter 1939 - Dave Simmonds , British motorcycle racer 1939 - Robin Spry , Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter 1940 - Jimmy Herman , Canadian actor 1940 - Bob Knight , American basketball player and coach 1941 - Lynda Benglis , American sculptor and painter 1941 - Helen Reddy , Australian-American singer-songwriter and actress 1941 - Gordon Tootoosis , Aboriginal Canadian actor 1941 - Anne Tyler , American author and critic 1941 - Dave Weill , American discus thrower 1942 - Archduke Leopold Franz of Austria 1942 - Terumasa Hino , Japanese jazz trumpeter 1942 - Gloria Katz , American screenwriter and producer 1942 - Franklin Loufrani , French President of the Smiley Company 1943 - Orso Maria Guerrini , Italian actor 1944 - Azizan Abdul Razak , Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah 1944 - Jon Anderson , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1944 - James Carville , American lawyer and political consultant 1944 - Donald Ford , Scottish footballer 1944 - Fred Housego , Scottish-English taxi driver and game show host 1944 - Kati Kovács , Hungarian singer-songwriter and actress 1944 - Ren Zhengfei , Chinese businessman 1945 - Peter Ledger , Australian-American painter and illustrator 1945 - Roy Lynes , English keyboardist and singer 1945 - Yuriy Meshkov , Ukrainian politician and Russian separatist 1945 - Phil "Fang" Volk , American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer 1945 - Krzysztof Piesiewicz , Polish lawyer, screenwriter and politician 1945 - Francisco Sá , Argentine footballer 1945 - David S. Ward, American director and screenwriter 1945 - Keaton Yamada , Japanese voice actor 1946 - Yazzie Johnson , Navajo artist 1946 - Elías Figueroa , Chilean footballer 1946 - Peter Lieberson , American composer 1947 - Requena Nozal , Spanish artist 1947 - Glenn Tipton , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1948 - Dave Cowens , American basketball player and coach 1948 - Dan Gable , American wrestler and coach 1948 - Dan Issel , American basketball player and coach 1948 - Sigleif Johansen , Norwegian biathlete 1949 - Réjean Houle , Canadian ice hockey player and manager 1949 - Walter Hyatt , American singer-songwriter 1949 - Brian Kerwin , American actor 1949 - Wilfried Louis , Haitian footballer 1950 - Anne Alvaro , French actress 1950 - Fernando Arêas Rifan , Brazilian bishop 1950 - Roger Davies , English footballer 1950 - John Matuszak , American footballer 1950 - Francisco Oscar Lamolina , Argentine football referee 1950 - Chris Norman , English singer-songwriter 1951 - Richard Lloyd , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1952 - Samir Geagea , Lebanese commander and politician 1952 - Wendy Hall , English computer scientist, mathematician, and academic 1952 - Ioannis Kyrastas , Greek footballer and manager 1952 - Tove Nilsen , Norwegian author 1953 - Daniele Bagnoli , Italian volleyball coach 1953 - Jasem Yaqoub , Kuwaiti footballer 1954 - Mike Eruzione , American ice hockey player and coach 1954 - Ed Powers , American founder of Ed Powers Productions 1955 - Glynis Barber , South African-English actress 1955 - Robin Eubanks , American trombonist and educator 1955 - Gale Anne Hurd , American producer 1955 - Matthias Jabs , German guitarist and songwriter 1955 - Leena Lander , Finnish author 1955 - Lito Lapid , Filipino actor 1956 - Stephen Leather , British author 1957 - Nancy Cartwright , American voice actress 1957 - Enrique López Zarza , Mexican footballer 1957 - Robbie McIntosh , English guitarist 1957 - Piet Wildschut , Dutch footballer 1958 - Kornelia Ender , East German swimmer 1958 - Kjell Inge Røkke , Norwegian businessman and philanthropist 1959 - Óscar Aguirregaray , Uruguayan footballer 1959 - Chrissy Amphlett , Australian singer-songwriter and actress 1960 - Hong Sang-soo , South Korean director and screenwriter 1961 - John Sivebæk , Danish footballer 1961 - Chad Smith , American drummer 1962 - David Furnish , Canadian filmmaker 1962 - Steve Gainer , American cinematographer and director 1962 - Steve Hodge , English footballer and manager 1962 - John Stollmeyer , American soccer player 1963 - John Levén , Swedish bass player and songwriter 1963 - Michael Lynagh , Australian rugby union footballer 1963 - Melinda McGraw , American actress 1963 - José Ortiz , Puerto Rican basketball player 1963 - Tracy Nelson , American actress 1964 - Michael Boatman , American actor 1964 - Johan de Kock , Dutch footballer 1964 - Nicole , German singer 1964 - Kevin Michael Richardson , American voice actor and singer 1965 - 2 Cold Scorpio , American wrestler 1965 - Mathieu Amalric , French actor and director 1965 - Valdir Benedito , Brazilian footballer 1965 - Claire Colebrook , Australian philosopher, theorist, and academic 1965 - Dominique Herr , Swiss footballer 1965 - Derrick Rostagno , American tennis player 1965 - Rainer Strecker , German actor 1966 - Zana Briski , British photographer and filmmaker 1966 - Lionel Charbonnier , French footballer 1966 - Wendel Clark , Canadian ice hockey player 1966 - Perry Saturn , American wrestler 1967 - Martin Marinov , Australian canoeist 1967 - Taiyō Matsumoto , Japanese manga artist 1967 - Gary Sundgren , Swedish footballer 1968 - Doris Fitschen , German footballer 1968 - Speech , American rapper 1969 - Samantha Bee , Canadian-American comedian and television host 1969 - Josef Beránek , Czech ice hockey player and coach 1969 - Slavko Cicak , Swedish chess Grandmaster 1969 - Nika Futterman , American voice actress, comedian and singer 1969 - Ibragim Gasanbekov , Azerbaijani footballer 1969 - Oleg Salenko , Russian footballer 1969 - Alex Webster , American bass player 1970 - J. A. Adande, American journalist and academic 1970 - Peter Aerts , Dutch kick-boxer and mixed martial artist 1970 - Adam Goldberg , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1970 - Damir Mršić , Bosnian basketball player 1970 - Adam Pascal , American actor and singer 1970 - Rafael González Robles , Spanish footballer 1970 - Ed Robertson , Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1970 - Daniel Scheinhardt , German footballer 1970 - Chely Wright , American singer-songwriter and actress 1971 - Simon Charlton , English footballer and manager 1971 - Athena Chu , Hong Kong actress and singer 1971 - Neil Fallon , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1971 - Midori Gotō , Japanese-American violinist and educator 1971 - Leslie Grossman , American actress 1971 - Rosie Ledet , American singer-songwriter and accordion player 1971 - Pedro Martínez , Dominican-American baseball player and sportscaster 1971 - Craig Robinson , American actor and singer 1971 - Elif Şafak , French-Turkish journalist, author, and academic 1972 - Cristian Dulca , Romanian footballer 1972 - Rodolfo Falcón , Cuban swimmer 1972 - Maxi Mounds , American nude big-bust model and pornographic actress 1972 - Jonathan Torrens , Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter 1972 - Persia White , American actress 1973 - Fırat Aydınus , Turkish football referee 1973 - Lamont Bentley , American actor and rapper 1973 - Michael Weston , American actor 1974 - Lee Byung-kyu , South Korean baseball player 1974 - Yoo Yong-sung , South Korean badminton player 1975 - Eirik Glambek Bøe , Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1975 - Ryan Clement , American football player 1975 - Agustín Julio , Colombian footballer 1975 - Zadie Smith , English author and academic 1975 - Antony Starr , New Zealand actor 1976 - Deon Burton , Jamaican footballer 1976 - Ahmed Dokhi , Saudi Arabian footballer 1976 - Akihisa Ikeda , Japanese manga artist 1976 - Steve Jones , Irish footballer 1976 - Brett Kirk , Australian footballer and coach 1976 - Anton Sikharulidze , Russian pair skater 1977 - The Alchemist , American rapper, DJ, and producer 1977 - Yeho , Israeli singer and actor 1977 - Rodolfo Bodipo , Equatoguinean retired footballer 1977 - Mitică Pricop , Romanian sprint canoer 1977 - Birgit Prinz , German footballer and psychologist 1977 - Rakan Rushaidat , Croatian actor 1977 - Kateryna Serebrianska , Ukrainian gymnast 1977 - Mihai Tararache , Romanian footballer 1978 - Russell Anderson , Scottish footballer 1978 - Zachary Knighton , American actor 1978 - Bobby Madden , Scottish football referee 1978 - Robert Mambo Mumba , Kenyan footballer 1978 - Markus Pöyhönen , Finnish sprinter 1978 - An Yong-hak , North Korean footballer 1979 - Bat for Lashes , English singer 1979 - Rob Hulse , English footballer 1979 - Mariana Klaveno , American actress 1979 - João Lucas , Portuguese footballer 1979 - Rosa Mendes , Canadian-American wrestler and model 1980 - Mehcad Brooks , American model and actor 1980 - Félicien Singbo , Beninois footballer 1981 - Hiroshi Aoyama , Japanese motorcycle racer 1981 - Josh Henderson , American actor and singer 1981 - Shaun Wright-Phillips , English footballer 1982 - Devin Green , American basketball player 1982 - Guido Grünheid , German basketball player 1982 - Victoria Francés , Spanish illustrator 1982 - Camilla Jensen , Danish curler 1982 - Michael Sweetney , American basketball player 1982 - Mickaël Tavares , Senegalese footballer 1983 - Princess Yōko of Mikasa 1983 - Hotaru Akane , Japanese actress and activist 1983 - Stanislav Bohush , Ukrainian footballer 1983 - Daniele Mannini , Italian footballer 1983 - Han Yeo-reum , South Korean actress 1984 - Nicolas Besch , French ice hockey player 1984 - Ticia Gara , Hungarian chess player 1984 - Sara Lumholdt , Swedish singer and dancer 1984 - Katy Perry , American singer-songwriter and actress 1984 - Iván Ramis , Spanish footballer 1984 - Karolina Šprem , Croatian tennis player 1985 - Ciara , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress 1985 - Reanne Evans , English snooker player 1985 - Isah Eliakwu , Nigerian footballer 1985 - Nicola Fontanive , Italian ice hockey player 1985 - Óscar Granados , Costa Rican footballer 1985 - Michael Liendl , Austrian footballer 1985 - Kara Lynn Joyce , American swimmer 1985 - Juan Manuel Martinez , Argentine footballer 1985 - Arkadij Naiditsch , Azerbaijani chess player 1985 - Ihor Oshchypko , Ukrainian footballer 1985 - Daniele Padelli , Italian footballer 1985 - Hrvoje Perić , Croatian basketball player 1985 - John Robinson , American actor 1985 - Ayahi Takagaki , Japanese voice actress and singer 1985 - Vlad Topalov , Russian singer and dancer 1986 - Tweety Carter , American basketball player 1986 - Roger Espinoza , Honduran footballer 1986 - Eddie Gaven , American soccer player 1986 - Kristian Sarkies , Australian footballer 1986 - Ekaterina Shumilova , Russian biathlete 1987 - Bill Amis , American basketball player 1987 - Darron Gibson , Irish footballer 1987 - Fabian Hambüchen , German gymnast 1988 - Robson Conceição , Brazilian boxer 1988 - Lewis McGugan , English professional footballer 1988 - Chandler Parsons , American basketball player 1988 - Kaz Patafta , Australian footballer 1988 - Karim Yoda , French footballer 1989 - Filip Grgić , Croatian taekwondo practitioner 1989 - Sten Grytebust , Norwegian footballer 1989 - David Hala , Australian rugby league player 1989 - Ivan Marconi , Italian footballer 1990 - Mattia Cattaneo , Italian cyclist 1990 - Sara Chafak , Finnish beauty pageant winner 1990 - Asha Philip , British athlete 1990 - Milena Rašić , Serbian volleyball player 1990 - Dzina Sazanavets , Belarusian weightlifter 1991 - Davide Faraoni , Italian footballer 1991 - Isabella Shinikova , Bulgarian tennis player 1992 - Clarisse Agbegnenou , French judoka 1992 - Davide Formolo , Italian cyclist 1992 - Sergey Ridzik , Russian freestyle skier 1993 - Isaiah Austin , American basketball player 1993 - Iván Garcia , Mexican diver 1994 - Richard Jouve , French cross-country skier 1994 - Jefferson Lerma , Colombian footballer 1994 - Matteo Lodo , Italian rower 1994 - Gor Minasyan , Armenian weightlifter 1994 - Ray Robson , American chess Grandmaster 1995 - Conchita Campbell , Canadian actress 1995 - Patrick McCaw , American basketball player 1997 - Federico Chiesa , Italian footballer 2000 - Vincent Zhou , American figure skater 2001 - Princess Elisabeth , Belgian princessDeaths 625 - Pope Boniface V 686 - Prince Ōtsu of Japan 912 - Rudolph I , king of Burgundy 1047 - Magnus the Good , Norwegian king 1053 - Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu 1154 - Stephen, King of England 1180 - John of Salisbury , French bishop 1200 - Conrad of Wittelsbach , German cardinal 1230 - Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester , English soldier 1292 - Robert Burnell , Lord Chancellor of England 1349 - James III of Majorca 1359 - Beatrice of Castile , queen consort of Portugal 1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer , English philosopher, poet, and author 1415 - Charles I of Albret 1415 - Philip II, Count of Nevers 1415 - Frederick I, Count of Vaudémont 1415 - Jean I, Duke of Alençon 1415 - Anthony, Duke of Brabant 1415 - Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk , English soldier 1415 - Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York , English politician 1415 - Dafydd Gam , Welsh nobleman 1478 - Catherine of Bosnia 1492 - Thaddeus McCarthy , Irish bishop 1495 - John II of Portugal 1514 - William Elphinstone , Scottish bishop and academic, founded University of Aberdeen 1557 - William Cavendish , English courtier and civil servant 1647 - Evangelista Torricelli , Italian physicist and mathematician 1651 - Saint Job of Pochayiv , Ukrainian Orthodox Christian saint 1683 - William Scroggs , English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales 1733 - Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri , Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher 1757 - Antoine Augustin Calmet , French monk and theologian 1760 - George II of Great Britain 1806 - Henry Knox , American general and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of War 1826 - Philippe Pinel , French physician and psychiatrist 1833 - Abbas Mirza , Persian prince 1852 - John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician 1889 - Émile Augier , French playwright 1895 - Charles Hallé , German-English pianist and conductor 1902 - Frank Norris , American journalist and novelist 1910 - Willie Anderson , Scottish-American golfer 1916 - William Merritt Chase , American painter and educator 1919 - William Kidston , Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland 1920 - Alexander of Greece 1920 - Terence MacSwiney, Irish playwright and politician, Lord Mayor of Cork 1921 - Bat Masterson , American lawman, buffalo hunter, and sport writer 1924 - Ziya Gökalp , Turkish sociologist, poet, and activist 1938 - Alfonsina Storni , Swiss-Argentinian poet and author 1940 - Thomas Waddell , Irish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of New South Wales 1941 - Franz von Werra , Swiss-German captain and pilot 1945 - Robert Ley , German politician 1949 - Mary Ackworth Orr Evershed , English astronomer and Dante scholar 1953 - Holger Pedersen , Danish linguist and academic 1955 - Sadako Sasaki , Japanese girl 1957 - Albert Anastasia , Italian-American mob boss 1957 - Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany , English-Irish author, poet, and playwright 1960 - Harry Ferguson , Irish-English engineer, founded the Ferguson Company 1963 - Roger Désormière , French conductor and composer 1967 - Margaret Ayer Barnes , American author and playwright 1969 - Ellinor Aiki , Estonian painter 1970 - Ülo Sooster , Estonian painter 1971 - Mikhail Yangel , Soviet missile designer 1972 - Johnny Mantz , American race car driver 1973 - Abebe Bikila , Ethiopian runner 1973 - Cleo Moore , American actress 1973 - Robert Scholl , German accountant and politician 1975 - Vladimir Herzog , Brazilian journalist and activist 1976 - Raymond Queneau , French poet and author 1977 - Félix Gouin , French politician 1979 - Gerald Templer , English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya 1980 - Virgil Fox , American organist and educator 1980 - Víctor Galíndez , Argentine boxer 1980 - Sahir Ludhianvi , Indian poet and songwriter 1982 - Bill Eckersley , English footballer 1982 - Arvid Wallman , Swedish diver 1985 - Gary Holton , English singer-songwriter 1986 - Forrest Tucker , American actor 1989 - Mary McCarthy , American novelist and critic 1990 - Alberto da Costa Pereira , Portuguese footballer 1991 - Bill Graham , German-American concert promoter 1992 - Roger Miller , American singer-songwriter and actor 1992 - Richard Pousette-Dart , American painter and educator 1993 - Danny Chan , Hong Kong singer-songwriter, producer, and actor 1993 - Vincent Price , American actor 1994 - Kara Hultgreen , American lieutenant and pilot 1994 - Mildred Natwick , American actress 1995 - Viveca Lindfors , Swedish actress 1995 - Bobby Riggs , American tennis player 1999 - Payne Stewart , American golfer 2000 - Mochitsura Hashimoto , Japanese commander 2002 - Richard Harris , Irish actor and singer 2002 - René Thom , French mathematician and biologist 2002 - Paul Wellstone , American academic and politician 2003 - Pandurang Shastri Athavale , Indian spiritual leader and philosopher 2003 - Veikko Hakulinen , Finnish skier and technician 2004 - John Peel , English radio host and producer 2010 - Lisa Blount , American actress 2010 - Gregory Isaacs , Jamaican-English singer-songwriter 2010 - Vesna Parun , Croatian poet and author 2012 - Jacques Barzun , French-American historian and author 2012 - Jaspal Bhatti , Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 2012 - John Connelly , English footballer 2012 - Emanuel Steward , American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster 2013 - Ron Ackland , New Zealand rugby player and coach 2013 - Arthur Danto , American philosopher and critic 2013 - Nicholas Hunt , Welsh-English admiral 2013 - Hal Needham , American actor, stuntman, director, and screenwriter 2013 - Paul Reichmann , Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Olympia and York 2013 - Bill Sharman , American basketball player and coach 2013 - Marcia Wallace , American actress and comedian 2014 - Jack Bruce , Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player 2014 - Carlos Morales Troncoso , Dominican lawyer and politician, 34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic 2015 - David Cesarani , English historian and author 2015 - Lisa Jardine , English historian, author, and academic 2015 - Cecil Lolo , South African footballer 2015 - Flip Saunders , American basketball player and coach 2016 - Carlos Alberto Torres , Brazilian football player and manager 2016 - Bob Hoover , USAF, Test, and Airshow pilot 2019 - Dilip Parikh , Indian politicianHolidays and observances Armed Forces Day Christian feast day: *Bernat Calbó *Pope Boniface I *Canna *Blessed Carlo Gnocchi *Crysanthus and Daria *Crispin and Crispinian *Fructus *Gaudentius of Brescia *Goeznovius *Minias of Florence *Mar Nestorius *Tabitha *Tegulus *Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy *The Six Welsh Martyrs and companions *The Hallowing of Nestorius *October 25 Earliest day on which Nevada Day can fall, while October 31 is the latest; celebrated on last Friday in October. 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