October 26 Events 1185 - The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire. 1341 - The Byzantine civil war of 1341–47 formally begins with the proclamation of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor. 1377 - Tvrtko I is crowned the first king of Bosnia. 1520 - Charles V is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor. 1597 - Imjin War: Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang . 1640 - The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Covenanter Scotland and King Charles. 1689 - General Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera ; he died of the disease himself soon after. 1774 - The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia. 1813 - War of 1812: A combined force of British regulars, Canadian militia, and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of the Chateauguay . 1825 - The Erie Canal opens, allowing direct passage from the Hudson River to Lake Erie. 1859 - The Royal Charter Storm kills at least eight hundred people in the British Isles. 1860 - The Expedition of the Thousand ends when Giuseppe Garibaldi presents his conquests to King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia. 1863 - The Football Association is founded. 1892 - Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases. 1905 - King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden . 1909 - An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea. 1912 - First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje. 1917 - First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers. 1918 - Erich Ludendorff , quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations. 1921 - The Chicago Theatre opens. 1936 - The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation. 1942 - World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier is sunk and another carrier is heavily damaged, while two Japanese carriers and one cruiser are heavily damaged. 1943 - World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil". 1944 - World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory. 1947 - Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India . 1955 - After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty , Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance. 1955 - Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam. 1956 - Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom , Hungarian secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country. 1958 - Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris. 1967 - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran. 1968 - Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy pilots Soyuz 3 into space for a four-day mission. 1970 - Muhammad Ali boxes for the first time after Ali's three-year hiatus due to draft evasion. 1977 - Ali Maow Maalin , the last natural case of smallpox, develops a rash in Somalia. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date to be the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox , the most spectacular success of vaccination. 1979 - Park Chung-hee , President of South Korea , is assassinated by Korean CIA head Kim Jae-gyu. 1980 - The Peter Muhlenberg Memorial in Washington, D.C. is dedicated. 1985 - The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals. 1989 - China Airlines Flight 204 crashes after take off from Hualien Airport in Taiwan, killing all 54 people on board. 1991 - Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War , the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia. 1994 - Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty . 1995 - Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta. 1995 - An avalanche hits the Icelandic village Flateyri , destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, 20 of whom died. 1999 - Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament. 2000 - A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election . 2000 - The Sony PlayStation 2 is launched in North American markets with 27 launch titles. 2001 - The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law. 2002 - Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian special forces troops storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before. 2003 - The Cedar Fire , the third-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes, and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego. 2015 - A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in northeastern Afghanistan, killing 398 people and leaving 2,536 people injured. 2016 - An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes central Italy.Births 1416 - Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent , English politician, Lord High Treasurer 1427 - Sigismund, Archduke of Austria 1431 - Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara , Italian politician 1473 - Friedrich of Saxony , Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights 1483 - Hans Buchner , German Renaissance composer 1491 - Zhengde Emperor of China 1518 - John Basset , Devonshire gentleman 1529 - Anna of Hesse , princess of Hesse 1551 - Charlotte de Sauve , French courtesan 1556 - Ahmad Baba al Massufi , Malian academic 1564 - Hans Leo Hassler , German organist and composer 1609 - William Sprague , English-American settler, co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts 1612 - Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester 1673 - Dimitrie Cantemir , Moldavian geographer, historian, and philosopher 1684 - Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin , Prussian field marshal 1685 - Domenico Scarlatti , Italian harpsichord player and composer 1694 - Johan Helmich Roman , Swedish composer and academic 1747 - Ivan Mane Jarnović , Italian violinist and composer 1757 - Karl Leonhard Reinhold , Austrian philosopher and academic 1759 - Georges Danton , French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice 1768 - Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko , Polish general and politician 1794 - Konstantin Thon , Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour 1795 - Nikolaos Mantzaros , Greek composer and theorist 1797 - Giuditta Pasta , Italian soprano 1799 - Margaret Agnes Bunn , Scottish actress 1800 - Helmuth von Moltke the Elder , Prussian field marshal 1802 - Miguel I of Portugal 1803 - Joseph Hansom , English architect and publisher, designed Birmingham Town Hall 1842 - Vasily Vereshchagin , Russian soldier and painter 1849 - Ferdinand Georg Frobenius , German mathematician and academic 1850 - Grigore Tocilescu , Romanian archaeologist and historian 1854 - C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods 1860 - Frank Eaton , American marshal and author 1865 - Benjamin Guggenheim , American businessman 1869 - Washington Luís , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil 1871 - Guillermo Kahlo , German-Mexican photographer 1873 - A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Pakistani Minister of Interior 1873 - Thorvald Stauning , Danish union leader and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark 1874 - Martin Lowry , English chemist and academic 1874 - Abby Aldrich Rockefeller , American philanthropist, founded the Museum of Modern Art 1875 - H.B. Warner, English actor 1880 - Andrei Bely , Russian novelist, poet, and critic 1881 - Louis Bastien , French cyclist and fencer 1883 - Napoleon Hill , American philosopher and author 1883 - Paul Pilgrim , American runner 1884 - William Hogenson , American sprinter 1890 - Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi , Indian journalist and politician 1893 - Miloš Crnjanski , Serbian poet and author 1894 - Florence Nagle , English trainer and breeder of racehorses 1899 - Judy Johnson , American baseball player and coach 1900 - Ibrahim Abboud , Sudanese politician and general, 1st President of Sudan 1900 - Karin Boye , Swedish poet and novelist 1902 - Beryl Markham , Kenyan horse trainer and author 1902 - Jack Sharkey , American boxer and referee 1902 - Henrietta Hill Swope , American astronomer and academic 1903 - Mahn Ba Khaing , Burmese politician 1905 - George Bernard Flahiff , Canadian cardinal 1906 - Primo Carnera , Italian boxer and actor 1909 - Ignace Lepp , French psychologist and author 1909 - Dante Quinterno , Argentinian author and illustrator 1910 - John Krol , American cardinal 1911 - Sid Gillman , American football player and coach 1911 - Mahalia Jackson , American singer 1911 - Sorley MacLean , Scottish poet and educator 1912 - Don Siegel , American director and producer 1913 - Charlie Barnet , American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader 1914 - Jackie Coogan , American actor and director 1915 - Ray Crawford , American race car driver, fighter ace, test pilot, and businessman 1915 - Joe Fry , English race car driver 1916 - François Mitterrand , French lawyer and politician, 21st President of France 1916 - Boyd Wagner , American colonel and pilot 1919 - Princess Ashraf of Iran 1919 - Frank Bourgholtzer , American journalist 1919 - Edward Brooke , American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts Attorney General 1919 - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran 1920 - Sarah Lee Lippincott , American astronomer and academic 1921 - Joe Fulks , American basketball player 1922 - Madelyn Dunham , American grandmother of Barack Obama 1922 - Fred Wood , English actor 1923 - Robert Hinde , English zoologist and academic 1924 - Shaw Taylor , English actor and television host 1925 - Jan Wolkers , Dutch sculptor, painter, and author 1926 - Panos Gavalas , Greek singer 1927 - Warne Marsh , American saxophonist 1928 - Francisco Solano López , Argentinian illustrator 1929 - Neal Matthews Jr., American country/gospel singer 1931 - Suhaila Noah , Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia 1933 - Takis Kanellopoulos , Greek director, producer, and screenwriter 1933 - Andrew P. O'Rourke, American judge and politician 1934 - Hot Rod Hundley , American basketball player and sportscaster 1934 - Hans-Joachim Roedelius , German keyboard player and producer 1935 - Mike Gray , American director, producer, and screenwriter 1935 - Gloria Conyers Hewitt , American mathematician and academic 1936 - Al Casey , American guitarist 1936 - Shelley Morrison , American actress 1936 - György Pauk , Hungarian violinist and educator 1936 - Etelka Kenéz Heka , Hungarian writer, poet and singer 1940 - Eddie Henderson , American trumpet player and educator 1940 - John Horgan , Irish academic and politician 1941 - Steven Kellogg , American author and illustrator 1941 - Charlie Landsborough , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1942 - Bob Hoskins , English actor, singer, and director 1942 - Milton Nascimento , Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1942 - Zdenko Runjić , Croatian songwriter and producer 1942 - Jonathan Williams , English race car driver and pilot 1944 - Jim McCann , Irish singer and guitarist 1945 - Pat Conroy , American author 1945 - Demetris Th. Gotsis, Greek poet and author 1945 - Nancy Davis Griffeth , American computer scientist and academic 1945 - Jaclyn Smith , American actress and producer 1946 - Kevin Barron , English electrician and politician 1946 - Keith Hopwood , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1946 - Pat Sajak , American journalist, actor, and game show host 1946 - Holly Woodlawn , Puerto Rican actress and author 1947 - Ricardo Asch , Argentinian gynecologist and endocrinologist 1947 - Ian Ashley , German-English race car driver 1947 - Hillary Clinton , American lawyer and politician, 67th United States Secretary of State and 44th First Lady of the United States 1947 - Reg Empey , Northern Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast 1947 - Trevor Joyce , Irish poet and scholar 1947 - Kenzo Kitakata , Japanese author 1948 - Toby Harrah , American baseball player and coach 1949 - Antonio Carpio , Filipino lawyer and jurist, Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines 1949 - Steve Rogers , American baseball player 1949 - Kevin Sullivan , American wrestler and booker 1951 - Bootsy Collins , American singer-songwriter and bass player 1951 - Tommy Mars , American keyboard player 1951 - Julian Schnabel , American painter, director, and screenwriter 1952 - Bobby Bandiera , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1952 - Edward Garnier , English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales 1952 - Andrew Motion , English poet and author 1952 - David Was , American singer-songwriter and producer 1953 - Roger Allam , British actor 1953 - Tim Hely Hutchinson , English publisher 1953 - Joe Meriweather , American basketball player and coach 1953 - Keith Strickland , American guitarist and songwriter 1954 - Vasilis Hatzipanagis , Greek footballer 1954 - Adam Mars-Jones , English author and critic 1954 - James Pickens Jr., American actor 1954 - D. W. Moffett, American actor and director 1956 - Stephen Gumley , Australian engineer and businessman 1956 - Rita Wilson , American actress and producer 1957 - Bob Golic , American football player and radio host 1958 - Shaun Woodward , English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1959 - Paul Farmer , American anthropologist and physician 1959 - Evo Morales , Bolivian soldier and politician, 80th President of Bolivia 1961 - Gerald Malloy , American lawyer and politician 1961 - Dylan McDermott , American actor 1961 - Joey Salceda , Filipino politician 1961 - Uhuru Kenyatta , Kenyan President 1962 - Cary Elwes , English actor and producer 1962 - Jack Morelli , American comic book professional and author 1963 - Ted Demme , American actor, director, and producer 1963 - Natalie Merchant , American singer-songwriter and pianist 1964 - Tom Cavanagh , Canadian actor and producer 1965 - Kelly Rowan , Canadian actress and producer 1965 - Ken Rutherford , New Zealand cricketer 1966 - Sverre Gjørvad , Norwegian drummer and composer 1966 - Masaharu Iwata , Japanese keyboard player and composer 1966 - Jeanne Zelasko , American journalist and sportscaster 1967 - Douglas Alexander , Scottish lawyer and politician, former Minister of State for Europe 1967 - Keith Urban , New Zealand-American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1968 - Miyuki Imori , Japanese actress and singer 1970 - Dian Bachar , American actor, director, and screenwriter 1970 - Lisa Ryder , Canadian actress 1971 - Jim Butcher , American author 1971 - Audley Harrison , English boxer 1971 - Ronnie Irani , English cricketer 1971 - Anthony Rapp , American actor and singer 1972 - Matsuko Deluxe , Japanese journalist and author 1972 - Daniel Elena , Monegasque race car driver 1973 - Austin Healey , English rugby player and sportscaster 1973 - Seth MacFarlane , American voice actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter 1973 - Taka Michinoku , Japanese wrestler and trainer 1974 - Raveena Tandon , Indian actress, producer, and former model 1977 - Jon Heder , American actor and producer 1977 - Marisha Pessl , American author 1978 - Sari Abacha , Nigerian footballer 1978 - Jimmy Aggrey , English footballer and actor 1978 - Eva Kaili , Greek journalist and politician 1978 - CM Punk , American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor 1978 - Dave Zastudil , American football player 1979 - Movsar Barayev , Chechen terrorist 1980 - Cristian Chivu , Romanian footballer 1980 - Claire Cooper , English actress 1980 - Koichi Watanabe , Japanese kick-boxer 1981 - Sam Brown , American actor, producer, and screenwriter 1981 - Martina Schild , Swiss skier 1981 - Guy Sebastian , Malaysian-Australian singer-songwriter 1981 - Chou Ssu-Chi , Taiwanese baseball player 1982 - Nicola Adams , English boxer 1982 - Adam Carroll , Irish race car driver 1983 - Francisco Liriano , Dominican baseball player 1983 - Dmitri Sychev , Russian footballer 1983 - Luke Watson , South African rugby player 1984 - Sasha Cohen , American figure skater 1984 - Adriano Correia , Brazilian footballer 1984 - Mathieu Crépel , French snowboarder 1984 - Jefferson Farfán , Peruvian footballer 1984 - Amanda Overmyer , American singer-songwriter 1985 - Andrea Bargnani , Italian basketball player 1985 - Kafoumba Coulibaly , Ivorian footballer 1985 - Monta Ellis , American basketball player 1985 - Kieran Read , New Zealand rugby player 1986 - Ibor Bakar , French footballer 1986 - Jakub Rzeźniczak , Polish footballer 1986 - Marco Ruben , Argentinian footballer 1986 - Schoolboy Q , German-American rapper 1987 - Abudramae Bamba , Ivorian footballer 1987 - Shawn Lauvao , American football player 1988 - Greg Zuerlein , American figure skater 1989 - Dre Kirkpatrick , American football player 1989 - Emil Sayfutdinov , Russian motorcycle racer 1990 - Mark Swanepoel , South African rugby player 1991 - Riho Iida , Japanese model and actress 1991 - Blas Cantó , Spanish singer 1992 - Joseph Cramarossa , Canadian hockey player 1994 - Waqa Blake , Fijian rugby league player 1994 - Allie DeBerry , American model and actress 1995 - Yuta Nakamoto , Japanese singer and menber of South Korean boyband NCT 1996 - Rebecca Tunney , English gymnast 2002 - Julian Dennison , New Zealand actor 2002 - Lee Eunsang , South Korean singer and former member of X1 Deaths 664 - Cedd , English monk and bishop 760 - Cuthbert , archbishop of Canterbury 899 - Alfred the Great , English king 930 - Li Qi , chancellor of Later Liang 1111 - Gómez González , Castilian nobleman and military leader 1440 - Gilles de Rais , French knight 1555 - Olympia Fulvia Morata , Italian-German scholar and educator 1580 - Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain 1609 - Matsudaira Tadayori , Japanese samurai and daimyō 1631 - Michael Maestlin , German astronomer and mathematician 1633 - Horio Tadaharu , Japanese daimyō 1671 - Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet , English politician 1675 - William Sprague, English settler, co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts 1686 - John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater , English captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire 1717 - Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester 1751 - Philip Doddridge , English minister and hymn-writer 1764 - William Hogarth , English painter and engraver 1773 - Amédée-François Frézier , French mathematician, engineer, and explorer 1803 - Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford , English politician, Lord President of the Council 1806 - John Graves Simcoe , English general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada 1817 - Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin , Dutch-Austrian chemist and botanist 1864 - William T. Anderson, American captain 1866 - John Kinder Labatt , Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company 1871 - Robert Anderson, American general 1890 - Carlo Collodi , Italian journalist and author 1896 - Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour , French philosopher, academic, and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs 1902 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton , American activist 1909 - Itō Hirobumi , Japanese samurai and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan 1919 - Akashi Motojiro , Japanese general 1927 - Jūkichi Yagi , Japanese poet 1929 - Swan Hennessy , Irish-American composer 1930 - Waldemar Haffkine , Russian-Swiss physician and microbiologist 1930 - Harry Payne Whitney , American businessman and horse breeder 1931 - Charles Comiskey , American baseball player and manager 1932 - Margaret Brown , American philanthropist and activist 1937 - Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki , Polish general 1941 - Arkady Gaidar , Russian journalist and author 1943 - Aurel Stein , Hungarian-English archaeologist and academic 1944 - Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom 1944 - Hiroyoshi Nishizawa , Japanese lieutenant and pilot 1944 - William Temple , English archbishop and theologian 1945 - Aleksey Krylov , Russian mathematician and engineer 1945 - Paul Pelliot , French sinologist and explorer 1946 - Ioannis Rallis , Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece 1947 - Edwin Savage , English priest and author 1949 - Lionel Halsey , English admiral and courtier 1952 - Hattie McDaniel , American actress and singer 1956 - Walter Gieseking , French-German pianist and composer 1957 - Gerty Cori , Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate 1957 - Nikos Kazantzakis , Greek philosopher, author, and playwright 1960 - Toshizō Nishio , Japanese general 1961 - Sadae Inoue , Japanese general 1962 - Louise Beavers , American actress 1963 - Elizabeth Gunn , New Zealand pediatrician 1965 - Sylvia Likens , 16-year-old group torture/murder victim in Indianapolis 1966 - Alma Cogan , English singer 1972 - Igor Sikorsky , Ukrainian-American engineer and academic, founded Sikorsky Aircraft 1973 - Semyon Budyonny , Marshal of the Soviet Union 1974 - Bidia Dandaron , Russian author and educator 1976 - Deryck Cooke , English musicologist and author 1978 - Alexander Gerschenkron , Ukrainian-American historian, critic, and academic 1979 - Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea 1984 - Gus Mancuso , American baseball player and coach 1986 - Jackson Scholz , American runner 1989 - Charles J. Pedersen, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1991 - Sherry Hawco , Canadian gymnast 1993 - Oro , Mexican wrestler 1994 - Wilbert Harrison , American singer and guitarist 1995 - Wilhelm Freddie , Danish painter and sculptor 1995 - Gorni Kramer , Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader 1998 - Kenkichi Iwasawa , Japanese mathematician and academic 1999 - Hoyt Axton , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor 1999 - Eknath Easwaran , Indian-American author and educator 2001 - Hüseyin Hilmi Işık , Turkish scholar and academic 2002 - Jacques Massu , French general 2002 - Sally Hoyt Spofford , American ornithologist 2004 - Bobby Ávila , Mexican baseball player and politician 2005 - Keith Parkinson , American illustrator 2005 - George Swindin , English footballer and manager 2006 - Tillman Franks , American bassist and songwriter 2006 - Pontus Hultén , Swedish art collector and curator 2007 - Nicolae Dobrin , Romanian footballer and manager 2007 - Friedman Paul Erhardt , German-American chef and television host 2007 - Arthur Kornberg , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize 2008 - Tony Hillerman , American journalist, author, and educator 2008 - Delmar Watson , American actor and photographer 2009 - Teel Bivins , American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Ambassador to Sweden 2009 - Yoshirō Muraki , Japanese production designer and art director 2009 - George Naʻope , American singer and dancer 2009 - Troy Smith , American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In 2010 - Glen Little , American clown 2010 - Mbah Maridjan , Indonesian spiritual leader 2010 - Romeu Tuma , Brazilian police officer and politician 2011 - Jona Senilagakali , Fijian physician and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Fiji 2012 - Mac Ahlberg , Swedish-Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer 2012 - Arnold Greenberg , American businessman, co-founded Snapple 2012 - John M. Johansen American architect, designed the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre 2012 - Alan Kirschenbaum , American director, producer, and screenwriter 2012 - Björn Sieber , Austrian skier 2012 - Alan Stretton , Australian general 2013 - Ritva Arvelo , Finnish actress, director, and screenwriter 2013 - Ron Davies , Welsh photographer 2013 - Doug Ireland , American journalist and activist 2013 - Al Johnson , American singer-songwriter and producer 2013 - Andries Maseko , South African footballer 2013 - Gabriel of Komana 2014 - Vic Allen , English sociologist, economist, and historian 2014 - Mo Collins , American football player and coach 2014 - Germain Gagnon , Canadian ice hockey player 2014 - Senzo Meyiwa , South African footballer 2014 - Brian Moore , Australian rugby league player 2014 - Jeff Robinson , American baseball player 2014 - Gordy Soltau , American football player and sportscaster 2014 - Oscar Taveras , Dominican baseball player 2015 - Willis Carto , American activist and theorist 2015 - Leo Kadanoff , American physicist and academic 2015 - Giuseppe Nazzaro , Italian-Syrian bishop and theologian 2017 - Ali Ashraf Darvishian , Iranian novelist, short story writer and academic.Holidays and observances Accession Day Angam Day Armed Forces Day Christian feast day: *Alfred the Great *Amandus of Strasbourg *Beóán of Mortlach *Blessed Celine Borzecka *Cedd *Cuthbert of Canterbury *Demetrius of Thessaloniki *Eadfrith of Leominster *Eata of Hexham *Pope Evaristus *Fulk of Pavia *Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann and Paul Gerhardt *Quadragesimus *Quodvultdeus *Rusticus of Narbonne *Witta of Büraburg *Eastern Orthodox liturgics National Day, celebrates the anniversary of the Declaration of Neutrality in 1955. 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