October 5

Events

• 610 - Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.
• 816 - King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.
• 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to depose patriarch Photios I.
• 1143 - King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
• 1450 - Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria expels Jews from his jurisdiction.
• 1550 - The city of Concepción is founded, in present-day Chile.
• 1607 - Assassins sent by the Pope attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.
• 1665 - The University of Kiel is founded.
• 1789 - French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
• 1813 - War of 1812: The Army of the Northwest defeats a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit.
• 1838 - The Killough massacre in east Texas sees eighteen Texian settlers either killed or kidnapped.
• 1857 - The city of Anaheim, California is founded.
• 1869 - The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
• 1869 - The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
• 1877 - The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
• 1905 - The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
• 1910 - In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
• 1911 - The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
• 1914 - World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
• 1921 - The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.
• 1930 - British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.
• 1936 - The Jarrow March sets off for London.
• 1938 - In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
• 1943 - Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
• 1944 - The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.
• 1945 - A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.
• 1947 - President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
• 1948 - The Ashgabat earthquake kills between 10,000 and 110,000 people.
• 1966 - A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.
• 1968 - A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
• 1970 - The Public Broadcasting Service is founded.
• 1970 - The British Trade Commissioner is kidnapped by members of the FLQ, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.
• 1974 - Bombs planted by the PIRA kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
• 1982 - Tylenol products are recalled after bottles in Chicago laced with cyanide cause seven deaths.
• 1984 - Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.
• 1986 - Mordechai Vanunu's story in The Sunday Times reveals Israel's secret nuclear weapons.
• 1988 - A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
• 1990 - After 150 years The Herald newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
• 1991 - An Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash kills 135 people.
• 1999 - The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
• 2000 - Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.
• 2011 - In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered.

  Births

• 1274 - Al-Dhahabi, Syrian scholar and historian
• 1338 - Alexios III of Trebizond
• 1377 - Louis II of Anjou
• 1422 - Catherine, Princess of Asturias, Spanish royal
• 1487 - Ludwig of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German nobleman
• 1520 - Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal and diplomat
• 1524 - Rani Durgavati, Queen of Gond
• 1609 - Paul Fleming, German physician and poet
• 1641 - Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France
• 1658 - Mary of Modena
• 1687 - Maria Maddalena Martinengo, Italian nun
• 1695 - John Glas, Scottish minister
• 1703 - Jonathan Edwards, American pastor and theologian
• 1712 - Francesco Guardi, Italian painter
• 1713 - Denis Diderot, French philosopher and critic
• 1715 - Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist and educator
• 1728 - Chevalier d'Éon, French diplomat and spy
• 1743 - Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Italian composer and educator
• 1781 - Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher
• 1792 - Joseph Crosfield, English businessman
• 1795 - Alexander Keith, Scottish-Canadian brewer and politician, 13th Mayor of Halifax
• 1803 - Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter
• 1816 - Ursula Frayne, Irish-Australian nun and missionary
• 1817 - Catherine Cooper Hopley, British author and naturalist
• 1820 - David Wilber, American lawyer and politician
• 1824 - Henry Chadwick, English-American historian and author
• 1829 - Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States
• 1844 - Francis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, 5th State President of the Orange Free State
• 1848 - Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist and poet
• 1850 - Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician
• 1857 - Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish author and playwright
• 1858 - Helen Churchill Candee, American journalist and author
• 1864 - Louis Lumière, French director and producer
• 1873 - Lucien Mérignac, French fencer
• 1877 - Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager
• 1878 - Louise Dresser, American actress
• 1879 - Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1882 - Robert H. Goddard, American physicist, engineer, and academic
• 1883 - Ernst Pittschau, German actor
• 1885 - Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat
• 1885 - Ida Rubinstein, Russian ballerina and actress
• 1887 - René Cassin, French judge and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1887 - Manny Ziener, German actress
• 1888 - Mary Fuller, American actress and screenwriter
• 1889 - Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author and educator
• 1892 - Remington Kellogg, American zoologist and paleontologist
• 1894 - Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist
• 1898 - Nachum Gutman, Moldovan-Israeli painter and sculptor
• 1899 - Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher
• 1900 - Bing Xin, Chinese author and poet, known for her contributions to children's literature
• 1900 - Margherita Bontade, Italian politician
• 1901 - John Alton, Austrian-American director and cinematographer
• 1902 - Larry Fine, American comedian
• 1902 - Ray Kroc, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1903 - M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist and academic
• 1905 - John Hoyt, American actor
• 1905 - Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress
• 1907 - Mrs. Miller, American novelty singer
• 1907 - Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic
• 1908 - Mehmet Ali Aybar, Turkish lawyer and politician
• 1908 - Joshua Logan, American director and screenwriter
• 1909 - Tony Malinosky, American baseball player and soldier
• 1911 - Pierre Dansereau, Canadian ecologist and academic
• 1911 - Brian O'Nolan, Irish author and playwright
• 1912 - Fritz Fischer, German physician
• 1913 - Eugene B. Fluckey, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient
• 1914 - Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician
• 1916 - Stetson Kennedy, American author and activist
• 1917 - Allen Ludden, American television personality and game show host
• 1917 - Magda Szabó, Hungarian author and poet
• 1919 - Donald Pleasence, English actor
• 1921 - Bill Willis, American football player and coach
• 1922 - Jim Godbolt, English historian and journalist
• 1922 - José Froilán González, Argentinian racing driver
• 1922 - Bil Keane, American soldier and cartoonist
• 1922 - Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1923 - Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist
• 1923 - Stig Dagerman, Swedish journalist and author
• 1923 - Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer and politician
• 1923 - Glynis Johns, South African-born British actress and singer
• 1923 - Kailashpati Mishra, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor of Gujarat
• 1924 - Bill Dana, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1924 - José Donoso, Chilean author
• 1924 - Barbara Kelly, Canadian actress and screenwriter
• 1924 - Frederic Morton, Austrian-American banker, journalist, and author
• 1924 - Bob Thaves, American cartoonist
• 1925 - Gail Davis, American actress
• 1925 - Herbert Kretzmer, South African-English journalist and songwriter
• 1925 - Antoine Gizenga, Congolese politician
• 1925 - Walter Dale Miller, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of South Dakota
• 1926 - Avraham Adan, Israeli general
• 1926 - Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer and educator
• 1928 - Louise Fitzhugh, American author and illustrator
• 1929 - Richard F. Gordon Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1929 - Bill Wirtz, American businessman
• 1930 - Pavel Popovich, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1930 - Reinhard Selten, German economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1931 - Rosalie Gower, Canadian nurse and politician
• 1932 - Neal Ascherson, Scottish journalist and author
• 1932 - Dean Prentice, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1932 - Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and police officer
• 1933 - Doug Bailey, American political consultant, founded The Hotline
• 1933 - Diane Cilento, Australian actress and author
• 1933 - Billy Lee Riley, American rockabilly musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer
• 1934 - Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian businessman and diplomat
• 1936 - Václav Havel, Czech poet, playwright, and politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic
• 1937 - Carlo Mastrangelo, American doo-wop singer
• 1937 - Barry Switzer, American football player and coach
• 1938 - Johnny Duncan, American country singer
• 1938 - Teresa Heinz, Mozambican-American businesswoman and philanthropist
• 1939 - Marie-Claire Blais, Canadian author and playwright
• 1939 - A. R. Penck, German painter and sculptor
• 1939 - Walter Wolf, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Walter Wolf Racing
• 1939 - Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino lawyer and jurist
• 1940 - Rein Aun, Estonian decathlete and coach
• 1940 - John Byrne Cooke, American author and photographer
• 1940 - Bob Cowper, Australian cricketer
• 1941 - Roy Book Binder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 - Stephanie Cole, English actress
• 1941 - Eduardo Duhalde, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina
• 1942 - Billy Scott, American singer-songwriter
• 1942 - Richard Street, American singer-songwriter
• 1943 - Ben Cardin, American lawyer and politician
• 1943 - Steve Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 - Michael Morpurgo, English author, poet, and playwright
• 1944 - Richard Rosser, Baron Rosser, English union leader and politician
• 1945 - Brian Connolly, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 - Geoff Leigh, English saxophonist and flute player
• 1946 - Zahida Hina, Pakistani journalist and author
• 1946 - Robin Lane Fox, English historian and author
• 1946 - Heather MacRae, American actress
• 1946 - Jean Perron, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1946 - David Watson, English footballer
• 1947 - Brian Johnson, English singer-songwriter
• 1947 - Michèle Pierre-Louis, Haitian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti
• 1948 - Carter Cornelius, American singer
• 1948 - Russell Mael, American vocalist
• 1948 - Tawl Ross, American guitarist
• 1948 - Zoran Živković, Serbian author and academic
• 1949 - Peter Ackroyd, English biographer, novelist and critic
• 1949 - Ralph Goodale, Canadian lawyer and politician, 36th Canadian Minister of Finance
• 1949 - Bill James, American historian and author
• 1949 - B. W. Stevenson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 - Yashiki Takajin, Japanese singer and television host
• 1950 - "Fast" Eddie Clarke, English rock guitarist
• 1950 - Jeff Conaway, American actor and singer
• 1950 - Edward P. Jones, American novelist and short story writer
• 1950 - James Rizzi, American painter and illustrator
• 1951 - Karen Allen, American actress
• 1951 - Bob Geldof, British singer-songwriter and actor
• 1952 - Clive Barker, English author, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 - Harold Faltermeyer, German keyboard player, composer, and producer
• 1952 - Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer and Prime Minister
• 1953 - Philip Hampton, English-Scottish accountant and businessman
• 1953 - Roy Laidlaw, Scottish rugby player
• 1955 - John Alexander, English footballer
• 1955 - Jean-Jacques Lafon, French singer-songwriter
• 1955 - Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell, English academic and businessman
• 1957 - Mark Geragos, American lawyer
• 1957 - Lee Thompson, English singer-songwriter and saxophonist
• 1957 - Bernie Mac, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 - André Kuipers, Dutch physician and astronaut
• 1958 - Neil Peart, Australian footballer
• 1958 - Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author
• 1959 - Maya Lin, American architect and sculptor, designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Civil Rights Memorial
• 1959 - Kelly Joe Phelps, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 - David Shannon, American author and illustrator
• 1959 - Kenan İpek, Turkish lawyer and judge
• 1960 - Careca, Brazilian footballer
• 1960 - Daniel Baldwin, American actor, director, and producer
• 1960 - David Kirk, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1961 - Pato Banton, English singer-songwriter
• 1961 - David Bryson, American guitarist and singer-songwriter
• 1961 - Sharon Cheslow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 - Michael Andretti, American race car driver
• 1962 - Thomas Herbst, German footballer and manager
• 1962 - Caron Keating, British television host
• 1963 - Laura Davies, English golfer and sportscaster
• 1963 - Tony Dodemaide, Australian cricketer
• 1963 - Michael Hadschieff, Austrian speed skater
• 1963 - Nick Robinson, English journalist and blogger
• 1964 - Dave Dederer, American guitarist and singer
• 1964 - Philip A. Haigh, English historian and author
• 1964 - Malik Saidullaev, Russian businessman
• 1964 - Korina Sanchez, Filipino journalist
• 1965 - Trace Armstrong, American football player and agent
• 1965 - Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 - Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1966 - Dennis Byrd, American football player
• 1966 - Sean M. Carroll, American physicist, cosmologist, and academic
• 1966 - Terri Runnels, American wrestler and manager
• 1966 - Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker player and referee
• 1967 - Rex Chapman, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1967 - Guy Pearce, English-Australian actor
• 1967 - Dorian West, Welsh-English rugby player
• 1970 - Josie Bissett, American actress
• 1970 - Matthew Knights, Australian footballer and coach
• 1970 - Audie Pitre, American singer and bass player
• 1970 - Tord Gustavsen, Norwegian pianist and composer
• 1970 - Cal Wilson, New Zealand comedian, actress, and screenwriter
• 1971 - Tonia Antoniazzi, British politician
• 1971 - Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1972 - Annely Akkermann, Estonian banker and politician
• 1972 - Aaron Guiel, Canadian baseball player
• 1972 - Grant Hill, American basketball player and actor
• 1972 - Thomas Roberts, American journalist and actor
• 1973 - Cédric Villani, French mathematician and academic
• 1974 - Rich Franklin, American mixed martial artist and actor
• 1974 - Colin Meloy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 - Anousjka van Exel, Dutch tennis player
• 1975 - Bobo Baldé, French-Guinean footballer
• 1975 - Carson Ellis, American painter and illustrator
• 1975 - Parminder Nagra, English actress
• 1975 - Monica Rial, American voice actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1975 - Kate Winslet, English actress
• 1976 - Ramzan Kadyrov, Russian-Chechen general and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic
• 1976 - Royston Tan, Singaporean director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1976 - J. J. Yeley, American race car driver
• 1977 - Hugleikur Dagsson, Icelandic author, illustrator, and critic
• 1977 - Vinnie Paz, Italian-American rapper and producer
• 1977 - Konstantin Zyryanov, Russian footballer
• 1978 - Mark Gower, English footballer
• 1978 - Jesse Palmer, Canadian football player and sportscaster
• 1978 - Shane Ryan, Irish footballer and hurler
• 1978 - James Valentine, American guitarist
• 1978 - Steinar Nickelsen, Norwegian organist and composer
• 1978 - Morgan Webb, Canadian-American television host and producer
• 1979 - Vince Grella, Australian footballer
• 1979 - Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 - Paul Thomas, American bass player
• 1980 - James Toseland, English motorcycle racer
• 1981 - Jeanette Antolin, American gymnast
• 1981 - Joel Lindpere, Estonian footballer
• 1981 - Andy Nägelein, German footballer
• 1982 - Michael Roos, Estonian-American football player
• 1982 - Steve Williams, Australian-German rugby player
• 1983 - Jesse Eisenberg, American actor and writer
• 1983 - Florian Mayer, German tennis player
• 1983 - Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1984 - Naima Adedapo, American singer and dancer
• 1984 - Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian footballer
• 1985 - Nicola Roberts, English singer-songwriter
• 1986 - Mladen Bartulović, Croatian footballer
• 1987 - Dillon Francis, American DJ and record producer
• 1987 - Kevin Mirallas, Belgian footballer
• 1987 - Tim Ream, American soccer player
• 1987 - Park So-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
• 1987 - Javier Villa, Spanish racing driver
• 1987 - Luigi Vitale, Italian footballer
• 1988 - Benny Howell, English cricketer
• 1988 - Bahar Kızıl, German singer-songwriter
• 1988 - Kevin Olusola, American musician, beatboxer, singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer
• 1988 - Maja Salvador, Filipino actress, dancer, singer, and host
• 1989 - Kelsey Adrian, Canadian basketball player
• 1989 - Marcel Baude, German footballer
• 1989 - Ify Ibekwe, American basketball player
• 1990 - Nathan Peats, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 - Kevin Magnussen, Danish racing driver
• 1996 - Jayden Nikorima, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1999 - Connor McLennan, Scottish footballer
• 2000 - Taahira Butterfield, Bermudian athlete
• 2006 - Jacob Tremblay, Canadian actor

  Deaths

• 578 - Justin II, Byzantine emperor
• 610 - Phocas, Byzantine emperor
• 989 - Henry III, duke of Bavaria
• 1056 - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1111 - Robert II, count of Flanders
• 1112 - Sigebert of Gembloux, French monk, historian, and author
• 1214 - Alfonso VIII, king of Castile and Toledo
• 1225 - Al-Nasir, Abbasid caliph
• 1285 - Philip III, king of France
• 1354 - Giovanni Visconti, Italian cardinal
• 1398 - Blanche of Navarre, queen of France
• 1399 - Raymond of Capua, Italian priest and Master General
• 1524 - Joachim Patinir, Flemish landscape painter
• 1528 - Richard Foxe, English bishop and academic
• 1540 - Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet and educator
• 1564 - Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer and educator
• 1565 - Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician and academic
• 1606 - Philippe Desportes, French poet and author
• 1629 - Heribert Rosweyde, Jesuit hagiographer
• 1714 - Kaibara Ekken, Japanese botanist and philosopher
• 1740 - Jean-Philippe Baratier, German astronomer and scholar
• 1777 - Johann Andreas Segner, Slovak-German mathematician, physicist, and physician
• 1802 - Sanité Bélair, Haitian freedom fighter
• 1805 - Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
• 1813 - Tecumseh, American tribal leader
• 1827 - William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer
• 1848 - Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician
• 1861 - Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop
• 1880 - Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer
• 1885 - Thomas C. Durant, American railroad tycoon
• 1895 - Ralph Tollemache, English priest
• 1913 - Hans von Bartels, German painter and educator
• 1914 - Albert Solomon, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Tasmania
• 1918 - Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot
• 1921 - John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales
• 1927 - Sam Warner, Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros.
• 1929 - Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute
• 1930 - Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air
• 1933 - Renée Adorée, French-American actress
• 1933 - Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general
• 1936 - J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author
• 1938 - Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint
• 1938 - Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director
• 1940 - Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded the Volunteers of America
• 1940 - Lincoln Loy McCandless, American rancher and politician
• 1940 - Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor
• 1941 - Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist
• 1942 - Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer
• 1943 - Leon Roppolo, American clarinet player and composer
• 1950 - Frederic Lewy, German-American neurologist and academic
• 1952 - Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver
• 1967 - Clifton Williams, American astronaut
• 1976 - Barbara Nichols, American actress
• 1976 - Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1981 - Gloria Grahame, American actress
• 1983 - Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter
• 1983 - Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation
• 1985 - Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle
• 1986 - Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver and accountant
• 1986 - Hal B. Wallis, American film producer
• 1986 - James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician and computer scientist
• 1992 - Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter
• 1996 - Seymour Cray, American engineer and businessman, founded CRAY Inc
• 1997 - Brian Pillman, American football player and wrestler
• 2000 - Johanna Döbereiner, Brazilian agronomist
• 2000 - Cătălin Hîldan, Romanian footballer
• 2001 - Mike Mansfield, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan
• 2002 - Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player
• 2003 - Dan Snyder, Canadian-American ice hockey player
• 2003 - Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist, director, and producer
• 2004 - Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 2004 - William H. Dobelle, American biologist and academic
• 2004 - Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 2006 - Antonio Peña, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Lucha Libre AAA World Wide
• 2009 - Mike Alexander, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 2010 - Bernard Clavel, French journalist and author
• 2010 - Mary Leona Gage, American model and actress, Miss USA 1957
• 2010 - Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter
• 2011 - Derrick Bell, American academic and scholar
• 2011 - Bert Jansch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 2011 - Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founder of Apple Inc. and Pixar
• 2011 - Charles Napier, American actor and singer
• 2011 - Fred Shuttlesworth, American activist, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• 2011 - Gökşin Sipahioğlu, Turkish photographer and journalist
• 2012 - Keith Campbell, English biologist and academic
• 2012 - Vojin Dimitrijević, Croatian-Serbian lawyer and activist
• 2012 - James W. Holley, III, American dentist and politician
• 2012 - Edvard Mirzoyan, Georgian-Armenian composer and educator
• 2012 - Claude Pinoteau, French director and screenwriter
• 2013 - Ruth R. Benerito, American chemist and academic
• 2013 - Carlo Lizzani, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 2013 - Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 2014 - David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author
• 2014 - Andrea de Cesaris, Italian racing driver
• 2014 - Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer
• 2014 - Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director
• 2015 - Chantal Akerman, Belgian-French actress, director, and producer
• 2015 - Joker Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician
• 2015 - Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist
• 2015 - Henning Mankell, Swedish author and playwright
• 2016 - Brock Yates, American journalist and author
• 2017 - Eberhard van der Laan, Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam

  Holidays and observances

• World Space Week
• Armed Forces Day
• Christian feast day:
• * Anna Schäffer
• * Faustina Kowalska
• * Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos
• * Blessed Bartolo Longo
• * Thraseas
• * Hor and Susia
• * Placid and Maurus
• * Placidus
• * October 5
• Constitution Day
• Engineer's Day
• International Day of No Prostitution
• Republic Day
• Teachers' Day
• Teachers' Day
• World Teachers' Day