October 9

Events

• 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks.
• 1238 - James I of Aragon founds the Kingdom of Valencia.
• 1410 - The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.
• 1446 - The hangul alphabet is published in Korea.
• 1594 - Troops of the Portuguese Empire are defeated on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture.
• 1604 - Supernova 1604 is sighted, the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way.
• 1635 - Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements.
• 1701 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut is chartered in Old Saybrook.
• 1708 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
• 1740 - Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin massacring the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000.
• 1760 - Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
• 1790 - A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
• 1799 - sinks with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
• 1804 - Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded.
• 1806 - Prussia begins the War of the Fourth Coalition against France.
• 1812 - War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: and.
• 1820 - Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.
• 1824 - Slavery in Latin America: Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.
• 1825 - Restauration arrives in New York Harbor from Norway, the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States.
• 1831 - Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece, is assassinated.
• 1834 - Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
• 1847 - Slavery in the British and French Caribbean: Slavery is abolished in Saint Barthélemy.
• 1854 - Crimean War: The siege of Sevastopol begins.
• 1861 - American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
• 1864 - American Civil War: Union cavalrymen defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia.
• 1873 - A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
• 1874 - The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
• 1900 - The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
• 1907 - Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
• 1911 - An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
• 1913 - The steamship catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
• 1914 - World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
• 1918 - The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.
• 1919 - The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.
• 1934 - An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.
• 1936 - Boulder Dam begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
• 1937 - Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
• 1941 - A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.
• 1942 - Australia's Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 receives royal assent.
• 1950 - The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre in Korea begins.
• 1962 - Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
• 1962 - A visible light-emitting diode is first demonstrated in Syracuse, New York.
• 1963 - In Italy, a large landslide a causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000.
• 1966 - Vietnam War: South Korean troops commit the Binh Tai Massacre.
• 1967 - A day after his capture, Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
• 1969 - In Chicago, the National Guard is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "Chicago Eight".
• 1970 - The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
• 1980 - Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
• 1981 - President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France.
• 1983 - South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma, but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others.
• 1986 - The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre.
• 1995 - An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
• 2003 - opens to the public in Walt Disney World.
• 2006 - North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.
• 2009 - First lunar impact of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
• 2012 - Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai.
• 2016 - The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army launches its first attack on Myanmar security forces along the Bangladesh–Myanmar border.
• 2019 - Turkey begins its military offensive in north-eastern Syria.

  Births

• 1201 - Robert de Sorbon, French minister and theologian, founded the Collège de Sorbonne
• 1221 - Salimbene di Adam, Italian historian and scholar
• 1261 - Denis of Portugal
• 1328 - Peter I of Cyprus
• 1581 - Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician, poet, and scholar
• 1586 - Leopold V, Archduke of Austria
• 1593 - Nicolaes Tulp, Dutch anatomist and politician
• 1609 - Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland, English noble
• 1623 - Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China
• 1704 - Johann Andreas Segner, German mathematician, physicist, and physician
• 1757 - Charles X of France
• 1796 - Joseph Bonomi the Younger, British Egyptologist and sculptor
• 1835 - Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer and conductor
• 1837 - Francis Wayland Parker, American theorist and academic
• 1840 - Simeon Solomon, English painter
• 1845 - Carl Gustav Thulin, Swedish shipowner
• 1850 - Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist
• 1852 - Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1858 - Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist
• 1859 - Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel
• 1863 - Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author
• 1864 - Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general
• 1871 - Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop
• 1873 - Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator
• 1873 - Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer
• 1873 - Charles Rudolph Walgreen, American pharmacist and businessman, founded Walgreens
• 1874 - Nicholas Roerich, Russian archaeologist and painter
• 1877 - Gopabandhu Das, Indian journalist, poet, and activist
• 1879 - Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1880 - Charlie Faust, American baseball player
• 1883 - Maria Filotti, Greek-Romanian actress
• 1886 - Rube Marquard, American baseball player and manager
• 1888 - Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician
• 1888 - Irving Cummings, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1890 - Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
• 1892 - Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1893 - Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer
• 1897 - M. Bhaktavatsalam, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Madras State
• 1898 - Tawfiq al-Hakim, Egyptian author and playwright
• 1898 - Joe Sewell, American baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1899 - Bruce Catton, American historian and author
• 1900 - Joseph Friedman, American inventor, invented the bendy straw
• 1900 - Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor and academic
• 1900 - Joseph Zubin, Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic
• 1901 - Alice Lee Jemison, Seneca political activist and journalist
• 1902 - Freddie Young, English cinematographer
• 1903 - Walter O'Malley, American lawyer and businessman
• 1906 - J. R. Eyerman, American photographer and journalist
• 1906 - Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal
• 1907 - Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1907 - Jacques Tati, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1907 - Horst Wessel, German SA officer
• 1908 - Harry Hooton, Australian poet and critic
• 1908 - Werner von Haeften, German lieutenant
• 1908 - Lee Wiley, American singer
• 1909 - Donald Coggan, English archbishop
• 1911 - Joe Rosenthal, American photographer
• 1914 - Edward Andrews, American actor
• 1915 - Clifford M. Hardin, American academic and politician, 17th United States Secretary of Agriculture
• 1915 - Belva Plain, American author
• 1918 - E. Howard Hunt, American CIA officer and author
• 1918 - Charles Read, Australian air marshal
• 1918 - Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader
• 1920 - Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author and educator
• 1920 - Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator
• 1920 - Jason Wingreen, American actor and screenwriter
• 1921 - Michel Boisrond, French director and screenwriter
• 1921 - Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright
• 1922 - Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic
• 1922 - Philip "Fyvush" Finkel, American actor
• 1922 - Olga Guillot, Cuban-American singer
• 1923 - Donald Sinden, English actor
• 1924 - Immanuvel Devendrar, Indian soldier
• 1924 - Arnie Risen, American basketball player
• 1926 - Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer
• 1927 - John Margetson, English scholar and diplomat, British Ambassador to the Netherlands
• 1928 - Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer and educator
• 1930 - Hank Lauricella, American football player, lieutenant, and politician
• 1931 - Tony Booth, English actor
• 1931 - Homer Smith, American football player and coach
• 1932 - Robert McBain, English actor and photographer
• 1933 - Peter Mansfield, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933 - Bill Tidy, English soldier and cartoonist
• 1934 - Jill Ker Conway, Australian historian and author
• 1934 - Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and composer
• 1935 - Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
• 1935 - Don McCullin, English photographer and journalist
• 1936 - Brian Blessed, English actor
• 1936 - Mick Young, Australian politician
• 1938 - Heinz Fischer, Austrian academic and politician, 11th President of Austria
• 1938 - John Sutherland, English journalist, author, and academic
• 1939 - Nicholas Grimshaw, English architect and academic
• 1939 - John Pilger, Australian-English journalist, director, and producer
• 1939 - Stephen Sedley, English lawyer and judge
• 1939 - O. V. Wright, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1940 - Gordon J. Humphrey, American soldier, pilot, and politician
• 1940 - John Lennon, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1940 - Joe Pepitone, American baseball player and coach
• 1941 - Brian Lamb, American broadcaster, founded C-SPAN
• 1941 - Trent Lott, American lawyer and politician
• 1941 - Omali Yeshitela, political activist and founder of the Uhuru Movement
• 1942 - Michael Palmer, American physician and author
• 1943 - Douglas Kirby, American psychologist and author
• 1943 - Jimmy Montgomery, English footballer and coach
• 1943 - Mike Peters, American cartoonist
• 1944 - Rita Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy, English academic and politician
• 1944 - John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1944 - Nona Hendryx, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1945 - Taiguara, Uruguayan-Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1945 - Amjad Ali Khan, Indian classical Sarod player
• 1947 - John Doubleday, English sculptor and painter
• 1947 - France Gall, French singer
• 1947 - William E. McAnulty Jr., American lawyer and judge
• 1947 - Tony Zappone, American photographer and journalist
• 1948 - Jackson Browne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 - John Gray, English cricketer and rugby player
• 1949 - Rod Temperton, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1949 - Mark Hopkinson, American mass murderer
• 1950 - Brian Downing, American baseball player
• 1950 - Yoshiyuki Konishi, Japanese fashion designer
• 1950 - Reichi Nakaido, Japanese singer and guitarist
• 1950 - Jody Williams, American academic and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1952 - Simon Drew, English illustrator
• 1952 - Sharon Osbourne, English television host and manager
• 1952 - John Rose, English businessman
• 1952 - Dennis Stratton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 - Sally Burgess, South African-English soprano and educator
• 1953 - Hank Pfister, American tennis player
• 1953 - Tony Shalhoub, American actor and producer
• 1954 - Scott Bakula, American actor
• 1954 - James Fearnley, English musician
• 1954 - John O'Hurley, American actor and game show host
• 1954 - Rubén Magnano, Argentine-Italian professional basketball coach
• 1955 - Linwood Boomer, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 - Steve Ovett, English runner and sportscaster
• 1955 - Peter Saville, English graphic designer and art director
• 1957 - Don Garber, American businessman
• 1957 - Ini Kamoze, Jamaican singer-songwriter
• 1958 - Al Jourgensen, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1958 - Alan Nunnelee, American lawyer and politician
• 1958 - Mike Singletary, American football player and coach
• 1959 - Boris Nemtsov, Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
• 1960 - Kenny Garrett, American saxophonist and composer
• 1961 - Julian Bailey, English race car driver and sportscaster
• 1961 - Kurt Neumann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 - Ellen Wheeler, American actress, director, and producer
• 1962 - Jorge Burruchaga, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1962 - Paul Radisich, New Zealand race car driver
• 1962 - Hugh Robertson, English soldier and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
• 1962 - Ōnokuni Yasushi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 62nd Yokozuna
• 1963 - Andy Platt, English rugby league player
• 1964 - Guillermo del Toro, Mexican-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1965 - Jimbo Fisher, American football player and coach
• 1966 - David Cameron, English politician, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1966 - Christopher Östlund, Swedish publisher, founded Plaza Magazine
• 1967 - Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canadian tennis player
• 1967 - Eddie Guerrero, American wrestler
• 1967 - Gheorghe Popescu, Romanian footballer
• 1968 - Anbumani Ramadoss, Indian politician
• 1969 - Guto Bebb, Welsh businessman and politician
• 1969 - Darren Britt, Australian rugby league player
• 1969 - Simon Fairweather, Australian archer
• 1969 - PJ Harvey, English musician, singer-songwriter, writer, poet, and composer
• 1969 - Christine Hough, Canadian figure skater and coach
• 1969 - Giles Martin, English songwriter and producer
• 1969 - Steve McQueen, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 - Kenny Anderson, American basketball player and coach
• 1970 - Steve Jablonsky, American composer
• 1970 - Annika Sörenstam, Swedish golfer and architect
• 1971 - Wayne Bartrim, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1973 - Fabio Lione, Italian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1974 - Shmuel Herzfeld, American rabbi
• 1975 - Haylie Ecker, Australian violinist
• 1975 - Sean Lennon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
• 1975 - Mark Viduka, Australian footballer
• 1976 - William Alexander, American author and educator
• 1976 - Lee Peacock, Scottish footballer and coach
• 1976 - Özlem Türköne, Turkish journalist and politician
• 1976 - Nick Swardson, American actor and comedian
• 1977 - Emanuele Belardi, Italian footballer
• 1977 - Brian Roberts, American baseball player
• 1978 - Nicky Byrne, Irish singer-songwriter
• 1978 - Juan Dixon, American basketball player and coach
• 1979 - Vernon Fox, American football player and coach
• 1979 - Alex Greenwald, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1979 - Todd Kelly, Australian race car driver
• 1979 - Chris O'Dowd, Irish actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1979 - Brandon Routh, American model and actor
• 1979 - Gonzalo Sorondo, Uruguayan footballer
• 1980 - Lucy Akello, Ugandan social worker and politician
• 1980 - Filip Bobek, Polish actor
• 1980 - Pāvels Doroševs, Latvian football goalkeeper
• 1980 - Kert Kütt, Estonian footballer
• 1980 - Amir Nussbaum, Israeli footballer
• 1980 - Ibrahim Fazeel, Maldivian footballer
• 1980 - Sarah Lovell, Australian politician
• 1980 - Fábio Pinto, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 - Thami Tsolekile, South African cricketer
• 1980 - Warren Waugh, English footballer
• 1980 - Henrik Zetterberg, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1981 - Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor
• 1981 - Darius Miles, American basketball player
• 1983 - Stephen Gionta, American ice hockey player
• 1983 - Farhaan Behardien, South African cricketer
• 1983 - Jang Mi-ran, South Korean weightlifter
• 1983 - Andreas Zuber, Austrian race car driver
• 1985 - David Plummer, American swimmer
• 1986 - Derek Holland, American baseball player
• 1986 - Laure Manaudou, French swimmer
• 1986 - Stephane Zubar, French footballer
• 1987 - Samantha Murray, English tennis player
• 1987 - Bill Walker, American basketball player
• 1988 - David Tyrrell, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 - Russell Packer, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1990 - Kevin Kampl, German-Slovene footballer
• 1991 - Tyson Frizell, Australian-Welsh rugby league player
• 1992 - Tyler James Williams, American actor and rapper
• 1993 - Ani Amiraghyan, Armenian tennis player
• 1993 - Lauren Davis, American tennis player
• 1993 - Jayden Hodges, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 - Scotty McCreery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1993 - Wesley So, Filipino-American chess grandmaster
• 1996 - Bella Hadid, American model
• 2001 - Kyla Leibel, Canadian swimmer

  Deaths

• 680 - Ghislain, Frankish anchorite and saint
• 892 - Al-Tirmidhi, Persian scholar and hadith compiler
• 1047 - Pope Clement II
• 1212 - Philip I of Namur, Marquis of Namur
• 1253 - Robert Grosseteste, English bishop and philosopher
• 1273 - Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany
• 1296 - Louis III, Duke of Bavaria
• 1390 - John I of Castile
• 1555 - Justus Jonas, German academic and reformer
• 1562 - Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist and physician
• 1569 - Vladimir of Staritsa
• 1581 - Louis Bertrand, Spanish missionary and saint
• 1613 - Henry Constable, English poet
• 1619 - Joseph Pardo, Italian rabbi and merchant
• 1691 - William Sacheverell, English politician
• 1729 - Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet
• 1793 - Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary and linguist
• 1797 - Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and scholar
• 1806 - Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer and surveyor
• 1808 - John Claiborne, American lawyer and politician
• 1831 - Ioannis Kapodistrias, Russian-Greek lawyer and politician, Governor of Greece
• 1873 - George Ormerod, English historian and author
• 1897 - Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1900 - Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor
• 1911 - Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's
• 1924 - Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic
• 1934 - Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier
• 1934 - Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France
• 1937 - Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
• 1940 - Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary
• 1941 - Helen Morgan, American singer and actress
• 1943 - Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1945 - Gottlieb Hering, German captain
• 1946 - Frank Castleman, American football player, baseball player, and coach
• 1947 - Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance
• 1950 - George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
• 1953 - James Finlayson, Scottish-American actor
• 1955 - Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal
• 1956 - Marie Doro, American actress
• 1958 - Pope Pius XII
• 1959 - Shirō Ishii, Japanese general and biologist
• 1962 - Milan Vidmar, Slovenian chess player and engineer
• 1967 - Che Guevara, Argentinian-Cuban physician, politician and guerrilla leader
• 1967 - Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1967 - André Maurois, French soldier and author
• 1967 - Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness trainer, developed Pilates
• 1969 - Don Hoak, American baseball player
• 1972 - Miriam Hopkins, American actress
• 1974 - Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman
• 1975 - Noon Meem Rashid, Pakistani poet
• 1976 - Walter Warlimont, German general
• 1978 - Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1982 - Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German historian and physician
• 1985 - Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Brazilian general and politician, 28th President of Brazil
• 1987 - Clare Boothe Luce, American author, playwright, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy
• 1987 - William P. Murphy, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1988 - Felix Wankel, German engineer, invented the Wankel engine
• 1989 - Yusuf Atılgan, Turkish author and playwright
• 1989 - Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author
• 1995 - Alec Douglas-Home, British cricketer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1996 - Walter Kerr, American author, composer, and critic
• 1999 - Milt Jackson, American vibraphone player and composer
• 1999 - Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani economist and scholar
• 2000 - David Dukes, American actor
• 2000 - Patrick Anthony Porteous, Indian-Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient
• 2001 - Herbert Ross, American director, producer, and choreographer
• 2002 - Sopubek Begaliev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician
• 2002 - Charles Guggenheim, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 2003 - Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American author and academic
• 2003 - Carl Fontana, American jazz trombonist
• 2004 - Jacques Derrida, Algerian-French philosopher and academic
• 2005 - Louis Nye, American actor
• 2006 - Danièle Huillet, French filmmaker
• 2006 - Paul Hunter, English snooker player
• 2006 - Kanshi Ram, Indian lawyer and politician
• 2007 - Enrico Banducci, American businessman, founded hungry i
• 2007 - Carol Bruce, American actress and singer
• 2009 - Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author and educator
• 2009 - John Daido Loori, American Zen Buddhist monastic and teacher
• 2009 - Horst Szymaniak, German footballer
• 2010 - Maurice Allais, French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 2011 - Pavel Karelin, Russian ski jumper
• 2012 - Sammi Kane Kraft, American actress
• 2012 - Kenny Rollins, American basketball player
• 2012 - Harris Savides, American cinematographer
• 2013 - Solomon Lar, Nigerian educator and politician, 4th Governor of Plateau State
• 2013 - Srihari, Indian actor
• 2013 - Wilfried Martens, Belgian lawyer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Belgium
• 2013 - Edmund Niziurski, Polish sociologist, lawyer, and author
• 2014 - Boris Buzančić, Croatian actor and politician, 47th Mayor of Zagreb
• 2014 - Jan Hooks, American actress and comedienne
• 2014 - Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic
• 2014 - Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician
• 2014 - Rita Shane, American soprano and educator
• 2015 - Ray Duncan, American businessman
• 2015 - Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 2015 - Ravindra Jain, Indian composer and director
• 2016 - Andrzej Wajda, Polish film and theatre director
• 2017 - Jean Rochefort, French actor

  Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
• *Abraham
• *Denis
• *Dionysius the Areopagite
• *Ghislain
• *Innocencio of Mary Immaculate and Martyrs of Asturias
• *Blessed John Henry Newman
• *John Leonardi
• *Luis Beltran
• *Robert Grosseteste
• *Wilfred Grenfell
• *October 9
• Fire Prevention Day
• Hangul Day
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uganda from United Kingdom in 1962.
• Independence of Guayaquil from Spain in 1820
• Leif Erikson Day
• National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust
• National Nanotechnology Day
• Takayama Autumn Festival
• World Post Day