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October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 87 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
- 456 – The Visigoths under king Theodoric II, acting on orders of the Roman emperor Avitus, invade Iberia with an army of Burgundians, Franks and Goths, led by the kings Chilperic I and Gondioc. They defeat the Suebi under king Rechiar on the river Urbicus near Astorga (Gallaecia).
- 610 – Coronation of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius.
- 869 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about patriarch Photius of Constantinople.
- 1143 – King Alfonso VII of León recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
- 1450 – Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria.
- 1550 – Foundation of Concepción, city in Chile.
- 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1665 – The University of Kiel is founded.
- 1789 – French Revolution: Women of Paris march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront Louis XVI about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the abolition of feudalism, demand bread, and have the King and his court moved to Paris.
- 1793 – French Revolution: Christianity is disestablished in France.
- 1813 – Battle of Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British.
- 1857 – The City of Anaheim, California is founded.
- 1864 – The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone; 60,000 die.
- 1869 – The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region of Maritime Canada. The storm had been predicted over a year before by a British naval officer.
- 1877 – Chief Joseph surrenders his Nez Perce band to General Nelson A. Miles.
- 1895 – The first individual time trial for racing cyclists is held on a 50-mile course north of London.
- 1903 – Sir Samuel Griffith is appointed the first Chief Justice of Australia and Sir Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor are appointed as foundation justices.
- 1905 – Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
- 1910 – In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
- 1911 – The Kowloon-Canton Railway (split into MTR East Rail Line and Guangshen Railway now) commences service between Kowloon and Canton.
- 1914 – World War I: first aerial combat resulting in an intentional fatality.
- 1915 – Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers.
- 1921 – Baseball: The World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time.
- 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 were invalidated, and those who needed a passport for emigration purposes were given one marked with the letter J (Jude – Jew).
- 1943 – 98 American POW's executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
- 1944 – Royal Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German jet fighter over France.
- 1944 – Suffrage is extended to women in France.
- 1945 – Hollywood Black Friday: A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers' studios.
- 1947 – The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
- 1948 – The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake kills 110,000.
- 1953 – The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held.
- 1955 – Disneyland Hotel opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
- 1962 – Dr. No, the first in the James Bond film series, is released.
- 1962 – The Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do" backed with "P.S. I Love You", is released in the United Kingdom.
- 1966 – Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor.
- 1968 – Police baton civil rights demonstrators in Derry, Northern Ireland – considered to mark the beginning of The Troubles.
- 1969 – The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus airs on BBC One.
- 1970 – The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
- 1970 – Montreal: British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group, triggering the October Crisis.
- 1973 – Signature of the European Patent Convention.
- 1974 – Guildford pub bombings: bombs planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
- 1975 – Operation Primicia: terrorist attack against a Military Regiment at Formosa, Argentina.
- 1982 – Chicago Tylenol murders: Johnson & Johnson initiates a nationwide product recall in the United States for all products in its Tylenol brand after several bottles in Chicago are found to have been laced with cyanide, resulting in seven deaths.
- 1984 – Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
- 1986 – Israeli secret nuclear weapons are revealed. The British newspaper The Sunday Times runs Mordechai Vanunu's story on its front page under the headline: "Revealed — the secrets of Israel's nuclear arsenal".
- 1988 – The Chilean opposition coalition Concertación (center-left) defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt and a general election is called the following year.
- 1988 – The Brazilian Constitution is ratified by Constituent Assembly.
- 1990 – After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
- 1991 – An Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from Jakarta killing 137.
- 1991 – The first official version of the Linux kernel, version 0.02, is released.
- 1999 – The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
- 2000 – Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević. These demonstrations are often called the Bulldozer Revolution.
- 2001 – Barry Bonds surpassed Mark McGwire's single-season home run total with his milestone 71st and 72nd home runs.
- 2011 – In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered in the lawless Golden Triangle region of Southeast Asia.
Births
- 1338 – Alexios III of Trebizond (d. 1390)
- 1520 – Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal (d. 1589)
- 1641 – Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1707)
- 1658 – Mary of Modena (d. 1718)
- 1695 – John Glas, Scottish minister (d. 1773)
- 1703 – Jonathan Edwards, American minister, evangelist and theologian (d. 1758)
- 1712 – Francesco Guardi, Italian painter (d. 1793)
- 1713 – Denis Diderot, French philosopher (d. 1784)
- 1715 – Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (d. 1789)
- 1717 – Marie Anne de Mailly, French mistress of Louis XV of France (d. 1744)
- 1743 – Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Italian composer (d. 1818)
- 1781 – Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848)
- 1792 – Joseph Crosfield, English businessman (d. 1844)
- 1795 – Alexander Keith, Scottish-Canadian brewer and politician, 13th Mayor of Halifax (d. 1873)
- 1820 – David Wilber, American politician (d. 1890)
- 1824 – Henry Chadwick, English-American author and historian (d. 1908)
- 1829 – Chester A. Arthur, American politician, 21st President of the United States (d. 1886)
- 1844 – Francis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (d. 1934)
- 1848 – Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist and poet (d. 1919)
- 1850 – Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (d. 1910)
- 1857 – Peadar Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish author (d. 1942)
- 1858 – Helen Churchill Candee, American author and journalist, survivor of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic (d. 1949)
- 1864 – Louis Lumière, French director and producer (d. 1948)
- 1873 – Lucien Mérignac, French fencer (d. 1941)
- 1878 – Louise Dresser, American actress (d. 1965)
- 1879 – Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
- 1881 – Robert Stangland, American jumper (d. 1953)
- 1882 – Robert H. Goddard, American physicist and inventor (d. 1945)
- 1883 – Ernst Pittschau, German stage and film actor (d. 1951)
- 1885 – Arunachalam Mahadeva, Ceylon Tamil politician (d. 1969)
- 1885 – Ida Rubinstein, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1960)
- 1887 – René Cassin, French jurist and judge, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
- 1888 – Mary Fuller, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1973)
- 1889 – Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan author (d. 1936)
- 1892 – Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (d. 1969)
- 1894 – Bevil Rudd, South African runner (d. 1948)
- 1898 – Nachum Gutman, Israeli painter (d. 1980)
- 1899 – Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1963)
- 1901 – John Alton, American cinematographer (d. 1996)
- 1902 – Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (The Three Stooges) (d. 1975)
- 1902 – Ray Kroc, American businessman (d. 1984)
- 1903 – M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (d. 1989)
- 1905 – John Hoyt, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1905 – Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (d. 1987)
- 1907 – Mrs. Miller, American singer (d. 1997)
- 1908 – Joshua Logan, American director and screenwriter (d. 1988)
- 1909 – Tony Malinosky, American baseball player (d. 2011)
- 1911 – Pierre Dansereau, Canadian ecologist (d. 2011)
- 1911 – Brian O'Nolan, Irish author and playwright (d. 1966)
- 1912 – Fritz Fischer, German nazi doctor (d. 2003)
- 1913 – Eugene Bennett Fluckey American navy commander (d. 2007)
- 1916 – Stetson Kennedy, American author and activist (d. 2011)
- 1917 – Allen Ludden, American game show host (d. 1981)
- 1917 – Magda Szabó, Hungarian author (d. 2007)
- 1919 – Robin Bailey, English actor (d. 1999)
- 1919 – Donald Pleasence, English actor (d. 1995)
- 1921 – Pham Duy, Vietnamese singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
- 1921 – Bill Willis, American football player (d. 2007)
- 1922 – Jim Godbolt, English historian (d. 2013)
- 1922 – José Froilán González, Argentine race car driver (d. 2013)
- 1922 – Bil Keane, American cartoonist (d. 2011)
- 1922 – Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1985)
- 1923 – Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (d. 2002)
- 1923 – Stig Dagerman, Swedish author and journalist (d. 1954)
- 1923 – Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer (d. 1994)
- 1923 – Glynis Johns, South African-Welsh actress, singer, and dancer
- 1923 – Kailashpati Mishra, Indian politician (d. 2012)
- 1924 – Bill Dana, American actor and screenwriter
- 1924 – José Donoso, Chilean author (d. 1996)
- 1924 – Barbara Kelly, Canadian-English actress (d. 2007)
- 1924 – Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (d. 2006)
- 1925 – Gail Davis, American actress (d. 1997)
- 1926 – Avraham Adan, Israeli general (d. 2012)
- 1926 – Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer (d. 1979)
- 1928 – Louise Fitzhugh, American author (d. 1974)
- 1929 – Fred Feast, English actor (d. 1999)
- 1929 – Richard F. Gordon, Jr., American captain and astronaut
- 1929 – Bill Wirtz, American businessman (d. 2007)
- 1930 – Pavel Popovich, Soviet astronaut (d. 2009)
- 1930 – Reinhard Selten, German economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1932 – Dean Prentice, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1932 – Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (d. 2006)
- 1933 – Doug Bailey, American political consultant (d. 2013)
- 1933 – Diane Cilento, Australian actress (d. 2011)
- 1934 – Angelo Buono, Jr., American serial killer (d. 2002)
- 1934 – Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian diplomat
- 1935 – Arlene Saunders, American soprano
- 1936 – Václav Havel, Czech politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic (d. 2011)
- 1937 – Barry Switzer, American football coach
- 1938 – Teresa Heinz Kerry, American businesswoman and philanthropist
- 1939 – Marie-Claire Blais, Canadian author and playwright
- 1939 – Marie Laforêt, French-Swiss singer and actress
- 1939 – Walter Wolf, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Walter Wolf Racing
- 1939 – Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino jurist
- 1940 – Rein Aun, Estonian decathlete (d. 1995)
- 1940 – Thom Christopher, American actor
- 1940 – John Byrne Cooke, American author and photographer
- 1940 – Milena Dravić, Serbian actress
- 1941 – Roy Book Binder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1941 – Eduardo Duhalde, Argentine lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina
- 1942 – Billy Scott, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
- 1942 – Richard Street, American singer-songwriter (The Temptations and The Monitors) (d. 2013)
- 1943 – Ben Cardin, American politician
- 1943 – Steve Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Steve Miller Band)
- 1945 – Brian Connolly, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sweet) (d. 1997)
- 1945 – Geoff Leigh, English saxophone player (Henry Cow)
- 1946 – Zahida Hina, Pakistani journalist and author
- 1946 – Jean Perron, Canadian ice hockey coach
- 1947 – Brian Johnson, English singer-songwriter (AC/DC and Geordie)
- 1947 – Michèle Pierre-Louis, Haitian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti
- 1948 – Carter Cornelius, American singer (Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose) (d. 1991)
- 1948 – Tawl Ross, American guitarist (Funkadelic)
- 1948 – Zoran Živković, Serbian author
- 1949 – Ralph Goodale, Canadian politician
- 1949 – Bill James, American historian and author
- 1949 – B. W. Stevenson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
- 1950 – Eddie Clarke, English guitarist (Motörhead and Fastway)
- 1950 – Jeff Conaway, American actor (d. 2011)
- 1950 – James Rizzi, American painter (d. 2011)
- 1951 – Karen Allen, American actress
- 1951 – Bob Geldof, Irish singer-songwriter, actor, and author (The Boomtown Rats)
- 1952 – Clive Barker, English author and director
- 1952 – Duncan Regehr, Canadian actor
- 1952 – Gigi Sabani, Italian television host and singer (d. 2007)
- 1955 – John Alexander, English footballer
- 1955 – Jean-Jacques Lafon, French singer-songwriter
- 1955 – Caroline Loeb, French actress and singer
- 1955 – Ángela Molina, Spanish actress
- 1957 – Mark Geragos, American lawyer
- 1957 – Lee Thompson, English singer-songwriter and saxophonist (Madness and The Dance Brigade)
- 1957 – Bernie Mac, American actor and comedian (d. 2008)
- 1958 – André Kuipers, Dutch physician and astronaut
- 1958 – Neil Peart, Australian footballer
- 1958 – Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist
- 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
- 1960 – Careca, Brazilian footballer
- 1960 – Daniel Baldwin, American actor, director, and producer
- 1960 – David Kirk, New Zealand rugby player
- 1960 – David Shannon, American author
- 1960 – Evangelia Tzampazi, Greek politician
- 1961 – Sharon Cheslow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Chalk Circle)
- 1961 – Matthew Kauffman, American journalist
- 1962 – Michael Andretti, American race car driver
- 1962 – Thomas Herbst, German footballer
- 1962 – Caron Keating, English television host (d. 2004)
- 1963 – Laura Davies, English golfer
- 1963 – Michael Hadschieff, Austrian speed skater
- 1964 – Keiji Fujiwara, Japanese voice actor
- 1964 – Philip A. Haigh, English author
- 1964 – Malik Saidullaev, Chechen businessman
- 1964 – Korina Sanchez, Filipino broadcaster
- 1965 – Trace Armstrong, American football player
- 1965 – Theo Bos, Dutch footballer and coach (d. 2013)
- 1965 – Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965 – Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1966 – Dennis Byrd, American football player
- 1966 – Sean M. Carroll, American cosmologist
- 1966 – Terri Runnels, American wrestler and manager
- 1966 – Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker referee
- 1967 – Rex Chapman, American basketball player
- 1967 – Guy Pearce, English-Australian actor and singer
- 1970 – Josie Bissett, American actress
- 1970 – Matthew Knights, Australian footballer
- 1970 – Audie Pitre, American singer and bass player (Acid Bath) (d. 1997)
- 1970 – Cal Wilson, New Zealand comedian and actress
- 1971 – South Park Mexican, American rapper, founded Dope House Records
- 1971 – Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentine footballer
- 1971 – Samuel Vincent, Canadian voice actor and singer
- 1972 – Annely Akkermann, Estonian politician
- 1972 – Aaron Guiel, Canadian baseball player
- 1972 – Grant Hill, American basketball player
- 1972 – Thomas Roberts, American journalist
- 1974 – Rich Franklin, American mixed martial artist
- 1974 – Heather Headley, Trinidadian-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1974 – Colin Meloy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Decemberists, Tarkio, and Happy Cactus)
- 1974 – Anousjka van Exel, Dutch tennis player
- 1974 – Alex Walkinshaw, English actor
- 1975 – Bobo Baldé, Guinean footballer
- 1975 – Carson Ellis, American illustrator
- 1975 – Christian Fährmann, German footballer
- 1975 – Parminder Nagra, English actress
- 1975 – Monica Rial American voice actress, director, and scriptwriter
- 1975 – Scott Weinger American actor and producer
- 1975 – Kate Winslet, English actress and singer
- 1976 – Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechen politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic
- 1976 – Song Seung-heon, South Korean actor
- 1976 – Royston Tan, Singaporean screenwriter and director
- 1976 – J. J. Yeley, American race car driver
- 1977 – Hugleikur Dagsson, Icelandic cartoonist, scriptwriter, and critic
- 1977 – Vinnie Paz, American rapper
- 1978 – Jesse Palmer, Canadian-American football player and sportscaster
- 1978 – Shane Ryan, Irish footballer
- 1978 – James Valentine, American guitarist (Maroon 5 and JJAMZ)
- 1978 – Morgan Webb, Canadian-American television host and producer
- 1979 – Vince Grella, Australian footballer
- 1979 – Joe Lipari, American comedian, radio host, and director
- 1979 – Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 – Paul Thomas, American bass player (Good Charlotte)
- 1980 – James Toseland, English motorcycle racer
- 1981 – Joel Lindpere, Estonian footballer
- 1981 – Andy Nägelein, German footballer
- 1981 – Kelvin Tan, Singaporean singer
- 1982 – Michael Roos, Estonian American footbll player
- 1982; – Brandi Williams, American singer-songwriter and actress (Blaque)
- 1982 – Steve Williams, Australian-German rugby player
- 1983 – Jesse Eisenberg, American actor
- 1983 – Nicky Hilton, American model and fashion designer
- 1983 – Florian Mayer, German tennis player
- 1983 – Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1983 – Noot Seear, Canadian model and actress
- 1984 – Naima Adedapo, American singer
- 1984 – Tiana Benjamin, English actress
- 1984 – Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian footballer
- 1985 – Nicola Roberts, English singer-songwriter and actress (Girls Aloud)
- 1986 – Mladen Bartulović, Croatian footballer
- 1987 – Kevin Mirallas, Belgian footballer
- 1987 – Tim Ream, American soccer player
- 1987 – Park So-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (T-ara)
- 1987 – [[David Tait [English rugby player]], (d.2012)
- 1987 – Javier Villa, Spanish race car driver
- 1987 – Luigi Vitale, Italian footballer
- 1988 – Bobby Edner, American singer, dancer, and actor (Varsity Fanclub)
- 1988 – Benny Howell, English cricketer
- 1988 – Bahar Kızıl, German singer-songwriter (Monrose)
- 1989 – Marcel Baude, German footballer
- 1989 – Ify Ibekwe, American basketball player
- 1991 – Betty Who, Australian singer-songwriter
Deaths
- 578 – Justin II, Byzantine emperor (b. 520)
- 1056 – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1017)
- 1112 – Sigebert of Gembloux, French author (b. 1030)
- 1214 – Alfonso VIII of Castile (b. 1155)
- 1285 – Philip III of France (b. 1245)
- 1528 – Richard Foxe, English bishop (b. 1448)
- 1540 – Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (b. 1488)
- 1564 – Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer (b. 1510)
- 1565 – Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (b. 1522)
- 1606 – Philippe Desportes, French poet (b. 1546)
- 1714 – Kaibara Ekiken, Japanese philosopher (b. 1630)
- 1740 – Jean-Philippe Baratier, German scholar (b. 1721)
- 1777 – Johann Andreas Segner, Slovak-German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)
- 1791 – Grigori Potemkin, Russian military leader and statesman (b. 1739)
- 1805 – Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general (b. 1738)
- 1813 – Tecumseh, American tribal leader (b. 1768)
- 1848 – Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German politician (b. 1781)
- 1861 – Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1778)
- 1880 – Jacques Offenbach, German-French composer (b. 1819)
- 1895 – Ralph Tollemache, English clergyman (b. 1826)
- 1913 – Hans von Bartels, German painter (b. 1856)
- 1918 – Roland Garros, French pilot (b. 1888)
- 1927 – Sam Warner, American film producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887)
- 1929 – Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest (b. 1876)
- 1930 – Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English military officer (b. 1875)
- 1933 – Renée Adorée, French actress (b. 1898)
- 1933 – Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)
- 1936 – J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (b. 1898)
- 1938 – Mary Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun, mystic and saint (b. 1905)
- 1940 – Ballington Booth, English-American co-founder of the Volunteers of America (b. 1857)
- 1940 – Lincoln Loy McCandless, American politician (b. 1859)
- 1940 – Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
- 1941 – Louis Brandeis, American jurist (b. 1856)
- 1943 – Leon Roppolo, American clarinet player (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1902)
- 1950 – Frederic Lewy, German neurologist (b. 1885)
- 1952 – Joe Jagersberger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1884)
- 1975 – Lady Constance Malleson, English actress and author (b. 1895)
- 1976 – Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1929)
- 1976 – Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
- 1981 – Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)
- 1983 – Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
- 1983 – Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded Tupperware (b. 1907)
- 1986 – Mike Burgmann, Australian race car driver (b. 1947)
- 1986 – Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898)
- 1986 – James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician (b. 1919)
- 1992 – Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (The Temptations) (b. 1939)
- 1993 – Jim Holton, Scottish footballer (b. 1951)
- 1995 – Linda Gary, American voice actress (b. 1944)
- 1996 – Seymour Cray, American engineer and businessman, founded CRAY Inc (b. 1925)
- 1997 – Brian Pillman, American football player and wrestler (b. 1962)
- 2000 – Cătălin Hîldan, Romanian footballer (b. 1976)
- 2001 – Mike Mansfield, American politician (b. 1903)
- 2002 – Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
- 2003 – Denis Quilley, English actor (b. 1927)
- 2003 – Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1978)
- 2003 – Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist, director, and producer (b. 1957)
- 2004 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian and actor (b. 1921)
- 2004 – William H. Dobelle, American biologist (b. 1941)
- 2004 – Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
- 2005 – Charles Rocket, American actor (b. 1949)
- 2006 – Jennifer Moss, English actress (b. 1945)
- 2006 – Antonio Peña, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (b. 1953)
- 2007 – Justin Tuveri, Italian soldier (b. 1898)
- 2009 – Mike Alexander, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Evile) (b. 1977)
- 2010 – Bernard Clavel, French author (b. 1923)
- 2010 – Mary Leona Gage, American model and actress, Miss USA 1957 (b. 1939)
- 2010 – Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (Gotthard) (b. 1963)
- 2011 – Derrick Bell, American academic and scholar (b. 1930)
- 2011 – Bert Jansch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pentangle) (b. 1943)
- 2011 – Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founder and of Apple Inc. (b. 1955)
- 2011 – Charles Napier, American actor (b. 1936)
- 2011 – Fred Shuttlesworth, American activist (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Vojin Dimitrijević, Serbian lawyer and activist (b. 1932)
- 2012 – James W. Holley, III, American politician (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Edvard Mirzoyan, Georgian-Armenian composer (b. 1921)
- 2012 – Claude Pinoteau, French director and scriptwriter (b. 1925)
Holidays and observances
- Armed Forces Day (Indonesia)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Constitution Day (Vanuatu)
- International Day of No Prostitution (International)
- One of the three Mundus patet (Roman Empire)
- Republic Day (Portugal)
- Teachers' Day (Pakistan)
- World Teachers' Day (International)
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