28th of October
The October 28 is the 301st day of the Gregorian calendar (the 302nd in leap years ), thus remain 64 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 306 : After Maxentius was not taken into account in the succession to the throne, he was proclaimed ruler ( princeps invictus ) of Rome by the Praetorians .
- 312 : The Roman Emperor Constantine the Great wins the battle at the Milvian Bridge , his rival Maxentius drowns in the Tiber. Constantine thereby becomes sole ruler in the west of the Roman Empire .
- 797 : Charlemagne issues the Capitulare Saxonicum . The law replaces death penalties with fines and puts the subject Saxons on an equal footing with the other peoples of the Frankish Empire .
- 1237 : First documentary mention of Berlin's sister city Cölln (located on the Spree island ); this is officially Berlin's birthday.
- 1427 : Frisian freedom : In the battle of the wild fields during the wars of liberation of the East Frisian chiefs , Focko Ukena finally defeats the East Frisian chief Ocko II. Tom Brok and thus ends tom Brok's rule over East Frisia .
- 1444 : After the heavy losses of the Armagnacs at the Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs , the French Dauphin Ludwig guarantees the Confederates a lasting friendship in the Peace of Ensisheim .
- 1462 : In the course of the Mainz collegiate feud , Archbishop Adolf II of Nassau conquered Mainz and ended its existence as a Free City .
- 1492 : Christopher Columbus reaches the island of Cuba on his first voyage .
- 1524 : During the Italian wars , the French King Francis I begins the siege of the city of Pavia with his army .
- 1599 : In the Battle of Schellenberg, the troops of Michael the Brave defeat the forces of the Hungarian Cardinal Andreas Báthory in Transylvania .
- 1628 : The siege of La Rochelle by troops of the French King Louis XIII. ends with the surrender of the Huguenot- inhabited city.
- 1664 : The Duke of York , later King James II , founds a regiment as Lord High Admiral , which becomes the Royal Marines .
- 1666 : In The Hague , the States General , Denmark , the Great Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg and the Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg form a quadruple alliance to protect the city of Bremen from being attacked by Sweden .
- 1776 : In the Battle of White Plains near New York City , the British under the command of William Howe and the support of a Hessian regiment defeated the American colonists under George Washington in the American War of Independence . However, they missed their chance to completely destroy the settlers' troops.
- 1806 : The Prussian army under Prince zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen surrenders to the French under Napoleon I in the fourth coalition war near Prenzlau .
- 1834 : In the Pinjarra massacre , police troops from the British colonialists in Australia kill up to 30 Aborigines , including children.
- 1835 : 31 Māori leaders sign the New Zealand Declaration of Independence in Waitangi .
- 1836 : The republics of Northern Peru and Southern Peru together with Bolivia form the Peruvian-Bolivian Confederation .
- 1884 : In the election for the 6th German Reichstag in the German Empire , the left-wing liberal parties suffer losses, while the conservatives and social democrats gain.
- 1894 : The Schutztruppe in German East Africa under Frhr. Friedrich v. Scheele conquered the Kalenga fortress near Iringa from the rebels under Chief Mkwawa , which largely ended the Hehe uprising .
- 1908 : The Daily Telegraph affair preoccupies the British and German public. Printed statements by Kaiser Wilhelm II trigger outrage and a state crisis in Germany. Chancellor von Bülow offers to resign. Sections of the public are calling for the emperor to abdicate.
- 1918 : The First Czechoslovak Republic is proclaimed in Prague .
- 1919 : Contrary to President Woodrow Wilson's veto , the US Congress passes the Volstead Act , which enshrines prohibition in the United States .
- 1922 : King Victor Emmanuel III. refuses to sign the emergency decree drawn up by the Italian government under Luigi Facta , with which the latter wanted to oppose the march on Rome organized by Benito Mussolini's fascists . The king's decision resulted in Mussolini's seizure of power a day later.
- 1940 : After the traditional simple όχι ( no ) of the Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxas on Mussolini's ultimatum to occupy the country, the attack of Italy on Greece begins in World War II from Albania . In Greece this day has been a national holiday since World War II.
- 1960 : Alfred Frenzel , member of the Bundestag, is arrested in Bonn . There is suspicion of espionage in favor of Czechoslovakia .
- 1962 : With Khrushchev giving in , the Cuban Missile Crisis ends. The rocket positions stationed in Cuba are subsequently dismantled.
- 1973 : Eight Arab oil countries announce an oil boycott against these countries in protest against the behavior of several oil-importing countries in the Yom Kippur War , thereby causing the first oil crisis .
- 1982 : In the elections in Spain , the Socialists (PSOE) win with 48.3 percent of the vote, the majority with 202 of 343 seats in parliament. Felipe González becomes the new Prime Minister-designate of the country.
- 1992 : Representatives of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China in Taiwan meet in Hong Kong for three-day political consultations, the result of which is later known as the " 1992 Consensus ".
- 1995 : António Guterres becomes the new Portuguese Prime Minister.
2007: Cristina with Néstor Kirchner in her election victory
- 2007 : In the presidential elections in Argentina , the former first wife Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is elected to the highest office in Argentina for the first time . In the parliamentary elections taking place at the same time, her party, the Peronist Frente para la Victoria, will be strengthened.
economy
- 1856 : Lisbon witnessed the opening of the first Portuguese railway line between the train station Santa Apolónia and the station in Carregado .
- 1858 : Rowland Hussey Macy opens a store with partners in New York City . Over time, it expands into the world's largest Macy’s department store .
- 1927 : Juan Terry Trippe founds Pan American World Airways in Key West, Florida .
- 1998 : Bill Clinton signs the Digital Millennium Copyright Act , passed by the US Senate on October 8 , which extends the rights of copyright owners in the United States .
- 2008 : Following Porsche's announcement that, taking into account the warrants held, it owns 74% of the ordinary shares of Volkswagen AG , the price of VW shares explodes to an all-time high of over EUR 1000 when the DAX starts trading. VW is thus the most expensive company in the world in the short term. Speculators had bet on falling prices with short sales and had been forced to buy VW shares.
science and technology
- 1538 : Pope Paul III. approved the establishment of the University in Santo Domingo .
- 1636 : In Cambridge is Harvard University founded. It owes its name to its first benefactor, John Harvard .
- 1767 : Philipp Carteret rediscovers the Admiralty Islands , which Dutch sailors were already familiar with.
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- 1869 : Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev publishes the periodic table of the elements .
- 1908 : During the first powered flight in Germany , Hans Grade covers 100 m with his self-made triplane in Magdeburg before it crash-lands.
- 1937 : Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth discovers the asteroid (69230) Hermes .
- 1971 : Great Britain successfully launches the Prospero satellite in Woomera with the Black Arrow launcher .
Culture
- 1788 : The first performance of the comic opera Der lahme Husar by Justin Heinrich Knecht takes place in Biberach an der Riß .
- 1886 : The 92 meter high Statue of Liberty in New York , a gift from the French people , is inaugurated by US President Stephen Grover Cleveland .
- 1888 : The one-act play Der Bär by Anton Chekhov is premiered at the Korsch Theater in Moscow . The poet himself calls his piece a "joke".
- 1893 : Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky himself conducts the world premiere of his 6th symphony in Saint Petersburg. Tchaikovsky's last work, which on the suggestion of his brother is called Pathétique the next day , is received only with moderate enthusiasm by the audience.
- 1905 : The Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus is inaugurated with the performance of Friedrich Hebbels Judith .
- 1915 : An Alpine Symphony by Richard Strauss is premiered under the direction of the composer .
- 1948 : At the National Theater in Prague, the opera Three Hair of Father Omniscient by Rudolf Karel is premiered .
- 1954 : Ernest Hemingway is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature .
- 1981 : The metal band Metallica is founded.
society
- 1533 : Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici marry. Both are 14 years old.
- 1589 : The presumably mentally ill Peter Stump is found guilty by the judiciary in Bedburg of having committed at least 16 murders, rape and incest in the form of a werewolf . Furthermore, he is accused of magic and living with a "devil". A few days later he is wheeled and beheaded to death. After Stump, werewolves in the Rhineland are still called Stüpp today.
religion
- 1061 : In Basel , at the instigation of the Roman-German King Henry IV, the bishop of Parma , Pietro Cadalus, is elected antipope Honorius II after Pope Alexander II became head of the church on September 30th without the participation of the imperial party.
- 1958 : On the fourth day of the conclave, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli succeeds the late Pius XII. elected Pope and takes the name John XXIII. on.
- 1965 : The Second Vatican Council adopts the declaration Nostra Aetate on the relationship to non-Christian religions.
- 2003 : The Association of the Catholic Apostolate is established by the Pontifical Council for the Laity as an association of believers .
Disasters
- 1707 : The Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Japan .
- 1746 : Around 18,000 people are killed in an 8.4 magnitude earthquake in the Lima area of Peru. The port city of Callao is practically wiped out by the subsequent tsunami.
- 1891 : The Mino Owari earthquake hits Japan . It is the second largest in the country's history to date, causing 7,273 deaths, 17,175 injuries and around 140,000 houses destroyed. Its strength is estimated at 8.0.
- 1995 : A fully occupied Baku Metro train catches fire in a tunnel. 289 people die, 269 get away with injuries. It is the worst underground disaster in the world to date.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
Sports
- 1900 : After more than five months, the Second Summer Olympic Games in Paris come to an end with the closing ceremony.
- 1908 : The Swedish sports club Örebro SK is founded.
- 1951 : The Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio wins on the Pedralbes Circuit in the final race of the season the Spanish Grand Prix and at the same time world champion in Formula 1 .
- 1993 : When qualifying for the soccer World Cup in the Asian Zone , the Doha tragedy occurs . The Iraq succeed the game, the balance against in the 92nd minute Japan . With this, the Japanese hopes of participating in the World Cup tournament are being dashed; South Korea is allowed to travel to the USA in 1994 instead .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
Henry III.
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Louise Marie Madeleine Fontaine (* 1706)
Marie of Hessen-Kassel (* 1767)
- 1016 or 1017 : Heinrich III. , Roman-German emperor
- 1200 : Ludwig IV. , Landgrave of Thuringia and Count Palatine of Saxony
- 1281 : Henry Gray, 3rd Baron Gray de Wilton , English nobleman
- 1383 : Johannes Seld de Leubs , Austrian theologian and lawyer
- 1435 : Andrea Della Robbia , Florentine sculptor
- 1489 : Simon Pistoris the Younger , German lawyer and Chancellor of the Duchy of Saxony
- 1510 : Francisco de Borja , third general of the Jesuits
- 1517 : Jobst von Brandt , German nobleman
- 1536 : Felix Platter , Swiss doctor and writer
- 1550 : Stanislaus Kostka , Jesuit and national patron of Poland
- 1566 : Burkhard von Erlach , lawyer and court marshal
- 1576 : Rudolf von Anhalt-Zerbst , Prince of Anhalt
- 1581 : Domenichino , Italian painter
- 1585 : Cornelius Jansen , Dutch theologian
- 1610 : Jakob Kettler , ruler of the Courland
- 1623 : Johann Grueber , Austrian explorer, Jesuit and missionary
- 1644 : Franz Ferdinand Freiherr von Rummel , Prince-Bishop of the Diocese of Vienna
- 1667 : Maria Anna von der Pfalz , German wife of King Charles II of Spain, Naples, Sicily and Sardinia
- 1670 : Jacob-Sigisbert Adam , French sculptor
- 1692 : Joseph Ferdinand , Elector Prince of Bavaria and Prince of Asturias
- 1696 : Moritz Graf von Sachsen , German general and war theorist
- 1696 : Paolo Fontana , Italian architect
- 1697 : Johann Gottfried Auerbach , German painter
18th century
- 1703 : Johann Gottlieb Graun , German violinist and composer
- 1706 : Louise Marie Madeleine Fontaine , French salonnière of the Enlightenment
- 1712 : Jacques Mathon de La Cour , French mathematician and mechanic
- 1722 : Maria Eva Sophia von Starhemberg , Princess of Orange and Princess of Nassau-Siegen, Landgrave of Hessen-Rotenburg
- 1727 : Conrad Siegmund Drag , German Lutheran theologian and doomsday prophet
- 1728 : Johann Gottlieb Waldin , German university professor
- 1732 : Giuseppe Aprile , famous Italian opera singer and castrato
- 1758 : Joseph-François-Louis Damas , French nobleman and colonel
- 1759 : Andrei Nikiforowitsch Voronichin , Russian architect, sculptor and painter
- 1761 : Giovanni Antonio Giobert , Italian chemist and mineralogist
- 1762 : Karl Philipp Conz , German poet and writer
- 1766 : Wilhelm Anton Ficker , German medic
- 1767 : Marie von Hessen-Kassel , German princess, queen of Denmark
- 1768 : Johannes Falk , German poet
- 1769 : Johann Christian Stark the Younger , German medic
- 1773 : Gotthard Emanuel von Aderkas , German-Baltic diplomat and administrative officer
- 1780 : Ernst Gebhard Salomon Anschütz , German teacher and poet, composer and organist
- 1789 : Johann Gottlob Schneider , German composer and organist
- 1794 : Leopold Ferdinand Eduard Dietrich von Arnim , Prussian lieutenant general
- 1794 : Karl Krazeisen , Bavarian infantry officer and painter
- 1798 : Levi Coffin , American Quaker, abolitionist, and businessman
- 1799 : Ole Gabriel Ueland Norwegian politician
19th century
1801-1875
- 1803 : Elisa Radziwiłł , first love of Kaiser Wilhelm I.
- 1803 : Caroline Unger , Austrian singer
- 1807 : Cyprian Friedrich Marianne Romberg , German cellist
- 1810 : Adley Hogan Gladden , American brigadier general
- 1811 : Orazio Antinori , Italian zoologist and traveler
- 1816 : Malwida von Meysenbug , German writer
- 1826 : Wilhelm Christoph Friedrich Arnold , German lawyer, legal, economic and cultural historian and politician
- 1828 : Paul Ludwig Bassenge , German lawyer, entrepreneur and politician, MdL
- 1831 : Meinardus Siderius Pols , Dutch legal scholar
- 1832 : Caroline Hammer , Danish photographer
- 1836 : James Edward Tierney Aitchison , English physician, botanist, plant collector and traveler
- 1836 : George Monroe Beebe , American politician
- 1840 : Joseph Fifer , American politician
- 1840 : Georgine Schubert , German actress
- 1842 : Louis Cardinal Luçon , French Archbishop
- 1844 : Mary Katharine Brandegee , American botanist and plant collector
- 1847 : Elilla Bagge , German writer
- 1852 : Theodor Fritsch , German publicist and anti-Semite
- 1852 : Heinrich Otto Lehmann , German legal scholar, legal historian and university professor
- 1855 : Francis James Gillen , Australian anthropologist and ethnologist
- 1856 : Anna Elizabeth Klumpke , American painter
- 1858 : Friedrich von Kalitsch , German forester
- 1860 : Hugo Preuss , German constitutional law teacher and politician, MdL, Reich Minister, is considered the father of the Weimar Reich constitution
- 1861 : Adam Jende , Latvian clergyman and evangelical martyr
- 1863 : Ethel Sargant , British botanist
- 1865 : Pierre Kunc , French composer and organist
- 1866 : Elsa Bernstein , German writer and theater poet
- 1867 : Hans Driesch , German biologist
- 1868 : James B. Connolly , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1869 : George Tallis , Australian theater entrepreneur
- 1870 : Hans Anetsberger , German portrait and landscape painter
1876-1900
- 1876 : Clara Israel , German social worker and first female magistrate in Prussia
- 1877 : Alfred Kase , German opera singer and poet
- 1877 : Emmy Stradal , Austrian politician, member of the National Council
- 1878 : Conrado del Campo , Spanish composer, violinist and music teacher
- 1878 : Dora Dreesen-Horn , German painter
- 1879 : Luisa Capetillo , Puerto Rican feminist and anarchist
- 1880 : Wilhelm Robert Karl Anderson , German-Baltic astrophysicist
- 1880 : Michele Cipolla , Italian mathematician
- 1880 : Hans Schomburgk , German African explorer and pioneer of animal films
- 1881 : Clara Jung Mittag , German politician, MdL
- 1882 : Grigol Robakidze , Georgian writer
- 1885 : Karl Attenberger , German cameraman
- 1885 : Per Albin Hansson , Swedish Prime Minister
- 1885 : Auguste Caroline Lammer , Austrian bank founder
- 1885 : Gustav Sack , German writer, poet and playwright
- 1886 : Rudolf zur Bonsen , German administrative lawyer and district president
- 1886 : Frans de Bruyn Kops , Dutch football player
- 1887 : Fred Barry , Canadian actor and singer
- 1889 : Rafael Alberto Arrieta , Argentine educator, writer and translator
- 1889 : Juliette Béliveau , Canadian actress
- 1891 : Nora Groß , German mineralogist, crystallographer and university professor
- 1891 : Egon Kornauth , Austrian composer and conductor
- 1893 : René Ahrlé , German graphic artist, painter and photographer
- 1893 : Paul Arendt , German engineer
- 1893 : Karl Farkas , Austrian actor and director, writer and cabaret artist
- 1893 : Ida Wolff , German politician, MdL
- 1894 : John Ronan , Canadian composer, choir director and music teacher
- 1897 : Edith Head , American costume designer
- 1897 : Leutfrid Signer , Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman and educator
- 1898 : František Běhounek , Czech physicist and writer
- 1900 : Sebastià Juan Arbó , Spanish novelist and dramaturge
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Franz Miltner , Austrian ancient historian and archaeologist
- 1902 : Elsa Lanchester , British-American actress
- 1902 : Hermann Runge , German politician, Nazi victim, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1902 : Maria Schweitzer , German politician, MdL
- 1903 : Evelyn Waugh , British writer
- 1905 : Martin Achter , German priest and prelate
- 1905 : Karl Hipfinger , Austrian weightlifter
- 1906 : John P. Austin , American production designer
- 1906 : Elisabeth Schache , German nun and general procurator
- 1907 : Edith Ennen , German historian and archivist
- 1907 : Tommy Hampson , British middle-distance runner, Olympic champion
- 1908 : Arturo Frondizi , Argentine President
- 1909 : Francis Bacon , British painter
- 1909 : Werner Georg Haverbeck , German clergyman and publicist, historian and folklorist
- 1909 : Hilde Seipp , German actress
- 1910 : Marie Dollinger , German athlete
- 1912 : Alfred Schmalzer , Austrian handball player
- 1914 : Liesel Beckmann , German business economist
- 1914 : Jonas Edward Salk , American bacteriologist
- 1914 : Ileana Sonnabend , American gallery owner
- 1914 : Richard LM Synge , British chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1915 : Jürgen Thorwald , German writer
- 1916 : Pearl Hackney , British actress
- 1916 : Erich Mende , German lawyer and politician, Federal Minister
- 1917 : Harold Brown , Canadian pianist
- 1917 : Honor Frost , British professional diver, archaeologist and pioneer of underwater archeology
- 1918 : Carl Hermann , Austrian sculptor and co-founder of the long-distance hiking movement
- 1918 : Paul Rudolph , American architect
- 1919 : Walt Hansgen , American racing car driver
- 1919 : Bernhard Wicki , Austrian actor and director
- 1920 : Hilde Kaufmann , German criminologist and legal scholar
- 1921 : Alewtina Bilinkina , Soviet volcanologist and geologist
- 1922 : Günter Bast , German medic
- 1922 : Silvia De Grasse , Panamanian singer
- 1922 : Marie Louise Fischer , German writer
- 1922 : Ernest Vaast , French football player
- 1924 : Antonio Creus , Spanish racing car driver
- 1924 : Alfonso Montecino , Chilean pianist, composer and music teacher
1926-1950
- 1927 : Cleo Laine , British jazz singer
- 1928 : Giulio Angioni , Italian writer and anthropologist
- 1928 : Cathy Ubels , Dutch politician, MP
- 1929 : John Hollander , American lyric poet
- 1929 : Joan Plowright , British actress
- 1930 : Barbara Brecht-Schall , German theater actress and costume designer, heiress Bertolt Brechts
- 1930 : Irmgard Düren , German actress, cabaret artist and presenter of GDR television
- 1930 : Bernie Ecclestone , British motor racing official and entrepreneur
- 1930 : Raimund Girke , German painter
- 1930 : Charlotte Posenenske , German painter, sculptor and social scientist
- 1930 : Philip Saville , British film director and screenwriter, film producer and actor
- 1931 : Jimmy Patton , American country and rockabilly musician
- 1932 : Gerhart Baum , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister, UN human rights officer
- 1932 : Spyros Kyprianou , Greek Cypriot President of the Republic of Cyprus
- 1932 : Suzy Parker , American film actress and model
- 1933 : Garrincha , Brazilian soccer player
- 1933 : Katharina Zimmermann , Swiss writer
- 1934 : Douglas Tate , British specialist author and harmonica player, manufacturer and dealer
- 1935 : Folke Rabe , Swedish composer and jazz trombonist
- 1936 : Nikolaus Aidelsburger , German politician
- 1936 : Horst Antes , German painter, sculptor and graphic artist
- 1936 : Charlie Daniels , American musician, singer, and songwriter
- 1937 : Graham Bond , British jazz and blues musician
- 1937 : Helge Breloer , German expert, lawyer and non-fiction author
- 1938 : Keigo Abe , Japanese karateka
- 1938 : Howard Blake , British film composer
- 1938 : Dieter Holzapfel , German politician
- 1938 : Anne Perry , British crime novelist
- 1938 : Jim Post , American folk singer, singer-songwriter, author, and actor
- 1938 : Volker Schneller , German handball player and handball trainer
- 1939 : Jane Alexander , American actress
- 1939 : Heinz Heinrich Bauer , German publisher
- 1939 : Sara Dylan , wife of Bob Dylan, mother of Jakob Dylan
- 1939 : Curtis Lee , American singer
- 1940 : Karl Arnold , German weightlifter
- 1941 : Hank B. Marvin , British musician and songwriter ( Drifters )
- 1943 : Cornelia Froboess , German actress and singer
- 1943 : Jürgen Lang , German Romance studies and university professor
- 1944 : Coluche , French actor
- 1944 : Dennis Franz , American actor
- 1944 : Anton Schlecker , German entrepreneur
- 1945 : Elton Dean , British jazz and fusion musician
- 1947 : Jō Kondō , Japanese composer
- 1948 : Ingrid Pankraz , German politician
- 1948 : Joe Sachse , German jazz guitarist
- 1949 : Caitlyn Jenner , American television personality
- 1949 : Howard Sandroff , American composer and music teacher
- 1950 : Annette Humpe , German musician
1951-1975
- 1951 : Klaus Auhuber , German ice hockey player
- 1952 : Tuck Andress , American jazz guitarist
- 1952 : Jörgen Augustsson , Swedish football player
- 1952 : Annie Potts , American actress
- 1953 : Desmond Child , American composer and producer
- 1953 : Ulrich Meyer , Swiss lawyer, President of the Federal Supreme Court
- 1955 : Bill Gates , American entrepreneur ( Microsoft )
- 1955 : Yves Simoneau , Canadian film director, film producer and screenwriter
- 1956 : Mahmud Ahmadineschad , Iranian President
- 1956 : Michael Guggemos , German politician and trade unionist
- 1956 : Hans-Jürgen Jakobs , German journalist
- 1956 : Franky Vercauteren , Belgian football player and coach
- 1956 : Volker Zotz , Austrian philosopher
- 1957 : Florence Arthaud , French sailor and skipper
- 1957 : Manfred Freisler , German handball player
- 1957 : Ahmet Kaya , Kurdish singer
- 1957 : Stephen Morris , British drummer
- 1959 : Peter Pacult , Austrian football player and coach
- 1962 : Scotty Nguyen , American poker player
- 1963 : Lauren Holly , American-Canadian actress and film producer
- 1963 : Eros Ramazzotti , Italian pop singer
- 1964 : Jan Suski , German graphic artist, comic artist and illustrator
- 1964 : Scott Russell , American motorcycle racer
- 1965 : Ralf Kohl , German soccer player
- 1966 : Steve Atwater , American football player
- 1966 : Maren Schumacher , German actress
- 1967 : Martin Brambach , German theater and film actor
- 1967 : André Eisermann , German theater and film actor
- 1967 : Kevin Macdonald , British film director, screenwriter and film producer
- 1967 : Julia Roberts , American actress
- 1967 : Jan Weiler , German journalist and book author
- 1968 : Kurt Appel , Austrian philosopher
- 1968 : Rosanna Rocci , German-Italian singer
- 1968 : Uwe Tellkamp , German doctor and writer
- 1969 : Michael Rotschopf , Austrian actor
- 1970 : Christof Unterberger , Austrian cellist and composer
- 1972 : Terrell Davis , American football player
- 1973 : Daniel Erdmann , German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
- 1973 : Martin Klempnow , German actor and voice actor
- 1973 : Fabian Römer , Swiss musician and film composer
- 1974 : Naida Cole , Canadian-American pianist and flautist
- 1974 : Joaquin Phoenix , American actor
- 1974 : Florian Schmidt-Foss , German actor and voice actor
- 1975 : Montel Vontavious Porter , American wrestler
- 1975 : Wayne Shields , South African lighting technician and cameraman
1976-2000
- 1977 : Jana Arnošová , Czech handball player
- 1977 : Christoph Bieler , Austrian Nordic combined athlete
- 1977 : Thomas Goller , German athlete
- 1977 : Sascha Rösler , German soccer player
- 1978 : Lara Joy Körner , German actress
- 1979 : Isabella Ochichi , Kenyan athlete
- 1980 : Peter Windhofer , Austrian actor
- 1981 : Milan Baroš , Czech football player
- 1982 : Jeremy Bonderman , American baseball player
- 1982 : Matt Smith , British theater and television actor
- 1984 : Caner Ağca , Turkish football player
- 1984 : Obafemi Martins , Nigerian soccer player
- 1985 : Anthony Fantano , American web video producer and music critic
- 1985 : Gaëtane Thiney , French soccer player
- 1987 : Aaron Meijers , Dutch soccer player
- 1987 : Frank Ocean , American singer-songwriter
- 1988 : Kévin Estre , French racing car driver
- 1988 : Ko Euna , South Korean actress
- 1989 : Louis Klamroth , German actor
- 1989 : Devin Ebanks , American basketball player
- 1991 : Orhan Ademi , Macedonian-Swiss football player
- 1991 : Lucy Bronze , English soccer player
- 1992 : Massimo Rossi , Italian motorboat enthusiast
- 1994 : Angélica Simari Birkner , Argentine ski racer
- 1994 : Robin Zentner , German soccer goalkeeper
- 1995 : Vincent Koziello , French football player
- 1996 : Jasmine Jessica Anthony , American actress
- 1997 : Alexander Schulze , German handball player
- 1998 : Nolan Gould , American actor
Died
Before the 16th century
- 312 : Maxentius , Roman Emperor
- 457 : Ibas of Edessa , Assyrian bishop
- 816 : Beggo I , Count of Toulouse and Count of Paris
- 915 : Ali ibn al-Fadl , Ismaili missionary in Yemen
- 994 : Sigeric the Serious , Archbishop of Canterbury
- 998 : Siegfried I , Count in the Moselgau and Vogt of the Imperial Abbey of St. Maximin, founder of Luxembourg
- 1028 : Werner I of Habsburg , Bishop of Strasbourg
- 1138 : Bolesław III. Wrymouth , Duke of Poland
- 1161 : Imar of Tusculum , French Benedictine and cardinal
- 1185 : Ludwig III. von Arnstein , count and founder of the monastery
- 1188 : Gebhard III. , Count of Sulzbach
- 1194 : Berno von Hildesheim , Bishop of Hildesheim
- 1225 : Jien , Japanese Buddhist monk, historian and poet
- 1232 : Ranulf de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester , Norman nobleman
- 1302 : Matteo d'Acquasparta , Italian cardinal
- 1312 : Gerhard II , Count of Holstein-Plön
- 1313 : Elisabeth of Carinthia, Gorizia and Tyrol , Duchess of Austria and Styria and elected Roman-German queen
- 1327 : Teresa d'Entença , Countess of Urgell
- 1363 : Lupold von Bebenburg , Bishop of Bamberg
- 1412 : Margaret I , Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
- 1438 : Pietro Loredan , Venetian admiral
16th to 18th century
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- 1553 : Giovanni Salviati , Cardinal of the Roman Church
- 1561 : Jacob Beurlin , German theologian and reformer
- 1562 : George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly , member of the Scottish aristocracy
- 1568 : Ashikaga Yoshihide , Japanese shogun
- 1580 : Margarete von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , Duchess of Münsterberg, Oels and Bernstadt
- 1586 : Johann Günther I , Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- 1592 : Augerius Gislenius Busbequius , Flemish humanist and diplomat
- 1627 : Jahangir , Indian Mughal emperor
- 1628 : John Felton , English puritan
- 1628 : Eusebius Schenck , Bohemian medic
- 1637 : Foppe van Aitzema , Braunschweig lawyer and politician
- 1639 : Stefano Landi , Italian singer, conductor and composer
- 1646 : William Dobson , English painter
- 1647 : Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera , Spanish colonial administrator and viceroy of Peru
- 1688 : Șerban I. Cantacuzino , voivode of Wallachia
- 1704 : John Locke , English philosopher and enlightenment thinker
- 1708 : Franz Martinelli , Austrian architect
- 1713 : Paolo Lorenzani , Italian composer and conductor
- 1721 : Johann Conrad Vogel , organ builder from Upper Palatinate
- 1722 : Wilhelm Hermann Ignatz Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht , provost and auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Münster
- 1726 : Felix Freywiller , Swiss stonemason and sculptor
- 1740 : Anna , Tsarina of Russia
- 1754 : Friedrich von Hagedorn , German rococo poet
- 1763 : Heinrich von Brühl , electoral Saxon and royal Polish prime minister
- 1765 : Martin Speer , Regensburg painter
- 1768 : Michel Blavet , French flautist and composer
- 1776 : Sophie von Sachsen-Hildburghausen , Duchess of Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld
- 1778 : Carlos Francisco de Croix , Spanish officer, colonial administrator and viceroy of New Spain
- 1787 : Johann Karl August Musäus , German writer and literary critic
- 1792 : John Smeaton , British engineer
- 1798 : Juan José Pérez Hernández , Spanish navigator and explorer
19th century
- 1814 : Caspar Steinlin , Swiss mayor
- 1815 : Jacob Fidelis Ackermann , German medic
- 1818 : Abigail Adams , American first lady
- 1821 : Gaspare Pacchierotti , Italian opera singer and castrato
- 1825 : Karl Ambros Glutz-Rüchti , Swiss Catholic clergyman
- 1826 : Martin Johann Wikosch , Austrian educator.
- 1841 : Johan August Arfwedson , Swedish chemist
- 1854 : Heinrich Friedrich Otto Abel , German historian
- 1878 : Johann Georg Kohl , German travel writer, geographer and historian
- 1878 : Johann Wöbcken , German politician
- 1880 : Edouard Séguin , French doctor and educator
- 1882 : Muhammad III. al-Husain , Bey of Tunis
- 1889 : Gustav von Rümelin , German educator and statistician
- 1894 : Rudolf Hildebrand , German Germanist, teacher and linguist
- 1897 : Peter Imandt , German revolutionary and representative of the labor movement
- 1899 : Ottmar Mergenthaler , German-American precision mechanic ( Linotype )
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901 : Paul Rée , German philosopher
- 1912 : Werner von Bolton , German chemist and materials scientist, inventor of the metallic filament
- 1914 : Richard Heuberger the Elder , Austrian composer, conductor, music teacher and music journalist
- 1916 : Cleveland Abbe , American astronomer and meteorologist
- 1916 : Oswald Boelcke , German fighter pilot
- 1924 : Walter Boveri , Swiss-German industrialist, co-founder of Brown, Boveri & Cie ( BBC )
- 1929 : Theodore E. Burton , American politician
- 1929 : Bernhard Fürst von Bülow , German politician, Minister of State, Chancellor of the Reich
- 1931 : Patrick McMahon Glynn , Australian politician
- 1932 : Willi Max Scheid , German architect, commercial artist and university professor
- 1937 : Georg Domizlaff , German President of the Oberpostdirektion
- 1937 : Martin Donndorf , Lord Mayor of Weimar from 1910 to 1920
- 1939 : Alice Brady , American actress
- 1943 : Guillermo Vergara , Chilean painter
- 1944 : Kurt Gerron , German actor and director
- 1946 : Manuel Ortiz de Zárate , Chilean painter
- 1949 : Jaroslav Labský , Czech composer
1951-2000
- 1959 : Walther Bauersfeld , German engineer and physicist
- 1960 : Margarita Abella Caprile , Argentine writer
- 1964 : Harold Hitz Burton , American judge and politician
- 1965 : Luigi Amoroso , Italian mathematician and economist
- 1965 : Earl Bostic , American musician
- 1968 : Annedore Leber , German publicist and politician
- 1969 : Teodoro Fuchs , Argentine conductor and music teacher
- 1969 : Kornei Tschukowski , Russian poet
- 1970 : Dorothy Vernon , American actress
- 1972 : Mitchell Leisen , American film director
- 1973 : Lis Beyer-Volger , German textile designer, weaver and graphic artist
- 1973 : Taha Hussein , Arabic writer
- 1973 : Sergio Tofano , Italian comic artist, writer, director, actor and makeup artist
- 1974 : Bill Campbell , American football player
- 1975 : Franz Marszalek , German conductor
- 1975 : Hans Uhlmann , German sculptor
- 1977 : Bruno Linienbach , German SS group leader, lieutenant general of the Waffen SS, charged as a war criminal
- 1980 : Benvenuto Terzi , Italian composer and concert guitarist
- 1981 : Gerhard Gregor , German organist and pianist
- 1982 : Mario Agustoni , Swiss politician and lawyer
- 1982 : Robert d'Escourt Atkinson , British astronomer, physicist and inventor
- 1984 : Knut Erik Alexander Nordahl , Swedish football player
- 1988 : Pietro Annigoni , Italian painter
- 1989 : Rudolf von Bennigsen-Foerder , German manager and CEO ( VEBA )
- 1989 : Kateb Yacine , Algerian writer
- 1990 : Sigrid Kressmann-Zschach , German architect and building contractor
- 1990 : Robert Jan Verbelen , Flemish writer
- 1991 : Sebastião Gomes , East Timorese independence activist
- 1994 : Liselotte Dieckmann , German Germanist and literary scholar
- 1994 : Agnes Fink , German actress
- 1995 : Spiridon Neven DuMont , German photographer
- 1995 : Gisela Schlüter , German actress and cabaret artist
- 1996 : Maria Grevesmühl , German violinist and university lecturer
- 1996 : Franca Magnani , Italian journalist
- 1998 : Ted Hughes , British poet
- 1999 : Robert Linn , American composer and music teacher
- 2000 : Carlos Guastavino , Argentine composer
21st century
- 2002 : Erling Persson , Swedish entrepreneur (founder of H&M)
- 2002 : Gerhard Szczesny , German philosopher
- 2003 : Joan Perucho , Spanish writer
- 2004 : Gertrud Burgsthaler-Schuster , Austrian opera singer
- 2004 : Maximos Salloum , Lebanese Archbishop
- 2005 : Eugene K. Bird , American officer, director of the Spandau War Crimes Prison
- 2005 : Raymond Hains , French painter and sculptor
- 2005 : Richard E. Smalley , American chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 2006 : Red Auerbach , American basketball coach
- 2006 : Maria Christina Aumont , French actress
- 2006 : Peter Gingold , German communist and resistance fighter
- 2007 : Evelyn Hamann , German actress
- 2007 : Jimmy Makulis , Greek pop singer
- 2007 : Hilmar Selle , German politician
- 2008 : Buck Adams , American porn actor and director
- 2009 : Heiner Gautschy , Swiss radio and television journalist
- 2009 : Taylor Mitchell , Canadian folk singer
- 2010 : James MacArthur , American actor
- 2010 : Jonathan Motzfeldt , Greenlandic politician
- 2011 : Jiří Gruša , Czech writer, poet, dissident and diplomat
- 2012 : Merry Anders , American actress
- 2013 : Tadeusz Mazowiecki , Polish politician
- 2014 : Eberhard Prüter , German actor and voice actor
- 2019 : Kay Hagan , American politician
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Simon , Apostle (Anglican, Evangelical, Catholic)
- St. Jude Thaddäus , Apostle (Protestant, Catholic)
- St. Marcellus of Tangier , Roman soldier and martyr (Protestant, Catholic memorial day is October 30th )
- St. Cassian of Tangier , Roman martyr, possibly scribe (Protestant, the Catholic feast day is on December 3rd )
- Name days
- State holidays and memorial days
- Greece : Ochi Day (1940)
- Czech Republic : Establishment of Czechoslovakia (1918)
The list of commemorative and action days contains further entries .
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