October 10

Events

680 – Battle of Karbala: Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, is decapitated by forces under Caliph Yazid I. This is commemorated by Muslims as Aashurah.

732 – Battle of Tours: A force commanded by Charles Martel defeats an army of the Umayyad Caliphate between Poitiers and Tours in western France.

1471 – Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by King Christian I of Denmark.

1575 – Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.

1580 – Over 600 Papal troops land at Dún an Óir, Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion.

1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

1631 – An Electorate of Saxony army takes over Prague.

1760 – In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname – descended from escaped slaves – gain territorial autonomy.

1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.

1845 – In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 midshipman students and seven professors.

1846 – Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell.

1868 – Carlos Céspedes issues the Grito de Yara from his plantation, La Demajagua, proclaiming Cuba's independence

1871 – Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8 to October 10.

1897 – German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).

1903 – The Women's Social and Political Union was founded by Emmeline Pankhurst

1911 – The Wuchang Uprising leads to the demise of the Qing dynasty, the last Imperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China.

1913 – United States President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, ending construction on the Panama Canal.

1920 – The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.

1928 – Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.

1933 – United Airlines Boeing 247 mid-air explosion: A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.

1935 – A coup d'état by the royalist leadership of the Greek Armed Forces takes place in Athens. It overthrows the government of Panagis Tsaldaris and establishes a regency under Georgios Kondylis, effectively ending the Second Hellenic Republic.

1938 – The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany.

1945 – The Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang signed a principle agreement in Chongqing about the future of post-war China. Later, the pact is commonly referred to as the Double Tenth Agreement.

1953 – A Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.

1957 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.

1957 – The Windscale fire in Cumbria, U.K. is the world's first major nuclear accident.

1963 – France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.

1963 – The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.

1964 – The opening ceremony of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, is broadcast live in the first Olympic telecast relayed by geostationary satellite.

1967 – The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, comes into force.

1970 – Fiji becomes independent.

1970 – In Montreal, a national crisis hits Canada when Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.

1971 – Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

1973 – Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.

1975 – Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.

1980 – The 7.1 Mw El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme); at least 2,633 people were killed and 8,369 were injured.

1980 – FMLN is founded in El Salvador.

1985 – United States Navy F-14 fighter jets intercept an Egyptian plane carrying the hijackers of the Achille Lauro cruise ship, and force it to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily where they are arrested.

1986 – The 5.7 Mw San Salvador earthquake shook San Salvador, El Salvador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Up to 1,500 people were killed.

1997 – An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.

1998 – A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.

2009 – Armenia and Turkey sign protocols in Zurich, Switzerland to open their borders.

2010 – The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.

2015 – Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara near the main train station leave at least 102 people dead and over 400 wounded.

Births

AD 19 – Tiberius Gemellus, Roman son of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla (d. 38)

786 – Saga, emperor of Japan (d. 842)

867 – Li Siyuan, Chinese emperor (d. 933)

1332 – King Charles II of Navarre (d. 1387)

1344 – Mary of Waltham, duchess of Brittany (d. 1361)

1421 – John Paston, English politician (d. 1466)

1486 – Charles III, Duke of Savoy (d. 1553)

1567 – Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (d. 1597)

1599 – Étienne Moulinié, French composer and director (d. 1676)

1656 – Nicolas de Largillière, French painter and academic (d. 1746)

1669 – Johann Nicolaus Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1753)

1678 – John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish general and politician, Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland (d. 1743)

1684 – Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter (d. 1721)

1700 – Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor and illustrator (d. 1759)

1731 – Henry Cavendish, French-English chemist, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1810)

1780 – John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher (d. 1844)

1794 – William Whiting Boardman, American judge and politician (d. 1871)

1813 – Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer and philanthropist (d. 1901)

1819 – Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, German theologian and author (d. 1883)

1825 – Paul Kruger, South African soldier and politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (d. 1904)

1828 – Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1890)

1830 – Isabella II of Spain (d. 1904)

1834 – Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (d. 1872)

1837 – Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (d. 1863)

1858 – Maurice Prendergast, American painter and academic (d. 1924)

1861 – Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)

1864 – T. Frank Appleby, American businessman and politician (d. 1924)

1870 – Louise Mack, Australian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1935)

1872 – Dionysios Kasdaglis, Egyptian-Greek tennis player (d. 1931)

1877 – William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (d. 1963)

1884 – Nikolai Klyuev, Russian poet and author (d. 1937)

1884 – Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (d. 1958)

1885 – Walter Anderson, Belarusian-German ethnologist and academic (d. 1962)

1885 – Jean Peyrière, French actor (d. 1965)

1889 – Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter and forger (d. 1947)

1895 – Alfred Neuland, Estonian weightlifter (d. 1966)

1895 – Fridolf Rhudin, Swedish actor (d. 1935)

1895 – Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (d. 1945)

1898 – Lilly Daché, French-American fashion designer (d. 1989)

1900 – Helen Hayes, American actress (d. 1993)

1901 – Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (d. 1966)

1902 – K. Shivaram Karanth, Indian journalist, author, and activist (d. 1997)

1903 – Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (d. 1983)

1903 – Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (d. 1969)

1903 – Bei Shizhang, Chinese biologist and academic (d. 2009)

1905 – Aksella Luts, Estonian actress, screenwriter, dancer, and choreographer(d. 2005)

1906 – Paul Creston, American composer and educator (d. 1985)

1906 – R. K. Narayan, Indian author (d. 2001)

1908 – Johnny Green, American conductor and composer (d. 1989)

1908 – Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan author and poet (d. 1983)

1909 – Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director (d. 2010)

1910 – Julius Shulman, American photographer and environmentalist (d. 2009)

1911 – Clare Hollingworth, English journalist and author (d. 2017)

1912 – Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic (d. 2000)

1913 – Claude Simon, Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)

1914 – Tommy Fine, American baseball player and businessman (d. 2005)

1914 – Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1974)

1915 – Harry Edison, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1999)

1917 – Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (d. 1982)

1919 – Willard Estey, Canadian academic and jurist (d. 2002)

1919 – Gerry Gomez, Trinidadian cricketer, manager, and umpire (d. 1996)

1919 – Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)

1922 – Merv Pregulman, American football player, businessman, and philanthropist (d. 2012)

1923 – Louis Gottlieb, American singer and bass player (d. 1996)

1923 – Nicholas Parsons, English actor and game show host

1923 – Murray Walker, English journalist and sportscaster

1924 – James Clavell, Australian-American director, producer, screenwriter, and author (d. 1994)

1924 – Ludmilla Tchérina, French actress, ballerina, and choreographer (d. 2004)

1924 – Ed Wood, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter (d. 1978)

1926 – Oscar Brown, American singer-songwriter, playwright, and actor (d. 2005)

1926 – Richard Jaeckel, American actor (d. 1997)

1927 – Dana Elcar, American actor and director (d. 2005)

1927 – Jon Locke, American actor (d. 2013)

1927 – Thomas Wilson, American-Scottish composer and educator (d. 2001)

1928 – Sheila Walsh, English author (d. 2009)

1929 – Ayten Alpman, Turkish singer (d. 2012)

1929 – Herb Levinson, American actor (d. 2012)

1929 – Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (d. 2014)

1930 – Eugenio Castellotti, Italian race car driver (d. 1957)

1930 – Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)

1930 – Harold Pinter, English playwright, screenwriter, director Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)

1932 – Harry Smith, English footballer

1933 – Jay Sebring, American hair stylist and businessman (d. 1969)

1935 – Khalil al-Wazir, Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (d. 1988)

1935 – André Bureau, Canadian lawyer and businessman

1935 – Judith Chalmers, English television host and actress

1936 – Gerhard Ertl, German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1937 – Bruce Devlin, Australian golfer and sportscaster

1937 – Peter Underwood, Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (d. 2014)

1938 – Oleg Gordievsky, Russian intelligence officer and author

1938 – Daidō Moriyama, Japanese photographer

1938 – Lily Tuck, American novelist and short story writer

1939 – Joe Pitts, American captain and politician

1940 – Winston Churchill, English journalist and politician (d. 2010)

1941 – Peter Coyote, American actor, director, and screenwriter

1941 – Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (d. 1995)

1942 – Radu Vasile, Romanian historian and politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 2013)

1943 – Frederick Barthelme, American novelist and short story writer

1945 – Christopher Hill, English bishop

1945 – Vanburn Holder, Barbadian cricketer

1946 – Charles Dance, English actor, director, and screenwriter

1946 – Naoto Kan, Japanese lawyer and politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan

1946 – Peter Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1946 – Anne Mather, English author and screenwriter

1946 – John Prine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1946 – Raymond Tallis, English physician, philosopher, author, and academic

1946 – Chris Tarrant, English radio and television host

1946 – Ben Vereen, American actor, singer, and dancer

1946 – Willard White, Jamaican-English actor and singer

1947 – Gary Beach, American actor and singer

1947 – Giant Haystacks, English wrestler (d. 1998)

1947 – Ojārs Arvīds Feldbergs, Latvian sculptor

1948 – Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough, English academic and businesswoman

1948 – Cyril Neville, American R&B percussionist and singer

1948 – Séverine, French singer and actress

1949 – Warren Burt, American-Australian composer

1949 – Lance Cairns, New Zealand cricketer

1949 – Wang Wanxing, Chinese activist

1950 – Charlie George, English footballer

1950 – Nora Roberts, American author

1951 – Epeli Ganilau, Fijian general and politician, 16th Minister for Fijian Affairs

1952 – Dela Smith, English educator

1953 – Fiona Rae, Scottish painter

1953 – Midge Ure, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1953 – Aleksander Veingold, Estonian chess player and coach

1953 – Gus Williams, American basketball player

1954 – Rekha, Indian actress

1954 – David Lee Roth, American singer-songwriter and producer

1954 – Fernando Santos, Portuguese footballer and manager

1956 – Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress and producer

1956 – David Hempleman-Adams, English businessman and adventurer

1956 – Taur Matan Ruak, East Timorese politician, 3rd President of East Timor

1957 – Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese author and illustrator

1958 – Tanya Tucker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1959 – Michael Cobley, English-Scottish author

1959 – Kirsty MacColl, English singer-songwriter (d. 2000)

1959 – Bill Rammell, English academic and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces

1959 – Julia Sweeney, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter

1959 – Bradley Whitford, American actor and producer

1959 – Arif Peçenek, Turkish football player and manager (d. 2013)

1960 – Ron Flockhart, Canadian ice hockey player

1960 – Eric Martin, American singer-songwriter

1960 – Russell Slade, English football manager

1960 – Paul Thiebaud, American art dealer (d. 2010)

1960 – Simon Townshend, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1961 – Scott Hoffman, American drummer

1961 – Henrik Jørgensen, Danish runner

1961 – Martin Kemp, English singer-songwriter and bass player

1962 – Thomas Rusch, German photographer

1963 – Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer

1963 – Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (d. 2003)

1963 – Daniel Pearl, American-Israeli journalist (d. 2002)

1963 – Vegard Ulvang, Norwegian skier

1964 – Sarah Lancashire, English actress and director

1965 – Toshi, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer

1965 – Chris Penn, American actor (d. 2006)

1965 – Rebecca Pidgeon, American-English singer-songwriter and actress

1966 – Tony Adams, English footballer and manager

1966 – Bai Ling, Chinese-American model and actress

1966 – Derrick McKey, American basketball player

1967 – Michael Giacchino, American composer

1967 – Jonathan Littell, American-French author and humanitarian

1967 – Mike Malinin, American drummer and producer

1967 – Gavin Newsom, American soldier and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of California

1967 – Jacek Zieliński, Polish footballer and coach

1968 – Bart Brentjens, Dutch cyclist

1968 – Feridun Düzağaç, Turkish singer-songwriter

1968 – Marinos Ouzounidis, Greek footballer and manager

1969 – Francis Escudero, Filipino lawyer and politician

1969 – Brett Favre, American football player

1969 – Shawn Jamison, American basketball player and coach

1969 – Wendi McLendon-Covey, American actress

1969 – Dilsa Demirbag Sten, Swedish journalist and author

1970 – Dean Kiely, Irish footballer

1970 – Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, German sled racer

1970 – Matthew Pinsent, English rower and sportscaster

1971 – Graham Alexander, English-Scottish footballer and manager

1971 – Ian Bennett, English footballer

1971 – Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist

1972 – Jun Lana, Filipino director, producer, playwright, and screenwriter

1972 – Dean Roland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1972 – Alexei Zhitnik, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player

1973 – Mario Lopez, American actor, television personality, and producer

1973 – Scott Morriss, English bass player and songwriter

1973 – Zach Thornton, American soccer player and coach

1974 – Asi Cohen, Israeli actor and screenwriter

1974 – Julio Ricardo Cruz, Argentinian footballer

1974 – Dale Earnhardt, Jr., American race car driver and actor

1974 – Lucy Powell, English politician

1974 – Chris Pronger, Canadian ice hockey player

1975 – Ihsahn, Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1975 – Ramón Morales, Mexican footballer and manager

1975 – Plácido Polanco, Dominican-American baseball player

1976 – Bob Burnquist, Brazilian-American skateboarder

1976 – Pat Burrell, American baseball player

1976 – Shane Doan, Canadian ice hockey player

1978 – Scott Dobie, English footballer

1978 – Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, American model and actress

1979 – Kangta, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

1979 – Nicolás Massú, Chilean tennis player

1979 – Mýa, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress

1979 – Joel Przybilla, American basketball player

1979 – Hitomi Satō, Japanese actress

1980 – Blaž Emeršič, Slovenian ice hockey player

1980 – Casey FitzSimmons, American football player

1980 – Elvis Hammond, Ghanaian footballer

1980 – Tim Maurer, American singer-songwriter

1981 – Una Foden, Irish singer-songwriter and dancer

1981 – Gavin Shuker, English lawyer and politician

1982 – Yasser Al-Qahtani, Saudi Arabian footballer

1982 – Amon Buchanan, Australian footballer

1982 – Hideki Mutoh, Japanese race car driver

1983 – Vusimuzi Sibanda, Zimbabwean cricketer

1983 – Nikos Spyropoulos, Greek footballer

1983 – Tolga Zengin, Turkish footballer

1984 – Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer

1984 – Lzzy Hale, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1984 – Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress and singer

1984 – Paul Posluszny, American football player

1984 – Troy Tulowitzki, American baseball player

1985 – Dominique Cornu, Belgian cyclist

1985 – Bronson Harrison, New Zealand rugby league player

1985 – Marina Diamandis, Welsh singer-songwriter and pianist

1985 – Sandra Záhlavová, Czech tennis player

1986 – Ezequiel Garay, Argentinian footballer

1986 – Nathan Jawai, Australian basketball player

1986 – Andrew McCutchen, American baseball player

1986 – Ellen Andrea Wang, Norwegian bassist and composer

1987 – Rodjun Cruz, Filipino actor and dancer

1987 – Ryan Mathews, American football player

1987 – Colin Slade, New Zealand rugby player

1987 – Junior Madozein, Central African basketball player

1988 – Luis Cardozo, Paraguayan footballer

1988 – Shaun Fensom, Australian rugby league player

1988 – Brown Ideye, Nigerian footballer

1988 – Emmanuel Nwachi, Nigerian footballer

1988 – Toby Smith, Australian-New Zealand rugby player

1989 – Emer Kenny, English actress and screenwriter

1989 – Aimee Teegarden, American actress and producer

1990 – Geno Smith, American football player

1991 – Michael Carter-Williams, American basketball player

1991 – Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer-songwriter and producer

1991 – Lali Espósito, Argentinian actress and singer

1991 – Manuel Giandonato, Italian footballer

1991 – Mariana Pajón, Colombian cyclist

1991 – Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss footballer

1993 – Jayden Stockley, English footballer

1994 – Tereza Smitková, Czech tennis player

1995 – Brenko Lee, Australian rugby league player

Deaths

AD 19 – Germanicus, Roman general (b. 15 BC)

644 – Paulinus of York, English bishop and missionary

680 – Abbas ibn Ali, son of Imam Ali

680 – Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn, son of Al-Husayn

680 – Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn, son of Al-Husayn

680 – Habib ibn Madhahir

680 – Husayn ibn Ali, third Shia Imam and grandson of Muhammad (b. 626)

827 – Pope Valentine (b. 800)

1213 – Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine

1308 – Patrick Dunbar, 8th Earl of Dunbar

1359 – Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)

1503 – Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1438)

1659 – Abel Tasman, Dutch merchant and explorer (b. 1603)

1691 – Isaac de Benserade, French author and poet (b. 1613)

1708 – David Gregory, Scottish mathematician and astronomer (b. 1659)

1714 – Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist and academic (b. 1646)

1720 – Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (b. 1640)

1723 – William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1665)

1725 – Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, French politician, Governor of New France (b. 1643)

1747 – John Potter, English archbishop and academic (b. 1674)

1759 – Granville Elliott, English general (b. 1713)

1765 – Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1688)

1795 – Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian historian and theologian (b. 1714)

1800 – Gabriel Prosser, American rebel leader (b. 1776)

1806 – Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (b. 1772)

1827 – Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet (b. 1778)

1837 – Charles Fourier, French philosopher and academic (b. 1772)

1857 – George Washington Parke Custis, American author and playwright (b. 1781)

1872 – William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (b. 1801)

1875 – Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1817)

1876 – Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist and meteorologist (b. 1814)

1893 – Lip Pike, American baseball player and manager (b. 1845)

1901 – Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814)

1911 – Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)

1913 – Adolphus Busch, German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1839)

1913 – Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)

1914 – Carol I of Romania (b. 1839)

1922 – Andreas Karkavitsas, Greek physician and author (b. 1866)

1927 – August Kitzberg, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1855)

1927 – Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot and engineer (b. 1874)

1930 – Adolf Engler, German botanist and academic (b. 1844)

1935 – Gustave Loiseau, French painter (b. 1865)

1940 – Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1876)

1948 – Ted Horn, American race car driver (b. 1910)

1949 – Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese engineer, businessman, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (b. 1884)

1953 – Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand general, lawyer, and judge (b. 1884)

1957 – Karl Genzken, German physician (b. 1885)

1962 – Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian-Polish architect (b. 1891)

1963 – Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1893)

1963 – Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1915)

1964 – Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (b. 1892)

1964 – Heinrich Neuhaus, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and educator (b. 1888)

1966 – Charlotte Cooper, English-Scottish tennis player (b. 1870)

1970 – Édouard Daladier, French captain and politician, 105th Prime Minister of France (b. 1884)

1971 – John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian and scholar (b. 1901)

1973 – Ludwig von Mises, Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (b. 1881)

1974 – Werner Heyking, Danish actor (b. 1913)

1976 – Silvana Armenulić, Bosnian singer and actress (b. 1939)

1976 – Mirsada Mirjana Bajraktarević, Bosnian singer-songwriter (b. 1951)

1977 – Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (b. 1930)

1978 – Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1914)

1978 – Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician (b. 1910)

1979 – Christopher Evans, English psychologist, computer scientist, and author (b. 1931)

1979 – Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1886)

1982 – Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (b. 1908)

1983 – Ralph Richardson, English actor (b. 1902)

1985 – Yul Brynner, Russian actor (b. 1920)

1985 – Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915)

1986 – Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic (b. 1899)

1987 – Behice Boran, Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist (b. 1910)

1990 – Tom Murton, American penologist and activist (b. 1928)

1990 – Nikolaos Pavlopoulos, Greek sculptor and academic (b. 1909)

1991 – Nickolaus Hirschl, Austrian wrestler, discus thrower, and shot putter (b. 1906)

1998 – Clark Clifford, American captain, lawyer, and politician 9th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1906)

1998 – Marvin Gay, Sr., American minister (b. 1914)

1998 – Tommy Quaid, Irish hurler and manager (b. 1957)

2000 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1916)

2001 – Eddie Futch, American boxer and trainer (b. 1911)

2001 – Vasily Mishin, Russian engineer (b. 1917)

2003 – Eila Hiltunen, Finnish sculptor (b. 1922)

2003 – Eugene Istomin, American pianist (b. 1925)

2004 – Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (b. 1963)

2004 – Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (b. 1952)

2004 – Arthur H. Robinson, American geographer and cartographer (b. 1915)

2004 – Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (b. 1932)

2005 – Wayne C. Booth, American educator and critic (b. 1921)

2005 – Milton Obote, Ugandan politician, 2nd President of Uganda (b. 1925)

2006 – Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and academic (b. 1932)

2006 – Ian Scott, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1934)

2008 – Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (b. 1947)

2009 – Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (b. 1976)

2010 – Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter and preacher (b. 1940)

2010 – Joan Sutherland, Australian-Swiss soprano and actress (b. 1926)

2011 – Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1941)

2012 – Sam Gibbons, American captain and politician (b. 1920)

2012 – Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1935)

2012 – Piotr Lenartowicz, Polish philosopher and educator (b. 1934)

2012 – Basil L. Plumley, American sergeant (b. 1920)

2012 – Mark Poster, American philosopher and educator (b. 1941)

2012 – Kyaw Zaw, Burmese commander and politician (b. 1919)

2013 – Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1925)

2013 – Jay Conrad Levinson, American author and educator (b. 1933)

2013 – Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (b. 1927)

2013 – Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)

2014 – Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (b. 1958)

2014 – Damiana Eugenio, Filipino author and academic (b. 1921)

2014 – Valeri Karpov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1971)

2014 – Lari Ketner, American football and basketball player (b. 1977)

2014 – Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (b. 1936)

2014 – Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (b. 1947)

2015 – Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (b. 1952)

2015 – Hilla Becher, German photographer and educator (b. 1934)

2015 – Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1931)

2015 – Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949)

2015 – Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (b. 1924)

2016 – Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (b. 1926)

Holidays and observances

Arbor Day (Poland)

Army Day (Sri Lanka)

Capital Liberation Day (Vietnam)

Christian feast day:

Cerbonius

Daniel Comboni

Paulinus of York (in England)

Tanca

Vida Dutton Scudder (Episcopal Church)

Viktor of Xanten

October 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Double Ten Day (The National Day of Taiwan), celebrates outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising in 1911 that led to founding of the Republic of China in 1912

Fiji Day, celebrates the independence of Fiji from United Kingdom in 1970

Finnish Literature Day (Finland)

Independence Day, commemorates the proclamation of Cuba's independence from Spain and the beginning of the Ten Years' War in 1868.

Party Foundation Day (North Korea)

World Mental Health Day

World Homeless Day

World Porridge Day