October 19

Events

202 BC – Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage.

439 – The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa.

1216 – King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry.

1386 – The Universität Heidelberg holds its first lecture, making it the oldest German university.

1466 – The Thirteen Years' War ends with the Second Treaty of Thorn.

1469 – Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella I of Castile, a marriage that paves the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain.

1512 – Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology (Doctor in Biblia).

1649 – New Ross town, County Wexford, Ireland, surrenders to Oliver Cromwell.

1781 – At Yorktown, Virginia, representatives of British commander Lord Cornwallis hand over Cornwallis' sword and formally surrender to George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau.

1789 – Chief Justice John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.

1805 – Napoleonic Wars: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to the Grande Armée of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Ulm; 30,000 prisoners are captured and 10,000 casualties inflicted on the losers.

1812 – Napoleon Bonaparte retreats from Moscow.

1813 – The Battle of Leipzig concludes, giving Napoleon Bonaparte one of his worst defeats.

1822 – In Parnaíba; Simplício Dias da Silva, João Cândido de Deus e Silva and Domingos Dias declare the independent state of Piauí.

1864 – Battle of Cedar Creek: Union Army under Philip Sheridan destroys a Confederate Army under Jubal Early.

1864 – St. Albans Raid: Confederate raiders launch an attack on Saint Albans, Vermont from Canada.

1866 – Venice, Annexation of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, at Hotel Europa, Austria hands over Veneto to France, which hands it immediately over to Italy.

1900 – Max Planck discovers the law of black-body radiation (Planck's law).

1904 – Polytechnic University of the Philippines is founded as Manila Business School through the superintendence of the American C.A. O'Reilley.

1912 – Italy takes possession of Tripoli, Libya from the Ottoman Empire.

1914 – The First Battle of Ypres begins.

1921 – Portuguese Prime Minister António Granjo and other politicians are murdered in a Lisbon coup.

1922 – British Conservative MPs meeting at the Carlton Club vote to break off the Coalition Government with David Lloyd George of the Liberal Party.

1933 – Germany withdraws from the League of Nations.

1935 – The League of Nations places economic sanctions on fascist Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.

1943 – The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Souda Bay, Crete, and sunk; 2,098 Italian prisoners of war drown with it.

1943 – Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.

1944 – United States forces land in the Philippines.

1950 – The People's Liberation Army takes control of the town of Chamdo; this is sometimes called the "Invasion of Tibet".

1950 – The People's Republic of China joins the Korean War by sending thousands of troops across the Yalu River to fight United Nations forces.

1950 – Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.

1956 – The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.

1960 – Cold War: The United States government imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.

1973 – President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.

1974 – Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.

1984 – Roman Catholic priest from Poland, Jerzy Popiełuszko, associated with the Solidarity Union, is murdered by three agents of the Polish Communist internal intelligence agency.

1986 – Samora Machel, President of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, and 33 others die when their Tupolev Tu-134 plane crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.

1987 – The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.

1987 – Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.

1988 – The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.

1989 – The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.

2001 – SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 asylum seekers, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.

2003 – Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.

2005 – Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.

2005 – Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.

2012 – A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 people in Beirut, Lebanon.

2013 – At least 105 people are injured in a train crash at the Once railway station in Buenos Aires.

Births

879 – Yingtian, empress of the Khitan Liao Dynasty (d. 953)

1276 – Prince Hisaaki of Japan (d. 1328)

1433 – Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (d. 1499)

1507 – Viglius, Dutch politician (d. 1577)

1562 – George Abbot, English archbishop and academic (d. 1633)

1582 – Dmitry of Uglich (d. 1591)

1605 – Thomas Browne, English physician and author (d. 1682)

1610 – James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English-Irish general, academic, and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1688)

1658 – Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1704)

1680 – John Abernethy, Irish minister (d. 1740)

1688 – William Cheselden, English surgeon and anatomist (d. 1752)

1718 – Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (d. 1804)

1720 – John Woolman, American-English preacher, journalist, and activist (d. 1772)

1721 – Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist and sinologist (d. 1800)

1784 – Leigh Hunt, English poet and critic (d. 1859)

1789 – Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest and philosopher (d. 1853)

1810 – Cassius Marcellus Clay, American journalist, lawyer, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (d. 1903)

1814 – Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter (d. 1878)

1826 – Ralph Tollemache, English priest (d. 1895)

1850 – Annie Smith Peck, American mountaineer and academic (d. 1935)

1851 – Empress Myeongseong of Korea (d. 1895)

1858 – George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (d. 1937)

1862 – Auguste Lumière, French director and producer (d. 1954)

1868 – Bertha Knight Landes, American academic and politician, Mayor of Seattle (d. 1943)

1873 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (d. 1925)

1873 – Bart King, American cricketer (d. 1965)

1876 – Mordecai Brown, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1945)

1876 – Mihkel Pung, Estonian lawyer and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1941)

1879 – Emma Bell Miles, American writer, poet, and artist (d. 1919)

1882 – Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1916)

1885 – Charles E. Merrill, American banker and philanthropist, co-founded Merrill Lynch Wealth Management (d. 1956)

1895 – Frank Durbin, American soldier (d. 1999)

1895 – Lewis Mumford, American historian, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1990)

1896 – Bob O'Farrell, American baseball player and manager (d. 1988)

1897 – Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani chemist and scholar (d. 1994)

1899 – Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)

1900 – Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (d. 1990)

1900 – Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer and baseball player (d. 1991)

1900 – Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1957)

1901 – Arleigh Burke, American admiral (d. 1996)

1903 – Tor Johnson, Swedish wrestler and actor (d. 1971)

1907 – Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader and composer (d. 1962)

1908 – Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1981)

1909 – Marguerite Perey, French physicist and academic (d. 1975)

1910 – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)

1910 – Shunkichi Hamada, Japanese field hockey player (d. 2009)

1910 – Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (d. 1980)

1913 – Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1980)

1914 – Juanita Moore, American actress (d. 2014)

1916 – Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)

1916 – Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist (d. 1985)

1916 – Minoru Yasui, American soldier, lawyer, and activist (d. 1986)

1917 – William Joel Blass, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)

1917 – Walter Munk, Austrian-American oceanographer, author, and academic

1918 – Charles Evans, English-Welsh mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (d. 1995)

1918 – Russell Kirk, American theorist and author (d. 1994)

1918 – Robert Schwarz Strauss, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (d. 2014)

1920 – Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian philosopher and educator (d. 2003)

1920 – LaWanda Page, American actress (d. 2002)

1920 – Harry Alan Towers, English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (d. 2009)

1920 – Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian activist, philosopher, and spiritual leader (d. 2003)

1921 – George Nader, American actor (d. 2002)

1922 – Jack Anderson, American journalist and author (d. 2005)

1923 – Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (d. 2013)

1923 – Baby Dalupan, Filipino basketball player and coach (d. 2016)

1925 – Bernard Hepton, English actor and producer

1925 – Czesław Kiszczak, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (d. 2015)

1925 – Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (d. 2010)

1926 – Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2009)

1926 – Joel Feinberg, American philosopher and academic (d. 2004)

1926 – Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (d. 2015)

1926 – Marjorie Tallchief, American ballerina

1927 – Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter and illustrator

1927 – Stephen Keynes, English businessman

1928 – Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (d. 2013)

1929 – Lewis Wolpert, South African-English biologist, author, and academic

1930 – John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside, English union leader and politician

1930 – Mavis Nicholson, Welsh-English journalist

1931 – Ed Emberley, American author and illustrator

1931 – John le Carré, English intelligence officer and author

1931 – Atsushi Miyagi, Japanese tennis player

1932 – Robert Reed, American actor (d. 1992)

1933 – Brian Booth, Australian cricketer and educator

1933 – Anthony Skingsley, English air marshal

1934 – Yakubu Gowon, Nigerian general and politician, 3rd Head of State of Nigeria

1934 – Dave Guard, American folk music singer-songwriter, arranger, and musician (d. 1991)

1935 – Don Ward, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2014)

1936 – James Bevel, American civil rights activist and minister (d. 2008)

1937 – Marilyn Bell, Canadian swimmer

1937 – Peter Max, German-American illustrator

1937 – Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield, English banker and politician

1938 – Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, Jamaican-English union leader and politician

1939 – David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere, Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office

1940 – Larry Chance, American singer-songwriter

1940 – Michael Gambon, Irish-British actor

1940 – Rosny Smarth, Haitian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Haiti

1941 – Simon Ward, English actor (d. 2012)

1942 – Andrew Vachss, American lawyer and author

1943 – Robin Holloway, English composer and academic

1943 – Takis Ikonomopoulos, Greek footballer and coach

1943 – L. E. Modesitt, Jr., American author and poet

1944 – George McCrae, American singer

1944 – Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1987)

1945 – Angus Deaton, Scottish-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1945 – Divine, American drag queen performer, and actor (d. 1988)

1945 – Patricia Ireland, American lawyer and activist

1945 – Gloria Jones, American singer-songwriter

1945 – John Lithgow, American actor

1945 – Jeannie C. Riley, American singer

1945 – Martin Welz, South African journalist

1946 – Bob Holland, Australian cricketer and surveyor

1946 – Philip Pullman, English author and academic

1946 – Keith Reid, English songwriter and lyricist

1947 – Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian author and illustrator

1948 – James Howard Kunstler, American author and critic

1948 – Dave Mallow, American voice actor and screenwriter

1948 – Patrick Simmons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1949 – Lynn Dickey, American football player and radio host

1949 – Jamie McGrigor, English-Scottish politician

1950 – Yeslam bin Ladin, Saudi Arabian-Swiss businessman

1951 – Demetrios Christodoulou, Greek mathematician and physicist

1951 – Kurt Schrader, American veterinarian and politician

1952 – Peter Bone, English accountant and politician

1952 – Verónica Castro, Mexican actress and singer

1953 – Lionel Hollins, American basketball player and coach

1954 – Sam Allardyce, English footballer and manager

1954 – Deborah Blum, American journalist and author

1954 – Joe Bryant, American basketball player and coach

1955 – Dan Gutman, American author

1955 – LaSalle Ishii, Japanese actor and director

1956 – Steve Doocy, American journalist and author

1956 – Elena Garanina, Soviet ice dancer and coach

1956 – Grover Norquist, American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform

1956 – Didier Theys, Belgian race car driver and coach

1956 – Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (d. 1993)

1956 – Bruce Weber, American basketball player and coach

1957 – Dorinda Clark-Cole, American singer-songwriter and pianist

1957 – Ray Richmond, American journalist and critic

1957 – Karl Wallinger, Welsh singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

1958 – Carolyn Browne, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Kazakhstan

1958 – Hiromi Hara, Japanese footballer and manager

1958 – Michael Steele, American journalist and politician, 7th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland

1959 – Nir Barkat, Israeli businessman and politician, Mayor of Jerusalem

1959 – Martin Kusch, German philosopher and academic

1960 – Dawn Coe-Jones, Canadian golfer (d. 2016)

1960 – Jennifer Holliday, American actress and singer

1960 – Takeshi Koshida, Japanese footballer

1960 – Susan Straight, American author and academic

1960 – Jeremy Swift, English actor

1960 – Ayuo Takahashi, Japanese-American singer-songwriter

1961 – Sunny Deol, Indian actor and producer

1961 – Cliff Lyons, Australian rugby league player and coach

1962 – Tracy Chevalier, American-English author

1962 – Brian Henninger, American golfer

1962 – Bendik Hofseth, Norwegian saxophonist and composer

1962 – Evander Holyfield, American boxer and actor

1962 – Svetlana Zainetdinova, Soviet-Estonian chess player and coach

1965 – Brad Daugherty, American basketball player and sportscaster

1965 – Ty Pennington, American model, carpenter and television host

1966 – Jon Favreau, American actor, director, and screenwriter

1966 – Dimitris Lyacos, Greek poet and playwright

1966 – David Vann (writer), American novelist and short story writer

1967 – Amy Carter, American illustrator and activist

1967 – Yōji Matsuda, Japanese actor

1967 – Yoko Shimomura, Japanese pianist and composer

1968 – Rodney Carrington, American comedian, actor, and singer

1969 – John Edward, American psychic and author

1969 – Trey Parker, American actor, animator, producer, and screenwriter

1969 – Erwin Sánchez, Bolivian footballer and manager

1970 – Andrew Griffiths, English politician

1970 – Chris Kattan, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1972 – Keith Foulke, American baseball player

1973 – Hicham Arazi, Moroccan tennis player

1973 – Okan Buruk, Turkish footballer and manager

1973 – Joaquin Gage, Canadian ice hockey player

1975 – Shian-Li Tsang, Japanese model

1975 – Burak Güven, Turkish singer-songwriter and bass player

1976 – Omar Gooding, American actor and producer

1976 – Jostein Gulbrandsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer

1976 – Desmond Harrington, American actor

1976 – Paul Hartley, Scottish footballer and manager

1976 – Hiroshi Sakai, Japanese footballer

1976 – Dan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player

1976 – Michael Young, American baseball player

1977 – Habib Beye, French-Senegalese footballer

1977 – Louis-José Houde, Canadian comedian and actor

1977 – Jason Reitman, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter

1977 – Raúl Tamudo, Spanish footballer

1977 – Mo Twister, Filipino radio and television host

1978 – Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver

1978 – Zakhar Dubensky, Russian footballer

1978 – Henri Sorvali, Finnish guitarist and keyboard player

1979 – José Luis López, Mexican footballer

1979 – Brian Robertson, American trombonist

1979 – Sachiko Sugiyama, Japanese volleyball player

1980 – José Bautista, Dominican baseball player

1980 – Rajai Davis, American baseball player

1981 – Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish race car driver

1982 – Atom Araullo, Filipino journalist

1982 – Gillian Jacobs, American actress and director

1982 – Louis Oosthuizen, South African golfer

1982 – Gonzalo Pineda, Mexican footballer

1982 – Daan van Bunge, Dutch cricketer

1983 – Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress

1983 – Andy Lonergan, English footballer

1983 – Cara Santa Maria, American neuroscientist and blogger

1984 – Danka Barteková, Slovak skeet shooter

1987 – Tsunenori Aoki, Japanese actor

1988 – Zeph Ellis, English rapper and producer

1988 – Markiyan Kamysh, Ukrainian writer

1988 – Chris Lawrence, Australian rugby league player

1989 – Miroslav Stoch, Slovakian footballer

1989 – Rakuto Tochihara, Japanese actor

1989 – Janine Tugonon, Filipino model and television host

1990 – Tom Kilbey, English footballer

1990 – Janet Leon, Swedish singer-songwriter and dancer

1991 – Colton Dixon, American singer-songwriter and pianist

1992 – Shiho, Japanese actress and model

1993 – Abby Sunderland, American sailor

1994 – Agnė Sereikaitė, Lithuanian speed skater

Deaths

727 – Frithuswith, English saint (b. 650)

1216 – John, King of England (b. 1167)

1287 – Bohemond VII, Count of Tripoli

1354 – Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada (b. 1318)

1432 – John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of England (b. 1392)

1608 – Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and author (b. 1551)

1619 – Fujiwara Seika, Japanese philosopher and educator (b. 1561)

1636 – Marcin Kazanowski, Polish politician (b. 1566)

1682 – Thomas Browne, English physician and author (b. 1605)

1723 – Godfrey Kneller, German-English painter (b. 1646)

1745 – Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist and essayist (b. 1667)

1772 – Andrea Belli, Maltese architect and businessman (b. 1703)

1790 – Lyman Hall, American physician and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia (b. 1724)

1796 – Michel de Beaupuy, French general (b. 1755)

1813 – Józef Poniatowski, Polish general (b. 1763)

1815 – Paolo Mascagni, Italian physician and anatomist (b. 1755)

1842 – Aleksey Koltsov, Russian poet and author (b. 1808)

1851 – Marie Thérèse of France (b. 1778)

1856 – William Sprague III, American businessman and politician, 14th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1799)

1889 – Luís I of Portugal (b. 1838)

1893 – Lucy Stone, American activist (b. 1818)

1897 – George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (b. 1831)

1901 – Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish businessman and philanthropist, founded GN Store Nord (b. 1829)

1916 – Ioannis Frangoudis, Greek general and target shooter (b. 1863)

1918 – Harold Lockwood, American actor (b. 1887)

1924 – Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1895)

1936 – Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (b. 1881)

1937 – Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)

1943 – Camille Claudel, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1864)

1944 – Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1884)

1945 – Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (b. 1877)

1945 – N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)

1950 – Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright (b. 1892)

1952 – Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer (b. 1868)

1956 – Isham Jones, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1894)

1960 – George Wallace, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1895)

1961 – Şemsettin Günaltay, Turkish historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1883)

1964 – Sergey Biryuzov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1904)

1964 – Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic (b. 1885)

1964 – Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (b. 1888)

1965 – Edward Willis Redfield, American painter and educator (b. 1869)

1969 – Lacey Hearn, American sprinter (b. 1881)

1970 – Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico (b. 1895)

1978 – Gig Young, American actor (b. 1913)

1983 – Maurice Bishop, Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1944)

1984 – Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest and activist (b. 1947)

1985 – Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (b. 1915)

1986 – Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist, co-founded Newswatch Magazine (b. 1947)

1986 – Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (b. 1933)

1987 – Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist and educator (b. 1945)

1987 – Hermann Lang, German race car driver (b. 1909)

1988 – Son House, American singer and guitarist (b. 1902)

1992 – Magnus Pyke, English scientist and television host (b. 1908)

1994 – Martha Raye, American actress and comedian (b. 1916)

1995 – Don Cherry, American trumpet player (b. 1936)

1995 – Harilaos Perpessas, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1907)

1997 – Glen Buxton, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947)

1997 – Ken Wood, English businessman (b. 1916)

1999 – James C. Murray, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1917)

1999 – Nathalie Sarraute, Russian-French lawyer and author (b. 1900)

2002 – Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (b. 1932)

2003 – Road Warrior Hawk, American wrestler (b. 1960)

2003 – Alija Izetbegović, Bosniak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (b. 1925)

2003 – Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (b. 1902)

2003 – Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1911)

2005 – Ryan Dallas Cook, American trombonist (b. 1982)

2006 – James Glennon, American cinematographer (b. 1942)

2006 – Phyllis Kirk, American actress (b. 1927)

2007 – Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1917)

2007 – Randall Forsberg, American activist and author (b. 1943)

2007 – Michael Maidens, English footballer (b. 1987)

2007 – Jan Wolkers, Dutch author, sculptor, and painter (b. 1925)

2008 – Richard Blackwell, American actor, fashion designer, and critic (b. 1922)

2009 – Howard Unruh, American murderer (b. 1921)

2009 – Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor (b. 1918)

2010 – Tom Bosley, American actor (b. 1927)

2011 – Kakkanadan, Indian author (b. 1935)

2012 – Lincoln Alexander, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (b. 1922)

2012 – Wissam al-Hassan, Lebanese general (b. 1965)

2012 – Wiyogo Atmodarminto, Indonesian general and politician, 10th Governor of Jakarta (b. 1922)

2012 – Mike Graham, American wrestler (b. 1951)

2012 – Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist (b. 1920)

2013 – John Bergamo, American drummer and composer (b. 1940)

2013 – Noel Harrison, English singer, actor, and skier (b. 1934)

2013 – Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer (b. 1940)

2013 – Mikihiko Renjō, Japanese author (b. 1948)

2013 – Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Iranian-American violinist and composer (b. 1920)

2014 – John Holt, Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1947)

2014 – Stephen Paulus, American composer (b. 1949)

2014 – Raphael Ravenscroft, English saxophonist and composer (b. 1954)

2014 – Serena Shim, Lebanese-American journalist (b. 1984)

2015 – Leon Bramlett, American football player and politician (b. 1923)

2015 – Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1919)

2015 – Fleming Mackell, Canadian ice hockey player and singer (b. 1929)

2015 – Ali Treki, Libyan politician and diplomat, Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1938)

2016 – Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (b. 1921)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

Aaron (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria)

Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko

Frideswide

Henry Martyn (Anglican Communion)

Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf, and Companions

Paul of the Cross

William Carey (Episcopal Church)

October 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Day, in honor of the country's independence (self-governing in free association with New Zealand) in 1974. (Niue)

Mother Teresa Day (Albania)