October 5

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.

816 – King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Stephen IV at Reims.

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 and Castile 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.

1607 – Assassins sent by Pope Paul V attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi, who survives fifteen stiletto thrusts.

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 of France 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 the Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British and kill Shawnee leader Tecumseh.

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 reportedly been predicted over a year before by a British naval officer.

1869 – During construction, the Hennepin Island tunnel has a limestone cap breached and the rushing water breaks large chunks of land away and the St. Anthony Falls are nearly destroyed.

1877 – Chief Joseph surrenders his Nez Perce band to General Nelson A. Miles.

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 – The 1921 World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.

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 are invalidated; those who needed a passport for emigration purposes are given one marked with the letter "J" (for "Jude", or Jew).

1943 – Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.

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.

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.

1970 – The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.

1970 – British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.

1974 – Guildford pub bombings: Bombs planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill four British soldiers and one civilian.

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.

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.

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 surpasses 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)

1377 – Louis II of Naples (d. 1417)

1487 – Ludwig of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German nobleman (d. 1553)

1520 – Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal and diplomat (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 pastor and theologian (d. 1758)

1712 – Francesco Guardi, Italian painter (d. 1793)

1713 – Denis Diderot, French philosopher and critic (d. 1784)

1715 – Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist and educator (d. 1789)

1728 – Chevalier d'Éon, French diplomat and spy (d. 1810)

1743 – Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Italian composer and educator (d. 1818)

1777 – Mary Wade, English convict (d. 1859)

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)

1803 – Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (d. 1844)

1816 – Ursula Frayne, Irish-Australian nun and missionary (d. 1885)

1820 – David Wilber, American lawyer and politician (d. 1890)

1824 – Henry Chadwick, English-American historian and author (d. 1908)

1829 – Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and 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 Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish author and playwright (d. 1942)

1858 – Helen Churchill Candee, American journalist and author (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 and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)

1882 – Robert H. Goddard, American physicist, engineer, and academic (d. 1945)

1883 – Ernst Pittschau, German actor (d. 1951)

1885 – Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (d. 1969)

1885 – Ida Rubinstein, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1960)

1887 – René Cassin, French judge and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)

1887 – Manny Ziener, German actress (d. 1972)

1888 – Mary Fuller, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1973)

1889 – Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author and educator (d. 1936)

1892 – Remington Kellogg, American zoologist and paleontologist (d. 1969)

1894 – Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (d. 1948)

1898 – Nachum Gutman, Moldovan-Israeli painter and sculptor (d. 1980)

1899 – Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher (d. 1961)

1901 – John Alton, Austrian-American director and cinematographer (d. 1996)

1902 – Larry Fine, American comedian (d. 1975)

1902 – Ray Kroc, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1984)

1903 – M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist and academic (d. 1989)

1905 – John Hoyt, American actor (d. 1991)

1905 – Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (d. 1987)

1907 – Mrs. Miller, American singer (d. 1997)

1907 – Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (d. 1959)

1908 – Mehmet Ali Aybar, Turkish lawyer and politician (d. 1995)

1908 – Joshua Logan, American director and screenwriter (d. 1988)

1909 – Tony Malinosky, American baseball player and soldier (d. 2011)

1911 – Pierre Dansereau, Canadian ecologist and academic (d. 2011)

1911 – Brian O'Nolan, Irish author and playwright (d. 1966)

1912 – Fritz Fischer, German physician (d. 2003)

1913 – Eugene B. Fluckey American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2007)

1914 – Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician (d. 2015)

1916 – Stetson Kennedy, American author and activist (d. 2011)

1917 – Allen Ludden, American television personality and game show host (d. 1981)

1917 – Magda Szabó, Hungarian author and poet (d. 2007)

1919 – Donald Pleasence, English actor (d. 1995)

1921 – Bill Willis, American football player and coach (d. 2007)

1922 – Jim Godbolt, English historian and journalist (d. 2013)

1922 – José Froilán González, Argentinian race car driver (d. 2013)

1922 – Bil Keane, American soldier and 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 journalist and author (d. 1954)

1923 – Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer and politician (d. 1994)

1923 – Glynis Johns, South African-born British actress and singer

1923 – Kailashpati Mishra, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor of Gujarat (d. 2012)

1924 – Bill Dana, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1924 – José Donoso, Chilean author (d. 1996)

1924 – Barbara Kelly, Canadian actress and screenwriter (d. 2007)

1924 – Frederic Morton, Austrian-American banker, journalist, and author (d. 2015)

1924 – Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (d. 2006)

1925 – Gail Davis, American actress (d. 1997)

1925 – Herbert Kretzmer, South African-English journalist and songwriter

1925 – Walter Dale Miller, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of South Dakota (d. 2015)

1926 – Avraham Adan, Israeli general (d. 2012)

1926 – Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer and educator (d. 1979)

1928 – Louise Fitzhugh, American author and illustrator (d. 1974)

1929 – Richard F. Gordon Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut

1929 – Bill Wirtz, American businessman (d. 2007)

1930 – Pavel Popovich, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2009)

1930 – Reinhard Selten, German economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)

1931 – Rosalie Gower, Canadian nurse and politician (d. 2013)

1932 – Neal Ascherson, Scottish journalist and author

1932 – Dean Prentice, Canadian ice hockey player

1932 – Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and police officer (d. 2006)

1933 – Doug Bailey, American political consultant, founded The Hotline (d. 2013)

1933 – Diane Cilento, Australian actress and author (d. 2011)

1934 – Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian businessman and diplomat

1936 – Václav Havel, Czech poet, playwright, and politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic (d. 2011)

1937 – Carlo Mastrangelo, American doo-wop singer (d. 2016)

1937 – Barry Switzer, American football player and coach

1938 – Johnny Duncan, American country singer (d. 2006)

1938 – Teresa Heinz, Mozambican-American businesswoman and philanthropist

1938 – Ed Ocampo, Filipino basketball player and coach (d. 1992)

1939 – Marie-Claire Blais, Canadian author and playwright

1939 – A. R. Penck, German painter and sculptor

1939 – Walter Wolf, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Walter Wolf Racing

1939 – Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino lawyer and jurist

1940 – Rein Aun, Estonian decathlete and coach (d. 1995)

1940 – John Byrne Cooke, American author and photographer

1940 – Bob Cowper, Australian cricketer

1941 – Roy Book Binder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1941 – Stephanie Cole, English actress

1941 – Eduardo Duhalde, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina

1942 – Billy Scott, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)

1942 – Richard Street, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)

1943 – Ben Cardin, American lawyer and politician

1943 – Steve Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1943 – Michael Morpurgo, English author, poet, and playwright

1944 – Richard Rosser, Baron Rosser, English union leader and politician

1945 – Brian Connolly, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)

1945 – Geoff Leigh, English saxophonist and flute player

1946 – Zahida Hina, Pakistani journalist and author

1946 – Robin Lane Fox, English historian and author

1946 – Heather MacRae, American actress

1946 – Jean Perron, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster

1946 – David Watson, English footballer

1947 – Brian Johnson, English singer-songwriter

1947 – Michèle Pierre-Louis, Haitian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti

1948 – Carter Cornelius, American singer (d. 1991)

1948 – Russell Mael, American vocalist

1948 – Tawl Ross, American guitarist

1948 – Zoran Živković, Serbian author and academic

1949 – Peter Ackroyd, English biographer, novelist and critic

1949 – Ralph Goodale, Canadian lawyer and politician, 36th Canadian Minister of Finance

1949 – Bill James, American historian and author

1949 – B. W. Stevenson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1988)

1949 – Yashiki Takajin, Japanese singer and television host (d. 2014)

1950 – Eddie Clarke, English guitarist

1950 – Jeff Conaway, American actor and singer (d. 2011)

1950 – Edward P. Jones, American novelist and short story writer

1950 – James Rizzi, American painter and illustrator (d. 2011)

1951 – Karen Allen, American actress

1951 – Bob Geldof, Irish singer-songwriter and actor

1952 – Clive Barker, English author, director, producer, and screenwriter

1952 – Harold Faltermeyer, German keyboard player, composer, and producer

1952 – Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer and politician

1953 – Philip Hampton, English-Scottish accountant and businessman

1953 – Roy Laidlaw, Scottish rugby player

1955 – John Alexander, English footballer

1955 – Jean-Jacques Lafon, French singer-songwriter

1955 – Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell, English academic and businessman

1957 – Mark Geragos, American lawyer

1957 – Lee Thompson, English singer-songwriter and saxophonist

1957 – Bernie Mac, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)

1958 – André Kuipers, Dutch physician and astronaut

1958 – Neil Peart, Australian footballer

1958 – Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author

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

1959 – David Shannon, American author and illustrator

1959 – Kenan İpek, Turkish lawyer and judge

1960 – Careca, Brazilian footballer

1960 – Daniel Baldwin, American actor, director, and producer

1960 – David Kirk, New Zealand rugby player and coach

1961 – Pato Banton, English singer-songwriter

1961 – Sharon Cheslow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1961 – Matthew Kauffman, American journalist

1962 – Michael Andretti, American race car driver

1962 – Thomas Herbst, German footballer and manager

1962 – Caron Keating, British television host (d. 2004)

1963 – Laura Davies, English golfer and sportscaster

1963 – Tony Dodemaide, Australian cricketer

1963 – Michael Hadschieff, Austrian speed skater

1963 – Nick Robinson, English journalist and blogger

1963 – Ronni Le Tekrø, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter

1964 – Philip A. Haigh, English historian and author

1964 – Malik Saidullaev, Russian businessman

1964 – Korina Sanchez, Filipino journalist

1965 – Trace Armstrong, American football player and agent

1965 – Theo Bos, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2013)

1965 – Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player

1965 – Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1966 – Dennis Byrd, American football player

1966 – Sean M. Carroll, American physicist, cosmologist, and academic

1966 – Terri Runnels, American wrestler and manager

1966 – Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker player and referee

1967 – Rex Chapman, American basketball player and sportscaster

1967 – Guy Pearce, English-Australian actor

1967 – Dorian West, Welsh-English rugby player

1970 – Josie Bissett, American actress

1970 – Matthew Knights, Australian footballer and coach

1970 – Audie Pitre, American singer and bass player (d. 1997)

1970 – Tord Gustavsen, Norwegian pianist and composer

1970 – Cal Wilson, New Zealand comedian, actress, and screenwriter

1971 – South Park Mexican, American rapper and producer, founded Dope House Records

1971 – Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentinian footballer and manager

1972 – Annely Akkermann, Estonian banker and politician

1972 – Aaron Guiel, Canadian baseball player

1972 – Grant Hill, American basketball player and actor

1972 – Thomas Roberts, American journalist and actor

1973 – Cédric Villani, French mathematician and academic

1974 – Rich Franklin, American mixed martial artist and actor

1974 – Heather Headley, Trinidadian-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

1974 – Colin Meloy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1974 – Anousjka van Exel, Dutch tennis player

1975 – Bobo Baldé, French-Guinean footballer

1975 – Carson Ellis, American painter and illustrator

1975 – Parminder Nagra, English actress

1975 – Monica Rial American voice actress, director, and screenwriter

1975 – Kate Winslet, English actress

1976 – Ramzan Kadyrov, Russian-Chechen general and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic

1976 – Royston Tan, Singaporean director, producer, and screenwriter

1976 – J. J. Yeley, American race car driver

1977 – Hugleikur Dagsson, Icelandic author, illustrator, and critic

1977 – Vinnie Paz, Italian-American rapper and producer

1978 – Mark Gower, English footballer

1978 – Jesse Palmer, Canadian football player and sportscaster

1978 – Shane Ryan, Irish footballer and hurler

1978 – James Valentine, American guitarist

1978 – Steinar Nickelsen, Norwegian organist and composer

1978 – Morgan Webb, Canadian-American television host and producer

1979 – Vince Grella, Australian footballer

1979 – Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player

1980 – Paul Thomas, American bass player

1980 – James Toseland, English motorcycle racer

1981 – Joel Lindpere, Estonian footballer

1981 – Andy Nägelein, German footballer

1982 – Michael Roos, Estonian-American football player

1982 – Steve Williams, Australian-German rugby player

1983 – Jesse Eisenberg, American actor and writer

1983 – Florian Mayer, German tennis player

1983 – Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladeshi cricketer

1984 – Naima Adedapo, American singer and dancer

1984 – Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian footballer

1985 – Nicola Roberts, English singer-songwriter and actress

1986 – Mladen Bartulović, Croatian footballer

1987 – Dillon Francis, American DJ and record producer

1987 – Kevin Mirallas, Belgian footballer

1987 – Tim Ream, American soccer player

1987 – Park So-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress

1987 – Javier Villa, Spanish race car driver

1987 – Luigi Vitale, Italian footballer

1988 – Benny Howell, English cricketer

1988 – Bahar Kızıl, German singer-songwriter

1988 – Kevin Olusola, American singer, cellist, and producer

1988 – Maja Salvador, Filipino actress, dancer, singer, and host

1989 – Kelsey Adrian, Canadian basketball player

1989 – Marcel Baude, German footballer

1989 – Ify Ibekwe, American basketball player

1990 – Nathan Peats, Australian rugby league player

1996 – Jayden Nikorima, New Zealand rugby league player

Deaths

578 – Justin II, Byzantine emperor (b. 520)

1056 – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1017)

1111 – Robert II, Count of Flanders (b. 1065)

1112 – Sigebert of Gembloux, French monk, historian, and author (b. 1030)

1214 – Alfonso VIII of Castile (b. 1155)

1285 – Philip III of France (b. 1245)

1398 – Blanche of Navarre, Queen of France (b. 1333)

1399 – Raymond of Capua, Italian Dominic friar and venerated Christian (b. 1330)

1528 – Richard Foxe, English bishop and academic (b. 1448)

1540 – Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet and educator (b. 1488)

1564 – Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer and educator (b. 1510)

1565 – Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1522)

1606 – Philippe Desportes, French poet and author (b. 1546)

1714 – Kaibara Ekken, Japanese botanist and philosopher (b. 1630)

1740 – Jean-Philippe Baratier, German astronomer and scholar (b. 1721)

1777 – Johann Andreas Segner, Slovak-German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)

1805 – Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1738)

1813 – Tecumseh, American tribal leader (b. 1768)

1848 – Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician (b. 1781)

1861 – Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1778)

1880 – Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (b. 1819)

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

1913 – Hans von Bartels, German painter and educator (b. 1856)

1918 – Roland Georges Garros, French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)

1927 – Sam Warner, Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887)

1929 – Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (b. 1876)

1930 – Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (b. 1875)

1933 – Renée Adorée, French-American actress (b. 1898)

1933 – Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)

1936 – J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (b. 1898)

1938 – Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (b. 1905)

1938 – Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)

1940 – Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded the Volunteers of America (b. 1857)

1940 – Lincoln Loy McCandless, American rancher and politician (b. 1859)

1940 – Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)

1941 – Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1856)

1942 – Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer (b. 1861)

1943 – Leon Roppolo, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1902)

1950 – Frederic Lewy, German-American neurologist and academic (b. 1885)

1952 – Joe Jagersberger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1884)

1976 – Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1928)

1976 – Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)

1981 – Gloria Grahame, American actress and singer (b. 1923)

1983 – Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)

1983 – Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (b. 1907)

1985 – Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)

1986 – Mike Burgmann, Australian race car driver and accountant (b. 1947)

1986 – Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898)

1986 – James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1919)

1992 – Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)

1996 – Seymour Cray, American engineer and businessman, founded CRAY Inc (b. 1925)

1997 – Brian Pillman, American football player and wrestler (b. 1962)

2000 – Johanna Döbereiner, Brazilian agronomist (b. 1924)

2000 – Cătălin Hîldan, Romanian footballer (b. 1976)

2001 – Mike Mansfield, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1903)

2002 – Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)

2003 – Dan Snyder, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1978)

2003 – Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist, director, and producer (b. 1957)

2004 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

2004 – William H. Dobelle, American biologist and academic (b. 1941)

2004 – Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)

2006 – Antonio Peña, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (b. 1953)

2006 – George Zervanos, Greek tenor and educator (b. 1930)

2007 – Justin Tuveri, Italian soldier (b. 1898)

2009 – Mike Alexander, English singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1977)

2010 – Bernard Clavel, French journalist and author (b. 1923)

2010 – Mary Leona Gage, American model and actress, Miss USA 1957 (b. 1939)

2010 – Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (b. 1963)

2011 – Derrick Bell, American academic and scholar (b. 1930)

2011 – Bert Jansch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)

2011 – Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founder of Apple Inc. and Pixar (b. 1955)

2011 – Charles Napier, American actor and singer (b. 1936)

2011 – Fred Shuttlesworth, American activist, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (b. 1922)

2011 – Gökşin Sipahioğlu, Turkish photographer and journalist (b. 1926)

2012 – Keith Campbell, English biologist and academic (b. 1954)

2012 – Vojin Dimitrijević, Croatian-Serbian lawyer and activist (b. 1932)

2012 – James W. Holley, III, American dentist and politician (b. 1926)

2012 – Edvard Mirzoyan, Georgian-Armenian composer and educator (b. 1921)

2012 – Claude Pinoteau, French director and screenwriter (b. 1925)

2013 – Ruth R. Benerito, American chemist and academic (b. 1916)

2013 – Carlo Lizzani, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)

2013 – Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese voice actress and singer (b. 1976)

2014 – David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author (b. 1924)

2014 – Andrea de Cesaris, Italian race car driver (b. 1959)

2014 – Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1930)

2014 – Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (b. 1917)

2015 – Chantal Akerman, Belgian-French actress, director, and producer (b. 1950)

2015 – Joker Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1927)

2015 – Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist (b. 1915)

2015 – Henning Mankell, Swedish author and playwright (b. 1948)

2016 – Brock Yates, American journalist and author (b. 1933)

Holidays and observances

World Space Week (October 4–10)

Armed Forces Day (Indonesia)

Christian feast day:

Anna Schäffer

Faustina Kowalska

Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos (Roman Catholic Church)

Blessed Bartolo Longo

Thraseas

Hor and Susia (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria)

Placid and Maurus

Placidus (martyr)

October 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Day (Vanuatu)

Engineer's Day (Bolivia)

International Day of No Prostitution

Republic Day (Portugal)

Teachers' Day (Pakistan)

Teachers' Day (Russia)

World Teachers' Day