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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[610]] – [[Heraclius]] arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.<ref>{{cite book | last = Olster, David Michael| title = The politics of usurpation in the seventh century: rhetoric and revolution in Byzantium|edition= 1993| publisher = A.M. Hakkert|page=133}}</ref>
* [[816]] – King [[Louis the Pious]] is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard A. Jackson|title=Ordines Coronationis Franciae, Volume 1: Texts and Ordines for the Coronation of Frankish and French Kings and Queens in the Middle Ages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eNTe7z63cJ4C&pg=PA104|year=1995|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=0-8122-3263-1|pages=104}}</ref>
* [[869]] – The [[Fourth Council of Constantinople (Roman Catholic)|Fourth Council of Constantinople]] is convened to depose patriarch Photios I.<ref>{{cite book|author=Raymond Davis|title=The Lives of the Ninth-century Popes (Liber Pontificalis): The Ancient Biographies of Ten Popes from A.D. 817-891|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q7EuWhDYxM4C&pg=PA252|year=1995|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=978-0-85323-479-1|pages=252}}</ref>
*[[1143]] – With the signing of the [[Treaty of Zamora]], King [[Alfonso VII of León and Castile]] recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I2CCDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA81|title=The Reconquest Kings of Portugal: Political and Cultural Reorientation on the Medieval Frontier|last=Lay|first=S.|date=2008-11-28|publisher=Springer|isbn=9780230583139|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1450]] – [[Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria]] expels Jews from his jurisdiction.
===1601–1900===
*[[1607]] – Assassins attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist [[Paolo Sarpi]].
*[[1789]] – French Revolution: The [[Women's March on Versailles]] effectively terminates royal authority.
*[[1813]] – [[War of 1812]]: The Army of the Northwest [[Battle of the Thames|defeats]] a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit.
*[[1838]] – The [[Killough massacre]] in east Texas sees eighteen Texian settlers either killed or kidnapped.
*[[1869]] – The [[Saxby Gale]] devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
* 1869 – The [[Eastman tunnel]], in Minnesota, United States, collapses during construction, causing a landslide that nearly destroys St. Anthony Falls.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Benidt |first=Bruce |date=November 15, 1987 |work=Star Tribune |location=Minneapolis |title=River Has Powerful History of Damage at Falls |page=7B}}</ref>
*[[1877]] – The [[Nez Perce War]] in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
*[[1900]] – Peace congress in Paris condemns British policy in South Africa and asserts [[South African Republic|Boer Republic]]'s right to self-determination.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=20|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1905]] – The [[Wright brothers]] pilot the [[Wright Flyer III]] in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
*[[1910]] – In a [[5 October 1910 revolution|revolution]] in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
*[[1911]] – The [[Kowloon–Canton Railway]] commences service.
*[[1914]] – [[World War I]]: An aircraft successfully [[Fighter aircraft|destroys another aircraft]] with gunfire for the first time.<ref>{{cite web| last1=Reichhardt| first1=Tony| title=The First Aerial Combat Victory| url=http://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/first-aerial-combat-victory-180952933/?no-ist| website=Air & Space| publisher=Smithsonian Institution| access-date=October 4, 2018| date=October 4, 2014}}</ref>
*[[1921]] – The [[1921 World Series|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 killing 48 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=R101 airship crash: 'Hope and sadness' on 90th anniversary |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-54338833 |website=BBC News |access-date=4 October 2020 |date=3 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[1936]] – The [[Jarrow March]] sets off for [[London]].
*[[1938]] – [[Holocaust]]: In Nazi Germany, Jews' [[Nuremberg Laws|passports are invalidated]].
*[[1943]] – [[World War II]]: [[Battle of the Pacific]]: Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on [[Wake Island]].
*[[1944]] – The [[Provisional Government of the French Republic]] enfranchises women.
*[[1945]] – A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a [[Hollywood Black Friday|bloody riot]] at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.
*[[1947]] – President Truman makes the first televised [[Oval Office address]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-presidential-speech-on-tv|title=First presidential speech on TV}}</ref>
*[[1962]] – The first of the [[James Bond]] film series, based on the novels by [[Ian Fleming]], ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'', is released in Britain.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr. No|url=https://www.007.com/the-films/dr-no/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=James Bond 007|date=7 March 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 1962 – The first [[Beatles]] single "[[Love Me Do]]" is released in Britain.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/liner-notes/love-me-do/ | title=Love Me do – the Day the World Changed Forever | date=18 July 2018 }}</ref>
*[[1963]] – The United States suspends the [[Commercial Import Program]] in response to [[Buddhist crisis|repression of the Buddhist majority]] by the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem.<ref>{{cite book |title=Intervention : how America became involved in Vietnam |author=Kahin, George McT. |author-link=George McTurnan Kahin |location=New York |publisher=Knopf |year=1986 |isbn=0-394-54367-X |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/intervention00geor |page=86}}</ref>
*[[1966]] – A reactor at the [[Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station]] near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.
*[[1968]] – A [[Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association]] march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
*[[1970]] – The [[Public Broadcasting Service]] (PBS) is founded.
* 1970 – The British Trade Commissioner, [[James Cross]], is kidnapped by members of the [[Front de libération du Québec]], triggering the [[October Crisis]] in Canada.
*[[1974]] – Bombs planted by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|PIRA]] in pubs in [[Guildford]] [[Guildford pub bombings|kill]] four British soldiers and one civilian.
*[[1982]] – [[Tylenol (brand)|Tylenol]] products are recalled after [[Chicago Tylenol murders|bottles in Chicago]] laced with cyanide cause seven deaths.
*[[1984]] – [[Marc Garneau]] becomes the first Canadian in space.
*[[1986]] – [[Mordechai Vanunu]]'s story in ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' reveals Israel's secret nuclear weapons.
*[[1988]] – A Chilean opposition coalition defeats [[Augusto Pinochet]] in [[1988 Chilean national plebiscite|his re-election attempt]].
*[[1990]] – After 150 years ''[[The Herald (Melbourne)|The Herald]]'' newspaper in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]], is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
*[[1991]] – An [[1991 Jakarta Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash|Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash]] kills 135 people.
*[[1999]] – The [[Ladbroke Grove rail crash]] in [[West London]] kills 31 people.<ref>{{cite web |title='A body drifted past the window': surviving the Ladbroke Grove train crash |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/17/ladbroke-grove-paddington-train-crash-inquiry |website=The Guardian |access-date=22 July 2021 |language=en |date=17 October 2019}}</ref>
*[[2000]] – [[Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević|Mass demonstrations]] in [[Serbia]] force the resignation of [[Slobodan Milošević]].
*[[2011]] – In the [[Mekong River massacre]], two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered.
==Births==
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===Pre-1600===
*[[1274]] – [[Al-Dhahabi]], Syrian scholar and historian (d. 1348)
*[[1338]] – [[Alexios III of Trebizond]] (d. 1390)
*[[1377]] – [[Louis II of Anjou]] (d. 1417)
*[[1422]] – [[Catherine, Princess of Asturias]], Spanish royal (d. 1424)<ref>Instituto Salazar Y Castro: Tratado de genealogia, héràldica y derecho nobiliario: segundo curso de la Escuela de Genealogía, Heráldica y Nobiliaria]; Ediciones Hidalguia, 2001, 8489851336</ref>
*[[1487]] – [[Ludwig of Hanau-Lichtenberg]], German nobleman (d. 1553)
*[[1520]] – [[Alessandro Farnese (cardinal)|Alessandro Farnese]], Italian cardinal and diplomat (d. 1589)
*[[1524]] – [[Rani Durgavati]], Queen of Gond (d. 1564)
===1601–1900===
*[[1609]] – [[Paul Fleming (poet)|Paul Fleming]], German physician and poet (d. 1640)<ref>{{NDB|5|238||Fleming, Paul|Flemming, Willi|118533908}}</ref>
*[[1641]] – [[Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan]], French mistress of [[Louis XIV of France]] (d. 1707)
*[[1658]] – [[Mary of Modena]] (d. 1718)<ref>{{cite web |author=Encyclopædia Britannica |title=Mary of Modena (queen of England) |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/367570/Mary-of-Modena |publisher=Britannica.com |access-date=24 December 2009}}</ref>
*[[1687]] – [[Maria Maddalena Martinengo]], Italian nun (d. 1737)
*[[1703]] – [[Jonathan Edwards (theologian)|Jonathan Edwards]], American pastor and theologian (d. 1758)<ref>{{EB1911 |wstitle=Edwards, Jonathan |volume=9 |first1=Harry Norman |last1= Gardiner |first2=Richard |last2=Webster |pages=3–6 |inline=1}}</ref>
*[[1712]] – [[Francesco Guardi]], Italian painter (d. 1793)
*[[1713]] – [[Denis Diderot]], French philosopher and critic (d. 1784)<ref>Arthur M. Wilson. ''Diderot: The Testing Years, 1713–1759.'' New York: Oxford University Press, 1957, p. 14 [https://archive.org/stream/diderotthetestin001232mbp/diderotthetestin001232mbp_djvu.txt]</ref>
*[[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)
*[[1781]] – [[Bernard Bolzano]], Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848)
*[[1792]] – [[Joseph Crosfield]], English businessman (d. 1844)
*[[1795]] – [[Alexander Keith (politician)|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 (writer)|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)
*[[1841]] – [[Philipp Mainländer]], German philosopher (d. 1876)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lombroso|first=Cesare|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uXz3DwAAQBAJ&q=mainlander|title=The Man of Genius|year=1889|chapter=Chapter IV: Genius and Insanity|publisher=BoD – Books on Demand |isbn=9783752434262}}</ref>
*[[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)
*[[1877]] – [[Mike O'Neill (baseball)|Mike O'Neill]], Irish-American baseball player and manager (d. 1959)
*[[1878]] – [[Louise Dresser]], American actress (d. 1965)
*[[1879]] – [[Francis Peyton Rous]], American pathologist and virologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|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)
*[[1887]] – [[René Cassin]], French judge and academic, [[Nobel Peace Prize|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 Emma Anderson|Elda Anderson]]''',''' American physicist and health researcher (d. 1961)
*[[1900]] – [[Bing Xin]], Chinese author and poet, known for her contributions to children's literature (d. 1998)
* 1900 – [[Margherita Bontade]], Italian politician (d. 1992)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] – [[John Alton]], Austrian-American director and cinematographer (d. 1996)
*[[1902]] – [[Larry Fine]], American comedian (d. 1975)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1902 – [[Ray Kroc]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1984)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 5: Michael Andretti, Kate Winslet |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/05/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-5-Michael-Andretti-Kate-Winslet/9491664839243/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=4 October 2023 |date=5 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[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 novelty 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)
*[[1911]] – [[Pierre Dansereau]], Canadian ecologist and academic (d. 2011)
* 1911 – [[Brian O'Nolan]], Irish author and playwright (d. 1966)<ref>{{cite book |title=A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes |date=13 May 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-80619-3 |page=473 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qlK7uHg2Dh8C&pg=PT473 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1912]] – [[Fritz Fischer (medical doctor)|Fritz Fischer]], German physician and convicted war criminal (d. 2003)
*[[1913]] – [[Eugene B. Fluckey]], American admiral, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 2007)
*[[1914]] – [[Zhang Zhen (general)|Zhang Zhen]], Chinese general and politician (d. 2015)
*[[1916]] – [[Stetson Kennedy]], American author and activist (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Roberts|first1=Diane|title=Stetson Kennedy, Unmasker of the Klan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/sep/02/protest-florida|accessdate=August 26, 2017|work=The Guardian|date=September 2, 2011}}</ref>
*[[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]] – [[José Froilán González]], Argentinian racing driver (d. 2013)
* 1922 – [[Bil Keane]], American cartoonist (d. 2011)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 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 (footballer, born 1923)|Albert Guðmundsson]], Icelandic footballer and politician (d. 1994)
* 1923 – [[Glynis Johns]], British actress and singer<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1923 – [[Kailashpati Mishra]], Indian lawyer and politician, 18th [[List of Governors of Gujarat|Governor of Gujarat]] (d. 2012)
*[[1924]] – [[Bill Dana]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 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 (d. 2020)
* 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 (d. 2017)
* 1929 – [[Bill Wirtz]], American businessman (d. 2007)
*[[1930]] – [[Pavel Popovich]], Ukrainian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |last2=Hall |first2=Rex |title=The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact |date=2009 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |isbn=9780387848235 |page=61 |lccn=2008935694}}</ref>
* 1930 – [[Reinhard Selten]], German economist and mathematician, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|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 (d. 2019)
* 1932 – [[Michael John Rogers]], English ornithologist and police officer (d. 2006)
*[[1933]] – [[Doug Bailey]], American political consultant, founded ''[[The Hotline]]'' (d. 2013)
* 1933 – [[Billy Lee Riley]], American rockabilly musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer (d. 2009)
*[[1934]] – [[Kenneth D. Taylor]], Canadian businessman and diplomat (d. 2015)
*[[1936]] – [[Václav Havel]], Czech poet, playwright, and politician, 1st [[President of the Czech Republic]] (d. 2011)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1936 – [[Adrian Smith (basketball)|Adrian Smith]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Adrian Smith |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/78178/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1937]] – [[Carlo Mastrangelo]], American doo-wop singer (d. 2016)
* 1937 – [[Barry Switzer]], American football player and coach<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1938]] – [[Johnny Duncan (country singer)|Johnny Duncan]], American country singer (d. 2006)
* 1938 – [[Teresa Heinz]], Mozambican-American businesswoman and philanthropist
*[[1939]] – [[Marie-Claire Blais]], Canadian author and playwright
* 1939 – [[A. R. Penck]], German painter and sculptor (d. 2017)
* 1939 – [[Consuelo Ynares-Santiago]], Filipino lawyer and jurist
*[[1940]] – [[Terry Trotter]], American jazz pianist<ref>{{cite book|author=Ira Gitler|title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|year=1999|isbn=9780199729074|page=652}}</ref>
*[[1941]] – [[Stephanie Cole]], English actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0784d42 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627040711/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0784d42 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |title=Stephanie Cole|website=BFI|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>
* 1941 – [[Eduardo Duhalde]], Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th [[President of Argentina]]
* 1941 – [[Frank Stagg (Irish republican)|Frank Stagg]], Irish hunger striker (d. 1976)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/stagg-frank-a8243 |title=Stagg, Frank |last=Maume |first=Patrick |date=October 2009 |website=Dictionary of Irish Biography |publisher= |access-date=16 May 2023 |quote=}}</ref>
*[[1942]] – [[Richard Street]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
*[[1943]] – [[Ben Cardin]], American lawyer and politician<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8v1cikke5SIC|title=Official Congressional Directory|publisher=United States Government Publishing Office|year=2016|isbn=9780160929960|edition=114th Congress, 2015–2016|location=Washington, D.C.|pages=123|oclc=951612101|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* 1943 – [[Steve Miller (musician)|Steve Miller]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today’s famous birthdays list for October 5, 2022 includes celebrities Guy Pearce, Kate Winslet |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-5-2022-includes-celebrities-guy-pearce-kate-winslet.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=4 October 2023 |date=5 October 2022}}</ref>
* 1943 – [[Michael Morpurgo]], English author, poet, and playwright
* 1943 – [[Etela Farkašová]], Slovak philosopher and writer<ref>{{cite web |title=FARKAŠOVÁ, Etela :: Spolok slovenských spisovateľov |url=https://www.spolok-slovenskych-spisovatelov.sk/products/farkasova-etela/ |website=www.spolok-slovenskych-spisovatelov.sk |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref>
*[[1944]] – [[Richard Rosser, Baron Rosser]], English union leader and politician
*[[1946]] – [[Zahida Hina]], Pakistani journalist and author
* 1946 – [[Robin Lane Fox]], English historian and author
* 1946 – [[Jean Perron]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
* 1946 – [[David Watson (footballer, born 1946)|David Watson]], English footballer<ref>{{NFT|17993|name=Watson, David}}</ref>
*[[1947]] – [[Brian Johnson]], English singer and songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1947 – [[Michèle Pierre-Louis]], Haitian politician, 14th [[Prime Minister of Haiti]]
*[[1948]] – [[Russell Mael]], American vocalist
*[[1949]] – [[Peter Ackroyd]], English biographer, novelist and critic
* 1949 – [[Michael Gaughan (Irish republican)|Michael Gaughan]] Irish hunger striker (d. 1974)<ref>Tírghrá. National Commemoration Centre. 2002. p. 142. ISBN 0-9542946-0-2</ref>
* 1949 – [[Ralph Goodale]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 36th [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Finance]]
* 1949 – [[Bill James]], American historian and author
* 1949 – [[Yashiki Takajin]], Japanese singer and television host (d. 2014)
*[[1950]] – [[Eddie Clarke (musician)|Eddie Clarke]], English rock guitarist (d. 2018)
* 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<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1951 – [[Bob Geldof]], Irish singer-songwriter and actor<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1952]] – [[Clive Barker]], English author, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1952 – [[Harold Faltermeyer]], German keyboard player, composer, and producer
* 1952 – [[Imran Khan]], Pakistani cricketer and politician, 22nd [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]]
*[[1953]] – [[Philip Hampton]], English-Scottish accountant and businessman
* 1953 – [[Roy Laidlaw]], Scottish rugby player
*[[1955]] – [[John Alexander (footballer, born 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 – [[Bernie Mac]], American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1957 – [[Lee Thompson (saxophonist)|Lee Thompson]], English singer-songwriter and saxophonist
*[[1958]] – [[André Kuipers]], Dutch physician and astronaut
* 1958 – [[Neil Peart (footballer)|Neil Peart]], Australian footballer
* 1958 – [[Neil deGrasse Tyson]], American astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1959]] – [[Kenan İpek]], Turkish lawyer and judge
* 1959 – [[Maya Lin]], American architect and sculptor, designed the [[Vietnam Veterans Memorial]] and [[Civil Rights Memorial]]<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1959 – [[Kelly Joe Phelps]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2022)
*[[1960]] – [[Daniel Baldwin]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1960 – [[Careca]], Brazilian footballer
* 1960 – [[David Kirk]], New Zealand rugby player and coach
*[[1961]] – [[Pato Banton]], English singer-songwriter
*[[1962]] – [[Michael Andretti]], American race car driver<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1962 – [[Thomas Herbst (footballer)|Thomas Herbst]], German footballer and manager
* 1962 – [[Caron Keating]], British television host (d. 2004)
*[[1963]] – [[Laura Davies]], English golfer and sportscaster<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1963 – [[Tony Dodemaide]], Australian cricketer
* 1963 – [[Michael Hadschieff]], Austrian speed skater
* 1963 – [[Nick Robinson (journalist)|Nick Robinson]], English journalist and blogger
*[[1964]] – [[Philip A. Haigh]], English historian and author
* 1964 – [[Malik Saidullaev]], Russian businessman
* 1964 – [[Korina Sanchez]], Filipino journalist<ref>{{cite news|title=TOP LIST: Stars turning 50 in 2014|url=http://www.pep.ph/photos/4326/top-list-stars-turning-50-in-2014/num/3|access-date = 28 April 2015|publisher=Philippine Entertainment Portal|date= 16 January 2014}}</ref>
*[[1965]] – [[Trace Armstrong]], American football player and agent
* 1965 – [[Mario Lemieux]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1965 – [[Patrick Roy]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1966]] – [[Dennis Byrd]], American football player (d. 2016)
* 1966 – [[Sean M. Carroll]], American physicist, cosmologist, and academic
* 1966 – [[Fredrik Olausson]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Fredrik Olausson |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/fredrik-olausson-8449971 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
* 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<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1970]] – [[Josie Bissett]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1970 – [[Matthew Knights]], Australian footballer and coach
* 1970 – [[Tord Gustavsen]], Norwegian pianist and composer
* 1970 – [[Cal Wilson]], New Zealand comedian, actress, and screenwriter
*[[1971]] – [[Tonia Antoniazzi]], British politician
* 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 (television journalist)|Thomas Roberts]], American journalist and actor
*[[1973]] – [[Cédric Villani]], French mathematician and academic
*[[1974]] – [[Rich Franklin]], American mixed martial artist and actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fightline.com/fighters/rich_franklin.shtml|title=Fighter Profile at Fightline.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104150633/http://fightline.com/fighters/rich_franklin.shtml|archive-date=January 4, 2010}}</ref>
* 1974 – [[Heather Headley]], Trinidadian-American singer, songwriter, and actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/parminder-nagra/biography.html|title=Parminder Nagra - Biography|publisher=[[Yahoo! Movies]]|access-date=14 May 2013}}</ref>
* 1975 – [[Monica Rial]], American voice actress, director, and screenwriter
* 1975 – [[Scott Weinger]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1975 – [[Kate Winslet]], English actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[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
* 1977 – [[Konstantin Zyryanov]], Russian footballer
*[[1978]] – [[Steinar Nickelsen]], Norwegian organist and composer
* 1978 – [[Jesse Palmer]], Canadian football player and sportscaster
* 1978 – [[Shane Ryan (Dublin Gaelic footballer)|Shane Ryan]], Irish footballer and hurler
* 1978 – [[James Valentine (musician)|James Valentine]], American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1978 – [[Morgan Webb]], Canadian-American television host and producer
*[[1979]] – [[Vince Grella]], Australian footballer
* 1979 – [[Curtis Sanford]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1980]] – [[Yuta Tabuse]], Japanese basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Yuta Tabuse |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2657/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
* 1980 – [[Paul Thomas (bassist)|Paul Thomas]], American bass player<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1980 – [[James Toseland]], English motorcycle racer
*[[1981]] – [[Jeanette Antolin]], American gymnast<ref>{{cite web |title=USA Gymnastics {{!}} Jeanette Antolin |url=https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/a/jantolin.html |website=usagym.org |access-date=21 February 2020}}</ref>
* 1981 – [[Joel Lindpere]], Estonian footballer
* 1981 – [[Andy Nägelein]], German footballer
*[[1982]] – [[Michael Roos]], Estonian-American football player
* 1982 – [[Steve Williams (rugby player born 1982)|Steve Williams]], Australian-German rugby player
*[[1983]] – [[Jesse Eisenberg]], American actor and writer<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1983 – [[Nicky Hilton]], American socialite, fashion designer, and model<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1983 – [[Florian Mayer]], German tennis player
* 1983 – [[Mashrafe Mortaza]], Bangladeshi cricketer
*[[1984]] – [[Naima Adedapo]], American singer and dancer
* 1984 – [[Kenwyne Jones]], Trinidadian footballer
* 1984 – [[Nathalie Kelley]], Peruvian-Australian actress<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1984 – [[Nate Thompson]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nate Thompson |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/nate-thompson-8470775 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1985]] – [[Nicola Roberts]], English singer-songwriter
* 1985 – [[Brooke Valentine]], American singer and songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1986]] – [[Mladen Bartulović]], Croatian footballer
* 1986 – [[Tanner Roark]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tanner Roark |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/tanner-roark-543699 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1987]] – [[Dillon Francis]], American DJ and record producer
* 1987 – [[Michael Grabner]], Austrian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Grabner |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/michael-grabner-8473546 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
* 1987 – [[Jesse Joensuu]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jesse Joensuu |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jesse-joensuu-8473514 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
* 1987 – [[Kevin Mirallas]], Belgian footballer
* 1987 – [[Tim Ream]], American soccer player
* 1987 – [[Park So-yeon (singer)|Park So-yeon]], South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
* 1987 – [[Luigi Vitale]], Italian footballer
* 1987 – [[Brandan Wright]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandan Wright |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201148/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1988]] – [[Benny Howell]], English cricketer
* 1988 – [[Bahar Kızıl]], German singer-songwriter
* 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
* 1989 – [[Travis Kelce]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grathoff |first1=Pete |title=CBS broadcast shared cute kid photos of Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce and his brother |url=https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article254771047.html |publisher=[[The Kansas City Star]] |access-date=28 September 2022 |date=5 October 2021}}</ref>
*[[1990]] – [[Nathan Peats]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1991]] – [[Pär Lindholm]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Par Lindholm |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/par-lindholm-8480944 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
* 1991 – [[Tornike Shengelia]], Georgian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tornike Shengelia |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203129/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1992]] – [[Kevin Magnussen]], Danish racing driver<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Kevin_Magnussen|title=Kevin Magnussen|access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref>
* 1992 – [[Cody Zeller]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Cody Zeller |url=https://www.nba.com/player/203469/cody-zeller |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1993]] – [[Jewell Loyd]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jewell Loyd |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/204319/jewell-loyd |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
* 1993 – [[Wakamotoharu Minato]], Japanese sumo wrestler<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataRikishi/profile/3371/|title=Wakamotoharu Minato|access-date=5 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[2006]] – [[Jacob Tremblay]], Canadian actor<ref name="UPI"></ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[578]] – [[Justin II]], Byzantine emperor (b. 520)
* [[610]] – [[Phocas]], Byzantine emperor
* [[989]] – [[Henry III, Duke of Bavaria|Henry III]], duke of Bavaria (b. 940)<ref name="ndb">{{cite book |last1=Reindel |first1=Kurt |title=Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB), Band 8 |date=1969 |publisher=Duncker & Humblot |location=Berlin |isbn=3-428-00189-3 |page=341}}</ref>
*[[1056]] – [[Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry III]], Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1016)
*[[1111]] – [[Robert II, Count of Flanders|Robert II]], count of Flanders (b. 1065)
*[[1112]] – [[Sigebert of Gembloux]], French monk, historian, and author (b. 1030)
*[[1214]] – [[Alfonso VIII of Castile|Alfonso VIII]], king of Castile and Toledo (b. 1155)
*[[1225]] – [[Al-Nasir]], Abbasid caliph (b. 1158)
*[[1285]] – [[Philip III of France|Philip III]], king of France (b. 1245)
*[[1354]] – [[Giovanni Visconti (archbishop of Milan)|Giovanni Visconti]], Italian cardinal (b. 1290)<ref name="Melegnano">{{cite web |url=http://www.melegnano.net/rif0006.htm |title=Giovanni Visconti |first1=Ettore |last1=Rossoni |date=September 22, 2005 |work=I Personaggi storici |location=Melegnano |language=it |access-date=July 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612100924/http://www.melegnano.net/rif0006.htm |archive-date=2010-06-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1398]] – [[Blanche of Navarre, Queen of France|Blanche of Navarre]], queen of France (b. 1330)
*[[1399]] – [[Raymond of Capua]], Italian priest and [[Master of the Order of Preachers|Master General]] (b. c. 1330)
*[[1524]] – [[Joachim Patinir]], Flemish landscape painter (b. c. 1480)
*[[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)
===1601–1900===
*[[1606]] – [[Philippe Desportes]], French poet and author (b. 1546)
*[[1629]] – [[Heribert Rosweyde]], Jesuit hagiographer (b. 1569)
*[[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)
*[[1802]] – [[Sanité Bélair]], Haitian freedom fighter (b. 1781)<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Black Jacobins; Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution.|last=James|first=C. L. R|date=1963|publisher=Vintage Books|isbn=0394702425|location=New York|pages=252|language=en|oclc = 362702}}</ref>
*[[1805]] – [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (b. 1738)
*[[1813]] – [[Tecumseh]], American tribal leader (b. 1768)
*[[1827]] – [[William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry]], Anglo-Irish politician and peer (b. 1761)
*[[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)
*[[1885]] – [[Thomas C. Durant]], American railroad tycoon (b. 1820)
*[[1895]] – [[Ralph Tollemache]], English priest (b. 1826)
===1901–present===
*[[1913]] – [[Hans von Bartels]], German painter and educator (b. 1856)
*[[1914]] – [[Albert Solomon]], Australian politician, 23rd [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1876)
*[[1918]] – [[Roland Garros (aviator)|Roland Garros]], French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)
*[[1921]] – [[John Storey (politician)|John Storey]], Australian politician, 20th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1869)
*[[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 racing driver (b. 1884)
*[[1967]] – [[Clifton Williams]], American astronaut (b. 1932)
*[[1976]] – [[Barbara Nichols]], American actress (b. 1928)
* 1976 – [[Lars Onsager]], Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1903)
*[[1981]] – [[Gloria Grahame]], American actress (b. 1923)
*[[1983]] – [[Humberto Mauro]], Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
* 1983 – [[Earl Tupper]], American inventor and businessman, founded the [[Tupperware|Tupperware Corporation]] (b. 1907)
*[[1985]] – [[Karl Menger]], Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)
*[[1986]] – [[Mike Burgmann]], Australian racing 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|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 (ice hockey)|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 in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1916)
*[[2006]] – [[Antonio Peña]], Mexican wrestling promoter, founded [[Lucha Libre AAA World Wide]] (b. 1953)
*[[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 (singer)|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 (actor)|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 (biologist)|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 racing 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)
*[[2017]] – [[Eberhard van der Laan]], Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam (b. 1955)<ref>{{cite web |title=Eberhard van der Laan, Popular Mayor of Amsterdam, Dies at 62 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/obituaries/eberhard-van-der-laan-dead-mayor-of-amsterdam.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=24 January 2023 |date=6 October 2017}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* [[World Space Week]] (October 4–10)
* [[Armed Forces Day (Indonesia)]]
* Christian [[feast day]]:
** [[Anna Schäffer]]
** [[Faustina Kowalska]]
** [[Francis Xavier Seelos|Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]])
** [[Bartolo Longo|Blessed Bartolo Longo]]
** [[Thraseas]]
** [[Hor and Susia]] ([[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]])
** [[Saint Placidus|Placid]] and [[Saint Maurus|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#By country|Teachers' Day (Russia)]]
* [[World Teachers' Day]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[610]] – [[Heraclius]] arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.<ref>{{cite book | last = Olster, David Michael| title = The politics of usurpation in the seventh century: rhetoric and revolution in Byzantium|edition= 1993| publisher = A.M. Hakkert|page=133}}</ref>
* [[816]] – King [[Louis the Pious]] is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard A. Jackson|title=Ordines Coronationis Franciae, Volume 1: Texts and Ordines for the Coronation of Frankish and French Kings and Queens in the Middle Ages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eNTe7z63cJ4C&pg=PA104|year=1995|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=0-8122-3263-1|pages=104}}</ref>
* [[869]] – The [[Fourth Council of Constantinople (Roman Catholic)|Fourth Council of Constantinople]] is convened to depose patriarch Photios I.<ref>{{cite book|author=Raymond Davis|title=The Lives of the Ninth-century Popes (Liber Pontificalis): The Ancient Biographies of Ten Popes from A.D. 817-891|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q7EuWhDYxM4C&pg=PA252|year=1995|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=978-0-85323-479-1|pages=252}}</ref>
*[[1143]] – With the signing of the [[Treaty of Zamora]], King [[Alfonso VII of León and Castile]] recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I2CCDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA81|title=The Reconquest Kings of Portugal: Political and Cultural Reorientation on the Medieval Frontier|last=Lay|first=S.|date=2008-11-28|publisher=Springer|isbn=9780230583139|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1450]] – [[Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria]] expels Jews from his jurisdiction.
===1601–1900===
*[[1607]] – Assassins attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist [[Paolo Sarpi]].
*[[1789]] – French Revolution: The [[Women's March on Versailles]] effectively terminates royal authority.
*[[1813]] – [[War of 1812]]: The Army of the Northwest [[Battle of the Thames|defeats]] a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit.
*[[1838]] – The [[Killough massacre]] in east Texas sees eighteen Texian settlers either killed or kidnapped.
*[[1869]] – The [[Saxby Gale]] devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
* 1869 – The [[Eastman tunnel]], in Minnesota, United States, collapses during construction, causing a landslide that nearly destroys St. Anthony Falls.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Benidt |first=Bruce |date=November 15, 1987 |work=Star Tribune |location=Minneapolis |title=River Has Powerful History of Damage at Falls |page=7B}}</ref>
*[[1877]] – The [[Nez Perce War]] in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
*[[1900]] – Peace congress in Paris condemns British policy in South Africa and asserts [[South African Republic|Boer Republic]]'s right to self-determination.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=20|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1905]] – The [[Wright brothers]] pilot the [[Wright Flyer III]] in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
*[[1910]] – In a [[5 October 1910 revolution|revolution]] in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
*[[1911]] – The [[Kowloon–Canton Railway]] commences service.
*[[1914]] – [[World War I]]: An aircraft successfully [[Fighter aircraft|destroys another aircraft]] with gunfire for the first time.<ref>{{cite web| last1=Reichhardt| first1=Tony| title=The First Aerial Combat Victory| url=http://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/first-aerial-combat-victory-180952933/?no-ist| website=Air & Space| publisher=Smithsonian Institution| access-date=October 4, 2018| date=October 4, 2014}}</ref>
*[[1921]] – The [[1921 World Series|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 killing 48 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=R101 airship crash: 'Hope and sadness' on 90th anniversary |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-54338833 |website=BBC News |access-date=4 October 2020 |date=3 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[1936]] – The [[Jarrow March]] sets off for [[London]].
*[[1938]] – [[Holocaust]]: In Nazi Germany, Jews' [[Nuremberg Laws|passports are invalidated]].
*[[1943]] – [[World War II]]: [[Battle of the Pacific]]: Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on [[Wake Island]].
*[[1944]] – The [[Provisional Government of the French Republic]] enfranchises women.
*[[1945]] – A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a [[Hollywood Black Friday|bloody riot]] at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.
*[[1947]] – President Truman makes the first televised [[Oval Office address]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-presidential-speech-on-tv|title=First presidential speech on TV}}</ref>
*[[1962]] – The first of the [[James Bond]] film series, based on the novels by [[Ian Fleming]], ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'', is released in Britain.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr. No|url=https://www.007.com/the-films/dr-no/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=James Bond 007|date=7 March 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 1962 – The first [[Beatles]] single "[[Love Me Do]]" is released in Britain.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/liner-notes/love-me-do/ | title=Love Me do – the Day the World Changed Forever | date=18 July 2018 }}</ref>
*[[1963]] – The United States suspends the [[Commercial Import Program]] in response to [[Buddhist crisis|repression of the Buddhist majority]] by the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem.<ref>{{cite book |title=Intervention : how America became involved in Vietnam |author=Kahin, George McT. |author-link=George McTurnan Kahin |location=New York |publisher=Knopf |year=1986 |isbn=0-394-54367-X |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/intervention00geor |page=86}}</ref>
*[[1966]] – A reactor at the [[Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station]] near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.
*[[1968]] – A [[Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association]] march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
*[[1970]] – The [[Public Broadcasting Service]] (PBS) is founded.
* 1970 – The British Trade Commissioner, [[James Cross]], is kidnapped by members of the [[Front de libération du Québec]], triggering the [[October Crisis]] in Canada.
*[[1974]] – Bombs planted by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|PIRA]] in pubs in [[Guildford]] [[Guildford pub bombings|kill]] four British soldiers and one civilian.
*[[1982]] – [[Tylenol (brand)|Tylenol]] products are recalled after [[Chicago Tylenol murders|bottles in Chicago]] laced with cyanide cause seven deaths.
*[[1984]] – [[Marc Garneau]] becomes the first Canadian in space.
*[[1985]] – [[Ras Burqa massacre]]: An Egyptian soldier shoots and kills seven Israeli vacationers (including four children) at [[Ras Burqa]], a beach resort in the [[Sinai peninsula]].
*[[1986]] – [[Mordechai Vanunu]]'s story in ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' reveals Israel's secret nuclear weapons.
*[[1988]] – A Chilean opposition coalition defeats [[Augusto Pinochet]] in [[1988 Chilean national plebiscite|his re-election attempt]].
*[[1990]] – After 150 years ''[[The Herald (Melbourne)|The Herald]]'' newspaper in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]], is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
*[[1991]] – An [[1991 Jakarta Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash|Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash]] kills 135 people.
*[[1999]] – The [[Ladbroke Grove rail crash]] in [[West London]] kills 31 people.<ref>{{cite web |title='A body drifted past the window': surviving the Ladbroke Grove train crash |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/17/ladbroke-grove-paddington-train-crash-inquiry |website=The Guardian |access-date=22 July 2021 |language=en |date=17 October 2019}}</ref>
*[[2000]] – [[Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević|Mass demonstrations]] in [[Serbia]] force the resignation of [[Slobodan Milošević]].
*[[2011]] – In the [[Mekong River massacre]], two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered.
==Births==
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===Pre-1600===
*[[1274]] – [[Al-Dhahabi]], Syrian scholar and historian (d. 1348)
*[[1338]] – [[Alexios III of Trebizond]] (d. 1390)
*[[1377]] – [[Louis II of Anjou]] (d. 1417)
*[[1422]] – [[Catherine, Princess of Asturias]], Spanish royal (d. 1424)<ref>Instituto Salazar Y Castro: Tratado de genealogia, héràldica y derecho nobiliario: segundo curso de la Escuela de Genealogía, Heráldica y Nobiliaria]; Ediciones Hidalguia, 2001, 8489851336</ref>
*[[1487]] – [[Ludwig of Hanau-Lichtenberg]], German nobleman (d. 1553)
*[[1520]] – [[Alessandro Farnese (cardinal)|Alessandro Farnese]], Italian cardinal and diplomat (d. 1589)
*[[1524]] – [[Rani Durgavati]], Queen of Gond (d. 1564)
===1601–1900===
*[[1609]] – [[Paul Fleming (poet)|Paul Fleming]], German physician and poet (d. 1640)<ref>{{NDB|5|238||Fleming, Paul|Flemming, Willi|118533908}}</ref>
*[[1641]] – [[Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan]], French mistress of [[Louis XIV of France]] (d. 1707)
*[[1658]] – [[Mary of Modena]] (d. 1718)<ref>{{cite web |author=Encyclopædia Britannica |title=Mary of Modena (queen of England) |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/367570/Mary-of-Modena |publisher=Britannica.com |access-date=24 December 2009}}</ref>
*[[1687]] – [[Maria Maddalena Martinengo]], Italian nun (d. 1737)
*[[1703]] – [[Jonathan Edwards (theologian)|Jonathan Edwards]], American pastor and theologian (d. 1758)<ref>{{EB1911 |wstitle=Edwards, Jonathan |volume=9 |first1=Harry Norman |last1= Gardiner |first2=Richard |last2=Webster |pages=3–6 |inline=1}}</ref>
*[[1712]] – [[Francesco Guardi]], Italian painter (d. 1793)
*[[1713]] – [[Denis Diderot]], French philosopher and critic (d. 1784)<ref>Arthur M. Wilson. ''Diderot: The Testing Years, 1713–1759.'' New York: Oxford University Press, 1957, p. 14 [https://archive.org/stream/diderotthetestin001232mbp/diderotthetestin001232mbp_djvu.txt]</ref>
*[[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)
*[[1781]] – [[Bernard Bolzano]], Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848)
*[[1792]] – [[Joseph Crosfield]], English businessman (d. 1844)
*[[1795]] – [[Alexander Keith (politician)|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 (writer)|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)
*[[1841]] – [[Philipp Mainländer]], German philosopher (d. 1876)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lombroso|first=Cesare|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uXz3DwAAQBAJ&q=mainlander|title=The Man of Genius|year=1889|chapter=Chapter IV: Genius and Insanity|publisher=BoD – Books on Demand |isbn=9783752434262}}</ref>
*[[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)
*[[1877]] – [[Mike O'Neill (baseball)|Mike O'Neill]], Irish-American baseball player and manager (d. 1959)
*[[1878]] – [[Louise Dresser]], American actress (d. 1965)
*[[1879]] – [[Francis Peyton Rous]], American pathologist and virologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|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)
*[[1887]] – [[René Cassin]], French judge and academic, [[Nobel Peace Prize|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 Emma Anderson|Elda Anderson]]''',''' American physicist and health researcher (d. 1961)
*[[1900]] – [[Bing Xin]], Chinese author and poet, known for her contributions to children's literature (d. 1998)
* 1900 – [[Margherita Bontade]], Italian politician (d. 1992)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] – [[John Alton]], Austrian-American director and cinematographer (d. 1996)
*[[1902]] – [[Larry Fine]], American comedian (d. 1975)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1902 – [[Ray Kroc]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1984)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 5: Michael Andretti, Kate Winslet |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/05/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-5-Michael-Andretti-Kate-Winslet/9491664839243/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=4 October 2023 |date=5 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[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 novelty 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)
*[[1911]] – [[Pierre Dansereau]], Canadian ecologist and academic (d. 2011)
* 1911 – [[Brian O'Nolan]], Irish author and playwright (d. 1966)<ref>{{cite book |title=A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes |date=13 May 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-80619-3 |page=473 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qlK7uHg2Dh8C&pg=PT473 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1912]] – [[Fritz Fischer (medical doctor)|Fritz Fischer]], German physician and convicted war criminal (d. 2003)
*[[1913]] – [[Eugene B. Fluckey]], American admiral, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 2007)
*[[1914]] – [[Zhang Zhen (general)|Zhang Zhen]], Chinese general and politician (d. 2015)
*[[1916]] – [[Stetson Kennedy]], American author and activist (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Roberts|first1=Diane|title=Stetson Kennedy, Unmasker of the Klan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/sep/02/protest-florida|accessdate=August 26, 2017|work=The Guardian|date=September 2, 2011}}</ref>
*[[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]] – [[José Froilán González]], Argentinian racing driver (d. 2013)
* 1922 – [[Bil Keane]], American cartoonist (d. 2011)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 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 (footballer, born 1923)|Albert Guðmundsson]], Icelandic footballer and politician (d. 1994)
* 1923 – [[Glynis Johns]], British actress and singer<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1923 – [[Kailashpati Mishra]], Indian lawyer and politician, 18th [[List of Governors of Gujarat|Governor of Gujarat]] (d. 2012)
*[[1924]] – [[Bill Dana]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 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 (d. 2020)
* 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 (d. 2017)
* 1929 – [[Bill Wirtz]], American businessman (d. 2007)
*[[1930]] – [[Pavel Popovich]], Ukrainian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |last2=Hall |first2=Rex |title=The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact |date=2009 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |isbn=9780387848235 |page=61 |lccn=2008935694}}</ref>
* 1930 – [[Reinhard Selten]], German economist and mathematician, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|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 (d. 2019)
* 1932 – [[Michael John Rogers]], English ornithologist and police officer (d. 2006)
*[[1933]] – [[Doug Bailey]], American political consultant, founded ''[[The Hotline]]'' (d. 2013)
* 1933 – [[Billy Lee Riley]], American rockabilly musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer (d. 2009)
*[[1934]] – [[Kenneth D. Taylor]], Canadian businessman and diplomat (d. 2015)
*[[1936]] – [[Václav Havel]], Czech poet, playwright, and politician, 1st [[President of the Czech Republic]] (d. 2011)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1936 – [[Adrian Smith (basketball)|Adrian Smith]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Adrian Smith |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/78178/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1937]] – [[Carlo Mastrangelo]], American doo-wop singer (d. 2016)
* 1937 – [[Barry Switzer]], American football player and coach<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1938]] – [[Johnny Duncan (country singer)|Johnny Duncan]], American country singer (d. 2006)
* 1938 – [[Teresa Heinz]], Mozambican-American businesswoman and philanthropist
*[[1939]] – [[Marie-Claire Blais]], Canadian author and playwright
* 1939 – [[A. R. Penck]], German painter and sculptor (d. 2017)
* 1939 – [[Consuelo Ynares-Santiago]], Filipino lawyer and jurist
*[[1940]] – [[Terry Trotter]], American jazz pianist<ref>{{cite book|author=Ira Gitler|title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|year=1999|isbn=9780199729074|page=652}}</ref>
*[[1941]] – [[Stephanie Cole]], English actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0784d42 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627040711/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0784d42 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |title=Stephanie Cole|website=BFI|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>
* 1941 – [[Eduardo Duhalde]], Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th [[President of Argentina]]
* 1941 – [[Frank Stagg (Irish republican)|Frank Stagg]], Irish hunger striker (d. 1976)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/stagg-frank-a8243 |title=Stagg, Frank |last=Maume |first=Patrick |date=October 2009 |website=Dictionary of Irish Biography |publisher= |access-date=16 May 2023 |quote=}}</ref>
*[[1942]] – [[Richard Street]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
*[[1943]] – [[Ben Cardin]], American lawyer and politician<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8v1cikke5SIC|title=Official Congressional Directory|publisher=United States Government Publishing Office|year=2016|isbn=9780160929960|edition=114th Congress, 2015–2016|location=Washington, D.C.|pages=123|oclc=951612101|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* 1943 – [[Steve Miller (musician)|Steve Miller]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today’s famous birthdays list for October 5, 2022 includes celebrities Guy Pearce, Kate Winslet |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-5-2022-includes-celebrities-guy-pearce-kate-winslet.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=4 October 2023 |date=5 October 2022}}</ref>
* 1943 – [[Michael Morpurgo]], English author, poet, and playwright
* 1943 – [[Etela Farkašová]], Slovak philosopher and writer<ref>{{cite web |title=FARKAŠOVÁ, Etela :: Spolok slovenských spisovateľov |url=https://www.spolok-slovenskych-spisovatelov.sk/products/farkasova-etela/ |website=www.spolok-slovenskych-spisovatelov.sk |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref>
*[[1944]] – [[Richard Rosser, Baron Rosser]], English union leader and politician
*[[1946]] – [[Zahida Hina]], Pakistani journalist and author
* 1946 – [[Robin Lane Fox]], English historian and author
* 1946 – [[Jean Perron]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
* 1946 – [[David Watson (footballer, born 1946)|David Watson]], English footballer<ref>{{NFT|17993|name=Watson, David}}</ref>
*[[1947]] – [[Brian Johnson]], English singer and songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1947 – [[Michèle Pierre-Louis]], Haitian politician, 14th [[Prime Minister of Haiti]]
*[[1948]] – [[Russell Mael]], American vocalist
*[[1949]] – [[Peter Ackroyd]], English biographer, novelist and critic
* 1949 – [[Michael Gaughan (Irish republican)|Michael Gaughan]] Irish hunger striker (d. 1974)<ref>Tírghrá. National Commemoration Centre. 2002. p. 142. ISBN 0-9542946-0-2</ref>
* 1949 – [[Ralph Goodale]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 36th [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Finance]]
* 1949 – [[Bill James]], American historian and author
* 1949 – [[Yashiki Takajin]], Japanese singer and television host (d. 2014)
*[[1950]] – [[Eddie Clarke (musician)|Eddie Clarke]], English rock guitarist (d. 2018)
* 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<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1951 – [[Bob Geldof]], Irish singer-songwriter and actor<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1952]] – [[Clive Barker]], English author, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1952 – [[Harold Faltermeyer]], German keyboard player, composer, and producer
* 1952 – [[Imran Khan]], Pakistani cricketer and politician, 22nd [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]]
*[[1953]] – [[Philip Hampton]], English-Scottish accountant and businessman
* 1953 – [[Roy Laidlaw]], Scottish rugby player
*[[1955]] – [[John Alexander (footballer, born 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 – [[Bernie Mac]], American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1957 – [[Lee Thompson (saxophonist)|Lee Thompson]], English singer-songwriter and saxophonist
*[[1958]] – [[André Kuipers]], Dutch physician and astronaut
* 1958 – [[Neil Peart (footballer)|Neil Peart]], Australian footballer
* 1958 – [[Neil deGrasse Tyson]], American astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1959]] – [[Kenan İpek]], Turkish lawyer and judge
* 1959 – [[Maya Lin]], American architect and sculptor, designed the [[Vietnam Veterans Memorial]] and [[Civil Rights Memorial]]<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1959 – [[Kelly Joe Phelps]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2022)
*[[1960]] – [[Daniel Baldwin]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1960 – [[Careca]], Brazilian footballer
* 1960 – [[David Kirk]], New Zealand rugby player and coach
*[[1961]] – [[Pato Banton]], English singer-songwriter
*[[1962]] – [[Michael Andretti]], American race car driver<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1962 – [[Thomas Herbst (footballer)|Thomas Herbst]], German footballer and manager
* 1962 – [[Caron Keating]], British television host (d. 2004)
*[[1963]] – [[Laura Davies]], English golfer and sportscaster<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1963 – [[Tony Dodemaide]], Australian cricketer
* 1963 – [[Michael Hadschieff]], Austrian speed skater
* 1963 – [[Nick Robinson (journalist)|Nick Robinson]], English journalist and blogger
*[[1964]] – [[Philip A. Haigh]], English historian and author
* 1964 – [[Malik Saidullaev]], Russian businessman
* 1964 – [[Korina Sanchez]], Filipino journalist<ref>{{cite news|title=TOP LIST: Stars turning 50 in 2014|url=http://www.pep.ph/photos/4326/top-list-stars-turning-50-in-2014/num/3|access-date = 28 April 2015|publisher=Philippine Entertainment Portal|date= 16 January 2014}}</ref>
*[[1965]] – [[Trace Armstrong]], American football player and agent
* 1965 – [[Mario Lemieux]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1965 – [[Patrick Roy]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1966]] – [[Dennis Byrd]], American football player (d. 2016)
* 1966 – [[Sean M. Carroll]], American physicist, cosmologist, and academic
* 1966 – [[Fredrik Olausson]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Fredrik Olausson |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/fredrik-olausson-8449971 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
* 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<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1970]] – [[Josie Bissett]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1970 – [[Matthew Knights]], Australian footballer and coach
* 1970 – [[Tord Gustavsen]], Norwegian pianist and composer
* 1970 – [[Cal Wilson]], New Zealand comedian, actress, and screenwriter
*[[1971]] – [[Tonia Antoniazzi]], British politician
* 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 (television journalist)|Thomas Roberts]], American journalist and actor
*[[1973]] – [[Cédric Villani]], French mathematician and academic
*[[1974]] – [[Rich Franklin]], American mixed martial artist and actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fightline.com/fighters/rich_franklin.shtml|title=Fighter Profile at Fightline.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104150633/http://fightline.com/fighters/rich_franklin.shtml|archive-date=January 4, 2010}}</ref>
* 1974 – [[Heather Headley]], Trinidadian-American singer, songwriter, and actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/parminder-nagra/biography.html|title=Parminder Nagra - Biography|publisher=[[Yahoo! Movies]]|access-date=14 May 2013}}</ref>
* 1975 – [[Monica Rial]], American voice actress, director, and screenwriter
* 1975 – [[Scott Weinger]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1975 – [[Kate Winslet]], English actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[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
* 1977 – [[Konstantin Zyryanov]], Russian footballer
*[[1978]] – [[Steinar Nickelsen]], Norwegian organist and composer
* 1978 – [[Jesse Palmer]], Canadian football player and sportscaster
* 1978 – [[Shane Ryan (Dublin Gaelic footballer)|Shane Ryan]], Irish footballer and hurler
* 1978 – [[James Valentine (musician)|James Valentine]], American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1978 – [[Morgan Webb]], Canadian-American television host and producer
*[[1979]] – [[Vince Grella]], Australian footballer
* 1979 – [[Curtis Sanford]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1980]] – [[Yuta Tabuse]], Japanese basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Yuta Tabuse |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2657/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
* 1980 – [[Paul Thomas (bassist)|Paul Thomas]], American bass player<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1980 – [[James Toseland]], English motorcycle racer
*[[1981]] – [[Jeanette Antolin]], American gymnast<ref>{{cite web |title=USA Gymnastics {{!}} Jeanette Antolin |url=https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/a/jantolin.html |website=usagym.org |access-date=21 February 2020}}</ref>
* 1981 – [[Joel Lindpere]], Estonian footballer
* 1981 – [[Andy Nägelein]], German footballer
*[[1982]] – [[Michael Roos]], Estonian-American football player
* 1982 – [[Steve Williams (rugby player born 1982)|Steve Williams]], Australian-German rugby player
*[[1983]] – [[Jesse Eisenberg]], American actor and writer<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1983 – [[Nicky Hilton]], American socialite, fashion designer, and model<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1983 – [[Florian Mayer]], German tennis player
* 1983 – [[Mashrafe Mortaza]], Bangladeshi cricketer
*[[1984]] – [[Naima Adedapo]], American singer and dancer
* 1984 – [[Kenwyne Jones]], Trinidadian footballer
* 1984 – [[Nathalie Kelley]], Peruvian-Australian actress<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1984 – [[Nate Thompson]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nate Thompson |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/nate-thompson-8470775 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1985]] – [[Nicola Roberts]], English singer-songwriter
* 1985 – [[Brooke Valentine]], American singer and songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1986]] – [[Mladen Bartulović]], Croatian footballer
* 1986 – [[Tanner Roark]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tanner Roark |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/tanner-roark-543699 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1987]] – [[Dillon Francis]], American DJ and record producer
* 1987 – [[Michael Grabner]], Austrian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Grabner |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/michael-grabner-8473546 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
* 1987 – [[Jesse Joensuu]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jesse Joensuu |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jesse-joensuu-8473514 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
* 1987 – [[Kevin Mirallas]], Belgian footballer
* 1987 – [[Tim Ream]], American soccer player
* 1987 – [[Park So-yeon (singer)|Park So-yeon]], South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
* 1987 – [[Luigi Vitale]], Italian footballer
* 1987 – [[Brandan Wright]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandan Wright |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201148/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1988]] – [[Benny Howell]], English cricketer
* 1988 – [[Bahar Kızıl]], German singer-songwriter
* 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
* 1989 – [[Travis Kelce]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grathoff |first1=Pete |title=CBS broadcast shared cute kid photos of Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce and his brother |url=https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article254771047.html |publisher=[[The Kansas City Star]] |access-date=28 September 2022 |date=5 October 2021}}</ref>
*[[1990]] – [[Nathan Peats]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1991]] – [[Pär Lindholm]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Par Lindholm |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/par-lindholm-8480944 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
* 1991 – [[Tornike Shengelia]], Georgian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tornike Shengelia |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203129/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1992]] – [[Kevin Magnussen]], Danish racing driver<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Kevin_Magnussen|title=Kevin Magnussen|access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref>
* 1992 – [[Cody Zeller]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Cody Zeller |url=https://www.nba.com/player/203469/cody-zeller |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1993]] – [[Jewell Loyd]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jewell Loyd |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/204319/jewell-loyd |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
* 1993 – [[Wakamotoharu Minato]], Japanese sumo wrestler<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataRikishi/profile/3371/|title=Wakamotoharu Minato|access-date=5 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[2006]] – [[Jacob Tremblay]], Canadian actor<ref name="UPI"></ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[578]] – [[Justin II]], Byzantine emperor (b. 520)
* [[610]] – [[Phocas]], Byzantine emperor
* [[989]] – [[Henry III, Duke of Bavaria|Henry III]], duke of Bavaria (b. 940)<ref name="ndb">{{cite book |last1=Reindel |first1=Kurt |title=Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB), Band 8 |date=1969 |publisher=Duncker & Humblot |location=Berlin |isbn=3-428-00189-3 |page=341}}</ref>
*[[1056]] – [[Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry III]], Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1016)
*[[1111]] – [[Robert II, Count of Flanders|Robert II]], count of Flanders (b. 1065)
*[[1112]] – [[Sigebert of Gembloux]], French monk, historian, and author (b. 1030)
*[[1214]] – [[Alfonso VIII of Castile|Alfonso VIII]], king of Castile and Toledo (b. 1155)
*[[1225]] – [[Al-Nasir]], Abbasid caliph (b. 1158)
*[[1285]] – [[Philip III of France|Philip III]], king of France (b. 1245)
*[[1354]] – [[Giovanni Visconti (archbishop of Milan)|Giovanni Visconti]], Italian cardinal (b. 1290)<ref name="Melegnano">{{cite web |url=http://www.melegnano.net/rif0006.htm |title=Giovanni Visconti |first1=Ettore |last1=Rossoni |date=September 22, 2005 |work=I Personaggi storici |location=Melegnano |language=it |access-date=July 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612100924/http://www.melegnano.net/rif0006.htm |archive-date=2010-06-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1398]] – [[Blanche of Navarre, Queen of France|Blanche of Navarre]], queen of France (b. 1330)
*[[1399]] – [[Raymond of Capua]], Italian priest and [[Master of the Order of Preachers|Master General]] (b. c. 1330)
*[[1524]] – [[Joachim Patinir]], Flemish landscape painter (b. c. 1480)
*[[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)
===1601–1900===
*[[1606]] – [[Philippe Desportes]], French poet and author (b. 1546)
*[[1629]] – [[Heribert Rosweyde]], Jesuit hagiographer (b. 1569)
*[[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)
*[[1802]] – [[Sanité Bélair]], Haitian freedom fighter (b. 1781)<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Black Jacobins; Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution.|last=James|first=C. L. R|date=1963|publisher=Vintage Books|isbn=0394702425|location=New York|pages=252|language=en|oclc = 362702}}</ref>
*[[1805]] – [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (b. 1738)
*[[1813]] – [[Tecumseh]], American tribal leader (b. 1768)
*[[1827]] – [[William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry]], Anglo-Irish politician and peer (b. 1761)
*[[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)
*[[1885]] – [[Thomas C. Durant]], American railroad tycoon (b. 1820)
*[[1895]] – [[Ralph Tollemache]], English priest (b. 1826)
===1901–present===
*[[1913]] – [[Hans von Bartels]], German painter and educator (b. 1856)
*[[1914]] – [[Albert Solomon]], Australian politician, 23rd [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1876)
*[[1918]] – [[Roland Garros (aviator)|Roland Garros]], French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)
*[[1921]] – [[John Storey (politician)|John Storey]], Australian politician, 20th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1869)
*[[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 racing driver (b. 1884)
*[[1967]] – [[Clifton Williams]], American astronaut (b. 1932)
*[[1976]] – [[Barbara Nichols]], American actress (b. 1928)
* 1976 – [[Lars Onsager]], Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1903)
*[[1981]] – [[Gloria Grahame]], American actress (b. 1923)
*[[1983]] – [[Humberto Mauro]], Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
* 1983 – [[Earl Tupper]], American inventor and businessman, founded the [[Tupperware|Tupperware Corporation]] (b. 1907)
*[[1985]] – [[Karl Menger]], Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)
*[[1986]] – [[Mike Burgmann]], Australian racing 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|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 (ice hockey)|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 in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1916)
*[[2006]] – [[Antonio Peña]], Mexican wrestling promoter, founded [[Lucha Libre AAA World Wide]] (b. 1953)
*[[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 (singer)|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 (actor)|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 (biologist)|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 racing 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)
*[[2017]] – [[Eberhard van der Laan]], Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam (b. 1955)<ref>{{cite web |title=Eberhard van der Laan, Popular Mayor of Amsterdam, Dies at 62 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/obituaries/eberhard-van-der-laan-dead-mayor-of-amsterdam.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=24 January 2023 |date=6 October 2017}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* [[World Space Week]] (October 4–10)
* [[Armed Forces Day (Indonesia)]]
* Christian [[feast day]]:
** [[Anna Schäffer]]
** [[Faustina Kowalska]]
** [[Francis Xavier Seelos|Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]])
** [[Bartolo Longo|Blessed Bartolo Longo]]
** [[Thraseas]]
** [[Hor and Susia]] ([[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]])
** [[Saint Placidus|Placid]] and [[Saint Maurus|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#By country|Teachers' Day (Russia)]]
* [[World Teachers' Day]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
== References ==
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==External links==
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* {{NYT On this day|month=10|day=05}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/5 |title=Historical Events on October 5 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}
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