October 23
October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 69 days remain until the end of the year.
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Events
- 42 BC – Liberators' civil war: Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat Brutus's army. Brutus commits suicide.
- 425 – Valentinian III is elevated as Roman emperor at the age of six.
- 501 – The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theoderic, absolves Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.
- 1086 – Spanish Reconquista: At the Battle of Sagrajas, the Almoravids defeats the Castilians, but are unable to take advantage of their victory.
- 1157 – The Battle of Grathe Heath ends a civil war in Denmark.
- 1295 – The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France against England is signed in Paris.
- 1641 – Irish Catholic gentry from Ulster attempt to seize control of Dublin Castle, the seat of English rule in Ireland, so as to force concessions.
- 1642 – The Battle of Edgehill is the first major battle of the English Civil War.
- 1707 – The First Parliament of Great Britain convenes.
- 1739 – The War of Jenkins' Ear begins when Prime Minister Walpole reluctantly declares war on Spain.
- 1812 – A French general begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon, claiming that the Emperor died in Russia.
- 1850 – The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts.
- 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Westport is the last significant engagement west of the Mississippi River.
- 1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe.
- 1911 – The Italo-Turkish War sees the first use of an airplane in combat when an Italian pilot makes a reconnaissance flight.
- 1912 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins.
- 1939 – The Japanese Mitsubishi G4M twin-engine "Betty" Bomber makes its maiden flight.
- 1942 – World War II: Allied forces commence the Second Battle of El Alamein, which proves to be the key turning point in the North African campaign.
- 1942 – All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard American Airlines Flight 28 are killed when it collides with a USAAF bomber near Palm Springs, California.
- 1942 – World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins on Guadalcanal.
- 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.
- 1955 – Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm defeats former emperor Bảo Đại in a referendum and founds the Republic of Vietnam.
- 1955 – The people of the Saar region vote in a referendum to unite with Germany instead of France.
- 1956 – Secret police shoot several anti-communist protesters, igniting the Hungarian Revolution.
- 1958 – Canada's Springhill mining disaster kills seventy-five miners, while ninety-nine others are rescued.
- 1965 – Vietnam War: The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), in conjunction with South Vietnamese forces, launches an operation seeking to destroy Communist forces during the siege of Plei Me.
- 1970 – Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas.
- 1972 – Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker, a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ends after five months.
- 1973 – Watergate scandal: President Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.
- 1982 – A gunfight breaks out between police officers and members of a religious cult in Arizona. The shootout leaves two cultists dead and dozens of cultists and police officers injured.
- 1983 – Lebanese Civil War: The U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb, killing 241 U.S. military personnel. A French army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops.
- 1989 – The Hungarian Republic officially replaces the communist Hungarian People's Republic.
- 1989 – Bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine; the biggest bankruptcy in the Nordic countries up until then.
- 1991 – Signing of the Paris Peace Accords which ends the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.
- 1993 – The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians.
- 1995 – Yolanda Saldívar is found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of popular Latin singer Selena.
- 1998 – Israel and the Palestinian Authority sign the Wye River Memorandum.
- 2002 – Chechen terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage.
- 2004 – A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata Prefecture in northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.
- 2007 – A storm causes the Mexican Kab 101 oil platform to collide with a wellhead, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the platform.
- 2011 – A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.
- 2011 – The Libyan National Transition Council deems the Libyan Civil War over.
- 2012 – After 38 years, the world's first teletext service (BBC's Ceefax) ceases broadcast due to Northern Ireland completing the digital switchover.
- 2015 – The lowest sea-level pressure in the Western Hemisphere, and the highest reliably-measured non-tornadic sustained winds, are recorded in Hurricane Patricia, which strikes Mexico hours later, killing at least 13 and causing over $280 million in damages.
Births
- 1006 – Wen Yanbo, Chinese grand chancellor (d. 1097)
- 1255 – Ferdinand de la Cerda, Spanish noble (d. 1275)
- 1491 (estimated) – Ignatius of Loyola, Catholic priest (d. 1556)[1]
- 1516 – Charlotte of Valois, French princess (d. 1524)
- 1634 – Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish queen (d. 1715)
- 1654 – Johann Bernhard Staudt, Austrian composer (d. 1712)
- 1698 – Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, designed the École Militaire (d. 1782)
- 1705 – Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)
- 1713 – Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist, poet, and educator (d. 1778)
- 1762 – Samuel Morey, American engineer (d. 1843)
- 1766 – Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general (d. 1847)
- 1790 – Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American minister, lexicographer, and educator (d. 1860)
- 1796 – Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician (d. 1857)[2]
- 1801 – Albert Lortzing, German singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1851)
- 1805 – John Russell Bartlett, American linguist and historian (d. 1886)
- 1813 – Ludwig Leichhardt, German-Australian explorer (d. 1848)
- 1815 – João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe, Brazilian politician (d. 1889)
- 1817 – Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and author (d. 1875)
- 1822 – Gustav Spörer, German astronomer (d. 1895)
- 1835 – Adlai Stevenson I, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1914)
- 1837 – Moritz Kaposi, Hungarian dermatologist (d. 1902)
- 1844 – Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (d. 1923)
- 1844 – Robert Bridges, English poet and playwright (d. 1930)
- 1857 – Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (d. 1899)
- 1863 – Mirko Breyer, Croatian writer, bibliographer, antiquarian, and one of the notable alleged and false victims of the Stara Gradiška concentration camp (d. 1946)
- 1865 – Neltje Blanchan, American historian and author (d. 1918)
- 1869 – John Heisman, American football player and coach (d. 1936)
- 1870 – Francis Kelley, Canadian-American bishop (d. 1948)
- 1873 – William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer (d. 1975)
- 1874 – Charles Kilpatrick, American runner and educator (d. 1921)
- 1875 – Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist and academic (d. 1946)
- 1876 – Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician, Reich Ministry of Justice (d. 1970)
- 1880 – Dominikus Böhm, German architect (d. 1955)
- 1880 – Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress and singer (d. 1959)
- 1883 – Hugo Wast, Argentine writer (d. 1962)
- 1885 – Lawren Harris, Canadian painter and educator (d. 1970)
- 1888 – Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1961)
- 1892 – Speckled Red, American blues/boogie-woogie piano player and singer-songwriter (d. 1973)
- 1894 – Rube Bressler, American baseball player (d. 1966)
- 1894 – Emma Vyssotsky, American astronomer and academic (d. 1975)
- 1896 – André Lévêque, French soldier and engineer (d. 1930)
- 1896 – Lilyan Tashman, American actress (d. 1934)
- 1897 – John Baker, English air marshal (d. 1978)
- 1897 – Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena, Spanish writer (d. 1975)
- 1899 – Bernt Balchen, Norwegian aviator (d. 1973)
- 1900 – Douglas Jardine, Indian-English cricketer and lawyer (d. 1958)
- 1902 – Robert Eberan von Eberhorst, Austrian engineer (d. 1982)
- 1902 – Luther Evans, American political scientist and politician (d. 1981)
- 1904 – Harvey Penick, American golfer and coach (d. 1995)
- 1905 – Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)
- 1905 – Yen Chia-kan, Chinese lawyer and politician, President of the Republic of China (d. 1993)
- 1905 – Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (d. 2003)
- 1908 – František Douda, Czech shot putter (d. 1990)
- 1908 – Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
- 1909 – Zellig Harris, American linguist and methodologist (d. 1992)
- 1910 – Richard Mortensen, Danish painter and educator (d. 1993)
- 1910 – Hayden Rorke, American actor (d. 1987)
- 1911 – Jack Keller, American hurdler (d. 1978)
- 1915 – Simo Puupponen, Finnish writer (d. 1967)
- 1918 – Augusta Dabney, American actress (d. 2008)
- 1918 – James Daly, American actor (d. 1978)
- 1918 – Paul Rudolph, American architect and academic, designed the Lippo Centre (d. 1997)
- 1919 – Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist and academic (d. 1992)
- 1920 – Ted Fujita, Japanese-American meteorologist and academic (d. 1998)
- 1920 – Bob Montana, American illustrator (d. 1975)
- 1920 – Gianni Rodari, Italian writer (d. 1980)
- 1920 – Vern Stephens, American baseball player (d. 1968)
- 1922 – Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington, English politician (d. 2018)
- 1922 – Coleen Gray, American actress (d. 2015)
- 1923 – Aslam Farrukhi, Indian-Pakistani linguist, author, and scholar (d. 2016)
- 1923 – Ned Rorem, American composer and author
- 1923 – Frank Sutton, American actor (d. 1974)
- 1924 – Arthur Brittenden, English journalist (d. 2015)
- 1925 – Johnny Carson, American comedian and talk show host (d. 2005)
- 1925 – Manos Hatzidakis, Greek composer and theorist (d. 1994)
- 1925 – Fred Shero, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1990)
- 1927 – Sonny Criss, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1977)
- 1927 – Dezső Gyarmati, Hungarian water polo player and coach (d. 2013)
- 1927 – Leszek Kołakowski, Polish-English historian and philosopher (d. 2009)
- 1929 – Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (d. 2006)
- 1930 – Luis Alarcón, Chilean actor
- 1930 – Unto Mononen, Finnish musician (d. 1968)
- 1931 – Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician (d. 2017)
- 1931 – William P. Clark, Jr., American judge and politician, 12th United States National Security Advisor (d. 2013)
- 1931 – Diana Dors, English actress (d. 1984)
- 1932 – Vasily Belov, Russian novelist, poet and playwright (d. 2012)
- 1933 – Carol Fran, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1933 – Carlos Lemos Simmonds, sixth Vice President of Columbia (d. 2003)
- 1934 – Caitro Soto, Afro-Peruvian musician (d. 2004)
- 1935 – Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Puerto Rican-American golfer
- 1935 – JacSue Kehoe, American neuroscientist
- 1936 – Charles Goodhart, English economist and academic
- 1936 – Philip Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1937 – Johnny Carroll, American rockabilly musician (d. 1995)
- 1937 – Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (d. 1971)
- 1937 – Deven Verma, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)
- 1938 – Alan G`ilzean, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2018)
- 1939 – Charlie Foxx, American R&B/soul singer and guitarist (d. 1998)
- 1939 – C. V. Vigneswaran, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st Chief Minister of the Northern Province
- 1940 – Ellie Greenwich, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Raindrops) (d. 2009)
- 1940 – Jane Holzer, American model, actress, producer, and art collector
- 1940 – Pelé, Brazilian footballer and actor
- 1941 – René Metge, French rally driver
- 1941 – Colin Milburn, English cricketer (d. 1990)
- 1941 – Igor Smirnov, Moldovan engineer and politician, 1st President of Transnistria
- 1942 – Michael Crichton, American author, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
- 1942 – Douglas Dunn, Scottish poet, critic, and academic
- 1942 – Bernd Erdmann, German footballer and manager
- 1942 – Anita Roddick, English businesswoman and activist, founded The Body Shop (d. 2007)
- 1943 – Alida Chelli, Italian actress and singer (d. 2012)
- 1944 – Mike Harding, English singer-songwriter and comedian
- 1945 – Maggi Hambling, English sculptor and painter
- 1945 – Kim Larsen, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Gasolin')
- 1945 – Graça Machel, Mozambican politician and humanitarian
- 1945 – Ernie Watts, American saxophonist
- 1945 – Maury Yeston, American composer, lyricist, and music theorist
- 1946 – Graeme Barker, English archaeologist and academic
- 1946 – Alicia Borinsky, Argentine writer
- 1946 – Mel Martínez, American lawyer and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- 1946 – Miklós Németh, Hungarian javelin thrower
- 1947 – Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, co-founder of the Palestinian movement Hamas
- 1947 – Kazimierz Deyna, Polish footballer (d. 1989)
- 1947 – Greg Ridley, English bass player (d. 2003)
- 1948 – Hermann Hauser, Austrian-English businessman, co-founded Acorn Computers and Olivetti Research Laboratory
- 1948 – Gerry Robinson, Irish-born British businessman, arts patron and television personality
- 1948 – Brian Ross, American journalist
- 1948 – Jordi Sabatés, Spanish musician
- 1949 – Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian soldier and politician
- 1949 – Oscar Martínez, Argentine theater actor
- 1949 – Nick Tosches, American journalist, author, and poet (d. 2019)
- 1949 – Würzel, English singer and guitarist (d. 2011)
- 1950 – Maths O. Sundqvist, Swedish businessman (d. 2012)
- 1951 – Charly García, Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player
- 1951 – Ángel de Andrés López, Spanish actor (d. 2016)
- 1951 – Fatmir Sejdiu, Kosovan academic and politician, 2nd President of Kosovo
- 1951 – David Wills, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1952 – Pierre Moerlen, French drummer (Gong) (d. 2005)
- 1952 – Ken Tipton, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1953 – Taner Akçam, Turkish sociologist and historian
- 1953 – Joaquín Lavín, Chilean politician and economist
- 1954 – Ang Lee, Taiwanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1956 – Adam Nawałka, Polish football player and manager
- 1956 – Darrell Pace, American archer[3]
- 1956 – Dianne Reeves, American singer
- 1956 – Dwight Yoakam, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1957 – Paul Kagame, Rwandan soldier and politician, 6th President of Rwanda
- 1957 – Graham Rix, English footballer and coach
- 1958 – Michael Eric Dyson, American activist, author, and academic
- 1958 – Rose Nabinger, German singer
- 1958 – Frank Schaffer, German sprinter
- 1959 – Nancy Grace, American lawyer and journalist
- 1959 – Sam Raimi, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1959 – "Weird Al" Yankovic, American singer-songwriter, comedian, and actor
- 1960 – Mirwais Ahmadzaï, Swiss-French keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
- 1960 – Katoucha Niane, French model and actress (d. 2008)
- 1960 – Randy Pausch, American author and academic (d. 2008)
- 1960 – Wayne Rainey, American motorcycle racer
- 1961 – Laurie Halse Anderson, American author
- 1961 – Vinicio Gómez, Guatemalan politician (d. 2008)
- 1961 – Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish footballer and sportscaster
- 1962 – Doug Flutie, American football player, sportscaster, and drummer
- 1963 – Gordon Korman, Canadian-American author
- 1963 – Rashidi Yekini, Nigerian footballer
- 1964 – Anabell López, Cuban singer
- 1964 – Robert Trujillo, American bass player and songwriter
- 1964 – Eddy Cue, American computer scientist and businessman
- 1965 – Augusten Burroughs, American author and screenwriter
- 1965 – Al Leiter, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1966 – Alex Zanardi, Italian racing driver and cyclist
- 1967 – Dale Crover, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
- 1967 – Omar Linares, Cuban baseball player
- 1967 – Walt Flanagan, American actor and illustrator
- 1967 – Jaime Yzaga, Peruvian tennis player
- 1969 – Dolly Buster, Czech film producer and director, actress and author
- 1969 – Trudi Canavan, Australian author and illustrator
- 1969 – Bill O'Brien, American football player and coach
- 1969 – Brooke Theiss, American actress
- 1970 – Matthew Barzun, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
- 1970 – Grant Imahara, American television presenter and engineer
- 1970 – Kenji Nomura, Japanese voice actor
- 1970 – Zoe Wiseman, American model and photographer
- 1971 – Carlo Forlivesi, Italian-Japanese composer and scholar
- 1971 – Chris Horner, American cyclist
- 1972 – Kate del Castillo, Mexican actress
- 1972 – Tiffeny Milbrett, American soccer player
- 1972 – Dominika Paleta, Polish-Mexican actress
- 1972 – Eduardo Paret, Cuban baseball player
- 1972 – Bryan Pratt, American lawyer and politician
- 1972 – Jasmin St. Claire, Virgin Islander-American actress
- 1972 – Jimmy Wayne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1973 – Christian Dailly, Scottish footballer
- 1974 – Aravind Adiga, Indian journalist and author
- 1974 – Beatrice Faumuina, New Zealand discus thrower
- 1974 – Sander Westerveld, Dutch footballer
- 1974 – Christine Yoshikawa, Canadian pianist
- 1975 – Jessicka, American singer-songwriter
- 1975 – Michelle Beadle, American sportscaster
- 1975 – Odalys García, Cuban actress
- 1975 – Phillip Gillespie, Australian cricket umpire
- 1975 – Yoon Son-ha, South Korean actress and singer
- 1975 – Keith Van Horn, American basketball player
- 1975 – Manuela Velasco, Spanish actress
- 1976 – Cat Deeley, English model, actress, and television host
- 1976 – Sergio Diduch, Argentine footballer
- 1976 – Ryan Reynolds, Canadian-American actor and producer
- 1977 – Brad Haddin, Australian cricketer
- 1977 – Alex Tudor, English cricketer and coach
- 1978 – Jimmy Bullard, English footballer
- 1978 – Steve Harmison, English cricketer and sportscaster
- 1978 – John Lackey, American baseball player
- 1978 – Archie Thompson, New Zealand-Australian footballer
- 1979 – Ramón Castro, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1979 – Simon Davies, Welsh footballer
- 1979 – Prabhas, Telugu film actor
- 1979 – Jorge Solís, Mexican boxer
- 1979 – Bud Smith, American baseball player
- 1980 – Mate Bilić, Croatian footballer
- 1980 – Pedro Liriano, Dominican baseball player
- 1981 – Daniela Alvarado, Venezuelan actress
- 1981 – Jeroen Bleekemolen, Dutch racing driver
- 1981 – Leticia Dolera, Spanish actress
- 1981 – Ben Francisco, American baseball player
- 1981 – Lee Ki-woo, South Korean actor
- 1981 – Jackie Long, American actor and producer
- 1981 – Mirel Rădoi, Romanian footballer
- 1981 – Huo Siyan, Chinese actress
- 1982 – Valentin Badea, Romanian footballer
- 1982 – Rickey Paulding, American basketball player
- 1982 – Kristjan Kangur, Estonian basketball player
- 1982 – Aleksandar Luković, Serbian footballer
- 1982 – Rodolfo Dantas Bispo, Brazilian footballer
- 1983 – Filippos Darlas, Greek footballer
- 1983 – Valentin Demyanenko, Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani canoeist[4]
- 1983 – Goldie Harvey, Nigerian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
- 1984 – Izabel Goulart, Brazilian model
- 1984 – Jeffrey Hoogervorst, Dutch footballer
- 1984 – Simone Masini, Italian footballer
- 1984 – Meghan McCain, American journalist and author
- 1984 – Michael Sim, Australian golfer
- 1984 – Keiren Westwood, English footballer
- 1985 – Miguel, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1985 – Mohammed Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer
- 1985 – Masiela Lusha, Albanian-American actress, poet, and humanitarian
- 1985 – Chris Neal, English footballer
- 1985 – Luca Spinetti, Italian footballer
- 1985 – Panagiotis Vouis, Greek footballer
- 1986 – Emilia Clarke, English actress
- 1986 – Briana Evigan, American actress and dancer
- 1986 – Jake Robinson, English footballer
- 1986 – Jessica Stroup, American actress
- 1987 – Faye, Swedish singer-songwriter (Play)
- 1987 – Robin Copeland, Irish rugby player
- 1987 – Félix Doubront, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1987 – Kyle Gibson, American baseball player
- 1987 – Seo In-guk, South Korean singer and actor
- 1987 – Miyuu Sawai, Japanese model and actress
- 1987 – Naomi Watanabe, Japanese actress
- 1988 – Jordan Crawford, American basketball player
- 1988 – Aleksandr Salugin, Russian footballer
- 1988 – Carolin Schiewe, German footballer
- 1989 – Viktor Agardius, Swedish footballer
- 1989 – Alain Broja, Venezuelan footballer
- 1989 – Jonita Gandhi, Indo-Canadian singer
- 1989 – Anisya Kirdyapkina, Russian race walker
- 1989 – Andriy Yarmolenko, Ukraian footballer
- 1990 – Paradise Oskar, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1991 – Emil Forsberg, Swedish footballer
- 1991 – Jorge Taufua, Australian rugby league player
- 1991 – Princess Mako of Akishino, member of the Japanese Imperial Family
- 1992 – Álvaro Morata, Spanish footballer
- 1993 – Josh Ruffels, English footballer
- 1993 – Taylor Spreitler, American actress
- 1995 – Ireland Baldwin, American model
- 1997 – Jaydn Su'A, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1998 – Amandla Stenberg, American actress[5]
- 2002 – Shin Eun-soo, South Korean actress
Deaths
- 42 BC – Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, Roman general and politician (b. 85 BC)
- 877 – Ignatios of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch (b. 797)
- 891 – Yazaman al-Khadim, Abbasid general and politician
- 902 – Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid emir (b. 850)
- 930 – Daigo, Japanese emperor (b. 885)
- 945 – Hyejong of Goryeo, Korean king (b. 912)
- 949 – Yōzei, Japanese emperor (b. 869)
- 1134 – Abu al-Salt, Andalusian polymath
- 1157 – Sweyn III, Danish king (b. c. 1125)
- 1456 – John of Capistrano, Italian priest and saint (b. 1386)
- 1550 – Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop (b. 1480)
- 1581 – Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)
- 1590 – Bernardino de Sahagún, Spanish-born Franciscan, compiler of the Florentine Codex of Aztecs history in Mexico (b. 1499)
- 1616 – Leonhard Hutter, German theologian and academic (b. 1563)
- 1688 – Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist and historian (b. 1610)
- 1730 – Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683)
- 1764 – Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French admiral (b. 1683)
- 1774 – Michel Benoist, French missionary and astronomer (b. 1715)
- 1867 – Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (b. 1791)
- 1869 – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799)
- 1872 – Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811)
- 1885 – Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)
- 1893 – Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)
- 1910 – Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)
- 1915 – W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (b. 1848)
- 1916 – Richard McFadden, Scottish footballer and soldier (b. 1889)
- 1917 – Eugène Grasset, Swiss illustrator (b. 1845)
- 1921 – John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840)
- 1935 – Charles Demuth, American painter and educator (b. 1883)
- 1939 – Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872)
- 1942 – Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (b. 1901)
- 1943 – Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (b. 1876)
- 1944 – Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
- 1944 – Hana Brady, Czech holocaust victim (b. 1931)
- 1950 – Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (b. 1886)
- 1953 – Adrien de Noailles, French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (b. 1869)
- 1959 – George Bouzianis, Greek painter (b. 1885)
- 1959 – Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)
- 1964 – Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (b. 1886)
- 1978 – Maybelle Carter, American singer and autoharp player (Carter Family) (b. 1909)
- 1983 – Jessica Savitch, American journalist (b. 1947)
- 1984 – Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (b. 1922)
- 1986 – Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
- 1988 – Asashio Tarō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (b. 1929)
- 1989 – Armida, Mexican-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
- 1990 – Thomas Williams, American author and academic (b. 1926)
- 1994 – Robert Lansing, American actor (b. 1928)
- 1996 – Bob Grim, American baseball player (b. 1930)
- 1997 – Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1916)
- 1998 – Barnett Slepian, American physician (b. 1946)
- 1999 – Eric Reece, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1909)
- 2000 – Yokozuna, American wrestler (b. 1966)
- 2001 – Josh Kirby, English illustrator (b. 1928)
- 2001 – Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and historian (b. 1917)
- 2002 – Adolph Green, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1915)
- 2003 – Tony Capstick, English actor and singer (b. 1944)
- 2003 – Soong Mei-ling, Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-shek, 2nd First Lady of the Republic of China (b. 1898)
- 2004 – Robert Merrill, American actor and singer (b. 1919)
- 2004 – Bill Nicholson, English footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1919)
- 2005 – William Hootkins, American actor (b. 1948)
- 2005 – John Muth, American economist and academic (b. 1930)
- 2005 – Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian wife of Olusegun Obasanjo, 10th First Lady of Nigeria (b. 1945)
- 2006 – Lebo Mathosa, South African singer (Boom Shaka) (b. 1977)
- 2007 – John Ilhan, Turkish-Australian businessman, founded Crazy John's (b. 1965)
- 2007 – Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian-Chinese businessman (b. 1918)
- 2008 – Kevin Finnegan, English boxer (b. 1948)
- 2009 – Lou Jacobi, Canadian-American actor (b. 1913)
- 2010 – Fran Crippen, American swimmer (b. 1984)
- 2010 – Stanley Tanger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (b. 1923)
- 2011 – Herbert A. Hauptman, American chemist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
- 2011 – Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1987)
- 2012 – William Joel Blass, American lawyer and politician (b. 1917)
- 2012 – Wilhelm Brasse, Polish photographer (b. 1917)
- 2012 – Roland de la Poype, French soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Sunil Gangopadhyay, Indian author and poet (b. 1934)
- 2012 – Michael Marra, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
- 2013 – Wes Bialosuknia, American basketball player (b. 1945)
- 2013 – Anthony Caro, English sculptor and academic (b. 1924)
- 2013 – Niall Donohue, Irish hurler (b. 1990)
- 2013 – Gypie Mayo, English guitarist and songwriter (Dr. Feelgood and The Yardbirds) (b. 1951)
- 2013 – Bill Mazer, Ukrainian-American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1920)
- 2014 – Ghulam Azam, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1922)
- 2014 – John Bramlett, American football player (b. 1941)
- 2014 – Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (b. 1929)
- 2014 – Joan Quigley, American astrologer and author (b. 1927)
- 2014 – Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1931)
- 2014 – Alvin Stardust, English singer and actor (b. 1942)
- 2015 – Leon Bibb, American-Canadian singer (b. 1922)
- 2015 – Roger De Clerck, Belgian businessman (b. 1924)
- 2015 – Jim Roberts, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1940)
- 2015 – Fred Sands, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Museum of Contemporary Art (b. 1938)
- 2016 – Jack Chick, American cartoonist and publisher (b. 1924)
- 2016 – Wim van der Voort, Dutch speed skater (b. 1923)
- 2016 – Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter (b. 1959)
- 2017 – Walter Lassally, German cinematographer (b. 1926)
- 2018 – Todd Reid, Australian tennis player (b. 1984)
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer
- James the Just (i.e. James, brother of Jesus) (Lutheran, Episcopal Church (USA), Eastern Orthodox)
- Allucio of Campugliano
- Amon of Toul (Diocese of Toul)
- Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
- Giovanni da Capistrano
- Ignatios of Constantinople
- Joséphine Leroux
- Peter Pascual
- Romain (Romanus) of Rouen
- Servandus and Cermanus
- Severin of Cologne
- October 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Christmas or the Feast of Señor Noemi (the Child Jesus) in the Apostolic Catholic Church
- Aviator's Day (Brazil)
- Chulalongkorn Day (Thailand)
- Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle (Republic of North Macedonia)
- Liberation Day (Libya)
- Mole Day (International observance)
- National Day (Hungary)
- Paris Peace Agreement Day (Cambodia)
References
- Philip Caraman (1990). Ignatius Loyola. Collins. p. 4.
- The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1974. p. 285. ISBN 978-0-85229-290-7.
- "Darrell Owen Pace". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- "Valentin Demyanenko". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- "Biography". AMANDLA STENBERG. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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