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==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *AD 23 – Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion. *1209 – Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.<ref>{{cite book | last = Alexander | first = Michael | title = Three crises in early English history: personalities and politics during the Norman Conquest, the reign of King John, and the Wars of the Roses | publisher = University Press of America | location = Lanham, Md | year = 1998 | isbn = 9780761811886 | page=123}}</ref> *1302 – The Byzantine–Venetian War comes to an end. *1363 – Battle of Lake Poyang: In one of the largest naval battles in history, Zhu Yuanzhang's rebels defeat rival Chen Youliang. *1511 – Formation of the Holy League of Aragon, the Papal States and Venice against France. *1535 – The Coverdale Bible is printed, with translations into English by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale.<ref>{{cite book|author=Henry Stevens|title=The Bibles in the Caxton celebration, MDccclxxvii, or, A bibliographical description of ... Bibles in various languages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThACAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA71|year=1878|pages=71}}</ref> *1582 – The Gregorian Calendar is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII. *1597 – Governor Gonzalo Méndez de Canço begins to suppress a native uprising against his rule in what is now the US state of Georgia.
===1601–1900=== *1602 – Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War: A fleet of Spanish galleys are defeated by English and Dutch galleons in the English Channel.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jaques|first=Tony |title= Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8500 Battles from Antiquity Through the Twenty-first Century |volume=2|year= 2006|publisher= Greenwood Press|isbn= 978-0-313-33536-5|page=714 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dh6jydKXikoC&q=%22jan+van+cant%22&pg=PA714}}</ref> *1636 – Thirty Years' War: The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock. *1693 – Nine Years' War: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French. *1777 – American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe. *1795 – Napoleon first rises to prominence by suppressing counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the National Convention. *1824 – Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic. *1830 – The Belgian Revolution takes legal form when the provisional government secedes from the Netherlands. *1853 – The Crimean War begins when the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire. *1862 – American Civil War: The two-day Second Battle of Corinth ends in a Union victory, with General William Rosecrans protecting the critical rail junction of Corinth, Mississippi from Confederate forces under General Earl Van Dorn.<ref>{{cite book|last=White|first=Kristopher D.|date=2021|title=Battle Maps of the Civil War - The Western Theater|location=Princeton, New Jersey|publisher=Knox Press|page=22|isbn=978-1-68261-993-3}}</ref> *1876 – The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now known as Texas A&M) opens as the first public college in Texas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Texas A&M |url=https://www.tamu.edu/about/history.html}}</ref> *1883 – First run of the ''Orient Express.'' * 1883 – First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland. *1895 – Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
===1901–present=== *1917 – World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders. *1918 – World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey. *1920 – The Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, a Finnish non-governmental organization, is founded on the initiative of Sophie Mannerheim.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/helsinki/art-2000006380719.html|title=Sophie Mannerheim käveli Kalliossa ja järkyttyi: Sitten hän keksi ovelan juonen, jolla koko Suomi saatiin syytämään apua äärimmäisessä köyhyydessä eläville lapsille|first=Marjaana|last=Varmavuori|work=Helsingin Sanomat|date=January 22, 2020|access-date=September 15, 2021|language=fi}}</ref> *1925 – Great Syrian Revolt: Rebels led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji capture Hama from the French Mandate of Syria.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Khoury |first1=Philip Shukry |title=Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920–1945 |date=2014 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4008-5839-2 |page=171 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tvP_AwAAQBAJ&dq=Qawuqji+October+1925&pg=PA171 |access-date=20 April 2021 |language=en |quote=On 4 October 1925, a rebellious captain in the Syrian Legion, Fawzi al-Qawuqji, led a mixed force of dissident Legionnaires ...}}</ref> * 1925 – ''S2'', a Finnish ''Sokol'' class torpedo boat, sinks during a fierce storm near the coast of Pori in the Gulf of Bothnia, taking with it the whole crew of 53.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kaslib.fi/MARE/HIST/s2_1.htm|title=Torpedovene S2:n tuho 4.10.1925|first=Antero|last=Honkasalo|publisher=Wayback Machine|date=2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830015005/http://www.kaslib.fi/MARE/HIST/s2_1.htm|access-date=October 4, 2021|archive-date=2006-08-30|language=fi}}</ref> *1927 – Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore. *1936 – The Metropolitan Police and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street. *1941 – Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of ''The Saturday Evening Post''. *1957 – ''Sputnik 1'' becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.<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=1 |lccn=2008935694}}</ref> *1958 – The current constitution of France is adopted. *1960 – Eastern Airlines flight 375 crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 people of the 72 aboard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FAA |url=https://www.faa.gov/lessons_learned/transport_airplane/accidents/N5533}}</ref> *1963 – Hurricane Flora kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti. *1965 – Pope Paul VI begins the first papal visit to the Americas. *1966 – Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho. *1967 – Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son. *1983 – Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of {{Convert|633.468|mph|km/h}} at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. *1985 – The Free Software Foundation is founded. *1991 – The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature. *1992 – The Rome General Peace Accords end a 16-year civil war in Mozambique. * 1992 – El Al Flight 1862 crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground. *1993 – Battle of Mogadishu occurs killing 18 U.S. Special Forces, two UN Peacekeepers and at least 600 Somalian militia men and civilians. * 1993 – Tanks bombard the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside. *1997 – The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs in North Carolina. *2001 – Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 crashes after being struck by an errant Ukrainian missile. Seventy-eight people are killed. *2003 – The Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Israel kills twenty-one Israelis, both Jews and Arabs. *2004 – ''SpaceShipOne'' wins the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight. *2006 – WikiLeaks is launched. *2010 – The Ajka plant accident in Hungary releases a million cubic metres of liquid alumina sludge, killing nine, injuring 122, and severely contaminating two major rivers. *2017 – Joint Nigerien-American Special Forces are ambushed by Islamic State militants outside the village of Tongo Tongo.
==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *1160 – Alys, Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France (died c. 1220) *1274 – Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (died 1319) *1276 – Margaret of Brabant (died 1311) *1289 – Louis X of France (died 1316) *1331 – James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond, Irish politician, Lord Justice of Ireland (died 1382) *1379 – Henry III of Castile (died 1406) *1507 – Francis Bigod, English noble (died 1537) *1515 – Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (died 1586) *1522 – Gabriele Paleotti, Catholic cardinal (died 1597) *1524 – Francisco Vallés, Spanish physician (died 1592) *1532 – Francisco de Toledo, Catholic cardinal (died 1596) *1542 – Robert Bellarmine, Italian cardinal and saint (died 1621) *1550 – Charles IX of Sweden (died 1611)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles IX {{!}} king of Sweden |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-IX-king-of-Sweden |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *1562 – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer and author (died 1647) *1570 – Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal and philosopher (died 1637) *1579 – Guido Bentivoglio, Italian cardinal (died 1644) *1585 – Anna of Tyrol, Holy Roman Empress (died 1618)
===1601–1900=== *1625 – Jacqueline Pascal, French nun and composer (died 1661) *1626 – Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (died 1712) *1633 – Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (died 1714) *1657 – Francesco Solimena, Italian painter and illustrator (died 1747) *1694 – Lord George Murray, Scottish Jacobite General (died 1760) *1720 – Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian sculptor and illustrator (died 1778) *1723 – Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist and author (died 1798) *1759 – Louis François Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician and academic (died 1803) *1768 – Francisco José de Caldas, Colombian naturalist, executed by royalists in the war of independence (died 1816) *1787 – François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (died 1874) *1793 – Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (died 1862) *1807 – Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Canada East (died 1864) *1814 – Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (died 1875) *1822 – Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (died 1893) *1835 – Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American opera singer and educator (died 1921) *1836 – Juliette Adam, French author (died 1936)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Kathryn J.|last1=Crecelius|first2=Karen|last2=Offen|chapter=Juliette Adam|editor-first=Katharina M.|editor-last=Wilson|title=An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers Volume 1|location=New York|publisher=Garland|year=1991|page=3|isbn=978-0-82408-547-6}}</ref> *1837 – Auguste-Réal Angers, Canadian judge and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1919) *1841 – Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (died 1912) * 1841 – Maria Sophie of Bavaria (died 1925) *1843 – Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Palestinian nun and Catholic Saint (died 1927) *1858 – Léon Serpollet, French businessman (died 1903) *1861 – Walter Rauschenbusch, American pastor and theologian (died 1918) * 1861 – Frederic Remington, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (died 1909) *1862 – Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, sister-in-law of Vincent van Gogh, who is credited with promoting his posthumous fame (died 1925).<ref>Luijtens, Hans. ''Jo van Gogh-Bonger: The Woman who Made Vincent Famous''. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2022</ref> *1862 – Edward Stratemeyer, American author and publisher (died 1930) *1868 – Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 20th President of Argentina (died 1942) *1874 – John Ellis, English executioner (died 1932) *1876 – Florence Eliza Allen, American mathematician and suffrage activist (died 1960) *1877 – Razor Smith, English cricketer (died 1946) *1879 – Robert Edwards, American artist, musician, and writer (died 1948)<ref name="Benezit">{{cite web|url=https://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00057575|title=Edwards, Robert|date=October 2011|website=Benezit Dictionary of Artists|language=en|doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00057575|access-date=2019-07-25|archive-date=2019-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725050012/https://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00057575|url-status=dead}}</ref> *1880 – Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer. (died 1946) *1881 – Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (died 1948) *1884 – Ramchandra Shukla, Indian historian and author (died 1941) *1888 – Lucy Tayiah Eads, American tribal chief (died 1961) * 1888 – Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (died 1954) *1890 – Alan L. Hart, American physician and author (died 1962) * 1890 – Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish writer and journalist (died 1945) *1892 – Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian soldier and politician, 14th Federal Chancellor of Austria (died 1934) * 1892 – Hermann Glauert, English aerodynamicist and author (died 1934) * 1892 – Robert Lawson, American author and illustrator (died 1957) *1895 – Buster Keaton, American film actor, director, and producer (died 1966) * 1895 – Richard Sorge, German journalist and spy (died 1944) *1896 – Dorothy Lawrence, English reporter, who secretly posed as a man to become a soldier during World War I (died 1964) *1900 – August Mälk, Estonian author and playwright (died 1987)
===1901–present=== *1903 – Bona Arsenault, Canadian genealogist, historian, and politician (died 1993) * 1903 – John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and academic, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer (died 1995) * 1903 – Pierre Garbay, French general (died 1980) * 1903 – Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian-German lawyer and general, convicted Nuremberg war criminal (died 1946)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Holocaust Encyclopedia |url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/ernst-kaltenbrunner}}</ref> *1906 – Mary Celine Fasenmyer, American mathematician (died 1996) *1907 – Alain Daniélou, French-Swiss historian and academic (died 1994) *1910 – Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach (died 2002) * 1910 – Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Turkish poet and author (died 1956) *1911 – Mary Two-Axe Earley, Canadian indigenous women's rights activist (died 1996)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robinson|first=Amanda|date=March 23, 2017|title=Mary Two-Axe Earley|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mary-two-axe-earley|access-date=2020-09-06|website=The Canadian Encyclopedia}}</ref> *1913 – Martial Célestin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Haiti (died 2011) *1914 – Jim Cairns, Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (died 2003) * 1914 – Brendan Gill, American journalist and essayist (died 1997) *1916 – Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009) * 1916 – Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, and game show host (died 2006) * 1916 – George Sidney, American director and producer (died 2002) * 1916 – Ken Wood, inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (died 1997) *1917 – Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1967) *1918 – Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998) *1921 – Stella Pevsner, American children's author (died 2020)<ref name="obit">{{Cite web|last=Frisbie|first=Thomas|date=2020-06-12|title=Stella Pevsner dead: Longtime Chicago children's author kept writing into her 90s|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/6/12/21288683/stella-pevsner-childrens-author-books-obituary|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Chicago Sun-Times|language=en}}</ref> *1922 – Malcolm Baldrige Jr., American businessman and politician, 26th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 1987) * 1922 – Shin Kyuk-ho, South Korean-Japanese businessman, founded Lotte Group (died 2020) * 1922 – Don Lenhardt, American baseball player and coach (died 2014) *1923 – Charlton Heston, American actor, director and gun rights activist (died 2008)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 4: Susan Sarandon, Tony La Russa |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/04/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-4-Susan-Sarandon-Tony-La-Russa/3551664732336/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=2 October 2023 |date=4 October 2022}}</ref> *1924 – Donald J. Sobol, American soldier and author (died 2012) *1925 – Roger Wood, Belgian-American journalist (died 2012) *1926 – Raymond Watson, American businessman (died 2012) *1927 – Wolf Kahn, American painter and academic (died 2020) *1928 – Alvin Toffler, German-American journalist and author (died 2016) * 1928 – Torben Ulrich, Danish-American tennis player (died 2023) *1929 – Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (died 1968) * 1929 – John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (died 2004) * 1929 – Leroy Van Dyke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> *1931 – Terence Conran, English designer and businessman (died 2020) * 1931 – Basil D'Oliveira, South African-English cricketer and footballer (died 2011) * 1931 – Richard Rorty, American philosopher and author (died 2007) *1932 – Felicia Farr, American actress and model<ref name="AP" /> *1933 – German Moreno, Filipino television host and actor (died 2016) * 1933 – Ann Thwaite, English author *1934 – Sam Huff, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021)<ref name="UPI" /> *1935 – Jimmy Orr, American football player (died 2020)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Jimmy Orr, a Favorite Target of the Colts' Unitas, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/sports/football/jimmy-orr-dead.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=2 October 2023 |date=29 October 2020}}</ref> *1936 – Charlie Hurley, Irish footballer and manager (died 2024) * 1936 – Giles Radice, Baron Radice, English politician (died 2022) *1937 – Jackie Collins, English-American author and actress (died 2015)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1937 – David Crocker, American philosopher and academic * 1937 – Gail Gilmore, Canadian-American actress and dancer (died 2014) * 1937 – Lloyd Green, American steel guitar player * 1937 – Jim Sillars, Scottish lawyer and politician *1938 – Norman D. Wilson, American actor (died 2004) * 1938 – Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate *1939 – Ivan Mauger, New Zealand speedway rider (died 2018) *1940 – Vic Hadfield, Canadian ice hockey player * 1940 – Silvio Marzolini, Argentinian footballer and manager (died 2020) * 1940 – Steve Swallow, American bass player and composer * 1940 – Alberto Vilar, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2021) *1941 – Roy Blount Jr., American humorist and journalist<ref name="AP" /> * 1941 – Karen Cushman, American author * 1941 – Karl Oppitzhauser, Austrian race car driver * 1941 – Anne Rice, American author (died 2021)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1941 – Frank Stagg (Irish republican), died on hunger strike (died 1976)<ref>{{cite news |last=Hedges |first=John |date=1 June 2017 |title=Mayo's heroes |url=https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/26888 |work=An Phoblacht |access-date=6 April 2020 |archive-date=6 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406164342/https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/26888 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1941 – Robert Wilson, American director and playwright (died 2025) *1942 – Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer-songwriter (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gabriel |first=Trip |date=2024-07-19 |title=Bernice Johnson Reagon, a Musical Voice for Civil Rights, Is Dead at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/arts/music/bernice-johnson-reagon-dead.html |access-date=2024-07-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 1942 – Karl W. Richter, American lieutenant and pilot (died 1967) * 1942 – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic politician, 24th Prime Minister of Iceland * 1942 – Christopher Stone, American actor and screenwriter (died 1995) *1943 – H. Rap Brown, American activist (died 2025)<ref>{{cite web|title=Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/us/h-rap-brown-dead.html|date=November 23, 2025|last=Vitello|first=Paul|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=November 23, 2025}}</ref> * 1943 – Owen Davidson, Australian tennis player (died 2023) * 1943 – Karl-Gustav Kaisla, Finnish ice hockey player and referee (died 2012) * 1943 – Dietmar Mürdter, German footballer * 1943 – Jimy Williams, American baseball player and manager (died 2024) *1944 – Colin Bundy, South African-English historian and academic * 1944 – Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (died 2006) * 1944 – Tony La Russa, American baseball player and manager<ref name="UPI" /> * 1944 – John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith, Scottish educator and politician *1945 – Clifton Davis, American singer-songwriter, actor, and minister<ref name="AP" /> *1946 – Larry Clapp, American lawyer and politician (died 2013) * 1946 – Chuck Hagel, American sergeant and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Defense * 1946 – Michael Mullen, American admiral * 1946 – Susan Sarandon, American actress and activist<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 4, 2022 includes celebrities Dakota Johnson, Alicia Silverstone |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-4-2022-includes-celebrities-dakota-johnson-alicia-silverstone.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=2 October 2023 |date=4 October 2022}}</ref> *1947 – Julien Clerc, French singer-songwriter and pianist * 1947 – Jim Fielder, American bass player * 1947 – Ann Widdecombe, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health *1948 – Iain Hewitson, New Zealand-Australian chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality * 1948 – Linda McMahon, American businesswoman and politician * 1948 – Duke Robillard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist *1949 – Armand Assante, American actor and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1949 – Stephen Gyllenhaal, American director, producer, and screenwriter *1950 – Alan Rosenberg, American actor<ref name="AP" /> *1951 – Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet and author * 1951 – Truck Robinson, American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Truck Robinson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77993/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref> *1952 – Anita DeFrantz, American rower and sports administrator * 1952 – Jody Stephens, American rock drummer * 1952 – Zinha Vaz, Bissau-Guinean women's rights activist and politician *1953 – Gil Moore, Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer * 1953 – Andreas Vollenweider, Swiss harp player *1955 – John Rutherford, Scottish rugby player * 1955 – Jorge Valdano, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager *1956 – Lesley Glaister, English author and playwright * 1956 – Charlie Leibrandt, American baseball player * 1956 – Sherri Turner, American golfer * 1956 – Christoph Waltz, Austrian-German actor<ref name="AP" /> *1957 – Bill Fagerbakke, American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1957 – Yngve Moe, Norwegian bass player and songwriter (died 2013) * 1957 – Russell Simmons, American businessman, founded Def Jam Recordings and Phat Farm<ref name="AP" /> *1958 – Barbara Kooyman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1958 – Wendy Makkena, American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1958 – Anneka Rice, Welsh radio and television host *1959 – Chris Lowe, English singer and keyboard player<ref name="AP" /> * 1959 – Tony Meo, English snooker player * 1959 – Hitonari Tsuji, Japanese author, composer, and director *1960 – Joe Boever, American baseball player * 1960 – Henry Worsley, English colonel and explorer (died 2016) *1961 – Philippe Russo, French singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1961 – Jon Secada, Cuban-American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1961 – Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author and illustrator, created ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' (died 2022) *1962 – Carlos Carsolio, Mexican mountaineer *1963 – A. C. Green, American basketball player * 1963 – Koji Ishikawa, Japanese author and illustrator *1964 – Francis Magalona, Filipino rapper, producer, and actor (died 2009) * 1964 – Yvonne Murray, Scottish runner<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Yvonne Murray |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68738 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref> *1965 – Olaf Backasch, German footballer * 1965 – Skip Heller, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1965 – Steve Olin, American baseball player (died 1993) * 1965 – Micky Ward, American boxer *1967 – Vicky Bullett, American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Vicky Bullett |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/100058/vicky-bullett |publisher=WNBA |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref> * 1967 – Nick Green, Australian rower * 1967 – Liev Schreiber, American actor and director<ref name="AP" /> *1968 – Richard Hancox, English footballer and manager * 1968 – Tim Wise, American activist and author *1969 – Abraham Benrubi, American actor<ref name="AP" /> *1971 – Darren Middleton, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist *1973 – M. Ward, American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> *1974 – Paco León, Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter *1975 – Cristiano Lucarelli, Italian footballer and manager *1976 – Mauro Camoranesi, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager * 1976 – Alicia Silverstone, American actress, producer, and author<ref name="AP" /> * 1976 – Ueli Steck, Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (died 2017) *1977 – Richard Reed Parry, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer *1978 – Dana Davis, American actress and author<ref name="AP" /> * 1978 – Kyle Lohse, American baseball player *1979 – Caitríona Balfe, Irish actress<ref name="UPI" /> * 1979 – Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1979 – Adam Voges, Australian cricketer *1980 – Sarah Fisher, American race car driver * 1980 – James Jones, American basketball player * 1980 – Tomáš Rosický, Czech footballer * 1981 – Justin Williams, Canadian-American ice hockey player *1982 – Tony Gwynn Jr., American baseball player * 1982 – Ilhan Omar, American politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Omar, Ilhan |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/O000173 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=11 November 2025}}</ref> * 1982 – Jered Weaver, American baseball player * 1983 – Vicky Krieps, Luxembourgish actress * 1983 – Kurt Suzuki, American baseball player *1984 – Lena Katina, Russian singer-songwriter * 1984 – Petri Kontiola, Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Petri Kontiola |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/petri-kontiola-8471408 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref> * 1984 – Karolina Tymińska, Polish heptathlete *1985 – Shontelle, Barbadian singer-songwriter * 1985 – Thorsten Wiedemann, German rugby player * 1987 – Marina Weisband, German politician *1988 – Melissa Benoist, American actress and singer<ref name="AP" /> * 1988 – Lonnie Chisenhall, American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lonnie Chisenhall |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/lonnie-chisenhall-502082 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref> * 1988 – Caner Erkin, Turkish footballer * 1988 – Evgeni Krasnopolski, Israeli figure skater * 1988 – Derrick Rose, American basketball player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/players/derrick/rose/201565|title=Derrick Rose stats|website=NBA|access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref> *1989 – Dakota Johnson, American actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Dakota Johnson Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Dakota-Johnson |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *1990 – Signy Aarna, Estonian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Signy Aarna – Estonia – WEURO |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/teams/players/107237--signy-aarna/ |website=UEFA |access-date=19 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1990 – Saki, Japanese guitarist and songwriter<ref>{{cite web|title=地獄のゆるふわバンド「NEMOPHILA」最終目標は宇宙でSHOUT! 15日にインディーズデビュー|language=Japanese|url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2021/12/10/kiji/20211210s00041000024000c.html|publisher=Sports Nippon|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> * 1990 – Sergey Shubenkov, Russian hurdler<ref>{{cite web|title=Sergey Shubenkov|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/russia/sergey-shubenkov-248746|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref> *1991 – Leigh-Anne Pinnock, English singer and songwriter<ref name="AP" /> *1993 – Mitchell Swepson, Australian cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/590326.html |title=Mitchell Swepson |access-date=5 October 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> *1994 – Mike Williams, American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Williams |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3045138/mike-williams |publisher=ESPN |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref> *1995 – Jeonghan, South Korean singer<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Partridge |first1=Kenneth |title=Billboard's 21 Under 21 2015: Music's Hottest Young Stars |url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/billboard-21-under-21-2015-hottest-young-stars-6745079/18-18-seventeen/ |magazine=Billboard |date=30 October 2015}}</ref> *1995 – Kenny Clark, American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kenny Clark |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3122752/kenny-clark |publisher=ESPN |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref> * 1995 – Mikolas Josef, Czech singer and songwriter<ref name="ČTK">{{cite web|publisher = ČTK| title = Mikolas Josef je novou tváří návrháře Lukáše Macháčka| date = 14 February 2016| language=cs|url = http://www.protext.cz/zprava.php?id=26474}}</ref> *1996 – Ella Balinska, English actress<ref name="UPI" /> *1997 – Rishabh Pant, Indian cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-04|title=Happy Birthday Rishabh Pant: Young Superstar Turns 22|url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/happy-birthday-rishabh-pant-young-superstar-turns-22-2333095.html|access-date=2020-07-15|website=News18|language=en}}</ref> * 1997 – Yuju, South Korean singer<ref>{{cite news |author=Choi Jin-shil |date=February 14, 2015 |title= |script-title=ko:여.친.소① 여자친구를 소개합니다 |language=ko |trans-title=G.F.I① Introducing Gfriend |work=TenAsia |url=http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/444382 |url-status=live |access-date=July 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150217054119/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/444382 |archive-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref>
==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * 744 – Yazid III, Umayyad caliph (born 701) * 863 – Turpio, Frankish nobleman *1052 – Vladimir of Novgorod (born 1020) *1160 – Constance of Castile, Queen of France (born 1141) *1189 – Gerard de Ridefort, Grand Master of the Knights Templar *1221 – William IV Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (born 1179) *1227 – Caliph al-Adil of Morocco<ref>Kennedy, Hugh (1996) ''Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of al-Andalus''. London: Addison-Wesley-Longman {{ISBN?}}{{page needed|date=October 2024}}</ref> *1250 – Herman VI, Margrave of Baden (born 1226) *1305 – Emperor Kameyama of Japan (born 1249) *1361 – John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray, English baron (born 1310) *1497 – John, Prince of Asturias, only son of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (born 1478) *1582 – Teresa of Ávila, Spanish nun and saint (born 1515) *1597 – Sarsa Dengel, Ethiopian emperor (born 1550)
===1601–1900=== *1646 – Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English courtier and politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (born 1586) *1660 – Francesco Albani, Italian painter (born 1578) *1661 – Jacqueline Pascal, French nun and composer (born 1625) *1669 – Rembrandt, Dutch painter and illustrator (born 1606)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Historic Figures: Rembrandt (1606-1669) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/rembrandt.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=11 May 2025}}</ref> *1680 – Pierre-Paul Riquet, French engineer, designed the Canal du Midi (born 1609) *1743 – John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish commander and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (born 1678) *1747 – Amaro Pargo, Spanish corsair (born 1678)<ref>{{cite web |title=340 aniversario del nacimiento del corsario tinerfeño Amaro Pargo |url=https://www.santacruzdetenerife.es/web/noticias-y-agenda/noticias/detalle-noticia/340-aniversario-del-nacimiento-del-corsario-tinerfeno-amaro-pargo |website=SantaCruzDeTenerife.es |publisher=Ayuntamiento de Santa Cruz de Tenerife |access-date=25 January 2021 |date=25 May 2018}}</ref> *1749 – Baron Franz von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (born 1711) *1755 – Samuel von Cocceji, Prussian jurist and statesman (born 1679)<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers |year=2016 |isbn=9781474255981 |editor-last=Klemme |editor-first=Heiner F. |pages=138–139 |chapter=Cocceji, Samuel von |publisher=Bloomsbury |editor-last2=Kuehn |editor-first2=Manfred |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YH6fCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA138}}</ref> *1821 – John Rennie the Elder, Scottish engineer, designed the Waterloo Bridge (born 1761) *1827 – Grigorios Zalykis, Greek-French lexicographer and scholar (born 1785) *1851 – Manuel Godoy, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (born 1767) *1852 – James Whitcomb, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Indiana (born 1795) *1859 – Karl Baedeker, German publisher, founded Baedeker (born 1801) *1864 – Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (born 1802) *1867 – Francis Xavier Seelos, German-American priest and missionary (born 1819) *1871 – Sarel Cilliers, South African spiritual leader and preacher (born 1801) *1890 – Catherine Booth, English theologian and saint, co-founded The Salvation Army (born 1829)
===1901–present=== *1903 – Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher and author (born 1880) *1904 – Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (born 1834) * 1904 – Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (born 1847) *1910 – Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (born 1850) *1935 – Jean Béraud, French painter and academic (born 1849) * 1935 – Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano, actress, and director (born 1874) *1943 – Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant (born 1906) *1944 – Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (born 1873) *1946 – Barney Oldfield, American race car driver and actor (born 1878) *1947 – Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1858) *1951 – Henrietta Lacks, American medical patient (born 1920) *1955 – Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (born 1883) *1958 – Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (born 1884) *1961 – Benjamin, Russian metropolitan (born 1880) *1963 – Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (born 1904) *1970 – Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (born 1943) *1974 – Anne Sexton, American poet and author (born 1928) *1975 – Friedrich Lutz, German economist (born 1901)<ref>{{cite magazine |first1=Lachezar |last1=Grudev |title=Friedrich Lutz: A Forgotten Monetary Economist and Social Philosopher |date=Fall 2023 |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=225–236 |magazine=The Independent Review |issn=1086-1653 |url=https://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=1881 |access-date=26 March 2024}}</ref> * 1975 – Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1903) *1977 – José Ber Gelbard, Argentinian activist and politician (born 1917) *1980 – Pyotr Masherov, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia (born 1918) *1981 – Freddie Lindstrom, American baseball player and coach (born 1905) *1982 – Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and conductor (born 1932) * 1982 – Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Greek politician, 165th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1898) *1988 – Zlatko Grgić, Croatian-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (born 1931) *1989 – Graham Chapman, English actor and screenwriter, member of Monty Python (born 1941)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Pythons |url=https://www.montypython.com/python_Graham%20Chapman/18}}</ref> *1990 – Mārtiņš Zīverts, Latvian playwright (born 1903) *1992 – Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver (born 1936) *1994 – Danny Gatton, American guitarist (born 1945) *1997 – Otto Ernst Remer, German general (born 1912) * 1997 – Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese game designer, created the Game Boy (born 1941) *1998 – S. Arasaratnam, Sri Lankan historian and academic (born 1930) *1999 – Bernard Buffet, French painter and illustrator (born 1928) * 1999 – Art Farmer, American trumpet player and composer (born 1928) *2000 – Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 32nd Premier of the Republic of China (born 1914) * 2000 – Michael Smith, English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1932) *2001 – Blaise Alexander, American race car driver (born 1976) * 2001 – John Collins, American guitarist (born 1913) * 2001 – Ahron Soloveichik, Russian rabbi and scholar (born 1917) *2002 – André Delvaux, Belgian-Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1926) *2003 – Sid McMath, American lawyer and politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (born 1912) *2004 – Gordon Cooper, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1927) *2005 – Stanley K. Hathaway, American lawyer and politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1924) *2007 – Qassem Al-Nasser, Jordanian general (born 1925) *2009 – Gerhard Kaufhold, German footballer (born 1928) * 2009 – Günther Rall, German general and pilot (born 1918) *2010 – Norman Wisdom, English actor, comedian, and singer-songwriter (born 1915) *2011 – Doris Belack, American actress (born 1926) *2012 – David Atkinson, Canadian actor and singer (born 1921) * 2012 – Stan Mudenge, Zimbabwean historian and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1941) * 2012 – Tom Stannage, Australian footballer, historian, and academic (born 1944) *2013 – John Cloudsley-Thompson, Pakistani-English commander (born 1921) * 2013 – Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (born 1917) * 2013 – Akira Miyoshi, Japanese composer (born 1933) * 2013 – Diana Nasution, Indonesian singer (born 1958) * 2013 – Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (born 1911) * 2013 – Nicholas Oresko, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1917) *2014 – Konrad Boehmer, German-Dutch composer and educator (born 1941) * 2014 – Hugo Carvana, Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1937) * 2014 – Fyodor Cherenkov, Russian footballer and manager (born 1959) * 2014 – Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti (born 1951) *2015 – Dave Pike, American vibraphone player and songwriter (born 1938) * 2015 – Edida Nageswara Rao, Indian director and producer (born 1934) * 2015 – Neal Walk, American basketball player (born 1948)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/sec/university-of-florida/article38025903.html|title=Former Florida Gators and NBA standout Neal Walk dies at 67|date=7 October 2015|author=Michelle Kaufman|website=Miami Herald|access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref> *2020 – Clark Middleton, American actor (born 1957)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oganesyan |first1=Natalie |title=Clark Middleton, Actor in 'The Blacklist,' 'Twin Peaks,' Dies at 63 |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/clark-middleton-dead-the-blacklist-twin-peaks-kill-bill-2-1234793399/ |website=Variety|date=5 October 2020 }}</ref> * 2020 – Kenzō Takada, Japanese-French fashion designer (born 1939)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54410063|title=Kenzo Takada: Japanese designer dies after catching Covid-19|date=4 Oct 2020|website=BBC News}}</ref> *2022 – Loretta Lynn, American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1932)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/loretta-lynn-country-music-icon-dead-90| title=Loretta Lynn, country music icon, dead at 90 |website=Fox News| date=4 October 2022 }}</ref> *2024 – Christopher Ciccone, American artist (born 1960)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-06 |title=Madonna's brother, Christopher Ciccone, has died at 63 |url=https://apnews.com/article/christopher-ciccone-dead-c2369c46f5c98292068b2bf51774f652 |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – Billy Shaw, American football player (born 1938)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-05 |title=HOF guard Shaw, 'driving force' for Bills, dies |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41612623/billy-shaw-bills-great-star-afl-guard-dies-85 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Holidays and observances== *Christian feast day: **Amun **Francis of Assisi ***Conclusion of Creationtide<ref name="LWF2025">{{cite web |title=Ecumenical efforts to introduce a Christian Feast of Creation |url=https://lutheranworld.org/news/ecumenical-efforts-introduce-christian-feast-creation |publisher=Lutheran World Federation |access-date=1 September 2025 |language=en |date=2 April 2024}}</ref> **Petronius of Bologna **October 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *Cinnamon Roll Day (Sweden and Finland) *Day of Peace and Reconciliation (Mozambique) *Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Lesotho from the United Kingdom in 1966. *The beginning of World Space Week (International) *World Animal Day
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