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  • 365: The Alamanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities. [category: Events]
  • 846: Louis the Stammerer, French king (d. 879) [category: Births]
  • 955: Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 921) [category: Deaths]
  • 996: Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi (Austria in Old High German). [category: Events]
  • 1179: Philip II is crowned King of France. [category: Events]

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  • 1214: The port city of Sinope surrenders to the Seljuq Turks. [category: Events]
  • 1296: Guillaume Durand, French bishop (b. 1230) [category: Deaths]
  • 1339: Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (d. 1365) [category: Births]
  • 1348: The anti-royalist Union of Valencia attacks the Jews of Murviedro on the pretext that they are serfs of the King of Valencia and thus "royalists." [category: Events]
  • 1351: Leopold III, Duke of Austria (d. 1386) [category: Births]
  • 1391: Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy (b. 1360) [category: Deaths]
  • 1399: John V, Duke of Brittany (b. 1339) [category: Deaths]
  • 1512: The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time. [category: Events]
  • 1520: The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage. [category: Events]
  • 1526: Catherine Jagellon, Polish wife of John III of Sweden (d. 1583) [category: Births]
  • 1530: Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and philosopher (d. 1563) [category: Births]
  • 1539: Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (d. 1596) [category: Births]
  • 1546: Giulio Romano, Italian painter (b. 1499) [category: Deaths]
  • 1549: Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (d. 1580) [category: Births]
  • 1555: French Huguenots establish the France Antarctique colony in present-day Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [category: Events]

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  • 1567: Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (d. 1626) [category: Births]
  • 1570: The All Saints' Flood devastates the Dutch coast. [category: Events]
  • 1585: Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (d. 1652) [category: Births]
  • 1588: Jean Daurat, French poet (b. 1508) [category: Deaths]
  • 1596: Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (b. 1539) [category: Deaths]
  • 1604: William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London. [category: Events]
  • 1607: Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (d. 1658) [category: Births]
  • 1611: François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-French military commander (d. 1656) [category: Births]
  • 1611: William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London. [category: Events]
  • 1612: (22 October O.S.) Time of Troubles in Russia: Moscow, Kitai-gorod, is captured by Russian troops under command of Dmitry Pozharsky [category: Events]
  • 1629: Oliver Plunkett, Irish archbishop (d. 1681) [category: Births]
  • 1636: Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (d. 1711) [category: Births]
  • 1642: Jean Nicolet, French explorer (b. 1598) [category: Deaths]
  • 1643: John Strype, English historian and author (d. 1737) [category: Births]
  • 1661: Florent Carton Dancourt, French actor and playwright (d. 1725) [category: Births]
  • 1666: James Sherard, English botanist (d. 1738) [category: Births]
  • 1676: Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (b. 1589) [category: Deaths]
  • 1678: William Coddington, American politician, 1st Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1601) [category: Deaths]
  • 1683: The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties. [category: Events]
  • 1688: William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to seize the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution. [category: Events]
  • 1700: Charles II of Spain (b. 1661) [category: Deaths]
  • 1704: Paul Daniel Longolius, German editor (d. 1779) [category: Births]
  • 1720: Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (d. 1791) [category: Births]
  • 1727: Ivan Shuvalov, Russian educator (d. 1797) [category: Births]
  • 1755: Lisbon earthquake: In Portugal, Lisbon is destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between sixty thousand and ninety thousand people. [category: Events]
  • 1757: Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor (d. 1822) [category: Births]
  • 1762: Spencer Perceval, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1812) [category: Births]
  • 1765: The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America. [category: Events]
  • 1778: Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (d. 1837) [category: Births]
  • 1782: F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1859) [category: Births]
  • 1790: Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster. [category: Events]
  • 1800: US President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House). [category: Events]
  • 1805: Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition. [category: Events]
  • 1808: John Taylor, English-American religious leader, 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1887) [category: Births]
  • 1814: Alexander Samoylov, Russian general and politician (b. 1744) [category: Deaths]
  • 1814: Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France, in the Napoleonic Wars. [category: Events]
  • 1838: 11th Dalai Lama (d. 1856) [category: Births]
  • 1839: Pál Luthár Slovene writer in Hungary (d. 1919) [category: Births]
  • 1847: Emma Albani, Canadian soprano (d. 1930) [category: Births]
  • 1847: Hiep Hoa, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1883) [category: Births]
  • 1848: In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opens. [category: Events]
  • 1852: Honinbo Shuei, Japanese Go player (d. 1907) [category: Births]
  • 1859: Charles Brantley Aycock, American politician, 50th Governor of North Carolina (d. 1912) [category: Births]
  • 1859: The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse is lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions. [category: Events]
  • 1860: Boies Penrose, American lawyer and politician (d. 1921) [category: Births]
  • 1861: American Civil War: US President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott. [category: Events]
  • 1862: Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (d. 1941) [category: Births]
  • 1864: Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1918) [category: Births]
  • 1870: In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast. [category: Events]
  • 1871: Stephen Crane, American journalist, author, and poet (d. 1900) [category: Births]
  • 1872: Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter (d. 1946) [category: Births]
  • 1876: New Zealand's provincial government system is dissolved. [category: Events]
  • 1877: Roger Quilter, English composer (d. 1953) [category: Births]
  • 1878: Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959) [category: Births]
  • 1878: Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter (d. 1925) [category: Births]
  • 1880: Alfred Wegener, German meteorologist and geophysicist (d. 1930) [category: Births]
  • 1880: Grantland Rice, American journalist (d. 1954) [category: Births]
  • 1880: Sholem Asch, Polish-American author (d. 1957) [category: Births]
  • 1881: Edward Van Sloan, American actor (d. 1964) [category: Births]
  • 1881: Perikles Ioannidis, Greek admiral (d. 1965) [category: Births]
  • 1884: The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary. [category: Events]
  • 1886: Hermann Broch, Austrian author (d. 1951) [category: Births]
  • 1886: Sakutarō Hagiwara, Japanese poet (d. 1942) [category: Births]
  • 1886: Ananda College, a leading Buddhist school in Sri Lanka is established with 37 students. [category: Events]
  • 1887: L. S. Lowry, English painter (d. 1976) [category: Births]
  • 1888: George Kenner, German painter (d. 1971) [category: Births]
  • 1888: Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian geographer (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
  • 1889: Hannah Höch, German painter and photographer (d. 1978) [category: Births]
  • 1889: Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, English politician and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982) [category: Births]
  • 1894: Alexander III of Russia (b. 1845) [category: Deaths]
  • 1894: Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies. [category: Events]
  • 1896: Edmund Blunden, English poet, author, and critic (d. 1974) [category: Births]
  • 1896: A picture showing the unclad (bare) breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time. [category: Events]
  • 1897: The first Library of Congress building opened its doors to the public. The Library had been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol. [category: Events]
  • 1898: Arthur Legat, Belgian race car driver (d. 1960) [category: Births]
  • 1901: Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, VA. [category: Events]
  • 1902: Eugen Jochum, German conductor (d. 1987) [category: Births]
  • 1902: Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian poet (d. 1943) [category: Births]
  • 1903: Edward Greeves, Australian footballer (d. 1963) [category: Births]
  • 1903: Max Adrian, Irish actor (d. 1973) [category: Births]
  • 1903: Theodor Mommsen, German politician, scholar, and historian, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1817) [category: Deaths]
  • 1905: Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian painter (d. 1960) [category: Births]
  • 1906: Johnny Indrisano, American boxer and actor (d. 1968) [category: Births]
  • 1907: Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer and actor (d. 1976) [category: Births]
  • 1907: Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
  • 1911: Henri Troyat, French author and historian (d. 2007) [category: Births]
  • 1911: The first dropping of a bomb from an airplane in combat, during the Italo-Turkish War. [category: Events]
  • 1912: Gunther Plaut, German-Canadian rabbi and author (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1914: Moshe Teitelbaum, Hungarian rabbi (d. 2006) [category: Births]
  • 1914: World War I: the first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth. [category: Events]
  • 1915: Parris Island is officially designated a US Marine Corps Recruit Depot. [category: Events]
  • 1916: Paul Miliukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government. [category: Events]
  • 1917: Clarence E. Miller, American politician (d. 2011) [category: Births]
  • 1917: Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American painter, co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History (d. 2010) [category: Births]
  • 1917: Siegfried Jamrowski, German pilot (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1918: Hermann Braun, American-German actor (d. 1945) [category: Births]
  • 1918: Banat Republic is founded. [category: Events]
  • 1918: Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 93 deaths. [category: Events]
  • 1918: Western Ukraine gains its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. [category: Events]
  • 1919: Hermann Bondi, English-Austrian mathematician and cosmologist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
  • 1920: James Kilpatrick, American journalist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
  • 1920: Ted Lowe, English sportscaster (d. 2011) [category: Births]
  • 1920: American Fishing Schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian Fishing Schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax. [category: Events]
  • 1921: Harald Quandt, German businessman (d. 1967) [category: Births]
  • 1921: John W. Peterson, American songwriter (d. 2006) [category: Births]
  • 1922: George S. Irving, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1922: The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates. [category: Events]
  • 1923: Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian author (d. 2001) [category: Births]
  • 1923: Victoria de los Ángeles, Spanish soprano (d. 2005) [category: Births]
  • 1924: Colette Renard, French actress and singer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
  • 1924: Jean-Luc Pépin, Canadian politician (d. 1995) [category: Births]
  • 1924: Süleyman Demirel, Turkish politician, 9th President of Turkey [category: Births]
  • 1924: Bill Tilghman, American police officer (b. 1854) [category: Deaths]
  • 1926: Betsy Palmer, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1926: Lou Donaldson, American saxophonist and composer [category: Births]
  • 1927: Victor Pellot, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2005) [category: Births]
  • 1928: Emmaline Henry, American actress (d. 1979) [category: Births]
  • 1928: The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replacing the version of the Arabic alphabet previously used, comes into force in Turkey. [category: Events]
  • 1929: Nicholas Mavroules, American politician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
  • 1930: A. R. Gurney, American playwright and author [category: Births]
  • 1931: Chosuke Ikariya, Japanese comedian and actor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
  • 1931: Shunsuke Kikuchi, Japanese composer [category: Births]
  • 1931: Yossef Gutfreund, Israeli wrestling judge (d. 1972) [category: Births]
  • 1932: Al Arbour, Canadian ice hockey player and coach [category: Births]
  • 1932: Francis Arinze, Nigerian cardinal [category: Births]
  • 1932: John Clark, English actor, director, and producer [category: Births]
  • 1933: Antoine Kohn, Luxembourgian footballer and manager (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1934: Gillian Knight, English soprano and actress [category: Births]
  • 1934: Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-Italian businessman and politician (d. 2004) [category: Births]
  • 1934: William Mathias, Welsh composer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
  • 1935: Edward Said, Palestinian-American theoretician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
  • 1935: Gary Player, South African golfer [category: Births]
  • 1936: Eddie Colman, English footballer (d. 1958) [category: Births]
  • 1936: Katsuhisa Hattori, Japanese composer [category: Births]
  • 1936: Shizuka Kamei, Japanese politician [category: Births]
  • 1937: Bill Anderson, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
  • 1937: Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community. [category: Events]
  • 1938: Charles Weeghman, American businessman (b.1874) [category: Deaths]
  • 1938: Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing. [category: Events]
  • 1939: Barbara Bosson, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1939: The first rabbit born after artificial insemination is exhibited to the world. [category: Events]
  • 1940: Barry Sadler, American soldier, author, and singer (d. 1989) [category: Births]
  • 1940: Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Indian jurist, 35th Chief Justice of India [category: Births]
  • 1941: Alfio Basile, Argentine footballer and coach [category: Births]
  • 1941: Robert Foxworth, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1941: American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography. [category: Events]
  • 1942: Larry Flynt, American publisher, founded Larry Flynt Publications [category: Births]
  • 1942: Marcia Wallace, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1942: Ralph Klein, Canadian politician, 12th Premier of Alberta [category: Births]
  • 1942: Hugo Distler, German composer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
  • 1942: Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 4 with an American victory. [category: Events]
  • 1943: Jacques Attali, French economist and civil servant [category: Births]
  • 1943: John McEnery, English actor [category: Births]
  • 1943: Salvatore Adamo, Italian-Belgian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
  • 1943: World War II: Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, United States Marines, the 3rd Marine Division, land on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. [category: Events]
  • 1943: World War II: In support of the landings on Bougainville, U.S. aircraft carrier forces attack the huge Japanese base at Rabaul. [category: Events]
  • 1944: Bobby Heenan, American wrestling manager and commentator [category: Births]
  • 1944: Kinky Friedman, American singer-songwriter and author [category: Births]
  • 1944: Oscar Temaru, French-Polynesian politician, President of French Polynesia [category: Births]
  • 1944: World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren in the Netherlands. [category: Events]
  • 1945: Australia joins the United Nations. [category: Events]
  • 1945: The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro. [category: Events]
  • 1946: Dennis Muren, American special effects artist [category: Births]
  • 1946: Lynne Russell, American journalist [category: Births]
  • 1946: Ric Grech, French-English bass player (Family, Ginger Baker's Air Force, Blind Faith, and Traffic) (d. 1990) [category: Births]
  • 1946: The New York Knicks played against the Toronto Huskies at the Maple Leaf Gardens, in the first Basketball Association of America game. The Knicks would win 68–66. [category: Events]
  • 1947: Jim Steinman, American songwriter and producer [category: Births]
  • 1947: Man o' War, American racehorse (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
  • 1948: Phil Myre, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1948: Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is enthroned. [category: Events]
  • 1948: Off southern Manchuria, 6,000 people are killed as a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks. [category: Events]
  • 1949: David Foster, Canadian singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Skylark, Attitudes, and Airplay) [category: Births]
  • 1949: Michael D. Griffin, American physicist and engineer [category: Births]
  • 1950: Dan Peek, American guitarist (America) (d. 2011) [category: Births]
  • 1950: Mitch Kapor, American computer programmer and businessman, founded Lotus Software and Electronic Frontier Foundation [category: Births]
  • 1950: Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
  • 1950: Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary. [category: Events]
  • 1950: Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House. [category: Events]
  • 1951: Belita Moreno, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1951: Fabrice Luchini, French actor [category: Births]
  • 1951: Ronald Bell, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (Kool & the Gang) [category: Births]
  • 1951: Operation Buster-Jangle: 6,500 American soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary. [category: Events]
  • 1952: Dixie Lee. American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
  • 1952: Operation Ivy – The United States successfully detonates the first large hydrogen bomb, codenamed "Mike" ["M" for megaton], in the Eniwetok atoll, located in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. The explosion had a yield of 10 megatons. [category: Events]
  • 1953: Jan Davis, American astronaut [category: Births]
  • 1953: Andhra Pradesh attained statehood on 1 November 1953, with Kurnool as its capital. [category: Events]
  • 1954: The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence. [category: Events]
  • 1955: Beth Leavel, American actress and singer [category: Births]
  • 1955: Mike Mendoza, English radio host and politician [category: Births]
  • 1955: Dale Carnegie, American author (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
  • 1955: The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner. [category: Events]
  • 1956: In India, Kanyakumari district was joined to Tamilnadu state from Kerala. [category: Events]
  • 1956: The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore state are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act. [category: Events]
  • 1957: Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer-songwriter (d. 1988) [category: Births]
  • 1957: Lyle Lovett, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor [category: Births]
  • 1957: Peter Ostrum, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1957: The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas. [category: Events]
  • 1958: Charlie Kaufman, American screenwriter, director, and producer [category: Births]
  • 1958: Jim Steinmeyer, American magician and author [category: Births]
  • 1958: Joe DeRenzo, American drummer, composer, and producer [category: Births]
  • 1958: Rachel Ticotin, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1959: Eriko Hara, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
  • 1959: In Rwanda, Hutu politician Dominique Mbonyumutwa is beaten up by Tutsi forces, leading to a period of violence known as the wind of destruction. [category: Events]
  • 1959: Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante wears a protective mask for the first time in an NHL game. [category: Events]
  • 1960: Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1960: Tim Cook, American businessman [category: Births]
  • 1960: While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps. [category: Events]
  • 1961: Calvin Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Beat Happening, The Halo Benders, Dub Narcotic Sound System, The Microphones, Cool Rays, and The Go Team) [category: Births]
  • 1961: Kim Krizan, American screenwriter [category: Births]
  • 1961: Louise Boije af Gennäs, Swedish author and screenwriter [category: Births]
  • 1961: Nicky Grist, Welsh race car driver [category: Births]
  • 1961: 50,000 women in 60 cities participate in the inaugural Women Strike for Peace (WSP) against nuclear proliferation. [category: Events]
  • 1962: Anthony Kiedis, American singer-songwriter and actor (Red Hot Chili Peppers) [category: Births]
  • 1962: Magne Furuholmen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (A-ha and Apparatjik) [category: Births]
  • 1962: Sharron Davies, English swimmer [category: Births]
  • 1962: Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican race car driver (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
  • 1963: Big Kenny, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Big & Rich) [category: Births]
  • 1963: Katja Riemann, German actress [category: Births]
  • 1963: Mark Hughes, Welsh footballer [category: Births]
  • 1963: Rick Allen, English drummer (Def Leppard [category: Births]
  • 1963: The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens. [category: Events]
  • 1964: Daran Norris, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1965: Inka Friedrich, German actress [category: Births]
  • 1965: Patrik Ringborg, Swedish conductor [category: Births]
  • 1966: Barbara Becker, German actress and model [category: Births]
  • 1966: Mary Hansen, Australian singer and guitarist (Stereolab) (d. 2002) [category: Births]
  • 1966: Willie D, American rapper and producer (The Geto Boys) [category: Births]
  • 1967: Carla van de Puttelaar, Dutch photographer [category: Births]
  • 1967: Sophie B. Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
  • 1967: Tina Arena, Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress [category: Births]
  • 1968: Park Shin-yang, South Korean actor [category: Births]
  • 1968: Georgios Papandreou, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
  • 1968: The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X. [category: Events]
  • 1969: Tie Domi, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1970: Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
  • 1970: Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people. [category: Events]
  • 1971: Vikram Chatwal, Ethiopian-American businessman [category: Births]
  • 1972: Jenny McCarthy, American model, actress, and author [category: Births]
  • 1972: Paul Dickov, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
  • 1972: Sean Roberge, Canadian actor (d. 1996) [category: Births]
  • 1972: Toni Collette, Australian actress [category: Births]
  • 1972: Ezra Pound, American poet (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
  • 1972: Robert MacArthur, American ecologist (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
  • 1973: Aishwarya Rai, Indian model and actress, Miss World 1994 [category: Births]
  • 1973: Assia, Algerian-French singer-songwriter [category: Births]
  • 1973: Geoff Horsfield, English footballer [category: Births]
  • 1973: The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu. [category: Events]
  • 1973: Watergate Scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor. [category: Events]
  • 1974: V. V. S. Laxman, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
  • 1975: Bo Bice, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
  • 1975: Megan Wing, Canadian figure skater [category: Births]
  • 1975: Scott "Skippy" Chapman, American singer-songwriter (Code of Ethics) [category: Births]
  • 1976: Logan Marshall-Green, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1976: Matt Chapman, American voice actor [category: Births]
  • 1976: Sergei Artyukhin, Russian-Belarusian wrestler (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1978: Jessica Valenti, American blogger [category: Births]
  • 1978: Manju Warrier, Indian actress [category: Births]
  • 1978: Mary Kate Schellhardt, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1978: Tyler Reks, American wrestler [category: Births]
  • 1979: Coco Crisp, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1979: Luís Delgado, Angolan footballer [category: Births]
  • 1979: Milan Dudić, Serbian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1979: Mamie Eisenhower, American wife of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 36th First Lady of the United States (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
  • 1981: LaTavia Roberson, American singer-songwriter (Destiny's Child) [category: Births]
  • 1981: Antigua and Barbuda gain independence from the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
  • 1982: Bradley Orr, English footballer [category: Births]
  • 1982: Tanel Toom, Estonian director [category: Births]
  • 1982: Warren Spragg, English-Italian rugby player [category: Births]
  • 1982: James Broderick, American actor (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
  • 1982: King Vidor, American director (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
  • 1982: Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of their factory in Marysville, Ohio. The Honda Accord is the first car produced there. [category: Events]
  • 1983: Jon Wilkin, English rugby player [category: Births]
  • 1983: Josh Wicks, American soccer player [category: Births]
  • 1983: Matt Moulson, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1983: Yuko Ogura, Japanese model and singer [category: Births]
  • 1983: Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
  • 1984: Miloš Krasić, Serbian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1984: Natalia Tena, English actress and singer [category: Births]
  • 1984: Norman Krasna, American screenwriter and director (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
  • 1985: Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
  • 1986: Penn Badgley, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1986: Serge Garant, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
  • 1987: Ileana D'Cruz, Indian actress [category: Births]
  • 1987: René Lévesque, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
  • 1988: Aditya Dev, Indian bodybuilder (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1988: Ai Fukuhara, Japanese table tennis player [category: Births]
  • 1988: Masahiro Tanaka, Japanese baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1991: Eyþór Arnarson, Icelandic skiier [category: Births]
  • 1991: Reece Brown, English footballer [category: Births]
  • 1993: Dillon Lane, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1993: A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
  • 1993: Severo Ochoa, Spanish biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
  • 1993: The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union. [category: Events]
  • 1994: Noah Beery, Jr., American actor (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
  • 1996: Junius Richard Jayewardene, Sri Lankan politician, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
  • 1997: Alex Wolff, American actor and singer (Nat & Alex Wolff) [category: Births]
  • 1999: Jean Coutu, Canadian actor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
  • 1999: Theodore Hall, American physicist and spy (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
  • 1999: Walter Payton, American football player (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
  • 2000: Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
  • 2000: Serbia joins the United Nations. [category: Events]
  • 2001: John S. Romanides, Greek priest, author, and educator (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
  • 2004: Mac Dre, American rapper and producer (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
  • 2004: Terry Knight, American singer-songwriter and producer (Terry Knight and the Pack) (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
  • 2005: Michael Piller, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
  • 2005: Skitch Henderson, English pianist, conductor, and composer (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
  • 2006: Terry Larsen, Scottish General [category: Births]
  • 2006: Adrienne Shelly, American actress (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
  • 2006: William Styron, American author (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Paul Tibbets, American general (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: S. Ali Raza, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
  • 2008: Jacques Piccard, Swiss oceanographer and engineer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
  • 2008: Nathaniel Mayer, American singer (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
  • 2008: Shakir Stewart, American music producer (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
  • 2008: Yma Sumac, Peruvian soprano (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
  • 2009: Robert Rines, American violinist and composer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: Charlie O'Donnell, American game show announcer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: Ernesto Presas, Filipino martial artist (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: Shannon Tavarez, American actress (b. 1999) [category: Deaths]
  • 2011: Dorothy Howell Rodham, American mother of Hillary Rodham Clinton (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Agustín García Calvo, Spanish philosopher and poet (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Brad Armstrong, American wrestler (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Chen Zude, Chinese Go player (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Chong Chee Kin, Singaporean journalist (b. 1973) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Edwin Q. White, American journalist (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Geoffrey Lofthouse, Baron Lofthouse of Pontefract, English politician (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Jan Louwers, Dutch footballer (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Jonathan Street, English author (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Omry Ronen, American academic (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball player (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
  • _: All Saints Day, a Holy Day of Obligation [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Andhra Pradesh Formation Day (Andhra Pradesh) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Austromoine [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Benignus of Dijon [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Caesarius of Africa [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Coronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo (Bhutan) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Day of the Innocents, The first day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration. (Mexico) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Day of the leaders of the Bulgarian National Revival (Bulgaria) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Haryana Foundation Day (Haryana) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Antigua and Barbuda from the United Kingdom in 1981. [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Karnataka Foundation Day (Karnataka) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Kerala Foundation Day (Kerala) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: National day (Algeria) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: November 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere and Beltaine in the Southern hemisphere, celebrations start at sunset of October 31 (Neopagan Wheel of the Year) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: World Vegan Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]