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What happend on 26. October in History
In our data base we found 310 events happened on 26. October:
• 306: Martyrdom of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki [category: Events]
• 899: Alfred the Great, English king (b. 849) [category: Deaths]
• 1341: The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally begins with the proclamation of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor at Didymoteicho. [category: Events]
• 1427: Sigismund, Archduke of Austria (d. 1496) [category: Births]
• 1440: Gilles de Rais, French knight (b. 1404) [category: Deaths]
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• 1473: Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510) [category: Births]
• 1491: Zhengde Emperor of China (d. 1521) [category: Births]
• 1564: Hans Leo Hassler German composer and organist (d. 1612) [category: Births]
• 1597: Imjin War: Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang. [category: Events]
• 1609: William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) [category: Births]
• 1633: Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596) [category: Deaths]
• 1640: The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England. [category: Events]
• 1671: Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593) [category: Deaths]
• 1673: Dimitrie Cantemir, Moldavian philosopher, historian, and geographer (d. 1723) [category: Births]
• 1675: William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609) [category: Deaths]
• 1684: Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (d. 1757) [category: Births]
• 1685: Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1757) [category: Births]
• 1686: John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (b. 1623) [category: Deaths]
• 1689: General Piccolomini of Austria burned down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera. He died of cholera himself soon after. [category: Events]
• 1694: Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer (d. 1758) [category: Births]
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• 1717: Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (b. 1657) [category: Deaths]
• 1747: Ivan Mane Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1804) [category: Births]
• 1751: Philip Doddridge, English religious reformer and educator (b. 1702) [category: Deaths]
• 1757: Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (d. 1823) [category: Births]
• 1759: Georges Danton, French politician (d. 1794) [category: Births]
• 1764: William Hogarth, English painter (b. 1697) [category: Deaths]
• 1768: Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (d. 1844) [category: Births]
• 1773: Amédée-François Frézier, French engineer, mathematician, and explorer (b. 1682) [category: Deaths]
• 1774: The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [category: Events]
• 1775: King George III of Great Britain goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorized a military response to quell the American Revolution. [category: Events]
• 1776: Benjamin Franklin departs from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution. [category: Events]
• 1794: Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (d. 1881) [category: Births]
• 1795: Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1795: The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created. [category: Events]
• 1797: Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (d. 1865) [category: Births]
• 1800: Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1802: Miguel I of Portugal (d. 1866) [category: Births]
• 1803: Joseph Hansom, English architect, designed Birmingham Town Hall and invented the Hansom cab (d. 1882) [category: Births]
• 1803: Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (b. 1721) [category: Deaths]
• 1806: John Graves Simcoe, English army officer and politician (b. 1752) [category: Deaths]
• 1811: The Argentine government declare the freedom of expression for the press by decree. [category: Events]
• 1813: War of 1812: A combined force of British regulars, Canadian militia, and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of Chateauguay. [category: Events]
• 1817: Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (b. 1727) [category: Deaths]
• 1825: The Erie Canal opens – passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie. [category: Events]
• 1842: Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, Russian painter (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1849: Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1850: Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian historian and archaeologist (d. 1909) [category: Births]
• 1854: C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Holdings (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1859: The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead. [category: Events]
• 1860: Meeting of Teano. Giuseppe Garibaldi, conqueror of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, gives it to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy. [category: Events]
• 1861: The Pony Express officially ceases operations. [category: Events]
• 1864: William T. Anderson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1866: John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803) [category: Deaths]
• 1869: Washington Luís, Brazilian politician, 13th President of Brazil (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1871: Guillermo Kahlo, German-Mexican photographer (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1872: Harold Fraser, American golfer (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1873: A. K. Fazlul Huq, Pakistani politician (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1873: Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1874: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American philanthropist (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1874: Martin Lowry, English chemist (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1880: Andrei Bely, Russian author, poet, and critic (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1881: Louis Bastien, French cyclist (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1881: The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona. [category: Events]
• 1883: Napoleon Hill, American author and philosopher (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1883: Paul Pilgrim, American runner (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1884: William Hogenson, American sprinter (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1888: Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian military commander (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1890: Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and activist (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1890: Carlo Collodi, Italian author (b. 1826) [category: Deaths]
• 1893: Miloš Crnjanski, Serbian poet and author (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1896: Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French politician (b. 1827) [category: Deaths]
• 1899: Judy Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1902: Beryl Markham, Kenyan horse trainer and author (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1902: Jack Sharkey, American boxer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1902: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815) [category: Deaths]
• 1905: George Bernard Flahiff, Canadian archbishop (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1905: Norway becomes independent from Sweden. [category: Events]
• 1906: Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1909: Dante Quinterno, Argentine writer and illustrator (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1909: Itō Hirobumi, Japanese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1909: Itō Hirobumi, Resident-General of Korea, was shot to death by Korean independence supporter Ahn Jung-geun at the Harbin train station in Manchuria. [category: Events]
• 1910: John Krol, American Roman Catholic Cardinal (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1911: Mahalia Jackson, American singer (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1911: Sid Gillman, American football player (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1911: Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1912: Don Siegel, American film director (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1912: First Balkan War: The Ottoman occupied city of Thessaloniki, is liberated and unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron Saint Demetrius. On the same day, Serbian troops captured Skopje. [category: Events]
• 1913: Charlie Barnet, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1914: Jackie Coogan, American actor (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1915: Joe Fry, English race car driver (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1916: Boyd Wagner, American pilot (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1916: François Mitterrand, French politician, 21st President of France (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1917: World War I: Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat at the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany. The young unknown Oberleutnant Erwin Rommel captures Mount Matajur with only 100 Germans against a force of over 7000 Italians. [category: Events]
• 1917: World War I: Brazil declared in state of war with Central Powers. [category: Events]
• 1918: Baby Peggy, American actress [category: Births]
• 1918: Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations. [category: Events]
• 1919: Edward Brooke, American politician [category: Births]
• 1919: Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1919: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1921: George Forrest, Irish politician (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1921: The Chicago Theatre opens. [category: Events]
• 1922: Madelyn Dunham, American grandmother of Barack Obama (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1925: Jan Wolkers, Dutch author (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1926: Panos Gavalas, Greek singer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1927: Warne Marsh, American saxophonist (Supersax) (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1928: Francisco Solano López, Argentine illustrator (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1929: Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires) (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1930: Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Waldemar Haffkine, Russian scientist (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Andrew P. O'Rourke, American judge and politician (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1933: Takis Kanellopoulos, Greek director and screenwriter (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1934: Hans-Joachim Roedelius, German musician and producer (Cluster, Harmonia, and Aquarello) [category: Births]
• 1936: Shelley Morrison, American actress [category: Births]
• 1936: The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation. [category: Events]
• 1937: Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Eddie Henderson, American trumpet and flugelhorn player [category: Births]
• 1940: John Horgan, Irish academic and politician [category: Births]
• 1940: The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight. [category: Events]
• 1941: Charlie Landsborough, English singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1941: Arkady Gaidar, Russian author (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Bob Hoskins, English actor [category: Births]
• 1942: Milton Nascimento, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Clube da Esquina) [category: Births]
• 1942: Zdenko Runjić, Croatian songwriter and producer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier, Hornet, is sunk and another aircraft carrier, Enterprise, is heavily damaged, while two Japanese carriers and one cruiser are heavily damaged. [category: Events]
• 1943: Aurel Stein, Hungarian-English archaeologist (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil". [category: Events]
• 1944: Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: William Temple, English archbishop (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory. [category: Events]
• 1945: Demetris Th. Gotsis, Greek poet and author [category: Births]
• 1945: Pat Conroy, American author [category: Births]
• 1945: Aleksey Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Holly Woodlawn, Puerto Rican actress [category: Births]
• 1946: Keith Hopwood, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Herman's Hermits) [category: Births]
• 1946: Pat Sajak, American game show host [category: Births]
• 1946: Ioannis Rallis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Hillary Rodham Clinton, American politician, 67th United States Secretary of State and 44th First Lady of the United States [category: Births]
• 1947: Ian Ashley, German-English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1947: Jaclyn Smith, American actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Ricardo Asch, Argentine physician [category: Births]
• 1947: Trevor Joyce, Irish poet [category: Births]
• 1947: Edwin Sidney Savage, English clergyman (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu agrees to allow his kingdom to join India. [category: Events]
• 1948: Toby Harrah, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1949: Antonio Carpio, Filipino jurist [category: Births]
• 1949: Kevin Sullivan, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1949: Steve Rogers, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1949: Lionel Halsey, English navy officer (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Bootsy Collins, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Parliament-Funkadelic) [category: Births]
• 1951: Julian Schnabel, American director [category: Births]
• 1951: Tommy Mars, American keyboard player [category: Births]
• 1952: Andrew Motion, English poet [category: Births]
• 1952: David Was, American singer-songwriter and musician (Was (Not Was)) [category: Births]
• 1952: Hattie McDaniel, American actress and singer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Keith Strickland, American guitarist and songwriter (The B-52's) [category: Births]
• 1953: Lauren Tewes, American actress [category: Births]
• 1953: Maureen Teefy, American actress [category: Births]
• 1954: Vassilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1955: After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares permanent neutrality. [category: Events]
• 1955: Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1956: Rita Wilson, American actress, singer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1956: Stephen Gumley, Australian businessman [category: Births]
• 1956: Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and composer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Bob Golic, American football player [category: Births]
• 1957: Julie Dawn Cole, English actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek author and philosopher (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris, France. [category: Events]
• 1959: Andreas Hinze, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1959: Brian Bovell, English actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Evo Morales, Bolivian politician, 80th President of Bolivia [category: Births]
• 1959: François Chau, Cambodian actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Paul Farmer, American anthropologist [category: Births]
• 1960: Patrick Breen, American actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Dylan McDermott, American actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Gerald Malloy, American politician [category: Births]
• 1962: Cary Elwes, English actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Louise Beavers, American actress (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Natalie Merchant, American singer-songwriter and pianist (10,000 Maniacs) [category: Births]
• 1963: Ted Demme, American film director and producer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1963: Elizabeth Gunn, New Zealand paediatrician (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Thomas Cavanagh, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed. [category: Events]
• 1965: Aaron Kwok, Hong Kong singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Kelly Rowan, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Jane Hajduk, American actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Jeanne Zelasko, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1966: Masaharu Iwata, Japanese composer [category: Births]
• 1966: Steve Valentine, Scottish actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1966: Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Keith Urban, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Ranch) [category: Births]
• 1967: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Empress of Iran. [category: Events]
• 1968: Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy pilots Soyuz 3 into space for a four-day mission. [category: Events]
• 1970: Dian Bachar, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Lisa Ryder, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Anthony Rapp, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1971: Jim Butcher, American author [category: Births]
• 1971: Vincent Coleman, American actor (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aircraft designer, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Austin Healey, English rugby union footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Seth MacFarlane, American animator, voice actor, and singer [category: Births]
• 1973: Taka Michinoku, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1974: Lisa, Japanese-Colombian singer and producer (M-Flo) [category: Births]
• 1974: Raveena Tandon, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Miikka Kiprusoff, Finnish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Jon Heder, American actor [category: Births]
• 1977: The last natural case of smallpox is discovered in Merca district, Somalia. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination. [category: Events]
• 1978: CM Punk, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1978: Dave Zastudil, American football player [category: Births]
• 1978: Eva Kaili, Greek journalist and politician [category: Births]
• 1978: Jimmy Aggrey, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Alexander Gerschenkron, Russian-American historian (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Josh Portman, American guitarist (Near Miss and Yellowcard) [category: Births]
• 1979: Movsar Barayev, Chechen militia leader (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1979: Park Chung-hee, Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea is assassinated by Korean Central Intelligence Agency head Kim Jae-kyu. Choi Kyu-ha becomes the acting President; Kim is executed the following May. [category: Events]
• 1980: Cristian Chivu, Romanian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Chou Ssu-Chi, Taiwanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Guy Sebastian, Australian singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1981: Martina Schild, Swiss skier [category: Births]
• 1981: Sam Brown, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Adam Carroll, Irish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1982: Nicola Adams, English boxer [category: Births]
• 1983: Dmitri Sychev, Russian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Francisco Liriano, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Luke Watson, South African rugby union footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Adriano Correia, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Amanda Overmyer, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1984: Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Sasha Cohen, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1984: Gus Mancuso, American baseball player and coach (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Baby Fae receives a heart transplant from a baboon. [category: Events]
• 1985: Andrea Bargnani, Italian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Asin, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Kafoumba Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Kieran Read, New Zealand rugby union footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Monta Ellis, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aborigines. [category: Events]
• 1986: Ibor Bakar, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Marco Ruben, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Jackson Scholz, American runner (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Shawn Lauvao, American football player [category: Births]
• 1988: Greg Zuerlein, American ice dancer [category: Births]
• 1989: Charles J. Pedersen, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Amala Paul, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1992: The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum. [category: Events]
• 1992: The London Ambulance Service is thrown into chaos after the implementation of a new CAD, or Computer Aided Dispatch, system which failed. [category: Events]
• 1993: Oro, Mexican wrestler (b. 1971) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Allie DeBerry, American actress [category: Births]
• 1994: Wilbert Harrison, American singer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty [category: Events]
• 1995: Gorni Kramer, Italian musician, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta. [category: Events]
• 1999: Eknath Easwaran, Indian and American spiritual teacher and writer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament. [category: Events]
• 2000: Ellery Sprayberry, American actress [category: Births]
• 2000: Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Côte d'Ivoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Guéï. [category: Events]
• 2001: The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law. [category: Events]
• 2002: Jacques Massu, French general (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Movsar Barayev, Chechen militia leader (b. 1979) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Moscow Theatre Siege: Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before. [category: Events]
• 2003: The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km2), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego. [category: Events]
• 2004: Bobby Avila, Mexican-American baseball player (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: George Swindin, English footballer and manager (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Keith Parkinson, American illustrator (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and museum director (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Tillman Franks, American songwriter (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist, Nobel Prize (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American chef (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Khun Sa, Burmese warlord (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Delmar Watson, American actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Tony Hillerman, American author (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: George Naʻope, American singer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Teel Bivins, American politician (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Troy Smith, American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Glen Little, American clown (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Mbah Maridjan, Indonesian spiritual leader (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Paul the Octopus, English octopus (b. 2008) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Romeu Tuma, Brazilian politician (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Alan Kirschenbaum, American scriptwriter and producer (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Alan Stretton, Australian general (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Arnold Greenberg, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo, Cuban army officer (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: John M. Johansen American architect, designed the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Joža Horvat, Croatian author (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mac Ahlberg, Swedish director and cinematographer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Natina Reed, American rapper and actress (Blaque) (b. 1979) [category: Deaths]
• _: Alfred the Great [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Angam Day (Nauru) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Armed Forces Day (Benin) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Cedd [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Cuthbert of Canterbury [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of Mourning (Libya) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Demetrius of Thessaloniki [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Eid al Adha (2012), Islamic holiday [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Fulk of Pavia (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day, celebrates the anniversary of the Declaration of Neutrality in 1955. (Austria) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Quadragesimus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of Ludi Victoriae Sullanae, celebrated until November 1. (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Witta of Büraburg [category: Holidays and observances]