“October 25”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Events

285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers.

473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II as Caesar of the East Roman Empire.

1147 – Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum.

1147 – Reconquista: After a siege of four months, crusader knights reconquer Lisbon.

1415 – Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England, with his lightly armoured infantry and archers, defeats the heavily armoured French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt.

1616 – Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.

1747 – War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre.

1812 – War of 1812: The American frigate, {{USS|United States|1797|6}}, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate {{HMS|Macedonian}}.

1822 – Greek War of Independence: The First Siege of Missolonghi begins.

1854 – The Battle of Balaclava takes place during the Crimean War. It is soon memorialized in verse as The Charge of the Light Brigade.

1861 – The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.

1900 – The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.

1917 – Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.

1918 – The {{SS|Princess Sophia}} sinks north of Juneau, Alaska with loss of all 343 passengers and crew.

1920 – After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies.

1924 – The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.

1927 – The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.

1940 – Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.

1944 – Second World War: Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.

1944 – Second World War: The {{USS|Tang|SS-306|6}} under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.

1944 – Second World War: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

1945 – Fifty years of Japanese administration of Taiwan formally ends when the Republic of China assumes control.

1949 – The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.

1956 – Hungarian Revolution: Secret policemen open fire on a massive demonstration in front of the parliament building. Ernő Gerő resigns as leader of the Hungarian Working People's Party.

1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba.

1971 – The People's Republic of China replaces the Republic of China at the United Nations.

1973 – Egypt and Israel accept United Nations Security Council Resolution 339.

1980 – Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude.

1983 – The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d'état.

1995 – A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students.

1997 – After a brief civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.

2009 – The October 2009 Baghdad bombings kill 155 and wounds at least 721.

Births

840 – Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar, founder of the Saffarid dynasty (d. 879)

1102 – William Clito, French son of Sybilla of Conversano (d. 1128)

1330 – Louis II, Count of Flanders, (d. 1384)

1510 – Renée of France (d. 1574)

1574 – François de Sourdis, French Catholic prelate (d. 1628)

1589 – Jan Stanisław Sapieha, Polish-Lithuanian noble (d. 1635)

1612 – James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish soldier (d. 1650)

1667 – Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (d. 1718)

1683 – Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English-Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1757)

1692 – Elisabeth Farnese, Queen of Spain (d. 1766)

1709 – Georg Gebel, German organist and composer (d. 1753)

1714 – James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (d. 1799)

1736 – Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (d. 1824)

1743 – Friedrich Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (d. 1812)

1749 – Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein, Swedish chamberlain (d. 1802)

1754 – Richard Howell, 3rd Governor of New Jersey (d. 1802)

1755 – François Joseph Lefebvre, French military commander (d. 1820)

1757 – Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Prussian statesman (d. 1831)

1759 – Maria Feodorovna, Russian wife of Paul I of Russia (d. 1828)

1759 – William Grenville, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1834)

1760 – Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren, German historian (d. 1842)

1767 – Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and politician (d. 1830)

1768 – Frederick William, ruler of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1816)

1772 – Victoire de Donnissan de La Rochejaquelein, French memoirist (d. 1857)

1772 – Géraud Duroc, French general and diplomat (d. 1813)

1779 – Pedro Velarde y Santillán, Spanish artillery captain (d. 1808)

1781 – Friedrich von Berchtold, Bohemian physician and botanist (d. 1876)

1782 – Levi Lincoln Jr., American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1868)

1789 – Carlos María de Alvear, Argentine soldier and statesman (d. 1852)

1789 – Heinrich Schwabe, German astronomer (d. 1875)

1790 – Robert Stirling, Scottish clergyman and inventor (d. 1878)

1791 – Friedrich Parrot, Baltic German naturalist (d. 1841)

1792 – Jeanne Jugan, French nun (d. 1879)

1795 – John P. Kennedy, American novelist and Whig politician (d. 1870)

1800 – Maria Jane Jewsbury, English writer, poet, literary reviewer (d. 1833)^[1]

1800 – Thomas Babington Macaulay, English poet, historian, and politician, Secretary at War (d. 1859)

1800 – Jacques Paul Migne, French priest (d. 1875)

1800 – Julius von Mohl, German orientalist (d. 1876)

1802 – Richard Parkes Bonington, English painter (d. 1828)

1802 – Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (d. 1864)

1806 – Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (d. 1856)

1811 – Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1832)

1814 – Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours (d. 1896)

1815 – Camillo Sivori, Italian virtuoso violinist and composer (d. 1894)

1819 – Christian August Friedrich Garcke, German botanist (d. 1904)

1821 – Antonio Ciseri, Swiss-Italian painter (d. 1891)

1825 – Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1899)

1825 – Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, German astronomer and geophysicist (d. 1884)

1827 – Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (d. 1907)

1832 – Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1909)

1838 – Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (d. 1875)

1838 – James Maybrick, cotton merchant (d. 1889)

1844 – Philip Wicksteed, English economist (d. 1927)

1848 – Carlo Emery, Italian entomologist (d. 1925)

1848 – Karl Emil Franzos, Austrian novelist (d. 1904)

1852 – Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, Russian author

1853 – Karl August Otto Hoffmann, German botanist (d. 1909)

1856 – Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, Croatian geologist, paleontologist, and archaeologist (d. 1936)

1858 – Take Ionescu, Romanian politician, diplomat, journalist and lawyer (d. 1922)

1864 – John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Company (d. 1920)

1864 – Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian-American pianist and composer (d. 1956)

1864 – Toktogul Satylganov, Kyrgyz Akyn, poet and singer (d. 1933)

1866 – Thomas Armat, American mechanic and inventor (d. 1948)

1866 – Norbert Klein, Bishop of Brno (d. 1933)

1866 – Georg Schumann, German composer (d. 1952)

1867 – Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (d. 1937)

1868 – Dan Burke, American baseball player (d. 1933)

1868 – Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (d. 1946)

1874 – Emma Gramatica, Italian actress (d. 1965)

1874 – Victor Sonnemans, Belgian water polo player (d. 1962)

1874 – Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (d. 1916)

1875 – Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, American author and educator (d. 1961)

1875 – Arthur Birkett, British cricketer (d. 1941)

1877 – Adolf Moller, German rower (d. 1968)

1877 – Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (d. 1957)

1879 – Fritz Haarmann, German serial killer (d. 1925)

1880 – Bohumír Šmeral, Czech politician (d. 1941)

1881 – Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)

1882 – John T. Flynn, American journalist and author (d. 1964)

1882 – Tony Jackson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1921)

1882 – André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1964)

1883 – Nikolay Krestinsky, Russian revolutionary and politician

1884 – Maria Czaplicka, Polish cultural anthropologist (d. 1921)

1885 – Sam M. Lewis, American singer (d. 1959)

1885 – Xavier Lesage, French equestrian (d. 1968)

1886 – Leo G. Carroll, English-American actor (d. 1972)

1886 – Karl Polanyi, Austro-Hungarian economist and historian (d. 1964)

1887 – Alexander McCulloch, British rower (d. 1951)

1888 – Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and pilot (d. 1957)

1888 – Nils Dardel, Swedish-American painter (d. 1943)

1888 – Jan Palouš, Czechoslovak ice hockey player (d. 1971)

1888 – Léon Tom, Belgian fencer and bobsledder

1889 – Abel Gance, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)

1890 – Floyd Bennett, American aviator (d. 1928)

1890 – Kōtarō Tanaka, Japanese jurist and politician (d. 1974)

1891 – Charles Coughlin, Canadian-American priest and radio host (d. 1979)

1891 – Karl Elmendorff, German conductor (d. 1962)

1892 – Nell Shipman, Canadian-American actress, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1970)

1894 – Claude Cahun, French photographer and sculptor (d. 1954)

1894 – Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu, Turkish poet and songwriter (d. 1973)

1894 – Johan Wilhelm Rangell, Prime Minister of Finland (d. 1982)

1895 – Levi Eshkol, Ukrainian-Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1969)

1895 – Vsevolod Merkulov, Russian head of the NKGB (d. 1953)

1895 – Arthur Schmidt, German officer (d. 1987)

1896 – Nils Backlund, Swedish water polo player (d. 1964)

1897 – Erwin von Lahousen, German Abwehr official (d. 1955)

1897 – Karl Olivecrona, Swedish lawyer and philosopher (d. 1980)

1897 – Luigi Pavese, Italian actor (d. 1969)

1898 – Karl Anton, German director, screenwriter and producer (d. 1979)

1899 – Armand Thirard, French cinematographer (d. 1973)

1900 – Johan Greter, Dutch equestrian (d. 1975)

1900 – William Stevenson, American track and fielder (d. 1985)

1900 – Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian educator and activist (d. 1978)

1902 – Henry Steele Commager, American historian and author (d. 1998)

1902 – Carlo Gnocchi, Italian priest, educator and writer (d. 1956)

1902 – Eddie Lang, American jazz guitarist (d. 1933)

1903 – Piet van der Horst, Dutch cyclist (d. 1983)

1904 – Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1985)

1904 – Denny Shute, American golfer (d. 1974)

1904 – Bill Tytla, Ukrainian-American animator (d. 1968)

1905 – Bob McPhail, Scottish footballer (d. 2000)

1906 – Karl Humenberger, Austrian footballer (d. 1989)

1908 – Carmen Dillon, English film and production designer (d. 2000)

1908 – Gotthard Handrick, German fighter pilot and Olympic athlete (d. 1978)

1908 – Polly Ann Young, American actress (d. 1997)

1909 – Whit Bissell, American actor (d. 1996)

1909 – Jean-Paul Le Chanois, French actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1985)

1909 – Ken Domon, Japanese photographer (d. 1990)

1909 – Edward Flynn, American boxer (d. 1976)

1910 – William Higinbotham, American physicist and video game designer (d. 1994)

1910 – Johnny Mauro, American race car driver (d. 2003)

1910 – Tyrus Wong, Chinese-American artist (d. 2016)

1912 – Abdelkader Ben Bouali, French footballer (d. 1997)

1912 – Alfred Klingler, German field handballer

1912 – Minnie Pearl, American entertainer and philanthropist (d. 1996)

1912 – Luigi Raimondi, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1975)

1913 – Klaus Barbie, German SS captain (d. 1991)

1913 – Anton Kochinyan, Soviet-Armenian politician (d. 1990)

1914 – John Berryman, American poet and scholar (d. 1972)

1915 – Ivan M. Niven, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1999)

1916 – Helge Larsson, Swedish canoeist (d. 1971)

1917 – Carl Forssell, Swedish fencer (d. 2005)

1917 – Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2001)

1918 – David Ausubel, American psychologist (d. 2008)

1919 – Beate Uhse-Rotermund, German pilot and entrepreneur (d. 2001)

1919 – Raoul Remy, French cyclist (d. 2002)

1920 – Megan Taylor, British figure skater (d. 1993)

1921 – Michael I of Romania (d. 2017)

1922 – Gloria Lasso, Spanish singer (d. 2005)

1923 – Achille Silvestrini, Italian prelate

1923 – Beate Sirota Gordon, Austrian-American director and producer (d. 2012)

1923 – Bobby Thomson, Scottish-American baseball player (d. 2010)

1924 – Billy Barty, American actor (d. 2000)

1924 – Earl Palmer, American Hall of Fame drummer (d. 2008)

1925 – Oralia Dominguez, Mexican operatic mezzo-soprano singer (d. 2013)

1925 – Joseph Michel, Belgian politician (d. 2016)

1926 – Bo Carpelan, Finnish poet and author (d. 2011)

1926 – Jimmy Heath, American saxophonist and composer

1926 – Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian-American soprano and actress (d. 2012)

1927 – Barbara Cook, American singer and actress (d. 2017)

1927 – Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Uruguay (d. 2016)

1927 – Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist and author (d. 1987)

1927 – Lauretta Masiero, Italian actress and singer (d. 2010)

1928 – Jeanne Cooper, American actress (d. 2013)

1928 – Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Brazilian architect

1928 – Anthony Franciosa, American actor (d. 2006)

1928 – Adolphe Gesché, Belgian Catholic priest and theologian (d. 2003)

1928 – Peter Naur, Danish computer scientist, astronomer, and academic (d. 2016)

1928 – Marion Ross, American actress

1928 – Yakov Rylsky, Soviet Jewish sabre fencer (d. 1999)

1929 – Michel Knuysen, Belgian rower (d. 2013)

1929 – Zdravko Milev, Bulgarian chess player (d. 1984)

1929 – Claude Rouer, French cyclist

1929 – Peter Rühmkorf, German writer (d. 2008)

1930 – Harold Brodkey, American author and academic (d. 1996)

1930 – Karoly Honfi, Hungarian chess player (d. 1996)

1931 – Annie Girardot, French actress and singer (d. 2011)

1931 – Jimmy McIlroy, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2018)

1932 – Vitold Fokin, Ukrainian first deputy prime minister

1932 – Jerzy Pawłowski, Polish fencer and double agent (d. 2005)

1932 – Theodor Pištěk, Czech costume designer

1933 – René Brodmann, Swiss footballer

1933 – Martti Mansikka, Finnish gymnast

1934 – Carlos Sherman, Belarusian–Spanish translator, writer, activist (d. 2005)

1935 – Rusty Schweickart, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut

1936 – Martin Gilbert, English historian, author, and academic (d. 2015)

1936 – Arnfinn Nesset, Norwegian nurse and convicted serial killer

1936 – Masako Nozawa, Japanese actress and singer

1937 – Vendramino Bariviera, Italian cyclist (d. 2001)

1937 – Ignacio Carrasco de Paula, Spanish prelate

1937 – Roberto Menescal, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1938 – Bob Webster, American diver

1939 – Zelmo Beaty, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)

1939 – Sara Dylan, first wife of Bob Dylan

1939 – Nikolay Kiselyov, Soviet Nordic combined athlete (d. 2005)

1939 – Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007)

1939 – Dave Simmonds, British motorcycle racer (d. 1972)

1939 – Robin Spry, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)

1940 – Jimmy Herman, Canadian actor (d. 2013)

1940 – Bob Knight, American basketball player and coach

1941 – Lynda Benglis, American sculptor and painter

1941 – Helen Reddy, Australian-American singer-songwriter and actress

1941 – Gordon Tootoosis, Aboriginal Canadian actor (d. 2011)

1941 – Anne Tyler, American author and critic

1941 – Dave Weill, American discus thrower

1942 – Archduke Leopold Franz of Austria

1942 – Terumasa Hino, Japanese jazz trumpeter

1942 – Gloria Katz, American screenwriter and producer

1942 – Franklin Loufrani, French President of the Smiley Company

1943 – Orso Maria Guerrini, Italian actor

1944 – Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (d. 2013)

1944 – Jon Anderson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1944 – James Carville, American lawyer and political consultant

1944 – Donald Ford, Scottish footballer

1944 – Fred Housego, Scottish-English taxi driver and game show host

1944 – Kati Kovács, Hungarian singer-songwriter and actress

1944 – Ren Zhengfei, Chinese businessman

1945 – Peter Ledger, Australian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1994)

1945 – Roy Lynes, English keyboardist and singer

1945 – Yuriy Meshkov, Ukrainian politician and Russian separatist

1945 – Phil "Fang" Volk, American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer

1945 – Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Polish lawyer, screenwriter and politician

1945 – Francisco Sá, Argentine footballer

1945 – David S. Ward, American director and screenwriter

1945 – Keaton Yamada, Japanese voice actor

1946 – Yazzie Johnson, Navajo artist

1946 – Elías Figueroa, Chilean footballer

1946 – Peter Lieberson, American composer

1947 – Requena Nozal, Spanish artist

1947 – Glenn Tipton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1948 – Dave Cowens, American basketball player and coach

1948 – Dan Gable, American wrestler and coach

1948 – Dan Issel, American basketball player and coach

1948 – Sigleif Johansen, Norwegian biathlete

1949 – Réjean Houle, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

1949 – Walter Hyatt, American singer-songwriter (d. 1996)

1949 – Brian Kerwin, American actor

1949 – Wilfried Louis, Haitian footballer

1950 – Anne Alvaro, French actress

1950 – Fernando Arêas Rifan, Brazilian bishop

1950 – Roger Davies, English footballer

1950 – John Matuszak, American footballer (d. 1989)

1950 – Francisco Oscar Lamolina, Argentine football referee

1950 – Chris Norman, English singer-songwriter

1951 – Richard Lloyd, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1952 – Samir Geagea, Lebanese commander and politician

1952 – Wendy Hall, English computer scientist, mathematician, and academic

1952 – Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (d. 2004)

1952 – Tove Nilsen, Norwegian author

1953 – Daniele Bagnoli, Italian volleyball coach

1953 – Jasem Yaqoub, Kuwaiti footballer

1954 – Mike Eruzione, American ice hockey player and coach

1954 – Ed Powers, American founder of the Ed Powers Productions

1955 – Glynis Barber, South African-English actress

1955 – Robin Eubanks, American trombonist and educator

1955 – Gale Anne Hurd, American producer

1955 – Matthias Jabs, German guitarist and songwriter

1955 – Leena Lander, Finnish author

1955 – Lito Lapid, Filipino actor

1956 – Stephen Leather, British author

1957 – Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress

1957 – Enrique López Zarza, Mexican footballer

1957 – Robbie McIntosh, English guitarist

1957 – Piet Wildschut, Dutch footballer

1958 – Kornelia Ender, East German swimmer

1958 – Kjell Inge Røkke, Norwegian businessman and philanthropist

1959 – Óscar Aguirregaray, Uruguayan footballer

1959 – Chrissy Amphlett, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2013)

1960 – Hong Sang-soo, South Korean director and screenwriter

1961 – John Sivebæk, Danish footballer

1961 – Chad Smith, American drummer

1962 – David Furnish, Canadian filmmaker

1962 – Steve Gainer, American cinematographer and director

1962 – Steve Hodge, English footballer and manager

1962 – John Stollmeyer, American soccer player

1963 – John Levén, Swedish bass player and songwriter

1963 – Michael Lynagh, Australian rugby union footballer

1963 – Melinda McGraw, American actress

1963 – José Ortiz, Puerto Rican basketball player

1963 – Tracy Nelson, American actress

1964 – Michael Boatman, American actor

1964 – Johan de Kock, Dutch footballer

1964 – Nicole, German singer

1964 – Kevin Michael Richardson, American voice actor and singer

1965 – 2 Cold Scorpio, American wrestler

1965 – Mathieu Amalric, French actor and director

1965 – Valdir Benedito, Brazilian footballer

1965 – Claire Colebrook, Australian philosopher, theorist, and academic

1965 – Dominique Herr, Swiss footballer

1965 – Derrick Rostagno, American tennis player

1965 – Rainer Strecker, German actor

1966 – Zana Briski, British photographer and filmmaker

1966 – Lionel Charbonnier, French footballer

1966 – Wendel Clark, Canadian ice hockey player

1966 – Perry Saturn, American wrestler

1967 – Martin Marinov, Australian canoeist

1967 – Taiyō Matsumoto, Japanese manga artist

1967 – Gary Sundgren, Swedish footballer

1968 – Doris Fitschen, German footballer

1968 – Speech, American rapper

1969 – Samantha Bee, Canadian-American comedian and television host

1969 – Josef Beránek, Czech ice hockey player and coach

1969 – Slavko Cicak, Swedish chess Grandmaster

1969 – Nika Futterman, American voice actress, comedian and singer

1969 – Ibragim Gasanbekov, Azerbaijani footballer

1969 – Oleg Salenko, Russian footballer

1969 – Alex Webster, American bass player

1970 – J. A. Adande, American journalist and academic

1970 – Peter Aerts, Dutch kick-boxer and mixed martial artist

1970 – Adam Goldberg, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1970 – Damir Mršić, Bosnian basketball player

1970 – Adam Pascal, American actor and singer

1970 – Rafael González Robles, Spanish footballer

1970 – Ed Robertson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1970 – Daniel Scheinhardt, German footballer

1970 – Chely Wright, American singer-songwriter and actress

1971 – Simon Charlton, English footballer and manager

1971 – Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer

1971 – Neil Fallon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1971 – Midori Gotō, Japanese-American violinist and educator

1971 – Leslie Grossman, American actress

1971 – Rosie Ledet, American singer-songwriter and accordion player

1971 – Pedro Martínez, Dominican-American baseball player and sportscaster

1971 – Craig Robinson, American actor and singer

1971 – Elif Şafak, French-Turkish journalist, author, and academic

1972 – Cristian Dulca, Romanian footballer

1972 – Rodolfo Falcón, Cuban swimmer

1972 – Maxi Mounds, American nude big-bust model and pornographic actress

1972 – Jonathan Torrens, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter

1972 – Persia White, American actress

1973 – Fırat Aydınus, Turkish football referee

1973 – Lamont Bentley, American actor and rapper (d. 2005)

1973 – Michael Weston, American actor

1974 – Lee Byung-kyu, South Korean baseball player

1974 – Yoo Yong-sung, South Korean badminton player

1975 – Eirik Glambek Bøe, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1975 – Ryan Clement, American football player

1975 – Agustín Julio, Colombian footballer

1975 – Zadie Smith, English author and academic

1975 – Antony Starr, New Zealand actor

1976 – Deon Burton, Jamaican footballer

1976 – Ahmed Dokhi, Saudi Arabian footballer

1976 – Akihisa Ikeda, Japanese manga artist

1976 – Steve Jones, Irish footballer

1976 – Brett Kirk, Australian footballer and coach

1976 – Anton Sikharulidze, Russian pair skater

1977 – The Alchemist, American rapper, DJ, and producer

1977 – Yeho, Israeli singer and actor

1977 – Rodolfo Bodipo, Equatoguinean retired footballer

1977 – Mitică Pricop, Romanian sprint canoer

1977 – Birgit Prinz, German footballer and psychologist

1977 – Rakan Rushaidat, Croatian actor

1977 – Kateryna Serebrianska, Ukrainian gymnast

1977 – Mihai Tararache, Romanian footballer

1978 – Russell Anderson, Scottish footballer

1978 – Zachary Knighton, American actor

1978 – Bobby Madden, Scottish football referee

1978 – Robert Mambo Mumba, Kenyan footballer

1978 – Markus Pöyhönen, Finnish sprinter

1978 – An Yong-hak, North Korean footballer

1979 – Bat for Lashes, English singer

1979 – Rob Hulse, English footballer

1979 – Mariana Klaveno, American actress

1979 – João Lucas, Portuguese footballer (d. 2015)

1979 – Rosa Mendes, Canadian-American wrestler and model

1980 – Mehcad Brooks, American model and actor

1980 – Félicien Singbo, Beninois footballer

1981 – Hiroshi Aoyama, Japanese motorcycle racer

1981 – Josh Henderson, American actor and singer

1981 – Shaun Wright-Phillips, English footballer

1982 – Devin Green, American basketball player

1982 – Guido Grünheid, German basketball player

1982 – Victoria Francés, Spanish illustrator

1982 – Camilla Jensen, Danish curler

1982 – Michael Sweetney, American basketball player

1982 – Mickaël Tavares, Senegalese footballer

1983 – Princess Yōko of Mikasa

1983 – Hotaru Akane, Japanese actress and activist

1983 – Stanislav Bohush, Ukrainian footballer

1983 – Daniele Mannini, Italian footballer

1983 – Han Yeo-reum, South Korean actress

1984 – Nicolas Besch, French ice hockey player

1984 – Ticia Gara, Hungarian chess player

1984 – Sara Lumholdt, Swedish singer and dancer

1984 – Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter and actress

1984 – Iván Ramis, Spanish footballer

1984 – Karolina Šprem, Croatian tennis player

1985 – Ciara, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

1985 – Reanne Evans, English snooker player

1985 – Isah Eliakwu, Nigerian footballer

1985 – Nicola Fontanive, Italian ice hockey player

1985 – Óscar Granados, Costa Rican footballer

1985 – Michael Liendl, Austrian footballer

1985 – Kara Lynn Joyce, American swimmer

1985 – Juan Manuel Martinez, Argentine footballer

1985 – Arkadij Naiditsch, Azerbaijani chess player

1985 – Ihor Oshchypko, Ukrainian footballer

1985 – Daniele Padelli, Italian footballer

1985 – Hrvoje Perić, Croatian basketball player

1985 – John Robinson, American actor

1985 – Ayahi Takagaki, Japanese voice actress and singer

1985 – Vlad Topalov, Russian singer and dancer

1986 – Tweety Carter, American basketball player

1986 – Roger Espinoza, Honduran footballer

1986 – Eddie Gaven, American soccer player

1986 – Kristian Sarkies, Australian footballer

1986 – Ekaterina Shumilova, Russian biathlete

1987 – Bill Amis, American basketball player

1987 – Black Angelika, Romanian pornographic actress

1987 – Darron Gibson, Irish footballer

1987 – Fabian Hambüchen, German gymnast

1988 – Robson Conceição, Brazilian boxer

1988 – Lewis McGugan, English professional footballer

1988 – Chandler Parsons, American basketball player

1988 – Kaz Patafta, Australian footballer

1988 – Karim Yoda, French footballer

1989 – Filip Grgić, Croatian taekwondo practitioner

1989 – Sten Grytebust, Norwegian footballer

1989 – David Hala, Australian rugby league player

1989 – Ivan Marconi, Italian footballer

1990 – Mattia Cattaneo, Italian cyclist

1990 – Sara Chafak, Finnish beauty pageant winner

1990 – Asha Philip, British athlete

1990 – Milena Rašić, Serbian volleyball player

1990 – Dzina Sazanavets, Belarusian weightlifter

1991 – Davide Faraoni, Italian footballer

1991 – Isabella Shinikova, Bulgarian tennis player

1992 – Clarisse Agbegnenou, French judoka

1992 – Davide Formolo, Italian cyclist

1992 – Sergey Ridzik, Russian freestyle skier

1993 – Isaiah Austin, American basketball player

1993 – Iván Garcia, Mexican diver

1994 – Richard Jouve, French cross-country skier

1994 – Jefferson Lerma, Colombian footballer

1994 – Matteo Lodo, Italian rower

1994 – Gor Minasyan, Armenian weightlifter

1994 – Manzoor Pashteen, Pakistani Pashtun human rights activist

1994 – Ray Robson, American chess Grandmaster

1995 – Conchita Campbell, Canadian actress

1995 – Patrick McCaw, American basketball player

1997 – Federico Chiesa, Italian footballer

2000 – Vincent Zhou, American figure skater

2001 – Princess Elisabeth, Belgian princess

Deaths

625 – Pope Boniface V

686 – Prince Ōtsu of Japan (b. 663)

912 – Rudolph I, king of Burgundy (b. 859)

1047 – Magnus the Good, Norwegian king (b. 1024)

1053 – Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu

1154 – Stephen, King of England (b. 1096)

1180 – John of Salisbury, French bishop (b. c. 1120)

1200 – Conrad of Wittelsbach, German cardinal (b. 1120)

1230 – Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (b. 1180)

1292 – Robert Burnell, Lord Chancellor of England

1349 – James III of Majorca (b. 1315)

1359 – Beatrice of Castile, queen consort of Portugal (b. 1293)

1400 – Geoffrey Chaucer, English philosopher, poet, and author (b. 1343)

1415 – Charles I of Albret

1415 – Philip II, Count of Nevers (b. 1389)

1415 – Frederick I, Count of Vaudémont (b. 1371)

1415 – Jean I, Duke of Alençon (b. 1385)

1415 – Anthony, Duke of Brabant (b. 1384)

1415 – Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, English soldier (b. 1394)

1415 – Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, English politician (b. 1373)

1415 – Dafydd Gam, Welsh nobleman (b. c. 1380)

1478 – Catherine of Bosnia (b. 1425)

1492 – Thaddeus McCarthy, Irish bishop (b. 1455)

1495 – John II of Portugal (b. 1455)

1514 – William Elphinstone, Scottish bishop and academic, founded University of Aberdeen (b. 1431)

1557 – William Cavendish, English courtier and civil servant (b. 1505)

1647 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)

1651 – Saint Job of Pochayiv, Ukrainian Orthodox Christian saint (b. 1551)

1683 – William Scroggs, English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1623)

1733 – Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1667)

1757 – Antoine Augustin Calmet, French monk and theologian (b. 1672)

1760 – George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)

1806 – Henry Knox, American general and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of War (b. 1750)

1826 – Philippe Pinel, French physician and psychiatrist (b. 1745)

1833 – Abbas Mirza, Persian prince (b. 1789)

1852 – John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician (b. 1793)

1889 – Émile Augier, French playwright (b. 1820)

1895 – Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor (b. 1819)

1902 – Frank Norris, American journalist and novelist (b. 1870)

1910 – Willie Anderson, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1878)

1916 – William Merritt Chase, American painter and educator (b. 1849)

1919 – William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (b. 1849)

1920 – Alexander of Greece (b. 1893)

1920 – Terence MacSwiney, Irish playwright and politician, Lord Mayor of Cork (b. 1879)

1921 – Bat Masterson, American lawman, buffalo hunter, and sport writer (b. 1853)

1924 – Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist, poet, and activist (b. 1876)

1938 – Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author (b. 1892)

1940 – Thomas Waddell, Irish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1854)

1941 – Franz von Werra, Swiss-German captain and pilot (b. 1914)

1945 – Robert Ley, German politician (b. 1890)

1949 – Mary Ackworth Orr Evershed, English astronomer and Dante scholar (b. 1867)

1953 – Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1867)

1955 – Sadako Sasaki, Japanese girl (b. 1943)

1957 – Albert Anastasia, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1902)

1957 – Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, English-Irish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)

1960 – Harry Ferguson, Irish-English engineer, founded the Ferguson Company (b. 1884)

1963 – Roger Désormière, French conductor and composer (b. 1898)

1967 – Margaret Ayer Barnes, American author and playwright (b. 1886)

1969 – Ellinor Aiki, Estonian painter (b. 1893)

1970 – Ülo Sooster, Estonian painter (b. 1924)

1971 – Mikhail Yangel, Soviet missile designer (b. 1911)

1972 – Johnny Mantz, American racing driver (b. 1918)

1973 – Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)

1973 – Cleo Moore, American actress (b. 1928)

1973 – Robert Scholl, German accountant and politician (b. 1891)

1975 – Vladimir Herzog, Brazilian journalist and activist (b. 1937)

1976 – Raymond Queneau, French poet and author (b. 1903)

1977 – Félix Gouin, French politician (b. 1884)

1979 – Gerald Templer, English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya (b. 1898)

1980 – Virgil Fox, American organist and educator (b. 1912)

1980 – Víctor Galíndez, Argentine boxer (b. 1948)

1980 – Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1921)

1982 – Bill Eckersley, English footballer (b. 1925)

1982 – Arvid Wallman, Swedish diver (b. 1901)

1985 – Gary Holton, English singer-songwriter (b. 1952)

1986 – Forrest Tucker, American actor (b. 1919)

1989 – Mary McCarthy, American novelist and critic (b. 1912)

1990 – Alberto da Costa Pereira, Portuguese footballer (b. 1929)

1991 – Bill Graham, German-American concert promoter (b. 1931)

1992 – Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1936)

1992 – Richard Pousette-Dart, American painter and educator (b. 1916)

1993 – Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1958)

1993 – Vincent Price, American actor (b. 1911)

1994 – Kara Hultgreen, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1965)

1994 – Mildred Natwick, American actress (b. 1905)

1995 – Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress (b. 1920)

1995 – Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (b. 1918)

1999 – Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957)

2000 – Mochitsura Hashimoto, Japanese commander (b. 1909)

2002 – Richard Harris, Irish actor and singer (b. 1930)

2002 – René Thom, French mathematician and biologist (b. 1923)

2002 – Paul Wellstone, American academic and politician (b. 1944)

2003 – Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian spiritual leader and philosopher (b. 1920)

2003 – Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician (b. 1925)

2003 – Robert Strassburg, American composer, educator and musicologist (b.1915)

2004 – John Peel, English radio host and producer (b. 1939)

2010 – Lisa Blount, American actress (b. 1957)

2010 – Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (b. 1951)

2010 – Vesna Parun, Croatian poet and author (b. 1922)

2012 – Jacques Barzun, French-American historian and author (b. 1907)

2012 – Jaspal Bhatti, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955)

2012 – John Connelly, English footballer (b. 1938)

2012 – Emanuel Steward, American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster (b. 1944)

2013 – Ron Ackland, New Zealand rugby player and coach (b. 1934)

2013 – Arthur Danto, American philosopher and critic (b. 1924)

2013 – Nicholas Hunt, Welsh-English admiral (b. 1930)

2013 – Hal Needham, American actor, stuntman, director, and screenwriter (b. 1931)

2013 – Paul Reichmann, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Olympia and York (b. 1930)

2013 – Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)

2013 – Marcia Wallace, American actress and comedian (b. 1942)

2014 – Jack Bruce, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1943)

2014 – Carlos Morales Troncoso, Dominican lawyer and politician, 34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1940)

2015 – David Cesarani, English historian and author (b. 1956)

2015 – Lisa Jardine, English historian, author, and academic (b. 1944)

2015 – Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (b. 1988)

2015 – Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (b. 1955)

2016 – Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian football player and manager (b. 1944)

2016 – Bob Hoover, USAF, Test, and Airshow pilot (b. 1922)

2018 – Li Yong (television host), Chinese host(b.1968)

Holidays and observances

Armed Forces Day (Romania)

Christian feast day:

Bernat Calbó (Bernard of Calvo)
Pope Boniface I
Canna
Blessed Carlo Gnocchi
Crysanthus and Daria (Western Christianity)
Crispin and Crispinian
Fructus
Gaudentius of Brescia
Goeznovius
Minias of Florence
Mar Nestorius (in the Nestorian churches)
Tabitha (Dorcas)
Tegulus
Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy
The Six Welsh Martyrs and companions (in Wales)
The Hallowing of Nestorius
October 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest day on which Nevada Day can fall, while October 31 is the latest; celebrated on last Friday in October. (Nevada)

Earliest day on which October Holiday can fall, while October 31 is the latest; observed on last Monday in October. (Ireland)

Earliest day on which Teacher's Day (Australia) can fall, while October 31 is the latest; celebrated on last Friday in October. (Australia)

Constitution Day (Lithuania)

Customs Officer's Day (Russia)

Day of the Basque Country (Basque Country)

Retrocession Day (Taiwan)

Sovereignty Day (Slovenia)

Thanksgiving Day (Grenada)

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