October 16 — On This Day

Magister militum Ricimer defeats Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire.

Magister militum · Ricimer · Avitus · Piacenza · Western Roman Empire

Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire.

Wu Zetian · Tang dynasty · Chinese Empire

Battle on the Raxa: King Otto I defeats the Obotrite federation led by Nako and his brother Stoigniew near Mecklenburg.

Battle on the Raxa · Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor · Obotrites · Nako (Obotrite prince) · Stoigniew

Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman.

Jadwiga of Poland · List of Polish kings

Carlo Gesualdo, composer, Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, murders his wife, Donna Maria d'Avalos, and her lover Fabrizio Carafa, the Duke of Andria at the Palazzo San Severo in Naples.

Carlo Gesualdo · Venosa · Count of Conza · Fabrizio Carafa · Andria

Royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont are the last major raids of the American Revolutionary War.

Royalton, Vermont · Tunbridge, Vermont · Royalton raid · American Revolutionary War

Marie Antoinette, widow of Louis XVI, is guillotined at the height of the French Revolution.

Marie Antoinette · Louis XVI of France · Guillotine · French Revolution

The Battle of Wattignies ends in a French victory.

Battle of Wattignies · French First Republic

The Sixth Coalition attacks Napoleon Bonaparte in the Battle of Leipzig.

Sixth Coalition · Napoleon · Battle of Leipzig

Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in London burns to the ground.

Palace of Westminster · Burning of Parliament

Battle of Vegkop between Afrikaner voortrekkers and Matabele warriors in South Africa.

Battle of Vegkop · Afrikaner · Voortrekker · Northern Ndebele people · South Africa

Queen's University is founded in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Queen's University · Kingston, Ontario

Sir William Rowan Hamilton comes up with the idea of quaternions, a non-commutative extension of complex numbers.

William Rowan Hamilton · Quaternion · Commutative property · Complex number

William T. G. Morton first demonstrated ether anesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital in the Ether Dome.

William T. G. Morton · Anesthesia · Massachusetts General Hospital · Ether Dome

The novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is published in London.

Jane Eyre · Charlotte Brontë

John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

John Brown (abolitionist) · John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry · Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".

Cardiff Giant

Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.

Girton College, Cambridge

Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.

Brigham Young University · Provo, Utah

The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.

New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad

The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.

Partition of Bengal (1905)

The Captain of Köpenick fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.

Wilhelm Voigt · City hall (administration) · Köpenick · Prussia

William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold a summit, a first between a U.S. and a Mexican president, and they only narrowly escape assassination.

William Howard Taft · Porfirio Díaz

In Brooklyn, New York, Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.

Margaret Sanger · Family planning

The Walt Disney Company is founded by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy Disney.

The Walt Disney Company · Walt Disney · Roy O. Disney

Chinese Communists begin the Long March; it ended a year and four days later, by which time Mao Zedong had regained his title as party chairman.

Communism · Long March · Mao Zedong

World War II: No. 603 Squadron RAF intercepts the first Luftwaffe raid on Britain.

World War II · No. 603 Squadron RAF · Luftwaffe

The Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.

The Holocaust in Poland · Warsaw Ghetto

Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome

History of the Jews in Italy · Raid of the Ghetto of Rome

Nuremberg trials: Execution of the convicted Nazi leaders of the Main Trial.

Nuremberg trials · Nazi

Republic of the Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.

Republic of the Philippines · Turtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi · Mangsee Islands · United Kingdom

Nikos Zachariadis, leader of the Communist Party of Greece, announces a "temporary cease-fire", effectively ending the Greek Civil War.

Nikos Zachariadis · Communist Party of Greece · Greek Civil War

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published, starting The Chronicles of Narnia series.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe · C.S. Lewis · The Chronicles of Narnia

The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.

Prime Minister of Pakistan · Liaquat Ali Khan · Assassination · Rawalpindi

China detonates its first nuclear weapon.

596 (nuclear test)

Soviet leaders Leonid Brezhnev and Alexei Kosygin are inaugurated as General Secretary of the CPSU and Premier, respectively and the collective leadership is established.

Leonid Brezhnev · Alexei Kosygin · General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union · Premier of the Soviet Union · All-People's Government

United States athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos are kicked off the US team for participating in the 1968 Olympics Black Power salute.

Tommie Smith · John Carlos · 1968 Olympics Black Power salute

Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.

Kingston, Jamaica · Rodney riots · Walter Rodney

Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Yasunari Kawabata · Nobel Prize in Literature

In response to the October Crisis terrorist kidnapping, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada invokes the War Measures Act.

October Crisis · Pierre Trudeau · War Measures Act

Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Henry Kissinger · Lê Đức Thọ · Nobel Peace Prize

The Balibo Five, a group of Australian-based television journalists based in the town of Balibo in the then Portuguese Timor (now East Timor), are killed by Indonesian troops.

Balibo Five · Balibo · Portuguese Timor · East Timor · Indonesia

Rahima Banu, a two-year-old girl from the village of Kuralia in Bangladesh, is the last known person to be infected with naturally occurring smallpox.

Rahima Banu · Bangladesh · Smallpox

The Australian Coalition opposition parties using their senate majority, vote to defer the decision to grant supply of funds for the Whitlam Government's annual budget, sparking the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis.

Coalition (Australia) · Gough Whitlam · 1975 Australian constitutional crisis

Karol Wojtyla is elected Pope John Paul II after the October 1978 Papal conclave, the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.

Karol Wojtyla · Pope John Paul II · Papal conclave, October 1978 · Pontiff · 1523

Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Desmond Tutu · Nobel Peace Prize

Luby's shooting: George Hennard runs amok in Killeen, Texas, killing 23 and wounding 20 in Luby's Cafeteria.

Luby's shooting · Killeen, Texas

Anti-Nazism riot breaks out in Welling in Kent, after police stop protesters approaching the British National Party headquarters.

Welling · Kent · Metropolitan Police Service · British National Party

The so-called Million Man March, which, according to the National Park Service, only about 400,000 attended,[1] takes place in Washington, D.C.

Million Man March · National Park Service

The Skye Bridge is opened.

Skye Bridge

Eighty-four people are killed and more than 180 injured as 47,000 football fans attempt to squeeze into the 36,000-seat Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City.

Association football · Estadio Mateo Flores · Guatemala City

Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a warrant from Spain requesting his extradition on murder charges.

Chile · Augusto Pinochet · Indictment and arrest of Augusto Pinochet · Extradition

Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, is officially inaugurated.

Bibliotheca Alexandrina · Alexandria · Library of Alexandria · Classical antiquity

Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes on approach to Pakse International Airport in Laos, killing 49 people.

Lao Airlines Flight 301 · Pakse International Airport · Laos

Hurricane Ophelia makes eerie red sun and yellow sky from Sahara dust and ashes from Iberia causes 200,000 homes in Ireland without power and damage

Hurricane Ophelia (2017) · Sahara · Iberia · Ireland

Gian Galeazzo Visconti, first Duke of Milan (d. 1402)

Gian Galeazzo Visconti

William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English admiral (d. 1450)

William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk

James II of Scotland (d. 1460)

James II of Scotland

Gasparo Contarini, Italian cardinal and diplomat (d. 1542)

Gasparo Contarini

Niwa Nagahide, Japanese samurai (d. 1585)

Niwa Nagahide

Luke Wadding, Irish Franciscan friar and historian (d. 1657)

Luke Wadding

Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy, French writer and composer (d. 1677)

Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy

Pierre Paul Puget, French painter and sculptor (d. 1694)

Pierre Paul Puget

Anna Waser, Swiss painter (d. 1714)

Anna Waser

Jan Dismas Zelenka, Czech viol player and composer (d. 1745)

Jan Dismas Zelenka · Viol

András Hadik, Austrian-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1790)

András Hadik

Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist and academic (d. 1795)

Giovanni Arduino (geologist)

Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish-German painter and educator (d. 1801)

Daniel Chodowiecki

Pierre van Maldere, Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1768)

Pierre van Maldere

Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian and academic (d. 1827)

Johann Gottfried Eichhorn

Morgan Lewis, American general, lawyer, and politician, 3rd Governor of New York (d. 1844)

Morgan Lewis (governor) · Governor of New York

Noah Webster, American lexicographer (d. 1843)

Noah Webster

Paul Hamilton, American soldier and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1816)

Paul Hamilton (politician) · United States Secretary of the Navy

William Burton, American physician and politician, 39th Governor of Delaware (d. 1866)

William Burton (governor) · Governor of Delaware

William Buell Sprague, American minister, historian, and author (d. 1876)

William Buell Sprague

Isaac Murphy, American educator and politician, 8th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1882)

Isaac Murphy · Governor of Arkansas

Benjamin Russell, American painter and educator (d. 1885)

Benjamin Russell (artist)

William P. Fessenden, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1869)

William P. Fessenden · United States Secretary of the Treasury

Francis Lubbock, American colonel and politician, 9th Governor of Texas (d. 1905)

Francis Lubbock · Governor of Texas

William Forster, Indian-Australian politician, 4th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1882)

William Forster (Australian politician) · Premier of New South Wales

Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (d. 1886)

Austin F. Pike

Lucy Stanton, American activist (d. 1910)

Lucy Stanton (abolitionist)

Vicente Riva Palacio, Mexican liberal intellectual, novelist (d. 1896)

Vicente Riva Palacio

Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1900)

Kuroda Kiyotaka · Prime Minister of Japan

Itō Hirobumi, Japanese lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1909)

Itō Hirobumi · Prime Minister of Japan

Ismail Qemali, Albanian civil servant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1919)

Ismail Qemali

Maria Pia of Savoy (d. 1911)

Maria Pia of Savoy

Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (d. 1913)

Carl von In der Maur

Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1938)

Karl Kautsky

Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (d. 1900)

Oscar Wilde

Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (d. 1931)

Samad bey Mehmandarov · Ministry of Defense (Azerbaijan)

J. B. Bury, Irish historian and scholar (d. 1927)

J. B. Bury

Richard Sears, American tennis player (d. 1943)

Richard Sears (tennis)

Austen Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)

Austen Chamberlain · Chancellor of the Exchequer · Nobel Peace Prize

Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa (d. 1963)

Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa

Claude H. Van Tyne, American historian and author (d. 1930)

Claude H. Van Tyne

Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and businessman, co-founded Buckmaster & Moore (d. 1942)

Walter Buckmaster · Buckmaster & Moore

Jimmy Sinclair, South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 1913)

Jimmy Sinclair

William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1955)

William Orthwein

Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (d. 1916)

Rembrandt Bugatti

David Ben-Gurion, Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1973)

David Ben-Gurion · Prime Minister of Israel

Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)

Eugene O'Neill · Nobel Prize in Literature

Paul Popenoe, American founder of relationship counseling (d. 1979)

Paul Popenoe · Relationship counseling

Michael Collins, Irish general and politician, 2nd Irish Minister for Finance (d. 1922)

Michael Collins (Irish leader) · Minister for Finance (Ireland)

Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (d. 1902)

Maria Goretti

Paul Strand, American photographer and director (d. 1975)

Paul Strand

Louis de Cazenave, French soldier (d. 2008)

Louis de Cazenave

William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1980)

William O. Douglas

Edward Ardizzone, Vietnamese-English author and illustrator (d. 1979)

Edward Ardizzone

Primo Conti, Italian painter and poet (d. 1988)

Primo Conti

Goose Goslin, American baseball player and manager (d. 1971)

Goose Goslin

Cecile de Brunhoff, French author and pianist (d. 2003)

Cecile de Brunhoff

Big Joe Williams, American Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982)

Big Joe Williams

Björn Berglund, Swedish actor (d. 1968)

Björn Berglund

Ernst Kuzorra, German footballer and manager (d. 1990)

Ernst Kuzorra

León Klimovsky, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1996)

León Klimovsky

Richard Titmuss, English sociologist and academic (d. 1973)

Richard Titmuss

Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (d. 2006)

Olivia Coolidge

Enver Hoxha, Albanian general and politician, Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1985)

Enver Hoxha · Prime Minister of Albania

Otto von Bülow, German commander (d. 2006)

Otto von Bülow

Clifford Hansen, American rancher and politician, 26th Governor of Wyoming (d. 2009)

Clifford Hansen · Governor of Wyoming

Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (d. 1990)

Louis Althusser

Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic (d. 2013)

Abraham Nemeth

Tony Rolt, English racing driver and engineer (d. 2008)

Tony Rolt

Kathleen Winsor, American journalist and author (d. 2003)

Kathleen Winsor

Matt Batts, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)

Matt Batts

MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder (d. 2010)

MacKenzie Miller

Max Bygraves, English-Australian actor and singer (d. 2012)

Max Bygraves

Leon Sullivan, American minister and activist (d. 2001)

Leon Sullivan

Linda Darnell, American actress (d. 1965)

Linda Darnell

Bert Kaempfert, German conductor and composer (d. 1980)

Bert Kaempfert

Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster (d. 2010)

Bill McLaren

Gerard Parkes, Irish-Canadian actor (d. 2014)

Gerard Parkes

Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer

Angela Lansbury

Charles Dolan, American businessman, founded Cablevision and HBO

Charles Dolan · Cablevision · HBO

Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)

Günter Grass · Nobel Prize in Literature

Mary Daly, American philosopher and theologian (d. 2010)

Mary Daly

Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress (d. 2016)

Ann Morgan Guilbert

Fernanda Montenegro, Brazilian actress

Fernanda Montenegro

John Polkinghorne, English physicist, theologian and priest

John Polkinghorne

Carmen Sevilla, Spanish actress

Carmen Sevilla

Charles Colson, American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)

Charles Colson

Valery Klimov, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator

Valery Klimov (violinist)

Rosa Rosal, Filipino actress

Rosa Rosal

P. W. Underwood, American football player and coach (d. 2013)

P. W. Underwood

John Grant, English journalist and politician (d. 2000)

John Grant (British politician)

Henry Lewis, American bassist and conductor (d. 1996)

Henry Lewis (musician)

Lucien Paiement, Canadian physician and politician (d. 2013)

Lucien Paiement

Peter Ashdown, English racing driver

Peter Ashdown

Peter Bowles, English actor and screenwriter

Peter Bowles

Andrei Chikatilo, Ukrainian-Russian serial killer (d. 1994)

Andrei Chikatilo

Mladen Koščak, Croatian footballer (d. 1997)

Mladen Koščak

Akira Machida, Japanese lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of Japan

Akira Machida · List of Chief Justices of Japan

Carl Gunter, Jr., American politician (d. 1999)

Carl Gunter, Jr.

Nico, German singer-songwriter, model, and actress (d. 1988)

Nico

Barry Corbin, American actor and producer

Barry Corbin

Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player and coach (d. 2003)

Dave DeBusschere

Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist (d. 2009)

Ivan Della Mea

Tim McCarver, American baseball player, sportscaster, and singer

Tim McCarver

Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, English computer programmer and politician

Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne

Fred Turner, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player

Fred Turner (musician)

Kaizer Motaung, South African footballer and manager

Kaizer Motaung

Stefan Buczacki, English horticulturalist, botanist, and television host

Stefan Buczacki

Roger Hawkins, American session drummer

Roger Hawkins (drummer)

Paul Monette, American author and poet (d. 1995)

Paul Monette

Geoff Barnett, English footballer

Geoff Barnett (footballer)

Suzanne Somers, American actress and producer

Suzanne Somers

Nicholas Day, English actor

Nicholas Day (actor)

Terry Griffiths, Welsh snooker player and coach

Terry Griffiths

Bob Weir, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist

Bob Weir

David Zucker, American director, producer, and screenwriter

David Zucker (filmmaker)

Alison Chitty, English production designer and costume designer

Alison Chitty

Bruce Fleisher, American golfer

Bruce Fleisher

Hema Malini, Indian actress, director, producer, and politician

Hema Malini

Leo Mazzone, American baseball player and coach

Leo Mazzone

Crazy Mohan, Indian actor, screenwriter, and playwright

Crazy Mohan

Károly Horváth, Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer (d. 2015)

Károly Horváth

Christopher Cox, American lawyer and politician

Christopher Cox

Cordell Mosson, American bass player (d. 2013)

Cordell Mosson

Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton, English politician

Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton

Tony Carey, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

Tony Carey

Paulo Roberto Falcão, Brazilian footballer and manager

Paulo Roberto Falcão

Lorenzo Carcaterra, American author and blogger

Lorenzo Carcaterra

Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland

Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean · Secretary of State for Scotland

Serafino Ghizzoni, Italian rugby player

Serafino Ghizzoni

Corinna Harfouch, German actress

Corinna Harfouch

Ellen Dolan, American actress

Ellen Dolan

Marin Alsop, American violinist and conductor

Marin Alsop

John Chavis, American football player and coach

John Chavis (American football)

Meg Rosoff, American-English author

Meg Rosoff

Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah, Bangladeshi poet, author, and playwright (d. 1992)

Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah

Priidu Beier, Estonian poet and educator

Priidu Beier

Roy McDonough, English footballer and manager

Roy McDonough

Tim Robbins, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Tim Robbins

Kevin Brennan, Welsh journalist and politician

Kevin Brennan (politician)

Brian Harper, American baseball player

Brian Harper

Gary Kemp, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Gary Kemp

Philip Maini, mathematician at the University of Oxford

Philip Maini

Tessa Munt, English lawyer and politician

Tessa Munt

Jamie Salmon, English-New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster

Jamie Salmon

Erkki-Sven Tüür, Estonian flute player and composer

Erkki-Sven Tüür

John Whittingdale, English politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

John Whittingdale · Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Guy LeBlanc, Canadian keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2015)

Guy LeBlanc

Bob Mould, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Bob Mould

Marc Levy, French author

Marc Levy

Randy Vasquez, American actor, director, and producer

Randy Vasquez

Flea, Australian-American bass player, songwriter, and actor

Flea (musician)

Manute Bol, Sudanese-American basketball player and activist (d. 2010)

Manute Bol

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian opera singer

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Nico Lazaridis, German footballer

Nico Lazaridis

Tamara McKinney, American skier

Tamara McKinney

Brendan Kibble, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Brendan Kibble

Timothy Leighton, English physicist and academic

Timothy Leighton

Shawn Little, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2012)

Shawn Little

James Thompson, American-Finnish author (d. 2014)

James Thompson (author)

Kang Kyung-ok, South Korean illustrator

Kang Kyung-ok

Tom Tolbert, American basketball player and sportscaster

Tom Tolbert

Olof Lundh, Swedish journalist

Olof Lundh

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, American voice actress, singer, and director

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

Michael Laffy, Australian footballer

Michael Laffy

Davina McCall, English television host and actress

Davina McCall

Randall Batinkoff, American actor and producer

Randall Batinkoff

Mark Lee, Singaporean actor and singer

Mark Lee (comedian)

Francesco Libetta, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor

Francesco Libetta

Todd Stashwick, American actor and writer.

Todd Stashwick

Elsa Zylberstein, French actress

Elsa Zylberstein

Roy Hargrove, American trumpet player and composer

Roy Hargrove

Takao Omori, Japanese wrestler

Takao Omori

Terri J. Vaughn, American actress and producer

Terri J. Vaughn

Wendy Wilson, American singer-songwriter

Wendy Wilson

Kazuyuki Fujita, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist

Kazuyuki Fujita

Mehmet Scholl, German footballer and manager

Mehmet Scholl

Chad Gray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Chad Gray

Paul Sparks, American actor

Paul Sparks

Frank Cuesta, Television presenter

Frank Cuesta

Adrianne Frost, American comedian, actress, and author

Adrianne Frost

Darius Kasparaitis, Lithuanian-Russian ice hockey player and coach

Darius Kasparaitis

Kordell Stewart, American football player and radio host

Kordell Stewart

Justin Credible, American wrestler

Justin Credible

David Unsworth, English footballer and manager

David Unsworth

Aurela Gaçe, Albanian singer

Aurela Gaçe

Paul Kariya, Canadian ice hockey player

Paul Kariya

Ernesto Noel Aquino, Honduran footballer

Ernesto Noel Aquino

Brynjar Gunnarsson, Icelandic footballer

Brynjar Gunnarsson

Jacques Kallis, South African cricketer

Jacques Kallis

Kellie Martin, American actress, director, and producer

Kellie Martin

John Mayer, American singer-songwriter, rapper, guitarist, and producer

John Mayer

Laura Wade, English playwright

Laura Wade

Ethan Luck, American guitarist and drummer

Ethan Luck

Nicola Blackwood, South African-English politician

Nicola Blackwood

Erin Brown, American actress, director, and screenwriter

Erin Brown

Sue Bird, American basketball player

Sue Bird

Timana Tahu, Australian rugby league player

Timana Tahu

Martin Halle, Danish footballer

Martin Halle

Boyd Melson, American boxer

Boyd Melson

Anthony Reyes, American baseball player

Anthony Reyes

Frédéric Michalak, French rugby player

Frédéric Michalak

Cristian Riveros, Paraguayan footballer

Cristian Riveros

Prithviraj Sukumaran, Indian actor, singer, and producer

Prithviraj Sukumaran

Philipp Kohlschreiber, German tennis player

Philipp Kohlschreiber

Loreen, Swedish singer and producer

Loreen (singer)

Kenny Omega, Canadian professional wrestler

Kenny Omega

François Pervis, French track cyclist

François Pervis

Rachel Reilly, American talk show host and actress

Rachel Reilly

Jay Beagle, Canadian ice hockey player

Jay Beagle

Verena Sailer, German sprinter

Verena Sailer

Casey Stoner, Australian motorcycle racer

Casey Stoner

Peter Wallace, Australian rugby league player

Peter Wallace

Nicky Adams, English-Welsh footballer

Nicky Adams

Derk Boerrigter, Dutch footballer

Derk Boerrigter

Zoltán Stieber, Hungarian footballer

Zoltán Stieber

Dan Biggar, Welsh rugby player

Dan Biggar

Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, Danish-Icelandic singer

Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir

Jedward, Irish twin singers

Jedward

Bryce Harper, American baseball player

Bryce Harper

Kostas Fortounis, Greek footballer

Kostas Fortounis

Caroline Garcia, French tennis player

Caroline Garcia

Adam Elliott, Australian rugby league player

Adam Elliott

Amelia Lily, English singer-songwriter

Amelia Lily

Fú Jiān, emperor of the Chinese Di state Former Qin (b. 337)

Fú Jiān · Di (Wu Hu) · Former Qin

Lullus, archbishop of Mainz

Lullus · Mainz

Pedro González de Lara, Castilian magnate

Pedro González de Lara

Amadeus V, Count of Savoy (b. 1249)

Amadeus V, Count of Savoy

Antipope Nicholas V (b. 1260)

Antipope Nicholas V

Anne of Gloucester, English noblewoman (b. 1383)

Anne of Gloucester

Louis, King of Sicily (b. 1337)

Louis, King of Sicily

Luca Signorelli, Italian painter (b. c.1450)

Luca Signorelli

Lucas Cranach the Elder, German painter and engraver (b. 1472)

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Hugh Latimer, English bishop and saint (b. 1487)

Hugh Latimer

Nicholas Ridley, English bishop and martyr (b. 1500)

Nicholas Ridley (martyr)

Pope Gregory XIV (b. 1535)

Pope Gregory XIV

William Allen, English cardinal (b. 1532)

William Allen (cardinal)

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1562)

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555)

François de Malherbe

Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1621)

Isaac van Ostade

Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (b. 1591)

Joseph Solomon Delmedigo

John Cook, English politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (b. 1608)

John Cook (regicide) · Solicitor General for England and Wales

Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, Irish-English soldier and politician (b. 1621)

Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery

Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1609)

Raimondo Montecuccoli

Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French-American explorer and politician, 3rd French Governor of Louisiana (b. 1658)

Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac · List of colonial governors of Louisiana

Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Greek politician, 139th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1666)

Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha · List of Ottoman Grand Viziers

Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German lute player and composer (b. 1687)

Sylvius Leopold Weiss

Gerard Majella, Italian saint (b. 1725)

Gerard Majella

Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (b. 1750)

Robert Fergusson

Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral (b. 1705)

Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke

Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician (b. 1739)

Grigory Potemkin

Marie Antoinette, Austrian-born queen consort of Louis XVI of France (b. 1755)

Marie Antoinette · Louis XVI of France

John Hunter, Scottish-English surgeon and philosopher (b. 1728)

John Hunter (surgeon)

Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (b. 1726)

Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia

Veerapandiya Kattabomman Indian activist (b. 1760)

Veerapandiya Kattabomman

Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian religious leader, founded the breslov hasidic group (b. 1772)

Nachman of Breslov · Breslov (Hasidic group)

Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (b. 1724)

Eva Marie Veigel

Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)

Théodore Barrière

John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)

John Wentworth (Illinois) · Mayor of Chicago

Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)

Joseph Leycester Lyne

Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)

Jakub Bart-Ćišinski

Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)

Ralph Rose

Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)

Jean de Brunhoff

Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:

Nuremberg trial

Hans Frank, German lawyer, politician and war criminal (b. 1900)

Hans Frank

Wilhelm Frick, German lawyer and politician, German Minister of the Interior (b. 1877)

Wilhelm Frick · List of German interior ministers

Alfred Jodl, German general (b. 1890)

Alfred Jodl

Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian SS officer (b. 1903)

Ernst Kaltenbrunner · SS

Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal (b. 1882)

Wilhelm Keitel

Alfred Rosenberg, Estonian architect and politician (b. 1893)

Alfred Rosenberg

Fritz Sauckel, German sailor and politician (b. 1894)

Fritz Sauckel

Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian lawyer and politician, 16th Federal Chancellor of Austria (b. 1892)

Arthur Seyss-Inquart · List of Chancellors of Austria

Julius Streicher, German journalist and politician (b. 1887)

Julius Streicher

Joachim von Ribbentrop, German lieutenant and politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany (b. 1893)

Joachim von Ribbentrop · Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany)

Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (b 1895)

Liaquat Ali Khan · Prime Minister of Pakistan

Jules Rimet, French businessman (b. 1873)

Jules Rimet

John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and educator (b. 1887)

John Anthony Sydney Ritson

Robert Redfield, American anthropologist of Mexico (b. 1897)

Robert Redfield

Minor Hall, American drummer (b. 1897)

Minor Hall

George Marshall, American general and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Defense, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1880)

George Marshall · United States Secretary of Defense · Nobel Peace Prize

Gaston Bachelard, French poet and philosopher (b. 1884)

Gaston Bachelard

Patsy Callighen, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1906)

Patsy Callighen

George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899)

George O'Hara (actor)

Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (b. 1914)

Ellis Kinder

Robin Boyd, Australian architect and educator, designed the Domain Park Flats (b. 1919)

Robin Boyd · Domain Park Flats

Nick Begich, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)

Nick Begich

Hale Boggs, American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)

Hale Boggs

Leo G. Carroll, English-American actor (b. 1886)

Leo G. Carroll

Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor (b. 1909)

Gene Krupa

Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1885)

Vittorio Gui

Dan Dailey, American actor, singer, dancer, and director (b. 1913)

Dan Dailey

Johan Borgen, Norwegian author and critic (b. 1903)

Johan Borgen

Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician, 5th Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel (b. 1915)

Moshe Dayan · Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel

Eugene Eisenmann, Panamanian-American lawyer and ornithologist (b. 1906)

Eugene Eisenmann

Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor (b. 1915)

Mario Del Monaco

Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer and conductor (b. 1895)

Jakov Gotovac

Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist and pianist (b. 1921)

Arthur Grumiaux

Walter Farley, American author and educator (b. 1915)

Walter Farley

Scott O'Dell, American journalist and author (b. 1898)

Scott O'Dell

Cornel Wilde, American actor (b. 1915)

Cornel Wilde

Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1919)

Art Blakey

Jorge Bolet, Cuban-American pianist and educator (b. 1914)

Jorge Bolet

Shirley Booth, American actress and singer (b. 1898)

Shirley Booth

Jason Bernard, American actor (b. 1938)

Jason Bernard

Eric Malpass, English author (b. 1910)

Eric Malpass

Audra Lindley, American actress (b. 1918)

Audra Lindley

James A. Michener, American author and philanthropist (b. 1907)

James A. Michener

Jon Postel, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)

Jon Postel

Jean Shepherd, American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

Jean Shepherd

Mel Carnahan, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (b. 1934)

Mel Carnahan · Governor of Missouri

Rick Jason, American actor (b. 1923)

Rick Jason

Etta Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1928)

Etta Jones

Avni Arbaş, Turkish painter (b. 1919)

Avni Arbaş

Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer (b. 1915)

Stu Hart

László Papp, Hungarian boxer (b. 1926)

László Papp

Pierre Salinger, American journalist and politician, 11th White House Press Secretary (b. 1925)

Pierre Salinger · White House Press Secretary

John Victor Murra, Ukrainian-American anthropologist and academic (b. 1916)

John Victor Murra

Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 91st President of Peru (b. 1936)

Valentín Paniagua · President of Peru

Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (b. 1921)

Deborah Kerr

Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer-songwriter (b. 1981)

Toše Proeski

Dagmar Normet, Estonian author and translator (b. 1921)

Dagmar Normet

Eyedea, American rapper and producer (b. 1981)

Eyedea

Barbara Billingsley, American actress (b. 1915)

Barbara Billingsley

Dan Wheldon, English racing driver (b. 1978)

Dan Wheldon

Frank Moore Cross, American scholar and academic (b. 1921)

Frank Moore Cross

John A. Durkin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1936)

John A. Durkin

Mario Gallegos, Jr., American firefighter and politician (b. 1950)

Mario Gallegos, Jr.

Bódog Török, Hungarian handball player and coach (b. 1923)

Bódog Török

Eddie Yost, American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)

Eddie Yost

Govind Purushottam Deshpande, Indian playwright and academic (b. 1938)

Govind Purushottam Deshpande

George Hourmouziadis, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1932)

George Hourmouziadis

Laurel Martyn, Australian ballerina and choreographer (b. 1916)

Laurel Martyn

Robert B. Rheault, American colonel (b. 1925)

Robert B. Rheault

Saggy Tahir, Pakistani-American lawyer and politician (b. 1944)

Saggy Tahir

Ioannis Charalambopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)

Ioannis Charalambopoulos · Deputy Prime Minister of Greece

Allen Forte, American musicologist and theorist (b. 1926)

Allen Forte

Seppo Kuusela, Finnish basketball player and coach (b. 1934)

Seppo Kuusela

John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, English businessman (b. 1926)

John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough

Richard J. Cardamone, American lawyer and judge (b. 1925)

Richard J. Cardamone

James W. Fowler, American psychologist and academic (b. 1940)

James W. Fowler

William James, Australian general and physician (b. 1930)

William James (soldier)

Vera Williams, American author and illustrator (b. 1927)

Vera Williams

Memduh Ün, Turkish film producer, director, actor and screenwriter (b. 1920)

Memduh Ün

Calvin Carl "Kelly" Gotlieb, Canadian professor and computer scientist (b. 1921)

Calvin Gotlieb

Daphne Caruana Galizia, Maltese journalist and blogger (b. 1964)

Daphne Caruana Galizia

Roy Dotrice, British actor (b. 1923)

Roy Dotrice

John Dunsworth, Canadian actor (b. 1946)

John Dunsworth

Sean Hughes, British-born Irish stand-up comedian (b. 1965)

Sean Hughes (comedian)