Today in History

On October 18 in history ..

• 0707 - John VII ends his reign as Catholic Pope
• 1016 - Danes defeat Saxons at Battle of Assandun (Ashingdon)
• 1081 - Battle at Durazzo/Dürres: Normans under Robert Guiscard beat Byzantine
• 1210 - Pope Innocent III excommunicates German emperor Otto IV
• 1267 - Battle at Marienholz: Henry III, Otto II van Gelre beat Keuls archbishop Engelbert III
• 1534 - New pursuit of French protestants
• 1564 - John Hawkins begins 2nd trip to America
• 1572 - Spanish troops attack Maastricht
• 1622 - French King Louis XIII & Huguenots sign treaty of Montpellier
• 1648 - 1st US labor organization forms (Boston Shoemakers)
• 1667 - English fleet plunders Suriname plantations
• 1672 - Poland & Turkey sign Peace of Buczacz
• 1685 - French king Louis XIV revoked Edict van Nantes
• 1685 - Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes, outlaws Protestantism
• 1748 - Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Austrian Succession
• 1752 - Premiere of Rousseau's opera "Le Devin du Village"
• 1767 - Boundary between MD & PA, Mason Dixon line, agreed upon
• 1776 - Battle of Pelham: Col John Glover & Marblehead regiment meet British Forces in Bronx
• 1776 - In a NY bar decorated with bird tail, customer orders "cock tail"
• 1782 - Congress re-enacts 1775 rates with equivalents of circulating Spanish silver dollar
• 1855 - Franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres
• 1862 - Morgan's raiders capture federal garrison at Lexington, KY
• 1863 - Battle of Charlestown, WV
• 1867 - US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million)
• 1869 - Henrik Ibsen's "De Unges Forbund," premieres in Christiania (Oslo)
• 1873 - 1st football game between Toronto Argonauts & Hamilton Tigers
• 1873 - Columbia Princeton Rutgers & Yale set rules for collegiate football
• 1878 - Edison makes electricity available for household usage
• 1887 - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG)
• 1889 - 1st all NYC World Series NY Giants (NL) play Bkln (AA)
• 1890 - John Owen is 1st man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds
• 1891 - 1st international 6-day bicycle race in US (MSG, NYC) begins
• 1892 - 1st commercial long-distance phone line opens (Chicago-NY)
• 1898 - American flag raised in Puerto Rico
• 1901 - Belgium's Louise of den Plas begins activities towards women rights
• 1904 - Mahlers 5th symphony premieres in Cologne
• 1908 - Belgium annexes Congo Free State
• 1909 - Comte de Lambert of France sets airplane altitude record of 300 m
• 1910 - Edward Forster publishes "Howards End"
• 1912 - Beginning of 1st Balkan War
• 1912 - Italo-Turkish war ends
• 1913 - Austrian-Hungary demands that Serbia & Albania leave
• 1915 - 3rd Italians offensive at Isonzo
• 1918 - Czechoslovakia declares Independence from Austro-Hungarian Empire
• 1918 - NHL's Québec Bulldogs sold to a Toronto businessman P J Quinn
• 1918 - Russian 10th Army drives out White armies of Tsaritsyn (Stalingrad)
• 1922 - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) forms
• 1924 - Harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs)
• 1924 - Notre Dame beats Army 13-7, NY Hearld Tribune dubs them (4 Horsemen)
• 1925 - -20] French Gen Sarrail bombs Damascus
• 1925 - Salt Lake City (PCL) Tony Lazzeri hits his 60th HR of the season
• 1926 - Frankfurter Zeitung publishes Lenins political testament
• 1930 - Joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day
• 1932 - Belgium govt of Renkin falls
• 1934 - Chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March
• 1939 - R Rodgers & Lorenz Harts "Too Many Girls," premieres in NYC
• 1940 - Kaufman & Harts "George Washington Slept Here," premieres in NYC
• 1941 - Spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo
• 1942 - Hitler orders allied commandos to be killed
• 1943 - US bombing of Bougainville, Solomon Island
• 1944 - Eisenhower, Bradley & Montgomery confer in Brussel
• 1944 - Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II
• 1945 - Nazi war crime trial opens in Nuremberg
• 1945 - Paul Robeson wins Spingarn Medal for singing & acting achievements
• 1946 - Aaron Copland's 3rd Symphony, premieres
• 1948 - Operation 10 Plagues - Israeli offensive against Egyptian army
• 1950 - Connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years
• 1951 - USSR performs nuclear test
• 1952 - "Buttrio Square" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 7 perfs
• 1952 - Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wkts to win 1st India-Pak clash
• 1953 - Willie Thrower becomes 1st black NFL quarterback in modern times
• 1953 - WLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1953 - WTVK TV channel 26 in Knoxville, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 1954 - Hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US
• 1954 - WBTW TV channel 13 in Florence, SC (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
• 1954 - WNBC radio changes call letters to WRCA (NYC)
• 1955 - Track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete
• 1955 - University of California discovers anti-proton
• 1960 - Casey Stengel retired by NY Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years)
• 1960 - In Britain, News Chronicle & Daily Mail merge, & London Evening Star merges with Evening News
• 1961 - Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack
• 1962 - Dr Watson (US) & Drs Crick & Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA
• 1962 - JFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko
• 1962 - Tony Sheridan & Beat Brothers record "Let's Dance"
• 1962 - US launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon
• 1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
• 1963 - IOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics
• 1964 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
• 1966 - "Apple Tree" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 463 performances
• 1967 - AL votes to allow Athletics to move from KC to Oakland & expand league to 12 teams in 1971 with KC & Seattle teams
• 1967 - Nobel prize for physics awarded to Hans A Bethe
• 1967 - Soviet Venera 4 becomes 1st probe to send data back from Venus
• 1967 - Walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released
• 1968 - Bob Beamon of USA sets long jump record (29'2½") in Mexico City
• 1968 - Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas
• 1968 - John Lennon & Yoko One fined £150 for marijuana possession
• 1968 - Lee Evans sets world record of 43.8 seconds in 400 meter dash
• 1968 - Police find 219 grains of cannabis resin in John & Yoko's apt
• 1968 - US Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith & John Carlos for giving "black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony
• 1969 - Federal govt bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners
• 1969 - Jefferson Airplanes Paul Kanter, arrested for marijuana possession
• 1969 - Rod Stewart joins Small Faces
• 1969 - Soyuz 8 returns to Earth
• 1970 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic
• 1970 - Sachio Kinugasa begins 2,215 cons game streak for Hiroshima Carp
• 1973 - "Raisin" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 847 performances
• 1973 - Congress authorizes bi-centennial quarter, half-dollar & dollar coin
• 1973 - Judd Woldon & Robert Brittens musical "Raisin," premieres in NYC
• 1973 - Nobel prize for economy awarded to Wassily Leontief
• 1974 - 1st NBA game at Market Square Arena - Pacers beat Spurs 129-121
• 1974 - André van de Louw appointed mayor of Rotterdam
• 1974 - Chicago Bull Nate Thurmond becomes 1st in NBA to complete a quadruple double-22 pts, 14 rebounds, 13 assists & 12 blocks
• 1974 - Wings (Country Hams) release "Walking in the Park with Eloise"
• 1975 - Simon & Garfunkel reunite on SNL, sing "My Little Town"
• 1975 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
• 1976 - Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to William N Lipscomb Jr
• 1977 - 1st Islander 0-0 tie-Kings at Nassau-25th time shutout-Resch's 15th
• 1977 - NY Yankees win their 21st World Championship, 4 games
• 1977 - Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive homers tying Ruth's series record
• 1977 - W German commandos liberate Boeing 737, 86 hostages at Mogadishu
• 1977 - Yanks beat Dodgers 8-4 for 21st world championship, 1st in 15 years
• 1978 - 1st daughter Susan Ford announces engagement to Charles F Vance
• 1978 - NY Islanders 1st scoreless tie, vs LA Kings
• 1979 - "Beatlemania" opens in London
• 1979 - Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini orders mass executions to stop
• 1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• 1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
• 1980 - Brooke Alexander, 18, of Hawaii, crowned Miss World USA
• 1980 - Detroit blocks 21 Atlanta shots setting NBA record (double OT)
• 1981 - Andreas Papandreous' PASOK wins Greek elections
• 1981 - NY Giant Joe Danelo ties NFL record of 6 field goals in a game
• 1981 - Poland General Jaruzelski elected party leader
• 1984 - Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51A mission
• 1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• 1988 - Israel's supreme court uphold's ban on Kahane`s Kach Party as racist
• 1988 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• 1989 - East German state/party leader Erich Honecker, resigns
• 1989 - Hungary revises constitution
• 1989 - US 62nd manned space mission STS 34 (Atlantis 5) launches into orbit
• 1990 - "Once on this Island" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 469 performances
• 1991 - "Most Happy Fella" closes at NY State Theater NYC
• 1991 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1992 - "Oba Oba '93" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 22 performances
• 1992 - 1st non-US team to win a World Series Game; Toronto 5, Atlanta 4
• 1992 - 6.6 earthquake hits Colombia with no fatalities
• 1992 - Phila Eagle Randall Cunningham sets NFL QB scramble record of 3,683
• 1992 - Start of Zimbabwe's 1st Test match, v India at Harare
• 1993 - STS-58 (Columbia) launches into orbit
• 1995 - NHL Winnipeg Jets sold to Americans who plan to move them to Phoenix
• 1998 - Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf

Famous birthdays on October 18 ..

• 1239 - Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72)
• 1405 - Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)
• 1547 - Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian
• 1611 - Valentin Strobel, composer
• 1638 - Lars Johnstown, [Lasse Lucidor], Swedish poet
• 1663 - Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye/land guardian of Austria-Neth
• 1668 - Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94)
• 1668 - Wierich PL earl von Daun, Austrian prince of Thiano/fieldmarshall
• 1697 - Giovanni Canaletto, Venetian painter (Venicei Regatta on Grand Canal)
• 1706 - Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa)
• 1712 - Jeremias van Riemsdijk, gov-general of Dutch Indies (1775-77)
• 1753 - Jean J R de Cambacérè, French lawyer/minister of justice
• 1774 - Adolfs Müller, writer
• 1777 - Heinrich von Kleist, Germany, dramatist/poet (Penthesilea)
• 1785 - Thomas Love Peacock, English author (Headlong Hall)
• 1789 - Giovanni Tadolini, composer
• 1794 - Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer
• 1804 - Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thailand (1851-68)
• 1806 - John Breckinridge Grayson, Brig Genl (Confederate Army), died in 1861
• 1811 - Hugh Thompson Reid, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
• 1818 - Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
• 1818 - José da Silva Mendes Leal, Portuguese author (Glória e Martírio)
• 1824 - Juan Valera bon Alcalá Galiano, Spanish author (Pepita Jiménez)
• 1829 - Charles Sidney Winder, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
• 1829 - Lucius Marshall Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
• 1831 - Frederik III NK of Hohenzollern, German Kaiser/king of Prussia
• 1833 - Johannes Habert, composer
• 1837 - Friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter
• 1844 - Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer
• 1850 - Francis Thome, composer
• 1854 - Bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket)
• 1854 - Solomon A Andree, Swedish engineer/balloonist/Artic explorer
• 1859 - Henri Bergson, France, philosopher (Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927)
• 1871 - Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Ghetto)
• 1872 - Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun
• 1875 - James E K Aggrey, Ghana, US theologian/educationalist
• 1875 - Len Braund, cricketer (great England all-rounder in 23 Tests 1901-08)
• 1877 - Florence Dahl Walrath, humanitarian, founded Cradle society
• 1878 - James Truslow Adams, historian (Pul-1921, Founding of New England)
• 1879 - Grzlegorz Fitelberg, composer
• 1889 - Fannie Hurst, novelist (Anatomy of Me)
• 1890 - [Agathe] Henriëtte [M de Beaufort], Dutch author (Rembrandt)
• 1891 - Vaclav Kalik, composer
• 1892 - Leo G Carroll, Weedon England, actor (Topper, Man From Uncle)
• 1893 - Roy Del Ruth, DE, director (About Face, Babe Ruth Story, Star Show)
• 1893 - Sidney Holland, NZ, PM of NZ (1949-57)
• 1894 - Tibor Déry, writer
• 1895 - Raymond Brulez, Flemish author (Appearance at Kallista)
• 1898 - George Cuzon, Amersham England, actor (Hooded Terror)
• 1898 - Lotte Lenya, Vienna Austria, actor/singer (Appointment, Semi-Tough)
• 1898 - Raymond Glenn, Frankfort KY, actor (Raisin in the Sun, Carmen Jones)
• 1898 - Shin'ichi Suzuki, composer
• 1901 - Vladimir Grigor'yevich Zakharov, composer
• 1902 - Miriam Hopkins, Bainbridge GA, actress (Becky Sharp, These Three)
• 1903 - Ambrose Thibodeaux, cajun accordionist
• 1903 - Emile Enthoven, composer
• 1905 - Felix Houphouet-Boigny, pres of Ivory coast (1960-93)
• 1906 - James Brooks, US mural painter (Acquisition of Long Island)
• 1906 - Sidney Kiescher Kingslei, playwright
• 1907 - Alexander Hardie Williamson, artist
• 1910 - Albertus "Bert" Botterman, actor (Bridge Too Far)
• 1910 - Vojislav Vuckovic, composer
• 1915 - Victor Sen Yung, SF Calif, actor (Hop Sing-Bonanza, Bachelor Family)
• 1916 - Peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire
• 1918 - Bobby Troup, Harrisburg Pa, pianist/actor (Emergency, Acapulco)
• 1918 - James Cameron Tudor, politician
• 1918 - Konstantinos Mitsottakis, premier of Greece (1990- )
• 1918 - Willem J "Molly" Geertsema, Dutch liberal/interior minister)
• 1919 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau, (L) 15th Canadian PM (1968-79, 1980-84)
• 1920 - Anita O'Day, vocalist/actress (Outfit, Zigzag, Jazz on a Summer Day)
• 1921 - Jesse Helms, (Sen-D/R-North Carolina, 1973- )
• 1922 - Camillo Togni, composer
• 1922 - Little Orphan Annie, comic strip character
• 1922 - Richard Stankiewicz, US sculptor (1974 Akston Award, 1966 Brandeis)
• 1923 - Suzanne Perlman, Hungarian/Dutch Antilian painter
• 1924 - Allyn Ferguson, San Jose Calif, orch leader (Andy Williams Show)
• 1924 - Egil Hovland, composer
• 1924 - Frank Liedel, [Leo van Assche], Flemish writer (Kaperbrief)
• 1925 - Melina Mercouri, Athens Greece, actress/politician (Never on a Sunday)
• 1925 - Wim van Gennep, Dutch singer/keyboardist (Heikrekels)
• 1926 - Chuck Berry, St Louis, rocker (Roll over Beethoven)
• 1926 - George C Scott, Wise Va, actor (Patton, Bible, Taps, Hardcore)
• 1926 - Klaus Kinski, [Nikolas Naksynski], Poland, actor (Little Drummer Girl)
• 1926 - Thomas Millar, historian
• 1927 - Ramesh Divecha, cricketer (eleven wickets for India in early 50's)
• 1928 - Keith Jackson, Carrolton Ga, sportscaster (ABC Monday Night Football)
• 1928 - R H "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer (century on Test debut for India)
• 1929 - Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, president of Nicaragua (1990- )
• 1930 - Frank Carlucci, National Security Adviser/Sec of Defense (1987-89)
• 1931 - Catharina I "Ien" Dales, Dutch Internal minister (1989-94)
• 1933 - Forrest Gregg, NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys)
• 1933 - Peter Boyle, Phila, actor (Joe, Candidate, Everybody Loves Raymond)
• 1934 - Inger Stevens, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Katy-Farmer's Daughter)
• 1935 - John B Coleman, Boston, hotel magnate (Ritz Carlton)
• 1935 - Jorge Cervello, composer
• 1938 - Ronnie Bright, rocker (Coasters)
• 1939 - Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin (JFK)
• 1939 - Mike Ditka, coach/tight-end (Bears, Cowboys, NFL rookie year 1961)
• 1942 - Willie Horton, baseball slugger (Detroit Tigers)
• 1943 - Russ Giguere, Portsmouth NH, rock guitarist/vocalist (Association)
• 1944 - Katherine Kurtz, UK, sci-fi author (Deryni Rising, Saint Camber)
• 1945 - Christopher Shays, (Rep-R-Connecticut)
• 1947 - Joe Morton, NYC, actor (Hal-Grady, Abel Marsh-Another World)
• 1947 - John Johnson, NBA (Seattle SuperSonic)
• 1947 - Laura Nyro, Bronx, singer/songwriter (Eli's Coming, Stoney End)
• 1947 - Luc Journet, Belgian physician (Order of Zonnetempel)
• 1948 - Isabel E Allen, biostatician
• 1949 - Gary Richrath, Peoria IL, rock guitarist (REO Speedwagon)
• 1950 - Merry Martin, Camden Mich, actress (Leslie-Peter Loves Mary)
• 1950 - Patrick L Swindall, (Rep-R-GA, 1985- )
• 1950 - Sheila White, London England, actress (I Claudius)
• 1951 - Pam Dawber, Detroit, actress (Mindy-Mork & Mindy, My Sister Sam)
• 1952 - Ketih Knudsen, Ames IA, rocker (Doobie Brothers)
• 1952 - Roy Dias, cricketer (pioneering Sri Lankan Test batsman)
• 1956 - Martina Navratilova, Revnice Czech, tennis (Wimbledon 1989,79,82-87)
• 1957 - Jon Lindstrom, Medford Ore, actor (Kevin Collins-General Hospital)
• 1958 - Hal Haenel, St Louis Mo, star yachter (Olympics-8th-1988, 92, 96)
• 1958 - James M Talent, (Rep-R-Missouri)
• 1958 - Jean-Claude Van Damme, Brussels Belgium, actor (Kickboxer, No Retreat)
• 1958 - Kjell Samuelsson, Tyngsryd Swe, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers)
• 1960 - Doug Lidster, Kamloops, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
• 1960 - Emily Arth, Evanston Ill, playmate (Jun, 1988)
• 1961 - Eric Jespersen, Port Alberni BC, star yachter (Olympics-bronze-92, 96)
• 1961 - Erin Moran, Burbank Calif, actress (Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi)
• 1961 - Gladstone Small, cricketer (in Barbados England quickie with no neck)
• 1961 - Wynton Marsalis, New Orleans La, jazz trumpeter (Grammy 1983)
• 1962 - Jody Anschutz, Minneapolis, LPGA golfer (1987 du Maurier Ltd Classic)
• 1962 - Vincent Spano, Brooklyn NY, actor (Alphabet City, Maria's Lovers)
• 1964 - Etsuko Inoue, Japan, tennis star
• 1964 - George Ferris, cricketer (Leewards fast bowler)
• 1965 - Fayette Purser, Sydney Australia, golfer (NSW State Rep 1987-88)
• 1966 - Alan Mills, Lakeland Florida, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles)
• 1966 - Angela Visser, Neth, Miss Universe (1989)
• 1966 - Denise Philbrick, LPGA golfer
• 1966 - Jerod Swallow, Ann Arbor Mich, dance skater (& Punsalan-1997 Natls)
• 1966 - Kristine Middeler, Felicity Oh, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-13th-1994)
• 1967 - Gary John Anderson, Wanganui NZ, cyclist (Olympics-96)
• 1968 - Denisa Szabova, Bratislava Czech, tennis star (1987 Futures-GER)
• 1968 - Michael Stich, Germany, tennis star
• 1968 - Narendra Hirwani, cricketer (Ind leggie 16 wickets v WI on debut 1988)
• 1968 - Stuart Law, cricketer (prolific Queensland batsman, Australia 1995)
• 1969 - Anthony Avent, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
• 1970 - Bob Kennedy, Bloomington Indiana, 5k runner
• 1970 - Camille Spitaleri, Mountain View Ca, female infielder (Silver Bullets)
• 1970 - Mark Schenning, Dutch soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
• 1970 - Shane Bonham, NFL defensive linesman (Detroit Lions)
• 1971 - Bob Whitfield, NFL tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1971 - Emmett Waldron, WLAF linebacker (Scottish Claymores)
• 1971 - Karen J McNenny, Missoula Montana, Miss Montana-America (1991)
• 1971 - Tammy Harris, Williamstown NY, Miss America-New York State (1997)
• 1972 - Angie Marzetta, Norfolk Virginia, female outfielder (Silver Bullets)
• 1972 - James Stream Thurmond Jr, son of US senator Strom Thurmond
• 1973 - Demetrious Maxie, CFL defensive end (Toronto Argonauts)
• 1973 - John Baldwin Jr, Dallas TX, figure skater (1996 SW Pacific Sr champ)
• 1975 - Rebeca Tamez, Miss Mexico Universe (1997)
• 1977 - Chris McKenna, Queens NY, actor (Joey-One Live to Live)
• 1981 - Richard Vuu, actor (Last Emperor)

Famous deaths on October 18 ..

• 0707 - John VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies
• 1216 - John, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies
• 1340 - Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies
• 1417 - Gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies
• 1459 - Jan of Heinsberg, bishop of Luik (1419-56), dies
• 1503 - Pius III, [Francesco Todeschini], Pope (9/22-10/18/1503), dies
• 1526 - Lucas Vazquez de Aylló, Spanish colonialist (settles SC), dies
• 1545 - John Taverner, English composer (Western Wynde), dies at about 55
• 1558 - Maria, queen of Hungary/guardian of Neth (1531-55), dies at 53
• 1562 - Petrus van Alcántara, Spanish Franciscan saint, dies
• 1589 - Adolf van Nieuwenaar & Meurs, viceroy of Utrecht, dies in battle
• 1634 - Pierre De La Barre, composer, dies at 42
• 1669 - Abraham Willaerts, painter (Brazilië), dies
• 1676 - Nathaniel Bacon, rallied against Virginian govt, killed at 29
• 1678 - Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, dies at 63
• 1678 - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok painter, dies at 85
• 1708 - Henry Van Nassau, stable master/fieldmarshal, dies at 67
• 1767 - Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer, dies at 45
• 1771 - Robert Praelisauer, composer, dies at 62
• 1788 - Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56
• 1817 - Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, opera composer (Chant du départ), dies at 54
• 1830 - Peter I Petrovic Njegos, bishop (Montenegro), dies
• 1832 - Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer, dies at 73
• 1839 - French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter, dies at 68
• 1862 - James Creighton, dies of rupture bladder from hitting HR on Oct 14th
• 1864 - David Bell Birney, US lawyer/Union general-major, dies at 39
• 1864 - Jacques François Gallay, composer, dies at 68
• 1865 - Lord Henry JT Palmerston, English min of Foreign affairs, dies at 80
• 1876 - Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85
• 1893 - Charles F Gounod, French composer (La reine the Saba), dies at 75
• 1893 - Lucy [Blackwell-]Stone, US abolitionist/feminist, dies
• 1898 - Jakov P Polonski, Russian poet (Stichotvorenija), dies at 78
• 1909 - Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (La rivolta ideal), dies
• 1910 - Thaddäus Robl, German bicyclist (world record), dies
• 1931 - Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84
• 1938 - Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies
• 1940 - Suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65
• 1941 - Dirk Fock, governor-general van/of Neth-Indies 1921-6, dies at 83
• 1943 - Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55
• 1943 - Benedictus H Dancer, botanist, dies at 52
• 1948 - [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal, dies
• 1953 - Douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57
• 1953 - Federico Gerdes, composer, dies at 80
• 1955 - José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72
• 1963 - Claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68
• 1965 - Frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73
• 1965 - Henry Travers, actor (Bells of St Mary, High Sierra), dies at 91
• 1966 - Bill Nestell, US actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73
• 1968 - Lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70
• 1972 - Ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies
• 1973 - Crane Wilbur, dir/writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo), dies at 86
• 1973 - Frank Knight, TV announcer (Chronoscope), dies at 79
• 1973 - Walt Kelly, US comic strip artist (Pogo), dies at 60
• 1975 - Al Lettieri, actor (Beautiful but Deadly, Don is Dead), dies at 47
• 1977 - Rolph Grant, cricketer (West Indian capt on 1939 England tour), dies
• 1978 - Frank Woolley, cricketer (58,969 1st-class runs), dies
• 1978 - Jacques Mornard, [Ramón Mercader], murderer of Trotsky, dies at 64
• 1982 - Bess Truman, 1st lady (1945-53), dies in Independence, Mo at 97
• 1982 - Maurice Gilliams, Flemish literary (Sources of Insomnia), dies at 82
• 1982 - Pierre Mendès-France, premier France (1954-55), dies
• 1983 - 19/10? Albert "Carel" Willink, painter: magic(al)-realism, dies at 83
• 1983 - Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies
• 1984 - Florence Rinard, TV panelist (20 Questions), dies at 82
• 1984 - Jon-Erik Hexum, actor (Bear), dies by a gun loaded with blanks at 26
• 1985 - Benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc'er, hanged at 30
• 1987 - Theodore Brameld, author (Use of Explosive Ideas), dies at 83
• 1988 - Dimitri Frenkel Frank, writer/director (Hadimassa), dies at 60
• 1993 - Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered at 63
• 1993 - Lois Kibbee, actress (Edge of Night), dies of brain tumor at 71
• 1993 - Smail Yefsah, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 31
• 1994 - Lee Allen, saxophonist, dies at 68
• 1994 - Richard A Garland, artist photographer, dies at 60
• 1994 - WIlliam Faure, producer, dies at 45
• 1995 - Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, lawyer, dies at 67
• 1995 - Bryan Johnson, singer/actor, dies at 69
• 1995 - Iri Maruki, artist, dies at 94
• 1995 - John Gardener, boatbuilder/writer, dies at 90
• 1995 - Thomas Lyttle, paramilitary, dies at 56
• 1996 - Guiseppe Panini, industrialist, dies at 71
• 1996 - Hugh Willatt, solicitor/public servant, dies at 91
• 1997 - Bill Rotsler, cartoonist/writer, dies of cancer at 62
• 1997 - Nancy Dickerson, 1st female news correspondent (CBS), dies at 70
• 1997 - Roberto C Goizueta, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies of lung cancer at 65