October 24 leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 68 days remaining until the end of the year.
69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum , forces under Antonius Primus, the commander of the Danube armies, loyal to Vespasian , defeat the forces of Emperor Vitellius .
1260 - The spectacular Cathedral of Chartres is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France ; the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site .
1260 - Saif ad-Din Qutuz , Mamluk sultan of Egypt , is assassinated by Baibars , who seizes power for himself.
1360 - The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais , marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War .
1593 - Alleged teleportation of Gil Perez .
1648 - The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War .
1795 - Partitions of Poland : The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is completely divided between Austria , Prussia and Russia
1812 - Napoleonic Wars : The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow .
1857 - Sheffield F.C. , the world's first football club, is founded in Sheffield , England .
1861 - The First Transcontinental Telegraph line across the United States is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old Pony Express .
1901 - Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
1911 - Orville Wright remained in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills setting a new world record that stood for 10 years. [1]
1912 - First Balkan War : The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory.
1917 - Battle of Caporetto starts on the Austro -Italian front of World War I
1917 - The day of the October revolution , The Red Revolution.
1926 - Harry Houdini 's last performance, which was at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit , Michigan .
1929 - "Black Thursday " stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange .
1930 - A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ousts Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa , the last President of the First Republic . Getúlio Dornelles Vargas is then installed as "provisional president."
1931 - The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic.
1935 - Italy invades Ethiopia
1944 - World War II : The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku Musashi are sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf .
1945 - Founding of the United Nations
1947 - Walt Disney testifies to the House Un-American Activities Committee , naming Disney employees he believes to be communists .
1954 - Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam
1957 - The USAF starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar program.
1960 - Nedelin catastrophe : An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Soviet Union 's Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing over 100. Among the dead is Field Marshall Mitrofan Nedelin , whose death is reported to have occurred in a plane crash
1964 - Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes the Republic of Zambia (Southern Rhodesia remained a colony)
1973 - Yom Kippur War ends
1977 - Veterans Day is observed on the fourth Monday in October for the seventh and last time. (The holiday is once again observed on November 11 beginning the following year.)
1980 - Government of Poland legalises Solidarity trade union
1986 - Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing on an El Al flight at Heathrow . After the verdict, the United Kingdom breaks diplomatic relations with Syria , claiming that Hindawi was helped by Syrian officials.
1990 - Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio , the Italian "stay-behind " clandestine paramilitary NATO army.
1995 - A total solar eclipse is visible from Iran, India, Thailand, and SE Asia. [2]
1998 - Launch of Deep Space 1 comet /asteroid mission
2002 - Police arrest spree killers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo , ending the Beltway sniper attacks in the area around Washington .
2003 - Concorde makes its last commercial flight .
2006 - Justice Rutherford of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice struck down the "motive clause", an important part of the Canadian Anti-Terrorism Act .
51 - Domitian , Roman Emperor (d. 96 )
1378 - David Stewart , heir to the throne of Scotland (d. 1402 )
1632 - Anton van Leeuwenhoek , Dutch microbiologist (d. 1723 )
1675 - Richard Temple , English soldier and politician (d. 1749 )
1710 - Alban Butler , English Catholic priest and writer (d. 1773 )
1763 - Dorothea von Schlegel , German novelist (d. 1839 )
1788 - Sarah Hale , American poet (d. 1879 )
1804 - Wilhelm Eduard Weber , German physicist (d. 1891 )
1811 - Ferdinand Hiller , German composer (d. 1885 )
1854 - Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom , Dutch chemist (d. 1907 )
1855 - James S. Sherman , Vice President of the United States (d. 1912 )
1857 - Ned Williamson , American baseball player (d. 1894 )
1868 - Alexandra David-Néel , French explorer and writer (d. 1969 )
1872 - Peter O'Connor , Irish athlete (d. 1957 )
1875 - Konstantin Yuon , Russian painter (d. 1958 )
1882 - Dame Sybil Thorndike , British actress (d. 1976 )
1887 - Octave Lapize , French cyclist (d. 1917 )
1887 - Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg , Queen of Spain (d. 1969 )
1891 - Rafael Molina-Trujillo , President of the Dominican Republic (d. 1961 )
1901 - Gilda Gray , Polish-born American actress and dancer (d. 1959 )
1903 - Melvin Purvis , American FBI agent (d. 1960 )
1904 - Moss Hart , American dramatist (d. 1961 )
1906 - Alexander Gelfond , Russian mathematician (d. 1968 )
1909 - Bill Carr , American athlete (d. 1966 )
1911 - Sonny Terry , American blues musician (d. 1986 )
1911 - Paul Grégoire , French Canadian archbishop of Montreal (d. 1993 )
1913 - Tito Gobbi , Italian baritone (d. 1984 )
1915 - Bob Kane , American cartoonist (d. 1998 )
1915 - Roger Milliken , American millionaire
1920 - Marcel-Paul Schützenberger , French mathematician (d. 1996 )
1923 - Denise Levertov , English-born poet (d. 1997 )
1925 - Luciano Berio , Italian composer (d. 2003 )
1926 - Y. A. Tittle , American football player
1927 - Jean-Claude Pascal , French singer and actor (d. 1992 )
1927 - Gilbert Bécaud , French composer and actor (d. 2001 )
1929 - George Crumb , American composer
1929 - Yordan Radichkov , Bulgarian writer (d. 2004 )
1929 - Hubert Aquin , French-Canadian novelist and activist (d. 1977 )
1930 - The Big Bopper , American singer (d. 1959 )
1930 - Johan Galtung , Norwegian peace researcher
1930 - Sultan Ahmad Shah , King of Malaysia
1931 - Sofia Gubaidulina , Russian composer
1932 - Pierre-Gilles de Gennes , French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007 )
1932 - Robert Mundell , Canadian economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 - Ronald and Reginald Kray , British gangsters (Ronald d. 1995 ; Reginald d. 2000 )
1933 - Norman Rush , American writer
1935 - Malcolm Bilson , American pianist and music professor
1936 - Bill Wyman , English musician (The Rolling Stones )
1937 - Santo Farina , American musician and composer (Santo & Johnny )
1939 - F. Murray Abraham , American actor
1940 - Martin Campbell , New Zealand film director
1941 - William H. Dobelle , American biomedical engineer
1944 - Viktor Prokopenko , Ukranian footballer and coach (d. 2007 )
1945 - Anthony Christian , English artist
1945 - Gérald Larose , Quebec labour union executive
1946 - Jerry Edmonton , Canadian drummer (d. 1993 ) (Steppenwolf )
1947 - Kevin Kline , American actor
1948 - Paul and Barry Ryan , British composers-singers
1948 - Kweisi Mfume , American politician and activist
1949 - Robert Pickton , Canadian charged with the first degree murder of twenty-six women
1950 - Steven Greenberg , American composer
1950 - Rawly Eastwick , American baseball player
1954 - Brad Sherman , American politician
1954 - Thomas J. Mulcair , Quebec politician
1954 - Mike Rounds , American politician
1954 - Jozef Ráž , Slovak musician
1956 - Dale Maharidge , American author
1957 - Ron Gardenhire , German-born American baseball manager
1957 - John Kassir , American actor and comedian
1960 - Ian Baker-Finch , Australian golfer
1960 - Jaime Garzón , Colombian journalist and comedian (d. 1999 )
1961 - Mary Bono , American politician
1961 - Dave Meltzer , American wrestling journalist
1962 - B.D. Wong , American actor
1962 - Dave Blaney , American race car driver
1966 - Roman Abramovich , Russian oil magnate
1967 - Jacqueline McKenzie , Australian actress
1968 - Robert Wilonsky , American journalist
1969 - Adela Noriega , Mexican actress
1971 - Dervla Kirwan , Irish actress
1971 - Caprice Bourret , American model and actress
1972 - Scott Peterson , American murderer
1972 - Pat Williams , American football player
1973 - Levi Leipheimer , American cyclist
1973 - Madlib , American musician and rapper
1973 - Mike Matthews , American baseball player
1973 - Jackie McNamara , Scottish footballer
1973 - Jeff Wilson , New Zealand rugby player
1974 - Wilton Guerrero , Dominican baseball player
1974 - Corey Dillon , American football player
1975 - Juan Pablo Ángel , Colombian footballer
1976 - Petar Stoychev , Bulgarian swimmer
1977 - Iván Kaviedes , Ecuadoran footballer
1978 - Carlos Edwards , Trinidadian footballer
1978 - Justin Lee Brannan , American musician
1979 - Ben Gillies , Australian musician (Silverchair )
1980 - James Killian , American football player
1980 - Monica , American singer
1980 - Matthew Amoah , Ghanaian footballer
1980 - Zac Posen , American fashion designer
1981 - Mallika Sherawat , Indian actress
1981 - Tila Tequila , American model
1982 - Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy , Malaysian racing driver
1983 - Brian Vickers , American race car driver
1983 - Adrienne Bailon , American actress and singer
1984 - Kaela Kimura , Japanese model and singer
1984 - Kim Orven Narciso , Filipino Software Engineer
1985 - Wayne Rooney , English footballer
1986 - Aubrey Graham , Canadian actor and rapper
1986 - John Ruddy , English footballer
1987 - Charlie White , American ice dancer
1987 - Anthony Vanden Borre , Belgian footballer
1987 - Lincoln Lewis , Australian actor
1989 - Eliza Taylor-Cotter , Australian actress
996 - King Hugh Capet of France (b. 938 )
1260 - Saif ad-Din Qutuz , Mamluk sultan of Egypt
1375 - King Valdemar IV of Denmark (bc. 1320 )
1537 - Jane Seymour , third wife of Henry VIII of England
1572 - Edward Stanley , English politician (bc. 1508 )
1601 - Tycho Brahe , Danish astronomer (b. 1546 )
1655 - Pierre Gassendi , French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (b. 1592 )
1669 - William Prynne , English Puritan leader (b. 1600 )
1672 - John Webb , English architect (b. 1611 )
1708 - Kowa Seki , Japanese mathematician
1725 - Alessandro Scarlatti , Italian composer (b. 1660 )
1799 - Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf , Austrian composer (b. 1739 )
1821 - Elias Boudinot , American President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740 )
1852 - Daniel Webster , American lawyer and politician (b. 1782 )
1898 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes , French painter (b. 1824 )
1912 - Mykola Lysenko , Ukrainian composer (b. 1842 )
1915 - Désiré Charnay , French archaeologist (b. 1828 )
1922 - George Cadbury , British chocolate and cocoa manufacturer (b. 1839 )
1935 - Dutch Schultz , American gangster (b. 1902 )
1938 - Ernst Barlach , German sculptor (b. 1870 )
1943 - Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau , French Canadian poet (b. 1912 )
1944 - Louis Renault , French automobile manufacturer (b. 1877 )
1945 - Vidkun Quisling , Norwegian traitor (executed) (b. 1887 )
1948 - Franz Lehár , Austrian composer (b. 1870 )
1957 - Christian Dior , French fashion designer (b. 1905 )
1966 - Sofya Yanovskaya , Russian mathematician (b. 1896 )
1971 - Carl Ruggles , American composer (b. 1876 )
1972 - Jackie Robinson , baseball player (b. 1919 )
1972 - Claire Windsor , American actress (b. 1897 )
1974 - David Oistrakh , Ukrainian violinist (b. 1908 )
1975 - Zdzisław Żygulski , Polish literary historian (b. 1888 )
1985 - Maurice Roy , Archbishop of Quebec , (b. 1905 )
1991 - Gene Roddenberry , American television producer (b. 1921 )
1994 - Raúl Juliá , Puerto Rican actor (b. 1940 )
1997 - Don Messick , American voice actor (b. 1926 )
2001 - Wolf Rüdiger Hess , German neo-Nazi (b. 1937 )
2002 - Winton M. Blount , United States Postmaster General (b. 1921 )
2002 - Harry Hay , American activist (b. 1912 )
2004 - Randy Dorton , American race car crew member (b. 1954 )
2004 - Ricky Hendrick , American race car team owner (b. 1980 )
2004 - James Cardinal Hickey , American Catholic archbishop (b. 1920 )
2005 - José Azcona del Hoyo , President of Honduras (b. 1926 )
2005 - Robert Sloman , writer (b. 1926 )
2005 - Rosa Parks , American civil rights activist (b. 1913 )
2005 - Immanuel C.Y. Hsu , scholar of modern Chinese intellectual and diplomatic history (b. 1923 )
2005 - Mokarrameh Ghanbari , Iranian painter (b. 1928 )
2006 - Enolia McMillan , American civil rights activist (b. 1904 )
2006 - William Montgomery Watt , Islamic studies scholar, orientalist and historian (b. 1909 )
2007 - Petr Eben , Czech organ composer (b. 1929)
2007 - Alisher Saipov , Kyrgyz journalist
2007 - Ian Middleton , New Zealand novelist (b. 1928 )
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