- 454 - Roman Emperor Valentinian III assassinates Aëtius in his own throne room.
- 1217 - An Estonian tribal leader Lembitu Of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights .
- ian army under the command of Sir John Cope is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
- 1765 - Antoine De Beauterne announces he had killed the Beast Of Gévaudan , but was later proved wrong by more attacks.
- gives the British the plans to West Point .
- 1792 - The French National Convention votes to abolish the Monarchy .
- 1827 - According to Joseph Smith, Jr. , the Angel Moroni gave him a record of gold plates, one-third of which Joseph translated into '' The Book Of Mormon ''.
- 1860 - In the Second Opium War , an Anglo - French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle Of Baliqiao .
- 1896 - British force under Horatio Kitchener takes Dongola in the Sudan .
- 1897 - The " Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus " letter is published in the '' New York Sun .''
- 1898 - Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China .
- 1921 - Oppau Explosion , a Storage Silo at a fertilizer producing plant exploded in Oppau , Germany , 500—600 killed.
- 1937 - J. R. R. Tolkien's '' The Hobbit '' is published.
- 1938 - The Great Hurricane Of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York . The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.
- 1939 - Romania n Prime Minister Armand Calinescu is assassinated by pro- Nazi members of the Iron Guard .
- 1942 - On Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur , Nazis sent over 1.000 Jews of Pidhaytsi (west Ukraine ) to Belzec Extermination Camp .
- 1942 - On the end of , Janów Podlaski , Rossosz , Terespol , and 3 more.
- 1942 - In Dunaivtsi , Ukraine , Nazis murder 2588 Jews .
- 1942 - The B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
- 1950 - George Marshall sworn in as the 3rd Secretary Of Defense Of United States .
- 1964 - Malta becomes independent from the United Kingdom .
- 1964 - The North American XB-70 Valkyrie , the world's first Mach 3 bomber, made its maiden flight from Palmdale, California .
- 1965 - Singapore admitted as a part of the United Nations.
- 1970 - The Cleveland Browns beat the New York Jets at Cleveland Municipal Stadium 31-20 on the first edition of Monday Night Football .
- 1970 - New York Times starts first modern Op-ed page.
- 1972 - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos signs Proclamation No. 1081 placing the entire country under Martial Law .
- 1976 - Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He was a member of the Chilean socialist government of Salvador Allende , overthrown in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet.
- 1979 - Two RAF Hawker Siddeley Harrier jump-jets from RAF Wittering collide over the UK . Both pilots ejected safely. One of the jets broke up in midair and fell harmlessly into a field but the other dropped onto the centre of Wisbech in Cambridgeshire , destroying two houses and a bungalow. Several people were injured in the accident - including a mother and her baby - and three people were killed.
- 1981 - Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom .
- 1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female supreme court justice.
- 1989 - Hurricane Hugo makes landfall in the U.S. state of South Carolina .
- 1991 - Armenia is granted independence from Soviet Union .
- 1993 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends Parliament and scraps the then-functioning constitution, thus triggering the Russian Constitutional Crisis Of 1993 .
- 1995 - The Hindu Milk Miracle occurs, in which statues of the Hindu God Ganesh began drinking milk when spoonfuls were placed near their mouths.
- 1999 - Chi-Chi Earthquake occurs in central Taiwan , leaving about 2,400 people dead.
- 2001 - '' Deep Space 1 '' flies within 2,200 km of Comet Borrelly .
- 2001 - AZF chemical plant explodes in Toulouse , France , killing 29 people.
- 2003 - '' Galileo '' mission terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter 's atmosphere, where it is crushed by the pressure at the lower altitudes.
- 2004 - The Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War and the Maoist Communist Centre Of India merge to form the Communist Party Of India (Maoist) .
- 1328 - Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398 )
- 1411 - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke Of York , claimant to the English throne (d. 1460 )
- 1415 - Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1493 )
- 1428 - Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457 )
- 1452 - Girolamo Savonarola , Dominican priest and ruler of Florence (d. 1498 )
- 1629 - Philip Cardinal Howard , English Catholic cardinal (d. 1694 )
- 1645 - Louis Joliet , Canadian explorer (d. 1700 )
- 1756 - John MacAdam , Scottish engineer and road-builder (d. 1836 )
- 1760 - Ivan Dmitriev , Russian statesman (d. 1837 )
- 1840 - Murad V , Ottoman Sultan (d. 1904 )
- 1842 - Abd-ul-Hamid II , Ottoman Sultan (d. 1918 )
- 1849 - Maurice Barrymore , India n-born Patriarch of the Barrymore Family (d. 1905 )
- 1853 - Heike Kamerlingh Onnes , Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926 )
- 1863 - John Bunny , American film comedian (d. 1915 )
- 1866 - H. G. Wells , English writer (d. 1946 )
- 1866 - Charles Nicolle , French bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1936 )
- 1873 - Papa Jack Laine , American musician (d. 1966 )
- 1874 - Gustav Holst , English composer (d. 1934 )
- 1895 - Sergei Yesenin , Russian poet (d. 1925 )
- 1899 - Frederick Coutts , the 8th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1986 )
- 1902 - Luis Cernuda , Spanish poet (d. 1963 )
- 1902 - Sir Allen Lane , British founder of Penguin Books (d. 1970 )
- 1906 - Henry Beachell , American plant breeder
- 1912 - Chuck Jones , American animator (d. 2002 )
- 1912 - György Sándor , Hungarian pianist (d. 2005 )
- 1917 - Phyllis Nicolson , British mathematician (d. 1968 )
- 1918 - John Gofman , American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate (d. 2007 )
- 1919 - Mario Bunge , Argentine philosopher and physicist
- 1919 - Fazlur Rahman , Pakistani scholar (d. 1988 )
- 1926 - Donald A. Glaser , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1929 - Bernard Williams , English philosopher (d. 2003 )
- 1929 - Sándor Kocsis , Hungarian footballer (d. 1979 )
- 1931 - Larry Hagman , American actor
- 1933 - Dick Simon , American racing driver
- 1934 - Leonard Cohen , Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1935 - Henry Gibson , American actor
- 1936 - Yuriy Luzhkov , Russian politician, mayor of Moscow
- 1938 - Doug Moe , American basketball player and coach
- 1940 - Bill Kurtis , American television journalist
- 1941 - R. James Woolsey, Jr. , CIA director
- 1941 - Jack Brisco , American professional wrestler
- 1944 - Fannie Flagg , American actress and novelist
- 1944 - Hamilton Jordan , President Carter 's original chief of staff
- 1945 - Jerry Bruckheimer , American film and television producer
- 1945 - Richard Childress , NASCAR team owner
- 1945 - Shaw Clifton , the 18th General of The Salvation Army
- 1946 - Moritz Leuenberger , Swiss Federal Councilor
- 1947 - Stephen King , American author
- 1947 - Marsha Norman , American playwright
- 1947 - Don Felder , American guitarist ( Eagles )
- 1949 - Artis Gilmore , American basketball player
- 1950 - Charles Clarke , British politician
- 1950 - Bill Murray , American actor
- 1951 - Bruce Arena , American soccer coach
- 1951 - Aslan Maskhadov , Chechen rebel leader (d. 2005 )
- 1952 - Anneliese Michel , Exorcism victim, known from the movie The Exorcism Of Emily Rose (d. 1972 )
- 1953 - Arie Luyendyk , Dutch race car driver
- 1954 - Shinzo Abe , Prime Minister of Japan
- 1954 - Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor , British musician ( Motörhead )
- 1955 - Mika Kaurismäki , Finnish director
- 1955 - Richard Hieb , American astronaut
- 1956 - Jack Givens , American basketball player
- 1956 - Marta Kauffman , American television producer
- 1957 - Ethan Coen , American film director
- 1957 - Kevin Rudd , Australian Labor Party leader
- 1957 - Sidney Moncrief , American basketball player
- 1958 - Bruno Fitoussi , French poker player
- 1959 - Dave Coulier , American actor
- 1959 - Danny Cox , baseball player
- 1959 - Corinne Drewery , British singer ( Swing Out Sister )
- 1960 - David James Elliott , Canadian actor
- 1961 - Húbert Nói , Icelandic artist
- 1961 - Nancy Travis , American actress
- 1962 - Rob Morrow , American actor
- 1963 - Angus Macfadyen , Scottish actor
- 1963 - Curtly Ambrose , West Indian cricketer
- 1963 - Cecil Fielder , baseball player
- 1965 - Cheryl Hines , American actress
- 1965 - David Wenham , Australian actor
- 1967 - Faith Hill , American singer
- 1967 - Tyler Stewart , Canadian drummer ( Barenaked Ladies )
- 1968 - Ricki Lake , American actress and talk show hostess
- 1969 - Jason Christiansen , baseball player
- 1970 - John Cudia , American actor
- 1971 - John Crawley , English cricketer
- 1971 - Luke Wilson , American actor
- 1971 - Alfonso Ribeiro , Dominican-born actor
- 1972 - Liam Gallagher , British singer ( Oasis )
- 1972 - Jon Kitna , American football player
- 1972 - David Silveria , American drummer ( KoЯn )
- 1973 - Oswaldo Sanchez , Mexican footballer
- 1974 - Andy Todd , English footballer
- 1974 - Jana Kandarr , German professional tennis player
- 1975 - Doug Davis , American baseball player
- 1976 - Poul Hübertz , Danish footballer
- 1976 - Jonas Bjerre , Danish singer and guitarist ( Mew )
- 1977 - Brian Tallet , American baseball player
- 1978 - Doug Howlett , Professional New Zealand Rugby Union Player
- 1979 - Richard Dunne , Irish footballer
- 1979 - Chris Gayle , West Indian cricketer
- 1979 - Julian Gray , English footballer
- 1980 - Kareena Kapoor , Indian actress
- 1980 - Tomas Scheckter , South African racing driver
- 1980 - Autumn Reeser , American actress
- 1980 - Aleksa Palladino , Canadian actress
- 1980 - Robert Hoffman (actor) , American Actor
- 1981 - Nicole Richie , American socialite
- 1981 - Meilinda Soerjoko , Indonesian-Australian actress
- 1982 - Danny Kass , American snowboarder
- 1982 - Rowan Vine , English footballer
- 1982 - Eduardo Azevedo , Brazilian racing driver
- 1983 - Maggie Grace , American actress
- 1983 - Anna Meares , Australian cyclist
- 1983 - Joseph Mazzello , American actor
- 1985 - Maryam Hassouni , Dutch actor
- 1987 - Jimmy Clausen , American college football player
- 1987 - Ashley Paris , American basketball player
- 1987 - Courtney Paris , American basketball player
- 1990 - Christian Serratos , American actress
- 1991 - Jordan Hasay , American track & field athlete
- 1991 - Zoe Weizenbaum , American actress
- 1998 - Brino Quadruplets , American actor/actresses
- 19 BC - Virgil , Roman poet (b. 70 BC )
- 454 - Aëtius , Roman general (bc. 396 )
- 1217 - Lembitu Of Lehola , Estonian soldier
- 1327 - King Edward II Of England (b. 1284 )
- 1397 - Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl Of Arundel , English military leader (executed) (b. 1346 )
- 1542 - Juan Boscán Almogáver , Spanish poet
- 1558 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1500 )
- 1576 - Gerolamo Cardano , Italian mathematician (b. 1501 )
- 1586 - Antoine Perrenot De Granvelle , French church leader (b. 1517 )
- 1626 - François De Bonne, Duc De Lesdiguières , Constable of France (b. 1543 )
- 1719 - Johann Heinrich Acker , German writer (b. 1647 )
- 1743 - Jai Singh II , King of Amber-Juiper (b. 1688 )
- 1748 - John Balguy , English philosopher (b. 1686 )
- 1796 - François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers , French general (b. 1769 )
- 1798 - George Read , American lawyer and signer of the Declaration Of Independence (b. 1733 )
- 1832 - Sir Walter Scott , Scottish writer (b. 1771 )
- 1860 - Arthur Schopenhauer , German philosopher (b. 1788 )
- 1874 - Jean-Baptiste Élie De Beaumont , French geologist (b. 1794 )
- 1897 - Wilhelm Wattenbach , German historian (b. 1819 )
- 1904 - Chief Joseph , Nez Perce leader (b. 1840 )
- 1906 - Samuel Arnold , Lincoln conspirator (b. 1838 )
- 1926 - Leon Charles Thevenin , French telegraph engineer (b. 1857 )
- 1938 - Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic Croatian writer (b. 1874 )
- 1939 - Armand Călinescu Romanian prime-minister (assassinated) (b. 1893 )
- 1954 - Kokichi Mikimoto , Japanese inventor (b. 1858 )
- 1957 - King Haakon VII Of Norway (b. 1872 )
- 1963 - Paulino Masip , Spanish playwright (b. 1899 )
- 1966 - Paul Reynaud , French politician (b. 1878 )
- 1971 - Bernardo Houssay , Argentine physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887 )
- 1972 - Henry De Montherlant , French writer (b. 1896 )
- 1974 - Walter Brennan , American actor (b. 1894 )
- 1974 - Jacqueline Susann , American novelist (b. 1918 )
- 1976 - Orlando Letelier , Chilean diplomat (b. 1932 )
- 1982 - Hovhannes Bagramyan (b. 1897 )
- 1985 - Gu Long , Taiwanese writer of Wuxia novels (b. 1937 )
- 1987 - Jaco Pastorius , American bassist (b. 1951 )
- 1988 - Glenn Robert Davis , member of United States Congress (b. 1914 )
- 1995 - Rudy Perpich , American politician (b. 1928 )
- 1998 - Florence Griffith Joyner , American athlete (b. 1959 )
- 2000 - Bryan Smith , Man who ran over Stephen King (b. 1957 )
- 2002 - Robert L. Forward , American physicist and writer (b. 1932 )
- 2004 - Barry Noble Wakeman , American naturalist and educator (b. 1939 )
- 2004 - Bob Mason , British actor (b. 1952 )
- 2006 - Boz Burrell , English rock musician (b. 1946 )
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