October 6

Events

• 105 BC - Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio accelerates the Marian reforms of the Roman army.
• 69 BC - Third Mithridatic War: Forces of the Roman Republic subdue Armenia.
• AD 23 - Rebels decapitate Wang Mang two days after his capital was sacked during a peasant rebellion.
• 404 - Byzantine Empress Eudoxia dies from the miscarriage of her seventh and last pregnancy.
• 618 - Transition from Sui to Tang: Wang Shichong decisively defeats Li Mi at the Battle of Yanshi.
• 1539 - Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters.
• 1600 - Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period.
• 1683 - Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America.
• 1762 - Seven Years' War: The British Capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.
• 1777 - American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
• 1789 - French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.
• 1849 - The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.
• 1854 - In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
• 1884 - The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
• 1898 - Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
• 1903 - The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
• 1908 - The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 1910 - Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
• 1923 - The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
• 1927 - Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
• 1939 - World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
• 1942 - World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal.
• 1943 - World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete.
• 1944 - World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass.
• 1973 - Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War.
• 1976 - Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group.
• 1976 - Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China.
• 1976 - Dozens are killed by the Thai army in the Thammasat University massacre.
• 1977 - The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
• 1979 - Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
• 1981 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
• 1985 - Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
• 1987 - Fiji becomes a republic.
• 1995 - The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered.
• 2007 - Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth.
• 2010 - Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded.

  Births

• 649 - Yuknoom Yichʼaak Kʼahkʼ
• 1289 - Wenceslaus III of Bohemia
• 1459 - Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer
• 1510 - John Caius, English physician and academic, co-founded the Gonville and Caius College
• 1510 - Rowland Taylor, English priest and martyr
• 1552 - Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and missionary
• 1555 - Ferenc Nádasdy, Hungarian noble
• 1565 - Marie de Gournay, French writer
• 1573 - Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
• 1576 - Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland
• 1591 - Settimia Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter
• 1610 - Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French general
• 1626 - Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer
• 1716 - George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
• 1729 - Sarah Crosby, English preacher, the first female Methodist preacher
• 1732 - John Broadwood, Scottish businessman, co-founded John Broadwood and Sons
• 1738 - Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria
• 1742 - Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright
• 1744 - James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University
• 1767 - Henri Christophe, Grenadian-Haitian king
• 1769 - Isaac Brock, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
• 1773 - John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic
• 1773 - Louis Philippe I of France
• 1801 - Hippolyte Carnot, French politician
• 1803 - Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Polish-German physicist and meteorologist
• 1820 - James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh
• 1820 - Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano and actress
• 1831 - Richard Dedekind, German mathematician and philosopher
• 1838 - Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian soldier, poet, and author
• 1846 - George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company
• 1862 - Albert J. Beveridge, American historian and politician
• 1866 - Reginald Fessenden, Canadian engineer and academic, invented radiotelephony
• 1874 - Frank G. Allen, American merchant and politician, 51st Governor of Massachusetts
• 1876 - Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice
• 1882 - Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer
• 1886 - Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor
• 1887 - Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy
• 1888 - Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot
• 1891 - Hendrik Adamson, Estonian poet and educator
• 1893 - Meghnad Saha, Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
• 1895 - Caroline Gordon, American author and critic
• 1896 - David Howard, American film director
• 1897 - Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist and academic
• 1900 - Vivion Brewer, American activist and desegregationist
• 1900 - Willy Merkl, German mountaineer
• 1900 - Stan Nichols, English cricketer
• 1901 - Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, German-Brazilian zoologist and academic
• 1903 - Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1905 - Helen Wills, American tennis player and painter
• 1906 - Janet Gaynor, American actress
• 1906 - Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach
• 1908 - Carole Lombard, American actress
• 1908 - Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic
• 1910 - Barbara Castle, English journalist and politician, First Secretary of State
• 1910 - Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer
• 1912 - Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician
• 1913 - Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter and photographer
• 1914 - Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnographer and explorer
• 1914 - Joan Littlewood, English director and playwright
• 1915 - Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and activist
• 1915 - Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal
• 1915 - Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress
• 1916 - Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general
• 1917 - Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist
• 1918 - Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
• 1918 - André Pilette, French-Belgian race car driver
• 1919 - Siad Barre, Somalian general and politician, later president
• 1919 - Tommy Lawton, English footballer and coach
• 1920 - John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, English lawyer and judge
• 1921 - Evgenii Landis, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist
• 1921 - Joseph Lowery, American minister and activist
• 1922 - Joe Frazier, American baseball player and manager
• 1922 - Teala Loring, American actress
• 1923 - Robert Kuok, Malaysian Chinese business magnate and investor
• 1923 - Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author
• 1925 - Shana Alexander, American journalist and author
• 1927 - Bill King, American sportscaster
• 1928 - Barbara Werle, American actress and singer
• 1929 - George Mattos, American pole vaulter
• 1930 - Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria
• 1930 - Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1931 - Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer
• 1931 - Eileen Derbyshire, English actress
• 1931 - Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933 - Prince Mukarram Jah, Titular Nizam of Hyderabad State
• 1934 - Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author
• 1935 - Bruno Sammartino, Italian-American wrestler and trainer
• 1936 - Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer, educator, and activist
• 1938 - Serge Nubret, Caribbean-French bodybuilder and actor
• 1939 - Melvyn Bragg, English journalist, author, and academic
• 1939 - Jack Cullen, American baseball player
• 1939 - Richard Delgado, American lawyer and academic
• 1939 - Sheila Greibach, American computer scientist and academic
• 1939 - John J. LaFalce, American captain, lawyer, and politician
• 1940 - Jan Keizer, Dutch footballer and referee
• 1940 - Ellen Travolta, American actress
• 1941 - Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis
• 1942 - Dan Christensen, American painter
• 1942 - Britt Ekland, Swedish actress and singer
• 1942 - Fred Travalena, American comedian and actor
• 1943 - Richard Caborn, English engineer and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
• 1943 - Peter Dowding, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Western Australia
• 1943 - Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
• 1943 - Cees Veerman, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 - Merzak Allouache, Algerian director and screenwriter
• 1944 - Patrick Cordingley, English general
• 1944 - Boris Mikhailov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
• 1944 - Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver
• 1945 - Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 - Lloyd Doggett, American lawyer and politician
• 1946 - Tony Greig, South African-English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1946 - John Monie, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1946 - Millie Small, Jamaican singer-songwriter
• 1946 - Eddie Villanueva, Filipino evangelist and politician, founded the ZOE Broadcasting Network
• 1946 - Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician
• 1947 - Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor
• 1947 - Klaus Dibiasi, Italian diver
• 1948 - Gerry Adams, Irish republican politician
• 1948 - Glenn Branca, American guitarist and composer
• 1949 - Lonnie Johnson, American inventor
• 1949 - Penny Junor, English journalist and author
• 1949 - Thomas McClary, American R&B singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 - Leslie Moonves, American businessman
• 1949 - Nicolas Peyrac, French singer-songwriter and photographer
• 1950 - David Brin, American physicist and author
• 1951 - Kevin Cronin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1951 - Clive Rees, Singaporean-Welsh rugby player and educator
• 1951 - Gavin Sutherland, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1951 - Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver
• 1952 - Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and author
• 1953 - Rein Rannap, Estonian pianist and composer
• 1954 - Bill Buford, American author and journalist
• 1954 - David Hidalgo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 - Darrell M. West, American political scientist, author, and academic
• 1955 - Tony Dungy, American football player and coach
• 1956 - Sadiq al-Ahmar, Yemeni politician
• 1956 - Kathleen Webb, American author and illustrator
• 1957 - Bruce Grobbelaar, Zimbabwean footballer and coach
• 1959 - Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician
• 1959 - Oil Can Boyd, American baseball player
• 1959 - Brian Higgins, American politician
• 1959 - Walter Ray Williams, Jr., American bowler
• 1961 - Miyuki Matsuda, Japanese actress
• 1961 - Paul Sansome, English footballer
• 1961 - Ben Summerskill, English businessman and journalist
• 1962 - David Baker, American biologist and academic
• 1962 - Rich Yett, American baseball player
• 1963 - Sven Andersson, Swedish footballer and coach
• 1963 - Elisabeth Shue, American actress
• 1964 - Ricky Berry, American basketball player
• 1964 - Mark Field, German-English lawyer and politician
• 1964 - Tom Jager, American swimmer and coach
• 1964 - Miltos Manetas, Greek painter
• 1964 - Knut Storberget, Norwegian lawyer and politician, Norwegian Minister of Justice
• 1964 - Matthew Sweet, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1965 - Jürgen Kohler, German footballer and manager
• 1965 - Peg O'Connor, American philosopher and academic
• 1965 - Steve Scalise, American lawyer and politician
• 1965 - Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
• 1965 - John McWhorter, American academic and linguist
• 1966 - Melania Mazzucco, Italian author
• 1966 - Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
• 1966 - Niall Quinn, Irish footballer and manager
• 1966 - Tommy Stinson, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1967 - Kennet Andersson, Swedish footballer
• 1967 - Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman and bodybuilder
• 1967 - Steven Woolfe, English barrister and politician
• 1968 - Bjarne Goldbæk, Danish footballer and sportscaster
• 1968 - Bob May, American golfer
• 1969 - Byron Black, Zimbabwean golfer
• 1969 - Muhammad V of Kelantan, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
• 1970 - Maria Kannegaard, Danish-Norwegian pianist and composer
• 1970 - Shauna MacDonald, Canadian actress and producer
• 1970 - Darren Oliver, American baseball player
• 1970 - Amy Jo Johnson, American actress
• 1971 - Phil Bennett, English race car driver
• 1971 - Takis Gonias, Greek footballer and manager
• 1971 - Alan Stubbs, English footballer, coach, and manager
• 1972 - Daniel Cavanagh, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 - Anders Iwers, Swedish bass player
• 1972 - Jarrod Moseley, Australian golfer
• 1972 - Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer
• 1972 - Ryu Si-won, South Korean actor and singer
• 1972 - Ko So-young, South Korean model and actress
• 1973 - Jeff B. Davis, American comedian, actor, and singer
• 1973 - Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
• 1973 - Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer and manager
• 1973 - Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1974 - Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer and manager
• 1974 - Kenny Jönsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
• 1974 - Seema Kennedy, British politician
• 1974 - Jeremy Sisto, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 - Hoàng Xuân Vinh, Vietnamese shooter
• 1975 - Reon King, Guyanese cricketer
• 1976 - Freddy García, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1976 - Magdalena Kučerová, Czech-German tennis player
• 1976 - Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1977 - Daniel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 - Melinda Doolittle, American singer-songwriter
• 1977 - Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer and singer
• 1977 - Jamie Laurie, American singer-songwriter
• 1977 - Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer and manager
• 1978 - Carolina Gynning, Swedish model, actress, and singer
• 1978 - Ricky Hatton, English boxer and promoter
• 1978 - Liu Yang, Chinese astronaut
• 1979 - David Di Tommaso, French footballer
• 1979 - Mohamed Kallon, Sierra Leonean footballer and manager
• 1979 - Richard Seymour, American football player
• 1979 - Pascal van Assendelft, Dutch sprinter
• 1980 - Arnaud Coyot, French cyclist
• 1980 - Wes Durston, English cricketer
• 1980 - Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer
• 1981 - Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer
• 1981 - José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1982 - Levon Aronian, Armenian chess player
• 1982 - William Butler, American musician and composer
• 1982 - Fábio Júnior dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 - Hideki Mutoh, Japanese race car driver
• 1982 - Paul Smith, English boxer
• 1983 - Renata Voráčová, Czech tennis player
• 1984 - Morné Morkel, South African cricketer
• 1984 - Joanna Pacitti, American singer-songwriter
• 1985 - Mitchell Cole, English footballer
• 1985 - Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player
• 1985 - Tarmo Kink, Estonian footballer
• 1986 - Meg Myers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1986 - Olivia Thirlby, American actress
• 1987 - Joe Lewis, English footballer
• 1987 - Akuila Uate, Fijian-Australian rugby league player
• 1988 - Trey Edward Shults, American film director
• 1989 - Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer
• 1989 - Tyler Ennis, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 - Pizzi, Portuguese footballer
• 1990 - Han Sun-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
• 1992 - Taylor Paris, Canadian rugby player
• 1993 - Adam Gemili, English sprinter
• 1993 - Joe Rafferty, English-Irish footballer
• 1993 - Jourdan Miller, American fashion model
• 1994 - Lee Joo-heon, South Korean rapper and songwriter
• 1997 - Kasper Dolberg, Danish footballer
• 1999 - Niko Kari, Finnish race car driver
• 2004 - Bronny James, American basketball player, son of LeBron James

  Deaths

• AD 23 - Wang Mang, emperor of the Han Dynasty
• 404 - Aelia Eudoxia, Byzantine empress
• 836 - Nicetas the Patrician, Byzantine general
• 869 - Ermentrude of Orléans, Frankish queen
• 877 - Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor
• 997 - Minamoto no Mitsunaka, Japanese samurai
• 1014 - Samuel, tsar of the Bulgarian Empire
• 1019 - Frederick of Luxembourg, count of Moselgau
• 1145 - Baldwin, archbishop of Pisa
• 1090 - Adalbero, bishop of Würzburg
• 1101 - Bruno of Cologne, German monk, founded the Carthusian Order
• 1173 - Engelbert III, margrave of Istria
• 1349 - Joan II of Navarre, daughter of Louis X of France
• 1398 - Jeong Dojeon, Korean prime minister
• 1413 - Dawit I, ruler of Ethiopia
• 1536 - William Tyndale, English Protestant Bible translator
• 1553 - Şehzade Mustafa, Ottoman prince
• 1641 - Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer
• 1644 - Elisabeth of France, queen of Spain and Portugal
• 1660 - Paul Scarron, French poet and author
• 1661 - Guru Har Rai, Indian 7th Sikh guru
• 1688 - Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English soldier and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica
• 1762 - Francesco Manfredini, Italian violinist and composer
• 1819 - Charles Emmanuel IV, king of Sardinia
• 1829 - Pierre Derbigny, French-American politician, 6th Governor of Louisiana
• 1836 - Johannes Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter and actor
• 1873 - Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer
• 1883 - Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor
• 1891 - Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician
• 1892 - Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet
• 1912 - Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1923 - Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
• 1942 - Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician
• 1945 - Leonardo Conti, German SS officer
• 1947 - Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic
• 1951 - Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company
• 1951 - Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1959 - Bernard Berenson, American historian and author
• 1962 - Tod Browning, American actor, director, screenwriter
• 1968 - Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and physicist
• 1969 - Walter Hagen, American golfer
• 1969 - Otto Steinböck, Austrian zoologist
• 1972 - Cléo de Verberena, Brazilian actress and film director
• 1973 - Sidney Blackmer, American actor
• 1973 - François Cevert, French race car driver
• 1973 - Dick Laan, Dutch actor, screenwriter, and author
• 1973 - Dennis Price, English actor
• 1973 - Margaret Wilson, American missionary and author
• 1974 - Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian race car driver
• 1976 - Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher and author
• 1978 - Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1979 - Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and short-story writer
• 1980 - Hattie Jacques, English actress and producer
• 1980 - Jean Robic, French cyclist
• 1981 - Anwar Sadat, Egyptian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1983 - Terence Cooke, American cardinal
• 1985 - Nelson Riddle, American composer, conductor, and bandleader
• 1986 - Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist
• 1989 - Bette Davis, American actress
• 1990 - Bahriye Üçok, Turkish sociologist and politician
• 1991 - Igor Talkov, Russian singer-songwriter
• 1992 - Denholm Elliott, English actor
• 1992 - Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1993 - Nejat Eczacıbaşı, Turkish chemist, businessman, and philanthropist, founded Eczacıbaşı
• 1993 - Larry Walters, American truck driver and pilot
• 1995 - Benoît Chamoux, French mountaineer
• 1997 - Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player and manager
• 1998 - Mark Belanger, American baseball player
• 1999 - Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress
• 1999 - Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler and sportscaster
• 2000 - Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman
• 2001 - Arne Harris, American director and producer
• 2002 - Prince Claus of the Netherlands
• 2006 - Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter
• 2006 - Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter
• 2006 - Buck O'Neil, American baseball player and manager
• 2006 - Wilson Tucker, American author and critic
• 2007 - Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
• 2007 - Laxmi Mall Singhvi, Indian scholar, jurist, and politician
• 2008 - Peter Cox, Australian public servant and politician
• 2009 - Douglas Campbell, Scottish-Canadian actor and screenwriter
• 2010 - Rhys Isaac, South-African-Australian historian and author
• 2010 - Antonie Kamerling, Dutch television and film actor, and musician
• 2011 - Diane Cilento, Australian actress and author
• 2012 - Chadli Bendjedid, Algerian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Algeria
• 2012 - Anthony John Cooke, English organist and composer
• 2012 - Nick Curran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 2012 - Albert, Margrave of Meissen
• 2012 - Joseph Meyer, American lawyer and politician, 19th Secretary of State of Wyoming
• 2012 - B. Satya Narayan Reddy, Indian lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of West Bengal
• 2012 - J. J. C. Smart, English-Australian philosopher and academic
• 2013 - Ulysses Curtis, American-Canadian football player and coach
• 2013 - Rift Fournier, American screenwriter and producer
• 2013 - Paul Rogers, English actor
• 2013 - Nico van Kampen, Dutch physicist and academic
• 2014 - Vic Braden, American tennis player and coach
• 2014 - Igor Mitoraj, German-Polish sculptor
• 2014 - Diane Nyland, Canadian actress, director and choreographer
• 2014 - Marian Seldes, American actress
• 2014 - Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager
• 2014 - Feridun Buğeker, Turkish football player
• 2015 - Árpád Göncz, Hungarian author, playwright, and politician, 1st President of Hungary
• 2015 - Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic
• 2015 - Juan Vicente Ugarte del Pino, Peruvian historian, lawyer, and jurist
• 2017 - Ralphie May, American stand-up comedian and actor
• 2017 - David Marks, British architect, designer of the London Eye
• 2018 - Scott Wilson, American actor
• 2018 - Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano
• 2019 - Ginger Baker, English drummer
• 2019 - Eddie Lumsden, Australian rugby league player

  Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
• *Blessed Marie Rose Durocher
• *Blessed Juan de Palafox y Mendoza
• *Bruno of Cologne
• *Faith
• *Mary Frances of the Five Wounds
• *Pardulphus
• *Sagar of Laodicea
• *October 6
• *William Tyndale, with Myles Coverdale
• World Space Week
• Day of Commemoration and National Mourning
• Dukla Pass Victims Day
• German-American Day
• Memorial Day for the Martyrs of Arad
• Teachers' Day
• Yom Kippur War commemorations:
• *Armed Forces Day
• *Tishreen Liberation Day