Historical Anniversaries this Week

October 10

 Events (450 years ago today): 1575 – Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise, defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.

 Events (50 years ago today): 1975 – Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.

 Births (200 years ago today): 1825 – Paul Kruger, South African soldier and politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (died 1904)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Ihsahn, Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Ramón Morales, Mexican footballer and manager

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Plácido Polanco, Dominican-American baseball player

 Deaths (300 years ago today): 1725 – Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, French politician, Governor of New France (born 1643)

 Deaths (150 years ago today): 1875 – Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian author, poet, and playwright (born 1817)

Commemorations:
World Mental Health Day

October 11

 Births (350 years ago today): 1675 – Samuel Clarke, English minister and philosopher (died 1729)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (died 2013)^[12]

 Deaths (300 years ago today): 1725 – Hans Herr, Swiss-American bishop (born 1639)

Commemorations:
International Day of the Girl Child

October 12

 Births (300 years ago today): 1725 – Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (died 1810)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1875 – Aleister Crowley, English magician and author (died 1947)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Denis Lazure, Canadian psychiatrist and politician (died 2008)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Susana Félix, Portuguese singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Marion Jones, American basketball player and runner^[40]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Randy Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player^[58]

 Deaths (150 years ago today): 1875 – Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (born 1827)

October 13

 Events (250 years ago today): 1775 – The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).

 Births (200 years ago today): 1825 – Charles Frederick Worth, English fashion designer, founded House of Worth (died 1895)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Lenny Bruce, American comedian and actor (died 1966)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Armand Mouyal, Algerian-French fencer and police officer (died 1988)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Margaret Thatcher, English chemist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2013)^[22]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Gustav Winckler, Danish singer-songwriter (died 1979)

 Deaths (200 years ago today): 1825 – Maximilian I Joseph, king of Bavaria (born 1756)

Commemorations:
International Day for Disaster Reduction
Columbus Day (USA)

October 14

 Events (50 years ago today): 1975 – An RAF Avro Vulcan bomber explodes and crashes over ?abbar, Malta after an aborted landing, killing five crew members and one person on the ground.^[15]

 Births (600 years ago today): 1425 – Alesso Baldovinetti, Italian painter (died 1499)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Michael Duberry, English footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Floyd Landis, American cyclist

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Shaznay Lewis, English singer and songwriter^[42]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Carlos Spencer, New Zealand rugby player

October 15

 Births (250 years ago today): 1775 – Bernhard Crusell, Finnish composer (died 1838)^[18]

 Births (200 years ago today): 1825 – Marie of Prussia (died 1889)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Mickey Baker, American-French guitarist (died 2012)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Aurora Bautista, Spanish actress (died 2012)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Tony Hart, English painter and television host (died 2009)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Alessandro Doga, Italian footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Glen Little, English footballer and manager

 Deaths (1100 years ago today): 925 – Rhazes, Persian polymath (born 864)

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1925 – Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (born 1848?)^[57]

Commemorations:
International Day of Rural Women

October 16

 Events (150 years ago today): 1875 – Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.

 Events (50 years ago today): 1975 – Indonesian troops kill the Balibo Five, a group of Australian journalists, in Portuguese Timor.

 Events (50 years ago today): 1975 – Three-year-old Rahima Banu, from Bangladesh, is the last known case of naturally occurring smallpox.

 Events (50 years ago today): 1975 – The Australian Coalition sparks a constitutional crisis when they vote to defer funding for the government's annual budget.

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Daniel J. Evans, American politician, 16th Governor of Washington (died 2024)^[28][29]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer (died 2022)^[30][31]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Ernesto Noel Aquino, Honduran footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Brynjar Gunnarsson, Icelandic footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Jacques Kallis, South African cricketer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Kellie Martin, American actress, director, and producer^[38]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 – Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor and composer (born 1885)

Commemorations:
World Food Day