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Updated: 9 Oct 2023
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Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC PortoNaomi Watts, the English-Australian actress and producer, is born.Hilary Duff, the American singer-songwriter and actress, is born.Ted Williams achieves a .406 batting average for the season, and becomes the last major league baseball player to bat .400 or better.Bam Margera, the American skateboarder, after, and stuntman, is born.Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.Kevin Durant, the American basketball player, is born.Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.Jerry Lee Lewis, the American singer-songwriter and pianist, is born.Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.Sting, the English singer- songwriter and actor, is bornTom Petty, the American musician, dies at the age of 66.Guinea declares its independence from France.Rock Hudson, the American actor, dies at the age of 59.Roberto Frirmino, the Brazillian footballer, is born.South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu is re-elected in a one-man election.Richard lll of England is born.Kelly Ripa, the American actress and talk show host, is born.William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, the English politician, Prime Misnister of the United Kingdom, dies at the age of 44.Tiffany Darwish, the American singer-writer, is born.Gene Autry, the American actor, singer-, and guitarist, dies at the age of 91.Graham Greene, the English novelist, playwright, and critic, is born.Phil Kessel, the American ice hockey player, is born.Zlatan lbrahimovic, the Swedich footballer, is born.Gwen Stefani, the American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer, is born.Tommy Lee, the Greek-American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer, is born.Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join in the Turkic Council.Neve Campbell, the Canadian actress, is born.Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin American player to appear in a World Series.Janet Lejgh, the American actress, dies at the age of 77.The German Democratic Republic is abolished and becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany; the event is afterwards celebrated as German Unity Day.Tessa Thompson, the American actress, is born.Alicia Vikander, the Swedish actress, is born.The Crimean War begins when the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian EmpireTommy Lee, the Greek- American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer, is born.Gwen Stefani, the American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer, is born.Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the Swedish footballer, is bornThe last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham LinclonDakota Johnson, the American actress, is born.WikiLeaks is Launched.Susan Sarandon, the American actress and activist, is born.American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe.Live Schreiber, the American actor and director, is born.Pope Paul VI begins the first papal visit to the Americas.Janis Joplin, the American singer-songwriter, dies at the age of 27.Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.Alicia Silverstone, the American actress, producer, and author, is born.Bubba Wallace becomes the first African- American Driver in the modern era of NASCAR win a major race.Christoph Waltz, the Austrian-German actor, is born.Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.Derrick Rose, the American Basketball player, is born.Peace congress in Paris condemns British policy in South Africa and asserts Boer Republic's right to self-determination.Travis Kelce, the American football player, is born.A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election.Kate Winslet, the English actress, is born.War of 1812: The Army of the Northwest defeats a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit.Steve Jobs, the American businessman, co-founder of Apple Inc. and PixarThe World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.Jesse Eisenberg, the American actor and writer, is born.A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.Guy Pearce, the English-Australian actor, is born.Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.Ray Kroc, the American businessman and philanthropist, is born.Neil deGrasse Tyson, the American astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author, is born.Imran Khan, the Pakistani cricketer and Prime Minister, is born.Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milosevic.Chester A. Arthur, the American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States, is born.Bernie Mac, the American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter, is born.The Kowloon-Canton Railway commences service.Jacob Tremblay, the Canadian actor, is bornRodney Dangerfield, the American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter, dies at the age of 82.Bob Geldof, the British singer-songwriter and actor, is born.Jesse Palmer, the Canadian football player and sportscaster, is born.Ramzan Kadyrov, the Russian-Chechen general and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic, is born.Parminder Nagra, the English actress, is born.Parminder Nagra, the English actress, is born.Clive Barker, the English author, director, producer, and screenwriter, is born.Jeff Conaway, the American actor and singer, is born.Deniel Baldwin, the American actor, director, and producer, is born.American Revolutionary War: British forest capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.Bronny James, the American basketball player, is born.French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.Elisabeth Shue, the American actress, is born.The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.Trevor Lawrence, the American football player, is born.Fiji becomes a Republic.Eddie Van Halen, the Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer, dies at the age 65The United Stare Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Associate Justice, ending a contentious confirmation process.Bette Davis, the American actress, dies at the age of 81.Amy Jo Johnson, the American actress, is born.Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talked" movie.Addison Rae, the American social media personality, dancer, and singer, is born.Ukrainian War of Independence: The Starobilsk agreement is signed by representatives of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Makhnovshchina.Olivia Thirlby, the American actress, is born.Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first of seven times.Ralphie May, the American stand-up comedian and actor, dies at the age of 45.The high Court of Australia sites for the first time.Loan Gruffudd, the Welsh actor, is born.The first plant orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered.Tony Dungy, the American football player and coach is born.Britt Ekland, the Swedish actress and singer, is born.Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth.Jazz Jennings, the American Internet personality, is bornCarole Lombard, the American actress, is born.Steve Scalise, the American lawyer and politician, is born.Bruno Sammartino, the Italian- American wrestler and trainer, is born.Gerry Adams, the lrish republican politician, is born.Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.Guillermo del Toro, the Mexican-American director, producer, and screenwriter, is born.Peter Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.Bella Hadid, the American model, is born.Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian Troops briefly occupy Berlin.Eddie Gruerrero, the American wrestler, is born.David Cameron, the English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is born.
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