Events
- 1493 - Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
- 1954 - The first in the Godzilla series of films is released in Japan.
- 2004 - A out of service WMATA Metrorail train crashes into a revenue train at the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan (Washington Metro) station.
- 39 - Lucan, Roman poet
- 1982 - Evgeny Plushenko, Russian figure skater
- 1987 - Gemma Ward, Australian model
- 361 - Constantius II, Roman Emperor
- 1998 - Bob Kane, comic artist & Batman co creator
- 2004 - Sergei Zholtok, Latvian hockey player
- feast day of the 22 Roman Catholic Saints
- Japan - Culture Day (post 1946), Emperors Birthday (pre 1946)
- International Men's Day (?? what is that)
** I don't know who most of these people were, so I just took one from the beginning, end and middle of the list
