FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Umayyad caliph (born 646)

Ahmet Tevfik Pasha

Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1845)

Filippo Lippi

Filippo Lippi, artist (born 1406)

Gabriel Marcel

Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher, playwright, and critic (born 1889)

Felix Salten

Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (born 1869)

Peruvian Navy

Navy Day (Peru)

Che Guevara in popular culture

Christian feast day: San Ernesto, Che Guevara as a folk saint. (Bolivian campesinos)

Pelagia

Christian feast day: Pelagia (Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches)

Saint Reparata

Christian feast day: Reparata

International Lesbian Day

Palatias and Laurentia

Christian feast day: Palatias and Laurentia

October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Evodus

Christian feast day: Evodus (or Yves)

Thaïs (saint)

Christian feast day: Thaïs

William Dwight Porter Bliss

Christian feast day: William Dwight Porter Bliss and Richard T. Ely (Episcopal Church)

World Space Week

World Space Week (October 4–10)

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Umayyad caliph (born 646)