FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

David Dukes

David Dukes, American actor (born 1945)

Clare Boothe Luce

Clare Boothe Luce, American author, playwright, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1903)

George Baldock

George Baldock, British-born Greek international footballer (born 1993)

Benjamin Banneker

Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer and surveyor (born 1731)

Andrzej Wajda

Andrzej Wajda, Polish film and theatre director (born 1926)

Dionysius the Areopagite

Christian feast day: Dionysius the Areopagite

Hangul Day

Hangul Day (South Korea)

Fire Prevention Week

Fire Prevention Day (Canada, United States)

Independence Day (Uganda)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uganda from United Kingdom in 1962. (Uganda)

Inocencio of Mary Immaculate

Christian feast day: Innocencio of Mary Immaculate and Martyrs of Asturias

Saint Ghislain

Christian feast day: Ghislain

John Leonardi

Christian feast day: John Leonardi

Louis Bertrand (saint)

Christian feast day: Luis Beltran

Robert Grosseteste

Christian feast day: Robert Grosseteste (Church of England)

Wilfred Grenfell

Christian feast day: Wilfred Grenfell (Episcopal Church in the United States)

October 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: October 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Public holidays in Ecuador

Independence of Guayaquil from Spain in 1820 (Ecuador)

Leif Erikson Day

Leif Erikson Day (United States, Iceland and Norway)

National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust

National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust (Romania)

Nanotechnology

National Nanotechnology Day (United States)

Takayama Festival

Takayama Autumn Festival (Takayama, Japan)

World Post Day

David Dukes

David Dukes, American actor (born 1945)