irrupt verb intr.: 1. To burst or break in. 2. (Of a population) To increase suddenly in number.
☰Thought of the Day
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider - Francis Bacon, from Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients
- Baldassare Galuppi, Venetian composer (opera buffa), born on Burano, Republic of Venice (d. 1785)
- Charles Edward Mudie, English book publisher, founder of Mudie's Lending Library which dominated the UK circulation library movement, born in London (d. 1890)
- Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and legal theorist, born in Turin, Italy (d. 2004)
- Michael Oatley, British MI6 officer who held secret talks with the IRA, born in London (d. 2026)
- Katherine Kurtz, American sci-fi author (Deryni Rising, Saint Camber), born in Coral Gables, Florida
- Nelson Freire, Brazilian classical pianist, born in Boa Esperança, Brazil (d. 2021)
- Laura Nyro, American singer-songwriter ("Wedding Bell Blues"; "Stoned Soul Picnic"; "And When I Die"), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1997)
- Kjell Samuelsson, Swedish NHL defenseman (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Tyngsryd, Sweden
- 45 women meet at Mrs. Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset, Maine, and organize the Female Charitable Society, one of the earliest women's clubs in America
- French General Sarrail bombs Damascus (ends October 20)
- Hurricane Hazel becomes the most severe to ever hit the US, killing 195 in the US and Canada
- Zack de la Rocha announces he is leaving the rock band Rage Against the Machine
- Bolivia elects Luis Arce President and his party, Movement for Socialism back into government
- Edward Otho Cresap Ord, American engineer and Major General (Union Army), born in Cumberland, Maryland (d. 1883)
- James Truslow Adams, American historian (Pulitzer Prize 1921, popularized phrase "American Dream"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1949)
- Lotte Lenya [Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer], Austrian-American singer, muse and wife of Kurt Weill, and actress (The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone; From Russia with Love), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1981)
- Jim Talent, American politician (Rep-R-Missouri), born in Des Peres, Missouri
- Brittany Griner, American basketball center (Olympic gold 2016, 20; WNBA C'ship 2014 Phoenix Mercury; 8 × WNBA All-Star; WNBA scoring champion 2017, 19; detained in Russia for drug smuggling Feb-Dec 2022), born in Houston, Texas
