Events

Pre-1600

• 587 Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir.

• 936 Shi Jingtang is enthroned as the first emperor of the Later Jin by Emperor Taizong of Liao, following a revolt against Emperor Fei of Later Tang.

• 1443 Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in central Albania and raise the Albanian flag.

• 1470 Champa–Đại Việt War: Emperor Lê Thánh Tông of Đại Việt formally launches his attack against Champa.

• 1520 After 38 days, an expedition under the command of Ferdinand Magellan completes the first passage through the Strait of Magellan and enters the Pacific Ocean.

• 1582 In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a bond in lieu of posting wedding banns, which enables them to marry immediately.

1601–1900

• 1627 The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last naval victory in the Battle of Oliwa.

• 1660 At Gresham College, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.

• 1666 At least 3,000 men of the Royal Scots Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter insurgents led by James Wallace of Auchens in the Battle of Rullion Green.

• 1785 The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.

• 1798 Trade between the United States and modern-day Uruguay begins when John Leamy's frigate John arrives in Montevideo.

• 1811 Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.

• 1814 The Times of London becomes the first newspaper to be produced on a steam-powered printing press, built by the German team of Koenig & Bauer.

• 1821 Panama Independence Day: Panama separates from Spain and joins Gran Colombia.

• 1843 Ka Lā Hui (Hawaiian Independence Day): The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.

• 1861 American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Missouri to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.

• 1862 American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.

• 1862 Notts County F.C. is founded in Nottingham, England, making it the oldest professional Association football club in the world.

• 1885 Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.

• 1893 Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.

• 1895 The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.

• 1899 The Second Boer War: A British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.

1901–present

• 1905 Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.

• 1908 A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

• 1912 Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

• 1914 World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

• 1917 The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.

• 1918 The Soviet Forces move against Estonia when the 6th Red Rifle Division strikes the border town of Narva, marking the beginning of the Estonian War of Independence.

• 1919 Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)

• 1920 FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations), the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France.

• 1920 Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.

• 1925 The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.

• 1942 In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.

• 1943 World War II: Tehran Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran, to discuss war strategy.

• 1958 Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.

• 1958 First successful flight of SM-65 Atlas; the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family.

• 1960 Mauritania becomes independent of France.

• 1964 Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.

• 1964 Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.

• 1965 Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.

• 1966 Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.

• 1967 The first pulsar (PSR B1919+21, in the constellation of Vulpecula) is discovered by two astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish.

• 1971 Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation suffers severe abdominal injuries allegedly caused by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.

• 1971 Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

• 1972 Last executions in Paris: Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems are guillotined at La Santé Prison.

• 1975 Timor-Leste declares its independence from Portugal.

• 1979 Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.

• 1980 Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid: The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf. (Commemorated in Iran as Navy Day.)

• 1983 Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-9, the first mission to carry the European Space Agency's Spacelab module.

• 1987 South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on board.

• 1989 Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.

• 1990 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and, therefore, as Prime Minister. She is succeeded in both positions by John Major.

• 1991 South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.

• 2002 Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air missiles.

• 2014 Gunmen set off three bombs at the central mosque in the northern Nigerian city of Kano killing at least 120 people.

• 2016 LaMia Flight 2933 crashes near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 of 77 people on board, including members of the Brazilian football club Chapecoense

• 2020 Over seven hundred civilians are massacred by the Ethiopian National Defense Force and Eritrean Army in Aksum, Ethiopia.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1118 Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (died 1180)

• 1293 Yesün Temür, Chinese emperor (died 1328)

• 1470 Wen Zhengming, artist during the Ming dynasty (died 1559)

• 1489 Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland, wife of James IV of Scotland, daughter of Henry VII of England (died 1541)

• 1570 James Whitelocke, English judge and politician, Chief Justice of Chester (died 1632)

• 1592 Hong Taiji, Emperor of China (died 1643)

• 1598 Hans Nansen, Danish lawyer and politician (died 1667)

1601–1900

• 1628 John Bunyan, English preacher, theologian, and author (died 1688)

• 1631 Abraham Brueghel, Flemish Baroque painter (died 1690)

• 1632 Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and manager (died 1687)

• 1640 Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish captain and explorer (died 1698)

• 1661 Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, English soldier and politician, 14th Colonial Governor of New York (died 1723)

• 1681 Jean Cavalier, French rebel leader (died 1740)

• 1682 Betty Parris, woman from Salem in Massachusetts who accused others of being witches (died 1760)

• 1694 Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (died 1728)

• 1700 Nathaniel Bliss, English astronomer and mathematician (died 1764)

• 1700 Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (died 1770)

• 1757 William Blake, English poet and painter (died 1827)

• 1760 Maria Teresa Poniatowska, Polish noblewoman (died 1834)

• 1772 Luke Howard, English chemist and meteorologist (died 1864)

• 1774 Maria Antonia of Parma (died 1841)

• 1785 Victor de Broglie, French lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (died 1870)

• 1792 Victor Cousin, French philosopher and academic (died 1867)

• 1793 Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish poet, composer, and critic (died 1866)

• 1804 William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (died 1888)

• 1805 John Lloyd Stephens, American archaeologist and explorer (died 1852)

• 1810 William Froude, English engineer and architect (died 1879)

• 1820 Friedrich Engels, German-English philosopher, economist, and journalist (died 1895)

• 1829 Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1894)

• 1837 John Wesley Hyatt, American engineer (died 1920)

• 1853 Helen Magill White, American academic (died 1944)

• 1857 Alfonso XII of Spain (died 1885)

• 1861 Adina Emilia De Zavala, American teacher, historian and preservationist of Texas history (died 1955)

• 1864 James Allen, English author and poet (died 1912)

• 1864 Lindley Miller Garrison, American lawyer and politician, 46th United States Secretary of War (died 1932)

• 1866 Henry Bacon, American architect, designed the Lincoln Memorial (died 1924)

• 1876 Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (died 1946)

• 1880 Alexander Blok, Russian poet and playwright (died 1921)

• 1881 Stefan Zweig, Austrian author, playwright, and journalist (died 1942)

• 1887 Ernst Röhm, German soldier and politician (died 1934)

• 1891 Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (died 1949)

• 1891 Mabel Alvarez, American painter (died 1985)

• 1894 Brooks Atkinson, American theatre critic (died 1984)

• 1894 Henry Hazlitt, American economist and philosopher (died 1993)

• 1895 José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (died 1980)

• 1896 Dawn Powell, American author and playwright (died 1965)

• 1896 Lilia Skala, Austrian-American actress (died 1994)

• 1898 İhap Hulusi Görey, Turkish graphic artist (died 1986)

• 1900 Mary Bothwell, Canadian classical vocalist and painter (died 1985)

1901–present

• 1903 Gladys O'Connor, English-Canadian actress (died 2012)

• 1904 James Eastland, American planter and politician (died 1986)

• 1904 Nancy Mitford, English journalist and author (died 1973)

• 1906 Henry Picard, American golfer (died 1997)

• 1907 Rose Bampton, American soprano and educator (died 2007)

• 1907 Alberto Moravia, Italian journalist and author (died 1990)

• 1908 Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State (died 1997)

• 1908 Claude Lévi-Strauss, Belgian-French anthropologist and ethnologist (died 2009)

• 1910 Elsie Quarterman, American ecologist and academic (died 2014)

• 1911 Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (died 1973)

• 1912 Morris Louis, American painter (died 1962)

• 1913 Cliff Addison, English chemist and academic (died 1994)

• 1915 Evald Okas, Estonian painter and academic (died 2011)

• 1915 Yves Thériault, Canadian author (died 1983)

• 1916 Lilian, Princess of Réthy (died 2002)

• 1916 Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (died 2014)

• 1919 Keith Miller, Australian cricketer, footballer, and pilot (died 2004)

• 1923 Helen Delich Bentley, American politician (died 2016)

• 1923 Gloria Grahame, American actress (died 1981)

• 1924 Dennis Brutus, South African journalist, poet, and academic (died 2009)

• 1924 Johanna Döbereiner, Czech-Brazilian agronomist and academic (died 2000)

• 1925 József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 1978)

• 1925 Gigi Gryce, American saxophonist and composer (died 1983)

• 1926 Lawrence Turman, American film producer (died 2023)

• 1927 Abdul Halim of Kedah, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (died 2017)

• 1928 Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist and academic (died 1980)

• 1928 Piet Steenbergen, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2010)

• 1929 Berry Gordy, American songwriter and producer, founded Motown Records

• 1930 A.L. "Doodle" Owens, American country music songwriter and singer (died 1999)

• 1932 Gato Barbieri, Argentinian saxophonist and composer (died 2016)

• 1932 Terence Frisby, English author and playwright (died 2020)

• 1933 Joe Knollenberg, American soldier and politician (died 2018)

• 1933 Hope Lange, American actress (died 2003)

• 1935 Frik du Preez, South African rugby player

• 1935 Randolph Stow, Australian-English author and poet (died 2010)

• 1936 Gary Hart, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland

• 1938 Peter Dimond, Australian rugby league player (died 2021)

• 1940 Bruce Channel, American singer-songwriter

• 1941 Laura Antonelli, Italian actress (died 2015)

• 1942 Paul Warfield, American football player and sportscaster

• 1943 R. B. Greaves, Guyanese-American singer-songwriter (died 2012)

• 1943 Randy Newman, American singer-songwriter, composer, and pianist

• 1943 Susan Brookes, British television chef and food writer

• 1944 Rita Mae Brown, American novelist, poet, and screenwriter

• 1945 Franklin Drilon, Filipino lawyer and politician, 22nd President of the Senate of the Philippines

• 1946 Joe Dante, American director and producer

• 1947 Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter (died 1992)

• 1947 Maria Farantouri, Greek singer and politician

• 1947 Gladys Kokorwe, Botswana politician and Speaker of The National Assembly

• 1948 Beeb Birtles, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1948 Mick Channon, English footballer and horse trainer

• 1948 Agnieszka Holland, Polish film and television director and screenwriter

• 1948 Alan Lightman, American physicist, novelist, and academician

• 1948 Dick Morris, American political consultant, journalist, and author

• 1949 Alexander Godunov, Russian-American actor and dancer (died 1995)

• 1949 Paul Shaffer, Canadian-American singer, keyboard player, and bandleader

• 1950 Ed Harris, American actor and producer

• 1950 Russell Alan Hulse, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1951 Barbara Morgan, American educator and astronaut

• 1952 S. Epatha Merkerson, American actress

• 1953 Alistair Darling, British lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 2023)

• 1953 Helen De Michiel, American director and producer

• 1953 Sixto Lezcano, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach

• 1953 Gordon Marsden, English journalist and politician

• 1954 Necip Hablemitoğlu, Turkish historian and academic (died 2002)

• 1955 Alessandro Altobelli, Italian footballer and sportscaster

• 1955 Adem Jashari, Kosovan commander (died 1998)

• 1956 Fiona Armstrong, English-Scottish journalist and author

• 1956 David Van Day, English singer

• 1957 Peeter Järvelaid, Estonian historian and scholar

• 1958 Kriss Akabusi, English sprinter and hurdler

• 1958 Dave Righetti, American baseball player and coach

• 1959 – Miki Matsubara, Japanese composer, lyricist, and singer (died 2004)

• 1959 Nancy Charest, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2014)

• 1959 Judd Nelson, American actor and screenwriter

• 1959 Stephen Roche, Irish cyclist and sportscaster

• 1960 Jorge Domecq, Spanish lawyer and diplomat

• 1960 John Galliano, Gibraltar-born British fashion designer

• 1960 Andy Ritchie, English footballer and manager

• 1960 Kenny Wharton, English footballer and coach

• 1961 Martin Clunes, English actor, singer, and director

• 1961 Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1961 Klaus Köchl, Austrian politician

• 1962 Matt Cameron, American drummer and songwriter

• 1962 Juan Carlos Rosero, Ecuadorian cyclist (died 2013)

• 1962 Jane Sibbett, American actress

• 1962 Jon Stewart, American comedian, actor, and television host

• 1963 Armando Iannucci, Scottish comedian, actor, director, and producer

• 1963 Andrew Jones, English politician

• 1963 Johnny Newman, American basketball player

• 1963 Walt Weiss, American baseball player and manager

• 1964 Michael Bennet, Indian-American lawyer and politician

• 1964 John Burkett, American baseball player and bowler

• 1964 Roy Tarpley, American basketball player (died 2015)

• 1964 Sian Williams, English-Welsh journalist

• 1965 Erwin Mortier, Belgian author and poet

• 1965 Matt Williams, American baseball player and manager

• 1966 Garcelle Beauvais, Haitian-American actress

• 1966 Sam Seder, American actor and political commentator

• 1967 José del Solar, Peruvian footballer and manager

• 1967 Chris Heaton-Harris, English businessman and politician

• 1967 Anna Nicole Smith, American model, actress, and television personality (died 2007)

• 1967 Stephnie Weir, American actress and comedian

• 1968 Darren Bett, English journalist

• 1969 Nick Knight, English cricketer and sportscaster

• 1969 Robb Nen, American baseball player and manager

• 1969 Valeri Nikitin, Estonian wrestler

• 1969 Sonia O'Sullivan, Irish athlete

• 1970 Álex López Morón, Spanish tennis player

• 1970 Richard Osman, English television host, director, and producer

• 1972 Paulo Figueiredo, Angolan footballer

• 1972 Anastasia Kelesidou, German-Greek discus thrower

• 1972 Jesper Strömblad, Swedish guitarist and songwriter

• 1973 Jade Puget, American guitarist and producer

• 1973 Gina Tognoni, American actress

• 1974 apl.de.ap, Filipino-American singer and rapper

• 1974 András Tölcséres, Hungarian footballer and manager

• 1975 Bakarhythm, Japanese comedian, actor, playwright, and composer

• 1975 Eka Kurniawan, Indonesian journalist and author

• 1975 Park Sung-bae, South Korean footballer

• 1975 Takashi Shimoda, Japanese footballer

• 1975 Sigurd Wongraven, Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1976 Ryan Kwanten, Australian actor

• 1977 Marlon Broomes, English footballer

• 1977 Fabio Grosso, Italian footballer and manager

• 1977 Acer Nethercott, English rower (died 2013)

• 1977 Gavin Rae, Scottish footballer

• 1977 Greg Somerville, New Zealand rugby player

• 1977 DeMya Walker, American basketball player

• 1978 Brent Albright, American wrestler

• 1978 Darryl Flahavan, English footballer

• 1978 Aimee Garcia, American actress and writer

• 1978 Freddie Mitchell, American football player

• 1978 Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer

• 1978 Michael Simpkins, English footballer

• 1978 Haytham Tambal, Sudanese footballer

• 1979 Jaroslav Balaštík, Czech ice hockey player

• 1979 Chamillionaire, American rapper, entrepreneur, and investor

• 1979 Shy FX, English DJ and producer

• 1979 Daniel Henney, American actor and model

• 1979 Katarzyna Strączy, Polish tennis player

• 1980 Lisa Middelhauve, German singer-songwriter

• 1980 Stuart Taylor, English footballer

• 1981 Erick Rowan, American wrestler

• 1981 Brian Tevreden, Dutch footballer

• 1982 Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian basketball player

• 1982 Chris Harris, English motorcycle racer

• 1982 Alan Ritchson, American actor, model, singer, and songwriter

• 1982 Raido Villers, Estonian basketball player

• 1983 Rostam Batmanglij, American musician and songwriter

• 1983 Tyler Glenn, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player

• 1983 Summer Rae, American football player, wrestler, and actress

• 1983 Édouard Roger-Vasselin, French tennis player

• 1983 Nelson Valdez, Paraguayan footballer

• 1983 Carlos Villanueva, Dominican baseball player

• 1984 Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player

• 1984 Marc-André Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1984 Trey Songz, American R&B singer-songwriter and actor

• 1984 Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress and producer

• 1984 Naoko Yamada, Japanese anime director

• 1985 Mike Kostka, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1985 Álvaro Pereira, Uruguayan footballer

• 1986 Mouhamadou Dabo, French footballer

• 1986 Taurean Green, American-Georgian basketball player

• 1987 Karen Gillan, Scottish actress

• 1987 Craig Kieswetter, South African-English cricketer and golfer

• 1988 Joe Cole, English actor

• 1988 Scarlett Pomers, American actress and singer-songwriter

• 1989 Laura Alleway, Australian footballer

• 1989 Jamie Buhrer, Australian rugby league player

• 1989 Jesús Montero, Venezuelan baseball player (died 2025)

• 1990 Dedryck Boyata, Belgian footballer

• 1990 Bradley Smith, English motorcycle racer

• 1992 Adam Hicks, American actor

• 1992 Jarvis Landry, American football player

• 1992 Jake Miller, American singer-songwriter

• 1993 Bryshere Y. Gray, American actor and rapper

• 1993 David Nofoaluma, Australian-Samoan rugby league player

• 1994 Nao Hibino, Japanese tennis player

• 1995 Chase Elliott, American race car driver

• 1997 Mostafa Mohamed, Egyptian footballer

• 1999 Trey Jemison, American basketball player

• 2000 Jackson Yee, Chinese singer, dancer and actor

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 741 Pope Gregory III

• 939 Lady Ma, Chinese noblewoman (born 890)

• 1039 Adalbero, duke of Carinthia (born 980)

• 1122 Margrave Ottokar II of Styria

• 1170 Owain Gwynedd, Welsh king (born 1080)

• 1290 Eleanor of Castile, Queen Consort of England, Countess of Ponthieu (born 1241)

• 1317 Yishan Yining, Zen monk and writer from China who taught in Japan (born 1247)

• 1476 James of the Marches, Franciscan friar

• 1499 Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (born 1475)

• 1574 Georg Major, German theologian and educator (born 1502)

• 1585 Hernando Franco, Spanish composer (born 1532)

1601–1900

• 1667 Jean de Thévenot, French linguist and botanist (born 1633)

• 1675 Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English soldier and politician (born 1608)

• 1675 Leonard Hoar, English minister and academic (born 1630)

• 1680 Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (born 1598)

• 1680 Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian painter and architect (born 1606)

• 1680 Athanasius Kircher, German priest, philologist, and scholar (born 1601)

• 1694 Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet and scholar (born 1644)

• 1695 Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Italian organist, composer, and educator (born 1637)

• 1695 Anthony Wood, English historian and author (born 1632)

• 1698 Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and politician, 3rd Governor General of New France (born 1622)

• 1763 Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (born 1734)

• 1785 William Whipple, American general and politician (born 1730)

• 1794 Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general (born 1730)

• 1794 Sir James Tylney-Long, 7th Baronet, English politician (born 1736)

• 1801 Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist and academic (born 1750)

• 1815 Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1745)

• 1852 Ludger Duvernay, French journalist and politician (born 1799)

• 1852 Emmanuil Xanthos, Greek activist, co-founded Filiki Eteria (born 1772)

• 1859 Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (born 1783)

• 1870 Frédéric Bazille, French soldier and painter (born 1841)

• 1873 Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (born 1808)

• 1878 Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (born 1805)

• 1880 Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (born 1837)

• 1890 Jyotirao Phule, Indian philosopher and activist (born 1827)

• 1891 Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (born 1826)

• 1893 Talbot Baines Reed, English author (born 1852)

1901–present

• 1901 Moses Dickson, African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister, and founder of The Knights of Liberty (born 1824)

• 1904 Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (born 1847)

• 1907 Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish playwright, poet, and painter (born 1869)

• 1912 Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman (born 1870)

• 1917 Mikelis Avlichos, Greek poet and scholar (born 1844)

• 1921 ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, Head of the Baháʼí Faith (born 1844)

• 1930 Constantine VI of Constantinople (born 1859)

• 1935 Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar (born 1877)

• 1939 James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, created basketball (born 1861)

• 1943 Aleksander Hellat, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1881)

• 1945 Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician, 49th United States Secretary of War (born 1879)

• 1947 Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (born 1902)

• 1953 Frank Olson, American biologist and chemist (born 1910)

• 1954 Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)

• 1960 Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1870)

• 1960 Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (born 1896)

• 1960 Richard Wright, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (born 1908)

• 1962 K. C. Dey, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1893)

• 1962 Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (born 1880)

• 1968 Enid Blyton, English author and poet (born 1897)

• 1971 Wasfi al-Tal, Jordanian captain and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Jordan (born 1920)

• 1972 Havergal Brian, English composer (born 1875)

• 1973 Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (born 1886)

• 1975 Peder Furubotn, Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (born 1890)

• 1976 Rosalind Russell, American actress and singer (born 1907)

• 1977 Bob Meusel, American baseball player and sailor (born 1896)

• 1978 Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Argentinian businessman (born 1902)

• 1982 Helen of Greece and Denmark (born 1896)

• 1983 Christopher George, American actor (born 1929)

• 1987 Choh Hao Li, Chinese-American biologist and chemist (born 1913)

• 1987 Kazuharu Sonoda, Japanese wrestler (born 1956)

• 1992 Sidney Nolan, Australian-English painter and academic (born 1917)

• 1993 Jerry Edmonton, Canadian-American drummer (born 1946)

• 1993 Garry Moore, American comedian, television personality, and game show host (born 1915)

• 1994 Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (born 1960)

• 1994 Buster Edwards, English boxer and criminal (born 1932)

• 1994 Jerry Rubin, American businessman and activist (born 1938)

• 1995 Joe Kelly, Irish race car driver (born 1915)

• 1997 Georges Marchal, French actor (born 1920)

• 1998 Kerry Wendell Thornley, American soldier and author (born 1938)

• 1998 Rita Hester, American transgender woman (born 1963)

• 2001 Kal Mann, American songwriter (born 1917)

• 2001 William Reid, Scottish lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1921)

• 2002 Melih Cevdet Anday, Turkish poet and author (born 1915)

• 2003 Ted Bates, English footballer and manager (born 1918)

• 2003 Antonia Forest, English author (born 1915)

• 2003 Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian engineer and politician (born 1918)

• 2005 Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910)

• 2005 Jack Concannon, American football player and actor (born 1943)

• 2007 Gudrun Wagner, Prussian director and producer (born 1944)

• 2008 Havaldar Gajender Singh, Indian sergeant (born 1972)

• 2008 Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian soldier (born 1977)

• 2009 Gilles Carle, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)

• 2010 Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (born 1926)

• 2011 Lloyd J. Old, American immunologist and academic (born 1933)

• 2012 Knut Ahnlund, Swedish historian, author, and academic (born 1923)

• 2012 Spain Rodriguez, American illustrator (born 1940)

• 2012 Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer (born 1922)

• 2012 Zig Ziglar, American soldier and author (born 1926)

• 2013 Jack Matthews, American author, playwright, and academic (born 1925)

• 2013 Mitja Ribičič, Italian-Slovenian soldier and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (born 1919)

• 2013 Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1923)

• 2013 Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, Austrian-American poet and songwriter (born 1920)

• 2014 Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1929)

• 2014 Said Akl, Lebanese poet, playwright, and linguist (born 1912)

• 2014 Dale Armstrong, Canadian race car driver (born 1941)

• 2015 Wayne Bickerton, Welsh songwriter and producer (born 1941)

• 2015 Luc Bondy, Swiss director and producer (born 1948)

• 2015 Gerry Byrne, English-Welsh footballer (born 1938)

• 2015 Marjorie Lord, American actress (born 1918)

• 2015 Olene Walker, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Utah (born 1930)

• 2018 Harry Leslie Smith, British writer and political commentator (born 1923)

• 2020 David Prowse, English weight-lifting champion, actor and Green Cross Man (born 1935)

• 2021 Virgil Abloh, American fashion designer and entrepreneur (born 1980)

• 2021 Frank Williams, British founder of Williams Grand Prix Engineering (born 1942)

• 2023 Charlie Munger, American businessman and vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (born 1924)

• 2024 – Prince Johnson, Liberian politician (born 1952)

• 2024 – Ananda Krishnan, Malaysian businessman (born 1938)

• 2024 – Silvia Pinal, Mexican actress (born 1931)

• 2024 – Kioumars Pourhashemi, Iranian military general

Holidays and observances

• Independence Day, celebrating the independence of Albania from Turkey in 1912, the first Albanian flag raise by Skanderbeg in 1443, and for the new parliamentary constitution in 1998.

• Bedfordshire day is celebrated in the county of Bedfordshire to celebrate the birth of John Bunyan

• Bukovina Day (Romania)

Christian feast day:

• Acacius, Hirenarchus, and companions, of Sebaste

• Catherine Labouré

• Feast of the Holy Sovereigns (Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii)

• Herman of Alaska, the anniversary of his actual death. Eastern Orthodox

• James of the Marches

• Kamehameha and Emma (Episcopal Church (USA))

• Our Lady of Kibeho

• Pope Gregory III

• Rufus (no. 8)

• Stephen the Younger

• November 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Heroes' Day (Sri Lanka)

• Hōonkō (Japan)

• Independence Day (Mauritania), celebrate the independence of Mauritania from France in 1960.

• Independence Day (Panama), celebrate the independence of Panama from Spain in 1821.

• Navy Day (Iran)

• Proclamation of Independence Day (Timor-Leste), celebrating the declaration of independence of the Democratic Republic of East Timor from Portugal in 1975.

• Republic Day (Burundi)

• Republic Day (Chad)

References

External links