Events

Pre-1600

• 1002 English king Æthelred II orders the killing of all Daness in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre.

• 1093 Battle of Alnwick: in an English victory over the Scots, Malcolm III of Scotland, and his son Edward, are killed.

• 1160 Louis VII of France marries Adela of Champagne.

1601–1900

• 1642 First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green: The Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.

• 1715 Jacobite rising in Scotland: Battle of Sheriffmuir: The forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain halt the Jacobite advance, although the action is inconclusive.

• 1775 American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.

• 1809 – A British flotilla arrived at Ras Al Khaimah and launched an amphibious assault on the town, as a part of the Persian Gulf campaign of 1809.

• 1833 Great Meteor Storm of 1833.

• 1841 James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism by Charles Lafontaine, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.

• 1851 The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, before moving to the other side of Elliott Bay to what would become Seattle.

• 1864 American Civil War: The three-day Battle of Bull's Gap ends in a Union rout as Confederates under Major General John C. Breckinridge pursue them to Strawberry Plains, Tennessee.

• 1887 Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

• 1893 13 November stabbing is committed by Léon Léauthier during the Ère des attentats. This is an influential event in the birth of modern terrorism.

1901–present

• 1901 The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster occurs, killing 9 of the 12 crew members.

• 1914 Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.

• 1916 World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.

• 1917 World War I: beginning of the First Battle of Monte Grappa (in Italy known as the "First Battle of the Piave"). The Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces, despite help from the German Alpenkorps and numerical superiority, will fail their offensive against the Italian Army now led by its new chief of staff Armando Diaz.

• 1918 World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

• 1922 The United States Supreme Court upholds mandatory vaccinations for public school students in Zucht v. King.

• 1927 The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.

• 1940 Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released at New York's Broadway Theatre, on the first night of a roadshow.

• 1942 World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Guadalcanal campaign.

• 1945 FC Dynamo Moscow open their exhibition tour of the United Kingdom with a 3–3 draw against Chelsea, breaking the record attendance for a British club football match.

• 1947 The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.

• 1950 General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.

• 1954 Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.

• 1956 The Supreme Court of the United States affirmed a lower court ruling that invalidated Alabama laws requiring segregated buses, thus ending the Montgomery bus boycott.

• 1965 The SS Yarmouth Castle catches fire and sinks, killing 87.

• 1966 In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.

• 1966 All Nippon Airways Flight 533 crashes into the Seto Inland Sea near Matsuyama Airport in Japan, killing 50 people.

• 1967 The first of its many UFO sightings is made at Pudasjärvi, Finland.

• 1969 Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.

• 1970 Bhola cyclone: A tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night.

• 1982 Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas. Kim's subsequent death (on November 18) leads to significant changes in the sport.

• 1982 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.

• 1985 The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.

• 1985 Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.

• 1989 Hans-Adam II, the present Prince of Liechtenstein, begins his reign on the death of his father.

• 1990 In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people in a massacre before being tracked down and killed by police the next day.

• 1991 The Republic of Karelia, an autonomous republic of Russia, is formed from the former Karelian ASSR.

• 1992 The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.

• 1993 China Northern Airlines Flight 6901 crashes on approach to Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport in Ürümqi, China, killing 12 people.

• 1994 In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.

• 1995 Mozambique becomes the first state to join the Commonwealth of Nations without having been part of the former British Empire.

• 1995 Nigeria Airways Flight 357 crashes at Kaduna International Airport in Kaduna, Nigeria, killing 11 people and injuring 66.

• 1996 As part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project, Joel Armengaud discovers the project's first Mersenne prime, a number with 420,921 digits.

• 2000 Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.

• 2001 War on terror: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.

• 2002 Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.

• 2012 A total solar eclipse occurs in parts of Australia and the South Pacific.

• 2015 Islamic State operatives carry out a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, including suicide bombings, mass shootings and a hostage crisis. The terrorists kill 130 people, making it the deadliest attack in France since the Second World War.

• 2022 A mass stabbing occurs in Moscow, Idaho in which four University of Idaho students are killed in off-campus housing.

Births

Pre-1600

• 354 Augustine of Hippo, Roman bishop and theologian (died 430)

• 1312 Edward III of England (died 1377)

• 1453 Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1475–1515) (died 1527)

• 1486 Johann Eck, German theologian and academic (died 1543)

• 1493 William IV, Duke of Bavaria (died 1550)

• 1504 Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (died 1567)

• 1572 Cyril Lucaris, Greek patriarch and theologian (died 1638)

• 1559 Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, Governor of the Low Countries (died 1621)

1601–1900

• 1699 Jan Zach, Czech violinist, organist, and composer (died 1773)

• 1710 Charles Simon Favart, French director and playwright (died 1792)

• 1715 Dorothea Erxleben, German first female medical doctor (died 1762)

• 1732 John Dickinson, American lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Pennsylvania (died 1808)

• 1760 Jiaqing Emperor of China (died 1820)

• 1761 John Moore, Scottish general and politician (died 1809)

• 1780 Ranjit Singh, Sikh emperor (died 1839)

• 1782 Esaias Tegnér, Swedish bishop and educator (died 1846)

• 1804 Theophilus H. Holmes, American general (died 1880)

• 1809 John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (died 1870)

• 1813 Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Montenegrin metropolitan, philosopher, and poet (died 1851)

• 1814 Joseph Hooker, American general (died 1879)

• 1833 Edwin Booth, American actor and manager (died 1893)

• 1837 James T. Rapier, American lawyer and politician (died 1883)

• 1838 Joseph F. Smith, American religious leader, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1918)

• 1841 Edward Burd Grubb, Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Spain (died 1913)

• 1847 Mir Mosharraf Hossain, famous novelist of Bengali literature (died 1912)

• 1848 Albert I, Prince of Monaco (died 1922)

• 1850 Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (died 1894)

• 1853 John Drew Jr., American actor (died 1927)

• 1854 George Whitefield Chadwick, American composer and educator (died 1931)

• 1856 Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (died 1941)

• 1864 James Cannon Jr., American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (died 1944),

• 1866 Abraham Flexner, American educator, founded the Institute for Advanced Study (died 1959)

• 1869 Helene Stöcker, German author and activist (died 1943)

• 1869 Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian-American activist, journalist, and politician (died 1962)

• 1872 John M. Lyle, Irish-Canadian architect and educator, designed the Royal Alexandra Theatre (died 1945)

• 1878 Max Dehn, German-American mathematician and academic (died 1952)

• 1879 John Grieb, American gymnast and triathlete (died 1939)

• 1881 Jesús García, Mexican railroad brakeman (died 1907)

• 1883 Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (died 1957)

• 1886 Mary Wigman, German dancer and choreographer (died 1973)

• 1893 Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)

• 1894 Bennie Moten, American pianist and bandleader (died 1935)

• 1894 Arthur Nebe, German SS officer (died 1945)

• 1897 Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (died 1975)

• 1899 Iskander Mirza, Pakistani general and politician, 1st President of Pakistan (died 1969)

• 1900 David Marshall Williams, American convicted murderer and firearms designer (died 1975)

• 1900 Edward Buzzell, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1985)

1901–present

• 1904 H. C. Potter, American director and producer (died 1977)

• 1906 Hermione Baddeley, English actress (died 1986)

• 1906 A. W. Mailvaganam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (died 1987)

• 1906 Eva Zeisel, Hungarian-American potter and designer (died 2011)

• 1908 C. Vann Woodward, American historian, author, and academic (died 1999)

• 1909 Vincent Apap, Maltese sculptor (died 2003)

• 1910 William Bradford Huie, American journalist and author (died 1986)

• 1910 Pat Reid, Indian-English soldier and author (died 1990)

• 1911 Buck O'Neil, American baseball player and manager (died 2006)

• 1913 V. Appapillai, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (died 2001)

• 1913 Dimitrios Hatzis, Greek novelist and journalist (died 1981)

• 1913 Lon Nol, Cambodian general and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Cambodia (died 1985)

• 1914 Amelia Bence, Argentinian actress (died 2016)

• 1914 Alberto Lattuada, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2005)

• 1917 Vasantdada Patil, Indian farmer and politician, 9th Governor of Rajasthan (died 1989)

• 1917 Robert Sterling, American actor (died 2006)

• 1918 George Grant, Canadian philosopher and academic (died 1988)

• 1920 Guillermina Bravo, Mexican dancer, choreographer, and director (died 2013)

• 1920 Jack Elam, American actor (died 2003)

• 1921 Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish pianist and composer (died 1996)

• 1922 Jack Narz, American game show host and announcer (died 2008)

• 1922 Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (died 1984)

• 1923 Leonard Boyle, Irish and Canadian medievalist and palaeographer (died 1999)

• 1923 Linda Christian, Mexican-American actress (died 2011)

• 1924 Motoo Kimura, Japanese biologist and geneticist (died 1994)

• 1926 Harry Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Maryland (died 2019)

• 1927 Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid, American mathematician and theorist (died 1985)

• 1928 Helena Carroll, Scottish-American actress (died 2013)

• 1928 Jack George, American basketball player (died 1989)

• 1928 Hampton Hawes, American pianist and author (died 1977)

• 1929 Robert Bonnaud, French historian and academic (died 2013)

• 1929 Fred Phelps, American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded the Westboro Baptist Church (died 2014)

• 1929 Asashio Tarō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (died 1988)

• 1930 Benny Andrews, American painter and academic (died 2006)

• 1930 Fred R. Harris, American politician (died 2024)

• 1931 Adrienne Corri, Scottish actress (died 2016)

• 1932 Richard Mulligan, American actor (died 2000)

• 1933 Don Lane, American-Australian actor, singer, and television host (died 2009)

• 1933 Ojārs Vācietis, Latvian author and poet (died 1983)

• 1934 Peter Arnett, New Zealand-American journalist and academic (died 2025)

• 1934 Jimmy Fontana, Italian singer-songwriter and actor (died 2013)

• 1934 Kamahl, Malaysian-Australian singer

• 1934 Garry Marshall, American actor, director, and producer (died 2016)

• 1935 George Carey, English archbishop and theologian

• 1936 Salim Kallas, Syrian actor and politician (died 2013)

• 1938 Gérald Godin, Canadian journalist, poet, and politician (died 1994)

• 1938 Jack Rule Jr., American golfer

• 1938 Jean Seberg, American-French actress and singer (died 1979)

• 1939 Karel Brückner, Czech footballer and manager

• 1939 Idris Muhammad, American drummer and composer (died 2014)

• 1940 Saul Kripke, American philosopher and academic (died 2022)

• 1940 Baby Washington, American soul singer

• 1941 Eberhard Diepgen, German lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Berlin

• 1941 David Green, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Hobby Lobby

• 1941 Dack Rambo, American actor (died 1994)

• 1941 Mel Stottlemyre, American baseball player and coach (died 2019)

• 1942 John P. Hammond, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1943 Roberto Boninsegna, Italian footballer and manager

• 1943 Jay Sigel, American golfer (died 2025)

• 1943 Howard Wilkinson, English footballer and manager

• 1944 Timmy Thomas, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2022)

• 1945 Masahiro Hasemi, Japanese race car driver

• 1945 Bobby Manuel, American guitarist and producer

• 1945 Knut Riisnæs, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (died 2023)

• 1946 Stanisław Barańczak, Polish-American poet, critic, and scholar (died 2014)

• 1946 Ray Wylie Hubbard, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1947 Toy Caldwell, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1993)

• 1947 Amory Lovins, American physicist and environmentalist

• 1947 Joe Mantegna, American actor and voice artist

• 1948 Humayun Ahmed, Bengali popular writer, dramatist, novelist, screenwriter, lyricist and filmmaker (died 2012)

• 1949 Terry Reid, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2025)

• 1950 Gilbert Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1951 Pini Gershon, Israeli basketball player and coach

• 1951 Harry Hurt III, American author and journalist

• 1952 Merrick Garland, American jurist, 86th United States Attorney General

• 1952 Mark Lye, American golfer

• 1952 Art Malik, Pakistani-English actor and producer

• 1953 Andrés Manuel López Obrador, former President of Mexico

• 1953 Tracy Scoggins, American actress

• 1954 Scott McNealy, American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems

• 1954 Chris Noth, American actor and producer

• 1955 Robert Aaron, Canadian jazz musician

• 1955 Bill Britton, American golfer

• 1955 Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, comedian, and talk show host

• 1956 Rex Linn, American actor

• 1956 Aldo Nova, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician

• 1957 Greg Abbott, American politician, 48th Governor of Texas

• 1959 Caroline Goodall, English actress and screenwriter

• 1960 Neil Flynn, American actor

• 1960 Teodora Ungureanu, Romanian gymnast and coach

• 1961 Kim Polese, American entrepreneur and technology executive

• 1963 Jaime Covilhã, Angolan basketball player and coach

• 1963 Vinny Testaverde, American football player

• 1964 Timo Rautiainen, Finnish race car driver

• 1964 Dan Sullivan, American politician

• 1966 Susanna Haapoja, Finnish politician (died 2009)

• 1967 Juhi Chawla, Indian actress, singer, and producer, Miss India 1984

• 1967 Jimmy Kimmel, American comedian, actor, and talk show host

• 1967 Steve Zahn, American actor and singer

• 1968 Pat Hentgen, American baseball player and coach

• 1969 Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Somalian-American activist and author

• 1969 Patrik Augusta, Czech ice hockey player

• 1969 Gerard Butler, Scottish actor

• 1969 Nico Motchebon, German runner

• 1972 Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer

• 1972 Samantha Riley, Australian swimmer

• 1973 David Auradou, French rugby player

• 1973 Jordan Bridges, American actor

• 1973 Ari Hoenig, American drummer and composer

• 1974 Carl Hoeft, New Zealand rugby player

• 1974 Indrek Zelinski, Estonian footballer and manager

• 1975 Tom Compernolle, Belgian runner (died 2008)

• 1975 Alain Digbeu, French basketball player

• 1975 Ivica Dragutinović, Serbian footballer

• 1975 Aisha Hinds, American actress

• 1975 Quim, Portuguese footballer

• 1975 Toivo Suursoo, Estonian ice hockey player and coach

• 1976 Janine Leal, Venezuelan nutritionist, television presenter and model.

• 1976 Kelly Sotherton, English sprinter and long jumper

• 1976 Hiroshi Tanahashi, Japanese wrestler

• 1977 Zulfiqer Russell, Bangladeshi journalist and lyricist

• 1977 Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer

• 1978 Nikolai Fraiture, American bass player

• 1979 Kick, Japanese comedian and screenwriter

• 1979 Subliminal, Israeli rapper and producer

• 1980 Monique Coleman, American actress, singer, and dancer

• 1980 Sara Del Rey, American wrestler and trainer

• 1980 Juraj Kolník, Slovak ice hockey player

• 1980 François-Louis Tremblay, Canadian speed skater

• 1981 Ryan Bertin, American wrestler and coach

• 1981 Rivkah, American author and illustrator

• 1982 Michael Copon, American actor, singer, and producer

• 1982 Samkon Gado, Nigerian-American football player

• 1982 Kumi Koda, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress

• 1983 Kalle Kriit, Estonian cyclist

• 1983 Maleli Kunavore, Fijian rugby player (died 2012)

• 1984 Lucas Barrios, Paraguayan footballer

• 1984 Kurt Morath, Tongan rugby player

• 1985 Asdrúbal Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player

• 1986 Kevin Bridges, Scottish comedian and actor

• 1986 Wade Miley, American baseball player

• 1987 Hatsune Matsushima, Japanese model and actress

• 1987 Dana Vollmer, American swimmer

• 1990 Brenden Dillon, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1991 Matt Bennett, American actor

• 1992 Grégory Hofmann, Swiss ice hockey player

• 1992 Shabazz Muhammad, American basketball player

• 1993 Julia Michaels, American singer and songwriter

• 1995 Oliver Stummvoll, Austrian model

• 1995 Lucy Fallon, English actress

• 1999 Brett Baty, American baseball player

• 1999 Lando Norris, British-Belgian race car driver

• 2000 Sydney Agudong, American actress and singer

• 2002 Emma Raducanu, British tennis player

• 2002 Giovanni Reyna, American soccer player

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 867 Pope Nicholas I (born 800)

• 1002 Pallig, Danish chieftain, Jarl of Devonshire

• 1002 Gunhilde, wife of Pallig, Danish chieftain

• 1004 Abbo of Fleury, French monk and saint (born 945)

• 1072 Adalbero III of Luxembourg (born c. 1010)

• 1093 Malcolm III of Scotland (born 1031)

• 1143 Fulk, King of Jerusalem (born 1089)

• 1154 Iziaslav II of Kiev, Prince of Vladimir and Volyn, (born c. 1097)

• 1175 Henry of France, Archbishop of Reims (born c.1121)

• 1299 Oliver Sutton, Bishop of Lincoln

• 1319 Eric VI of Denmark (born 1274)

• 1345 Constance of Peñafiel, queen of Pedro I of Portugal (born 1323)

• 1359 Ivan II of Moscow (born 1326)

• 1369 Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick

• 1432 Anne of Burgundy, duchess of Bedford (born 1404)

• 1440 Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland

• 1460 Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (born 1394)

• 1502 Annio da Viterbo, Italian friar, historian, and scholar (born 1432)

1601–1900

• 1606 Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian physician and philologist (born 1530)

• 1619 Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter and illustrator (born 1555)

• 1650 Thomas May, English poet and historian (born 1595)

• 1726 Sophia Dorothea of Celle, Electoral Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Ahlden (born 1666)

• 1770 George Grenville, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1712)

• 1771 Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (born 1712)

• 1777 William Bowyer, English printer and author (born 1699)

• 1862 Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian (born 1787)

• 1863 Ignacio Comonfort, Mexican soldier and politician. President 1855–1858 (born 1812)

• 1867 Adolphe Napoléon Didron, French archaeologist and historian (born 1806)

• 1868 Gioachino Rossini, Italian pianist and composer (born 1792)

• 1872 Margaret Sarah Carpenter, English painter (born 1793)

• 1883 J. Marion Sims, American physician and gynecologist (born 1813)

1901–present

• 1903 Camille Pissarro, Virgin Islander-French painter (born 1830)

• 1911 Cecilie Thoresen Krog, Norwegian women's rights pioneer (born 1858)

• 1921 Ignác Goldziher, Hungarian scholar of Islam (born 1850)

• 1929 Princess Viktoria of Prussia (born 1866)

• 1932 Francisco Lagos Cházaro, acting president of Mexico (1915) (born 1878)

• 1937 Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (born 1857)

• 1942 Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral (born 1890)

• 1952 Margaret Wise Brown, American author (born 1910)

• 1954 Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (born 1881)

• 1955 Dida Dederding, Danish doctor and academic (born 1889)

• 1955 Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author (born 1897)

• 1955 Moshe Pesach, Greek rabbi (born 1869)

• 1961 Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (born 1897)

• 1963 Margaret Murray, Indian-English anthropologist and author (born 1863)

• 1969 Iskander Mirza, Indian-Pakistani general and politician, 1st President of Pakistan (born 1899)

• 1970 Bessie Braddock, British politician (born 1899)

• 1973 Lila Lee, American actress (born 1901)

• 1973 Bruno Maderna, Italian-German conductor and composer (born 1920)

• 1974 Vittorio De Sica, Italian-French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1901)

• 1974 Karen Silkwood, American technician and activist (born 1946)

• 1975 Olga Bergholz, Russian poet and playwright (born 1910)

• 1979 Dimitris Psathas, Greek playwright and academic (born 1907)

• 1982 Hugues Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 15th Solicitor General of Canada (born 1911)

• 1983 Henry Jamison Handy, American swimmer and water polo player (born 1886)

• 1983 Junior Samples, American comedian and actor (born 1926)

• 1986 Franco Cortese, Italian race car driver (born 1903)

• 1988 Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (born 1906)

• 1988 Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (born 1902)

• 1989 Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (born 1964)

• 1989 Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (born 1906)

• 1989 Rohana Wijeweera, Sri Lankan rebel and politician (born 1943)

• 1989 Dorothea Krook-Gilead, Latvian-South African author, translator and scholar (born 1920)

• 1990 Helen Dettweiler, American golfer (born 1914)

• 1991 Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian cardinal (born 1904)

• 1993 Rufus R. Jones, American wrestler (born 1933)

• 1994 Jack Baker, American actor and screenwriter (born 1947)

• 1994 Motoo Kimura, Japanese biologist and geneticist (born 1924)

• 1996 Bill Doggett, American pianist and composer (born 1916)

• 1996 Bobbie Vaile, Australian astrophysicist and academic (born 1959)

• 1997 André Boucourechliev, Bulgarian-French pianist and composer (born 1925)

• 1998 Edwige Feuillère, French actress (born 1907)

• 1998 Valerie Hobson, Irish-born English actress (born 1917)

• 1998 Red Holzman, American basketball player and coach (born 1920)

• 2001 Cornelius Warmerdam, American pole vaulter (born 1915)

• 2002 Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1925)

• 2002 Rishikesh Shaha, Nepalese academic and politician (born 1925)

• 2004 John Balance, English singer-songwriter (born 1962)

• 2004 Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper and producer (born 1968)

• 2004 Thomas M. Foglietta, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1928)

• 2005 Vine Deloria, Jr., American historian, theologian, and author (born 1933)

• 2005 Eddie Guerrero, American wrestler (born 1967)

• 2007 Wahab Akbar, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1960)

• 2007 John Doherty, English footballer and manager (born 1935)

• 2007 Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1937)

• 2010 Luis García Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1921)

• 2010 Allan Sandage, American astronomer and cosmologist (born 1926)

• 2012 Erazm Ciołek, Polish photographer and author (born 1937)

• 2012 Manuel Peña Escontrela, Spanish footballer (born 1965)

• 2012 John Sheridan, English rugby player and coach (born 1933)

• 2013 Hans-Jürgen Heise, German author and poet (born 1930)

• 2013 Chieko Aioi, Japanese actress and voice actress (born 1934)

• 2014 María José Alvarado, Honduran model, Señorita Honduras 2014 (born 1995)

• 2014 Kakha Bendukidze, Georgian economist and politician, Georgian Minister of Economy (born 1956)

• 2014 Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager (born 1922)

• 2014 Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician and theorist (born 1928)

• 2016 Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)

• 2017 Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and manager (born 1918)

• 2020 Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer (born 1946)

• 2024 Theodore Olson, American lawyer (born 1940)

• 2024 Shel Talmy, American record producer, songwriter and arranger (born 1937)

• 2024 Shuntarō Tanikawa, Japanese poet and translator (born 1931)

• 2024 Daim Zainuddin, Malaysian politician (born 1938)

• 2025 Juan Ponce Enrile, Filipino politician and lawyer (born 1924)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

• Agostina Livia Pietrantoni

• Brice of Tours

• Didacus (Diego) of Alcalá

• Eugenius II of Toledo

• Frances Xavier Cabrini

• Homobonus

• John Chrysostom (Eastern Orthodox, Repose)

• Quintian of Rodez

• Saints of the Benedictine family

• Saints of the Premonstratensian Order

• Stanislaus Kostka

• Charles Simeon (Church of England)

• The Hundred Thousand Martyrs of Tbilisi (Georgian Orthodox Church)

• Sadie Hawkins Day (United States)

• World Kindness Day

References

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