Events

Pre-1600

• 332 BC Alexander the Great is crowned pharaoh of Egypt.

1601–1900

• 1680 German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet to be discovered by telescope.

• 1770 James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

• 1812 Napoleonic Wars: At the Battle of Smoliani, French Marshals Victor and Oudinot are defeated by the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein.

• 1851 Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA.

• 1889 Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.

1901–present

• 1910 Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.

• 1914 The Joensuu City Hall, designed by Eliel Saarinen, was inaugurated in Joensuu, Finland.

• 1918 The Provisional National Assembly of the new republic of Czechoslovakia meets to devise a constitution.

• 1920 Pesäpallo, the Finnish version of baseball developed by Lauri Pihkala, is played for the first time at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki.

• 1921 The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero.

• 1922 The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.

• 1938 The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.

• 1940 World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.

• 1941 World War II: The aircraft carrier sinks due to torpedo damage from the sustained on November 13.

• 1941 World War II: German troops, aided by local auxiliaries, murder nine thousand residents of the Słonim Ghetto in a single day.

• 1952 The New Musical Express publishes the first regular UK Singles Chart.

• 1957 The "Apalachin meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high-level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.

• 1960 Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.

• 1965 Vietnam War: The Battle of Ia Drang begins. This is the first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.

• 1967 The Congress of Colombia, in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman".

• 1967 American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.

• 1969 Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.

• 1970 Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.

• 1970 Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including almost all of the Marshall University football team.

• 1971 Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars.

• 1973 In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.

• 1973 The Athens Polytechnic uprising, a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967–74, begins.

• 1975 With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara.

• 1977 During a British House of Commons debate, Labour MP Tam Dalyell poses what would become known as the West Lothian question, referring to issues related to devolution in the United Kingdom.

• 1978 France conducts the Aphrodite nuclear test as 25th in the group of 29 1975–78 French nuclear tests.

• 1979 US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive Order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.

• 1982 Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.

• 1984 Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city.

• 1990 After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder–Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.

• 1990 While on approach to Zurich Airport, Alitalia Flight 404 crashes into Stadlerberg Mountain near Weiach, killing 46.

• 1991 American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.

• 1991 Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years in exile.

• 1992 In poor conditions caused by Cyclone Forrest, Vietnam Airlines Flight 474 crashes near Nha Trang, killing 30.

• 1995 A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.

• 2001 War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.

• 2001 A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan Plateau. It has the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake.

• 2003 Astronomers discover Sedna, a distant trans-Neptunian dwarf planet.

• 2008 The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.

• 2008 Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-126 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.

• 2012 Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip in response to an escalation of rocket attacks by Hamas.

• 2016 A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Kaikōura, New Zealand, at a depth of 15km (9 miles), resulting in the deaths of two people.

• 2017 A gunman kills four people and injures 12 others during a shooting spree across Rancho Tehama, California. He had earlier murdered his wife in their home.

• 2019 A mass shooting occurs at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, resulting in three deaths, including that of the perpetrator, and three injuries.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1449 Sidonie of Poděbrady, daughter of King of Bohemia (died 1510)

• 1487 John III of Pernstein, Bohemian land-owner, Governor of Moravia and Count of Kladsko (died 1548)

• 1501 Anna of Oldenburg, Regent of East Frisia (died 1575)

• 1531 Richard Topcliffe, English torturer (died 1604)

1601–1900

• 1601 John Eudes, French priest and missionary (died 1680)

• 1650 William III of England, Prince of Orange, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (died 1702)

• 1663 Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, German organist and composer (died 1712)

• 1719 Leopold Mozart, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1787)

• 1765 Robert Fulton, American engineer, early steamboat pioneer (died 1815)

• 1771 Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (died 1802)

• 1776 Henri Dutrochet, French physician, botanist, and physiologist (died 1847)

• 1777 Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (died 1859)

• 1778 Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1837)

• 1779 Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (died 1850)

• 1797 Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist (died 1875)

• 1803 Jacob Abbott, American author (died 1879)

• 1805 Fanny Hensel, German pianist and composer (died 1847)

• 1812 Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (died 1878)

• 1812 Maria Cristina of Savoy (died 1836)

• 1816 John Curwen, English minister and educator (died 1880)

• 1828 James B. McPherson, American general (died 1864)

• 1832 Henry Strangways, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of South Australia (died 1920)

• 1838 August Šenoa, Croatian author, poet, and critic (died 1881)

• 1840 Claude Monet, French painter (died 1926)

• 1856 Madeleine Lemoyne Ellicott, American activist (died 1945)

• 1861 Frederick Jackson Turner, American historian and author (died 1932)

• 1863 Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (died 1944)

• 1869 John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (died 1944)

• 1871 Wajed Ali Khan Panni, Bengali aristocrat and philanthropist (died 1936)

• 1875 Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician (died 1899)

• 1875 Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and activist (died 1944)

• 1877 Norman Brookes, Australian tennis player (died 1968)

• 1878 Julie Manet, French painter and art collector (died 1966)

• 1878 Leopold Staff, Ukrainian-Polish poet and academic (died 1957)

• 1883 Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (died 1942)

• 1889 Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (died 1964)

• 1891 Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941)

• 1893 Addie Viola Smith, American lawyer and trade commissioner (died 1975)

• 1895 Walter Jackson Freeman II, American physician and psychiatrist (died 1972)

• 1897 John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (died 1946)

• 1898 Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French philosopher, poet, and critic (died 1944)

• 1900 Aaron Copland, American composer, conductor, and educator (died 1990)

1901–present

• 1904 Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (died 1970)

• 1904 Harold Larwood, English-Australian cricketer (died 1995)

• 1904 Dick Powell, American actor, singer, director, and producer (died 1963)

• 1905 John Henry Barbee, American singer and guitarist (died 1964)

• 1906 Louise Brooks, American actress and dancer (died 1985)

• 1907 Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1995)

• 1907 Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter (died 2002)

• 1907 William Steig, American author, illustrator, and sculptor (died 2003)

• 1908 Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, and politician (died 1957)

• 1910 Rosemary DeCamp, American actress and singer (died 2001)

• 1910 Eric Malpass, English author (died 1996)

• 1912 Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist (died 1979)

• 1912 Tung-Yen Lin, Chinese-American engineer, designed the Guandu Bridge (died 2003)

• 1914 Ken Carson, American Western singer (died 1994)

• 1915 Mabel Fairbanks, American figure skater and coach (died 2001)

• 1915 Martha Tilton, American singer and actress (died 2006)

• 1916 Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician and academic (died 1994)

• 1916 Sherwood Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (died 2011)

• 1917 Park Chung Hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (died 1979)

• 1918 John Bromwich, Australian tennis player (died 1999)

• 1919 Johnny Desmond, American singer (died 1985)

• 1919 Lisa Otto, German soprano and actress (died 2013)

• 1920 Mary Greyeyes, the first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Armed Forces (died 2011)

• 1921 Ea Jansen, Estonian historian and academic (died 2005)

• 1921 Brian Keith, American actor and director (died 1997)

• 1922 Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th Secretary General of the United Nations (died 2016)

• 1922 Veronica Lake, American actress and singer (died 1973)

• 1924 Leonid Kogan, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (died 1982)

• 1925 Stirling Colgate, American physicist and academic (died 2013)

• 1925 James Mellaart, English archaeologist and author (died 2012)

• 1927 Lawrie Barratt, English businessman, founded Barratt Developments (died 2012)

• 1927 Bart Cummings, Australian horse trainer (died 2015)

• 1927 McLean Stevenson, American actor and screenwriter (died 1996)

• 1927 Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist and composer (died 1997)

• 1928 Kathleen Hughes, American actress (died 2025)

• 1929 Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler (died 1997)

• 1929 Jimmy Piersall, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2017)

• 1930 Peter Katin, English pianist and academic (died 2015)

• 1930 Monique Mercure, Canadian actress (died 2020)

• 1930 Michael Robbins, English actor (died 1992)

• 1930 Ed White, American engineer and astronaut (died 1967)

• 1932 Gunter Sachs, German astrologer and photographer (died 2011)

• 1933 Fred Haise, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut

• 1934 Dave Mackay, Scottish-English footballer and manager (died 2015)

• 1934 Ellis Marsalis, Jr., American pianist and educator (died 2020)

• 1934 Catherine McGuinness, Irish lawyer, judge, and politician

• 1935 Hussein of Jordan (died 1999)

• 1935 Lefteris Papadopoulos, Greek songwriter and journalist

• 1936 Carey Bell, American singer and harmonica player (died 2007)

• 1936 Freddie Garrity, English singer and actor (died 2006)

• 1936 Cornell Gunter, American R&B singer (died 1990)

• 1937 Alan J. W. Bell, English director and producer (died 2023)

• 1937 Murray Oliver, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2014)

• 1939 Wendy Carlos, American keyboard player and composer

• 1942 Manon Cleary, American painter and academic (died 2011)

• 1942 Natalia Gutman, Russian cellist and educator

• 1943 Peter Norton, American programmer and author

• 1944 Karen Armstrong, English author and academic

• 1944 Mike Katz, American bodybuilder and football player

• 1945 Louise Ellman, English academic and politician

• 1945 Vikram Gokhale, Indian actor and director (died 2022)

• 1945 Brett Lunger, American race car driver

• 1946 Bharathan, Indian director and screenwriter (died 1998)

• 1946 Roland Duchâtelet, Belgian businessman and politician

• 1947 P. J. O'Rourke, American political satirist and journalist (died 2022)

• 1947 Nat Young, Australian surfer and author

• 1947 Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordion player (died 2016)

• 1948 Charles III, King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms

• 1948 Paul Dacre, English journalist

• 1948 Michael Dobbs, English author and politician

• 1948 Robert Ginty, American actor and producer (died 2009)

• 1949 Raúl di Blasio, Argentinian pianist, composer, and producer

• 1949 Enzo Cucchi, Italian painter

• 1949 Gary Grubbs, American actor

• 1949 Ryo Hayami, Japanese actor

• 1949 James Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1951 Stephen Bishop, American singer-songwriter and actor

• 1951 Leszek Cichy, Polish mountaineer

• 1951 Zhang Yimou, Chinese actor, director, producer, and cinematographer

• 1952 Johnny A., American guitarist and songwriter

• 1952 Dimitra Galani, Greek singer, composer and songwriter

• 1952 Maggie Roswell, American voice actress and singer

• 1953 Tim Bowler, English children's author

• 1953 Dominique de Villepin, Moroccan-French lawyer and politician, 167th Prime Minister of France

• 1954 Willie Hernández, Puerto Rican baseball player (died 2023)

• 1954 Bernard Hinault, French cyclist

• 1954 Condoleezza Rice, American political scientist, academic, and politician, 66th United States Secretary of State

• 1954 Eliseo Salazar, Chilean race car driver

• 1954 Yanni, Greek-American pianist, composer, and producer

• 1955 Philip Egan, English bishop

• 1955 Jack Sikma, American basketball player and coach

• 1956 Babette Babich, American philosopher, author, and scholar

• 1956 Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (died 2010)

• 1956 Peter R. de Vries, Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter (died 2021)

• 1956 Valerie Jarrett, American government official

• 1959 Paul Attanasio, American screenwriter and producer

• 1959 Paul McGann, English actor

• 1961 D. B. Sweeney, American actor

• 1962 Laura San Giacomo, American actress

• 1962 Harland Williams, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter

• 1963 Stéphane Bern, French journalist, radio and television presenter

• 1964 Bill Hemmer, American journalist

• 1964 Joseph Simmons, American hip-hop artist

• 1964 Patrick Warburton, American actor and comedian

• 1966 Charles Hazlewood, English conductor

• 1966 Petra Rossner, German cyclist

• 1967 Nina Gordon, American singer-songwriter

• 1968 Lionel Simmons, American basketball player

• 1969 Butch Walker, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1970 Dana Stubblefield, American football player

• 1971 Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer and sportscaster

• 1971 Vikas Khanna, Indian chef and author

• 1971 Marco Leonardi, Australian-Italian actor

• 1972 Matt Bloom, American wrestler, trainer, and sportscaster

• 1972 Josh Duhamel, American model and actor

• 1972 Lara Giddings, Papua New Guinean-Australian politician, 44th Premier of Tasmania

• 1972 Edyta Górniak, Polish singer

• 1972 Dougie Payne, Scottish bass player

• 1972 Martin Pike, Australian footballer and coach

• 1972 Aaron Taylor, American football player and sportscaster

• 1972 Dariusz Żuraw, Polish footballer and manager

• 1973 Lawyer Milloy, American football player

• 1973 Rubén Rivera, Panamanian baseball player

• 1973 Andrew Strong, Irish singer and actor

• 1974 Adina Howard, American singer-songwriter and chef

• 1974 Sofie Merckx, Belgian politician

• 1974 David Moscow, American actor

• 1974 Joe Principe, American singer and bass player

• 1975 Travis Barker, American drummer, songwriter, and producer

• 1975 Stephen Guarino, American actor

• 1975 Gary Vaynerchuk, Russian-American businessman and critic

• 1977 Brian Dietzen, American actor

• 1977 Obie Trice, American rapper and producer

• 1978 Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player

• 1978 Michala Banas, New Zealand actress and singer

• 1978 Delphine Chanéac, French model and actress

• 1978 Xavier Nady, American baseball player and coach

• 1979 Carl Hayman, New Zealand rugby player

• 1979 Mavie Hörbiger, German-Austrian actress

• 1979 Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian-French model and actress

• 1979 Pushkar Lele, Indian singer

• 1979 Moitheri Ntobo, Lesothan footballer

• 1979 Miguel Sabah, Mexican footballer

• 1980 Brock Pierce, American actor and businessman

• 1980 Brooke Satchwell, Australian model and actress

• 1981 Vanessa Bayer, American actress

• 1981 Tom Ferrier, English race car driver

• 1981 Russell Tovey, English actor

• 1982 Boosie Badazz, American rapper

• 1982 Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai

• 1982 Kyle Orton, American football player

• 1982 Joy Williams, American singer-songwriter

• 1983 Guillermo Moscoso, American baseball player

• 1983 Naqqash Tahir, English cricketer

• 1983 Chelsea Wolfe, American singer-songwriter

• 1983 Miriam Barnes, American sprinter and hurdler

• 1984 Lisa De Vanna, Australian footballer

• 1984 Courtney Johns, Australian footballer

• 1984 Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer

• 1985 Thomas Vermaelen, Belgian footballer

• 1986 Kalisto, Mexican-American wrestler

• 1986 Danielle Page, American-Serbian basketball player and coach

• 1986 Cory Michael Smith, American actor

• 1987 Giorgos Georgiadis, Greek footballer

• 1988 Chiyotairyū Hidemasa, Japanese sumo wrestler

• 1988 Nanase Hoshii, Japanese singer and actress

• 1989 Vlad Chiricheș, Romanian footballer

• 1989 T. Y. Hilton, American football player

• 1989 Jake Livermore, English footballer

• 1989 Stella Maeve, American actress

• 1990 Roman Bürki, Swiss footballer

• 1990 Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (died 2008)

• 1991 Miriam Brouwer, Canadian cyclist

• 1991 Taylor Hall, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1991 Graham Patrick Martin, American actor

• 1991 Thinzar Shunlei Yi, Burmese activist

• 1993 Francisco Lindor, Puerto Rican baseball player

• 1993 Shūhei Nomura, Japanese actor

• 1993 Samuel Umtiti, French footballer

• 1996 Borna Ćorić, Croatian tennis player

• 1996 Dawson Knox, American football player

• 1997 Noussair Mazraoui, Moroccan footballer

• 1997 Christopher Nkunku, French footballer

• 1997 Axel Tuanzebe, English-Congolese footballer

• 1998 Sofia Kenin, American tennis player

• 1998 DeVonta Smith, American football player

• 2000 Xiyeon, South Korean singer and actress

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 565 Justinian I, Byzantine emperor (born 482)

• 669 Fujiwara no Kamatari, Japanese politician (born 614)

• 940 Abu'l-Fadl al-Bal'ami, Samanid vizier

• 976 Taizu, Chinese emperor (born 927)

• 1060 Geoffrey II, count of Anjou

• 1189 William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex

• 1226 Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (born 1193)

• 1263 Alexander Nevsky, Russian saint (born 1220)

• 1346 Ostasio I da Polenta, Lord of Ravenna

• 1359 Gregory Palamas, Greek archbishop and saint (born 1296)

• 1391 Nikola Tavelić, Croatian missionary and saint (born 1340)

• 1442 Yolande of Aragon, French noblewoman (born 1384)

• 1522 Anne of France, duchess of Bourbon (born 1461)

• 1539 Hugh Faringdon, English monk and abbot

• 1556 Giovanni della Casa, Italian archbishop and poet (born 1504)

1601–1900

• 1633 William Ames, English philosopher and academic (born 1576)

• 1687 Nell Gwyn, English mistress of Charles II of England (born 1650)

• 1691 Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (born 1617)

• 1716 Gottfried Leibniz, German mathematician and philosopher (born 1646)

• 1734 Louise de Kérouaille, duchess of Portsmouth (born 1649)

• 1739 Juan de Galavís, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop of Santo Domingo and Bogotá (born 1683)

• 1746 Georg Wilhelm Steller, German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (born 1709)

• 1749 Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna (born 1713)

• 1817 Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian seamstress and spy (born 1795)

• 1825 Jean Paul, German journalist and author (born 1763)

• 1829 Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (born 1763)

• 1831 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher, author, and academic (born 1770)

• 1831 Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-French composer and piano builder (born 1757)

• 1832 Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American farmer and politician (born 1737)

• 1844 John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher (born 1780)

• 1844 Flora Tristan, French author and activist (born 1803)

• 1864 Franz Müller, German tailor and murderer (born 1840)

• 1866 Miguel I of Portugal (born 1802)

1901–present

• 1907 Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1848)

• 1908 Guangxu Emperor of China (born 1871)

• 1910 John La Farge, American artist (born 1835)

• 1914 Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Indian lawyer and journalist (born 1861)

• 1915 Booker T. Washington, American educator, essayist and historian (born 1856)

• 1916 Henry George, Jr., American journalist and politician (born 1862)

• 1916 Saki, British short story writer (born 1870)

• 1918 Matti Lonkainen, Finnish politician (born 1874)

• 1921 Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (born 1846)

• 1930 Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league player (born 1883)

• 1932 Charles Hylton Stewart, English organist and composer (born 1884)

• 1937 Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager (born 1866)

• 1939 Bluey, Australian Cattle Dog, oldest verified dog (born 1910)

• 1944 Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator (born 1873)

• 1944 Trafford Leigh-Mallory, English air marshal (born 1892)

• 1946 Manuel de Falla, Spanish pianist and composer (born 1876)

• 1947 Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler and composer (born 1873)

• 1966 Peter Baker, English captain, author, and politician (born 1921)

• 1972 Martin Dies, Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1900)

• 1974 Johnny Mack Brown, American football player, actor, and singer (born 1904)

• 1977 A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian monk and guru, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (born 1896)

• 1981 Robert Bradford, Irish footballer and politician (born 1941)

• 1984 Cesar Climaco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Zamboanga City (born 1916)

• 1984 Nikitas Platis, Greek actor and cinematographer (born 1912)

• 1988 Haywood S. Hansell, American general (born 1903)

• 1989 Jimmy Murphy, Welsh footballer, manager, assistant manager, coach, and scout (born 1910)

• 1990 Sol Kaplan, American composer and conductor (born 1919)

• 1991 Tony Richardson, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)

• 1992 Ernst Happel, Austrian footballer and coach (born 1925)

• 1994 Tom Villard, American actor (born 1953)

• 1995 Jack Finney, American author and screenwriter (born 1911)

• 1996 Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (born 1928)

• 1996 John A. Cade, American soldier and politician (born 1929)

• 1997 Eddie Arcaro, American jockey and sportscaster (born 1916)

• 1997 Jack Pickersgill, Canadian educator and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada (born 1905)

• 2000 Robert Trout, American journalist (born 1908)

• 2001 Charlotte Coleman, English actress (born 1968)

• 2001 Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentinian footballer and manager (born 1922)

• 2002 Eddie Bracken, American actor (born 1915)

• 2002 Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American soprano and educator (born 1909)

• 2003 Gene Anthony Ray, American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (born 1962)

• 2004 Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor (born 1939)

• 2006 Sumner Shapiro, American admiral (born 1926)

• 2008 Kristin Hunter, American author and academic (born 1931)

• 2008 Robert E. Valett, American psychologist, teacher, and author (born 1927)

• 2010 Wes Santee, American runner (born 1932)

• 2011 Esin Afşar, Italian-Turkish singer and actress (born 1936)

• 2011 Neil Heywood, English-Chinese businessman (born 1970)

• 2011 Jackie Leven, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1950)

• 2012 Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (born 1974)

• 2012 Brian Davies, Australian rugby player and manager (born 1930)

• 2012 Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (born 1936)

• 2012 Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian commander (born 1960)

• 2012 Abubakar Olusola Saraki, Nigerian physician and politician (born 1933)

• 2013 Sudhir Bhat, Indian producer and manager (born 1951)

• 2013 Hari Krishna Devsare, Indian journalist and author (born 1938)

• 2013 Bennett Masinga, South African footballer (born 1965)

• 2014 Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and theorist (born 1924)

• 2014 Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica (born 1937)

• 2014 Morteza Pashaei, Iranian singer-songwriter (born 1984)

• 2015 Nick Bockwinkel, American professional wrestler (born 1934)

• 2015 K. S. Gopalakrishnan, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1929)

• 2015 Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (born 1926)

• 2016 Gwen Ifill, American television journalist (born 1955)

• 2020 Peter Florjancic, Slovene inventor and Olympic athlete (born 1919)

• 2020 Des O'Connor, English comedian, singer and television presenter (born 1932)

• 2024 – Vic Flick, English guitarist (born 1937)

• 2024 – Peter Sinfield, English songwriter and producer (born 1943)

Holidays and observances

• Anniversary of the Movement of Readjustment (Guinea-Bissau)

• Children's Day, celebrated on the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru (previously on November 20). (India)

Christian feast day:

• Alberic of Utrecht

• All Saints of the Carmelites

• All Souls of the Benedictine family

• Barlaam of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox Church)

• Dubricius (Dyfrig, or Devereux)

• Hypatius of Gangra

• Joseph Pignatelli SJ

• Justinian I (Eastern Orthodox and Lutheran Church)

• Laurence O'Toole

• Nikola Tavelic

• Philip the Apostle (Eastern Orthodox Church)

• Samuel Seabury (Anglican Communion)

• Serapion of Algiers

• Sidonius (Saëns)

• Venera (Veneranda)

• November 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Day of the Colombian Woman (Colombia)

• Mobile Brigade Day (Indonesia)

• World Diabetes Day (International)

• Dobruja Day (Romania)

References

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