Events

Pre-1600

• 326 The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I.

• 401 The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy.

• 1095 The Council of Clermont begins: called by Pope Urban II, it led to the First Crusade to the Holy Land.

• 1105 Maginulfo is elected Antipope Sylvester IV in opposition to Pope Paschal II.

• 1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV for invading the Kingdom of Sicily after promising to recognize papal control over it.

• 1302 Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Unam sanctam, claiming spiritual supremacy for the papacy.

• 1421 St Elizabeth's flood: A dike in the Grote Hollandse Waard in the Netherlands breaks, killing about 10,000 people.

• 1493 Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.

1601–1900

• 1601 Tiryaki Hasan Pasha, an Ottoman provincial governor, routs the Habsburg forces commanded by Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria who were besieging Nagykanizsa.

• 1626 The new St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is consecrated.

• 1730 The future Frederick the Great of Prussia is granted a pardon by his father and is released from confinement.

• 1760 The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.

• 1803 The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere.

• 1809 Napoleonic Wars: In a naval action, French frigates defeat British East Indiamen in the Bay of Bengal.

• 1812 Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Krasnoi ends in French defeat, but Marshal of France Michel Ney's leadership leads to him becoming known as "the bravest of the brave".

• 1863 King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.

• 1867 An earthquake strikes the Virgin Islands, triggering the largest tsunami witnessed in the Caribbean and killing dozens.

• 1872 Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.

• 1883 In the "day of two noons", American and Canadian railroad companies institute four standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.

• 1889 - Elisha P. Ferry is inaugurated as first governor of Washington.

1901–present

• 1901 Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.

• 1903 The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.

• 1905 Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.

• 1909 Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.

• 1910 In their campaign for women's voting rights, hundreds of suffragettes march to the British Parliament in London. Several are beaten by police, newspaper attention embarrasses the authorities, and the march is dubbed Black Friday.

• 1916 World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.

• 1918 Latvia declares its independence from Russia.

• 1928 Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon.

• 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.

• 1940 World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.

• 1943 World War II: In the first action of the Berlin Air Offensive, four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.

• 1944 The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba.

• 1947 The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.

• 1949 The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.

• 1961 Vietnam War: United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.

• 1963 The Bell Telephone Company introduces the first push-button telephone.

• 1970 U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.

• 1971 Oman declares its independence from the United Kingdom.

• 1978 The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet makes its first flight, at the Naval Air Test Center in Maryland, United States.

• 1978 In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones leads his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children.

• 1983 Aeroflot Flight 6833 is hijacked en route from Tbilisi to Leningrad. After returning to Tbilisi, the aircraft is subsequently raided on the ground, resulting in seven deaths.

• 1985 The first comic of Calvin and Hobbes is published in ten newspapers.

• 1987 King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.

• 1991 Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.

• 1991 After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.

• 1991 The autonomous Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia, which would in 1993 become a republic, was established in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

• 1993 In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is approved by the House of Representatives.

• 1993 In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution, expanding voting rights and ending white minority rule.

• 1996 A fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600ft) of tunnel.

• 1999 At Texas A&M University, the Aggie Bonfire collapses killing 12 students and injuring 27 others.

• 2002 Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.

• 2003 The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4–3 in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples.

• 2012 Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria becomes the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.

• 2013 NASA launches the MAVEN probe to Mars.

• 2020 The Utah monolith, built sometime in 2016 is discovered by state biologists of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

Births

Pre-1600

• 701 Itzam K'an Ahk II, Mayan ruler (died 757)

• 709 Emperor Kōnin of Japan (died 782)

• 1522 Lamoral, Count of Egmont (died 1568)

• 1571 Hippolytus Guarinonius, Italian physician and polymath (died 1654)

• 1576 Philipp Ludwig II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (died 1612)

1601–1900

• 1630 Eleonora Gonzaga, Italian wife of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1686)

• 1647 Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and author (died 1706)

• 1727 Philibert Commerson, French physician and explorer (died 1773)

• 1736 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, German harpsichord player and composer (died 1800)

• 1756 Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (died 1837)

• 1772 Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (died 1806)

• 1774 Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (died 1837)

• 1785 David Wilkie, Scottish painter and academic (died 1841)

• 1786 Carl Maria von Weber, German composer and conductor (probable; died 1826)

• 1787 Louis Daguerre, French artist, photographer and inventor (died 1851)

• 1804 Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Italian general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1878)

• 1810 Asa Gray, American botanist and academic (died 1888)

• 1832 Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish geologist and explorer (died 1901)

• 1833 James Patterson, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Victoria (died 1895)

• 1836 W. S. Gilbert, English playwright, poet, and illustrator (died 1911)

• 1839 August Kundt, German physicist and educator (died 1894)

• 1856 Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (died 1929)

• 1860 Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (died 1941)

• 1862 John Matthew Moore, American politician (died 1940)

• 1866 Henry Daglish, Australian politician, Premier of Western Australia (died 1920)

• 1871 Robert Hugh Benson, English Catholic priest and novelist (died 1914)

• 1874 Clarence Day, American author and poet (died 1935)

• 1876 Victor Hémery, French racing driver (died 1950)

• 1880 Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (died 1952)

• 1882 Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American soprano (died 1963)

• 1882 Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic (died 1957)

• 1882 Jacques Maritain, French philosopher and author (died 1973)

• 1882 Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist (died 1959)

• 1883 Carl Vinson, American judge and politician (died 1981)

• 1886 Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1967)

• 1888 Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (died 1973)

• 1889 Stanislav Kosior, Polish-Russian politician (died 1939)

• 1891 Gio Ponti, Italian architect, industrial designer, furniture designer, artist, and publisher.(died 1979)

• 1897 Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)

• 1899 Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (died 1985)

• 1899 Howard Thurman, American author, philosopher and civil rights activist (died 1981)

1901–present

• 1901 George Gallup, American statistician (died 1984)

• 1901 V. Shantaram, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1984)

• 1901 Craig Wood, American golfer (died 1968)

• 1904 Masao Koga, Japanese composer and guitarist (died 1978)

• 1904 Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1983)

• 1906 Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Turkish author and poet (died 1954)

• 1906 Alec Issigonis, Greek-English car designer, designed the mini car (died 1988)

• 1906 Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, short story writer, and critic (died 1949)

• 1906 George Wald, American neurobiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)

• 1907 Gustav Nezval, Czech actor (died 1998)

• 1907 Compay Segundo, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)

• 1908 Imogene Coca, American actress, comedian, and singer (died 2001)

• 1909 Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter and producer, co-founded Capitol Records (died 1976)

• 1911 Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and author (died 2000)

• 1912 Vic Hey, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1995)

• 1912 Hilda Nickson, English author (died 1977)

• 1913 Endre Rozsda, Hungarian-French painter and illustrator (died 1999)

• 1914 Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (died 1969)

• 1915 Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (died 2004)

• 1917 Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (died 1957)

• 1918 İlhan Berk, Turkish poet and author (died 2008)

• 1918 Tasker Watkins, Welsh soldier, judge, and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (died 2007)

• 1919 Jocelyn Brando, American actress (died 2005)

• 1920 Robert Fryer, American playwright and producer (died 2000)

• 1920 Mustafa Khalil, Egyptian lawyer and politician, 77th Prime Minister of Egypt (died 2008)

• 1920 Ron Suart, English football player and manager (died 2015)

• 1922 Marjorie Gestring, American springboard diver (died 1992)

• 1922 Luis Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician, 70th President of Nicaragua (died 1967)

• 1923 Cornelis Ruhtenberg, American painter (died 2008)

• 1923 Alan Shepard, American astronaut (died 1998)

• 1923 Ted Stevens, American politician (died 2010)

• 1924 Anna Elisabeth (Lise) Østergaard, Danish psychologist and politician (died 1996)

• 1926 Roy Sievers, American baseball player (died 2017)

• 1927 Hank Ballard, American R&B singer-songwriter (died 2003)

• 1927 Knowlton Nash, Canadian journalist and author (died 2014)

• 1928 Salvador Laurel, Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Philippines (died 2004)

• 1928 Sheila Jordan, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2025)

• 1929 Gianna D'Angelo, American soprano and educator (died 2013)

• 1932 Danny McDevitt, American baseball player (died 2010)

• 1933 Bruce Conner, American painter, photographer, and director (died 2008)

• 1933 Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek journalist and diplomat (died 2023)

• 1935 Rudolf Bahro, German philosopher and politician (died 1997)

• 1936 Ennio Antonelli, Italian cardinal

• 1936 Don Cherry, American trumpet player (died 1995)

• 1936 – John Edmond, Rhodesian folk singer and soldier

• 1938 Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop (died 2012)

• 1938 Norbert Ratsirahonana, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister of Madagascar

• 1938 Karl Schranz, Austrian skier

• 1939 Margaret Atwood, Canadian author

• 1939 Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington, English journalist and politician, Leader of the House of Lords

• 1939 Amanda Lear, Hong Kong-French singer-songwriter and actress

• 1939 Brenda Vaccaro, American actress

• 1940 James Welch, American novelist and poet (died 2003)

• 1941 Gary Bettenhausen, American race car driver (died 2014)

• 1941 David Hemmings, English actor and director (died 2003)

• 1942 Linda Evans, American actress

• 1942 Susan Sullivan, American actress

• 1943 Leonardo Sandri, Argentinian cardinal

• 1944 Wolfgang Joop, German fashion designer, founded JOOP!

• 1944 Ed Krupp, American astronomer, archaeoastronomer, author, Director Griffith Observatory

• 1945 Wilma Mankiller, American tribal chief (died 2010)

• 1945 Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th President of Sri Lanka

• 1946 Alan Dean Foster, American author

• 1947 Jameson Parker, American actor

• 1947 Ross Wilson, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1948 Tõnis Mägi, Estonian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

• 1948 Kongō Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler (died 2014)

• 1948 Ana Mendieta, Cuban-American sculptor and painter (died 1985)

• 1948 Jack Tatum, American football player (died 2010)

• 1949 Herman Rarebell, German rock drummer and songwriter

• 1950 Graham Parker, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1950 Rudy Sarzo, Cuban-American rock bass player

• 1951 Pete Morelli, American businessman

• 1951 Justin Raimondo, American journalist and author (died 2019)

• 1952 Peter Beattie, Australian lawyer and politician, 36th Premier of Queensland

• 1952 Delroy Lindo, English-American actor and director

• 1952 John Parr, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1953 Jan Kuehnemund, American rock guitarist (died 2013)

• 1953 Alan Moore, English author

• 1953 Kevin Nealon, American comedian and actor

• 1954 Carter Burwell, American composer and conductor

• 1956 Noel Brotherston, Irish-English footballer and painter (died 1995)

• 1956 Warren Moon, American football player and sportscaster

• 1956 Jim Weirich, American computer scientist, developed Rake Software (died 2014)

• 1957 Tony Bunn, American bassist, composer, producer, and writer

• 1958 Daniel Brailovsky, Argentine-Israeli footballer and manager

• 1958 Oscar Nunez, Cuban-American actor and comedian

• 1959 Jimmy Quinn, Northern Irish footballer and manager

• 1960 Ivans Klementjevs, Latvian canoeist

• 1960 Elizabeth Perkins, American actress

• 1960 Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1960 Kim Wilde, English singer-songwriter

• 1961 Steven Moffat, Scottish screenwriter and producer

• 1962 Tim Guinee, American actor

• 1962 Kirk Hammett, American guitarist, songwriter, member of the thrash metal band Metallica

• 1962 Jamie Moyer, American baseball player

• 1963 Len Bias, American basketball player (died 1986)

• 1963 Dante Bichette, American baseball player and coach

• 1963 Todd Bowles, American football player and coach

• 1963 Peter Schmeichel, Danish footballer and sportscaster

• 1964 Rita Cosby, American journalist and author

• 1965 Tim DeLaughter, American singer-songwriter and musician

• 1967 Jocelyn Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

• 1968 Romany Malco, American rapper, producer, actor, and screenwriter

• 1968 Gary Sheffield, American baseball player

• 1968 Owen Wilson, American actor

• 1969 Sam Cassell, American basketball player and coach

• 1969 Ahmed Helmy, Egyptian actor

• 1969 Koichiro Kimura, Japanese mixed martial artist and wrestler (died 2014)

• 1969 Duncan Sheik, American singer-songwriter and composer

• 1970 Mike Epps, American actor and comedian

• 1970 Megyn Kelly, American lawyer and journalist

• 1970 Peta Wilson, Australian model and actress

• 1971 Thérèse Coffey, English chemist and politician

• 1971 Terrance Hayes, American poet and academic

• 1971 Matthew Rodwell, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

• 1972 Jeroen Straathof, Dutch cyclist and speed skater

• 1973 Jonnie Irwin, English television presenter and business expert (died 2024)

• 1973 Nic Pothas, South African cricketer and coach

• 1974 Graham Coughlan, Irish footballer and coach

• 1974 Chloë Sevigny, American actress, model, and fashion designer

• 1974 Petter Solberg, Norwegian racing driver

• 1975 Anthony McPartlin, English comedian, actor, and producer

• 1975 David Ortiz, Dominican-American baseball player

• 1976 Dominic Armato, American voice actor

• 1976 Sage Francis, American rapper

• 1976 Steven Pasquale, American actor

• 1976 Shagrath, Norwegian singer-songwriter

• 1976 Matt Welsh, Australian swimmer

• 1976 Mona Zaki, Egyptian actress

• 1977 Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster

• 1977 Fabolous, American rapper

• 1978 Damien Johnson, Irish footballer

• 1978 Aldo Montano, Italian fencer

• 1979 Neeti Mohan, Indian playback singer

• 1979 Nate Parker, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1980 Hamza al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (died 2001)

• 1980 Luke Chadwick, English footballer

• 1980 Minori Chihara, Japanese voice actress and singer

• 1980 François Duval, Belgian racing driver

• 1980 Denny Hamlin, American race car driver

• 1980 C. J. Wilson, American baseball player

• 1981 Mekia Cox, American actress and dancer

• 1981 Dianne dela Fuente, Filipino singer and actress

• 1981 Nasim Pedrad, Iranian-American actress

• 1981 Vittoria Puccini, Italian actress

• 1981 Christina Vidal, American actress and singer

• 1982 Justin Knapp, American Wikipedia editor

• 1982 Damon Wayans Jr., American actor and comedian

• 1983 Travis Buck, American baseball player

• 1983 Jon Lech Johansen, Norwegian computer programmer and engineer, created DeCSS

• 1984 Ryohei Chiba, Japanese singer and dancer

• 1984 Aleksander Ihnatowicz, Polish programmer and actor

• 1984 Enar Jääger, Estonian footballer

• 1985 Allyson Felix, American sprinter

• 1987 Jake Abel, American actor

• 1987 Cal Clutterbuck, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1987 Yoon Park, South Korean actor

• 1988 Jeffrey Jordan, American basketball player

• 1988 Michael Roach, American soccer player

• 1988 Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Ivorian sprinter

• 1989 Marc Albrighton, English footballer

• 1989 Lu Jiajing, Chinese tennis player

• 1990 Arnett Moultrie, American basketball player

• 1991 Ahmed Kelly, Iraqi-Australian swimmer

• 1991 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, Thai tennis player

• 1991 Jameson Taillon, Canadian-American baseball player

• 1992 Nathan Kress, American actor and director

• 1992 Henry Martín, Mexican footballer

• 1992 Quincy Miller, American basketball player

• 1992 Steven Skrzybski, German footballer

• 1992 Joe Thuney, American football player

• 1994 Akiyuki Hashimoto, Japanese sprinter

• 1994 Danka Kovinić, Montenegrin tennis player

• 1994 Bernhard Luxbacher, Austrian footballer

• 1996 Akram Afif, Qatari footballer

• 1996 Christian Kirk, American football player

• 1997 Jacob Bryson, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1997 Shea Langeliers, American baseball player

• 1997 Robert Sánchez, Spanish footballer

• 2001 Caleb Williams, American football player

• 2002 Patrick Baldwin Jr., American basketball player

• 2004 Luka Romero, Mexican-Argentine footballer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 942 Odo of Cluny, Frankish abbot and saint (born c. 878)

• 953 Liutgard of Saxony, duchess of Lorraine (born 931)

• 1100 Thomas of Bayeux, archbishop of York

• 1154 Adelaide of Maurienne, French queen consort (born 1092)

• 1170 Albert the Bear, margrave of Brandenburg (born c. 1100)

• 1259 Adam Marsh, English scholar and theologian

• 1305 John II, duke of Brittany (born 1239)

• 1313 Constance of Portugal, Portuguese infanta (born 1290)

• 1349 Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (born 1310)

• 1441 Roger Bolingbroke, English cleric, astronomer, astrologer, magister and alleged necromancer

• 1472 Basilius Bessarion, titular patriarch of Constantinople (born c. 1403)

• 1482 Gedik Ahmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 17th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire

• 1559 Cuthbert Tunstall, English bishop (born 1474)

• 1565 Yun Wŏnhyŏng, Korean writer and politician (born 1509)

• 1590 George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English commander and politician, Lord High Steward of Ireland (born 1528)

1601–1900

• 1664 Miklós Zrínyi, Croatian and Hungarian military leader and statesman (born 1620)

• 1724 Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese priest (born 1685)

• 1785 Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (born 1725)

• 1797 Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (born 1719)

• 1804 Philip Schuyler, American general and senator (born 1733)

• 1814 William Jessop, English engineer (born 1745)

• 1830 Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher and academic, founded the Illuminati (born 1748)

• 1839 Wilhelmine von Wrochem, German flutist, singer and actress (born 1798)

• 1841 Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru (born 1785)

• 1852 Rose Philippine Duchesne, French-American nun and saint (born 1769)

• 1886 Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (born 1829)

• 1889 William Allingham, Irish-English poet and scholar (born 1824)

1901–present

• 1909 Renée Vivien, English-French poet (born 1877)

• 1922 Marcel Proust, French author and critic (born 1871)

• 1927 Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver, explorer, and politician (born 1871)

• 1936 V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1872)

• 1940 Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (born 1876)

• 1941 Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet and author (born 1879)

• 1941 Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1864)

• 1941 Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (born 1867)

• 1952 Paul Éluard, French poet and author (born 1895)

• 1962 Niels Bohr, Danish footballer, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1885)

• 1965 Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and bureaucrat, 33rd Vice President of the United States, 11th US Secretary of Agriculture (born 1888)

• 1969 Ted Heath, English trombonist and bandleader (born 1902)

• 1969 Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (born 1888)

• 1972 Danny Whitten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crazy Horse) (born 1943)

• 1976 Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (born 1890)

• 1977 Kurt Schuschnigg, Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (born 1897)

• 1978 Jim Jones, American cult leader, founded Peoples Temple (born 1931)

• 1978 Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician (born 1925)

• 1979 Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1901)

• 1980 Conn Smythe, Canadian soldier, ice hockey player, and businessman (born 1895)

• 1984 Mary Hamman, American journalist and author (born 1907)

• 1986 Gia Carangi, American model (born 1960)

• 1987 Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (born 1934)

• 1991 Gustáv Husák, Slovak lawyer and politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (born 1913)

• 1994 Cab Calloway, American singer-songwriter and bandleader (The Cab Calloway Orchestra) (born 1907)

• 1994 Anselm Franz, Austrian jet engine pioneer (born 1900)

• 1994 Peter Ledger, Australian painter and illustrator (born 1945)

• 1995 Miron Grindea, Romanian-English journalist (born 1909)

• 1998 Tara Singh Hayer, Indian-Canadian journalist and publisher (born 1936)

• 1999 Paul Bowles, American composer and author (born 1910)

• 1999 Doug Sahm, American singer and guitarist (born 1941)

• 2001 Walter Matuszczak, Polish-American football player 1939 All-America, 1941 New York Giants draft (born 1918)

• 2002 James Coburn, American actor (born 1928)

• 2003 Michael Kamen, American composer and conductor (born 1948)

• 2004 Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic (born 1905)

• 2004 Cy Coleman, American pianist and composer (born 1929)

• 2005 Harold J. Stone, American actor (born 1911)

• 2009 Red Robbins, American basketball player (born 1944)

• 2010 Freddy Beras-Goico, Dominican comedian and television host (born 1940)

• 2010 Brian G. Marsden, English-American astronomer and academic (born 1937)

• 2012 Emilio Aragón Bermúdez, Spanish clown, singer, and accordion player (born 1929)

• 2012 Phoebe Hearst Cooke, American businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1927)

• 2013 Thomas Howard, American football player (born 1983)

• 2013 S. R. D. Vaidyanathan, Indian nadaswaram player and composer (born 1929)

• 2013 Ljubomir Vračarević, Serbian martial artist, founded Real Aikido (born 1947)

• 2013 Peter Wintonick, Canadian director and producer (born 1953)

• 2014 Dave Appell, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1922)

• 2014 Pepe Eliaschev, Argentinian journalist and author (born 1945)

• 2014 Ahmad Lozi, Jordanian educator and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Jordan (born 1925)

• 2014 C. Rudhraiya, Indian director and producer (born 1947)

• 2015 Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Belgian-Moroccan terrorist (born 1987)

• 2015 Dan Halldorson, Canadian-American golfer (born 1952)

• 2015 Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player (born 1975)

• 2016 Sharon Jones, American soul and funk singer (born 1956)

• 2016 Denton Cooley, American surgeon and scientist (born 1920)

• 2017 Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian hard rock guitarist (born 1953)

• 2020 Kirby Morrow, Canadian actor, comedian, and writer (born 1973)

• 2022 Tabassum, Indian actress and talk show host (born 1944)

• 2024 Charles Dumont, French singer and composer (born 1929)

• 2024 Arthur Frommer, American travel writer (born 1929)

• 2024 Bob Love, American basketball player (born 1942)

• 2024 Colin Petersen, Australian drummer, record producer and actor (born 1946)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

• Abhai of Hach (Syriac Orthodox Church)

• Alphaeus and Zacchaeus

• Barulas

• Constant

• Dedication of Saints Peter and Paul

• Elizabeth of Hungary (Church of England)

• Juthwara

• Mabyn (Roman Catholic Church and Anglicanism)

• The main day of the Feast of the Virgen de Chiquinquirá or Chinita's Fair (Maracaibo, Venezuela)

• Maudez (Mawes)

• Nazarius (Nazaire)

• Odo of Cluny

• Romanus of Caesarea

• Rose Philippine Duchesne

• November 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Day of Army and Victory (Haiti)

• Independence Day (Morocco), celebrates the independence of Morocco from France and Spain in 1956.

• National Day (Oman)

• Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia celebrates the independence of Latvia from Russia in 1918.

• Remembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991 (Croatia)

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day

• Historical Events on November 18