Events

Pre-1600

• 164 BCE Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, rededicates the Temple in Jerusalem, an event that is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. (25 Kislev 3597 in the Hebrew calendar.)

• 235 Pope Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope.

• 1386 Timur of Samarkand captures and sacks the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, taking King Bagrat V of Georgia captive.

1601–1900

• 1620 Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (November 11, O.S.)

• 1676 The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.

• 1783 In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.

• 1789 North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.

• 1851 Mutineers take control of the Chilean penal colony of Punta Arenas in the Strait of Magellan.

• 1861 American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.

• 1877 Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.

• 1894 Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.

• 1900 Claude Monet's paintings shown at Gallery Durand-Ruel in Paris.

1901–present

• 1902 The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeat the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first-ever professional American football night game.

• 1905 Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E=mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.

• 1910 Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the , , and , violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).

• 1916 World War I: Mines from SM U-73 sink HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the war.

• 1918 The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.

• 1918 The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to stand for Parliament in the UK.

• 1918 A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles.

• 1920 Irish War of Independence: On "Bloody Sunday" in Dublin, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) assassinated a group of British Intelligence agents, and British forces killed 14 civilians at a Gaelic football match at Croke Park.

• 1922 Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator.

• 1927 Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of Colorado state police dressed in civilian clothes.

• 1942 The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by standard road vehicles until 1943).

• 1944 World War II: American submarine USS Sealion sinks the Japanese battleship Kongō and Japanese destroyer Urakaze in the Formosa Strait.

• 1945 The United Auto Workers strike 92 General Motors plants in 50 cities to back up worker demands for a 30-percent raise.

• 1950 Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.

• 1953 The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.

• 1954 People's Action Party, an eventual dominative political party in Singapore, was established.

• 1959 American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal.

• 1961 "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, the first revolving restaurant in the United States.

• 1962 The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.

• 1964 The Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge opens to traffic. At the time it is the world's longest bridge span.

• 1964 Second Vatican Council: The third session of the Roman Catholic Church's ecumenical council closes.

• 1967 Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."

• 1969 U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō agree on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. The U.S. retains rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.

• 1969 The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.

• 1970 Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast: A joint United States Air Force and Army team raids the Sơn Tây prisoner-of-war camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there.

• 1971 Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillass), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.

• 1972 Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung Hee and the Fourth Republic.

• 1974 The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but are later exonerated.

• 1977 Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".

• 1979 The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four.

• 1980 A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). Eighty-five people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.

• 1985 United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.

• 1986 National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents allegedly implicating them in the Iran–Contra affair.

• 1989 Aeroflot Flight 37577 crashes on approach to Sovetsky Airport, killing 32.

• 1990 Bangkok Airways Flight 125 crashes on approach to Samui Airport, killing 38.

• 1992 A major tornado strikes the Houston, Texas area during the afternoon. Over the next two days the largest tornado outbreak ever to occur in the US during November spawns over 100 tornadoes.

• 1995 The Dayton Agreement is initialed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

• 1996 Humberto Vidal explosion: Thirty-three people die when a Humberto Vidal shoe shop in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico explodes.

• 1998 Finnish satanist Jarno Elg kills a 23-year-old man and performs a ritual-like cutting and eating of body parts in Hyvinkää, Finland.

• 2002 NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.

• 2002 Arturo Guzmán Decena, founder of Los Zetas and high-member of the Gulf Cartel, is killed in a shoot-out with the Mexican Army and the police.

• 2004 The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.

• 2004 Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern half of the island sustains the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. In neighboring Guadeloupe, one person is killed.

• 2004 The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100billion) of Iraq's external debt.

• 2004 China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210 crashes after takeoff from Baotou Donghe Airport, killing 55.

• 2006 Anti-Syrian Lebanese politician and government minister Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.

• 2009 A mine explosion in Heilongjiang, China kills 108.

• 2012 At least 28 are wounded after a bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv.

• 2013 Fifty-four people are killed when the roof of a shopping center collapses in Riga, Latvia.

• 2013 Massive protests start in Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych suspended signing the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement.

• 2014 A stampede in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe caused by the police firing tear gas kills at least eleven people and injures 40 others.

• 2015 The government of Belgium imposes a security lockdown on Brussels, including the closure of shops, schools, and public transportation, due to potential terrorist attacks.

• 2017 Robert Mugabe formally resigns as President of Zimbabwe, after thirty-seven years in office.

• 2019 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is indicted on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.

• 2019 Tesla launches the SUV Cybertruck. A gaffe occurs during the launch event when its "unbreakable" windows shatter during demonstration.

• 2021 An SUV plows through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, killing six and injuring 62.

• 2022 A magnitude 5.6 earthquake on the Indonesian island of Java kills between 335 and 602 people.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1495 John Bale, English bishop and historian (died 1563)

• 1567 Anne de Xainctonge, French saint, founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin (died 1621)

1601–1900

• 1631 Catharina Questiers, Dutch poet (died 1669)

• 1692 Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet and academic (died 1768)

• 1694 Voltaire, French writer and philosopher (died 1778)

• 1718 Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, German composer, critic, and theorist (died 1795)

• 1729 Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 6th Governor of New Hampshire (died 1795)

• 1760 Joseph Plumb Martin, American sergeant (died 1850)

• 1768 Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologian, philosopher, and scholar (died 1834)

• 1785 William Beaumont, American surgeon, "Father of Gastric Physiology" (died 1853)

• 1787 Samuel Cunard, Canadian businessman, founded the Cunard Line (died 1865)

• 1811 Ludwik Gorzkowski, Polish politician, physicist, and revolutionary activist (died 1857)

• 1818 Lewis H. Morgan, American lawyer, anthropologist, and theorist (died 1881)

• 1834 Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier (died 1916)

• 1840 Victoria, Princess Royal of England (died 1901)

• 1851 Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Belgian cardinal and theologian (died 1926)

• 1852 Francisco Tárrega, Spanish guitarist and composer (died 1909)

• 1853 Hussein Kamel of Egypt (died 1917)

• 1854 Pope Benedict XV (died 1922)

• 1866 Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Norwegian poet and author (died 1900)

• 1866 Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (died 1914)

• 1870 Alexander Berkman, Lithuanian-American activist and author (died 1936)

• 1870 Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (died 1946)

• 1870 Stanley Jackson, English cricketer and politician (died 1947)

• 1876 Olav Duun, Norwegian author and educator (died 1939)

• 1877 Sigfrid Karg-Elert, German composer and educator (died 1933)

• 1878 Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer and politician, German Minister of Justice (died 1949)

• 1886 Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (died 1968)

• 1894 Cecil M. Harden, American politician (died 1984)

• 1897 Mollie Steimer, Russian-American activist (died 1980)

• 1898 René Magritte, Belgian painter (died 1967)

• 1899 Jobyna Ralston, American actress (died 1967)

• 1899 Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (died 1987)

1901–present

• 1902 Foster Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (died 1985)

• 1902 Mikhail Suslov, Russian soldier, economist, and politician (died 1982)

• 1903 Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)

• 1904 Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (died 1969)

• 1905 Georgina Battiscombe, British biographer (died 2006)

• 1907 Buck Ram, American songwriter and music producer (died 1991)

• 1908 Leo Politi, Italian-American author and illustrator (died 1996)

• 1908 Elizabeth George Speare, American author and educator (died 1994)

• 1912 Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (died 1982)

• 1913 John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1985)

• 1913 Roy Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001)

• 1913 Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician, author, and academic (died 1975)

• 1914 Nusret Fişek, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (died 1990)

• 1914 Henri Laborit, French physician and philosopher (died 1995)

• 1915 Norm Smith, Australian footballer and coach (died 1973)

• 1916 Sid Luckman, American football player and soldier (died 1998)

• 1917 Chung Il-kwon, Korean politician, diplomat, and soldier (died 1994)

• 1919 Paul Bogart, American director and producer (died 2012)

• 1920 Ralph Meeker, American actor (died 1988)

• 1920 Stan Musial, American baseball player and manager (died 2013)

• 1921 Donald Sheldon, American pilot (died 1975)

• 1922 Abe Lemons, American basketball player and coach (died 2002)

• 1924 Joseph Campanella, American actor (died 2018)

• 1924 Milka Planinc, Yugoslav politician, 28th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (died 2010)

• 1924 Christopher Tolkien, English author and academic (died 2020)

• 1925 Veljko Kadijević, Croatian general and politician, 5th Federal Secretary of People's Defence (died 2014)

• 1926 Matti Ranin, Finnish actor (died 2013)

• 1926 William Wakefield Baum, American cardinal (died 2015)

• 1927 Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman (died 2008)

• 1929 Marilyn French, American author and academic (died 2009)

• 1929 Laurier LaPierre, Canadian historian, journalist, and politician (died 2012)

• 1930 Marjan Rožanc, Slovenian journalist, author, and playwright (died 1990)

• 1931 Lewis Binford, American archaeologist and academic (died 2011)

• 1931 Revaz Dogonadze, Georgian chemist and physicist (died 1985)

• 1931 Stanley Kalms, Baron Kalms, English businessman (died 2025)

• 1931 Malcolm Williamson, Australian pianist and composer (died 2003)

• 1932 Beryl Bainbridge, English author and screenwriter (died 2010)

• 1932 Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Danish composer (died 2016)

• 1933 Henry Hartsfield, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2014)

• 1933 Jean Shepard, American country music singer-songwriter (died 2016)

• 1933 Etta Zuber Falconer, American educator and mathematician (died 2002)

• 1934 Laurence Luckinbill, American actor, director, and playwright

• 1934 Peter Philpott, Australian cricketer (died 2021)

• 1936 Victor Chang, Chinese-Australian surgeon (died 1991)

• 1937 John Kerin, Australian politician (died 2023)

• 1937 Ingrid Pitt, Polish-English actress (died 2010)

• 1937 Marlo Thomas, American actress, producer, and activist

• 1939 R. Budd Dwyer, American educator and politician, 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania (died 1987)

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

• 1940 Terry Dischinger, American basketball player (died 2023)

• 1940 Richard Marcinko, American commander and author (died 2021)

• 1940 Natalia Makarova, Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress

• 1941 Juliet Mills, English-American actress

• 1941 David Porter, American songwriter, musician, and producer

• 1942 Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, German educator and politician

• 1943 Phil Bredesen, American businessman and politician, 48th Governor of Tennessee

• 1943 Jacques Laffite, French race car driver

• 1944 Dick Durbin, American lawyer and politician

• 1944 Earl Monroe, American basketball player

• 1944 Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)

• 1945 Vincent Di Fate, American artist

• 1945 Goldie Hawn, American actress, singer, and producer

• 1948 Alphonse Mouzon, American jazz drummer (died 2016)

• 1948 Michel Suleiman, Lebanese general and politician, 16th President of Lebanon

• 1950 Hisham Barakat, Egyptian lawyer and judge (died 2015)

• 1950 Livingston Taylor, American singer-songwriter and musician

• 1952 Mervyn Davies, Baron Davies of Abersoch, Welsh banker and politician

• 1952 Janne Kristiansen, Norwegian lawyer and jurist

• 1952 Lorna Luft, American actress and singer

• 1953 Tina Brown, English-American journalist and author

• 1954 Fiona Pitt-Kethley, English journalist, author, and poet

• 1955 Peter Koppes, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1955 Cedric Maxwell, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

• 1955 Glenn Ridge, Australian radio and television host and producer

• 1956 Cherry Jones, American actress

• 1959 Sergei Ratnikov, Estonian footballer and manager

• 1960 Mark Bailey, English rugby player, author, and educator

• 1960 Brian McNamara, American actor, director, and producer

• 1960 Brian Ritchie, American bass player and songwriter

• 1961 João Domingos Pinto, Portuguese footballer and manager

• 1962 Steven Curtis Chapman, American Christian music singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, author, and social activist

• 1962 Alan Smith, English football player

• 1963 Dave Molyneux, Manx motorcycle racer

• 1963 Nicollette Sheridan, English actress

• 1964 Shane Douglas, American wrestler and manager

• 1964 Olden Polynice, Haitian-American basketball player and coach

• 1964 Liza Tarbuck, English actress, television and radio presenter

• 1965 Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter

• 1965 Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (died 1993)

• 1966 Troy Aikman, American football player and sportscaster

• 1966 Evgeny Bareev, Russian chess player and coach

• 1966 Thanasis Kolitsidakis, Greek footballer

• 1967 Ken Block, American race car driver (died 2023)

• 1967 Tripp Cromer, American baseball player

• 1967 Toshihiko Koga, Japanese martial artist (died 2021)

• 1967 Amanda Lepore, American model and singer

• 1968 Jan Bertels, Belgian politician

• 1968 Andy Caddick, New Zealand-English cricketer

• 1968 Alex James, English singer-songwriter, bass player

• 1968 Antonio Tarver, American boxer, sportscaster, and actor

• 1969 Ken Griffey Jr., American baseball player and actor

• 1970 Karen Davila, Filipino journalist

• 1970 Justin Langer, Australian cricketer and coach

• 1971 Michael Strahan, American football player, actor, and talk show host

• 1972 Rich Johnston, English author and critic

• 1972 Rain Phoenix, American actress and singer

• 1972 Galina Kukleva, Russian biathlete (died 2026)

• 1974 Marina de Tavira, Mexican actress

• 1975 Jimmi Simpson, American actor

• 1976 Mihaela Botezan, Romanian long-distance runner

• 1976 Saleem Elahi, Pakistani cricketer

• 1976 Martin Meichelbeck, German footballer

• 1976 Daniel Whiston, English figure skater

• 1976 Michael Wilson, Australian footballer

• 1977 Michael Batiste, American basketball player

• 1977 Yolande James, Canadian lawyer and politician

• 1977 Jonas Jennings, American football player

• 1978 Daniel Bradshaw, Australian footballer

• 1978 Lucía Jiménez, Spanish actress and singer

• 1979 Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian footballer

• 1979 Stromile Swift, American basketball player

• 1979 Alex Tanguay, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1980 Hank Blalock, American baseball player

• 1980 Alec Brownstein, American author and director

• 1980 Leonardo González, Costa Rican footballer

• 1981 Wesley Britt, American football player

• 1981 Ainārs Kovals, Latvian javelin thrower

• 1981 Jonny Magallón, Mexican footballer

• 1982 Ioana Ciolacu, Romanian fashion designer

• 1982 Georgios Kalogiannidis, Greek archer

• 1982 John Lucas III, American basketball player and coach

• 1983 Brie Bella, American wrestler and television personality

• 1983 Nikki Bella, American wrestler and television personality

• 1984 Álvaro Bautista, Spanish motorcycle racer

• 1984 Josh Boone, American basketball player

• 1984 Lindsey Haun, American actress, singer, and director

• 1984 Jena Malone, American actress and singer

• 1985 Carly Rae Jepsen, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress

• 1985 Jesús Navas, Spanish footballer

• 1985 Nicola Silvestri, Italian footballer

• 1986 Colleen Ballinger, American YouTuber, comedian, actress, and singer

• 1986 Ben Bishop, American ice hockey player

• 1986 Kristof Goddaert, Belgian cyclist (died 2014)

• 1986 Sam Palladio, English actor and musician

• 1987 Stefan Glarner, Swiss footballer

• 1987 Eesha Karavade, Indian chess player

• 1987 Karl Stollery, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1988 Larry Sanders, American basketball player

• 1988 Len Väljas, Canadian skier

• 1988 Preston Zimmerman, American soccer player

• 1989 Will Buckley, English footballer

• 1989 Dárvin Chávez, Mexican footballer

• 1989 Fabian Delph, English footballer

• 1989 José Pirela, Venezuelan baseball player

• 1989 Chris Singleton, American basketball player

• 1989 Justin Tucker, American football player

• 1990 Dani King, English cyclist

• 1990 Georgie Twigg, English field hockey player

• 1991 Almaz Ayana, Ethiopian sprinter

• 1991 Lewis Dunk, English footballer

• 1991 Peni Terepo, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1994 Andreas Johnsson, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1994 Saúl Ñíguez, Spanish footballer

• 1994 Wyatt Teller, American football player

• 1995 Chris Chiozza, American basketball player

• 1995 Vladislav Gavrikov, Russian ice hockey player

• 1997 Reo Hatate, Japanese footballer

• 1998 Ognjen Ilić, Serbian cyclist

• 1998 Vangelis Pavlidis, Greek footballer

• 1999 Jaelin Howell, American soccer player

• 2000 Isabel May, American actress

• 2000 Matt O'Riley, English-Danish footballer

• 2001 Rizky Ridho, Indonesian footballer

• 2004 Liz, South Korean singer

• 2004 Rico Lewis, English footballer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 615 Columbanus, Irish missionary and saint (born 543)

• 933 Al-Tahawi, Arab imam and scholar (born 853)

• 1011 Reizei, emperor of Japan (born 950)

• 1136 William de Corbeil, English archbishop (born 1070)

• 1150 García Ramírez of Navarre (born 1112)

• 1325 Yury of Moscow, Prince of Moscow and Vladimir

• 1361 Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (born 1346)

• 1555 Georgius Agricola, German mineralogist, philologist, and scholar (born 1490)

• 1566 Annibale Caro, Italian poet and author (born 1507)

• 1579 Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier (born 1519)

1601–1900

• 1639 Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (born 1583)

• 1652 Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (born 1585)

• 1695 Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (born 1659)

• 1710 Bernardo Pasquini, Italian organist and composer (born 1637)

• 1775 John Hill, English botanist and author (born 1719)

• 1782 Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (born 1709)

• 1811 Heinrich von Kleist, German poet and author (born 1777)

• 1844 Ivan Krylov, Russian poet and playwright (born 1769)

• 1859 Yoshida Shōin, Japanese academic and politician (born 1830)

• 1861 Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, French priest and activist (born 1802)

• 1870 Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech historian and poet (born 1811)

• 1874 Marià Fortuny, Spanish painter (born 1838)

• 1881 Ami Boué, German-Austrian geologist and ethnographer (born 1794)

• 1899 Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (born 1844)

1901–present

• 1907 Harry Boyle, Australian cricketer (born 1847)

• 1907 Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (born 1876)

• 1908 Carl Friedrich Schmidt, German-Russian geologist and botanist (born 1832)

• 1909 Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (born 1851)

• 1916 Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria (born 1830)

• 1922 Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican journalist and activist (born 1874)

• 1926 Edward Cummins, American golfer (born 1886)

• 1928 Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (born 1858)

• 1934 John Scaddan, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia (born 1876)

• 1938 Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist and composer (born 1870)

• 1941 Henrietta Vinton Davis, American actress and playwright (born 1860)

• 1942 Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician, Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (born 1863)

• 1942 J. B. M. Hertzog, South African general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of South Africa (born 1866)

• 1943 Winifred Carney, Irish suffragist, trade unionist, and Irish republican (born 1887)

• 1945 Robert Benchley, American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor (born 1889)

• 1945 Al Davis, American boxer (born 1920)

• 1945 Ellen Glasgow, American author (born 1873)

• 1945 Alexander Patch, American general (born 1889)

• 1947 William McCormack, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Queensland (born 1879)

• 1951 Jean Trescases, French soldier who died during the Indochina War

• 1953 Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver (born 1903)

• 1953 António Cabreira, Portuguese polygraph (born 1868)

• 1953 Larry Shields, American clarinet player and composer (born 1893)

• 1957 Francis Burton Harrison, American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines (born 1873)

• 1958 Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1909)

• 1959 Max Baer, American boxer, referee, and actor (born 1909)

• 1962 Frank Amyot, Canadian canoeist (born 1904)

• 1963 Artur Lemba, Estonian composer and educator (born 1885)

• 1963 Robert Stroud, American ornithologist and author (born 1890)

• 1964 Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate (born 1905)

• 1967 C. M. Eddy, Jr., American author (born 1896)

• 1970 Newsy Lalonde, Canadian lacrosse and ice hockey player (born 1887)

• 1970 C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)

• 1973 Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician (born 1902)

• 1974 John B. Gambling, American radio host (born 1897)

• 1974 Frank Martin, Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer (born 1890)

• 1975 Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic author (born 1889)

• 1980 Sara García, Mexican actress (born 1895)

• 1981 Harry von Zell, American actor and comedian (born 1906)

• 1982 John Hargrave, English activist and author (born 1894)

• 1984 Ben Wilson, American basketball player (born 1967)

• 1986 Jerry Colonna, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1904)

• 1987 Jim Folsom, American politician and 42nd Governor of Alabama (born 1908)

• 1988 Carl Hubbell, American baseball player and scout (born 1903)

• 1989 Harvey Hart, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)

• 1989 Margot Zemach, American author and illustrator (born 1931)

• 1990 Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler and referee (born 1954)

• 1991 Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1907)

• 1992 Kaysone Phomvihane, Laotian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Laos (born 1920)

• 1992 Ricky Williams, American singer-songwriter and drummer (born 1956)

• 1993 Bill Bixby, American actor (born 1934)

• 1994 Willem Jacob Luyten, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (born 1899)

• 1995 Peter Grant, English actor and manager (born 1935)

• 1995 Noel Jones, Indian-English diplomat, British ambassador to Kazakhstan (born 1940)

• 1996 Bernard Rose, English organist and composer (b 1916)

• 1996 Abdus Salam, Pakistani-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)

• 1999 Quentin Crisp, English actor, author, and illustrator (born 1908)

• 2000 Ernest Lluch, Spanish economist and politician (born 1937)

• 2000 Emil Zátopek, Czech runner (born 1922)

• 2002 Hadda Brooks, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1916)

• 2005 Alfred Anderson, Scottish soldier (born 1896)

• 2005 Hugh Sidey, American journalist and academic (born 1927)

• 2006 Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Somalian-Djiboutian politician, 1st President of Djibouti (born 1916)

• 2006 Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese lawyer and politician (born 1972)

• 2007 Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1921)

• 2007 Tom Johnson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1928)

• 2007 Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricketer (born 1931)

• 2009 Konstantin Feoktistov, Russian engineer and astronaut (born 1926)

• 2010 Norris Church Mailer, American author (born 1949)

• 2010 David Nolan, American activist and politician (born 1943)

• 2010 Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American painter and author, co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History (born 1917)

• 2011 Anne McCaffrey, American science fiction and fantasy author (born 1926)

• 2012 Emily Squires, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1941)

• 2012 Austin Peralta, American pianist (born 1990)

• 2013 John Egerton, American journalist and author (born 1935)

• 2013 Fred Kavli, Norwegian-American businessman and philanthropist, founded The Kavli Foundation (born 1927)

• 2013 Dimitri Mihalas, American astronomer and author (born 1939)

• 2013 Vern Mikkelsen, American basketball player and coach (born 1928)

• 2013 Bernard Parmegiani, French composer (born 1927)

• 2013 Tôn Thất Đính, Vietnamese general (born 1926)

• 2013 Maurice Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler (born 1929)

• 2014 John H. Land, American soldier and politician (born 1920)

• 2014 Robert Richardson, English general (born 1929)

• 2015 Gil Cardinal, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1950)

• 2015 Ameen Faheem, Indian-Pakistani poet and politician (born 1939)

• 2015 Bob Foster, American boxer and police officer (born 1938)

• 2015 Anthony Read, English screenwriter and producer (born 1935)

• 2015 Joseph Silverstein, American violinist and conductor (born 1932)

• 2016 Hassan Sadpara, Pakistani mountaineer and adventurer (born 1963)

• 2017 David Cassidy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1950)

• 2021 Lou Cutell, American actor (born 1930)

• 2021 Jean-Pierre Schumacher, French Trappist monk and survivor of the Thibirine monks (born 1924)

• 2024 Alice Brock, American artist, author and restauranteur (born 1941)

Holidays and observances

• Armed Forces Day (Bangladesh)

Christian feast days:

• Amelberga of Susteren

• Digain

• Maurus of Parentium

• Pope Gelasius I

• Franciszka Siedliska

• Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

• Rufus of Rome (no. 7 in list)

• William Byrd, John Merbecke and Thomas Tallis (Episcopal Church (USA))

• November 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• World Television Day (United Nations observance)

References

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