Events

Pre-1600

• 528 Antioch suffers its second major earthquake in two years, killing thousands and destroying its remaining edifice.

• 561 Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom.

• 618 The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over their rival Xue Rengao at the Battle of Qianshuiyuan.

• 903 The Abbasid army under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib defeats the Qarmatians at the Battle of Hama.

• 1114 A large earthquake damages the areas of the Crusaders in the Middle East. Antioch, Mamistra, Marash and Edessa are hit by the shocks.

• 1549 The papal conclave of 1549–50 begins.

1601–1900

• 1612 The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.

• 1729 Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.

• 1732 The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples, southern Italy.

• 1776 During the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.

• 1777 San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.

• 1781 The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 54 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance, beginning the Zong massacre.

• 1783 A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.

• 1807 John VI of Portugal flees Lisbon from advancing Napoleonic forces during the Peninsular War, transferring the Portuguese court to Brazil.

• 1830 An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.

• 1847 The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.

• 1847 Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.

• 1850 The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.

• 1863 American Civil War: Union forces under General Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from an attack by Confederate forces under General James Longstreet in the Battle of Fort Sanders during the Siege of Knoxville.

• 1864 Colorado War: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants at Sand Creek inside Colorado Territory.

• 1864 American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Spring Hill during the Franklin–Nashville campaign.

• 1872 The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.

• 1877 Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.

• 1890 The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.

• 1899 FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish and world football's most iconic and strongest teams.

1901–present

• 1920 The Armenian Revolutionary Committee declares Armenia to be a Soviet Socialist Republic, starting 71 years of Soviet rule in Armenia

• 1929 U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.

• 1943 The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).

• 1944 Albania is liberated by the Partisans.

• 1945 The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.

• 1947 The United Nations General Assembly approve the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.

• 1947 French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam during the First Indochina War.

• 1952 U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.

• 1961 Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.

• 1963 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

• 1963 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.

• 1963 "I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom.

• 1967 U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.

• 1972 Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.

• 1982 Michael Jackson releases Thriller, the best-selling music album of all time.

• 1986 The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children.

• 1987 North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew.

• 2007 The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.

• 2009 Maurice Clemmons shoots and kills four police officers inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington.

• 2013 LAM Mozambique Airlines 470 crashes in the Bwabata National Park in a pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 33 people on board.

• 2025 – The Government of Jordan officially announces the launch of the Amra City development project during a site visit by the Prime Minister.

Births

Pre-1600

• 826 William of Septimania, Frankish nobleman (died 850)

• 1310 John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray, English Baron (died 1361)

• 1338 Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1368)

• 1422 Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont, English Baron (died 1460)

• 1463 Andrea della Valle, Italian cardinal (died 1534)

• 1528 Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, English politician (died 1592)

1601–1900

• 1627 John Ray, English biologist and botanist (died 1705)

• 1690 Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (died 1747)

• 1705 Michael Christian Festing, English violinist and composer (died 1752)

• 1752 The Public Universal Friend, American evangelist (died 1819)

• 1762 Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist (died 1833)

• 1781 Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet and philosopher (died 1865)

• 1797 Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (died 1848)

• 1798 Alexander Brullov, Russian painter and architect, designed the Pulkovo Observatory (died 1877)

• 1798 Hamilton Rowan Gamble, American jurist and politician (died 1864)

• 1799 Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and academic (died 1888)

• 1802 Wilhelm Hauff, German poet and author (died 1827)

• 1803 Christian Doppler, Austrian mathematician and physicist (died 1853)

• 1803 Gottfried Semper, German architect and academic, designed the Semper Opera House (died 1879)

• 1816 Morrison Waite, American jurist and politician, 7th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1888)

• 1817 William Ellery Channing, American poet and author (died 1901)

• 1818 George Brown, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 10th Premier of West Canada (died 1880)

• 1823 La Fayette Grover, American lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Oregon (died 1911)

• 1825 Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and psychologist (died 1893)

• 1827 William Crichton, Scottish engineer and shipbuilder (died 1889)

• 1831 Frederick Townsend Ward, American sailor and soldier (died 1862)

• 1832 Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (died 1888)

• 1835 Empress Dowager Cixi of China (died 1908)

• 1843 Gertrude Jekyll, British horticulturist and writer (died 1932)

• 1849 John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer (died 1945)

• 1856 Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (died 1921)

• 1857 Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (died 1911)

• 1861 Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer (died 1917)

• 1873 Suzan Rose Benedict, American mathematician and academic (died 1942)

• 1874 Francis Dodd, Welsh-English painter and academic (died 1949)

• 1874 Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician and neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)

• 1876 Nellie Tayloe Ross, American educator and politician, 14th Governor of Wyoming (died 1977)

• 1879 Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer (died 1963)

• 1881 Artur Phleps, Romanian-German general (died 1944)

• 1882 Henri Fabre, French pilot and engineer (died 1984)

• 1891 Julius Raab, Austrian engineer and politician, 19th Chancellor of Austria (died 1964)

• 1895 Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (died 1976)

• 1895 William Tubman, Liberian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Liberia (died 1971)

• 1898 C. S. Lewis, British novelist, poet, and critic (died 1963)

• 1899 Andrija Artuković, Croatian Minister of Interior (died 1988)

• 1899 Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, oldest Italian person ever (died 2017)

• 1900 Mildred Gillars, American broadcaster, employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate propaganda during WWII (died 1988)

1901–present

• 1904 Margaret Barr, Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama (died 1991)

• 1905 Marcel Lefebvre, French-Swiss archbishop and theologian (died 1991)

• 1906 Barbara C. Freeman, English writer and poet (died 1999)

• 1908 Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American pastor and politician (died 1972)

• 1910 Elizabeth Choy, Malaysian-Singaporean educator and politician (died 2006)

• 1910 Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian actor and director (died 1961)

• 1915 Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (died 2008)

• 1915 Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (died 1967)

• 1916 Fran Ryan, American actress and comedian (died 2000)

• 1917 Pierre Gaspard-Huit, French director and screenwriter (died 2017)

• 1917 Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1983)

• 1918 Madeleine L'Engle, American author and poet (died 2007)

• 1919 Mildred Rebstock, American medicinal chemist (died 2011)

• 1919 Joe Weider, Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher, co-founded the IFBB (died 2013)

• 1920 Yegor Ligachyov, Russian engineer and politician (died 2021)

• 1920 Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (died 2014)

• 1921 Jackie Stallone, American astrologer and wrestling promoter (died 2020)

• 1922 Michael Howard, English-American historian, author, and academic (died 2019)

• 1923 Chuck Daigh, American race car driver (died 2008)

• 1925 Minnie Miñoso, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (died 2015)

• 1926 Beji Caid Essebsi, Tunisian lawyer and politician, President of Tunisia (died 2019)

• 1927 Vin Scully, American sportscaster and game show host (died 2022)

• 1928 Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter and educator (died 2021)

• 1928 Paul Simon, American soldier and politician, 39th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (died 2003)

• 1929 Derek Jameson, English journalist and radio host (died 2012)

• 1929 Woo Yong-gak, North Korean soldier (died 2012)

• 1930 Shirley Porter, English politician, Lord Mayor of Westminster

• 1930 Vladimir Šenauer, Croatian footballer (died 2013)

• 1930 Alan Lee Williams, English academic and politician

• 1931 Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, director, and producer (died 1997)

• 1932 Ed Bickert, Canadian jazz guitarist (died 2019)

• 1932 Jacques Chirac, French soldier and politician, 22nd President of France (died 2019)

• 1932 John Gary, American singer and television host (died 1998)

• 1932 Pierre Toubert, French historian (died 2025)

• 1933 John Mayall, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2024)

• 1933 James Rosenquist, American painter and illustrator (died 2017)

• 1934 Willie Morris, American writer (died 1999)

• 1935 Thomas J. O'Brien, American bishop (died 2018)

• 1936 Gregory Gillespie, American painter (died 2000)

• 1936 Bill Jenkins, American politician

• 1937 Eric Barnes, English footballer (died 2014)

• 1938 Johnny Crossan, Northern Irish footballer, author and sports analyst

• 1939 Peter Bergman, American comedian, actor and screenwriter (died 2012)

• 1939 Meco, American record producer and musician (died 2023)

• 1940 Denny Doherty, Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and actor (died 2007)

• 1940 Oscar Espinosa Chepe, Cuban-Spanish economist and journalist (died 2013)

• 1940 Chuck Mangione, American horn player and composer (died 2025)

• 1940 Janet Smith, English lawyer and judge

• 1940 Henry T. Yang, Taiwanese/Chinese-American engineer and academic

• 1941 Bill Freehan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021)

• 1942 Michael Craze, British actor (died 1998)

• 1942 Ann Dunham, American anthropologist and academic (died 1995)

• 1942 John Grillo, English actor and playwright

• 1943 Bobbi Martin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2000)

• 1943 Sue Miller, American novelist and short story writer

• 1944 Felix Cavaliere, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

• 1945 Csaba Pléh, Hungarian psychologist and linguist

• 1946 Suzy Chaffee, American skier

• 1946 Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1947 Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (died 1992)

• 1947 Ronnie Montrose, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2012)

• 1948 Yōichi Masuzoe, Japanese politician

• 1949 Jerry Lawler, American wrestler and sportscaster

• 1949 Garry Shandling, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2016)

• 1949 Steve Smith, American lawyer and politician (died 2014)

• 1950 Marie Laberge, Canadian actress, educator and writer

• 1950 Kevin O'Donnell Jr., American author (died 2012)

• 1951 Barry Goudreau, American guitarist and songwriter

• 1951 Roger Troutman, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1999)

• 1952 John D. Barrow, English cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and mathematician (died 2020)

• 1952 Jeff Fahey, American actor and producer

• 1953 Alex Grey, American visual artist and author

• 1953 Vlado Kreslin, Slovenian singer-songwriter

• 1953 Christine Pascal, French actress, writer and director (died 1996)

• 1954 Joel Coen, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1954 Chirlane McCray, American writer, editor, and activist

• 1955 Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian, actor, and television host

• 1955 Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somali politician, 8th president of Somalia

• 1956 Hinton Battle, German-American actor, dancer, and choreographer (died 2024)

• 1956 Yvonne Fovargue, English lawyer and politician

• 1957 Janet Napolitano, American politician, lawyer, and university administrator

• 1957 Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Belgian novelist, photographer and filmmaker

• 1958 Michael Dempsey, Zimbabwean-English bass player

• 1958 John Dramani Mahama, Ghanaian historian and politician, 4th President of Ghana

• 1959 Richard Borcherds, South African-English mathematician and academic

• 1959 Neal Broten, American ice hockey player

• 1959 Rahm Emanuel, American businessman and politician, 55th Mayor of Chicago

• 1960 Marco Bucci, Italian discus thrower (died 2013)

• 1960 Cathy Moriarty, American actress

• 1961 Kim Delaney, American actress

• 1961 Tom Sizemore, American actor (died 2023)

• 1962 Ronny Jordan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)

• 1962 Andrew McCarthy, American actor and director

• 1963 Will Downing, American singer-songwriter and producer

• 1963 Lalit Modi, Indian businessman

• 1964 Don Cheadle, American actor and producer

• 1964 Ken Monkou, Dutch footballer

• 1965 Lauren Child, English author

• 1965 Ellen Cleghorne, American comedian and actress

• 1966 John Layfield, American wrestler, football player, and news commentator

• 1966 Dru Pagliassotti, American author

• 1966 Sophia Rosenfeld, American author

• 1967 Fernando Ramos da Silva, Brazilian actor (died 1987)

• 1967 Charles Smith, American basketball player

• 1967 Rebecca Wolff, American author and poet

• 1968 Dee Brown, American basketball player and executive

• 1968 Jonathan Knight, American singer

• 1968 Andy Melville, Welsh footballer

• 1968 Iolanda Nanni, Italian politician (died 2018)

• 1969 Tomas Brolin, Swedish footballer

• 1969 Mariano Rivera, Panamanian-American baseball player

• 1970 Larry Joe Campbell, American actor and director

• 1970 Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer and coach

• 1971 David E. Campbell, Canadian political scientist

• 1971 Steve May, American soldier and politician

• 1971 Gena Lee Nolin, American actress and model

• 1972 Brian Baumgartner, American actor and producer

• 1972 Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player and sportscaster

• 1973 Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer and manager

• 1973 Fredrik Norrena, Finnish ice hockey player

• 1974 Pavol Demitra, Slovak ice hockey player (died 2011)

• 1974 Sarah Jones, American actress and playwright

• 1974 Jedediah Purdy, American legal scholar and cultural commentator

• 1975 Craig Ireland, Scottish footballer

• 1975 Scott McCulloch, Scottish footballer

• 1976 Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (died 2020)

• 1976 Anna Faris, American actress

• 1977 Andy Beshear, American attorney and politician, 63rd Governor of Kentucky

• 1977 Maria Petrova, Russian figure skater

• 1978 Lauren German, American actress

• 1978 Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Greek footballer

• 1979 Adam Barrett, English footballer

• 1979 The Game, American rapper

• 1980 Janina Gavankar, American actress and singer

• 1980 Dean Howell, English footballer

• 1981 Fawad Khan, Pakistani actor, model and singer

• 1981 Jon Klassen, Canadian writer and illustrator

• 1982 Lucas Black, American actor

• 1982 Gemma Chan, English actress

• 1983 Franchesca Ramsey, American comedian

• 1983 Aylin Tezel, German actress

• 1983 Tanisha Wright, American basketball player and coach

• 1984 Ji Hyun-woo, South Korean actor and musician

• 1985 Shannon Brown, American basketball player

• 1985 Dominic Roma, English footballer

• 1986 Asa Hall, English footballer

• 1987 Wayne Ellington, American basketball player and coach

• 1988 Abby Bishop, Australian basketball player

• 1988 Dana Brooke, American wrestler and bodybuilder

• 1988 Damon Harrison, American football player

• 1988 Bradley Hudson-Odoi, Ghanaian footballer

• 1988 Russell Wilson, American football player

• 1989 Adam Chapman, Northern Irish footballer

• 1990 Diego Boneta, Mexican actor and singer

• 1990 Sheldon Richardson, American football player

• 1990 Andrej Šustr, Czech ice hockey player

• 1990 Yacouba Sylla, French footballer

• 1991 Becky James, Welsh cyclist

• 1992 Ben Nugent, English footballer

• 1993 Stefon Diggs, American football player

• 1994 Shaun Lane, Australian rugby league player

• 1994 Julius Randle, American basketball player

• 1995 Laura Marano, American actress and singer

• 1995 Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, English swimmer

• 1997 Nick Richards, Jamaican basketball player

• 1998 MJ Melendez, American baseball player

• 1998 Ye Qiuyu, Chinese tennis player

• 1998 Lovie Simone, American actress

• 2002 Yunus Musah, American soccer player

• 2009 Salish Matter, American YouTuber

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 521 Jacob of Serugh, Syrian poet and theologian (born 451)

• 524 Ahkal Moʼ Nahb I, ruler of Palenque (born 465)

• 561 Chlothar I, Frankish king (born 497)

• 835 Muhammad al-Jawad, the ninth of the Twelve Imams (born 811)

• 1253 Otto II, duke of Bavaria (born 1206)

• 1268 Clement IV, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1190)

• 1314 Philip IV, king of France (born 1268)

• 1330 Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1287)

• 1342 Michael of Cesena, Italian general, priest, and theologian (born 1270)

• 1378 Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1316)

• 1530 Thomas Wolsey, English cardinal and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (born 1473)

• 1577 Cuthbert Mayne, English priest (born 1543)

• 1590 Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (born 1547)

• 1594 Alonso de Ercilla, Spanish soldier and poet (born 1533)

1601–1900

• 1626 Ernst von Mansfeld, German commander (born 1580)

• 1628 John Felton, English soldier and assassin of the Duke of Buckingham (born c. 1595)

• 1632 Frederick V, Elector Palatine (born 1596)

• 1643 William Cartwright, English priest and playwright (born 1611)

• 1643 Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer (born 1567)

• 1646 Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (born 1565)

• 1661 Brian Walton, English bishop and scholar (born 1600)

• 1695 James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session (born 1619)

• 1699 Patrick Gordon, Scottish-Russian general (born 1635)

• 1759 Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (born 1687)

• 1780 Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, wife of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1717)

• 1797 Samuel Langdon, American pastor, theologian, and academic (born 1723)

• 1830 Charles-Simon Catel, French composer and educator (born 1773)

• 1846 Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish composer and educator (born 1778)

• 1847 Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (born 1802)

• 1872 Mary Somerville, Scottish-Italian astronomer, mathematician, and author (born 1780)

• 1894 Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876–1877 (born 1820)

1901–present

• 1901 Francesc Pi i Margall, Spanish federalist and republican politician and theorist (born 1824)

• 1918 Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince (born 1881)

• 1924 Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (born 1858)

• 1927 George Giffen, Australian cricketer (born 1859)

• 1932 Abdullah Cevdet, Kurdish-Turkish physician and academic (born 1869)

• 1939 Philipp Scheidemann, German lawyer and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (born 1865)

• 1941 Frank Waller, American sprinter and hurdler (born 1884)

• 1942 Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (born 1916)

• 1942 Ron Middleton (VC), Australian bomber pilot and Victoria Cross Recipient (born 1916)

• 1950 Walter Beech, American aviator and early aviation entrepreneur (born 1891)

• 1953 Sam De Grasse, Canadian-American actor (born 1875)

• 1954 Dink Johnson, American pianist, clarinet player, and drummer (born 1892)

• 1957 Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist and composer (born 1897)

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

• 1970 Robert T. Frederick, American general (born 1907)

• 1972 Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (born 1888)

• 1974 Peng Dehuai, Chinese Communist military leader (born 1898)

1975 Graham Hill plane crash

• Tony Brise, English race car driver (born 1952)

• Graham Hill, English race car driver and businessman (born 1929)

• 1980 Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist, co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement (born 1897)

• 1981 Natalie Wood, American actress (born 1938)

• 1982 Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (born 1908)

• 1984 Nora Thompson Dean, American Lenape educator and author (born 1907)

• 1986 Cary Grant, English-American actor (born 1904)

• 1987 Irene Handl, English actress (born 1901)

• 1991 Ralph Bellamy, American actor (born 1904)

• 1991 Joe Bonson, English footballer (born 1936)

• 1992 Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician and academic (born 1906)

• 1993 J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages (born 1904)

• 1996 Dan Flavin, American sculptor and illustrator (born 1933)

• 1996 Denis Jenkinson, English journalist and author (born 1920)

• 1997 Coleman Young, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit (born 1918)

• 1998 George Van Eps, American swing and mainstream jazz guitarist (born 1913)

• 1998 Robin Ray, English broadcaster, actor, and musician (born 1934)

• 1999 Germán Arciniegas, Colombian historian, author and journalist (born 1900)

• 1999 John Berry, American-French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1917)

• 1999 Gene Rayburn, American game show panelist and host (born 1917)

• 1999 Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier (born 1918)

• 2000 Ilmar Laaban, Estonian-Swedish poet and publicist (born 1921)

• 2001 Mic Christopher, American-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1969)

• 2001 George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and music producer (born 1943)

• 2001 John Knowles, American novelist (born 1926)

• 2002 Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1921)

• 2003 Rudi Martinus van Dijk, Dutch composer (born 1932)

• 2004 John Drew Barrymore, American actor (born 1932)

• 2004 Harry Danning, American baseball player and coach (born 1911)

• 2004 Jack Shields, Canadian member of Parliament (born 1929)

• 2005 David Di Tommaso, French footballer (born 1979)

• 2006 Allen Carr, English-Spanish accountant and author (born 1934)

• 2006 Ernie Tagg, English footballer (born 1917)

• 2007 James Barber, Canadian chef and author (born 1923)

• 2007 Ralph Beard, American basketball player (born 1927)

• 2007 Henry Hyde, American lawyer and politician (born 1924)

• 2008 Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House (born 1918)

• 2009 Robert Holdstock, English author (born 1948)

• 2009 Zuhair Al-Karmi, Palestinian author, scientific programs presenter on TV (born 1922).

• 2009 Tamara Lisitsian, Soviet film director and screenwriter (born 1923)

• 2010 Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet and author (born 1937)

• 2010 Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1915)

• 2010 S. Sivanayagam, Sri Lankan journalist and author (born 1930)

• 2010 Stephen J. Solarz, American academic and politician (born 1940)

• 2010 Maurice Wilkes, English physicist and computer scientist (born 1913)

• 2011 Patrice O'Neal, American stand-up comedian (born 1969)

• 2011 Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (born 1936)

• 2012 Joelmir Beting, Brazilian journalist (born 1936)

• 2012 Sherab Palden Beru, Tibetan painter (born 1911)

• 2013 Oliver Cheatham, American singer-songwriter (born 1948)

• 2013 Colin Eglin, South African soldier and politician (born 1925)

• 2013 Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Russian-Polish poet and activist (born 1936)

• 2013 Brian Torrey Scott, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1976)

• 2014 Dwayne Alons, American general and politician (born 1946)

• 2014 Dick Bresciani, American businessman (born 1938)

• 2014 Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator (born 1934)

• 2015 Joseph F. Girzone, American Catholic priest and author (born 1930)

• 2015 Joe Marston, Australian footballer and manager (born 1926)

• 2015 Christopher Middleton, British poet and translator (born 1926)

• 2015 O'tkir Sultonov, Uzbek lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (born 1939)

• 2016 Luis Alberto Monge, Costa Rican politician, 39th President of Costa Rica (born 1925)

• 2016 Ruta Šaca-Marjaša, Latvian lawyer, writer and politician (born 1927)

• 2017 Slobodan Praljak, Croatian general (born 1945)

• 2019 Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1918)

• 2020 Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (born 1978)

• 2021 Kinza Clodumar, Nauruan politician, 7th President of Nauru (born 1945)

• 2021 Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer (born 1925)

• 2021 LaMarr Hoyt, Major League Baseball player, 1983 AL Cy Young Award winner (born 1955)

• 2022 Derek Granger, British film and television producer and screenwriter (born 1921)

• 2022 Tapunuu Niko Lee Hang, Samoan politician (born 1953/1954)

• 2023 Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of state (born 1923)

• 2023 Taichi Yamada, Japanese screenwriter and novelist (born 1934)

• 2024 – Marshall Brickman, Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1939)

• 2024 – Will Cullen Hart, American musician (born 1971)

• 2024 – Wayne Northrop, American actor (born 1947)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

• Brendan of Birr

• Francis Fasani

• Illuminata

• Radboud of Utrecht

• Saturnin

• November 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (United Nations)

• Liberation Day or Dita e Çlirimit (Albania)

• Republic Day (Yugoslavia)

• Unity Day (Vanuatu)

• William Tubman's Birthday (Liberia)

References

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