• 571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.
• 1034 – Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne.
• 1120 – The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England.
• 1177 – Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Châtillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.
• 1343 – A tsunami, caused by an earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places.
• 1487 – Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen of England. The new consort of King Henry VII travelled by barge from Greenwich to the Tower of London, whence she processed the day before the ceremony to the royal palace, and on to Westminster Abbey for her coronation, which was conducted by John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury.^[1]
• 1491 – The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, ends with the Treaty of Granada.
• 1510 – Portuguese conquest of Goa: Portuguese naval forces under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque, and local mercenaries working for privateer Timoji, seize Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate, resulting in 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule.
• 1667 – A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.
• 1678 – Trunajaya rebellion: After a long and logistically challenging march, the allied Mataram and Dutch troops successfully assaulted the rebel stronghold of Kediri.
• 1755 – King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.
• 1758 – French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.
• 1759 – An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
• 1783 – American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
• 1795 – Partitions of Poland: Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia.
• 1826 – The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
• 1833 – A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7-9.2, rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.
• 1839 – A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40-foot storm surge, destroying the port city of Coringa (which has never been completely rebuilt). The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths result from the disaster.
• 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.
• 1864 – American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.
• 1874 – The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
• 1876 – American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.
• 1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
• 1915 – Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
• 1917 – World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
• 1918 – Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria–Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.
• 1926 – The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.
• 1936 – In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.
• 1940 – World War II: First flight of the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
• 1941 – HMS Barham is sunk by a German torpedo during World War II.
• 1943 – World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 1947 – Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
• 1947 – New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
• 1950 – The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars).
• 1952 – Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history.
• 1952 – Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends with Chinese victory, American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".
• 1958 – French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
• 1960 – The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.
• 1963 – President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.
• 1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald is buried in Fort Worth, Texas.
• 1966 – First television link between Australia and the UK.
• 1970 – In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
• 1973 – Georgios Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis.
• 1975 – Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands.
• 1977 – Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad. He is later assassinated in 1983.
• 1981 – Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
• 1984 – Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
• 1986 – Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contrarebels in Nicaragua.
• 1986 – The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.
• 1987 – Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.
• 1992 – The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993.
• 1996 – An ice storm strikes the central U.S., killing 26 people. A powerful windstorm affects Florida and winds gust over 90 mph, toppling trees and flipping trailers.
• 1999 – A 5-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.
• 2000 – The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.
• 2008 – Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades.
• 2009 – Jeddah floods: Freak rains swamp the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. Three thousand cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing.
• 2015 – Pope Francis makes his first official visit to Africa.

• 902 – Emperor Taizong of Liao (d. 947)
• 1075 – Emperor Taizong of Jin (d. 1135)
• 1454 – Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus (d. 1510)^[2]
• 1467 – Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre, Knight of Henry VIII of England (d. 1525)
• 1493 – Osanna of Cattaro, Dominican visionary and anchoress (d. 1565)
• 1562 – Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright and poet (d. 1635)
• 1566 – John Heminges, English actor (d. 1630)
• 1577 – Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Dutch admiral (d. 1629)
• 1587 – Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet, English politician (d. 1666)
• 1609 – Henrietta Maria of France (d. 1669)
• 1638 – Catherine of Braganza (d. 1705)
• 1666 – Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri, Italian violin maker (d. 1740)
• 1703 – Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784)
• 1752 – Johann Friedrich Reichardt, German composer and critic (d. 1814)
• 1753 – Robert Townsend, American spy (d. 1838)
• 1758 – John Armstrong, Jr., American general and politician, 7th United States Secretary of War (d. 1843)
• 1778 – Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (d. 1856)
• 1787 – Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1863)
• 1814 – Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (d. 1878)
• 1815 – William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (d. 1904)
• 1817 – John Bigelow, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to France (d. 1911)
• 1835 – Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1919)
• 1841 – Ernst Schröder, German mathematician and academic (d. 1902)
• 1843 – Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1919)
• 1844 – Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (d. 1929)
• 1845 – José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese-French journalist and author (d. 1900)
• 1846 – Carrie Nation, American activist (d. 1911)
• 1858 – Alfred Capus, French journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1922)
• 1862 – Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer (d. 1901)
• 1862 – Gustaf Söderström, Swedish tug of war competitor, shot putter, and discus thrower (d. 1958)
• 1865 – Kate Gleason, American engineer, businesswoman, and philanthropist (d. 1933)
• 1867 – Talaat Harb, Egyptian economist, founded the Banque Misr (d. 1941)
• 1868 – Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (d. 1937)
• 1869 – Ben Lindsey, American lawyer and judge (d. 1934)
• 1870 – Winthrop Ames, American director, producer, and playwright (d. 1937)
• 1870 – Maurice Denis, French painter of Les Nabis movement (d. 1943)
• 1872 – Robert Maysack, American gymnast and triathlete (d. 1960)
• 1873 – Albert Henry Krehbiel, American painter and illustrator (d. 1945)
• 1874 – Joe Gans, American boxer (d. 1910)
• 1876 – Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1936)
• 1877 – Harley Granville-Barker, British actor, director and playwright (d. 1946)
• 1880 – John Flynn, Australian minister and pilot, founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (d. 1951)
• 1880 – Elsie J. Oxenham, English author (d. 1960)
• 1881 – Jacob Fichman, Romanian-Israeli poet and critic (d. 1958)
• 1881 – Pope John XXIII (d. 1963)
• 1883 – Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (d. 1939)
• 1887 – Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (d. 1943)
• 1889 – Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (d. 1956)
• 1890 – Isaac Rosenberg, English soldier and poet (d. 1918)
• 1891 – Ōnishiki Uichirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Yokozuna (d. 1941)
• 1893 – Joseph Wood Krutch, American author and critic (d. 1970)
• 1895 – Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (d. 1991)
• 1895 – Anastas Mikoyan, Soviet politician, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (d. 1978)
• 1895 – Helen Hooven Santmyer, American poet and author (d. 1986)
• 1895 – Ludvík Svoboda, Czech general and politician, 8th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1979)
• 1896 – Albertus Soegijapranata, Indonesian archbishop (d. 1963)
• 1896 – Virgil Thomson, American composer and critic (d. 1989)
• 1898 – Debaki Bose, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1971)
• 1898 – Aarne Viisimaa, Estonian tenor and director (d. 1989)
• 1900 – Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (d. 1947)
• 1900 - Helen Gahagan Douglas, American actress and politician (d. 1980)
• 1901 – Arthur Liebehenschel, German SS officer (d. 1948)
• 1902 – Eddie Shore, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1985)
• 1904 – Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1964)
• 1904 – Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2000)
• 1905 – Samiha Ayverdi, Turkish mystic and author (d. 1993)
• 1906 – Alice Ambrose, American philosopher and logician (d. 2001)
• 1907 – John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (d. 1938)
• 1908 – NatyaguruNurul Momen, Bangladeshi Trailblazer pioneer playwright, author, educator, director & media personality (d.1990)
• 1909 – P. D. Eastman, American author and illustrator (d. 1986)
• 1911 – Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer (d. 1984)
• 1913 – Lewis Thomas, American physician, etymologist, and educator (d. 1993)
• 1914 – Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player and coach (d. 1999)
• 1914 – Léon Zitrone, Russian-French journalist (d. 1995)
• 1915 – Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and politician, 30th President of Chile (d. 2006)
• 1915 – Armando Villanueva, Peruvian politician, 121st Prime Minister of Peru (d. 2013)
• 1916 – Peg Lynch, American actress and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1917 – Luigi Poggi, Italian cardinal (d. 2010)
• 1917 – Alparslan Türkeş, Cypriot-Turkish colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 1997)
• 1919 – Norman Tokar, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1979)
• 1920 – Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Noel Neill, American actress (d. 2016)
• 1922 – Shelagh Fraser, English actress (d. 2000)
• 1922 – Ilja Hurník, Czech composer and playwright (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Fernance B. Perry, Portuguese-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Mauno Koivisto, Finnish banker and politician, 9th President of Finland (d. 2017)
• 1923 – Art Wall Jr., American golfer (d. 2001)
• 1924 – Paul Desmond, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1977)
• 1924 – Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (d. 2015)
• 1924 – Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, philosopher, and critic (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Poul Anderson, American author (d. 2001)
• 1926 – Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (d. 1969)
• 1926 – Ranganath Misra, Indian lawyer and jurist, 21st Chief Justice of India (d. 2012)
• 1927 – John K. Cooley, American journalist and author (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Judy Crichton, American director and producer (d. 2007)
• 1931 – Nat Adderley, American cornet and trumpet player (d. 2000)
• 1932 – Takayo Fischer, American actress and singer
• 1933 – Kathryn Crosby, American actress and singer
• 1935 – Robert Berner, American geologist and academic (d. 2015)
• 1936 – Trisha Brown, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2017)
• 1936 – Phoebe S. Leboy, American biochemist (d. 2012)
• 1938 – Erol Güngör, Turkish sociologist and psychologist (d. 1983)
• 1938 – Rosanna Schiaffino, Italian actress (d. 2009)
• 1939 – Martin Feldstein, American economist and academic
• 1940 – Reinhard Furrer, Austrian-German physicist and astronaut (d. 1995)
• 1940 – Joe Gibbs, American football player and coach
• 1940 – Jan Jongbloed, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1940 – Karl Offmann, Mauritian politician, 3rd President of Mauritius
• 1940 – Shyamal Kumar Sen, Indian jurist and politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal
• 1940 – Percy Sledge, American singer (d. 2015)
• 1941 – Christos Papanikolaou, Greek pole vaulter
• 1941 – Gerald Seymour, English journalist and author
• 1941 – Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Pakistani spiritual leader and author
• 1942 – Bob Lind, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 – Mimis Papaioannou, Greek footballer and manager
• 1943 – Jerry Portnoy, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player
• 1944 – Ben Stein, American actor, television personality, game show host, lawyer, and author
• 1944 – Michael Kijana Wamalwa, Kenyan lawyer and politician, 8th Vice President of Kenya (d. 2003)
• 1945 – Gail Collins, American journalist and author
• 1945 – Patrick Nagel, American painter and illustrator (d. 1984)
• 1945 – George Webster, American football player (d. 2007)
• 1946 – Marc Brown, American author and illustrator
• 1946 – Mike Doyle, English footballer (d. 2011)
• 1947 – Jonathan Kaplan, French-American director and producer
• 1947 – John Larroquette, American actor
• 1948 – Jacques Dupuis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Deputy Premier of Quebec
• 1948 – Lars Eighner, American author
• 1949 – Kerry O'Keeffe, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1950 – Chris Claremont, English-American author
• 1950 – Giorgio Faletti, Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (d. 2014)
• 1950 – Alexis Wright, Australian author
• 1951 – Bucky Dent, American baseball player and manager
• 1951 – Charlaine Harris, American author and poet
• 1951 – Bill Morrissey, American singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
• 1951 – Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Spanish author and journalist
• 1951 – Johnny Rep, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1952 – Crescent Dragonwagon, American author and educator
• 1952 – John Lynch, American businessman and politician, 80th Governor of New Hampshire
• 1952 – Gabriele Oriali, Italian footballer and manager
• 1953 – Graham Eadie, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1953 – Mark Frost, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1953 – Jeffrey Skilling, American businessman
• 1955 – Don Hahn, American director and producer
• 1955 – Kurt Niedermayer, German footballer and manager
• 1955 – Connie Palmen, Dutch author
• 1955 – Bruno Tonioli, Italian dancer and choreographer
• 1957 – Bob Ehrlich, American lawyer and politician, 60th Governor of Maryland
• 1958 – Naomi Oreskes, American historian of science
• 1959 – Charles Kennedy, Scottish journalist and politician (d. 2015)
• 1959 – Steve Rothery, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1960 – Amy Grant, American singer-songwriter
• 1960 – John F. Kennedy Jr., American lawyer, journalist, and publisher (d. 1999)
• 1961 – Paul Comstive, English footballer (d. 2013)
• 1962 – Scott Cam, Australian carpenter and television host
• 1962 – Gilbert Delorme, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1962 – Hironobu Sakaguchi, Japanese game designer, founded Mistwalker
• 1962 – Jimon Terakado, Japanese comedian and actor
• 1963 – Kevin Chamberlin, American actor and director
• 1963 – Holly Cole, Canadian singer and actress
• 1963 – Chip Kelly, American football player and coach
• 1963 – Bernie Kosar, American football player and sportscaster
• 1964 – Mark Lanegan, American singer-songwriter
• 1965 – Tim Armstrong, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1965 – Cris Carter, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1966 – Stacy Lattisaw, American R&B singer
• 1967 – Anthony Nesty, Surinamese swimmer
• 1967 – Gregg Turkington, Australian comedian and singer
• 1968 – Jacqueline Hennessy, Canadian actress and journalist
• 1968 – Jill Hennessy, Canadian actress and singer
• 1968 – Erick Sermon, American rapper and producer
• 1969 – Kim Ofstad, Norwegian drummer and composer
• 1971 – Christina Applegate, American actress, singer, dancer, and producer
• 1971 – Magnus Arvedson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
• 1971 – Göksel Demirpençe, Turkish singer-songwriter
• 1972 – Deepa Marathe, Indian cricketer
• 1973 – Steven de Jongh, Dutch cyclist
• 1973 – Octavio Dotel, Dominican baseball player
• 1973 – Erick Strickland, American basketball player
• 1973 – Eddie Steeples, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Kenneth Mitchell, Canadian actor
• 1975 – Abdelkader Benali, Moroccan-Dutch journalist and author
• 1976 – Clint Mathis, American soccer player and coach
• 1976 – Donovan McNabb, American football player and sportscaster
• 1976 – Olena Vitrychenko, Ukrainian gymnast and coach
• 1977 – Guillermo Cañas, Argentinian tennis player
• 1977 – Marcus Marshall, Australian race car driver
• 1978 – Ringo Sheena, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
• 1979 – Michael Lehan, American football player
• 1980 – John-Michael Liles, American ice hockey player
• 1980 – Josh Mathews, American wrestler and sportscaster
• 1980 – Aaron Mokoena, South African footballer
• 1980 – Alviro Petersen, South African cricketer
• 1980 – Nick Swisher, American baseball player
• 1980 – Steffen Thier, German rugby player
• 1981 – Xabi Alonso, Spanish footballer
• 1981 – Lee Bum-ho, South Korean baseball player
• 1981 – Barbara Pierce Bush, American activist
• 1981 – Jenna Bush Hager, American journalist
• 1981 – Jared Jeffries, American basketball player
• 1981 – Chevon Troutman, American basketball player
• 1982 – Mitchell Claydon, Australian-English cricketer
• 1983 – Kirsty Crawford, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
• 1983 – Jhulan Goswami, Indian cricketer
• 1984 – Peter Siddle, Australian cricketer
• 1985 – Remona Fransen, Dutch pentathlete
• 1986 – Katie Cassidy, American actress
• 1986 – Craig Gardner, English footballer
• 1988 – Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (d. 2010)
• 1988 – Jay Spearing, English footballer
• 1989 – Tom Dice, Belgian singer-songwriter
• 1990 – Rye Rye, American rapper, dancer, and actress
• 1990 – Everton Heleno dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 1991 – Kyler Fackrell, American football player
• 1991 – Jamie Grace, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1991 – Philipp Grubauer, German ice hockey player
• 1991 – Luca Tremolada, Italian footballer
• 1991 – Kevin Woo, American-South Korean singer and dancer
• 1992 – Ana Bogdan, Romanian tennis player
• 1993 – Danny Kent, English motorcycle racer

• 311 – Pope Peter I of Alexandria
• 734 – Bilge Khagan, Turkic emperor (b. 683)
• 1034 – Malcolm II of Scotland (b. 954)
• 1120 – William Adelin, son of Henry I of England (sinking of the White Ship) (b. 1103)
• 1185 – Pope Lucius III (b. 1097)
• 1326 – Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1264)
• 1374 – Philip II, Prince of Taranto (b. 1329)
• 1456 – Jacques Cœur, French merchant and banker (b. 1395)
• 1560 – Andrea Doria, Italian admiral (b. 1466)
• 1565 – Hu Zongxian, Chinese general (b. 1512)
• 1626 – Edward Alleyn, English actor, founded Dulwich College (b. 1566)
• 1694 – Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer and mathematician (b. 1605)
• 1700 – Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of New York City (b. 1643)
• 1748 – Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter and theologian (b. 1674)
• 1755 – Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer (b. 1687)
• 1785 – Richard Glover, English poet and politician (b. 1712)
• 1865 – Heinrich Barth, German explorer and scholar (b. 1821)
• 1884 – Hermann Kolbe, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1885 – Thomas A. Hendricks, American lawyer and politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (b. 1819)
• 1885 – Alfonso XII of Spain (b. 1857)
• 1909 – Edward P. Allen, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1920 – Gaston Chevrolet, French-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1892)
• 1925 – Vajiravudh, Siam king (b. 1880)
• 1934 – N. E. Brown, English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents (b. 1849)
• 1944 – Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American lawyer and judge (b. 1866)
• 1948 – Kanbun Uechi, Japanese martial artist, founded Uechi-ryū (b. 1877)
• 1949 – Bill Robinson, American actor and dancer (b. 1878)
• 1950 – Mao Anying, Chinese general (b. 1922)
• 1950 – Johannes V. Jensen, Danish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
• 1950 – Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finnish linguist and diplomat (b. 1873)
• 1956 – Alexander Dovzhenko, Ukrainian-Russian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1957 – Prince George of Greece and Denmark (b. 1869)
• 1959 – Gérard Philipe, French actor (b. 1922)
• 1961 – Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (b. 1866)
• 1963 – Alexander Marinesko, Russian lieutenant (b. 1913)
• 1965 – Myra Hess, English pianist and educator (b. 1890)
• 1968 – Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist (b. 1878)
• 1968 – Paul Siple, American geographer and explorer (b. 1908)
• 1970 – Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, actor, and director (b. 1925)
• 1972 – Henri Coandă, Romanian engineer, designed the Coandă-1910 (b. 1886)
• 1973 – Laurence Harvey, Lithuania-born English actor (b. 1928)
• 1974 – Nick Drake, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
• 1974 – U Thant, Burmese lawyer and diplomat, 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1909)
• 1981 – Jack Albertson, American actor and singer (b. 1907)
• 1983 – Saleem Raza (Pakistani singer), Pakistani Christian playback singer (b. 1932)
• 1984 – Yashwantrao Chavan, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1913)
• 1985 – Geoffrey Grigson, English poet and critic (b. 1905)
• 1985 – Franz Hildebrandt, German pastor and theologian (b. 1909)
• 1987 – Harold Washington, American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1922)
• 1989 – Alva R. Fitch, American general (b. 1907)
• 1990 – Merab Mamardashvili, Georgian philosopher and academic (b. 1930)
• 1991 – Eleanor Audley, American actress and voice artist (b. 1905)
• 1995 – Léon Zitrone, Russian-French journalist (b. 1914)
• 1997 – Hastings Banda, Malawian physician and politician, 1st President of Malawi (b. 1898)
• 1998 – Nelson Goodman, American philosopher and academic (b. 1906)
• 1998 – Flip Wilson, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
• 1999 – Valentín Campa, Mexican union leader and politician (b. 1904)
• 2000 – Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (b. 1917)
• 2002 – Karel Reisz, Czech-English director and producer (b. 1926)
• 2004 – Ed Paschke, American painter and academic (b. 1939)
• 2005 – George Best, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1946)
• 2005 – Richard Burns, English race car driver (b. 1971)
• 2006 – Luciano Bottaro, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1931)
• 2006 – Valentín Elizalde, Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1979)
• 2006 – Phyllis Fraser, American actress and publisher, co-founded Beginner Books (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Kenneth M. Taylor, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1919)
• 2007 – Peter Lipton, American philosopher and academic (b. 1954)
• 2010 – Alfred Balk, American journalist and author (b. 1930)
• 2010 – Peter Christopherson, English keyboard player, songwriter, and director (b. 1955)
• 2010 – C. Scott Littleton, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1933)
• 2010 – Bernard Matthews, English businessman, founded Bernard Matthews Farms (b. 1930)
• 2011 – Vasily Alekseyev, Russian weightlifter and coach (b. 1942)
• 2011 – Coco Robicheaux, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
• 2012 – Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and educator (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Dave Sexton, English footballer and manager (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Dinah Sheridan, English actress (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Jim Temp, American football player and businessman (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Lou Brissie, American baseball player (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Ricardo Fort, Argentinian businessman (b. 1968)
• 2013 – Bill Foulkes, English footballer and manager (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Chico Hamilton, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Egon Lánský, Czech journalist and politician (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Al Plastino, American author and illustrator (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Irvin J. Borowsky, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1924)
• 2014 – Sitara Devi, Indian dancer, and choreographer (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Petr Hapka, Czech composer and conductor (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Denham Harman, American biogerontologist and academic (b. 1916)
• 2015 – O'Neil Bell, Jamaican boxer (b. 1974)
• 2015 – Jeremy Black, English admiral (b. 1932)
• 2015 – Svein Christiansen, Norwegian drummer and composer (b. 1941)
• 2015 – Lennart Hellsing, Swedish author and translator (b. 1919)
• 2015 – Elmo Williams, American director, producer, and editor (b. 1913)
• 2016 – Fidel Castro, Communist leader of Cuba, and revolutionary (b. 1926)
• 2016 – Ron Glass, American actor (b. 1945)

Το εντυπωσιακό αστέρι στο χριστουγεννιάτικο δέντρο του Rockefeller Center: Από 3 εκατ. κρυστάλλους, σχεδόν 41 κιλά 

Το χριστουγεννιάτικο δέντρο του Rockefeller Center είναι 

παραδοσιακά ανάμεσα στα κορυφαία του κόσμου, από το 1931

 που άναψε για πρώτη φορά. Παράδοση που βέβαια θα 

συνεχιστεί και φέτος.

Αρκεί να δει κανείς το αστέρι που τοποθετήθηκε στην κορυφή του δέντρου, το οποίο

 θα ανάψει σε επίσημη τελετή στις 28 Νοεμβρίου.

Το αστέρι, πριν πάρει τη... θέση του

Το αστέρι ζυγίζει 40,8 κιλά και ο αρχιτέκτονας που το σχεδίασε, ο Ντάνιελ

 Λίμπεσκιντ, χρησιμοποίησε τρία εκατομμύρια κρυστάλλους Swarovski που

 καλύπτουν τους 70 λαμπτήρες σε σχήμα ακίδας.

Η τοποθέτηση στην κορυφή του δέντρου

«Ο σχεδιασμός του αστεριού είναι περίπλοκος. Είναι ένα πολύπλοκο αντικείμενο 

με 70 ακίδες, και έναν πυρήνα ο οποίος είναι ακριβώς όπως ο πυρήνας ενός άστρου 

για να συγκρατεί το φως που ακτινοβολεί το αστέρι», εξήγησε ο Λίμπεσκιντ,

 σύμφωνα με το ΑΠΕ.

Με γερανό στόλισαν το δέντρο

• 783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.
• 1161 – Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ships on the Yangtze river during the Jin–Song Wars.
• 1476 – Vlad the Impaler defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Báthory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.
• 1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
• 1789 – A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.
• 1805 – Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
• 1812 – The Battle of Berezina begins during Napoleon's retreat from Russia.
• 1825 – At Union College in Schenectady, New York, a group of college students form the Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity.
• 1842 – The University of Notre Dame is founded.
• 1863 – United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.
• 1865 – Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.
• 1917 – The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
• 1917 – The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
• 1918 – The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
• 1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
• 1922 – The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)
• 1939 – Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
• 1941 – World War II: The Kido Butai (Japanese Combined Fleet) leaves the Kuril Islands to strike Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941.
• 1942 – World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.
• 1942 – Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City
• 1943 – World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria.
• 1944 – World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.
• 1944 – World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.
• 1949 – The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
• 1950 – Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.
• 1965 – At the Hammaguir launch facility in the Algerian Sahara, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1, on board.
• 1968 – Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
• 1970 – In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
• 1976 – "Anarchy in the U.K.", the debut single of the Sex Pistols, is released, heralding the arrival of punk rock
• 1977 – An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.
• 1983 – Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.
• 1986 – Iran–Contra affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.
• 1986 – The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of committing war crimes as a guard at the Nazi Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem.^[1]
• 1990 – The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.
• 1991 – National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names.
• 1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
• 1998 – The Khanna rail disaster takes 212 lives in Khanna, Ludhiana, India.
• 1999 – The 7.5 M_w Ambrym earthquake shakes Vanuatu and a destructive tsunami follows. Ten people were killed and forty were injured.
• 2000 – George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.
• 2003 – The Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
• 2004 – Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.
• 2004 – The last Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.
• 2008 – Mumbai attacks by Lashkar-e-Taiba.
• 2011 – NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani check post in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.
• 2011 – The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity Rover.

• 907 – Rudesind, Galician bishop (d. 977)
• 1288 – Go-Daigo, Japanese emperor (d. 1339)
• 1401 – Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset (d. 1418)
• 1436 – Catherine of Portugal (d. 1463)
• 1466 – Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, English noble (d. 1506)
• 1518 – Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora, Catholic cardinal (d. 1564)
• 1534 – Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley (d. 1613)
• 1552 – Seonjo of Joseon, King of Joseon (d. 1608)
• 1594 – James Ware, Irish genealogist (d. 1666)
• 1604 – Johannes Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1673)
• 1607 – John Harvard, English minister and philanthropist (d. 1638)
• 1609 – Henry Dunster, English-American clergyman and academic (d. 1659)
• 1657 – William Derham, English minister and philosopher (d. 1735)
• 1678 – Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist and astronomer (d. 1771)
• 1703 – Theophilus Cibber, English actor and playwright (d. 1758)
• 1727 – Artemas Ward, American general and politician (d. 1800)
• 1731 – William Cowper, English poet and hymnwriter (d. 1800)
• 1792 – Sarah Moore Grimké, American author and activist (d. 1873)
• 1817 – Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Alsatian French chemist (d. 1884)
• 1827 – Ellen G. White, American religious leader and author, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (d. 1915)
• 1828 – Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (d. 1895)
• 1828 – René Goblet, French journalist and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1905)
• 1832 – Rudolph Koenig, German-French physicist and academic (d. 1901)
• 1832 – Mary Edwards Walker, American surgeon and activist, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1919)
• 1837 – Thomas Playford II, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of South Australia (d. 1915)
• 1853 – Bat Masterson, American police officer and journalist (d. 1921)
• 1857 – Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (d. 1913)
• 1858 – Katharine Drexel, American nun and saint (d. 1955)
• 1864 – Edward Higgins, English 3rd General of the Salvation Army (d. 1947)
• 1869 – Maud of Wales (d. 1938)
• 1870 – Sir Hari Singh Gour, founder and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sagar (d. 1949)
• 1873 – Fred Herd, Scottish golfer (d. 1954)
• 1876 – Willis Carrier, American engineer, invented air conditioning (d. 1950)
• 1878 – Marshall Taylor, American cyclist (d. 1932)
• 1885 – Heinrich Brüning, German lieutenant, economist, and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1970)
• 1888 – Ford Beebe, American director and screenwriter (d. 1978)
• 1889 – Albert Dieudonné, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1976)
• 1891 – Scott Bradley, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1977)
• 1894 – James Charles McGuigan, Canadian cardinal (d. 1974)
• 1894 – Norbert Wiener, American-Swedish mathematician and philosopher (d. 1964)
• 1895 – Bill W., American activist, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1971)
• 1898 – Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Richard Hauptmann, German-American murderer (d. 1936)
• 1900 – Anna Maurizio, Swiss biologist, known for her study of bees (d. 1993)
• 1901 – William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (d. 1953)
• 1902 – Maurice McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (d. 1971)
• 1903 – Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-English pianist and educator (d. 2014)
• 1904 – Armand Frappier, Canadian physician and microbiologist (d. 1991)
• 1904 – K. D. Sethna, Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic (d. 2011)
• 1905 – Bob Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1982)
• 1907 – Ruth Patrick, American botanist (d. 2013)
• 1908 – Charles Forte, Baron Forte, Italian-Scottish businessman, founded Forte Group (d. 2007)
• 1908 – Lefty Gomez, American baseball player and manager (d. 1989)
• 1909 – Fritz Buchloh, German footballer and manager (d. 1998)
• 1909 – Frances Dee, American actress and singer (d. 2004)
• 1909 – Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright and critic (d. 1994)
• 1910 – Cyril Cusack, South African-born Irish actor (d. 1993)
• 1911 – Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-American chess player and author (d. 1992)
• 1912 – Eric Sevareid, American journalist (d. 1992)
• 1915 – Inge King, German-born Australian sculptor (d. 2016)
• 1915 – Earl Wild, American pianist and composer (d. 2010)
• 1917 – Nesuhi Ertegun, Turkish-American record producer (d. 1989)
• 1918 – Patricio Aylwin, Chilean lawyer and politician, 31st President of Chile (d. 2016)
• 1919 – Ryszard Kaczorowski, Polish soldier and politician, 6th President of the Republic of Poland (d. 2010)
• 1919 – Frederik Pohl, American journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Ram Sharan Sharma, Indian historian and academic (d. 2011)
• 1920 – Daniel Petrie, Canadian-American director and producer (d. 2004)
• 1921 – Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer and businessman, founded Amul (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, created Peanuts (d. 2000)
• 1923 – V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Jasu Patel, Indian cricketer (d. 1992)
• 1924 – George Segal, American painter and sculptor (d. 2000)
• 1925 – Eugene Istomin, American pianist (d. 2003)
• 1925 – Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, Uruguayan dictator (d. 2016)
• 1926 – Rabi Ray, Indian activist and politician, 10th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d. 2017)
• 1927 – Ernie Coombs, American-Canadian television host (d. 2001)
• 1928 – Nishida Tatsuo, Japanese linguist and academic (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Betta St. John, American actress, singer and dancer
• 1930 – Berthold Leibinger, German engineer and philanthropist, founded Berthold Leibinger Stiftung
• 1931 – Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentinian painter, sculptor, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1931 – Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Dutch cardinal
• 1933 – Robert Goulet, American-Canadian singer and actor (d. 2007)
• 1933 – Richard Holloway, Scottish bishop and radio host
• 1933 – Stanley Long, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Jamshid Mashayekhi, Iranian actor
• 1933 – Tony Verna, American director and producer, invented instant replay (d. 2015)
• 1934 – Cengiz Bektaş, Turkish architect, engineer, and journalist
• 1934 – Jerry Jameson, American director and producer
• 1935 – Marian Mercer, American actress and singer (d. 2011)
• 1936 – Margaret Boden, English computer scientist and psychologist
• 1937 – Bob Babbitt, American bass player (d. 2012)
• 1937 – John Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Health
• 1937 – Boris Yegorov, Russian physician and astronaut (d. 1994)
• 1938 – Porter Goss, American soldier and politician, 19th Director of the CIA
• 1938 – Rodney Jory, Australian physicist and academic
• 1938 – Rich Little, Canadian-American comedian, actor, and singer
• 1939 – Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysian civil servant and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia
• 1939 – Wayland Flowers, American actor and puppeteer (d. 1988)
• 1939 – John Gummer, English politician, Secretary of State for the Environment
• 1939 – Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie, Irish-Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 1939 – Art Themen, English saxophonist and surgeon
• 1939 – Tina Turner, American-Swiss singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1940 – Enrico Bombieri, Italian mathematician and academic
• 1940 – Davey Graham, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 2008)
• 1940 – Kotozakura Masakatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 53rd Yokozuna (d. 2007)
• 1940 – Quentin Skinner, English historian, author, and academic
• 1941 – Susanne Marsee, American soprano and educator
• 1942 – Maki Carrousel, Japanese actor
• 1942 – Olivia Cole, American actress (d. 2018)
• 1942 – Đặng Thùy Trâm, Vietnamese physician and author (d. 1970)
• 1943 – Paul Burnett, English radio host
• 1943 – Bruce Paltrow, American director and producer (d. 2002)
• 1943 – Marilynne Robinson, American novelist and essayist
• 1943 – Dale Sommers, American radio host (d. 2012)
• 1944 – Jean Terrell, American singer
• 1944 – Joyce Quin, Baroness Quin, English academic and politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 1945 – Daniel Davis, American actor
• 1945 – John McVie, English-American bass player
• 1945 – Jim Mullen, Scottish guitarist
• 1945 – Michael Omartian, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1945 – Björn von Sydow, Swedish academic and politician, 27th Swedish Minister for Defence
• 1946 – Raymond Louis Kennedy, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (d. 2014)
• 1946 – Art Shell, American football player and coach
• 1946 – Itamar Singer, Romanian-Israeli historian and author (d. 2012)
• 1947 – Roger Wehrli, American football player
• 1948 – Elizabeth Blackburn, Australian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1948 – Claes Elfsberg, Swedish journalist
• 1948 – Marianne Muellerleile, American actress
• 1948 – Galina Prozumenshchikova, Ukrainian-Russian swimmer and journalist (d. 2015)
• 1948 – Peter Wheeler, English rugby player
• 1949 – Mari Alkatiri, East Timorese geographer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of East Timor
• 1949 – Shlomo Artzi, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 – Martin Lee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 – Vincent A. Mahler, American political scientist and academic
• 1951 – Ilona Staller, Hungarian-Italian porn actress, singer, and politician
• 1951 – Sulejman Tihić, Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2014)
• 1952 – Elsa Salazar Cade, an award-winning Mexican American science teacher and entomologist.
• 1952 – Julien Temple, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 – Wendy Turnbull, Australian tennis player
• 1953 – Hilary Benn, English politician, Secretary of State for International Development
• 1953 – Shelley Moore Capito, United States Senator from West Virginia
• 1953 – Harry Carson, American football player and sportscaster
• 1953 – Jacki MacDonald, Australian television host and actress
• 1953 – Desiré Wilson, South African race car driver
• 1954 – Roz Chast, American cartoonist
• 1954 – Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (d. 2009)
• 1955 – Gisela Stuart, German-English academic and politician
• 1956 – Dale Jarrett, American race car driver and sportscaster
• 1956 – Don Lake, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 – Keith Vaz, Indian-English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 1957 – Félix González-Torres, Cuban-American sculptor (d. 1996)
• 1958 – Michael Skinner, English rugby player
• 1959 – Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, American author and academic
• 1959 – Jerry Schemmel, American sportscaster
• 1960 – Chuck Eddy, American journalist
• 1960 – Harold Reynolds, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1961 – Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria, Indian-English businessman, co-founded Cobra Beer
• 1961 – Tom Carroll, Australian surfer
• 1961 – Ivory, American wrestler and trainer
• 1962 – Fernando Bandeirinha, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1962 – Chuck Finley, American baseball player
• 1963 – Mario Elie, American basketball player and coach
• 1963 – Matt Frei, German-English journalist and author
• 1963 – Joe Lydon, English rugby player and coach
• 1964 – Vreni Schneider, Swiss skier
• 1965 – Scott Adsit, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1965 – Dougray Scott, Scottish actor and producer
• 1965 – Des Walker, English footballer
• 1966 – Garcelle Beauvais, Haitian-American actress and singer
• 1966 – Fahed Dermech, Tunisian footballer
• 1967 – Ridley Jacobs, Antiguan cricketer
• 1968 – Edna Campbell, American basketball player, sportscaster, and nurse
• 1968 – Haluk Levent, Turkish singer
• 1969 – Shawn Kemp, American basketball player
• 1969 – Kara Walker, American painter and illustrator
• 1970 – John Amaechi, American-English basketball player and sportscaster
• 1970 – Dave Hughes, Australian comedian and radio host
• 1971 – Vicki Pettersson, American author
• 1971 – Winky Wright, American boxer and actor
• 1972 – Chris Osgood, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Arjun Rampal, Indian actor and producer
• 1973 – Peter Facinelli, American actor, director, and producer
• 1974 – Line Horntveth, Norwegian tuba player, composer, and producer
• 1974 – Roman Šebrle, Czech decathlete and high jumper
• 1975 – DJ Khaled, American rapper and producer
• 1975 – Patrice Lauzon, Canadian figure skater
• 1976 – Andreas Augustsson, Swedish footballer
• 1976 – Maven Huffman, American wrestler
• 1976 – Brian Schneider, American baseball player and manager
• 1977 – Ivan Basso, Italian cyclist
• 1977 – Paris Lenon, American football player
• 1977 – Campbell Walsh, Scottish canoe racer
• 1978 – Jun Fukuyama, Japanese voice actor and singer
• 1980 – Jason Griffith, American voice actor
• 1980 – Satoshi Ohno, Japanese singer
• 1980 – Jackie Trail, American tennis player
• 1981 – Stephan Andersen, Danish footballer
• 1981 – Natasha Bedingfield, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1981 – Natalie Gauci, Australian singer and pianist
• 1981 – Gina Kingsbury, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 – Jon Ryan, Canadian football player
• 1982 – Keith Ballard, American ice hockey player
• 1983 – Chris Hughes, American publisher and businessman, co-founded Facebook
• 1983 – Emiri Katō, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1984 – Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (d. 2007)
• 1985 – Matt Carpenter, American baseball player
• 1986 – Konstadinos Filippidis, Greek pole vaulter
• 1986 – Bauke Mollema, Dutch cyclist
• 1986 – Alberto Sgarbi, Italian rugby player
• 1987 – Georgios Tzavellas, Greek footballer
• 1988 – Blake Harnage, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1988 – Yumi Kobayashi, Japanese model and actress
• 1989 – Junior Stanislas, English footballer
• 1989 – Angeline Quinto, Filipina singer and actress
• 1990 – Avery Bradley, American basketball player
• 1990 – Chip, English rapper
• 1990 – Rita Ora, Kosovan-English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1990 – Danny Welbeck, English footballer
• 1991 – Manolo Gabbiadini, Italian footballer

• 399 – Siricius, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 334)
• 946 – Li Congyan, Chinese general (b. 898)
• 975 – Conrad of Constance, German bishop and saint (b.c. 900)
• 1014 – Swanehilde of Saxony, margravine of Meissen
• 1236 – Al-Aziz Muhammad ibn Ghazi, Ayyubid emir of Aleppo (b. 1216)
• 1267 – Sylvester Gozzolini, Italian founder of the Sylvestrines (b. 1177)
• 1473 – Diego Fernández de la Cueva, 1st Viscount of Huelma
• 1504 – Isabella I, queen of Castile and León (b. 1451)
• 1621 – Ralph Agas, English surveyor and cartographer (b. 1540)
• 1639 – John Spottiswoode, Scottish archbishop and theologian (b. 1565)
• 1651 – Henry Ireton, English-Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1611)
• 1661 – Luis Méndez de Haro, Spanish general and politician (b. 1598)
• 1688 – Philippe Quinault, French playwright and composer (b. 1635)
• 1689 – Marquard Gude, German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1635)
• 1717 – Daniel Purcell, English organist and composer (b. 1664)
• 1719 – John Hudson, English librarian and scholar (b. 1662)
• 1780 – James Steuart, Scottish economist and educator (b. 1712)
• 1829 – Thomas Buck Reed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1787)
• 1836 – John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer (b. 1756)
• 1851 – Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (b. 1769)
• 1855 – Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1798)
• 1857 – Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet and author (b. 1788)
• 1860 – Benjamin Greene, English brewer, founded Greene King (b. 1780)
• 1872 – Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (b. 1788)
• 1882 – Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian lawyer and politician, Minister President of Prussia (b. 1805)
• 1883 – Sojourner Truth, American activist (b. 1797)
• 1885 – Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1813)
• 1892 – Charles Lavigerie, French cardinal and academic (b. 1825)
• 1895 – George Edward Dobson, Irish zoologist, photographer, and surgeon (b. 1848)
• 1896 – Coventry Patmore, English poet and critic (b. 1823)
• 1912 – Joachim III of Constantinople (b. 1834)
• 1919 – Felipe Ángeles, Mexican general (b. 1868)
• 1926 – John Browning, American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company (b. 1855)
• 1928 – Reinhard Scheer, German admiral (b. 1863)
• 1929 – John Cockburn, Scottish-Australian politician, 18th Premier of South Australia (d. 1929)
• 1934 – Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian historian and politician (b. 1866)
• 1936 – Şükrü Naili Gökberk, Turkish general (b. 1876)
• 1938 – Flora Call Disney, American mother of Walt Disney (b. 1868)
• 1941 – Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1876)
• 1943 – Edward O'Hare, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1914)
• 1943 – Helen Maud Merrill, American litterateur and poet (b. 1865)
• 1950 – Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German writer (b. 1867)
• 1952 – Sven Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer (b. 1865)
• 1954 – Bill Doak, American baseball player and coach (b. 1891)
• 1956 – Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist, trumpet player, and composer (b. 1905)
• 1959 – Albert Ketèlbey, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1875)
• 1962 – Albert Sarraut, French lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1963 – Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (b. 1882)
• 1971 – Giacomo Alberione, Italian priest and publisher (b. 1884)
• 1973 – John Rostill, English bass player and songwriter (b. 1942)
• 1974 – Cyril Connolly, English author and critic (b. 1903)
• 1977 – Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (b. 1920)
• 1978 – Ford Beebe, American director and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1978 – Frank Rosolino, American trombonist (b. 1926)
• 1981 – Pete DePaolo, American race car driver (b. 1898)
• 1981 – Max Euwe, Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author (b. 1901)
• 1982 – Juhan Aavik, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1884)
• 1985 – Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic (b. 1910)
• 1986 – Betico Croes, Aruban activist and politician (b. 1938)
• 1987 – Thomas George Lanphier, Jr., American colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1987 – J. P. Guilford, American psychologist and academic (b. 1897)
• 1987 – Peter Hujar, American photographer (b. 1934)
• 1989 – Ahmed Abdallah, Comorian politician, President of Comoros (b. 1919)
• 1991 – Ed Heinemann, American engineer (b. 1908)
• 1991 – Bob Johnson, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931)
• 1993 – César Guerra-Peixe, Brazilian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1914)
• 1994 – David Bache, English car designer (b. 1925)
• 1994 – Arturo Rivera y Damas, Salvadoran archbishop (b. 1923)
• 1996 – Michael Bentine, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 1996 – Paul Rand, American art director and graphic designer (b. 1914)
• 1997 – Marguerite Henry, American author (b. 1902)
• 1998 – Jonathan Kwitny, American journalist and author (b. 1941)
• 2001 – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish author, poet, and painter (b. 1943)
• 2002 – Polo Montañez, Cuban singer-songwriter (b. 1955)
• 2002 – Verne Winchell, American businessman, founded Winchell's Donuts (b. 1915)
• 2003 – Soulja Slim, American rapper (b. 1978)
• 2003 – Stefan Wul, French surgeon and author (b. 1922)
• 2004 – Philippe de Broca, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
• 2004 – C. Walter Hodges, English author and illustrator (b. 1909)
• 2005 – Takanori Arisawa, Japanese composer and conductor (b. 1951)
• 2005 – Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator, co-created the Berenstain Bears (b. 1923)
• 2005 – Mark Craney, American drummer (b. 1952)
• 2006 – Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos, Portuguese painter and poet (b. 1923)
• 2006 – Dave Cockrum, American author and illustrator (b. 1943)
• 2006 – Isaac Gálvez, Spanish cyclist (b. 1975)
• 2006 – Raúl Velasco, Mexican television host and producer (b. 1933)
• 2007 – Silvestre S. Herrera, Mexican-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1917)
• 2007 – Mel Tolkin, Russian-Canadian screenwriter and producer (b. 1913)
• 2007 – Herb McKenley, Jamaican sprinter (b. 1922)
• 2008 – Victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks including:
  • Gavriel Holtzberg, Israeli-American rabbi (b. 1979)
  • Ashok Kamte, Indian police officer (b. 1965)
  • Hemant Karkare, Indian police officer (b. 1954)
  • Tukaram Omble, Indian police officer
  • Vijay Salaskar, Indian police officer
• 2010 – Leroy Drumm, American songwriter (b. 1936)
• 2011 – Manon Cleary, American painter and academic (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Celso Advento Castillo, Filipino actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Peter Marsh, Australian table tennis player (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Joseph Murray, American surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
• 2012 – M. C. Nambudiripad, Indian author and translator (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Arik Einstein, Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Jane Kean, American actress and singer (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Saul Leiter, American photographer and painter (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Tony Musante, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Mary Hinkson, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Gilles Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1938)
• 2014 – Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1932)
• 2015 – Amir Aczel, Israeli-American mathematician, historian, and academic (b. 1950)
• 2015 – Guy Lewis, American basketball player and coach (b. 1922)
• 2016 – Fritz Weaver, American actor (b. 1926)